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Man pulls gun, robs motorist in St. Peter’s lot
A motorist was robbed at gunpoint when he pulled his car into the parking lot of St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church on North Spring Street to change his infant’s diaper on Sunday, May 8, Middletown police said. The victim pulled into the far end of the parking lot by Scott Avenue around 2:20 p.m. when a man approached the passenger side of the car and pointed a silver handgun, hammer cocked, at him, police said. The victim gave the man his wallet, a pair of Bolle sunglasses, medications, a cell phone and an MP3 player, police said. He also tried to give the robber an inhaler that the victim used for asthma, but the robber refused it. The robber reached into the open car window and rifled through the glove box, police said. He then fled on foot up Scott Avenue and toward Catherine Street, police said. The suspect was believed to be in the area of a field off Hunter Lane south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lower Swatara Twp., based on the tracking of the man’s cell phone, police said.
An eight-hour shift without borough police raises concerns about the size of the borough force other jobs – including working for other police departments in the area. That makes part-timers “difficult to depend upon” in a situation like what happened on April 30, Curry said. Part-timers also cannot be counted on to make a long-term comou can have all the police officers you want, but you mitment to the borough, Bey has pointed out. They often leave have to pay for them. That was the message Mayor James H. Curry III and when a full-time opportunity opens up elsewhere. Some relief is on the way. Funding for one additional full-time Middletown Borough Council had for Middletown officer is included in the borough’s 2016 budget. Bey could not residents during a council meeting on Tuesday, May 3, after it say how soon a new full-time officer will be on board as the hirwas revealed that there were no borough police officers on duty ing process “has just been initiated.” in town from 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, April 30. The borough is a few weeks away from hiring a sixth part-time Middletown residents were never completely unprotected during this time, Curry emphasized, thanks to mutual aid agreements officer, Bey told the Press And Journal. But this may not be enough, in light of the April 30 canary in a that would have brought in police from other nearby jurisdictions coal mine. like Lower Swatara Twp., as well as Pennsylvania state police, The department needs at least one more full-time officer in during an incident or emergency. addition to the new one already authorized Still, “I don’t think that is acceptable,” the for 2016 – plus another two more “down the mayor said of the eight-hour lack of coverage ARE 10 FULL-TIME road,” said Councilor Robert Reid, who superby borough police. OFFICERS ENOUGH? vised the police department during his many What happened on April 30 was described as years as mayor. the inevitable result of a police department that Middletown officials compare “This isn’t something new. The department for a long time has run on a razor-thin margin the size of the borough’s force has been understaffed for years,” Reid said. for error when it comes to manpower. to Lower Swatara Twp. and “When I was mayor I tried to get police offiThe department has 10 full-time officers, the U.S. Justice Department’s cers, and it was the same old story – ‘You have including Chief John Bey. Holding up all 10 of standard – A3 enough.’ When I was informed that we didn’t his fingers and thumbs, Bey counted off all the have any officers on the street from 3 to 11, it circumstances that led to no officers being on scared the hell out of me. All we are doing is putting the citizens duty that Saturday afternoon: The chief had the day off, another of this community in a dangerous situation.” officer was on administrative leave, a sergeant had the day off, Mutual aid agreements are the police equivalent of going to the a criminal investigator only works Monday through Friday, anemergency room. They don’t do anything to prevent the illness in other officer was ill, another officer had an injury to his shooting the first place, Bey said. hand, and those left were on vacation. “They are not going to police our town like we do,’’ he said. This is the first time that no borough police officers have been “They might drive through and respond, but they are not going to on duty for any period in town since Bey started as chief in be proactive and go after these knuckleheads that are tearing our October 2014. “If it wasn’t for the fact that they are dedicated police officers to town down.” At some point, Middletown’s neighbors will tire of answering this community and that they care not only about the community the call – and start demanding something in return, Reid sugbut also about their brother and sister officers, you would never gested. have anybody working,” Bey said. “I’m just being honest be“ ‘Lower Swatara, can you send two or three officers?’ If I was cause they routinely work double shifts, and they’re tired. They living in Lower Swatara I would probably say, ‘Middletown, you are worn out and they are tired.” have your own police department. We are not a police departIn 2013, the Middletown Police Department had 15 full-time officers – including the chief – and two part-time officers. Today, ment for the Borough of Midddletown,’ ” Reid said. Each new full-time police officer costs the borough $137,000 a Bey noted, the department has 10 full-time officers, plus five year, including salary, benefits and the annual contribution to the part-timers. officer’s pension, said Council President Ben Kapenstein. “We’re a full-time service, 365 day-a-year police department. Put another way, each new full-time police officer equals We investigate everything from dog complaints to homicides,” another $56 added to the tax bill of a borough property owner Bey said. “We cannot continue to operate like this. We’re running at bare minimum.” Part-timers can help plug the holes, but most, if not all, have Please See POLICE, Page A6
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“Live staking’’
A strategy to plant trees – and help municipalities meet new state stormwater regulations for free – is taking root at Penn State Harrisburg
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Steelton and Highspire property owners will see a 0.75 mill increase in school property taxes under a 2016-17 budget that won preliminary approval on Monday, May 9 from the SteeltonHighspire School Board. The board approved the budget after it closed its meeting to the public for what it said was legal reasons. The board’s agenda did not list the consideration of the budget as an item for vote. However, near the conclusion of the meeting, Board President Mary Carricato said the board needed to consider the preliminary budget to meet a state deadline. Following the consideration of a proposed budget, school districts must wait 30 days before adopting it. Board members appeared puzzled after Carricato’s announcement, and whispered among themselves and to district staff. Carricato then asked the public to leave the room so the board could meet in a private executive session for legal reasons. Following the executive session, the public was permitted to re-enter the room and the board voted to approve the preliminary budget. There were no deliberations by board members.
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More stringent stormwater regulations aimed at improving local water quality and cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay are being imposed upon Middletown and other municipalities by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Complying with the new requirements will cost money –potentially a lot of money. But some steps that the borough – and borough residents – can take to help meet the new requirements aren’t expensive at all, like planting trees. There are groups that are interested in helping Middletown comply with the new regulations – at no cost to the borough. One is the Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center at Penn State Harrisburg. The center is interested in finding out more about how it can help Middletown to comply with the DEP requirements, said Kristen Kyler, project coordinator for the center. On Tuesday, March 29, the center demonstrated one example of an inexpensive and volunteer-based
NEWS Tree removal at Sunset to begin in fall Crews will begin harvesting trees at Londonderry Twp.’s Sunset Golf Course this fall after a busy season of golf outings, township manager Steve Letavic told the township supervisors on Monday, May 2. Earlier this year, golf course architect Kelly Blake Moran unveiled plans for the course’s new look following the removal of 600 trees found to be in the flight path of Harrisburg International Airport. Letavic said the township will mark the trees for removal, mostly from the course’s first nine holes and the surrounding hillsides, during the next month. Planting could begin in the fall if the timbering schedule and weather permit. Otherwise, the restoration of the course will begin next spring. The project will also entail moving and enlarging the tee box on the fifth hole, changing the sand traps, improving the drainage and installing a new irrigation system.
Thief enters Karns, steals charity donations Middletown police are still looking for a man who stole two cartons of cigarettes and donations meant for victims of muscular dystrophy from the Karns Quality Foods store on South Union Street shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27. Police said the man entered the store by smashing two back door windows. Besides the cigarettes, the man stole two containers from the check-out counters that held donations to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association. There was money in both containers, but the total amount is not known, Chief John Bey told the Press And Journal. Police are looking for help in catching the suspect, who they describe as a black male 20 to 30 years of age, 6 feet tall and wearing a black hoodie, glasses, camouflage-style shorts, black socks and white mid-high sneakers. Police are analyzing video surveillance and forensic evidence collected from the scene. Anyone with information is asked to call Middletown police at 717-902-0627 or the nonemergency number for Dauphin County 911 at 717-558-6900.
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Jennifer Fetter, left, of the Penn State Extension office instructs Penn State Harrisburg students on the proper way to cut a dogwood branch so it can be re-planted and used to shore up the bank of a waterway.
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way that it can help – an exercise called “live staking.” In live staking, branches are cut from trees and then replanted in a stream bank, where they will develop roots and grow into trees. The new trees will help to hold soil in place, preventing erosion and improving stream health. The stream chosen for the live staking isn’t really much of a stream at all, but an unnamed waterway that lies next to the university’s Engineering Technology Laboratory building, the first building on the left when you enter Penn State Harrisburg’s campus off of Route 230. The waterway is in a low area of campus, and as a result collects stormwater runoff from just about everywhere else on Penn State Harrisburg every time there’s a heavy rain, Kyler said. Year after year, that takes a toll, as the rain erodes and washes away the soil that has nothing to hold onto. Planting grass doesn’t do much to anchor the soil, because the roots don’t go deep, said Jennifer Fetter, a water resources educator with the Penn State ExtenPlease See TREES, Page A6
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Londonderry Elementary School is one of three schools in the Lower Dauphin School District that will offer a full-day kindergarten class next fall.
LD approves all-day kindergarten for Londonderry Elementary By Eric Wise
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Londonderry Elementary School and two other schools in the Lower Dauphin School District will hold an all-day kindergarten class this fall under a pilot program approved by the Lower Dauphin School Board on Monday, May 2. Londonderry, East Hanover and Nye elementary schools will have one full-day class along with two half-day kindergarten classes during the first year. Students will be chosen based on academic and social need, said Jim Hazen, district spokesman.
Hazen said that with declining enrollment, the three schools are able to offer one full-day session without adding any teachers. The board will decide next spring whether to extend all-day kindergarten to all students, including those in Conewago and South Hanover elementary schools, which are not part of the pilot program. That may require the addition of one or two teachers for each building. The district would save about $65,000 by eliminating its mid-day bus schedule if all-day kindergarten goes districtPlease See LD , Page A3
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Employees of Phoenix Contact celebrate the plant’s 2015 Top Plant Award outside the company’s Lower Swatara Twp. facility.
Phoenix Contact wins Top Plant Award Phoenix Contact won Plant Engineering Magazine’s 2015 Top Plant Award – and employees at the Lower Swatara Twp. manufacturing facility celebrated with a picnic on Thursday, April 21. Nearly 500 employees gathered for
a group photo in front of a banner at the plant to mark the honor. “This is a distinguished award and everyone in Phoenix Contact USA should take great pride in this accomplishment,’’ said Jack Nehlig, president of Phoenix Contact US.
The Top Plant Award was established in 2004 to honor outstanding manufacturing facilities in North America. Previous winners include BMW, Daimlerchrysler, Hewlett-Packard, Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing and Pfizer Global Supply.
A team from Lower Dauphin High School won the Dauphin County Envirothon, an annual quiz competition about the environment, and will compete for a state title at the Pennsylvania Envirothon on Tuesday, May 24 and Wednesday, May 25 at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove. The winning team was one of two from Lower Dauphin in the 13-team field. The other LD team finished in third place. Competitors had to identify wildlife, fish and trees and answer questions about wildlife and aquatic resources management, forestry practices, soil conservation and management and invasive species. Members of Lower Dauphin’s firstplace team were Allison Michalowski, Rachel Orth, Liam Maguire, Rachel Cassel and Allyson Curtis. Members of the third-place team were Matt Harnsberger, Rosie Levi, Ruth Chambers, Kim Rodemaker and Megan Barr. The teams were coached by Beth Kirman, a Lower Dauphin science teacher. Ron Yerger, the former coach of Lower Dauphin’s Envirothon teams, was honored at the county competition for outstanding achievement. Yerger had coached the teams for 27 years.
Eric Naguski, left, manager of the Dauphin County Conservation District, presents Ron Yerger, a science teacher and long-time Envirothon coach at Lower Dauphin High School, with a plaque for Yerger’s support for the Dauphin County Envirothon during the past 27 years.
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successfully completes ARD, he can apply to get the charges dismissed. The 30-day suspension approved by council is in addition to the time that Bennett has already been on suspension since being charged, Middletown Police Chief John Bey told the Press And Journal. Before Bennett returns to duty he must also comply with “appropriate treatment and follow up testing,” according to council’s action. These are among the “variables” that will ultimately determine how soon Bennett is back on the job, Bey said. Bennett must also separately comply with the court-ordered ARD program, Mayor James H. Curry III told the Press And Journal. Council approved the action 7-1, with Councilor Robert Reid dissenting.
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ARE 10 ENOUGH?
