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AUGUST 31, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVIII • NO 15
Furry Officers Join Force BY ANN MEAD ASH
anheim Township Police Department (MTPD) K-9 Officer Ruck, a Belgian Malinois, has been accompanying Officer Matt Bender daily since 2015. A bomb-sniffing dog, Ruck has swept planes for visiting dignitaries and successfully tracked a suspect through local woods. Recently, Ruck was introduced to two new K-9 officers who began working with MTPD handlers. K-9 Officer Odin, a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois, has been paired with Officer Lucas Starsinic. K-9 Officer Zeke, a 17-month-old Dutch Shepherd, works with Officer Shane Long. Both dogs are trained to detect narcotics and as patrol dogs. Their skills include building searches and tracking. Eventually, MTPD plans to have four K-9 officers on the force. According to Long, Odin and officer Zeke came from the Netherlands with some basic training before training with Starsinic and Long for five weeks in Boiling
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Springs. Both Odin and Zeke respond to mostly Dutch commands, while Bender gives Ruck orders in German. All three dogs are with the officers 24/7, accompanying them on daily calls and living with them. The dogs also perform demonstrations and attend community events such as the National Night Out held at Neffsville Community Park on Aug. 2. Off-duty, Starsinic noted that dogs will be dogs. “He never settles down,” he said of Odin. “He’s wellbehaved ... but if you don’t watch him, he gets into stuff.” To help curtail some of that energy, Starsinic said the dogs are kept “busy and tired.” To keep the dogs’ skills sharp, the officers train the K-9s together twice a month in accordance with mandatory federal standards. Since Zeke and Odin are new to the force, they are still gaining experience in police work. “No major drug busts (yet),” said Starsinic, who noted that Odin was involved in an “apprehension without force.”
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The Manheim Township Police Department K-9 force currently includes (from left) officer Matt Bender with Ruck, officer Luke Starsinic with Odin, and officer Shane Long with Zeke.
25 Years Of HOPE
Presenting “The Promise Of Living” . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
BY ANN MEAD ASH
When Brian Boycan, senior development officer with HOPE International, visited Rwanda in July along with HOPE president Peter Greer, he met a woman named Clementine who was growing her wholesaling business with the help of the organization. “Clementine started in 2012 with a group loan of $1,000,” recounted Boycan. With that loan, Clementine bought Irish potatoes in bulk and resold them in smaller quantities. Since then she has expanded her
BY ANN MEAD ASH
According to Cliff Sweigart with the Weaver Insurance Group of Elizabethtown, located in Mount Joy, the Westfield Insurance Foundation’s Legacy of Caring Fund is available to a select number of insurance agents. These agents are given the opportunity to nominate a nonprofit organization to receive a donation. See The Potter’s House pg 5
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Clementine (left), who has started a business in Rwanda with the help of HOPE International, met Brian Boycan when he visited her country in July.
See HOPE International pg 2
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