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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
VOLUME 125 - NO. 46
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WILL TAXES, ELECTRICITY GO UP?
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Why buying local
Growing Better Communities studies show local businesses produce more income, jobs and taxes for local communities.
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over 50% of the working population (120 million) works in a small business. small businesses have generated over 65% of the new new jobs since 1995.
Paying It Forward know that your money does more good when you shop at local businesses. local non-
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You can’t buy happiness but you can buy local. inside this issue
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Middletown residents could be looking at a half-mill increase in their property tax and a half-cent electric rate hike in 2016, based on a recommendation Middletown Borough Council has received from the financial consultant who prepares the town’s annual budget. But it is far from clear whether council will support the recommendation from consultant Mark Morgan of Susquehanna Group Advisors, who wrote the borough’s Early Intervention Plan in March 2013. Even if council approves the tax increase or the electric rate hike – or both – it is all but certain that the 2016 budget will be reopened and changed by a new council majority that will take control in January, said Councilor Ben Kapenstein, chairman of council’s finance committee. Despite cost-cutting moves during the past several years, the borough still has a projected “structural deficit” hole of up to $2 million to close in the 2016 spending plan, Morgan said during a presentation of the budget to four council members on Monday, Nov. 16. That is largely the result of the borough failing to increase taxes over the past several years, as the cost of operations and providing services throughout Middletown keeps going up, Morgan said. Council must act soon to advertise some version of the 2016 budget. However, that was not possible Monday as not enough members showed up for a quorum. Absent were Council President Chris McNamara, vice president Robert Louer and councilors John Brubaker and Sue Sullivan.
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NEWS Lower Swatara cop named DUI “Top Gun’’
For these alumni, one last goodbye before MAHS is razed By Jim Lewis Press And Journal Staff Photo courtesy 1970 MAHS yearbook
hey walked into Middletown Area High School after sunset, after the scuffing of students filing through the halls, the slamming of locker doors, the cacophony of banter and laughter and gossip had died. Tentative steps, as though they had walked into their own dream. They wandered past empty classrooms, filling the vacant spaces and the silence with the characters and sounds of their memories. Mr. Brunner, the principal, scowling as he watched them pass in a hallway, so imposing that somehow he made you feel safe. The squadron of eager cafeteria moms, helmeted in hairnets, plopping hamburgers and vegetables and applesauce on moonshaped plates. Roger Miller’s “King of the Road’’ echoing in the gymnasium, the record Mrs. Goepfert, the gym teacher, played to teach square dancing to awkward boys and girls. For some, it was the first time they walked into their old school in 50 years. When the Alumni Association offered a tour of the venerable school, which opened in 1963, to graduates during Middletown’s Homecoming week in late October, former students seized the opportunity to return, the chance for one last look. The old school
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Man charged in stabbing
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Ada Espenshade, Class of 1964, beneath a painting of Edward Brunner
I M L Y A FPLOT A local cemetery and nearby road collide By Eric Wise
When you shop With local merchants, more of your money stays close to home; supporting the parks, recreation centers, libraries and other things that make our communities great places to live.
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Council hears options for 2016 budget
A Middletown man was arrested by borough police on Friday, Nov. 13 and charged in connection with a stabbing that occurred outside of Karn’s Foods on South Union Street on Nov. 5. Kory M. Wiles, 24, of the 100 block of N. Union St., was charged with felony robbery and misdemeanor counts of simple assault, possessing instruments of crime and possession of a controlled or counterfeit substance. He was arraigned before District Judge Kenneth Lenker and held in Dauphin County PrisKory M. Wiles on in lieu of $10,000 bond. According to a complaint filed in court by Middletown police, Wiles approached the victim, Hipolito Rodriguez, of the 400 block of Vine St., and asked for money. Rodriguez gave Wiles a dollar.
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“This is bittersweet ...’’ - Carol McQuaid, Class of 1965 Photos by Jim Lewis
he Stoner family settled on a farm in an area outside Middletown that is often called Jednota centuries ago, probably around the time that construction of a private turnpike, originally chartered by the Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company in 1796, began. Soon after, the family buried children Henry Stoner, in 1814, and Mary Ann Stoner, in 1816, in a small plot on the the family farm in Lower Swatara Twp. – and family burials, including the remains of Civil War veterans, continued through the 1800s.
Through a century of growth, the turnpike through Lower Swatara grew wider, until traffic crept just a few feet within the stone fence that surrounds the tiny family graveyard. The road, now called Route 230 – or West Harrisburg Pike to township locals – is so close that vehicles have struck the cemetery wall in at least three recent accidents, tearing the wall down and threatening the plots inside. The family cemetery, left by the last surviving Stoner to the First Church of God in Highspire to maintain, is now a challenge for church members to preserve.
Bill Knerr, a church member, brought the matter to the Lower Swatara Twp. commissioners during a township meeting on Oct. 21, requesting a barrier along the road that would protect the cemetery, located between the Airport Connector and Whitehouse Lane, from additional damage. But Lower Swatara does not have any extra materials, like concrete Jersey barriers, to donate to the church, according to Dan Wagner, the township’s public works director. Even if a barrier was found, placing it outside what remains of the cemetery’s wall probably would not work
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A Lower Swatara Twp. police officer who made 75 DUI arrests last year was named one of the Pennsylvania DUI Association’s “Top Gun Award’’ winners. Officer Patrick Ribec received the award during a ceremony held by the association on Oct. 29 Officer in State Patrick Ribec College. Ribec made more than half of the Lower Swatara department’s 137 DUI arrests in 2014. But even more remarkable, said Chief Richard Brant, is that Ribec “successfully prosecuted each of those cases through the magisterial district judge level, which shows he is doing his job in a proper way.’’
E-town hosts holiday parade A sign the holidays indeed are upon us: Elizabethtown will host its annual holiday parade at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21. The parade, with the theme “A Beary Special Holiday,’’ will begin at the intersection of West Bainbridge and South Market streets and end at the intersection of North Market Street and Mechanics Alley. Whey “Beary Special?’’ The local high school’s mascot is the Polar Bear – it’s partly a nod to to school’s sports teams.
Middletown firefighters to sell Christmas trees beginning Black Friday The Middletown Volunteer Fire Department will begin its annual Christmas tree sale on Friday, Nov. 27 – Black Friday – at the Grove Car Wash parking lot on East Main Street. The sale will be held from noon to 7:30 p.m. on Friday and continue that weekend from noon to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28 and Sunday, Nov. 29. After that weekend, trees will be sold on weeknights from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. and weekends – Saturdays and Sundays – from noon to 7:30 p.m. For more information, readers may call 717-944-1644. .
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Hundreds of vets honored at MAMS, Penn State Harrisburg ceremonies By Dan Miller Press And Journal Staff Middletown Area Middle School was once again the place for veterans to be on Veterans Day. The event keeps getting bigger each year. About 250 veterans attended this year’s Veterans Day ceremony at the school on Wednesday, Nov. 11, said Kevin Little, a middle school history teacher and Marine Corps veteran who served as master of ceremonies for the event. That’s about 50 more veterans than just a year ago, Little said. Each Veterans Day, students and staff of the school combine forces to roll out a tribute to area veterans that is second to none. Students invite the veteran of their choice – it can be a family member or a friend. The event starts with breakfast served in the cafeteria by students and staff. Then the veterans file into the auditorium for an hour-long presentation filled with pageantry and patriotism, stirring videos and the reading of award-winning student essays, and a short speech by the guest of honor. This year’s guest, retired Pennsylvania Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Glenn Nissley, was no stranger to the
Glenn Nissley, a retired brigadier general of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and former teacher at Middletown Area Middle School, speaks to students during the school’s Veterans Day ceremony. school’s annual Veterans Day ceremony, or to the middle school itself. Besides being a citizen soldier, Nissley was a physical education and health teacher for 32 years at the school. He retired in 2009. In fact, Nissley was a co-founder of the school’s Veterans Day event, which started in 1994. He’s attended every one of them – except when he has been
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Ricky Snyder, left, quartermaster of Middletown VFW Post 1620, accepts a table made by XGI member Nate Weaver, right, during a ceremony at Penn Sate Harrisburg as XGI President Joshua Musser looks on from the podium.
deployed with the Guard, Nissley told the students during his remarks. From June 2005 to June 2006, Nissley was in Iraq, commanding a battalion of more than 700 soldiers in Al Anbar Province. Nissley referenced the song “American Soldier” by Toby Keith, but instead of reading the lyrics, Nissley deferred to showing the stirring video of the song, which he admitted to the students tugs at him emotionally. The event also included the reading of prize-winning essays by sixthgrader Mason Swartz, seventh-grader Nathaniel Cooper and eighth-grader Nicole Altland. As the audience silently filed out of the auditorium at the end of the ceremony, more than a few of the veterans could be heard thanking Principal Kevin Cook. At Penn State Harrisburg in Lower Swatara Twp., Veterans Day was observed with a ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11 that was hosted by the campus chapter of Chi Gamma Iota (XGI), a veterans’ fraternity. The fraternity presented a wooden table bearing the XGI logo to representatives of Middletown VFW Post 1620. The table was made by Nate Weaver, who is a member of XGI. The recent return to central Pennsylvania of the remains of Army Cpl. Martin A. King, a midstate soldier who was taken prisoner during the Korean
Cody Pennington, a Penn State Harrisburg Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadet, places a wreath during a Veterans Day ceremony on campus. War and who died in captivity in 1950 at age 18, was noted by guest speaker Robert Ford, a veteran from Marysville who served in the Marine Corps from 1958 to 1964. Martin’s remains arrived at Harrisburg International Airport on Saturday, Nov. 7. He was buried with full military honors in the national cemetery at Fort Indiantown Gap on Monday, Nov. 9. “He was not forgotten by his country, our country,” Ford said of Martin, who lived in Tower City, Lykens and Harrisburg. “That is how important his service was to the United States, and how important is the service of all veterans to our country.” Ford has a long history of service to veterans. After completing his own military service, Ford, then a student
at Penn State, started a veterans-forveterans counseling program that in 1970 was adopted by Gov. Raymond Shafer as Pennsylvania’s Program to Advance Veterans Education (PAVE). In 1971, Ford at age 31 became the youngest draft director in the history of the U.S. when President Richard Nixon appointed him as Pennsylvania state director of the Selective Service System. On Memorial Day 2006, Ford succeeded in having the Newville Post Office re-named in honor of Sgt. 1st Class Randall D. Shughart, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor after being killed in the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993. XGI is a co-ed organization of veterans, members of the National Guard and Reserve and active duty military
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Business association formed by ICDA By Dan Miller
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The on-again, off-again Middletown Business Association may be on again. Or at least that is the hope of the Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority, which voted on Oct. 27 to appoint the association’s first board of directors. The authority incorporated the association in December 2014 and provided a grant of $20,000 in seed money. The association launched a Web site and a membership drive. However, the momentum ran aground with the departure of Jonathan Hicks, a borough employee who chaired the association but who departed Middletown earlier this year to accept a position with the City of Harrisburg. In appointing the new board, the authority is hitting the restart button, said ICDA authority Chairman Matt Tunnell. The association is to be “a separate independent entity” that is not part of either the authority, or Middletown Borough, Tunnell said. The authority is “the incorporating entity” of the association, which means nothing more than the authority filed the paperwork to establish the associa-
tion as an entity, Tunnell noted. It is now up to the new board to create bylaws for the association and decide how the organization is to operate. Term lengths for the new board members were not set, as the new board will determine that for itself in crafting the bylaws. The 10-member board of directors was chosen through a list of interested business persons submitted to the authority by authority member Chris McNamara, who is also president of Middletown Borough Council. The 10 people appointed to the board by the authority are: • Don Friday, men’s basketball coach at Penn State Harrisburg • AB Shafaye, a professor at Penn State Harrisburg • Travis Finkenbinder, Fager-Finkenbinder Funeral Home • Lisa Acri, Acri Accounting • Dana Ward, Hairport • Dave Kitner, Roberto’s Pizza • Sandeep (Vinny) Mundi, 7-Eleven • Jeff Cleckner, Shake’s Oldtowne Barber Shoppe • Ben Ramsey, Tattered Flag Brewery & Still Works • Shane Mrakovich, Street Stores Hardware
Robert Reid write-ins win preliminary county approval Barring an unexpected successful challenge, former long-time Middletown Mayor Robert Reid will be returning to elected office in January to serve a four-year term on borough council representing the First Ward. The Dauphin County Board of Elections voted on Thursday, Nov. 12 to give its preliminary certification to 175 write-in votes for Reid in the general election that was held on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The board will vote on a final certification on Thursday, Nov. 19, said Gerald Feaser, the county’s director of elections and voter registration. Unofficial results from the election had given Reid 160 write-in votes, more than enough to defeat the two candidates who were on the ballot for a four-year First Ward seat – Democrat David Scully, who garnered 90 votes, and former councilor Republican David Rhen, who received 85. Unless there is a challenge, Reid on Nov. 19 will be officially certified as the winner of the seat. “Write-ins are tough. I was fortu-
nate,’’ Reid said late on Nov. 3 after the first counting of the ballots. “If the write-ins hold up it shows that the people had faith in me. Being out of politics a number of years and asking them to write my name in is a pretty good thing.” Dawn Bixler Knull and Greg Wilsbach also appeared to win council seats, according to unofficial returns – Knull a two-year term representing the First Ward and Wilsbach a four-year term representing the Second Ward. In the Third Ward, Diana McGlone, a former councilor, and businessman Damon Suglia were unopposed for two council seats. In Lower Swatara Twp., Republicans appeared to sweep the three seats up for grabs in the election, while two incumbents – Barbara Layne and Gordon Einhorn – appeared to be ousted in the race for five seats on the Middletown Area School Board. Linda Mehaffie, Chris Lupp, Jennifer Scott and incumbents Mike Richards and Terry Gilman appeared to win the five school board seats.
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Wiles then stabbed Rodriguez’s finger with a blade of some type and fled westbound down the alley, the victim told police. Rodriguez took off after Wiles, but Wiles got away, police said. Police said they arrested Wiles after seeing video surveillance of the intersection of Nissley Street and Scott Avenue that showed a man who matched a description of Wiles given to police by Rodriguez walking southbound down the alley about 10 minutes before the stabbing occurred. Upon further investigation, police learned that Wiles had been released from prison on Nov. 3. On Nov. 6,
Wiles had asked a woman at the Rite Aid on East Main Street for a dollar. The woman did not give Wiles any money but bought food for him, police said. Wiles gave a different version of events regarding the stabbing incident when questioned by police. He said that Rodriguez approached him and offered to sell him some Suboxone, police said. Wiles told police that he grabbed the Suboxone pills and fled. However, Wiles denied injuring Rodriguez or even knowing that Rodriguez had been cut. A preliminary hearing for Wiles is set for Monday, Nov. 23 before District Judge David Judy.
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 Drug charges William S. Jackson, 30, of the 1000 block of Belle Haven Dr., Hyattsville, Md., was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police report. The charges stem from the service of a warrant by township police at a residence in the 100 block of Grimm Lane at 10:06 p.m. on Oct. 10, police said. Police said they found marijuana and items classified as drug paraphernalia while assisting East Pennsboro Twp. police in serving a warrant calling for Jackson’s arrest. A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 30 before District Judge Michael Smith. DUI charges Ellen R. Hertz, 52, of the 10000 block of Licking Creek Road, Mifflintown, was charged with DUI and DUI-high rate of alcohol, police report. Hertz was arrested after her 2014 Chevrolet Silverado was stopped at 3:27 a.m. on Oct. 10 in the area of Ann and Grant streets, police said. Hertz was taken to the Dauphin
County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to be tested for the possible presence of intoxicants, police said. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 30 before District Judge Michael Smith. Frauds from accounts with Belco A township resident reported to police that an online purchase with iTunes was fraudulently made from her account with the Belco Community Credit Union. Police said the $42.39 transaction was made on Nov. 3 and had originated in California. Belco will reimburse the victim, police said. A township resident reported to police that a half dozen charges were fraudulently made from her account with the Belco Community Credit Union in October. Police said the credit union had contacted the resident and noted six fraudulent charges totaling more than $290 were made from a Walmart in Kemah, Texas. Belco will reimburse the victim, police said.
