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Lower Swatara in talks with Swatara for police services By Eric Wise

Press And Journal Staff

Lower Swatara Twp. has begun negotiations to farm out police services to neighboring Swatara Twp., officials from both townships confirmed. Ed Troxell, president of Swatara Twp.’s Board of Commissioners, said he is aware that Swatara, through Police Chief Jason Umberger, has begun discussions to provide services to Lower Swatara. “They are probably very preliminary,” Troxell said. “We’re continuing to work on it in the background.” Lower Swatara Commissioner Nick DiFrancesco, whose term on Lower Swatara’s Board of Commissioners expires at the end of 2015, confirmed the talks. “I reached out to Swatara to see if they would take on another municipality,” he said. “Swatara Twp. is a very professional police department with a great reputation.’’ Lower Swatara’s commissioners appointed DiFrancesco as their a liaison to regionalization of the police force during a meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 16. DiFrancesco served on a Dauphin County task force that explored police regionalization options.

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When the commissioners appointed DiFrancesco to serve as liaison, he did not mention talks with Swatara Twp. “The process has not begun,” he said on Dec. 16, suggesting that for any type of regionalization, “the public needs to know what is going on.” Added Tom Mehaffie, president of the Lower Swatara commissioners, “Things are starting to happen, at least from the county perspective.” The Dauphin County commissioners did vote to use county money to pay for the regionalization study, but upon its completion and announcement this fall, county officials left it up to municipalities to consider whether moving forward was appropriate. Since police departments (or the lack of a local police department) are controlled by municipalities, the county commissioners have no authority to force any borough, township or city into merging their police forces. The county study presented several options for police regionalization, including some that included a merger of police departments in southern Dauphin County. Nick DiFrancesco Troxell said that police mergers, in which municipalities form joint departments, L o w e r S w a t a r a Tw p . create questions of how borough councilors, township supervisors and township commissioner “reached out’’ commissioners would ultimately control a regional force. to Swatara Twp. to discuss Please See POLICE, Page A6 police services.

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NEWS Londonderry approves budget with no tax hike

By Dan Miller

Press And Journal Staff

Middletown Borough Council accepted the resignation of Borough Manager Tim Konek, Public Works Superintendent Lester Lanman and Borough Secretary Amy Friday on Wednesday, Dec. 23, a management shake-up in anticipation of a new council majority taking charge in January. Council also acted to formally accept the resignation of former code enforcement officer Jeff Miller, who had resigned effective Dec. 4. Konek presented the recommendations of himself and the others to the council during a closed-door executive session, a session that Konek had requested shortly after the start of the meeting. Konek and Friday are both still employed with the borough until Jan. 23, but Konek said both he and Friday would be taking vacation and no

Penn State Harrisburg class studies town’s needs

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Officer charged in Pine Street incident

A Middletown police officer was charged with summary disorderly conduct and public drunkenness following an incident on Thursday, Dec. 24 on Pine Street, authorities said. The charges were filed against Sgt. James Bennett following the early-morning incident in the 100 block of Pine St., Ed Marsico, Dauphin County District Attorney, said on Monday, Dec. 28. Bennett is suspended with pay “pending further notice,’’ said Middletown Police Chief John Bey. Bennett had been attending a party on Pine Street on Christmas Eve day when he became disorderly on the sidewalk outside a home, according to a release from Marsico’s office. Other off-duty Middletown police officers were involved in the incident, acting borough manager Chris Courogen said on Dec. 24. No other officers have been suspended in connection with the incident, Bey said. The District Attorney’s office took over the investigation and filed the charges. Middletown Mayor James Curry III has asked the police department to also conduct an internal affairs investigation of its own.

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Penn State Harrisburg students Naseem Zomorodi, left, and Mario Soliman pose with their research project on life in Middletown.

By Dan Miller

Press And Journal Staff

or all the talk of Middletown becoming a college town, many borough residents probably think that the level of interest that the average Penn State Harrisburg student has in the town is limited to knowing where to buy pizza, groceries and beer. Those residents might be surprised to learn that some of the university’s brightest and best students have been burning the midnight hours in recent weeks studying the borough, and trying to come up with ways to make the town better. Improved streetlights, a bike route, more stores and a strategy to better promote and market the town’s prized historic assets – these are among the ideas and presentations that a group of Penn State Harrisburg students came up with and developed as part of a special class offered through the college’s Honors Program. Each student had the assignment of coming up with a project intended to improve life in Middletown, especially as it Please See PENN STATE, Page A6

THESE SANTAS WEAR A BADGE Police deliver gifts to two needy families By Dan Miller

Press And Journal Staff

hen police come knocking on your door, it’s usually bad news. But for two needy families – one in Middletown and one in Royalton – it was very good news indeed when Middletown Police Chief John Bey and his fellow officers came a-knocking this holiday season. Bey and his officers came bearing gifts – trash bags full of them – for the children of Ronald and Kelly Sherrick on Ulrich Street in Royalton and the children of another family on Pine Street in Middletown. For the Sherricks, 2015 has been a rough year, Kelly Sherrick said. Ron was laid off from his job as a truck driver in Mechanicsburg in June. Kelly was working for a temp agency, but lost her job after a week when she was diagnosed with vertigo, she said. She has since gotten another job. The Sherricks were living on savings to pay the rent and everything else when more bad news came in August: Their landlady died, all her property and everything she owned was auctioned, and the Sherricks had to move out of their apartment in York with their three kids – RJ, 15; Ryan, 13; and 11-year old Megan. The family moved in with Kelly’s mom in Royalton. Please See GIFTS, Page A6

A barber moves his shop to Middletown. Please see page A5

Londonderry Twp. supervisors voted 4-0 on Monday, Dec. 28 to approve a $2.8 million budget with no tax increase for 2016. The budget includes about $180,000 in legal and engineering fees, an increase in those costs from 2015. The township had to absorb the costs of complying with federal mandates on its flood-prone properties, including the islands in the Susquehanna River, to avoid losing flood insurance for all property owners in the township. Township Manager Steve Letavic anticipates the township will have additional costs and a loss of revenue when the townshipowned Sunset Golf Course is completely revamped following the removal of hundreds of trees to allow a safe flight path for the nearby airport. The Federal Aviation Administration will cover some of those costs, but Letavic has not released projections yet of the township’s burden.

Board moves to create a funding foundation for Middletown schools

Afif “Manny” Rosli gives his presentation on using technology to improve public transportation in Middletown

Council vacancy to go to court By Dan Miller

Press And Journal Staff

More than three months since former the resignation submitted by former Middletown Borough Council member Vicki Malone, the borough will have to petition Dauphin County Court to fill the vacant council seat, Council President Chris McNamara confirmed. The amount of time council and its Vacancy Board had to fill the seat on their own under the state borough code has run out, McNamara said during council’s meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 23. McNamara said the delay in council action was in part due to lack of a quorum at some council meetings and council’s expectation of a report from its administration and personnel committee regarding the application that the borough had received to fill Malone’s seat. Edward Shull Jr., a business owner who lives in the 500 block of Highland Avenue, was the only applicant for the vacancy. Newly-appointed Acting Borough Manager Chris Courogen will work with the Vacancy Board which comprises council and resident Russ Bechtel, to file the petition with the court, McNamara said. Malone, a Democrat who represented the Third Ward, tendered her resignation in mid-September via a letter e-mailed to council. Council acted to formally accept her resignation on Nov. 9, and at that time also sought applicants to fill the seat. Shull was the only person who applied. However, McNamara said that research done by former Borough Secretary Amy Friday – she resigned on Wednesday, Dec. 23 before a new majority could take control in January – found that Shull was not registered to vote in Dauphin County when he applied for the seat. As a result, his application was deemed ineligible, McNamara said. Shull was registered to vote in Potter County in 2007, but he was purged from that county’s voting rolls in 2012 after he had failed to vote for five years, according to the information Friday had gathered, McNamara said. Please See VACANCY, Page A6

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The Middletown Area School Board is moving toward creating a foundation that would give the Middletown Area School District an alternative to using tax dollars to support school programs. The board voted unanimously on Monday, Dec. 21 to form an ad hoc steering committee toward establishing such a foundation. Board member Linda Mehaffie will chair the committee and Mike Corradi will serve as vice-chair. Other committee members include board President Newton Davis and board members Melvin Fager and Chris Lupp.

School board names new committees The Middletown Area School Board has named its committee assignments for 2016, as follows: •Academic Affairs: David John (chairman), Linda Mehaffie (vicechair), Mike Corradi and Newton Davis. • Personnel: Chris Lupp (chairman), Jennifer Scott (vice-chair), Terry Gilman and John. • Finance: Gilman (chairman), Davis (vice-chair) and Lupp. • Athletics & Activities: Melvin Fager (chairman), Corradi (vicechair), Michael Richards and Scott. • Operations: Richards (chairman), Gilman (vice-chair), Fager and Mehaffie. The board also tapped Fager and Scott as representatives to the Olmsted Regional Recreation Board.

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23 Years Ago From The Middletown Journal Files

From The Wednesday, December 30, 1992 Edition Of The Press And Journal 350 Jobs Appear Doomed If Buyer For Steelton’s Trackwork Facility Isn’t Found Bethlehem Steel Corporation officials confirmed this week that their Steelton trackwork facility could close down permanently within the next several weeks if a buyer does not step forward to purchase the plant immediately. Company officials announced December 26 that the much-publicized sale of the trackwork facility to Conley Frog & Switch of Memphis, Tennessee had failed because the two entities were unable to reach a settlement during negotiations. The proposed purchase agreement, which was originally supposed to be completed by November 30, was extended to Christmas Day to no avail, officials said. Bethlehem’s Corporate Communication Manager Henry Von Spreckelsen acknowledged early Tuesday that the

company “still intends to divest itself” of the Steelton trackwork facility, and that current manufacturing orders at the plant could be filled within a few weeks. “It is our intent to honor our customers’ needs,” Spreckelsen said. “How far that takes us into the new year, we just don’t know.” The result, according to Steelworkers Local 1688 Vice President Greg Bowers, is that 350 workers employed at the facility, including 200 who are currently laid off, could find themselves out of a job when the existing orders are completed. Bowers further noted that the sales talks had died because of a variety of reasons, including Conley’s inability to obtain financing and its patent refusal to “deal” over labor issues. Fire Co. Funding Doubted Although most Mt. Joy Township residents seem pleased that the Township Board voted at its December 21 meeting to cut a proposed two-mill tax increase in half, there was still considerable confusion about the Board’s

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decision to retain the one-mill levy to fund the township’s annual contributions to area fire companies. In voting, 2-1, to slice the proposed increase in real estate taxes in half, the Township Board indicated it would split the $50,000, which the remaining one-mill will generate among the five fire companies serving the Township and its citizens. The problem seems to stem from the fact that the Board has proposed that the new revenues will be distributed in accordance with a formula that has been developed by the Township. Under the funding equation adopted earlier this month, the Rheems and Elizabethtown fire companies would each receive 35 percent of the revenues produced by the new tax. The remaining 30 percent would be shared by the Mastersonville Fire Co. (10 percent), the Florin Fire Co. (15 percent), and Mt. Joy Fire Co. (5 percent). Those fire companies would also share, reportedly on the same basis, another $4,500 to $5,000 generated annually by a special 15 percent levy on the building permit fees collected each year by the Township. However for the coming year the Township will continue its present funding in accordance with an agreement the Township reached with the fire companies in 1988. That agreement stipulated that the Rheems Fire Company would receive an annual contribution of $27,100, the Elizabethtown Fire Department would get $12,100, and the Florin, Mastersonville and Mt. Joy companies would share about $3,300. That arrangement will continue during 1993, say officials, but at the end of next year the contribution formula reportedly will go into effect. That will substantially reduce the Township’s annual contribution to Rheems Fire Company by slightly more than $8,000 and will raise its contribution to the Elizabethtown Department by a similar amount. Falmouth Planning Goat Lowering For New Year Practically everyone has heard of the annual New Year’s Eve lowering of the BiG Apple at midnight in New York City’s Times Square. But who’s

