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The state senate candidate claims to be a tax-cutting farm preservationist, yet his record tells a completely
different story about the transplant from Canada. So, who is ...
The Real Paul Thibault
by Ron Harper, Jr.
Lancaster Post
Paul Thibault glided to the podium before a small
courthouse crowd. With his tailored suit, easy smile,
sparkling eyes, and silver hair, as always, perfectly
combed, Thibault’s gracious manner and smooth
baritone made him seem almost of royalty.
This was December, 2003, and Paul Thibault’s last
public appearance as a Lancaster County Commis-
sioner, and he was among friends. Thibault warmly
thanked his staff by name, of course, and then spoke
the only known public words about his pre-Lancaster
origins:
“I wasn’t born here, I wasn’t raised here, I remem-
ber the day I arrived here. … I got on the plane at
Lester Pearson International Airport in Toronto - flew
down to Lancaster airport - it was April of 1980.”
When he landed, Paul Thibault was a month away
from turning 33 years of age.
Little is known about Paul Thibault’s almost 30
years in Canada (see sidebar), but much of his time in
Lancaster is part of the public record.
This report will examine that record.
Beginnings
In 1984, four years after Ronald Reagan was elect-
ed, Paul Thibault, now 37, changed his party affilia-
tion and registered for the first time as a Republican.
This claim clashed with Thibault’s later campaign
literature where he claimed to be a “lifelong Repub-
lican.”
In 1987, Thibault ran as a candidate for Lancaster
County treasurer. He won that election, and the next
one, and served as treasurer for eight years.
During his first year as county treasurer, Thibault
was also a traveling salesman for a magnetic reso-
nance imaging (MRI) firm. According to a lawsuit
filed in Lancaster County, Thibault claimed an annual
salary of $30,000 with a commission of $35,000 for
every MRI site developed. This money was in addi-
tion to collecting a full-time salary from the county.
The distinguishing part of his terms as treasurer
– apart from the lucrative side income -- is that the
county collected more taxes, by far, when he left of-
fice than when he was elected. This wasn’t his fault,
of course. It is the treasurer’s job only to collect and
keep track of, not levy, tax money coming to the
county. But the fact is at the time Thibault took office,
in 1987, the county collected $24.3 million in taxes;
in 1995, when he left office, Lancaster County was
collecting $44.6 million – an 84% increase.
During the same time period, tax delinquency more
than doubled! From his vantage as county treasurer,
Thibault, more than any county official, knew of the
increasing tax burden put on the Lancaster County
taxpayer. All of that money came through Paul Thi-
bault.
County Commissioner
Paul Thibault ran for Lancaster County Commis-
sioner in1995 and then in 1999. It was in his second
race that Thibault an unendorsed Republican found,
himself in a tight three-way primary race, and did
enough get himself (along with Pete Shaub) elected
as the two Republicans on the ballot for the gener-
al election. Thibault narrowly won the second GOP
slot largely by spending what was then considered an
exorbitant amount of money – over $200,000 – on a
county-wide campaign.
During that campaign, Thibault created and mass-
mailed a four-page, glossy, full-color brochure that
was supposed to answer all the questions about his
past and who he really was. Instead, it raised more
Paul Thibault: The Canadian Years
1949: Paul Thibault, age 2, moved with his
family to Quebec City, Quebec
1953: Family moved to Windsor, Ontario
1963: Thibault said that “he set off that fall in
pursuit of a college degree.” “Set off”? Actu-
ally, he walked further to his Catholic boys’ high
school than to college! He lived across the street
from the university.
1968: was listed as “Available for Military ser-
vice” from August 13, 1968 until the draft was
ended in mid 1973. In December of 1969 Thiba-
ult’s draft number was 34 (1- 195 were drafted)
and he never reported for the physical.
1968-73: Thibault claimed that he was get-
ting his advanced degree during these years.The
truth? He didn’t get his doctorate until 1980.
1970-71: Thibault went to Paris for an academ-
ic “certificate” while his peers were
being drafted.
In 1972, Thibault claimed he was still in college
-- four years after graduating.
questions.
The brochure reads like the opening of a biogra-
phy of a major historical
figure:
“The Paul Thibault story begins in Hartford, Con-
necticut, where Paul was born in 1947.
It was there that Paul, the fourth of six children,
learned the values that would shape his life…”
Unless Thibault “learned the values that would
shape his life” in his first two years of life, this state-
ment is untrue. Thibault and his family moved to
Canada in 1949, when Paul was two years old, and
Thibault lived in Canada until he got on that plane in
1980.
The less-than-honest mailer wasn’t raised as an is-
sue during the campaign, and Paul Thibault won that
election, and found himself a county commissioner.
Paul Thibault’s first term was defined by a decided
closeness with the biggest companies in the coun-
ty, particularly the companies of one S. Dale High,
the largest builder/industrialist in the region. It was
High’s companies who found itself time and again,
the beneficiary of tax breaks and subsidies from the
county and state. Dale had a friend in Paul Thibault.
At the end of his first term, Thibault introduced,
and vote for, a bed tax that would subsidize a $30
million publicly owned convention center along side
a privately owned $45 million hotel.
The tax was imposed on all county hotel, motel
and bed & breakfast establishments. Mom & Pop mo-
tels in Mountville, or Ephrata, or Strasburg, or Eliza-
bethtown, anywhere in the county, now had to charge
their customers a 3.9% tax on every rented room.
This meant that hotel and motel owners throughout
the county were literally paying for their direct com-
petition because a High-owned hotel was intertwined
with the financing of convention center project.
During Thibault’s time as commissioner, bonded
debt increased from $54.1 to
$152.9 million dollars.
One of Paul Thibault’s last acts as County Com-
missioner, conducted mere days before he strode
confidently to that podium, was to introduce and get
passed, a $40 million county-backed guarantee of
convention center debt.
This vote – taken just months before leaving of-
fice -- cost taxpayers $400,000 in immediate fees, and
millions of dollars lost in interest. The purpose of the
bond guarantee? To effectively bind future commis-
sioners to support Penn Square Partners, one half of
which was one S. Dale High.
The Next Step
Today, Paul Thibault is running to become the
state senator for the 13th District of Pennsylvania,
which encompasses a large part of Lancaster County,
including the city of Lancaster. Thibault is seeking
to replace Gibson E. Armstrong, the current Senate
Appropriations Chairman. Armstrong’s support of
the convention center project rivals Thibault’s in its
fervency.
Armstrong went as far to personally twice rewrite
state law to benefit the project and undermine legal
