Print Edition Highlights - September 13, 2012

Ridge Road Bridge reopens
Story and photo by Carl Nell

The bridge that spans the Bermudian Creek on Ridge Road reopened Aug. 17, after being closed for more than 3 1/2 years.

____The bridge that spans the Bermudian Creek on Ridge Road just west of Bentz Mill Road in Washington Township, York County reopened Aug. 17, after being closed for more than 3 1/2 years. The old single-lane steel pony truss bridge originally built in 1893 by the state collapsed on Nov. 23, 2008, after one of the bridge supports was struck by a vehicle driven by a drunk driver. The old bridge measured 61 feet in length and was about 12 feet in width. Although Ridge Road is a township road, the bridge was built and maintained by the state. Greg Penny, spokesman for PennDOT Engineering District 8, said it was “too badly damaged to repair.” So, shortly after the incident, PennDOT demolished the bridge and removed the debris for safety and to prevent it from being carried downstream.
____The bridge was scheduled to be replaced in 2011, but the accident changed PennDOT’s timetable. The original estimate for the bridge replacement was more than $1 million and was targeted for completion in late October 2012. The new bridge was built by Jay Fulkroad & Sons, Inc., of McAlisterville, Juniata County, at the contracted price of $670,758, far below the original estimate, and was completed several weeks early.

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Nesbit’s vision, “Hudojnik”:
From concept to reality
Part 2 of 2
By Eric Smithson

Photo submitted by Steve M. Nesbit
Garikow chooses a Repin-like subject in “Fifth Street Philadelphia Church”, 1969-1970. He portrays families who believe they are solemnly fulfilling God’s will with their weekly journey to church. Garikow implies religion is something all should strive for during their own lives.

It is common for artists to paint self portraits during their lifetime. Garikow painted himself five times. “Self Portrait in White Shirt” is dated 1960 which made him 40 years old at the time.

____By June 2008, Steve Nesbit had completely redesigned and rewritten the original Garikow website, and with the help of Vince DiStefano, his friend and a tech expert from Lancaster, Pa., the new and improved website was launched. Soon after, Arnold Garikow, Ivan's son sent Nesbit an email. After 25 years, the two were again in touch with each other. Arnold saw the new website and had contacted McDermott about Nesbit's involvement with the “Garikow Project.”
____After what Steve Nesbit considers a “self-education” period while working with Ivan Garikow’s art and doing research about him, he and McDermott agreed that it was time to start writing the book. Thus, Nesbit embarked on another difficult journey. The first thing he needed to do was find the right publisher.
____For his non-fiction book, Nesbit needed to complete a book proposal. Book proposals are extensive: it includes two to three written chapters, an outline and many other elements. Nesbit spent four months preparing it for distribution. He also wrote a letters of introduction and shopped his idea to art book publishers he found through Writer’s Market, the resource book for writers looking to sell their work, to see which publishers would be appropriate for his book. All in all, he sent 20 to 30 book proposals to publishing houses across the country. However, the only thing that they told him was “no thanks, it doesn’t fit.”

Garikow was commissioned to paint “Salzburg by the River” in 1949, five years after World War II. The city chose the correct artist to depict Salzburg in a recognizable, flattering and popular way. This image was one of the most popular tourist postcards of the day.

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Parents request bus service
By Peggie Williams

____Some residents of Spring Lane Road came before the Carroll Township supervisors to ask for their assistance to make the now closed road safe for school buses to travel and pick up their children. Currently their children are being picked up at Al’s Pizza.
____The Northern York School District transportation manager told the parents there were two problems. First, the placement of the “road closed” signs at the Old Gettysburg Road end forced the buses to travel in the wrong lane of traffic and second, the bus had no place to turn around at the bridge end of the road.
____Supervisors agreed to work with PennDOT about the sign placements, possibly placing them on each shoulder rather than blocking one lane. And they agreed to put a temporary gravel cul-de-sac near the end of the road. Harry Fox has agreed to allow them to use a portion of the property he owns for the project.

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Second Big Win For Bears
Wildcats next foe for Bears
By Joe Guty

Photos by Mark Ryder
Senior John Gamber makes a one-handed grab for a touchdown against Mechanicsburg.

___ Northern takes its unblemished 2-0 record into Mechanicsburg this Friday night at Soldier and Sailor Memorial Park. The Wildcat football team will likewise be ready for battle after a 44-15 win over Gettysburg (and 14-7 victory in their opener against Carlisle). It's the first 2-0 start for the 'Cats since 2008.
___ “Mechanicsburg has some good running backs and their defense has been stingy so far, “said head coach Rick Mauck. “It should be a great high school game between rivals.”
___ The host Polar Bears got out of the blocks early against Middletown last week as quarterback Tristan Kalinay scored on a 10-yard run off of an originally intended play action pass. Trey Vajdic added the second touchdown on a 13 yard run. Despite the early lead, all was not well at Bostic Field.

