Print Edition Highlights - August 6, 2015

National Night Out
Community event fosters good will
By Mary Lou Bytof

Photo by Curt Werner
The crowd watches as Life Lion takes off Tuesday night from Logan Field during National Night Out.

____ Sunny weather, good food and a variety of games, prizes and exhibits helped to make this year’s National Night Out a success.
____ Sponsored by the Carroll Township Police Department and the Dillsburg Area Business Association, the Tuesday evening event featured a family-style cookout, exhibits by community organizations and local and county law enforcement agencies and lots of raffles and prizes.
____ “It was a pain to get it all done,” organizer Sgt. David Smith of the CTPD said of the event, “But once it’s done and you see all the people enjoying the picnic, it’s a lot of fun.”
____ According to Sgt. Smith, attendees had consumed at least 1,200 hamburgers and 1,200 hotdogs by 8 p.m. The department had ordered 1,500 hamburgers and 1,500 hot dogs for the event. Stroehman’s bakery donated 2,000 hamburger rolls and 2,000 hotdog rolls, he said.
____ Another winner at the picnic was the homemade baked macaroni and cheese. Pam Trump-Ulrich baked 18 pans of the mac and cheese in the Dillsburg fire hall for the event.
____ Walmart donated the ingredients, Smith said.

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Print Edition Highlights - August 6, 2015

Athletic Department wins prestigious award
By Joe Guty


Photo by Curt Werner
The Northern High School Athletic Department received the Exemplary Program Award from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. In photo is Director of Athletics Gerry Schwille.

____The Northern High School Athletic Department is proud to announce they have become the first school in Pennsylvania to receive the Exemplary Program Award from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. This award recognizes and evaluates a school’s interscholastic athletic program in the areas of philosophy, education compatibility, mentoring, risk management, access equity, budget and fund raising, assessment, technology, sports medicine and innovation and creativity. A minimum score must be obtained in all ten categories.
____After reviewing the documentation submitted by Gerry Schwille, Director of Athletics, the committee awarded Northern this prestigious award. Mr. Don Bales, QPA Coordinator of the NIAAA stated, “this complete application was the easiest of any I have ever assessed because the documentation was so accessible via hyperlinks, websites, manuals, codes and policies and procedures and so substantive.”
____In announcing the award, the NIAAA Director Bruce Whitehead and Bales wrote: “The NIAAA embraces local school innovation and vision that makes use of suggested best practices in high school athletic programs. The Northern High School athletic programs, its athletic director, principal, superintendent and school board truly deserve to be congratulated and recognized for implementing and supporting an outstanding athletic program and a commitment to continuous improvement.”

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Dillsburg 9-10 CBT squad overcomes adversity, claims District 14 crown
By Andy Sandrik


Photo by Curt Werner
Players’ names in team photo: not in order, Ryland Yinger, Josh Danz, A.J. Mixell, Connor Taylor, Austin Peachey, Elias Santos, Joe Santos, Abe Middaugh, Layne Hose, Ryan Cromer and Jase Johnston. Manager Mark Yinger and Asst. Coaches Allen Mixell and Todd Peachey. Missing in photo is Micah Reiff.
The Dillsburg 9 to 10-year-olds had to win two, back-to-back games against Greencastle to win the CBT championship. The team won on Friday, July 31 and came through on Saturday, August 1, winning 12 to 4 at the Carlisle Little League Field.

____ Shortly before Dillsburg's 9-10 Clarence Boyd Tournament team began play in the tourney's double-elimination bracket, manager Mark Yinger wanted to talk to his team about one thing: Adversity.
____ Sure, Dillsburg was undefeated at the time, but with tougher opponents on the horizon, Yinger wanted to make certain his team was ready for any situation.
____ It turns out that Yinger's boys did face some adversity, which came in the form of a 14-10 loss to Greencastle on Wednesday. It put Dillsburg in a do-or-die situation, but Yinger's squad responded with composure and clutch performances.
____ Dillsburg followed up its loss to Greencastle with an 8-2 win over Spring Grove on Thursday in the bounceback bracket to set the stage for a rematch. Yinger's boys won a hotly-contested 11-8 gave over Greencastle on Friday before finishing the job with a 12-4 rout over Greencastle on Saturday.
____ Dillsburg, which outscored its opponents 104-37, ends its season with a 7-1 record and a District 14 CBT championship.
____ "We talked about adversity and what to do when it happens," Yinger said. "When we lost Wednesday, there was no crying. It was back to work. Going into the championship round knowing we had to win twice against them could have been intimidating.

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Wolf Tracks
One Fox; a lot of questions.
By Dave Wolf


Photos by Karen Wolf.
The sickly looking red fox that led to all the questions.

____ The fox was zig-zagging down the country road near our home, according to my wife Karen. It was late morning on a steamy hot day. Because both red and gray foxes are mainly nocturnal, it seemed a little odd that this red fox was out and about during the day. Karen popped the memory card from her camera and asked me to look at her photos closely. Perhaps it had been struck by a car, or maybe it was sick. But after looking at it closely, I could find no signs of anything unusual.
____ However, it would have taken a complete physical exam to be certain. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), “Foxes may be afflicted with many parasites, including ticks, fleas, lice, mites, flukes and worms. Reds seem to be more susceptible to “mange” than gray foxes. Both species can contract rabies. Diseases and parasites strike foxes the hardest when they overpopulate an area; this is nature’s way of managing an excessive population.”
____ Despite the fact that I had photographed a young red fox years ago, during broad daylight, as it chased mice through an open field, I was still a little suspicious. Although I’ll never forget the day that red ran into me while pursuing those mice, giving me the opportunity to watch it devour one; this fox was older by at least a few months. They are intelligent predators, with extremely sharp senses of sight, smell and hearing (A fox can hear a mouse squeal at about 150 feet), according to the PGC. Red and gray foxes are small, agile carnivores belonging to the same family (Canidae) as the dog, coyote and wolf, and both are found throughout Pennsylvania.

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