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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2015

VOLUME 125 - NO. 47

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Man charged in fatal pedestrian accident By Dan Miller

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Chad Ryan Collins

A Middletown man was charged in a hit-and-run accident in Palmyra on Oct. 21 in which a pedestrian died after she was struck by a car, authorities said. Chad Ryan Collins, 29, of the 100 block of Witherspoon Ave., was arraigned before District Judge Carl R. Garver of Palmyra on Friday, Nov. 20 and charged with a felony count of involvement in an accident involving death or personal injury, a misdemeanor count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and two summary offenses of failing to stop and render aid and failing to notify

police of an accident involving injury or death, according to court records. He was held in Lebanon County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday, Dec. 31 before Garver. Palmyra police used social media and a video recording from the investigating officer’s patrol car to help track down Collins, according to court records filed with Garver. The officer searched social media sites to locate the owner of a black Audi sedan similar to the one observed near where the victim, Lisa Thomas, was struck across from her residence in the 400 block of E. Cherry St., according to court records. Thomas

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Two people were arrested by Middletown police on Monday, Nov. 23, for allegedly trying to fill fraudulent prescriptions on slips stolen from a Maryland doctor at the pharmacy in the Giant Food Store in the Mid-Town Plaza, according to police. Alanna Nicole Dockery, 19, of Washington, D.C., and Louis Antowne Newman, of Laurel, Md., are also believed to have passed counterfeit prescriptions at CVS Pharmacy on West Harrisburg Pike in Lower Swatara Twp. and a Walgreen’s Pharmacy in York, according to records filed by Middletown police with District Justice David Judy. The pair used prescription slips that were stolen from a doctor who practices in Hyattsville, Md., to fill prescriptions at the central Pennsylvania pharmacies on Wednesday, Nov. 11; Saturday, Nov. 14; and Nov. 23, according to court records. Police were alerted by a Giant pharmacy employee, who observed that Dockery and Newman had passed fraudulent prescriptions for the same medication two other times in the past 10 days, using different names each time, according to court records. A search of Dockery’s car turned up prescriptions in various names, all from the same doctor

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By Eric Wise

Railroad crossing on East Main to be replaced

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Traffic may be delayed on East Main Street from Monday, Nov. 30 through Friday, Dec. 3 as crews replace the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad crossing near the Swatara Creek. The crossing, just west of the creek, dates back to the 1930s. Lanes on East Main Street – or Route 230 – will be restricted during the project. Once completed, the new precast crossing will provide a smooth ride for motorists where the tracks cross the road, said Ron Martin, a spokesman for the railroad. The railroad planned the upgrade in conjunction with its project to replace its bridge over the Swatara Creek that was damaged in the wake of Topical Storm Lee in 2011, Martin said.

friend was the first one who clued in Markis Millberry. “My friend (Keontay Hodge) messaged me that she saw my picture on a magazine at Karns,” Millberry said. Before long, he heard from others, who sent him a picture of the cover of “The Year in Review,” Newsweek’s look back at the first 10 months of 2015. It took a few days for him to track down his own copy. Millberry, of Steelton, saw himself in a photo on the cover with Donald Trump, Pope Francis and members of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. He is wearing a blue Steelton-Highspire United shirt and holding a sign that reads, “Black Lives Matter.” Another friend, Tito Valdes, a student at Dickinson School of Law, appears behind him in the photo. Millberry remembers where the photo was taken. It was last spring. “It was Saturday in the time after Freddie Gray died in police custody,” he recalled. After considering a trip to Baltimore to join protesters, Millberry and others decided to hold a rally on May 2 in Harrisburg, where they marched on Third

RHYMES AND REASON

Pension reform, medical cannabis on Folmer’s list of necessities By Eric Wise

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The Lower Swatara Twp. commissioners appointed William Leonard, a former township commissioner, to the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Leonard will fill the unexpired term of former authority chairman Fred Sembach, who resigned effective Tuesday, Nov. 5. Leonard will William serve until Leonard Jan. 5, 2020, representing the township on the authority, which oversees Harrisburg International Airport. Commissioner Dominic DiFrancesco, who represents Dauphin County on the authority, praised Sembach for his years of service.

A Steelton activist finds his photo on the cover of a national magazine

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As a child, Michael Folmer had trouble learning to speak clearly. He stuttered. Folmer’s mother and the teacher who lived next door came up with a strategy: They would have him sing his way out of the problem. Folmer, now a Republican state senator from Lebanon who represents Middletown, Lower Swatara Twp., Londonderry Twp., Royalton, Highspire and Steelton, said he could sing these simple rhymes or “ditties” without stuttering – and it put him on the

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was flown by Life Lion helicopter to Penn State Hershey Medical Center, where she died on Oct. 30. The officer found several photographs of a black Audi sedan that “strongly” resembled the one at the scene on the Facebook page for Chad Collins, according to court records. A video of the black sedan, taken by a camera in the officer’s patrol car, was also released to the media. An acquaintance of Collins contacted Palmyra police on Oct. 22 after seeing the video in the media and identified the car as Collins’ sedan, according to court records. He also identified Collins as the

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State Sen. Mike Folmer discusses the budget, medical cannabis and other issues before the Legislature.

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Two Middletown residents killed in I-78 crash Two Middletown residents were killed when their car was struck by a tractor-trailer rig on Interstate 78 in Union Twp., Lebanon County, around 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, according to state police. Ralph V. Chevalier, 50, and Dawn M. Bortner, 45, were killed when their 2015 Toyota Camry was struck from behind by a 2007 Freightliner driven by Andre D. Kennedy, 40, of High Point, N.C., state police said. Chevalier was the driver of the car and Bortner was a passenger, when the vehicle was struck in the westbound lane of I-78, state police said. Kennedy was injured, but state police did not provide more information on his injuries. After striking the car, Kennedy’s rig struck another tractor-trailer rig, pushing it into a third rig, state police said.

A friend told Markis Millberry, the founder of Steelton-Highspire United, that his photo from a spring rally in Harrisburg made the cover of Newsweek’s “The Year in Review.’’

Street from the Capitol to the Broad Street Market and back. Millberry said he believes support for “Black Lives Matter” has made a difference. “It’s making people aware that the black community has awoken and black lives matter,” he said. While he acknowledges that all lives are important, he believes “the movement is to let America know that we need to protect African American rights,” he said. His mother, Melissa Millberry, was thrilled when she saw the Newsweek cover. “I was so pleased to see it – out of all the pictures, for him to be holding up a sign that black lives matter,” she said, marveling that the photo, taken by James Robinson of Pennlive.com, was chosen. Millberry has been active in the Steelton community and local politics since 2012. He admits that he’s made some mistakes after high school, one which led to his arrest. In the time following that part of his life, Millberry said he decided he wanted to create a nonprofit and work for his community. “I became passionate about working for Steelton,” he said. “I don’t want it to go down.” He founded a group online through Facebook, Steelton on the

Motorist charged in accident with pedestrian

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Jury convicts boro man of rape put out by the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office. “This girl is one of the bravest people I have ever met,” Deputy District AtA Middletown man faces up to torney Abby Trovinger, who prosecuted 159 years in prison after a Dauphin Soto, said of the victim. County jury convicted him on Monday, The jury also found Soto guilty of Nov. 9 of raping a child and related involuntary deviate sexual intercourse sexual offenses. with a child, aggravated indecent asRichard Omar Soto, 34, was brought sault, indecent assault, unlawful contact to the attention of authorities around with a minor, corruption of a minor and Halloween 2013 by a tip from the Richard indecent exposure. victim’s elementary school teacher to Omar Soto Soto is to be sentenced on Jan. 19. the school’s guidance counselor. The girl’s mother was charged with The victim, a girl who was then 8 years old, had drawn a penis on a monster as part of a endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly classroom art project. The teacher showed the failing to protect the girl from further abuse by drawing to the guidance counselor, and it was Soto after the girl told her mother of the abuse turned over to Middletown Police Detective in mid-2013. The mother, who has pleaded Mark Hovan, who was assigned to the case, guilty to the charge, testified in support of Soto according to court records filed with District during his trial. The DA’s press release called the case a “prime Judge David Judy. Soto sexually assaulted the child in many differ- example” of how the county’s Multi-Disciplinary ent ways over a two-year period when she was Investigate Team investigates and prosecutes ages 6 through 8, according to a press release child abuse allegations.

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A Middletown man has been charged after he allegedly struck a pedestrian with his vehicle on South Union Street on Sunday, Nov. 15, police said. Joseph M. Schmidt, 69, of the 300 block of E. Water St., was driving north on South Union Street at about 5:30 p.m. when he turned right onto Brown Street and struck the victim, Stanton Garber, according to records filed by Middletown police with District Judge David Judy. Schmidt stopped, called police and tried to aid the victim, police said. Police charged Schmidt with DUI based on field sobriety tests and a preliminary breath test that registered a blood alcohol content of .144, according to court records. Schmidt was also charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI. He was arraigned before District Judge Kenneth Lenker in Dauphin County Night Court and released on his own recognizance. A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday, Nov. 25 before Judy.

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Middletown Area High School Fall Play

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he fall play at Middletown Area High School, “Just Another High School Play,’’ is a high school play about a high school play that almost isn’t performed. The drama teacher ditches the cast on opening night because the students have not shown up for rehearsals. So the students put on a play of their own. There was improvisation, Shakespeare, audience participation, a rubber chicken, a bottle of soap bubbles – and more. The playwright, Bryan Starchman, wrote from experience – he’s worked as a drama teacher at the high school in Mariposa, Calif., from which he graduated. Performances were at the Middletown Area Middle School on Thursday, Nov. 12 and Saturday, Nov. 14. Ryan Boyles directed.

The Players

Sammi Altland, Zoey Bright, Brian Carrera, Mitch Carson, Marie Chambers, Kelsey Dworchak, Sarah Fluke, Owen Haederer, John Hursh, Lydia Hursh, Terrance Jeffereson, Jared Knaub, Ceajay Lawrence, John McDevitt, Daron Ranck, Amir Simmons and Victoria Spangler

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SHOWING THEIR THANKS

LaRea Minnich

Veterans await the Veterans Day ceremony at Seven Sorrows School.

Students, teachers honor vets at Veterans Day ceremony Students and teachers at Middletown’s Seven Sorrows School honored military veterans and active military personnel at a breakfast and ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11 – Veterans Day – at the school.

Veteran Randy Carey, center, with daughters Leah, left, and Natalie, stand before a red, white and blue “thank you’’ in a school hallway.

The vets were members of the school community and Seven Sorrows BVM Church community. Eighth-graders served breakfast to the vets before honoring them during the ceremony in the gym.

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Student Jordanah Wells attends with her grandfather, Joe Schmidt.

Mildred Metzler

Mildred “Millie” Metzler, 83, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Mildred was born on August 16, 1932 in Marietta, and was the daughter of the late Paul and Esther Alberts Hinkle. She and her husband were the owners of the former Metzler’s Nursery in Londonderry Township. She was a retired machine operator at Armstrong Carpet & Tile Co. at their Marietta Plant. She was of the Protestant faith and attended Royalton Emmanuel United Methodist Church. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and sewing, but especially the love and care she received from her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son Robert M. Metzler who passed away in 1974. She is survived by her husband of 65 years Martin Metzlerson, son David T. Metzler, two daughters Cynthia L. Metzler, and Janice L. Thomas and her husband Richard, all of Middletown; two brothers Jacob Hinkle of Clay, Pa., and Paul Hinkle and his wife Doris of Mountville, Pa.; sister Madge Frech and husband John of Florida; four grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. A tribute to her life will be held on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 260 E. Main St., Middletown, with the Rev. Willie Caraballo officiating. Burial will be in Hillsdale Cemetery, Middletown. There will be a viewing from 10 a.m. until the hour of the service on Wednesday at the funeral home. A viewing was held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.

