Press And Journal 07/22/2015

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

VOLUME 125 - NO. 29

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LONDONDERRY TWP.

Retreat owners hear new requirements

By Eric Wise

Owners leave a meeting about Susquehanna River island properties and floodplain parcels at the Londonderry Fire Company as a Pennsylvania state trooper watches.

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Owning an island retreat in Londonderry Twp. has grown complicated.

Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency have taken a keen interest in the township’s flood-prone properties, and the township will have to enforce unpopular laws to stay on the agency’s good side.

More than 250 property owners within

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MIDDLETOWN

GLAD RAGS

HOLDING THE PURSE STRINGS

Council moves to control former water and sewer authority funds

By Dan Miller

Press And Journal Staff

Middletown Borough Council has moved to assert its authority over $8 million tied to the lease of the water and sewer systems to United Water.

Specifically at issue is $3.8 million that on March 30 the borough’s water and sewer authority transferred to the Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority.

In a motion introduced by Councilor Ben Kapenstein – following a nearly two-hour closeddoor executive session – council agreed by a 5-1 vote on Monday, July 20 that any spending of this money by the ICDA would first have to be approved by council.

“We want to put a belt and suspenders on the whole thing,” Kapenstein said after the meeting.

“We don’t want any of that money spent without coming to the elected officials first.”

Councilor Michael Bowman was the lone dissenting vote. Councilors Vicki Malone, Scott Sites and Suzanne Sullivan were absent. Among those voting for the motion was Council President Chris McNamara, who is also a member of the ICDA. The situation seems to have its root in an apparent lack of communication and coordination between council, the water and sewer authority and the ICDA. An agreement approved by council and the water and sewer authority last September to lease the water and sewer systems to United Water led to a $43 million payout from United Water that was made to the borough to retire debt and fund various projects, including the ongoing replacement of water and sewer lines.

Technically, the lease deal between United Water and the borough is known as a “concession.”

Under that agreement, the water and sewer authority is supposed to eventually dissolve itself.

However, that has not happened yet because the authority is still responsible for ongoing permitting issues that cannot yet be transferred to United Water.

During its March 30 meeting, the water and sewer authority voted to transfer all its fixed assets to the borough and transfer approximately $8 million to the ICDA. ICDA Chairman Matt Tunnell said that $4.3

Londonderry’s floodplain – mostly owners of the township’s 487 island properties – crowded the social hall of Londonderry Fire Company on Thursday, July 16 to find out what the FEMA scrutiny of island properties will mean.

In short, it will mean property owners will be under the watchful eye of FEMA and the township, and many of them will have to pay for improvements to avoid a host of penalties.

To get up to FEMA’s standards, the town-

Louise Morgan started God’s Clothes Closet, an annual clothing giveaway, nine years ago.

At a church in Middletown, a move to clothe the needy

By Dan Miller

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NEWS New Sheetz to open Thursday The new Sheetz on Route 230 in Lower Swatara Twp. is scheduled to open at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 23, the convenience store chain announced.

A ribbon cutting ceremony including Joe Sheetz, the chain’s president and CEO, will begin at 10:30 a.m.

The new store will include baristas making lattes, cappuccinos and smoothies around the clock, the company said.

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f recent history is a guide, folks will start lining up outside the Evangelical United Methodist Church at Water and Spruce streets in Middletown by 6 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1.

In the past, the line has stretched down Water Street and up to Turkey Hill on Main Street. People have found over the years that if If you want to get the best that God’s Clothes Closet has to offer, you must get there early.

The church opens its doors at 8 a.m., and during the first hour “it’s wild,” said Louise Morgan, the soft-spoken dynamo who started God’s Clothes Closet nine years ago.

Piles of neatly-folded clothes get tossled fast, and have to be continually rearranged by church volunteers who staff the free clothing giveaway.

You don’t need a reservation or an appointment to get into God’s Clothes Closet. You don’t have to produce documents to show how much money you make – or don’t make. You don’t need identification. You don’t even need bags – the church supplies them.

“Everyone is invited. We offer this as God’s gift and our gift to the community,” said Morgan. All the church asks is that people not re-sell the items.

More than free clothing is given away. People and families can also get free fresh fruits and vegetables, bedding and linen, and bags full

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Marissa Carter, a volunteer, folds clothing that will be given away.

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GOD’S CLOTHES CLOSET • 8 a.m. to noon • Saturday, Aug. 1 • Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown * Free men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and fresh produce

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DELAYED

Work on new Route 230 bridge pushed back

By Dan Miller

Press And Journal Staff

Work to replace the bridge on Route 230 that crosses Swatara Creek to connect Middletown with Londonderry Twp. will not start until late fall at the earliest.

Bids from contractors were to be opened in August, but that timetable has been pushed back by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny told the Press And Journal.

He cited other ongoing construction projects and PennDOT’s need for more time to acquire right-of-way to support replacing the bridge, which is in Londonderry Twp. just on the other side of Middletown’s eastern border.

Now bids aren’t scheduled to be opened until Oct. 1.

That pushes the start date back to late November or

early December, Penny said.

At that point, the contractor will have to decide if it makes sense to go forward with the project in the winter, or wait until early spring 2016, Penny said.

In either case, the contractor will need the entire 2016 construction season to replace the bridge.

Route 230 is a busy corridor for folks who travel between Elizabethtown and Middletown, and to businesses like Saturday’s Market and the River House Bar & Grill at Route 230 and Geyer’s Church Road.

The good news is that regardless of when the project starts, PennDOT plans to keep one lane open to traffic throughout.

Half of the bridge will be closed for demolition and construction while the other half remains open. PennDOT Please See BRIDGE, Page A5

Reid to run write-in campaign for council wards instead of forward,’’ Reid, a Republican, told the Press And Journal on Tuesday, July 21. “I’m goRobert G. Reid, the former ing to see if I can help the long-time mayor of Middlecommunity.’’ town, announced he is runReid said he stayed out ning a write-in campaign of the May primary befor a seat on Middletown cause “there were enough Borough Council in Novempeople in the First Ward ber’s general election, pitting him against Republican and Robert Reid on the Republican ticket already – some were good Democratic candidates on candidates.’’ the ballot.

Rhen won the Republican nominaReid said he will seek a four-year tion, beating three other candidates, term representing the First Ward.

Republican David Rhen, a former including Reid’s niece, Rachelle Reid.

Robert Reid, a retired school teacher, councilor, and Democrat David served as Middletown’s mayor for Scully, a political newcomer, already will appear on the ballot.

“The town seems to be going backPlease See REID, Page A5

Middletown Borough Council voted 6-0 on Monday, July 20 to purchase a hand-held scanner that would be used to prevent people from bringing weapons into council chambers during meetings.

The request was brought up by Mayor James H. Curry III, who said he had spoken to Police Chief John Bey about the issue.

“I think that in today’s day and age people should be scanned” before being allowed to enter the council chambers for a public meeting, Curry said.

Details of exactly how the scanner would be employed have yet to be worked out. Curry said “it’s a possibility” that police could choose to scan everyone before they enter the council chambers.

The scanner is a Garrett Super Scanner V Handheld Metal Detector.

The total price of the scanner to the borough will be $152.99, Curry told council.

Frey Village hosts car show Frey Village will host a car show from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 25 in Swenson Park, part of the village’s grounds.

The retirement community is located at 1020 N. Union St., Middletown.

The show will include a bake sale, hot dogs and beverages.

For more information, readers may call Frey Village at 717-930-1218.

By Jim Lewis

Press And Journal Staff

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Russell Keating Jr. Russell B. Keating Jr., 67, of Middletown, peacefully entered into rest surrounded by family on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at Harrisburg Hospital.

He was born on February 18, 1948 and was the son of the late, Russell B. Sr. and Giovina “Juena” Carestia Keating.

Russell was a Public Relations Director for AFSCME Council 13 for 30 years and later worked as a lobbyist for the AFL-CIO. He was a member of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, American Legion Post 594 and the Knights of Columbus Council 3501, all of Middletown. Russell was a former athletic director of the Seven Sorrows Athletic Association and coached baseball for Lower Swatara Township. He enjoyed reading, writing, golfing, and Penn State football, but there was nothing he enjoyed more than spending time with his family.

Russell grew up in Palo Alto, Pa. and was proud to be a coal cracker.

He was a graduate of Pottsville High School where he was a member of the undefeated 1964 Crimson Tide Football Team considered by many to be the best team ever fielded by the school. He played football at Manlius Preparatory School in Syracuse, N.Y. prior to enlisting and serving in the United States Army from 1967-1970.

He received his Bachelor’s Degree at Penn State and his Master’s Degree in Communications at Shippensburg University.

Russell is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Bonnie Lou Gebert Keating; three sons Russell B. III, husband of Sarah Blumenthal Keating of Lancaster and their children: Russell B. IV, Luca E. and Grace G. Keating, Dr. Brian F., husband of Rachelle Russo Keating of Middletown and their children Joseph L., Michael “Tally”, and Brody E. Keating, and Kyle P. Keating of Lemoyne; sister Carol Ann, wife of Paul Reichwein of Lady Lakes, Fla.; two brothers Kevin J. Keating and Theresa Torpey Keating of Pottsville, Pa. and Michael R. Keating and Cathi J. Notaro of Easton, Pa. Mass of Christian Burial was celFees For Obituaries: 31¢ per word. $5 for photo.

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ebrated on Monday, July 20, 2015 at 11 a.m. in Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Race & Conewago Sts, Middletown, with the Rev. Ted Keating as celebrant.

Viewing was on Sunday, July 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home, Middletown, and from 9:30 a.m. until the time of Mass in the Narthex of Seven Sorrows Church.

Burial was at Resurrection Cemetery, Harrisburg, with Military Honors provided by the Dauphin County Honor Guard.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Seven Sorrows B.V.M. School, 280 North Race St., Middletown, PA 17057.

The family has entrusted the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown to handle the funeral arrangements Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.

Dennis K. Shank

Dennis K. Shank, 67, of Carlisle, died Saturday, July 11, 2015 at Carlisle Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in Harrisburg on March 20, 1948 to the late Russell P. and Betty L. Daniels Shank.

He was a graduate of Middletown Area High School, Class of 1966, where he excelled in baseball, basketball and football. He was awarded a football scholarship to Delaware Valley College where he graduated with a business degree in 1970. He was most proud of the headline: “Shank’s the Name, Running’s the Game.” He was retired from Roadway Trucking Company after 35 years of service in management. He remained a consultant for a few years beyond retirement until deciding to enjoy living in both Florida and Pennsylvania. He was an avid golfer and had two hole-inones in the same year. He had been a member of the FBM Navy Golf League, the Men’s League in Florida and a special group of friends league in Pennsylvania. Dennis and his wife Dara both enjoyed their Wednesday couples league. Denny was a member of Carlisle United Methodist Church, where he previously served as usher and on the Pastor Parish Relations Committee. In Florida, he attended the New Covenant United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his brother-in-law Jay McGrath.

He is survived by his high school sweetheart and loving wife of almost 44 years, Dara McGrath Shank and their son, Brett D. and wife Erin Shank and the pride and joy of his life, their children Calum, Emmett, Willa and Abram Shank of St. Louis, Mo. He is

also survived by his brother Thomas and wife Lynn Shank of Middletown; his aunt Shirley and husband Donald Manning of Annville; cousins Greg, Tyler, and Donald and wife Cindy Manning; and several nieces and nephews.

