Print Edition Highlights - August 27, 2015
Red Land for an LLWS title ... why not?
By Andy Sandrik
Photo by Curt Werner
Running on air. Red Land's third base coach waves Braden Kolmansberger around third base to score a run in the top of the third inning against Webb City during the Little League World Series Friday, August 21 at Lamade Stadium, South Williamsport. Red Land defeated Midwest Webb City, Missouri 18 to 0 in four innings to a packed stadium.
____ Baseball is deep in Dillsburg and the surrounding area.
____ So it should come as no surprise that a team less than 20 minutes away from Pickletown is contending for a Little League World Series championship.
____ That team, of course, is Red Land. The boys from Lewisberry come from a program that fought tooth and nail with the Dillsburg Youth Baseball league during the regular season.
____ The future Patriots have been undefeated this postseason and as of Sunday, were just one win away from advancing to the U.S. championship game.
____ The Red Land boys have gotten to live in South Williamsport's Little League Village. They've played in front of more than 30,000 fans at Lamade Stadium and in front of millions more on TV. Red Land star Cole Wagner has been a media darling.
____ The team, managed by Tom Peifer, deserves every bit of credit it gets. They conquered District 6, Section 4, Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic and most recently, Missouri and South Carolina at the LLWS.
____ Pennsylvania has been waiting 25 years for this. The state hasn't had a U.S. national champion since Shippensburg in 1990. Red Land has gone with the slogan, "Why not us?" for the LLWS.
See the August 27, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Commemorative quilt is all sewn up
Raffle tickets for quilt are now on sale at MANEtenance Barber Styling shop and Maple Shade Gift Shop
By Peggie Williams
Photo by Curt Werner.
Maple Shade Quilters and members of the Fiber Arts Group of NYCHAPS from left are Sue Martin, Sherry Morgan, Maggie Bernholz, Mary Voorhees, Winni Flynn AND Kimberly Tucker.
____ The idea to make a commemorative quilt for the 100th anniversary of Farmers Fair sprang from a conversation at the Tucker residence in the fall of 2013. And while Paul Tucker, the vice president of Farmers Fair committee can’t remember who actually put the idea into words, it might have been was inevitable that the idea would come to mind in the Tucker house since his wife, Kimberly, is a long time member of the Maple Shade (formerly Dillsburg Library) Quilters.
____ It wasn’t long before the quilt’s design took form and in early 2014 a call went out to the community to help make the blocks that would form this tribute to a long lived community event.
____ But it was another 18 months before the finished project was turned over to the committee.
____ Maple Shade Quilters representative Sherry Morgan described a quilt is a series of blocks sewn together to make a series of larger blocks until you reach the size need and then you have a quilt top. The top is then backed with a fluffy batting which is backed with a solid seat of fabric and the three layers are held together with stitches that pierce all three layers.
____ For the Farmers Fair quilt, the 48 individual blocks represent different aspects of the event from the crops that are judged like apples, honey and pumpkins to the activities that are offered at the fair like antique car and tractor shows, ice cream churn-offs and parades.
Morgan said a list of possible blocks was compiled in the beginning, but she was amazed with some of the other ideas that were put forth and ultimately used by people who wanted to do a block. One block incorporated the actual ribbons won at the fair.
____ The overall design is not quite the original one. Morgan, who has been involved with dozens of community quilts, explains that is usually the case with community block quilts. Even though instructions are handed out and sometimes fabric often the blocks sizes aren’t quite the same and the colors aren’t quite what you expected. “It’s like a puzzle and you make it work because the important part of a community quilt is that the community gets to contribute,” she said. In this case, 26 people contributed blocks.
See the August 20, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
District hires new teachers
By Mary Lou Bytof
____ As the Northern York County School District prepares to open its doors to students on Monday, August 31, Vangie Unti, supervisor of administrative services, gets to take a break. Unti was busy this summer interviewing potential candidates and hiring a number of new teachers.
____ Last week, the school board approved the hiring of four teachers who were introduced at the August 20 board meeting.
____ The new teachers at Northern Elementary this year are Carly Lyon, who will be teaching the extended day kindergarten class at a salary of $41,770. She is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. Connie Shuff, a graduate of Messiah College and Shippensburg University, joins the staff as a half-time reading specialist at a salary of $30,484.24 for 60% time plus per diem for full in-service days. Shuff had taught kindergarten at Wellsville Elementary several years ago.
____ Hannah Lane is a new sixth grade reading teacher at Northern Middle School with a salary of $41,770. She is a graduate of nearby Messiah College and Dallastown High School.
See the August 27, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the August 27, 2015 edition:
-Community Calendar
-Obituaries
-Letters to the Editor
-Editorials
-Births
-20 years ago
-Classifieds
Print Edition Highlights - August 27, 2015
Photo by Curt Werner
Northern's defense tackles a West York runner.
____On Saturday, August 22, the Northern Football Team scrimmaged West York at Bostic Field.
See the August 27, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Tennis squad to face Rockets
By Joe Guty
Photo by Curt Werner
The Junior Varsity and Varsity tennis team with Coaches Rob Heisey and Lee Wilson.