Middletown officials compare size of force to Lower Swatara, Justice Department standard By Dan Miller
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How many full-time police officers does Middletown need? The borough had 15 full-time officers, including the chief. Today the borough has 10 full-time officers, including Chief John Bey. Between 2013 and 2016, a previous majority on Middletown Borough Council slashed borough payroll to reduce, if not eliminate, what it called a structural deficit resulting from the cumulative impact of expenses exceeding revenues year after year. In March 2013, financial consultant Susquehanna Group Advisors recommended that the police force be downsized to 10.2 officers as part of the borough’s Early Intervention Plan. The number was based on crime statistics for Middletown that were reported by borough police to the Uniform Crime Reporting System and information gleaned from the Pennsylvania Governor’s Center for Local Government Services. However, borough officials are now saying more full-time officers are needed in light of what happened on Saturday. April 30, when there were no borough police officers available for duty in Middletown from 3 to 11 p.m. With a population of 8,900, Middletown is “nowhere near” the 2.3 police officers per 1,000 residents that the town should have, a figure based on U.S. Department of Justice standards, Mayor James H. Curry III told council.
By contrast, Lower Swatara Twp. has about 600 fewer residents but six more full-time officers – a total of 16 – than Middletown, Curry said. At present, Lower Swatara has authorized 15 full-time officers in its 2016 budget, though the department currently has 14 full-time officers on its roster. Lower Swatara does not have any part-time officers. In 2013, the average for municipal and township police departments nationwide was 2.1 full-time officers per 1,000 residents, according a study entitled “Local Police Departments, 2013: Personnel, Policies and Practices” released in May 2015 by the Department of Justice. That average has dropped in recent years, from 2.3 per 1,000 in 2007 and 2.5 per 1,000 in 2003, according to the study. If anything, 2.3 officers per 1,000 residents is too low a standard for Middletown, said Councilor Robert Reid, who formerly served as Middletown’s long-time mayor. “When they say 2.3 officers per thousand, that’s the ideal situation, but when you have a community such as we do where people are living on top of one another, it’s a different story,” Reid said. The Middletown Police Department had more calls for service than Lower Swatara – 5,973 calls to 4,259 in the township – for the 12 month-period from Nov. 1, 2013 through Oct. 31, 2014, according to Dauphin County 911 dispatch records. The dispatch records were included in a police regionalization study that was completed for the
Dauphin County commissioners in December 2015 by Police Executive Research Forum of Washington D.C. That works out to 0.67 calls per resident in Middletown, compared to 0.52 in Lower Swatara, according to the dispatch records. How many full-time officers does Bey think is needed in Middletown? “Ideally, I’d like a minimum of 16 full-time officers,” he told the Press And Journal in a recent e-mail. But there’s also more to it than just numbers, Bey told the Press And Journal in a January 2015 interview. “Police work is so fluid,’’ he said. “We get paid not only for what we do, but for what we may have to do.’’ “There are times when a certain shift may seem benign, or slow historically, and then one night – boom – it goes right down the drain,’’ Bey said. “One call can just really rip your shift apart.” Bey said he will have enough officers “when I am able to run my shifts fully manned, without the use of mandatory overtime to keep a minimum number of officers on the street, when the public is being served uninterrupted 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, when, in addition, I am able to go out and do special details like speed enforcement details, roving DUI details. I can do all of that and still maintain my patrol shifts – then, anecdotally, that tells me I have enough manpower.” Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
Lower Swatara agrees to equip police with overdose drug By Eric Wise
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Lower Swatara Twp. police will soon be carrying naxolone, a remedy for a person suffering an accidental overdose, after the Lower Swatara Twp. commissioners voted on Wednesday, April 20 to move forward on obtaining the medication and training their officers. Ed Marsico, Dauphin County district attorney, urged the commissioners to have local police carry naloxone to save lives threatened by opiate abuse or accidental overdose. “It’s a public health crisis,” he said. Heroin and opioid overdose are the most common cause of accidental death in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg police officers needed to use the medicine as soon as they had it to save someone, Marsico said. “A day after it, they saved somebody,” Marsico said. During the first six weeks that Harrisburg police had naloxone, they used it 40 times. Naloxone, also called by the brand name Narcan, is delivered by a nasal spray. Often associated with heroin abuse, naloxone works for any opiate. It could be used for an elderly person who takes the wrong medication or too much medication by mistake, or a child who takes medicine left within reach by a careless adult. “I have heard story after story from parents in the county,” said George Hardwick, a Dauphin County com-
missioner. He advocated the need for the ready availability of emergency treatment to save lives and long-term treatment for addiction problems. “I think our township wants to be part of the cure,” said Tom Mehaffie, president of the Lower Swatara commissioners. Mehaffie supported a vote to start with outfitting and training police, and eventually all township employees. “I initially wasn’t sure about it when I first heard about it,” said Jon G. Wilt, vice president of the township commissioners. He said after getting a better understanding, he is committed to supporting its use. Cheryl Dondero, of the Dauphin County Drug and Alcohol Services, said an increase in overdoses is expected when Pennsylvania gets its prescription monitoring system in place. The system allows doctors to identify people who visit various doctors to obtain pain medications with opiates. As the system identifies them and prevents them from getting prescription medications to abuse, more addicts turn to street opioids, namely heroin, she said. Based on how this worked out in other states, Pennsylvania leaders should brace themselves for a jump in overdoses, Dondero said. Training for administering naloxone takes 20 minutes and is completed using a computer. A Smartphone application provides step-by-step instructions
Lower Swatara woman stops home invaders By Eric Wise
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She kept them out of her house, but the would-be home invaders got in her head. Shannon Peiffer was taking care of her two babies, 1 and 2 years old, on March 15 when two men, dressed in black, ran up to her Lower Swatara home and tried to force their way inside at 10:43 a.m. Peiffer saw them running through the yard to her door and rushed to lock it. “I was fighting with the man at the door trying to push his way in the door,” she said. After it was locked, she whisked the children to a back bedroom. “I just wanted to get us somewhere separate, away from the living room,” she said. Peiffer then summoned Lower Swatara Twp. police, who responded in three minutes. The men were gone when police arrived, said Det. Robert Appleby, of the
Lower Swatara Twp. police. “I haven’t slept since,” Peiffer said. Peiffer said she was unsure why the men were trying to get into her home at the 100 block of Park Drive in Lower Swatara Twp. “I would assume they were here to hurt me,” she said. She was also unsure why she would be targeted. “I am not involved in crime,” she said. “I have a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.” There were no other similar incidents in the area, Appleby said. The men did choose this home, which suggested it was targeted, possibly for burglary or retaliation, he said. “It’s still open,” he said. “We do have some suspects.” Peiffer said the men did leave footprints at the scene, and she has an idea about the identity of one of the men. “We have some evidence recovered from the scene waiting to come back from the (Pennsylvania State Police) lab,” Appleby said.
to save someone with naloxone in an emergency. Marsico said the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association provides grants to set up police departments with kits for their officers. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
Council picks Reddinger to fill vacant seat By Dan Miller
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Ian Reddinger, a landlord and the owner of an electrical contracting business, was sworn in as the newest member of Middletown Borough Council during a council meeting on Tuesday, May 3. Reddinger, of the 200 block of E. Main St., will represent the Second Ward and fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Greg Wilsbach, who was elected to a four-year term in 2015. Wilsbach resigned because he has applied for the job of the borough’s public works director. Council also appointed Reddinger to the Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority. Reddinger won the vacant council seat over two other Second Ward residents who applied for it – Leslie Givler of the 200 block of E. High St. and Ed Egenrieder of the 100 block of Hillside Road. All three applicants were interviewed by council in public during a special council meeting that was held on Monday, May 2. Reddinger, Givler and Egenrieder were each nominated to fill the seat during the May 3 meeting. Reddinger received five votes, including votes from Council President Ben Kapenstein, Vice President Damon Suglia and members Anne Einhorn, Dawn Knull and Ed Shull. Councilor Robert Reid supported Givler, while Councilor Diana McGlone supported Egenrieder.
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New Middletown Borough Council member Ian Reddinger, right, is sworn in by Mayor James H. Curry III.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LOWER SWATARA, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, INTEND TO CONSIDER THE LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP TELECOMMUNICATIONS RIGHT-OF-WAY ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016, BEGINNING 7:00 P.M., AT THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING LOCATED AT 1499 SPRING GARDEN DRIVE, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17057, THE TITLE AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE NO._______________ AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LOWER SWATARA, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, ADOPTING THE LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP TELECOMMUNICATIONS RIGHT-OFWAY ORDINANCE. SECTION 1 of said Ordinance sets forth the purpose of the ordinance. SECTION 2 sets forth the definitions applicable to the ordinance. SECTION 3 sets forth the requirement for the Right-of-Way permit for non-PUC regulated persons. SECTION 4 sets forth the requirement for an application for a Right-of-Way permit for non-PUC regulated persons. SECTION 5 sets forth the duration of the Right-of-Way permit. SECTION 6 sets forth requirements for construction permits. SECTION 7 sets forth the required fees and expenses. SECTION 8 sets forth regulations with regards to management of Rights-ofWay in the Township. SECTION 9 sets forth the construction standards. SECTION 10 sets forth the indemnification and insurance requirements. SECTION 11 sets forth the rules and regulations regarding the sale or transfer of rights of permit holders. SECTION 12 sets forth performance bond requirements. SECTION 13 sets forth remedies with regards to PUC regulated persons in the case of a violation of a PUC regulation and regulations regarding remedies with regards to non-PUC regulated persons. SECTION 14 sets forth the police powers. SECTION 15 sets forth the severability provision. SECTION 16 sets forth equal application provisions. SECTION 17 sets forth the repealer provisions. Copies of the proposed Ordinance are available for copying at the Township Offices during regular business hours for a fee not greater than the cost thereof. Ann Shambaugh Peter R. Henninger, Jr., Esquire Township Manager Jones & Henninger, P.C. Lower Swatara Township Township Solicitor 339 W. Governor Rd., Ste. 201 Hershey, PA 17033 #172 0511-1T www.publicnoticepa.com
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Street and Route 283, police report. Hair was driving a 1996 Ford Escort that was stopped because of a loose plastic cover on its front bumper, police said. A preliminary hearing is set for June 9 before District Judge Michael Smith. Break-in at YFC Someone forced their way into a storage shed that houses theater items at the Youth for Christ facility on Eisenhower Boulevard on April 25, police report. A door to the shed was pried from its hinges. A township police officer who was making a routine check at the facility discovered the break-in, police said. It remains unclear if anything was stolen, police said. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717939-0463. Three computers stolen Three computers were sto-
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len from a home in the 100 block of C Lane on April 29 or 30, police report. Reported stolen were a Dell laptop valued at $1,500, an HP laptop valued at $100 and a Samsung tablet valued at $100. Investigators did not find any evidence of forced entry to the residence. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717939-0463. Drug charges Tyler L. Malehorn, 26, of the 300 block of Running Bond Dr., Middletown, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, police report. The charges were filed after police arrested Malehorn at 3:04 p.m. on May 3 while helping serve warrants to him at his place of employment, police said. Police said they found several needles, a package containing a substance tested and shown to be heroin, and wrappers on Malehorn while searching him. Malehorn was arraigned before District Justice David Semic and held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for June 8 before District Judge Michael Smith. PUBLIC NOTICES
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t’s all fun and games at the Middletown Area High School Mini-THON until they reveal the amount of money students raised for charity. Then it’s even better. That’s because each year students have broken the school record for money raised during the annual fundraiser – a night of dancing, basketball, volleyball and other games in the school gym. This year was no different. Students raised a school record $31,575.28 at this year’s Mini-THON on Friday, April 29, beating the old record by more than $10,000. The Mini-THON raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund, a charity that helps the families of kids battling cancer at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.