Celebration of Life services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Carlisle United Methodist Church, 45 S. West St., Carlisle, Pa., with the Rev. James E. VanZandt officiating.

A private interment will follow the services at the convenience of the family.

The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.

Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 N. Hanover St., Carlisle is handling the arrangements.

To sign the guestbook, please visit www.hoffmanroth.com.

Eric Dudick Eric David Dudick, 43, of Mechanicsburg and formerly of Middletown, entered into rest on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Harrisburg Hospital.

Eric was born in Harrisburg and was the loving son of David E. Dudick of Mechanicsburg and Brenda Herneisey Dudick of Middletown.

Eric was a graduate of Middletown High School class of 1990. He was a machinist by trade and a former employee at Sterling Machine Technology, Palmyra. Eric was a former white water guide on the Colorado Grand Canyon and he enjoyed kayaking, snowboarding and backpacking. He was a Vanagon Volkswagen enthusiast, and an accomplished musician.

He was also a member of the Fraternal order of Eagles in Seattle, Washington.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandparents Neal and Christina Ennis Herneisey of Middletown; uncles Bradley and wife Debbie Herneisey, and George and wife Lee Ann Herneisey of Middletown.

A memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family.

The family has entrusted the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Middletown to handle the arrangements.

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Clyde Lingle

Clyde A. Lingle, 94, formerly of Middletown, entered into rest on Monday, July 13, 2015 at Masonic Village, Elizabethtown.

He was born in Harrisburg on March 12, 1921 and was the son of the late Abner and Florence McCann Lingle.

Clyde was a member of Faith Outreach Center Church, Middletown.

He was a maintenance foremen at the former Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, and a former groundskeeper at The Hershey Lodge. He was a compassionate and kind gentleman, who put his family and friends above himself. He was a World War II Army veteran, serving his country proudly.

With his friends surrounded, he was the happiest, playing pinochle, pitching horseshoes, watching John Wayne westerns and was an avid Phillies fan.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife Mildred Gainer Lingle on November 23, 2003, his son Steven L. Lingle on November 19, 1994, brother Marlin Lingle, and sisters Lois Douglas and Marilyn Lingle.

Clyde is survived by his devoted caregivers Earl S. and April R. Fuhrman, with whom he lived: two brothers Larry D., husband of Mary Lingle, and Glenn Lingle of Middletown.

A memorial tribute will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the home of Glenn Lingle, 1681 Round Top Rd., Middletown, with his Pastor Jack R. Sipe, officiating.

Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.

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Dauphin County Honor Guard will follow at Hillsdale Cemetery, Londonderry Township.

The family has entrusted the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown to handle the funeral arrangements Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.

William Kuhn Sr. William C. Kuhn Sr., 94, of Hummelstown, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Born November 28, 1920 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late George S. and Clara M. Shipe Kuhn, and was also preceded in death by his brother G. Irvin Kuhn.

Retired from Fort Monmouth Army Base, New Jersey, he was a former employee of Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown. He was a member of Hummelstown United Church of Christ for over 60 years, where he was an elder, deacon and chairman of the building and grounds committee. A member of Abraham C. Treichler Lodge #682 F. & A.M., he also belonged to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Tall Cedars of Lebanon Harrisburg Forest #43, Society of American Magicians, International Brotherhood of Magicians, Hummelstown V.F.W. #1687, and Disabled American Veterans Hershey Chapter #48. He was a life member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the Hummelstown Lions Club, where he was former president and in charge of the hospital equipment. A United States Army veteran of World War II, he served in the 157th Infantry 45th Division and was a Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient. Bill was a volunteer at the Lebanon VA Medical Center and assisted in founding the Elder Express in Hummelstown.

Surviving is his wife of 72 years Mary E. Nunemacher Kuhn; children William C. Kuhn, Jr. and wife Suzanne of Cornwall, and Susan M. Bjorge and husband Michael Librandi of Swatara

Township; grandchildren Brian C. Kuhn, Kjell C. Bjorge and Mary Ellen Parmer; and great-grandchildren Sarah R. Parmer, Clara R. Kuhn, and Eliza M. Kuhn.

A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at his church, 104 East Main St., Hummelstown, preceded by a viewing beginning at 1 p.m.

Interment, with military honors, was in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg.

A Masonic service was held at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday at the church.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Military Order of the Purple Heart, Tri-County Chapter, 232 East Main St., Palmyra, PA 17078, or to Abraham C. Triechler Lodge #682; 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.

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West Nile mosquitoes found in Middletown, Highspire

By Dan Miller

Press And Journal Staff

Mosquito samples that tested positive for the West Nile Virus have been collected from Highspire and Middletown, Dauphin County officials said on Friday, July 17.

Positive samples have also been collected from Swatara Twp. and Harrisburg, bringing to five the county-wide total for 2015, the county said.

The county West Nile Virus Control Program is increasing its surveillance

and control measures throughout the county, officials said.

Certain species of mosquitoes carry West Nile Virus which, when transmitted to people, can cause West Nile encephalitis, an infection that can result in an inflammation of the brain.

Symptoms of West Nile Virus include fever, headache, body aches, nausea and sometimes swollen lymph glands or skin rash. All residents of areas where virus activity has been identified are at risk of getting West Nile encephalitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

TIPS ON PREVENTING WEST NILE VIRUS • Make sure screens fit tightly over doors and windows to keep mosquitoes out of homes.

• Remove any standing water in pots, containers, pool covers, tires, wheelbarrows, wading pools, roof gutters and other containers that hold water.

• Wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants and socks when outdoors, especially when mosquitoes are most active at dawn and dusk.

• Reduce outdoor exposure at dawn and dusk during peak mosquito periods, usually April through October.

• Use insect repellents according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

An effective repellent will contain DEET, picaridin or oil of lemon eucalyptus. Consult with a pediatrician or family physician if you have questions about the use of repellent on children. Repellent is not recommended for children under the age of two months.

• Buy products with Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) – a naturallyoccurring bacteria that kills mosquito larvae but is safe for people, pets and plants – for stagnant pools of water in the lawn and garden.

To learn more about Dauphin County’s West Nile Virus Control Program, contact program coordinator Christopher Hooper at 717-921-8100.

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ship must enforce its ordinances that were passed years ago but seldom, if ever, enforced for island properties.

That no longer applies.

“We’re stuck with this – it’s not something the township can soften,” said Jim Diamond, an attorney with the law firm Eckert Seamans, who led the discussion.

The process has already cost the township money, as Londonderry’s small staff has devoted a significant amount of time to FEMA. Township manager Steve Letavic said the effects on the township will grow as the township is forced to absorb the costs, starting with an approved assessment of island properties, estimated to cost $100,000 to $150,000.

“Because we have to pay for this assessment, that means road projects will not be done,” he said.

As Letavic discussed the costs to the township, several members of the audience shouted about the taxes paid by island property owners. “We get nothing for the taxes we pay to the township,” one person said.

Properties on Hill, Beech, Beshore, Shelley and Poplar islands have an assessed value of about $6.5 million, according to Dauphin County’s tax assessment office. Based on the July 2015 millage rates, $32,500 of the about $200,000 in total property taxes collected on the island properties goes to Londonderry Twp., with a much larger share devoted to the Lower Dauphin School District.

“We don’t provide services on the islands,” Letavic admitted. The township does contribute to the operations of Londonderry Fire Company, which will respond to the islands when necessary, and Pennsylvania State Police will respond in an emergency, Letavic added.

“Why don’t they take the money they are sending to Iran and buy us all out?” barked one flustered property owner.

Other property owners were particularly incensed that the government is pushing them on these island properties while ignoring Three Mile Island.

The power generation station was built with a barrier to floodwaters, and it is regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Agency. Three Mile Island does feature a protective dike, and its owners invested in many improvements to protect the equipment and facilities on the island since Tropical Storm Lee caused flooding in the Susquehanna Valley.

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FEMA’s focus on Londonderry’s floodplain properties, including the islands that are located in the more highly-regulated “floodway” zones, will result in the enforcement of local building and property improvement ordinances years or even decades old.

“You guys have allowed us to do this for 60 or 70 years,” said one property owner critical of the township’s sudden interest in enforcement.

The township was unable to answer a lot of questions, especially those dealing with any one property owner’s situation. While the township representatives provided as much informa-

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If the assessment reveals buildings that must be elevated within the floodways, the property owner must apply to improve the property by elevating the building to 18 inches higher than base flood elevation, as approved by an appropriately credentialed engineer.

Diamond said FEMA will not allow new manufactured homes in the floodplains unless you are replacing an older manufactured home. If one is replaced, it must be elevated and anchored to FEMA standards, he said.

FEMA also sets requirements for recreational vehicles that include campers. Diamond said the campers and RVs must be on the site for less than 120 days at a time and must be licensed and ready for highway use.

If a property owner builds onto or improves a camper or RV with a lanai, a deck or an addition, this may trigger FEMA to treat it as a manufactured home instead, Diamond said.

Londonderry Twp. has an ordinance that prevents the installation of an on-lot septic system in any floodplain property. This will make the approval of properties with systems installed difficult, unless the owner can prove it goes back some 45-plus years. When it comes to these systems, some township standards are more stringent than FEMA, so township supervisors could act to make this easier for property owners.

However, on-lot septic systems still fall under the regulations of the state Department of Environmental Protection. If they are permitted to be there for the island properties, these septic systems will soon be inspected and pumped under a separate ordinance for which the township created a four-year rotation of on-lot sewage disposal inspections. The township recently began the second year of this enforcement, while the islands fall in the district that will be inspected and

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Attorney Jim Diamond, standing, addresses the crowd and Londonderry Twp. officials about federal mandates regarding Susquehanna River island properties in floodways. tion as they had, much will depend on the results of the FEMA-mandated assessment. When the township officials have the assessment in hand, they will be able to develop a schedule for the property owners.

Township officials may have been hesitant over the years to enforce the regulations for island retreats that are used for six or eight months of the year, Diamond said, but they cannot take a risk with FEMA. He said if the township does not comply, FEMA will cancel all flood insurance for Londonderry property owners, who will be forced to seek insurance from private insurers at much steeper rates.

A lack of township compliance could also threaten the availability of federal funds in the wake of any disaster that may hit the township, according to Diamond.

FEMA officials have cited the $11 million paid by the agency for relief in the township as they moved in to take a closer look at Londonderry, according to Diamond.

For property owners, FEMA needs permits for any building on the floodplain or floodway properties since March 18, 1980, when the regulations came into effect. Diamond said the FEMA permits are rigorous and may require more costly compliance than a typical building permit. He said that dodging the requirements with a “variance” may be possible, albeit extremely unlikely.

Properties with buildings prior to March 1980 may be exempt from meeting FEMA requirements. To qualify for this exemption, pre-1980 buildings must have not been significantly improved since then, must not have been substantially damaged in floods and must not have suffered what FEMA terms “repetitive losses” in floods or disasters, according to the township’s slide presentation.

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pumped during the fourth year.

Even if the upcoming assessment shows that not all properties must be elevated and anchored, the requirements from FEMA are far-reaching. FEMA will be looking into practically any building activity on the islands, including when property owners move soil around. When property owners make improvements to island cottages, they must use FEMA-approved materials when it comes to roofing materials, paint and many other seemingly minor maintenance improvements.