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Robert A. Brown “Bobby,” 65, formerly of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at the Colonial Park Care Center. He was born on February 18, 1950 in Middletown and was the loving son of the late William C. Brown and Hazel Gantz Brown. Robert was a member of Middletown Moose 410 and a former member of the VFW Post 1690. He enjoyed fishing, playing pool, throwing darts and could frequently be found at the Blue Room. Bobby is survived by his daughter Dena Focht of Harrisburg; a son Anthony Brown of Harrisburg; two grandsons Ke’Mari Ross and Kasaan Amada; eight siblings Cheryl A. Ashby of Middletown, William J. Brown of Steelton, Tessa M. Brown of Los Angeles, Calif., Allen E. Brown of Middletown, Elaine R. Nester and her husband Jeffrey of Middletown, Ellen Walker of Middletown, Teresa D. Stair of Steelton, and Howard Nash of Virginia; several nieces and nephews; and a host of great-nieces, nephews and cousins. A tribute to Robert’s life was held on Monday, November 16, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 260 E. Main St., Middletown, with the Rev. Victor Romain officiating. Viewings took place on Sunday, November 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday, November 16 from 10 a.m. until the time of the service, both at the funeral home. Burial with full military honors was at East Middletown Cemetery, Middletown. The family would like to thank the Colonial Park Care Center F Wing Station 3 for the exceptional care they provided for Bobby. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
Otis Powell
Otis Donald Powell, 77, the son of the late Emuel Powell Sr. and Notice House-Powell, was born on April 14, 1938 in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 20, 2015 at 11 a.m. at The First Baptist Church of Steelton Pa., 1850 S. 19th St., Harrisburg PA 17104. Viewing will be from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Friday at the church. The family has entrusted the care of the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown to handle the funeral arrangements. Full obituary can be viewed online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
John Sellers
John “Jack” R. Sellers, 87, of Middletown, passed away at home peacefully into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 16, 2015. Born September 14, 1928, he was the son of the late Myrle and Beatrice Hummel Sellers. In addition to his parents, he was proceded in death by his brother, Gerald A. Sellers. Jack is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Ruth Krepps Sellers; daughters Kathy Ann (Tom) Dupes, and Jackie Lynn (Sam) Rainal; grandchildren Samual J. (Heather) Rainal, Michelle (Grant) Garrison, Anthony (Jenifer) Henrich, and Bethany (Mark) Tomassetti; and great-grandchildren Sammy J., and Brianna L. Rainal, Isabella F., Alexander M., and Maximus A. Tomassetti, and Leyla A. Henrich. He is also survived by his sister Shirley Reese-Bernegger of Arizona. In addition to those named, Jack will be missed by his numerous friends for his sense of humor and kind heart. A 1946 graduate of Middletown High School, Jack remained a loyal fan of the Middletown Blue Raiders. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy. He was an active lifetime member of Evangelical United Methodist Church, Middletown. Jack was a former Past Master of the Prince Edwin-Spring Creek Masonic Lodge, Middletown. He retired from Capitol Products, Mechanicsburg. A tribute to John’s life will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Evangelical United Methodist Church, Spruce and Water Streets, Middletown, with the Rev. Robert Graybill officiating. There will be a viewing on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. Inurnment with full military honors will be at the convenience of the family in Middletown Cemetery. The family has entrusted the care of the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown to handle funeral arrangements. The family extends deepest gratitude to the staff of the Compassionate Care Hospice. They provided loving comfort during a most difficult time. Family suggests memorial contributions be made to Compassionate Care Hospice, 1513 Cedar Cliff Dr., Suite 100, Camp Hill, PA 17011, or Evangelical United Methodist Church, Middletown. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
Richard E. Soulliard Sr., 82, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at the Carolyn Croxton Slane Hospice Residence, Harrisburg. Richard was born on January 8, 1933 in Enhaut, Pa. and was the son of the late Thomas and Esther Fox Proudfoot. Richard was a graduate of the former Swatara High School class of 1951 where he medaled as a member of the track and field team. Richard was also a United States Air Force veteran having served during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of American Legion, Post 594, in Middletown and an avid New York Yankees fan. Richard retired from his occupation as an Outside Line Technician with Bell Atlantic after dedicating 43 years to the company. He enjoyed working in his woodshop and was a skilled craftsman, but his greatest joy came from the love he received from his family, especially his grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Richard was preceded in death by his loving wife of 56 years, Norma Boughter Soulliard in 2012. He is survived by his loving children Diane E. Soulliard of Framingham, Mass., Richard E. Soulliard Jr. of Harrisburg, and Ronald E. Soulliard and his wife Holly of Framingham, Mass; two grandchildren Allison E. and Matthew R. Soulliard of Framingham, Mass.; a brother Charles Proudfoot and his wife Kathy of Middletown; two sisters Sarah Santana of Harrisburg, and Mary Proudfoot of Ardmore, Pa.; and several nieces and nephews. A tribute to Richard’s life will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter‚Äôs Evangelical
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– there isn’t even a shoulder along the road by the cemetery. The wall is about two feet from the painted fog line for the westbound lane. “I don’t think PennDOT is going to let them rebuild,” said Richard Brandt, chief of the Lower Swatara Twp. police. A Jersey barrier perhaps could be placed where the remaining sections of the front wall now stand, he said. Otherwise, the graves should be moved to protect them, he said. Moving the graves would be a difficult problem, township officials said. “It’s not an easy thing,” said Commissioner Nick DiFrancesco. “You don’t just move a cemetery.”
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The cemetery includes more than 40 gravestones, although several are smaller markers that are thought to be foot stones matching the larger headstones. There have limited information about those buried there, as several stones have initials only and no dates. Burials in this cemetery apparently occurred throughout the 1800s, with the most recent one about 105 years ago. While most stones show their age, the exception is a modern headstone for Mary Stoner, 1815-1910. Mary Stoner, a member of the Highspire Church of God, left her family cemetery in the care of her church with an endowment of perhaps about $300, Knerr said. It was hardly enough to care for the cemetery since her death more than 100 years ago. “If we could find someone willing to take over the maintenance, we would be willing to turn it over,” Knerr said, adding he was unsure what organizations would be a good fit. According to a catalogue of the graveyard available online through PA-Roots.com, the plot is located on a portion of the Stoner family’s former farm. The family’s stone farmhouse remains nearby – it is now AIS Auto, and was formerly a restaurant called Bratina’s. Local legend claims that the occupants of the cemetery haunt the former farmhouse. At least three Civil War soldiers are believed to be buried in the cemetery. George W. Stoner’s grave features a Civil War marker, labeled “GAR 1861-1865.” Veterans of the War
often joined the “Grand Army of the Republic” organization after the war, and the GAR was responsible for placing these medallions. “Most of the GAR markers in Pennsylvania were provided by county commissioners,” said David Demmy, executive director of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. In other cases, the markers were provided to families by life insurance companies or purchased by the families themselves. Many disappeared from cemeteries during World War II, as the metal was reused in the war effort. Others have been moved, lost and stolen over the years, while others were damaged by lawnmowers or other equipment. George W. Stoner, a corporal, served in Company I of the 93rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment. The regiment was formed in Lebanon, and members of this company, called McCarter’s Guards, were drawn from Dauphin and Lebanon counties. The written regimental register from the state archives indicates that the unit participated in battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Malvern Hill, the Wilderness and Cedar Creek. George W. Stoner served from Oct. 28, 1861 until July 7, 1862, when he was discharged on a surgeon’s certificate, according to the register. There are no details on whether he was wounded in battle or ill, although the discharge came right after the Seven Days Battles, which ended with the Battle of Malvern Hill July 1, 1862. Another Civil War soldier buried in the cemetery, Private Benjamin Core, served with George W. Stoner in Company I. While Core’s gravestone notes his unit, it does not provide any date or details of his life. According to the History of Pennsylvania Volunteers by Samuel Bates, Core served from Oct. 28, 1861 until his death on Feb. 28, 1862 in “Tennallytown, D.C.” The 93rd Pennsylvania was sent to Fort Pennsylvania, which was built to defend Washington, D.C., in the neighborhood whose name eventually was changed to Tenleytown. Pennsylvania soldiers originally built and served at this fort, which was renamed Fort Reno later in the war. Today, Fort Reno exists as a public park on the site. The regiment did not see any action near the time of his death, so Core may have died from illness, although the records provide no documentation. Information about Core and George
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The grave of George W. Stoner, a Civil War soldier, is one of several resting places of Civil War veterans in the Stoner family cemetery along West Harrisburg Pike. W. Stoner was confirmed by state Rep. John D. Payne, R-106th District, who has performed as a Civil War re-enactor portraying a solider from the 93rd Pennsylvania. Records with Payne’s re-enactor group indicate that Jacob Core, who served in the same company of the regiment, is also buried in the graveyard, though no headstone can be found in the plot. Jacob Core was wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania in May 1864 and did not muster out with the rest of the unit at the conclusion of the war. Demmy said he is aware of several instances of area cemeteries like the Stoner Family Plot where gravestones went missing following major floods over the years. A second Grand Army of the Republic marker in the cemetery appears next to heavily-weathered stone with the barely legible last name Stoner –confirmed by a stone rubbing. It is unclear whether it was put in that place by mistake or whether another Stoner family member served in the war. Pennsylvania sent 139 soldiers with that surname to war, according to a database of all Civil War soldiers maintained by Penn State University. An online directory of the cemetery at PA-Roots.com identifies a Civil War grave with the initials H.Z.S., and it does not list any stone markers for Jacob Core. This source was originally compiled by Linda Wileman in 1979, and has been updated several times since it was placed online in 2008.
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During recent years, three accidents have damaged the fence around the plot – the most serious on Jan. 2, when a car was pushed into the center of the fence and dislodged the graveyard gate. The accident happened when a truck driven by John Ray McConnell, of Middletown, crossed into the path of an oncoming car, according to an accident report from the Lower Swatara police. Both McConnell and the car’s driver suffered serious injuries, police said. McConnell faces a felony charge of aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, three misdemeanor DUI charges and three summary traffic citations stemming from the incident that are now before Dauphin County Court, according to court records. Another accident damaged the cemetery fence about five years ago, and the payment from an insurance company was a fraction of the severalthousand-dollar estimate for repairs, Knerr said. “We are the in process (of filing claims for the two recent accidents),” Knerr said. The stone wall is in poor condition
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around the graveyard, and it has another gaping hole at the southeast corner from a third accident.
The problem of restoring the cemetery
The church is seeking volunteers and donations to clean up the small cemetery and repair the masonry. Due to the proximity to the road, no one has stepped forward as a willing volunteer. Ideally, the insurance money would get the cemetery fence repaired and volunteers would improve the overall upkeep, said Payne, who has taken an interest in the historic plot, particularly because of its Civil War connections. It’s very unlikely that the state would install a barrier to prevent errant drivers from striking the cemetery wall again. “We don’t install barriers to protect private property,” said Greg Penny, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. He said guide rails are used when there is a drop-off beside a road, but not as a barrier to stop traffic from entering private property. Even if the wall is removed, replacing it with Jersey barrier on private property creates a problem. “That would be tough, (allowing) a fixed object in a right-of-way” Penny said. After speaking about the issue with PennDOT officials, Penny said one solution would be to extend the curb that runs in front of the neighboring car lot and place a concrete barrier behind that – on private property just outside of the right-of-way. If the church’s leaders decide to restore the wall or remove it and replace it with a barrier, they would need a work zone permit, Penny said. The church may seek cooperation from township police or the fire department to direct traffic if a lane is closed for this work. Brandt said it’s his view that a road closure for dropping a barrier in place would not be terribly disruptive, as traffic could temporarily use the center turning lane if the far-right lane is closed. But where to get a barrier? Although the state has programs for disposing of unneeded government property, it currently does not sell or give away its Jersey barriers, said Troy Thompson, a spokesman for the Department of Government Services. He suggested that the property owners apply for a direct allocation from the federal government’s surplus program. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission “does not sell or donate Jersey barrier,” said Renee Vid Colborn, the commission’s public relations director. She suggested that a contractor that completes turnpike projects may have barriers on hand that could be donated. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Hello, folks! Recently my husband and I, with friends Dave and Pam Morsberger, took a quick trip to New York to be part of the studio audience of the TV show, “Every Day with Rachael Ray.” What a fun experience! We were part of two different shows that aired Nov. 5 and Nov. 12. We got to see Rachael and her guests – Leah Remini, Stacey London and Michael Symon. Our gift for being on the set of the show was Symon’s cookbook, “5 in 5 For Every Season.” Look below for a fall appetizer recipe I tried out. It is really delicious. I will be sharing more of his recipes in the coming months. Rachael showed us how to make sweet and sour cabbage with meatballs. We also got to witness a dad of a toddler put on a special pair of glasses, which enabled him to see his family with his corrected vision. As the audience, we stood in a long line for a few hours out on the sidewalk (even though we had tickets). Thank God it was one of those sunny, 70-degree days. While we waited, we saw Kelsey Grammer. I took a picture of Pam with him. Nice guy. Inside, we were prepped on the cues for the cameras – this means laugh, this means sigh, this means clap, this means clap harder. Rachael was quite pleasant and it was cool to see how a set operates, up close and personal. I hope your November is going nicely. Do not hesitate to share your news with me! Also, I encourage you to call or e-mail me so you can answer a “Question of the Week.” I would love to hear from you. Have a wonderful week! Birthdays Best wishes to Jillian Lawyer of Lower Swatara Twp. on turning 23 on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Wishing you sunny skies. Carly Zimmerman of Lower Swatara marks her happy 12th birthday on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Make it a great one, Carly! Happy balloon-flying day to Camila Martinez of Lower Swatara. She turns 12 on Wednesday, Nov. 18. I hope the day is all sparkly. Ed Nagy of Lower Swatara gets to hear the birthday song on Thursday, Nov. 19. I hope it is a beautiful sound to your ears, Ed. Enjoy! Happy 24th cake day to Rebekah White, who celebrates her happy birthday on Friday, Nov. 20. I hope all your wishes are coming true for you, Rebekah. A new resident of Lower Swatara celebrates her 88th birthday on Friday, Nov. 20. Phyllis Ackerman moved in with us earlier this year and I just want to wish her a day full of sweetness and beauty. Happy birthday, Grammy! Best wishes to Grace Rico of Middletown upon turning 12 on Saturday, Nov. 21. Hope your bling and sparkles day is remarkable, Grace! Morgan Billman of Middletown celebrates being 15 on Saturday, Nov. 21. Congrats, and enjoy your very special me-holiday. Best wishes to Jake Romberger for a very happy 25th cake day on Sunday, Nov. 22. Many blessings to you for a happy year! James Lake of Middletown turns 18 on Monday, Nov. 23. Congrats, and best wishes on this landmark occasion, James.
