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April 25, 2008 - Volume 2

April 25, 2008 Visit LancasterPost.com... every day! Page 1

nothing but the truth...

Double Crossings ..............................................pg 2

Side by Side: Home Rule...................................pg 3

County Entertainment Guide..................pgs 10 & 11

Barnstormers Rick Wise Talks Baseball..........pg 19

... and much, much more!

Double CrossingsX

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Double Crossings

Page 2

by Ron Harper, Jr.Lancaster Post

Dale High moves behind the scenes to get taxpayers to help pay for his shopping mall.

Its good to be Dale.

Imagine you are Dale High ying over Lancaster.Look down. To the east you see your GreeneldIndustrial Park, which draws businesses from thecity. It prospers. In the center of town, taxpayersare building you a $76 million hotel beside anequally expensive publicly-funded conventioncenter, which you get to use exclusively. Now, onthe west end of town, you have a couple of friendly

township commissions which are shepherding your$100 million shopping center, while pushing $25million in taxpayer funds for road improvementsso your customers can get there. The chorus ofcitizens protesting below? The sounds cant reachyou from where you sit.

Nobody here knows how anyone else is goingto vote, said Manheim Township Commissioner

and Vice President of the board, Mike Flanagan, before the 3-2 vote in favor of moving Highsproject forward last week.

The comment drew laughs from the small crowdwho came to witness The Crossings at ConestogaCreeks predictable vote at the Manheim TownshipCommissioners meeting last Monday night.

The Crossings is a behemoth of a development,a 646,000 square foot shopping center and parkinglot across from Longs Park and Park City mall.Flanagan, together with Carol Simpson, had joinedwith ailing Larry Downing, who phoned-in hisyes vote, to give key approval to the project.

Downings unprecedented phone-in vote stronglysuggested that his vote, contrary to Flanagansstatement, was known prior to the meeting. Thevote was taken after 15 hearings, which included

over 50 witnesses andlasted over 50 hours.

The vote was

orchestrated andchoreographed by oneof the two Penn SquarePartners, Dale High,and was the second stepfor The Crossings atConestoga to becominga reality.

Just how big is Highs project? Combineall three of Lancaster

Countys Wal-Marts, addthe Home Depot and theCircuit City; thats almosthow big the proposedshopping center will be.

The project wasintroduced with blaringtrumpets on March 23,2006 by business partner,Lancaster Newspapers,Inc., which is the otherhalf of Penn SquarePartners. That day, theLancaster New Era rana beautiful, full-colorillustration of what the

pedestrian-friendly, open-air,lifestyle shoppingcenter would looklike. The intrepid LNPreporters cut and pastedHighs public relationsdepartments description

of the project. A Highspokesman was quoted,saying that the projectwas conditional on road

improvements, and then described how it would be paid: Construction of the new interchangewould depend on Congress approving funding,the spokesman said.

Enter Carol Simpson. A little more than threeweeks before the public found out about the proposedshopping center, then-board President Simpsonsigned a letter on behalf of the commissioners,asking Senator Arlen Spector to give funds towardthe Harrisburg/Route 30 exchange. The February28, 2006 letter said in part, We are working inclose partnership with High Real Estate Group toadvance the project.

There are no township resolutions or any meetingminutes that indicate when the decision to enter thisclose partnership with High began. Zero.

In addition to signing a letter asking for funds,Simpson also traveled to Washington, D.C., andlobbied for the money.

Did Simpson travel with High to Washington? Itis unconrmed, but widely rumored, that Simpsonwas indeed accompanied by High himself, andthat the trip included some socializing, where Highenjoyed his favorite mixed drink (Manhattans).When contacted by the Post a week after her yesvote about this trip, Simpson said, I dont want totalk about it. We made our decision and thats it. Idont want to talk about it.

Township manager, Jim Martin, said that just heand Simpson made the trip together.

Throughout the entire public process, when theLancaster Newspaper has covered the hearings,the stories are almost always supplementedwith gorgeous developer-provided full-colorartistic representations of the bucolic shoppingexperience to come. When William Cluck,a lawyer for neighbors ghting the project,suggested corrections and a story idea to an

Intelligencer Journal reporter, she responded witha profanity-laced email dismissing it. Eventuallythe newspapers coverage of the hearings wasreduced to almost nothing.

Just how big is Highs

project? Combine

all three of Lancaster

Countys Wal-Marts.

Add the Home Depot

and the Circuit City;

thats almost how big

the proposed shoppingcenter will be.

We are working in close partnershipwith High Real Estate Group toadvance this project.

- Carol Simpson, February 2008

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On November 6, 2006, 11 people were elected from a non-partisanballot, to become the rst Government Study Commission (GSC). The

task of the GSC is to study all available forms of county government,

to see whether any of the available alternatives would make county

government stronger, more accountable, more responsible, more efcient,

or more economical. For all practical purposes, there are only two formsavailablethe traditional one we have now, and Home Rule.

Lancaster County itself began in 1729 as a home rule movement by

breaking away from Chester County. Since 1790, we are only allowed

to do what the PA County Code expressly allows us to do. Under Home

Rule, we can have greater representation, more exibility, and more local

control. One size does not t all, particularly in view of the diversity, the

richness, and the heritage of Lancaster County.

That 1874 Pennsylvania Constitution established our 3 County

Commissioner system. This system also MANDATES the current

arrangement of 11 elected row ofcers such as the Recorder of Deeds,

Prothonotary, Register of Wills, and Clerk of Courts

(Criminal). These positions, each of which carries a

salary and benet package of $100,000 annually, involve

the administration of clocking, ling, and organizing

papers and other records. Even the two part-time Jury

Commissioner positions, which almost no one believes

are necessary any more, and which cost the County a total

of about $35,000 per year, cannot be eliminated without

having a Home Rule Charter. The majority of these positions in the recommended Charter would remain

elective, particularly the Controller, who is supposed to

be the nancial watchdog of our county government.

One very important feature of the draft charter is

initiative and referendum. Under initiative, any person

may submit a petition with 1000 signatures to the

Commissioners. If the Commissioners fail to act on the

petition, it becomes an ordinance. We are developing

a referendum provision that would allow citizens to put

issues on the ballot. Currently, there are NO opportunities

for citizen initiative and referendum.

The draft Home Rule Charter suggests we have an

Those who favor home rule will use any arguments, no matter howspecious, to convince the rest of us that it ought to be implemented here

in Lancaster county.

The main aspects of their home rule charter are:

1. The functions of our current three county commissioners, who

serve as the top executive and legislative ofcers of our county--as theydo in 60 out of 67 counties in Pennsylvania--are to be stripped from the

county commissioners and divvied up between a county administrator/

executive--who would be appointed by the home rule Board of 5 new

Commissioners. This appointed county administrator/executive would

be vested with absolute executive authority, while the 5 commissioners

would function solely as the county legislature. Further, 1 of the 5

commissioners must be given ofce, i.e., be a member the Democratic or

other minority party. Home rule commissioners appointing their county

executive is analogous to congress appointing the president; to our state

legislature appointing the governor: A bizarre aspect of the proposedLancaster county home rule charter.

