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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2014
John Bey Middletown’s next police chief?
One out, two in for chief’s job in Middletown
VOLUME 124 - NO. 33
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HIGH VINTAGE NEWS HAPP Free backpacks and flapjacks at local church Free school backpacks and free flapjacks? Yes, and yes. New Thing – A United Methodist Community will give away both to students in the Middletown Area and SteeltonHighspire school districts and breakfast to their parents at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23 at its home in the Yankee Plaza, 2285 W. Harrisburg Pike, Lower Swatara Twp. Registration is not required, but New Thing will give backpacks to children who are pre-registered first. To register, call 717-3881065.
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By Dan Miller
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Travis Thickstun, a corporal with the Indiana State Excise Police Force, has withdrawn as a candidate to be Middletown’s next chief of police – most likely clearing the way for Middletown Borough Council to hire Pennsylvania State Police Capt. John Bey for the job when council meets on Monday, Aug. 18. In a letter e-mailed to council’s public safety committee Wednesday evening, Aug. 6 – with copies sent to Mayor James H. Curry III and the Press And Journal – Thickstun did not directly refer to the controversy that has erupted following the committee’s 2-0 vote on Wednesday, Aug. 6 to recommend Bey, a 25-year veteran of the state police. Bey is currently director of training for the state police Bureau of Training and Education. Borough officials have said Bey is close to retiring from the state police. Bey is also a senior master sergeant in the Air Force Reserve. Bey in July told the committee that he had recently completed building a new house in Susquehanna Twp. for himself and his family. Middletown has an ordinance that requires the police chief to be a borough resident within 15 Please See CHIEF, Page A8
Downtown evacuated for gas leak By Noelle Barrett and Jim Lewis
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Royalton Mayor Judy Oxenford climbs aboard a police motorcycle during her town’s Night Out.
Local towns throw crime-fighting celebration By Noelle Barrett
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oyalton police officer Robert Givler prefers to ride his motorcycle when he’s out and about. It allows him to get to know people in the community, interact with them, makes him more accessible. Those reasons are exactly why local communities held National Night Out events, on Tuesday, Aug. 5. The events help promote crime prevention with an emphasis on neighborhood camaraderie. Police officers, firefighters and other emergency personnel joined together with community leaders and organizations to make the events held in Middletown, Royalton, Highspire and Steelton successful. At Middletown Night For more photos of Out, borough police National Night Out, see pages officer Gary Rux, who A2 and A7 or our Website at coordinated the event www.pressandjournal.com with a committee of volunteers, was happy to recognize so many Middletowners in the large crowd that attended. “I didn’t see an unhappy face,’’ Rux said. “Overall, I was overwhelmed by the thank-yous and the people showing their appreciation’’ for the event, he said. Afterward, volunteers and vendors quickly committed themselves to next year’s event, Rux said.
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Pennsylvania State Troopers arrive at the Middletown Night Out in Hoffer Park.
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A gas leak was discovered near the intersection of South Union and Brown streets, resulting in the evacuation of nearby buildings in Middletown’s downtown business district for about 90 minutes on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Workers from UGI Utilities arrived on scene around 12:20 p.m. and discovered a general corrosion leak on a steel pipeline, according to Steve Cook, business development director for the utility. The leak was first noticed when a passerby smelled an odor of gas in the block. The Middletown Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched around 11:56 a.m., according to Middletown Fire Chief Ken Whitebread. Crews on the scene reported a “general pitting with a pinhole leak,’’ in the pipeline, Cook said. “It doesn’t take much natural gas to really stink up an area,’’ he said. At no point did natural gas from the leak reach
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Highspire police officers pose for a photo with residents during the borough’s Night Out.
THE BOY WHO CHANGED HIS LIFE Ryan Mohn Walk draws organ recipients
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The Steelton Elks Steppers perform at Steelton’s Night Out.
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Lamp Post Inn to sell furniture, lamps at auction By Dan Miller
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Lower Swatara names Wagner as director of public works As a child, Dan Wagner spent many hours watching crews pave his streets. Their equipment sat on the property of his childhood home, where his family allowed them to store it. Being around the workers and equipment sparked an interest, and one that led to his career. For the last 13 years, Wagner has worked for Lower Swatara Twp.’s public works department, starting out as a laborer before moving up to a laborer/ operator and then a foreman. Now he is taking over the department’s top spot. The Lower Swatara commissioners named Wagner public works superintendent on Wednesday, Aug. 6. He has been serving as the acting superintendent for two months after former superintendent Steve Anderson resigned in March. “[He has] done extremely well in taking control of the department and getting things done to the satisfaction of all of us here,” said Township Manager Sam Monticello. Wagner said he is looking forward to stepping into his new role, and working with the the rest of the department. “It is a good feeling. It’s overwhelming, but I look forward to taking the task on and working with the residents,” he said. “We would like to continue to improve our roads and parks and continue to serve the community.”
Elizabethtown Fair opens Aug. 18
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As Mohamed Tanamly finished each lap around the outdoor track at Steelton’s Cottage Hill, he walked under a banner filled with pictures of a boy he never met. That same face – the face of Ryan Lee Mohn – was printed on the T-shirt Tanamly wore, the face of a stranger who changed his life forever. Ten years ago, Tanamly was on a long list of people awaiting a liver transplant, and was quickly running out of time, running out of hope. With only a few months to live, he was battling liver cancer and waiting for a second chance at life.
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Mohamed Tanamly, second from right, poses with his wife Mellen Duffy Tanamly, far left, and his sisters Afaf and Laila.
A public auction will be held this Saturday starting at 10 a.m. of collectibles and memorabilia from the historic Lamp Post Inn restaurant on East Main Street in Middletown. The restaurant has been closed since April 19, according to owner Elizabeth “Betty” Heddy. None of the restaurant equipment is being auctioned. Heddy said Press And Journal Photo by Dan Miller she hopes to sell the property to This old organ at the Lamp Post another party who can eventu- Inn will be sold at auction. ally reopen a restaurant in the building. The upstairs is used for The auction will also feature Cash apartments. registers manufactured by National The auction will be run by Holmes Cash Registers, oil lamps, an anAuction Group of Harrisburg. It will tique organ, antique furniture and include such items as beer signs, mirrors, tap handles, pictures, pool many more items. Heddy said her decision to close table lights, clocks and glassware, according to the group’s website. Please See AUCTION, Page A8
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The Elizabethtown Fair, a celebration of farms, food, music and crafts, will be held from Monday, Aug. 18 through Saturday, Aug. 23 at the fair grounds at 900 E. HIgh St. in Elizabethtown. The fair features everything from sack races to tractor pulls. Livestock competitions, baking contests and carnival rides are among the attractions. A fireworks show will be held at 10:45 p.m. on Saturday. For a schedule of events, visit www.pafairs.org/etownfair.
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t featured everything from face painting to free train rides to a fierce-looking falcon (an intriguing attraction brought by ZooAmerica). Middletown Night Out was a fun festival at two locations – Hoffer Park and Oak Hills Park – on Tuesday, Aug. 5, and, incredibly, it was free. Games, cupcake decorating, music – so many things to see. Of course, it also featured the men and women who keep us safe – police officers, firefighters and ambulance crews. Its purpose was to introduce the community to those who protect it, and viCE versa, as a way to join everyone together in the fight against crime. See who was there!
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The History Of Porter Township And Williams Valley 1750-1922 - Continued
Up to this time there were only two school houses in the township, one above Orwin and the other near our present Greenwood Cemetery, but each one had its own difficulties to contend with and for a time education in the township progressed very slowly. Now there are eight schoolhouses in the township, each furnished with a very efficient faculty and having the right to apply to the school board of directors when there is deficiency in supplies or anything else. The land on which the first public school house was erected was given by John and, the father of Williams Valley, as he was called, who was noted for his sterling integrity and his belief in free public education. On this land, which is not part of Tower City a log building was erected, intended for a Lutheran church, but also used as a schoolhouse for a short time. This was also the first church in the township. It was destroyed by boys about 1878. At this time there were only houses in Orwin, five in Tower City, and scarcely more than 50 scattered throughout the township. There were 74 voters in the township and only one election poll, which was located at the Halfway House, Muir, now occupied by John Eisenacher. There were three hotels in the township and only one store. The first house built by Charlemagne Tower was named the Tower City House, and it was now occupied by Morris Updegrave. Up to 1870 there was no doctor living in the township. Some of the first practitioners were Dr. E.F. Philips, S. DeVeny, and R.B. Wilson. One of the first practicing attorneys was J. Wallace McCool. The oldest burial ground is at Orwin. It was donated by Peter Miller. The earliest settlers, who died before a regular burial ground was established, are buried at various places on the farms. Mrs. George Miller, said to be the first white person buried in the valley, lies on the Lebo farm now owned by George Schwalm, about one rod north of the public road and six rods from the line fence between the two farms. Coal mining and agriculture are the principal industries. The so-called coal fever broke out in the anthracite regions between the years 1820 and 1830. Several well-known citizens of Pennsylvania embarked in the enterprise, but learned that “all that glitters is not gold.” Ebenezer Seely and his son John T. of New York, built the old Seely log house between Williams and Clarks Valleys and started what is now known as the “Red Shale Tunnel.” They were unable to carry out their project owing to the lack of funds, so they also failed to open up the coal industry. The opening of the coalmines was the principal reason why Porter Township was so rapidly settled. A certain early settler, Wendell Houtz by name, visited this section on horseback and upon view determined to settle. He erected the house east of Muir, which was known as the hotel at the forks. It was destroyed by fire some years ago, but was rebuilt and is now occupied by John Batdorf (a relative through my Bauer/Batdorf family). Mr. Houtz made his home there not because the land was more fertile than at any other place, but because there was a constant stream of water flowing by. John Hand (married my 4xgrt-grand aunt Anna Margaretha Zimmerman (1769-1858), the father of Williams Valley, also built his home about one-half mile south of Orwin for the same reason. For similar reasons the first houses were so widely separated. These houses were now connected by roads, in the construction of which they followed the Indian Trails, which furnishes sufficient reason for the roads not being straight since Indians always traveled in crooked paths. Today the houses are not so widely separated, the many more roads are being kept in repair, education is improving, the coal industry is progressing and Porter Township has become one of the most prominent townships in Schuylkill County and also in Pennsylvania.
Houtz Family Of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pa.
Johannes (John) Houtz was one of the earliest settlers of our community. From early deed records it appears that he was a grandson of Baltzer Houtz of Pine Grove who was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and a large landowner in that area. Johannes was a farmer and in 1807 purchased a tract of 148 acres at the foot of Peter’s Mountain in the vicinity of the Seiberts Schoolhouse. He and his wife, Catherine (Fisher) Houtz, sold this tract to Michael Heberling in 1817, but he subsequently bought hundreds of acres extending from the Dauphin County line north to the Wisconisco Creek and from the foot of the Stoney Mountain west to the foot of Peter’s Mountain. John was a man of strength, character and purpose. Many historians have described him as being sturdy, self-reliant and industrious. Of his eight children, Ida and John went west, Elizabeth married Frank Brown, Eva married Daniel Adams, Louisa married David Hand, and Wendel lived on Maria Dinger’s farm and was a grandfather to John, Stuart, Lillian and Virginia Goodman. The old George Miller farm was the home of Jonathan Houtz, another son. Jonathan married Rebecca Wolfe and they had 10 children: John, Zophar, Eronemous, Nathan, Charles, Alice, Priscilla, Massilla, Elizabeth, and Albert. Jonathan’s sons Nathan and Charles remained in Clarks Valley in the vicinity of the Daniel Houtz farm, but Zophar went to Orwin and Eronemous settled in Muir and operated the Keystone Hotel, now owned by Andrew Olinick Jack, another son of the first John Houtz, married Sarah Miller and had eight children: Catherine, Rufina, Salome, Susanna, Simon, Rubin, Bennuel, and Isreal. Bennuel Houtz’s children were Thelma, the wife of Edward Kanter; Clair, father of Ed Houtz; Harry, father of William and Mark Houtz; Reno, father of Eva; Elizabeth, who married Percy Fornwald. Isreal Houtz’s children were: Charles; Williams or “Sporty”; Jacob; Harry; Reuben; Arthur; Amos; Harry; Gurney; Berth Ney; Lottie Rickert; Hilda; Louisa; and Lester. Jacob Houtz lived on the Lodish farm in Clarks Valley, as did his son Israel. Gurney and Arthur Houtz still live on land that was part of this farm and of the original Houtz settlement. These Houtz’s comprise most of the families of our area. It should be noted however that there was a Wendel Houtz who came into the valley before 1840 looking for coal, settled here and built a home at the forks of the Williams Valley Road east of Muir which was later destroyed by fire and on which site was constructed the Williams Valley Hotel. Descendants of Wendel could not be discovered so he may have been a bachelor?
