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The Royalton Borough Authority will consider bids next month for bank financ-ing of a $575,000 water booster that will increase water pressure in Cameron Woods and other parts of upper Royalton.The authority will con-sider bids at its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22. The borough would vote on an agreement with a bank at a future meeting, said Amy Burrell, borough secretary/treasurer.The authority originally sought federal Department of Agriculture funding for the project, but has since decided to pursue bank financing because the department has not yet responded and interest rates are currently very low, said Burrell.

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The Hetrick Center will host an open house at its facil-ity on North Union Street from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 that will feature free chair massages and refreshments.Door prizes, including a Kindle Fire, will be given. Guests will learn historical facts about the building, which was built in 1872.The center’s staff and health care providers will offer information on the facility’s services.The Hetrick Center offers a variety of specialties, including physical therapy, massage therapy and nutrition. The center will showcase it special HydroWorx aquatic therapy pools, invented by Dr. Paul Hetrick, the center’s president.The Hetrick Center began at the facility, at 500 N. Union St., 34 years ago.For more information, read-ers may call the center at 717-944-2225 or visit the center’s web site at www.hetrickcenter.com.

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Nationally known artist and Middletown native Jim Victor’s sculptures provide a lot of food for thought.Cuisine is Victor’s artistic medium –

from the Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculptures to chocolate portraits and fruit and veggie creations – and in the world of edible art, he’s a big deal.In addition to creating the Farm Show’s

annual thousand-pound display of Penn-sylvania produce in butter form, Victor

sculpts for companies like Subway. He recently completed a national media tour in New York City with Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III showcasing a portrait of the football star made from Subway ingredients –including chicken salad, a particularly difficult challenge.“It’s popular, for one thing,” he said. “It’s

nice to work on something where people actually want to see it.”Lisa Perrin Dubravec, senior industry

image and relations manager for the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association – the organiza-tion that commissions the Farm Show butter

sculpture – is glad to hire an artist that is both local and nationally famous.“He does wonderful work,” Dubravec said.

“He really takes our vision and manifests it into this beautiful sculpture each year.”Despite his buffet of successes, Victor still

cherishes his Middletown memories.His family moved to Middletown during

World War II when his dad began working at the Olmsted Air Force Base, and he lived in several different parts of Middletown dur-ing his childhood: Pineford Acres, a house

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By Noelle BarrettPress And Journal Staff

No charges have been filed after an investigation by the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office into the financial operations of the Citizen’s Fire Company in Highspire.Highspire Borough took control of the company’s finances last

April as a result of irregularities in its fiscal operations. Borough council cited problems that included failure to report income from a potentially illegal bingo game, filing false or misleading docu-ments with the borough and concealing funds from the company’s

By Noelle BarrettPress And Journal Staff

With Steelton-Highspire’s storied basketball program losing money, the school board voted 8-0 on Thursday, Jan. 17 to ask the PIAA, the governing body of state high school athletics, to move the boys’ and girls’ teams to another division in the Mid-Penn Conference.Since the start of this season, the teams have made

$7,000 less than their expenses. Athletic director Sam Petrovich believes changing divisions will bring in more revenue with ticket sales.“We’re getting clobbered financially,’’ Petrovich said.

“We cannot sustain a program with this.’’Currently, the boys’ and girls’ teams are part of the

Capital Division, which includes Middletown, Milton Hershey, East Pennsboro, Camp Hill, Northern York,

Susquenita and West Perry.Petrovich recommended the district move to the Key-

stone Division, where the boys’ and girls’ teams would face teams from Lower Dauphin, Hershey, Palmyra, Trin-ity, Cedar Cliff, Red Land, Mechanicsburg, Susquehanna Twp. and Bishop McDevitt.Most of the basketball program’s expenses have come

from transportation and security. The program has already cut two police officers, and added in-house security to save money, Petrovich said.Petrovich believes changing divisions will bring in more

revenue with ticket sales.In order to change divisions, both the boys’ and girls’

programs would have to switch. So far, both of Steelton-Highspire’s teams have found Photo by Noelle Barrett

Steelton-Highspire fans attend a recent girls’ basketball game in the school’s gym.

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In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream’’ speech, calling for an end to racism, asking for equality.Fifty years later, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, leaders of local

churches and residents – about 30 people – gathered at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church on Saturday, Jan. 19 in song and prayer. Some stood up, speaking about personal experiences, divulging their own visions for Middletown.In a town that began with the Susquehannock Indians and Scottish and Irish

immigrants in the 1700s, the diversity has continued to grow, said Gladys Brown, Director of Christian education at Ebenezer.“As we look at Middletown and its vision and how it has changed over these

years . . . we can look at these changes as very good changes, very positive Photo by Noelle Barrett

Middletown Borough Councilor David Rhen boasted about the town’s diversity.

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By Daniel Walmer and Noelle BarrettPress And Journal Staff

Middletown resident Thomas Gray recently received a nasty surprise in the mail. His January water and sewer bill said his usage increased to 6,000 gallons from his normal 4,000 gallons – a $20 increase on his sewer bill and a $18 increase on his water bill.He’s not sure why. Maybe an extra week was

included in the bill, or maybe the bill was based on an estimate. He knows it can be a problem, especially since he was only given a three-day grace period for the bill.“I’m retired, I’m on a fairly fixed income, and

that makes a difference for people,” Gray said.Gray is only one of several residents who have

complained recently to Borough Hall or the Press And Journal about unusually high water and sewer bills, some suggesting the borough based the bills on estimates rather than actual meter readings.“I see other people asking in the social media

world,” said resident Darius Jerome, whose bill was 3,000 gallons more than average in January. “We’re talking 10 or 12 people with the same issue.”Jerome said he didn’t consume more water than

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A former Middletown Borough Council mem-ber has announced she will run for a council seat in the May primary election.Rachelle Reid, a two-

term councilor and re-tired heavy equipment operator for the state Department of Transpor-tation, will run for one of three Second Ward seats up for grabs in the May 21 primary. She is a Republican.Five of council’s nine

seats will be contested this year, including one from the First Ward and one from the Third Ward. David Madsen, 26, a Democrat who is the leader of the Dauphin County Young Democrats, also announced he will seek a Second Ward seat.Candidates can begin circulating nominating

petitions on Feb. 19, and must turn them in to the Dauphin County Bureau of Elections by March 12.

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Controlling The Power From Within

When Duane Pelletier started tak-ing Tae Kwon Do, it was because he thought he had to, to stay alive. Now a black belt and in a place no longer threatened everyday by danger, he teaches the martial art to his family and students in the privacy of his own home. “One of the reasons I started taking

Tae Kwon Do is it was kind of bad where we lived. The neighborhood wasn’t the nicest,” Pelletier said about an apartment he, his wife and a then 16-month-old daughter Michelle, shared in Austin, Texas in 1981. “ I saw two guys get stabbed.” Back then, they couldn’t afford to live

in a better neighborhood because they only had one income from Duane’s job with the U.S. Air Force. There was no housing on the base either. So they stuck it out for a little over a year. But it was a year and two months of terror. “One night we were watching TV

and all of a sudden we heard this bam, bam, bam outside. It was gunfire. I told my wife to get down on the floor. When I didn’t hear many more noises, I peeked outside. But I wasn’t going to go out until I saw the cops. Then the cops got there about 10 minutes later, I went outside. There were 9-millimeter shells lying on the concrete.” The Pelletiers, now gathered around

their kitchen table in a nice warm house on a safe street in Middletown, are glad to be back home. Duane now works on the dock at

St. Johnsbury Trucking Company. He also teaches Tae Kwon Do, (a Korean martial art resembling karate) five nights a week out of a small studio in his basement.

Police Merger Issue Still Alive As Far As Highspire Is Concerned

Highspire’s Borough Council mem-bers voted 4-2 last week to move ahead with serious discussion regarding a merger between the Borough’s and Lower Swatara Township’s police departments. The vote was prompted by a request

for commitment on the part of High-spire by an official from the Depart-ment of Community Affairs (DCA) who conducted the most recent of three studies for the Borough. “Let us know,” said Dick Martin

of the DCA who walked council through a 12-page report format and figures. We can move forward or we can drop it.” DCA’s report - based on 1988 fig-

ures and factors such as population, property assessment, earned income,

square miles, road miles, number of incidents, minimum staffing require-ments – maintains both municipalities could save money through consolida-tion of their respective police depart-ments. Councilwoman Cheryl McBride re-

minded Council not to make decisions based on emotions. “We’d be derelict in our duties not to consider this if it’s cost effective,” she said. But other Council members ex-

pressed concern that the study failed to cover all relevant factors. Councilman Dick Chubb asked about police protec-tion for businesses. Martin answered that “door shaking” was not counted among the 2,444 incidents reported for Highspire and couldn’t be reckoned into a study (except as man hours). “Would salaries have to be adjusted?”

Councilwoman Joanne Kern asked. Martin said if that were the case, it could be done in increments over time, adding that salary decisions would be determined by a joint committee.

Tax Boost In The Future For School District Residents

The Elizabethtown Area School Board heard a five-year budget projec-tion report at its January 16 meeting from Business Manager Tom Baum, a projection that includes an estimated tax hike of 26.2 mills by 1994-95. That figure, when added to the 44.5

tax rate Borough residents currently pay, almost triples the 28-mill real estate tax rate of 1987. District Superintendent Dr. Robert

Kratz said the millage is expected to triple in less than a 10-year period for a number of reasons. He said eight of the 26 mills are for the District’s $23.8 million renovation and addition building program. “Also, Dr. Kratz said, “we’re paying

our employees more money. That’s happening all over the country. The Board is committed to having more people to get the job done. So we’re hiring more employees – teachers, support staff, custodians.” A sizable chunk of the tax hike (7.0

mills) will affect planning for the 1990-91 school year, bringing the total millage to 51.5 for the coming school year. Salary increases in 1990-91 will

add $490,000 in expenses. Salaries in 1994-95 will increase by $635,500. Increases in all salaries, including administration and support staff, will boost the 1990-91 budget by $579,000 and by $796,161 in 1994-95. Interim increases will add nearly $2 million more. Baum said he based the salary in-

creases for 1991-92 on the collective bargaining agreement and previous board actions. He said he figured an 8 percent increase for the remaining three years of the budget projection. The total for professional salaries paid by the District, not including

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Obituaries

Lee Pickel Sr. Lee G. Pickel Sr. “Pick,” 82, of Mid-

dletown, entered into rest suddenly on Tuesday, January 15, at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on November 17, 1930

and was the son of the late Levi and Margie Miller Pickel. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean

War; was retired from the United States government where he was a painter at Bangor Trident Submarine Facility; he was a member of American Legion Post 594, Middletown; and he enjoyed playing pinochle, hunting, fishing, and gardening. In addition to his parents, Lee was

preceded in death by his wife Jean A. Matthews Pickel. He is survived by his son Lee G.

Jr. and wife Joann Asick Pickel of Middletown; three brothers Clyde H. and wife Loretta Pickel of Falmouth, David E. and wife Janet Pickel of Middletown, and Richard L. and wife Barbara of Concord, Mass.; two step-sons Chester J. and wife Tina Wilder, and Michael and wife Brinnia Wilder of Port Orchard, Wash. A Graveside Service with an honor

guard salute will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 2, at Middletown Cemetery, with the Rev. Dr. J. Richard Eckert officiating. Arrangements by Frank E. Matinchek

and Daughter Funeral Home and Cre-mation Services, Inc., Middletown. Condolences may be sent online at

www.matinchekanddaughterfuneral-home.com.

