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Man gets prison term for burglary spree
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By the time Eric S. Heck gets out of state prison for committing a string of day-time burglaries in Middletown, your son or daughter now in the fifth grade will be graduating from high school. And that’s the minimum number of years Heck is to be behind bars, under a sentence handed down in Dauphin County Court on Friday, April 10 by Judge Richard Lewis. Heck, 30, pleaded guilty to committing three day-time burglaries in the eastern end Eric Heck of town on Aug. 19, 2014. According to court documents filed by Middletown police, Heck stole rings and a set of military dog tags from a residence in the first block of North Race Street and Army citations, medals and other items from another residence in the first block of Adelia Street. He smashed the window of a third house in the 500 block of Linden Street but did not take anything from inside. Heck was already in trouble with police before he decided to commit the break-ins. State police were hunting him for having escaped from a corrections facility in Harrisburg, where he had been doing time related to earlier crimes. Please See PRISON, Page A6
Pump station proposed for Londonderry site By Eric Wise
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The Londonderry Twp. Planning Commission could review plans for a Sunoco pipeline pump station near Vine Street in Londonderry as early as May 18, according to Jeff Burkhart, the township’s zoning officer. A 27-acre site will be used for one of 16 pump stations along Sunoco’s Mariner East 1 pipeline, said Jeff Shields, a spokesman for Sunoco Logistics. The pipeline is being updated to carry liquid ethane and propane 350 miles from Houston, a town in western Pennsylvania, to Marcus Hook, along the Delaware River. The pump station helps maintain the needed pressure to keep the line functioning properly. Shields said the site, located near Capital Self Storage on Vine Street south of Route 283, may be larger than needed for the pump station, but “that was the tract that was available.” “Right now our only plan is for the pump station,” Shields said. “It’s good for us to have a buffer.”
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NEWS Chief passes probation, gets job permanently John Bey is now officially Middletown’s chief of police. Middletown Borough Council voted 8-0 on Monday, April John Bey 20 to take Bey off probation and make him chief on a permanent basis. A retired Pennsylvania State Police captain, Bey was hired in August and started with the borough on Oct. 13. His six months in office marked the end of his probation, said Councilor John Brubaker, a member of council’s public safety committee. “The chief has been out and about and talking to the general public. I think he is doing a fine job,” Brubaker said in moving to upgrade Bey’s status. Borough residents “are all pleased with our police chief,” offered Councilor Michael Bowman.
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tudents in a small urban school district will be raising fish while planting and growing produce in the region’s first high school sustainable farming program of its scope. The resulting food – the “Roller Harvest” – will be available in Steelton and Highspire, the boroughs that are home to students involved in this new program. Steelton-Highspire School District is plowing new ground with its “School to Table Project,” housed in a greenhouse just outside Steelton-Highspire High School. In one greenhouse, the students and faculty will raise the equivalent of 24 acres of crops due to the continual growing season using sustainable agriculture. The district plans to kick off the effort in June. The district will use the hydroponics process to produce crops. Hydroponics is a process of growing plants – typically food crops – with plants suspended in water rather than planted in soil. Water will be pumped through troughs or tanks with floating rafts on top. The plants grow on top of the water, their leaves spreading out above holes in the raft and their roots hanging in the water. In hydroponics, growers add nutrients or traditional fertilizer to the water to allow the plants to grow, but SteeltonHighspire will do it a little differently: It will replace synthetic fertilizers with fish that will provide nutrients through their own wastes, a process called “aquaponics.’’ While the district has not announced the crops it will grow, it will have many options, including pineapples, chili peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes. Greens like basil, cilantro and bok choy are especially well-suited for this
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type of farming. Aquaponics works because the fish, which live in tanks equipped with pumps that recycle their water, release nitrates and other nutrients in their wastes. Tanks will first be stocked with tilapia, which have no problem living in a relatively densely populated tank, according to Paul Nickerson, a sustainable farming expert from Aggreco who is consulting with the district. As the greenhouse’s school of tilapia grows and reproduces, some adults will be removed to be eaten or sold. Please See FISH, Page A6 illustration: Julianna Sukle
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Rick Attivo will take over as the boys’ basketball coach at Lower Dauphin High School. The Lower Dauphin School Rick Attivo Board appointed Attivo, an assistant coach since 2001, to lead the team on Monday, April 20. Attivo has served as the dean of students for alternative education programs at Lower Dauphin. He previously served as Lower Dauphin’s junior varsity basketball coach from 1997-2001 and Steelton-Highspire’s junior high school basketball coach from 1995-97.
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Middletown Area High School’s Mini-THON collected a school-record sum for the Four Diamonds Fund.
Middletown Mini-THON breaks donation record They say records are made to be broken – and Middletown Area High School students have broken their own record for raising money at its annual Mini-THON each year. Middletown raised a record $21,295.49 for the Four Diamonds Fund during this year’s event, held Friday, April 17 at the school. The total bested the $16,154.55 that students raised in 2014. A night of dancing, games and other fun activities, the Mini-THON is modeled after Penn State’s successful THON, a dance marathon that raises millions each winter for the Four Diamonds Fund, a charity that helps the families of kids battling cancer at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. Mini-THONs at Lower Dauphin High School
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Sofiyah Ibindunni, center, dances with other students at Middletown Area High School’s Mini-THON. and Elizabethtown Area High School this year also raised school-record amounts.
Born without arms and legs, Kyle Maynard can do anything you do. He brushes his teeth with a regular toothbrush. Shaves with a regular razor. Writes with a regular pen. Types e-mails on a regular computer keyboard. His car, an Acura, is the only place where special accommodations are made for him – the gas and brake pedals are raised toward the driver’s seat so he can reach them. Otherwise, he drives, like you do – with passengers who, he jokingly
The PUREhope Coffeehouse, an annual fundraiser to fight human trafficking, will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 25 at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 240 Broad St., Highspire. Proceeds benefit Hope for Justice and Blood: Water Mission. Coffee, baked goods, snacks and music by Paul Zavinsky, Seasons, the Elizabethtown College Saxophone Quartet and others will be presented for a donation. For more information, contact Stephanie Strauss at purehopecoffeehouse@gmail.com.
admits, “get scared when I answer my iPhone when I’m driving.’’ In fact, his physical accomplishments would astound you. A wrestler and weightlifter, the 29-year-old Maynard climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2012 – without the use of prosthetics. He tossed aside synthetic arms and legs while still a child. Now a motivational speaker and New York Times best-selling author, he discarded a wheelchair he uses at the bottom of a two-tiered stage
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Sara Lucille Wilson Miller, 93, of Harrisburg, formerly of Highspire, passed away on Tuesday, April 14. She was the loving wife of the late Joseph Miller who passed away in 1994. Born in Newport News, Va., Sara was the daughter of the late Joseph Gray and Margaret Lucille Jones Wilson. She was a graduate of the Elizabeth Buxton School of Nursing in Newport News; she was director of nurses and the health care supervisor at the Middletown Home for 25 years, retiring in 1983; she was a member of the former St. Michael and All Angels’ Episcopal Church, but had been attending St. Andrew’s in-the-Valley, Harrisburg; Sara was a member of the Hershey Civil War Round Table; she served on the vestry at St. Michael’s Church, was superintendent of the Sunday school, head of Episcopal Church Women and the acolytes, and was an acolyte trainer; and she served at the thrift shop in Middletown. Sara fondly will be remembered as baking the best pies in the world. Sara was preceded in death by two sisters, Frances Bird and Flora Jacobik. She is survived by three children, J. Daniel (Birgit) Miller Jr., and Andrew W. (Renee) Miller, all of Harrisburg, and Virginia P. (William) Hoover of Murrells Inlet, S.C.; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a brother Joseph Gray (Barbara) Wilson Jr. of Hampton, Va.
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A funeral service honoring Sara’s life: Saturday, April 18 at St. Andrew’s in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, Harrisburg. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery. If desired, memorial contributions may be made in Sara’s memory to the Humane Society of Harrisburg, Inc., 7790 Grayson Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111.
Dorothy Schreiner Dorothy J. Schreiner, 91, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Friday, April 17, at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey. She was born on July 16, 1923 in Middletown and was the daughter of the late Raymond and Dorothy Mulholland Kauffman. Dorothy was a former employee of Hershey Foods, retired from the Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, and was formerly employed as a cafeteria worker at Middletown Area High School. She was a former member of the Eastern Star, was an avid bowler, a den leader for the Boy Scouts, a former member of the Auxiliary Union Hose Fire Company, and a member of Middletown Church of God. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband Warren J. Schreiner Jr., and two brothers Raymond Kauffman Jr. and Richard Kauffman. She is survived by her son Warren J. Schreiner III and wife Sharon of Honeybrook; three grandchildren Heather and Molly Schreiner of Philadelphia, and Taylor Schreiner of Wernersville; nieces Karen Martin of Hummelstown, and Robin Pelligrini of Middletown; and nephew Raymond Kauffman III of Illinois. Services for Dorothy: Tuesday,
April 21, at Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home, Middletown, with Pastor Michael Martin officiating, and Pastors Randy Bistline and Kimberly Shiffler co-officiating. Burial was in Middletown Cemetery. Online condolences can be sent to www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
Doris M. Kovalic, 93, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, April 19, at Frey Village Nursing Home, Middletown. She was born on February 6, 1922 in NorthEast, Md., and was the daughter of the late Preston and Margaret Patchell Miller. Doris was retired from the Pa. Department of Education, was a parishioner at Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, Middletown, and a member of the Council of Catholic Women, Londonderry Seniors and Golden Agers Club. She was also a wonderful homemaker for her loving family, a school librarian at Seven Sorrows School, a member of a local women’s card club, and worked at Aberdeen Proving Grounds during World War II. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband John J. Kovalic, daughter Susan Kovalic Yingst, brothers Joseph Miller, Thomas Miller, and James Miller, two sisters Ciddie (Helen) Essig and Mary Frances Hansen, and son-in-law James L. Root. She is survived by her daughters Jean Kovalic Root and Kathy Kovalic Semic and husband Michael, all of Lower Swatara Township; granddaughters Abbey J. Root of New York, N.Y., Jessica L. Root and Amanda L. Semic, both of Middletown; Katelyn M. Louer and husband Christian of Biloxi, Miss.; and great-granddaughter Emma E. Gutshall of Middletown. Mass of Christian Burial for Doris will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 1, at Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, 280 N. Race St., Middletown, with the Reverend Ted Keating, her pastor, officiating. A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of Mass. Burial will follow the Mass at Middletown Cemetery. A special thank you to the caregivers and the Abiders at Frey Village Nursing Home in Middletown. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in the care of Doris to Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, 280 N. Race St., Middletown, PA 17057 or to Hospice of Central Pennsylvania, 1320 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17110. The family has entrusted the care to Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc. to handle the arrangements. Online condolences can be sent to www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
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in Penn State Harrisburg’s Capital Union Building on Wednesday, April 15 and crawled up to a chair before a large crowd of at least 300 people, who were prepared to be awed by a speech on his seemingly super-human accomplishments. Instead, he told them about his failures. How, at the age of 15, he struggled for a half hour to put on a sock for the first time. How he lost every wrestling match he entered when he first took up the sport. How he cried in his tent part way up Kilimanjaro, his body aching from his climb. How, as a child, he sometimes prayed to God, begging for arms and legs like yours. Behind the accomplishments are “a lot of failure,’’ Maynard told the crowd. Then he told them why he decided he would not let failure stop him – because “we want to live a life we’re capable of living.’’ “It has nothing to do with physical ability – I mean, a little bit – but everything to do with your mindset,’’ he said. “If you have a big enough purpose, a big enough context of your life existence, all of that will fade away. If you really believe in yourself, you’re going to look for all that evidence why you are going to succeed.’’ To Maynard, success depends on “how we think about a situation – are we making excuses about it it? Are we becoming a victim to it? Are we procrastinating? “There’s not top to that mountain,’’ he said of making excuses. “We could be on that climb the rest of our lives.’’ Instead, Maynard hoped to convince the audience to drop their “baggage’’ and go for the life they want. “I guarantee there are people in this room who are capable of changing this planet in a way I can hardly imagine,’’ he told the crowd. “It’s just a choice – and sometimes making choices to do big things is scary.’’ For Emaan Agha, a humanities major at Penn State Harrisburg, the chance to meet Maynard was a dream come true. A native of Pakistan, where women and members of the lower social castes often don’t get the same opportunities as males in the higher social classes, Agha first learned about Maynard’s mountain climb in school. The teacher’s intended message – you can accomplish anything you want. When she heard he was coming to Middletown, “I was over the moon.’’ She was the first in line to greet Maynard after his speech, and posed for a cell phone selfie with him. “He showed us that if you push for something hard enough, you get it,’’ Agha said. For Zack Ottobre, a member of the university’s baseball team, the speech gave him “a different outlook on life, and definitely on the field.’’ “It makes me want to work harder when I take the field,’’ he said. Jim Lewis: 717-944-4628, or jimlewis@pressandjournal.com
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From The Wednesday, April 22, 1992 Edition Of The Press And Journal Cafeteria Vendors Supply Bids To Operate In MASD Two of the four food service companies who recently submitted bids to take over the Middletown Area School District cafeteria program have been invited to make final presentations before the local School Board. According to officials, a decision regarding the possible switch to an outside food vendor is expected to be made next month. Board members voted 7-2 Monday night to allow Nutrition Inc., of West Newton, and DAKA, of Emmaus, to offer further details on their submitted bids during the Board’s committee meeting on May 11. District Business Manager Donald Faust is expected that evening to present a comparative study outlining MASD’s own plan if it should decide to retain its nutrition program. “Based on what we saw in the bids, we feel that Nutrition Inc. and DAKA offer the best programs,” said Cafeteria Committee Co-Chairman Gary L. Hahn. Other firms which submitted proposals to the District were Service Masters and Service America, Hahn noted. Directors Wayne D. Evans and Righard B. Swartz voted against the Board’s request for the presentations. Hahn reiterated that after studying the technical, financial and administrative aspects of all four bids, the two selected for consideration were the most suitable. He added that Nutrition Inc. and DAKA had indicated they could possibly “return some money to the District,” whereas the others would require “subsidies” from the schools. Put simply, the two finalists could create a profit for the cafeteria program – a definite first for the troubled nutrition plan. Council Gives Preliminary Nod To Plan For Hardee’s Here Elizabethtown Borough Council has voted for conditional approval of a final subdivision and land development plan for a proposed Hardee’s restaurant at 845 S. Market St. The proposal for the property, formerly owned by the Garber brothers, has been the site of a Ford automobile dealership, which the Garbers had operated for years. R. Allen Krick, a Hardee’s real estate official, told Council at its meeting last week that the first stage in converting the property for the proposed restaurant’s use will be demolition of the old dealership building. Once that is completed, construction of the restaurant would get under way, Krick said, but he indicated that the facility might not be ready for business before
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Three Middletown Area High School students took over Middletown Borough Council’s meeting on Monday, April 20. But it was a peaceful takeover. All three students are involved in the YMCA’s Youth in Government program, which gives students opportunities to learn about the political and legislative process at the local, state and national level. Senior Zac Gates was given the gavel of president and ran the council meeting, side-by-side with Council President Chris McNamara. Freshman Zeryab Ibrahim acted as mayor. Ibrahim even cast a tiebreaking vote, in consultation with Mayor James H. Curry III. Junior Jordan Smith sat in with Councilor Anne Einhorn. Gates and Ibrahim are among 25 students chosen throughout Pennsylvania to attend the Youth in Government Conference on National Affairs in Asheville, N.C., on June 27. Gates is now an intern with the Joint State Government Commission. This summer he will work for Greenlee Partners, a lobbying firm on State Street in Harrisburg. In the fall he starts school at Shippensburg University in pursuit of a degree in political science.
