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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2014 MIDDLETOWN
Council OK’s purchase of Handley home By Dan Miller
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Middletown Borough Council voted 5-3 on Monday, Nov. 17 to allow the borough’s economic development authority to spend $150,000 plus closing costs to acquire the home of Councilor Tom Handley at 128 W. Emaus St. The Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority has said that Handley’s house is among several properties the authority wants to acquire and demolish to clear the way for extending Emaus Street to West Main Street. Council President Christopher McNamara said that “everything on the south side of [West] Emaus to Wood [Street]” has been targeted by the authority for acquisition. Mayor James H. Curry III said the borough should acquire all the properties at once. By making public the $150,000 the authority intends to pay for Handley’s house, the borough has strengthened the hand of the owners of the other properties that the authority hopes to acquire. “My price just went up,” referring to the sales price of the other properties, Curry said. Replied McNamara, who also is a member of the authority, “I leave that to the ICDA and to those with experience in real estate.” Council’s vote on whether the authority can spend the money was necessary because the authority plans to buy Handley’s house using a $3 million line of credit the borough has with PNC Bank. All drawdowns from the PNC line by the authority are subject to council approval, since the credit is backed by the borough’s taxing power. Please See HOUSE, Page A8
In Lower Swatara, thieves find guns in unlocked cars
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The Personnel Processing Administration Reception Center at Olmsted Air Force Base, 1955.
Fifty years ago, the Pentagon closed the Olmsted AFB, and changed Middletown
By Dan Miller Press And Journal Staff
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ifty years ago today, on Nov. 19, 1964, Middletown changed forever. On that day, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced that the Pentagon would close the Olmsted Air Force Base in Middletown. Unless you were alive then, it is difficult to comprehend the impact of that announcement. Consider just a few facts. Olmsted was the biggest military installation in all of Pennsylvania. The base by far was the town’s largest employ-
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er. Nearly 11,000 civilians worked at Olmsted. That’s more people than live in all of Middletown today. When you add in the thousands of military personnel assigned to Olmsted, the amount of people working on the base was greater than the population of Middletown in the 1960s, when the number of people living in the town was at its peak. More than half – 60 percent – of all students attending school in the Middletown Area School District had parents who worked for the federal government, nearly all of them working at Olmsted, according to then-Superintendent George W. Feaser. Please See GONER, Pages A4-5
• More on the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon’s announcement that Olmsted Air Force Base would close, including photos. – A4 and A5 • What do you do with an abandoned Air Force base? For Middletowners, success bloomed after the initial despair. – A5 Photos are courtesy of the Middletown Area Historical Society and the collection of James D. Peters.
Middletown residents who are behind in paying their electric bill will not have their electricity shutoff over the winter. Middletown Borough Council voted 9-0 on Monday, Nov. 17 to suspend electricity shutoffs from now until the end of March. The time period for the suspension is consistent with the no shutoff period imposed upon utilities that are regulated by the Pennsylvania Utility Commission. The borough had suspended electrical shutoffs in 2013. Last June, council voted to reinstate the shutoffs to try to collect an estimated $340,000 in unpaid electric bills.
Rape charge against student sent to court
By Eric Wise
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A Lower Swatara Twp. resident reported a $300 semiautomatic handgun missing after it was left in a car with the doors unlocked, windows down and keys in the ignition, according to Police Chief Richard Brandt. “I can’t remember the last time someone actually broke in a car,” Brandt said, admitting that it does happen – just not nearly as often as thieves helping themselves to items in unlocked cars. When police questioned suspects in prior thefts from cars, the suspects admit that they check cars for unlocked doors, Brandt said. Two thieves took handguns in October among a rash of thefts from cars, all of which were unlocked, in the township. “If people would lock their cars, they wouldn’t go in them,” Brandt said. While there have been thefts reported in many areas of the township, Rosedale and Shope Gardens appear to be particular targets, Brandt said. Thefts were more frequently reported in September and October, he said. Another resident reported a Glock .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol valued at $600 and ammunition were stolen July 31 from a locked car
Council suspends electric shutoffs for the winter
A Penn State Harrisburg student charged with the attempted rape of another student saw the charges against him bound over to Dauphin County Court by a district judge. Yufan Yan, 19, is also charged with unlawful restraint, simple assault and indecent assault. He was ordered to face the charges in county court after a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 12 before District Judge David Judy. According to a criminal complaint filed by Middletown police, Yan allegedly tried to rape the victim, a 24-year-old woman, in her apartment in the Village of Pineford in September. Yan also lived in Pineford at the time, police said.
Borough seeks to hire up to six part-time cops
Planes sit in the Field Maintenance Hangar in 1955.
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Lower Swatara budget freezes property tax By Eric Wise
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Taxpayers will not face a tax increase in Lower Swatara Twp. under a preliminary 2015 budget approved by the township commissioners on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The commissioners developed the spending plan, which increases spending by 4.8 percent to a total $5,395,500 for 2015. The proposed budget is available for anyone to review at the township office before a final vote on the plan, which is scheduled for Dec. 17. Municipal government services will cost about $651 for every one of the township’s 8,283 residents, based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s current figures. The township is expecting an increase in tax revenues without changing the tax rate. The realty transfer tax is expected to bring $175,000 in revenue, up $50,000 from the $125,000 budgeted for 2014. The realty transfer tax of 2 percent is paid when a property is sold. One percent is paid to the state, and the township and Middletown Area School District each
collect half of 1 percent. The township also expects an increase in building permits in the coming year. Real estate taxes remain at the rate set for 2013 at 3.25 mills in the township, in addition to 0.49 mills for the fire tax. A typical homeowner in the township, whose home is assessed at the median of $100,400, would pay $326.30 for the general real estate tax and $49.20 for the fire tax. While the assessed value determines a property owner’s tax liability, it does not reflect the actual value of the property. The median value of owner-occupied housing in Lower Swatara Twp. is $148,200. The township also collects .75 percent in earned income tax, a $10 per capita tax for everyone who lives in the township and a $25 occupational tax from anyone whose earnings exceed $5,000 for the year. A typical household with Lower Swatara’s $69,853 median income will end up paying about $524 in earned income tax to the township; another $873 would be paid
Middletown Borough Council voted 9-0 on Monday, Nov. 17 to again seek applicants for up to six part-time police officer positions. The borough will immediately begin advertising for the positions. Resumes from applicants must be in to the borough by Dec. 15. The borough had advertised for the positions earlier, but no one was hired. New Police Chief John Bey recommended to council’s public safety committee that the borough start from scratch with a new round of applicants.
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MAMS, Seven Sorrows students honor veterans on their day By The Press And Journal Staff It would be hard to come up with a more fitting tribute than that paid to area veterans by students and staff of the Middletown Area Middle School on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11. Local veterans were met in the school parking lot by a student who escorted them into the cafeteria for a continental breakfast served by students in the National Junior Honor Society. Many of the students had been working since 4 a.m. to get ready for the event, said Ken Britcher Jr., a Grade 8 history teacher who, along with middle school history teacher Kevin Little, plays a lead role in helping the kids put on the Veterans Day ceremony. Britcher is a veteran – of the Navy. So is Little - Marine Corps. So are many of the other teachers who are involved in the event. After the breakfast, the veterans were escorted into the auditorium for a stirring ceremony that featured patriotic musical performances by the school band, the reading of award-winning Veterans Day essays written by students, and several professionallydone video presentations. It was one of two school Veterans Day events in Middletown. At Seven Sorrows School, veterans and active military personnel from the school and Seven Sorrows BVM Church community were served a pancake breakfast by eighth-graders. First- and sixth-graders, under the guidance of teachers Michelle Schopf and Cindy Gotowski, made favors and wrote thank-you notes to the veterans and military personnel.
At Middletown Area Middle School, a video, made by Little, showed the faces, one by one, of every veteran from Middletown who has been killed in action in the conflicts from World War I on. The guest speaker, 1991 Middletown Area High School graduate Eric Fegley, spoke to the students of his years in the Army serving in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Afghanistan. Fegley was part of the Army’s first Brigade Combat Team that entered Afghanistan just three months after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. His son, a student at the school, was born on the 4th of July while Fegley was in Afghanistan. Fegley told the students that the best way they can honor today’s veterans is to do three things: “Work hard and do something meaningful in your life,” “be a positive influence for change in your community” and “find a way to serve your neighbors, your community and your country.” “I hear people saying all the time, ‘What’s wrong with kids today?’ ” Fegley said. “There is nothing wrong with our kids today. We ask more of our kids today than we ever did when I was a kid. The young men and women I see in this auditorium are among the most brightest and most patriotic that I have ever encountered.” Sixth-grader Quinn Dworchak was one of three students who each received $50 for their prize-winning essay. Dworchak quoted a definition of veterans as “someone who at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America, for an amount of someone’s life.”
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She wrote of her great uncle Paul, who served in the Army in Germany; her grandfather George, who was in the Air Force for nine years, and her second cousin Jimmy who was in the Air Force. Seventh-grade essay winner Angelina Torres asked her fellow students to imagine what it is like to be a veteran. “Imagine yourself put into dangerous situations regularly. Imagine leaving your loved ones and home for many days, weeks, even months at a time. Imagine doing all of this for the good of your country. Imagine yourself as a U.S. military veteran,” Torres wrote. Eighth grade essayist Brian Carrera wrote of his grandfather, who enlisted during Vietnam and served four years. He was an Air Force mechanic who worked on B-12s. “Some people may ask why should they show appreciation to our veterans. You should show appreciation because they put their lives on the line to fight for our country. They are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to not only protect this country, but to protect us!” Carrera wrote. “To ignore that, to not acknowledge that and show appreciation for their bravery and their service, to me feels like an injustice.” “For those people who still don’t care, you have to remember that ‘Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf’ - George Orwell.” The students and teachers are carrying on a tradition that has now been around for 20 years. Retired Middletown Area Middle School teacher Paul Pollock got the ball rolling in 1994.
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Writing thank-you notes and favors to present to veterans at an honorary breakfast at Seven Sorrows School are, from left, students Bradley Warner, Homberto Torres, Ian Witkowski and Madison Stark. “I sort of put it put it together every year for the first 10 years,” Pollock said. In the beginning the ceremony was held on the football field. “Weather was always an issue in November, so we moved it inside,’’ Pollock said. “That was better suited for the veterans, especially the older ones.” The event keeps growing. Last year, 98 veterans attended the continental breakfast and program; on this Veterans Day it was 138. The veterans are invited by students who are their family members or friends. “She’s proud of me,” Air Force veteran the Rev. Dr. Otis Martin said of his granddaughter, Dalajsha Shickley, a seventh-grader. Martin worked in electronics in the service and afterward went to the Anderson Theological Seminary in Georgia. He now lives in Harrisburg. “I love it,” Martin said of the middle school event. “I think it’s nice to have something for people that gave so much. It’s encouraging and makes you feel like you are important. Everybody needs that.”
Serving breakfast to Navy veteran Jim Morressey, seated, a Grade 8 teacher at Seven Sorrows School, are, from left, students Tommy Lavin, Katherine Thear and Grant Fleming.
LD vocalists perform in state honors choir Seventeen Lower Dauphin vocalists performed in the “Sweet Soundsations” honor choir of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association on Friday, Nov. 7 at Central Dauphin High School. The choir was comprised of girls in grades 7-9 from south-central Pennsylvania. The Lower Dauphin vocalists in the
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A team of educators from the Lower Dauphin School District defeated a team of police officers from Hummelstown and Derry Twp. by one pin in the annual Turkey Bowl bowling challenge for charity on Sunday, Nov. 9 at ABC East Lanes. The event, which collects food donations for the Hummelstown Food Bank, brought more than 35 bags of food for those in need.
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Is there a murderer in the house? Yes.
Jack Ulsh
Jack T. Ulsh, 84, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest at home on Tuesday, November 11, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 5, 1930 in Millerstown, to the late Miles O. and Minnie A. Troutman Ulsh. Jack was a former bank manager for Commonwealth National in Middletown, and a former sales consultant for Brenner and Titus Cadillac; he was a former member of the Middletown Rotary Club, the Harrisburg Masonic Lodge, and the Middletown School Board; and he was an avid golfer and a diehard Philadelphia sports fan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife Thelma Ulsh, and his second wife Nancy Ulsh, daughter Bonnie Crump, brother Richard O. Ulsh, and daughterin-law Denise Ulsh. He is survived by his loving sons Barry R. Ulsh Sr. of Middletown, and Brian K. Ulsh of Harrisburg; stepdaughter Tamara Reed of Middletown; grandchildren Stefanie Ulsh, Barry R. Ulsh Jr., Melissa, Jeremy, and Bradley
Student actors at Middletown Area High School performed the murder mystery, “Is There a Doctor in the House?’’ for the school’s fall play on Friday, Nov. 14 and Saturday, Nov. 15 at the school auditorium. Local photographer Jodi Ocker captured these scenes from the play during its run.
Crump; 10 great-grandchildren; and two nieces. Services for Jack were held on Saturday at the Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Middletown. Burial was in Middletown Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be sent to the Humane Society of Greater Harrisburg, 7790 Grayson Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111. The family has entrusted the care of the Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home, Middletown, to handle the arrangements. Online condolences can be sent to www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
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Arts festival presents awards to students More than 20 students from the Lower Dauphin School District earned art awards in the Hummelstown Arts Festival in September. In the high school division, Anna Nissley took first in the drawing/painting category. Rachele Branchi was second; Cassie Shenkweller was third; and Jenny Cheng and Kaylee Hollenbach earned honorable mentions. Julie Palmer took first in the high
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school pottery category followed by Kayla Blair, second place, and Zoie Steckbeck, third. Grace Dresher took first place in the high school photography category and Anna Ritchey took first in high school computer art. In the middle school division, Corrine Shirk took first in the drawing/painting category. Ashley Bartles was second;
Sadie Brendt was third; and Olivia Myers, Sarah Peters, Rachel Johnson, Emily Benke and Alexandria Nalesnik earned honorable mentions. Chris Blatt took first in the middle school pottery category. In the elementary division, Lucy McCurdy took first in drawing/painting and Liam McCurdy took first in pottery.
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Fourteen students were inducted into the Lower Dauphin High School chapter of the National Art Honor Society on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the school. Students are selected for membership based on scholarship, character, cooperation, leadership and service to their school and community. The new members are sophomores Hanna Allen, Rachel Bickelman, Ava Bottiglia, Emma Durantine, Kelly Fahringer, Rachel Garlock, Grace Gilbert, Madeline Gotshall, Kaylee Hollenbach, Olivia Rutledge, Nicole Seacord and Hunter Smith; junior Callisto Dougherty; and senior Michaela Robertson. Bethany Nye is president of the society. Rachele Branch is vice president, while Jenny Cheng is secretary and Ruth George is treasurer. Dana Naugle is the faculty advisor to the society.
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WILD BLUE GONER: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OLMSTED’S CLOSING
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The main gate to Olmsted Air Force Base, date unknown, at Ann Street and Airport Drive.
