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An arson draws her heated retort By Dan Miller
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Esmeralda Gonzalez stands beside the fire damage on her front porch – and her warning sign to the person who may have set the blaze.
Esmeralda Gonzalez has lived in her house in the 100 block of North Catherine Street in Middletown since 2008. It’s quiet – a block up the street from Middletown Public Library – and she’s never had a problem with the neighbors. That is why she has a pretty good idea of how her house caught on fire early in the morning on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Gonzalez is so sure the fire was set by an arsonist – perhaps someone who had a fight with her 18-year-old son, she suspects – that she put up a large hand-written sign on her front porch that reads, “You will be caught. I promise you that!” The fire destroyed the vinyl siding on the front porch. The heat melted the siding, exposing red brick underneath. The Middletown Volunteer Fire Department got the call between
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3 and 3:15 a.m., according to Assistant Chief Kenny Whitebread. By the time Whitebread arrived, residents had put out the fire with pitchers of water. Middletown Police Sgt. Richard Hiester was also on the scene. Gonzalez wasn’t home when the fire started, but was on vacation in Ocean City, Md. At 3:25 a.m. her daughter called to tell Gonzalez about the fire. The daughter was staying in the house with her boyfriend and the couple’s 10-month-old baby. Gonzalez’s son and his friend were also in the house. The boyfriend was alerted to the fire when he smelled burning plastic from inside the house. No one was hurt. No one has to be put up by the American Red Cross, and the home is certainly repairable. The insurance company has estimated the damage at just under $5,800. Please See FIRE, Page A8
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Lower Swatara Twp. could get new commercial development if a proposal to rezone a 30-acre property on North Union Street near Route 283 is approved by township officials. Lee Dickerson, who owns one of the four properties that comprise the site, applied to have Lower Swatara Twp. rezone the property near Route 283 at 1880 N. Union St. for a variety of commercial uses. The land, currently zoned for use as residential suburban property, would change to commercial highway zoning if approved. That would allow hotels, shops, restaurants and gas stations to be built on the property along North Union, which stretches east, running parallel to the ramp for Route 283. A proposal in 2008 to allow 112 acres to be rezoned for commercial development created a bit of controversy when Laddie Springer, now a township commissioner, led an effort that garnered more than 700 signatures on a petition to oppose the zoning change. During that debate, Springer said, “I took it upon myself to meet and greet the neighbors... What I found out is that loud and clear, it’s a resounding ‘no’ to any rezoning for commercial development” among residents, as reported in the Press And Journal. Now the commissioners decided during their meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 19 to send the rezoning proposal to the township’s planning commission. Solicitor Peter Henninger suggested that the commissioners withhold comment on the merits of the proposal until the planners report their recommendation. Planning commission members are not authorized to approve or deny land development initiatives – instead, they offer recommendations to the township’s elected commissioners.
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New first-grader Henry Hoffer, right, with older brother Landon Kelly and mother Katie Hoffer, wait at a school bus stop in Middletown.
These kids fearlessly face the first grade By Dan Miller
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he first day of school means different things to different people. Nicholas Ober and his mom Chrissy were the first to arrive at the school bus stop at Vine and Ridge streets shortly before 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 24 – the opening day of classes in the Middletown Area School District. Nicholas was all ready to embark on his first day of school as a first grader at Reid Elementary School. He’s excited about going on field trips. Any field trip. Mom has “mixed emotions” about Nicholas being away all day. But she said she is glad that Nicholas likes going to school, and that he “loves” learning. It was also young Henry Hoffer’s first day of first grade at Reid Elementary. He rubbed sleep from his eyes as he waited at the bus stop along with older brother Landon Kelly and mom Katie Hoffer. “They are really excited,” Katie Hoffer said. “They didn’t want to go to bed last night. I’m sure that will wear off by the end of the week.” Landon is going into the third grade at Reid. He’s sorry to see a good summer come to an end. He and his brother went to the pool, to Knoebels amusement park Please See SCHOOL, Page A8
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Penn State Harrisburg students pass the Nittany Lion statue on the university’s Middletown campus during the first day of classes.
SAVE A DESK FOR ME The number of students enrolled in Middletown Area School District schools has increased slightly this year: Reid Elementary School • Up 23 students, from 447 last year to 470 this year Fink Elementary School • Down 5 students, from 220 last year to 215 this year Kunkel Elementary School • Up 7 students, from 434 last year to 441 this year Middletown Area Middle School • Up 18 students, from 514 last year to 532 this year Middletown Area High School • Down 4 students, from 665 last year to 661 this year
County allows waterfowl hunting on Sassafras Island By Eric Wise
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Students flooded Penn State Harrisburg’s Middletown campus last week, ready for classes that began on Monday, Aug. 24. Penn State Harrisburg is now the largest of the university’s 19 commonwealth campuses with an enrollment of about 4,500 students, making it slightly larger than Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. What do they like about the Middletown campus? “It’s a little bigger than Abington, they have my major and it’s Penn State,” Austin Ryan of Warrington said, explaining why he transferred to Penn State Harrisburg. About 10 percent of the students at Penn State Harrisburg are international students,
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BY PHONE Waterfowl hunters now can hunt from two blinds on the Susquehanna River’s Sassafras Island in Lower Swatara Twp. after Dauphin County relaxed its rules Call Mary Baratucci for hunting on county-owned land. at Dauphin County Two groups of hunters can take advantage of this Parks and Recreation policy each day at separate locations on Sassafras at 717-599-5188, when the season for Canada goose opens on Sept. 1. ext. 2114. Anyone who is interested in taking advantage of the county’s hunting areas on the island may sign up through the county’s Web site at DauphinCounty. org. A hunter can register with his full name, hunting license number and other basic information through the site, which will allow him to reserve the north or south blind for one day with three guests. “The intention is to allow a variety of people to use the island,” said David Graybill of Middletown, who drafted a proposal to the county that led to the county relaxing its hunting rules. The island, located in the river near Harrisburg International Airport and northwest of Hill Island, was used by scouting groups and others prior to its recent transfer to county ownership. “I used to take my daughters over to Sassafras Island to camp,” Graybill said. But when the island dropped into county possession, Graybill said he was inspired
Middletown woman charged following two domestic incidents A Middletown woman was charged in connection with two domestic incidents in three days in the 100 block of Ann St., according to court records. Middletown police charged Tera J. Feltenberger, 35, with simple assault and harassment after she allegedly threatened to hit her boyfriend in the head with a hammer during the first incident on Saturday, Aug. Tera J. Feltenberger 15, police said. She was arraigned before District Judge Dominic Pelino and released. Police said they were back at the same residence on Monday, Aug. 17 and arrested Feltenberger after she allegedly held her boyfriend and the couple’s daughter at bay with a carving knife, according to court records that police filed with District Judge David Judy. Feltenberger was arraigned after the second incident before District Judge William Wenner and charged with endangering the welfare of children, simple assault and terroristic threats. She was held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bond. A preliminary hearing on both sets of charges is scheduled for Sept. 9 before Judy.
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Troy Knull, of Middletown, a Middletown Night Out volunteer, gets a handshake from the event’s volunteer organizers during a Middletown Borough Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 17.
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The list of participants and supporters of Middletown’s 2015 National Night Out is so long that it took borough police Officer Gary Rux more than half an hour to recognize all of them during a Middletown Borough Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 17 at the MCSO Building. At least 5,000 people attended Middletown Night on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Hoffer Park, Rux said. “As most of you know with National Night Out today, the police department and the community get together and show our support and our efforts to stamp out crime,” Rux said. “There have been a lot of people coming and going in town. Things just aren’t the same as they were decades ago – 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 30 years ago. This is a piece of bringing that back.” In recent years, Rux has been in charge of organizing the event for the Middletown Police Department. National Night Out in Middletown keeps getting bigger, largely due to Rux’s hard work and guiding hand. So after Rux finished paying homage to everyone else, he was made to endure several rounds of applause and at least one standing ovation from officials and residents. “You all don’t live with Officer Rux and I do,” said Rux’s wife, Pam. “This was a huge, huge event for him and a lot of hours, and I just think he deserves a huge round of applause.” Mayor James H. Curry III also praised Rux’s efforts. Rux continues to “raise the bar” in setting the standard for police officers, Curry said. Here are the Middletown Night Out participants, donating businesses and individuals, and volunteers who were recognized:
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Kimberly Haney Joseph Haney Hope Hevel Katey Hevel Ronnie Hevel Cammee Johnson Edna Jones Janet Kirchner Dawn Knull Marlin Knull Troy Knull Justin Kotcher Jim Lewis Diana McGlone Brittany McGuire Dan Miller Jenny Miller Terry Phillips Deana Potts Paul Potts Brandi Rauen Maverick Rauen Larry Reeves Rachelle Reid Tina Rinehart Beanna Rux Anna Rux Gary Rux Gianya Rux Giuliana Rux Nena Rux Pam Rux Nicole Santos Scott Sites AB Shafaye Lori Shafaye Thomas Shafaye Tina Shope Shawn Stauffer Joe Sukle Juianna Sukle Louise Sukle Pearl Sweger David Thompson Amber Watts Eric Wise Cheryl Whittle Lewis Whittle
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Sgt. James Bennett (Middletown Police) Officer Jeffrey Weaver (Middletown Police) Officer Mike Klinger (Dauphin County Sheriff) Dauphin County Crisis Response Team Officer Justin Dinger (Lower Swatara Twp. Police) K9 Officer David McDermott (Pennsylvania Capital Police) Officer Stan Zivanovich (Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission) K9 Officer Jay Merkle (Pennsylvania State Police) Officer Sean Frawley (Penn State Harrisburg Police) Lt. William Geigot (Penn State Harrisburg Police)
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Wilma Zerbe Pillsbury, 86, of Bradenton, Fla., passed away on Sunday, August 16. She was born in Pottsville, Pa. on April 2, 1929. Two-and-a-half years later, her brother Elias (Eli) was born. Wilma was on the girl’s basketball team in high school. She received some office/bookkeeping courses, and worked in the field all her life. In 1947 she married Charles Yetter. In 1950, she gave birth to a daughter, Rosemary. In 1952, a son Charles (Chuck) arrived. In 1954, the family moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. She lived in California in the 60s and early 70s. She married Joseph Thomas Lee. In the late 70s Wilma and Tom moved to Bradenton. After Tom died in 1985, Wilma became very active in church. She served as a treasurer for the church for some time. She changed denomination, and found the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Bradenton, where she was introduced to Albert Pillsbury by his brother, pastor Clarence (Leroy) Pillsbury. Wilma and Albert traveled the eastern United States many times visiting friends and relatives. Pennsylvania was often their destination as brother Eli lived in Middletown. Remembering her heritage, she would sometimes spout words and phrases in Pennsylvania Dutch. She liked to tell the story of the house her parents bought when she was a girl. The house was ordered from a catalog and shipped in pieces for them to assemble. Condolences can be made to the family at www.manasotamemorial. com. An expanded obituary/tribute is available at this website.