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Money taken from safe A Hummelstown resident told police that more than $9,000 in cash was stolen from a safe he had at his daughter’s residence in Lower Swatara Twp. More than $22,000 in cash was stored in the safe that was kept in a residence in the 1000 block of Lakeside Dr. The victim told police he noticed the safe’s contents were in disarray and subsequently discovered $9,300 was missing. Police believe the theft took place some time between June 1, 2013 and March 15, 2015. Authori-
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2:35 a.m. on April 1 in the 800 block of S. Eisenhower Blvd., police said. Bortner was driving a 1997 Cadillac and stopped because it was crossing the road’s fog line, police said. Bortner was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the blood tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for May 13 before District Judge Michael Smith. Megan E. Himes, 28, of the 4000 block of E. Storey’s Ct., Harrisburg, was charged with DUI, DUIhigh rate of alcohol and driving with a suspended license, police report. The charges stem from an incident at 2:19 a.m. on March 29 in the 800 S. Eisenhower Blvd., police said. Himes was found in a 1999 Saturn SL1 that was sitting along the side of the road, police said. Himes spoke with slurred speech, and the arresting officer smelled an odor of an intoxicating beverage in the vehicle, police said. Following sobriety tests, Himes was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for May 11 before District Judge Michael Smith. PUBLIC NOTICES
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Final Notice and Public Review of Proposed Activities in the Burd Run and Laurel Run 100-Year Flood Plains Funded by Dauphin County’s CDBG-DR Program in Highspire Borough, Dauphin County To: All interested Agencies (PA DEP, PA GC, PA DCNR, PA FBC, US Fish & Wildlife, US Army COE, HUD, SRBC, PA PHMC, Tri County RPC, DCCD, PennDOT), Groups and Individuals. This is to give notice that the Dauphin County Economic Development Corporation has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Flood Plain Management, to determine the potential affect that certain proposed activities in the 100-Year Flood Plains of Laurel Run and Burd Run within the Borough of Highspire will have on the human environment for the CDBG-DR Program under Grant # B-13-US-42-0009. The activities consist of replacing 1.) the Jury Street Bridge over Laurel Run and 2.) the Market Street Bridge over Burd Run, both tributaries to the Susquehanna River. The activities will replace both bridges, which were damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Lee, in the same location. Less than one (1) acre of flood plain will be impacted by the activities. The Dauphin County Economic Development Corporation has considered the following alternatives and mitigation measures to be taken to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and preserve natural and beneficial values: (A) The proposed activities must take place in the flood plain because the existing and proposed bridges are located in their respective flood plains, and it is both impractical and cost prohibitive to relocate the bridges to locations outside the flood plain. The proposed activities are being implemented to replace and re-open these currently closed bridges, which were damaged as a result of flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. The bridges are important and critical transportation links for the neighborhoods in which they are located. The activities will increase public health and safety and reduce maintenance requirements by the Borough. (B) Two alternatives were evaluated to locating the activities in the flood plain: (1) relocate the two bridges outside the flood plain. This alternative was deemed impractical and cost prohibitive since the existing and proposed replacement bridges are an integral part of the Borough’s street system. (2) The other alternative is to take No Action on the proposed improvements. The No Action alternative was dismissed because the existing bridges are closed and significantly damaged beyond repair. To not construct the proposed replacement bridges will continue to jeopardize the public health and safety of the Borough residents and businesses since emergency responders and public safety personnel have to take longer routes to reach the local neighborhoods. Additionally, the neighborhood residents and businesses will have to continue to utilize longer routes for daily activities, thus increasing their costs and inconvenience. The existing damaged, closed bridges are also safety hazards and a detriment to local property values. (C) Locating the proposed activities in the flood plain will be mitigated by constructing the new bridges in the same location and alignment; therefore; not creating any new impervious areas and resulting in no impact on the flood plain, water resources and the natural environment. The improvements will not be designed to serve any new developments; therefore, will not encourage further development in the flood plain. The facilities will also be designed in accordance with state and local flood plain regulations and ordinances. The construction of the proposed activities will not have any impact on the flood plain. No additional obstructions will be constructed in the flood plain. The Dauphin County Economic Development Corporation has reevaluated the alternatives to building in the 100-Year Flood Plain and has determined that it has no practicable alternative. Environmental files that document compliance with Steps 3 through 6 of Executive Order 11988 are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the last paragraph of this notice for receipt of comments. These activities will have no significant impact on the environment for the following reasons as they will: Not increase or decrease the 100-year Flood Plain elevation, Not result in any additional development in the flood plain since the improvements do not serve any land to be developed, Not impact on any water or natural resources, and Not result in any risk to loss of lives, expose any workers to health or safety risks, or cause damage to properties or equipment. There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplains and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. 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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22. According to the Web site ForestNation.com, “It’s an old Native American tradition that when you take something from the Earth you must put something back. Earth Day 2015 will be a global Give back to Earth event, as an offering for all that the planet gives us.” Check it out for yourself: There is a goal to have more than 1 billion trees planted this year. What are you inspired to plant? All I can think is green. Everywhere I look I see that spring has arrived! Flowers in all kinds of colors are blooming along with some very beautiful trees. I am sorry to all of you who are suffering from hay fever and other allergies. I am relieved that my sneezing fits have subsided. Thank you, makers of Benadryl! Have a fantastic week and let me know your news to share. Birthdays Happy 24th cake day to Michelle Eby of Lower Swatara Twp. on Thursday, April 23. I hope you have plenty of sunshine on your day, Michelle! If you see Jackie Leonard out and about Lower Swatara on Thursday, April 23, be sure to give her a loud and jolly happy birthday shout. Mrs. Pat Lippert of Lower Swatara will hear the birthday song on Friday, April 24. I hope it is a beautiful sound to your ears, Pat. Saturday, April 25 is party day for Allison Lawyer. She marks her 20th cake day this weekend. May your time be wonderfully blessed, Allison. Nathan Rain of Lower Swatara hits the quarter-of-a-century mark on Sunday, April 26. Happy 25th, Nathan – may all your dreams come true. Here is a happy birthday holler to Nate Bowers of Lower Swatara. Nate turns 24 on Monday, April 27. Enjoy your birthday week. Here is a huge happy birthday message for Amy Rhodes of Hummelstown. Hope your Monday, April 27 is special like you and maybe all the kids at Fink Elementary School will treat you like a princess! Happy 19th cake and ice cream day to Heather Richards of Middletown. Hope your day is terrific on Tuesday, April 28! Samantha Noss of Lower Swatara turns 23 on Tuesday, April 28. I hope it is just how you like it, Sammie.
Anniversaries Happy 26th anniversary to Joe and Karen Bendgen of Lower Swatara. Their sweetheart day is Wednesday, April 22. Enjoy! CD and Cathy Farr of Lower Swatara celebrate 20 years of wedded bliss on Thursday, April 23. Have the best day together ever. Happy 33 years of Holy Matrimony to Mike and Karen McKillip of Lower Swatara. Their romantic holiday is Friday, April 24. Congrats! Al and Janel Tomalis of Lower Swatara mark their 35th anniversary on Sunday, April 26. Best wishes and congrats to you two. “One Nation’’ Here is another excerpt from Dr. Ben Carson’s book, “One Nation”: “It is especially imperative that we emphasize to members of oppressed communities that education affects your entire life. There are many studies available to show vast lifetime economic differences between those with a high school diploma versus a college degree versus a professional degree. (Education in highly skilled trades also pays off very well economically.) “The first 20 to 25 years are spent either preparing yourself educationally or not preparing yourself. If you prepare well, you will have 60 years to reap the benefits. If you prepare poorly, you will have 60 years to suffer the consequences. When you look at it that way, a little investment in hard work for a relatively short period of time pays huge dividends, while failure to prepare is equivalent to choosing to be a victim of society. “We must get our young people to understand that they are the ones who get to make the choice about the lifestyle they will lead. As long as they remain free of legal entanglements, no one can stop them from pursuing their dreams. My life is a testament to this.” Yard sales As the warm weather approaches the yard sales start popping up! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the semiannual Presbyterian Church yard sale (Union and Water streets) in Middletown. It will be held in the basement, so come out, rain or shine. Soup, subs and baked goods will be available, so come hungry. Old Reliance Farms plans to do
things a little differently this year for its annual yard sale. How about this: a two-day yard sale on Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2! Sounds like double the fun. Come out beginning at 8 a.m. until the stuff is sold. Mother/Daughter Banquet The United Methodist Men of Highspire and Royalton will be hosting their third annual Mother/ Daughter Banquet at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 in the downstairs activity room at the Royalton Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 500 Penn St., Royalton. The menu: stuffed pork chops, scalloped potatoes, green beans, rolls, fruit cocktail, cake and beverage. There is a separate cost for adults and children under 12. Please register by May 3 using the registration sheets that are located at the back of each church sanctuary, or call Marge Kreider at 717-829-6535. Entertainment will be announced. Come out for a good time. Door prizes, too! Dinner is ready All are invited to the monthly meal at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 27 at the First Church of God Church in Middletown, 245 W. High St. The menu: roast turkey, filling, whipped potatoes, veggie and desserts. Quote of the Week “Start small and celebrate progress.” – Emily Freeman, author Question of the Week Do you have a favorite thing/outfit to wear – a lucky hat or something? “My Spiderman clothes.” – Alex Kelly, 5, Swatara Twp. “I always wear my Hersheypark sweatshirt. It has pins on it from 2nd & Charles.” – McKayla Tucker, 14, Lower Swatara. “My shirt, it’s my ninja soccer one.” – Devin Ruzansky, 8, Middletown. “My Eagles shirt. No. 25!” – Braden Pristello, 8, Middletown. “My Steelers shirt. No. 32.” – Aaliyah Garfield, 7, Middletown. “My pink and purple shirt. It used to be my cousin’s.” – Grace Rico, 11, Middletown. Proverb for the Week Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness (14:22).
