| Print Edition Highlights - August 7, 2014
 Photo by Curt Werner.
Colorful canopies form a backdrop as residents make their way to the pavillion at Logan Park during National Night Out Tuesday night. Over 4,000 residents attended this year’s event.
____ A record crowd filled Dillsburg’s Logan Park to celebrate National Night Out on Aug 5. Residents were treated to informational booths from a record number of emergency services groups, community organizations and businesses. ____
____ For the seventh year Carroll Township Police, in conjunction with Dillsburg Borough and local businesses, held the event to bring together the community.
____ As he has from the beginning, Sgt. David Smith spearheaded a loyal group of several dozen volunteers. And he was pleased with this year’s turnout. “This is great to see,” he said. “and the weather couldn’t be better.”
____ Borough Manager Karen Deibler agreed. “It’s great to see the whole community come together like this,” she said as she slid some fresh-off-the-grill hamburgers onto the rolls. Carroll Township supervisor Andy Ritter was also on the food line and he said he had no idea this was part of the job when he decided to run for office, but he said it was a part he was enjoying.
____ There was a lot of food served. Over 2,800 hot dogs and hamburgers, 140 pizzas along with potato salad, macaroni and cheese, potato chips, cookies, snack bags of pretzels, granola bars and 16 five gallon tubs of ice cream and sno-cones were consumed.
____ Even though there were two lines moving through the food tent, the line stretched over 100 feet for more than two hours, but no one seemed to complain. They were too busy catching up with their neighbors.
Photo by Curt Werner.
Friends and family dine under the pavillion. Over 2,800 hamburgers and hot dogs and 140 pizzas were served.
Photo by Mark Ryder.
Dave Thompson announces raffle numbers as the crowd checks their tickets in the hopes of winning. Dozens of prizes were won including ten children’s bicycles, baskets of goodies and gift certificates.
See the August 7, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
____ Last Thursday, the Northern York County School Board welcomed nine new teachers and one new administrator to the district. Most of the new faculty members were present as their principals introduced them to the board.
____ Dr. Eric Eshbach, district superintendent, began the introductions by welcoming Faithe Rotz of York Springs as the new principal of Wellsville Elementary School. Rotz comes to Northern from the neighboring Bermudian Springs School District, where she was an elementary principal last school year. She is a 1997 graduate of Bermudian Springs High School and was hired by that district to teach third grade in 2001.
____ In 2006, she was hired as an elementary school principal in the Dallastown School District where she also coordinated the English as a Second Language (ESL) program.
____ She will assume the helm at Wellsville Elementary on August 1 at a salary of $77,811.
____ Northern High School will have two new faculty members this year. Ashley Green-Gautam will teach English and social studies. Last school year, she taught social studies in the Hanover School District and coached 7th and 8th grade soccer. She graduated from Ursinus College in 2011 with a BA degree in sociology. She is also a 2007 graduate of Bermudian Springs High School. In 2011-2012, she was a Fulbright-Nehru English teaching assistant in New Delhi, India. Her salary is $41,335.
See the August 7, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
____ Like many World War II veterans, Doug Riley’s dad never spoke of his experiences overseas but that didn’t stop his son from realizing the impact they had on his dad.
____ “I’ve always respected all veterans, but particularly World War II veterans because of my dad,” said Riley, a member of the Northern York County Historical and Preservation Society and organizer of the fourth annual “World War II Tribute” at Dill’s Tavern in Dillsburg on Aug. 16.
____ It’s that respect that Riley and the other 50 to 60 people involved in the daylong production hope to pass onto others, especially young people who probably have little idea of how the war impacted those who served, those who supported and those who remained on the home front.
____ “I don’t think that kids understand the depth and the breadth of the sacrifice that people made in combat and at home. They are now three generations removed and unless they take a specific class on World War II in school, they are getting two to four days of a unit on it before they move onto the next war.”
____ What makes the World War II Tribute so unique and beneficial for kids is that it shows them firsthand what it was like to be involved in the war effort, Riley said. “This is a live, hands-on demonstration to pique their interest. They can see World War II weapons; see what it was like to live in a pup tent and what it was like to dig a foxhole. Instructing through living history is so much more vivid that a book or a movie.”
See the August 7, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the August 7, 2014 edition:
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___ -Community Calendar
___ -Obituaries
___ -Letters to the Editor
___ -Editorials
___ -Births
___ -20 years ago
___ -Classifieds
Print Edition Highlights - August 7, 2014
The stone building, located on the west end of Gettysburg, on Seminary Ridge, was the Mary Thompson House when the Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1, 1863.
____ The Civil War Trust announced that a campaign has been launched to preserve the Gettysburg headquarters of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
____ The stone building, located on the west end of Gettysburg, on Seminary Ridge, was the Mary Thompson House at the time the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 began. During first day of the battle, the largest of the Civil War, in which more than 51,000 were killed, wounded, listed as missing or taken prisoner, said Jim Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Trust, during a Tuesday press conference, at Lee's Headquarters.
____ Early on July 1, 1863, Union troops occupied Seminary Ridge, the location of the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary In a frantic running battle, Confederate troops routed Union forces, who retreated through the streets of Gettysburg, traveling east to Cemetery Hill, where they took a defensive position.
____ After Union troops retreated, Gen. Lee, established his headquarters, which he would occupy through the three-day battle.
____ The building is named for Mary Thompson, who lived in the home, co-owned by Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, said Mary Koik, a spokesperson for the Civil War Trust. In addition to Gen. Lee Headquarters, the James Henry Thompson House, home of Mrs. Thompson's son, will also be preserved.
____ Currently, the Civil War buildings occupy the same four-acre property with the Appalachian Brewery and the Quality Inn. In early 2015, the Civil War Trust will take over the property and raze the non-historic buildings.
See the August 7, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Photo by Curt Werner.
A Monarch butterfly dines on a butterfly bush. The Monarchs migrate every winter to Florida, along the coast of Texas and Mexico. In the springtime, they return to Eastern Pennsylvania and the females lay their eggs on the undersides of wild milkweed plant leaves. The larvae feed on the plant for approximately two weeks and then turn into caterpillars. The milkweed diet also makes them toxic to predators. The caterpillar will then attach itself head down to a twig, shed its outerskin and transform into a chrysalis. For about two weeks within the chrysalis, it metamorphasises into a bright orange, black and white Monarch butterfly. They live for about six to eight months.
____ For nearly all of his 45-minute interview with the Banner, Tony Dees went on and on about everything that was right about Dillsburg Youth Baseball this season.
____ And every step of the way, the first-year president of the DYB made it known that none of the league's accomplishments, or even the league itself, would be possible without his board members, coaches, parents, fans, sponsors and most importantly -- the players.
____ With three age divisions chock full of nearly 400 players, the DYB was as healthy and deep this year as it has ever been.
____ From the beginning of the regular season in early April until the end of the all-star postseason in July, there was plenty of good news to report, with one of the highlights being two teams bringing championship banners home to Dillsburg.
See the August 7, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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