LaRea K. Minnich, 90, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Frey Village Nursing Center, Middletown. LaRea was born on September 11, 1925 in Summerville, Pa. and was the loving daughter of the late Lawrence and Dorothy (Anthony) Brocius. She was a member of Mountain View Bible Church, Hummelstown. LaRea was a former waitress at the former Stephanie’s 230 Diner, Londonderry Twp. She enjoyed Bible study, gardening, cooking and sewing, but her greatest joy was the love of her family, especially her grandchildren. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a daughter, Marilyn E. Condran, and two sisters Lois Shick and Shirley Brocius. In addition to her husband Ernest H. Minnich, she is survived by two daughters Karen Minnich-Sadler and husband Tim of Lancaster, and Debbie J. Attick and husband Stanley of York; two sons Larry E. Minnich and wife Kathy of Elizabethtown, and Dennis L. Minnich and wife Jane of Houston, Texas: grandson Kevin L. Condran and his wife Tonya of Middletown, 13 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. A tribute to her life was held on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 260 E. Main St., Middletown, Pa., with the Rev. Dr. Norman Marks officiating. There was a viewing from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial was in Middletown Cemetery.

There was also a viewing on Monday, November 23, 2015 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.

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Move, where he posted information about local news and events. The group came together in person when he planned a community clean up day for the Martin Luther King Day of Service in 2013, after which he has tried to plan an event every couple of months. After Highspire residents signed a petition to leave Steelton-Highspire School District, and submitted it to the state, Millberry changed the name of his group to Steelton-Highspire United. This year, the group has presented a free soccer camp and pumpkin carving night for children in the two boroughs. He also held the groups second Candlelight Vigil this month to commemorate community members. “He is determined to bring about a change in Steelton,” said Melissa Millberry. Markis Millberry said his online community, which now boasts 2,800 members, has taken more interest in Steelton’s borough government, where he’s tried to draw attention to problems he saw with the way the borough was managed. Earlier this year, Steelton police

tried to ban him from entering the borough building except for public meetings – a move that came after he posted a photo he took one day of the former borough manager’s office, empty except for her dog. “More people were awoken to what’s going on in Steelton,” thanks to social media, Millberry said. “Our elected officials are supposed to work for us, but that’s not how it is in Steelton.” Millberry’s activism has spawned his current campaign: He hopes to be elected mayor of Steelton in 2017. He said the borough needs change from someone ready to tackle the tough issues. “I would like to see the New Steelton project finished,” Millberry said, referring to a years-old plan to renovate the borough’s business district. While the project did move forward, it has not included the development of a a shopping area near the borough building as originally discussed. Millberry has big plans for his town. He has his eye on an old building owned by the borough, and says he has two investors interested in turning it into a library and cafe in the spring. To reach this goal,

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New e-cig shop opens on Main Street in September, part of a crop of new businesses that have opened, or soon will, on Main Street over the past year. Reliance Therapy and Street Stores Hardware already have opened, and new owners are remodeling the former Lamp Post Inn and plan to reopen it as the Black Horse Tavern. Burkett is happy to join the club. “We were doing fairly good (in Royalton), but we kind of wanted to grow bigger,” he said, adding that business has been “very good” since opening on East Main Street. Vapeology sells all types of e-cig products, flavors and accessories. The shop has about 100 flavors in stock. Customers can try a flavor before they buy. Starter kits are available for those new to e-cigs; more complicated and

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Ryan Burkett started smoking cigarettes when he was 16. He tried all kinds of ways to quit. Nothing worked, until Burkett started using electronic cigarettes – known as “e-cigs.” E-cigs were still pretty new at the time. Burkett became so interested in helping other people learn about e-cigs and about e-cig accessories that he thought he might as well open his own business And so Vapeology was born. Burkett opened Vapeology in October 2014, in an out-of-the-way spot in Royalton. He moved his business into the former Deals On Wheels location on East Main Street in Middletown

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Owner Ryan Burkett, left, and Zak Ruby, a shop employee, behind the counter at Vapeology. expensive kits for the advanced are also available. Vapeology will build a kit for you, or you can come into the shop and build your own. Burkett can help a lot with that. Trained in precision metals at Dauphin County Technical School, Burkett was a machinist for many years until Tyco bought out AMP. He worked for a tool and die company in Royalton

that depended on AMP for 90 percent of its business. Now the 34-year-old Burkett is his own boss, doing what he wants to do. Vapeology is on Facebook. You can also call the store at 717-608-0061 or stop in at 304 E. Main St.

Vapeology, an e-cigarette shop, opened in September at the former Deals On Wheels location in Middletown.

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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net My oh my! How did it get to be Thanksgiving week already? Somewhere recently I heard someone say there are only 30 weeks until summer. That’s funny. I think we have to make an effort to enjoy the season we are in. I love summer, but a 30-weeks countdown? Let’s at least wait until March! Now we must clear our busy minds and focus on this word “thankful.’’ Thankful is an adjective. It means feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative. So here we have this holiday that we celebrate: Thanksgiving. We all can name countless things to be thankful for...family, friends, home, heat, food, pets, clothing, community, work, school – and the list goes on. To whom are we thankful? The Bible says: • “Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.’’ – Psalms 95:2,3 • “I always thank God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all your speaking and in all your knowledge.’’ – 1 Corinthians 1:4,5 • “All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.’’ – 2 Corinthians 4:15,16 • “You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.’’ – 2 Corinthians 9:11,12 Best wishes to you all for a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Feel free to call or e-mail me with your news to share. The first Thanksgiving The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving at Plymouth, Mass. The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land. Their leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621. He invited the Wampanoag Indians to the feast, which lasted three days. The menu: lobster, rabbit, chicken, fish, squashes, beans, chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup and honey, radishes, cabbage, carrots, eggs and goat cheese are thought to have made up the first Thanksgiving feast. The pilgrims didn’t use forks; they ate with spoons, knives and their fingers. More facts about Thanksgiving Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird. Sarah Josepha Hale, an American magazine editor, persuaded Abraham

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Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. She also is the author of the popular nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” Abraham Lincoln issued a “Thanksgiving Proclamation” on Oct. 3, 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving. The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade tradition began in the 1920s. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed that Thanksgiving would take place on Nov. 23, not Nov. 30, as a way to spur economic growth and extend the Christmas shopping season. Congress passed a law on Dec. 26, 1941, ensuring that all Americans would celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year. Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey and two dressed turkeys to the president. The president does not eat the live turkey. He “pardons” it and allows it to live out its days on a historical farm. In the U.S., about 180 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations. Each year, the average American eats somewhere between 16 to 18 pounds of turkey. Californians are the largest consumers. The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds. The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds. A 15-pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat. The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey: in a sandwich, in a stew, in chili or soup, in a casserole and as a burger. Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef. Birthdays Happy belated birthday to Alex Monroig of Lower Swatara Twp. He turned 12 on Nov. 19. I hope it was a really cool, fun day. Ryan Souders of Middletown got to hear the birthday song on Nov. 21. He turned 12. I hope it was an extraspecial weekend, Ryan! Happy birthday to Mike Lupia and Aaron Lupia as they observe their 24th cake and ice cream day on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Enjoy your day, guys! Jeff Witmer of Lower Swatara marks his happy birthday on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Many well wishes and blessings are sent to you, Jeff. Here is a shout out to Gus Burghdorf of Lower Swatara as he celebrates cake day No. 42. I hope your Wednesday, Nov. 25 birthday is the best yet. Happy 14th razzle-dazzle birthday to Leah Rodic of Lower Swatara. She observes her me-holiday on Thanksgiving – Thursday, Nov. 26. Enjoy this very special time. Hey, Patty Kuharic of Lower Swatara! Did you have your fill of turkey? Happy birthday as you celebrate on Friday, Nov. 27. Enjoy the time off!

Ed Schoen of Lower Swatara celebrates his snappy-happy birthday on Friday, Nov. 27. May it be a start of a wonderful weekend. Kim Schoen of Lower Swatara marks her special day on Saturday, Nov. 28. Many good wishes of joy and fun are sent you way, Kim. Happy birthday will be shouted out to Todd Houser Sr. of Lower Swatara on Saturday, Nov. 28. I hope your birthday weekend is remarkable! Many good wishes for smiles and surprises are sent to Lori Dukes of Lower Swatara. She will hear the birthday song on Sunday, Nov. 29. I hope you celebrate in a big way all week long. Happy brand-new-teener birthday to Tehya Johnson of Middletown on Sunday, Nov. 29. Tehya, I hope you find 13 a wonderful number to be! Hey, Cameron Bendgen of Lower Swatara! Happy birthday to you as you turn 26 on Tuesday, Dec. 1. May your week be full of treats and fun and good friends.

equally between the sandwiches, put the top pieces of bread back on, cut the sandwiches in half and serve.

Anniversaries Belated happy anniversary wishes to Leonard and Marlene Tokar of Lower Swatara. They celebrated 21 years together on Nov. 12. I have to apologize: I had them married 71 years! That is a huge oversight! I hope your day was terrific. Best wishes for a wonderful 55th wedding anniversary to Joe and Jeanne Spagnolo Sr. of Lower Swatara. They married on Nov. 26, 1960. Enjoy, and congratulations! Happy 23rd wedding anniversary to Shawn and Rosanna Tully of Lower Swatara. They celebrate on Saturday, Nov. 28.

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Michael Symon recipe Grilled Cheese with Havarti & Apple (serves 2) • 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard • 4 slices of Italian bread, each 1/2 inch thick • 1/2 Granny Smith apple, cut into 1/8-inch thick slices • 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter • 1 cup of loosely packed arugula 1. Put a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. 2. To build the sandwiches, spread the mustard onto two slices of the bread. Top with the cheese, apple slices and remaining slices of bread. 3. Add half of the butter to the preheated pan and swirl it to coat the bottom of the pan. Add both sandwiches and cover them with a sheet of aluminum foil. Put a heavy skillet on top of the foil to weigh down and press the sandwiches. Cook until golden brown on one side, about three minutes. 4. Remove the sandwiches from the pan, add the remaining butter and swirl it to coat the bottom of the pan. Flip the sandwiches over and return to the pan, cover with foil and put the skillet back on top. Cook until golden brown on the other side, about two minutes. 5. Remove the sandwiches from the pan and carefully remove the top pieces of bread. Divide the arugula

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Christmas film in Highspire Movie time at Highspire United Methodist Church: Enjoy a special showing of “Polar Express” at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. Highspire’s Tree Lighting Ceremony will follow at 7p.m. Refreshments and Santa will be at the firehouse afterward. Come out and get in the holiday spirit! Joyful sounds concert Enjoy the Sounds of the Seasons concert, featuring the local band Heaven Help Us performing Christmas carols and holiday favorites in their own style, at the Highspire United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.12. Admission is non-perishable canned good, which will be donated to a local food bank. Hope to see you there!

Question of the Week What are you especially thankful for this year? “Spending time with my family. We have fun playing ‘Just Dance.’ I like gathering around the table.” – Geovanny Cedano, 11, Middletown. “Getting braces!” – Alex Pryor, 12, Rutherford. “Food. Like pizza. JoJo’s is my favorite.” – Alex Kelly, 6, Swatara Twp. “For the college Whitney (my daughter) is going to, Palm Beach Atlantic.” – Robin Wood, New Jersey. “That my mom is still with us. She is 89 and doing great. She drives and is really active.” – Caroline Engel, Harrisburg. “Having a great family!” – Phyllis Ackerman, 88, Lower Swatara. Proverb for the Week A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed (11:25).

