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Who should pay to repave Ann Street? By Dan Miller
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A section of Ann Street, bumpy after water line work.
Middletown Borough Council says Ann Street needs to be paved curb to curb. But how much it will cost, and where – or from whom – the money should come to pay for it are big unknowns. Councilor Robert Reid, whose First Ward includes Ann Street, got council to approve a motion on Tuesday, April 19 that directs borough staff to find out what it would cost to pave Ann Street – and from where the money should come. “It’s worse than Main Street,” Reid said of Ann Street’s condition.
The motion does not obligate the borough to anything other than look into the costs involved in repaving the street, Council President Ben Kapenstein pointed out. In recent months, Ann Street was dug up from the intersection at Union Street to the west end of town near Harrisburg International Airport so the Suez water company could install new lines. Borough ordinances only require that Suez patch the areas it digs up to install new lines. The company does not have to pave the road curb to curb, Kapenstein noted. Reid’s motion led to a discussion aimed at trying to nail down what, if any, responsibility the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation has for Ann Street – and what bearing, if any, that may have on paying for repaving the road. Big rig tractor trailers cannot use Route 441 – South Union Street – because they cannot get under the railroad bridge. As a result, tractor trailers are directed to use Ann Street. However, Ann Street was not built to handle heavy truck traffic, said Councilor Robert Louer, who also represents the First Ward. Ann Street is also lined with homes on either side, making it a mostly residential area. “I think we ought to have the right to say Please See REPAVE, Page A8
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A Dauphin County judge has refused to stop Middletown Borough Council from dissolving the authority that currently owns the town’s water and sewer systems. Judge Andrew H. Dowling denied a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, April 13 that was sought by the Middletown Borough Authority to stop council from eliminating the authority and taking all of its assets. The dissolution of the authority was planned when council agreed to lease the town’s water and sewer systems to private firm Suez, formerly United Water, in 2014, Council President Ben Kapenstein testified during a hearing before Dowling on Friday, April 8. Not only are the water and sewer systems at stake, but also substantial annual payments that Suez agreed to make to Middletown in the 50-year lease agreement. A payment of $725,000 was anticipated by council to close a deficit in the borough’s general fund budget. But the authority has balked, claiming that it is needed because of a re-permitting issue with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission regarding four of the borough’s six wells from which water is drawn, as well as potential rejection of the lease agreement by the state Public Utility Commission. Since Middletown’s water system serves some customers outside the borough limits, the PUC must approve any transfer of the system, the authority said. The borough has countered that the wells were scheduled to undergo tests that were part of the re-permitting process, and that it can seek an exception from the PUC for serving the small number of water customers outside the borough – Middletown Area High School, Alwyn Court and three houses in Lower Swatara Twp. Former borough manager Tim Konek, now a consultant for the authority, described as “onerous’’ the pumping tests that the four wells would “immediately’’ undergo to gain permits if the water system was transferred to the borough. “These wells have been in existence for decades,’’ Konek testified. “They have never been subjected to the level of pumping that would be required’’ – and if they fail the test, the borough would have to drill new wells, he said. But asked by James Rodgers, an attorney form Dilworth Paxson who represented council, if he thought they would pass or fail the test, Konek admitted, “It could go either way.’’
Elizabethtown will host its 13th annual Arts in the Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 in Community Park. More than 30 artists and craftsmen will sell their work. Musicians and food vendors also will be featured, as well as free activities for children. For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page, EtownArtsInThePark, call the borough office at 717-367-1700 or e-mail the borough at boro@etownonline.com.
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Khadija Hassan, right, speaks to students at Penn State Harrisburg. Though she was born in Somalia, she’s spent most of her life in the U.S. and feels she is “as American as can be.”
Town’s diversity, nearby college make life here “pretty good,’’ Muslim students say By Dan Miller
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hat’s it like being a Muslim student at Penn State Harrisburg – and living in Middletown? “Because of the college atmosphere here and all the diversity, it’s pretty good to be a Muslim in Middletown,” said Ali Hamza, an engineering major at the university. Hamza was one of five Penn State Harrisburg students who described what it’s like to be a Muslim today as a student and a resident of the Middletown area community during a recent public forum on the Lower Swatara Twp. campus. Among those attending the event at the Olmsted Building were fellow Penn State Harrisburg students, faculty and staff. The forum offered an eye-opening glimpse into the rich diversity that is found on the campus: • Hamza is from New Jersey but spent five years living in Pakistan learning about his native culture from his parents. Please See MUSLIM, Page A8
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Penn State Harrisburg student Ali Hamza, center, and other Muslim students talk about their experiences in the U.S.
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A Steelton father takes his son’s ashes to the trial of the young man’s murderer By Eric Wise
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Terry McMullen, right, and wife Ashley Ward-McMullen hold the remains of Daylynn Smith, McMullen’s son.
Terry McMullen’s dog, Star, sometimes sits at the foot of the staircase in his home in Steelton, apparently waiting for McMullen’s son to bound down the stairs. Star sprang to life every time she saw Daylynn Smith, knowing he would give her attention, take her for a walk or play with her. The dog has not been the same in the 22 months since Daylynn was killed. She must miss him, McMullen said. McMullen breaks into a big smile as he remembers times that Daylynn paraded down the stairs in one outlandish outfit or another. Daylynn took pride in his flashy, unique style, his father remembers. “Daylynn was a kind-hearted kid,” he said. Spending time with his son made McMullen happy, especially when Daylynn accompaPlease See CLOSE, Page A8
A Middletown area woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash around 11 p.m. on Thursday, April 21 in the 400 block of Colebrook Road in Londonderry Twp., state police said. Sarah Gearhart, 29, no address given, the driver, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to state police. Gearhart was the only person in the vehicle, state police said. Gearhart was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle, state police said. Speed was “a causal factor,” though the crash is still under investigation, state police said.
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The deteriorating Richardson Road bridge in Lower Swatara Twp. was closed on April 25.
Lower Swatara closes two deteriorating bridges By Eric Wise
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Not long after Lower Swatara Twp. officials learned that the replacement of an old bridge over a small unnamed stream that feeds Laurel Run will be delayed, they learned that the bridge will be closed for safety pending its replacement. Richardson Road bridge over the Laurel Run tributary was closed on Monday, April 25 in the interests of safety, with its replacement date uncertain.
A shortage of precast culverts has delayed the start of the bridge’s replacement, prodding the township commissioners to alter the project by requesting that contractors’ bids include prices for both a precast concrete culvert and a poured-in place option. The township approved a $500,000 low-interest loan from the Dauphin County Infrastructure Bank in 2015 to spread the replacement cost over 10 years. The initial plans for the bridge relied Please See BRIDGE, Page A3
The Middletown Area School Board gave tentative approval on Monday, April 25 to a policy that would allow nurses and other trained district employees to give naloxone to a student, staff member or visitor overdosing from heroin or another type of opioid on school grounds. The board unanimously approved the policy at a preliminary reading. The policy is expected to come back to the board for final approval in June. Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is a drug known to reverse the effects of a heroin overdose. It is carried by emergency medical responders and by most police departments in Dauphin County. Middletown would be the first school district in the county to make the drug available in schools, according to Cheryl Dondero, director of Dauphin County Drug and Alcohol Services.
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Johannes Reber (1758 -1836) During The Revolutionary War
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According to the records of the Moselem Zion Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Johannes, son of Leonhardt and Anna Margaretta (Klein ) Reber, born 6 January 1758 in Windsor Township, (now Perry Township), Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was baptized 20 February 1758 with the Rev. Tobias Wagner, Pastor, acting as sponsor. The next official record of him during the Revolutionary War period: The Revolutionary War was fought under peculiar conditions, with lock of enthusiasm on both sides. The Kings were reluctant to enlist and many British officers resigned their commissions rather than fight their American Brethren. Because of this, the King had to hire German mercenaries (Hessians) - the
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Rebers came from Hesse! There was also reluctance among Americans to fight. Some citizens remained true to the King and became Tories (usually royal officeholders, Anglican clergy, large land owners and merchants) going so far as to haul their produce to the British occupying Philadelphia instead of the Washington’s freezing and starving troops in Valley Forge. Pacifists remained neutral. The religious dissenters, such as the Quakers, who were vocal at the beginning denouncing English in justices, pulled back when they saw they had to settle differences with arms. The “church going” Germans, who kept to themselves, were slow to come forth in this cause, although they cast the cannon that helped turn back the British, and their farms fed Washington’s troops. They were eager for a fight perhaps, but not a sustained warfare that demanded other qualities than those needed to fight Indians. They were used to the militia type warfare, under some local leader, to repel an invasion and back to their farms. In addition no provision was made for the families of the men in service; no pensions paid to dependents of those who fell, so enlistments were practically restricted to the super patriotic, the adventurous, or the very young. At the age of eighteen young Johanne Reber enlisted in the Revolutionary War on July 1776 under Captain George May. He served in Col. Haller’s Regiment of the Flying Camp, marching from Windsor Township, Berks County, his place of residence at the time, to Amboy, New Jersey. He was at the Battles of White Plains and York Island. After he returned to Windsor Township, he was drafted into the Pennsylvania Militia and served under Capt. Joseph Heister, had under him a small engagement with a few British horsemen at Barren Hill near Philadelphia. In his application for pension, he stated that he was at Barren Hill, in the spring of 1777, but is memory of this must have been a bit hazy, because it was during the spring of 1778 that the repeated incursions out of Philadelphia by the British into the country to procure supplies for the garrison, induced Washington to establish an advance post at Barren Hill. The detachment consisted of 2,100 picked troops, with five pieces of artillery, and was entrusted to Lafayette, being his first independent command. It was a corps of observation to watch Philadelphia, and superintend outposts and skirmishing parties between Valley Forge and that City. Lafayette established his headquarters at a Stone Church, which was within a burying ground and enclosed by a stone fence. A rocky steep ridge fell off to the south and toward the Schuylkill. At its foot, southward, the outpost of Captain McLean was established, and a camp of 50 Indian scouts. Another picket detachment was advanced far down the ridge road, and General Potter with 500 Pennsylvania militia, were posted on the Whitemarsh Road. Johannes was known as a Wagoner, drove a team pressed into the Continental Service from Windsor Township. Among places he was with the team was Valley Forge, probably delivering foodstuffs to Washington’s troops. Although the war ended at Yorktown on 19 October 1781, the peace treaty was not signed until 1783. Because of financial difficulties, Congress was unable to pay the troops and Pennsylvania soldiers marched on Philadelphia in 1783 to obtain “prompt settlement of their accounts.” Johannes was listed as being single in the 1779 tax list for Windsor Township, Berks County. In the 1781 tax list he was listed as a Weaver with three persons in his household. This would be himself, his wife, and his firstborn son John, Jr., who was christened in 1779. From the dates of these records, can assume he married in 1779 just right after the tax enumeration was taken. It is known that his wife’s name was Catherine Schmitt. At this writing her parentage is not known, but there was a Philip Smitt on the same boat as her father-in-law, Johann Leonhardt Reber. Catherine was born 15 April 1762. Sometime after the Revolution and before 1789 (when his daughter Catherine was baptized at Summer Hill Church) he moved to Brunswick Township, Berks County, now Manheim Township, Schuylkill County. Schuylkill County was formed from Berks County March 1811. From this point on, records have to be checked very carefully to make sure you have the “RIGHT’ John as the 1790 Census shows several. Consulting old landowner’s maps, atlases, plus the petition of his estate, his farm would have been located in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County in the vicinity of Landingville, Auburn, Jefferson Station and Plum Creek. John’s move to what is now Schuylkill County coincides with the formation of Saint Paul’s (Summer Hill Church). The following is taken from Vol. V., No. 5, Publications of the Historical Society of Schuylkill Co: The history of St. Paul’s begins with Application No. 3022, dated 28 December 1767 by Simon Marburger for a warrant to the ground on which the Church was erected. The ground was surveyed on the 24th day of June 1788. The foundations for the church were completed in the spring of 1786 at a cost of ten pounds, eighteen shilling. The church was completed in 1787, and a school was established at the very beginning, a matter of more than fifty years before Pennsylvania got its system of free public schools. All this took place during and after the Revolutionary War and at this time events moved slowly. The Patent was finally granted on 11 December 1817 - that in consideration of $194.64, there is granted by the said commonwealth a certain tract of land called ‘Devotion’ situate in Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, etc. (it is said that the first attempt at building the church was burned by the Indians). Having fallen out of repair, steps were taken in August 1804 to rebuild the church. The erection was completed in the same year and the church was dedicated publicly and solemnly on the 28th of November 1804. A new church was again erected in the year 1837 – this one made of stone construction. An account of the cornerstone ceremonies on 23 May 1847 is given in the: Rev. William A. Helferich’s Lebensbild. Part Two - Column 847/May 4, 2016
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June Stoudt June W. Stoudt (Houtz), 88, of Middletown, entered into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born on June 10, 1927 in Reinerton, Pa. and was the daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Heartter Houtz. In addition to her parents, June was preceded in death by her three siblings, Iva Culton, Faye Britton, and Pearl Houtz. June graduated from Porter Township in 1945. She was a member of EUM Church, Middletown. June was a keypunch operator at Olmsted Air Base and also a reading teacher’s aide for the Middletown Area School District for many years. She enjoyed Duke basketball, Penn State football, the Phillies, but most precious to her was her family. June is survived by her loving husband Robert, whom she married on June 11, 1949; a son, Craig (Darlene) of Middletown; two daughters, Carol Hook (Tom) of Middletown, and Cathy Siegel (Rick) of York; six grandchildren; Christine Schroll, Nicole Hook, Craig Stoudt (Shelley), Christopher Stoudt, Colin Stoudt, and Emily Siegel; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. A tribute to June’s life will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at noon at Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown, with the Rev. Robert Graybill officiating.
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Viewing will be from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church. Burial will be in Middletown Cemetery. Memorial contributions in June’s name may be made to her church. The Matinchek Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown will handle the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be sent online at matinchekfuneralhome.com.
Ralph O’Donnell Ralph A. O’Donnell, 65, of Middletown, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 in the comfort of his home. Born in Harrisburg, on February 22, 1951, he was a son of the late John C. and Eleanor T. (Lanciano) O’Donnell. On November 3, 2005, he was united in marriage with Tann C. (Templin) O’Donnell. He and Tann shared a relationship that had its roots long before their union. Prior to his retirement, Ralph had been employed as a Mechanical Maintenance Technician by Met-Ed/ First Energy for nearly 26 years. He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion Post 594, and the Rescue Club, both in Middletown. Ralph loved music – whether listening to Bluegrass and Oldies or playing his bass fiddle. An avid outdoorsman, he always looked forward to Spring Gobbler season and the summer months spent at the cabin on Hill Island, where he could enjoy the peace of nature and share special times with family and friends. No matter the time and no matter the place, Ralph never wanted to let the good times end – in his honor,
remember there is always time for “one more for the road.” In addition to his wife, Tann, he is survived by his sons, Ralph A. O’Donnell Jr. (Tammy) and Mark A. O’Donnell (Kirsten) all of Middletown, and Gregory A. O’Donnell of Harrisburg; brothers, Jack C. O’Donnell Jr. (Terri Lee), and Paul J. O’Donnell (Annette), all of Middletown and Anthony J. O’Donnell (Lori) of Lusby, Md.; and sisters, Elaine Butcher (Joe), Lu Botterbusch (Artie), all of Middletown, and Kathy Winters (Scott) of Hummelstown. He is also survived by his five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Arrangements will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorial contributions being made to Hospice of Central Pennsylvania, 1320 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17110, or hospiceofcentralpa.org. Those wishing to offer condolences to, or share memories with the family are invited to visit HetrickBitnerFuneralHome.com.