challenges.
This campaign, Paul Thibault has received an
$11,000 campaign donation from S. Dale High.
While this donation is considered large, the millions
of dollars of public money that Thibault has funneled
to High and his associates and aligned companies has
yet to be counted. Current estimates are more than
$50 million.
In his senate campaign literature, Thibault touts
his farmland preservation record, yet he missed an
average of 42% of all farmland preservation meetings
when he was commissioner. A number of meetings
were canceled because the lack of a quorum. But he
still puts that on his mass-mailers.
So the answer to the question: “Who is the real
Paul Thibault?” seems to depend on whether you lis-
ten to Thibault’s words, or look at his deeds.
Side by Side
by Chris Hart Nibbrig
Lancaster Post
John McCain
Lancaster County, like the rest of
the nation, is suffering from the
troubled economy. What is your
economic stimulus plan?
I will fight to cut taxes, stop
wasteful pork-barrel spending, break
down barriers to American goods
overseas, and foster innovation to
drive the American economy in the
21st century. I will keep taxes low
and fight to prevent the Democrats
from raising taxes. I’ll eliminate
the Alternative Minimum Tax, sav-
ing many middle class families with
children more than $2,700 a year.
Cutting the corporate tax rate – the
second highest in the world – from
35 percent to 25 percent will provide
incentives for businesses that will
spur economic growth immediately
and in the long term by making our
tax code more competitive.
Please outline your health care
initiative.
My plan to reform the American
health care system will lower health
care costs and harness market com-
petition. I will reform the tax code
to provide all individuals with a re-
fundable $2,500 tax credit ($5,000
for families) as incentive to buy
health insurance. I will lower health
care costs for all individuals by:
promoting open health care markets
to encourage competition; passing
tort reform to eliminate frivolous
lawsuits; and making prescription
drugs more affordable. I support
making health care savings accounts
more available and strengthening
the State Children’s Health Insur-
ance Program. Families should be
in charge of their health care dollars
and have more control over their
Side by Side is a regular feature of the Lancaster Post where
our editors ask two or more parties on different sides of the
same issue the same questions. In this edition we interview
the candidates for President of the United States.
Hillary Clinton
Lancaster County, like the rest of
the nation, is suffering from the
troubled economy. What is your
economic stimulus plan?
I was the first to raise the need for
economic stimulus last December.
I also proposed a comprehensive
stimulus proposal to inject $110 bil-
lion into the American economy that
included tax rebates, unemployment
insurance, assistance for home heat-
ing bills, investments in green collar
job growth, and help for communi-
ties facing growing foreclosures.
While I support the tax relief pro-
visions in the recently passed stimu-
lus plan, I believe it was a mistake
that we failed to include measures to
help struggling homeowners. That’s
why I called for a second stimulus
last month that includes $30 billion
for communities to acquire vacant
properties, undertake anti-blight
initiatives, and help families facing
foreclosure. Under my plan, Penn-
sylvania would receive $1.7 bil-
lion, with $26 million for Lancaster
County alone. If we can extend a
$30 billion lifeline to a Wall Street
bank, we can extend a $30 billion
lifeline to help communities in
Pennsylvania and across the country
weather the housing crisis.
Please outline your health care
initiative.
My American Health Choices
Plan covers all Americans and im-
proves health care by lowering costs
and improving quality. It offers
more choices and lowers costs. If
you like the plan you have, you can
keep it. If you’re one of the tens of
millions of Americans without cov-
erage or if you don’t like the cover-
Side by Side continues on page 6...
Barack Obama
Lancaster County, like the rest of
the nation, is suffering from the
troubled economy. What is your
economic stimulus plan?
My economic stimulus plan will
provide immediate, temporary, di-
rect relief targeted to the people who
need it and are most likely to use the
funds to re-energize our economy.
Building on my call for a stimulus
plan in January, I recently called for
a $30 billion second stimulus pro-
posal that provides additional relief
to struggling Americans and seeks to
stem the housing crisis, which con-
tinues to drag down the rest of our
economy. My package calls on the
President and Congress to extend
relief to state and local governments
hardest hit by the housing downturn
and expand Unemployment Insur-
ance. I have also called for the im-
mediate creation of a Foreclosure
Prevention Fund to provide emer-
gency assistance to families fac-
ing foreclosure and creating a new
Federal Housing Administration
program that provides meaningful
incentives for lenders to buy or re-
finance existing mortgages and con-
vert them into stable 30-year fixed
mortgages.
Please outline your health care
initiative.
I am committed to signing uni-
versal health legislation by the end
of my first term in office that ensures
all Americans have high-quality, af-
fordable health care coverage. My
plan will ensure that all Americans
have health care coverage through
their employers, private health
plans, the federal government, or
the states. My plan will save a typi-
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Ron Paul
Lancaster County, like the rest of
the nation, is suffering from the
troubled economy. What is your
economic stimulus plan?
To immediately strengthen the
economy and lay the groundwork
for continued prosperity, I have pro-
posed a four-part plan that involves
lower taxes, less spending, a sound
monetary policy, and regulatory re-
form. We can take several immedi-
ate steps to reform our archaic tax
system and give Americans their
money back, and we can end the
income tax and abolish the IRS by
reigning in Congress’ extravagant
spending. As president, I will also
veto any unbalanced budget and de-
mand that Congress address waste-
ful spending.
Lower taxes and less govern-
ment spending will put more money
in your pocket. A sound monetary
policy will increase the value of that
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In our first issue, we feature the next President of the United States. The Presidential candidates
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ton, and Congressman Ron Paul.
Our cover story looks at Paul Thibault, republican candidate for the state senate in the 13th District.
Not much is known about Mr. Thibault, despite his many years as a public official. Post editor Ron
Harper, Jr. takes a look at “The Real Paul Thibault” in this week’s cover story.
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We will also feature our local professional baseball team, the Lancaster Barnstormers, during their season, which begins April 25th. This issue
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“Penn Square Partners will be paying