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Couple exchange vows Courtney Monn of Palmyra, daughter of Glenn and Cindy Monn of Hummelstown and Matthew Corby of Palmyra, son of Frank and Charlene Corby of Elizabethtown, were united in marriage at 4:30 p.m. on October 3, 2015. The wedding was held at Purcell Friendship Hall. Rev. David DiRaddo officiated at the ceremony. Courtney is a 2006 graduate of Hershey High School, a 2010 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in marketing, and a 2013 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She is employed as a registered nurse at Penn State

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Hershey Medical Center. Matthew is a 2002 graduate of Lower Dauphin High School, and a 2006 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s degree in hotel, restaurant and institutional management. He is employed as a police officer with the Swatara Township Police Department, Harrisburg. Maid of honor was Amber Monn, sister of the bride. Best man was Anthony Corby, brother of the groom. After the ceremony, a reception was held at Purcell Friendship Hall. The couple took a 7-day honeymoon to St. Lucia. They reside in Palmyra.

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ORDINANCE NO. 605 of 2015 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF HIGHSPIRE, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, ESTABLISHING THE GENERAL TAXATION RATE ON REAL PROPERTY FOR THE YEAR 2016.

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Tax Rate for General Township purposes

3.25

$ .325

Tax Rate for Capital Improvements

.54

$ .054

Tax Rate for Fire Protection Purposes

.49

$ .049

Tax Rate for Fire Hydrant Purposes

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.0096

4.376

$.4376

TOTAL

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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED, by the Borough Council of the Borough of Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the authority of the same as follows: Section One That a tax be and the same is hereby levied on all real property within the Borough of Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, subject to taxation for the year 2016 as follows:

SECTION 3. That any ordinance, or part of any ordinance, conflicting with this Ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed insofar as the same affects this Ordinance. ENACTED this 16th day of December 2015. LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

ATTEST: ________________________________ Laddie J. Springer, Secretary

Copies of the proposed ordinance and budget are available for copying at the Township building during regular business hours for a fee not greater than the cost thereof.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Beginning Balance: Revenues: Real Estate Taxes Local Enabling Taxes Ash/Garbage Fees Licenses and Permits Fines and Forfeits State Shared Revenue Other Revenues and Reimbursements

GENERAL FUND SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED RECEIPTS

$150,000 $1,475,658 $ 352,000 $ 221,488 $ 51,500 $ 44,000 $ 101,539 $ 76,322

Total Revenues:

$2,322,507

Total Available for Appropriation:

$2,472,507 $199,904 $ 12,451 $ 29,950 $984,282 $ 99,328

$84,113 $11,515 $ 3,100 $ 600

$ 29,438 $288,308 $212,373 $ 28,800 $ 60,182 $278,122

$ 20,000 $ 12,295 $245,827

$ 99,369 $2,322,507

TOTAL ESTIMATED OPERATING RECEIPTS AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 400 General Government $ 817,784 410 Public Safety (Protection 2,903,428 to persons & property) 420 Health & Welfare 18,318 430 Public Works 1,384,760 446 NPDES MS4 98,000 450 Culture – Recreation 379,040 470 Miscellaneous 59,832 490 Other Operation Uses 81,000

$ 286,708 -0-

$5,742,162

$286,708

TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM GENERAL FUND (ALL OPERATIONS)

$6,028,870

The Ordinance further provides a listing of Estimated Receipts and Appropriations for specialized areas as follows:

CAPITAL RESERVE FUND Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

857,042 286,708 570,334

HIGHWAY AID FUND Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

449,392 266,402 182,990

RECREATION DEVELOPMENT FUND Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

174,171 70,000 104,171

POLICE PENSION FUND Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

185,369 184,336 1,033

NON-UNIFORM PENSION PLAN Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

314,727 309,777 4,950

POST RETIREMENT HEALTH CARE FUND Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

193,449 46,109 147,340

Sewer Operations and Maintenance Fund Beginning Fund Balance: Revenues: Highspire Sewer Rentals Lower Swatara Sewer Rentals Other Revenues

Total Available for Appropriation:

$1,392,401

Expenditures: Personnel and Benefits Operations and Maintenance Total Expenditures:

$ 698,790 $ 693,611 $1,392,401

Balance as of December 31, 2016

$ 501,228 $ 891,073 $ 100

HIGHWAY AID FUND BUDGET

Section Two Any ordinance or part thereof in conflict herewith is hereby repealed.

Balance as of December 31, 2016:

$ 36,618

TAX RATE

ORDAINED AND ENACTED, this 15th Day of December 2015.

2016 Real Estate Tax Rate 18.50 mills The Borough intends to adopt Ordinance No. 605 of 2015 reflecting this Rate.

SECTION 2. An estimate of the specific items comprising the amounts appropriated to the respective departments is on file in the Municipal Building of the Township of Lower Swatara, 1499 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown, Pennsylvania. SECTION 3. That any ordinance, or part of any ordinance, conflicting with this Ordinance is and the same is hereby repealed insofar as the same affects this Ordinance. ENACTED this 16th day of December 2015.

ASH AND GARBAGE FEES 2016 Ash and Garbage Fee$208 per annum per dwelling unit SEWER RENTALS Residential - $65.00 per month, per unit Non-Residential - $90.85 per month, per unit Plus $5.31 per thousand gallons over one quivalent domestic unit (EDU)

The Proposed Budgets and Tax Rate Ordinance are available for public inspection at the Highspire Borough Municipal Building, 640 Eshelman Street, Highspire, PA 17034. From 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The final budgets and tax rate will be adopted at the regular meeting of the Highspire Borough Council on December 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Highspire Borough Municipal Building. All interested residents are encouraged to attend.

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18,318 1,384,760 98,000 379,040 59,832 81,000

1,683,240 294,518 1,388,722

$ 150,081 $ 25,000 $ 501,228 $ 50,000 $ 401,188

$ 234,684

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$ 1,104,492 2,903,428

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

$1,362,181

Balance as of December 31, 2016:

John McHale Borough Manager/Secretary

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TOTAL

292,061 55,850 236,211

$1,127,497

A. Kay Sutch Borough Council President

CAPITAL OUTLAY

HYDRANT FUND Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

Total Expenditures:

Borough Secretary

$6,028,870

$ 200,000

Expenditures: Administration Collection System Maintenance Treatment Plant Operations and Maintenance Capital Reserve Authority Lease Payments Administration $ 30,000 Debt Service $371,188

2016 Sewer Rentals

$4,111,800 334,700 59,000 7,625 305,606 207,882 350,023 652,234

196,225 56,400 139,825

$1,161,981 $ 200

Total Available for Appropriation:

Taxes Licenses & Permits Fines & Forfeits Interest & Rents Intergovernmental Revenues & Grants Charges for Service Miscellaneous Revenues Other Financing Sources

STREET LIGHT FUND Total Estimated Receipts & Cash Total Expenditures Cash, Ending

SEWER DEPARTMENT BUDGET Sewer Administration Fund Beginning Fund Balance Revenues: Sewer Rentals Other Revenues

300 320 330 340 350 360 380 390

$150,000

Balance as of December 31, 2016

$ 64,500

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GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET

$101,118

Mayor

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SECTION 1. That for the expenses for the fiscal year 2016 the following amounts are hereby appropriated from the revenue available for the current year for the specific purposes set forth below, which amounts are more fully itemized in the Budget Form:

Expenditures

The Proposed Ordinance will be considered for adoption at the regular meeting of the Highspire Borough Council on December 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Highspire Borough Municipal Building. All interested residents are encouraged to attend.

John McHale BoroughSecretary

BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED, and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the Board of Commissioners of Lower Swatara Township, County of Dauphin, Pennsylvania:

BOROUGH OF HIGHSPIRE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED 2016 BUDGETS AND TAX RATES AS OF 11/16/15.

Total Expenditures:

September 6, 2016 October 4, 2016 November 1, 2016 December 6, 2016

The meetings will commence at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted and be held in the Council Chambers of the Highspire Borough Municipal Building, 640 Eshelman Street, Highspire, PA 17034, unless otherwise specified. All interested parties are invited to attend. The Highspire Borough Municipal Building is handicapped accessible. Anyone needing a reasonable accommodation to participate in a meeting should contact the Borough office at (717) 939-3303 at least three days in advance of the meeting.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, APPROPRIATING SPECIFIC SUMS ESTIMATED TO BE REQUIRED FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, HEREINAFTER SET FORTH, DURING FISCAL YEAR 2016.

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APPROVED this 15th Day of December 2015, by the Mayor of the Borough of Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

The Highspire Civil Service Commission will meet on the following dates in 2016 at 6:00 p.m*. Monday, January 4, 2016, Thursday, March 10, 2016, Thursday, June 9, 2016, Thursday, October 20, 2016 (*Reorganization 6:45 p.m.)

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Regular Meeting January 19, 2016 February 16, 2016 March 15, 2016 April 19, 2016 May 17, 2016 June 21, 2016 July 19, 2016 August 16, 2016 September 20, 2016 October 18, 2016 November 15, 2016 December 20, 2016

The Highspire Borough Council will hold meetings of standing and/or appointed committees’ of the Borough Council on the Second and Third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. prior to their regularly scheduled Council Meetings for the year, 2016.

BY: _______________________________ Thomas L. Mehaffie III, President

Tax rate for general purposes, the sum of 18.50 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation.

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Workshop Meeting January 12, 2016 February 9, 2016 March 8, 2016 April 12, 2016 May 10, 2016 June 14, 2016 July 12, 2016 August 9, 2016 September 13, 2016 October 11, 2016 November 9, 2016, Wednesday* December 13, 2016

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The Highspire Borough Council has announced that they will meet during the year 2016 on the second and third Tuesday of each month according to the following schedule; exceptions*:

The Highspire Planning Commission has announced that they will meet on the first Tuesday of every month in 2016, at 7:00 p.m. according to the following schedule.

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The Highspire Borough Council shall hold a meeting for the purpose of reorganization on Monday, January 4, 2016, at 7:00 p.m.

The Highspire Borough Environmental Advisory Board will meet on the following dates at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2016 & Tuesday, September 20, 2016

SECTION 2. The assessment rate for Street Light purposes shall be one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) per lineal front footage.

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SECTION 1. That a tax be and the same is hereby levied on all property and occupations within Lower Swatara Township subject to taxation for Township purposes for the fiscal year 2016 as follows: The tax rate for General Township purposes, the rate of 3.25 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation, or the sum of .325 cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation. The tax rate for Capital Improvement purposes, the rate of .54 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation, or the sum of .054 cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation. The tax rate for Fire Protection purposes, the rate of .49 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation, or the sum of .049 cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation. The tax rate for Fire Hydrant purposes, the rate of .096 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation, or the sum of .0096 cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation. The sum being summarized in tabular form as follows: Mills on Each Dollar Cents on Each One Hundred Of Assessed Valuation Dollars of Assessed Valuation

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Copies of the proposed ordinance and budget are available for copying at the Township building during regular business hours for a fee not greater than the cost thereof. Lisa M. Mundis Director of Finance Lower Swatara Township #224 1125-1T

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From the Wednesday, November 25, 1992 Edition Of The Press And Journal Borough Accepts Bid To Paint Water Tanks Borough Council voted unanimously at its regular meeting last Thursday night to accept a bid from I.K. Stoltzfus & Sons, Inc., of Lancaster, in the amount of $112,774 to completely repaint the Borough’s two water reservoir tanks. Council’s action clears the way for awarding a contract to the Lancaster firm, which submitted the lowest qualified bid to undertake the project. Borough officials say work on the project, which will include sandblasting and repainting the interior and exterior surfaces of both tanks, will probably get under way in early spring. Although only one tank will be out of service at any given moment, both tanks will by completely rehabilitated by the end of next year. Council also agreed to accept a bid from Don Phelps Buick-GMC Trucks of Shillington to furnish the Borough with a 1992 dump truck for the sum of $57,387. Council had rejected a higher bid submitted several weeks ago after Councilman Doug Pfautz complained that the Borough had received only one bid for the unit. Thanks largely to Pfautz’ efforts, the Borough sought new bids and three were submitted, ranging from Phelps’ low bid to a high bid of $62,700 from Henry Martin & Sons, Lancaster. It was noted that the Borough managed to save more than $4,000 by rebidding the proposed purchase. Budget Talks Take Backseat To Residents And Sidewalks Even though a proposed budget for next year could find Highspire residents spending more for trash collection and sewer rentals in 1993, the hot topic at Borough Council’s meeting involved sidewalks, specifically a proposed amendment to its sidewalk ordinance. Highspire Borough Council at its November 17 meeting voted to advertise a $741,705 budget for 1993 that holds the line on taxes, but, the budget took a back seat as approximately 50 residents filled Council chambers while others stood three and four across in the hallway to voice their displeasure over a sidewalk amendment that has been in the works for the past 11 months. After listening to residents for over an hour Council President Richard Chubb informed the audience that the proposal would be tabled until Council’s next meeting scheduled for Dec. 15. As part of the discussion on the issue, James Cowden, Borough solicitor, attempted to explain how the amendment came about. He pointed out that in 1991 the Borough began citing property owners for having defective sidewalks. Provisions for enforcement were outlined in an ordinance that was passed in the early 1900s. Cowden explained that many resi-

Lower Swatara Twp. Police Following is a compilation of reports from the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.