Anna Marie Bullard “Gert,” “Ga Ga,” 76, of Middletown, entered into rest peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer, at the home of her daughter Mary Ann Saylor on Friday, January 18. She was born on October 22, 1936

in Port Carbon and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Rita T. Tolan Bennett and stepdaughter to the late Joseph N. Seaman. Ga Ga was a member of Seven

Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Middletown; and Gert was a dedicated employee at the Lamp Post Inn, Middletown. In addition to her parents, she was

preceded in death by a brother James D. Bennett. She is survived by her daughter Mary

Ann Saylor (James) of Middletown; a son John J. Bennett Sr. (Renee) of Mc-Donald, Pa.; four grandchildren Nic-hole M. Dietz (Mack) of Harrisburg, Jessica C. Saylor-Miller (Brendon) of Middletown, John J. Bennett Jr. of Florida, and Alexandra M. Bennett of McDonald; great-granddaughter Ava N. Miller of Middletown; great-grandson Aydan S. Miller of Middle-town; sister Kathleen R. Markley of Millsboro Del.; brothers Joseph M. Bennett of Millsboro, Del., and Wil-liam J. Tolan; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A time of visitation for remembering Ga Ga’s life will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, at the Frank E. Matinchek and Daughter Fu-neral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 260 E. Main St., Middletown. Inurnment will be at the convenience

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PennDOT’s Favor Sought On Renovation Of Square

Middletown Borough Council decided at its workshop session last Tuesday night to try to seek approval of Transportation for an alternative proposal for installing a new traffic signal system and turning lanes in the Main Street square. Council has been locked in a continu-

ing debate with PennDOT over the last three years over the state agency’s plans for extensive renovations to the square. Foremost, among Council’s objec-

tions to the state’s plans are its concerns about the proposed elimination of about 30 parking spaces in and near the square. Throughout the prolonged nego-

tiations between PennDOT and the Borough, PennDOT officials have consistently refused to accept alternate proposals from Council that would substantially reduce the number of parking spaces that would have to be sacrificed for the project. Now, however, Council has indi-

cated its willingness to underwrite the cost of an independent engineering study that could lead to development of a new proposal. Hopefully the new plan might satisfy PennDOT’s requirements without removing as many parking spaces as the state has proposed. John Gamon, a resident in the af-

fected area, suggested it might suffice to just replace the traffic signals in the square and provide left turn lanes. When Gamon asked if those limited changes would have to be approved by PennDOT, Councilman Richard Swartz said the state might approve the plan “if it’s a sound proposal.” But others countered that PennDOT

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Kaitlyn Foell, daughter of Suzanne Connor Williamson and Joseph Foell of Delaware County and An-drew Gingrich, son of Karen and Jim Gingrich of Middletown, were united in marriage at half-past five o’clock in the evening on July 21, 2012 in Lancaster. The bride was given in marriage by her parents. Kaitlyn is a graduate of Elizabeth-

town College with a bachelor of science degree in business admin-istration. She is a human resources generalist at R.R. Donnelley in Lancaster. Andrew is a graduate of Temple

University with a bachelor of

science degree in business. He is vice president of operations at Ging-rich Memorials in Middletown. Matron of honor was Melissa

Waer, sister of the bride. Maid of honor was Shaunna Foell, sister of the bride. Bridesmaid was Shelley Gingrich, sister of the groom. Best man was Nathan Gingrich,

brother of the groom. Groomsmen were William Spaw and Jarad Schwarz, friends of the groom. After the ceremony, a reception

was held in the ballroom at Fireside in Lancaster. The couple took a honeymoon to Kauai, Hawaii. They reside in Middletown.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gingrich

Couple united in marriage

Sarah Lynn Kazmierczak, daughter of Philip and Susan Kazmierczak, of Arlington Heights, Illinois and Capt. Ryan K. Weaver, son of Sheila Sheaf-fer Weaver of Conway Drive, Lower Swatara Township, were married in a military ceremony on September 1, 2012, the anniversary of the day they met, at Saint Alphonsus Church, Prospect Heights, Illinois. A recep-tion followed at the Hilton Chicago Northbrook. Jillian Kazmierczak was maid of

honor for her sister. Bridesmaids were Lauren Gil, Colleen Gregus, Joanna Grosshans, Nicole Rabs, and Jessica Rice, all friends of the bride, and Mallory Slawek, cousin of the bride. Flower girl was Maggie Schmidt, cousin of the bride. Best man was Capt. Christopher

Englert, friend of the groom. Grooms-men were Capt. Devin Camp, Capt. Matthew Gray, Lt. Matthew Kennedy, and Capt. Ricardo Paz, all friends of the groom, and Andrew and Bradley Kazmierczak, brothers of the bride. Ring bearer was Derek Sheaffer, cousin of the groom. Ushers were Dylan Hanson and

Travis Penning, cousins of the bride, and Andrew Sheaffer, cousin of the groom. The Arch of Sabres Honor Guard included Capt. Waleed Ashiq, Capt. Kyle Babbitt, Capt. Fortune Egbulefu, Capt. Paul LaSorda, Capt. Anthony Lee, Capt. Jaime Martinez, Capt. Keith O’Fallon, Capt. Cory Pilinko, Capt. Adam Terns, Capt. Brian Vos, and Capt. Patrick Walsh, all friends of the groom. Sarah is a graduate of Buffalo

Grove High School. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northern Illinois University. She is a board certified Speech Language Pathologist at Clark County School District and Life Care Center of Las Vegas. Ryan is a 2002 graduate of Middle-

town Area High School and a 2008 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He is pursuing his master’s degree with Oklahoma State University. He is a pilot in the United States Air Force stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Las Vegas. Due to Ryan’s military obligations, the couple will take a honeymoon trip at a later date.

Capt. and Mrs. Ryan K. Weaver

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Why is January a time when it is so easy to gain weight?! Is it because we eat to stay warm? Is it because there isn’t much we can do outside so we eat more and exercise less?Maybe it is because we like to go out

to eat when it is so cold and dark. It is fun to meet up with friends or go out with family.Where do you like to go to dine out?

Check out some ideas at the end of the column.Let me know your news to share. I

just need your information a couple of weeks before you want to see it in the Press And Journal.Stay warm, and remember – your

smile goes a long way in warming up someone else’s day! Have a wonderful last full week of January.

BirthdaysJenna Wilkenson of Middletown

marks her 19th cake day on Thursday, Jan. 24. Best wishes for a terrific birthday, Jenna.Emily Mattes of Shope Gardens

celebrates birthday number 17 on Friday, Jan. 25. Hope your birthday month has been great and your day is even better.Happy 24th confetti-popping day to

Angelica Blouch of Lower Swatara Twp. Hope your Friday, Jan. 25 is especially fantastic this year.If you see Dagen Hughes out and

about Lower Swatara on Friday, Jan. 25 be sure to give him a high-five happy birthday. He turns sweet 16.Ethan Friedrichs of Elizabethtown

marks his 8th cake and ice cream day on Friday, Jan. 25. Best wishes to you, Ethan, for a happy and healthy and tons-of-fun day!Delaney Fitzpatrick of Shope Gar-

dens will blow out six candles atop his birthday cake on Saturday, Jan. 26. Many smiles and surprises to you.Here’s a shout out to Becky Wierman

of Old Reliance Farms. Best wishes to you for a super Sunday birthday celebration on Jan. 27. Enjoy the whole week!Joel Bechtel of Lower Swatara cel-

ebrates the big 5-0 on Sunday, Jan. 27. Have fun and stay young! May many good things happen to you, Joel.If you see Keith Daily out and about

in Lower Swatara on Sunday, Jan.

27 give him a warm happy birthday shout.Cody Fox of Lower Swatara observes

his me-holiday on Monday, Jan. 28. He is 17.Happy birthday balloons will be fly-

ing for Jane Balmer of Londonderry Twp. on Monday, Jan. 28. Hope there is plenty of sunshine filling your day.Best wishes for a razzle-dazzle

sparkly 7 birthday to Minda Rhodes of Hummelstown. She celebrates on Monday, Jan. 28.Dylan Krupilis of Middletown will

hear the birthday song on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Happy landmark 21st cake day, Dylan.

LVC dean’s listCongrats to Brandon Popp of Lower

Swatara. He was listed on the 2012 fall semester dean’s list at Lebanon Valley College. Brandon is an elementary education major and is on the LVC baseball team. Keep up the great work, Brandon!

Bucknell dean’s listEthan K. Krokonko, son of Therese

and William Krokonko of Hummels-town, was named to the dean’s list at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, for the 2012 fall semester.

Central Penn dean’s listThe following students have been

named to the Central Penn College dean’s list for the fall 2012 term:Middletown – Robbi-Ann Cook,

business administration; Sarah Cut-ting, physical therapist assistant; Janelle Mrakovich, information tech-nology; and Tammy Pierce, business administration.Highspire – Christina Rivera, busi-

ness administration.Elizabethtown – Kaila Farrow,

criminal justice administration.Hummelstown – Megan Coble, busi-

ness administration; and Paul Debor, criminal justice administration.

Chestnut Hill dean’s listMichael Bradley, an English lit-

erature and communications major from Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list at Chestnut Hill Col-lege, Philadelphia for the fall 2012 semester.

Delaware dean’s listAlexandra Croxall and Daniel

McCreary, both of Hummelstown,

were named to the dean’s list at the University of Delaware for the 2012 fall semester:

Mark this downThe 2013 Raider Club Golf Tourna-

ment will be held on Saturday, June 1 at the Sunset Golf Course in Lon-donderry Twp. This is a fundraiser for the Middletown football boosters. More information will be coming!

Township meetingsThe following meetings will be held at

the Lower Swatara municipal building on Spring Garden Drive: The Lower Swatara Twp. Planning Commis-sion, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24; and the Lower Swatara Twp. Municipal Authority, 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28.

Anniversary Happy belated anniversary to Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Turns of Middle-town. They celebrated their wedded bliss day on Sunday, Jan. 20. I hope it was super special!

Quote of the Week“Be determined to handle any chal-

lenge in a way that will make you grow.” – Les Brown

Question of the WeekWhat do you like to order at your

favorite restaurant?“I love Parrot Bay Coconut shrimp

at Red Lobster.” – Nanette Barber, West Hanover Twp.“I like teriyaki wings at the Boro.” –

Drew Rhodes, 10, Hummelstown.“Breakfast burrito at the Brownstone.

Yummy.” – Jenn Friedriches, Eliza-bethtown.“Classic spaghetti, from anywhere.”

– Joey Owen, 19, Lower Swatara.“Moussaka at Stoney Creek Res-

taurant in Dauphin.” – Heidi Boyd, Londonderry.

Proverb for the WeekIf you had responded to my rebuke,

I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you (1:23).

News in Your Neighborhood

LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • [email protected]

Natalie Dukes of Middletown and Adam Shaffer of Middletown are happy to announce their engagement. Natalie is the daughter of Jeff and Lori Dukes of Middletown. Adam is the son of Ken and Mary Ellen Shaffer of Middletown. Natalie is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor of science degree in human resource management. She is a benefits administrator with US Airways Express in Middletown. Adam is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a master’s degree in education and West Chester University with a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. He is a schoolteacher in the Middletown Area School District. A June 15, 2013 wedding is planned at Penbrook Church of God.

Natalie Dukes and Adam Shaffer

Engagement announced

Students of the MonthMIDDLETOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL

Janelle Dukes and Isaiah Holloman have been named Middletown Area High School’s Students of the Month for January.Dukes, the daughter of Lori and Jeff

Dukes, is a member of the field hockey team, the softball team and the march-ing, concert and county bands. She also is president of the Key Club.She is a member of the First Church

of God in Middletown and plays slow-pitch softball in the Lower Swatara Softball Association.She is a lifeguard at the Middletown

Community Pool and the Friendship Center in Lower Paxton Twp.Dukes plans to attend Bloomsburg

University next fall to pursue a de-gree in elementary education/special

Janelle Dukes Isaiah Holloman

Dean’s List

Megan Steele, a dance major from Middletown, was named to the dean’s list at DeSales University, Center Val-ley, during the fall semester.DeSales is a private four-year liberal

arts university between Philadelphia and New York that is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.

education.“I would like to thank all of my teach-

ers who have had a positive influence on me along the way,’’ said Dukes. “I would also like to thank my parents for getting me to where I am today and supporting me in everything I have done.’’

Holloman, the son of Madelin DeJe-sus, is a member of the track and cross country teams, the marching band and the chorus, and participates in the fall play and spring musical.He is a lifeguard at the Middletown

Community Pool and worked at Al-fred’s Victorian in Middletown.He has enlisted in the Marine Corps,

and leaves for boot camp July 29.Holloman said about the honor, “I

could not believe it at first. I thought that I never would have gotten it, so I didn’t know how to react.’’“I am so grateful and I thank my

family, friends and recruiter Staff Sgt. Goodwyn for motivating me this year,’’ he said.

Lower Dauphin High School senior Fionya Tran has been named Young Woman of the Month for November by the Hummelstown Women’s Club, and senior Ryan Smith has been named Young Student of the Month for November by the Rotary Club of Hummelstown.Tran, the daughter of Binh and Thao

Tran, is an accomplished student and musician at Lower Dauphin. She has played euphonium in the band and violin in the orchestra for the past four years.She is a two-year member of the

National Honor Society and the Na-tional Science Honor Society. She has participated in the Science Olympiad for four years and is a three-year member of the school’s National Ocean Sciences Bowl team, serving as captain. She was a member of the Homecom-

ing court. She is a two-year member of the

Falcon Flash and serves as fine arts and music editor. She is also treasurer of the Band Council. She has also served as a buddy to an elementary student at the Special Olympics.In the community, she is is employed

as a receptionist in a salon in Hum-melstown.ran plans to major in neuroscience

and attend Johns Hopkins University

or the University of Pennsylvania.Smith, the son of Mary Petrina Smith

and James M. Smith, is an accom-plished student, musician and com-munity member at Lower Dauphin.He plays trombone and is a four-year

member of the band and a three-year member of the orchestra. He has also been involved with the spring musi-cal for three years, playing in the pit orchestra. He has been named to several honor

ensembles, including the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association all-state band.He is a four-year member of the

school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where he serves as vice president.He is a two-year member of the Tri-

M Music Honor Society, where he is president.In the community, he is active in his

Boy Scout troop, serving in several leadership positions. He is a member of the Harrisburg Symphony Youth Orchestra and attended the Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary this past summer. He also works at the Hummelstown Swim Club.Smith hopes to attend Ithaca Col-

lege or Columbus State University and major in music education and/or performance.

Students of the MonthLOWER DAUPHIN HIGH SCHOOL

Fionya Tran Ryan Smith

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ESTATE OF CHARLES G. REED, JR., late of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, (died November 7, 2012). Diana M. Reed, Executor and Michael Cherewka, Attorney: 624 North Front Street, Worm-leysburg, PA 17043.


