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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015
VOLUME 125 - NO. 14
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Contentious council meeting ends abruptly
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By Dan Miller
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In his invocation before a Middletown Borough Council meeting on Monday, April 6, Pastor Jerry Cowan of the Valley Baptist Church asked for “the wisdom of Solomon” to be granted to council in making its decisions. However, what unfolded over the next hour was closer to the chaos of the Tower of Babel. Council had six items on its agenda for the meeting, including a resolution so the borough could apply for a state grant to fix up Kids Kastle in Hoffer Park. But that wasn’t acted upon or even considered, nor were any of the other items. Instead, council President Chris McNamara adjourned the meeting during a public comment period that was especially contentious, even by Middletown standards. Afterward, McNamara said council could take up the items during its next meeting on Monday, April 20. The meeting began cordially enough, with Councilor Mike Bowman presenting a proclamation to a woman representing the Odd Fellows to recognize the work the group has done to renovate its building across from Borough Hall. The public comment period began with Cathy Winter raising concerns about the borough’s Web site. McNamara told her that public comment Please See COUNCIL, Page A6
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Middletown Police Chief John Bey holds a framed copy of his department’s new mission statement and core values.
emocratic Gov. Tom Wolf placed his poker chips on the table in a highstakes poker match with the state’s Republican leadership when he called for pouring more state money – a great deal more – into public education. Wolf’s gutsy bets arrived in his budget address when he asked legislators to bolster school district funding. Wolf may be hoping for a flush draw that will allow him to get a gas-severance
tax that would be used for education, but he knows legislative leaders have strong hands, too. Wolf’s inaugural journey through the state budget process promises to be fierce as he advocates for more spending on education than his predecessor. Wolf proposed a hefty 10.33 percent increase in the Steelton-Highspire School District’s basic instructional subsidy from the state, an Please See STEEL-HIGH, Page A6
New police slogan captures cops’ values By Dan Miller
Press And Journal Staff
If you look closely, you can see something different about Middletown’s police cars. The slogan “Serving With Pride” is being replaced on all the cruisers with a new phrase: “Making A Difference In The Community.” It’s part of a department rebrand-
ing being undertaken by Police Chief John Bey to change the reputation that Middletown Police Department has in the community and the image the department has with its law enforcement peers throughout the region, Bey said. The rebranding includes a new mission statement: “Integrity Please See SLOGAN, Page A6
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TALENT!
If you want to win a pageant, you’d better have talent. And contestants competing for the title of Middletown Area High School’s Mr. Middletown and Lower Dauphin High School’s Mr. Mini-THON certainly - well, we’ll let you decide. Bet you’ve never seen a Miss America ride a Pogo Stick on the Atlantic City stage. Or perform the Vote for Pedro dance from the movie “Napoleon Dynamite.’’ Or perform a card trick. Well, “art’’ is subjective, isn’t it? Fortunately, the winners of the pageant were determined by the amount of money they raised for the Four Diamonds Fund, a fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital to help kids battling cancer and their families. Nathan Ocker was crowned Mr. Middletown for raising $1,486.12, while Tommy Bowen was crowned Mr. Mini-THON for raising $2,765.95. The two pageants combined raised more than $12,800.
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A tutu added a colorful touch to Nick Myers’ interpretative Pogo Stick dance.
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NEWS Middletown pool seeks lifeguards Looking for a summer job close to home? Here’s a possibility: Lifeguards are needed at the Middletown Community Pool this summer. At least six to eight lifeguards are needed as the swimming season is fast approaching, according to borough officials. The pay starts from $8.50 to $9 an hour, depending upon experience. Applications can be picked up at the borough office at 60 W. Emaus St. For more information, or to apply, readers can call Sue Layton at 717-948-3318 or 717-902-3040.
Londonderry to host July 4 fireworks show Londonderry Twp. will hold its annual “Stars & Stripes Salute’’ and fireworks show on Saturday, July 4 at Sunset Park. The Independence Day celebration draws thousands of spectators each year. A Jimmy Buffet cover band, Parrotbeach, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Sunset Bar & Grill atop the hill. The Bainbridge Band will perform patriotic music beginning at 8 p.m. The fireworks show will begin at 9:30 p.m. Guests should bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on. A quarter of the proceeds from the sale of food and drink will be donated to the Lebanon Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Documentary on decline of American church shown in Middletown The film “When God Left the Building,’’ a 2014 documentary that examines the decline of the American church, will be shown at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 12 at New Beginnings Church, Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St. Director Thom Shultz spent three years documenting a church where attendance plunged from 900 members to just 40. After the showing, Britt Strohecker, pastor of New Beginnings, will lead a discussion on the film.
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The winner of the Mr. Middletown pageant, Nathan Ocker (wearing the crown) and fellow contestants and contest organizers raised $5,742.29 for children battling cancer.
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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Spring seems to be shy. We know in July this all will be a non-issue, but for now I see people everywhere craving warm rays of sunlight and temperatures in the high 60s. No more temps in the 20s, 30s and 40s – we will settle for 50s at night, but only at night! Please feel free to update me on your family news. If you see that someone has moved or information I have in the column is no longer correct please don’t hesitate to e-mail or call me. As always, have a warm week – and let me know your news to share.
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Birthdays Happy belated birthday wishes are sent to Ava Mae Martin of Royalton. Her sparkles and glitter day was Monday, April 6 when she turned 7. I hope it was sweet like you! Happy 19th birthday to Haley Lynn Albright of Lower Swatara Twp. May your Wednesday, April 8 cake day be your best birthday yet. Carol Arnold celebrates her frostyfilled day on Wednesday, April 8. Be sure to give her a friendly smile and huge greeting when you see her out and about Lower Swatara this week. Hey, Lisa Carricato of Lower Swatara, happy birthday blessings are sent your way on Wednesday, April 8. I hope it is wonderful! Jim Stauffer of Hummelstown marks his special day on Thursday, April 9. I hope 61 great things happen to you. Happy 22nd cake and ice cream day to Ben Harvey of Lower Swatara. Hoping your dreams are all coming true and Friday, April 10 is a super me-holiday for you! Best wishes for a terrific birthday weekend to Donald Stauffer of Londonderry Twp. He celebrates No. 89 on Friday, April 10. If you see Cassie Bechtel out and about Lower Swatara on Saturday, April 11, be sure to give her a loud and jolly happy birthday holler. Enjoy turning 20, Cassie. Carena Graham of Lower Swatara
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marks her 23rd snappy-happy birthday on Saturday, April 11. Have an excellent weekend, Carena. Happy landmark 18th birthday to Shawney Stauffer. His big day is Saturday, April 11. I hope the sun is shining and your day is super fine! Here is a shout out to trivia expert Dakota L. Saunders of Lower Swatara. Happy cake day to you as you turn 11 on Sunday, April 12. May God richly bless you, Dakota! Anniversaries Happy 60th wedding anniversary to Richard and Katie Leggore of Lower Swatara. Their special day is Saturday, April 11. Congrats to you both, and enjoy! Best wishes to David and Judy Hurlock of Lower Swatara as they observe their 29th anniversary on Sunday, April 12. Hope it is a terrific weekend. Hope for all “When all the lights go out, He still shines” became the anthem of Marie Monville’s life when her husband made a decision to hold an Amish schoolhouse hostage in October 2006. Monville will speak at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 19 at the Middletown First Church of God, 245 W. High St. Marie had to move through unthinkable circumstances on her darkest day, but she experienced the unfathomable love of the Father and simply chose to believe that He is.That act of faith radically propelled her into a future she could not have hoped or imagined. Marie ministers the truth of God’s love: It is deep enough to heal any wound, strong enough to break all bondage, and it brings life to the broken and light to those in darkness. She will inspire you to dive deep into a passionate, transformative love relationship with God. Ladies’ brunch buffet All ladies are cordially invited to attend the “There is Hope” brunch on Wednesday, April 15 at the Spring
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LD Class of 1980 reunion The Lower Dauphin Class of 1980’s 35th class reunion will be held Aug. 1 at the Hershey Italian Lodge. To facilitate the collection of contact information, classmates are asked to either join the Facebook page, “Lower Dauphin Class of 1980”, or contact Linda Buck Kemble via email, lkmiche@comcast.net.
and Ryan Logan, of Hummelstown were inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Widener University. “One Nation’’ Here is another excerpt from Dr. Ben Carson’s book, “One Nation”: “While a lack of education can lead to hasty action, it can also lead to lethal inaction. During the last presidential election in America, tens of millions of eligible voters simply did not vote. Many have become frustrated with the whole political scene and do not want to participate, while many others feel that the elections are fixed and/or their vote would not count anyway for a variety of reasons. “I cannot emphasize strongly enough to such individuals that your failure to become informed and vote accordingly only exacerbates the situation. If only those completely swayed by the promises of demagogues vote, we will soon be in trouble far deeper than what we have already experienced.” Quote of the Week “God’s understanding of your need is much greater than your ability to express it.” – Roy Lessin, author. Question of the Week What is the most important thing to look for in a person you will marry? “Someone you can laugh with!” – Mimi Martz, Lower Swatara. “He should be nice, honest and make a lot of money!” – Marissa Romberger, 10, Lower Swatara. “A good attitude.” – Alex Pryor, 11, Rutherford. “For a girl who is tall (not taller than me), with a good personality and must like basketball!” – Marcus Bolen, 11, Lower Swatara. “Try to find someone with the same hobbies.” – Matthew Sieber, 8, Middletown. “Make sure they don’t have bad habits like smoking and taking drugs.” – Syrianah Rodriguez, 8, Middletown. Proverb for the Week The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception (14:8).
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Following is a compilation of reports from the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.
Teenager assaulted A 14-year-old Middletown boy is believed to have suffered a concussion after being beaten by several youths in the area of Colony and Windsor drives at 3:06 p.m. on March 29, police report. Police were called to investigate a report of a fight involving group of four to eight juveniles who allegedly accosted a male juvenile. The boy was taken by a parent to a local hospital for observation after he allegedly was kicked in the head, police said. An investigation is continuing. Fraud reported An O’Hara Lane resident told police more than $1,100 was stolen from his bank account as a result of four withdrawals. Police traced the theft of $1,192 from an ATM in State College on March 24. Investigators noted the victim’s bank cards were in his possession at the time of the withdrawals. The victim told police he had contacted his bank after which his account was frozen. A Colony Drive resident told people that $1,383 was taken from his bank account through unauthorized transactions on March 25 and 26.
Police said six transactions were made at ATMs in Altoona and State College. The victim told police he believes the thefts took place after he had lost his check book. An Oberlin Road resident told police that an unauthorized withdrawal of $300 was made from his bank account on March 25. Police said the transaction was made via an ATM in Altoona. The victim told police another withdrawal for $500 had been attempted but was denied by the bank. An Oberlin Road resident told police that an unauthorized cash card transaction of $100 was made through his employer. Police are awaiting reports about the transaction to continue their investigation. The incident was reported to police on March 24. Simple assault Juvenile allegations of simple assault were filed against two 16-year-old students at the Middletown Area High School following a fight in a school bathroom at 2 p.m. on March 24, police report.