just over $38 million over 20 years for
a $76 million building. That is a very
good deal for Penn Square Partners,
but a really bad deal for taxpayers.”

ers that goes the LCCCA for the landmark Watt & Shand building
and the PA Dutch Visi- (which before being demolished was
tors Bureau. listed on the National Register of His-
The site of the former toric Places).
Watt & Shand building is The Penn Square Partners will be
Taxpayer street level). Funding for the conven-
tion center would be provided by a $15 no longer owned by the hotel developer paying just over $38 million over 20
Tragedy million state grant, and $15 million in Penn Square Partners, which is owned
50% by High Associates and 50% by
years for a $76 million building. That
is a very good deal for Penn Square
bonds floated by a new convention cen-
By Artie See ter authority. Historic tax credits and Lancaster Newspapers. Instead, the ho- Partners, but a really bad deal for tax-
Lancaster Post Contributor “Tax Increment Financing” were to tel is currently being built and will be payers.
help finance construction of the private owned by the Redevelopment Authority Complicating the matter is the
Rising into the sky, floor by floor, a hotel. At the time, it was estimated that of the City of Lancaster [RACL]. “shared space.” This includes parts of
tall hotel is being built. When finished, the hotel would pay $475,000 a year in The size of the hotel has increased the buildings that are jointly being built
the hotel will tower over Penn Square city, county, and school property taxes. from 281 rooms to 300, and the esti- and will be shared by the LCCCA and
in downtown Lancaster. The hotel is The project under construction right mated cost of the hotel has increased RACL, most of which will be main-
owned by the taxpayers of the city of now is currently estimated to cost about from $45 million to nearly $76 million. tained by the LCCCA (for which the
Lancaster, although few locals will step $176 million. The convention center What has changed the most with the Penn Square Partners will pay $100 a
inside its doors, and a private business alone is expected to cost just over $100 hotel is the financing: the only private year to use). This blurs the line between
partnership stands to benefit the most million, and cover 183,917 square feet investment in the hotel is $11 million how much of the project is convention
from it. (not including 66,745 square feet of in unspecified “equity,” plus $24 mil- center, and how much of it is hotel.
Today, the cost of building that ho- “shared space” with the hotel). State lion in “lease” payments over the next Both the hotel and the convention
grants for the 20 years. State tax dollars already com- center will be jointly managed by the
mitted to the “private” hotel total over company hand selected by Penn Square
Convention Center: The Tale of the Tape project still $37 million to date, not including inter- Partners -- Interstate Hotels and Re-
total $15 mil-
est on a $14.5 million bond; another $3 sorts. Under the terms of the agree-
lion to date,
1999 2008 million has been requested to complete ments which govern this project, the
although an-
other $1.5 the project. LCCCA has practically no control over
Total Cost: $75,000,000 $169,000,000
million is At the end of 20 years, Penn Square the management and operation of its
(asking for $6M more)
promised, Partners will have the option of purchas- own convention center.
and another ing the hotel building for an estimated How did this project get so far out of
Private Private Cost: $45,000,000 $11,000,000 $2.25 million. Until that happens, Lan- control? In future columns, we will try
$3 million is
being sought. caster City taxpayers are ultimately re- to answer that question.
Public Cost: $30,000,000 $158,000,000 sponsible for the hotel.
The Lan-
caster County RACL ownership means the Penn You can email Artie See at:
Est. Taxes Paid to School Distrtic of Lancaster: Square Partners will pay no real estate ArtieSee@LancasterPost.com
$400,000/year $0 C o n ven-
tion Cen- taxes at all for at least 20 years. This also
Est. Taxes paid to City of Lancaster: eliminates any possibility of “Tax Incre-
$75,000/year $0 ter Author-
ity [LCCCA] ment Financing” credits,
% Public Funding:
bond sale since no real estate taxes
40.00% 93.5%
in March of will be paid. Historic tax
% Private Funding:
60.00% 6.5% 2007 was for credits for the hotel were
nearly $64 denied, because the hotel
million, to be plans were determined by
tel and the publicly owned convention paid back over 40 years with proceeds the Pennsylvania Histori-
center attached to it approaches $180 from the “hotel tax,” the tax levied cal and Museum Commis-
million, virtually all of it paid for and against all county hotel and motel own- sion to be out of character fast, easy, flexible.
guaranteed by the public.
It didn’t start out that way.
In August of 1999, the public was
Wake up to
first introduced to the idea of a hotel
and convention center at Penn Square
in downtown Lancaster. According to
published reports, the $75 million proj- every day!
ect would include a $20 million 61,000
square foot convention center, a $7 mil-
lion expansion of the King St. Parking News, comment, and culture
Garage, and a privately funded $45
million luxury hotel in the former Watt
for Lancaster County. Member FDIC
& Shand building (with retail shops at
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John McCain Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Ron Paul

