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On his birthday, Carl F. Biter and a friend made homemade bombs out of toilet bowl cleaner and plastic bottles and exploded them on two Middletown streets – and now face a long list of charges, including felonies, according to authorities.

Biter, 29, of North Union Street, and David Cucullo, 28, of Lawrence Street, were arrested by Middletown police and Carl Biter charged with two counts of risking a catastrophe, four counts of arson with an explosive, three counts of criminal conspiracy, four counts of recklessly endangering, four counts of possessing explosives, four counts of criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and attempted criminal misDavid Cucullo chief.

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Handley to run for council seat

By Daniel Walmer

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Thomas Handley, a former supervisor of Middletown Borough’s electric department, has resigned from the Middletown Borough Authority to run for a seat on Middletown Borough Council.

“I want you to know that I did not do this in haste,” Handley said of his resignation from the authority. “I feel that, because I’ve decided to run for council, I am going to direct my time and attention toward that.”

Authority member JefPhoto by Daniel Walmer frey Miller and authority Thomas Handley secretary Leslie Givler had previously resigned following a Wednesday, Feb. 13 meeting at which Miller and Handley were consistently out-voted 3-2 by a new majority of members appointed by the current borough council. Handley’s res-

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The Brownstone Cafe is reflected over an electric sign in the window of a tattoo parlor across North Union Street.

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iddletown and PPL electric customers may soon see a decrease in electric rates.

Middletown Borough Council voted at its Monday, March 4 meeting to advertise an ordinance to set a new residential electric rate at 10.6 cents per kilowatt-hour and a commercial electric rate at 9.6 cents per kilowatt-hour, plus demand charges.

The rate change represents a 2-cents-per-kilowatt-hour decrease from a recent 12.6 cents-per-kilowatt-hour variable rate, and comes about as the borough begins its new electricity purchase contract with Exelon Corp., according to Council President Christopher McNamara. The contract reflects council’s policy to cap electric rates at 3 cents per kilowatt-hour above the borough’s purchase price, he said.

Middletown has a municipal-owned electric distribution system, but purchases wholesale electricity from a supplier – previously, at a variable rate from AMP Ohio that caused the rate the borough charged to customers to fluctuate monthly.

Under the new wholesale supply contract with Exelon, which council approved in 2010, residents would be charged the same 10.6 cents per kilowatt-hour rate each month.

“That’s what the people will consistently pay from this time going forward,” McNamara said.

Still, the Exelon contract requires the borough to purchase electricity at a more expensive price than the current market rate, according to McNamara and Chris Courogen, borough secretary and director of communications.

“It’s very easy now to criticize what that council did in the past, acting so far ahead of time and locking it in at the rate it is now,” Courogen said. “To be fair, nobody had a crystal ball and nobody could predict [what rates would be].”

The borough is currently attempting to renegotiate the contract with Exelon to further reduce rates, McNamara said.

Meanwhile, PPL, which provides power to Highspire, Steelton and Lower Swatara Twp., is reducing its residential electric generation rates from 7.544 to 7.237 cents per kilowatt-hour.

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The 0.307 cents per killowatt-hour electric generation decrease – which will only apply to customers who stick with PPL as their electric generation supplier rather than choosing an alternative supplier – will lower the electric bill for the average PPL customer by about $3, according to Bryan Hay, a spokesman for PPL. The utility defines the average customer as using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per billing cycle.

The decrease is “largely as a result of low natural gas prices,” Hay said. “The energy it takes to go through the line is at a low point right now.”

Unlike in Middletown, where the 10.6 cents per kilowatt-hour rate will be the total amount customers are charged, PPL’s 7.237 cents per kilowatt-hour electric generation rate is only part of a customer’s bill. Electric generation represents about 60 percent of a customer’s total electric bill, according to Eric Epstein, a state government watchdog and chairman of TMI Alert.

In fact, the decrease will only help to offset an increase to PPL’s electric distribution rate of $3.56 for the average residential customer that took effect at the beginning of January. The electric distribution charge pays for the transmission of already generated electricity to the consumer, and all PPL customers pay it, even if they purchase their electric supply from an alternative provider.

Commercial PPL customers also saw a 1 percent distribution charge increase in January.

Epstein warns that as utility infrastructure ages and needs to be replaced, electric distribution rates will continue to go up.

Middletown customers don’t have to worry about PPL rate increases, but the town has long been known for high electricity bills – some say because of high electric rates, others because of high usage from poorly insulated homes in the borough.

Despite action by Middletown’s council to reduce electric rates in 2012, Courogen acknowledges it’s still a struggle for many residents to pay their bills, particularly in the winter.

“There is a huge problem in Middletown with overdue electric bills,” he said. “It is a long-standing, ongoing problem. The so-

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Middletown Borough Council appointed A.B. Shafaye, a Middletown resident and senior instructor of engineering at Penn State Harrisburg, to the Middletown Borough Authority at a meeting on Monday, March 4.

Shafaye replaces Jeffrey Miller, who resigned. His term will expire in January 2016.

Shafaye said he agreed to serve on the authority, which owns the borough water and sewer facilities, because he was told that “there are potential problems with the equipment that maybe I can help resolve” that are related to his displine of engineering.

Shafaye is the fourth member of the five-member authority to be appointed by council since September.

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Council sets meetings between public, advisors

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A search crew from the Middletown Volunteer Fire Department arrives at the Susquehanna River to look for missing Upper Allen Twp. man David Hoke.

Missing man’s clothes found in river

By Daniel Walmer Press And Journal Staff Investigators have discovered clothing in the Susquehanna River near the Middletown boat dock on South Union Street “consistent” in description with clothes worn by missing Upper Allen Township resident David Hoke.

Hoke’s car was found near the boat dock on Sunday, Feb. 24 abandoned, unlocked and running.

Middletown police were notified Tuesday, Feb. 26 of a possible sighting of Hoke’s body in the Susquehanna, according to Middletown

Police Chief Steven Wheeler.

After a search of the river involving Middletown police, Lower Swatara Twp. police and state police and the Londonderry and Middletown fire departments, Wheeler told the media that “a body has not been recovered at this point.” However, items that “appear to be items of clothing” were recovered, he said.

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Middletown Borough Council is planning a series of three ward meetings and a town hall meeting in March to “allow residents to hear updates about issues facing the borough from the professional experts advising council,’’ according to a borough media advisory.

The borough has “been very actively seeking to inform the public of what’s going on in Middletown,” and the meetings are another way to keep the public informed, said Chris Courogen, borough secretary and director of communications.

“It’s an opportunity for people to come out and hear what’s going on in the borough, without any filter, without anybody twisting facts,” Courogen said. “They can get the information first-hand, they can ask questions, they can hear it from the professionals who’ve been called in to help solve the rather significant problems facing Middletown.”

The meetings – three ward meetings held on consecutive Thursdays beginning on March 7, followed by a town hall meeting on March 28 – will include presentations by borough Police Chief Steven Wheeler, borough solicitor Adam Santucci, bonds and debt consultant Jay Wenger, and budget and financial advisor Mark Morgan.

Courogen said he did not know for sure if the

professionals would be paid for their attendance, but he assumed they would be paid.

The presentations will be followed by a “brief” question-and-answer period, he said.

Council Vice President Robert Louer Sr. sees the meetings as an opportunity for people who do not attend council meetings to come ask questions and learn about the issues facing the community. People frequently ask him questions about council issues outside of meetings, Louer said, but he has to be careful what he says because of ongoing litigation – that’s why the meetings will include the professionals who know what they can and can’t say.

“All of the questions these people ask, we have an answer,” Louer said. “We expect to lay out as much information as we possibly can.”

It’s not the first time in recent months that town meetings have been held in Middletown: The Rev. Vernal Simms, pastor of City of Refuge Church in Middletown, has organized four town meetings since September. All council members were invited to the meetings, Simms said, but none attended.

But Courogen said the ward meetings will be different from Simms’ meetings because “these are not political events.’’

“These are informational for the residents to be able to hear directly from the experts,” he said.

The Olmsted Regional Recreation Board froze the price of season passes to the Middletown Community Pool at last year’s rates during a meeting on Thursday, Feb. 28.

The board is offering sale-price passes at $210 for a family of four that lives in the Middletown Area School District and $140 for a single pass for district residents.

Nonresidents can buy a family pass at $225 and a single pass for $200. Prices will increase on May 16.

The pool opens May 25.

Those interested in a pass can e-mail slayton@raiderweb. org, call 948-3318, or go to the board’s office in the lower level of the Main Street Gym. The board is still in the process of conducting its search for a pool director, said board chairman Barbara Layne said. Former director Amy Burrell left last summer to become Royalton’s borough secretary.

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Obituaries New septic rules could be imposed by end of year LONDONDERRY TWP.

Nicole Fahey Nicole G. Fahey, 40, of Hershey, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, at Lehigh Valley Hospital.

She was born December 2, 1972 in Pottsville, a daughter of Kathleen V. Ventresca Geiger Wagner and the late Elmer E. Geiger.

She graduated from Dauphin County Vocational-Technical School and the Pennsylvania School of Technology; and was employed as a graphic artist for the Kurzenknabe Press in Harrisburg.

She is survived by a son Shaun P. Fahey of Hershey; mother and stepfather, Kathleen V. and Edward A. Wagner of Hershey; twin sister Laura C. Woodburn of Hummelstown;

brother Corey J. Wagner of Houston, Texas; nephews H. Parker Woodburn of Hummelstown, and Eric J. Sacks of Dallas, Texas; grandmother Justine I. Wagner of Hershey; and aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends.

A Memorial service was held on Saturday at Hoover Funeral Home & Crematory, Hershey.

Inurnment was at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial contributions be made to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 3605 Vartan Way, Suite 101, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

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If all goes according to plan, residents in Londonderry Twp. will have to follow a new ordinance regarding regulations for on-lot sewage disposal systems by the end of the year.

There is no set date for approval of the proposed ordinance, which will require landowners to have their septic systems inspected regularly and repair or replace systems that aren’t working properly or are damaged.

Ron Kopp, chairman of the township supervisors, said Londonderry will hold additional public meetings regarding the ordinance.

The Department of Environmental Protection is requiring the township to pass an updated ordinance, since the township hadn’t enforced its local laws requiring on-lot septic systems in the past.

DEP hasn’t given Londonderry a deadline to approve or enforce the ordinance.

“We are doing our due diligence that was asked of us through DEP,” said Kopp. “We’re not trying to rush this.”

About 50 residents filled the seats during a public meeting on Monday, March 4, to express concerns and provide feedback to the township supervisors and engineer.

Under the proposed ordinance, treatment tanks and cesspools would still need to be pumped at a minimum of every four years.

Residents will also be required to pay a $25 pumping permit fee to the township for each inspection.

The new plan could cost residents between $160 and $265 for a regular inspection of a 1,000-gallon septic tank in addition to the permit fee.

If the ordinance is approved, residents would be required to have an

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The ordinance also addresses issues regarding pollution caused by septic tanks. Once the township provides a notice of violation, the repair or rehabilitation must be completed within 120 days, unless the landowner is given an extended completion date.

Extensions will be provided at the township’s discretion for seasonal or unique conditions that could mandate a longer period.

Residents may be eligible for exemptions due to demonstrable hardship, but they must comply with the appeals process, and those claims would be looked at on a “case-by-case” basis, said Peter Henninger, township solicitor.

Kopp said Londonderry would continue to accept comments, suggestions, and feedback from the residents until the next public meeting. The next public meeting has not been scheduled.

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Borough Faults Article That Reported Ammonia Dumped Borough officials said early this week they were “far from satisfied” with the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal’s attempt to rectify a report published on Feb. 14 which reported that M&M Mars had dumped 152,000 pounds of ammonia into the Borough sewer system in 1987.

“We asked the newspaper to publish a correction,” Borough Co-Manager Peter Whipple said early this week, “but the item appeared over the weekend was inadequate and disappointing.”