ESTATE NOTICELetters Testamentary on the Estate

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By Daniel WalmerPress And Journal Staff

In the midst of a fundrais-ing campaign for a new projection system and new marquee, Middletown’s historic Elks Theatre is also under new management.Ross Seltzer bowed out as

lessee and manager of the theater at the conclusion of a five-year lease, and the Greater Middletown Economic Development Corporation (GMEDC), which owns the theater, will be running it directly, said GMEDC member Gordon Einhorn.For Einhorn, it’s not just a

change in theater manage-ment, but also a change in programming philosophy.“We will program not only

first-run films, but also a combination of first-run and classic films,” he said.GMEDC decided to make

classic theater a part of the theater’s repertoire for its Save the Elks! fundraising campaign to raise money for a digital projection system and new marquee, and was surprised at how successful

GMEDC to manage Elks TheatreThe Elks Theatre will be managed by the Greater Middletown Eco-nomic Develop-ment Corp. now that a five-year lease with Ross Seltzer has ended.

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the screenings have been.“We’ve discovered that

there’s a real market for clas-sic films,” Einhorn said. Since the Save the Elks!

campaign caused GMEDC to take a more active role in programming, Einhorn believes the transition to di-rect GMEDC management of the theater is taking place at an appropriate time.“The timing is really ide-

al,” he said.Seltzer now works full-

time at Alfred’s Victorian restaurant, and said he no longer has time to devote to the theater.“Since [GMEDC] started

doing the fundraising a few months ago, it seemed like a good time to hand it off to them,” Seltzer said.Seltzer thanked the em-

ployees for their help in making the business a suc-cess, and said he enjoyed his time there.“It was just fun,” he said.

“Everyone loves theater.”Einhorn complimented

Seltzer on his work manag-ing the theater.“We were very pleased

with what Ross did over the past five years,” Einhorn said. “He did a great job, and we certainly appreciate everything he did.”All four current theater

employees will be retained, he said, and employee Kelly Madole will serve as the new theater manager.“Customers will still see

the same friendly staff when they go [to the Elks],” Ein-horn said.

News From District Judge Michael J. Smith

Following is a compilation of action in cases filed before District Magistrate Michael J. Smith

Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent

unless proven otherwise in a court of law.

ed guilty to citations for harassment. The charges stem from an incident on Dec. 17.

ARD completedWalter A. Heizenroth, 18,

of Malvern, completed an advanced rehabilitative dis-position program stemming from an underage drinking citation filed on Nov. 10.

WaivedJoshua S. Smith, 24, of the

1000 block of Georgetown Rd., Middletown, waived to Dauphin County Court charges of DUI, DUI-high-est rate of alcohol, public drunkenness and failure to notify police about an accident. A charge of be-ing involved in an accident involving injury to another person was withdrawn. Smith was arrested follow-ing an incident on Sept. 23.

Darryl Floyd, 28, 1600 block of Forster St., Har-risburg, waived to Dauphin County Court charges of DUI (two counts), flee-ing/attempting to elude police, recklessly endan-gering, reckless driving, driving the wrong way on a one-way road, dis-regarding traffic control signals, being involved in an accident involving damage to property, giving false information to police, improper child restraint system, driving without a license, speeding, criminal trespass, trespass by mo-tor vehicle and failure to use turn signals. Charges of failure to notify police of accident and having improper sunscreening on windows were withdrawn. The case stems from an incident on Nov. 4.

Kenneth Lepera, 18, of the 200 block of W. Main St., Middletown, waived to Dauphin County Court charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and dis-orderly conduct. A charge of underage drinking was withdrawn. The case was filed following an incident on Oct. 31.

Todd A. Kriegsman, 35, of the 100 block of Meadow-brook Rd., New Cumber-land, waived to Dauphin County Court a charge of possession of drug para-phernalia. A charge of pos-session of a small amount of marijuana was with-drawn. The case stems from an incident on Oct. 8.In a separate case, Kriegs-

man pleaded guilty to a citation for driving with a suspended license on Sept. 29.

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City of Refuge Church"Where The Bruised And Broken Are Welcomed"

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Wednesday Bible Study - 7 pmELDER VERNAL E. SIMMS, SR., Pastor

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Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church10 Spruce Street • 944-5835

Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 amEvening Worship - 6 pm

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New Beginnings Churchat the Riverside Chapel

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Pastor Britt StroheckerEveryone Is Welcome!

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St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran ChurchSpring & Union Sts., Middletown

Church Office 944-4651REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, PastorSaturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm

Sunday Worship - 8:15 & 11 am • Sunday School - 9:45 am Worship Broadcast on 91.1 FM - 11 am

Glad Tidings Assembly of GodRoute 283 @ N. Union Street, Middletown

Phone 944-1042REV. JOHN LANZA, Sr. Pastor

REV. ANDREW JORDAN, Student Ministries PastorREV. BEN GRENIER, Children’s Pastor

Sunday School - 9:30 am • Worship - 10:30 amSmall Groups - Various LocationsWednesday Family Night - 7 pm

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

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

Phone 939-0766 8:30 am - A Spirited Traditional Service of Worship

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10:45 am - A Second Worship Service in a Contemporary StyleChristian Child Care - 985-1650

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Evangelical United Methodist ChurchSpruce & Water Sts., Middletown

REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, PastorSunday School (all ages) - 9 am

Sunday Worship - 10:15 am

First Church of God235 W. High St., Middletown

REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor944-9608

Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 amClasses for Special Education

(Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening)Ample Parking Nursery Provided

Open Door Bible Church200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA

(Located In Lower Swatara Township)Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN

Phone 939-5180Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am

Evening Worship - 6:30 pmWednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm

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

Church

It is with warmth and joy that we welcome all who come to worship with us. May this be a time of en-couragement and inspiration to you all. Blessings. Evangelical Church meets on the

corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St. behind the Turkey Hill convenience store. The ministries scheduled at Evan-

gelical United Methodist Church from January 23-29 are always open to everyone. Wed., Jan. 23: 6:30 p.m., Senior

Choir rehearsal. Thurs., Jan. 24: 5:30 p.m., Girl Scouts

meeting.

Sun., Jan. 27: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for January: Bill Harris; 10:15 a.m., wor-ship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Bonnie Strohecker, Thomas and Deborah Klugh. Nursery Helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of mother Ruth and sister Leahbell presented by John Alexander and family. Mon., Jan. 28: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.,

Community dinner at Church of God. Meal is hamloaf. Tues., Jan. 29: 5:30 p.m., Girl Scouts

meeting.

Evangelical United Methodist ChurchMiddletown

First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided. Sunday school for all ages begins at 9:15 a.m. Classes for special education are also available. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes

are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (kindergarten through 5th grade), Nursery (infants-age 3), and Adult classes, which offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Thursdays: 8 a.m., Breakfast Club

Bible Study; 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study. Wednesdays: Wednesday Night

Live: Come join us for supper at 5:30 p.m. (no charge, donations accepted). Wednesday Night Live classes for everyone, birth to 100, begin at 6:30 p.m. Winter class lineup: The Gospel of John; The Essential Jesus Class; Spiritual Formation Class; Contem-porary Culture Class; Craft/Quilting

Class; Parenting Class; Youth group (Grades 6 thru 12) will get back to the basics of Christianity and building community through discussion and games. Join us as we learn about God and each other. Children’s classes for Grades 4 and 5; Grades 1 to 3; Kin-dergarten, babysitting for wee ones 3 and younger. Thursdays: The Sunshiners meet

from 6 to 8 p.m. for a time of Chris-tian fellowship, teaching and worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged. Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa

de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evange-listico: 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 [email protected].

First Church of GodMiddletown

New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., Middletown, next to the Rescue Hose Company. Sunday school for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at the back door. For additional church information call 944-9595. Anyone wishing to become a member

please contact Pastor Britt or Dianne Daily at 944-9595. New members and Holy Baptism will be celebrated on Sun., Feb. 3. Nonperishable food items are col-

lected every Sunday for the Middle-town Food Bank. Our prayers and love have reached

out the past month to our members that have lost loved ones, of which most of those that God called home were part of our church family. We continue to keep in prayer the Gilmartin/Fies, Hoffman, Swengle, Overmiller, Hum-mert and Titus families.

Woman of Faith Bible Study at 10 a.m.; Intercessory Prayer Group is held every Thursday at 7 p.m.; The Craft Group meets every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; Youth bowling party will be held on Sun., Jan. 27. Our Sunday worship service will

be broadcast on the MAHS radio sta-tion WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/wmss/audio. Acolyte for January is Nikki Wise.

Children’s Church leader is Michelle Strohecker. Sun., Feb. 3: Souper Bowl Sunday.

Youth Fellowship will be collecting canned goods for the Food Bank plus receiving a special offering for the Food Bank. Donations may be brought to church through Sun., Feb. 3. Youth will lead the worship service. 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.

New Beginnings ChurchMiddletown

“Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.” Philip-pians 2:14-15 Open Door Bible Church, located

at 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, invites you to worship Jesus Christ with us this week. Our Jan. 27 Sunday worship ser-

vice commences at 10:40 a.m. with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school hour with classes for all ages. Children from

ages 4 to second grade are welcome to participate in Junior Church during the morning worship service. We also welcome you to join us at our 6:30 p.m. service. Childcare is provided for children under age 4 during all services and classes. Wed., Jan. 23: 7 p.m., Patch the Pirate

Clubs for ages 4 through grade 6, and Prayer meeting. For more information call the church

office at 939-5180 or visit us online at www.odbcpa.org. Better yet, come worship with us in person.

Open Door Bible ChurchMiddletown

All are welcome to join us for wor-ship on Sun., Jan. 27, at 10:30 a.m. Nursery is provided during the service. Children remaining in the sanctuary may utilize the Blue Listening Bags with paper activities. Upon arrival just request a bag from an usher and upon departure, just leave it on the pew. Church school is from 9:15 to 10:15

a.m. Children will meet in the Morrow Room and the teens and adults meet in Fellowship Hall. The Adult Forum this Sunday, will be the last session on the theme: Religious Diversity in Our Midst. It will be about “Bud-dhism” by Dave Doyle, an ordained Buddhist priest, teacher at the Bud-dhist seminary on Jonestown Road and participant in a cross cultural religious seminar at Penn State. He will use a power point presentation to tell us about the faith and practices of this world religion. His topic: “How I live as a blue jean Buddhist monk.” Everyone is invited to attend. Mon., Feb. 4: Community dinner

of pork and sauerkraut, mashed po-tatoes. The dinner will be hosted by our church. There are Booklets on our Stained

Glass Windows of the sanctuary. Copies of the booklet are found in the bell tower entry with deposit box for your money. The Afternoon Book Club invites

you to read “The Forgotten” by Da-vid Baldacci for discussion on Tues., Jan. 29 at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Joe Mateer. For further information see our web-

site www.pcmdt.org, go to Facebook PresbyterianCongregation, or call the church office at 717-944-4322.

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Funeral Card Uncovering death information about an ancestor can frequently reveal details

about his or her life and family that would be difficult to find in any other source. Obituaries frequently include birth, marriage, and death dates and places of the deceased, the maiden name of a wife, children’s names, parents’ names, occupations, places of residence, and highlights of his/her life. Unfortunately, not every ancestor had an obituary published revealing these

details for the benefit of descendants. Instead, some people discover printed memorial or funeral cards in collections of their parents or relatives. While these cards don’t give the range of detail often found in obituaries, they can still be of great value in furthering research. Funeral cards have a long history with social customs attached. These cards were to be distributed to family members, friends, and the surrounding community in a timely manner to alert invitees to the date and time of the funeral. Recipients of a funeral card were expected to attend the funeral or risk offending family members. Conversely, those who did not receive an invitation would have been insulted, whether it was intentional or an oversight. The funeral card for Emma Cartlidge is a typical example of its time period.