Seven Sorrows School announces Honor Roll Seven Sorrows BVM School has announced its Distinguished Honor Roll and Academic Honor Roll for the second trimester. Students who made the Distinguished Honor Roll earned all A’s, while students who made the Academic Honor Roll earned all A’s and B’s. The students who earned honors are:
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TMI drill tests response of Middletown, others By Dan Miller
Press And Journal Staff
The lights were burning after hours in Middletown Borough Hall on Tuesday, April 14, but not for a borough council meeting. Instead, they were planning for an emergency. Borough staff huddled around a table as updates scrolled across a TV monitor. Mayor James H. Curry III and Police Chief John Bey conferred over a map of Middletown. Their immediate dilemma was a tree that had fallen across North Union Street blocking the evacuation route out of town. If the route wasn’t soon cleared, a situation that was already a crisis for residents would boil over into something much worse. But it was all a drill. The fallen tree was only one of many situations being dropped in the borough’s lap as part of a scenario drawn up by federal officials that started with a mechanical failure at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station. Every two years, Middletown and every other municipality within a 10-mile radius of TMI participates in a drill, run by the federal government, to see how well prepared local officials are to handle an emergency situation at the reactor. The off-site drills as they now exist started after the March 1979 accident at TMI, when President Jimmy Carter transferred responsibility for off-site planning and preparation regarding TMI from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the new Federal Emergency Management Agency. A total of 101 organizations were involved in Tuesday’s drill. How well they all did is now being evaluated by FEMA, said FEMA spokesman Peter Herrick Jr. Besides Middletown and other municipalities within the 10-mile radius, the 101 entities also included county and state government, and schools. The scenario is different each time. The drill is continually updated to reflect changing conditions, such as the evolving dynamic of terrorism in the homeland. In 2013, the off-site scenario for the first time focused on armed terrorists seeking to take control of TMI – a “Hostile Action Based” exercise, or HAB, Herrick said. TMI and every other nuclear power plant must conduct a HAB at least once every eight years. Think of how much the 10-mile area around TMI has change since 1979. More people live here, leading to more development, more cars and trucks on the roads and more congestion. “It’s not like we are looking at the same plan from 10 or 15 years ago,” Herrick said. “It’s different from the last time we were here. It needs to take into account burgeoning populations, different populations, people with mobility issues. Are there a lot more children now? (The 101 organizations) need to prove that they have thought about these things.” In each drill, all of the government agencies and organizations are evaluated based on a list of over 400 different criteria. If it becomes apparent that these off-site agencies are not up to executing an evaluation, it can impact the licensing of TMI itself,
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Middletown Borough Manager Tim Konek, left, participates in the Three Mile Island emergency drill as former mayor Robert Reid, who served during the TMI accident in 1979, watches.
HOW DID WE DO? In about 90 days, look for an evaluation of Middletown’s performance and that of other local municipalities and agencies in the April 14 TMI drill to be posted on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Web site, www.nrc.gov. You can also find past evaluations there to see how Middletown and others performed on April 14 compared to previous drills. Herrick said. Initial feedback from the April 14 drill is that FEMA found no issues that pose a real concern. “There are areas we can always get better, but we didn’t see anything that said to us ‘if you do it like this way again we are going to have concerns about public health and safety,’ ” Herrick said. Within 90 days, a written evaluation by FEMA will be posted on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Web site. Residents of Middletown and any other municipality within the 10-mile radius then can see how their local officials performed during the drill, Herrick said. “If we have no concerns and we feel really good about how the exercise went, we will issue what is called a Letter of Reasonable Assurance,” Herrick said. “That’s the scenario we are trying to get to, because we all want to make sure that the public is safe.” However, not everyone shares FEMA’s degree of confidence when it comes to the emergency drills. “Announced and choreographed mock plans cannot simulate reality,”
said Eric Epstein of the watchdog group TMI Alert. “The emergency exercise does not account for Amtrak facilities in Elizabethtown, Mt. Joy, Middletown and Harrisburg; Farm Show events, Friday night football populations, Harrisburg International Airport, Giant Center, Hersheypark or Hershey Stadium concerts, hospitals located in and around the 10-mile zone including Harrisburg, Hershey, Holy Spirit and Osteopathic; seasonal or transit populations associated with fishing and hunting seasons, tourism, Sunday morning religious services or Penn State home football games,” Epstein said in a statement e-mailed to the Press And Journal. Residents should be able to find out from their local officials where the emergency routes are, Herrick said. Also, residents should have their own plan for what to do in case of disaster, and have ready an emergency supply kit with a few days worth of food, water, clothing, medication and similar items of daily necessity. More information on what you can do to be ready can be found at www.ready.gov.
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Wall on historic synagogue to be restored Town By Dan Miller
Press And Journal Staff
For nearly 100 years, the red brick wall has welcomed members and visitors to the most historic synagogue in Dauphin County – the B’nai Jacob Synagogue located at Nissley and Water streets in Middletown. But the wall is slowly but surely crumbling. Look at it from the side, and you can see that it is seriously bowed out to the front. Like a lot of other things that have been around since 1921, the wall is in need of some tender loving care. It’s about to receive some. Leaders of B’nai Jacob have hired Historic Restorations, a Lancaster-based company, to oversee the razing of the existing wall and its replacement with a new one. The wall is newer than the synagogue itself, which dates to 1906, according to information posted on the B’nai Jacob Web site. It remains Middletown’s
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Aquaponics is possible on a smaller scale, too – kits are available for 3-gallon desktop aquariums with plants on top. The district plans to add separate tanks of koi, which will also provide nutrients for the plant crops through its waste. Koi, a type of carp, are a decorative and exotic fish popular as
first and only synagogue. B’nai Jacob is also the oldest building in Dauphin County to be continuously used as a synagogue, said Larry Kapenstein. treasurer/caretaker of B’nai Jacob. The restoration will make use of modern masonry materials that will make the wall structurally stronger than it ever was before, said Danielle Groshong-Keperling, chief operating officer of Historic Restorations. The distinctive red brick will go on the outside, so the new wall will look the same as it does now. The stone that dates the wall to 1921 will be preserved and put back into the new wall. The stairs that connect the wall to the building may have to come out and be replaced – however, it is too soon to know that for certain, said John Fuehrer, a consulting engineer who is working on the project for Historic Restorations. “We’ll know better once it is torn apart, but our guess is that [the wall]
was built without a foundation, so we will put a foundation under it,” said Groshong-Keperling. The process of securing the necessary permits from the borough is underway. Once those permits are obtained, it will take about three to four weeks to raze and rebuild the wall, depending upon the weather. The project will work around the schedule of the synagogue. Members hold services in the synagogue once a month. About 10 to 20 people regularly attend the monthly Sabbath service at B’nai Jacob. They come from all over the area, Kapenstein said. Around 100 people come for the High Holy Days Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services in September and October. In 1985, the synagogue was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
pets. Human consumption of carp is fairly common in Asia, but not in the U.S. – so as Steelton-Highspire’s farming with koi progresses, the district will be able to sell some of the koi as pets. In the early stages of erecting the Steelton-Highspire greenhouse, some 30 students have already contributed to the project, said Superintendent Ellen Castagneto. As it continues, many more students will be involved,
she said. Officially called the “Food to Table Program’’ by the district, SteeltonHighspire’s aquaponics is intended to grow and supply food for local restaurants and provide produce that will be sold in both boroughs. Castagneto said she would like to open up a store to sell the harvest on the main street in each town. The greenhouse will serve as a classroom for students studying biology, chemistry and ecology. The overall
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Danielle Groshong-Keperling, left, and John Fuehrer look over the wall at the B’nai Jacob Synagogue at Nissley and Water streets in Middletown.
“I knew coming in that I had to be creative in ventures for our students.” - Ellen Castagneto Superintendent Steelton-Highspire School District agricultural program will involve many more subjects, including social studies, math, art and English, Castagneto said. “I knew coming in that I had to be creative in ventures for our students,” said Castagneto, admitting the district is limited by the lower socio-economic status of its residents. The district hopes to begin offering a certificate in agricultural technology, Castagneto said. Students in other districts who have an interest in this type of career may pay to attend SteeltonHighspire High School to pursue this opportunity, she said. While one school in Harrisburg has set up an aquaponics system, SteeltonHighspire may be the first district in the area with a greenhouse that could produce a significant amount of crops. Castagneto attracted sponsors who brought the program to SteeltonHighspire with about $1 million in contributions and at no cost to the district. The district’s high poverty rate does help it get funding not avail-
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Burkhart said plans have been filed with the township. “The township is reviewing what they submitted for stormwater management,” he said. After this technical review is completed, Burkhart said he expects Sunoco to discuss the plans with the township’s planning commission, which could happen as early as May, although Sunoco has not confirmed its schedule.
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Heck wasn’t from Middletown but from Perry County, according to court records. Borough police were alerted to the burglaries in progress by a resident who reported a man acting suspiciously. A chase ensued, and Heck was eventually tackled to the ground near Hoffer Park by a police officer from Lower Swatara Twp. who by chance was nearby and heard the call on his radio. Middletown police also got a helping hand from an officer
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able to more affluent districts. And, unlike most other urban districts, Steelton-Highspire had more than enough space on its campus to allow the addition of a greenhouse. Since it’s a tiny district, with only about 1,300 students, Steelton-Highspire was a prime testing ground for the sponsors before they expand to larger districts. The Harrisburg-based WheelHouse Program was instrumental in bringing the program to Steelton-Highspire. It offers opportunities for students to learn with real-world experience in STEM Education, an area which President Barrack Obama has endorsed. The focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) aims to prepare more students for this type of career. In addition, the program is supported by Harrisburg University, Aggreco, Apak and the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
“They are working out the fine points of the plan,” Burkhart said. The planning commission reviews development plans and votes to issue a recommendation to the township supervisors. Recommendations for approval may include suggestions for the supervisors to set certain requirements on the person or company developing land. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
from Royalton. Besides all three burglaries, Heck also pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal trespass/breaking into a structure, simple assault and resisting arrest, according to court records. Lewis sentenced Heck to 3 to 6 years in state prison on the Middletown charges. That was added to the 4 to 8 years Heck was already facing related to the escape charge – for a total sentence of 7 to 14 years in state prison. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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A chicken barbecue will be held to benefit the South Central Girls Softball 12U Athletics from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 25 at Souders Mini Market, Fulling Mill Road and Route 441, Middletown. Meal includes a half chicken by Kauffman’s Chicken-Bar-B-Que, baked potato, applesauce and roll. •••••
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Frey Village is accepting donations to sell at its annual Strawberry Festival fundraising event in June. Gently used books, puzzles, jewelry and silent auction items may be dropped off at the concierge desk from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily until Friday, May 8. All proceeds benefit the Resident Activity Fund. •••••
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The family of Desiree Dove is collecting books to donate to the Middletown Public Library in her memory. Their goal is to collect 1,000 books. Please drop off books at 49 W. Emaus St. or 1001 N. Spring St., Apt. R1 in Middletown. •••••
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Ethan Kell (13) is congratulated by teammates after his home run against Central Dauphin East.