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The Highland Street bridge serves only one Lower Swatara resident. Its closure will be “long-term,’’ said Tom Mehaffie, president of the township commissioners.
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on a precast concrete culvert, and Erin Letavic, township engineer, said there is a shortage of culverts available this year, with most promised to customers seeking them since 2015 or earlier. “There is a big demand on companies that produce culverts because of all the bridge projects,” agreed Greg Penny, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. A poured-in-place project increases costs for the culvert when the increases for engineering costs and labor are included, Letavic said. The current bridge, while small, has deteriorated significantly, according to Daniel Wagner, the township’s public works superintendent. In its current state, a long-term closure is imminent, Wagner said during a commissioners’ meeting on Wednesday, April 20. The closure will affect residents of a mobile home park and businesses located along Richardson Road.
“The responsibility for monitoring the bridge and making sure it is inspected at appropriate intervals and that it is safe for public traffic rests with the township,” Penny said. The National Bridge Inspection System covers bridges that are at least 20 feet long, which does not include this bridge. The long-term closure of Richardson Road bridge comes about a month after the township closed the Highland Street bridge over Laurel Run. Motorists may not enter Highland Street from Route 441. Instead, traffic must use Keckler Road in Swatara Twp. to access Highland Street. The closure affects one Lower Swatara residence and homes in Swatara Twp. Tom Mehaffie, president of the commissioners, called the closure of the Highland Street bridge a “long-term closure.” The commissioners said they are unsure when it would be replaced. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
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Margaret Elizabeth Norton “Peggy” Crow, age 60, died on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at her home in Middletown, Pa. Born October 21, 1955 in Cheverly, Md., she was the daughter of the late Erle Leo Norton Jr. and Virginia Legg Norton. She was the wife of David Alan Crow for 34 years. Mrs. Crow is survived by her husband and her three children, Gregory Alan Crow of Middletown, Pa., Stephanie Elizabeth Crow Hoffacker and her husband Kirk of Bainbridge, Pa., and Jennifer Alison Crow, of Philadelphia, Pa. She is also survived by her brother, Erle L. Norton III, and his wife Carol of Powell, Ohio, her sister Barbara N. Earp and her husband Bruce, of Clarksville, Md.; and nieces and nephews Carly Benitez, Andrew Earp, Christine Crow, Shaun Crow, Kelley Crow, and Scott Crow. Peggy was a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Design where she was the President of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority chapter. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution as a descendant of General Israel Putnam, The Order of The First Families of Maryland and The Shipleys of Maryland. A tireless volunteer, she received the Silver Beaver Award, Wood Badge and Vigil Honor from the Boy Scouts of America. She was a Girl Scouts of the USA Troop Leader and Service Unit Manager. Details for services in Maryland will appear on the Matinchek Funeral Home website at a later date. A Memorial Service celebrating
Peggy’s life will be held at Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown, Pa. on Saturday May 14, 2016 at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Robert Graybill officiating. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekfuneralhome.com. Memorial donations can be made to the Margaret Crow Pancreas Cancer Fund, c/o Dan Laheru, Johns Hopkins Bunting-Blaustein Cancer Research Building, Room 4M09, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, Maryland 212871000.
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Dana S. Elzi, 58, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Denver, Colo. on October 26, 1957 and was the daughter of the late Frank and Grace Grunwald Elzi. She was a member of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Middletown, and the National Directoress of the Seculor Institute of St. Francis DeSales. She enjoyed writing, playing tennis and gardening. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Colorado. She is survived by her sister, Judith Elzi of Denver, Colo.; brothers Peter Elzi and his wife Heather of Castle Rock, Colo., and Terrence Elzi of Denver, Colo.; and sister Andrea Elzi of Denver, Colo. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, April 29, 2016 at 4 p.m. at Seven Sorrows of the Blessed
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Patricia A. Klahr, 81, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey. She was born on March 14, 1935 in Bloomsburg, Pa. and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Anna Shultz Mottern. Pat was retired from the M.S. Hershey Medical Center where she worked in Medical Records as a clerk. She was a member of Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Middletown and enjoyed going to the Middletown Public Library, baking, and volunteering at the former Middletown Christian Day School, but her greatest joy was the love she showered on her family. In addition to her parents, Pat was preceded in death by her loving husband, James R. Klahr and a sister, Nancy L. Keiter. She is survived by her five children, John A. Klahr of Middletown, James M. Klahr and his wife Sherry of Middletown, Paul D. Klahr and his wife Kimberly, of Wash., Alyce M. Washington of Hummelstown, and Julie K. Achor and her husband Peter of Harrisburg; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandson. A tribute to Patricia’s life will be held on Friday, April 29, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 10 Spruce St., Middletown, PA 17057, with the Rev. Arthur Fox officiating. Viewing will be from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Friday at the church.
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Mylin Messick Mylin M. Messick, 85, of Middletown, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016 in Community General Osteopathic Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Elizabethtown on December 5, 1930, he was the son of the late Jacob Stover and Sarah A. Long Messick. Mylin was a homebuilder and real estate broker for over 50 years; having built over 1,100 homes throughout Dauphin and Lancaster counties. However, Mylin was best known as a local lifetime dairy and beef cattle farmer. He continued and thoroughly enjoyed his daily work on the farm until his death. Mylin was a 1949 graduate of the former Hummelstown High School. He was a longtime member of Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, Hershey. He was a member of the Homebuilders Association of Metro. Harrisburg for many years, and served on the board of the PA State Homebuilders Association. Mylin was also one of the original founders of the PA Farm Bureau, Dauphin County Farmers Association, and PA Simmental Association. He was a 50-year member of Prince Edwin-Spring Creek Lodge No. 486, F&AM, Middletown, and the Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg. Mylin’s greatest joys were spending time with his family on his beef cattle farm, and feeding the turkeys and deer surrounding his home on Schoolhouse Road. Mylin is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Doris M. Bricker Messick, whom he married on March 15, 1959; two daughters, Patricia L. Kuharic, wife of George M., and Sarah M. Runkle, wife of Douglas A., both of Middletown; two sons, Joseph M. Messick, husband of Dorothy D. of Middletown, and Michael D. Messick of Annville; three siblings, Mahlon M. Messick, husband of Helen of Elizabethtown, Mildred M. Risser of Hummelstown, and Miriam M. Aldinger of Neffsville; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at 12 p.m. in Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, 335 East Areba Avenue, Hershey, with The Rev. Dennis W. Garrison, his pastor, officiating. Family and friends are invited to visit with the family in
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23 YEARS AGO - Champions – Pictured are members of the Killer Bees III, the Under-9 champions of the Sport City Indoor Soccer League. Bottom from left: Mike Buggy, Dan Mackarevich, Ryan Wertz, Chris Leonard and Zac Matinchek. Top from left: Coach Jerry Mackarevich, Matt Sembach, Eric Tritch, Matt Mackarevich, Jim Smith, Josh Majzlik, Joe Rados, Ryan Furjanic, and Coach Pat Mackarevich.
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Sealed bids for the Lynch Run Restoration Project will be received by at the office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by C.O.B. on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Bid documents can be obtained from the Dauphin County Conservation District, 1451 Peters Mountain Rd, Dauphin, PA 17007. Phone 717-921-8100 or from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 110 Radnor Road, Suite 101, State College, PA 16801. Phone: 814-876-0055 from April 25th to May 13th 2016. Proposals in accordance with the Drawings and Specifications are intended to cover one complete project. The contract covers all aspects of the construction of mudsills, and installation of rock vanes and log vanes to stabilize the banks, at the confluence reach of Lynch Run in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County (Coordinates: 40.166417N, 76.660908W). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is acting as the Agent for the Owner for this project. The Project Engineer will be the point of contact for all communication and direction between the Owner and the Contractor. The Project Engineer will provide on-site supervision of work, monitor work progress and determine suitability of all work. The Project Engineer is Larry Brannaka, Ph.D., P.E. Contact information for the Project Engineer is: Larry Brannaka, Ph.D., P.E. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 110 Radnor Road, Suite 101, State College, PA 16801. Phone: 814-876-0055. Fax: 814-234-0748. E-mail: Larry_Brannaka@fws.gov. Instructions for the Bid Form Bids shall be submitted only on hard copy of the furnished Bid Form. Please make sure all blank spaces are filled in legibly in ink, and that the Bid Form is signed at the bottom. Please do not make changes to the phraseology of the Bid Form. Partial bids or alternative bids not provided for in the Bid Form will not be considered. Bid table on pages 2 and 3 of the bid form MUST be submitted in a SEALED ENVELOPE with Contractor’s name written on the outside. This sealed envelope must accompany the remaining pages of the bid form. Any bidder may withdraw a proposal at any time prior to the scheduled closing time for receipt of proposals. Proposals may be withdrawn by notifying the Agent for the Owner, Dauphin County Conservation District, or the Project Engineer. All bids will be evaluated on the following basis, prior to opening sealed bid envelopes: a.) Required Experience: In order to be considered, Bidder must document experience in constructing at least two successful Natural Stream Channel Design projects and must document experience successfully installing at least 16 wall-rock in-stream vane structures with footers, six mudsill structures, and 16 log vane structures. The Bidder is required to submit contact information for two references on the Bid Form as to the Bidder’s previous experience in performing similar or comparable work including the aforementioned structuresBidders not meeting the experience requirement will not be considered for this project. b.) Suitability of construction equipment. Bidder must have or have access to: 1.) Excavator for in-stream work of at minimum 125 HP and 45,000 lb. operating weight (equivalent to a CAT 320). The excavator must be equipped with a hydraulic thumb; a progressive-link hydraulic thumb is preferred. Machines with a fixed thumb will not be acceptable. 2.) Suitable equipment to move dimensional wall rock 3’x 4’x 5’ from the staging area to the construction site. 3.) Equipment to excavate and transport gravel and cobbles. c.) Projected time of construction: maximum of six weeks, with a desired start date of Thursday, May 26, 2016. d.) Bid price. e.) Bid security: a cashier’s or certified check or bid bond in the amount of 0% of the bid must accompany the bid. Proposal packages must be received at the office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by C.O.B. on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Bid qualifications will be evaluated, references checked, and recommendations will be prepared. The sealed cost bids will be opened at a Bid Opening at the Dauphin County Conservation District Office 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 23, 2016. The successful bidder will be notified no later than Tuesday, May 24, 2016. The Bidder is invited to visit the project site for a required pre-bid examination of the areas to become fully informed as to all existing conditions and limitations including access and availability of materials and labor. The mandatory site showing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 6, 2016. We will meet at the bridge adjacent to the property at 434 South Hertzler Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (Coordinates 40.166417N, 76.661269W). The estimated cost for this project is greater than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) and the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act shall apply. This project falls under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted ACT 127 of 2012, the Public Works Employment Verification Act, which requires all public contractors and subcontractors to utilize the U.S. Federal Government’s E-verification system to ensure that all employees performing work on public work projects are authorized to work in the United States. All bidders are required to submit a Public Works Employment Verification Form as a precondition for the contract award. Bidders should refer to provisions of federal and state statutes, rules, and regulations dealing with the prevention of environmental; pollution and preservation of public natural resources that affect the project, as stated in ACT 247 approved October 26, 1972 by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All bidders are hereby notified that any contract awarded from this advertisement, businesses will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notification of advertisement for bids and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race, age, color, creed, sex, national origin or physical disability in consideration for this contract award. Similarly the successful bidder shall in not in any manner discriminate against or intimidate any employee involved in the manufacture of supplies, the performance of work, or any other activity required under the contract on the basis of gender race, color or creed. The Dauphin County Conservation District Board of Directors reserves the right to waive any defects, errors, omissions, mistakes, informalities, to accept any bid or combination of bids that are deemed to be in the best interest of the County, and to reject any or all proposals. Dauphin County Conservation District Board of Directors #166 0427-2T
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for 1992. A native and lifelong resident of Elizabethtown, Peters thus became the 37th resident to win the Lodge’s coveted award for distinguished service to the community since Dr. Troy M. Thompson became its first recipient in 1956. Peters now 73, and his four brothers and one sister are the children of Clayton and Mabel (Blecker) Peters. He graduated from Elizabethtown High School in 1936, and worked first as a short order cook, then in a local shoe factory and later as a Klein Chocolate Company employee before he went to work in 1940 at the former Olmsted Air Force Base in Middletown. Deferred because of his defense work at Olmsted, he was finally drafted in 1944 into the U.S. Army Air Force, where he served two years in the Pacific Theatre of operations. He is probably best known for the many years he devoted to officiating at local high school college sports events, a function he performed for nearly 20 years. He also spent nearly five decades serving his community in veterans’ affairs. “Feed And Read’ Program Benefits Needy Residents Sophomores at Elizabethtown Area High School will do their part to help the community when “Operation Feed and Read” gets underway on Tuesday, May 4. Program administrators said the program focuses on two basic needs, “food for the body and food for the soul.” For the program, students will walk door-to-door throughout town to collect non-perishable food dona-
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The Dauphin County Board of Elections will commence the computation and canvassing of the returns of votes cast at the General Primary, held on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. on April 29, 2016, in the Bureau of Registration and Elections Office, 2 S. 2nd St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. BY ORDER OF THE DAUPHIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS Mike Pries, Chairman Jeff Haste George P. Hartwick, III Gerald D. Feaser, Jr., Director #165DC 0427-1T www.publicnoticepa.com
tions and books. Collection bins also will be available in the lobby of East High Elementary. Residents are asked by administrators to place donations in bags or boxes near their front doors. All donations will benefit the residents of the Elizabethtown Area School District, administrators stressed. Food will be donated to the food bank of the local Community Action Program (CAP), and books will go to the Elizabethtown Public Library for resale in next fall’s “Friends of the Library” book sale. Food items needed are: canned fruit and vegetables; boxed foods, including cereal, pasta, gelatin, pudding mixes; self contained meals in cans, such as soup or spaghetti; tuna, corned beef and other canned meat products; and baby food and diapers. Sugar-free items are also needed because the food bank services some diabetic senior citizens. Prices From 23 Years Ago Russet Baking Potatoes 10 lb. bag...................99¢ Celebrity Lean Imported .. Ham.................... $2.79/lb. Pepperidge Farms Layer Cakes 17 oz... 2/$3 Swanson Great Starts Breakfast 4-6.5 oz.....99¢ Kraft Parkay Margarine 1 lb. qtrs.................. 2/$1 Fresh Baked Sticky Strips 6 pk...$1.59 Kemps Frozen Yogurt half gal........$1.99 Lengacher’s Swiss Cheese.... $2.99/lb. Purex Liquid Detergent 64 oz.......................$1.79 Popsicle Twister 10 ct........................$1.85 Keebler Cookies 18 oz.......................$2.29 Kraft Barbeque Sauce 18 oz..........................89¢
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Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Borough of Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, will hold a special meeting on Monday, May 2, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers located at Borough Hall, 60 West Emaus Street, Middletown, PA 17057. The purpose of the meeting is to interview candidates for the vacant 2nd Ward seat on Borough Council, to deliberate on the same as deemed appropriate and to consider any other business that comes before Council. #168 0427-1T www.publicnoticepa.com
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Following is a compilation of reports from the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law. Dirt bike stolen A 1989 Holda CR250 red and black dirt bike motorcycle valued at $1,300 was stolen from a shed at a residence in the 200 block of Brookside Dr. on April 16 or 17, police report. A lock securing the doors on the shed was cut to gain entry, police said. Police are asking anyone with information about the burglary to call them at 717-939-0463.
