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VFW donates to Albert Snyder
Photo by Jeffrey B. Roth

Dillsburg VFW Commander Jerry Sabol presents a check to Sean E. Summers, attorney for Albert Snyder. The $1,300-plus donation will go to non-legal fees associated with the case. Any money left over will be donated to organizations serving veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq.

____ The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a civil suit filed by the family of a fallen Marine against a Topeka, Kan., church group that protested and picketed his funeral services.
____ Sean E. Summers, of Barley Snyder Attorneys at Law, York, is providing his legal services pro bono to the family of USMC Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, 20, who died during a non-combat vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on March 3, 2006. Summers accepted a $1,300 donation from the Dillsburg VFW on Sunday evening for a legal fund for Snyder's family.
____ Snyder's body arrived in a flag-draped casket at Dover Air Force Base on March 8, 2006. A funeral was scheduled and held on March 10, 2006, at St. John's Catholic Church, Westminster, Md., Summers explained.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 1A, for details.

Polar Bear gala
Photo by Curt Werner

Olivia Carpenter, Polar Bear Foundation board member cannot hide behind her mask during the annual gala on May 8.

____ The Polar Bear Foundation held its third annual gala at the West Shore Country Club on Sunday, May 8.
____ The foundation was established to invest in programs and activities that enrich the academic, athletic, cultural and artistic development of the students in the Northern York County School District. To date the foundation has raised over $300,000 through gifts, pledges and grants from community members and businesses.
____ The Northern High School string quartet provided music during the beginning hour of the event. Lorin Stough, the foundation’s president, made the welcoming address. Dr. Linda Lemmon, superintendent, lead the award recognition of the evening.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 1A, for details.

____ If the proposed 2010-11 budget passes next month, taxes in the Northern York County School District will increase by 3.6 percent.
____ The proposed budget tentatively sets taxes to raise from the current rate of 13.87 mils to 14,3693 mils. If it passes, an owner of a home appraised at $100,000 will be paying almost $50 more taxes than he paid this year, according to district budget manager Kathy Johnson.
____ The board voted 7 to 1 to adopt the proposed budget on Thursday, May 20. Board member Ronald L. Rudy cast the only dissenting vote.
____ Rudy also voted no that evening on two other items involving spending. He cast the sole negative vote against approving the collective bargaining agreement with the district’s 248 teachers, and he was the only member to vote down a $4,832 contract with Eagle Rock, a mountain resort near Hazelton, for an administrative leadership conference.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 1A, for details.

____ The latest attempt to put a commercial center on the property at the intersection of routes 15 and 74 was shown to the Carroll Township Planning Commission on May 13. This newest plan does not contain a building lot large enough for a big box store.
____ “We’re not interested in big boxes,” said Charlie Davis, representing the Enfield Group, which is proposing the plan. “With big boxes the promises are great, but the reality is too little.”
____ The Enfield Group’s plan includes building pads for two restaurants, a bank, a pharmacy and a hotel. Although Davis would not be more specific because of confidentiality agreements with his clients, he did say there were three banks interested in the one site.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 1A, for details.

Franklintown carnival

Hope Gilbert, 11, and Brittany Burrus, 10, take a whirl in the scrambler. The Franklintown Carnival was held at the Archie Hess Memorial Park, May 19-22.

____ The second annual Franklintown Borough Carnival was held from Wednesday, May 19, to Saturday, May 22, and according to organizer Jim Adams, “It was waaay better than last year.”
____ He went on to explain that on Friday night, close to 3,000 people packed the Archie Hess Memorial Park to see the fireworks. Saturday night’s crowd was almost as good in spite of the damp weather.
____ “The line to buy food tickets was close to 40 people long all night on both of those nights,” said Adams.
____ This was one of the first carnivals of the season and Adams was banking on that to help bring the crowds. From the comments he heard from the crowd, he thinks it did.
____ For more pictures of the carnival click here.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 3A, for details.

Cancer center opens

Pictured from left, Christina Johnson, R.N.; Satish Shad, M.D., and Melissa Miller, office manager, open the Dillsburg Cancer Center on Wednesday, May 19.

____ The Dillsburg Cancer Center held their grand opening on Wednesday, May 19, at 8 a.m.
____ Doctors Satish Shad, M.D., and Raymond Weiss, M.D., along with registered nurse Christina Johnson, R.N., said they are excited to welcome new patients. The center will focus on treating all types of cancer and blood disorders.
____ Weiss specializes in genetic testing for hereditary cancers. This practice allows Weiss to test family members of a patient diagnosed with certain cancers to see if they also possess the genes that may develop into cancer. This allows for pre-cancer treatments in those family members.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 3A, for details.