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Middletown had survived some major setbacks. There were two mill closings in 1907 that led to the exodus of 1,800 workers, then-borough Mayor George D. Mansberger said. In 1910, a major fire wiped out the town’s business section, and in 1936, a major flood struck the town. But the Olmsted closing “is the hardest blow of all,” Mansberger said. The nuclear accident at Three Mile Island did not occur until 1979. Within hours of McNamara dropping his bomb, Gov. William W. Scranton and the Harrisburg Area Chamber of Commerce boldly announced the forming of task forces aimed at getting the Pentagon to do an about-face. Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Hugh Scott was among those who attacked the closing as political payback by the Democrat administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson for the region supporting Johnson’s Republican opponent in the November 1964 election, Barry Goldwater. “Absolute baloney,” McNamara said in response. Olmsted was among 95 bases in 33 states that the Pentagon was targeting for closing, cutting an estimated 63,000 jobs and saving a combined $500 million. The numbers didn’t support Scott’s accusation. Pennsylvania voters had backed Johnson nearly 2-to-1. Lebanon County was the only county in the region to go for Goldwater and one of just three counties in the state. It was a dead heat in Lancaster County, but Johnson still came out on top. Back in 1964, McNamara and the Pentagon had far more power to close major bases on their own. Not until 1990 would that balance of power shift to Congress through passage of the law creating the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission process for closing bases. The closing of what was known as the Middletown Air Materiel at Olmsted did not occur all at once. McNamara said there would be a gradual phaseout over four-plus years, until June 30, 1969, when the base would be shuttered. Over that time, up to 8,000 civilian jobs would be transferred from Olmsted to other Air Materiel Area bases in Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah, the Pentagon said. McNamara did not change his mind. Over the next four years, for-sale signs went up at houses all over Middletown as thousands of Olmsted employees were forced to move. Downtown businesses closed. The exodus impacted civic groups that lost members who worked at Olmsted, including those in the military. Nearly everyone who lived in Middletown was connected to Olmsted in some way. They either worked there, or someone in their family or one of their neighbors did. Talk to anyone who still lives in or near Middletown who is old enough, and chances are they have an Olmsted story to tell. Here are five such stories, from five people who were impacted by the closing in different ways. Gloria Milspaw moved to Utah with her husband, where she discovered her talent for painting watercolors. George Fuoti was about to move to Utah but got a new lease on life – thanks in part to a war in Vietnam. Charles Selcher was determined he would not leave Middletown, got a new job with the state and stayed. Robert Reid, Middletown’s longtime mayor, watched his best students move away while working as a teacher in the Middletown Area School District. And though Audra Henderson left her job at Olmsted years before the closing, the memories of her short time there will never leave.
Gloria Milspaw
The walls of Gloria Milspaw’s room in Frey Village are lined with her watercolor paintings. One painting, showing various scenes from Saturday’s Market in neighboring Londonderry Twp., hung in the Governor’s Mansion during the days of Gov. Robert P. Casey. Yet Milspaw had never painted until she moved from Pennsylvania to Utah. And she wouldn’t have moved to Utah if not for the closing of Olmsted Air Force Base. She grew up in Milspaw Middletown, back when Frey Village was the Emaus Orphans Home. She remembers as a little girl living on North Union Street watching the orphans march down the sidewalk each Sunday for services at St. Peter’s.
Milspaw graduated from high school in 1939 and got a job at Olmsted in 1941. She worked there when Pearl Harbor was bombed. She was qualified to be a junior property and supply clerk, but “they wouldn’t let women have those jobs,” so Milspaw had to settle for typing shipping tickets. Lynn G. Milspaw was an Army Air Corps officer from Buffalo, whose first assignment out of flight school was Olmsted. Lynn’s roommate tried to fix up Lynn with Gloria, but Lynn never called her, Gloria says. Lynn was transferred from Olmsted to a new base in Rome, N.Y. When Gloria got the chance to advance by transferring to the new base, she went as well. One night, Gloria and a friend were at a bar on the base in Rome, and Lynn and one of his friends were there, too. A mutual friend made introductions, and Gloria said to Lynn, “So you’re the guy who never called me at Olmsted?” Eventually, they got married. Over the next few years, the military moved Lynn and Gloria to Macon, Ga.; Lackland, Fla.; and Sacramento, Calif., where their daughter Yvonne was born. When World War II ended in 1945, Lynn got a job in New York City with Westinghouse. He was called back during the Korean War. He and Gloria spent 1952 in Alaska, then returned to Olmsted in 1953. Lynn was still in the reserves but a civilian at Olmsted, ordering parts for planes. He settled into a career, and the couple bought a house in Elizabethtown. Gloria doesn’t recall any worries about the base closing until McNamara’s announcement in 1964. But Yvonne, her daughter, now a professor of English and humanities at Harrisburg Area Community College, remembers anxious discussions and speculation around the dinner table between Lynn and Yvonne’s grandfather, who also worked at Olmsted. “There was a few months of rumor, I know that” before the announcement, Yvonne said. “There was a sense that Pennsylvania was going to get closed because my grandfather said we had voted wrong in the last election,’’ she said. “My grandfather was concerned that anything in a district that had voted Republican would get cut, and it turned out he was right.” “It was quite a shock to all of us,” Gloria remembers of the announcement. “It was a big salty blow.” Lynn had the choice of transferring to Washington, D.C., Oklahoma, or Hill Air Force Base just outside Ogden, Utah. “Somehow we decided we would like to see Utah,” Gloria said. Her husband wasn’t given to emotion and took the news better than Gloria. “I cried a lot. I think we all did,’’ Gloria said. “It was an unknown land we were going to. All of our friends also had to do the same thing. All the civilians had to leave.” Yvonne remembers the upheaval. “The real estate market crashed here,’’ she said. “My grandparents could barely get any money for their house. We couldn’t sell our house because so many people moved and no one was coming in.” The base jobs were the best-paying in town. It seemed as though Middletown’s entire middle- and upper-class was leaving. Her parents worried about leaving their parents behind. Yvonne’s grandfather was not in good health. He had survived a mustard gas attack in World War I. But Lynn was looking forward to Utah. They found someone to rent their house, put their furniture in storage, packed their belongings into a U-Haul and headed out to Utah. It was all two-lane roads west of Chicago. Lynn loved Utah. Gloria had to make all new friends and meet all new people, but she adapted well. She took up skiing and wrote musical arrangements for her church choir. She embraced painting and was good at it, so good that she served as president of the Utah Watercolor Society for two years. “I doubt she would have done watercolor here,’’ Yvonne said. Lynn retired in 1986 and the Milspaws moved back to Middletown. “He really hated to leave Utah,” Gloria said of Lynn, who died in 2001. Looking back, things worked out pretty well. But life would have been easier had the base not closed. “We were all easterners and very happy with our parents and everyone here,’’ Gloria said. “It really shook us up, I think, quite a bit.’’
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Vietnam. That was a real challenge. These things were shot up and dirty and crummy.” New Cumberland had to convert its warehouses into hangars. More than once while he was at New Cumberland, Fuoti tried to get the powers-that-be to move the helicopter mission to Olmsted. The suggestion fell on deaf ears. Eventually the helicopter mission at New Cumberland “fizzled out,” Fuoti recalled, but he landed a job at the Navy base in Mechanicsburg. He retired in 1988, and now lives in the Stone Creek development in Derry Twp. To Fuoti, the legacy of Olmsted is how the base changed Middletown, especially during that period of rapid growth during World War II. He sees parallels between that period and today, as a new class of outsiders move in to Middletown, brought here by the expansion of Penn State Harrisburg. As with the earlier time, the clash of cultures brings with it the potential for opportunity. “The old Middletown people, they had a hard time accepting people from the coal region and it’s probably the same today,” he said. “They have a hard time accepting the students and the intellectuals who are coming in here now. It’s the same kind of problem, but a different group of people.” The Middletown of today is “not the town we remember,” Fuoti said, but he is optimistic about the town’s future.
Fuoti was born in Reading in 1932. Olmsted didn’t bring his family to Middletown – the downtown hosiery mill did. His dad got a job making infant socks, so Fuoti moved here when he was in the third grade. The Fuotis got lumped in with the wave of people from the coal region upriver who came to Middletown for jobs at Olmsted. The base was growing by leaps and bounds because of World War II. To Fuoti, the growth in Middletown caused by Olmsted was similar to the diaspora of people Fuoti from different ethnic backgrounds who came to Steelton because of the steel mill expansion. Fuoti got a job at Olmsted after graduating from Middletown in 1950. He knew he would get drafted, so he joined the Air Force, served four years as a jet fighter mechanic and returned to Olmsted in 1956. He got a job in electronics and gradually made his way up the ladder. Middletown was booming. Fuoti was among about a dozen people from OlmRobert Reid sted who were active in the local Rotary. The club He was mayor of Middletown for more than 25 started a big barbecue as a fundraiser for scholaryears, and an elementary school in town is named ships at the high school. for him in honor of his long teaching career. But The base jobs seemed pretty secure. There had long before that, Robert Reid, like so many others, been “some threats” over the years to close Olmwas just another worker sted, but nothing came of them, Fuoti recalled. At at Olmsted. Reid just under 1,100 acres, Olmsted was smaller than worked as a tug operamost other Air Force bases. Fuoti imagines Mctor on the base for about Namara flying over Olmsted one day, seeing how a year and a half before small it was compared to other bases and judging it he went to college. to be low-hanging fruit for the budget ax. He drove a truck and But to Fuoti, the base’s small size belied its imworked in a warehouse. portance. He laughs when asked Olmsted was the nerve center – the brain – that if the work was hard: controlled what was going on everywhere. “Nobody worked hard “At one time, I think we did 80 percent of all the at Olmsted,’’ he said. aircraft instrumentation in the Air Force – repairs, Reid’s father, Rosie, updates and things like that,” Fuoti said. “Olmsted worked on the base 25 was responsible for parsing out these jobs. Other Reid years. Reid and his dad depots also did repair work, engines and what have could walk to work – the Olmsted gate was across you, but we controlled that here at Olmsted. the street from their house. Reid helped build the “We always thought that the other bases got the runway at Olmsted as a summer job before he went easy stuff. They looked real good putting them away to college. out. All the ones that they didn’t want we did here Reid came back and taught for 39 years in at Olmsted. I always thought we had the toughest Middletown Area School District. The kids whose electronic pieces to do, but we did them. We had parents the military brought to Olmsted went to the talent to do it, and the same way with the sheet Middletown schools. They made a lasting impresmetal work. We had some of the finest sheet metal sion on the future mayor. men in the world.” “These kids had a lot on the ball, because they But that didn’t matter to the Pentagon. traveled the world,’’ he said. “They were all over “We didn’t think it was going to be saved, yet we the country. A lot of them came to us from Europe, went to work every day and did our job,’’ Fuoti where their parents were stationed. They were said. “One day, I came into our building, I came more mature than a lot of the kids that lived in into work like I always did. The next thing you know it’s, ‘Hey, come out and look at Bay 1.’ They Middletown.’’ McNamara’s base closing announcement didn’t were ripping down the lights and stuff. That’s come as a total shock. “The town knew that there when it really sunk in – we’re not gonna be saved. were a number of bases under consideration to be There was always that hope, but when they started closed, and they knew that Olmsted was one of tearing down, that was it.” them,” Reid said. It looked like Fuoti would be going to Utah. He Reid believes that Olmsted could have done more recalls talking about it with his 6-year-old son. “He to protect itself. said, ‘Dad, does that mean I won’t be able to play “From what I heard, there were a lot of things for the Blue Raiders?’ Boy, that did it,’’ Fuoti said. they should have been doing at Olmsted that they “I called my wife and I said, ‘We’re not gonna go. were turning down – military projects that OlmWe’re gonna hang around.’ “ sted could have been doAs Olmsted was winding ing but turned down and down, the nation’s inother bases picked up on volvement in the new war these projects,’’ he said. “I in Vietnam was escalating. think that was part of the The helicopter was being problem with Olmsted – used in Vietnam as never in other words, I would before. There were tons say they helped to kill of CH-47 Chinook troop themselves.’’ transport helicopters being The biggest fears about shot up in the war that the the closing was how the military was sending back town could absorb the to the Army depot in New loss of so many jobs, and Cumberland for repair. It the toll it would take on was a job ideally suited to the shops and businesses Fuoti and the other aircraft lining Main and Union electronics workers at streets. Olmsted. “People were selling “What saved us was their houses almost dirt Vietnam came, and they cheap” but they had started bringing all these no choice, Reid said. helicopters back,” Fuoti “It wasn’t you’re told said. “We updated all the you’ve got 10 years [to electronics in the brand new move], you had to get Boeing aircraft, and then we From the Press And Journal rid of that thing possibly started getting them back from December 1964
in a year’s time.” The closing took a personal toll on Reid and many others in the town, who watched so many close friends move away. Many of them never came back. Reid believes a lot of those talented military kids in his classrooms grew up to become future elected officials, doctors and lawyers. He’ll probably never know. But Middletown didn’t become a ghost town. Many Olmsted workers stayed by getting defense jobs opening up in Mechanicsburg and in New Cumberland. And just as today, the midstate economy was diverse enough to soften the blow. For all the people moving out, new people never stopped moving in. “There were enough of things in the area to really help us,” Reid said. “We had the state capital, you had Indiantown Gap, Hershey – so we had employment, so as far as people saying, ‘That’s a dead town,’ that wasn’t true because we had enough on the ball. “I know a lot of homes that were up for sale sold within months, some within weeks, so people continued to come in as these people left,’’ Reid said. “We had a lot to offer. Our schools were top-notch. It was a small town, and a lot of people especially city people wanted to live in that kind of atmosphere.” Today, the Olmsted legacy lives on in so many ways. For example, Sunset Golf Course in Londonderry Twp. owes its existence to Olmsted, Reid said. The course on the base was too small, so the military and civilians who worked at Olmsted built Sunset. Reid’s brother used to caddy on the old base course. To Reid, it’s a toss-up whether Middletown is better off today from the base closing. HIA and Penn State have brought in a lot of jobs. But Reid wonders if the base over the last 50 years would not have brought in more. He also believes Middletown and other local governments would be getting more tax revenue from those jobs than is now the case. “We haven’t made any more money as far as taxes are concerned. The base would have brought in more money,” he said. “Right now we have an occupation tax for people who work here but don’t live in town. But where’s the work? We don’t have any factories or anything to hire people in town. What do we have? Univar? I think with the base being here we would have been much better off.” To Reid, the ideal scenario would have been the base staying open and Penn State Harrisburg coming in – the best of both worlds. There’s no doubt to him that the campus has a bigger role to play in bolstering the town’s economy. “Let me tell you, that university could make this town,” he said. “We should be wrapping our arms around Penn State, and Penn State wrapping their arms around this town. It would be great.”
Audra Henderson
If you’re going to talk about Olmsted, make sure you spell it right – “Olmsted,’’ not “Olmstead,’’ instructs Audra Henderson of Middletown. Working at Olmsted was a family tradition. Audra’s aunt worked at the base in World War II making parachutes. Henderson graduated from Middletown High School in 1950, the same year as both Reid and Fuoti. She started working at Olmsted in 1955, when her husband Herb was starting college. Audra was a hairdresser and Herb had just gotten out of the Navy. She thought having a second job would help the young couple make ends meet. The Henderson base was close by, so she took the civil service test. She got a job in the base’s travel office, making plane reservations and typing up pay vouchers. She worked in an office that had been added to the end of a big factory warehouse. She remembers it being so hot because there was no air conditioning. One of the worst things was having to walk past all the guys to get to the ladies room on the far end of the building. It got embarrassing at times. Later, she was transferred to the new headquarters building. The old factory has been torn down, but Audra can still see the headquarters building from Route 230: a big, long, boarded-up red brick building once used by Penn State Harrisburg but now used by nobody at all, or so it would appear. Audra worked in the basement, where it was a lot
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cooler than in that warehouse. The office coffee was a nickel a cup. The money went to buy goodies from the bakery in town. “If you had a job at the base you had a good job,’’ she said. “There were no worries that you would be laid off. That’s how I felt.’’ Audra worked on the base until 1958, when Herb started dental school at Temple University in Philadelphia. Audra transferred from Olmsted to a military procurement office in Philly. After Herb finished dental school, the Hendersons moved back to the area. Today they live in a house on Union Street. In October, Audra and Herb were grand marshals for the Middletown Area High School Homecoming parade. At the time of McNamara’s announcement, the Hendersons were living in Camp Hill, where Herb was in practice with another dentist. Audra’s parents lived in Middletown. Her father worked for the railroad, but a lot of their friends and neighbors worked at the base. “People were really upset and worried about their jobs and where they would have to go,” Audra recalled. “People didn’t want to have to leave the area. It was a shock – a lot of anger. People had good jobs, and all of a sudden they didn’t – or they weren’t going to have.”
