Summer job market tight in Gettysburg area
The Gettysburg region faces a tight summer job market as area high school and college students struggle to find work amid high unemployment. Employers report fewer openings, with many positions filled by adults and hours reduced to spread opportunities among more youth. The Rent A Kid program offers a bright spot, linking 12 to 16 year olds with odd jobs while senior youths pursue regular work.
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JEFF THORESON
Gettysburg
Jean Odom
South Central Community Action Program
Adams County
Susan Fissel
SCCAP
Fissel
Odom
ice
Vicki Sandstedt
times
Philip Magaldi
Gettysburg Travel Council
Magaldi
Peggy Lorah
Lorah
Larah
Sarah
Rangers Edge Orioles Behind Hostetler homer
Texas rookie Dave Hostetler lifted spirits with a single and a solo homer to back Frank Tanana and snap a six game losing streak as the Rangers beat the Orioles 4-1 on Wednesday night. Captured ridges near Stanley show British advance as Falklands tension rises. Seltzer Man novelty item and Thornburgh row noted on different pages.
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BIRDS
Dave Hostetler
Texas
Frank Tanana
Rangers
Baltimore Orioles
Weather outlook shows mild to warm late week with showers
Thursday mostly sunny with highs mid 60s to low 70s and northeast winds ten to fifteen mph. Thursday night turns cloudy with lows mid 50s. Friday rain likely with highs mid to upper 60s. Saturday showers and mostly sunny spells. Sunday and Monday then mostly sunny with lows in the 50s and highs mid 60s to mid 70s.
Adams County pushes gypsy moth spray efforts continue
Adams County officials weigh state aid for next year while ongoing control actions proceed. Campgrounds were sprayed with state partly funded insecticide. residents in some developments form coalitions to arrange neighborhood sprays. County reports strong results from last month’s program using Dylox, with 75 to 95 percent caterpillar kill, but officials caution this won’t protect forests.
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NANCY DI BLAS
times
Adams County
state Department of Environmental Resources
Stanley Wolf
Wolf
Catherine W. Cowan
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
Ag-Rotors
Philadelphia
East Coast Helicopter Inc
Gettysburg
Ro 2
Twin Oaks
Flies and Wasps Aid Pennsylvania Gypsy Moth Control
Pennsylvania researchers report flies and wasps parasitizing gypsy moth caterpillars in forests to curb defoliation. Eight species are established statewide with more sought. numbers rise after major outbreaks, reducing acres defoliated from over one million in 1977 to about 8,000 in 1979.
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Pennsylvania
James Nichols
Division of
Forest Pest Management
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
Bureau of Forests
Adams County
Nichols
Two boroughs hire policeman in Adams County
Two boroughs Biglerville and Arendtsville in Adams County hire policeman John S. Slaybaugh under a joint contract with the Upper Adams School District to curb vandalism. Slaybaugh patrols Arendtsville ten hours weekly, Biglerville twenty five, and ten hours on school property, rotating day and night shifts.
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MARTIN SIPKOFF
Biglerville
Arendtsville
Upper Adams
John S. Slaybaugh
Pennsylvania State Police Academy
John M. Jacobs
Kay Guise
William Hale
Arendisville
Slaybaugh
Gettysburg
Hale
Michael R. McGough
Public Safety Committee
Robert G. Witten
Hale Slaybaugh
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Linda Thompson
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge
Alex Wilkie
Jennifer Keefer
Mansfield State College
Falklands
Stanley
SELTZER
Sam Edelmann
Thornburgh
Adolf Hitler
The Times Today
olsen
Rigetu rae
Littlestown
Bonneauville
East Berlin
New Oxford
county Agricultural Extension office
Ken Wimer
Helicopter Service of
R. 2
Jamie Lerew
Democratic Club
Lake Heritage
Chambersburg St
Adv
poins
Witten
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