Print Edition Highlights - March 8, 2014
____ A Dillsburg man suffered minor injuries after losing control of his van and hitting a telephone pole, shearing it in half in Dillsburg Borough Wednesday morning.
____ The driver, Walter J. LeClair, 83, of 20 Beaver Street was treated at the scene and released. Carroll Township Police officer Gary Bonner said that the exact cause of the accident is unknown.
____ Several people in the neighborhood heard the squealing of tires and a resounding crash shortly after 10 a.m.
____ Maggie Bernholz, who was inside Maple Shade Barn helping with the quilting exhibit, said she heard the van hitting the telephone pole but didn't see anything. “It was loud,” Bernholz said.
____ An eyewitness to the accident was Hannah Davis, a Northern High School senior who was on her way to school. Davis was stopped at the Mumper Lane and Harrisburg Pike intersection when she heard tires squeal. Looking to her right she saw a van “do a complete 180” and crash into the telephone pole.
Photo by Curt Werner
On Sunday, May 4, a vehicle traveling on Capitol Hill Road, Franklin Township left the road and struck a house at 10:22 a.m. One person was taken to a local hospital. Franklintown Fire Company, Dillsburg ambulance, Dillsburg and Franklintown fire police and Northern Regional police were on the scene.
____ Wellsville Borough council voted to eliminate the school crossing guard position at the end of the current school year at its May 5 meeting, following the lead of Dillsburg Borough.
____ Northern York County School District's Transportation Office director indicated in a conversation with the borough secretary that borough students would be picked up by buses as they come through town. Students may still walk, or be walked by parents, if they choose. Reports at the session indicated that currently few students walk anyway, and the borough pays for the guard on many mornings when no children walk to school.
____ Wellsville was at the point where the borough needed to upgrade the crossing guard's equipment. Council considered the action as both lessening the borough's liability and as a cost-saving measure. The borough's liability will be less if the school district buses pick up the children. As buses come from all directions, the move should not require more runs or more buses.
____ In other activity at the session, council approved a resolution to apply for block grants to fix Chestnut St. drainage and for sidewalks on Warrington Street. The cost of the projects was estimated at $62,000 for the drainage issue and $75,000 for sidewalks. Neither project is feasible for the borough without grant money from the county. Of the two potential projects, council places the highest priority on the drainage problem.
____ Council also decided to table until the next meeting a decision about fixing the lights on the borough clock. Repair costs were quoted at over $1,400 as some parts are no longer made.
Also in the March 8, 2014 edition
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___ -Community events
___ -Obituaries
___ -Births
___ -20 years ago
Print Edition Highlights - March 8, 2014
Photos by Curt Werner
Above, Eli Lazar clears the bar on May 1 with a height of 13' 7" breaking the school’s record of 13’ 6.74” set by Jim Keeley in 1992. The stadium pole vault record is 14'. Below right Lazar gets a running start and below left he plants the pole and lifts.
____ With a personal record of 13-7, Eli Lazar took down Jim Keely's 22-year old Northern H.S. school pole vault record in a tri meet against Trinity and Bishop McDevitt on Thursday, May 1. Keely's mark was 13-6.75. Coached by former Northern star Eric Williams, Lazer and the Polar Bears enter post season championship competition this Saturday, May 10, when they travel to Chambersburg for the 2014 Mid Penn Conference Track and Field Championships.
____ Northern prepped for the championship season when they swept their own Twilight Invitational on Monday, May 5. The girls team posted 171.50 points to take the crown over Red Land (104) and Camp Hill (98.5). Also competing were: Delone Catholic (75), East Pennsboro (59), Harrisburg Christian School (23) and Cocalico (10). On the boys' side, the Polar Bears piled up 160 points to capture the title over Camp Hill (130.50) and East Pennsboro (103.50). Also in the team competition: Red Land (82), Delone Catholic (49) and Harrisburg Christian School (20).
Coach Eric Williams lifts Eli Lazer off the ground as Lazer raises his hand in victory after clearing the bar.
See the March 8, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
See the March 8, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
____ Even heavy rains can't stop the division races from heating up in the Dillsburg Youth Baseball League.
____ None of the first-place teams in the Majors, Minors or Coach Pitch divisions lead by more than 1.5 games.
____ Jack Panas Insurance (9-2) is in control of the Majors Division for now, but the team is being chased by Steve Morret Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (6-2) and Dairy Queen (7-3), while Bob Ruth Ford (5-4), Colgan & Associates, Inc. (5-4) and Weavers of Wellsville (4-5) are all playing catch-up.
____ CEK has navigated its way to a division-leading record of 8-1 in the Minors Division, but are nowhere close to pulling away, with Rhoads Trucking (7-1), Williams Hauling (5-3), Lobar, Inc. (5-3), Shumaker's Service, Inc. (5-3), Millers Autos (2-6), S & W Petroleum Services, Inc. (1-7) and Apicella-Lorei Orthodontics (0-9) all looking to get a piece of the leader.
____ In the Coach Pitch Division, Giant Food and Wolf Excavating, Inc. are tied for first with a 6-1 record and are being pursued by Sheaffer's Masonry, Inc. (4-1), Paytime Payroll Services (5-2), Double KC Inc. Trucking (5-2), Ryan's Tree Removal (4-4), Carpet Majik (2-2), McCurdy Construction (2-3), MANEtenance (1-4), The Optical Shoppe (1-5), Cheran, Inc. (0-5) and Mann Trucking (0-6).
Anything can happen in any of these three division races with the regular-season not finishing its course until May 28.
See the March 8, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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