| Print Edition Highlights - December 25, 2014
By Marie Chomicki
Photo by Curt Werner.
John Metzger, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board executive director, fourth from left, and other officials, cut the ribbon to open the Fine Wine & Good Spirits Store at 406 N. Route 15 at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 18 in Dillsburg.
____ Decades in the making, the Dillsburg area finally has a liquor store. The new Fine Wine & Good Spirits Store at 406 N. Route 15 opened its doors 9 a.m. Thursday morning.
____ “I made it a point to be the first through the door and the first in line to buy,” Kelley Moyer-Thomas said.
____ Her father, former Dillsburg mayor and councilman Darwin Moyer, was very much in favor of the borough having a liquor store, she said.
____ To honor him, “I bought a bottle of Martini & Rossi to celebrate,” Moyer-Thomas said.
____ “We believe the new store was worth the wait,” John Metzger, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board executive director, said to a crowded room during the 11 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony.
____ “Located right along Rt. 15, the store provides consumers with easy access, convenience and good parking. We’re thrilled to be able to open it today,” Metzer said.
____ Paul Hedin, president of Lobar Properties, was in charge of the transformation of the former Lefever Bros. Chevrolet building. Hedin said the process began two years ago. After negotiating for a year, the plans were approved, permits were in place, and construction and design began.
Photo by Curt Werner.
State Store grand opening.
Photo by Curt Werner.
Shoppers at the checkout during the grand opening of the wine and spirit store in Dillsburg last Thursday.
By Carolyn Kimmel
Photo by Curt Werner.
Fireworks light up the town following last year’s Pickle Drop.
____ The New Year’s Eve celebration at Kathy Renard’s house wouldn’t be complete without a stroll downtown to see Lil’ Dill dropped safely into Mrs. Pickle’s lap at the fire company’s community hall.
____ Lucky for Renard’s grandchildren and many other families with young children, the countdown starts five hours early, giving the children a chance to join in the festivities well before their bedtime.
____ “I think it’s wonderful that they have this for the little kids so that they get the feeling of ‘Happy New Year’ too,” said Renard, who lives less than a mile from the square, which means she and her family can watch the midnight fireworks from home.
____ The 22nd Annual New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop offers something for everyone, from music and entertainment to food and the midnight drop of Mr. Pickle. Many of the downtown businesses and the Dillsburg Area Public Library are also open with special events and discounts.
____ “Singularly, this is the most expensive event we do,” said Deana Weaver, a member of the Dillsburg Area Pickle Committee. “It takes hundreds of man hours to put it on and a lot of driving around, begging and cajoling!”
See the December 25, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
____ The Christmas season isn’t complete without picturesque displays of model trains and this is certainly true for my husband, Jeff Shultz, who has been setting up a holiday display for the past several years.
____ He tells me that he got his first engine for Christmas almost 57 years ago. Because Jeff’s dad worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for more than 42 years, trains were a very important part of life growing up in the Shultz household.
____ In a curious twist of fate, the Dillsburg Borough house we live in appears to have more than its share of railroading history. Born and raised in Dillsburg, Jeff could fill in some of the gaps, but digging back more than 100 years proved to be a challenge.
____ Starting with a professional deed search, we continued research through the York County Archives, Northern York County Historical and Preservation Society (NYCHAPS), and Ancestry.com. What we found surprised us.
____ The property was originally acquired in 1888 from the Wellsville Whip Company by the Dillsburg Manufacturing Company, a corporation principally owned by John N. Logan. Anyone researching Dillsburg history will find that Logan was one of Dillsburg’s leading captains of industry and had business interests in just about every enterprise of the time – textiles (Dillsburg Manufacturing Company), farming, minerals (Dillsburg Copper, Lead and Iron), banking (Dillsburg National Bank), brick making (Dillsburg Vitrified Brick and Tile Company), mining, lawyering, politics, and the railroad (Cumberland Valley, Dillsburg & Mechanicsburg, and the Harrisburg & Potomac Railroads).