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tor of finance and administration – several of the positions will only require about a half year’s worth of salary and benefits because people haven’t been hired yet, Kapenstein said. The borough can probably use that surplus to cover the cost of adding a second full-time police officer for 2016, he added. The question is, how would the borough pay for a second additional full-time officer – or perhaps even a third and a fourth – in 2017 and beyond. “There’s a good chance that we will have to raise taxes – maybe not for one, but if you want to hire four and it’s going to cost you $600,000 – yeah, you are going to have to raise taxes, no doubt about it, and it will be significant,” Kapenstein said. “We want people to understand that this will cost money.” Said Curry, “I know how hard that will hit some people in Middletown, but that’s why we want to have this open discussion, to be frank with the public. You have to ask yourself:
with a house assessed at $100,000, Kapenstein said, emphasizing that this is his own back-of-the-napkin estimate. But that doesn’t mean that every new full-time police officer automatically means a tax increase, Kapenstein said. Still, there’s a bottom line that borough residents need to understand. “If you want more services, if you want more things in town, you have to pay for it, which is fine,” Kapenstein said. “I think we need more officers, but you have to get people to understand (that) putting new officers in, you gotta pay for it. It could be a tax increase, it could be cutting other programs or services.” Kapenstein proposed that council look at adding one more full-time officer for 2016 in addition to the new one already authorized. While the 2016 budget also includes funding for several other positions – some new, like a direc-
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are pending or expected,” said Melissa Melewsky, media law counsel with the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association. “We also take the position that the attorney-client privilege does not allow boards to meet privately anytime with their solicitor,” Melewsky said. “If that were the case, there would be no need for the litigation executive session, and that part of the statute would be rendered meaningless.” The board had briefly discussed its budget in April, at which time Cynthia Craig, the school’s business manager, said she projected a 1.5 mil tax increase. Since then, the school board’s budget and finance committee held a meeting about the budget that the board said was closed to the public. School boards are considered an agency under the Sunshine Act, which provides that the law requiring open meetings applies to “the body, and all committees thereof
Asked to cite the litigation that would be discussed in private, Vincent Champion, the board’s solicitor, said it is his privilege to provide legal advice in confidence to members of the board. The Pennsylvania Sunshine Act requires elected officials to discuss its business and vote on business matters in a public session. While the law provides exceptions for closed sessions, it does not allow a board to meet in private any time its legal counselor wishes to speak, according to legal experts. The text of law itself provides an exception for a board “to consult with its attorney or other professional advisor regarding information or strategy in connection with litigation or with issues on which identifiable complaints are expected to be filed.” “We take a different position on the litigation executive session and argue it is only appropriate when lawsuits
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What is your safety worth?” The borough may have other needs in the future. Middletown may need more zoning and codes officers if council ultimately approves a mandatory rental housing inspection and licensing program advocated by Councilor Diana McGlone. Residents are also calling for more public works employees, Kapenstein pointed out. “There’s a lot of meat in this budget” that could be cut out and used to pay for more police, Reid said. When pressed for specifics by Kapenstein, Reid said that the borough doesn’t need to be paying an outside firm, Susquehanna Group Advisors, “over $200,000” a year for financial consulting. McGlone pointed out that the borough has spent $686,237.54 on information technology services paid to 2K Networking, with whom the borough has a contract. McGlone couldn’t say for certain when the contract started, but invoices submitted by 2K Network-
ing to the borough go back to June 30, 2012, according to documents obtained by the Press And Journal from the borough through a Right to Know request. McGlone recommended council terminate the contract immediately, but no action was taken. Middletown hasn’t raised the borough’s property tax for many years. But Middletown residents have one of the highest overall tax burdens in the midstate when one factors in taxes paid to Middletown Area School District and Dauphin County. The borough’s financial consultant, Mark Morgan of Susquehanna Group Advisors, has made a habit in recent years of recommending that the borough increase its property tax by a small amount each year equal to the increase in the rate of inflation. Then the borough could wean itself from depending on electric revenue to pay for services which, in Morgan’s opinion, should be paid with tax revenue.
But both this council, with a new majority forged by the 2015 elections, and a previous council majority have tossed aside Morgan’s advice on raising property taxes since Susquehanna Group Advisors came on board in early 2012 as part of the state’s Early Intervention Program. The borough needs to avoid a repeat of 2014, when water and sewer rates were increased dramatically to make up for years of expenses outpacing revenues, Curry said. “I think people can handle an increase if they know about it,” he said. “When you spring it on them, that’s the problem. We are trying to get out ahead of it and warn in advance that if (more police) is truly what the community wants, something has to give.”
authorized by the body to take official action or render advice on matters of agency business.” Steelton-Highspire has previously ejected a Press And Journal reporter from one of its committee meetings, and since that time, the board has refused to share the dates and times of its committee meetings with the public. The Sunshine Act provides that “an agency shall give public notice of each special meeting or each rescheduled regular or special meeting at least 24 hours in advance of the time of the convening of the meeting specified in the notice.” Steelton-Highspire’s 2016-17 budget would raise its property tax millage rate to 26.227 mills, with each mill generating $172,578 in revenue for the district. In Steelton, taxes for a medianassessed property – $46,400 – would climb to $1,217, an increase of $35.
In Highspire, the taxes on the median assessed property – $64,150 – would increase by $48 to $1,682. Local sources would provide nearly $7 million of the projected $21 million budget. Steelton-Highspire has budgeted $12.6 million in total state funding, including a projected $7,975,984 in the basic education funding and $1,024,904 in special education funding. In 2015, the General Assembly’s Basic Education Funding Commission proposed a new formula for developing each district’s state subsidy, setting Steelton Highspire’s at $8.1 million. Gov. Tom Wolf proposed funding for Steelton Highspire that would provide about $8.4 million in the basic education subsidy and $1.06 million in the special education subsidy. Wolf’s administration proposed a generous increase for Steelton Highspire in 2015-16, which never materialized
due to the budget impasse that lasted nearly three-quarters of the year. Steelton-Highspire’s highest expenditure is for salaries, which accounts for about $7.2 million in the 2016-17 budget. The school board did not provide a line-item budget to the public, but a summary instead, with just 13 broad categories of expenses provided. One notable cut is a $55,000 drop for supplies, books and software, which accounts for $234,609. The budget projects another increase to the fund balance at the end of the next budget year, taking it to $1 million. The district had a structural deficit of $2.3 million in 2013-14, which has become a fund balance of about $500,000 in a projection of how the current year will end.
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Sharp Shopper Grocery Outlet, 1577 W. Harrisburg Pike A, Linden Centre, Middletown, is holding Customer Appreciation Days through Saturday, May 14. Specials, door prizes and daily giveaways will be featured. Shoppers can get a hotdog, chips and drink for 50¢ from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, May12 and Friday, May 13 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Store hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. The store is closed on Sundays. •••••
Live music at Sunset Grill
Jim Peragine will perform on the deck at Sunset Bar & Grill, 2601 Sunset Dr., Middletown, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 12. •••••
Community dinner
Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown, is hosting its community dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. (or until sold out) on Monday, May 16. The menu: chicken and waffles, mashed potatoes, corn, applesauce, dessert and beverage. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Takeout is also available. For more information, call 717-944-6181.
Londonderry Twp. summer programs
Summer Playground programs for children ages 6 to 12 at Sunset Park will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on June 13 through July 29. Featured will be sports, crafts, games and more. For more information, or to register for a summer program, go to www. londonderrypa.org. •••••
Penn State Harrisburg summer sessions
Penn State Harrisburg, 777 W. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, will offer two summer sessions: Session 1, May 16 through June 27; Session 2, June 29 through August 12. To register, or for more information, call 717-948-6250 or visit hbgadmit@psu.edu. •••••
MAHS Class of 1966 reunion
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Volunteers plant dogwood branches into the banks of a waterway on the campus of Penn State Harrisburg as part of the live staking program.
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sion office who was on hand for the live staking. For a good live staking, you need a tree that grows readily along a stream bank, like a Red Osier Dogwood. The center needed a lot of dogwood branches, so it harvested some from state game lands. However, there was also some dogwood lying close to the stream bank on campus. Kyler and Fetter showed a group of volunteers – Penn State Harrisburg students and employees –how to cut branches from dogwood trees and replant them in the stream bank. Live stakes should be replanted two to three feet apart in several rows along the stream bank. You can use a piece of rebar to create a pilot hole for each branch to be replanted at a 90 degree angle to the soil surface. Live staking can only be done during a narrow window of time – this year for a few weeks from late March into April – before the buds break on the dogwood branches. Many private landowners in the area probably have a waterway running along their property that would benefit from live staking, Kyler said. Besides helping to prevent erosion and improve the environment, live staking can also help to deter flooding, she added. The group can also help with other initiatives such as riparian buffers, rain barrels and planting trees. In 2014, Greening the Local Susquehanna, a related initiative under the Penn State Extension office, participated in planting more than 1,000 trees, shrubs and plants in Londonderry Twp. where homes were razed after flooding from Tropical Storm Lee in 2011. In 2015, Greening the Lower Susquehanna reached out to Middletown and other nearby municipalities with an offer to provide free trees to help boroughs and townships meet the new stormwater requirements. Middletown never responded, but Kyler said her organization remains ready and available to help.
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Police described the suspect as a Hispanic man, about 5 feet 9 inches tall with stocky to heavy build and with facial hair and tattoos down both arms, police said. He was wearing a green baseball hat, light gray or white T-shirt and dark blue jeans. His hair was brown and short, and the amount that stuck out from underneath his hat was curly in appearance, police said. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Middletown police at 717-902-0627 or Dauphin County dispatch at 717-558-6900.
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The Middletown Area High School class of 1966 is holding its 50th reunion on Saturday, October 22. The reunion committee is trying to locate the following classmates: Cheri Adams, Michael Adams, James Crittendon, Daniel Crider, Anna Good Deimler, Michelle Fair, Robert Fornwalt, Mary Babinsky Greathouse, Bruce Howard, Judith Howell, William Lyell, Trudy Moser, Linda Paul, Chris Rogers, Earla Bitner Shay, Patricia Stanislawski Souders, Larry Squires and Johnnie Thurman. Please contact Gaye Barilla Turpin, 717-364-5821; Larry Etter, 717-944-3123; Denny Stover, 717-579-8165; or Diane Daily, 717-944-9595.
The Middletown Swim Club, across from Middletown Area High School, will open for the season on Saturday, May 28. Singles, couples, family and social memberships are available, and there are new, affordable 2016 rates. For more information, call 717-903-9545 and leave a message, or e-mail Brent Burger at burgers53@ msn.com.
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Sports
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My fondest memories of MAHS? Sports T
he Middletown Area High School Class of 2016 is getting ready to graduate and will be making history in the process. This group of seniors will be the last to graduate from the current high school. When the final semester is completed, the building will be emptied and demolished and, in the fall, students will take up residence in the new facility being built next door. At the same time, another class is making plans for its 50th reunion. The current high school was just three years old when the 1966 graduates completed their scholastic years. I know this because I was a member of that class. We were supposed to start at the new school as freshmen and, thus, become the first class to spend all four years at the school. But delays changed those plans and we ninth-graders were relegated to sharing classrooms at Feaser Junior High School in half-day sessions. But we finally made it to the new building in the fall of 1963 and 199 of us graduated in June 1966. As for me, I neither loved school nor hated it. I was somewhere in the middle. As I look back, my only regret was that I did not get more involved in activities or any number of clubs that were made available to us. As a ninth-grader, I tried my hand at junior high football. I made it through our successful season, but, as a third-stringer, got very little playing time. Classmates like Jim Sniscak,
by Larry Etter Henry Brown, Denny Shank, Roger Berkheimer, Paul Welsh, Rich Fernback and George Souders, among others, led the team that year and made me realize that stardom was not in my future on the football field. That group went on to have outstanding varsity years as well. I also tried out for the track team as a junior – and that did not go well, either. I was not a sprinter, nor a long-distance runner, and did not have the strength and size to throw the shot put, discus or javelin. After three practices, I gave up on that venture as a lost cause. But I became of big fan of Blue Raiders sports. I went to my first Middletown football game as a seventh-grader and was immediately hooked. The home games at War Memorial Field on Friday nights started at 8 p.m. back then and I would go with my dad and two brothers nearly every week, including away games. They were exciting times – and these are some of the best memories I have of my high school days. There were also entertaining basketball games in the winter. At the time, I never imagined that I would someday become a writer and have my stories of Middletown games published in the Press And Journal. Because of that good luck, I realize now
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The Middletown Area High School gym, including the painted sign over the home bleachers that declares, “This is Raider country’’ – a gift from the Class of 1988 – will be demolished this summer. that, even though I was not very involved with the activities during my high school years, I have more than made up for it since I penned my first article back in 1979. Besides the writing, my involvement with the Blue & Gold Club has been an added bonus. I will forever cherish the memories I have from my scholastic
days and look forward to the stories that will flow in October when our classmates get together for our 50th reunion. A proper send-off is in order for the Class of 2016 as the graduates close out the final days – and history – of the soon-to-be gone high school.
Sneak peek facts about the new MAHS gym: • It will seat 1,249 spectators. • Its basketball floor will be made of pine, with a padded backing, and pieces of the current floor will be used in the new Blue Raider digs. “The floor will be spectacular to play on,’’ according to MAHS athletic director Jeremy King.