Happy birthday to Carol Fernback of Lower Swatara, who celebrates her frosty-filled day on Monday, Nov. 23. Enjoy this festive week, Carol! Jessica Knisely of Lower Swatara turns 17 on Monday, Nov. 23. May your birthday week be full of lots of fun stuff and joy, Jessica! If you see Walter Balmer out and about in Londonderry Twp., be sure to give him a huge happy birthday smile and greeting – because his cake day is Monday, Nov. 23. Jenna Abbott of Lower Swatara hits No. 18 on Monday, Nov. 23. Congrats, and enjoy your brand-new adult birthday! Scott Lutzkanin of Lower Swatara celebrates his 28th cake and ice cream day on Tuesday, Nov. 24. May 28 beautiful things happen for you on your day. Happy 15th cake day to Valerie Wilmath of Middletown. May your Tuesday, Nov. 24 birthday be your best one yet. Eat lots of cake! Jennifer Houser of Lower Swatara will observe her razzle-dazzle cake day on Tuesday, Nov. 24. I hope 43 fantastic things make you smile on your day! Anniversaries Best wishes to John and Lori Abbott of Lower Swatara as they celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary on Friday, Nov. 20. I hope your week is extra special! “5 in 5’’ recipe Michael Symon’s White Bean Crostini with Arugula (appetizer) recipe: • 4 tablespoons of olive oil • 1 (15 ounce) can of Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained • 1 garlic clove, minced • 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper • Grated zest and juice of 1/2 lemon • 1 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for sprinkling • 1 small French baguette, cut on the bias into 8 slices • 2 cups of loosely packed arugula 1. Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat. 2. Put a large skillet over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, followed by the beans, garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is fragrant and the beans are warmed through, 3 to 4 minutes. 3. Season the beans with salt and black pepper and mash them into a thick paste with the back of a wooden spoon. Add 1/4 cup water. Continue
stirring and mashing the beans until the mixture is creamy but still a little chunky. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon zest and Parmesan cheese. 4. Meanwhile, drizzle both sides of the bread slices with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and season with salt and black pepper. Grill until nicely charred and toasted on both sides, about 1 minute per side. 5. In a medium bowl, combine the arugula, lemon juice, remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of salt. Toss to combine. 6. Spread some of the bean mixture on each toast, top with arugula, sprinkle with some Parmesan cheese and serve. Operation Christmas Child Join others in our area in putting a smile on a child’s face this Christmas. Samaritan’s Purse is partnering with individuals and churches across the country in bringing shoeboxes full of gifts to needy children. Go to samaritanspurse.org for details. The national collection week is Monday, Nov. 16 to Monday, Nov. 23. The Susquehanna Valley Evangelical Free Church, 6433 Union Deposit Road, Harrisburg, Pa. 17111 is an official drop-off location. Call this number for drop-off times: 717-545-2188. A simple effort on your part will bring tremendous joy to a child. Also, volunteers are needed at the church to pack the shoeboxes in cartons and place them in trucks. Quote of the Week “Freedom is never free.” – Anonymous Question of the Week What is your favorite kick-back way to relax? “I lay down and watch TV and play my iPod.” – Maddy Doncevic, 13, Middletown. “I like to watch anime.” – Melissa Soto, 12, Middletown. “Wrapped up in a blanket lying on a porch swing on a breezy day.” – Alex Pryor, 12, Rutherford. “Go to the pool and eat ice cream or chill while someone is reading me a good book.” – Victoria Kelly, 8, Swatara Twp. “Reading! I love to read.” – Briana Woodring, East Hanover Twp. “Sitting in my favorite chair, coffee in hand, fireplace cranked up.” – Scott Ackerman, Lower Swatara. Proverb for the Week The wicked earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward (11:18).
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The Middletown Area Middle School has announced its Distinguished Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the first marking period. Students who earned honors are:
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Grade 6 – Chasey Baumbach, Presley Carnes, Brandyn Davis, Laila Deimler, Sara Dintiman, Skylar Garza, Sydney Garza, Michael Genaro, Zoe Green, Carter Headley, Alexandra Hess, Tehya Johnson, Nathaniel Kinsey, Karly Mather, Kyleigh Messner, Sydney Miller, Emma Mitchell, Dane Molander, Alexander Monroig, Cynthia Ortiz-Sanchez, Caden Paul, Natalie Powell, Gabriela Przybylski, Makenna Quesenberry, Benjamin Rine, Ryan Rinier, Marissa Romberger, Ian Sipe, James Smith, Melissa Soto, Matthew Wagner, Charnay Wesley and Carly Zimmerman. Grade 7 – Mahnoor Azim, Angalina Black, Madalynn Brittelli, Alicia Clemens, Nathaniel Cooper, Jessica Flores, Abigail Grimland, Alexis Jefferson, Kayla Kauffman, Morgan Klingeman, Alexis Knerr, Natalie Krupilis, Amanda Lee, Janelle Leggore, Emma Lovell, Ayden Miller, Collin Shaffer, Deaisha Stevens, Michael Tuffy, Melanie Wagner and Dylon Zettlemoyer. Grade 8 – Nicole Altland, Pasquale Amendolaro, Cassidy Anderson, Dylan Bakaric, Madison Baumgardner, Ean Benner, Daniel Brenner, Paige Burger, Megan Burghdorf, Austin DiPofi, Larraye Donicker, Zackery Dunlap, Jordyn Dupes, Dane Ebersole, Casandra Eckert, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Leilani Fulmer, Cayla Garman, Lily Gingrich, Conner Golden, Kiera Guckavan, Destiney Gutshall, Kayla Gutshall, Alexis Habbershon, Hailey Hockenberry, Jace Imler, Connor Leiby, Jose Lopez-Quinones, Zachary Malay, Alyssa Martz, Madalyne McGovern, Lindsey Miles, Garrett Miller, Haven Miller, Jaden Miller, Vidhi Patel, Makenna Redline, Andrea Rivas, Devin Rohrbaugh, Carla Santana-Santiago, Talia Scott, Courtney Shaffer, Anna Shank, Emma Skrinak, Matthew Spangler, Joseph Spear, Sara Starliper, Kendall Stiffler, Isabella Stillo, Angelina Torres, Raymond
Truntz, China Williams, Matthew Wynkoop and Noelle Zimmerman.
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Grade 6 – Keyana Allensworth, Lavina Balliet, Rylee Barnes, Hayley Bartholomew, Rico Benavidez, Dylan Bernola, Taylor Brady, Sabrina Buggy, Austin Burkett, Ethan Burkholder, Aiden Cannon, Lyndsay Carnes, Zachary Cole, Nicolas Corradi, Vincent Corradi, Thomas DeLaCruz, Tyler Ditzler, Ayden Doncevic, Taylor Dunlap, Carly Dupes, Maximillion Eckley, Marly Fox, Grant Garner, Misty Gejoff, Megan Gipe, Jason Grob, Gavin Guckavan, Alexander Hatt, Hailey Herneisey, Maya Herneisey, Stacey Hinojosa, Dagan Hughes, Jasmine Johnson, Tate Leach, Abbey Leister, Tluang Lian, Khyra Little, Joshua Luther, Tatiana Marcano, Camila Martinez, Faith Matter, Bailey May, Aaron Mayersky, Angel McCorts, Wyatt McKenna, Rachelle Miller, Sarah Miscevich, Lani Moore, Jason Moser, Cody Mutek, Kylen O’Rourke, Hunter Palmateer, Nyalah Parker, Eli Ramroop, Grace Rico, Tegan Rider, Isaiah Rogers-Kenney, Chase Runion, Collin Russ, Aidan Ruzansky, Antonio Sanchez, Kira Shafer, Kennedy Sharon, Madison Sieber, Kayla Smith, Ryan Souders, Annalise Spagnolo, Benjamin Staker, Selena Stoker, Mason Swartz, Jasmine Taylor, Dylan Tucker, Tianna Vidot, Maya Wagner, Owen Wealand, Tessa Weigel, Keira Weise-Torres, Noah Wertz, Madison White, Amber Witmer, Austin Wolf, Owen Wood, Doron Yospa and Madison Zettlemoyer. Grade 7 – Gyles Adderley, Hooda Al-Talal, Jenna Alford, Madison Andree, Jayden Benner, Ethan Bricker,
William Brown, Nathan Burkholder, Alyssa Bush, Olivia Cochran, Leonyae Cuthbertson-Lake, Laila David, Jessa Dietz, Michael Donar, Kaylee Doncevic, Quinn Dworchak, Daniel Evans, Micaela Gallagher, Emily Gergely, Dillan Gray Maxwell, Serina Gurm, Jacob Hottenstein, Jordan Knaub, Antonio Koser, Jos’e Medina, Bryce Mickolick, Matthew Mitchell, Andrea Nauman, Julian Nester, Tiana Noon, Kira Paredes, Shivam Patel, Mercaties Perez-Chajchalac, Caden Prisbe, Haley Reed, Jose Rodriguez, Julio Rodriguez, Selena Santos, Belinda Schroll, Christopher Scott, Kevin Scott, Riham Sghir, Isha Shah, Ryan Sherrick, Seth Smith, Tyler Smith, Troy Stein, Shaleyah Summers, Kaden Sweeney, Alyse Ulrich, Timothy Wagner, Derek Wall, Damien Weigel and Lacey Zimmerman. Grade 8 – Macy Appleby, Johnicia Badgett, Halsey Batten, Jenna Baumbach, Emily Bivens, Madison Bloom, Kyra Bolarinwa, Dalton Brannen, Joshua Brion, Courtney Brown, Emily Brown, Jacob Buffington, Tristan Cassidy, David Chavez, William Cleland, Melanie Diaz-Martinez, Cassandra Ebersole, Luke Fegley, Caroline Gill, Cole Grabuloff, Natalie Griffin, Jeremy Hippensteel, Benjamin Hursh, Jenna Jerome, Aniyah Johnson, Christopher Joseph, Camden Kell, Victoria Lopez, Robert Louer, Jaleena Marrero, Logan Martin, Brandon Mayersky, Griffin Meyer, Miranda Molander, Trevor Myers, Kaden O’Rourke, Madyson Pacheco, Leah Radic, Aalyah Rodriguez Aponte, Camryn Russ, Krea Scheaffer, Marie Schopf, Dalajsha Shickley, Caleb Springer, Ly’niese Thomas, Marcos Villarreal, Deja Washington, Leonard Wesley, Case Woodley and Justin Yohn.
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From The Wednesday, November 18, 1992 Edition Of The Press And Journal Boy Out-Runs Pain, Dreams Of Future As Football Player Imagine a child who lives with constant pain, pain so intense, it often jolts him from sleep during the night. And then imaging this same child having enough strength and determination to play a rough-and-tumble sport like football. This is the situation of Ty Kerr of Londonderry Township, who recently celebrated his ninth birthday. Although the young Lark Street resident and his mother, Lynn, display a positive attitude, they have dealt with a great deal of hardship since Ty’s birth. Ty was born with a deviated nasal system, a circumstance of Binder’s Syndrome. Since then, he has had two surgeries to repair the condition. He will return to the operating room on November 27, for repositioning of a cartilage graft that was performed last March. In 1986, when Ty was a toddler, he was diagnosed as having Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis in both of his knees. Last month doctors discovered an effusion of his knee in which fluid collects around the joint. For now, the youngster keeps his knee wrapped in an effort to combat the pain, but he says that the condition is becoming worse. What’s more, he can’t take any sort of pain reliever as it thins the blood and would complicate his upcoming surgery. Still, this is one tough kid, “Ty has shown courage and determination through all of this,” his mother said. “He’s played basketball since he was 6 and this is his first year of football. Not once have I ever heard the words ‘I quit.’” Steve White, defense coordinator for the Middletown Boys Club’s pee wees football team, for which Ty plays, echoed Lynn’s opinion. “He has a superior attitude. I’ve never heard a complaint and he’s there for every game.” White pointed out that the other boys on the team know nothing of Ty’s problems. “His mother has never requested special treatment for the boy,” he continued. “I’ve seen him get knocked down by kids almost twice his size and he just gets right back up.” Borough Employees Give Top Dollar To United Way Drive Officials with the Capital Region United Way Fund Drive are applauding the enthusiastic support the area fundraising campaign has received from Middletown Borough employees. Now in the midst of a campaign to raise a total of $7.3 million from Harrisburg area communities, Drive officials say that the contribution from Middletown employees is among the top donations received from any municipality in the Capital Region. “It’s really an outstanding response,” Jack Van Skike, a United Way official said early this week. “They donated a total of $1,350 to this year’s campaign for surpassing their contribution last year.” Van Skike, on loan from GPU Nuclear’s Three Mile Island plant, called it “an outstanding effort” that put Middletown Borough’s response among the best of all boroughs and townships in the region. The Borough
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will be torn down in June, and a new school, under construction a few hundred feet away, will take its place next August. It was a to chance relive golden days of their youth. And say goodbye. “This is bittersweet,’’ said Carol McQuaid, a member of the Class of 1965, the second class to graduate from the school, as she paused in a hallway. “It stirred up a lot of memories. It’s a shame it will be torn down, but I see why it’s cost-effective to do so.’’ The association and the Middletown Area School District opened the doors to graduates on Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24, allowing alumni to walk the halls and classrooms one last time. Beneath the old school’s institutional squareness, its veneer of efficiency, stories are neatly tucked away, and legends live. They can be discovered in places you would never imagine they’d exist. The staircases, for example. In the old high school in town, there were separate staircases for boys and girls – but in this modern model of efficiency, built just beyond the borough limits along North Union Street in Lower Swatara Twp., the staircases were unisex, McQuaid recalled. “It was, like, wow! We’ve come a long way,’’ she said. Or the slogan, “You’re in Raider country,’’ painted above the gymnasium’s bleachers. It’s a gift from the Class of 1988, and Nikki Douglass, a member of the class, was saddened as she stared up at it and realized it would be demolished along with the gym walls. “But change is good,’’ said Douglass, who now lives in New Jersey. “I’m sure they will make new memories at the new school.’’ Douglass remembers the day she and other cheerleaders hosted a retirement party for Mrs. Goepfert, who served as cheerleading coach for 25 years, in the gym. They secretly had assembled a line of former cheerleaders from every year that Ruth Goepfert had coached and, one by one, brought all 50 graduates into the room as the teacher watched in surprise.