care. Patients should have a larger age you have, you can choose from cal American family up to $2,500 ev- money and drive down the costs of
role in both prevention and care, giv- dozens of the same plans available to ery year on medical expenditures by living by requiring transparency at
ing them more freedom to make de- members of Congress, or you can opt providing affordable, comprehensive the Federal Reserve. We must also
cisions about their health care needs. into a public plan option like Medi- and portable health coverage for ev- be willing to undertake regulatory
What is your position on gun con- care. Premiums will be capped at a ery American; modernizing the U.S. reform. I would put a high priority
trol, including an assault weap- percentage of income, and insurance health care system to contain spiral- on repealing Sarbanes-Oxley, which
ons ban? companies will be prohibited from ing health care costs and improve has had an extremely damaging ef-
I am a strong defender of the right discriminating on the basis of pre- the quality of patient care; and pro- fect on our economy.
to bear arms, having supported the existing conditions. Insurance will moting prevention and strengthen- Please outline your health care
restoration of Second Amendment be portable so if you lose your job ing public health to prevent disease initiative.
rights where they have been eroded, or change jobs, you can take your and protect against natural and man- Health care should not be left up
and the right of law-abiding citi- health plan with you. made disasters. to HMOs, big drug companies, and
zens to carry concealed weapons. I What is your position on gun con- What is your position on gun con- government bureaucrats. I support
have consistently opposed and voted trol, including an assault weap- trol, including an assault weap- making all medical expenses tax de-
against: restrictions on so-called “as- ons ban? ons ban? ductible, eliminating federal regula-
sault weapons,” the banning of cer- I believe that every citizen has a I believe the Second Amend- tions that discourage small business-
tain types of ammunition magazines, right to bear arms under the Sec- ment creates an individual right, and es from providing coverage, giving
waiting periods for law-abiding citi- ond Amendment. I also believe that I greatly respect the constitutional doctors the freedom to collectively
zens’ purchase of firearms and the along with that right comes the re- rights of Americans to bear arms. I negotiate with insurance companies
confiscation of firearms from private sponsibility to keep guns out of the also believe that the right is subject and drive down the cost of medical
citizens during a domestic crisis or hands of criminals and terrorists. We to reasonable and commonsense care, making every American eli-
emergency. can take reasonable steps to protect regulation that can help us keep guns gible for a Health Savings Account
Please state your view on abor- Americans from gun violence, and at off the streets and away from crimi- (HSA), removing the requirement
tion, including partial birth abor- the same time, safeguard the right of nals such as closing the gun show that individuals must obtain a high-
tion. law-abiding citizens to use firearms loophole. I also support making the deductible insurance policy before
I am proud of my 25-year pro-life for hunting and other recreational federal Assault Weapons Ban per- opening an HSA, and reforming li-
record in the Congress. I oppose par- purposes. I believe we should rein- manent, as such weapons belong on censure requirements so that phar-
tial birth abortion and support the re- state the assault weapons ban. battlefields and not on our streets. macists and nurses can perform some
versal of Roe v. Wade. However, the Please state your view on abor- Please state your view on abor- basic functions to lower costs and
reversal of Roe v. Wade represents tion, including partial birth abor- tion, including partial birth abor- increase access to care. By remov-
only one step in the long path toward tion. tion. ing federal regulations, encourag-
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John McCain
newborn baby. The pro-life move-
ment has done tremendous work in
building and reinforcing the infra-
structure of civil society by strength-
ening faith-based, community, and
neighborhood organizations that
provide critical services to pregnant
mothers in need.
What can be done about the ris-
ing cost of gas?
Americans need relief from high
gasoline prices. I believe we must
act immediately to reduce the pain of
high prices at the pump. We should
suspend filling the Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve (SPR) to reduce de-
mand. International demand for oil is
bolstered by federal purchases for the
SPR. There is no reason to continue
filling it when oil is so expensive, the
overall SPR is of adequate size, and
when it places further upward pres-
sure on prices. Beyond that, we must
lower our dependence on gasoline
by promoting alternative fuels. It is
vital that we reduce our need for oil
from governments that do not share
our values of freedom and democ-
racy. The price of gas is an issue that
won’t go away until we make a com-
mitment to exploring new and inno-
vative sources of energy that can be
generated here in the United States.
We should invest in research and de-
velopment programs that will move
us toward the goal of energy inde-
pendence.
What is the number one foreign
policy concern for Americans?
The battle against Islamic ex-
tremism is the transcendent struggle
of our time. We must not lose our re-
solve in Iraq, where a retreat would
have disastrous consequences not
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Hillary Clinton
woman’s right to make the most
fundamental decisions about her
life and health and have announced
a comprehensive agenda to reduce
unintended pregnancy and enhance
access to reproductive health care.
When I’m president, I will appoint
judges who understand that Roe v.
Wade isn’t just binding legal prec-
edent, it is the touchstone of our re-
productive freedom and the embodi-
ment of our most fundamental rights.
Abortions should be legal, safe, and
rare. In 2003, I supported Senator
Feinstein’s amendment to prohibit
late-term abortions consistent with
Roe v. Wade, protecting the life and
health of the mother.
What can be done about the ris-
ing cost of gas?
As president, I would lead us
on a path towards clean, renewable
energy investments to reduce our
dependence on foreign oil. I will:
invest $150 billion in clean energy,
including establishing a $50 billion
Strategic Energy Fund to demand
that oil companies invest in clean
energy; working to increase vehicle
fuel economy standards to 55 miles
per gallon; increasing the production
of biofuels to 60 billion gallons by
2030. I will stop filling the Strate-
gic Petroleum Reserve, and implore
the Federal Trade Commission to
investigate market manipulation in
wholesale oil prices to ensure that oil
companies are not ripping off con-
sumers.
What is the number one foreign
policy concern for Americans?
Ending the Iraq War. As Presi-
dent, I will direct my senior military
leadership to draw up a clear, com-
Side by Side continues on page 15...
Barack Obama
visive issue, and respect those who
disagree with me. However, I have
been a consistent champion of repro-
ductive choice and will make pre-
serving women’s rights under Roe v.
Wade a priority as President. I op-
pose late-term abortions, but believe
that there must be exceptions for
the life and health of the woman. I
support efforts to reduce unintended
pregnancies, and in the U.S. Senate, I
am an original cosponsor of the Pre-
vention First Act to expand access
to contraception, health information
and preventive services.
What can be done about the ris-
ing cost of gas?
Unlike the Bush Administration
which has let the oil companies write
our national energy policy, I will
crack down on oil companies that
try to manipulate markets and force
out cheap and clean renewable fu-
els from gas pumps. I will enact a
windfall profits tax on oil companies,
roll back all tax breaks and subsidies
for oil and gas companies and invest
the proceeds into helping Americans
pay their energy
bills and putting
America on the
path to energy in-
dependence.
What is the
number one
foreign policy
concern for
Americans?
Ending the war
in Iraq so that we
can effectively
combat interna-
tional terrorism
and other national
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Ron Paul
ciety each citizen must have the right
to keep and bear arms. They ratified
the Second Amendment knowing
that this right is the guardian of ev-
ery other right, and they all would
be horrified by the proliferation of
unconstitutional legislation that pre-
vents law-abiding Americans from
exercising this right. I oppose any
federal gun control, and will oppose
any attempts to reinstate an assault
weapons ban.
Please state your view on abor-
tion, including partial birth abor-
tion.
As an OB/GYN who has deliv-
ered over 4,000 babies and early in
my career decided to never perform
an abortion, I have long been con-
cerned with the rights of unborn peo-
ple. I have introduced H.R. 2597, the
Sanctity of Life Act, and H.R. 300,
the We the People Act, to Congress.
H.R. 2597 would define life on the
federal level as beginning at concep-
tion, and H.R. 300 would end federal
court jurisdiction over abortion mat-
ters, restoring the ability and respon-
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File Management 101 by Tim Harper

Lancaster Post
“Where’s my @$&!?# document????”
“Oh, no! My whole report is GONE!”

“Honey, I can’t find that you said you sent me. Can you send it again?”