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LOWER DAUPHIN BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL
Falcons win monster set, beat Patriots, 3-1 It was the set that seemed it would never end. Lower Dauphin and Red Land played, and played, and played the first set of a crucial match with District 3 playoff spots on the line. Twenty-five points win the set – but you have to win by two points, and the Falcons finally did. Finally. Lower Dauphin took the marathon set, 35-33, on its way to a 3-1 victory over Red Land on Thursday, May 5 in Hummelstown. The win over the Patriots (7-7) improved Lower Dauphin’s standing in the District 3 Class AAA power rankings, which determine the 12 teams in AAA that will qualify for the playoffs. The Falcons (10-3) have climbed to sixth place in the rankings, thanks to a six-match winning streak. Lower Dauphin also beat Cedar Cliff (0-11) and Chambersburg (7-5) during the streak. Games played through Friday, May 13 count toward determining the final power ratings. Lower Dauphin had three games remaining in its regular season as of Sunday, May 8. The
preliminary round of the District 3 playoffs begins on Thursday, May 19, with the top four teams from Class AAA qualifying for the PIAA state championships. Against Red Land, the Falcons followed their first-set win with a secondset loss, 25-15, then bounced back to win a tense third set, 27-25, and fourth set, 25-23 to claim the victory. Lower Dauphin’s Jefferson Waters made 20 kills, six blocks and four aces, while teammate Joshua Helfrich made 13 kills, 12 digs and one ace. Logan Baker chipped in 42 assists, while teammate Daniel Beaver made 6 kills and 6 blocks and Chase Mader added 19 digs.
DISTRICT 3 POWER RANKINGS CLASS AAA (Top 12 teams qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Hempfield (12-0) 0.762389 2. Central York (9-1) 0.705948 3. Penn Manor (12-2) 0.697654 4. Ephrata (14-1) 0.696220 5. Central Dauphin (9-3) 0.666878 6. Lower Dauphin (10-3) 0.662568 7. Red Lion (11-3) 0.661250 8. Wilson (9-3) 0.661080 9. Gov. Mifflin (12-3) 0.659791 10. Cumberland Valley (8-3) 0.640208 11. Manheim Twp. (9-4) 0.639734 12. Hershey (12-3) 0.637950 ••• 13. Mechanicsburg (9-4) 0.607944
Middletworth made 13 digs and Ivan Amato and Beaver each made 2 blocks and 3 kills for Lower Dauphin. Will Bowen added 1 kill and 1 block.
Lower Dauphin 3 Cedar Cliff 0
Lower Dauphin 3 Chambersburg 1 John Davis made 8 kills and Baker The Falcons rebounded from a made 18 assists to lead the Falcons to victory over Cedar Cliff on Tuesday, May 3 on the West Shore. Lower Dauphin won the first set, 25-20, then claimed the second set, 25-18, and the third set, 25-23. Ben Baker made 15 assists, Ian
loss in the first set to sweep the next three sets and claim the victory over Chambersburg on Monday, May 2 in Hummelstown. After the Trojans jumped in front Please See FALCONS, Page B2
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Keep your pricey fishing gadgets – give me a fork stick M y first encounter with a “fork stick” happened when I was very young boy on a weekend fishing trip with my father. My dad would drive along the Swatara Creek to an area between Middletown and Hummelstown and find a place along the creek to park his car and a wide space upon which to cast a fishing rod. The equipment was rather primitive – a bait caster reel and stiff fishing rod. The bait would be worms with a sinker of about 1 ounce to propel the bait into the calm waters of the Swatty, as we called it. Rock
bass and catfish were our targets. The very first requirement before actual fishing was to find the right fork stick. Not any stick would do. It had to be just the right height to be pushed into the ground, leaving the most important part – the “Y’’ shape – upright to to allow the rod to sit securely in it. Piling a rock or two might have worked as a base for the rod and reel, but nothing could match the fork stick. For us, it was a fork stick or nothing. Sometimes my dad would allow me to use a pocket knife to peel the bark off and sharp-
en the end to enhance its appearance and to make it easier to push into the ground. I enjoyed this and never forgot it to this day. Another memory I still have is when Lester Wilson would take his son Bob along with a bunch of Shopes Gardens kids to Bainbridge to fish. Lester would park his car along the railroad tracks and we would walk to where the Conoy Creek dumps into the Susquehanna River. At this prime bank location, we all would find fork sticks and push them into the river bank to support our fishing rods. When
catfish and carp bit, the fork sticks provided a firm and secure support for our rods. Never did we lose a rod from a fish. Our fork sticks prevented that. They worked as simple as they were. We never fished without a fork stick. It was a requirement. In this day of high technology, and all the fancy equipment that you can use while fishing, the one essential piece of primitive equipment that has endured through the ages is the wooden fork stick. You can go to any fishing spot on any type of water and you will find fork sticks protruding from the
COLLEGE SOFTBALL BASEBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Mechanicsburg 10 3 12-4 Susquehanna Twp. 10 4 10-6 Hershey 9 3 10-5 Lower Dauphin 9 5 10-6 Palmyra 7 5 9-6 Bishop McDevitt 6 6 9-7 CD East 4 9 6-10 Middletown 2 10 3-12 Harrisburg 0 12 1-13 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 12, Susquehanna Twp. 0 This week’s games Wednesday, May 11 Susquehanna Twp. at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. Friday, May 13 Lower Dauphin at Palmyra, 4 p.m. Monday, May 16 Middletown at Bishop McDevitt, 4:15 p.m. Capital Division W L OVERALL West Perry 8 1 13-3 Northern York 8 2 12-5 East Pennsboro 5 3 8-5 Camp Hill 5 4 10-5 Trinity 2 7 3-9 Steelton-Highspire 2 7 2-9 Milton Hershey 1 7 2-11 Last week’s games Camp Hill 4, Steelton-Highspire 3 This week’s games Wednesday, May 11 Mount Calvary at Steelton-Highspire, 4:15 p.m.
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Penn State Harrisburg’s Rieley Loch (15) is congratulated by her third base coach as she rounds the bases after hitting a home run against Southern Virginia this season.
Loch named to all-conference team
Penn State Harrisburg catcher Rieley Loch was named to the second team of the Capital Athletic Conference all-conference softball selections for 2016. It was the first time Loch, a senior, was honored by the conference. Loch batted .429 for the Lions (1318), who finished in seventh place in the eight-team conference. In 31 games she hit three home runs, drove in 17 runs and stole three bases. She recorded a .692 slugging percentage and a .505 on-base percentage, and
struck out only three times all season. Salisbury, the conference champion, swept the major awards and saw eight players named to the all-conference first and second teams. Senior Molly Simpson was named the conference’s Player of the Year, while Brooke Mizelle, a freshman pitcher, was named Rookie of the Year and Coach Margie Knight was named Coach of the Year. Knight’s honor marked the 14th time in the 26-year history of the softball conference that Knight was tabbed the league’s outstanding coach.
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SOFTBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 14 0 14-1 Mechanicsburg 12 2 14-3 Bishop McDevitt 8 5 10-7 Palmyra 7 5 9-7 CD East 7 5 7-6 Susquehanna Twp. 5 8 5-10 Middletown 3 10 3-31 Hershey 3 10 3-13 Harrisburg 0 14 0-14 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 10, Susquehanna Twp. 0 This week’s games Wednesday, May 11 Lower Dauphin at Mechanicsburg, 4:15 p.m. Monday, May 16 Bishop McDevitt at Middletown, 4:15 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS DISTRICT 3 PLAYOFFS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Quarterfinals Tuesday, May 10 Lower Dauphin (13-3) vs. South Western (13-2) (Winner vs. winner of Hempfield/Manheim Twp. match, 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 11 at Hershey Racquet Club) SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS CLASS AAA First round Milo Nagle (Cumberland Valley defeated Josh Carl (Lower Dauphin), 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 CLASS AA First round Logan Gouse (East Pennsboro) defeated Eric Belles (Middletown), 6-2, 6-2 TRACK AND FIELD MID-PENN CONFERENCE BOYS Capital Division W L OVERALL East Pennsboro 5 0 5-0 Camp Hill 6 1 11-1
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Last week’s meets West Perry 95, Middletown 55 Shippensburg 94, Middletown 56 This week’s meets None Keystone Division Final standings W L OVERALL Milton Hershey 6 0 6-0 Mechanicsburg 5 1 6-1 Hershey 4 1 4-1 Palmyra 4 3 4-3 Red Land 2 4 2-4 Lower Dauphin 2 5 2-7 Susquehanna Twp. 1 4 1-4 Cedar Cliff 0 6 0-6 Last week’s meets Palmyra 90, Lower Dauphin 60 Mechanicsburg 91.5, Lower Dauphin 58.5 This week’s meets None GIRLS Capital Division W L OVERALL Northern York 6 0 7-0 East Pennsboro 4 1 4-1 Bishop McDevitt 4 2 4-2 Trinity 2 3 2-4 Middletown 2 4 4-4 Camp Hill 2 5 4-7 West Perry 1 4 3-6 Last week’s meets Shippensburg 101, Middletown 49 This week’s meets None Keystone Division Final standings W L OVERALL Hershey 6 0 6-0 Cedar Cliff 5 1 5-1 Palmyra 5 2 5-2 Lower Dauphin 4 3 5-4 Milton Hershey 3 3 3-3 Mechanicsburg 2 4 2-5 Susquehanna Twp. 0 6 0-6 Red Land 0 6 0-6 Last week’s meets Palmyra 83, Lower Dauphin 67 Lower Dauphin 84, Mechanicsburg 66 This week’s meets None BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 7 3 12-3 Lower Dauphin 7 3 10-3 Mechanicsburg 6 4 9-4 Northern York 5 5 10-5 Red Land 5 5 7-7 Cedar Cliff 0 10 0-12 Last week’s matches Lower Dauphin 3, Red Land 1 Lower Dauphin 3, Cedar Cliff 0 Lower Dauphin 3, Chambersburg 1 This week’s matches Thursday, May 12 Lower Dauphin at Dallastown, 7:15 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Hershey 5 0 13-4 Palmyra 4 1 12-5 Central Dauphin 3 2 11-6 Lower Dauphin 2 3 8-8 Bishop McDevitt 1 4 6-9 CD East 0 5 0-15 Last week’s games Palmyra 9, Lower Dauphin 3
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Lower Dauphin 11, Mechanicsburg 4 This week’s games None GIRLS’ LACROSSE MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Central Dauphin 4 0 13-3 Lower Dauphin 2 2 9-8 Hershey 2 2 9-8 Palmyra 2 2 6-8 CD East 0 4 3-12 Last week’s games Palmyra 12, Lower Dauphin 10 Lower Dauphin 16, Mechanicsburg 3 Lower Dauphin 16, Spring Grove 11 This week’s games None YOUTH BASEBALL LP/WH LEAGUE MAJORS National Division W L Middletown 3 3 PHR Green 3 3 Paxtonia (1) 2 2 West Hanover Red 1 5 American Division PHR Black Paxtonia (2) Lower Swatara Penn Gardens
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Last week’s games Middletown 8, PHR Green 7 Paxtonia (1) 12, Lower Swatara 9 Paxtonia (2) 8, Lower Swatara 3 MINORS W Paxtonia (4) 5 PHR Royal 4 PHR Carolina 5 Lower Swatara Black 4 Paxtonia (3) 4 Lower Swatara Orange 4 Paxtonia (6) 4 Lower Swatara White 3 West Hanover Red 3 Lower Swatara Red 2 Paxtonia (7) 3 West Hanover Royal 2 Lower Swatara Yellow 2 Middletown Gold 2 PHR Red 2 Middletown Green 1 Paxtonia (5) 1 Penn Gardens 1 West Hanover Black 1 PHR Orange 1 Middletown Blue 0
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Last week’s games Penn Gardens 13, Middletown Green 3 Middletown Gold 12, West Hanover Black 4 LowerSwatara Yellow 11, Middletown Gold 8 West Hanover Red 15, Middletown Gold 10 YOUTH SOFTBALL SUBURBAN GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE 11U W L Cedar Cliff (1) 5 0 Hummelstown (1) 8 1 Hummelstown (2) 7 1 Lower Swatara (3) 3 3 Akron 3 4 Dillsburg 2 3 Cedar Cliff (2) 1 3 Cedar Cliff (3) 1 5 Lower Swatara (4) 1 7 Londonderry 0 4 Last week’s games Lower Swatara (3) 11, Dillsburg 8 Cedar Cliff (1) 13, Hummelstown (1) 9 Akron
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has endured through the ages. It’s so simple to find, free and practical. I believe it will remain as essential as the rod, reel and fishing line. Tom Shank can be reached at tshank38@comcast.net
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Last week’s games None EAST SHORE FAST PITCH LEAGUE 10U W L Swatara/Paxtang 4 0 Lower Swatara 3 0 Paxtonia (1) 4 2 Paxtonia (2) 3 1 East Hanover (3) 3 2 Hershey (1) 3 2 West Hanover 2 1 East Hanover (1) 2 2 Hershey (3) 2 2 Central Dauphin 1 1 Lower Dauphin (1) 1 2 Harrisburg 1 2 Lower Dauphin (2) 1 3 East Hanover (2) 1 3 Hershey (2) 1 3 Middletown 0 3 Susquehanna 0 3
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Last week’s games East Hanover (1) 4, Lower Dauphin (1) 3 Paxtonia (1) 5, Lower Dauphin (2) 4 Swatara/Paxtang Lower Swatara Hershey (2) Dauphin West Hanover Hershey (1) Middletown Lower Dauphin Paxtonia (1) East Hanover Paxtonia (2) Susquehanna
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Last week’s games None Paxtonia Swatara/Paxtang Susquehanna Lower Dauphin Hershey Lower Swatara (1) Lower Swatara (2) Dauphin Londonderry Central Dauphin Harrisburg Milton Hershey
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Last weeks’ games Paxtonia 15, Londonderry 3 Swatara/Paxtang 17, Londonderry 1 Paxtonia 10, Lower Swatara (2) 0 Lower Dauphin 20, Harrisburg 4
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with a 25-22 win in the first set, Lower Dauphin came back to win, 25-22, 25-18 and 25-19 to win the match. Waters made 17 kills and 5 blocks for the Falcons, while Helfrich made 7 kills, 14 digs and one block and Beaver made 3 kills and 10 blocks. Logan Baker made 33 assists.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Falcons beat Susquehanna, eye district playoffs
Timmy Townsend drove in three runs and pitcher Michael Geesaman threw five scoreless innings to lead Lower Dauphin to a 12-0 win over Susquehanna Twp. on Thursday, May 5 at Susquehanna Twp. High School. The victory helped the Falcons (10-6) hold on to the16th and final playoff spot in District 3 Class AAA power rankings, which determine who qualifies for the district playoffs. Susquehanna Twp. is 10-6.
