Print Edition Highlights - July 12, 2012

Fun: Get It While It’s Hot

Photo by Curt Werner
A four-person craft starts the race.

____When temperatures exceeded 100 degrees this past weekend, Dillsburg was lucky not to lose power like other nearby areas facing the extreme heat. But staying in an air-conditioned room all day is a waste of summer, so people had to find ways to keep cool.
____If you do not own a pool or have a backyard with a hose and sprinklers, what do you do? There are several options – and no, one of them isn’t becoming friends with someone who owns a pool or sprinklers.
A drive to an air conditioned movie theater for a summer blockbuster like “The Amazing Spider-Man” could be good for a few hours, but it could get expensive with the travel, gas, popcorn and tickets. A trip to the mall might end up being even more expensive and neither get you outside. So where do you go?

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Local bridge could be closed for years
By Peggie Williams

____In a unanimous vote, Carroll Township supervisors decided the Spring Lane Road bridge over Dogwood Run will remain closed until the township can save enough money to replace the bridge, which was closed by PennDOT on June 14 for structural deficiencies.
____While the supervisors appeared to be heading in that direction from the beginning of the discussion, comments from several Spring Lane Road residents helped solidify the decision.
Brad Walters, of 55 Spring Lane Road, said he didn’t want to see them spend any money to “just put a Band-Aid on it.” He told supervisors he had extensive experience in construction and felt the cheap fix would not last long.
____He also said many of his neighbors would rather see it remain closed until it could be done correct. Walters even said, “We’re enjoying the peace and quiet.” Their only concern was about plowing this winter. Supervisors assured him that it would be plowed.

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Mechanicsburg looks to expand micro surfacing project
By Erica Smithson

____The Borough of Mechanicsburg has announced that it recently completed its micro-surfacing project on the designated roads in town. Locust Street, Chestnut Street, Arch Street, High Street, Broad Street and two alleys between Main and Simpson Streets have been micro-surfaced, meaning that a quarter-inch of the current road surface was removed and a new surface was applied using a mixture of polymer modified asphalt emulsion, mineral aggregate and mineral. With these roads completed, Borough Manager Patrick Dennis asked Borough Council at a meeting June 19 to consider other roads in town that could receive the same treatment.
____Dennis and Craig Yinger, Mechanicsburg’s highway manager, put together a qualitative assessment for council’s review, which included a map outlining the borough’s roads and was color-coordinated based on their quality. Dennis explained that micro-surfacing is a product best suited for good and fair roads with low traffic flow. Bad or poor-quality roads would require a mill and overlay. Large, heavily trafficked roads would also be poor candidates for micro-surfacing, and Dennis named East Keller Street, and West and East Coover Streets as examples of those. Other roads, such as Apple Street, Heinz Street and Allendale Road have issues with water. Some roads are also so damaged that they need total repair down to their base.

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FISHING DERBY

Photos by Mark Ryder
Bay Blaschak holds up a 38” carp, his win in the 8-12 age group for the largest fish. Helpin is his dad, Eric.

___It was another day to fish during the annual VFW Fishing Derby held last month the Range End Golf Club. Counting parents, grandparents and friends, about 150 people were in attendance with about 49 fishing.
___For the first time, two youngsters landed a "big carp" – John White (34 1/2 inches) and Bay Blaschak (38). Bay's younger sister had one on her line, but it snapped before she could reel it in. Between her and her twin sister, they were very excited, which made the morning worthwhile.
___The event is sponsored by the Dillsburg VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 6771.

All smiles, holding their catch are from left, twin sisters Clare and Hanna Blaschak and their neighbor Tyler Burns.

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It’s all about BASEBALL!
Dillsburg Youth Baseball team is District 14 champions

Pictured from left, front row holding banner is Cameron Kearns, Jaiten Holford, Tommy Molsky, Billy Lindoerfer, Aidan Wenger, Tyler Yohn; middlerow, Sean Colgan, Eddie Ensor, Connor McCombs, Aiden Sherman, Timmy Geiser; back row, coaches Rob Holford, Jared Wenger, Bill Lindoerfer, Mike Sherman, Eric Ensor, Jeff Kearns and manager Joel Yohn.

____Dillsburg has made baseball history once again by becoming District 14 champions! The Dillsburg Youth Baseball 9-10 Year Old State Little League baseball team has achieved this milestone only once previously in Dillsburg history. The team, made up of 11 players, went 3-0 in pool play against Bermudian Springs, Carlisle and South Middleton. The top two teams (Dillsburg and Carlisle) advanced to the double elimination District 14 tourney to oppose Greencastle, South Hanover, Newville and York. The championship game between Dillsburg and Greencastle was played on Friday, July 6, in Carlisle. Dillsburg clinched the District 14 title with a 9-4 victory. Dillsburg was able to complete the tournament as the only undefeated team. In tournament play, they scored 82 runs while allowing only 22. The team will now travel to West Grove, Pa., to compete against District 23 (Solanco), District 8 (Liberty) and District 28 (Lionville) to vie for the title of Section 7 champions.

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Where Are They Now?
Kathy Lauer - Retired Elementary Educator
By Steven M. Nesbit

Kathy Lauer

___Kathy (McWilliams) Lauer and I graduated from Northern in 1969. We became friends while attending junior high school. When it was time to head to junior high for seventh grade, we both landed in the same homeroom, next to each other. Alphabetically speaking, McWilliams and Nesbit were very close to each other.
___Throughout the next six years, we became great friends. We shared homerooms, classes and extracurricular activities until we graduated in June of our senior year. At that point, we went our own separate ways and were not in contact with each other for more than 40 years. However, Kathy's mother-in-law went to my mom's beauty shop for years, and small bits of information regarding each of us were channeled to us via the beauty shop.
___Two weeks ago, we met face-to-face once again when Kathy agreed to be my alumni feature of the month. No awkward moments, no hesitation in starting a dialogue, just a welcoming hug and a smile, and it was time to start the interview, but, boy, did we get sidetracked!

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Dillsburg Korean War veteran receives
high school diploma at age 81
By Erica Smithson

Photo by Curt Werner
Willis George Gordon, sitting, with Donna, his wife of 38 years, receives his Carlisle High School diploma from Gary R. Worley, assistant to the superintendent-secondary education, and Jay E. Rauscher, principal of Carlisle High School. In 1949, Gordon quit high school to enlist in the Army to serve in Korea.

___More than 60 years after he would have graduated from Carlisle’s Lamberton High School, Dillsburg resident Willis Gordon received his high school diploma. The award was presented to Gordon as part of a nationwide program to give high school diplomas to eligible war veterans who dropped out of school to enlist in the armed services. The diploma was hand-delivered to Gordon at his Dillsburg home by Gary Worley, Carlisle Area School District’s assistant to the superintendant-secondary education, and Jay Rauscher, Carlisle High School’s principal.
___Gordon was set to graduate from Lamberton High School in 1951, but dropped out at age 17 in 1949 to enlist in the Army. “Quite a few [people] were signing up,” he said. He enlisted as a “buddy team” with a few of his friends, but the demands of the Army separated them and sent them to different locations. Nevertheless, Gordon does not regret his service, saying that the Army taught him more than anything else in life could have.
___He spent 18 months in Korea and was honorably discharged from the Army in November 1953. Gordon attained the rank of tech sergeant in the 3rd Armored Division and also earned a Bronze Star for bravery in battle.

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