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How to watch Trinity Thomas, Florida Gators compete for shot at national titles
She has received perfect scores on every piece of apparatus during her college gymnastics career, completing the coveted "Gym Slam" this season.
Twice she was named SEC Gymnast of the Year. Her winning all-around total at this season conference championship was the second-highest in SEC history.
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She won 25 event titles in 2022 to lead her University of Florida team.
But there is one thing West York Area graduate Trinity Thomas hasn't done ... won an NCAA title. The quest to end that drought begins Thursday night, when No. 2 Florida takes on No. 15 Denver, No. 17 Ohio State and the winner of No. 28 Iowa State/No. 36 Western Michigan in their first action of the Auburn Regional.
The competition begins at 8 p.m. ET. It follows an afternoon session between No. 7 Auburn, No. 10 Kentucky, No. 23 Georgia and No. 27 Southern Utah. The top two teams from Thursday's two rounds will compete at 6 p.m. Saturday to determine the two teams that will go to nationals in two weeks.
Other regionals and teams involved are:
- Norman Regional: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 8 Minnesota, No. 9 California, No. 16 Arizona State, No. 18 Arkansas, No. 24 Boise State, No. 25 Utah State, No. 31 West Virginia and No. 32 Arizona.
- Raleigh Regional: No. 3 Michigan, No. 6 LSU, No. 11 Missouri, No. 14 UCLA, No. 20 Maryland, No. 22 Iowa, No. 30 N.C. State, No. 33 Towson and No. 35 North Carolina.
- Seattle Regional: No. 4 Utah, No. 5 Alabama, No. 12 Michigan State, No. 13 Oregon State, No. 19 Illinois, No 21 BYU, No. 25 Washington, No. 29 Stanford and No. 34 San Jose State.
All of the regional action can be watched on ESPN+.
College Gym News predicts Florida and Auburn will advance to the national semifinals, which will be contested against the top two teams from the Raleigh Regionals at 6 p.m. April 14. The other semifinal will be held at 1 p.m. ET.
The final is slated for 3:30 p.m. ET on April 16 and will be shown live on ABC.
What are Thomas' chances of bringing a title home? College Gym News thinks it's pretty good, as the outlet is predicting Florida will win the national team championship.
But with a pair of Olympians in the mix for individual titles, CGN is picking others over Thomas in the four elements and all-around title. They think those will go to Olympian Jade Carey of Oregon State (all-around), Haleigh Bryant of LSU (vault), Olympian Suni Lee of Auburn (bars), Maile O'Keefe of Utah (beam) and Nya Reed of Florida (floor).
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Trinity Thomas leads Florida into regional gymnastics final with a pair of perfect scores
Trinity Thomas was thisclose to being perfect Thursday night.
She didn't have just one perfect score in the NCAA Auburn Regional gymnastic competition. She had two − one in floor exercise and one on the bars. They were the 15th and 16th 10s of her career.
A small bobble on the landing of her vault earned the University of Florida senior a 9.90 in between her 10s. She closed things out by being as close to perfect on the beam as you could get with a 9.975.
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Her perfect bar routine gave the West York Area High School graduate a "Gym Slam" for the season. She earned a slam (a 10.0 on each apparatus) for her career earlier in the season when she nailed a perfect vault.
Thomas said after the competition that she wasn't surprised by the 10 on the floor. But the bars?
"I didn't think it was my best routine," she said in a TV interview. "But I'm super excited about it, and my team is excited."
Thomas said she goes through a mental routine before she competes on each piece of equipment, giving herself positive affirmation.
Thursday night that paid off with a total score of 39.875 to lead the all-around competition.
The Gators, ranked second in the country, battled Denver University, Ohio State and Iowa State for the right to compete in the regional final on Saturday. The top two teams, Florida (198.1250 points) and Denver University (197.0750), advance to face Kentucky and Auburn in the final. It begins at 6 p.m. ET and can be seen on ESPN+.
Denver and Ohio State were tied going into their last rotation, but 15th-seeded Denver scored better on the floor than Ohio State did in vault to advance.
Kentucky led after every rotation in the afternoon competition to finish with 197.750 points, upsetting higher-seeded host Auburn. Olympian Suni Lee shook off a leg injury to score a 9.95 on the floor to help Auburn secure their spot.
Auburn finished with 197.500 points, followed by Southern Utah (196.325) and Georgia (195.725), who saw their seasons end.
Regionals are being held in four spots around the country. The top two teams from each regional final will advance to the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
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Remembering those impacted by COVID, 1,488 luminaries, one for each life lost
About 1,488 luminaries wound around the concourse of PeoplesBank Park Thursday, each marking a life lost to the coronavirus in York County since the beginning of the pandemic. The entryway of lights was part of A Time of Remembrance & Light: A COVID-19 Memorial Event hosted by Healthy York Coalition.
The sea of illuminated white bags quivered in the high winds before the event as an approaching cold front and severe thunderstorm alert sent the program inside. Over a half ton of sand was needed to hold the bags in place in the stiff wind even under the partial roof of the stadium, Natalie Williams, executive director of the coalition said.
A combination of words by two local pastors and music by members of the York Youth Symphony Orchestra walked the audience through a moment marking two years of the pandemic.
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Opening the program, Jenny Englerth, of Family First Health and a coalition chairperson said, “The losses of the past two years are real and felt among us now, but regardless of the magnitude of grief, I believe in gratitude to help close the gap between pain and peace. I appreciate my opportunity to publicly share my gratitude this evening for this community's incredible health care workforce.”
Pastor T. Vanessa Hopkins, of Fairview Full Gospel Baptist Church, remembered her cousin Lenward A. McMillan, who died from COVID in January 2021. “He was a son, he was a big brother, he was a father and many in the community just called him coach,” she said before offering hope with scripture.
Through an interpreter, Pastor Alex Alvarado, of House of Reconciliation, offered a bilingual message of spiritual hope to those gathered. Alvarado lost a member of his congregation to COVID in December, “I considered him a friend, my spiritual son,” he said, adding, “we know what grief is and that is why we are here tonight.”
The program concluded with members of the York Youth Symphony Orchestra playing three pieces from Bach, Bruch and the theme from "Schindler’s List."
“And I know in these moments, I know it’s hard to want to be there for somebody else, but it’s good to know that even in the midst of sadness we still have community around us who is praying for us and who is there for us,” Hopkins said.
I have captured life through the lens since 1983, and am currently a visual journalist with the USAToday Network. You can reach me at pkuehnel@ydr.com.
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Timeline of events that led to the fatal police shooting in Lebanon
Here's a timeline of events leading up to the Lebanon shooting in which one officer was killed and two officers were seriously injured:
Travis Shaud, the alleged shooter, was killed during the incident. He has been arrested several times in the past. His last known address was 1624 Rita Lane, Lebanon.
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2018: Police responded to a domestic-violence call in which they found Shaud's girlfriend on the roof of her residence, according to police records. The woman had injuries on her arm, was "distraught" and told police that Shaud had assaulted her, according to records.
2019: A criminal complaint was filed against Shaud for domestic-violence-related simple assault.
2020: Shaud was placed on probation for 23 months in January for domestic-violence-related simple assault, and in June 2020 he was sentenced to serve 9 days to 23 month in jail for simple assault.
July 2021: Shaud was served with a protection from abuse order filed by his girlfriend. That order listed both the woman and a minor child as the plaintiffs.
Day of the shooting
March 31, 2022, 3:35 p.m.: Lebanon police officers were called to 1108 Forest Street in Lebanon City for a domestic disturbance and burglary, according to Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello. The Forest Street address belonged to a family member of Shaud.
March 31, 2022, 4:24 p.m.: Officers exchanged gunfire with Shaud, and Lt. William Lebo was killed. Lebo was a 40-year veteran of the department and was one month away from retirement. Two other officers were also seriously injured by gunfire: Officer Ryan Adams, 32, who has has seven years of service and is in stable condition, and Officer Derek Underkoffler, 32, who also has seven years of service.
April 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.: At a brief news conference, officials gave more details and provided the names of those involved in the incident. District Attorney Piers Hess Graf said Shaud had a long history of mental health issues. The Lebanon County District Attorney's Office is continuing to investigate the incident and asked anyone with information to share it with law enforcement officials.
Kaity Assaf is a regional news reporter at the York Daily Record, part of the USA Today Network. Contact her at kassaf1@ydr.com, on Twitter @kaitythekite or by phone, 717-472-0960. Please support local journalism with a digital subscription.
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Man found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, not guilty of murder, in fatal shooting in York
Dasean Morris, 20, of York, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on Friday but not guilty of first- and third-degree murder in the deadly shooting of Kyle Hagenbuch on July 31, 2020.
A man was found guilty on Friday of involuntary manslaughter but not guilty of first- and third-degree murder for fatally shooting a prospective member of a motorcycle club visiting York.
Dasean Morris, 20, of York, shot and killed Kyle Hagenbuch, who was looking to join the Thunderguards Motorcycle Club, outside its clubhouse on East Clarke Avenue near North Albemarle Street before 7:30 p.m. on July 31, 2020. The trial — including deliberations — spanned 10 days in the York County Court of Common Pleas.
Hagenbuch, 26, of Leighton, Carbon County, later died at York Hospital.
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Prosecutors argued that Morris was driving a 2006 Acura TL, sped past members of the motorcycle club, stopped and fired one shot into the crowd. One of the motorcyclists then returned fire.
Surveillance cameras captured the shooting.
York City police later found the car, connected the vehicle back to Morris and learned that he had cut off his dreadlocks. Law enforcement discovered the hair hidden in a drop ceiling, and one sample contained particles consistent with gunshot residue.
Morris testified that he was not in the car that night and cut his hair because he feared for his life.
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According to his obituary, Hagenbuch graduated from Lehighton Area High School and worked several different jobs. He enjoyed riding his Harley-Davidson and played semi-professional football on the Carbon County Savages.
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Lewis Reagan and Senior Deputy Prosecutor Greg Seiders prosecuted the case. Sandra Thompson represented Morris.
President Judge Maria Musti Cook scheduled sentencing for June 6. Morris is being held without bail in York County Prison.
Also of interest:Man found guilty of murdering Dover Area High School student Emily Shoemaker
Dylan Segelbaum is the courthouse reporter at the York Daily Record, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK. Contact him at dsegelbaum@ydr.com, by phone at 717-916-3981 or on Twitter @dylan_segelbaum.
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Trinity Thomas leads Florida to NCAA gymnastics championships with 2 more perfect scores
Like she did in the University of Florida's first round of regional competition, Trinity Thomas started Saturday's final on the floor exercise.
With a 10.
She followed that with a 10 on the vault.
Next was a 9.95 on the uneven bars and she wrapped things up with a 9.95 on the balance beam.
That gave Thomas an all-around score of 39.90. It matches her career high and put her atop the all-around competition at the Auburn Regional.
How Gators got here:Trinity Thomas leads Florida into regional gymnastics final with a pair of perfect scores
"It blows my mind, but at the same time, those are the routines she does every day in the gym," Florida coach Jenny Rowland said of Thomas' performance. "She has so much poise and confidence. I am so happy to see her owning her gymnastics."
It was the 17th and 18th perfect scores of the West York Area High School graduate's college career, best in Florida history. The first tied her with Leah Brown of Georgia at No. 8 on the NCAA list and she took over the position by herself with the second.
Jenny Hansen of Kentucky and Jamie Dantzscher of UCLA are atop the list with 28.
Thomas said after the competition that she was really excited to start off with two perfect scores, but knew she had to let them go and handle the other rotations.
She was clearly excited about continuing the quest for a national title.
"This team is capable of amazing things," Thomas said. "This score is incredible, but I know we can do better."
With no gymnast scoring lower than 9.90 in their routine, Florida jumped out to the lead after the first rotation. The Gators, the top-ranked team in the Auburn Regional final, scored 49.650 to lead Kentucky (49.375), Denver University (49.325) and Auburn (49.20).
Thomas wasn't the only Gator to find perfection on the vault. Freshman Leanne Wong is halfway to a Gym Slam after nailing a 10 two spots ahead of Thomas. She scored a 10 on uneven bars earlier in the season.
Thomas not only has a Gym Slam on her resume, she also has a Season Slam after scoring a 10 on bars on Thursday.
Florida increased its lead with each rotation, until the Gators finished with 198.775 points, one point more than Auburn. Both teams qualify for the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
Auburn moved into second place after the second rotation, thanks in part to a 10 on the balance beam from Tokyo Olympics all-around gold medalist Suni Lee. It was Lee's third perfect score on the balance beam this season, and fifth overall.
Florida's final score is the highest in school history, and the third highest in NCAA history.
The top two teams from each of four regionals, and qualified individuals whose teams didn't advance, will compete in the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 14-16.
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Dover Area High School teen dies from injuries in weekend crash
A 16-year-old girl died Saturday from injuries she sustained in a two-vehicle crash hours earlier in Dover Township, according to the York County Coroner's Office.
Autumn Short of Dover Township died Saturday evening at WellSpan York Hospital, the coroner said.
An autopsy is planned for Tuesday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital.
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Short was riding in the front passenger seat of the vehicle when it crashed, the coroner said. The wreck happened around 3:18 p.m. in the area of the 1500 block of East Canal and Fox Run roads.
She was taken to York Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries despite life-saving measures, the coroner said.
She was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, the coroner said.
Northern York County Regional Police say Short was riding in an Acura Integra that was traveling south on Fox Run Road when it failed to stop at the posted stop sign. It entered the intersection and collided with a Ford F-350 pickup that was heading east on East Canal Road.
The driver of the Acura, an 18-year-old Dover Township man, suffered a head injury and was taken to York Hospital, police said.
The driver of the pickup, a 52-year-old Dover Township resident, was not injured, police said.
Dover Area School District issued a statement over the weekend.
"It is with great sadness that we must inform you that we have lost a member of our school family," the district said in a statement. "An 11th-grade student at the High School passed away yesterday in a tragic car accident."
The district's crisis team is working to help students and staff manage their feelings of shock and loss, and counselors will be available in the district this week, the statement says.
"As a school community, we are deeply saddened by this loss," the statement says. "One of our pillars as a district is our strength as a community. Together, as a school community, we will continue to support each other through this difficult time."
The crash remains under investigation and anyone with information may contact police at (717) 467-TELL (8355) or tips@nycrpd.org.
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York County jury delivers split verdict in case of woman shot, run over and left for dead
Roberto Rodriguez III, 21, of York, was found not guilty on Monday of criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder in the attack on Meredith Keltner on June 12, 2020, but guilty of aggravated assault.
Roberto Rodriguez III, 21, of York, was found not guilty of criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder, criminal conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and aggravated assault after a six-day trial in the York County Court of Common Pleas in connection to the shooting of Meredith Keltner, which happened on Smyser Road near Indian Rock Dam Road in North Codorus Township on June 12, 2020.
But Rodriguez was found guilty of aggravated assault for running over her — he testified that he had no choice — with his car. She survived.
"Factually, it was complicated. It was emotionally-draining. The stakes were very high," said Chief Deputy Public Defender Matthew Sembach, one of Rodriguez's attorneys. "All three people inside that vehicle — their lives were changed drastically."
Sembach said he feels terrible for Keltner.
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On June 11, 2020, Keltner testified, she was homeless, traveling and keeping her belongings in a room at a building on East Princess Street near South Pine Street in York. She said she was addicted to crack at the time.
Keltner, 29, said she was on the balcony drinking a small bottle of wine, listening to music and dancing by herself when she twice heard a voice from below. She later came down and spoke with a man, who offered to get a hotel room.
They later went to a Motel 6 off U.S. Route 30 in Manchester Township, drank, used drugs and had sex. She said the man told her that his name was “Rodriguez.”
The next morning, Rodriguez drove her back to the building and picked up a man she knew as “Esteban”: Francisco Torres Rivera. She said she had loaned him $70 or $75 but needed that money back to get to Sayre, Pennsylvania, a borough of about 5,500 in Bradford County.
Next, Rodriguez drove out to a country road and ordered her out of the car. She said she last remembers seeing him holding a gun.
“Rodriguez is the man who shot me with the gun,” Keltner testified. “He had the gun.”
Keltner was shot five times and run over. She suffered other injuries that included more than 12 broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and a brain bleed.
While in the ambulance on the way to York Hospital, Keltner told Northern York County Regional Police Cpl. Erika Eiker that two men committed the attack over money.
Eiker testified that she later re-listened to the audio from her body-worn camera and heard Keltner appear to state, "Rodriguez."
On the witness stand, though, Keltner could not identify Rodriguez in the courtroom. She also disputed the accuracy of the transcript of her testimony at the preliminary hearing.
Read:Woman shot, run over and left for dead in York County testifies at trial that 'he had the gun'
The Northern York County Regional Police Department recovered car parts at the crime scene and tied them back to Rodriguez’s blue 2004 Mazda 3 hatchback. Law enforcement also found his DNA on items left on the road, such as a BIC lighter.