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Nikki Douglass stands beneath a “This is Raider Country’’ sign that was a gift to Middletown Area High School from her Class of 1988. “She just couldn’t believe it,’’ Douglass recalled. “She remembered all of them – who they were, their names.’’ The hallways belonged to Mr. Brunner – Edward E. Brunner, the principal from 1959 to 1986, a no-nonsense disciplinarian who stood stoically in the halls, arms folded, keeping order. “He was a very nice man, but his stare…’’ McQuaid said, trailing off. “You didn’t hear a peep out of anyone when they passed by him.’’ He was feared – and loved. Douglass admired him so much that she invited him to her graduation party in 1988, two years after he had retired. He showed up. “You knew he liked you if he gave you a smile – or he’d give you a death glare that would eat through your soul,’’ she said. “I don’t think younger kids today have respect for a figure like him.’’ For Ada Espenshade, a member of the Class of 1964 – the first class to graduate from the school – a visit to a classroom brought memories of Mrs. Habig, her business teacher, and basketball games between the
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Present were Councilor Scott Sites, who presided over what was an information budget session led by Morgan, and fellow councilors Mike Bowman, Kapenstein and Anne Einhorn. Council for now has just eight of nine members due to the vacancy created by the resignation of Vicki Malone. Morgan presented four options for action on the 2016 budget. One calls for no increase in either the property tax or electric rate and would require a transfer of $1.29 million from the electric trust fund to the general fund to plug the hole. A second version calls for no tax increase and would reduce the electric rate by 1 cent based upon the borough being able to purchase electricity at a reduced rate after having extended its current contract with its wholesale electricity supplier for another year. However, this option still would require transfer of just under $2 million from the electric trust. The third option, which Morgan prefers, calls for the half-mill property tax increase coupled with the half-cent raise in electric rates. Close to $850,000 would still need to be transferred from the electric fund. A half-mill property tax hike would increase the borough real estate tax bill by $58.50 a year for a house valued at $117,000, and in total would generate another $120,000 to the general fund, Morgan told council’s finance committee on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The half-cent raise in electric rates would cost the average customer an additional $6 a month, or about $72 a year, and would add $330,000 to general fund coffers.
female students and female faculty. In the mid-60s, girls’ sports were rare – there was no varsity team, no high school rivalries, and girls had to play their teachers in pickup games if they wanted to play basketball at all. Half court only – young ladies were not expected, nor encouraged, to run the length of the court. When the teachers chose what student opponents they would guard in a game, Mrs. Habig, a towering, lean teacher, always chose Espenshade, a farm girl from Lower Swatara Twp. “She was six feet tall, and she always picked me,’’ recalled Espenshade, who stands just five feet tall. For Ed Sunbery, who graduated in 1965, a walk through the school brought back memories of a shocking event: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was sitting at a desk in Mrs. Bechtel’s French class when Walter Cronkite’s voice suddenly blared over the school loudspeaker on Nov. 22, 1963, the day it happened. “We just sat there like it was a joke,’’ recalled Sunbery, of Lancaster. Then
Despite complaints from residents that their electric bill is too high, the price of electricity in the borough is, on average, about 2 cents lower per kilowatt hour than in surrounding communities that are served by power companies such as PPL and Met-Ed, Morgan said. The borough is currently charging a rate of 10.6 cents per kilowatt hour to residents, and 9.6 cents, plus demand charges, to businesses. Even with a half-cent increase, Middletown’s electric rate would still be below that of other nearby communities, Morgan told council. The fourth option proposed by Morgan calls for no increase in the electric rate or property tax, but assumes savings of $660,965 in the police budget if the borough follows through with entering into some kind of police department merger with neighboring municipalities. Council voted on Monday, Nov. 9 to have McNamara and the borough solicitor enter into talks with Swatara and Lower Swatara townships toward a new regional police force. The concept is among seven potential options for regional policing in Dauphin County – five of which directly involve Middletown – that consultants have prepared for the Dauphin County commissioners. A regional police force could save the borough $280,543 to $869,347 a year based on the county report, depending upon which option Middletown goes with, borough Manager Tim Konek told council on Nov. 9. The motion passed by council directs McNamara and the solicitor to report back on the talks to council by Dec. 7. The fourth option also includes sav-
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For alumni Jill Rishar, left, Kris Smith, center and Deana Chestnut Zakharia, their basketball team’s 1986 victory over powerful Bishop McDevitt, reported in USA Today, is their most special memory of Middletown Area High School. a couple of girls in class, including the girl in the desk across from his, started to cry. “Everybody was sort of friends – there were always some people who kept to themselves, but nobody was on the outs,’’ Sunbery said. “I think we were very fortunate that we were very grounded.’’ For classmates Deana Chestnut Zakharia, Kris Smith and Jill Rishar, senior teammates on the girls’ basketball team in 1986, the greatest memory was made on the basketball court – the Blue Raiders beat Bishop McDevitt, ending the private school’s record winning streak. The large partisan
crowd stormed the court afterward, and a story on their victory made USA Today. They gathered on the court one last time during the school’s Goodbye Tour, reliving their biggest moment in sports. “There’s a lot of good memories here. It still feels like the halls we walked in,’’ said Zakharia, who lives in Florida. But here’s one thing that life taught her after she left the old school: Nothing stays the same. “A lot of things change in life,’’ she said. “Things don’t last forever.’’ Jim Lewis: 717-944-4628, or jimlewis@pressandjournal.com
ings from the borough eliminating its central garage facility after reducing the town’s vehicle fleet by about half. However, the budget Morgan presented indicates closing the garage would only save about $16,500, due to shuffling personnel around to avoid laying off employees. Even if council goes through with some version of regional policing, it is highly unlikely that can be done fast enough to realize any savings in 2016, Kapenstein has said. Morgan acknowledged as much, referring to the option based upon savings from regional policing as a “pie in the sky” budget. The 2016 hole would be about $950,000 worse if not for the 50-year lease of the water and sewer system that the borough entered into on Jan. 1 with United Water, Morgan said. Much of the $43 million lump sum payment that the borough received from entering into the lease was used to pay off the borough’s unfunded pension debt, thereby reducing the amount of money that the borough has to contribute toward pension funds in 2016. At the same time, the 2016 general fund hole is larger than it needs to be, by $725,000. The general fund was supposed to receive that amount from United Water in 2016 as the first in a series of annual payments that the company is required to make under the concession lease agreement. However, council amended the lease on Nov. 9 to direct the $725,000 payment to the borough water and sewer authority, not the general fund. The authority was supposed to go away as part of the lease agreement. However, that is not happening, and the reason is complicated. The dismantling of the authority would trigger a re-permitting of some borough ground wells by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Morgan told council on Monday, Nov. 16 – and that would lead to United Water not being able to draw as much water from the wells as the amount specified in the lease agreement. Morgan, following council’s Nov. 9, action pulled the $725,000 from the general fund, making the deficit hole much larger. But council’s Nov. 9 action to amend the lease is not valid because the action requires the approval of United Water, both Kapenstein and Mayor James H. Curry III insisted. Kapenstein was not present at the Nov. 9 meeting in which council acted
to amend the lease. “It’s clear” that the $725,000 belongs in the general fund, despite council’s Nov. 9 action to the contrary, Kapenstein said. Instead of using electric trust money, Kapenstein proposes that the rest of the deficit hole – what’s left after the $725,000 is plugged back into the general fund – be filled with close to $2 million that the borough has received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse the town for costs related to recovering from the flooding of Tropical Storm Lee in 2011. Kapenstein said that, according to Konek, the borough has received 97 percent of the flood reimbursement money from FEMA. “The money came from the general fund to pay for the flood and got reimbursed. If it came from the general fund it should go back to the general fund,” Kapenstein told the Press And Journal. Morgan said the flood money at present is not committed toward anything. However, if the borough chooses to use the flood money to fill the projected deficit for this year, instead of tapping the electric fund as council decided when it approved the 2015 budget a year ago, then the flood money would not be available for 2016, Morgan said. Morgan said that he does not object to using money from the electric trust to plug the budget hole, so long as the borough is not over-charging residents and businesses for electricity. But the borough only has about $10 million left in the electric trust, and at the current rate the trust could be gone in as little as five years, Morgan told the finance committee on Nov. 10. A year ago, Morgan advocated for an increase in the property tax and the electric rate. Council instead ignored his advice and transferred $1.9 million from the electric trust to balance the 2015 budget and to cover a shortfall in the electric budget. This time, Morgan is again reinforcing his strongly-held position that the borough should be increasing the property tax by a small amount each year – roughly equal to the rate of inflation – to cover the rising costs of operations. “I know that is not a popular issue, but the longer we wait to deal with that the more painful that (tax) rate increase becomes,” Morgan told council. “The borough has not touched its tax rate structure in the last eight or nine years, so every year our tax revenue remains the same and our expenses keep going up. We can’t run our household budgets that way or the borough or any business that way. Our hole keeps getting larger.” Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
PRESS AND JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
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A new museum will tell it using artifacts of Middletown's past By Katlyn Miller PRESS AND JOURNAL STAFF ince January, the Middletown Area Historical Society has been putting together a new museum commemorating the history of Middletown. The society has moved its memorabilia and other historical items, once housed on a floor above the Middletown Public Library, into the Grosh House on East Main Street. The new museum will be open to the public at least one day a week. One of the house's downstairs rooms is filled with boxes containing town artifacts that will be displayed there in the future. But that isn't how the final product is going to appear – both the downstairs and upstairs floors of the Grosh House will be full of displays, said Jenny Miller, a member of the society. Each section of the house, built in 1755, will have its own "theme," holding items that match that theme. Some themes currently under consideration: the now-defunct Olmsted Air Force Base, once the town's giant military employer; Rene Grove, a Middletown toymaker; the Liberty Band, a brass band that played in Middletown from 1858 to 1966; and artist Peg Freeborn, whose watercolor paintings of Middletown would be showcased. "We just want to tell Middletown's story," Miller said. The society has accumulated many old photographs, so it plans to capture the history of these photographs and other memorabilia through a digitalized museum display. There are some interesting featured items that will debut in the museum. An authentic airplane propeller – wooden,
unlike an other propeller we are used to seeing today – from an old plane at the defunct Middletown Air Depot lay on a bench inside the house.The museum will also hold other items coming from the Olmsted Air Force base. Another featured item: a beautifully-crafted wooden table with a marble top dating back to the 1830's. Other interesting display items include Liberty Band uniforms along with a tuba, an old derby race car, fraktur "wallpaper" featured in one of the upstairs rooms, and many more. The Grosh House had been closed for two or three years before the society took it over, said Jenny Miller, a society member. After Middletown Borough purchased the house and presented it to the society, members got right to work. They repainted the entire outside, cleaned the yard, did some landscaping and even changed some of the house's internal structure. In the lobby of the house once stood an enormous reception desk – used in its days as a dentist's office – that took up far too much valuable space. Society members put on their working gloves. They removed the large desk, took apart the wood from an old sink that took up the entire length of a wall in one of the rooms and built a smaller desk in the lobby that will allow more space to be used for displays. Once the oversized desk was gone, a pole leading up to the ceiling was left behind. The historical society contacted the previous owner of the building to see if it had anything to do with the house's structural support - and after affirming the pole's sole purpose was for the desk, society members removed it to create more space. Along with the renovations, a new addition to the house can be seen – the society mounted
a wooden and glass weatherproof case in which papers and flyers about different events happening in local schools, clubs, businesses and social organizations will be posted. It will act as a community bulletin board to keep everyone informed about local events. With the new museum comes new ideas. The back room of the Grosh House will be a research center fully equipped with in-house files, allowing people to do research on their own. There will also be a second research room on the second floor containing rows of filing cabinets. Another new idea: The society will conduct archeological digs in the backyard of the Grosh House in an attempt to find old artifacts. The society also plans to offer a children's program at the Grosh House as a way to teach younger generations about their town's history and, it is hoped, pass the torch to them when they're older. And Santa will visit the Grosh House sometime in December. The society plans to festoon the inside of the house with antique toys, Christmas decorations and even a toy train that will run along the entire upstairs railing of the house. The society hopes to open the new museum to the public by the end of the year, Miller said. Although the museum itself won't be finished for at least a few months, presentations and ticket sales for other historical society events will still be held in the Grosh House to allow people to catch a glimpse of what the museum will look like while it is still in the works. Volunteers are needed at the Grosh House to help with moving artifacts and lending the society a hand once the museum opens. You can fill out a contact form on the society's Web site at www.middletownareahistoricalsociety.org.
"We just want to tell Middletown's story." — Jenny Miller,
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MIDDLETOWN AREA FOOTBALL
Raiders fight, but fall to East Pennsboro, 42-20
End season with a 7-4 record and rare postseason appearance By Larry Etter
Press And Journal Staff
Middletown Coach Brett Myers and his team set some goals for themselves heading into the 2015 grid season. And most of those goals had been met. But as well as the season had gone for the Blue Raiders this fall, everything came to a screeching halt on Friday, Nov. 13 at East Pennsboro in a disappointing 42-20 loss to the host Panthers in a first-round District 3 Class AAA playoff game. Even with the loss, Myers and his coaches had to be pleased with the efforts their charges put into what turned out to be a pretty good year. The goals – fielding a competitive team, recording a winning season, earning some major victories and making the playoffs – were met as the Blue Raiders finished the regular season with a fine 7-3 overall record. That finish landed the team almost smack in the middle of the post-season playoff picture with an 11th seeded among the 16 playoff teams. Drawing East Pennsboro, the winner of the Mid-Penn Conference’s Colonial Division, was their reward. Unfortunately for the Middletown side, the Panthers (9-2) had the better game on Friday and ended the Raiders’ season rather abruptly. The weather took a drastic turn from the previous week when the Blue Raiders handed Camp Hill its first loss of the season on a warm night at War Memorial Field. With strong, frigid winds blowing through George Saxton Stadium in Enola, the Blue Raiders suffered through a series of mistakes and costly penalties that chilled their efforts to make a long-overdue trip to the playoffs a pleasant one. The Panthers took advantage of Middletown’s misfortunes throughout the game and earned themselves a second-round matchup with Manheim Central (9-2), a 51-3 winner over Spring Grove in a first-round game, on Friday, Nov. 20. Middletown’s playoff game got off to a somewhat crazy start right from the outset. On the opening offensive series for East Pennsboro, the Middletown defense held and forced a punt. When the center snap sailed over the
Defensive tackle Jarred Rife (40), above, stops East Pennsboro running back Onasis Neely (12) as teammates Blake Jacoby (15) and Griffen Radabaugh (58) watch.
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Middletown tight end Malik Noon (85), bows quietly as the game, and the Blue Raiders’ season, ends.
Middletown running back Jaelen Thompson (7), left, bursts through the East Pennsboro defense. Thompson ran for 82 yards and a touchdown.
