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WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015

VOLUME 125 - NO. 30

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Night Out to unite cops, neighbors By Jim Lewis

Press And Journal Staff

Do you know your local police force? Your neighbors? Your town? Camaraderie is important, if you’re interested in keeping your neighborhood safe. For the third consecutive year, you can meet your local police and neighbors – and get to know your town – at Middletown Night Out, a free celebration of borough fellowship, good cheer and togetherness that aims to make the town a safer, better place to live. The celebration will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Hoffer Park.

This year’s event will be limited to just one park – last year’s Night Out was split between two parks, Hoffer and Oak Hills Park – but there will be more vendors this year, according to Middletown police Officer Gary Rux, who is spearheading the volunteer effort to stage it. Seventy-three vendors are scheduled to appear, compared with 68 last year. The American Legion Post 594 will grill about 1,200 free hot dogs, and residents of Frey Village will bake about 300 free cupcakes for the event. “Its a way they can participate and give back to the community,’’ said Tracy Klein, an administrator at Frey Village. A trolley provided by Premiere 1 Limousine will offer a Please See NIGHT OUT, Page A4

75 CENTS

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT • Royalton, 5 to 8 p.m. on

Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Kiwanis Park • Highspire, 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Memorial Park • Steelton, 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at park at South Third and Mohn streets

MIDDLETOWN

Borough council discussed lease money during private session Councilors emerge to vote on control of funds’ expenditure By Dan Miller

Press And Journal Staff

Middletown Borough Council discussed the proposed expenditure of money the borough has received from leasing the town’s water and systems in an executive session during a meeting on Monday, July 20, councilors said. Councilors emerged from the nearly two-hour executive session to vote 5-1 – in public – on a motion that any further spending of proceeds from the lease with United Water – called a “concession’’ – be subject to council approval. The motion was made by Councilor Ben Kapenstein, who after the meeting told reporters that it was not his intent to discuss the issue behind closed doors. “That was not my plan at all,” Kapenstein said. “I had a different plan when I came here tonight. It changed.” Asked if the issue could have been discussed in public, Kapenstein said, “Sure. I’m discussing it right now, or I would have just said, ‘No comment.’ I have no problem discussing it in public.” The borough received $43 million from leasing the water and sewer systems to United Water. Most of that money has already been committed to paying off borough debt and to fund public works projects like replacing water and sewer lines under Main Street. Council’s closed-door discussion – based on comments from councilors who were there – had to do with $3.8 million of the remaining concession proceeds that has been transferred from the borough’s water and sewer authority to the Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority. The money could be used to support projects like the planned downtown street scape improvements and the opening of a craft brewery/ distillery/brew pub in the Elks Building. The Pennsylvania Sunshine Act includes six specific exceptions that allow council and other public agencies to hold discussions behind closed doors. Based on the act, these exceptions are: • Personnel – discussing matters involving the employment or performance of specific officers and/or employees of the agency. • Meetings involving collective bargaining, labor relations and arbitration. • To consider the purchase or lease of real

Who are these guys and

NEWS Steel-High coach waives charges to court

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

Press And Journal Photos by Jim Lewis

Tattered Flag partners Ben Ramsey, left in insert, and Matt Fritz say their brewery and distillery proposed for the Eliks Building, pictured, will be a unique regional attraction.

Tattered Flag partners to present their brewery project to public By Dan Miller

What’s the deal with Tattered Flag?

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he proposed craft brewery/distillery/brew pub that Tattered Flag wants to open in the Elks Building in Middletown would be a regional attraction unlike anything else in south-central Pennsylvania – or on the East Coast, two of the four Tattered Flag partners told the Press And Journal on Friday, July 24. While partners Ben Ramsey and Matt Fritz said that there will be “nothing else like it,’’ they did not get more specific in an interview at the Press And Journal’s office on Friday, saying they feared that competitors might steal some of their ideas if details were released now. “Tattered Flag is designed to be an attraction that highlights what is good about south-central Pennsylvania,” Ramsey said. “You can do everything from take the family out for a meal, come out and get a drink, come out and get a tour and see how beer is made, how whiskey is made. We will have a venue area where we want to highlight the personalities, celebrities, and people of this area.” Tattered Flag would also be the first “truly co-branded Please See TATTERED FLAG, Page A6

• Tattered Flag, a partnership of four 2000 graduates of Susquenita High School in Perry County, wants to lease 13,000 square feet of the Elks Building in Middletown – all but the Elks Theatre – for a craft brewery, distillery and brew pub. • Tattered Flag says it has qualified for a bank loan through the Small Business Administration and has outside investors and personal equity funding. • The Elks deal is contingent upon a $1.5 million loan from Middletown Borough to Tattered Flag for improvements to the Elks Building to make it suitable for the company. Tattered Flag would repay the loan through a long-term lease. • The $1.5 million is not borough tax dollars but proceeds from the $43 million payout the borough received this year from United Water as part of United Water’s 50-year lease of the borough’s water and sewer systems. • The Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority planned to vote on a lease with Tattered Flag during a meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28 at the MCSO Building. • The $1.5 million loan would be subject to approval by Middletown Borough Council, which could vote on it at its meeting on Monday, Aug. 3. • If the deal with Tattered Flag is approved, the company would need four to six months to open its brewery, distillery and brew pub.

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Nancy Schenck dies

Open for business Middletown area residents have anticipated the opening of the new Sheetz convenience store on West Harrisburg Pike in Lower Swatara Twp. for months as construction has progressed. Their wait ended on Thursday, July 23, when the store opened to customers. Among its features: a barista on duty 24 hours a day, for those who crave a cappuccino at 3 a.m. Check out our coverage of the grand opening in our Out & About feature on page B8.

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Former Red Cross official helped local residents with food, heat, clothing By Eric Wise

Press And Journal Staff

Press And Journal Photo by Eric Wise

Joe Sheetz, president and CEO of the Sheetz convenience store chain, and employees at the chain’s new Lower Swatara Twp. store cut a ribbon at the store’s grand opening ceremony.

Many people from Middletown were saddened by the death of Nancy Schenck, the former executive director of the Middletown office of the American Red Cross. She died on Thursday, July 23 in western Pennsylvania. Friends remember Schenck, a Middletown native who retired from the Red Cross in 2014 and moved to Cranberry to be with her daughter, for her joyful singing voice and her talents in baking, in addition to her work with the Red Cross and Homestead Nancy Schenck Savings. Schenck’s efforts made Middletown’s Red Cross office, housed in borough hall, more than a typical Red Cross office. While the agency typically focuses on providing disaster relief, support for military

The boys’ basketball coach at Steelton-Highspire High School waived to Dauphin County Court three charges against him stemming from an April accident on Cameron Street in Harrisburg, according to court records. Richard A. Binder, 61, who has won three state championships at Steel-High, waived a charge of DUI-highest rate of alcohol, DUI and involvement in an accident causing damage to an unattended vehicle to county court on Friday, July 17, court records show. Two other charges, reckless driving and involvement in an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle, were withdrawn by the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office during a hearing before District Judge Robert Jennings III of Harrisburg, court records show. Harrisburg police said Binder was the driver of a vehicle that struck two other vehicles, one of them parked in a lot in the 1900 block of North Cameron St. on April 15. Binder, who ranks third in wins among Steelton-Highspire’s basketball coaches, is scheduled to be arraigned by a county judge on Sept. 1.

Father, son charged with impersonating cops A Lower Swatara Twp. man and his son were charged with impersonating a police officer for allegedly entering and rummaging through a township home on June 22 while claiming to be looking for someone, according to Lower Swatara police. Ray M. Arnold Jr., 56, and his son, Dillon J. Arnold, 22, both of the 100 block of Eby Lane, entered a home in the 100 block of Lake Dr. around 5 Ray a.m. claiming they Arnold, Jr. were cops looking for an individual they believed was there, police said. One was brandishing a baseball bat, police said. The Arnolds caused about Dillon $1,000 worth of Arnold damage to the residence, police said. Ray Arnold was charged with impersonating a public servant, burglary, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and making, repairing or selling offensive weapons, police said. Dillon Arnold was charged with impersonating a public servant, burglary, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief, police said. They were arraigned before District Judge Steven Semic on Thursday, July 16 and held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bond. A preliminary hearing for the two is set for Wednesday, Aug. 12 before District Judge Michael Smith.

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Are you a 1930-39 MAHS Alumni? If so, we want to hear from you!

The Middletown Area High School Alumni Association will be honoring all 1930-39 graduates at Homecoming on October 24, 2015. Please call: Earl Bright III at (717) 944-5454, Susie Spadone at (717) 944-0228 or Audra Henderson at (717) 944-6911

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Evelyn Hershey Kichman, 89, formerly of Penbrook, peacefully entered into rest on Friday, July 17, 2015. Secured by her deep faith, she traveled a long and often difficult road with grace. Evelyn was born on November 29, 1925 in Harrisburg to the late Harry L. and Mary Attick Hershey. She worked and served for over 30 years as the church secretary for Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Penbrook. Evelyn was deeply committed to her church. Her faith formed the framework of her life. Through all of her struggles and trials Evelyn was sustained by her faith in her Lord, Jesus Christ. She was a lifetime member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Penbrook. She was dedicated to the support of her congregation and was very active in many church programs and organizations. On January 11, 1947 Evelyn married the love of her life, Marlin S. Kichman. They spent 38 wonderful years together before his passing in 1985. Evelyn was an avid reader. She enjoyed taking trips with Marlin and spending time in the mountains with him and their friends. She was dedicated to her grandchildren and tried never to miss an event in their lives. Her true gift was her self-giving nature. Evelyn’s concern for others was visible in her quiet acts of love and compassion. Evelyn is survived by her daughter Sandra K. Davis and husband Newton H.; her sisters Virginia Black and husband Earl, and Mary Ellen Leitzell and husband Leonard; her grandchildren Lauren N. and Nathaniel O. Davis; and numerous nieces and nephews. Services for Evelyn were held privately at the family’s convenience per Evelyn’s request. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in Evelyn’s name to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Penbrook, 2730 Booser Ave., Harrisburg, PA 17103. To leave an online condolence to the family please visit us at HetrickBitner. com or on Facebook.

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Portia Motter

Portia Marie Boughter Motter, 75, of Middletown, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 18, 2015 in Golden Living Center, Camp Hill. She was born Thursday, May 30, 1940 in Middletown to the late Charles E. Jr. and Florence Reynolds Boughter. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Larry D. Motter in 1990. Portia was an avid reader. She was a permanent fixture at Bingo at Prince of Peace and the Lower Swatara Fire Hall. Most importantly she was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister. She was also preceded in death by a daughter Jane Motter, and a sister Coyla Menear. She is survived by three daughters Laureen Shickley and husband Russell, Brenda Mochnick, and Sharon Sites and husband Charles; a son Darryl Motter and wife Debra; six grandchildren Nicholas Tezak, Michael Lauver, Casey Rotharmel, Ian Dunbar, Kristen Mochnick, and Larry Mochnick; three stepgrandchildren Angelina Henderson, Alex Shickley, and Trey Sites; two greatgrandchildren; and a brother Charles E. Boughter III. Funeral Services were held on Thursday, July 23 at 5 p.m. at Glad Tidings Assembly of God, Middletown, with the Rev. John Lanze officiating. Family and friends were invited for a viewing from 4 p.m. until the time of the service on Thursday. Burial was private at the convenience of the family in Hillsdale Cemetery, Middletown. Memorial contributions may be made in her honor to Grane Hospice Care, 4 Lemoyne Dr., Lemoyne, PA 17043,

Janet Tomlinson or to Glad Tidings Assembly of God, 190 Fulling Mill Rd., Middletown, PA 17057. Arrangements have been entrusted to Fager-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 208 N. Union St., Middletown. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.fager-finkenbinder. com.