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heard of a “Lowering of the Goat?” Well, get ready, because it’s going to happen this year in Falmouth. It’s the brainstorm of Bonnie Kreiser, a member of the Falmouth Civic Association headed by Chuck Hower. Kreiser mourned the fact that the fun filled Falmouth Goat Races were held only once a year; it’s too long to wait in between, she figured. While reading an article about the famed Big Apple, the idea struck her, why not a “Lowering of the Goat, (not a real one, of course) on New Year’s Eve? The idea sounded logical to former state representative Ken Brandt, also a member of the Civic Association. As Brandt explained, 1993 is the “Year of the Goat” according to the Chinese Chung Dynasty. “We want to make people aware of how important 1993 is,” he added. Falmouth residents are taking this philosophy one step further by renaming the New Year as 1493 to honor the 14th annual goat races planned for next October. Still, the fun might not be limited to only the “Year of the Goat. Brandt hinted that if this year’s festivities are a success, there could be more lowering of the goat. “I can tell you that the goat will be different,” Brandt enthused. “It’s going to be of tremendous size.” One might ask, how on earth would one make a goat to lower from the top of a huge pole overlooking a village? Well, leave that to Association member David Gerber and his crew of craftsmen to figure out. The crew includes Robert Brenner, Robert Brandt, Bob Strickland, and anyone who dropped by the new Village Store with ideas,” Brandt said. Prices From 23 Years Ago Hatfield Pork Roast........... $1.99/lb. White Potatoes 10 lb...................99¢ Promise Margarine 16 oz............99¢ Hi-C Drinks 9 pack..................$1.99 McCain French Fries 32 oz. pkg................................ 2/$3 Sunshine Hydrox Cookies 16 oz. pkg...............................$1.99 Del Monte Bananas................... 4/$1 Swiss Cheese...................... $2.99/lb. Bulk in Shell Walnuts........... 99¢/lb. Bi-Rite Pretzels 16 oz.................69¢ Benco Beans 16 oz.................... 2/$1

23 YERAS AGO - Convincing Win – Fourth victory for the Blue Raider boys was an easy 57-35 Romp over Hershey Trojans. Pictured is Dave Grabuloff who ripped the Hershey defense for all of Middletown’s 15 firstperiod points.

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Middletown Borough Council voted 5-0 on Wednesday, Dec. 23 to hire Steven Stine, a lawyer from Hummelstown, as special legal counsel to advise the borough on a proposed amendment to the town’s 50-year lease of its water and sewer systems to Suez (formerly United Water). Council on Nov. 9 had directed that its solicitor, McNees Wallace & Nurick, draft an amendment to the lease that would call for continuation of the existence of the Middletown Borough Authority, and that annual payments from Suez that are provided for under the lease go to the authority instead of the borough. However, McNees Wallace & Nurick has since told council that it has a conflict that will prevent it from representing the borough when it comes to the lease amendment. The proposed amendment is controversial, mostly because it would mean that the annual payments starting in 2016 of up to $725,000 a year would not be available to the general fund because this money would go to the authority. Under terms of the lease with Suez that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, the authority was supposed to go out of existence by April. That did not happen, due to an apparently unforeseen complication involving borough groundwater wells possibly coming under the regulatory authority of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission if the authority was to go out of existence. That could potentially mean a default of the lease itself, in that the amount of water that could be drawn from the wells – and which would serve as a revenue source for Suez – would be less than what had been agreed to in the

lease, Council President Chris McNamara explained to council members. However, borough Solicitor Adam Santucci of McNees Wallace & Nurick, in a recent e-mail sent to council members, strongly urged council to find new legal counsel to provide advice before taking any action regarding the proposed amendment to the lease, which formally is referred to as a “concession.’’ Council had advertised an ordinance regarding the proposed lease amendment, for action during its Monday, Dec. 21 meeting. However, during a special council meeting on Dec. 16, McNamara sought approval from council to sign the lease amendment, pending approval by the other two parties to the lease – the Borough Authority and Middletown Water Joint Venture, which comprises Suez, an equity investment partner known as KKR and other lenders who are debt investors. But Mayor James H. Curry III and Councilor Ben Kapenstein vehemently objected at the time, contending that McNamara should recuse himself because he is a member of the authority as well, and noting the e-mail from McNees Wallace & Nurick about obtaining independent legal advice. McNamara failed in the effort when Kapenstein and two other councilors left the council table, leaving council without a quorum necessary to take action. During the Dec. 23 council meeting, McNamara strenuously objected to what he called “quite misleading” accounts in the Press And Journal regarding what he had tried to do during the Dec. 16 meeting. “It had nothing to do with the ordinance,” McNamara said. “I didn’t ask, nobody asked for the council

to approve anything, other than the authority to sign based upon the lawyers’ recommendation and it had to be amended. I was asking for signatory authority. It was the same motion” as the authority approved during its own meeting on Dec. 17. “not the ordinance,” he said. Council has yet to act on adopting the ordinance governing the proposed amendment, since the Dec. 21 meeting was canceled due to lack of a quorum. Stine was recommended as the special counsel based upon a search conducted by former Borough Manager Tim Konek. Stine has a background in municipal law, and represented Lower Paxton Twp. during a dispute with the City of Harrisburg over the city allegedly over-billing township residents for public water and sewer services, McNamara said. Stine has also served as a solicitor to several municipalities, said acting Borough Manager Chris Courogen. After the hiring of Stine, Konek would not provide any details regarding the agreement that the council had approved with Stine, such as how much he will be paid. Konek suggested that the Press And Journal submit a Right to Know request. Council voted 4-0 to appoint Council Vice President Robert Louer to the authority to replace John Patten, who resigned effective Dec. 7. Louer abstained from the vote. Louer will serve as council’s liaison to the authority. While McNamara’s term on the authority does not expire until 2017, his term on council ends Thursday, Dec. 31, as he was not reelected this year. Louer’s son, Robert Louer Jr., is also a member of the authority. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com

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Obituaries

She took 60 packages, cops say A 23-year-old Hummelstown woman was arrested by state police on Thursday, Dec. 17 for allegedly stealing more than 60 delivered packages from homes in the region. State police said they would not identify the woman “due to the ongoing investigation.’’ The woman took packages delivered by UPS and FEDEX from porches and mailboxes at homes in Derry Twp., South Hanover Twp., East Hanover Twp., West Hanover Twp., Harrisburg and Susquehanna Twp., state police said. They are attempting to identify owners of packages that have yet to be claimed, they said. An observant citizen in South Hanover saw the woman remove a package form his neighbor’s porch and called authorities with a description, state police said. Troopers responded to the South Hanover location and

arrested the woman there, state police said. State police are asking anyone who lives in the above-mentioned areas who recently expected a package that was not received and believe it may have been stolen to contact them at 717-671-7500 or their local police department. State police offer a few simple tips to keep your packages safe• Always require a signature on delivery. • Have packages sent to your place of employment (check with your employer to see if it is allowed) or to a family member or friend who can accept it for you during daytime hours. • Provide instructions to the shipping company on where packages can be left securely and out of sight. • Insure all packages.

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Column No. 829/December 30, 2015

Johann Friedrich Schollenberger From Germany To PA

Frederich Shollenberger, known also as Johann Friedrich Schollenberger was born on 18 March 1703 in Albig, Germany, son of Dietrich Schollenberger and Christine Messenkopf. The town of Albig is near Alzey, Mainz, and Essenheim, where the church book originated that contained the information concerning births. Frederich arrived in Philadelphia on 3 September 1742 aboard the ship “Loyal Judith” where Friedrich’s age listed as 40 years. The “Loyal Judith” sailed from Rotterdam, Holland via Cowes, England. Frederick’s sister Maria Magdalena Schollenberger traveled on the “Loyal Judith” with her husband Dietrich Hoppach, brother to Frederick’s wife Anna Katherina on 13 January 1747. Frederich obtained a land warrant (No. 178 Pa. Bureau of Land Records) for 100 acres in New Maxatawny Township, Philadelphia County, which subsequently became Albany Township, Berks County, and later Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa. The original property grew to 210 acres and lies in Klinesville, which is to the East of Lenhartsville, Berks County, Pa. The adjoining properties were owned by George Shellenberger, Gerrard Shollenberger, Simon Metzgar, G. Michael Rienhart, Daniel L. Kemp, and Ulrich Waggoner. He appeared in the Greenwich Township, Berks County tax lists 1756 and 1759. Frederick Shollenberger was naturalized in the province of Pennsylvania, Greenwich, Township, Berks County, Pa. (Pa. Archives, Series II, Vol. II, p 447). Friedrich’s death and burial information has not yet been confirmed, but it is believed he died and was buried after 1768 in Berks County, Pa. Friedrich lived and farmed in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa. Frederich married Ann Katherina Hoppach on 11 January 1729. She was the daughter of Jacob Hoppach and Christina ________. Anna Katherine was born on 29 March 1701 in Albig, Germany. Johann Dieter Schollenberger was born 24 September 1729 and died 20 July 1732 in Albig, Germany. Johann Gerhard Schollenberger was born 1 September 1731 and died 14 July 1732 in Albig, Germany. Johann Gerhard Schollenberger (2nd) was born 21 April 1733 and died 2 May 1777 in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa. His occupation was a farmer. He married Maria Christine Seifert, daughter of Peter Seifert and Susanna _______. Maria Christine was born in 1739 in Lynn Township, Northampton County, Pa. and died about 1787 in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa. Gerhard and Maria had nine children. Johann Heinrich Schollenberger, also known as Heinrich Shollenberger was born 30 January 1735, and died in Colebrookdale, Berks County, Pa. Heinrich is found on the Greenwich tax list of 1767-1768, and moved to Colebrookdale between 1776 and 1784. He was listed with Lorentz and Garret aka Gerhardt in the Naturalization of Foreign Protestants at Philadelphia, in the September/ October session of 1765, Berks County, Pa. Heinrich married Maria Eva Catherine________ in Ontelaunee Township Berks County, Pa., she died in New Berlinville, Berks County, Pa. They had two children. He is last found on the 1790 and 1800 census of Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pa., and died in 1785, presumably in Northumberland County, Pa. where he bought land in 1770, and moved is family. His occupation was a weaver. He married to Elizabeth Mertz (daughter of John/Jacob Martz and Margaret ____________ about 1763 in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, Pa. Ten children are recorded in this marriage. Elizabeth is said to have married to Michael Bleyler after Lorentz died, according to her burial record; she is shown to be the wife of L. Schollenberer, and wife to Michael Bleyler. Ann Elizabeth Schollenberger was born 14 August 1737 in Albig, Germany, a twin to Lorentz. Maria Magdalena Schollenberger was born 7 December 1739 in Albig, Germany. There is no further information regarding either Anna Elizabeth or Maria Magdalena. Jacob Schollenberger was born about 1743 in Berks County, Pa., and died August 18, 1778, Greenwich, Berks County, Pa. He married to Maria Eva Leiby (daughter of John Jacob Leiby Sr. and Dorothea Keller) in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa.; Maria Eva was born about 1750 and died in 1848 in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa. Jacob’s occupation was that of a farmer. They had five children: Catherine; John George; Anna Margaret; Christina; and Magdalena. They were baptized in the Dunkels Reformed Church.

Katherine F. Shollenberger Of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa.

