Print Edition Highlights - November 15, 2012

Carroll Twp. raises property taxes for bridge repair, fire truck
By Peggie Williams

Photo by Curt Werner
Residents packed the Carroll Township meeting room Monday night as the board discussed the budget and police issues.

____A marathon three-hour board of supervisors meeting with a packed room of 90 visitors in Carroll Township ended with a split vote by supervisors to raise real-estate taxes by 1 mil. They will also advertise a budget that will allow them to finish the traffic signal project at Spring Lane and Campground Roads and Route 74, set aside $150,000 toward replacing the bridge on Spring Lane Road, give $50,000 to the Franklintown Community Fire Company toward the purchase of a new truck and leave a $100,000 in a reserve account, something they have not had for several years.
____Bruce Trostle, Nancy Livingston and Paul Walters voted for the tax increase. Ed Coble and Mark McCurdy voted against. In interviews after the meeting, Coble and McCurdy both said that 1 mil was too much and that they would have supported a 0.5 mil increase that would have accomplished much of the same objectives.
____But Manager Connie Flasher cautioned that the reserve might be short-lived because they had just received notice that the Junction Road bridge had failed a York County inspection and they had seven days to respond with a plan to fix it. Flasher had notified the township engineer and he was to look at it the next day. Failure to respond in a timely matter to a similar notice about the Spring Lane Road bridge resulted in York County closing that bridge.

See the November 15, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Execution awaits appeals decision
By Jeffrey B. Roth

____The execution of a former Dillsburg man who pled guilty to the kidnap, rape and murder of a Dillsburg-area teen was delayed by the U.S. Supreme Court, affirming a stay of execution granted by the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
____Hubert L. Michael Jr. was scheduled to die by lethal injection last Thursday evening at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview. On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania State Board of Pardons denied a request for leniency filed by Michael.
____On July 12, 1993, Michael, now 56, was living in a boarding house in Leymoyne. Court records state that Michael picked up Trista Eng as she was walking to work at Hardees Restaurant, which was located on Route 15 in Dillsburg. After driving her to an isolated area of the State Game Lands 242, he used a .44 magnum handgun to shoot Eng twice in the chest and once in the head.

See the November 15, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Warrington Twp. offers new email notifications
By Carolyn Hoffman

____Warrington Township is moving into the information age with a voluntary email notification system for residents. The system is currently set up to send information on as many as 22 different topics, about which residents can choose to receive information.
____For the past few months, the email system was being trialed by a small group of township residents, who generally reported they found it very useful. As the cost for the system is expected to be about $250 per year, supervisors gave approval at the Nov. 7 session to make the system available to any resident who is interested.
____Residents can choose to receive or opt out of emails about upcoming meeting agendas and the minutes that follow, as well as for information about where the road crew will be operating or where roads are closed, ordinances, septic issues, trash and recycling and township cleanup, to name a few.

See the November 15, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Northern Soccer
The Journey
By Curt Werner

Photo by Curt Werner
On Saturday, Nov. 10, the Northern girls' soccer team defeated Scranton Prep, 2-0, at Hamburg High School in the PIAA Class AA semifinals. The team celebrates after Maggie Frey scores her second goal late in the second half.s.

____When the soccer season began for the Northern girls three months ago, coach Mindy Smith and her players could not have dreamed where it would end. Sure, at the beginning of each season the main goal is to make the playoffs, but seldom is that goal accomplished.
____The Polar Bears this year had that special chemistry, the ingredients that coaches search for to have that perfect team. Good defenders, good scorers, a good bench and an exceptional goalie.
____Of course, one or two things can throw a wrench into any finely tuned machine. In Northern’s case, it was Trinity High School, which became a nagging thorn in their side, and the injury to junior Taryn Casey, who was one of Northern's leaders. Despite these setbacks, the team came together and stayed focused.