Any of those lines sound familiar? If you’re like most people, you’ve fallen victim
to what may be an attack by the same gremlin who steals one sock out of every load of
wash, or, as is more likely the case, you’re not embracing good file management tech-
niques. As instructors at colleges throughout the area, one of our biggest challenges is
students not knowing where their files are and having trouble organizing them.
File management on your computer is a lot like filing papers in your office. If you
dumped every slip of paper into a single drawer, it might keep the desk from looking
messy, but it’d be quite difficult to find something when you need it. You’d have to
rifle through every scrap to find the one item you want. Your computer is no different,
and considering the importance of some of the documents, spreadsheets, images, and
so forth that you generate and store on your computer, it’s even more disastrous when
you can’t find the file you need.
What to do? First, stop storing everything in your My Documents folder or on the 100-block of N. Queen Street, downtown Lancaster,
Desktop. You should create folders to house your files, and give those folders mean- circa mid-1960s. Photographer: Ron Harper, Sr.
ingful names. “My Stuff” is not a meaningful name. “Accountant” or “Insurance” or
“Letters to the President” are meaningful names. And in the case of the last one, such
names can make things a lot easier for the FBI if they’re ever sifting through your hard
drive for incriminating documents.
So how do you make and organize these folders? Easy. If you’re saving a file, you
can create a new folder by clicking the New Folder button in the Save As dialog box.
Once you’ve clicked that button, you can name the new folder, and then choose it as
the place to save your file. Once the folder is created, it can become the place you
choose as the location to save similar files. If it’s a “Letters” folder, for example, you
can also create subfolders within Letters to categorize them by to whom they were
sent, what they’re about, or when you wrote them. To create a subfolder, by the way,
you need only be in the “parent” folder (Letters, in our example) when you click that
New Folder button.
Email’s no different. You can create folders in your Outlook and Outlook Express inbox (choose
File, New, Folder) to organize your email. Create a folder
Advanced for each client, project, or subject. This will make it much
Chiropractic easier to find the email where your cousin sent you that
picture of his new baby. Having separate folders in your
and email Inbox can also make it easier to set up rules for
Rehab automatic mail-handling. You can tell Outlook or Out-
look Express to take any mail coming from, for exam-
ple, “them@abccompany.com” and put it in the “ABC 100-block of N. Queen Street, downtown Lancaster,
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Horse Chases Cart
(Part 1 of 2)
by Steve Johnson
Lancaster Post
So, after something like nine years of
insider shenanigans devoted to produc-
ing a “cure-all” Convention Center that
will fix everything from urban blight
to athlete’s foot, funded almost exclu-
sively by you and me, the town elders
have determined that it might help
things along if the Convention Center
was surrounded by an environment that
didn’t look like, well, urban blight and
athlete’s foot.
You gotta love leaders with vision.
Inspiring.
And now our inspiring leaders pull
out a 65-page tome of recommenda-
tions, produced four years ago, during
the sorely derided Smithgall adminis-
tration, and announce that they have,
once again, magically produced THE
ANSWER to our “newest” problem.
Drumroll, please...STREETSCAPES!
(Cue the crickets)
Yes, folks, you just heard it here first
(probably): our town Brahmins have
discovered that people prefer, and ac-
tually work better, in an environment
that’s reasonably clean, functional,
modern, and dripping with “visual con-
tinuity.”
Sounds good, doesn’t it?
For those of you new to this game,
“visual continuity” is city planner-
speak for ‘everything looks kind of the
same.’ It’s supposedly a concept that
soothes and comforts conventioneers
and tourists, although I’m not exactly
sure how. I am sure there’s a study
somewhere that shows how people are
comforted by a sense of ongoing same-
ness. The study is, of course, funded
by some suburban developer. In any
case, it’s April’s Kool Aid ‘flavor of the
month,’ and there’s a full cup for every-
one. Drink up.
Now, call me crazy (you won’t be
the first), but I seem to recall a few
years back, when we were still listen-
ing to the swells explain why we (they)
needed a Convention Center so bad-
ly, and a few brave souls put up their
hands and asked, “Hey, what about all
the crappy infrastructure downtown,
especially around Penn Square? The
streets are pitted, the sidewalks cracked
and disfigured, the utilities are outdat-
ed, the traffic flow is a bad joke, and
there’s all these criminals and poor peo-
ple. Shouldn’t we fix all that before we
build a tourist attraction?”
That seemed a fair question, but
those who know better than you and me
just smiled wisely and explained, care-
fully as if to particularly thick children,
that if we just build their Convention
Center all those niggling little details
would fix themselves, probably for free,
and everyone would find a mint on their
pillows afterwards.
It still makes my brain hurt to think
that most people actually bought that.
It helped that one-half of the hotel/con-
vention center partnership, Lancaster
Newspapers, prints the morning, af-
ternoon, and Sunday papers. (I guess
those days of monopoly domination are
now officially over with the launch of
this newspaper.)
In any case, we’ve moved nine years
and eight stories forward in building
our little ‘magic bullet,’ and someone
finally noticed that the only thing that’s
changed measurably within shooting
distance of the Convention Center was,
um, the Convention Center. And to be
fair we should really say “changed mea-
surably in a positive way.” I mean, sure,
other things have changed; the streets
are more dangerous, gun and knife-re-
lated crimes are up, as are car thefts and
taxes. If you hang around Penn Square
in nice weather you’d swear that the re-
gional League Of Gangs is waiting in
line to hold their first convention in our
spanking new facility.
So, yes, you could say there’s been
change, but in both directions. And
now we’re going to have more change
in the wrong direction if City Coun-
cil has its way on April 23rd. Then,
we won’t just talk about how we want
things to look and feel, we’re going to
make it The Law.
(To be continued.)
You can email Steve Johnson at:
citydweller@LancasterPost.com
Spotlight:
The 13th District
Senate Race
by Lancaster Post Staff
Steve McDonald:
McDonald was the first to challenge
Senator Gib Armstrong last fall, after
Armstrong decided to retire. McDon-
ald is currently serving as Lancaster
County Recorder of Deeds. McDon-
ald’s campaign has focused on reform
with no government give-a-ways and
core conservative issues like gun rights,
adoption and the pro-life issue.
McDonald was attacked by Paul
Thibault for making the claim of low-
ering office expenses when the Record-
er of Deeds budget actually increased.
McDonald responded that he cut staff
in half and paid for the equipment up-
grades out of the budget rather than
borrowing money. Instead of main-
taining the status quo, McDonald says
he digitized over 200 years of Records
and made them available to the public
for no cost on the web.
Bill Neff:
Neff has emphasized his business
experience and has run a low key cam-
paign with his main focus on reform of
both government and campaign financ-
ing. Neff’s lock business is a Lancaster
County tradition, and only recently has
moved to the York County side of the
13th district.
Neff’s campaign has spent less
than $5,000 and has used the web to
deliver “webside chats” and the use of
“recycled electrons” to get his message
out. Neff has spent much of his time
with personal one-on-one meetings
with voters and gathered almost 400
signatures himself while driving his
“Neff For Senate” camper around the
district.
Lloyd Smucker:
Smucker has touted his experi-
ence as a businessman and pointed to
his three years as a township supervi-
sor as evidence of his ability “to lead
the effort to change the way govern-
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ment works.” He has proposed cutting
spending at the state by 2% and using
the monies to cut property taxes. He
also proposed helping farmland pres-
ervation efforts by changing laws that
will allow local governments to work
together in planning and growth man-
agement, increasing state spending on
preserving Lancaster and York farms,
and decreasing regulation on farm
based occupations.
Smucker, along with Thibault, was
criticized by McDonald for support-
ing a “gun ban” in the park, along with
spending increases beyond inflation.
Smucker has also been sharply criti-
cized for announcing in early February
that he raised $185,000 in two weeks.
Smucker refused to reveal the names
of the donors and pointed out that his
campaign finance report would have
the names listed on April 11. The re-
port showed that Smucker only raised
$16,650 at the time of his claim. In the
press release announcing the names of
the donors, Smucker said this “That’s
why I started the ball rolling with an
early pledge to invest $80,000 of my
own money, and counted that figure
in my original fundraising announce-
ment.”
Paul Thibault:
Thibault has previously served eight
years as Lancaster County Treasurer
and then eight years as Lancaster Coun-
ty Commissioner. Thibault’s terms as
commissioner included many major
projects, including supporting the Lan-
caster County Convention Center, the
Youth Intervention Center and Public
Safety Training Center. Thibault’s
campaign focused on unfunded man-
dates, education and getting the state to
focus on a project’s merits rather than
the politics of the project.
Thibault has been attacked by Lloyd
Smucker for the county’s increased
debt and spending. Thibault’s response
has been that the expenditures were
necessary and claimed that Lancaster
County’s per person was lower than
any other third class county in Penn-
sylvania.
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by H. Please not cubes, and doesn’t usually include onions.