Katherine (Kate) Schollenberger is a direct descendant of Frederick and Ann Catherine (Hoppoch) Shollenberger through their fifth child, Lorenz and Elizabeth Mertz. Lorentz’s first-born son, Jacob, J. was born about 1766 in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, Pa. and also died there. He married Magdalena Faust. Thomas Shollenberger (Katherine’s grandfather) was the fourth child of Jacob J. and Magdalena. He was born on June 24, 1804 in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County and married Susanna Staudt (1811-1899 of the same place) on 12 April 1829 in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, Pa. He was a farmer and a tailor. Thomas died 8 August 1859 in Windsor Township, Berks County, Pa. Thomas’s fifth child, Frederick S. Shollenberger was born 1840, Berks Co, Frederick and his brother Peter both had settled in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa. about 1868. Frederick and Elizabeth Snyder (1840-1903) Shollenberger. Frederick died on 5 October 1908 at Deer Lake, Schuylkill County. He was buried at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa. Their seventh child, Katherine, was born on 4 May 1870 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa. Kate, as she was called, married my 2xgreat-uncle George Zimmerman, son of Martin and Lucy (Trumb) Zimmerman. He was born 30 October 1866 in Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, Pa. was baptized at St. Peter Lutheran Church on 19 September 1867. George and Kate married on 4 January 1896 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa.

Shollenberger/Zimmerman Query

Is there any Shollenberger descendants that would have family picture of Frederick and Elizabeth Snyder Shollenberger of Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, Pa. and their daughter Katherine and husband George Zimmerman? Kate and George Zimmerman lived in Pine Grove, Tremont, and Reading. They’re buried in Berks County.

Luella Gift

Elizabeth Kane Elizabeth A. Kane (Libby), 69, of Middletown, passed away peacefully on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2015, surrounded by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents John and Mary Winters Dickinson, and sister JoAnn Elliot. Elizabeth is survived by her devoted husband of 48 years, Robert Edwin; daughter Mary E. Kane and her husband David Kaylor of Camp Hill; granddaughter Molly Kaylor; sister Jacqueline Miller of Middletown; brother-in-law Thomas Kane and his wife Mercedes of Bedford, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews. Libby was retired from the Pennsylvania Department of Banking. She was a member of Middletown Presbyterian Congregation. She enjoyed traveling, reading, playing bingo and crocheting. Libby was also a member of the former Guys and Dolls Club and the Seven Sorrows Travel Club. A tribute to her life will be held on Thursday, December 31, 2015, at 11 a.m. at the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 260 E. Main St., Middletown, with the Rev. Donald E. Potter, her pastor, officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project at www.wound-

edwarriorproject.org; Middletown Public Library, 20 N. Catherine St., Middletown, PA 17057; or the Humane Society of Harrisburg Area, 7790 Grayson Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17111. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.

She is survived by her daughter Laura Emerick and her husband Rev. James of York; her son Kenneth G. Mertz and his wife Shirley of Lititz; her grandchildren Jennifer, Jason, Leigh Anne, Kenneth, Savannah, and Autumn; and four great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2016 from 10 to11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 121 N. Spring St., Middletown, PA 17057, with a funeral service to begin at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Middletown Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be offered to St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Memorial Trust Fund. To offer the family condolences, please visit, www.HetrickBitner.com.

Jean Fullerton Jean H. Fullerton, 93, of York, formerly of Saginaw, Pa., entered into rest on Thursday, December 23, 2015 at the Wellspan York Hospital. Jean was born on January 2, 1922 in Donaldson, Pa. and was the daughter of the late James and Maude Hatter Dinger. She was a retired secretary at the Mechanicsburg Navy Depot. Jean was a former member of Community United Methodist Church, Saginaw, a member of Mt. Wolf VFW Women’s Auxiliary, East Berlin Senior Citizens, and AARF National Dover # 3876. She was a graduate of Donaldson High School Class of 1940. In addition to her parents, Jean was preceded in death by her husband Elmer Fullerton on December 8, 1979, and her daughter Diane Faircloth in March of 2005. She is survived by a son Mark R. Fullerton of Newport; a stepdaughter Margaret R. Matinchek (Fullerton) and husband Frank E. Matinchek of Middletown; three grandchildren Lisa Faircloth of Dallastown, Jay Faircloth of Dover, and Andrew Faircloth of

Tampa, Fla.; six great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held on Monday, January 4, 2015 at Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill, Pa. at 11:30 a.m. The family has entrusted the care of the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., Middletown, to handle the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.

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after he was arrested at 2:12 a.m. on Nov. 28 following a traffic stop on the Airport Connector, police said. He was driving a 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass that crossed the center line and fog lines in the road, police said. Laganella was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants, police said. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 3 before District Judge Michael Smith. Michelle Chiolo, 49, of the 100 block of Overview Dr., Hummelstown, was charged with DUIcontrolled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, police report. Chiolo’s 1987 Honda Accord struck a utility pole in the 1000 block of N. Union St. at 11:05 p.m. on Dec.

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7, police said. Emergency medical services were called but Chiolo refused treatment, police said. Chiolo was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, then to Harrisburg Hospital, police said. Chiolo’s car towed from the scene. A preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 3 before District Judge Michael Smith. Chad M. Billy, 39, of the first block of Davis Dr., Middletown, was charged with DUI-controlled substance (two counts), possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, police report. Billy was arrested at 12:38 a.m. on Dec. 6 after the 1999 Chevrolet S10 he was driving was stopped at Oberlin Road and Fulling Mill Road for a faulty headlight, police said. Billy was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants, police said.

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A BARBER NAMED “SHAKE” Former Steel-High basketball star opens shop in Middletown

Aretha Franklin coming out of the speakers. Cleckner started cutting hair while still a student at Steel-High, after his mother got him some clippers for Christmas. “I was putting numbers on the heads of the football players,” he said. “People in school would say, ‘Who cut your hair?’ and I said, ‘I cut my own.’ “ He kept cutting his and other people’s hair while he attended East Stroudsburg University on a basketball scholarship. After college, he signed up for barber school. Now 41, Cleckner has been making a living cutting hair ever since. Cleckner’s shop has that old-time feel. His barber chair and child seats were made in the early 1900s. Cleckner got them from a barber in Mount Union, Huntingdon County. “I always wondered how many hair cuts were given in this chair,” Cleckner said. “He was a barber for 67 years. When I went into his place, a haircut was $1.50 optional. If you wanted to pay him $1.50 you could. If you didn’t, he didn’t really care.” But as the name Faded Edge suggests, Cleckner is on top of all the current styles. If you don’t know the name of your style, you can just point to one of the many posters of haircuts that Cleckner has on the wall. He’s working to attract the Penn State Harrisburg crowd. But what about that nickname, Shake? It comes from the days when Cleckner was a basketball player for the Rollers in the early 1990s. “We had four or five Jeffs in our neighborhood. They nicknamed me ‘Shake and Bake’ and the name just stuck,” Cleckner said. “I figured if I put ‘Jeff’s Barber Shop’ not too many people would know which Jeff it was. It’s a good way to get people in the door.”

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Would you trust a barber nicknamed “Shake” to cut your hair? The image of a shaky razor blade or clipper aside, plenty of folks have been getting their hair cut by Jeff “Shake” Cleckner for plenty of years. A few months ago, Cleckner became one of the new faces in downtown Middletown in 2015 when he opened his Faded Edge barbershop at 115 E. Main St. Actually, Cleckner is no stranger to Middletown. He’s lived in the town for years, just a few blocks away from his new barbershop. Before he opened his Middletown shop, he had a barbershop on Front Street in Steelton. But there was always a current Press And Journal in the stack of newspapers and magazines that Cleckner kept on the table as reading material – for those Saturday mornings when the shop got crowded and customers had to wait. “About 80 percent of my clients were from Middletown,” Cleckner explained. “I got most of the baseball team, the football team, basketball…all the kids come in.” So when Cleckner saw the chance for a shop with a lot more space on Middletown’s main drag, it made perfect sense. A walk into Cleckner’s shop in Middletown, just like a walk into his old shop in Steelton, is a walk into a combination sports and soul music museum. There’s a framed picture on the wall of the 1991-92 SteeltonHighspire boy’s basketball team that won the state championship. Cleckner is number 30, a few less pounds and some more hair ago. And on a shelf is the basketball from the game in which Cleckner scored his 1,000th point in Hersheypark Arena on March 7, 1992. On the soul side, you can see the cover from the soundtrack album from the movie “Shaft,’’ and don’t be surprised to hear something like

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Jeff “Shake” Cleckner cuts a customer’s hair in his new Middletown barbershop.

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In contrast, farming out police services to another municipality with a larger police department may prove much easier and faster to implement. A merger that forms a new department also has increased startup costs, compared to two or more municipalities signing a contract for police services. Lower Swatara entered 2015 with nine full-time patrol officers and three patrol sergeants with two detectives, a school resource officer and a police chief. If Lower Swatara entered an agreement with Swatara, there would be cost-savings from using officers more efficiently, DiFrancesco said. “It would probably be two patrolmen on round-the-clock,” he said. Swatara’s police would create and patrol a new zone that includes the

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“It has been longer than we planned,” Kelly said. As the holiday season approached, Kelly wondered if someone out there would be willing to help her and her husband buy Christmas presents for their kids. Not knowing anyone here, or where to turn, she e-mailed the Middletown police department hoping someone could put her in touch with an agency that could help. The e-mail landed on Bey’s desk. Not more than half an hour later, Bey got a phone call from New Cumberland Police Chief Joseph Spadaccino, asking if Bey could deliver some Christmas presents to a family on Pine Street in Middletown. Bey said that Spadaccino told him the presents for the Pine Street family were provided through North Shore Friends, a nonprofit organization in Etters that helps children in need in York, Cumberland, Dauphin

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Swatara Twp. took over police services for Paxtang in January 2015 after months of negotiations. Paxtang’s two full-time officers were given an opportunity to join Swatara Twp.’s police department, and Paxtang Police Chief Ken Beard, who also served as the borough manager, was terminated by Paxtang Borough Council. If the Swatara police takeover occurred, the deal may include the potential of hiring Lower Swatara’s officers to Swatara Twp.’s police department, which would provide the Lower Swatara officers with a significant pay raise – Lower Swatara currently has one of the lowest-paid departments in the area. Swatara’s fees for its police services likely would be based on the wages it will pay two officers to provide

and Perry counties, according to the group’s Web site. Bey told Spadaccino he’d be glad to help, but also asked if the New Cumberland chief could put him in touch with North Shore Friends to see if the group could help the Sherricks in Royalton. Bey reached out to North Shore Friends, which acted quickly enough that when Spadaccino arrived with bags full of presents for

the Pine Street family, he had three bags more for the Sherricks. So Bey and other members of the Middletown police department went to see the Sherricks, armed with Christmas cheer. “She was almost in tears,” Bey said of Kelly Sherrick. “I was a little bit surprised that he e-mailed and called me,” Kelly said of Bey. “It was just really nice. I was basically almost in tears when

coverage in Lower Swatara, And Journal reported that the budget Swatara now patrols Paxtang 24-hour DiFrancesco said. anticipates 16 full-time police of-

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relates to bridging the “town and gown” divide. Each student was required to present his or her idea to other students in the class who were assigned to play the roles of members of Middletown Borough Council. Remaining students in the class were assigned to play the roles of the public and community members – such as a small business owner, a retired senior citizen, a corporate executive with a big business headquartered in Middletown, the parent of a school-aged child, and others. Adding to the realism, class in-

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14 square miles of Lower Swatara. If the officers needed assistance, Swatara could send officers from other zones. “Mutual aid would come from your fellow officers,” DiFrancesco said, adding that the familiarity of officers from the same department could make a situation smoother because they would have the same training and policies in place. “You would still know your police officers, they would just be managed by another municipality,” DiFrancesco said. Richard Brandt, chief of Lower Swatara’s police department, said there could be some downsides to contracting out police services. “People won’t see as many police officers in the township,” Brandt said. “If two officers are assigned to the township, they could often be pulled for Swatara incidents.”

