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Print Edition Highlights - October 20, 2011

Farmers Fair 2011

Sun comes out for Friday and Saturday events
By Jordan Richardson

Looking from the top of S. Baltimore Street, the Farmers Fair banner can be seen in the distance at the square, just past the food stands. In photo, the Antique Car, Street Rod and Tractor Parade is just getting underway Saturday afternoon.

_---After a short spell of morning rain on Friday, the sun returned, and large crowds of people poured into downtown Dillsburg for the 96th annual Farmers Fair.
_---“This year’s fair was a great success”, said Farmers Fair Officer, Katie Greenfield “Overall, it seemed better organized than previous years. We had more food vendors, more parade floats, good weather both Friday and Saturday, and no reports of theft.”
_---For two days, the aroma of fried food wafted across Baltimore Street as seventeen food vendors—three more than last year—fed the Farmers Fair crowd. “My favorite food is the pumpkin funnel cake,” said Dillsburg resident, Mike Clauser.
And the always popular attractions--the ice-cream churn-off, horse-shoe pitch, polar bear run, cross-cut saw competition, educational exhibits, business fair, open air market, craft fair, flea market, petting zoo, antique tractors, antique cars, and rod and custom cars—provided locals with entertainment throughout Friday and Saturday.
_---“We like to enter our 1979 Chevrolet, and our 1926 John Deere General Purpose tractor,” said Delta Rumsey, an 85-year old Dillsburg resident. “We have a couple of Chevys my husband, Ralph, and I take to car shows, but we especially enjoy taking them to Farmers Fair. We go every year. We were there since day one, when Leroy Shughart started the car show. It gives us a chance to see our friends.”
_---Delta’s crotchets and pie fillings won numerous first-place ribbons, and were on display inside Dillsburg’s Community Memorial Hall, which remained open Thursday through Saturday for people to admire local produce, flowers, baked goods, artwork, and home-made crafts such as Della’s.
_---Musical acts performed for the crowd. Friday afternoon, Ray Owens performed his “Farm Heritage Show,” singing children’s songs and sharing anecdotes about country living. Friday night, Tuckahoe Ridge, a five-man string band, performed traditional Appalachian bluegrass music. Saturday morning, Stephanie Grace a 14-year old singer/songwriter performed a set of pop songs. And one of Central Pennsylvania’s top country bands, Laredo, performed a set of songs before and after the Fantastic Parade on Saturday night on York and Baltimore streets.

Isaac Tucker and his wife Heidi, test their skills in the cross-cut saw contest Thursday evening. With the microphone is John Kitner. Sitting on the log in front is Carl Shearer, behind him is Tom Gochenauer. Looking over Gochenauer’s shoulder is Isaac’s mom, Kimberly.

Pedal Power judges, Don Walker, Brian Wallace and Bob Sheetz encourage a contestant to the finish line, in the 8-9 age group.

A fairgoer pulls two little ones in a wagon along West York Street to look at the tractors on display.

See the October 20, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Bad behavior in playground a worry
By Peggie Williams

_---The Franklin Township supervisors meeting had a standing room only crowd as two groups of residents presented their concerns.
_---The first group was from the Twin Hills and Young’s Grove neighborhoods. They were concerned about a group of as many as 15 older kids that were using a local playground for less than appropriate behavior. They claimed that foul language, bonfires, alcohol and drug use, discharging firearms and even acts of sex were a part of that behavior that occurred in both the nighttime hours and broad daylight. There had also been property damage to nearby homes that residents believe to be in retaliation for notifying the police.
_---Supervisors were already acting to help the neighbors, based on complaints they had received prior to the meeting.
_---Supervisor Ed Campbell had spoken to the Northern York County Regional Police and reported that patrols will be beefed up in that area. It was determined that an access road through private property could be used by the police to access the park since the township already had permission to use it for maintenance purposes.