Charles Selcher
When it comes to Olmsted Air Force Base, Charles Selcher, of Lower Swatara Twp., can go back. Way back. He is 101 years old. He remembers when the hangars were tents. There was no runway. A plane could land in all directions. As a young man, Selcher worked in a sand and gravel pit on the base. “I was a dreamer,” he said. “As a young man, I could see that being part of the runway.” Today, it is. Selcher can’t remember exactly when he started working at Olmsted – it was either 1941 or 1943. In 1943, Selcher was sworn into the Navy while he was already working at Olmsted. He had a Selcher background in education, so the military had him set up a school to train the masses of people being hired at the base in the frenetic early days of World War II. “They were hiring at a much faster rate than they could absorb employees,” Selcher said. “We were hiring people who had no mechanical experience at all – housewives, and so on. We had to train them for the jobs.” The school was so big that it had to be set up in Harrisburg’s Farm Show building. Selcher’s charge was making sure that the newbies were taught everything there was to know about the maintenance of aircraft. He continued working at Olmsted after the war as a civilian, becoming absorbed in the base mission of programming the Air Force aircraft that needed overhauling. McNamara’s announcement to close the base was “a shock” because it came so close after the presidential election, Selcher said. “I knew that it was a crisis in my life and that my career was going to change, but I didn’t worry about it,” Selcher said. One thing Selcher knew for certain: His roots were in Middletown, and he wasn’t going to leave. “The light went on: State,” he said. “I had no knowledge about the state, but I called the director of personnel. They interviewed me and I ended up with a job with the state Civil Service Commission.’’ Selcher stayed with the commission for the next 13 years, then retired. Reminders of Olmsted are never far away. Today, from his house on a hill, Selcher can see the old buildings that made up the base in its heyday, and that runway that now serves Harrisburg International Airport. With HIA and Penn State Harrisburg moving in where the base once sat, the Olmsted closing ended up being a good thing for Middletown and for the region, Selcher said. “I think the benefit [of the base] is not near what it is commercially now. That’s my personal opinion,’’ he said. “It was a very positive thing for this area. At the time, we didn’t think so.” Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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Olmsted’s demise brought economic life to Middletown By Dan Miller
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Of course, there is another side to the Olmsted closing story – the one that residents and visitors see today when they drive along Route 230 wast of Middletown. On one side is Harrisburg International Airport. On the other is Penn State Harrisburg. Neither would be here today if not for the decision to close Olmsted Air Force Base. The Harrisburg Regional Chamber Chamber of Commerce – known as the Harrisburg Area Chamber of Commerce in 1964 – quickly jumped into the fight that Gov. William Scranton waged to save Olmsted from its impending closure, according to newspaper accounts. Yet at the same time, the chamber was already working on a plan to convert the nearly 1,100-acre base to civilian use. Today, the chamber has in its archives a framed photo from November 1965 that shows Scranton presenting a plaque to chamber leaders in recognition of their organiza-
tion developing “a comprehensive plan to utilize fully the facilities of Olmsted Air Force Base.” In a letter that accompanies the plaque, Scranton wrote, “In the year since the closing of the base was announced, a plan has been prepared which will utilize the entire base for industrial uses, an upper level college and graduate center, and a jet airport.” The chamber had enjoyed a close working relationship with the military at Olmsted since the base opened on a former pickle farm in 1917. That relationship paid off more than once in preserving the base – and in laying the groundwork for the base’s subsequent conversion to civilian uses. At one point In the early 1950s, the Air Force sought to move Olmsted because the base runway could not handle jet aircraft. The Air Force wanted to move the base to Lancaster, but Lancaster opposed the plan. So during a chamber-sponsored cruise, chamber leaders huddled with Air Force officials and came up with a plan to build a 10,000-foot runway on the base using slag from
the Bethlehem Steel plant in nearby Steelton. In 1957, ground was broken for the new runway at a cost of $12 million. The runway was completed in 1958. The chamber had no way of knowing it then, but the new runway would literally pave the way for the development of the airport 10 years later on former Olmsted ground. In February 1967, Clifford Jones, Scranton’s point man for the Olmsted conversion, presented a plan for using the 10,000-foot runway to move the region’s commercial airline service from Harrisburg-York State Airport – now Capital City Airport – to Olmsted. Trans World Airlines (TWA) and Allegheny Airlines agreed to move from Harrisburg-York State Airport to Olmsted. TWA had started using two-engine jet airliners. Fully-loaded jets could not use the relatively short runways at Harrisburg-York during hot weather, so the state speeded up by two years the timetable for converting Olmsted. In February 1968, Gov. Raymond
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A fire station at Olmsted Air Force Base in 1955; it’s now a service center for a car rental company, below.
Shafer cut the ribbon opening the new commercial air service at Olmsted – today’s HIA. Similarly, the Harrisburg chamber – again unknowingly at the time – played a role in what would become Penn State Harrisburg. In 1957, the chamber lobbied for $30 million in federal funds for a series of new buildings to be constructed along Olmsted’s north side. Ground was broken in 1958. In December 1965, Scranton appointed Penn State as the “applying agent” to establish an upper-level college and graduate center in the buildings on the north complex. Pennsylvania’s General Assembly appropriated $1.5 million to convert the main headquarters into academic use. In 1966, the school’s first 180 students entered, using facilities established in what had been the base’s main headquarters building. The students were housed in two former Air Force dormitories – and Penn State Capital Campus, as the university was originally called, was born. As early as 1967 – two years before the base even closed – Pentagon officials were already touting Olmsted as an example of how a community can recover from the shuttering of a base. Donald F. Bradford, then chief of the Office of Economic Adjustment, was quoted in the Patriot-News as calling the Olmsted conversion “one of the best, without question.” Looking back, you can argue that the greater Middletown area is better off today thanks to the Olmsted closing. HIA and Penn State Harrisburg are successful and thriving enterprises that both make a big contribution to the economy of Middletown and the region. HIA generates close to $950 million in annual economic output, based on a 2011 report that was done for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. More than 1,500 people work for about 60 organizations at the airport – and at least 225 of those employees live in Middletown, Steelton, Highspire and Royalton. The airport and businesses on the airport generate at least $1 million a year in tax revenue to Middletown Borough and Lower Swatara Twp. and to Middletown Area School District, according to airport spokesman Scott Miller. As for Penn State Harrisburg, the campus had a total economic impact of more than $135 million, according to a 2008 study. That was before the Penn State Harrisburg enrollment boom that has seen the campus grow by about 100 students every year since 2001. Based on that growth and on inflation, the total economic impact of the campus is now estimated at $160 million a year. The campus is expected to keep adding another 100 students a year for at least the next five years. The true economic impact of Penn State Harrisburg upon Middletown is a story yet to be written. Calling the interaction between the campus and local business community “shockingly small,” a 2014 report by Middletown Borough consultants describes the university as the key to the town’s economic future. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Borough Council of the Borough of Royalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, will consider enactment of this Ordinance at a public meeting on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, commencing at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Royalton Borough Building, 101 Northumberland Street, Royalton, Pennsylvania 17057, or at a subsequent public meeting of the Borough Council. A summary of the Ordinance is as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 231 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF ROYALTON, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AMENDING, MODIFYING AND CHANGING THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF ROYALTON AT PART 8, “OFFENSES AND NUISANCES” ARTICLE C, “FIREARMS,” BY DELETING ARTICLE C “FIREARMS” IN ITS ENTIRETY. A copy of the full text of proposed Ordinance 231 may be examined at the Borough Building, address as stated above, Monday through Friday, during the hours of 8:30 o’clock, a.m. and 4:00 o’clock p.m. prevailing time in the office of the Secretary of the Borough, and is also available at the Borough website, www.royaltonpa.com. All residents, taxpayers, persons interested therein or affected thereby are invited to attend. Amy Burrell Borough Secretary 11/19-1T #201 www.publicnoticepa.com
NOTICE OF ZONING HEARING Docket 2014-07 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lower Swatara Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a Public Hearing at the request of Allied Properties, Inc. (Docket 2014-07), for a Special Exception in accordance with Chapter 27, Part 10, Section 1004(3) of the Township of Lower Swatara Zoning Ordinance, as amended (the “Zoning Ordinance”) pertaining to maintaining of outdoor storage of material or equipment at the Property. The property is located at 2751 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown, PA 17057, within the Industrial Park (I-P) Zoning District. Hearing will be held Tuesday, December 2, 2014, and will convene at 7:00 P.M. at the Lower Swatara Township Municipal Building, 1499 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown, Pennsylvania. All interested parties are invited to attend. Randall Breon Chairman 11/19-2T #202 www.publicnoticepa.com
From The Wednesday, November 20, 1991 Edition Of The Press And Journal Area Proud Of Teacher Of Year It’s hard to say which Rudolph Sharpe loves more, working with young people, or with the English language. What’s not a toss up is the Lower Dauphin High School teacher is a gifted educator, as he was named the Pennsylvania Secondary School Teacher of the Year for 1992 at an awards ceremony held Wednesday, November 13, at the state Capitol. Sharpe said he was “thrilled, honored and flattered” to receive the state Department of Education (PDE) award, presented to him at the ceremony by Gov. Robert P. casey. To win this “once-in-a-lifetime event,” Sharpe was selected from a statewide field of 169 candidates, judged by a 16-member board composed of PDE staff and former award recipients. Accompanying him to the awards ceremony was Sharpe’s 17-year-old daughter, Amy, a senior at Lower Dauphin and a student in one of her father’s English classes. According to Sharpe, the transition from a father/daughter relationship to that of student/teacher hasn’t been a problem for the two. “Amy has been a delight,” he said. Sharpe and his wife, Marcia, a second-grade teacher in West Hanover Township, are also the parents of a son, Jeremy, a freshman at Lower Dauphin. “To us education really is a family affair,” Sharpe commented. A love of education started early in Sharpe’s life, when he was a fifth grade student in Philadelphia. His teacher, Albert McClay, proved to be an inspiration for the young boy, and teaching became his goal. “I was so taken by his ability,” Sharpe remembers. For a brief period he debated between teaching English and French, but when he was in the 10th grade, his love of English won out. His enthusiasm for that pursuit hasn’t seemed to waver since. Sharpe started teaching at Lower Dauphin 23 years ago, his first job. ‘Cass’ Calls It Quits Helmets, shoulder pads, jerseys have all been put away for another season. E-town’s Thompson Field is quiet these days now that the 1991 football season has run its course. And another part of football at E-town High School is quiet since Monday’s surprise resignation of head coach Jack Cassebaum. “I’m not burnt out, it’s just time for a break,” said Cass. Cassebaum will retain his position as work-study coordinator and assistant attendance officer at EAHS. He’ll also continue the very time consuming duty of coordinating community service projects for the high school. But for at least for the time being, Cass has closed the playbook, ended the season, put his coaching duties on hold. “When you really think about it,” Cassebaum said in a telephone interview on Tuesday, “it never really ends. When football ends it’s back to the weight room and the clinics. It’s really a lot of pressure that I put on myself. It doesn’t have to be that way, but if you want to win there are things you have to do.” “I’ll still be at the future games, I just won’t be on the sidelines, I will be the Number One fan.” Cassebaum, 51, was raised at the Masonic Homes in Elizabethtown. He returned to his hometown in 1984 to revive the high school’s football program into one
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23 YEARS AGO - Up In The Sky, It’s A Bird. It’s A Plane. It’s Super-Firefighter! – The Lower Swatara Fire Company hosted its annual open house Thursday, October 11 as part of Fire Prevention Week. Pictured demonstrating rescue routines high above visitors are firefighters Kenny Phillips and Andy McDonald. of the powerhouses of the Lancaster-Lebanon League, a true force to be admired and respected. Two seasons later Cassebaum’s Bears had claimed the Section Two title and were knocking on the door for the District Three Class AAA title. Middletown turned the Bears aside. The rocket ride continued in 1987 with a share of the Section II crown and runners-up trophies in the District in 1987 and 1989. Prices From 23 Years Ago We a v e r ’ s L e b a n o n Bologna..............$2.59/lb. Minute Maid Orange Juice 64 oz........................$1.79 Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce 16 oz. can.........66¢ Del Monte Peas 17 oz. can..............................45¢ Grandma Utz Chips 11 oz. bag................$1.89 Jumbo Imported Chestnuts.....................$2.39/lb. Rich’s White Bread 2 lb. pkg..........................$1.04 Smithfield Ham Slices..................$1.99/lb. County Line Shredded Mozzarella...............$2.59 Franco American Gravy 10.25 oz. can..............49¢ Cranberry Nut Bread.............. $1.69/each Brillo Soap Pads 10 ct. pkg....................75¢ Mt. Joy Twp. Names First Twp. Manager In a unanimous and historic vote, Mount Joy Township’s Board Supervisors agreed last Thursday night to appoint Jim Cavenaugh as the Township’s first manager. A special review fivemember committee recommended Cavenaugh from a field of nearly 45 candidates. The committee spent six months interviewing the hopefuls. Cavenaugh, who has worked with the state Department of Community Affairs for 16 years teaching training courses for local officials, will start his position at the beginning of 1992. I’m delighted you appointed me with a 3-0 vote,” Cavenaugh joked. “And I’m excited and looking forward to doing a good job for you.” It is expected that Cavenaugh will manage the
Township’s police department and a dozen Township workers. He is also expected to coordinate the numerous departments in the Township. School Board Exalts Outgoing Directors Praising their years of work and sacrifice for the children of the Middletown Area School District, local School Board members paid tribute last week to their three comrades who will not be returning for another term in office. President Bruce O. Rowe, Vice President Pamela E. Eberly and Director Dennis L. Stover, were saluted at the District’s Mon., Nov. 11 meeting, the trio’s last, during which a number of commendations and gifts were awarded. Rowe, in particular, was lauded because of his longtime presence as a District official. Middletown Area Education Association President Robert Christ and High School teacher Kenneth Miller presented a gold plaque to Rowe, noting his 22 years of outstanding service and dedication to the School District. MASD Superintendent Leon R. Calabrese, in making his own presentation to Rowe, said, “He will long be remembered and appreciated. The School District will miss this individual.” Rowe served Middletown’s students since 1970, when he was first elected to the Board of Education. Appointed president in 1977, he held the post until his retirement this month. Eberly and Stover also received plaques for their service to the youth of the community. Calabrese said he thinks people sometimes forget that our School Board members serve without pay. They put in between 20 to 40 hours per month on the job if they want to do it right. These three people had 37 years of School Board experience between them, and now those 37 years are lost. They’ll be missed. Eberly, a 10-year member, said she was satisfied with and proud of the accomplishments of the Board since she has been associated with the District.