Police obtained records from the motel that showed that Rodriguez had paid for the room.
First, Rodriguez reported to investigators that he loaned his car to a man named “Saca” or “Saxa.” Then, he told Northern York County Regional Police Detectives Mark Baker and Joseph Jones that he lent his car to a man named “Flaco” in exchange for one ounce of marijuana.
During the trial, Rodriguez testified that Rivera directed him to drive to Smyser Road near Indian Rock Dam Road and make a U-turn.
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Rivera, he said, pulled Keltner out of the car while holding a gun, ordered her to drop her belongings and show her hands, and then shot her five times.
Rodriguez testified that Rivera — a pimp and drug dealer who sells crack and heroin and had ties to a violent Puerto Rican gang — then jumped in the front-passenger seat, held a gun in his direction and told him to drive.
He said River later threatened to kill him and his family if he told anyone what happened.
“I’m not trying to die,” said Rodriguez, who testified that he unintentionally ran over Keltner. “He knows where I live.”
His former cellmate at York County Prison testified that he overheard Rivera threaten, “Imma do you the same way that I tried to do to that [expletive].” A woman who used to live with Rivera stated that he bragged about shooting at least two people.
Rivera, 30, of New Castle, Lawrence County, is also charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder and related offenses. He's being held on $2 million bail in York County Prison.
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In her closing argument, Senior Assistant Public Defender Catherine Law, one of Rodriguez’s attorneys, asked the jury to hold “the real monster accountable for his actions.”
Law later pointed to a picture of Rivera, which she had placed on an easel facing the jury.
“Ladies and gentlemen, fear is a powerful thing. It can motivate people to lie. It can make you act before you have the chance to think. And it can make what should be a simple case like this far more complicated,” Law said. “But we cannot let fear win in this courtroom. Because what matters in this courtroom is truth. “
Law said her client was acting under duress and that he feared for his life as well as for the safety of his family members.
Rivera, she argued, had the motive, means and opportunity to commit the crime.
Law contended that Rivera was angry that Keltner had sex with Rodriguez for no payment. That's also why Keltner was afraid to identify Rivera as her attacker, Law argued.
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Meanwhile, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Melanie Wiesman showed a picture to the jury of what Keltner looked like before she was shot, run over and left for dead.
“She’s a different woman. She’s frail. She’s soft-spoken. She has absolutely no self-confidence, no self-worth,” Wiesman said in her closing argument. “Ladies and gentlemen: they killed Meredith. She just didn’t die.”
Next, Wiesman stood inches away from Rodriguez, pointed directly at him and declared that he was the man who shot and ran over Keltner.
Keltner has been consistent from the beginning about the identity of her assailant, Wiesman said. Meanwhile, Rodriguez repeatedly lied and changed his story three times, she said.
Wiesman stated that the allegations that Keltner sold sex for money or drugs are false. Rivera and Rodriguez, she said, were friends.
As for Rivera, she said, “his day will come.”
“Go back there and find the defendant guilty of each and every count,” Wiesman said. “Let Meredith know that you hear her, you believe her and that you are fighting for her.”
Wiesman tried the case with Deputy Prosecutor Jenna Strausbaugh.
Common Pleas Judge Amber Anstine Kraft cleared the courtroom and scheduled sentencing for May 31, according to court records. Rodriguez is being held on $200,000 bail in York County Prison.
Dylan Segelbaum is the courthouse reporter at the York Daily Record, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK. Contact him at dsegelbaum@ydr.com, by phone at 717-916-3981 or on Twitter @dylan_segelbaum.
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Select GameTimePA YAIAA Athletes of the Week for March 25 to April 2
It's time to select the first GameTimePA YAIAA Athletes of the Week for the spring season.
Each week readers select the GameTimePA YAIAA Athletes of the Week in an online poll at ydr.com/gametimepa and eveningsun.com/gametimepa.
The poll will run from 5 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
If you'd like to nominate a local athlete for future polls, email Matt Allibone at mallibone@ydr.com or Shelly Stallsmith at mstallsmith@ydr.com. To vote for this week's Athlete of the Week, see the polls below.
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Shelly Stallsmith is a sports reporter for GameTimePA. She can be reached at mstallsmith@ydr.com or on Twitter @ShelStallsmith.
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USDA: Employee kicked lamb in nose at Dillsburg Halal Meat, leading to suspension
The United States Department of Agriculture temporarily suspended a Halal slaughterhouse in Warrington Township from operating after an employee allegedly kicked a lamb in the nose during slaughtering.
On March 17, 2022, an inspector from the Food Safety and Inspection Service observed two employees at Dillsburg Halal Meat slaughter a lamb by performing a ritual cut. Following the ritual cut, the lamb was still paddling and breathing, at which point the employee who did not perform the cut proceeded to kick the lamb very hard in the nose, according to a notice of suspension.
The lamb flinched in reaction to the impact, and the inspector informed the employee that this behavior was unacceptable.
The preparation of halal meat requires that Islamic practices are followed to ensure the slaughtered meat is certified halal. One method of the process is by performing a ritual cut by hand under the animal’s jaw and reciting bismillah − “in the name of God.” According to Mukaram Syed, head of the board of directors at the Islamic Community Center of Lancaster, “by cutting the animal at the jugular vein, it allows for blood to flow out and drain, because in our faith, blood consumption is not permissible, or haram.”
The Federal Meat Inspection Act requires inspectors to be present in butcheries “for the purpose of preventing the inhumane slaughtering of livestock.”
Dillsburg Halal Meat owner Saber Sassi said the butchery supplies meat to wholesalers and has been in operation since October 2021 − though Sassi has been in the butchery business for several years.
"I talked with him (the employee) after, and he said he was checking to make sure the lamb died. But he was not supposed to do that," Sassi said.
Sassi said this was the first time such an incident occurred at his butchery, and members from the USDA are present every day. "They are with us every step of the way, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - they open with you, they close with you," Sassi said.
Following the employee’s handling of the lamb, the USDA halted all slaughter operations by Dillsburg Halal Meat.
This is the second incident involving animal handling at a Central Pennsylvania butchery during the month of March this year. In early March, the USDA temporarily suspended Stoney Point Butchery Inc. in Littlestown from operating after an employee allegedly punched a boar hog multiple times during handling.
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According to the notice, the Dillsburg Halal Meat employee was suspended for a period of 10 days, from March 17 through March 27, and upon return, the employee will be on a probation for three months. When the employee eventually returns to slaughter, they will be monitored by Sassi "100% of the time on the slaughter floor."
The Dillsburg Halal Meat staff was also re-trained following the incident, which occurred March 18, 2022.
Lena Tzivekis is a reporter for the Hanover Evening Sun/York Daily Record. Email Lena at etzivekis@gannett.com or message her on Twitter at @tzivekis.
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Artist makes personal connections to chip away at ‘invisible wall’ between York and Hanover
Andrew Smith lives in Midway, a sliver of Adams County’s Conewago Township between Hanover and McSherrystown.
That village is also somewhere in the middle of the three largest York/Adams communities: York, Hanover and Gettysburg.
So when Smith leaves his driveway in Midway in any given day, the retired middle school teacher might head to any of these communities to do volunteer work for nonprofits.
It’s not usual for someone to volunteer in all three communities as Smith is doing, particularly between the communities of York and Hanover that have never really meshed.
The historic lack of cohesion between York and Hanover increasingly comes at a cost to both towns and the county of York in which they both reside. Our communities as marketplaces are too small and our volunteer talent is too short to continue to live in silos.
Smith, a Hanover-area native, is modeling how the York and Hanover regions can connect. Actually, three towns, when you add in Gettysburg, all originally part of York County.
Smith volunteers mostly in the art arena, and he’s intentional about engaging with others.
It starts with personal connections, he says.
York, Hanover differences
Why the gap between York city and Hanover borough?
It might have started at the beginning.
In 1727, Lord Baltimore of Maryland granted John Digges 10,000 acres in future Hanover and surrounding townships.
The Hanover area, thus, grew from Maryland roots, and land settlement elsewhere in York County came from settlers with licenses from the Penns, proprietors of Pennsylvania. Differences between Pennsylvania and Maryland were so great that the Mason-Dixon Line was created to settle things down.
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York and Hanover differences also might come from Hanover’s real or perceived isolation. A better road — today’s Lincoln Highway or Route 30 — connected the county seats of York and Gettysburg after Adams County separated from York in 1800.
As many have noted for years, if you were trying to get from York to Hanover, or vice versa, you can’t get from here to there. Indeed, it’s still difficult.
The isolation of Hanover and York – and vice versa - is not new. In fact, in the 1830s, some in the Hanover area sought to secede from York County.
“Hanover, the county seat of Jackson County, Pennsylvania. What?” June Lloyd wrote in 2021.
Petitions for a county named after then-President Andrew Jackson were filed in Pennsylvania’s Legislature.
“The proposal was considered seriously enough several times to go to a legislative committee,” Lloyd wrote.
We’re about 200 years away from those schismatic days, and we still don’t seem to understand that no community is an island.
Strengthening links
Some initiatives are underway to bring the communities closer together.
The completion of a rail trail connecting the towns would prompt people to discover the regions in a new way. An aim of a growing York County Trail Towns initiative is to accomplish just that.
Web and social media connections represent a second medium to cover the 18 miles between the towns.
So, for example, the Hanover YWCA’s impressive lineup of streamed presentations can be viewed in York — and the world — in a way that was not happening 15 years ago. And Hanover residents can now take in the York County History Center presentations that are regularly streamed.
Making contacts
In both the rail trail plans and working in the digital space, Andy Smith is informed and engaged.
We can learn a lot about watching the way Smith works and thinks, particularly his emphasis on personal contacts, a theme in his responses to these questions:
Q. You live in the Hanover area, but your community engagement extends to York and Gettysburg. Would you give a sense of your activities in all three communities?
A. As I approached retirement from a career in music education, my interest in the visual arts increased, so much of my community interaction centers on the arts. I'm a planner, so I gradually inserted myself into the York and Gettysburg communities even before retirement.
I've had works at Creative York, Parliament, Hive, Dark Parlour, etc., and with some artist friends started a new group of creatives called the Collective Rogue Arts. In addition, I've been a member of the wonderful Adams County Arts Council in Gettysburg and had both photography and clay monoprint solo exhibits there, as well as an art studio space. More recently, I've been working as a "Navigator," helping connect artists with arts grants via the Cultural Alliance of York County.
Right in the center geographically, I was a previous president of the Hanover Area Arts Guild, where I still serve on the board, and I served on the Conewago Township Zoning Board for roughly a decade. In addition, several community groups and projects have utilized my photography, and I'm interested in how the greater Hanover community functions, so I also have a curated community Facebook page, "On the Line: Adams-Hanover."
Q. Why do you feel it is important to invest your volunteer time in Hanover as well as other communities in the region? And do you sense a separation between Hanover and York, the largest two towns in the same county? If so, why is that?
A. During a faculty meeting at my school, staff took one of the numerous personality tests available, and I was found to be in a particular group whose characteristic was a belief in institutions. I've been the lay leader of a church council, served on a zoning board and worked as a teacher — all institutions. So communities are in my DNA.
People, organizations, businesses and communities universally value connections but are often not good at stepping out of their comfort zone and initiating them; that's certainly the case for me. However, when connections are made available and offered, people tend to be appreciative and will be more likely to take an initial step.
Interestingly, I see a lack of connection between neighboring municipalities, perhaps by leadership and sometimes by the people living there. Certainly, inter-municipal efforts are not what they could be in the greater Hanover area, and Hanover citizens have frequently felt like the forgotten sibling to York in county efforts. (Too often, "York County" has, in reality, meant only York and its immediate neighbors, both by government and other organizations.)
Perhaps that's filtered down because I see that issue with individuals in general and arts communities specifically in both York and Hanover. I somewhat jokingly refer to the invisible wall that must be between York and Hanover.
Both towns have clung to their outdated, harmful stereotypes of the other. For example, some Hanoverians still hold overblown safety concerns about downtown York. At the same time, York residents think that Hanover is a tiny village with little to offer that York can't provide. (I'll note that some folks in each believe these stereotypes about their own town, as well.)
Even in the arts communities, crossover is much smaller than it should be. Artists and creatives, in general, would be well served by expanding their market to the next town over, but too few do.
Hopefully, creating one-to-one personal connections between artists in different markets will help bridge the gap at the individual level. As artists in York and Hanover begin to interact socially, they may be more willing to check out each other's physical spaces.
Creating these bridges at organizational and official government levels may be more challenging. Nonprofits want to stay where their donors are. (And, of course, their donors aren't going to be outside of that immediate area if the nonprofits never venture out. The problem self-perpetuates.)
Both elected and otherwise, government officials do not always find outside motivations to reach across their borders.
We need a few leaders to step up and make an effort, and that will happen when citizens, collectively, let them know that we'd value those steps. But our leaders need to see us acting regionally before they will.
Q. What advice would you give to those who would like to engage with other communities? As a retiree, why do you do what you do in the community?
A. As an individual, businessperson or nonprofit leader, it always starts with personal connections. So to reach other communities, begin with initiating one personal connection. Then, as your comfort level rises, work toward the next.
If there was a philosophy that helped me, it was the concept of not waiting for opportunities but rather looking to create them, regardless of how small they may seem. Over time, these steps compound. If you look for these openings for opportunity long enough, the act creates a habit, and you'll spot them more readily.
As a teacher, your school, co-workers and classroom are all communities, and your goal is to connect with the others in that community. Moving outside of the school upon retirement, it feels natural (even comfortable) to interact with other communities. It would be disconcerting after so many years not to connect.
I'm also a "project guy." So longer-term goals are appealing, and community challenges are the longest — they never end!
Jim McClure is the retired editor of the York Daily Record and has authored or co-authored nine books on York County history. Reach him at jimmcclure21@outlook.com.
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Populist Democrat John Fetterman is touring red PA counties for U.S. Senate. Here's why
For John Fetterman, the U.S. Senate campaign is like a second listening tour.
When he was first elected as lieutenant governor, Fetterman set out on a 67-county assignment to find out how Pennsylvanians felt about legalizing recreational marijuana.
Now, as he vies for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, he's again touring all of Pennsylvania's counties. And he's doing something most Democrats rarely do — especially in a primary: he's campaigning in red counties.
"It's a moral strategy," Fetterman said by phone during an interview with the USA TODAY Network Pennsylvania Capital Bureau. "We need to engage everyone."
Taking the road less traveled is as much a part of his personal ethos as it is of his political brand — even when the road leads through reliably red places such as Butler and McKean counties. It's not that Fetterman is naive to think he can flip them blue. He's campaigning there because there are Democratic voters there, and he wants to hear from everyone.
Though Republicans frequently label him as a socialist, Fetterman is a self-proclaimed populist. And he thinks he can win back some of the blue-collar voters who felt left behind by Democrats and supported former President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.
"We need to make sure we as a party are having conversations with the entire state," especially in a midterm cycle that is expected to be a challenging year for Democrats, he said.
What he's learning on this listening tour is similar to what voters are expressing across the state and nation. They are concerned about inflation, the war in Ukraine and divisive politics. But they are also worried about local issues, such as broadband infrastructure in rural areas and farmers' right-to-repair laws.
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"People across Pennsylvania are getting squeezed when they fill up their tanks at Sheetz or Wawa. It's a real problem," Fetterman said.
It's a problem that has exposed a "jacked up supply process" caused by too much outsourced manufacturing, he said. Too many products are made overseas, he said.
To give Pennsylvanians immediate relief at the pump, Fetterman supports suspending the gas tax in Pennsylvania and also supports President Joe Biden releasing oil from the strategic reserve to drive down energy prices. He is also in favor of gas tax rebates or a similar stimulus.
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"Nobody should pay more than $4 a gallon for gas," he said.
Fetterman and his wife, second lady Giselle Fetterman, have three children and regularly do their own grocery shopping. He said they see and feel the higher prices in their own family and believe good Democratic values are a way to lower costs for all Pennsylvanians.
To him, those values mean supporting unions and family-sustaining wages — and helping those who are left behind by structural problems in the economy.
Fetterman's campaign — and the campaigns of other Democrats running for U.S. Senate — stand in stark contrast to the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, which is bitterly divided and full of relentless attack ads.
"We're running the kind of campaign we've always run," Fetterman said.
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He's choosing to focus more on the people of Pennsylvania rather than other politicians, he said. His listening tour has shown him people don't have much of an appetite for infighting among candidates. They want real solutions to their problems, and that's what he wants to offer.
Before being elected lieutenant governor in 2018, Fetterman was a third-place finisher in the U.S. Senate race in 2016.
Now he is considered the frontrunner in the Democratic primary because of his fundraising lead, social media following and national profile that increased with numerous cable news appearances. He became one of Pennsylvania's fiercest defenders against Republican attacks and misinformation about the state's 2020 election results.
