Print Edition Highlights - January 11, 2024

Radio program comes to an end after 35 years

Chanty Webb/Staff Reporter

Photo by Curt Werner/Dillsburg Banner

Kirk Wise sits in his studio where he has broadcasted Racing with the Wise Guy for over 35 years. Wise ended his radio show this past December.

 

“I cannot believe how many hundreds and hundreds of people have sent me messages. I had no idea they were listening to it every day,” former radio host of “Racing with the Wise Guy” Kirk Wise remarked about the many sentiments he received upon announcing at the end of 2023 that he would be ending his radio show of 35 years.

Wise was born with cars in his blood. His family has a history in the car business that began with his great-grandparents who owned a carriage company in Lewisberry.

He attended Lebanon Valley College as a music major and business minor where he takes credit for starting the first LVC radio station.

Upon completing his education, he started working in the family business which had moved to Frederick, Md. He later wrote and voiced commercials when he worked for Family Ford. The dealership also sponsored a racing report on a Carlisle radio station. Wise was into racing himself and at the time had already been announcing at several local speedways. The station owner asked him to take over the reporting.

“‘Hey, you've got the voice for it and you can get the information. Why don't you do it until we find somebody else?’ That was 1988 and I finally just stopped doing it this year after 35 years,” Wise said.

For the rest of the story see the January 11, 2024 edition.

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A commitment to help those who served

Megan Ingraham/Intern Reporter

Submitted photo

Pictured is Martin Kemp, left, and Rev. Thadias Sales, Calvary Church, during the Operation Winter Relief coat distribution program held last fall. The church was one of the collection sites.

 

Martin Kemp remembers his first weeks back from serving in Afghanistan, returning to Warwick, R.I. without a job, a home, or where to even begin. From his challenges and learning of the hardships other veterans face, Kemp formed the Veteran Stability Initiative, a non-profit organization on April 17, 2023, with the mission to conquer barriers that prevent veterans from living a stable life. According to the website, the program provides veterans with guidance and assistance, helps with benefits and support and focuses on bettering their lives. VSI aims to help veterans get on a stable path, improve their quality life and gain access to support, resources, and consultants.

“I know first hand how hard it can be to start your life over from scratch after service, and how hard it can be to get to a place of stability. And I know a lot of my brothers’ lives could have turned out very differently if they knew of all the services available to help them,” Kemp, an Army combat veteran said. The vision of VSI was inspired from his work as a case manager and evidence coordinator in Rhode Island, where in 2019 he began his service to veterans.

For the rest of the story see the January 11, 2024 edition.

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Carroll Township: Hearing to continue again

Kristen Stagg/Staff reporter

The conditional use hearing for Northern Business Park Lot 1 has been continued to Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. following more than three hours of testimony on Jan. 4. The hearing started on Nov. 15 and was continued in December as well.

Conclusion of Aiello's testimony
During testimony on Jan. 4, attorney William Cluck, representing a large group of residents in Golfview Heights, questioned developer William Aiello why the “most recent version” of the township (zoning) map wasn't attached to the plan.

Aiello said he didn't understand the relevance or even the question. Cluck said he was addressing whether the application was “true and accurate. If not,” he said, “the plan should be rejected.”

For the rest of the story see the January 11, 2024 edition.

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Carroll Township: Supervisors disagree over preliminary/ final plans

Kristen Stagg/Staff reporter

At the board of supervisors meeting on Jan. 8, Carroll Township supervisors clashed over whether the requirement for preliminary land development plan submission should be waived to allow for submission of final plans only.

Matters came to a head during public comment over the land development and minor subdivision plan for Aldi, Inc., along Spring Lane Road. Former supervisor Kelley Moyer-Schwille urged the board to accept Aldi's plan, stating they were one of the businesses she contacted about coming to the area. “They will be good for Carroll Township,” she said.

For the rest of the story see the January 11, 2024 edition.

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