Disorderly conduct charge A 14-year old student at Middletown Area High School was charged with disorderly conduct after an incident at the school at 11:52 a.m. on Nov. 4, police report. The teenager threatened a fellow student at the school, police said. No other details were reported.

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dents who had been cited asked why some are being required to repair their sidewalks when other residents don’t even have sidewalks. Cowden continued that Council found itself asking how it could handle the matter in a fair manner. In order to address the many concerns, Cowden was instructed to draft an amendment,which continues to require sidewalks which comply with the ordinance and provide a procedure to apply for a variance.

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LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LONDONDERRY, CHAPTER 18, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL, PART 2, BY REQUIRING OWNERS OF CERTAIN IMPROVED PROPERTY TO CONNECT TO AND USE PUBLIC SEWERS, REVISING NOTICE AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, ADDING INSPECTION RIGHTS, AUTHORIZING CONNECTION OF OWNER’S PROPERTY BY TOWNSHIP OR TOWNSHIP’S AGENT AT DEFAULTING OWNER’S EXPENSE, AMENDS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MANNER OF CONNECTING, MAKING CONNECTIONS SUBJECT TO RATES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM, PROTECTING THE EXPOSED LATERAL OF THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM, REVISING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PART, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE PART AND ADDING AND REVISING DEFINITIONS. Section 1 retitles Part 2 of the Sewers and Sewage Disposal Chapter. Section 2 provides definitions for the terms DTMA, building sewer, improved property, industrial establishment, industrial wastes, owner, person, sanitary sewage and township and deletes the definition for authority and revises the definitions of lateral and sewer system. Section 3 revises the Township’s sewer system connection requirement and renumbers and retitles the section. Section 4 revises the Township’s sewer system use requirement and adds a title and renumbers the section. Section 5 renumbers and adds a title to the section prohibiting the unlawful discharge of sewage and industrial wastes. Section 6 revises the requirements for certain receptacles not to be maintained on property and renumbers and adds a title. Section 7 renumbers and titles the section prohibiting the connection of certain receptacles to a sewer. Section 8 amends and restates the notice to connect, adds a title and renumbers the section. Section 9 amends and restates the regulation authorizing the Township to make connections at the cost and expense of a defaulting owner, renumbers and adds a title. Section 10 amends and restates the permit requirement, adds inspection rights, renumbers and titles the section. Section 11 amends the unlawful discharge provision, renumbers and adds a title. Section 12 corrects the penal provisions section referenced, renumbers and titles the section. Section 13 deletes the connection charge, tapping fees and user charges. Section 14 amends the manner of connecting to an existing house sewer line, renumbers and adds a title. Section 15 renumbers and titles the section requiring inspection and approval of covered building sewers. Section 16 renumbers and titles the section establishing the conditions for maintaining a building sewer. Section 17 amends and restates the guarding of excavations and restoration of streets and sidewalks, renumbers and titles the section. Section 18 amends and restates the effect of failure or refusal to remedy an unsatisfactory condition, renumbers and adds a title. Section 19 amends the rules and regulations governing sewer system connections, adopts certain rules and regulations of the Derry Township Municipal Authority, renumbers and titles the section. Section 20 amends and restates protections for exposed laterals, renumbers and adds a title. Section 21amends and restates the penalties prescribed for violating the Part and renumbers the section. Section 22 adds a provision for the enforcement and recovery of fines and charges. Section 23 restates severability in the event of invalidity and renumbers the section. Section 24 restates the declaration of purpose and renumbers the section. Section 25 provides for the Ordinance to take effect five days after its enactment. The full text of the Proposed Amendatory Ordinance is on file for inspection and review without charge (or a copy may be obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof) at Londonderry Township’s offices at 783 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown, PA 17057. A complete copy of the Proposed Amendatory Ordinance has been provided to and may be reviewed at the following newspaper of general circulation: The Press And Journal, 20 South Union Street, Middletown, PA 17057. If any person with a disability wishes to request that special accommodations be made to allow his or her participation, he or she is asked to contact Steve Letavic or Beth Graham at (717) 944-1803 at least one business day in advance to make arrangements. Londonderry Township Board of Supervisors #226 1125-1T

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mer’s medical marijuana bill has now reached the state House of Representatives after six months. It passed the Senate in May by a 40-7 vote. “I am pleased they are keeping it moving,” he said. Folmer said he realized that legalizing medical marijuana was an odd fit for himself, as a conservative Republican, but he was swayed by hearing from families of those who would benefit from legalization. “Maybe if a rightwing conservative could get on this, we would bring some attention to the people who need it,” Folmer said. Initially, he said he was skeptical of how far it would go, but recent polls, including a Quinnipiac poll that showed 88 percent of respondents in Pennsylvania support legalization, has spurred legislators into action. Folmer said he did research – a lot of research – about the medical use of marijuana, and found mountains of research that showed the benefits. Despite the information available and the fact that medical use is legal in 23 states, some legislators, starting with Speaker of the House Mike Turzai,

path to speaking clearly. Folmer said this memory of a musical therapy, almost an ersatz speech therapy, inspired him to take up the cause for trained musical therapists when he co-sponsored a bill this year that would issue licenses for musical therapists in Pennsylvania and create an oversight board. Musical therapy has been used to help people of all ages. For instance, trained musical therapists worked closely with Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman, to regain her speech after suffering a traumatic brain injury from an assassination attempt. The bill would allow Pennsylvania to join North Dakota and Nevada as states that license musical therapists. “(Musical therapists) are not looking for money, they just want to be certified,” Folmer said during a visit to the Press And Journal offices on Thursday, Nov. 19. “The cost is nominal. It’s more of a recognition.” While the music therapy proposal has not drawn much attention, Fol-

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whose name appeared on the prescriptions passed at Giant, along with labels from prescription medicines believed to have been obtained at a Walgreen’s pharmacy in York, according to court records. The Walgreen’s labels also matched bottles of drugs that were found in a backpack that Newman tried to hide behind eggs in a cooler in the Giant store and in the bread aisle after the pharmacy delayed filling the prescriptions, police said. Police chased Dockery into the Mid-

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and the hotel tax, while hiking income taxes 41 percent from 3.07 percent to 4.34 percent. This proposal included a vast expansion of sales tax so that many types of services would be taxed. “I am not going to support any broad base in sales tax for temporary relief of property taxes,” Folmer said. To gain his support, the tax shift would have to be a permanent elimination – school property taxes would have to be abolished. Folmer said the Senate would not be supporting implementing a sales tax on services. Without the drastic broadening of the sales tax, the state would have to find another way to make up the difference, and Folmer predicts it will come from an increase in income taxes – a 60 percent increase to a new tax rate of 5 percent. That increase would provide a significant benefit to older residents with limited incomes who are currently paying high property taxes, and for homeowning working families. However, a person earning $25,000 a year who rents would pay $500 more in income taxes while seeing no guarantee that his monthly rent costs would decrease. Eliminating property taxes for school districts with one of these bills “would force us to address the school funding formula and pensions,” Folmer said. Earlier this year, Folmer led a special

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Town Pizza restaurant and arrested her there, according to court records. Officers discovered Newman at the Giant, walking with an older woman who was pushing a cart – and when Newman walked away from her for a moment, the woman mouthed to police that she did not know the man, according to court records. Police arrested Newman in the parking lot. Dockery and Newman are charged with two felony counts each of conspiracy to commit forgery and

committee that studied the formula used to determine each school district’s basic education funding from the state. “We came up with a balanced approach,” Folmer said. Legislators have done nothing with the school funding formula bill and its new convoluted formula, which Folmer says creates balance by weighting districts for characteristics like a higher number of English language learners, high poverty rate or expanding enrollments. The state has also struggled to find a way out of its pension crisis, in which the state under-funded the State Employees Retirement System and the Public School Employees’ Retirement System until the two systems are now a combined $53 billion short. Legislators in the 1990s voted for increased benefits that were not covered by contributions to the system during the past 20 years. Legislators failed to reach a solution with either former Gov. Tom Corbett or Wolf. “We need to deal with pensions in the worst possible way,” Folmer said. “We need to start thinking long-term solutions.” Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com

misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit forgery using a counterfeit mark or stamp. Newman also faces additional charges of possession of marijuana and use or possession of drug paraphernalia. The pair were arraigned before District Judge Kenneth Lenker in Dauphin County Night Court and held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bond each. A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 3 before Judy.

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person seen in the video standing next to the car after the accident, according to court records. On Thursday, Nov. 5, police found Collins’ Audi covered by a tarp and parked in the lot of a church in North Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, according to court records. A search found that the entire exterior of the car had been wiped down and

that the windshield had been removed and placed in a cardboard box in the trunk, according to court records. Dried blood was found on the windshield, on the windshield frame, in the front driver’s side wheel well, on the windshield wiper blades and on glass fragments from the wiper cowl area of the car, according to court records. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com

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CURTAIN Jerseys of Middletown’s 11 seniors serve as a backdrop at the Blue Raiders’ banquet.

Final act of Raiders’season ends with awards, banquet

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Caleb Leggore, right, accepts the Degler Award from Press And Journal sportswriter Larry Etter.

Justin Shaver, right, accepts the Fager Award from Coach Brett Myers.

wo Middletown seniors won awards as the Blue Raiders ended a successful 2015 football season with a banquet hosted by its booster club on Sunday, Nov. 22 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. The banquet, sponsored by the Raider Club, included video highlights of the Raider’s 7-4 season and rare appearance in the District 3 playoffs. Middletown lost to East Pennsboro in the opening round of the Class AAA playoffs, 42-20 on Friday, Nov. 13. Justin Shaver received the Melvin Fager Sr. Memorial Award from Coach Brett Myers. The award, named for Fager, a former Middletown student, athlete and coach, is given to the senior who best displays leadership, hard work, dedication, committee and pride. The winner is chosen by the coaching staff. Caleb Leggore received the David H. Degler Award from Larry Etter, sportswriter and Raider beat reporter for the Press And Journal. The award is named for Degler, a Middletown football player who died of a heart attack on the practice field at the age of 17, and is given to a senior player who best displays leadership, character, desire and heart. The winner is chosen by a committee specifically created to present the award. The Raiders’ 11 seniors – including its three team captains – were honored at the banquet. Seniors who played their final season are Shaver, Leggore, Ryan Divittore, Charles Euker, Mason Guckavan, Joey Keating, Canar Morrison, Nathan Orris, Mike Osayi, Jarred Rife and Tyler Whitfield. Shaver, Leggore and Osayi served as team captains.