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Raiders Run for a Cure 5K and Fun Run
Running was about the best way to stay warm during Middletown Area High School’s first-ever Raiders Run for a Cure 5K and Fun Run early Saturday morning, Nov. 15. Despite a whipping, freezing wind, 67 people showed up for the 5-kilometer race and a walk at the high school. A dozen youngsters took part in the mile-long Fun Run around the school’s track. The students and staff raised $1,500 for the Four Diamonds Fund, which benefits the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The event was staged by the high school’s Mini-THON Commttee. Tim Ebersole won the 5K run with a time of 19:24. Shelly McCoy was the top female finisher. Multiple sponsors pitched in to help make the event a success. Strites Orchard donated apples, and Metro Bank donated bottled water. Kelly’s Sports, Tropical Smoothie and Target all donated prizes. See who was there!
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McNamara said the authority plans to repay the $150,000 with proceeds from the sale of the borough’s former highway maintenance facility to the state. The state wants to buy the property as part of assembling the land pieces for the new Amtrak train station to be built along West Main Street, McNamara said. The state is “in the process” of making an offer for the highway department property, McNamara said. The borough expects to receive the offer this week, added Borough Manager Tim Konek.
However, Curry said it is premature to move forward on buying Handley’s house based on an offer that has yet to be received. Councilor Scott Sites called buying the Handley house “irresponsible.’’ “There are several other properties in town that are distressed” that the borough should be spending the money on, he said. Sites and councilors Anne Einhorn and Benjamin Kapenstein voted against the purchase. McNamara and councilors Sue Sullivan, John Brubaker, Vicki Malone and Robert Louer voted yes. Handley recused
himself. A former borough employee, Handley was elected a year ago to represent the First Ward, where his home is located. Asked after the meeting if he will continue representing the First Ward on council, Handley said yes, for now – but in the long run, he’s not sure. He said he does not know if he will continue to live in Middletown. Handley’s property WAS assessed by Dauphin County at $72,700 – less than half the proposed purchase price. County assessed values are often much lower than market value.
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However, evidence obtained through a quick Internet search raises questions about the amount of money the authority has offered Handley for the property. For example, Zillow.com’s estimate for the property is $109,000. Realtor. com is less conclusive, with estimates running from $84,019 to $166,291. One of the authority’s members, Tim Clouser, is a real estate agent active in Middletown. His role, if any, in the Handley negotiations is not known. Under the state Open Meetings law, the authority can deliberate on real estate matters in private. Only the vote to
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He arrived at Kuppy’s Diner in Middletown wearing sunglasses and a fedora, and sat at the counter, where he struck up a conversation with a regular about auto racing. Co-owner Carol Kupp, working behind the counter, didn’t recognize him – and she’s a fan. When he removed his glasses and hat, she was surprised. She never expected to see him in her restaurant. There, perched on a stool, was Food Network celebrity Alton Brown. Brown, who hosts the network’s “Cutthroat Kitchen,’’ was starring in a stage show, “Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour,’’ which was stopping at the Hershey Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 11. He solicits dining recommendations from fans in each city where he’s performed. Regulars at Kuppy’s had vowed to promote the diner to Brown via Twitter and Facebook. Kupp enjoyed their enthusiasm, all the while thinking to herself, “He’s not going to come to Middletown.’’ But there he was. And he wanted pot pie. “I heard a lot of good stuff about it,’’ Brown told Kupp. Just so happens that it was the Tuesday special. Brown ate pot pie and a side order of baked beans, while the woman he was with ordered a bowl of chicken corn soup. The duo pulled out their cell phones, snapping pictures of their food. Brown chatted with the locals, admired a hot roast beef sandwich as it passed, the dish firmly in the grip of a waitress. He ordered a piece of shoo-fly pie, then asked for to-go boxes. Boxing up about half of his uneaten meal, he dashed away, declaring the leftovers were “going to be my dinner tonight.’’ And he was gone. But not before one Tweet to his fans. “Thanks for the recs to Kuppy’s Diner, guys,’’ it said. “Old school family diner keeping the faith.’’ And he tweeted pics of Kupp and her
buy a property must be done in public. As McNamara noted during council’s discussion of the proposed purchase, “the real estate side is not negotiated in public.” Handley, asked about speculation that the $150,000 offer is inflated, said, “If someone is offering that to you, isn’t that market value?” He declined further comment, saying that negotiations between him and the authority are ongoing. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
husband, co-owner Greg Kupp, who works the grill at the diner. Well, the Kupps just had to go to Hershey Theatre for the show after that appearance. They bought tickets that day. Brown, also known for his popular Food Network series, “Good Eats,’’ chatted with the audience, sang – yes, Alton Brown sings – and, during a question-and-answer session with audience members, announced that his favorite part of his visit to central Pennsylvania was his trip to Kuppy’s Diner. The Kupps, and friends who accompanied them to the theater, cheered. Kuppy’s 15 minutes of fame didn’t end with the final curtain on Brown’s show, however. The next day, a 22-year-old man walked into the diner. He was an Alton Brown fan who read Brown’s tweet about Kuppy’s, and happened to be driving from Rhode Island to his home in Washington, D.C. He had to stop in and try the pot pie for himself. Unfortunately, Kuppy’s wasn’t offering it as a special that day. “But I think Alton Brown would have ordered the roast beef if he couldn’t get pot pie,’’ Carol Kupp told the man, remembering how Brown ogled it as it passed. The man had a hot roast beef sandwich, with a side order of baked beans – because Brown had eaten the beans. If Brown’s unexpected visit wasn’t enough to galvanize Carol Kupp’s admiration, something he did before he left the counter impressed her and surprised her more. As he was leaving, Brown pulled out a $20 bill to pay for the food that he and the woman with him had eaten, and laid it on the counter. Carol Kupp pushed the bill back at him. The food was on the house. Brown pushed it toward Carol Kupp anyway. She pushed it back. After the door slammed behind Brown, she looked on the counter. He left the $20 there. Jim Lewis: 717-944-4628, or jimlewis@pressandjournal.com
LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOLS
Board names new director of elementary education By Dan Miller
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News & happenings for Middletown and surrounding areas.
Free Thanksgiving meal
Bright Hope Fellowship, 345 N. Deodate Road, Middletown, will provide a free meal from noon to 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27. All are welcome to come. For more information, call 717-944-4400 or visit brighthopefellowship.org. •••••
Bingo at St. Ann’s
St. Ann’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 5408 Locust Lane Harrisburg, is hosting a bingo at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21. Kitchen opens at 5 p.m. Takeout is available. •••••
Hummelstown Holiday Festivities
The Hummelstown Area Historical Society will host Holiday Festivities from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays, Nov. 23, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7. The Fa La La Display will be held at the History House, 32 W. Main St., Hummelstown. The Open House will be held at the Parish House, corner of Rosanna Street and North Alley. There is no charge for admission. •••••
Thanksgiving trash collection schedule
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, all regular Penn Waste trash and recycling collections will be delayed one day. Thursday customers will be collected on Friday. Friday customers will be collected on Saturday. All collections on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be picked up on the regularly-scheduled day. Please visit www.pennwaste.com for information on collections in your municipality. •••••
Customer appreciation day
Tender Loving Care Kennels Pet Supplies, 447 E. Main St., Middletown, will hold a Customer Appreciation Day from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29. Santa Claus will be there for free pictures with your pets.
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The Lower Dauphin School Board appointed Douglas Winner as the new director of elementary education for the Lower Dauphin School District during a meeting on Monday, Nov. 3. Winner replaces Melanie ShaverDurham, who has accepted a position as principal of West Creek Hills Elementary School in the East Pennsboro School District. Winner has been with Lower Dauphin since 2004 as principal of Nye Elementary School. He also chairs the school district’s elementary administrative advisory committee. Winner’s salary will not increase from the $97,070 he was being paid at Nye, said district spokesman Jim Hazen. Before Lower Dauphin, Winner was a principal at Thomas Holtzman Elementary School in the Susquehanna Twp. School District. He was also an assistant principal and dean of students at Susquehanna Twp. Middle School. Winner taught sixth grade for Susquehanna Twp. and fifth grade for Prince William County Schools in Virginia. Winner has a doctorate of education in educational leadership and management from Drexel University, Philadelphia. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Virginia and a bachelor’s degree from Penn State. “We’re very excited for Dr. Winner to assume this position,” said Lower Dauphin Superintendent Sherri Smith. “Obviously he knows our district, our staff and students very well and we’re sure he will continue to move our programs forward.”
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on Lexington Avenue in the township. Last year, police recovered five handguns stolen from unlocked cars in Lower Swatara within a week of the thefts. In those incidents, three 16-year-old boys were charged with taking the five guns. They found the guns by checking for unlocked cars, police said. In addition to thefts from vehicles, residents have reported multiple bicycle thefts recently, Brandt said. In one case, two bikes were taken, but police recovered them and made an arrest almost immediately.
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to Middletown Area School District. “We were fortunate to have projects completed that will increase tax revenues,” said Commissioner Mike Davies, who led the budget presentation. The public works department will get new vehicles in its $1.3 million budget allocation. The township plans for the addition of a 2-ton truck with a dump bed, salt spreader and snow plow. It will also purchase two new pickup trucks. The budget reflects some fluctuating personnel costs with a few employees retiring and generating retirement-related expenses, as well as the estimated costs of their replacements. In addition, the total cost of the township’s receptionist will increase from about $22,000 to $41,607 as the position
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expands from parttime to fulltime. That total cost covers more than salary and benefits, however – it includes more than $8,000 for office equipment, postage and supplies. The township will also absorb the cost of equipment for scanning and storing electronic documents. This will eliminate a problem of limited storage space and allow for faster retrieval and sharing of information. The budget cuts support for Olmstead Regional Recreation Board, dropping the $22,000 contribution that was made last year. The recreation board historically has been supported by Lower Swatara Twp., the boroughs of Middletown and Royalton and the Middletown Area School District. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
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D-FENCED LOWER DAUPHIN FOOTBALL
Rams stop LD running attack, oust Falcons, 14-7 By Jim Lewis
Press And Journal Staff
Lower Dauphin’s clash with Central Dauphin in the District 3 Class AAAA playoffs was a defensive battle. No, make that a Defensive Battle. Capital letters seem appropriate. It was Central Dauphin’s defense – a big, tough squad that choked Lower Dauphin’s running attack – that gave the Rams a 14-7 victory in the district semifinals on Friday, Nov. 14 at Central Dauphin Middle School’s George “Speed’’ Ebersole Stadium. The Rams (10-2), the third seed in the district, ousted the Falcons (9-3), seeded 11th, by stopping Lower
Falcon receiver Adam Domovich (9) breaks a tackle after catching a pass and runs for a touchdown.
Dauphin’s potent running offense and picking off four LD passes, including a couple Falcon tosses near Central Dauphin’s end zone. The Rams even blocked two Lower Dauphin field goal attempts. The Falcon defense played well, too. Central Dauphin scored its first touchdown on a 28-yard interception return by Adam Thornton in the second quarter. The only score the LD defense surrendered was a 39-yard touchdown run by Central Dauphin running back Raleigh Sirb in the third quarter after the Rams’ first block of an LD field goal attempt. “I figured the defense would kind of trump the offense in this game,’’ said Lower Dauphin Coach Rob Klock. With running yards hard to get, Lower Dauphin took to the air. Quarterback Tommy Klock threw 33 times – an unusually high number of attempts for the Falcons – and completed 18 for 199 yards, getting the Falcons into enemy territory. Lower Dauphin tied the score, 7-7, on a 39-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Klock to receiver Adam Domovich late in the second quarter. But turnovers and stout Ram defense kept Lower Dauphin from scoring any more points. Central Dauphin’s defense got the last word, intercepting a desperate fourth-down Falcon pass late in the game to seal the win. “I thought it was a hard-fought battle,’’ said Rob Klock, “We had some success. We knew they had a very good front four. Even their corners made a bunch of tackles. Please See FALCONS, Page B3
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Three Middletown students sign college letters of intent By Dan Miller
Press And Journal Staff
Three student athletes from Middletown Area School District signed letters of intent to commit to their respective colleges and universities during National Letter of Intent Day on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Halle Marion, daughter of Ken and Traci Marion of Middletown, a standout in softball, will attend St. Francis University, Loretto, Cambria County, where she will play softball and major in physical therapy. Nathan Ocker, son of Keith and Jodi Ocker of Middletown, a standout pitcher, will attend the College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., where he will play baseball and major in exercise science. Zachary Sims, son of Aimee Sims of Middletown, a standout pitcher, will attend Shippensburg University, where he will play baseball and major in entrepreneurship, with the goal of owning his own business someday. Marion has been selected 1st Team All-Conference in the Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division in each of her three softball seasons so far. She earned an honorable mention to the Pennsylvania All State AAA team in her freshman year, was named to the second team All-State AAA team in her sophomore year and earned a spot on the first team All State AAA team in her junior year. She was named to the Big 15 PatriotNews/PennLive All Star team in her sophomore and junior seasons. She has led the Blue Raiders in batting average in each of her three seasons.
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Middletown Area High School student athletes Nathan Ocker, left; Halle Marion, center; and Zachary Sims sign college letters of intent as family members watch. Besides softball, Marion has played basketball in the past three seasons at Middletown, and will play again this year. She played soccer in her sophomore year. Marion was a member of the PRIDE Club as a junior and the Link Crew as
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a senior. She has been on the Honor Roll during all four of her years at Middletown. Ocker has been a starter on the varsity baseball team in each of his three seasons at Middletown so far. He was named an honorable mention to the Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division team in his freshman year and was named to the conference’s first team in each of the past two seasons. As a junior, Ocker was named co-Most Valuable Player of the AllConference team. Ocker was named to the Patriot-News Big 11 All Underclassmen Team in his freshman and sophomore seasons and as a junior was selected to the Big 11 First Team. Last spring, Ocker received an honorable mention to the Class AAA AllState Baseball Team and was chosen to play for Pennsylvania as a member of the Big 26 Classic team. Ocker struck out 24 batters in one nine-inning game in April 2013, breaking the school strikeout record. Besides baseball, Ocker has played
football in all four years he’s attended Middletown, and played basketball as a freshman. He is a member of the chorus, Student Council, PRIDE Club and yearbook staff, and has worked on an internship in his senior year. Sims has been a starter and letterman on the baseball team in each of his three years so far. He was chosen to the First Team AllStars for the Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division in 2013 and 2014. He was the 2014 Scholastic Most Valuable Player in the 2014 Keystone State Games in 2014 and Junior MVP in the 2012 games. Sims played football as a freshman. He is a member of the National Honor Society, the Key Club, Future Business Leaders of America and the PRIDE Club. He serves on the Middletown Area High School Mini-THON Committee this year. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Lions lose two in inaugural tournament For The Press And Journal
Penn State Harrisburg lost a tough game against a scrappy York (N.Y.) team in the consolation game of the inaugural Penn State Harrisburg TipOff Tournament, 69-61 on Sunday, Nov. 16 in Middletown. The Lions (0-2) could not pull off the comeback, falling to the Cardinals in the tournament, which was presented by Hersheypark. Penn State Harrisburg, playing without three key players from last year’s team, began this season looking for someone to step up and lead its young team. They may have found that leadership from junior Arick Sodini and freshman Tariq Bennett, who scored 14 points and 12 points, respectively. Both teams battled point for point through the first half with a lot of physical play. Sodini scored 12 of his 14 points in the first half, but the Cardinals led at intermission, 35-31. The second half proved to be much of the same as each team went on runs of their own before allowing the other team to come back to keep the game close from start to finish. The Lions battled back within 1 point with 6:00 left in the game on two free throws by Marquese Daniels. But York
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continued to push, converting shots from deep outside and controlling the glass in the final minutes.
