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The Daily Item Monday, July 2, 2007 Page B2 call 523-8803. Cancer Support Group, 7 to 9 p.m., Foss Home, Geisinger Medical Center Danville. For information about the group, call 271-6263. Almanac SHADES OF MEANING What is wrong with this sentence? To keep sweat out of his eyes, the construction worker puts on a red banana and eats fruit to maintain levels of important nutrients. Answer: To keep sweat out of his eyes, the construction worker puts on a red bandana and eats a banana to compensate for loss of potassium.

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Morgan and the present owner, Randi Buehner. Ms. Buehner and her ex-husband, Jack, bought the hotel from Mr. Morgan in 1994. She had previously worked at the hotel as a waitress, desk clerk and eventually assistant manager for several years.

After they bought the property, she said, they started renovating some of the upstairs rooms and the elevator, made improvements to the roof and updated the utilities. But the hotel still maintains most of its old-world charm, one of the most obvious examples of this being the self-operated elevator in the lobby. As she pulled the gate closed and yanked on the lever to take the elevator to the second floor, Ms. Buehner said, "You have to be precise with this." She then proceeded to stop the lift perfectly level with the second floor, the work of a seasoned professional. Perhaps because it's old and it's a big building, the hotel has the feeling of being haunted.

And in fact, she said, there are stories about a ghost named "Ramona," the spirit of a woman who died in the hotel some years ago. The door to Ramona's room opens for some visitors, but not others, she said. "I would always say, if Ramona liked them, she'd let them in." The rooms resemble most modern hotel rooms, though she doesn't show any of the hotel's 15 apartments because those are occupied. Between the apartments and the 51 rooms, only eight are vacant, she said. Many of the people staying in the hotel these days are regular tenants who pay on a weekly basis.

The apartments are rented out on a month-long lease. Some people still stay in the hotel on an overnight basis. But she knows the hotel's heyday is past. It has been hurt, as most downtown businesses have, by the exodus of the city's residents and the development of the strip in eastern Snyder County. However, she still believes it has plenty of potential if the right person, someone with imagination and enough capital, buys it.

The upstairs rooms could be refurbished, equipped with individual heating and air conditioning units, and it could be a viable hotel again, she said. Mr. Heintzelman also would like to see the hotel's former glory at least partially restored. "It has contributed to the world as a result of Edison's experience there," he said. "It was the cornerstone of the downtown ever since it was built." HOTEL, from Page B1 at Arch and Third streets.

After having some success with those establishments, he decided to build the City Hotel, Mr. Heintzelman said. It opened in 1872 and quickly became known for its fine dining and lodging. "It was known at that time for being a first-class restaurant It was more upscale, very fashionable," he said. "Ads said it was, 'One of the most up-to-date hostelries in the At the time, the hotel had one of the first commercial elevators in the country, Mr.

Heintzelman said, which took guests to one of the 40 rooms on the second and third floors. The hotel offered two payment plans, he said. The most basic was the "American plan," where guests paid by the night. The other was the "European plan," which was more of a "package type of pricing" for lengthier stays. Because of the city's centralized location, which allowed people from across the region to reach it by train, the hotel had a steady influx of customers, he said, and offered carriage rides from the wharf and train station.

The Drumhellers owned the hotel into the 20th century. In 1914, a fire destroyed a large section of the front portion of the building. Following the fire, the family changed the hotel's facade and added a fourth floor. For 50 years, the building was known as the City Hotel. But in 1922, Mr.

Edison, at 75 years old, returned to Sunbury for its sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, celebration. A special ceremony was held in front of the hotel, during which a plaque was dedicated renaming it the Edison Hotel. Mr. Edison had first arrived in Sunbury in 1882 to establish the "first commercially practical electric plant," according to Mr. Heintzelman.

The location was chosen because of the city's proximity to a large coal supply. The inventor was known to stay at the hotel while he was in town, and on July 4, 1883, amid much fanfare, it became the first building in the city, and the world, to be lighted using incandescent electric lights. The city recently reclaimed a large generator from a museum in Florida, which may have been the same one Mr. Edison used to illuminate the hotel. City officials would like to make the artifact the centerpiece of a proposed Sunbury museum.

Illuminating the future After the Drumhellers sold the hotel sometime in the 1920s, there was a succession of owners, including Donald aged to attend. Child care is available. Goal of the group is to provide empowerment counseling to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Each group will consist of a movie related to issues dealing with domestic violence and or sexual assault. A short discussion will follow.

Some topics of discussion will include power and control, self-esteem, trust, empowerment and safety. More information: Joyce or Steph at 784-6631. TOPS Chapter 1004, 5 p.m., Penns Creek firehall. For more information about the group, call 966-0760. TOPS Chapter 1432.