2. Another feature of the proposed charter involves

the abolishment of the following elected ofces: 2 Jury

Commissioners, the Clerk of Courts, the Register of Wills/

Clerk of Orphans Court and the Prothonotary. To take up

the duties of these 5 abolished ofces would be one elected

Clerk of Judicial Records.

3. Also, home rulers would provide for a newly

constituted board of elections,comprised of 5 members: 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats

and 1 Independent. The 2 Republicans and 2 Democrats

are to be appointed by the home rule commissioners and

the fth member is to be appointed by the 4 other appointed

members of the elections board.

4. Finally, under the so-called executive branch, the

home rule charter provides for a new Ofce of Management

and Budget, whose function would be similar to that of

our county controller with respect to budget preparation,

budget execution, scal analyses, revenue and expense

projections, etc.

This home rule charter also provides for, among other

Side by SidePage 3Side by Side is a regular feature of the Lancaster Post where

our editors ask the same question of two or more parties on

different sides of the same issue. In this edition, we gave two

members of the Government Study Commission the opportunity

to present their positions on Home Rule.

Carol Y. Philips Greg Sahd

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Recently, the Lancaster County Commissioners announced that County Administrator, MarkEsterbrook, was leaving his position and that he would receive a $40,000, full-benets severance

package. The county has no severance policy, so this was unusual. Also, Esterbrook was known as a

particularly able and ethical professional.

So why is he gone?Mr. Esterbrook was selected as administrator -- the person in charge of the day-to-day operations

of the county -- a year ago after a lengthy review by an independent search committee. The committee

consisted of the county clerk, the county solicitor, and a few department heads. This group was not

appointed by the county commissioners, and the commissioners had no role in selecting the applicants,

culling the pool, nor in recommending the nalists.

This independent committee then recommended three nalists to the commissioners and Mark B.

Esterbrook was selected.

It seemed the committee and the commissioners nailed the selection with Esterbrook. He holds three

business-related degrees, including an MBA, and maintained a 4.0 GPA with every one of his degrees.He has experience as a tax and nancial manager. He was a business manager for a company with $65,000,000 in gross revenue. He worked in

large scale public-private partnerships. He has skills.

He was also a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He is an accomplished musician.

By all accounts, Mr. Esterbrook has performed his job as County Administrator brilliantly. According to the staff, he was always prepared and

extremely productive.

So, again, why was he let go?

The Commissioners wont say, citing personnel regulations. Something smells, and it smells like cronyism.

When a man as capable as Mark Esterbrook is effectively red, the public deserves an explanation. And if one is not forthcoming, at the least,

the public can expect a similarly thorough search for his replacement. We are paying the salary, after all. Well be watching.

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Page 5

Mayor Gray:Calm Down

By Artie See

Lancaster Post Contributor

Lancaster mayor Rick Gray is now promoting a controversial initiative

called trafc calming. It doesnt do

a mayor any good to have his citizens

buzzed by speeding cars as they try to

cross the street.

Trafc calming can include a

number of ways to slow down vehicles,

including lane narrowing, curbextensions or bulb-outs, and speed

humps (raised sections of roadway).

Two-way trafc is another practical

way to slow vehicles down, because

even synchronized signals can only

allow trafc to move smoothly in onedirection.

Trafc calming has already proven

to be effective on streets like College

Avenue and Hershey Avenue. Other

wide, but less traveled streets, like

Charlotte and Mulberry, would benet

from basic trafc calming measures.

Why controversial? Because trafc

calming can inconvenience people

or worse. For example, Race Avenueresidents strongly object to Franklin

& Marshall Colleges proposed trafc

calming measures on their street, which

will reduce the number of available

parking spaces. And the median which

F&M built on Harrisburg Ave. has

already blocked ambulances from going

around stopped trafc.

On streets which are already

congested, trafc calming is clearlycounterproductive. Signals in downtown

Lancaster are timed to limit trafc to 25

miles an hour. But during much of the

day, trafc on some of the main arteries

through downtown Lancaster is so

congested that it is nearly impossible to

make it through one signal to the next

without stopping. For example, Prince

Street is often backed up from Vine

Street to Clipper Stadium, sometimes

beyond.

Yet Mayor Gray and other Lancaster

City ofcials insist that trafc calming

measures must be installed along the

major arteries through

downtown Lancaster. The

Gray administration has

already narrowed trafc

lanes in the rst and second

blocks of both N. Queen

Street and E. King Street by adding parking spaces

on both sides of the street.

Mayor Gray has even

recommended that Orange,

Chestnut, and Walnut

Streets be made two-way.

But vehicle accidents

involving pedestrians in

downtown Lancaster are extremely

rare. There is no evidence the heart ofLancaster City poses an unsafe risk of

injury by a speeding car. That area poses

other risks and dangers, but getting hit

by an auto isnt one of

them.

Lancaster City

ofcials claim that trafccalming measures do not

reduce a streets capacity.

However, the capacity of

a road is dened in the

number of vehicles that

can pass through all available lanes in

a given period of time. If vehicles must

slow down because of an obstacle, like

a trafc calming measure, it will take

more time for each vehicle to travelthe same distance. This means fewer

vehicles can travel the same distance

in the same amount of time, which can

result in a trafc jam.

A good example of a problem created

by a trafc calming measure is at the

intersection of Prince and Chestnut

Streets. As a part of the police station

project, a large curb extension was

built, which intrudes into the northeast

corner of Chestnut Street. This forces

cars to turn the corner from Prince onto

Chestnut much more slowly than before

the curb extension was installed. A large

truck must slow to a crawl when making

that turn, even at the hands of the most

skilled driver. This bulb-out helps to

contribute to the trafc jams that can

extend for nearly a mile along Prince

Street.

Another concern is the roundaboutway that trafc calming is being nanced

and implemented in Lancaster City. For

example, the multi-million taxpayer

dollar streetscape

improvement project

includes several curb

extensions; their

location and design

have never been

released to the public.Trafc calming

measures have been

proven to be a good

way to increase pedestrian safety. But

slowing down already slow trafc

only serves to drive motorists away

from downtown Lancaster. And all ofLancaster Citys current revitalization

efforts are focused on bringing more and

more people into downtown Lancaster. If

enough people encounter enough trafc

jams, they will become frustrated and

spend their time and money elsewhere.

This is exactly what contributed to the

downfall of downtown Lancaster a half-

century ago; people got tired of ghting

trafc, and started spending their timeand money in suburban shopping centers

which had easy access and plenty of

free parking.

Trafc calming in the wrong places

will hurt, not help, the economic

revitalization of downtown Lancaster.

You can email Artie See at:

[email protected]

All of Lancaster Citys currentrevitalization efforts arefocused on bringing more and

more people into downtownLancaster. If enough peopleencounter enough trafc jams,

they will become frustrated andspend their time and moneyelsewhere.

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appointed County Executive. For this highly skilled job, we should be

able (but not required) to hire someone from outside of Lancaster County.

Once hired, the Executive would be required to take up residence here.