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Obituaries
Pennsylvania Family Roots Sharman Meck Carroll PO Box 72413, Thorndale, PA 19372 pafamroots@msn.com
Column No. 791/April 8, 2015
The Dillman Family, Part IV
Elizabeth A. Dillma - was born in Phoenix Park on September 6, 1851. She taught school most likely in Llwellyn. She married Henry Christ of Pine Grove. Her children: Robert; Amy married Mr. Hill; Nellie (1884-1892); Victor (1886-1894); Ralph, Roy; and Rose married Mr. Simm of Donaldson, Frailey Twp., Pa. Mary A. Dillman - youngest child of Daniel K. Dillman, born in Phoenix Park on March 17, 1857. She married Joseph Boden, a miner superintendent at Donaldson. They had nine children: Wm. H., Martha (1877-1878); Frederick (1880-1880); Charles (1882-1882); Carrie E.; Clyde Daniel; Edith M.; George Raymond; and Mary A. Margaret Dillman - was eldest child of Peter Dillman Sr. and Susanna (Krause) Dillman. She married Jacob Kruger, of Ringtown and had the following children: Susanna married Mr. Walter; Daniel Kruger married Mary Eisenhut; William Kruger married Mary Madri; David Kruger married Mary Mitchell; Rebecca Kruger married John Brady; Francis Kruger married Mary Yocum; Henry Kruger; and John Kruger. Mary Dillman - was third child of Peter Dillman Sr. She was born 1811 and died 1893. She married John Schneider of Ashland and had the following children: Mary Emma married George Slatterbach, who was killed in the Civil War, and they had one son, Frederick Statterbach, formerly of Ashland, but who now resides in Philadelphia; Elizabeth; Henry was killed in the Civil War; Josephine Schneider married Cornelius Eister of Shamokin, Pa., they had the following children and grandchildren: William Elmer married Annie Flannagan and had one child, James Cornelius Eister; Mathilda Ada Eister married Samuel Watkins of Lansford and had two children: William J. Watkins and Ethel Eister Watkins married F. McIntyre and had the following children: Lester, Myrtle, Ethel and a baby; Mathilde Schneider married Peter Featheroff and had the following children: Mathilde Featheroff married Henry Walter and had six children John, William, Ethel, Mildred, Emma, and Helen Walter. Dr. Daniel Featheroff married Lottie Schall and had one baby girl who died, Elizabeth Featheroff died at the age of seven years, Margaretta, Mary died at the age of two years, John, Henry married Rose Hodges and resides in Philadelphia and had five children: Edward, Ethel, George, Wilber, and Dorothy, Herbert, Clarence Featheroff married Agnes Mohr and has one child Alice Featheroff, Margaretta Schneider (1848-1914), Ada Schneider married Manuel Straub, of Shamokin, Pa. and had several children and grandchildren. Lucyanna Dillman - born in 1815 was the sixth child of Peter Dillman Sr. and Susanna Krause Dillman. She married three times, first to Jeremiah James, second to James Boyle, and third to Phillip Powell. Her children are Lucyanna James married Jacob Everhardt and had 10 children: Jacob, Peter, Solomon married Ida Derr and they had one child Thelma Everhardt; David, Mary, Darius and Jeremiah, twin boys; Adam and Eve Everhardt; Mary James married George Liske; John James died young; Martha James died young: Katherine Boyle; Phillip Powell. Sarah Dillman - was seventh child of Peter Dillman Sr. and Susanna Kruse Dillman, born in 1817, she married James Connelly and lived at Shenandoah, Pa. They had the following children: Catherine; Susanna married Robert Potter and had four sons and one daughter, Joseph, James, Robert and Charles Potter. James moved to Tennessee married Agnes Behr and died there. James Dillman - (1819-1895) was the eighth child of Peter Dillman Sr. and Susanna Krause Dillman. He married Agnes Brocius and had nine children: Mary wife of Mr. Oliver; Emma wife of John Roades; Susanna wife of Mr. Sherman; Peter Dillman III; Alice Dillman wife of Mr. Lindemuth; Jane wife of Mr. Dunn; Sarah wife of Mr. Hawley; Carla wife of John George; and Dora Dillman. Charles Dillman - was the sixteenth child of Peter Dillman,Sr. and wife Susanna Kruse Dillman. He married Elizabeth Rice and their child is Peter Dillman IV. Catherine M. Dillman - third daughter of Daniel K. Dillman born at Wadesville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. on May 4, 1846, married 1866, Jacob Starr (25 Jan. 1844-died 30 April 1928) of Llwellyn, brother to my great-grandfather, Abraham Starr (1854-1935) of the same place. Jacob Starr fought for the Union Army in the Civil War, which he served four years in Co. A. 50th Reg’t, PVT in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, and have a copy of his Civil War pension records. He had a very long timeline on where he was and the battles, at the end of his first term he re-listed in Tennessee. Their children were, Jennie Starr married Henry Fox; Harry E. Starr; Laura Augusta Starr; Emma M. Starr; Ella Starr married Andrew O’ Donnell; Daniel Dillman Starr (1876-1884); Robert C. Starr (1878-1884); Mathilda C. Starr (1880-1884); Howard Ellsworth Starr (1883-1884); Calvin F. Starr, married Mrs. Bernadetta Van Derdoes; Frederick L. Starr married Cena Bainbridge; and Myrtle Starr married Irvin Starr. (The Starr’s family is through my late grandmother Lottie Starr Meck’s line from Llwellyn, Schuylkill Co., Pa. Looking for pictures on the above Starr’s). Jennie Starr - eldest daughter of Catherine Dillman Starr, received her early education in the Llwellyn schools. She lived with her grandmother, Mrs. Daniel K. Dillman from whom she readily had a kind disposition and Christian character. In 1890, Jennie Starr married J. Henry Fox, of Gilberton. She had four children: Robert Fox (1891-1892); Blanche Fox (1893-1895); Clyde C. Fox, well known telegraph operator at Gilberton; and Howard S. Fox became a Reform Minister. Harry E. Starr - the eldest son of Catherine Dillman Starr was born in Llwellyn. He was a carpenter by trade for many years, and followed the occupation of building bridges. He left Llwellyn and relocated to Detroit, Mich. (Looking for descendants of Harry plus any pictures). Emma M. Starr - born in Llwellyn (need more information on her), married Andrew O’Donnell of Parkesburg, West Virginia, had the following children: Earl O’Donnell, school teacher of Parkesburg; Dwight O’Donnell; Winifred O’Donnell; Amber O’Donnell; Quanita O’Donnell; Brighton O’Donnell (died in 1908); Harold O’Donnell; and Chalmer O’Donnell. Calvin F. Starr - became a Telegrapher and was employed on many United States vessels as a wireless operator, having several times been on the coast of Norway and the western coast of South America. He married Mrs. Bernadetta Van Derdoes of New Orleans, Louisiana. Frederick L. Starr - the youngest son of Catherine Dillman Starr, married Cena Bainbridge of Llwellyn. Myrtle S. Starr - she married Irvin Starr of Llwellyn and had two children: Violet Starr born May 15, 1912; Walter Dillman Starr (born August 11, 1913). Laura Augusta Starr - educated in the schools of Llwellyn. She was teacher for one term at Friedensburg and Llwellyn. She never married and she lived on the old homestead in Llwellyn. Looking for a picture of the old homestead.
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Starr-Dillman Of Schuylkill County, Pa. - Just a note: Jacob Starr is my great-uncle through my great-grandfather Abraham Starr (1854-1935). Jacob Starr is Abraham’s older brother born 1844, died 1928. They lived in Llwellyn, Branch Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa. My ancestry on the Stohr/ Stahr/Stehr/Starr goes back as far as 1790 when it was part of Berks Co. before 1811. Jacob fought in the Civil War for the Union Army as PVT, served four years first as PVT. I have a copy of his Pension records, he had a very long timeline on where he was in many battles, and at the end of his first term he reenlisted in Tennessee and was promoted to 6th Corporal. I have two pictures; one of Jacob Starr sketched by pencil in hand was in uniform and must have been in an oval frame. Also, have a picture of Jacob and his wife Catherine Dillman. They were in their 80s. I’m looking for Walter Ward who is a descendant in the Dillman side. Last time we corresponded was October 16, 2000. He had close ties to my cousin Gladys Starr who died in Bucks County in 1995. Does anyone know Walter Ward, only I know that he is on Dillman side of the family, please contact Sharman Carroll.
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Jeffrey Cleckner Jeffrey L. “Shake” Cleckner, 60, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest at home on Monday, April 6, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 30, 1954 in Harrisburg, and was the son of the late Allen W. Cleckner Sr. and Ruth A. Funk Cleckner. Jeffrey was retired from Steelton Highspire School District as a building and grounds supervisor with 31 years of dedicated service, was a member of the 5th Ward Republican Club in Steelton, the former Steelton Moose, and loved coaching basketball, attending sports events, playing golf, playing poker, and being a practical joker for all his friends. He was also a member of St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Middletown. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers Robert Funk and Allen Werner Jr., and sister Sherry Cleckner. He is survived by his faithful loving companion, Melissa L. Morley, with whom he lived; son Jeffrey Werner Cleckner and wife Keesey, and daughter Jordane L. Cleckner, all of Middletown; grandchildren Jeffrey C. and Caleb T. Cleckner; sisters Carol Summey of Lewisberry, and Colleen Carnes and husband Teddy of Middletown; brothers Thomas Cleckner of Steelton, and Douglas Cleckner and wife Janet of Middletown; countless loving nieces, nephews and cousins; and his two dogs Chocolate and Cami. Services for Jeffrey: Friday, April 10 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Spring and Union Sts., Middletown, with the Rev. Dr. J. Richard Eckert, officiating.
A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, at Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 260 E. Main St., Middletown, and a visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. until time of the service on Friday at the church. Burial will follow the service at Churchville Cemetery, Oberlin. In lieu of flowers donations can be donated to Jeffrey’s church. Online condolences can be sent to www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
Miriam Worthy
Miriam E. Worthy, 74, of Middletown, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, at Hershey Medical Center. She was the wife of the late John L. Worthy, who died January 8, 2012. Born in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Catherine Wise Gipe. Miriam was a homemaker, and was a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church, Middletown. She was preceded in death by her sister Harriet “Nip” Rhoads, and her brother Norman “Butch” Gipe. She is survived by her children, Debra Motter, Daniel G. Worthy, and John L. Worthy, all of Middletown, and Jody L. Worthy of Elizabethtown; two grandchildren Ian and Miranda Dunbar; three sisters Kim Lehew, Carol Scott and Linda Zellers; and a brother Paul Gipe. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Miriam’s Life Celebration Memorial Service: Friday, April 10 at 4 p.m. at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church, 190 Fulling Mill Rd., Middletown, PA 17057. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to her church at the address above. Arrangements by Coble-Reber Funeral Home, Middletown.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Bryan’s name may be made to his children. For more information regarding making a contribution to his children, please contact the funeral home at 717-944-7015. Online condolences can be sent to www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
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Nancy Keiter Nancy L. Keiter, 78, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Friday, April 3, at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey. She was born on November 30, 1936 in Danville, and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Anna Shultz Mottern. She was a former employee of Hershey Medical Center as an LPN; was a member of Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Middletown; was a wonderful homemaker for her loving family; and she enjoyed reading, knitting, and making dolls and bears. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by infant daughters Jennifer and Tina Keiter, and son Timothy Keiter. Nancy is survived by her loving husband Charles A. Keiter; daughters Tamera Keiter Humbert and husband Phil of Lititz, and Wendy S. Rundle and husband Steve of Pasadena, Calif.;
Bryan P. Geyer, 37, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, March 31. He was born on September 6, 1977 in Harrisburg, and was the son of Faith L. Ditzler Resh and James P. Geyer. He was employed by the Smucker Company in Lancaster as a drywall finisher; he was a parishioner of St. Catherine Laboure Roman Catholic Church, Harrisburg; was a member of Rescue Fireman’s Home Association; he loved trout fishing, camping and any outdoor related activities, and was also a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies, Dallas Cowboys and Penn State football. Most importantly, he loved spending time with his loving children and his dog Charlie. Bryan was a very caring and kind-hearted person. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his children Annalicia K. Geyer of Marysville and Masen M. Geyer of Steelton; stepfather Jerry E. Resh; former stepfather Larry Ligon; brother Brandon Ligon of Harrisburg; maternal grandmother Dorothy M. Ditzler of Hershey; girlfriend Kristi Vaughn and her daughter Kimberly Parrish of New York; and numerous aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, and cousins. Services for Bryan: Tuesday, April 7, at Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown, with the Rev. Ted Keating, officiating. Burial was at the convenience of the family.
sister Patricia Klahr of Middletown; granddaughter Olivia M. Rundle of Pasadena; and her special beagle and buddy Sadie. Service for Nancy: Saturday, April 18 at 11 a.m. at Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Spruce and East Emaus Sts., Middletown, with the Rev. Arthur J. Fox, her pastor, officiating. A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. The family has entrusted the care to The Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., to handle the arrangements. Memorial contributions can be made in Nancy’s honor to Crossing Hospice, 3315 Derry St., Harrisburg, PA 17111 Online condolences can be sent to www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA No. CV2014-014487
JOHNSON BANK, Plaintiff, vs. ELIZABETH EWBANK and TERRILL EWBAN, wife and husband; JOHN DOES I-X; JANE DOES I-X; BLACK CORPORATIONS I-X; WHITE COMPANIES I-X; BLUE PARTNERSHIPS I-X; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE AFORENAMED DEFENDANTS, if deceased,
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Defendants. THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO THE FOLLOWING DEFENDANTS: ELIZABETH EWBANK and TERRILL EWBANK 15002 N. 62nd Drive Glendale, AZ 85306
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Sealed bids for the Middletown Streetscape Project will be accepted online by Middletown Borough, 60 West Emaus Street, Middletown, PA 17057 until 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
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Contract includes a full streetscape project encompassing curb, sidewalk, and appurtenances to beautiful downtown Middletown. The streetscaping will extend along South Union Street from Emaus Street to Ann Street. Sealed bids shall be accepted online via the PennBID Program. All Bidding Documents and solicitation details will be available at no cost at www.PennBid.net. Click on “Solicitations” then “View” tabs. All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted in writing via the PennBID Program. Bidding documents will be available beginning April 1, 2015 through the PennBid Program. A NON-MANDATORY pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at the Middletown Borough Office Building located at 60 West Emaus Street, Middletown, PA 17057.
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Each bid shall be accompanied by a Certified Check or Bid Bond in an amount of not less than ten percent (10%) of the bid total.
SIGNED AND SEALED this date: ______________________
All bids shall be irrevocable for 60 days after the bid opening date as provided by the Act of November 26, 1978 (P.L. 1309, No. 317), as amended by the Act of December 12, 1994 (P.L. 1042, No. 142).
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Bidders must comply with all State antibid-rigging regulations pertaining to work associated with this project, and will be required to submit an executed non-collusion affidavit with the bid. Contractors bidding on this project must be prequalified by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as prime contractors in Work Class A, B, C, C1, C3, E, F, F1, F3, F4, G, H, H2, K, K1, M, M1, M2, M3, N, O3, P, P8, Q, R, X. The estimated cost for each Contract is greater than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) and the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act shall apply. This Project falls under The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted Act 127 of 2012, known as the Public Works Employment Verification Act (‘the Act’) which requires all public work contractors and subcontractors to utilize the Federal Government’s E-Verify system to ensure that all employees performing work on public work projects are authorized to work in the United States. All Bidders are required to submit a Public Works Employment Verification Form as a precondition for the Contract Award. Bidders should refer to provisions of federal and state statutes, rules and regulations dealing with the prevention of environmental pollution and preservation of public natural resources that affect the project, said provisions being pursuant to Act No. 247 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved October 26, 1972. All bidders are hereby notified that in regard to any contract pursuant to this advertisement, businesses will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be subjected to discrimination on the basis of gender, race, color, creed, sex, age, physical disability or national origin in consideration for an award. Similarly the successful bidder shall in no manner discriminate against or intimidate any employee involved in the manufacture of supplies, the performance of work, or any other activity required under the contract on account of gender, race, creed or color. Middletown Borough reserves the right to waive any defects, errors, omissions, mistakes, informalities, to accept any bid or combination of bids that are deemed to be in the best interest of Middletown Borough, and to reject any or all proposals.
