Print Edition Highlights - October 24, 2013
A tractor owned by the Trostle family crosses the square during the Antique Tractor Parade Saturday afternoon during Farmers Fair.
____The 98th Farmers Fair drew a large crowd and more exhibitors than ever, said Farmers Fair President Carl Shearer.
____The week-long event started out sunny and mild, but two cloud bursts, one Thursday night during the cross-cut saw contest and the other, a torrential downpour just moments the fair finale, the Fantastic Parade, did not halt the activities.
____"The parade moved as scheduled Saturday night, despite the rain," said John Kelley who was in charge of the parade judges. "Some participants did drop out however, leaving a couple of the sections empty.
____Singing in the rain on South Baltimore Street at the judges stand was the band No Last Call, introducing themselves as not being deterred by Mother Nature.
____"No Last Call was a great band," said Paul Tucker, first vice president of the fair committee. "They were out there playing and having a great time in the pouring rain. The band leader was very funny and announced that it was a shame that no one could see them from above because during the one number their precision marching spelled out Dillsburg Farmers Fair. I found that hilarious."
Antique cars line South Baltimore Street Saturday afternoon. Over 160 cars were displayed.
See the October 24, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Carolyn Hoffman
____It’s not cable TV that Warrington residents are clamoring for, it’s high-speed internet access. That became abundantly clear at the October 16 supervisors’ session when a resident’s remark that she’d been to “third world countries with better internet access” brought nods of agreement from the more than two dozen residents who attended.
____The comment came during a public hearing with a representative from Comcast, who attended to answer questions, as the township is renegotiating its contract with the cable TV and internet provider. Residents told of children being told that school study materials were online, but those children had no internet access. Another indicated that his neighbor had Comcast but he wasn’t able to get it. Some residents use personal hot spots for internet access but those are costly, and more than a few indicated they would rather help pay to extend lines to their homes than continue to pay those rates.
____Currently, Comcast serves only about 300 residents in the western part of Warrington Township, and Kristin Ritchey, Comcast’s government affairs manager, reported that extending service costs $40-$60,000 per mile, in part because existing poles are not always tall enough to allow the required distance between telephone and other utility wires. She did say at the meeting she would take residents’ names and addresses to see if any are within a distance where lines could be extended.
See the October 24, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
____If your house has become a haven for outdated electronics, here’s your chance to do some cleaning. Carroll Township, in cooperation with York County Solid Waste Authority and ECOvanta, will offer a free year-round electronics recycling drop-off site. The site is at the Carroll Township Municipal Building, 555 Chestnut Grove Road, Dillsburg. Hours for dropping off electronics are 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday unless the township office is closed. All York County residents, businesses and non-profit entities are invited to participate.
____Electronic equipment that must be recycled and not put in the regular trash due to the “Covered Device Recycling Act” (Act 108) includes televisions, desktop and laptop computers, monitors, keyboards, mouse, and peripherals. Other electronic devices that are accepted include answering machines, CD players, fax machines, computer hard drives, mobile phones, modems, microwave ovens, pagers, small home office copiers, printers, printed circuit boards, clocks, radios, remote controls, stereos, tape players, MP3 players, electronic toys and games, photo and video cameras, telephones and telephone equipment, VCRs, toaster ovens, hair dryers, electric razors, and many other mixed household electronics. Visit www.carrolltownship.com for a complete list. Bring electronics to the township’s e-cycling drop-off location as they become obsolete. Don't mix them with your weekly trash. Residents and businesses with large quantities of electronics to deliver, should call the township office at 432-4951 so someone from the township is available to help unload. Participants are responsible for removal of any personal data contained on electronic devices and computer hard drives.
____Please do not bring loose batteries, toner cartridges, fluorescent lamps, construction demolition, furniture, appliances, white goods, appliances containing Freon (dehumidifiers, air conditioners, refrigerators) or household hazardous waste.
Photo by Curt Werner
Brandon Slatt, construction inspector, organizes the new recycling bin for electronic drop-offs at the Carroll Township Building.
See the October 24, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the October 24, 2013 edition
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___ -Community events
___ -Obituaries
___ -Births
___ -20 years ago
Submitted by Carolyn Kimmel
Photo by Olivia Kimmel
Dr. John Spurrier casts a young boy's arm at Macha Mission Hospital in Africa during a recent visit. Spurrier is a missionary for Brethren Christ Church, Grantham, and has worked intermittently at the Macha Mission Hospital since the mid-1970s.
____ It was a quiet Sunday afternoon at Dr. John Spurrier’s house when he got a call from the hospital. A child had a peanut stuck up her nose. Could Dr. Spurrier come over?
____ Grabbing a paperclip from his table, the doctor from Dillsburg sauntered across the dirt road and into the one-story Macha Mission Hospital, where he headed for the pediatric ward and found the distraught child and mother.
____ “Hold her still for me,” he said, and, after looping one end of the paperclip, inserted it into the child’s nose and pulled out a perfectly oval peanut, no doubt shelled by the child’s older sibling earlier in the day.
____ “Works every time – the best thing there is for removing a foreign object from the nose,” Spurrier said with a smile and told the relieved mother, “She can go home.”
____ Peanut extraction is fairly common in this community, where the nuts grow bountifully and offer an important source of protein for an often malnourished people.
See the October 24, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Joe Guty
Photo by Curt Werner
Northern’s Skylar Portko breaks up a pass to Storm Fridinger during Friday’s 21-16 loss to Shippensburg.
____It’s week nine and Northern makes the long hike this Friday night to James Buchanan H.S. in an intriguing high school football match up. The Mid Penn Colonial contest finds the Polar Bears at 3-5 overall and 2-3 in the league after Shippensburg held off the visiting Polar Bears 21-16 last week. James Buchanan is revitalized this year after many losing (no win) seasons and they currently share the same record as the Polar Bears (3-5 overall and 2-3 in the Colonial).
____At Shippensburg, some observers recalled the 1981 season when Northern won 10-8 as the result of a punt snap sailing out of the same place, Veterans Memorial Park, and the same end zone.
____During the 1981 season, Northern faced a Shippensburg team that had dominated the league at the time but the one miscue opened the door to victory for the Tom Oiler-coached Polar Bears, helped preserve their undefeated season and set the tone for a few more subsequent championships seasons. Some "old timers" will recall some of the players like Rob Smith, Brian Ackworth, Randy Myers, Bob McCurdy, Jim Shultz, Joe Weider, Toby Hershey just to name a few.
See the October 24, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Photos by Curt Werner
Incoming Kiwanis officers for 2013 to 2014 pictured from left are Corresponding Secretary Emily Reed, Recording Secretary Lisa Smith, President Carl Barker, 2nd Vice President Jerry Stonge, Treasurer Don Haines and 1st Vice President Dale Brubaker.
____The Kiwanis Club of the Dillsburg area held its installation of new officers and directors at the Dillsburg VFW on Monday, September 16. New members, John Kajic, Eric Eshbach and Kyle Nixon were inducted. Randall Jackson received a special presentation, Legion of Honor, for 45 years of service.
Outgoing Kiwanis President, Deborah Coy-Kajic, passes the gavel to incoming President, Carl Barker.
See the October 24, 2013 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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