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For 46 minutes of a 48-minute football game, Lower Dauphin was poised for an upset of the top-seeded team in the District 3 Class AAAA playoffs. Down by only a point, 14-13, to powerful Central Dauphin, as time wound down in the fourth quarter, the Falcons were still standing – amazingly, considering their foe’s huge offensive and defensive lines, their three interceptions and two fumbles, their blocked extra point that made the difference in the score. The Rams hung on, adding a late touchdown to win, 21-13, on Friday, Nov. 20 at George “Speed’’ Ebersole Stadium in Lower Paxton Twp., and the season ended for the Falcons – and, it turns out, for their coach. After the Please See FALCONS, Page B3

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t’s a tradition that turns Friday Night Lights on its genderspecific head. Senior and junior girls at Middletown Area High School staged their annual Powder Puff football game on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at War Memorial Field, battling in a flag football showdown while senior and junior boys served as cheerleaders – as well as coaches. The seniors beat the juniors, 32-18. Proceeds from the game benefitted the school’s cheerleading squad.

The 2015 Senior girls’ team

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Former LD grad Mizak named PSAC’s top rookie Aliza Mizak, a Lower Dauphin graduate who was Millersville University’s leading scorer in field hockey this season, was named Freshman of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Mizak scored 10 goals this fall for the Marauders, who finished the season as the conference’s runner-up and compiled an 18-2 record. Millersville lost to East Stroudsburg, 1-0, in the conference’s championship game on Nov. 8 in East Stroudsburg. Half of Mizak’s 10 goals were game-winners. She ranked first in scoring among rookies in Submitted photo the conference and third in Division II. Aliza Mizak Mizak is the fourth Marauder to win the award during the eight-year tenure of Coach Shelly Behrens. Mizak also was one of three Millersville players selected to the conference’s all-star team. Senior Lauren Gerhart and defender Taylor Parker were also selected to the all-stars’ first team.

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Penn State Harrisburg launches $6 million campaign for sports

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

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Rebecca Bailey (10), above, puts up a runner against Dickinson. Penn State Harrisburg’s Lucky Snypse (20), at right, drives for a layup against Dickinson.

Lions win Ramapo tournament Jasmine Yanich scored 14 points and Brittany Ulrich added 13 as Penn State Harrisburg beat SUNY Old Westbury, 74-57 to win the championship game of the Ramapo Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 21 in Mahwah, N.J. Ulrich was named the tournament’s most valuable player, and Yanich was named to the all-tournament team for the Lions (3-1), who beat host Ramapo the previous night to reach the title game. Kiara Carter and Lucky Snypse combined for 15 rebounds against Old Westbury (1-1). The Lions jumped to an early lead and never trailed Old Westbury. In their opening game of the tourna-

ment, the Lions broke open a close battle to beat Ramapo, 73-57 on Friday, Nov. 20. Janel Brown hit a 3-point shot that staked Penn State Harrisburg to a 19-12 lead in the second quarter. But the Roadrunners (1-3) scored six unanswered points to close the game to 1 point, 19-18. Two jumpers by Ulrich increased the Lions’s lead to 23-18, but Ramapo answered with five unanswered points to tie the game, 23-23, at halftime. The Lions opened the third quarter with baskets by Carter, Kaitlyn Carmo, Alexis Nolan and Katie Schwenk to take a 49-39 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Penn State Harrisburg’s lead ballooned to 17 points in the final quarter.

Dickinson 71 Lions 58

Dickinson jumped to a 21-12 lead after the first quarter and never looked back, winning the non-conference contest on Tuesday, Nov. 17 in Middletown. A 3-point basket by Nolan cut the Red Devils’ lead to 10 points early in the second half, and the Lions fought to within a basket during the half, but could not forge a tie. Carmo led Penn State Harrisburg with 12 points and 4 rebounds, while Nolan added 10 points and 5 rebounds and Yanich added 9 points and 6 rebounds.

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Lions turn back Albright, 59-47 For The Press And Journal Jazmon Harris scored 16 points and Jourdan Wilson added 11 as Penn State Harrisburg stormed to an early 13-point lead and held off Albright, 59-47 on Saturday, Nov. 21 in Middletown. The Lions (4-0) jumped to a 21-8 lead six minutes into the game, watched Albright creep within five points at halftime, then pulled away in the second half. Albright (1-3) pulled within 25-20 at the half. Arick Sodini scored 11 points for Penn State Harrisburg, while teammate Gbolahan Alliyu grabbed 11 rebounds. The Lions out-rebounded Albright, 39-25.

Lions 57 Haverford 54

Penn State Harrisburg stormed to a 16-2 lead in the first eight minutes of the game, then held on to beat Haverford (1-2) on Tuesday, Nov. 18 in Haverford. The Lions took a 33-21 lead at halftime, but the Black Squirrels rallied to take a 54-52 lead with about a minute left in the game. Sodini sank a clutch 3-point shot with 20 seconds left to give Penn State Harrisburg the 55-54 lead. Harris sank two free throws in the last 10 seconds to seal the victory. Harris, Wilson and Austin Chimuma combined to give the Lions a 16-2 lead before Haverford started its recovery. Harris led the Lions with 20 points – 16 in the first half – and 7 rebounds, while Wilson added 11 points and 2 rebounds.

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Penn State Harrisburg’s Arick Sodini, above, center, goes to the basket for two points against Albright.

Penn State Harrisburg’s Anthony Morgan (13), drives around an Albright defender.

Class A Semifinals York Catholic 21, Steelton-Highspire 14 BOYS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Scrimmages Saturday, Nov. 28 Lower Dauphin at Central Dauphin, noon Tuesday, Dec. 1 Elizabethtown at Middletown, 6 p.m. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Scrimmages Tuesday, Dec. 1 Middletown at Annville-Cleona, 6 p.m. Lower Dauphin at Milton Hershey, 4 p.m. COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN W L OVERALL Penn State Harrisburg 0 0 4-0 Salisbury 0 0 4-0 York 0 0 4-0 Christopher Newport 0 0 2-0 Mary Washington 0 0 2-2 Marymount 0 0 2-2

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Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg 59, Albright 47 Penn State Harrisburg 57, Haverford 54 This week’s games Sunday, Nov. 29 Penn State Harrisburg at Susquehanna, 4 p.m. WOMEN W L OVERALL Wesley 1 0 1-2 Christopher Newport 0 0 4-0 York 0 0 4-0 Mary Washington 0 0 3-0 Salisbury 0 0 3-0 Penn State Harrisburg 0 0 3-1 Marymount 0 0 3-1 St. Mary’s 0 0 2-1 Frostburg St. 0 0 1-3 Southern Virginia 0 1 0-2 Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg 73, Ramapo 57 Penn State Harrisburg 74, SUNY Old Westbury 57 Dickinson 71, Penn State Harrisburg 58

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game, Coach Rob Klock assembled his team on the field and told them he was resigning – a temporary retirement, he says – after 14 years as Lower Dauphin’s head coach. It was a decision Klock made with his family well before that moment. He wants time to watch his two sons play football in college – older son Trey currently plays for Georgia Tech, and younger son Tommy, the Falcons’ quarterback, will head to college next fall. The moment after the game, after a valiant effort that punctuated, and perhaps defined, the Falcons’ season, “just seemed like the right time,’’ Rob Klock said. After his sons graduate college, who knows? “Maybe I’ll resurface,’’ Rob Klock said after the game. “Maybe turn up as an assistant, and actually coach again rather than focus on logistics.’’ Rob Klock compiled a 101-57 record at Lower Dauphin, including a District 3 Class AAAA championship in 2013. The Falcons (9-3) nearly knocked off Central Dauphin (11-1) with a potent passing game borne out of necessity. The Rams have a big, talented defensive line, and winning by running the ball didn’t seem likely, Rob Klock said. “We knew we had to throw the ball, and we went after it,’’ he explained. Tommy Klock completed 20 of 30 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns, and frequent target Evan Morrill caught 10 passes for 129 yards and a touchdown. The Falcons grabbed an early 7-0 lead through the air midway through the first quarter on a Tommy Klock-to-Morrill touchdown pass from 15 yards out, and the battle was on. The Rams tied in early in the second quarter on a 2-yard touchdown run by AJ Perez, and the game was deadlocked 7-7 at halftime. Perez gave Central Dauphin a 14-7 lead early in the third quarter on a 5-yard touchdown pass, but the Falcons answered with another touchdown pass – a 4-yarder from Tommy Klock to George Hatalowich – just before the quarter ended. The Rams blocked Lower Dauphin’s extra-point attempt, and preserved their lead, 14-13. A Lower Dauphin fumble on the Falcons’ ensuing possession gave Central Dauphin a chance to widen its

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offered by a local developer – that was built before the 2015 fall soccer season began. Penn State Harrisburg’s original soccer field did not meet NCAA requirements, the university said. Penn State Harrisburg has “a few possibilities’’ for sites for the new fields, Carlton said, though no specific location has been picked. While wins and losses may be obvious benchmarks for success, studentathletes have received academic honors from national organizations, another sign that the university’s athletic department has been successful, according to Kulkarni. “These accomplishments illustrate the dedication and maturity that student-athletes learn by balancing athletic endeavors with academic pursuits,” Kulkarni said. “Penn State Harrisburg continues to grow into an ever more vibrant and comprehensive institution, providing students in the Capitol region with all the benefits of a first-class Penn State education,” he said. “To complement this growth, we are affirming our commitment to athletics as an integral part of today’s college experience.” Jim Lewis: 717-944-4628, or jimlewis@pressandjournal.com

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Standings for 11-25-15 FOOTBALL DISTRICT 3 PLAYOFFS Class AAAA Quarterfinals Central Dauphin 21, Lower Dauphin 13

Penn State Harrisburg will try to raise $6 million for new sports, a new soccer field and a multipurpose facility that would include a running track, the university announced on its Web site on Friday, Nov. 20. The campaign will focus on raising money for a synthetic-turf soccer field that will meet NCAA requirements and provide bleacher seating for more than 1,000 spectators, and a multipurpose facility that will include an eight-lane running track and a natural grass field, the university said. It also would allow Penn State Harrisburg to add several new sports, and the university is considering the addition of field hockey and men’s and women’s lacrosse in the future, said Rahsaan Carlton, Penn State Harrisburg’s athletic director. The money would also fund the creation of additional athletic programs and staff positions in athletics, the university said. Field hockey would be a good fit for central Pennsylvania, where local high schools – particularly Lower Dauphin, which has won six state titles – are a hotbed for the sport. “We definitely would love to start a new field hockey program – field

hockey being such a huge sport in central Pennsylvania,’’ Carlton said. Penn State Harrisburg currently competes in the NCAA’s Division III as a member of the Capital Athletic Conference. The university has 16 varsity sports teams. The conference boasts several powerhouse lacrosse programs, and Penn State Harrisburg is the only school in the 10-team league that does not field men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. “It’s big in our league,’’ Carlton said. But “in order to have these sports, you need a turf field,’’ he said. The conference does not sponsor football. “Adding new sports means giving more students the opportunities for fulfillment and personal growth that athletics provide,” said Chancellor Mukund Kulkarni. “It also means generating even more excitement in the larger Harrisburg area and building connections between the college and the surrounding community. Sports unite individuals and communities with a collective sense of pride.” The new soccer field and multipurpose facility would provide needed facilities for Penn State Harrisburg’s growing athletics program, the university said. Currently the men’s and women’s soccer teams are playing on a temporary field – on property

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lead. But even when Central Dauphin running back Raleigh Sirb, the game’s leading rusher with 97 yards on 22 carries, reached the end zone from 16 yards out with 1:45 left in the game, giving the Rams a 21-13 lead, the Falcons were still in the game. One last miscue – an interception – ended Lower Dauphin’s hopes for victory. Offensive tackle Daniel Beaver, a junior, was among the Falcon standouts in the game, and defensive lineman Chad Ray, a senior who played his final game for Lower Dauphin, was “a beast,’’ recording 13 tackles and two sacks, Rob Klock said. Tommy Klock threw well in a game in which he was called upon constantly to move the offense, Rob Klock said. “I thought he did well and put us in the position to possibly win,’’ the coach said. The Rams ran for 230 yards on 50 carries, but the Lower Dauphin defense did not break, Rob Klock said. “In all honesty, that team is going to get some yards – they have horses up front,’’ Rob Klock said. After the game, Rob Klock thanked

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Falcon defender Brent Spencer (11) forces a Central Dauphin fumble near the goal line. his seniors. They won 31 football games in their high school careers – more than any player in Lower Dauphin history – and “I think that is something to be proud of,’’ Rob Klock said. And he told them he was leaving. Temporarily, at least. “That was always the plan,’’ Rob Klock said. Then one final act before the night was over: a tweet thanking players, coaches and fans.

