Chambersburg

Elton Guyer, Jr., 81, of McConnellsburg, Pa., died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service Friday at Agett-Geisel Funeral Home, Dry Run, Pa. The service will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Marlin A. “Butch” Neil officiating. Interment will follow in Upper Path Valley Cemetery.

Donations, including a $240,000 pledge from Chambersburg Hospital, are allowing the Chambersburg Emergency Services Department to expand its fleet of ambulances. The borough will be buying a third ambulance, with plans that two of those ambulances will be available for calls during peak times. Currently, it operates one ambulance each day. The department is required to keep one ambulance in reserve, plus one of them is typically undergoing maintenance on any given day, Borough Manager Jeffrey Stonehill said Monday.

Five people, including three children, were taken to Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday after a car on southbound Interstate 81 crossed the median into northbound I-81 and hit another car, according to a news release from Pennsylvania State Police. A 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier was heading south on I-81 when it crossed the median and headed south on northbound I-81 near the exit for U.S. 30, state police said. The Cavalier's driver-side front bumper hit the driver-side front bumper of a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu at about 10:50 a.m. Saturday, state police said.

After three months under new ownership, Gibble's snack products will disappear from store shelves, leaving millions of people without a household favorite that's been around since the Eisenhower administration. Gibble's potato chips and snacks have been produced in Franklin County since the late 1950s, with most of the production done at facilities off U.S. 11 south of Chambersburg.  “Gibble Foods is discontinuing the manufacturing of Gibble's snack products effective March 9, 2013.

“Save A Horse, Hire A Cowboy,” the live and silent auction benefiting the Franklin County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Center, will be held Sunday March, 24, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Orchards Restaurant in Chambersburg. The auction will include merchandise and service vouchers donated by local businesses and community members, as well as 10 local cowboys to bid on. Officials said funds generated from the event are important to further the center's goal of helping people with special needs receive therapy, relax and build confidence through horsemanship.

Helen M. Batdorff, 84, of McConnellsburg, Pa., died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital. Visitation will be Monday from 2 to 8 p.m. at Howard L. Sipes Funeral Home Inc., McConnellsburg. The service will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

On what would have been Ayron Paige Metcalf's 19th birthday, family and friends released balloons to celebrate her life. The 2012 Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School graduate died in a three-vehicle collision on Interstate 81 in September. “Three. Two. One. Happy Birthday!” Ayron's family and friends said in unison as they released dozens of balloons in front of her former employer, Holiday Hair in Chambersburg on Wednesday. Ayron's workstation at Holiday Hair has not been disturbed since the accident that claimed her life.

A new liquor license has been granted to a Franklin County, Pa., business. Because of increases in Franklin County's population, another liquor license was allocated to the county. Seven businesses applied for that license. On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board determined the license should go to Montezuma Mexican Restaurant on Pa. 316, said Stacy Kriedeman, spokeswoman for the board. According to the Liquor Control Board's website, a restaurant liquor license authorizes a licensee to sell liquor, including wine, and malt or brewed beverages, such as beer, to customers for them to drink on the premises.

A 16-year-old boy was charged with stabbing a man Monday night at a home in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania State Police said. The boy, whose name was not released, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault, according to a state police news release. Troopers allege the incident happened during a domestic dispute at 8:20 p.m. Monday, when the boy stabbed 29-year-old Michael W. Landon at a residence on Heintzelman Avenue in Chambersburg. Landon was taken to the hospital to be treated for two stab wounds, according to the release.

The Chambersburg Borough Council bucked the wishes of the town's mayor and police chief, telling them Monday to not send two police officers to training for commercial vehicle inspections. Mayor Pete Lagiovane said he had hoped to take advantage of free state training in May for two officers. He wanted to start routine inspections for things such as tail lamps, windshield wipers, tires and turn signals. “It's safe to say on any given day 5,000 trucks are using borough roads. ... Conducting commercial truck inspections is just another function of a modern police department, especially one (in a community)