CCNY 75, Lions 69
Penn State Harrisburg had a chance to see new faces on its roster perform, with three returning starters out due to injury, in its opening-round loss to CCNY in the Lions’ inaugural tournament on Saturday, Nov. 15. Daniels had a solid outing for the Blue & White, finishing with 9 points, including some very tough points late in the game to help cut into CCNY’s lead. Sodini also had a strong showing, slicing through the CCNY defense and converting time and again. He finished with 17 points. While the Lions’ speed and pressure caused some turnovers, CCNY maintained a strong lead throughout the game. Their constant crashing of the glass halted the speedy Lions from
getting out on the break. With the game seemingly out of hand for the Lions, Coach Don Friday called a timeout and urged his team to make a run and cut the deficit. And that’s exactly what they did. The Lions went on a run that cut the deficit in half, and a free throw by Daniels brought Penn State Harrisburg within 9 points with 7:00 left in the game. Newcomers Danny Downs and Bennett saw their first action as Lions. Downs used his size and strength to bully his way inside on multiple offensive put-backs, while Bennett used his quickness and energy on both offense and defense to help spark the late Lion rally. Bennett finished the game with a team-high 20 points. But CCNY won the game by knocking down free throws in the closing minutes.
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A penalty kick by Penn State Harrisburg’s Alex Panuccio sails high into the Cabrini net over Cavalier goalkeeper C.J. Serratore, giving the Lions a victory in overtime in the first round of the ECAC South championships at Hersheypark Stadium.
Lions’ Cinderella season ends in ECAC South championship, 1-0 By Lawrence Malapitan and Adam Clay
The season has set the bar high for the still young squad, but that is exactly where the rising Lions expect to be.
Penn State Harrisburg lost a heartbreaker to Misericordia, 1-0 in the ECAC South Championship tournament final on Sunday, Nov. 16 in Reading, ending the Lions’ Cinderella season. The Lions did not finish their outstanding season with a championship, despite winning their first two tournament games, but they had no reason to hang their heads – they completed arguably the best season in the history of the school’s soccer program. The top-seeded Lions and the thirdseeded Cougars played to a scoreless first half draw. Misericordia sent several shots toward the Lions’ goal, but goaltender Brandon Hoover did all he could to keep the game tied at zero. The Cougars out shot Penn State Harrisburg, 7-6 through the first 45 minutes of play. Misericordia came out firing in the second half and wasted no time jumping on Penn State Harrisburg. The Cougars’ Derek Antonini scored the only goal of the game just 27 seconds into the second half. The Blue & White, which lost the title game of the Capital Athletic Conference and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III soccer championships the previous week, did all it could to find the equalizer, but the Cougars held off the Lions’ second-half rally. Penn State Harrisburg finished with a 14-7-2 overall record, taking down multiple nationally-ranked teams while finishing second in the conference despite conference coaches picking them to finish last in a preseason poll.
Lions 0, Alvernia 0 (Lions win on PKs)
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Middletown’s Taylor Snavely, in a photo supplied by Susquehanna University, was a defender for Susquehanna this season.
Middletown’s Snavely earns all-star honors Taylor Snavely, a 2012 Middletown Area High School graduate, was named to the all-star second team by the Landmark Conference after an impressive field hockey season for Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove. Snavely, a junior at Susquehanna, started all of the Crusaders’ games in 2013 and 2014. This year, she recorded six defensive saves in 17 games, tying her for the third-highest
defensive saves total in the Landmark Conference. Susquehanna posted three shutouts and forced three games into overtime this season. The Crusaders compiled a 7-10 record, 2-5 in the eight-team conference, which includes Elizabethtown, Juniata and Scranton. Susquehanna has seen at least one defender make the all-star team since the beginning of Landmark Conference play in 2007.
Penn State Harrisburg reached the ECAC South championship game by eliminating fourth-seeded Alvernia on penalty kicks on Saturday, Nov. 15 in Reading. It took two overtime periods and a penalty kick shootout to decide the winner. But the Lions out-shot the Crusaders 4-2 in penalty kicks to win. With both teams exhausted from their long seasons – followed by numerous postseason games – the match-up seemed to be a mental game as much as it was a physical contest. Both teams had opportunities to put the ball in the net but came up empty. Both teams battled shot for shot to the end of regulation, searching for the game-winner. Penn State Harrisburg notched four goals on penalty kicks by James Bilger, Alex Panuccio, Colby Brown and Malik Cameron. Hoover, the Lions’ goalkeeper, recorded several stops on penalty kicks as well as a clean sheet through 110 minutes of soccer. “It was a tough game, could easily have gone either way,’’ Connelly said. “Alvernia are a very dangerous team with quality players, and this is not an easy place to play. But somehow, some way, we are finding a way to win these games this year. We have a fantastic group who won’t ever give up.’’
Lions 1, Cabrini 0 (OT) Penn State Harrisburg refused to let its
Cinderella season end, showing their perseverance in an exciting 1-0 victory over Cabrini (13-8) in an ECAC South championship first-round game on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Hersheypark Stadium. Both teams started out strong as the impressive passing and movement showed why both squads deserved a place in the ECAC tournament. The Lions had multiple goal scoring opportunities in the first half, with the Blue & White testing Cavalier goalkeeper C.J. Serratore frequently. But Penn State Harrisburg struggled to get anything past Serratore – and the crossbar, which the Lions hit twice in the first half. In the second half, it was more of the same as the large Hersheypark field allowed for plenty of back and forth play. In the end, it became a defensive standoff, with both squads not allowing their opponent to end the scoreless tie. Lion keeper Hoover made four big saves on very dangerous Cabrini shots. Offensively, the Lions hit the crossbar another two times in the second half as they continued to win the possession and shot battle. Penn State Harrisburg outshot the Cavaliers, 16-8 and held a 10-3 advantage in corner kicks. After a full 90 minutes of regulation plus an almost-completed overtime period, it seemed as though the outcome would be determined by penalty kicks. But Panuccio beat two Cabrini defenders to get into the 18-yard box, then was fouled by a third defender, and the referees awarded the Lion player a penalty kick in front of the Cavalier goal with just 1:34 left in overtime. Panuccio then stepped up and calmly buried his shot into the top left corner for the game winner.
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The Penn State Harrisburg women’s basketball team lost a tough one against Alvernia, 78-67 in the consolation game of the McDaniel Tip-Off Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 16 in Westminster, Md. The Lions (0-2) started slow and were outscored 37-27 during the first half of play. Kaitlyn Carmo kept Penn
State Harrisburg in the game with 11 first half points. But Penn State Harrisburg came out inspired in the second half. The Blue & White were outscored by just one in the final 20 minutes of play 41-40. Carmo led all scorers with 23 points and earned herself a spot on the alltournament team. Tyra Roberts led Alvernia with 16 points. Penn State Harrisburg Coach Ross
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Ten Lower Dauphin student-athletes make college announcements Ten Lower Dauphin High School student athletes announced their college choices on National Letter of Intent Day on Wednesday, Nov. 12 in the school cafeteria before parents, teachers and classmates. Students who signed letters with colleges were:
• Blair Lewis, son of Clifford and Susan Lewis, a member of the baseball team, who will play for the University of Pittsburgh. Last season, Lewis was Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division Most Valuable Player and was a member of the team that won the 2014 conference championship. He is an All-American honorable mention and pitched a perfect game in the 16-and-under national championships in July. He is a member of the Ski Club, umpires Little League baseball and volunteers with Diamond Days baseball camps. • Morgan Bitting, daughter of David and Tracey Bitting, a captain and fouryear starter on the field hockey team, who will play for Duke. In 2013, Bitting was named MidPenn Conference Keystone Division Player of the Year. Her field hockey honors include: 2012, 2013, 2014 Falcon Classic All-Tournament Team; 2012, 2013, 2014 Mid-Penn Keystone All-Star; 2012, 2013 PHSFHCA First Team All-State; 2014 Junior National Squad; 2013 Regional All-American; 2013 Second Team All-American; 2013 PHSFHCA Academic All-State Squad; and 2014 NFHCA Academic All-American. She also plays basketball, coaches youth field hockey, and is a member of Student Council, the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and participates on the Lower Dauphin High School Mini-THON committee. • Gini Bramley, daughter of Harry and Karen Bramley, a captain and four-year starter for the field hockey team, who will play for Penn State. Bramley is the 2014 Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division Co-Player of the Year. Her other field hockey honors include: 2012, 2013, 2014 Mid-Penn Keystone All-Star; 2012, 2013 PHSFHCA First Team All-State; and 2012, 2013, 2014 Falcon Classic All-Tournament Team. She also participates on the yearbook staff, Mini-THON committee and
Relay for Life. She volunteers with Special Olympics as a buddy and is a youth field hockey coach. She was also on the 2014 Homecoming Court.
• Ashley Ceschini, daughter of Donna Ceschini and Susie Seth, a captain of the field hockey team, who will play for East Stroudsburg University and major in nursing. Ceschini also plays varsity lacrosse and participates in the Pennsylvania Youth Apprenticeship Program at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She is a coach at Red Rose Field Hockey Camp and in the Falcon Youth Field Hockey program.
field hockey and a member of the 2014 Falcon Classic All-Tournament Team. She is a member of the French National Honor Society and the Mini-THON Committee. She was a member of the 2014 Homecoming Court. She is a buddy with Special Olympics and a coach for the Red Rose Field Hockey Camp and Falcon Youth Field Hockey.
• Joely Helder, daughter of Darren and Marianne Helder, a member of the field hockey team, who will play for St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia and major in sports marketing and food marketing. Helder was a 2014 Mid-Penn Keystone Honorable Mention All-Star. She is also a track and field standout, holding school records in the long jump and 1,600-meter relay. She was the track team’s most valuable athlete last spring and she holds three District 3-AAA medals. Helder is a member of the National Honor Society and the Mini-THON Committee. She is a buddy for Special Olympics, a coach for the Red Rose Field Hockey camp, an elementary track coach and Falcon Youth Field Hockey coach.
• Maddie O’Neill, daughter of Roy and Irene O’Neill, a member of the field hockey team, who will play for Michigan State and major in kinesiology. O’Neill’s field hockey accomplishments include: 2012 Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division Honorable Mention All-Star; 2014 Mid-Penn Keystone All-Star; and 2012, 2014 Falcon Classic All-Tournament team. She is also a varsity letter-winner in basketball and track and field. She is a member of Student Council, the Mini-THON Committee and the National Honor Society. She is a counselor in Lower Dauphin’s Outdoor Education program and coaches elementary track and youth field hockey. She was a member of the 2014 Homecoming Court.
• Abby Julius, daughter of Larry and Patty Julius, a member of the field hockey team, who will play for the University of Louisville. Julius’ field hockey accomplishments include: 2013, 2014 Mid-Penn Keystone All-Star; 2013 PHSFHCA Second Team All-State; USFHA Futures NFC Selection; USFHA U-19 National Team; Junior Olympics; USFHA Future’s Elite; 2013, 2014 Falcon Classic All-Tournament team; and 2014 USA Junior National Indoor Squad. She is a buddy with the Special Olympics, a member of the Mini-THON Committee and is a Falcon Youth Field Hockey coach.
• Morgan Fridey, daughter of Dave and Kelly Fridey, who will compete in gymnastics for Ball State University and major in physical therapy. Fridey is a state, regional and national qualifier in gymnastics, placing fifth at Nationals as a ninth-grader and fourth as an 11th-grader. She is also a member of the track and field team and was a conference and district qualifier. She is a member of Student Council, Volunteen and the Mini-THON Committee, serving as a captain this year. • Maggie Tamburro, daughter of Robert Tamburro and Patricia Gordon, who will compete in gymnastics at North Carolina State University and major in biomedical engineering. Tamburro is a state, regional and national qualifier in gymnastics and was the regional vault runner-up in 2012 and champion in 2013. She is also a two-time Junior Olympic National Qualifier. She is a member of the Women’s Select Choir, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, English National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, the Science Club and the Envirothon team.
• Aliza Mizak, daughter of Steve and Susan Mizak, a member of the field hockey team, who will play for Millersville University and major in special education. Mizak was a 2014 Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division All-Star in
Standings for 11-19-14 FOOTBALL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 PLAYOFFS Class AAAA Central Dauphin 14, Lower Dauphin 7
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Last week’s games McDaniel Tip-Off Tournament McDaniel 79, Penn State Harrisburg 47
Sunday, Nov. 23 Penn State Harrisburg at Susquehanna Tournament, TBA
BOYS’ SOCCER PIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Class AAA Semifinals Peters Twp. 3, Lower Dauphin 0
Consolation Alvernia 78, Penn State Harrisburg 67
Tuesday, Nov. 25 Penn State Harrisburg at Messiah, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE SOCCER ECAC SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS First round Penn State Harrisburg 1, Cabrini 0
Seamus Donnelly named Coach of the Year
Class A York Catholic 23, Steelton-Highspire 8
Semifinals Penn State Harrisburg 0, Alvernia 0 (Penn State Harrisburg advances on penalty kicks, 4-2) Championship Misericordia 1, Penn State Harrisburg 0 COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN W L OVERALL Marymount 0 0 2-0 Southern Virginia 0 0 1-0 Salisbury 0 0 1-1 St. Mary’s 0 0 1-1 Christopher Newport 0 0 0-0 Frostburg St. 0 0 0-1 Wesley 0 0 0-1 Penn State Harrisburg 0 0 0-2 Wesley 0 0 0-2 York 0 0 0-2 Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg Tip-Off Tournament CCNY 75, Penn State Harrisburg 69 Consolation York (N.Y.) 69, Penn State Harrisburg 61 This week’s games Wednesday, Nov. 19 Penn State Harrisburg at Lebanon Valley, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 Penn State Harrisburg at Albright, 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24 Susquehanna at Penn State Harrisburg, 7 p.m. WOMEN W Mary Washington 0 Marymount 0 Salisbury 0 York 0 Christopher Newport 0 Frostburg St. 0
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Five Lions were picked as conference all-stars. Aaron Kline was selected to the CAC first team. He led the offensive attack for the Lions, scoring 8 goals, including three game winners in the 16 matches he played this season. Kline is a junior playing his first season. Four others took second team allconference honors: Alex Panuccio, who was second on the team with 5 goals; Jon Willingham, who was third on the team with 3 goals – impressive, considering he spent most of the season playing defense;. Michael Jones, who was the backbone of the Blue & White defense; and Jonathan Vanaskie, who also was a mainstay on the back line for the Lions.
By Russell Fleming
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After a fairy tale season, Penn State Harrisburg men’s soccer coach Seamus Donnelly was named Coach of the Year in the Capital Athletic Conference. Donnelly, in his third season as coach, led the Lions to a 13-5-1 record and a second-place finish in the conference, a year after the team struggled and finished with a 3-13-1 record. The Lions, picked to finish last by conference coaches in a preseason poll this season, finished second, losing the conference championship game to Christopher Newport, 3-1 on Saturday, Nov. 8 in Middletown.
