Print Edition Highlights - November 13, 2014

Dispute with developer’s plans draws ire about town
Hearings next week are expected to draw crowd
By Peggie Williams

____ For the first time since a dispute between Carroll Township and Dillsburg Ventures, LLC entered the court system, residents will have be able to be heard officially at a hearing set for 6 to 8 p.m. on the nights of Nov. 17 and 18 at the township building.
____ Township Secretary Faye Romberger says she’s expecting a packed house.
____ Based on the signs popping up all over the area, the assumption can be made that most of the comments will be negative.
____ Don Germeyer has resided on Logan Road for 69 years. He sure doesn’t want to see that kind of development on the property he once hunted and trapped. Germeyer plans on asking the developers "Would you want this kind of a high density thing across from their house? I don't think so."

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Photo by Curt Werner
Construction has begun on the historic Rosegarden bridge that spans the Yellow Breeches Creek on old Rt.15 on the York/Cumberland county line. Replacement is expected to complete May 19, 2015.

Saluting our Veterans

____ Northern Elementary School
____ On Tuesday, November 11, Northern Elementary School celebrated Veterans Day with a breakfast honoring students’ relatives who served in the military.  
____ The response was so great the event had to be held in the Northern Middle School cafeteria and auditorium.
____ Students from the Northern Elementary School made two long lines for the veterans to walk between as they made their way from the cafeteria to the auditorium.  The veterans were entertained by videos of the students telling what Veterans Day means to them. The program concluded with a medley of songs performed by the students.

Photo by Curt Werner
Northern Elementary students sing to the veterans on Tuesday.

____ Moyer House
____ On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Moyer House at Carroll Village celebrated Veterans Day.  Fourteen veterans from the Moyer House were on hand, seven of them served in World War II.  Congressman Scott Perry and Representative Mike Regan spoke at the event.  Certificates of Appreciation and blankets were presented to the veterans.

Photo by Curt Werner
Jane Young, WW II Navy; Helen Furry, Ted Furry, WW II Army; John Cronin, WW II Coast Guard and Ed Young, WW II Navy, enjoy each others company at the Moyer House Veterans Day celebration.

____ Bob Ruth Ford
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Photos by Curt Werner
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Bob Ruth Ford provided lunch for veterans in the Dillsburg area. Veterans employed by Bob Ruth Ford are from left, front, Cody Sebring, Army; Jasen Kline, USMC; Zachory Dale, Army;  back,  Skip Brough, Army; Steve Hartle, Army; Jason Koons, USMC and Tracy McDevitt, Navy.

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Powder Puff Football


Photos by Curt Werner
Powder Puff juniors, seniors and their coaches, posing for a photo after the game.

____The senior girls challenged the junior girls in the annual Powder Puff Football Game at Bostic Field Tuesday night, Nov. 4.  The game went into overtime with no score from either team.  The Juniors had the first crack in the overtime given four tries to score from the ten-yard line.  They were held to no score.  Then it was the seniors’ turn.  The game ended with Senior Keighly Adams running for an 8-yard touchdown around the right end giving them a 6-0 victory.

Senior Keighly Adams picks up good yardage in the second half of play.

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Student athletes honored at banquet
By Joe Guty


Photo by Curt Werner.
Allysha Bittinger received, for the first time in the history of Northern Volleyball, an award for having over 1,000 career assists.  She surpassed the 1,000 mark on Sept. 15.  The award was presented by Junior Varsity Head Coach Aimee Eshleman and Varsity Head Coach Angie Gaido.