Also in the December 25, 2014 edition:
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___ -Community Calendar
___ -Obituaries
___ -Letters to the Editor
___ -Editorials
___ -Births
___ -20 years ago
___ -Classifieds
Print Edition Highlights - December 25, 2014
By Joe Guty
Photo by Curt Werner.
Northern's Makenna Gill looks to pass under the basket in the first quarter of play.
____Hosting Greenwood on Wednesday, December 17, the Northern H.S. girls basketball team improved to 2-5 overall with a well-earned 54-43 victory.
____"It was a great win for us," said head coach Paul Clendaniel. "We need to put everything together on the same night to beat some teams. That night I felt like we did that."
____Northern's 21-for-30 performance from the foul line and four players scoring in double digits had a hand in their success. The Lady Bears were aggressive to the basket and drew some fouls from the visitors.
____Jordan Clark, Lizzie Horn and Maddie Waits scored 12 points apiece. Kennedy Barber added 10 points and was 8-for-10 from the line. Clark also had a 6-for-6 night from the foul line and Horn made some clutch rebounds.
____ "We played very solid defense which created some offensive fast break opportunities--which we are getting better at converting into points," added Clendaniel as the Lady Bears prepped for Greencastle this week. "At one point in the first half we were up 6 then down 6 and they didn't give in to the pressure. We rebounded right before the half with several steals and converted some transition points."
____Additional scorers for Northern were Alyssa Swartz (3), Catherine Brubaker (2), Maggie Frey (2), and Gabrielle Mowchan (1).
See the December 25, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Dave Wolf
Photo by Dave Wolf.
A young doe caught in the throes of winter.
____ January: After hunting the entire season, from the opening of archery season through the rifle season, I resorted to using a flintlock to take a 7-point buck on Thursday, (January 2nd). It was only the second flintlock deer I had taken in my life. Little did I realize that I would take a buck in archery season during the same calendar year; see October.
____ Once again, bills were introduced to merge the Fish & Boat with the Game Commission; bills that were met with resistance by most sportsmen groups. These bills would have ended the tradition and undermined the long-standing independence of the Game Commission and the Fish and Boat Commission and severely limit their ability to protect Pennsylvania’s threatened and endangered species—opening up the door for increased federal oversight and potential loss of federal funds under the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Funds. In 2008, Pa received over 9-million dollars from this Sport Fishing Restoration Fund.
____ The January meeting of the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) focused primarily on setting seasons and bag limits for the 2014-15 license year.
See the December 25, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Joe Guty
Photo by Curt Werner.
Northern's Eric Jacobs drives to the basket for two points. On Saturday, December 20, the Northern Varsity Boys Basketball Team fell to Carlisle 67-27.
____ Junior Eric Jacobs posted 18 points and sophomore Scott Leitholf added 13 to lead Northern to a solid 51-32 win over James Buchanan last Friday, December 19. The Mid Penn Colonial Division showdown in Mercersburg boosted the Polar Bears' league record to 2-1 (2-4 overall). Sophomore Owen Clendaniel added seven points for the Bears followed by senior Jack McKenzie (6) and sophomore Curtis Robison (6). Leitholf led the visitors in free throws made (4) and three pointers (3).
____ On Saturday, Northern faced Carlisle on the road and fell behind early as the Thundering Herd jumped out to a 21-3 first quarter lead en route to a 67-27 non-league victory. Eric Jacobs led Northern with nine points and Scott Leitholf added six. Other scorers for Northern included Jack McKenzie (3), Curtis Robison (3), Owen Clendaniel (2), junior Nick Sacoman (2) and junior Bobby Shelly (2). Deshawn Millington paced Carlisle with 24 points and Zion Patterson contributed 11.
____ As the Banner went to press, Northern was slated to host Greencastle on Tuesday, December 23 before competing in the Middletown H.S. Holiday Tournament on December 29-30. The Polar Bears open 2015 at Lower Dauphin H.S. on Friday, January 2.
See the December 25, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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