The article, published in Saturday’s edition, noted that officials at M&M Mars “had taken exception” to the newspaper’s Feb. 14 article, but it did not retract any portion of the story nor did it offer an apology for the information contained therein.

The article noted that a report prepared by a group called the Delaware Valley Toxic Coalition indicated that the Elizabethtown Company had discharged the toxic chemical into the Borough sewage treatment plant during 1987.

According to the article, the report was based on information provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from data contained in a standard report the company submitted to the federal agency.

Paulette D. Perkins, Manager of M&M Mars’ Elizabethtown plant, readily admitted that the company had used ammonia in cleaning solutions, but she said none of the ammonia

was released into the Borough sewage system. She said the ammonia was completely neutralized in the company’s own wastewater treatment plant before it was discharged into the Borough lines.

Both the Company and the Borough reportedly sent letters of protest to the newspaper, charging that the article was inaccurate and totally misleading.

Whipple said any municipality could not have a more conscientious and responsible an industry than M&M Mars located within its borders.

Citizens’ Group Forms To Have Voice In Local Issues Last Monday’s meeting of the West Donegal Township Board of Supervisors saw the formal introduction of an ad hoc citizens group desiring to have a voice in the Township’s growth management decisions.

Township resident Dale Denlinger, a teacher at Elizabethtown Area Middle School, read a prepared statement from the West Donegal Township G.U.I.D.E. Committee listing nine proposals to be addressed by the Township’s Supervisors, Planning Commission and Zoning Board.

Among the requests G.U.I.D.E. made to the Board was a recommendation to establish a better line of communication between the Township and County planning commissions; an appeal to enforce the “10-day notice” rule which requires placement of development proposals on the Township’s agenda at least 10 days prior to any Planning Commission or Township meeting; a request for Township Supervisors to strictly enforce their recent decision requiring construction of curbs and

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Board Chairman Barry Garman commended G.U.I.D.E. for its involvement, noting that the statement was “well thought out and well prepared.” He also said the Supervisors would plan to meet with the group sometime soon to discuss the concerns presented. “We would welcome that,” said Denlinger, who is spokesman for the group.

Middletown Pair ‘Working’ In Musical Production Middletown figures prominently in Open Stage of Harrisburg’s first musical production, “Working.”

The production is a musical adaptation from Studs Terkel’s monumental social commentary of the same name that celebrates the labors of “blue collar” men and women striving to earn their daily bread.

“Working” is currently running weekends, only in the evening and two matinee performances through March 11 at the Rose Lerhman Arts Center, Harrisburg Area Community College.

Anne Alsedek of Middletown is the show’s director while Ed Costik, also of Middletown, is a cast member.

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Terkel, who accosted workers from all walks of life with a tape recorder and scores of tantalizing questions. In 1978, Broadway composer, Stephen Schwartz (“Pippin” and “Godspell”) adopted it as a musical play, and then as a highly successful video piece for the Public Broadcasting System.

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by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz and James Taylor, “Working” is about the search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, told through the actual words of working people.

“What a better way to launch Open Stage’s first musical production than with a celebration of America’s working men and women. Open Stage is producing “Working,” says Alsedek, “because it reflects no one point of view or ethnic or racial slant or musical style or world. “Working” is the story of our lives.”

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Residents would be required to have pumping and inspection completed between June 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 for sewer districts 1 and 2; June 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 for sewer district 3; June 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 for on-lot management district B; and June 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 for on-lot management district A. If a septic tank has been pumped or inspected within a four-year period, it would still be required to have the initial pump and inspection during their district’s schedule, said Andrew Kenworthy, township engineer.

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By Noelle Barrett Press And Journal Staff While some school districts look for exemptions and anticipate tax increases higher than the state index, Lower Dauphin School District will do neither.

As a result, real estate taxes in Lower Dauphin will not go up more than 2 percent.

An early budget drawn up for 2013-14 stands at $52.7 million without cuts, said Jim Hazen, a district spokesman.

“Our numbers are really, very preliminary,” said Hazen. “As of right now, we’re taking all of the wish-list requests. We will have these discussions for the next two months.”

If taxes were increased the maximum 2 percent, a homeowner would pay about $1,879 for a home assessed at $100,000, a $37 increase.

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The school board must approve a final budget by June 30.

With other area districts seeking high tax increases, Lower Dauphin has been very fortunate, said Hazen.

“We’ve been fortunate that we’ve seen consistent growth in level tax base,” he said. “We’ve also made some significant cuts to programs over the years.”

In the last six years, the district has only raised taxes once, in 2011. Taxes in the 2011-12 budget increased 1.8 percent, but remained at 18.42 mills in the 2012-13 budget.

In 2011, the district eliminated a team of middle school teachers, among other cuts, to slash $3 million from the 2011-12, but couldn’t avoid a tax increase.

This year, the district has already saved around $500,000 in bond payments.

“We were really able to take advantage of some low interest rates to refinance bonds,” said Hazen.

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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Hello, people! In just a couple of short weeks we will be welcoming spring.

To help get us get in the groove we have Daylight Savings Time to observe this Sunday, March 10. Remember the phrase, fall back, spring ahead? It is time to do the springing.

Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed Saturday night.

I’m hoping we are in for some warmer weather. Best wishes to you all for a less than b-r-r-r-r-r end of winter. We welcome you, sun!

Let me know your news to share, and have a great week.

Birthdays Happy 15th cake day to Michael Cleland of Lower Swatara Twp. His special day is Wednesday, March 6.

Hope your birthday is full of sunshine, Michael.

Rosanna Tully of Lower Swatara and her twin, John Fasnacht of Marysville, observe their frosty-filled day Wednesday, March 6. Enjoy the day, kids!

Here’s a shout out to Boomer McClure of Lower Swatara. He hits 22 on Wednesday, March 6. Hope it is wonderful, Boomer.

Morgan Kennedy of Lower Swatara enters into teenage-hood Wednesday, March 6. Happy 13th, Morgan.

Happy sweet 16 birthday to Emily Bendgen of Lower Swatara. Emily’s beep-beep-honk day is Wednesday, March 6. Be safe!

More twins celebrating – Elliott and Bailey Hill of Lower Swatara will hear the birthday song on Friday, March 8 as they turn 18. Wow! Enjoy this landmark birthday.

If you see Bill Mattes out and about Lower Swatara on Saturday, March 9 be sure to give him a loud and happy birthday greeting.

Rose Michalek of Lower Swatara celebrates cake day number 86 on Sunday, March 10. Best wishes for a wonderful day, Rose.

Happy 25th cake day to Greg Albert.

He marks his quarter-of-a-century celebration on Monday, March 11.

Hope you have a blast!

Randy Breon will celebrate his balloon-flying day on Monday, March 11. May the skies be blue and the sun shining for you, Randy.

Wishing Michelle Wagner of Lower Swatara a sunshiny birthday on Monday, March 11. Enjoy the entire week, Michelle.

If you see Denise Giulivo in Lower Swatara or down at Chocolate World in Hershey on Tuesday, March 12 be sure to give her a jolly happy birthday shout. May God richly bless you and guide you all of your days, Denise.

Justin Kinsey of Lower Swatara marks his special 25th cake and ice cream day on Tuesday, March 12.

Hope it is the happiest one, Justin.

Wishing smiles and surprises to Kristin Yandrich of Lower Swatara as she turns 23 on Tuesday, March 12.

Kristin, have a super day!

Jena Reinhart celebrates her landmark 25th birthday on Tuesday, too.

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Anniversary Happy 45th anniversary to Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Shaffer, Jr. of Middletown. They celebrate their romantic heart day on Saturday, March 9.

Township meetings These Lower Swatara Twp. meetings will be held at the municipal building on Spring Garden Drive: Recreation Board, 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, and Board of Commissioners, 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6.

Capitol visit Twenty-six Lebanon Valley College students traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of the 2013 Social Justice Institute, Jan. 10-12. Among them were Jennifer M. Koch of Hummelstown, a senior early childhood education/ special education major; McKenna Snyder of Elizabethtown, a junior English and sociology major; and Jessica M. McKelvin of Hummelstown, a freshman political science and criminal justice major.

The three-day leadership institute allows students to explore how oppression impacts true equality. It begins on campus, where students learn about social justice, envision liberation and consider models of oppression/ oppression and liberation.

On Jan. 11, the students traveled to Washington, D.C., where they completed service projects at a number of agencies around the city. Students had the opportunity to serve lunches to the homeless, assist unemployed individuals with resume writing and job applications and work at the Capital Area Food Bank.

Participants evolve from being appreciative of diversity to understanding systems that maintain oppression and privilege; develop strong leadership and critical thinking skills; and are eligible for membership in the Pallas Society, a campus-based social justice honor society.

Degrees awarded The following local students received degrees from Elizabethtown College in January: • Patricia Best of Elizabethtown graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in corporate communications.

• Jason Smith of Middletown graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

• Christopher Stum of Elizabethtown graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Berklee dean’s list Erik Dulick of Hummelstown was named to the dean’s list at Berklee College of Music for the fall semester.

Boston U. dean’s list Matthew R. Malone of Middletown was named to the dean’s list at Boston University for the fall semester.

Gettysburg dean’s list The following local students have been named to the dean’s Honor List at Gettysburg College for outstanding academic achievement in the fall semester: Alexis Moyer of Middletown; Alyssa Foxx of Hummelstown; Emily Hornung of Elizabethtown; Elizabeth

Klinger of Elizabethtown; Kevin Lavery of Elizabethtown; and Brad Miller of Hummelstown.

Grove City dean’s list The following local residents were named to the dean’s list at Grove City College for the fall semester: • Lydia Rittenhouse, a freshman biology major and daughter of Dr. Jeffrey and Marcia Rittenhouse of Elizabethtown.

• Allen Toth, a freshman biology major and son of Allen and Mary Toth of Elizabethtown.

• Veronica Bialas, a senior history major and daughter of Francis and Linda Bialas of Middletown.

Rider dean’s list Robert Faulstick of Elizabethtown, a sophomore radio and television major, has been named to the dean’s list at Rider University for the fall semester.

St. Francis dean’s list The following local residents have been named to the dean’s list at St. Francis University for the fall semester: • Holyn Fox of Elizabethtown, a health science major.

• Laura Rhoads of Hummelstown, a business administration major.

Golden Group trips All are invited to join the Golden Group on their adventures. For reservations or more information, please contact Dorothea at 717-944-9808 or by e-mail at fur9@comcast.net.

Scheduled adventures: • April 25: “American Treasures,” a guided tram tour of unusual American memorabilia and more.

• May 21: “Mystery Trip” – can’t say where, but you’ll learn a lot!

• June 20: Sight and Sound of Lancaster, for the return of “Noah” with a back stage tour and lunch at Huckleberries.

July 10: Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

August: TBA Sept 19: “Mystery Trip” – oh, this is a good one, with lots to learn.

Oct. 17: A trip to see the farewell

performance of the legendary King Henry and the Showmen.

Dec 3 and 4: Ocean City, Md., for the Festival of Lights. An overnight trip including a visit to Assateague Island and Dover Downs.

Quote for the Week “Someday is not a day of the week.”

– Janet Dailey Question of the Week What is your favorite month, and why?

“April, because it stars to get warmer and it gets me closer to fourth grade.”

– Alex Pryor, 9, Rutherford.

“November. It is my birthday and Thanksgiving. My favorite number is 21, the day I was born.” – Hunter Lloyd, 15, Chambers Hill.

“July. When I have my birthday, and it is summer.” – Ashley Martin, 22, Middletown.

“July. Because of my birthday and the Little League World Series.” – Timothy Wagner, 10, Lower Swatara.

“January. I like the cold and snow. I like when the new year begins because you can change things about yourself.”

– David Rothrock, Hummelstown.

“October. I like the pretty fall leaves and the weather is not too cold yet.”

– Kerri Clark, Boone, N.C. Proverb for the Week In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make our paths straight (3:6).

Lions Club hosts spaghetti dinner The Lower Swatara Lions Club will hold its annual all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at its headquarters in Shope Gardens.