structors – professors Robert Walker and Jennifer Lee Hirt – invited Chris Courogen, Middletown’s acting Borough Manager and director of communications, to participate in several of the class sessions. Courogen offered an inside view of how local government functions. He challenged the students on their assertions and conclusions and apprised them of the limitations they would face in trying to get their projects approved, and in some cases funded, by borough council. For example: Regarding one project to install sidewalks along Route 230 to make it safer for students to walk to Sheetz, Courogen noted that

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longer working for the borough on a daily basis. Konek said he and Friday would be available to assist with the transition to new management if asked. Lanman is on the borough payroll until Jan. 18 but, as with the others, is taking vacation time until his termination day. As the borough would have no day-today manager, council appointed communications director Chris Courogen to serve as acting borough manager “until the new council comes in,” as Council President Chris McNamara put it. Courogen had served as acting borough manager for a few months before Konek started in July 2012. Council also tapped as acting superintendent of public works Chris Burkholder, who was the assistant superintendent under Lanman. No one was identified to replace Friday. Council also approved year-end bonuses totaling about $22,000 for four members of management staff on

Konek’s recommendation. Council did not identify the four people receiving the bonuses. The bonuses are contingent upon each person signing what McNamara referred to as a “release of liability.” Council also approved a “separation” agreement with Konek and Friday based upon items that the two employees had requested, McNamara said. Details of the separation agreements were not provided to reporters. Konek was the only one of the four resigning management employees present at the meeting. He refused to comment afterward on his reason for resigning, although he hinted that he might release some kind of “statement” later on. However, Council Vice President Robert Louer suggested that Konek and the others are resigning because they know what might await them under a new council majority in January, based on Internet postings by critics of the current council. “It’s no secret (from) Facebook and people talking that they were going

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Despite the higher wages, the increased efficiency of police deployment would combine with reduced administrative and training costs to allow for savings. Based on the Paxtang arrangement, the savings arrive after the first year, which includes transition costs. Paxtang’s agreement with Swatara Twp. covers five years, 2015-2019.

Police staffing cut for 2016 Lower Swatara’s budget for 2016 includes $1.9 million for its police department, $109,000 less than the previous budget for a 5 percent drop. During 2015, Lower Swatara’s commissioners announced the retirement of one officer and the resignation of a second officer. The township’s budget narrative provided to the Press

ficers, no part-time officers and one part-time administrative assistant. This is the same level of staffing since 2013, although the department added one detective and removed one patrol officer during that time. However, the budget that ultimately was adopted by the commissioners allowed for hiring only one new officer to replace the two officers lost in 2015. Brandt said he is unsure if the commissioners will allow him to proceed with hiring the one new officer included in the 2016 budget. Brandt’s department also anticipates acquiring a new police cruiser in 2016, although Brandt said he is unsure when he will be given the authority to order the vehicle, if he is allowed to proceed. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com

he told me. It was like a little bit of a blessing. It’s so hard, especially for the older ones.” It took Bey a day or two longer to hook up with the Pine Street family, but he eventually did – in plenty of time for Christmas. The family could not be reached for comment. Bey said he and his officers were glad to help. Apparently, they like playing Santa Claus, and would like to make a habit of doing so in coming years.

“That’s part of what we do. That’s part of service, it’s one of our core duties,” Bey said. “Duty doesn’t always entail just arresting folks, it also entails taking care of folks. We are here in other capacities other than arresting people and quelling disturbances and things of that nature. “We’re here to help,’’ Bey said. “That’s what we do.” Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com

the time it would take to complete the work would be far longer in the real world than the student presenter had anticipated. This was an academic exercise, but the initiatives that the students proposed are grounded in real-world issues that in some cases have actually come before Middletown’s council. The borough in September put out a request for proposals to improve and make more energy-efficient streetlights in Middletown, remarkably similar to the presentation made by student Rohan Gaglani. “Your presentation is spot on,”

Courogen told Gaglani. Council approved a contract on Wednesday, Dec. 16 with a company to replace existing streetlight bulbs with more energy-efficient, light-emitting diode bulbs. Two of the Honors Program students, Mario A. Soliman and Naseem Zomorodi, also completed a separate class research project on “The Livability of Middletown,” that was presented in the form of a poster.

to lose their jobs as soon as the new council took over,” said Louer, who will remain on council in January. “It would be better for them to say, 'I resign the position' than to have 'I was fired' on their resume when they go for another job, so I think it’s prudent for them to do that.’ “But I really feel bad about this because the new council coming in is going to be handicapped tremendously,” Louer said. “They have enough on their plate to fight, and then to have staff that is going to have to be rebuilt – and the only one that we have to depend on right now is Mr. Courogen. It’s not fair to anybody and I really feel bad about it, but it is what it is and we’ve got to move forward.” McNamara praised each of the departing managers. He called Konek “probably one of the best borough

managers” he had seen in his 17 years of being involved in local government. “He’s level-headed, he extends a courtesy to everybody. I’ve never seen him lose his cool, I’ve never seen him disrespect anyone,” McNamara said of Konek. Konek was hired in July 2012 at a salary of $67,500 – about $10,000 less than what his predecessor had been making. Courogen’s salary will be raised to $67,500 during his time as acting borough manager. Lanman was paid $50,000 a year with no benefits. His starting date with the borough was not available. Friday, who started with the borough in early 2014, was making $32,500 a year with no benefits.

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Shull has subsequently registered to vote in Dauphin County, but he did so only after he had applied for the vacant seat, McNamara said. Moreover, Shull’s voter registration did not become effective in Dauphin County until Dec. 26, McNamara said. Shull was not at the Dec. 23 council meeting. An official from Dauphin County’s Office of Elections and Voter Registration confirmed for the Press And Journal on Monday, Dec. 28 that McNamara’s statement about Shull’s registration was correct. However, the official said that the county had received an application from Shull for registration on Nov.

6. That was three days before council voted to accept Malone’s resignation on Nov. 9, and before Shull would have applied for the seat, as the borough did not begin to accept applications until after council accepted Malone’s resignation. While the county received Shull’s application to register to vote on Nov. 6, the county was not able to process Shull’s application until Dec. 16, as the county had “a couple thousand” other applications that also needed processing, the official said. Shull’s status as a registered voter in Dauphin County was official as of Dec. 16, the official said. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com

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After slow start, Raiders rally, but fall to Camp Hill, 57-53 Mrakovich scores 21 in loss to Lions By Larry Etter

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The painfully slow start by the Middletown Blue Raider boys’ basketball team in a divisional contest on Tuesday, Dec. 22 within the confines of Camp Hill’s small gym gave Middletown fans an uneasy feeling. With their team down by a 19-6 count by the end of the first quarter, loyal fans at the game, including a contingent of graduates home for the Christmas break, were perhaps expecting the worst. But a steady turnaround that started at the beginning of the second stanza put the Raiders right back in contention and an entertaining battle ensued. Although the Middletown side lost its bid for a winning rally late in the game, Coach Chris Sattele’s charges showed a lot of heart before the Lions subdued them in a 57-53 Camp Hill win. That slow start, and more problems at the foul line, proved to be the differences between victory and defeat for the Raiders, who suffered their third straight loss. Taking advantage of offensive woes by the Raiders (4-3, 2-2 in the MidPenn Conference’s Capital Division) right at the outset of the game, the Lions (6-2, 3-1) took an early 5-0 lead. While suffering a series of missed shots and turnovers, the Raiders went scoreless until Ryan Hughes converted a Caleb Leggore assist into an ice-

breaking bucket at the 4:25 mark of the opening frame. Camp Hill’s 6-7 sophomore Zack Kuntz swatted away three Middletown shots in the early minutes and the Lions ran off seven straight points on their way to a 13-2 lead before Hughes scored again with 2:15 left. Brandon Harper scored off a Luke Mrakovich pass for Middletown’s only other points of the period. Camp Hill collected six more points in the final 1:06 to pad its advantage to19-6 and give the game the appearance of a blowout. But Middletown picked up its defense in the second stanza and cooled off the Lions as the game took a turn in the Raiders’ favor. After Camp Hill’s David Fetrow converted an early steal into two foul shots and a 21-6 lead, Mrakovich scored on a three-point play to get the Middletown offense started. The revived Raiders went on to outscore their hosts 10-4 during the remainder of the period to close the gap. A basket by Jordan Jeffries and three points from the foul line by Chris Plummer and Mrakovich completed a 5-0 run and pulled the Raiders to within six, 25-19, by the halftime break. Hughes put back a miss and Mrakovich drilled a triple following a Camp Hill turnover to start the second half as the Raiders cut the Lions’ lead to one Please See RAIDERS, Page B2

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Down by 17 points, the Middletown wrestling team staged a comeback to win its first match of the season, 39-34 over Susquehanna Twp. on Tuesday, Dec. 22 in Middletown. Trailing 29-12, the Blue Raiders (13, 1-2 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Keystone Division) won bouts in a variety of ways – by pin, decision, major decision, technical fall and forfeit – to take a 36-28 lead. The Indians (0-3, 0-3) lost a point for unsportsmanlike conduct during the Middletown rally. The Raiders had a few bright moments early in the match – Mike Osayi’s pin of Susquehanna Twp.’s Trevon Barstow at 285 pounds and Ethan Miller’s win by forfeit at 195 were Middletown’s only victories in the first seven bouts as the Indians rolled to the 29-12 lead. Please See NOT OUT, Page B3

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point. Even with Harper on the bench with his fourth foul in the first minute of the half, the Raiders kept even. After the Lions stretched their lead to 36-31 with 4:06 left in the third, the Raiders ripped off a 9-0 run to surge into the lead. Hughes started it with a goal following a missed dunk by Kuntz. A Camp Hill turnover led to a long trey by Mrakovich, Hughes made two free throws following another Lion turnover and Mrakovich scored from the corner following a Camp Hill miss to complete the streak that pushed the Raiders to a 40-36 edge. That was the good news. The bad news: Middletown’s ferocious defender, Tre Leach, fouled out of the game in the last minute. A score by sub Tyreer Mills gave the Raiders a 42-38 lead with 7:31 left in the game, but the Lions answered with a goal by Fetrow and a trey by Casey Caruso following a Middletown turnover as Camp Hill regained the lead, 43-42. Mrakovich’s jumper at 5:16 temporarily put the Middletown squad back in front, but back-to-back scores by Caruso, the second one coming off another Middletown miscue, and another by Darien Perez off a Raider miss lifted the home team to a 49-44 lead. Mrakovich’s third triple of the game broke the string and pulled the Blue

& Gold to within a bucket with 3:05 left on the clock. The Raiders then lost Harper to his fifth foul on a double infraction that also sent Camp Hill’s Mark Leach to the bench. Hughes answered two successful foul shots by the Lions with a driving layup that kept the Raiders to within a bucket, 51-49, with 2:44 left. But with excellent chances to retake the lead in their hands following Camp Hill misses, the Raiders missed the front ends of a pair of 1-and-1s and came away empty instead. With 1:40 left, however, Mrakovich converted a feed from Hughes into the tying points. Following an exchange of scoreless possessions, Camp Hill broke the deadlock with a bucket by Kuntz with 42 ticks left in the game. A Middletown turnover and two free throws by Mike Shuster with just under 30 seconds to play made it a 55-51 game and two more foul shots with :06 left following a pair of missed shots by the Raiders iced the win for the Lions. Hughes scored as time expired for the final points of the contest. Mrakovich registered a game high 21 points and Hughes ended with 16 in the loss. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com

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Londonderry man wins elk license lottery, bags bull By Eric Wise

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When elk season opened on Nov. 2, Marlin Goodling, one of only a few lucky hunters issued an elk hunting license by Pennsylvania in 2015, was ecstatic and more than ready to go. He set out in his state-assigned zone near Karthaus, Clearfield County, and harvested his prize at about 7 a.m., using one shot – a .300 Remington Magnum. Goodling was one of 20 Pennsylvania hunters to take a bull elk in 2015 out of the 21 who were issued licenses by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. His elk weighed about 649 pounds in life, or about 449 in field dressed weight. The elk’s rack has 13 points, or 7x6 for the number of points on each side. Goodling said the bull was a “fighter,” based on the battle damage to the rack. Bulls are aggressive during their annual rut or breeding season. Hopeful hunters pay $10.70 to enter the state’s annual elk license lottery in June and July each year. In August, the commission announced the 116 lottery winners from 27,592 applications during the Elk Expo. The drawing, in place since 2001, raised about $276,000 for the Pennsylvania Game Fund in 2015. Goodling found out he had won with a call from a game warden. “Man, that’s the hunt of a lifetime,” Goodling replied. “I have been waiting for this.” He had entered every year. Goodling said that he believes Pennsylvania’s herd is booming. The Game Commission estimated its size to be about 900 elk early in 2015, about 10 times more than in the early 1970s.

