Print Edition Highlights - July 26, 2012

Farmers Market added to Newberrytown Peddlers Market
By Jeffrey B Roth

Photo by Jeffrey B Roth
SALTY DOG MILITARIA -- Tommy and Ginger Schmidt, Dover, have operated Salty Dog Militaria, a military surplus-type business at the Newberrytown peddlers’ market for the past three years. Tommy Schmidt, above, is a U.S. Navy Vietnam War veteran.

____In its sixth year, the Newberrytown Peddlers Market, located near Pinchot State Park, has expanded its operations with the addition of a new farmers' market.
____Carl and Kathy Hughes, owners of the business who also own a 42-acre farm where the market is located, decided to open the peddler's market as a side business. In addition to farming, Carl Hughes also owns an excavation company.
____Located next to the Susquehanna Speedway entrance, on York Road, Newberrytown, the market features five buildings, along with an open-air pavilion. The flea market features about 60 permanent vendors, said Carl. In addition to the usual type of flea market offerings, there are furniture vendors, the Salty Dog Militaria (a military surplus booth), electronic and computer related vendors, books, etc. The flea market is open Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m.-3 p.m, year-round. An auction is also held on the property beginning at 4:30 p.m. every Thursday.
____“We opened the farmers' market on April 12,” said Carl. “It is open every Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and features about 16 vendors. They sell produce, meats, baked goods, fruit. There are several restaurants, including Bricker's Famous French Fries and Vicki's Restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinners. We also have a fresh-squeezed juice vendor, who sells other beverages.”

See the July 26, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Beaver Creek bridge might be completed this year
By Carolyn Hoffman

____Warrington Township’s Beaver Creek bridge project could still be completed this year if the Department of Environmental Protection approves the emergency request in time. The application for a permit has been submitted to DEP and to the York County Conservation District for approval of the erosion control plan. Warrington’s design calls for a box culvert over the creek.
____In other activity at the July 18 session, supervisors approved an Eagle Scout project to build a bridge over a wet area in the township park. The engineer will create the drawing for the project. Supervisors agreed that they wanted the bridge to be sturdy enough to carry a small tractor.
____The township road crew is working on replacing several culvert pipes. Any that don’t have bottoms will be replaced before school starts. The road crew already found one pipe on Ridge Road with a hole in it.
____Work on the new flagpole and landscaping in the park will begin after day camp has ended. The township’s new truck is now scheduled to be ready in mid-August, instead of the end of July.

See the July 26, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Photo by Curt Werner
A vehicle hit a telephone pole on Harrisburg Pike and Welty Avenue around 3:22 p.m. on July 20.
A silver Mercury Sable operated by Shana Hinson, 27, of the first block of South Second Street, Dillsburg, was traveling north on Harrisburg Pike when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole. Hinson was not injured in the crash and was wearing a seatbelt.
Citizens' Hose Company No. 1, Dillsburg ambulance, fire police and Carroll Township Police were on the scene, as well as Met-Ed for repairs.

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Neighboring municipalities work toward agreement
By Erica Smithson

____Upper Allen Township and the Mechanicsburg Borough are a bit closer to finalizing and executing an inter-municipal agreement that outlines each municipality’s rights and responsibilities for work on a stormwater interceptor project that will carry through parts of each municipality.
____The necessity for the stormwater pipe comes from a plan by the Hollinger Group, of Upper Allen Township, to build a $6.2 million assisted living facility for senior citizens at 707 Shepherdstown Road (the former Wevodeau Farm property). Residents had initially feared that development of the land would exacerbate already flood-prone nearby roads of Darla Road, Allison Avenue and Elmwood Avenue, including the Mechanicsburg Area School District’s Elmwood Elementary School property.
____Because the tract of land the Hollinger Group wants to develop sits on the line between the two municipalities, each governing body needed to find a way to ease their constituents’ fears. Thus, the idea was conceived for a stormwater interceptor pipeline to be built by the developer. The current plan is to have the borough in charge of the pipe’s installation in three areas; one portion sits in Upper Allen and two portions are in the borough (one in the Hess Farm tract of land, which sits at the southern end of the borough, and a portion north of the Hollinger tract, which runs along Elmwood Avenue). The low bidder to this project was Shiloh Paving and Excavating, of York, with a bid of $315,600. The bid was formally awarded to Shiloh with a motion made by Councilwoman Susan Kiskis and seconded by Councilwoman Linda Humes at the July 17 borough meeting.