The menu includes spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread, drink and dessert.

There is cost for the dinner for customers age 12 and older, and for children ages 4 to 11. Kids 3 and under can eat for free.

Mr. And Mrs. Charles Ferree

Couple celebrate anniversary Charles and Linda Ferree, residents in Shope Gardens, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Feb. 26, 2013. The couple first met on a blind date at a performance of the Middletown Olmsted Players at Feaser Middle School in 1987, and were married on Feb. 26, 1988.

Charles is the son of the late Charles Sr. and Verna Ferree. He was raised in Windsor, York County, and graduated from Red Lion High School. He is an alumnus of Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA. Linda is the daughter of the late Guy and Kathryn Daniels, and graduated from Lower Dauphin High School.

Their blended family includes Linda’s two sons, Steven Miller and David Miller, and Charles’ daughter, Danielle Powanda. They also have three grandsons, twins Drake and Preston, 5, and Owen, 4.

Charles worked for the Dept. of Environmental Protection for 32.5 years before retiring, and Linda formerly worked for the Dept. of Health.

The couple enjoy spending time together, especially hunting and fishing. Linda and Charles are members of Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church.

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State office displays student art Eight Lower Dauphin Middle School students will have their artwork on display at the state Department of Education building in Harrisburg until April 6 as part of Youth Art Month.

The department will host an artists’ reception from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday March 23 at the building, located at 333 Market St. The students whose art is on display

include Shelbi Tibbins, Rosie Levi, Sarah Tinker, Becca Perry, Fawn Snyder, Taylor Peachey, Laura Breidenstine and Justine Bonham.

“We are proud to have so many of our students’ works on display in Harrisburg,” said Principal Dan Berra. “I think it speaks highly of our students’ talents and the quality of our art program here in Lower Dauphin.”

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NOTICE OF ZONING HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lower Swatara Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a Public Hearing at the request of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church for a Variance in accordance with Chapter 27, Part 15, Section 1502, Permitted Uses, of the Lower Swatara Zoning Ordinance, No. 448, as amended, to permit the use of a place of worship. The property is located at 2285 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057, within the Commercial Highway (C-H) District.

Hearing will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 7:00 PM at the Township Municipal Building, 1499 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown, Pennsylvania.

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Nicolas Castelli, 33, of Highspire, was charged by Middletown police with theft by unlawful taking and two counts of illegally operating a vehicle without ignition interlock. The charges, stemming from an incident on Dec. 22, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 3.

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The charges, stemming from an incident in Londonderry Twp. in January 2012, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 11.

Tracy Evans, 42, of Middletown, was arrested by Middletown police and charged with retail theft. The charge was filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 10.

William Caraballo, 51, of Middletown, was charged by state police with control of alarm devices. The charges, stemming from an incident in Royalton on Dec. 23, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 10.

Randy Latsha, 55, of Selinsgrove, was charged by state police in Londonderry Twp. with unauthorized use of motor/other vehicles. The charge, stemming from an incident on Jan. 16, was filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 22.

Cathy Allerman, 41, of Middletown, was charged

by Middletown police with harassment, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

The charges, stemming from an incident on Jan. 18, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 22.

Devon Reigle, 23, of Elizabethtown, was charged by state police in Londonderry Twp., with manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver. The charge, stemming from an incident on Dec. 4, was filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 22.

Andrew Campbell, 29, of Middletown, was arrested

by Middletown police and charged with retail theft. The charge, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 19, was filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 23.

Ana McGarvey, 22, of Harrisburg, was charged by Middletown police with DUI, DUI of a combination drugs/alcohol, two DUI controlled substance charges, marijuana, use/possession drug paraphernalia, failure to stop at red signal and restriction on alcoholic beverages.

The charges, stemming from an incident on Dec. 29, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 23.

Steve Barber, 46, of Harrisburg, was charged by Middletown police with possession of a small amount of marijuana, use/possession drug paraphernalia, DUI, DUI controlled substance, DUI of a combination of drugs/alcohol, limitations on driving on left side of road and failure to keep right. The charges, stemming from an incident on Dec 31, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 23. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Feb. 14.

Charles Halbleib, 35, of Royalton, was arrested by Middletown police and charged with 27 counts of harassment, two counts of stalking, and disorderly conduct on Jan. 24. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 24.

Scott Dworchak, 50, no address listed, was arrested

by Middletown police and charged with retail theft on Jan. 27. Dworchak was confined in Dauphin County in lieu of bail. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 27.

Michelle Galdino, 28, of New Cumberland was charged by state police in Londonderry Twp. with aggravated assault, two counts of simple assault and four harassment charges, stemming from an incident on Jan. 20. Galdino was confined in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 25.

Deborah Hissick, 50, of Harrisburg, was charged

by Middletown police with disorderly conduct stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 27. The charge was filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 30.

Rodney Williamson, 34, of Middletown, was charged

by Middletown police with harassment stemming from

an incident in Middletown on Jan. 26. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 30.

Ibrahim Sackor, 29, of Harrisburg, was arrested by state police and charged with harassment, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 19. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 30.

Sezan Hessou, 35, of Middletown was charged with writing bad checks, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Dec. 27.

The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31.

Ricky Snyder, 41, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with stalking, harassment and disorderly conduct, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 21. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31.

Torrey Obrien, 31, of Elizabethtown, was arrested by state police and charged with DUI, DUI-high rate, DUI controlled substance, driving while operational privileges suspended or revoked, disregard traffic lane, careless driving and failure to use safety belt system.

The charges, stemming from an incident in Londonderry Twp. on Dec. 28, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 7.

Ryan Marsh-Palman, 27,of Lancaster, was charged by state police with DUI, DUIhigh rate, driving an unregistered vehicle, disregarding traffic lane and careless driving. The charges, stemming from an incident on Jan. 19, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 14.

Jacob Wheaton, 28, of Elizabethtown, was charged by state police Harrisburg with DUI, DUI general impairment, and failure to stop at a stop sign stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 20. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 4.

Dylan Lloyd, 21, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with marijuana, use/possession of drug paraphernalia and public drunkenness. The charges, stemming from an incident on Jan. 20, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 7.

Siu Cheung, 20, of State College, was arrested by Middletown police and charged with possession of small amount of marijuana for personal use and use/ possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 20, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 7.

Khiem Thanh Do, 20, of Middletown, was arrested

by Middletown police and charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana for personal use, disorderly conduct and use/possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 20, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 7.

Prihka Chugh, 20, of Middletown, was arrested

by Middletown police and charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana for personal use, disorderly conduct and use/possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 20, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 7.

Rushabh Surani, 20, of Middletown, was arrested

by Middletown police and charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana for personal use, disorderly conduct and use/possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Jan. 20, were filed with Judy’s office on Jan. 31. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 7.

Dallas Newhouse, 20, of Middletown, was charged

by Middletown police with purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 6. The charge was filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 8.

Mitchell Williams, 19, of Royalton, was charged by Middletown police with purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 6. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 8.

Devin Johnson, 18, of Royalton, was charged by Middletown police with purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 6. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 8.

Jackson Farquhar, 20, of Middletown, was charged

by Middletown police with purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 6. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 8.

Philip Pace, 27, was charged

by Middletown police with disorderly conduct stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 1. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 8.

Christina Martino, 30, of Essington, was charged by Middletown police with misrepresenting age to secure alcohol stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 2. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 8.

Juanita Muniz, 19, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with harassment stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 12. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 12.

Michael Makinde, 36, of Middletown, was charged

by Middletown police with possession of marijuana and use/possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges, stemming from an incident on Feb. 2, were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 12. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 7.

Jimmie Mitchell, 43, of Middletown, was charged

by Middletown police with theft by unlawful taking, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 3.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled March 14.

Michael Gahagan, 25, of Hershey, was charged by Middletown police with possession of marijuana for personal use and use/possession of drug paraphernalia.

The charges, stemming from an incident in Middletown on Feb. 9, were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 12. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 7.

Michael Makinde, 36, of Middletown, was charged

by Middletown police with disorderly conduct-unreasonable noise on Feb. 12.

The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 12.

Jamie Metzler, 35, of Middletown, was arrested

by Middletown police and charged with retail theft on Feb. 12. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 22. Metzler was confined in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Justin Melhorn, 34, of Middletown, was arrested by Middletown police and charged with criminal attempt, conspiracy, two counts of manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, intentional possession of a controlled substance by person not registered, use/ possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of criminal use of communication facility. Melhorn is confined in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on Feb. 15. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 14.

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Lanes to be closed on Vine Street Bridge during construction project

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Albert Morrison, of Middletown, receives a plaque honoring him for 75 years of membership in the Harrisburg Musical Association. Morrison, a pianist, began his music career at the age of 13, and became an association member shortly afterward. Awarding the plaque are, from left to right, Carl Iba, a member of the Harrisburg Symphony; Mick Cochran, keyboardist and entertainer; Morrison; Eric Henry, president of the association’s Local 269 and member of the symphony; and Allen Quirk, clarinetist and vice president of the association.

Three of the four lanes on the Vine Street Bridge will be closed during non-rush hour periods beginning Monday, March 4 as crews repair the deck and perform preservation work on the span.

All lanes will be open during the heavy commuting hours of 6 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m., according to PennDOT. The $1.7 million project is expected to be completed by late October.

Flaggers will direct motorists through the construction when only one lane is open, PennDOT said.

The bridge, a 637-foot span over the Swatara Creek and railroad tracks of the Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad, was built in 1972, connecting Lower Swatara and Londonderry townships.

Kinsley Construction of York will perform the work.

The work will extend the life of the bridge, said PennDOT. An average of more than 5,700 vehicles cross the bridge daily.

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Three lanes on the Vine Street Bridge will be closed during non-rushhour times for a construction project.

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Blue and Gold Club meeting

The next monthly meeting of the Blue and Gold Club will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 10 in the Middletown Area High School library. Everyone is welcome.

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Fish fry

Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Race and Conewago streets, Middletown, is holding its annual fish fry from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 8.

For takeout, call 717-944-5488 after 4 p.m.

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HANDLEY Continued From Page One ignation leaves two vacancies on the five-member authority.

Handley, 60, said his experience – more than five years on the authority and over 35 years as a borough employee – would help him understand how to operate the borough as a council member. He will be running as a Republican for one of two First Ward seats that will be contested in the 2013 election.

“I believe the current council is going down the wrong path and I believe we need to make some changes,”

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Geyers United Methodist Church, 1605 Geyers Church Rd., Middletown, continues their Easter egg sale through Tuesday, March 19. Eggs are available at the church on Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon.

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“Grease Sing-A-Long”

The Elks Theatre, S. Union and Emaus streets. Middletown, presents the film “Grease SingA-Long” on Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 10 at 5 p.m.

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he said.

At least three others have announced their candidacy for council: Democrats Benjamin Kapenstein and David Madsen in the Second Ward and Republican Rachelle Reid in the First Ward. Two seats in the First Ward, two in the Second Ward and one in the Third Ward are up for grabs in 2013.

Candidates must turn in nominating petitions to the Dauphin County Bureau of Registration and Elections

by Tuesday, March 12 to have their name placed on the May 21 primary ballot.

Daniel Walmer: 717-944-4628, or danielwalmer@pressandjournal. com

cioeconomics in the borough create problems in that regard.”

Several councilors were elected on a pledge to reduce residents’ electric rates, and quickly took action to make good on that promise. In February 2012, council eliminated a controversial price markup formula blamed for high electric bills and capped electric rates at 4 cents per kilowatt-hour over the borough’s purchase price. Then in December, council reduced rates by another 1 cent per kilowatt-hour.

The borough paid for the reductions with money from the borough’s Electric Stabilization Trust

Fund, currently the subject of litigation initiated by the borough for mismanagement of funds, and significant cuts to the borough budget, which is partially funded by electric department revenue.

Councilor Scott Sites, who voted against the initial rate cap in February 2012, thinks the new rate might be too low to be able to fund borough needs.