The County Executive position will be very similar to the current

County Administrator position, with former County Administrator,

Mark Esterbrook, stating that it would be 90 to 95% the same. The

Executive would constitute a check and balance for the Commissioners

who appointed him or her.

We spent 9 months studying thousands of pages of data and researchpapers, reviewing other counties charters, and interviewing dozens of

witnesses before taking the vote to go forward with the Charter. Just the

facts regarding the 2006 Lancaster County petition drive and the general

election vote demonstrate that Countians are ready for a change. About

10,000 voters signed their names on petitions to put the Home Rule

study on the ballot. More than 65,000 people voted yes on the ballot

question, and only 38,000 Democrats voted in the election, so this is not

a partisan effort.

In 1972, 68% of Lancaster Countians voted overwhelmingly to elect aGovernment Study Commission, which worked for about 7 months and

actually drafted a proposed Home Rule Charter. That Charter never was

voted upon by the general public, because the Commonwealth Court in

Harrisburg ruled that the original ballot question had been improperly

worded. Lancastrians thought that a change in county government

structure was a good thing in 1972 when there were 320,000 people living

here, and the annual budget was about $16 million. Now that we have a

population of nearly 500,000, and an annual county budget of $300 million,

how have

we changed

and adapted

the county

government

since 1972?

The answer

is: not at all.

Many of

our large

sister countieswith the 3

commissioner

form (Bucks

things, a law department and assistants and other personnel for each of

the 5 home rule commissioners, but these 4 components are the main

ones of the proposed Lancaster county home rule charter.

Home rulers argue that these principle elements of a new government

for Lancaster county will provide for better government.

Dont be fooled, it wont.

Lets look at their arguments, one at a time.

First, they say their home rule charter will ...provide County services

and facilities with the highest degree of efciency and economy.The reality is Lancaster county already has the most efcient, most

economical government among our Pennsylvania 3rd class county peers.

The cost to deliver government services is $575 per person in Lancaster

county. Lackawanna is the next least expensive at $853 per person. The

highest per capita cost of all Pennsylvania 3rd class counties is Erie--a

home rule county--at a cost of $1,397 per person to fund their home rule

county government.

Second, they say home rule will, ...increase representation and

accountability in the Countys decision-making process.The reality is just the opposite. They offer a home rule charter that

provides for less representation and less accountability because there are

fewer elected ofcials to represent our citizens and to hold accountable.

For example, 5 county-wide elected ofcials are targeted to be

abolished with one elected Clerk of Judicial Records to be added, for

a net loss of 4 county elected ofcials who would no longer be directly

accountable to the people.

The home-ruler contention that abolishing county wide elected ofces

actually increases

r epresenta t ionand accountability

to our citizens

is disingenuous.

It dees

common sense,

and Lancaster

countians are too

smart to fall for

their propaganda.Third, they say

this home rule

charter will, ...


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in particular) have higher taxes than we do. There is no way for any

county to have more than 3 county commissioners, UNLESS THERE

IS A HOME RULE CHARTER. The vast majority of people who

testied before the current GSC were convinced that a change from 3

to 5 County Commissioners would be more representative, and likely to

bring government more out in the open, so as not to repeat, for example,

the debacle surrounding the secretive plan to sell Conestoga View.

For greater efciency, the draft Charter allows for the consolidation

of 3 non-policy making row ofces: Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, andRegister of Wills, into one ofce. This move alone will save the County

about $200,000 per year, and would offset the cost of the 2 additional

County Commissioners. Currently, all elected row ofces in Lancaster

County carry a salary and benet package of nearly $100,000 annually.

According to testimony the GSC has received, much of the day to day

work is already being handled by the row ofcers deputies, who are

paid much less than their bosses. These deputies even train the new row

ofcers after they are elected.

What about the cost of a Home Rule government? At least 6 of theother Class 3 counties (Lancaster is one of 11 of these) have higher taxes

than we do, and they do NOT have Home Rule. Bucks County, also with

the traditional 3 Commissioners, has a county tax millage rate about ve

times larger than ours. There is absolutely no relationship between higher

taxes and Home Rule. In fact, the new Administrative Code would allow

for signicant savings by enabling the County Purchasing Director to

make more economical decisions to buy in bulk, or in cooperation with

other counties.

Our goal is to make county government more open, accountable, and

responsible to the people of Lancaster County. Please join us at our tworemaining public hearings: April 29, 7 pm, at Mount Joy Boro ofce

and May 3rd, 9 am, at Garden Spot Village in New Holland. We greatly

value the public input and discussion and encourage your participation.

encourage the involvement of citizens in their County government...

The reality is our county government is completely open and

available to the public. There are many ways our current structure of

county government promotes input from our citizens: Weekly county

commissioner work sessions and meetings, advertised and open to

the public; citizens can offer their input and expertise by serving on

committees, authorities, boards and commissions.

Fourth, they say we need a new home rule county government structure,

to provide for the health, safety and well-being of all County citizensand residents, as if we are not now providing these for our citizens.

The reality is our current, historic structure of county government

already provides for the health, safety and well-being of our citizens.

Home rule may, however, pave the way for a new county Health

Department:

5 of the 6 Pennsylvania home rule counties either have, or will have, a

separate Health Department. Allegheny, Delaware and Erie counties all

have county Health Departments, while Lehigh and Northampton are in

the process of establishing a joint Health Department.Finally, they say we need a new home rule county government, to

improve scal stewardship of County resources.

The reality is Lancaster county taxes its citizens the least (at a

Millage Rate of 3.42 in 2008) when compared with every one of the 6

Pennsylvania home rule counties as shown below:

Allegheny: 4.69, 37% Higher | Delaware: 4.83, 41% Higher

Erie: 5.20, 44% Higher | Lackawanna: 39.00, 1,040% Higher

Lehigh: 5.125*, 50% Higher | Northampton: 5.40*, 58% Higher

Thus, we have the lowest per capita cost of all 3rd class counties in

Pennsylvania and we have the lowest tax millage rate when compared toall 6 home rule counties.

The home rulers want to not only x something that aint broke,

they want to x it til it is, until we here in Lancaster county look like

the 6 home rule counties: In government structure, in expenses and in

taxes.

Home rule is a liberal, progressive, elitist system of government

characterized in every county in which it exists with higher taxes

and bigger government; with the abolishment of elected ofces and

substituting appointed county employees instead.Thats not home rule, thats government rule. Dont be fooled by home

rule. Vote NO to home rule in November.*Actual rate for Lehigh is 10.25 Mills and for Northampton is 10.80 Mills assessed at 50%

and adjusted here for comparison purposes.

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Want to know more about the

Government Study Commission and Home Rule?

The County provides a website:

www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lancastergsc/site/

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Google ThisHave you noticed? Google has become a verb.

As in to Google. As in Ill have to Google that when I get home. Any questionthat eludes our memory or education, any piece of trivia, any fact we must have, itsall there. Doctor just prescribe something new? Google it. Wondering which moviewon Best Picture in 1945? Google it. Its all there, just a few clicks away.