See the July 26, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Paterno statue removed

Photo by Curt Werner
Heavy equipment demolishes what is left of the wall behind the Joe Paterno statue at Beaver Stadium on Tuesday.

___ Early last Sunday in State College, as the sun chased away the night, construction workers with security guards arrived at Beaver Stadium. A fence covered with a blue tarp was placed in front of Joe Paterno's statue and the security guards lined the street in front of the fence. As the men quickly removed the statue, the only part left uncovered was JoePa's hand pointed upward at the blue sky and white clouds, pointed to a higher authority that will make the ultimate decision.
___ Paterno arrived at Penn State as an assistant football coach for Charles "Rip" Engle in 1950. He was the assistant coach for 14 years before landing the head coach position in 1966. Throughout the years, thousands of football players walked under the stadium to the cheers of countless fans. Not only were these players prepared to play, but they also maintained high academics. Players who went on to the NFL had an education and a degree toward jobs to follow their football careers.
___ In September 2008, Penn State defeated Temple, making Paterno the winningest coach in major college football, with 376 wins, passing Florida State's Bobby Bowden. In October 2011, his 409th PSU win made Paterno the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history, passing Grambling State Coach Eddie Robinson. It was his 548th – and final – game he coached at Penn State.

See the July 26, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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NYSD bans buses on Spring Lane Road
By Mary Lou Bytof

____This summer, residents along Spring Lane Road in Carroll Township are enjoying the peace and quiet that comes with having the road closed to local traffic. However, that contentment might change for parents of school-aged children when school opens.
____Students living on Spring Lane Road will either have to walk to catch a school bus on Old U.S. Route 15 or find a ride to school.
____At the Northern York County School Board meeting last Thursday, board member Gregory M. Hlatky announced that the Carroll Township Board of Supervisors said the bridge will be out for at least two, possibly three school years. That forces the district to cancel busing along that road.
____“It will be very difficult to put a bus down there without putting people in danger because of how the bus will have to swing in past the barrier,” NYSC transportation director Darlene Wagner said on Tuesday.

See the July 26, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Uncork the flavors of Pa. wine at Hauser Estate Winery
By Erica Smithson

Breathtaking view from Hauser Estate Winery in Biglerville.

____Napa Valley and the Finger Lakes region of New York had better watch out because south-central Pennsylvania is on the fast track to joining the bubbly brotherhood as one of the most innovative wine and spirits destinations in the country. One such favorite spot is Hauser Estate Winery, located on 170 acres in Biglerville, a town northwest of Gettysburg. The winery opened in summer 2008. Since then, Hauser Estate has opened two other retail stores; one in downtown Gettysburg, opened in fall 2008, and the other along Route 15 north in Dillsburg, opened August 2011.
____Hauser Estate Winery produces a variety of wines. Its reds include pinot noir and others. Its whites range from pinot gris to chardonnay to a special semi-dry table wine called Jennie Wade White, named for Jennie Wade, a 20-year-old seamstress who was the only civilian to die in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Additional selections include rosé wines and chambourcin, a red wine that uses a French/American hybrid grape. Finally, its apple flavors – a white apple wine and Jack’s Hard Cider, a hard apple cider, are probably what makes Hauser Estate Winery so unique.
____Adams County, especially its towns of Biglerville and nearby Arendtsville are home to many acres of apple orchards and also two big apple-themed festivals, the Apple Blossom Festival held each spring and the National Apple Harvest Festival each fall.

Hauser Estate Winery, located on 170 acres in Biglerville.

See the July 26, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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