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JULY 14, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 23
“Follies” Looks Back At The Past BY CATHY MOLITORIS
If you had a chance to relive the past, would you take it? That’s the question at the center of “Follies,” which will be performed at Susquehanna Stage from Friday, July 23, through Sunday, Aug. 1. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, “Follies” reunites
performers from a musical revue that ran between World War I and World War II until closing in 1941. “The theater where the Follies were is being torn down,” said Sharon Boyer, who portrays Heidi Schiller in the show and is also the vocal director. “The characters come together 30 years after the last Follies, in 1971, to reminisce.” See “Follies” pg 4
Eric Schubert, talking on the phone with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, has been recognized for his genetic genealogy work.
Solving Genetic Mysteries hen Eric Schubert was about 10 years old, his mom gave him a DNA test kit. She thought it would keep her son entertained for a few days, but Schubert had other ideas. Ten years later, the rising junior at Elizabethtown College is still into DNA, and it’s become much more than a hobby. Schubert, 20, uses genetic genealogy to solve crimes, among other applications. “Investigative genetic genealogy is revolutionizing cold cases and crime scenes, but it is still a relatively unknown piece of new technology,” said Schubert. Genetic genealogy uses DNA and other genealogical methods to connect biological relationships between people. Locally, the type of work
from high school, in 2019, The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article about Schubert and his genetics work. Detectives in Montgomery County saw the article and contacted him for help with a criminal case that had grown cold. “It took me about two weeks to solve the case,” he said, noting that he got the case the day before he left for college, but didn’t sit down to work on it until he came home to Medford Lakes, N.J., on a school break. Since then, he’s been contacted about helping with other crimes and currently has about half a dozen cases he’s working on. At Elizabethtown College, Schubert is majoring in history and political science, and he says he sees genealogy as being more of a side job than a career.
Northwest Emergency Medical Services (EMS) recently awarded two scholarships to graduating seniors at Manheim Central High School. Audrey Miller and Jenna Wagner were awarded the Robert C. Stirling Scholarship, named in honor of Bob Stirling. Stirling was an active member of the Manheim community, including the Manheim Veterans Memorial Ambulance Association, which merged
See Genetic pg 2
See EMS pg 6
Northwest EMS Awards Scholarships
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Schubert does has been used to solve cases including the murder of Christy Mirack. Schubert didn’t jump into crime solving immediately. After his initial introduction to genealogy, he started offering traditional services, including helping adoptees locate biological parents or assisting with building family trees. Soon, however, people began asking him to help with more complex DNA puzzles. “I really started mastering genetic genealogy,” he stated, noting that he knew the science was beginning to be used to solve cold cases but that he didn’t expect to get involved in that work. “I thought, no one is going to come to a 17-year-old and say, ‘Hey, can you help us solve this murder?’” he recalled, “but then it did happen.” The week he graduated
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“Follies” cast members include (from left) Lydia Alkinburgh, Lorraine Ford, Mike Kohler, Lindsay Bretz-Morgan and Charis McMellen.
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