A new poll released Thursday by The Hill and Emerson College shows Fetterman with a double-digit lead against his competitors. He earned 33% support from primary voters in the poll, compared to 10% for U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb and 7.6% for state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta.
Despite his growing national recognition, about 90% of his campaign donations come from Pennsylvania zip codes, and he has 5,000 campaign volunteers in the state.
Fetterman is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh County, who in fall 2020 said he would retire rather than seek reelection in 2022. The open seat is one most likely to be flipped by Democrats, according to CNN, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball and other political analysts.
"I'm incredibly humbled," Fetterman said. And as his campaign heads toward the May 17 primary, "We feel really good."
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22-year stained-glass project tells Christian stories, as church offers Holy Week tours
Church members started a stained-glass project 22 years ago at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Manchester. It concludes with tours to see 41 windows during Holy Week.
In 2000, Francis Schroll gifted money in memory of her friend Rosemary Glassick Neal in order to install stained glass in the church sanctuary, according to a book the church published about the windows. At the time, many of the mid-century, modern church’s windows were glazed in a golden-colored, bubble glass.
A Stained-Glass Committee was formed and while exploring its options, noticed a newspaper article about Salem United Church of Christ in Jacobus, which was making and installing their own stained glass. “They were impressed by what they saw and made the decision to attempt to make stained glass for St. Paul Church,” according to the book.
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The first window was installed in 2003, near where Rosemary Neal sat. It includes an angel.
Four windows were first created for a small Prayer Chapel at the rear of the main sanctuary so the group could master their technique.
Twenty-four windows were completed in the sanctuary by 2009, which illustrate the life of Christ. Each panel is matched with the moment in scripture.
The project continued with stories from the Old Testament, with 12 windows installed in an overflow area of the church sanctuary that was completed in 2013.
The project has continued through five different pastors at the church. Pastor Dave Brenneman, who has only been there for nine months said, “It’s amazing! It’s one of the first things that caught my eye when I walked in the building the first time… Everything we do is about communicating the story, and here it is.”
Connie Aldinger, who has been with the project from the beginning, said she never expected the project to continue for 22 years when she first started working with a group of nine people. She said the group has taught 40 people over the years how to make stained glass. Today, the group has the same number as when it started.
“I have no regrets, we learned so much,” she said.
The church continues to work on nine windows as the tour draws near with the final set depicting the days of the creation, which will be installed in the church offices.
“The hands of Christ with the world in his hands. That will be the last window,” Aldinger said.
The Stained Glass Windows Tour will be held at St. Paul U.M. Church, 4360 Board Road, Manchester, on April 10 from 10:30 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 4 p.m.; April 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.; April 16 from 10 a.m. to noon, 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.
I have captured life through the lens since 1983, and am currently a visual journalist with the USAToday Network. You can reach me at pkuehnel@ydr.com.
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Primary 2022: Who is on the ballot in central Pa.?
Voters will be mailing their ballots or heading to the polls for the May 17 primary to nominate candidates for a number of high-profile positions, including governor, U.S. Senate and Congress.
For some, the legislative districts they live in might have changed with the recent redistricting. The current representatives will remain the same until the November election, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.
The candidates recently filed their nomination petitions to run for offices. Challenges and withdrawls can be filed.
The primary is closed, meaning only registered Democrats and Republicans may vote on candidates in their respective parties.
Primary day information
When: Tuesday, May 17. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Are you registered? Find the status of your voter registration online at vote.pa.gov. The deadline to register is May 2.
Mail-in ballot: Apply for a no-excuse mail-in or absentee ballot online at vote.pa.gov, or contact your local elections office. The deadline to apply is May 10. Mail ballots must be returned to the elections office by 8 p.m. May 17. Postmarks do not count.
Here is the list of candidates who have filed to run on the ballot in the primary:
United States Senator
The Democratic candidates are:
- Kevin Baumlin
- John Fetterman
- Malcolm Kenyatta
- Alex Khalil
- Conor Lamb
The Republican candidates are:
- Kathy Barnette
- Jeff Bartos
- George Bochetto
- Sean Gale
- Dave McCormick
- Mehmet Oz
- Carla Sands
Governor
Just one Democratic candidate is running for the position: Josh Shapiro.
The Republican candidates are:
- Lou Barletta
- Jake Corman
- Joe Gale
- Charlie Gerow
- Melissa Hart
- Douglas V. Mastriano
- Bill McSwain
- Jason Richey
- Dave White
- Nche Zama
Lieutenant Governor
The Democratic candidates are:
- Austin Davis
- Brian Sims
- Ray Sosa
The Republican candidates are:
- John Brown
- Jeff Coleman
- Teddy Daniels
- Carrie Lewis DelRosso
- Russ Diamond
- Chris Frye
- James Earl Jones
- Rick Saccone
- Clarice Schillinger
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Congress
9th Congressional District
- Amanda R. Waldman (D)
- Dan Meuser (R)
This district includes all of Lebanon County as well as other counties.
10th Congressional District
- Rick Coplen (D)
- Shamaine Daniels (D)
- Scott Perry (R)
The district covers all of Dauphin County and parts of York and Cumberland counties.
In York County, the district includes the City of York, the boroughs of Dillsburg, Dover, Franklintown, Goldsboro, Lewisberry, Manchester, Mount Wolf, North York, Wellsville, West York and York Haven and the following townships: Carroll, Conewago, Dover, East Manchester, Fairview, Franklin, Jackson (PART, Precincts 01 (all blocks except 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 3008, 3009, 3015, 3016, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030 and 3031 of tract 020522 and blocks 2031 and 2032 of tract 020524) and 02), Manchester, Monaghan, Newberry, Spring Garden, Springettsbury, Warrington, Washington and West Manchester.
11th Congressional District
- Bob Hollister (D)
- Lloyd K. Smucker (R)
The district covers all of Lancaster County and part of York County.
In York County, the district includes the boroughs of Cross Roads, Dallastown, Delta, East Prospect, Fawn Grove, Felton, Glen Rock, Hallam, Hanover, Jacobus, Jefferson, Loganville, New Freedom, New Salem, Railroad, Red Lion, Seven Valleys, Shrewsbury, Spring Grove, Stewartstown, Windsor, Winterstown, Wrightsville, Yoe and Yorkana and the following townships: Chanceford, Codorus, East Hopewell, Fawn, Heidelberg, Hellam, Hopewell, Jackson (PART, Precinct 01 (only blocks 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 3008, 3009, 3015, 3016, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030 and 3031 of tract 020522 and blocks 2031 and 2032 of tract 020524)), Lower Chanceford, Lower Windsor, Manheim, North Codorus, North Hopewell, Paradise, Peach Bottom, Penn, Shrewsbury, Springfield, West Manheim, Windsor and York.
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13th Congressional District
- John Joyce (R)
The district covers all of Adams County and includes other areas.
Senator in the General Assembly
28th District
Judith Higgins (D)
Kristin Phillips-Hill (R)
The district covers part of York County. It includes the boroughs of Cross Roads, Dallastown, Delta, East Prospect, Fawn Grove, Felton, Glen Rock, Hallam, Hanover, Jacobus, Jefferson, Loganville, New Freedom, New Salem, North York, Railroad, Red Lion, Seven Valleys, Shrewsbury, Spring Grove, Stewartstown, Windsor, Winterstown, Wrightsville, Yoe and Yorkana as well as the townships of Chanceford, Codorus, East Hopewell, Fawn, Heidelberg, Hellam, Hopewell, Jackson, Lower Chanceford, Lower Windsor, Manheim, North Codorus, North Hopewell, Paradise, Peach Bottom, Penn, Shrewsbury, Spring Garden, Springettsbury, Springfield, West Manheim, Windsor and York.
48th District
Calvin Clements (D)
Chris Gebhard (R)
The district includes all of Lebanon County as well as parts of Berks and Lancaster counties.
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Representative in the General Assembly
47th District
Joe D'Orsie (R)
Keith Gillespie (R)
The district covers part of York County. It includes the boroughs of Hallam, Manchester, Mount Wolf and Wrightsville as well as the townships of Conewago, East Manchester, Hellam, Manchester and Springettsbury (PART, Districts 02, 03 and 07).
91st District
Dan Moul (R)
The district covers part of Adams County. It includes the boroughs of Bonneauville, Carroll Valley, Fairfield, Gettysburg, Littlestown and McSherrystown as well as the townships of Conewago, Cumberland, Franklin, Freedom, Germany, Hamiltonban, Highland, Liberty, Mount Joy, Mount Pleasant, Straban and Union.
92nd District
Dan Almoney (D)
Dawn Keefer (R)
The district covers part of York County. It includes the boroughs of Dillsburg, Franklintown, Goldsboro, Lewisberry, Wellsville and York Haven and the following townships: Carroll, Dover (PART, District 02), Fairview, Franklin, Monaghan, Newberry, Warrington and Washington.
93rd District
Chris Rodkey (D)
Mike Jones (R)
The district covers part of York County. It includes the boroughs of Cross Roads, Dallastown, Fawn Grove, Jacobus, Loganville, Shrewsbury, Stewartstown, Winterstown and Yoe as well as the townships of East Hopewell, Fawn, Hopewell, North Hopewell, Springfield and York.
94th District
Wendy Fink (R)
Stan Saylor (R)
The district covers part of York County. It includes the boroughs of Delta, East Prospect, Felton, Red Lion, Windsor and Yorkana as well as the townships of Chanceford, Lower Chanceford, Lower Windsor, Peach Bottom, Springettsbury (PART, Districts 01, 04, 05, 06 and 08) and Windsor.
95th District
Carol Hill-Evans (D)
The district covers the City of York, North York and West York boroughs, and Spring Garden Township.
98th District
Faith Bucks (R)
Lu Ann Fahndrich (R)
Tom Jones (R)
Mark Temons (D)
Logan Hoover, a Republican, has withdrawn from the race.
The district covers part of Lebanon County. It includes Mount Gretna borough and South Annville and South Londonderry townships.
101st District
Catherine Miller (D)
John Schlegel (R)
The district covers part of Lebanon County. It includes the City of Lebanon, Cornwall borough and the following townships: North Cornwall, North Lebanon, South Lebanon, West Cornwall and West Lebanon.
102nd District
Russ Diamond (R)
Laura Quick (D)
The district covers part of Lebanon County. It includes the boroughs of Cleona, Jonestown, Myerstown, Palmyra and Richland as well as the townships of Annville, Bethel, East Hanover, Heidelberg, Jackson, Millcreek, North Annville, North Londonderry, Swatara and Union.
169th District
Kate A. Klunk (R)
Isaac Riston (D)
Matthew Smith (R)
The district covers part of York County. It includes the boroughs of Glen Rock, Hanover, Jefferson, New Freedom and Railroad as well as the townships of Codorus, Manheim, Penn, Shrewsbury and West Manheim.
193rd District
Torren Ecker (R)
The district includes part of Adams County. It covers the boroughs of Abbottstown, Arendtsville, Bendersville, Biglerville, East Berlin, New Oxford and York Springs as well as the townships of Berwick, Butler, Hamilton, Huntington, Latimore, Menallen, Oxford, Reading and Tyrone.
196th District
Seth Grove (R)
The district covers part of York County, including the boroughs of Dover, New Salem, Seven Valleys and Spring Grove and the townships of Dover (PART, Districts 01, 03 and 04), Heidelberg, Jackson, North Codorus, Paradise and West Manchester.
Questions?
Here's how to reach your local elections office:
Adams County
Director: Angie Crouse
Address: Elections & Voter Registration, 117 Baltimore St., Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: (717) 337-9832
Website: adamscounty.us
Lebanon County
Director: Sean D. Drasher
Address: Elections & Voter Registration, Municipal Building, Room 209, 400 South 8th St., Lebanon, PA 17042
Phone: (717) 228-4428
Website: www.lebcounty.org
York County
Director: Julie V. Haertsch
Address: York County Administrative Center, 28 E. Market St., York, PA 17401
Phone: (717) 771-9604
Website: yorkcountypa.gov
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Large explosion at J&K Salvage attracts fire department, rattles residents
The J&K Salvage operation in Spring Garden Township had a "loud explosion" registered by local authorities this afternoon.
The Spring Garden Township Fire Department was called out to the location after residents reported an exceptionally loud explosion from the location.
"I don't usually feel them in my basement," Regents’ Glen resident Melissa Yakim said. "I was in my basement office, and I literally thought that a rocket and bomb collided because it was the worst one we've ever had today."
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Harry Darrah with J&K Salvage identified the incident as "normal operations" in an email.
York Area United Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Matt Arnold said the fire station received a series of calls about the afternoon's explosion from residents but found nothing out of the ordinary.
"Our crews went to the J&K site itself, kind of did their sweep of the scene there and didn't see anything abnormal by the time they got there," Arnold said. "They also spoke to operations personnel for J&K, who by the time they got there reported everything was normal."
Yakim, who keeps a record of the explosions from the site, has been trying to get the Department of Environmental Protection to get involved, along with Spring Garden Township. She believes if someone does not do something about the explosions someone will get hurt.
"That's our normal," Yakim said. "I've recorded probably 200 over the last, I don't know, four or five years."
Spring Garden Township filed a lawsuit in December in the York County Court of Common Pleas asking a judge to, at a minimum, order J&K Salvage to temporarily cease the day-to-day operations of its shredder and make changes.
In February, the township and J&K reached a settlement to shut down the industrial shredder for one month to make upgrades to ensure the health and safety of the surrounding areas from flying debris and other hazards. The business must spend a minimum of $250,000 per year for shredder replacement parts for the next five years, allow the township to inspect the shredder and pay a $15,000 fine whenever metal flies off the scrapyard, causing damage to property and people.
Jack Panyard is a reporter at the York Daily Record, part of the USA TODAY Network. Contact him at jpanyard@ydr.com, 717-850-5935 or on Twitter @JackPanyard.
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Century-old Lake Williams Dam is being demolished; what happens next?
For over a century, Water Street has crossed the top of Lake Williams Dam. On Tuesday, 35 percent of that bridge decking had been demolished before lunch. Once the project is done, access to the waterway will only be by foot and below the dam.
Most of the dam is expected to be demolished and removed within a week by Kinsley Construction, according to Mark Wheeler, chief operating officer of the York Water Company, who marveled while watching the quick work take place.
Using a trackhoe with a large jackhammer on the arm, the machine worked its way backward across the bridge, weakening the deck and dropping it below. The bridge, piers and gate structures will all be removed Wheeler said.
The York Water Company was waiting for PennDOT to approve abandoning the roadway before demolition could begin. Water Street will no longer connect through from Jacobus to York Township, around Lake Williams, as it did for years.
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“We are waiting for our construction and dam permit from the DEP (Department of Environmental Protection),” Wheeler said referring to the next step of the project. He said that building the new spillway will be the next part of the construction process.
The water level on Lake Williams is at its lowest point for the project, Wheeler said.
With approval by Pennsylvania Fish & Boat, York Water will start lowering nearby Lake Redman slowly in mid-April until it is approximately five feet below normal, according to Steven Metzler, senior engineering project manager for the York Water Company.
Metzler said the level is going down to provide added capacity in Lake Redman in the event of heavy rain upstream. Without lowering Redman, unexpected water could wind up in Lake Williams and flood the project.
The original dam was built in 1911 and lasted for more than 100 years. It was still in good shape but lacked the ability to withstand extreme weather events.
The new dam will hold the same amount of water as it does today, JT Hand, president and CEO of the York Water Company said in an earlier interview. In addition to normal rainfall, it's designed to prepare for a worst-case scenario: a storm that dumps more than 40 inches of rain within 72 hours. It would allow 10 feet of water to go over the top of the spillway.
The new dam is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
I have captured life through the lens since 1983, and am currently a visual journalist with the USAToday Network. You can reach me at pkuehnel@ydr.com.
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The newest York Revolution Team Dog was introduced to the public Tuesday, and her name, decided by fans, is Rosie.
The 9-month-old Goldendoodle’s story began as a stray in southern York County.
Rosie made her presence known at the opening of her news conference at PeoplesBank Park, as Steven Martinez, executive director of the York County SPCA, told her story. “The Revs leadership team came to us and let us know that they are seeking a – 'woof!'”, Rosie interrupted.
Martinez said that when Rosie was found as a stray, she was grabbed by a concerned person and taken to the Mason Dixon Animal Emergency Hospital in Shrewsbury. Eventually, the dog made her way to the York County SPCA, where she stayed while time was given for a possible owner to come forward.
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For the Revs, Rosie takes over for Blue, a Siberian Husky who took over team dog duties upon the retirement of the late Boomer, the original team dog and the namesake of the Revolution’s book club for local students. Rosie will continue the reading tradition as well as be part of game days.
