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Fire Lieutenant Hector Morales and Fire Captain Seth Freeman, Dillsburg Citizen Hose Company No. 1, take a short break to drink water after coming out of a smoked filled house at 16 Red Run Church Road, Washington Twp. on Monday, Aug. 29 around 1 p.m. No one was injured. Cause of the fire maybe an electric junction box.

Print Edition Highlights - August 25, 2011

--Mid-Atlantic quake causes little damage in area
“That was crazy, the dog started barking and then it felt and sounded like a heard of cattle running through the house then it shook and knocked some items off the top of my kitchen cabinets.” -Diane George Nickel, Dillsburg.

By Jeffrey B. Roth

--------Beds jumping, dishes rattling and houses shaking were a few of the things reported by Dillsburg area residents during a major earthquake that impacted the eastern United States earlier this week.
--------U.S. Geological Survey reported a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Virginia Tuesday afternoon at 1:51 p.m. four miles south-southeast of Louisa, Va., near Mineral, about 100 miles south of Washington, D.C. Shocks from the earthquake radiated throughout the Eastern Seaboard effecting over 20 states.
--------Residents in Dillsburg and surrounding communities said they could feel the effects at 1:52 p.m. The earthquake caused widespread alarm because of its unexpected nature.
--------“Yes, this was a little surprising, simply because we have very few earthquakes this large on the East Coast,” said Charles K. Scharnberger, professor emeritus and an earthquake expert in earth sciences at Millersville University. “But it wasn't completely astounding, because a few other 'big ones' have occurred. In general, we cannot associate earthquakes in the East with known faults. Presumably, there is a fault at depth, but it doesn't show up at the earth's surface.”

----------------------------See the August 25, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.–

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Wellsville Carnival draws large crowds
By Jeffrey B. Roth

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Crowds gather to hear the evenings entertainment during the annual Wellsville Carnival held Aug. 18,19 and 20. Food, music and friendly faces draw locals back year after year.

_---Bob Miller has been involved with the Wellsville Carnival for 60 years – just 10 years short of the 70-year anniversary, celebrated this weekend.
_---Miller, a retired postal carrier, said he remembers coming to the fire company's annual summer fundraising event as a child. A lot has changed in that time, he said. Miller and his wife, Patricia, operated the cook shack for more than 20 years.
_---“When I was young, we didn't have carnival rides,” Young said. “It was just a plain picnic then. I'll bet it's tripled in size over the years.”
_---Chicken corn soup, sausage sandwiches, french fries and funnel cakes are specialties of the cook shack, Miller said. The sausage sandwiches are a carnival favorite.
_---Founded in 1941, the first Wellsville Picnic was held behind Wellsville High School. Miller said the event has grown steadily over the years. Several years ago, the one-day picnic became a one-day carnival and eventually expanded to three.
_---“My daughter, Marcie “Miller” Renshaw and her husband, John have operated it for about five years,” Miller said. “We built it up to what it is now … we raised funds to build the cook shack and a lot of fellow workers helped make it happen.”

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Wellsville Carnival volunteers serve up fresh hot funnel cakes during the festivities on Aug. 18,19 and 20 which were held at the Wellsville Fire Company grounds.

See the August 25, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.–

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School Board approves girls lacrosse team
By Mary Lou Bytof

_---After a trial period last year, girls lacrosse is officially a new varsity sport at Northern High School. Last Thursday, the school board approved the addition of the new team for the 2011-12 school year.
_---According to athletic director Gerry Schwille, the district introduced girls lacrosse last spring as an intramural sport. The varsity boys lacrosse team is three years old, he said.
_---“This past spring, we had 20-some girls playing lacrosse,” Schwille said. “We expect that many or more this coming spring.”
_---As the district prepares for the start of school, the board approved the hiring of a few teachers. Amy Colgan will teach first grade at Dillsburg Elementary at an annual salary of $49,402. Monica Cornett, a former computer lab aide at Dillsburg Elementary, will teach fifth grade at Northern Elementary at an annual salary of $40,228.
_---The new position of full-day instructional kindergarten aide will be filled by Jennifer McCroskey, who worked last year as a part time morning kindergarten aide.
_---Kelly Mefford will serve as a long-term substitute for the computer teacher at Northern Middle School for six weeks, starting September 16.

See the August 25, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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Also in the August 25, 2011 edition

____ Community events
____ Obituaries
____ Births
____ 20 years ago

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Local entrepreneur reflects on life in the real estate business
By Steven M. Nesbit

--------Harry H. Fox, Jr. was an excellent student at Northern High School during the late ‘60s. He was social, participated in school activities and was a good friend. In fact, many of his peers would rely on Harry to help them cram before exams or ask for tips on those in-class written compositions. Of the 100 or so students in his senior graduating class of 1969, he was probably one of the most studious. Most of us might be ashamed to admit it, but we probably graduated from high school without really trying.
--------Harry was not unlike the majority. He, too, graduated high school without really trying. After graduating as if on auto-pilot, Fox earned a B.S. degree in education with a concentration in social studies at Shippensburg University. “After graduating from college, I looked for a teaching job. There was one full-time social studies teaching position available in the Dover School District,” says Harry, “and of the 36 new social studies graduates from Shippensburg I was the only one who was offered a position.” It was not a surprise that Harry was chosen for the Dover job, but little did Harry know that his life was about to change, forever.

Harry H. Fox, Jr. relaxes on a stone wall next to the walkway he built leading to the back his home.

One of the many sections of stone wall leading up to and around his home on top of the mountain. Harry H. Fox, Jr. laid each stone by hand himself. The physcial work was a means of therapy, a way to relfect and clear his mind.

Lady Bears ready to run

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The Northern High School girls’ cross country team warms up during practice. On Aug. 30, Northern will compete in the Hershey Invitational.

_- _-While only 12 runners make up this year’s Northern H.S. girls’ cross country team, the Lady Polar Bears have a nice mix of veterans and promising newcomers. Long time head coach Al Houser’s charges finished at 7-4 overall last year while compiling a 3-3 division mark. Returning letter winners include senior Kariann Hollinger, juniors Emma Gingrich, Darby Anderson and Michelle Yeager and sophomore Erin Monko.
_- _-Also in the lineup: senior Amanda Daniel, juniors Monique Brown and Sarah Horvath, sophomores Emily Noll and Rachel Hawkins and freshmen Ally Bishop and McKenzie Shank. Coach Houser said that the team hopes to improve on last year’s record but will face tough competition in the Mid Penn Keystone Division against the likes of Hershey, Lower Dauphin and Palmyra.
_- _-On 8/30, Northern will compete in the Hershey Invitational followed by the Chambersburg Invitational (9/2) . A home tri-meet against Carlisle and Hershey is slated for 9/6 with the first big test of the year--The Gettysburg H.S. Invitational--scheduled for 9/10.

Also in the August 25, 2011 edition_
____ Northern Girls Basketball _
____ Northern School News
____ Purple Haze
____ The Homeschool View
____ Classifieds

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