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Lebanon Daily News, Sunday, January 4, 1998 3A Lit V) iU: Cinemaplex set to open Jan. 16 Local State Cl By HOWARD KOLUS Staff Writer PALMYRA Marvin Troutmans 12-theater Cinema Center will open in North Londonderry Square no later than Jan. 16, his son said yesterday. At least eight of the movie houses will be ready by that time in the former Jamesway Department Store, according to Van Troutman. Things are moving along pretty good, he said from the site Friday.

Well be ready Jan. 16 for sure. A marquee sign on which movie titles will be listed was hoisted into place Friday at the shopping center entrance near Route 422. The Troutmans, from Millersburg, operate Martro Theatres including a 12-plex in Bloomsburg and other houses in Millersburg and Berwick and a drive-in in Gratz. Troutman said opening films will include Amistad and Good Will Hunting with Robin Williams.

Marvin Troutman announced plans for the theater complex last June with a Thanksgiving Day opening in mind. But equipment delays set things back, and in November Troutman said he was hoping projectors would start turning by Christmas. Individual theaters will vary in size, ranging from 120 seats to 300 seats, with a total capacity of 3,000. Besides movies, Troutman said, the complex will include a video game room and an eight-station concession stand. A full staff has been hired, he added.

Howard Kolus Lebanon Daily News A man works to complete installation of the Cinema Center sign Friday afternoon near the Route 422 entrance to the North Londonderry Square Shopping Center. ZJC (Losing candidates in position to get court seats fV ANALYSIS upcoming vacancy and his campaign last fall gives him the most notoriety and potential backing by party leaders. Others on that tentative list include Robert Graci, a chief deputy attorney general who ran for Commonwealth Court in 1995; Charles Cunningham, who ran unsuccessfully for Philadelphia district attorney; and Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Richard Klein. Whomever ends up winning appointment to Superior Court this year, they will wear the robes only for a year or so. Both of the seats will come up for election in 1999, when judges are elected to serve full, 10-year terms which could start the process all over again.

I By JIM STRADER Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG When one door closes, another one opens. The adage often is used to comfort people after a lost opportunity or as a salve to ease the sting of a defeat. In the case of two state judges, however, the door to higher courts closed by voters is the same one that could be opened in the coming jnonths through gubernatorial appointments. Both of the judges Berle Schiller of Superior Court and James MacElree of Chester County Common Pleas Court ran unsuccessful campaigns this year. Schiller, a Philadelphia Democrat, lost in his partys primary for Supreme Court.

MacElree ran for Superior Court but was the only, statewide Republican judicial candidate to lose in the GOPs virtual sweep in Novembers election. The election of Thomas Saylor to the Supreme Court, which takes effect Monday, will open his seat on the Superior Court. Also Monday, the seat Schiller has filled on an interim basis will be taken by a new judge. Political observers and some of those involved in the nomination process have said Schiller appears headed for another appointment by Gov. Tom Ridge, subject to approval by the Senate.

MacElrees name is mentioned among several Republicans who might fill another Superior Court vacancy in April. It is unsettling, the idea that when the voters reject somebody, they then get, as a consolation prize, to go on the bench, said Ellen Kaplan, associate director of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, which advocates the selection of judges on litical division in the chamber means that support from both Democrats and Republicans is needed for a successful appointment. An arrangement appears to be in the works to approve a Democratic nominee for the vacancy created by Saylors ascension to the Supreme Court, several observers said. Another Democrat whose name has been mentioned for the post is Debra Todd, a Pittsburgh lawyer who ran for the court in November and lost. Another seat on the appellate court will come open in April, when Judge Patrick Tamilia reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70.

A Republican nominee seems to be penciled in for that seat. MacElree is among a handful of GOP names mentioned in connection with the merit. Ms. Kaplan acknowledged that Schiller, by virtue of his time on Superior Court, could make the claim that he has valuable experience as a judge, has a staff in place and already knows what the drill is. A new appointee would require time to get up to speed, she said.

At the same time, Schiller is serving on the court as an appointee to begin with. He has never been elected as a judge. While he wouldnt say Schiller is a lock for another appointment, Ridge spokesman Tim Reeves noted that the governor first nominated Schiller and thinks the judge has done a good job. Judicial nominations require the approval of two-thirds of the Senate. The po Strader covers the state Capitol for The Associated Press.

i hf i I 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 Humane Society takes over duties The Humane Society of Lebanon County has assumed primary responsibility for dog control and enforcement after its staff successfully completed Pennsylvania Humane Society Police Officer Training in animal husbandry and law enforcement. The training, required by the state Legislature under Act 135 of the Animal Law Code, was conducted by the Pennsylvania State University College of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Missouri-Columbia Law Enforcement Institute School of Law. The staff was resworn to its duties recently by Lebanon County President Judge Robert Eby. A contract has been signed with the countys Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement making the Lebanon shelter responsible for apprehending, holding and disposing of unwanted dogs. Selling and record-keeping of dog licenses will begin at the shelter as soon as a new computer system is in place.