“I can’t imagine we’ll be able to provide the citizens that low a rate and still run the borough efficiently,” Sites said.

Still, he voted in favor of advertising the ordinance in order “to allow the public to have their input” on the ordinance, he said.

from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays.

Smyser recommends that residents of any location contact their local electric provider (in municipalities without municipal electric systems, that’s usually the utility company) for assistance in paying bills. Options available to help residents include the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Dollar Energy Fund.

Daniel Walmer: 717-944-4628, or danielwalmer@pressandjournal. com

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“These are not meetings with a political agenda. These are meetings to inform the public, not to misinform the public.”

Simms isn’t buying it. He says his meetings were never political.

“I made it clear to [council President Christopher McNamara] that our meetings are not political. I don’t have anything political to gain,” he said.

“Our town hall meetings were for the people to get information.”

On the other hand, he thinks the timing of council’s ward meetings – two months before the May 21 primary election during which five of nine council seats will be contested – shows that they are political.

“Isn’t it funny that they’re doing it now?” he said. “It is all of a sudden, now, as we get into the election season, that they decide to do all this. I think that they know that we’re out to get them off of council and they’re trying to step up their game.”

Resident Rachelle Reid, who is running for a First Ward council seat, had similar thoughts.

“If they were so concerned about the thoughts of the constituents, why didn’t they do that before this?” Reid said. “Why are they doing it? It’s an election year.”

Councilor Scott Sites, who frequently forms a one-member minority on council, has a different problem with the meetings: He said he only learned about the meetings from information

on his utility bill, which says “council members for your ward” will be onhand for the meetings.

“I did get a chuckle out of that,” Sites said. “How did they know I’d even be available?”

Sites thinks he was not informed because he cannot be controlled by council leadership.

“I’m not a part of the dog and pony show, so I’m figuring that’s why they didn’t include me – because they can’t script what I have to say,” he said.

Sites does plan to attend, but is skeptical that the meetings are a genuine attempt to interact with citizens.

“If the citizens get to ask open questions and get open answers, I think they’re great,” Sites said. “But I think they’re going to be scripted.

What Council President McNamara wants to be said, I think is what will be said. And the question-and-answer will probably be limited.”

The First Ward meeting will be held at Rescue Fire Company on South Union Street on March 7, the Second Ward meeting will be held at the American Legion on East High Street on March 14, and the Third Ward meeting will be held at the Middletown Volunteer Fire Station on Adelia Street on March 21. All meetings are scheduled for 7 p.m.

The town hall meeting will be held at 7 p.m. the MCSO building on West Emaus Street on March 28.

Daniel Walmer: 717-944-4628, or danielwalmer@pressandjournal. com

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Phoenix Contact engineer Missy Sommer demonstrates how to make a more effective catapult to Middletown Area Middle School sixth-grade students, left to right, Alex Fish, Lyndsey Woodley, Marie Chambers and Alexcia Kauffman.

MAMS students learn that engineering is fun

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Phoenix Contact engineers partnered with Middletown Area Middle School for the sixth straight year to teach sixth-grade students the fun of engineering from Tuesday, Feb. 19 to Friday, Feb. 22.

The engineers used hands-on lessons to teach the students about catapults, electric motors, static electricity – and teamwork.

“When we succeed as a team, we succeed together. When we fail as a team, we fail together,” engineer Scott Faulkner told teacher Michael

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will continue, Wheeler said.

“We’re going to continue doing the search up and down the river here, so we’re still looking, but at this point, no body has been recovered,” he said.

Family members weren’t sure what to make of the news, but they were sure of one thing: Hoke’s disappearance isn’t suicide.

“He was just getting his life together,” said Samantha Seger, his finace with whom he has a 1-year-old child. “We had plans.”

“He would never commit suicide,” mother Melinda Hoke agreed. “He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Melinda Hoke described her son as a “good-hearted person” who wanted to take over her family business. “He always did a whole lot for me,” she said.

David Hoke was last seen on Friday, Feb. 22, but the family thought he was

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Dupes’ science class.

On Wednesday, Feb. 20, the engineers had the students compete to see who could design a catapult that would send a small ball the farthest, taking gravity, force and angle into consideration.

Engineer Missy Sommer said she participates in the program to help students at a young age to think about the possibility of a career in engineering.

“I want more and more students to see it as a career opportunity for them,” Sommer said. “It’s not just the pocket protectors – we’re out there having fun.”

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There are services available to help citizens struggling with high electric bills.

The Middletown chapter of the American Red Cross has a fund that can help customers avoid electricity shutoffs, and people can inquire about that fund at the Middletown Red Cross office, said Kathy Smyser, communications manager for the American Red Cross serving central Pennsylvania.

The Middletown Red Cross operates out of Middletown Borough Hall on Emaus Street, and is open

Diakon offers services and housing without regard to race, color, religion, disability, marital status, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation or gender.

Cucullo was arraigned before District Judge David Judy and held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $150,000 bail. Biter was arraigned in Dauphin County Night Court and held in lieu of $25,000 bail.

The two were arrested after seven bottle bombs exploded in the 200 block of North Union and East Roosevelt streets around 5:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, police said.

Startled neighbors told authorities that the explosions sounded like shots fired from a gun.

Authorities closed the streets as the state police Hazardous Devices Unit was summoned to handle one bomb that had not exploded, said Chris

with a friend until police found his car by the Middletown boat dock on Sunday, Melinda Hoke said.

Seger said if Hoke were safe, she would have heard from him by now.

“He would have found a way to get ahold of me by now. He would never leave me,” she said.

He loves to collect gadgets, Melinda said, including a metal detector with which he would roam the woods alone despite his mother’s warnings of the danger – and Melinda thinks he may have been doing that when misfortune struck.

“He said, ‘Mom, I’ll be alright,’ ” Melinda said. “Now look where he is.”

Anyone having information on the whereabouts of Hoke or his disappearance is asked to contact Middletown police by calling 717-558-6900.

Daniel Walmer: 717-944-4628, or danielwalmer@pressandjournal. com

Courogen, borough secretary and director of communications.

Biter and Cucullo had gone to bars for drinks to celebrate Biter’s birthday and placed the bottle bombs in the streets afterward, according to a probable cause affidavit that police filed with Judy’s office.

Biter apologized for the incident during an interview with police at their Middletown headquarters on Saturday, March 2, according to the affidavit.

Cucullo was uncooperative and was arrested at his house later the same day, the affidavit said.

Jim Lewis: 717-944-4628, or jimlewis@pressandjournal.com Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com

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The Steelton-Highspire girls’ basketball team poses with its District 3 Class A championship trophy and gold medals at the Giant Center after beating Halifax in the title game.

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Other students who signed letters of intent: • Lindsay Cassel, daughter of Tami Cassel and Mike Cassel, goalkeeper of Lower Dauphin’s field hockey team.

She signed with Bloomsburg, where she plans to major in business education. Cassel recorded 16 shutouts for Lower Dauphin, including two playoff

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• Jackson Miller, son and Janice Miller and Joe Miller, a tight end and defensive end for Lower Dauphin’s football team. He signed with California (Pa.) University, where he plans to major in special education. He was a Class AAAA All-State Honorable Mention at tight end and was selected to play in the PSFCA East/West AllStar Game in May. He is also a twoyear letter winner in boys’ basketball and a four-year letter winner on the boys’ track and field team.

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Walking into Hershey’s Giant Center, the Steelton-Highspire Rollers were excited, pumped up and confident. The stakes were high, and last year, the Rollers faced a devastating loss against Lebanon Catholic, 84-78, in the District 3 Class A championship game.

Not this time.

The Rollers earned redemption for that loss, as they flattened Halifax, 76-27 on Thursday, Feb. 28.

Malia Tate-DeFreitas scored a game-high 32 points, and added six assists, six rebounds, and four steals for Steel-High. Amber Hess-Moore added points, Jazmine Blanding added 7 points and Khadijah Robinson scored 7 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.

Steel-High got things rolling with a 23-0 run, beginning with three baskets

by Tate-DeFreitas. With assists by Tate-DeFreitas, Hess-Moore and Ceani Beaden each added 2 points for a 10-0 lead.

The Wildcats missed shots, and defensive pressure by the Rollers led to turnovers. With 5:30 left, Tate-DeFreitas and Blanding pressured the Wildcats, and Tate-DeFreitas made a steal, taking the ball for a layup. Tate-DeFreitas added a free throw, and Hess-Moore slammed a 3-pointer to increase the Rollers’ lead to 16-0.

Quick teamwork and passing by Tate-DeFreitas and Hess-Moore gave the Rollers 2 more points with Tate-DeFreitas’ shot at the basket. With a foul against Steel-High’s Robinson, Halifax had an opportunity to score with free throws by Kylee Sorichetti, but a violation took the lone free throw she scored off the board.

Tate-DeFreitas added a free throw with 3:53 left, and Blanding and Robinson each sank a basket before the Wildcats would score.

Halifax’s Tess Kieffer broke the Rollers’ streak with a free throw, but SteelHigh would only allow the Wildcats to squeak out an additional free throw in the first quarter.

Marlin Sanchez, Blanding and Tate-DeFreitas each posted a basket, to end the quarter with a 29-2 lead.

Kane accepts coaching job at LaSalle North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) championships in 2010-11 and 2011-12. He was named the Brad Kane took the reins of an upstart league’s Coach of the Year both seagolf team at Penn State Harrisburg just sons for his efforts.

With its conference championship a few short years ago and transformed victories, Penn State Harit into one of the best colrisburg earned an NCAA legiate programs in the Division III tournament area. Now, he’ll look to berth each of the past two continue his recent pattern years. of success at LaSalle.

Kane has also coached Kane accepted the head two NEAC Players of the coaching job at LaSalle, an Year in Brad Goss and Matt NCAA Division I school Plummer. in golf, on Feb. 14. Penn “I’m very pleased to be State Harrisburg competes part of the LaSalle famin Division III. Submitted photo ily,” Kane said about his “Brad has successful exBrad Kane new endeavor. “There’s a perience as a college coach great opportunity for us and knowledge of the game of golf as a coach, sportswriter to get better in a hurry and I hope to and administrator,” said Tom Brennan, take the program to places it’s never LaSalle’s athletic director. “We look been before.”

Kane earned his degree in journalism forward to Brad leading our program from Penn State in 1995 and worked for years to come.”

In Kane, the Explorers are getting a as a sportswriter for the Harrisburg fantastic addition to their program.

Patriot-News for three years.

Kane led the Lions to back-to-back He also served as the NEAC golf chair and was the league’s representative to the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee.

He currently works as the director of the J. Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust at the Golf Association of Philadelphia.

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John Sygielski, left, president of Harrisburg Area Community College, congratulates Sgt. Angela Schauer Lamb, right, on her induction into the college’s Sports Hall of Fame.

LD graduate inducted into HACC hall of fame Sgt. Angela Schauer Lamb, a 2001 Lower Dauphin graduate, was inducted into the Harrisburg Area Community College Sports Hall of Fame during halftime of a basketball game at the campus on Saturday, Feb. 9.

Lamb was co-captain and leading scorer for the women’s basketball team at HACC that finished the 2003-04 season with a 21-2 record and second-place finish in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference tournament.

Lamb also played during the 2002-03 season, leading the Hawks’ offensive attack and playing tough defense.

After two years at HACC, Lamb transfered to Penn State Berks, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree and continued her basketball career.

She is the daughter of Russell and Merriam Schauer.

Lamb currently is a sergeant in the Army, living in Olympia, Wash. while pursuing a master’s degree.

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Kieffer posted the first points of the period, adding a basket for the Wildcats, but Hess-Moore answered with a shot from the 3-point line to increase Steel-HIgh’s lead to 32-4.

Mistakes on both ends eventually landed the ball in Rollers’ possession, and Tate-DeFreitas took advantage of it, sinking a 3-pointer. The Rollers kept control of the ball with two more baskets by Tate-DeFreitas and Robinson to lead 39-4.