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The Gratz Historical Society on the Lykens Township Book Report. Over the last several months, much time has been devoted to research on the Lykens Township Book. However, many hours have been spent on two particularly popular surnames from the area. One is the surname Miller, which we believe can be traced to: married Elizabeth Romberger, Jacob Miller, born 1767, married Sarah Romberger, born 1780 - both from the Tower City area. Had a son John Henry, born 1797, John Henry supposedly father of Henry Miller, born Sept. 25, 1819 in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin Co., married Elizabeth Hand, born Jan. 26, 1822. If someone can enlighten us concerning the genealogy of this early family, we would love to hear from you. We have at least three lines of early Miller families, so far no link between them and thus probably unrelated to each other! We have gathered much information on all lines. Hopefully we will have completed these surnames soon. Lois Schoffstall. Die Tseiding Newsletter, Volume 30, #3 July-2014 Issue
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From The Wednesday, August 14, 1991 Edition Of The Press And Journal Area Taxpayers May Get Rebate, But At What Cost? Taxpayers in the Middletown Area School District may have a small, three- to five-dollar rebate coming to them now that the long-awaited Pennsylvania budget has been passed. However, the hefty cost of sharing a portion of the District’s subsidy increase with taxpayers has some School Board members calling for a waiver of the state-mandated rebate. At question is a relatively small $66,000 balance that was created when the state allocated more funding than MASD had expected in its $15.1 million 1991-92 budget. Normally such news would be welcome to the directors, but at an estimated $30,000 cost to the District to distribute the required rebates, the Board would be left with a $36,000 balance and a sinking feeling that too much taxpayer money had gone to waste. “The balance doesn’t amount to very much,” said District Superintendent Leon Calabrese at Monday night’s School Board meeting. “We would be spending as much as we would be receiving. It doesn’t make a lot of sense.” Calabrese listed a number of factors that would determine the cost of the rebate distribution, including programming, re-billing, supplies, mailing and man-hours. Although the $30,000 figure is just an estimate, he said, it’s still a large amount of money to spend on such a small rebate for each person. “It’s not like we received a windfall,” Calabrese complained. Board member Dr. Samuel E. Selcher agreed with that assessment, criticizing the General Assembly for asking the District to “spend as much money as it returns to the taxpayer.” “This is supposed to be an effective use of taxpayer money?” demanded Dr. Selcher. “They’re really chewing into the money we’re receiving.” Prices From 23 Years Ago Country Style Spare Ribs... $1.99/lb. Lean Ground Chuck........... $1.49/lb. White Potatoes 10 lb. bag........$1.39 Lucky Leaf Apple Juice 64 oz......................................$2.29 Folgers Coffee 13 oz. can........$1.89 Yellow Peaches.................... 3 lb./$1 Fresh Garlic........................... 99¢/lb. Imperial Margarine 16 oz. pkg....65¢ Split Fryer Breasts.............. $1.78/lb. Vienna Rolls 12 ct. pkg............$1.39 Mega Pizza 7 oz. box..................79¢ Food Club Frosted Flakes 20 oz. box..............................$1.77 Rain Offered Little Relief From Drought It poured here last Friday morning and by the end of the day over two inches of rain had fallen. In fact, rainfall at Capital City Airport totaled more than 2.78 inches, a new record for that date. Encouraged by that rare rainfall, some lawns are showing signs of trying to recover from the devastating effects of one of the longest droughts in Pennsylvania history. But, if the area is finally going to recover from this prolonged dry spell, it will need more than a one-day record rainfall. “It’ll take several days of fairly steady rain to really bring us out of this dry spell,” Ken Kleinpeter, chief of Middletown’s water plant, said on Friday afternoon. Kleinpeter, who is actually the supervisor of the Borough’s Utility Operations, said rainfall in this area over the last three months is some 7-9 inches below normal. “We’re hoping the weather situation here will turn around by the end of the month, but we need a lot of precipitation during the fall winter months to get us back to normal.” Despite the prolonged drought, Kleinpeter says the Borough’s water situation is still not critical.” “We’re holding at about the same level we have maintained over the past several weeks,” Kleinpeter reported, “but overall, our situation has actually improved since the Borough’s No. 5
23 YEARS AGO - A Talk With Santa – Christmas in July is always a special treat for the campers at the Easter Seals Society’s Camp Harmony Hall in Lower Swatara Township. Santa arrived at the local camp Sunday thanks to the folks from the Lower Swatara Township Volunteer Fire Co. Santa was atop a tanker with its sirens blaring. He greeted all of the children with hugs and kisses, joined in the singing of Christmas carols and of course presented special gifts to each camper. Pictured is 12-year-old Kelly Ring at a “Light Talker” communicating with Santa (Frank Linn). The machine is activated by a light from a device on Kelly’s head allowing her to select phrases from a board that Santa is pointing to. well came on line.” The No. 5 well, located in the Woodland Hills section, was put into production about July 10. Although early tests indicated the well could produce more than 300 gallons of water per minute, Kleinpeter said it’s currently putting out about 250 gallons per minute. The well’s ability to maintain its water level at about 155 feet (above the pump intake) is regarded by Kleinpeter as “a good sign.” Part Of 1991 E-town Fair Friends From The Past If you enjoy salvaging old things and restoring them, then you’ll understand where Galen Spickler is coming from. Speckler frankly admits that’s how he got started in the trucking business and that’s how he’s managed to make a success of his enterprise. I’d buy old trucks and machinery that others had discarded and fix them up and put them back to work,” Spickler relates. “With a little work and some special attention, I could usually get a few more miles or a few more months out of them. “I guess you could say I appreciate old things. I never had much that was new, only a few trucks. Most of the time I preferred to buy used pieces that needed some work and then put them back in shape. You can do that for a lot less than it costs to buy a new unit.” Spickler got his start in the trucking business hauling live poultry throughout the Northeast. Now, more than a quarter of a century later, he says most of the trucking done by his firm still involves hauling live poultry. Now 56, Spickler and his five sons continue to operate their truck repairing and hauling business from their sprawling establishment on Milton Grove Road in Mt. Joy Township, but Galen hasn’t forgotten how it all began more than 30 years ago. Spickler’s appreciation for old things has also led him to collect a lot of old farm equipment and machinery, much of which has been restored and will be on display at this year’s Elizabethtown Fair. In fact, several of his friends will also be displaying some of their fine old tractors and other restored machinery to expand on Spickler’s collection. All the machinery Spickler and his friends will put on display at next week’s Fair is fully restored and in operating condition. But Spickler admits he’s got a lot of other old machinery that still has to be restored. In all, the display will include about 25 old engines, some dating back as far as 1939, and 11 or 12 old gas tractors, all fully restored and in operating
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condition. The collection will include a tractor Spickler drove as a kid on his dad’s farm in the Donegal area. OK For Bainbridge School Elizabethtown Area School District’s planned addition/renovation project at the Bainbridge Elementary School is apparently moving without question or concern from area residents if the turnout at a public hearing just over a week ago is any indication. Few spectators were present at the state-mandated Act 34 meeting, where School District officials outlined the Bainbridge project in the simplest terms possible and accounted for the $3.2 million they will spend. Only one person posed a question, leaving those who conducted the half-hour session on Mon., Aug. 12 feeling confident that they have publicized their intentions more than adequately since the plan was announced. Officials stated they expect to begin work at the school this winter and continue through September of next year. The addition of 36,728 square feet will increase the size of the building’s architectural area by over 42 percent, allowing the District to expand the number and size of classroom there. All told, the spacious new layout of the 57-year-old school will boast an 1,150-square-foot kindergarten room and two large classrooms apiece for first through fifth grades, providing space for up to 350 students. Other features will include improvements to the school’s floors, ceilings, windows and doors as well as totally new wiring, lighting, intercom and alarm systems. In addition, bus areas, lay fields and parking areas will also be upgraded. Of the $3.2 million total cost, new construction at the school is expected to reach just over $1.1 million. Ken Phillips, senior vice president of Hopper, Solliday & Company, Inc.,
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ohn Bey would be a great choice for Middletown’s next police chief. He’s a 25-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police, where he served on the force’s Special Emergency Response Team – a kind of uber-SWAT team, with sharpshooters and negotiators – and directed its bureau for training and education. He’s a military veteran – 28 years in the Air Force Reserves – who seems to have the temperament to deliver the “180-degree’’ turnaround he believes the Middletown police department needs. So we hope a political end-around by some members of Middletown Borough Council won’t taint his hiring on Monday, Aug. 18, the date that council is scheduled to vote on a new chief. It would appear the job is his if he wants it. His most impressive challenger, Travis Thickstun, a corporal with the Indiana State Excise Police Force, withdrew his name from consideration on Aug. 6, hours after council’s public safety committee, the three-member committee of councilors who interviewed finalists for the position, voted to recommend Bey – with one councilor who had favored Thickstun absent. Mayor James H. Curry III, who was included in the committee’s work but had no vote, also was absent. The meeting went on as scheduled anyway. The 2-0 vote to recommend Bey was legal, at an advertised public meeting – though perhaps not as gracious and good-willed as the committee’s previous attempts to work around a previous absence of one member of the majority. Political maneuvering? Perhaps. There’s no absence of petty politics in any small town, or on any level of government. Middletown certainly is no exception. The process of choosing a new police chief had been going so well. The committee invited Curry to sit in. After private interviews with three finalists – Bey, Thickstun and Steve Mazzaro, a former chief in Sunbury – the Top Three were asked additional questions in a public meeting, then presented to residents for questions. Both Bey and Thickstun were impressive. Mazzaro declined, and his refusal to answer questions from residents and reporters did not inspire enthusiasm for his candidacy on social media. It’s no wonder, then, that Bey and Thickstun were the front-runners. And when the time came for the committee to deliberate and choose a candidate to recommend to the full council, the process suddenly turned from public relations coup to political gamesmanship. Believe what you will about the intent, but the committee vote should not tarnish the gleam of Bey’s candidacy. Even with Councilor Scott Sites, the committee member who supported Thickstun, present for the vote, the committee would have recommended Bey anyway. It will be up to the full council to decide ultimately; while the committee’s recommendation might carry some clout with councilors, they ultimately will decide whether or not to give it weight. Bey brings some good ideas – a citizens’ advisory committee and a commitment to work with Penn State Harrisburg, whose students are living in the borough in greater numbers each year. Councilor Robert Louer, one of the two committee members who voted to recommend him, called him “more than qualified,’’ an accurate assessment. After Thickstun’s withdrawal – professional courtesy, we expect, when he didn’t receive the committee’s recommendation – Sites said he would support the nomination of Bey for the job. Bey doubtless will be undeterred by any controversy the committee vote may invite – he told the public after his interview that he’s kept abreast of the goings-on in the borough through media reports. “I understand that it is a beehive I would be coming into,’’ Bey said after his interview with the committee. “You just have to give me some time.’’ “I’m not from Middletown, I’m not beholden to anybody and I don’t owe anybody favors ... there will be no hidden agendas,’’ he said. We believe him.
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Thank you to all who helped at Night Out Editor, Middletown American Legion Post 594 would like to extend a special thank you to all members who helped with the Middletown Night Out event held on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at Oak Hills Park. The cooking and serving of hamburgers and hot dogs and the serving of drinks, popcorn, snow cones, etc., would not have been possible without their dedicated help. A special thank you goes out to Bob Brant for providing the refrigerated vehicle to keep food from spoiling prior to serving. Also to DJ Tom Menear for providing musical entertainment. The following people performed various assignments to make this event a great success: Dominic DiFrancesco, Butch Douglass, Mike Kelly, Tony DiFrancesco, Bob Brant, Crissy Cline, Russ Bechtel, Kathy Douglass, Angie Kelly, Tom Hook, Bill Douglass, Judy Douglass, Cheryl Ferance, Ralph Heck, Doris Heck, Pam Benner, Ralph O’Donnell, Tann O’Donnell, Barb Boyer, Angie Zinn, Dona Rux, Zac Conrad, Chuck Ierley, Fran Ierley, Billy Weckerly, Gizmo Haylett, Sherry Adams, Lisa Graham, Bob Ginder, Mo Beardsley, Mike Beardsley, Amy Douglass, Tom Menear, Terri Menear, R.J. Galleghar, Tom Foreman and Brendan Douglas. Ralph O’Donnell Bill Douglass Middletown American Legion Post 594 (The writers are coordinators for Middletown American Legion Post 594's volunteer efforts at Middletown Night Out.)