____ Capping a busy week, Northern travels to James Buchanan H.S. this Friday in girls high school tennis action. With 27 players this season, the Lady Polar Bears began the 2015 campaign in a non-league match on Monday at New Oxford (August 24). They also had games scheduled against Red Land on Tuesday (August 25) before facing Cedar Cliff on Thursday (August 27).
"The team has been practicing hard and are ready for the first week of the season," said Head Coach Lee Wilson who is now in his 21st year as Northern's tennis coach.
Northern has many new faces this season due to the graduation of six of the top eight players. They will play in the Mid Penn Keystone Division. The format will remain the same this year with three singles and two doubles matches being played. Coach Heisey returns for his third year as JV coach.
"There is no repeating of players so the matches will have seven players," added Wilson. "Positions are closely contested this year but the lineup for the first week will feature freshman Kali Augherbaugh, sophomore Sarah Fleming and senior Sierra Hunter. Doubles teams will feature senior Kaylee Deavor, sophomore Kasey Griffiths, senior Carly Burns, and senior Claudia Haak. Senior Amber Smith will also see doubles play this year. Completing the team roster are seniors: Sarah Berry, Jamie Cashman, Sandra Diller, Bailey Hipp, Amy Kimmel, and Rae Anne Mummert. The junior class includes: Ellie Santos and Carissa Weaver. Sophomores include Shey Evans, Sydney Horvath, Maria Kearney, Hannah Kreiger and Alison Pajada. Freshmen include: Jacqueline Bell, Brooke Breon, Kim-Ann Johnson, Taylor Kunkle, Olivia Shea and Audra White.
See the August 27, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
NYFC opens season with mixed results
By Andy Sandrik
Photo by Curt Werner
Midgets team.
Photo by Curt Werner
The 2015 Ponies team.
Photo by Curt Werner
The 2015 Smurfs team.
____ There were ups and downs and smiles and frowns.
____ It was that kind of day at Bostic Field on Saturday for Northern Youth Football and Cheer's CFA season opener against Middletown.
____ The NYFC Smurfs unofficially earned a win over the Blue Raiders before the Peewees took the field and claimed a 21-0 victory. ____ Middletown broke out of the deep freeze with a 29-0 win in the Pony game and a 48-14 triumph in the Midget contest.
Northern's Peewees are alone in first place in the CFA National Conference's Division III ahead of Hummelstown (0-1), New Cumberland (0-1), Hershey (0-1) and Cedar Cliff (0-1).
____ The Polar Bears' Pony team trails New Cumberland (1-0) and Cedar Cliff (1-0) and is tied with Hummelstown (0-1) and Hershey (0-1).
____ The NYFC Midgets are behind division leaders New Cumberland (1-0) and Hershey (1-0) and are tied with Cedar Cliff (0-1) and Hummelstown (0-1).
____ Northern will look for more consistency on Saturday when it travels to open its division schedule at Hershey. The Smurfs begin at 3 p.m., followed by the Peewees at 4, Ponies at 5:30 and Midgets at 7.
____ Rosters have arrived for both football and cheerleading and are included in this week's story.
See the August 27, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Wolf Tracks
As two agencies try to recruit our youth, the Game Commission seeks a license increase
By Dave Wolf
Photo by Dave Wolf.
Hawks are the responsibility of the Game Commission.
____ For most, it’s the last gasp of summer. Actually, with no set date for summer’s end, Labor Day is considered the last of the sultry, steamy days.
____ As the days grow shorter and the weather chills, many will focus their attention on hunting, and perhaps the fact that the Game Commission is seeking a license increase. At $20.70 for residents, the cost of hunting and furtaker licenses in Pennsylvania is far lower than in many states. Also, unlike many of those out-of-state wildlife agencies, the Game Commission does not receive any general fund revenue for wildlife management.
____ The fees for hunting and furtaker licenses have not increased in Pennsylvania since 1999, and during that time, the Game Commission’s personnel costs have increased by $32 million, despite a decrease in the number of personnel.
____ Yes, the adult license which allows you to hunt small game animals and harvest a buck, is only $20.70. But, if you consider that you will also need a license for special “hunting privileges” such as: furbearers, black bear, archery (if you care to hunt with a bow,) muzzleloader, a second Spring Gobbler Tag, migratory birds, not to include the Federal Duck Stamp, and finally an antlerless license. When all of these are added, the price tag rounds out to be close to $110.00 and if you wish to apply for an elk tag, the price is about $120.00.
____ Remember that leases to gas and oil interests have helped the Commission, and as always timber rights generate income too, but how stable these two resources are is still anyone’s guess.
____ A license fee increase would need to be approved by the state General Assembly and Gov. Tom Wolf and the Game Commission have said if an increase is not approved soon, they will have to make significant cuts to personnel and programs.
____ It will prove interesting to see how well the Game Commission fares with a budget that hasn’t passed at the time of this writing. There is power in numbers, and with less than a million license buyers in the state, this is one request, although not part of the overall state budget, may not get approved for 2016.
See the August 27, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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