Speaking of which, there are some tricks for making those few clicks more

effective. Different ways to phrase your questions posed to the great oracle, Google.Here are a few to get you started:

Use quotes. This is really helpful when youre looking for an exact phrase orsomeones name. If you use quotation marks, youre telling Google nd this exact

phrase or name and list those pages rst. Youll get other pages that have parts ofthe phrase or name, but the rst hits will be those where it appears exactly as youvetyped it.Use a plus sign (+). For example, to nd the soundtrack forThe Sound of Music,youd type:Sound of Music +soundtrack. Put a space before the plus sign, but not after it.Use a minus sign (-). If youre looking for information about The Sound of Music

but you dont want to know anything about the movie, type:Sound of Music movie.Skip little words. For example, if you want information on travel to England, type:travel England. Theres no need for the word to, as in travel to England. Theresalso no need for quotes here in fact they might be a problem, as theyd force Googleto give you only sites with that exact phrase in them. The capital E in England isalso unnecessary (but not a problem), because Google is NOT case-sensitive. If youwant sites that also pertain just to England and not just to travel there, type Englandtravel the rst word in any series is considered the most important.Ask questions. If you want to know who your senator is, type: who is my senator?You dont have to use the question mark.

Feel lucky. Yes, that Im Feeling Lucky button does do something. If you type inyour search terms, clicking that button (as opposed to Google Search) will takeyou to the site that Google feels is the absolute best match for what you typed. Forexample, if you typePenn State(with or without the quotes) and click the ImFeeling Lucky button, you go right to thePenn State University website not to a list oflikely pages, but right to the site. Pretty cool.

You can email Robert & Laurie Fuller at:

[email protected]

[email protected]

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Horse Chases Cart

Part 2

by Steve Johnson,Lancaster Post

Last week, we learned it has recently dawned on ourcity elders that when the Convention Center opens next

year, there is a possibility that people might not onlycome to the Center, but they might actually leave the

building and go for a walk around the neighborhood.

You know, see the quaint shops, spend some money,

take in the avorful delightfulness of the place.

And so now, our brave leaders have gotten around

to the question of how these visitors might judge

the landscape, or streetscape, as they roam our

downtown.

Ah, details. People in unfamiliar territory have this

annoying tendency to notice things -- streets, sidewalks,

lighting, signage, trafc, passers-by, overall state ofupkeep; all the little things we locals overlook because

weve already seen it, heard it, smelled it, tripped over

it, broken our shocks on it, and crossed the street to

avoid it a thousand times.

Our leaders have been so focused on their cart

(the Convention Center) that they were unable to

see that the horse that literally pulls it is the city

surrounding it. The city should be the attraction, and the

convention center should be something that enhances

that attraction.If the rst part isnt in place (already having an

attraction) then the second part (adding value and

usefulness to it) cant do much good. Its kind of

like saying that if you build a Friendlys at a landll,

then the landll will become more attractive and

inviting, and people will ock to it just because of the

Friendlys. There are Convention Centers everywhere,

in wonderful places and not-so-wonderful places.

Guess which ones people ock to?

A sturdy horse pulling a lovely cart is likely to

attract passengers. A lovely cart with no horse sits stilland empty. Youd think that simple logic would occur

to those who manage our world, even if only on a local

level.

But it hasnt.

Ignoring the rational objections of both insiders

and outsiders, ordinary folks and experts, our leaders

always insisted it was the other way around. Just shut

up and let us build our cart! they cried, The horse

will surely come.

And now, with the cart well under construction,at considerable cost and nancial risk to the public,

some rocket scientist working for our leaders wakes

up, sticks his hand up and says Um...hey, what about

all the crappy infrastructure and broken stuff and

criminals and poor people and all that? I mean, wont

the conventioneers, like, notice it?

And heads turn. Eyebrows raise. Rusty gears attempt

to turn. Briey.

Then the Kool Aid attendant notices that the cask

has gotten low and quickly rells it.

Returned to their previous state of infallibility, our

leaders and their minions huddle briey and come

up with a brilliant solution to their alleged lack of

foresight. They will say they had a plan all along, for

four years in fact, and they just forgot to mention it

until now because they were so busy tweaking it to

work in (their) everyones interests.

The plan is a series of recommendations

authored during the Smithgall administration and then

tabled. Nothing shocking there. Plans have been

written, scrapped and then resurrected before.

Its the tweaking that may bother you, if you

pay taxes or own property downtown. Tweak #1:Taxpayers and property owners will largely pay for this

plan, in many cases directly and with responsibility

for implementation. Tweak #2: It will be THE LAW.

And so we have our plan:

Administration Bill No. 4-2008: .... An Ordinance

of the City Council of the City of Lancaster ... creating a

Streetscape District, authorizing the implementation of

streetscape standards for items such as sidewalks, curbs,

ramps, trafc calming measures, street furnishings,

lighting and planting within the Streetscape District, providing for the enforcement of the ordinance,

establishing penalties for violations of the ordinance;

Yes, folks, they built (with our money) their cart,

but WE, under force of law, will be required to pay

for the horse that pulls it; that is, IF we can make

the horse catch up with the cart. In other words, IF

we (the people) can make all our sidewalks, benches,

lights, planters look kind of the same everywhere, our

wise leaders now tell us, then the Convention Center

will succeed.

And if it doesnt succeed, that will be our fault,you see. It was our nay-saying. It doesnt matter

that we never asked for a Convention Center, a Hotel

Tax, a contentious and endless round of taxpayer-

funded lawsuits and appeal, a board of insider dealers

or this last-ditch-half-baked-make-it-our-fault-

STREETSCAPE-LAW that burdens US with birthing

the horse that drags the (frankly) broken cart into the

ground either way

When the project ops it will be recorded as being

OUR fault. They tried their best to give us what weneeded most, but in the end it was WE who just werent

streetscapey enough. Tough luck, folks.

You can email Steve Johnson at:

[email protected]

Match these Convention CenterConsultants to the taxpayers moneyeach one was paid:

_____ $7,000,000

_____ $2,000,000

_____ $ 800,000

_____ $1,500,000

_____ $3,000,000

B.JOHNESPENSHADE

C.JOH

NFEN

NINGHAM

D.TO

MSMIT

HGALL

E.MAURICEWALKER

A.DAN

LOGA

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THEANSWERS:JohnEspenshade(lawconsultant):$7,000,000JohnFenningham(lawconsultant):$3,000,000MauriceWalker(businessconsultant):$2,000,000TomSmithgall-HighIndustries(constructionconsultant)=$1,500,000DanLogan(marketingconsultant)=$800,000

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Got Events?Send them to theLancaster Post

for inclusion in ourEntertainment

Guide!