See the November 15, 2012 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Northern Volleyball
Awards night for Lady Bears
By Joe Guty

____Last Monday night, on November 5, the Northern H.S. girls' volleyball team wrapped up the 2012 season with their team banquet. The PIAA District III tournament qualifying Lady Polar Bears named junior Delaney Roman as M.V.P. Roman who was also named a First Team Mid Penn Conference All-Star, set a school record 297 kills for the season. The three-year letter winner currently has 390 career kills.
____Junior Elizabeth Hatch earned the Sportsmanship Award and Unsung Hero Award for the 11-9 varsity squad. Also recognized were juniors Kelsi Ceriani and Jenny Halterman who earned their second year varsity letters and were named as Second Team Mid Penn Conference All-Stars. Junior Shanon Ward also earned her second year letter. First year letter winners included senior Brett Burnell, senior Monique Brown, senior Sam Miller, junior Ashley Stough, and freshmen Taylor Brown and Ally Bittinger.
____For the JV team that finished 7-12, freshman Katie Smith was named M.V.P. and freshman Kaitlyn Gwozdecki earned the Sportsmanship Award. Both student-athletes earned certificates along with junior Alexia Kuchen and sophomore Lindsey Dunkle. The following freshmen all earned certificates as well: Becca Johnson, Madi Lucas, Madi Landis, Maranda Gibb, Mariah Albert, Mariah Burnell, Morgan Gash and Allison Mizerak. Team managers earning Middle School certificates included: Kristyn Gwozdecki, Brynlee Brenneman, Ashley Bittner, Cheyenne Cuckovic and Jenna Bittinger.

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Breakfast and assemblies for veterans
By Joe Guty

____On Monday, Nov. 11, a breakfast was served for area veterans at Northern High School. The History Club, Key Club and Student Council, along with high school officials, helped serve the veterans.

Northern High School Principal Matthew LaBuda serves breakfast to veterans on Monday.

Veterans just finishing their breakfast on Monday.

DECA member Courtney Benson, co-founder of the Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, Mrs. Helen Sajer and DECA member Jacob Christensen. Benson and Christensen will co-chair an event, Hoops for Troops, to raise money for Wounded Warriors. The event will take place on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at Northern High School. The teachers will go against the students playing a basketball game in wheelchairs.

Sgt. Thomas J. Williams, left, came to Dillsburg Elementary School to visit his granddaughter, along with Pvt. Jesse Cummiskey, right, during the Veterans Day assembly on Tuesday at Dillsburg Elementary.

Veterans listen while the students at Dillsburg Elementary School sing.

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Where Are They Now?
Wellsville High School Class of 1943
By Steven M. Nesbit

William Wells Young Memorial School, 1908-1947. Photo provided by Barbara Erb

____The Wellsville Borough in 1907-08 was the beneficiary of a majestic new school of magnificent architecture. This generous gift was given by Harriet and Richard Young, in memory of their son, William Wells Young who died of diphtheria at the age of twelve. Harriet was the daughter of Abraham Wells, founder of the borough of Wellsville according to the publication “Northern Celebrates 55 Years” which was distributed during the Fall of 2005. For many decades, the school provided an early education for boys and girls in grades 1-8. The primary school included grades 1-4, and the grammar school included grades 4-8. Wellsville's three-year high school course of study awarded students a diploma at the end of eleventh grade. The class of 1947 was the last to graduate from Wellsville High School.
____The class of 1943 had twelve graduates, namely: Lloyd Rodgers, June (Harbold) Griest, Betty (Anderson) Nesbit, Vivian (Detter) Albert, Sylvester Crone, Donald Snelbaker, Richard Griest, Kenneth Weaver, Richard Fickes, Stanley Gladfelter, John Yohe, and F. Nevin Nesbit. Today, Don and Vivian are the only graduates of the class of '43 who live on.
____Vivian recalls some information about a few of her classmates. “Most of the boys liked to get into trouble. Our principal was Mr. Grim, and he was a mean, old bugger,” she said. Principal Grim gave the boys a hard time according to Vivian because “they were always carrying-on.” She remembers, “Ken Weaver, Dick Fickes, Stanley Gladfelter, and your dad, Nevin, was the worst. I saw Mr. Grim take your dad and knock his head against the blackboard more than once.” She continues, “Today, if he would have done what I saw him do to your dad, he wouldn't have a job. He would take Nev and just keep knocking his head against the black board. I saw him do that to Ken Weaver, too, but not like he banged Nevin.”

Vivian Detter Albert

Donald Snelbaker

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