Perry County Courthouse A second annual candlelight vigil is planned for Saturday outside Perry County Courthouse in New Bloomfield to remember victims of drug abuse among young Perry County residents. Speakers include two young adults, Alex Smiley and Kevin Stevenson, and a parent, Cindy Bailey, whose daughter was injured in an alchol-related crash. We've invited the parents of families that have lost young people. Parents in a support group that meets twice monthly at Perry Human Services will distribute candles at the vigil. The support group is one of many responses across the county to the December 1997 heroin-related death of former West Perry High School student Justin Eppley.
Alcohol is still the number one drug program in the county and across the nation.
People of all ages are encouraged to attend the vigil. More information is available by calling 582-8703. Mechanicsburg School Board welcomes three new members Mechanicsburg Area School Board welcomed three new members this morning during its annual reorganization meeting. Barbara Carl, Sandra St. George and Allen Warshaw were sworn in along with veteran board members James Cochran and Donald Spangler. The five were elected to four-year terms following the Nov. 2 general election.