Print Edition Highlights - October 15, 2015
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By Staff Report
Photo by Curt Werner.
2015 Farmers Fair Queen and Court. Pictured from left is Katherine Hixenbaugh, second runner-up; Amy Kimmel, Farmers Fair Queen and Mikayla Ickes, first runner-up.
____ Spelling out the things about Dillsburg that make it a special community – in words and in her paintings – Amy Kimmel celebrated the theme of this year’s pageant and was named the 2015 Farmers Fair Queen Monday night.
____ “What’s the first object that comes to mind upon hearing the word ‘Dillsburg’? For most it’s the iconic pickle,” Kimmel said, displaying the first of eight paintings she did – this one of a pickle – and talking about the long way that Dillsburg has come since Matthew Dill first settled here in 1740.
____ “But community is much more than statistics. Community is the people, the places, the relationships, the annual events and traditions that make the shared experience of life unique to this plot of land we call home,” she said as she commented on her paintings of things she associates with her community – a Northern Polar Bear paw, her church, a tractor that reminds her of her family’s agricultural roots, Dairy Queen where she works, an artist brush to symbolize her internship with the elementary art teacher.
____ In the end, she took a marker and showed how some part of each painting made a letter that eventually spelled the word “community.”
“As this chapter of my life comes to a close and I look back on the past, I could not be more grateful for the time spent growing up in Dillsburg and it will always hold a special place in my heart as my first home,” the Northern High School senior said.
See the October 15, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
100th Farmers Fair underway
By Carolyn Kimmel
Photo by Mark Ryder
Farmers Fair President Carl Shearer, right, receives a proclamation from Dillsburg Mayor Wendell Hollinger during opening ceremonies of the 100th Farmers Fair at the Community Hall Tuesday night.
____ A One hundred years in the making, the 2015 edition of Farmers Fair opened Tuesday night with special attention on the event’s long history.
____ “There’s a lot of excitement and I enjoy being the president for the 100th year,” said Carl Shearer with a wide smile. “It looks like good weather ahead – maybe cold – but we can take cold better than rain.”
____ Community Hall was already buzzing with volunteers, exhibitors and local officials gathered for the opening ceremony, which included the crowning of Fair Senior King and Queen Ralph and Ada McGregor, of Washington Township.
____ “The king and queen are selected based on their volunteer contributions to the community,” said Scott Shughart, director of the Dillsburg Senior Center, as he introduced the McGregors. “As the director of a non-profit, I know how critical volunteers are and they are maybe an element of civic life that sometimes get overlooked.”
____ The McGregors’ list of volunteerism is extensive, covering everything from education to agriculture. Ralph McGregor is a retired dairy farmer and Ada is a retired teacher. They raised five daughters on their farm just outside Kralltown.
____ “Ralph McGregor cares about the things that matter – family, faith, community and country –and is willing to act on those things,” said Patty McCandless, program director of the York County Agricultural Land Preservation Program. She spoke about McGregor’s service on the board, which to date, has preserved 271 farms and nearly 41,000 acres of land in York County.
See the October 15, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Curt Werner
Photos by Curt Werner
Firefighters comfort the driver who was trapped in his vehicle for over three hours with his legs pinned under the dashboard, after he lost control on Mountain Road, Latimore Township, crashing through the stone wall of a barn, landing in the basement.
____ “Vehicle into Building.”
____ That was the unusual traffic accident alert broadcast on Sunday, October 11, at 2:58 p.m.
____ The accident was on Mill Road/Mountain Road in Latimore Township. Gary Frice, 74, of Levittown, failed to make a left turn on Mountain Road and his mini-van slammed through the stone wall of a barn/mill that was built in the 1800's.
____ York Springs and Franklintown fire companies were the first to arrive. At first only a large hole in the building could be seen. A closer look showed taillights pointed upward and the mini-van lay vertical with fallen stone surrounding it. The front of the mini-van fell through the floor, landing in the basement level. Two large pillars in the basement stopped the van from falling further. The pillars holding the first floor became unstable. With Frice’s legs trapped under the dash of his vehicle, additional help was needed.