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ground, evidence of a bank fisherman. Prime locations for fork sticks: the Middletown Reservoir or any lake impoundment and, of course, along the banks of creeks and rivers. Fishing gimmicks come and go, but for the bank fisherman using live bait the old wooden fork stick
DISTRICT 3 POWER RANKINGS CLASS AAAA (Top 16 teams qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Hempfield (13-2) 0.797508 2. Penn Manor (14-2) 0.786060 3. Warwick (14-3) 0.761703 4. Ephrata (14-4) 0.759389 5. Dallastown (12-3) 0.751246 6. Cumberland Valley (11-4) 0.737556 7. Mechanicsburg (12-4) 0.720585 8. Muhlenberg (14-5) 0.713203 9. Hershey (10-5) 0.701892 10. Waynesboro (11-5) 0.685171 11. Red Lion (9-5) 0.683117 12. Gov. Mifflin (11-7) 0.682795 13. Elizabethtown (10-7) 0.680396 14. Cedar Cliff (9-7) 0.677318 15. Exeter Twp. (12-6) 0.676842
Townsend went 2-for-3 at the plate and also scored a run. Teammate Matt Kephart also drove in two runs for Lower Dauphin, while Ben Lewis and Tyler Roman added RBIs. Geesaman surrendered just two hits in five innings, striking out four batters and walking three. He helped his cause at the plate, going 3-for-4 and droving in two runs. The Falcons grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first inning and put the game out
16. Lower Dauphin (10-6) 0.668477 ••• 17. Central Dauphin (7-7) 0.641172 CLASS A (Top 8 teams qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Christian School-York (10-1) 0.570713 2. Lancaster Co. Christian (9-3) 0.561071 3. Newport (11-4) 0.527090 4. Millersburg (8-6) 0.458475 5. Halifax (8-7) 0.436559 6. Conestoga Christian (6-3) 0.432151 7. High Point Baptist (5-4) 0.373536 8. W. Shore Christian (6-4) 0.370111 ••• 9. Steelton-Highspire (2-9) 0.326346
of reach with a six-run fifth inning that eventually brought the mercy rule into play.
Camp Hill 4 Steelton-Highspire 3
Camp Hill scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to dispatch pesky Steelton-Highspire on Tuesday, May 3 in Cumberland County and damage the Rollers’ chances of reaching the District 3 Class A playoffs. The Rollers (2-9) are in ninth place in the district’s Class A power rankings. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. Isaiah Lockette and Matthew Pilsitz each went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in a run, as the Rollers took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning. The Lions pulled within 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth and tied the score with a run in the bottom of the sixth before winning the game in the ninth with an unearned run. Steel-High committed four errors, leading to three unearned Camp Hill runs.
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Johannes Reber (1758-1836) During The Revolutionary War-III Johannes Reber’s Application For Pension
1146-Pennsylvania - John Raber of Schuylkill, born in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in company commanded by Captain George May of the Reg’t commanded by Col. Haller in the Pennsylvania Troops for 7 months. Inscribed on the Rolls of Pennsylvania of the state of 23 dollars 33 cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of October 1832 and sent to pensioners – Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pa. A????? to 4th of September 1832, $34.99; Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th March 1833, $11.66, total, $46.65 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by John M. Duffield Clerk - Book D, Vol. 6, Page 80 Brief in the case of JNO Raber of Manheim Township, County of Schuylkill in the State of Pennsylvania (Act 7 June, 1832): Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? How old is he? 74 State his service, as directed in the form annexed. Period Duration Rank Name of General and Field Officers of Service under whom he served: Months July 1776 5 Private Capt Geo. May 1777 2- Militia Col Haller 2 teamsters Capt “Heister”
Copy of the Pension Records State of Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County
On this Thursday of August in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before Calvin Blythe, Squire, president and George Rouck and Daniel Yost, Judges of the court of the Common Pleas in and for the said county of Schuylkill now setting therein. John Raber a resident of Manheim Twp., in the said county and State aforesaid aged seventy-four years who first duly sworn a wording to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, June 7th 1832. That he entered the services of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He entered the service under Captain George May, the beginning of July 1775 served five months in Col. Hallers Reg’t in the Flying Camp, marching from Windsor Twp., Berks County in the state of Pennsylvania of the place of his residence at the time of his listment, he marched to Amboy, was at the battle of the White Plains, York Island and some others not included. That his return from the Flying Camp to Windsor Twp., in the county of Berks County aforesaid. He was drafted in the Pennsylvania Militia and listed too the Associates under Captain Hiester. The late Governor of Pennsylvania now deceased had under him a final engagement with a few British horsemen at Barren Hill, Philadelphia. He was in the pursence of the (unclear) in 1777. After this term of service he went into the Continental Army service from Windsor Twp., aforesaid for the term of two months was at Valley Forge with the term. He was born in the year 1758. He has lived since the Revolutionary War in the county of Berks and Schuylkill in the state of Pennsylvania. From the Army has a record of his age in his fornity book. He named two residents, Hedrick Charles Croll and Henry Orwig, who can testify as to his character for veracity and thence before of his service. He hereby relinquishes any claim of his service whatever to a pension in annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension, of the Agency of any other state or place, only in that the agency of the state of Pa. We, Hedrick Charles Croll, clergyman residing in Manhiem Twp., in the County of Schuylkill, and Henry Orwig residing in Orwigsburg, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Raber who subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that are believed true to honesty and that he is been a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Signed: Hendrick Charles Croll, Henry Orwig
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23 Years Ago From The Middletown Journal Files
From The Wednesday, May 12, 1993 Edition Of The Press And Journal Wells Still Uncapped, For Now; Council Postpones Action On Well Issue Middletown Borough Council voted at its meeting last Monday to postpone a final decision on its earlier action that would have forced all property owners in the Borough to discontinue using water from their private wells after their homes are connected to the municipal water system. Borough officials said following the meeting that the delay is needed to allow Council additional time to get a clarification of a prior ruling by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) which stipulated that all private wells within the Borough must be taken out of service and capped before the commission will sanction the Borough’s plans to develop its proposed No. 6 municipal well. “I’m not willing,” Council President Barbara Layne said following the meeting, to force these people (private well owners) to discontinue using the water from their own wells until I see something in writing from the SRBC to that effect.” “The Borough Authority’s engineer advised us some time ago that we probably wouldn’t be allowed to proceed with our plans to develop well No. 6 until the commission is assured that all private wells are taken out of service, but I haven’t seen that in black and white. Until I do, I’m not willing to impose that condition on the 26 private well owners who’ll be forced to hook up to the municipal water system.” In a telephone conversation Monday afternoon, Layne said she’s uncertain how long it will take to get a response on the issue from the SRBC, but she said she felt certain a reply should be forthcoming before Council’s June 7 meeting. With that information in hand, Layne said Council should be able to resolve the controversial issue at that meeting. No Major Soil Problems At Wilson St. Bridge Site Middletown officials have revealed that the results of a recent study performed by R. E. Wright Associates, Middletown consulting firm, indicate there is no “major” soil contamination on the site of the proposed new Wilson Street Bridge. Borough Manager Jack Hadge expressed the hope early this week that the report presented by the local firm might finally get the bridge reconstruction project, which has been delayed nearly three years, on the move again. Hadge said he received the information during an April 2 conference at the offices of PennDOT’s Bureau of Aviation at Harrisburg International
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23 YEARS AGO - How The West – Londonderry Elementary School Chorus recently presented the musical “How The West Was Really Won!” Cast members pictured are: Laura Sanagorski, Kyle Whitman, Emily Blair, Caliann Bogovic and Kathleen Dowell. Airport. The conference was attended by Fran Strouce, Bureau director, Colleen Brown, liaison officer for PennDOT District 8, and Charles Berthoud of R. E. Wright Associates. Lester Nace, project development engineer in PennDot’s District 8 office, said on Tuesday morning that completion of the Wright study would almost certainly put the project “back on track.” “With this report in hand,” Nace commented, “the bridge designers Herbert, Rowland and Grubic, should soon be given the signal to proceed with their design work. That work should be completed within the next four to eight months.” Nace said some of the design work might already have been completed. In that case, he said, the designs could be finished earlier. When that process is completed, the project will be advertised for bidding
building program. Other recent renovations in the District included Mill Road Elementary in 1990 and Bainbridge Elementary in 1992. Last February, the local School Board also voted to renovate Rheems, which was built in 1956 and expanded in 1964, and add a new classroom for each of its six grades (K-5). Located on a 9¼-acre site, the revitalized facility will have about 19,500 square feet added to it. Total construction cost for the $3.8 million Rheems project will be $2.26 million, officials said. The work will be funded through a general obligation bond, they noted, with average annual payments of $338,500 (at 6.25 percent interest) over 20 years. The State is expected to reimburse EASD’s loan principal and interest at a rate of about 28 percent; more specifically, for each dollar the District
spends on the project, the State will reimburse 28 cents. Prices From 23 Years Ago Center Cut Grilling Chops............................... $1.99/lb. Bananas................................. 25¢/lb. Star Kist Chunck Lite Tuna 6.12 oz..............................39¢ Page Bath Tissue 4-roll pk................................... 2/$1 Stroehmann Potato Rolls 8-pk....99¢ Maxwell House Master Blend Coffee 11.5 oz.................99¢ Dietz and Watson Dried Beef........................ $5.99/lb. Morton Meat Pies 7 oz.............. 3/$1 Dove Bath Soap 4.75 oz.......................... 2 pk./$1.99 Fingo’s Cereal Snacks 16/8 oz....................................$2.29 Baker Soft Pretzels 25 ct. box................................$3.76 Sour Cream Donuts.............. 8/$1.59
Initial Specifications Sent To State EASD Board Proceeds On Rheems Renovation Plans Initial plans for the renovation/addition project at the Rheems Elementary School in West Donegal Township have been submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Elizabethtown Area School District (EASD) officials said last week. The $3.8 million project is a part of EASD’s goal to renovate all of its elementary schools in a long-term
Saturday, September 24, 2016 - South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and York County Heritage Trust are jointly sponsoring a genealogy conference on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York Mustering Up Your Family History: The keynote speaker will be Ron Hershner, author of “Letters From Home: The Civil War Correspondence of a York County family.” The conference will feature two tracts of programs: Genealogical Research – Climbing Your Family Tree; I Found It on the Internet; Resources of the York County Heritage Trust Library; Using DNA in Genealogical Research: A Personal Story Military Records – Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Research; Pennsylvania Civil War Research; Researching World War I and World War II Veterans; US Army Heritage and Education Center’s Holdings of Importance to Genealogists Registration for this conference will be on the Society’s website:www.scpgs.org
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MIKEFOLMER
An afternoon without police and our quality of life
PA needs even more reforms
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n Saturday, April 30, the unthinkable happened in Middletown: The borough went eight hours, from 3 to 11 p.m., without a police officer on duty. A number of circumstances led to the vacant shift, Police Chief John Bey said – days off, vacations, administrative leave and one officer’s injury to his shooting hand contributed to the lack of coverage. The borough’s neighbors and Pennsylvania State Police offered to help in the emergency situation, so Middletown was not completely unprotected. Still, it has led to a discussion about how many full-time officers the borough needs. Currently, the Middletown Police Department has 10 full-time officers and five part-time officers. What’s the standard? Well, the U.S. Justice Department recommends 2.3 officers per 1,000 residents. Middletown has a population of 8,900, so the borough is “nowhere near’’ that standard, said Mayor James H. Curry III. Next door, Lower Swatara Twp. has 14 full-time officers on its roster and an additional hire in its 2016 budget. It’s interesting to note that Lower Swatara had fewer calls for service than Middletown – 4,250 compared to Middletown’s 5,973 from Nov. 1, 2013 through Oct. 31, 2014, according to Dauphin County 911 dispatch records. Currently, Middletown police routinely are working double shifts to provide police coverage. Police protection is a tremendous quality-of-life issue, and will become more critical as Middletown and the neighborhoods just outside the borough limits grows. Privatelyowned student housing has popped up in and just beyond the borough limits as neighboring Penn State Harrisburg has grown, and that growth and the renovations to Middletown’s downtown business district promise to draw more people into town. Balance that with the fact that one full-time police officer would cost about $137,000 in salary, benefits and pension costs. Is there enough in the borough budget to pay for more police? Should the borough raise taxes or electric rates? Bey, a retired state trooper, is of the opinion that part-time officers aren’t the answer, for a number of reasons – typically they work part-time in other municipalities, so they are “difficult to depend on,’’ he said. Several Middletown Borough Council members seem to agree. The question, though, is how many officers are taxpayers willing to pay for? Curry and council are left to struggle with that question. What do you think? Tell your elected officials your opinion. It ultimately is up to you, and it’s too important an issue to remain silent.