The card is die cut, although in its current condition some of the external design has been lost. To the left of the text is an embossed grieving figure of a woman with sheaves of wheat behind her. Wheat was a classic Victorian mourning symbol, along with weeping willows, cypress, and religious symbols such as crosses. The text of Emma’s card reads: In Memory of the Late Emma Car-tlidge, of Anchor Terrace, Longton, who died Feb. 18th, 1873, aged 27 Years. You are respectfully requested to attend the funeral on Sunday, the 23rd, at 10 o’clock. Interment at St. James Church, at half-past 12 o’clock. Emma died 18 February 1873 was buried on 23 February 1873 at St. James

church. She lived in Anchor Terrace, Longton at the time of her death, although this is not necessarily where she died. The next task is to figure out where Longton is, and what religious denomination St. James Church is affiliated with. A quick search of 1833 and 1853 US gazetteers on CD revealed several towns called “Longtown” but none called “Longton.”A further search in Canadian and British gazetteers would be necessary to

pinpoint this location. Church records can be very informative, and since Emma was apparently buried at St. James Church, may still have records. It is pos-sible that these records may have been filmed and available through the Family History Library. Once found a visit to the churchyard should be considered, as tombstones frequently contain information not in the burial registers, such as place or origin if the person was an immigrant. The obvious vital statistics will be recognized by all levels of genealogists

and will recognize the obvious vital statistics. Church records can be very informative, and since Emma was apparently

buried at St. James Church (wherever it is), it is possible that the church still has burial records. It is also possible that these records may have been filmed and are available through the Family History Library. Once found, a visit to the churchyard should be considered as tombstones frequently contain infor-mation not found in burial registers, such as place of origin if the person was an immigrant. The author inherited the funeral card of Israel Runyon. The card is plain in

comparison to Emma’s funeral card, but contains some clues that are not readily apparent. The card is printed on white stock with a black border and the only ornamentation is the letter R in large script. The text of the card reads: “Died Tuesday, December 17th at 7:30 a.m. Israel Runyon, age 79 years, 10 months and 20 days. Funeral from the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. J.H. Eaton, Thursday, December 19th, 1889, at 4:00 p.m., friends invited.” In the lower left corner in small lettering is printed “Interment at Franklin Ind.” It was the clue that finally lead to the location of Israel’s death, which was not in Franklin. A letter to a researcher in Franklin brought the news that while his death was not recorded in Franklin, his obituary was: “Mr. Israel Runyon, an old-time resident of this city and former proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, then called the Runyon house, died on last Tuesday, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. John Eaton, at Bell fountain, Ohio. The remains were brought here this morn-ing and will be interred in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. Riley Runyon and Mrs. C. Scott, of Mattoon, Ill., and Mrs. Eaton, of Bell fountain, Ohio, remaining children of the deceased, are in attendance at the funeral.Once it was known where Israel actually died, a death record was obtained

from Logan County, Ohio. Unfortunately, his tombstone was not found in Greenlawn Cemetery, although each row was diligently searched. Memorial, or mourning, cards gained in popularity during the Victorian era as another symbol of remembrance. They were given to family and friends and were frequently kept as a solitary reminder of a lost friend or love one. In the case of William Presley, his memorial card was, until recently, one of only two proofs of his death date (the other being his tombstone in Greenlawn Cemetery, Long Branch, N.J.). No official death certificate is available from the State of New Jersey, but a death notice has been found in a local newspaper. A typical mourning card of the period, the black, gilt-printed card, has a dove at the top holding a sign that reads, “In Loving Remembrance Of.” On top of an outline of the Holy Bible is printed: “William Presley, died 10 December 1893, age 47 years.” At the bottom is one representation of the different verses that ap-peared on these cards: “One less at home! The charmed circle broken - a dear face, missed day by day from its usual place, but cleansed, saved, perfected by grace, one more in heaven. One less on earth! Its pain, its sorrow and its toil to share, one less the pilgrim’s daily cross to bear. One more the crown of the blest to wear at home in heaven! Lydie M. Cramer’s card is an example of a later mourning card with a photo

attached. Lydia’s card is more ornate than William Presley’s and contains her birth and death dates and her age at death, along with a sympathetic verse. Lydia Cramer was born 9 July 1879 and died 8 January 1909, age 29 yrs., 5 months, and 29 days. With the death dated in hand, a family historian should be able to obtain a copy of a death record for Lydia and possibly an obituary. Funeral cards are no longer used, but the same information can frequently be found in death notices or obituaries. Memorials cards, in their 4”x 6” cardstock format, went out of vogue in the early part of the 20th century. They can still be found today at wakes, containing much the same types of information as their sturdier predecessors. However, modern memorial cards are smaller, are printed on paper, in color, and are sometimes laminated to be kept as a remembrance. If your inherited collection of family artifacts does not include funeral or memorial cards, ask around in your extended family. Since the cards were designed as keepsakes, you’re likely to find some treasures by searching beyond your immediate family.Ancestry Magazine 9/1/1999, Volume 19, No. 5

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on State Street near the Susquehanna River, and a Victorian house on Water Street.“I loved Middletown,” he said. “I

thought Middletown was a great place to live. I really enjoyed it.”Though his family moved away from

Middletown when he was 11, Vic-tor remembers the local haunts that facilitated his childhood adventures in exploration – places like the Army surplus junkyard on Union Street, a brickyard in Royalton, and Roundtop Mountain – and watching planes land at the Air Force base.An artist looking for jobs in the

1980s, Victor was commissioned to create a portrait of Andy Rooney from chocolate – and the rest is very tasty history.Victor first got involved in butter

sculpting in the 1990s.“It’s actually a pretty good medium,”

he said. “It models pretty well and sticks to everything. You put it on somewhere and it stays there.”While butter’s temperature sensitiv-

ity can be a challenge, it allows an artist to control its consistency more than other foods, and “you kind of get that sweet spot where it’s like soft clay,” he said.Still, his favorite sculpting mediums

are food and cheese, for a very sen-sible reason – they’re “fun to eat,” he said.Years of experience have trained

Victor to pay particular attention to the physical qualities of food. When most people see a kiwi, they just see a fruit, perhaps one they enjoy to eat - but Victor sees something different.“When I cut a kiwi, I always look

at that and think, it looks so beauti-

ful, it looks like the iris of an eye,” he said.And don’t be fooled by their savory

charm – Victor’s sculptures aren’t just cheap entertainment. For Victor, they can be an opportunity

to “kind of make an aesthetic state-ment” about the foods.For the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Asso-

ciation, which commissions the Farm Show sculpture each year, “it opens the door to a conversation” between attendees and the local dairy industry about the “delicious product they produce,” Dubravec said.Victor puts in the time – about 10-12

hours per day for about 12 days – to make the best possible butter sculpture for the farm show each year, down to the smallest detail, she said. He even adds a surprise to the sculpture most years, such as a honeybee on the Pennsylvania keystone logo.Even Victor’s wife and son get in

on the act – Victor’s wife Marie de-signed the 2013 Farm Show butter sculpture.“I thought Marie did a really excel-

lent job,” he said. “There’s certainly a lot in it.”“I think it’s really interesting that

he’s taken something so unique and passed it along to family members,” Dubravec said.They say all good things must come

to an end, a sad adage that is certainly true of butter sculptures. But the fact that his art only lasts temporarily does not bother Victor.“Time is fleeting, and it’s very quick,”

he said. “People say, ‘Well, none of it lasts,’ and that’s true, but the pho-tographs of it last.” Daniel Walmer: 717-944-4628,

or [email protected]

FOODContinued From Page One

success in their first season in the Capital Division, but Petrovich said the boys’ team specifically could benefit from playing teams at a dif-ferent level.The girls’ team, which is Class A,

would more than likely have to switch

SWITCHContinued From Page One

members and the borough.Fran Chardo, First Assistant Dis-

trict Attorney, confirmed his office’s Criminal Investigation Division closed the investigation without filing charges because “any loss appeared to be a product of poor bookkeeping, not criminal intent.”John McHale, borough manager and

police chief, said the fire department is working on cleaning up those is-sues.“Things weren’t done in the best way

before,” said McHale. “The borough and the fire company are working together.”Fire company Chairman Jason Finger

and President Roy Slesser resigned from their positions, and three mem-bers were suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. McHale could not comment as to whether those members would be reinstated. Calls to the fire company president were not returned.Brian Searce, a member of the fire

company, said he believes the Attor-ney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of its own, and said the suspended members should be reinstated.“I totally feel what was done and

how things were handled in this whole matter were wrong,” said Searce. “I

HIGHSPIREContinued From Page One

changes,” said Brown. “Middletown is changing . . . The diversity that you see here in this room is a good thing.”Borough Councilor Dave Rhen

said he is proud of Middletown’s diversity.“I am extremely proud to live in Mid-

dletown where an African-American was first elected in 1978 to be mayor,” said Rhen. “It took 10 years for other cities such as New York, Baltimore, San Francisco, and St. Louis to get

diversified.”While the borough faces challenges,

there is an exciting future, he said.“We are a town of senior citizens,

college students, white collar workers who take the train to their jobs, and blue collar workers,” said Rhen. “But what I think really gives Middletown a promise of great future is not what makes us different but what pulls us together.”The flood in September 2011 was

devastating, but also a time when the community supported each other and

MLKContinued From Page One united together, he said.

When Ernest Ntiamoah moved into Middletown, he felt he wasn’t welcomed – not because of his race, but because he was a Penn State Har-risburg student.“Coming into Middletown . . . for the

most part when we first got here was a place where they told us, we weren’t accepted,” he said. “There were people that would tell us you can’t even go to Giant to get a job because they pretty much don’t want us here.”Over the last few years, Ntiamoah

said he has gained a new understand-ing, and he sees a change in the town.“Just let this be the beginning of

something huge,” he said.Ntiamoah, student government presi-

dent at Penn State Harrisburg, asked everyone to literally come together and hold hands, instructing everyone to only drop their left hand. When one

person drops, the person next to you will hold you up, Ntiamoah said.Everyone was encouraged to speak

in honor of King’s legacy.Eva Henderson, who moved from

New York to Middletown three years ago, spoke of the struggles her family still have today because of race. Her two daughters cannot find jobs locally, and finding a way to Harrisburg is near impossible, she said.Pastor Dr. J. Richard Eckert, of St.

Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the Rev. Vernal Simms, of City of Refuge Church, offered help to others.Pastor Jim Dawes, of Wesley United

Methodist Church, said he has hope for the town to come together.“We might not be able to do it in the

whole town yet, but we can start in our neighborhood,” Dawes said.More communication between bor-

ough officials and the community

would be a positive start, said the Rev. Florence Abdullah, pastor of Grace and Mercy Church and Ministries.“I see diversity . . . I know we have

to respect our differences in order to work together,” she said.While everyone had a different vi-

sion, it was clear the entire room was filled with love.“God has made us all, loves us all

and that’s what we are remembering this year in the legacy that Dr. King has left us here,” Brown said. Before everyone left, the Rev. Ernes-

tine Boles, pastor of Ebenezer, asked everyone to do something positive to honor King’s legacy.“This is an opportunity to come

together . . . Unless you can go in the community and love, you’ll have nothing,” Boles said. “Go out and help somebody.”Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or

[email protected]

feel that these (suspended) members deserve a public apology from not only the department, but also the Borough of Highspire.”Dennis Fisher, spokesman for the

Attorney General, said the office “re-ligiously doesn’t comment” on active investigations.According to meeting minutes,

Highspire did not release its $2,000 contribution to the fire company in December.Councilman Michael Anderson, head

of the public safety committee, said he could not comment on the situation regarding the fire department.During Highspire Borough Council’s

meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, a member of the fire department asked if the fire company would receive the December contribution.Council President A. Kay Sutch told

him, “I can’t answer that right now.”Council went into executive session

for about an hour. Members returned, and Anderson made a motion to pay the monthly contribution to the fire department for January.Council voted 6-1 to pay the depart-

ment. Sutch was the dissenting vote.When asked why council might

consider suspending the payments, McHale said he could not comment at that time.Sutch admitted there were still issues

with the fire department, but would not specify.“Things are better, but I don’t have

any comment other than that right now,” Sutch said. “We’ll get it straight-ened out.”

Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or [email protected]

to at least Class AA, Petrovich said. The boys’ team is Class AAA.Steelton-Highspire is locked into

the Capital Division for next year, but writing a letter to the PIAA about a move to the Keystone Division could mean a change for the 2014-15 school year.“There’s no guarantee they’ll let us

do it. There’s no promises, no guar-antees,” Petrovich said.Some board members initially felt the

coaches should be approached before writing the letter, but board member Barry Baumgartner disagreed.“I don’t know how much input

coaches should have in this financial trouble,” he said.

Reid said she is running because she objects to recent budget cuts by the cur-rent council that she calls “the recent decimation of the borough.’’Council has closed the communica-

tions center, defunded the Middletown Public Library and laid off employees to lower electric rates charged to bor-ough customers that generates revenue for the general fund. Council has asked for a study in the potential sale of the borough water system.“This is just outrageous,’’ said Reid.

“People need to get involved at this point.’’She decries what she sees as a lack

of transparency by council on public business.“Half of those people have an ax to

grind,’’ she said.

REIDContinued From Page One

normal, and there are not any leaks in his home, yet the 8,000 gallons was “the highest of any consumption for the entire year.” Several residents also say their elec-

tricity has been unexpectedly shut off, and, in some cases, later restored.There are a couple of possible

explanations for the utility billing distress, said Chris Courogen, bor-ough secretary and director of com-munications.A problem with the system that down-

loads meter readings caused water bills to be delayed for one billing cycle, and in some cases the bills reflected a five- to six-week period of time rather than the normal monthly period.Meanwhile, some residents whose

electric bills were past due and were told their electricity would be shut of on Thursday, Jan. 17 inadvertently had their electricity shut off on Wednesday, Jan. 16 instead, he said. When the borough became aware

of the problem, it had the residents’ electricity turned back on with no reconnection fee, he said.“Although they were accounts that

were past due, we recognized the confusion they might have . . . and so as a result, we fixed that and had them turned back on without any fee,” he said.Still, Courogen said water and sewer

bills are correct and proper procedure has been followed for handling late electric bills.In fact, the borough used hand-held

meter readings to confirm that the water usage readings were accurate.“The problem delayed the transmis-

sions of those readings. It did not create inaccurate readings,” he said. “What we are confident of is that that the bills are accurate. They reflect water that was consumed.”Courogen also reminded residents

that “anyone with a question about their utility bill is welcome to come in and go over it with the finance office.”“Any time they feel their meter was

inaccurate and not giving proper read-ings, there is a procedure in place [to have the meter tested],” he added.Courogen said no procedures have

changed regarding the borough’s payment plans and notices for electric shutoffs, noting that those procedures come from the Borough Code and would require a vote by Borough Council to change.Still, Courogen acknowledged that

the amount of residents unable to pay

BILLSContinued From Page One

Chicken and waffles dinner Londonderry Fire Company,

2655 Foxianna Rd., Middle-town, will hold a chicken and waffles dinner on 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. Delivery is available. Call 717-944-2175.