Northern QB, Tristan Kalanay breaks away for a 10-yard touchdown run.

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Northern defeats Big Spring
By Joe Guty

Photo by Curt Werner
On Tuesday, Sept. 4, the Lady Polar Bear volleyball team traveled to Boiling Springs. They dominated all three games defeating Boiling Springs 25-11, 25-13 and 25-19. In photo, Elizabeth Hatch bumps a pass to Delaney Roman.

____Paced by Delaney Roman's 13 kills and four digs, the Northern varsity girls' volleyball team blanked Big Spring 3-0 this past Tuesday, September 11. Kelsi Ceriani added seven kills and had four aces while Jen Halterman added three kills, three aces and eight digs. Elizabeth Hatch contributed five digs and had three aces.
____In JV action, Northern was on the short side of a 1-2 decision. Allison Mizerak had four kills, two aces and two digs. Kaitlyn Gwozdecki had eight digs, one kill and three aces. Katie Smith added seven digs for the Lady Polar Bears.
By a 3-0 score, Northern defeated Boiling Springs on September 4. Roman had eight kills, six aces and three kills. Kelsi Ceriani added seven kills and one assist. Shanon Ward had two kills and five aces. Ally Bittinger had eight assists and two kills while Jen Halterman had three kills and five digs. Ashley Stough added five assists. For the JV's, Allison Mizerak had six kills, two aces and two digs as the Lady Bears won, 2-1. Kaitlyn Gwozdecki added four digs and three aces. Katie Smith contributed four digs and Madison Landis had three kills.

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Polar Bears prevail in OT
Submitted by NHS Boys Soccer Boosters

____The Northern H.S. varsity boys' soccer team won their second straight game of the season last Thursday, September 6, defeating Milton Hershey 1-0 in overtime. The teams battled to a scoreless tie through regulation play.
Nine minutes into overtime, senior Cameron Hoffman broke the deadlock as he netted his 2nd goal of the season, leading the Bears to the victory. In JV action, sophomore Liam Foster and freshmen Seth Weaver generated the Bears offense, as Northern cruised to a 2-0 victory over the Milton Hershey JV squad.
____Due to thunderstorms, Northern's game at Waynesboro on Saturday, September 8, was postponed.

The Northern boys' soccer team defeated Camp Hill, 4-1, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, scoring all four goals in the first half of play. Northern's Andy Swivel (No. 15) goes high between Ben Hammen (16) and Nathan Millary (21) to send the ball downfield.

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Where Are They Now?
The “Dillsburg Brass” Quintet
By Steven M. Nesbit

___ An ensemble is defined as a group of people performing a musical number together and/or a group of musicians playing musical instruments together. There are various kinds of ensembles that are differentiated based on the type of music they play, the type of instruments they use in their performances and the number of musicians performing together. From a duet and a trio to a quartet and a quintet, musical ensembles have been playing together for centuries.
___ During my trumpet playing years at Northern in the late 1960s, Mr. Richard Fyler was “a one-man band director” from fourth grade through junior high school to the senior high band which included, of course, two main venues, the marching band and the concert band. He also had put together a dance band, the “Northernaires”, which played mostly music from the Big Band era.
___ Hitting the pop music scene in the late 1960s was an ensemble called The Tijuana Brass lead by trumpet player Herb Alpert. Originally in 1962, the Tijuana Brass was just Alpert overdubbing his own trumpet, slightly out of sync and mixing in crowd noises from a bull fight. Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (TJB) went on to win six  Grammy Awards. Fifteen of their albums won  gold and fourteen went  platinum. In 1966 over 13 million Alpert recordings were sold, outselling the  Beatles. Alpert disbanded the Tijuana Brass in 1969. It was Alpert and the TJB that stretched pop music to accept brass instrumentation.

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Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic
NYCHAPS holds meeting at historic school house site
By Carl Nell

The Little Red School House

“Back in time” is Rosemary Firestone, on left, portraying a teacher of yesteryear at The Little Red School House. On right is the restored blackboard.

___ Last month members of the Northern York County Historical and Preservation Society (NYCHAPS) met at The Little Red School House on Zeigler Road in Wellsville. The program was led by Rosemary Firestone who is the current tour director for this historic site. The site is well preserved including small artifacts, a teacher’s desk, rows of student desks and the pot-bellied stove that heats the schoolhouse. One must realize that not every historic site is exactly true to its historical timeline as some artifacts are collected after the period. However, much of the structure and furnishings are authentic from the early 1900s.
___ The schoolhouse is being maintained by the Wellsville Area Historical Society (WAHS) and dates back to about 1890. Also known as the Warrington Township School, the schoolhouse operated as a one-room school until 1919 and housed eight grades of students. In more recent years, many groups have used this building including Brownies, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, FFA, and AA. This one-room schoolhouse was also used as the borough office.

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