Diamond said that while the township is not the “decision maker” driving the changes, it will be the enforcer. “We will be mandated to bring enforcement action,” he said.

Property owners who do not comply could end up having to pay the township’s legal fees, face misdemeanor changes and end up with their buildings demolished, Diamond said.

One unresolved issue is that it’s up to the Dauphin County tax assessment office to set values used for real estate taxes. If property owners must invest in improvements to meet FEMA’s regulations, the property could increase in value, and the county could increase the assessment used for taxes.

Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com

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cials agreed, as easements or rights-of-way are complex to obtain. The Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad extends along the Swatara Creek, which would be one suitable place for a trail, a “rail with trail,” said Laurie Gipe, a resident and representative of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

“Walking paths and bike paths are so helpful to the community, cradle to grave,” Gipe said. “They bring a lot of economic development.”

She cited the success of trails in other parts to the state, including York County, as positive examples of recreational gems and magnets for business.

Other residents noted the lack of a public boat launch in Lower Swatara, which features the Swatara Creek and its opportunities for fishing, canoeing and kayaking.

Erin Letavic, township engineer, encouraged the public to share ideas during the meeting and explained the process of obtaining grants for the township.

“You might not see it happen for two years,” she said.

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programs allowing annual applications, Mehaffie said there is an opportunity for many improvements to the parks – and for forging a recreational vision with lasting contributions to the community.

Residents proposed allowing for new activities at parks. One suggested the addition of concrete tables with chess boards integrated into the tabletops.

Mehaffie shared a suggestion from one resident who requested the addition of bocce ball courts at Old Reliance Park. “Londonderry has one and it gets well used,” agreed Commissioner Michael Davies.

One bocce court is typically 60 to 90 feet long and 10 to 15 feet wide, with a hard surface covered by outdoor carpeting. Courts may be covered by a pergola to provide players with shade, and the township could provide benches near the proposed courts.

Along with bocce, the township could decide to build horseshoe pits, which take up a similar amount of space to a bocce court.

A few residents suggested hiking or biking trails. One idea would provide a walking trail all around Little Hollywood Park. Trails throughout the township would take more work, offi-

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It was time to think big when residents gathered last month to share their ideas about the future of parks in Lower Swatara Twp. About 20 residents turned out with ideas from the basic request for parking to suggestions for trails and boat launches.

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Vacation Bible School

Ebenezer United Methodist Church/Childcare, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown is hosting a free Vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 26 to Thursday, July 30. Vacation Bible School is open to all children ages 3-12. The theme is “G-Force, God’s Love in Action.’’

There will be crafts, stories, snacks and games involving action (skateboards, Hula hoops and more).

For more information, call 717939-0766.

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Christmas in July bingo

Londonderry Fire Company, 2655 Foxianna Road, Middletown, will host its special bingo night on Friday, July 24. Doors open at 5 p.m.; bingo starts at 7 p.m.

For tickets, contact Mike O’Donnell at 717-576-8649 or the fire house at 717-944-2175.

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Middletown Swim Club’s Adult Night

Swim under the stars at the Middletown Swim Club’s Adult Night from 7 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Aug. 1. You must be 21 or older. To RSVP, call 717-9444235 by Tuesday, July 28.

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Bingo Blast

Hummelstown Fire Company, 249 E. Main St., Hummelstown, is hosting its Bingo Blast at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. Doors open at 5 p.m.

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Family movie night

On Friday, July 31, Ebenezer United Methodist Church will host its July outdoor family movie night featuring the movie “G-Force.”

Refreshments and live band music will start at 7:30 p.m., and the movie will begin at dusk.

The event is free and all are welcome. Attendees are invited to bring a chair or blanket.

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Music in the vineyards

Nissley Vineyards, 140 Vintage Dr., Bainbridge, is hosting a lawn concert featuring the Blue Moon Big Band (big band swing) from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

No babies, children or persons under the legal age of 21 will be admitted.

For more information, call 717-426-3514 or visit www.nissleywine.com.

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Live music at Sunset Grill

Cruise Control will perform on the deck at Sunset Bar & Grill, 2601 Sunset Dr., Middletown at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 23.

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will use traffic signals to alternate each direction of traffic across the bridge, Penny said.

The bridge was built in 1941 and is classified by PennDOT as structurally deficient. Nearly 7,000 vehicles cross the bridge each day, Penny said.

PennDOT plans to re-pave the roadway approaches to the bridge after the bridge has been replaced.

Main Street repaving

Plans call for PennDOT to repave Route 230 in Middletown – Main Street – after the borough finishes replacing water and sewer lines under the road.

However, it appears doubtful that PennDOT will complete final repaving of the road in 2015, based upon comments from Penny.

“We won’t know until the borough has wrapped up its work and the contractor can update its schedule,” Penny said. “At this point, however, we anticipate having the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) curb cut ramps done and maybe some roadway base repair done this year, but we’ll probably be too late for our final paving cut-off date in mid-October to do the final paving this year.”

The borough project is currently just west of the square.

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of goodies and health-care products.

The number of “hospitality bags” is limited, but the church has never run out of donated clothing, even as more people show up each year.

The church always has clothing left over to give out to one or more local agencies.

“God’s been good,” Morgan said.

Morgan started God’s Clothes Closet after seeing another church doing the same thing, said Mary Woods of Londonderry Twp., another Evangelical UMC member who helps Morgan coordinate and plan the annual giveaway.

The first year for the event was 2006 – two years before the nation’s economic meltdown in 2008. About 200 people showed up for the first giveaway, Morgan said. In 2014, 445 people showed up.

The increase is in part because the giveaway has been around nearly a decade now, and also because there still are a lot of people treading water economically, if they are afloat at all.

Since God’s Clothes Closet doesn’t collect data from the people who come in every year, Morgan has no fancy PowerPoint presentations to offer with charts and graphs depicting income and poverty trends.

What she has are stories about real people – such as the couple a few years ago who walked to God’s Clothes Closet from Hershey. They didn’t have a car, or jobs.

“It took them quite awhile to get here but when they did, of course, it was summer. It was hot,’’ Morgan said.

“We took care of their needs first, gave them cold drinks and stuff like that.

Then we took them home.”

People come from all over the surrounding area. In addition to Middletown and Hershey, the event

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Sometimes people show up with pressing needs that demand immediate attention. They may need food, but can’t wait until Tuesday when the Middletown Food Bank in Royalton opens.

The food bank has someone available on standby whom Morgan can call on to provide food to people through the weekend. Individuals and families can also be referred to other agencies like the Community Action Commission.

The folks who donate the clothing to support the event are themselves sometimes in need, which makes their generosity all the more impressive.

“A lady was in this morning to make donations,” Morgan said. “She said her husband is in construction, and with all the rain we have had this summer, a lot of days (he) couldn’t work. She probably won’t come back to get clothes, because she is one of our members.”

“That story repeats itself so often from people who are having a tough time, especially families with children.”

Young people with families make up most of those who come to God’s Clothes Closet. But there’s also a lot of older folks in wheelchairs and using walkers.

Planning for each year’s event starts in June. Information is sent

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million of the money transferred from the water and sewer authority was accumulated from bills and fees that had been paid by customers to the water and sewer authority during the period from when the lease agreement was approved in September to when the lease deal went into effect and United Water took over water and sewer operations on Jan. 1.

The remaining $3.8 million was tied to various projects that were to be funded through the $43 million payout, including the Main Street project.

Tunnell said the ICDA transferred back to the water and sewer authority the $4.3 million amount derived from the payment of water rates and fees by customers. Under law, this money would have to be transferred from the water and sewer authority to the borough in the event that the water and sewer authority dissolves, Tunnell said.

However, Tunnell said the ICDA considered – and still considers – the transfer of the $3.8 million for projects to be “an appropriate transfer.” At the same time, Tunnell said that none of the $3.8 million that the ICDA has received from the water and sewer authority has been spent or committed.

“My intention is (for the ICDA) not to spend any of that money without the full disclosure and transparency on where that money came from and how we got it,” Tunnell said.

On June 15 – nearly three months after the water and sewer authority had approved transferring the $8 million to the ICDA – Councilor Robert Louer introduced a motion that council approve the transfer. The motion failed.

However, the vote to reject the transfer “didn’t matter” because the money had already been transferred, Kapenstein said after the July 20 meeting.

Kapenstein said that council is now going to “try” and get the $3.8 million transferred back from the ICDA to the water and sewer authority. Assuming the water and sewer authority eventually dissolves, that money would then be transferred to the borough, Kapenstein said.

“It is in the taxpayers’ best interest to have everything come through the elected officials, not these separate boards,” Kapenstein said, referring to the ICDA. “They should not have

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nearly 30 years, bowing out of politics in 2013.

Write-in candidates rarely win, though one candidate, Travis Arndt, won the Democratic nomination for a Second Ward council seat as a write-in candidate in May’s primary.

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the authority to vote on funds by themselves.”

“We can work in conjunction with them to do these projects,” Kapenstein said, referring to projects such as the downtown streetscape and re-development of the Elks Building, which is owned by the ICDA. “If they (the ICDA) need money for a project, they come and ask us for a specific amount.

We either say ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ and that’s the end of it. I don’t think they should have a blank check.”

Mayor James H. Curry III, who stood

by Kapenstein as he spoke to reporters about the vote following the July 20 meeting, agreed, saying, “I don’t think that a board (the ICDA) comprised of non-elected officials should have the authority to make $4 million worth of decisions.”

“Those decisions should come from those individuals who were elected by the populace,’’ Curry said. “We can work in conjunction with those separate bodies to make the decisions, but to give them carte blanche to spend the money would be financially irresponsible.”

Tunnell told the Press And Journal that he is not aware of any request from council or from the borough that the ICDA transfer the $3.8 million back to the water and sewer authority.

“This is a very fresh issue,” Tunnell said. “This is a huge opportunity, I think, for the community” he added, referring to the potential use of the $3.8 million.

Tunnell noted that in 2014 the council and the ICDA worked out an arrangement where an $3 million bank line of credit was made available to the ICDA – but any drawdown of the money by the authority would have to be approved by council before the money could be spent.

Tunnell suggested that a similar arrangement could be put in place to guide use of the $3.8 million – and perhaps should have – before matters came to a head on July 20.

“We already did sign off on that kind of approach already,” Tunnell said, referring to the line of credit. “I guess we missed a step with this $3.8 million.

The ICDA did the responsible thing and held that money and allowed this process to play out before any of those dollars were allocated for any project.”

Two projects that up until now have been shepherded largely by the ICDA

have it made,’’ Reid admitted. “It’s a little tougher.’’

“Somebody – I have the experience – has just got to try to move things in a different direction,’’ Reid said.

“There’s a lack of communication among council and the people – among council members themselves.’’

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out at least a month ahead of time to other churches in the area so that their congregations can help with donations.

Volunteers come in when they can, a few hours here and there, to help fold and arrange the bags of donated clothes. In the days leading up to the event, piles of neatly-folded clothes are spread out over tables taking up large multi-purpose rooms on two floors of the church.

As the event continues to grow, more space in the church is needed to support it. This year, organizers decided to no longer provide free refreshments.

“Each year the people that took advantage of it dwindled, and we need the space for the stuff” to give away, Morgan said. God’s Clothes Closet also provides free child care during the event.

