The Sentinel from Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 7

HawjlrteT "rhumb B1 Friday, March 12, 1999 North Middleton Township 3 Republicans chase 2 open seats By Tracy Stellino Sentinel Reporter costs of township operations and have had some success in that and continue to hold down costs. I'm honest and law abiding." He admits he has toyed with the idea of seeking higher political positions. Hurley serves on the Central Cumberland County Regional Planning Task Force and the newly formed Tri-County Outreach committee. "I'm always doing stuff," he admits. "I feel I sort of have a duty to do I benefit from the township services that are provided and as citizen I feel obligated to return something." Before becoming a township supervisor, Hurley served on the township's waste management board.

Painter has served on the board for three years, elected when it was expanded from three to five seats. He wants to continue "because I love what I am doing. There are quite a lot of things in the township that should be As the majority of the people know I am for the people. I am fighting for the people." Painter said the seepage from the old dump concerns him. He is proud that he helped keep costs low for the sewer line that ill be installed in his neighborhood on Longs Gap Road.

Painter says he will fight to keep taxes steady but admits "costs are going up and you've got to meet the demand." Shearer, a former tow nship supervisor, was North Middleton Township Republicans will have a choice when they go to the voting booths in May. Three Republicans are vying for two seats on the board of supervisors. Those running include incumbents Leslie Hurley and Rodney Painter. Former supervisor Robert Shearer has also thrown his hat into the ring. Hurley, 68, is seeking his second six-year term on the board.

He says this will be the last time he will run for the position. Hurley says voters should choose him "if they want responsible, conscientious government. I have worked diligently to reduce 1 5 1 h't appointed to the board in 1990 to fill an unexpired term. When he ran for election, he was defeated in 1992 because he says he was legally unable to comment on a suit against i the supervisors dealing with the trash pro- gram. "I took it on the chin," he says.

Shearer is campaigning on a platform to low er taxes. "Since 1993 we have had our taxes increase i approximately 68 percent," Shearer said. "Out of 22 townships in Cumberland County North Middleton is sitting about the third highest." Shearer plans to look at sources of money See Supervisors, B3 Monroe Township Board backs proposed police study By Joseph Cress Sentinel Reporter Monroe Township supervisors are backing the idea of a new study to test the feasibility of creating a regional police force with its neighbors. Supervisors Thursday agreed to send a let-! ter in support of an initiative by South Miit dleton Township to have a new cost study done through the Department of Community! and Economic Development. In February, South Middleton Township Manager Barbara Wilson contacted DCED about applying some information from the previous study to a new set of options and cost estimates.

Mrs. Wilson also contacted officials in Holly Springs, and Monroe and West Pennsboro Townships, to find out if they are inter-, ested in forming a regional police force without Carlisle. Mt. Holly officials have already expressecf, an interest in the new study. A meeting of.

new study group is being planned at the. South Middleton -Township building at the 5 end 6f Previous talks among the five collapsed in January after Carlisle dropped out of the study group. Spurring renewed interest in a regional police force is a proposal by Gov. Toru' Ridge to charge certain municipalities fcfr state police coverage. In his budget, Ridge proposed collecting $70 per resident from municipalities with more than 5,000 residents and no local police force.

Thursday night, Monroe Township visor Bill Castle said he attended a March meeting at the South Middleton Township building where officials from across the state-. protested Ridge's proposal and developed i strategies for beating it. Castle suggested Monroe Township port the new feasibility study and notify Wilson in writing. "It would not cost us anyl thing," he said. "The state is going to do I Castle added Dickinson Township mayj also get involved in regional police talks.

14 And he talked with a state official who fehv' Ridge's proposal would not pass this year due to widespread opposition of municipalw- ties in line to begin paying extra for stan)tj police coverage. Tras rates drop in Mt. Holly Residents in Mt. Holly Springs will pay $17 less a year for trash pickup. Borough council this week unanimously adopted an ordinance lowering the rate from $30.25 per quarter to $26 per quarter, including the first quarter of 1999.

