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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013

VOLUME 123 - NO. 19

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Some hopefuls show, others absent at Second Ward candidates’ forum

By Daniel Walmer

Press And Journal Staff

Photo by Daniel Walmer

Democrat Anne Einhorn, a candidate for Middletown Borough Council, speaks to more than 60 Middletown residents at a Second Ward candidates’ night on Tuesday, April 30 at The Event Place.

More than 60 residents attended a Second Ward candidates’ night in politically-active Middletown on Tuesday, April 30, hoping to hear from five candidates – three challengers and two incumbents – gunning for two Second Ward seats.

Instead, only challengers Barbara L. Seibert and Anne Einhorn attended the forum at The Event Place – but they laid out their vision for the future of Middletown.

Seibert is challenging incumbents Barbara Arnold and Donald Brooks for the two Republican nominations in the May 21 primary, and she thinks she has the qualifications as a town business owner, landlord

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and community volunteer.

“I’m running for council for the same reason that I started my business [and] for the same reason I give donations and things to charities,” she said.

“Because I see that there’s a need for these things, and I see there’s a need for a new council.”

A former member of the borough’s Vacancy Board, Seibert said she has the determination to accomplish solutions when she identifies a problem. For example, she said, council’s decision several years ago to improve street signs stemmed for the time she devoted to documenting poor signage and demanding improvements.

As a councilor, she said, she would attempt to Please See CANDIDATES, Page A6

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Missing man’s body discovered in river

By Noelle Barrett

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The body of David Lee Hoke, who had been missing since authorities discovered his abandoned car near the Middletown boat dock in February, was found on Saturday, May 4 in the Susquehanna River, according to Susquehanna Regional Police.

Hoke, 34, of Upper Allen Twp., was found by two fishermen near the Lancaster County shoreline, south of the Falmouth access in Conoy Twp., police said.

David Hoke Hoke had been missing since Feb. 24, when his car was discovered unlocked and running near the Middletown dock on South Union Street.

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Will Joseph Harkins become Middletown’s Beethoven?

But isn’t composing classical music the exclusive profession of 18th-century European wig-wearing ecPress And Journal staff centric geniuses?

Harkins doesn’t think so. hat do you want to do when you grow up?

In fact, he prefers to call it “exact” music, a term It’s a question every teenager has to considhe borrowed from 20th-century American composer er, but few have dreams of being a classical Leonard Bernstein to describe music that is fully writmusic composer. ten (unlike improvisational jazz or chord-based rock, in Joseph Harkins, a Middletown Area High School which performers determine some of the notes). senior, can’t imagine doing anything else.

And you don’t have to be a genius to start writing “Music is a gateway to the soul,” he said. “There’s no classical music, Harkins said – just someone with an other activity that can properly express how you feel. open mind and a tune in your head.

There’s a common saying: When words stop, music “You could be an average person with a pseudocontinues.” interest in music, and still compose, and probably have Harkins has been playing oboe since the fourth grade. some fantastic ideas that are better than Wagner and By high school, he found himself attracted to jazz Brahms,” he said. improvisation.

The only way to fail at “I started realizing, CHECK OUT HIS MUSIC composing is not to try, ‘I’m just making up this because in music, there are music. I could start writYou can hear a composition by Joseph Harkins, no wrong notes, Harkins ing it down … and make “Variations on Simple Gifts for Orchestra,’’ on our said. something cool out of it,’ website, www.pressandjournal.com.

“All you have to do is ” he said. “At some point, have faith in yourself that I realized, ‘This is someyou can create something thing I could do the rest of my life.’ ” great,” he said.

So he started putting the melodies to paper, composHarkins, however, is realistic: He knows it will be ing sonatas and variations, trios and choral music.

“I have a long way to go as a composer,” he admitted, challenging to earn money for his work, no matter its quality. but he already has his own style, something described “The era of the composer holed up in his bedroom at times as “circus music” – sometimes as sad, somecomposing music is over,” he said. “The world is too times as humorous. big.”

There are certainly easier careers, and his mother, He wants to be out in the world, earning money Sherri Harkins, tried to talk him out of it at first – but through lessons and lectures to support his composthen she realized that it was a career path he simply ing – but, truth be told, he’s not all that focused on the had to follow. money.

“I do really feel that this is what he’s supposed to do.

“Money shouldn’t be the primary object,” he said.

He always has music going on in his head, and I think “You should think, ‘How can I be the best performer?’ he thinks differently than other people do,” she said. and then money comes afterwards.”

“He’s always composing. His mind’s always going.”

Can he succeed in an old-fashioned profession?

Joseph Harkins has talent, according to Jill MarchioThey say that no one knows you as well as your ne, his jazz instructor. But he also has something more mother, and if Sherri Harkins knows one thing about important: passion. her son, it’s this: Don’t bet against him.

“He’s at a point where he can’t imagine doing any“I think, with his personality, if he wants to do it, he thing else, and I think you need to have that to succeed will,” she said. in this business,” Marchione said.

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Police seek suspect in shooting at parking lot missing, police said.

The 43-year-old male victim, of Harrisburg, Press And Journal Staff was able to speak with officers, but was unable to identify the shooter, according to Swatara Swatara Twp. police ­are looking for a Steelton Twp. police. man wanted as a suspect in The victim was rushed by a shooting at Jones Corner ambulance to a local hospital Bar in Steelton on Saturday, and treated.

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Police filed the charges Drakkari Lee Brooks, 25, against Brooks before Disof the 300 block of Swatara trict Judge Kenneth Lenker Street, is described as a black on Saturday, May 4. The male, 5 feet 7 inches tall with Dauphin County Crisis Rea thin build. He faces charges sponse Team attempted to of attempted criminal homilocate Brooks in two locacide and carrying a firearm tions on Saturday, but was without a license. unsuccessful.

Police were called to the The suspect is considered bar at 428 N. Harrisburg armed and dangerous, and St. at 1:52 a.m., where they should not be approached. found the victim in the parkIf spotted, call police or 911 ing lot. immediately. Anyone with According to police, a Drakkari Lee Brooks information on the suspect disagreement allegedly ocor the investigation is urged curred in the parking lot to call Swatara Twp. police between the victim and Brooks, resulting in the at 717-564-2550. victim being shot. The shooter fled the scene in Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellea silver or gray, newer model sedan, possibly a Hyundai Sonata with the driver’s side mirror barrett@pressandjournal.com

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Borough must get union concessions or pay the price, consultant says

Middletown should consider selling its water and sewer systems or filing for the state’s Act 47 distressed status if the borough cannot win concessions in negotiations with its union employees, according to financial consultant Mark Morgan.

Morgan, who has completed a draft of his long-awaited final report on the borough’s finances to the state, has been warning of impending fiscal insolvency for Middletown since Borough Council first hired him as a financial consultant in early 2012.

As a result of his concerns, council closed the borough’s communications center, defunded the Middletown Public Library and entered the state’s Act 47 Early Intervention Program, which provides a state grant for a financial consultant to help municipalities avoid financial collapse.

The borough still has a $1.4 million “structural deficit,” Morgan said at a council meeting on Monday, May 6. So as part of his

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NEWS Governor candidate speaks in Middletown John Hanger, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate from Hummelstown, will be holding a meet-and-greet at The Event Place on South Union Street in Middletown from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15.

Hanger, a former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, announced in November that he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor in the 2014 election.

Hanger is one of several Democrats who have already announced their candidacy in hopes of unseating incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican.

Wholaver murders subject of TV show The murder of Jean Wholaver and her two daughters, Victoria and Elizabeth, at their Middletown home on Christmas Eve in 2002 is the subject of an upcoming episode of “Nightmare Next Door,’’ a TV show on the Investigation Discovery channel.

“Murders Under the Mistletoe,’’ featuring interviews with local police, will be broadcast at 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 14; at 12 midnight Wednesday, May 15; and 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, according to the show’s website.

Ernest R. Wholaver Jr., the estranged husband of Jean Wholaver and father of the two girls, ages 20 and 15, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He is awaiting execution in a state prison in western Pennsylvania.

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The Sons of The American Legion Squadron 594 will hold its annual Mother’s Day Flower Sale from 8 a.m. until dark on May 8 to May 12.

Hanging baskets, patio pots, bedding plants and more will be available.

The sale will be held rain or shine at the Legion at 137 E. High Street, Middletown.

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23 Years Ago From The Middletown Journal Files

From The Wednesday, May 9, 1990 Edition Of The Press And Journal Residents Could Have Chance To Vote On School’s Projects Despite his ongoing campaign to win re-election to the State House, State Representative Ken Brandt is one of several House members who have sponsored a bill that would require school boards to seek voter approval for all major school building projects.

The proposed legislation, patterned after one recently introduced in the Upper Chamber by State Senator John Shumaker, is sponsored by 25 House members.

The bill would require that a school board contemplating a major building project would have to submit the proposed project for voter approval if the cost of the proposed construction would exceed 10 percent of the district’s annual budget.

Brandt said the current “Taj Mahal” law passed in 1973 “isn’t in tune with the time” because of rising construction costs and the need in may state school districts for major new building construction.

“The present situation in the Hempfield School District is one of the main things that prompted me to help sponsor this bill,” Brandt acknowledged. “Presently, school boards can borrow up to 200 percent of their annual budget. That might have been satisfactory at one time, but cutbacks in government funding and the rising cost of school construction has made it obsolete.”

The Hempfield School Board has proposed a major building program, but area taxpayers waged a successful legal battle to have the proposed expenditure put on the May primary ballot. The results of the referendum would be binding on the Hempfield School Board.

Brandt, whose re-election to the State House is being challenged by Marietta Councilman Thomas Armstrong, frankly admits his bill isn’t likely to win enough support to pass during this session of the Legislature, but he feels it should alert state lawmakers to the

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In development matters, Earl Chapman appeared before the supervisors with an attorney and an engineer from D.C. Gowan Associates to request a waiver of curbs and sidewalks in the Chapman subdivision. The plan had been in the development stage in February when the Board moved to require curbs and sidewalks in the township. According to the ruling, plans that were in the final stage at that time were exempt from the code. After lengthy discussion and review of their previous ruling, the supervisors voted against Chapman’s request.

In another development issue, the Board granted a request from representatives of Tyson Warehouse to send a letter to the Lancaster County Planning Commission proposing a new meeting date. Representatives of the company had asked the Township last month to waive the county’s three-meeting rule in order to expedite construction of the warehouse that is planned for the Conewago Industrial Park. At the time the supervisors had stated they could not recommend such action to the county because Tyson would presumably have enough time to finish the project. In the meantime, Tyson was excluded from the Commission’s May

29 agenda and was scheduled instead for June 11. According to Macchioni, the new meeting date, if approved, will allow Tyson to expedite construction of the facility.

Sewage Talk Occupies Lower Swatara Officials “We are out of the sewage treatment business,” concluded Frank R. Siffrinn, Lower Swatara Township Manager, in response to questions from a small contingent of residents attending last week’s workshop meeting of the Township’s Board of Commissioners.

“My understanding is that Derry Township may build a new sewage treatment plant. Any more details?” inquired Bill Eson, a Township resident.

“If in fact Derry does proceed, then we would meet with developers (in the Fulling Mill Road area) as an intermediary or conduit to Derry Township,” Siffrinn replied.

Siffrinn emphasized that this would be at no cost to Lower Swatara’s residents and have no impact on user fees.

Another resident asked, “If Derry does build a plant, do we pay Derry Township or Lower Swatara?” Siffrinn answered that the responsibility is to Lower Swatara Township. He again pointed out that the potential plant would have “no impact on the existing user population.”

“Potential” users include Double M, the Mumma Quarry site, Stewart March, Phoenix Contact and the Messick Estate. “The municipal authority would act on their behalf,” Siffrinn maintained.

“My own personal feeling is that we would be remiss not to take some capacity,” Siffrinn continued. He stressed, however, “That we are not at the stage where we have talked to Derry Township.”

But Carmen Barletta, another Township resident, pointed out and warned, “We have upgraded the Highspire plant to take care of the Township for the next 50 years. We floated an $8 million dollar bond, now talking about diverting to Derry Township. I hope in five to 10 years I don’t have to come in here and say I told you so.”

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Antique cars are parked in front of Alfred’s Victorian in Middletown on Friday, April 26 as their drivers eat lunch at the restaurant.

They ride through town in their jaunty jalopies

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t was sunny at lunchtime on Friday, April 26, when a Model T pulled up in front of Alfred’s Victorian, a Middletown restaurant.

Not long afterward, a 1912 Overland pulled in behind it.

Within minutes, drivers of 17 pre1915 cars had decided to drop by Alfred’s for a bite to eat.

It wasn’t a coincidence. The drivers were part of an antique car club visiting the Antique Auto Museum in Hershey, and they decided to have lunch at Alfred’s on the way back.

“We enjoy driving old cars and meeting a lot of nice people,” said Manny Reim, who drives the Model T. With their drivers filled with Alfred’s cuisine, the cars drove off after lunch, doing what they have done best for 100 years: transporting people from point A to point B, and doing it with style.

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Manny Reim poses with his old-school ride – his Model T is part is one of 17 antique cars that dropped by Alfred’s Victorian restaurant in Middletown for lunch on Friday, April 26.

Seventeen antique cars line South Union Street in Middletown as an antique car club stops by Alfred’s Victorian restaurant for lunch.

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“Be Prepared?’’ These Scouts take their motto seriously The Boys Scouts are famously known for their motto, “Be Prepared.” Troop 97 of Londonderry Twp. held a threeday Disaster Days at the Londonderry Scouting Complex to help them be properly prepared in the event of an emergency.

Alex Egan, a licensed practical nurse, emergency medical technician and American Heart Association CPR instructor for the Londonderry Fire Company, organized the event with Troop 97 Scout Master Kevin Little.

Scouts learned how to treat simple cuts and scrapes, blisters, minor burns, nosebleeds, frostbite, sunburn and bites from insects, venomous snakes and suspected rabid animals.

The Scouts particularly enjoyed learning how to detect and treat serious situations including cases of stopped breathing, heart attack and cerebral stoke. They also reviewd out to treat cases of serious bleeding, ingested poisoning, shock, heat exhaustion, dehydration, hypothermia and hyperventilation.

Egan taught the Scouts how to bandage, splint and transport a patient under “normal” circumstances as well as in the wilderness. He also taught them how to make bandages from torn T-shirts, splints from tree branches and stretchers from sleeping bags.

Troop 97 held a similar program last year, and as a result of what was learned, two Scouts assisted two area citizens in time of need.