See the October 20, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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Showdown at Bostic Field
By Joe Guty

_-This Friday night at Bostic Field, the Northern H.S. varsity football team faces its biggest game of the season. Defending Mid Penn Colonial Division champion Greencastle Antrim arrives in Dillsburg with their powerhouse offense.
_-The Blue Devils, a recent 55-6 winner over James Buchanan, are 5-2 for the year and 4-0 in the league. However, after their 20-13 win over previously unbeaten Shippensburg last week, the Polar Bears improved their confidence and record to 4-3 overall and 3-1 in the league.
_-Before the season began, head coach Rick Mauck said he wanted the Bears to be in position to make the week eight game meaningful. It appears that he will get his wish. While the Blue Devils will be the favorite, the Bears defend their home turf and pride. Riding a two-game winning streak, Northern also displayed their capabilities when they kept Shippensburg in check and sent the Greyhounds back home with their first loss.
_-"Overall I think our defense did a great job," said head coach Rick Mauck. " It was a very rewarding win, a quality win that this team needed."
_-Mauck added that Ship's line was big and physical but the Northern line also came to play and play well they did. Northern mixed up their schemes to keep Shippensburg off guard, out of sync and their top running back (William Burt) in check. Another example was working players in different roles: Mauck credited Kevin Lytle --placed as the Bears' punt returner---with helping Northern gain good field position.

Senior Kevin Lytle runs the ball in the Bears 20-14 victory over Shippensburg. Mauck credited Lytle with helping Northern gain good field position.

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Wildcats edge Northern
By Joe Guty

Photo by Curt Werner
Northern's Brooke Sheibley looks to pass the ball to Emmie Grassetti #2 as Kendall Schwille #33 looks for an opening.

_On Monday, 10/17, the visiting Mechanicsburg Lady Wildcats edged Northern 1-0. Northern fell to 7-9 overall and 4-6 in the league. Hannah Brown scored at 23:26 in the first half for Mechanicsburg as Angelica Monresor made the assist. Northern had seven shots on goal and five penalty corners. Haley Mowery had 15 saves on goal.
_Last week against Big Spring, host Northern was on the short side of a 4-2 decision. Molly Urey scored a goal for Northern in the first half (5:33) with Shea Regan adding the second goal at 1:15. Devon Hake made the assist on Regan's goal. Jade Etter got Big Spring on the scoreboard with a goal at 9:15. Big Spring then ran off three second half goals to secure the win. The Lady Bears had 10 penalty corners and Haley Mowery made eight saves on goal.

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Runners race in Mid Penns
By Joe Guty

Photo by Curt Werner
Toni Feite, center, placed seventh in the middle school race at the Gettysburg H.S. Cross Country Invitational held on Saturday 10/8.

_ On Saturday, 10/15, the post season officially arrived as Northern competed in the Mid Penn Conference Cross Country Championships at Big Spring H.S. With 356 points, the Lady Polar Bears placed 12th out of 22 teams. The boys' team placed 10th out of 24 teams and scored 314 points.
_ In the girls’ race that covered five kilometers, junior Emma Gingrich led Northern in 43rd place and a time of 22:00.06. Junior Darby Anderson was 51st (22:25.05) and freshman McKenzie Shank was 85th (23:17.78). Other finishers for Northern included: sophomore Erin Monko (95th in 23:35.78), senior Kariann Hollinger (103rd in 23:53.99) and sophomore Emily Noll (113th in 24:15.90). Reynah Spence of Shippensburg was the overall winner in 19:09.41. Palmyra won the team title with 74 points. Lower Dauphin (115) and Chambersburg (119) followed in second and third place, respectively.
_ Randy Violette was the top Northern runners in the boys' race held over the same 5k course. The junior clocked 17:51.20 for 26th place. Senior Tim Monko placed 31st in 18:02.91. Junior Jason Barbaretta was 36th (18:07.78) and sophomore Tyler Monko was 111th in 19:44.07. Other Northern runners were: senior Robert Diez (126th in 20:09.47), sophomore Kevin Millar (151st in 20:44.91) and freshman Ben Anderson (175th in 21:37.21).

See the October 20, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.––-=

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