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Ray Rice, brutality and the debate over equality The public outcry equal, or worse yet, the same, then the over Roger Goodell’s compunction not to hit them is removed. failure to adequately Richard Weaver explained this over 60 punish NFL running years ago in his magisterial book, “Ideas back Ray Rice for Have Consequences.” He wrote, “the knocking out his girl- refusal to see distinction between babe friend in an Atlantic and adult, between the sexes, between City hotel elevator is an encouraging sign combatant and noncombatant – distincthat some vestige of civilization remains. tions which lay at the core of chivalry It has been heartening to hear from talking … this is the destruction of society heads that even in 2014 some things are through brutality.” Weaver further noted still not tolerable – and that one of those that if “we say that woman is identical intolerable things is a man hitting a woman. with man … there is no reason why she Regarding the case, not all of the facts are should not be bombed along with him.” currently known. In fact, the comment section respondThe public has seen the tapes of Rice ing to the ESPN column relayed this indelicately dragging his unconscious point exactly, as some miscreant pugnagirlfriend out of the elevator, but no footage ciously asked, “Why does a man have of what occurred in the elevator has been to tolerate a woman insulting or hitting released. him?” While perhaps coming from a This makes the civic outcry particularly el- knuckle-dragging brute, this statement evating, because people realize that essenactually captures perfectly the spirit of tially nothing could have happened in that enlightened equality – among equals, elevator that would justify Rice’s actions. some actions merit a punch in the nose. A man may not hit a woman regardless of Here then, we reach an impasse. Either what she said or did. our love of equality or our embrace of This simple point was driven home when civilization must give way. ESPN finally suspended Stephen A. Smith And that leads to perhaps the most for suggesting that women needed to learn important discussion: What do we teach how to not provoke such violence. our children? Smith learned that even on a discusThe ESPN article took the NFL to task sion show, there is no room for debate for not embracing educational efforts to here. Men do not hit stamp out domeswomen. tic violence. HowOf course, some of ever, the author the barbarians at the failed to grasp the ticket booth give reaIf men are taught that women educational chalson to be worried. are no different but equal, or lenge. And so Baltimore There is no raworse yet, the same, then the tional reason why Ravens fans shamefully welcomed Rice compunction not to hit them some equals must back to practice with a some equals is removed. treat standing ovation. one way but other Likewise, what must equals another. be the most tone-deaf And, even if rea(and morality deaf) son could explain public relations deit, rationality is partment in the country proudly pasted this not a particularly powerful deterrent fact on the Ravens’ website. when the chips are down or the bloodStill, civilizations are more likely to alcohol level is up. crumble from within. The reaction from C.S. Lewis explained this in “The Abothose who know men must not hit women lition of Man” when he wrote, “I had may bode worse than the reaction of the sooner play cards against a man who small group of yahoos that do not. was quite skeptical about ethics, but For instance, in perusing just a few combred to believe that ‘a gentleman does ments generated from an ESPN column not cheat,’ than against an irreproachcondemning Rice’s action, one reader able moral philosopher who had been opined that this type of incident will conbrought up among sharpers.” tinue to happen “until men see females as In other words, the morality that you truly equals.” have instilled in you is a much more It is hard to imagine a worse reading of powerful guide to action than the one the situation. While equality is a precious you rationally adopt. political principle, culturally, equality is The existence of domestic violence fraught with problems. demonstrates the dark nature of man, Men do not hit women because women are but a society’s condemnation of abuse fundamentally different than men. If men shows a noble culture can nevertheless are taught that women are not different but arise. Maintaining civilization always requires education, but this latest incident demonstrates that our approach will require clear understanding and priorities. Boys need it instilled in them that real men never hit women. All agree on that, but frustrating for many is the fact that this makes sense We want to hear from you. only because women are fundamentally different than men, not because they are Send your letters to: the same. letters@pressandjournal.com, or 20 S. Union Street Dr. Jason R. Edwards is a research felMiddletown, Pa. 17057 low with The Center for Vision & Values Letters may be edited for accuracy, at Grove City College, Mercer County, clarity, and length. and an associate professor of education and history at the college.
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he day my father died from prostate cancer – Jan. 11, 2011 – is the day I decided that no family should ever experience the same pain. Everything changed for me that day. I had worked for seven years at an organization whose sole focus is end-of-life care, yet I had not had even one conversation with my father about his end-oflife wishes. It was truly a wake-up call, an eye-opening experience I hope I never have to repeat. Imagine sitting in a hospital room with your unresponsive father, your five siblings on one side of the bed and his new wife and her five children on the other side. People on both sides thought they were best equipped to speak on my father’s behalf. The sad reality is that none of us – not one of the 12 people in that room – had a clue about what he wanted. He had no advance directive, and had never had a serious conversation about his end-of-life wishes – not even with me, an end-of-life care advocate. Since that fateful day 3-1/2 years ago, I have learned that horrible situations at the end of life are far too common in this country, especially in the African-American community. Unlike many of the other disparities that impact the African-American community, this is one we have more control over. It starts with having a conversation. Unfortunately, too many of us are not having that discussion. In fact, 20 percent of African-Americans have not talked to anyone about their end-of-life care wishes, according to research conducted in 2003 by the Duke Divinity School and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. AfricanAmericans underuse palliative African-Americans and hospice care. They underuse make up only palliative and 8 percent of patients who hospice care. participate in They make up only hospice care. At the same 8 percent of patients who time, white Americans participate in make up hospice care. about 83 At the same time, percent. Far too white Americans often, people make up about 83 associate hospice with percent. “giving up” and “the place one goes to die.” That is just not the case; hospice actually fosters good end-of-life care, and the earlier the patient accesses these services, the better off he or she is. Palliative and hospice care are one of the best ways to ensure a good death, whatever that may mean to each individual. African-Americans’ end-of-life choices are also influenced by the importance of spirituality. As the New Living Translation of the Bible (Proverbs 27:12) says, “A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.” Being prepared is not disrespectful to one’s religious faith and personal beliefs. At the end of life, African-Americans are no different than anyone else in this country. We die, too. We also want autonomy, choice and peaceful life endings. We must step up as a community and start thinking and talking about endof-life decisions, because without it we suffer. Death is inevitable, so whether you want every treatment option available or none at all, it’s imperative to make sure it is clear to those who matter. Anyone can start this process by calling Compassion & Choices’ toll-free endof-life consultation service, 1-800-2477421, and visiting its website, CompassionAndChoices.org. The most loving thing you can do is to make your wishes known to your loved ones, officially in writing as well as through candid discussions. If I had the foresight to discuss my father’s choices with him, we could have spent his last days honoring his life instead of fighting over his death. Brandi Alexander is the regional campaign and outreach manager for Compassion & Choices, a national endof-life choice advocacy organization and nonprofit consultant based in Denver, Colo.
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Stiffer penalties keep DUI offenders off the highways D riving under the influence of drugs or alcohol causes nearly 10,000 deaths and 350,000 injuries annually on our highways. Studies have shown nearly 2 million drunk drivers on the nation’s highways have a prior conviction, including 400,000 who have five or more. In an effort to lessen these unfortunate statistics, I joined my colleagues in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in voting for legislation to stiffen the penalties for repeat DUI offenders. Known as Angie’s Law, House Bill 1733 was introduced in memory of 33-year-old Angela Marie Rigby, who was killed by a drunk driver nearly two years ago in Adams County. Rigby’s car was hit broadside by a Ford Explorer driven by someone who was determined to be driving under the influence at the time of the crash and who had been convicted of DUI just the year before. Specifically, this legislation would increase penalties for repeat offenders who are convicted of killing someone while driving under
the influence to a first-degree felony. The elevated charge would also carry a mandatory jail sentence of at least five years. House Bill 1733 now goes to the Pennsylvania Senate for further consideration. Because I feel this issue is very important, I have introduced legislation to increase the overall DUI penalty structure in Pennsylvania. My bill, House Bill 188, is awaiting consideration by the House Transportation Committee.
Unclaimed property According to the Pennsylvania Treasury Department, millions of dollars in unclaimed property come into the Bureau of Unclaimed Property each year. Therefore, I encourage residents to check with the bureau for any financial asset that has been left inactive for a period of about five years. Checking for unclaimed property online is very simple, fast and user-
friendly. The most common types of unclaimed property are dormant bank accounts, stocks and dividends, uncashed payroll checks, uncollected utility deposits, unredeemed gift certificates and items in safe deposit boxes. To find out if you have unclaimed property, visit www.patreasury.gov/ unclaimedproperty. I would also caution individuals to be wary of services or “finders” who charge fees to help locate unclaimed property. Finders often charge the maximum amount allowed by law – up to 15 percent of the property’s value – for making use of the same online-database that individuals can use free of charge. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes most of Middletown, part of Swatara Twp. and all of Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Derry Twp., Conewago Twp. and Hummelstown.
MARVINFOLKERTSMA WWI and the death of Europe’s greatness O
n Aug. 3, 1914, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey gave a speech before Parliament that “proved to be one of those junctures by which people afterward date events,” according to Barbara Tuchman in her magisterial “The Guns of August.” The dour Secretary appeared “pale, haggard, and worn,” as he dutifully explained “British interests, British honor, and British obligations,” all of which conspired to produce a commitment to defend Belgium against the militarism of the continent’s mightiest power: Imperial Germany. The issue involved more than the troublesome neutrality of that inconveniently situated little country. A few hours after Grey’s speech, Germany declared war on France, with the full expectation that victory would be achieved “before the leaves have fallen from the trees,” as Kaiser Wilhelm II declared. The day ended with Grey remarking that “the lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime” – words that proved prescient. The gloomy German Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke conjured a more farsighted scenario when he exclaimed to a colleague that their country was embarking on “the struggle that will decide the course of history for the next hundred years.” And so it has been, though not in a fashion that the best minds before the first battles of the war could have foretold or even vaguely glimpsed. Indeed, only a handful of observers thought that the conflict would last much longer than three or four months, a war that could be planned and executed. And the future horrors that the war unleashed totally eluded them. Consider Tuchman’s description of the first German attacks on a Belgian fortress around Liege: “Spending lives like bullets” the Germans continued their assaults, such that “the fallen were heaped
on top of each other in an awful Somme, Passchendaele, Ypres, barricade of dead and wounded,” the Marne, Arras and scores of stated a Belgian officer. “But would other battlegrounds ravaged by you believe it? This veritable wall the most hideous implements of of dead and dying enabled those modern warfare – machine guns, wonderful Germans to creep closer, flamethrowers, poisonous gas, and actually to charge up the trench mortars, artillery, aircraft, glacis.” submarines – all haunt European In fact, the battle for Liege memory like the destructive exploits represents the sort of maniacal of a delinquent youth who had determination that history reserves experimented with self-immolation to those whose sanity and humanity for purposes long forgotten. had been conquered by the madness Indeed, a Pandora’s Box of 20th of ideological commitment, century evils burst from this in this case to a military plan murderous foray, including the whose strictures could hardly victories of Nazism and Bolshevism be compromised by the mere and their attendant horrors – a short expenditure of “lives like bullets.” list of the consequences of Europe’s All of which became worse beyond dabbling with how best to kill itself. the most macabre imagination. The Which leaves us where, today? Battle of Verdun, The lamps are lit considered the again and Europe longest battle is at peace; but Indeed, only a handful of it is the peace of of attrition in history, claimed observers thought that the senescence. The 1 million lives on passions conflict would last much toxic both sides, after of nationalism longer than three or four have succumbed which the front lines had hardly months, a war that could to the moral changed at all. neutrality of The Battle of the be planned and executed. multiculturalism And the future horrors and a deathly low Somme, whose film depiction so that the war unleashed birthrate, which traumatized the will accomplish totally eluded them. sensibilities of in the long term British viewers, what the Great also consumed War nearly did in 1 million lives, Englishmen and the short term: civilizational suicide. Germans. Once bristling with weapons and The Battle of Passchendaele, purpose, Europe survives as a patina which, like the offensive on the of modernism covering a museum Somme was supposed to be a of forgotten furies, all protected by breakthrough advance, generated the U.S. more than 500,000 casualties on The question is whether a positive both sides, with only a few miles of role, again in terms of a civilizing worthless territory gained. mission based on the best of what In fact, as historian Niall Ferguson Europe has to offer, will ever again points out in “The Pity of War,” the emerge from a continent that has so slaughter that lasted from August influenced the globe over the past 1914 to November 1918 witnessed half millennium. 6,046 deaths per day in a complex Is greatness still possible? This is of trenches that (according to Paul one of the important questions the Fussell) covered 25,000 miles world will face one hundred years on both sides – enough to circle after The Guns of August. the earth. From all this Ferguson concludes, “Quite apart from the killing, maiming and mourning, the Dr. Marvin J. Folkertsma is a war literally and metaphorically professor of political science and blew up the achievements of a fellow for American studies with century of economic advance.” The Center for Vision & Values at And for what? Verdun, the Grove City College, Mercer County.
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choice for police chief. He’ll move here, live here and become an active member of this community. The guy from Sunbury didn’t even want to answer questions and the guy from Susquehanna Twp. is just looking for a few years to ride into the sunset in his new home in Susquehanna Twp! Thickstun is the clear choice! Can you make one good decision, council?”