PAULHEISE
Got Trump? Five reasons why the GOP will not win
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he nomination of Donald Trump presents the Republican Party leadership with a tri-lemma. Should the party support him? Trump is not really a Republican and owes nothing to the Republican establishment – and his agenda and platform are irrelevant or opposed to traditional party objectives. Republicans could go to Plan B and set up a third party, which ensures a Democratic Party victory and sets up a potential rival. Or the GOP could just sit things out, support the seriously threatened down ticket candidates and hope to build something new out of the rubble. If Trump can’t win, no problem. But can he win? There are five factors: • First, there’s the electoral college. The Democratic Party remains the dominant political force in national elections. The Bernie Sanders supporters are likely to rally around Hillary Clinton and choose her over Trump. The Republicans control the House of Representatives only because of really brilliant gerrymandering. They expect to lose the Senate simply because of the election cycle for senators favors the Democrats. The voting history and demographic map stack all the facts against any Republican candidate for the presidency. Without some kind of startling event, the Democrats have locked up 237 out of a total of 538 electoral votes. They need only 33 to get to the 271 necessary to win. It is near impossible for the Republicans to deny them the presidency unless the Democratic candidate is a lot weaker than Clinton. • Second, there’s party politics. The chaos and ideological splintering of the Republican Party itself is evidenced by those 17 candidates shouting at and insulting each other. The Reagan coalition that depended on white working-class males faded and nothing took its place. The Tea Party groups and libertarians, who might have replaced that voting block, never found a home in the Republican Party. The moneyed Eastern establishment that was the cornerstone of the Republican Party for the past 100 years was devastated by the party’s identification with the military debacle of the Iraq war and the economic catastrophe of the Great Recession and financial crisis. The party itself is in crisis. • Third, there’s demographics. The analysts are slicing and dicing the demographics trying to rearrange a jigsaw puzzle. Both sides have come to the realization that it is gender, stupid. The women are supporting Hillary and the men are supporting The Donald. It is a case of the ground game and the ability to get out the vote. Trump’s vulgar remarks in regard to Megyn Kelly, his insults to Carly Fiorina and his fascination with cup size aren’t helping him where he needs it most. Huge mistake. • Fourth, there’s the issues, which are not really that important but certainly ought to be. Sanders is the only one speaking to the populist issues, particularly income inequality, that have brought on this political crisis. Clinton – except in instances where she has been pushed to the left by Sanders – is promising four more years of an Obama administration. Trump’s policy positions are determined by the applause meter in his ear, and that will not be enough. • Fifth, there’s personality. This election is not about party or position, it is about personality. The ugliest such trait is the propensity to insult. Trump rose to prominence on what is a character flaw, his ability to insult. Finally Trump did it – he insulted himself. When Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t bother to assist Fiorina when she fell off the stage, Trump said, “Even I would have helped her.” That says it all. Now make your choice. Predicting election outcomes is always a gamble. In this case, it’s more of a gamble than usual because Trump has been so badly underestimated in the past. But barring an act of God, it is all stacked against Trump and he will not be elected president. So sit it out. Paul A. Heise, of Mount Gretna, is a professor emeritus of economics at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, and a former economist for the federal government.
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READERS'VIEWS
Be patient, Middletown: Change takes time We’ve all heard the saying, “Good as possible. things take time.” Never was this saying It’s also important to note that council more applicable than to what’s occurring recently adopted a new “Management at this very moment in the Borough of Benefits” resolution that will provide Middletown. competitive benefits to future new hires With an unprecedented turnover in key while assuring that taxpayers are not management staff due to numerous resstuck footing the bill for over-the-top ignations, a drastic change in the compobenefits. One of the key changes is that sition of Middletown Borough Council all new non-uniform management hires and a laundry list of once-in-a-lifetime will be enrolled in a defined contribution issues happening at the same time, the employee benefit plan as opposed to a speed at which positive changes are being defined benefit pension as has historically made is moderate at best. While speed is been offered. Seeing that we now have important, it’s accuracy and precision that fully-funded pension funds resulting from really makes great things happen. the lease of the water/sewer system and To guarantee a long-term, sustainable fu- have also made the underlying structural ture for the borough, it’s vitally important change of a switch to a defined contributhat we make calculated, informed decition system, the borough is set up to have sions, most importantly with the people a significantly better financial certainty we recruit and ultimately hire. regarding employee expenses in the In an attempt to put the situation into future. perspective, imagine that you are emThe borough currently is facing some of ployed at a company, and when you come the most unique challenges in its history, to work on Monday you find that your to make matters difficult. The list includes boss, as well as all upper-level manageissues such as a proposed crematory, ment above him or the dissolution of her, are gone. Can the Middletown you imagine the Borough Authormadness that would a dispute with Imagine that you are ity, ensue? How would our largest electric employed at a company, and customer, ongoing vital business activities get done? Who when you come to work on negotiations with would be in charge non-uniform Monday you find that your the and how would they employees union on boss, as well as all upper- a new contract and assure that nothing slipped through the level management above him imminent capital cracks? This sceincluding, but or her, are gone. Can you needs nario sounds crazy, not limited to, the imagine the madness that paving of multiple but it’s exactly what is occurring in borwould ensue? roads in Middleough government. town. The list goes As of about two on and on. weeks prior to writTo be clear: I’m not ing this, the borasking for sympathy. ough was without a This is what I signed borough manager, finance director, public up for when I decided to run for elected works director and codes enforcement office. The point I’m making is that officer. When I sit back and contemplate addressing these issues can’t and won’t that statement, I think to myself, “How is happen overnight. it possible that the doors are still open?” We’re only four months into this new The answer is that we have had several era in the borough, and I can say that I’m people step up and go above and beyond proud of how our employees and officials their normal duties to make sure that have handled this difficult situation. I vital services the borough provides are have complete confidence going forward still available to citizens. These people that taxpayers will gradually begin to reap include full- and part-time employees, the benefits of the changes that are being interim advisors and elected officials. implemented. How long will it take? They have done a great service to our Long enough to make sure things get community but, by no fault of their own, done the right way, not the easy way. they have only been able to bail water. In Just remember: Good things take time. other words, it’s hard to concentrate on anything other than what’s going on right Benjamin Kapenstein now – and that makes prioritizing very President important. Middletown Borough Council The state in which borough affairs were left in when the change happened has not (The writer represents Middletown’s made the situation any easier. It seems Second Ward on Middletown Borough like almost every day we come across Council.) another issue that wasn’t dealt with in the past and has been left for us to figure out. And trust me when I say that we will figure it out and ultimately get it done. It’s just going to take time. Just recently we took a very big first step in hiring a new borough manager. For those not familiar with what a borough manager does: He or she is considered the chief operating officer of the borough. We want to hear from you. With the responsibility of supervising Send your letters to: all departments and reporting directly to letters@pressandjournal.com, or council, this is considered to be the top 20 S. Union Street position in borough administration. Now Middletown, Pa. 17057 that we have a manager in place – Ken Letters may be edited for accuracy, Klinepeter – the next step is to hire qualclarity, and length. ity management staff with which to surround him. Council and staff are working diligently to make this happen as quickly
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n the year since I was named chairman of the Senate State Government Committee, I’ve worked hard to advance reforms that are consistent with my “Promise to Pennsylvania”: legislative and political reforms, tax and spending reforms, and labor law and legal reforms. During this time, nearly 150 bills have been referred to the State Government Committee and about one-quarter have been reported to the full Senate for consideration, including proposed Constitutional amendments to reduce the size of the General Assembly; Right to Know law updates; expansions of the Ethics Act, the Sunshine Law and the Election Code; Civil Service and Procurement law changes;“paycheck protection”; lobbying disclosure requirements; the legalization of medical cannabis; requiring proof of citizenship for public benefits; the establishment of an independent Inspector General; and requiring fiscal estimates for proposed regulations. These measures are in addition to the public hearings the Senate State Government Committee has held on a broad range of issues, including: ways to control government spending; proposed Article V amendments to the U.S. Constitution (held in cooperation with the House State Government Committee); voting issues (including my “Voters’ Choice Act” and on-line voter registration); and state procurement policies. Last December, my “Taxpayer Funded Advertising Transparency Act” (Senate Bill 442) was signed into law as Act 90 of 2015. This small reform requires “Paid for with Pennsylvania taxpayer dollars” whenever commonwealth agencies spend tax moneys on advertising. Recently, another modest reform (my Senate Bill 644) was signed into law as Act 15 of 2016. This measure demonstrates my ongoing efforts to bring openness and transparency to state government by focusing on the costs – not the details – associated with the commonwealth’s collective bargaining agreements. There are a number of state employee contracts negotiated by governors from time to time – it’s part of their duties as governor, and I’m not in any way questioning gubernatorial authority to enter into these agreements. However, whatever is negotiated by a governor must ultimately be covered by budget appropriations paid for by taxpayers. I believe both elected officials and taxpayers should have information on these costs before these agreements are signed. The Senate and House Appropriations committees regularly prepare fiscal notes to determine estimated cost impacts of bills under consideration, and these fiscal notes are the basis of many of the debates and deliberations of the General Assembly in considering proposed bills. Like fiscal notes, Act 15 gives the General Assembly and the general public the ability to know the potential economic impacts union contracts will have on the state budget 20 days before they’re finalized. The new law does this by empowering the Independent Fiscal Office to provide cost analyses for the current and subsequent fiscal years of the impacts each proposed agreement will have prior to their execution. When I introduced this legislation last year, there were a number of collective bargaining agreements set to expire, with total costs around $3 billion, covering 44,584 state employees of the 72,176 under the governor’s jurisdiction. A number of other contracts are set to expire both this year and next year, with estimated costs of over $1.5 billion. If these contracts increase state costs by just 1 percent, taxpayers would pay around $45 million per year, with additional costs associated with covering employees’ health care and pension costs. Such impact will significantly influence the current and future state budgets in paying state employees, covering their health care costs and funding pensions. While opponents claimed these changes are not broad solutions to reforming state government, I disagree. Every step that improves openness, transparency and accountability helps to ensure government is being a better steward of taxpayers’ money. 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 would trade the rundown, de-
caying houses around my house for a crematory any day. I can’t sell the house because of the neighbors. Not sure why codes can’t do anything about it.”
• “I wonder if Sam Monticello is
able to confirm that he gave the Lower Swatara Twp. Board of Commissioners police letter of intent to negotiate, or is he restricted from talking to the press as part of the ‘separation agreement’? Hmmm.”
• “OK, now I get it. The police
aren’t happy with their union agreement even though they make $60,000 to $100,000. So they and their friends write in to Sound Off and try to scare the public, saying they don’t have enough cops or cars so the commissioners will hire a new cop. Then, when they hire a new guy, one of the cops will file a grievance saying it’s not fair that the new guy makes a few more dollars instead of retirement benefits. We love our police, but this sounds like big city union tactics to me with us taxpayers taking it on the chin again.”