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Down by 19, Raiders rally, but fall to Lions The first half? Accolades. Mark Clarke, the Camp Hill girls’ basketball coach, gave his team glowing reviews after its 47-28 victory over Middletown on Wednesday, Dec. 23 in Middletown’s gym. The second half? Well… “Do we have to talk about the second half?’’ he asked jokingly after the game. On second thought, maybe he wasn’t joking. Camp Hill watched its 19-point halftime lead dwindle to four points in the third quarter, as the Blue Raiders furiously pressed the taller Lions, last season’s District 3 Class AA runnersup, into turnovers. A strategic timeout, called by Clarke about two minutes into the quarter after a 7-0 Middletown run, didn’t work – the Raiders added five more to the streak. A Lion basket with 30 seconds left in the third was the only Camp Hill field goal of the quarter, as Clarke’s team struggled with the frenetic Raiders. But Middletown, burdened with a short bench, seemed too tired to keep up the pace that rallied the Raiders back into the game. The Raiders seemed to heave bricks in the fourth quarter, and Camp Hill recovered its double-digit lead with an 8-0 run and held off Middletown for the victory. To Clarke, the game consisted of a wonderful first half and a psychological puzzle in the second. Camp Hill’s near-collapse in the third quarter is a reoccurrence of a season-long problem, he insisted: The Lions play a nice game in the first two quarters, then lose focus at intermission. “We struggle coming out of halftime for some reason,’’ Clarke said. “We are a step slow. We have to work on that.’ “You knew they (Middletown) were going to come out more determined and aggressive in the second half – again, we’re not as determined and focused as we should have been,’’ he said. To Middletown Coach Ron Stetler Jr., the first half was a parade of poor shot choices. The Raiders launched them from all over – and failed to rebound well against the bigger Lions. Often, Middletown was one-and-done on offense, as Camp Hill dominated the boards. “Not good,’’ was Stetler’s two-word assessment. But the second half? Well… “We showed our heart and our pride and made it a game,’’ Stetler said. In fact, when the Raiders pulled within four points in the third quarter, they were on the verge of victory. “We just couldn’t make a play to turn the

corner,” he lamented. Camp Hill (7-0, 4-0 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Capital Division) hoped to keep the Raiders off the boards, particularly the offensive boards, and denied Middletown (5-3, 2-2) any second chances throughout the first half. The Lions grabbed defensive rebounds and methodically turned a 10-6 lead after the first quarter into a 30-11 advantage at halftime. Maddie Thompson scored six of her 8 points in a 20-5 Camp Hill onslaught in the second quarter. Middletown broke up numerous Lion attempts to pass inside in the opening minutes of the third quarter. After a quick Ava Mrakovich jumper just seven seconds into the second half, the Raiders turned errant passes into points on free throws by leading scorer Ja’lynn Burton-Jones and Bianca Jasper, and a field goal underneath the basket by Makaila Nester that brought Middletown to within 30-18 with just 1:54 gone in the second half. Clarke’s timeout didn’t break Middletown’s run. A basket by Burton-Jones and a three-pointer by Jasper pulled the Raiders within 30-23 with 3:24 left in the third quarter. A free throw by Camp Hill’s Leah Springer, the game’s high scorer with 16 points, pushed the Lions’ lead to 31-23, but Burton-Jones scored on a rebound just 14 seconds later, and Jasper’s breakaway down court cut the Camp Hill lead to 31-27 with 45 seconds left in the third. Passion Bragg hit Camp Hill’s only field goal of the third quarter, with 30 seconds left in the stanza, to stop the Lions’ spiral toward defeat. “We were prepared,’’ Clarke said of Middletown’s quickness on defense. “We can’t really simulate it in practice, though.’’ Still, Springer led Camp Hill back to daylight in the fourth quarter, hitting field goals and free throws that restored the Lions’ big lead, 43-28 with 1:48 remaining in the game. Middletown didn’t score a point until BurtonJones’ free throw with 2:02 left, and by then the Lions had built their lead to 13 points. Burton-Jones led the Raiders with 13 points, while Jasper scored 9, Nester scored 4 and Mrakovich scored 2. “This is a good team to come back on and be in the hunt in the third quarter like we did,’’ Stetler said. “It’s a good learning experience. We have to learn to make that play at that particular time to turn the corner.’’

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Middletown’s Morgan Noon (40), above, left, puts back a rebound as Camp Hill’s Diamond Bragg (20) and Leah Springer (52) defend their basket. Middletown’s Ja’lynn Burton-Jones (11), left, center, fights through a Camp Hill’s defense to take a jump shot in the key.

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Nate Brady started the Middletown rally with a pin of Susquehanna Twp.’s Raja Hanafiah at 3:27 at 120 pounds to pull the Raiders within 11 points, 29-18. Middletown’s Logan Stoltzfus followed with a 22-4 technical fall over Susquehanna Twp.’s Philmon Haile at 126 pounds that brought the Raiders within six points, 29-23. The Raiders crept within two points, 29-27, on Devin

Martin’s 14-2 major decision win over Susquehanna Twp.’s Farhan Musrial at 132 pounds, then took the lead, 33-29, on Zac Souders’ forfeit win at 138 pounds. Middletown’s Corbin Stetler won a tense 8-6 decision over Mabrur Musrial in overtime at 145 pounds to push the Raiders ahead, 36-28, after the Indians were penalized the point for unsportsmanlike conduct. Middletown’s Abel Botterbusch won a 3-2 decision over Susquehanna Twp.’s Michael Perry to clinch the victory.

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iddletown has a new girls’ basketball scoring champion, and the most striking thing about Ja’lynn Burton-Jones’ claim of the scoring title was the secret to her success. Blessed with a basketball mentor through her mother’s job at a Harrisburg day care center, Burton-Jones practiced regularly as a youngster – so it is not surprising that she was determined to break Kris Smith’s 29-year-old record of 1,295 points when the opportunity arrived. It arrived on Thursday, Dec. 17, in a game against Bishop McDevitt in Middletown, with Smith watching in the bleachers. A foul shot in the third quarter earned Burton-Jones the crown, the game ball, a hug from Smith and a hug from Burton-Jones’ mother, Jessica Jones, after the game. Practice and focus to be the best she could be also has earned her a college athletic scholarship – she signed with Division I Robert Morris. Only former Middletown boys’ basketball star Dave Grabuloff (2,000 career points) has scored more than Burton-Jones. Amid the good will of Smith’s congratulations, and Burton-Jones’ grace after claiming the scoring crown, there is an important message in what happened that reaches beyond the ceremony and worship of sports: It was expressed by Jessica Jones, her mother, when asked what she had learned through her daughter’s basketball odyssey. “Keep working and never give up,’’ Jones replied. “Practice makes perfect.’’ Smith believed that interest in Burton-Jones’ scoring record will get that message to boys and girls in a variety of interests – particularly basketball. “They’ll want to be the next BurtonJones,’’ she said. Sports teaches students a variety of lessons. And as the scoring crown passed from one generation to another, the message was indeed important, and even transcended the sport itself.

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oon after being elected, I started working to implement my “Promise to Pennsylvania”: legislative and political reforms, tax and spending reforms and labor law and legal reforms. One of the more modest reforms I offered was the Taxpayer-Funded Advertising Transparency Act, which was recently signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf as Act 90 of 2015. The goal of this measure is to help taxpayers better know how some of their money is spent on advertising by the governor, the lieutenant governor, Attorney General, Auditor General, state treasurer, state departments, offices, the Legislature, the courts, and boards, authorities and commissions. This is not to say advertising is not important; the private sector devotes considerable resources to market, advertise and otherwise get out their respective messages. The goal of the Taxpayer-Funded Advertising Transparency Act is to help taxpayers to better understand – or appreciate – advertising that is done by the Commonwealth with state tax money. The concept is a simple one: Require all Commonwealth advertising paid for with taxpayer money to include the statement, “Paid for with Pennsylvania tax dollars.” Millions of taxpayer dollars are spent on advertising by the Commonwealth and, while individual advertisements may be worthwhile or justified, more transparency would help to get people asking, “Was that ad worth the use of my tax money?’’ For example, the Department of Community and Economic Development has long advertised in economic development publications like Site Selection magazine. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture promotes various Pennsylvania products like milk, the official state beverage. The Department of Health uses ads to promote healthy lifestyles. The Treasury Department advertises about unclaimed property. Human Services uses advertisements to promote various programs, like the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The Public Utility Commission uses ads to help educate consumers on a variety of issues. Again, each of these initiatives may be worthwhile and may be justified. I believe the key is that taxpayers be notified that the Commonwealth entity doing the advertising is paying for the ads with Pennsylvanians’ tax dollars. Although it’s a simple concept, it took over eight years to pass. Originally introduced during the 2007-2008 legislative session as Senate Bill 1015, it was reintroduced in 20092010 as SB 109, again as SB 109 in 2011-2012, as SB 279 in 2013-2014 and, finally, as SB 442 this session. I’m pleased it’s now Act 90 of 2015. Hopefully, this is an example of persistence paying off. However, it does show how long it takes to advance even the simplest of reform measures. I waited eight years to become chair of the Senate State Government Committee, which oversees many reform initiatives. Since becoming chair, 132 House and Senate bills and resolutions have been referred to the committee and we have reported out 31 – nearly one quarter. The committee has also held a number of public hearings on a variety of topics, including state procurement, the proposed Voters’ Choice Act and medical cannabis. These hearings are in addition to joint hearings with both the House State Government Committee (online voting and proposed Article V amendments to the U.S. Constitution) and the Senate Finance Committee (on identifying government waste and abuse). I look forward to advancing additional reform measures in the weeks and months ahead. Mike Folmer is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate. He represents the 48th Senatorial District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Highspire, Londonderry Twp., Steelton and the Swatara Twp. communities of Bressler, Enhaut and Oberlin.

