Print Edition Highlights - January 23, 2014
By Peggie Williams
Photos by Curt Werner.
A truck driven by Dover resident Gary Amspache lands on the concrete porch of a residence on North Chestnut Street early Sunday morning.
____ Residents on North Chestnut Street in Dillsburg were awakened by a loud crash early Sunday morning, January 19.
____ Gary Amspacher, 49, of Dover lost control of his Chevrolet pickup just after making the turn onto North Chestnut Street from Harrisburg Pike. He drove onto the sidewalk, careened into two houses and two parked cars, and landed on a concrete porch at 3:51 a.m.
____ “It was a very, very rude awakening,” said Jeff Shultz, owner of the 22 N. Chestnut St. brick home, which had a corner of the foundation knocked out.
____ Shultz said the truck knocked out the corner of a reading and sitting room that was a part of the original house built in 1910. He’s concerned that there might be more structural damage than meets the eye because a crack has appeared in a wall in the room above it. His most immediate concern is keeping the damaged room warm because water pipes that are a part of the heating system for the entire house go through there and he doesn’t want them to freeze.
Clothes, toys and household items line the stage of the Franklintown Fire Company Sunday shortly before being boxed for the Harrison family who lost all their belongings in a house fire Friday morning in Franklin Township.
See the January 23, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Police aid stranded traveler
Story and photos by Curt Werner
Carroll Township patrolmen, from left, Justin Rogerson and Terry Williams stand with orginal artwork gifted by Joseph DeMaio recently, a stranded motorist from Auburn, New York that the officers assisted last November.
____ Every day and night thousands of motorists drive through Dillsburg on Route 15. It is no more than a bump on the road or a blink of an eye on a interstate trip. Once a driver gets past the four traffic lights there is no need to look back.
____ But, what happens if the car you are driving breaks down?
____ Joseph DeMaio, 61, from Auburn, New York was making a return business trip from Florida. It was the second week in December and DeMaio wanted to get an early start to get back to his family for Christmas. He started his 1,000-mile drive at 5 a.m. After driving all day the temperature was dropping, it was dark and the car was running low on fuel. He stopped at a gas station along Route 15 in Dillsburg to fill up with gas and get a cup of coffee.
____ DeMaio returned to the car at the pumps ready to make the second leg of his return trip home. He turned the key and the car would not start. He tried again. The car started only to run rough a few seconds and stop. By now the inside of the car was as cold as it was outside. His hands were freezing.
See the January 23, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP
By Carolyn Hoffman
____ Warrington Township supervisors voted to reduce the franchise fee they receive from Comcast Cable from 3% to 2%. The change will reduce the amount the township receives from just under $9,000 a year to a bit less than $6,000 annually, assuming the number of subscribers and the services ordered remain the same.
____ Municipalities are allowed to charge franchise fees of up to 5%. In Warrington’s case, the reduction should still cover the attorney’s fees associated with renegotiating the current contract, which will expire this year. Supervisors discussed keeping the fee the same or reducing it to 1%, but in the end they voted 3-2 to reduce the fee to 2%.
____ Supervisors also reported that cable service will be extended to residents of Farm Valley Rd. and a section of Old York Rd. at the top of the hill. Residents from Aspen Drive and elsewhere attended a recent meeting to ask for high speed internet, a service all were more interested in than cable TV. Although the service can’t be extended to Aspen Drive from lines in Warrington, service may be extended from Comcast lines out of Carroll Township.
See the January 23, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the January 23, 2014 edition
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___ -Community events
___ -Obituaries
___ -Births
___ -20 years ago
Print Edition Highlights - January 23, 2014
Celebrating 35 years in York County
By Steven Nesbit
Photos by Marie Chomicki
Jeffrey Klein, D.D.S. stands in front of the first dental office he and his partner, Keith Malchodi, opened 35 years ago this month on Pleasant View Road, Lewisberry in the Old Crossroads store which was originally a one room school house. Today he practices in Dillsburg, too, alongside his sons, Jon and Barry.
____“I had a partner until about five years ago, Keith Malchodi. We first opened an office in Lewisberry and then went to Dillsburg a few years later as Malchodi and Klein Dental. Originally, we were located in the Wiley Benn Professional building. We grew out of that rather quickly and decided to get into another building in downtown Dillsburg. Keith and I kept building the practice, but eventually he became sick and had to leave the practice. At that time, my sons were graduating from dental school. Both boys went to the University of Pittsburgh. Jon graduated from dental school in 2004, and Barry graduated dental school in 2005. I must say I never pushed them toward dentistry, but they gravitated to dentistry on their own. So, it became a family affair at that point.”
____Jeffrey Klein grew up in Randallstown, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Maryland and went directly into the University of Maryland Dental School after graduation. “I met my partner when we were both in high school. We went to college together and dental school together. We were in some of the same classes, but it wasn't planned.” he said. As fate would have it, both ended up in dental school at the same time. “So, during our senior year of dental school we tried to figure out what to do.” Jeff and Keith started talking about wanting to open up an office together. “Maryland was supersaturated with dentists, so we looked at Pennsylvania,” said Jeff. He talked with someone from a dental company and was told there was a great location to start a practice which was right near Red Land High School in south central Pennsylvania. After renovating the Old Crossroads store, Malchodi and Klein opened their Lewisberry dental office on January 10, 1979. “Then on March 28, 1979, Three Mile Island erupted. We thought that's it. There it goes. Soon, there was an evacuation notice on our door. We both evacuated with our families.” When the threat of a TMI meltdown was averted, Malchodi and Klein returned to the area, and life went back to the way it was prior to the TMI incident and soon their practice “took off like gangbusters.”
Jonathan Klein, left, and Barry Klein, right, stand in front of the Dillsburg office of Klein Dental Associates on North Baltimore Street.
See the January 23, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Joe Guty
Photo by Curt Werner
Northern's girls basketball team fell to East Penn 36-22 on Tuesday, January 14, at Northern High School. In photo, Steph Clark drives to the basket for two points.
____A decisive 16-8 fourth quarter run propelled the Northern H.S. girls varsity basketball team to victory last Saturday, January 18. The Lady Polar Bears defeated the host Maidens 44-39. It was Northern's third win against 13 losses. Waynesboro fell to 2-11. Sarah Yunez led all scorers with 17 points and Madison Waits added 13. Other scorers for Northern were Jordan Clark (9), Brooke Houseal (2), Steph Clark (2) and Maggie Frey (1). Cat Weber paced Waynesboro with 12 points.
____Northern is scheduled to host Susquenita this Thursday, January 23. Senior Night and Milton Hershey is on tap for Tuesday, January 28 and then the Lady Bears close out the season at Camp Hill on Friday, January 31.
See the January 23, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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