Tenderfoot Nate Kirman helped stop the bleeding of a little girl who had her tooth knocked out. He put her tooth in a cup of milk and it was later re-implanted into her jaw by a physician.

Tenderfoot Christopher Kiessling, while driving home from school with his mother, Cathy Kiessling, noticed a man lying on a driveway bleeding from the head. Christopher instructed his mother to call 911 while he got the family first aid kit and ran to the man’s aid. Paramedics commented on how calm Christopher was and how skilled he was as a first responder.

Egan and Patricia Carnes, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner and representative from Middletown American Legion Boy Scout Troop 594, were instrumental in helping the Scouts earn their First Aid Merit Badge.

In addition, Egan certified about 15 Scouts and adults in CPR. Troop 97 is sponsored by Londonderry Fire Company.

Upcoming events include trail hiking, a landscaping project at Londonderry Fire Company, beach camping in Henelopen, Delaware, summer camping at Hidden Valley Scout Reservation in Loysville, high adventure camping at the National Jamboree in Bechtel, W.Va. and a camping at Spangler’s Farm, Gettysburg.

Boys in grades 5 through 12 are eligible to join the troop. For more information, readers may call Little at 717-944-1957 or Ted Pauley at 717-944-2766.

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Obituaries Mary Stauffer

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Tristan Jacobson, right, and Garrett Little, center, serve hot dogs and chili to fellow Scout Christopher Kiessling, left, while Jake O’Donnell hands out sanitizer.

Scouts, above, Garrett Little, left, Keagan Yocum, center, and Richie Varner use their lashing skills to make an emergency ladder out of bamboo poles, tree branches and twine.

Scout Jason O’Donnell, left, practices his CPR skills on a dummy.

About 15 Scouts and adults received CPR certification during Troop 97’s Disaster Days program.

Evelyn J. Pifer, 88, of Colonial Park Care Center, Lower Paxton Township, entered into rest peacefully on Saturday, May 4, at the center.

She was born in Wilkes-Barre on November 13, 1924.

She was a former member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Middletown. Her hobbies included sewing and doing puzzles. She was a very giving, wonderful person who always had a smile on her face. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

She was the widow of Alvin G. Pifer.

She is survived by her daughter Jackie S. Bryan, wife of Ted Bryan of Middletown; grandson Robert L. Condran Jr. of Highspire; granddaughter Tiffany Condran of Chesapeake, Va.; and three great-grandchildren Robert L. Condran III and Aiden Magaro, both of Highspire, and Jastyn Pool of Chesapeake, Va. At the request of Mrs. Pifer there will be no visitation or services.

Burial will be at the convenience of the family.

The family asks that memorial donations be made to the Harrisburg Humane Society, 7790 Grayson Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17111.

Arrangements by the Frank E. Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown.

Condolences may be shared at www. matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome. com.

Mary L. Stauffer, 74, of Middletown, entered into rest on Tuesday, April 30, at Middletown Home.

She was born on December 9, 1938 in Middletown and was the daughter of the late Alfred and Stella Snyder Cleland.

She was of the Protestant faith and was a homemaker.

In addition to her parents, Mary was preceded in death by her husband Allen V. “Sam” Stauffer, sister Gloria

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She is survived by three daughters Judy A., wife of Randy Lerch of Middletown, Patricia L. Dice of Rheems, and Karen L. Stauffer, companion of Brad Desjardins of Middletown; two sons Allen V. “Sam” Stauffer Jr., companion of Tina Rhinesmith of Hummelstown, and Kevin E. Stauffer of Middletown; five brothers Barry L. Cleland, Pete, husband of Mary Cleland, Leroy P. Cleland, and George Cleland, all of Middletown, and Harry, husband of Sue Cleland of Steelton; three sisters Jean D., wife of John Vulatic of Middletown, Esther C., wife of Paul Alleman of Blain, and Tina M. Cleland of Harrisburg; six grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren.

A Tribute to Mary’s life was held on Friday at the Frank E. Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown, with the Rev. Willie Caraballo officiating.

Burial was in Hillsdale Cemetery, Londonderry Township.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF ZONING HEARING 2013-4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lower Swatara Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a Public Hearing at the request of Sheetz, Inc. for a Variance in accordance with Chapter 27, Part 23, Section 2304, Business Identification Signs, of the Lower Swatara Zoning Ordinance, No. 448, as amended, to permit a sign in excess of the maximum area allowed, to permit signs on the fuel pump canopy, to permit three wall signs, to permit three awning signs, and to permit a Related Business sign in excess of 25 square feet. The property is located at the northeast corner of Meade Avenue and West Harrisburg Pike, within the Commercial Highway District (C-H).

Hearing will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2013, immediately following Zoning Hearing #2013-03 which will convene at 7:00 PM at the Township Municipal Building, 1499 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown, Pennsylvania.

All interested parties are invited to attend.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lower Swatara Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a Public Hearing at the request of Campus Heights Associates I, LP for a Special Exception in accordance with Chapter 27, Part 2, Section 203; Part 14, Section 1403.2; and Part 20, Section 2002.29 (Ordinance No. 525) of the Lower Swatara Ordinance, No. 448, as amended, to permit Student Housing within a Commercial Neighborhood (C-N) District on ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situate north of West High Street in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shown on Forino Co., L.P. Plan No. 13104-SE, dated April 29, 2013, titled “Area Proposed for Zoning Special Exception for The Campus Heights II Student Housing Project”, and being more fully bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of West High Street, on the west side of Gina Lane at the western corner of the Eagle Heights subdivision (Instr. No. 20070009831); Thence along West High Street in a southwesterly direction, approximately 240 feet to the west side of Lawrence Street and land of Lawrence Street Partners, L.P.; Thence along land of Lawrence Street Partners, L.P. the four (4) following courses as shown on a Final Land Development Plan for Lawrence Street Student Housing recorded as Instrument Number 20110028847: 1. South 57°10’33” West, 147.05 feet; 2. North 26°36’13” West, 119.39 feet; 3. North 13°34’38” West, 17.70 feet; and 4. South 53°29’55” West, 55.55 feet to land of Pennsylvania State University; Thence along land of Pennsylvania State University, several courses in a northerly direction, approximately 400 feet to the northwestern side of Dauphin Street; Thence continuing along land of Pennsylvania State University in a northeasterly direction, by the northwestern side of Dauphin Street, approximately 280 feet to its point of intersection with the northwesterly projection across Dauphin Street of the line dividing land now or formerly of Richard A. Reigle (Deed Book 3834, page 85) from land now or formerly of Roy D. Honeycut (Instr. No. 2007019983); Thence in a southeasterly direction, crossing Dauphin Street, extending along the line dividing land now or formerly of Richard A. Reigle from land now or formerly of Roy D. Honeycut, and crossing an alley, approximately 160 feet to the northwestern line of Lot 1 of the aforementioned Eagle Heights subdivision; Thence along the Eagle Heights subdivision the four (4) following courses, as shown on said subdivision plan: 1. By Lot 1, South 62°21’29” West, approximately 30 feet; 2. Continuing by Lot 1, South 27°36’26” East, 129.83 feet; 3. Continuing by Lot 1, South 62°20’08” West, 30.00 feet; and 4. Partly by Lot 1, by the west side of Gina Lane and partly crossing West High Street, South 27°36’53” East, approximately 152 feet to the Point of Beginning.

EXCEPTING thereout and therefrom the two (2) following tracts: 1. A 60’ by 90’ tract of land, located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Lawrence Street with Young Avenue, being Parcel ID No. 36-019-033 and being more fully described in a deed from Robert D. Hawk and Robert D. Hawk, II, father and son, to Lawrence Street Partners, LP, dated December 22, 2012 and recorded as Instrument Number 20120038643 at the Dauphin County Recorder of Deeds Office.

2. That portion of Lawrence Street, 60 feet wide, which extends northerly from West High Street to the south line of Young Avenue.

The herein described tract proposed for a Zoning Special Exception contains approximately 3.7 acres.

Hearing will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 7:00 PM at the Township Municipal Building, 1499 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown, Pennsylvania.

All interested parties are invited to attend.

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Authorities arrest man wanted in incident

By Noelle Barrett Press And Journal Staff

A man wanted by police for an alleged attempted homicide in Lower Swatara Twp. has been taken into custody.

Jason A. Strite, 37, of Harrisburg, was arrested on Monday, May 6 in Harrisburg, according to Lower Swatara police chief Richard Brandt.

Strite’s probation officer located him, said Robert Appleby, a detective with the Lower Swatara police. Strite is being held in Dauphin County Prison on other active warrants, said Appleby.

“He’s off the streets – we’re very happy about that,” he said.

On Sunday, April 21, Strite was in his truck with a woman when an argument ensued, and she “felt concerned for her safety and exited the truck,” Appleby said.

Strite allegedly followed the victim, kicked and struck her, and tried to run over her twice with his truck, “but she was able to get away,’’ Appleby said.

Jason A. Strite The victim suffered serious internal injuries, and was admitted to the intensive-care unit of a local hospital, Appleby said.

Strite is facing additional charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, theft by unlawful taking, and criminal mischief, stemming from the incident.

Police filed the charges against Strite before District Judge Michael Smith on Monday, April 22.

A preliminary hearing had not been scheduled as of Tuesday morning, May 7.

Board approves car show, pinup contest at school

By Daniel Walmer Press And Journal Staff Central Penn Car Shows has received a green light from the Middletown Area School Board to hold a car show – and an associated pinup girl contest – in the high school parking lot in July.

The board had approved the event in March, but members later expressed concern when they realized a pinup girl contest would be part of the event.

Organizer Troy White said the contest goes with car shows – “It’s a major draw for car enthusiasts,” he told the board – and is designed to celebrate ’40s and ’50s vintage outfits, not provocative clothing.

He will be pre-approving all costumes, he said.

“I understand the board’s concern, and it will be as modest as possible,” he said.

As proof, he brought Lower Dauphin teacher and pinup contest participant Amy Naugle with him to the Monday, April 22 school board meeting.

Naugle has two children, she said. “I have a love of vintage, anything ’40s or ’50s,” she said. “I’m not looking to participate in a lingerie contest.”

The board voted unanimously to confirm its approval of White’s car show – but board member David John stressed that White should use “extreme discretion” in approving costumes.

“I know how people react.

I’ve seen them react to things [less questionable] than this,” John said. “For right or wrong, if something happens, it comes back on the district.”

Board member Newton Davis said the concerns were “much ado about nothing.”

“I think this is basically a waste of our time. We gave approval a month ago … he didn’t hide a thing,” Davis said. “Now we’re holding him hostage for a month because we didn’t decide to read.”

Proceeds from the show will benefit the Feel Your Boobies Foundation, a nonprofit breast cancer awareness organization.

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News From District Judge David H. Judy Following is a compilation of action in cases filed before District Magistrate David H. Judy.

Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.

Cody Leggore, 23, of Middletown, was charged by state police in Londonderry Twp. with DUI, DUI-highest rate, damage to real property by operating a vehicle, careless driving and disregarding traffic lanes, stemming from an incident on March 15.

The charges were filed with Dstrict Judge David H. Judy’s office, where a preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6.

Amber Fusselman, 26, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with three counts of DUI, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, stemming from an incident on March 2. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 3, where a preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6.

Colin Burger, 19, of Shamokin, was charged with rape of a child, three aggravated indecent assault of child charges, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years old, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with a minor. A 9-year-old girl told police that Burger had raped and sexually assaulted her in a home in Middletown, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by police.

Rachel Intrieri, 23, of Harrisburg, was charged by state police in Londonderry Twp. with public drunkenness stemming from an incident on March 29. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 5.

Michael Hensley, 32, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with disorderly conduct stemming from an incident on April 7. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 9.

Kristenna Dawson, 23, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with disorderly conduct stemming from an incident on April 3. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 9.

Pierre Kenol, 34, of Harrisburg, was charged by Middletown police with disorderly conduct stemming from an incident on April 6. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 9.

Garibaldi Mensah-Agbokpor, 32, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with DUI stemming from an incident on March 24. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 10. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 16 before Judy.

Scott Weiksner, 28, of Palmyra, was charged by Middletown police with DUI, DUI-highest rate, driving with no rear lights and improper signaling, stemming from an incident on March 25. The charged were filed with Judy’s office on April 10. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 16 before Judy.

David Guest, 55, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with making terroristic threats and harassment stemming from an incident on April 1. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 10. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 16 before Judy.

Brandy Miller, 28, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with DUI, DUI-high rate and failure to use turning movements and required signals, stemming from an incident on April 1. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 10. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 13 before Judy.

Mary Makinde, 67, of Harrisburg, was charged by Middletown police with defiant trespass and two disorderly conduct charges stemming from an incident on April 6. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 10. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6 before Judy.

Jamie Cocco, 36, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with writing bad checks. The charges, stemming from an incident on March 16, were filed with Judy’s office on April 10. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6 before Judy.

Nathanael Fisher, 27, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with possession of marijuana and use/ possession of drug paraphernalia stem-

ming from an incident on April 9. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 10. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 16 before Judy.

Zachary Witmer, 28, unknown address, was arrested and charged by Middletown police with flight to avoid apprehension on April 10. Witmer was held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bond. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 10, where a preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 2.

Charles Ramer 22, of Middletown, was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension on April 10. Ramer was held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of bond – 10 percent of $1,000.

The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 10, where a preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 2.

Paul Schreiner II, 35, of Middletown, was arrested and charged by Middletown police with intimidating a witness or victim and retaliation against a witness or victim stemming from an incident on May 15, 2012.

The charges were filed with Judy’s office. Schreiner was held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 2 before Judy.

Francisco Pedroza-Figueroa, 21, of Harrisburg, was arrested by Middletown police and charged with simple assault, false imprisonment and unlawful restraint on April 11. The charges were filed with Judy’s office on April 11. Pedroza-Figueroa was held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 2 before Judy.

Vincent Jaroszewski, 21, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with indecent exposure, open lewdnewss and corruption of minors.

The charges, stemming from an incident on April 4, were filed with Judy’s office on April 12. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6 before Judy.

Norman Habecker Jr., 26, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with harassment, disorderly conduct-engaging in fighting and disorderly conduct. The charges, stemming from an incident on April 7, were filed with Judy’s office on April 12. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6 before Judy.

Timothy Mercurio Jr., 42, of Middletown, was charged by state police in Londonderry Twp. with DUI, DUI-highest rate and driving over a divider. The charges, stemming from an incident on March 6, were filed with Judy’s office on April 12. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 27 before Judy.