Call :717-431-8145

or email:

[email protected]

Friday April 25North Museum of Natural History & Science - Snakes, Rattles & Holes offers a serpents-eye view of the world where kids can

feel a snakes skin, see how snakes slither and even use a video game to help a snake catch its dinner! 400 College Avenue. Tues.-

Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 12-5 p.m. 291-3941 or www.NorthMuseum.org. (through 5/30)

Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre - A marionette version of Robert Louis Stevensons classic tale Treasure Island will be staged

Saturdays at 11 a.m. 126 North Water Street. 394-8398 or www.HoleInTheWallPuppets.com. (through 5/24)

Sowing the Wind - This interactive production (suitable for grades 4-12 and adults) presents the struggles of an American farm

family and the choices they face regarding safety and health in a dangerous occupation. Fulton Theatre, 12 North Prince Street

(fourth oor). Fri., 7 p.m.; Sat., 1 & 7 p.m. 397-7425 or www.TheFulton.org. (through 4/26)

Animal Grossology - Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA. Discover some of the slimiest, stinkiest and

downright yuckiest creatures on earth. Welcome to Animal Grossology, the interactive experience that takes a slightly different view

of Fluffy, Fido and the rest of the animal kingdom! Twice as big and twice as much fun as the overwhelming popular Grossology:

The Impolite Science of the Human Body, Animal Grossology is oozing with disgusting science and interactive learning games.

Saturday April 26Angelina Ballerina Party. There will be an Angelina Ballerina Party held at Crickets Performing Arts, Manheim, PA. children wholove Angelina Ballerina. Dress as one of the storybook characters, dance and play games, light refreshments, prize drawings. Cost

$5.00

Cherry Blossom Festival - 1-3pm Enjoy Japanese-style spring celebrations throughout greater Reading, including dragon otillas

on the Schuylkill River, a sushi and sake ceremony, a Japanese tea ceremony, taiko drums and more. For more information, call 610-

375-4085 or visit www.riverplacepa.com/cherryblossomfest.htm.

Animal Grossology - (see Friday 4/25)

Rufn It...A Day in the Park. Longs Park, 10am-2pm. Enjoy the day with your dog! Collect pledges for the event to earn

fun incentive prizes! D.J. T-Minus will be playing your dogs favorite songs all day! Enjoy contests, demonstrations, and other

entertainment! Visit the many merchandise and food vendors!Sunday April 27Bug Scavenger Hunt; Lancaster Central Park. Registration required. 295-2055 or www.co.lancaster.pa.us/parks.

Family Spring Walk. Lancaster County Central Park. 295-2055 or www.co.lancaster.pa.us/parks. Registration required.

Animal Grossology - (See Friday 4/25)

Monday April 28Spanning Centuries: Railroad Bridges of Pennsylvania Exhibit - Railroad Museum of PA, Rt. 741 East, Box 15, Strasburg, PA

17579 717-687-8628. (through 5/4)

Tuesday April 29Bird walk. Lancaster County Central Park. 295-2055 or www.co.lancaster.pa.us/parks.

Wednesday April 30Community Days Buchanan Park- Buchanan Park, Buchanan and Race Streets, Lancaster, PA, 717-392-4683. Carnival rides,

games, music and food for all to enjoy. Wed & Thurs, 5 - 10 pm, Fri, 5 - 11 pm, and Sat, Noon - 11 pm. (through 5/3)

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Friday - April 25

Paris Is Out! - Rainbow Dinner Theatre,

800-292-4301.

Les Misrables Lancaster Mennonite

High School, 7:30 PM, Tickets - 717-299-0436, ext. 340

Guys and Dolls, Dutch Apple Dinner

Theatre 898-1900 6 PM & 8 PM

Annie Baileys - Nua (Irish)

Belvedere - Amaryllis Santiago (Jazz)

Brasserie - Steven Davis Duo

Bubes Brewery - Ripe; Ghost Tour;

Fourth Friday

Caribbean Inn - Phipps & Friends

Chameleon ThursdayCheers Bar - Trivia with Jim Marlin

Coffee Company - Tom Herr

El Serrano - Copper Sky (Acoustic)

Frogtown Cafe - No Apology

J&B Hotel - Plywood Jungle (Rock)

Juke Box - DJ Ray

McClearys - Tom Reese Project

Mollys Pub - Sal Anthony

Ritz on Main - Sofa King

Stitches Comedy Club - Earl David

Reed; Dennis Ross; Michael Weiss

(Comedy)

Stoudts Brewery - Big Mike Henry &

Kenny Gehret

Summy House - Chestnuts

Symposium - Full Tilt

Saturday - April 26

Paris Is Out! - Rainbow Dinner Theatre,

800-292-4301.

Les Misrables Lancaster Mennonite

High School, 717-299-0436, ext. 340Guys and Dolls, Dutch Apple Dinner

Theatre, 898-1900 6 PM & 8 PM

Annie Baileys - Copper Sky (Acoustic)

Beanies - Eric Germer

Belvedere - Dave Wilson Quartet (Jazz)

Black Gryphon - Joe Mixon & Sal Ritz

Black Knights - Plan BBrasserie - Burnie Smucker

Bubes Brewery - Mount Joy Thaw

Crawl; The Green Onions; John Peifer

Jazz Trio; Central Hotel Premier Murder

Mystery Dinner

Caribbean Inn - Frozen Chicken

Bowling

Chameleon - Negative Space; Sugarcoat;

Crimson Diamond

Chanceys - Duane Slaymaker (Acoustic)Coffee Company - G2V

El Serrano - Dante

Emmaus Road Cafe - Raught N Shane

Hill Top Inn - Tim Desmond

J&B Hotel - Odd Thomas

Juke Box - DJ Kevin

Lancaster. Dispensing Co. - Josh

Albright

Mazzi - The Jazz Trio

Mollys Pub - Amaryllis Santiago

Paris Pub - DJ Carmel

Quips - Tub-o-beer Night

Ritz on Main - Trauma Six



Symposium - Bob Noble

Taj Mahal - John Protopapas (Sitar)

Underground - Sight Unseen

Union Station Grill - Stu Huggens

(Acoustic)

Village - Kaos; Underground Hotel;Hazmatz

Sunday - April 27

Guys and Dolls, Dutch Apple Dinner

Theatre, 898-1900

Bubes Brewery - Roman Feast

Caribbean Inn - Talladega PartyChameleon - Divine Heresy; Sworn

Enemy; From A Second Story Window;

With Blood Comes Cleansing; Dance

Club Massacre

Rock Hill Tavern - Chesapeake Bay

Benet



Chameleon - The Audition; Hit The

Lights; Every Avenue; The MorningLight; Kiros

Tuesday April 29Guys and Dolls, Dutch Apple Dinner

Theatre, 898-1900

Wednesday - April 30Guys and Dolls, Dutch Apple Dinner

Theatre, 898-1900

Carlos & Charlies Mount Joy - Rob &

Todd

Chameleon - Mayday Parade; My

American Heart; The Graduate

McClearys - Corty & Scott

Olde Greeneld - Jim Trostle Trio (Jazz)

Pressroom - Troy Isaak Trio (Jazz)

Thursday May 1Guys and Dolls, Dutch Apple Dinner

Theatre, 898-1900

DOUBT by John Patrick Shanley.

Fulton Theatre. 717-397-7425

No Way to Treat a Lady Ephrata

Performance Arts Center. (717) 733-7966 (through 5/10)

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Sukhothai

With admitted reluctance, your talentedscribe must grudge credit to his coarse editorswho, alas, have confessed utter ignorancewith respect to cuisine, and realize that yourhumble food taster has more sensitivityin a single bud than is in the entire genetichistorys of their respective familys tongues... combined.