Truck’s bumper stolen The bumper of a 2016 Ford F250 pickup truck was removed and stolen on April 15 or 16 in the first block of Michael Dr., police report. The bumper was valued at $200. Police are asking anyone with information about the theft to call them at 717-939-0463. Charged after domestic disturbance Angel M. Comacho, 50, of the first block of Hoke Lane, Middletown, was charged with simple assault following a domestic disturbance with his girlfriend on April 14 at his residence, police report. Camacho punched the woman in the back of the head, face and thighs, police said. There was no report of medical attention to the woman. Comacho was arraigned before District Judge Joseph Lindsey in Dauphin
Car windshield shattered The windshield of a Volkswagen Jetta was broken on April 15 at Campus Heights, in the 200 block of W. Main St., police report. Investigators said they are unsure if the window had been struck by a baseball or softball, noting the proximity of athletic fields in the area. No damage estimate was noted. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717-939-0463.
County Night Court and released on $15,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for May 12 before District Judge Michael Smith. Identity theft A township resident’s personal information was stolen to set up three credit card accounts and make more than $3,500 in transactions, police report. Fraudulent accounts were opened to make $2,000 in purchases from Sam’s Club, $536 from Express and $1,000 from Kohl’s, police said. Cash stolen About $375 in cash was stolen from on April 12 or 13 from a residence in the 200 block of Brookside Dr., police report. An Alcatel 5054N cell phone also was missing, the resident told police. The resident told police she had loaned it to an individual with whom she had
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been in a relationship, but he failed to return the phone after the relationship ended, police said. Illegal dumping Several pieces of furniture were dumped along the tracks of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad at the end of Fulling Mill Road, police report. A railroad representative said trash and vehicles have been dumped at the location in the past. The railroad asked for police patrols to stop dumping. Teen charged A 15-year-old Middletown resident was been charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment following an altercation on April 12 at Middletown Area High School, police report. The teenager threatened and tried to hit another student in the gym, police said.
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-Sons of Am. Legion - 5 pm -BINGO, Londonderry Fire Co. Doors Open - Noon; First Game - 2 pm
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-Red Rose Rebekah Lodge #586 - 1 pm -Alzheimer’s Support Group, @ Frey Village - 6:30 pm -Lower Dauphin School Board - 7 pm -Steelton Boro Council - 6:30 pm -Londonderry Twp. Planning Commission - 7 pm
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-M-town Library Board - 6 pm -Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -Royalton Boro Council - 7 pm -Highspire Planning Commission - 7 pm -M-town Library: Wee Readers, Birth-24 months - 10 am Preschool Story Time, 2-6 years - 11 am For more info call 944-6412
-M-town Alumni Assoc. - 8 pm -ABWA, Olmsted Chapter - 6 pm -Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -M-town Area School District: Academic Affairs Committee - 6:30 pm Personnel Committee - 7:30 pm Finance Committee - 8 pm -Dauphin County Board of Assessment Appeals - 8:30 am -Highspire Boro Council - 7 pm -Middletown Library: Wee Readers, Birth-24 months - 10 am Preschool Story Time, 2-6 years - 11 am Spring Book Sale - 10 am-7:30 pm
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-M-town Kiwanis - 6 pm -M-town Am. Legion Board - 7 pm -MASD Board - 7 pm -Lower Swatara Twp. Municipal Authority - 7 pm -M-town Historical Society - 7 pm
-Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -Londonderry Lionettes - 7 pm
-Middletown Library: Spring Book Sale - 10 am-4 pm 1/2 price day
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-Lower Swatara Twp. Commissioners - 7 pm -Dauphin County: Board of Commissioners - 10 am
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-Mother’s Day Spring Celebration - 10 am-2 pm @M-town Home, W. Hbg. Pike -Spring Open House - 10 am-2 pm @Strites Orchard, Chambers Hill area off Rt. 322
-Londonderry Senior Citizens - 1 pm -Highspire Boro Authority - 7 pm -Steel-High School Board - 6:30 pm
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-BINGO, Lower Swatara Fire Hall - 7 pm -Dauphin County: Board of Commissioners - 10 am -Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority - 8 am
-Lower Swatara Lions - 6:30 pm -M-town Library: LEGO® Junior Maker Club - 6:30 pm -Lower Swatara Twp. Planning Commission - 7 pm
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Middletown Memorial Day Parade
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Middletown Borough Council voted 7-1 to hire former public works director Ken Klinepeter as the borough’s new manager on Tuesday, April 19. Klinepeter, who worked more than 30 years for the borough before retiring in 2014, would be paid $80,000 a year and start on Wednesday, May 4 should he accept council’s offer, Council President Ben Kapenstein said. Once Klinepeter is on board, the borough wil move faster to fill a number of other key staff vacancies, Kapenstein said, including a director of finance and administration – a position comparable to an assistant manager – a public works director and a full-time codes and zoning officer. Council has been “holding off” on filling those other vacancies until it hired a new manager, Kapenstein said. Now Klinepeter will have a major role in putting together the rest of his management team, Kapenstein said. Klinepeter worked for the borough for more than 34 years before he retired in August 2014 to become superintendent of public works for Steelton Borough. Klinepeter was making $78,852.80 a year when he retired from Middletown. Klinepeter held the Steelton job for about a year before deciding to return to Middletown – this time working for Suez, formerly United Water, the company that in 2015 took over the operation of Middletown’s public water and sewer systems as part of a 50-year lease approved by council and the Middletown Borough Authority in 2014. Before the vote to hire Klinepeter, council agreed to advertise changes in the current ordinance setting the qualifications for borough manager and eliminating the requirement that the manager must live in the borough. The manager would no longer be required to have “at least a four-year degree’’ but instead would be chosen “on the basis of his or her executive and administrative abilities, with special reference to his or her actual experience in, or his or her knowledge of, accepted practices in respect to
Ken Klinepeter the duties of his or her office,’’ the proposed change says. The manager would not longer be required to live in the borough, but must live in the Middletown Area School District, which includes Royalton and Lower Swatara Twp., the change says. Councilor Robert Louer cast the only vote against advertising the proposed changes. Klinepeter was the last person standing in a process that began in January, when a new council majority that was elected in 2015 advertised for applicants to replace the borough’s previous manager, Tim Konek, who resigned in late December. Klinepeter was one of 29 applicants for the borough manager position, Kapenstein said. Council’s administration and personnel committee screened the 29 down to eight, and the list was cut to four through phone interviews. Then council as a whole, plus Mayor James H. Curry III, conducted inperson interviews with the four candidates during closed-door executive sessions, Klinepeter and one other candidate emerged as finalists, and both were brought in for a second in-person interview. Council was assisted throughout the process by Nancy Hess, a human relations consultant working for the borough as part of the state’s Early Intervention Program, Kapenstein said. “It came down to Ken’s experience with the borough, his leadership abilities that we had seen in the past,”
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Happy end of April to you all! Have you been enjoying the poetry? I sure have – so I will be continuing it into May. Please feel free to submit your poetry – get creative and share with your neighbors! Happy Administrative Professionals Day to all the hard working admins out there! I hope your day is special and fun. Teacher Appreciation Day is Tuesday, May 3. Maybe it is time to write a poem of gratitude to your teacher kids? I hope all the students are extra nice to the teachers next week. Here is a poem for teachers, by Raymond A. Foss: Mrs. Oleksak My teacher A force in my life Keeping me with the pack Putting herself out To give me a chance To succeed. Please have a wonderful spring week. Birthdays Happy cake day with shouts of joy and lots of noise to sweet Amy Rhodes of Hummelstown on Wednesday, April 27. I hope you week is tip-top – like you, Amy! Nate Bowers is 25 on Wednesday, April 27. Where does the time go? Have an excellent day, Nate. Heather Richards of Middletown marks her 20th birthday on Thursday, April 28. Hoping the sky is full of sunshine for you, Heather. Enjoy! Happy birthday to Samantha Noss of Lower Swatara Twp. on Thursday, April 28. She will celebrate with 24 candles atop her cake, Have fun, Sammie! Twins Jordan Arnold and Eddie Arnold of Lower Swatara celebrate their 20th happy birthdays on Friday, April 29. I hope this year is extraspecial for you both. Happy cool-parade day to Carly Williams of Lower Swatara on Saturday, April 30. She hits No. 21. Congrats! Yalyssa Ortiz of Middletown will hear the birthday song on Saturday, April 30 as he turns 15. Happy birthday weekend to you! Best wishes for the best birthday yet to Austin Wolf of Lower Swatara. Austin turns the Big 12 on Saturday, April 30. Happy May Day birthday to Brandon
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Kapenstein said. “It was just his overall presence, his love for the community (that) I think is what really made him stick out. How he cares about the people here. You could see that and anybody who knows him knows that. He’s a known commodity. We think the community will benefit from him being here.” Kapenstein conceded that Klinepeter has never exclusively been a fulltime borough manager. However, Klinepeter was acting borough manager for a time during his career in Middletown, Kapenstein said. Klinepeter also often filled the role of manager on an acting basis when the permanent manager was unavailable, Kapenstein added. Councilor Diana McGlone voted against hiring Klinepeter, saying after the vote that her dissent wasn’t about Klinepeter, but a criticism of the hiring process, which she believes should have been more open. “I would have liked to have seen the top two candidates presented before council and also the public, so that they had an opportunity to see who we were selecting, and then also provide any additional comments to the candidates that we had selected as the top two,” McGlone said. Kapenstein declined to identify the other finalist. He defended as “extremely strong” the process that resulted in the hiring of Klinepeter. “We did it the right way,’’he said. “We went through a competitive process.” Kapenstein contended that public interviews can also become “unproductive” because of so many people getting involved. “The people put us in office to make the decisions. We did our due diligence and we made the decision,” he said. “We didn’t just pick somebody off the street. We went through the whole process and it was a hard process. “Just because it came out that it was Kenny has nothing to do with that we all know Kenny – it was that Kenny was the best qualified candidate that we felt is going to do the best job,’’ Kapenstein said, “and that’s why Kenny was the ultimate choice.” Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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Night at Highspire United Methodist Church, 170 Second St., Highspire on Saturday, May 14. Start the night off with a spaghetti dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. The dinner menu: spaghetti, meatballs, bread sticks, salad, beverages and dessert. There is a cost for the meal. All proceeds go to Vacation Bible School activities at the church, which will be held Aug. 1-5. Feel free to stay and see the movie, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” at 6:30 p.m. The movie is free, the popcorn is free and the water is free! Come on out. Delaware Valley honor society Lia Schmittel, of Middletown, will be inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education, on Friday, April 29 at Delaware Valley University, Doylestown. Penn State honor society Kelley Alberico, of Middletown, and Erin Vrana, of Hummelstown, were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Penn State University, University Park. IUP honor society Kara Kupchella, of Elizabethtown, was initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana County. Widener honors society Joseph Betz and Emily Swope, both of Elizabethtown, were inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, a freshman honor society, at Widener University, Chester. Quote of the Week “Life isn’t just about talent. It’s also about tenacity. Far more, it’s about the power of love.” – Liz Curtis Higgs, author and blogger. Question of the Week What is your favorite picnic or barbecue food? “Texas dry-rub ribs.” – Scott Ackerman, Lower Swatara. “Hot dogs and macaroni salad.” – Jay Whye, Hershey. “Watermelon, sandwiches, chips, water.” – Nina Santiago, Paxton. “Watermelon!” – Pia Montalvo, Lower Paxton. “Phyllis Lohr’s barbecue.” – Victoria Moist, Hummelstown. Proverb for the Week The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death (14:27).
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• Fairuziana Humam is a graduate student studying community psychology who comes from Indonesia but grew up in Kansas. • Faqirullah Khan was born and raised in the U.S., but his mother is from Afghanistan and his father from Bangladesh. Forty-eight different countries are represented among the students who attend Penn State Harrisburg, said Marcellus Taylor, who is the university’s assistant director of student activities and fraternity/sorority life. Taylor put together the Muslim student event. He was not aware of any incidents on campus or in the Middletown area involving harassment of Muslims. In any case, the forum was part of “being proactive,” Taylor said. Overall, Muslim students sounded more concerned about what life is like for Muslims throughout the U.S. today. “It’s a bit scary to imagine that in a great country like America, there are people out there who think it is not safe to be here and that Muslims are not welcome,” Humam said. Taylor presented a talk that was given in February through the Web site TED.com from Dalia Mogahed titled, “What Do You Think When You Look at Me?”