•••••M.A.B.A. registration The last chance to register for

M.A.B.A. youth baseball, girls’ softball and teener baseball is from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Royalton Borough Hall, 101 Northumberland St.For more information, readers

may call 717-512-3874.•••••

Seven Sorrows open house Seven Sorrows of the Blessed

Virgin Mary School, 360 E. Wa-ter St., Middletown, will hold an open house on Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. 30 from 9 to 11 a.m. Students of all faiths are welcome. For more information visit www.sevensorrows.org.

•••••

Lower Swatara Athletic Assoc. registration The last chance to register for

the Lower Swatara Twp. Ath-letic Association youth base-ball, girls’ softball and teener and senior teener baseball is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 26. Registration will be held at the Lower Swatara Municipal Building, 1499 Spring Garden Dr., Middletown.For more information call Jason Wagner at 717-939-6153.

•••••Special concert Chi Rho Singers’ Susque-

hanna Conference United Methodist Church Pastor’s Choir will be in concert on at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24. The concert will be held at Wesley United Methodist Church, 64 Ann St., Middletown.

their electric bills is a problem in the borough.“It’s a real challenge,” he said. “These

aren’t bad people, they’re just people who live paycheck to paycheck and struggle.”People like resident Cortez Jackson,

who says he came home on Wednes-day, Jan. 15 to a powerless house.Jackson said he had made arrange-

ments with the borough on his bill the previous Friday at the borough finance office, but was told on Wednesday that the borough was no longer accepting his arrangement, and he would have to pay a fee to be reconnected. “If it wouldn’t have been for my

pastor, it still wouldn’t be on,” Jack-son said.Municipalities may shut off electric-

ity in winter months if they approve “reasonable’’ rules regarding shut offs, said Vance Oaks, president of the Pennsylvania Municipal Electric Association.There are several organizations

available to help low-income resi-dents pay electric bills, including the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Dollar Energy Fund Hardship Program.While some explanations for utility

billing concerns have been offered, some residents say they are still at-tempting to get answers from the borough.“I’m going to call them and ask .

. . and see if they will look into it,” Gray said.

MIDDLETOWN BOYS’ BASKETBALL

B-1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013

Sports MIDDLETOWN GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

By Larry EtterPress And Journal Staff

As expected, the Middletown boys’ basketball team lost to Milton Hershey last Tuesday, Jan. 15, as the high-flying Spartans ran past the Blue Raiders by a 71-40 score at the Spartan Center.Milton Hershey, one of the top two

teams in the Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division, showed why it is in the hunt for a division title with the victory over the overmatched Mid-dletown squad. S h o r t h a n d e d again with lead-ing scorer Trent Z i m m e r m a n still nursing a shoulder injury, the Raiders gave it their best shot but still came up on the short end of the score. A game Fri-

day, Jan. 18 at Northern York, however, was unpredictable at best. But, again, the Raid-ers came out on the losing end, 51-39, suffering their 11th loss of the season.W i t h f i v e

games left on the schedule at the start of this week the odds of making the District 3 playoffs grew against a Raider squad that has just six victories to show for their hard-working efforts for the season.

Road trips to East Pennsboro and West Perry were scheduled for this week. A home game against Steelton-Highspire and a road trip to Susquenita loom the following week before the Raiders close out the regular season with a Saturday afternoon home game against York Suburban on Feb. 2.

Milton Hershey 71Middletown 40In the season’s first half, the Spartans

claimed a 72-42 win over the Raid-ers in Middletown – and the second meeting at Milton Hershey ended with a nearly identical final score. Fast, athletic, deep and talented, the Spar-tans jumped out to a big start and never looked back as they outscored their guests in ev-ery quarter in their ninth win of the season. With Zimmerman

not dressed and two other starters sitting out the start of the game due to tech-nical fouls from the previous game, Middletown Coach Chris Sattele had to go with a revamped

lineup, which didn’t help matters against the talented Spartans.While the replacements did all they

Playoff spot slips awayRaiders fall to Milton Hershey, Northern in two key games

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The Middletown girls’ basketball team won all three of their games last week to move closer to a Dis-trict 3 playoff spot.The Blue Raiders beat Northern,

42-28 on Friday, Jan. 18; held off Greencastle-Antrim, 44-41 on Thursday, Jan. 17; and topped Milton Hershey, 52-37 on Tuesday, Jan. 15, all at home.The Raiders improved their record

to 11-6, 7-3 in the Capital Division of the Mid-Penn Conference.Against Milton Hershey, Jalynn

Burton-Jones scored 30 points to lead Middletown to victory. Jey Rivera added 11 for the Raiders.

Aisha Freeman and Amina Atkins each scored 9 points to lead the Spartans (1-14, 1-9).Halle Marion scored 13 points to

lead Middletown to its win over Greencastle-Antrim. Burton-Jones added 12 and Rivera and Sarah Crippen each scored 7. The Raiders took an 8-point lead by outscor-ing G-A (6-9) 17-10 in the third quarter, then hung on.Against Northern, Burton-Jones

scored 22 to lead the Raiders to vic-tory. Marion scored 10 and Crippen added 6. Middletown broke a close game open in the second quarter, outscoring the Polar Bears 10-3 in the stanza.

Middletown’s Halle Marion scored 13 points to lead the Blue Raiders over Greencastle-Antrim.

Photos by Don Graham

The Middletown boys’ basketball team forms a victory arch for the Middletown girls’ team to pass through after the girls beat Greencastle-Antrim, 44-41.

Middletown’s Jalynn Burton-Jones dribbles past a fallen Northern defender in a Blue Raiders’ victory over the Polar Bears.

Raiders sweep three games

Arch de triumph

Trent ZimmermanInjured star returns.

By Tom KlemickFor The Press And Journal

The Lower Dauphin’s boys’ bas-ketball team had its recent six-game winning streak snapped by Keystone Division rival Susquehanna Twp. on Friday, Jan. 18.The hometown Falcons started the

game strong and jumped out to an early lead, but a sloppy second quarter gave Susquehanna the opening they needed to run away with the contest by a 70-53 margin.The Falcons were hot out of the

gate and got on the board first when senior forward Jack Miller converted an old-fashioned 3-point play after hitting a layup despite being fouled in the paint.The hometown faithful got a preview

of things to come, however, when Susquehanna freshman Nehemiah Mack buried a straightaway 3-pointer to tie the score on the Indians’ ensuing possession.Lower Dauphin responded with 7

straight points. Junior Luke Rutledge knocked down a jumper from the right elbow to give the lead back to LD and junior Kaylor Kulina connected from beyond the arc to push the advantage

to 8-3 a minute later.Susquehanna tried a full-court press

after another missed shot but the Fal-cons were ready for it and Kulina laid his shot in off the glass in transition. Miller made the assist.The Indians broke a three-minute

scoring drought when Jonas Page grabbed a rebound and laid it in to cut the deficit to 5 points. The home team answered right back

when junior guard Colton Nagy hit a 3-ball in front of Susquehanna’s bench to give the Falcons a 13-5 lead. With 3:53 left in the first quarter, the Falcons looked poised to pull off the upset and hand the visitors their second loss of the year.Then the second quarter started.The Indians scored and scored often,

beginning with a Mack jump shot that cut the deficit to 1. On the other end, Miller missed a

layup, collected his own rebound and converted his second attempt to extend the lead to 3.Page swiped a steal and hit a jumper

in transition a minute later and Susque-hanna grabbed its first advantage of the game on its next possession. Leading 16-15 with 4:30 left in the

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could to get the team off to a good start, the Spartans were simply too good for the Raiders to keep pace. As a result, Milton Hershey broke away from a close game in the open-ing minutes with a crushing 10-0 run enroute to a 16-2 lead with 2:38 left in the first period.The Raiders picked up 6 late points

from Jared Truesdale, Mel Fager III and Cody Fox, but the hosts still led by a 20-6 count heading into the second stanza. That lead quickly grew to a 28-8

mark when the Spartans opened up the second with an 8-0 run as the Raiders went 0-for-8 from the floor in the first four minutes. Fager’s trey broke the slump.Middletown’s Quentin D’Onofrio

added a triple following a 3-pointer by Milton Hershey’s Kendale Chase to help get the Raider offense back on track. Goals by Ladhellis Charleston, Nick Drawbaugh and Fager in the bot-tom half of the period nearly matched Milton Hershey’s scroring prior to halftime. Down by 17 to start the third quarter,

the Raiders needed to get off to a good start for the second half. But it didn’t happen. The Spartans again took ad-vantage of missed Raider shots and jumped out to a 45-21 lead with 6:32 left in the third.From that point on, the Spartans sim-

ply maintained their control and led by a 61-31 count to start the game’s final 8 minutes.

Against mostly second-team Spar-tans, the Raiders opened up the final segment with a 4-point string by Charleston and later picked up a combined 5 points from J.C. Cleckner and Drawbaugh to close on a positive note.

Northern York 51Middletown 39With Zimmerman back in the fold

following a two-week absence, the Raiders were hoping to put together a winning effort at Northern. Sattele, who had coached at Northern prior to taking over the head position at Middletown, also wanted his team to do well.Back on Dec. 17, the Raiders saw an

11-point lead evaporate in the fourth quarter as the Polar Bears pulled off a winning rally and a win. As luck would have it, the Bears again

rallied to victory after the Raiders had fought their way to a 22-19 halftime lead. And, once again, a disastrous bout of frigid shooting proved to be the Middletown squad’s downfall.After the halftime break, the Raiders

made just 6-of-20 shots from the floor and the Bears cashed in by outscoring their guests 32-17 in the second half to pull off the win. The game started off in the right

direction for the Raiders, who earned a 12-6 lead in a defense-dominated first period.After Northern cut into Middletown’s

15-8 lead at the 6:22 mark of the second quarter, Zimmerman and Truesdale teamed for 5 points to stretch the lead

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But Northern finished strong in the last half of the second period and closed the gap to just 22-19 at the break. That momentum carried over into the

second half as the Bears opened up with 4 points and then added 5 more following a putback by Fager at 4:13. The Northern run pushed the hosts to a 28-24 lead and the cold-shooting Raiders never got back in front the rest of the way.Down by a 34-27 count to start the

final period, the Raiders tried to get their offense going. Despite shut-ting out the Bears in the early going, the Middletown squad kept firing blanks from the floor. A Drawbaugh free throw turned out to be the only point the Raiders could muster until Zimmerman scored on a drive to the hoop and added a foul shot at the 5:31 mark.Truesdale’s steal and layup pulled

the Raiders to within two, 35-33, with 4:49 left on the clock and gave the Middletown team a chance to rally. Following a 3-point run by the Bears, Drawbaugh’s basket kept the Raiders to within three at 38-35.Unfortunately, that turned out to

be the last gasp for the Middletown squad as the Raiders faded down the stretch.Missed shots by the Raiders and a

host of personal foul calls in the final 3:00 proved to be the undoing of the desperate Middletown five.

Junior varsity On a more positive note for the

Middletown basketball program, the junior varsity team recorded its 10th victory of the season in a 44-38 deci-sion at Northern.Following a mind-numbing 38-30

loss at Milton Hershey on Tuesday, Jan. 15 in a game that everyone watch-ing determined was the most terribly-officiated game ever, the young Raid-ers bounced back with the satisfying win against the Polar Bears.Picking up balanced scoring from

Brandon Harper, J.C. Cleckner, Bobby Harper, Harry Kapenstein, Bradley Phillips, Dylan Danilowicz, Levi Varner, Osman Kamara, Terry Love and Dagen Hughes, plus good defense from that group and Caleb Leggore, the Raiders recorded the win for Coach Matt Kleinfelter. The Raiders led 12-8 after one quar-

ter, 23-20 at halftime and 36-28 at the end of the third quarter. Late in the fourth period, after the Bears had cut the Middletown lead to just 38-36, Cleckner swished a key 3-pointer to give the Raiders some breathing room at 41-36.A late goal by Phillips and a pair of

free throws by Hughes with 6 seconds left iced the victory.

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Zach Ulerick and Andonia Bennett pinned their opponents and Bryce Killian won by technical fall to lead the Middletown wrestling team to an impressive 35-25 victory over power-ful Hershey on Saturday, Jan. 19 in MIddletown.The victory moved the Blue Raiders

(9-3, 5-1 in the Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division) into second place in their division, one game behind first-place Cedar Cliff (18-1, 6-0). Hershey (15-2, 4-2) dropped to third.Ulerick pinned Hershey’s John

Voyles at 3:40 in the 120-pound match, while Bennett pinned Her-shey’s Dominic Memmi at 1:10 in the 182-pound match.Killian beat Hershey’s Andrew Boyer

by technical fall, 18-2 at 145.Middletown’s Will Botterbusch

(160 pounds) beat Hershey’s Gennao Cerminara, 9-4; Levi Sterner defeated Hershey’s Kyle Loraw, 7-1 at 106; Bobby Johnson (132) beat Hershey’s Michael Dexheimer, 4-1 and Seth Babil (138) defeated Hershey’s An-drew Schwenk, 4-3 to give the Raiders the victory.The Raiders lost a close match to

Central Dauphin East, 32-31 on Wednesday, Jan. 16 in Middletown.Ulerick, Sterner and Todd Houser

(126 pounds) recorded pins for Mid-dletown in the loss. Ulerick pinned the Panthers’ Tanner Trephan at 2:17 at 120; Sterner pinned Anthony Radic at 42 seconds at 106; and Houser pinned Joseph Porter at 5:24.Bennett won by a major decision,

9-0, over East’s Sean Fitzkee at 182 pounds, while the Raiders’ Steven Cain (106) defeated East’s Austin Trephan, 6-2 and Killian (132) won by forfeit.