Panther punter’s head, Middletown’s Corbin Stetler was there, tackling the kicker at the East Pennsboro 8-yard line. Rather than capitalize on the gift, the Raiders fumbled the ball away two plays later and the Panthers dodged an early bullet. The Panthers picked up big yardage and moved the ball all the way to the Middletown 21-yard line before they, too, lost control with a fumble recovered by the Raiders’ Tyeer Mills. One play later, the Raiders were victimized by a high Please See RAIDERS, Page B3
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In the first two quarters of its first-round District 3 playoff game, Lower Dauphin looked discombobulated by a relentlessly threatening Cedar Cliff offense, lousy field position and a blustery, cold, unbearable wind that rustled the flags atop Hersheypark Stadium so violently that it seemed it would rip them off their poles. Nearly all of the first half was played on Lower Dauphin’s side of the field in the Class AAAA clash on Friday, Nov. 13, as the Falcons’ defense fought to stop one Cedar Cliff march toward the end zone after another. On the few occasions that Lower Dauphin’s offense took the field, it played without its star running back, who watched from the sidelines with a sore shoulder injured in the Falcons’ regular-season finale, deep in its own territory, and with little success. Somehow, the Falcons trailed only 3-0 at halftime – timely defensive gems and the strong wind forced two incomplete Cedar Cliff passes on fourth down near Lower Dauphin’s goal line and a missed field goal – and Coach Rob Klock realized he had to do something “to get their heads where they needed to be.’’ So at intermission he went to his injured star, running back George Hatalowich, who had played only on defense, and asked if he could play on offense as well. “It’s the playoffs,’’ Hatalowich replied. When Klock announced to his team that Hatalowich would return to the backfield in the second half, the response was more than he could have hoped. “I think there was a belief,’’ Klock said. “They believed.’’ Funny, how the mind works; Hatalowich’s return seemed to wipe out a horrible first half, a rare
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Falcon receiver Clay Spencer (3) fights off a Cedar Cliff defender after fumbled snap on a punt that resulted in UP NEXT a third-quarter Colt safety and a Cedar Cliff touchdown after the ensuing District 3 Falcon kickoff, and a 12-point second Class AAAA playoffs half deficit to lead Lower Dauphin to Quarterfinals a 22-12 comeback victory. Hatalowich ran for 131 yards and two Lower Dauphin (9-2) vs. touchdowns, all in the second half, to Central Dauphin (10-1), 7 p.m. lead the Falcons (9-2) into the quarFriday, Nov. 20, terfinals against top-seeded Central Ebersole Stadium, Dauphin (10-1) on Friday, Nov. 20 Central Dauphin at Central Dauphin Middle School. Middle School “A beast,’’ is how Klock described Hatalowich after the game. “We did not plan on using him,’’ to kick the bouncing ball downfield. Klock admitted. “We needed a spark. It glanced off a Cedar Cliff player and into the end zone, wriggling He was the spark.’’ Down as the third quarter began, out of bounds as the Colts (8-3) the Falcons fell behind 5-0 about two Please See minutes into the period when their FALCONS, Page B4 punter dropped a snap and attempted
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THEY COMMIT TO COLLEGES
Local high school athletes sign letters of intent Eleven LD students pick their colleges Eleven Lower Dauphin High School student-athletes have signed letters of intent with colleges that commit them to play their sports on the NCAA level. With families, friends and coaches watching, the students signed their letters during a ceremony in the school cafeteria on Wednesday, Nov. 11 – the first day of the early signing period for high school seniors committing to play NCAA sports. The students who signed were: • Alex Leader, daughter of Wally and Brenda Leader, who will play basketball at Kutztown University, where she plans to study psychology and criminal justice. She is a two-year varsity starter in basketball and girls’ volleyball, president of the Volunteen club and a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society and the Diversity Club. She serves as a counselor in Lower Dauphin’s outdoor education program and as a buddy for Special Olympics. In the community, she participates in AAU basketball and was a member of last year’s Miss Hummelstown court. • Ty Freidrich, son of Alan and Pam Friedrich, will play baseball at Maryland, where he plans to study business. He is a four-year member of the baseball team and was named to the Chandler Bats National Baseball team. He is a member of the Volunteen club and is a buddy in TOPS Soccer. • Taylin Lehman, daughter of Patrick and Tina Lehman, will play field hockey at St. Francis, Loretto, where she will study biology. She is a four-year member of the field hockey and girls’ lacrosse teams and was a member of two Team USA National Club Championship under-19 medal winning field hockey teams. She a member of the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the Adventure Club. • Madison Lilliock, daughter of John and Anita Lilliock, will play field hockey at Temple, where she will study sports management. She was a captain, three-year varsity starter and four-year letter-winner on the field hockey team and a captain, three-year starter and letter-winner on the softball team. She is a member of the National Honor Society. • Taylor Plouse, daughter of David and Carla Plouse, will play field
hockey at Lock Haven, where she will study health science. She is a captain and four-year member of the field hockey team, competes in Team USA’s National Club Championships and competes in the Keystone Games, where she won a silver medal in 2011. She is a member of the National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, National English Honor Society and National History Honor Society as well as a student school board representative, assistant editor of the yearbook, member of the MiniTHON committee and counselor in Lower Dauphin’s outdoor education program. • Katie Spanos, daughter of George and Beth Spanos, will play field hockey at Dartmouth, whereas she will study biological sciences. She is a captain and fouryear member of the field hockey team and played girls’ lacrosse for a season. She is president and a fouryear member of Student Council, executive director and a four-year member of the MiniTHON committee and a member of the Volunteen club, National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National History Honor Society, National Math Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society. She served as a counselor in Lower Dauphin’s outdoor education program and is active in her church’s youth group. • Zach Weaver, son of Jonathan Trostler and Melissa Weaver, will pay lacrosse at Coker College, Hartsville, S.C., where he will study computer science. He is a two-year starter and a three-year member of the boys’ lacrosse team and serves as a volunteer coach for youth lacrosse teams. • Samantha Markley, daughter of Dave and Catherine Markley, will play lacrosse at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N.C., where she will study mathematics or biology. She is a four-year member of the girls’ lacrosse team and girls’ soccer team, vice president and a four-year member of Student Council and a member of the MiniTHON committee, National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National History Honor Society, National Latin Honor Society, National Math Honor Society and National Science Honor Society. She is also
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Lower Dauphin students who signed letters of intent to play sports in college are, from left: back row, Taylor Plouse, Zach Weaver, Ty Freidrich, Bailey Shutt and Katie Spanos; front row, Taylin Lehman, Kayla Holl, Madison Lilliock, Samantha Markley, Alex Leader and Kaylee Stoner. an editor for the yearbook and served two years as a buddy with Special Olympics. • Kayla Holl, daughter of Jeff and Shauna Holl, who will play softball at West Chester, where she will study business and graphic design. She is a four-year member of the softball team and was named to Mid-Penn Conference all-stars and was a second-team all-state selection. She is a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and the Volunteen club and served as a buddy for Special Olympics. • Kaylee Stoner, daughter of Scott and Amy Stoner, will play softball at Mount St. Mary’s, Emmitsburg, Md., where she will study physical therapy. She is a four-year member of the softball team and was a co-captain, a first-team all-star in the Mid-Penn Conference and an honorable mention all-state player last year. She is a member of the MiniTHON committee and the Volunteen club, and volunteers with several community charities and as a buddy for Special Olympics. • Bailey Shutt, son of Matt and Roxanne Bamford and Tim Shutt, will wrestle for Bloomsburg. He is a four-year member of the wrestling team and a three-year member of the football team. Last year, he placed sixth in the PIAA state championships at 160 pounds and was the District 3-AAA champion.
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Basketball star Ja’lynn Burton-Jones, left, committed to Division I Robert Morris, while baseball star Brandon Harper committed to Division II Millersville.
At Middletown, a basketball and a baseball star commit Two Middletown Area High School students signed letters of intent with colleges on Wednesday, Nov. 11 – the first day of the early signing period for high school seniors committing to play NCAA sports. Ja’lynn Burton-Jones, who reached the 1,000-point landmark in basketball, signed to play basketball at
Robert Morris University, Allegheny County, a Division I school, while Brandon Harper, a member of of the baseball, boys’ basketball and golf teams, signed to play baseball at Millersville University, a Division II school. Jones, daughter of Jessica Jones, plans to major in criminal justice
and minor in communications at Robert Morris. At Middletown, she is involved in the Link Crew and Yearbook. Harper, son of Rob and Sandy Harper, plans to major in business administration at Millersville. At Middletown, he is a member of Future Business Leaders of America.
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snap from center and the Panthers were back on offense at the Middletown 5-yard line. East Pennsboro running back Onassis Neely darted into the end zone on first down to give the Panthers a 7-0 lead. With the offense starting at its own 20-yard line on Middletown’s ensuing possession, disaster struck again for the Raiders. First it was a holding penalty on first down, then another high snap in punt formation that resulted in a two-point safety. With 6:25 left in the first quarter, the Panthers led 9-0. It only got worse for the Blue & Gold. After the ensuing free kick, Neely dashed 30 yards for another touchdown. The extras point failed, but East Pennsboro had increased its advantage to 15-0 with 6:00 still left in the opening period. The Middletown offense finally made some progress behind the running of Jaelen Thompson, Brady Fox and Caleb Leggore and used a 9-play drive to move into East Pennsboro territory. But the promising drive ran out of downs at the Panthers’ 24-yard line. East Pennsboro’s ensuing drive started with 43 seconds left in the first quarter and ended six plays into the second when Neely raced 36 yards for yet another Panther touchdown. With the kick, East Pennsboro pushed the Raiders into a 22-0 hole with 8:59 left before halftime. A short East Pennsboro kickoff, however, gave the Raiders good field position near midfield and the Middletown offense took advantage by collecting its first points of the game. On third-and-13, quarterback Chase Snavely connected with Leggore for 9 yards and the Raiders then converted a fourth-and-4 with a 10-yard run by Thompson that kept the drive alive at the East Pennsboro 39-yard line.
Thompson took it from there, bouncing off a Panther defender at the line of scrimmage and sprinting down the right side for a touchdown at the 6:15 mark. The extra point failed but the Raiders were back in it, down 22-6. But more trouble plagued the Raiders on the ensuing kickoff when a Middletown penalty put the East Pennsboro offense on the field at the Raiders’ 40-yard line. A 27-yard run by Kyron Dennis to the Middletown 8-yard line set up another Panther score, a 1-yard run by Dennis at 3:48 that took away the momentum the Raiders had gained with their score. The Panthers carried a 28-6 lead into the halftime break. Down, but not yet out, the Blue Raiders came out ready to play in the second half. Proof of that came on a 75-yard touchdown run by Fox just three plays into the third quarter. Good blocks up front, two quick moves and a burst of speed enabled Fox to break free for the exciting scoring dash to the end zone. Thompson added a two-point conversion run that pulled the Raiders to within two scores, 28-14, with 11:04 left in the third. But Middletown simply could not escape the problems that had beset the team throughout the game. On East Pennsboro’s ensuing offensive possession, the Middletown defense was hit with back-to-back major penalties, first an unnecessary roughness penalty and then an unsportsmanlike conduct infraction. The penalties gave the Panthers a first down at the Middletown 30-yard line. Two plays later, quarterback Kyle Purnell threw a 30-yard scoring pass to Matt Dunkleberger that pushed the Panthers’ lead to 35-14. The Raiders valiantly tried to get back into the mix and showed a lot of promise with their ensuing offensive possession. Thompson had two runs
Justin Shaver (25), confronts an East Pennsboro blocker that covered 22 yards and Fox added 46 yards on three carries as the Raiders reached the East Pennsboro 12-yard line. But once again the drive was crippled by penalties – a holding call that was followed by a personal foul moved the ball back to the Panthers’ 40, and the Raiders faced a secondand-37. On fourth-and-long, Snavely was sacked at the 42 and the drive was dead. Visibly deflated by those crushing events, Middletown was burned by a quick East Pennsboro drive capped by Neely’s 46-yard touchdown run, and the Blue Raiders were on the short end of a 42-14 score with 2:11 left in the third quarter. But the Raiders had one last gasp in them and picked up their third score of the game with 9:34 left. Starting at their own 32-yard line after the defense stopped the Panthers on fourth-and 5, the march started with a 6-yard pass to Thompson. On second down, Fox
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Raider running back Caleb Leggore (9), shakes off a tackle by an East Pennsboro defender. gained 5 yards and a first down, thanks in part to a block by Snavely. Following a pair of incompletions, Snavely hooked up with Mills for a 45-yard pass and run to the East Pennsboro 8-yard line. Fox went up
the middle and bulled his way in for the touchdown, bringing Middletown to within 42-20. But the Raiders would get no closer. One last chance slipped away when Snavely was sacked on fourth-and-5
with 2:08 left after the Raiders had driven to the East Pennsboro 30-yard line. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com
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DUTCH TREAT
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Last-second shot gives Lions win over Lebanon Valley For The Press And Journal Arick Sodini sank a 3-point shot with about 10 seconds remaining to give Penn State Harrisburg a 61-60 victory over Lebanon Valley and the championship of its own seasonopening tournament on Sunday, Nov. 15 in Middletown. Sodini’s shot, off a pass from teammate Jourdon Wilson after the Dutchmen missed two free throws, sailed through the basket, and the crowd erupted. The victory gave the Lions (2-0) the title of its Tip-Off Tournament. They beat Rutgers-Camden (0-2), 82-64 in their first game on Saturday, Nov. 14. Penn State Harrisburg and Lebanon Valley (1-1) played an evenly-matched game through the first half. The Lions took their biggest lead of the half, 1814, on a layup by Jazmon Harris about 9:00 into the contest.
Penn State Harrisburg led at the half, 30-27. The game remained close throughout the second half. Penn State Harrisburg’s Anthony Morgan stole the ball from a Lebanon Valley forward and raced to the Dutchmen’s basket for a layup that gave the Lions a 47-45 lead with about 7:00 left. Lebanon Valley led 60-58 with 20 seconds left, but missed two foul shots. Penn State Harrisburg grabbed the rebound, setting the stage for Sodini’s winning basket. Harris led the Lions with 16 points against Lebanon Valley, while Wilson added 12 and Sodini scored 11. The Lions survived the Dutchmen’s hot 3-point shooting (8 of 18, or 44 percent) by scoring 24 points in the paint to win. Sodini was named the tournament’s most valuable player, while Harris was named to the all-tournament team.
Standings for 11-18-15 FOOTBALL DISTRICT 3 PLAYOFFS CLASS AAA First round East Pennsboro 42, Middletown 20 CLASS AAAA First round Lower Dauphin 22, Cedar Cliff 12 Quarterfinals Lower Dauphin (9-2) vs. Central Dauphin (10-1), 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, George “Speed’’ Ebersole Stadium, Central Dauphin Middle School CLASS A Semifinals Steelton-Highspire (5-5) vs. York Catholic (5-5), 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, Cottage Hill FIELD HOCKEY PIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS CLASS AAA First round Lower Dauphin 3, Fox Chapel 0 Quarterfinals Palmyra 3, Lower Dauphin 0 BOYS’ SOCCER PIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS First Round West Chester Henderson 1, Lower Dauphin 0 (OT) COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN W L OVERALL Penn State Hbg. 0 0 2-0 Salisbury 0 0 2-0 Christopher Newport 0 0 1-0 Mary Washington 0 0 1-0 Marymount 0 0 1-0 Wesley 0 0 1-0 York 0 0 1-0 St. Mary’s 0 0 1-1
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Penn State Harrisburg’s Anthony Morgan (13), above, drives to the basket against Rutgers-Camden.
Jourdon Wilson (1), left, moves in for a shot against Rutgers-Camden.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg 82, RutgersCamden 64 Penn State Harrisburg 61, Lebanon Valley 60 This week’s games Wednesday, Nov. 18 Penn State Hbg. at Haverford, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 Albright at Penn State Harrisburg, 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23 Penn State Hbg. at Cornell, 8:30 p.m. WOMEN W L OVERALL Penn State Hbg. 0 0 1-0 Christopher Newport 0 0 1-0 Marymount 0 0 1-0 Salisbury 0 0 1-0 York 0 0 1-0 St. Mary’s 0 0 1-1 Frostburg St. 0 0 0-0 Mary Washington 0 0 0-0 Wesley 0 0 0-0 Southern Virginia 0 0 0-1 Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg 69, Franklin & Marshall 55 This week’s games Friday, Nov. 20 Penn State Harrisburg vs. Ramapo at Ramapo Tournament, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 Penn State Harrisburg vs. TBA at Ramapo Tournament, TBA Tuesday, Nov. 24 Mansfield at Penn State Hbg., 6 p.m.
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Penn State Harrisburg’s Lucky Snypse (20), above, corrals a rebound against Franklin & Marshall. Synpse led the Lions with 14 rebounds. Jasmine Yanich (23), right, drives to the basket against Franklin & Marshall. Yanich led the Lions with 14 points.
Lions win opener, drop Diplomats, 69-55 For The Press And Journal Penn State Harrisburg won its season opener, riding several key individual performances to a 69-55 victory over Franklin & Marshall on Saturday, Nov. 14 in Middletown.
Lion guard Jasmine Yanich hit a 3-pointer that brought Penn State Harrisburg within a point of the Diplomats, 12-11 at the end of the first quarter. Two big 3-point goals by freshman Rachel Miller helped the Lions to a 25-24 lead at halftime.
Penn State Harrisburg came out roaring in the second half, racing to a 47-34 lead by the end of the third quarter. The Lions (1-0) sealed the victory with a great team performance. Yanich led Penn State Harrisburg with 14 points and grabbed 4 rebounds, while
teammate Lucky Snypse scored 11 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Kiara Carter chipped in 11 points and 5 rebounds. Lindsey Powers led Franklin & Marshall (0-1) with 14 points, while Sarah Haddon added 12.