Fine. Dispensed. Now can we get on toevaluating food? Thank you. Our stop thisweek is Sukhothai, a Thai restaurant offColumbia Avenue in Mountville.

Fussy, my regular dining companion, wasunable to join me on this day, so her friend,Finicky, was my tablemate. Just like my ownhellacious jalapeo, Finicky didnt get hername by accident. I am saying the gal has

taste, and if I say that, she does. (She alsohas a Ph.D. and knows more about politicsthan 99% of university professors in the state.So we had other things to talk about besidesfood. That was nice.)

On this late weekday afternoon, therestaurant was sparsely crowded, so Finickyand I got to choose our table. We were seated,and charmed, by the owner, KhamphongChanthongthip.

Sukhothai (Sukhothai is a city between

Chiang Mai and Bangkok in the Easternpart of country) usually bustles on weekendnights, so reservations are recommendedduring the dinner hours. But for lunch or anearly dinner, like ours, the restaurant feelsspacious and private.

It is also very pretty, with a interior designby Tom DePaul. The DePaul touches are seenwith the cool lighting and subtle indigenous-inuenced artwork.

The Food: Lets talk. Finicky started withthe shrimp rolls ($8.95) and she was most

pleased. Very light and crispy, but also verymeaty, she said, clearly too pleased.

Now, I am unhappy because she is so happywith her appetizer. I ordered two starters: theTom Yum soup; and the chicken skewers. Iam the reviewer; I can do that.

The soup, Tom Yum, was Yum-Yum, ahot and sour spicy broth, with fresh, crispyveggies -- peppers, asparagus, onions. Isweated from the spice, but it was Great.

The chicken skewers were perfectly

cooked, seared on the outside, and servedwith a unique, but delicious, peanut oil, chili

pepper, vinegar dip. I dont question cookswhen they get it right, and the dip was justright. I wanted more. I had forgiven Finicky.

For the entre, Finicky went with the Lad Nar beef. She, again, was most pleased. (Isecretly hated her again for ordering betterthan me. This was difcult, as Finicky ischarming.) The at rice noodles were cooked

just right, she said, and the beef was well-avored and sliced very thinly. Yummy,said the nicky one. Please shut up, Finicky,I thought to myself.

Oh, said Finicky, and its so pretty.She was right, but was entirely too happyabout it. I wanted Finicky to leave now, and Iwanted to eat her food.

My dish, Pad Phet Chicken, is served in alight, curry coconut sauce and, like Finickys,was served along with a painting of colorful,fresh vegetables. At Sukhothai, you orderyour food on a hot-o-meter 1-10, 10 beingthe hottest. Mine was a 2. Id go for at least a4 next time.

I have customers that order at 10 1/2,say Mr. Chanthongthip. I only go to a 3myself.

Finicky was happy; I was satised. But Ihad to sample a dessert. My companion wasnot helpful, I dont have any room, shesaid. Thanks, helpful friend. Im on my own.

I think Ill have the Banana cake, Isaid.

Whoops.The problem was my preconception. I

imagined a piece of western-style cake witha slathering of frosting. Silly me. What I gotwas a steaming pyramid wrapped in a bananaleaf. Opening the leaf I found a purple gummy

pyramid-shaped glob of rice. This was purplerice, sugar and bananas. This isnt cake tomy buds. I didnt like this much and cantrecommend this dish.

But the rest of Sukothai, Finicky and I bothrecommend. Its tasty, the service is great,and the ambience a Thai daydream.Sukhothai Thai Food Restaurant147 Oakridge Dr.Mountville, PA 17554717.285.0074Mon-Thu: 11am - 9:30pmFri: 11am - 10pmSat & Sun: 4pm - 10pm

Email Hard to Please at:[email protected]

Grilled 3-Cheese Potatoesby Shari Drury-Di Domenico

Lancaster Post Guest Contributor

Our family is well knownfor our love of backyardcookouts! We invite a

lot of friends and familyover, and Stephen will reup the grill, usually forsteaks. The kids (Michael,Tara, Patrick, Hanna, andPaige) shuck the cornand prepare the salad.And I make the pice dersistance... 3-CheesePotatoes!

These are so easy toprepare; Iguarantee your

family and friends will beg you to make these over and overagain; mine does! YUMMO! Heres the recipe:

Ingredients:6 large potatoes, sliced thick2 medium onions, chopped1/3 cup grated Parmesancheese cup (4 ounces) sharpcheddar cheese1 cup (4 ounces) shredded

mozzarella cheese1 pound of sliced bacon,cooked and crumbled cup butter or margarine,cubed1 tablespoon minced freshchives (dried OK)1 teaspoon seasoned salt teaspoon pepper

Divide the potatoes and onions equally between two piecesof heavy-duty aluminum foil (each piece about 18 square) that

have been coated with non-stick cooking spray.Mix the Parmesan cheese and of the cheddar andmozzarella cheese and sprinkle over the potatoes and onions.

Top this with the bacon, butter, chives, and seasonings.Bring up the opposite ends of the foil over the lling and

fold down several times. Fold the unsealed ends toward thelling and crimp tightly.

Grill, covered, over medium heat for 35-40 minutes, or untilthe potatoes are tender.

Remove from the grill, and carefully open the foil. Sprinklewith the remaining cheeses and serve.

Serves 6 8 hungry people.

If you know a Culinary Wizard whod like to share arecipe or other kitchen-related advice, email MelodyHarper at: [email protected]. Well feature adifferent cook and their recipe each week!

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Couple: Tim & Angie Trostle, West HempeldMarried: Almost 7 yearsAnniversary: June 23rd

Youd think a guy with a cherried out, cherry

red Toyota Tacoma Truck -- with a license

plate that reads ON EDGE -- would have ared hot, cherried out wife, and if youre Tim

Trostle (pronounced: Tr-sul), that would pretty

much be your life. The Post caught up with the

couple on a lovely spring afternoon among the

Hempeld cherry blossoms.

We met at Rookies in 1999, says Tim, 41,

a salesman who works in Harrisburg. I was

part of an organization -- Lancaster Young

Professionals -- and we used to go there for

social hour.

So I went there with a friend, and Angie was

brought by someone in the group, says the die-

hard Steeler fan.

Both at the same time: Bonnie Anderson!

Angie, 33, who works in a bank, picks it up

from here. So Bonnie was telling me about

this guy that was really cute, and so I went on

this night, she says. I thought he was really

sarcastic, but he was cute.

Tim: And she... she had legs that you wouldnt

believe, honestly, and a really unique facethat was framed by the most beautiful red hair

youve ever seen. Anyway... We stayed there for

awhile then we went out to Low Places.

Angie (a Cowboys fan): Theyre gonna think

were rednecks.

Tim: Hey, thats what we did! And I line

danced and you did, too.

Angie: I have two left feet, let me tell you.

Tim: Actually, she has eight left feet.

Angie: I didnt

want to dance.

Tim: But you

did. And you

know why?

Because you

liked me. You

liked me!

Angie: My

friends and

family made fun

of me because he

was bald.

