Print Edition Highlights - August 13, 2015
Delayed Spring Lane Road bridge replacement draws ire
By Peggie Williams
Photo by Curt Werner
Replacement of the Spring Lane Road bridge has been delayed due to power line issues.
____ Word that the Spring Lane Road bridge replacement project was delayed brought on an outcry from the audience and charges of incompetence against the contractor and township officials during the August Carroll Township supervisors meeting.
____ The delay is being caused by Met-Ed’s refusal to depower and lower the electric lines to allow the bridge span to be dropped into place. Power will need to be rerouted to make sure no service is interrupted, but this will not be done until Sept 8 to 10 because the lines that will be used for the reroute are not strong enough to carry the power demand during air conditioning season.
____ The lines were not an issue before they were moved in conjunction with the widening of Route 74 and the installation of a new signal at the Camp Ground Road intersection. It was hoped that the lines would not be moved before the bridge was done.
____ Resident Deana Weaver wanted to know who dropped the ball at the township level by not properly coordinating the schedule to get the bridge in before the lines were moved.
____ Supervisor Bruce Trostle told her they had no control over Met-Ed.
____ Township engineer Ryan Rhoades agreed. “Met-Ed tells you what to do,” he said.
____ Other concerns of incompetence were brought up. Brad Walters, Spring Lane Road resident and a commercial contractor for more than 30 years, wanted to know who was doing the compaction test and who thought it was a good idea to use stone as footers in a stream project.
See the August 13, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Youth Impact Project
Helping to get children ready for school
By Kate McGlynn
Photo by Curt Werner
Families select supplies from tables filled with shoes and other items needed for the new school year.
____ On Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1, local churches, businesses, and organizations joined forces for the second annual Youth Impact Project for families with children getting ready to go back to school.
____ The Youth Impact Project, formerly called Project Big Love 717, was held at Northern High School, and provided 2,800 people supplies needed to help their kids succeed.
____ Holding an event like the Youth Impact Project is no easy task, but Executive Director Ken Landis and his leadership team rose to the challenge.
____ Their first step was to contact local churches, businesses and civic organizations like the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs to garner support. Then they made a list of anyone else they could contact and invite to be a part of their mission and the project grew.
____ “The cool thing about it was thinking about how to work together,” said Landis, “and bring together a bunch of people’s ideas.”
See the August 13, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Drainage problems continue
By Peggie Williams
____ Franklintown Borough council tried to assure resident Stan McGee that the issues with Cabin Hollow Road run-off draining into his driveway were addressed, but after more than five years of requesting the problem be resolved McGee could not help but loudly voice his frustrations.
____ In the past, council has tried to roll the job into other street work that needs to be done in the borough, but they have not been able to find anyone to do the work. When they couldn’t get a bid for the road work this year, they tried to find someone to take care of the McGee driveway separately, but to this point no one has been found.
____ “Winter’s coming and if you don’t soon do something, it’ll be another year,” McGee told them. He expressed his regret over letting them put the drainage swale on his property in the first place. “It was never done right and I should have never allowed it.”
____ How to fix all the quickly-deteriorating roads in the borough was not resolved at this meeting either. Solicitor James Robinson had been asked to find the procedure the borough should follow when no bids came in. He reported that there was no procedure in the borough code. His only suggestion was that perhaps they should join with a neighboring township and bid with them. Borough secretary Kasey Baumgardner was instructed to contact Franklin Township, their neighboring township, and see what could be worked out.
____ Drainage issues along Water Street, Cabin Hollow and Baltimore Street have been looked at and council is waiting on a bid for that. It was suggested that maybe State Rep. Mike Regan could help them get some funding to take care of that.
See the August 13, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the August 13, 2015 edition:
-Community Calendar
-Obituaries
-Letters to the Editor
-Editorials
-Births
-20 years ago
-Classifieds
Print Edition Highlights - August 13, 2015
Wolfpack finishes one win shy of finals
By Andy Sandrik
Photo by Curt Werner
Wolfpack pitcher Scott Leitholf fires a fast ball against a New Cumberland batter.
The Dillsburg Wolfpack almost pulled off the game of the year against New Cumberland on Sunday, August 9, at New Cumberland in the West Shore Twilight Baseball semi playoff for the championship. The Wolfpack was down three games in the best of seven. They came roaring back winning three in a row putting the New Cumberland Team on the ropes. The seventh game ended with a 5 to 3 score in favor of New Cumberland.
____Dillsburg Wolfpack was six runs down and three outs away from being swept in the West Shore Twilight Baseball League's best-of-seven semifinal series against New Cumberland last week.
____Harry Sanders' boys, hampered with injuries and key players on vacation, were pretty much resigned to the fact that their season was over.