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desperately tried to fall on it. The 2-point safety forced Lower Dauphin to immediately kick the ball back to the Colts, and Cedar Cliff rode strong runs by its star running back, Jayden Demmy, to a touchdown – a 5-yard scoring strike following a Lower Dauphin holding penalty that put the Falcons in a 12-0 hole that seemed insurmountable. But Hatalowich brought Lower Dauphin back on the Falcons’ ensuing possession, gaining 5 yards on a fourthand-3 from the Cedar Cliff 34-yard line and 3 yards on a fourth-and 2 from the Colts’ 21 on a desperation drive. When quarterback Tommy Klock hit receiver Evan Morrill with a 15-yard touchdown pass with about 1:30 left in the third quarter, the Falcons pulled within 12-7 and seemed reborn. Hatalowich led another Falcon charge on Lower Dauphin’s ensuing possession, a six-play drive punctuated by the star back’s 3-yard touchdown run
that gave LD the lead. Tommy Klock’s 2-point scramble upped Lower Dauphin’s lead to 15-12 with 8:38 left in the game. Hatalowich put the game out of Cedar Cliff’s reach with a 5-yard touchdown run with 1:58 remaining. His run punished the Colts after they committed an interference penalty in their end zone on a desperate attempt to stop a potential touchdown pass by Tommy Klock on fourth-and-8 from the Cedar Cliff 21-yard line. Rob Klock credited his defense with keeping the game close through a dismal first half. Demmy ran for 90 yards, most coming in the first half, for the Colts, while quarterback Grant Breneman threw for 74 yards, completing 9 of 16. “Very pleased with the kids’ effort,’’ Rob Klock said. “We did a great job holding them to three points.’’ At halftime, his message to his Falcons: “We’ve got to be resilient.’’ Hatalowich showed them what that meant.
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Lower Dauphin’s Justin McIntyre (82) sacks Cedar Cliff quarterback Grant Breneman.
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IN THE LONG RUN
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Middletown’s Tim Ebersole finished in 18th place among the 4,056 runners who completed the Hershey Half Marathon.
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Middletown police Sgt. James Bennett, 44, finished in 1:55:59.
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Middletown’s Sean Darrah completed the 13.1-mile course in 1:40:55.
Ebersole takes 18th place, leads Middletown runners in Hershey Half Marathon
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imothy Ebersole finished in 18th place in the Hershey Half Marathon, the best of 12 Middletown area runners who finished in the top 1,000 in the 13.1 mile race on Sunday, Oct. 18 in Hershey. There were 4,056 runners who finished the race. Ebersole, 34, finished the course in 1:25:58, according to race results. Middletown’s Nathan Shufran, 34, finished in 80th place with a time of 1:34:56, while Sean Darrah, 26, finished in 164th place in 1:40:55, James Dibble, 31, finished in 171st place in 1:41:27 and Caleb Ocker, 16, a Middletown Area High School student and cross country runner, finished in 284th place in 1:45:58. Middletown police Sgt. James Bennett, 44, finished in 645th place in 1:55:59. Other Middletown finishers in the top 1,000 were Tyler Rushow, 28, 360th place; Justin Gilday, 36, 456th place; Chrissy Springer, 41, 582nd place; Laniel Vazquez, 34, 754th place; and Scott Buffington, 44, 977th place.
Photo by Bill Darrah
Caleb Ocker, a Middletown Area High School cross country team member, finished in 272nd place.
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e’ve never heard anyone complain that children have too much to do to keep them out of trouble, to introduce them to new and worthy pursuits, to teach them valuable life lessons, to make them better people physically or mentally. Just the opposite: The standard complaint heard just about everywhere, not just the Middletown area, is that there aren’t enough things for kids to do. There are several examples of how Middletown is striving to be the exception: Schools, Scout troops, cheerleading squads, even the nonprofit group Youth 10X’s Better, which has offered everything from photography classes to reading programs to kids for free at Wesley United Methodist Church on Ann Street. It’s encouraging to learn about a recent deal that appears to have been struck by Middletown Borough, Lower Swatara Twp., Royalton Borough and the Middletown Area School District to resume funding for the Olmsted Area Recreation Board, a coalition of local officials that provides sports programs and recreation – from youth basketball leagues to management of Middletown’s community pool. The deal, confirmed by Sue Layton, the rec board’s executive director, and Tom Mehaffie, president of the Lower Swatara Twp. commissioners, is for Middletown, Lower Swatara and the school district to contribute $10,000 each for 2016. Royalton would contribute $9,000. The future of the Olmsted rec board has at times over the last five years been up in the air, as more frugal members of Middletown Borough Council have questioned the cost to the borough. At the time, the borough was responsible for maintenance and chemicals at the pool, repaired years ago at a substantial cost. In fact, some of Olmsted’s members did not contribute to the rec board for at least a year, as members worked out funding disagreements and disputes over expenses. Recently, Lower Swatara has proven to be a mover and advocate behind the idea of regional recreation programs, and recreation in general. The township owns a fine array of parks and athletic fields, and seems to seriously consider recreation to be a crucial quality of life issue. Last summer, attendance at the Middletown pool increased, board officials said, giving hope that the facility can generate more income to offset its expenses. The new accord struck between local governments and the school board indicate that everyone sees the value in teaming up to offer recreation programs. Joining together and combining our resources seems like the wisest way to offer recreation at the cheapest price possible. We applaud the effort.
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This Thanksgiving, stop comparing – be content Editor, Two weeks ago, my letter about Thanksgiving encouraged you to remember your past and be thankful for it. After it was published in the Press And Journal, I took some drives down Memory Lane. Some of the images were pretty good. A few were wrecks. I’m not sure why this happened, but an old buddy from my childhood called me completely out of the blue just to catch up. Did that ever catch me off guard! I took time to think about where I came from. This week, as the day we set aside to give thanks gets closer, I’m thinking about my present and what it means to be truly thankful. I was working in a school this week and had an accidental conversation with a teacher about “kids these days.” You know the conversation: “All they think about is themselves, and they are always on Facebook.” I quietly thought about how that doesn’t apply just to kids. Selfishness and concern about our “status” is everywhere. Aren’t most of us caught up in thinking about where we are in life compared to others? Think you’re in a mess? Many of us do. Think our country, our town, our jobs, our families are in a mess? You’re not alone. But comparison is dangerous. It’s the death of contentment. Remember that most of what we see or read of others and their situation is either the highlight reel or the scenes they wish were cut from the tape. Few people or situations are what they really are at first glance. If you envy some situation or person and think you don’t measure up, remember that you don’t know it all. You might not want to live their life if you really knew the truth. You might have it better than you think. And if you think you’re better off than somebody, count your blessings, but don’t you dare judge them. You may be the one they pity. Who are we to compare? And why are we so caught up in it? You rarely see and know somebody else’s real situation, and it’s even rarer that we take the time to connect enough to really know the truth. It’s even more uncommon that we take a few minutes and think about how good we really have it, too. How about we stop comparing, just be still, and give thanks? This year, let’s think about where we are and be thankful. Right where we are. Let’s not compare ourselves to others or judge others. Let’s just be content. For Thanksgiving, reach out to someone you may have previously written off. Just listen to them without judging. Write a letter (now that’s old-school) or make a phone call like my buddy did. Let’s try to really love others with no strings attached. I bet you’ll be surprised how different your attitude will be on Thanksgiving. George Thompson Lower Swatara Twp.
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JAMESMILLER
Earth to liberal colleges: The world ain't fair
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geous demands on the basis of perceived hings racial oppression. They want more misure have nority faculty members, more ethnicallychanged centered classes and more funding for since the late Bill mental health services. Buckley wrote his One Yale student complained in an eclassic, “God and mail that the costume controversy left her Man at Yale.” Back feeling threatened. “I have friends who when the National Review founder’s are not going to class, who are not doing jeremiad against academia’s entrenched their homework, who are losing sleep, liberalism first hit the scene, the enemy who are skipping meals, and who are was godless collectivism. having breakdowns,” she whimpered. As a young graduate, Buckley penned “And I don’t want to debate,” she his scathing work to reveal the leftist declared, in an affront to free speech, “I ideology taught at America’s third-oldest want to talk about my pain.” university. His goal was to awaken Yale Poor babies! A big mean adult said alumni to the fact that their proud alma something you disagree with, so it’s obvimater no longer taught the principles of ously worth throwing away your health Christianity and moral law. and career over...what exactly? Not havNearly a half-century later, Buckley ing your worldview affirmed? Not being has failed in his crusade. Yale is still a given enough pats on the head? hotbed for Keynesian economics and These kids (“adults’’ is far too gracious secular humanism. But the Ivy League of a designation) go to one of the most university has gone further than instilling elite universities in the country. They students with a love of big government. have access to the echelons of power It has reached the end point of liberalthat track the course for our country. And ism, becoming a coddle factory for overly they’re crying about having their feelings sensitive undergrads. hurt? This past Halloween, the country was How did we even get to the point where forced to witness an Ivy League-level college students have regressed to their temper tantrum in New Haven, Ct. Yale toddler years? students, upon being told to not be so There are plenty of causes to point uptight about offensive costumes, went into a frenzy that would make a pampered fingers at, but the puerile attitude students are taking toward free expression is the pre-schooler blush. result of unfettered As the night of liberty in academic ghouls and ghosts Thankfully, the infantile discourse. In other approached and students readied liberalism so present in words, liberalism given rise to the themselves for an universities is on a crash has baby-scholar. evening of boozcourse with reality. “Academic freeing, the university’s dom,” writes Intercultural Affairs Patrick Deneen, a Committee sent University of Notre out a campus-wide Dame constitutional e-mail discouragstudies professor, “is not a particularly ing the wear of “feathered headdresses, conservative principle.” Early liberal turbans, wearing ‘war paint’ or modifyphilosophers like John Stuart Mill argued ing skin tone or wearing blackface or red that academic freedom was necessary face.” to smash old prejudices holding people The worrywart committee maintained back from the progressive future. This that Yale was still a place of “free expresapproach, says Deneen, would mean the sion” but that “cultural appropriation” “liberation of people from societal norms was frowned upon (cognitive dissonance in favor of ‘individuality.’ ” And that inmust not be a prerequisite). dividuality must negate all other notions Erika Christakis, Associate Master of of objective truth or generally-accepted Silliman College (one of Yale’s residenprinciples. tial colleges) had good enough sense to When a student demands that free think the e-mail went too far. “I don’t speech as a virtue be replaced in favor wish to trivialize genuine concerns of her pain, the triumph of the individual about cultural and personal representaover universal values is complete. The tion,” she wrote in her own e-mail to unhinged screaming at a professor in the students. “Is there no room anymore for Yale courtyard is not the repudiation of a child or young person to be a little bit free thought – it is the logical outcome obnoxious…a little bit inappropriate or of removing any rational limits from the provocative or, yes, offensive?’’ process of learning. If it seems confused, The student body reacted with a regrasping, directionless and generally sounding “No!’’ unthoughtful, that’s because it is. They responded in kind with their own Unhinged from Truth, educational freeletter, calling her suggestion “jarring dom turns into educational slavery. Just and disheartening.” These vexed whinas an unmoored boat floats away when ers accused Christakis of using “harmful the waves become choppier, academic stereotypes and tropes to further degrade freedom drifts to unhealthy places when marginalized people.” not tethered to the Good. Christakis’ husband, Nicholas, who is Thankfully, the infantile liberalism master of Silliman College, attempted so present in universities is on a crash to meet with the offended students only course with reality. to be berated and humiliated in public. The world ain’t fair. It doesn’t give two Watching the video of Mr. Christakis’ licks about your feelings. being dressed down by Jerelyn Luther, Yale students, as well as all college a globe-trotting female student from a students, will learn these lessons upon well-off family, over his insensitivity is graduation. cringe-inducing. A grown man and authority figured felled by a petulant brat – that is the curJames E. Miller, a native of Middletown, rent state of American higher education. is editor of the Ludwig von Mises InstiThe situation in Yale is not unique. tute of Canada, a libertarian think tank, Across the country, from the University and works as a copywriter in Washingof Missouri to Claremont McKenna to ton, D.C. Princeton, students are making outra-
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y mom paid a painful price for not completing an advance directive about her preferences for end-of-life medical care. She was an intelligent and organized woman who had everything in her and my dad’s life planned out and written down. She even drafted her own obituary. Ironically, she never discussed her end-of-life care goals with my father or her physician son (me), preferring to talk about “more pleasant subjects.” As a result, after she developed colon cancer at age 86, my dad and I had to figure out how to treat her post-surgical medical complications of heart and renal failure. She died in hospice care after prolonged, unbearable and unnecessary suffering. It broke both my dad’s heart and mine. Unfortunately, my mother’s story is all too common. Nearly one out of four older Americans (24 percent) say that either they or a family member have experienced excessive or unwanted medical treatment, the equivalent of about 25 million people, according to a poll conducted last year by Purple Strategies. A key reason for this problem is only about one out of six Americans (17 percent) say they’ve had discussions about their end-oflife healthcare goals, preferences and We encourage values with a doctor or other Congress to take healthcare pro- additional steps vider, accordto ensure that ing to a recent Americans get Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. the end-of-life Evidencetreatment they based research want. overwhelmingly shows the need for more and higher-quality doctor-patient conversations about the patient’s healthcare goals, preferences and values. The report “Dying in America” by the Institute of Medicine noted that: “Most people nearing the end of life are not physically, mentally, or cognitively able to make their own decisions about care…The majority of these patients will receive acute hospital care from physicians who do not know them. As a result, advance care planning is essential to ensure that patients receive care reflecting their values, goals and preferences.” One important step that should facilitate advance care planning is a recent decision by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reimburse doctors for communicating with patients about their preferences and values about end- of-life care starting Jan. 1. As a next step, we urge CMS to stop reimbursing healthcare professionals for providing unwanted medical treatment that directly violates a patient’s documented end-of-life care goals. In addition, we encourage Congress to take additional steps to ensure that Americans get the end-of-life treatment they want. They include: • Establish federal payment for palliative care consultations with healthcare providers who will advocate for and support the values and choices of the patient with an advanced illness or nearing the end of life. • Ensure that there are enough trained palliative care professionals to provide this service. • Ensure advanced illness care encompasses access to an interdisciplinary care team, such as board-certified hospice and palliative care physicians, nurses and social workers. • Allow patients the option of enrolling in hospice while continuing to receive disease-specific and restorative treatments if patients still want them. Absent these healthcare reforms, poor understanding of treatment options and/ or lack of acknowledgement of the extent of the illness may lead to inadequate planning, dissatisfaction with the process, unnecessary medical treatment and loss of quality of life. Dr. David Grube is a board certified physician in family medicine and is a national medical director for Compassion & Choices, of Denver, Colo., the nation’s oldest and largest end-of-life choice advocacy organization.
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• “About this situation with Lisa
Mearkle, is part of the reason the guy is dead because the cop was a woman? Hear me out. Police are trained that when you get a suspect on the ground, especially face down, you put your knee in their back, place your weight upon their body, then apply handcuffs to one hand and then another. Mearkle never even attempted to do this. Was it because she was a woman with smaller size and lower strength then her male counterparts and did she have the confidence to accomplish this basic police task that ultimately resulted in shooting the guy in the back twice? And if so, her fear for my life argument is silly and wrong. Has political correctness, placing women in police positions that they have neither the physical or mental constitution to perform adequately, contributed to this terrible story?”
• “Middletown wants to talk to
Swatara about police coverage? It makes no sense to go there, there is an entire municipality in between called Lower Swatara. It will take two townships to agree to make a third municipality coverage work. Why don’t they think small first and go to Lower Swatara first? If it works then see if another merger would work. Second position on this would be that contracts would have to match and that’s a hard step for either municipality to accept. If you contract services from the township then you wouldn’t have to worry about the contracts or union violations. Let’s be honest, the Middletown Police Department has a wellearned reputation among its citizens. Do you really want to merge their coverage and men into the township as well? Lower Swatara has a much more professional, efficient and proactive police force. Lower Swatara should contract to Middletown, heck throw Highspire into it while you’re at it and cover three municipalities under one already established and professional department. It would probably cost less for Middletown and Highspire in the end and Lower Swatara would make out, too, since it would add extra cops at little to no cost to them. Heck, Highspire
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already relies almost entirely on Lower Swatara to assist with their calls. Highspire is basically getting free police coverage courtesy of Lower Swatara already. Middletown now is going down to one officer on the street and also relies on Lower Swatara to fill in the gap coverage. Contact services now.” (Editor’s note: Middletown Borough Council voted on Monday, Nov. 9 to enter into talks with Swatara and Lower Swatara townships toward forming a regional police force.)