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Evelyn Hoover
Evelyn Mae Hoover, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. She was born the daughter of the late Clayton and Beatrice Paul on December 2, 1924 in Dauphin County. She was a retired seamstress from the Hestico Dress Factory in Hummelstown. She loved her home in Florida and camping in Huntingdon County, and also loved gardening, sewing, cooking, and just spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Russell, her son John, and her sister Shirley. She is survived by her daughters Shirley Wendal and Doris Jean Wedge of Duncannon; a son Samuel Zimmerman (wife Faye) of Millersburg; eight granddaughters Dolly Cain, Kimberly Hoover and Lori Smith (husband Paul), all of Middletown, DJ Rogers (husband Joshua) of North Carolina, Angela Mathias (husband Tom) of Virginia, Connie Emus (husband Cliff) of Ohio, Carol Miller (husband Neal) of Millersburg, and Brenda Miller of Halifax; one grandson Rick Zimmerman (wife Jerri) of Halifax; plus several great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of her life will be held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity in honor of Evelyn. Arrangements have been entrusted to the K.M. Knight Funeral Home, Highspire.
Jack Nelson
Jack Donald Nelson, died on Monday, August 17, 2015 at the age of 83. He was a resident of Homestead, Fla. and a former resident of Valparaiso, Ind. and Middletown, Pa. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Elener Kohr Nelson; his son Bruce Nelson of Valparaiso, Ind. and wife Jody; his daughter Gail Nelson Severt of Wakefield, Mass. and husband David; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Online memorial can be found at http://floridafuneralhome.com/bookof-memories/2221994/Jack-Nelson/. Donations or flowers are not necessary, but if so inclined, please support either Opportunity Enterprises (www. oppent.org), or Housing Families (www.housingfamilies.org). These are organizations for which Bruce Nelson and Gail Nelson Severt are actively involved.
Suzanne Bourgault Barnes
In loving memory of Suzanne Bourgault, 44, of Harrisburg, who went home to be with her Lord and Savior. She was preceded in death by her brother Tom Barnes. Both of you rest in the arms of Jesus. Suzanne was born on December 8, 1970 and was raised in Middletown. Suzanne leaves behind her husband, five children, and her mother.
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From The Wednesday, August 26, 1992 Edition Of The Press And Journal Judge’s Ruling Could Affect Power Line A judge’s ruling last week on the possible health risks associated with living near high-voltage power lines may affect the future of a controversial plan to build a 500-kilowatt (kv) 268-mile transmission line across Pennsylvania. The hotly contested GPU-DQE project, which has drawn a great deal of opposition from citizens action groups across the state, would pass through a number of local properties in Conoy and Londonderry townships, ending at a substation near Three Mile Island. Administrative Law Judge Herbert Smolen decided in an unrelated, yet somewhat similar matter last Wednesday that activation of a recently built power line in suburban Philadelphia should be delayed until the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) can set standards and limitations for electromagnetic fields (EMFs) along such routes.
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Some studies have suggested that EMFs cause a variety of health problems in persons who live near high-voltage lines, including certain types of cancer in children. Conversely, other studies have shown no negative effects caused by the fields, which also occur to some extent in home wiring and in common appliances. After hearing extensive and conflicting expert testimony in the case, Judge Smolen found that “no casual connection between biological effects of EMFs and harm to human health has been scientifically proven or disproven.” Additional $50,000 For Woodlayne In response to a personal appeal from developer John Rosenthal, Middletown Borough Council unanimously agreed last Tuesday night to make about $50,000 available to help finance construction work on the new Woodlayne apartment complex. Rosenthal, president of Pennrose Properties, Philadelphia, said the additional money is needed because of an anticipated overrun on the $3.1 million project to transform the former Rough Wear building into a 44-unit apartment complex for low- and middleincome families. “What has happened is that the Tri-County Community Action Agency asked us to expand the office area that was constructed for them within the building,” Rosenthal explained. “They said they need the additional space to provide service to residents throughout this area. We’ve agreed to their request, but that will add to the estimated total cost of the building renovations.” Rosenthal noted that about 1,700 square feet of office space had originally been provided for the TriCounty Community Action Agency. Officials later PUBLIC NOTICES
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23 YEARS AGO - Bouncing With Life – Matthew Menear, center, was able to enjoy another Easter thanks to the heroic efforts of Maurita Lord, left, who pulled the 3-year-old from the Swatara Creek’s racing waters on April 8. Matthew’s mother, Kenyon, right, said she is “very grateful” that her son is alive and well, thanks to Lord. asked that the allocated space be expanded to about 4,000 square feet. “We’re happy we could accommodate them, but that’s forced us to divert about $73,000 from our building fund to cover the cost of that work,” Rosenthal explained. “That’s why we’re asking the Borough for some additional help.” Responding to Rosenthal’s appeal, Council subsequently agreed to give $50,000 from the Borough’s Paul T. Leicht fund to satisfy Pennrose’s request. Council President Barbara Layne explained that the Liecht fund was the depository for money leftover from federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants the community received in the aftermath of the 1972 flood. Principals To Resign, Return To Teaching In an unexpected move that has taken the Elizabethtown Area School District by surprise, longtime High School Principal Dr. Dustin Peters and his assistant principal, Paul Herndon, have announced that they will resign their posts at the end of the 1992-93 school year to return to District classrooms as fulltime teachers. EASD Superintendent Dr. Robert Kratz stated recently that the separate requests were made several weeks ago and that District officials are likely to authorize the transfer. “They made the request, and after some thought, I approved it,” Dr. Kratz PUBLIC NOTICES
LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY, WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2015, AT 7:00 P.M. AT THE LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 783 SOUTH GEYERS CHURCH ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, PA 17057, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ENACTMENT OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE, THE TITLE AND SUMMARY OF WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE NO. 2015-2 LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LONDONDERRY, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE PSATS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION GROUP TRUST PURSUANT TO THE PENNSYLVANIA INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION LAW Proposed Ordinance No. 2015-2 would authorize Londonderry Township’s continuing membership in the PSATS Unemployment Group Trust (“Trust”), which consists of governmental units from throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that have created an intergovernmental cooperative arrangement to permit participating employers to pool resources to satisfy unemployment compensation obligations in a cost effective manner. The proposed Ordinance 2015-2 include provisions addressing the conditions that must be met to participate in and withdraw from the Trust, the organizational structure of the Trust, the appropriation of funds required for the operation of the Trust, the authority of the Trust to enter into contracts and take other actions appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Trust and the effective date of the Township’s reaffirmation of its participation in the Trust, which will be the effective date of the Ordinance. The Proposed Ordinance further authorizes execution on behalf of the Township of the governing Declaration and Agreement of Trust as updated, amended, and restated effective July 16, 2014 (“Agreement”) and the Township’s agreement to and joinder in such Agreement. The Proposed Ordinance further provides for severability and confirms that it does not affect any rights or liabilities existing prior to the adoption of the Ordinance. The full text of Proposed Ordinance No. 2015-2 and the Agreement are on file for inspection and review without charge (or a copy may be obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof) at Londonderry Township’s offices at 783 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown, PA 17057. Complete copies of each have been provided to and may be reviewed at the following newspaper of general circulation: The Press and Journal, 20 South Union Street, Middletown, PA 17057. If any person with a disability wishes to request that special accommodations be made to allow his or her participation, he or she is asked to contact Steve Letavic or Beth Graham at (717) 944-1803 at least one business day in advance to make arrangements. Londonderry Township Board of Supervisors #195 0826-1T www.publicnoticepa.com
said. “It’s more of an inconvenience for the District with both of them leaving at the same time, but they’ve given us plenty of notice. I think if that’s what the two of them want, I ought to go along with it.” Kratz praised Dr. Peters and Herndon for their contributions to the District’s administration in their seven years as a team, noting that both men have “excellent reputations for being successful at what they do.” The Superintendent declined to speculate about the pair’s motives for returning to the classroom. Repeated attempts by the Press And Journal to interview Peters on the record in regard to the matter have been unsuccessful. “This is not unusual,” Kratz said of the situation. “It’s not unusual for an administrator to decide to go back to the classroom, but it is unusual for both principals of a high school to make that decision at the same time.” Kratz indicated that the District would start a search in the near future to replace Peters and Herndon, who are likely to become teachers at the High School. To Meet College Officials Boro Delays Decision On Disputed Zoning Elizabethtown Council’s action last Thursday night regarding a controversial zoning change may not have pleased everyone, but it surely didn’t offend anyone either. After listening to opinions offered by proponents and opponents of the proposed zoning change and discussing the matter at some length, Council opted to table the matter pending further discussion with Elizabethtown College officials. The College had initially indicated its opposition to the proposed zoning change at Council’s caucus session a week ago. The disputed change would reduce the number of non-related individuals allowed to live
in a rental unit from four to three persons. At a public hearing, Richard Crocker, the College’s dean of college life, reiterated his institution’s contention that the proposed ordinance would work a hardship on the College and its students. He contended that the College has no available on-campus housing units to quarter students who would be forced from their off-campus apartments if the zoning change were adopted. During Thursday’s public hearing, Crocker and the College got support from Joseph Ulrich and other landlords who argued that the proposed ordinance was discriminatory. “Young people who are just starting out in life or people who are temporarily down on their luck sometimes go together to rent a decent apartment,” Ulrich explained. “It seems to me this would just make things more difficult for them.” Dr. Henry Kreider, Elizabethtown physician, sided with that opinion, charging that the proposed change would hurt people “who can’t afford other housing.” But there were others, mostly homeowners, who supported the change as a means toward eliminating some of the congested parking that plagues areas around the College itself. Caught in that kind of crossfire without any apparent means of solving the problem to the satisfaction of all, Council debated the matter later in Thursday night’s meeting but finally decided to table it until it can discuss possible solutions with College officials. Prices From 23 Years Ago Hunt’s Barbecue Sauce 15 oz......................... 89¢ Thorofare Peanut Butter . 18 oz......................... 99¢ Knaub’s Pound Cake half rings............... $1.79 Black Plums..........59¢/lb. Virginia Style Ham..................$3.19/lb.