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When you’re in the playoffs, that’s what you go up against – teams like Central Dauphin.’’ After the game, Rob Klock recognized his team’s seniors while the Falcons huddled one last time on a football field in 2014. After a 1-9 season four years ago, Lower Dauphin won 30 games and a District 3 Class AAAA championship in the last three years, and the seniors “were a big part of getting this program back along,’’ he said. “They’re very bright guys, Very bright. They played to the best of their ability,’’ Klock said. “They’re going to do well in the future because they are so bright.’’ Lower Dauphin will lose several senior starters to graduation in 2015, including its entire defensive backfield – Adam Domovich, Adam Zeiders and Kyle Walker, “three big fills’’ that will have to be made next fall, Rob Klock said. On offense, however, the Falcons will return many key players, including quarterback Tommy Klock and running back George Hatalowich. Hatalowich, LD’s rushing leader this season, ran for 92 yards on 27 carries against Central Dauphin. The Falcon offense may be more
varied next year. “I think we will be able to run the ball, and I think now we showed we can throw the ball,’’ Rob Klock said. One last football task awaited the Falcons: Viewing the film of their last game, the loss to Central Dauphin. The players watched game film every
Monday, to learn what they did right and wrong, but this last film will be different – to ease the pain brought by the realization that the season is over. “We’re going to watch the game and enjoy it,’’ Rob Klock said after the playoff loss. “I told them I would bring some popcorn.’’
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here are several noble professions, but few truly heroic ones. How many of us put our life on the line in our work? Police officers, firefighters, emergency responders do. And, of course, soldiers, sailors, airmen and women, military personnel who serve our country, defend our freedom and keep us safe. These people have earned, through their dedication, our respect and gratitude. So when we learned that we published the incorrect name of a former infantry officer who spoke during a Veterans Day observance at Middletown Area Middle School, we decided to do more than run a short correction. We decided to reprint the article in its entirety. It is an unusual step for a newspaper to take. And all newspapers make mistakes – as long as they are produced by human beings, who are imperfect, they will make them. All good newspapers correct errors. The Press And Journal corrects any factual error it publishes, as do other papers. By reprinting the article with the speaker’s correct name, we believe we accurately share his accomplishments and words. It seemed right to us: As chroniclers of history, among our other functions as a newspaper, we should accurately tell the story of someone like Eric Fegley, the speaker at the middle school program, for posterity, and a correction appearing separately from our article about his accomplishments and speech seemed lacking. You can find the reprinted article on page A2 in this edition. Fegley, of Middletown, spent eight years as an infantry officer in the Army, serving in Afghanistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina during his military career. A 1991 graduate of Middletown Area High School, he earned the Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, Ranger Tab, Expert Infantryman Badge and Meritorious Service Medal. His Veterans Day speech on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the middle school was part of what has become a very impressive observance of the holiday. The program included an impressive video that showed the faces, one by one, of every veteran from Middletown who has been killed in action in conflicts from World War I on. It wasn’t the only Veterans Day celebration at a Middletown school: Seven Sorrows School provided a pancake breakfast to veterans and active military personnel associated with the school and Seven Sorrows BVM Church. Students created thank-you cards for participants. Honoring our veterans is a great opportunity to teach history – and respect. Schools seem to be observing Veterans Day more and more. As a nation, our respect for our heroes seems to have swelled as we’ve better understood what they have done for us in their service. We hope our reprint is in that same spirit of respect.
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he question from a fellow panel member came as I spoke on the need for those who would restore the Chesapeake Bay’s health to recognize limits to growth. “Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure. Who are you to say how many people should live here and enjoy it?” the panel member asked. Current policies at every level of government and those adopted by environmental organization imply we can live so greenly in the Chesapeake watershed that it won’t matter how large the human economy and population grow. For the record, the population in the watershed has more than doubled from the 8 million people here when the bay was healthier in the 1950s. It is expected to triple in the next several decades. The government’s goal of growing the economy a few percent annually, if met, would mean a 16-fold increase in the next century (divide annual growth rate into 70 to get the doubling time – so 3 percent growth means double in 23 years, quadruple in 46...). But who am I, lucky enough to have been born here, to say, in effect, that others keep out? Put that way, it sounds selfish, arrogant, undemocratic. Who appointed me gatekeeper? But let’s put the question a couple of other ways. The 17-plus million already living in the watershed already need to reduce their environmental impacts by a large and expensive measure to avoid ruining this national treasure, the Chesapeake. And it’s not clear, after decades of trying, that we can do this. So is it responsible to keep adding more pressure? Can we attract another 8 million people here with zero impact? And to what ends do we pursue all that growth? What do the millions already here get from it? Do they get better, or just bigger? We ask questions like those about as much as we question gravity. Growth needs a better look. One place to start is a book by Maryland native and land use consultant Eben Fodor, “Better, Not Bigger.” In a chapter called “The 12 Big Myths of Growth,’’ Fodor examines the premises and promises of growth – on taxes, unemployment, affordable housing and economic prosperity. For the first three there is simply no correlation with how fast an area is growing. Most growth costs more in services than it brings in revenue. Jobs created by growth tend to be filled with new people moving in and don’t lower unemployment. Affordable housing is more complex than just goosing growth, which can bid up land prices and make housing costlier. For economic prosperity there is a strong correlation with growth – strongly negative, across 100 of the nation’s biggest metropolitan areas. Slow growth areas are more recession-resistant and per capita incomes are higher. Growth does have beneficiaries. Fodor has a chapter on the Urban Growth Machine: the bankers, developers, land speculators, pavers, surveyors and related interests who do well from rapid growth. If these interests were a single industry, they’d be bigger than the oil companies or the auto makers. In fact, they act monolithically and effectively to prevent local governments, where the land use power lies, from adopting slow or no-growth policies. It’s ironic: We have all of these environmental agencies, from the federal Environmental Protection Agency on down, to restrict pollution, while the growth that drives it is actively sought by every level of government. One of Fodor’s myths goes to my initial question: “If you don’t like growth, you’re a NIMBY (Not In My Backyard).” This goes hand in hand with another myth, that the environment is a “special interest.” But if you like clean air and clean water, strict containment of hazardous wastes and plenty of rockfish in the bay, thank a “NIMBY.” There’s nothing wrong, Fodor notes, with caring deeply about the quality of life in your community. Tom Horton covered the Chesapeake Bay for 33 years for the Baltimore Sun and has written six books about the bay.
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A few weekends ago, my wife Olga and s I write, it I were invited to the graduation of our is not yet Halloween, apartment owner’s wife. She graduated from the No. 1 university in Ecuador, but many stores Loja Poly Technical University, with a and the malls here degree in education. She can now teach in Cuenca, Ecuaany grade, and her starting wage will be dor already have in the range of $650 monthly, which is Christmas decorations displayed. The about twice the minimum wage. Again, countdown begins: How many shopping the taxpayers here are not being gouged days until Christmas? by unions. This has been the wettest “spring’’ we We went to get some wine and liquor, have experienced since being here, and since we were expecting guests. We for the first time we saw small hail. Rebought four liters of red Argentinian wine member, the seasons are reversed in the and one bottle each of vodka, rum and southern hemisphere. chocolate liqueur – all for $31.44. But, Fortunately, we no longer have to worry here again, no monopoly, and no unions. about winter and the looming specter of Furniture here is very good quality, and huge heating and electric bills. Our apartfor the most part is produced by small ment has neither heat nor air conditionlocal businesses and is handmade from ing. hardwood, not flake board, particle board, We just paid the monthly electric/trash plywood and veneer. Having sold furnibill and water bill. The electric and trash ture both retail and wholesale for many totaled a whopping $9.16 this month, and years, I am very impressed with the workthe water bill was $6.15. Big bang for the manship. If one does not see a furniture buck! piece to his liking, just bring a design or Cuenca’s Independence Day from Spain a picture from a magazine of the piece – independence was won in 1820 – was desired and the Monday, Nov. 3. Many activities and The president of Ecuador had artisan will make For example: We celebrations were lunch at the market across it. bought a solid wood planned for the the street from our dining room table, weekend, including a military parade apartment. I walked over and two meters long and meter wide, and with supersonic took some photos of him. I one eight upholstered fighter jet fly-overs was about 25 feet from him. chairs with intricate that will be attended by Ecuador’s presiI am almost 3,000 miles from backs for $470. Within the past dent. This holiday is the second-largest the U.S. president, and that is few weeks there too close. have been eight free one of the year. Ofconcerts to attend. ficials expect about The one was a blues 100,000 tourists in concert, which featured on keyboard and the city, and all hotels are fully-booked. vocal the U.S. ambassador to Ecuador, The president had lunch at the market Adam Namm. This is the second time across the street from our apartment. I I have heard Ambassador Namm. The walked over and took some photos of first time he played jazz piano. He is an him. I was about 25 feet from him. I am outstanding pianist! almost 3,000 miles away from the U.S. We were walking in the city and saw a president, and that is too close. crew of seven men working on the road. To give you another idea about bang What we didn’t see was one crew memfor the buck: I see that finally, after four ber with a clipboard, two sitting in a truck decades, the Pennsylvania Intelligentsia is going to accept bids to construct a $600 drinking, two leaning on shovels and two working. What we saw was seven men million, 10.4-mile bypass of Route 15 working. Pssst – don’t tell PennDOT. around Shamokin Dam, Hummels Wharf We received a sad call. The wife of the and Lewisburg, which will include one couple that we spend the most time with new bridge. It has taken so many years died suddenly and unexpectedly. We had for the project because there was no lunch with them less than two days before money for it. Interestingly, there is never her passing. They had been married for a shortage of money for welfare, is there? 57 years. It was a difficult week. A project has been proposed here in So until next time, from beautiful Cuenca for the same amount, $600 million – a 30-mile, six-lane beltway around Cuenca, Eddy the Ex-pat the city that will include 11 bridges, two of which will be the two longest bridges Ed O’Connor, a former resident of in South America. Fortunately, the city Middletown and Lower Swatara Twp., is does not have to worry about PennDOT an expatriate living in Ecuador. and being gouged by unions.
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et again, policymakers have undermined America’s energy renaissance. The Obama administration announced that it would delay its decision on the Keystone pipeline until after the mid-term elections. The pipeline would connect Canadian oil sources to American refineries and create thousands of new American jobs in the process. Full construction of Keystone would strengthen America’s economy, further key geopolitical goals, and – despite the unhinged handwringing from green extremists – significantly benefit the environment. The Senate needs to stand up to these unreasonable Luddites and approve the pipeline once and for all. Keystone would increase our Canadian energy imports and, consequently, spur employment. According to a recent State Department report, the construction phase of Keystone alone would create 42,000 new jobs and would indirectly generate another 100,000 positions in support industries like food and transportation. All told, the American energy sector directly supports over 9 million jobs – and that number is growing every year. Equally importantly, building Keystone would spur expansion of U.S. natural gas production. Our excess natural gas could then go to our European allies, who could wean themselves off Russian imports and deprive the Kremlin of one of its favorite diplomatic daggers. During the recent invasion of Ukraine, for example, Russia threat- Full construction ened Europe of the Keystone with higher gas prices if pipeline would it hampered strengthen its occupation America's of Crimea. Already, the economy, further price for gas key geopolitical in Ukraine has goals and risen by 80 percent thanks significantly to strategic benefit the price gougenvironment. ing from the Russian gas company Gazprom. Bolstering American natural gas production would undercut Russia’s gas sales and reduce Putin’s ability to bully others in his region. But at present, of the dozens of proposed export terminals across the U.S., just one has actually received full approval and been built. The pretense for imposing the blockade to Keystone’s approval is a concern for its environmental impacts. Critics argue that increasing crude oil imports is counterproductive to the Obama administration’s sworn goal of cutting down national carbon emissions. The Canadian energy deposits, however, are going to be developed regardless of whether Keystone is built. A January report from the State Department points out that Keystone delays “have led to growing volumes of crude [being] shipped by rail.” And this method of transport is much more emissions-heavy than a pipeline. Meanwhile, claims that the pipeline itself would dramatically increase emissions are baseless. That same State Department analysis concluded that Keystone construction would have a negligible impact on carbon emissions. By expanding our natural gas production, Keystone could actually help lower emissions over the long run. Gas releases about half the emissions of coal. Already increased natural gas production has decreased American emissions by 10 percent between 2005 and 2012. Moving our economy even farther away from coal and toward gas can further reduce emissions. Given these facts, green activist opposition to this pipeline seems more about grandstanding than helping the environment. Keystone needs to be rescued from such nonsensical drama now that over four years of studies and analysis support its creation. Its full construction would stir rapid economic growth and improve our geopolitical positioning. Failure to build Keystone would ultimately lead to more acute environmental degradation and higher emission rates associated with alternative means of energy transportation. We are Americans. We used to build things in this country. We can do so again if the Senate approves the permit for Keystone and allow us to make it happen. Michael James Barton is the director for energy at ARTIS Research, of Arizona, and a former deputy director of Middle East policy at the Pentagon.
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gram was incredible! Students and staff: You all made us feel special from the moment we arrived at the parking lot to the time we left after the assembly. Every town should be so fortunate to have citizens like you. Thank you to each student and staff member that took part in the day. You can be sure that every one of us veterans appreciates you and is grateful for what you did and for your kindness.”
• “Merging Highspire school kids
with Middletown would destroy the Steelton-Highspire School District. Steelton-Highspire School District needs Steelton and Highspire tax base to get by. And right now the school district is struggling financially. Where is Steelton supposed to go? Middletown? That will never
happen. And to the person who is not picking up after their dog on East Emaus Street: You have been seen and we know who you are. You keep doing that, you will get a large fine. Keep your dog on the sidewalk – that is the borough code.”
• “Hey, all you Obama lovers: Gas
has been almost $4 for six years; the unemployment rate went lower because so many lazy Democrats didn’t want a job and don’t get unemployment any longer; the federal deficit is going up, not down; and food prices continue to rise while the portions get smaller. You call Muslim terrorism “work place violence” and every tax in the country continues to go up. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid, idiot!’’