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NATALIA OLSON-URTECHO

A holiday where we can be luminously human

e can’t tell you how to celebrate your Thanksgiving holiday. It’s a personal thing, whether it’s with a turkey dinner or a vegan feast, a family get-together or a football binge in front of the TV. For some, it’s a symbol of the oppression of a native people. How you see it is how you see it. But whether you use Thanksgiving as a history lesson, a chance to reunite with relatives or a mission to grab discounted merchandise during Black Friday sales at local stores, we suggest you take the time to truly be thankful for the good things in life. Even in a world filled with too much ugliIn these times, where more is ness, there is beauty and hope. Even in a better, where there's not time world filled with too much animus, too much too little time to enjoy its splendor. to stop and simply count our stress, In these times, where more is better, where blessings for what we got, we there’s no time to stop and simply count our need to pause and blessings for what we got, we need to pause consider the gifts of life – family, friends, consider the gifts of life and nature, special moments, happy memories, – family, friends, nature, all things that have made our existence luspecial moments, happy minously human. We compromise nothing by stopping on memories, all things that have Thanksgiving and considering the good made our existence luminous- things. ly human. It was Abraham Lincoln who signed a presidential proclamation in 1863 that chose a uniform date for Thanksgiving in all of the states. In 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress that made the fourth Thursday of November the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s interesting that Roosevelt had tried to make that day the official holiday on his own two years earlier, hoping that celebrating Thanksgiving on that Thursday would give the country an economic boost. Now retail stores are fighting to lure us into their aisles and checkout lines on Thanksgiving Day itself. There’s been a backlash against those retailers who would force their employees to work on thanksgiving instead of celebrating it at home with family and friends. Whatever your stand, no matter where you are on Thanksgiving, we hope you take a moment to consider all of the beautiful things in our world, and in your life. Shopping sprees and the presidential pardoning of turkeys aside: It’s that personal act that makes Thanksgiving profoundly meaningful. Have a happy Thanksgiving.

READERS'VIEWS

Don't panic and be thankful this Thanksgiving Editor, The day when most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving is upon us. It has become my favorite holiday. I’ve been thinking about it for weeks. Thanksgiving is not bogged down with the burdens that Christmas has seemed to accumulate and the stress that will soon get the better of me. I just love Thanksgiving. In two previous letters, I have encouraged you to look at Thanksgiving with a new perspective this year. The first letter encouraged you to be thankful for your past. The second encouraged you to be thankful for your present. In this letter, I want to encourage you to be thankful for your future. I’m hoping this letter will help you think in a new way. I’m thankful today because I have choices about my future. That’s powerful. Even if I can’t change my situation today, I can change my attitude about it. And, over time, I can change my situation if I’m patient and enduring. I can keep what I like and change what I don’t. This new way of thinking can open unlimited possibilities. What do we tell ourselves? I don’t like the way I feel because I eat too much of the wrong kinds of food, but not because I’m hungry. My house is cluttered because I have so many unfinished projects, not because I have nothing in it. I’m worn out because I’m involved in so much, not because I have no reason to get out of bed. I don’t have any friends, but I’m surrounded by people who would love to have a friend, too. I’m thankful for where I came from. I’m thankful for where I am. I don’t want to do more, I want to enjoy more. I don’t want more stuff, I want to really connect with the people who are all around me. This year, I can and I will. I am truly thankful for that opportunity. So if you’re fortunate to sit still for a few minutes this Thanksgiving, quietly thank God for your past, your present and your future. Before the craziness of Christmas starts, be truly and completely thankful. You may never look at Thanksgiving the same way. George Thompson Lower Swatara Twp.

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"It is a scary time and people are afraid. I believe in helping fleeing refugees as long as our "ducks" are in a row. How do we do that? Very carefully. In Europe, masses of refugees were showing up at borders and fleeing into other countries. I can see that terrorists could have easily hid among the masses. America is more isolated. We can take our time and be more selective as to which refugees we accept.'' Sam Daniels

PAULHEISE

In the Democratic debate, optimism trumped attacks

n stage, Mexicans. The solution now is the tradifrom left to tional one, let them work hard at the dirty right, were jobs we don’t want to do and that their Bernie the Senator, kids in turn will be unwilling to do. Let Hillary Madame time make them citizens, the way every Secretary and Marother group has been “naturalized.” tin the Governor. The dominant issue was Sanders’ issue: In the most recent great wealth, especially as it relates to Democratic presidential debate, Bernie the too-big-to-fail banks, stagnant wages came to problems with full-bore solutions and the consequent income inequality. – college should be free. Hillary hedged – Sanders is dragging it willy-nilly into the free community college. Martin called for public’s consciousness. debt-free college. It was the one area where Clinton felt That was the pattern: Whether it was vulnerable and she stumbled. She said college, the attack on Paris or the power that Sanders had “impugned my inof Wall Street, Bernie Sanders was out tegrity.” And she then claimed that her front leading a populist movement. Hillacceptance of large donations from the ary Clinton was trying to lead the Demobig banks was somehow related to 9/11. cratic Party establishment. And Martin Nobody bought it. Nobody doubts that O’Malley was from Baltimore. the millions of dollars from the banks All three had the smarts, looks and affects what she does. She just called atexperience to be president. They exuded tention to it. an American optimism, which could How to treat the wealthy also divides the nonetheless include candidates. Sandtough attacks on ers, the progressive, specific issues and would break up the actions. They went Whether it was college, the big banks and raise at the problem taxes. Clinton, attack on Paris or the power their rather than the perthe moderate, would son. Personal insults of Wall Street, Bernie Sanders eliminate tax breaks and angry accusawas out front leading a and loopholes (for tions were out of earning more populist movement in the those place among these than $250,000) but Democratic debate. would not raise top serious people. They disagreed Hillary Clinton was trying to tax rates. while respecting Sanders is the lead the Democratic Party voice one another. of a populist estbalishment. movement, the likes Still, if you don’t have a thick skin And Martin O'Mally was from of which have not and a sense of huseen in AmerBaltimore. been mor, don’t show up. ica for decades. Given the jihadi He is generating a attacks on Paris the political insurgency previous day, the debate opened with an that is forcing Clinton to respond to his acknowledgment of that immediate probtalking points. lem – whatever name, besides “terrorist,’’ The pundits and soothsayers have we decide to call them. It is a problem Clinton “winning” this round but mostly for which there is not yet a consensus because she handled herself smoothly. solution except that it does not call for a On the other hand, according to the social blanket condemnation of Islam. media, it was Sanders all the way. Sanders admitted that the U.S. had creBut politics is not the World Wrestling ated the instability. Former Secretary of Federation, though there are similarities. State Clinton went so far as to say it was Here someone has to win and claim the “not our problem.” O’Malley disagreed, considerable rewards where elections stating, “This actually is America’s fight.” matter. Time will tell. In any event, they did not The establishment still believes it will be double-time off to put American “boots Hillary Clinton – but Bernie Sanders has on the ground.” been full of surprises. Foreign affairs got serious attention but border security, with the building of Paul A. Heise, of Mount Gretna, is walls and the deportation of millions, a professor emeritus of economics at was accepted as yesterday’s Republican Lebanon Valley College, Annville, and a problem. For the Democrats, the problem former economist for the federal governsolved itself with the zero net flow of ment.

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Mom and Pop stores: the nation's backbone

t’s the one thing on which I think we can all agree: With the right support, small businesses have the power to propel local economies and

lift up communities. When we shop small – by spending our money at locally-owned small businesses within our neighborhoods and towns – we are helping create two out of three net new jobs and supporting more than half of the country’s private workforce. Across the nation we are already seeing advertisements and news stories about which major chain is or isn’t opening their doors on Black Friday, or even Thanksgiving Day! What you might not hear about, but should, are the mom and pop shops and the corner bakery which are competing with the big stores with seemingly bottomless marketing budgets. This holiday season, let’s recommit to keeping more of our hard-earned money local by supporting our neighborhood champions, America’s small businesses. Small Business Saturday is Saturday, Nov. 28 – a day to celebrate and support small businesses for all they contribute to our communities. It’s a day for us all to do our part to support those jobs and economic growth in your own backyard. Visit your Main Street merchants to find unique, handmade gifts that you won’t find at a bigbox retailer. Afterwards, dine small Main Street at your local businesses are restaurant to critical to our usher in the new tradition nation's success of supporting and local eateries, supporting them too. The restauduring Small Busirant industry ness employs Saturday is 14 million Americans supporting our and generates nation and $709.2 billion in sales, equal ourselves. to 4 percent of the gross domestic product. Many of these small businesses are also more eco-friendly as well since they often provide locally made or grown products, which reduces the ecological effects of long-distance shipping. As the mid-Atlantic regional administrator for the Small Business Administration (SBA), I’ve seen the impact small businesses make on our economy and our communities. For example, Talluto’s Authentic Italian Food, which has become a Philadelphia institution, turned to a SBA resource partner, Widener University Small Business Development Center, for technical assistance and capital via SBA lending partner DNB First Bank. Talluto’s now manufactures and markets nearly 90 varieties of pasta, sauces and other food products in its 50,000-square-foot, stateof-the-art facility in Folcroft, Delaware County, with 55 full time and four part time employees. Shopping small packs a big punch to the U.S. economy. An estimated 88 million consumers “Shop Small” on Small Business Saturday, while 77 percent of consumers said Small Business Saturday inspires them to “Shop Small” through the year and not just for the holidays. In addition, 66 percent of consumers state the main reason they support small businesses is because of their contributions to the community. Main Street businesses are critical to our nation’s success and supporting them during Small Business Saturday is supporting our nation and ourselves. To continue the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses, join me in shopping and dining small on Saturday, Nov. 28. While you’re out shopping, make sure to tell us about it on social media. You can use the hash tag #SmallBizSat to amplify your support. For more information, check out www. sba.gov/smallbusinesssaturday. Natalia Olson-Urtecho is the mid-Atlantic regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s office in King of Prussia, Montgomery County.

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JOHNPAYNE

The Capitol REPORT

Saving money on the Turnpike's dated call boxes A s a way to reduce expenses on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I joined my House colleagues in supporting House Bill 1335, legislation to address the maintenance of its callbox system and reduce costs where possible. More than 1,000 boxes were installed at every mile on the turnpike more than 20 years ago to assist stranded motorists. The call boxes served a useful purpose until the widespread use of cell phones and On-Star technology, which has led to a dramatic drop-off in usage of the call boxes. In 2000, the call boxes reported nearly 19,000 calls, declining to just 1,717 in 2012. According to published reports, the call box program costs $200,000 per year to operate, or $116 per call using 2012 numbers.

That same year, drivers made an estimated 190 million trips on the toll road. The legislation, which is now in the Senate, allows the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission flexibility in the system’s management or removal.

Property tax/rent rebate

As the end of the year quickly approaches, I would like to remind residents that the deadline to apply for the 2014 Property Tax/Rent Rebate program is Dec. 31. This program benefits eligible Pennsylvanians who are 65 years or older, widows and widowers 50 years or older and those 18 years or older with permanent disabilities. It is one of many initiatives supported by the Pennsylvania Lottery, which dedicates its proceeds to support

programs for older Pennsylvanians. Residents are reminded to provide all the necessary income, property tax or rental information required to process claims quickly and accurately. To check the status of an existing rebate application or obtain a Property Tax/Rent Rebate form, visit my Web site, RepPayne.com, visit a local outreach location such as a municipal building or library, or contact my Hershey office at 717534-1323. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Hummelstown, Derry Twp., Conewago Twp. and parts of Swatara Twp.

