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YORK DAILY RECORD I TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1994 The United Way WITH campaign goal. 2D ADVERTISEMENTS surpasses its LOCAL CLASSIFIED Driver gets two to four years for fatal The victims' relatives say they hope the sentence sends a message: Don't drink and I drive. By DEAN WISE katy Record stuff Cynthia Snyder: of Spring Grove, who lost two family members to drunken drivers within 11 years, does not believe her family settled for second best Monday when her sister's killer took a plea bargain. James Thomas Swartz, 27, entered guilty pleas in exchange for a sentence of two to four years in state prison in connection with the Dec. 12, 1993, accident that instantly killed Katherine E.

Joseph and seriously injured her niece, 2-year-old Remains of ex-county man found in W.Va. Police are treating the death of Timothy A. Good, 37, as a homicide. He was reportedly dead for several months. Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va.

A former York County man was apparently killed, then left in his home for several months before his body was found by state police, authorities said Monday. The badly decomposed body discovered Nov. 14 was identified as Timothy A. Good, 37, of Folsom, Wetzel County, said Dr. James Frost, assistant state medical examiner.

"We have a lot to learn," his father, Harold C. Good of Airville, said Monday. "We are We have as much in the dark as everyone a lot to else." He said the last time he and his wife had spoken to VICTIM'S FATHER their son was August 1993. He said it wasn't unusual for them to go long spans of time without talking. Trooper J.B.

Armstrong in Hundred, W. said the death was being considered a homicide based on Frost's report and other information authorities had discovered. Frost declined to release other details. Good had been dead for several months, but Armstrong declined to discuss the cause of death or other parts of the investigation. "We're diving into it head first," Armstrong said.

The body was discovered after an unidentified man called state police and said he found the remains after he broke into the log home. A lien on the home and property was sold last year by the sheriff's department because of back taxes. Neighbor George Anderson said last week that Good occasionally stopped by his home to eat and watch television. He said he had not seen Good for more than a year. "I just can't get it out of my mind that someone killed Tim and left his body up there all this time," Anderson said.

Prosecutor Bill Lemon was out of his office for the week and not available for comment, a secretary said. Daily Record staff writer Russ Crenshaw contributed to this report. Lauren Perdue. Swartz, who goes to prison Jan. 9, admitted his guilt to involuntary manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and recklessly endangering others.

The three misdemeanors combined maximum penalties of nine years in prison and $20,000 in fines. Charges of homicide by vehicle while intoxicated, an offense with a mandatory three to six years in prison, and vehicular homicide, along with summaries of careless driving and driving on the wrong side of the road, were dismissed. Snyder, whose husband, Charles, died at age 35 and of injuries similar to Joseph in August 1982, said she and her four 818- ters had wanted maximum penalties for Swartz before the plea agreement was reached Monday. "Not for revenge but as punishment for the crimes he committed by drinking and driving," Snyder said. "Nothing that is done can bring Kathy back," she said, "but we believe the sentence Mr.

Swartz received sends a message to society about how much we value human life and the importance of not driving when impaired by alcohol." Snyder, recalling how a drunken driver hit her husband late at night as a he rode his bicycle along West College Avenue extended in West Manchester Township, said family members agreed with the plea arrangement. Senior Judge James E. Buckingham, who also fined Swartz $510 plus costs for drunken driving, gave each sister an opportunity to share childhood memories of their late 37-year-old sibling and tell what she meant to them in adult life. The sisters, other than Snyder, include Lauren's mother, Cecilia Perdue of New Oxford, Charlotte Dick of York, Connie Smith, also of New Oxford, and Carla Berkheimer, Seven Valleys Cecilia Perdue said the family recognized Swartz is trying to get help. "He has voluntarily gone for counseling," she said.

"That's what counts, that See SENTENCE, page. 2D 1 DAILY RECORD PAUL KUEHNEL Stacia Bier, a senior from Central York High School, warms up with Mary Miller, a retired Central York librarian, at the YWCA. Seniors meet in exercise frenzy A new program allows students to learn about becoming and staying fit, as well as lifestyle changes. By BEV WHITEMAN Daily Record correspondent It was a mixed group of seniors enjoying a low-impact aerobics class at the YWCA on Monday. Some were senior citizens; some were high school seniors.

It was hard to tell the difference. Their bodies simultaneously swayed and stretched to the music. For the 22 Central York High School seniors, it was all part of a new physical education and nutrition class. They've elected to take this new class instead of the traditional home economics or physical education courses. The new physical education and nutrition program teaches not only fitness and wellness, but lifestyle changes too.

"I would like the students to realize that we've got to get away from just playing ball," said David Marsh, the high school assistant athletic director. Marsh started the program this year in conjunction with home economics teacher Diane Moyer. "Sports has its place, but we always tend to forget the other people who are in the school," he said. The new program is not just for students who excel at team sports. It's a classroom for any student who is interested in becoming fit and staying fit DAILY RECORD PAUL KUEHNEL Ryan Balbach receives some pointers for weight training from Tara Neff at the YWCA Monday.

for a lifetime. Students made the trip to the YWCA Monday to see how older women keep themselves physically fit. They ran into a retired Central York teacher. "I hope they see what the older person can said Mary Miller, a former high school librarian. The retiree takes two fitness classes in addition to swimming laps every day.