Janet L. Tomlinson, 82, of New Cumberland, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Holy Spirit Hospital. A tribute to her life was held on Monday July 27, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Middletown with Chaplain Alan Echard officiating. Visitation was from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Monday at the funeral home. Burial immediately followed the service at Rolling Green Cemetery, Camp Hill. For full obituary, please visit www. matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome. com.

Nancy Schenck Nancy L. Etter Schenck, age 84, of Cranberry Township, formerly of Middletown, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Nancy was employed by Homestead Savings and the American Red Cross in Middletown. She was the wife of Kenneth R. Schenck, who preceded her in death. She was the loving mother of Kim M. Ross, and mother-in-law to Russell G. Ross; proud grandmother of Zach-

ary D. Samilo and Jon M. Ross; and was also survived by loving friends and relatives. A memorial service was held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2015, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 64 Ann St., Middletown. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to her church, Wesley United Methodist Church, 64 Ann St., Middletown, PA 17057. Arrangements by Devlin Funeral Home of Cranberry.

In loving memory of Joseph E. Samuels who passed away July 28, 2001 We thought of you With love today, But that is nothing new; We thought about you yesterday, And days before that too. We think of you in silence, We often speak your name; Now all we have are memories, And your picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake, With which we’ll never part; God has you in His keeping, We have you in our hearts.

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Sadly missed and dearly loved By his family.

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County officials are bracing for the impact of delayed state payments to human services and other critical programs as Pennsylvania’s budget impasses goes on. While counties have not yet borne the full burden of the budget impasse, they expect the delay of state funds will begin to impact county operations when payments due in August do not come, according to the Harrisburg-based County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania. “Counties remain committed to the important role they play in the delivery of critical human services and will do all they can to aviod passing the pain along to recipients,’’ said Craig Lehman, a Lancaster County commissioner and president of the association. “Many county services are mandates or are part of the social safety net and simply cannot be interrupted or cut. Regardless of funding, we must investigate child and elder abuse, care for the mentally ill and keep our courts and justice systems operating.’’ During the last state budget impasse, in 2009, cash flow challenges resulted in slower payments to vendors,’’ said Bob Thomas, a Franklin County commissioner and a vice president

of the association. Some counties used reserves before looking to other means, but others had to borrow, use lines of credit or issue revenue anticipation notes. In many cases, counties were also forced to consider staff layoffs, he said. If the current budget impasse continues, counties will be forced to make “difficult decisions’’ to meet state obligations and residents’ needs, Lehman said. Making matters worse is that state funds are being held up at a time when county children and youth offices are facing dramatically increased mandates as a result of recently enacted changes in child protection laws. In the few months since these new laws took effect, counties are showing major increases in call volumes that will require budget adjustments for the upcoming fiscal year. “Counties are calling on the General Assembly and the governor to resolve the impasse to assure the people in our communities who need critical human services are not jeopardized,’’ said Dauphin County Commissioner George Hartwick III, chairman of the association’s human services committee.

World War II veteran to speak at roundtable As a member of a Combat Engineer Battalion serving in Europe, Steven Bosan helped pave the way for General Patton’s advance into Germany. Attached to the Third Army, Bosan and his comrades built bridges, cleared minefields and repaired roads, allowing Patton’s tanks to continue the push toward Berlin. Bosan never made it to the capital. “In April 1945 I got mixed up with a German armored car and an American ammunition truck,” recalled Bosan, “and ended up in an Evac Hospital.” The next thing Bosan remembered was being startled by a female voice as he lay in a Birmingham hospital bed: “The nurse was slapping my face, saying, ‘Steve, wake up! You have to hear this,’ “ he said. The reason for the nurse’s excitement: The radio broadcast of Winston Churchill’s VE Day speech announcing the Allied victory in Europe.

Bosan will share his wartime experiences at the Central Pennsylvania WWII Roundtable’s monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6 at Grace United Methodist Church, 433 E. Main St., Hummelstown. Bosan’s military service didn’t end with the German surrender. Bosan received aviation training and later commanded the 5th Light Aviation Section during the war in Korea, where he was stationed for almost 16 months. A decade later, with additional training in advanced aircraft maintenance, including helicopter repair, Bosan served for a year in Vietnam providing support to all aviation units north of Saigon. During that time he was promoted to Colonel. He finally retired from the military in November 1976. For more information, contact Charlie Lloyd at charlie.centralpaww2rt@ gmail.com or 717-503-2862.

Motorcycle ride to raise money for local charity The Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association will hold its fourth-annual Miles for Smiles benefit motorcycle ride at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15 in Grantville. The ride will begin with registration at 8:30 a.m. at the Shellsville VFW Post 9639 picnic grounds, 343 N. Crawford Road. An entry fee will be charged. Proceeds benefit the association. The association provides therapeutic horseback riding to people with disabilities. Founded by Shirley and Ben Nolt of Grantville, the nonprofit association serves more than 120

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Middletown Borough removes no-guns signs Ban on firearms at borough hall unenforceable, officials told

for police to use to screen people for bringing firearms into the building. The association sent an e-mail to borough officials advising that Middletown’s ban on bringing firearms into the building was “likely not enforceable,” according to a press release posted on the borough’s Web site on Wednesday, July 22. The association told the borough that its message “was not legal advice” and suggested the borough check with its own solicitor for guidance. Santucci’s research confirmed that the Pennsylvania Crimes Code prohibits municipalities from regulating “lawful ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms.” The press release quoted an e-mail from Santucci to borough officials that said, “Therefore, we should remove the sign that is posted outside of the Council chambers (any anywhere else in the Borough Hall) that indicates that firearms are prohibited. The law is clear that citizens can legally possess firearms in the Borough Hall.”

By Dan Miller

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Middletown Borough has taken down signs at borough hall that sought to prohibit people from bringing firearms into the building. The action was advised by Solicitor Adam Santucci following information that the borough received from officials with the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs. The association acted after seeing media coverage of a 6-0 vote by Middletown Borough Council during its meeting on Monday, July 20, during which it authorized Police Chief John Bey to purchase a hand-held scanner

The signs cited a Middletown ordinance titled “Disorderly Conduct Prohibited” that actually contains no specific reference to firearms, the borough said. The prohibition against firearms was brought to council’s attention during the July 20 meeting by Mayor James H. Curry III. Curry said that Bey had obtained quotes from several vendors for purchasing a hand-held scanner. Following his discussions with the chief, Curry requested council authorize purchase of a Garrett Super Scanner V Handheld Metal Detector for $152.99 Curry described the scanner as a necessary tool “in today’s day and age” to ensure citizens and borough officials are protected from gun violence at public meetings. During discussion on the motion, Councilor John Brubaker noted that someone had brought a firearm into a meeting in council chambers a few months ago. Brubaker said the person told him he was not aware of the signs prohibiting firearms.

The only council member who expressed reservations over buying the scanner was President Chris McNamara who, despite advising council check with Santucci first, voted for the motion. “I just know there’s a challenge out there somewhere,” McNamara said. For now, the borough has put buying the metal detector “on hold until council has a chance to revisit the matter in light of the solicitor’s advice,” borough spokesman Chris Courogen told the Press And Journal. “Given that its primary purpose was to enforce a seemingly unenforceable restriction, staff feels it is prudent to await guidance from borough council” which meets on Monday, Aug. 3. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com

Borough officials removed this sign, which was posted outside Middletown Borough Council’s chambers in borough hall.

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August Community Calendar

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MONDAY

-BINGO, Lower Swatara Fire Hall - 7 pm -M-town Youth Club Board Mtg. - 7 pm; General Mtg - 8 pm -M-town Am. Legion Aux. - 7 pm -Lower Swatara Twp. Commissioners - 7 pm -Dauphin County Prison Board - 1:30 pm -Royalton Boro Council - 7 pm -Wild Wednesdays, M-town Library - 1 pm Flow Circus Comedy/Magic -Fuzzy Few Carnival, Hummelstown Boro Park - 6 pm

-Lower Swatara Fire Co. - 7:30 pm -Red Rose Rebekah Lodge #586 - 1 pm -Londonderry Twp. Supervisors - 7 pm

-Summer Program, M-town Library Superhero Movie Time, Teens 13+ - 1 pm For More Info Call 944-6412 -Fuzzy Few Carnival, Hummelstown Boro Park - 6 pm

-BINGO, Londonderry Fire Co. Doors Open - Noon; First Game - 2 pm

-M-town Kiwanis - 6 pm -M-town Am. Legion Board - 7 pm

-Valley Baptist Church Sponsored Events Kids Bible Club, Ages 4-11 Oak Hills Park Pavillion - 6:30-8 pm Basketball Clinic, Ages 7-15, Hoffer Park Courts - 1:30-4 pm For more info call 944-9651 -Lower Swatara Fire Co. Aux. - 7:30 pm -Fire Hydrant Flushing, Royalton Boro - 9 am-3 pm

-Red Rose Rebekah Lodge #586 - 1 pm -Alzheimer’s Support Group, @ Frey Village - 6:30-7:30 pm -M-town Fire Dept. Consolidation - 7 pm -Londonderry Twp. Planning Commission - 7 pm

-M-town Kiwanis - 6 pm -M-town Am. Legion Board - 7 pm -MASD Board - 7 pm -Lower Swatara Municipal Authority - 7 pm -Dauphin County Conservation District Ag Committees - 2 pm

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT -M-town Library Board - 6 pm -Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm M-town Area School District Athletics/Activities Committee - 6 pm Operations Committee - 6:30 pm -Highspire Planning Commission - 7 pm -Fuzzy Few Carnival, Hummelstown Boro Park - 6 pm -Summer Reading Club, M-town Library Wee Readers, Birth-24 months - 10:15 am Preschool Story Time, Ages 2-6 yrs. - 11:15 am Tales with T.A.I.L.S., All Ages - 6-7 pm For More Info Call 944-6412

SATURDAY

-Music In The Vineyards, Nissley Vineyards, Bainbridge featuring The Uptown Band - 7:30-10 pm -Shop For FREE at God’s Clothes Closet, Everyone Welcome - 8 am-Noon M-town Evangelical UM Church For more info call 944-6181

-Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -MASD Finance Committee - 6 pm

-Valley Baptist Church Sponsored Events Kids Bible Club, Ages 4-11 Oak Hills Park Pavillion - 6:30-8 pm Basketball Clinic, Ages 7-15, Hoffer Park Courts - 1:30-4 pm For more info call 944-9651

-Royalton Boro Planning Comm. - 7 pm Boro Authority - 5 pm

-BINGO, Lower Swatara Fire Hall - 7 pm

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-Summer Concert Series, Cassel Vineyards - 6-8:30 pm featuring Marc Lubbers -Londonderry Fire Co. Golf Tournament

-Summer Music Series, Sunset Bar & Grill, Londonderry Twp. featuring Stu Huggens - 7 pm

-Cultural Fest, Downtown Harrrisburg - 4:30 - 10 pm featuring Big Daddy Kane, Comedian Michael Coylar and Urban Guerilla Orchestra

-Fuzzy Few Carnival, Hummelstown Boro Park - 6 pm

-Lower Swatara Lions - 6:30 pm -Walk-In Immunization Clinic at Woodlayne Court, 149 Wilson St., M-town - 9:30-11:30 am -M-town Women’s Club - 6:30 pm -Londonderry Twp. Parks/Rec. - 7 pm -Summer Music Series, Sunset Bar & Grill featuring Jeffrey J. Walker - 7 pm -Valley Baptist Church Sponsored Events Kids Bible Club, Ages 4-11 Oak Hills Park Pavillion - 6:30-8 pm Basketball Clinic, Ages 7-15, Hoffer Park Courts - 1:30-4 pm For more info call 944-9651

-Dauphin County Board of Commissioners - 10 am

-Londonderry Fire Co. - 8 pm -Londonderry Senior Citizens - 1 pm -M-town Boro Authority - 7:30 pm -Dauphin County Conservation District Mtg. -7:30 am Emergency Planning - 1 pm

-BINGO, Lower Swatara Fire Hall - 7 pm -Wesley Gold - 11 am-1 pm -M-town Elks Lodge at Am. Legion - 7 pm