In addition, borough residents who live in boarding houses will have to pay $13 per quarter, which is half the per-house-hold rate. The ordinance defines a boarding house as one in hich "a room or rooms are rented for occupancy that do not contain separate cooking and sanitary facilities." If, for example, a boarding house owner rents five rooms and each of the renters share the same kitchen and bathroom facilities, each of the five renters would pay 1 3 per quarter for trash pickup. Literacy program needs tutors The Carlisle Area (OIC) Learning Center needs tutors for its Literacy Program. Fourteen students await tutors, including several Bosnian refugees. A tutor training course will meet March 20 and March 27 from 9 a.m.

to noon. Anyone who completes these two sessions will be qualified to tutor "English as a Second Language." The OIC provides training and materials for tutoring. It directs efforts according to student needs, ranging from "survival" English to preparation for the citizenship interview. The Adult Literacy program provides additional tutoring opportunities, such as helping English-speaking participants upgrade basic skills pass high school equivalency exams. Anyone interested in becoming a tutor should contact Ellen Kievit at 243-6040 by March 18.

Election board makes polling place changes The Cumberland County Board of Elections has approved two changes in where people will vote during the May 18 primary- Irr North Middleton voters in the 1st Precinct will vote at the North Mid-dleton Township Volunteer Fire Company's new facility at 2061 Spring Road. The polling location had been at the fire company's old home at 310 Fern Avenue. In East Pennsboro Township, the polling location for voters in the Lower Precinct will move from the West Creek Elementary School at 400 Erford Road to the Creekside Volunteer Fire Company at 13 Dulles Drive. The West Creek school is now undergoing renovations. Lower Frankford seeks auditors Lower Frankford Township is desperately seeking auditors.

Township Manager Don Conaway says the township may have to hire an outside firm if no one comes forward to serve on the Board of Auditors. All three board members have come to the end of their terms. Auditors are elected for six-year terms and meet once or twice at the end of each year. The process of auditing the township's books takes about 20 to 30 hours and pays $7 per hour. "There is a course for auditors at Ship-pensburg University, and we could get people enrolled if they're interested," Conaway says.

Interested residents may call Don Conaway at the township building at 243-0855. 5 Jason MunckThe Sentinel Left, Central Pennsylvania Business School Dean Craig Parker chats with student Rhiannon Moore, center, and others, during networking exercise at Catalano's Restaurant. Wormleysburg Learning to dine, dress for success By David Wenner Sentinel Reporter proper dinner etiquette. Ms. Moore, 21, says she gleaned tidbits of etiquette such as passing both the salt and the pepper shakers when someone asks for the salt.

Tom Hassinger of Millersburg put on a sport coat and tie and adopted a serious, but laid-back demeanor. "I'm here just to meet some people and get to know some new faces," said the 20-year-old accounting student. He said his basic strategy would be to use good table manners and be polite. Career Services Coordinator James See Networking, B3 dine with assorted alumni and local employers who volunteered to attend. Their objective was to practice their business etiquette and networking skills.

Ms. Margel, of Selingsgrove, said her basic game plan was to display a good posture and be polite. Rhiannon Moore of Enola, studying computer information systems, said her plan was to strike up conversations with business people to get a better idea of what look for in prospective employees. All of the students who attended the dinner had participated in a "mock interview" program for soon-to-be graduates. Their lessons including a video about Kristina Margel knows all about formal dinners.

"Everybody watches your every move," the 23-year-old Central Pennsylvania Business School student says. "It's almost like everything is a test." Such functions can pose crucial tests for young business school graduates trying to make their way in the business world. That's why about 15 students from the Summerdale-based school showed up at a fancy restaurant Thursday to mingle and Carlisle ension chan Retired cops wa nt yes By David Blymire Sentinel Reporter year since 1996. Council member William Kronenberg said the retired officers receive $204,000 out of the fund each year. Council members went into executive session Thursday to discuss the issue, but made no decisions.