Lancaster Post Both Fussy and I were surprised at the fresh-
Melody
ness of the fish and the right mixture of spices, McMuffins
O K, so one of the brilliant Post editors barks, sometimes tricky with ceviche. Delicious.
“You’re going to El Serrano for the first review! Mrs. Please’s appetizer was the Gambas al by Melody Harper
You will love it!” Ajillo ($7.95), shrimp sautéed in garlic sauce, Lancaster Post
With airtight logic like that, how could I go served with French bread slices. The shrimp
wrong? Guess that’s why they’re paid the big was perfectly cooked, and the bread was a nice
bucks.
On the appointed evening, I informed Mrs.
complement to the dish.
For our entrees, I took a recommendation of
Filling the stomachs of
five kids, ages 13-20, and
Please, “Fussy” to you and me, that we were go- a friend and ordered a Peruvian specialty, Chu- one husband with a huge
ing to Latin America for dinner. Fussy is my
regular dining companion. She was the only one
appetite, can seem like
in the whole college with any level of food dis- it’s an ongoing job in it-
crimination. Plus, she was as hot as a Mexican self. One of our family’s
jalapeno. Olé! favorite breakfast treats
El Serrano is not hard to find. It’s located is something that I call Melody McMuffins. It’s fast,
on Columbia Avenue, just west of Roherstown tasty, and smells great while everything’s cooking.
Road, and it is enormous and it is beautiful.
Owner Manuel Torres has painstakingly recre- Here’s what I do:
ated the hacienda-style architecture from his na-
tive Peru and the place is truly lovely. The main We begin by col-
area of the restaurant is open and airy and has lecting fresh eggs from
the feel of a South American piazza, with atrium Sophia and her girl-
skylights, hanging plants, terra-cotta planters letas de Peurco ($15.95), two large char-grilled,
and courtyard fountains. Very nice. marinated pork steaks, topped with grilled pine-
friends (our pampered
We were seated quickly, despite a bustling apple. In a word I have never eaten better pork chickens!). Next, I
dinner crowd, and immediately were served a chops. Ever. Even after the appetizers, the suc- make an omelet of
small bowl of chips and salsa. Normally, Fussy culent pork was sublime. whatever we have in
and I eschew such pre-appetizers, but since we Fussy, a vegetarian, went with the “Vegetari- the refrigerator – on-
were here for critique, and we were famished, ano Fajita” ($10.95), a grilled mix of vegetables ions, cheese, peppers,
we sampled. and cheese, folding into a fresh warm tortilla, mushrooms etc.
About four minutes later, the bowl of lightly served with French fries, rice and beans. Mrs. I sauté the veggies
fried chips and fresh salsa, with a terrific blend Please didn’t get her nickname for nothing. I and put them in the
of herbs and spices (the cilantro was just right), held my breath as she first looked silently at the omelet and I fry up
were devoured, and we both confirmed it was large plate of food. It did look pretty. I exhaled bacon or ham while
the best salsa we’d had east of Albuquerque. as I saw the wide smile as she chewed her first toasting the English
Fussy and I usually order and appetizer apiece bite.
and share it, and that’s what we did. I ordered the There wasn’t much conversation after that, as
muffins. Put them
Tiradito style ceviche ($7.95), which are slices we both devoured our delicious meals as if we all together and serve
of tilapia cooked by contact with chilled citrus hadn’t eaten in a week. with chilled orange
juices, cilantro and spices. Tiradito ceviche is The service at El Serrano was first-rate, and, juice and you have a
commonly served in Peru and differs from the as we sipped our perfectly blended margaritas great, filling breakfast
traditional ceviche by cutting the fish in strips, (the best in town, we agreed) we made a note that my family (and
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computer was a family affair at my home; we

all enjoyed these cyber-exchanges! (laughs)
Chris: Then it happened. The big one. I asked
Erin to go with me to the Senior Prom.

Erin: For me, this was a big deal, but Chris

was putting me in the “friends only” category.
Chris: It wasn’t until a week after graduation,
when Erin’s parents hosted a bunch of us for a
week-long celebration at the bay that my feel-
ings for Erin began to, uh, take over, and we
Couple: Chris (28) & Erin Smeltz (27) both realized we had serious feelings for each
Denver, PA other.
Married: 6 years Erin: A little over a year later, on an absolutely
beautiful fall day in September, Chris took
Erin: Untouchable is not a word you would me to the Akron park and let me to a nestle of
normally associate with married people. Yet, trees. He asked me to close my eyes, and then
that’s how Chris and I kind of viewed each placed a necklace on me from which dangled
other in high school. Chris was a high school a diamond engagement ring, and he declared
football and baseball star, and ran with the “in- his love for me.
crowd”.
Chris: She said Yes! And, let
Chris: And Erin was in the me tell you, I’m the luckiest
school band and had a few guy in the world. After six
close friends. Although she years of marriage it’s only
was really pretty and gotten better. Do you
smart, she wasn’t part know what Erin did re-
of that high school cently? She engineered a
hierarchy. I’ll tell you romantic scavenger hunt
something, I certainly that sent me in search of
admired her from a a treasure that my boss
distance. initiated by handing me
Erin: Chris had this an unassuming envelope
great smile, athletic abilities, and what I really containing her picture and directions to my
noticed was his kindness to everyone. He was first destination, which eventually led me to
just nice and respectful to everyone. the location of our engagement, where she was
waiting. For certain the ultimate treasure was
Chris: Apart from her obvious beauty, I just not untouchable.
thought of Erin as a poised and principled girl.
Most girls that pretty are kind of, you know, Erin: See? I told ya he has a great smile.
pretentious, full of themselves. I honestly
didn’t think Erin would be interested in dating
me.
Erin: It wasn’t until our
senior year that our
network of friends began
to intermingle. The emer-
gence of “IM” set the
whole thing
in motion.
Chatting with
Chris at the
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Lancaster Trivia 12. Street location of the original YMCA