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Officials Strive To Involve People In Their Township After spending time on the campaign trail last fall in Lower Swatara Township, it occurred to Lauren LeVan-Williams and her fellow Republican commissioners that voters were concerned with accountability and accessibility. Following the November election, which saw Republicans Frank Linn Sr., Thomas R. Clark, Ronald A. McAlpine and LeVanWilliams join Democrat Janet Wells on the Board of Commissioners, those Republicans decided it was time to hit those concerns head-on. One of the first actions taken by the Board was to schedule one-on-one meetings with Township residents twice a month. These sessions would be held in addition to the commissioners’ “workshop” meeting held the first Wednesday of every month and the business session of the Board on the last Wednesday of every month. The commissioners believe the additional meetings would provide residents with additional access to the commissioners without the glare of a public meeting. The plan was straightforward – commissioners would take turns meeting with residents at the municipal building from 7 to 9 p.m. on the Wednesdays the Board was not scheduled to meet. “Some people don’t feel comfortable about expressing concerns at a public meeting,” said LeVan-Williams, prior to the start of one of the Board’s business meetings. “Hopefully, more citizens will take advantage of it.” In January, Commissioner McAlpine had three residents stop by and discuss various issues, while LeVan-Williams reported that four taxpayers were at her one-on-one session. Topics covered at these informal meetings range from abandoned cars to road maintenance to helping a senior citizens group
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23 YEARS AGO - Kuppy’s Thanksgiving – While others were enjoying their Thanksgiving meal at home with loved ones, the staff at Kuppy’s Diner hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for those in need or without family members locally. Transportation was provided and all that was expected in return was a full stomach and a smiling face. Pictured in action behind the counter are Greg and Carol Kupp and daughter Amanda, Mary Beth Thompson (center) of Glad Tidings Church and not pictured because he was busy carving the turkey, Pastor Ben Thompson. in Lower Swatara. LeVanWilliams said she and her fellow commissioners keep track of the residents’ concerns via a log sheet, which is reviewed. If follow-up action is necessary, the complaint or concerns is forwarded to the appropriate commissioner or Township department. Officials Seek Specter’s Aid In Pushing Cleanup U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) briefly halted his reelection stumping in Central Pennsylvania Monday morning to meet with state officials and local business leaders at Harrisburg International Airport (HIA). The subject of the unannounced conference: delays in the federal “Superfund” process and the effect continued environmental concerns in and around HIA is having on Middletown are businesses. Despite only recently joining Congressman George Gekas (R-17th District) in asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to expedite the local cleanup process, Specter was approached Monday by a number of concerned individuals who would like the Senator to take his assistance and formidable influence a step further. Expressing their positions at the 20-minute forum were State Senator John J. Shumaker (R-Dauphin County) and a number of representatives from HIA, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Partnership for Regional Investment and Development Enterprise, Inc. (PRIDE), Penn State Harrisburg, and local businesses Fruehauf Corporation and Chloe Eichelberger Textiles.
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The coalition told a receptive Senator Specter that its most immediate goal is to have him arrange a meeting on their behalf with the Department of Defense to discuss liability for the toxic waste sites at HIA, the location of the former Olmsted Air Force Base. Olmsted, which ceased operations in 1966, was a major facility for repairing and reconditioning military aircraft during and after World War II. Cleaning solvents, degreasers and other fluids that were used extensively in the base’s work have been known to cause cancer, and were the primary reason for the Middletown area’s inclusion on the EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1986. The group explained Monday that the result of the Superfund designation – while presumably providing current and future environmental safeguards – is that local industry has been severely hampered in its ability to expand or redevelop. W. Donegal Twp. Addresses Taxes On Streetlights West Donegal Township’s Board of Supervisors tackled a full agenda at its meeting on Monday, April 6, ranging from amending the Township’s streetlight tax to deciding which of the area’s bridges needs repair most urgently. The streetlight tax was amended due to complaints voiced at last month’s meeting by owners of two area properties. Last Monday night, the Board announced its decision that both properties, posing unusual situations, were assessed unfairly for the Township’s annual streetlight tax. The tax is usually based upon the assessed footage of property frontage, in relation to its distance from a streetlight.
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n Easter hunt doesn’t get much more egg-citing than this. One youngster won a free bike, another found $50 in an egg. Still others found $1 – and even if you found no money, you still could get a free hot dog. You could mix and mingle with Middletown police officers and members of the Middletown Volunteer Fire Department – and see how it feels to sit in the driver’s seat of a fire truck. If that wasn’t enough, you could go inside Wesley United Methodist Church for arts and crafts, or to pet and hold a real, live rabbit. The event, held by Youth 10x Better Ministries, was a roaring success judging by the large number of families that showed up. The sun broke through some early morning wind and cold, and shone brightly for most of the day. The Easter baskets were put together by Penn State Harrisburg students from the Epsilon Omicron Chapter of Phi Sigma Phi. That was just one of several ways the chapter worked to support the event. See who was there!
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increase that’s 2-1/2 times the expected annual increase of 4 percent. The district has decided to go all in with Wolf’s poker bet, penciling in the $8.4 million subsidy – and no local tax increase – in its planning for its 2015-16 budget. Overall, the district plans to receive about $1 million more from the state next year. But if Wolf’s 10.33 increase shrivels to the more-typical 4 percent increase for the basic instructional subsidy, Steelton-Highspire loses the hand. In fact, if the Republicancontrolled state House or state Senate deflates Wolf’s lofty budget balloon by even 1 or 2 percent, the district fails in becoming sustainable. If the district fails to reach selfsufficiency, its future is uncertain: The state could assume control from local leaders or the district may be folded into another district to better protect its future. “We have upheld our end to show we can be sustainable,” said Sam Petrovich, a member of the committee and school board. If the state fails to deliver the money, “it’s on them,” he said. There is a funding disparity between suburban school districts and
districts like Steelton-Highspire, said state Rep. Patty Kim, a Democrat who represents Steelton and Highspire boroughs. Wolf is trying to address it, she said, although she’s not sure how much of an increase in state funding that SteeltonHighspire can expect. If Steelton-Highspire cannot be financially sustainable, “It would ultimately lead to a state receivership,’’ Kim said. The troubled school district continues to struggle with its finances. After a scathing audit report from Auditor General Eugene DePasqaule said the district was “on life support” early last year, the state Department of Education ordered the district to develop a plan showing responsible, accurate accounting and forecasting its finances to prove it is viable and sustainable. Kim Seldomridge, a financial consultant whose services are subsidized by the state, said he has done that with the working draft budget he proposed and presented to Steelton-Highspire School Board’s budget and finance committee on Tuesday, March 31. “If Wolf gets the 10 percent increase for the subsidy this year, it’s sustainable,” Seldomridge said. But if Wolf doesn’t get that amount, Steelton-Highspire’s future
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was to be restricted to items on the agenda. “The borough manager [Tim Konek] doesn’t give out information, so this is the only place in which I can ask questions,” Winter responded. Mayor James H. Curry III noted that the code of conduct recently passed by council did not require residents limit their comments to agenda items, only that they be “encouraged” to do so. That led to a motion from Councilor Ben Kapenstein to open the public comment period to topics “for the good of the community.” That motion passed, with McNamara among those voting yes. That’s what put in motion the actions that led McNamara to adjourn the meeting, he said afterward. Following Winters, a succession of speakers addressed council on a wide range of matters, most of which were not specifically related to the items on council’s agenda. Four of the speakers were council candidates on the spring primary ballot – Dawn Knull, Greg Wilsbach, Sean Vaccarino and Rachelle Reid. Knull criticized the borough for not using Nixle to inform residents of the power outages that occurred over the past weekend. Wilsbach spoke of his frustration over how long it was taking the borough to act on his request to combine two of his properties into one. Vaccarino talked about the election. Reid brought up what she referred to as personal attacks made against her by fellow Republican committee members. After making her comments, Reid appeared to get into an argument
with someone else in the audience. McNamara requested that Police Chief John Bey, who was in the audience, speak to Reid. At the time, Wilsbach was making additional public comments. He turned around to see what was going on with Reid and Bey, and then said in an apparent joke, “I was just making sure she wasn’t getting beat up back there.” Bowman didn’t take it that way, and lashed out at Wilsbach. At that point the meeting seemed to be teetering on the edge of being out of control. McNamara called for a motion to adjourn the meeting, which was seconded. “Enjoy yourselves,” McNamara was heard to say to the residents in the audience, many of whom were stunned at the outcome. “The cowards canceled the meeting because they can’t take the heat,” said Councilor Scott Sites, who in recent months has called for several votes seeking McNamara’s removal as president. “This is the first time that this has ever happened. They adjourned the meeting because they are intimidated by the citizens of the town. This is not how you operate in a democracy. A democracy does not not cancel a meeting and prohibit citizens from speaking.” McNamara said he could not invoke council’s newly-ratified code of conduct for meetings because of council’s decision to open up the public comment period to essentially anything under the sun. Asked later where things go from here, McNamara told reporters he could not even guarantee that council will be able to take up the items at its next meeting. “They’ll amend the agenda and
is uncertain. “If I was Steelton, I wouldn’t be banking on the governor’s address,” said state Sen. Mike Folmer, a Republican who who represents both Steelton and Highspire boroughs. Folmer stressed that legislators are looking for a better plan. “We’re trying to come up with a fair funding formula [for public education],” he said. “I think the present system isn’t working.” Folmer said the district’s sustainability questions and possibility of the transfer of Highspire students to Middletown Area School District, which is currently before the state Secretary of Education, present “quite a dilemma.” “Here’s where we should be holding hearings on school consolidation, because it may not be working, no matter what we try,” Folmer said, speaking of several districts facing ongoing funding issues often coupled with declining enrollment. Folmer said he understands the discomfort and resistance to consolidation because of local tradition and pride. Kim said she doesn’t see “a clear path of Highspire leaving’’ the district. “That would be crushing for Steelton,’’ she said. “It would probably collapse the school district.’’ Steelton-Highspire’s budget com-
mittee discussed no proposal to make up the difference if it does not receive the increased state funding proposed by Wolf, which would provide for slightly more than half its budget. The governor’s push for state educational funding hinges on his ability to get Senate and House leaders to cooperate with his 5 percent drilling tax recommendation. Pennsylvania currently imposes no such tax on natural gas producers tapping the state’s supply, even though most other states impose such a tax. Wolf’s predecessor, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, refused any efforts to tax the industry. But while some of Wolf’s sales tax proposals have faced strong opposition, the gas extraction tax “has not been challenged as much,’’ Kim noted. “I believe it has a better chance of passing at this point,’’ she said. If the state basic education subsidy increases by 5 percent instead of Wolf’s proposed 10.33 percent, Steelton-Highspire would be left about $400,000 short. To make up this difference with local revenue, the district would have to raise its current real estate taxes 2.3 mills to 27.78 mills. If a state-proposed 18 percent increase for special education funding falls through and it is funded the same as the current budget, the district would have to raise its property taxes 1 mill.
they’ll put another public comment session in there, and we’ll have another go around of the same thing that you witnessed tonight,’’ he said. “It will continue because that is the only thing they can do. What they don’t realize is they are ruining the town. They are not ruining me, it’s not affecting me. They are ruining the town.” But in the parking lot just outside Borough Hall, Curry and Kapenstein stood among a group of residents who said that the fiasco was another example of a borough government leadership – starting with McNamara – that refuses to provide information to residents and those in the council minority such as Kapenstein. Kapenstein, who chairs council’s finance committee, said that for more than a year he has been trying to get the borough to provide him and other council members with expense reports of bills paid over the previous month. The borough has provided these reports on just two occasions and never on a regular basis, he said. A March 16 vote by council to approve $43,000 in work to the Oak Hills baseball field was another glaring example of the borough’s refusal to clue council members in on what is going on, Kapenstein said. He was among those who voted against the measure, saying that council had been given no information on the project other than a brief summary Konek provided at the beginning of the meeting. “What you are seeing is a product of utter frustration on the part of the residents,” Curry said of what transpired during the meeting.
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The district’s draft budget for the next school year projects $20,222,464 in revenue with $20,193,434 in expenditures. Local sources provide about one-third (33.9 percent) of the district’s revenue, with the state providing 61 percent. The budget includes the addition of one position, an accountant with a salary of $57,250. Several projects that have been delayed for years will be addressed in the 2015-16 budget, including $171,250 to replace and upgrade computers and technology, $190,000 in roof repair and $158,000 in masonry and blacktop repairs. Many of the district’s costs are set, including 78 percent for staff costs, debt service and charter school tuition. Folmer said districts statewide face ongoing financial issues due to the growing cost of pensions, the costs added by “prevailing wage” laws and other such stifling constraints. The biggest share of the budget is staff costs, which accounts for 56 percent with an increase of about $218,000. The increase in staff costs
was based on the district’s contract with its union, so there is little control over the cost from year to year. The district will pay about $2.5 million every year for its debts until at least 2030 in another cost beyond the control of the school board in its budget for the coming year. While the annual cost of debt service may be lowered by extending the years of payback, the overall cost to taxpayers would increase. The district also spends about $2.1 million annually for more than 100 students’ charter school tuition, about 10 percent of the district’s budget. Steelton-Highspire pays $8,121 for regular education students at charter schools and $22,000 special education students at charter schools. “We need to bring back more children who are in charter schools,” said Superintendent Ellen Castagneto. But Steelton-Highspire’s trouble with charter and cyber school tuition should not be a reason to abandon school choice, Folmer said. “Those [charter and cyber] schools are educating students at 70 percent of what tuition would be [in Steelton-Highspire],” he said. Students entering charter schools have slowed with the creation of the Roller Academy, the district’s own charter school. The district has a history of overspending its budget, including 2013-14, when the it ran a deficit of $500,000. Seldomridge and Cynthia CraigBooher, the district’s business manager, said Steelton-Highspire had gotten itself into trouble by anticipating more money than it received. WIth revenue projected too high, the district’s local tax revenues and state and federal monies did not meet its expenditures, they said. Revenues are a challenge for Steelton-Highspire, as commercial property in the district experienced a drop from $42 million to $32 million in assessed value in recent years, Seldomridge said. At the same time, the district’s uncollected delinquency rate for real estate taxes has grown every year since 2011. Steelton-Highspire also detailed plans for potential savings in the coming year by consolidating bus routes, using a four-day summer work week and offsetting personnel costs with higher health insurance contributions for employees. In addition, the district will receive some revenue from a communications tower that has been installed on its campus. Seldomridge’s draft budget includes no tax increase for 2015-16, keeping its rate at 25.477 mills, the second-highest tax rate in Dauphin County.