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and operations, said the project site contractor had obtained a blasting permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection. The contractor developed a blasting plan that was designed to avoid damage to property, facilities and adjacent structures, Franklin said. The contractor coordinated with Lower Swatara Twp. before each blast. Franklin said that Buckeye Pipeline, which has a 24-inch gasoline pipeline within 500 feet of the blasting area, reviewed the blasting plan and had “no issues” with it. He said that Buckeye Pipeline had a representative on-site for the first blast. Seismographs taken during the blasts from 150 to 200 feet away showed that each blast was below the maximum permitted by DEP, Franklin said. He added that a thirdparty engineer who reviewed the blasting plan told the district that blasting has not been shown to harm wells, based on numerous stud-
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lateral effects of their operations, and would take any action necessary to avoid any issues with residents or otherwise.” Middletown Public Works Director Ken Kleinpeter, who attended the Aug. 4 committee meeting, said the borough has no ordinance that regulates what can and cannot be done near a well. Even if the borough had such an ordinance, it would have no jurisdiction, since the high school site is in Lower Swatara. Kleinpeter said that many years ago – perhaps 20, he estimated – a “well-head protection” plan had been devised for the borough as a first step toward protecting wells in the town. However, officials at the time worried that the plan would place too many restrictions upon residents living near wells, and that the ordinance would be too difficult to enforce, Klinepeter said. The well-head plan was shelved, and nothing has happened since, he said.
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ies that have been done. Most of these studies have focused on mining blast activity that is much larger in scope than the smaller blasts that have occurred at the high school site, Franklin said. Overall, wells are less vulnerable to the effects of blasting than homes, but DEP also has strict procedures in place to govern blasting methods and procedures to protect houses, Franklin reported the third-party engineer as saying. There are no plans for additional blasting at the site, Franklin said. Lower Swatara Twp. Manager Sam Monticello concurred with the statement provided by Franklin. Monticello also offered this comment, on behalf of the township: “The firm performing the blasting is bonded, has liability insurance, and is regulated and permitted by the state. Their operations are beyond the authority or control of the municipality, and I would think they would be sensitive to the col-
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rom dancers and drummers to duck races and painted faces, there was much to see and do during the region’s National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Hundreds of children and adults attended events in Royalton, Highspire and Steelton. Police officers, firefighters and other emergency personnel were on hand in each borough for meet-andgreets with residents in an effort to improve community camaraderie and fight crime. Each town offered food, vendors, games and fun, but each also had their unique touches. In Royalton, children took turns participating in a bike rodeo and getting their photos taken on Officer Robert Givler’s motorcycle. In Steelton, people lined Front Street to watch the Steelton Elk Steppers perform. In Highspire, dozens of ducks drifted down Burd Run at Memorial Park during a Duck Race, with a crowd of children following their trek along the bank, hoping their duck crossed the finish line first. See who joined in on the fun!
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On Tanamly’s left was Alison Mohn, Ryan’s mother, and on his right were his two sisters, who traveled from Cairo, Egypt to attend the walk. It was a special moment for Tanamly when his sisters Afaf and Laila met the Mohns for the first time last week. “It’s always an emotional time at the walk,” Tanamly said. “It was a good feeling to make [my sisters] aware of what Ryan has done for me.” In just a few weeks, Tanamly’s sister, Afaf, will have an important liver operation of her own, but she didn’t allow it to stop her from traveling thousands of miles to be there. “I insisted to come. I was so happy to be at this event and to meet Ryan’s family,” Afaf said. “I’m so glad and I appreciate the gift of Ryan, and him giving life to some people.” Like the Mohns, Tanamly and his sisters have experienced a lot of loss. “I had five brothers, and four of them died,” Laila said. “I want to thank [the Mohns] for the gift they gave my brother. It’s something big.” While Ryan is irreplaceable, the bonds the Mohns have formed with the recipients of Ryan’s organs and their family and friends is a comfort. “It was a thrill to meet them, and that they wanted to participate,” Alison Mohn said. “Our extended family is growing.”
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Tanamly received that chance thanks to a decision by Ryan, the star quarterback at Steelton-Highspire High School who died On Feb. 7, 2004 from injuries sustained in a car accident. One month before his death, Mohn chose to become an organ donor the day he received his Pennsylvania driver’s license. His choice turned out to be a gift of life to others, and a final gift to his family, who hold an annual walk in Ryan’s honor to raise awareness and funds for the Ryan Lee Mohn Memorial Foundation. All of the money raised through the foundation is used for donations to charitable organizations, as well as a scholarship fund for Steel-High seniors who excel academically or athletically, much like Ryan did. Ryan spent many days up on Cottage Hill, and every year, his family holds a walk in his memory. Hundreds of people gather around the track, among them some recipients of Mohn’s organs. Those recipients do not just have a piece of Ryan, they are also a part of the Mohn family. As Tanamly spoke to the crowd on Saturday, Aug. 9 during the 11th Annual Ryan Lee Mohn Walk, he was surrounded by that family.
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nor the mayor were able to attend Wednesday’s meeting. Instead, the committee’s two other members – Louer and Councilor John Brubaker – proceeded with the meeting, and voted 2-0 for Bey as the favored candidate among three finalists. The committee meeting had been reportedly legally advertised in advance. The committee action was also a legal vote, in that two of three members were present and made up a quorum. Besides Bey and Thickstun, the third of the three finalists was Stephen Mazzeo, a former police chief of Sunbury. Curry said the committee has known for weeks that he would be unable to
months of being hired. Council Vice President Robert Louer - who as a member of the public safety committee voted to recommend Bey to the full council as the borough’s next police chief - said that the ordinance allows council to grant waivers that would give Bey more time to move into the borough. Louer said he does not see the residency requirement as an obstacle that would at this time prevent the borough from hiring Bey. Councilor Scott Sites, chairman of the public safety committee, and Curry said they both supported Thickstun for the position. However, neither Sites
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Schools open
Middletown Area School District schools will open Monday, Aug. 25. School will be in session the entire week of Aug. 25-29. All schools will be closed Monday, Sept. 1 for Labor Day recess. If you have any questions, call the district’s office at 717-948-3300. •••••
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More than 300 people participated in the 11th Annual Ryan Mohn Walk on Saturday, Aug. 9. Tanamly’s family grows too, each year he returns to Steelton for the walk and meets new people. And when he goes back home, or travels, he continues to carry Ryan’s gift with him. He shares his story
with others. “It’s always a pleasure to spread the word of organ donation and Ryan,” Tanamly said. “I wear his bracelets wherever I go.” And he wears the T-shirts from all
of the annual walks, the shirts with the face of the boy he never knew but changed his life. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
Cassel Vineyards outdoor concert
Cassel Vineyards, 80 Shetland Dr., Hummelstown, will host an outdoor concert featuring Corsair Blues Jazz Orchestra (Big Band swing), from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15. For more information, visit CasselVineyards.com. •••••
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attend the meeting because he is on vacation. Curry was quoted in PennLive.com as saying the committee’s action in going ahead with voting on Bey in Sites and Curry’s absence was “corrupt.” When Sites sent Louer a text message Tuesday, Aug. 5, saying he would not be able to attend, the committee should either have canceled Wednesday’s meeting or taken up other business unrelated to the police chief position, Curry said. The mayor said the committee could have advertised a special meeting before the Aug. 18 council meeting to vote on the nomination for the new chief with Sites and the mayor present. Curry is not a voting member of the committee, but the committee had allowed Curry to participate in the process of interviewing the candidates for chief, including the mayor in closed-door interviews that were held with the three finalists. As mayor, Curry oversees the police department. Moreover, if council were to deadlock on choosing a new chief, it could be up to the mayor to break the tie. Thickstun confirmed on Thursday, Aug. 7 in an e-mail to the Press And Journal that he has withdrawn as a
candidate. “The Borough of Middletown must move forward. Captain Bey must have the community’s steadfast support if he is to be effective as Middletown’s new Chief of Police. I wish him the very best as he steps into his new role in the near future,” Thickstun said. He said he could not be reached by phone, but said he had nothing further to add beyond his statement e-mailed to the committee. Sites said he is disappointed by Thickstun’s decision, but that he will now give his support to Bey. “I believe he [Thickstun] was the best candidate for the position, but I believe I would give my support to Bey as they are 1-A and 1-B,” Sites said. Sites has not been as openly critical as Curry regarding the committee’s decision to proceed with making a recommendation on the new chief while neither Sites nor Curry were present. “That is how he operates,” Sites said of Louer. “I expected it. That’s how he does business.” Here is the full text of Thickstun’s statement to the committee: “Dear Public Safety Committee Members: “Thank you for considering my
application for Chief of Police for the Borough of Middletown. It was a pleasure to meet all of you, Mayor Curry, and a number of Middletown residents during the interview process last month. “Please convey my congratulations to Pennsylvania State Police Captain John Bey, who I have no doubt will be an excellent Chief of Police for the Borough of Middletown. “It is my hope that the community and the officers of the Middletown Borough Police Department will support Chief Bey wholeheartedly in his new role as Chief of Police. “Middletown’s residents, business owners, and Borough leaders – along with the students, faculty, and staff of Penn State Harrisburg – must work collaboratively with Chief Bey in order for the police department to serve the community in the most effective and efficient ways possible. With your support, it is my hope that Chief Bey will lead the police department to become one of the very best in promoting public safety in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. “Thank you again for considering my application.’’
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any buildings, Cook said. Firefighters assessed the area and began evacuating occupants in buildings on South Union Street between Emaus and Brown streets, as well as Citizens Bank and Karns Quality Foods. By 1:20 p.m., people were permitted to re-enter the evacuated buildings. Cook said UGI is not certain what caused the pinhole leak. “General work and vibrations can initiate a leak, but we’re not sure what created it,” Cook said. The borough is replacing aging sewer and water lines on South Union Street. As of 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, workers were preparing to put a mechanical leak stop fitting on the gas main, which is a permanent repair, Cook said. “Once they have a leak clamp on, they’ll put the final back fill in,” Cook said. “Crews didn’t report any physical damage to the pipe.” The evacuation of the block appeared to be orderly. There were “quite a few’’ shoppers in Karns Quality Foods when firefighters came in and told manager Greg Martin to evacuate the grocery store. “They said, ‘Clear the building,’ ‘’ Martin said. A warning to evacuate was broadcast over the store’s loud-
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Middletown firefighters and police close South Union Street at Emaus Street after a gas leak was discovered in the block on Aug. 12. speakers, and shoppers left in orderly fashion, he said. For Alan Heilig, a store employee, the leak happened just as his shift was about to end. He left for home, around the corner on Ann Street, to make sure his children were OK. They accompanied him as he sought someone to give him more information on what was happening. “Nothing like this has ever happened
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before,’’ Heilig said. UGI Utilities arrived shortly after the fire department evacuated the buildings. “They came in a fleet. I’ve never seen that in the 41 years I’m working,” Whitebread said.
Nissley Vineyards lawn concert
Nissley Vineyards, 140 Vintage Dr., Bainbridge, is hosting a lawn concert from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16 featuring Fabulous Cheeze Bros. & Sisters, 1960s and 1970s music. Bring a lawn chair. No one under the legal age of 21 will be admitted. For more information, call 717-426-3514 or visit www. nissleywine.com. •••••
Sunset Grill music on the deck
Sunset Bar & Grill, 2601 Sunset Dr., Middletown, is sponsoring live music on the deck featuring Ginger Child at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14.
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Families and residents spent the evening enjoying the food and fun – from hot dogs and ice cream to bouncy houses, music, entertainment, and so much more. Many of the events revolved around promoting crime prevention and safety. In Middletown, many took a whirl at wearing impairment goggles and attempted to pass field sobriety testing. Royalton police officer Tyler Zehring taught children bicycle safety and took them through a bike rodeo, with each finisher rewarded with a helmet. In Highspire and Steelton, children had an inside peek into police cars and firetrucks, many taking a seat at the steering wheel. “There were young kids in the police car, and they weren’t intimidated by it,” said Tyler Thatcher, a Highspire Borough council member. “It’s just one of the many reasons for this night.” Other organizations and businesses were also on hand to inform the public about things to do in the local communities. While the events received rave reviews from residents, many parents were especially grateful. “I think this was so good for the children, and it’s something positive in the community,” said Quaya Glenn, a parent from Steelton.
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the Lamp Post Inn was not directly related to the restaurant losing its liquor license. She said she wants to retire. “It’s time I got out,” said Heddy, who purchased the property from Clark Meader for $115,000 in 2006, according to Dauphin County tax records. Heddy lives in Hummelstown. She said that she could have continued to operate the Lamp Post Inn without the liquor license. For example, Heddy pointed out that the popular Brownstone restaurant in downtown Middletown does not have a liquor license. Dauphin County tax records say the building dates back to 1900. Heddy said the structure is much older than that, however. She said the property dates back to at least 1828 – when the first vote in Middletown’s first election was cast in the restaurant, she said. The Lamp Post Inn property currently has an assessed value of $300,000, according to tax records.