Other area churches pitch in. The fresh produce is from gardens at Geyers United Methodist Church in Londonderry Twp. Members of Evangelical UMC in Middletown assist Geyers in weeding the gardens, Woods said.

A lot of the donated clothing comes from the estates of folks who have died.

“They will keep them for us because they know it is going to somebody that can really use it,” Morgan said.

Local dry cleaners donate clothes that customers dropped off but never picked up. The cleaners don’t know what to do with the clothing,

include the downtown street scape improvements and redevelopment of the Elks Building.

The ICDA plans to rebid the downtown street scape project to get new bids that are within the project’s budget. As for the Elks, the ICDA has been negotiating with Tattered Flag, a company that wants to open a craft brewery and still operation and a brew pub in the building.

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Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., hosts God’s Clothes Closet. so they bring it to the church.

Donating clothes to the event can get you a tax deduction. Morgan has the forms and receipts that people need.

But most people don’t ask for them, Woods said. Even when she offers the forms, Morgan said that

many people who donate don’t seem to care about the tax break.

“They just want some place to give it where it would be placed to good use,” she said.

Tunnell has said that the concept is for the ICDA to fund the up-front renovations that will be needed for Tattered Flag to move in. Tattered Flag would then repay this money to the ICDA under terms of a long-term lease.

Tunnell said council’s July 20 action regarding the $3.8 million will “clearly” have “an impact” on projects such as the downtown street scape and Tattered Flag – however “I don’t know what that impact is going to

be,” he added.

“I think this can be a very workable arrangement,” Tunnell said. “But some of these projects are underway or partially negotiated. It’s going to take some accommodation in terms of meeting schedules to get some of these things accomplished.”

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magine eating your way around the square in Hummelstown. That’s what a crowd did on Monday, July 20 during A Taste of Hummelstown, an annual fund-raiser featuring food donated by borough restaurants, other businesses and organizations.

The event, staged by The Hummelstown Business and Professional Association, featured tables with donated palate-pleasers, from soup to veggies to pizza and more.

Proceeds will go to a variety of Hummelstown charities. Last year’s event raised money for the Hummelstown Police Department, the Hummelstown Fire Company, the Hummelstown Food Bank and summer recreation programs for youth, among other causes.

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Standings for 7-22-15 REC BASEBALL EAST SHORE TWILIGHT LEAGUE (Top 4 teams qualify for playoffs)

W L T Linglestown 17 4 0 Hummelstown 12 8 2 Middletown 11 8 1 Lawnton 9 10 2 Paxton 9 11 0 Penbrook 8 12 0 Annville 4 19 1

Thursday, July 23 Lawnton at Middletown, 6 p.m.

Friday, July 24 Middletown at Paxton, 1 p.m., Central Dauphin East High School Penbroook at Hummelstown, 6 p.m., Nye Field

Middletown comeback beats Paxton, 6-5

Walk-off single in final inning boosts playoff hopes

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FOOTBALL WOMEN’S SPRING FOOTBALL LEAGUE Playoffs Conference finals Northern Conference Keystone Assault 34, New England Nightmare 0

Last week’s games Middletown 2, Penbrook 0 Middletown 7, Annville 0 (forfeit) Middletown 14, Annville 6 Linglestown 5, Middletown 0 Hummelstown 7, Annville 0 (forfeit) Paxton 4, Hummelstown 3 Hummelstown 2, Penbrook 0 Hummelstown 4, Linglestown 2

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Southern Conference Tennessee Legacy 36, Tri-Cities Thunder 20

This week’s games Wednesday, July 22 Penbrook at Middletown, 6 p.m.

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Middletown pitcher Zach Whitman surrendered five unearned runs to Paxton.

In the late innings of a one-run baseball game, he began to chant. A player in the opponent’s dugout, imploring his teammates at the plate in a strange singsong stream of consciousness.

Everything from a couple of bars from the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive’’ to pleas to “hit some smoke’’ and, oddly, to “buy some grass.’’

“Hamburgers on the grill!’’ he sang, as a teammate stepped to the plate with two runners in scoring position. “Hot dogs on the grill! Two pickles on a hamburger now! Find a hole, find a hole, find a hole!’’

Why not? His team, Paxton, was in a death struggle with another team, Middletown, fighting for a playoff spot in the East Shore Twilight League. Paxton’s 5-0 lead had dwindled to 5-4 in the top of the sixth inning, and a previous batter’s attempt to score a run fizzled – a surprisingly unusual squeeze bunt attempt produced an easy out at first for Middletown, and a puzzled Paxton runner standing on third base.

Desperate times make desperate men do desperate things. The structure and pace of baseball allows opportunity and time for such prickly taunting of the opposition – the game’s history is filled with young boys chanting, “swingbatter-batter-swing!’’ during youth league contests, and fans teasing opposing players in the outfield. Sure, the East Shore league is a league of grown men, but why not pull out all the stops?

It didn’t help. Paxton’s sixth inning opportunity ended with a groundout to first base and no runs scored. While it’s seventh inning began promisingly with a walk and bloop single, prompting more frenzied singing from the teammate in the dugout, it ended uneventfully with two strikeouts and a groundout to second base, and the score remained close.

Then it came crashing down in the bottom of the seventh and final inning. Thirdplace Middletown (12-8-1) scored two runs, the last on a walk off, game-winning RBI single by Steve Pickel, to win, 6-5, on Monday, July 20 at Middletown Area High School. The loss damaged the playoff hopes of fifth-place Paxton (9-12) and left its mangled metaphors bleeding in the dirt.

The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.

The prickly chanting was a point of contention between both teams after the game, with players exchanging remarks during the post-game handshake on the field, and a Middletown fan in the stands declaring loudly that she, indeed, loved hot dogs delivered fresh from the grill – in the home half of the final innings.

The teams parted with one Paxton team member hurling f-bombs.

For Middletown Coach Adrian Huber, whose seventh-inning stint as a relief pitcher earned him the victory, the chanting reminded him of a line from a Kevin Costner movie, “For Love of the Game,’’ a 1999 film in which he played an aging pitcher trying to focus mentally on a big game. “Clear the mechanism’’ he says to himself – and that’s what Huber thought in his one inning of pitching.

“You rely on the mechanics of the millions of pitches you’ve thrown in your life,’’ Huber said after the game.

Paxton scored four unearned runs in the top of the third inning – slow charges

by Middletown infielders and an errant throw to first on a bunt were among the mistakes Middletown made – to grab a 5-0 lead.

“Horrible,’’ was Huber’s critique of the early innings. “We didn’t look like we showed up.’’

Three Paxton errors in the bottom of the third produced Middletown’s first run, the final miscue a throw to third base on a Middletown base-stealing attempt that rolled into foul territory.

Middletown scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to pull within a run, 5-4. Arturo Figueroa drove in two runs with a double, stole third and scored on a wild pitch to bring Middletown close.

That set up the comeback in the final inning. Figueroa led off the bottom of the seventh with a line-drive double to right-center field. Huber was hit by a pitch and the next batter, Ryan Trafecanty, followed with a double down the right field line that tied the game, 5-5.

An intentional walk to Chuck Kline loaded the bases for Middletown. Ethan Kell, the former Lower Dauphin standout, struck out, but Pickel’s clutch hit drove in the winning run.

Middletown’s victory against another team with playoff aspirations, was “huge,’’ Huber said, though he admitted “it wasn’t the conventional way.’’

“I was still frustrated – we still didn’t do things right,’’ he said. “We’re just not doing little things.

Fortunately we came up with hits here and there.’’

The win improved Middletown’s playoff chances.

The team is fighting Hummelstown for second place with three games left in the regular season. The only thing that would appear to hurt Middletown’s chances is a three-game losing streak.

“I’m not taking anything for granted,’’ Huber said.

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A fan in the bleachers shades herself from the summer sun during the game.

The temperature around the time of the opening pitch was about 90 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

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Lower Swatara Twp. Police News Following is a compilation of reports from the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.

Disorderly conduct citation Scott A. Morris, 57, of the first block of Columbia Road, Enola, was issued a disorderly conduct citation after he allegedly yelled obscenities at his two grandchildren, ages 8 and 12, at 11:16 a.m. on July 2 in the 800 block of S. Eisenhower Boulevard, police report.

Alleged fraudulent work Police said they believe a township resident was a victim of fraud when she paid two men $1,600 to repair cracks and seal the driveway at her home in the 1000 block of Clearview Dr. on July 10.

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The idea for the project came from library director John Grayshaw.

“We have these great local historytype resources kind of hidden away in the basement,” Grayshaw said. “I wanted to make people more aware of them and really showcase them.”

He also knew he had the right person to do it Mikaela Fleisher, a 2006 Middletown Area High School grad who is doing an internship at the library this summer.

“I’m very interested in genealogy and in local history,” said Fleisher, who expects to graduate in August with a master’s degree in library science from Clarion University in Clarion County. Fleisher also does freelance genealogy on the side.

She stumbled on a lot of discoveries about her own past as she made her way through the project. She found yearbook photos of her dad, three aunts and an uncle.

She also learned that Middletown folks are an observant lot. When she included someone in the presentation with the wrong year for Most Likely to Succeed, the person sent Grayshaw an e-mail with the right year.

The presentation has helped create

a buzz about the library’s yearbook collection, as Grayshaw hoped.

“It’s gotten a lot of views. There’s definitely been a renewed interest,” he said.

When the presentation was shared on the Facebook page of the Middletown Area High School Alumni Association, Michele Brookins recognized herself and Sharon Nye in a photo from 1984 of two smiling students hanging out in the high school library.

Fleisher is making the most of her opportunity. She’s already at work on another project about Middletown area history that will be gleaned from the library’s considerable local collection.

Among other things, her next on-line presentation will spotlight some of the big moments and times of Middletown history that have impacted the town, such as the 1910 fire that destroyed Middletown’s business district, Hurrican Agnes and other flooding events, and the heyday of the now-defunct Olmsted Air Force Base.

As with the yearbook presentation, this project will offer just a taste. For a bigger bite, you can visit the library and see its collections for yourself.

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Launching the start of a project to rebuild Highspire’s Jury Street Bridge at a ground-breaking ceremony are, from left: first row, state Rep. Patty Kim; A. Kay Sutch, president of Highspire Borough Council, and Highspire Mayor John R. Hoerner; back row, Dauphin County commissioners Michael Pries and George Hartwick III.

Repairs to flood-damaged Jury Street Bridge to begin Highspire marked the beginning of a project to rebuild the borough’s Jury Street bridge with a ground-breaking ceremony on Thursday, July 16 at the bridge.

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The Presbyterian Congregation is located at the corner of Union and Water streets in downtown Middletown. We are a body of Christian people who reach out to others by sharing God’s Word, love, and fellowship. Warm greetings to one and all as we seek to grow closer to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Please plan to join us for worship on Sun., July 26. Visitors are especially welcome. Sunday Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. in our air-conditioned sanctuary. Nursery is available during the service, and there are also hearing devices for anyone wanting to use one, as well as Bible Listening bags for children to utilize during the service.

Tues., July 28: 10 a.m., Mary’s Circle will meet in the Conference Room; 1:30 p.m., An Afternoon Book Club will meet at the Mateer’s. Please contact the church office for more information on either gathering.

