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1947 Local News The Sentinel- Page B3 Obituaries Hannah E. Bouch Hannah E. Bouch, 81, of 9795 Hades Church Road in Greencastle and formerly of Shippensburg died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, in the Quincy United Methodist Home, where she had been a resident for the past month. Born Aug.

13, 1922, in Clearfield County, she was the daughter of the late Zebail and Ida (Smith) Waite. She was a homemaker and served as a pastor's wife for 40 years of ministry in the Brethren In Christ Church. She also did work in nursing homes in her younger years. She was a member of the Antrim Brethren in Christ Church near Chambersburg, where she was a member of the Berean Sunday School class. She also enjoyed making pillows and quillows.

Mrs. Bouch is survived by her husband of 64 years, the Rev. Thomas A. Bouch whom she married Nov. 25, 1939, in Smith- Erik W.

Lex Erik W. Lex, 32, of Harrisburg, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, at Community General Osteopathic Hospital. Born March 18, 1971, in Harrisburg, he was a son of Carl and Judy (Stuck) Lex of Mechanicsburg. A 1989 graduate of Northern High School, he attended Harrisburg Area Community College and was employed by Allegheny Airlines as a long-range maintenance scheduler.

In the early 1990s he provided missionary work as a disc jockey for a Christian radio station i in Nome, Alaska. He also enjoyed flying, playing his bass guitar and Alaska. Mr. Lex is survived by his parents; his fiance, Annette Chilson of Harrisburg; a brother, Matthew mill; three daughters, Phoebe Wingert of Greencastle, Grace Bert of Charlottesville, and Pamela Bert of Piano, Texas; a son, Thomas Bouch of Charlottesville, a sister, Sibbie Rickard of Patton; two brothers, Zebail Waite Jr. and William Waite, both of Cleveland, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and 23 greatgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her stepmother, Phoebe Waite; two sisters; and five brothers. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in her church, 24 E. Kauffman Road, Chambersburg, with the Rev. Ky R.

Searcy officiating. Burial will be in Air Hill Church Cemetery, Chambersburg. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Harold M. Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home, 45 S.

Carlisle Greencastle, and from 1 p.m. Friday until time of services in the church. Lex of Rossville; his paternal grandfather, Raymond Lex Sr. of Richmond, a niece; and many aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Anna Mae Lex, and his maternal grandparents, Clyde and Edna Stuck.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Myers Funeral Home, 37 E. Main Mechanicsburg. Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Central Pennsylvania, 98 S. Enola Drive, P.O. Box 266, Enola, PA 17025 or to KICY Radio, P.O. Box 820, Nome, Alaska 99762-0826. Margaret M.

Seifried Margaret M. Seifried, 87, of Mechanicsburg died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at Bethany Village in Mechanicsburg. Born April 29, 1916, in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late Norman B. and Catherine (Carney) Meisky: and the widow of Harry C.

Seifried. She retired as a bookkeeper for the Episcopal diocese. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Shiremanstown and the Friends in Faith of St. John's Church.

She also was a member of New Cumberland Women's Club, NARFE and the 39'ers. Mrs. Seifried is survived by a son, the Rev. Michael L. Seifried of Shiremanstown; a daughter, Gilberta Louise Memorial contributions for Gilberta Louise "Gigi" Evans, 54, of 1340 N.

Sixth Harrisburg, who died Saturday Jan. 3, 2004, in the Harrisburg Hospital, Melanie, of Florida; and two grandchildren, Maureen L. Seifried and Clayton R. Seifried. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m.

in her church, 44 W. Main Shiremanstown, with the Rev. George H. DeFrehn and the Rev. Earl Kutz officiating.

Burial will be in Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill. Friends may call from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church parlor. Myers Funeral Home, Mechanicsburg, is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to her church, PA 17011 or to the Care Assurance Fund of Bethany Village, 325 Wesley Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.

'Gigi' Evans may be made to the Alicia Rodriguez Education Fund, Members 1st Federal Credit Union, 5000 Louise Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. South Newton cuts pay Township kicked off the year by voting themselves a pay decrease. They used to earn $14.50 per hour as roadmasters, but at Monday's reorganizational meeting supervisors set the new wage at $13 an hour. The board also cut the pay for the secretary and treasurer from $12.50 to $12 and set the hourly wage for a general employee at $11, down from $12.50. "We think the new wages are sufficient for the size of our township," says Dave McBeth, who was sworn in as a new supervisor and voted chairman.