In October 2013, a Dauphin County judge approved a $40,000 settlement to be paid by Head’s Up Inc., the parent company of the Lamp Post Inn, to the family of Roseanna Thompson. A lawsuit that Thompson’s family filed against Head’s Up in 2009 claimed that the restaurant served Thompson alcoholic beverages on the night of Nov. 16, 2007 when she was visibly intoxicated, forced her out of the bar, and helped her to find her car. Heddy was the president of Head’s Up at the time of the incident. Thompson drove away and eventually struck a car in Derry Twp., killing both driver Crystal Rudy and her passenger, Morgan Long. Thompson at the time of the accident had a blood-alcohol content of .197, more than twice Pennsylvania’s legal driving limit. In April 2011, Head’s Up pleaded guilty in Dauphin County Court to reckless endangerment. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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THE STORY OF TEAM SPICY
In Highspire, a rugby tournament honors the memory of a departed teammate By Noelle Barrett
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L.J. Miller played out many moments on the rugby pitch barefoot. He may not have worn cleats, but he always wore a smile – the same way he lived his life. It’s how the dozens of his brothers and sisters – his teammates on the the Harrisburg Rugby Club – remember him. Goofy and giving, full of happiness and heart. “He was outgoing, always having fun, the butt of jokes most of the time, but he loved it,” said Mike Crockett, a friend and teammate. James “L.J.” Clipp Miller was killed in a car accident in February 2013 on Interstate 83. The loss of Miller tore everyone apart, but also brought everyone together. “It definitely woke everyone up and made us realize how much of a family we were,” said Joe Delicati, a longtime friend and teammate. “He was a big part of everything. It left a hole.” After Miller died, the club his parents describe as his “sanctuary” wanted to honor its fallen friend.
The group gathered together for a memorial service, and retired Miller’s No. 2 jersey from the set. A few months after Miller’s death, it was time for the club’s annual rugby hoops tournament. Hoops is a rugby-like game created by the Harrisburg Rugby Club, played around a single upright with two teams of four players. Players can score by drop-kicking the ball through the upright. “He loved playing this game,” said Scott Strelec, a friend and teammate. “We just wanted to do something for him.” Last year, the club decided to name the tournament in Miller’s honor. On Saturday, Aug. 9, the team held the fourth-annual L.J. Miller Memorial Rugby Hoops Tournament at Memorial Park in Highspire. All proceeds from the tournament are donated to the Harrisburg Rugby Football Club Foundation in Miller’s name. The foundation was created to help players who are unable to pay dues or buy needed equipment Please See SPICY, Page B2
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Above, a member of Team Spicy, goes for the ball during the L.J. Miller Memorial Rugby Hoops Tournament in Highspire. At left, James “L.J.’’ Clipp Miller, carries the ball for his team during a game of rugby. Far left, team Spicy, standing on the sidelines. Submitted photo
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Standings for 8-13-14 FOOTBALL Preseason scrimmages Saturday, Aug. 16 Boyertown at Middletown, 11 a.m. Lower Dauphin at Central Dauphin East, 10 a.m. Donegal at Steelton-Highspire, 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22 Middletown at Columbia, 6 p.m. Central York at Lower Dauphin, 6 p.m. Steelton-Highspire at Reading, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S REVIVING BASEBALL IN INNER CITIES WORLD SERIES (at Southlake, Texas) American League Central W L Atlanta 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 Harrisburg 0 0 Hoboken 0 0 National League Central W L Hilo 0 0 Houston 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 Santo Domingo 0 0 This week’s games Wednesday, Aug. 13 Harrisburg vs. Atlanta, 6 p.m.
GIRLS’ TENNIS Preseason scrimmages Saturday, Aug. 16 Conestoga Valley at Lower Dauphin, 10 a.m. MID-PENN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON Regular season Colonial Division W L
OVERALL Middletown Camp Hill Bishop McDevitt East Pennsboro Trinity James Buchanan
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Tuesday, Aug. 19 East Pennsboro at Middletown, 3:30 p.m. Keystone Division W L OVERALL Lower Dauphin 0 0 0-0 Hershey 0 0 0-0 Palmyra 0 0 0-0 Central Dauphin East 0 0 0-0 Northern York 0 0 0-0 Susquehanna Twp. 0 0 0-0 Mechanicsburg 0 0 0-0 Mifflin County 0 0 0-0
BOYS’ SOCCER Preseason scrimmages Tuesday, Aug. 19 Middletown at Susquehannock tri-scrimmage, 4:30 p.m. East Pennsboro at Lower Dauphin, 4 p.m.
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Saturday, Aug. 16 9 a.m. BASEBALL EAST SHORE TWILIGHT LEAGUE Final standings W L Palmyra 21 3 Linglestown 17 6 Lawnton 13 9 Penbrook 11 13 Hummelstown 10 13 Middletown 10 14 Dauphin 0 24
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GIRLS’ SOCCER Preseason scrimmages Saturday, Aug. 16 Carlisle and Kennard-Dale at Middletown, Reid Elementary School, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 Lower Dauphin at Manheim Central, 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 Middletown at Boiling Springs, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 Lower Dauphin at Elizabethtown, 4 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Preseason scrimmages Saturday, Aug. 23 Big Spring, Lancaster Mennonite and Montclair Kimberley Academy at Lower Dauphin, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 Milton Hershey and Cumberland Valley at Lower Dauphin, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Preseason scrimmages Tuesday, Aug. 19 Penn Manor at Lower Dauphin, 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 Shippensburg at Middletown, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 Middletown at Boiling Springs, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 Cedar Cliff at Lower Dauphin, 4 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY Preseason scrimmages Tuesday, Aug. 26 Lower Dauphin at Run for the Chocolate, Hershey, 3 p.m.
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Jimmy Fitzpatrick pitched Capital Region into the bronze medal game in the junior division of the Keystone State Games. Fitzpatrick plays for the Middletown Area High School Blue Raiders.
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Noah Zimmerman, a Middletown Area High School Blue Raider baseball player, swings at a pitch during the Keystone State Games.
Two Middletown players shine on baseball field in Keystone State Games Almost. Two Middletown Area High School baseball players almost won bronze medals at the Keystone State Games on Sunday, Aug. 3. But their team, the Capital Region, lost the third-place game in the junior division – teams with players who will be sophomores and freshmen this
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to play rugby. “It’s really fitting for L.J. because he never paid his dues,” laughed Strelec. This year, seven teams competed, including the team Miller played with in the tournament’s first two years before he died. On Saturday, Miller’s team showed up sporting red shirts with “Team Spicy” scrawled across the front. Renaming the team was just another way to honor Miller, who got the nickname “Spicy’’ from the Dropkick Murphys’ song, “The Spicy McHaggis Jig.’’ “The song described him – a big guy with a big heart,” Crockett said,
fall – to Lehigh Valley on Sunday, at Susquehanna Twp.’s Veterans Park. Jimmy Fitzpatrick, a pitcher, catcher and infielder, and Noah Zimmerman, an outfielder, contributed to Capital’s run for a medal. Fitzpatrick pitched Capital into the bronze-medal game, getting out of a bases-loaded jam with no one out in the first inning of a game
against Delaware Valley to secure the victory and give Capital a chance at third place. Fitzpatrick, who won a bronze medal last year with Capital’s baseball team, added an RBI in the six games. Zimmerman drove in two runs in Capital’s first game, a victory over
Nittany. He also drove in a run in a victory over Pocono. Two other Middletown Blue Raiders, Zack Sims and Jordan Flowers, won gold medals when their team, Capital Region, won the scholastic division – seniors and juniors – by beating Lehigh Valley 4-3 in the championship game final of the Keystone State Games.
laughing. Miller always made an effort to make someone laugh, and after his death, memories of Miller still have that impact. One night, Miller and a group of friends decided to create their own parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song, “Call Me Maybe.” “We had a dance and everything,” Crockett laughed. “I think it took us five hours until we had a good one. He was just always trying to put a smile on everyone’s faces.” Miller was the light in a dark room, something Delicati misses the most. “No matter what happened, he was cheerful. His laugh could brighten up any room,” Delicati said.
Miller would do anything for the game of rugby, anything for his teammates. “He was family here, and he loved everybody,” said his mother, Jami Umlauf. It gives them comfort to know Miller’s legacy will continue through
the tournament. “We’re very thankful,” said Jeff Umlauf, his stepfather. “It lets us know he’s going to live on forever.” Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
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Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Church First Church of God
Middletown
Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for our Sunday services lead by Pastor Suanne Whorl. We offer a traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and a contemporary service with a band at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there is a variety of Christian Education classes for all ages. We have several things happening at Ebenezer and all are welcome. There are monthly gatherings that meet in the church. A prayer time, “Partners in Prayer,” where we gather together to pray for each other and the world around us that meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Like scrabble? Game night is every third Monday at
6:30 p.m. Our Peach Festival Fundraiser is on Sat., Aug. 16 from 12-4 p.m. There will be freshly sliced peaches, ice cream, sandwiches and drinks available for purchase. On Fri., Aug. 22, we will host our last summer 2014 Outdoor Family Movie Night featuring “Rio 2.” Refreshments will be served starting at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at dusk. The event is free. Attendees are invited to bring a chair or blanket. Sat., Aug. 23: Youth Field Day for grades 6-12 from 2-6 p.m. The event is free and will include snacks, activities, games and prizes. Any questions, please call us at 939-0766.
Evangelical United Methodist Church Middletown
To worship is to stop and reflect upon the majesty and love of God and to praise the One who created us all. Worship also enables us to take time to consider how God would have us act on behalf of the Kingdom of God. 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 from August 13-19 are always open to everyone.
Wed., Aug. 13: 6 p.m., AA Book Study. Sun., Aug. 17: 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. Guest preacher: Pastor Paul Zieber. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of our loved ones presented by Richard and Michelle Miller and children. Tues., Aug. 19: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry.
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. New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., Middletown, next to the Rescue Hose Company. Sunday school for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at the back door. For additional church information call 944-9595. Food is collected every Sunday for the Middletown Food Bank. Today is the last Wednesday for children’s Wacky Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and teen night 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays: Craft Group, 6 p.m.; Choir rehearsal, 6:30 p.m. Acolyte for August: Colin Graham. Children’s church leaders: Michelle Strohecker and daughters Katie and Jenny. Outside flower watering for week of Aug. 10-16: Katie Fies We bid a fond farewell to Kathleen Smith, who has served as our music and choir director for the past 2 years,
as she leaves to continue her education at John Jay College of criminal justice in New York City. We wish her success in completing her education. We will welcome Dawn Shertzer into our congregation as music and choir director starting Aug. 31. Dawn has a BS in music from Messiah College. Pastor Britt is having “Retired Senior Meet and Greet” programs to get to know the senior members and friends of our congregation better and they him. The next dates for these programs are Thurs., Aug. 21 and Sept. 4. Sign-up sheets are in the back of the sanctuary or call Dianne Daily at 944-9595 if you would like to attend. In the fall there will be dates for the “working people” to have the same opportunity. 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.
Geyers United Methodist Church Middletown
Geyers United Methodist Church, Londonderry Township, invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 9 a.m. We offer a Nursery and Children’s Church at 9 a.m. each Sunday. Coffee Fellowship begins at 10 a.m. followed by Adult and Children’s Bible Study at 10:30 a.m. Communion is offered the first Sunday of each month. Prayer meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. A special Bible study is being held every Sunday during the summer months at 2 p.m. focusing on the Gospel According to Luke. Organist Dave Umberger will hold a special musical performance on Sun., Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. The performance will be followed by an ice cream social. Offerings will be accepted. The public is encouraged to attend. The youth group D.A.W.G.S (Dynamic and Wiggly God Seekers), will begin on Wed., Sept. 10. D.A.W.G.S. is open to children ages 3 to 12 and runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. They meet most Wednesdays and will continue through April. Children will be treated to Christ-centered stories, crafts, games, singing and snacks. The D.A.W.G.S. Club will perform on Sun., Sept. 21 at 9 a.m. during the regular church service and all are welcome to attend. D.A.W.G.S. Club is open to the public. For more information, contact Kathy Menear at 930-4454 or KarenKathy@ comcast.net. The Quilt Ministry is collecting flannel sheets and very lightweight blankets, twin size or larger, to be used as quilt batting. Please place these items in the Narthex. Nonperishable food items are collected for the Middletown Food Bank each Sunday. Campbell Soup labels, education box tops, printer ink cartridges and soda tabs are also
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collected weekly. Consider volunteering at Mission Central the fourth Tuesday of each month. Our next trip will be Tues., Aug. 26. We will leave Geyers at 8:15 a.m. and return about noon. Please wear closed-toe shoes. Contact Kathy Espenshade for more information. Please make reservations to attend by calling the church office. Welcome Packets are available in the Narthex. Feel free to pick up a packet to learn more about Geyers United Methodist Church and our activities. Geyers is located at 1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown in Londonderry Township. Pastor Donald Walters and the church office can be reached at 944-6426 or geyerschurch@verizon.net.
