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Intelligencer Journal
Aug 02, 2003 12:16 EST
Miller is set for finals in national track meet
Manheim Township graduate Craig Miller has earned a spot among the nation's top performers in the 1,500 meters.Miller, who recently completed his junior season at the University of Wisconsin, will run in the finals of the USA Outdoors Track and Field Championships today at Hayward Field in Eugen...
Nuclear funds hit with losses
The economic downturn has caused funds set aside for the safe closure of the Three Mile Island and Peach Bottom nuclear plants to drop dramatically in the last two years.Since 2007, estimates of dismantling costs at the nation's 104 nuclear plants have risen by more than $4.6 billion while the i...
NRC alleges 2 violations at Peach Bottom
A former reactor operator at the Peach Bottom nuclear plant deliberately failed to report a drunk-driving arrest, according to an investigation by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.In a second apparent violation of nuclear requirements, the NRC said a former maintenance supervisor at the plant ...
Miller is ninth in the NCAA
Wisconsin junior Craig Miller finished ninth in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.The finish made an All-American of Miller, a Manheim Township graduate, for the sixth time in his career and for the third consecutive year in t...
Fulfilling project
There's a road race in Lancaster County just about every weekend from spring through fall.Chances are good that only one of them began as a student's school project: the second annual Craig Heisey Memorial 5k, which will be run Saturday, June 20, in Mount Joy.The race founder and director is 17-year...
State throws flag on football pool
As members gathered at the Lancaster Liederkranz in January, conversation turned to football. A few men said, "Hey, let's start a pool for the game," according to the club's president, Paul Stanavage.Then, state Liquor Control Enforcement officers — acting on an anonymous tip — showed up...
Fugitive sex offender caught in Lancaster Township
A "sexually violent predator" who had been out of contact with local authorities since last year was found Tuesday in Lancaster Township.Richard Scott Wannamaker, a convicted sex offender, was required to provide state police with his address after release from prison.Investigators allege ...
Route set for huge generator units
Correction — The story below, posted on LancasterOnline Tuesday, incorrectly stated the location of the tunnels on Route 272. They are in Providence Township.•••Pequea Township Supervisor Virginia Brady was concerned when she entered Columbia High School Monday night.Township ro...
Public can ask questions about TMI generators
A plan to carry two massive generators through Lancaster County en route to Three Mile Island is generating a lot of interest — and concern — among local residents.Anyone interested in asking questions or learning more about the plan will have three opportunities to do so. AREVA Inc., th...
Small games lead to big troubles
The Christiana American Legion will close for 15 days in July, the result of its fourth violation of a state law governing small games of chance.Benner-Shoff Post No. 865 was cited Aug. 7, 2008, for "failure to maintain complete and truthful records" of its small games of chance.The Christiana post ...
Khattabi and Ecker win Red Rose Run
Elarbi Khattabi didn't win it when he ran it a few years ago, but he ran away from the field in this 33rd edition of the Red Rose Run.Meghan Ecker, who did win it two years ago, captured the top spot on the women's side on Saturday. Red Rose Run holds 33rd race With relatively low humidity, ...
VIDEO: Red Rose Run holds 33rd race
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VIDEO: Red Rose Run can be fun...and serious
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VIDEO: Kids race in Red Rose
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Great day for the Knights
If someone could pick out one defining moment of this year's L-L League Track and Field Championship Meet, they'd have an awfully good eye.The 2009 version of the annual battle for league supremacy featured as many ups and downs, twists and turns, and uncertain conclusions as a great mystery...
Jennings wins two in PSAC
Millersville's Priscilla Jennings grabbed wins in the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run Saturday en route to being named Women's Track Athlete of the Meet at the 2009 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium.Jennings, a Solanco graduate who cap...
Last laps for a great run
In 1981, Jeff Groff won the District Three 1,600-meter championship.In 1983, Curt Rogers, who'd never run better than a 4:38 1,600 beforehand, won the league in 4:24, and the district in 4:23.Kevin Schadt ran a 1:59 800 in 1988. He finished second in the state in the 1,600 in 4:16 in '91.A y...
No pause for the cause
Some 3,000 participants in the 11th YWCA Race Against Racism crowded the 200 block of East Chestnut Street and the 200 block of North Lime Street, near Musser Park, Saturday morning.The swiftest runners were ahead of the throng, at the starting line on East Chestnut Street. They bounced on their fee...
TALKING POINTS: More nukes?
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Nuclear plant gets top marks from feds
Despite a scandal over security guards sleeping on the job, the Peach Bottom nuclear plant has received top marks for its safety performance during 2008.The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting to discuss the results at 3 p.m Tuesday at the Peach Bottom Inn, 6805 Delta Road ...

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