Evening Sun (Newspaper) - March 5, 2007, Hanover, Pennsylvania Tuesday Cold blustery high 25 Weather A2 State faMs to Buckeyes Sports B1 W Manheim liquor support still short Local A3 Fear drives world markets to fall again Nation World A2 THE SERVING THE GREATER HANOVER AND GETTYSBURG AREAS Vol 189 No 168 March 3 2007 Are Platts trips to Iraq worth the effort rep has been to country four times another trip planned By STEVEN STANEK For The Evening Sun WASHINGTON Congressmen sometimes trade their shins and ties for steel helmets and Kevlar vests to tour war zones and Todd Platts R York County has done it more than most Hes been to Iraq four times since the invasion in 2003 and he plans to return in a matter of months Platts said his experiences in the war zone have influenced and better informed his votes such as his recent no vote on a nonbinding House res condemning President Bushs war plan He added that discussions with the Iraqi citizens personalized of a troop withdraw al He recalled talking with Abdul Rahman Mustafa the mayor of Kirkuk who expressed his gratitude for the American invasion chatting with troops during chow time about life and visit ing doctors at Al Yarmuk Hospital in Baghdad All the input has an Platts said All the input 1 receive on the ground in Iraq from our troops and officials and from the Iraqi citizens PLATTS and troops certainly is part of that assimilation process that 1 need to make important decisions regarding Some say the risks of those trips include that congressmen might see only what officials want them to see or that the trips could be seen as publicity stunts Hitching a ride Members of Congress on commit tees relating to the war such as the Armed Services Committee are fre sent to the war zone as delega tions Others can simply reserve a spot on a trip by expressing their interest Going to Iraq is easy enough to do You just keep your ears open hear whos going to have a trip and then run over and see if you can get on the said Lee H Hamilton a former Indiana congressman and cochairman of the Iraq Study Group which wrote an independent analysis of postwar Iraq Any member can get on one of the trips if they work at it hard See PLATTS Page A10 on the market owners want to focus on new place By MATT CASEY Evening Sun Reporter Littlestown landmark Bent leys Restaurant is up for sale but according to its owners not up for change Bentley Sharon Wolf owners of the restaurant on Route 97 said they will sell it so they can invest their resources leys at fe Barn formerly known as Patty and Johns near Hanover Between running the two restaurants the Wolfs have been working 14hour days starting at 4 Bentley Wolf said And IK said the pace is taking too much out of him and his wife But they said they want to make sure the original doesnt change The people of Littlestown have supported us very well and were trying to find somebody thatll run it the same as us Bentley Wolf said The Wolfs purchased the Hanover banquet and restaurant facility in November While por tions of the building are stili closed part of it was remodeled and opened last month as Wolfs Den Family Pub last month Once we get this Sharon Wolf said can put our full time into down Her husband said during foot ball season highschool players and cheerleaders eat at Bentleys before games and Sharon Wolf said many customers eat at the restaurant two or three times a day They even have a group of old men they refer to as the table of To ease the transition the Wolfs said they would help the new owners by providing them with recipes and guidance on which suppliers to use Until they find a buyer Sharon Wolf said the restaurant will be open during its normal hours The restaurant has been on the market since June Bentley Wolf said though he didnt post a Tor Sale sign until earlier this month OF THE FUTURE Evening Sun Photo by Emily Rasinski Tim Naylor operations manager at Edris Oil Service Inc in York fills his truck with a fuel from Soy Energy in New Oxford Biodiesel company Soy Energy recently received federal approval By BRENDAN deROODE WEST Evening Sun Reporter From the outside Soy Energy Inc might look like a white building with aluminum siding and holding tanks But on the inside the New biofuel company is all Soy Energy gained federal approval last week to sell its soy based biodiesel and its first order gallons of the ly fuel went out Wednesday according to plant manager Chris While the process might seem pretty standard mash some soy beans separate the glycerin fil ter out all the bad stuff getting the kinks out of the system took OBrien and engineer Robert Kizziah about four months And theyre still working on Soy method of filter jng out all that bad stuff is a first for Pennsylvania One of four biodiesel plants in the state IF YOU GO Soy Energy is located at 2259 Oxford Road in Tyrone Township in Adams County The refinery sells fuel by and in 300gallon totes Monday through Friday 7 to the refinery is the only one to use a waterless refining method A magnesium compound polishes the fuel instead of washing it with gallons of water company President Dan Sharrer said See BIODIESEL Calls for probe of Lawmakers to hold hearings on Walter Reed HEILPRIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON As several House commit tees prepared to delve into the scandal at Waller Reed Army Medical Center outraged lawmakers vowed quick action and called for an independent commission to examine poor conditions for sol diers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan The House Government Reform Committees national security panel headed by Rep John Tierney scheduled a hearing at the hospitals auditorium Monday morning The list of Army officials hospital staff and patients invited to speak includes the med ical centers previous commander Maj Gen George Weightman The defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee also scheduled a hearing on Walter Reed for Monday In a letter Sunday to Defense Secretary Robert Gates Sen Charles Schumer asked for an independent commission possibly headed by former Secretary of State Colin Pow ell to investigate all medical facili ties and recommend changes To think that men and women are serving their country in the most honorable and coura geous way possible and all we give them is a dilapidated rundown building to recover is a Schumer wrote My fear is that Walter Reed is just the tip of the iceberg See HOSPITAL Page A10 Record number cited for snowy sidewalks in Twentynine residents cited by police after Valentines Day storm ing last week Police Chief D Michael Vial said he issued 29 citations to borough residents By MELODY ASPER Evening Sun Correspondent Remnants of the Valentines who did not properly remove Day storm are just about gone snow and ice from their side but a couple dozen residents still face violations Vial said it was the largest number of noncompliance At a Borough Council ever issued in McSh from one snow storm According to borough ordi nance property owners must remove any snow and ice from their sidewalks within a few days Following the Feb 14 storm the borough extended the deadline by a few more days to Feb 20 Vial said And Vial said borough because of the harsh ice over that occurred were lenient with residents who made attempts to clear their side walks or at least put rock salt on the icy But l still had to issue 29 citations to people who didnt do anything at all to their side said Vial Those areas had nothing done We have photographs and documenta tion to prove Vial added that 12 vehicles also were ticketed for being parked in areas According to borough ordi nance the fines for each snow removal violations or parking ticket can be anywhere from to plus costs as determined on a basis by the magistrate INDEX Deaths Lottery Opinion Sports State Region Television For Home Delivery Phone 6373736 Circulation Department hours 8 to 7 Sat and Sun 7 to 11 am Gum got them sandi or of Iran Ms Church tad ad Im In aflat aerial feh door East Berlin resident goes Peruvian Ryan Nelson helps small businesses through Peace Corps By ASHLEY ADAMS Evening Sun Reporter Ryan Nelson is far from home The 23year old East Berlin res ident longs for a plate of spaghetti with a fresh garden salad He even misses eating his vegetables And the only thing Nelson can drive is a bicycle For the past eight months Nel son has been living in Peru as a volunteer with the Peace Corps I really didnt know much about the Peace Corps until a year and a half ago when I attended a recruitment meeting at Dickinson College where I attended he said in an email interview It sounded like a pretty amazing experience and seemed to be a pretty good match for The Peace Corps was started in by thenSen John F Kennedy to spread peace ky sending vol to live and work in developing countries More than teers have been invited by 139 host countries to work on issues ranging from AIDS education to informa tion technology and environmental preservation See UP NEXT Ryan Nelson of East Berlin is vol the Peace Corps in Peru The yearold Dickin son College is using his degree In interna business and management to help promote in the Submitted Photo
