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Bruce Morgan The day I was dreading finally came last Saturday. I knew it was close at hand, I could see it coming like a big locomotive, and I knew I would have to deal with it sooner rather than later.

Granted, it wasn’t of catastrophic proportions. As best as I can tell, McDonald’s hasn’t canceled the Quarter Pounder with Cheese selection off of their menu. But I still had to brace myself for it. With that in mind, I headed to St. James Catholic Church on Saturday morning to support my son Brooks and his Boy Scout Troop 142 at their pancake breakfast. Within a half hour, I had a belly full of sausage and flapjacks smothered in butter, along with a hot cup of coffee, and it was back to the house. There and then is where I finally met the dreaded task head on — raking the zillion leaves which a couple of weeks ago had looked so beautiful hanging in the trees, but now had turned the grass into a yellow, red and orange carpet.

By: JOHN CRAWFORD Record Express Correspondent, Staff Writer

Photo by John CrawfordWarwick's Aaron Wright (left) and Manheim Central's Lane Housner (right) face off against one another during CPIHL action at Klick Lewis Arena in Annville last Friday.

Seven different players scored goals and Warwick beat newly-formed Manheim Central 7-1 last Friday night in Central Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League (CPIHL) action at Klick Lewis Arena in Annville.

Stephen Crawford and Evan Anthony led the Warriors with a goal and two assists each, while Nathan Weaver picked up two assists. Lee Housner scored unassisted for Manheim.

The Warriors did most of their damage in the first period as they scored six goals in the period. Seth Earle opened the scoring at the 13:11 mark when he tallied from the side of the net. Just 25 seconds later, Kyle Joseph got the second goal during a goal mouth scramble. Tristan Witek and Devin Lee assisted.

The first-period onslaught continued when Anthony picked up his first point by scoring off a rebound, with Crawford and Weaver getting the helpers. Anthony returned the favor by feeding Crawford for a goal only 1:20 later when Crawford picked up the puck near the Barons’ net.

The West Chester University field hockey team had a local contingent of players on their squad which repeated as the NCAA Division-II national champions, including (left to right) Penn Manor's Nancy Stehman and Warwick's Carly Buckwalter and Megan Callanan.

This year’s NCAA Division-II field hockey championship game turned out to be a rematch of the 2011 showdown.

And for West Chester, it was deja vu all over again, as the Lady Golden Rams took a 3-0 halftime lead and never looked back on their way to successfully defending their title with a 5-0 shutout of UMass-Lowell last Sunday at the Cushing Field Complex in Lowell, Mass. West Chester ended the season on a 10-game winning streak.

Warwick High School grad Megan Callanan assisted on the game’s first tally, setting up senior teammate Kayla Gluchowski for her 14th goal of the season to give West Chester a 1-0 lead in the second minute of the contest.

Warwick product Carly Buckwalter and Penn Manor’s Nancy Stehman also played for the Lady Golden Rams, who improved their final record to 20-2, tying the school’s single-season record for wins (1977, 1978) while capturing their sixth national championship in program history. West Chester also won four straight AIAW field hockey national championships from 1975 to 1978.

By: BRUCE MORGAN Record Express Sports Editor, Staff Writer

Photo by Preston WhitcraftWhile being chased out of the pocket by Garden Spot defensive lineman Mathew Christie, Barons' QB Colin Fry unloads one of his 16 completions in Manheim Central's win over the Spartans.

In preparation for Garden Spot in the District Three Triple-A playoffs last Friday night, the Manheim Central coaches planned something more for their players than the regular practices and film study.

They also took them past the school’s showcases displaying the many trophies and footballs from the Barons’ glory days.

"We hope that meant something to them," Central skipper Mike Williams said. "We tried to instill in them that playoff time is a time when Manheim teams have always excelled."

They continued that tradition against GS.

Junior quarterback Colin Fry threw two touchdown passes and ran for two others, helping the 11th-seeded Barons notch their 44th District playoff win in program history with a convincing 35-7 conquest of the 6th-seeded Spartans in New Holland.

By: BRUCE MORGAN Record Express Sports Editor, Staff Writer

Ben Dupree should be a name that Manheim Central football fans know well.

The star QB was the face of a Susquehanna Township team that stood between the Barons and the District Three Triple-A title in 2009.

Today, Dupree is a junior playing at The Citadel and the District championship trophy from three years ago sits in the Barons’ showcase.