Our next Community Dinner is Aug. 3 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The menu includes barbecue ribs and the works. There is a cost. We hope to see you there.

The Parish Nurse is available by calling the church office at 717-9444322. For further information, see our Website www.pcmdt.org, visit our Facebook page www.facebook. com/Presbyterian Congregation, or call the office.

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the Middletown Interfaith Food Pantry at 201 Wyoming Street, Royalton.

Community Care Sunday is the first Sunday of each month. We collect personal hygiene items for neighbors who need them.

Upper Room Devotionals for July and August are available in the Gathering Room.

A Bible Study group meets each Sunday morning in the church parlor at 9:15 a.m.

A community-wide Red Cross Blood Drive will be held at Wesley on Thurs., July 23 from 2 to 7 p.m. Those desiring to donate blood are urged to come and share the gift of life. While appointments are not necessary, interested donors can visit www.redcrossblood. org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS to schedule an appointment.

Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine streets in Middletown.

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Calvary Church is pleased to invite our community to join us in Hoffer Park, Pavillion 1, for “Fellowship in the Park” on August 2, at Noon. We will be having a time of fellowship with lunch provided at no cost to visitors, followed by a time of singing and a brief message by Pastor Fox. We are also pleased to invite children from our community from the ages of 3 years old to 12 years old for Vacation Bible School continuing through July 24 from 6 to 8:15 p.m., and then a closing program from 10 to 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 25.

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Wesley United Methodist Church “Follow Jesus, Change the World” is more than a mission slogan for us at Wesley. We are committed to finding ways to embody this purpose through “hands-on” ministry designed to care for those in need. We invite others to come and discover how they can be a part of this spiritual adventure to be all God has created us to be.

Sunday Worship services are held at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Our early service is informal and features a Praise Band.

Our later service follows a traditional pattern and includes all types of music. We encourage people to “come as you are.”

Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank is open the fourth Friday of the month from 4 to 6 p.m. (except July 24). Free clothes in all sizes from infant to adult are available. Enter through the door nearest the parking lot located behind the church.

Food Pantry Sunday is the third Sunday of each month. We collect nonperishable items that are needed for

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of the Word of God, which is revealed in the Bible. We are also committed to proclaiming the hope of salvation from the sin that results from the world’s changing moral standards, the hope found in faith in Jesus Christ alone.

We invite you to join us each Sunday to hear more about this message of free grace. Our services are at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. We are located at the corner of Spruce and Emaus streets here in Middletown.

We have a fellowship meal following the 10:15 a.m. morning service on the first Sunday of every month, free to all who come. We also have Sunday school classes for all ages at 9 a.m., and a Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 p.m. We are now studying the Gospel of Luke. Feel free to contact us with questions at 944-5835.

We come to worship the merciful Creator of us all. We strive to worship as God’s servants seeking his strengthening Spirit. Everyone is warmly welcome to join in this worthy endeavor.

Evangelical Church meets on the corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St., behind the Turkey Hill convenience store.

The ministries scheduled at Evangelical United Methodist Church for July 22-28 are always open to everyone.

Wed., July 22: 6 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous Book Study; 9 a.m. to noon and 6 to 9 p.m., We are accepting donations of gently used clothing (no rips or stains) for men, women, teens and children, as well as shoes coats, linens and blankets for God’s Clothes Closet.

Thurs., July 23: 9 a.m. to noon and 6 to 9 p.m., We are accepting donations for God’s Clothes Closet.

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Sun., July 26: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for July: Bill Harris; 10:15 a.m., Worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Ethel Angeloff, Joey Underdonk, Bonnie Bathurst. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of parents Jean and Harold Martin presented by son David and family; 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., We will be accepting donations for God’s Clothes Closet.

Mon., July 27: 9 a.m. to noon and 6 to 9 p.m., We will be accepting donations for God’s Clothes Closet.

Tues., July 28: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry.

Sat., Aug. 1: 8 a.m. to noon, Shop for free at God’s Clothes Closet. The event is sponsored by Evangelical United Methodist Church, Middletown. Everyone is welcome. Call 944-6181 for more information.

New Beginnings Church Middletown

We are an independent body of believers offering God’s invitation for a new beginning to all who seek it. We exist to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all people through faith in Jesus Christ. We are a Safe Sanctuary congregation. Our church steeple bell tolls four times at the beginning of worship. One for the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and you.

New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church is provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., next to the Rescue Fire Company. Sunday School for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at back door. Youth Fellowship is from 5 to 7 p.m. For additional church information call 944-9595.

Wednesdays: Craft Group, 1 p.m.; Choir rehearsals, 6:30 p.m.; Praise Band rehearsals, 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays: Intercessory Prayer will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursdays, followed by the Sanctuary being open from 6:15 to 6:50 p.m. for anyone to come and pray. The community is invited to stop and pray. Pastor Britt’s Bible study will follow at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in these important areas of our church life.

Sociable Seniors group meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. Blanket making is the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9:30 a.m.

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the 3rd Saturday every other month.

Children’s Church leaders for July 26: Mary Mulka and Mary K. Lemon.

Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Graham.

Acolyte for July: Faith Rhine. Ushers for July: Beth and Gary Hinkle, and Dana and Jeff Rhine.

The new men’s group to inspire and empower men in their faith has started meeting. This is a fellowship group that will meet, fellowship, dine and pray together, discussing topics of interest that deal with everyday living. Presently they are meeting every Thursday morning at 6:30 a.m. for prayer, no need to call ahead, just show up. If you are interested in being part of this group call Sam Rainal at 951-4866.

Community men are welcome.

The flowers on the altar this past Sunday were presented to the Glory of God and in memory of father Dr. Morley Mays by Beth and Gary Hinkle.

Outdoor flower watering the week of July 26-August 1 is Paula Bidoli.

Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ wmss/audio. Check us out on our Website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com.

Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ!” We invite you to come and experience this love.

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

Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (1st through 5th grade), Kindergarten (4-5 year olds), Nursery (infants through age 3), and Adult classes that offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Classes for special education are also available.

Wednesdays: Summer Night Live aka Garage Night at 6 p.m. in the pavilion. Hot dogs and burgers will

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran peanut butter, and jelly. Needed for Church is located at Spring and Union the Kids Summer Food Bags are kids’ streets, Middletown. We are a Recon- pasta cups, ramen noodle lunch, fruit and applesauce cups, granola bars, ciling In Christ Church.

You are invited to join us for wor- snacks/treats, individual drinks, and ship on Wednesday morning, Saturday individual cereal boxes. Items colevening and Sunday morning. Sunday lected are taken to the Interfaith Food worship time is 9 a.m. through and Pantry located at 201 Wyoming St., Royalton. including September 6. Our 11 a.m.

Church and Community Events: worship service is broadcast live on Wed., July 22: 10 a.m., Holy ComWMSS 91.1. munion in the Chapel.

Wednesday morning service is at Sat., July 25: 5 p.m., Holy Com10 a.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual munion. traditional service and is 45 minutes Sun., July 26: 9 a.m., Holy Comin length. Please enter through the munion. parking lot doors.

Visit our website at www.stpeThe first Sunday of each month is tersmiddletown.org.

Food Pantry Sunday. Our food pantry Scripture for July 26: 2 Kings 4:42is in need of personal care, nonperish- 44; Ps 145:10-18; Eph 3:14-21; John able food items, soups, condiments, 6:1-21.

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Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for worship on Sunday mornings led by Pastor Brad Gilbert. Our services are relaxed and casual. We offer a traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and a contemporary service with a band (electric guitars) at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there are a variety of Christian education classes for all ages.

We have several things happening at Ebenezer and all are welcome. Our Vacation Bible School, “G Force” – God’s love in action, will be held Sun., July 26 through Thurs., July 30 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to children ages 3 to 12.

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Obama's Iran nuclear deal: For or against?

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Do you support the Iran nuclear deal?

President Barack Obama announced a proposed historic nuclear weapon deal with Iran on Tuesday, July 14. Five other nations agreed to the accord.

Congress has 60 days to review it. The deal lifts U.S. sanctions against Iran that will be phased in as Iran completes "key nuclear steps,'' Obama said.

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Congressional Republicans and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have promised to kill the deal, Bloomberg.com reports. Netanyahu called the deal a "historic mistake'' full of "sweeping concessions,'' Bloomberg reported.

Obama defended the deal, saying, "Put simply, no deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.''

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Reaction from around the U.S.: • U.S. House of Representatives minority whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md.: “It is now up to members of Congress to work carefully through every detail, particularly given Iran’s likelihood to exploit any ambiguity or loophole to its benefit and to the detriment of the security of America, Israel and our allies in Europe and the Gulf.’’

• Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa.: “We are told that the deal is better than nothing at all, since it will essentially freeze Iran’s nuclear program for 10 to 15 years. However, in global historical terms, that is the merest blink of an eye. In a 10-year span, Iran’s economy will have continued to grow, free of sanctions, allowing them to carry on funding terrorist groups in the region. At the end of that time frame, they will be free to pursue whatever programs they wish.

“I’m afraid we will soon have to begin teaching school children to pointlessly hide under their desks again, as we did when faced with the threat of Russian nuclear attack in the 1950s and ‘60s.

“With an issue as monumental as national security at stake, this is not the time to be burnishing legacies or campaigning for the next Nobel Peace Prize. Congress must carefully examine the agreement and its impact on this country and our allies, particularly Israel.

I am mindful of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s declaration that if Iran wants to be treated as a normal nation, it should act like one. As a consistent and belligerent state sponsor of terrorism, Iran has certainly not kept its part of the bargain.''

“I am eager to scrutinize the details of the agreement over the 60-day period, and will make my final determination on how I will vote after a full consideration of all the facts.”

• Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.: “Preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is critical to our national security and that of our partners in the region, especially Israel. That’s why I have consistently sponsored and supported sanctions against Iran, which brought the regime to the table in the first place, and legislation like the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act and the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015.

“I appreciate the hard work that Secretary [John] Kerry and his team put into these negotiations. Over the coming days, I will be conducting a thorough review of the agreement to evaluate whether it protects our national security interests.”

• Teri Adams, spokeswoman for the Independence Hall Foundation, Philadelphia: “Clearly, the president seeks to establish a new order in the Middle East – and it is also clear he doesn’t care a wink about America’s allies in the region, especially Israel.

“We shudder to think how this deal might impact Israel. In the short run, Hamas and Hezbollah violence against Israel will surely escalate. In the long run, one can predict disaster, not only for Israel and our other Middle Eastern allies, but for the United States as well. Will it be a nuclear disaster? God forbid it.’’

• Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee: “There’s no question that Secretary Kerry has worked tirelessly to bring about this agreement, and his efforts are to be commended. However, I continue to have long-standing concerns about the enforcement and verifiability of any agreement with Iran, given their long history of deception and well-documented illicit activity in the region.

“While this is only an agreement about Iran’s nuclear program, the administration must concurrently work to bolster our allies in the region and counter Iran’s support of terrorist groups. For a new era of engagement to ever truly take hold, Iran must stop threatening to annihilate Israel and safely return the four Americans missing or held captive inside Iran.

“Congress has an indispensable role in bringing about and reviewing any deal. There is no greater national security challenge than the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, and we should approach this challenge in close coordination with our allies who also have so much at stake.”

