Page 8—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES Mount Joy swim team scores 2 more victories Mount Joy’s Lions Swim Team traveled to Conestoga last Tuesday, July 1S, and come away victors by a 224 to 204 score. The first place winners are listed below. 8 and under girls: Karen Boger. 8 and under boys: Mark Stehman—free, fly and relay; Chad Wetzel—back and relay; Shawn Ney— breast and relay; and Steve Smith—relay. 10 and under girls: Robin Stehman—fly and relay; Melody Weller—back and relay; Tracey Thompkins— breast and relay; and Jeanne Woody—relay. 10 and under boys: Tim McGarvey—breast. 12 and under girls: Jill Wagner—back. 14 and under girls: Amy Hess—free, fly and relay; Emmy Zuch—back and SH Dave B ker, Rheems, and Deb Sager, Marietta, demonstrate the art of keeping cool during this heat wave on their raft dubbed the ‘‘Spirit of America.” Dave and Deb built the raft for the Great Budweiser Raft Race held Sunday. The race began at the Codorus Furnace and continued down the Codorus Creek to the Susquehanna and the Broken Oar Tavern. Deb and Dave didn’t win, but they tell us they had fun anyway. The raft, in the photo above, is being tested on the SUSQUEHANNA TIMES pond. Local residents pose for photograph in front of the tomb of Christ. relay; = Hope Madara— breast and relay; and Dee Arndt—relay. 14 and under boys: Mark Shearer—free, back and fly; George Blassick—breast. 17 and under girls: Sherri Kinsey—free and fly. 17 and under boys: Mike Jones—free, breast and relay; Rod Fellenbaum— back, fly and relay; Dan Funk—relay; and Pat Moran —relay. Two pool records were set at Conestoga. Amy Hess swam the 50 meters free- style in 29.0 and Sherri Kinsey swam S50 meters freestyle in 30.6. Thursday evening, July 17, the team hosted the Lancaster County pool. The team won by a score of 282 to 127. First place winners are listed. 8 and under girls: Joanne Darkey—back; Steff Ging- rich—breast; Shelley Kee- ports, Allison Halbleib, Krista Funk and Michelle Boger—relay team. 8 and under boys: Stehman—free; and Wetzel—back. 10 and under girls: Robin Stehman—free, fly and relay; Melody Weller—back [continued on page 2] Marc Chad Local group tours Israel, Jordon, Germany 38 area residents recently returned from a 12 day tour of Israel, Jordon and Germany. The group toured throughout Israel, including Jerusalem, Tiberius, the Sea of Galilee, Massada, Jericho, Hebron, Beersheba and the Dead Sea. In Jordon the group visited Mt. Nebo and Petra. Many of the group went swimming in the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, and five members of the tour were baptised in the Jordan River. A communion service was held at the Garden Tomb of Calvary. In Germany the group visited the beautiful moun- tain village of Oberammer- gan. This is the town in which the world famous Passion Play is presented every ten years. All of the group was able to see the Passion Play as well as spend two nights in the homes of local townsfolk. The tour was hosted by the Rev. and Mrs. Don Wert from Reich’s Evangelical Congregational Church, R.D.1, Marietta. Included in the tour were the following people from the Susquehanna Times’ reading area: Bainbridge— George and Marie Nauss, Sam and Edna Newgard and Pauline Gar- man. Marietta—Rev. and Mrs. Don Wert, Alyce Bradley, Irma Bair and Diane Johns. Maytown—William and Mary Gilbert, Helen Hollen- baugh and Elizabeth Shu- man. Mount Joy—Carol Ann Borry, Jean Bixler and Donna Weidman. Sam Forker Sam Forker, Marietta, wins Pitch, Sam Forker of Marietta was the 11-year-old winner School board The Donegal School board met Thursday night, July 17, in the district office. At the meeting the board decided to get student insurance through Reliance Standard Life with Engle, Hambright and Davies, Inc. of Lancaster. Mr. John Hollinger is the agent for this firm. The rate for kindergarten through 12 grade students will be $6.50, down from last year’s $8.00; $30 for 24 hour coverage, up from the $25 rate last year; and $42 for varsity football, up from $41. In other business, the bid for a high school dishwasher was given to Colonial Restaurant Equipment, Inc., Manheim. The cost will be $8,750.00. The board also accepted a bid from Emery-Pratt Co., Owosso, Mich., for library books for the elementary and junior high school. The company will supply 70 to 100 % of the books ordered with a processing cost of $.90 per book. Bids were accepted from various companies for mus- ical instruments. In personnel matters, the board granted a child rearing leave of absence request from Mrs. Diane M.E. Ceresini, elementary librarian at Riverview and Maytown, from September to December, 1980. The board also accepted the staff recommendations for temporary professional contracts. Miss Jean M. Mitzel, a West Lawn resident, will [continued on page 11] Hit & Run in the local Pitch, Hit and Run Competition held July 13, 1980. This event was the first stage in the national Pitch, Hit and Run Competi- tion. Sam excelled in the three key Pitch, Hit and Run skills: pitching for accuracy; hitting for distance; and running against the clock, to achieve the highest com- bined score of all youngsters in the 11-year-old age group. The Pitch, Hit and Run Competition, open to boys and girls ages 8 to 13, was held at Gladfelter Field. At the same time, more than 1,000 similar com- petitions were being con- ducted nation-wide. Pitch, Hit and Run, the official youth program of Major League Baseball is spon- sored as a public service by local Burger King restaurants, and was devel- oped in cooperation with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Sam is a student at Riverview Elementary School and plays baseball for the Marietta Youth Athletic Association and ice hockey for the Lancaster Youth Hockey Association. Local winners of the Pitch, Hit and Run event will go on to compete at the District Competition to be held at Lawntown Park, Harrisburg, July 26, 1980. District winners are then eligible to compete in Division Championships held at eleven Major League Stadiums across the coun- try. Out of this field of winners will emerge the top twelve scores in the nation (two in each age group). These lucky youngsters will go on to compete at historic Cooperstown, New York, home of Baseball’s Hall of Fame, and will receive their awards on-field prior to the second game of the 1980 World Series.
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