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above all else, service before self, and excellence in all we do.” The department had a mission statement when Bey arrived, but it was “very long and convoluted,” the chief said. “A mission statement should be short, concise, distinct and right to the point.” The mission statement is backed by eight core values that Bey said are to permeate everything the department does: “Duty, courage, commitment, trust, honesty, integrity, professionalism and respect.” “We know why we come to work; we know why we work Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving; we know why when there are shots fired and there are people running away we’re running toward the shots fired,” Bey said. “I believe most police officers have these core values because you have to have them to do the job. These are the core values that I believe are essential to carrying out the mission.” The new phrase on the cruisers – a “positioning statement,” Bey calls it – and the mission statement and core values aren’t just words on paper or words painted on the side of a vehicle. Making a difference in the community can be accomplished in many
different ways. As one example, Bey pointed to the police and fire departments sharing in the fun at the community Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April, 4. “It’s so important for people to see us as entities that are not only charged with your safety, but also being part of the community when there are no disasters, nothing egregious going on,’’ Bey said. “It kind of lends itself to people seeing beyond the uniform, seeing that we are human beings and that we are part of the community in good times and bad.” It was important that the community see police and firefighters working together at the event, Bey said – the more opportunities the two departments have to work together in a relaxed setting, the smoother things will go when they respond jointly in a crisis. Another part of making a difference is community policing. With warmer weather on the way, Middletown residents should expect to see police officers getting out of their cruisers and walking the streets. “We even have it in our policy manual that between April and October our police officers are charged with getting out of their police car and just walking around, meeting people, and engaging people in the community in
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Steelton-Highspire’s tax rate projects to $4.4 million in revenue. The owner of the median assessed-value property in Steelton pays $1,182 in school district property taxes, and $1,634 for the median property in Highspire. Under Seldomridge’s projections, Steelton-Highspire will need to increase its property taxes by 0.5 mills for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years. Another increase of 1.0 mill is slated for 2018-19.
The Wolf gambit
Wolf announced during his budget address on March 3 that he wants to add $400 million to the state’s basic education budget, making a $6.1 billion investment for the coming year. He has planned an increase of $100 million in state funding for special education. Wolf also doubled the funding in his budget of Pre-K Counts as part of a $120 million increase to early childhood education funding that also includes Head Start supplemental assistance. Steelton-Highspire will receive $456 per student in new funding under the governor’s plan, according to the state’s calculations. For Steelton-Highspire, that results in a state basic education subsidy of $8.4 million, a 10.33 percent increase that the district is counting on receiving. It comes with about $168,000 in new special education money, pushing the state’s total contribution to special education to $1.1 million, a boost of 18.2 percent. In budget documents released by the Department of Education, Steelton-Highspire is also slated for $116,182 in education assistance program money and $53,334 in charter school reimbursement. It is unclear if those allocations were added in Steelton-Highspire’s budget draft. Steelton-Highspire received state grants for Pre-K Counts from July 2007 to June 2012, but did not apply for funding during the program’s current cycle. The district participates in several state grant programs, including CDC Promoting, Adolescent Health, and Race to the Top. It received an Accountability Block Grant in 2013-14 and a Ready to Learn Grant in 2014-15. Steelton-Highspire will collect $943,562 from federal sources next year, including a $700,000 allocation for improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged. It will receive its first federal school intervention grant of $143,306 next year. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
conversation,” Bey said. “That goes a long way toward breaking down barriers, building rapport and building trust. Ultimately that is going to be very effective in making a difference in the community.” Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
Town Topics News & happenings for Middletown and surrounding areas.
Community blood drive
The Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank will hold a blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 9 at Middletown VFW Post 1620, 200 Pike St., Middletown. For more information, contact 1-800771-0059 or www.cpbb.org. •••••
Bingo Mania
Londonderry Fire Company, 2655 Foxianna Road, Middletown, will hold its Bingo Mania on Sunday, April 12. Doors and kitchen open at noon; bingo starts at 2 p.m. •••••
4th Annual Middletown Bar “Paw” Crawl
The Middletown Bar “Paw” Crawl, benefiting the Humane Society of Harrisburg Area, will be held on Saturday, April 18 beginning at 4 p.m. and will include a stop at JD’s Junction from 8 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit www. facebook.com/jds.junction.
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tally in the previous two. However, the defense gave up 13 runs in that same outing and Middletown came away without a win in all three contests. As a result, the team slipped to 1-3 on the season (0-3 in the Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division). Coach Steve Shuleski is still trying to get a handle on his current squad as the season progresses. He moved some players around in his lineup and brought a couple more up from the junior varsity team to try to get the squad on the winning track.
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Trying to catch up on games previously postponed by weather, the Middletown Blue Raiders squeezed three games into last week heading into the Easter weekend. In the first two games, the Middletown nine had trouble getting hits and scoring runs. That was not so much the case on Thursday, April 2 when the Raiders collected eight runs after getting just a single
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The Raiders battled host Mechanicsburg (40, 4-0) to a 0-0 standoff through 3½ innings on Monday, March 30 before the Wildcats broke the ice with a trio of runs in the bottom of the fourth. The Middletown batters did not get a hit against Mechanicsburg pitcher Hayden Seig until Zack Sims singled with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. Sims, the starting pitcher, gave up three hits in the first three innings but stayed out of trouble to keep the hosts off the scoreboard. The Middletown offense nearly scored in the top of the second when Ethan Kell led off with a walk, Brett Altland was safe on an error and both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Jordan Flowers. But Kell was thrown out at home on a fielder’s choice ground ball by Jordie Handley and Josh Alcock flied out to left field to end the threat. In the bottom of the fourth, a leadoff single, a Middletown error and a two-out walk set up Mechanicsburg’s first run. Another fielding error allowed the run to score, followed by a Wildcat single that plated two more to give Mechanicsburg a 3-0 lead. Mechanicsburg scored two more in the bottom of the fifth, keyed by a leadoff single and two more Middletown fielding miscues. Down 5-0 to start the sixth inning, designated hitter Evan Florence drew a leadoff walk and Sims poked a single with two outs to give the Raiders a chance to score. But a strikeout ended the threat. The Raiders went down in order in the top of the seventh inning to end the game.
Lower Dauphin 5, Middletown 1
An anticipated matchup between staff aces came about at Hummelstown’s Nye Field on Wednesday, April 1 as Blair Lewis took the hill for the Falcons against Middletown’s Nathan Ocker. Lower Dauphin’s offense scored all five of its runs in the first inning to give Lewis a cushion in what appeared to be a potential blowout. But the Falcons (5-0, 5-0) would score no more runs as Ocker and his teammates got over that initial shock to make a good game of it. While Ocker and his defensive mates held the Falcons in check throughout the remainder of the contest, Lewis and his defense kept the Raiders off the scoreboard until back-to-back extra base hits led to the lone Middletown run in the top of the sixth inning. Ocker was victimized by a couple of Lower Dauphin hits and a couple errors as the Falcons posted the early 5-0 lead. A bloop leadoff single by Timmy Townsend started it off for the hosts. After moving to second and third on a passed ball and a wild pitch, Townsend scored on a fielder’s choice. Michael Geeseman, who was safe on the play, later scored on a double by Adam Domovich. A pair of errors and a fielder’s choice led to the three other runs by the Falcons. A leadoff double by Kell and a bloop single by Altland to start the second inning gave the Raiders a positive start in their second at-bat, but the hits went unrewarded as Lewis registered a pair of strikeouts around a popout to kill the rally. In the fourth inning, Kell singled with
Relief pitcher Johan Sanchez-Padilla was called up from the junior varsity squad and took the mound against Hershey. one out, but Altland lined out to first for an inning-ending double play. The Falcons threatened in the home half of the frame when Daniel Davis doubled to center, but Ocker pitched out of it, getting a ground out and fly out around a walk. In the top of the fifth inning, the Raiders Please See RAIDERS, Page B2
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Raiders drop 3-2 decision to Palmyra; edge Camp Hill, 3-2 Two close contests marked the week for the Middletown boys’ tennis team. Both matches ended 3-2, one in the Blue Raiders’ favor and one in the opponent’s favor. The first was a rematch against Palmyra, which remained undefeated and on top of the Mid-Penn Conference Colonial Division with a victory over Middletown (6-3, 4-3 in the division) on Thursday, April 2 in Middletown. In the No. 1 singles match, Middletown’s Harry Kapenstein easily defeated Palmyra’s Eric Lynn for the second time this season by a final of 6-2, 6-2 to move to a 7-1 individual mark for the year. Teammate Matt Anthony followed suit, also moving to 7-1 at the No. 3 singles position with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 victory over the Cougars’ Eric Kohl. It was a hard-fought victory for Anthony, who cruised in the first set only to fall
by the same mark in the second before rallying and winning going away in the third. With both Raider doubles teams falling earlier – Palmyra’s Juan Cruz and Campbell Graff defeated Middletown’s Travis Patry and Garrett Deyle, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles and the Cougars’ Adam Lerro and Quin Marcus downing the Raiders’ Blake Gill and Connor Gambini 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 at No. 2 doubles, the Raiders’ fate fell to No. 2 singles player Eric Belles for Middletown to break the 2-2 team match score. Belles faced a tall, hard-hitting opponent, Ben Rustling. It was an emotional match with both players giving in to their frustrations at times. Rustling won the first set, 6-4, and the crowd gathered around the court because all other matches had ended. The second set went to a tie breaker
at 6-6, and Rustling got an early break during the tiebreaker and dominated the rest of the way, 7-1 to win the match for Palmyra (8-1, 8-0).
Middletown 3, Camp Hill 2
The Raiders faced Camp Hill at the Lions’ new courts in Siebert Park on Wednesday, April 1. Again it came down to one match to win it for the team – the No. 1 doubles match this time. Middletown’s Patry and Deyle came through, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 over Tyler Myers and William Myers of Camp Hill (3-4, 2-4). Patry finished off the doubles match with a service winner. In earlier matches, Camp Hill’s Paxton Fitzpatrick exacted revenge on Kapenstein’s earlier season upset of him, dispatching Middletown’s No. 1 singles player, 6-1, 7-5. This time Fitzpatrick learned his lesson from
the last time when he was beaten by Kapenstein’s returning ability and hustle. Fitzpatrick was more patient in running Kapenstein back and forth and did not commit as many unforced errors as the first time. At No. 2 singles, Belles downed the Lions’ Spencer Landis, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, cruising after a slow start. At No. 3 singles, Anthony fell to Camp Hill’s Kyle Bentz, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. All three of Middletown’s seeded singles players are now 7-2 on the season. With two of Middletown’s top 3 singles players going down, the doubles teams had to come through for the win – and both did. The Raiders’ No. 2 doubles team of Gill and Gambini cruised to an easy victory over Camp Hill’s Tristan Moten and Chris Poole, 6-1, 6-2, setting up the clutch win by Patry and Deyle.
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Middletown’s Matt Anthony, above, rallied to beat Palmyra’s Eric Kohl in a No. 3 singles match against the first-place Cougars.
The Blue Raiders’ Travis Patry, at left, served an ace in a No. 1 doubles match gave Middletown the victory over Camp Hill.
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Penn State Harrisburg catcher Rieley Loch, above right, tags a York runner out at home to help the Lions to a 2-1 victory over the Spartans. Mackenzie Trafka (8), left,a Middletown Area High School graduate, drives a York pitch to right field in a Lion win.
Late-inning run gives Lions split with York By Josh Crippen
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As the fight for postseason positioning in the Capital Athletic Conference continues, every win is important – and when Penn State Harrisburg, holding one of the six conference playoff spots, faced York, another playoff spot holder, on Wednesday, April 1 in Middletown, playoff seeding was on the line. The Lions took the first game of a double-header, 2-1, but York came back to win the nightcap, 10-1. In the first game, both teams played impressive defense. Neither team allowed any runs across home plate for the first two innings of play. The Spartans (17-9, 6-4 in the conference) struck first in the top of the third inning, taking a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly. Penn State Harrisburg (12-8, 5-5) knotted the score, 1-1, in the bottom of the sixth inning when Mackenzie Trafka, a Middletown Area High School graduate, singled in teammate Gabrielle Wolfe. The Blue & White headed into the bottom of the seventh inning determined to not let the game head to extra innings. Wolfe stepped to the plate with runners on second and third and hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored teammate Kayla Seyfert to give the Lions a 2-1 win. The Lions threw out the potential game-tying run out at home in the top of the inning.
York came out in the second game determined to get revenge. The Spartans started out hot, knocking home seven runs in the opening inning. Penn State Harrisburg answered in the bottom of the first inning with a run of their own to make it 7-1. But York struck again in the fifth inning, adding three more runs to take a 10-1 lead. The Lions could never recover.
Frostburg St. 11-9, Lions 2-0
Penn State Harrisburg fell to the Bobcats’ high-powered offense on Saturday, April 4 in Middletown. In the first game, Frostburg State (14-7, 5-3) struck first, scoring a run in the top of the first inning. The Lions were not fazed by the quick start, answering with a run of their own in the bottom of the first on a Rieley Loch double that scored Keriann Saich. But the Bobcats took the lead again with a two-run second inning to claim a 3-1 lead. Penn State Harrisburg responded with a run in the bottom of the second to close to within 3-2. But the Bobcats scored a run in the top of the third inning and four more in the top of the fifth to build a big 8-2 lead. Frostburg State added three runs in the six inning to walk away with the victory. The Bobcats’ scoring barrage continued in the second game. Frostburg State started with three runs in the
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Middletown’s Ethan Kell went 3-for-3 against Lower Dauphin and its ace pitcher, Blair Lewis.
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Kayla Seifert (1) slides under a throw to home plate to score the winning run in Penn State Harrisburg’s 2-1 victory over York. opening inning, followed by four more in the top of the second. Penn State Harrisburg struggled to put together any sort of offensive momentum and could not slow down the bats of Frostburg State. The Bobcats added another run in the third inning and a solo home run in the
top of the fourth to build a comfortable 9-0 lead. Wolfe did her best to get the Penn State Harrisburg bats going in the bottom of the fourth inning, crushing a double to left-center field, but the Lions failed to convert her hit into any form of a comeback.
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Lions beat York to end losing skid By Adam Clay
For The Press And Journal
Penn State Harrisburg has struggled to get out of a slump this spring – and while the Lions still have a distance to climb out of the hole they dug themselves, they helped their quest for a Capital Athletic Conference playoff spot with a 12-7 win over York on Thursday, April 2 in York. The win ended the Lions’ six-game losing streak. After a slow first inning at the plate, Penn State Harrisburg (5-15, 2-10 in the conference) pounced on the Spartans (8-11, 4-8) for its best offensive inning so far this season. The Lions batted around in the second inning and scored eight runs to take a big lead. It all started when Chris Iocca’s single to right field scored teammate Josh Brubaker for the first run of the game. Iocca, a freshman, did not stop there – he went 4-for-4 at the plate,
scoring twice and driving in three RBIs. Penn State Harrisburg extended its lead to 9-0 after seven innings, then took out starting pitcher Will Chaney, who struck out five batters, in the eighth. That’s when the Spartans found their swing at the plate, scoring seven runs against Lion relievers. But Penn State Harrisburg hung on for the victory.