Tim: By choice!

These two are funny.

So why does your marriage work?

Tim: Freedom. ... She can do

whatever she wants. She can do

her own thing. I dont tell her

what do do. She goes out with

her friends. Thats cool. Plus,

were really good friends.

Angie: It works because, to me,

love is trust. And we both really

enjoy each others company.

After just a few minutes with

the Trostles, we enjoy their

company, too.

By Melody Harper,Lancaster Post

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ACROSS1. Lancaster Post mascot

7. Golf course in southern Lancaster County

8. Former Lancaster school superintendent who was jailed

10. Nickname of F&Ms sports teams

11 _______________ Glen nature preserve

14. Initials representing largest county church

16. Name of former County NBA player and executive

17. Nickname of County high school that won a state footballchampionship

18. Name of Lancastrian held as POW during

Vietnam war

20. Nickname for Garden Spot sports teams

22. Editor of the Intelligencer Journal

23. Former state champion in the mile and Mayor

of Lancaster

24. Lancaster Mayor jailed after leaving ofce

DOWN2. Convention Center partner feeding at the

taxpayers trough

3. Former name of the highway from Lancaster

to Columbia

4. Name of most successful

Lancaster golfer on PGA tour

5. Golf and Country Club in

Manor Township

6. Former ice company across the street from WGAL9. County park on South Duke Street

12. PAs winningest high school

coach from Hempeld

13. _____________ Forge Lake

15. Former gas station at the Golden

Triangle at Lititz and Oregon Pike

19. Well-known rock by the

Susquehanna River

21. Former movie theater on Manor

Street in Lancaster

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Sudoku

Simple - you can do it!

Lancaster County Trivia Crossword

Tough one... use a pencil!

The solutions to this

weeks puzzles can be

found at our website:LancasterPost.com

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Scott Bauman

Ephrata

I dont think we need

it.

Marion Pinckney

Quarryville

Do we need it?

Christine Kaufman

Lancaster

Regardless of the

size, we dont need

another Park City.

Earl Pinckney

Quarryville

What about the small

businesses?

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Bobbi Carmitchell on the guitar:

For me, the thing about playing a guitar that is so different from manyother instruments is that you are so physically connected to it. My rst

instrument was piano and I love playing it, but you are only connected

to it by your nger tips and the bottoms of your feet! With a guitar,

you literally wrap yourself around the instrument and embrace it. The

vibrations that come from playing a guitar go right into your very soul

and theres nothing really quite it.My Dad bought me my rst guitar when I was 12. I remember that summer so

well, because it was the rst time I could be mobile with an instrument. Try carrying

a baby grand piano into the woods! With my new bright orange plastic guitar, I

was able to sit by the creek, or lean against a tree, or walk back into the woods and

play what I was hearing all around me. It was and still is one of my biggest treats

for myself to play music in the woods. So much of my playing is through a sound

system and you sometimes have to sacrice the quiet nuance of the instrument for

sheer volume. Dont get me wrong...its a blast to hear big sound when youre

playing some outside festival and theres like 15,000 people out there. Its an importantbalance to make the time for both.

So, whenever I get a chance, I head out in my woods and sit still and play all the quiet

parts of the instrument that dont get heard from the stage. The harmonics, the overtones

and just the sound of your ngernails on the strings.

For more information on Bobbi Carmitchell go to: bobbicarmitchellmusic.com

Bobbi Carmitchell:

Soul Singer

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So just how wired is this project? Martin signeda letter on behalf of the townships Municipal

Authority asking the Pennsylvania Departmentof Community & Economic Development(DCED) for state tax dollars to pay for the roadimprovements. The letter talked up the shoppingmall, saying that it was a unique developmentopportunity and that paving over the old Deisleyfarm would preserve farmland in the township.

When Flanagan, chairman of the Authority,was questioned by the Post on Monday night athis home about the farmland claims, he pointedout that he voted against the text amendment (the

rst step in the approval process) because it didntrequire developers to purchase enough TransferableDevelopment Rights (TDR). Flanagan, whohelped develop the townships TDR program inthe 90s was adamant about preserving farmland,

but resigned to some development.Before voting yes on the conditional use,

Flanagan said, It is likely that this particularshopping center will be built somewhere inLancaster County in the coming years. That

being the case, the question becomes - should itbe here and under the conditions contained in thismotion?. He went on to talk about the benet ofthe regional road improvements that were comingalong with the project, albeit, he acknowledged, attaxpayer expense.

So, how could Simpson and Flanagan sit injudgement of Highs conditional use application,given the cheerleading roles they both played?State case law in Min. Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Boardof Wharton Township answers the question:

requires a local governing body in the performance of its quasi-judicial functions to

avoid even the appearance of bias or impropriety.A showing of actual bias is unnecessary inorder to assert a cognizable due process claim;the mere potential for bias or the appearance ofnon-objectivity may be sufcient to constitute aviolation of that right.

But the apparent conict of interest doesnt endwith Simpson and Flanagan. Township engineer,Rettew and Associates, also serves as Highsengineer! So township residents are paying their

public engineer to review something prepared by

the engineers private employer! Andwhat about the grant from the DCED?When contacted Monday, DCEDspokesperson Janel Miller said that theapplication is not approved, but refusedto provide a copy of the application toPost.

According to Cluck, the applicationsays in part, High Real Estate Groupand Manheim Township have formed a

public-private partnership to advance the

signicant improvements to US Route30 and SR 230 to support economicdevelopment initiatives in the region

That cant be good news for taxpayers,because when High is involved in thesepublic-private partnerships, it isusually the public who gets stuck withthe bill.

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Adopt a Pet... Save a Life!by Lancaster Post Staff

Abigail was abandoned on a farm. She is the

sweetest little lady and would love a new

home, one where she is loved and wanted.She is already spayed and about 2 years

old. For the fastest response, please call the

shelter at 393-6551 for additional information

on this cat.

Clyde is a black lab mix who is about 9 years old.This wise dog knows sit and is well mannered.

He enjoys time spent outside and has an easy

going personality.

ABIGAIL

CLYDE

The Humane League of

Lancaster County...

The Best Place to Find a Best Friend!

Abigail and Clyde are just two of the many

animals at the Humane League, waiting for ahome. There are millions of homeless pets inthe United States -- and more are born andabandoned every day.

Dont buy a pet - ADOPT one and save a life!

For more information on the animals awaitingadoption at the Humane League, to nd out

about volunteering and/or donating your time to

the League, or other ways to help, please call:(717) 393- 6551 or visit them at 2195 LincolnHighway East, Lancaster, PA.

www.humaneleague.com

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Athlete of the Week

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1 Where did you grow up?

Austin, Texas

2 What was the best thing about growing

up there?

The endless diversity of people you see there.

3 Most embarrassing moment on the

baseball feld?

Yikes! Thereve been a few (laughs)...I was playing A

ball and went to cover rst and tripped over my own feet

and fell face rst into the dirt. Didnt trip over anything,

just got my own feet tangled up. By the way, it was a

foul ball.

4 Rock or Country?

Id say country.

