Jay I. Good, 57, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Lancaster County, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

He was the son of Elsie H. Good of Ephrata and the late Raymond R. Good.

Before moving to Arizona, he was a mechanic at Victor Weavers Inc. in New Holland and Denver Shoe Factory in Denver. He will be missed by his family and friends.

He is also survived by siblings: Jerry, of Narvon; Joyce, wife of Leonard Martin, of New Holland; Clarence, husband of Vicki, of Akron; Nevin, husband of Dianne, of New Holland; Hettie, wife of John Zimmerman, of New Holland; Lillie, of Ephrata; Bruce, husband of Joyce, of Fredericksburg; and Sally, of New Holland.

He was preceded in death by John, Barry, Dallas, Eli, Barbara Jean and Elsie Faye.

Verna M. Glass, 93, of Adamstown, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center, Narvon.

She was born in Robeson Township, Berks County, a daughter of the late Victor and Emma Rose (Blankenbiller) Hicks. Her first husband, C. Frederick Glass Sr., died Sept. 25, 1977, and second husband, Elmer L. "Brush" Glass, died July 22, 1994.

Verna was a Shillington High School graduate and worked for Bollman Hat Company, Adamstown, as a secretary-bookkeeper. A member and altar guild worker of Peace United Church of Christ, she helped charter the Adamstown Library, was a member of Adamstown Woman’s Club and Hilltopper’s Senior Group of Gouglersville. She loved playing cards and the outdoors, especially fishing, hunting and traveling.

Surviving are a son: C. Frederick Glass Jr., husband of Madeline (Henly), of Pine Bush, N.Y.; a daughter: Mary E., wife of John W. Bernstel Jr., of Adamstown; grandchildren: Stacy, wife of Jay Burkey; Karen, wife of Jimmy Dorsey; Andrew, husband of Susan Glass; and Benjamin, husband of Beth Glass; and great-grandchildren: Madison, Nichole, Tiffany, Adrian, Leanna, Sahna and Benny; a step-daughter: Sandra Reitz; and step-son: Lawrence M., husband of Judy Glass Sr., both of Mohnton; step-grandchildren: Larry Jr., Michael, Tyler and Diane Glass and Lori Hoffert; and six step-great-grandchildren: Siblings, Ethel Yerger, Mildred Becker and Brook Grubb, predeceased her.

Dorathy V. (Eberly) Fry, 97, of Ephrata, formerly of Hopeland, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 at Fairmount Homes. Dorathy’s husband, the late Harold R. Fry, passed away in 1999.

Born in Clay Township, Dot was the daughter of the late William D. and Irene (Keller) Eberly.

For 51 years she was a teacher and librarian in the Ephrata School District. Dot established the Ephrata Elementary Library System and also taught for five years at John Beck School in Warwick Township. She was most recently employed as the librarian at Our Mother of Perpetual Help School in Ephrata.

Dot was also formerly active as a Girl Scout Leader in the Penn Laurel Council for 21 years and a Lancaster County 4H Leader for 40 years.

She was a member of Farm Women Society #3, the Lancaster Card Club and was featured on Blue Ridge Cable with the Pennsylvania Dutchman Allen G. Musser.

Dot is survived by a number of nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters: Kathryn Eberly and Helen Taylor; and a brother: George W. Eberly.

Verna G. Fassnacht, 92, of Lancaster, passed away on Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Brethren Village.

She was born in Ephrata to the late Samuel and Emma (Witmyer) McQuate and was the wife of the late Robert C. Fassnacht, who passed away in 2000.

Verna was a member of the Ephrata Church of the Brethren, Ephrata, where she formerly served as a deacon. She enjoyed cooking and crocheting, especially making snowflakes and Christmas ornaments. During her working years, she was an inspector for Dutchmaid and was previously employed at Ephrata High School cafeteria. Verna enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Verna is survived by a son: Thomas P., husband of Trish (Lausch) Fassnacht, of Stevens; two daughters: Linda K., wife of Leon D. Horst, of New Holland; Sandra A., wife of Randal E. Gehman, of Denver; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held on May 27 at Ephrata Church of the Brethren with Pastor Rob Eshelman officiating. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Memorial contributions in Verna’s memory may be made to Ephrata Church of the Brethren, 201 Crescent Ave., Ephrata, PA 17522.

By: TODD RUTH Review Sports Editor truth.eph@lnpnews.com TODD RUTH Review Sports Editor truth.eph@lnpnews.com, Staff Writer

Mary Witmer doesn’t need competition to fuel her. The Ephrata junior counts on her inner drive to get the end result she seeks.

"I try not to let the other people get to me and just try to focus on my race and not who’s closest to me," she said. "But if there is someone close to me, I just try to let that push me even further to do my best."