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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 evenings: A Collective - Dinner is at 5:15 p.m. and the gathering begins at 6 p.m. Come and share with us. You are not alone in your faith, your doubts and your desires. Wednesdays through Aug. 13: Summer Night Live a/k/a Garage Night begins at 6 p.m. Hot dogs and burgers will be provided, so bring a side dish to share with everyone. Theme: Luau Pig Roast. Thursdays: 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study. MiKiWoGo (Middletown Kids Worship God) Sunday mornings through Aug. 31, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Join us
for Olympic-sized fun and learning during “The Bible Game: Jesus, The Ultimate Hero.” Children ages 4 to grade 5 will earn points for their team through attendance, bringing a Bible, bringing a friend, Bible memory games, and Bible quizzing. See you Sundays at the Pavilion. Wednesdays beginning Aug. 27: Wednesday Night Live resumes with classes at 6:30 p.m., supper at 5:30 p.m. More details to come. 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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St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran 11 a.m. worship service is broadcast Church is located at Spring and Union live on WMSS 91.1. Wednesday morning service is at 10 streets, Middletown. We are the church that shares a liv- a.m., (no 10 a.m. service on Aug. 13 ing, daring confidence in God’s grace. and 20); Saturday at 5 p.m. Saturday Liberated by our faith, we embrace service is a casual traditional service you as a whole person, questions, and is 45 minutes in length. Please complexities and all. Join us as we do enter through the parking lot doors. Sun., Aug. 31: 9 a.m., Worship will God’s work in Christ’s name for the be held at the Kierch. life of the world. As a Reconciling in Sat., Sept. 6: We will be celebrating Christ congregation, we welcome and God’s Work, Our Hands by joining invite all of God’s people regardless of together to do God’s work. More age, ethnicity, physical or mental abili- information soon. ties, marital status, sexual orientation, Sun., Sept. 7: 8:15 and 11 a.m., gender identity or economic status. Worship. You are invited to join us for worVisit our website at www.stpeship on Wednesday morning, Saturday tersmiddletown.org. evening and Sunday morning. Worship Scripture readings for the week: Isa time is 9 a.m., two services will begin 56:1, 6-8; Ps. 67; Romans 11:1-2a, September 7 (8:15 and 11 a.m.). Our 29-32; Matt. 15:10-20, 21-28.
Wesley United Methodist Church
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown Middletown
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 – visitors are especially welcome. On Sun., Aug.17, 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. Looking ahead: Informal worship will be held on Sun., Sept. 7 at 10:30
a.m. at Indian Echo Caverns in their meeting room, including Communion by intinction. Dress down and do come. Following worship we will enjoy a church picnic and you are asked to bring a generous covered dish or dessert. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and beverage will be provided. A playground is available for children, and if you wish to take part in the tour of the cave, sign up in the bell tower entry. There is a cost. 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.
Open Door Bible Church Middletown
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 Open Door Bible Church, located at 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, invites you to worship Jesus Christ with us this week. Our August 17 Sunday worship service commences at 10:40 a.m. with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school hour with classes for all ages. Children from ages 4 to second grade are welcome to participate in Junior Church during
the morning worship service. We also welcome you to join us at our 6:30 p.m. service. Childcare is provided for children under age 4 during all services and classes. Wed., Aug. 13: 10:30 a.m., Bible Study; 7 p.m., Kids’ Summer Bible Club (ages 5 and up), and a new Adult Bible Study. Sat., Aug. 16: 8:30 a.m., Men’s Bible Study; 3 to 7 p.m., church picnic, come enjoy great food and fellowship. Come and hear the Word, the truth that will set you free. For more information call the church office at 939-5180 or visit us online at www.odbcpa.org. Better yet, come worship with us in person.
Middletown
Wesley invites you to come and share the spiritual journey of living and loving in the way of Jesus. Be refreshed and renewed with us as we face the challenges of life together. We worship on Sunday morning 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.” Pastor Dawes’ sermon this Sunday is “Life on God’s Terms” based on Romans 8:18-28. A Bible Study Group meets every Sunday morning in the church parlor at 9 a.m. Need prayer? Our Monday night prayer group is available to help. Call or e-mail your prayer request to be included in this intercessory prayer ministry. Food Pantry Sunday is Aug. 17. We welcome and appreciate all items
Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Middletown 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 "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples"
890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown (Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road)
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New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel
630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641 Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
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Open Door Bible Church 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township) Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN
SUANNE WHORL, 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
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Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am
First Church of God
235 W. High St., Middletown
Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Spring & Union Sts., Middletown Church Office 944-4651
REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor
REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor
Saturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm Summer Worship Schedule thru August 31 Worship Service - 9 am • No Sunday School Worship Broadcast on 91.1 fm - 11 am
Geyers United Methodist Church
Seven Sorrows BVM Parish
944-9608 Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am Classes for Special Education (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening)
1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown 944-6426
PASTOR DON WALTERS
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
Call Cindy at 412-720-8702
given as we help those in need in Middletown through the Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Wyoming Street, Royalton. Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank is open on the Fourth Friday of every month from 4 to 6 p.m. or by appointment. Free clothes are available. We’ll supply the ice cream and the fun - you supply the toppings! Our popular ice cream social and hymn sing is back. Join us on Sun., Aug. 24 at 6:30 p.m. as we gather for ice cream sundaes, fellowship, a little bingo and a lot of singing. Please sign up in the narthex to let us know that you will attend and what tasty toppings you will be bringing for our sundaes. Visit our Website at middletownwesleyumc.org. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine streets in Middletown. “Follow Jesus, Change the World. Seek. Serve. Send.”
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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
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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B-4 - THE PRESS AND JOURNAL
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
THE LIFE AQUATIC
Scouts sail, study Chesapeake at nautical summer camp Located on the Chesapeake Bay with over a mile of shoreline, Camp Rodney, North End, Md., boasts one of the top aquatic programs in the country for Boy Scouts. Londonderry Twp.’s Troop 97 can attest to that: The Scouts recently returned from a weeklong adventure that included high-adventure sailing, swimming and other activities at the bay. First-year Scouts enrolled in the Brownsea Program, a course that teaches basic camping skills, wood tool skills, fire skills and lessons about nature. Experienced Scouts worked on merit badges to fulfill Eagle Scout requirements and to satisfy personal interests. The Scouts earned over 70 merit badges that ranged from archery to engineering and graphic arts to wilderness survival. It was definitely a mixed bag of classes that satisfied everyone’s need to learn something new and different. Each Scout also enjoyed the serenity of the bay and the variety of sports and ecology opportunities that were available. Four of Troop 97’s Scouts set sail on a high-adventure sailing trip, serving on the crew of a 50-foot sailboat that sailed to Baltimore and back during the week. They took introductory sailing lessons on small sailing crafts
in the bay before they graduated to becoming the crew. The crew of Scouts prepared and cooked their meals on board while perfecting their nautical skills. They slept on board for the week and made stops in Baltimore Inner Harbor where they sailed past Fort McHenry and docked their boat in the harbor. The Scouts had problems with their “sea legs” at first while walking on dry land. After enjoying a meal at a local restaraunt, they quickly gave up their “landlubber” status and returned to the waves of the bay for their return trip to their camp. This lucky group of Scouts was fortunate enough to earn merit badges not only in small boat sailing, but also in oceanography, motor boating, astronomy and meteorology. The entire troop took part in the closing ceremonies where they performed a skit and sang silly campfire songs that will become memories for decades to come. Upcoming events for Troop 97 include Harrisburg International Airport’s Open House, hiking and camping at Camp Bashore, a camporee on Three Mile Island and numerous Eagle Scout projects. For more information about the troop, call Kevin Little at 717-944-1957 or Ted Pauley at 717-944-2766. Troop 97 is sponsored by the Londonderry Volunteer Fire Company.
Above, Life Scout Matthew Pauley, left, and Star Scout Richie Varner ride the Chesapeake Bay on a jet ski; at right, Life Scout Mitch Lee fries breakfast sausage on the deck of the Elusive as it sails the Chesapeake Bay.
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You Remember Days Gone By, excerpt November 20, 1996 column Yes, many readers with Highspire connections fondly recalled lots of the memories in the “Do you remember list,” and much more. From the calls and notes received, here is a partial listing of suggestions: the late Gerald Shaffner delivering ice to homes all about town. When you needed ice you hung a sign in the window and Gerald would know just how big a chunk fit into the old icebox on the back porch. The sound of coal sliding down the shoot into the cellar. Many cold cellars for fruits and vegetables were located under the front porches. These were often converted into coal bins and then that’s where the oil tank sits today. Lots of folks recalled Parthemore’s Dairy on Market Street and milk delivery by horse and wagon from Walmer’s Dairy on Franklin Street. Also the jingle of the milkman’s bottles as he made his early morning rounds. Other folks recalled bread delivered and laundry and dry cleaning delivery and pickup at home. Remember Mrs. Wetzel’s homemade pies? There are a few old-timers who recall Sam Wetzel making local delivery by hand pulled wagon. One lady fondly recalls the orchestra at the U.B. Sunday School. There were many players. She particularly recalls Mussey Mower playing the clarinet and Ethel Sauder at the piano. Other folks enjoyed the Highspire
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Scouts from Troop 97, Londonderry Twp., who attended Camp Rodney at North End, Md., are from left, front row: Christopher Kiessling, Mitch Lee, Brayden Harris, Jason O’Donnell, Christian Stiffey, Cole Carson, Ben Spangenberg, Ben Neithercoat and Jake O’Donnell; standing, Richie Varner, Bryce White, Kyle Hoyt, Keagan Yocum, Alex Grab, Nate Kirman, Garrett Little, Cameron Thompson, Matthew Pauley, Colby Stiffler and Scout Master Kevin Little.
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High School Band marching to the athletic field several mornings each week for early practice before the school bell rang. John Philip Sousa’s “Manhattan Beach” march was a great favorite. Who can ever forget Donny Hendricks playing the marimba at school assemblies and concerts? What a gifted performer he was! Then there were trumpet duets by cousins Ruth and Helen Sauder, and Lloyd Heckman playing “Asleep in the Deep” on the tuba. Real old-timers remember the community Band Hall on Commerce Street and Lusk Avenue. Also remembered are the minstrel shows, an annual event in the school auditorium. There was the Highspire American Legion that flourished for sometime in the old Charles Cumbler residence at 40 Second Street, now the site of Dr. Espenshade’s office. Also, in the post World War II era, was the Quonset hut bowling alley that sat on West Lumber Street. There are a few older residents who remember Dr. H. McDaniel, physician and druggist, whose large yellow brick combination office, pharmacy and residence, is now occupied by the music and gift store at Broad and Roop Streets. More than one person recalls the old paddleboats that used to ply the Susquehanna, gleaning coal silt from the riverbed. Some still refer to this as “hardscrabble.” If memory serves well, these vessels bore a resemblance to the well-known historic Millersburg/Liverpool Ferry. Quite a few folks recall the tent shows from the Chautauqua Circuit made annual rounds and visits to small towns like ours before World War II. In this pre-TV era, people turned out for the magicians, jugglers, variety acts, recitations and orations, etc. A few folks recall the junkman and the ragman who slowly make the rounds of local alleys and side streets, a horse and wagon was used during the Depression era and through World War II and then an old truck in the few years it continued in the 1940s. Lots of folks recall scrap metal drives and gathering milkweed to be spun into parachutes during World War II days, also saving cooking grease and fat drippings to make soap and explosives during those dark days. More than one senior recalls the days
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Highspire High School memorabilia when an orange and a candy cane were really a treat when the community Santa Claus paid his annual visit to the firehouse. For many years a man came through the town, in spring and fall, with a grinding wheel to sharpen knives and scissors, our local hardware store (Gross’s) has now taken over this operation. Countless persons recall with great affection, house calls by Dr. William Albright. The good physician also delivered babies at home and carried a big bag of pills that could cure most ailments and conducted pre-school physicals and gave vaccinations in the basement of the elementary school. Then there was the Bodmer House (the Highspire Hotel) later known as the “Tiltin’ Hilton,” now the Second and Lumber Streets site of our mini mall. In the 1940s Mattie Wilson is remembered as our town’s first lady postmistress. And that’s just half the list that you have suggested. We will finish the list in a future column. Wayside Blossoms, excerpt from July 28, 1993 column There is a certain indefinable charm about a bouquet gathered along a country lane. In areas where the invasive crown vetch has not choked out the native species many charming flowers bloom just beside the road. Perhaps they remind us of the slower, more gentle days of childhood
summers. But in any case, the season would not be complete without at least one large armful of these colorful country blossoms. Our favorite gathering place is along the old country lanes and roads leading to Mount Gretna where we place this large bouquet in an old enamelware coffee pot on the porch of the “Uneedarest” cottage. The first and most favored is Queen Anne’s lace, which is a member of the carrot family. The airy white blossoms and the long graceful stems were often placed in colored water in bygone days. Children and grown ups were fascinated to watch the color work its way up the stems to tint the blossoms. The next is chicory with its delicate pale blue flowers and distinctive green foliage. If you are fortunate you may find some oxeye daisies, which add a dash of bright golden color. There are always the wild day lilies so plentiful in our Pennsylvania landscape. A few long tendrils of wild honeysuckle add grace and a beautiful scent to this wild arrangement. On a recent day we gathered some of the small snapdragon like flowers that grow low to the ground and are commonly known as “butter and eggs.” A few sprigs of mint or wild catnip complement these flowers and may attract a passing bee or butterfly. All told this beauty makes moments spent on the porch all that much more relaxing and reflective. But, then, that is what vacations are for.
