Since I recently hit 10,000 views on this blog, it got me to thinking about how this all started. Why I started to blog, and how I developed my skills over the past two years. It’s been a long journey. I started blogging back in 2010 in another blog, Debra Schell. After a few months…
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Week 46: Music
My former boss’s band playing at the Blue Bird Inn in Cornwall !~ LIFE AFTER WORK Featuring Garry Lenton, Bob Bechtel, Jeff McGaw, and Max Naylor. Unplugged covers of songs by The Eagles, CSNY, Subdudes, Allman Bros., Jackson Browne, Van Morrison, Buddy Holly, Guy Clark, Bob Dylan, The Hollies, Jimmy Buffett, John Mellancamp, Old Crow…
Royalton residents pick up the pieces after the flood
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Royalton Borough- Flooding, Sept. 9, 2011
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Creating a buzzzzzzzz down on Main Street
By Debra Schell Press And Journal Staff Alex Westenberger is buzzing about his new experiment. Westenberger, 9, of Middletown, is the newest apiarist in town, and has hopes of breeding Northern Raised Pennsylvania queen bees by next year. Chris Jorich, owner of Jorich Funeral Home, in Middletown, and Westenburger’s grandfather, built the hives for his…
Tri’ing for a comeback
By Debra Schell Press And Journal Staff On a warm, sunny Sunday, earlier this month, Highspire Police officer Ron Weber competed in his first triathlon on City Island. He finished ninth in his age group. Most athletes would be satisfied with that. Not Weber. “I made a lot of mistakes my first time,” he said….
A new racket gets hearts pumping
Bob Gerlach won a silver medal for badminton in the 75-79 age bracket at the Pennsylvania Senior Games in York last year. Since then, the Annville resident has picked up a new sport – Pickle-ball. “I like it so far, but I need to play more, to get used to it,” he said after his…
School councilor connects local students with kids across the world
Reid Elementary School fourth grade students chat with students from Honduras via Skype. By Debra Schell Press And Journal Staff Anna Smith is a councilor at Reid Elementary School who likes getting students involved with other cultures. Smith, a graduate of Mazapan School in Honduras, recently connected fourth-graders with students from her alma mater through…
A day of honor
By Debra Schell Press And Journal Staff Thomas Butler respected the nation’s veterans, his mother, Deb Butler said. It was one of the reasons her son helped complete Steelton’s Veterans Park. Butler, 23, who died suddenly in December, was remembered Saturday at services that were part of Steelton’s Veterans’ Appreciation Day Parade. The community dedicated…
The Maestro strikes a major key at Steel-High
Stuart Malina, music director of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, says students inspire him as much as he inspires them. He regularly visits local high school music programs, like this one at Steelton-Highspire High School. Malina performed selections of classical music for special needs, and music students on Wednesday, March 23. HSO Conductor Stuart Malina shares…
Ahoy, matey! Love reigns on their ship
by Debra Schell Press And Journal Staff : 3/23/2011 “Rogues, scoundrels, roustabouts, privateers, and pirates…” That’s Highspire Mayor John Hoerner talking to a group of about 70 friends and family members of Dory Rabuck and Joseph Corsnitz who gathered at the Highspire Citizen’s Fire Company No. 1 on March 12 for … wait for it…
School bus driver injured in crash
Kids dropped at Steel-High schools minutes before driver lost control VIDEO
In Memory of Kenneth Neidinger
Laid to rest Press/Journal photo by Debra Schell Dozens of police vehicles from several municipalities escort a hearse carrying the remains of East Hempfield Twp. Police Officer Kenneth A. Neidinger to Middletown Cemetery on Friday, March 11. Neidinger, 37, of Elizabethtown, died Saturday, March 5, at his home.
MASD Meeting Video
MIDDLETOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT – 11 teachers furloughed by MASD
Super Reader Floyd Stokes visits Fink Elementary School
Floyd Stokes is a writer and literacy activist, who travels all over the country in a mask and cape, reading his books to children and encouraging them to get excited about reading. Stokes visited Fink Elementary School on Thursday, Feb. 24, and held an assembly for kindergarten to second-graders. Stokes has written many childrens books,…
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