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Pennsylvania Family Roots Sharman Meck Carroll, PO Box 72413, Thorndale, PA 19372 pafamroots@msn.com Column No. 811/August 26, 2015
The Zerbe And Zerby Family Of Northumberland Co., Pa
The Zerbe or Zerby family numerously represented among the substantial and creditable citizens of the lower end of Northumberland County, particularly in Lower Mahanoy Township, are the descendants of the brothers Daniel and Philip Zerbe. There was another branch of the family in that township, now extinct, to which belonged to John Zerbe, who died in Lower Mahanoy, unmarried; and Philip Zerbe, a rafter on the Susquehanna, who owned a tract of land along the river, and who left children: Levi, who served as a soldier in the Civil War, Isaac, also a soldier in the Civil War, Reily, a soldier in the Civil War, Joel, Susanna, married Isaac Meissner, Elizabeth, married John H. Seagrist of Georgetown, and Magdalene, died unmarried. In 1772, in the first list of taxable of Pine Grove Township, then a part of Berks County but now included in Schuylkill County, appear the names of Benjamin, Daniel, and Philip Zerby, who were brothers. The following, concerning the early representatives of this family in America, is taken from a recent work in Berks County: Zerbe-Zerby (also Zerve, Zerwe, and Zerben). The Zerbe family of Berks was very early settled in America. The original home of the family was in France, but owing to their steadfast loyalty to their religious faith, that they might worship as they thought right. On their first coming to the America they settled in New York State in the Schoharie Valley, and a little farther south in Livingston Manor, from which places they followed the migratory tide into the fertile valley of the Tulpehocken. Lorenz Zerbe who came from Schoharie to Tulpehocken in 1723, in addition to Lorenz mentions a John Philip Zerbe and a Martin Zerbe among those above 21 years of age, who passed the winter of 1710 and summer of 1711 in Livingston Manor, N.Y., and who may have come to Tulpehocken at a later period. The name of John or Johan has been a favorite one in the family, as appears from the tax list and vital statistics. Daniel Zerbe, ancestor of one branch of this family now in Lower Mahanoy Township, is presumed to have come to Northumberland County from the vicinity of Pine Grove Twp., Berks County, and now Schuylkill County. His wife, whose maiden name was Wertz, married after coming to this region, and they are buried at Zion’s Stone Valley Church, in the township where they lived. He was a farmer, owning the place, which now belongs to Jonathan Zerbe, one of his descendants. Daniel Zerbe is described as a tall man. His children were as follows: John, married late in life, but had no posterity, he died of smallpox, Daniel died unmarried in Lower Mahanoy (there is a Daniel Zerbe, son of Daniel and Marie E. Wertz, who was born in August, 1811, died 8 February 1861, age 49 years, six months, buried at the Stone Valley church. Thomas is mentioned below, Joseph, who was a laborer, lived in Lower Mahanoy, and he and his wife, Catherine (Meck), are buried at Georgetown. Their children were Elizabeth, Henry, a soldier in the Civil War, Joseph, Daniel, George, a daughter who died unmarried, Samuel of Millersburg, and Jonas of Shamokin. Rebecca married David Schwartz and they went west. Elizabeth married Adam
Allman and they lived in Lower Mahanoy. George married Pheobe Spengel, seen her name also spelled Fibbie Spengel/er. My Zerbe/Meck family talk said, “that George married a southern woman??” They lived in Lower Mahanoy and are buried at the Stone Valley Church Cemetery, they died of small pox when Jonathan was 12 years old, he lived in Tower City for a time but left there and settled in Loyalton, Pa, he was a proprietor of the Indian Nickel Hotel. Jonathan had three siblings, Mary Ellen, married William Alleman, William B., and my great-grandmother, Susanna (Susan) Zerbe, married Jonathan/ John Meck. I found their marriage in the St. Lukes Lutheran Church in Malta. Thomas Zerbe, son of Daniel, spent all his life in Lower Mahanoy Township. In his early manhood he was engaged as a laborer, following in farming. In 1857 he built the house still standing on the tract; the barn was built by his son, Thomas in 1870. He was a zealous church worker, a Lutheran member of the Malta Church, where he is buried. He served as trustee of this church for many years, and helped to build it in 1860. He died March 23, 1867 at the age 58 years, 2 months, eight days. His wife, Elizabeth, was a daughter of Martin Garman, who married a Michael. She died 27 June 1894, aged 78 years, three months, 10 days. Mr. and Mrs. Zerbe had the following children: Josiah, of Alma, Nebraska; Thomas; Sarah, married to Henry Miller; Rebecca, married to George Heitzman; Benjamin, of Beavertown, Pa; Catherine, married to Elias Paul; and Elias S., of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Thomas Zerbe, one of the foremost citizens of Lower Mahanoy Township, was born 3 May 1840, in the district where he still lives. He was reared on the home farm, and in 1862 began to operate the place on his own account. This is the property which has been in his family since 1852, when his father purchased it, and which was formerly the George Snyder homestead. It consists of 50-acres, besides which Mr. Zerbe owns another farm in the same township of 54½-acres (formerly the Joseph Shaffer farm), and three islands in the Susquehanna with a total acreage of about 15-acres. His agricultural work has been highly successful, but he has not given all his time to this branch, being engaged to some extent as a lumber merchant and operating a portable sawmill; he has employed as many as six men in this line. He and his family belong to the Lutheran congregation at the Malta Church, and he has served many years as trustee. On 28 July 1861, Mr. Zerbe married Catherine Messer; daughter of Philip and Mary (Dockey) Messer, they had a family of seven sons: Franklin died young; Charles A. was killed in a mine; John W. is a postmaster at Shamokin, Pa; James M. is a resident of Reading, Pa.; Joseph H. lives at Dalmatia, Pa; Daniel W. is located at Bridgeport, Pa. (he was a soldier in the Phillipines); one died in infancy. Joseph Henry Zerbe, son of Thomas, was born 19 March 1870, in Lower Mahanoy Township, and obtained his early education in the public schools there. Later he attended the academy at Elizabethville, in Dauphin County. At the age of 18 years he took up telegraphy, which he learned at Paxton, and he was soon given a station at Mahantango, where he remained for eight years, being transferred thence to Dalmatia (Georgetown), in his native county, where he still remains. This is on the Northern Central Road. Mr. Zerbe is the oldest employee of his company. He has become thoroughly identified with the affairs of the locality since settling there, and has served six years as a school director, acting also as secretary of the board. On 7 February 1890, Mr. Zerbe married Catherine Wright, daughter of James and Mary E. (Rape) Wright, the former of who came to America from Ireland. Four children: Mary Irene, Catherine Elizabeth, Thomas Clarence and James Henry.
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.
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District Judge David Judy, right, administers the oath of office to Linda Mehaffie, the newest member of the Middletown Area School Board.
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Mehaffie appointed to vacancy on Middletown Area School Board The Middletown Area School Board appointed a new board member to fill an unexpired term during a meeting on Monday, Aug. 24. Linda Mehaffie, of Lower Swatara Twp., was sworn in by District Judge David Judy to replace former member Pamela Price, who resigned in June. Price, a board member for 10 years, resigned because she is moving out of the Middletown Area School District. Her unexpired term runs to the end of this year. Mehaffie was the top vote-getter in the race for five school board seats in the May primary. She is one of seven
candidates running in November’s general election, and will be on both the Democratic and Republican ballots, an accomplishment that likely assures her of victory. The school board advertised its vacancy, but no resident applied for the seat, according to district spokeswoman Jody Zorbaugh. Superintendent Lori Suski then reached out to the top vote-getters in the primary – Mehaffie, Jennifer Scott and Chris Lupp. Mehaffie was the only candidate who could commit time to the job at such sudden notice.
ATV stolen A 250 Suzuki all-terrain vehicle was stolen from an unlocked garage at a residence in the 400 block of Hollywood Dr. in May, but was not reported to authorities until Aug. 14, police report. The vehicle was valued at $3,500. Police requested the vehicle’s identification number to place it in a national registry of stolen vehicles. Police are asking anyone with information about the theft to call them at 717-939-0463. Underage drinking citation Charles J. Kennedy, 20, of the 100 block of Pin Oak Dr., New Cumberland, was cited for underage drinking, police report. The citation was filed after Kennedy was found standing in the yard of a residence in the 500 block of Colony Dr. at 3:37 a.m. on Aug. 11, police said.
Charged after domestic disturbance Brian D. Smith, 44, of the first block of Mic-Nan Dr., Middletown, was charged with simple assault and harassment following an argument with his wife at his residence at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 16, police report. Smith allegedly grabbed his wife by her hair and pulled it from her scalp, and pushed her head onto the floor, police said. The victim went to a relative’s home, where she called police. Police did not report whether the victim received medical care. Smith was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where he was arraigned, police said. He was released on $5,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 14 before District Judge Michael Smith.
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Ian Hess, a member of Boy Scout Troop 97 in Londonderry Twp., has earned the rank of Life Scout in the Boys Scouts of America, earning merit badges, volunteering for community service and holding leadership positions in the troop during his 11 years as a Scout. Hess, son of Cathy and Bruce Stringer of Londonderry Twp., has earned 15 merit badges, hiked 25 miles, camped out for almost 40 nights and volunteered for community service for more than 64 hours in his Scout career. He is a senior at Lower Dauphin High School. Hess demonstrated his leadership qualities by holding the positions of chaplain’s aide, troop scribe and fox patrol leader. Currently, Hess holds the position of lead instructor for orienteering, helping younger Scouts learn camping and outdoor skills. Hess was a member of the Pine Tree Patrol for Boy Scout Troop C203 when he attended the Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree in Bechtel, W.Va. during the summer of 2013 with Troop C203 and 50,000 other Boy Scouts from around the world. Among the community service project he has completed include work for Geyers United Methodist Church, Adopt-A-Highway, Fountain of Life Food Bank, Londonderry Twp. flood relief projects, Londonderry Fire Company projects and work as a disaster drill “victim” for an area hospital. Hess’ Eagle Scout project plans are
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Londonderry Twp. shows others how it deals with storm water
A rain dance of sorts
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Allison Funk, above, Londonderry Twp.’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System coordinator, leads a group of municipal public works officials, engineers and others to the rain garden at the township’s municipal building. Allison Funk, right, discusses state and federal rules about storm sewer systems. One of six rain barrels, left, that catch storm water from the Londonderry Twp. municipal building.
It can be a challenge to understand federal and state regulations that show how towns and townships should deal with storm water within their boundaries. Maybe that’s why a tour by Allison Funk, Londonderry Twp.’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System coordinator, of the township’s methods of keeping federal and state regulators happy drew a crowd of public works employees, engineers and authority members from municipalities in the local Capital Area Council of Governments on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The tour included a stop at Londonderry’s rain garden at the municipal building. Federal and State environmental agencies require municipalities to implement practices and reporting to ensure compliance with the regulations.
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-Highspire Planning Commission - 7 pm -Royalton Boro Council - 7 pm
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Parth Dedhiya, left, and Aaneshi Dedhiya, of Enola, sit inside an engine foil. Guests check out the Pennsylvania Air National Guard 193rd Special Operations plane.
Violet Speicher, left, of Mechanicsburg, and Lucas Schott, of Dillsburg, have fun.
Elijah Barilla, of Middletown, drags a fire hose.
Boy Scout Troop 97 of Londonderry Twp. serve hot dogs. Enjoying the planes are, from left, Kirk, Keegan and Megan Petroski, of Harrisburg. An airport firefighter helps Nick Geraci, of Aston, put on a haz-mat suit.
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t was the question that earthbound man asked himself before the Wright brothers took off on their historic first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903: “If birds can glide for long periods of time,’’ Orville Wright once said, “then...why can’t I?’’ Airplanes have come a long way since the flying machine built by Orville and Wilbur Wright, and they remain a fascination more than a century later. Some were on display at Harrisburg International Airport’s third annual Open House on Saturday, Aug. 22. So were fire trucks, snow plows, police cars and other equipment that keep the airport running. A large crowd attended the air fair, catching a glimpse inside cockpits and fuselages not often seen by the public.
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twice, to Gettysburg for the day, to a coal mine and to Jim Thorpe in Carbon County, where they walked around the town and visited the old jail. They also spent some time at the family cabin. Their mother admits she was looking forward to the first day of school. “I get a couple hours of quiet today,” Katie Hoffer said. “They go back to school and I get some quiet time to get the house cleaned.’’ Henry sat in the grass at his mother’s feet. But he perked up as the big yellow bus approached. As he stood in line just before boarding, Henry turned to give his mother a goodbye wave. Henry, Landon and Nicholas are among 470 students enrolled at Reid this year, up from 447 in 2014.
More Blue Raiders Middletown enrollment districtwide is up slightly, to 2,319 students this year compared to 2,280 in 2014-15, according to district spokeswoman Jody Zorbaugh. The enrollment figures are considered preliminary, Superintendent Lori Suski said during a meeting Monday night of the Middletown Area School Board. There are still a lot of “move ins and move outs”
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going on, even throughout the first week of school, Suski said. The district will have more solid enrollment numbers to report in September. Suski expects the September figures to still reflect an enrollment increase over 2014-15.