Alyce Maloney, 40, of Elizabethtown, was charged by state police in Middletown with harassment. The

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Anita Reid, 48, of Harrisburg, was charged by Middletown police with harassment stemming from an incident on March 10. The charge was filed with Judy’s office on April 16.

Craig Martin, 53, of Hershey, was charged by state police in Londonderry Twp. with possession of a small amount of marijuana, three DUI-controlled substance charges and driving with an unsigned registration card. The charges, stemming from an incident on March 27, were filed with Judy’s office on April 16. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6 before Judy.

Nathan Mountain, 44, of Columbia, was charged by state police with DUI, DUI- general impairment, disregarding traffic lanes and careless driving. The charges, stemming from an incident on March 28, were filed with Judy’s office on April 16. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6 before Judy.

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Miguel Blanco, 28, of Royalton, was charged by Middletown police with terroristic threats, simple assault and disorderly conduct. The charges, stemming from an incident on April 15 were filed with Judy’s office on April 17. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6 before Judy.

Julie Wiestling, 44, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with DUI, DUI-highest, careless driving and reckless driving. The charges, stemming from an incident on April 11, were filed with Judy’s office on April 22. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 13 before Judy.

Jason Naugle, 33, of Highspire, was charged by state police in Londonderry Twp. with DUI, DUI-highest rate, disregarding traffic lanes, failure of duties at a stop sign and careless driving. The charges, stemming from an incident on April 4, were filed with Judy’s office on April 23.

Daniel Murphy, 32, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with DUI, DUI-controlled substance, intentional possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered and use/possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges, stemming from an incident on March 28, were filed with Judy’s office on April 23. A prelimi-

nary hearing is scheduled for June 13 before Judy.

Holly Paul, 30, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with hindering apprehension stemming from an incident on March 22. The charge was filed with Judy’s office on April 23, where a preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 13.

Janet Cramer, 44, of Middletown, was charged by Middletown police with retail theft stemming from an incident on April 19. The charge was filed with Judy’s office on April 23, where a preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 6.

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improve the town’s “unsightly” appearance through introducing permit fees for activities like yard sales and fines for people who fail to remove signs advertising events.

She also pledges an “open door policy,” something for which fellow council candidate Einhorn, a Democrat, agreed there is a need.

“I think it’s very important that council communicates with the people of the town,” Einhorn said. “Council is answerable to the people, and I think the most important thing is to be able to have people listen and speak, to have debate, intelligent and educated debate, with council people and the townspeople.”

Einhorn pledged to hold regular meetings with residents, and said Middletown can become prosperous if council is open to the suggestions of its citizens.

Both Einhorn and Seibert also stressed the importance of attracting businesses to town and embracing Penn State Harrisburg’s potential in helping revitalize the town.

“We are sitting on a gold mine with the expansion of Penn State,” Seibert said.

Einhorn agreed.

“We have a college here, and … it’s not going anywhere,” she said. “It’s not just the students that can bring in things – money and activity and perspective – it’s their parents. They will come here. They will go to our businesses. They will go to our restaurants. They will help us to make this town much more viable.”

Mayoral candidates speak

Two of four mayoral candidates – Robert Givler and James Curry – had spoken previously at a Third Ward

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Two days later, local fire and police departments searched the river after receiving calls of a possible body floating in the water. They found clothes that were identified as belonging to Hoke, but no body, and his disappearance remained a mystery.

Last week, Hoke’s mother Linda told the Press And Journal she questioned whether police were actively investigating.

“It’s harder the longer it goes, because the first week you think he’s going to

candidates’ nights, and they had similar things to say at the Second Ward meeting. But candidate Mike Bowman spoke for the first time, and his comments led to some of the meeting’s sharpest exchanges.

Bowman, frequently viewed as a council supporter, defended several recent council decisions that Givler has criticized, including closing the borough communications center and spending $290,000 to move the police department from the borough building to the Behney Building at the corner of Race and Emaus streets (a decision also criticized by Curry).

“We can’t afford the communications center,” Bowman said. “Right now there are two people [for communicating with the public]: It’s called the borough manager and the borough secretary.”

Some of the borough’s cost-cutting measures, he said – such as defunding the Middletown Public Library (which has 52 percent of its patrons from outside the borough) and limiting its contribution to the Olmsted Regional Recreation Board – were necessary to correct its previous tendency to pay for services for other municipalities.

“We’re always carrying the other municipalities, when it seems that they can better afford it than we can,” he said.

He defended the police department relocation, saying the police union believed the old building was inadequate and the new location will actually be more centrally located.

Bowman gave and received personal criticism at the meeting. First, he criticized Givler, who had admitted there have been problems in the relationship between the public and the police department for which he had worked.

“Mr. Givler said there has been disci-

come home,” Linda Hoke said at the time. “You just don’t know what really happened.”

Linda Hoke believed her son’s disappearance wasn’t voluntary on his part, and she had a lot of questions.

Some of those questions may be answered soon. An autopsy by Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni was scheduled for Monday, May 6.

Results of the autopsy had not been released as of Tuesday morning, May 7.

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plinary problems with the police, and maybe not being watched as closely as they should have – well, he was a part of that for 40 years,” Bowman said.

However, audience members criticized Bowman for a lack of details on how he would improve the police department.

Bowman, a landlord in town, was criticized himself by an audience member, who asked about Bowmanowned properties that, the questioner suggested, are out of compliance with borough codes. But the questioner could only name one such property.

Bowman has said in the past that he takes offense to people who call him as a slumlord, saying that he purchases and improves properties that had previously been left in disrepair.

“All I’ve ever done is took buildings that had something wrong with them and built them up,” he said.

Givler, a Republican, repeated his pledge to restore communication between the borough and the public that he believes has suffered since the closing of the borough communications center.

“Since it’s been shut down, everybody in town has trouble getting ahold of somebody, getting help, for anything,” he said. “Getting the police, if their electric goes off, there’s some kind of problem with the water, even for billing – they have problems get-

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But while five candidates spoke, the night was notable for the absence of three of the council candidates.

Diana McGlone, a member of citizens organization Middletown Residents United, said all candidates were invited – and Seibert criticized the incumbents for not attending.

Brooks and Arnold, however, said they were not invited. McGlone had sent invitations to incumbents’ borough e-mail addresses, but borough officials have said there have been problems with council members receiving e-mails at those addresses.

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acred dances, colorful apparel and traditional music highlighted the Swatara Creek Powwow in Middletown on Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 at the Historic Ferry House grounds.

About 60 visitors watched the powwow’s opening ceremonies, which began with the posting of colors and a dance to honor a man who died one year previously. Other dances honored World War II veterans and the introduction of a young child into her first circle dance.

Musicians were also on hand to demonstrate Native American flutes and perform in drum circles. Vendors sold Native American jewelry, clothing and food.

Organized by Paul Bear, the owner of the Turquoise Bear Trading Post on South Union Street, and Deborah Bigelow, a borough resident of Native American descent, the annual powwow returned to Middletown after a one-year hiatus.

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The master of ceremonies, Robert Soto, introduces the Swatara Creek Powwow on Saturday, May 4.

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back when you don’t have it anymore,” he said.

Not that council isn’t trying – the borough is currently in “aggressive” negotiations with both its police and non-uniformed employee unions, Morgan said.

But if the contract negotiations fail to bring employee costs down, the borough may be forced to consider more drastic options, such as applying for Act 47 distressed municipality status, he said. Municipalities under Act 47 – which, like Harrisburg, are provided with a state-appointed coordinator that has the power to change borough policy – have greater ability to reduce employee contracts if they can prove to a judge that they negotiated “in good faith” with the unions, Morgan said.

If Act 47 failed to reduce employee costs significantly enough, the borough may then be forced to sell its water and sewer systems to generate cash to pay its employee liabilities, he said.

“I’m not an advocate, per se, of selling utilities … [but] we have to reduce our operating expenses somehow,” Morgan said. “I’m not recommending it … but we can’t throw it out.”

But not everyone agreed with Morgan’s conclusions, including Shawn Clark of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which negotiates contracts on behalf of the borough’s non-uniformed employees.

To the extent that the borough is cashstrapped, Clark thinks it’s a result of the current council spending money on attorneys’ fees and other projects.

“I think the way they’re spending money, it’s probably mismanagement,” Clark said.

And resident Thomas Handley, a First Ward borough council candidate in the May 21 primary, took issue with the logic that could lead to the sale of the water and sewer systems to

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Middletown Residents United is frequently viewed by council supporters as an anti-council organization, although leader Vernal Simms views the organization as open to all viewpoints.

The third challenger, Democrat Benjamin Kapenstein, said he was invited and wanted to attend, but was unable to do so due to work commitments.

In fact, he said, he is campaigning on a pledge to be more responsive to the public.

“What I’m running on is more transparency,” Kapenstein said. “I don’t necessarily disagree with everything the current council has done … but I just think that the way they do things currently is what’s really hurting the community and turning everybody against them.”

Simms, who organized the event, was impressed by the attendance.

“You see the turnout. People are concerned,” he said.

He also addressed criticisms of members of Middletown Residents United for “mistakes made in the past.”

“That concerns me when you begin to malign the character of people,” he said. “If you’re going to dig a hole for one, you’d better dig two, because you will wind up in the hole, too.”

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final report for the Early Intervention Program, he’s recommending the borough leave open the possibility of selling its water and sewer system to fund its liabilities.

“There’s going to have to be a solution,” he said. “I said I would leave nothing off the table.”

Morgan began the meeting by reiterating the background that he believes has led Middletown to the brink of financial disaster.

The borough owns its own electric distribution system, and until 1998 it had a contract with electric supplier Met-Ed that allowed the borough to purchase electricity at bargain rates.

As a result, Middletown was able to sell electricity to residents at a profit to pay for general fund expenses.

But when the borough lost the cutrate contract in a legal settlement, borough management failed to adjust by cutting expenses, according to Morgan. The borough continued to used electric profits to pay for general fund expenses on an annual basis – something Morgan believes is evidence of a “structural deficit.”

When council – appropriately, in Morgan’s opinion – voted to reduce electric rates in 2012, it found itself with reduced electric revenue and began struggling to pay its bills.

Now rising employee costs and retiree liabilities, combined with a shrinking tax base, are creating a serious long-term cash flow problem in the borough, he said.

In particular, Morgan said, employeerelated costs, such as high salaries, lifetime medical benefits and generous retirement payouts for accumulated leave are skyrocketing because previous councils have given generous concessions to employee unions.

“Prior councils gave away the kitchen sink, and it’s very difficult to get it

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ting ahold of people.”

Curry similarly reiterated his promises, saying that if elected mayor, he would be available for residents to express their concerns and to advocate for those concerns at borough council meetings.

“Middletown has become the brunt of a lot of jokes, but I want to remind people that just because that’s how it is now, that’s not our final destination,” he said. “Negativity breeds negativity – but I positively believe that Middletown will not only get back to where it once was, it’ll be better than that.”

Bill Tully, a candidate for Dauphin County judge, also spoke at the event.

teraction.

Members of the audience will find themselves having conversations with the characters, and making decisions throughout the adventure.

Before the show begins, Hershey characters call on audience members by name, asking them questions and talking to them personally.

“We believed the world is a much more interactive place,” said Ty Granaroli, who helped develop the story.

“People like to be involved in what they do.”

During the show, the audience is asked to stomp to chase away robots

coming at them, and to shout out answers to questions.

There is no real-time experience like this show anywhere else in the world, said Amy Hahn, vice president and general manager of The Global Hershey Experience.

The interaction between the characters and guests is made possible through the company’s puppeteers, who control the animated characters on-screen.

The show was developed over a twoyear period by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and Granaroli, of Granaroli Design and Entertainment.

Granaroli described the process as “amazing and ambitious.”

generate cash.

“The point is, it’s worth enough money that it shouldn’t be sold,” Handley said.

If the borough created an operating authority, it could expand the system to customers outside the borough, bringing in more money to the borough, he said.

And the borough could alleviate some of its cash problem by generating more revenue by restoring higher electric rates or raising property taxes. Many Pennsylvania municipalities with municipal-owned electric companies use profits from the sale of electricity to cover general fund expenses.

But Morgan believes council’s dedication to lower electric rates and steady property taxes didn’t create the borough’s financial crisis – it just exposed the previously existing problems.

Council President Christopher McNamara agreed. As evidence, he presented a series of e-mails between borough management and council members in the mid-2000s that showed the borough struggling to find ways to pay its bills without enormous profits from the sale of electricity.

“It’s been going on for years. If you don’t recognize that there’s a fiscal crisis in this town, you have to recognize it,” McNamara said. “If you don’t follow [Mr. Morgan’s] lead, you won’t have a town.”

The draft financial report that Morgan presented – only recommendations that do not bind Middletown to a course of action – must be accepted by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) before it comes to council for final approval.

DCED is likely to accept the report, according to department spokeswoman Marita Kelly.

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The show features more than 10 special effects and over 500 audio cues that are cut together in real time and used by the team of digital puppeteers, the largest such year-round team in the world.

There are currently 108 different versions of the show, and the version the audience gets depends on their participation.

“It’s a little different every time,” but the differences are subtle enough that the audience will recognize the show, said Granaroli.

Tickets can be purchased online or at Chocolate World.

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The Raiders were cruising along with a 9-1 lead on their home field before visiting Bishop McDevitt rallied in the final two innings to turn the Keystone Division clash into a nailbiter.

Nathan Ocker worked a solid five innings on the mound and the Middletown squad turned in its best hitting of the season on their way to the seemingly comfortable lead. But the tide turned in the sixth and seventh as the Crusaders took the game down to the wire.

Carnes could only shake his head in disbelief as the Raiders turned a potential rout into yet another tight finish.

“We almost 10-runned them,” he said.

“But we let the game get away from us and barely won.”

Five fielding errors in those pivotal last two innings nearly led to disaster for the Middletown nine. Ocker did well in his five innings even though he never really looked quite like himself during the stint, according to Carnes. The coach was surprised to hear Please See RAIDERS, Page B2

Middletown pitcher Zack Sims strikes out nine batters and surrenders only four hits in a 1-0 loss to Hershey.

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All three of his team’s games last week ended in single-run differences, finishes that have occurred on a regular basis throughout the 2013 season.

On Tuesday, April 30 the Blue Raiders came up a run short at Mechanicsburg. The next day, the Raiders saw a big lead slip away but were able to hang on for a onerun victory over visiting Bishop McDevitt.

And on Friday, May 3 Carnes’ crew lost a 1-0 decision at Hershey.