• Rick Manning, president, Americans for Limited Government, Fairfax, Va.: “The Obama Iranian deal makes proliferation in the region inevitable and, as a result, war more likely, not less. Nuclear non-proliferation, U.S. interests, and our allies interests have all suffered a severe setback today. It makes it much more likely that we will have a nuclear terrorist attack on U.S. soil, and that we will face a new reality as Iranian allies like Venezuela become nuclear threats.

“The world is less safe, and if Congress fails to defeat this deal, they will have nobody but themselves to blame.’’

• Rick Santorum, Republican candidate for president: "President Obama's so-called 'nuclear deal' with Iran – one of the world's chief sponsors of radical islamic terrorism – is folly and only empowers the Iranian mullahs. Iran must not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. Period.''

• Obama: “As the American people and Congress review the deal, it will be important to consider the alternative. Consider what happens in a world without this deal.Without this deal, there is no scenario where the world joins us in sanctioning Iran until it completely dismantles its nuclear program. Nothing we know about the Iranian government suggests that it would simply capitulate under that kind of pressure. And the world would not support an effort to permanently sanction Iran into submission. We put sanctions in place to get a diplomatic resolution, and that is what we have done.

"Without this deal, there would be no agreed-upon limitations for the Iranian nuclear program. Iran could produce, operate and test more and more centrifuges. Iran could fuel a reactor capable of producing plutonium for a bomb. And we would not have any of the inspections that allow us to detect a covert nuclear weapons program.

"In other words, no deal means no lasting constraints on Iran’s nuclear program.’’

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or law that prevents it from assisting imhen the news first migration authorities in enforcing federal immigration law. broke The legislation will direct the attorney about the heartgeneral to compile an annual list of such breaking murder of cities and issue a report on any particu32-year-old Kate Steinle in San Fran- lar state or locality upon request from a member of Congress. A state or local cisco earlier this month, the first person I government would only regain federal thought of was Derek Kichline, formerly funding eligibility after the attorney genof Hazleton. The connection was made, eral certifies that its laws and policies are not because the two knew each other, or in compliance with federal immigration were in any way related, but because the statutes. existence of so-called sanctuary cities Certainly supporters of places like San directly contributed to their premature Francisco argue that their policies prevent and violent deaths. the illegal immigration population from The term “sanctuary city” has no firm become victims themselves, when in fact legal definition, however in practice it the opposite is true. Sanctuary cities crehas come to refer to any locality which ate safety zones for drug cartels, gangs resists or bans enforcement of federal and other criminal elements to operate, immigration laws, or flatly refuses to directly impacting the immigrant populacooperate with immigration officials. tion and all residents of such a locality.

They have spread to places across the Sanctuary cities truly benefit only one country – including Philadelphia and key demographic: illegal immigrant Pittsburgh here in Pennsylvania – and criminals. Headlines describing the now number more than 200 nationally, murder of a beautiaccording to the ful young woman in Immigration and the prime of her life Customs Enforcement agency.

Sanctuary cities create safety have certainly seized attention of the Sanctuary cities zones for drug cartels, gangs the public, but homicide are a scourge, and and other criminal elements is not the only probare safe havens for everyone but lawto operate, directly impacting lem created. bottom line abiding citizens. the immigrant population and isThe this: How many In Steinle’s case, all residents of such a murders of innocent she was unfortunate enough to be enjoylocality. citizens are acceptable before we fiing a walk along nally stop the “don’t San Francisco’s ask, don’t tell” Pier 14 with her policies of localities father. When the when it comes to fatal shot rang out, illegal immigration? she fell to the ground, crying, “Dad, help We hear an awful lot about compassion me, help me.” for the people who break our immigration She later died at a local hospital, the laws, but where is the outrage when an victim of an illegal immigrant who illegal immigrant commits a violent act had racked up seven felonies and been that robs a family of one of its cherished deported five times, according to law members? enforcement officials. The suspect in the We must make sure that we’re enforcshooting, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, ing the immigration laws that we already has indicated that he settled in San Franhave. cisco after he illegally reentered the U.S. Sanctuary cities are dangerous to public because of its lax policies toward illegal safety – and we should stop supporting immigrants. them with federal tax dollars.

In 2006, while I was mayor of Hazleton, It has been nearly impossible in recent Kichline, a 29-year-old father of three young children, was working on his pick- weeks to pick up a newspaper or watch up truck when he was shot and killed. His television without seeing Steinle’s smiling face looking back. And when I see accused killer was also illegally present her, I also think of Kichline. For their in this country, and had previously been memories, it is past time to state once and arrested at least a half dozen times. for all that every life matters.

Those brushes with the law occurred in

New York City, another notorious sanctuLou Barletta is a Republican member ary city, which released him without of the U.S. House of Representatives. regard to federal immigration laws. That He represents the 11th Congressional violent crime was what compelled me to District, which includes Lower Swatara become fully engaged with the problem Twp., Highspire and Steelton. of illegal immigration in the first place.

Though Steinle’s murder is only the most recent high-profile national example, and Kichline’s death is the most personal for me, I have long argued that sanctuary cities must be eliminated.

In 2011, I introduced the Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act, which would deny all federal funding to sanctuary cities. At the time, Congress lacked We want to hear from you. the political will to pass the bill, and so Send your letters to: I have returned to make the argument letters@pressandjournal.com, or again.

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Why so many GOP candidates?

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o cash limits mean no candidate

limits.

Why are so many Republicans running for president?

Fifteen plus successful and otherwise sane Republicans are willing to put out the grueling effort required to campaign for the presidency.

This is not a year when the Republicans expect to enjoy an edge, like a really down economy or a very unpopular incumbent. They do not have a crusading issue as they expected to have in Obamacare. Nor do they have an outstanding candidate who creates excitement across the Republican Party’s ideological spectrum.

Worse for these would-be presidents, the Republican money elite have their candidate, Jeb Bush. And if the Republicans hold true to form, these financial power brokers will do their best to nominate Bush, as they did Mitt Romney. If they do, they increase the risk of again losing the presidency.

So why so many?

It’s not like there’s no opposition. The Democrats have as their front-runner Hillary Clinton, who has to be respected as an opponent. She has a rightly-feared political team, an unprecedented money machine and a record she and her party are proud of.

So why are they running? We all know that, with Citizens United, the rules changed and there are, in effect, no limits on the money that a super PAC can expend to get somebody elected. The super PAC cannot, of course, coordinate with the regular campaign, and if you believe that I have a presidential nomination I can sell you real cheap – just a couple of hundred million.

This is not a year Maybe when the the proper question is: Republicans Why not? All expect to enjoy an you need is edge, like a really the commitment of some down economy or megalomaniac billionaire a very unpopular like Sheldon incumbent. They Abelson, do not have a the Koch crusading issue as brothers or they expected to any of the other 1,645 have in billionaires Obamacare. in the U.S. It is simple.

The billionaire sets up a super PAC, hired a staff who then start to write your autobiography, begin buying up TV and radio time and generally finance a campaign while legally forbidden to coordinate with you.

So if someone else is going to pay all the bills, why not run for president?

That still doesn’t answer the question of motivation. In reality, all of these 15 leading candidates have to think they have a reason for running.

The dregs on the list are the newcomers who don’t know what they are doing.

These include Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina, who have a record of professional success but know little of politics.

Then there are those who are doing it just for the fun of it or are on an ego trip.

Foremost of these is, of course, Donald Trump. But we can also include here Rick Perry, Mike Huckabee and Lindsey Graham, who are clearly enjoying the ride.

The miscellaneous category includes Bobbie Jindal, who is just kooky, Chris Christie and Ted Cruz, who are essentially bullies, and George Pataki, who is so bland you don’t know he is there.

Then we get to the people who are serious. First there are the ideologues like Rand Paul and Rick Santorum. Not fun guys, They really believe.

Finally, we have the serious contenders: Scott Walker, Marco Rubio and the heir apparent to the imperial presidency, Jeb Bush. John Kasich will also qualify as a serious contender.

These last four, not an unusual number, will fight for the nomination with unprecedented billions. The others are, to use a Trump word, losers getting attention often because some billionaire is willing to finance them and the press is willing to go along with the charade.

Like everything else in America today, it’s about the money. The billionaires can say, “Why not?’’ And put their horse in the race.

Paul A. Heise, of Mount Gretna, is a professor emeritus of economics at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, and a former economist for the federal government.

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is ‘bigger’ than we thought. It has its own moons (yep, that’s plural) and it orbits the sun. So how is Pluto not a planet?”

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ber when state Attorney General Kane came to power and everybody loved her? Well, your time is also coming, Joe Paterno. Some day the truth will come out. And all those sheep will find you out.”

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“Hate is in your heart – not a flag.”

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National magazine ranks local children’s hospital in its top 50

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enn State Hershey Children’s Hospital has again been ranked among the top 50 U.S. pediatric facilities and has earned a national ranking in eight pediatric specialties, according to an annual report by U.S. News and World Report.

Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital ranked among the top in cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology. This is the most categories the hospital has ever been ranked in the top 50.

The U.S. News rankings highlight the top 50 U.S. hospitals in each of 10 pediatric specialties: cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.

The report’s 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings consider 184 pediatric centers in the U.S. In compiling the rankings, U.S. News considers several objective criteria, including patient outcomes and care-related resources each hospital makes available.

Impressively, this marks the fifth consecutive year in which Penn State Hershey has been ranked in multiple specialties. It first made the Best Children’s Hospitals list in 2008.

For these reasons and many others, I recently introduced a resolution commending Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital for being recognized as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals.

The resolution was unanimously adopted on June 30.

I would like to offer my personal congratulations to those who help Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital achieve this distinguished ranking year after year.

Watch my floor remarks on the resolution at Youtube.com/ RepPayne.

the nation involving citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials.

The purpose of National Night Out, which began in 1984, is to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for local anti-crime programs and strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships.

Each year in August, free public events are held to send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back against crime.

This year, events are scheduled to take place throughout the 106th District: • Middletown, 6 to 9 p.m., Hoffer Park, Mill Street • Royalton, 5 to 8 p.m., Kiwanis Park, Canal Street • Derry Twp., 5 to 8 p.m., Brownstone Masonic Lodge, 215 W. Governor Road, Hershey • Swatara Twp., 6 to 9 p.m., Gerald Vanatta Park, Lawnton For more information about National Night Out, visit natw.org – and visit Facebook.com/RepPayne for details about local events.

Concealed Carry Class To ensure gun owners know

and understand their rights and responsibilities, I am hosting a Concealed Carry Class from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Hummelstown Chemical Fire Company, 249 E. Main St., Hummelstown.

The number of people obtaining concealed carry permits is on the rise. This is an opportunity for both current and prospective permit holders to learn the rights and responsibilities associated with concealed carry.

During the event, attorney Matt Menges will discuss Pennsylvania’s concealed carry laws and an officer from the Derry Twp. Police Department will discuss how to safely interact with the police when carrying a firearm.

Seating is limited and registration is required. Interested residents should contact my Hershey office at 717-534-1323 to make a reservation. The deadline to register is Sept. 1.

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The Christian response to terrorism

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n 9/11, 2,977 people were killed by terrorists.

In response, the American government, after a bipartisan vote, decided to attack Afghanistan and Iraq.

As a consequence, a huge number of countless thousands of Middle East civilians have been killed by the Western military, a result that cries for soul searching and serious discussion.