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In Ecuador, we enjoy a a very merry Christmas

ince you last constantly being harassed by an oppoheard from nent, so Correa challenged the opponent me, all kinds to settle it in a fist fight. Can you picture of things have been the Washington Wimp issuing a chalhappening here in lenge like that to Vladimir Putin? Cuenca, Ecuador. I see that your weather has been very It was the 195th mild in December and the electric/heatanniversary of Cuenca’s independence ing bills have not been very high. I’ll bet and a myriad of celebratory events took that has the Middletown Electric Moplace all over the city during a two-week nopoly in a tizzy. Other than heating and period. There were so many activities cooling your home, the No. 1 consumer that a booklet was published with the of energy is your water heater. Not here. events, places, dates and times. Olga We don’t heat and store hot water for and I were downtown and a newspaper 24 hours a day, thus wasting all kinds photographer took a picture of us holdof energy. We have an on-demand gas, ing one of the new booklets. The photo tankless hot water heater. We use a small, was in the city’s largest newspaper and 15-kilogram (33-pound) tank of propane online. to operate our water heater. A tank lasts Then Olga was interviewed in Spanish about 24 days and costs $2.50. by a local radio station. Also, I proofread To warm the cockles of the Middletown a book for an Australian author, had a constabularies’ hearts, there were 2,703 “postcard” published by International DUI arrests made in Cuenca this past Living and had an article published by an year. I can picture them salivating over online blogger from Colorado. And now that figure. one of my essays will be published in a We met an artist who has no arms. He book by two California authors titled, paints with his feet and does the fine “Expat Expressions.’’ work holding a brush in his mouth. The Some of the things we have done lately: paintings were so lifelike that we thought We went on an art walk where many they were photos. artists in the city displayed their works in I never smoked a cigarette in my life. their galleries, went to Spanish class, saw That being said, I see that Pennsylvania a program about crop circles at a musewants to raise the age limit for tobacco um, attended a courtyard concert by the products and e-cigarettes to 21. So that symphony where we were served wine means that a person under 21 is mature and hors d’oeuvres, attended an internaenough to buy property, get married, have tional orchid show children, drive/ and participated own a car, vote and in a Veteran’s Day join the military program. All free. Due to falling oil prices and but is not mature There is no to smoke less income, the Ecuadorean enough Thanksgiving or drink. I Googled here, of course, but government cut the budget for the word, “hypointerestingly many 2016, hence program funding, crite” and a picture stores had “Viernes the Pennsylvania by 17 percent. of Negra” (Black FriCapitol came on my Less income, less spending – computer screen. day) sales. There has been what a concept! I get asked the so much happenquestion, “Is it safe ing and so many where you live?” different activities Coming home from throughout the city the past few weeks – chorale rehearsal the other evening at and more in upcoming weeks – that I’ve 7:30p.m. I saw a little girl – probably been busier than a one-legged man in a around 7 years old – walking down one butt-kicking contest. of the streets unaccompanied. She asked The city is beautifully decorated with me for the time. I checked my watch and hundreds of thousands of Christmas responded, and she went on her merry lights, including strings of lights across way, crossing a large four-lane street one of the rivers, for many blocks. We at the crosswalk. Can you picture that journeyed out at night to photograph the happening in an American city at night? many lighted decorations in the city. The next time that child would be seen in I imagine that when you read this the America would be on a milk carton. Big Day is history and will hopefully Tell me it ain’t so! I worked for 50 years be a fond memory. Since I am such a and receive a $16,000 yearly pension. multicultural sensitive guy I hope all of Jerry Sandusky molests boys, is in prison you had a Happy Holiday, Wonderful and will receive a $59,000 yearly penWinterval, Happy Light Festival, Great sion. Now tell me that crime doesn’t pay! Celebration Of Winter, Wonderful Winter A New Years’ Eve tradition here is burnSolstice, Festive Season, Celebration Of ing an effigy of someone with whom one Winter and/or Happy Season (I’m not is not necessarily enamored. This occurs sure if that is hockey, basketball or deer on the street at midnight. The effigies are season). Oh, and maybe some of you bought from vendors who make them. might even have had a Merry Christmas. The figures are filled with paper, sawdust, Can’t say that too loud – I'll upset the PC barnyard excrement or other materials Nazis. that will readily burn. Firecrackers or And now I just know you are lookChinese rockets are placed in some of ing forward to that Really Big Day. I’ll them. The likenesses are set ablaze and wager you thought I meant New Year’s then the people jump over the fire. Day, didn’t you? Nah. I’m referring to Usually there are a few folks who wind the day when the W-2s come rolling in up in emergency rooms with firecracker so you can remit your pound of flesh to enemas. the various government entities. Wishing you all a happy and prosperous Due to falling oil prices and less 2016! income, the Ecuadorean government Until later, from beautiful Cuenca, cut the budget for 2016, hence program funding, by 17 percent. Less income, less Eddy the Ex-Pat spending – what an interesting concept! WOW! Be sure not to mention that to the Ed O’Connor, formerly of Middletown Dumbocrats or Republicants in Harrisand Lower Swatara Twp., is an expatriburg or Washington, D.C. ate living in Cuenca, Ecuador. Ecuador President Rafael Correa was

ost troops have returned home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Fewer than 10,000 U.S. soldiers remain in Afghanistan, down from a peak of more than 100,000 in June 2011. Only about 3,000 remain in Iraq, down from more than 166,000 in October 2007. But life isn’t necessarily back to normal for service members and their families. While we have fewer troops on the ground, we’re still covering the skies and the seas. Our naval presence is as high as it’s been for decades. Turmoil in the Middle East, Europe and the Asia-Pacific has our military in a state of constant readiness. All that adds up to this: Times are not getting easier for the men and women of the military and their families. They need our support today as much as ever. The demands on our servicemen and women remain high, and I’m not just talking about those who are forward-deployed. Anyone who has served at home knows that stateside duty is demanding in its own right. When you’re overseas, you’re expected to miss birthday parties, graduations and anniversaries. Your family understands why you’re not there. But when you’re back home, your family expects you to be around, even though much of your time is still not your own. The schedule is strenuous, the hours are long and you’re often focused on preparing for the next deployment. You get a few hours to rest, then it’s back to work. Your family still needs you – and you need them – but your obligation to the service is ironclad. Civilians have taken to calling this “work-life bal- Times are not ance.’’ Military getting easier families have for the men and long known it women of the simply as the way life is. military and their I bring this families. They up because need our support while we rightly praise today as much the service as ever. and sacrifices that millions of servicemen and women have made for our nation, we rarely give enough credit to the families. They’re the ones who help service members stay resolute. Veterans and their families deserve our support and resources. It’s too easy to ignore the many sacrifices that these families make each day. Fortunately, policymakers – including military veterans, by no coincidence – have come through on this front. Child development centers help young military families make ends meet. Base housing eases the stress of frequent moves. First-rate medical care helps keep service members and families healthy. And access to counseling, whether before deployment or after, helps families work through their demanding lifestyle. Even seemingly little things matter, like the cheaper groceries at on-base commissaries. Continued government support helps but it isn’t enough. Private-sector programs for veterans and their families help fill the gap. At my firm, Raytheon, we recently pledged $10 million over five years to fund scholarships for veterans through Student Veterans of America, along with educational support for military families through Boys & Girls Clubs of America. There is still more we can all do. We should collectively advocate across public and private sectors to increase support for our service members and veterans. We must make clear to our servicemen and women that our commitment to them and their families is unwavering. Retired U.S Navy Vice Adm. Rick Hunt is vice president of Raytheon, a Waltham, Mass.-based U.S. business development organization.

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The Capitol REPORT

We've met the ominous, crazy Coin toss fund drives are now legal “tree-huggers,’’ and they are us

hat will environmentalists be up to in 2016? Spur more carbon reductions, clean up the Chesapeake Bay, affect the vote? It’s impossible to forecast, mainly because “environmentalists” don’t exist. Not the way you’d think, given the usual news coverage.   In 2015, you may have heard environmentalists were out in force. They stopped a big pipeline, impeded off-shore drilling and pushed for strong climate summit action. You may likewise have heard they destroyed jobs, threatened market values, brainwashed a pope and upset Jesus.  But rarely did any version of the news explain who “they” might be. Who constitutes this ominous troop of crazy-folk, alternately wrecking economies and watchdogging the planet for us while we go to work and do chores and cheer for basketball teams? “They” is nobody.   In half a lifetime of conservation projects and meetings, public hearings and creek cleanups, I’ve never met An Environmentalist. Nobody I know claims that label. No academic program turns out certified environmentalists. People you’ll meet with environmental engineering or environmental science degrees are as likely to work for gas companies as this vague “environment” we figure that somebody official is monitoring. The unpaid people actually pulling trash out of rivers, protesting a pipeline or boycotting Monsanto are more likely your neighborhood gardener, some school kids,

fishermen, farmers, business folk and grandparents who want some brook trout and bees to survive them on this planet. And there’s the difference.   Living people care about particulars, not abstract ideas. They love their kids, their granny, a mountain – not a boring abstraction called “Environment.” “Humans,” when you restore a live root to the word, really are made of “humus” – the living compost of millions of years of life, stardust, seasons, rocks, light, water and fire.   It’s natural, then, that we’d relate to the tangibles around us as well – a familiar bright kitchen, cider and pie, the old coon dog Zack and his ornery ways. We care about our work, some bluebirds in June, string quartets or polka bands or fishing on a beloved riverbank, watching our troubles float downstream into the pink summer dusk.  No lawmaker would dare say that concern for these tangibles posed a threat to Jobs and the Economy, American Prosperity or any other enshrined abstraction. But replace that kitchen, coon dog and riverbank with the word “environment” and – poof! – the brain collapses. We’ve never seen “the environment,” haven’t been there, never tasted it fresh out of the ground or heard it sing in the school recital.  This makes it easy for big-polluter coalitions to disjoin our own lives from that remote “environment” and more easily undo the water and air protections impeding “our freedom.”  Factor in constant specialinterest spin about “radical environmentalists” and that scary “long-arm-of-the-EPA,” and we might readily agree that protecting “the environment” is indeed un-American. Certainly the fate of such an abstract no-

place is immaterial to ourselves.  All this hot air clouds more than our understanding of reality. George Orwell wrote, in his classic essay “Politics and the English Language,” that such word-mangling has the power to corrupt entire societies. If words are vaporous enough (Regulatory Overreach Protection Legislation, Defense of Environment and Property Act), nobody will know what they mean or give a darn, and all kinds of charlatans can scoot their self-interested agendas through the public system.   And we collude, Orwell noticed. We ourselves parrot this vague political gibberish (“faith and freedom!” or “defending America!”) because it’s easier than inquiring into reality ourselves or exercising any logic.  But cutting through this verbal fog to find some terra firma is not that hard. To locate that phantom “environmentalist,” for instance, or “the environment” of news feed fame, requires only a look around. That’s what the root word “environ” means: the circle around you. Notice your own warm kitchen, a sweet steam of stewed apples on the stove, the living lights in your family’s eyes. “The environment” infuses all of these.  Take a wider look around the place where you live – the fresh cold breathing ground, the pale faraway ridges, low creek bottoms and distant rooftops and, on a starry midwinter’s night, the vast dome of our majestic universe all around.  Who’s here, in the midst of so much life and splendor flowing through your own circuits? That would be the only environmentalist you can expect to respond to the place in 2016.  Liza Field is a teacher and conservationist in southwest Virginia.

new law was enacted in 2015 that gives first responders another option for raising funds to support their operations. Act 57 of 2015 allows first responder organizations to solicit donations from occupants of a vehicle on local roadways. Under the new law, those planning to collect donations must gain permission from the home municipality, limit solicitations to a controlled intersection and obtain the proper insurance liability coverage. On-road solicitation was previously prohibited by law. The new law will take effect on Jan. 4. I encourage first responder organizations that consider this means of fund-raising to adhere to the guidelines of the new law so we can ensure coin toss drives will

remain, without question, a safe and legal method of raising money to support our operations.

Mark your calendar I host annual events for veterans, seniors and residents of the 106th District as a way to stay connected with the community and provide regular access to valuable staterelated information. Several of my 2016 events have been scheduled and I encourage interested residents to mark your calendars in advance for the following dates: • Handgun Safety Course – Date and time to be announced. The event will take place at the Middletown Anglers & Hunters, 1350 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown. • Health Expo – 9 a.m. to

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noon on Friday, April 29 at the Hummelstown Chemical Fire Company No. 1, 249 E. Main St., Hummelstown. • Concealed Carry Class – 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Hummelstown Chemical Fire Company No. 1, 249 E. Main St., Hummelstown. • Veterans Breakfast – 8 to 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 4 at the Spring Garden Reception and Conference Center, 903 Spring Garden Dr., Lower Swatara Twp. More details about each of the events will be available in the near future. Information about upcoming events can also be found on my Web site, RepPayne.com. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Hummelstown, Derry Twp., Conewago Twp. and parts of Swatara Twp.