New Supervisor Gary Johnston will serve as vice chairman. Few of the faces of South Newton's local government will remain the same following Monday's reorganization. Some of the new appointees include: Lois Gruver, secretary; Bev Clendening, treasurer; Marcus McKnight of Carlisle, solicitor; Harry Nenninger, code enforcement officer; JWP Environmental Corp. of Mercersburg, sewage enforcement officer; Supervisors in South Newton Dennis Black Engineering Reorganization othy Scott the new vice president, both by unanimous votes. Previous president Steve Fishman nominated Rankin and Kronenberg nominated Scott.

"We can help make Carlisle a better place," Rankin told fellow council members. Fishman council's practice is for presidents to serve for two years at a time. Council also reappointed Ed Schorpp as borough solicitor, Fred Bean as treasurer and Susan Armstrong as borough secretary. Perry County After two four-year as Perry County commissioners chairman, Mark Keller has stepped down. Commissioner John Amsler unanimously was elected chairman Monday.

Keller took Amsler's former position of vice chairman. Commissioner Edward Kennedy remains secretary. Keller's record was not the reason he declined to head the Miller Continued from B1 Miller." Eslinger said he recommended that Miller return to his job on a trial basis with accommodations such as a tape recorder, a helper to do some of his public speaking and an aide to accompany him to meetings to take notes for him. Eslinger said he also recommended that Miller continue to meet with him or another medical expert to determine whether he was meeting his job requirements. But the board "never" contacted Eslinger, he testified.

Miller testified that's because the board didn't want to give him a trial. "I think they were afraid of me, of what the stroke did to me," he said. Treatment continued Eslinger said he had worked with Miller "on a near-daily basis" in a rehabilitative program following his stroke. Once Miller was discharged from the program, Eslinger still saw him at monthly stroke support group meetings. He said he found Miller to be "honest" and "selfaware." "If he had been allowed to return to work," Eslinger said, "I think he would have been the first to properly gauge if he could do it or Miller testified that he had to train himself to write with his left hand because the stroke weakened his right and he continued treatment, paying on his own for speech and physical therapy after his treatment at Hershey ceased.

Eslinger added that, while he considered Miller to be able to communicate effectively, there were some problems to be expected on occasion, such as "word-finding difficulties" and Health Food Center Give Yourself The Gift Of Health Vitamins We Carry Herbs Only "Natural Cosmetics Products." Aromatherapy Shipping, Available! Homeopathy Special Orders Requests Vitamin Sale! All Solgar OFF Products. SOLGAR 56 West Main Street Mechanicsburg, PA 717-697-0945 GRAND OPENING DOLLAR GOODIES items only! 60 Noble Carlisle PA 258-1288 panel for the next four years. "We were very pleased with his work over the last eight years," Amsler said. "You were?" Kennedy quipped. As incoming president of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania and a candidate for state representative, Keller is "going to be very busy," Amsler explained.

"We've got to take some of the work off him." Commissioners also reappointed William Bunt as county solicitor and Sharon Charles as chief clerk and promoted Kathy Burkholder from commissioners secretary and receptionist to deputy chief clerk, a position that had been vacant for several years. Newville Newville Borough Council reelected Jerry Gilbert as its president and Jeane Grane as its vice president Monday. Solicitor Richard Webber was retained at an hourly rate of $75. having trouble stringing words together into sentences. He said the difficulties were especially evident in "high-pressure circumstances" such as court proceedings.

Objections raised During his testimony Monday, Miller struggled with some words and excused himself for his fumbles twice, explaining, "I'm nervous." Other times would repeat himself until he correctly said what he was trying to convey, or he would be asked to clarify a statement, but he eventually was understood. Russell objected numerous times during the testimony, saying one of Miller's attorneys, Kathleen Misturak-Gingrich, was "leading" him to statements he wouldn't have made on his own. When Russell asked if school board members received all the information they requested, Miller said, "I thought they did. I don't know." Miller also fumbled over some facts and dates, including the year he was married, but other details he recalled with certainty. Russell's argument is that most of the skills required of a superintendent involve communication, and medical witnesses later to be presented by the district will refute that Miller could carry out his duties with reasonable accommodations.