This Friday in the District Three Triple-A quarterfinals, those two squads will meet again for the first time since that game, but instead of a District title being on the line, the winner will get a berth in the semi-finals against the West York-Spring Grove winner. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. at Roscoe Warner Field on the Susquehanna Township High School campus.

And although Dupree is no longer on the Indians’ roster, third-seeded Susquehanna Township (9-2) has no shortage of weapons.

"They have some good skill players and they’re very fast," Barons’ head coach Mike Williams said. "They’re a good football team. That’s why they’re ranked up there number three, and they’re deserving of that ranking. They have some athletes and they have some tough physical players, so it presents a pretty good challenge to us."

Photo courtesy of Warwick School DistrictBonfield kindergarten students line up to cast their votes in an election that put hot dogs up against hamburgers. Hot dogs are now relishing their victory.

The voice of America is not limited to registered voters on Election Day.

Kindergartners at John R. Bonfield Elementary School held their own election Tuesday, and if they had their way the country would be run by hot dogs and swing sets, and they would proudly ride their bicycles without training wheels.

The students actually voted for their favorite things, not the presidential candidates. They decided whether they liked hot dogs or hamburgers, sliding boards or swings, and bicycles or bicycles with training wheels best.

See our K-Election Day graphic for full results.

The morning and afternoon students learned about voting and the election process first-hand as each child took a turn at the classroom polling place. They filled out a ballot and placed it in the ballot box, voting in three different categories. After all of the votes were privately cast, they were tallied.

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, at approximately 9:51 a.m., police were called to the polling place located at the Lititz United Methodist Church, 200 block of Market Street, for a disturbance that had occurred earlier.

Mary Lynn Lavender, of Lititz, told police she was punched in the arm and told she was not a nice person by Douglas Bashore, of Lititz, after Bashore was told of some issues involving the placement of tables outside of the polling place from his spouse, Marilyn Bashore.

Lavender was not injured and the investigation is not yet completed.

"I’m not thrilled with either candidate."

-Jeremy Hershey, Republican "The big thing is his (Romney’s) support for small business, because both of my children work in small businesses and they’ve had a rough time."

-Jean Grimsley, Republican "I’ve had it with Democrats and Republicans."

-Stephen Leed, Green Party "There’s still more to be done, but I think we’re in much better shape than we would have been with other policies."

-Howard Good, Democrat "This is a crucial election. In my voting lifetime, this is huge."

-Leslie Penkunas, Republican

By: RICHARD REITZ Record Express Correspondent, Staff Writer

Photo by Preston WhitcraftDemocratic candidate Russel Stahley greets voters at the Elizabeth Township municipal building Tuesday morning.

The voters of the 37th District in the Pa. House of Representatives favored Republican Mindy Fee in her bid to replace outgoing Rep. Tom Creighton, who is stepping down after serving five terms in the House.

Fee defeated challenger Russell Stahley by a final vote of 20,883 to 7,642.

Fee was celebrating her victory with fellow Republicans in Lancaster on Tuesday evening, although most eyes in the room were up on the big screen, nervously watching the national results in the presidential race that eventually went for Barack Obama.

"It has been a great, great experience," Fee said about her first run for public office. "I thank my supporters. I am humbled and very excited to head to Harrisburg and get to work."

A former sales executive with TransAmerican Office Furniture, at the forefront of Fee’s mind is finding ways to help small businesses.

"I plan to address the concerns that small business owners have about costly regulations that make it more difficult for them to earn wages to support their families," she said.

By: STEPHEN SEEBER Record Express Staff, Staff Writer

Photo by Stephen SeeberElection official Susan Lefever (right) welcomes the first voters of the day at the Lititz Fire Company.

President Barack Obama has four more years.

Election Day started at midnight with a 5-5 tie in Dixville Notch, N.H., a big indicator from a tiny town of just how close this presidential election would be. Twenty-three hours later, newsrooms were calling it in favor of Obama, and in the early hours of Nov. 7, Republican challenger Mitt Romney delivered a graceful concession speech, calling on both parties to work together for the betterment of America. A short time later, the President echoed that bipartisan sentiment during his victory speech in Chicago.

Like most of the nation, voter turnout in Lititz for this historic election was exceptionally strong. While the nation and state supported Obama, a majority of local voters favored the former governor of Massachusetts.

Of the 19,922 registered voters in the Warwick School District, 9,563 supported Romney while 5,257 voted for Obama. The closest the President came to winning in any local precinct was at the Lititz Fire Co., where he fell just 11 shy of Romney’s 244.