Kieffer added a basket for the Wildcats, and a steal and assist by Halifax’s Rylee Gonsar gave Madison Bingaman the chance to sink a 3-pointer.

But Steel-High’s Blanding didn’t miss a beat, adding 3 points to keep Halifax at a distance, 42-9.

With 3:37 left in the second quarter, the Wildcats tried to keep pace with Steel-High, tacking on 5 more points, but the Rollers scored 10 points with baskets by Miyah Viera, Tate-DeFreitas, Robinson and I’janique Simmons.

A buzzer beater by Morgan Cox gave the Wildcats 2 more points to end the half down by a score of 52-14.

Robinson broke the ice in the third quarter with a basket, but Steel-High wouldn’t score again until the 4:30 mark. The Rollers kept up their strong defense, but the Wildcats managed to tally 5 points.

A quick drive down the key by TateDeFreitas gave the Rollers 2 points and a 56-21 lead.

Tate-DeFreitas sank back-to-back baskets with 3:10 left, 60-23. After the Wildcats gained possession with 2:32 left, Tate-DeFreitas made a steal and sank 2 points, giving the Rollers a 62-23 lead.

The clock continued to wind down in the fourth, as Steel-High continued to use its reserve players throughout the game.

Cox put a small dent in the Rollers’ lead with a basket early in the final quarter. With 6:40 on the clock, TateDeFreitas added a basket. The Rollers continued to rally, with two more shots by Robinson and Tate-DeFreitas that gave Steel-High a 72-25 lead.

Reserves Ayana Flowers and Malani Tate-DeFreitas stepped it up with a basket each to finish the scoring in the game.

The win felt good, especially after losing the district championship last year, said Blanding. “We work hard, and we wanted to come and show this team how we play. It’s pretty emotional since it’s the last year to play with these girls, but I’m kind of happy because we have a good reputation.”

Malia Tate-DeFreitas was happy with how well the team worked together.

“It feels good knowing we could make up for last year and the mistakes from that game,” she said. “No other team can run like us.”

“If we didn’t win at districts, that would have been a disappointment,” said Jeffrey Chisholm, Steel-High coach. “Our girls work hard all summer. Once the season starts, they work hard. They work hard in practice. To lose a district game, that would have stunned us.”

Chisholm was proud of all of his Rollers, especially the reserves for stepping up in such an important game.

“A lot of people think once Malia leaves it’ll be over for us, but it won’t be,” Chisolm said. “A game like this, I

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“These girls are still very hungry,” he said.

Steel-High 90 Upper Dauphin 40

The Rollers showed how hungry they are in their semifinal matchup against Upper Dauphin on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at Cumberland Valley High School.

Chisholm played 14 Rollers, and all played a part in the 50-point victory.

Tate-DeFreitas added a game high 30 points, and added seven assists, seven steals and six rebounds. Robinson added 13 points and 12 rebounds, Viera scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds, and Hess-Moore added 10 points. Beaden contributed 10 rebounds and 9 points.

Steel-High started the game with a 5-0 lead on a 3-pointer by Blanding and 2 points by Tate-DeFreitas off a steal.

McKenzie Miller gave Upper Dauphin its first basket, but Hess-Moore nailed a 3-pointer and Tate-DeFreitas added a basket to give the Rollers a 10-2 lead.

Upper Dauphin began to warm up, but Steel-High was always one step ahead of the Trojans.

Tate-DeFreitas added 10 more points, Viera and Khadijah each added a basket and free throw, and Beaden hit a basket to give the Rollers a 28-14 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Rollers kept the same, quick pace, and the Trojans couldn’t compete in the second quarter. The Rollers put up 27 points to the Trojans’ 11 points.

Upper Dauphin only hit two baskets in the second quarter and made seven of 16 free throws.

Meanwhile, the Rollers shot consistently, with three baskets by TateDeFreitas and two baskets each by Beaden and Viera. Hess-Moore added a 3-pointer, and Robinson and Sanchez each sank a basket. The Rollers left the court at halftime confident with a 55-25 lead.

In the second half, the Rollers had a mix of starters and reserve players on the court, and still out-shined the competition. Upper Dauphin was only able to put up 15 points to the Rollers’ 35 in the final two periods.

Rollers starters put up steady scoring and kept possession most of the half.

With 3:37 left in the game, SteelHigh’s Flowers hit three consecutive baskets, and added a steal and assist in the final seconds to produce the final score. prove her worth with three baskets in a r.

“Today, we played as a team. All we wanted to do was push the ball. I think we did that,” said Hess-Moore.

“I was really pleased with my reserves,” said Chisholm. “I always say offense sells tickets, defense wins games and rebounds win championships, and that’s our fuel. We just got to out rebound the other teams.”

Steel-High will play Northeast Bradford on Saturday, March 9 in the first round of the PIAA Class A tournament at 6:30 p.m. at Northern York High School.

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Standings for 3-6-13 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL District 3 championships Class A Final Steelton-Highspire 76, Halifax 27 Semifinal Steelton-Highspire 90, Upper Dauphin 40 PIAA PLAYOFFS Class A Saturday, March 9 Steelton-Highspire vs. Northeast Bradford, 6:30 p.m. at Northern York High School

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Column No. 682/March 6, 2013

Descendants of Daniel and Eva Catherine Danner Kaercher Of Schuylkill County, Pa.

On September 20, 1738, the ship Nancy and Friendship sailed into the Port of Philadelphia, commanded by William Wallace. A total of 187 men and women, emigrating from the Palatine region of Germany were amongst those who endured the journey across the Atlantis from Rotterdam and soon after, Dover, England.

Tens of thousands of Germans from the war torn region along the Rhine River flocked to the British Colonies during the 18th Century. They came to the New World for a variety of reasons, namely: to escape the ongoing conflict between Prussia and France, to escape religious intolerance, and to seek out greater opportunity in a new land.

Among the arrivals were Michael Kaercher and his family. In the decades that followed, Kaercher (pronounced Care-cher) and his family settled in Berks County near the vicinity of present-day Hamburg.

Martin Kaercher, the son of Michael was born in Germany on March 27, 1718 and married Anna Elizabeth Schuffert (1726-1802). Martin became rather prominent in Berks County and during the Revolutionary War, served with the rank of Major in Colonel Michael Lindenmuth’s Battalion of Berks County Militia, which was organized in the northern section of the county. Martin Kaercher and his wife raised at least eight known children. Of those children, at least two migrated northward across the Blue Mountains and settled in what is today Schuylkill County.

Maria Magdalena Kaercher married Jacob Meyer (Moyer) and they raised a rather large family, which today permeates the genealogies of several hundred Schuylkill families.

Daniel Kaercher, probably the youngest of Martin’s Kaercher’s children, was born on July 4, 1767 and married Eva Catherine Danner the daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Dotter) Danner. Eva was born on February 8, 1769 - died March 1, 1846 in Branch Township, Schuylkill County at the age 77 years. Daniel and Eva Kaercher settled near present day Friedensburg in Wayne Township shortly after the beginning of the 19th century. Daniel and Eva had the following children: Jacob, married Anna Christina Lehr; Maria Barbara, married Abraham Hoch; Daniel Martin, married Catherine Schatz (or Shots); Sarah (or Salome), married William Lehr; Johannes, married Catherine Kreater (Krater); Elizabeth, married Johannes Clauser; William, married Eva Schrope; Joseph, married Harriet Fricker on October 8, 1835; Thomas died on March 31, 1843 at Schuylkill Haven, age 38; Catherine, married Henry Swope; Samuel (poss.

Simon), married Anna Fertig on Nov 14, 1835 and Jeremiah Jacob Kaercher was born on May 2, 1789 and died on September 28, 1860. His wife, Anna Christina was born on July 9, 1793 and died on February 2, 1871. Both are buried in the Cemetery at Friedensburg in Wayne Township.

Jacob and Christina had the following children: Daniel, born Jan. 12, 1815; Absalom, born Jan. 16, 1816: Eliza, born March 20, 1817; Catherine, born Aug. 29, 1818; Henrich, born Jan. 31, 1820; Wilhelm, born July 31, 1821: Israel, born April 9, 1825; Jere, born Feb. 18, 1827; and George, born April 17, 1829.

Maria Barbara Kaercher was born in 1791 and died on February 17, 1863. She married Abraham Hoch and lived with her family in the Barry Township area.

Abraham Hoch her husband was born on April 6, 1791 and died on February 5, 1874. Both Abraham and Maria Kaercher Hoch are buried at St. John’s (Kimmel’s) Union Church Cemetery in Barry Township. Maria and Abraham Hoch had at least three known children: William, born Sept. 16, 1816 and died Sept.

20, 1895, married Sarah Heim; Thomas (1824-1864), died Civil War, married Esther Heim; and Catherine (1829-1907), married George Herring.

Daniel Martin Kaercher was born near Hamburg in 1793 and married Catherine Shots, the daughter of Dreher Shots of Orwigsburg. Daniel Kaercher worked in the trade of cabinetmaker and served in the War of 1812. His marriage resulted in the birth of at least six known children: Matilda, born Nov. 11, 1817; Carl, born June 24, 1818; Sarah, born Oct. 6, 1810; Franklin, born Sept. 18, 1821; Daniel M., born Nov. 29, 1823; Edward, born Oct. 19, 1825.

Franklin, son of Daniel and Catherine Kaercher, was born in Friedensburg and moved to Pottsville in the early days of that city. As a young man, Franklin became involved in boating on the Schuylkill Canal. Soon after, he learned the printing trade and was an apprentice with Benjamin Bannan, publisher of the Weekly Miners Journal at Pottsville. After his apprenticeship, Franklin moved to Philadelphia where he worked on the Daily Sun. He returned to Pottsville and in 1844, he established the Anthracite Gazette that he published until 1846. He associated himself with the local Pottsville Militia in those days and joined the Washington Artillerists, commanded by James Nagle of Pottsville. At the outbreak of the Mexican War in 1846, Franklin Kaercher was appointed Second Lieutenant of Company B, 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he became interested in politics. Politically he joins the Whig Party and was soon after elected as County Treasurer in 1850.

In1854, he embarked upon a career in the Hotel Business. For several years he operated the Exchange Hotel and the Pennsylvania Hall Hotels in Pottsville.

Again, Franklin Kaercher changed career interests. Appointed superintendent of the Girard Estate in Schuylkill County, Kaercher filled the position for five years, during which he gained an interest in coal operating in the vicinity of Lost Creek and Shenandoah.

Franklin Kaercher, married Susanna Huntzinger, daughter of Samuel Huntzinger of Pottsville, on September 3, 1844. He died on August 29, 1881. His wife survived him until June 27, 1900. Their marriage resulted in 10 children namely: George R., (born Nov. 1, 1845-Died Sept. 19, 1890) District Attorney for Schuylkill County during the Molly Maguire Era, married Annette Hughes, daughter of prominent lawyer; Francis Hughes Esq. George R. Kaercher was killed in the Shoemakersville Train Wreck in 1890; Franklin P., born April 7, 1848, prominent official with the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. (P&R C&I); Samuel H., born Sept. 28, 1850-died Oct. 16, 1913, married Rannie Althouse. He was a Pottsville attorney; William H., born Sept. 14-died 1852, married Hannah Brown. He was a Colliery Superintendent and later moved to Boston, Mass.; Edward Edgar, born June 20, 1859-died March 13, 1934, Engineeer with P&R C&I Company, married Catherine Troutman; Daniel Webster, born Feb. 28, 1867-died Jan. 20, 1933, Pottsville Attorney married Mary Krebs; James M., born Aug. 7, 1863-died Nov. 22, 1863; Ellen, born May 21, 1857-died Jan. 6, 1861; Ida Louise, born March 21, 1855, married Franklin M. Day of Hazelton; and Susanna Caroline, born Feb. 24, 1862, married Rev. James P. Hawkes of Lebanon and later, Cambridge, Mass.

