Print Edition Highlights - March 14, 2013

Referendum on the sale of alcohol to appear on ballot
By Mary Lou Bytof

____ In the upcoming May 21 primary election, a referendum will appear on the ballot in the Borough of Dillsburg asking voters whether or not they will approve the granting of liquor licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the borough.
____ In less than one month, at least eight Dillsburg voters circulated petitions around the town and collected an excess of 330 signatures, surpassing the required number of 292 signatures of registered voters necessary for the referendum to appear on the ballot. The petitions were due in the borough office on Monday.
____ “There were quite a few people going out and collecting signatures,” said Dillsburg Borough Manager Karen Deibler. According to Deibler, the eight or nine people who knocked on doors, collected signatures and brought the petitions to the borough office did so as individuals. This was not an organized effort, she said.
____ Last month, the borough council voted 5-1 to petition the York County Board of Elections for a local referendum regarding the granting of liquor licenses for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. According to the borough zoning restrictions, only those areas zoned as commercial/highway or mixed use could allow the sale of alcohol should the referendum pass. The sale of alcohol is strictly prohibited in the center of town, according to the zoning restrictions.

See the March 14, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Seven-year-old honored
By Carolyn Hoffman

Photos by Curt Werner
Alisa Hoverter is surrounded by members of her Brownie troop who gave her balloons, presents and flowers after she was honored at the Monaghan Township meeting. 

____ Monaghan Township’s March supervisors’ meeting was overshadowed by a Brownie scout.
___ Alisa Hoverter was recognized at the March 11 meeting for saving her grandmother’s life in September. Alisa called 911 and, though she didn’t know the address where she and her grandmother were, she was calm, she knew what medication her grandmother was taking and where she kept it. Because Alisa used a landline and not a cell phone to place the call, her grandmother’s address was displayed to the dispatcher, who immediately notified police and the ambulance.
___ Alisa received a certificate of recognition from the Carroll Township police, who responded to Alisa’s 911 call within three minutes. Also attending the award ceremony were members of Alisa’s Brownie troop, who gave her a balloon and flowers. Monaghan Township gave her the “Most Helpful” award and added a small gift, as well.

Carroll Township Police Chief Sean Kapfhammer presents an award to Alisa Hoverter for saving her grandmother by calling 911. Patrolman Ron Stiles was first on the scene. Alisa called from a land-line phone, which displays the address of the caller to the dispatcher, allowing for quicker response time.

See the March 14, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Library and NYCHAPS to hold Quilt Week
By Erica Smithson

Sisters, Gayle Kolivras, left, and Marlene Stiffler hold up quilts made by their great-grandmother, Elizabeth Strayer, quilt on left, and their mother Verna Blouser. These are two of the quilts to be on display at Maple Shade Barn from Saturday, March 16 to Sundary, March 24.

____ Beginning this Saturday, March 16, and running through Sunday, March 24, the Dillsburg Area Public Library and the Northern York County Historical and Preservation Society (NYCHAPS) will co-host Quilt Week. Throughout the week, local quilts and quilters will be honored, and a variety of quilt-related events will be offered at Maple Shade Barn.
____ The library’s director, Barbara Tosiano, and NYCHAPS Vice President Peggie Williams collaborated to create this event. Quilting is very popular in the Dillsburg area; the library is home to a group of quilters that have been meeting for about 20 years. Every year, they create a large quilt to be raffled off at Farmers Fair. Tosiano and Williams wanted to honor the work of this group, as well as the community’s interest in quilting. After visiting the National Quilting Association website, Tosiano found that National Quilting Day would be on March 16. The two decided to expand this day into a weeklong celebration.
____ The highlight of the week will certainly be the display of more than 30 quilts that the library and NYCHAPS have collected from local residents. Their quilts will be hung around the barn and demonstrate quilt work of Northern York County provenance, meaning the majority of the quilts originated in this area.

See the March 14, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Mock Trial Team finishes best season
By Harry Sanders

Pictured from left are Ryan Cummings, Shelby Rocco, Sarah Horvath, Evan Simpson, Morgan Amsrud, Paige Tamecki and Kendra Hebenstreit.

____The Pennsylvania Statewide High School Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of the Pennsylvania Bar Association is in its twenty-ninth year and the Northern High School Mock Trial team recently finished its fifth season of competition. The Mock Trial competition provides high school students with firsthand experience of the American judicial system and offers them the rare opportunity of conducting a complete jury trial before an actual judge and jury in a real court room.
____This year’s case, Commonwealth v. Tatum Zillias , is a criminal action charging a real estate developer with third degree murder for the deaths of two people at a construction site following the collapse of a construction crane. Each team is assigned at least two trials, one for the prosecution and one for the defense. Northern competes in District 6, which this year included 14 teams from 12 high schools in York and Adams Counties.
____The Northern Mock Trial team started practicing in September. Practices include not only training in trial advocacy, but also background materials in the sources of the law, in the nature of the American judicial system, and in both civil and criminal procedure.