The name Rosie was chosen by the public through the Rev’s social media accounts. Fans could choose from Rosie, Dottie or Peaches.
".. we at the Revolution have found it important to have a team dog not only for, honestly, just for fun... but also to reiterate to the community, because we do this through the SPCA that there are lots and lots of amazing pets out there who are waiting to be adopted...," said Doug Eppler, director of Marketing and Communications.
Revolution officials said that the new team dog will be gradually introduced to fans this coming 15th season in York, opening May 3. The puppy is currently working with a trainer and spending her days at the ballpark getting used to the new experience.
More information about the York Revolution season and tickets can be found at yorkrevolution.com.
I have captured life through the lens since 1983, and am currently a visual journalist with the USAToday Network. You can reach me at pkuehnel@ydr.com.
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How a guy from 200 years ago showed up in Gettysburg Saturday
Ross Hetrick moved to Gettysburg just because Thaddeus Stevens once lived there.
Hetrick opened a coffee shop in the small battlefield town in 1996 to join with other fans of the Civil War-era politician and celebrate his legacy.
He was shocked at what he found.
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“His graveyard was overgrown. No one knew about him,” he said. “It is still incredible to me that he doesn’t get the recognition that he deserves.”
It has taken more than two decades to change that, culminating April 2 with the unveiling of a Thaddeus Stevens statue outside the Adams County courthouse.
“Communities should look at their past and honor the people who were for equality, against slavery so people know about them,” Hetrick said.
Stevens, who represented Pennsylvania in Congress, is best known for his efforts to abolish slavery, which represented "the culmination of his life's work," according to the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Thaddeus Stevens Society calls him the "Father of the 14th Amendment," which granted citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States. He also fought for public education. A native of Vermont, he worked in York as a teacher and eventually practiced law and politics in Gettysburg and Lancaster.
The building of his statue comes at a time when other figures have been removed across the country, but to some, this is the right time to honor him.
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“There are tons and tons of statues across the United States, and as you know with the bringing down of many of them, they were icons of negative things,” said Kelly Summerford, manager of the William C. Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad in York. “I look at statues, museums, all those things as a way of educating people. Why not bring in a story that embodies equality, that embodies what we should be today?”
York was the initial landing spot for a young Stevens. Straight out of Dartmouth College, he got a job as a teacher from 1815-1816 at the York County Academy, now York College, according to Karen Rice-Young, archives and special collections manager at York College.
While teaching there, Stevens studied law with James Kelly, one of the academy’s trustees. “The residence requirement of the courts prevented his admission to the York County Bar. In August 1816, he was admitted to the bar at Belair, Maryland; began the practice of law in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and was elected to the legislature from Adams County in 1832, according to “The History of the York County academy," researched and written by George Hay Kain.
He would eventually move to Lancaster and represent the region in Congress, often working as an antagonist to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and later leading efforts to impeach Lincoln's predecessor, Andrew Johnson. Hetrick calls Stevens the 17th and a half president because if people needed something to get done during Johnson's term in office, they needed to go through Stevens.
When the House passed the bill that authorized the 13th Amendment, Stevens said: “I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus, ‘Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, and who only courted the low ambition to have it said that he had striven to ameliorate the condition of the poor, the lowly, the downtrodden of every race and language and color.’”
His tenor and work have long attracted hobby historians through the last two centuries, but he hasn’t always been portrayed as a hero. Southern politicians, while promoting their war heroes, derided Stevens for his relationship with his mixed-race housekeeper, Lydia Hamilton Smith. His detractors at the time claimed Smith, who was single, and Stevens had a romantic relationship. Hetrick says there is no evidence to that claim.
When Steven Spielberg's movie “Lincoln” portrayed Stevens as a hero, memberships for the Thaddeus Stevens Society doubled, as thousands of people found the club’s website, Hetrick said.
Among Stevens’ fans is musician (and Nobel Prize winner) Bob Dylan, who wrote of Stevens in his autobiography, “Chronicles: Volume 1”: "He grew up poor, made a fortune, and from then on championed the weak and any other group who wasn't able to fight equally. … He made a big impression on me.”
He made an impression on Summerford as well.
“He would be the kind of white Congressman I would love in the Legislature today. He’s one of the persons I would like to go back and meet if I could, just to hear his conversations,” he said. “We all know what he did but it would be nice to speak to him and have a one-on-one as to how he came to those conclusions."
Summerford and his colleagues at the Goodridge Freedom Center will erect a monument of their namesake this summer. William C. Goodridge, a former slave, abolitionist and conductor for the Underground Railroad, will be the first Black man to receive a statue in the City of York, and Summerford believes the statue will be the first for York County as well.
Getting a statue built is expensive, and for the Thaddeus Stevens Society, time-consuming as well. Hetrick started the club in 1999, and its members started fundraising about seven years ago. It was all worth it to Hetrick, as Stevens moved mountains, helping to lead the United States from a country that permitted to slavery to one that is now free.
"I don't think people appreciate the dramatic, world-changing development that was," Hetrick said. "Thaddeus Stevens' story is a message of hope."
Kim Strong can be reached at kstrong@gannett.com.
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GOP candidate Gerow may be a political outsider, but "knows what's going on inside"
Charlie Gerow tends to live by former President Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment: Thou shall not speak ill of any fellow Republican.
In a crowded GOP primary for Pennsylvania governor, Gerow thinks he has found a way to stand out without attacking the other competitors in his party.
"I'm a political outsider, but I know what's going on inside," he said during a phone interview with the USA TODAY Network Pennsylvania Capital Bureau.
He realizes many people may not describe him as an outsider, given that he has been involved in the public policy debate for more than 40 years.
What Gerow means is that he hasn't held elected office in Pennsylvania.
Instead, he's worked behind the scenes as a Republican strategist and former lobbyist to shape the public policies that govern Pennsylvania life.
He also has experience at the federal level, starting his political career as an aide on Reagan's campaign.
Gerow is also a member of the Republican State Committee, a delegate to the Republican National Committee, vice chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference and the American Conservative Union.
His conservative credentials have been well established through weekly television news appearances and other media interviews.
Gerow thinks he can also use his experience as the CEO of Quantum Communications, a Harrisburg marketing and public relations firm, to "win in the battle for our ideas."
There's also another way he stands out in the race. The 66-year-old Cumberland County resident believes he is the first Latino to seek the governor's seat as a Republican in Pennsylvania.
He was adopted by American missionaries when he was a toddler living in a slum in Brazil.
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"I was very blessed to be able to come to Pennsylvania, the crucible of democracy, to live in a state and country full of freedom and opportunity," Gerow said. "If I hadn't been brought here, my opportunities would have been near zero."
He's lived in Pennsylvania throughout his life, and his experience as an immigrant is important to him — especially the citizenship test.
Gerow wants to require all graduating seniors from every Pennsylvania high school to pass a citizenship test, which includes questions about the basic principles of American democracy, the U.S. Constitution, the nation's history and more.
"I think it would be a huge benefit to Pennsylvania," he said.
Gerow also wants to reverse the brain drain and exodus of educated, young workers leaving Pennsylvania.
"We need to convince younger people their best opportunities are here in Pennsylvania," he said.
As governor, he would push for a tax structure that makes job creators come to Pennsylvania, allow workers to keep more of what they earn and clean up public corruption, Gerow said.
Democrats say policies and proposals of the Republican-led Legislature, such as anti-abortion bills and anti-LGBTQ+ bills, are uninviting to young workers.
Gerow disagrees.
"I haven't had one person say to me that's why they were leaving Pennsylvania for Texas, South Carolina, Arizona and Florida, which have more stringent rules than we do," he said.
Arizona, Florida, South Carolina and Texas are among the top 10 fastest-growing states in the nation, according to U.S. Census data.
Pennsylvania is among the states losing the most residents, according to the same data. The population decline is attributed to multiple factors, including that Pennsylvania is an aging state.
Gerow thinks it's also because of Democratic policies.
Though Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, is finishing his second term, Republicans have been in control of the Legislature for more than a decade.
Gerow wants to be elected and have a supermajority in the state capital that can "get things done."
And he's expecting to see voters in record numbers at the polls this year — a turnout he believes will benefit Republicans.
"Voters are really angry and frustrated about losing freedoms during the pandemic and now suffering through the Biden economy," Gerow said. "They want a positive change for the future."
The self-described happy warrior hopes he can be that positive change. He's competing for the job against about a dozen Republicans who want to succeed Wolf, including former Congressman Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman and former Congresswoman Melissa Hart.
Rising inflation and the economic side effects of COVID-19 could prop up the campaigns of the Republicans in the race, according to analysts, while the fight to protect voting rights and a woman's right to choose is expected to help unrivaled Democrat Josh Shapiro, the current attorney general.
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It's time to legalize adult-use marijuana in PA, says GOP senator, former U.S. marshal
When I first started talking about legalizing adult-use marijuana, I got the expected question from constituents, friends, and colleagues: How could I, as a former U.S. Marshal, support legalizing marijuana? I have reached this position after thoughtful study over the past several years, with the start being Pennsylvania’s legalization of medical marijuana in 2016 when I was a leader on the issue in the House of Representatives.
What medical marijuana has shown us is that there is a place for safe, regulated marijuana, and that it does have benefits to its users.
Unfortunately, the long-standing prohibition of marijuana has been the norm with many of us being raised to “just say no.” This makes changing minds and policy difficult. My 23 years in law enforcement, however, didn’t train me to run from difficult situations but rather towards them. It is in my nature to investigate and find the truth and to protect my fellow citizens.
That is what I have been doing and continue to do with respect to adult-use marijuana legalization.
One finding that has been clear for many years now is that prohibition and its enforcement have failed. Instead, there is seemingly a general consensus for accepting the status quo, which is unfathomable. Communities across the Commonwealth have taken it upon themselves to decriminalize marijuana, which only continues to fuel the illicit market and put Pennsylvanians in harm’s way when buying and using marijuana. Further, an estimated $325 million a month is flowing from Pennsylvania to the illicit market and bankrolling violent cartels, who are destroying our communities.
Are we as a Commonwealth OK with the status quo? Are we willingly going to continue to allow criminals to reap $4 billion annually from our own family and friends for a product that is sold to anyone regardless of age, that is not tested to ensure safety, that is not taxed, and that lacks oversight?
Or are we as a Commonwealth going to recognize that it is time to stop funding violence and to start looking at marijuana for what it could be – not for what it is in the harmful form being sold on the streets?
We have the opportunity to build off of our current medical marijuana program that has proven marijuana can be grown and sold responsibly in Pennsylvania and provide the estimated two million-plus Pennsylvanians currently using marijuana with a safe product that is not laced with dangerous drugs like Fentanyl or PCP.
In the simplest of terms, our choices are between safe or unsafe; tested or untested; age controlled or available to all; and tax revenue or criminal gain.
And that is why I have come to my current belief that we must legalize adult-use marijuana, also known as cannabis – to protect our communities. A choice between the status quo and a regulated market is so obvious it is hard to imagine who disagrees.
As it turns out, very few do.
A recent poll asked 1,500 Pennsylvanians from every corner of the Commonwealth a very simple question: With what you now know about current illegal cannabis in Pennsylvania, do you believe it is better to maintain the illicit market status quo or to legalize, regulate, and tax non-medical use of cannabis by adults?
Over 90% agreed that, when presented with the two genuine choices available to us, the logical course was to legalize, regulate and tax adult-use cannabis.
Ninety percent. In this day and age, that’s as close to consensus as we come.
This same poll showed the rapidly shifting views on cannabis – now a widely accepted medical treatment in 45 states. It showed the expected generational shift, but it also demonstrated the changing understanding of cannabis, as the majority of respondents viewed prescription drugs and alcohol as more dangerous than cannabis by a wide margin.
These findings speak volumes, and it is clear that the time has come to say goodbye to prohibition and the status quo, and instead, establish an adult-use marijuana policy that takes control away from violent criminals and protects Pennsylvanians from a tainted product while funding important initiatives to protect the health and safety of our communities.
Republican Sen. Mike Regan represents Pennsylvania’s 31st Senatorial District covering parts of Cumberland and York Counties.
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York Haven man dies in Route 30 crash
A York Haven man died in a single-vehicle crash along Route 30 in Staban Township, Adams County, on Tuesday afternoon, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Devon Mansberger, 31, who was a passenger in the vehicle, died at the scene, state police said.
The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. when a vehicle driven by 21-year-old Aiden Bower, of Red Lion, was heading east on Route 30 just west of Granite Station Road.
The vehicle left the road and struck a utility pole, state police said. It traveled down an embankment and came to rest after striking a tree.
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State police said on Tuesday evening that the road would be closed for an extended period because of the crash.
The Gettysburg Fire Department, Adams Regional EMS and Adams County Coroner assisted state police at the scene, a news release states.
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Pa. Superior Court gives DA permission to appeal in case of ex-cop who shot handcuffed man
Stu Harrison, who was a more than 15-year veteran of the Southwestern Regional Police Department, is charged with simple assault in the shooting of Ryan Smith on May 30, 2018.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has given permission for the York County District Attorney’s Office to appeal a judge’s decision denying its motion to drop the criminal case against a former Southwestern Regional police officer who shot a man in handcuffs.
The court issued a two-sentence order on Monday that clears the way for an appeal to proceed in the case of Stu Harrison, who was a more than 15-year veteran of the Southwestern Regional Police Department.
Harrison’s attorneys, Chris Ferro and Ed Paskey, filed a similar petition asking for permission to appeal, which the court also granted.
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On May 30, 2018, Harrison responded to the Santander Bank on West Hanover Street in Spring Grove and shot Ryan Smith in the leg after he refused to get into the back of a police car. He had demanded to withdraw $500,000 but neither had a photo ID nor an account at the bank.
Harrison told investigators that he meant to grab his TASER X26. But he reported that he instead pulled out and fired his Glock 17, the Pennsylvania State Police said.
Smith, 36, of Jackson Township, later pleaded guilty to defiant trespass and disorderly conduct for one year of probation. His mother, Christine, has stated that he had been released the day before from a psychiatric unit and was confused.
They oppose the efforts to drop the case.
When reached on Wednesday, Christine Smith said, "We're not going to get justice in the criminal courts. It's obvious. It's four years." She then added, "Hopefully, we'll get justice somewhere."
She has said her son almost died.
Read:Former Southwestern Regional police officer charged with shooting handcuffed man in Spring Grove
Prosecutors recently tried for a second time to drop the case, arguing that there was insufficient evidence to prevail at trial because an independent witness, Harry Harrington, died in 2019. But President Judge Maria Musti Cook denied the request, describing the DA’s legal reasoning as “lame.”
Harrison, 60, now of Bluffton, South Carolina, is charged with simple assault and free on his own recognizance.
The Southwestern Regional Police Department disbanded in 2019.
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Dylan Segelbaum is the courthouse reporter at the York Daily Record, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK. Contact him at dsegelbaum@ydr.com, by phone at 717-916-3981 or on Twitter @dylan_segelbaum.
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Pennsylvania State Police settle profiling, immigration lawsuit
The settlement pays a total of $865,000 to 10 plaintiffs, with a portion going to the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania State Police settled a federal lawsuit alleging troopers routinely and improperly tried to enforce federal immigration law by pulling over Hispanic motorists on the basis of how they looked and detaining those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, officials announced Wednesday.
The settlement pays a total of $865,000 to 10 plaintiffs, with a portion going to the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. The ACLU filed the federal suit in 2019 asserting police aggressively questioned motorists and their passengers about their immigration statuses without cause or justification, and held them for federal immigration agents.
Troopers from around the state “engaged in a pattern and practice of unlawful civil immigration enforcement that has ripped apart families, terrorized motorists, and sent a clear message to communities across Pennsylvania: the state police are in the immigration business,” said the suit, which alleged discrimination and civil rights violations.
Under the settlement, state police agreed to amend their policy to forbid troopers from enforcing civil immigration law.
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“PSP does not have jurisdiction with respect to civil immigration enforcement,” the new policy language says.
Troopers may not make a traffic stop based on a motorist's suspected nationality or immigration status, and may not ask questions about a person's immigration status unless it's necessary as part of a criminal investigation, according to the policy. Nor may troopers stop, search or detain someone solely based on a federal immigration detainer request.
State police had long profiled Latino residents, the ACLU claimed, but troopers’ efforts to target people without legal permission to be in the U.S. — using alleged vehicle infractions as a pretext — accelerated in early 2017 to coincide with the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
“Our investigation found that the six incidents described in the lawsuit were the tip of the iceberg, reflecting a pattern of discrimination by state troopers against Latinos and people of color,” Vanessa Stine, immigrant rights attorney for the ACLU of Pennsylvania, said in a written statement.
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The settlement did not require state police to admit wrongdoing. All six troopers named in the suit are still working for state police, along with a PSP supervisor in commercial vehicle enforcement who was also a defendant, according to an agency spokesperson.
