Print Edition Highlights - December 8, 2011

Dillsburg kicks off Christmas season
By Jeffrey B Roth

Photo by Mark Ryder
A gathering of about 300 onlookers greet Santa Claus as he and Mrs. Claus joined the Dillsburg tree-lighting festivities at the square on Friday, Dec. 2.

____ Santa Claus came to town for Dillsburg’s Christmas tree lighting on Friday, Dec. 2.
Sponsored by the Dillsburg Area Business Association (DABA), the annual event brings the community together to officially kickoff the holiday season.
____ About 300 onlookers greeted the season in the town square for a night of festivities. Northern’s Bear Singers welcomed the crowd with carols. Matt Zook and Sarah Glace, both juniors at the high school, were glad their group got to join in the Yuletide spirit.
____ “Music is a gift and we always like to share the gift with everyone,” said Zook.
____ “It’s fun and it’s always nice to see the little kids smiling and having a good time whenever we sing before Santa comes out,” said Glace.

See the December 8, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Scotch Pine Road closure discussed
By Peggie Williams

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This aerial view shows Route 15 at the intersection of Scotch Pine Road in Franklin Township.

___A half dozen residents attended the informational meeting regarding the closure of the intersection of Route 15 and the east side of Scotch Pine Road in Franklin Township. While no one had any particular objection to closing Scotch Pine, some expressed concern about the cumulative effect of closing both that road and Hickory Road east before improvements were in place at the intersections that would pick up the extra traffic.
___Alan Hoffman suggested that deceleration and acceleration lanes be added to Franklin Church and Clear Spring roads before any more pressure were added to them.
___“They barely handle what they’ve got now,” he said.
___Art Bert agreed, adding, “As things pile up [at those intersections], people will get restless and take more chances.”
___Everyone agreed that might be counterproductive to the purpose for closing the intersections in the first place.
___A joint study involving York and Adams counties conducted more than two years ago resulted in recommendations for immediate, intermediate and long-term changes to improve the safety of Route 15. Among the immediate changes were the closing of intersections on the east side Hickory and Scotch Pine roads, which would decrease the potential “contact points” where accidents might happen.
___Wayne Kober, who has been Franklin Township’s representative on this issue, said he saw the merit in what was being suggested. As a former PennDOT planner, he saw the possibility of doing the engineering at all four intersections at the same time.

See the December 8, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Shillito Owner: More to story of company's bankruptcy
By Jeffrey B. Roth

___On Monday, Raymond Klix, of Dillsburg, the owner of Shillito Oil Distribution Company, said there are details about why the company was forced to seek bankruptcy protection.
___Difficulty in contacting Klix throughout the last few month lead many to believe that he had left the area. However, according to Klix, he still lives in the area and did not skip town. Klix confirmed that the paperwork for filing for bankruptcy is being completed by his attorney, Michael Trimmer, of Dillsburg. The actual petition has not yet been filed with the federal bankruptcy court.
___Some customers of the heating fuel company have contacted the office of state Rep. Scott Perry, upon learning that after paying for one or two installments on a budget plan during June and July, they were not going to get an oil delivery or a refund. About 40 customers were involved in the budget plan, Klix said.
___Klix said that all of the details of regarding the company's financial situation have not been revealed to the public. In essence, he said, there were situations out of his control that affected the company's financial picture.

See the December 8, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Homecoming for Mark Murphy
By Joe Guty

Photo by Curt Werner
Mark Murphey, new head wrestling coach for Northern High School, watches Zach Ross and Garek Strouse practice a reversal move.

____ This winter sports season, former PIAA state medalist and collegiate All-American Mark Murphy returns to Northern H.S. as head coach of the varsity wrestling team. Murphy, a 2003 Northern graduate and Shippensburg University standout (Class of 2007), brings a wealth of experience as well as a commitment to growing the Polar Bear wrestling program.
____ “My three goals for the team this year are for everyone to have a positive attitude, work hard every day and set a standard for what Northern wrestling is all about,” said Murphy when the Polar Bears began practice two weeks ago.
____ Murphy’s recent coaching stint was at Cumberland Valley H.S. where he was an assistant for three years. Previously he was an assistant at Shippensburg University. While an undergrad for the Red Raiders, the four-time NCAA Division II National qualifier earned three All-American certificates at 184 lbs as he captured third, fifth and sixth place medals. In high school, he captured fourth place at 152 lbs at the 2003 PIAA State Championships. A three-time Mid Penn All-Star, four-time Sectional finalist and two-time District III South Central Regional Champion, he also paced the Polar Bears to three Mid Penn Commonwealth Division titles.

See the December 8, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Dillsburg Cannons are Champs
By Joe Guty

Dillsburg Cannons. Pictured from left, front row are Shoun Soi, Dustin Lerew, Parker Miller, Addison Drabenstadt, Jordan Bissell and Nikolas Kozain; back row, Zachary Schmick, Daniel Curry, Isaac King, Mason Sullivan, Nathaniel Reed, Remington Ice, Peter Heasley and Bryce McPeters

____The Dillsburg Cannons wrapped up their Fall 2011 season as CPYSL Under-11 Division 4 Champions. The Cannons finished with a record of 6-1-1. On the season, the Cannons scored 30 goals and only gave up 10 - the fewest in the division. Four other DASC teams also won their respective divisions: U-9 Dragons (Boys Division 1 Champs), U-10 Sol (Girls Division 3 Champs), U-11 Pride (Girls Division 2 Champs), U-13 Kixx (Girls Premier Division Champs).

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The 2011-2012
Wrestling chedule:

12/9-12/10 - CV Kick Off Classic
12/15 - (H) Big Spring S. Mtn Classic
12/16 - 12/17 (A) Penn Manor Tourn.
512/21 - (A) Shippensburg
12/28 - 12/29 (A) Hurricane Classic
1/4 - (H) Cumberland Valley
1/7 - (A) Warwick Duals
1/11 – (H) Middletown
1/12 – (A) Waynesboro
1/14 – (A) Lower Dauphin
1/16 – (H) Gettysburg
1/19 – (H) James Buchanan
1/26 – (A) Greencastle
2/1 – (A) Red Land

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