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Swatara helping an elderly man with a flat tire. The officer was not driving a police car but had a police jacket on, so he must have been doing this on his own time. Many little things like this often go unnoticed, so thanks for all you do to help others. Merry Christmas!”

• “One thing the township com-

missioners don’t get is the township police make them and Lower Swatara look really good. That’s a train they should be on instead of trying to derail.”

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Evangelical United Methodist Church

Church

Middletown This is the day, which the Lord has open to everyone. made. Worship is our opportunity to be Wed., Dec. 30: 6 p.m., Alcoholics glad and rejoice in the Lord’s house on Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m., the Lord’s Day. We come as children of Senior Choir rehearsal. God, knowing that we are welcomed Sun., Jan. 3: 9 a.m., Sunday Church here where all are meant to be one in school, with classes for all ages. Adult the Lord. Let us lay down our burdens Sunday school devotional leader for and rejoice in the Lord for the Lord is January: Bill Harris; 10:15 a.m., good, the Source of love. Worship service. Holy Communion. Evangelical Church meets on the The worship center is handicap and corner of Spruce and Water streets at wheelchair accessible. Nursery help157 E. Water St., Middletown, south ers: Gloria Clouser, Vickie Hubbard. of Main St., behind the Turkey Hill The altar flowers are given in memory convenience store. of Denise Frisbie presented by her The ministries scheduled at Evan- family; 4 to 6 p.m., Youth Fellowship. gelical United Methodist Church for Tues., Jan. 5: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl December 30- January 5 are always Ministry.

New Beginnings Church Middletown

We are an independent body of believers offering God’s invitation for a new beginning to all who seek it. We exist to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all people through faith in Jesus Christ. 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. The Angel Tree is now gifts of scarfs, hats and gloves for children in the elementary schools in Middletown. Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Graham. Acolyte for January 3: Colin Graham. Ushers for January: Beth and Gary Hinkle, Dana and Jeff Rhine. Our 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. 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.

Ebenezer United Methodist Church Middletown

Ebenezer United Methodist Church and Childcare, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for worship on Sunday mornings led by Pastor Brad Gilbert. Our services are relaxed and casual. We offer a traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and a contemporary service with a band (electric guitars) at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there is a variety of Christian education classes for all ages.

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Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church Middletown

There are several things happening at Ebenezer and all are welcome. There is a prayer time “Partners in Prayer” that meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Through scripture, song, and meditation we experience the joy of God’s presence. Have a favorite board game? “Game Night” is every third Monday at 6:30 p.m. We also offer a variety of other groups including Bible studies. Please call for details. Any questions or group ideas, please call us at 939-0766.

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

Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown

Wesley United Methodist Church

Middletown

The Presbyterian Congregation is located at the corner of Union and Water streets in downtown Middletown. We are a body of Christian people who reach out to others by sharing God’s Word, love, and fellowship. Warm greetings to one and all as we seek to grow closer to our Lord Jesus Christ. Church school for all ages continues on January 3 from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. We encourage parents to bring the children and teens to class. Adults are welcome to the Adult Forum. The Adult Forum will be visited by a member of the Fruitbelt Farmworker Christian Ministry as we assemble the supplies we collected during Advent into health kits for migrant and seasonal farm workers. Sunday School and Adult Forum participants

are welcome. Please plan to join us for worship at 10:30 a.m. on the second Sunday after Christmas, January 3 as we welcome our new Interim Pastor, Rev. Dr. Bruce Humphrey and celebrate the Lord’s Supper. Our sanctuary is handicapped accessible, and there are also hearing devices for anyone wanting to use one. Nursery is available during the service, as well as Bible Listening bags for children to utilize during the service. Do join us! The Parish Nurse is available by calling the church office at 717-9444322. For further information, see our Website www.pcmdt.org, visit our Facebook page www.facebook. com/Presbyterian Congregation, or call the office.

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Wyoming Street, Royalton. IndividuChurch is located at Spring and Union als may also take items directly to the streets, (121 N. Spring St.), Middle- food pantry, which is open Tuesdays town. We are a Reconciling In Christ and Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 Church. p.m. You are invited to join us for worChurch and Community Events: ship on Wednesday morning, Saturday Wed., Dec. 30: 10 a.m., Holy Comevening and Sunday morning. Sunday munion, Chapel; No Homework Club; worship times are 8:15 and 11 a.m. 7 p.m., Adult Choir. Sunday Church School for all ages is Fri., Jan. 1: New Year’s Day. High at 9:45 a.m. Our 11 a.m. worship ser- school WINTERFEST begins today vice is broadcast live on WMSS 91.1. through Jan. 3. Wednesday morning service is at 10 Sat., Jan. 2: 5 p.m., Holy Coma.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual munion. traditional service and is 45 minutes Sun., Jan. 3: 1 Christmas; Food in length. Please enter through the Pantry Sunday; Youth Breakfast Funparking lot doors. draiser. There is a cost; 8:15 a.m. (T) The first Sunday of each month is Holy Communion; 9:45 a.m., Church Food Pantry Sunday. Items collected School/No Confirmation Class; 11 are taken to the Middletown Area a.m., (C) Holy Communion. Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Tues., Jan. 5: 3 to 5 p.m., Homework Club. Visit our website at www.stpetersmiddletown.org. Scripture for January 3: Jer 31:714; Ps 147:12-20; Eph 1:3-14; John 1:{1-9} 10-18.

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.

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. Wednesdays: Wednesday Night Live. Resumes on January 6. Supper at 5:30 p.m., Classes at 6:30 p.m. Classes are: Adult Bible Study; Ladies Bible Study: “Angels”; “Painting with Donny” Bring your own sketchbook and there is a cost toward paint and brushes. The Wired 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 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. 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.

CHURCH DIRECTORY Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church 10 Spruce Street • 944-5835

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

New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel

630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641 Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am

Pastor BRITT STROHECKER Everyone Is Welcome!

Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church 329 Market Street, Middletown

Pastor C. VICTORIA BROWN, M.Div.

Church School - 10 am •Worship Service - 11 am

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

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

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

BRAD GILBERT, Pastor www.ebenezerumc.net

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

First Church of God

235 W. High St., Middletown

REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor

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

Geyers United Methodist Church

1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown 944-6426

PASTOR STEVAN ATANASOFF

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

Open Door Bible Church

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

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

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

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

REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor

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

Seven Sorrows BVM Parish 280 North Race St., Middletown Parish Office 944-3133

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

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

Wesley United Methodist Church 64 Ann Street, Middletown

REV. MARGARET “Pastor Peggy” SPANGLER, Pastor Pastor James Lyles, Youth Pastor, 10xBetter Phone 944-6242 Sunday Worship - 8:30 &10:30 am • Come as you are! Follow Jesus, Change the World.

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WHERE IS YELLOWSTONE?

This LDMS student knew – and won the school’s geography bee Question: Do you know which states are home to Yellowstone National Park? Emma Eber does – and her knowledge helped her win the Lower Dauphin Middle School Geography Bee on Friday, Dec. 11. Eber, an eighth-grader, answered the Yellowstone question correctly to win the championship round and the contest. Curtis Lin, a seventh-grader, finished second. Eber and Lin outlasted 24 other students who participated in seven preliminary rounds, then outlasted four other students who reached the finals, which went an additional seven rounds. The students answered questions about the geography of the U.S., foreign countries and their cultures, continents and maps. The 26 participants qualified for the school geography bee by taking a exam in their social studies classes. Eber now will take a written test to qualify to participate in the state geography bee later this school year. “This is a very challenging contest,” said Maria Miller, the school’s assistant principal and bee moderator. “It takes a lot to make it through to the final round – confidence,

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Congratulating Emma Eber, second from right, the winner of the Lower Dauphin Middle School Geography Bee, and runnerup Curtis Lin, second from left, are Todd Neuhard, left, Lower Dauphin School District’s assistant to the superintendent, and Maria Miller, the school’s assistant principal. patience, concentration and, of course, a whole lot of geographical knowledge.’’

So which states are home to Yellowstone? Eber’s winning answer: Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

LDMS announces Honor Roll Lower Dauphin Middle School Principal Dan Berra has announces the school’s Distinguished Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the first marking period. To earn a place on the Distinguished Honor Roll, a student must have all “A’s” or perfect marks on their report card. To be named to the Honor Roll, a student must receive all “A’s” and “B’s” on their report card. The students who earned honors are:

Distinguished Honor Roll

Grade 6 – Ryan Angerer, Paige Berzinski, Paige Bitting, Chelsea Blazina, Avery Book, Clara Breidenstine, Britley Brubaker, Ezra Bulgrien, Caden Carney, Liam Carney, Morgan Clouser, Emma Dickinson, Kevin Ding, Katherine Estes, Adam Fellin, Hannah Fischer, Isaiah Fisher, Peter Foran, Joseph Frank, Andrew Good, Conor Grubb, Katelyn Hanft, Anna Hess, Courtney Holl, Luke Johns, Alicia Jones, Maxwell Klingensmith, Marissa Kopec, Braden Landis, Anne Linker, Austin Little, Hailley Lynch, Lucy McCurdy, Hudson Millar, Ethan Miller, Hannah Murray, Olivia Murray, William Nelson, Kayla Nguyen, Hadley Orth, Nina Pace, James Perales, Aidan Powell, Ella Rafferty, Maeve Ramsey, Isabelle Rodemaker, Maralynne Sabatini, Alexa Shaffer, Lindsey Stine, Ryan Stoe, Zoe Stoessel, Morgan Stumpf, Leah Tierney, Wyatt Turck, Madeline Turjan, Caitlyn Umidi, Savannah Vega, Sam Walker, Sofia Walsh and Celleste Wohlfarth. Grade 7 – Casey Ahern, Nicole Baker, Jonathan Basehore, Natalie Bennett, Rachel Blessing, Adam Bonawitz, Bethany Bonham, Jackson Bruce, Josalyn Byers, Trey Carlson, Alexandra Cassel, Hailey Clouser, Grace Craig, Eva Day, Abigaile English, Katherine Foley, Bella Fry, Kylie Gerst, Travis Hershey, Tyson Hofsass, Maya Hoover, Caroline Hummer, Kaycee Johnson, Timothy Koons, Stephanie Kopec, Marguerite Kutz, Abby Lauer, Abigail Lennox, Kate Little, Annabel Mauger, Jack McNally, Tristan McQuiddy, Matthew Michalowski, Kayla Pedersen, Ethan Peterson, Matthew Piermattei, Alison Rankin, Deyanery Rodriguez, Janie Rost, Morgan Roth, Sebastian Salinas, Vaughn Sarago, James Taylor, Luke Thompson, Kayla Troutman, Emma Walt, Catherine Walter, Grace Walter, Lillie Weaver and Luke Wren. Grade 8 – Sophia Balshy, Samantha Bonawitz, Lillian Carney, Thomas Carney, Kellie Chandler, Elijah Durantine, Christian Gingrich, Anna Given, Brandelynn Heinbaugh, Bryce Hickey, Madelyn Hoke, Ryan Hsing-Smith, Isabelle Johnson, Madison Karcesky, Ryan Klingensmith, Jack Levi, Daniel Little, Emma McQuinn, Caroline Mehl, Olivia Meyers, Madison Miduri, Morgan Mosco, Claudia Rutledge, Ashley Sentgeorge, Elizabeth Sharp, Alexandra Sierer, Nidhi Singh, Katelyn Sparks, Eva Stoessel, Clayton Ulrey and Michael VanGavree.