14. Pike where original Lancaster airport was located
ACROSS 16. Army general and Lancaster
1. The original developer of the Burle propery mayor
5. Chairman, National Constitution Party 18. Underground railroad facilitator
7. Football Hall of Fame coach, played against F&M 20. Olympic gold medal winner
10. Author, A Murder in Paradise, a story of murder in Lancaster
11. Lancaster resident and signer of the Declaration of Independence
13. Medicated baby powder company founded in Lancaster Love the Barnstormers?
15. County Chairman, Democratic Party Crazy for Baseball?
17. Canal operating in the mid 1800s
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John McCain
only for the citizens of Iraq and the
region, but for our own security.
A timeline for withdrawal, as the
Democrats advocate, would be the
height of irresponsibility and would
only foster chaos in the region. We
can’t afford to walk away from the
progress we have achieved since the
troop surge. Our goals in Iraq will
not be easily achieved, but success is
imperative.
What is your position on NATO
expansion?
I have supported NATO enlarge-
ment since 1994. The accession of
Central European democracies into
the NATO Alliance has been one
of the most successful policies of
the United States in the post-Cold
War era. NATO enlargement has
advanced our strategic interests by
stabilizing NATO’s southern and
eastern flanks and anchoring eastern
European democracies firmly to the
West. And it has put new members on
a more secure and more prosperous
course than most thought possible as
communism began to crumble.
Do you support human stem cell
research? Please explain.
While I support federal funding
for embryonic stem cell research, I
believe clear lines should be drawn
that reflect a refusal to sacrifice mor-
al values and ethical principles for
the sake of scientific progress. More-
over, I believe that recent scientific
breakthroughs raise the hope that
one day this debate will be rendered
academic. I also support funding for
other research programs, including
amniotic fluid and adult stem cell
research which hold much scientific
promise and do not involve the use
of embryos.
Side by Side...
Hillary Clinton
prehensive plan for bringing our
troops home, beginning in 60 days.
I will pursue a new diplomatic initia-
tive in the region, including conven-
ing a regional stabilization meeting
to develop and implement a strategy
to stabilize Iraq. I will lead an inter-
national effort to address the major
refugee crisis. My plan will ensure
that the United States maintains a
small and effective counterterrorism
force in the region to ensure al Qaeda
never gains a capability to attack the
United States or its allies from Iraq.
What is your position on NATO
expansion?
I believe our NATO allies should
extend invitations to Albania, Croa-
tia, and the Republic of Macedonia
as part of a larger strategy to stabilize
the Western Balkans after Kosovo’s
independence, provided these coun-
tries fulfill the same requirements
met by previous new allies. Georgia
and Ukraine have made real progress
and clearly expressed their desire
to anchor themselves firmly in the
trans-Atlantic community through
membership in NATO, and I enthu-
siastically support the extension of a
Membership Action Plan (MAP) to
both.
Do you support human stem cell
research? Please explain.
Science, not narrow ideology,
should drive our national research
agenda. I have pledged to lift the
ban on ethical embryonic stem cell
research. I believe in the potential of
stem cell research to both save lives
and keep the United States on the
cutting-edge of scientific advance-
ment. Over 100 million Americans
could benefit from the advancements
Side by Side continues on page 17...
Barack Obama
security challenges. As president, I
will immediately begin to remove
our troops from Iraq so we can shift
our focus to finishing the job in Af-
ghanistan, taking the fight to al Qae-
da, and restoring America’s interna-
tional partnerships. I will remove one
to two combat brigades each month,
and have all of our combat brigades
out of Iraq within 16 months, which
will finally apply meaningful pres-
sure on the Iraqi government to take
responsibility for their future. I will
make it clear that we will not build
any permanent bases in Iraq.
What is your position on NATO
expansion?
I welcome further enlargement of
the NATO Alliance, but believe we
need to make sure that new mem-
bers meet high standards on democ-
racy and military readiness. I support
membership for Albania, Croatia and
the Republic of Macedonia. I sup-
port Membership Action Plans for
Ukraine and Georgia – over time, it
is up to the citizens of those countries
and to NATO members as to whether
they will obtain full membership, but
that process should go forward.
Do you support human stem cell
research? Please explain.
Embryonic stem cells remain un-
matched in their potential for treat-
ment of a wide variety of diseases
and health conditions. I have been
a long-term supporter of increased
stem cell research. I introduced legis-
lation while a member of the Illinois
Senate that would allow embryonic
stem cell research in Illinois. I have
cosponsored legislation to allow
greater federal government funding
on a wider array of stem cell lines.
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Ron Paul
sibility for the protection of unborn
life to state and local governments.
I have also introduced HR 1095,
the Taxpayer’s Freedom of Con-
science Act which ends all federal
support for any organization that per-
forms or promotes abortion.
What can be done about the ris-
ing cost of gas?
I have co-sponsored legislation in
the past to put a moratorium on the
federal gas tax, which is the most im-
mediate step we can take to reduce
prices. I also favor expanding do-
mestic drilling, which will lessen our
dependence on foreign oil.
The rising price of gas can be di-
rectly traced to our monetary and for-
eign policies. We must restore value
to our dollar to increase our purchas-
ing power, and we must end our in-
terventionist foreign policy, which
only contributes to the instability in
the Middle East market.
What is the number one foreign
policy concern for Americans?
I believe that our top foreign poli-
cy concern is whether or not America
is going to continue an interventionist
foreign policy that polices the world
and stretches our troops too thin, or
if we are going to follow our Found-
ers’ advice, which is to pursue peace
and trade with all nations that wish to
share such with us. We must return
our focus to finding bin Laden, se-
curing our borders, and preparing for
any threats against our national secu-
rity. An America-first defense policy
will not go abroad seeking monsters
to slay, but will deter through strength
and lead by example.
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R. Paul Stewart
by Chris Hart Nibbrig
Lancaster Post
Artist R. Paul Stewart is featured in the main gallery at
Mulberry Art Studios for the month of April.
Mr. Stewart, a former resident artist at Mulberry
for thirteen years, is enthusiastically welcomed home by
April Koppenhaver, the gallery’s charming and efferves-
cent owner-operator.
“Paul is one of the
most exceptionally tal-
ented artists we have had
here at Mulberry,” says
Ms. Koppenhaver. “His
photography is amazing,
and, of course his colored
pencil work is sublime. We are so happy for the Lancaster
County public to see his work.”
The current exhibit covers decades of Mr. Stewart’s
art, from his earliest colored pencil pieces to his most
recent work in photography. The theme of many of Mr.
Stewart’s works is historical transportation – old roads,
bridges, train tracks.
“Most of my subjects include glimpses of nature I’ve
seen,” says Mr. Stewart, “particularly rail trails and ca-
nals.” 138 North Prince Street
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John McCain Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Ron Paul