“I’m getting to the point that I’m understanding that we are young and we are going to win those types of games in the future,” Carnes said. “But I was real pleased with the way we swung the bats all week.”

Depending on what happens this week among the other AAA teams in District 3, the Middletown squad could earn a spot in the post-season playoff picture.

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From casual tennis player to champion An improved serve carries Kapenstein to a Mid-Penn Conference title with a nasty serve – and a maddening corkscrew spin on the ball.

Somehow, Kapenstein fought off Harry Kapenstein had just gotten the German’s big serve, jumped out interested in playing tennis, so he to a lead and won the championship didn’t expect to play singles matches match, 6-4, 6-4 at East Pennsboro for Middletown when the high school High School.

Twenty-two friends and family memtennis season began. bers watched him win the gold medal.

Playing his older brother, Dan, at the courts at Middletown Area High He intends to frame it and hang it at his home.

School was “I was nerfun, but it vous but I didn’t seem was really like an openfocused,’’ ing to a high said Kapschool chamenstein. pionship.

He is MidKapenstein, d l e t o w n ’s a sophomore, first tennis beat another champion in -Harry Kapenstein teammate to at least eight earn a spot years. as the third of Kapenstein’s victory over Goldhofer three singles players on a Blue Raiders team that was 1-9 last year and hadn’t was a case of “defensive’’ tennis, as Kapenstein calls his game, beating an recorded a winning season in years.

“I was hoping I could win a couple aggressive, powerful game.

“I don’t have as much skill, but I can games here and there,’’ he admitted.

He managed to win three of his first return a lot of shots – I have a lot of five matches as Middletown’s No. 3 speed and get to a lot of balls,’’ said singles player. His serve grew stron- Kapenstein.

It seemed to rattle Goldhofer early – ger. Kapenstein went on a surprising perhaps because a lot of high school winning streak – six victories in a row.

Then came the Mid-Penn Conference players might not have the skill to Tournament – and an amazing trip to handle his serve. “He is strong and his serve is really hard,’’ said Kapenstein, the gold medal game.

Kapenstein ousted Camp Hill’s An- “and he had a lot of spin on it.’’

But Kapenstein returned the serves, drew Williams, 6-2, 6-1 in the playoffs among No. 3 singles players. Then he got to Goldhofer’s volleys. When eliminated Trinity’s Louis Guyer, 6-4, Goldhofer upped the power of his 7-5. He found himself in the title match serves, Kapenstein moved farther back on Saturday, April 27 against a Ger- from the baseline to handle them.

“He started off slow and I started off man exchange student named Simon Goldhofer, a Palmyra team member strong,’’ said Kapenstein. “It’s uisuBy Jim Lewis Press And Journal Staff

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I’m really starting to like tennis now.’’

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In the end, Goldhofer fought off three match point attempts – much to Kapenstein’s dismay. “I didn’t want to go to a third set because I was getting tired,’’ he said. “I just had to keep fighting for it.’’

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“I’m going to work hard in the offseason,’’ he said. “I’m really starting to like tennis now.’’

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that his sophomore ace still ended up with eight strikeouts.

Ocker gave up just 4 hits and walked three. The offense punched out 10 hits against three McDevitt pitchers.

The Raiders broke a 0-0 tie in the bottom of the second inning when Ryan Popp smashed a single past the McDevitt shortstop that drove in Nick Drawbaugh from second.

After Ocker retired the side in the top of the third, the Raiders plated two more runs in the home half. Brett Altland led off with a double to right field and moved to third on a single by Cody Fox. A fielder’s choice ground ball by Kyle Finsterbush forced out Fox at second but also knocked in Altland for one run.

After stealing second and going to third on a McDevitt error, Finsterbush made it home when Jordan Flowers was safe on another Crusader error.

Ocker followed with a double but Flowers was thrown out a third on the relay for the third out. Middletown led, 3-0.

In the top of the fourth, the Crusaders scored on an RBI double by John Brubaker to make it a 3-1 game.

The Raiders, however, lit up the new McDevitt pitcher for 6 runs in the home half of the fourth frame. And those runs turned out to be the saving grace for the Middletown squad.

Zach Sims led off the inning by drawing a walk on four pitches and Popp was hit by a pitch to put the first two runners on base. Dylan Bower then stroked a clean single to center to push in one run, and a sacrifice line out to left field scored another.

After Fox walked, Kyle Finsterbush punched out an infield single to load the bases for Flowers, who came through with a run-scoring infield hit. Ocker’s single drove in two more runs.

The Raiders again had the bases loaded when Drawbaugh was safe on an error and Sims walked. Popp was safe on yet another McDevitt error that allowed the ninth run to cross the plate.

Ocker got out of a bases loaded jam in the fifth when the Crusaders picked up their second run of the game.

Drawbaugh replaced Ocker on the hill to start the sixth inning and was hurt by a walk, two errors and a pair of run-scoring hits. After going scoreless in the bottom of the sixth the Middletown squad was hanging on to a 9-5 lead to start the seventh.

A walk and back-to-back errors loaded the bases with Crusaders before the defense got the first out on a force at home. But the bags were still full and McDevitt picked up run number 6 on an RBI single.

Drawbaugh got the second out by fanning the next batter but another fielding miscue and a walk pushed in two more runs to make it a 9-8 game.

Fortunately, Drawbaugh got the final out on a soft bouncer back to the mound and throw to first to close out the victory.

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In another division contest that had been delayed a day due to rain, the Raiders came up on the short end of a tough decision at Mechanicsburg.

Down 3-0 after six full innings, the Middletown nine rallied for a pair of runs in the top of the seventh, but went down fighting as the host Wildcats held on for the win.

Mechanicsburg scored one run in the second inning and two more in the third against Sims, Middletown’s starting pitcher, who finished with seven strikeouts in six innings.

Meanwhile, Mechanicsburg starter Parker Beatty was flowing along with a no-hitter through five innings and appeared to be heading for a shutout victory. Kyle Finsterbush unofficially broke up the no-hit bid in the top of the sixth stanza, but his single on the right side was changed to an error instead.

Ocker pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth in relief of Sims and then ripped a leadoff double off the right field fence to officially deny Beatty his no-hitter. After drawing a walk that put two runners on base, Sims was out on a rundown between first and second, but Ocker made it safely to third. Popp and Drawbaugh then drew back-to-back walks to load the bases and end Beatty’s day on the hill.

New pitcher Thomas Heenan struck out pinch hitter Ethan Kell for the second out, but Altland’s clutch single knocked in two runs to break the scoreless showing for the Middletown side.

Fox nearly kept the game alive for the Raiders when he tried to beat out a ground ball on the left side of the diamond. But Fox, who dove headfirst at the bag, was called out on a very close play for the final out of the game.

Hershey 1, Middletown 0

Sims actually outpitched Hershey’s Eric Marrero in Friday’s road game under the lights, giving up just five hits while striking out nine and issuing no walks in the tough loss.

Sims also had two of Middletown’s six hits in the contest.

The game’s only run was unearned, the result of Middletown’s lone defensive error of the contest.

As it turned out, the Trojans came out on the plus side of a close play at home in the fourth inning to record the winner. A relay throw from right fielder Flowers to first baseman Drawbaugh to catcher Fox off Cole Graham’s RBI single nearly had the Hershey runner out at home. But a dropped ball and scramble for the tag that just missed on the play allowed the run to score.

“We had our chances to score but came up empty,” Carnes said.

The Raiders had a runner on base in the first inning following a walk, one on in the second when Fox singled, runners at second and third in the third, and a runner at first on a leadoff hit to start the fourth. But, with the six hits scattered throughout their seven innings, the Middletown offense simply could not produce any runs.

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Lions win first-ever NEAC title, head to Division III tournament Harrisburg’s offense finally put together a big stanza in the home half of the fourth. Freshman third For Penn State Harrisburg, it was baseman Clay Thrasher, a Lower Dauphin graduate, got things rolling the ultimate turnaround.

The Lions managed just seven with a single up the middle. Sophowins in each of the past two seasons. more catcher Tim Gonzalez moved What followed was a new coach, him to second base with a single plenty of new faces and plenty of down the left field line and sophomore shortstop John Cataldo’s success.

Some would say the season’s ensuing sacrifice bunt advanced defining moments came during a both runners.

A wild pitch allowed Thrasher 16-game win-streak. Others might have said it was racking up a to score and Gonzalez to move to program-record 23 regular season third before Trolinger’s single up victories. But Penn State Harrisburg the middle plated him and cut the wasn’t satisfied with what others deficit to 3-2.

After juniors Travis Crammer thought of their 2013 campaign. and Colton Houseal reached base, Instead, the Lions defined it them- sophomore Branden Rutt tied the selves. game with a single through the Penn State Harrisburg won its right side that scored Crammer first North Eastern Athletic Con- from second and moved Houseal ference (NEAC) championship to third. by defeating two-time defending As he has 42 times before, freshNEAC regular-season champion man Bryan Balshy, the Lions’ RBI Penn State Berks, 4-3 on Sunday, leader, came through with a man in May 5 at Gallaudet’s Hoy Field in scoring position when he singled Washington, D.C. to left field and drove in the gameThe conference title gave the Lions winning run in Houseal. an automatic berth to the upcoming Hicks and his teammates used NCAA Division III championship some clutch defense and a lucky tournament. break to get out of a jam in the top Junior outfielder Dalton Trolinger of the sixth. was named the tournament’s Most With the bases loaded and one Valuable Player. away, Hicks got Berks’ Spayd to The Blue and White got off to a ground out to Cataldo at short. Catrocky start in the top of the first aldo got the out at second but the inning when two errors led to two turn was too late to get Spayd at Penn State Berks runs. Penn State first. With the game seemingly tied, Harrisburg starting pitcher Clint Keeanu Erb was called for runner’s Hicks got two quick outs before interference for over-sliding the back-to-back defensive slipups led bag and intentionally sliding into to Clint Faust and Ryan Tantala Crammer as he made the play at plating, giving Berks an early 2-0 second base. Spayd was ruled out and Berks’ tying run was wiped advantage.

Berks added another run in the top from the board.

Berks threatened again in the top of the third. Faust reached base on a fielder’s choice before stealing of the seventh when Penn State second and advancing to third on Harrisburg found itself dealing with a wild pitch. Nick Vitelli singled to runners on second and third with left field, driving in Faust to extend just one out recorded.

Sophomore reliever Tom Chaney Berks’ lead to 3-0.

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Chaney was strong in his 2.2 innings of work, giving up just two May 23-28 hits and striking out two batters. He Fox Cities Field picked up his conference-leading Appleton, Wis. sixth save of the season.

Trolinger went 2-for-4 from the Penn State Harrisburg (26-14) plate with an RBI. For the tournavs. TBA ment, he racked up six hits, four runs, two RBIs, a stolen base and out to junior Ross Baker, a Lower a .600 batting average.

Dauphin graduate, in left field.

Thrasher and Gonzalez each went The score remained 4-3 as Chaney 2-for-4 and scored a run. Cramtook the mound in the top of the mer scored his NEAC-leading ninth inning against Berks.

41st run.

Berks’ first batter, Dillon LandriTrolinger, Houseal and junior gan, popped up to Cataldo at short. Cole Nye are among the players Faust was the next batter and he flied who stuck with the program durout to left field. Vitelli stepped to ing its forgettable seasons the past the plate representing Berks’ last two springs. Their persistence and chance. determination paid off this season.

He turned on a Chaney offering and Now they’re champions. hit a ball deep to left field.

“It’s quite the turnaround,” said Baker circled under it, straddled Trolinger moments after being the left field line and made the named the tournament MVP. “There catch, sealing the hard-fought are a lot of new faces on the team victory and first-ever conference and everyone contributed. It’s just championship. a great team all around.”

Penn State Harrisburg’s players Penn State Harrisburg (26-14), the rushed from the field and dugout, tournament’s No. 3 seed, avenged swarmed Chaney and dog-piled two regular season losses to Penn on the mound in celebration while State Abington by defeating the a pair of players doused first-year opposing Lions 9-1 in the NEAC Coach Ryan Bown with the tradi- tournament opener on Friday, May tional cooler of water.

3, before defeating Berks 4-3 in the In one short year, Bown took the team’s second playoff game of the Lions from the NEAC’s basement day later that afternoon. The pair and led them to a conference crown of wins earned Penn State Harin the school’s last season as a risburg a bye while Berks, the No. member of the league. Penn State 4 seed, eliminated Abington and Harrisburg will move to the Capital host Gallaudet, the No. 1 seed, on Athletic Conference beginning in Saturday, May 4. the fall of 2013.

The 2013 season has been one of “Today was just a battle ... and our redemption for Penn State Harpitchers did a great job keeping us risburg. The NEAC title is the in the game and gave our offense culmination of hard work dating a chance to score enough runs to back nearly nine months. win the game,’’ said Bown. “We’re The victory was the biggest in really happy to end our stay in the school-history but the Lions aren’t NEAC on a positive note and to done just yet. The Blue and White get the opportunity to keep playing will find out the identity of its baseball.”

NCAA tournament first round opHicks threw 6.1 innings, allowing ponent following the conclusion of nine hits but just one earned run in this year’s Division III conference addition to striking out two Berks’ tournaments.

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MIDDLETOWN SOFTBALL BASEBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division

W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 10 2 13-5 Mechanicsburg 9 3 13-4 Hershey 8 4 12-5 Middletown 6 6 8-9 Palmyra 5 6 10-6 Susquehanna Twp. 5 7 8-9 Bishop McDevitt 4 7 7-10 Harrisburg 0 12 0-14 Last week’s games Mechanicsburg 3, Middletown 2 Middletown 9, Bishop McDevitt 8 Hershey 1, Middletown 0 Lower Dauphin 9, Mechanicsburg 3 Hershey 7, Lower Dauphin 1 Lower Dauphin 9, Susquehanna Twp. 2 This week’s games Thursday, May 9 Lower Dauphin at Middletown, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 11 Steelton-Highspire at Middletown, 10 a.m.

Capital Division

W L OVERALL West Perry 12 0 17-0 Camp Hill 10 2 14-4 Northern 7 5 9-8 Susquenita 6 6 8-9 East Pennsboro 6 6 7-10 Trinity 5 6 6-8 Milton Hershey 1 10 2-13 Steelton-Highspire 0 12 1-14 Last week’s games Camp Hill 15, Steelton-Highspire 0 Trinity 19, Steelton-Highspire 2 Susquenita 11, Steelton-Highspire 1

Middletown’s Sarah Gossard delivers a pitch in a victory over Mechanicsburg.