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nied him in the cab while McMullen worked as a truck driver. McMullen struggles with and grieves the loss, and keeps the positive memories of Daylynn fresh for his young children. McMullen keeps Daylynn close. He sleeps with the urn holding his son’s ashes beside his bed. Two metal buttons atop the urn feature pictures of Daylynn. During the trial for Johnny M. Collins, the man charged with first-degree murder in Daylynn’s death, that began on Monday, April 18, McMullen brought the urn with him to the courtroom. He kept it in plastic grocery bags in the Dauphin County courtroom to avoid having the jurors see it. Daylynn’s remains were in the Dauphin County courtroom when the jury announced a guilty verdict on Thursday, April 21. “Everybody said it’s a first,” McMullen said of the reaction at the courthouse when he brought the urn. “These people want to carry on about their family member in cuffs, and I am holding my baby in a box.” Prosecutors said during the trial that Collins shot Daylynn over a drug debt, and McMullen said he has heard rumors about a previous altercation. The loss stings McMullen, especially because he believes Collins could have made back the money he was owed with his next sale. “These kids are throwing their lives away for a couple of dollars,” he said. “My son was running for his life when he was shot from behind,” McMullen
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“Some people want to ban Muslims and close down mosques,” said Mogahed, standing on a stage and wearing a hijab, the Arabic word often used to describe a headscarf worn by Muslim women and girls. “They talk about my community kind of like we are a tumor in the body of America, and the only question is are we malignant or benign?” “A malignant tumor you extract altogether and a benign tumor you just keep under surveillance,’’ Mogahed said. “The choices don’t make sense because it’s the wrong question. Muslims, like all other Americans, aren’t a tumor in the body of America. We’re a vital organ. Muslims are inventors and teachers, first responders and Olympic athletes.” The rise of ISIS fuels the perception that Islam is “a violent religion,” Mogahed said. “But we would be giving into their narrative if we cast them as representatives of a faith of 1.6 billion people. ISIS has as much to do with Islam as the Ku Klux Klan has to do with Christianity.” The Penn State Harrisburg students talked about their own experiences growing up and leading normal lives in this country. Khadija Hassan was born in Somalia, but has spent most of her life here and feels “as American as can
be.” She sang Christmas carols. But when it came time for the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha, none of her non-Muslim friends knew anything about it. They learned about it from her. For the most part, it seemed like Hassan and other Muslims were anonymous until 9/11. “For millions of Americans I think that was their first introduction to my religion,” Hassan said. As terrible as 9/11 was, it began to force a conversation between Muslims and non-Muslims that continues today, she said. Hassan encourages other students to ask her anything they want about her faith, including why she doesn’t always wear the same headscarf. “That’s the same as any American girl, what kind of dress or what kind of style she has,’’ Hassan said. “I also have a different headscarf every once in a while. That’s just like an expression of me. We might express ourselves differently, but we are still expressing ourselves, as anybody else would.” She thinks of herself and other Muslim students at Penn State Harrisburg as “the bridge that kind of connects from what people know or perceive to know about my religion, and what truly my religion is,’’ she said. But the differences really
aren’t as great as what people think, Hassan said. “Most people will be fairly surprised to learn that we have so much in common that you might actually never know until you hear it from the mouth of someone who has lived outside of this country,” Hassan said. Khan talked of growing up in small town America. His days were filled with McDonald’s french fries, weekend barbecues, going camping and summer vacations. But the KKK had a foothold in the town. Khan’s younger brother was supposed to be born a month after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but Khan’s mother had a miscarriage. “I remember being a 5- or 6-year old sitting in the waiting room hearing nurses talk about him, and the one nurse, said ‘Thank the Lord Jesus Christ that the terrorist child was not born,’ and the other nurse with her agreed,’’ he recalled. “She didn’t say, ‘What you said was wrong.’ ” “It destroyed me emotionally because I did not understand…to find out that my younger brother had passed away in that context before my parents had told me - it was disgusting,” Khan said, the pain of the experience still fresh in his voice. Now, “they want to send me back, they want to send my parents back, and this is heartbreaking because
said. While he acknowledged his son’s choices for the “street life,” McMullen said it should not have killed Daylynn. “He should have been going to Thaddeus Stevens (College of Technology, in Lancaster), but he got caught up in the street life,” McMullen said of his son, who was 21 when he died. Daylynn enjoyed football and track at Cedar Cliff High School in Cumberland County while in foster care. He lived with his father and stepmother in Steelton after he graduated. Stepmother Ashley Ward-McMullen said Daylynn was a “clown” who could make anyone laugh. “He was too smart to be on the streets,” McMullen said. “The streets raise you to bury you.” After Daylynn began spending time with friends from the streets, he spent less time at home. “Once you get caught up in the street, it’s hard to get back home life,” McMullen said. He said he understood that Daylynn did not want to stay in and be quiet with rules in place – some of Daylynn’s 12 siblings lived with Terry and Ashley. But Daylynn did turn to the streets, and it ended in his death. “He didn’t get the opportunity to see that friends aren’t always your friends,” McMullen said. Ward-McMullen said the couple was awakened a little after midnight – within an hour of the June 3, 2014 shooting – by knocks on the door from McMullen’s ex-girlfriend. They went to the hospital where they waited in
anguish until early morning hours when a police officer gave them the news: Daylynn had died from the shooting in Harrisburg’s Hall Manor. McMullen has spoken out against violence since that day. He joined with other victims’ families to march in Harrisburg and spoke at the Capitol. “When violence hits home, you speak out more,” he said. “There’s too much killing going on in the city of Harrisburg.” McMullen said that so much of the problem stems from “guns popping up everywhere” and drug problems. Drug dealers often get set up in housing projects, and the residents are unable or unwilling to stop them. “It’s easy for somebody to set up shop in a housing project and people won’t stop it,” he said. McMullen supports changes to gun laws because of the senseless violence of the streets. “Guns are falling into people’s hands like candy,” he said. “There should be some type of stricter laws.” When guns are recovered after use in crimes, authorities need to “trace the guns back to the original owner and find out how it got out of his possession,” McMullen said. In many cases, people don’t bother reporting stolen guns, which leads to the confusion, he said.
That’s why he has spoken out against the violence and in favor of holding gun owners responsible. “How are guns getting in the hands of everybody? How is it that guns end up somewhere else and were never reported stolen?” he asked. While he would like some answers, he got an important one from 12 members of a jury. McMullen said he intends to say a few words at the sentencing hearing, which will be held on May 23. “I need to let them know my son did not deserve to die that way,” he said. “There’s a lot I want to say. This [expletive] got to stop.” After the sentencing, McMullen can take a step forward in his own healing as he sees justice served for his son. For now, the father is waiting, with a memorial tattoo to his son on his chest, and his son’s remains nearby.
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If new wells were needed, “that is something the borough would take care of, presumably?’’ Dowling asked Konek. “Presumably,’’ Konek replied. Dowling then asked Mark Bradshaw, an attorney with Stevens & Lee who represented the authority, if he thought that “people would go without water and the borough would do nothing’’ if the wells failed and a new water source was needed. “I don’t have the answer to that, your Honor,’’ Bradshaw said. Kapenstein testified that, according to an opinion from borough solicitor McNees Wallace & Nurick, PUC approval for the dissolution of the authority was not needed. Council was “assured by an attorney that there would be no reason to put anything before the PUC,’’ he testified. The borough and authority both knew that the wells would be put through the re-permitting process in the next three years regardless of the transfer of the water system to the borough, Kapenstein said. A motion by Councilor Robert Louer in November to “keep the authority around’’ was approved by council in
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my father has been here since he was a Ph.D. student,’’ Khan said. “My mother came here when she was only 18 or 19 as a refugee. The thought of sending them back, to two separate places first of all, is horrendous. It splits apart a family.” Moreover, Khan said his mother has no home to which to return. The town in Afghanistan where she is from was destroyed by U.S. bombs in 2002, because the Americans thought the Taliban was there. “I don’t consider myself less of an American after 9/11 as I did before 9/11,’’ Khan said. “But the rest of America doesn’t seem to see me the same way.” Despite that experience, Khan sounds optimistic as he looks ahead. “America has the hope in all of us,’’ he said. “We can make this change, we can avoid such closemindedness, we can make a difference, we can stand up to such evil ways of thinking. Because this is what America stands for. “Being a Muslim does not conflict with being an American,’’ Khan said. “You can be both and you don’t have to practice either in any lesser way.” Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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Daylynn Smith, in his high school football uniform. Submitted photo
November, but it was invalid because the ordinance that created the authority in 1952 “has to be amended by an ordinance,’’ not a resolution, Kapenstein said. Louer also is a member of the authority, as well as former Council President Chris McNamara, who lost his bid for re-election in 2015. Dowling said in his ruling that the authority “failed to demonstrate that it will suffer immediate and irreparable
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harm in the absence of an injunction’’ and failed to show that an injunction “will not adversely affect the public interest.’’ A new majority since has taken seats on council. Council voted on Tuesday, April 19 to seek approval from the PUC to dissolve the authority. The vote includes a notice to the authority to halt spending any more money without council’s approval.
that truck traffic cannot be used on this road, unless it is re-engineered or re-built,” Louer said. Rep. John Payne has told the borough that Ann Street is “not PennDOT’s responsibility,” Louer said. PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny affirmed that position this week, telling the Press And Journal that Ann Street “is a borough street. It is not a state road. It is the responsibility of the borough.” Questions regarding who – the borough or PennDOT – has jurisdiction over Ann Street have come up before, most recently last September, when then-Councilor Mike Bowman sought to ban “jake” brakes on Ann Street. Bowman at the time also said that truck traffic on Ann Street should be restricted to only trucks making local deliveries. If PennDOT has nothing to do with Ann Street, then why did Suez get permits from PennDOT to do the work on the street, Bowman pointed out during a recent council meeting. A Suez representative at the meeting did not answer Bowman’s question. In any event, the borough will have an uphill climb in getting PennDOT to help pay to pave Ann Street, Louer said. “They’ll (PennDOT) try to bail out so they don’t have to spend money,” he said. Louer suggested that the borough approach the owners of Three Mile Island and other companies whose tractor-trailers use Ann Street to see if they would be willing to help pay for repaving the road. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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Middletown Borough Councilor Diana McGlone, left, presents resident Larry Robbins with a Middletown Beautification award during an April 19 council meeting.
Councilor launches program to spruce up borough By Dan Miller
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A Middletown Borough councilor has launched a “Middletown Beautification” campaign to encourage improvements to homes, businesses and public spaces. The campaign initiated by Councilor Diana McGlone includes an Adopt A Flowerbed program in which volunteers and sponsors would commit to planting and maintaining one of
several borough flower beds, including those on the square at Main and Union streets and at the police station at East Emaus Street, from May through September. The borough would cover the cost of flowers and mulch, McGlone said. The campaign will also include contests that will be held on a periodic basis to recognize residents and businesses that go above and beyond regarding the appearance of their properties, she said.
During council’s meeting on Tuesday, April 19, McGlone presented awards for the first contest for April to residents Larry and Sandy Robbins, and to the businesses Reliance Therapy and Black Horse Grille on Main Street. The prizes were underwritten by Members 1st. To learn more about the beautification campaign or to get involved, readers may contact McGlone at 717-3298102 or dmcglone@middletownborough.com.
Sports
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016
Raiders roll past Columbia, Steel-High in track, field meet
MIDDLETOWN AREA TRACK AND FIELD
By Jim Lewis
Press And Journal Staff
After struggling for victories in the past couple seasons, Middletown’s track and field program has claimed several wins this year – including a rare sweep at a tri-meet against
Middletown’s Abel Botterbusch flies over the bar to win the pole vault.
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Columbia and Steelton-Highspire on Wednesday, April 20 in Middletown. The boys’ team defeated Columbia, 112-38, and SteeltonHighspire’s fledgling squad, 132-18, while the girls’ team beat Columbia, 111-28, and Steel-High’s small squad, 130-8. The Blue Raider boys improved to 3-3, while the Raider girls improved to 4-2. Middletown saw several athletes win two events. Hunter Landis won the shot put with a throw of 44 feet, 10 1/2 inches and the discus with a throw of 130 feet, 10 inches, while teammate Tre Leach won the long jump with a distance of 18 feet, 11 inches and the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 6 inches. Matthew Frehse won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.7 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.9, while teammate Tyler Whitfield won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:11.3 and the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:12.2. Middletown’s Jocilyn Koser won the 200-meter run with a time of 28.5 seconds and the 400-meter run with a time of 1:05.2, while teammate Alexis Ulrich won the 100-meter run with a time of 13.4 seconds and the long jump with a distance of 15 feet, 3 1/2 inches. Middletown collected first-place wins in a number of events. The Raiders swept the boys’ and girls’ pole vault – Abel Botterbusch won the boys’ competition with a vault of 10 feet, 6 inches, while Jess Knisley won the girls’ competition with a vault of 7 feet, 6 inches. Corbin Stetler won the boys’javelin competition with a throw of 126 feet, 10 inches, while teammate Caleb Ocker won the boys’ 3,200-meter run
Photos by Jodi Ocker
Middletown’s Jocelyn Koser, left, hands the baton to teammate Morgan Danilowicz in the 4x100-meter relay.
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MIDDLETOWN AREA BASEBALL
“BABY STEPS’’
Raiders show improvement during busy week By Larry Etter
Press And Journal Staff
Last week turned out to be a very busy six-day stretch for the Middletown baseball team. The Blue Raiders played five games during the span and showed improvement despite three losses. The week also included a win over Harrisburg and a suspended game in a second meeting of a doubleheader with Harrisburg, with the Raiders leading 13-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning. The game will be completed at a future date – if Harrisburg decides to do so. If not, it will be ruled a forfeit victory for the Raiders (3-10, 2-8 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Keystone Division). Middletown Coach Steve Shuleski noted his team’s improved play during the past two weeks and called the progress “baby steps” toward getting more competitive as the season approaches the final third of the schedule.
Hershey 11 Middletown 6
Eleven hits, including a home run, two triples and a double on offense and a pair of double plays turned by the defense were good for the Raiders, but Hershey’s batters punched out 13 hits in the Trojans’ 11-6 win on Monday, April 18 in Middletown. Keyed by a two-out triple and back-to-back singles off Middletown starter Noah Zimmerman, Hershey scored two runs in the top of the first inning to take an early lead. But the Raiders answered with a pair of runs in the home half to tie the score. With two outs, Johan Sanchez-Padilla singled and Brandon Harper ripped his first homer of his career to dead center to draw the Raiders even. The score remained deadlocked through the second inning as Zimmerman and Hershey’s Connor Gurt dueled on the mound. A oneout single by Middletown’s Jimmy Fitzpatrick went unrewarded in the bottom of the frame. Hershey, however, broke the tie with four runs in the top of the third inning. Pat Blackall scored the first run on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Sullivan and Grant Santangelo’s RBI double produced the second
one. A fielding error by the Raiders allowed the two more runs to score to give the Trojans (10-4, 9-2) a 6-2 lead. Middletown’s Brendan Dintiman singled in the bottom of the frame but he, too, was left stranded. The Trojans picked up two more runs in the top of the fourth inning via three doubles, two of which came off reliever Michael Mattes. Middletown’s Rich Castagna led off the home half of the fourth inning with a single up the middle and advanced to second on a fielder’s choice groundout by Justin Imler. After Fitzpatrick’s bloop single put two runners on base, Castagna was caught in a rundown for the second out. But Zimmerman hammered a two-run triple to center to make it an 8-4 game before Gurt ended the rally with a groundout. The Middletown defense turned a 6-4-3 double play in the top of the fifth inning to keep the score unchanged. The Raiders threatened in the bottom of the fifth when SanchezPadilla doubled with one out and Harper and Castagna followed with singles. But Sanchez-Padilla was thrown out at third prior to Castagna’s hit and Gurt and the Hershey defense got out of trouble when Castagna was caught in a rundown. Hershey added another run in the top of the sixth inning and two more in the top of the seventh to push its lead to 11-4. Middletown’s Blake Jacoby led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a walk and scored on Harper’s two-out triple to left. Harper scored on a wild pitch for the Raiders’ sixth run, but a ground out ended the rally and the game.
