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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 29
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Serving ELANCO n his courtroom at 745B E. Main St., New Holland, Judge Jonathan W. Heisse Magisterial District 02-3-06, sees a variety of cases daily. “I may have a hearing today on a loose dog or I may have a murder (case),” said Heisse. In his role, Heisse sees how financial, mental health, and transportation problems affect the lives of those he serves in the greater ELANCO area, which includes New Holland, Terre Hill, East Earl, Earl, West Earl, and Brecknock. That firsthand witness has heightened his awareness of the need for services, with mental health issues being at the top of the docket. “In (the courtroom), where they have to pay fines and costs, we begin to hear the true problems of life,” he said. “To a lot of people who come in here, $200 might as well be $100,000.” The problem has caused Heisse to be creative in handing out fines. “We come up with alternatives under the law,” said Heisse, who has
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given credit for community service or attending counseling sessions. “I think our community gets something out of that.” He is also looking into solutions to help transport people to counseling sessions or to bring counselors to New Holland. Heisse did not set out to become a judge, but he did always want to be a police officer. He remembers getting to know the four West Lampeter police officers in Willow Street when he was a child. “We lived on a corner, and they would stop and talk to me as a young kid,” he recalled. “I probably drove them crazy, but they always took the time to stop at the house, and it got me hooked.” After he graduated from Lampeter-Strasburg High School, a close friend suggested Heisse talk to the New Holland Police Department about a position. “I (did), and they gave me advice,” said Heisse, who took the civil service test in early 1990. The New Holland department soon contacted him about attending the police academy, and he became the youngest
Book Aims To Empower Families
BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
For more than a decade, Joel Jakubowski, who is now the men’s ministry director with The Potter’s House, has given presentations in Pennsylvania and around the country to help educate family members of those who are experiencing addiction to drugs or alcohol. A little more than four years ago, Jakubowski started listening to all the people who were encouraging him to write a book on the subject. See The Potter’s House pg 8
Magisterial District 02-3-06 Judge Jonathan Heisse (front) with his staff (back, from left) intern Taylor Martin, Kendal Stoltzfus, Charlie Good, and Dawn Bell
Saving The Lives Of Loved Ones
Kelly Osborne of the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J, Lancaster, displays Project Lifesaver equipment.
“Project Lifesaver is for people who have cognitive impairment that makes them prone to wander,” said Kelly Osborne, community services officer and Project Lifesaver coordinator with the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J, Lancaster County. Now that the State Police officers serving in Lancaster are affiliated with Project Lifesaver, the service is available in all areas of the county. Individuals who are enrolled with Project Lifesaver wear a bracelet connected to a transmitter set to a designated radio frequency
assigned to that person. If the individual wanders, the battery-operated device emits a signal that can be traced by law enforcement. “Should a (participant) go missing, the caregiver calls a local police department. (Police officers) plug in the frequency to pick up that specific transmitter,” explained Osborne, who noted that the equipment utilizes analog radio frequency because of its reliability. Osborne added that use of the system minimizes time and resources, needed to locate someone, and when it is employed, most participants who wander are found within 30 minutes. See Project Lifesaver pg 9
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