-M-town Alumni Assoc. - 8 pm -ABWA, Olmsted Chapter - 6 pm -Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -MASD Personnel Committee - 6 pm -MASD Academic Affairs Comm.- 6:30 pm -Highspire Boro Council - 7 pm -Fire Hydrant Flushing, Royalton Boro - 9 am-3 pm -Valley Baptist Church Sponsored Events Kids Bible Club, Ages 4-11 Oak Hills Park Pavillion - 6:30-8 pm Basketball Clinic, Ages 7-15, Hoffer Park Courts - 1:30-4 pm For more info call 944-9651

-Londonderry Senior Citizens - 1 pm -Highspire Boro Authority - 7:30 pm

-Music In The Vineyards, Nissley Vineyards, Bainbridge featuring The Boomers - 7:30-10 pm -Fuzzy Few Carnival, Hummelstown Boro Park - 6 pm

-Summer Concert Series, Cassel Vineyards - 6-8:30 pm featuring Hank Imhof

-Music In The Vineyards, Nissley Vineyards featuring Fabulous Cheeze Brothers and Sisters - 7:30-10 pm

-Summer Concert Series, Cassel Vineyards - 6-8:30 pm featuring Joe Cooney

-Music In The Vineyards, Nissley Vineyards - 7:30-10 pm featuring The Maxwell Project

-Summer Music Series, Sunset Bar & Grill featuring Cruise Control - 7 pm

-Lower Swatara Twp. Commissioners - 7 pm -Dauphin County Board of Commissioners - 10 am

-Chicken BBQ, Londonderry Fire Co. - 10 am-2 pm

-Highspire Boro Council - 7 pm -Londonderry Twp. Supervisors - 7 pm

-Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -Etown Fair - 2-11 pm

-BINGO, Lower Swatara Fire Hall - 7 pm -Dauphin County Board of Commissioners - 10 am Retirement Board - 1 pm -Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority - 8 am

-Etown Fair - 2-11 pm

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Notice is herby given that Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Charlotte A. Chubb, deceased, late of Middletown Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, have been granted to the undersigned executor. All persons therefore indebted to saidestate are requested to make immediate payment and those having just claims will please present them for settlement without delay to:

tour of 25 historic Middletown sites to riders, and the Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad will offer free rides. Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from Troop 97 in Londonderry Twp. will set up a mock campsite, complete with a bonfire. A disc jockey will play music, and Penn State Harrisburg athletes will provide basketball drills for kids. Fire trucks from Middletown, Londonderry and Lower Swatara fire departments will be on hand, as well as representatives from all four branches of the military. Special guests include Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico, state Sen. Mike Folmer and a representative from state PUBLIC NOTICES

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Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Nelson H. Myers, Deceased, late of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, have been granted to the undersigned Executrix. All persons therefore indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having just claims will please present the same, duly authenticated, for settlement, without delay. Shirley G. Morris, 1080 Augusta Road, ME 04572 - Executrix; Gerald J. Brinser – Attorney.

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Roxie J. Hetrick, Deceased, late of Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, have been granted to the undersigned Executor. All persons therefore indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having just claims will please present the same, duly authenticated, for settlement, without delay. Charles H. Hetrick, Jr., 1808 Woodridge Court, Lebanon, PA 17046 – Executor; Keith D. Wagner – Attorney. #184 07/22-3T www.publicnoticepa.com

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Rep. John Payne’s office, as well as the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot and McGruff the Crime Dog. The goal: “To bring together the community and law enforcement and show we all want to stamp out crime in our community,’’ Rux said. About 90 percent of everything you’ll see at Middletown Night Out is donated, Rux said. “That’s unselfishness you can’t find these days,’’ he said. “I’ve met a lot of people and have been awed by the sacrifices and charity people bring to help our community,’’ he said. Other boroughs will celebrate National Night Out with their own events, including Royalton, Highspire and Steelton. National Night Out began in 1981 with the intent of uniting police and the communities they serve as a way to battle crime and make neighborhoods safer. On Aug. 4, more than 16,100 communities will celebrate National Night Out in all 50 states, U.S. territories, military bases and some Canadian cities, according to national organizers.

The accompanying concise financial statements are hereby presented in accordance with Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Municipality Authority Act. HIGHSPIRE BOROUGH AUTHORITY BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 2014 ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable-Lower Swatara Township Municipal

Authority, share of construction and improvement costs Accrued interest receivable TOTAL ASSETS

396,888 5 $ 1,319,595

922,702

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES LIABILITIES Accounts payable Retainage payable TOTAL LIABILITIES

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$1,319,595

HIGHSPIRE BOROUGH AUTHORITY STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

EXPENDITURES Administrative expenses Extraordinary repairs Construction and improvement costs TOTAL EXPENDITURES Excess of revenues over (under) expenditures

20,000 7,500 169 119 27,788

38,772 4,448 534,120 $ 577,340 (549,552)

OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES) Lower Swatara Township Municipal Authorityshare of construction and improvement costs Excess revenues and other sources over (under) expenditures and other uses FUND BALANCE, BEGINNING OF YEAR FUND BALANCE, END OF YEAR

330,209 (219,343)

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We, the duly appointed auditors of the Highspire Borough Authority, for the year ended December 31, 2014, do hereby certify that the above statements are a true and correct statement from our Auditor’s Report filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development on July 17, 2015 #188 0729-1T www.publicnoticepa.com

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Dr. Greg Dale, one of the nation’s leading sports psychologists, will present a speech on maximizing youngsters’ athletic potential at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26 in the auditorium of Elizabethtown Area High School. The presentation is free and open to parents, students, coaches and other community members. Dale, of Duke University, has worked with Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. He will provide a workshop on sports performance for: • Parents who want to examine the role they play PUBLIC NOTICES

Notice LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION for the Estate Of David E. Cunningham, deceased, late of Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (died May 28, 2015), having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment and those having claims against the Estate are requested to present them for settlement without delay to: Melissa A. Cunningham and David E. Cunningham Jr., Co-Administrators C/O JSDC Law Offices 134 Sipe Avenue Hummelstown, PA 17036 Or to: Gary L. James, Esquire JSDC Law Offices 134 Sipe Avenue Hummelstown, Pa 17036 (717) 533-3280 #187 0729-3T www.publicnoticepa.com

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FUND BALANCES Restricted-construction and improvements Unassigned TOTAL FUND BALANCES

REVENUES Lease rentals-Borough of Highspire Tapping and connection fees Dauphin County IDA gaming grant Investment income TOTAL REVENUES

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A young girl watches Pennsylvania State Police troopers ride past her on horseback during Middletown Night Out in 2014.

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Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for Maintenance and Supplies for Athletic Fields & Grounds for Middletown Area School District Athletic Fields will be received at the Administrative Offices of the Middletown Area School District, 55 West Water Street, Middletown, PA 17057 until 11:00 a.m., prevailing time, on August 4, 2015. The complete bid packet is available on the School District’s website at www.raiderweb.org or may be obtained from the School District at 55 West Water Street, Middletown, PA 17057. MIDDLETOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT By William Meiser, Director of Operations

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to analyze the type of environment they are creating for their children or team members. Dale will speak to the significance of the coachathlete-parent triangle, lessons parents want children to learn from sport and the importance of modeling those lessons and effective goal-setting that parents can use with their children. Dale, director of the sports psychology and leadership programs at Duke, consults with organizations and corporations around the world, including The World Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Airports Council International, Pfizer and SKANSKA International. He has been featured on Good Morning America, MSNBC and numerous radio programs. He is a member of the sport psychology staff for USA Track and Field. For more information on his workshop, call Mackenzie Deardorff at 717-3671533, ext. 1121.

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From The Wednesday, July 29, 1992 Edition Of The Press And Journal Borough Traces Illegal Sewage To East End Warehouse Complex Middletown officials say they have traced an illegal industrial waste that polluted the purification system at the Borough’s wastewater treatment plant to a firm that has been operating in a building owned by the East End Warehouse Company on East Emaus Street. Ken Klinepeter, superintendent of the Borough’s wastewater treatment plant, said the contaminants that have been dumped into the Borough sewer system contained chemical agents that destroyed much of the bacteria population at the plant. The bacteria, Klinepeter explained, play a key role in the sewage treatment process. Klinepeter said the chemicals, primarily latex compounds and polymers, were used in a process that produced a “no-slip” material for coating boxes so they will stick together when stacked on pallets for shipment. He said the waste from the production process constituted an illegal discharge into the Borough sewer system and violated standards established by the Borough to meet new regulations recently mandated by the federal government. The new requirements as established by a recent Borough ordinance provide that all industrial waste must meet pretreatment specifications. Those specs set limits on the quantities and concentrations that may be dumped into any public sewage treatment system. Klinepeter explained that the contamination emanated from the operations of a Key Tech Corporation manufacturing plant located in the East End Warehouse complex. But Kliepeter said the West Coast company’s operations here are due to be terminated by the end of this week, so the contamination problem has been resolved without the need for prosecution. 3-Year Contract, $46,000 Salary For New Manager The long process of selecting a new municipal manager for Middletown finally came to an end last Tuesday evening as Borough Council voted unanimously to approve an agreement under which Jack Hadge will succeed Bruce Hamer as Borough Manager. With Hadge and his wife watching the proceedings from the gallery, Council moved quickly during the opening minutes of a special session before Tuesday night’s regular meeting to adopt a resolution that officially named Hadge as the Borough’s new manager and approved a three-year contract which established Hadge’s salary at $46,000 for his first year in office. By a roll call vote, Council unanimously approved Councilman Barry Goodling’s motion to adopt the

resolution that officially puts Hadge in position as the Borough’s chief administrator. In presenting his motion, Goodling noted that Hadge was selected form a field of nearly 140 candidates who had applied for the job. After Council Vice President Terry Seiders rapped the special session to a close, members of Council stood and shook hands with Hadge and his wife as they welcomed the former Teaneck, New Jersey city manager to his new post here in Middletown. “You’ve extended yourselves in a very warm manner,” Hadge said in response to Council’s action. “I want all of you to know how anxious my wife and I are to become part of this wonderful town and we truly appreciate the way you have treated us. I’m really looking forward to working with all of you for the benefit of the people of this Borough.” Hadge and his wife took their leave a few minutes later so they could continue their search for a suitable residence in this area. When he assumes his new duties on Monday, August 3, Hadge will work with former Borough Manager Bruce Hamer to get some first hand tips about Borough operations. Prices From 23 Years Ago Fantasy Coffee Cakes 4 oz. round.............................$1.89 Lucky Leaf Applesauce 23 oz.....99¢ Ripplin’s Chips 6.25 oz. pkg.......75¢ Pinta 8-inch Flour Tortilla 12.5 oz. pkg...............................77¢ Fresh Steamed Crabs.......... $2.99/lb. Nabisco Mini Oreo Cookies 7.5 oz. pkg..............................$1.79 Banquet Vegetable Pie 7 oz. pkg....................................49¢ Evan’s Chocolate Fudge Topping 10.5 oz. jar..................99¢ Marcal Paper Towels 8-roll pkg................................$3.99 Sirloin Steak....................... $3.18/lb. Kellogg’s Raisin Squares Cereal 16.5 oz. box................$2.95 Bulk Bagels 6-ct. pkg..................22¢ Cheese Bread.................. $2.98 each

23 YEARS AGO - Visitors From Argentina Welcomed – Members of Middletown Rotary Club had the opportunity to foster and improve international relations on April 2, when they welcomed new friends from Rotary Club District 4800 from Argentina. The local service club members treated the visitors from South America to a tour of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Facility and the Harrisburg International Airport in addition to visits to several Middletown families in their homes. The South Americans pictured are: Juan Luis Perez Albert, Rotary governor of District 4800, Jorge Oscar Perosa, team leader and members, Luis Merino, Gustavo Lazcano, Julia Del Stella, Cesar Campopiano and Virginia del Valle Bravo de Padilla. Middletown Rotary members pictured are: David Mills, Archie McGhee, Richard Brandt, Robert Bitner, president of the Middletown Rotary Club, and John W. DeHart, membership chairman.