____ On Nov. 6, Northern H.S. student athletes were recognized for their accomplishments this past fall season at Sports Awards banquets for Girls Volleyball, Girls and Boys cross country and Field Hockey. The volleyball squad finished 8-10 this year under head coach Angie Gaido. Allysha Bittinger was named MVP and Kaitlyn Gwozdecki won the Sportsmanship Award. Katlyn Smith won the Unsung Hero Award.
____ Third year letter winners included Allysha Bittinger and Taylor Brown. Second year letter winners were Maranda Gibb, Madeleine Lucas, Katlyn Smith and Lindsey Dunkle. First year letter winners included: Mariah Albert, Ashley Deardorff, Kaitlyn Gwozdecki, Madison Landis and Megan Hamm. Team manager Mariah Burnell earned a certificate.
____ Bittinger, a junior, was also named a Mid Penn Capital Division First Team All-Star and became the first Northern H.S. girls volleyball player to achieve 1,000 career assists. On September 14th against Hanover H.S., Bittinger set the mark. For the season, she had 256 assists and 70 aces. Taylor Brown who made 170 kills and had 74 blocks, was also named to the Capital Division First Team All-Stars. Katlyn Smith who had 364 passable digs off serves and 278 passable digs off attacks made the Capital Division Second Team All-Stars. Mariah Albert and Maranda Gibb were named Capital Division Honorable Mention.

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By Steven M. Nesbit

____ “I am currently deployed in southwest Afghanistan in Helmand province with the U.S.M.C. I am functioning as an anesthesiologist at a 2nd Echelon medical facility where we do emergency resuscitative surgery for patient stabilization so they can safely be flown to the next higher level of care. I am part of Charlie Surgical Company, CLB-1(Combat Logistics Battalion-1) from I-MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) out of Camp Pendleton.”
____ Zachary Ira Albert was born on April 9, 1979 in Harrisburg. His mother, Joan Albert, worked as an operating room nurse at Holy Spirit Hospital. His father, Barry Albert, worked as a product designer for Ames/True Temper. Jason, his younger brother by 3 years, works for Tyco Electronics as a safety officer and is also a volunteer fire fighter in Wellsville. Zach grew up in the same house his entire childhood. “My dad built that house. It was a rural setting,” he said. “I grew-up between a cattle farm and a Christmas tree farm.” The family enjoyed not having neighboring housing immediately next to their home. Zach took care of the pets. There were cats, ducks, and guinea pigs to look after. As far as chores were concerned, he mowed the lawn and did some house cleaning and laundry, too. During the holiday season, the family did what most American families do. They would travel to both the maternal and paternal grandparents’ homes for the holidays, and mostly visited the extended family – his mother’s sisters and all of their children.
____ As a teenager like most do, he enjoyed “hanging out with friends,” playing soccer most of the time, and working at Country Market Nursery. “I grew up when there were no cell phones,” he said. “I got my first cell phone after college while I was in medical school.” The Internet became widespread while he was an upperclassman. “Kids now have never known life without a cell phone, a tablet, and the Internet. I grew up typing my papers on a typewriter,” he remembered.

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Bringing Bibles to the bush:
Northern graduate is pastor in Uganda
By Carolyn Kimmel

While in Uganda, Jacob Witmer, his wife, Lana, and his mom Carolyn Witmer catch up on news from their hometown in the Dillsburg Banner. About 80% of Ugandans are farmers, but Jacob noted, “There is no Farmers Fair in Jinja!”

____ Although they lack many of the things that most Americans think they can’t live without – like electricity and running water – a Dillsburg native and his wife say they are enjoying life deep in the African bush.
____ “We sleep under mosquito nets (to help prevent malaria transmission) and usually have rice and beans most meals, but we are enjoying life, being well cared for without having so much that we feel isolated, if that makes sense,” said Jacob Witmer, who grew up in Monaghan Twp. and graduated from Northern High School in 1999.
____ Jacob and his wife, Lana, first went to Uganda in 2012 to work at an orphanage in the Kamuli district for five months. While there, they connected with another organization called Advancing the Kingdom Ministries. From that connection came their current assignment in the small city of Jinja, Uganda, where Jacob helps to pastor a church and Lana studies with a sustainable agriculture course hosted by Youth With a Mission. 

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