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News in Your Neighborhood LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net What is the countdown for the first day of school? Middletown Area, Lower Dauphin, Steelton-Highspire and Elizabethtown Area schools open on Monday, Aug. 25, so we are looking at 11 more days of summer vacation. This will surely go by too quickly, so enjoy the time left. August is National Family Fun Month and Peach Month, Golf Month and Picnic Month. So be sure to get all that in. Maybe a picnic of peaches with the family and a game of miniature golf! It is also Romance Awareness Month. That one is easy – candlelight dinner, romantic music and perhaps some flowers and chocolate for the one you love. Friendship Day was Aug. 3rd (the first Sunday in August) and Women’s Equality Day was Aug. 26. Let me know your news to share – and enjoy the sunshine because, well, December will soon be here!
of Lower Swatara. She celebrates her day on Friday, Aug. 15. God bless you, Kay. If you see John Ponnett Jr. out and about Lower Swatara on Saturday, Aug. 16, be sure to give him a loud and jolly happy birthday shout. Happy 17th, John. Leo Nissley of Lower Swatara will blow out nine candles atop his birthday cake on Saturday, Aug. 16. Happy birthday, Leo. Hey, Gerardo Ortiz of Lower Swatara! Happy 17th golden birthday to you on Sunday, Aug. 17. Make it extra special. Wishing Marie Triplett of Lower Swatara a lovely birthday on Sunday, Aug. 17. Hoping the cool breezes and sunny skies are making you smile. Cindy Knaub of Lower Swatara marks her frosty-filled cake day on Sunday, Aug. 17. Enjoy your super Sunday birthday. Happy landmark real-adult birthday Birthdays to Cole Pavlishin of Lower Swatara A big, huge birthday greeting is sent as he turns 21. He celebrates on Sunto No. 1 Phillies Fan Tish Kirchner, day, Aug. 17. God bless you, Cole, in who is celebrating her cake day on all you do. Wednesday, Aug. 13. Have a wonderLook for Kenya Littles of Middleful day with your family and friends. town on Sunday, Aug. 17 because she Happy birthday to Pamela Etter is Sweet 16. Have a honk-beep-honk of Middletown. She celebrates on day, Kenya! Wednesday, Aug. 13. I hope 27 terrific Happy 9th cake and ice cream day things happen to you on your day! to Molly Strite of Lower Swatara. Caryn Lubic of Lower Swatara May your Monday, Aug. 18 be full Twp. will turn 24 on Thursday, Aug. of sparkles and glitter! 14. Best wishes to you, Caryn, for a Happy birthday to Michael Sabol very special day with lots of smiles of Middletown. He will be sporting a and hugs. celebration face on Monday, Aug. 18. Happy birthday to Karen Wise Hoping you and your family have a Gelbogis on Friday, Aug. 15. How’s beautiful cake day, Michael. retirement? Enjoy your fabulous holiAmanda Krehling of Lower Swatara day weekend. celebrates her landmark real-adult Sean Darrah of Lower Swatara birthday on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Hoping marks his landmark 25th birthday on your day is terrific and full of wonderFriday, Aug.15. Enjoy your quarter- ful surprises, Amanda. century day, Sean! Best wishes to Patrick Feeney Jr. Jamie Lynn Witmer of Lower of Lower Swatara on Tuesday, Aug. Swatara will hear the birthday song 19 as he turns 21. Congrats, and best on Friday, Aug. 15 as she turns 23. wishes on this landmark day. Best wishes for a wonderful weekend, Tim Nissley of Lower Swatara celJamie. ebrates his totally special fun-filled Happy 96th birthday to Kay Houck birthday on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Enjoy
your birthday week, Tim! Happy quarter-of-a-century birthday to Mark Chimel of Lower Swatara. Congrats, and best wishes to you on Tuesday, Aug. 19 as you turn 25! Sweet 16 birthday wishes are sent to Canar Morrison of Lower Swatara. Hoping your beep-beep day is full of fun and friends. Lock Haven grads The following local students graduated from Lock Haven University, Clinton County, in the spring: • Natalie Chambers, of Hummelstown, with a bachelor’s degree in studio arts • Brittany King, of Hummelstown, with a bachelor’s degree in sport administration • Brittany Whitmer, of Hummelstown, with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education • Megan Kishbaugh, of Elizabethtown, with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education (pre-kindergarten to Grade 4) • Laura Miller, of Elizabethtown, with a bachelor’s degree in special education (pre-kindergarten to Grade 4) Millersville scholarship Jordan Kwamanakweenda, of Elizabethtown, was selected to receive the Clarence Schock Foundation Scholarship, awarded annually to a Millersville University freshman based on scholastic record, financial need and personal attributes. Mary Baldwin dean’s list Aria Dougherty, of Hummelstown, was naed th the dean’s list at Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Va., for the spring semester. Morehead State dean’s list Caitlin Nicole Fox, of Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list at Morehead State University, Morehead, Ky., for the spring semester. Show time All are invited to join the Golden
Middletown Police News Following is a compilation of reports from the Middletown Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.
Fraud reported A Middletown resident told police on Aug. 1 she was bilked out of $300 in a loan scheme that started on the Internet. Police said the victim told investigators she had been researching loans on the Internet and contacted a company called G Capital Bank. The resident gave the company her bank account information, home address and other personal information – in turn, the victim was instructed to go to an area Walmart and purchase a “Green Dot refillable debit card” and place $300 on it, police said. The victim then was given a personal identification number and also asked to secure another debit card and deposit an additional $300 onto it, police said. The resident told the company she was unable to do that but the company recommended she borrow the money, police said. The resident victim cancelled the loan and requested the return of her $300 but was told by the company it was unable to do so, police said.
Curfew warnings Police warned three people, two of whom were under 18 years of age, about the borough’s curfew ordinance. The youths were stopped by police on Aug. 4 at 1:07 a.m. in the area of Ann St. and Swar Ave. The juveniles were subsequently taken to a residence in the 300 block of Penn St.
Charged after crash Jeffrey L. Noggle, 31, who had no fixed address, was charged with DUIhighest rate of alcohol, DUI, driving on a sidewalk, reckless driving and involvement in an accident involving damage to a vehicle, police report. The charges were filed after Noggle’s 2006 Hundai Accent struck the wall of a brick house in the 900 block of N. Union St. at 2:48 p.m. on Aug. 4, police said. A breath sample taken from Noggle was analyzed with a portable breathalyzer and showed the presence of alcohol, the arresting officer said. Noggle was taken to the Dauphin County Booking Center, where blood was drawn to test for the possible presence of intoxicants. A preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 14 before District Judge David Judy.
Noise complaint Police were called to the 2000 block of Pineford Dr. to investigate a noise complaint at 6:20 p.m. on Aug 3. An officer was told a loud stereo was disturbing the peace. Police said they spoke to someone at the address who told an officer he would take care of the matter.
Fraud allegation A Middletown resident contacted police on Aug. 4 to report she had been alerted by a credit service that a $2,000 loan had been initiated and her Social Security number and other personal information had been used without her knowledge. The resident filed a complaint with the credit reporting company she had engaged, Social Security and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
Police took a 14-year-old Middletown youth home at 12:45 a.m. on Aug. 4 after he was questioned at a convenience store on Main Street. Police drove the youth to his home on Witherspoon Avenue. A large group of juveniles were running in front of cars and disturbing the peace around 9:11 p.m. on Aug. 1 in the area of Spruce and East Emaus streets, police said. An officer said he had stopped and talked with a large group of youths at Hoffer Park. Police reminded the youths about the borough’s curfew ordinance. Reportedly the youths all agreed to go home.
Criminal mischief Someone wrote obscene messages on the seat of a bicycle kept outside at an apartment in the first block of Ann St. on Aug. 3, police said. Burglary charge Mark J. Brown, 19, of the first block of Lincoln St., Swatara Twp., was charged with burglary, loitering, criminal trespass (two counts), criminal mischief, stalking and harassment, police report. The charges stem from an incident in the borough on Aug. 2. Police were called to be on the lookout for an individual believed to have been responsible for puncturing tires on a vehicle in the borough. Police said they arrested Brown on Aug. 3. Brown was arraigned before District Judge George Zozos of Harrisburg and was held in Dauphin County Prison. A preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 13 before District Judge David Judy.
Criminal mischief A resident in the 300 block of E. Main St. told police youths have set two fires in her trash containers and also burned several ornamental flags. Police were notified of the incidents on July 31. Investigators said the incidents took place over a period of two weeks. Police are asking anyone with information about the incidents to call them at 717-558-6900. Harassment investigation Police were called to investigate a report of a girl being pushed by a man on Catherine Street during the early evening hours of July 30. The caller said the suspect was a black male wearing black and white shorts. Police searched the area but were unable to find a suspect or victim. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717-558-6900. Theft Police said they were contacted to look into the theft of $550 in cash and a bank card from Alfred’s Victorian Restaurant, North Union Street. The incident was reported to police on July 30. Investigators believe the theft took place some time between July 29 and 30. There was no sign of forced entry to the restaurant. An investigation continues. Drill stolen A drill and an assortment of drill bits were stolen from a garage at a residence in the 500 block of Linden St. Police believe the theft took place some time between July 22 and 29. The victim told police her garage is usually left open but the theft has prompted her to lock it. No estimate of value was given for the DeWalt cordless drill and drill bits. stolen from garage. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717-558-6900. Dog call A resident in the 400 block of E. Emaus St. called police to complain about a woman whose dog defecated in his yard on July 29. The resident said he told the woman to clean up after her dog, but she ignored the request, police said. Police said an officer was dispatched to the scene but was unable to find someone matching the description of the dog’s owner.
Group at the Dutch Apple Theatre on Wednesday, Aug. 20 for an afternoon of good food and great music as we watch the Broadway show, “Hairspray,’’ winner of 8 Tony awards. For more information or to make a reservation, call Dorothea at 717944-9808. Anniversaries Happy 15th anniversary to Dan and Michelle Wagner of Lower Swatara as they celebrate their romantic holiday on Thursday, Aug. 14. Best wishes to you both. Best wishes for a fantastic Friday, Aug. 15 anniversary to Paul and Norma Wagner of Lower Swatara. Hoping your weekend is extra-special. New Orleans recipe This is from the king of clubs: Lobster Newburg • 2 egg yolks, beaten • 1/2 cup of heavy cream • 1/4 cup of butter • 2 tablespoons of dry sherry or Madeira • 1/2 teaspoon of salt • 1 pinch of cayenne pepper • 1 pinch of ground nutmeg • 3/4 pound of cooked lobster meat, broken into chunks In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolks and heavy cream until well blended. Set aside. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the egg yolk mixture and sherry. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Do not boil. Remove from heat; season with salt, cayenne and nutmeg. Add lobster. Return pan to low heat and cook gently until heated thoroughly. Serve hot over slices of buttered toast. Makes 4 servings.
Middletown has a few treasures, and the library is truly one of them. Registration is from 8 a.m. to noon; judging is from noon to 2 p.m .; awards will be given from 2 to 3 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, Aug. 24. For more information, contact Tom Welcomer at 717 508-7176 or twelcomer@gmail.com. Earn a Hersheypark pass If you are Hersheypark happy, think about this: Help support the Lower Swatara Volunteer Fire Department by becoming a park volunteer. When you work a five-hour shift you will receive a one-day park pass, and the department gets a donation for your labor. For more information, call Glenn Evans at 717-370-2051. Pennsylvania fact quiz 1. What Somerset County town did Flight 93 crash near on Sept. 11, 2001? (Shanksville) 2. Can you name two branches of the Pennsylvania Legislature? (Senate and House of Representatives) 3. After what war did England take control of Pennsylvania? (French and Indian War) 4. What book known all over the world was first published in Pennsylvania around 1743? (The Holy Bible) 5. John Bartram established this first in the U.S. at Philadelphia in 1728. SOON! What is COMING it? (Botanical garden)
Proverb for the Week If anyone respects and fears God, he will hate evil. For wisdom hates pride, arrogance, corruption and deceit of every kind (8:13).