____ Franklin Township supervisors saw two proposed plans during the May 12 township meeting.
____ The first was an 82 unit apartment complex to be located on Mountain Road between South Mountain Elementary School and Rocky Ridge Road. This plan has been before the planning commission for several months, but the developers, Delaware Valley Development, came before the supervisors to ask for a shortcut to approval because federal stimulus money is being used for the project, and a time limit on using the money is quickly approaching.
____ Normally, a development goes before the planning commission and supervisors twice, once for the preliminary plan and once for the final plan. DVD is asking that the preliminary stage be waived and they be approved for both preliminary and final plans at the same time.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 4A, for details.

____ After hearing that the developer of Whitetail Terrace didn’t want to bring the road there up to the standard the township wants, Warrington Township supervisors decided to call in the $11,000 bond they hold for the work. The township is unhappy about the developer’s paving job, with engineer Chris Hoover reporting the road was paved without a center crown to channel water to the edges.
____ The road in the development was paved without notifying the township to inspect the work. Supervisors will not accept a road in a development as a township-maintained road until it meets the standards required for other roads. Calling in the bond means the township will use the bond to do the work themselves.
____ The Conley Road bridge is now barricaded to traffic, closed and will remain so until the bridge is repaired.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 4A, for details.

Fashion show fundraiser

Pictured from left, Lottie Beauverd, Jasmyn Beauverd and Vicki Stout count out raffle tickets during Jasmyn’s second charity fashion show held on Sunday, May 16. Over $100 was raised for the Pinnacle Health Foundation: Lawrence Wieder, Esq. Neuroscience Fund.

____ Jasmyn Beauverd held her second charity fashion show raising over $100 to benefit the Pinnacle Health Foundation: Lawrence Wieder, Esq. Neuroscience Fund, on Sunday, May 16.
____ “Weider was an attorney in Harrisburg who passed away from a brain tumor. We decided since Jasmyn has had several brain tumors, hers being benign, that this was where the fund should go,” said Ann Myers, Pinnacle Health Foundation.
____ The fashion show showcased clothing from the 1900’s up to present day styles. Close friends and family members of Beauverd volunteered as models. Gift certificates from Italian Oven, Red Lobster, Applebee’s, Chili’s and Uptown Chicago Grill were donated and raffled off to the show’s guests.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 3A, for details.

Paulus Orchards opens

Lauren and Jess Paulus, two of Dan and Karen Paulus’s three children, take a snack break from one of the many bins of apples in the Paulus farm stand.

____ For the past 11 years, Dan and Karen Paulus, owners of Paulus Orchards, have offered a variety of activities for families.
____ Located at 522 E. Mount Airy Road, Paulus Orchards opens for business May 29. Not only does the business cater to families, it is operated as a family affair, said Karen Paulus. All three children, Matt, 13; Lauren, 11; and Jessica, 10 are involved in some aspect of the farm.
____ The Paulus' bought the 150-acre farm in 1999, from Dick Mowery. About 100 acres are dedicated to apples, planted with about 25,000 to 30,000 apple trees; the 30 acres of peaches hold about 4,400 trees; there are eight acres dedicated to pumpkins; and two acres of blueberries, she said.
____ “We didn't have any plum pox, but still lost trees,” she explained.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 7A, for details.

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Also in the May 27, 2010 edition

____ Risley - Brosius wedding
____ Stocker, Strayer and Cocklin obituaries
____ Letter to the editor
____ Thank yous
____ Police reports
____ Upcoming community events
____ A Lighter View
____ 20 years ago

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The gift of ballet
Special needs children express themselves through dance
By Curt Werner

ballet
Photo by Curt Werner

Sydney Wilson, Tierra Meade, Erica Longton, Morgan Walsh, Lauren Spearman and Ashleigh Troutman take time for a picture.

____ The laughter of children learning ballet, tap and jazz dancing fills a brick church that once seated people to listen to a sermon each Sunday. Pennsylvania Regional Ballet offers the dance classes at the church on North Enola Drive, Enola.
____ Each day children stretch and leap with grace in the rooms with mirrors on one side. Some take up ballet for the exercise, some want to be in a holiday play and some just love to dance.
____ Six special needs children from the east and west shores learn ballet on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 7:30 p.m. “The special needs children that range from ages 12 to 21 have increased their flexibility and concentration,” said instructor Nina Scheiffler. “The children have better physical movement and express themselves,” added assistant instructor Johanna Kester.
____ For more pictures of the ballet classes click here.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 1B, for details.

track and field
Photo by Curt Werner

Jenna Hessert, second from left, rejoices after seeing her time on the clock following the 400 meter run. Hessert set a school record and personal best in the 400 meters and a personal best in the 800 meter run.

