Gettysburg Gazette, The (Newspaper) - July 8, 2004, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania iff Partly sunny highs in 80s Armstrong captures yellow jersey Sports Page Bl MES VOL 102 NO 162 GETTYSBURG PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY JULY County's cash flow concerns commissioners DARRYL TIMES CNN sound technician Desmond Garrison left And photojournalist Emmanuel ter take a shot of Madison Square Furniture craftsman Joe Livelsberger The CNN crew came to Hanover on Wednesday to film a segment on the U.S manufacturing company to be featured on the network's Lou Dobbs and his series called Made in America MADE IN AMERICA Hanover manufacturer won't outsource jobs CNN crew visits furniture maker Times Mike Peterson believes in his country He believes in his bors He believes he is responsible for at least 40 home mortgages And it is because of this that the owner and president of Madison Square Furniture in Hanover tices what he preaches keeping the manufacturing of his products in the U.S despite an increasing trend to move overseas where labor is cheaper working Hard to keep Wednesday just a couple a crew swept into town to film its special on this company that is keeping jobs here at home Lou Dobbs CNN host of the nightly program Lou Dobbs Tonight and known for his attacks on outsourcing labor will feature Madison Square Furniture in a series entitled Made in on Friday evening between 6 and 7 This is big I mean this is absolutely huge for us And it's York Peterson said before the crew arrived obviously excited about the opportunity to have his company and his area featured on national television Madison Square Furniture a company of about 40 employees that Peterson purchased in March See CNN CREW Page AS Times Staff Writer The county's bills are being paid but at least two of the com- missioners are beginning to tion whether spending can ue at its current level There is real concern that we have six months to go and the funds are going out faster than they are coming said Commissioner Glenn Snyder The concern went public Wednesday morning when Commissioner Lucy Lott in a surprise apparently symbolic move voted No on the tion of whether to pay bills listed on the regular business meeting agenda Because we're spending too much she replied when asked why she voted against the expenditures But she said she was not certain anything could be done about the county's cash flow and said the commissioners would have to begin to look closely at ed revenues and expenses for the last half of the fiscal year Snyder explained part of the problem is attributed to slow flow from the state of promised grant money lion grant promised va year ago for the emergency ser- vices training center has yet to materialize And the state has not bursed the and Youth for expenses totaling about With this administration you We're hoping that we don't have to raise taxes but we're going to have to keep an eye on things Commissioner Glenn Snyder never know when the Snyder said In an action which initially appeared unrelated the had voted to front from the county's Affordable Housing Fund to allow the Adams County Interfaith Housing Corporation to pay a local con- tractor for work on a remodeling project Although has submitted its expense reports the money promised on a ment basis has not yet arrived The money will be repaid from brownfields money expected from die state but Commissioner Tom Weaver although voting to loan the money said the fund is not a bank and called for a written agreement ing the money would be repaid Snyder acknowledged smaller local contractors may have for their money a delay larger companies may more easily absorb Maybe we need to instruct these contractors may be 60 days til you get Snyder said On another financial front the new county prison has been ing more to fix and operate than originally planned For instance the commissioners Wednesday morning opened bids totaling at least to process laden water at the prison work release center and training center Since January new valves have been installed in the prison ing and hot water system ing original inoperative valves That cost was Snyder said The county may be paying too much for sewer and water service but there is no way to yet An meter will soon be installed in the waste line joining the county facilities to the sewer treatment plant in Snyder said the meter will cost about not including digging up the lines and installing the new meter And a pump system intended to draw a maximum 70 gallons a minute onsite wells that flow were installed but did not sufficiently limit the flow Snyder said new are now being that allegedly will bring the water flow within the permitted limit by the Department of Environmental Protection See CASH FLOW Page AS Bush challenges Edwards credentials on first day of new Democratic team CLEVELAND AP George W Bush on Wednesday curtly dismissed freshman Sen John Edwards credentials to be vice president while Democratic lenger John Kerry and his running mate