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Brandon Harper’s two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning knocked in the winning run as the Raiders turned back visiting Bishop McDevitt, 3-2 on Monday, April 13. Zach Sims picked up the extra-inning victory, pitching all eight innings and benefiting from the game-winning run. Sims recorded 10 strikeouts while yielding six hits and two runs, only one of which was earned. On offense, the Middletown squad also recorded a combined six hits off two McDevitt pitchers in the closelyplayed Keystone Division scrap. The Crusaders (5-5, 3-4 in the conference) scored their
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first run in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by John Brubaker. In the home half of the frame, the Raiders tied the game at 1-1. With one out, Brett Altland was hit by a pitch, went to second on a Sims single and moved to third when Ethan Kell drew a base on balls that loaded the bases. Nathan Ocker’s RBI single scored Altland to tie it. In the top of the third inning, the Crusaders picked up the go-ahead run following a pair of Middletown fielding errors. An infield single produced the run with two outs. Sims induced a groundout to prevent further scoring. Please See RAIDERS, Page B3
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Zach Sims, above, struck out 10 Bishop McDevitt batters and surrendered only one earned run in eight innings to beat the Crusaders. Brandon Harper, right, center photo, gets a handshake as he rounds third base following a solo home run against Boiling Springs.
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Nester, Raiders shut out Hershey, 10-0 Pitcher Kylee Nester surrendered just four hits while Middletown batters pounded out 15 hits as the Blue Raiders shut out Hershey, 10-0 on Wednesday, April 15 in Middletown. The game was called in the fifth inning because of the 10-run mercy rule. Cheyenne Frayre went 3-for-3 and hit a home run to lead the Raider attack. Maddy Jorich also went 3-for-3 and scored two runs. Gabby Krupilis, Ava Mrakovich and Rachel Applegate each had two hits against the winless Trojans (0-9, 0-8 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Keystone Division). Middletown (2-7, 2-5) scored four runs in the second inning and never looked back. The Raiders added three runs in the third to take a 7-0 lead, then ended the game with a three-run fifth.
Boiling Springs 4 Middletown 3
Nester surrendered three runs and struck out six batters in Middletown’s loss to Boiling Springs on Saturday, April 18 in Boiling Springs. The Bubblers (2-7) broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run sixth inning, then held off the Raiders in the seventh to claim the victory.
Maddy Sweigart went 1-for-3 and drove in two runs for the Raiders, while Kayla Warhola went 2-for-3 and scored a run. Nester also went 2-for-3 at the plate, scoring a run. Each team committed just two errors, but they were costly. One Boiling Springs run was unearned, and all three Middletown runs were unearned.
CD East 12, Middletown 3
Marissa Butts went 4-for-4 and drove in two runs to lead Central Dauphin East to the victory over the Raiders on Friday, April 17 in Lower Paxton Twp. The Panthers (6-3, 4-3) scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break open the game. Krupilis led Middletown at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Frayre drove in the other Raider run.
Bishop McDevitt 13 Middletown 1
The Raiders committed five errors and surrendered nine unearned runs in their loss to the Crusaders (5-3, 3-3) on Monday, April 13 at Bishop McDevitt. The Crusaders clinched the game with a nine-run fourth inning. Bishop McDevitt collected just seven hits.
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Middletown and Columbia runners start the 3200-meter run.
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Middletown Blue Raiders travel to Columbia The Middletown boys’ and girls’ track and field teams traveled to Lancaster County for its latest meet. The Blue Raiders took on Columbia at Columbia High School. The Raiders will travel to West Perry on Tuesday, April 28 for a meet at 3:45
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Middletown won three of four matches – two against division rival Trinity – last week to climb close to a District 3 playoff spot in Class AA. The Blue Raiders (10-4) defeated Trinity by identical 3-2 scores, and downed James Buchanan, 3-2 to move into 10th place in the District 3 Class AA power ratings. The top eight teams qualify for the district championships. The Raiders are percentage points behind eighth-place Lancaster Mennonite (8-4) and ninth-place York Catholic (8-3) with one match remaining. Middletown dropped a 3-2 decision to East Pennsboro (10-2), the secondplace team in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Colonial Division. Palmyra (12-2) leads the division; Middletown sits in third place.
East Pennsboro 3 Middletown 2
East Pennsboro’s Logan Gouse defeated Middletown’s Harry Kapenstein 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-3 in a No. 1 singles match that lasted almost three hours, with long points and several deuce games. At No. 2 singles, Middletown’s Eric Belles fell 6-4, 6-0 to East Pennsboro’s Gabe Petrovich, leaving it to the other members of the team to carry the Blue Raiders to victory. At No. 3 singles, Middletown’s Matt Anthony did his part, beating Greg Waznick easily, 6-0, 6-2. With the best individual record on the team, Anthony is in a great position to play for the No. 3 singles title in the Mid-Penn Conference Tournament on Friday, April 24. Also winning was Middletown’s No. 2 doubles team of Connor Gambini and Blake Gill, who came through over D. Doan and Zhong Li, 6-2, 7-5. But at No. 1 doubles, East Pennsboro’s Tyler Hamilton and Shaun Manatt easily dispatched Middletown’s Garret Deyle and Travis Patry, 6-0, 6-1 to win the team match.
DISTRICT 3 CLASS AA BOYS’ TENNIS POWER RANKINGS (Top 8 teams qualify for district championships) Team Record Rating 1. Wyomissing Area 10-0 0.760069 2. Elco 11-1 0.699409 3. Lan. Country Day 6-2 0.659762 4. East Pennsboro 10-2 0.653892 5. Hamburg 11-2 0.650814 6. York Suburban 10-2 0.645286 7. Fleetwood 10-3 0.615000 8. Lancaster Mennonite 8-4 0.594465 •••• 9. York Catholic 8-3 0.588042 10. Middletown 10-4 0.588041
Middletown 3, Trinity 2
Another day and another match over two hours long for Kapenstein at No. 1 singles on Wednesday, April 15 in Middletown. After losing the first set 7-5, Kapenstein bounced back to win the second set, 6-4. During the third, grueling set, his opponent, George Hempt, Trinity’s 6-foot-4 left-hander, began showing symptoms of leg cramps. After taking several breaks to stretch and rub his aching muscles, Hempt pulled ahead, 6-5 and was serving to win the match. Two points from victory at 30-15, Hempt suddenly collapsed and went down. He was unable to finish and retired, giving Kapenstein the victory. Belles defeated Sean Palmer at No. 2 singles, 6-4, 6-0, while Anthony defeated Christian Thropp, 6-0, 3-6, 6-0, to clinch the win over Trinity (4-8). Both Middletown doubles team lost, with Deyle and Patry losing to Nikhil Nayyar and Mason Wagner at No. 1, 6-4, 6-2, and Steven Mosher and Jacob Spear losing to Jackson Hunter and Frank Lavery at No. 2, 6-0, 6-2.
Middletown 3 James Buchanan 2
With the match tied 2-2, it was left to another two-hour match for Kapenstein to keep the District 3 playoff hopes alive against James Buchanan (8-7) on Thursday, April 16 in Mercersburg. He played Chance Wishard, a player
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Middletown’s Eric Belles won three of four matches at No. 2 singles last week. he had easily defeated earlier in the season. However, Wishard always seems to play better down in Mercersburg – and Wishard took the first set, 6-4, then went up two break points in the second set. But Kapenstein fought out two match points to force the second set into a seven-point tie-breaker. Wishard took a 6-2 lead in the tiebreaker, but Kapenstein fought off four more match points and came back to win, 8-6 to force a third set. Kapenstein won the third set, 6-3 to give Middletown the victory. Earlier in the match, Belles bounced back to easily beat Clay Murry at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-4, while Anthony crushed Hunter Savers at No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-1. At No. 1 doubles, James Buchanan’s Matt Schofield and Isaac Shenton beat Deyle and Patry, 6-1, 6-3, while Luke Leidy and Micah Wise beat Middletown’s Mosher and Spear, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
Middletown 3, Trinity 2
For the second time in a week, the Raiders faced Trinity – and for the second time in a week, the Raiders beat the Shamrocks by a 3-2 score. Kapenstein had a much easier time with Hempt this time, beating him, 7-5, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Belles won 6-2, 6-3 over Palmer at No. 2 singles, while Anthony dispatched Thropp, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Both doubles matches were marathon affairs. The Raiders put up a fight in each, but finally fell. Trinity’s Wagner and Nayyar beat Deyle and Patry, 6-4, 7-6 (12-10) at No. 1, while Ryan Foody and Alex Gloshichha downed Middletown’s tandem of Gill and Spear, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), (8-6) at No. 2. Middletown’s top three singles players have compiled a combined record of 34-8 against their opponents this season.
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The Raiders answered again with the tying run in the bottom of the inning. Altland led off with an infield single and ran to third on Sims’ single to left. Kell’s sacrifice fly brought Altland home to knot the score at 2-2. Sims faced just three batters in the fourth inning and four in the fifth to keep the Crusaders from breaking the tie. The Raiders, too, were held in check by McDevitt pitcher Joe Mione. After seven complete innings the score remained deadlocked, forcing an extra frame. McDevitt’s leadoff single and another Middletown error with two outs put two Crusaders on base in the top of the eighth, but Sims picked up strikeout number 10 to end the threat. With one out in the home half of the extra inning, Kell singled and was replaced by courtesy runner Brandon Dintiman. Following a lineout to right by Ocker for the second out, Harper stepped to the plate. A wild pitch allowed Dintiman to get into scoring position at second. Facing a 1-2 count,Harper stroked a clean single to right that drove in Dintiman with the game-winner.
Hershey 4, Middletown 3
The Raiders played their second extra-inning game in a row at Hershey under the lights on Wednesday, April 15. This time, however, the Trojans came through with the game-winning hit with two outs to turn back the Middletown side. The Raiders had their chances of pulling of an upset but came up short. “Missed opportunities,” Coach Steve Shuleski said as he summed up the loss to the Trojans (7-4, 5-3). After tying the score at 1-1 in the top of the fourth inning, the Raiders left two runners on base in the frame, left another runner stranded in the top of the fifth and left the bases loaded in the sixth after knotting the score at 2-2. In the top of the seventh inning, the Middletown side did plate a go-ahead run to take the lead, 3-2. But Hershey answered by scoring a run to draw even in the home half of the inning, then registered the game winner in the eighth. Ocker pitched six full innings and left after a high pitch count with the Raiders holding their 3-2 lead. He recorded nine strikeouts but ended with a no decision. Reliever Blake Smith picked up the win for the Trojans. Ocker pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the first inning
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Lions beat Dickinson for fifth straight win By Adam Clay
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Penn State Harrisburg kept its winning momentum going, beating midstate rival Dickinson, 14-6 on Sunday, April 19 in Middletown to extend its winning streak to five games. After Dickinson scored a run in the first inning, the Blue & White answered with two runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 2-1 lead. The Red Devils scored single runs in the second and third innings, then added two in the fourth and one in
the fifth to take a 6-3 lead heading into the sixth. But the Lions (10-20) scored two runs in the sixth inning to pull within 6-5, then buried Dickinson with a seven-run seventh to take a 12-6 lead. A two-run single by Brian Goodling led the blitz. Relief pitcher Derek Slagle picked up the win for Penn State Harrisburg, throwing four scoreless innings and striking out seven batters. Kyle Buchman went 3-for-3 for the Lions, driving in three runs.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Alvernia sweeps Lions in doubleheader By Josh Crippen
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Penn State Harrisburg struggled to get back to its winning ways, suffering a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Alvernia on Wednesday, April 15 in Reading. The Crusaders won the first game, 5-2 and the second, 12-4. The Blue & White came out strong in the first game. Jackie Furch singled to right field, bringing home Gabrielle Wolfe to give the Lions a quick 1-0 lead. Alvernia (14-13) answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the second inning to keep things close. Furch again was clutch in the top of
the third inning, knocking a double to left that scored Rieley Loch to give the Lions a 2-1 lead. But the Crusaders responded by tying the game in the bottom of the third inning then added three runs in the the sixth to win. Determined to get revenge in the second game, the Blue & White got right to work in the top of the first inning, scoring four runs. Amanda Hartman, Kristen Evans, Jenna Rupakus and Mackenzie Trafka, a Middletown graduate, had RBIs to give the Lions an early lead. But Alvernia answered with eight runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead, then added a run in the fourth and three in the fifth to win.