An early start One thing different this year is that Middletown is starting classes earlier than some other area school districts. Parents can get an early start on summer vacation, as Middletown’s last day of school will be May 27, 2016. Middletown always starts the last full week of August, so in that sense students really aren’t going to school any earlier than in past years, Zorbaugh said. However, the district is taking advantage of Labor Day being late this year. Middletown can get two full weeks of school in before Labor Day – allowing the district to end school before Memorial Day. That means Middletown can get in the required 180 days of student instruction and still meet the construction timetable to demolish the existing high school. The new high school, under construction near the old one, is to open in September 2016. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
News & happenings for Middletown and surrounding areas.
1930-39 MAHS alumni sought
Are you a 1930-39 MAHS Alumni? If so, the Middletown Area High School Alumni Association wants to hear from you – the association will honor all 1930-39 graduates at Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 24. Please call Earl Bright III at 717-944-5454, Susie Spadone at 717-944-0228 or Audra Henderson at 717-944-6911. •••••
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Nicholas Ober is the first to arrive at his bus stop to embark on his first day of school – ever.
Steelton man charged in oxycodone overdose
Sassafras Island, near Harrisburg International Airport, now can be used by waterfowl hunters.
A Steelton man was arrested While the name of the and charged with allegedly victim is noted in the case’s providing a woman with oxycriminal complaint that is codone that led to her death filed in court, the Press And from an overdose, Steelton Journal does not publish the police said. names of overdose victims in Kevin R. Caraballo, 22, 700 such circumstances. block of S. Second St., was A family friend told police arraigned before District she had seen Caraballo earlier Magisterial Judge Kenneth Kevin R. the same day give the victim Lenker on Wednesday, Aug. Caraballo a white envelope containing 19. He was charged with drug white pills, police said in delivery resulting in death, a court records. The pills read felony, and one misdemeanor count “K18” and were determined to be each of manufacture, delivery, or oxycodone, court records said. possession with intent to manufacture Police alleged that Caraballo sold the or deliver and use/possession of drug oxycodone pills to the victim for $40. paraphernalia. The victim did not have a prescription Caraballo was held in Dauphin for oxycodone, police said. County Prison in lieu of $100,000 Autopsy results obtained from the bond. Dauphin County Coroner’s office The overdose victim, a woman in her determined that the victim had died 40s, was found unconscious around 4 from multiple drug toxicity. Besides a.m. on June 15 in the 2400 block of oxycodone, the victim also had a blood N. Fifth St. in Steelton, police said. alcohol content of .307 percent in her Officers unsuccessfully tried to revive system at the time of her death, accordthe victim by giving her CPR, police ing to the coroner’s report, police said. said. She was pronounced dead at A preliminary hearing is set for Sept. the scene. 25 before Lenker.
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to approach county officials and the Susquehanna River Trails Association. “I would really like to get a camp site set up on the island,” he told them. After the campsite opened on Sassafras Island thanks to support from the county and the association, Graybill decided to investigate whether the county could allow an exception to its “no hunting” policy. “I have talked to several people who are interested,” he said. The proposal received the approval of Dauphin County Parks and will allow for free hunting on days
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including Karl Wu, a Chinese student returning to campus for his sophomore year. “I like this place; people treat me nice,” Wu said. “I love the campus here, and the students.” “It’s close to home and I like it here,” said Sameh Adib, who is commuting to Penn State Harrisburg for his freshman year. Paula Muraya, a Central Dauphin High School graduate in her junior
that any type of waterfowl is in season for Pennsylvania, including Youth Waterfowl Days. Hunters must follow the regulations of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the federal Fish and Wildlife Service and are expected to keep the sites clean. The Sassafras Island page on the county Web site is located at http://www.dauphincounty.org/government/ Parks-and-Recreation/Dauphin-County-Parks/Pages/ Sassafras-Island.aspx. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
year, moved to nearby Campus Heights, privately owned dormitories on the edge of campus, after commuting for her first few semesters. “I just like that it’s quiet, not too much going on,” Muraya said. James Brown, of Carlisle, said he likes the campus because it’s “not too big and not too small.” Students had a variety of impressions about Middletown, with some having yet to get to know their new neighborhood.
“Seems like it’s an up-and-coming town,” said Elizabeth Lighkep of Doylestown. “I like that there’s a lot of trees. The airport is really close and convenient.” Wu, who lives in the village of Pineford in Middletown, said he has a favorite Middletown destination. “I always go to the [New China] restaurant near Giant,” he said. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
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That the damage is relatively minor isn’t the point, to Gonzalez. What could have been – that’s the point, and why Gonzalez is angry and seeking justice. “My kids were in the house. My granddaughter was in the house. It could have been even worse,” Gonzalez said. “I want him to know that he is going to get caught. I want a maximum punishment for him.” The alleged arsonist wasn’t good at covering his tracks. Fuel-like residue was spilled on the ground and formed the outline of what looked like a handprint on the wall, although Gonzalez said police were not able to lift a usable fingerprint. Whitebread said the Swatara Twp. fire marshal is investigating. Whitebread would not speculate on the cause of the fire. Middletown Police Chief John Bey referred questions about the fire to Hiester and borough spokesman Chris Courogen. Gonzalez said police know the name of the suspect but as far as she knows have not interviewed him.
She gave police names of two witnesses, one who told Gonzalez of seeing two men walking up and down North Catherine Street close to the time of the fire. “My frustration is I feel like this is not of an urgent matter” to police, Gonzalez said, adding she has spoken to Bey. “Being short-staffed is not my problem. It’s unacceptable.” Less than one day after the fire – shortly after midnight Wednesday – fire trucks were dispatched to two residences in the 200 block of Catherine St., but the calls were unrelated to the fire at Gonzalez’s house, Whitebread said. Both calls had to do with residents who smelled the same burning-like odor coming up through their sewer pipes. The odor has been traced to epoxy that a contractor for the borough was using as part of the Main Street sewer and water line project, Whitebread said. There was no fire at either residence in the 200 block, he said. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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BUTTING HEADS
Girls are suffering from concussions and other injuries in lacrosse, soccer and other sports. Are mandatory helmets the answer? By Eric Wise
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ecades ago, girls were warned not to become too ‘’mannish” by concentrating on athletics. “The modern girl is trying to do too much with [soccer],’’ scoffed A.W. Cunninghame, headmistress of Victoria College, in a Washington Post article published on Oct. 8, 1922. “Her charm, balance and poise will all be lost, and her dignity lowered if she endeavors to emulate man too closely.’’ “The modern girl is While Cunninghame’s opinion falls with a dull thud in the 21st century, where women have trying to do too much won worldwide acclaim for their skills in sports such as the Women’s World Cup of soccer, some experts are warning that a girl’s balance could be affected by blows to the head in socwith [soccer],’’ scoffed cer, lacrosse and other sports. While football’s heavy contact and the National Football League’s concussion crisis have A.W. Cunninghame, drawn attention to the problems stemming from sports concussions and repetitive head trauma – and spawned a greater understanding of brain injuries for football players at all levels – headmistress of Victoria statistics have shown female athletes suffer from thousands of concussions annually, among other sports injuries. College, in a Washington Data suggests that girls’ highest risk for concussions comes in soccer, said Dr. Michael Wolf, Post article published on Sports Medicine Pediatrician at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. In Wolf’s own experience, he was seen the most concussions from soccer and basketball. Oct. 8, 1922. “Her charm, A 2007 study from the Journal of Athletic Training showed girls have a higher risk than boys for concussions in basketball and soccer. In 2011, an 11-year study in the American Journal of balance and poise will Sports Medicine showed girls had higher concussion rates in soccer, basketball and baseballsoftball. all be lost, and her Boys have a higher incidence of concussions because they play more contact sports than dignity lowered if she girls, but girls – especially those in the 11- to 16-year-old range – have a much higher risk of suffering a concussion, said Frank Conidi, a sports neurologist and assistant professor of endeavors to emulate neurology at Florida State University. “Girls have longer, skinny necks; I call them giraffes,” Conidi explained. “As a result, (girls) man too closely.’’ experience more angular and rotational acceleration, which are the forces that induce concussion.” Wolf agreed that weak neck muscles are a contributing factor in some cases, based on limited medical studies. “In my experience and in medical literature, girls are more likely to have prolonged symptoms of a concussion,” he said.
battle rages over lacrosse helmets With girls’ lacrosse now accounting for more concussions than all but four high school sports (football, ice hockey, boys’ lacrosse and girls’ soccer), the Florida State Athletic Association voted to require helmets for all players in 2015. With its new rule, the association increased penalties for rough play. Girls in Florida wore the seven approved soft, padded helmets for the spring lacrosse season. Many of them chose styles of protection that wrapped around the head. Because girls previously wore helmets only if they were the team’s goaltender, none of the association’s approved helmets were approved by national lacrosse organizations. Opponents have argued that requiring helmets for girls’ lacrosse would encourage rough play – and helmets simply add to the expense of sports while offering little protection from concussions. Boys’ lacrosse is a contact sport that requires all players to wear hardshell plastic helmets with a face mask and upper body padding.
The girls’ game does not allow contact – players wear eye protection and no body armor. Boys suffer more concussions following contact with other players, while girls suffer concussions following blows from sticks or balls, according to a study in the Journal of Athletic Training from 2006. Male players are more likely to suffer concussions, but females are much more likely to sustain facial injuries. For girls who play lacrosse, 67 percent of concussions result from a player being struck by a stick or a ball and about 25 percent from contact with other players, according to a 2014 study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. “Helmets are designed to prevent skull fractures,” Wolf said but concussion studies have shown that helmets do little in prevention, as concussions result from rotational forces, not the direct or linear forces that are dispersed by a helmet. “I don’t think adding helmets to girls’ lacrosse Please See BUTTING HEADS, Page B2
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will decrease concussions,” he said, though “it will decrease skull fractures.” He added that helmets could limit the damage caused by repeated trauma, which is more associated with sports like football than lacrosse. Still, Conidi, a member of the medical advisory board for the Florida State Athletic Association, points out that “sticks and balls, if they contact the head with enough force, can result in skull fractures, intracerebral bleeds and subdural hematoma. “We made a recommendation that helmets would likely help to reduce catastrophic brain injury,” Conidi said. Girls playing lacrosse and field hockey are required to wear eye protection to reduce the risk of serious eye injuries, and “it has drastically decreased eye injury risk,’’ said Wolf. But girls still suffer a lot of facial injuries from lacrosse. “The research shows that prior to 2005, eye injuries accounted for only 1-in-10 facial injuries presenting to a (hospital emergency room),” said researcher Dawn Comstock, an associate professor of epidemiology for the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education and Research Program at
the Colorado School of Public Health, in an article for Training and Conditioning magazine. Not everyone agrees with mandating eye protection. David Bitting, athletic director for Lower Dauphin High School, which has both boys’ and girls’ varsity lacrosse teams, said he opposes the mandate for eye protection. “It promotes a lack of peripheral vision,” he explained. Wearing goggles causes more injuries because girls have trouble seeing and are much more likely to collide with other players. For this reason, he said his daughters wear protection for school field hockey but not for field hockey outside of school. Eye protection has not proven to reduce the risk of concussions to girls who play sports. One study, published in the medical journal Pediatrics in 2012, found that injuries to the eyes were “virtually eliminated” in states that mandated protective eyewear, but concussion rates did not change. “We found no increase in the rate of concussions or player-to-player contact injuries in states that mandated protective eyewear,” said Colorado School of Public Health’s Comstock, who was working for the Center for Injury Research and Police and Na-
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what about field hockey?
