The Sentinel from Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 1

iwmmn' wgL sports VI Lions roar JTyjrgJJW' "CSZir I A jj fr it Penn State send seniors out in -N' y1 f- V'1 with a 42-n win- Carlisle, Pa. 146 pages Sunday, November 19, 2000 West Shore Edition -Vol. 119 No. 353 $1.00 Wormleysburg officers wounded ed, 2 police officers received cuts and wounds in the incident; one of the two officers was also shot, Cumberland County Coroner Michael Norris says. A full homicide investigation is under way, the coroner says.

Officer Harry Hart was treated at Harrisburg Hospital and released. The condition of Officer Gary Berresford, who was shot, was not By Karla Browne Sentinel Reporter A Wormleysburg man was shot and killed in his home early Saturday afternoon by a Wormleysburg poliee officer, Cumberland County District Attorney Skip Ebert 'says. Ryan Schorr, 25, of the 400 block of Meadow Drive, was killed and two released by Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg as per instructions from the DA's office. Ebert declined to release information about the officers involved in the incident in the Rivervicw Heights town-house community near the Susquehanna River. "This is an extremely sensitive situation and I want to fully explore it," he said at 7:30 p.m.

Satur day, shortly after dismissing investigators for the night. "I don't want to say anything about the weapon or say anything definite about what occurred," the DA said. Ebert said he plans to call a blood spatter team to the house today. Toxicology tests and an investigation of the nature of the wounds are "not going to happen until Monday." Officials planned to make preliminary reviews of incident reports today, but Ebert said he expects to wait until Monday to announce more details. Wormleysburg police referred all inquiries to the DA's office.

According to reports on WHTM-TV and WGAL-TV, Schorr had a mental See Shooting, A5 Carlisle South Middleton Township WW. 1 Via sT i rk Public access to sale info is sketchy Pressure must be applied for documents not summaries By David Blymire Sentinel Reporter A public hearing will be held before Carlisle Hospital can be sold to a for-profit company. And this may be the public's only chance to scrutinize terms of the sale's contract, says an advocate who favors keeping hospitals as non-profits Even then, public access to key details may be limited. Linda Miller, executive director of the Volunteer Trustees Foundation based in Washington, D.C., says the details are often difficult for the public to review until after hospital trustees approve the sale. "Once they make their decision, they circle the wagons and f'f 'iVkr, Wally ShankThe Sentinel Carlisje police officer Pat O'Leary wears his student-teacher hat in this classroom at W.G.

Rice Elementary School as he completes the requirements for his second career school teacher. become very defensive, she says, adding this tactic is sometimes adopted on the advice of the for-profit buyer. "Pressure needs to be Inside: Questions remain unanswered Page A4 Legislation regarding hospital sales stalled Page A4 (applied) for public documents and not summaries crafted by a public relations firm." A spokesman for Attorney General Mike Fisher says his Officer Pat heads to class By John Hilton Sentinel Reporter Carlisle police officer Pat O'Leary does not mind the long weekends walking the beat during the overnight hours. The kids are no bother as the he puts the finishing touches on a mid-life career switch from police work to elementary teacher. And O'Leary, 45, is certainly not worried about finding a job as his 13 weeks of student teaching at W.G.

Rice Elementary School in South Middleton Township come to an end next week. But the hardest part is the homework, he says matter-of-factly. "People have no idea how much work teachers do," O'Leary says. "They just give 1 10 percent and when you work around teachers like that it just makes you want to be one, too." 7 love police work. You get to work with people and help people.

In police work, you deal with people at their worst. In education, you get to deal with people and help them to be their best' Pat O'Leary, Carlisle police officer O'Leary is no stranger to the classroom, having taught the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program for the past decade. So when the father of three and grandfather of six began contemplating a career move, the Teacher Intern Program at Wilson College in Chambersburg seemed the perfect fit. See Career, A4 Middlesex Township Path raises Park Service's ire office would review the transaction, as required by state law, and hold public hearings to give residents a chance to ask questions of the for-profit buyer. The proposed transaction then would go to Cumberland County Orphans Court for approval.

But when asked if the public could review the same documents the attorney general reviews in assessing the transaction. Fisher spokesman Sean Connolly said: "The documents we receive become part of our investigative file. However, if hospitals want to make that information available to the public, they can do It would not be practical to open our investigative file and make that public." Connolly adds information filed with the Orphans Court could be rev iewed by the public. The search for a buyer Carlisle Hospital officials in January decided to pursue construction of a new hospital off Walnut Bottom Road in South Middleton Township. But hospital officials said they cannot afford to build the facility on their own.

So they went out to seek what they described as a "partnership" with another entity that could infuse a substantial amount of cash into building a new facility estimated to cost $60 million. A committee exploring the issue narrowed the field to two national for-profit companies interested in building a new facility. The names of these companies are not known. Carlisle Hospital officials say confidentiality agreements prevent them from divulging the names. Connolly says Carlisle Hospital's attorneys have spoken to the Attorney General's Office, and "we informed them about what we need to do our job." He says the review won't begin until the transaction is completed.

The sale proposal was met with skepticism during two town meetings last month. Residents questioned how a for-profit company could meet its bottom line if it provides services that lose money. They reasoned a for-proft would be under more pressure to cut these services. Carlisle Hospital officials also have met with the press to discuss the proposal several times over the past year, but key questions remain unanswered. Suits may not help There even has been talk of a possible citizens' lawsuit to block a sale if such a transaction actually comes about.

i i if'' i 1 1 i' i 1 i 'r i i I 1 i 3 Lake, who said he was stunned by the response, called the Park Service "totally inflexible." "That (Gray) would have the time to pursue something as minor as this totally dumbfounds me," Lake added. Gray did not return a phone call seeking comment Friday. However, Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club spokeswoman Janice Slaybaugh said, "There are rules and regulations for Park Service property." The club is a local group of volunteers that maintains the trail. The path Lake cut intersects with the Appalachian Trail and a hiker could "miss a turn and wander into (his) backyard," Ms. Slaybaugh, who is president of the club, said Friday-Lake, a soil specialist, said he did not actually cut a new path, rather re-cleared an old road that existed for decades.

"The Cumberland Valley Trail (club) did not take exception with anything to do with that old road until 1997, when the current By John Hilton Sentinel Reporter John Lake did not anticipate the ensuing uproar when he cut a swath through five-foot high ragweed in his backyard to take his Boy Scout troop canoeing. It just so happens Lake cut the 100-foot path through land owned by the National Park Service. As a result. Lake soon found himself on the receiving end of a litigation threat from Appalachian Trail Ranger Robert Gray stationed in Harpers Ferry, W.Va. The land is part of a corridor off the Appalachian Trail and is just behind Lake's property on the 400 block of Bernheisel Bridge Road.

Calling it a "living barb wire fence," Lake said the field also includes goldenrod. Two members of his household suffer from allergies inflamed by the weeds. After he cut the path in June, Lake said. Gray threatened to take his objections to U.S. Attorney David Barasch.

See Sale, A4 Wally Shank1 he Sentinel The Park Service owns land mowed by John Lake. Focus on 50 Health Pages D3-5 rate area behind his home ow ned by the Park Service and frequented by campers. See Path, A4 president was elected," Lake said, adding Ms. Slaybaugh encouraged Gray to get involved. Lake said first heard from Gray in 1997, when he mowed a sepa Relying on his sixth sense Volunteers needed Focus on Health.

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