CD East 7 Middletown 2
Down by just a 1-0 count early, the Raiders hung close with the Panthers through 3½ innings before Central Dauphin East erupted for five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to win on Wednesday, April 20 in Lower Paxton Twp. That 6-0 lead turned out to be enough for the home team to absorb a pair of sixth-inning runs by the Middletown nine as East (6-8, 4-7) avenged an early season loss to the Raiders on March 31. The Panthers used six hits and a walk
Photo by Jodi Ocker
Brandon Harper struck out nine Harrisburg batters in his complete-game pitching victory over the Cougars. to plate the five runs in the decisive fourth frame. The Raiders finally broke their scoreless drought with their only two runs in the top of the sixth stanza. With one out, Harper doubled to left center and went to third on a single by Sanchez-Padilla. Tristan Maxwell’s sacrifice fly to right knocked in Harper for the first run and moved Sanchez-Padilla to third. Fitzpatrick was safe on an error that allowed Sanchez-Padilla to score the other run to make it 6-2. East tacked on another run in the bottom of the sixth inning and Middletown’s Jacoby was left stranded following a one-out double in the top of the seventh.
Middletown 11 Harrisburg 3
In Game One of a scheduled double-header with visiting Har-
risburg on Friday, April 22, the Raiders subdued the Cougars (111, 0-10) by an 11-3 count. Game Two was not completed, suspended after 3½ innings because of approaching darkness with the Middletown squad leading, 13-0. Harper earned the pitching win in Game One with his complete game effort on the mound for the victors. Harper recorded nine strikeouts against four walks and scattered seven hits in the win. The Cougars scored twice in the top of the first inning off a pair of singles and a hit batsman. But the Raiders retaliated with two of their own to knot the score after one inning of play. Jacoby was hit by a pitch leading off the bottom of the first and ran to second on an errant pickoff attempt by Please See BASEBALL, Page B3
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Photos by Jodi Ocker
Brendan Douglass throws the shot put.
Middletown’s Caleb Ocker, left, and Laddie Springer, center, finished first and second, respectively, in the 3,200-meter run.
Photos by Don Graham
Middletown’s Mali Akakpo-Martin (21) slides safely into third base against Boiling Springs.
Raiders beat Harrisburg; LD keeps rolling Cheyanne Frayre and Kylee Nester each drove in two runs and pitcher Maddy Sweigart surrendered just one hit as Middletown defeated Harrisburg, 13-1, in softball on Friday, April 22 in Harrisburg. Hail Akakpo-Martin went 2-for-4 with an RBI and third baseman Kayla Warhol scored three runs for the Blue Raiders (3-11, 3-8 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Keystone Division), who needed just five innings to secure the victory. Ahead 2-1, Middletown scored five runs in the second inning and four more in the third to take an 11-1 lead. The Cougars (0-11, 0-11) committed four errors. Gabby Krupilis went 1-for-3 and drove in a run, Morgan Noon went 1-for-1 and scored two runs and Riley
Elhajj went 1-for-3 for Middletown. Rachel Applegate scored three runs for the Raiders. Ebony Brown recorded Harrisburg’s only hit against Sweigart.
Boiling Springs 6 Middletown 5
Boiling Springs scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to overcome the Raiders on Saturday, April 23 in Middletown. The Bubblers jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but Middletown answered with a run in the second. Down 4-1, the Raiders exploded for four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 5-4 lead that they carried into the seventh inning. But Boiling Springs came back to steal the victory.
Warhola was 2-for-3 at the plate, while Krupilis was 2-for-4, including a triple, to lead Middletown.
Lower Dauphin 9 CD East 0
Pitcher Ava Bottiglia gave up just one hit and struck out 14 batters to lead Lower Dauphin to a shutout victory over Central Dauphin East on Friday, April 22 in Lower Paxton Twp. The Falcons (11-1, 11-0 in the MidPenn Conference’s Keystone Division) scored four runs in the top of the third inning to break open a close 1-0 game. Kayla Hall and Kaylee Stoner each had three hits to lead Lower Dauphin’s 13-hit attack against the Panthers (6-4, 6-3).
Hunter Landis throws the javelin for Middletown. Landis won the boys’ shot put and discus.
Malaya Nester competes in the 800-meter run.
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with a time of 11 minutes, 52 seconds; Chris Plummer won the triple jump with a distance of 36 feet, 1 inch; and Antonio Gamble won the 200-meter run with a time of 24.5 seconds. In the girls’ competition, Middle-
COLLEGE BASEBALL
town’s Chantel Boes won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.3 seconds, while teammate Gabby Carter won the shot put with a throw of 25 feet, 1/2 inch; Jennifer Harrison won the triple jump with a distance of 28 feet, 6 inches; and Katie Kennedy won the high jump with a height of 4 feet, 10
Middletown’s Tyler Whitfield set the pace in the 1,600-meter run, one of two events he won.
inches. Steelton-Highspire’s Zuleyka Folk won first place in the discus with a throw of 73 feet, 3 inches. Jim Lewis: 717-944-4628, or jimlewis@pressandjournal.com
UPSET
Lions stun No. 1 Frostburg St. in CAC playoffs For The Press And Journal Middletown’s Kylee Nester winds up to throw a pitch against Boiling Springs.
Gabby Krupilis slugs a triple for Middletown in a loss to Central Dauphin East.
LOWER DAUPHIN VOLLEYBALL
Falcons edge Mechanicsburg in thriller, 3-2 Justin McIntyre made 17 kills and Logan Baker recorded 45 assists as Lower Dauphin subdued Mechanicsburg, 3-2, in a thrilling boys’ volleyball match on Thursday, April 21 in Hummelstown. Chase Mader made 21 digs and Jefferson Waters added 14 kills, 14 digs and one block for the Falcons (5-3,
3-3 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Keystone Division). Lower Dauphin won the first two sets, 25-17, 28-26, then saw Mechanicsburg (5-3, 3-3) come back to win the next two, 25-17, 25-22. The Falcons rallied to win the final set, 15-11. Josh Helfrich added 10 kills and 10 digs, while Ivan Amato added 5 kills
and 3 blocks and Danile Beaver added 3 blocks for the Falcons. The junior varsity match also was close, with Lower Dauphin rallying for a 2-1 victory. The Falcons lost the first set, 25-18, then bounced back to win the second set, 25-23, and the third set, 15-9.
They were the lowest seed in the Capital Athletic Conference baseball playoffs, but Penn State Harrisburg shocked the league by smacking its top team out of the park. The Lions opened the doubleelimination tournament with a 14-0 victory over top-seeded Frostburg St. on Tuesday, April 14 – at the Bobcats’ home field in Frostburg, Md., no less. Freshman pitcher Mark Artley surrendered only two hits and struck out 11 batters and Penn State Harrisburg erupted for eight runs in the fifth inning to stun Frostburg St. Travis VanHouten drove in four runs for the sixth-seeded Lions (18-23), who made their firstever appearance in the conference tournament. But the Cinderella Lions could not
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ride the momentum to more upsets – Penn State Harrisburg lost to No. 4 Wesley, 10-6, on Thursday, April 21, then were eliminated by No. 2 Marymount, 10-6 on Friday, April 22. Salisbury, the No. 3 seed, won the conference tournament, beating Frostburg St., 9-8, on Saturday, April 23 to earn the league’s automatic NCAA Division III championship tournament bid. The Lions were the big surprise of the conference tournament’s first day. Up 1-0 on a sacrifice fly by catcher Tom Denniston in the fourth inning, Penn State Harrisburg buried Frostburg St. in the fifth. David Klein hit a two-run single to make it 3-0, and the Lions scored on an RBI single by Denniston and a throwing error by the Bobcats’ third baseman before VanHouten smashed a triple with the bases loaded to cap the Lions’ eight-run outburst.The Lions added five runs in the sixth inning to pad their lead.Artley pitched seven innings and baffled the Bobcat batters. “It was one of those games where everything worked out as planned.’’ said Penn State Harrisburg Coach Ryan Bown. “Mark did a great job of setting the tone on the mound and everyone else followed.”
Wesley 10 Lions 6
The Lions fell behind early, as Wesley scored five runs in the first two innings. Penn State Harrisburg pulled to within 5-2 on RBI singles by Ethan Kell, a Middletown graduate, and Will Quiles in the fifth inning. But the Wolverines scored single runs
in the fifth and sixth innings to extend their lead to 7-2. Denniston’s RBI single in the seventh inning pulled the Lions within 7-3, and Penn State Harrisburg drew within a run with a three-run eighth on a tworun double by Josh Brusker and an RBI single by Blake Reiff. But Wesley answered with three insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Lions could not recover in the ninth. Penn State Harrisburg out-hit Wesley, 18-11.
Marymount 10 Lions 6
Penn State Harrisburg’s Connor Bowers hit a solo homerun and Denniston drove in two runs, but Marymount raced to an early lead and hung on to eliminate the Lions. The Saints scored three runs in the first inning and two in the second off Lion starting pitcher Bobby Patterson, then increased their lead to 7-0 in the third before Penn State Harrisburg answered. An RBI single by Kell, an RBI double by Denniston and a fielding error scored the Lions’ three runs. Marymount scored in each of the first five innings to take 10-3 lead through six. Denison hit an RBI single in the seventh inning to pull the Lions within 10-4, then Bowers’ homer in the eighth got Penn State Harrisburg within 10-5. Reiff scored on a double steal in the ninth inning before Marymount finally subdued the Lions.
MIDDLETOWN AREA BOYS’ TENNIS
Raiders surprise James Buchanan Jacob Spear fought back from a one-set deficit to win a tie-breaking set and No. 1 player Eric Belles won in straight sets to lead Middletown to a 3-2 upset of James Buchanan in a boys’ tennis match on Monday, April 18 at Penn State Harrisburg. It marked the Blue Raiders’ first victory in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Colonial Division this season. Middletown is 1-10 in the division, 4-10 overall. James Buchanan (14-3 overall) fell to 9-3 in the division, a game behind division-leading East Pennsboro (10-2) and Palmyra (10-2). Spear, Middletown’s No. 3 singles player, dropped the first set against James Buchanan’s Josh Summers, then
rallied for a 6-2 victory in the second set and a 6-0 victory in the third. Belles disposed of James Buchanan’s chance Wishard, 6-3, 6-3. The Raiders clinched the victory by winning the No. 1 doubles match. Middletown’s tandem of Connor Gambini and Blake Gill defeated James Buchanan’s Jalen Ayers and Micah Wise, 6-3, 7-5. In the No. 2 singles match, James Buchanan’s Isaac Shenton defeated Middletown’s Garret Deyle, 6-2, 6-0, while in the No. 2 doubles match, James Buchanan’s Luke Leidy and Nick Shank defeated Middletown’s Tommy Lee and Steven Mosher, 7-5, 6-0.
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Standings for 4-27-16 BASEBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 9 2 10-4 Susquehanna Twp. 8 3 8-4 Mechanicsburg 7 3 9-4 Bishop McDevitt 6 4 9-5 Lower Dauphin 6 5 7-6 Palmyra 5 5 7-6 CD East 4 7 6-8 Middletown 2 8 3-10 Harrisburg 0 10 1-11 Last week’s games Boiling Springs 10, Middletown 6 Middletown 11, Harrisburg 3 (1st game) Harrisburg at Middletown, suspended, darkness CD East 7, Middletown 2 Hershey 11, Middletown 6 Lower Dauphin 9, Spring Grove 8 Lower Dauphin 4, CD East 1 Hershey 4, Lower Dauphin 3 Lower Dauphin 10, Bishop McDevitt 4 This week’s games Wednesday, April 27 Middletown at Lower Dauphin, 4 p.m. Friday, April 29 Susquehanna Twp. at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. Lower Dauphin at Mechanicsburg, 4 p.m. Monday, May 2 Lower Dauphin at Susquehanna Twp., 4 p.m. Capital Division W L OVERALL West Perry 6 1 9-3 Northern York 6 1 8-4 East Pennsboro 5 1 7-3 Camp Hill 3 3 5-4 Trinity 2 5 3-6 Steelton-Highspire 1 6 1-7 Milton Hershey 0 6 1-8 Last week’s games Northern York 12, Steelton-Highspire 1 Trinity 11, Steelton-Highspire 7 Camp Hill 13, Steelton-Highspire 2 This week’s games Friday, April 29 East Pennsboro at Steelton-Highspire, 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 2 West Shore Christian at Steelton-Highspire, 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 Steelton-Highspire at Camp Hill, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 11 0 11-1 Mechanics burg 9 1 11-2 CD East 6 3 6-4 Palmyra 5 4 6-5 Bishop McDevitt 5 5 7-7 Susquehanna Twp. 4 6 4-8 Hershey 3 8 3-10 Middletown 3 8 3-11 Harrisburg 0 11 0-11 Last week’s games Boiling Springs 6, Middletown 5 Middletown 13, Harrisburg 1 CD East 17, Middletown 3 Hershey 8, Middletown 0 Lower Dauphin 9, CD East 0 Lower Dauphin 13, Hershey 1 Lower Dauphin 10, Bishop McDevitt 1 This week’s games Wednesday, April 27 Lower Dauphin at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. Friday, April 29 Middletown at Susquehanna Twp., 4:15 p.m. Lower Dauphin at Mechanicsburg, 4:15 p.m. Monday, May 2 Susquehanna Twp. at Lower Dauphin, 4:15 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS MID-PENN CONFERENCE Colonial Division W L OVERALL East Pennsboro 10 2 13-2 Palmyra 10 2 11-3 James Buchanan 9 3 14-3 Bishop McDevitt 5 7 6-7 Camp Hill 5 7 6-7
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Last week’s matches Trinity 3, Middletown 2 Middletown 3, James Buchanan 2 Next week’s matches None Keystone Division Final standings W L OVERALL Hershey 6 0 16-2 Lower Dauphin 5 1 13-3 Mechanicsburg 4 2 8-5 Mifflin County 3 3 4-9 Northern York 2 4 5-9 Susquehanna Twp. 1 5 3-12 CD East 0 6 1-12 Last week’s matches Lower Dauphin 5, Central Dauphin 0 State College 3, Lower Dauphin 2 Lower Dauphin 5, Carlisle 0 This week’s matches None TRACK AND FIELD MID-PENN CONFERENCE BOYS Capital Division W L OVERALL East Pennsboro 3 0 3-0 Camp Hill 4 1 4-1 Bishop McDevitt 2 2 2-2 Northern York 2 2 2-3 Middletown 1 2 3-2 West Perry 1 3 3-3 Last week’s meets Middletown 112, Columbia 38 Middletown 132, Steelton-Highspire 18 This week’s meets Tuesday, May 3 West Perry at Middletown, 4 p.m. Keystone Division W L OVERALL Mechanicsburg 3 0 4-0 Milton Hershey 3 0 3-0 Hershey 2 1 2-1 Palmyra 3 2 3-2 Red Land 2 2 2-2 Susquehanna Twp. 1 2 1-2 Lower Dauphin 1 3 1-5 Cedar Cliff 0 5 0-5 Last week’s meets Lower Dauphin 97, Cedar Cliff 53 This week’s meets Tuesday, May 3 Mechanicsburg at Lower Dauphin, 3:45 p.m. 90th Jack Roddick Boys’ Class AAA Invitational (at Shippensburg University) 1. State College (130 points) 2. Williamsport (60) 3. CD East (47) 4. Hempfield (46) 5. Carlisle 45.5) 16. Lower Dauphin (13) Lower Dauphin leaders: Kyler Shea, second place, 3,200-meter run, 9:37.14; 4x800 relay team (Cassel, Giannoscoli, Gingrich, Schankweiler), fourth place, 8:14.82
Last week’s meets Cedar Cliff 76, Lower Dauphin 74 This week’s meets Tuesday, May 3 Mechanics burg at Lower Dauphin, 3:45 p.m. 90th Jack Roddick Girls’ Class AAA Invitational (at Shippensburg University) 1. State College (86.5 points) 2. Susquehanna Twp. (77) 3. Cumberland Valley (57.5) 4. Liberty (53) 5. Cedar Cliff (37) T-37. Lower Dauphin (6) Lower Dauphin leaders: Ella Breidenstine, third place, 3,200-meter run, 11:04.10 BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 5 1 9-1 Red Land 4 2 5-4 Northern York 3 3 7-3 Lower Dauphin 3 3 5-3 Mechanicsburg 3 3 5-3 Cedar Cliff 0 6 0-7 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 3, Mechanicsburg 2 Red Land 3, Lower Dauphin 0 This week’s games Thursday, April 28 Hershey at Lower Dauphin, 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 2 Chambersburg at Lower Dauphin, 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 Lower Dauphin at Cedar Cliff, 7 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE W L OVERALL Hershey 4 0 10-2 Palmyra 1 0 6-4 Central Dauphin 3 1 7-4 Lower Dauphin 1 2 4-7 Bishop McDevitt 1 4 4-6 CD East 0 3 0-10 Last week’s games Hershey 9, Lower Dauphin 1 Central Dauphin 10, Lower Dauphin 4 Lower Dauphin 10, Bishop McDevitt 9 This week’s games Thursday, April 28 CD East at Lower Dauphin, 4:15 p.m. Saturday, April 30 Cedar Crest at Lower Dauphin, 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 3 Lower Dauphin at Mechanicsburg, 4:30 p.m. GIRLS’ LACROSSE MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Central Dauphin 3 0 9-1 Hershey 1 1 7-4 Palmyra 0 0 4-5 Lower Dauphin 0 1 4-7 CD East 0 2 2-8
GIRLS Capital Division W L OVERALL Northern York 4 0 5-0 Bishop McDevitt 3 1 3-1 East Pennsboro 2 1 2-1 Trinity 2 1 2-1 Middletown 2 2 4-2 Camp Hill 2 3 2-3 West Perry 0 4 1-5
Last week’s games Central Dauphin 17, Lower Dauphin 5 Governor Mifflin 18, Lower Dauphin 7
Last week’s meets Middletown 111, Columbia 28 Middletown 130, Steelton-Highspire 8
Monday, May 2 Spring Grove at Lower Dauphin, 7 p.m.
