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1. Crime and animal news took the cake this week with several stories. Here are a few of the most popular headlines:

• Adams County man charged with raping child
• Hanover man sentenced to 20 years for sale of heroin that killed 2
• Man faces up to year in jail for torn and dirty American flag
• Police: Counterfeit bills passed at Delone Carnival lead to arrest
• Decapitated dog found in Fairfield 
• Rabid cat found at Oakside park in Biglerville

Ann Roth

2. She already has an Oscar but the win for Hanover native Ann Roth for her costume designs on “The Nance” was her first Tony.

3. In losing a president, Lycoming College found a piece of its history.
As retiring President James Douthat was cleaning out a closet in his office last week, he stumbled on a rather uncommon historical document that had been lost for years—a certificate signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that named the college’s founder a Civil War chaplain.

4. When autism first nudged its way onto the list of disorders tracked by the Centers for Disease Control in 2000, it only affected an estimated 1 in 150 children. Today, that number has tripled to 1 in 50.

Our six-part series from reporter Amy Stansbury exposing trials, tribulations and experiences of community families and organizations with autism gained national attention this week.

Angela Lyle rests her head on her husband Travis Lyle's shoulder as he gives the peace sign to cars honking in support the "Hope vs. Heroin" gathering on Eisenhower Drive in Hanover in this October 2012 file photo. (THE EVENING SUN -- FILE)

5. After losing her son three years ago, Tracy Lawrence-Felton says she won’t let anyone else experience what she did. So the Hanover mother organized a rally to raise awareness of heroin use in the community, which will be held June 29 from 1 to 4 p.m.

6. Originally created as an “electric park” by trolley-line operators to enhance ridership, Forest Park was once Hanover’s star amusement attraction.

And these old photos, with more to come soon, grabbed the attention (and memories) of our Facbeook fans this week as they recalled stories their parents, grandparents and family members, or themselves, about the Hanover amusement park.

Valedictorian Kelsey Lowman and Salutatorian Casey Saylor line up for the ceremony with other students at Littlestown High School Friday. (THE EVENING SUN -- KALANI GORDON)

6. Hanover Public School District Superintendent Alan Moyer has been extended an offer to be chief executive officer at the South Middleton School District in Cumberland County, which could leave Hanover schools to seek two new administrators.

7. Our graduation stories and photos are still picking up quite a bit of web traffic this week as we gear up to launch our Sunday grad-edition of The Evening Sun on June 16, complete with graduate lists from 10 Hanover-Adams school districts.

Be sure to check back to eveningsun.com, or pick up a print edition of The Evening Sun for those keepsake memories of the Class of 2013. And don’t forget to send us your own photos.

8. In national news, unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it takes a generous subsidy from Mom and Dad. But those days of working for free could be numbered

9. This year, Codorus Blast will continue to phase out the familiar carnival rides. Instead, visitors will be able to go on a rock climbing wall, go to exhibits and shows in the nature tent, and go kayaking.

10. Also at our local state park, Codorus offers the opportunity to get up-close and personal with cliff swallows and other birds each Saturday evening while on one of the park’s boats. Here, a reporter and a photographer tagged along to tell you what to expect.

Members of the York Audubon Society, including Chuck Musser, second from right, and Anna May Shaffer, right, use binoculars to spot wildlife during a pontoon boat tour on Lake Marburg in Codorus State Park Saturday. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources offers the 90-minute boat tours through October. (THE EVENING SUN JEFF LAUTENBERGER )

And a bonus: Hanover is home to one of the biggest names in the harness racing industry — Hanover Shoe Farms.

With more than 1,100 horses spread out on more than 2,700 acres of land, Hanover Shoe Farms — or Hanover as it is referred to around the world — is the largest horse-breeding farm in the world, in terms of earnings.

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1. For a restaurant that borrowed its name from the Pennsylvania Dutch symbol for good fortune, a yellow finch, the Distelfink Drive-In in Gettysburg has become one hard-luck establishment. And the fate of it is in question once again.

2. For the first time in at least a decade, two re-enactments, planned and organized by different groups, will take place on farms outside Gettysburg during the 150th anniversary of the battle.

3. The parents of three students who died in a 2011 car crash received their students’ diplomas to a standing ovation at the New Oxford High School graduation ceremony Friday evening. Nine other Hanover-Adams area graduation ceremonies also took place this week. This story took Facebook by storm, as well.

4. And photos from our photographers from each of these graduations proved to be popular with the community.

5. An 18-year-old Biglerville man was arrested after allegedly attempting an armed robbery at a Gettysburg convenience store, then engaging in a car chase with Gettysburg police before crashing the vehicle he was driving.

6. We kicked off our Roads North series, a day-by-day account of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania, as written by The Evening Sun editor Marc Charisse.

7. We received some incredible photos from Hanover Hospital about their history, from their first-known location of their auxiliary shop to their first expansion of the original hospital built in 1926.

8. West Manheim Police Chief Tim Hippensteel marked 25 years of service with the force. Hippensteel began his probationary service to West Manheim on May 5, 1988, and one month later, in June 1988, Hippensteel became a full member of the township’s police force.

9. Health officials warned patients of a York County dentist that they might be at risk for infection of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.

10. And some how, some way, this Tim Stonesifer article from January 2012 popped back up as a most-read this week: A man and his wife, married 61 years, died just hours apart.

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1. South Western’s ‘Mustang Tree’ died. At 7 a.m. May 24, school officials at South Western High School reported the destruction of the beloved Mustang Tree to Penn Township police.

But then, South Western school officials, along with tree experts and Penn Township police, determined the tree died a ‘natural’ death, and was not vandalized as originally suspected.

2. Prince James Brantley, originally charged with murder in the first and third degrees in the shooting death of Shiphod Brown in 2012, has pleaded guilty to lesser charges, according to Adams County court documents.

3. A 5-year-old York County boy died after a tractor wheel fell on him while he was playing in a barn on his family’s farm near East Berlin.

4. Oklahoma got hit hard with tornadoes this week, twice. Friday night storms alone killed at least 9. Storm season is in full-force, so make sure tornado-alley residents stay safe with these handy tips from NWS.

5. Among the dozens of veterans marching in the Hanover Memorial Day Parade was 90-year-old Paul Steich. He wore the same uniform Monday he wore at the age of 19 when he entered the U.S. Army in 1943.

6. For the past 12 months, two principals have been overseeing students in the Hanover district’s three elementary buildings, but as the plan’s trial period comes to an end, administrators have decided to return to one principal per building.

But, not only that, they also decided they will not be outsourcing custodial staff in the 2013-14 school year.

7. Local strawberry season started this week, but that doesn’t mean they will be easy to find. Here, we tell you where to go.

8. Pennsylvania is the only state in the continental U.S. that prohibits local police from using radar guns, but officials are trying to change that.

9. Annunciation BVM Principal Christine Lucas promised students she would dye her hair if they raised $6,500 in the school’s Blazer Walk earlier this month. Money raised is to be used toward technology investments for the school.

And over at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart School, Principal Crystal Noe promised to bring a dunk tank to the school if the students raised more than $33,000 for the Race for Education fundraising program. They did.

10. It’s been nearly a year since Spc. Cameron Stambaugh was laid to rest in the cemetery at Trinity Roth UCC. The parents of the Spring Grove Area High School graduate – killed with six other American soldiers in Afghanistan on July 8, 2012 – said Memorial Day has become a ‘different holiday’ since their son’s death last year.

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