Weigh-in 8 a.m. Meeting at 8:30 a.m., Rockwell Center, 32 S. Milton. Information, Sandy at 742-4959 or Medie 538-5331. TOPS Chapter 1019, weigh-in from 8 to 9:15 a.m., meeting at 9:30 a.m., St.

Matthew's Lutheran Church (downstairs), Shamokin Dam. Information: Harriet Wert at 473-7250, Carol Pontius 473-9176. TOPS Chapter 1290, Monroe Grange, Park Road, Selins-grove. Weigh-in at 8:30 a.m., meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. For more information: Betty Hack-enberg at 743-7235 or Betty Kratzer 884-9062.

TOPS Chapter 1304, 5:30 p.m., Hartley Township Community Center in Laurelton. Weigh-in at 5 p.m. and meeting at 5:30 p.m. More information 922-1503. TOPS, 7 p.m., Shiloh United Church of Christ, Danville.

Weigh-ins at 6 p.m. New members welcome. Information, 275-0356. Overeaters Anonymous (OA), 6:30 p.m., First Reformed United Church of Christ, 160 Chestnut Sunbury. Information: 374-0470.

Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul's United Methodist Church, East Avenue and Hickory Street, Mount Carmel. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Shiloh Church, Danville. Alcoholics Anonymous (O), 7 p.m., Room 201, Vaughan Literature Bucknell University Campus, Lewisburg. Alcoholics Anonymous (O), noon, First Baptist Church, 51 S.

Third Lewisburg. Alcoholics Anonymous (O), 12:15 p.m., St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, North Front Street and Woodlawn Avenue, Sunbury. Alcoholics Anonymous (C), 8 p.m., Northumberland-Point Township Senior Action Center, 268 Second Northumberland. Alcoholics Anonymous (O), 8 p.m., First United Church of Christ, 417 Market Mifflinburg.

Alcoholics Anonymous (O), 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 11 E. Third Watsontown. Narcotics Anonymous, p.m., Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church basement, 40 S. Third Lewisburg. "Nomad." Narcotics Anonymous, 9 p.m., Shiloh United Church of Christ, upstairs, 500 Bloom Road, Danville.

"New Beginnings." A 24-hour helpline is available at 988-7177. Narcotics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Third and Market streets, Bloomsburg. "No Matter What." Christian Intervention Program, for the chemically dependent, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall, behind the United Pentecostal Church, Route 192, three miles west of Lewisburg. For information about the group, Overeaters Anonymous, 7-8 p.m., Beaver Memorial Methodist Church, 40 S. Third Lewisburg.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly Chapter 1527, 4:30 p.m., We-ber-Rinck Community Health Center, Evangelical Health Center Community Room, Middleburg. New members welcome. More information: Dianna 837-5693 or Shirley Bowman 286-0239. TOPS Chapter 978, Carriage Comer Restaurant, Route 45, Mifflinburg. Weigh-in at 5 p.m.

Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Visitors always welcome. More information: 966-4031. TOPS Chapter 965, 6 p.m., St. John's Lutheran Church, Third and Queen streets, Northumberland.

New members are needed. More information: 473-9169. TOPS Chapter 1098, 6:30 p.m., Sunbury Municipal Building, 225 Market Sunbury (use back entrance, take elevator to basement). TOPS, p.m., Ral-pho Township Library, Elys-burg. Weigh-ins begin at 5:30 p.m.

Al-Anon (for relatives and friends of alcoholics), 8 p.m., basement Christ Lutheran Church, 100 S. Third Lewisburg. Al-Anon, 12:30 p.m., Pastoral Care Center, 1 Academy Danville. More information, 271-3700. Alcoholics Anonymous (C), 8 p.m., United Church of Christ, South Second and Chestnut streets, Sunbury.

Alcoholics Anonymous (O), noon, First Baptist Church, South Third and St. Louis streets, Lewisburg. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., noon and 7 p.m., Shiloh Church, Danville. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Geisinger Medical Center Bush Basement, Danville.

Alcoholics Anonymous (O), 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, 51 S. Third Lewisburg. Alcoholics Anonymous (O), 12:15 p.m., St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, North Front Street and Woodlawn Avenue, Sunbury. Narcotics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Third and Market streets, Bloomsburg.

"No Matter What." TUESDAY, JULY 3 Support group meeting for parents grieving the loss of a childchildren, 7 p.m., St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Route 15 South, Lewisburg. Information: Jo-Ann Pacentaat pacentadejazzd.com. Joy Seekers, a non-denominational Christian based support and recovery group for the widowed, divorced or singles, 7 p.m., Lavelle Church of the Nazarene. More information is available by calling 682-8464 or 875-0529.