This week’s meets Tuesday, May 3 West Perry at Middletown, 4 p.m. Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 3 0 3-0 Cedar Cliff 4 1 4-1 Palmyra 4 1 4-1 Mechanics burg 2 1 2-2 Lower Dauphin 2 2 3-3 Milton Hershey 0 3 0-3 Susquehanna Twp. 0 3 0-3 Red Land 0 4 0-4
This week’s games Thursday, April 28 Lower Dauphin at CD East, 4:15 p.m. Saturday, April 30 Lower Dauphin at Cedar Crest, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, May 3 Mechanicsburg at Lower Dauphin, 7 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Playoffs Penn State Harrisburg 14, Frostburg St. 0 Wesley 10, Penn State Harrisburg 6 Marymount 10, Penn State Harrisburg 6 (Penn State Harrisburg eliminated) Maywood 5, Penn State Harrisburg (12 innings) This week’s games Wednesday, April 27
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Juanita at Penn State Harrisburg, 4 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Last week’s games Albright 3, Penn State Harrisburg 2 Albright 4, Penn State Harrisburg 3 This week’s games None YOUTH BASEBALL LPWH LEAGUE MAJORS National Division W L Middletown 1 2 PHR Green 1 2 Paxtonia No. 1 1 2 West Hanover Red 0 3 American Division W L Lower Swatara 3 0 PHR Black 3 0 Paxtonia No. 2 3 0 Penn Gardens 0 3 Last week’s games Lower Swatara 5, Middletown 4
Paxtonia No. 2 17, Middletown 3 Lower Swatara 6, PHR Green 1 This week’s games Wednesday, April 27 West Hanover Red at Middletown, 5:45 p.m., Kiwanis Park, Royalton Thursday, April 28 Lower Swatara at Penn Gardens, 5:45 p.m. Monday, May 2 Middletown at Paxtonia No. 1, 6p.m. Tuesday, May 3 PHR Black at Lower Swatara, 6 p.m. MINORS Paxtonia No. 4 Paxtonia No. 3 PHR Royal Lower Swatara Red Middletown Gold Lower Swatara Black PHR Carolina Lower Swatara Orange Paxtonia No. 7
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Harrisburg pitcher David Feliciano. Dintiman’s single moved Jacoby to third and, with one out, Harper was safe on an error at first base, allowing Jacoby to score. Castagna walked with the bases loaded for the tying score. The Cougars went down in order in the top of the second inning on a strikeout and two groundouts and the Raiders plated two more runs in the home half to take the lead at 4-2. After Zimmerman walked to start the home half of the inning, Jacoby greeted new Harrisburg pitcher Wilson Coronado with a run-scoring triple to left. Dintiman’s single knocked in Jacoby for the second run. Harper worked his way out of a basesloaded jam in the top of the third inning after an error, walk and bloop single filled the bags with Cougars. Harper struck out Coronado to end the threat. Walks to Castagna and Justin Imler, and a bloop single by Zimmerman loaded the bases for Middletown to start the bottom of the third inning. A sac fly by Jacoby and a fielder’s choice ground ball by Dintiman pushed the Middletown lead to 6-2. The score remained unchanged until the Middletown nine plated five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Following a one-out error by the Cougars off a fly ball by Maxwell and a walk to Aaron Montgomery, Imler drove both runners home with a sharp double to left field. Imler scored on Zimmerman’s RBI single. After Zimmerman went to third on a throwing error, David
Alcock drew a walk to put runners at the corners. Zimmerman scored on a wild pitch and Sanchez-Padilla drove in Alcock for run No. 11 with a double. The Cougars tried to rally in the top of the seventh inning and managed to collect one run with two outs after leading off the frame with back-toback singles. But Harper prevented further damage with his ninth strikeout of the game to ice the win.
Boiling Springs 10 Middletown 6
The Raiders fell into a 7-0 hole through the first four innings and tried to fight their way back in a nondivisional contest against Boiling Springs (7-2) on Saturday, April 23. Starting pitcher Sanchez-Padilla was victimized in the early going by the hot-hitting Bubblers, who scored three runs in the first inning, two in the second and two more in the third to claim the early advantage. Zimmerman came on in relief and got the last out of the third to stop the onslaught. The Raiders collected three hits, including a one-out double by Castagna in the fourth inning, but produced no runs until they finally broke the ice in the top of the fifth. Alcock led off the frame with a ground rule double and scored on Dintiman’s single. After stealing second, Dintiman went to third on a fielder’s choice by Zimmerman. Sanchez-Padilla, making up for his rough stint on the mound, cracked a two-run home run to left that made it a 7-3 game. Harper then walked with one out and went to third on a
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Last week’s games Lower Swatara White 10, Lower Swatara Yellow 8 Lower Swatara Orange 16, Middletown Blue 0 West Hanover Black 11, Middletown Green 10 Lower Swatara Red 6, Lower Swatara Black 2 Middletown Gold 12, Middletown Blue 5 Lower Swatara Black 14, Lower Swatara White 4 Lower Swatara Red 10, West Hanover Red 5 Lower Swatara Orange 4, Lower Swatara Yellow 0
wild pitch with two outs. A second wild pitch by Bubbler hurler Tayven Kelley with Imler at the plate allowed Harper to score and pull the Raiders closer at 7-4. But the Bubblers tacked on another run in the bottom of the fifth inning and added two more in the bottom of the sixth to push their lead to 10-4. The Raiders went down fighting, however, and made some noise in the top of the seventh inning against Boiling Springs relief pitcher Hunter Goshorn. With one out, SanchezPadilla drew a base on balls, working Goshorn for seven pitches. On a 1- 2 pitch from Goshorn, Harper ripped a homer over the center field fence, a two-run shot that gave the Raiders their fifth and sixth runs of the game. But that was all the Middletown nine got as the game ended on a pop up and strikeout. Regular starters Fitzpatrick (arm injury) and Jacoby (emergency appendectomy) did not play, forcing Shuleski to shuffle his lineup. “The guys played right to the end and that’s all I can ask of them,” Shuleski said of his team. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com
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iddletown’s newest borough manager is a familiar face. Ken Klinepeter worked for the borough for more than 34 years, including a stint as public works director. He is knowledgeable, not just about the duties of the job – he’s served as acting manager in the past – and the borough’s assets, but also the town and its people. He’s served Middletowners well in the past; he no doubt possesses the temperament and desire to again serve Middletowners well as its top administrator. Middletown Borough Council hired him by a 7-1 vote on Tuesday, April 19, at a starting salary of $80,000 – slightly more than the $78,852.80 he was making when he retired in 2014. He starts the job on Wednesday, May 4. Klinepeter was one of 29 applicants for the job. “It was just his overall presence, his love for the community (that) I think is what really made him stick out. How he cares about the people here,’’ said Council President Ben Kapenstein. “You could see that, and anybody who knows him knows that. He’s a known commodity.’’ Kind of a hot commodity, too, since retiring from Middletown during an era of frugality ushered in by a previous council majority that seemed to consider long-time borough employees as more of a financial burden than an asset. He was hired by Steelton as its public works superintendent, and after a year left that job to work for Suez, the company that took over the operation of Middletown’s water and sewer systems as part of a 50-year lease that began in 2015. The only objection raised about his hiring was by Councilor Diana McGlone, who voted against it – not because she didn’t think Klinepeter was a good choice, but because the hiring process was conducted without the public’s participation, she said. Council’s administration and personnel committee screened the 29 applications down to eight, and the list was cut to four through phone interviews. Then council and Mayor James H. Curry III conducted in-person interviews with the four candidates during closeddoor executive sessions, with Klinepeter and one other finalist, who Kapenstein would not name, brought in for a second face-to-face interview behind closed doors. The majority of councilors now serving have criticized a lack of transparency in council’s dealings in recent past; presenting the two finalists to the public for questions and assessment would have been a good thing, a respectful show of transparency and respect towards residents and business owners, we believe. Still, it’s difficult to imagine too many candidates with Klinepeter’s knowledge of Middletown and his passion for the borough.
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Lower Swatara's "misinformation'' about its police After reading the Press And Journal article on the Lower Swatara Twp. Board of Commissioners and their treatment of the police department, along with the follow-up letter by township Manager Anne Shambaugh (“Lower Swatara’s investing wisely in its police force,’’ Viewpoints, April 20), I feel it necessary, acting on behalf of the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Civic Association (LSTPCA), to correct some of the information that was provided by the commissioners; their attorney, Michael Miller; and Shambaugh. Miller stated that the police association refused to negotiate with the township. In truth, with this contract as well as the previous one, the association followed Act 111 procedures for collective bargaining. In all contract negotiations, the LSTPCA provides a written letter of intent to negotiate and obtains a signed copy from the township. Miller referenced the most recent contract: On Feb. 25, 2014, the LSTPCA submitted a letter of intent that was signed upon receipt by Samuel Monticello, then the township’s manager. After a reasonable amount of time for response from the commissioners, the LSTPCA submitted a letter of intent to arbitrate – as is required by Act 111. Again the LSTPCA expressed desire to sit down and negotiate. There was no response from the board. The commissioners not only refused to negotiate, they refused to acknowledge our intent to negotiate. Only at the arbitration hearing did the township submit its list of demands for the contract. The contract arbitration award designated future hired officers to be paid $3,500 more than what our current three-year veteran officers are making. At the time of the award, it was explained that the township would not be hiring any officers in the foreseeable future, not realizing one would retire and another would leave the township after two years. Faced with two vacancies, the township needs to hire but faces the problem of hiring a new officer at a rate above four veteran officers. In order to “justify’’ this, the commissioners use the loss of retirement benefits as the reason for a higher starting wage. Hiring a new officer at $3,500 above current veteran officers’ wage sets the stage for animosity and discontent. Imagine asking the lower-paid officers to train, coach and supervise someone above their pay scale.
