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  • ‘From Up Here’ presents comical take on high school, family dysfunction

    ‘From Up Here’ presents comical take on high school, family dysfunction

    Do you have a free night this upcoming weekend but no idea what to do with it? Be sure to stop by the Tempest Theatre box office to find out about “From Up Here.” The dramatic comedy, directed by Terri Mastrobuono, adjunct faculty member, is closing this weekend with performances beginning at 8 p.m. on

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  • Geisinger Medical Center tests for nicotine

    Geisinger Medical Center tests for nicotine

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    • February 16, 2012

    Starting Feb. 1, 2012, Geisinger Medical Center stopped hiring job applicants who use tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and chewing or smokeless tobacco. Geisinger Medical Center, located in Danville, Pa., provides care to over two million residents in 38 counties of central and northeastern Pennsylvania. It was recently named one of the Top 100 Hospitals

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  • Elizabethtown shops shut down for selling drugs

    Elizabethtown shops shut down for selling drugs

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    • February 16, 2012

    CR’s Friendly Market, a convenience store located on East High Street in Elizabethtown, was caught selling synthetic marijuana and bath salts in exchange for food stamps. The Pennsylvania Legislature banned these illegal drugs last year and those who purchased the substances were illegally using their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards, which are solely intended

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  • Forty sick after drinking raw milk from farm in Chambersburg, Pa.

    Forty sick after drinking raw milk from farm in Chambersburg, Pa.

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    • February 16, 2012

    Two Lancaster County residents experienced stomach cramps, diarrhea and vomiting after drinking raw milk distributed by Your Family Cow farm in Chambersburg, Pa., in January of this year. They were diagnosed with Campylobacter illness, a bacterial infection. These two people, who both live within a short drive of Elizabethtown, were not the only ones in

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  • Club XS loses liquor license, gives free alcohol to all legal customers

    Club XS loses liquor license, gives free alcohol to all legal customers

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    • February 16, 2012

    Club XS, in North York, has begun serving free drinks after losing its liquor license earlier this month. A commonwealth court has upheld the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s (PLCB) decision to take away Club XS’s liquor license. The PLCB cited several fights that took place outside the club as its reasoning. Joel Weinstein, the owner

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  • Dr. Conrad Kanagy brings life lessons to classroom, congregation

    Dr. Conrad Kanagy brings life lessons to classroom, congregation

    Many Elizabethtown College students might see Dr. Conrad Kanagy as an associate professor in the sociology department. When he packs up and leaves campus, however, he takes on the role of pastor at the Elizabethtown Mennonite Church, as well as that of husband, father, friend, chef and many others. When Kanagy moved to the area

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  • Thrifty ideas help kindle creative romance

    With Valentine’s Day approaching fast, it is sometimes difficult to come up with an original date idea. While dinner and a movie is a classic, try to woo your date off her, or yes, his, feet with a new, creative idea. Some sort of social activity or something competitive is better than watching a movie.

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  • Donated resource centers link schools, parents

    Donated resource centers link schools, parents

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    • February 9, 2012

    On Jan. 27, Comcast Harrisburg donated 20 used computers to the Harrisburg School District in order to help the district establish Parent Information Resource Centers (PIRC). The PIRC program was formed between Comcast Harrisburg Vice President Frank Lynch and Harrisburg School District Superintendent Dr. Sybil Knight-Burney through Comcast’s “Internet Essentials” program. The program is for

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  • TMI installs new emergency sirens

    TMI installs new emergency sirens

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    • February 9, 2012

    In regards to the recent emergency siren testing, The Etownian reminds students, faculty and staff at Elizabethtown College that an emergency response plan is in place in case any disaster happens at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, or TMI, in Dauphin County, Pa. TMI is a civilian nuclear power plant located south of Harrisburg

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