Marymount 12, Lions 0
The Saints’ defense and pitching were impenetrable in their victory over the Lions on Wednesday, April 1 in Middletown. After both teams went scoreless in the first inning, Marymount (10-11, 6-7) opened things up with a two-run second. Penn Sate Harrisburg was still in contention until a disastrous five-run fifth inning by the Saints gave Marymount a big lead.
The Lions never gave up, but couldn’t score on Marymount pitcher Dylan Gerdts, who threw a complete game, striking out five Penn State Harrisburg batters. The only bright spot for the Lions was Kevin Kremer, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Salisbury 12-6, Lions 2-1
The Seagulls, the NCAA’s top-ranked Division III team in the country, proved they were worthy of their ranking, sweeping Penn State Harrisburg on Monday, March 30 in Middletown. In the first game, Salisbuy (18-0, 130) knocked home two runs in the top of the first inning to put the Lions in the hole early. Penn State Harrisburg struggled to put together any form of offensive momentum through the first six innings while the Seagulls continued to pour it on. Salisbury added nine more runs to their total, including a two-run
homer in the bottom of the sixth inning that all but sealed the win. The Lions finally crossed the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning when Tom Denniston scored on a balk by the Salisbury pitcher. In the second game, the Blue & White sent sophomore right-hander Kenny Mott to the mound, and Mott pitched a no-hitter through four innings against the No. 1 Seagulls. His no-hitter was finally broken up in the top of the fifth inning. During Mott’s impressive start, Penn State Harrisburg took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning when Kremer’s ground out scored teammate Kyle Buchman. But the Seagull bats finally awoke in the top of the sixth inning when they scored four runs, including a solo home run. Salisbury added two more runs the following inning to take control of the game.
threatened again after Handley drew a one-out walk and designated hitter Noah Zimmerman singled with two down. But a strikeout by Lewis again turned the Raiders away emptyhanded. With two out in the top of the sixth inning, Kell’s third hit of the game, a two-out double to center, set up the Raiders’ lone tally. Altland’s clutch triple to the fence in right center knocked in pinch runner Justin Imler for the run. But Lewis induced a ground ball out to end the inning, leaving Altland stranded at third. In the top of the seventh inning Zimmerman was safe on an error with two outs, but Lewis recorded his ninth strikeout of the game to finish what he started and lock down the win.
Hershey 13, Middletown 8
With neither Ocker nor Sims available to pitch, and junior Brandon Harper sidelined with a thumb injury, Shuleski went with Alcock as his starter on the mound on Thursday, April 2 in Middletown. Alcock struggled early, and the hothitting Trojans (3-2, 3-1) took advantage by plating four runs in the top of the first inning against him. Reliever Johan Sanchez-Padilla, who Shuleski called up from the junior varsity squad, took over with two outs but was also touched for three runs as Hershey jumped out to a 7-0 lead. From that point, the Raiders were forced to try to catch up. Sims singled in the home half of the first inning but was left stranded. Sanchez-Padilla issued a pair of walks in the top of the second but got out of the jam with a ground out and a pair of
strikeouts to prevent further damage. The Raiders rallied for four runs in the bottom of the second inning to get back into contention. Flowers drew a walk with one out and Sanchez-Padilla singled with two outs to keep the inning going. Flowers and pinch runner Blake Jacoby moved into scoring position when Zimmerman walked to load the bases. Bubba Finsterbush’s single to center knocked in Flowers for the first run. A low throw that got past the first baseman for a Trojan error following Altland’s hard grounder cleared the bases, making it a 7-4 game. But Hershey scored three more runs in the top of the third inning to stretch its lead to 10-4. In the home half of the fourth inning, the Raiders picked up a single run when Jacoby scored on an error. Hershey scored a run on an RBI single by Connor Gurt in the top of the fifth inning and tacked on another run in the top of the sixth to make it a 12-5 score. A double and an error in the top of the seventh led to another run for the Trojans. The Raiders went down fighting, however, posting three runs in the bottom of the last inning. Finsterbush led off with a double to right and moved to third on a passed ball with Altland at the plate. Altland and Sims walked to load the bases for the hot-hitting Kell, who laced a two-run double to center. Ocker’s ground ball to the pitcher drove in the third run for the Raiders. But after Flowers walked with one out, the next two batters went down on strikes to end the rally and ice the win for the visitors. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com
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Falcons soar over Northern York
John Davis and Ivan Amato had three kills each as Lower Dauphin stopped Northern York 3-0 in boys’ volleyball on Thursday, April 2 in Hummelstown. Craig Zemitis recorded 16 assists and two aces for the Falcons (3-1, 2-0 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Keystone Division). Northern York (0-4, 0-2) remained winless. Lower Dauphin won the first set 25-
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19, then pulled away in the second set, 25-13. The Falcons claimed the third set, 25-18. Chase Mader and Dylan Oum each recorded 12 digs for the Falcons, while Amato contributed five digs. Lower Dauphin won the junior varsity match, 2-0, beating the Polar Bears 25-12 in the first set and 25-19 in the second.
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Standings for 4-8-15 BASEBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 5 0 6-0 Mechanicsburg 4 0 4-1 Hershey 3 1 3-2 CD East 2 1 2-2 Bishop McDevitt 1 2 2-2 Susquehanna Twp. 1 2 1-2 Middletown 0 3 1-3 Palmyra 0 3 0-3 Harrisburg 0 4 0-4 Last week’s games Mechanicsburg 5, Middletown 0 Lower Dauphin 5, Middletown 1 Hershey 13, Middletown 8 Lower Dauphin 10, Spring Grove 0 Lower Dauphin 12, Harrisburg 0 This week’s games Wednesday, April 8 Middletown at Trinity, 4:15 p.m. Lower Dauphin at Susquehanna Twp., 4 p.m. Friday, April 10 Palmyra at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. Lower Dauphin at Central Dauphin, 4:15 p.m. Saturday, April 11 Dallastown at Lower Dauphin, 1 p.m. Monday, April 13 Bishop McDevitt at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. Lower Dauphin at Palmyra, 4 p.m. Capital Division W L OVERALL Northern York 3 0 6-0 East Pennsboro 3 0 5-0 West Perry 2 1 4-1 Camp Hill 2 1 3-2 Milton Hershey 1 1 1-3 Steelton-Highspire 0 4 1-4 Trinity 0 4 1-4 Last week’s games Camp Hill 14, Steelton-Highspire 4 East Pennsboro 11, Steelton-Highspire 1 This week’s games Thursday, April 9 West Perry at Steelton-Highspire, 4 p.m. Friday, April 10 West Shore Christian at Steelton-Highspire, 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 Steelton-Highspire at Trinity, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 5 0 5-0 Mechanicsburg 4 0 5-1 Susquehanna Twp. 3 2 3-2 Bishop McDevitt 2 2 2-2 Palmyra 2 2 2-2 CD East 1 2 2-2 Middletown 1 2 1-2 Hershey 0 4 0-4 Harrisburg 0 4 0-4 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 14, Middletown 0 Mechanicsburg 22, Middletown 1 Lower Dauphin 10, Harrisburg 0 This week’s games Wednesday, April 8 Trinity at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. Susquehanna Twp. at Lower Dauphin, 4:15 p.m. Friday, April 10 Middletown at Palmyra, 4:15 p.m. Central Dauphin at Lower Dauphin, 4:15 p.m. Monday, April 13 Middletown at Bishop McDevitt, 4 p.m. Palmyra at Lower Dauphin, 4:15 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS MID-PENN CONFERENCE Colonial Division W L OVERALL Palmyra 8 0 8-1 East Pennsboro 5 1 6-1 Middletown 4 3 6-3 Trinity 2 3 2-4 Camp Hill 2 4 3-4 James Buchanan 1 5 4-5 Bishop McDevitt 0 6 0-6 Last week’s matches Middletown 3, Camp Hill 2 Palmyra 3, Middletown 2 This week’s matches Wednesday, April 8 East Pennsboro at Middletown, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 9 Middletown at Harrisburg Academy, 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 Bishop McDevitt at Middletown, 3:30 p.m.
Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 4 0 6-1 Lower Dauphin 3 1 5-3 Mifflin County 3 2 5-3 Northern York 1 1 2-5 Mechanicsburg 1 2 3-4 CD East 1 2 2-5 Susquehanna Twp. 0 5 0-8 Last week’s matches Lower Dauphin 4, Palmyra 1 Lower Dauphin 4, Central Dauphin East 1 Lower Dauphin 3, Mechanicsburg 2 Hershey 4, Lower Dauphin 1 This week’s matches Wednesday, April 8 Lower Dauphin at Northern York, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9 Susquehanna Twp. at Lower Dauphin, 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 Cedar Cliff at Lower Dauphin, 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 13 Lower Dauphin at Carlisle, 3:30 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD MID-PENN CONFERENCE BOYS Capital Division W L OVERALL Bishop McDevitt 2 0 2-0 Camp Hill 1 0 2-0 Northern York 1 0 1-0 East Pennsboro 0 0 0-0 Trinity 0 0 0-0 Middletown 0 1 0-1 West Perry 0 3 4-3 Last week’s meets Trinity 96, Middletown 33, Carson Long 12, West Shore Christian 4 This week’s meets Saturday, April 11 Middletown at Central Dauphin, 9 a.m. Keystone Division W L OVERALL Milton Hershey 2 0 2-0 Red Land 2 0 2-0 Hershey 1 0 1-0 Mechanicsburg 1 1 1-1 Cedar Cliff 0 0 0-0 Susquehanna Twp. 0 1 0-1 Palmyra 0 2 1-2 Lower Dauphin 0 2 0-2 Last week’s meets Red Land 75.6, Lower Dauphin 74.4 Lower Dauphin seventh at Bruce Dallas Invitational This week’s meets Thursday, April 9 Central Dauphin East at Lower Dauphin, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 Lower Dauphin at Cedar Cliff, 4 p.m. GIRLS Capital Division W L OVERALL Bishop McDevitt 2 0 2-0 Camp Hill 1 0 2-0 Northern York 1 0 1-0 East Pennsboro 0 0 0-0 Trinity 0 0 0-0 Middletown 0 1 0-1 West Perry 0 3 2-4 Last week’s meets Trinity 89, Middletown 52, West Shore Christian 6 This week’s meets Saturday, April 11 Middletown at Central Dauphin, 9 a.m. Keystone Division W L T OVERALL Palmyra 2 0 0 2-1 Susquehanna Twp. 1 0 0 1-0 Lower Dauphin 1 0 1 1-0-1 Hershey 0 0 1 0-0-1 Milton Hershey 1 1 0 1-1 Cedar Cliff 0 0 0 0-0 Mechanicsburg 0 2 0 0-2 Red Land 0 2 0 0-2 Last week’s meets Lower Dauphin 105, Red Land 45 Lower Dauphin 11th at Bruce Dallas Invitational This week’s meets Thursday, April 9 Central Dauphin East at Lower Dauphin, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 Lower Dauphin at Cedar Cliff, 4 p.m. BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 2 0 4-0
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This week’s games Thursday, April 9 Lower Dauphin at Cedar Cliff, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 Red Land at Lower Dauphin, 5:30 p.m. LACROSSE MID-PENN CONFERENCE BOYS Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 2 0 3-0 Central Dauphin 2 1 3-2 Lower Dauphin 1 3 2-4 Bishop McDevitt 0 3 0-4 Palmyra 0 3 0-4 CD East 0 4 0-4 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 11, Spring Grove 8 Trinity 10, Lower Dauphin 9 State College 8, Lower Dauphin 7 This week’s games Friday, April 10 Lower Dauphin at York Suburban, 7 p.m. Monday, April 13 Lower Dauphin at Central York, 7 p.m. GIRLS Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 3 0 5-0 Central Dauphin 2 0 2-1 Lower Dauphin 2 2 3-2 Palmyra 1 3 2-5 CD East 1 3 1-3
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COLLEGE BASEBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE W L OVERALL Salisbury 13 0 18-0 Frostburg St. 11 2 21-3 Mary Washington 10 5 19-5 Marymount 6 7 10-11 Wesley 6 7 8-12 St. Mary’s 5 8 8-14 York 4 8 8-11 Christopher Newport 5 10 12-12 Southern Virginia 4 9 5-14 Penn State Hbg. 2 10 5-15 Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg 12, York 7 Marhymount 12, Penn State Harrisburg 0 Salisbury 12, Penn State Harrisburg 2 Salisbury 6, Penn State Harrisburg 1 This week’s games Wednesday, April 8 Wesley at Penn State Harrisburg, 3:30 p.m.
Middletown runners, at left, take the lead over Carson Long in the 4x100 relay.
Six Middletown Blue Raiders finished first in individual competitions in the Blue Raiders’ track and field meet against Trinity, Carson Long and West Shore Christian on Tuesday, March 31 in Camp Hill. On the boys’ team, Middletown’s Matthew Frehse won the high jump with a jump of 5 feet. Teammate Scott Shaffer won the pole vault with a vault of 10 feet, while freshman Tre Leach won the long jump with a jump of 18 feet, 8 inches. On the girls’ team, Middletown’s Brianna Bennett won the shot put with a throw of 32 feet, 2.5 inches, while teammate Jess Knisely won the high jump with a jump of 4 feet, 2 inches. Makaila Nester won the 400 meter run with a time of 1:05.92. The boys finished with 33 points, second behind Trinity’s 96 and ahead of Carson Long’s 12 and West Shore Christian’s 4. The girls scored 52 points, second behind Trinity’s 89 and ahead of West Shore Christian’s 6. Carson Long is an all-male school, and does not field a girls’ team.