GriefShare, a weekly seminar and support group for people grieving the death of someone close, p.m. at the Watsontown United Methodist Church, 11 E. Third Watsontown. Information: 538-1017. Teens Victorious, 12 step Christ-centered recovery group for ages 20 and under who are struggling with life-controlling problems, 7 p.m., New Hope Ministries, 250 Chestnut Sunbury.

More information: 286-7336. The Women's Center of Bloomsburg will sponsor a Movie Support Group, 6 p.m. Survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are encour The Daily Item collects and publishes police reports as a public service to its readers. The reports often contain police allegations against individuals. Such allegations do not mean the individuals actually committed a crime.

All people named in connection with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. SUNBURY Domestic dispute Sunday. 424 Race Sunbury. Chris Renn, 38, of Sunbury, was cited with harassment after police said he hit his girlfriend, Mary Long, 38, of Sunbury, with a baseball glove and shoved her off a porch. Police said the attack occurred after Ms.

Long came home to gather her belongings following a domestic incident the night before in which Mr. Renn was cited with public drunkenness. He was angry at her because of the arrest, police said, and assaulted her, then refused to let her into the house. STATE POLICE, STONINGTON Theft Midnight Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday.

Route 61, Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County. Someone stole several trees and bushes from Woodlawn Gatherings. STATE POLICE, MILTON Burglary 5 p.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday.

Colberston Street and Meek Alley, Gregg Township, Union County. Someone entered three homes that are under construction and stole 85 feet of copper wire, a Pioneer tub valve, five assorted can lights and other items. Anyone with information is asked to call trooper Bradley Timbrell at 524-9391. TODAY GLBTACSV group, (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender and Allied People of the Central Susquehanna 7 p.m., 265 Point Township Drive, Suite Northumberland. The group's mission is to provide a positive voice and image for GLBTA through outreach, support, education and advocacy.

Panic and anxiety program, noon until 1 p.m., Danville. This program is geared toward helping anyone suffering from panic, anxiety and agoraphobia. Attendees will be taught how to control panic attacks and anticipate anxiety. Those interested in additional information are asked to call Panic Relief, Inc. at (732) 940-9658.

Empowerment Support Group, p.m. Childcare provided. More information SVWIT at 523-6482. Project F.A.l.T.H. (Facing Addiction Issues Together Helps) Support Group for families dealing with drug and, or alcohol addiction, 6:30 p.m., Project Faith office, 225 Market Sunbury, lower level.

More information is available by calling 809-2818. Break the Silence, 5:30 p.m., support group for teens struggling with emotional and sexual abuse. More information, Melissa at 271-5473 or Pam at 275-4857. It is the policy of The Daily Item to correct factual errors in news stories and photo captions. We invite readers to call the newsroom, 286-5671, Ext.

288, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or write to Editor, Box 607, 200 Market Sunbury, PA 17801. Car wash is a good deal WASH, from Page B1 correctional officer checks on their progress periodically. The warden said the car wash program had operated for many years previously but was discontinued.

It resumed last year. The prison charges $15 for a wash, which includes a complete cleaning of the interior. It charges $30 for a wash and wax, which also includes the complete interior cleaning. The inmate receives $10 from the wash, and the rest is used to buy supplies. For a wash and wax, the prisoner receives $20.

The other $10 is used for supplies. "This is a great idea for everybody and the public as well. It helps the inmate take on responsibility and pay back to society or the county for his wrongdoing and gives him a little money," the warden said. The car wash program is designed for five inmate participants. The number of prisoners working on vehicles depends upon how many work-release inmates are available at the time and the number of vehicles signed up for the program.

"If they don't do a good job, they won't be on it," the warden said. He added that the jail is not out to compete with businesses. "This program is more or less to rehabilitate inmates and to keep their minds occupied." "It's a really good program. Not every jail has it," Mr. Miller said.

Mr. Cutchall said he wasn't aware of any other prison in the area with the program. The program is in effect from April through mid-October, depending on the weather. People who want vehicles cleaned should call the jail between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Mondays through Saturdays at 271-3039 to make an appointment. Vehicles are washed and waxed from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on those days. Vehicle owners are advised not to leave weapons, medications, alcohol, tobacco, money or valuables in their vehicles.

Mother faces trial in Montour E-mail comments about this article to rscott dailyitem.com. jured, suffering abrasions on both knees, police said. Witnesses told police the boy was playing on the roof when his mother tried to get him down. She allegedly yelled at him several times, according to police. MOTHER, from Page B1 According to police, Mrs.

Beckwith told her son to get down, saying, "I'm leaving." The boy fell off when the car moved forward and was in-.