The hearing was to resume today with Russell's crossexamination of Eslinger. Testimony from additional experts and school officials may come later in the day. Fred Potzer remains as borough manager and zoning and codes enforcement officer. Sherry Hershey continues as borough Council also voted to have all payroll and billing for the police department go through the borough office. Mayor John Gatten told council his goal is to see that the police department is run in a businesslike manner.

New Councilman Bill Toth was appointed chairman of the public safety committee. Gatten asked the committee, which includes councilmen Dave Hockenberry and Ron McDonald, to take a look at contracts for police services with Big Spring School District, Saylor's Market and Green Ridge Village from the standpoint of what happens to police coverage in Newville when police are working outside the borough. A committee of McDonald, Grane and Hockenberry will meet to study the police services contract with Big Spring School District. Council hopes to have an agreement in place by Aprilfor the 2004-05 school year. South Middleton Ron Reeder took the reins of the South Middleton Township Board of Supervisors Monday.

Reeder will serve as chairman with Tom Faley as vice chairman. Supervisors have rotated the chairmanship in recent years. The meeting marked the first for new Supervisor Bryan Gembusia, who was elected to a sixyear term to replace Duff Manweiler. The board went on to reappoint lawyer Richard Mislitsky as solicitor to both the board of supervisors and the planning commission. Brian O'Neill was tabbed as engineer for a second full year.

The board decided to hold off on appointing a new administrator. The position was created nearly a year ago and filled by William Guise until he moved away in the fall. The administrator is above the fire chiefs from the three fire companies South Middleton, Union of Carlisle and Citizen's of Mt. Holly Springs that serve township residents. However, control of fire scenes was returned to the fire chiefs within their respective territories.

West Pennsboro West Pennsboro board of supervisors reorganized Monday, electing Walter Heine as its new chairman and naming Richard Adler as vice chairman. John Epley replaced Gerald Barrick on the board. Barrick, a 12-year veteran of the board, was the former chairman. Heine presented Barrick with a plaque to thank him for his service. In other appointments Evelyn Swartz was named township secretary, zoning officer and codes enforcement officer; Myra Barrick, township treasurer; Steve Fishman, solicitor for the board of supervisors and the planning commission; Michael Scherer, solicitor for the zoning hearing board; Vince Elbel, sewage enforcement officer; Ed Elbel, alternate sewage enforcement officer, and Jeff Shope, public works superintendent.

Supervisors also voted not to raise township fees, but Heine says supervisors will review the fees over the year and changes may be made. Mechanicsburg Newly appointed president Jack Winchell expressed hope Monday all seven members of Mechanicsburg Borough Council could work together on behalf of residents. During a reorganization meeting, Winchell said he would like to move forward on such ongoing projects as sewer system upgrades, initiatives to improve citizen participation in recycling and a proposal to synchronize downtown traffic signals. His comments come about a month after a debate over a replacement for Gary Eichelberger caused a split between two factions on council. The issue was finally resolved Dec.

16 when Mayor Jack Ritter cast the deciding vote, breaking a 3-3 tie to appoint Linda Humes to the post. Eichelberger resigned i in November to prepare for his new role of Cumberland County commissioner. Attendance policy? Council Monday briefly discussed establishing a policy for council members relative to future attendance. During the meeting, Winchell said he thought it was a good idea to have a protocol in place where council members contact borough staff ahead of time if they are unable to attend for whatever reason. Council agreed to have the ordinance and legislative action committee come up with guidelines.

Following the meeting, Winchell said the suggested policy is "not meant to pick and jab at anything" only to let other councilmen know whether a member is stuck in traffic, sick or otherwise unavailable. Council also agreed to have the committee review a proposal made by McDermott to develop an interview policy for future vacant seats. "I am not opposed to the interview process," Winchell said. "I just did not like the way it took place last time." Redeemer Orthodox Presbyterian Church Worship: Sunday, 9:00 AM 10 Belvedere Street, Carlisle Thursdays, 7pm Study of the Westminster Confession of Faith (We are currently meeting in the Seventh Day Adventist church facility) If you wish to contact us please phone Jack Smith at 385-0922 E-mail: Cremation A Funeral preference chosen by many people today. Ronan Funeral Home offers cremation with many options, including funeral services before or afterwards, memorial services, scattering or placement in an urn garden or other facility.

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