Route 283 Section To Be Rebuilt E-town Area Part Of $7.6 Million Highway Project Preliminary work is expected to begin within the next few weeks on the scheduled $7.6 million reconstruction of Route 283 through the Elizabethtown area, state officials have revealed. According to Greg Penney, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), bids for the project were received late last month and preparatory work in the major reconstruction project is expected to begin in September. The project calls for reconstruction of the four-lane highway from the Dauphin County line to the Elizabethtown Road overpass, a distance of 2.8 miles. Preparatory work will include construction of temporary crossovers that

will detour east and westbound traffic to opposite sides of the road to allow traffic to bypass work areas while construction is in progress. Actual work on rebuilding the heavily-used highway is expected to begin late this winter or early next spring, Penney said, and PennDOT expects to complete the project by November 1993. The local project is part of a $32.6 million Route 283 reconstruction proposal that will cover 9.5 miles of the connector route. The second project involves rebuilding a 6.7-mile section of the highway from Route 230 to Route 30. PennDOT says that project should be completed by the fall of 1994. Both projects were approved in July 1991 by the state Transportation Commission as part of a periodic update of PennDOT’s 12-year road building programs. PennDOT is currently in the first four-year portion of its second building program. About half of the roadway through Elizabethtown and Mt. Joy Township will be “rubblized,” Penney explained. The remaining portion will be rebuilt by the more conventional means of removing the present roadbed material and replacing it. Penney said “rebblizing” involves

the use of sonic waves to pulverize the existing roadbed without removing it. The fragmented roadway is then used as a base for the new road surface. In addition, Penney said the work would include “adjustments” to five bridges over the highway to increase the clearances under those spans. That work will include the bridge, which carries Elizabethtown Road over the highway. The new roadway beneath that span will be lowered about three feet to provide a 16-foot 9-inch clearance.

The weekly market, which will operate from 8 a.m. until noon every Saturday, will be set up in the parking lot of St. Peter’s Catholic Church located to the rear of the Elizabethtown Post Office on South Market Street. The Market, which is being sponsored by the Elizabethtown Chamber of Commerce and the Borough, is the brainchild of Elizabethtown’s Central Business District Commission (CBDC). Stephanie Teoli, the Borough’s administrative assistant who serves as a member of the Committee, says the Farmer’s Market concept was developed as an additional promotion to lure weekend shoppers into the downtown business district. “We think it will be an attraction that will interest many potential area shop-

Farmers Market To Open Here Area shoppers will get their first opportunity this Saturday, August 1, to examine the produce and delicacies that will be offered during the initial Saturday session of Elizabethtown’s new Farmer’s Market.

pers,” Teoli conjectured. “The Market will feature fresh produce that’s grown right her in our own area and elsewhere in Lancaster County, as well as some other specialty food products. “We originally planned to have eight or ten stands in the Market, but there were too many duplications among the early applicants, so we decided to cut the list, as least for the opening dates.” Teoli said Committee members and Borough officials wanted to present the Farmers Market as an outlet for quality produce and specialty foods rather than a haphazard and unbalanced assortment of various foodstuffs. “We’re anxious to have this effort win community support because of its quality, not its size,” Teoli said, hopefully. “We think that will have the greatest appeal for area shoppers.

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Restaurant burglarized Police confirm they have a suspect who may be responsible for the burglary of the Lin Garden Restaurant on West Harrisburg Pike between 5:30 and 5:55 a.m. on July 18. A side door was forced open to gain entry to the restaurant and about $300 in cash was taken, police said. Security cameras assisted police in their investigation. Protection from abuse order Joseph H. Alvarez, 46, of the 1000 block of Chestnut St., Harrisburg, was charged with violating a protection from abuse order, police report. The charge was filed following an incident at 9:31 p.m. on July 15 involving Alvarez and an ex-girlfriend, police said. A protection from abuse order involving Alvarez had been issued and signed on July 14, police said. Theft from vehicle About $36 in cash was stolen from a car that was parked in the 1000 block of Georgetown Road between 12:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on July 18, police report. The victim told police that thieves took the cash from her purse and rummaged through her 2007 Honda Del Sol.

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The victim believes she had locked her vehicle but an acquaintance had entered it and may not have relocked it, police said. There was no sign of forced entry. Charged after dispute over bicycle Michael K. Chaney, 60, of the 500 block of Mountainview Road, Middletown, was charged with terroristic threats, simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct, police report. The charges stem from an incident

at 11:53 p.m. on July 17 involving a bicycle Chaney had loaned to the complainant, police said. Chaney pounded on the door of the complainant’s home in the 2000 block of Brentwood Dr. and threatened him and his family, police said. The bicycle was returned to Chaney, police noted. Chaney was arraigned on July 18 and released on unsecured bail of $10,000. A preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 12 before District Judge Michael Smith.

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co-located” combined craft brewery and craft distillery operation in the greater Harrisburg region, Fritz said. “You can’t find that anywhere else.” The venue would offer an area set up “exclusively” for Penn State Harrisburg students, including those not of drinking age, Fritz said. “It’s going to bring the university to the heart of Middletown. That’s good for us, and all the surrounding businesses.” Finally, Tattered Flag would provide opportunities for “passionate experts and novices” alike to get as close as they can to the operations of craft brewing and distilling, Fritz said. Until now, little regarding Tattered Flag and what it wants to do in the Elks Building had been revealed to the public since the plan surfaced in May. Tattered Flag’s Web site – www. tatteredflagbsw.com – provides no real information regarding what track record the partnership has in brewing and distilling, or in running a restaurant/events venue such as the partners have described. Part of the reason for that, according to Ramsey, is that Tattered Flag doesn’t want competitors to know its plans. At the same time, Tattered Flag has to put out enough information to satisfy the public – and decision-makers like Middletown Borough Council – for people to be on board supporting a plan that depends on the borough loaning Tattered Flag $1.5 million. “Nobody’s trying to be secret,” Ramsey said. “We have every intention in the world of being transparent, but we want to bring the best situation in here with us, and for us to do that we want to have something when we open that there is nothing else like it.” The $1.5 million would be from the $43 million one-time payment that Middletown received from United Water on Jan. 1 in return for Middletown leasing its water and sewer systems to United Water for 50 years.

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A portion of this money was transferred earlier this year from the Middletown Water and Sewer Authority to the Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority, which acquired the Elks Building in 2014. The $1.5 million would cover the estimated cost to retrofit the 104-year-old Elks Building to make it suitable to house the Tattered Flag operation. Of the $1.5 million, $400,000 could consist of financing a lease-to-own arrangement where Tattered Flag would purchase the building, Middletown Borough Councilor Ben Kapenstein told the Press And Journal on Friday. On Tuesday, July 28, the authority was to consider approval of a long-term lease of the Elks Building to Tattered Flag. The lease would be structured in such a way that the authority – over a period of years specified in the agreement – would recoup the $1.5 million loan to Tattered Flag. Fritz and Ramsey would not discuss specific financial aspects of the proposed lease deal before Tuesday’s ICDA meeting. “Acquiring (the) building is one of the things we are talking about,” Ramsey said. He pledged that the historic Elks Theatre would operate as a separate entity under ownership “independent” of Tattered Flag. The authority months ago received a proposal from Phantom Theatre Company to turn The Elks Building into a regional performing arts center. It is expected that the authority will receive at least one other proposal from another group regarding the future of the theater between now and Tuesday, Aug. 4, the deadline for submitting proposals. On July 20, Middletown Borough Council approved a motion by a 5-1 vote that any proposed expenditure of the remaining funds from the $43 million United Water payout be subject to council approval. Most of the $43 million is already committed to paying off borough

debt and funding projects like the replacement of water and sewer lines under Main Street. Council’s July 20 action would make the ICDA’s decision to loan the $1.5 million to Tattered Flag subject to council approval. Council could vote on a deal with Tattered Flag on Monday, Aug. 3. Tattered Flag is not coming to the table empty-handed, the partners told the Press And Journal. Tattered Flag has qualified for a bank loan through the Federal Small Business Administration. However, Tattered Flag has until Tuesday, Aug. 4, to produce “a binding agreement” toward obtaining a property in which to locate the proposed business, Fritz said. The SBA will not grant Tattered Flag any more extensions on the current loan application, he added. Tattered Flag has other financial assets to bring to the deal, although neither Fritz nor Ramsey would provide specifics. “We are fully funded,” Fritz said. “We had two separate rounds of investment that were satisfied and we have personal equity in the company as well.” Ramsey is an owner of three Meineke automobile repair franchises in the region. He and his partnership are opening a fourth Meineke franchise in the region, while a fifth is being “teed up” to open in the next six months or so, Ramsey told the Press And Journal. The Meineke stores have raised funds for entitles like Children’s Miracle Network, Toys for Tots, veterans organizations and missions through promotional activities held in concert with area radio stations, Ramsey said. These fundraising efforts would be part of the Tattered Flag business model at the Elks Building, Ramsey said. Ramsey and Fritz grew up in Perry County. The two have memories of coming to the Elks Theatre with their parents to see movies for $1. Fritiz has a background in real estate and owns a marketing company,

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families, a sizable share of the nation’s blood supplies and health and safety courses, Schenck provided much more for Middletown’s residents: She developed a cadre of supporters who could help a family in need with a variety of services, whether they needed baby formula, clothing, home heating oil or a tank full of gas. “Nancy always knew someone who could help,” said Judy Oxenford, a friend and the mayor of Royalton. Over the years, Oxenford said she contacted Schenck many times on behalf of families with trying circumstances ranging from fires that destroyed their homes to those who needed a food voucher because they ran short of cash prior to payday. “Nancy was a miracle, and she was so devoted to the people of Royalton and Middletown,” Oxenford said. “You could interview 50 people and they would all have something good

and nice to say about her.” Former Middletown mayor Robert G. Reid agreed. He served on the board of the Middletown Red Cross office and directed many families to Schenck when they had needs. “It was just amazing what she did in helping her fellow man,” Reid said. “I saw her action numerous times. She was always there, helping.” Nancy Taxweiler, who worked with Schenck at Homestead Savings in Middletown, said Schenck’s many years of experience at the bank and her connections through her church, Wesley United Methodist Church on Ann Street, enabled her to garner community support to make the Red Cross’ Middletown office strong. “Nancy always took care of everyone who came in the office,” Taxweiler said. “Many times she went out of her way to the extreme to help people out.” Schenck served the Red Cross in Middletown from 1995 to 2011, when the office closed and she was moved to