5 Favorite thing to do in Lancaster?

I like to go to Buchanan Park and play my guitar.

FRIDAY, April 25thOpening Day

Bridgeport Bluesh

Game Starts: 7:05 pm

Fireworks!

SATURDAY, April 26th

Bridgeport Bluesh

Game Starts: 7:05 pm

Fireworks!

SUNDAY, April 27th

Bridgeport Bluesh

Game starts: 1:35 pm

AWAY GAMES:

Tuesday, April 29th

Long Island Ducks


Wed., April 29th

Long Island Ducks


Post 5 Random

Questions:Zack Parker

Sydney Clark is the Post Athlete of the Week. Sydney, asenior at Hempeld High School, was named the Runner

of the Year as a junior. She has competed in cross country

from her 9th through 12th grade years. Sidney also playedvarsity girls tennis during those years. This year as a member

of the tennis team, she was a state nalist in team tennis.

Sydney is a multi-faceted young woman and is also

President of the Student Council. She has a 3.84 GPA and

will bring her brain and fast feet to Columbia University

next fall where she plans to run cross country and track.

The Post salutes this impressive scholar/athlete.

Send nominations for Post Athlete of the Week [email protected]

Zack Parker

Position: Starting PitcherThrows: Left

Bats: Right

Height: 62

Weight: 195

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Page 19Wise Words: BarnstormersPitching Coach Rick Wise Talks

If you want to stump someone whothinks he knows a lot about baseball,ask him who was the winning pitcher

for game 6 of the 1975 World Series.

Everyone knows the game, one of

the most famous in baseball history.

Thats the one where the Red Sox Hall

of Famer Carlton Fisk hit his famous

9th inning home run,

the one where he was

waving his arms to

keep the ball fair.The winning

pitcher of record that

day was Rick Wise,

who along with the

rest of his Red Sox

teammates, was also

waving his arms.

Today, Wise, the 18-

year Major League

veteran, is the pitchingcoach of the Lancaster

Barnstormers.

Yeah, everyone

remembers that home run, says

Wise on a sunny April afternoon at

Clipper Magazine Stadium, but the

three-run home run Bernie Carbo hit

in the eighth was just as big, just as

dramatic. He tied the game with that,

and without it, Fisk wouldnt have had

the opportunity to hit his.

Rick Wise played his rst Major

League baseball game during

the 1964 season. He was

18 years old, a year out of

James Madison High School

in Portland, Oregon, where

he was a 3-sport (baseball,

basketball, football) all-cityathlete. By the time he retired

in 1982, the right-handers

distinguished career included

a no-hitter, two All-Star game

selections, 138 complete games, and a

win-loss record of 188-181 with 1647

strikeouts and a 3.69 ERA in 3127.00

innings pitched.

In his rookie year, Wise compiled

a 5-3 record with a 4.04 earned runaverage. Baseball fans know that

pitching in 1964 in the National

League meant facing some of the

greatest players ever to play the game:

Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Ernie

Banks, and Frank Robinson.OK, so youre Rick Wise, youre

18, and Willie Mays is on deck, whats

going through your mind?

I can tell you I knew he was there,

Wise laughs. But, you know what,

you think Im in the Big Leagues.

Ive got to go after him. You cant be

overwhelmed.

What happened

with Mays and Aaron?I remember those

guys kept fouling them

off, Wise says. I

could throw anything

past the hitters in high

school, but these guys

were so fast through the

zone. Mays and Aaron

are the best of the very

best who every playedthis game. They got

me when I was young,

but, later, when they

lost a little something, and I was in

my prime, I got em back. But these

guys were the greatest. Defense, none

better. And hitting, of course. And

they were great base runners. They

stole a base when it meant something

to winning the ballgame, not just topad statistics. There was nothing they

couldnt do well.

To give an idea of Wises current

market value, in 2007, Barry Zito

of the San Francisco Giants, in his

seventh season in the Majors, had

a record of 11-13, struck out 131,

and pitched 196 innings. His salary:

$10,000,00.00.

In his seventh season, Rick Wise

had a record of 17-14, struck out 155,

and pitched 272 innings. His salary:

Dont ask.

I wouldnt have played in any otherera, I can tell you that, Wise says. Of

course, the money notwithstanding,

he laughs. But to play with and

against those great players, I mean,

it was an honor. I wouldnt trade that

experience for anything.

Who was the toughest batter you

faced?

Rod Carew. He was amazing.

You could not get him out. His hand-eye coordination was so great. You

couldnt strike the man out. And

he could lay a bunt down, with two

strikes, which would just die half-way

between the plate and the pitchers

mound.

On June 23,

1971, Wise threw

the no-hitter against

one of the mostfeared lineups in the

history of baseball:

the Cincinnati Reds,

aka, The Big Red

Machine.

That lineup

Pete Rose, Johnny

Bench, Joe Morgan,

Tony Perez was

in its prime when afeverish Wise took the mound on a

sweltering afternoon. I had the u,

but you had to pry the ball out

of our hands in those days, says

Wise.

It was hot, about 105 on the

carpet at Riverfront Stadium,

and by the third or fourth inning

Id sweated the u out of my

body. Wise continued. I gotinto a rhythm, and was locating

my pitches well that day.

When did he start thinking

about the no-hitter?

You start thinking about a no-

hitter in the seventh inning, Wise

says. Before that youre not thinking

about anything except the hitter in

front of you. But after the seventh,

you start thinking about it.

Oh, and Wise also hit two home

runs that same game.

As impressive as that performance

was, Wise doesnt consider it his

greatest pitching effort. He once

pitched 10 and 2/3rds consecutive

perfect innings. Rick Wise got out 32

Major League hitters in a row. Swish

that around your mouth for a minute.Thirty-two straight. No hits, no walks,

no errors. 32.

Control was my game, Wise

says. I could locate up, down, in, out

of the strike zone.

Wise played for ve

Major League clubs:

the Phillies, Cardinals,

Red Sox, Indians, and

Padres. He played sevenyears with the Phils,

and feels close to the

Keystone state.

I feel at home in

Pennsylvania, he says.

I consider myself

a Philly. I played in

Philadelphia longer than

with any other team.

And Lancaster is my home awayfrom home. I love it here.

Today, Wise, 62, improbably slim

and youthful, enjoys his role with the

Barnstormers and is excited about this

years team and his chance to help

young players. These players work

hard, I can tell you that, he says with

obvious affection and respect for his

players. Take [starting pitcher] Zack

Parker. You wont outwork this guy.His work ethic is fantastic. Hes a

bulldog. He gives no excuses.

You know, he continues, at

any level, professional baseball is

not easy. And these young men give

me everything they have, every day.

I cant ask for more than that. And I

respect them for it.

After learning of their accomplished

pitching coach and his knowledge of

the game, one imagines Barnstormers

players will have a lot of respect for

Rick Wise, too. We do.

By Chris Hart Nibbrig

Lancaster Post

Professional baseball is not easy.And these young men [Barnstormersplayers] give me everything they have,every day. I cant ask for more thanthat. And I respect them for it.

- Rick Wise Lancaster Barnstormers Pitchingcoach, and former Major League All-Star

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