____ Northern H.S. will send three track and field athletes to the 2010 PIAA Track and Field Championships scheduled for this Friday and Saturday 5/28-29. Shippensburg University's Seth Grove Stadium will host the meet whose alumni include several future Olympians and national track and field standouts. Seniors Jenna Hessert, Mekia Kauffman and Kelton Mehls represent the Polar Bears.
____ Hessert qualified in the 400 meter dash and 800 meter run but will focus on just the two lap race. At the PIAA Class AAA District III meet last weekend, Hessert set a personal best in placing second in the 400. Her time of 57.47 was also a school record.
____ “I am so happy to run in the 57's--that was my goal,” said Hessert who finished behind West Perry's Morgan Sheaffer.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 1B, for details.

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Golden inducted into hall of fame

hall of fame

Bryan Golden was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Potomac State College of West Virginia University. He attended Potomac State from 1998 to 2000.
Pictured from left are Campus Provost Kerry Odell, Potomac State baseball coach Doug Little, Golden and Athletic Director Shawn White.

____ Potomac State College of West Virginia University hosted its 23rd annual Athletic Hall of Fame awards dinner to honor former and current student athletes. Bryan Golden, who attended Potomac State from 1998 to 2000, was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was on the baseball team that won the 2000 Region XX Championship and boasted impressive stats the two seasons he attended with a batting average of 0.373, 14 home runs, 67 RBIs, 78 runs and 52 walks.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 1B, for details.

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NHS places third in math contest

$math competition$

Members of the Northern mathematics team placed third in HACC’s annual mathematics contest, held through an interactive video link at the college’s Gettysburg, Harrisburg and Lancaster campuses. Pictured from left are senior Jacob Miller, junior Zachary Felix, math adviser William Witt and sophomore Stuart Ryerse.

____ The team from Northern High School placed third with one student placing third in the individual competition at the annual mathematics contest at HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College. The group competed at HACC’s Gettysburg campus against other high schools at the college’s Harrisburg and Lancaster campuses through an interactive video link.
____ The team from Penn Manor High School, Millersville, came in first with two students earning individual first and second place awards. Hempfield High School placed second. Both teams were at HACC's Lancaster Campus.
____ It was the first time HACC held the contest at several campuses. Five more high schools than last year were able to participate.
____ The students completed a series of mathematical problems coordinated by HACC’s math faculty.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 3B, for details.

alumni lacrosse game

Scott Brisbane, assistant varsity coach, playing as goalie for the alumni stops a shot. Two minutes later after going behind the net and falling over his opponent, he took himself out of the game . "I'm done, I'm one," he jokingly said as he walked off the field.

____ The Northern High School Varsity Lacrosse team held their first annual Varsity vs. Alumni game in the Robert Bostic Field on Friday evening, May 21 to benefit the lacrosse booster club. Organized by Lorne Seifert, assistant JV coach and 2007 Northern High School graduate, the event was hugely successful.
____ “The point of this game was not just to raise money. It was to bring exposure to the sport we grew up to love. And I have to thank Mr. Schwille for letting us play on the football field. It’s a great field and it was awesome that the alumni who helped start the program were the first to play lacrosse on it. It meant a lot to us and shows that the team at Northern is headed in the right direction,” said Seifert.
____ Lacrosse was introduced to this area a few years back by Scott Brisbane and his creation of the Wolf Pack--a community team joining players from the Dillsburg and Mechanicsburg areas.
____ For more pictures of the lacrosse game click here.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 5B, for details.

____ This Memorial Day, Scott Derr will participate alongside this country’s wounded soldiers, sailors and marines in the Ride 2 Recovery Memorial Challenge 350-mile bike ride. The journey will begin on Monday, May 31, in Washington, D.C. and will continue to June 5, when the riders will arrive in Virginia Beach.
____ Ride 2 Recovery provides bicycles, equipment and spinning labs to wounded soldiers, focusing on mental and physical rehabilitation.
____ “Last year when I made the decision to join the Ride 2 Recovery I knew I would have an opportunity to ride beside some of our young wounded troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. But I was unsure of what to expect. What happened was a life-changing event. The men and women who I came to know had a profound impact on me during that week.

See the May 27 Dillsburg Banner, page 5B, for details.

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Also in the May 27, 2010 edition

____ Girls' soccer and boys' volleyball players of the week
____ Northern baseball coverage
____ Polar Bear Foundation coverage
____ Turkey season coverage
____ Student center coverage
____ Purple Haze
____ School news
____ Deed transfers

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