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Ramsey said. The other two partners are Pat Devlin and Tony DeLellis. DeLellis is a life-long central Pennsylvania resident who earned degrees in elementary education and religious studies from Elizabethtown College, according to the Tattered Flag Web site. DeLellis taught for a period of time and went on to build a successful career in the mortgage industry. He is also a regional church planter, Ramsey said. Devlin, a central Pennsylvania native and Penn State graduate, is a veteran of 10 years in the Navy who has received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with valor, Ramsey said. Devlin has been brewing and distilling for six months, Ramsey said. “He is a huge craft beer and craft distillery” enthusiast, Ramsey said of Devlin. “It’s something he is really passionate about.” Until now, the public has only known what Tattered Flag doesn’t have - it doesn’t have it’s own recognized name-brand product, such as other well-known regional breweries like Troegs and Appalachian Brewing Company, to name a few. Tattered Flag doesn’t have a place it can point to where its product is being made. While still hesitant to provide much in the way of details, Ramsey did talk about what Tattered Flag does have. Tattered Flag has two brewers who will be part of the Elks Building deal, Ramsey said. The two have a combined 20 years’ brewing experience, and have been brewing with Tattered Flag for six months. One of the brewers also works for “a very well-known competitor” whom Ramsey would not name. Tattered Flag has seven beers it is now brewing, all “very much local themed,” Ramsey said. The beers run the gamut from darks to lights and lagers. Tattered Flag is capable of doing a lot more, Ramsey said. “We can

produce a new beer every week or two, that is completely unique to the other beers,” he said. The Tattered Flag partners have gone to classes in Kentucky, Tennessee and throughout the northeast to obtain certifications in craft brewing and distilling. The partnership is also trying to get into some beer festivals in August to get its product out to the public. Ramsey said he could not identify any of the festivals until Tattered Flag knows it has been accepted to appear in them. Tattered Flag doesn’t need a liquor license to sell its own beer, Ramsey said. However, the company needs federal approval to operate the distillery. Tattered Flag will need a brewery license, a distillery license and a brew pub license to support the operations in the Elks Building. The company has gone as far as possible to obtain the necessary state and federal approvals without having agreement on a property, Fritz said. “We have a strong product that has been worked on for a long period of time and that we have been developing,” Ramsey said. “This property (the Elks) is really one of the last pieces of the puzzle.” Not all four members of the partnership need be intimately involved in hands-on brewing and distilling for Tattered Flag to succeed, the two men said. “You don’t need to be a chef to run a successful restaurant,” Fritz said. “If you try and rely on yourself to do every aspect of your business, you can’t really grow,” Ramsey said. “You need to know how to surround yourself with good, qualified people, and that’s what we’ve done.” “It is an exception to the rule to have the owner of a professional sports team be a good athlete,” Ramsey added. It’s more important to “manage and make sure you find the appropriate people,” he said. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com

Harrisburg. Taxweiler said the move was crippling because the distance prevented those without cars from being able to stop in the local office and request assistance. “We could help them faster in Middletown,” she said. When Schenck was in Middletown, “She saw that anything that could be done for the people of the town was done,” Taxweiler said. “People have missed her since she retired, since the chapter moved out,” Reid said. Schenck retired from the Red Cross in February 2014, after working in the Harrisburg office for three years. “Her commitment to community service has been unwavering,” said

Pastor Jim Dawes of Wesley United Methodist Church, who presided over a memorial service for Schenck on Monday, July 27 at the church. “Nan knew the art of neighboring.” Dawes said Schenck went far beyond how many people view their duty as neighbors, from the love she showed to so many people she encountered through the community for many years, and that “neighboring” extended far beyond this service to simply the love she shared. “She is one of the most sincere and authentic people I have ever known,” Dawes said. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com

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property. • To meet with an attorney or other professional advisor regarding litigation or issues where an identifiable complaint is expected to be filed. • To discuss agency business which, if discussed in public, would lead to the disclosure of information protected by law, including ongoing investigations. • Discussions of academic admissions or standing by the governing bodies of state-owned, state-aided, or staterelated colleges or universities. Councilor Anne Einhorn, who also attended the executive session, said she cannot recall who brought up the matter of the concession money once councilors were behind closed doors. However, she does not recall the discussion as having anything to do with any specific borough employee or officer. “It was taxpayer money we were talking about,” Einhorn said, adding that she personally saw no reason why the discussion could not have been held in public. Melissa Melewsky, media law coun-

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Lori Yeich, the recreation and conservation manager for the Pe n n s y l v a n i a D e p a r t m e n t of Conservation and Natural Resources, was misidentified in a July 22 article on suggestions made during a forum on the future of parks in Lower Swatara Twp.

sel for the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, said that based upon information provided to her by the Press And Journal the discussion might have had to do with “administrative action.” In an e-mail to the Press And Journal, Melewsky said that the Sunshine Act defines administrative action as “the execution of policies relating to persons or things as previously authorized or required by official action of the agency adopted at an open meeting of the agency. The term does not, however, include the deliberation of agency business.” Discussion related to administrative action is an exception to the Sunshine Act, but it is not an executive session exception, Melewsky said. Melewsky acknowledged that she as well as anyone else not privy to the closed-door session is at “a huge disadvantage because we don’t know what was discussed.” The Press And Journal sent an e-mail to borough Solicitor Adam Santucci requesting comment on how discussion of the concession money qualified as an executive session exception. Santucci did not respond. Councilors also discussed pending litigation during the same closed-door session. Santucci afterward confirmed for the Press And Journal that he discussed with council a lawsuit the borough has filed in Dauphin County Court seeking to overturn a decision by an arbitrator to reinstate Dennis Morris, a Middletown police officer whom the borough fired in 2014. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com

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With playoff positions clinched, Middletown falls to Lawnton, 13-8 in a meaningless Twilight game By Jim Lewis

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The baseball game meant nothing. Absolutely nothing. Who won? Who lost? Who cared? Middletown and Lawnton had already clinched playoff spots in the East Shore Twilight League when they clashed for a regular-season game on Thursday, July 23 at Middletown Area High School. Win or lose, didn’t matter – and both coaches played it that way. Middletown sent three pitchers to the mound who had not pitched a single inning this season. Lawnton substituted its starting pitching ace, Penn State Harrisburg’s Alex Repa, who was on vacation at the beach, with a quartet of pitchers, including his brother, Tommy – uniform and all, as Tommy wore his brother’s number. Coach Dick Schwartz barred his players from bunting or stealing home plate. Everyone got to bat and field. And in a long, sloppy, hit-filled game, Lawton emerged victorious, 13-8, recording the final out on a strikeout in the bottom of the seventh as nightfall crept dangerously close to the unlighted field. Oh, well. Next! Middletown, which finished in third place with a 14-9-1 record, faced second-place Hummelstown (13-8-3) in a best-of-three playoff series that began on Monday, July 27. Fourth-place Lawnton (13-9-2) faced top-seeded Linglestown (19-4-1) in the other first-round playoff series. The top four teams qualified for the playoffs. Middletown had clinched a playoff spot thanks to a 10-6 victory over Penbrook on Wednesday, July 22 and an administrative decision: When last-place Annville could no longer field a team, and forfeited its remaining contests, the league decided to award Annville’s previous four victories and a tie into forfeit victories for their opponents, and so Middletown gained a win by doing absolutely nothing. Lawnton’s 2-1 victory over fifth-place Paxton on Tuesday, July 21 secured the fourth and final playoff spot for Lawnton. Schwartz gave several of his pitchers an inning or

two each to keep them from getting rusty. Middletown Coach Adrian Huber played some regulars in the field, but did not waste the arm of any of his regular pitchers, handing the ball to players who threw from the mound for the first time. So it should have been no surprise to anyone that the two teams combined for 14 runs in the first two innings. “We kind of patched things together,’’ Huber said as dusk fell on the diamond following the final out. “We weren’t trying to use any of our starters now.’’ Lawnton took control with a six-run second inning to grab an 8-1 lead, aided by sloppy Middletown fielding and a bases-loaded walk that scored a run. Derrick Lutz’s two-run single up the middle was the most devastating blow of the inning. But Middletown responded with five runs in the bottom of the second inning to keep it close, thanks in part to a couple Lawnton fielding and throwing errors, including a passed ball and wild pitch that scored two runs.Phil Donner’s RBI single, a line drive to right field, was the most impressive hit of the inning, and Middletown trailed only 8-6. Lutz increased Lawnton’s lead to 9-6 in the top of the third inning with a run-scoring single, then move Lawnton ahead 10-6 on a run-scoring double in the top of the fifth inning. Billy Felo’s sacrifice fly upped the lead to 11-6 in the fifth. It was 13-6 in the sixth inning before Middletown scored again. Run-scoring singles by Andrew Clark and Gio Torres – against reliever Barry Wiestling. Lutz, Lawnton’s hitting leader, took the mound in relief in the bottom of the seventh inning, and put down Middletown’s three batters in order, two on strikeouts, as darkness crept over the diamond, and the game was over. “It was all just fundamental baseball [tonight], and for the most part we played that,’’ Schwartz said afterward. Huber’s assessment: “They hit the ball hard and got timely hits and we booted plays we should have made.’’ “It was what it was,’’ Huber said of the game’s patchwork lineups. “People have jobs, people have lives, people have kids, people have families.’’ And, of course, playoff games in their future.

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Middletown’s Ethan Kell bats against Lawnton.

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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Again it’s time to say goodbye to a summer month. Savor the days – school starts in about 3-1/2 weeks. Time to check off the list of what you have to do, and must do, for summer fun and joy. I still want to get to the beach. And I would like to connect with people, maybe meet for lunch or dinner or have a picnic or cookout. What are your plans? Recently we took my 87-year-old mom-in-law to Chocolate World in Hershey. It was a Friday afternoon and it was crazy! We didn’t have to wait too long for the ride – but I didn’t appreciate the crowds while browsing the candy/gift section. My heart goes out to the employees. It was amazing to see the license plates from all over the country in the parking lot. People travel to Hershey from all over – and here it is, in our backyard. I have not been to Hersheypark in recent years, but it is nice to know that it’s there waiting for me. Have a wonderful last few days of July and feel free to share your news with your neighbors.

Birthdays Michelle P. Sabol of Middletown will be hearing the birthday song on Wednesday, July 29. I hope your favorite peeps are surrounding you on your special day, Michelle. Brianna Jones of Middletown marks her landmark 18th cake day on Thursday, July 30. Happy birthday, Brianna! Hey, Joe Klock of Lower Swatara Twp.! Happy cake and ice cream day to you on Thursday, July 30. I hope it is the best one yet as you hit No. 21. Congrats to you! Happy birthday to Frank Linn of Lower Swatara. I hope 74 beautiful things happen to you on Thursday, July 30 and all week long. Enjoy! Happy 9th rootin’-tootin’ birthday to Torin Bayhart of Lower Swatara on Thursday, July 30. Hope it is extra special, like you. Jessica Arnold of Lower Swatara marks her 22nd cake and ice cream day on Friday, July 31. Hope it is fabulous for you, Jess. Happy August and happy birthday to Sue Lawruk of Lower Swatara. Just hoping this birthday, on Saturday, Aug. 1, is the best yet for you, my sweet neighbor lady! Jordan Carr of Middletown hits No. 13 on Saturday, Aug. 1. Say happy birthday to this brand-new teener when you see him. Best wishes for a fabulous 15th birthday to David Alcock of Lower Swatara. David will hear the birthday song on Sunday, Aug. 2. Enjoy! Here is a jolly shout-out to Karen Guenther of Lower Swatara on Sunday, Aug. 2. May your day be full of joy and smiles as you celebrate your day. Ben Knisely of Lower Swatara celebrates his snappy-happy 14th cake day on Monday, Aug. 3. Hoping your day is full of sunshine, Ben. If you see Tom Harvey out and about Lower Swatara on Tuesday, Aug. 4, be sure to give him a loud happy birthday greeting. I hope it is full of fun, Tom. Jared Schiefer of Middletown marks his 31st cake and ice cream day on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Happy birthday, Jared. Christopher Shonk of Londonderry Twp. celebrates his Sweet 16 honkhonk-beep day on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Congrats, and be safe! Township meetings The following Lower Swatara Twp. meetings will be held at the municipal building on Spring Garden Drive: • Board of Commissioners, 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19 • Municipal Authority, 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 24 • Planning Commission, 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27

Anniversaries Best wishes to Gregg and Donna Hughes of Lower Swatara on their 41st wedding anniversary. They were married on Aug. 3, 1974. Congrats! Wes and Sheryl Cyphert of Lower Swatara mark their 42nd anniversary on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Hoping your romantic holiday is superb!