Honor Roll

Grade 6 – Kristen Ajala, Natalie Allman-Sheibley, Patrick Anderson,

Tessa Barone, Delanie Batula, Jackson Burger, Olivia Byers, Amani Chinapoo-Zulli, Stevie Clark, Cody Dent, Logan Devine, Vilma Diaz-Delcid, Carson Doane, Ava Donohue, Adam Dotts, Alana Earley, Morgan Earley, Benjamin Ebert, Elijah Elhajj, Brianna Espenshade, Ethan Espenshade, Mia Etnoyer, Samantha Farace, Emma Foley, Jack Francis, Autumn Fritz, Megan Geesaman, Joshua Gephart, Jason Gergely, Matthew Giampetro, Luke Gibbs, Joshua Given, Gabrielle Goodman, Larisa Goodman, Elaria Gregg, Max Griffiths, Katelynn Groscost, Josephine Grundon, Gage Halbleib, Makaylee Hale, Abigail Hannan, Thomas Hansen, Sarah Hanula, Lauren Haraske, Garrett Henry, David Hensley, Leonora Holahan, Delaney Hoover, Chloe Hsing-Smith, Landen Hunter, Taylor Jones, Cadence Kanode, Rylie Karcesky, Julia Katzenmoyer, Blake Kelley, Miranda Kelley, Aiyana Kibler, Andrew King, Logan Klinger, Jayson Leeper, Adam Lemarr, Sydnee Lynch, Amelia Maldonado, Lucian Martir, Grace McIntire, Shaine McMonagle, Andrew Monuteaux, Matthew Mosco, Sean Murphy, Joseph Nestico, Matthew Newman, Carolynn O’Donnell, Lilliana Oyler, Gabriella Pagano, Jordan Parmer, Isabella Pascale, Novani Patel, Fatima Perez, Aysha Pich, Ethan Piegzik, Madison Ploutz, Jordon Popp, Anya Ray, Kisla Rhoads, Megan Ritchie, Benjamin Rodemaker, Carlos Rodriguez, Cody Rosati, Angelena Rossi, Elyza Roush, Cameron Saich, Geraldine Salinas, Ethan Scheaffer, Mary Schofield, David Shillow, Gabriel Silks, Jarrett Simonetti, Grayson Smith, Logan Smith, Grace Stanislawczyk, Chyde Stewart, Logan Suggs, Cassandra Tipa-Bowman, Grant Tredinnick, Gavin Ulsh, Colton Waters, Emma Waughen, Marie Weaver, Jackson Weber, Jayden Whitcomb, Cailynn White, Gracie White, Saige Wilt, Jonathan Wolfe, Lucas Woltman, Ethan Woods, Ryan Woolf, Emma Yeager, Hunter Yohn, Hannah Zabolotny and Joseph Zeigler. Grade 7 – James Abraham, Sophia Alterio, Haley Anderson, Madison Balmer, Camille Barrett, Qualen Bechtel, Zachary Bixler, Gabriella Branchi, Emma Bretz, Caroline Brubaker, Emily Brubaker, Brennen Brydun, Coryn Buck, Randy Burkhardt, Cassidy Burton, Olivia Carnes, Keegan Carter, Calvin Carver, Jason Carver, Danielle Cathcart, Sierra DeBor, Brielle DeCampos, Mason Dillon, Sophia Ditty, Richard Eber, Kasey Eldridge, Sofia Feeney, Daniel Fombu, Meghan Galbraith, Madison Geesaman, Caleb Gibbs, Steven Goss, Landis Groff, Anthony Hannan, Nathan Helmer, Brooke Hofsass, Lauren Hunter, Logan Kephart, Ethan Kercher, Lauren Kirsch, Ella Klinger, Kyla Knauber, McKenna LaDuke, Noah Leach, Sydney Leininger, Julianna Licata, Curtis Lin, Julian Loraschi, Mya Macfarlane, Joshua Mackrell, Jackson Madden, Derek McGlaughlin, Zachary McIntire, Aunjolane McMillan, Aidan Mende, Alec Merry, Trevor Millhimes, Mackenzie Mowery, Shanttia Nelson, Matheus Neves, Sara Novosel, Justine

Parcon, Greyson Parks, Jacob Pegher, Casey Pheasant, Hannah Pho, Isabella Portser, Avery Price, Melina Putt, Jordan Reading, Madisyn Renninger, Yessenia Reza, Kailyn Ridilla, Cole Rife, Alaina Riley, Benelli Risser, Stephany Rogers, Elizabeth Rusnic, Barrett Ryan, Madalyn Sanders, Valentina Scottodicarlo, Elijah Sells, Cameron Shearer, Zackery Sholder, Kylie Silks, Sierra Slentz, Nicole Smarsh, Angelina Smith, Haley Smith, Cameron Snelbaker, Gunnar Sowers, Lauren Spada, Rachel Steigerwald, Alexis Stockton, Noah Taleff, Adam Theuret, Morgan Tinker, Ashlynn Tolbert, Patrick Tonkin, Mason Wahlers, Bridget Wappman, Alexis Weaver, Ty Weaver, Olivia Weigher, Katherine Weigle, Halie Woodring, Samantha Wynne, Riley Zalonis, Shea Zeidler, Madison Zerbe and Julia Zewe. Grade 8 – Kayla Ajala, Arden Baker, Benjamin Baker, Emily Ball, Andrew Billy, Sarah Blouch, Chloe Bomgardner, Kylie Boyer, Juliana Bramley, Thomas Brand, Kalub Bressi, Matthew Brian, Leonardo Bueno, Morgan Chiara, Paulimar Coll, Justin Curtis, Garrett Doane, Anna Duncan, Natasha Ebersole, Troy-Thomas Elhajj, Ethan Elicker, Lisveth Estrada, Zachary Felter, Colby Gaylor, Phoebe Gesford, Nicholas Giampetro, Alayna Graeff, Axel Grater, Elijah Hitz, Heidee Johnson, Alexa Jones, Aubrie Koser, Joshua Koteles, Jessica Kullmann, Zachary Landis, Richard Laychock, Meghan Lehew, Helen Lemarr, Christopher Leslie, Matthew Little, Malachi Lockard, Hunter Lohmann, Katherine Lynch, Anna Malone, Alex McQuain, William Monuteaux, Mackay Moore, Mauricette Musser, Ashley Nguyen, Emma O’Neill, Tanav Patel, Sienna Pegram, Sofia Pendolino, Phillip Peters, Annalisa Petrascu, Eva Pumo, Brooke Renninger, Corey Renninger, Lexis Rhoads, Andrew Rhodes, Katelyn Riddle, Madison Riley, Devin Roth, Amanda Ruch, Trey Sadler, Ryan Sanson, Kate Sarsfield, Kade Schaffer, Adriana Scheaffer, Gracie Scheaffer, Tori Schrader, Kane Schrum, Carly Shaffer, Erin Shifflet, Benjamin Sierer, Emily Singiser, Richard Skidmore, Sara Smith, Aidan Steffe, Kameron Stepp, Ashleigh Stiely, Micaiah Stiffler, Serena Tankersley, Abigail Tarczynski, Hunter Thomas, Janel Thompson, Julia Thompson, Devin Tierney, Savannah Trowbridge, Rachel Walker, Aiden Walmer, Mark Walsh, Bradley Weaver, Carson Wendling, Ethan Westerberg, Megan Williamson, Willow Wisniewski, Jason Woolf and Rebecca Yeager.

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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Here we are on the waning days of 2015. Many of us think back: What has happened in the last 12 months? What did we learn? What did we survive? Who did we lose? Whatever you are thinking about and dwelling on, let me encourage you! We have a brand-new year to do things differently, or better. Maybe some things don’t need “fixin” – maybe some things need to be forgotten! Some wise words: Live, love learn and forgive. Have a wonderful last couple of 2015 days – and Happy New Year! New Year poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox “What can be said in New Years rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream, we know. We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We curse it then and sigh for wings. We live, we love, we woo, we wed, We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead. We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, And that’s the burden of a year.” Birthdays Happy cake and ice cream day to Karen Renn, formerly of Lower Swatara Twp., on Wednesday, Dec. 30. A happy holidays birthday to you! Emily Lawyer marks her Sweet 16 honk-beep-beep day on Wednesday, Dec. 30. I hope your day is full of fun, Emily. Morgan Olivia Clouser of Lower Swatara will turn 12 on Wednesday, Dec. 30. May your week of celebration be your best yet. Happy birthday, Morgan! Alayna Thomas of Lower Swatara marks her Sweet 16 cake day on Wednesday, Dec. 30. May your honkhonk-beep day be all razzle-dazzle, Alayna. Happy cake day to Owen Grogan of Lower Swatara. Owen was born on Dec. 31, 2000. What a special day! Happy 15th birthday to you. Liz Friedrichs of Elizabethtown celebrates her 12th confetti-popping day on Thursday, Dec. 31. Best wishes to you for a bright 2016, Liz. Ashu Gill of Middletown hits No. 17 on a brand new day in a brand new year. Happy birthday to you on Friday, Jan. 1, Ashu. Happy birthday to Tirah Elliot of lower Royalton on Sunday, Jan. 3. He is 17. May your week be filled with lots of joy and smiles. Barb Dagen will hear the birthday song on Tuesday, Jan. 5 in Lower Swatara. I hope your day is full of sunshine and fun, Barb. Marcus Hile turns a quarter-of-acentury on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Here’s to wishing you a life of happiness and lots of love, Marcus. Congrats! Anniversaries Best wishes for a festive 37th anniversary to Bill and Fawn Mencer of Lower Swatara on Thursday, Dec. 31. Happy New Year to you two!

Happy 29th anniversary to longtime readers Cliff and Jodi Harro, formerly of O’Hara Lane. Best wishes to you both as you celebrate so many happy years together on Sunday, Jan. 3. Enjoy! Michael Symon recipe Chicken Cutlets with Swiss Chard & Pomegranate (serves 4) • 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper • 2 large eggs • 1 1/2 packages of panko bread crumbs • 4 (6 oz.) boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, pounded to a 1/4-inch thickness • 1/4 cup of vegetable oil • 2 tablespoons of olive oil • 8 cups of sliced Swiss chard, leaves and stems • 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes • 2 garlic cloves, minced • 1/3 cup of pomegranate seeds 1. Put the flour in a shallow bowl and season well with salt and pepper. Put the eggs in another shallow bowl and beat them lightly. Add the panko to a third shallow bowl and season well with salt and pepper. 2. Put 2 large skillets over mediumhigh heat. 3. Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper. Working with one piece at a time, dredge the chicken in the flour, making sure to coat both sides well. Shake off the excess. Dip the chicken into the beaten eggs, allowing the excess to drip off. Finally, lay the chicken in the panko, turning and pressing to fully coat both sides. 4. Add the vegetable oil to one pan. Arrange all 4 pieces of chicken in the pan in a single layer and cook until

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golden brown, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until light golden brown, about 1 minute. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate and lightly season with salt. 5. Meanwhile, add the olive oil to the other pan. Add the Swiss chard and pinch of salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the chard begins to wilt, about 2 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until the chard is cooked through, about 3 minutes. Stir in the pomegranate seeds. 6. Serve the chicken on top of or alongside the Swiss chard.

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Middletown Area High School’s Holiday Concert

Photos by Jodi Ocker

ou could sing along to some of the traditional Christmas songs and savor new Christmas music at Middletown Area High School’s Holiday Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at Middletown Area Middle School. The school’s chorus and bands, under the direction of Andrew Vensel and Samuel Fisher, mixed familiar selections like “Do You Hear What I Hear?’’ with unfamiliar works like “Kinetic Dances’’ and a traditional English wassailing song. Wassailing is an old English custom of toasting the New Year. Not only did the concert showcase the talent of student-musicians, but also got the audience in the holiday spirit.