____ Many fire companies arrived along with ATR, Advanced Technical Rescue, from York, which specializes in building collapses. The road was lined with fire and rescue trucks. Life Lion landed only 50 yards away in a yard. Franklintown Firefighter/EMT Kaitlin Stough and Dillsburg EMS comforted Frice as he lay forward in his vehicle in the basement even though the ceiling could collapse further.
Photo by Curt Werner
First responders transport the wounded driver to a waiting Life Lion helicopter after he crashed his mini-van through the wall of a stone barn. The vehicle fell though the floor landing on its front bumper on the basement floor. It took three hours to free the victim.
See the October 15, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the October 15, 2015 edition:
-Community Calendar
-Obituaries
-Letters to the Editor
-Editorials
-Births
-20 years ago
-Classifieds
Print Edition Highlights - October 15, 2015
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times
Submitted by Jack Armstrong
Photo by Curt Werner
Northern's Rachel Eby challenges a Greencastle player for the ball Wednesday, October 7 in a 0 to 0 double over time win on senior night.
____It was just one of those days. Like when the electricity goes out overnight and your alarm clock doesn’t go off the morning of the big presentation. You awaken late and take a very quick, very cold shower. Shivering, you rush out the door only partially dressed to the car, losing a shoe and a wallet in the process. Aaargghh, it won’t start!
____You quickly locate your shoe and wallet strewn about the yard but it takes a good hour to find the jumper cables buried deep in the corner of the attic of the garage. Hurrying to work, you get pulled over going 45 in a 35. Oh, and you have brake light out. That will be $453.78 please. Have a nice day, citizen.
____Frantically, you screech to a halt at the office, but the only parking space available is in the next area code. A freak thunderstorm turns your umbrella inside out and ruins your best shoes (after Al Roker just got done taking a smiling selfie in front of yet another deadly natural disaster while promising it was going to be clear and dry in your neck of the woods).
____You sprint through the entrance, dripping wet and breathless, exactly 24 minutes late for the 9 a.m. meeting, only to see the annoying little company suck-up sitting beside the boss (a shining example of sheer incompetence and a result of the most egregious form of nepotism, the boss’s clueless, irritating, waste-of-perfectly-good-oxygen nephew) laughing and glad-handing with your biggest client. He is already 95% of the way toward stealing the account.
See the October 15, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Northern High School earns highest score of season
Photo by Curt Werner
The NHS Marching Band and Color Guard perform at the “Northern Lights” Tournament of Bands competition at Bostic Stadium Oct. 10.
____ The sound of drums could be heard echoing throughout Dillsburg Saturday night as a Tournament of Bands Competition hosted by Northern York County School District got underway at Bostic Stadium.
____ Northern's own Middle School Band opened the evening's events with a performance of the Star Spangled Banner amidst the backdrop of a colorful fall sky. With food from the concession stand and hot chocolate in hand, fans in the crowded bleachers enjoyed nine bands from as far away as Cumberland, Maryland, including our own Northern High School Marching Band in Exhibition.
____ The bands performed a combination of music, movement and artistry with a wide variety of themes including "The Lion King," "Escape from Pompeii," and "Russian Soundscape".
See the October 15, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Wolf Tracks
A trip that fills both camera cards and memories
By Dave Wolf
Photo by Karen Wolf.
A bull elk dubbed “King of the Hill.”
____ We go later than normal this year. We’ve heard of the crowds, and the changes on the “hill.”
____ But, a year without hearing a bull bugle is like a year without sunshine.
____ As the time on the clock ticks forward, change is expected, but not always welcome. Ginger called to tell us her bed and breakfast was for sale. We were stunned; we had been staying with her at the Bennett House Bed and Breakfast for years. However, when we spoke with her we understood; it was simply too much work for one person. Ginger is a woman whose glowing reputation is known everywhere we go.
____ If you’re interested in purchasing her establishment, or simply want to stay one more time, give her a call at 814-787-4842. Just to warn you though, her bookings are limited, and she will be closing in early December.
____ So we depart with little knowledge of what we might find. Would the hill still be worth a visit, and would we find the Visitor Center to be as crowded as reported? What about those elk that had been hanging around the area? Would they still be there?
See the October 15, 2015 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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