Raiders move into playoffs with two wins Middletown moved into a playoff spot in the District 3 Class AAA power rankings as the season winds down, beating powerful Mechanicsburg and last-place Hershey to claim 15th place in the standings last week.

The top 16 teams make the playoffs.

Middletown (9-7 overall, 6-6 in the Keystone Division of the Mid-Penn Conference) scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat Mechanicsburg, 5-4, in a game on Tuesday, April 30 in Middletown.

Pitcher Sarah Gossard held the Wildcats (12-5, 8-4) to just five hits in the victory. Eight Blue Raider errors

contributed to the final score.

The Raiders downed Hershey (1-15, 0-11), 11-1 on Friday, May 3 in Hershey, scoring three runs in the third and four in the fourth to break open the game.

Shortstop Halle Marion hit a solo homerun for MIddletown.

The Raiders fell to division rival Bishop McDevitt, 11-1 on Wednesday, May 1 on the road. The Crusaders (79, 4-7), who are still in the race for a playoff spot, clinched the victory with four runs in the bottom of the sixth that ended the game. Gossard struck out six batters.

This week’s games Wednesday, May 8 Lebanon Catholic at Steelton-Highspire, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 10 Steelton-Highspire at Harrisburg, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 11 Steelton-Highspire at Middletown, 10 a.m.

District 3 Power Rankings Class AAA (Top 16 make playoffs) Team Rating 1. Donegal (17-1) 0.755763 2. West Perry (16-0) 0.735239 3. Littlestown (15-2) 0.700288 4. Lancaster Catholic (15-3) 0.690260 5. Oley Valley (15-3) 0.684006 6. Lampeter Strasburg (13-5) 0.683122 7. Manheim Central (12-5) 0.658579 8. Palmyra (10-6) 0.657666 9. Northeastern (11-6) 0.653473 10. Conrad Weiser (12-5) 0.648668 11. Susquehannock (12-5) 0.638074 12. West York (9-7) 0.635567 13. Hamburg (13-5) 0.626128 14. Greencastle-Antrim (9-5) 0.625261 15. Kennard-Dale (6-6) 0.608405 16. Shippensburg (9-8) 0.597984

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GIRLS’ LACROSSE MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division

W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 6 3 13-3 Hershey 5 3 9-6 Central Dauphin 5 4 8-4 Central Dauphin East 4 5 9-5 Palmyra 1 7 1-13 Last week’s games Cumberland Valley 21, Lower Dauphin 8 This week’s games Lower Dauphin at West York, 4:30 p.m.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division

W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 7 0 10-1 Hershey 6 1 11-1 Red Land 4 3 9-5 Mechanicsburg 2 4 5-6 Northern 1 6 3-9 Cedar Cliff 0 6 0-8

Rating 0.787790 0.764094 0.758887 0.740011 0.731776 0.729721 0.723134 0.712053 0.705304 0.704725 0.704660 0.7-2166 0.694427 0.694186 0.689489 0.684853

Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 3, Northern 1 Lower Dauphin 3, Cedar Cliff 1 Lower Dauphin 3, Elizabethtown 0

GIRLS’ TRACK MID-PENN CONFERENCE Stan Morgan Invitational (at Carlisle) 1. Lower Dauphin, 117 2. Carlisle, 103 3. Gettysburg, 76 4. Mechanicsburg, 74 5. Boiling Springs, 52 6. Waynesboro, 42 7. Greenwood, 35 8. Susquehannock, 29 9. Big Spring, 8 10.

Reading, 7 Top performers for Lower Dauphin: Elle Wallace, second, 100 high hurdles (14.87), first, 300 intermediate hurdles (45.18); Michelle O’Neal, third, javelin (106 feet, 6 inches); Anna Smuda, third, 1,600-meter run (5:28.37); Ella Breidenstine, first, 3,200-meter run (11:27.23); Dee Dee Shea, second, 3,200-meter run (11:30.69); 4x100 relay team, first (50.12); 4x400 relay team, first (4:02.71); Madison Light, first, pole vault (9 feet, 6 inches); Caroline Weir, second, pole vault (9 feet); Joely Heider, second, long jump (17 feet, 5 inches).

COLLEGE BASEBALL NEAC Conference tournament (at Washington, D.C.) Penn State Harrisburg 9, Penn State Abington 1 Penn State Harrisburg 4, Penn State Berks 3 Championship Penn State Harrisburg 4, Penn State Berks 3 (Penn State Harrisburg advances to NCAA Division III championships) YOUTH BASEBALL MAJORS LPWH American Division

W Paxtonia (3) 6 PHR Black 5 Paxtonia (1) 5 Lower Swatara Gold 2 Middletown Blue 1 West Hanover Navy 1

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YOUTH SOFTBALLL Suburban League 11U

W Lower Swatara (5) 5 Hershey (4) 3 Hummelstown (2) 3 Londonderry (3) 3 Swatara Paxtang (1) 2 Londonderry (2) 2 Hershey (3) 1 Hershey (5) 1 Lower Swatara (4) 1 Conewago (2) 1

Lower Swatara (9) Akron Attack Akron Barracudas Bowmansville Lower Swatara (10) Manheim St. Joe Lower Swatara (8) Londonderry (6)

Last week’s games Lower Swatara Gold 4, Steelton 3 Paxtonia (3) 12, Steelton 0

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Last week’s games Lower Swatara (9) 14, Londonderry (6) 1 Lower Swatara (9) 18, Londonderry (6) 10 Lower Swatara (9) 16, Lower Swatara (8) 15

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BOYS’ TRACK MID-PENN CONFERENCE Last week’s meets White Rose Meet (at York) 1. Northern Lebanon, 72 2. Milton Hershey, 70 3. Dallastown, 68 4. Hershey, 66.5 5. Central York, 64 6. Central Dauphin East, 58 7. York, 33 8. Northeastern, 24 9. Susquenita, 16 10.

MIddletown, 11

Top performers for Lower Dauphin: Josh Boyer, first, 100-meter run (11.11), second, 200-meter run (22.79), third, long jump (20 feet, 9.50 inches); Cole Nissley, second, 3,200-meter run (9:22.50); Jeff Groh, third, 3,200-meter run (9:26.89); Adam Zeiders, third, javelin (155 feet, 6 inches)

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Last week’s games Londonderry (4) 23, St. Joe 7

Suburban Division

W Lawnton Maroon 4 Lawnton Black 3 Wilhelm-Paxtang 2 Steelton 1 Rutherford 0

PHR Royal

0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 3 1 4 5

Last week’s games Middletown Rockies 3, Penn Gardens Red 0 Lower Swatara Navy 10, PHR Green 2 Lower Swatara Orange 6, Middletown Rockies 4 PHR Orange 12, Middletown As 11 Middletown As 14, Swatara 3 Lower Swatara Red 13, Penn Gardens Gold 8

Londonderry (5) Londonderry (4) Lower Swatara (6) Lower Swatara (7) Manheim Hummelstown (4) Akron St. Joe

Last week’s games Lower Swatara Blue 13, Penbrook 3 Kenny Co. 11, Middletown Red 1

MINORS LPax/WHanover W 4

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Last week’s games Hummesltown (2) 6, Hershey (3) 0 Lower Swatara (5) 16, Swatara Paxtang 1 Hershey (4) 9, Londonderry (3) 3 Lower Swatara (5) 12, Lower Swatara (4) 1 Londonderry (2) 15, Hershey (5) 14 Hummelstown (2) 15, Conewago (2) 10 Londonderry (3) 9, Conewago (2) 8

Last week’s games Middletown Blue 11, Rutherford 11 Lower Swatara Gold 4, Steelton 3 Lower Swatara Gold 16, Wilhelm-Paxtang 3 Middletown Blue 3, Lawnton Black 0 LPWH National Division

W Paxtonia (2) 4 West Hanover Red 3 Lower Swatara Blue 2 Swatara 3 PHR Green 1 Middletown Red 0

Paxtonia (5) Lower Swatara Orange Paxtonia (7) Middletown Rockies Lower Swatara Red PHR Orange Paxtonia (6) West Hanover Black Lower Swatara Navy Middletown As PHR Red Penn Gardens Red Paxtonia (4) Swatara West Hanover Navy PHR Green Penn Gardens Gold

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This week’s games Thursday, May 9 Red Land at Lower Dauphin, 5:15 p.m.

SOFTBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division

W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 10 1 12-5 Mechanicsburg 8 4 12-5 Susquehanna Twp. 8 4 11-6 Palmyra 6 5 10-7 Middletown 6 6 9-7 Bishop McDevitt 4 7 7-9 Harrisburg 4 8 5-11 Hershey 0 11 1-15

Middletown’s Kirsten Hrobak tracks down a fly ball in centerfield in the Blue Raiders’ 5-4 extra-inning victory over Mechanicsburg.

Team 1. Cumberland Valley (16-2) 2. Hempfield (17-2) 3. Central York (16-2) 4. Solanco (12-3) 5. Conestoga Valley (12-3) 6. Central Dauphin (11-5) 7. Chambersburg (12-6) 8. Lower Dauphin (11-4) 9. Dallastown (12-5) 10. Red Lion (10-6) 11. Wilson (11-4) 12. Manheim Twp. (12-5) 13. Warwick (12-7) 14. Daniel Boone (12-5) 15. Red Land (9-7) 16. Spring Grove (13-7)

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Last week’s games Middletown 5, Mechanicsburg 4 Bishop McDevitt 11, Middletown 1 Middletown 11, Hershey 1 Mechanicsburg 10, Lower Dauphin 5 Lower Dauphin 9, Susquehanna Twp. 1 Milton 2, Lower Dauphin 1 Daniel Boone 10, Lower Dauphin 9 Lower Dauphin 13, Penn Manor 5

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Last week’s games Cumberland Valley 8, Lower Dauphin 4 Penn Manor 11, Lower Dauphin 6

Class AAAA (Top 16 make playoffs Team 1.Hempfield (16-3) 2. Red Land (14-3) 3. Warwick (14-4) 4. Ephrata (14-4) 5. Mechanicsburg (12-4) 6. Lower Dauphin (12-5) 7. Spring Grove (12-6) 8. Red Lion (10-4) 9. Dallastown (10-6) 10. Waynesboro (11-3) 11. Governor Mifflin (13-6) 12. Wilson (10-5) 13. JP McCaskey (10-7) 14. Chambersburg (10-7) 15. Manheim Twp. (11-8) 16. Cumberland Valley (9-7)

Thursday, May 9 Middletown at Lower Dauphin, 4:15 p.m.

District 3 Power Rankings Class AAA (Top 16 make playoffs) Team Rating 1. Twin Valley (18-0) 0.798311 2. Donegal (17-1) 0.784002 3. Greencastle-Antrim (14-4) 0.735303 4. Lampeter Strasburg (15-3) 0.706651 5. Manheim Central (14-4) 0.705987 6. Shippensburg (11-6) 0.691200 7. James Buchanan (14-4) 0.670866 8. Susquehanna Twp. (11-6) 0.654582 9. Susquehannock (9-7) 0.636196 10. Kennard-Dale (11-5) 0.625191 11. Palmyra (10-7) 0.609428 12. Northern (11-6) 0.595737 13. Big Spring (8-9) 0.595242 14. Cocalico (7-10) 0.569385 15. Middletown (9-7) 0.569288 16. Dover (8-11) 0.552332

BOYS’ LACROSSE MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division

W L OVERALL Hershey 11 0 16-1 Central Dauphin 9 2 11-4 Palmyra 5 6 10-7 Bishop McDevitt 2 8 5-10 Lower Dauphin 2 9 4-11 Central Dauphin East 1 10 1-12

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Last week, I was encouraged by spirited talk offered by a group of business people gathered to get a better understanding of the borough’s proposal for downtown Middletown’s rehab.

It was the second meeting for the informal group. The first ended with a call for an official from the borough to attend a second meeting to “clear the air” of innuendos, misconceptions and previous confrontations.

Borough Council President Chris McNamara accepted the group’s invitation and, at the April 29 meeting, repeatedly maintained that the borough’s plan for a downtown redo was merely “conceptual.” However, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that at the January 2013 unveiling of Dewberry Associates’ redevelopment plans, borough manager Tim Konek told those in attendance, “Things are going to happen fast.”

The “going to happen fast” statement may sound familiar. The borough’s Fall 2012 newsletter also stated, “Downtown streetscape improvements, including new sidewalks, curbing … will likely get underway in the Spring.” But Mr. McNamara asserted the outline for redevelopment was always in the hands of the business people, not the borough. He pledged “there is no plan” for the project. So, is Mr. McNamara’s statement at the April meeting a contradiction or a change in plans?

It was interesting that Mr. McNamara repeatedly pointed the removal of all the downtown shade trees last November at public works director Ken Klinepeter and stated it was necessary to begin on aging sewer and water lines beneath Union Street. However, an in-depth analysis of existing water and sewer lines, which we were told is the most essential piece of the puzzle in the downtown’s redevelopment, didn’t actually begin until April of this year, and proposals won’t be available for another two to three months. Actual work on the streets isn’t projected to begin until the end of the summer. Seems like that would have been ample time to inform residents and property owners of plans to radically change the downtown streetscape.

The impending results of that water/sewer analysis will determine exactly where and for how long Union Street will be closed to traffic – understandably a monumental concern for downtown businesses.

While Mr. McNamara empowered the businesses’ representatives to dream the dream and come up with their own revitalization plan – something the borough can then take to its newly-constituted redevelopment authority and Dewberry – details about financing the projects, specific timelines, etc., were vague.

In light of the influence Dewberry’s recommendations have on the entire project, I asked Mr. McNamara how the borough came to choose that firm. He handed that question over to borough manager Tim Konek, who extolled the virtues of Dewberry. In my humble opinion, any statements Mr. Konek made about the pluses of Dewberry (which I’m not disputing here) should have been prefaced with his acknowledgement that the business had been his employer.

While there was a great deal of enthusiasm, one could still sense suspicion and uncertainty.

Perhaps this skepticism prompted the call to Mr. McNamara that we business people do not want any more surprises or back channel rumors. In short: Openly communicate with us so we can all move in a positive direction. Support for the business community is in the best interest of our town.

At the end of the hour-long meeting, the group decided to gather again on Monday, May 13 for what is expected to be a roll-up-your-sleeves planning session – a start to provide the borough with what it had asked for.

I would love to see all the downtown businesses at the next meeting. It would go a long way in showing we’re serious about improving our town and rightfully demanding council’s respect.