for 2016 and low use of overtime’’ as his A new officer would be paid $3,500 more reasoning for the township not replacing than roughly one-third of the current police officers. He used first-quarter figures – cold force. months of the year when the call volumes • Shambaugh erroneously reports that base are generally lower. The officers are genersalaries range “from $48,000-$74,000’’ ally family-oriented and tend to take their without mentioning that four officers with vacations in the warmer months, when three years of service to this township are their kids are out of school. Overtime will paid below $48,000. increase. In response to the commissioners’ saying Shambaugh attempts in her letter to use they are awaiting the LSTPCA’s response one cold month – March 2016 and the 559 to an offer to correct the pay issue: The calls during it – as a comparison to the commissioners never submitted an offer. A number of calls averaged over a 12-month single commissioner offered the LSTPCA to period for the years 2015 and 2014. Her submit an offer for wages above a new ofnumbers for the previous years are artifificer’s salary in exchange for some years of cially inflated. The call volume rises in the post-retirement benefits. Some offer, huh? warmer months, thereby giving a larger • The police officers’ salaries submitted by average per month for those years. the township included the overtime paid to • The police department is currently workofficers, making it appear that the police are ing at minimal staffing levels, fielding only better paid than they are. In order for the two patrol officers officers to make those per shift to cover figures, they had to roughly 15 square work overtime! Those miles. Currently, figures were not base officer is injured pay. Shambaugh touts The Lower Swatara Twp. an and not expected to the officers’ having Police Department is return to duty for the “opportunity to currently working at minimal three to five months. earn as much as 20 time an officer percent more on top staffing levels, fielding only Any is sick or injured, or of their base salary’’ two patrol officers per shift utilizes paid leave, and says that some to cover roughly 15 square it will cause overof the senior officers Shambaugh have made more than miles. time. states that “in times $100,000 and the of need’’ the force’s junior officers nearly detectives can be $60,000. That’s a lot reassigned to patrol. of overtime work to Yes, in the past, one get to those figures detective was put back into patrol due to the when the base pay is so low. township commissioners’ short-sightedness. A cost of that overtime not mentioned is During that time, the remaining detecthe stress, fatigue, risk of on-duty injury tive was unable to keep up with the cases and the possibility of life-threatening errors referred to him. Patrol officers were tasked made by overworked, underpaid police ofwith following up on the cases while still ficers who are trying to make up for being having to perform their patrol duties. Many employed by the lowest paying department cases ended up minimally investigated, in the area. Incidentally, if the police departclosed out and unsolved. In truth, many ment was properly staffed, there would be times the detectives could use a third detecless overtime. tive to work cases. The Lower Swatara Twp. Police Depart• Shambaugh’s letter states that Lower ment is an Accredited Police Agency. That Swatara has one sworn officer per 516 means we adhere to a higher level of stanresidents. The police department has 14 dards in the performance of our duties. The officers (one chief, two detectives, one accrediting agency reviews our department school resource officer and 10 patrolmen). every three years to confirm our perforThe numbers used by Shambaugh would mance. However, we are the lowest paid indicate that there are 7,224 residents in police department in the area – lower than Lower Swatara. The 2010 census indicates departments that are not accredited. that there were 8,200 residents. I doubt the • Miller makes the case of a “drop in calls resident population decrease since 2010, so we’ll use that low figure of 8,200. Divide the 14 officers into the 8,200 residents and the ratio is one officer to 585 residents – however, the chief, two detectives and school resource officer are not on the street patrolling. That leaves 10 patrol officers, or
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a ratio of one officer to 820 residents, which puts Lower Swatara on par with Middletown and Lower Paxton Twp. What Shambaugh fails to take in to account is the thousands of employees that work in Lower Swatara Twp. Consider Tyco, ACT, Phoenix Contact, Phillips, FedEX and all the smaller businesses along that stretch of Fulling Mill Road. Add to that the Pennsylvania Turnpike building and businesses along Eisenhower Boulevard – and don’t forget the “temporary’’ residents in the Penn State Harrisburg campus housing and all the trucking and other businesses scattered throughout the township. Many of the businesses are 24-hour operations. This doesn’t include people passing through the township or students that commute to Penn State Harrisburg. In reality, Shambaugh’s 1:516 ratio is nowhere near accurate. • Shambaugh indicates there are nine marked patrol cars. Of the nine, one is missing in action. There are only eight marked patrol cars. Three have more than 100,000 miles on them (one has 130,000) and one is 12 years old. One hundred thousand miles is not a lot of miles for a family car – however, a police car is used to fight crime, chase speeders, respond to emergencies. They are routinely driven at high rates of speed and under emergency conditions and left idling for extended periods because the police computer equipment would drain the battery if the engine were turned off (and yes, the computer equipment is required to be on during our shift). Then they are driven again under emergency conditions. By the time a police car reaches 100,000 miles, its useful life as a police car is at an end. • I have been employed by Lower Swatara Twp. since 1991. Aside from Chief Richard Brandt, I am the longest-serving officer in the department. Lower Swatara Twp. is a fine community with good people and excellent employees in all departments working for the township. Many choose to live and raise their families here. Over the years, there have been disagreements between the commissioners and the employees. The majority of those disagreements have been resolved without issue. It has only been under the current Board of Commissioners’ leadership that relations have deteriorated to the level of having to publicly respond to the misinformation being given. The LSTPCA would like to thank the Press And Journal and reporter Eric Wise for a well-written article on the board’s actions. Patrolman Randall T. Richards Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department (The writer is vice president of the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Civic Association.)
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hen I was running for the Senate – and again after I was elected – people would ask me, “Mike, how are you going to deal with issues where what you’re voting conflicts with your values?” My answer has always been the same: I would rather lose with principle than win by compromising my principles. However, during the long debate over my medical cannabis legislation, Senate Bill 3, this belief was severely tested. After the House amended, debated, amended and passed SB 3 to bring this much needed and long-overdue medicine to Pennsylvania, I had hoped we were on the road to getting the bill to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. However, as is often the case with any changes to a complicated and sometimes highly-charged issue like medical cannabis, amendments don’t always fit together – there are contradictions and omissions and other details that result in questions about the ability of a proposed bill to become effective law that will achieve its intended results in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, this was the case with amended SB 3 when it returned to the Senate for consideration: There were a number of issues and questions that could not be answered, which led to deep concerns it could not be properly implemented. This fear gave me many sleepless nights, as all Fortunately, we I could think about were the had a medical people who SB cannabis bill 3 is intended to signed into law help: the kids, that will work. the parents, This is the veterans and others who important suffer from because we diseases and never wanted debilitating medical condi- to give anyone tions. As is the case false hope. whenever I’m faced with difficult choices, I prayed for guidance. And, as is often the case when you ask the Lord for help, the answers come in mysterious ways – sometimes through unexpected voices. For me, the answer came through Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-34th District), who said, “This issue is too big, it’s too important and there are too many people depending upon us to get it right.” He added: “For all the times the General Assembly is criticized for acting too quickly, this is one time when we need to take our time to get it right.” That’s what the Senate did during the three weeks the amended SB 3 returned from the House: We worked to “get it right.” After countless hours, these efforts paid off as SB 3 was again overwhelmingly passed by the Senate 42-7 and the House 149-46 and is now law. While some elected officials were reluctant or, at best, lukewarm supporters of the concept and details of SB 3, they all found answers that worked for them in their hearts. For some, it wasn’t an easy decision. I continue to respect the decisions of each – including those who were not able to support SB 3. Everyone gave me the courtesy of listening and due consideration to the proposals I brought to them. Fortunately, we had a bill signed into law that will work. This is important because we never wanted to give anyone false hope. There were many changes to SB 3 I didn’t like and many that made me uncomfortable. However, rather than looking back, I’d rather look forward to bringing medical marijuana to Pennsylvania. It’s not a perfect bill, but it’s one that will work to bring this much-needed and long overdue medicine to Pennsylvania in a timely manner. After all the time and effort, I can honestly say we got it right. As Corman said, too many people were depending on this and they had waited too long – this issue was too important to have done it otherwise. Mike Folmer is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate. He represents the 48th Senatorial District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Highspire, Londonderry Twp., Steelton and the Swatara Twp. communities of Bressler, Enhaut and Oberlin.
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• “I was sorry to hear about the
recent passing of Ray Reider. He was a 1949 graduate of Middletown High where he excelled in baseball, basketball and was a two-year All League All-Star selection in football. He was arguably the finest lineman to play for the Blue Raiders. Ray coached for a few years at Middletown after graduating from Gettysburg College, where he was a standout in football and baseball. He returned to coach and teach at Gettysburg College. RIP ‘HEAVY.’ ”
• “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, ya
heard that commissioners. You have a successful fully functional PD; it is imperative that you maintain that. That article the Press And Journal wrote was completely factual and that’s why you fear it so much. Honestly, they went easy on ya, too!”
• “Doubling the minimum wages
is just another underhanded way to increase taxes. The more you make, the more you pay. And the pols will use that extra money to fund their favorite adventures, like their pensions, or the teachers’ union pension. C’mon, people, how dumb are we? Who do you think is going to pay that extra $7 an hour? That’s right, the consumer, you and me and the people that think they are getting a $7 raise.”
• “Whose bright idea was it to
spend all that money on the square of Middletown? This is not New York City. Do you really think that is going to bring more business or customers downtown? What a joke. I have never seen such poor decisions and a waste of money as this little town. Why don’t you ask Hummelstown or E-town for help? Look at their businesses and roads, puts this place to shame. So glad I don’t live in this poorly run town!”
• “There is something just a
little off here. I was looking at the cremation service that was going on since I heard so much about it. What stuck out a bit funny to me was, all the things they are saying about atmosphere and so on, that much is very old info, I am finding. So I see there is going to be a hearing in front of the zoning board, because it was approved too fast? If it passes requirements, it does not matter how long it took. If DEP approves it, how can we legally call for a hearing on this? There should be signs asking the zoning committee why – and why is everyone not questioning them for using our tax dollars for this? And when these young owners turn around and start suing over all this, who is going to pay for that? I don’t think this business is being quiet to hide anything. They are letting this group dig their own grave. Zoning, you are making a big mistake and we, Middletown, are going to have to pay for your mistakes.”
• “This is what politicians should
write on their campaign ads: ‘My name is (insert) and I am running for (insert obligatory power hungry position) and I support whatever current cause will get me the most votes, America!’ At least it would be honest. Everyone always says they are going to stop tax increases but they always go up. All liars, or suck at their job? Either way we are screwed, I guess.”
• “So Middletown toddlers and
the proposed crematory don’t mix. Well, this is to you hypocrites with the signs in your yard – do the toddlers and all the second-hand cigarette smoke in your homes mix? Yes, I am talking to you there on Emaus and Water streets – I am sure you know who you are.”
• “Middletown, you folks are amazingly entertaining. I guess Sound Off wasn’t enough, now you have these signs. If it weren’t the whole town, I would feel like the rest of us are on ‘Candid Camera.’ ”
• “I hope Bernie and Donald win
the nominations. Those two guys won’t ‘owe’ labor unions or big business so just maybe we’ll have a president that is ‘actually’ for the middle class. $100,000 dollars for a dinner plate? Yeah, Mrs. Clinton, you understand us.”
• “I really hope somebody requests to see the numerous letters the police sent the commissioners asking to meet for negotiations. They said in the paper the police refused to meet to negotiate and that is completely opposite of what really
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happened. See, community this is the kind of people you are dealing with.”
• “I have yet to grasp why the addi-
tion of a crematory to our community has resulted in my normally reasonable neighbors running around screaming, ‘The sky is falling.’ I spent most of my childhood around a crematory and never experienced any issues and that was long before our current state of government regulation.”
• “It won’t be long before the qual-
ity police officers at Lower Swatara Twp. seek employment elsewhere.”
• “Unionize! Never before was it more called for.”
• “So the board of commissioners
in Lower Swatara recently reduced their employees’ bereavement leave from five days to three days. Think about that: If, God forbid, a family member or worse – an employee’s child – died, they now get only three days not five to mourn their loss. Think about how mean-hearted that is.”
• “I’m sick of hearing about the
crematorium. There’s always going to be people that don’t like anything. I just have three words to say about the crematorium, and here’s to all the people against it. BURN, BABY, BURN.”
• “To the lady that put the Finken-
binder sign up and said it is illegal to remove it, remember that when I put a ‘BURN, BABY, BURN’ sign beside it.”
• “So whatever happened to that
vault door that went ‘missing’ from Middletown?”
• “I think the biggest thing the
township manager missed in her letter to the public was that the reason crime is down is because of the level of officers we had and you can’t go by car to residents. When now there is a third officer down, there will be overworked officers out there making split-second decisions, and did she mention how much money we’d save by replacing our officers versus paying our current officers a ton of overtime and having tired, overworked police officers?”
• “I read the letter submitted by
township manager Anne Shambaugh. It was well-written, however it seemed a bit cold when considering police work and the human dynamics of law enforcement and the community. It appears she put some effort into her breakdown and showed us numbers to convince us that it is OK to not replace our police and let the department dwindle. Numbers are just numbers and crime fluctuates from year to year. The biggest failure in her letter is the same failure in the commissioners’ reasons for not replacing police. It is the failure to see how all their reasons make no sense because if it was the truth, how can they explain the number of highway workers hired over the past few years? There have been at least four reasons offered now as to why police aren’t being replaced. What you are telling all of us is that based on ‘car to resident’ ratios you’ve decided we can let our police department grow smaller. Did you include in your stats that there were two murders in Lower Swatara over the past three years? I bet we also did better in the ‘murdered people’ category than the departments around us, too. That is unheard of in Lower Swatara, both nonetheless a sign of the times and all the more reason at the very least we need to maintain our current amount of officers. What happens when officers get hurt or are out on medical leave, how do you cover the 24/7 shifts that need filled to ensure public safety? You touted about all the overtime money the officers can get, but that isn’t free, that means they have to work 16 hours in a row for several days to get that overtime. This results in tired officers who we rely on to save and protect our lives. There just isn’t any logic in any of what you say to us. The chief of police recently gave you back $100,000 from his police budget that he did not spend, but you couldn’t even give him $48,000 to replace ‘one’ of the officers? Why? You could have replaced both officers with the money he gave back to you. I wonder how many members of our community know that fact? You spoke of how you can have your detectives fill patrol
shifts as needed – do you even have a clue as to what your detectives do every day? Do you care to know or will the truth help them? They are constantly investigating crime full time, the most serious of crimes that happen to good people and children. Do you think it is OK or fair to take them away from what they are doing to have them cover patrol shifts because you won’t replace police the same way highway employees are immediately replaced and hired? Here is an idea maybe you can explain to the parent of a child that has been sexually assaulted: that your detective won’t be working their case today because he has to cover a patrol shift. Sound fair? The detectives in Lower Swatara aren’t sitting around waiting for something to do; they are busy every hour of every shift they work for you. You commented about the amount of cars the police have – did you include the mileage of those vehicles used to protect your community? Did you know that many times numerous cars at once are in for repairs? There is never the option to not have police cars available to our police. Did you say that to set up that you may get rid of some of their police vehicles because they got a new one – is it always one step forward, two steps back in dealing with the police? Does somebody feel the need to show the police they are in control of them? The detectives drive hand-me-down cars and they usually find themselves in some of the most dangerous parts of Harrisburg city and in and out of Dauphin County on cases they are working (places I would guess you have never been and only seen in movies), but, hey, if they break down let’s just hope it’s not in a bad area – especially with all the attacks on police this year throughout the country. The police are the most visible part of any township or borough – you all should really take a lot more pride in that. Also police do not increase our taxes significantly in any way – the school district is the biggest source of tax increases in Lower Swatara Twp. Stop trying to put that on the police. The current amount of vehicles our police have is adequate at best. Why didn’t your letter discuss how you are able to replace, add and hire other township employees at will, but not our police officers? Why? I am so happy that our community is becoming more and more involved with this issue and I hope they continue to demand answers. This is proof of the relationship our community has with our police officers. If you gave me the choice of a burglar being arrested or the park being mowed I will pick the burglar capture every time. The people of this community are not stupid, so when you try to explain or justify this again, really give it some thought first. Think of all angles where your story or explanation might fall short and maybe it won’t. The crazy part of all of this mess is that had you just replaced officers as they left none of this would have ever occurred – have you figured it out yet?” • “I am not sure why Mr. Fager cares so much about us (Middletown) and it seems to be unwavering. After all that is being posted in people’s yards, he still smiles and says ‘Don’t worry about that, everything will be OK.’ Everyone knows Mr. Fager prints shirts, signs, banners, flyers and just about anything else we could mention, but he has done nothing. He even went as far to say they have a right to not agree with what we are doing. Even as stones are hitting him, he steps forward. I believe the reason his name did not show up on the new sign is because most of Middletown who know this young man would start speaking up. I ask something of our town: Let’s encourage our neighbors and friends to remove the hateful signs and replace it with a more respectful replacement. Either way, people will see you’re not in favor, but let’s at least show respect to a young man that shows us respect.” • “I see they’re going to put a woman on the $20 bill. While they’re at it, why don’t they bring the $2 bill back and put a gay person on it?”
