Print Edition Highlights - November 19, 2015
Demolition work began last month at the Learning Center (the former Northern High School and Middle School) to make way for administration offices. Behind the wheel, Dr. Eric Eshbach, superintendent of the Northern York County School District, receives a quick lesson from Matt Slabonik, BWB Demolition, on taking the first crack in knocking down the building. Lobar, Inc. is in charge of the project.
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Cumberland County Dairy Princess, Morgan Brymesser, was crowned the 59th Pennsylvania First Alternate Dairy Princess. Morgan would like to remind everyone to get “3-Every-Day of dairy!”
____ Cumberland County Dairy Princess, Morgan Brymesser, was crowned the 59th Pennsylvania First Alternate Dairy Princess in September, after a three-day competition with 28 county dairy princesses.
____ Morgan, the 17-year-old daughter of Mike and Michele Brymesser, was crowned by outgoing first alternate Carly Foose of Lancaster County.
____ Contestants were judged on public speaking, dairy industry knowledge, poise and personality. Each contestant prepared a speech, presentation, radio spot, and poster display promoting milk and dairy products; submitted a scrapbook of promotion activities; took a dairy industry knowledge quiz and participated in an interview with a panel of four judges.
____ Morgan won the best traditional scrapbook and the poster competition and was runner-up in the speech and radio spot competitions.
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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
By Peggie Williams
____ The need for changes to the Franklin Township nuisance junk ordinance became the center of discussions early in the November 11 supervisor meeting.
____ A recent court case between South Mountain Road neighbors, the Westbrooks and Calamans was decided by Judge Richard Thomas.
Calaman’s attorney Kathleen Gingerich said her clients prevailed in the case because the ordinance was outdated and did not apply to the tires that are delineating the Calaman’s property line.
____ The Westbrook family agreed with Gingerich’s assessment and asked that the ordinance be changed to include tires, so they could eventually get them removed from the line between the two properties.
____ Township solicitor Bret Shaffer said it might not be the entire ordinance that needs to be changed, but there might be a need for a separate ordinance regarding tires which many other townships have. He will do more research. He also mentioned that the age of the ordinance had little to do with its effectiveness, but that ordinances tended to be more effective the more they are used. “Courts don’t take them as seriously, if they’re not used,” he said.
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By Carolyn Kimmel
Patrick Andrews, Ashley Bittner and Kayla Miller serve the apple-squash crisp.
____ Whenever Northern High School senior BreeAnna Powell sees a classmate chowing down on a mushroom burger at lunch, she feels a special sense of pride.
____ “I love seeing the things I grow in class go to the cafeteria!” she said. “Farm to School is amazing.”
____ For those who don’t know, Farm to School is a program aimed at helping children learn about where food comes from and make healthier choices while also creating new markets for local and regional farmers.
____ At Northern’s garden, students grow shiitake mushrooms, among other things, that are harvested and given to the cafeteria to make things like wild rice cream of mushroom bisque and mushroom burgers.
____ Northern High School's agriculture students and FFA members are busy throughout the year in the school garden and in the FFA Harvest Club, whose members pick produce from the district's 22 garden beds and glean produce from local farmers’ fields.
____ “This is food that would otherwise be lost because the farmer has so much of it that it would just rot in the fields,” said Carol Richwine, agriculture teacher at Northern High School. “Kids work, see how it’s produced, glean it and see that they are helping feed the community.”
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Also in the November 19, 2015 edition:
-Community Calendar
-Obituaries
-Letters to the Editor
-Editorials
-Births
-20 years ago
-Classifieds
Print Edition Highlights - November 19, 2015
Polar Bears to meet Crusaders
By Joe Guty
Photo by Curt Werner.
Northern's running back, Michael Kearney, follows his blocker, Bobby Shelly, for a nice gain. On Friday, Nov. 13, the Northern football team took one step closer in district play defeating York Suburban 30 to 16.
____Facing a big play team in York Suburban last Friday night, the Northern H.S. football team displayed some fireworks of their own as they crafted a 30-16 opening round playoff victory. The District 3, Class AAA opener at Bostic Field was not without challenges like the one from Mother Nature.