Come to think of it, I can’t see why other businesses throughout town wouldn’t want to attend as well. Stay tuned.

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Improve nursing home care Editor, Making the decision to move a loved one into a nursing home is never easy. In fact, it’s usually agonizing. When our loved ones reach the point where their physical and mental health needs can only be met in a round-the-clock nursing center, we want to be sure they’re going to get the best care.

So we do our homework, and we try to make the best decision with the information we have at hand. And we pray that once they’re settled and the doors close at night, it’ll be all right. But for too many of us and our loved ones, it’s not all right.

It wasn’t all right for my grandpa, a World War II veteran and father of five who spent the last two and a half years of his life at a nursing home. The home was perpetually short-staffed, especially on nights and weekends when they ran with a “skeleton crew.”

Many seniors had to sit in soiled clothes, eat cold meals and sit in pain for hours because there simply weren’t enough hands on deck to care for them.

This is not the picture of what should be happening inside the walls of Pennsylvania’s nursing homes, an industry that made over $500 million in profit in 2011.

Thankfully, members of the state legislature are taking a stand. Senators Sean Wiley and Matt Smith will soon introduce Senate bills to improve quality, staffing and accountability in our nursing homes.

These long-overdue measures will allow our loved ones to live with dignity, and give those who care for them the tools and time they need to provide the best care.

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hether it not solve the problem. “You’ve done someis Sandy thing,” even if that “something’’ is harmful H o o k , to the long-term successful resolution of Columbine, Virginia the problem.

To even remotely presume that another Tech or any horrific tragedy that strikes agenda is not operating in the area of America, the ap- psychological treatment for the treatment parent reaction is to of developmental disabilities is sad and respond with the predetermined agenda of harmful to those needing help. Instead the media and the Obama administration of solving the problem for such children, some people are willing to sacrifice these regardless of the reality of the crisis.

The fallacy of their argument is the critical children and their families for the benefit thinking error called Argumentum ad Popu- of their agenda.

After 30 years working with nonprofit instilum. This potential critical thinking error is characterized by “popular appeal or appeal tutions, I am convinced that the private sector to the majority: The fallacy of attempting can do a significantly better job of dealing to win popular assent to a conclusion by with children and adults with developmental arousing the feeling and enthusiasms of disabilities than government.

To reinforce my conviction, I have decided the multitude.”

Virtually all appeals to popular opinion are to work to create a fund to provide treatillogical and destined to do more damage to ment for children independent of state or federal funding. those groups intended to be helped.

We need to solve problems, not advance Appeals to popular opinion actually create agendas. more victims.

The crisis that exists in our nation relative You may feel better but the disabled are to developmental disabilities is at an historic worse off due to your “kindness.”

A typical reaction to an appeal to opinion high. The problem will not go away. It needs is to enact very silly and counterproductive research, consistent funding, consistent legislation that appeals to the majority. In treatment and a legal system that advocates other words: It feels good, so therefore it for such consistency.

Annual budgets and economic cycles do must be correct. not create an environEvoking names such as for federal and state “No Child Left Behind,” The treatment of ment funding to meet any of “The Patriot Act” and psychological and those demands.

“The Affordable Care Act” all are intended to developmental problems In my mind, the major of our world are invoke a popular and throughout our American faiths in a significantly better emotional appeal to poorly designed legis- society has been sporadic position to provide such lation. and ill-advised and care.

To illustrate the conWhat may not be as influenced mostly by cern for developmencommonly understood, budgetary constraints. tally disabled children, however, is the trauma I am beginning a Walk and pain that such legisAcross America for Delation causes in the name velopmentally Disabled of protection.

Children. I will be one of In my 30 years of havthe oldest persons who ing been associated with will have ever done it. I a treatment center that leave on March 15, 2014 treats developmentally from California (hopedisabled children, I have seen the travesty of such misguided “popu- fully Camp Pendleton) and arrive in Ocean City, Maryland on July 1, 2014. lar” arguments.

The purpose of this walk came about after In the case of treating developmentally disabled children, funding issues at the sitting in a meeting with representatives from state and federal level have created a situ- a state agency in which the senior person ation in which reimbursements are delayed, in the meeting, a political appointee, asfunding amounts are reduced and treatment serted junk science to support the irrational protocols are endangered due to funding decision that he was making that adversely affected the children he was responsible limitations.

The treatment of psychological and for helping. His decision was eventually developmental problems throughout our reversed.

The need for rational, logical solutions to American society has been sporadic and ill-advised and influenced mostly by bud- the problems of children with disabilities is critical. Political agendas are harmful to the getary constraints.

Families have found getting effective very people that we are attempting to protect treatment for their children is almost im- by this ruse of an argument that appeals to popular opinion. possible.

Nothing is more cruel to a child or family School districts have been saddled with the costs of providing education regard- of a child with developmental disabilities less of the impact on the community, and than to advance a political agenda at the yet federal and state officials remain aloof expense of providing care.

I hope that my walk will encourage many to the concerns of either the children, their people to get involved in this debate and families, or the local communities.

We have seen at Sandy Hook the impact help us create a viable and caring solution to of a failure to effectively treat someone this problem for our children, their families with psychological disabilities. The popu- and for our society.

lar response is more gun control, since to Frank Ryan, a Lebanon CPA, specializes suggest that government is responsible for this failure to provide services would be in corporate restructuring and lectures on to implicate the very politicians who are ethics for state CPA societies. He is also a lobbying for re-election as compassionate retired colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He can public servants.

It is popular to attack a symptom and still be reached at FRYAN1951@aol.com.

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What Gosnell taught us

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he topic of abortion has been highlighted in recent weeks with the trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor who is charged with killing four babies allegedly born alive at his clinic and a patient’s overdose death in 2009.

Not only are we hearing about the atrocities of his former clinic but also we’re also discovering what’s been happening in the abortion industry, specifically with Planned Parenthood – the largest abortion provider in the country.

Gosnell’s clinic has been described as a “House of Horrors.” Dayle Steinberg, president of Planned Parenthood Southeast Pennsylvania, recently said, in regards to Gosnell's patients coming to her clinics and seeking help, “We would always encourage them to report it to the Department of Health.”

Multiple women, according to Steinberg, came into Planned Parenthood and told them what happened at Gosnell’s clinic. Planned Parenthood’s action was to simply tell them to report it to the state. Planned Parenthood had multiple opportunities to make sure Gosnell was stopped – and they failed to do so.

Sadly, there are many to blame in the oversight of Gosnell’s clinic – especially the Department of Health and other state agencies. But Planned Parenthood is also at fault.

Planned Parenthood certainly was aware of Gosnell – not just from patients, but because his practice was a business competitor. Gosnell offered discounts for Medicaid and cash payments, placing the cost less than the advertised price at Planned Parenthood.

And Gosnell was a far less expensive option for abortion procedures on women beyond 18 weeks as compared with other regional clinics.

Sadly, there are Most Planned many to blame in Parenthood the oversight of clinics do Kermit Gosnell's not offer abortions clinic – especially after 18 the Department of weeks. So Health and other one has to wonder: state agencies. But Did Planned Planned ParentParenthood is also hood refer women to at fault.

Gosnell?

For instance, Planned Parenthood in West Chester only performs abortions up to 13 weeks but offers to provide “a referral list of health care providers in your area that offer other abortion services.”

At this time that is just speculation. What we know as fact, however, is Gosnell was no back-alley rogue abortionist. His clinic was fully licensed and recognized as an abortion facility in the community for decades.

And now that Gosnell has been exposed, you would think there is common ground on the action that’s needed to make sure these horrors do not happen again. One would think that those performing abortion surgery should be treated just like any other who performs surgery, right?

Not Planned Parenthood.

When Pennsylvania took this exact action, Planned Parenthood was up in arms, describing the change as “dangerous,” “scary,” “unnecessary,” and “threatening.”

They supposedly think making abortion clinics follow the same rules as everyone else is unnecessary and dangerous. They said abortion clinics were plenty regulated already – even before Gosnell was shut down.

Gosnell was the bully in the neighborhood, physically hurting so many women and children. What would you do if a woman came to you saying they were physically hurt by this bully? Would you tell her to report it to someone? Would you call the cops? Would you confront him? Would you do nothing?

Planned Parenthood’s answer is it’s someone else’s problem.

Planned Parenthood continues to make millions off its abortion surgery without taking action to solve a huge problem – and vehemently opposes any action that could remotely cut into their lucrative business.

Dan Bartkowiak is a policy associate for the Pennsylvania Family Institute, a Camp Hill lobbyist and conservative policy analyst.

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Corbett signs bill on distribution of special ed funds

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ov. Tom Corbett recently signed legislation into law that will address the state’s distribution of special education funding.

Currently, state funding for special education is distributed based on an estimate that special education students make up 16 percent of the overall student population in each school district. This unfair distribution method starves areas with increasing populations of special needs students of the resources they need to succeed.

Act 3 of 2013 calls for the creation of a 15-member legislative commission that would be tasked with developing a new formula for distributing special education funding to Pennsylvania school districts.

Under the new law, the commission is required to issue a report of its findings no later than Sept. 30.

The commission is expected to develop a more effective funding formula that meets certain requirements, including: establishing three cost categories for students receiving special education services, ranging from least intensive to most intensive; obtaining a student count for each school district averaged for the three most recent school years to correspond to each cost category; assigning a weight to each category of disability; and developing a fair system for distributing increases among school districts to determine the amount of funding that each school will receive under the new formula.

Under the new law, the commission is required to issue a report of its findings no later than Sept. 30.

The new special education funding formula developed by the commission would not go into effect until approved by the General Assembly.

Cruisin’ at the Capitol As co-chairman of the state House of Representatives’ Motorsports Caucus, I am excited to announce that we will be hosting a car show this year outside the state Capitol building for our annual Motorsports Day. The event, “A Capitol Cruisin’,” will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11 at Soldier’s Grove, located on Commonwealth Avenue behind the state Capitol building. The event is free and open to the public.

We are currently seeking residents who own a classic or an antique vehicle and would like to showcase it at the event. If you would like to register your vehicle in the show, please contact my Harrisburg office at 717-787-2684. There is no cost to register.

The goal of Motorsports Day is to acknowledge the motorsports industry and the considerable financial impact it has throughout Pennsylvania.

I am hopeful that those who appreciate this industry and make it a part of their daily life will consider this unique opportunity to participate in the tribute.

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

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“If I thought my haircut was worth 50 more dollars … ” (Listen online at www.pressandjournal. com) “Didn’t know Empire Beauty School moved into Middletown …”

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K“I wish Middletown would

become more of a college town like Elizabethtown.”

M“Middletown police pulling

over McNamara for his windows being tinted. Steelton police pulling over McNamara and confiscating his vehicle. PRICELESS!”

L“Who is responsible for the

borough’s website? I was on the site trying to find a phone number and the first thing you see is about a dismissed lawsuit. As a resident I was embarrassed to see that representing our town. That is not the kind of thing that should be posted. We are already the joke of the county and now if someone is using the website to browse or research information, that is what they see! If you think that information should be on the site, why not put it on a different page or have a link to it? The person responsible should be replaced or fired! How unprofessional.”

L“Middletown Citizens For

Responsible Government, you had your chance to reform Middletown.

Well, it didn’t work. This town and its government is nothing but chaos.

Have you been in to pay your electric bill lately? They have people waiting to see the Red Cross right in the bill-paying department. And you people tried to say that the union employees working there weren’t trustworthy and needed a more secure office. It’s time to make a change. There are many candidates out there that would do a great job – but for Gods sake let’s not repeat these last two years.”

J“Have you walked along the

Swatara Creek and Susquehanna River lately? Spring is so beautiful, and these wonderful assets to our community are the best. I love living here.”

L“Since when can you hang a

political sign the size of Mike Bowman’s banner? The borough’s codes department or the borough manager should do something about that.”

L“This body of government is

a joke. Can we please get some decent people voted into office who actually care?”

L“Spring is here and our down-

town still looks like a ghetto. True, the tree stumps are gone, but that makes it look even more pitiful.”

L“I think we need smaller

government – but by saying that I don’t mean less working employees, I mean less upper management, less professionals, less lawyers.

If you’re not smart enough to do the job let somebody in there who knows what they’re doing.”

K“When will the Middletown

Area and Steelton-Highspire school districts finally realize that they must consolidate? It’s time. Both districts have basically the same economic numbers and the classes of people are mirror images of each

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other. Take the step, ladies and gentlemen.”

L“I tried contacting the borough secretary, Chris Courogen, for the past two weeks. And we’re paying this man a lot of money to do what?”

L“I see plenty of nice houses

with Mike Bowman signs. I think that pointing out something petty like whose houses are nicer says more about your arrogant, stuck-up self than it does about Mike Bowman.”

L“This borough is a mess. The

office where you pay your electric bill is looking like a homeless shelter. You can’t get a police officer if you’re even pounding on the back door. You can’t even get in the building to use the elevator if you’re disabled. These people in charge keep the door locked and set policy to make our police look bad. It’s a public building and I’m a member of the public.”

K“Did the Middletown Public Li-

brary ever get all the money it was supposed to have received from the state? I seem to remember a story in the Journal that an audit from the borough was needed before the state would release the funds. You would think that would be something the communications director of the borough would tell the media about, but then again … ”

L“The Borough Council sure

likes to toot their own horn. But there is a lot more than meets the eye. Even the good Mayor Reid doesn’t support these whack jobs.”

L“Through Right to Know re-

quests, I have found that the police association filed seven complaints against the borough since January 2013. There have not been any updates to the police building since 1972. In 2006, Jeff Stonehill sent a memo to the mayor and the Borough Council that the bathrooms are being shared with the public, the police department and the prisoners. To date, no improvements! You can’t blame the current council!

The Behney Building will have new bathrooms, a locker room and a separate bathroom for prisoner use.

The previous council paid $450,000 for the Behney Building and put $1 million in it without finishing the second floor. When the current Borough Council tries to move the police department to the Behney Building, which is a more updated building, that the taxpayers already have a large sum of money invested, the police department isn’t happy!

If the Behney Building was in a flood zone, why weren’t the people fussing about the flood zone at that time when it was going to be the new electric department? Do you really trust what you hear from the police department that bullied you and didn’t stand behind you for the past 40 or more years? Givler has no business being mayor!”

L“When, oh when will this coun-

cil get some backbone and demand an apartment inspection program?

Look at some of these places for goodness sake. They’re filthy on the outside. Can you imagine what the insides of them look like? Who are you afraid of? Oh, I see!”