Saturday, April 11 Penn State Harrisburg vs. Southern Virginia, 1 p.m., Casey Field, Covington, Va.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE W L OVERALL Christopher Newport 8 0 19-6 Salisbury 8 2 20-3 Frostburg St. 5 3 14-7 York 6 4 17-9 Penn State Hbg. 5 5 12-8 Mary Washington 3 5 15-11 Wesley 1 7 17-8 Southern Virginia 0 10 0-17 Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg 2, York 1 York 10, Penn State Harrisburg 1 Frostburg St. 11, Penn State Harrisburg 2 Frostburg St. 9, Penn State Harrisburg 0 This week’s games Thursday, April 9 Penn State Harrisburg at Eastern (2), 3 p.m. Saturday, April 11 Penn State Harrisburg at Mary Washington (2), noon Sunday, April 12 Penn State Harrisburg at Christopher Newport, 1 p.m.
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hey are high school spoofs on beauty pageants that are meant to be fun, and raise money for a good cause: helping children battling cancer, and their families. The Mr. Middletown pageant at Middletown Area High School and the Mr. Mini-THON pageant at Lower Dauphin High School pitted male students in talent and swimsuit competitions that were actually meaningless – the contestant who raised the most money was crowned the winner. Combined, the two pageants raised more than $12,000 for the Four Diamonds Fund, and will be part of the total that each school’s Mini-THON Committee raises in their annual 12-hour dance and games extravaganza. Lower Dauphin’s Mini-THON, held last month at the school, raised a school record $82,630.95 Middletown’s Mini-THON is scheduled to Combined, Mr. Middletown begin on Friday, April 24 – and don’t be if another school record falls. and Mr. Mini-THON raised surprised The Mr. Middletown pageant, held in late more than $12,000 for the March, already has raised $5,742 toward Four Diamonds Fund. the school’s total. Lower Dauphin’s winner, Tommy Bowen, raised an amazing $2,765.95 to win the crown, though his talent – he performed the Vote for Pedro dance from the cult film, “Napoleon Dynamite,’’ was an impressive homage. At Middletown, Nathan Ocker won the crown, raising $1,486.12 and performing a rap song for good measure. The talent competition could be called “fierce’’ – one contestant sang a Katy Perry song, another jumped on a Pogo stick, a third played the cowbell, a fourth jumped rope and a fifth staged a cooking demonstration. You can catch photos of some of them on A1 of this edition. The real winners were the kids and families helped by Four Diamonds and the generosity of local students and those who donated to them. Congratulations to Ocker and his court – Nick Myers (first runner-up), Jordan Handley (third place), Brett Altland, Will Botterbusch, Zac Gates, Scott Shaffer and Zack Sims for their efforts, and to the Mini-THON Committee at both Middletown and Lower Dauphin, for its good works and compassion – and for proving our faith in the younger generation is not misplaced.
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Pennsylvania must pass online gaming legislation Editor, The Pennsylvania casino industry provides a significant amount of tax revenues for state, county and local budgets. However, the upward surge in gambling revenue since the first casino opened in late 2006 has crested. In fiscal year 2013-14, overall gaming revenues fell for the first time. Pennsylvania casinos are facing increasing competition from surrounding states, some of which now offer online gambling. Online gambling has the potential to reach gamblers who are not regulars on the casino floor. The net effect on online gambling would be to complement, not cannibalize, landbased gaming. Several online gaming bills have been proposed with bipartisan support, so it’s not a Republican versus Democratic issue. Only three states currently allow online gambling but many other states have some form of Internet lottery. In all cases, users must be within the state to play online. Software pinpoints where players are located and their identity and age verification are a part of the setting up of the online gaming accounts. An estimated 32 million Americans spend $15 billion annually in fantasy sports leagues, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. Thanks to a carve-out in the 2006 Federal Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act, fantasy sports are considered a game of skill. But in spirit, fantasy sports and casino games are essentially the same; players win or lose based on unpredictable outcomes. Any gains from the expansion of gambling undoubtedly come with potential costs. Gambling addiction is a recognized psychological disorder. yet the National Council on Problem Gambling, the country’s largest advocacy organization for addicts, takes a neutral position on legalization. As gambling is more widely legalized, they advocate for a portion of profits to go toward getting help for people who need it. VisitPAcasinos.com is the premier source for information on travel and tourism to Pennsylvania casinos and their surrounding communities. We are dedicated to building our reputation as an ethical, credible and trustworthy reference to Pennsylvania casino patrons and consumers of land-based casinos and online gaming. Casino gaming is not only important to the Pennsylvania tourism industry, but proceeds help fund property tax relief, fire and emergency medical service grants, programs for senior citizens and the state’s general fund. Pennsylvania must pass online gaming legislation to remain competitive and keep tax revenues growing. Mark J. Tevis Erie The writer is CEO of VisitPAcasinos.com.
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and interfering with its use is unethical. ot long Business owners have the right – not ago, I should have, mind you – to operate their noted in enterprises how they see fit, even in the the Press And Jourpublic square. nal that the cultural But pragmatism rules in our governclash over samement-centric society, and business owners sex marriage was no longer have that right. So the issue of won. The side in favor of gay nuptials religious freedom and commerce must be was victorious. Cultural conservatives, approached in a more practical manner. for all the ire and fist-shaking, lost the Facts are a good place to start. fight for traditional marriage in America. For one, when it comes to bills like the The best we could hope for was, as New RFRA, there are zero cases of Americans York Times columnist Ross Douthat put being exempted from anti-discrimination it, the “terms of our surrender” would be laws based on religious grounds. Second, respected. 19 others states (including ConnectiWell, we can now officially say that cut) have passed religious freedom laws battle is lost. The recent hullabaloo similar to Indiana. And third, Bill Clinton, over Indiana’s passing of the Religious that paragon of ugly conservative bigotry, Freedom Restoration Act is symbolic of signed a federal version of the Indiana liberal triumphalism taken to an extreme bill into law as president. That law – the degree. The left isn’t just taking a victory lap; they are pounding their ideology into Religious Freedom Restoration Act – had enormous support from Democrats. It all nonbelievers. The outrage is borderwas first used to ensure Native Americans line epileptic. could smoke peyote in accordance with Here’s what I mean: Time columnist and former professional basketball player their religion – not give free reign for Christian fundamentalists to toss gays out Kareem Abdul-Jabbar described the of their businesses. Indiana law as ushering in an “American So why all the wrath over Indiana? Critversion of Sharia law.” Forbes writer ics maintain that Ben Kepes likened religious freedom is the law to Kristalla just a thin veil for nacht. Various bigname businesses The Indiana debacle is part legalized discriminaBut what does are threatening to of a larger trend in increasing tion. the bill actually say? boycott the state intolerance within the There is no language over the measure. Connecticut Gov. political left. about Christian bakers refusing service Dan Malloy went to homosexuals. as far as to sign To the contrary, it an executive order requires the government to prove compelbarring state-funded travel to Indiana, ling interest before forcing someone to stating that the law “turn[ed] back the violate their religious code. It is not a de clock on progress.” jure right to discriminate. You wouldn’t Apple and the National Basketball Asknow that by reading the indignated news sociation have also jumped into the fray. stories though. Apple CEO Tim Cooke, an openly gay Those throwing a fit over Indiana’s man who does business in countries that RFRA law don’t believe in live and let murder homosexuals with impunity, said live. The media freakout is a desperate he was disappointed by Indiana over Twitter. The National Basketball Associa- attempt to cow people who object to homosexuality into keeping their traps shut. tion, which allows sexual predators and They can’t, or won’t, fathom the idea that violent men to play, promised further Orthodox Christians, Jews and Muslims “inclusion” in the face of the law. When major corporations and celebrities disagree with the gay lifestyle. Simple as that. are teaming up to snuff out a problem, The Indiana debacle is part of a larger you can bet the media will be on their trend in increasing intolerance within the side. And as we’ve seen, reporters have political left. More and more, liberals are thrown out all objective standards in a abandoning the principles of free speech, concentrated effort to make Indiana synpluralism and tolerance. onymous with the Third Reich. At the time of writing, it’s looking like Headline after headline described the Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will capitulate RFRA as “legalized discrimination” and to the demands of the liberal mob. The “anti-gay.” But how true are these generRFRA will likely be watered down, if alizations? not scrapped entirely. It’s a shame, but so First, let’s define what discriminait goes in politics. In a democracy, mass tion really is. I won’t bore you with the opinion often overrides reasoned thought. dictionary definition. Casually, when we The Indiana situation will pass, but it reference discrimination, we mean makwill not relieve the internal tension at the ing distinctions based on certain characheart of the culture wars. Christians – teristics. The result entails favoring one and, to a certain extent, Jews and Musthing over another. lims – are called by their faith to spread For instance, if I’m hungry for steak, the Good News in the public square. They I’ll discriminate against restaurants not are also taught that while loving their serving steak. If I’m dating a girl, I disneighbor is necessary, there is no love criminate against all other females by not without truth. These beliefs do not mesh offering the same companionship. nicely within a hyper-secularized society. That’s discrimination. We all do it, Religious liberty in America cannot exist knowingly or not. Where things get testy if public displays of faith are pushed back is when people give preferential treatinto the closet. One side has to give. And ment based on skin color, sexual identity increasingly, it’s looking like the forces of or ethnicity. This behavior is understandmodernity will have their way. ably seen as unjust. But the issue at hand is whether governJames E. Miller, a native of Middletown, ment should use coercion to reduce disis editor of the Ludwig von Mises Institute crimination. And whether such measures of Canada, a libertarian think tank, and interfere with freedom of conscience and works as a copywriter in Washington, private property rights. D.C. Personally, I’m of the old-fashioned view that property is close to absolute
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ou don’t need a Walmart front-door greeter to find the flaw in the company’s recently announced boost in worker wages: It’s not enough. It’s not enough to pull its lowest-paid workers out of poverty and therefore not enough to get American taxpayers off the hook for subsidizing the giant retailer’s low-wage payroll. That’s right: Walmart, the world’s biggest company, with billions of dollars in profits, relies on you and me to make up the difference between what it pays a large portion of its workforce and what those employees actually need to survive. It’s only through public programs like food stamps, Medicaid and the earned income tax credit that hundreds of thousands of Walmart workers are able to make ends meet. After years of public pressure, Walmart finally decided to grant a modest raise to employees at the bottom of its wage scale. Beginning this month, no worker will earn less than $9 an hour. By 2016, all workers who have passed a six-month training period will be paid at least $10 an hour. This move garnered Walmart some positive headlines. But will these modest wage increases actually lift Walmart workers out of poverty and relieve American taxpayers of our unfair obligation to subsidize the company’s payroll? We know from a comprehensive 2014 report by Americans for Tax Fairness that Walmart benefits from $6.2 billion a year in public subsidies that support its employees: food stamps, Medicaid, child care support and five other taxpayerfunded programs. Besides keeping families healthy, The reality is some of these programs provide Walmart would crucial incentives need to raise to keep people its base pay to working despite the low pay. at least $15 an Americans for hour to Tax Fairness has analyzed the properly effect of Walcompensate its mart’s new wage workers and policy and found relieve that even after the planned pay America's hikes are fully taxpayers from implemented, picking up part larger taxpayer subsidies will of its payroll still be required tab. to make up for the company’s low wages. Here’s how the numbers break down: An employee working 34 hours a week (Walmart’s definition of “full-time”) for $9 an hour would take home about $16,000 a year. If that worker was single, she would qualify for three out of five public programs. With children, the employee would qualify for all eight of the public programs – and the same is true at the $10 an hour rate. The reality is Walmart would need to raise its base pay to at least $15 an hour to properly compensate its workers and relieve America’s taxpayers from picking up part of its payroll tab. Can Walmart afford it? Consider that the Walton family, descendants of the firm’s founder who own over half the company, saw their fortune increase by $21 billion last year alone. For about half that amount – $10.8 billion – the Waltons could give every one of Walmart’s 1.3 million U.S. employees a $5 an hour raise and still keep $10 billion for themselves. It’s also worth noting that using public programs to subsidize its low wages isn’t the only way Walmart rips off the American taxpayer. Walmart avoids $1 billion a year in taxes by exploiting federal tax loopholes – leaving the rest of us to pay more in taxes, make do with fewer services, or see our public debt rise. With Tax Day around the corner, working Americans are getting ready to pay their fair share. Those tax dollars should be used to educate our kids, fix our roads, help keep our communities safe and provide some peace of mind in retirement. They shouldn’t be going to subsidize the low-wage strategy of Walmart. Walmart should take the responsible step of increasing its workers’ pay to at least $15 an hour. It’s the right thing to do for its workers – and it’s the fair thing to do for the American taxpayer. Frank Clemente is executive director of Americans for Tax Fairness, Washington, D.C.
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Online gambling would bring revenue,but must be regulated
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n order to provide much-needed consumer protections while generating additional revenue for the Commonwealth, I recently introduced legislation to regulate Internet gaming, or IGaming, in Pennsylvania. Right now millions of Americans, including Pennsylvanians, participate in illegal online gaming where no regulation currently exists. By enacting effective state policy, we can help curb the illegal market while ensuring strong safeguards are in place to protect consumers of IGaming. In addition to consumer protection benefits, a recent study released by a Philadelphia-based economic consulting firm named IGaming the largest potential new revenue source for Pennsylvania’s gaming industry. If enacted, estimated online gaming would generate approximately $120 million in state revenue for the first year. Some gaming officials have estimated it could bring an excess of $300 million in ongoing revenue. The implementation of legalized online gaming in other states, such as Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware, demonstrates the technology exists to regulate IGaming safely and effectively. My bill, House Bill 649, includes strong consumer protections such as placing limits on deposits and losses and implementing safeguards to prevent minors from playing. It also includes measures to help problem gamblers. As we head into budget season facing a projected $2 billion
shortfall, I think it’s important to consider all responsible options to boost revenue before asking taxpayers for more money to fill that deficit.