Ladies’ brunch All ladies are cordially invited to attend “A Diamond is Forever” brunch buffet at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the Spring Garden Conference Center, 901 Spring Garden Drive, Lower Swatara Twp. The brunch is presented by the Hershey Area Women’s Connection, affiliated with Christian Women’s Clubs of America. Plan on joining in on great food, beautiful music and interesting information. Music will be provided by Jan and Ted Zimmerman of Hummelstown. Linda Kristophel, of Fombell, Beaver County, will present a speech titled, “Like a Diamond, Our Life has Beautiful Facets.’’ For reservations, call Edna at 717652-0997 or Winnie at 717-533-4715 or send an e-mail to hersheyawc@ verison.net. The deadline for reservations is Friday, Aug. 7. Delaware Valley grads The following local students graduated from Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, in May: • Jeffrey Redline, of Middletown, with an MBA in business administration • Timothy Carlin, of Middletown, with an MBA in business administration • Jeremy Haldeman, of Elizabethtown, with a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness • Patrick Donohue, of Hummelstown, with an MBA in business administration St. Joseph’s dean’s list Megan Hartwell, of Middletown, a biology major, was named to the dean’s list at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, for the spring semester. John Carroll dean’s list Logan Calhoun, of Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list at John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio, for the spring semester. James Madison grads The following local students graduated from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., in May: • Rachel Evelyn Parrish, of Hummelstown, with a master’s degree in education • Hannah Elizabeth Collins, of Hummelstown, Magna Cum Laude

“One Nation’’ Here is an excerpt from Dr. Ben Carson’s book, “One Nation”: “As I said at the National Prayer Breakfast, I believe everyone should have a health savings account (HSA) and an electronic medical record (EMR) at the time of birth as a first step toward a reform. “The EMR should only be in the patient’s possession in the form of an electronic chip embedded into a card of device that can be shared with a health care provider at the patient’s discretion. It would not be available to the IRS or any other governmental agency, and the database would of course need to be as secure as possible to protect personal information from hackers. The HSA could be populated with funds supplied by an employer, the owner, relatives, friends and governmental sources. “Since we already spend twice as much per capita on health care in America as does any other country in the world, even if we put substantial monies in everyone’s HSA, there’s a strong possibility that our shared national health care cost would still decrease. Because there are many responsible individuals and employers who would be willing to contribute to the HSAs, it would only be necessary for the government to make contributions in the cases of individuals incapable of making a living. “In Singapore, the government deducts regular contributions to the medical savings accounts from each worker’s paycheck. Singapore is capable of providing excellent medical care for all citizens for less than a quarter of what we pay.” Quote of the Week “There are no random acts of friendship, only intentional ones.” – Sarah Coleman, author Question of the Week What is your dream job or career? “I want to be a translator for the FBI.” – Lavina Balliet, 10, Lower Swatara. “A science teacher, because that is my favorite subject.” – Marissa Romberger, 11, Lower Swatara. “I want to be a chef. I like cooking!” – Owen Wood, 11, Lower Swatara. “Be a pro basketball player!” – Jason Grob, 10, Lower Swatara. “Going into the Navy and be a pilot.” – Josh Luther, 11, Lower Swatara. “Help kids who have disabilities.” – Laila Deimler, 11, Lower Swatara. Proverb for the Week A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly (14:29).

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Middletown is losing its economic development/grants coordinator. Jonathan Hicks, who came to the borough in January 2014 as an intern with Penn State Harrisburg, is leaving the position to accept a job as the new grants manager for the City of Harrisburg. City spokeswoman Joyce Davis confirmed for the Press And Journal that Hicks was hired by the city. His first day on the job in Harrisburg was Monday, July 27, according to Davis. Hicks’ departure was announced by Borough Manager Tim Konek during a Middletown Borough Council meeting on Monday, July 20. “We were lucky to get him (Hicks) through an internship program,” Konek told council. “He stayed on with us after his internship was over as he completed his studies, and he found a much better opportunity. We wish him well.” As grants coordinator, Hicks was responsible for writing applications for government grants that the borough sought to help fund various projects. During the past year, Hicks was involved in submitting applications on behalf of the borough for grants to benefit the repair of Kids Kastle in Hoffer Park, redevelop the Elks Building and provide funds for the development of a proposed downtown zoning overlay. More recently, Hicks had been working with a Penn State intern on an income survey of Middletown residents that would be used in applying for a grant to help pay for the repair of curbs and sidewalks. The borough also kept Hicks busy with other duties. He provided staff support to the Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority and was tapped as the first chairman of the new Middletown Business

Jonathan Hicks, left, addresses Middletown Borough Council during a meeting in April. Association that was unveiled in May. That the borough should devote more resources to pursuing government grants was among recommendations included in the state Early Intervention Plan that was submitted to council in 2013. No discussions have been held regarding how the responsibilities Hicks has performed for the borough will be handled in his absence, spokesman Chris Courogen told the Press And Journal. Hicks started working for the borough as an intern with Penn State Harrisburg in January 2014, and the borough hired

him full-time in May 2014. Earlier this year, Hicks received the Irving and Mildred Hand State, Urban and Regional Affairs Award for 2014-15 from Penn State Harrisburg. The award recognizes outstanding achievement by a graduate student in the study of state, regional and local government. Hicks graduated from Penn State Harrisburg in May with a master’s degree in public administration. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com

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She was an angel of mercy

iddletown lost a truly devoted friend when Nancy Schenck, the retired executive director of the Middletown chapter of the American Red Cross, died on Thursday, July 23 in Cranberry Twp., Butler County, where she had moved to be with her daughter, Kim Ross. She was 84. In her 19 years as executive director, Schenck helped countless people, not only during disasters but also during difficult times in everyday life. Through her office in borough hall, Schenck did come to the rescue of local residents during two major floods and several house fires, but she also provided help – food vouchers, heating oil, gasoline, and assistance in paying electric bills and rent – to those struggling to make ends meet. The Middletown chapter was lucky: It had a benefactor who set up a unique fund that other Red Cross chapters did not have. The benefactor, who Schenck would not name, left the chapter money in his will from the interest earned annually on investments in the Hershey Trust, and that money paid for staples for the needy. Schenck would receive an annual check made out to the Middletown chapter “for the poor of Middletown.’’ And Schenck, a very spiritual person, simply hated to turn anyone down when they came to her for help. She did not judge others harshly. “Some would come in with their nails done, or gold around their neck, or smoking cigarettes, and I’d say, ‘Nancy, they don’t need it,’ ‘’ recalled Judy Oxenford, mayor of Royalton and a close friend. “She’d say, ‘Well, they might need the money.’ “When they put her in that position, they did right,’’ Oxenford said. “They couldn’t make a better lady.’’ When Schenck retired in 2014, and the Middletown office closed, she unselfishly credited those who helped her help others, many of them volunteers. “Throughout all the things I’ve seen, there’s always been someone to step in and help me,’’ she said. “I wouldn’t have been able to dot it without people like them.’’ It took a special person to be the angel of mercy for so many strangers. Nancy Schenck was the perfect person for the job. She touched many lives in Middletown, and made it a better place.

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Most of our education money is spent on adults

ne of the key differences in the ongoing budget impasse between Gov. Tom Wolf and the General Assembly is the issue of education funding. Thirty-eight percent of the budget vetoed by the governor would have spent $11,515,925,000 of state money in support of education – that’s $31,550,479.45 a day, $1,314,603.31 an hour, $21,910.06 a minute and $365.17 a second. When you factor in federal and state tax money in support of education, the Commonwealth spends about $27 billion to support education – that’s $73,972,602.74 a day, $3,082,191.78 an hour, $51,369.86 a minute and $856.16 a second. The governor wants another $620 million for education. This would be in addition to the $1.3 billion needed to close the structural deficit facing this year’s state budget (another $2 billion will be needed to again balance the Commonwealth’s spending next year). That’s a lot of zeros representing big numbers. To put them into perspective, consider: If you spent $1 each second, it would take you 12 days to spend $1 million, 32 years to spend $1 billion and 32,000 years to spend $1 trillion. The governor wants total additional spending of over $4.7 billion above last year’s budget, an increase of more than 16 percent. To pay for all this spending, he’s proposed increasing taxes by $4.7 billion this year and $12 billion over the next two years. The governor is pushing to increase the personal income tax by 20 percent and the sales tax by 10 percent. He also wants a severance tax and increases in cigarette taxes and other tobacco products. The governor also proposes a retroactive increase in the bank shares tax. Taxpayers have been very generous in fulfilling the obligations of Article III, Section 14 of Pennsylvania’s Constitution: “The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public education to serve the needs of the Commonwealth.” The current system is far from efficient: For each dollar invested in education, just $0.378 goes into classrooms. Most of the money ($0.622) goes to the salaries, health care, continuing education, pensions and other benefits of the adults in education. How many of us would support a charity where just 38 percent of the money collected go to the purpose of the charity while 62 percent goes for overhead? Unfortunately, when I cite these realities to some, I often receive rejection of the facts and sometimes even outright hostility. I have been told not helping public education is a slap in the face of those who make up the largest union in the state. Interestingly, this union’s stated mission is “to advocate for quality public education and our members through collective action” and whose vision is “to be the preeminent voice for education and the leading force for labor in Pennsylvania.” Their core values are “being a member-driven organization; collective action based on core union principles; dignity and equity for all students and members; diversity; integrity in words, actions and data; quality professional services by and for members.” In 60 words about education, there’s just one – very brief – mention of students. To me, education should focus first – and always – on students. However, in the current debate over education funding, students are used mostly to demand more and more money because “it’s for the kids.” Mike Folmer is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate. He represents the 48th Senatorial District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Highspire, Londonderry Twp., Steelton and the Swatara Twp. communities of Bressler, Enhaut and Oberlin.

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as if we were doing a sobriety test. (The t has been an Middletown police would have loved interesting few weeks in Cuen- this one!). It was not possible to walk a straight line on the Equator due to the ca, Ecuador. Well, actually a good por- forces from each hemisphere. We looked like drunks trying to do it. tion of the past few So much for our Quito adventure. On weeks my wife and our return flight to Cuenca, we spoke I have spent in Quito, the capital. about how much we did not see and that It was Olga’s birthday, and as a present sometime in the future we would have to we decided to take a four-day trip and return to see what we missed. tour of the city. We flew from Cuenca to After getting back to our apartment and Quito – a 55 minute flight. We opted for flying since a bus trip is about a nine-hour getting things put away, I opened the computer to a site for which we have a journey. free subscription, “Gringo Post,” kind Luckily within the past three months the new six-lane highway between the airport of a small version of Craigslist aimed at the expatriate community in Cuenca. and the city was completed, reducing the One post was from a couple from Quito commute time between the two from two who was looking for a “cat sitter” so they hours to about 40 minutes. could do some in-country travelling. As I mentioned, Quito is Ecuador’s We figured, “Why not?” So we e-mailed capital. Founded in 1534, it is the country’s second-largest city with a population and Skyped them. The next week we were back on the of 2.7 million people. At 9,350 feet above Cuenca-to-Quito flight for a week of cat sea level, it is the second-highest capital sitting and more touring. city in the world. We saw most of the things we wanted The city lies in a valley between mounto see during the week. Interestingly, one tains and volcanoes and is long and morning, as we were trying to find a gronarrow, approximately five miles wide by cery store for which we had been given 28 miles long. The traffic was the worst I bad directions, we saw a crowd gather. have ever seen. I talked to a man who has We went to see what was happening. We a 10-mile commute to work and it takes did not find the grocery store but instead him 1.5 hours by car. saw Pope Francis, who was visiting South The city is brimming with so much to America! see that four days was not enough time. We went back to the apartment and deThe first day we had a guided tour of the cided to leave in the afternoon to find the old city. The two places that I found to be elusive grocery store. Guess who we saw absolutely fabulous: the Basilica del Voto again? You got it – the Pope! Nacional, which is the largest neo-Gothic My passport expires in July, and on May basilica in the New World – we climbed 27 I took all the paperwork and fees to to the top of the spires and had an unhave my passport believable view of renewed to the U.S. the city; the Church government personOf The Society Of and was told in Jesus, (Iglesia la After two months, I still do nel about two weeks Compania de Jesus) not have a new passport. This or so that I would – I walked in and my mouth dropped is the same government that receive an e-mail the new passopen. I have never is going to control and when port was ready to be seen a church that administer your health care? picked up. The folspectacular in my life! It was ornate Good luck! lowing week, I read where any passport and covered with renewals submitgold from floor to ted after May 26 could not be processed ceiling – kind of like Fort Knox, except due to a “glitch” in the system, and we there is actually gold in the church. would be notified when the problem was Words are totally inadequate to describe rectified. this edifice! After two months, I still do not have a The next morning we went to climb new passport. This is the same governthe Cotapaxi volcano, 30 miles south of ment that is going to control and adminisQuito. It is the second-highest volcano ter your health care? Good luck! in the world (19,350 feet) and just before I watch the central Pennsylvania TV stawe left for our Quito trip it became active tions and keep relatively informed of the (luck of the Irish!). news. It beats any of the comedy shows Using a 12-person van, our guide took on TV. us to 14,460 feet. We could see the I saw where a bank was robbed, and weather getting worse the higher we they had a security photo of the perpetrawent. Exiting the van, I experienced the strongest wind I have ever encountered. It tor attired in a hoodie, baseball cap and sunglasses. It could have been anybody – was difficult to walk, and it was cold! We were going to trek to the summit, but except me. I don’t have a passport. That could not have happened here. only a few minutes outside was enough. First, the financial institutions have at We proceeded to make our way in the least one armed guard – usually more – van down the slope and stopped at a lake, and second, one is required to remove and hiked three miles around the lake at hats and sunglasses when entering a bank. 12,000 feet. It was still very cold. I guess requiring people to take off hats The next day we went to the Equator, and sunglasses in a bank would be a hu“the center of the world.” It is said that man rights violation in Pennsylvania. one can’t be in two places at the same The latest unemployment figures were time. We disproved that theory. We just released: In the country of Ecuador straddled the Equator and had one foot in the unemployment rate is 4.47 percent, the Northern Hemisphere and the other in and here in Cuenca it’s 3.10 percent. the Southern Hemisphere. Until later, from beautiful Cuenca – On the Equator we saw an egg stand on end on top of the head of a nail and Eddy the Expat water run straight from a drain. When we moved the drain a few feet north of the Equator, the water drained counterEd O’Connor, a former resident of clockwise, while south of the Equator the Middletown and Lower Swatara Twp., is water drained clockwise. an expatriate living in Cuenca, Ecuador. The guide had us walk on the Equator

