Print Edition Highlights - October 17, 2013
Photos by Mark Ryder
The 2013 Farmers Fair Queen is Taylor Gilmore, center. First runner-up is Erin Martz, left, and second runner-up is Sarah Hannigan.
____The 2013 Farmers Fair is now underway. Nine Northern High School students competed in the queen pageant on Monday at the high school.
____Taylor Gilmore was crowned the 2013 Farmers Fair Queen, Erin Martz was chosen first runner-up and Sarah Hannigan second runner-up.
____Tuesday’s festivities held at the Community Hall included the crowning of the Senior King and Queen, Darvin and June Grove.
____Dillsburg Mayor Hank Snyder, State Rep. Mike Regan, Sen. Pat Vance, Farmers Fair President Carl Shearer and Special Advisor to the Governor for Agriculture Boots Hetherington all gave opening remarks.
Darvin and June Grove are crowned the 2013 Farmers Fair King and Queen Tuesday night.
See the October 17, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By MaryLou Bytof
____After nearly five months of discussions with the Carroll Township Supervisors, the Dillsburg Borough Council last week approved a proposed one-year police contract with the Carroll Township Police Department.
____The $195,000 contract for 2014 represents fewer contracted police hours, according to John Richardson, chairman of the council’s public safety committee. However, he said the borough has budgeted for 24/7 police coverage if and when the need arises. The police contract with Carroll Township for 2013 was $242,000.
____“We think we’ll still provide excellent service to the community,” Richardson said about the new contract. “The money is there to cover the overtime in case of an emergency.”
____According to Borough Manager Karen Deibler, the vote was 4-2 in favor of the police contract. Council President Jeff Griffin and Councilman Matt Fawber cast the two dissenting votes.
See the October 17, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Carolyn Hoffman
____Monaghan Township supervisors are still dickering over the details of the proposed 2014 police contract with Carroll Township and put off action for another month. At their October 14 session, questions about how overtime is charged derailed approval, though the major details of the new contract seem to be in place.
____Under the proposed contract, police coverage in Monaghan will drop from six hours day to three hours a day, a move supervisors are making to cut costs. The proposed one-year contract is currently set at $94,246.65, roughly half of the amount the township pays for the current contract, which will expire at the end of the year.
____The current sticking point is how overtime would be charged. Carroll’s proposal is for overtime rate be charged at 1.5 times the responding officer’s pay rate, which is different for each officer. Monaghan wants to know what the individual rates are and also asks that overtime hours be deducted from the regular hours the police will operate in the township.
____Monaghan scheduled a meeting to work on the 2014 budget for Thursday, October 17, at 5:30 p.m.
See the October 17, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the October 17, 2013 edition
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___ -Community events
___ -Obituaries
___ -Births
___ -20 years ago
Photo by Mark Ryder
Northern High School 2013 Homecoming. Pictured from left are Emily Noll, Patrick Daggs, Delaney Roman, Luke Lynes, Madison Bleiler, Zack Martek, Megan Wilson, Ryan Schreiber, Alicia David and Richard Settle.
By Joe Guty
Meagan Wilson and Richard Settle are this year’s Homecoming King and Queen. They were crowned on Monday night at the football game.
____ Homecoming provided a boost for the Northern High School football team last Friday night as the Polar Bears thrashed winless Waynesboro 42-14. After a 42-20 loss to Gettysburg in week six, the Polar Bears' much needed victory helped them improve to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the Mid-Penn Colonial Division.
____ Northern travels to Shippensburg this week to face the Greyhounds (5-2 overall and 4-0 in the Colonial). Last week, Shippensburg blanked Greencastle 27-0. Other games of note last week include the Bears' final two regular season opponents as West Perry defeated James Buchanan 38-21.
____ Senior quarterback Luke Lynes had a big game against Waynesboro with a 9-for-10 effort and 246 yards in the air. Lynes threw one interception but got the Bears on the scoreboard early. He connected with Colton Baxter for a 21-yard touchdown at 9:02 in the first quarter. Aiden Alves booted the extra point. Lynes then threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Terelle Hicks at 7:03. Capping the first quarter with a 38-yard toss to Richard Settle was good for another six points and 21-0 lead.
Terelle Hicks runs for yardage in Monday night’s 42-14 win against Waynesboro.
See the October 17, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger
Photo by Curt Werner
The new spacious and colorful dining room at Al’s Pizza & Subs in Dillsburg which now serves 40 beers on tap.
____Anyone who is familiar with Central Pennsylvania knows that, when it comes to dining out, Al’s Pizza & Subs is an area mainstay. Founder Al Haulman grew up in Carlisle and began learning the pizza business early in life, working at a pizza shop while in his teens. By the time he reached his mid-20s, he was ready to branch out on his own.
____In 1985, he opened Al’s Pizza & Subs, which quickly became popular. The Summerdale store operated as the lone location for a total of 15 years, after which Al decided it was time to expand. Now you can find an Al’s in Carlisle, Mechanicsburg and one serving the Dillsburg community located conveniently off Route 15.
See the October 17, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
 
____"Fourth graders are still at the age where they want to learn. In fourth grade, it's not yet a social event. They like school and they like doing school work. And believe me, fourth graders know more than you expect them to know. Their brains are working all the time. They are beginning to develop a balance between having fun as a kid and starting to understand the academic process."
____Marcie Boyer was born March 18, 1981 in Harrisburg. She lived in Franklintown until about second grade and then moved to Dillsburg into a development behind South Mountain. Marcie's mom, MaryBeth and her dad, Larry worked for Northern school district. One of Marcie's first memories occurred when she lived in Franklintown. "We had a very long yard. Dad and I would throw a ball around, and I had a wiffleball and batting tee. You had to step on it and then the ball would pop up and you would hit it with the wiffleball bat," she said. "I had a metal swing set, too. I used to pretend I was in the Olympics doing gymnastics. I'd just spin around and around on the swing. I was an only child so I enjoyed riding my bike and playing in the backyard." Marcie added, "I started playing T-ball when I was six years old."
See the October 17, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger
Photo by Curt Werner
____Artist Larry Lerew could be described in current parlance as an “Outlier,” a scientific term popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his book of the same name describing things that lie outside normal experience. Gladwell used the term when referring to people who have become extraordinary in their craft. In his book, the author explains “the 10,000-hour rule,” hypothesizing that dedicating 10,000 hours to any pursuit will result in excellence. Lerew, who began painting in childhood, has likely racked up enough hours to have exceeded that mark.
____The Dillsburg resident studied at the York Academy of Arts as a commercial art major and then took a job doing prepress work for print ads in magazines and newspapers. Ever wonder who developed the cute masthead still used today for the Dillsburg Banner? Yep, Lerew’s the behind-the-scenes talent who designed it back in the 1980s.
____The gifted artist made the jump from commercial art to painting after the 9/11 incident in New York City. “It was a time when many people started evaluating what they wanted to do in their lives and I decided I wanted to paint instead of doing commercial art,” he said.
See the October 17, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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