One of the defendant troopers was involved in three of the incidents, according to the plaintiffs.
In one stop, the trooper pulled over a Latina woman who was driving from New York to Virginia to visit family. Even though the woman's alleged infraction was speeding, he began interrogating her partner and adult son — who were also in the car — repeatedly demanding to see their “papers” and questioning whether they were “legal or illegal,” the plaintiffs said. The trooper put them in handcuffs and held them for hours until federal immigration agents showed up and took them to prison to await deportation proceedings, the suit said.
All of the plaintiffs still reside in the U.S., according to the ACLU.
“We hope our victory means that this will never happen again,” said Rebecca Castro, one of the plaintiffs and a U.S. citizen who was stopped on the basis of her appearance, according to the suit.
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State police highlighted the recent policy changes, along with mandatory training and a data collection program that began last year to capture demographic information on traffic stops in hopes of identifying potential racial and ethnic disparities in policing.
“I am confident these changes to policy and training will ensure the department is in compliance with current case law,” state police Commissioner Robert Evanchick said in a written statement.
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Soggy day on tap for central Pennsylvania
Teresa Boeckel
York Daily Record
Grab an umbrella if you are heading out today.
The chance of rain is 100 percent, according to the National Weather Service in State College.
Weather:York Airport records far colder temperatures than the rest of the area. Here's why.
About half to three quarters of an inch is possible, the weather service says.
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Life with alopecia: 'People automatically think you have cancer'
On Mar.27, at the Academy Awards ceremony, Will Smith won a best actor trophy, but also slapped and exchanged heated words with comedian Chris Rock for a "G.I. Jane" joke aimed at his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss.
Both Cathy Gibsonsmith, 61, and Bella Wetzel, 13, have alopecia totalis. In 2010, after a traumatic event, Gibsonsmith started experiencing alopecia.
What is alopecia?
Alopecia is a broad term that refers to all the different causes of hair loss, Dr. Mark Goedecker, a Family Medicine physician in York said. The most common form of alopecia is male pattern baldness or female pattern baldness. There are other types of alopecia: traction alopecia, which occurs when hair has been pulled tight for too long; alopecia areata, the immune system goes after the fair follicles, attacks them and causes hair to fall out; and alopecia totalis, when someone loses all of his or her hair on the scalp and anywhere on the body - a rare autoimmune disease.
"My son almost died. He was in the ICU for a while," Gibsonsmith said. "After I came back home from visiting him, my hair started to fall out on a slow basis."
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It finally progressed until all her hair had come out.
"I didn’t have any hair all over my body," she said.
About two years later, Gibsonsmith said her hair started to grow back.
“I always had long hair,” she said. “My identity was my hair.”
But this past summer, after Gibsonsmith experienced food poisoning, she says her hair fell out again.
"I thought I was finally getting past it and I was making progress, but now it’s all bald again," she said.
She recently had an appointment with her dermatologist and said that dermatologists make it difficult.
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“They just say you have alopecia, but they don’t really talk to you about it,” Gibsonsmith said. "I can Google it myself and get some basic information, but I always felt that they weren’t open to us asking questions."
"It’s because they don’t have all the answers to questions," she added.
Dr. Goedecker said there's continued research in all these areas of autoimmune diseases, mainly alopecia areata.
"As you can imagine, this is something, especially in women, when you have hair loss but then men, too, it can be very upsetting, especially if you are younger and you are losing your hair and you don't know why," he said. "There's continued research into not only the causes but treatments of it."
At times, Gibsonsmith said she feels guilty when people see she has a bald head.
“They automatically think you have cancer,” she said. “Then they start talking in that frame and you have to tell them, ‘I really don’t know what’s causing this.'”
Male pattern baldness is more common in men, Dr. Goedecker said. As for alopecia areata or the other types of alopecia, it just depends.
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"Some are more common in men, some are more common in women, and some are equal across the board," he said.
Gibsonsmith said the dermatologist has medications, but some aren’t covered by insurance and others say it causes cancer.
“I’m not taking any (medications) that even comes close to triggering cancer ,” she said.
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She took kenalog shots and her head swelled to twice its size.
"I’m not taking that again," she said.
In her late teens, Gibsonsmith said, she used to model.
“I was in that world, and it was just so much stress about your appearance,” she said. “Other people have their own opinions about what you should look like.”
Gibsonsmith has never gone out in public with her bald head.
"I always have a wig or a hat on," she said. "I don’t have that much confidence, but I wish I did."
She copes with alopecia by writing poems and finding beauty in the world around her.
"I worked in my yard with my beautiful flowers and took pictures," she said. "One poem I wrote is titled, 'Never Ever Sure If I Really Fit In' and is about my journey with alopecia."
The ups and downs of alopecia
Bella Wetzel started experiencing alopecia at just 7 years old.
Her mother, Laura Wetzel, said it was difficult for her emotionally seeing her go through what she was experiencing and knowing there wasn’t anything to do about it.
"We tried different treatments, and seeing nothing working was difficult," Wetzel said.
Laura Wetzel said her and her husband first noticed their daughter had some little bald spots. They weren’t sure what was causing it, so they went to Penn State Health Hershey, and that’s when she was diagnosed with alopecia.
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"They told us it could come and go, it could grow back but then slowly, over the course of two years, it all fell out," she said.
Bella Wetzel said living with alopecia as a 7th grader in Red Lion is hard.
"There are some kids that don’t understand it. I guess it’s nice to enlighten them and tell them about it," she said. "I try my best to understand where they are coming from."
Bella Wetzel had a few things to say about what happened at the Oscars.
"I feel like it was nice sticking up for the ones you love, but also violence is not always the answer," she said. "When you start making fun of people as disorders or diseases, then you are talking about a whole other thing for comedy."
Gibsonsmith has one message for others with alopecia.
"If you need a hug, I’ll give you one," she said.
Kaity Assaf is a regional news reporter at the York Daily Record, part of the USA Today Network. Contact her at kassaf1@ydr.com, on Twitter @kaitythekite or by phone, 717-472-0960. Please support local journalism with a digital subscription.
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York County Food Bank is moving, as numbers in need are on the rise
The York County Food Bank, which has been serving families in need at the former Kmart store in Springettsbury Township since the COVID-19 pandemic began, is moving to a new location.
It comes as the number of families seeking food is rising because of the increasing cost of gas and groceries.
The Kmart site currently is serving 1,000 families, food bank president and CEO Jennifer Brillhart said. That's up from a low of about 400 to 600. The nonprofit continues to see new individuals who have never had to seek services before.
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'Everybody should have a full belly:'Need for food still exists amid ongoing pandemic
The food bank will be moving its inventory to a new warehouse in Emigsville next week, she said. Companies are donating trucks and drivers to help with the move.
The goods then will be distributed at Living Word Community Church, 2530 Cape Horn Road in Windsor Township, just a few miles down the road from the former Kmart store.
The first distribution date at the new location is April 19, Brillhart said.
Brillhart said the former Kmart store has been a great place for operations, but she knew it was only temporary. The nonprofit was allowed to use it at no cost.
Kinsley Properties owns the building and has no plans at this time for the site, according to a spokesperson.
The new warehouse will help improve efficiency and capacity, Brillhart said. It will have a loading dock and other amenities.
The nonprofit is excited for the move, and no disruption in services is planned, she said.
The food bank lists more than 125 partner agencies throughout York County. They are at churches, schools and community nonprofits. It also offers delivery service as well.
"I think people are going to be very happy with the new arrangement," she said.
Volunteers needed
Volunteers are need to help with the food distribution.
To help, visit yorkfoodbank.org.
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PA Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta running for U.S. Senate 'because the status quo will not save us'
After his parents split up, a young Malcolm Kenyatta walked into his home one day and complained to his mother about the trash littering their block in the new neighborhood where they had moved.
With his mother leaning over the stove to light a Newport cigarette, Kenyatta recalled her replying, “Boy, if you care so much why don’t you go do something about it?”
And so he did, running to become a junior block captain. From there, Kenyatta, the grandson of civil rights activist Muhammad Kenyatta, dove into community activism and politics, a journey that saw him become a featured speaker during the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
Now, years after that challenge from his mother, Kenyatta is a two-term Democratic state representative serving his Philadelphia district and is a U.S. Senate candidate in the Democratic primary. He’s also become a firebrand, progressive critic of legislative Republicans, taking to the House floor to verbally shred bills he finds particularly offensive.
“Literally everything I’ve done since has been with the whisper of that advice in my head,” Kenyatta, 31, said of his mother’s words. “You know, nobody is coming to save us.”
Instead, Kenyatta said that tough-love encouragement has spurred his commitment to poor and working families in Pennsylvania because he can identify with the struggle to pay the rent or mortgage, plan for a “dignified retirement,” or find affordable healthcare and childcare.
Those struggles, Kenyatta said, cross racial and geographical barriers, which is why he has taken his campaign to rural majority-Republican counties not used to having an openly gay, black Philadelphia Democrat working for primary votes there.
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“I’m not running to be the first black senator, the first gay senator,” Kenyatta said. “My campaign has been about how do we restore the basic bargain to every single family, but I will be those things.”
The conventional wisdom that urban voters will automatically vote for him while rural voters won’t no longer applies, Kenyatta said. “We have to reject that, and I reject it,” he said.
“Working families, whether we all look alike, whether we all worship the same or choose not to, we’re all struggling with these same basic issues and challenges, and we’re all fighting for a government that actually will deliver for working people and for our families, and that’s why I’m in this,” he said. “Because the status quo will not save us.”
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Caught in the crowd
Kenyatta is battling Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, both of Allegheny County, for the Democratic nomination, while Dr. Kevin Baumlin of Philadelphia and Jenkintown Councilwoman Alex Khalil round out the field.
A Franklin & Marshall College poll released in early March had Fetterman at 28% among Democrats and Lamb at 15% with Kenyatta a distant third at just 2%. There was still, however, a considerable portion of Democrats ― 44% — who remained undecided.
More recently, a poll by WETM/Emerson College Polling/The Hill in late March, found that Fetterman was leading with 33% followed by Lamb at 10%, making them the only two candidates to reach double-digit support. That survey put Kenyatta at 7.5%, behind Baumlin at 9% and ahead of Khalil at under 3%.
There was still a big portion of Democrats, 37%, who said they were undecided.
At the turn of the year, Kenyatta was far behind Fetterman and Lamb in fundraising. Fetterman raised nearly $12 million last year and had $5.3 million in available cash at the end of December, while Lamb raised $4 million and had $3 million in cash.
Kenyatta reported raising $1.5 million in 2021 and having just $285,000 in cash.
But Kenyatta insisted that he has built a strong coalition of unions, elected officials from across the state and voters who find similarities in his family’s hardships to their own, such as trying to figure out how to pay for insulin or buy a first home.
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“None of those things are unique, and that is the heartbreaking part of all this,” he said, “but what is unique is having a candidate who has had that life.”
A progressive platform
Kenyatta vowed to “take on” the pharmaceutical companies and fight for lower prices, work to counter a lack of investment in affordable housing and “unequivocally” oppose tax breaks for the wealthy that come at the expense of working families.
Ultimately, if he is elected in November, Kenyatta said the highest priority is to pass voting rights legislation.
“If people don’t have the right to engage in their democracy, everything else I’m talking about doesn’t really matter,” he said. “It really doesn’t.”
Job and small business growth will have a domino effect on issues such as education and crime, he said.
Kenyatta said he also wants to expand the Small Business Administration’s work as well as challenge banks’ lending practices in minority communities. He also wants to abolish the filibuster that stifles legislation in the Senate and pass a $15 per hour federal minimum wage.
President Joe Biden has done “a great job in a tough circumstance” when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, said Kenyatta. Pennsylvania has the nation’s second largest population of Ukrainian-Americans by population.
Not besties with Mitch
Kenyatta has frequently taken to the House floor to criticize Republican bills he opposes, often in emotional speeches bordering on firebrand sermons. He said that approach won’t change if he’s elected to the Senate.
“I will not be someone that (Senate Republican Leader) Mitch McConnell likes, and that’s OK,” he said with a laugh.
That passion will always be fueled by the life experiences that drive his career every day, Kenyatta said.
“Why is it always that when working people want something and need something and we ask for it, and we demand it, that we’re somehow stopping progress? No, we’re not the barrier to progress. Working people being asked to survive in the wealthiest nation in the world are not the problem,” he said. “Corporate greed and the fact that for so long and so often our government is completely focused on the well-off and well-connected, that is the damn problem."
More:Primary 2022: Hot races for governor, U.S. Senate, plus what you need to know about voting
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Those are some great marks: York-Adams track and field records go back more than 40 years
York Suburban graduate Yvonne Heinrich and Spring Grove's Laila Campbell own the oldest and newest YAIAA track and field records.
Heinrich set the league high jump record of 5-9.75 as a senior in 1980. That year marked the end of an illustrious career that included District 3 and PIAA Class 2A gold medals for three straight years.
Laila Campbell set records in the 100- and 200-meter sprints last year as a freshman in 11.97 and 24.23 seconds, respectively. She won both events at districts (setting a record of 24.11 in the district final) and states.
Times and distances only count if they come in a league-sanctioned meet or championship.
Here is a rundown of the YAIAA track and field records, according to the league website. Listed are the event, time/distance, athlete’s name, school and the year the record was set.
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Athletes competing this season are in bold.
Boys' records
1,600 meters: 4:19.9, Tim Barkdoll, Dallastown, 1986
100: 10.6, Russ Ziegler, Central York, 1995
110 hurdles: 14.14, Jay Stone, Central York, 2013
200: 21.4, Knowledge Timmons, York High, 2004
3,200: 9:21.1, Jon Grey, Kennard-Dale, 2006
300 hurdles: 37.8, Brian Roberts, Dover, 1989
4x100 relay: 42.43, Dallastown (Justin Tracy, Justin Atwood, Kalen Peterson, Edgar Centeno), 2016
4x400 relay: 3:21.1, South Western (Shane McCleaf, Seth Barnes, Corbin Gotwalt, Karl Maynor), 2007
4x800 relay: 7:58.6, South Western (Bryan Hess, Corbin Gotwalt, Matt Zimmerman, Rob Bum), 2005
400: 47.9, Mike Spangler, South Western, 1984
800: 1:54.7, Matt Dennish, Red Lion, 2004
Discus: 183-5, Luke Hoffman, West York, 2017
High jump: 6-9, Garyl Moore, York Catholic, 1994
Javelin: 192-10, Mike Wilt, Dover, 1990
Long jump: 23-4.5, Mike Powell, West York, 1988
Pole vault: 15-6, Jared Allison, Dallastown, 2012
Shot put: 55-7, Zach Toomey, Spring Grove, 2002
Triple jump: 47-3, Brian Good, Dallastown, 2001
Girls' records
1,600 meters: 5:00.3, Lisa Nagorny, York Suburban, 2000
100: 11.97, Laila Campbell, Spring Grove, 2021
100 hurdles: 14.53, Lynne Mooradian, South Western, 2016
200: 24.23, Laila Campbell, Spring Grove, 2021
3,200: 10:35.03, Margaret Carroll, Northeastern, 2021
300 hurdles: 44.39, Lynne Mooradian, South Western 2016
4x100 relay: 48.00, South Western (Sigourney McCleaf, Trish Kyle, Jess Clark, Catie Hare), 2004
4x400 relay: 3:59.0, Dover (Sasha Hornock, Wendy Hutchinson, Eryn Spangler, Kaila Funk), 2008
4x800 relay: 9:34.6, Red Lion (Lisa Frey, Suzanne Baum, Diane Fitz, Heather Moul), 1994
400: 56.20, Whitney Peach, York Suburban, 1999
800: 2:16.4, Ruth Loyer, Red Lion, 2001
Discus: 150-07, Madi Kling, Red Lion, 2018
High jump: 5-9.75, Yvonne Heinrich, York Suburban, 1980
Javelin: 147-9, Ashton Ball, Spring Grove, 2018
Long jump: 18-6.5, Sasha Hornock, Dover, 2009
Pole vault: 12-00.25, Lauren Corbitt, York Tech, 2016
Shot put: 43-11, Margo Britton, Dallastown, 2011
Triple jump: 39-10, Tesia Thomas, West York, 2019
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Central York students testify before Congress as national book bans escalate
Two Central York High School students testified before Congress Thursday about the growing number of national book bans and in celebration of National Library Week.
Students Christina Ellis and Olivia Pituch testified before the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties as part of a larger hearing to understand the ongoing censorship of reading materials in schools and libraries nationwide.
"Silence is deafening, but these books help to break through the silence and allow children to flourish," Pituch said during the hearing. "Kids need to see themselves especially portrayed in a positive light."
Ellis and Pituch received initial national recognition for the efforts they and their classmates took when the Central York School Board released a list of books that were restricted from curriculum use.