• “It would be interesting to see
how much of our tax dollars have been spent by our commissioners on attorney fees, especially compared to the board before them. You have to wonder why a board of commissioners uses an attorney as much as this one does?”
• “Stop acting so surprised and
innocent, you know exactly why people dislike you as you think nobody has the right to stand up to you. That is called ‘tyranny’ and it will be interesting to see how that flies for you at the next level whatever that may be. No names here but you know. You can’t treat people the way you do and expect to be respected when you have nobody’s interest but your own in mind. I’ve never seen more proof of self -service and mistreatment of others as I have in you. Crazy part is all the people you have fooled either don’t know you or never had to work for you. I can’t imagine how you look in the mirror at yourself, everything in life is not dollars and cents, and good people, especially those with children, know that. I feel bad for you because you are a loveless and lonely soul. Good luck to you.”
• “I sure hope Mr. Finkenbinder lets us all know when he’s ready to fire up the crematorium. My toddler will be there to hold the matches!”
• “I just shake my head as I see all
the anti-crematory signs get increasingly more ridiculous. Middletown, don’t you ever get tired of being a joke?”
• “To the people worried about the
crematorium toxins: Don’t worry, I’m sure they’ll only accept remains that are free-range, organic and gluten-free.”
• “Mark it on your calendar: Satur-
day, April 30th, Middletown had no police officers on the street for the 3-11 shift. PSP was put on call to handle any calls in the borough.”
• “I was at the hearing for the
crematory and a little upset with the facts I was handed and facts I heard from the expert that had been in business for over 25 years. My sign is gone and I encourage others to go and listen. Be prepared for adults acting like unsupervised children.”
• “Middletown, you look like a
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Hillary Clinton as ‘Madam Secretary’? Doesn’t John Kerry have that job now? Hillary’s only title right now is Mrs. Clinton. I could suggest a few more but I don’t think you’d print them.”
• “Comparing the invasion of the
body burners to the ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ is appropriate considering residents of Middletown have been replaced by dummies who think temporary signs are actually inappropriate and putting a permanent human incinerator into a residential district where children live is NOT inappropriate. People that believe nothing will be emitted from an instrument that you have to get an Open Air Contamination Source permit to operate are naïve and possibly idiotic. It can only be explained that they were inhabited by aliens. All one has to do is Google ‘crematory fire’ or ‘crematorium fire’ and they will see separate incidents of these things going ablaze or polluting and those pictures and videos are scary. The fire at the All County Funeral Home in Lake Worth, Fla. last year probably has those residents, especially the children, dealing with PTSD. So who is the alien force replacing our fair residents with dummies? Don’t let the free T-shirts and free coffee buy your allegiance. Buying votes is the oldest gimmick in the book and you’re a sucker if you fall for it.”
• “The ‘expert’ for Fager-Finken-
binder Funeral Home at the zoning hearing board was their incinerator manufacturer’s salesman. The salesman! He receives most of his money from, you know, SELLING THE INCINERATOR. That means he has to sell the incinerator to feed his family, pay his mortgage, pay his heating bill, put gas in his car, or send a kid to college. Those are motives to tell us anything we want to hear besides the truth. Are we to believe for a second when this salesman tells us our children will be safe and we’ll be able to enjoy our yards when this thing is running? Insulting! I guess this was the knowledge and information Travis Finkenbinder was going to drop to educate the uneducated and correct all the anti-crematory jargon. I still haven’t heard one fact that tells me this is thing is good for Middletown. NOT ONE.”
• “Lets be clear: The township
was not ‘forced’ to get rid of post-retirement benefits, they were ‘awarded’ them during an arbitration. So not only are the LSTPD the lowest paid officers in the area, the township thanks them for their 25 years of dedication by getting rid of their benefits after retirement. Real classy.”
• “Seen on the news: If Hillary is
elected, she intends to put President Billary in charge of creating jobs and manufacturing. Ahem, allow me to refresh. When the N.A.F.T.A. bill was signed, over a million jobs went south of the border. President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. When China was given ‘preferred nation’ status, a couple of million jobs went overseas. President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. Now, the present Democrat in charge is talking about something called ‘The Pacific Ring trade agreement.’ Yes, Democratic Party, you’re for us working stiffs. And the unions have been in bed with the Democratic Party for so long they don’t even know who’s screwing them anymore. Hey, people, wake up – FDR is a long time dead.”
• “Isn’t there a higher agency
bunch of fools. Please come get your signs out of our town. We enjoy the entertainment you provide acting and saying stupid things. But please keep it in your own narrowminded town.”
that can look into what the Lower Swatara commissioners have been doing to their police department? Look into their activities as local government regarding all township employees, maybe it just needs to get in the right ear.”
• “Why do they keep referring to
• “Did I read the agenda correctly?
Township Manager Anne Shambaugh is requesting to place $2 million of surplus money into a CD bank account? They have $2 million of available money to them and won’t hire police officers? Replacing two police officers would cost roughly $96,000, but they say we don’t need them, and then say we are going to put $2 million into an account? Why not replace the township police officers and then put $199 million into this account? Very soon, Lower Swatara will have no SRO, no detectives and a handful of police to protect 15 square miles and almost 10,000 residents. This is where it is headed, people, you may not realize how this will impact you until you are a victim of crime or notice more and more shady people floating aimlessly around your neighborhood unchecked.”
here is much talk and action right now on the issue of a minimum or “just” wage. Typically, those who favor raising the minimum wage tend to the liberal camp. However, some of those who want to raise the minimum wage are social conservatives or have conservative sympathies. They are concerned about those people who are working long hours at honest work, perhaps even achieving supervisory positions while still earning less than $15 an hour. There are too many people working jobs that would have once been careers who do not earn a living wage, and this has consequences. Those of us who value family formation need to promote highwage jobs so couples can afford to have children. Earning a good living from one job gives people time to be involved in their communities, while those needing to work multiple jobs do not have that time. People of faith must acknowledge that the cause of just wages is a moral issue. Some who cite these compelling arguments in favor of raising the minimum wage acknowledge that raising the minimum wage will result in people losing their jobs to automation. They call out for a conservative solution to the problem of low wages but see none. Well, the truth is that there are indeed conservative solutions. However, the conservative path to higher wages is less direct than
• “TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP.” • “Islam: There must be something
in those ‘holy books’ that make people believe that God wants them to kill other people.”
• “About that ‘smart motorcyclist.’
Today I seen the opposite fellow, driving down Route 230, the freshly paved Route 230. I was behind a guy dressed all in black, the same color as the street. Bike, tires and head-to-toe in black, kinda hard to see. But, oh, he looked tough.”
• “Cis Snyder, Gone too soon! Rest in peace!”
• “Leaders of any group or organization always have the greatest impact on morale.”
JOHNPAYNE
• “Sure, you can sign up to make
$100,000 with overtime, but here’s the give and take: You must live at your place of employment, have 20 years on, be away from your family more than you are with him, miss your kids’ events, etc., be exhausted and expose yourself to twice as many dangerous situations. Yep, you can sign up for that, but they don’t hire cops so it’d be all for nothing anyway!”
The Capitol REPORT
Work to begin on U.S. 322/422 Expressway
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reventative maintenance work is slated to begin on portions of the U.S. 322/422 Expressway, which runs through several municipalities in the 106th District. Resurfacing work will take place on U.S. 322 from the Penn Harris Interchange to Linden Road in Swatara Twp., Hummelstown and into Derry Twp. This section is expected to be completed in 2016. Additional resurfacing will take place on U.S. 422 from Linden Road in Derry Twp. to the Lebanon County line. This section is to be completed by July 2017. This project was made possible by increased funding in the state’s comprehensive transportation plan, which I supported when it came before the House. Additional transportation improvement projects will take place in our area in 2017. For a complete list of present and future roadwork projects, visit my Web site, RepPayne.com.
• “With all the educated, intelli-
gent and knowledgeable women in this country, can you tell me why the Democratic Party couldn’t find someone else besides Hillary?”
• “The world is a dangerous place
to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. – Albert Einstein”
• “When Frank Linn was in charge, no police left, no managers quit or were fired, no taxes went up and no lawyers had to speak at township meetings, and wrote in the Sound Off about all this nonsense. What happened to this place?”
• “I would hope that none of the
dozens of people with the ‘Toddlers and Toxins Don’t Mix’ signs in their yards are smokers. However, being familiar with Middletown, I’m certain there are plenty. Over 50 chemicals isolated from secondhand smoke are known carcinogens. I will say that steps should be taken to regulate mercury emissions from crematories, which is likely the most dangerous emission if a crematory is run negligently.”
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stands due to regulations and permitting requirements. When lemonade stands are regulated out of existence, it becomes nearly impossible to profitably run a business with well-paid employees. All of the time that business people must spend to understand and follow regulations is time that cannot be devoted to actually running the business. When conservatives want regulatory reform, it is not advocating for dirty air or water, it is to allow people to be free to run their businesses, make more money and pay higher wages. These conservative ideas to promote prosperity and higher wages are not rocket science. There are three reasons why politicians from both parties fail to implement them: • First, there are political points to be scored by criticizing entrepreneurs and businesses. It is easy to make people feel envious and to desire harming those who have more. • Second, business people would not be compelled to share any additional wealth with employees. Having demonized business people as greedy, it becomes hard for some to imagine that any business owner cares about paying employees just wages, but business people care about their communities just like the rest of us. • Finally, politicians from both sides of the aisle like to be able to claim credit for positive changes. Simply creating an environment that allows for more prosperity does not allow politicians to get the credit for better paying jobs. Wages can, and should, be higher. We do not have to choose between higher pay and the inevitable job losses that would come from raising the minimum wage. Wages will be higher and jobs more plentiful in a thriving economy with profitable businesses. In sports, we admire players who care more about the success of the team than about their personal statistics. Political leaders who are truly compassionate will do what is right even when they do not get credit for all of the good that follows. Dr. Joseph J. Horton is professor of psychology at Grove City College and the working group coordinator for marriage and family at The Center for Vision & Values. He is also a researcher on positive youth development.
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Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Church Evangelical United Methodist 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
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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.
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 New worship hours beginning this Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 9:15 a.M. Followed by small group Bible study the following Sunday and throughout eternity! You might think that sounds drastic; but our Lord called us into Fellowship with Him to walk in His ways and minister in His Name. We cannot do that without being in “fellowship with one another” and in “The Word of God.” As I said on Sunday, if we think we know everything about God in Christ and are doing everything He calls us to…. then our churches would be full and we would be in heaven…. eternity! So, can you meet the challenge? Can you meet the Mission of “making disciples for Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world”? Can you meet the goal of everyone having a place in the worship and ministry of Wesley Church? Everyone is our neighbor we do not yet know! Everyone is the stranger that comes into God’s Kitchen or into Youth 10Xs Better, or into Threads of Hope. Thanks be to God who gives us the spiritual gifts to serve Him in this place! We are excited to begin this new season in the life of Wesley Church as we celebrate Pentecost this Sunday, May 15, 2016. Pentecost is the day in which God sent His Holy Spirit onto those first disciples and the church was born! So we celebrate all those who gathered together to hear from God and be anointed for ministry with a combined worship service at 9:15 a.m. The “New Spirit” Praise Team and the organist will be leading us in a service of praise and thanksgiving
for the gifts of the Spirit that have been given to the church. Lay members of the congregation will be celebrating the gifts of radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional faith development, risk-taking mission and service and extravagant generosity. following the service, we will gather around the table for a celebration brunch. Please call the church office to register for the free Brunch. Remember, starting May 15 we will be worshipping at 9:15 a.m., followed by Small Group/Bible Study beginning on May 22. 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.
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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 May 11-17 are always open to everyone. Wed., May 11: 6 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir Rehearsal. Thurs., May 12: 9:15 a.m., Senior Fellowship Bus Tour; 6 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067.