See the March 14, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Former NHS lacrosse teammates compete at
college level

Photos by Curt Werner
Eastern's Evan Werner looks to pass against Hood College on Saturday, March 2. Eastern won, 13-2.

____Three former Northern High School lacrosse players faced each other in Division III college play on Saturday, March 2. Scott Brisbane, team captain and a senior at Hood College, faced Derek Davis and Evan Werner, both freshmen at Eastern University. Eastern defeated Hood College, 13-2, making their record 3-0. Brisbane scored one of Hood's two goals at the 7:11 mark in the third period. Hood's record is now 1-3. The Eastern University lacrosse team traveled to Whittier College in California during spring break. After the game, the Eagles will spend the remaining week working with the Habitat for Humanity outside San Diego.

Hood's Doug Brisbane moves downfield against Eastern University on Saturday, March 2.

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Trout Fishing Season opens March 30 in Dauphin, York Counties
By Joe Guty

____The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is stocking adult trout in a variety of lakes and streams in preparation for the 2013 season, which opens March 30 in Dauphin and York Counties, according to state Sen. Rob Teplitz (D-Dauphin/York).
____“The state’s annual trout stocking is a welcome sign of spring,” said Teplitz. “Anglers across the state are looking forward to the start of trout season, and soon our local streams and lakes will be ready for the public to go fishing.”
____Teplitz will be helping the commission stock trout in Armstrong and Powell Creeks on Tuesday, April 23, at 11 a.m. at the Halifax Fire Department, located at 22 S. River Road in Halifax.
____Anglers can search the trout stocking schedules for locations and dates of interest online. Visit www.fishandboat.com. 2013 Trout Stocking Schedules, select a county and start and end date from the calendars at the top of the page. Then press “Go.”

See the March 14, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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Making a Splash!
POND SKIMMING

Photos by Curt Werner
Brandon Heller, 17 from Dillsburg, makes it across the pond at Ski Rondtop on Sunday, March 10.

____Roundtop Mountain Resorts held its annual Spring Fest ‘Mardi Gras’ this past weekend. One of the highlights was the pond skimming contest.

Celebrating 50 Years Practicing Law
By Steven M Nesbit

____ “My parents lived above Cocklin's funeral home,” he said smiling. “That amazes me every time I think about that, because over the years, he's been my best client,” attorney Jan Wiley added. Jan was born at the Carlisle hospital on February 19, 1938. His earliest recollection is of his mother, Catherine. “I loved my mother dearly, but she terrified me growing up.” She was born in Kralltown and graduated from Wellsville high school at the top of her class, the valedictorian. It seems she had her ideas about Jan that went far beyond Dillsburg. “I was the first boy and she wanted me to make something of my life. I really believe she wanted me to be the President. Then when she found out that I wasn't going into politics to become governor, she was relentless.”
____ Jan had to wait until the following year to go to school because of his date of birth. “My mother would teach me math, how to read, how to speak properly, and she taught me manners. She taught me all those things before I started school,” he said. “I was very lucky I had a mother that could do that.” When he went to first grade he was so far ahead of the other students that he thought he “might have a little bit of brain.” From the very beginning in first grade, he was always first in his class. “I was the salutatorian of my graduating class, and I give my mom a lot of credit for that.”
____ From the beginning, his mother was always very strict. Jan was taught that if you smoke, drink and run around with women, you would go to hell. “A young man's behavior had to be perfect, and I believed that,” he said. “But I grew up and went to college, and that's where I broke all those rules.” He thought life just couldn't be that terrible. When he was a young child, he would be afraid to bring any of his friends home to play for fear that his mother would upset them. In time, he thought of ways to get out of his house.

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Outdoor writer of ‘Wolf Tracks’ has storied career
By Erica Smithson

Photo by Karen Wolf
Dave Wolf, author of “Wolf Tracks,” a new column in the Dillsburg Banner’s LifeStyle section.

____Dave Wolf, 65, of Wellsville, has had an impressive 40-year career. Now a columnist for The Dillsburg Banner, he has also authored five books (his first, “Wolf Tracks on Potter County,” has sold through four printings), contributing more than 4,000 articles to various publications and winning 13 writing awards. Yet, he didn't always consider himself a writer.
____Wolf, who was born in Shamokin and grew up in Palmyra, moved to Potter County as an adult. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and had opened a lodge with a sporting goods store in the area and soon fell in love with the country there and the laid back attitude of the people. His popularity with fellow outdoor enthusiasts and his feeling of being “at home” was so apparent that the editor of the local newspaper, the "Potter Enterprise" (later the "Potter Leader-Enterprise"), approached him to write a column.
____“I said to the editor, ‘Well, I’ve never written before.’ I had no formal training,” said Wolf.
____However, he accepted the offer and began writing a fishing column, which ran through the fishing season. When the editor asked him to continue, he started to write about hunting, which would be the official beginning to his “Wolf Tracks” column.

See the March 14, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.

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