Print Edition Highlights - May 17, 2018
High winds uprooted two trees which toppled onto a farmhouse on Route 34, South Middleton Township, between Carlisle and Mt. Holly Springs yesterday, May 15.
Photo by Curt Werner
Powerful storms cause 5 fatalities, widespread wind damage in northeastern US
By Brian Lada,
AccuWeather meteorologist
___Thunderstorms caused widespread wind damage across the northeastern United States in the region’s worst severe weather outbreak so far this year.
___“Strong thunderstorms developed early Tuesday afternoon across western Pennsylvania and raced eastward toward the I-95 corridor through the evening,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Alyson Hoegg said.
___Winds frequently gusted between 50 and 80 mph as the storms blasted eastward, resulting in widespread wind damage from central Pennsylvania through Connecticut.
___Near Effort, Pennsylvania, a tree fell on a car, killing the person inside. In Newburgh, New York, an 11-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree while her mother suffered minor injuries. Also in Newburgh, police said a tree fell on a woman who was operating a vehicle, according to ABC News.
___A falling tree struck and killed someone in New Fairfield, Connecticut. A tree fell on a truck in nearby Danbury, killing one man. A collapsed dugout resulted in one serious injury in Danbury, as well.
Marie Monville spoke at Grantham Church in Mechanicsburg last Saturday.
Beyond tragedy, Amish schoolhouse shooter’s widow seeks to encourage
Carolyn Kimmel
____No matter how tragic your circumstances may be at the moment, hang on; there’s hope.
Coming from Marie Monville, the wife of the notorious Amish school shooter, words that might otherwise seem cliché somehow ring true because it’s hard to imagine circumstances much grimmer than the ones she found herself in on Oct. 2, 2006.
____“That morning, Charlie and I had walked our children to the bus stop and he told them he loved them—and we had no idea that would be the last time he would say those words to us,” said Monville, who spoke at Grantham Church in Mechanicsburg last Saturday.
____The next time she would speak to her husband would be the last. He called her later in the morning, saying “Marie, I’m not coming home,” in a voice she described as flat and cold. He told her that he had left a letter on her dresser. Their conversation was brief and didn’t make sense. She feared he was going to commit suicide, she said.
For more information see the May 17, 2018 edition of the Dillsburg Banner
Payton Ebersole is safe at home, after a double steal from second in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Photo by Curt Werner
Polar Bears wrap up
division play
By Andy Sandrik
vvThe Northern softball team passes the eyeball test when it comes to determining whether the Polar Bears are postseason material.
vvKurt Kluck's Northern squad is 13-6, on a five-game winning streak, and batting over .400 as a team. But the District 3-5A power rankings paint a different picture, with the Polar Bears checking in one spot out of the tournament field with a No. 17 ranking.
vvNorthern has done its part in recent games, toppling Trinity 10-0 on Wednesday before defeating Camp Hill on Thursday to wrap up play in the Mid-Penn Capital Division with an 8-4 record.
vvAs of Tuesday night, Northern was in the process of adding a game to its schedule, with the hope being for the team to pull out a win and sneak into the playoffs.
____ Photo by Mark Ryder P
It’s a close call as a Northern infielder applies the tag to a Northeastern baserunner. In the non-conference game held on May 5, the Polar Bears defeated the Bobcats 7 to 4.
Northern captures Capital Division, awaits playoffs
By Andy Sandrik
vvEvery year, the Northern baseball team starts its season with the same goal: Win the division.
vvThe Polar Bears achieved their goal in the last game of the regular season on Thursday, topping Camp Hill 9-8 in 11 innings to claim the Mid-Penn Capital Division. After winning the division, Northern was handed the unenviable task of playing Keystone Division champion Lower Dauphin in the Mid-Penn Conference Tournament semifinals on Monday. The Falcons prevailed 5-3 to snap the Polar Bears' 16-game winning streak, but the season is not yet over for Brian Robison's boys.
vvNorthern (18-3, 13-1 Capital Division) is currently ranked No. 4 in the District 3-5A power rankings behind Muhlenberg (17-2), Lower Dauphin (18-2) and Ephrata (17-3). The Polar Bears are awaiting to see where they fit into the district postseason, which begins with first-round games on Monday.
For more information see the May 17, 2018 edition.
|