What Marsh is hoping for is an understanding of what fitness means for a lifetime. "I want them to know the limitations that are put upon you as your body gets older," he said. Classes usually meet in the school gymnasium or the home economics classroom. Students learn anything from different types of food and how they affect the physical body to jogging analysis and body fat composition. "It's a new program so we actually make it up every day," Marsh said.

Both Marsh and Moyer participate in the class to show students that anyone can become physically fit. "Whatever we require the students to do, we do as well," he said. "We show our vulnerability." For Marsh, sometimes the most diffi See FITNESS, page 2D They sold it to him, then arrested him I A jury convicts a prison guard for was videotaped by transaction police and shown to jurors, said possessing drugs sold to him by a woman he had no intent to deliver the marijuana to Dickson but working with undercover agents. wanted to "teach somebody a lesson." By DEAN WISE Common Pleas Court Judge He said prisoners often ask Daily Record staff John H. Chronister scheduled to bring drugs into the guards A county jail guard accused of sentencing Jan.

5. and allowed jail for them and don't take trying to smuggle marijuana to Beatty to remain free on bail. He "no" for an answer. an inmate earlier this year was could receive up to five years in Beatty said Dickson came to acquitted of that charge but con- prison for the offense, an un- him three times before the May victed of a drug offense Monday. graded felony, deputy prosecutor 16 exchange between him and Ivan P.

Beatty a correc- William H. Graff Jr. said. Dickson's girlfriend, Melissa tions officer at the jail five years Murray Dickson, the inmate Leeper, on the jail parking lot before his arrest May 16, was who asked Beatty to bring mari- when Beatty got off duty. found guilty of possessing 2.9 juana into the jail for him, was Beatty admitted he accepted grams of marijuana with intent sentenced to one to four years in the marijuana and $50 in cash, to deliver.

prison after the jury retired. photocopied for identification Jurors, however, after deliber- Dickson testified as a witness purposes and provided by the ating 90 minutes, cleared Beatty against Beatty as the trial drug task force and knew the of the charge of attempting to began. bring contraband into the jail. Beatty, whose role in the See GUARD, page 2D YORK HOUSE HOSPICE Funding to be requested York House Hospice founder and director Joy Ufema and Dr. David Hawk, director of the York Health Bureau and the hospice's medical die rector, will meet with U.S.

Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders on Monday to discuss the hospice operation. The hospice, which cares for people with AIDS, has operated without government funding since it opened in January 1992. Ulema said she would like the government to finance the hospice's annual $200,000 operation as a demonstration project for one year beginning in July 1996. "They could see the simplicity of the program and the efficacy of it and encourage other communities to emulate she said. COUNCIL OF CHURCHES Ex-employee sentenced Rebecca A.

McClune, former sec. retary and bookkeeper for York County Council of Churches, received a five-year probationary sentence Monday for embezzling cash and buying computer equipment at the council's expense. McClune, 30, a former York resident now living in Telford, Montgomery County, was directed by Senior Judge James E. Buckingham to pay $15,822 in restitution to the council at $200 per month. Her parole will be supervised in Montgomery County.

McClune worked for the church agency from April to December of 1993. She pleaded guilty in York County Common Pleas Court Sept. 22 to one count of theft and two counts of theft by deception. She admitted diverting $15,822 in funds from various council accounts to her own use and using the agency's charge account to buy computer equipment costing $1,462. The equipment was returned after McClune's arrest earlier this year.

DEADLOCKED, 11-1 Judge declares a mistrial York County Common Pleas Court Judge Sheryl A. Dorney declared a mistrial in the case of Leonard Nelson Horn, when jurors could not agree upon a verdict. Horn will be retried in January. Horn is serving a nine-month county jail sentence for the May 20, 1993, incident in Springettsbury Township that seriously injured Frances "Chi Chi" Trout. Horn, 37, went to trial Friday on a second offense of driving while intoxicated earlier this year.

After two hours, the jury reported it was deadlocked, 11-1. West Manchester Township police charged Horn with driving while intoxicated and hit-and-run driving after his car struck a street light pole at 1 a.m. June 9 on Hull Drive at the entrance to an apartment complex. Police said Horn drove away from the scene but was arrested a short time later at his apartment in the complex. And Fair condition: The Rev.

Joanne E. Stewart of St. Paul's Lutheran Church was listed in fair condition in Lancaster General Hospital Monday night following an accident last week that killed both of her unborn twins. United We Stand: The York County chapter on Monday elected Ron Goodman as coordinator for the 19th congressional district, Donn Treece as deputy coordinator, Larry Helf as treasurer and Gloria Hale as secretary. Helf was elected chapter chairman, with co-chairs Dean Barry and Donn Treece.

Dorothy Beck will be the secretary. Open houses: Habitat for Humanity will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 11 at its newest properties, townhouses at 356 and 358 Newton Square in York. Newton Square is between Princess and King streets, near the Princess Center.

DAILY RECORD PAUL KUEHNEL Trailer fire: Four people escaped from a trailer fire on Cabin Hollow Road in Franklintown just after 11 a.m. Monday. A mother and three children, ages 5, 4 and 1, were inside when the fire broke out, but no one was hurt. The woman's husband and 8-year-old child were not home at the time. Firefighters said the York County chapter of the American Red Cross is assisting the family.

A child playing with a cigarette lighter may have started the fire, authorities said..