Nevertheless, I am willing to yield to the argument that the proper role of our government is to protect its citizens. This column seeks not to evaluate our federal response, but instead seeks to consider my own individual response, given my Christian beliefs.

Although we think of large terrorist attacks as fairly recent phenomena, we should not forget that individual terrorism, on a smaller scale, can be found throughout human history.

In a fictitious account, the classic novelist James Fennimore Cooper, in “The Oak Openings,” described the martyrdom of missionary Parson Amen by a small group of native Indians. Although the missionary had some mistaken ideas and often contaminated the essentials of the Christian faith by combining nonessential components of his European culture, in his dying words he clearly and powerfully proclaimed the Christian ethic of forgiveness through the message of the gospel.

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His gentle response in the face of this individual terrorist attack led to the conversion of one of the Indians.

In the conclusion of the novel, this Christian convert demonstrated his mature faith, one in which he was able to communicate the Christian message in a broader cross-cultural context.

This reminds us of the true story of the Auca/Huaorani people in eastern Ecuador, when they killed Jim Elliot, Nate Saint and three colleagues in 1956. This smallscale terrorist attack could have led to revenge. Instead, the situation was used to open opportunities to communicate forgiveness through the message of the gospel, leading to one of the most compelling missionary stories in recent times.

The greatest individual terrorist action of all time occurred when sinful mankind crucified the Son of God. Though sometimes blamed on Jews – as they were the active agents – and used as an excuse for anti-Semitism, these agents were fulfilling my own desires for selfworship. I am every bit as guilty as they were.

Christ’s response provides the ethical standard for all of us to consider: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

Cooper wrote, “Such are our Christian laws. When Christ, the Son of God, came on earth to redeem lost men, he commanded his followers to do good to them that did evil to us, and to pray for them that tried to harm us.”

I am called as a Christian to be

ready to “turn the other cheek.”

Although the government has the role of defending its citizens, my individual role is to proclaim forgiveness through the message of the gospel.

I recognize that the gospel message of forgiveness is much larger and more important than the American value of freedom. Cooper also suggested this comparison in his novel when he wrote, “It is a good thing to possess...qualified freedom, which we term liberty; but it is a grave error to set it up as an idol to be worshiped.” I value my freedom as part of my Western heritage.

It is easy for me to suggest the need for forgiveness, as I was relatively protected from the events of 9/11. Nevertheless, I choose not to ridicule the faith of others, though I strongly disagree with it. I choose not to ridicule the prophets of other religions, though I strongly disagree with their teachings. I choose not to stereotype ethnic groups because of the choices and behaviors of a minority.

I choose instead to pray for those who strike us on the cheek and otherwise terrorize us. My human condition is no different from theirs.

Instead, I humbly bow before God and ask for his grace and mercy for myself, my countrymen and the entire human race. Father, forgive us all for our failure to love you, and to love one another.

Dr. Gary L. Welton is assistant dean for institutional assessment and professor of psychology at Grove City College, Mercer County.

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Lower Swatara Twp. officials marked the retirement of Stephen Sassani, a patrolman on the township’s police force, with a proclamation from state Rep. Patty Kim and a plaque during a meeting of the Lower Swatara Twp. commissioners on Wednesday, July 15. Sassani retired after 25 years on the force. Presenting the plaque and proclamation to Sassani, center, are Tom Mehaffie, left, president of the commissioners, and Police Chief Richard Brandt, right.

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My goodness, here we are in the deep summer heat! How about a quick trip to the ice cream shop? We’ll see how that cools us off.

Where do you and your gang of friends go for ice cream?

Out in Lower Swatara Twp. we have a Dairy Queen. There is Twin Kiss in Highspire. We can hop on over to Derry Street for some huge 3B Ice Cream treats – if we don’t mind the drive. Rita’s can be found in a few spots around our area and their stuff is so yum. In Middletown we have Cone-A-Cabana.

A little history lesson about ice cream, from the Making a Difference for Dairy Web site (www.idfa.org): “The first official account of ice cream in the New World comes from a letter written in 1744 by a guest of Maryland Governor William Bladen.

The first advertisement for ice cream in this country appeared in the New York Gazette on May 12, 1777, when confectioner Philip Lenzi announced that ice cream was available ‘almost every day.’

“Records kept by a Chatham Street, New York, merchant show that President George Washington spend approximately $200 for ice cream during the summer of 1790. Inventory records of Mount Vernon taken after Washington’s death revealed ‘two pewter ice cream pots.’

“President Thomas Jefferson was said to have a favorite 18-step recipe for an ice cream delicacy that resembled a modern-day Baked Alaska. In 1813, Dolley Madison served a magnificent strawberry ice cream creation at President Madison’s second inaugural banquet at the White House.”

I hope you are enjoying the summer and can get yourself some ice cream!

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Birthdays I must give a huge belated happy birthday greeting to Timothy Wagner of Lower Swatara Twp. Tim marked his big brand-new-teener birthday on Tuesday, July 21. Unfortunately, he was left off last week’s column. So sorry, Tim. Because of this oversight, please tell Mom, Dad, Bro and Sis that you are to continue to celebrate your 13th birthday for the rest of July!

A belated happy birthday is sent to Joan Nissley of Lower Swatara. Joan, I hope your July 21st cake day was truly special!

Happy 24th cake day to Kyle Koncar.

His birthday is Wednesday, July 22.

Enjoy your week, Kyle.

Kehley Jo Cimino celebrates birthday No 24 on Wednesday, July 22.

Best wishes to you, Kehley. Enjoy!

Happy balloon flying birthday to Sarah Matincheck of Middletown.

She hits 15 on Thursday, July 23. Hope it is over the top, Sarah!

Mason Zeigler of Middletown marks his 11th totally-special fun-filled meholiday on Thursday, July 23. Happy birthday, Mason.

Happy 14th sparkles and glitter birthday to Kourtnee Wise of Middletown on Saturday, July 25. Hope it is a sunny and hot one for you.

Sterling Gray of Lower Swatara will hear the birthday song sung on Saturday, July 25 as he turns 14. Best wishes for a super day.

Here is a shout-out to Mark Fulton of Lower Swatara: Happy birthday to you and best wishes in all you do this weekend as you celebrate your day on Saturday, July 25!

Elizabeth Chavey of Lower Swatara will celebrate her smiles and surprises day on Saturday, July 25. Happy birthday to you.

Isaiah Rogers Keeney of Middletown observes his double-toothpick celebration day on Saturday, July 25.

Happy 11th cake day, Isaiah!

Wishing Marissa Romberger of Lower Swatara a very special bling and sparkles birthday on Sunday, July 26 as she turns 11. Have fun, Marissa!

Nathan Witmer of Lower Swatara marks his 14th confetti-popping birthday on Sunday, July 26. I hope you have a super weekend.

Kelsey Cleckner marks her quarterof-a-century birthday on Sunday, July 26. Best wishes to you on this remarkable day of birthday celebrations. God bless you.

If you see Rob Rineer out and about Lower Swatara on Sunday, July 26, be sure to give him a jolly happy birthday greeting.

Happy 23rd birthday to Drake Bahajak, formerly of Lower Swatara. He celebrates on Monday, July 27. I know your day will be great, Drake. Enjoy!

Ed Arnold will celebrate his highfive day on Monday, July 27. May all the faces surrounding you be encouraging and fun. Happy birthday!

Melanie Kline celebrates her big 25th cake day on Tuesday, July 28.

Best wishes in all you do, Melanie.

Enjoy your birthday week!

Happy quarter-of-a-century cake and ice cream day to Troy Yost. He hits 25 on Tuesday, July 28. Make it the best!

Happy Sweet 16 beep-beep day to Hayley Kern of Lower Swatara. She celebrates on Tuesday, July 28. Be safe, Hayley.

Kobe Brown of Lower Swatara will turn 14 on Tuesday, July 28. I hope your rootin’-tootin’ day is all that!

Anniversaries Best wishes to Bill and Doris Dixson of Lower Swatara on their 61st wedding anniversary on Friday, July 24.

They were married on July 24, 1954.

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Bob and Becky Wierman of Lower Swatara celebrate 34 super years together on Saturday, July 25. Have a wonderful weekend with hearts and flowers.

Happy 34th anniversary to Dale and Julie Reigle of Lower Swatara. Their romantic heart day is Saturday, July 25. Enjoy, and celebrate!

Ed and Mary Hawk of Lower Swatara mark their 45th anniversary on Saturday, July 25. Congrats, and best wishes for a romantic holiday.

Marlin and Grace Heisey of Lower Swatara were married on July 28, 1950. Happy 65th wedding anniversary to you both!

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Delaware dean’s list The following local students were named to the dean’s list at the University of Delaware, Newark, Del., for the spring semester: • Harjit Singh, of Middletown • Nathan Hamilton, of Hummelstown • Clint Harr, of Hummelstown • Daniel McCreary, of Hummelstown • Michaela Prescott, of Hummelstown • Samantha Schug, of Hummelstown RIT dean’s list The following local students were named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., for the spring semester: • Taylor Barrett, of Middletown, who received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry • Brent Dimmig, of Elizabethtown, who received a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering • Daniel Schwab, of Elizabethtown • Evan Ney, of Elizabethtown • Zoe Gomer, of Hummelstown • Timothy Torres, of Hummelstown Centre College grad Kristen Means, daughter of John and Carolyn Means of Hummelstown, graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., with a bachelor’s degree in politics in May. Millersville scholarships Alexis Iagnemma, of Hummelstown, received the Susquehanna Engineering & Manufacturing Society-Gravell Scholarship and Leah Miller, of Hummelstown, received the Hugh O’Brien Youth Scholarship from Millersville University for the fall semester.

RPI dean’s list Benjamin Montgomery, of Hummelstown, a mechanical engineering major, and Anke Wang, of Hummelstown, a biology major, were named to the dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., for the spring semester.

Lebanon Valley Ambassador Elaine Gross, of Hummelstown, an early childhood education and special education major, was named as a Valley Ambassador at Lebanon Valley College, Annville. Valley Ambassadors welcome prospective students and their families and provide tours through campus.

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Johan Henrich Weber Of Tulpehocken Township

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Johan Henrich “Henry” Weber was born on May 28, 1735, in Hochstadt, Germany, died April 10, 1815, in Tulpehocken Township, Berks Co., Pa. He was 79-years-old, and was buried in row 16, grave #3 in the old section of St. John’s (Host) Cemetery in Tulpehocken Township, Berks Co., Pa. A regular tombstone and a military-erected tombstone mark his burial location.

On September 26, 1749, Henry arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the ship ‘Dragon’ that set sail from Amsterdam. According to a 1912 newspaper article, Henry came to America with two brothers. Henry served during the Revolutionary War as Captain of the 6th Co., 6th Battalion, Berks County, and Pennsylvania Militia. He enrolled on May 17, 1777, and served under Col. Henry Spyker. In 1909, the U.S. Government erected a tombstone after recognizing his services in the Revolutionary War. On May 16, 1763, when Henry was age 27, he married Anna Elizabetha “Elizabeth” Filbert, daughter of Johann Samuel Filbert (1710-1786) and Maria Susanna (maiden name unknown), (1704-1771), in Bern Twp., Berks Co., by the Rev. John Caspar Stoever. Elizabeth was born December 6, 1741, and christened on December 7, 1741, in Christ Church of the Little Tulpehocken, Bernville, Pa. Her witness for the christening was Anna Elizabeth Kraft. She died December 9, 1813, in Berks Co. at the age of 72. Elizabeth is also buried in St. John’s (Host) Cemetery in row 6, grave #12.