“Dear ‘My late – but firm – J“There’s a great walking trail at L opinion.’ The guns that were stolen Sunset Park in Londonderry Twp. Get out of the recliner and take a hike!”

L“My home is one of the most

beautiful in the borough and I support Bowman for mayor! The police department has had a bad reputation for the past 25 years! They continue to bully and pick on those that don’t agree with their bad behavior.

Remember, Givler was a former police officer. Why would we want to continue the corruption?”

J“Socrates described the liberal

spenders in Middletown very well.

He said when the debate is lost, slander is the tool of the loser.

All those complaining about the Borough Council have offered no financial facts. I would say the reason why is that Middletown spends way more money to run their town than other towns the same size do. Previous councils did not consider that there are many people in Middletown with a smaller income. The electric revenue should be used to benefit all the citizens of Middletown and not the ongoing elites. I would congratulate this council for caring about the average person in Middletown. It’s bad enough that the school board spending is way out of control. This council is a breath of fresh air for even the little people of Middletown.”

J“Just waiting to hear what’s

going to happen to the Elks in town.

Isn’t council trying to take it over?

I went to a couple of movies there.

The kids running it are doing a fantastic job. Nice movies. Some of them are the bloody kind, but that’s OK. Variety is nice.”

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L“Elections are nearing and ev-

council, hear that? That’s the sound of your end. Are you ready?”

eryone needs to vote. We need to get all new council members because they have been ripping us off by allowing the electrical department to overcharge us for our electric bills for years. I strongly suspect our sewer and water bills are overstated.

The February-to-March bills were doubled. Has anyone else noticed it?

And the guy that has been managing the electrical department is not getting my vote. The only choice for mayor is Givler. The young lady that did not pick up after her dog last week: Don’t bring your dog back to East Emaus Street. You will get fined. Two weeks ago, I saw a person who did not pick up after their dog on Maple Street. You’re going to get fined if you do it again.

Take your dog somewhere else to do its business. It is illegal for your dog to be on someone’s grass much less doing its business on it.”

L“I see campaign signs for Mr.

Bowman on properties that are either vacant or for sale by Realtors.

Would really like to know how is it possible for him to place those signs on these properties when he does not own them and you need permission from the property owner to place the sign. Scott Sites is the only one with a head on his shoulders.”

L“The borough shouldn’t be

going after its recent solicitor – it should be going after the attorneys who handled the fight against MetEd back in the ‘90s. They gave the bad legal advice because they were going to make out better helping Met-Ed. They’re the ones that hung us out to dry!”

L“Spring used to be so beautiful in downtown Middletown with the trees all green and pretty. Not anymore. Not anymore. Nice plan.”

L“Mr. McNamara, you have

L“Tick tock. Tick tock. Current J“Is there any way the blues

bands could return to Middletown?

It was so much fun. Heck, I’d even be willing to chip in a couple of bucks to help pay for it.”

M“Facebook is not fact. It’s all

rumor and information from overfed and lazy people who have no lives.”

K“Is the electric work done at the

station on Mill Street? Will the power be turned off? You would think we would be told about that.”

(Editor’s note: Met-Ed cancelled its plan to shut off electricity to Middletown when it came up with an alternative way to upgrade the Mill Street Substation without cutting off power to the borough.

A story about Met-Ed’s change of plans was published on page A1 in our March 20 edition.)

L“All of you people keep saying

someone should do something in town, like start a bakery, or open a candy store or soda place. But will YOU step up and take the risk?

Talk’s cheap, folks. You’re all talk and no guts to do something. Sure, you’re quick to say what should be done but you won’t pull the trigger, will you?”

J“I want to tell Paul Bear that I

think bringing back the powwow was wonderful. You’re taking a chance and I appreciate it. You have my vote for Middletown’s Man of the Year. And I also want to say I want Greg and Carol Kupp to be the Man and Wife of the year for Middletown for the car show!

Ain’t it sad that these two things are completely ignored by our town officials. Petty jealousy is a terrible thing, ain’t it, guys!”

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Evangelical United Methodist Church

Middletown Welcome all. May God’s light shine Sun., May 12: 9 a.m., Sunday Church upon us as we gather to worship. May school, with classes for all ages. Adult the brilliance of his light and his wis- Sunday school devotional leader for dom fill us. May it be a lamp to our May: June Martin; 10:15 a.m., worship service. The worship center is feet and a light to our path.

Evangelical Church meets on the handicap and wheelchair accessible. corner of Spruce and Water streets at Greeters: Jean Murray, Mary Lehman, 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south Ed Shellenhamer. Nursery Helpers: Ethel Angeloff, Mike Harris. The altar of Main St. behind the Turkey Hill flowers are given in memory of all the convenience store. mothers of the church presented by the The ministries scheduled at Evan- Ladies Bible Class. gelical United Methodist Church Mon., May 13: 4:30 p.m., Commufrom May 8-14 are always open to nity dinner at St. Peter’s Evangelical everyone.

Lutheran Church, Middletown. Meal Wed., May 8: 10 a.m., Spring Bible is Swiss steak.

Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir reTues., May 14: 5:30 p.m., Girl Scouts hearsal. meeting; 6 p.m., Finance Committee Thurs., May 9: 5:30 p.m., Girl Scouts meeting; 7 p.m., Church Council meeting; 7 p.m., Spring Bible Study. meeting.

Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown Middletown

In the name of the risen Lord, we invite all to our worship service on Sun., May 12, Mother’s Day at 10:30 a.m. Listening bags for children are available at the back of the sanctuary.

Each bag contains a variety of worksheets for children. Leave the bag on the pew when you leave. There are also hearing devices available from the sound technician for those who wish to use them.

Church school for all ages is from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Children meet in the Morrow Room and will potting flowers for Mother’s Day, teens will meet in the Teen Room, and adults will meet in the Fellowship Hall. The adult class this Sunday will feature as guest speaker Dr. Danny George, researcher and educator at Penn State College of Medicine. He will discuss the ideas in his book “The Myth Of Alzheimer’s.”

In his power point presentation this engaging person will share a more accurate scientific picture about this syndrome first documented by Alois Alzheimer in 1906, and will present his perspective on how individuals and communities can act to protect our brains as we age.

Thurs., May 9: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., The Middletown Fire Department is hosting a spaghetti dinner at the firehouse on Adelia St. Sat., May 11: U.S. Postal Workers Food Drive at the Food Pantry.

Place your non-perishable donations by your mailbox.

Mon., May 13: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.,

Community dinner at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Middletown.

The menu is Swiss steak.

Tues., May 14: 10 a.m., Presbyterian Women’s Mary’s Circle meeting in Memorial Lounge.

Wed., May 15: Noon, Senior Adult Group Exchanges indoor picnic. There is a cost and the meal includes grilled burgers, hot dogs, sausage, macaroni salad, baked beans, fruit salad, dessert, and beverage. The PEP set of Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church will also join us. After lunch we will play bingo with prizes, too. All are welcome. Sign up by May 12 and bring a friend. Please RSVP with payment to the church office. Checks are payable to the church.

An Inquirer’s Class will soon be held for those interested in Christian discipleship and church membership.

The class consists of three sessions conducted during the Church school hour in the Pastors study. If you are interested, contact Pastor Potter.

Opportunities for children and youth at Krislund Camp, our Presbytery Camp in Centre County, provides great Christian experiences. The 2013 summer brochure is now available online at www.Krislund.org. Parents are urged to register their children/ youth ASAP. For further information see our website at www.pcmdt.org, www. facebook.com/PresbyterianCongregation, or call the church office at 717-944-4322.

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Open Door Bible Church

Middletown “I count all things but loss for the to participate in Junior Church during excellency of the knowledge of Christ the morning worship service. We also Jesus my Lord: For whom I have welcome you to join us at our 6:30 suffered the loss of all things, and do p.m. service. Childcare is provided count them but dung, that I may win for children under age 4 during all Christ. (Philippians 3:8). services and classes.

Open Door Bible Church, located Wed., May 8: 7 p.m., Patch the Pirate at 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, Clubs for ages 4 through grade 6, and invites you to worship Jesus Christ Prayer meeting. with us this week.

Sat., May 11: 8:30 a.m., Men’s Our May 12 Sunday worship ser- Bible Study. vice commences at 10:40 a.m. with For more information call the church a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school hour with office at 939-5180 or visit us online classes for all ages. Children from at www.odbcpa.org. Better yet, come ages 4 to second grade are welcome worship with us in person.

First Church of God Middletown

First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided.

Sunday school for all ages begins at 9:15 a.m. Classes for special education are also available.

Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (kindergarten through 5th grade), Nursery (infants-age 3), and Adult classes, which offer a variety of Bible studies and electives.

Sundays: A Collective service at 6 p.m., with dinner at 5:15 p.m. You are not alone in your faith, your doubts and your desires.

Wednesdays: Wednesday Night Live: Come join us for supper at 5:30 p.m. (no charge, donations accepted).

Wednesday Night Live classes for everyone, birth to 100, begin at 6:30 p.m. Class lineup: The Gospel of John; The Essential Jesus Class; Contemporary Culture Class; Craft/

Quilting Class; Parenting Class; Youth group (Grades 6 thru 12), Children’s classes for Grades 4 and 5; Grades 1 to 3; Kindergarten, babysitting for wee ones 3 and younger. The last week for this session is May 15.

Thursdays: 8 a.m., Breakfast Club Bible Study; the Sunshiners meet from 6 to 8 p.m. for a time of Christian fellowship, teaching and worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged; 7 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study.

Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evangelistico: Domingos 1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184.

For additional information call the church office at 944-9608 or e-mail us at mdtcog@comcast.net.

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran grades 6 to 12 are welcome.

Church is located at Spring and Union Thurs., May 9: Ascension of Our Streets, Middletown.

Lord. Two services will be offered in You are invited to join us for worship the Chapel, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m., Mon., May 13: Community dinner Good Shepherd Chapel. Worship on here at St. Peter’s.

Saturday at 5 p.m., Good Shepherd Sat., May 18: 8 a.m. to noon, WorkChapel. The Saturday service is a day at the Kierch. casual traditional service, usually 45 Sun., May 19: Rite of Confirmation minutes in length. Please enter the with one service at 10 a.m. church through the parking lot door.

Sun., May 26: Kierch Sunday. SumSunday Worship is at 8:15 a.m. and mer schedule begins, one service at 11 a.m. Sunday Church School and 9 a.m.

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

FM. at 11 a.m. each Sunday.

Scripture readings for the week: Acts The Youth Group will meet the 1st 16:16-34; Ps. 97; Rev. 22:12-14, 16and 3rd Sundays in May. All youth 17, 20-21; John 17:20-26.

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Middletown New Beginnings Church invites accessible via ramp at the back door. you to worship with us each Sunday For additional church information call at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s 944-9595. $32.95 + $7.95 S/H -- ORDER (800) 789-9121 Nonperishable food items are colchurch provided. Our congregation GOURMET MUSHROOMS lected every Sunday for the Middlemeets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. PO BOX 515 3-OH 3-IN 3-PA * GRATON, CA 95444 town Food Bank.

Union St., Middletown, next to the www.gmushrooms.com Followers of Faith Bible Study meets Rescue Hose Company. Sunday school Allow 1-4 weeks for delivery - Spawn Guaranteed for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap every Monday at 10 a.m.; Intercessory Prayer Group is held every Thursday at 7 p.m.; The Craft Group meets every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; Youth Fellowship meets Sundays from 5 to 7 p.m.

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.

Sat., May 11: 1 p.m., Ladies Tea. First Church of God Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church The program will feature a Christian 235 W. High St., Middletown 10 Spruce Street • 944-5835 chalk artist.

REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am Meals on Wheels volunteers for May 944-9608 Evening Worship - 6 pm 6-10 are Binny Dupes, Cindy Myers, Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am www.calvaryopc.com and Pam and Terry Eberly. Volunteers Classes for Special Education for the previous week were Sharon and (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening) Sherm Edwards, Mitzi Neidinger, and Ample Parking Nursery Provided Katie Fies.

Ebenezer United Methodist Church Acolyte for May is Josh Burrows and "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples" Children’s Church leaders are Bobby 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown New Beginnings Church Bright and Pam Eberly.

(Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road) at the Riverside Chapel Pastor Britt’s parting words each Phone 939-0766 Sunday: “Nothing in this world is 630 South Union St., Middletown 8:30 am - A Spirited Traditional Service of Worship Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am more important than the love of Jesus 9:45 am - A Time for Education and Spiritual Nurture Pastor Britt Strohecker Christ.” We invite you to come and (Children, Youth, Adults) Everyone Is Welcome! experience this love.

10:45 am - A Second Worship Service in a Contemporary Style You just sow the seed, maintain the Morel Habitat, and pick and enjoy pounds of fresh Morels.

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Evangelical United Methodist Church Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am

Open Door Bible Church 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township) Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN

Phone 939-5180 Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am Evening Worship - 6:30 pm Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm

Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown

Invite Your Neighbors List Your Church Service Here Contact the Press and Journal 20 S. Union Street, Middletown E-mail: info@pressandjournal.com Web site: www.pressandjournal.com Call 944-4628 for more information.

Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322 Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Spring & Union Sts., Middletown Church Office 944-4651

REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor

Saturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm Sunday Worship - 8:15 & 11 am • Sunday School - 9:45 am Worship Broadcast on 91.1 FM - 11 am

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National Digital Newspaper Program Posted by Dick Eastman

The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress has partnered to enhance access to historic newspapers for many years with the National Digital Newspaper Program. This long-term effort has developed an Internet-based searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Best of all, the information on the National Digital Newspaper Program is available free of charge.

At this time, 6,025,474 newspaper pages are available.

The National Digital Newspaper Program is the replacement for the earlier, successful United States Newspaper Program that ran from 1982 to 2009. That was a project sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities with technical support from The Library of Congress, which organized the inventory, cataloging and selective preservation on microfilm of rick newspaper materials. While useful to many historians, students, genealogists, and others, the earlier program captured only a limited amount of newspapers. The microfilms were not easily available to everyone, especially in rural locations. In addition, microfilm readers are now becoming harder and harder to find. Finally, duplicating microfilms is becoming more and more difficult as vendors exit the business due to a lack of customers.

The National Digital Newspaper Program has now digitized all the earlier microfilms and has embarked on an ambitious program to scan and preserve many more newspapers.

As a result, many more people will have easy access to this valuable information. The new program also provides an opportunity for institutions to select and contribute digitized newspaper content, published between 1836 and 1922, to a freely accessible, national newspaper resource.

Since 2005, the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded grants to state libraries, historical societies, and universities representing states in the national program.