MIDDLETOWN WRESTLING

Raiders top powerful Hershey, 35-25

Middletown recognized senior wrestlers, from left to right, Chris Espinoza, Zach Buell, Andonia Bennett and Bryce Killian on Senior Recognition Night against Central Dauphin East.

Middletown’s Will Botterbusch (left) contemplates his next move during a 9-4 victory over Hershey’s Gennaro Cerminara in a 160-pound match of a 35-25 Blue Raider victory.

West Perry’s buzzer-beater sinks Steel-High girls, 53-52By Noelle BarrettPress And Journal Staff

West Perry’s Caitlyn Lavenberg hit a shot at the final buzzer to defeat Steelton-Highspire, 53-52 in a girls’ basketball game on Friday, Jan. 18 in Steelton, moving the winners into a first-place tie with the Rollers in the Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division.Roller Malia Tate-DeFreitas

scored a game-high 29 points, making 8-of-12 free throws, three 3-point shots and six baskets. Ceani Beaden put up 10 points for the Rollers (14-2, 9-1 in the division).West Perry (14-2, 9-1) took an

early 6-0 lead in the first quarter, hitting two shots from the 3-point line. Tate-DeFreitas made two foul shots, but junior Emma Harris an-swered with 2 points, keeping West Perry ahead early, 8-2.With 4:43 in the first quarter,

Steel-High came back from a time out, and Tate-DeFreitas hit two foul shots, a basket and a 3-pointer to give the Rollers a 9-8 lead.Sloppy play from the home team

gave the Mustangs opportunity to take the lead again, and even with Tate-DeFreitas putting up 12 points in the first quarter, West Perry led, 17-14 after one.Tate-DeFreitas tied things from the

3-point line in the second quarter.

The lead yo-yoed back and forth, with the teams tied six times in the second stanza.With a 1:21 left, Steel-High’s

Amber Hess-Moore made a foul shot to tie the score, 32-32.With 17 seconds left in the first

half, Roller Khadijah Robinson sank a basket to take the lead 34-33.In the third quarter, both teams kept

the game close. Madison Ulrich hit 2-of-4 foul shots to give West Perry a 35-33 lead. A shot by the Rollers’ Robinson was followed by a basket from West Perry’s Megan Smith to give the Mustangs the lead, 37-35. Tate-DeFreitas regained the lead for Steel-High with a basket, but the Mustangs’ Smith answered with a basket.West Perry took a 5-point lead, its

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lead with 6:54 left in the game, Tate-DeFreitas held the ball at center court. She inched close to the 3-point lines, then retreat running time off the clock.The Rollers counted on West

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way, but we kept battling,” he said. “They (Steel-High) have such a good program . . . It’s a huge win for us.”Tate-DeFreitas said the Rollers

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second quarter, the Indians never trailed again.The visitors scored the game’s next

10 points thanks to ball pressure and buckets in transition. The Indians’ full court press led to LD turnovers and easy layups on the other end.The Falcons finally stopped the run

when Miller converted the front end of a 1-and-1 to cut Susquehanna’s lead to 26-16 with 2:27 left in the first half. It was Lower Dauphin’s first point in over four minutes of play.Lower Dauphin cut the deficit to 8

when junior Ryan Naccarato made one of two free throws with 1:16 left in the second quarter. Susquehanna exploded and scored 10

unanswered points in the final 1:07 of the half, 8 of which came from shifty guard Gabriel Mack. The Indians outscored LD 28-7 in the quarter and took a commanding 38-20 lead into the break.Trailing by as many as 21 in the third

quarter, the Falcons showed some signs of life when they put together an 11-3 run that culminated when Rutledge found Nagy for a layup off

an inbounds pass under the LD basket. At the 4:17 mark of the third period, the Indians led 46-33.That’s as close as Lower Dauphin

would get. The fourth quarter was a back-and-

forth affair as each team netted 18 points apiece. Much to the chagrin of the Falcons’ fans in attendance, LD never put together a run one-sided enough to make a game of it.Miller finished with a team-high

18 points and was the Falcons’ top rebounder while Nagy and Naccarato reached the double-digit point mark as well. Nagy netted 12; Naccarato scored 10. Kulina added 9 points while sophomore Tyler Kullman and freshman Tyler Roman rounded out LD’s scoring with 2 points each.Susquehanna was led by the Mack

brothers – Nehemiah and Gabriel combined for 38 of the Indians’ 70 points. Page chipped-in with 9.The loss dropped Lower Dauphin to

11-5 on the year and 7-4 in Keystone play. Susquehanna improved to 16-1. Their latest victory reaffirmed the fact that the Indians are playing some of the best basketball in the midstate.

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Gallaudet entered Penn State Har-risburg’s Capital Union Building (CUB) on Wednesday night, Jan. 16 looking to knock off the Lions and get back into the race in the North Eastern Athletic Conference South Division. The Lions, however, refused to play the role of gracious hosts.In a physical contest, the Blue

and White held off the rival Bison, 60-51.As it has the past few contests,

Harrisburg’s senior duo of Jordan Gatchell and Thristan Lundy came through in a big way. Gatchell led the Lions with 16 points, while Lundy finished one rebound shy of recording a double-double.Forward Danny Kelly posted a

double-double for Gallaudet, record-ing game-highs of 25 points and 10 rebounds.Lundy went to work right out of

the gate, banging with the Bison big men down low and scoring 6 of the Lions’ first 10 points. Gatchell took care of the other 4 tallies, including a pretty breakaway reverse layup at the 15:24 mark.The visitors grabbed their first

lead of the game five minutes later when leading scorer Layton Seeber knocked down a midrange jumper and put the Bison up 14-12.Penn State Harrisburg faced its

largest deficit of the game at 23-14 following a Kelly layup with 6:21 remaining in the first half.Gatchell connected on a deep 3-ball

on the Lions’ next possession and sparked an 11-0 run that regained the lead for the home team and culminated in a layup by freshman Arick Sodini.Harrisburg sophomore sharp-

shooter Ethan Strayer was pure from beyond the arc just before the half and gave his squad a 28-26 advan-

tage heading into the break.The Blue and White got hot from

downtown in the second half. With the shot clock about to expire, Gatchell brought the hometown fans to their feet by knocking down a jumper a good seven steps beyond the 3-point line.Junior Will Doyle got into the ac-

tion and showed off his range when he hit a pair of 3-balls on the next two Lion possessions. Sophomore Alberto De Los Santos put home a 3-pointer of his own moments later and extended the Lions’ lead to 42-37 with 13:25 remaining.Two minutes later, a Kelly layup

cut the deficit to 1 point, but back-to-back buckets by Sodini pushed the home team’s lead back to 5 with 8:15 left to play.Lundy stayed strong in the

paint. With 3:19 remaining, he grabbed his own rebound and, de-spite getting fouled, laid his second shot in off the glass. He converted the free throw to give Penn State Harrisburg a 54-49 advantage.Gallaudet missed a number of shots

down the stretch while Sodini and Strayer added to the Lions’ lead and sealed the team’s fifth conference victory of the year.Despite being outshot from the

field, Penn State Harrisburg created and took advantage of 34 Bison turnovers and scored 33 points off of them.The Lions’ bench also outscored

the visitors’ reserves 17-8.

SUNY-Cobleskill 69,Lions 64

The SUNY-Cobleskill men’s bas-ketball team used hot shooting and a smothering defensive effort to post a 69-64 comeback victory over visit-ing Penn State Harrisburg in NEAC action on Saturday, Jan. 19.The Fighting Tigers snap a two-

game losing streak to improve to 4-11 overall on the year, including

a 2-4 mark in conference action while the Lions fell to 8-10 overall with a 5-3 record versus league opponents.The Fighting Tigers roared out of

the gates to start the contest using strong rebounding and defensive pressure to post a 37-32 halftime advantage.In the second half, the Lions ground

their way to a 56-49 lead with 8:28 remaining in the contest. The home team then turned up the defense once again to take the lead for good with 1:30 remaining in regulation when junior forward Jack Jeffres overpow-

ered his defender in the post to give the Orange and Black the lead for good, 65-64. Cobleskill then scored the game’s final 4 points as senior guard Tyrone Mitchell scored on a drive with 33 seconds left and Jeffres converted a pair of free throws with 10 seconds remaining to secure the final margin of victory.The Lions received strong efforts

in defeat from Lundy, who scored a team-high 14 points while making five steals and hauling in four re-bounds, and Gatchell, who scored 13 points, pulled down seven rebounds and passed out three assists.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Photo by John Diffenderfer

Penn State Harrisburg’s Thristan Lundy, left, scored 6 of the Lions’ first 10 points in a 60-51 victory over Gallaudet.

Physical Lions beat Gallaudet, 60-51

By Adam ClayFor The Press And Journal

Penn State Harrisburg was coming off three straight road losses when the Lions stepped back on their home court against Gallaudet on Thursday, Jan. 17 and won, 64-52 in women’s basketball game.The Lions started the game strong

from the first whistle, led for a third game in a row by the ever-improving and impressive freshman Mercedes Copeland, who scored 7 of 10 points building up a 10-5 lead in the first 5:00 of the game.Penn State Harrisburg followed that

up with a 9-4 run that gave the Lions a 10-point lead, 19-9, with 8:26 until halftime. Gallaudet kept things tight – and

just before the last minute of the half brought their deficit to within 5 points. A Steph Yetter layup, followed by an clutch 3-pointer by Emilee Truitt shut down the Bison comeback and gave the Lions a 33-23 lead at halftime.Penn State Harrisburg took the mo-

mentum from the last minute of the first and continued it early in the second by starting the half with a 7-0 run.The Lions were able to extend their

lead to as much as 18 points.

Lions 72SUNY-Cobleskill 65Freshman scoring machine Copeland

netted a game-high 25 points to lead Penn State Harrisburg to a 72-65 victory over SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday, Jan. 19 in New York.The Lions continued to show they are

gelling nicely as a team on the road.The game stayed fairly even from the

start and was 10-8 in the Lions’ favor at the 12:01 mark. Then Amanda Moyer helped start the Lions’ first scoring drive of the game with 5 points out of 8 in an 8-0 run for Penn State Har-risburg over just two minutes. Unfortunately, Cobleskill followed it

up with a 7-0 run of their own, bring-ing the game quickly back to within 1 point, 18-17 in the Lions’ favor.A 13-8 run by Penn State Harrisburg

to finish the half brought the Lions within 5 points at halftime.The Lions had to fight hard to get

back to even, and eventually took the lead just at the 11:11 mark of the second half.

Photo by John Diffenderfer

Penn State Harrisburg’s Jasmine Yanich (23) tries a scoop shot in a 64-52 victory over Gallaudet.

Lion women take two games,beat Gallaudet and Cobleskill

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Be A Good Neighbor.

Lend A Hand,When You Can.

BOYS’ BASKETBALLMid-Penn Conference

Capital Division W L OVERALLSteelton-Highspire 10 0 13-2Milton Hershey 9 1 10-5Northern 5 5 8-9Camp Hill 4 6 10-7West Perry 4 6 6-10Middletown 4 6 6-11East Pennsboro 4 6 4-11Susquenita 0 10 3-1

Last week’s scoresMIlton Hershey 71, Middletown 41Northern 51, Middletown 39Steelton-Highspire 68, Susquenita 30Steelton-Highspire 65, West Perry 53

This week’s gamesJan. 25Middletown at West Perry, 7:30 p.m.Steelton-Highspire at Milton Hershey, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 26York Suburban at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 29Steelton-Highspire at Middletown, 7:30 p.m.

Keystone Division W L OVERALLSusquehannaTwp. 10 1 16-1Trinity 7 3 11-3Lower Dauphin 7 4 11-5Palmyra 6 4 11-5Bishop McDevitt 6 5 10-5Mechanicsburg 5 6 8-7Hershey 4 7 6-9Cedar Cliff 3 8 7-9RedLand 0 10 0-14

Last week’s gamesLower Dauphin 55, Bishop McDevitt 52Susquehanna Twp.70, Lower Dauphin 53

This week’s gamesJan. 23Lower Dauphin at Hershey, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 25Lower Dauphin a tPalmyra, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 29Cedar Cliff at Lower Dauphin, 7:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALLCapital Division

W L OVERALLSteelton-Highspire 9 1 14-2West Perry 9 1 14-2Middletown 7 3 11-6Camp Hill 6 4 12-4East Pennsboro 5 5 9-7Susquenita 3 7 6-9Milton Hershey 1 9 1-14Northern 0 10 1-15

Last week’s gamesMiddletown 52, MIlton Hershey 37Middletown 44, Greencastle-Antrim 41Middletown 42, Northern 28Steelton-Highspire 70, Susquenita 61WestPerry 53, Steelton-Highspire 52

This week’s gamesJan. 23Steelton-Highspire at Camp Hill, 6 p.m.

Jan. 25West Perry at Middletown, 7:30 p.m.Milton Hershey at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 26New Hope Academy at Steelton-Highspire, 1 p.m.

Jan.29MIddletown at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m.