rallied voters in battleground states Dick Cheney can be Bush declared and Kerry suggested that was part of the problem A day after he welcomed Edwards to the presidential Bush visited Edwards hometown of Raleigh to criticize the North Carolina tor's rote in holding up judicial appointments The president said he was unconcerned about the potential of Edwards to help carry States in the South a GOP bastion When they go to the polls to vote for president they'll under- stand the senator from Massachusetts doesn't share their Bush said I'm going to cany because the people that they share we shire values During a trip scheduled before Kerry picked Edwards Bush said Edwards and other Senate Democrats obstruct the work of federal judiciary by refusing to i In C4 GENE J PRESS Democratic presidential Sen John Kerry D- Mass listens as bis running mate Sen John Edwards D- answers tions at the Kerry's Pittsburgh ruidcncc on Wednesday fill judgeships resulting in logs of unresolved cases that guish for years He said he told three nominees in a private ing You're being hung out by a handful of United States tors A reporter noted that Edwards was being described as charming engaging a nimble campaigner a populist and evert sexy and asked How does he stack up against Dick Bush didn't tatt Cheney can be dent Next 7 back hows later at a hi Dayton Ohio say he's What do you sayf Keny saM as a crowd approval He doesn't a record to ran ort he's hist got a to ran away from and ht s everyone John had man George Bush when he became Kerry continued Earlier Kerry's campaign said that Bush was hitting the panic button over the new ticket The fact that the president of the United States is personally taking swipes at the et a mere day after it was announced speaks the campaign said in a statement It's just disappointing that dent of the United States would stoop to this kind of political ering Kerry who himself once gested his younger Senate col- league lacked the experience to be president declared that Edwards was ready to help lead America He and Edwards were stumping together for the first time as ning mates in Pennsylvania Ohio and Florida showcasing their newfound camaraderie and putting aside past differences America can do an upbeat Kerry said at a lakefront rally in Cleveland as he and Edwards and their families stood in a light ram under a banner declaring A New Team for a New America I want you to know we think this is a dream ticket We've got better vision We've got better ideas We've got real plans We've got a better sense of what's happening to Kerry said Kerry added with a grin We've got better hair I'll tell you that goes a long way For his part Edwards told sands of cheering Ohio supporters We're going to have a great time From the Cleveland mayor's office Kerry and Edwards spoke by video conference to the National Education Association's annual meeting in Washington Kerry had canceled a speech to the union on Tuesday the day Edwards joined the ticket Something came up folks 1 know you said Kerry The two candidates reprised their performances at a rally in Dayton Ohio and also were speaking in Clearwater Fla as part of a four-day joint campaign trip that ends Saturday in Raleigh The disputed 2000 election was decided in Florida by 537 votes Bush narrowly won Ohio and lost Pennsylvania Polling suggests people are viewing Kerry's first big decision favorably Two-thirds 64 percent in a poll taken Tuesday night thought the choice of Edwards was excellent or good Nine in 10 Democrats and seven in 10 of all voters said they were satisfied or enthusiastic about the Edwards pick according to a CBS News poD Earlier Wednesday the two families posed for pictures on the Kerrys lush estate in sub- urban Pittsburgh We're Kerry said Once critical of the former trial lawyer's experience Kerry his ready for this job He's ready to help lead America He's a person of com- passion and conviction of strength Edwards who made the my and restoration of lost jobs the center of his unsuccessful run for the Democratic nomination is a man who has spent much of his life making things better for people who have been Kerry said The son of a Carolina textile mill worker Edwards 51 called Kerry 60 the kind of man we grew up looking up to respecting somebody who believed in faith and family and responsibility and having everybody get a chance to do what they're capable of doing not just a few This campaign is about the future and is about restoring Edwards said Kerry and Edwards held their wives hands and chatted and laughed as they walked toward more than 100 reporters and sion and still photographers Seven of the eight children between the two families followed 3rd annual Gettysburg Bike Week rumbles through town this weekend BY MATTHEW MAJOR Staff The third Mkt UM sat ft MR Mr Ml Bafl aaM vTr V MR ridera to on Tout Ott Anf It's Coming To The Don't Miss Be On The Look Adv Hardshell Crabs Now Available At Lounge Limited Number Of Reenactment Posters Bach 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