Johannes Kaercher was born on or about May 10, 1797 at Hamburg in Berks County. He later moved with his parents to Friedensburg, where he married Catherine Anna Krater (Krether), the daughter of Anthon and Elizabeth Engel Krether. Anton Krater was a schoolteacher born near Friesheim in the German Palatinate. Catherine Krater Kaercher was born February 10, 1799. She died in Pottsville on December 15, 1878 and was buried in the Pottsville Cemetery (also known as the Presbyterian Cemetery). Johannes Kaercher died in 1843.

Johannes and Catherine were the parents of several children: Benneville, Nov. 23, 1818; Elizabeth, born Oct. 17, 1820, and married James Nagle; Catherine, born about 1825 and married Joseph Jones; Mary Anna, born May 18, 1827 and married Joseph Derr: John Joseph, born July 17, 1836 and died Feb. 9, 1884; (Another daughter married Isaac Moyer of Pottsville).

On December 14, 1852, Elizabeth Kaercher married James Nagle, the son of Daniel and Mary Nagle, formerly of Reading, Pine Grove and lastly, Pottsville. James Nagle distinguished himself as an officer in a Pennsylvania Regiment during the Mexican War, and later as General during the American Civil War. General Nagle died in 1866, while his widow, survived him until May 18, 1900.

James and Elizabeth Kaercher Nagle had the following children: Emma, married James Bowen, Pottsville; James W., married Josephine Hutchinson; John D., married Laura Crosland; Laura, married John Dooley; Marcus, married Sallie Helms; Frank L., married Laura Rosengarten; and Kate A., married Lincoln Philips.

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Evangelical United Methodist Church

Middletown Welcome all. May God’s light shine leader for March: Donna Keller; 10:15 upon us as we gather to worship. May a.m., worship service. The worship the brilliance of his light and his wis- center is handicap and wheelchair dom fill us. May it be a lamp to our accessible. Greeters: Chris, Lori and feet and a light to our path.

Jaden Miller. Nursery Helpers: Ethel Evangelical Church meets on the Angeloff, Mike Harris. The altar flowcorner of Spruce and Water streets at ers are given in memory of parents Mr. 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south and Mrs. Charles Kaylor presented by of Main St. behind the Turkey Hill Bob Kaylor and family; 11:30 a.m., convenience store.

Refreshments and fellowship time; The ministries scheduled at Evan- 6:30 p.m., Dessert and fellowship time; gelical United Methodist Church 7 p.m., Community Lenten Sunday from March 6-12 are always open to evening service held at Wesley United everyone.

Methodist Church.

Wed., March 6: 6 p.m., AA Book Mon., March 11: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Study Group; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir Community dinner at St. Peter’s rehearsal.

Evangelical Lutheran Church featurThurs., March 7: 5:30 p.m., Girl ing hamloaf.

Scouts meeting.

Tues., March 12: 5:30 p.m., Girl Sun., March 10: 9 a.m., Sunday Scouts meeting; 6 p.m., Finance Church school, with classes for all Committee meeting; 7 p.m., Church ages. Adult Sunday school devotional Council meets.

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Middletown. A dessert felChurch is located at Spring and Union lowship will be held from 6:30 to 7 Streets, Middletown. p.m. At 7 p.m. a service of worship You are invited to join us for worship will follow. on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m., Mon., March 11: 4:30 to 6:30 Good Shepherd Chapel; worship on p.m., Community dinner at St. PeSaturday at 5 p.m., Good Shepherd ter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chapel. The Saturday service is a Middletown. casual traditional service, usually 45 Wednesdays in Lent: Sun., March 10: minutes in length. Please enter the church through the parking lot door. 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., Soup and bread meal.

Sunday Worship is at 8:15 a.m. and Worship at 6:30 p.m., at Wesley United 11 a.m. Sunday Church School and Methodist Church, Middletown.

Visit our website at www.stpeConfirmation is 9:45 a.m. Our worship service is broadcast on WMSS 91.1 tersmiddletown.org.

Scripture readings for the week: Josh FM. at 11 a.m. each Sunday.

Sun., March 10: Community Lenten 5:9-12; Ps. 32; 2 Cor. 1:18-31; Luke Service at Wesley United Methodist 15:1-3, 11b-32.

Open Door Bible Church

Middletown “Do all things without grumbling or ages 4 to second grade are welcome disputing, that you may be blameless to participate in Junior Church during and innocent, children of God without the morning worship service. We also blemish in the midst of a crooked and welcome you to join us at our 6:30 twisted generation, among whom you p.m. service. Childcare is provided shine as lights in the world.” Philip- for children under age 4 during all services and classes. pians 2:14-15 Wed., March 6: 7 p.m., Patch the Open Door Bible Church, located Pirate Clubs for ages 4 through grade at 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, 6, and Prayer meeting. invites you to worship Jesus Christ Thurs., March 7: 7 p.m., Middletown with us this week.

Home Music Ministry.

Our March 10 Sunday worship serFor more information call the church vice commences at 10:40 a.m. with office at 939-5180 or visit us online a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school hour with at www.odbcpa.org. Better yet, come classes for all ages. Children from worship with us in person.

New Beginnings Church

Middletown New Beginnings Church invites tion WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every you to worship with us each Sunday Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ church provided. Our congregation wmss/audio. meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Acolyte for March is Nikki Wise.

Union St., Middletown, next to the Children’s Church leader is Bobby Rescue Hose Company. Sunday school Bright. for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap Community Lenten Service will be accessible via ramp at the back door. held on Sun., March 10 at Wesley For additional church information call United Methodist Church. Refresh944-9595. ments will be at 6:30 p.m. and worship Nonperishable food items are col- is at 7 p.m. New Beginnings hosts the lected every Sunday for the Middle- service on Sun., March 17. town Food Bank.

Fri., March 8 from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., Followers of Faith Bible Study Sat., March 9, Youth Fellowship Rockresumes after Easter; Intercessory A-Thon for 4 Diamonds Fund.

Prayer Group is held every Thursday Sat., March 16: 1 p.m., Everybody’s at 7 p.m.; The Craft Group meets birthday party. every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; Youth Pastor Britt’s parting words each Fellowship meets Sundays from 5 to Sunday: “Nothing in this world is 7 p.m. more important than the love of Jesus Our Sunday worship service will Christ.” We invite you to come and be broadcast on the MAHS radio sta- experience this love.

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Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown

Middletown Middletown First Church of God, 245 W. High 3 and younger.

Come to the 4th Sunday in Lent, out www.Krislund.org or e-mail at Thursdays: The Sunshiners meet March 10, for worship at 10:30 a.m. info@krislund.org. Your gift can be Street, Middletown, invites you to join Visitors are welcome and expected. made toward this challenge by making us for worship at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. from 6 to 8 p.m. for a time of ChrisNursery is provided. For children checks payable to “Krislund Camp this Sunday. Childcare is provided. tian fellowship, teaching and worship. remaining in the church service, there Funding the Future Campaign” and Sunday school for all ages begins at They are a group which exists to meet are Blue Listening bags for their use forwarded to the church office. The 9:15 a.m. Classes for special education the spiritual needs of persons who are and they may be obtained from an church will forward your gift along are also available. developmentally challenged.

Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes usher and then left on the pew upon with Max Lauffer’s matching gift Sundays: A Collective Service at 6 departure. to Krislund Camp. Gifts continue to are available for Youth (grades 6-12), p.m. with dinner at 5:15 p.m. In March Remember to turn your clocks ahead support our denomination and honor FROG Pond (kindergarten through 5th we will explore how we ended up here. grade), Nursery (infants-age 3), and How on earth did God’s beautiful the evening of March 9 for Daylight Max’s life.

Savings Time.

Planning for the summertime, con- Adult classes, which offer a variety creation end up like this? Is this the Sunday school is offered from 9:15 sider having your child attend Kris- of Bible studies and electives. way it was supposed to be? We will be Thursdays: 8 a.m., Breakfast Club looking into the first family’s drama, to 10:15 a.m. in the Morrow Room. At lund. It is a beautiful setting and lots the same time, there is an Adult Forum of activities. Registration has already Bible Study; 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer boats and bows and arrows, babel, and for teens and adults in Fellowship begun. See the website for all the Young Adult Bible Study. gardens with gardners. Come be part Wednesdays: Wednesday Night Hall. The Adult Forum is continuing choices of dates and camps at www.

Live: Come join us for supper at 5:30 of the discussion. We promise not to with their Lenten study using DVDs krislund.org. make you sit in your seats. and based on the book, “Surprised Mon., March 11: 7 p.m., Session p.m. (no charge, donations accepted).

Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa Wednesday Night Live classes for

by Hope, Rethinking Heaven, the meeting. de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High Resurrection, and the Mission of the Tues., March 12: 10 a.m., Mary’s everyone, birth to 100, begin at 6:30 St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos p.m.

Winter class lineup: The Gospel Church” by N.T. Wright, a top biblical Circle meeting. scholar and Bishop of Durham in the Wed., March 13: 6:15 p.m., Bells of John; The Essential Jesus Class; Domingos, noon; Servicio EvangeSpiritual Formation Class; Contem- listico: Domingos Church of England. Howard West will rehearsal; 7 p.m., choir rehearsal.

1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and lead this Sunday’s session four: The For further information see our porary Culture Class; Craft/Quilting Hope of Jesus’ Second Coming - the church website at www.pcmdt.org, Class; Parenting Class; Youth group Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184.

For additional information call the biblical confidence that Jesus will see Facebook: PresbyterianCongre- (Grades 6 thru 12), Children’s classes one day return to this world, restore gation, or call the church office 717- for Grades 4 and 5; Grades 1 to 3; church office at 944-9608 or e-mail Kindergarten, babysitting for wee ones us at mdtcog@comcast.net. creation, heal his people and make all 944-4322. things new.

Following the 10:30 a.m. service on March 10 is a congregational

meeting to receive the 2012 Reports of Committees/Organizations. Join us for lunch afterwards. Pork and sauerkraut will be provided, and you are asked to bring a covered dish of fruit, vegetables, meat or dessert. All are welcome.

Sun., March 10, Lenten Worship Service planned by the Pastor’s Fellowship of the Interfaith Council. It will Glad Tidings Assembly of God Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church be held this evening at Wesley United Route 283 @ N. Union Street, Middletown 10 Spruce Street • 944-5835 Methodist Church, 64 Ann Street. SoPhone 944-1042 Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am cial time will be from 6:30 to 7 p.m. At REV. JOHN LANZA, Sr. Pastor Evening Worship - 6 pm 7 p.m. a service of worship led by the REV. ANDREW JORDAN, Student Ministries Pastor www.calvaryopc.com host pastor, including scripture and a REV. BEN GRENIER, Children’s Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 am • Worship - 10:30 am short devotional, also congregational Small Groups - Various Locations City of Refuge Church and special music, lasting about 45 Wednesday Family Night - 7 pm "Where The Bruised And Broken Are Welcomed" minutes. All are welcome.

Wednesday AXIS Student Ministries - 7 pm 100 Brown Street, Suite 17 Mon., March 11: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., www.gtagpa.org Sunday School - 10 am • Sunday Worship - 11 am Community dinner at St. Peter’s Wednesday Bible Study 7 pm Lutheran Church, Spring and Union ELDER VERNAL E. SIMMS, SR., Pastor Streets. Menu is hamloaf.