When it comes to adding more protection to field hockey, Wolf said injuries in which players are struck in the head by balls and sticks are rare events, but they can cause serious brain injuries in those instances, like skull fractures and subdural hematoma. A helmet would offer protection in that situation. But if a girl’s head jerks to the side with a blow, or if she falls and her head rotates when she hits the ground, it may result in a concussion that would not be prevented by the use of a helmet, Wolf said. The low risk of brain trauma has stopped field hockey leagues from requiring helmets. “Putting that (helmet requirement) in place may stop a good chunk of people from playing field hockey,” Wolf said. “The sport has inherent risks.” One of the best ways to prevent concussions is for all athletes, including those not directly involved in a play, is to pay attention in competition, Wolf said.
“You are much more likely to get a concussion from an unexpected hit versus expected,” he said. When there is contact in girls’ lacrosse, despite rules to prevent contact, “It catches them off guard,” Wolf said. Athletes in many sports could be making themselves more vulnerable by losing focus during a game or practice, or by not paying attention on the bench or sidelines, Wolf said. “You want to make sure athletes during games and practices are really paying attention to what is going on,” he said. A tip for coaches: “Don’t pull a player aside to discuss something where the player could be vulnerable to hits,” whether it is from an errant ball or a collision, Wolf said. It’s the coaches’ job to prepare all athletes, boys and girls, for the situations they will face in a game while limiting situations with exposure to risk, Wolf said – whether that means less contact in football practices or fewer heading situations for soccer players in soccer practices. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
CFA YOUTH FOOTBALL
Season debut sweet for Raiders, Seven Sorrows It was a successful opening day for both the Middletown Blue Raiders and Seven Sorrows Eagles in the CFA Youth Football League. Middletown won two of three games from Northern on Saturday, Aug. 22 in Dillsburg, as the Midget team beat the Polar Bears, 48-12 and the Pony team beat its Polar Bear counterparts, 29-0. Seven Sorrows swept three – including a forfeit – from Lower Dauphin on Sunday, Aug. 23 at Middletown Area Middle School. The results:
Midgets Middletown 48 Northern 12
The Raiders had their way with the Polar Bears, scoring through the air, on the ground and on defense. Middletown (1-0) opened the scoring when quarterback Jake Kelly found receiver Jerrod Pugh in the corner of the end zone for a 22-yard touchdown. Two plays later, Kelly, playing on defense, scooped up a Northern fumble and returned it for a touchdown. After Northern (0-1) scored a touch-
down to close the gap, Middletown’s Jose Lopez-Quinones scored on backto-back touchdown runs. Marcus Garner scored on a touchdown run for Middletown, followed by a third TD run by Lopez-Quinones. The Raiders’ final score came when Evan Grogan, a lineman, entered the lineup as a running back and sprinted 65 yards for a touchdown. Chris Joseph added three extra-point kicks for the Raiders. The defense was lead by Damion Williams, Kobe Brown and Camden Allen, along with Kelly, Garner, Grogan and Lopez-Quinones.
Seven Sorrows 1 Lower Dauphin 0
The Eagles (1-0) won by forfeit when the Falcons (0-1) could not field a Midget team.
Pony Middletown 29 Northern 0
The Pony squad started the season with high expectations and did not
disappoint in its first game. The young Raiders (1-0) scored on three of its first five plays and built a 21-0 lead by halftime. Northern (0-1) won the coin toss to start the game and elected to receive the ball – but the Raiders held them to minus-6 yards on offense and forced the Polar Bears to punt. On Middletown’s third play from scrimmage, quarterback Jules Nester ran around the left end for a 33-yard touchdown. After forcing another Northern punt on the ensuing possession, Nester hooked up with Bam Appleby down the left side for a 39-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the drive. Middletown again held Northern, and Tate Leach ran 53 yards for another Raider touchdown on the first play of his team’s third possession. Early in the third quarter, Middletown went on a 10 play, 65-yard drive with two fourth-down conversion, with hard runs from Odell Greene, TJ Daniels and Leach. Greene scored a touchdown from 6-yards out for the final points of the game.
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Nester converted on two of his extra point kicks. The defense, which has not allowed a score in scrimmages and the Raiders’ first game, was led by Tajae Brodie, Jaydon Wotring, Jayson Stoner, Daniels, Leach and Greene.
Seven Sorrows 46 Lower Dauphin 0
Key players for the Eagles (1-0) were Brandyn Davis, Michael Barilla, Tommy DeLaCruz, Gyles Adderley and Jake Heckman. The Falcons fell to 0-1.
Pee Wee Northern 20 Middletown 0
The Raiders have a large, but very young, squad. Northern (1-0) scored on three long plays that the Raiders (0-1) were unable to stop. On offense, Middletown was led by running backs Canden Brown and Mike Arnold, who had some nice runs. The Raiders had some good drives that eventually were stopped by a good Northern defense. On defense, the Raiders were led by Talan Baxter, Brayden Dunn, Sean Bennett Jr. and Brown.
Seven Sorrows 27 Lower Dauphin 0
Key players for the Eagles (1-0) were Aidan Eckley, Jadyn Maple, Chad Sipe, Marquis Beasley and Aaron Nordai.
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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Hello, folks! Already the end of August is upon us. School has started and people are looking to take their favorite fall clothing out of storage. I asked some kids to tell me their favorite season. You can see their answers at the end of this column. Check out these definitions of the seasons from www.livescience.com: • In the spring, seeds take root and vegetation begins to grow. The weather is warmer and often wetter. Animals wake or return from warmer climates, often with newborns. Melting snow from the previous season, along with increased rainfall, can cause flooding along waterways. • In the summer, temperatures may increase to their hottest of the year. If they spike too high, heat waves or droughts may cause trouble for people, animals and plants. Rainfall may increase in some areas. Others may receive less water and forest fires may become more frequent. • In the autumn, or fall, temperatures cool again. Plants may begin to grow dormant. Animals might prepare themselves for the upcoming cold weather, storing food or traveling to warmer regions. Various cultures have celebrated bountiful harvests with annual festivals. • Winter often brings a chill. Some areas may experience snow or ice, while others see only cold rain. Animals find ways to warm themselves and may have changed their appearance to adapt. What is your favorite season? Maybe you like all of them and that is why you live in Pennsylvania instead of, say, Florida? I really like summer the best, by far. I like those temperatures increasing rather than decreasing! I like that we still have 27 full days of summer left. If I were summer, I would feel cheated. Society basically starts autumn a month before summer is over. Not fair! I guess you could also argue that Thanksgiving gets cheated by all the early attention to Christmas (sometimes Halloween may feel cheated, too!). Have a wonderful week – and don’t forget to let me know your news to share. Birthdays Happy 22nd cake and ice cream day to Laura Snyder of Lower Swatara Twp. Her me-holiday is Wednesday, Aug, 26. Marie Chambers of Middletown marks her 15th sparkles and glitter day on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Enjoy back to school and your birthday week, Marie! Here is a shout-out to Edward Hawk of Lower Swatara on Thursday, Aug.
27. Best wishes for a fine birthday, Ed. Abby Nevil marks her quarter-ofa-century celebration day on Friday, Aug. 28. I hope 25 is mighty fine for you, Abby. Alyssa Bush of Lower Swatara ends her back to school week with a 12th birthday to observe on Friday, Aug. 28. Hope it is the best yet, Alyssa! Cohen Hunter of Lower Swatara celebrates birthday No. 9 on Friday, Aug. 28. Best wishes on your day, Cohen! Happy 11th bling and sparkles day to Keira Weise-Torres of Middletown. She will hear the birthday song on Friday, Aug. 28. Hey, Daniel Ackerman of Lower Swatara! Best wishes to you for a wonderful 23rd cake day. I hope your celebration day is sensational on Saturday, Aug. 29! (Love, mom) Nick DeFrancisco of Lower Swatara also shares Saturday, Aug. 29 as an excellent day to eat birthday cake. Best wishes, Nick, and God bless you 26 times! Happy birthday smiles and surprises are sent to Don Shroy of Lower Swatara on Saturday, Aug. 29 as he celebrates his 80th birthday. Congrats! Shelby Schiefer of Middletown marks her super-duper birthday on Sunday, Aug. 30. May 35 wonderful things happen to you on your day! Happy 22nd cake and ice cream day to Rachel (Etter) Perry of Middletown on Monday, Aug. 31. Have a fabulous week, Rachel! Happy landmark 21st birthday to Rachel Deyle of Lower Swatara. Her big-deal birthday is Monday, Aug. 31. Congrats! Double toothpick-double birthday blessings and greetings are sent out to twins Presley Carnes and Lyndsay Carnes of Lower Swatara on Monday, Aug. 31. Enjoy turning 11, girls! Here is a shout-out of over-the-top joy in wishing Bob Triplett of Lower Swatara a very jolly birthday! He celebrates on Monday, Aug. 31. Happy birthday greetings are sent out to Herb Friedrichs of Elizabethtown. I hope your Monday, Aug. 31 cake day is terrific. Hey, Lynne Klock of Lower Swatara! Hoping your Tuesday, Sept. 1 birthday is every bit of a blessing with hugs, laughs and love. Diana DuMond of Lower Swatara marks her frosty-filled day on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Have a ball as you enjoy this entire week, Diana. A heads-up on Amy Wimmersberg of Lower Swatara: She marks her snappy-happy birthday on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Quote of the Week “Our true purpose in life is to take
each season as it comes and find out what God wants out of it for us.” – Anonymous Anniversaries Happy 32nd anniversary to Glenn and Sue Cameron of Lower Swatara. They observe their special love day together on Thursday, Aug. 27. Enjoy, kids! Best wishes and congratulations to Bob Jr. and Gloria Clouser of Middletown on their 32nd romantic holiday. They celebrate on Thursday, Aug. 27. Joe and Jeanette Cepietz of Lower Swatara were married on Aug. 28, 1982. Best wishes to you lovebirds on your 33 years together, Don and Donna Sipe of Lower Swatara tied the knot on Aug. 29, 1981. Hope you have a fantastic 34th celebration day together on Saturday. Best wishes for a remarkable anniversary to Rob and Brenda Rineer of Lower Swatara. They celebrate their chocolate and flowers day on Saturday, Aug. 29. Township meetings The following Lower Swatara Twp. meetings will be held in the municipal building on Spring Garden Drive: • Recreation Board, 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2 • Board of Commissioners, 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Question of the Week What is your favorite season? Why? “Spring. The temperature warms up without being too hot and all the color and animals come back.” – Chloe Erb, 13, Middletown. “Winter. I love the snow and when my family puts up our Christmas decorations. Also, it starts the day before my birthday!” – Cassie Ebersole, 13, Middletown. “Spring and summer, because it reminds me of my home in Puerto Rico.” – Aalyah Rodriguez, 13, Lower Swatara. “I like summer and winter – summer because of the beach and winter because of having fun with friends playing in the snow and throwing snowballs.” – Donnie Bell, 12, Middletown. “Summer. I get to go to camp and spend time with my friends.” – Isaiah Rogers Keeney, 11, Middletown. “Fall. My birthday is in October!” – Alex Pryor, 11, Rutherford.
The Farr family welcomes a new addition via the wedding of Nick F. II to Kim Martin. The ceremony took place in the East Pennsboro Baptist Church. Immediate members of the family were Eric, Kurt, Joel, and Joyce Farr, mother of Nick.