These awards are projected to generate more than 5.6 million newspaper pages to be deposited at the library by the end of 2013, with many mores states and territories to be included in the coming years. Over four million of these pages are already available through the Chronicling America website.

To access this wealth of information, go to the Chronicling America website at: http/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/. Once there, you will find a simple search method along with an Advanced Search. I suspect most people will immediately use the simple search shown on the home page to search for names or locations of interest.

Information on persons, places, or events; species topics or news of the day; concepts or ideas; unique passages of text, such as the source of frequently quoted phrase. Indeed, you may be lucky enough to find what you want that way. However, the real power of the Chronicling America website becomes apparent only when using the Advanced Search. This search is more flexible and is better. To limit your search to particular geographic area, select one or more states. You can limit your search to a particular newspaper, or select several newspapers, picked from the list of titles currently available in Chronicling America.

In addition or alternatively, you can search the entire date range available (default), or select a specific date and limit your search to a specific date and limit your search to a specific year, month, or even day, using the begin date and end date lists provided. (Note: selecting the same begins month/day/year and end month/day/year will provide links to every page available for that specific date.)

In addition or alternatively, enter a specific search term or terms in the Keyword boxes provided. The operators provided will influence the results of your search significantly and can be used in separate searches or in conjunction within a single search. To use Advanced Search, you can start by first specifying a state (also available in simple Search), and then perhaps a specific newspaper. Another option is to search all newspapers at once, although that may be too broad a sweep for most searches, especially for common names.

The Advanced Search then provides many other options: Years (any year(s) from 1836-1922; search only front page(s) or entire newspapers.

Language (The National Digital Newspaper Program contains many foreign Newspaper Program contains many foreign-language newspapers published within the United States) Several Boolean search options (search only specific words, search for ALL words, search for specific phrase, and search for words within close proximity) for any options that do not apply to your search leave the search boxes blank.

A third search option is called “All Digitized newspaper 1836-1922.” While that sounds like a duplicate of simple search, it does add one important difference: the ability to search by Ethnicity. Many newspapers were written for specific ethnic groups, including African-American, American Indian, Irish, Jewish, Latin American, Mexican, Pacific Islander, and Spanish.

Newspaper pages may be viewed online well as downloaded and store locally. The images may be stored locally. The images may be stored in PDF or JPEG200 format. When a newspaper page is displayed, you will see the image of the original page. You can also click on the “View Text” to display machine-generated text that is produced by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. OCR is a fully automated process that converts the visual image of numbers and letters into computer-readable numbers and letters.

Computer software can search the OCR generated text, phrases, numbers or other characters. However, OCR is not 100 percent accurate, and particularly if the original item has extraneous markings on the page, unusual text styles, or very small fonts, the Searchable text OCR generates will contain errors that cannot be corrected by automated means. Digitization of microfilmed newspapers inherently includes a wide arrange of image quality in the content (quality derived from the original newspaper, the original newspaper when it was microfilmed and associated deterioration, of the film itself).

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The 77th Flory-Flora-Fleury Reunion - will be Sunday, August 4 at the new location, the Royalton Borough Senior Center, 101 Northumberland Street, Royalton, Pa. (Royalton is a small borough just south of Middletown. Lunch is at 12:30 p.m. (covered dish). Program at 2 p.m. Bring an item for the auction (less than $3) and a gift (less than $3 for the gift table. The Flory cookbooks will be available for $6. For more information contact John at 717-944-9996 or Doris at 717-625-1435.

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Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who are moms. Best wishes to you for a wonderful week.

What a crazy-busy time of year – graduations, weddings, transitions, moves and changes.

Over here in Old Reliance Farms, we said goodbye to Richard and Nancy Pratt last week. These wonderful neighbors moved to Richmond, Va. on Friday, May 3. They are faithful readers of the Press And Journal – and as they read this I am hoping that they are finding all things are working out for them in their new home and area.

We will miss you two!

Birthdays Happy belated birthday to Pam Shonk of Londonderry Twp. She celebrated her special day on Thursday, May 2.

Happy cake day to Janel Tomalis of Lower Swatara Twp. She celebrates on Wednesday, May 8. May your day be filled with sunshine and friends.

Here is a shout out to Mary Lou Witmer of Lower Swatara as she observes her special day on Wednesday, May 8. Hoping it is the best yet!

Max Yurovich of Lower Swatara will blow out three candles atop his birthday cake on Wednesday, May 8.

Many good wishes for super fun and surprises, Max! Jayme Ackerman turns 23 on Thursday, May 9. Hope your day is sunny and bright, Jaybird! Love you lots. God bless!

Happy 18th birthday to Elaine Chubb of Lower Swatara. She is also celebrating on Thursday, May 9. Congrats and best wishes on this special landmark.

Tyler Brennan of Middletown marks his 21st real-adult birthday on Friday, May 10. Best wishes for a super weekend.

Cole Worthing of Lower Swatara turns 21 on Friday, May 10. Enjoy your gun-salute cake day on Friday, Cole.

Happy sparkles-and-glitter 10th birthday to Jenna Alford of Lower Swatara on Friday, May 10. Jenna, this is your golden birthday, 10 on the 10th! Hope you have the best birthday yet!

If you see Bob Clouser Jr. out and about Middletown on Friday, May 10

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be sure to give him a jolly and loud greeting. Happy 55th, Bob. Hey! Bob Wierman of Lower Swatara marks his special me-holiday on Saturday, May 11. Hope you do something fantastic and the weather is perfect for you.

If you see Amanda Wagner out and about Lower Swatara on Saturday, May 11 tell her happy 24th cake day. Take it easy the entire weekend, Amanda.

Linda Hammaker observes her frosty-filled day on Sunday, May 12.

Best wishes to you for the entire month of May, Linda.

Many happy birthday wishes are sent to Ken Romberger of Lower Swatara as he hears the birthday song on Sunday, May 12.

Patrick Green of Lower Swatara celebrates his balloon-flying day on Sunday, May 12. Hope it is sensational, Patrick!

If you see Anna Perrelli out and about Lower Swatara on Saturday, May 12 be sure to give her a warm and sunny happy birthday greeting.

Paul Mahalik of Lower Swatara marks his 17th totally special and fun-filled cake day on Monday, May 13. Enjoy your week, Paul.

Here’s a jolly happy birthday shout out to Gwen Martz of Lower Swatara.

Wishing you a beautiful and bright birthday on Monday, May 13 and the entire week.

More cake for the Hammakers! Clark Hammaker celebrates his me-holiday on Tuesday, May 14. Hope your day is full of smiles and joy.

Lauren Heagy of Lower Swatara is 22 on Tuesday, May 14. Best wishes to you for a fun-filled and blest day.

Happy 12th razzle-dazzle birthday to Timothy Nevil of Lower Swatara. He celebrates on Tuesday, May 14. Have a ball, Tim! Best wishes for a terrific Tuesday, May 14 birthday celebration to Amy Carpenter Burghdorf of Lower Swatara. I hope they sing your song to you in perfect key.

Anniversaries Best wishes to Kimber and Debbie Latsha of Lower Swatara as they observe their 32nd romantic holiday on Thursday, May 9.

Tom and Janice Williams of Lower

tudents of the Month MIDDLETOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL

Alexandra Seiger

Joseph Harkins

Alexandra Paige Seiger and Joseph F. Harkins have been named Students of the Month for April at Middletown Area High School.

He works for Hershey Entertainment and Resorts.

Harkins plans to attend a college and eventually earn a Ph.D. in music composition.

His reaction to being named a Student of the Month? “Ecstatic and honored,’’ he said.

Seiger, daughter of Cheryl and John Seiger, is a member of the girls’ basketball and volleyball teams, Key Club, PRIDE, Student Council and MASH. She has taken certified nursing assistant classes through Harrisburg Area Community College, performing clinical requirements at Frey Village.

She has been active in food drives in the community.

She plans to attend Lancaster General College of Nursing and Health Sciences to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing and become a registered nurse.

“I am very honored to be given this award because through my high school career I have worked extremely hard,’’ said Seiger. “It feels so great to be recognized for it.’’

Harkins, son of Sherri and Mark Harkins, is a member of the school band, choir, boys’ tennis team and the National Honor Society. He also is a member of the Harrisburg Symphony Youth Orchestra.

In the community, he volunteers for the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra and the annual fish fry at Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, and is a guest musician at New Beginnings Church and Trinity Lutheran Church.

Swatara mark their 39th wedding anniversary on Saturday, May 11. Congrats and best wishes to you both.

Volunteer at Hersheypark Hey, everyone! Hersheypark is open and now is the time to contact Glenn about volunteering at the park. If you are interested or know someone who is interested, call him at 717-3702051.

If you’ve never operated a ride at Hersheypark you don’t know what your are missing! It is fun. It is cool to watch the little kids’ faces as they ride. It is sweet to remember when you were that age.

Remember, the Lower Swatara Volunteer Fire Department receives $5.85 per hour for an individual who works a shift – and the individual receives a Hersheypark day pass. Some of the shifts get double or triple vouchers.

Thank you for your support of the fire department and the volunteer program at Hersheypark.

Quote of the Week “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller Question of the Week What do you like best about your mother?

“Everything! She’s a good cook.

She’ll toss a football with me, too.” – Kevin Velez, 12, Lower Swatara.

“I like her hugs best.” – Katie Camilli, 9, Harrisburg.

“My mom is the most positive spiritual woman I know. She has endured the death of a child, yet went on to raise a family and remain married for over 60 years until the death of my dad. She dedicated her life to her family.” – Rita Fulton, Lower Swatara.

“That she loves me! She makes me chocolate chip cookies and homeschools me.” – Faith Shonk, 8, Londonderry.

“My mom gave me a loving, happy and safe childhood. She advised me about my choice for a husband and career. She was a good role model.

That’s a few reasons why I loved my mom.” – Sue Nissley, Harrisburg.

“She was very supportive in whatever her kids wanted to do. In our family, that was her job. My dad made the money and that is how it worked.” – Richard Pratt, Richmond, Va. “My mom is so soft-hearted. Anything she could do for her three boys, she would do it. I am so proud that my mom has been sober for 25 years after a tough struggle with alcoholism. Go, Mom! You don’t have to be perfect to be awesome!” – Bryce McMinn, Susquehanna Twp. Proverb for the Week My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge (5:1, 2).

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News From District Judge Michael J. Smith

Following is a compilation of action in cases filed before District Magistrate Michael J. Smith. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.

Withdrawn A citation for harassment was withdrawn against Michael W. Jester, 59, of the 1000 block of Scarlett Lane, Middletown. The case was filed following an incident on Feb 20.

Waived Curtis L. Smith, 52, of the 400 block of Stoner Dr., Middletown, waived to Dauphin County Court charges of DUI, DUI-highest rate of alcohol and

disregarding traffic lanes. A charge of careless driving was withdrawn.

The case stemmed from an incident on Feb. 9.

changed to driving without a license.

Varner waived that charge to county court. The case stemmed from an incident on Feb. 24.

Harry J. Varner, 52, of the 3000 block of E Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, waived to Dauphin County Court charges of DUI, DUI-highest rate of alcohol, disregarding traffic lanes and failure to use turn signals. A charge of driving with a suspended license was

Mary J. Miller, 58, of the 800 block of Wood St., Steelton, waived to Dauphin County Court charges of DUI, DUIhighest level of alcohol and recklessly endangering. Miller was arrested on Dec. 20.

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Ricky L. Armolt, 41, of the 700 block of Longs Gap Rd., Carlisle, waived to Dauphin County Court a charge of theft. The case stemmed from an incident on Feb. 23.

Adam R. Miller, 37, of 1000 block of Overlook Dr., Middletown, waived to Dauphin County Court charges of simple assault, harassment and violating a protection from abuse order.

The case stemmed from an incident on March 19 .

ARD Megan Preambo, 20, of the Driftwood Building, Village of Pineford, Middletown, has been accepted in an advanced rehabilitative disposition program in relation to a citation for underage drinking filed following an incident on Jan. 20.

Guilty pleas Timothy A.Tatem Jr., 24, of the 40 block of George Dr., Middletown, pleaded guilty to citations for disorderly conduct and harassment filed following an incident on March 21.

Sarah Weber, 20, of the Driftwood Building, Village of Pineford, Middletown, pleaded guilty to a citation for underage drinking filed as a result of an incident on Jan. 20.

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nfortunately, beautiful flowers and warm weather can also mean itchy, watery eyes, sneezing fits and nasal congestion.

These days, pollen from plants and flowers typically are released earlier in the year than in the past, causing longer allergy seasons according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, which noted that 2012 was one of the worst such seasons on record.

While there is no cure-all for seasonal allergies, popular overthe-counter (OTC) medications can provide relief for the most common symptoms.

These guidelines can help you better manage your seasonal allergies: Season for Sneezing Popular OTC antihistamines can provide relief from sneezing, runny noses and irritated, watery eyes by blocking the action of histamine, a chemical in the body that triggers congestion and upper respiratory discomfort.

All Stuffed Up? Decongestants like pseudoephedrine (PSE) relieve a stuffy nose by actually narrowing the blood vessels in nasal passages so you can breathe more easily. PSEs are now located behind the pharmacy counter because they are an ingredient that can be used to make the illegal drug methamphetamine (meth).

Rest assured though, PSE has been safely used for decades.

If you’re congested, consider treating your symptoms and doing your part to keep your community safer at the same time. Ask your pharmacist about the new 30mg pseudoephedrine HCl tablets, the next-generation PSE that provides the

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Itchy, Watery Eyes Over-the-counter eye drops that are specifically designed to treat allergy symptoms can be found in any drug store and can be very effective at reliving redness and washing away allergens.

Also consider using an air purifier or humidifier in your house to help clear the air of possible irritants.

Eat for Allergy Relief According to experts, certain foods you may already be enjoying have allergy-fighting properties. For example, quercetin, found in oranges, broccoli and sweet potatoes, can help reduce your body’s reaction to pollen. Or, try loading up on salmon and walnuts, as omega-3 fatty acids are thought to alleviate itchy eyes and a runny nose.

If you have questions or doubts about which medications may be best for you, talk with your pharmacist. And if symptoms worsen or last for more than two weeks, be sure to see your doctor.

Rest assured, relief for seasonal allergy symptoms does exist!

Visit your local drugstore or the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s website for more information on how to treat seasonal allergies. You can check the daily pollen level in your area at National Allergy Bureau online.

There’s no reason to miss out on the warm weather and all fun outdoor activities this time of year has to offer.

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