Phone 717-388-1053 New Beginnings Church Max A. Lauffer Krislund Camp at the Riverside Chapel Challenge. In his will, Max provided a 630 South Union St., Middletown gift for the church upon the condition Ebenezer United Methodist Church Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am that, “an amount not to exceed $5,000 "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples" Pastor Britt Strohecker be used as a challenge matching fund 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown Everyone Is Welcome! to benefit Krislund Camp’s Funding (Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road) Phone 939-0766 the Future Campaign. From this fund, 8:30 am - A Spirited Traditional Service of Worship $1.00 shall be paid to the Funding Open Door Bible Church 9:45 am - A Time for Education and Spiritual Nurture The Future Campaign for every $2.00 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Children, Youth, Adults) contributed to the fund by members (Located In Lower Swatara Township) 10:45 am - A Second Worship Service in a Contemporary Style and friends of the church.” Projects Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN Christian Child Care - 985-1650 underway at Krislund include: a new Phone 939-5180 REV. JOHN OVERMAN, Pastor water system, a new athletic field, a Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am www.ebenezerumc.net climbing wall, 20 year-round double Evening Worship - 6:30 pm occupancy guest cabins and a new Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm sewage system. For information check Evangelical United Methodist Church Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown

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First Church of God

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944-9608 Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am Classes for Special Education (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening) Ample Parking Nursery Provided

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Wednesday, march 6, 2013

EDITOR'SVOICE

markanthony

Your Opinions

When a house is much, much more than a home

from www.pressandjournal.com.

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In general, do you think things in the U.S. are moving in the right direction or wrong direction?

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ince the Vietnam War, Americans have shown greater respect for the men and women who serve in their armed forces. So it’s perhaps no surprise that a story we published about the construction of a new home for Dennis Leonard, an Army sergeant from Hummelstown who lost his legs in an explosion while riding in a tank in Iraq, drew a large number of “likes’’ on our Facebook page.

Work began on the custom house last month on a lot on Morgan Drive in Lower Swatara Twp. It will allow Leonard to roll his wheelchair into the shower, reach kitchen appliances and counters, and do other things around the house that we take for granted.

A homebuilder, Deimler and Sons Construction of Swatara Twp., is donating a great deal of time and labor.

“I have a soft spot for heroes in the military,’’ said Craig Deimler, the company’s president – a sentiment shared by a tremendous number of in the Middletown area.

"I have a soft spot for heroes residents Here’s proof: Two men, Bob Egley in the military'' said Craig and Don Jacobs, raised more than Deimler, president of a $100,000 with the help of Rotary in Mechanicsburg and Carlisle construction company clubs in 2011 to spark a Texas-based charity building a free house for an called Helping a Hero to search for injured Army veteran – a a worthy veteran in Pennsylvania. nonprofit organization, which sentiment shared by a The provides support to severely injured tremendous number of military personnel, found Leonard, residents in the Middletown who was injured in a blast from an device in 2007. area. explosive The foundation walls of Leonard’s new home went up recently, and the “thank you’’ to a fallen soldier is taking shape. The compassion has not ceased, however. The Lower Swatara Twp. commissioners voted unanimously on Feb. 20 to waive any building permit fees associated with the construction – about $2,700, according to Alan Knoche, the township’s codes enforcement officer.

Waiving the fees could set a dangerous precedent, but the good deed trumped the risk. “I understand it’s a dangerous precedent to set, but I don’t think we’ll ever have a better reason to waive it,’’ said Knoche.

Commissioner Jon Wilt agreed. "I don't think weshould be concerned about setting a precedent. I think it is worthwhile.''

We agree.

Deilmer is reaching out to local businesses to donate building materials and supplies. Compassion is building a home for a local hero.

A dedication of the completed house is planned for July 25, and we can’t wait to see what respect has built.

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READERS'VIEWS

Dinosaurs are in the Bible Editor, I would like to take issue with one particular statement that Herbert C. Moore made in his Readers’ Views letter (“Here’s another attempt to teach calculus to a cat,’’ Press And Journal, Feb. 27).

In his letter supporting evolution, Mr. Moore wrote: “Oh, wait, I forgot – there’s no mention of dinosaurs in the Bible, so, I guess, they never existed. Neither they nor any other creatures found in the fossil record.’’ If Mr. Moore were to search online for the definitions of “behemoth” and “leviathan,” he would discover that Wikipedia gives several choices, and one of them is “dinosaur.’’ And Wikipedia also quotes the references in the Bible where those words are found.

While I cannot prove that those words definitely referred to dinosaurs, neither can Mr. Moore prove that they do not.

I checked the 40th and 41st chapters of Job in quite a few versions of the Bible and, for lack of a better description, the words “behemoth” and “leviathan” are consistently used in most of them.

G. Edward Carpenter Lower Swatara Twp.

Paulheise

How did our politics and economy get so FUBAR?

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o find a word adequate to describe our current political culture, you have to go back to World War II and FUBAR – “Fouled” Up Beyond All Recognition. This entire Sequestration crisis makes no political or economic sense whatsoever. It merely goes to show that no one knows what is happening or who stands for what.

The much-discussed Sequestration – $85 billion in across-the-board federal spending cuts – imposed on the U.S. economy for the period March 1 through September 1 is money that is supposed to be a down payment, a set aside, to begin control of the federal deficit, hence the word sequester.

But note that all the political talk is about what the absence of this spending will mean to the economic well-being of political constituencies and the economy as a whole.

Thus the military is shifting aircraft carrier groups around, grounding the F-35s and, heaven forbid, laying off contractors.

Teachers and other public service providers will incur part time, short weeks or

layoffs. Travelers will be even more aners outraged at the Republicans on whom noyed at the short-staffed Transportation they have been able to smear the blame.

Security Administration. A lot of projects In the 2014 election, Democrats might will be delayed and lose their place in the then even be able to retake control of the funding queue. Infrastructure will be furHouse. But maybe not. President Barack ther neglected as repairs and maintenance Obama is really gambling on this one. or deferred.

The Republicans expect the opposite – The impact on the macro-economy is that the economy will absorb the shock probably the most serious threat to the the way it absorbs gas price increases: nation. With weak growth numbers and Some get hurt more than others. That high unemployment, $85 billion is only this is absolutely the 2.5 percent of the The horror of all this is that $3.5 trillion federal worst possible time to cut government there is no debt problem to budget and a mere spending. We should percent of the fix, that the deficit is falling 0.5 be stimulating the $16 trillion GDP. faster than at any time since The economy has economy, increasing government spendthe 1940s and growth in already suffered the ing, not cutting it. loss of extended The original 2008-09 medical costs is unexpectedly unemployment payslowing. ments of $30 billion stimulus of about $400 billion was far and the temporary too small to jump FICA tax cut of start the economy. It $115 billion. That’s $145 billion of lost was just enough to keep us from plunging demand. What’s a mere $85 billion? off the depression cliff.

The Republicans think that it will No one knows what the macro impact confirm what they have always believed: will be of this cut in spending. The DemoGovernment is eminently cuttable. They crats think that it will be serious and they just have to stick it out. are expecting, perhaps even hoping, that it If the economics are skewed and conwill be severe enough to make the taxpayfused, the politics are downright chaotic.

Obama’s constituencies elected him to protect the social safety net, especially Social Security and Medicare. He may have shown some guts in regard to gays and guns, but he has clearly waffled in regard to entitlements.

Obama has consistently put Social Secu PUBLISHER Joseph G. Sukle, Jr. rity and Medicare on the table in his effort to get a “grand bargain” from Speaker

joesukle@pressandjournal.com John Boehner. Boehner has walked away

EDITOR Jim Lewis from $100 billion offers to cut entitlement, not because he doesn’t want to bar jimlewis@pressandjournal.com gain but because his Tea Party members

STAFF WRITER Noelle Barrett want all or nothing.

In the debt ceiling negotiation, Obama noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com accepted a lower tax rate for the rich than if he had done nothing. He brags about

STAFF WRITER Daniel Walmer spending cuts. The safety net is what the danielwalmer@pressandjournal.com Democrats are about, and he doesn’t seem to care.

Obama appointed the Simpson-Bowles PRESS AND JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 20 South Union Street, Middletown, PA 17057 Commission, and his appointees “recOFFICE: 717-944-4628 FAX: 717-944-2083 EMAIL: info@pressandjournal.com ommended $200 billion annual cuts in CORPORATE WEBSITE: pandjinc.com discretionary spending, raising of the Social Security retirement age, cutting the

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federal workforce by 10 percent, and reducing federal pensions and student loan subsidies.” All are Republican proposals to cut down the debt. What’s with this president?

The Democratic party leaders are at least as wanting in loyalty. Pete Peterson is the billionaire Republican who got his million/billionaire buddies to ante up $60 million for “The Campaign to Fix the Debt.” The campaign would fix the debt by cutting, privatizing and generally weakening entitlements, especially Social Security and Medicare. Peterson recently put up an additional $500 million. But it is Alice Rivlin, Bill Clinton’s budget director and former vice chair of the Fed who is, at 81, dancing the Harlem Shake to support fixing the debt on the backs of the poor. Similarly, Ed Rendell, former Democratic governor of Pennsylvania and chair of the Democratic National Committee, is co-chair of Fix the Debt.

The horror of all this is that there is no debt problem to fix, that the deficit is falling faster than at any time since the 1940s and growth in medical costs is unexpectedly slowing. There is no reason whatsoever for this self-inflicted, manufactured crisis.

Paul A. Heise, of Mount Gretna, is a professor emeritus of economics at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, and a former economist for the federal government.

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Send your letters to: letters@pressandjournal.com, or 20 S. Union Street Middletown, Pa. 17057 Letters may be edited for accuracy, clarity, and length.

A plea for immigration reform

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ince last November, there has been a lot of talk about how passing immigration reform this year will be “smart politics” given the role Latino voters played in the recent election. As a small business owner, I’ll leave the political forecasting to the pundits, but I can say this: Failing to pass immigration reform, whatever the politics, would be downright knuckle-headed economics.

I’ve been recording history for over 40 years as a photographer, capturing events in people’s lives – like weddings, proms and graduations. So I know a big moment when I see one – and the moment for immigration reform is now.

Immigrants play many roles in our economy – as workers, as customers and as business owners themselves. How big are their contributions? Here’s one reference point: If some politicians got their way and all unauthorized immigrants were deported, we would lose $551 billion in total spending and $245 billion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a report by the Perryman Group.

On the other hand, if we do immigration reform right – strengthening the workforce and customer base for small businesses, creating a pathway to earned citizenship and reducing red tape for businesses and workers – we will add $1.5 trillion to our GDP over 10 years.

That’s just the kind of shot in the arm the economy needs.

Now, business owners like me might be expected to prefer what’s called a “guest worker” program – temporary visas for immigrant workers, but without the opportunity to earn a path to citizenship.

But actually, I don’t.

A guest worker program might If we do help some employers, who want to immigration take advantage reform right, of cheap foreign we will add labor, but it won’t help the vast ma$1.5 trillion to jority of responsiour GDP over ble business own10 years. ers and it won’t boost our customer base the way comprehensive reform will. The economic verdict is clear: Reform based on a guest worker model (with no path to citizenship) would cut the economic growth we can achieve from comprehensive immigration reform nearly in half.

Of course, an issue like immigration reform is about more than dollars and cents. It’s also about values, about who we are as a country. As a small business owner, I don’t check my values at the door when I walk into my business, and we shouldn’t check our values at the door as we enter this debate, either. Our values should guide it.

For example: as a business owner, I don’t believe we should treat anyone with second-class status – not our workers, not our customers, and not the new Americans who come here to start businesses of their own. The American promise is the promise of a land of opportunity, and the American entrepreneurial spirit is about going big, not going half way.

As a small business owner, I also believe in treating my workers like family.

And I know that when an employee’s family is torn apart by our out-of-touch immigration policies, it has a direct impact on workplace morale and productivity. That’s why I support immigration reform that reunites families or avoids breaking them apart to begin with.

Even with these compelling reasons to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform, there are still loud voices calling for costly enforcement-only approaches – more raids, more border patrols, more walls. But here’s what one recent president had to say about this: “I want to remind people, fearful people build walls. Confident people tear them down.”

No, it wasn’t President Barack Obama.

It was George W. Bush, speaking to a crowd in Ohio more than 10 years ago.

As President Bush’s words make clear, immigration reform – common sense, comprehensive immigration reform, not more walls – can and should be a bipartisan commitment. It is also long overdue.

For small businesses and our economy, there’s no time to waste. Let’s capture this big moment.

Mark Anthony is the owner of Higher Vision Photos, a photography business in Edison, N.J., and a member of Main Street Alliance, a network of independent small businesses.