____But then something strange, almost magical, happened. Dillsburg rallied for seven runs in its final at-bats to win in walkoff fashion.
____The Wolfpack didn't win the WSTBL championship, but it was a victory these players and fans will be talking about for years to come.
____"I don't even remember because it was just so amazing how it evolved," Sanders said. "I was just sitting there and not believing what was happening. It was incredible.
____"The kids went nuts. They were ready to pack it in and go swimming. Then, all of a sudden, here we are."
____Before the unlikely 7-6 victory, Dillsburg was on the verge of being humiliated by the regular-season champion Tigers. New Cumberland defeated the Wolfpack 6-2 on Monday, 5-1 on Tuesday and 10-2 on Wednesday.
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Polar Bears make big splash
By Jack Armstrong
Photo by Sharon Armstrong
Lady Bears reign triumphant at Messiah camp. Back row from left are Mikayla Ickes, Kelly Donaldson, Emma Kauffman, Candace Gerber, Carly Speese, Annalise Armstrong, Nicole Jaquette, Diana Willman; front row, Abi Kennedy, Morgan Landis, Taylor Hoverter, Kathryn Armstrong, Ashlyn Aumiller and Elayna Barton. Not pictured is Kat Hixenbaugh.
____ We interrupt this steady stream of summer baseball broadcasting to bring you this live, local and late-breaking field hockey news. We know that many of you have been anxiously counting the weeks, days, hours, minutes and, yes, even the seconds until you were provided the opportunity to witness our heroines in action again.
____ Well, just when you felt you couldn’t stand it anymore, your patience has been rewarded and your prayers have finally been answered. Northern Nation was treated to its first glimpse of the 2015 edition and a pleasant sight it was. Team camp this year was held at Messiah College, which hosted 15 Lady Bears who did themselves and the program proud.
____ During a week of training in the July heat, they were dispersed onto two teams, making consistent and significant contributions to each. Both ended up ascending the podium at the end of the week. In the final tournament, the team featuring Kathryn Armstrong, Carly Speese, Emma Kauffman, Morgan Landis, Kelly Donaldson, Mikayla Ickes and Kat Hixenbaugh brought home the bronze while Ashlyn Aumiller, Abi Kennedy, Annalise Armstrong, Candace Gerber, Diana Willman, Elayna Barton, Nicole Jaquette and Taylor Hoverter et al. captured the gold. The narrow 2-1 win was due in large part to Aumiller’s timely goal in the championship. Annalise Armstrong was awarded the prize for the best skills overall and was joined on the All-Star team by Kat Hixenbaugh, Kennedy and as the sole underclassman representative for the entire camp, Kathryn Armstrong. Emma Strouse was notably absent from team camp but had a very good excuse. She was playing in the prestigious National Club Championships with her club and returned polishing a silver medal. The Bears will next be in action when the pre-season schedule begins with an official scrimmage against Dover at 4:15, home on August 25th. Hopefully, this week of team victories, shiny hardware and well-earned individual accolades is a foretaste of glory to come for this fall. We now return you to your regularly-scheduled hardball programming.
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Wolf Tracks
Is it your gear or is it you?
By Dave Wolf
Photos by Dave Wolf.
A groundhog presents a “do not shoot” situation; notice the rocks behind it!
____ As the cursor blinks on a blank page that begs for words, my mind wanders and sifts through all the possibilities. It’s August for goodness sake, and most are tending to more important things, so that when hunting season finally arrives, they’ll be ready. But, of course they’ll never be totally prepared…life just isn’t that way.
____ The more structured you become, the more often you’ll find a flaw. If you’re like me, you will kick yourself, or like some other people often do, put the blame on something, or someone else. There are not many excuses I haven’t heard over the years. “My fishing line broke, as I was reeling in the largest fish of my angling career—junky line.” Truth be known, the line had not been changed in years, and of course the fish was so far from the angler that he couldn’t even identify the species.
____ I know this to be true because he brought the reel and line to me. The drag was so tight it could have pulled a tractor trailer. The line was so old, there was white flaky stuff flying everywhere as I spooled it off the reel. Inside, the gears of the reel hadn’t been lubricated for as long as the angler owned it. The only thing I had no inkling of was how big, or what species of fish he had tugging on the end of his line. I did note that there was a ‘pig tail’ at the end of the line, meaning that the knot was poorly tied.
____ Maybe I could have pointed out a few of these things to the man, but he wasn’t in the mood to take suggestions; he had already decided it wasn’t his fault. This isn’t to say that equipment doesn’t fail—it does. Broken bail springs, poor drag systems and lines that have been on the shelf for years are all susceptible to failure.
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