____With steady winds at 10 mph and wind gusts up to 26 mph out of west, at one point the ball was suspended and started to move backwards on a kick off. With their first playoff win in eight years, Northern improved to 8-3 on the year and earned a trip across the Susquehanna to face top seeded Bishop McDevitt (10-1) this Friday night, Nov. 20. Kick off time is 7 p.m. at Rocco Ortenzio Stadium located at 1 Crusader Way in Harrisburg.
____Against York Suburban, the Polar Bears had one of their finest efforts when it mattered.
____We ran the ball like we have all season and the guys up front made some really nice blocks in key moments," said head coach Greg Bowman. "It was a true team effort tonight and at times this season when everyone has put forth their best effort, we've proven to be a good football team."
____Defensively, while giving up a 94-yard touchdown catch, the Polar Bears kept Northeastern in check. The stats showed Northern with 355 total yards and the Trojans with 347, but like they say in golf, it's what matters on the scorecard after 18 holes. In this case, after four quarters, the scoreboard showed that the Polar Bears earned the right to move on in Districts.
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Bittinger and Brown named District All-Stars
By Joe Guty
Photo by Mark Ryder.
Field Hockey awards: Unsung Hero Award went to Emma Kauffman, MVP to Annalise Armstrong and the Sportsmanship Award to Candace Gerber.
____The accolades continue for a pair of Northern H.S. girls' volleyball seniors. Ally Bittinger was recently named to the First Team on the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association (PVCA) District 3, Class AA Girls' All-Star Team. Lady Polar Bear teammate Taylor Brown was named as a PVCA District 3, Class AA Second Team All-Star. Last month, Bittinger and Brown were both named to the First Team on the Mid Penn Capital Division All Star Team.
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Wolf Tracks
By Dave Wolf
Photo by Dave Wolf.
Only a pheasant startled the author on his latest adventure.
____ In the mountainous regions of Pennsylvania, there are areas known as “flats.” Flats usually consist of lookalike trees that never grow to large proportions. I once ended up miles from my car, after following a trail to a mountaintop where I had never hunted before.
There was a blanket of freshly fallen snow, and although I found no evidence of boots, I did find deer tracks that led me upward and onward. I have pursued deer in the past and getting above them has often resulted in a harvest. As I followed the fresh tracks, I did find deer, but they either caught my scent or a glimpse of me before I saw them. I had matches in a waterproof container and a few candy bars in my pockets, but nothing else.
____ It seems that when I’m in pursuit, I lose track of where I am and what time it is. I knew I was close to those deer because I had found a few beds that were recently vacated. The snow was melted in them and, when I took off my glove, the bed was warm to the touch. I never gave thought to the fact that if I did find a buck and take it, it would have to be removed from the woods. Heck, it would be all downhill and that snow would certainly help.
____ Thoughts of the time I had taken a large doe and gotten her out just as darkness fell came to mind. I slid her down a steep incline and literally ran smack dab into my vehicle. At the time, I was relieved in both the fact that I had found my car, and that no one was there to see me slide beneath it. I could live with the skinned shin I suffered.
____ Following the setting sun helps if it isn’t snowing and overcast, but right now clouds were blocking my view. The snow intensified and the winds began to howl, filling in the tracks I was following. Darkness was beginning to descend rapidly and my plan to simply “back-track” myself was losing its muster. My tracks were filling in as quickly as those of the deer I had been following.
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Northern High School students wearing “Tackle Together” shirts to promote awareness of breast cancer research.
____ Northern’s DECA chapter capped a three-week long Breast Cancer Awareness campaign by holding a “pink out” at the football game on October 16.
____ DECA sold pink tie-dyed t-shirts which depicted a football and the words “Tackle Together.” Northern “Nation” filled the student section with a sea of pink and hearts full of school pride. A donation of $1,800 was made to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
____ The chapter’s goal was to promote unity and awareness for a worthy cause through sales and marketing tactics taught in the classroom. DECA seniors Emily Fanton, Savannah Furlow, and Rachel Hennessy undertook a community service project. The students had to contact a company, work with designers and have the shirts shipped from Texas in time for the special game.
____ DECA is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service. The organization prepares leaders and entrepreneurs for careers and education in marketing, finance, hospitality, management and other business areas.
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