• “If you think that failing grades
among students is the fault of the old school board or teachers, you’re an idiot. It’s the fault of the parents. Teachers aren’t your babysitter! You wanted to have kids. Spend the time with them and teach them discipline and help educate them. Sadly, some kids are just plain stupid and all you have to do is look at the stupid parent!”
O. J. Simpson innocent and found the police innocent in the Eric Garner case. So, yes, the criminal justice system does make mistakes from time to time and clearly did in Mearkle’s case. It makes you wonder about how hard the D.A.’s office pursued the case given the D.A.’s office relationship with law enforcement. It makes you wonder if the prosecutor was the best available attorney to handle the case. It makes you wonder if the prosecutor did his full due diligence in the case bringing forth expert testimony and the like or did he simply lay back expecting a slam dunk decision in his favor. It makes you wonder about the guidance given from the bench on how to interrupt the law surrounding this case. It makes you wonder.”
• “They were called about the bird
Swatara kids are much better than Middletown and Royalton kids? If so, you are part of the problem. Move to Londonderry and your kids will go to Lower Dauphin.”
and did their jobs, they weren’t out bird hunting. Why are we slamming police for saving an animals life ? Because it wasn’t a fluffy, cute duck or bunny? Humans are so pretentious thinking our lives are more important than other lives. If it had been a ducky or bunny they’d have been on the cover of the Press And Journal. Packaging sells, I suppose.”
• “Detectives and police officers
• “This Sound Off relates to the
• “Do you really think that Lower
protect life. They saw an injured animal and helped it, simple as that. As far as their productivity and criminal casework they do, that is beyond reproach, actually kind of cool with everything else they do they took the time to save and endangered bird. Not to mention the injured animal was in a resident’s yard. Funny that one of their own would complain. Jealousy is a terrible thing, but part of the cycle of life. Think a person being upset that police saved an animal’s life says quite a bit about that person.”
• “In discussing the Lisa Mearkle
situation with some friends, I was asked how it was possible that the court left her go free. While the criminal justice system in our country typically works sufficiently well, I reminded my friend that our criminal justice system also found
incident involving the Hummelstown Police Officer who shot and killed an unarmed man. However this is not a debate over whether she is guilty or not. The reason for this Sound Off is to point out how fast things can happen. Most already know that Hummelstown Police normally only staff one officer per shift at a time, which means Officer Mearkle was on her own. Many departments in our area also have one officer out. Apparently the commissioners at Lower Swatara want to do the same to save a few bucks. I believe that the commissioners should truly look at this shooting as a lesson and should look to the future. What if Hummelstown had a second officer out that day? What if two officers were there instead of one? Could it have been handled differently? Would two sets of hands be better than one? Understandably,
budgets are tight and police departments are normally the biggest expenditure of any municipality. The reality of the matter is its one of the only paid departments that are staffed 24/7 year round. Of course the police department will cost more but it is a department constantly working to at least keep the area livable and civil. Imagine calling 911 for help during an emergency and hearing that the state police will be an hour away. Let’s face it, when we want the police, we want them there as fast as possible and rightfully so. Hummelstown is now more than likely going to be faced with a multi-million dollar lawsuit, which does not take as much evidence to convict and find negligence. To save a few dollars by cutting the already understaffed police department even further is ludicrous. A penny saved here or there cannot justify the millions in payouts that arise from situations such as this. I challenge the Board of Commissioners to rise above their own political gains and do what is right for the community. Don’ t cut Lower Swatara PD down to one officer per shift. Fill the open positions to keep the department fully staffed and functional. The salaries are public record and quite honestly the department is the lowest paid in Dauphin County. That’s an embarrassment on the commissioners themselves. Unfortunately, we have the same crew except for one new commissioner who will be starting in January. Hopefully this one new one can convince the four others of the importance of public safety and the need to keep our department at full staff.”
• “Can anyone explain how it
makes any sense to not keep Lower Swatara police at full staff which is 16 full time officers? How can we have less officers on the street today when there is more crime, more people, more calls for service than 20 years ago? One officer recently retired and another quit yet there are no new faces on the department. When you can get two new officers for the same salary (or close to it) to replace only one that retired, how is it not a ‘no brainer’ for the commissioners to vote and hire two more officers to replace them? Common sense seems to elude those in power of Lower Swatara.”
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NATHANBENEFIELD
New state budget needs reforms, not hidden taxes
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fter nearly five months of gridlock, a new state budget framework was announced this month. The plan would raise the sales tax rate to the second-highest in the nation while promising property tax relief for homeowners in return. At this point, it’s tempting to call any progress on budget agreement a victory, but is this tentative framework truly a “win” for Pennsylvanians? Let’s start with the good: It appears taxpayers will be spared a personal income tax hike. A spike in utility bills caused by a new severance tax is also off the table. Additionally, Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to expand the sales tax to 45 items like nursing homes, day care, funerals and college textbooks has reportedly been dropped. That’s great news, given Pennsylvanians already face the 10th-highest tax burden in the nation, but not everything is so rosy. Under the latest budget plan, Pennsylvania would see the first sales tax hike in nearly 50 years and would have the second-highest rate in America. At 7.25 percent, the new rate would be 21 percent higher than the state’s current 6 percent rate. It gets even worse for Pittsburgh residents who would pay a crushing 8.25 percent. Philadelphia’s sales tax would spike to 9.25 percent. Delaware retailers, who benefit from no sales tax, should cheer, but business in the Keystone State would suffer. The sales tax hike would collect about $2.1 billion more from consumers while providing only $1.5 billion in property tax relief. What about the leftover money? Approximately $600 million in gambling revenue now used for property tax relief would be redirected to additional spending. Most homeowners would benefit from this tax shift, but businesses, which pay an estimated 40 percent
of all sales taxes, and renters would lose. They would pay the higher sales tax but see no reduction in property taxes or rents under the current proposal. In one sense, progress has been made. Wolf’s initial budget proposal in March called for the largest tax increase in the nation, costing an astonishing $1,400 per Pennsylvania family of four. While this sales tax is far lower, taxpayers should be asking what they’ll get in return for any increase. Much is still being worked out behind the scenes, and there’s still an opportunity to act on crucial issues like pension reform, liquor privatization and corporate welfare reform. First, true liquor privatization – allowing private retailers to sell wine and spirits and ending the government monopoly over distribution – must be part of any deal. It would give consumers greater selection and convenience, generate recurring revenue and end the state’s conflict of interest as both alcohol salesman and liquor law enforcer. Though Wolf vetoed privatization this summer, Pennsylvanians still strongly support the measure because it makes fiscal sense and common sense. In any serious discussion of property tax relief, lawmakers must first address the primary cause of property tax increases: unsustainable public pension costs. Only by moving to a definedcontribution plan, like a 401(k), will we stop the bleeding and end the political manipulation that created a $53 billion unfunded pension debt. Moreover, any property tax shift should include strict controls over future school tax increases. Pennsylvania ranks near the top on education spending, while residents face some of the highest property taxes. To give taxpayers more control, lawmakers should give voters the chance to approve any school tax increase – a right
residents of other states, like our neighbors in Ohio, already have. For anyone looking to cut budget waste, this one’s hard to miss: Pennsylvania hands out nearly $700 million in corporate welfare subsidies through grant and loan programs. These subsidies provide businesses an unfair advantage at taxpayer expense and should be eliminated. Finally, any budget agreement should include a long-term pledge that government will not recklessly overspend our hard-earned dollars. The Taxpayer Protection Act, supported by 64 percent of Pennsylvania voters according to a recent poll, would limit spending
growth to the rate of inflation plus population growth. Pennsylvanians need a state budget, but they don’t want promises of relief that hide higher taxes. Before we ask taxpayers for more, the governor and lawmakers should ensure tax dollars are spent well. True reforms that will set our state, and our families, on the path toward lasting prosperity should be part of any budget deal. Nathan A. Benefield is vice president of policy analysis for the Commonwealth Foundation, a Harrisburg think tank.
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Here's how we arrived at our budget dilemma
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t’s been nearly five months without a state budget and, rightfully, Pennsylvanians are frustrated. While legislative leaders remain at the negotiating table working toward a fair, reasonable compromise, I think it’s important for residents of the 106th District to know all the steps that have been taken to get us here. Here’s a timeline: • March 3 – Gov. Tom Wolf gives his budget address highlighting his priorities for Pennsylvania. His $34 billion spending plan included an annual $8 billion tax increase. • March 9-26 – House Appropriations Committee holds budget hearings. • May 13 – House passes House Bill 504 providing dollar-fordollar property tax relief for homeowners. • June 1 – The governor’s entire tax proposal is brought up for a vote in the House and it’s unanimously defeated. Not a single member –Republican or Democrat – voted for it. • June 30 – The General Assembly sends a balanced, no-tax-increase budget to the governor prior to constitutional deadline. More than 274 line items were at least at the governor’s proposed funding level. Republicans also send historic pension reform and liquor privatization proposals to his desk. Hours later, Wolf announced he was vetoing the entire budget. • July 2 – Wolf vetoes liquor privatization and the Education and Fiscal codes. • July 9 – Wolf vetoes pension reform. • Aug. 19 – House and Senate leaders try in earnest to bring an end to the state budget impasse by offering a compromise. The new plan would increase education funding by $400 million over last year in exchange for the governor’s approval of our reforms to both the state liquor system and the public pension systems. • Aug. 25 – The House attempts to override the governor’s veto on several non-controversial line items that fund schools and human service organizations. The overrides fail along party lines by not gaining the required two-thirds approval. • Sept. 16 – Wolf publicly rejects the compromise offered by House and Senate leaders. • Sept. 24 – After passing the Senate, the House sends an emergency funding package to the governor’s desk. The bills, which were approved along party lines,
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were designed to help struggling social services and school districts keep their doors open while negotiations continue. • Sept. 29 – Wolf announces he is vetoing the emergency funding to crisis centers, schools, nonprofits, food pantries and more because he “wants to keep the pressure up” in budget negotiations. • Oct. 7 – Wolf's revised tax plan, including a 16 percent increase in the Personal Income Tax, is voted down in the House by a bipartisan vote of 73-127. • Oct. 20 – Wolf publicly announces his refusal to allow the state treasury to release payments to struggling school districts. • Oct. 28 – The Senate attempts a veto override on several line items that fund school districts and human services organizations. The override votes fail along party lines by not gaining the required two-thirds approval.
LIHEAP now open
Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is now accepting applications for cash grants. Eligible residents are encouraged to apply online to make the application review faster and save taxpayer dollars. LIHEAP is a grant program that offers home heating assistance to eligible low-income households or families in crisis. Grants are awarded based on household income, family size, type of heating fuel and region. The LIHEAP program serves approximately 392,349 Pennsylvania households. In most counties, assistance with home heating crisis situations is available 24 hours a day. For complete eligibility requirements or to apply online for LIHEAP, visit my Web site,RepPayne.com. Paper applications can be obtained by calling my Hershey office at 717-534-1323; the Dauphin County Assistance Office at 717-787-2324; or the state’s LIHEAP hotline at 1-866-8577095. Applications are also available from local utility companies and community service agencies, such as Area Agencies on Aging or community action agencies. 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 parts of Swatara Twp.
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Wesley United Methodist Church
Church Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Middletown
As followers of Jesus, we are committed to “hands-on” ministry designed to care for those in need. We also desire to help people grow in their walk with Jesus through worship, prayer, study and service. We invite you to come and discover how you 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.” We share Holy Communion on the first Sunday of every month. Our table is open to all who love Jesus and desire to walk in his ways. A Bible Study group meets each Sunday morning in the church parlor at 9:15 a.m.
Middletown
Need prayer? Call or e-mail your prayer request to be included in this intercessory prayer ministry. Our Prayer Group meets Mondays at 6 p.m. Community Care Sunday is the first Sunday of each month. We collect personal hygiene items for neighbors who need them. Food Pantry Sunday is the third Sunday of each month. We collect non-perishable items in support of the Middletown Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Wyoming St., Royalton. Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank has free clothes in all sizes from infant to adult. For more information, call Shirley at 939-0256. 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.”
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 Group begins 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 follows at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in these important areas of our church life. Sociable Seniors group meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. Blanket making is the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9 a.m. We clean the Middletown Food Bank the 3rd Saturday every other month. The Knitting Group meets the 2nd and 4th
Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Graham. Children’s Church leaders for November 22: Paula Bidoli, Tammy McClure. Acolyte for November: Colin Graham. Ushers for November: Paula and John Bidoli, Mary Mulka and Earl Peters. The men’s group to inspire and empower men in their faith meets to fellowship and pray together, discussing topics of interest that deal with everyday living. Presently they are meeting every Thursday morning at 6 a.m. for prayer. Sunday evening the group meets at 7 p.m., in addition to Thursday morning for a study of “Kingdom Family.” No need to call ahead, just show up. Community men welcome, call Sam Rainal at 951-4866 for any questions. Harvest Home Sunday is November 22. We will provide five families with Thanksgiving dinner. Meals on Wheels volunteers for the week of November 16: Binny Dupes, Cindy Myers, Harriet Chappell, Rochelle Still. Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ wmss/audio. Check us out on our Website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com. Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ!” We invite you to come and experience this love.
Are you perplexed or perhaps distressed by the rapid change in moral standards of the present day? We at Calvary Church are committed to upholding the unchanging standards of the Word of God, which is revealed in the Bible. We are also committed to proclaiming the hope of salvation from the sin that results from the world’s changing moral standards, the hope found in faith in Jesus Christ alone. We invite you to join us each Sunday to hear more about this message of
free grace. Our services are at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. We are located at the corner of Spruce and Emaus streets here in Middletown. We have a fellowship meal following the 10:15 a.m. morning service on the first Sunday of every month, free to all who come. We also have Sunday school classes for all ages at 9 a.m., and a Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 p.m. We are now studying the Gospel of Luke. Feel free to contact us with questions at 944-5835.
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 through May. Wednesdays: Wednesday Night Live. Supper at 5:30 p.m., Classes at 6:30 p.m. Classes are: Adult Bible Study – “Better Weighs” There is a cost for the class; Ladies Bible Study, Women of the New Testament; “Painting with Donny” - Bring your own sketch-
book and there is a cost toward paint and brushes; “Grow in His Word”; “Boundaries With Kids.” 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. Seniors Alive meets on Thursday, November 19 at 11:30 am. Menu: Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetable, cranberry salad, dessert, and beverage. Entertainment will be Joe Yaklowich, Accordion Player (Variety of Music) and Silva Houser portraying Andrew Sister’s songs. Please plan to be there! Remember to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the Middletown Food Bank. All seniors 55 and older are welcome. Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evangelistico: Domingos 1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184. For additional information call the church office at 944-9608 or e-mail us at mdtcog@comcast.net.
