Print Edition Highlights - July 3, 2014
By Peggie Williams
____ Structures in the northern end of Franklintown Borough sustained wind damage during the brief storm that rolled through about 8:45 Wednesday evening, June 25.
____ The most damage occurred at the intersection of Cabin Hollow Road and Baltimore Street where two large honey locust trees blew over, destroying a shed, crashing through the window of a townhome and blocking West Street for a short time.
____ The shed at the back of the Lenhart house bore the brunt of the damage and was completely destroyed. The roof literally split in half as the building was flattened.
____ Rosanna Lenhart said the family was on a short trip to fuel a vehicle when it happened. “We were only gone about 20 minutes,” she said. “We turned into the alley to park the car and couldn’t believe what we saw.” Another family vehicle, still parked in the yard, was only slightly damaged when it was scratched by some branches.
See the July 3, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Robed Klan members of the Maryland-based Traditional Rebel Knights speak during a KKK ralley on the Gettysburg battlefield last Saturday afternoon.
____ A number of tourists at the Gettysburg battlefield, early Saturday afternoon, thought they had stumbled upon some weird historical reenactment.
____ Puzzled, the visitors approached park rangers to ask what they were witnessing and were told it was not a reenactment. In fact, it was a rally held by the Maryland-based Traditional Rebel Knights. Robed Klan members were restricted to a small fenced-off area near Union General George Gordon Meade's Headquarters, off Taneytown Road, opposite the Soldiers National Cemetery. While the rally was to begin at noon, the KKK members did not arrive until about 30 minutes later.
____ During the rally, various members would use a megaphone to condemn immigration reform, President Barack Obama, Democrats, Republicans, minorities, gays, Jews and the media. About 50 spectators, many who had literally stumbled upon the rally, either silently watched the proceedings or took turns yelling at KKK members and telling them “to leave the country if they don't like it here.” Other spectators yelled, saying they were “disgraceful” and “an embarrassment to humans.”
See the July 3, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the July 3, 2014 edition
____\
___ -Community events
___ -Obituaries
___ -Births
___ -20 years ago
Print Edition Highlights - July 3, 2014
Photo courtesy of the Maryland Historical Society
Replica 1813 flag made by volunteers from York County.
____ As the nation pauses to remember Independence Day, the National Anthem will be sung countless times, by countless individuals across the country; a song, most critics agree, is extremely difficult to sing well.
____ Francis Scott Key, wrote the lyrics after watching the Sept. 13-14, 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry, located in the harbor of Baltimore, Md. In his biography “What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life ” Marc Leepson said Key may have been tone deaf.
____ “Up until relatively recently, historians believed Key was writing a poem that night because he was an amateur poet,” Leepson said, in a Tuesday interview. “He was not musical and he had never written a song in his life and he may have been tone deaf. Now opinion has changed. Back in that time period it was common for people to take lyrics and put them to a well-known tune. This tune was very well known.”
____ Originally entitled The Defence of Fort McHenry, the tune was wedded to a popular British melody, The Anacreon in Heaven. Key wrote the lyrics on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, while on an American truce ship anchored in the Patapsco River, Leepson said. At the time, there were many patriotic songs used by the military.
See the July 3, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
____ Dillsburg Youth Baseball's 9-10 all-star squad, the two-time defending District 14 champions, nearly stumbled in its first game out of the gates.
____ But Kyle Ramp's never-say-die squad, trailing by three runs in the last inning against one of the district's best teams, somehow willed its way to victory.
____ And now, with three wins in three pool play contests, Dillsburg is in position to make a run at a third-straight district championship.
Ramp's team advanced to the district's double-elimination bracket after going 3-0 in pool play last week with a 7-5 win over South Middleton, a 17-4 victory over Carlisle and a 13-1 decision over Bermudian.
____ Dillsburg's strong performance should almost certainly lock up a No. 1 or 2 seed in the double-elimination bracket, which was still yet to be determined at press deadline.
____ Ramp learned a lot about his team during the pool play stage. Dillsburg's pitching staff rarely gave up anything for free and the offense, even with a tendency to start slow, showed an ability to put the ball in play and wear down opposing pitchers.
See the July 3, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
|