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Additional comments and audio versions of some Sound Off comments are available at www. pressandjournal.com.

“Not worth the 75 cents you pay anymore . . . ” (Listen online at www.pressandjournal.com) “What a shame – you have a councilwoman admitting she . . . ” (Listen online at www.pressandjournal.com) “I see in the Journal that Mr. Reid was not concerned . . . ” (Listen online at www.pressandjournal. com)

J“I, for one, miss the spiritual

guidance that was posted a couple weeks back. Please shine bright!”

L“Another nail in Middletown’s

coffin – the little dictator ran two more qualified employees out of their positions. What the heck is wrong with a town that lets this individual continue the unethical practice of the hiring of friends after bullying qualified, dedicated ones to quit? Mr. McNamara, you and your cronies on council will get what you deserve!”

L“My fellow Middletownians,

you can thank this current council for the chaotic state this borough is in. You now have unqualified people like Felty that was handpicked by McNamara trying to run a finance department, late bills, double bills, no one answers the phone, a secretary that thinks he is the manager, a manager that who knows what he thinks, a financial advisor, Mark Morgan, who just got another contract to review the authority finances. This clown has done nothing but get rich off the residents – this is the same guy that recommended only one lineman to keep our power on, and four highway workers to keep the town going. No wonder he lives in Swatara Twp.!”

L“I cannot believe the letter of

resignation from Leslie Givler. I believe she is bitter because she got beat out for council, and now she will be seen how she doesn’t work – like husband, like wife.”

J“Thank you, Borough Council,

for making tough decision to get the borough under control. Maybe the Obama clan could take some lessons. We will be there to put you back in office next election.”

K“Has anyone taken notice how

nice it is to come down through town and see how nice it is without trees?”

L“Anyone that voted for Obama, I hope you have the nerve to tell your children and grandchildren you voted for the man that destroyed the USA.”

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FORM LETTER with bull crap lip-service about how “concerned” borough leadership is and how they’re “doing everything we can to maintain your quality of life.”

Absolute nonsense. COMPLETELY unacceptable. It seems the only action initiated by my e-mail was to do away with the e-mail contact addresses of our “leadership” on the borough website! I’m irritated at this very moment because one of the criminals at the residence I reported has been driving around (obviously unconcerned) in an unregistered vehicle, despite seeing and hearing with my own eyes and ears (about a week ago) said criminal being “instructed” by Middletown police to get the vehicle registered.

What’s the message here? That the police are unable to deal with the “massive” amount of crime in the borough? That some lawless behaviors simply aren’t worth pursuing?

That it’s merely a free-for-all in our neighborhoods, and law-abiding, tax-paying, property-owning citizens simply have to put up with the criminal riff-raff that moves into our midst? Middletown is NOT The Bronx and (when we get these new part-time officers) should have PLENTY of police to clean up the few problem areas in this town.

They simply have to step up their game. Isn’t that what the governments have been telling us (in these challenging times) that WE as citizens have to do? After I’ve notified borough “leadership” (and I use that term VERY loosely throughout this screed) of a lawless situation and weeks later continue to see drugrelated criminal behavior at the address I’ve identified, perhaps it’s an indicator that it’s time to RADICALLY re-think our local government, and I do mean RADICALLY. Of course, most people won’t give a hoot about ANY of this; they simply don’t want to be distracted from their TV programs, their cell phones, their YouTube videos or tonight’s football game – at least not until criminal riff-raff uncaringly and uncompromisingly shove themselves into THEIR lives. WAKE UP, PEOPLE!! DEMAND that the quality of life you’ve worked long and hard for be respected and maintained. It’s NOT unreasonable to ask this of our PAID “leadership” and peacekeepers!”

L“I can’t believe Rachelle Reid has the nerve to run for Borough Council this coming election! She is washed up, and is not a quality candidate.”

L“If it comes down to Rachelle

Reid, Robert Louer and David Rhen, please vote for Louer and Rhen. Reid should have never been on council – she rode her uncle’s tails into office.”

K“Read John 3:16. This is the

L“Middletown Council, THAT’S

only way to heaven. Follow Romans’ road.”

a constructive use of time and MONEY! Go after previous officials. Just wait until you’re out!’’

L“I’ll preface this by saying

L“I can’t remember the last time

that I have the utmost respect for the Middletown Police Department. Not so much for our elected officials, but definitely for our policemen, so . . . several weeks ago I sent an e-mail to the mayor regarding the flat-out criminal behavior (property destruction, drug activities, etc.) of some of my recently-moved-in neighbors. I also sent copies of that e-mail to the chief of police and the president of Borough Council, and I’m STILL waiting for an acknowledgement of receipt of that e-mail (despite a REQUEST for acknowledgement) from ANY of them, much less ACTION to rectify the situation. Heck, at this point, I’d almost be happy just to receive a standardized, sterile

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I saw a Middletown cop walking downtown. And please don’t tell me it’s a waste of time!”

J“I loved the idea about having a Zombie Walk in downtown Middletown. Can we make this happen?

That’s real grass-roots marketing!”

J“I would love to see MAMS

Principal Kevin Cook @ the high school! Mr. Eppinger all over again! :-)”

K“So, Elks Theatre - can I buy

a brick or something outside of the theater? I don’t have a lot of money, but I would think this might be a good idea!”

L“STILL looking at that old van

parked in a yard off Emaus Street.

No license. This is an eyesore. And council wants to clean up this town.

Is the reason this isn’t taken care of is because of who owns this mobile storage unit? Spin that one!”

J“Bob Givler has to be the

friendliest cop I ever met. And to think we let him slip through our fingers in Middletown! Oh, that’s right – he wouldn’t goosestep to the borough’s barking orders.”

L“You know, it took real courage for Leslie Givler to spell it out as to the reason she left the borough.

Being bullied by borough officials was too much for anyone. And did you ever go to a meeting and listen to how disrespectful the borough people are to almost everyone?

Disgraceful.”

If you wish to respond to any of the letters or articles that you’ve read in the Press And Journal, please e-mail the editor at:

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L“WOW - watched the video

on the Press And Journal website, and the new police chief referred to his department as the Middletown Township Police Department.

Really? Did we merge with Lower Swatara or Londonderry townships?

I believe I spied Courogen lurking in the background – isn’t he the one who is supposed to communicate what’s going on in the borough?

Maybe he could communicate to the new chief that he’s actually the chief of the Middletown Borough Police Department. Details. Council wants to look at all of the details.

Here’s your sign!”

K“My son was taken to the

hospital on Jan. 1 from the bar fire at Main and Race streets. My son received two bills each from the hospital and the ambulance. My son gave the bills to the fire chief, who in turn gave them to the borough.

Now the ambulance company is calling and asking for payment. I told them that the bills were turned over to the Middletown Borough. I would like to know when these bills are going to be paid. This will look bad on his credit report. This Friday, March 1 will be 3 months since the fire. I do hope they get paid before this is posted in the Press And Journal. This will probably have to go before Borough Council to get approval, but I certainly hope not. Thank you.”

L“NO SALE OF OUR ASSETS! J“You meet the nicest people at Especially our water and sewer, our electric department, our trucks, our paid-for police vehicles. King Little seems to be doing everything he can to bankrupt our town. You may not get confirmation of that this year, but everything they are doing now will certainly destroy this town one or two years down the road.”

J“I would like to thank council

for doing a great job. I see employees working and not riding around all day. Electric bills are down, spending is under control. They are finding out what the past council did to take care of the clique. And Mr. Webb leaving the borough is the best thing that happened. He did not earn his positions in the borough – he was part of the clique that was ruining the borough.”

J“I would like to welcome the chief of police. We are blessed to have someone with your experience.”

M“Wake up, people. Obama

is destroying this country so fast.

Why would you vote for a guy who tells you we are raising your taxes to pay so more people can go on welfare and get food stamps. Are you not smart enough to spend your own money? This man is destroying America from the inside out just like Rome did. He is supplying Syria, the brother Muslim ‘hood, tanks and F16 planes so they can use them on Israel, our closest friend.”

“Like’’ me on Facebook to get information

I

’ve officially setup and launched a Facebook page, which can be found at www.

Facebook.com/RepPayne. I will use my new page as another way to keep residents up-to-date on information about happenings in Harrisburg and in the 106th District.

If you are active on Facebook, I encourage you to “like” and follow my page.

One of my top goals as your state representative is to keep you informed with what is going on in the Capitol, as well as around our community. I hope that my new page will enhance my ability to accomplish that goal.

I plan to share the latest news about action in the state House of Representatives, details about stateand community-related events and information and links to videos, photos and helpful websites.

I hope those who follow my page will find the new “real time” posts interesting and helpful, and will be an active part of the conversation as well.

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John Payne is a Republican member of the state House of Representatives. He represents the 106th district.

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McNamara trained you well – only 10 more months of listening to you.

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and important safety tips of gun ownership are invited to register to attend.

The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) First Steps Pistol Orientation, taught by a certified NRA instructor, will have two mandatory components in order to receive a certificate from the NRA: classroom and range work.

Classroom attendance is mandatory from 9 a.m. to noon. Range work is mandatory from 1 - 3:30 p.m.

Lunch will be provided at noon by Middletown Anglers and Hunters.

Seating is limited, and registration is required. Interested residents can register by contacting my Hershey office at 717-534-1323. The deadline to register is Wednesday, May 15. Additional information can also be obtained by contacting my office, or by visiting my website, www.RepPayne.com.

I am pleased to announce that my annual Handgun Safety Course will be held on Saturday, June 8.

Residents of the 106th District who are 18 years of age and older and interested in learning handgun training, responsibility

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eid Elementary School raised more than $8,000 for the American Heart Association in its annual Jump Rope for Heart marathon on Friday, Feb. 15 at the school.

Students from grades 3 to 5 jumped rope in the morning to raise the money, while students in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 jumped rope in the afternoon.

Rascal, the mascot of the Eastern League’s Harrisburg Senators baseball team, visited the Reid students during the marathon.

Students at Kunkel Elementary School also raised money for the charity at their own Jump Rope for Heart marathon on Tuesday, Feb. 26, while students at Fink Elementary School held their own Jump Rope for Heart marathon on Thursday, Feb. 28.

Layna Lighty, right, jumps rope during Reid Elementary School’s annual Jump Rope for Heart event to raise money for the American Heart Association.

Press And Journal Photos by Daniel Walmer

Reid Elementary School students jump rope during the school’s annual Jump Rope for Heart marathon at the school.

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Putting their supplies on a toboggan to take them to their wintry campsite are Troop 97 members, from left, Nate Kirman, Richie Varner, Dakota Garner, Matt Pauley, Christopher Kiessling, Garrett Little, Cameron Thompson and Jake O’Donnell.

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The Boy Scouts from Troop 97 in Londonderry Twp. endured ice, snow, high winds and a temperature of 10 degrees during their trip to the Indian Rock Klondike at Camp Tuckahoe in Dillsburg on Jan. 25-27.

The Scouts’ motto: There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

The troop won the chili cook-off and practiced survival cooking, shelter building and first aid for hypothermia – which, fortunately, they did not have to use during their trip.

The Londonderry Scouts were among Submitted photos more than 100 at the camp who kept Displaying their certificate for winning the chili cook-off are members of Troop 97: Front row, Cameron Thompson, assistant troop leader their mind off the cold with friendly Steve Kiessling, Christopher Kiessling and Nate Kirman. Back row: competitions of fire-building, broom George Heberlig, Matt Pauley, Garrett Little, Richie Varner and Jake ball, sled racing, blindfolded obstacle course races and a running game of O’Donnell.

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They also escaped into the indoors for a course on Morse Code and to view an evening movie before retiring back to their tents in the frigid temperatures.

The troop’s upcoming activities include a camping trip in March, including a campout on the beach in Henelopen, Del. The troop is sponsored the Londonderry Fire Company.

For more information, readers may call Kevin Little at 717-944-1957.

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