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God's law defines marriage Following the recent passage of samesex marriage legislation by the Supreme Court, I was appalled to see that a regional newspaper inserted a warning on their opinion page stating that they may not print opinion letters that express views in opposition to this legislation. While freedom of the press gives the newspaper the right to print whatever articles they choose, it seems hypocritical to reject freedom of speech by suppressing opinions on this issue that differ from their own. I hope the Press And Journal would be more open-minded than that. Freedom of speech should allow citizens to express their views and opinions on any issue, as long as they are not derogatory and are open to productive debate. I see this legislation as a matter of constitutional law versus God’s law. On June 26, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in all 50 states, and it is now the law of the land. The decision of the court supposedly is based on the Constitution, which is the law established by man. While I respect authority, it is troubling to me that nine justices, who it seems too often make decisions based on political and personal ideology, have the awesome power to completely change the cultural and moral landscape of America – and not always for the good of the people and society. I believe that it is dangerous to the future of this country to have such power granted to nine individuals for life, instead of fixed term limits. This legislation could be construed as being anti-democratic. Even Chief Justice John Roberts, in his dissent, said that five lawyers/justices have now closed the debate and enacted their own vision of marriage as a matter of constitutional law. And because of a one-vote majority of the court, the power to decide something as fundamental as marriage has now been stolen from individual Americans and their representatives and decided by the Supreme Court. As a result, 39 of 50 states had their laws defining marriage as beMarriage was ing between a man and a wom- established in an overturned by the beginning of various courts, creation by God, including the Supreme Court. but now man So much for the is just trying “government of to redefine it the people, by the people, and to suit his own for the people’’ purpose. principle. As a Christian, I believe there is a law higher than the Constitution, and it is called the Bible. It is the written law given to us by God, for our own good and with no influence from man. I believe the Scriptures are very clear on the institution of marriage as being between a man and a woman, and are replete with admonitions against any marital arrangement other than that. Marriage was established in the beginning of creation by God, but now man is just trying to redefine it to suit his own purpose. Apparently, God’s law was not considered in the Court’s decision. So we can take a position on one side of the issue or the other, but in the end God will be the final judge of the implications of this legislation. I do believe, however, that this law will just add to the rapid moral decline we see manifested daily in America. Scripture (Romans 13:1-7) tells us that we are to obey and submit to governing authorities, for they have been established by God, who allows us the freedom to choose our authorities through the process of elections. But it also tells us that we should never allow government authorities to force us to disobey God and His moral principles. And therein lies the problem on this issue for those of us who live by Christian principles, for as believers in God’s word we should honor His laws first and foremost. While I don’t agree with same-sex marriage on religious grounds, as a law-abiding citizen I accept the SCOTUS ruling that gives same-sex partners the right to marry. But I hope and pray that protective rights and religious freedom will also be extended by the Court to houses of worship, Christian organizations and institutions and Christian-owned secular businesses that make decisions about providing, or not providing, their services to same-sex couples based on God’s biblical principles. However, considering the fact that the Supreme Court has now redefined marriage and ignored thousands of years of historical precedent, I believe there will be increased pressure and challenges ahead for Christian-based entities and freedom of religion. We shall see! John Wilt Middletown

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egislation to make Pennsylvania the next state to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes and other related “vaping” products to minors unanimously passed the state House recently. I voted in support of the measure to further protect minors from the harmful effects of nicotine. House Bill 954 would add nicotine delivery products to the list of tobacco products that are illegal to sell to minors, including electronic cigarettes. It would still be legal to sell e-cigarettes and vape pens in Pennsylvania – just not to children. The penalties would be the same as under current law for selling cigarettes and other traditional tobacco products to minors. E-cigarettes, sometimes known as “vape pens,” are used to deliver nicotine and other substances into the body in the form of a vapor. The products come in a variety of flavors and generally resemble the size and shape of traditional cigarettes, which may increase their appeal to minors. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC) have confirmed that calls to poison centers involving e-cigarettes have surged in recent years. In 2014, the CDC reported a dramatic increase in the number of high school students who indicated they had tried e-cigarettes, including many who previously had never smoked. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.

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“Now I see the council voted to buy a hand-held metal detector to keep guns out of the meetings. Of course, they did not think it through. A hand-held metal detector will go off for anything metal, belt buckles, rings, jewelry etc. So that means everyone will have to empty their pockets, pocketbooks – and the list goes on and on. I don’t think they want anyone at the meetings. Go up to the courthouse and you will see what I’m talking about. They use a hand-held metal detectors, too.”

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“Paul Heise’s column asked the question ‘Why are so many Republican candidates running for president?’ That’s simple: Almost anyone can do a better job than this bozo that’s in the White House! In seven years, prices on everything have skyrocketed. Muslim terrorism has expanded. More people are out of work than ever before. He’s added $7 trillion to the debt. Do I need to keep going? I’ll say it again since liberals aren’t too smart: Anyone can do better!”

educational activities for school groups, families and individuals. The Capitol features guided 30-minute tours that highlight architectural and artistic aspects of the building. Tours are available, free of charge, every half hour on Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. On weekends and most holidays, tours are offered at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The newly-remodeled Visitor’s Welcome Center is also located inside the Capitol and is open to the public. The center features interactive exhibits that explain the legislative process. The Visitor’s Welcome Center is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is also free of charge. It is located in the East Wing of the Capitol complex. Both the Capitol guided tours and the welcome center are accessible for individuals with special needs. Group Capitol tours can be scheduled by calling the Capitol Tour Office at 1-800-868-7672. On the day of the tour, please allow at least 15 minutes to be processed through security. More information can be found by visiting my Web site, RepPayne.com. The Pennsylvania State Museum is adjacent to the Capitol building and offers exhibits about all aspects of the state’s history and its connection to the nation. The State Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Admission rates are between $5 and $7. More information can be found by visiting the museum’s Web site, StateMuseumPA.org. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Hummelstown, Derry Twp., Conewago Twp. and part of Swatara Twp.

Healthy soil is not simply “dirt’’

e are in the midst of the International Year of Soils. Who knew? Most will overlook the global event, but that would be a mistake. Soils deserve our attention.  More familiar environmental issues – water quality, air pollution, endangered species and climate change – command a headline now and then. That is not the case with soil, unless you count scientific journals.  Yet taking notice of what lies beneath our feet is important to human health and economic prosperity. For example, the journal Nature has published remarkable findings about what soils have yielded to the medical field. Most notable includes the fungus used to create penicillin and, more recently, bacteria capable of killing MRSA and a multi-resistant strain of tuberculosis. Healthy soils also feed our growing human population. Consider this: Agriculture’s footprint on the planet is so significant that global cropland adds up to approximately the size of South America and grazing land is equivalent to Africa. To keep up with projected population growth, it is predicted that food production will need to double by 2050 to meet future demands. Ensuring that humanity continues to have living, productive, nourishing soils will require a significant shift in thinking and in action. That begins with awareness about what makes soil healthy. Healthy soil – not cracked, parched, devoid-of-livingorganisms “dirt” – is a dynamic and diverse ecosystem teaming with earthworms, pillbugs, millipedes, ants, amoebas and millions of bacteria, fungi, molds, protozoa, nematodes, arthropods and other organisms that are invisible to the naked eye but critical to sustaining life on earth. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, a single shovel full of healthy garden soil contains more species of organisms than can be found above ground in the entire Amazon rainforest! Unfortunately, we lose

this ecological diversity when soils are overworked and overexposed by activities like intensive farming, deforestation, construction and mining. We also lose soil – and any chemicals, fertilizers and pollution it contains – when it erodes into our waterways. Once there, it creates an imbalance in the aquatic environment.  Without a doubt, it is imperative that we keep soil healthy and on the land. Then it can fulfill its role in retaining and regulating the flow of rain and snowmelt to nearby waterways. It also filters chemicals and pollution before they reach rivers and streams.  Even better, the living organisms inhabiting healthy soil can immobilize and detoxify inorganic materials originating from industrial, municipal and agricultural sources. For example, little unassuming pillbugs have the ability to safely remove heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and arsenic from soil.  Additionally, scientists know that healthy soils serve as one of the earth’s most significant repositories for carbon. In fact, there is more carbon residing in soil than in the atmosphere and all plant life combined. Much is at stake with regard to the quality of our soil. And nowhere are the issues more relevant than in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, where soils have become saturated with phosphorus and other chemicals mostly generated by agricultural operations. The Environmental Protection Agency says that animal waste and fertilizer entering the watershed’s rivers and streams represents the single largest source of bay pollution. That is why six states – Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Virginia and West Virginia – and the District of Columbia have agreed to limit

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Ebenezer United Methodist Church

Evangelical United Methodist Church

Middletown

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 29-August 4 are always open to everyone. Wed., July 29: 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. 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. Sun., Aug. 2: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for August: June Martin; 10:15 a.m., Worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Nursery helpers: Gloria Clouser, Vickie Hubbard. The altar flowers are given in memory of wife and mother Rae Alexander presented by husband John and family. Mon., Aug. 3: 1:30 p.m., Frey Village Communion. Tues., Aug. 4: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry.

Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church Middletown

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. Are you perplexed or perhaps distressed by the rapid change in moral standards of the present day? We at Calvary Church are committed to upholding the unchanging standards

of the Word of God, which is revealed in the Bible. We are also committed to proclaiming the hope of salvation from the sin that results from the world’s changing moral standards, the hope found in faith in Jesus Christ alone. We invite you to join us each Sunday to hear more about this message of free grace. Our services are at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. We are located at the corner of Spruce and Emaus streets here in Middletown. We have a fellowship meal following the 10:15 a.m. morning service on the first Sunday of every month, free to all who come. We also have Sunday school classes for all ages at 9 a.m., and a Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 p.m. We are now studying the Gospel of Luke. Feel free to contact us with questions at 944-5835.