WRESTLINGKeystone Division

W L OVERALLCedar Cliff 6 0 18-1Middletown 5 1 9-3Hershey 4 2 15-2Mechanicsburg 2 2 5-3Lower Dauphin 2 3 4-6Red Land 1 3 2-4Susquehanna Twp. 1 5 4-9Palmyra 0 5 1-6

Last week’s matchesCentral Dauphin East 32, Middletown 31Middletown 47,Susquehanna Twp. 12Middletown 35, Hershey 25Lower Dauphin 59, Palmyra 9

This week’s matchesJan. 24Middletown at Palmyra, 7 p.m. Red Land at Lower Dauphin, 7 p.m.

HOCKEYCPIHLTier 1

W L T POINTSCumberland Valley 14 1 0 28Wilson 10 1 1 21Dallastown 8 3 1 17Hershey 8 4 1 17Central York 7 6 0 14Mechanicsburg 5 5 2 12Elizabethtown 4 8 1 9Lower Dauphin 2 10 0 4Hempfield 2 11 0 4Central Dauphin 1 12 0 2

Tier 3 W L T POINTSCedar Cliff/Carlisle 7 1 3 17Middletown/CD East 6 3 1 13Susqhk/K-Dale 6 5 0 12Northern 5 5 1 11Susq. Twp./Bish. McD. 4 4 1 9York Suburban/Irish 0 10 0 0

COLLEGE BASKETBALLNEACMen

South Division W L OVERALLPenn State Berks 6 2 7-9Penn State Harrisburg 5 2 8-10Gallaudet 5 4 9-10Penn State Abington 3 3 5-12Lancaster Bible 2 6 2-14

Last week’s gamesPenn State Harrisburg 60, Gallaudet 51SUNY-Cobleskill 69, Penn State Harrisburg 64

This week’s gamesJan. 27Penn State Harrisburg at Penn State Abington, 2 p.m.

WomenSouth Division

W L OVERALLLancaster Bible 8 2 12-3Penn State Harrisburg 6 2 10-5Penn State Abington 5 3 7-8St. Elizabeth 4 4 6-8Penn State Berks 4 5 5-10Wilson 0 8 2-9Gallaudet 0 9 2-14

Last week’s gamesPenn State Harrisburg 64, Gallaudet 52Penn State Harrisburg 72, SUNY-Cobleskill 65

This week’s gamesJan. 23Wilson at Penn State Harrisburg, 7 p.m.

Jan. 27Penn State Harrisburg at Penn State Abington,12 noon

Standings for 1-23-13

Editor,Where has the America we knew gone

to? It certainly changed, and part of that is good and part not so good.I am a retired Family Practice medical

doctor whose majority of practice was spent in rural Pennsylvania. My practice included being the school doctor for over 25 years. I was also ordained as a min-ister in the Church of Christ in Oregon and ordained as an elder of the Christian Covenant Community Church in Penn-sylvania.I certainly am no fan of Madeleine

Murry O’Hare. Her murder tells me nothing about her any more than the suicide of Dr. Spock’s son tells me something about him. Serving as coroner for four years taught me that the murders and suicides I saw had little to do with parents of those who killed themselves or others.Two major exceptions to this observa-

tion are the children whose parents sexu-ally abused them and children of parents who were addicts.We, as Christian Americans, need to

focus on the fact that freedom of religion for Christians only is not freedom of religion, and never was. Imposing our Christianity on others because we are in the majority is an easily abused situa-tion. Christianity was not meant to be imposed, but practices with such beauty that others would want it. Nations in which Christians were in a majority have a poor track record of showing forth the beautiful Jesus. More often, it is rules and regulations that are imposed by those in authority.The courts of our land have ruled that

mandatory school prayer is not freedom of religion. Kneeling outside the school building for silent prayer each school day is not illegal, depending on where one kneels. I know. I did it for nearly 15 years before I retired from my practice in Benton in 2000.

Grant C. Clark, M.D. Benton, Pa.

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Did your mother tell you to stop playing with your food? If she only knew where that could have gotten you in life. . .

Middletown native Jim Victor has become something of a culinary rodin in the world of edible art. He’s cre-ated a copy of the Mona Lisa in Italian vegetables, Van gogh’s “Starry Night’’ out of candy, Warhol’s “Marilyn Monroe’’ out of marshmallows, and many chocolate portraits, cheese sculptures and fruit and vegetable busts for fairs, grand openings and food conventions. He has created the Pennsylvania Farm Show’s annual butter sculpture, crafting thousands of pounds of butter into a work of art.It pays the bills, and has earned him the opportunity to

meet a few celebrities. Last year, Victor, whose story ap-pears on A1 of this edition, posed with Vanessa Williams next to the chocolate sculpture he created of Ms. Brown,

the M&M's character whose voice is acted by Williams, at a SoHo museum in New york City.Last April, he appeared with

robert griffin III, the Washington redskins’ star quarterback, with a bust of griffin that Victor made from ingredients in Subway sand-wiches – more than 300 pieces of chicken, with garlic for teeth and chili peppers for hair – at one of the chain’s restaurants in New york.Who would have thought playing

with your food could have gotten you far?Victor’s humble beginnings were

in Middletown, where he lived the first 11 years of his life. As a boy, he watched airplanes land from the Olmsted Air Force Base, now gone, and explored the brickyard in royalton and the Army sur-plus junkyard on union Street, places that tantalized the imagination of a child.The Farm Show butter sculpture is an annual event,

unveiled by the state as though it were a valuable Picasso at an auction. ever walk by it and wonder who did it?Artistic ability and imagination can be developed

anywhere, everywhere – and we’d like to think that those treks to those childhood haunts in Middletown helped develop a creative mind that now flourishes in an offbeat and inspiring way.If Victor could do it, your son or daughter could some-

day do it, too.

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On the morn-ing of Jan. 17, 1989,

a loser named Patrick Purdy at-tacked Cleveland Elementary School

in Stockton, Calif. He fired more than 100 rounds from a Chinese assault rifle, killing five children and wounding more than 30. Purdy then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Sounds familiar, does it not?Last month, Adam Lanza, using an

American-made assault rifle not signifi-cantly different from the weapon used by Purdy, killed 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct. Authorities say he fired about 100 rounds. Then he shot himself in the head.Four months after the Stockton shoot-

ing, I wrote a column with a title similar to the one on this piece. It ran in several newspapers. The hate mail was interest-ing, and included death threats.I offer the column again, with a few

rewrites to update some references that might not be familiar to younger readers. I did not change all that much, because not all that much has changed.The imagination is a curious thing.Individuals are never really just one

person. There are all sorts of different editions of each one of us; who one is at the job, at the bar (a.) with one’s mate and (b.) without; the person one is in front of one’s children and, of course, the one who lies in bed on sleepless nights, haunted

by facing specters, disappointments and dreams that have grown shabby with time and neglect.We live in our imaginations.The existence that most of us lead is

hardly what one would call daring or ad-venturous. It is a reality at total odds with the stuff we watch in our millions on TV, where the heroes on the assorted CSI and NCIS shows blast their way through the sleazoids, and any number of improbably fit and sexy actors and actresses sizzle and plot in the perpetual California of prime-time.We get up from watching the tube,

shuffle around, put out the dog, floss our teeth and go to bed, to rise in the morn-ing and go to our jobs as secretaries, parts clerks, fast-food managers and, I suppose, reporters.On two occasions in recent months, I

wrote items on the issue of gun control. every day in this and every other news-paper in the country there are stories concerning questions that are every bit as important to the future of the collective citizenry of the u.S. as is the subject of gun control.yet nothing cranks up the letters to the

editor faster than any perceived effort to control the access by ordinary citizens to firepower equal to the cinematic baloney of Sylvester Stallone and his ilk.If the average American were so care-

ful a watchdog over other issues as he or she is of matters concerning gun control, then this country would be a much better place.Sadly, this is not the case.

Look where his creativity,imagination got him

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When we in this profession write about birth control, abortion, drugs, congres-sional scandal, organized crime or the environment, we often feel that we are throwing our stories down an empty well, for all the response we get.However, when we report that some

source has suggested that maybe maga-zines that hold upwards of 100 rounds rounds, a portion of gun owners heap ashes on their heads and bewail the loss of their rights under the Second Amend-ment of the Constitution.Why?Imagination is the answer.This is America, and guns have a lot

to do with our national identity and our fantasies.I know this from an incident that had

nothing at all to do with guns.During the heyday of the CB radio

craze, I had a job that involved driving a truck all over the southeast, delivering custom accessories for four-wheel-drive trucks. Naturally, my truck had a CB radio in it, partly for entertainment and partly as a sort of surveillance device, the ordinary citizen’s version of a spy satellite to keep watch for cops on the highway.One sultry summer night, I had been

enjoying the repartee between two folks, one male, one female, whose respec-tive “handles” were The gray ghost and Sugar Britches.The conversation was too racy to be re-

counted here; if radio waves were visible, these would have been purple.ghost was quite the stud, all baritone

and swagger. I pulled into an all-night convenience store for a snack and coffee and kicked back to listen to the pair carry on. They were coming in loud, clear and shameless.After a while, I knew why.Across the parking lot was a not-very-

new station wagon, a little beat up. I re-member walking by it on the way in and out of the store and noting that the back seat bore unmistakable evidence that the family had several small children.A man sat in the car alone, lit by the

glare from the store. He was small and pale, in a Polo shirt and cardigan sweater. He was bald, middle-aged, and drinking a diet soft drink.

He was also talking on his CB.The figure in the station wagon raised

the mike just before The gray ghost’s confident baritone boomed out of the speaker, and lowered it just after the ghost stopped speaking.That’s when it hit me. I knew in a flash

that somewhere out there a woman, perhaps a harried homemaker sitting in a housecoat, her head festooned with curlers, heated up the airwaves with the throaty, teasing words of the doubtless beautiful and slightly dangerous Sugar Britches.The man in the battered station wagon

had a harried look. The gray ghost was above all that.That is the key, of course. We have cre-

ated a wonderful thing with our electron-ics, from the CB radios of several decades ago to the role-playing computer games

and social media, re-ality can take a back seat and balance the checkbook, fret over the kids’ report cards, worry about the job.The gray ghost

and Sugar Britches, meanwhile, stride through the world, above it all.There is History

and there is what we like to think happened. In America, it is impossible to separate gun lore from our image of whom and what we are. “guns Made America great!” said a recent bum-per sticker.The statement will not hold water.What made and makes America great are

its ideals and its system of laws.Those ideals and laws have made pos-

sible the peaceful if noisy transitions of power in national and local elections for more than 200 years.On the other hand, look at the places in

the world where men and women armed with assault rifles and other tools of may-hem wander the streets freely. The picture is ugly, deadly, and has provided nothing in the way of order.I read recently that “Half of all the mass

shootings in the history of the u.S. have occurred since the assault gun ban expired in 2005.’’ The author is a journalist and friend who does not post things he has not researched, so I buy it.“guns don’t kill people . . . people kill

people.” We hear that a lot.Wrong. People with guns kill people.

People with baseball bats and knives kill

people, too. I have seen a number of people refer to an attack at a school in China where a deranged man stabbed 22 children and an adult or two. What the references fail to mention is that nobody died.I could be wrong, but I think that is an

important point.On the day that Vice President Biden

and representatives from the National rifle Association sat down to begin talk-ing about these issues, there was another school shooting. Fortunately, the shooter wounded one other student before being talked into surrendering.god help me, I almost wrote, “Wounded

only one.” In our world, a single victim seems almost reasonable.Decades ago, state and federal govern-

ments thought it was a good idea to close mental health facilities and instead use pharmaceuticals to control the former inmates’ symptoms.The idea was to save money.Not to be insensitive, but what we have

inherited is a percentage of our popula-tion consisting of mentally unbalanced people under the influence of various drugs afloat in an environment where weapons of awesome killing power are relatively easy to obtain.Bad idea. Well, a good idea for pharma-

ceutical companies.Do I think banning assault rifles and

high-capacity magazines will solve the problem? Hardly. There are an awful lot of those weapons out there, most legally obtained, I imagine. unhinged people will still be able to get them. Continu-ing to make it easy, however, is hardly a responsible approach.Besides, the argument is not about

whether or not to control guns. The argu-ment is where to draw the line. I grew up around firearms, and have owned a num-ber of them. Many of my friends own guns. I am not afraid of them walking into a crowded building and taking out a dozen or so people.If I had a neighbor who felt he or she

really needed an assault rifle in order to sleep well . . . that’s a different matter. I wonder what fantasies drive them?In any case, we have to do something.

If the two sides would stop screaming at one another and start talking about sen-sible, real-world solutions, progress will be possible, but not before.

Terry W. Burger is a freelance writer living in Gettysburg and the author of “Burger to Go,’’ which can be found on Facebook.

Look at the places in the world where men and women armed with assault rifles and other tools of mayhemwander the streets freely.The picture is ugly, deadly, and has provided nothing in the way of order.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough notes “Exceptional presidents are the exception. We can’t expect every president to be a great president.”What do you believe makes an exceptional president?

Linda Dagen: Honesty, integrity, morality, respect and trustworthiness would be a good place to start.

Linda Daniels Ferree: I’m naive, I do expect every Pres. of uSA to be an exceptional person, great leader, uncorrupt, moral, etc. but not all people (esp. the voters) are this way so I guess we get some “uN” exceptional presidents too. . .

Bill Minsker: “Morality of the man” is most important. The debate of the question “Do the times make the man, or does the man make the times” always applies to the administration of a President.