Bean said the borough is exploring the impact of the proposed change on the collective bargaining agreement with police. Council members Frank Giordano, who is the former borough police chief, and Ken Gossert, a retired borough police officer, did not attend the closed-door meeting. In the meantime. Hays says he can't live on his annual pension, and he can't work in retirement because he contracted multiple sclerosis and needs a cane to walk. Outside the meeting room Thursday, Detective Ron Nester said if the pension fund is not sound enough to cover all the officers' pensions, working officers could contribute more.

"We reduced our contribution because (the fund) was so sound," he said. Bean said "it's a very solvent pension plan, very viable," but it has to provide pensions for all the officers, including young officers who could be working for the borough another 20 years or more. "It's not like the money is sitting there in a savings account," Bean said. going to cost the taxpayers anything," Hays told council members. Working police officers contribute 3 percent of their pay to the pension fund.

Hays said when he started working for the borough 28 years ago, the pension fund was worth about $600,000. The same fund now contains more than $9.2 million to pay the pensions of 33 working police officers and 1 1 retired officers. When officers retire, they receive 50 percent of their annual gross salary over their last three years of service, plus overtime. Borough Manager Fred Bean said this morning the officers have received six cost of living increases since 1990 and one each Retired Carlisle police officers are asking borough council to change the way their annual pension increases are decided. A borough ordinance requires council members to approve cost-of-living increases each year after determining if the pension fund is solvent.

But retired police corporal Robert Hays said Thursday retired officers want "automatic" cost-of-living increases each year based on increases in the federal Consumer Price Index. "We're not asking for anything that's Ann Landers BIO Bridge B7 Business B5 Comics B8-9 Editorial B4 Heloise B10 Horoscope BIO Hospital report B2 L.M. Boyd B6 Obituaries B2 Police reports B2 TV highlights B7 Religion B6-7 4 Saturday Sunday I New Singles St. Patrick's Day Dance, at the Radisson Penn-Harris Convention Center, located at the Camp Hill By-Pass and Route 1 1-15, Camp Hill, will be Sunday from 1 p.m. One of the area's most popular disc jockeys will play a wide variety of hits.

The New Singles Club is open to all unmarried persons over the age of 2 1 and neatly dressed. For information call Pat at 737-7760 or Sid at 243-1 06 1 or visit the website at www.newsingles.org. "Anything Goes" will be presented by students of Carlisle High School, Saturday at 8 p.m. in the West Building Auditorium. Tickets for Thursday are $5adulls, $3students, general admission only; Friday and Saturday $6 students, all seats reserved.

Available in the box office in the auditorium lobby weekdays from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and 1 12 hours before curtain time. Call 240-2058 for information. "The Wizard of Oz," presented by Mechanicsburg High School, will be held Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

A special feature includes a Saturday evening dinner-theatre in the high school cafeteria. Ticket holders can enjoy a full-course dinner buffet prepared by school staff, faculty, parents and community volunteers and served by students. For ticket information, call 691-3225. day. For tickets, call 783-5613; they are also available at all Ticketmaster outlets.

The Pet Zoo Express arrives at the State Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. General admission: adults $6, children 2-10, $4, children under 2, free.

There will be an additional charge for animal and kiddie rides. Contact Helpline's eighth annual art and antique auction, Saturday at Zembo Mosque in Harrisburg. Food, open bar and music will be provided. The preview, reception and silent auction will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 each or $30 for a pair.

Call 652-4987 for tickets or other information. The Philadelphia Mummer's Ferko String Band, in celebration of Heritage Week, will perform at The State Museum in Harrisburg Saturday at 2 p.m. in the museum auditorium. Tickets are $4 and are on sale in The Museum Shop. Members of the Friends of the State Museum and of the Pennsylvania Heritage Society receive a discount.

Tickets will also be on sale at the museum box office one hour before the show begins. For information, call 787-9805. Hot Rod Truck, Tractor Monster Truck VVinternational Finals will be returning to Harrisburg's Farm Show Complex Friday through Sunday. The performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m.

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