By taking over en-forement duties, the county shelter will receive a portion of monies collected from the sale of dog and kennel licenses. Humane Society of Lebanon County investigators Janet Groff (left), Gregory Setzer and Beth White are resworn to their positions after completing Pennsylvania Humane Society Police Officer Training. Judge Robert Eby, president judge of Lebanon County, presides over the session. Jim Zengerle Lebanon Daily News FIRE, POLICE LOG Aid and Safety Patrol returned to their stations about half an hour later. BURGLARY: Someone entered the residence at 240 E.

Weidman St. sometime between 1:45 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Thursday and stole cash, coins, a purse and a watch, all valued at $370, according to a police report. HIT-RUN: Leonard Kobal, 401 Lehman Apt.

4, reported that an unknown driver struck his 1982 Chevrolet Camaro parked outside his residence at about 1:20 a.m. yesterday. No damage estimate was available. SIMPLE ASSAULTDOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Greg Espillat, 18, and Sara Kocher, 21, were both 1 charged with simple assault at ab- out 1:30 a.m. yesterday at their 907 Chestnut St.

residence after they engaged in a fist fight, caus- ing injury to each other, police said. Both are in Lebanon County prison on $5,000 bail. Jackson ATTEMPTED BURGLARY: i John Paul Bomberger, of Leba- non, owner of Powersports Plus on West Lincoln Avenue, told state police someone tried to en- ter the business by cutting a lock overnight Friday. Secondary locks prevented the person from gain- ing access to the building, police i said. 364 S.

Lingle were involved in an accident at Main and Cherry streets at 12:29 p.m. Tuesday. RETAIL THEFT: A 16-year-old Palmyra boy was charged in connection with an incident at Sheetz, 811 E. Main Sunday at 10:30 p.m., police said. He was accused of taking two packs of cigarettes.

Lebanon ACCIDENT At least one person was injured early yesterday morning in a motor-vehicle accident at 10th and Chestnut streets. Details of the accident were not available. The injured person, identified only as Sherry Butcher, was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital and released. FIRE CALL: Fire crews from Rescue Hose, Goodwill and Chemical fire companies, along with an ambulance from First Aid and Safety Patrol, responded Friday at about 5:40 p.m. to a report of a fire inside a structure at 36th and Lehman streets.

They returned to their stations about an hour later, according to county emergency logs. ACCIDENT: Fire and police responded to a motor-vehicle accident at Ninth and Willow streets Friday at 5:50 p.m. One person was injured but refused treatment, according to county emergency logs. Crews from Perseverance, Chemical and First S. Londonderry FIRE CALL: Fire crews from Palmyra Citizens, Campbelltown and Lawn were called to a reported structure fire on Legion Road in the area of the sewage treatment plant, but were back in stations about 15 minutes later, according to county emergency logs.

Palmyra least one person was taken to Hershey Medical Center early yesterday morning following an accident at the intersection of Green and Broad streets. Crews from Palmyra, Campbelltown and an ambulance from Hershey Medical Center responded to the accident, which occurred at 1 a.m. No further details were available. ACCIDENT, CHARGES: Peter Key, 23, of Costa Mesa, was charged with careless driving after police said his car hit a telephone pole Thursday at 11:39 a.m. on the 300 block of South Locust Street, according to reports, HIT-RUN: Jerry White, of 122 N.

Railroad told police the left front of his Cavalier was struck while parked near his home Thursday. ACCIDENT: Cars driven by Anna R. King, 75, of 27 Oakwood Lane, and Dale R. Kreider, 53, of Jim Zengerle Lebanon Daily News Emereencv crews clean up the aftermath of a two-car accident last night at Eighth Avenue and East Cumberland Street. Five people were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital following the 8-30 accident.

They were still being treated for injuries at presstime and could not he irlenfifiprl Lebanon fire crews from Chemical, Perseverance and Independent companies alone with an ambulance from First Aid and Safety Patrol, responded to the scene. City police investigated, but their report was not complete at presstime..