Her best was certainly on full display this past weekend at the District Three Track Meet held at Shippensburg University.

Witmer won Ephrata’s first District gold medal since 1996, capturing gold in the 300 hurdles in a near-record time of 43.80, a personal best. In addition, she claimed a bronze medal in the triple jump (37-8 1/2), took fourth in the 100 hurdles (15.17) and was part of the Ephrata girls’ 4 X 400 relay which captured third place in a school record time of 4:00.71.

She also qualified for next week’s State Meet in all four events (and is top seed in the 300 hurdles), capping one of the best District Meets ever by an EHS athlete.

By: TODD RUTH Review Sports Editor truth.eph@lnpnews.com, Staff Writer

Cocalico's Cortney Gensemer (22) fights off a Lancaster Country Day defender during Tuesday's District semifinal game at Hershey High School. The Lady Eagles captured an exciting 19-18 victory to advance to their second-straight District final. (Photo by Preston Whitcraft)

At times Tuesday night at Hershey High School, the District semifinal game between Cocalico and Lancaster Country Day/Lancaster Catholic resembled a track meet moreso than girls lacrosse.

For the better part of all four quarters, the teams went up and down the field repeatedly, each offense trying to out do the other. But in the end when it mattered, the Lady Eagles were able to gain control and settle things down in the final two minutes of the game.

And because of it, they will make a return trip to the District Three finals.

With the scored tied 18-18, Avery Longstaff fed sister Kari Longstaff in the slot with 1:55 to play. Her shot got past LCD/LC keeper Madalyn Stover to put Cocalico back up by one. Then, after winning the ensuing draw but then turning it back over to the Cougars with 39 seconds remaining, Avery Longstaff came up with a huge steal and the Lady Eagles were able to run out the clock and clinch the 19-18 victory.

By: TODD RUTH Review Sports Editor truth.eph@lnpnews.com, Staff Writer

The 2012 boys lacrosse team will go down as a season of firsts, no matter what happens the rest of the way.

The Mounts recently won their first-ever Lancaster-Lebanon League crown, and they did so by beating Manheim Township for the first time in school history.

Thursday night, they’ll go for another first when they square off against Carlisle (7 p.m.) at Hersheypark Stadium to try to win their first-ever District Three crown.

Tuesday night at Lower Dauphin, the Mounts punched their ticket to the title game with a convincing 13-6 triumph over fellow L-L League foe Hempfield.

Joey Sellers led the way offensively for the Mounts, scoring six of the 13 Ephrata goals in the contest. Evan Hornberger added three goals and a pair of assists while Tucker Keefer and Mason Quickel each found the net twice in the victory.

Defensively, the Mounts (21-2) shutdown the Black Knights for the most part, allowing just two first half goals to take command. The Mounts, who held a slight 29-26 advantage in shots, got seven big saves from goalie Brian Neff, who also keyed his team’s effective transition game.

By: ALICE HUMMER Review Correspondent, Staff Writer

Helping community services is important to East Cocalico supervisors, and they show it with annual contributions to the library and emergency services located within the township.

At their May 16 supervisors Meeting, the following donations were awarded: $17,000 each to the Reamstown Ambulance; and Reamstown, Smokestown and Stevens fire companies; in addition, $26,000 went to the Adamstown Area Library.

"We do make them (the recipients) show up," chuckled East Cocalico supervisor chairman Doug Mackley. "We don’t mail these out."

It was a celebratory mood as recipients expressed the positive difference these contributions make in their operating budgets. Shirley Achey from Reamstown Ambulance held up a photo of what looked like a no-frills apparatus to use for CPR.

"Guess how much this costs?" Achey said.

"About several thousand dollars, maybe five to seven," Mackley said after no one attending ventured any estimates.

"Fifteen thousand," Achey said. "This is where your contribution is going."

"And this device might help to save a life of one of our residents," Mackley said.

In other business:

The students of Reamstown Elementary School planted a tree to honor and remember their classmate, Kole Trupe, who lost his life in a tragic accident last year. Shown are (left to right) Mrs. Knapp; Kole's family -- brother, Kyle; sister, Katie; mom, Denise; brother, Korey; and dad, Jeff; and Mrs. Haldeman. (Photo by Preston Whitcraft)

Reamstown Elementary School lost a very special little boy, Kole Trupe, a third grade student, in a tragic accident on Sept. 8, 2011. Since that time, members of his school family have thought much about him, his smile and their loss.

To honor his life and his memory for years to come, Reamstown Elementary School and the Reamstown Elementary Student Council planted a tree just near the playground entrance for all to see as they enter the school’s property. A permanent plaque was placed in his honor and was dedicated at the school’s annual Rainbow Day, which was held on May 16. Family and friends of Kole were present for the dedication as well as the entire school.

Kole is dearly missed by all who knew this little boy.