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,
Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Wyoming Street, Royalton. IndividuChurch is located at Spring and Union als may also take items directly to the streets, (121 N. Spring St.), Middle- food pantry, which is open Tuesdays town. We are a Reconciling In Christ and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Church. The Community Action Commission You are invited to join us for wor- office is open Tuesdays from 10 a.m. ship on Wednesday morning, Saturday to 1 p.m. at the same location. evening and Sunday morning. Sunday Church and Community Events: worship times are 8:15 and 11 a.m. Wed., May 11: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday Church School for all ages is Middletown Public Library Book Sale; at 9:45 a.m. Our 11 a.m. worship ser- 10 a.m., Holy Communion, Chapel; vice is broadcast live on WMSS 91.1. 1:30 p.m., Interfaith Apts. Holy ComWednesday morning service is at 10 munion; 7 p.m., Adult Choir. a.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual Thurs., May 12: Newsletter Deadline traditional service and is 45 minutes for June; Interfaith Council, LH; 10 in length. Please enter through the a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Middletown Public parking lot doors. Library Book Sale. The first Sunday of each month Sat., May 14: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., is Food Pantry Sunday. Needed are Middletown Public Library Book Sale; personal care items: toothpaste, 5 p.m., Holy Communion. toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoos, Sun., May 15: The Day of Pentecost; soaps, lotions, and paper products 9 a.m., Reception for Confirmands (toilet tissue, tissues, paper towels) and and New Members; 10 a.m., ONE food items: cereals, Bisquick, pancake Combined Worship Service with Holy mixes, syrup, cake mixes and frostings, Communion (C) and Rite of Confirmacondiments (ketchup, mustard, mayo, tion and Receiving of New Members. relishes, pickles and olives), puddings Mon., May 16: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., and gelatins. These are items not Community Dinner at Evangelical consistently purchased or available at UMC; 6:30 p.m., Bible Study. Central PA Food Bank. Items collected Visit our website at www.stpeare taken to the Middletown Area tersmiddletown.org. Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Scripture for May 15: Acts 2:1-21; Ps 104:24-34, 35b; Rom 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 {25-27}.
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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., May 11: 6:30 p.m., Bells rehearsal; 7:15 p.m., Chancel Choir rehearsal. Church school for all ages continues on May 15 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 hear from the Lisenbys as they share the timeline and story of how their lives have intersected with and been affected by a 21-year-old Sudanese refugee named Gabriel. Please join us. Please join us for worship at 10:30 a.m. on the Day of Pentecost on Sunday, May 15. Communion will be served. Our sanctuary is handicapped accessible, and there are also hearing devices for anyone wanting to use one. Nursery is available during the
service, as well as Bible Listening bags for children to utilize during the service. Do join us. In honor of our Choir, Bell Choir, and our Sunday School teachers and all who attend Sunday School, the Fellowship Committee will be preparing an Appreciation Breakfast on Sun., May 22 beginning at 9 a.m. Reservations are being accepted through Sun., May 15 and those reservations should be made with Linda Eppley, Chair of Christian Education (for members of the Sunday School program) or Darrell Woomer, Director of Music (for choir and/or bell choir members). In the event you are unable to make your reservation with either of these persons, please contact Mary Ellen Baer at 944-9667. We hope to have a nice representation from all of you. Mon., May 16: 7 p.m., Deacons meeting. 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.
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 p.m. followed by Round Table discussion; 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. Meals on Wheels for week of May 9 deliveries: Sharon and Sherm Edwards, and Pam and Terry Eberly. Men’s Group meets every Thursday morning at 6 a.m. for prayer. Community men invited. Month of May is “Baby Bottle Blessings” for Morning Star Pregnancy Services. Our “Prayer and Veggie Garden” is being started. Work Day is Saturday, May 14 to get the veggies started. Wooden pickets inscribed for the fence are being sold for a cost in memory of, honor of, or family name. Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ wmss/audio. Check us out on our Website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com. Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ!” We invite you to come and experience this love.
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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: 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.
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Sun., May 15: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for May: Bill Harris; 10:15 a.m., Worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, and Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of daughter Wendy Hoffman presented by Dawn Pickel and family; 4 p.m., Youth Fellowship. Mon., May 16: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Community dinner at Evangelical. Menu is chicken and waffles, including mashed potatoes, corn, applesauce, dessert and beverage. Tues., May 17: 8:30 a.m., Volunteers will travel to Mission Central; 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry.
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Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am Evening Worship - 6 pm www.calvaryopc.com
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
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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
BRAD GILBERT, Pastor
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
Geyers United Methodist Church
280 North Race St., Middletown Parish Office 944-3133
Saturday Evening Vigil - 5:30 pm Sunday Masses - 8:00 am, 10:30 am & 6:00 pm Confessions: Saturday - 7:30-7:50 am, 4:30-5:15 pm
Wesley United Methodist Church 64 Ann Street, Middletown
1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown 944-6426
REV. MARGARET “Pastor Peggy” SPENGLER, Pastor Pastor James Lyles, Youth Pastor, 10xBetter
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
Sunday Worship - 8:30 &10:30 am • Come as you are! Follow Jesus, Change the World.
PASTOR STEVAN ATANASOFF
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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Oh my, May. It is about time the sun and warmer temps have found you! April showers have bled over into May causing me to rename the days of the week: Misty Monday, Tearing Tuesday, Weeping Wednesday...you get the idea. We need sunshine Saturday and Sunday, and all week long! Now that it is past Mother’s Day, it should be safe to plant the vegetables and flowers you have been waiting to put into the ground. The land seems to be teeming with lush foliage – bright flowers, green grass and bushy shrubs. And, of course, weeds. The weeds are especially healthy this year. “May,’’ by Sara Teasdale The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, And the petals fall on the orchard wall, But for me the spring is done. Beneath the apple blossoms I go a wintry way, For love that smiled in April Is false to me in May. “Rhyme for England’’ A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.
“What potent blood hath modest May.” – Ralph W. Emerson Have a wonderful week and be sure to share your news with your neighbors – feel free to e-mail or snail-mail me. Birthdays Best wishes to neighbor Bob Wierman on Wednesday, May 11. I hope you have a beautiful day so you can take an extra-long bike ride. Happy birthday! Happy 20th cake day to Josh Hurley of Lower Swatara Twp. May your Thursday, May 12 birthday be your best yet. Ken Romberger of Lower Swatara marks his razzle-dazzle birthday on
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Thursday, May 12. If you see him, be sure to wish him a happy one! Here is a shout-out to Patrick Green of Lower Swatara. Hoping your Thursday is truly remarkable as you celebrate your Big 3-0 birthday on May 12. Alexis Fischer of Middletown will blow out 15 candles atop her frostyfilled cake on Thursday, May 12. What a great day to celebrate! Linda Hammaker will hear the birthday song in Lower Swatara on Thursday, May 12. Let the celebration week start at your house, Linda. Raul Mahalik of Lower Swatara marks his birthday on Friday, May 13 with a membership into the 20-yearold club. Congrats, and enjoy, Raul! Smiles and hugs are sent to Gwen Martz of Lower Swatara on Friday, May 13. No bad luck for you, Gwen! Be blest and eat cake! David Ordonez of Lower Swatara turns into a brand-new-teener on Saturday, May 14. Happy weekendnow-13 to you, David! Happy 17th balloon-flying day to Elizabeth DeVelin of Lower Swatara. She marks her special day on Saturday, May 14. Have fun! Clark Hammaker: Get ready for more cake at your house in Lower Swatara this week. Happy birthday to you on Saturday, May 14. I hope your day is extra super. Tim Nevil of Lower Swatara turns 15 on Saturday, May 14. Hope your day is full of fun and surprises. Best wishes to Amy Burghdorf of Lower Swatara as she observes her Delta Dawn party day. Do you know that song? Hope your Saturday, May 14 is beautiful! Jordan Travitz of Lower Swatara hits his landmark 21st birthday on Saturday, May 14. I hope you have lots of cake, Jordan Best wishes and God bless you. Happy snappy-happy birthday to sweet, dear Tracy Meifert of Lower Swatara on Sunday, May 15. Enjoy your birthday weekend like no other, Miss Tracy!
Briana Dunlap of Lower Swatara joins the 20 Club on Monday, May 16 as she turns 20. Congrats, and happy birthday week to you. Happy Sweet 16 beep-honk-honk day to Elliot Demko of Middletown on Tuesday, May 17. Hoping your day is fantastic, Elliot! Congrats, Dr. Stoner Congratulations to Jennifer Stoner, formerly of Lower Swatara, who recently received her Ph.D. in philosophy in consumer behavior from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Jen is the daughter of John and Jan Stoner, Granger, Ind. and the granddaughter of Bertha McMinn of Royalton. She is a 1999 graduate of Middletown Area High School. She received her bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. After working for several non-profit organizations, Jen earned her MBA in marketing at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Stoner has accepted a teaching/ research position at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D. Congratulations! Anniversaries Best wishes for a romantic anniversary celebration to Tom and Janice Williams of Lower Swatara. They married on May 11, 1974. Happy 42nd to you on Wednesday. Larry and Angier Crumlich of Lower Swatara tied the knot on May 15, 1983. I hope your 33rd anniversary on Sunday is sweet and full of celebration. Suppertime A homemade chicken and waffle dinner with mashed potatoes, corn, applesauce, dessert and beverage will be held on Monday, May 16 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. (or until sold out) at Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown. All are
tudents of the Month MIDDLETOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL
Ja’lynn Burton-Jones and Laddie Springer were named Students of the Month for May at Middletown Area High School. Burton-Jones, daughter of Jessica Jones and granddaughter of Pamela Spencer, is a member of the girls’ basketball team, Link Crew and yearbook staff. She has earned honors on the school’s Honor Roll during all four years at MAHS. In the community, she volunteers for community service every Sunday. She plans to study criminal justice and communications at Robert Morris University, Coraopolis, Allegheny County, and play for the university’s Division I women’s basketball team. “I am honored to be selected as the Student of the Month,’’ she said. “I was shocked and I never thought I’d be selected. I am happy I was, though. Thank you all!’’ Springer, son of Christina and Laddie Springer, is a member of the track team, the cross country team, the Key Club and the TV production staff. He has earned honors on the school’s Distinguished Honor Roll and Honor Roll during his high school career.
welcome. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Takeout is also available. For more information, call 717-944-6181. Family Fun Night All are invited to come to Family Fun Night on Saturday, May 14 at Highspire United Methodist Church,170 Second St., Highspire. Start the night off with a spaghetti dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. The dinner menu: spaghetti, meatballs, breadsticks, salad, beverages and dessert. There is a cost for the meal. All proceeds go toward activities at the church’s Vacation Bible School, which will be held Aug.1-5. Feel free to stay and see the movie, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” showing at 6:30 p.m. The movie is free. The popcorn is free. The water is free! Come on out. Quote of the Week “You are a special person created by an awesome God!” – Anonymous Question of the Week What is your dream (your wildest dream that you’re hoping to come true)? “To jump out of a plane and land in a pool!” – Jon Benkovic, 5, Lower Paxton Twp. “To be ‘beamed up’ and go to Hawaii.” – Pia Montalvo, Lower Paxton. “To have a way to simplify my life with all my details involving clothing. Maybe a ‘Dress Me’ app?” – Tamira Ott, Harrisburg. “To live in a beach house near a lighthouse, so I can see it every day.” – Geri Tingle, Lower Paxton. “To own a video game empire, where I’m the best video game creator in the world!”– William Benkovic, 13, Lower Paxton. Proverb for the Week Death and Destruction lie open before the Lord – how much more the hearts of men! (15:11)
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New Life Scout Cole Carlson plans to move up to the coveted rank of Eagle Scout, and is considering required community service projects that would benefit his grandfather and other residents of the Middletown Home.
Carlson earns Life Scout rank Cole Carlson, of Boy Scout Troop 97 in Londonderry Twp., has earned the rank of Life Scout, the culmination of 23 merit badges, 180 hours of volunteer work and eight years of scouting. Carlson, son of Wendy and Scott Carlson of Londonderry Twp., is an eighth-grader at Lower Dauphin Middle School, where he throws the shot put and discus for the track and field team. He is a member of LCBC Church of Harrisburg, where he works in the youth ministry program. He enjoys hunting, camping and fishing with family and friends in his spare time. He plans to attend college. To earn the rank of Life Scout, a scout must demonstrate leadership, volunteer for community service and earn badges. A Life Scout provides guidance to new scouts and helps the troop. Carlson has volunteered for Christmas caroling at local nursing homes, the Adopt-A-Highway program, Toys
for Tots, the Fountain of Life Food Bank, pioneering demonstrations at Middletown’s National Night Out and projects at the Londonderry Fire Company and Geyers United Methodist Church. He has served as Troop Guide, helping younger scouts hone their scouting skills to pass their own requirements for badges and ranks. Carlson has camped 40 nights, hiked 28 miles and bicycled seven miles to date. He recently was nominated for the Boy Scouts of America Order of the Arrow, scouting’s National Honor Society. He is well on his way towards his goal of becoming an Eagle Scout. Carlson is in the process of completing his remaining required merit badges and is considering several Eagle Scout community projects – another requirement – that would benefit residents of the Middletown Home. Troop 97 is sponsored by the Londonderry Fire Company.
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In the community, he works at Hardee’s. He plans to study psychology at Millersville University. “Wow, what an honor. The faculty and staff at Middletown are so great, and the first thing I want to do is thank the
teachers who selected me as Student of the Month,’’ he said. “It means a lot to me. I also want to thank my family, friends and coaches who have supported me over the years. Without their support I wouldn’t be the man I am today.’’
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