MERRILLMATTHEWS Let’s beat the Iranians at the oil export game T

hanks to President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran, yet another mischief-making country will soon be able to export more oil. Countries that need oil, including U.S. allies, may buy it, funneling billions of dollars into Iran. Were the U.S. able to provide those countries with an alternative source for crude oil, they might give Iran the cold shoulder rather than their cold cash. But the U.S. can’t, because federal law prohibits exporting crude oil. Before the U.S. and European Union imposed sanctions on it in 2012, Iran exported about 2.6 million barrels of crude oil daily. Exports dropped to about 1.4 million barrels a day after the sanctions, but a sanctions-free Iran would add another million barrels a day to that total. If Iran were the only mischiefmaker exporting oil, that would be one thing. But according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Russia exports about 4.8 million barrels daily and Venezuela another 1.4 million. And, of course, the Islamic State is selling oil to finance its reign of terror. But not the U.S., because of gasoline shortages in the 1970s. In response to long gas lines, Congress banned exporting U.S. crude oil. Like many of Congress’s knee-jerk responses, the export ban had no impact on those gas lines. Congress didn’t ban the export of gasoline, which cars can use, but crude oil, which they can’t. Eliminating the ban would allow U.S. producers to sell oil elsewhere if it made economic sense. For example, crude oil has to be refined. The problem is that many U.S. refineries are set up to handle a heavier grade of crude oil than the sweet light crude coming from most of the newly-produced shale oil deposits. So selling that oil to

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a country with refineries set up to handle it might make more sense than shipping it across the country or waiting until a U.S. refinery can take it. And it would give other countries a more reliable source of crude oil. Venezuela’s economy has pushed the self-destruct button and it’s unknown how long it can meet any oil-export commitments. Russia’s oil and gas exports come with political strings attached. U.S. crude oil producers could increase production so countries that want to import U.S. oil can do so, undercutting mischief-makers that use their oil profits to expand their influence. Fortunately, the U.S. has taken steps toward allowing exports. The Obama administration has permitted the export of condensate, an ultra-light crude that takes little processing, and has approved limited crude oil exports to Mexico. But the White House is concerned that lifting the ban completely would raise gasoline prices –

although many economists and the Government Accountability Office dispute that claim. Regardless, a few-cents increase in gasoline costs is the least of our worries. Energy will be produced. The question is: Who will sell it to whom?Thanks to the president’s nuclear agreement with Iran, Iran will sell even more oil. The president should let the U.S. compete against Iranian exports, mitigating the country’s efforts to fund its political mischief. Congress may not consider Russian and Venezuelan oil exports worth challenging, but surely expanded Iranian exports are a problem. Fortunately, the U.S. has the resources and oil reserves to beat the Iranians at the export game – if only the White House will let us play. Merrill Matthews is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a think tank in Irving, Texas.

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• “I’m a bit repulsed by the person

who criticized the police for protecting an endangered bird, ‘stupid vulture.’ I’m sure you’re a wonderful family man and father, too. Seems a tad personal. Thanks to the officers or detectives that obviously care and respect all life. The person that condemned you all is probably very depressed, angry and pathetic. Keep doing what you do!”

• “Fake overly macho guys crack

me up. It’s like they live their lives in a fake act. Seems like it would be exhausting to walk around all day pretending to be real macho and a man’s man. Like a daily performance. This behavior is usually brought on by a true insecurity of one’s self and manhood and it compensates for who they really are. Relax a bit, you’re OK and you’re a man based on how you live your life not how manly you pretend to be. You might as well wear a costume.”

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pen in the blink of an eye for police officers and they can learn in an instant if they will make the right split second decision or not. So guess what people, don’t be stupid enough to put yourself in a position to be on the other end of finding out if the cop you are running from or refusing to listen to is going to be one who makes the right decision, you might just lose your life. Stop means stop, and we all have the same laws we must abide by. Don’t be a fool and run from the police like some crazed animal, act like a human and do what you are told to do, and everybody goes home safe, unless you are heading to jail for a crime ‘you’ committed.”

• “To the person who wrote the

sembly was amazing! The students were so well behaved and respectful and the guests felt very honored. The program is the most well done I’ve attended and had the most veterans present I’ve seen at a Veterans Day program. Thank you so much for appreciating all of us. Sincerely, Angela Grabuloff, MAHS Class of 1993, USAF, VFW.”

long, long post about Officer Mearkle: You made some great points about police, seriously I mean that, but you went sideways and ridiculous with your comparison of grandmothers and 8-year-olds being shot by police. These are not the same as a 58-year-old man with a lengthy criminal history including the death of a man who wasn’t too old and defenseless to jump out of a vehicle and sprint from the police. Had you not exaggerated and made such ridiculous comparisons I would have applauded your Sound Off. Because I agree police officers are professionals and should always do their job in such a way. Bullies are the worst people to have a badge, I agree, but you just got so silly with your comparisons. You were so close to making a solid intelligent Sound Off, too. Sorry, better luck next time.”

• “In your Editor Viewpoints, I was

• “The people of Hummelstown

• “The person who wants Lower

Swatara to withdraw from MASD and join with LD or Derry, you sound like quite the snob.”

• “The MAMS Veterans Day as-

Dear Editor ...

taken aback by the consideration for the 15-year-old who sent the threat of a shooting at school! Really! The policy and practice is expulsion, immediate detention at juvenile facility and individual made known to public period with sealed court records! I shall be watching this incident closely! I do not care who this boy is or who his family is, the penalties shall be consistent with similar-situated actions! We are watching!”

• “What many people don’t realize is a minor traffic violation such as an expired inspection becomes a Misdemeanor 2 crime when the driver runs from police, it is called Fleeing and Eluding the police.”

• “Word to the Wise: No police

officer truly knows what they will do in any given situation, despite experience or training, things hap-

should decided whether or not to keep Mearkle on their police force, not some stupid petition drawn up by the liberal, bleeding heart idiots at the ACLU who seek signatures from everywhere but Hummelstown. Tell the local ACLU to keep their pathetic opinions out of Hummelstown. Don’t they have enough to do by helping Wolf bring in future terrorist from Syria?”

• “So tired of hearing that David

Kassick was shot and killed because he had an expired inspection sticker. He was chased because he ran from a routine traffic stop and Officer Mearkle, not being a mind-reader, had no way of knowing what his intentions were toward her or anyone else. It is tragic that a man lost his life and I am very sorry for his family and loved ones. The justice system found her not guilty and, subsequently, she should be re-instated with full back pay and returned to her job. If the Hummelstown Police Department takes any other course of action, there will be a huge lawsuit and she will win. I hope, for everyone’s sake, they can agree on an out of court settlement. Because she was exonerated, she can move on from this, just not in Hummelstown.”

• “I don’t know what all this fuss is

over the Lower Swatara police detectives and this bird thing. I know Det. Appleby from an investigation recently. He is an excellent detective, so kind, compassionate and thorough in his job. He should be chosen as the ‘Officer of the Year.’ Heroes are few and far between, but we have some living in our community and we should appreciate that.”

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Church

Evangelical United Methodist Church

Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church

Middletown

Are you perplexed or perhaps distressed by the rapid change in moral standards of the present day? We at Calvary Church are committed to upholding the unchanging standards of the Word of God, which is revealed in the Bible. We are also committed to proclaiming the hope of salvation from the sin that results from the world’s changing moral standards, the hope found in faith in Jesus Christ alone. We invite you to join us each Sunday to hear more about this message of

free grace. Our services are at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. We are located at the corner of Spruce and Emaus streets here in Middletown. We have a fellowship meal following the 10:15 a.m. morning service on the first Sunday of every month, free to all who come. We also have Sunday school classes for all ages at 9 a.m., and a Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 p.m. We are now studying the Gospel of Luke. Feel free to contact us with questions at 944-5835.

Wesley United Methodist Church Middletown

As followers of Jesus, we are committed to “hands-on” ministry designed to care for those in need. We also desire to help people grow in their walk with Jesus through worship, prayer, study and service. We invite you to come and discover how you can be a part of this spiritual adventure to be all God has created us to be. Sunday Worship services are held at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Our early service is informal and features a Praise Band. Our later service follows a traditional pattern and includes all types of music. We encourage people to “come as you are.” We share Holy Communion on the first Sunday of every month. Our table is open to all who love Jesus and desire to walk in his ways. A Bible Study group meets each Sunday morning in the church parlor at 9:15 a.m.

Need prayer? Call or e-mail your prayer request to be included in this intercessory prayer ministry. Our Prayer Group meets Mondays at 6 p.m. Community Care Sunday is the first Sunday of each month. We collect personal hygiene items for neighbors who need them. Food Pantry Sunday is the third Sunday of each month. We collect non-perishable items in support of the Middletown Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Wyoming St., Royalton. Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank has free clothes in all sizes from infant to adult. For more information, call Shirley at 939-0256. Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine streets in Middletown. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@ comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. “Follow Jesus, Change the World. Seek. Serve. Send.”

First Church of God Middletown

First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at either 8 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (1st through 5th grade), Kindergarten (4-5 year olds), Nursery (infants through age 3), and Adult classes that offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Classes for special education are also available. Thursdays: 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study; 6 to 8 p.m., The Sunshiners meet for a time of Christian fellowship, teaching and worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged. They meet weekly through May. Wednesdays: Wednesday Night Live. Supper at 5:30 p.m., Classes at 6:30

p.m. Classes are: Adult Bible Study – “Better Weighs” There is a cost for the class; Ladies Bible Study, Women of the New Testament; “Painting with Donny” - Bring your own sketchbook and there is a cost toward paint and brushes; “Grow in His Word”; “Boundaries With Kids.” There are also classes for Youth, Children’s Classes Grades 3, 4 and 5, Grades 1 and 2, Kindergarten and Babysitting for Infants thru age 3. Sun., Nov. 29: 10:30 a.m., Hanging of the Greens Service. 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.

This is the day, which the Lord has made. Worship is our opportunity to be glad and rejoice in the Lord’s house on the Lord’s Day. We come as children of God, knowing that we are welcomed here where all are meant to be one in the Lord. Let us lay down our burdens and rejoice in the Lord for the Lord is good, the Source of love. Evangelical Church meets on the corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St., behind the Turkey Hill convenience store. The ministries scheduled at Evangelical United Methodist Church for November 25-December 1 are always open to everyone. Wed., Nov. 25: 6 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m.,

10 Spruce Street • 944-5835

Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am Evening Worship - 6 pm www.calvaryopc.com

Middletown

We are an independent body of believers offering God’s invitation for a new beginning to all who seek it. We exist to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all people through faith in Jesus Christ. We are a Safe Sanctuary congregation. Our church steeple bell tolls four times at the beginning of worship, One for the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit and you. New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church is provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., next to the Rescue Fire Company. Sunday School for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at back door. Youth Fellowship is from 5 to 7 p.m. For additional church information call 944-9595. Wednesdays: Craft Group, 1 p.m.; Choir rehearsals, 6:30 p.m.; Praise Band rehearsals, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays: Intercessory Prayer Group begins at 6 p.m. on Thursdays, followed by the Sanctuary being open from 6:15 to 6:50 p.m. for anyone to come and pray. The community is invited to stop and pray. Pastor Britt’s Bible study follows at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in these important areas of our church life. Sociable Seniors group meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. Blanket making is the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9 a.m. We clean the Middletown Food Bank the 3rd Saturday every other month. The Knitting Group meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Gra-

New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel

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Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am

Pastor BRITT STROHECKER Everyone Is Welcome!

Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church 329 Market Street, Middletown

Pastor C. VICTORIA BROWN, M.Div.