In 1770, Henry purchased a farm of over 100 acres in Tulpehocken Twp. where he lived until his death in 1815. Henry was both a farmer and a carpenter.

In 1788, he operated the business Weber and Gerhardt. The 1792 tax list for Tulpehocken Twp. lists Henry Weber as a joiner. His estate inventory dated May 8, 1815, includes both carpenter and joiner tools. Of his sons, only Peter was primarily a farmer. The other four sons worked in the woodworking trade.

After Henry died, his farm was passed down to his son, Peter, and then to his grandson, Elias. About 1900, after 130 years, it passed out of the Weber family.

(1) Johan Henrich Weber, was born July 19, 1764, and died April 1800 at age 35. He was baptized August 12, 1764 by Rev. John Casper Stoever with witnesses John Heinrich Ache and wife, Maria Catarina. Henry Jr. was a farmer and a carpenter and was listed as a joiner in the Tulpehocken Twp., tax lists for 1792 and 1793. In 1787, he married Anna Margaretta Meyer, daughter of Johann Valentine and Margaret Barbara (Werler) Meyer, Moyer. Margaret was born December 28, 1770, baptized in the Host Reformed Church on January 1, 1771, and died December 5, 1798 at age 27. Children: Johan Adam Weber, 1789-1849; Elizabeth Weber, 1789-1846; Margaretha Weber, born 1791; Johan Henrich Weber, 1794-1815; and Margaretha Weber, 1798-1848.

(2) Elizabeth Weber was born December 6, 1766, died August 30, 1841, single, buried in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Lebanon Co., Pa. (3) Johann Philip Weber was born December 23, 1766, in Berks Co., Pa. and died November 15, 1843, in Fredericksburg, Pa., at age 73. Philip was a farmer and carpenter and one of the joiners for constructing the Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church, Womelsdorf, in 1792. Philip married Anna Maria

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(4) Johannes Weber was born December 10, 1772, and died August 18, 1856 in Indiana at the age of 83. John is buried in the Philomath Cemetery, Union Co., Indiana. John was a carpenter and also a joiner at the Host Church and Schoolhouse, 1801-1805. There is a clock case signed and dated 1804 by John. In the inventory and wills of siblings and other relatives of John, a clock and case were among their belongings. In a deed for property that he owned in Womelsdorf, he was considered a house carpenter. On November 29, 1803, when John was 30, he married Catherine Schmidt in Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church, Lebanon Co., Pa. Catherine was born August 12, 1787, and died December 17, 1865 in Indiana at the age of 78. Children: Henrietta Weber, born 1805; Nelson Weber, 1810-1887; Berry P. Weber, 1813-1892.

(5) Johan Jacob Weber was born November 28, 1775, and died May 20, 1821 in Bethel Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa., at age 45. Jacob was a farmer and carpenter, single, and is buried in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Lebanon Co., Pa. At the time that his father died, Jacob had in his possession the joiner tools that were listed in the estate inventory for Henry Weber.

(6) Johann Peter Weber was born November 1, 1778, in Tulpehocken Twp, baptized in Host Reformed Church on December 13, 1778, and died June 9, 1858 at age 79, buried in St. John’s (Host) Cemetery. Peter was a farmer. On March 20, 1810, when Peter was age 31, he married first to Susanna Reber, born November 22, 1790. Susanna was a daughter of Jacob and Susanna Schaedin Reaber. She died before 1838. Children: Miena Weber, 1811-1882; Zadoch Weber, 1813-1888; Isaac Weber, 1815-1860; Elias Weber, 1816-1890; Ferdinand Weber, born 1820.

Peter married second to Margaret Elizabeth, born ca 1785, and died October 27, 1850, in Upper Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., Pa. (7) Maria Catherine Weber was born January 17, 1782, baptized February 10, 1782, at Host Church, and died 1818. On August 11, 1812, at age 30, Catherine married Peter Schlessman in the Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church, Lebanon Co., Pa. Descendants Of Johan Henrich & Anna Elizabetha Weber Book Marlene F. Weaber Leber is the author of “Descendants of Johann Henrich & Anna Elisabetha Weber, 1735-2005” available for purchase from Marlene at $24.95 plus $4.00 shipping from Marlene Weaber Leber, 265 Cider Press Road, Manheim, PA. 17545 For more information e-mail Marlene: mwleber@dejazzd.com.

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FROM FISH TO FARM

23 Years Ago From The Middletown Journal Files

From The Wednesday, July 22, 1992 Edition Of The Press And Journal

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Guests get a tour of the tubs where the fish are kept.

Steel-High shows off fish-to-produce greenhouse

By Eric Wise

Press And Journal Staff

The Steelton-Highspire School District welcomed the community to its aquaponics greenhouse, site of its new Food to Table educational project, on Thursday, July 16.

Earlier this year, the district began growing a variety of produce in the new greenhouse, located on the grounds of Steelton-Highspire Junior/Senior High School. Fruits and vegetables are nourished with the wastes of fish that are kept at the facility. The fruit and vegetable plants clean the water for the fish as the fish provide the nutrients for the plants without using soil.

Through this educational enterprise, local restaurants are buying the school’s harvest.

Inside the greenhouse, water is pumped through fish tanks, filled with tilapia, with floating rafts on top. About 24 acres of food crops grow on top of the water, spreading out above holes in the rafts. The water is recycled.

The greenhouse serves as a kind of classroom for biology, chemistry and ecology.

Twelve students work daily shifts in the greenhouse, while others have designed the artwork and marketing materials for the Food to Table program and kept meticulous records of the project.

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A tour guide, center, shows guests some of the vegetables that are growing in the greenhouse.

Some of the plants, that are grown in the greenhouse.

Second Area Family Tapped to Feud In Front Of Millions “Family Feud” has been Diane McNulty’s favorite television show for years. The long-time, popular game show involves guessing survey responses to such issues as “what to bring on vacation” or “brands of ketchup.”

Many of us have watched “The Feud” at home and probably have yelled our best responses at the screen.

So what if only the family dog hears you; it’s fun.

But now McNulty and her husband Bob, and their children, Stephanie, 28, Mark, 24, and Troy, 24, have advanced past the status of “closet Feudites.” Thanks in part to the coaching of fellow Middletowner Nick Farr, The McNultys were selected by the show’s producer to star on television as a “Feud” family.

The fact that a second family has been selected to be participants on the show would lend many to believe that lightning has struck twice in town, as the McNultys’ good news comes hot on the heels of the Farr family’s triumphant “Feud” performance earlier this year.

The tale of the McNultys’ involvement with the show began late last winter when they patronized Farr’s local business. “I knew the McNultys as good customers and we talked about what great fun our family had on the show,” he recalled. “When Bob said Family Feud was his wife’s favorite show, it took off from there.”

It didn’t take much for Farr to persuade the McNultys to try out for the show.

A Small Part Of Steelton Went ‘Back To Nature’ Every now and then, people should take a moment from their busy lives to stop and smell the flowers. And Steelton residents have a new park to do just that.

A year in the making, a nature study site, complete with numerous species of trees, flowers and ground cover, now stands at the Locust Street stairs, near the elementary school in Steelton. The mini-park, a block long and 50 feet wide, was the pet project of Norma Keeney, director of the Steelton-Highspire Recreation Commission.

Keeney, who became director in mid-June 1991, was on the job less that two weeks when she heard a grant was being offered by the Bureau of Forestry/Small Business Association for a nature study site. A Scout leader and day camper, Keeney realized how helpful the site could be to local Scout troops and schools; however, the grant request deadline was July 1, 1991, leaving her little time to plan.

“I never wrote a grant before in my life,” Keensy claimed.

But she must have written it well; in January she was told Steelton was the 52nd of 54 communities in the state to

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23 YEARS AGO - In The Swim Of Things – Things are going just swimmingly for 11-year-old Joshua Evans of Lower Swatara Township.

The Feaser Middle School sixth-grader, a registered member of the Middle Atlantic United States Swimming Team, has swam his way to local notoriety, placing well in many league competitions. receive the grant.

“They called and asked if I was disappointed to be 52nd,” Keeney said. “I said, no, 55 would have disappointed me.”

The grant provided 75 percent of the cost of the project, so area Scout troops, the Steelton Lions Club, elementary school students and Steelton Borough Council all pitched in to raise the balance. Scout troops and the Lions Club purchased trees for the park, while elementary school students collected 1,000 dimes - each dime was to purchase one leaf – raising enough for two trees. Borough Council provided the ground cover necessary to control erosion on the steep slopes on the site.

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Borough Co-Manager Whipple Takes Leave To Live In Israel In 1985, Elizabethtown Council granted one of its Borough managers, Nick Viscome, an extended leave of absence so he could study for his master’s degree at Harvard University.

Last Thursday night his managerial partner, Peter Whipple, who handles most of the Borough’s fiscal matters, received a similar consideration when Council unanimously approved his request for a 10-month leave of absence for an extended visit to Israel.

Commenting on Council’s action at Thursday night’s meeting, Whipple said the approval of his leave would allow him and his family an opportunity to satisfy an ambition he has nurtured for years.

“It’s been a life-long goal of mine to spend some time in Israel,” Whipple confirmed. “An opportunity has presented itself and I’m delighted that Linda and I and the children will finally be able to realize that dream.”

Whipple said he and his family will fly to Tel Aviv shortly after his leave begins on August 15 and they will remain in Israel until early next June.

But Whipple says he and his wife and children, Elizabeth, 8 and Matthew, 5 will live and work in a kibbutz, or collective settlement, in the southern part of the Israeli state where their children will attend a regular public school at which they’ll learn the Hebrew language.

“We know it won’t be easy for them,” Whipple confessed, “but by the time we get home they should be fairly conversant in the language.

Together with the other experiences they’ll encounter while we’re there, the visit should add a new dimension to their education and their lives.”

Locals Welcome Irish Lad Respite From War’s Horror After years of living in a land torn by war, Andrew Dibden has found a safe haven in Middletown thanks to the McNamara family of Aspen St. The 11-year-old is a native of County Down, Ireland, where the land is green and lush and shots of war ring through the countryside. For all of his life, Dibden has lived amidst a raging battle between his homeland and England that show no sign of ending.

Through Project Children, Dibden was selected to spend six weeks in America as a blissful retreat from living with never-ending war. “It’s sort of like the Fresh Air program, where a city kid is sent to live in the country,” Don McNamara explained.

This is the second year the McNamara and his wife Connie have hosted an Irish child through Project Children. “Where Andrew lives it is fairly quiet in comparison to some other places,” he described.

“The boy we hosted last year came from center-city Belfast,” he continued. “Three weeks before he came here, one brother was shot, and the week after that, another brother was stabbed.”

McNamara learned about the program through the “Irish Echo,” a national ethnic newspaper. Although he happens to be of Irish decent, McNamara stressed that the program is open to American families of any ethnic or religious background.

Dibden was selected for the program on the basis of his strong interest in traveling to America. “This isn’t like a foreign exchange student program, where students from affluent families are chosen for having good grades,” McNamara offered. “It’s a six-week vacation from war.”

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