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King’s Berlin Wall speech was unforgettable W
hen we think of Martin Luther King Jr.’s great speeches, we don’t think of Berlin. And when we think of great American speeches in Berlin, we think of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan; we don’t think of King. Yet, 50 years ago, the civil rights icon delivered historic remarks on both sides of the Berlin Wall. Unlike the Kennedy and Reagan speeches, King’s appearances weren’t broadcast. And he offered no triumphant phrase comparable to “tear down this wall.” Perhaps that’s why his Berlin trip has been almost completely overlooked by even King admirers and Cold War scholars. But these remarks were dramatic, moving and deftly constructed – at a time of high tensions between East and West Berlin and between Eastern and Western powers. Fifty years on, they deserve another look, as an example of King preaching a U.S.-style civil rights message, but one adapted to German realities and to the constraints King himself faced. On Sept. 13, 1964, King addressed 20,000 West Berliners attending an outdoor rally at Waldbühne stadium. Then he crossed the border at Checkpoint Charlie and delivered much the same speech – minus a few key passages – to 2,000 people packed into East Berlin’s Marienkirche. Why he was let through, without a passport no less, remains unclear. East German authorities may have hoped that his appearance would be helpful to them ideologically. King had never been a vocal anti-communist, leading some to suspect that he was soft on communism and susceptible to being exploited or duped. No doubt communist propagandists liked to exploit America’s dismal history of race relations. For the Soviet Union, this racism was ideal for arguing that democratic capitalism was in no way superior to communism; to the contrary, Moscow insisted, the American system was morally inferior. America’s racist past was an incessant drumbeat in publications from Pravda to, here at home, the Daily Worker. Figures like King and Angela Davis were celebrities in the communist press. By contrast, the communist world insisted that there was no racism in the U.S.S.R. Moscow absurdly portrayed itself as a racial utopia, unlike the racial hell in its Cold War counterpart. “The African-American in the United States was the oppressed figure, and this was to demonstrate the consistent evil of the West,” says Alcyone Scott, one of King’s translators on the Berlin trip. “They were pleased it was being exposed. That was their attitude. And that was the official position ... And when you have a civil rights movement pointing that out, they could naturally make propaganda hay out of it.” And so King seemed to frame his Berlin remarks with an understanding of what he might
be able to get away with and how he might be interpreted by his East German audience. He shied away from cataloguing the colossal injustices subjugating those east of the Iron Curtain. At the same time, he called out Berlin as “a symbol of the divisions of men on the face of the Earth” and repeatedly emphasized that reconciliation was God’s will. He made implicit comparisons between the suffering under segregation in America and the suffering in segregated Berlin. And he laid out a model for resistance and reform. King began his speech by striking a bond with his German audience, noting that his parents had named him after the legendary German reformer. “I am happy to bring you greetings from your Christian brothers and sisters of West Berlin,” he started. “... Certainly I bring you greetings from your Christian brothers and sisters of the United States. In a real sense we are all one in Christ Jesus, for in Christ there is no East, no West, no North, no South.” That introduction set the tone. The reverend had come to this church to give, first and foremost, a Christian message. It was, after all, a sermon. But there would be a political undercurrent to much of what he said. King made two allusions to the wall, built just three years earlier. “For here on either side of the wall are God’s children, and no manmade barrier can obliterate that fact,” he said at one point. And then later: “Wherever reconciliation is taking place, wherever men are ‘breaking down the dividing walls of hostility’ which separate them from their brothers, there Christ continues to perform his ministry.” Here was affirmation of the inherent, God-given dignity of all human beings, regardless of whether communism denied that dignity, denied that God and denied free passage from East to West. While King made an effort to distinguish “the struggle” in the U.S. from “your situation” in Berlin, he shifted back and forth between them in a way that made the parallels obvious. In one passage that must have had particular resonance among East Berliners, who were at a severe economic disadvantage compared with those on the other side of the
wall, King acknowledged the fears among African Americans about not being able to hold their own in an integrated society. “Many have not had the opportunity to get an education, which will prepare them for the ‘promised land,’ ” he said. “Many are hungry and physically undernourished as a result of the journey. Many bear on their souls the scars of bitterness and hatred, seared there by the crowded slum conditions, police brutality and ... exploitation.” King urged the need to overcome those fears. He talked about the potential power of grassroots movements to instigate reform, introducing East Germans to names like Rosa Parks and places like Montgomery, Ala. He described how the American civil rights movement married the philosophy of Gandhi with the “Negro’s Christian tradition,” and he promoted “non-violence and love” as the basis for reform movements. This tactic of nonviolence was probably the only approach that East Germans had available at the time. Scott, the translator, said of King’s East German congregation: “Everybody in that place was totally enwrapped in someone whose story they knew and who represented the shame of America and its oppression, but who had the courage to resist and ask others, in their situations, also to resist. It was clear. It was the power of a message, and it was also couched in very clear Christian terminology.” Actually, make that JudeoChristian terminology. When King concluded his remarks, the church choir sang “Go Down, Moses,” which ends with the exhortation “Let my people go!” This “incredible performance,” as Scott remembered the rendition, was a capstone to King’s allusions to ancient Jews leaving the “Egypt of slavery” for the “wilderness” and ultimately the “promised land.” I cannot say whether King had a role in the selection of that hymn, but it was a beautifully fitting ending to a remarkable speech that somehow has slipped through the cracks of time. Dr. Paul G. Kengor is a professor of political science and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College, Mercer County.
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The Capitol REPORT
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ecently, the state House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held a hearing on the Federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed “Clean Power Plan.” In June, the EPA proposed a regulatory change to limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, specifically coal-fired power plants. This Clean Power Plan (CPP) aims to reduce national carbon emissions from the power sector by 30 percent (from 2005 levels) by 2030. Roughly 40 percent of Pennsylvania’s electrical generation is derived from coal. Further, coal accounts for an estimated 36,000 family-sustaining jobs and supports 40 percent of Pennsylvania’s annual electric generation. It is estimated that coal and coal-related industries add more than $4 billion annually to the state’s economy. The committee heard testimony on both sides of the issue, including supporters like PennFuture and the American Lung Association and opponents such as the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and the AFL-CIO. Supporters argued that Pennsylvania already has the necessary flexibility to meet and exceed these goals. Opponents argued that the goals are not only unreachable, but also would
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Share your deer harvest In Pennsylvania, firearms season for deer will be underway in a few weeks and many residents of the 106th District will be heading into the woods. I would like to remind hunters who are successful in the upcoming deer seasons about the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Hunters Sharing the Harvest program. Since 1991, the program has coordinated the processing and distribution of donated wild game
from hunters to Pennsylvanians in need. An average-sized deer will provide enough highly-nutritious, low-cholesterol meat for 200 meals. In an average hunting season, the program will channel about 100,000 pounds of processed venison annually through the state’s 21 regional food banks, which then redistribute the meat to more than 3,000 local provider charities such as food pantries, missions, homeless shelters, Salvation Army facilities and churches, in addition to families. Anyone interested in donating venison to the Hunters Sharing the Harvest program should call 866474-2141 or visit www.sharedeer. org for more information. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes most of Middletown, part of Swatara Twp. and all of Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Derry Twp., Conewago Twp. and Hummelstown.
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Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Evangelical United Methodist Church
Middletown
Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for worship on Sunday mornings led by Pastor Suanne Whorl. Our services are relaxed and casual. Pastor Su teaches and inspires us through her message and children’s time. She brings a modern touch to the contemporary service by using video, pictures and props. November’s sermon series is “Treasure Hunting.” We offer a traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and a contemporary service with a band (electric guitars) at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there are a variety of Christian education classes for all ages. Nursery is available throughout the morning.
Visitors to our worship service are always welcome. May this time of praising God and learning of his plan for our lives be helpful to one and all. Evangelical Church meets on the corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St., behind the Turkey Hill convenience store. The ministries scheduled at Evangelical United Methodist Church from November 19-25 are always open to everyone. Wed., Nov. 19: 6 p.m., AA Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir rehearsal. Thurs., Nov. 20: 6 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067.
Middletown
Sun., Nov. 23: 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 and UMW Thank Offering Sunday. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Evelyn Reese, Mary Woods, Dawn Pickel. Lay Liturgist: Carolyn Byron. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of all of our loved ones presented by Bob and Pearl Hoch. Tues., Nov. 25: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry; 5:30 p.m., Potluck meal followed by decorating of the church sanctuary.
Wesley United Methodist Church Middletown
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Food Pantry Sunday. Our food pantry Church is located at Spring and Union is in need of personal care and nonstreets, Middletown. We are a Recon- perishable food items. Items collected ciling In Christ Church. are taken to the Interfaith Food Pantry You are invited to join us for wor- located at 201 Wyoming St., Royalton. ship on Wednesday morning, Saturday St. Peter’s Lutheran Church will not evening and Sunday morning. Sunday have a Community Dinner in Decemworship time is 8:15 and 11 a.m. Sun- ber. Join us on Jan. 12 for Lasagna. day Church School is at 9:45 a.m. Our Mon., Nov. 24: 6:30 p.m., Bible 11 a.m. worship service is broadcast Study. live on WMSS 91.1. Wed., Nov. 26: 7:30 p.m., Interfaith Wednesday morning service is at 10 Thanksgiving Eve Service at Seven a.m.; Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual Sorrows. traditional service and is 45 minutes Upcoming Community Events: Dec. in length. Please enter through the 7: 4 p.m., Old Fashioned Carol Sing parking lot doors. at St. Peter’s Kierch. Sun., Nov. 23: 10 a.m., Worship Visit our website at www.stpeservice followed by congregational tersmiddletown.org. meeting. A potluck luncheon will Scripture readings for the week: follow the meeting. Ezek. 34:11-16, 20-24; Ps. 95:1-7a; The first Sunday of each month is Eph. 1:15-23
Open Door Bible Church Middletown
to participate in Junior Church during the morning worship service. We also welcome you to join us at our 6:30 p.m. service. Childcare is provided for children under age 4 during all services and classes. Wed., Nov. 19: 7 p.m., Bible Study, Prayer Meeting, and Bible Clubs (ages 5 and up). Sat., Nov. 22: 8:30 a.m., Men’s Bible Study. Come and hear the Word, the truth that will set you free. For more information call the church office at 939-5180 or visit us online at www.odbcpa.org. Better yet, come worship with us in person.
All are welcome to join us as we journey together through this season of thanksgiving. “It is good to give thanks unto the Lord, and sing praises unto God’s holy name.” Psalm 92:1. We worship on Sunday morning at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Our early service is informal and features a Praise Band. Our later service follows a traditional pattern and includes all types of music. We encourage people to “come as you are.” Pastor Dawes’ Sunday sermon is “A Call to Give Thanks” based on Psalm 100. 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 Clothing Collection Bin is located on our church parking lot. Wesley has partnered with Community Aid as yet another way to get involved with neighbors helping neighbors. We are hosting the bin to benefit Bethesda Mission.
10 Spruce Street • 944-5835
Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am Evening Worship - 6 pm www.calvaryopc.com
Ebenezer United Methodist Church "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples"
890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown (Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road)
Phone 939-0766 Sunday Worship: Traditional - 8:45 am • Contemporary - 10:45 am Christian Education (All Ages) - 10 am Christian Child Care - 985-1650
Middletown
Are you perplexed or perhaps distressed by the rapid change in moral standards of the present day? We at Calvary Church are committed to upholding the unchanging standards of the Word of God, which is revealed in the Bible. We are also committed to proclaiming the hope of salvation from the sin that results from the world’s changing moral standards, the hope found in faith in Jesus Christ alone. We invite you to join us each Sunday to hear more about this message of
Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN
Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Spring & Union Sts., Middletown Church Office 944-4651
REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor
Saturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm Sunday Worship - 8:15 am & 11 am Sunday Church School - 9:45 am Worship Broadcast on 91.1 fm - 11 am
Geyers United Methodist Church
Seven Sorrows BVM Parish
944-6426
PASTOR DON WALTERS
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
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200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township)
REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor
1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown
Our Angel Tree will be in the hallway starting Nov. 23 with names of children for Christmas gifts. Children’s Church leaders for November 23: Carol Helman, Nancy Leister. Meals On Wheels volunteers for the week of Nov. 24: Harriet Chappell, Rochelle Still, Nancy Leister, Terri O’Donnell, Charles Schieffer. Ushers for the month of November: Paula and John Bidoli, Charles Schiefer and Fred Wahl. Acolyte for November: Larae Rhine. Wed., Nov. 26: Pastor Britt will be giving the sermon at the Interfaith Thanksgiving service at Seven Sorrows Church. Music begins at 7 p.m. and the service begins at 7:30 p.m. 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.
Open Door Bible Church
Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am
944-9608 Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am Classes for Special Education (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening)
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 a people through faith in Jesus Christ. New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church is provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., next to 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. Anyone coming to the church during the daytime and Pastor Britt is in the office, please ring the doorbell at the front door. Wednesdays: Craft Group, 6:00 p.m.; Choir rehearsals, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays Intercessory Prayer Group at 6:15 p.m., followed by Pastor Britt’s Bible Study at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in these important areas of our church life. The Sociable Seniors group meets the 1st Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m.; Blanket making is the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Everyone Is Welcome!
REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor
235 W. High St., Middletown
Middletown
Pastor BRITT STROHECKER
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown
First Church of God
New Beginnings Church
Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
Evangelical United Methodist Church Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am
worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged. Sun., Nov. 20: 11:30 a.m., Seniors Alive lunch featuring turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, vegetable, cranberry salad, dessert, beverage. The entertainment is “Sweet Life” with a variety of music. Remember to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the Middletown Food Bank. All seniors 55 and older are welcome to attend. Pies, pies, pies. Get your Thanksgiving pie. Apple, Pumpkin, Pecan. There is a cost per pie. Pies will be made the week of Thanksgiving, and are available for pickup in Fellowship Hall on Wed., Nov. 26 from noon to 6 p.m. or earlier by special arrangement. Sign up in the narthex or call the church office at 944-9608 to place an order. 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.
630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641
SUANNE WHORL, Pastor
Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown
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, 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. Wednesday Night Live: Supper is at 5:30 p.m., classes at 6:30 p.m. Classes offered: Bible Study 1 and 2 Thessalonians; Adult Bible Study on “Running Together to Win”; Craft Class; NOOMA (Short films promoting spiritual reflections on individual life experiences); “Questions and Answers, maybe.” A Christian’s question and answer session with lots of discussions. There are also classes for Youth: middle school and senior high; Children’s Classes for all ages and babysitting. 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
New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel
Phone 939-5180 Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am Evening Worship - 6:30 pm Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm
www.ebenezerumc.net
The American Red Cross will hold a Community Blood Drive in our Fellowship Hall on Thurs., Nov. 20 from 1 to 6 p.m. Call 1-800-733-2767 to schedule an appointment, though appointments are not necessary. Add donating blood to your holiday to-do list. Threads of Hope Holiday Schedule: Since Fourth Fridays are close to Thanksgiving and Christmas Day we will not be open at our usual times. Those needing clothes can call the church office at 944-6242 or Shirley at 939-0256 for an appointment. Free clothes are available for all ages. The Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service will be held in Seven Sorrows Church at 7 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 26. 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.”
Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church
CHURCH DIRECTORY Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church
First Church of God
Middletown
We have several things happening at Ebenezer and all are welcome. Our youth group meets Sundays at 6 p.m. Young adult group meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7 p.m. in the church office. We also offer a variety of adult groups. Please call for details. We are always open to new group ideas. A prayer time, “Partners in Prayer,” meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. We gather together to pray for each other and the world around us. Through scripture, song, and meditation we experience the joy of God’s presence. Have a favorite board game? “Game Night” is every third Monday at 6:30 p.m. Any questions please call us at 939-0766.
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 Open Door Bible Church, located at 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, invites you to worship Jesus Christ with us this week. Our November 23 Sunday worship service commences at 10:40 a.m. with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school hour with classes for all ages. Children from ages 4 to second grade are welcome
Wednesday, Novmeber 19, 2014
280 North Race St., Middletown Parish Office 944-3133
REV. TED KEATING, JR., Pastor Deacon Thomas A. Lang
Saturday Evening Vigil - 5:30 pm Sunday Masses - 8:00 am, 10:30 am & 6:00 pm
Wesley United Methodist Church 64 Ann Street, Middletown REV. JIM DAWES, Pastor
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Seven Lower Dauphin Middle School sixth-graders performed with the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s Youth Honors Band on Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8 at GreencastleAntrim High School. Pictured at the event are, from left, Brady More, baritone; Sophia Feeney, trumpet; Bethany Bonham, clarinet; Tristan McQuiddy, clarinet; Zac McIntire, trumpet; Adam Theuret, trombone; and Lauren Spada, trombone.
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tudents of the Month MIDDLETOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL
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Karlee Deibler
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Karlee Deibler and Brett Altland were named Students of the Month for November at Middletown Area High School. Deibler, daughter of Mike and Julie Deibler, is Student Council president, secretary of the Class of 2015, captain of the field hockey team, chair of the Mini-THON and a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, Link Crew and chorus. She served an internship at the Hershey Center for Applied Research. She is a four-time Mid-Penn Conference all-star in field hockey and has attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference. In the community, she is a volunteer at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, a student-teacher at McCann’s School of Dance and a member of the Alley Cats Field Hockey Club. She works as a supervisor in the catering department at Hersheypark. She plans to attend college to study pharmacy. “As a senior, it is an honor to be chosen as Student of the Month,’’ she said. “Thanks to my teachers, family and friends for all their support.”