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ain from Tropical Storm Lee pushed the Swatara Creek to historic and terrifying levels in 2011, flooding Middletown and damaging the borough’s electric substation nearby. Thanks to a great effort by the borough’s electric department, the borough used its remaining substation on Spruce Street to preserve power throughout town, though the chances of it working were risky. Can you imagine if a section of the town went dark during the flood, much less the entire town? Thankfully, it didn’t happen. Will the creek ever reach that height again? Who knows? Whether FEMA would fund future repairs is only part of the problem with which we’re left to grapple: If the substation was damaged by flooding in the future, could we again survive with electricity? A developer has proposed to build Middletown a $11.5 substation out of harm’s way in the proposed Woodland Hills housing project on the north side of town if the borough would enter into a lease agreement that would provide the financing needed to build homes on the land. It could result in a profit for the borough – if the project is built as planned. Instead of rolling the dice on Woodland Hills, however, there may be an option: Dauphin County is seeking a $197 million grant in a national competition judged by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to make communities more “resilient’’ after flooding and other natural disasters. How would the money be spent? There are no specific projects, a planning official told us. County representatives are holding a meeting at Middletown’s MCSO Building on Wednesday, Aug. 26 to glean information from local residents on the problems faced by past flooding. So, we ask: Why not use some of the money, if it comes, for a Middletown substation? Certainly guaranteeing that a borough of more than 8,000 people would have electricity in the wake of a flood would make the county more “resilient.’’ And it’s a grant – it doesn’t have to be repaid by taxpayers or, in this case, electric customers in the borough (which is everyone). If borough and county officials have already considered this, hooray! If not, we hope the possibility is raised by the borough at Wednesday’s meeting. It is a worthy project that would resolve a potentially frightening scenario in a future flood without burdening residents financially.
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n July 14, the Obama administration announced the U.S. and other world powers had finalized a deal with Iran regarding their pursuit of nuclear weapons. Under the deal, sanctions against Iran would be lifted in exchange for changed limits of that nation’s nuclear material enrichment program. Congress will have 60 days to review the deal before approving or rejecting it. After examining the agreement and hearing directly from both Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, I have serious concerns about American access to nuclear facilities in Iran, the timeliness of the inspections and the lifting of economic sanctions. Therefore, I cannot support this very bad, very poorly negotiated and weakly drafted agreement, and have proactively gone on the record with my opposition to this agreement by cosponsoring Rep. Peter Roskam’s disapproval resolution (House Resolution 367). I am gravely concerned about this deal and am extremely skeptical about the wisdom of it. During the negotiations, we heard from the State Department that the U.S. was seeking “24/7 access” to Iran’s nuclear facilities, “anywhere, anytime” – that’s what we were told. Now, after the agreement, the administration disingenuously claims it never wanted that and never even talked about it. This is untrue. Under the plan, Iran itself will “manage” the inspections and control the locations and times of the visits. It could be as long as 24 days before an inspection can take place at any facility –maybe even longer if Iran objects. This is the very definition of a fox guarding the henhouse, and it is easy to imagine what the Iranians will be able to hide, given more than three weeks advance notice of any inspections. Worse, it now appears that there likely won’t be any Americans on the teams going in to look at the nuclear facilities in question. This deal would begin to lift sanctions on Iran over a period of 10 to 15 years, and then the nuclear restrictions would be fully lifted – in a mere blink of an eye in terms of world geopolitical history. That means that for at least 10 years the Iranians can rebuild their economy and continue to fund terrorist groups like Hamas, and be in an even better position when the nuclear restrictions go away. Let us not forget that Iran is a country that has sworn to wipe Israel off the map – our strongest ally in the region. Let us also not forget that Iran’s leader took to social media following the agreement vowing to emerge victorious in any conflict, and included a graphic with President Barack Obama holding a gun to his own head. Let us finally not forget that Iran is a nation which currently holds at least three Americans hostage as political prisoners. I will continue to be an outspoken critic against this deal, and plan to vote against it on the House floor. Lou Barletta is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represents the 11th Congressional District, which includes Lower Swatara Twp., Highspire and Steelton.
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ot off the I see there is now a trifecta of Pennpresses: On sylvania politicians indicted: Former Aug. 19, Harrisburg mayor Stephen Reed (D), after almost three Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D) and months, I received U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah (D). I my new passport. was trying to figure out what the D’s were Last week I after their names. Then it hit me: dumb, emailed the U.S. consulate regarding not dumber and dumbest. Though not neceshearing anything about my passport and sarily in that order. was told that they had tried to contact Harrisburg has reached another mileme but my e-mail address was not good. stone, No. 1 again: It is now the No. That’s funny – no one, no company has 1 city in the state with the lowest high had a problem with my e-mail. Three school graduation rate at 38 percent. cheers for the red, white and blue. Maybe that was a contributing factor Speaking of passports, did you know (or why Steelton did not keep any Borough do you care) that a measure has passed Council meeting minutes for 13 months, the U.S. House of Ill Repute – oops! the as cited by Auditor General Eugene DeU.S. House of Representatives – that Pasquale – they couldn’t find anyone who enables the government to, at any time, could write. seize your passport for any reason, and Wasn’t that a despicable act in killing you have no recourse and can’t appeal? Cecil the lion in Africa? It made news The measure was debated for an entire 15 all around the world. People in the U.S. minutes. It now goes to the Senate. protested and clamored for the head of the “And away goes freedom down the dentist who shot the lion. Now let’s see: drain” (to the tune of the Roto Rooter In the latest statistics I could find there jingle). were 1.05 million abortions in 2012. But It has been an unusual few weeks here Americans are up in arms about one lion? in Cuenca and the environs. In the nearby As usual Americans have their priorities town of Gualaceo, there was a battle askew. I guess they think that Roe vs. reenactment that the town has been doing Wade is two ways to cross a river. for 130 years. The reenactment pits the I like how the politicians in Harrisburg Christians, led by Charlemagne, against are going to keep the Moors. your children safe By the way, the from the evils of Christians won. e-cigarettes but can’t Can you imagine a state budget. There was a report I saw that pass this being staged It is interesting to the middle class in America watch the central in the U.S.? The ACLU and the rest has shrunk by 4 percent. The Pennsylvania eveof the bleedingnews from here middle class here in Ecuador ning heart liberals would and see all the TV has grown by 7.7 percent. ads of lawyers who have a hissy fit. The main stream media want to “help” those would probably reinjured at work, by port that the superb reckless drivers and Moors valiantly drug companies. I’m came in second while the evil, violent going to call a lawyer when I see an ad Christians came in next to last. protecting me from reckless lawyers and Independence Day in Ecuador was reckless politicians. Aug. 10, so most businesses were closed There was a report I saw that the middle and people spent the day celebrating. class in America has shrunk by 4 percent. We accepted our Ecuadorian neighbor’s The middle class here in Ecuador has invitation to go to two nearby towns for grown by 7.7 percent. a day trip. In one town we went to a park Is there any truth in the rumor that when by the river where families were picnickThree Mile Island is decommissioned ing, boating, swimming and playing in it will be turned into a FEMA camp? the river. Some were washing clothes. No They already have the guarded gate and lifeguards – can you imagine? – and no the railroad. All they have to do is stock Fish and Boat Commission, no Envithe Susquehanna River with man-eating ronmental Protection Agency, no police sharks. Inquiring minds want to know. patrols. People could actually enjoy themselves. Until later, from beautiful Cuenca, On Aug. 13, there was a national day of protest against the government and Eddy the Expat president. As it turned out it was 3 percent of the population who tried to close Ed O’Connor, a former resident of roads, businesses and generally disrupt Middletown and Lower Swatara Twp., is life. Of course, it was the usual rabble: an expatriate living in Cuenca, Ecuador. the pseudo intellectuals, labor unions and teachers’ union, those who lop at the public trough. Sound familiar? We found a Russian bar called “Kalashnikov.” For those of you that aren’t familiar with that name, the bar is named after the inventor of the Russian weapon, the AK-47. We didn’t even get half shot! It seems hard to believe that it has been We want to hear from you. a year since I was last in Wolfsylvania. Send your letters to: What do I miss? The heat, humidity, letters@pressandjournal.com, or insects, high prices? No! 20 S. Union Street What I miss is fast pitch softball and Middletown, Pa. 17057 the two big Elkland tournaments at the Letters may be edited for accuracy, end of August and Labor Day weekend. clarity, and length. Maybe next year I can make it. I would like to, since 2016 will be my 50th anniversary of taking the field.
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ould you take out a second mortgage on your home to bet on the stock market? Such an idea deserves ridicule, if not alarm. You’d be putting your home and your family at risk. Unfortunately, as part of his original pension reform plan and in his the latest so-called “compromise” proposal, Gov. Tom Wolf has similar plans for borrowing money to play the market – and you and your children would be co-signers on that debt. Wolf wants to borrow $3 billion via state bonds and put the money into the school employee pension fund. He’s hoping stock market returns outpace the 3 to 4 percent interest rate taxpayers will pay on bonds. But that’s a shortsighted bet frowned upon by financial experts and criticized by ratings agencies – and one that has proven a failure when field tested in Pennsylvania’s major cities. In fact, pension bonds are “the dumbest idea I ever heard,’’ according to Jon Corzine, former New Jersey Democrat governor and investment banker. Yet politicians love them, as they offer the illusion of a “fix” to the pension problem. Instead, they simply push costs onto the next generation. State pension fund administrators claim Wolf’s borrowing plan would “save” $8 billion in pension costs over the next three decades. But this ignores the $5.5 billion cost of paying off the bonds with interest. Rather than protecting working families, pension bonds would burden our children with the costs of today’s bills. In fact, a baby born tomorrow would pay interest on Wolf’s bonds until her 30th birthday. Look no further than Pennsylvanian’s major cities to see the danger of borrowing to “save” costs. Philadelphians are still suffer- Rather than ing the conprotecting sequences of working former Mayor families, penEd Rendell’s $1.29 billion sion bonds would pension bond fiasco, with no burden our children with the balanced budget and even costs of today's more debt to bills. show for it 16 years later. And Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto notes the Steel City’s pension bonds – almost $300 million – nearly took them into bankruptcy. “Pittsburgh should be the litmus test showing that’s not the solution,” he told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Pennsylvania cities aren’t alone – across the country, pension bonds have a horrendous track record. Indeed, pension funding worsened after borrowing in 15 of the 20 largest pension bond issues, according to an analysis by the liberal watchdog group ProPublica. Financial experts agree that pension bonds are a bad bet for taxpayers. Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, told the Washington Post, “These bonds are pernicious. They discourage pension funding. They shift costs forward to future generations.” As experts reject pension bonds, history discredits them and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh families suffer from them, why is Wolf still pushing a harmful and ineffective plan? He claims state bond rating downgrades – which make it more expensive for the state to borrow – justify his plan. But borrowing even more, at a higher interest rate, won’t improve our outlook. Instead, pension obligation bonds will likely cause further downgrades. Moody’s rating agency even warns state and local governments against them, calling them a “red flag” that fails to find “sustainable solutions.” Where should Wolf look instead? Moving to a 401(k)-style plan, like virtually all private businesses have, would improve not only public employees’ retirement security but also our long-term fiscal condition. While rating agencies support this idea, Wolf summarily vetoed it. Hardworking Pennsylvania families already face the costs of the pension crisis. Adding even more to their burden because Wolf prefers a risky gambling scheme to sustainable solutions is unacceptable. It’s time for the governor to abandon his ill-conceived borrowing plan and embrace real pension reform. Nathan A. Benefield is vice president of policy analysis for the Commonwealth Foundation, a Harrisburg think tank.
