Print Edition Highlights - July 23, 2015
Rentention pond overflow floods area
By Peggie Williams
Photo by Curt Werner
The retention pond for the Mountain Crest development failed during the Saturday, June 20 tropical storm, damaging a Carroll Township resident’s yard and house.
____ Complaints about stormwater run-off damage dominated the July 13 Carroll Township supervisors meeting.
____ Curtis Hoover, 33 Dogwood Lane, informed supervisors that a retention pond for the Mountain Crest development had failed and the result had been damage to his yard and house. Hoover had been into the township office and researched the development plans and found that the pond, located at the intersection of Mountain Crest Road and Dogwood Lane, was inconsistent with what was on the plan. He wanted to know how that happened. Additionally he wanted to know who was responsible for the pond maintenance and what the township could do to remedy the situation.
____ Brad Pealer, 90 Spring Lane Road, had two complaints as there had been extensive damage to both sides of his property. To the east there was damage from the stormwater run-off from the Chadwick Meadows development. The Pealer family has been in dispute with the township several times over what they feel are development plans that were never properly followed as well as zoning decisions made by the township that allowed a neighbor to aggravate the situation.
____ To the west there was damage to the Pealer property from the construction area where the Spring Lane Road bridge is being replaced. Pealer blamed this on the construction company that removed the metal span of the bridge, but not the cement abutments, just prior to the storm. He claimed they should have had the common sense to know the abutments would collapse and dam up the stream under the force of heavy rain that was predicted. He also pointed out that what they were doing was different from the approved plan.
See the July 23, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Photo by Curt Werner
A driver lost control of his motorcycle near the intersection of Carlisle and Fickes roads, Wednesday evening, July 15, 6:42 p.m. in Warrington Township. The driver was taken to an area hospital. Wellsville Fire Company, fire police, Dillsburg Ambulance and Pa. State Police were on the scene.
By Mary Lou Bytof
____ Last Wednesday evening, a state-sponsored crisis intervention team held a debriefing for people who had witnessed or were affected by the murder-suicide at Flapjack’s Restaurant and Pub on July 2.
____At the request of the Carroll Township Police Department and the York County District Attorney, the Keystone Crisis Intervention Team (KCIT) sent counselors to meet with those who wished to seek help in dealing with the tragedy. The meeting was confidential and only for the community, not first responders or police personnel.
____“Approximately 13 people showed up for the meeting,” CTPD Sergeant David Smith estimated. The officer said he wasn’t permitted in the room with the witnesses and the crisis intervention team. Everything was kept confidential, he said.
See the July 23, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the July 23, 2015 edition:
-Community Calendar
-Obituaries
-Letters to the Editor
-Editorials
-Births
-20 years ago
-Classifieds
Print Edition Highlights - July 23, 2015
9-10 CBT squad powers to next level
By Andy Sandrik
Dillsburg Youth Baseball's Intermediate (50-70) All-Star team.
____Mark Yinger's 9-10 Dillsburg Clarence Boyd Tournament Team is hitting the ball on the screws. They're pitching well and making the plays in the field.
____It's only two games into the postseason for Yinger's boys, but they've quickly established themselves as one of the favorites to win the CBT.
____Dillsburg blasted its way through two rounds of pool play with a 23-6 victory over South Middleton on Friday and a 15-0 win over Carlisle White on Saturday. Yinger's team (2-0), which has already clinched a spot in the tournament's double-elimination bracket, was scheduled to wrap up pool play against Hanover on Wednesday.
____"Well, I think the boys are playing terrific. The best part is they're having fun," Yinger said. "The kids are really gelling together. They're cheering for each other, building each other up and doing a fine job. I'm having a fun time coaching them."
See the July 23, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Dillsburg Majors pull to within one game of Section 7 title
By Andy Sandrik
Photo by Curt Werner.
Dawson Ramp closes out the game as pitcher.
____ Dylan Merovich, manager of the Dillsburg Majors All-Stars, didn't have time this week to speak with the media about his team's performance at the Section 7 Tournament.
____ He was too busy celebrating with his ballclub.
____ There were plenty of reasons for Merovich's boys to party, with the No. 1 reason being they were within one game of qualifying for states when the Banner reached its press deadline.
____ Dillsburg opened sectionals on Saturday with an 8-5 win over Exeter, but were dumped 12-10 by Avon Grove on Sunday. Merovich's boys peeled themselves off the ground with a 12-7 victory over Exeter on Monday and got revenge with a 7-6 walkoff victory over Avon Grove on Tuesday.
____ Dillsburg (10-1), which has outscored its opponents 111-41, was scheduled to face off with Avon Grove on Wednesday in a winner-take-all game. A Section 7 banner and a trip to states were on the line.
See the July 23, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Wolf Tracks
The Joy of Hummingbirds
By Dave Wolf
Photos by Karen Wolf.
A Hummingbird at our feeder.
____ The most frequently viewed wildlife is in our backyard. I don’t mean down the road a few miles, or a visit to a local, state, or community owned park, but right out our kitchen window. I will never again moan and complain about the heat, rather I will bite my tongue and grin and bear it.
____ With the air conditioner cranked up on high, I can stand here at the window and watch a wide variety of birds, a few groundhogs, and even those pesky squirrels that devour sunflower seeds faster than my wife, Karen, can buy them. She tells me she gets a “good deal,” on most everything she buys, but at times the bird feeding bills rival the grocery bill, if I can display my literary license.
____ My wife’s scheme to keep the squirrels from devouring every ounce of sunflower seed is to mix it with safflower seeds. However, she voices her concern that the smaller birds do not like safflower, because they can’t break open the hard outer covering to feed on it.
I know that Grackles, Blackbirds and European Starling don’t like the stuff—a handful of birds that I can live without. But, our “fly-through” feeder is still full of songbirds that in time will get used to eating something different.
____ Now that the Grackles have moved on—at least for the moment—I enjoy every bird that visits those feeders. But, my all-time favorite is the Hummingbird. If you can’t get excited about Hummingbirds, check your pulse.
____ Last year we had a male and a female, and this year they apparently brought along “Junior.” These visitors are Ruby-throated Hummingbirds that breed here during the summer and are usually gone by mid-September.?
____ Hummingbirds are promiscuous: one male mates with more than one female. Males perform a pendulum-like aerial display to attract females. The birds will often use this same display to defend a food source such as a patch of flowers from other hummingbirds.
See the July 23, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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