Dave Miller: I think the hallmark of any great politician is a willingness to do what’s right no matter how politically unpopular it might be.

He's created a copy of the Mona Lisa in Italian vegetables,

Van Gogh's "Starry Night'' out of candy, Warhol's "Marilyn

Monroe'' out of marshmallows, and many chocolate portraits,

cheese sculptures and fruit and vegetable busts for fairs, grand openings and food conventions.

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Jan. 1 was the official swearing-in day in the General Assembly. Twenty-nine new

representatives were sworn in to the House of Representatives – 10 Republican members and 19 Democratic members. This week was our first week for voting in committee meetings and on the House floor.When the legislative session ends

every two years, all legislation that was introduced during the session that was not passed into law must be reintroduced at the start of the new session.During the 2011-12 legislative

session, I introduced a total of 29 bills in the House on a range of topics from liquor control to veteran’s issues – some of which residents of the 106th District requested. I believe all were related to important state issues that need addressed. I was pleased to see three of my bills signed into law.I am planning to reintroduce 10 of

those bills in the 2013-14 legislative session, along with one new bill that is currently being drafted.With the start of a new session

also comes committee assignments. Typically, each House member is assigned to serve on three to five committees, and the assignments can change with each new session.My committee assignments

were unchanged, and I will continue to serve on four House standing committees, which include Commerce, Consumer Affairs, Tourism and Recreational Development, and Liquor Control. I serve as chairman of the Subcommittee on Licensing within the House Liquor Control Committee.In addition, I am a member of

the House Republican Policy Committee, which examines a range of priority policy issues. I also am a member of the Commonsense Caucus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers who meet and compare notes on various legislative issues in an effort to foster cooperation between both political parties.There are many key issues for the

2013-14 session. Job growth and

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K“Bring Sweitzer back.”

L“The common denominator with all these resignations is this council and McNamara’s dictator-ship of the borough functions. When this new council gets in their first priority should be fire Courogen, Felty, Konek and whoever McNa-mara brings in from the Capital Police!”

L“If they put diagonal parking in downtown Middletown I will NOT be parking there, hence I won’t be patronizing downtown businesses. It’s dangerous when you are back-ing up. Too many cars on the road nowadays. It’s not like it was back in the ’50s when only the rich could really afford cars and only had one. The thought of having to make the already too narrow sidewalks even narrower scares the crap out of me! Walking on the sidewalk will become even more dangerous when you have to pass someone. Ridicu-lous! I think it’s soon time to move. Sigh:”

L“So Louer finally got his way with that Electric Building. Wonder if he realizes how much money he actually is costing taxpayers when the new council fixes their mess next year? This council is unbeliev-able.”

L“The last council meeting only had two items on the agenda – the purchase of radios and something else – but this council went into an hour-and-a-half-long executive ses-sion, as they always do, so they can bring all their back-door deals to a vote without any public comment. This unethical way of running and ruining our town needs to stop. Nei-ther this council nor their so called professionals are educated enough to lead this town! Can someone please tell me when the next con-cerned citizens’ meeting is?”

L“I see this council screwed another borough employee. Good luck, Chief Hovan, and don’t worry – they will soon be getting what they deserve.”

L“I would like to say to the people who are responsible for moving the Middletown Police Department to the new building at Race and Emaus: Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have lived on North Catherine Street for over 10 years and now I do not have to see the Middletown police cars rushing up North Catherine at over 60 miles per hour and running the stop sign at North Catherine and West Water Street. Our kids and pets will finally be safe from these speeding cop cars. I do feel sorry for the people and pets that live on Race Street because this will be their new route to Main Street. This new route will also put four stop signs for them to

run and an elementary school for them to drive by at speeds in excess of 50 to 60 miles per hour. It is about time that other residents get to see how these police cars fly down our streets on their way to situations that do not require them to put our residents and pets in harms way. Again, I feel so sorry for the folks on Race Street – you are all in for a treat when it comes to the Middle-town police and how they drive on our streets. Good luck. I am finally rid of them and feel safer already just knowing they are moving – and the sooner the better, for my street anyway. Goodbye and good rid-dance to the Middletown police cars speeding on North Catherine.”

L“I’ve been reading the Press And Journal for years now but only just recently have I found myself reading it far less than in the past. The reason? Adblade.com and ad-meld.com are two reasons. Are the ads disabled for those with subscrip-tions? I’d rather not chance it. The appearance of the website is utter crap, to put it lightly. Far too much white space, scripts wishing to run left and run formatting is atrocious; I suppose I could go on, but why? May I recommend you find your-selves a website developer with a bit more experience within the niche – specifically, online newspapers. Aside from outdated frame style navigation of the old website, noth-ing needed changed. The format and overall look needed changed just as the trees needed chopped down downtown. Your CAPTCHA for submission is terrible small. Even if I zoom (CTRL + Mouse wheel), I cannot imagine those that are farsighted can read it.”

L“Http://www.blockonline.us/” Oh, it’s free, therefore they run a ridiculous amount of scripts to spy on visitors, present them with ads, hopeful to receive clicks. Let’s really see if our Sound Offs are shown as typed: 1. Download Firefox (Microsoft Explorer is bug-ridden and full of security is-sues, as well as lacking add-ons and script implementation compared to Mozilla’s Firefox), then install. 2. Install this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/yesscript/ (this blocks scripts of which many present themselves [to your eyes] as ads, when in fact they are spying on you, sometimes creating a super cookie to find where you go AFTER you leave the site that tried running the script) 3. Install this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ (this script is a little more ‘intrusive’ depending upon how you look at it, as it is blocking ads that pop up, scream at you time to time, pop-up annoying script ads that are able to get around some-pop-up blockers, etc. The “catch” is sometimes it can block a little too much, – sometimes, as in very rarely). Now enjoy surfing with far less ‘crap.’ What constitutes this as a “Sound Off?” I’m sounding off against your new website. Find yourselves a developer, pay a host-ing company to host the newly-de-veloped website, enjoy the number of subscribers willing to do so once they are no longer annoyed.”

L“I would like to know why, if the borough is broke, I just saw two new black police cars roam-ing our streets? I guess that we are so ridden with crime that we need

three or four police officers on duty and new cars for them to drive. To the residents of Middletown: We need to get our government under control and stop this spending of our money on things that we do not need and never needed in the first place. The Middletown police force is not needed because they have done nothing to warrant all this equipment. Make the Middle-town Police Department part of the township police and get rid of all of this overspending on this police department. They run our streets speeding everywhere they go and have not been an asset to this com-munity since I have lived here – and they will never be an asset until we see them walking the beat and interacting with our residents. I call upon the residents to question this police force and its out-of-control spending of the people’s money. We pay enough, and all we see is more unjustified expense on an out-of-control police department. Now, you also know why no one wants to be the chief? Because sooner or later the crap is going to hit the fan and whoever the chief is at that time will be the fall guy. It is time for all the residents of Middletown to have their voices heard and make some much-needed changes in this coun-cil and mayor because that is where the problems really hide.”

L“McNamara and Morgan throw the term “structural deficit” around like it is something new or unique. For those of you that don’t know, most government runs on the principal of structural deficit. This means that they never show a profit in simplistic terms. I do not believe that any government should make a profit, but some will argue upon the amount of debt load any govern-ment should carry. In Middletown, we have a significant debt load from past administrations spending lavishly. We also have sources of revenue that council is unwilling to explore, and uses this deficiency to create the illusion that Middletown is in crisis. I think in the very near future we will find out that the Act 47 filing was done with inaccurate and blatantly false information.

Like any managed fund, debt needs to be managed for the long haul, not stricken in one year like this council tried to do. They cut too many ser-vices, and may very well cut more, making it harder for most people to live in Middletown. I believe a more measured approach to our debt will in time bring it to a more manageable level. We cannot buy into “the sky is falling’ mentality anymore. Get someone competent to look at a fair structuring of rates and taxes that gives us a balance of paying down the debt and providing the services needed in town.”

M“The act of cowardliness hap-pens every council meeting when our so-called leaders hide behind executive session to do their dirty work, without an agenda and public debate. You people make me sick!”

K“An excerpt from a Q&A with social psychologist Amy Cuddy that immediately made me think of Bor-ough Council: Says Cuddy, “You must understand the people you’re trying to influence or lead by build-ing trust first before demonstrating competence and power. You must be able to show them that you un-derstand them, and, better yet, that you can relate to them. By doing that, you’re laying the groundwork for trust. And it’s only then that they can really hear you and be open to your ideas. Trust is the conduit for influence; it’s the medium through which ideas travel. If they don’t trust you, your ideas are just dead in the water. If they trust you, they’re open and they can hear what you’re offering. Having the best idea is worth nothing if people don’t trust you.”

K“Why are no pictures taken of any Olmstead Rec. Board games?”

L“Mr. Sukle please consider changing your new website. It does not nearly contribute as the old one did. As an old Middletowner, born and raised there and am now 80 years old and live out of town, it was so nice to read the old paper site. This site is now hard to work with. Thank you.”

L“So the Middletown principal thinks he’s innocent? Take your punishment. We need administrators with higher standards who the kids can look up to!”

The Capitol REPORT

JOHNPAYNEHouse rules:Reintroducefailed bills

creation measures will continue to be a top priority for the House. In addition, education reform and funding issues, and debt reform are important issues on the agenda. Although we accomplished a lot in the 2011-12 legislative session, there is still much more work to be done.

New congressmen Residents of the 106th

District are located in either the 11th or 15th Congressional District,Pennsylvania House of Representatives Legislative District, depending on the municipality in which you reside. Because congressional redistricting took place in the spring, your U.S. congressman may have changed. I’ve had the opportunity to meet

with our new U.S. representatives, congressmen Charlie Dent and Lou Barletta. Congressman Dent now represents residents of Middletown, Royalton and Hummelstown boroughs and Derry and Conewago townships. Congressman Barletta represents residents residing in Lower Swatara and Swatara townships.Congressman Dent has been

serving in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005. He is currently a member of the House Appropriations and Ethics committees; and also serves on the subcommittees on Homeland Security; State and Foreign Operations; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. Prior to his election to federal office, Congressman Dent served eight years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and six years in the state Senate.Congressman Barletta has been

serving as a U.S. representative since 2011. He is a member of the House Education and Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business committees. Congressman Barletta is a resident of Hazleton, where he served as a city councilman and mayor before running for the U.S. House of Representatives.Both congressmen have made

early efforts to get to know the region and have had a strong presence in their new districts. For more information about either congressman, visit my website, RepPayne.com and click on “106th District” and then on “Other Elected Officials.”

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They are poets, and this contest shows it

Six students at Londonderry El-ementary School won the Lon-donderry Lionettes’ 2012-13 Poetry Contest.The students, in grades 3 through 5,

wrote poems in their free time about a single book selection, a genre or the general aspect of reading. Annette Trautman, the school’s librarian, offered guidance.

The winners are:• Grade 3 – Emma Yeager, first

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The judges for the contest were Andrea Morrison, a Grade 2 teacher of religious education at Holy Name of Jesus Church and president of the Friends of the East Shore Area Library; Marilyn Downing, a local actor and poet; and Deborah Weaver, a retired elementary school principal who serves on the editorial board of a professional magazine.

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The winners of the Londonderry Lionettes’ 2012-13 Poetry Contest are, from left to right, Emma Yeager, Samantha Farace, Morgan Tinker, Annabel Mauger, Emma McQuinn and Destiny Weiler.

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area of Longview Drive and Cockley Road took place shortly after 6 a.m. on Jan. 13. Investigators said a second electric

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Car flippedThe driver of a 2005 Saturn escaped

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Trucks vandalizedSeveral trucks belonging to American

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Every single day we use our hands to handle so many things. This may range from papers, pot holders, sponges, steering wheels and so much more. Just like our feet these extremities also need some time to rest especially if we work in the office and typing is essential. Nobody wants carpal tunnel syndrome (numbing fingers) and most especially rough and manly palms. Just imagine shaking hands when meeting new people, wouldn’t it be nice to accompany your elegance with soft hands as well? This article will give you tips on how to get soft, supple palms and forearms without having to resort to spas and such.

Wash your hands After a stressful day, your hands are stressed too. So, dur-

ing your night-time routine make sure you wash them with warm water and a trusted moisturizing soap, this is to remove dirt, dust and what-not on the surface of your tips, palms and everything in between. This is also important for hy-gienic purposes, not only do you achieve more relaxed hands you’re also getting rid of any disease-causing microorganisms you might have contract-ed during the day.

Hand Spa Hand Spas are expensive, so why not do it at home? All you

need is a bowl of warm water. You can add your favourite aroma scent to get a spa like ambience. Next, you need to soak your hands for about ten minutes. Also, if you have spare honey lying around you can put an ample amount on your palms and rub them gently together. Soak again. This will soften any hard areas and leave you hands feeling supple.

Hand Cleansing/Exfoliating After your spa experience get moisturizing soap (bar or liquid)

and put some on a wash cloth or a soft bath stone. You can choose any moisturizing soap that you like; recommended soaps are apricot and Aloe Vera. Using your wash cloth or bath stone gently massage your palms, the back of the palms and between fingers to relieve stress and tension. Then, rinse your hands and pat dry with a soft towel.

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Always remember that your hands, like your feet need spas and massages too, especially because you always use your hands to handle so many things and it is also easily noticed. If you take care of your hands with these easy steps you can definitely keep your hands soft, smooth and supple without breaking the bank.

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