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran gin distributing Thanksgiving Bags Church is located at Spring and Union to clients on Oct. 27. Four particular streets, Middletown. We are a Recon- items are needed: 1) Mashed potatoes ciling In Christ Church. (boxed or bagged); 2) Turkey Stuffing You are invited to join us for wor- Mix; 3) Canned Yams/Sweet Potatoes; ship on Wednesday morning, Saturday 4) Turkeys. Turkeys are randomly evening and Sunday morning. Sunday distributed as they become available worship times are 8:15 and 11 a.m. through November, due to storage and Sunday Church School for all ages is distribution issues. Items collected at 9:45 a.m. Our 11 a.m. worship ser- are taken to the Middletown Area vice is broadcast live on WMSS 91.1. Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Wednesday morning service is at 10 Wyoming Street, Royalton. Individua.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual als may also take items directly to the traditional service and is 45 minutes food pantry, which is open Tuesdays in length. Please enter through the and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. parking lot doors. Church and Community Events: The first Sunday of each month is Wed., Nov. 18: 10 a.m., Holy ComFood Pantry Sunday. Middletown munion in Chapel; 3 to 5 p.m., HomeArea Interfaith Food Pantry will be- work Club; 6:30 p.m., 3rd Wednesday Service; 7 p.m., Adult Choir. Thurs., Nov. 19: 6:30 p.m., Evangelism Committee. Fri., Nov. 20: 2 to 3 p.m., Vicar Neighborhood Walk. Sat., Nov. 21: 1 p.m., Leaf Raking at Kierch; 5 p.m., Holy Communion. Sun., Nov. 22: Christ The King; 8:15 a.m. (C) Holy Communion; 9:45 a.m., Church School/Confirmation; 11 a.m., Holy Communion (C); 3 p.m., Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service at Seven Sorrows. Mon., Nov. 23: 6:30 p.m., Bible Study. Tues., Nov. 24: NO Homework Club; New Beginnings Church 6:30 p.m., WSP. at the Riverside Chapel Visit our website at www.stpe630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641 tersmiddletown.org. Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am Scripture for November 15: Dan Pastor BRITT STROHECKER 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 93; Rev 1:4b-8; Everyone Is Welcome! Mark 13:1-8.
CHURCH DIRECTORY Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church 10 Spruce Street • 944-5835
Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am Evening Worship - 6 pm www.calvaryopc.com
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church 329 Market Street, Middletown
Pastor C. VICTORIA BROWN, M.Div.
Church School - 10 am •Worship Service - 11 am
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
BRAD GILBERT, Pastor www.ebenezerumc.net
Evangelical United Methodist Church Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor 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
Open Door Bible Church
200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township)
Phone 939-5180 Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am Evening Worship - 6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322 Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 121 N. Spring Street, Middletown Church Office 717-944-4651
REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor
Sunday Worship - 8:15 am & 11 am Sunday Church School - 9:45 am - for all ages Saturday Worship - 5 pm - in the Chapel Worship Broadcast on 91.1 FM - 11 am We are a Reconciling in Christ Congregation
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
Geyers United Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church
944-6426
REV. JIM DAWES, Pastor
1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown PASTOR STEVAN ATANASOFF
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
64 Ann Street, Middletown
Phone 944-6242 Sunday Worship - 8:30 &10:30 am • Come as you are! Follow Jesus, Change the World.
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. Church school for all ages continues on November 22 from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. We encourage parents to bring the children and teens to class. Adults are welcome to the Adult Forum. The Adult Forum will continue on their occasional series on faith and life as they hear from Lay Bible Study leader and Adult Forum planning member Phil Susemihl. Please plan to join us for worship on Thank Offering/Christ the King Sunday, November 22. Visitors are especially welcome. Sunday Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. in our handicapped accessible 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. The Thank Offering will be received. An Inquirers’ Class for new members is scheduled for November 22 and 29, and December 6. Classes meet in the Pastor’s study from 9:15 to 10:10 a.m. New members will be welcomed in worship on December 6. If you are interested, please speak with Pastor. Visit our Website www.pcmdt.org, visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Presbyterian Congregation, or call the office.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Evangelical United Methodist Church Middletown
This is the day, which the Lord has made. Worship is our opportunity to be glad and rejoice in the Lord’s house on the Lord’s Day. We come as children of God, knowing that we are welcomed here where all are meant to be one in the Lord. Let us lay down our burdens and rejoice in the Lord for the Lord is good, the Source of love. 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 November 18-24 are always open to everyone. Wed., Nov. 18: 6 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir rehearsal. Thurs., Nov. 19: 8:30 a.m., Men’s
Breakfast run to the Civil War Museum; 6 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067. Sun., Nov. 22: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for November: Bill Harris; 10:15 a.m., Worship service, Harvest Home Sunday and United Women’s Thank Offering. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Carol Williams, Warren and Jean Coover. Lay Liturgist: Nancy Hart. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of All Our Loved Ones presented by Bob and Pearl Hoch; 3 p.m., Community Thanksgiving Service at Seven Sorrows. Tues., Nov. 24: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry; 5:30 p.m., Potluck dinner and decorating of the church for Advent.
GENEALOGY
Pennsylvania Family Roots Sharman Meck Carroll PO Box 72413, Thorndale, PA 19372 pafamroots@msn.com
Column No. 823/November 18, 2015
Johann Heindrich Wirth Twig On The Meck’s Family Tree
I was busy adding more ancestors to my Meck family tree, my great-grandparents, John and Susanna (Zerbe) Meck, on my father’s side, born and raised in Lower Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland Co. and Upper Paxton, Dauphin County, Pa. John Meck was the first born son of Reuben and Angeline (Lentz) Meck of Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. John was born on a two-acre farmette on the Messner’s farm, December 29, 1859 and died in Llwellyn, Branch Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa. He married Susanna Zerbe on 26 May 1883, at the Malta Church (now St. Luke’s Church). Susanna was born on 12 July 1860 to George Zerbe and Phoebe Spangler of Lower Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland Co., Pa. Her father George Zerbe fought in the Civil War, died in 1875 and her mother died in 1873, from small pox. Their birth dates are unknown. Susanna’s mother is still a mystery; I don’t have a clue on where to search for her family? The only clue I have on Phoebe Spangler, which was hearsay on my Meck side of the family, “she was a southern woman.” George’s father, Daniel Zerbe was the son of John Zerbe and Catherine Tshopp, born 10 May 1787, and died 9 January 1858. What was throwing me off was George Zerbe’s mother Maria Elizabeth’s maiden name was spelled Wertz. Not knowing in my early research that surnames can have variation of spellings like what you see with this family. It wasn’t until I sat down to go over Roger Creamer’s, Descendants of Johann Adam Wirth Family, noticing my early Wirth line was matching up with his Wirth family tree. Maria Elizabeth’s parents were Johannes Heinrich Wirth and Elizabeth Enterline. Maria’s mother Elizabeth was the daughter of Rev. Johann Michael Enterline and Anna Barbara Pfeiffer. My line of Wirth, Meck and Zerbe lines are all buried at Zion Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland Co., Pa. The summer of 1986, I decided to take a Sunday drive to Upper Paxton and see what I could find out not knowing it was a three-hour trip. When I got there, I was scouting the area looking for any Meck, Zerbe, Alleman, and Wirth names and old churches and cemeteries. I kept going back to places that my father mentioned, mapping them out in my head. I didn’t realize that Upper Paxton Twp. was so close to the Northumberland Co. line. One thing I did notice was the Zerbe name was everywhere. Something told me to go up the driveway; I didn’t refuse the voice and knocked on the door. I had a very strong feeling about this place. An elderly man answered the door and all I said was, “I’m great-granddaughter of Susanna Zerbe Meck, daughter of---”, he didn’t let me finish. He asked me, did I have the Blue Book? He handed me the Zerbe Blue book and said that you’ll be back. He did mention that he knew John and Susanna Zerbe Meck. Mr. Zerbe said that he was the elder of the Malta Church (now St. Luke’s) where they married. He asked me to come to Sunday church. I did go, and he introduced me during the service, that was a surprise and asked me to stay after church. The congregation was still seated. Mr. Zerbe got up again and started to talk about the church and the Zerbe’s and the Meck’s. Then he called me up and asked me to talk about my family. I had to pinch myself; I thought I was in heaven. The people were so nice and then I asked a question, “Does anyone remember Frank Meck, youngest son of Reuben and Angeline Lentz Meck?” Everyone clamed up, then one person took me to the side and said, “We remember Frank but we don’t talk about him.” Boy! I must have rattled a skeleton in his closet. From that day, I came up several more times to go through the oldest Church cemetery. Near Upper Paxton Twp. was The Zion Stone Valley Church, at Hickory Corners, Northumberland Co., Pa. The cemetery dates back to the 1700s and the more I studied who’s who on my family tree, there were a lot of my ancestors in the cemetery I never knew I had. I went back four more times and there were fresh flowers on my Meck Cemetery Plot. I made up cards on my Zerbe, Meck, and Wirth family lines with my name and address and e-mail address and made sure that the cards were waterproof and to see if I got any responses back. Never got a response, discouraged hitting a brick wall on my research. You look hard enough you will find it. It took me several years to get this information. I had a little help from the Internet.
Christian Wert/Wirth Married Mary Moonshine
Sue Young e-mailed me a few days ago on her Christian Wert. This is what she wrote, “Christian Wert (I have seen the name spelled Wirth in the past, but his tombstone has Wert and so does his Civil War Pension file) was born in Wurtenberg about 1814. He married Mary Moonshine born 1844 of Union Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa. They married on August 9, 1865. They had a child born January 3, 1866 and another child born prior to that, about 1864 in census records. Christian Wert and Mary Moonshine had several children, most of which died at a young age. One daughter, Eva Jane Rebecca Wert born 1875, married Elias Henry Miller. The first name of Eva was dropped and she went by Jane. Elias H. Miller is the son of John W. Miller and Amanda Kreiser, John W. Miller being the son of John W. Miller and Demanda Barr. Henry Moonshine who built the original Moonshine Church and gave the land for the Moonshine Cemetery in Union Twp., Lebanon Co., is my 5th great-grandfather. Amanda Kreiser’s parents were Magdalena Moonshine and Isaac W. Kreiser and they are buried at Moonshine Cemetery, and so is Christian Wert. Elias Henry Miller and his wife Jane Rebecca Wert were First Cousins! One other tidbit I have on Christian but have never been able to find additional information about is that supposedly his first wife died in Baltimore, Md. Did he live there before coming to Pa.? Did he arrive at the port of Baltimore and she died soon after their arrival? So many questions, to ask, who, what and where? That’s one reason I want to get his pension records. He died in 1878. Sue Young has a web site on her Hancock and Miller Family History. It has been updated with more information and digital pictures. Take a minute and visit. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~spyoung/index.htm you can e-mail Spyoung@gte.net.
Genealogy Tip Of The Week
Have you been given heirlooms or just sentimental items? Why don’t you document them for the future generations? You can scan small items and take photos of larger items, print in color, then document each one. This eliminates the guesswork of which item belongs to Grandma or who owned which item.
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Reynolds “Ren’’ Overmiller, Middletown, Army, World War II and Korean War, Battle of the Bulge survivor
Alice Hilbolt, MIddletown, Navy, World War II, nurse
Glenn Graham, Middletown, Army paratrooper, 82nd Airborne, Korean War
Barry Henry, Navy, Operation Desert Storm, helicopter combat support squadron
ut&about FACES OF PATRIOTISM Veterans Day 2015 I
f you wanted to thank a veteran for their service on Veterans Day, for defending our country, for preserving our freedoms, for their bravery and their burden, you could easily find one in the Middletown area – so many have answered the call to duty. We found a group of them riding their Harley Davidson motorcycles through Elizabethtown, headed to a school assembly on the national observance on Wednesday, Nov. 11. We found more at the Middletown Home, including two survivors of World War II’s Battle of the Bulge. We even found a few shopping for groceries at the Giant Foods in Middletown. Young and old, male and female, black and white, retired from or active in the military. Veterans Day became a federal holiday in 1938, beginning as Armistice Day and falling on Nov. 11 to note the armistice that was declared on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 between the Allies and Germany in World War I. Congress renamed it “Veterans Day’’ in 1954. Though it is the official day to honor those who have served our country, you could thank a veteran any day. Just look around – you’ll find one easily. Photos by Beth Graham
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Tim Greiner, left, Manheim, Air Force, and cousin Hunter Shearer, Bainbridge, Army
Mark Garber, Elizabethtown, Army Reserves for 20 years
Lowry “Larry” Lantz, Middletown, Pennsylvania National Guard Kenneth Hoffa, Londonderry Twp., Army Air Force, World War II
Tom Oxenford, Royalton, Army, Vietnam War
William “Bill’’ Billett, Middletown, Marine Corps, Quantico
Jessie McCurdy, left, Army, and husband Rene’ McCurdy, Army, Middletown, who met at a veterans’ function
Dan Gilbert, left, Marine Corps, Vietnam War, and Don Shupp, Army, World War II, Battle of the Bulge survivor
B-10 - THE PRESS AND JOURNAL, Wednesday, November 18, 2015
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Silver SponSors Alfred's Victorian, Bam's Auto Center, Borough of Royalton, Brownstone Cafe, Creations With You In Mind, Giant Food Store, Gingrich Memorials, Grove Motors, Hardee's, Henderson Tarp, Linda Mehaffie, Lisa Acri CPA & Assoc. Inc., MARS Towing, Middletown Moose Lodge #410, Nick Belfer, Pestex, Press And Journal Publications, Rockcore Landscapes, Samuel Selcher DMD, Sharon's School of Dance, Thompson's Lawn Care, 230 Cafe Bronze SponSors Dailey's Service Station, JD's Junction, Karns Quality Foods,
Middletown Ice & Coal Co.
HonoraBle Mentions With Kidz In Mind, Sharp Shopper a Very Special Thank You to Middletown Lumber for providing the judges' stand. Thanks to the Borough of Middletown: the Middletown Police Department, Communications
Director and the Public Works Department. A very special "thank you" to the Borough Manager, Tim Konek, who was an essential part in organizing borough services for the parade.
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Eighth-graders at Middletown Area Middle School embark on another leg of their day-long canoe trip on the Susquehanna River and Swatara Creek.
For MAMS students, a canoe trip reinforces classroom lessons
They’re fishing spots, swimming holes, arenas for skimming stones – but the shallow Susquehanna River and Swatara Creek also became science classrooms for eighthgraders at Middletown Area Middle School last month. Students embarked on a day-long canoeing field trip to learn more about the river and creek, the fish who live there and the things that make the waterways healthy. Led by teachers Ryan McCain and Jeff Vaughn, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the canoe trip reinforced material that is being covered in the current eighth-grade science curriculum, according to state standards. Students found and caught macroinvertebrates that live in the creek and river and classified those species to help determine the health of the waterways. The students also used professional instruments to compare and contrast different water characteristics of the creek and river, including pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, nitrates and phosphates. The students used long nets to catch fish along the shores of the Susquehanna, and learned about the adaptation and classification of various fish species.
Thanks to all the area newspapers, TV, and radio stations who publicized the parade. Thanks to the Fire and Emergency Services Departments that were in the parade: Highspire #55,
Hummelstown #46, Londonderry Township #54, Middletown #88, Steelton #50, Swatara Township #49, the historic Blue Bird Fire Truck, and the Borough Public Works Department vehicle.
Thanks to all parade participants, our eight judges, our sponsors, and MAHS Key Club members that helped. a Special Thanks to the community that came out to see and support the parade. A very limited number of hands worked together to plan and execute the Kiwanis Club of Middletown's 62nd Annual Halloween Parade for the Borough of Middletown. Now we all bring our hands together again, in a resounding clamor of applause to say...THANK YOU for another successful parade!
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The Kiwanis Club of Middletown's 63rd year of presenting the Kiwanis Club of Middletown's Halloween Parade is scheduled for Monday, October 17, 2016. At the website, www.kiwanisclubofmiddletown.com, we plan to open registration on Monday, September 12 and close at 11:59pm on Monday, October 3, 2016. Again in 2016 we strive to improve the registration process. There will be changes, so always read all instructions before attempting to register."Safety at our parade will always be our number one concern!" Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time. The Kiwanis Club of Middletown strives to build community spirit and community pride through our many service projects and community activities. Our major focus is our Early Learning Initiatives: "PA Reads," a program that puts books in the hands of children in our community, along with "Learning Guides" to help parents prepare their children to learn through a variety of fun-filled activities.
Students classify species of macroinvertebrates that live in the waterways.
You are welcome to contact us about membership at www.kiwanisclubofmiddletown.com.
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