For more information, visit: that come from stem cell research.
www.johnmccain.com Although a majority of Americans
support stem cell research, President
Bush has placed severe restrictions
on funding. In 2006, the President
vetoed the bipartisan Stem Cell Re-
search Enhancement Act that over-
whelmingly passed Congress, and
vetoed a new version of the bill that
passed last year.
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She is a loving and play-
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I believe we need high ethical stan-
dards that allow for research on stem
cells derived from embryos produced
for in vitro fertilization, embryos that
would otherwise be needlessly de-
stroyed.
For more information, visit:
www.barackobama.com
ARTIC
Artic is about 1 year old.
He’s a very sweet and
playful boy. He loves roll-
ing around his cage and
tries to show off!
What is your position on NATO
expansion?
U.S. national security will not
be enhanced by expanding NATO. I
do not think that we should commit
American troops to defend countries
like Georgia or the Ukraine. Provid-
ing these guarantees can only further
strain our armed forces. Moreover,
the “modernization” of these former
Soviet militaries will mean a big bill
for the U.S. taxpayer, as our govern-
ment will subsidize most of their
transformation.
Do you support human stem cell
research? Please explain.
While I sympathize with those
who see stem cell research as a path
to cures for dreadful diseases that
have stricken so many Americans, I
strongly object to forcing those who
believe stem cell research is immor-
al to subsidize such research through
their taxes. I do not believe that the
federal government has the consti-
tutional authority to fund stem cell
research and the debate over such
research involves profound moral,
eligious, and ethical questions --
questions Congress is particularly
ill-equipped to resolve. I believe
this issue should be settled on the
state, local, and individual level.
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Athlete of the Week

FRIDAY, April 25th
Opening Day
Bridgeport Bluefish
Game Starts: 7:05 pm
Fireworks!

SATURDAY, April 26th

Bridgeport Bluefish
Game Starts: 7:05 pm
Fireworks!

SUNDAY, April 27th

Bridgeport Bluefish
Game starts: 1:35 pm

AWAY GAMES:
Tuesday, April 29th
Long Island Ducks
Game starts: 6:35 pm

Wed., April 29th

Long Island Ducks
Game starts: 6:35 pm

Conestoga Valley High School senior, Kristine Zeiset, is the Post ‘Athlete of the Week.’ Kristine is a three-year starter
on the girls’ soccer team and is the captain of the 2008 squad. The consummate scholar/athlete, Kristine maintains a 3.98
GPA in the classroom in addition to serving as captain of the girls’ volleyball, basketball, and soccer teams during her
senior year.
Post Conversation with Von Hayes
The new Barnstormers’ manager talks of life in the big leagues, his current club, and … model railroads
By Chris Hart Nibbrig
Lancaster Post
On June 11, 1985, Phillies outfielder
Von Hayes led off the first inning of
a Major League baseball game by
smacking a home run. Hayes came to
the plate again later that same inning
and hit another homer, a grand slam.
Two home runs in the first inning of
a Major League baseball game. Von
Hayes was the first player in the history
of the game to do that.
Was the 26 year-old Hayes ‘feeling
it’ that day? “Base stealing is about studying
“No. Actually I wasn’t feeling any-
thing at all,” Von Hayes, 49, says today.
“I was in an 0-for-19 slump and had to
talk the manager into putting me in the
lineup.”
“The manager decided to lead me
off, which wasn’t where I normally hit
in the lineup, and I hit one off Mets’
left-hander, Tom Gorman,” the new
manager of the Lancaster Barnstormers
continues.
“We scored a ton of runs that inning,
and I came up again, this time with
[right-hander] Calvin Schiraldi on the
mound. The bases were loaded, and I
hit another one out.”
When the California-born and raised
Von Hayes was called up to the big
leagues in 1981, he was a long-limbed
6’5”, 185 lb., 22 year old, left-hand
hitting, right-hand throwing third base-
man. What did it feel like to step onto a
Major League field for the first time on
April 14, 1981?
“It was scary,” recalls Hayes. “It was
the second game of a double header at
Texas’ Arlington Stadium I was playing
third base.” Rose was a very good
He remembers a ground ball that
eluded him during that first game. “The
ball was coming at me and it took a
little hop, I tried to lift my glove, but
the glove was awfully heavy that day,”
Hayes laughs.
Hayes’ played 12 Major League
seasons, playing all three outfield posi-
tions, while also seeing time at third
and first base. He was utilized primar-
ily as an outfielder.
“When I had my speed and legs
under me, I probably enjoyed playing
center field the most,” says Hayes. “But
my most natural position was probably
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right field.” He played for three teams,
the Cleveland Indians, the Phillies, and
• On Schmidt: “Mike
Schmidt was my bread and
California Angels. He played more butter during my career, just
than eight seasons in Philadelphia. a great teammate. He was
Von Hayes retired in 1992 with a very conscientious about how
career .267 batting average, 1402 hits; he went about his job. It was
696 RBI, and scored 767 runs. Surpris- an honor to watch his hall of
ingly, considering his tall frame, Hayes fame play every day.”
also had above average speed and very
• On Carlton: “I played with
good base stealing instincts, stealing an
him toward the tail end of
impressive 48 bases in 1984.
his career, but he was a great
teammate. He had his rules with the
pitchers, not just speed,” says Hayes.
press, but with his teammates he was
“A good base stealer has a high per-
great. You just didn’t talk to him on the
centage of about 75% or above of not
day he pitched. Carlton was also very
getting caught.”
well conditioned.”
Hayes played in the 1989 All-Star
Today, Von Hayes continues his
game and was 1-for-1 with an RBI.
baseball life with the Lancaster Barn-
“I remember my mom was upset
stormers. He takes over a club a season
because the television missed my at-
removed from the Atlantic league title,
bat because they were interviewing a
after a disappointing 2007 season.
player who was just taken out of the
At the time of this interview, with the
game,” Hayes says good naturedly.
season a few weeks away, what does
His best season offensively was
Von Hayes do with a sunny afternoon
probably 1985 when Hayes hit .305,
at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida?
knocked in 98 RBI, scored 107 runs
“I’m a model railroader,” he says. “
(leading the league), hit 46 doubles
I’m going to do that today. We build
(leading the league), and had a slug-
to H.O. scale. I enjoy it and its a good
ging percentage of .480. Those stats
way to spend time with my [12 year-
would be worth between $10 -15 mil-
old] son.”
lion dollars a year in today’s market.
Hayes played in the
starting lineup along-
side some of the great-
est players ever to wear
a baseball uniform
– Pete Rose, Mike
Schmidt, Steve Carlton.
• On Rose: “Pete
teammate. He was
tough on the younger
players, but it was good
for them. He taught
a lot of us the way to
play the game. No one
beat Pete Rose to the
ballpark. He taught me
more than anyone how
to be a professional
ball player, from his
pre-game preparation
to how he played the
game.”
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