The list:These are the books and other resources banned by the Central York School Board
More on book bans:Books are being banned from school libraries. Here's what that does to students
The list prompted protests, book drives and garnered national attention.
"The reason I stood against my school’s book ban is because I didn’t want future African American kids to go through some of the things I went through because of the lack of cultural sensitivity in my schooling experience," Ellis said during the hearing. "I didn’t want minority students in general to feel like their culture didn’t matter because in school there was little to no representation for them."
Now the list has been repealed, but the issue of resource censorship persists nationwide, with reported bans in Tennessee, Texas, Indiana and other states.
The hearing brought on other speakers such as civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, Lancaster librarian Samantha Bridges and Jonathan W. Pidluzny, vice president of academic affairs for the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
Jack Panyard is a reporter at the York Daily Record, part of the USA TODAY Network. Contact him at jpanyard@ydr.com, 717-850-5935 or on Twitter @JackPanyard.
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York County Food Bank is moving, as numbers in need are on the rise
The York County Food Bank, which has been serving families in need at the former Kmart store in Springettsbury Township since the COVID-19 pandemic began, is moving to a new location.
It comes as the number of families seeking food is rising because of the increasing cost of gas and groceries.
The Kmart site currently is serving 1,000 families, food bank president and CEO Jennifer Brillhart said. That's up from a low of about 400 to 600. The nonprofit continues to see new individuals who have never had to seek services before.
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The food bank will be moving its inventory to a new warehouse in Emigsville next week, she said. Companies are donating trucks and drivers to help with the move.
The goods then will be distributed at Living Word Community Church, 2530 Cape Horn Road in Windsor Township, just a few miles down the road from the former Kmart store.
The first distribution date at the new location is April 19, Brillhart said.
The distribution will be held on from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month.
Brillhart said the former Kmart store has been a great place for operations, but she knew it was only temporary. The nonprofit was allowed to use it at no cost.
Kinsley Properties owns the building and has no plans at this time for the site, according to a spokesperson.
The new warehouse will help improve efficiency and capacity, Brillhart said. It will have a loading dock and other amenities.
The nonprofit is excited for the move, and no disruption in services is planned, she said.
The food bank lists more than 125 partner agencies throughout York County. They are at churches, schools and community nonprofits. It also offers delivery service as well.
"I think people are going to be very happy with the new arrangement," she said.
Volunteers needed
Volunteers are need to help with the food distribution.
To help, visit yorkfoodbank.org.
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18 ask judge to disqualify York Mayor Michael Helfrich from holding office, make appointment
The lawsuit was filed on Monday in the York County Court of Common Pleas. No court date has been scheduled.
Eighteen voters who include several former elected officials filed a lawsuit on Monday asking the president judge to disqualify York Mayor Michael Helfrich from holding office and make an appointment to fill the position.
Under the Third Class City Code, Helfrich was required to take the oath of office at the reorganizational meeting of York City Council on Jan. 4 or within 14 days of that date, the lawsuit alleges. District Judge Joel Toluba did not administer the oath of office until Jan. 24 — 20 days later — on Facebook Live.
Helfrich, the lawsuit asserts, also did not submit a signed affidavit to the city clerk certifying that he had lived in York for at least one year prior to the date of his election.
The seven-page petition filed in the York County Court of Common Pleas claims that those failures mean that the office of the mayor is vacant and asks President Judge Maria Musti Cook to make an appointment.
"I think there are concerns about Mr. Helfrich and his qualifications under Pennsylvania law," said Justin Tomevi, an attorney who's representing the 18 voters. "We view it as him not having met multiple of the qualifications, and that prompted the filing.”
Related:York City Council seeking legal opinions on whether mayor took oath of office too late
The petitioners include former York City Council President Henry Nixon, former York City Councilwomen Judy Ritter-Dixon and Toni Smith, and Shareef Hameed, an independent whom Helfrich, a Democrat, defeated to win second term as mayor in 2021.
Hameed said someone asked him to sign the petition. He said he didn't really want to comment on it.
“Nobody’s above the law,” said the Rev. Darnell Bowman, 64, pastor at Unity Church of God in Christ, on Ridge Avenue near Lincoln Highway in York, who's one of the 18 petitioners. "That's all I wanted to say."
Assistant York City Solicitor Jason Sabol has stated that the city operates under the Optional Third Class City Charter Law — not the Third Class City Code — and that those requirements did not apply.
Helfrich said he has not yet been served with the petition. But he said "it doesn't look much more credible than the original accusations."
He said he followed the city solicitor's advice.
"I would be surprised, and most people I've spoken to would be surprised, if a court overturned a valid election because of a difference of opinions among attorneys," Helfrich said. "What are you supposed to do? You're supposed to follow the attorney's instructions, right?"
"We here at the administration are busy trying to run a complex system and keep us all in the best position we can be in," he later added. "So this is about all the time I'm going to give this for right now."
Read:York Mayor Michael Helfrich re-elected to 2nd term, longtime district judge loses
Before Helfrich took office for his first term in 2018, six people filed a lawsuit in the York County Court of Common Pleas asking a judge to disqualify him because of his past felony convictions. They later withdrew the complaint.
Earlier this year, York City Council announced that it received two conflicting opinions about whether Helfrich qualified to hold office and indicated that it would provide them to the York County District Attorney’s Office and Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office for review.
York City Clerk Dianna Thompson had asked Morgan, Hallgren, Croswell & Kane P.C. to provide legal opinions and direction about questions regarding city government, for which the firm billed $1,776, according to documents that the York Daily Record/Sunday News obtained through Right-to-Know Law requests.
Also of interest:York City Police Officer Clayton Swartz was put on leave. 2 days later, mayor texted of proof: ‘None’
No court date has been scheduled.
Dylan Segelbaum is the courthouse reporter at the York Daily Record, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK. Contact him at dsegelbaum@ydr.com, by phone at 717-916-3981 or on Twitter @dylan_segelbaum.
List of petitioners
- Henry Nixon
- Katherine Young
- Steven Young
- Burton Parry
- Elizabeth Culp
- Judith McKee
- Thomas McKee
- Judy Ritter-Dixon
- Darnell Bowman
- Shilvosky Buffaloe
- Carla Evette Freeland
- Lois Garnett
- Tim Garnett
- Sarai Kearse
- Wajid DeShields
- Marcus DeShields
- Shareef Hameed
- Toni Smith
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What makes Dr. Oz's Senate campaign stand out? Trump's endorsement, TV show and wealth
Whatever defined Dr. Mehmet Oz’s candidacy before the weekend doesn’t really matter anymore.
The cardiothoracic surgeon turned TV host is now the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Pennsylvania endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
“I’m ready to bring an America First agenda to the Senate for Pennsylvania,” Oz said in a statement Saturday after receiving Trump’s endorsement.
Trump referenced Oz’s television show, which ran for 18 years before his Senate candidacy, and said he was the most electable candidate.
“This is all about winning elections to stop the radical left maniacs from destroying our country,” Trump said in a statement Saturday.
Oz said he would stand up to President Joe Biden and “the woke Left.”
“I will fight to unleash American energy, protect our Second Amendment, and drain the swamp of Washington insiders,” Oz said in a statement. “I will be a powerful pro-life voice in the Senate, and I will protect our children from harmful woke indoctrination. And no one will fight harder against the radical policies of Joe Biden that are causing inflation, creating a crisis at our border, and weakening our position around the world.”
Oz also used his Trump thank-you statement to take a shot at his primary opponent, David McCormick, whom he described as “a pro-China, Wall Street insider.”
McCormick and Oz have been in a heated battle, slinging negative TV ads at each other. Both had been vying for Trump’s endorsement.
Political analysts say the former president is still the leader of the Republican Party, and his endorsement can be a game-changer.
During a call with political reporters late last month, former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway described the weight of Trump’s potential endorsement in the Pennsylvania governor’s race. She is working with state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman’s gubernatorial campaign.
“If President Trump endorses in this race, that person has the best chance of being the Republican nominee,” she said, adding that Trump’s support would be “a definitive, deciding factor” in the primary.
Before the endorsement, the debate between Oz and McCormick seemed to center on who was a true Republican or just a Republican In Name Only (RINO).
Trump’s endorsement could answer that question.
His endorsement could also change the narrative for Oz, who has faced questions and criticism about his ties to Pennsylvania and his medical record.
Opponents and critics have said he pushes questionable products and junk science.
They’ve taken aim at everything from Oz touting a green coffee bean supplement for weight loss to his views on hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug Trump said should be used to treat COVID-19.
His critics have also taken aim at his address.
Oz, who went to the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine, left the state for decades after medical school.
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The Turkish-American surgeon was born in Cleveland and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, where his late father was chief of thoracic surgery at the Medical Center of Delaware.
Oz spent the recent two decades living in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, which is close to Manhattan and where he films his TV show and practices medicine.
But in the 2021 Pennsylvania primary, he started voting in the state by absentee ballot, using his in-laws’ address in suburban Philadelphia.
At a campaign stop in York County earlier this year, Oz said he lives in Bryn Athyn, Montgomery County, with his wife Lisa. He married her in Pennsylvania 36 years ago and they had children in the state, he said.
His wife’s family owns the Asplundh tree-trimming company.
Oz’s connections to that family business, along with his homes, stock, life insurance and money from his TV show, put his assets at more than $100 million and possibly up to about $400 million, according to Senate campaign finance reports.
As first reported by the Associated Press, if Oz is elected, “he would be one of the wealthiest members of the Senate – and possibly the wealthiest.”
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'He was pure joy.' How Gary Brown made a difference at Penn State, beyond
The football teammate and forever friend made a point to see Gary Brown at the end, every Sunday.
Penn State assistant coach Terry Smith spent time with Brown just before he died on April 10. He was there in Williamsport the week before, too, when the former Nittany Lion two-way star and longtime running backs coach could still talk a bit, knew who he was.
Smith said he made the simple vow to visit because so many former Penn State players simply could not. He said Brown deserved that as much as anyone could.
These former Penn State teammates last true football moment together came in September, on opposing sides. They posed for a photo together before the Nittany Lions played at Wisconsin, where Brown coached this past season until cancer's return became too much.
"It was important for me to see him. I wanted him to know that I love him, that we're here to help him and support his family and he has his friends and support behind him," Smith said of these last visits. "It's important he knew that, important I got in front of him to let him know there’s so many people supporting …"
Penn State football fans old enough to remember will forever see Brown stealing the ball from Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Ty Detmer in the 1989 Holiday Bowl and returning it for the clinching touchdown. Typical Brown, it seemed. The man who made his football life from running the football and coaching others how to do it better switched to defense for that one year in college just because Penn State needed him there.
Brown always was smiling and lifting up everyone around him, from his days starring at Williamsport High to arriving at Penn State in the summer of 1987 to his career as a player in the NFL and then as a coach.
Smith has called him "the spirit of our class" at Penn State. College roommate and former Nittany Lion linebacker Andre Powell, from York High, called him one of his most influential teammates because of his positive outlook on everything.
No matter that cancer took Brown's father and then afflicted his daughter and kept coming back for him. After it returned again early in 2020, during the beginning of the virus pandemic, he fought it back, once more, to coach again.
"He was pure joy, OK?" Powell said Monday from home in Naples, Florida. "He always kept that child-like enthusiasm and wonderment for the love of the game, for other people. That incredible smile, personality. It's hard to think he ever had a bad day, even in light of what he was suffering with for the last 10 years or so."
The Penn State football family also lost former running back and team captain Steve Smith last November, after his nearly 20-year battle against ALS.
Just like with Smith, Brown's fight against cancer mobilized his former teammates, which will stay with them forever.
"Gary continued to bring guys together," Powell said. "He could hang out with offensive linemen or bankers or young high school athletes. Gary was a connector. People will always have a piece of Gary with them."
The lesson is: "We've got to make sure we connect more with each other, love each other," Powell said. "Once again, Gary is helping to show us all the way and to enjoy life, man."
At Penn State, Brown grew from the backup to tailback Blair Thomas to the team's leading rusher to the one-year hero on defense. He always was a standout kick returner.
The Houston Oilers picked him in the 1991 NFL Draft and he played eight years in the league, passing the 1,000-yard rushing mark with the Oilers (1993) and with the New York Giants (1998).
He got his big coaching break with Rutgers in 2008 before coaching for a decade in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns and Dallas Cowboys.
Frank Bodani covers Penn State football for the York Daily Record and USA Today Network. Contact him atfbodani@ydr.com and follow him on Twitter @YDRPennState.
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It's time to select GameTimePA YAIAA Athletes of the Week.
Each week readers select the GameTimePA YAIAA Athletes of the Week in an online poll at ydr.com/gametimepa and eveningsun.com/gametimepa.
The poll will run from 5 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Last week, Red Lion distance runner River Van Wicklen won the boys' poll and Dallastown softball player Alexi Dowell won the girls' poll.
If you'd like to nominate a local athlete for future polls, email Matt Allibone at mallibone@ydr.com or Shelly Stallsmith at mstallsmith@ydr.com. To vote for this week's Athlete of the Week, see the polls below.
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Matt Allibone is a sports reporter for GameTimePA. He can be reached at 717-881-8221, mallibone@ydr.com or on Twitter at @bad2theallibone.
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U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb says legislative accomplishments separate him from the primary crowd
Democratic U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb has survived three tough races in western Pennsylvania to defeat Republican opponents, but now he finds himself in a primary fight for the U.S. Senate nomination.
Lamb, a 37-year-old Allegheny County resident, has four primary opponents, but his eyes are squarely focused on Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a fellow Allegheny County resident who has consistently led in polling and fundraising.
“I’m in the Joe Biden lane, and that’s the lane he wants to be in but he isn’t in because his history doesn’t support that,” said Lamb.
Lamb and other Democrats are running to replace U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh County, who is not seeking re-election. The primary is May 17.
When it comes to the question of electability in a general election, Lamb insisted that there is no comparison, pointing to his three victories in friendly Republican western Pennsylvania territory.
“We don’t have to be hypothetical about this,” said Lamb. “We can just look at what each of us has done in the last four years and it speaks for itself.”
Successful runs for United States Representative
A Marine Corps veteran and former federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh who burst onto the Pennsylvania political stage in 2018 when he won a hotly contested special election in the old 18th Congressional District outside of the Steel City, Lamb has earned the reputation as a moderate Democrat that holds true to traditional party values, such as strongly backing labor.
His family has political roots in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Thomas Lamb, Lamb's grandfather, served in the state House and was the state Senate Democratic Majority Leader in the early 1970s. Lamb's uncle, Michael Lamb, is the controller of Pittsburgh.
In a district that went for former President Donald Trump by nearly 20 percentage points, Lamb slid past former state Rep. Rick Saccone by 755 votes in 2018 although Trump twice came to the district to campaign for him and Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence also made visits.
Later that same year, Lamb defeated then-U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus in the 17th Congressional District general election by almost 13 points. It was the only race pitting two incumbents against each other that year and Trump took multiple shots at Lamb via Twitter while endorsing Rothfus.
Lamb once again found himself in Trump’s crosshairs in 2020 when the former president strongly backed Afghanistan combat veteran, author and Fox News contributor Sean Parnell.
Parnell pushed Lamb to the brink, but the Democrat survived another close race, winning 51% to 49%. Still a Trump favorite, Parnell entered the GOP primary for U.S. Senate but dropped out after he lost a Butler County custody court fight in which his ex-wife made allegations of abuse.
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Defending his voting record
During the Senate race, though, Lamb has found himself under attack from progressive Democrats accusing him of being too supportive of Republican policies and comparing him to West Virginia U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat who has frustrated many in his party by opposing several Democratic initiatives, most recently President Biden’s nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better plan.
“It’s just not an accurate attack,” Lamb said of the comparison to Manchin. “It’s just not a true thing to say.”
In his own defense, Lamb said he has supported the Build Back Better plan as well as a $15 per hour federal minimum wage and women’s reproductive rights.
Progressives, however, have pointed to Lamb’s opposition to new gun laws and his insistence that background checks, closing loopholes and better enforcement of existing gun laws should work to decrease crime.
Some of those on the left still seethe over Lamb’s remarks following his and Biden’s wins in 2020 when in an interview with The New York Times he declined to criticize progressive U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and other members of the so-called “Squad,” but said their calls for defunding the police and banning fracking were turning off a large portion of voters.
“The fact is that they and others are advocating policies that are unworkable and extremely unpopular,” Lamb told the Times.
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"Speaking as an American"
According to a fivethirtyeight.com analysis of congressional voting records, Lamb’s votes coincided with Trump’s positions 22% of the time, with many of those votes coming in 2018 on issues such as expanding the eligibility for health savings accounts, opposing a carbon tax, and allowing new businesses to deduct start-up expenses.
Lamb voted to impeach Trump in both cases brought against the former president and repeatedly voted for bills that funded government without providing additional money for Trump’s ill-fated border wall.
After the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Lamb took to the House floor to give an emotional address that fueled a brief confrontation with angry Republicans.
