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Butch Hobson says he's ready for the 2012 season. Hobson, who is entering his second year as the Lancaster Barnstormers manager, feels he has assembled the talent for a championship run. And Hobson will begin to assess that talent when the 'Stormers start spring training today at Clipper Magazine ...
Inspectors give Kreider Farms high marks
Independent inspectors gave the Kreider Farms egg-production facility high marks following visits to the Manheim site last week. Their findings contradict a video and statement issued by the Humane Society of the United States on Thursday, which showed images of dead, injured and infected hens in c...
Marathon Man
Depending on when you're reading this, I'll either be preparing for, or running, the Boston Marathon. And if you've lollygagged and it's midafternoon or evening, I'll likely be done and be about the important work of replacing lost carbohydrates. (Barring unforeseen circumstances. More on that in a...
Pa. bill aims to aid open campus
State Sen. Lloyd Smucker has introduced legislation designed to help three Lancaster County school districts implement a new open-campus initiative next year. Manheim Township, Penn Manor and Hempfield districts plan to offer 12 online, traditional and hybrid courses to juniors and seniors from al...
Cornering the market on answers
It's said that Wayne Gretzky, while playing in a hockey game, could view the game like he was looking at it from above the ice. In other words, he saw plays a move or two ahead of everyone else. Now, nobody's ready to label the Flyers a team of Gretzkys but they have a 3-0 lead in their series aga...
Stumped Not so much
After a warm and sunny Sunday, look for an even warmer day Monday with a high of 83 degrees, AccuWeather says. The rest of the week will offer plenty of sunshine and temperatures more suited to the season....
Sports complex plan gets a little more complex
People planning a $26 million sports complex in East Hempfield Township have added a new wrinkle to their application. They have added a second separate zoning application to build the indoor-outdoor sports complex, even though the first application has yet to be decided by township officials. App...
Two YMCAs are offering reduced rates
Nearly 500 people canceled their memberships to the Lancaster and Lampeter-Strasburg YMCAs in 2011 because of financial concerns, officials said. That was a 400 percent increase from the number who dropped their memberships in 2010, said Lisa Allison, a spokeswoman for both county Ys. In response,...
'Disclaimer Plan' provides maximum flexibility
This year's exemption from the federal estate tax is $5 million. In 1997 it was $600,000. Part of the tax uncertainty facing us is that unless Congress acts before the end of the year, the estate tax exemption will fall back to $1 million. I have given up predicting what our Congress will do. I sup...
Motorcycle racers kick up dust, fun in Lampeter
Motorcyclists agree. Flat track races are about the thrill of the ride and the bragging rights for the winner.An American Motorcycle Association-sanctioned race held at the Lampeter Fair Grounds Saturday benefited the Lampeter Fire Company. Motorcycle event promoter Bill Brown said organizers rent t...
Rosa Maria Arroyo Camacho
Rosa Maria Arroyo Camacho Rosa Maria Arroyo Camacho, 92, of Lancaster, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born August 20, 1919 in Penuelas, Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of the late Francisco Arroyo and Aurelia Camach...
Frederick L. Talmadge, Sr.
Frederick L. Talmadge, Sr. Frederick L. Talmadge, Sr., 83, of Millersville, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 13, 2012 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of the late Joan D. (Grenfell) Talmadge, who died in 200...
Clair Wiggins
Clair Wiggins, 79, of Lancaster passed away on April 13, 2012, peacefully at home due to complications of diabetes and went to be with his Lord. Born in Lancaster he was the son of the late Ross B. Wiggins, and Evelyn (Phillips) Wiggins. Clair was the loving husband of E. Lucille (Martin) Wig...
Jean A. Blevins
Jean A. Blevins, 83, of Lancaster died at her home on Friday, April 13, 2012. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Janet Lawhon Arthur. Her husband, Clayton Caldwell Blevins died in 1991. A graduate of University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Scienc...
Norma J. Culp
Norma J. Culp, 52, died Friday, April 13, 2012 at her residence. Norma was born in York on July 28, 1959 a daughter of the late Anna (Nace) Culp and Raymond C. Culp, Sr. She was a 1976 graduate of Eastern York High School. She is survived by 3 brothers, Raymond C. Culp, Jr. of Red...
Patricia L. Shaub
Patricia L. Shaub, 79, of Lititz, passed away at Luther Acres on April 13, 2012. Born in Evansville, IN, she was the daughter of the late Val H. and Stella Schmidt Lindenschmidt, and the wife of the late Floyd G. Shaub. Pat was a member of St. James Catholic Church of Lititz and the Si...
Leon Butch McMullen
Leon "Butch" McMullen Leon M. "Butch" McMullen, Jr., 47, Lititz, died April 12, 2012, in Hershey Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Reading, a son of Mabel (Millisock) McMullen Hertzog, Stevens, and the late Leon M. McMullen, Sr., he was the husband of...
Lloyd M. Shreiner
Lloyd M. Shreiner, 83, loving husband, father and grandfather, of East Petersburg, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at Lancaster General Hospital. He was the husband of Alice G. Lines Shreiner for 57 years. Born in New Holland, he was the son of the late Phares and Florence Myers Shreiner. ...
Elwood G. Baker
Elwood G. Baker Elwood Gamber Baker passed away at home, in Millersville, on April 11. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Elwood is survived by his wife, Naomi Baker (Charles); son, James E. Baker and his wife, Dawn; son, Robert C. Baker and his ...
Curtis R. Siegrist
Curtis R. Siegrist, 81, of Columbia went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wed-nesday, April 11, 2012. His wife, Jean A. Reuter Siegrist, died in 2004. His children, Curtis (JoAn Helton) Siegrist of Windsor and Tina (Keith) Pennell of Columbia, Ricky Lee, who preceded him in death in 2010, da...