Potholes on state roads As the snow finally clears, I want to remind residents of the 106th District about the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) pothole reporting hotline. Area motorists are encouraged to call 1-800-FIXROAD (1-800-349-7623) to report the location of potholes on state roads. Callers are asked to be as specific as possible in reporting pothole locations. When reporting about state routes, callers must provide the county, municipality, street name, or preferably the state route (SR) number found on small, blackand-white signs posted along state roadways. If possible, callers should also offer a description of any familiar landmarks that will help PennDOT find the problem area. The hotline may also be used to report maintenance concerns other than potholes, such as deer removal or signage issues. To report potholes on local roads, motorists should contact the municipality where the pothole is located. The 1-800-FIX-ROAD hotline should not be used to report traffic accidents, disabled vehicles or other emergencies. Motorists are encouraged to continue to call 911
to report those incidents. Potholes develop when water seeps below the road through small cracks in the pavement surface. As the water repeatedly freezes and thaws, a cavity below the road is formed and larger cracks develop, causing the pavement to crumble. Any individual who believes they have sustained damages as a result of the negligence of the Commonwealth may file a claim for recovery. The law, however, prohibits the payment of property damage (tires, rims, etc.) as a result of a pothole. Because of this, no reimbursement has ever been made for a claim of this type. This information is provided to advise you in advance of the legal constraints under which property damage claims due to a pothole will be evaluated. If, after understanding the restrictions placed on property damage claims due to potholes, you still wish to exercise your right to file a claim, it should be submitted to the following address: PA Department of General Services, Bureau of Risk and Insurance Management, TORT Claims PreLitigation Division, P.O. Box 1365, Harrisburg, Pa. 17105 John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Hummelstown, Derry Twp., Conewago Twp. and part of Swatara Twp.
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her ad about a handicap space: I applied for a space at the Middletown VFW for our older veterans who have served our country and are disabled and deserve a spot. Know how you feel. I am down by the river with not one house on our block so it really should not matter. Total bull! I may paint the curb and put my own sign up that asks please kindly reserve. Wonder if I could get in trouble? Lol – Crystal Mrakovich.”
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Trucking Terminal’ signs around Lower Swatara Twp.? Understandably, I can see that sometimes people would like to preserve the past but at which point do you draw the line and progress into the future? The locations of many of these warehouses do not affect homes. Take a look – there are only about 5-6 houses on North Union Street from Fulling Mill Road to the township line. Here is an economic development waiting to happen and provide the township with extra well-needed tax revenue, $1 million to the township and $4 million to the already over-taxed schools. I bet most people with these signs in the yards are also the first to complain about the township raising taxes as well. Sometimes you need to put the past where it belongs, in the past. This country would never be able to move forward or progress if we tried to hold on to the past.”
roads in town. We all endured the work downtown last year from Ann Street and South Union up a little past the Brownstone. I thought when completed new road was to be put down. What we have now is nothing more than a large patch that’s falling apart and large potholes appearing. And that’s new road. What a pathetic finish to that project. The intersection at Vine Street and Route 230 is so bad (for years now) my car’s suspension is crying, not to mention my wallet and back. It’s so bad Hersheypark wants to categorize it as their 13th coaster.” be put on a ballot for Middletown people when the borough is considering selling or leasing a large asset. Example: the sewage department. It is too much power in a few council members to decide what is good for Middletown. Most people did not want the sewage department leased out. A $230,000 debt occurred because of bad management in the sewage department and a weak council. They left delinquent sewage accounts accrue for months creating a $230,000 debt. What they should have done was got on the phone demanding payment and if payment is not made file liens against the property owners and
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) is a vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Lawrence Mishel is president of the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank.
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would no longer be taxed at a lower rate than income earned from weekly paychecks. Wall Street gamblers would pay a tiny tax on all their wheeler-dealer trading. Millionaires and billionaires would pay somewhat higher tax rates (but still lower than they did during most of the Reagan administration). Average Americans are hungry for this kind of responsible reform. They know the tax code is stacked against them in favor of the well-off and well-connected. In a recent Pew Research Center poll, more than 60 percent of respondents said their top complaint about the tax system was that corporations and the wealthy don’t pay their fair share, while only 27 percent were most concerned about their own tax bill. Budgets are about choices. Republicans have chosen in their budgets to further enrich the wealthy and corporations at the expense of workers, children, veterans, seniors – the whole broad American family. In contrast, the People’s Budget gives all of us a reason to mobilize around a vision for our future that will expand opportunities for everyday Americans.
prosecute people with delinquent accounts refusing to pay their bill. But the borough council took the easy way out. They sold out the people of Middletown with a 50year lease that will cost us more to pay off. If Middletown people paid their bills there would not be any debt. Delinquent accounts for real estate tax appear in the paper every year and the same names appear on the list. Again, some people are not paying their taxes and it is not being collected by the borough, causing a deficit. What the borough needs is responsible financial management and a responsible borough council to do the right thing and not take the easy way out .We need to vote the current council out and get responsible people on council to do what the people of Middletown want.”
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Our “People’s Budget’’ is fairer than GOP proposal result in an even bigger giveaway. That’s because the public doesn’t support their wish list and because their numbers don’t add up. Their goal of reducing the top tax rates paid by the rich and corporations by about one- third will cost another $3 trillion, based on the plan they offered last year. Republicans have proposed no credible plan to pay for those tax breaks. The average millionaire would cut his tax bill by $200,000. And it would do nothing to end the scandal that hugely profitable corporations – General Electric, Boeing, Verizon and scores of other companies – paid no federal income taxes over a recent five-year period. In stark contrast, the “People’s Budget: A Raise for America’’ —authored by the Congressional Progressive Caucus with assistance from the Economic Policy Institute Policy Center— invests our nation in a robust, straightforward way. It would create millions of jobs, repair our crumbling roads and bridges, make college affordable, improve our schools and other community services and get us to full employment in two years. Where does the money come from? No “magic asterisks” here – wealthy households and big corporations are finally asked to pay their fair share. Corporations would no longer get a tax break when they shift jobs and hide profits offshore. Income generated from investments primarily owned by the wealthy
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JANSCHAKOWSKY & LAWRENCEMISHEL he annual federal budget debate typically doesn’t excite many folks outside the Washington beltway. And with good reason – the Republican budget process is intended to lull the public to sleep by staying short on details and long on damaging provisions that will hurt low-income and middle-class families. But folks should pay attention to the debate because budgets have consequences – and if done right, they can truly move our country forward. The “People’s Budget,” which we both helped prepare, is a bold and responsible alternative to the Republican plans that take from working families while giving more to corporations and the wealthy. The GOP budgets proposed in Congress would cut about $5 trillion over the next decade. The overwhelming burden would fall on programs that boost working families: education, Medicare and Medicaid, college aid, job training, medical research and rebuilding roads and bridges. Tens of millions of Americans would lose health insurance and millions more would lose food stamps or be priced out of college. Republicans push these devastating cuts as a path to a balanced budget. But their budgets have been widely panned by experts as being based on “magic asterisks.’’ While they’re comfortable putting the squeeze on working families who will be most affected by these cuts in benefits and services, they refuse to ask corporations and the wealthy to contribute one thin dime to the effort. In fact, not one tax loophole is closed by their budgets. Instead, the House GOP’s proposed budget would give bigger tax cuts to the wealthy, blowing a $1 trillion-plus hole in the budget over the next decade, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Not surprisingly, neither Republican budget details their top priority: tax reform that would
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St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran The first Sunday of each month is Church is located at Spring and Union Food Pantry Sunday. Our food pantry streets, Middletown. We are a Recon- is in need of personal care and nonciling In Christ Church. perishable food items. Items collected You are invited to join us for wor- are taken to the Interfaith Food Pantry ship on Wednesday morning, Saturday located at 201 Wyoming St., Royalton. evening and Sunday morning. Sunday Tues., April 7: 3:30 to 5 p.m., After worship time is 8:15 and 11 a.m. Sunschool Homework Club. day Church School is at 9:45 a.m. Our Wed., April 8: 3:30 to 5 p.m., After 11 a.m. worship service is broadcast school Homework Club. live on WMSS 91.1. Visit our website at www.stpeWednesday morning service is at 10 tersmiddletown.org. a.m.; Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual Scripture for April 5: Acts 10:34-43; traditional service and is 45 minutes in length. Please enter through the Ps. 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Cor. 15:1-11; Mark 16:1-8. parking lot doors.
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Evangelical United Methodist Church Sun., April 12: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for April; June Martin; 10:15 a.m., Worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Lay Liturgist: Mary Woods. Nursery helpers: Ethel Angeloff, Mike Harris. The altar flowers are given in memory of husband and father Bob Rowland presented by Mary Ann and Leanne. This week’s bulletins are sponsored in memory of Denise by her parents; 11:30 a.m., Cookie refreshment and fellowship time. Tues., April 14: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry; 6 p.m., Finance Committee meeting; 7 p.m., Church Council meeting.
Middletown
Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for worship on Sunday mornings led by Pastor Brad Gilbert. Our services are relaxed and casual. We offer a traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and a contemporary service with a band (electric guitars) at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there are a variety of Christian education classes for all ages. Nursery is available throughout the morning. We have several things happening at Ebenezer and all are welcome. Our youth group (kids in grades 6-12) meets Sundays at 6 p.m. A young adult
group meets twice monthly, the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7 p.m. in the church office. We also offer a variety of adult groups. Please call for details. We are always open to new group ideas. There is a prayer time, “Partners in Prayer,” that meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Through scripture, song, and meditation we experience the joy of God’s presence. Have a favorite board game? “Game Night” is every third Monday at 6:30 p.m. Easter eggs are still available. To order please call Mel at 583-0502 or Bill at 944-6080. Any other questions please call us at 939-0766.
Wesley United Methodist Church Middletown
Easter is a time of celebrating New Life. Opportunities increase for doing good and helping others. Come and join us in the work of Easter, rebuilding, renewing, and restoring Life. Sunday Worship services are held at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Our early service is informal and features a Praise Band. Our later service follows a traditional pattern and includes all types of music. We encourage people to “come as you are.” Pastor Dawes’ Sunday sermon is “One Surprising Morning” based on Matthew 28:1-10. This Sunday we welcome our new Organist/Choir Director, Denise Weaver. We are grateful for her willingness to share her music of ministry with us. Choir rehearsals resume Wed., April 8 at 7:30 p.m. New voices are always welcome. Come meet Denise and be
part of this special ministry. A Stop Hunger Now Meal Packaging Event will be held at Wesley on Fri., April 10 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Forty volunteers from five United Methodist Churches will work together to get 10,000 meals ready for distribution throughout the United States and around the world. This effort is in partnership with Stop Hunger Now, a non-profit humanitarian relief organization, whose mission is to end hunger in our lifetime. Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank is open on the Fourth Friday of every month from 4 to 6 p.m. Free clothes in all sizes from infant to adult are available. Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine streets in Middletown. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@ comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. “Follow Jesus, Change the World.
New Beginnings Church
Middletown We are an independent body of believ- Beth and Gary Hinkle, Linda Balmer, ers offering God’s invitation for a new Diane Rowe. beginning to all who seek it. We exist The film, “When God Left The to meet the spiritual, emotional and Building” will be shown Sun., April physical needs of all people through 12 at 7 p.m. It reveals the decline of faith in Jesus Christ. We are a Safe the American church and focus on Sanctuary congregation. the current spiritual climate. The New Beginnings Church invites American church as we know it now you to worship with us each Sunday is dying. Weekly church attendance at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s has dropped to 20 percent of the church is provided. Our congregation population. Film also features unconmeets at the Riverside Chapel, 630 ventional ways churches are doing S. Union St., next to the Rescue Fire Company. Sunday School for all ages things outside the traditional church is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible building. Pastor Britt will lead a via ramp at back door. Youth Fellow- 20-minute discussion at the conclusion ship is from 5 to 7 p.m. For additional of the film. The community is invited church information call 944-9595. to view this most important film. A new daytime Bible Study will be Wednesdays: Craft Group, 1 p.m.; starting Wed., April 22 at 11 a.m. The Choir rehearsals, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays: Intercessory Prayer topic will be David and the Psalms. Group at 6 p.m., followed by Pastor Everyone is invited. A Wacky Wednesday planning meetBritt’s Bible study at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in these im- ing will be held on Tues., April 21 at 10 a.m. All those interested in helping portant areas of our church life. Sociable Seniors group meets the with the summer children’s program 1st and 3rd Monday of every month are welcome to attend. Our Sunday worship service is from 1 to 3 p.m. Blanket making is the 2nd broadcast on the MAHS radio staThursday of every month at 9:30 a.m. tion, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Intercessory Prayer will begin at 6 Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio p.m. on Thursdays, followed by the or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ Sanctuary being open from 6:15 to wmss/audio. Check us out on our 6:50 p.m. for anyone to come and Website at www.newbeginningschpray. The community is invited to stop urchmiddletown.weebly.com. Pastor Britt’s parting words each and pray. Children’s Church leaders for April: Sunday: “Nothing in this world is Michelle, Katie and Jenny Strohecker. more important than the love of Jesus Nursery: Dana Rhine. Acolyte for Christ!” We invite you to come and April: Colin Graham. Ushers for April: experience this love.
CHURCH DIRECTORY Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church 10 Spruce Street • 944-5835
Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am Evening Worship - 6 pm www.calvaryopc.com
Ebenezer United Methodist Church "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples"
890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown (Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road)
Phone 939-0766 Sunday Worship: Traditional - 8:45 am • Contemporary - 10:45 am Christian Education (All Ages) - 10 am Christian Child Care - 985-1650
New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel
630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641 Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
Pastor BRITT STROHECKER Everyone Is Welcome!
Open Door Bible Church 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township) Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN
BRAD GILBERT, Pastor
Phone 939-5180 Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am Evening Worship - 6:30 pm Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm
Evangelical United Methodist Church
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown
REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor
Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am
www.ebenezerumc.net
Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am
First Church of God
235 W. High St., Middletown
REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor
944-9608 Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am Classes for Special Education (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening)
Geyers United Methodist Church
1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown 944-6426
PASTOR DON WALTERS
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
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Middletown
Visitors to our worship service are always welcome. May this time of praising God and learning of his plan for our lives be helpful to one and all. Evangelical Church meets on the corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St., behind the Turkey Hill convenience store. The ministries scheduled at Evangelical United Methodist Church for April 8-14 are always open to everyone. Wed., April 8: 10 a.m., Lenten Bible Study; 6 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir rehearsal. Thurs., April 9: 6 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067; 7 p.m., Lenten Bible Study.