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Why do we fear Wolf vetoed an attempt technology and capitalism? to resolve pension crisis O G ov. Tom Wolf announced a veto of the pension reform bill passed by the House and Senate last month. The Commonwealth’s pension systems currently face a shortfall of more than $50 billion. The shortfall was worsened by the “Great Recession” and has become a major concern to the Commonwealth’s school districts, which face skyrocketing costs associated with pensions. Under Senate Bill 1, all new employees who enter either the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) or Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) would have been enrolled in a combination of 401(K)-type and cash balance pension plan. Senate Bill 1 would not have made any changes to the benefits of current state and school retirees. Under the plan, both newly-elected legislators and re-elected current state legislators would have also been placed in the hybrid retirement plan. This legislation was the first step in
correcting Pennsylvania’s pension crisis or, at least, in stopping the bleeding. It’s not a cure-all, but it would bring public employee retirement plans in line with those available to most people in the private sector and eliminate the chance we will ever be in this dire situation again. This responsible plan could have saved the state an estimated $11 billion over the course of the next 30 years.
Pennsylvania Fair Guide I would like to encourage residents to obtain a free copy of the 2015 Pennsylvania Fair Guide and consider attending one of the Commonwealth’s many state fairs in the coming months. Published by the state Department of Agriculture, the guide lists the dates, locations and contact persons for more than 100 agriculture fairs and events scheduled this summer and fall in Pennsylvania.
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passed the empty shops and the non-extent business area to shop. I was thinking, that with the new campus and the influx of guests, we do not have a place to house them. Visitors to Middletown have no place to stay. A hotel could be built on Emaus Street between Wood and Catherine. Only two houses there, and one is for sale. This would be a benefit to our community, have more visitors spending their money in our town instead of in someone else’s. It would increase cash flow and more businesses would want to come here. Besides increasing our town value and standing, we
It is estimated that several million visitors will attend Pennsylvania fairs this year. These fairs offer a wide variety of fun and entertainment for individuals and families of all ages and you don’t have to travel far to attend one. The Department of Agriculture also hosts the annual Pennsylvania State Farm Show, the largest indoor agricultural exhibition in the country. The 2016 Farm Show will be held Jan. 9-16. A link to access a free copy of the Pennsylvania Fair Guide can be found on my Web site, RepPayne. com. Click on “PA-At Your Service.” The guide is also available at my district office, located at 250 W. Chocolate Ave., Hershey.
John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Hummelstown, Derry Twp., Conewago Twp. and part of Swatara Twp.
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have to consider an added benefit of a hotel occupancy tax of 14 percent. Why should Hershey, Swatara Twp., Harrisburg, as well as other locals make the tax money when we could have it here, plus the food and drinks that would be needed by parents and tourists to the area? Now that we finally have a borough council who seems to have returned to sanity and reason, why not try to look into this? The longer it takes to modernize, the more money the borough loses. Then there is the train station. I would like to take the train and visit but you can’t find a place to park. The lot is too small and
cannot handle more parking. You can park at the Moose or at Interfaith lots, but that is not fair to them. Let’s get moving, Middletown. Let’s move into this century and grow for the future. With the expanded classes at the Penn State Harrisburg campus, the future growth of our little town can revitalize and come back to what it was in the past. This is not a complaint, but a respectful request for our council and the planning commission to ponder.”
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nce again, a scholar with impressive credentials is broadcasting the gloomy notion that Americans face a job-poor future. The insufficient-jobs scenario appeared in George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen’s book, “Average is Over’’ a couple of years ago. It resurfaced again recently in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Vivek Wadhwa, “a fellow… director of research… and distinguished scholar” at several prestigious universities wrote that we need “a new version of capitalism” for “dealing with our jobless future.” The crux of Wadhwa’s argument is his belief that technological progress will result in a society divided between a technologically savvy elite, who will prosper mightily, and a larger number of Americans whose jobs will be rendered obsolete and won’t be able to find new jobs. There’s an obvious fallacy here: If technological progress reduces employment opportunities, then why are hundreds of millions of people still working in the technologically and economically advanced countries of the world? What is it with these intellectuals and the recurring nightmare that progress results in a dearth of jobs? An incident that the late economist Milton Friedman related comes to mind: While visiting a populous but undeveloped Asian country several decades ago, Friedman saw a gang of workers using shovels to excavate a hole where a building’s foundation would be laid. Friedman noted that the job would be completed much more quickly if a modern excavating machine were used. His host replied that a deliberate decision had been made not to use such a machine because the government wanted to maximize employment. Friedman’s rejoinder was to the effect that if the goal were to maximize employment in the country, they should ban the use of shovels and equip a far larger number of laborers with spoons. It doesn’t require great vision to realize that a fully employed nation of spoon-wielding ditch diggers would remain a very poor place. Can anyone doubt that technological progress has led to economic advancement? The economic principle is elementary:
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As worker productivity increases (that is, as more wealth is produced from fewer units of labor) prosperity rises, too. When improved agricultural productivity has bankrupted farmers and resulted in our food supply being produced by an ever-smaller percentage of Americans, what has happened to all those ex-farmers? They found employment in new fields, thereby increasing the number and variety of goods and services produced. In other words, more wealth was created, and that is how a society achieves higher standards of living for the masses. What has just been described is Schumpeter’s process of creative destruction. Old jobs that produce things of less value become obsolete and new jobs producing things of higher value take their place. This is the natural evolutionary course of free markets. Any notion that there is a ceiling to the number of potential jobs ignores an elementary and undeniable economic truth – namely that there is no limit to the potential number of jobs because there is no limit to mankind’s wants. As technology makes it possible to produce what are considered the modern necessities of life (cars and cell phones in addition to the traditional necessities of food, clothing and shelter) more workers will be available to produce and provide new goods and services that entrepreneurs are dreaming up every day of the year. Is there anything that can inhibit or halt the natural tendency of entrepreneurs in market economies to generate new job opportunities? Yes, indeed. Government intervention – excessive and costly regulations, wealth- and capitaldepleting taxation, misallocation of resources via government spending programs, depreciating currency, etc. – can stifle economic activity,
discourage business formation and cause job opportunities to dry up. What is scary about Wadhwa’s thesis and related plans (such as Hillary Clinton’s proposal for government to lay a heavier, more controlling hand on American entrepreneurs and businesses) is that their ill-conceived policies will produce results opposite to what they claim to be seeking. There will be less employment instead of more. When Wadhwa says we need a new “capitalism” that redistributes more wealth and provides everyone with a taxpayer-supported guaranteed income, he is doing two destructive things: First, he is perpetrating a pernicious lexicographical hoax, proposing a new form of statism that is a repudiation of free markets – i.e., that is anything but “capitalism.” A more honest statement would be: “It is time to replace capitalism with greater government control of economic activity.” The second destructive aspect of his suggestion is his apparent blindness to the fact that maximum economic freedom – true capitalism – is the world’s best hope for expanding job opportunities. To jettison capitalism and replace it with a greater degree of statism will impede economic growth, squelch the growth of businesses and consequently hinder job creation to the economic detriment of those who are hoping for jobs. There will be enough jobs for Americans only if the political planners surrender their mad ambition to direct the economy from Washington. Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson is an adjunct faculty member, economist and fellow for economic and social policy with The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College, Mercer County.
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Wesley United Methodist Church
Church Evangelical United Methodist Church
Middletown
“Follow Jesus, Change the World” is more than a mission slogan for us at Wesley. We are committed to finding ways to embody this purpose through “hands-on” ministry designed to care for those in need. We invite others to come and discover how they can be a part of this spiritual adventure to be all God has created us to be. Sunday Worship services are held at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Our early service is informal and features a Praise Band. Our later service follows a traditional pattern and includes all types of music. We encourage people to “come as you are.” Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank is open on Fri., Aug. 28 from 4 to 6 p.m. Free clothes in all sizes from infant to adult are available. Enter through the door nearest the parking lot located behind the church. A Bible Study group meets each Sunday morning in the church parlor at 9:15 a.m.
Middletown
Community Care Sunday is the first Sunday of each month. We collect personal hygiene items for neighbors who need them. We will share Holy Communion during worship services on Sept. 6. All who love Jesus and desire to follow in his way are welcome at the table. Here is something worth pondering: “Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which to look out: Christ’s compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good; Yours are the hands with which he is to bless persons now.” - St. Teresa of Ávila Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine streets in Middletown. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@ comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. “Follow Jesus, Change the World. Seek. Serve. Send.”
First Church of God Middletown
First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at either 8 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (1st through 5th grade), Kindergarten (4-5 year olds), Nursery (infants through age 3), and Adult classes that offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Classes for special education are also available. Thursdays: 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study; 6 to 8 p.m., The Sunshiners meet for a time of Christian fellowship, teaching and worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged. They meet weekly beginning September 17. Beginning Wed., Aug. 26: Wednesday Night Live resumes. Supper at 5:30 p.m., Classes at 6:30 p.m. Classes are: Adult Bible Study - This discipleship class, “Running Together to Win,” is designed to strengthen your own spiritual life and equip you to strengthen the spiritual lives of others;
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“Better Weighs” - Participants in Better Weighs will receive the education, motivation, and accountability they need to achieve and maintain healthier body weights. There is a cost for the class; Ladies Bible Study, Women of the New Testament - In meeting each of these women you will grow deeper in your understanding of what it means to be a disciple; “Painting with Donny” - We will paint a new picture every couple weeks. Come for one or come for all. Bring your own sketchbook and there is a cost toward paint and brushes; “Grow in His Word” - Gain confidence in your knowledge of the Bible as we do a survey or overview of the Old Testament and see the “big picture” of the Word; “Boundaries With Kids” - Together we will learn effective parenting skills to help our little ones grow strong under God’s design. Class will begin promptly at 6:40 p.m. There are also classes for Youth, Children’s Classes Grades 3, 4 and 5, Grades 1 and 2, Kindergarten and Babysitting for Infants thru age 3. Wed., Aug. 26: 7:30 p.m., Adult choir practices begin. 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.
We come to worship the merciful Creator of us all. We strive to worship as God’s servants seeking his strengthening Spirit. Everyone is warmly welcome to join in this worthy endeavor. Evangelical Church meets on the corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St., behind the Turkey Hill convenience store. The ministries scheduled at Evangelical United Methodist Church for Aug. 26-Sept. 1 are always open to everyone. Wed., Aug. 26: 6 p.m., Alcoholics
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
10 Spruce Street • 944-5835
Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am Evening Worship - 6 pm www.calvaryopc.com
Ebenezer United Methodist Church "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples"
890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown (Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road)
Phone 939-0766 Sunday Worship: Traditional - 8:45 am • Contemporary - 10:45 am Christian Education (All Ages) - 10 am Christian Child Care - 985-1650
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.