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Lions finish second at CAC championships By Adam Clay
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The Penn State Harrisburg golf team continued to show its high level of play, leaving nothing on the course at the Capital Athletic Conference Golf Championships on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19 in Newport News, Va. The Lions started the final round in second place just behind tournament host Christopher Newport. But the Captains’ home course knowledge and a top finish from team leader Matt Silvo was a little too much for Penn State Harrisburg to overcome – the Lions finished in second place in the championships. Silvo finished 10 strokes ahead of anyone with his two-day total of 133, seven under par. Despite not claiming the title, the Lions had more than a few accomplishments of their own, however.
Freshman Keith Miller shot a 10-over par 150 to claim not only a sixth place overall finish, but also the prestigious honor of being named the CAC Rookie of the Year. Teammate Tyler Shank led the Blue & White with his fifth place finish at 8-over par 148. His score also gave him a spot on the CAC All Conference First team alongside Miller. The Lions have been working as a unit all season long with a team-first mentality and a variety of golfers leading the squad at different points through the year. The championships featured more of the same, with the top four scorers for Penn State Harrisburg all finishing in the top ten. Tyler Massar tied for seventh place, while Collin Hagenbuch finished in a tie for 10th place. The quality performance helped the Lions to finish second ahead of the rest of a field that included York, Marymount, Wesley, William Patterson and New Jersey City University.
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Falcons spike Mechanicsburg, 3-1 Tommy Bowen had 13 kills and three aces as Lower Dauphin defeated division rival Mechanicsburg, 3-1 on Thursday, April 16 in Mechanicsburg. Bowen also recorded three blocks. Zach Nugent had 15 kills and five blocks for the Falcons (6-2, 5-1 in the MId-Penn Conference’s Keystone Division), who remained in a tie with Hershey for the division crown.
Mechanicsburg fell to 5-3, 3-3 in the division. Lower Dauphin won the first set, 2517, but the Wildcats bounced back to take the second, 25-19. The Falcons took the third set, 25-22 then rolled in the fourth set, 15-15. Lower Dauphin won the junior varsity match 2-0, winning the first set, 25-15 and the second, 25-10.
after allowing three straight singles to open the game. A line out, strikeout and groundout denied the Trojans from taking advantage of the three hits. With two outs in the bottom of the second inning, the Trojans scored to take a 1-0 lead. Ryan Sullivan’s double knocked in Kevin Kretz for the run with two outs. The Raiders tied the score in the top of the fourth inning. Bubba Finsterbush led off with an infield single, went to third on an error and scored on Ocker’s RBI double to right field. Hershey went back on top 2-1 in the bottom of the frame following a leadoff double and a two-out error. A great catch by Sims at shortstop on a hard liner kept the Trojans from padding their lead. In the top of the sixth inning, Sims led off with a double to the right field corner and scored the tying run on a wild pitch with two outs. But Smith relieved starter Gavin Hellman with the bases loaded and got the final out on a fly ball by Noah Zimmerman. The Trojans left two runners on base in the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Raiders took their first lead of the game in the top of the seventh. Backto-back one-out singles by Altland and Sims and a walk to Kell loaded the bases, and the go-ahead run came home when Harper was hit by a pitch. Kell took over on the mound for the Middletown defense and quickly got two outs after issuing a leadoff walk to Ryan LaCoe. But a hit batsman with the bases loaded forced in the tying run and sent the game to the extra inning after Kell got the final out. The Raiders went down in order in the top of the eighth inning and the Trojans got the winning run on an RBI single by Smith against Jordan Flowers with two outs.
CD East 9, Middletown 6
The Raiders got off to a rough start
against visiting Central Dauphin East, falling behind 4-0 in the second inning and failing to recover on Friday, April 17. Harper drew the start on the mound for the Middletown side and got out of the first inning OK but really struggled with his control in the second. Five walks, a hit batsman, a passed ball, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly led to the early four-run outburst by the Panthers (6-4, 4-3). Kell relieved Harper with two outs and got the final out to stop the Panthers’ run. After going hitless in their first two at bats, the Raiders broke the ice with a one-out double by Finsterbush in the third inning. But the hit went unrewarded. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Ocker and Harper led off with a pair of singles and Ocker scored on a fielder’s choice ground ball by Flowers. But the Panthers scored three more runs in the top of the fifth to take a 7-1 lead. A pair of fielding errors and two hits keyed CD East’s scoring. The Raiders got some offense going in the home half of the fifth frame and plated four runs to gain some much-needed momentum. Altland and Finsterbush singled with one out and Sims walked to load the bases. Altland scored on a fielder’s choice for the first run and Ocker doubled home two more runs. Harper’s single knocked in Ocker and drew the Raiders to within two, 7-5. But CD East plated two more runs in the top of the sixth inning following a pair of walks and a two-run double by Chris Stevens. A single by Middletown’s Jordie Handley and a double by Altland went unrewarded in the bottom of the sixth inning, leaving the Raiders down by four, 9-5.
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Middletown’s Brendan Dintiman (23) scores the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning against Bishop McDevitt. Flowers struck out the side in the top of the seventh inning and the Raiders tried to rally in the home half. Kell caused some excitement by pounding a towering home run to dead center field on a full-count pitch to lead off the seventh. But that would be all the home team would get as the next three batters went down in order to end the game and deny the Raiders a win.
Middletown 8 Boiling Springs 0
The Raiders stepped out of division play and hosted visiting Boiling Springs (4-4) in an early afternoon contest on Saturday, April 18. The 8-0 shutout posted by the Middletown side ended the week on the plus side for the local team and showcased a longawaited balance of pitching and hitting that the Raiders have been striving for. With Sims turning in a solid performance on the mound (six innings
pitched, nine strikeouts, two hits and no runs), Flowers closing out the victory with three strikeouts in the seventh inning and the defense committing no errors, the shutout was secured. On the offensive side, the Middletown batters scored eight runs on nine hits against two Bubbler pitchers. Finsterbush went 3-for-4 with a run scored and Sims had a pair of hits while Flowers, Harper, Ocker and designated hitter Jimmy Fitzpatrick added two hits each in the Raiders’ fourth win of the season. Harper’s hit was a home run. Sims and Handley each had a pair of RBIs in the game. “We were aggressive at the plate and put the ball in play,” said Shuleski. Several of those connections led to Bubbler errors that aided the cause for the winners. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com
Standings for 4-22-15 BASEBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 9 0 11-1 Mechanicsburg 8 0 10-1 Hershey 5 3 7-4 CD East 4 3 6-4 Bishop McDevitt 3 4 5-5 Middletown 2 5 4-5 Palmyra 2 6 4-6 Susquehanna Twp. 2 6 2-8 Harrisburg 0 8 0-9 Last week’s games Middletown 3, Bishop McDevitt 2 Hershey 4, Middletown 3 Central Dauphin East 9, Middletown 6 Middletown 8, Boiling Springs 0 Lower Dauphin 2, Hershey 1 Lower Dauphin 7, Bishop McDevitt 0 Lower Dauphin 8, Palmyra 3 This week’s games Wednesday, April 22 Mechanicsburg at Middletown, 4 p.m. Harrisburg at Lower Dauphin, 4 p.m. Friday, April 24 Lower Dauphin at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. Monday, April 27 Middletown at Susquehanna Twp., 4:15 p.m. Mechanicsburg at Lower Dauphin, 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 Middletown at Harrisburg (2), 5 p.m.
Capital Division W L OVERALL Northern York 6 1 10-1 West Perry 6 1 9-1 East Pennsboro 4 1 7-1 Camp Hill 3 2 6-3 Milton Hershey 1 4 1-6 Trinity 1 5 2-5 Steelton-Highspire 0 7 1-8 Last week’s games Mount Calvary 12, Steelton-Highspire 9 Northern York 9, Steelton-Highspire 5 Trinity 6, Steelton-Highspire 0 This week’s games Friday, April 24 Steelton-Highspire at East Pennsboro, 4:30 p.m . Monday, April 27 Steelton-Highspire at Harrisburg, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 8 0 8-1 Mechanicsburg 8 0 9-2 Palmyra 5 2 6-3 CD East 4 3 6-3 Bishop McDevitt 4 4 6-4 Susquehanna Twp. 3 6 3-8 Middletown 2 5 2-7 Harrisburg 1 7 1-8 Hershey 0 8 0-9 Last week’s games Middletown 10, Hershey 0 Boiling Springs 4, Middletown 3 Central Dauphin East 12, Middletown 3 Bishop McDevitt 13, Middletown 1 Lower Dauphin 15, Hershey 0 Lower Dauphin 3, Bishop McDevitt 0
This week’s games Wednesday, April 22 Middletown at Mechanicsburg, 4:15 p.m. Lower Dauphin at Harrisburg, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 23 Middletown at Lower Dauphin, 4:15 p.m. Monday, April 27 Susquehanna Twp. at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. Lower Dauphin at Mechanicsburg, 4:15 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS MID-PENN CONFERENCE Colonial Division W L OVERALL Palmyra 12 0 12-2 East Pennsboro 8 2 10-2 Middletown 7 4 10-4 James Buchanan 4 7 8-7 Trinity 4 7 4-8 Camp Hill 4 8 5-8 Bishop McDevitt 0 11 0-11 Last week’s matches Middletown 3, Trinity 2 East Pennsboro 3, Middletown 2 Middletown 3, Trinity 2 Middletown 3, James Buchanan 2 This week’s matches Wednesday, April 22 Bishop McDevitt at Middletown, 3:30 p.m. Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 5 0 13-1 Lower Dauphin 4 1 8-5 Mifflin County 4 2 7-6 Mechanicsburg 2 3 7-6 CD East 2 3 4-9 Northern York 1 3 2-10 Susquehanna Twp. 0 6 2-13 Last week’s matches State College 4, Lower Dauphin 1 Lower Dauphin 5, Cedar Cliff 0 Central Dauphin 3, Lower Dauphin 2 Lower Dauphin 5, Carlisle 0 This week’s games None TRACK AND FIELD MID-PENN CONFERENCE BOYS Capital Division W L OVERALL Camp Hill 7 0 8-0 Bishop McDevitt 4 0 4-0 Northern York 2 2 2-3 Trinity 1 2 1-2 East Pennsboro 0 1 0-1 Middletown 0 2 0-2 West Perry 0 4 4-4 Last week’s meets Middletown at Columbia, no report This week’s meets Tuesday, April 28 MIddletown at West Perry, 3:45 p.m. Keystone Division W L OVERALL Milton Hershey 3 0 3-0 Mechanicsburg 3 1 4-1 Red Land 3 1 3-1 Hershey 2 2 2-2 Susquehanna Twp. 1 1 1-1 Lower Dauphin 1 2 2-2 Palmyra 0 3 1-3 Cedar Cliff 0 3 0-3
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Last week’s meets Lower Dauphin 101, Cedar Cliff 49 This week’s meets Thursday, April 23 Lower Dauphin at Milton Hershey, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 Lower Dauphin at Mechanicsburg, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS Capital Division W L OVERALL East Pennsboro 1 0 1-0 Bishop McDevitt 3 1 3-1 Northern York 3 1 3-2 Camp Hill 5 2 6-2 Trinity 2 1 2-1 Middletown 0 2 0-2 West Perry 0 4 2-5 Last week’s meets Middletown at Columbia, no report This week’s meets Tuesday, April 28 Middletown at West Perry, 3:45 p.m. Keystone Division W L T OVERALL Palmyra 3 0 0 3-1 Hershey 3 0 1 3-0-1 Lower Dauphin 2 0 1 3-0-1 Susquehanna Twp. 1 1 0 1-1 Milton Hershey 1 2 0 1-2 Cedar Cliff 1 2 0 1-2 Red Land 1 3 0 1-3 Mechanicsburg 0 4 0 1-4 Last week’s meets Lower Dauphin 85, Cedar Cliff 65 This week’s meets Thursday, April 23 Lower Dauphin at Milton Hershey, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 Lower Dauphin at Mechancisburg, 3:45 p.m. BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 5 1 8-1 Lower Dauphin 5 1 6-2 Red Land 4 2 6-3 Mechanicsburg 3 3 5-3 Northern York 1 5 1-9 Cedar Cliff 0 6 0-8 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 3, Mechanicsburg 1 Red Land 3, Lower Dauphin 1 This week’s games Thursday, April 23 Hershey at Lower Dauphin, 5 p.m. Monday, April 27 Lower Dauphin at Chambersburg, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 Cedar Cliff at Lower Dauphin, 5:30 p.m. LACROSSE MID-PENN CONFERENCE BOYS Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 7 0 10-0
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Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 7, Central Dauphin 4 Lower Dauphin 13, Bishop McDevitt 3 Central York 8, Lower Dauphin 7 This week’s games Thursday, April 23 Lower Dauphin at Central Dauphin East, 4:15 p.m. Saturday, April 25 Lower Dauphin at Cedar Crest, 10 a.m.