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St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Spring & Union Sts., Middletown Church Office 944-4651
REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor
Saturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm Sunday Worship - 8:15 am & 11 am Sunday Church School - 9:45 am Worship Broadcast on 91.1 fm - 11 am
Seven Sorrows BVM Parish 280 North Race St., Middletown Parish Office 944-3133
REV. TED KEATING, JR., Pastor Deacon Thomas A. Lang
Saturday Evening Vigil - 5:30 pm Sunday Masses - 8:00 am, 10:30 am & 6:00 pm
Wesley United Methodist Church 64 Ann Street, Middletown REV. JIM DAWES, Pastor
Phone 944-6242 Sunday Worship - 8:30 &10:30 am • Come as you are! Follow Jesus, Change the World.
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Middletown
The Presbyterian Congregation is located at the corner of Union and Water streets in downtown Middletown. We are a body of Christian people who reach out to others by sharing God’s Word, love, and fellowship. Warm greetings to one and all as we seek to grow closer to our Lord Jesus Christ. Please plan to join us for worship - visitors are especially welcome. On Sunday, April 12 Church school begins at 9:15 a.m. with classes for all ages. Children meet in the Morrow Room; Teens meet in the Teen Room; Adult Forum meets in Fellowship Hall. Adult Forum will complete their study of the book “The Rebirthing of God. Christianity’s Struggle for New Beginnings” by John Philip Newell. Please plan to join us. Be sure to join us on the second Sunday of Easter, April 12 at 10:30 a.m. for Worship as we continue seeking God’s guidance in Jesus Christ. Invite a friend. Nursery is available during this service, and there are hearing devices for anyone wanting to use one, as well as Bible Listening bags for children to utilize during the service. Presbyterian Youth Connection (PYC) will meet on Sun., April 12 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. to make up cookie boxes to send to college students. All 6th through 12th graders are invited to come help bake, sample and box cookies. Grace Triumphant is a Bible Study that meets each Sunday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Those who attend bring food to share from 5:30 to 6 p.m. The study follows at
6 p.m. Please direct your questions to Paula and Larry at 717-944-3131. Our music director Darrell Woomer will be teaching a class “A New Look at the Gospels” on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. and Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. beginning April 14. The first 2015 SAGE lunch and program is set for Wed., April 15 at noon. All retirees and others who are interested are welcome to a delicious lunch of hamloaf, scalloped potatoes, vegetable, applesauce, beverage and dessert. There is a cost. The program will be presented by Tim Dinsmore, Middletown Giant Food Store manager, and their PR person, Ashley Townsley talking about the ways Giant serves our community. Sign up today and invite a friend. Summer camping at Krislund Camp is always a great experience for children and teens. Parents are reminded to get their children signed up ASAP since the slots fill quickly. There are a few flyers on the bulletin board by the Morrow Room with information. Or go to www.Krislund.org to register and get your questions answered. We have limited financial resources to help with camping expenses, so speak with Linda Eppley, Chair of the Christian Education Committee, or Pastor Potter. The Parish Nurse is available by calling the church office at 717-9444322. For further information, see our Website www.pcmdt.org, visit our Facebook page www.facebook. com/Presbyterian Congregation, or call the office.
First Church of God
Middletown First Church of God, 245 W. High Me!”; Yoga - bring your mat; CookStreet, Middletown, invites you to ing Together - Come prep meals join us for worship at either 8 a.m. or together; Craft Class; Discipleship 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is Class - designed to help you become a believer that bears much fruit; Laprovided. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes dies Bible Study, “Women of the Old are available for Youth (grades 6-12), Testament.” There are also classes FROG Pond (1st through 5th grade), for youth: middle school and senior Kindergarten (4-5 year olds), Nursery high; Children’s classes for all ages (infants through age 3), and Adult and babysitting. Thursdays: 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer classes that offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Classes for Young Adult Bible Study; 6 to 8 p.m., The Sunshiners meet for a time of special education are also available. Christian fellowship, teaching and Wednesday Night Live: 5:30 p.m. worship. They are a group which exists supper, 6:30 p.m. Classes are: Men’s to meet the spiritual needs of persons Book Study “The Way of the Wild who are developmentally challenged. Heart”; Women’s group “He Loves Sun., April 19: 6 p.m., Marie Monville will speak at the Middletown First Church of God. “When all other lights go out, He still shines!” This became the anthem to Marie’s life when on Oct. 2, 2006, her then husband made a decision to hold an Amish school house hostage. Forged while moving through unthinkable circumstances, into the unfathomable love of the Father on her darkest day, Marie simply chose to believe that HE IS. This act of faith radically propelled her into a future she could not have hopes for or imagined. Marie ministers the truth of God’s love: it is deep enough to heal any wound, strong enough to break all bondage, and it brings life to the broken and light to those in darkness. She will inspire you to dive deep into a passionate, transformative love relationship with God. We also invite you to stay for a time of reflection and connection following the service. Marie’s book, “One Light Still Shines”, will 200 Pike Street, MIDDLETOWN 17057 be available for purchase and light refreshments will be served. In the VFW Dining Room. Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 th W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evangelistico: Domingos 1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184. For additional information call the church office at 944-9608 or e-mail us at mdtcog@comcast.net.
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HIGHSPIRE VINTAGE HAPPENINGS with Tom Herald
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Springtime Favorites excerpt from April 20, 1994 column
Though little remains of the once abundant wetlands adjacent to Burd’s Run, there are a few spots remaining where one can find the wild plants and flowers that we studied and collected botany and biology classes. Once you have made their acquaintance, these perennial old friends are eagerly awaited each year. From time to time you may stumble upon them unexpectedly while on a country walk or stroll down by the riverside, etc. Jack-in-the-pulpit – Our all time best spot for locating this unusual plant was the marshy damp woods that bordered what I would today call the Hocker/ Barnett meadow on Lumber Street. Though this has always been privately owned we would take our textbooks and sketch pads and walk to this open field and then follow Burd’s Run for a short way. Here was the greatest number of Jack-in-the-pulpits I have ever seen in one place. The large green and purple/brown streaked funnel that makes up the body of the plant with its flap-like gold over the top is visible from April to June. About 20 years ago I returned to this spot to share these flowers with my two young daughters and they were still abundant. Thankfully this area remains undeveloped, so we can hope that they are still there. Skunk Cabbage – Along the banks of the old Pennsylvania Canal and all about the old reservoir, you can still find skunk cabbage. This year as always, it is one of the earliest wild flowers. I remember Mr. Steel, our science teacher, saying the skunk cabbage produced its own heat, which allowed it to melt snow and push its way up earlier than other spring plants. And, it is still true; if you walk upon the leaves you get a whiff of a rather dark skunk like garlic-tinged aroma. Marsh Marigold – This plant used to be plentiful along Burd’s Run from Penn Street around the bend in the
Jack-in-the-pulpit has a large green and purple/brown streaked funnel that makes up the body of the plant with its flap-like gold over the top is visible from April to June.
As always, Skunk Cabbage is one of the earliest wild flowers. stream into the Borough Park. I have not seen it there lately but, on a recent Sunday drive with my wife, Phyllis, I discovered a large patch blooming by a roadside spring in Lebanon County. These golden yellow flowers are low to the ground and resemble their cousins, the buttercups. The name marigold is derived from “Mary’s Gold” in tribute to the Virgin Mary. Some older folks called these yellow blossoms “cowslips.” Soon it will be time to look for two more blossoms, the lady’s slipper and the very common roadside butter and eggs, but more about them later.
Whitehouse Lane excerpt from October 14, 1992 column
Few persons traveling on Whitehouse Lane at the lower end of town have any idea of the origins of its name. Recently a young acquaintance expressed the idea that it was named for the President’s home in Washington D.C., but old timers know differently. They remember that there was an old “white house” even if all that remains today is the present road that runs between Rosedale Avenue and Second Street in town. We are fortunate to have access to a written history that paints a fairly accurate picture of early life and times in our area. For example, Tyrrell Robinson writing in the Orange and Black of March 1928 records the following: “Before the town (Highspire) was laid out, there were a few houses scattered about this section. The most notable was the “White House,” which was erected in 1754. It was the stopping place for rafts men who floated the logs down the river with the spring floods. Many times there were hundreds of rafts tied along the shore at once. The rafts were floated down to Lancaster and Lebanon Counties, but many dealers would come to the “White House” and purchase the rafts at that point.” Additionally, local historian Helen Gross, writing in the “Sesquicentennial History of Highspire,” recorded the following:
“From 1796 the community, which was to become our town, took on an increasing importance as a key port in the lumber industry. Logs from up river sawmills were joined into huge rafts and floated down the Susquehanna, but just below Middletown a series of rapids made navigation dangerous. This barrier was overcome when a group of men became trained to steer the rafts through the treacherous water just as pilots today bring ships into ocean harbors. Headquarters for these pilots was a large white house built on the river bluff at the end of what is now Whitehouse Lane. The pilots rode the rafts to Marietta and then returned to the White House for new assignments.” This was written is 1964: Today, the site lies in the middle of the extended Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) runway. Some local residents have fond memories and snapshots of the old house and grounds; sadly this is all that remains. Kathryn Hess Wolford vividly recalls moving to the White House in December of 1923. There were 28 rooms and the Hess family lived in six of them. The rest of the building was occupied by the Dunkle family as a summer home and a place of recreation. Kathryn loved living along the river and has beautiful memories of the time her family occupied this historic landmark. She recalls her 18th birthday party was held there. Her family farmed the property and kept house and cleaned for the Dunkles and had use of the entire building when the owners weren’t in residence. Her mother planted flowers for the owner’s family and they also traveled to the Chestnut Street Market (Harrisburg) to sell produce, etc. She recalls this was the era of dredging for coal out of the riverbeds and the men who ran the old paddleboats would leave their cars in the families’ care while they were out on the river. Payment for this service was river coal that was burned in the building’s two furnaces.
Seven Sorrows student wins award at science fair
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Dagen Hughes
Madison Lewis and Dagen Hughes were named Middletown Area High School’s Students of the Month for April.
Dagen Hughes, son of Chris and Leslie Hughes, is a member of the soccer, baseball and basketball teams, National Honor Society, Student Council, the Mini-THON Committee, Link Crew, PRIDE Club, TV production and the staff at radio station WMSS. In the community, he has volunteered for the Middletown Interfaith Food Pantry, Royalton, and the Little Dribblers youth basketball program. He is employed at Moe’s Southwest Grill and Cumulus Media. He plans to attend Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. “I am humbled to receive this honor,’’ he said. “I would like to thank everyone who has helped me to achieve this goal.’’
Madison Lewis, daughter, of Tim and Kathy Lewis, is a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, PRIDE Club, Mini-THON Committee, Link Crew and chorus. She has been named to the Honor Roll during all four years of high school. In the community, she has volunteered at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She plans to attend York College to study nursing. “I greatly appreciate being selected by my teachers to receive this recognition,’’ she said. “The support I received from my family, friends and teachers contributed to my success at Middletown and helped me get to where I am today.’’
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A Seven Sorrows BVM School student won a first-place award at the Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair in Harrisburg in March. Grant Fleming took first in the environmental science division for his project, “Is Water Deadly?’’ He also was one of two students in the junior division to be awarded $100 from the Susquehanna Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his project.
Kathryn recalls tales of bygone days. Stories were told of drinking and gambling at the old hotel, that there was the legend of as many as seven murders taking place there. “A Miss Stoner kept the hotel and slept in a room without any windows,” Kathryn remembers, “She slept on a mattress stuffed with thousands of dollars that the boats men entrusted to her keeping. The canal men and the rafts men did not get along.” Mr. Dunkle had his parlor on the second floor front and this room had a large fireplace. It is thought that this was the origin of the fire that destroyed much of the building in the late 1920s. What remained of the home became a rental property and my maternal grandparents, Thomas and Annie Ford, lived there with their family from 1932 on through the Great Depression. My mother, Hazel Ford Herald, often recalled fond memories of life along the river. She told of the river freezing solid and the deer coming across the frozen Susquehanna to forage in the remains of their large garden. One funny recollection involved a large pot of corned beef and cabbage that was abandoned on the kitchen wood stove when the family fled the rapidly rising floodwaters in the spring of 1936. The water engulfed the house halfway up the first story. My mother’s brother went to check on the building via a rowboat and found the large cook pot floating about the kitchen. Days later, after the waters receded, the supper had returned to its place on the stove, as if waiting for the family to return. She recalled that asparagus grew in great abundance and her father would cut only the most tender shoots for their meals. This was believed because the Heinz family had once grown vegetables in this general area for its large food processing empire. After World War II, Bill and Irene Whittock renovated the home and fashioned an exceeding charming house and grounds from the old landmark. There were extensive gardens and even some of Mrs. Dunkle’s roses. I served as the family sitter and spent many happy days taking care of daughter Susan and the family dog, Totem. It was an historic home in an exceedingly beautiful setting. But, progress had its way and now it is but a fond memory to those who were fortunate to enjoy the hospitality of its final residents.
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There’s nothing that will upset your normal routine faster than traveling. You’re not sleeping in the same bed, you’re not eating the same food and you’re not doing the same things. If getting regular exercise is already a challenge for you, it’s easy to make excuses and allow yourself to pass on a workout, but it’s actually not that hard to maintain your actionpacked life while on the go. Whether you are on vacation with your family or traveling for business, if your workout routine is important to you, you can definitely maintain it. You’ll need to be prepared if you’re planning to exercise. You can scope out your destination beforehand, looking for yoga studios, gyms or other places to exercise. Be sure that you pack the appropriate shoes and clothing for your workout. You might also want to make allowances for ways to transport those sweaty workout clothes back home in your luggage. If you like working out at a gym, many national chains will allow you to use gyms in a different location without additional charges. There are also
many that will allow you to try out the facility a few times before paying a drop-in fee. Many exercises can be completed in a small space like a hotel room. Push-ups, sit-ups and lunges all require no special exercise equipment. Jumping jacks or running in place can get your heart rate up for the recommended time each day and can be done in any conditions. An exercise band can be easily stowed in your luggage without taking up much space and can be a great tool in the hotel room. Similarly, a vigorous yoga practice can be done in a very little space. If you are traveling with a computer, you can access exercise videos online to help you through a workout. Look for opportunities to exercise. You don’t have to be at the gym or taking a yoga class to get some decent exercise. Many hotels have answered the call for fitness rooms, and many are available 24 hours per day. There is always the option to swim in the hotel pool. If you have a long layover, many airports have workout rooms to take advantage of. You can also simply explore the airport on foot. On vacation, look for an active excursion, like kayaking, bird-watching
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