“We know that attack today didn't materialize out of nowhere,” Lamb said in his floor speech. “It was inspired by lies — the same lies that you're hearing in this room tonight. The members who are repeating those lies should be ashamed of themselves, and their constituents should be ashamed of them.”
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The impassioned speech surprised many because it clashed with Lamb’s usual placid demeanor. Lamb said the attack “went to the deepest part of what I believe” as a veteran, prosecutor and public official.
“That night I really didn’t feel like I was speaking like a Democrat against Republicans,” he said. “I felt like I was speaking as an American against people who were aiding and abetting an attack on our government itself. It probably shifted my mindset a little bit.”
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Check list, to-do list
Lamb said his most recent legislative accomplishments have been his work and votes for Biden’s infrastructure bill and American Rescue Plan. The infrastructure bill brought $857 million to reconstruct the crumbling Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Beaver County and $77 million to renovate the Emsworth Locks and Dam on the same river in Allegheny County, both of which are vital to keeping commercial river traffic flowing toward the Mississippi River.
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Lamb said he was proud to return to Obama-era methane emission standards after Biden took office, which struck a balance between protecting the environment and industry jobs. He supports an incremental raising of the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026.
Those earning $40,000 to $50,000 a year also need higher wages, he said, and working to make unions stronger will have a domino effect.
“Strengthening the rights of labor unions overall will help raise wages because it gives them more of an ability to bargain on their wages, helping raise pay in the public sector,” said Lamb.
Lamb also pointed to his work on trying to lower prescription drug prices and allowing Medicare to bargain over the price of drugs and using savings to provide free dental, vision and hearing coverage.
There is “an enormous backlog” of bills in the evenly divided Senate because Republicans have used the filibuster to block votes, Lamb said. “I am a vote to get rid of the filibuster,” he said, so important issues can be tackled.
“Gun violence cannot be ignored. Immigration cannot be ignored. A woman’s right to choose can no longer be ignored. Voting rights, themselves, can’t be ignored and that’s what the Senate does,” Lamb said. “It’s not like they’re voting down our ideas. They’re ignoring them and refusing to take action because of the obstacle that the filibuster creates.”
Lamb said the Biden administration has handled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine well and kept the NATO alliance strong. However, Lamb said as a senator he would take a more forceful approach to get across the message that the United States is helping Ukrainians win the war with the goal being to “beat Putin and send him back to where he came from.”
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From sweet breads to hand-painted eggs: This is how Pennsylvania families celebrate Easter
As a child, I always wondered why my mother would challenge herself with the task of roasting lamb, baking countless cookies and breads, and coloring dozens of eggs all within the span of one week. But as I grew older, her methods started to make sense.
Holidays are all about tradition.
Raising their children in America, my immigrant parents understood how important it would be to instill the Greek traditions they grew up with in me and my brothers.
For Christians, the week before Easter is an important span of seven days called Holy Week. In addition to attending the multiple church services that lead to Easter Sunday, Holy Week is also when holiday breads, pastries and colored eggs are prepared.
Eggs are often colored on Thursday during Holy Week. Dying eggs red symbolizes the blood of Christ, and on Easter Sunday a game is played using the eggs. Fans of the romantic comedy "My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' may remember the scene in which two people each grab an egg and take turns hitting the ends of each other's egg. One person recites "Christos Anesti,'' or "Christ is Risen,'' and the other replies "Alithos Anesti,'' or "Indeed, He has risen.'' The person whose end does not crack wins the game.
Greek Easter bread, or Tsoureki, a sweet, braided bread resembling a brioche, is prepared. It is traditionally made with mahleb, a spice that comes from the seeds of a cherry and often is finished with sliced almonds or sesame seeds, and topped with a red-colored hard boiled egg.
Along with tsoureki, butter cookies called koulourakia also are prepared for Easter. These cookies have a buttery and vanilla essence, and are often topped with sesame seeds and shaped into braided patterns.
Roasted lamb is a staple dish on the table, and traditionally served in Greece to commemorate Jesus’ sacrifice, where he is referenced as the Lamb of God.
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Recipes 'made from generation to generation'
On a corner of Uptown Harrisburg sits Alvaro Bread and Pastry Shoppe, an old-fashioned Italian bakery where Sal and Lina Alvaro use family recipes and imported ingredients to create authentic Italian pastries, breads and pasta.
Sal Alvaro and his wife Lina were born in Italy. After immigrating to America, the couple held onto their traditions and family recipes handed down for generations.
The holidays are always a busy time for the bakery, especially Easter.
The Alvaros prepare an Italian Easter Bread called pane di pasqua. This light and fluffy, citrus, hand-rolled bread is sometimes topped with colorful sprinkles and finished with a hard-boiled egg placed in the center.
There are many origin stories. According to Lina, one version dates back to medieval times.
"The medieval nuns would bake these during Holy Week in quantities that used 40 eggs in each batch, which represented 40 days of Lent."
According to tradition, the youngest child of the family would eat the hard-boiled egg and would then have good luck all year.
Another specialty they whip up for Easter is a citrus ricotta pie: sweet ricotta cheese combined with vanilla, lemon and orange. There are many variations of this classic pie.
"These Italian delicacies have been made from generation to generation, and we've had them growing up, every Easter," Alvaro said.
In addition to baking these specialties for their Easter celebrations with family, the Alvaros also offer Italian Easter bread and citrus ricotta pie at the bakery during Holy week.
Alvaro Bread and Pastry Shoppe is located at 236 Peffer St., Harrisburg.
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'A family working together'
Tears filled Margie Mutmansky's eyes as she recalled the Slovak Easter traditions of her upbringing in Pittsburgh.
She grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania on a coal patch where her father worked. In a two-bedroom home nestled her family of eight.
For Mutmansky and her family, who now live in Hanover, the holidays were a special time based around family, food and faith.
“Easter traditions in the coal patches of southwestern Pennsylvania included days of baking by all the women in the patch,” she said.
Slovak sweets such as kolache, a pastry made with nuts, seeds or cheese filling surrounded by puffy dough, and Easter bread called paska, were prepared.
She recalled the pickled beets and eggs her mother would make, with fresh horseradish that would fill Easter baskets, handmade by the older women and brought back from the "old country," whether that was Poland, Austria or Hungary.
Other delicacies filled the baskets, including ham, kielbasa, fresh butter and decorative eggs.
“The baskets were covered in beautifully worked cloths of woven, cross stitched or embroidered patterns. Those were always what kept my attention.”
On Holy Saturday, ham was baked at 5 a.m., she recalled. Her mother rigorously cleaned their home, polishing furniture, ensuring everything was in order before the priest arrived.
Mutmansky and her five siblings often were sent outside to watch for the priest, Father Andrew Balok from Holy Rosary Parish, who would arrive to bless their Easter baskets.
"The Slovak people, and sometimes Polish or Ukrainian, of Catholic faith brought their large baskets to our house," she said. Neighbors and families would gather in her home and join in Slovak prayers as the priest blessed the baskets.
Today, Mutmansky’s family is spread all over the East Coast. She has maintained several of the traditions she grew up with, especially baking paska. She gets her grandchildren to help.
“These memories are just so special to me. It’s all about a family working together to do what had to be done,” she said.
Carrying on 'traditions and customs for future generation'
The art of decorating Pysanky eggs dates back to ancient times and remains a tradition among many families in Ukraine and across Eastern Europe.
Growing up right outside of Pittsburgh, Susan Kandra Burkins of Stewartstown remembers gathering around the table with the women in her Slovakian family, decorating eggs with intricate designs that would later be given as gifts.
The word pysanky comes from the Ukrainian verb pysaty, which translates "to write."
The process involved heating a kitska, a wooden tool with a sharp tip, over a candle's flame and slowly drawing melted beeswax over the pencil-outlined design on the raw egg.
“Every line that's drawn and every color you use has a meaning," she said. "Whether it's being given to someone for health, happiness, or even to a new bride, the eggs are meant to match the person."
After the eggs are decorated and the paint has dried completely, a hole is carefully poked into the egg, so the yolk and white can be drained, hollowing out the egg.
Some eggs are even added to their Easter egg tree.
"My dad and uncles would go out into the woods on the farm and pick out a thorn tree and then bring it inside put it in a vase with rocks," she said.
The symbolism behind the egg tree, Burkins said, is to showcase the colorful eggs and observe "the rebirth of spring."
During Lent, Burkins and her parents, two brothers, aunts and uncles would prepare their home for the arrival of the priest. Scrubbing the walls, cleaning their home, and decorating the egg tree was a family affair as they awaited the priest's ceremony.
"Easter is the most religious of celebrations, and for me it is the beginning of life, the renewal of all things and a fresh start."
Growing up, Burkins said her immigrant relatives only spoke Slovak at home. They followed the traditions and customs they brought with them from their home country and shared them with their children. These are the moments she misses most of all, she said.
"We try at Easter to do as many traditions as possible,'' she said. "It is our responsibility to carry on the traditions and customs for our future generations."
Lena Tzivekis is a reporter for the Hanover Evening Sun/York Daily Record. Follow her at @tzivekis on Twitter, and say hi, or let her know where to get some of the best food in Central Pa!
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White Clover Family Farm born out of the pandemic, supply chain and local food awareness
Seeded in the roots of an 18th century homestead in Hellam Township, White Clover Family Farm has been inspired by the locally sourced food movement and spurred on by supply-chain issues that intensified during the pandemic.
“Without the pandemic, I don’t think this business would exist”, Nate Riedy, who goes by "Farmer Nate" on his social network platforms, said recently after opening the gate to a chicken house for a noisy gaggle of hens tripping over each other to get out for a day of free ranging around the farm.
The family didn’t intend to get into farming before the pandemic. Riedy was working full-time in marketing for the non-profit World Relief.
“The plan (in 2017) was really for my father-in-law to retire and sort of putter around the farm and for all the kids to move back but just to enjoy it ourselves…it didn’t happen until last year that we decided… it morphed into, why don’t we invite other people to enjoy it with us,” Riedy said.
Riedy runs the farm with his parents-in-law John and Linda Holden and his wife, Chelsea. Riedy's children Everly, 6, and Sara, 16, help by baking and taking care of the animals. Sara joined the family through foster care and then adoption in 2020.
The farm, anchored by two historic stone farmhouses, was itself in danger of getting swallowed up by development prior to the 2017 purchase by Riedy's in-laws.
According to the Kreutz Creek Valley Preservation Society, the farm was started with a William Penn land grant. Its two stone houses were built in 1749 and 1765, with each being enlarged in subsequent years.
The farm was most recently owned by Gretchen and Albert Blakey. For 45 years, it continued mostly unchanged, where it was home to horses. When it came time to sell, the Blakey children wanted the farm to remain as open space and for the historic buildings to live on. It was their mother’s dream.
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“During the pandemic is what happened,” Riedy described as the trigger for transforming the private family hide-a-way into a community-supported business selling eggs, meat, produce and fresh bread.
“We got our first chickens in March (2020) right when the pandemic began, and then we got our first lambs and then we got our first goats, but we were still not farmers… We were just like accumulating farm animals and starting to grow crops,” Riedy said, describing the conversion phase of becoming farmers.
“Slowly, I fell in love with that - everything we were doing,” Riedy said.
"June of last year, my brother-in-law said 'why don’t you put a little cart down the lane and sell eggs, jams you’ve been making'… I said, I guess I’ll do that on the side…just a little cart, that’s it,” said Riedy, describing the origin of the farm stand.
“And one thing led to another, and by the end of the year we were selling thousands of pumpkins, bushels of sweet corn, hundreds of jars of jam each week, and we built the stand and the pavilion and it turned into a full-time business,” he added.
On March 18, Riedy quit his full-time marketing job to devote all his time to White Clover Family Farm.
He said the reason for the early success of the market is the “crazy community support.”
“Three years ago, no one ever said the words 'supply chain,' now everyone hears and says that word, and they’re thinking about where does my food come from?'" Riedy said food shortages during the pandemic highlighted problems of how food is produced by a consolidated market.
There was a groundswell of support, as they began their operation, on the farm’s social media from the people living in the suburban neighborhoods around the farm. “When I decided to quit my job, I posted a video walking through a field telling them about this, hundreds of people commented (positively).” Riedy said, adding that people are craving authenticity when supporting local business. .
The CEO of the farm, who lets out the chickens and cleans the sheep stalls, said, “We want people to feel like this is not just ours, that they feel they can stop by, that they are part of this. This is their community.”
Julie Myers, one of the first in line before the stand opened on a recent “bread day,” held each Saturday morning, said, “If you're not here in the first five minutes, you’re not getting your bread.” When asked if locally made bread tastes different, she didn’t hesitate with a "yes" and said it's because “it’s made with love.”
For more information about White Clover Family Farm, at 327 Campbell Road, visit their website whitecloveryork.com or their facebook page.
I have captured life through the lens since 1983, and am currently a visual journalist with the USAToday Network. You can reach me at pkuehnel@ydr.com.
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Two-century-old Felton church illustrates message of Easter
Early on Easter morning, the congregation of St. Paul (Lebanon) Lutheran Church will assemble on a wide walkway in front of their stately brick building.
They’ll have a clear view of the new day, there atop a high hill overlooking the southeastern York County town of Felton.
As part of the Easter service, they’ll proceed through the front door to the small sanctuary of this rural church.
There, the worship will continue, as that congregation has celebrated for more than 200 years.
They’ll join scores of other Christian congregations across York County and the world in worship at Easter, a day of joy and celebration in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
But this congregation has a rare and visible reminder of the meaning of the day that their forebears have provided for them.
We’ll return to this special scene later.
A story of a church
The story of St. Paul (Lebanon) reflects that of many churches with parishioners of Pennsylvania German background in York County.
This rural congregation, originally known as Flinchbaugh’s or Stabley’s, first met in 1812 in a wooden frame building on that hilltop.
Some county church buildings today still bear the names of prominent member families who provided land and support. But in the 1800s, the congregation took on the biblical name of Lebanon.
As often happened in Pennsylvania Dutch country, the Lebanon congregation shared its property with another German group.
The Lutherans at Lebanon looked back to Martin Luther of Wittenberg in Germany and to the Augsburg Confession for guidance.
Their German Swiss partner on the hilltop, the Reformed congregation, favored the Heidelberg Catechism and were influenced by Ulrich Zwingli, a contemporary of Luther. With fellow Swiss pastor John Calvin, Zwingli built the theological foundation for the Reformed faith.
Despite differences in doctrine and tradition dating to Luther and Zwingli, congregations had the German language as a common denominator.
Lutheran and Reformed congregations faced at least three realities when it came to forming union churches: These thrifty farmers lacked cash, and pastors were in short supply. And intermarriage of families between the two denominations was common. So practical matters trumped doctrine.
A union church, an arrangement in which Lutheran and Reformed congregations jointly owned property and the church building, made sense.
Most of the 16 Lutheran and 16 Reformed congregations in York County before the American Revolution were union churches.
Lebanon’s Lutheran and Reformed arrangement lasted until 1892, when the Reformed congregation sold its property to the Lutherans. Such separations were common. Today, only one union church operates in York County: St. Paul’s (Dubs) Church near Codorus State Park.
Church built to last
Just before the Civil War, Lebanon replaced its original building with the brick structure that has since solidly commanded the elevation.
The running of the railroad in the valley below Lebanon likely created the population and commerce to support a Lutheran church in the village below. That happened in 1888, when St. Paul Lutheran opened its doors, sharing a pastor with Lebanon. The town’s growth prompted it to incorporate as a borough in 1899, with the name of a railroad official named Felton.
Yet another chapter of Lebanon’s story was written in those years. The bilingual pastor serving both Lebanon and St. Paul congregations considered his German proficiency no longer necessary. That meant that the use of English now was so common that services could be conducted in that tongue.
Despite all this activity, the Lebanon building, with periodic additions, served its congregation well. In fact, it became St. Paul (Lebanon) Lutheran in 1978, when the two congregations merged. The railroad, now the Maryland and Pennsylvania, was ending its service, and Felton was returning to a quiet village in the valley.
So Lebanon’s story as a union church, disunion with the Reformed, becoming an English-speaking congregation and sharing a pastor with another church is a rich and common story in Pennsylvania Dutch country.
A different church story
As we’ve said, Lebanon’s story is different in another telling way.
When congregations built new structures, they often would locate it on another site, allowing its graveyard to cover its former footprint. That happened with Lebanon’s sister congregation in nearby Rinely, for example.
But at Lebanon, the cemetery filled in around the building, meaning in front of the brick structure, too. Congregants, thus, walked through the graveyard to enter the sanctuary.
That winsome feature adds meaning to that hilltop, particularly at Easter.
The Easter connection
The grave is a crucial part of the Easter story. The empty tomb is a keystone of the Christian faith.
