Photo by Curt Werner

Fire personnel and police investigate the scene after a tractor trailer and school bus collided at the intersection of Bentz Mill and Ridge road, Washington Township, Tuesday evening, Nov. 19. Wellsville Fire Company, fire police, EMS and Pa. State Township Police were on the scene. There were no childen on the bus, and no injuries were reported.

Collision turns hillside yellow

Spilled corn from the overturned tractor trailer blankets the hillside.

Photo by Curt Werner

Lisa and John Richardson unveil a bronze statue of "The Quiet Reader" during a dedication ceremony of the Jordan Richardson Reading Garden last month.

Statue unveiled

The dedication ceremony of the Jordan Richardson Reading Garden was held last month at the Dillsburg Public Library.

Following brief remarks, Lisa and Jordan Richardson unveiled the statue of "The Quiet Reader," created by Dillsburg sculptor Chad Fisher.

This reading garden was initiated in rememberence of their son, Jordan Richardson, a Dillsburg native, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 30.

At a young age, Jordan had a profound passion for reading and writing and could always be found with a book or kindle in hand.

After the statue was approved by the Richardsons, Fisher did the bronzing the week before in his Dillsburg studio.

Helping throughout the process, all wearing eye sheilds and specialized foundry gear, were Chad's assistant, Doug Krueger; his father, Fran; father-in-law, Dean Kennedy, and freinds, Matt Lusk, Barry Klein, Jared Rimmer and Paul Hayes.

The statue was seperated into several pieces, which were heated to 1,600 degrees in an oven after which they were placed inside a container called the "sandbox" where they were coated with sand.

Chad Fisher and his father used special equipment to lift the bucket of bronze from the kiln which reached temperatures of over 2,000 degrees. Once positioned over the sandbox, they poured the red hot liquid onto the pieces. The process was swift and needed to be done within minutes before the metal cooled. Leftover bronze was poured into molds to make ingots.

Photos by Curt Werner

Anslee DePasqua, Rookie of the Year; Allie Engle, Unsung Hero; Katie Anthony, Reeves Memorial Award; Madison Saltsburg, Sportsmanship Award and Marlee Starliper, MVP.

Student-athletes recognized

Joe Guty

Celebrating another successful season at Northern High School, several teams recognized and honored their students-athletes in recent Fall sports award banquets.

On Thursday, Nov., 14, the Girls Volleyball team held their student-athletes in recent Fall sports award banquets.

Dakota Johnson won the Varsity MVP Award, Kyla Kolivoski won the Unsung Hero Award and Kaitlyn Gross won the Sportsmanship Award. Camryn Thompson won the JV Sportsmanship Award, Shaylan Kolivoski won the JV MVP Award and Haydn Vidic won the JV Unsung Hero Award. Kaitlyn Goss won her fourth-year letter and Evelyn Vidic won her third letter. Second-year letter winners included: Skyler Ramp, Kyla Kolivoski, Lauren Pryor and Dakota Johnson. First-year letter winners included: Camryn Thompson, Jacey Moyer, Ashley Dunkle, Cheyenne Hileman, Ella Lerew, Ava Thoman, Jillian Bender, Shaylan Kolivoski and Mireia Tinaut Molins. Certificate winners included: Maris Roy, Camryn Thompson, Haydn Vidic, Emma Schmitt, Makenna Davis, Jacey Coy, Quinn Fenicle, Leah Youtzy, Hailey Bair, Brooke Silfee and Emma Little.

At the field hockey awards banquet held at Ski Roundtop on Nov. 13, the Lady Polar Bears celebrated a 20-5 season, a fourth place District III finish and trip to the state tournament. Co-Division champions, the squad named Brynn Crouse as Varsity MVP, and Katherine Ayers as the Varsity Sportsmanship Award winner. Alexandra McCurdy won the Varsity Unsung Hero Award. Ella Still won the JV Sportmanship Award.

Third-year letter winners included: Natalie Saltzer, Emma Rosensteel, Kelsey Heltzel, Shanon Sarley, Kayla Michaels and Kasey Davis. Second-year letter winners included: Brynn Crouse, Alexandra McCurdy, Nina Burns, and Katherine Ayers. First-year letter winners included: Grace Kennedy, Abigail Bonin and Ella Still. Certificate winners included: Gwendalyn Baublitz, Sterre Whittenburg, Olivia Caperelli, Olivia Morris, Abigail Simpson, Alexandra Sherman, Kayla Sloan, Rebekah Wiley, Clare Colgan, Lillian Fringer and Madison Snyder.

Reid Weber, MVP; Forrest Dohner, Sportmanship Award; Aric Graham,Unsung Hero; Jackson Hazen, Reeves Memorial Award and Jack Little, Rookie of the Year Award.

Ally and Jenna Bittinger

A season to remember

Andy Sandrik

If there's one thing we can learn from Ally Bittinger's final season of college volleyball, it's this: Dreams do come true.

Ally, a 2016 graduate of Northern High School, captained Houghton College to one of its best seasons in school history this fall. She was named to the Empire 8 Sportswoman of the Year Team. And Bittinger got to do all of this with the support from the best teammate a player could ask for: Her younger sister.

It would be hard to script a better ending for Bittinger, who combined with sophmore sibling Jenna to lead the Highlanders to a 20-win season.

"I am so proud of this program and the progress we've made in the last few years," Ally said. "We sky-rocketed to a program record of 20 wins and five losses, and that is a result of how unified we are as a team."

Houghton's season ended in heartbreaking fashion on Nov. 8 with a 3-1 loss to Nazareth in the Empire 8 Tournament, but once the sting of defeat subsides, Bittinger and Co. will remember the season for what it was: A wild, spectacular and historical ride.

The Highlanders piled up the wins and at one point, the team was nationally ranked No. 3 in the National Christian College Athletic Association. Houghton finished with its best winning percentage since 1992, when the Highlanders posted a 26-6 record.