GIRLS Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 6 0 8-3 Central Dauphin 5 2 5-4 Lower Dauphin 3 3 6-4 Palmyra 3 3 5-6 CD East 1 5 1-7 Last week’s games Governor Mifflin 16, Lower Dauphin 3 Central Dauphin 16, Lower Dauphin 11 This week’s games Thursday, April 23 Central Dauphin East at Lower Dauphin, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 25 Cedar Crest at Lower Dauphin, 10 a.m. Monday, April 27 Lower Dauphin at Spring Grove, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg 14, Dickinson 6 Penn State Harrisburg 12, Stevenson 6 Penn State Harrisburg 5, Penn StateAltoona 4 This week’s games Wednesday, April 22 Penn State Harrisburg at Stevenson, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 23 Penn State Harrisburg at Lebanon Valley, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26 Wilkes at Penn State Harrisburg, noon COLLEGE SOFTBALL Last week’s games Alvernia 5, Penn State Harrisburg 2 Alvernia 12, Penn State Harrisburg 4 This week’s games Saturday, April 25 Albright at Penn State Harrisburg (2), 1 p.m. Sunday, April 26 Penn State Harrisburg at Stevenson, 1 p.m.
COLLEGE TENNIS CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN Playoffs - First Round York 6, Penn State Harrisburg 3
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A diatribe against inclusion Editor, The article, “Indiana’s religion law and the liberal left’s intolerance” by James Miller (Viewpoints, April 8) is nothing more than a rambling, crybaby, sour grapes diatribe that contributes nothing to a seminal discussion. This piece is supposedly in support of Indiana’s law allowing storekeepers to deny service to LGBT people. Because Miller’s line of reasoning is so convoluted, a deconstruction of his message is not easy. Nevertheless, the following represents a few of the problems with his rant: • While Miller fumbles around in paragraph 13 with justifications for the law, he never really addresses why Indiana needed an act to insure religious freedom. I thought that we Americans were guaranteed religious freedom under the First Amendment. • If Miller is a Libertarian – his byline says so – and he believes in less government, why should government (Indiana) care about a person’s sexual preferences? • If Miller is a Libertarian – again, his byline says so – and he believes that private property is sacrosanct, then why should he care what people do in the privacy of their own bedrooms? How else you do define LGBT but by assuming you know what a person does within his/her own private property? • When I attended the Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002 –that’s twelve years ago – I passed a huge billboard on the side of the Interstate that said simply: “Someone you know is LGBT.” This is in Utah! I’ll bet you, Mr. Miller, that the same applies to you! Just to be clear, Mr. Miller, I have several friends who I know are LGBT, and I’m guessing there are other folks I know who are LGBT and I am totally unaware. • I am assuming that Miller objects to the LGBT lifestyle. Well, it’s not my cup of tea, either. But I ask you, what has an LGBT person done to you that makes it all right to discriminate against all people who are LGBT? • What does Miller mean when he says, “Those throwing a fit over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act don’t believe in live and let live.” Say what? I do believe he has twisted this backwards. Why should storekeepers care what a person represents? I thought their mantra was “Show me the money’’ – not “show me the money so long as you conform to my way of thinking.’’ The Amish could care less if you’re not Amish. They’ll sell you that quilt or gazebo in a heartbeat, no questions asked! • In paragraph 16 – he does go on and on – Miller says “liberals are abandoning the principles of free speech, pluralism and tolerance.” Again, say what? Please give us some examples of this abandoning of free speech and tolerance. Given that it’s part of his title, Miller should have provided some crystal clear examples. I’m sorry, but I don’t see any! • I was amused with Miller’s priggish, quasi-professorial lecturing of his readers on the definition of the word “discriminate.” Give me a break! That’s like arguing that the definition of the word “gay’’ is “whimsy!’’ Come on, man! You’ve got to be kidding me. A scholar, you’re not. • Miller asks, should the government “use coercion to reduce discrimination?” Well, yes, when it must. There should be no discrimination based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, or eye color. None. Ever! • Miller says “pragmatism rules in our government-centric society.” Well thank God for that! What alternative modus operandi is Miller proposing? • Finally, Miller’s byline says that he’s a native of Middletown. It’s such a pity he is unaware that many people in Middletown favor inclusion rather than discrimination. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church is a Reconciling in Christ Church, which means its members welcome everyone! No exceptions!
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rather heavy. I weighed them when we lga and arrived home – 3 kilograms (6.6 lbs.). I had an The cost was $1. I was watching WHTM interestChannel 27 news and a Giant Foods ad ing experience a was promoting avocados, 10 for $10. We few weeks ago. We buy five avocados here for $1. were out walking Last month our electric, trash, water, and it started to sewer and propane bills totaled $21.71. rain, so we ducked into a new café that I went to one of the many parks to use overlooks the Tomebamba River, one of the exercise equipment. It had rained the four rivers that flow through Cuenca, the night before and the grass was wet. I and started chatting with some folks at mounted one piece of equipment, started the table next to us. to use it and my foot slipped and I almost There were three people: an older coufell off. My first thought was that if this ple and a woman in her 40s. The woman would have happened in Pennsylvania got up and disappeared. The couple told and I would have been hurt, I could have us they were visiting Cuenca with Kris, gotten a lawyer and sued the equipment who we assumed was the woman who manufacturer, the city, the park commisleft the table, perhaps their daughter. We sion and, if creative, the producer of the could not understand why they used the grass seed. But then I came to my senses woman’s name as if we knew her. The rain stopped and we bid them adieu. – there wouldn’t be any equipment like this in a Pennsylvania park. We enjoy watching mysteries on TV Members of the U.S. consulate came at night, and that evening we decided to Cuenca to speak to the gringos about to watch an older mystery TV series safety after a U.S. expat was killed. It was on YouTube, “Killer Instinct.” I was a crime of passion not paying much – the victim was attention to the stabbed 27 times. actors, when Olga said, “Look at that In Cuenca, a city of 580,000, (I guess the killer turn off actress.” there have been four killings couldn’t the electric carving I’ll be darned – it this year. Harrisburg has a knife!) The largwas Kris. I checked the credpopulation of 49,188. How est newspaper in city covered its to find out her many murders have been com- the the meeting and, name. Kristin Lehmitted in that city to date? by darn, a photo of man. Then I went Olga and I made the to the Internet and paper. typed in her name. A little more to She’s been acting add about cars here: in movies and on Other cars I see here TV for 20 years, but not in the U.S. and I have seen her are Skoda, (Czech Republic), Lada, (Rusmany times before in other TV shows. I sia) and Citroen, (France). Two days ago I just did not recognize her. saw the first Subaru. To be fair, she did not recognize me A few examples of used car prices either. here that I have seen advertised: 1999 Sunday, April 12 was the 458th anniVW Golf, $7,900; 2003 Ford Explorer, versary of Cuenca’s founding, and the $16,500; 2011 Hyundai Tucson, $33,000. month has been full of many concerts, I read that GM (Government Motors!) parades and things to do. The choral had 24.6 million cars recalled in 2014. If group in which I sing, the Cuenca Interyou positively, absolutely have to have national Chorus, presented our spring something screwed up, be sure to have concert to a crowd of 400. All of our the government and unions involved. selections have been posted on YouTube. On a much lighter note (wink, wink), the It’s the little things here: There is no day I’m writing this is April 15 – governDaylight Savings Time so it is unnecesment extortion day. Yes, I filed my taxes. sary to turn the clocks forward, backWhat a great feeling – I did not pay a ward, up, down or sideways. penny in taxes this year! You know how you use a new bar of I’ve always wondered. Does Hollywood soap in the shower and come back the have a Grantville Casino? next time to find it drowning in a puddle Until later, from beautiful Cuenca, of goop, and about one quarter of the bar has melted? I realized the other day while Eddy the Expat taking a shower that I have been using the same bar for more than a year – it Ed O'Connor, a former resident of hasn’t melted into oblivion. Middletown and Lower Swatara Twp., is It’s the little things. And yes, I bath an expatriate living in Ecuador. more than once a week. Crime in Cuenca is down. Unfortunately, there have been two murders in April. Two people were killed for their cell phones. I‘m sure glad they don’t wear designer sneakers! So in a city of 580,000 there have been four killings this year. Harrisburg has a population of 49,188. We want to hear from you. How many murders have been committed in that city to date? Send your letters to: A little more about the cost of things: letters@pressandjournal.com, or There are no copyright laws here that 20 S. Union Street apply to films not produced here. So one Middletown, Pa. 17057 can buy a DVD for $1 or $1.50. SomeLetters may be edited for accuracy, times there is a two-for-one special. clarity, and length. We bought carrots three weeks ago from a street vendor and I thought they seemed
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ermit Bell is worried about his 90-year-old mother, Louise. Like many seniors, Louise Bell sold her house when she moved to a Palmyra nursing home and lives on a fixed income. But if the proposed sales tax expansion contained in Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal becomes law, her nursing home costs will jump by $3,000 – essentially adding a 13th month to her annual bill. That’s just one of the many unintended consequences of Wolf’s budget plan which, despite being sold as tax cut for middle-class families,would create few winners and many losers across every income level. Folks like Louise Bell stand to lose big. Kermit Bell says, “My mom – and I suspect most of the others in her home – simply cannot afford this unprecedented tax on senior citizens in the twilight years of their lives.” Worse, because Louise Bell no longer owns a home, she will receive zero benefit from Wolf’s proposed property tax shift. In fact, for the first year of Wolf’s plan, no one will. The governor’s budget calls for tax increases to begin this year, but funds for property tax rebates wouldn’t arrive until October 2016 – more than a year later. With a 2-year-old and a baby on the way, my own family will be hit hard by the budget proposal. In addition to a higher personal income tax, we’ll pay more than $1,000 in new daycare taxes plus about $50 more each year For most famifor taxes on lies, tax hikes diapers. Even if Wolf actually will dwarf any delivers on his cuts. Wolf promproperty tax relief, we’d see ises $3.7 billion less than $500 in property tax off our proprebates in 2016, erty tax bill. but would collect For most families, tax $12 billion more hikes will dwarf any cuts. in state taxes. Wolf promises $3.7 billion in property tax rebates in 2016, but would collect $12 billion more in state taxes. That means only 30 cents of every dollar in new taxes sent to Harrisburg would return for property tax relief. Overall, the governor’s tax plan amounts to a net increase of $1,400 per family of four every year. Worse, Wolf’s tax rebate scheme itself is unfair: Based on income and sales taxes alone, more than 80 percent of school districts are losers in this tax shift, according to a House Republican analysis. School districts across the state would receive between $301 and $5,209 in rebates per homeowner. Our analysis shows that districts already receiving more education funding from the state – meaning they are less reliant on local property taxes– stand to gain the largest rebates per homeowner. For a governor who emphasizes fairness, this rebate scheme displays surprising inequality. For example, in the governor’s home county, the York City School District would get $5,209 in rebates per homeowner – the most in the state – while West Shore School District would only see $467. Here’s the reality: Pennsylvania schools aren’t suffering from underfunding. We spend more on education now than ever – thousands more per student than the national average. Money isn’t the problem. The problem is how we spend it. Raising taxes on Louise Bell won’t help our schools, but undoing ridiculous state mandates can. For starters, legislators should end prevailing wage rules which require school districts to pay more for construction projects than they need to – that’s like picking out a $299 iPhone and offering $350 for it instead. End prevailing wage at the state level and taxpayers could save a stunning $1 to $3 billion every year. Isn’t that a better solution than raising taxes on growing families and on seniors like Louise Bell? Fixing Pennsylvania’s broken school funding formula would also help education dollars get to where they're most needed, alleviating the need for property tax increases. Wolf was right when he said, “It’s not good enough to just say no and continue with the same old same old.” Lawmakers can and should address rising property taxes and ensure schools are properly funded – but without taking more from working families. Elizabeth Stelle is a policy analyst for the Commonwealth Foundation, a Harrisburg think tank.