Jesus’ promise to go prepare a place in his Father’s house for his flock wouldn’t work if his body was still in the grave.
That bodily resurrection of Jesus means that Christians buried on Lebanon’s ground have joined Jesus in heaven above. When you walk through there on Easter or any day, you’re reminded of that.
Second, as people walk past those headstones, they are reminded of the lives, example and faith of those who came before them. There’s strength in that; the Christian journey is not a solo run. Other faithful have believed, persevered in life and are in their Father’s house today — a cloud of witnesses, as the Bible describes them.
Last, as the Lebanon procession moves inside on Easter after gathering outside near those graves, members will go into the sanctuary where they are reminded that they were once dead in their sins. But through Jesus’ death for their sins and his resurrection, they are delivered. The liturgy, message and Communion serve to strengthen their faith. They walk past those graves on their way out with a sense of renewal.
Lebanon pastor Kathy Kuehl will be leading the Easter procession into Lebanon’s sanctuary, and all will walk in the steps of generations of Christians who have preceded them.
In the pulpit, Kuehl will preach from the Gospel of Luke.
And the theme or title of her message based on that text?
“He arose,” she said.
With emphasis.
References: York County History Center files, Charles H. Glatfelter’s “York County Lutherans,” interview with the Rev. Kathy Kuehl.
Jim McClure is the retired editor of the York Daily Record and has authored or co-authored nine books on York County history. Reach him at jimmcclure21@outlook.com.
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Demeioun Robinson: 3 things to know about Penn State transfer from Maryland
Penn State scored big in the transfer portal when needed most.
Coach James Franklin and the Nittany Lions earned a commitment Tuesday from former Maryland Terrapins' defender Demeioun Robinson − a former Top 100 high school prospect who had turned them down out of high school. He is the Penn State's third transfer pickup since the end of last season, joining receiver Mitch Tinsley and offensive lineman Hunter Nourzad.
The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Robinson graduated from Quince Orchard High in Gaithersburg, Maryland and now has four seasons to play three in State College.
Franklin recently talked publicly about how the Lions needed to pursue a pass rusher more than anything in the transfer portal before preseason practice begins. Last season, Penn State received a huge boost from defensive end and pass rushing extraordinaire Arnold Ebiketie, a Temple transfer.
Here are three things to know about Robinson and how he fits into the 2022 Nittany Lions:
An immediate pass-rushing option
While Robinson was used as a linebacker at Maryland he expects to move to defensive end when he begins practicing with the team this summer.
He will be a welcome addition as the Lions search for pass-rushing answers after losing Ebiketie and defensive end Jesse Luketa to the NFL. The pair combined for 10 sacks and 26.5 tackles for loss in 2021. While coaches are high on Adisa Isaac, he must return to form after missing last season to injury. The only other experienced option is senior Nick Tarburton.
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Robinson should be in a similar position to other young Penn State defensive ends Smith Vilbert and Zuriah Fisher. Each has promising reports, including Vilbert's three sacks in the Outback Bowl loss to Arkansas. But none is a proven starter.
Penn State must improve upon its pass rush, which often seemed to be limited to Ebiketie, an All-Big Ten first team performer. The Lions were eighth in the Big Ten in rushing the passer.
High school recruiting
Robinson was an Under Armour All-American coming out of Quince Orchard and was pursued heavily by the Nittany Lions two years ago. He was rated as a coveted 4- or 5-star prospect, depending on the national recruiting site.
He broke his school's all-time sack record, piling up 14 as a junior.
He picked coach Mike Locksley's Terps in March of 2020 over Penn State, Ohio State, Georgia, Texas A&M and others.
He decided to leave the team before spring practices began for undisclosed reasons. He made a recruiting trip to Penn State last weekend.
"It always helps with the transfer portal if we recruited the young man on the front end, so we've known him longer and you're not trying to get to know him in two weeks, " Franklin told reporters last week in State College.
A promising first college season
Robinson made an immediate impact as a freshman in 2021, playing in all 13 games for the Terps with one start.
Though used as a linebacker he still showed off promising pass rushing attributes with 19 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks.
He ended last season on a high note with three tackles and a sack versus Virginia Tech in the Pinstripe Bowl.
Frank Bodani covers Penn State football for the York Daily Record and USA Today Network. Contact him atfbodani@ydr.com and follow him on Twitter @YDRPennState.
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After time in Maryland, York County coach excited for the test of Pennsylvania football
Will Thompson admits he's a "fish out of water" with his new opportunity.
The new Spring Grove Area High School football coach has few connections to York County. He's never lived in Pennsylvania or coached football in the state.
But the Virginia native believes his upbringing in that football-crazed commonwealth will help him with his new position.
"In small towns in Virginia football really matters and I equate that to Pennsylvania," Thompson said. "Football is heightened here and people want their teams to do well. That's a huge attraction. I guess you could say I'm anxious but I'm also ready to rock."
Thompson was approved as Spring Grove's new coach Monday night. He will make a yearly stipend of $4,988. He takes over for Kyle Sprenkle, who resigned in January after seven seasons to help his wife raise their six children. A Spring Grove graduate, Sprenkle led the Rockets to a 10-2 season this past fall and the first multi-playoff win campaign in program history.
The 33-year-old Thompson doesn't have the same kind of familiarity with Spring Grove, but he's coming off a successful first stint as a head coach. He spent the past three years leading Francis Scott Key in Carroll County, Maryland ― less than an hour drive from Spring Grove. FSK had gone through nine losing seasons in a 10-year stretch when Thompson was hired in 2019. After going 3-7 and 1-4 (COVID-shortened) his first two years, Thompson led the Eagles to a 7-4 record and the second round of the Maryland state playoffs this past fall.
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A rural high school and one of the smallest in Carroll County, Francis Scott Key doesn't have the same level of resources as Spring Grove, according to Thompson. So while the Rockets are a Class 5A program that competes against four Class 6A schools (Central York, Dallastown, Red Lion, York High) in YAIAA Division I, their new coach isn't worried about being overmatched.
"At FSK, you really had to beg, borrow and steal to get stuff going," Thompson said. "The little things matter and you've gotta work hard when you're at a school with 800 kids and the other team has 2,000. You've got to do different things and find trick plays if you want to maximize everything.
"In the past three years, 20 to 25 teams we faced were bigger than us. I know some schools might be bigger (than Spring Grove) but I'm not overly worried about it."
A 2007 graduate of Charlottesville High School in Virginia, Thompson played defensive back at Division III Bridgewater College, which is also located in Virginia. After college, he immediately took a coaching position in his home state at Fort Defiance High School before ultimately moving to Maryland to be closer to his wife's family.
A special education teacher at Francis Scott Key, Thompson said he hopes to find a full-time position at Spring Grove. While he's new to York County, he's been learning about the area from some friends including new South Western athletic director Troy Warehime, who previously held the same position at Francis Scott Key.
Spring Grove athletic director Jeff Laux said the school had a "good amount of great applicants" but that Thompson "jumped out as the right guy" due to his personality and football knowledge.
Thompson is taking over a team coming off a historic season, but also one that will have graduated a large amount of talent. Spring Grove's senior class this past fall included 2,000-yard running back Zyree Brooks, star linebacker Darien Osmun and three starting offensive linemen.
Still, Spring Grove's cupboard isn't bare. The Rockets will bring back one of the league's best players in dual-threat quarterback and safety Andrew Osmun, who has gotten recruiting attention from a number of Division I schools. Thompson said he's planning to meet the team soon. He's also hoping to keep most of the assistants who coached under Sprenkle.
Thompson said he ran a no-huddle offense at Francis Scott Key that set passing records last season, but he held off on saying he'll bring that system to the traditionally run-first Rockets. He said he'll have to get a sense of the team's personnel before deciding what style it will play.
All of the football coaching vacancies in the YAIAA have now been filled. Earlier this offseason, Bud Kyle was hired at Eastern York, Levi Murphy at Dallastown and Joe Sorice at Susquehannock.
"I'm not going to say we're going to throw the ball 50 times a game," said Thompson, who added he had an undersized offensive line at Francis Scott Key. "We'll find out what is working. It's high school football so you can't just come in and say we're going to run the Air Raid. We'll maximize what the kids do well and adjust."
Matt Allibone is a sports reporter for GameTimePA. He can be reached at 717-881-8221, mallibone@ydr.com or on Twitter at @bad2theallibone.
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U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb says legislative accomplishments separate him from the primary crowd
Democratic U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb has survived three tough races in western Pennsylvania to defeat Republican opponents, but now he finds himself in a primary fight for the U.S. Senate nomination.
Lamb, a 37-year-old Allegheny County resident, has four primary opponents, but his eyes are squarely focused on Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a fellow Allegheny County resident who has consistently led in polling and fundraising.
“I’m in the Joe Biden lane, and that’s the lane he wants to be in but he isn’t in because his history doesn’t support that,” said Lamb.
Lamb and other Democrats are running to replace U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh County, who is not seeking re-election. The primary is May 17.
When it comes to the question of electability in a general election, Lamb insisted that there is no comparison, pointing to his three victories in friendly Republican western Pennsylvania territory.
“We don’t have to be hypothetical about this,” said Lamb. “We can just look at what each of us has done in the last four years and it speaks for itself.”
Successful runs for United States Representative
A Marine Corps veteran and former federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh who burst onto the Pennsylvania political stage in 2018 when he won a hotly contested special election in the old 18th Congressional District outside of the Steel City, Lamb has earned the reputation as a moderate Democrat that holds true to traditional party values, such as strongly backing labor.
His family has political roots in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Thomas Lamb, Lamb's grandfather, served in the state House and was the state Senate Democratic Majority Leader in the early 1970s. Lamb's uncle, Michael Lamb, is the controller of Pittsburgh.
In a district that went for former President Donald Trump by nearly 20 percentage points, Lamb slid past former state Rep. Rick Saccone by 755 votes in 2018 although Trump twice came to the district to campaign for him and Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence also made visits.
Later that same year, Lamb defeated then-U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus in the 17th Congressional District general election by almost 13 points. It was the only race pitting two incumbents against each other that year and Trump took multiple shots at Lamb via Twitter while endorsing Rothfus.
Lamb once again found himself in Trump’s crosshairs in 2020 when the former president strongly backed Afghanistan combat veteran, author and Fox News contributor Sean Parnell.
Parnell pushed Lamb to the brink, but the Democrat survived another close race, winning 51% to 49%. Still a Trump favorite, Parnell entered the GOP primary for U.S. Senate but dropped out after he lost a Butler County custody court fight in which his ex-wife made allegations of abuse.
More:Lamb wins re-election; Parnell refuses to concede
Defending his voting record
During the Senate race, though, Lamb has found himself under attack from progressive Democrats accusing him of being too supportive of Republican policies and comparing him to West Virginia U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat who has frustrated many in his party by opposing several Democratic initiatives, most recently President Biden’s nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better plan.
“It’s just not an accurate attack,” Lamb said of the comparison to Manchin. “It’s just not a true thing to say.”
In his own defense, Lamb said he has supported the Build Back Better plan as well as a $15 per hour federal minimum wage and women’s reproductive rights.
Progressives, however, have pointed to Lamb’s opposition to new gun laws and his insistence that background checks, closing loopholes and better enforcement of existing gun laws should work to decrease crime.
Some of those on the left still seethe over Lamb’s remarks following his and Biden’s wins in 2020 when in an interview with The New York Times he declined to criticize progressive U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and other members of the so-called “Squad,” but said their calls for defunding the police and banning fracking were turning off a large portion of voters.
“The fact is that they and others are advocating policies that are unworkable and extremely unpopular,” Lamb told the Times.
More:Lamb bill tightens penalties for stealing from gun stores
"Speaking as an American"
According to a fivethirtyeight.com analysis of congressional voting records, Lamb’s votes coincided with Trump’s positions 22% of the time, with many of those votes coming in 2018 on issues such as expanding the eligibility for health savings accounts, opposing a carbon tax, and allowing new businesses to deduct start-up expenses.
Lamb voted to impeach Trump in both cases brought against the former president and repeatedly voted for bills that funded government without providing additional money for Trump’s ill-fated border wall.
After the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Lamb took to the House floor to give an emotional address that fueled a brief confrontation with angry Republicans.
“We know that attack today didn't materialize out of nowhere,” Lamb said in his floor speech. “It was inspired by lies — the same lies that you're hearing in this room tonight. The members who are repeating those lies should be ashamed of themselves, and their constituents should be ashamed of them.”
More:U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb says he will support articles of impeachment against President Trump
The impassioned speech surprised many because it clashed with Lamb’s usual placid demeanor. Lamb said the attack “went to the deepest part of what I believe” as a veteran, prosecutor and public official.
“That night I really didn’t feel like I was speaking like a Democrat against Republicans,” he said. “I felt like I was speaking as an American against people who were aiding and abetting an attack on our government itself. It probably shifted my mindset a little bit.”
More:Regional political leaders condemn violent insurrection in Washington
Check list, to-do list
Lamb said his most recent legislative accomplishments have been his work and votes for Biden’s infrastructure bill and American Rescue Plan. The infrastructure bill brought $857 million to reconstruct the crumbling Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Beaver County and $77 million to renovate the Emsworth Locks and Dam on the same river in Allegheny County, both of which are vital to keeping commercial river traffic flowing toward the Mississippi River.
More:Montgomery Locks project to be completed with $857 million federal boost
Lamb said he was proud to return to Obama-era methane emission standards after Biden took office, which struck a balance between protecting the environment and industry jobs. He supports an incremental raising of the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026.
Those earning $40,000 to $50,000 a year also need higher wages, he said, and working to make unions stronger will have a domino effect.
“Strengthening the rights of labor unions overall will help raise wages because it gives them more of an ability to bargain on their wages, helping raise pay in the public sector,” said Lamb.
Lamb also pointed to his work on trying to lower prescription drug prices and allowing Medicare to bargain over the price of drugs and using savings to provide free dental, vision and hearing coverage.
There is “an enormous backlog” of bills in the evenly divided Senate because Republicans have used the filibuster to block votes, Lamb said. “I am a vote to get rid of the filibuster,” he said, so important issues can be tackled.
“Gun violence cannot be ignored. Immigration cannot be ignored. A woman’s right to choose can no longer be ignored. Voting rights, themselves, can’t be ignored and that’s what the Senate does,” Lamb said. “It’s not like they’re voting down our ideas. They’re ignoring them and refusing to take action because of the obstacle that the filibuster creates.”
Lamb said the Biden administration has handled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine well and kept the NATO alliance strong. However, Lamb said as a senator he would take a more forceful approach to get across the message that the United States is helping Ukrainians win the war with the goal being to “beat Putin and send him back to where he came from.”
More:Lamb promises to protect Medicare, pre-existing conditions protections
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Bill against trans girls in girls’ sports passes state House
The Pennsylvania House voted Tuesday after a tense debate to approve a bill that would prohibit transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports.
All but one Republican and four Democrats voted for the proposal to restrict players on K-12 school teams, college sports, intramurals and club teams sponsored by school entities to male or female teams based on their reproductive organs, biology or genetics at birth.
“Identities do not play sports, bodies do,” argued the measure’s prime sponsor, Rep. Barb Gleim, R-Cumberland. She said allowing transgender girls in girls’ sports gives them an “immense unfair advantage” and takes away spots on teams from other girls.
More:Pa. lawmaker pushes bill to protect transgender kids and their parents: How it works
“Sports are not about what we look like or the stereotype or identities we adopt,” Gleim said.
The bill, which went to the state Senate for its consideration on a 115-84 vote, would prevent “students of the male sex” from playing on athletic teams designated for women or girls. It would provide a way for students and schools to sue, including against athletic organizations.
“This bill demonstrates a lack of empathy and, sadly, outright hate to win imaginary political points,” said Rep. Austin Davis of Allegheny County, one of several Democrats to speak against it. “And to those that formulated this game plan, I pray your eyes will open to the harm you are doing.”
A spokeswoman for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday if the bill makes it to him he will veto it.
Gleim spoke about the University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender woman who recently won a title at the national NCAA Women’s Division I championship.
“Thomas’s case shows us how only one biological male competing in women’s sports can decimate an entire league,” Gleim said.
The NCAA has a sport-by-sport policy that sets transgender participation by the national governing body of that sport, subject to review by an NCAA committee. In Pennsylvania, the state’s Interscholastic Athletic Association leaves decisions about transgender athletes with principals.
Rep. Valerie Gaydos, R-Allegheny, said allowing transgender girls in girls’ sports “destroys fair competition, it doesn’t create it.”
“As a former Division III lacrosse player, I can’t imagine playing against biological males who are bigger, faster, stronger,” Gaydos said.
Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, who has long sought without success to win passage of legislation expanding civil rights for LGBTQ people, said research suggests the best approach is “to let trans kids be themselves.”
“We are headed towards a vote that solves a hypothetical crisis that just hasn’t come to pass,” Frankel said.
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