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“Soccer. I play left forward.” – Jade Senior, 14, Middletown. “Softball!” – Hailey Russo, 6, Lower Swatara. “I love football. I play quarterback, running back, linebacker and DB [defensive back].” – Osman Kamara, 16, Lower Swatara. “Rollerblading. My favorite place to go is in Philadelphia.” – Shawn Stauffer, 17, Middletown. “Karate, in Elizabethtown.” – Aaron Deardroff, 6, Lower Swatara. “I love soccer. I play right defender!” – Mason Guckavan, 16, Lower Swatara. “Swimming. We have a pool.” – Lindsey Russo, 6, Lower Swatara.
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7:30 pm - The Uptown Band (variety) (main stage) Co-Sponsored by Fulton Bank 8:30 pm - Chain Saw Carving 8:30 pm - Fire in the Glen (Celtic) (stage 2) Sponsored by Masonic Village THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 7 - 11 am - Breeding Livestock & Dairy check-in Noon - Breeding & Pygmy Goat Show 1:00 pm - Sponge Relay Race (children) 2:00 pm - Ride for One Price ($15, 2-6 pm) 4:00 pm - Chain Saw Carving 5:00 pm - Celebrity Milking Contest (show ring) 6:00 pm - Breeding Sheep Show 6:30 pm - Chain Saw Carving 7:00 pm - Mini Hay Bale Toss (children) 7:30 pm - Chris Ivey Character Juggler (stage 2) 7:30 pm - Flamin' Dick and the Hot Rods (oldies) (main stage) 8:30 pm - Chain Saw Carving 9:30 pm - Emerson (alternative/pop/rock) (stage 2)
Sat. Noon-9 pm MONDAY, AUGUST 18 9:00 am - Market Goat Show 9:00 am - 8 pm - Competitive exhibits received at Church Fellowship Hall (Open 5 pm Tues.) 1:00 pm - Market Lamb Show 5:30 pm - Flag Raising Ceremony 6:00 pm - Fair Queen Competition with Dan & Galla (main stage) 6:00 pm - Swine Show 6:00 pm - Ride for One Price ($20, 6-11 pm) 6:45 pm - Opening Ceremony 7:00 pm - Water Balloon Toss (children) 7:30 pm - Kyle and Kelly Magic and Illusions (stage 2) 8:00 pm - Nick Ferraro & Roof Rocker Dance Band and Tribute to Elvis Show (oldies) (main stage) FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 Co-Sponsored by Hackman SmartRoof 8:00 am - Dairy Show 2:00 pm - Ride for One Price ($15, 2-6 pm) TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 3:00 pm - Supreme Champion Breeding 9 am - 5 pm - Competitive exhibit area closed for judging 6:30 pm - Pedal Power Tractor Pull 10:00 am - Beef Show (Breeding, Market, Dairy) 7:00 pm - Arts & Crafts Auction (stage 2) 1:00 pm - Sack Race (children) 7:30 pm - Fighting Dragons - Martial Arts Demo 2:00 pm - Ride for One Price ($15, 2-6 pm) 7:30 pm - Nomad (country) (main stage) 4:00 pm - Chain Saw Carving 5:00 pm - Exhibits open in Church Fellowship Hall SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 5:00 pm - Rabbit Show 10:00 am - Horseshoe Pitch 6:30 pm - Chain Saw Carving 10:00 am - Baby/Toddler Parade Registration (info booth) 6:30 pm - Talent Show with Dan and Galla (main stage) 10:20 am - Baby/Toddler Parade 7:00 pm - Sack Race (children) 10:45 am - Ryan and Friends (puppet show) (stage 2) 7:00 pm - Garden Tractor Games (horse arena) Noon - Ride for One Price ($18, 12-5 pm) 7:30 pm - Rabbit Showmanship 12:30 pm - Pet Show 7:30 pm - Annual Baked Goods Auction (stage 2) 1:30 pm - M&M Magic Show (strolling) 8:30 pm - Chain Saw Carving 2:00 pm - M&M Magic Show (stage 2) 2:00 pm - Hay Bale Throwing Contest WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 3 - 5 pm - Competitive exhibits released SENIOR CITIZENS’ DAY 4:00 pm - Livestock exhibits released 10 - 11:30 am - Registration for Senior King & Queen 4:30 pm - Frog Jumping Contest 11:00 am - Vinegar Creek Constituency Duo (stage 2) 5:00 pm - Garden Tractor Pull Demo Sponsored by Masonic Village (by invite only; competition pull cancelled) 11:45 am - Senior King & Queen Announced (stage 2) 7:00 pm - Mike Bishop, Comedy Hypnotist (stage 2) 1:00 pm - Egg & Spoon Race (children) 7:30 pm - Chris Higbee (country/fiddle) (main stage) 2:00 pm - Ride for One Price ($15, 2-6 pm) Co-Sponsored by Union Community Bank 4:00 pm - Chain Saw Carving 9:00 pm - Mike Bishop, Comedy Hypnotist (stage 2) 4 - 5 pm - Market Livestock exhibits released 9:00 pm - Winners of Baby Photo and Pet Photo 5:00 pm - Fleece to Shawl Demo Contests announced 5:30 pm - Supreme Champion Market 10:45 pm - Fireworks 6:00 pm -Sale of Champions LIGHTS OUT AT 11 PM 6:30 pm - Chain Saw Carving PETS - Animals on the CARVING fairgrounds are restricted to 7:00 pm - Egg & Spoon Race (children) PETTING ZOO CHAINSAW animals for exhibit and/or Tues., Wed. & Thurs. 7:30 pm -Tractor Games (horse arena) competition. Open 10 am – 10 pm 4:00 • 6:30 • 8:30 pets will not be 7:30 pm - Fire in the Glen (Celtic) (stage 2) Dogs and other permitted Facebook.com/etownfair Twitter.com/etownfair during hours Sponsored by Masonic Village on the fairgrounds of operation. www.pafairs.org/etownfair www.etownfair.com
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Lower Swatara Twp. Police News Following is a compilation of reports from the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.
Gun, ammo stolen A man told police his semi-automatic pistol and some ammunition were stolen from his car while it was parked in the 2000 block of Lexington Ave. Police said the theft of the Glock .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol and an ammunition can holding an undetermined number of rounds happened on July 31. The owner of the weapon told police he had secured the gun in the center console of his 2008 Chevrolet Impala and locked the doors of the car. The gun is valued at $600, police said. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717-939-0463.
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Underage drinking citation Reilly A. Weeks, 20, of the 300 block of Laurel Lane, New Ringgold, was cited for underage drinking stemming from an incident on July 26 in the 300 block of Gina Lane, police report. Weeks plummeted from the secondstory window of a residence and crawled to a neighbor’s house for help, police said. She was taken to Penn State Hershey Medical Center for treatment of her injuries, police said. A breath sample taken from Weeks was tested with a portable breathalyzer and showed the presence of alcohol, police said. DUI charges Aaron Trasatt, 25, of the 200 block of E. High St., Elizabethtown, was charged with DUI-controlled substance (two counts) and disorderly conduct, police report. The charges stem from Trasatt’s arrest at 1:58 a.m. on July 12 in the area of Fulling Mill and Oberlin roads. According to police, officers were called to investigate a report from emergency services that a motorist was being being treated for an asthma
attack. Police said they smelled an odor of marijuana coming from Trassatt’s 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit. During a search of the car, the investigating officer found a plastic bag that contained a substance that was tested and shown to be marijuana, police said. Trasatt was taken to Harrisburg Hospital, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 19 before District Judge Michael Smith. Disorderly conduct citation Jose A. Martinez, 59, of the 200 block of N. Enola Road, Enola, was cited following an incident in the parking lot of the Westport Centre in the 1000 block of W. Harrisburg Pike at 10:24 a.m. on July 19, police report. An officer was called to investigate a report that a man was masturbating in a car in the lot, police said. Criminal trespass citation Kyler M. Kohr, 18, of the first block of Lake Dr., Middletown, was cited for criminal trespass stemming from an incident at 9:48 p.m. on July 18 at 9:48 p.m. at the Nelson Manor Trailer Park, police report. Police said they were called to a residence to investigate a report that juveniles were attempting to steal a radio and speakers from a trailer. Harassment citation Patricia A. Boone, 29, of the 100 block of Tioga Ave., Middletown, was cited for harassment following an incident at 8:28 p.m. on Aug. 3 in the 100 block of Tioga Ave, police said. According to police, Boone was involved in an argument with a relative involving a bank card. Police said
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Boone slapped the complainant, who had redness on the side of her face. Disorderly conduct citation Lovell Tatum Jr., 37, of the 1000 block of Paxton St., Harrisburg, was cited for disorderly conduct following a traffic stop at 12:52 a.m. on Aug. 2 in the 1000 block of S. Eisenhower Blvd., police report. Police said Tatum was a passenger in a 2007 Volkswagen that was stopped because of faulty rear lights. Police said they smelled an odor of burnt marijuana from the vehicle and found a burnt marijuana cigarette outside the car. Tatum told police the cigarette belonged to him, police said. Harry W. Fink Jr., 75, and Loretta Fink, 74, both of the 1000 block of Locust Ave., Middletown, were cited for disorderly conduct after an argument Aug 1. between them and a relative who shares their residence. Police said a metal object was thrown at the complainant during the argument. Reportedly no one was injured. Laptop stolen A Gateway laptop computer and carrying case were stolen from a minivan parked at a residence in the 100 block of Richardson Road on July 30, police report. Loss was estimated $600. Police said a side door to the minivan was pried open. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717-939-0463. Cash stolen Police were told $200 in cash was stolen from a purse that was in a vehicle in the 1000 block of O’Hara Lane on July 30. The victim told investigators her vehicle was unlocked at the time. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717-939-0463. Wallet, briefcase stolen A wallet, briefcase and Pennsylvania Lottery ticket were stolen from an unlocked pickup truck parked in the 2000 block of Market Street Extended on July 30, police report. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 717-939-0463.
There Is A Pattern
A hair grows for two to six years, stays at a certain length for a short period, and then falls out. Then new hair begins to grow. At any given time, 5% of your hair is not growing and 85% is growing. When the hair is not replaced, male pattern baldness can occur.
Every hair has its own cavity in the skin called a follicle. In men the follicle will shrink over time, causing shorter and finer hair. In male pattern baldness, the follicle will get smaller with no hair inside. Despite the small size of the follicle, it is still alive, which means new growth is possible. Hair loss usually starts at the temples or the crown of the head, but it can start in other areas. Men are genetically predisposed to male pattern baldness. Testosterone is converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) by the enzyme 5-alpha reductase. It’s DHT that has an adverse effect on the follicles by producing weaker, shorter hair, slowing down hair production and, in some cases, stopping it all together. What are the symptoms of male pattern baldness? The hairline will eventually recede to form an “M” shape while the existing hair will become shorter and finer.
The hair at the crown will become thinner. Gradually, the top of the hairline will meet the thinning crown, making a horseshoe pattern of hair around the side of the head. What kind of treatment is available for male pattern baldness? Although it is an expensive procedure, hair transplants are one answer. This is where tiny plugs of hair are removed from areas that still grow hair and then placed in the area with the balding. Multiple sessions are usually required, and there could be some minor scarring in the area where the hair is taken from and a small possibility of skin infection.
There are also two types of drugs available to treat male pattern baldness. One is minoxidil, which is applied directly to the scalp to stimulate the follicles. Some men experience new hair growth, and for many, it slows hair loss. When the treatment is stopped, however, hair loss returns. The second drug is finasteride, a pill available by prescription only that inhibits the production of dihydrotestosterone. It also slows hair loss more than it causes new hair production. However, when the drug is stopped, hair loss will return. Other options include hair weaving or a hairpiece. Male pattern baldness is not an indication of any type of medical condi-
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tion, but it can strongly affect self-esteem. The loss is usually permanent. There is also no known prevention for male pattern baldness. You should contact your doctor if you experience a sudden hair loss or if your hair comes out in clumps because these are not signs of typical male pattern baldness. There are other causes for hair loss, such as: • High fever • Chronic and serious illness • Ringworm • Fungal infections of the scalp • Side effects of medication or medical treatments • Psychological problem where people pull their hair out • Exposure to dangerous chemicals • Burns • Thyroid and pituitary problems • Alpaca areata universalis (the whole body is affected) or totalis (the whole scalp becomes bald) For many men, male pattern baldness represents a loss of youth and selfesteem. While there is no known way to prevent male pattern baldness, there are things that can be done to treat it. It does not have to mark the end of the world.