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You should have police to get liquor license fees I
recently reintroduced legislation which would amend the state Liquor Code, prohibiting municipalities without police departments from collecting funding from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB). Each year, revenue collected from liquor license fees gets redistributed in the form of grants to municipalities throughout the Commonwealth to fund alcohol safety programs and alcohol enforcement. It has been brought to my attention that municipalities without police departments to specifically enforce alcohol safety are obtaining these grants and using them for other purposes. My legislation, House Bill 54, would specifically prohibit municipalities without local police forces from receiving alcohol safety grants. The revenues would be redirected to the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. Getting the word out about alcohol safety and enforcing laws related to alcohol consumption are extremely important to the safety of our citizens. Money that supports alcohol safety programs should remain in the hands of municipalities with police forces that will ensure that these programs remain intact and are effective. House Bill 54 has been referred the
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Bonus for Persian Gulf vets
Pennsylvania veterans who served on active duty in the Persian Gulf Theater of Operations, including Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, should apply now for the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans’ Bonus. The deadline to apply for this one-time payment is Aug. 31. The bonus pays $75 per month for qualifying, active-duty service members, up to a $525 maximum. For personnel whose death was related to illness or injury received in the line of duty in Desert Shield or Desert Storm, there is an additional $5,000 available to the surviving family. Service members who were declared prisoners of war may also be eligible for an additional $5,000. In each case, the service member must have: • Served with the U.S. Armed Forces, a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the Pennsylvania National Guard. • Served on active duty in the Persian Gulf Theater of Operations during the period from Aug. 2, 1990, until Aug. 31, 1991, and
received the Southwest Asia Service Medal. • Been a legal resident of Pennsylvania at the time of active duty service. • Been discharged from active duty under honorable conditions, if not currently on active duty. • Received the Southwest Asia Service Medal. Individuals who received a bonus or similar compensation from any other state are not eligible for the Pennsylvania program. Nearly 11,000 Persian Gulf veterans have applied for the onetime cash bonus program since the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) began accepting applications in 2008. The DMVA is encouraging veterans who were previously denied the bonus to reapply to have their claims reviewed again. For more information on the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans’ Bonus, visit my Web site, RepPayne.com, and click on “Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans’ Bonus.” 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.
GARYWELTON
Are you a guiding light for your child?
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n his 1967 novel, “Cancer Ward,’’ Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote, “If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered them in vain, indeed you have lived in vain.” Actually, I am not satisfied merely if my children are better than I am, for I have set that bar rather low. At the very least, my goal is that my children will be above average, better than their peers. I am not speaking of academic ability. We are drowning in evidence of academic strengths and weaknesses, based on required standardized testing. Instead, I am thinking of positive youth development, sometimes referred to as character development. Do people view me as a man of integrity? Do people view my children as people of integrity? Are they contributing members of society, in their families, at the workplace and in their churches? Psychology is not as accurate when it comes to measuring positive youth development. It is a more subjective domain; the evidence is easier to misinterpret and exaggerate. A large amount of research in psychology is based on survey data, in which people describe themselves. The evidence suggests that such data are always suspect because people are not good judges of their strengths, their weaknesses and their particular motivations. This reality has been documented in David Myers’ book, “The Inflated Self: Human Illusions and the Biblical Call to Hope.” This book provides convincing research evidence of the problems associated with self-report data. We are not very accurate when we evaluate our
own characteristics, especially in those areas where the evidence is more subjective. If self-report data are questionable, you might wonder why they are so often used. It is a matter of logistics and pragmatics. More reliable data require more sophisticated and more expensive methods. One potential approach, however, is to gather data from multiple sources. For example, instead of just asking teens to provide self-report data, one might supplement their answers with reports from their parents. If teens exaggerate their skills and characteristics, we might get a more balanced perspective from their parents. Or not. Along with my colleagues, I surveyed teens and parents from 223 families, asking teens to rate both their characteristics and the nature of their family dynamics. A parent for each teen also rated the teen’s character development and the family dynamics. It is impossible from these data to definitively determine the accuracy of the teen ratings, but based on the historical analysis, we would expect that the teen self-ratings would be inflated. We do have the ability to compare the teen ratings to the parent ratings, which might help us evaluate the extent to which the teens inflated their self-ratings. Or not. For each and every one of the primary variables of interest, the parent ratings were statistically higher than the teen ratings. If indeed the teens exaggerated their self-ratings, as we would have expected, then the parents exaggerated even more. We defined positive youth development by combining scores from five different scales, including selflessness, forgiveness, gratitude,
resilience and satisfaction with life. On this index, parents rated their teens higher by 0.29 standard deviations than the teens rated themselves. We also measured self-control. On this measure, parents rated their teens higher by 0.58 standard deviations. The difference was even larger when we asked respondents about family dynamics. On this measure, parents rated the family dynamics higher than did the teens by 0.67 standard deviations. Does it matter? If the views I hold about my teens are unreasonably high, what are the consequences? Perhaps it is good when I report that my teens’ character is unrealistically high. Maybe it means that I am giving them a fair deal, that I am not undervaluing their successes, that I am not exaggerating their failures. If so, then this may be a positive finding. Or perhaps it is problematic. Maybe it indicates that I have unrealistic expectations. Perhaps I have created an image that the teens cannot possibly realize and that when they fail to meet my standards, they give up. Are my expectations too high? My children will make some bad decisions now and then, but hopefully not as bad as some of mine. When they do, I hope that I will be there for them, showing them love and forgiveness and helping them to learn from the consequences. Hopefully my children will look to me and see me as a guiding light rather than as a hopeless target or a failed lighthouse. Dr. Gary L. Welton is assistant dean for institutional assessment and professor of psychology at Grove City College, Mercer County.
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• “To the person that posted, “These gay people make me sick”: You might want to stay in your home and never leave it, because gay people are all over this world– in your grocery store checking you out, in your hair salons, in “your” church. Everywhere you go you will encounter gay people. What makes me sick is closed-minded people that hide behind the Bible and say God hates gays. It’s funny that we all were created in God’s image. Read your Bible – you just broke at least two of the Ten Commandments.”
• “To the individual who wrote
about the tax revenue benefit of having six huge warehouses in Lower Swatara Twp.: Let me assure you that the only tax revenue benefit you will see is that the school board will spend more. Your taxes will never go down, and they will probably continue to increase, even though the ‘academic scorecard’ used by the state shows the Middletown Area School District’s ranking in academics to be getting worse with every passing year. Without fiscally responsible people on the school board who are not being spoon-fed by the administration, your hardearned tax money will continue to get spent without much regard and actual transparency. And is progress really worth 500 additional acres of agricultural land being destroyed and over 1,400 more tractor-trailer
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trucks traveling our local roads daily? Maybe Big Business should look into utilizing the hundreds of available vacant warehouses all around us. And in the future, the six warehouses you want to see built could be sitting vacant. Personally, I’d like to see future generations have the opportunity to know what farmland looks like.”
talking on their cell phones. The cell phone has turned our male population into ‘girly boys.’ ”
• “To the person defending the
about noise pollution going to realize the warehouses on North Union Street and Longview are a good idea and will bring in $4 million a year for our schools? I’m sorry, but your little group isn’t thinking about the rest of this community as a whole. Get your heads out of the clouds and quit trying to save an empty field and instead put some effort into securing this money for our school district and children.’’
proposed truck terminals: Although there are indeed historical graveyards in jeopardy, their preservation is not the focus of the ‘No Truck Terminal’ sign posters. Primarily, the Concerned Citizens do not want an increase in truck traffic or a reduction in the value of their residential properties. There are already plenty of properly zoned areas and lots of warehouses sitting empty, so let’s use those spaces and leave the farmland alone so the local farmers can continue their livelihood. If you think that the proposed increase in trucks will not impact the entire township and neighboring townships, then you are loony. Go to one of the meetings and get informed instead of blindly listening to the Hillwood propaganda like a mindless sheep.”
• “It used to be a standing joke
among ‘men’ as to how much time our wives and teenaged daughters spent on the phone. Now everywhere you look, [ahem!] men are
• “Hillary Clinton: Why doesn’t
this woman just go away? She’s so darned crooked that if she would die they’d have to screw her into the ground.”
• “When are all the snobs worried
• “These people who are intolerant of gays make me sick. All they do is whine. There’s more to life than being against gays. I wish all the anti-gay people would take a field trip to Russia.”
• “Whoever put the story in about
‘Benny Kapp’: I trust Mr. Kapenstein way more than I trust McNamara, Konek, Courogen, Louer, Brubaker, Malone, Bowman or Sullivan.”
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Wesley United Methodist Church
First Church of God
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.” We share Holy Communion on the first Sunday of every month. Our table is open to all who love Jesus and desire to walk in his ways. Pastor Dawes’ Sunday sermon is “The First Word from the Risen Christ” based on John 20:19-29. Praise Band practice is held at 6:30
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p.m. Choir practice is held at 7:30 p.m. Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank is open Fri., April 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. Free clothes in all sizes from infant to adult are available. Enter the church building by the Witherspoon Ave. door nearest the parking lot. Middletown Area Crop Walk is Sun., May 3. United Methodist Co-op meeting will be held Mon., May 4 at 7 p.m. at Evangelical United Methodist Church. Upper Room Devotionals for May and June are now available in the Gathering Area. Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine streets in Middletown. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@ comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. “Follow Jesus, Change the World. Seek. Serve. Send.”
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Middletown
Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for worship on Sunday mornings led by Pastor 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 including Bible studies, book clubs, and a beginners sewing club. Please call for details. 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. Any questions please call us at 939-0766.
Evangelical United Methodist Church 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 22-28 are always open to everyone. Wed., April 22: 10 a.m., Final Lenten Bible Study; 6 p.m., Alcoholics
Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir rehearsal. Thurs., April 23: 6 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067; 7 p.m., Final Lenten Bible Study. Sun., April 26: 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. Greeters: Shirley Kupp, Eleanor Jane Sankey, Lori Yeich. Lay Liturgist: Shirley Kupp. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of husband and father Richard Williams, and daughter and sister Karen Markel presented by Carol and Ken Williams. Tues., April 28: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry; 6:30 p.m., United Methodist Men’s dinner and meeting.
First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at either 8 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (1st through 5th grade), Kindergarten (4-5 year olds), Nursery (infants through age 3), and Adult classes that offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Classes for special education are also available. Wednesday Night Live: 5:30 p.m. supper, 6:30 p.m. Classes are: Men’s Book Study “The Way of the Wild Heart”; Women’s group “He Loves Me!”; Yoga - bring your mat; Cooking Together - Come prep meals together; Craft Class; Discipleship Class - designed to help you become a believer that bears much fruit; Ladies Bible Study, “Women of the Old Testament.” There are also classes for youth: middle school and senior
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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high; Children’s classes for all ages and babysitting. Thursdays: 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study; 6 to 8 p.m., The Sunshiners meet for a time of Christian fellowship, teaching and worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged. Mon., April 27: 4:30 p.m., Monthly dinner featuring roast turkey, whipped potatoes, filling, vegetable and dessert. Help is needed to serve and clean up. Normal time for serving begins at 4:30. If you are available to help contact Sandy Robbins. Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evangelistico: Domingos 1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184. For additional information call the church office at 944-9608 or e-mail us at mdtcog@comcast.net.
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Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322
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.
Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church Middletown
New Beginnings Church We are an independent body of believers offering God’s invitation for a new beginning to all who seek it. We exist to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all people through faith in Jesus Christ. We are a Safe Sanctuary congregation. Our church steeple bell tolls four times at the beginning of worship. One for the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and you. New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church is provided. Our congregation meets at the Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., next to the Rescue Fire Company. Sunday School for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at back door. Youth Fellowship is from 5 to 7 p.m. For additional church information call 944-9595. Wednesdays: Craft Group, 1 p.m.; Choir rehearsals, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays: Intercessory Prayer Group at 6 p.m., followed by Pastor Britt’s Bible study at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in these important areas of our church life. Sociable Seniors group meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. Blanket making is the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursdays, followed by the Sanctuary being open from 6:15 to
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
6:50 p.m. for anyone to come and pray. The community is invited to stop and pray. Children’s Church leaders for April: Michelle, Katie and Jenny Strohecker. Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Graham. Acolyte for April: Colin Graham. Ushers for April: Beth and Gary Hinkle, Linda Balmer, Diane Rowe. Daytime Bible Study begins Wednesday’s a 11 a.m. The topic is “David and the Psalms.” Everyone is invited. A new men’s group is being started to inspire and empower men in their faith. This will be a fellowship group that will meet, fellowship, dine and pray together, discussing topics of interest that deal with everyday living. If your are interested in being part of this group call Sam Rainal at 951-4866. Mark your calendars for Mon., May 4. The 230 Café will be donating 20 percent of the day’s sales to our Youth Fellowship. Treat yourself to a great meal and support our YF. Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ wmss/audio. Check us out on our Website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com. Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ!” We invite you to come and experience this love.
Worship With Your Family
Are you perplexed or perhaps distressed by the rapid change in moral standards of the present day? We at Calvary Church are committed to upholding the unchanging standards of the Word of God, which is revealed in the Bible. We are also committed to proclaiming the hope of salvation from the sin that results from the world’s changing moral standards, the hope found in faith in Jesus Christ alone. We invite you to join us each Sunday to hear more about this message of
free grace. Our services are at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. We are located at the corner of Spruce and Emaus streets here in Middletown. We have a fellowship meal following the 10:15 a.m. morning service on the first Sunday of every month, free to all who come. We also have Sunday school classes for all ages at 9 a.m., and a Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 p.m. We are now studying the Gospel of Luke. Feel free to contact us with questions at 944-5835.
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran perishable food items. Items collected Church is located at Spring and Union are taken to the Interfaith Food Pantry streets, Middletown. We are a Recon- located at 201 Wyoming St., Royalton. Church and Community Events: ciling In Christ Church. Wed., April 22: 3:30 to 5 p.m., You are invited to join us for worship on Wednesday morning, Saturday Homework Club; 7 p.m., Adult Choir. Fri., April 24: 7 p.m., PSU Harrisburg evening and Sunday morning. Sunday POPS Concert here at St. Peter’s. All worship times are 8:15 and 11 a.m. are welcome. Sunday Church School is at 9:45 Sun., April 26: Spring Tea registraa.m. Our 11 a.m. worship service is tion due. broadcast live on WMSS 91.1. Mon., April 27: 6:30 p.m., Bible Wednesday morning service is at 10 Study. a.m.; Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual Tues., April 28: 3:30 to 5 p.m., traditional service and is 45 minutes Homework Club; 6:30 p.m., Women in length. Please enter through the of St. Peter’s. parking lot doors. Visit our website at www.stpeThe first Sunday of each month is tersmiddletown.org. Food Pantry Sunday. Our food pantry Scripture for April 26: Acts 4:5-12; is in need of personal care and non- Ps. 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18.
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown 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 26 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 learn about “Living Contemplatively.” Please plan to join us as we hear from Richard Gordon, minister at United Church of Christ. Join us for Worship on April 26 at 10:30 a.m. 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. 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 is currently teaching a class “A New Look at the Gospels” Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. and Wednesdays from 10
to 11 a.m. The Penn State Harrisburg Choir will present a concert on Fri., April 24 at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Middletown. The concert is free and everyone is welcome. Spring is here and the Indoor Yard and Bake Sale will be held on Sat. April 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donations of baked goods will be needed and can be dropped off Fri., April 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. or Saturday morning April 25. Volunteers are needed for setup on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Please use the back ramp door by the kitchen. Volunteers are also needed for breakdown on Saturday at 1 p.m. Please call Judy Packheiser at 657-2535. On May 3 worship will include a Service for Wholeness. Those desiring to be anointed with oil and individual prayer will be invited forward at the appropriate time. Invite a friend and join us. The Middletown CROP Walk will be held on Sun., May 3 at 1 p.m., meeting at the Food Pantry. Walkers of all ages are invited to share in raising funds to help feed the hungry. Contact the church office for more information. 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.
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Column No. 793/April 22, 2015 Can You Be Anonymous Online - Continued What Not to Share: Sharing your real name, your e-mail address, and your surname interests is a bare minimum for any genealogical communication. The addition of permanent contact information and research interest locations and dates makes such communications complete. Now what should not be shared? Do not share information about living persons such as name, birth date, mother’s maiden name, social security number, or contact information. People have the right to make their own decisions about whether they wish to share this information with the world. It is not our place to make this decision for them, even for the benefit of our research. Even though the people’s particulars may already be public as described earlier, it is not proper to share their information without explicit permission. Sharing information only about dead persons is a good first step to protecting the privacy of others. My own rule of thumb is to only share information from my research on those family members who are two generations from the oldest living generation. My great-aunt is my oldest living relative so I restrict myself to sharing information on my great-great-grandparents’ (her grandparents) generation only. Making information public about my great-grandparents (her parents) would provide my great aunt’s maiden name. As this is often used as secondary identification for access to bank accounts and other purposes, it is not something I should share with the world. Share and Share Alike: Family historians have to share. We can’t succeed in our research if we behave like solitary oysters, trying to keep our pearls to ourselves. If we don’t tell each other where we can find each other in the oyster bed, we’re not likely to make efficient progress in our research either. Each of us has a personal balance of comfort between sharing our information and valuing our privacy. The advent of the Internet has affected that balance and we need to be realistic about what privacy we can legitimately expect to protect. We are much more “findable” now by more people than ever before. This doesn’t mean that we have to unduly expose our particulars to strangers; it just requires that each of us find the right balance between privacy and sharing. Ancestry Magazine, 1/1/2004, Volume 22, No. 1 Lykens Township History Is Alive! The Gratz Historical Society has been working on the Lykens Township History for several years and is now making good progress. Their research has taken them close to the Schuylkill County border on the northeastern section of the county, meaning that we are nearing the end of the research for the whole Lykens Township. They are finding very interesting information regarding the history of that area, but the past several weeks, some of the information has been difficult to access. The Dauphin County deed records have not been available online for Lykens Township for several weeks, making it very difficult to complete the research on individual properties. We may get access to the deed records in the very near future. Other sources of research materials have also disappeared online in recent weeks, in the meantime they continue to research other needed information about the township, from sources that are fairly new. It is a good time to complete several genealogies of individual families that will soon be needed and is now being done. I hope the Gratz Historical Society will have a target price soon, I have been waiting for a long time for this book.
Lower Dauphin HS announces Honor Roll Lower Dauphin High School has announced its Distinguished Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the third marking period. To earn a place on the Distinguished Honor Roll, a student must have all A’s or perfect marks on their report card. To be named to the Honor Roll, a student must receive all A’s and B’s on their report card. The students who earned honors for this marking period are:
Distinguished Honor Roll
Grade 9 – Evan Bowman, Annabella Branchi, Owen Coonelly, Erynne DeLano, Emalee Douglass, Tyler Heath, Ella Hickey, Jacob Janssen, Rory Klingensmith, Hannah Laychock, Garrett Little, Madison Marto, Abigail Mauger, Chiara Meyers, Nandini Patel, Kathryn Peters, Melissa Salli, Joshua Saufley, Emily Scholfield, Amber Schweiger, Clay Spencer, Faith Swanger, Gavin Walmer and Michelle Yohe. Grade 10 – Daniel Beaver, Allison Bitting, Ray Cotolo, Hunter Crawford, Emma Durantine, Nathan Ebert, Madison Fake, Matthew Foran, Matthew Gergely, Grace Gilbert, Callie Gipe, Brittany Halbleib, Nicole HsingSmith, Alexandra Little, Lucas McCanna, Jane Miller, Nickolas Moosic, Anna Mostoller, Elise Musser, Mariella Nunez, Brandon Rossi, Samuel Rothermel, Abigail Stumpf, Emily Suhr, Emily Swist, Frankie Vernouski, Sarita Walters, Jefferson Waters, Amy Waughen, Alyssa Yantosik and Haohao Yu. Grade 11 – Ella Breidenstine, Logan Buffington, Leigh Coonelly, Rebekah Forshey, Sarah Gibbs, Matthew Kuehnle, Alexandra Leader, Allison Linton, Brooke Loomis, Colin Marcavage, Allison Michalowski, Austin Miller, Reed Morris, Shea Mummert, Rachel Orth, Kristin Sarsfield, Loryn Schwartz, Katherine Spanos, Sammantha Spotts and Amanda Walton. Grade 12 – Michael Aksu, Morgan Barnhart, Morgan Bitting, Britney Buterbaugh, Ashley Ceschini, Cara Cramer, Makenna Cummings, Rebekah Daugherty, Daniel Davis, Samuel Doherty, Bianca Gillman,
Kathryn Goerl, David Hamaty, Elizabeth Hansen, Jason Heath, Joely Helder, Marissa Hoffman, Blake Johns, Sera Johns, Matthew Joyce, Madison Light, Jonathan Lynn, Eric Markley, Jenna Miller, Madison O’Neill, Ronak Patel, Brendan Sharp, Hunter Smith, Collin Swartz, Margaret Tamburro, Madeleine Waters, Heather Wisner, Christina Yarrish and Victoria Yohe.
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Grade 9 – Meredith Atkins, Lindsay Aurand, Logan Baker, Lauren Bankes, Jacob Banning, Benjamin Beaver, Jackson Becher, Sarah Bell, Abigail Berrios, Evelyn Bittle, Laura Breidenstine, Kayley Brookes, Danielle Cake, Phillip Canis, Rachel Clouser, William Cole, Laura Conway, Lauren Decker, Brianna Foltz, Thomas Freeburn, Kamryn Fridey, Olivia Friedrich, Jace Fry, Julie Gahring, Julie Gergely, Jared Giannascoli, Alexis Goddard, Emilie Goss, Miles Grater, Amy Haldeman, Jason Harris, Michael Harris, Diego Heredia, Kayla Hoffer, Cali Hofsass, Natalie Holl, Paige Hollinger, Nicholas Iagnemma, Luke Janssen, Emma Johns, Hannah Johnson, Catelyn Jones, Aidan Klassen, Carson Kulina, Jessica Landis, Emma Lawn, Brittany Lockard, Karina Long, Hannah Malinen, Pauliina Malinen, Amelia Marcavage, Shannon McCreary, Evan McMurray, Madeline McNally, Gillian Miller, Madelyn Miller, Spencer Miller, Kailah Miranda, Alexandra Nalesnik, Sydney Natishin, Daniela Olguin, Sarah Perales, James Perry, Ava Pyles, Brendan Roth, Elizabeth Schindler, Kevin Segura-Hernandez, Jacob Shindel, Corrine Shirk, Zachary Stoner, Jennifer Strohecker, Hannah Swartz, Samuel Sweet, Victoria Tredinnick, Katelyn Truesdell, Ryana Wagner, Morgan Walt, Jordan White, Kourtney Whittington, Garrett Williamson, Derek Wyld, Garrett Wylie, Wyatt Yoxheimer and Paige Zewe. Grade 10 – Caitlyn Albert, Clara Anderson, Patrick Atlasik, Megan Barr, Megan Beckley, Jacob Beers, Rachel Bickelman, Sarah Blessing, Kelsey Bortner, Ava Bottiglia, Seth Byers, Alexander Carney, Bryce Carter, Colton Cassel, Grace Dresher, Lauren Fink, Delaney Garcia, Rachel
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ut&about Middletown Amateur Baseball Association’s Opening Day Ceremony
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ith an umpire’s cry of “play ball!’’ and a crack of a bat, youth baseball and softball season begins, a sign that summer will soon be upon us. The Middletown Amateur Baseball Association launched another season on Saturday, April 18 at Oak Hill Park with an opening day ceremony featuring players and coaches. The games began in earnest, with T-ball and baseball contests throughout the day. See who was there!
Photos by Jaime Rishar