Altland, son of Dale and Lorraine Altland, is a member of the National Honor Society, football team, baseball team, Student Council, Key Club, marching band, jazz band, concert band and brass ensemble. He has been named to the school’s Distinguished Honor Roll and the district and Dauphin County bands, and earned the Academic Excellence Award and Honorary Academic Football Captain recognition. In the community, he is a member of Seven Sorrows of the BVM Church, where he has helped in setting up for the church’s annual Community Festival. He has assisted at youth baseball camp and with Lower Swatara Twp.’s Halloween Witch Watch during Trickor-Treat night. He is employed at Dairy Queen. He plans to attend college to study engineering. “I am honored to be chosen for this award, and I would like to personally thank the teachers and staff for choosing me for this honor,’’ he said. “I would also like to thank my family for supporting and encouraging me to be the best I can be.’’
Howdy, folks! I just need to know: How did we get this far into fall? I am in denial because, I have learned, as you get older time seems to rush by much faster than when you are young. I don’t know why. I can’t even believe I am admitting this publicly. So there you have it. When you are caught saying, “Where did the time go,’’ it is a sure sign of growing old. Ha. Anyway, it is time to make sure the turkeys are purchased and the pie ingredients are ready. Or, if you are like me, it is time for you to call Strites Orchard and order one of their delicious pies. We like their apple the best. And their pumpkin. The husband loves their pecan. Dial them up at 717-564-3130. One year, the family and the company ate all the pie – and when we called Strites for more they said it would be ready in an hour! Love it. We have so much for which to be thankful and grateful that it is easy to overlook the most simple basic things. I urge you to discuss all the blessings in your life all week long. Let’s spread the spirit of thankfulness to our family, our community and the world! Did you know? November happens to be: Tobacco Awareness Month; National Novel Writing Month; National Beard Month; Diabetes Awareness Month; and National Native American and Native Alaskan Month. Revering the Constitution Here is another excerpt from Dr. Ben Carson’s book, “One Nation”: “I believe the only thing that will correct our downward trajectory is
the rekindling of the enthusiasm for individual freedom and the reestablishment of the U.S. Constitution as the dominant document of governance. Unless the majority of Americans awaken from their complacency and recognize the threat to their fundamental individual liberties imposed by continued expansion of the federal government, nothing will save us from the fate of all pinnacle nations that have preceded us, those that tolerated political and moral corruption while ignoring fiscal irresponsibility. “We the people have lost the inspiration that produced the ‘can-do attitude’ that was our foremost characteristic. We have capitulated to the forces of ever-expanding governmental control of our lives. But it is not too late for us to change. As a beginning, all American citizens must be familiar with our Constitution, and they must be brave enough to stand up for its principles even if that makes them temporarily unpopular. They must be willing to share their knowledge with others and encourage frank discussions rather than ‘going along to get along.’ ” Birthdays Wishing Ed Nagy of Lower Swatara Twp. a very happy birthday on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Make it a great day, Ed. Happy 23rd cake and ice cream day to Rebekah White of Lower Swatara on Thursday, Nov. 20. Live your dream, Rebekah! November poem November comes and November goes, With the last red berries and the first white snows.
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Pennsylvania Family Roots Sharman Meck Carroll, PO Box 72413, Thorndale, PA 19372 pafamroots@msn.com Column No. 771/November19, 2014
Tallman Family
George W. Tallman and Robert H. Tallman of Porter Township and their children, are descendants of Jacob and Annie M. Tallman who were both born in Germany in 1802. In the original German the name was Dahlmann, or “Valley Man,” Americanized to “Tallman.” John Jacob Tallman was born 25 March 1802 in Germany-died 5 September 1876, is buried in Calvary Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pa. He married Anna Maria Bellon, born 13 November 1802-died 16 February 1884, daughter of Johan David and Anna Maria (Scheible) Bellon. (John David Bellon was a brother to Eva Salome Bellon who married Jacob Tallman born 1768). John Jacob was a farmer and was listed as stonemason on the 1837 tax record for Lykens Township. He was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to build its stone bridges. While building the stone bridge pier and canal lock in the Wiconisco Creek at Lykens, he bought and operated the hotel at the west end of Wiconisco, and later in 1856 the farm and hotel at Sheridan, then called the Brookside Hotel, earlier known as Wiconisco House and later known as the Stone Hotel. He also ran a tavern in Wiconisco for 35years. He was 46 years of age, and had a family of eight: Friedrich Matthaus, born in Germany; Mathias; David; George; Daniel; John; Amanda; Henry. Henry Tallman, (1846-1891) purchased the hotel and farm from his father Jacob and operated the hotel, farm and livery stable there. Henry married Mary Amelia Schreffler and had 13 children: Harry, Frank, Edwin, Charles, Joseph, Oscar, Andrew, William, Kate, Lulu, Bessie, Lillie and Minnie. Harry married Amelia Lentz and had one son, Lloyd, who moved to Albany, Georgia; Lloyd had one son, Harry, living in Georgia. Harry Tallman was well known as proprietor of the Commercial Hotel in Lykens and driver of the stagecoach that connected the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lykens with the Reading at the back switch at Reinerton in the early days. Later he owned the Willow House at Lebanon and was a partner in the Lebanon Autobus Company. Frank never married. He was known to all of the community as proprietor of the coal yard where Tower Sales bulk plant is now located, and as a member of many community organizations. Edwin married Edna Ditzler of Green Point and had one son, Edwin Tallman, M.D., of Oley, Pa. Dr. Tallman is married to Anna Saylor, formerly of Schuylkill Haven, and they had two children, Edwin S. and Susan Rae. Joseph R. never married, but left his legacy in the lives and hearts of his students and many friends. He was a schoolteacher, professor at Kutztown State Teachers College, Principal of the Hamburg Schools and, at the time of his death, Principal of Pottsville Schools. He taught school first in Bear Valley, going to the one-room school there through the tunnel at Short Mountain Colliery every day. He returned to Kutztown where he taught until becoming principal of the schools mentioned. He was popular as a singer and dramatist. On his untimely death of typhoid fever at age 34, he was deeply mourned by his hundreds of friends. Charles never married, followed the hotel business at the Hotel Grand in Schuylkill Haven for many years and was well known throughout the county. Oscar married Minnie Heydt of Allentown and was proprietor of the Tillman’s Café there. They had one son, Jacob Tallman, who was an attorney and a state senator from Lehigh County. Jacob married Maude Snyder and has one son, Robert G. Tallman. Andrew married Sally Gernert of Allentown. Andrew was in the hotel business in Allentown all his life. William married Lottie Schwalm, daughter of George Schwalm, prominent farmer in Porter Township. William originally purchased the Tallman Farm at the home location around the Stone Hotel, then later purchased the Schwalm Farm near Muir. Their children are George W. and Robert H. George married Christine Swoyer of Orwigsburg and they had eight children: George, William, John, Joseph, Richard, Virginia, Helen and Nancy. George farms the Schwalm homestead farm and surrounding farms. Robert H. married Veronica Kasputis of Tower City, and they had four children: Robert, Marie, Katherine and Ruth. Robert is the owner and operator of the Tallman Supply Company, industrial and farm equipment distributors. Kate married John Reinhardt, prominent merchant of Tower City history. They had five children: Henry, Melba, Mary, Ama and Dorothy. Lulu never married. She is well remembered and respected by the community for her service to St Paul’s Lutheran Church as organist for many years and as postmistress in the post office at Muir. Bessie, Lillie and Minnie died during their childhood.
The rest of Jacob and Anna Maria (Bellon) Tallman children were: Jacob Friedrich (1826-1865) was born to Anna Maria before they were married. He was living with his parent in 1860; Fredrich Matthaus (1829 in Schonenberg, Germany); Mathais (1833 in Dauphin County-died 1898 in Carroll County, Ill.) Mathias married Sarah Buffington in 1855. Sarah was a widow to Werntz or Wentz. Mathias and Sarah Tallman lived in Wiconisco in 1860 where he was working as a tanner. They moved to Illinois in 1866. On May 14, 1870, Jacob Tallman sold his farm to Jacob Shiro who was also an immigrant from Germany, and a distant relative through the Bellon family.
Society News
The Gratz Historical Society – The history of the Lykens Township book keeps growing with just a reminder that the township history and genealogy is definitely growing. Some parts continue to be difficult to research, but at this point we are having much success in gathering very interesting information on the eastern end of the township. Hopefully, that success will continue, and we will be able to offer more good news of progress in the next several months. We are now completing the research for a part of eastern Lykens Township, where two special events took place. We hope someone can give us details needed for unusual events possible with a newspaper clipping, etc. We would love to preserve these two memories. The first is an account of an airplane disaster that occurred in 1920 when a light plane landed in a wheatfield east of Gratz. We have several very special pictures of the plane and people and where it landed. The second request is for more details of the traditional “story” about Ichabod (the headless horseman). He was said to have been seen at night on many occasions by many people as he galloped along Rhumstown Road.
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With night coming early and dawn coming late, And ice in the bucket and frost by the gate. The fires burn and the kettles sing, And earth sinks to rest until next spring. – Elizabeth Coatsworth American writer Anniversary Best wishes to John and Lori Abbott of Lower Swatara as they celebrate their 32nd anniversary on Thursday, Nov. 20. Hope your week is extra special. Toys for your tot? Highspire United Methodist Church, 170 2nd St., Highspire, will be the host site for the Toys for Tots campaign in the Dauphin County southeast region. The region covers Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Highspire, Londonderry Twp., Steelton, Oberlin, Hummelstown and Hershey. Individuals in need of help with gifts can fill out an application at Highspire UMC from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22 or at Royalton Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 500 Penn St., Royalton, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29. Applications are also available online at www.highspireumc.org or by calling 717-939-7650. The deadline for applications is Monday, Dec. 1. Eligible children include newborns through age 14. The pickup time for toys will be 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14 at Highspire UMC. Ladies Brunch All ladies are invited to attend the “Ribbons and Bows” brunch buffet at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the Spring Garden Conference Center on Spring Garden Drive, Lower Swatara Twp. The brunch is presented by Hershey
Area Women’s Connection, Affiliated with Christian Women’s Clubs of America. A presentation titled “Ruby Ribbons” will be given by Lisa Frese of Mechanicsburg. Natalie Kratzer, of Palmyra, will be the vocalist. Jean Hartman, of Northumberland, a former regional administrator for Stonecroft Ministries, will present a speech on the subject, “Beauty Inside Out.’’ For reservations, readers may call Edna at 717-652-0997 or Jean at 717657-0006, or e-mail hersheyawc@ verizon.net. The deadline is Nov. 28. Quote of the Week Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. – Aesop, ancient Greek storyteller Question of the Week What is your favorite season, and why? “I like snow. Making snowmen and throwing snowballs at someone. Winter!” – Olivia Snell, 4, Hummelstown. “I like fall the best because that is when my birthday is!” – Alex Kelly, 5, Swatara Twp. “Summer, because it is nice out. I like to swim and not have school.” – Shayna Hardy, 17, Royalton. “Summer. We don’t have school and we go on a lot of vacations with my family.” – Leandra Cruz, 16, Middletown. “Winter, because of the snow.” – Dakota Saunders, 10, Lower Swatara. “Fall. I really like to see all the pretty leaves and cooler weather.” – Rose Ann Yeich, Middletown. “Winter. We can play with the snow!” – Jet Redmond, 6, Lower Swatara. Proverb for the Week The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death (11:19).
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state grant for $203,000 will help the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad make a couple of upgrades on its line at a time when the railroad is still rebuilding from damage caused by Tropical Storm Lee and restoring a collection of rail history in Middletown. The grant, part of the Rail Freight Assistance Program, is one of 39 rail freight projects approved on Aug. 14 by the Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation manages two grant programs that will provide $35.9 million for improvements to railroad freight systems in the state. The state grant will pay for 70 percent of Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad’s total project costs, which will amount to about $290,000, said Ashley Schoch, a PennDOT information specialist. The railroad will replace an aging, obsolete switch near the east end warehouse served by the line. The replacement of a track degreaser along a curve in the tracks will also improve safety along the line, according to Wendell Dellinger, the railroad’s president. The railroad also is continuing its work to repair damage to the line from the floodwaters of Tropical Storm Lee, which hit the area in 2011. “Lee caused worse damage than in Agnes [in 1972],” Dellinger said. The railroad has been doing much of the work itself to replace the embankments that support the tracks on the sides of its bridge over the Swatara Creek. While much of the work is completed for the west side of the bridge, an embankment 20feet deep was washed away on the east side, the side largely unaffected by Agnes in 1972. The difficulty in completing the reconstruction of the trackbed is compounded by the difficulty in reaching the site. As a result of the storm, the railroad had to overhaul one of its own cars that had been submerged. Another 26 cars that the railroad moves for its client, chemical company Univar USA, required seven months
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Wendell Dellinger, left, president of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad, discusses restoration work on a train car in the rail yard on Brown Street in Middletown with Scott Seibert. of work to replace all wheel sets and air brakes as a result of flood damage. The railroad’s workers also have restored the exterior of a former New Jersey Central caboose that will run, along with another restored caboose, in next year’s caboose trips. This caboose, from 1942, most recently painted for the former Conrail system, has been restored with the color scheme of its original line. Scott Seibert, a retired farmer, works part-time at the railroad doing restoration projects and other tasks. He did most of the restoration work on the New Jersey Central caboose, including its paint job. He has also been restoring the railroad’s streetcars from Philadelphia, which will be painted orange and cream, in the style of the cars as used by the Philadelphia Transportation Authority before the authority was absorbed into SEPTA. The streetcars, now at the Middletown rail yard, were built shortly after World War II by the St. Louis Car Co. and last in service in Philadelphia in 1992, as shown by the inspection stickers and advertisements displayed inside. SEPTA continues to use 18 completely rebuilt streetcars from that era on its Trolley Route 15, also called the Girard Avenue Line, where trolley service was restored after a 15-year switch to buses. The railroad’s steam engine, No. 91, has remained out of service in 2014, though “it may return next year or the year after,” Dellinger said. One problem holding up the use of the steam engine is water quality.
Scott Seibert of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad uses body-filler putty to restore a 1946 street car operated by the Philadelphia Transportation Co. and its successor, the Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. By next spring, Seibert hopes to restore and paint three streetcars. Water available in Middletown is too “hard,” meaning it contains a high content of dissolved minerals. A steam engine may be damaged by the effects of those minerals, so the railroad’s water supply is located at the other end of its line, nearer to Hummelstown, where the water has a lower density of mineral content.
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With the storm damage preventing access to that part of the line, it’s unclear when No. 91 will return to service. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
Railroad offers a ride with Santa
Santa Claus will climb aboard Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad’s trains after Thanksgiving. 205311A01 Santa will ride the Santa’s Surprise Train on Nov. 29 and Dec. 13, 14, 20 and 21, giving gifts to children who are passengers. The Polar Bear Express train more! starts Nov. 29 and continues on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in December. The conductor will read a Christmas story on these evening trains, and Santa will board the train with gifts for children. For more information about the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad schedule, visit mhrailroad.com or call 717-944-4435.
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