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ov. Tom Wolf and leaders from both political parties and all three branches of government recently launched an extensive review of the state’s criminal justice system as part of a new Justice Reinvestment Initiative designed to reduce ineffective corrections spending and invest savings in proven public safety strategies. Pennsylvania currently has the highest incarceration rate among all states in the northeast despite reducing its prison population in recent years. The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization assisting the state in its justice reinvestment approach, released an overview of the state’s criminal justice system. The overview found that Pennsylvania is one of only four states in the nation where corrections spending exceeds expenditures on higher education. It also found that between 2004 and 2014, corrections expenditures increased by 40 percent. Over the same period, the state’s incarceration rate increased by 20 percent. Conversely, New York and New Jersey saw their incarceration rates drop by 20 percent and 21 percent, respectively. After our state’s prison population increased by 28 percent between 2002 and 2012, a Justice Reinvestment Initiative conducted by the state in 2012 helped spur a decline in the population to 49,914 people by the end of 2015. These changes generated almost $13 million in savings, close to $4
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million of which was reinvested in areas to enhance public safety, such as victims’ services, effective policing procedures, strengthening probation and local reentry strategies. Despite the impacts from the 2012 reforms, other drivers of incarceration and costs at the state and local levels remain unaddressed. Therefore, the latest justice reinvestment effort will focus on the front end of the system, including sentencing and pretrial policies. To support the new initiative, Wolf also established a bipartisan group of 35 representatives from the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state and local government, as well as other criminal justice stakeholders. Throughout the year, the group will help to develop policy options for introduction in the General Assembly during the 2017 legislative session. The justice reinvestment approach is made possible through funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. I look forward to reading the findings from this initiative. We must work to reduce recidivism to benefit our communities and help ensure taxpayer dollars are being used efficiently.
Bonus for Persian Gulf vets The highly popular bonus program for Persian Gulf veterans was extended until Aug. 31, 2018, thanks to legislation passed by the General Assembly late last year. 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 Operations Desert Shield or Desert Storm, an additional $5,000 is available to the surviving family. Service members who were declared prisoners of war may also be eligible for an additional $5,000. The program was overwhelmingly endorsed by Pennsylvania voters in 2006. For more information or to check eligibility, visit my Web site, RepPayne.com. 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 parts of Swatara Twp.
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The Presbyterian Congregation is located at the corner of Union and Water streets in downtown Middletown. We are a body of Christian people who reach out to others by sharing God’s Word, love, and fellowship. Warm greetings to one and all as we seek to grow closer to our Lord Jesus Christ. Wed., April 27: 6:30 p.m., Bells rehearsal; 7:15 p.m., Chancel Choir rehearsal. Thurs., April 28: 1:30 p.m., Book Club meeting at the Mateer’s. Church school for all ages continues on May 1 from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. We encourage parents to bring the children and teens to class. Adults are welcome to the Adult Forum. The Adult Forum will begin a new theme: What is God Doing Through the Bible? We will hear from our own Pastor Bruce Humphrey as he recaps the Old Testament in four sentences. Please join us. Please join us for worship at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 1 as we celebrate Communion. Our sanctuary is handicapped accessible, and there are also hearing devices for anyone wanting to use one. Nursery is available during
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the service, as well as Bible Listening bags for children to utilize during the service. Do join us. A light lunch will be provided by the Women’s Association after Worship in Fellowship Hall. We are actively involved in support for the Pineford fire survivors from the Sun., April 3 blaze. If you wish to donate to the survivors we encourage you to identify on an offering envelope (above and beyond your regular support of our church) your desire to help. We will collect charitable funds for the next few weeks and then send our congregation’s support directly to the Interfaith Council. Interfaith Council has agreed to add to the various churches’ fire donations some funds from the current Human Needs Fund. Thank you for your compassionate generosity. The Parish Nurse is available by calling the church office at 717-944-4322. For further information, see our Website www.pcmdt.org, visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ Presbyterian Congregation, or call the office.
Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church Middletown
Calvary Church has been a part of the Middletown Borough community since 1936. It has been our privilege to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ all these years and to do so knowing the good news has never changed in over 2000 years. We firmly hold to the Apostles Creed and the Westminster Confession of Faith and its Larger and Shorter Catechisms as clearly teaching what Scripture teaches. If we believe the Gospel of Christ, then by trusting in his death and resurrection for sinners we can and will be forgiven and saved from God’s wrath. Please join
us each Sunday to hear the Gospel. 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.
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Welcome all! May God’s light shine upon us as we gather to worship. May the brilliance of His light and His wisdom fill us. May it be as a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. 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 27-May 3 are always open to everyone. Wed., April 27: 6 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir Rehearsal.
Wesley United Methodist Church Middletown
Wesley “Community” United Methodist Church 64 Ann Street, Middletown, Pa. Office Hours: Mon.-Wed.-Fri. 1-3 p.m. and Wednesday 6:30-8:30 p.m. wesleyumc@co,mcast.com 717-944-6242 It is good to be with you again. If you’re following what’s happening at Wesley, you’ll be excited to know that the fellowship around the tables of God’s Kitchen on Tuesday evenings has reached 60 some folks. They come early and shop for free at the Threads of Hope and they linger around after eating just sharing their lives with new friends and praying for one another. If you haven’t been with us yet, you must stop in; it’s every Tuesday evening at Wesley Fellowship Hall from 6 to 7 p.m. You might consider joining us every Sunday as we gather as the community of faith to encounter God in Christ in a new way through worship and praise as well as in the study of His Story as recorded in the Bible. At Wesley we are looking at the Five Practices of Cultivating a Fruitful life. The week after Easter week we looked at what it means to be radically received into the Body of Christ; the next week we discovered that the “real” reason for coming to Worship on Sunday is to encounter the living Christ. We discovered that Passionate worship has little to do with the style of music we like, but rather how we come into the presence of God in worship. Last week, we discovered that an encounter with Jesus leads us into the Word, we want and need to know all there is about Jesus; his history as a Savior sent to His Jewish people to how His life on earth encounters us today and how the church was birthed through his death and resurrection. Without being grounded in His Word, we are left wondering in the desert of life instead of being transformed into the likeness of God through the testimony of our lives. It’s not too
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CHURCH DIRECTORY Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church 10 Spruce Street • 944-5835
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New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel
630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641 Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
Pastor BRITT STROHECKER Everyone Is Welcome!
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church 329 Market Street, Middletown
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown
Church School - 10 am •Worship Service - 11 am
Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am
Pastor C. VICTORIA BROWN, M.Div. • 215-280-0798
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
Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 121 N. Spring Street, Middletown Church Office 717-944-4651 REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor
Sunday Worship - 8:15 am & 11 am Sunday Church School - 9:45 am - for all ages Saturday Worship - 5 pm - in the Chapel Worship Broadcast on 91.1 FM - 11 am We are a Reconciling in Christ Congregation
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Seven Sorrows BVM Parish
Evangelical United Methodist Church
REV. TED KEATING, JR., Pastor
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Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am
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late to open your Bible and discover with us the joy of “knowing Him.” Small group Bible studies will begin on Sun., May 22. This week we will be looking at Risk-taking Mission and service. WOW, we just experienced that last Thursday when we made 10,000 meals for STOP HUNGER NOW! Come learn how you can make your sacrifice of praise through your time, talents and resources. Every Sunday at 8:30 a.m., the “New Spirit” Praise Team leads us in worship, praise, prayer and the message of intentionally developing our Faith.” At 10:30 a.m., our worship follows the same preaching series, with the hymns of faith being sung to the glory of God. Our Sunday school hours are 9:15 a.m. for the Adult Sunday School Class. Come as you are and discover who God is calling you to become. God’s Kitchen Community Dinners are every Tuesday evening in our Fellowship Hall. The entrance is in the rear across the alley from the parking lot. The dinner is served from 6 to 7 p.m. by the congregations of Wesley, Evangelical, Geyers, Royalton and Highspire. If you normally eat alone, this is an opportunity for you to share a meal in fellowship with other folks who normally eat alone. Come share the bounty of fun, fellowship and a meal. No strings attached! Threads of Hope Clothing ministry which is open the 4th Friday of each month from 4 to 6 p.m. is also open every Tuesday evening during the God’s Kitchen Community Meal. Threads of Hope have clothing and household supplies for the survivors of the Middletown fire. Youth 10Xs Better is every weekday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. with a variety of educational opportunities for youth 3rd to 12th grade such as sewing, cooking, finances God’s way, Bible study, chess class, photography and art classes as well as other events. There is also a Men’s Discipleship Class every Saturday at 8 a.m. Remember, we are your “neighbors” here at Wesley Community Church and we desire to meet you, connect with you and serve the community together with you.
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Middletown
Ebenezer United Methodist Church and Childcare, 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 at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there is a variety of Christian education classes for all ages. There are several things happening at Ebenezer and all are welcome. 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. We also offer a variety of other groups including Bible studies. Come browse our Yard Sale on Sat., May 14 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Raindate is Sat., May 21. Food and drink will be available. Additional parking at 1801 Oberlin Rd. For Yard Sale information please call 939-0766, Ext. 103 or e-mail ebenezercc890@yahoo.com. For additional information please call us at 939-0766 or e-mail us at ebenezerumc890@comcast.net.
New Beginnings Church Middletown
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 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. For security purposes our back and side doors will be locked every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. at the start of worship. The only door for entry after that will be the front door. Wednesdays: Craft Group, 1 p.m.; Choir rehearsals, 6:30 p.m.; Praise Band rehearsals, 7:30 p.m. Thursday evenings Pastor Britt’s Bible study begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by Intercessory Prayer; Sociable Seniors group meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m.; Blanket making is the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9 a.m. We clean the Middletown Food Bank the 3rd Saturday every
other month. Everyone is welcome to participate in these important areas of our church life. Short-term morning Bible Study meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m. “Forever In Love With Jesus.” Covers portraits of Christ from Book of Hosea and the Gospel of John. Community is welcome. Pastor Britt writes a daily devotional on Facebook page, “One Way, One Truth, One Life.” We invite all to read it. Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Graham. Ushers for May: Paula and John Bidoli, Mary Mulka, and Earl Peters. Acolyte for May: Larae Rhine. Our men’s group to inspire and empower men in their faith meets to fellowship and pray together, discussing topics of interest that deal with everyday living. They meet every Thursday morning at 6 a.m. for prayer, and Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. Community men invited. 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.
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran parking lot doors. Church is located at Spring and Union The first Sunday of each month streets, (121 N. Spring St.), Middle- is Food Pantry Sunday. Needed are town. We are a Reconciling In Christ personal care items: toothpaste, Church. toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoos, You are invited to join us for wor- soaps, lotions, and paper products ship on Wednesday morning, Saturday (toilet tissue, tissues, paper towels) and evening and Sunday morning. Sunday food items: cereals, Bisquick, pancake worship times are 8:15 and 11 a.m. mixes, syrup, cake mixes and frostings, Sunday Church School for all ages is condiments (ketchup, mustard, mayo, at 9:45 a.m. Our 11 a.m. worship ser- relishes, pickles and olives), puddings vice is broadcast live on WMSS 91.1. and gelatins. These are items not Wednesday morning service is at 10 consistently purchased or available at a.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual Central PA Food Bank. Items collected traditional service and is 45 minutes are taken to the Middletown Area in length. Please enter through the Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Wyoming Street, Royalton. Individuals may also take items directly to the food pantry, which is open Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Community Action Commission office is open Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the same location. Church and Community Events: Wed., April 27: 10 a.m., Holy Communion in Chapel; 3 to 5 p.m., Homework Club; 7 p.m., Adult Choir. Fri., April 29: 8 a.m. to noon, Spring Tea Prep. Sat., April 30: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Spring Tea; 5 p.m., Holy Communion; 6:30 to 10 p.m., PUREhope Coffeehouse at St. Peter’s, 240 Broad St., Highspire. Sun., May 1: Easter 6; Food Pantry Sunday; 8:15 a.m. (T) Holy Communion; 9:45 a.m., Confirmation/Sunday school; 11 a.m., (C) Holy Communion. Mon., May 2: 6:30 p.m., Bible Study. Tues., May 3: 3 to 5 p.m., Homework Club. Wed., May 4: 1:30 p.m., Interfaith Apts. Holy Communion; 3 to 5 p.m., Homework Club; 7 p.m., Adult Choir. Visit our website at www.stpetersmiddletown.org. Scripture for May 1: Acts 16:9-15; Ps 67; Rev 21:10, 22--22:5; John 14:23-29.
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Thurs., April 28: 6 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067. Sun., May 1: 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. Nursery helpers: Gloria Clouser, Vickie Hubbard. The altar flowers are given in memory of wife and mother Sarah Shellenhamer presented by Ed and family. Tues., May 3: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry.
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itchen remodels can be expensive. To get the best bang for your buck today and tomorrow, you need to know where to splurge and where to save. Here are some pointers. Splurge on the stuff you don’t want to replace later. Make a list of all the items you plan to incorporate in your new kitchen and check off the ones that would be difficult and expensive to replace later. Lighting, for example, can be easily replaced—cabinets and countertops less so. These are the items to splurge on. You can save on everything else. Consider the issue of wear as well. What items in your new kitchen will be used the most? The flooring? The countertops? The cabinetry? The sink? The cooktop? Splurge on the items that will need to stand up to a lot of wear. If you bake little, you may be able to purchase a less expensive oven in favor of a more expensive cooktop. The higher the quality of the piece, the more you will pay for it, but the less likely it will break and need to be replaced. Anything that will save you money in the long run is worth paying for now. Energy-efficient windows and appliances are a must in a kitchen remodel. Sure, they will cost more, but the savings over time will more than make up for the expense now. Preferences and priorities also factor into the equation. Faucets can be easily replaced, but if you can’t envision your new kitchen without the pricey one you have your heart set on, you won’t be pleased with the results. Perhaps you can have
that faucet by cutting costs elsewhere on items that don’t mean as much to you—in the lighting or hardware, for example. Splurge on what matters most to you, whether that be a granite sink or a marble prep area.
Most homeowners do not have limitless budgets for their kitchen remodels. Once you have a budget, sit down and determine what matters most to you and where spending more would make the most sense.
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