New Beginnings Church Middletown
We are an independent body of believers offering God’s invitation for a new beginning to all who seek it. We exist to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all people through faith in Jesus Christ. We are a Safe Sanctuary congregation. Our church steeple bell tolls four times at the beginning of worship. One for the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and you. New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church is provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., next to the Rescue Fire Company. Sunday School for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at back door. Youth Fellowship is from 5 to 7 p.m. For additional church information call 944-9595. Wednesdays: Craft Group, 1 p.m.; Choir rehearsals, 6:30 p.m.; Praise Band rehearsals, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays: Intercessory Prayer will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursdays, followed by the Sanctuary being open from 6:15 to 6:50 p.m. for anyone to come and pray. The community is invited to stop and pray. Pastor Britt’s Bible study will follow at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome
CHURCH DIRECTORY Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Anonymous Book Study; Sun., Aug. 30: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for August: June Martin; 10:15 a.m., Worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Gloria Clouser, Jean Murray. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of Gladys Lehman presented by the Stoops family; 2 p.m., Junior Youth Fellowship Kick Off in Fellowship Hall. Tues., Sept. 1: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry.
to participate in these important areas of our church life. Sociable Seniors group meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. Blanket making is the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9:30 a.m. We clean the Middletown Food Bank the 3rd Saturday every other month. Children’s Church leaders for August: Michelle, Katie and Jenny Strohecker. Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Graham. Acolyte for August: Colin Graham. Ushers for August: Linda Balmer, Diane Rowe, Jackie and Sam Rainal. The new men’s group to inspire and empower men in their faith has started meeting. This is a fellowship group that will meet, fellowship, dine and pray together, discussing topics of interest that deal with everyday living. Presently they are meeting every Thursday morning at 6:30 a.m. for prayer, no need to call ahead, just show up. If you are interested in being part of this group call Sam Rainal at 951-4866. Community men are welcome. Outdoor flower watering the week of August 23-29 is Kelly Hummert. Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www. pennlive.com/wmss/audio. Check us out on our Website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com. Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ!” We invite you to come and experience this love.
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St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran the Kids Summer Food Bags are kids’ Church is located at Spring and Union pasta cups, ramen noodle lunch, fruit streets, Middletown. We are a Recon- and applesauce cups, granola bars, ciling In Christ Church. snacks/treats, individual drinks, and You are invited to join us for wor- individual cereal boxes. Items colship on Wednesday morning, Saturday lected are taken to the Interfaith Food evening and Sunday morning. Sunday Pantry located at 201 Wyoming St., worship time is 9 a.m. through and Royalton. including September 6. We will worChurch and Community Events: ship on Sun., Sept. 6 at Sant Peter’s Wed., Aug. 26: 10 a.m., Holy ComKierch on the corner of Union and High munion in Chapel; 6 to 9:30 p.m., streets. Our 11 a.m. worship service is Private Function in Luther Hall. broadcast live on WMSS 91.1. Sat., Aug. 29: 5 p.m., Holy ComWednesday morning service is at munion. 10 a.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual Sun., Aug. 30: 9 a.m., Holy Comtraditional service and is 45 minutes munion. in length. Please enter through the Tues., Sept. 1: 5 to 8:30 p.m., Private parking lot doors. Function in Nursery Room. The first Sunday of each month is Visit our website at www.stpeFood Pantry Sunday. Our food pantry tersmiddletown.org. is in need of personal care, nonperishScripture for Aug. 30: Deut 4:1-2, able food items, soups, condiments, 6-9; Ps 34:15-22; Jas 1:17-27; Mar peanut butter, and jelly. Needed for 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23.
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Middletown
Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for worship on Sunday mornings led by Pastor Brad Gilbert. Our services are relaxed and casual. We offer a traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and a contemporary service with a band (electric guitars) at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there are a variety of Christian education classes for all ages. We have several things happening at Ebenezer and all are welcome. On Fri., Aug. 28 we will host our last summer 2015 Outdoor Family Movie Night. Refreshments will be served starting at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at dusk. Attendees
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 on Sun., Aug. 30. Visitors are especially welcome. Sunday Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. in our air-conditioned sanctuary. Nursery is available during the service, and there are also hearing devices for anyone wanting to use one, as well as Bible Listening bags for children to utilize during the service. Volunteer drivers are needed for the soon-to-be Middletown Interfaith Care-A-Van Program. Persons with a current driver’s license who are 2575 years old are needed to drive the van one morning or one afternoon a week taking local residents to medical appointments, grocery shopping, the hairdresser, etc. The program will not be able to transport clients in wheelchairs. If interested, please contact
New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel
630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641 Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
Pastor BRITT STROHECKER Everyone Is Welcome!
Open Door Bible Church 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township) Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN
BRAD GILBERT, Pastor
Phone 939-5180 Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am Evening Worship - 6:30 pm Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm
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Evangelical United Methodist Church
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown
RETIREMENT • GRADUATION
REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor
Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am
www.ebenezerumc.net
Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am
First Church of God
235 W. High St., Middletown
REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor
944-9608 Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am Classes for Special Education (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening) Ample Parking Nursery Provided
Geyers United Methodist Church
1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown 944-6426
PASTOR STEVAN ATANASOFF
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
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Church Office 944-4651
REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor
Saturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm Summer Worship Schedule thru Sept. 6 Worship Service - 9 am • No Sunday School Worship Broadcast on 91.1 FM - 11 am Kierch Sunday - September 6
Seven Sorrows BVM Parish 280 North Race St., Middletown Parish Office 944-3133
REV. TED KEATING, JR., Pastor Deacon Thomas A. Lang
Saturday Evening Vigil - 5:30 pm Sunday Masses - 8:00 am, 10:30 am & 6:00 pm Confessions: Saturday - 7:30-7:50 am, 4:30-5:15 pm
Pastor Potter. Chancel Choir rehearsal begins again for the fall on Wed., Sept. 2 at 7:15 p.m. Looking ahead: Sept. 13 is our Fall Start-up Sunday and Church Picnic. There will be no church school that day, but all are invited to Indian Echo Caverns, Hummelstown, for informal worship at 10:30 a.m. with the Lord’s Supper. More information to come. Our first fall SAGE lunch and program is set for Sept. 16. Join us in Fellowship Hall at noon for a lunch of spaghetti, meat sauce, salad, garlic bread, apple crisp with ice cream and a beverage. There is a cost. The program after lunch will feature our own Jim Fry, CAD Administrator for Dauphin County 911. Jim will explain the 911 emergency system and take our questions. Please contact the church office to sign up. The Parish Nurse is available by calling the church office at 717-9444322. For further information, see our Website www.pcmdt.org, visit our Facebook page www.facebook. com/Presbyterian Congregation, or call the office.
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St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Spring & Union Sts., Middletown
are invited to bring chairs and blankets. Our Peach Festival Fundraiser will be held on Sat., Aug. 29 from noon to 4 p.m. The menu will consist of freshly sliced peaches, ice cream, sandwiches, beverages and more. We also offer a variety of other groups including Bible studies and book clubs. Please call for details. There is a prayer time “Partners in Prayer” that meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Through scripture, song, and meditation we experience the joy of God’s presence. Have a favorite board game? “Game Night” is every third Monday at 6:30 p.m. We welcome any group ideas. Any questions please call us at 939-0766.
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With fall fast approaching, why not consider making needed improvements in your home to help increase energy efficiency and save big in the long run? Here is a short checklist for a DIY home energy audit. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, sealing air leaks around the house can save up to 30 percent of energy costs annually. To find leaks, conduct a thorough visual inspection for gaps and cracks by baseboards, where the walls and ceiling meet, around door frames, and near cable and phone line wall plates. Spot a gap? Caulk it. Use painter’s tape for a cleaner job. Hold the caulking gun at an angle for best results, and apply in a continuous stream. Improve insulation around windows and doors with weather-stripping. Measure the gap you need to fill to identify the width of weather-stripping needed and determine whether you should apply it from the inside or outside. Before starting, read the package instructions to ensure you’re using the right materials. Cut to size and install. Lastly, check if your fireplace flue is open. If so, close it when not in use for additional savings.
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Tips to keep snakes at a safe distance By Tresa Erickson Out in the open in our bushes or basements, snakes strike fear in many of our hearts. It’s no fun to find a snake curled up in the drain you’re about to clean, the bush you’re about to trim or the flowerpot you’re about to fill. It’s even worse when your beloved cat or dog brings the snake to you. Fortunately, most snakes are harmless. Nevertheless, it is a good idea to know how to deal with them. Some snakes are poisonous and some are not. It is essential that you know the difference, especially if you live in an area with a lot of snakes. Find out what poisonous snakes are com-
mon in your area and learn to identify them. Do the same with non-poisonous snakes, in particular garter snakes, as these are most often found in lawns and gardens. The more you know about the snakes you may encounter, the better equipped you will be to deal with them. Whether poisonous or not, your best bet is to move away from any snake you encounter, unless you’re within striking distance. In that case, stay very still and wait for the snake to slither away. Do not, under any circumstance, attack the snake. It will feel threatened and may try to bite you. Do not attempt to pick up the snake and move it, unless you know for certain that the
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By Tresa Erickson Nothing says welcome home more than an inviting entrance. Take a step outside your front door. Does your entrance say welcome? Is the front door appealing? Is there a mat for people to wipe their shoes on? Is there a doorbell or doorknocker for people to let you know of their arrival? To find out just how welcoming your entrance is, pretend you are a visitor. What do you see? Take some photos. Things tend to look differently in photos. One of the easiest ways to dress up a home’s entrance is with paint. Could your front door use a new coat of paint? How about your porch? Before you get the old paint cans out of the garage, consider if it is time for an update. Instead of black or brown, maybe you could try a bolder color for your front door. Red, blue or green can make a real statement and pull visitors’ eyes immediately to your front door. Add some new hardware to your door and a new coat of paint on the porch floor, and your entrance will really pop. Lighting is a must in any entrance. Is your entrance well lit? If not, perhaps it’s time to add some lights, or at the very least, replace the ones you have. Exterior lighting comes in a wide range of styles and finishes. Brighter, more energy-efficient lighting will do wonders for your entrance and your pocketbook. Accessories are another good way to dress up an entrance. A welcome mat is a must to keep dirt out of the home. A wreath will help dress up any space, as will statuary and plants. Depending upon how large of a space you have, you might even be able to add some furniture. A bench works great for visitors needing someplace to rest their bags while they wait for you to answer the door. If you have a path leading up to your front door, you might want to examine that area too. Is there anything you can do to add interest, such as installing lighting or planting some flowers. Anything you can do to dress up the walkway will add to the welcoming feel of your home. There are hundreds of things you can do to make the entrance of your home more welcoming, and they don’t have to cost you a bundle. A new wreath or doormat can really perk up the space. For further ideas, browse online or consult a professional.
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the style of your house, your old roof could be made of various materials. Asphalt is the most common and can be found on roofs all over the country. Older, more rustic homes may have wood shakes, while Spanish- and Italian-style homes may have clay tiles. If you live on the East Coast in a historic home, your roof may be slate. If you live in a Victorian or contemporary-style home, your roof may be metal. If you live on the beach, you may have a fiber cement roof, which can withstand the salty air and winds. In the majority of cases, homeowners select the same material for their new roof as before. That way, they can stay true to the style of their home. Sometimes, however, it may make better sense to switch materials. Although cheaper, asphalt would not look right on a Spanish-style house with an original tile roof. However, if you live in an older home with a slate roof, you may want to go for a less expensive asphalt roof, which
is lighter and easier to maintain. To determine the route you should go, speak to your roofer. They should be able to advise you on the best choice of roofing material for your area and style of home. If you're handy, you may be able to replace your roof yourself. Most homeowners, however, find that it is easier to hire a roofer. If you choose this option, make sure you shop around. Don't select the first roofer you speak to. Get estimates and references and check them out. Find out exactly what is included in the estimate, how long the job will take and what you can expect. Select a roofer with experience who will do a quality job. Having a new roof installed can be expensive, so make sure you choose someone who will do it right the first time around. You don't want to have to pay for additional repairs. You want your new roof to last a long time. Select the right roofing material for your home and the right professional for the job.
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