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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. On Fri., July 31, all are invited to our Free Outdoor Family Movie Night featuring the movie “G-Force.” There will be free refreshments and live music

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Ebenezer United Methodist Church "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples"

890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown (Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road)

Phone 939-0766 Sunday Worship: Traditional - 8:45 am • Contemporary - 10:45 am Christian Education (All Ages) - 10 am Christian Child Care - 985-1650

from our band starting at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at dusk. Attendees are invited to bring a chair or blanket. The next summer movie night will be Fri., Aug. 28. Movie will be announced closer to date. We also offer a variety of other groups including Bible studies and book clubs. Please call for details. There is a prayer time “Partners in Prayer” that meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Through scripture, song, and meditation we experience the joy of God’s presence. Have a favorite board game? “Game Night” is every third Monday at 6:30 p.m. We welcome any group ideas. Any questions please call us at 939-0766.

Conference held at Messiah College in June. Community Care Sunday is the first Sunday of each month. We collect personal hygiene items for neighbors who need them. Food Pantry Sunday is the third Sunday of each month. We collect nonperishable items that are needed for the Middletown Interfaith Food Pantry at 201 Wyoming Street, Royalton. A Bible Study group meets each Sunday morning in the church parlor at 9:15 a.m. Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine Sts. in Middletown. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@ comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. “Follow Jesus, Change the World. Seek. Serve. Send.”

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran pasta cups, ramen noodle lunch, fruit Church is located at Spring and Union and applesauce cups, granola bars, streets, Middletown. We are a Recon- snacks/treats, individual drinks, and ciling In Christ Church. individual cereal boxes. Items colYou are invited to join us for worship lected are taken to the Interfaith Food on Wednesday morning, Saturday Pantry located at 201 Wyoming St., evening and Sunday morning. Sunday Royalton. worship time is 9 a.m. through and Church and Community Events: including September 6. Our 11 a.m. Wed., July 29: 10 a.m., Holy Comworship service is broadcast live on munion in the Chapel. WMSS 91.1. Sat., Aug. 1: 5 p.m., Holy ComWednesday morning service is at 10 munion. a.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual Sun., Aug. 2: Food Pantry Sunday; 9 traditional service and is 45 minutes a.m., Holy Communion. Guest organin length. Please enter through the ist is Janice Mills. parking lot doors. Mon., Aug. 3: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., The first Sunday of each month is Community dinner at Presbyterian Food Pantry Sunday. Our food pantry Congregation. There is a cost. is in need of personal care, nonperishTues., Aug. 4: 6 to 9 p.m., National able food items, soups, condiments, Night Out at Hoffer Park. peanut butter, and jelly. Needed for Mon., Aug. 10: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. the Kids Summer Food Bags are kids’ (or until sold out), Community dinner here at St. Peter’s. The entrée is Swiss steak. There is a cost and tickets are available at the door. Please enter through the church paring lot door. All are welcome. Visit our website at www.stpetersmiddletown.org. Scripture for Aug. 2: Exodus 16:24, 9-15; Psalm 78:23-29; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35.

New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel

630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641 Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am

Pastor BRITT STROHECKER Everyone Is Welcome!

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

BRAD GILBERT, Pastor

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

Evangelical United Methodist Church

Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown

REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor

Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am

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

be provided, so please bring a side dish to share with everyone. All ages are welcome. July 29: Arts and Crafts Night. Thursdays: 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study. Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evangelistico: Domingos 1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184. For additional information call the church office at 944-9608 or e-mail us at mdtcog@comcast.net.

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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.” During both worship services this Sunday, Russ Brandt will be sharing a message and report from his participation in the Susquehanna Annual

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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., Aug. 2. 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. Our next Community Dinner is Mon., Aug. 3 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The menu includes barbeque ribs and the works. There is a cost. 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.

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 2ndThursday of every month at

9:30 a.m. We clean the Middletown Food Bank the 3rd Saturday every other month. Children’s Church leaders for August: Michelle, Katie and Jenny Strohecker. Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Graham. Acolyte for August: Colin Graham. Ushers for August: Linda Balmer, Diane Rowe, Jackie and Sam Rainal. 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. Outdoor flower watering the week of July 26-August 1 is Julia Juan and Hosea. Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ wmss/audio. Check us out on our Website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com. Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ!” We invite you to come and experience this love.

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First Church of God

235 W. High St., Middletown

REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor

944-9608 Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am Classes for Special Education (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening) Ample Parking Nursery Provided

Geyers United Methodist Church

1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown 944-6426

PASTOR STEVAN ATANASOFF

Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am

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

REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor

Saturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm Summer Worship Schedule thru Sept. 6 Worship Service - 9 am • No Sunday School Worship Broadcast on 91.1 FM - 11 am Kierch Sunday - September 6

Seven Sorrows BVM Parish 280 North Race St., Middletown Parish Office 944-3133

REV. TED KEATING, JR., Pastor Deacon Thomas A. Lang

Saturday Evening Vigil - 5:30 pm Sunday Masses - 8:00 am, 10:30 am & 6:00 pm Confessions: Saturday - 7:30-7:50 am, 4:30-5:15 pm

Wesley United Methodist Church 64 Ann Street, Middletown REV. JIM DAWES, Pastor

Phone 944-6242 Sunday Worship - 8:30 &10:30 am • Come as you are! Follow Jesus, Change the World.

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Unlabeled Photographs: Clues For Identification By Marica Kaiser

“Do you have photograph albums with unlabeled pictures? I do. If you don’t, consider yourself very lucky. The person who compiled a thoroughly labeled album deserves the golden album award. People who compiled photograph albums knew who the subjects in the pictures were. They either assumed that others would know also, or that they themselves would be around to describe who was who to others. Some confusing labels I have found are, me, baby, father, mother, grandmother, grandpa, and a family group. Here I am, 50 or more years later, looking at pictures and wondering who the subjects are. One of my favorite captions under a picture of a man holding a fish he had caught is “fifteen and a halfinch Rainbow Trout.” There was no mention of the name of the fisherman. There are some clues one can use to identify those in the picture. One involves identifying the era in which the picture was taken. The camera was invented in 1839, and photographs with people in them were not made until1840. Some early photographs were on glass or tin. The photographs on glass were sometimes called ambrotypes. The tintype or ferro-type was a photograph on tin that was made about the time of the Civil War. So if you have either of these types of photographs, you have a very old photograph. If the photo is in color and is fading, it’s likely that it was taken when color shots were new. That would be around 1948 or after. If the picture is an unfaded color shot, it is a fairly recent one. Some recent photographs have a date printed in the margin. Of course the most difficult pictures in which to identify the people were those taken long ago. The clothing worn by the people in the pictures can also be a good indication of the period in which the photographs were taken. Men’s clothing did not change as frequently as did the ladies clothing. In the 1840s men’s clothing featured a fitted waist and the top hat as headgear. The standing collar went out of fashion as comfort replaced elegance. Boys were dressed like the men. Women wore full skirts, which reached the ground in the mid-1840s. Their sleeves were round but not as fully puffed as a few years earlier. Little girls were dressed the same as the ladies, except their skirts were a little shorter. In 1850 men’s trousers were strapped under the foot. In the late 1850s the common man wore caps, but the wealthier wore top hats. The crinoline, or hoop, to hold out the ladies’ wide, floor length skirt was introduced in the 1850s. Shawls and bonnets were accessories for her costume. At the end of the century the bloomer Amelia Bloomer introduced style in protest to the cumbersome hoop skirt, but the style was short-lived. In the 1860s women used parasols, muffs, and small handbags as accessories. Bows and crunching, a kind of irregular gathering of material, were used as decoration on skirts and bodices. In 1870 skirts became flat in front with fullness in the back producing a bustle. The skirt was long with a small train. The bodice was fitted with a trim waistline. In 1880 the dresses for little girls became looser, more suited to their lifestyle. At the end of the century, little boys were dressed in the “Little Lord Fauntleroy” style, a black velvet suit with lace collar and cuffs. With the turn of the century, ladies no longer wore bustles, but skirts remained long. Large leg-o-mutton sleeves were introduced at this time. In early 1900s both little boys and little girls wore large bows at the neck. Just before World War I, the Gibson girl look featuring an S-shaped figure with a tiny waist was the fashion for ladies. This was named for its creator, Charles Dana Gibson. This style was of short duration, however. If you can identify the location in which the picture was taken and know who was there at that time that can help. I am a native Southern Californian, so a picture of a small girl in deep snow would not likely be of me. In the mid1800s to the early 1900s, photographic studios used elaborate

designs on the back of the cardboard mounted pictures, frequently giving both the name and location of the studio. Habits of different people also can give a hint as to who was who. In the case of the man holding the fish: I had an uncle who fished more than other members of the family. That fact, plus some others, confirmed his identity. My father wore his hat at an angle, which was characteristic of him. One of my aunts was considered somewhat of a “tomboy.” I have a picture of her in a long dress and a wide-brimmed hat sitting in a tree. Sometimes pets in a picture can supply a clue as to who is shown. You do not know who the person is, but you may recognize that dog anywhere. I have had some luck finding the identity of unknowns in a picture by making a photocopy of the Photograph and sending it to people I think might recognize those pictured. Sometimes, by looking on the back of the photograph, you can get bonus genealogical information. My mother-in-law wrote the birth dates of her grandmother, her grandfather, her mother, and her father on the back of one photograph. There are numerous clues one can get from looking closely at unlabeled pictures; however, let’s save future generations the job of being a detective and label the photographs.” Ancestry Newsletter - Volume VII, No.1 /Jan/Feb 1990.

What About Props And Backdrops

Studio photographers placed their customers in a setting through the use of props and backdrops. Photographers kept a supply of props on hand, such as toys, books, flowers, drapery and columns. Their purpose was to add interest to the picture. People could also supply their own props. In some cases they add significance. For instances, a woman posed in mourning clothes with a man’s photograph may be including her deceased husband in the portrait. Occupational portraits contain some clue regarding the subject’s employment. The appearance of the first painted backdrop in a photograph in the 1840s coincides with the popularity of the daguerreotype. Creative photographers would set props against an appropriate background painting. People could pose with bicycles in front of a landscape or appear to ride in a car in an outdoor setting. Props and backdrops are not just useful for dating an image. The choice of backgrounds and items can provide clues in to the character and personality of your ancestors. They could manipulate the setting of a photograph to create a sense of fantasy or comedy. People could have their photograph taken while mining an activity using materials they brought with them or that the photographers had on hand. Young men in the late nineteenth century liked to be portrayed as fun loving. Portraits often show them clowning for the camera. 84th Hepler Family Reunion Hepler Family Reunion: Sat., Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. at Zion’s Cemetery, Pitman, Pa. Information/Dinner Reservations: $16; (age 7-12, $7; under 7 free). Deadline: Aug. 2. Call Mae Ann Rehrer at 610-582-6914, or 171 Amity Park Road, Birdsboro, PA 19508. Additional information: Call Tom Hepler at 856866-1348 or teh.himself@comcast.net.

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Joe Sheetz, president and CEO of Sheetz, attended the ribbon cutting.

Grand Opening of Sheetz on West Harrisburg Pike

ocals crowded the new Sheetz at 1401 W. Harrisburg Pike in Lower Swatara Twp. on Thursday, July 23 as the store celebrated its grand opening. Joseph Sheetz, the convenience store chain’s chief executive officer, welcomed the crowd to the new store and presented a check for $2,500 to the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania. After employees cut the ribbon to mark the store’s opening, one employee had the honor of ceremoniously throwing away the key to the front door. Sheetz will remain open 24 hours a day year-round – so the front door will never be locked. Once locals entered, they were greeted with balloons, a prize wheel and free samples of food. The new store is the eighth Sheetz in the area – there also are stores in Hummelstown, Hershey and Swatara Twp. The chain plans to open another Dauphin County location, on Lindle Road, this fall. Press And Journal Photos by Eric Wise Lower Swatara Twp. Commissioner Nick DiFrancesco, left, and Police chief Richard Brandt attend the ribbon-cutting.