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Jay Lassiter looks up while smoking a rolled joint of medical cannabis at his Cherry Hill, N.J. home. Lassiter uses medical marijuana through New Jersey's legal dispensary system to help with symptoms of HIV.
Lessons in medical marijuana experience PHOTOS BY HARRISON JONES/FOR THE EVENING SUN
Elizabeth Hallett, of Newburyport, Mass., demonstrates how laundry was done during the Battle of Gettysburg by company laundresses at the 2016 Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment. 'It's like time travel,' Hallett said of re-enacting, 'especially when it's dark and you only have candlelight.'
A re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg requires a massive amount of preparation DUSTIN B LEVY DLEVY@EVENINGSUN.COM
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usan Stull shared three words of advice for history buffs interested in becoming re-enactors. “Research. Research. Research.” Stull, speaking Friday during the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee’s annual re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, donned a hoop skirt to portray historical figure Lydia Leister, 153 years after the famed Civil War clash. “We learn a lot from first-person sources,” said Stull, a re-enactor with more than two decades of experience and coordinator for the event’s living history village. See SCENES, Page 2A
John Kürlander, of Appamattox, Va., a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, sits in front of a tent while taking part in the 153rd Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment. "History happens," said Kürlander, "some is good, some is bad."
New Jersey serves as a learning ground for Pennsylvania MARK WALTERS MWALTERS@YDR.COM
Jay Lassiter is, like so many AIDS patients, a survivor. He contracted the disease nearly 25 years ago, yet there’s still plenty of vitality left in the 44-yearold. A cocktail of more than 50 pills each week keeps his HIV in check, but they run roughshod on his digestive organs. Severe bouts of nausea wake Lassiter in the middle of the night, coming so fast he sometimes can’t make it to the bathroom in time. This happens two or three times a month. His weight and blood pressure, however, were healthy just hours after a recent vomiting-diarrhea session. His Tcell count is the highest it’s been since his diagnosis. He needs medicine to help settle his stomach and keep his appetite in check, so he turns to medical marijuana, which he smokes twice a day. He goes to a dispensary about once every month. He checks in with his doctor every 60 days, per state regulations. He’s See MEDICAL, Page 10A
Pennsylvania lawmakers grapple over decision on tax increase MARC LEVY AND MARK SCOLFORO ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Work on Pennsylvania state government’s budget for the day-old fiscal year threatened to stretch into next week, and perhaps beyond, as lawmakers grappled Friday with decisions about tax increases. They produced no easy or quick answers. The Senate sent its members home, and the House prepared to do the same as budget negotiators continued a quest
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to assemble more than $1 billion to balance Pennsylvania’s deficit-riddled finances. The quagmire comes barely two months after the end of a record-breaking stalemate in the first budget goaround between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled Legislature. One problem was a feud between Democrats and Republicans about the precise amount of money necessary to balance a $31.5 billion spending package, most of which had been sent to
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Obituaries........4A
Wolf’s desk. Top lawmakers shuttling between meetings in the Capitol on Friday said little about the closeddoor wrangling. “These are all up and Gov. Tom down, off and on, in and Wolf out,” said Philadelphia Sen. Vincent Hughes, the ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. “You’ve got to hit certain numbers, you’ve got to find what can achieve certain numbers, you’ve got to
Opinion........8A
Sports........1B
Weather........7B
check with members to see comfort levels, things like that. So we’re looking at a whole series of different options. I don’t think there’s any new ground that’s being explored that hasn’t been discussed before.” Should efforts on a tax deal collapse, Wolf would have 10 days to decide what to do with the budget bill before it becomes law without his signature. Wolf has said that he would not sign it without sustainable revenues to fund it. See BUDGET, Page 12A
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