Church School - 10 am •Worship Service - 11 am

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

Open Door Bible Church

200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township)

Phone 939-5180 Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am Evening Worship - 6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm

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

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

BRAD GILBERT, Pastor www.ebenezerumc.net

Evangelical United Methodist Church Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am

Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322 Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 121 N. Spring Street, Middletown Church Office 717-944-4651

REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor

Sunday Worship - 8:15 am & 11 am Sunday Church School - 9:45 am - for all ages Saturday Worship - 5 pm - in the Chapel Worship Broadcast on 91.1 FM - 11 am We are a Reconciling in Christ Congregation

Seven Sorrows BVM Parish

First Church of God

280 North Race St., Middletown

REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor

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

235 W. High St., Middletown

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

Parish Office 944-3133

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

Geyers United Methodist Church

Wesley United Methodist Church

944-6426

REV. JIM DAWES, Pastor

1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown

64 Ann Street, Middletown

PASTOR STEVAN ATANASOFF

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

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

Senior Choir rehearsal. Sun., Nov. 29: 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, Recognition of our 50+ year members. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Deb Weaver, Dawn Pickel, Jamal Warren. Lay Liturgist: Dave Hart. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of Eva and Melvin Gruber presented by their family. This week’s bulletins are sponsored in honor of the 50+ members of our church. Great is thy faithfulness. Thanks be to God. Tues., Dec. 1: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry.

New Beginnings Church

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ham. Children’s Church leaders for November 29: Carol Helman, Becky Smith. Acolyte for November: Colin Graham. Ushers for November: Paula and John Bidoli, Mary Mulka and Earl Peters. The men’s group to inspire and empower men in their faith meets to fellowship and pray together, discussing topics of interest that deal with everyday living. Presently they are meeting every Thursday morning at 6 a.m. for prayer. Sunday evening the group meets at 7 p.m., in addition to Thursday morning for a study of “Kingdom Family.” No need to call ahead, just show up. Community men welcome, call Sam Rainal at 951-4866 for any questions. Meals on Wheels volunteers for the week of November 23: Carol Helman, Sue Durenleau, and Bobby and Earl Bright. 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.

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Middletown

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church is located at Spring and Union streets, (121 N. Spring St.), Middletown. We are a Reconciling In Christ Church. You are invited to join us for worship on Wednesday morning, Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Sunday worship times are 8:15 and 11 a.m. Sunday Church School for all ages is at 9:45 a.m. Our 11 a.m. worship service is broadcast live on WMSS 91.1. Wednesday morning service is at 10 a.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual traditional service and is 45 minutes in length. Please enter through the parking lot doors. The first Sunday of each month is Food Pantry Sunday. Middletown Area Interfaith Food Pantry will begin distributing Thanksgiving Bags to clients on Oct. 27. Four particular items are needed: 1) Mashed potatoes (boxed or bagged); 2) Turkey Stuffing Mix; 3) Canned Yams/Sweet Potatoes; 4) Turkeys; Turkeys are randomly distributed as they become available through November, due to storage and distribution issues. Items collected are taken to the Middletown Area Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Wyoming Street, Royalton. Individuals may also take items directly to the food pantry, which is open Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Church and Community Events: Wed., Nov. 25: No Homework Club;10 a.m., Holy Communion in Chapel; 7 p.m., Adult Choir. Sat., Nov. 28: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Christmas Bazaar. All are invited to our community bazaar, indoor yard sale, silent auction and food; 9 a.m., Hanging of the Greens; 5 p.m., Holy Communion. Sun., Nov. 29: 1st Sunday in Advent; 8:15 a.m. (T) Holy Communion; 9:45 a.m., Church School/Confirmation; 11 a.m., Holy Communion (C). Tues., Dec. 1: 3 to 5 p.m., Homework Club. Visit our website at www.stpetersmiddletown.org. Scripture for November 29: Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25:1-10; 1 Thess 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36.

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Sarah Ann Bowers Married Monroe Bixler Of Valley View

Sarah Ann Bauers/Bowers, first generation American born on May 7, 1876 in Tower City, Porter Twp., Schuylkill County, Pa. She was third born daughter of Joseph Bauer/Bower and Elizabeth Hand, my 2xgrt Uncle and Aunt. Sarah died October 31, 1955 in Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pa. at the age of 79, her body was interred after October 31,1955 in St. Andrews Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pa. Josef Baur/Joseph Bowers was born March 15, 1853 in Hailfingen, Schwarzwald, Wuerttemberg, Germany, second born son of Frantz Xavier Bauer and Paulina Rebeman. His older brother Carl/Charles (1849-1906) my 2xgrt grandfather was 19 years old when he left to come to America in 1868 to find a place for the family to live. His father, Frantz Bauer was a stonemason killed in 1863 in a quarry accident. In 1870, there was war erupting in Germany when Paulina and four children ranging from 7 to 17 were granted permission to travel to Bremenhaven for America, April 1870. Paulina and the children left through Port Bremen on the steamship May 7, 1870 as Steerage passengers. The ship stopped at Southampton, England for three days and left on May 10th to New York City, arriving on Monday, May 23, 1870, they barely made it out when war broke out. Carl/Charles met them in New York to bring them to their new home in Sporting Hill, Rapho Twp., Lancaster County, Pa. Joseph and Carl/Charles worked, Herman was in school and Walburga and Mary Ann were helping Paulina to settle in. The 1880 census for Porter Twp., Schuylkill County, Pa. has Joseph and Herman living in Reiner City, Walburga married Frank Batdorf and Maria and Herman living with Joseph and Carl/Charles family moved to Tremont and the mother, Paulina remarried to John Tobias from Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pa. Joseph, Charles and Herman became U.S. citizens on the 19th September 1887 according to Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County. Joseph signed his name in German. Joseph married widow, Elizabeth Hand Klemens, daughter of Abraham Hand and Polly Brown. Her grandparents were Johann Hand (1767-1846) and Anna Margartha Zimmerman (1769-1858), daughter of Bernhardt Zimmerman, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War and substantial landowner in Pine Grove Twp. On June 24, 1893, Sarah Ann Bowers married Monroe Bixler, of Valley View, Hegins Twp. From this union they had 10 children: (1) Allen Ray (1894-1973) m. Mima Snyder (1894-1986); (2) Nora Agnes (1896-1976) m. Charles Henry Carl (1898-1963); (3) George Washington (1898-1976) m. Minnie Rothermal (1903-1989); (4) Gertrude Mae (1901-1914); (5) Irene May (1903-living) m. Millard S. Schwalm (1900-1944); (6) Ralph Robert (1906-1982) m. Eva Irene Klouser (1910-1988); (7) Guy Lester (1909-1983) m. Anna Irene Wiest; (8) Grace Della (1910-1983) m. Marline Miller (1910-1952); (9&10) Ruth and Rena (twins) Ruth Helen born Oct. 10, 1914 died April 9, 1934 and Rena Helen m. Paul Krise. Note: I have inherited many Baur/Bower family pictures that need to be identified. If anyone can help with a picture of Joseph Bowers and Elizabeth Hand, it would be a great help. I’m still looking for their marriage date, place and church name. Irene Bixler, wife of Millard Schwalm, deceased, celebrated her 100th birthday on June 10, 2003. About 75 family and friends gathered at the Friendly Nursing Home in Pitman, Pennsylvania for lunch on June 8, 2003. Everyone had a really great time. Irene Mae Bixler was born in Valley View June 10, 1903, to Monroe Bixler of Valley View and Sarah Annie Bowers of Muir. She was one of nine children born to the couple. At the time of Irene’s birth Monroe and Sarah were living at a house on Main Street in Valley View. The address today is 1018 West Main Street. The Bixler family moved when Irene was between 4 and 8 years old to a farm north of Sacramento, which has since been razed. When it was time fore Irene to attend school, she walked approximately a half-mile to a one-room schoolhouse. Irene had to learn the English language since all she knew was Pennsylvania Dutch. To this day Pennsylvania Dutch has never failed her. She still speaks it fluently, especially with others who can carry on a conversation with her. I know for one thing I have no idea what is being said when she starts speaking in her first language. I just smile and keep wondering. Irene attended school until the eighth grade, and then she helped her family on the farm. She also took it upon herself to get other odd jobs. When she was 12 years old, she cleaned for a family in Muir. One time Irene was paid with a drinking glass made of the Carnival Glass. She must have been very thankful for such a beautiful glass. Irene’s father Monroe was a farmer, and when the corn-husking season came around he had a “Corn- Husking Party.” At such parties other farmers and their families would gather and husk corn together. Monroe helped other farmers just as they helped him. It was at one of these parties where Irene met her sweetheart Millard Schwalm. Millard and Irene were married on November 20, 1920. Afterwards Millard bought the Will Shadle property, and the couple moved to that farm. It was located across the street from the Schwalm Homestead where Millard was raised. Millard also worked in the mines over in Williamstown, Dauphin County. The couple had three children: Vera (Schwalm) Kimmel, Clair Schwalm, and Dora Mae (Schwalm) Wagner. They were only married 24 years when Millard died from complications from a farming accident and miners asthma in 1944. Irene operated the farm at the Schwalm Homestead until 1960 when her daughter Vera and husband Mark Kimmel bought the farm. She lived at the Schwalm Homestead until November 2000 when she moved to live with her other daughter, Dora Mae, and husband Bill Wagner. She lived with Dora Mae and Bill until March 2001 when she moved into the Friendly Nursing Home in Pitman, Pa. There she resides and is doing very well. Her family does not just stop with her three children, but continues with grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even great-great grandchildren. Irene has a total of 11 grandchildren. Vera Kimmel has three children: Glenn Kimmel, Peggy Miller, and Carol Shuey. Clair Schwalm had five children: Claire Louise Nick (sic), Debbie Schwartz, Steve Schwalm, Kevin Schwalm, and Jodi Spotts. Dora Mae Wagner has three children: Daniel, David, and Dale Wagner. Irene has a total of 21 great-grandchildren. The following are Vera’s grandchildren: Ryan Kimmel, Jennifer Miller, Kelly, Sharon Shuey, Mark Shuey and Micheal Shuey. The following are Clair’s grandchildren: Lisa (Nicksic) Hann, Stacy (Nicksic) Miller, Brian Schwartz, Jill Schwartz, Ashton Schwalm, Sydney Spotts, Cadey Spotts. The following are Dora Mae’s grandchildren: Kyle, Ryan, Julie, Charissa, Benjamin, Ariel, Danelle, and Stephanie Wagner. Irene has a total of 8 great-great grandchildren. The following are Glenn’s grandchildren: Quinton, Nevin, and Shayanne Kimmel. The following are Claire Louise’s grandchildren: Logan Hann, Hailey Miller, and Trey Schwalm. Irene’s health overall has been fantastic. She has told us that she never once had a headache. Millard, on the other hand, would get such severe headaches that he would have to pull over and rest before continuing home from Reading, where Irene’s brother lived. Vera used to get bad headaches as well as her daughter Peggy and, on top of that, I get bad headaches as well. When I get my headaches, I joke and blame the Schwalm’s for them. It’s a wonder why Irene never got headaches. Maybe she never had time to think about what a headache was or the little bit of pain from a headache was so minor compared to other upsets in her life. We will always wonder why Irene never got a headache. My great-grandma Irene is an amazing woman and role model. When thinking about her the very first thought is, “what a strong woman.” At the age of 12 she was finding odd jobs to help support herself and family, lived through the ‘Great Depression, at age 41 she was a widow, her father died when her brother was fighting in WWII in France, and faced the challenge of running Millard’s farm up until 1960. Her faith in God, in herself, and in her family has helped her get through life.

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I’m looking for a family picture of my 2x-great Uncle Josef Bauer AKA Joseph Bowers’ first wife Elizabeth Klemens nee Hand (widow) and children mentioned in this article. Please contact me at pafamroots@msn.com.

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