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Guns, Cleavage, Drugs, Hercules, Nolan Bushnell And 2 Truisms About Me .......
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<p>The first truism is I will never pass up the opportunity to play a classic pinball game. I am talking 1990 and later.</p>
<p>The second is I don't shirk from riding new roller coasters. I am always game to try out a new coaster. If it beats me up the first time I simply won't go on it again ... much.</p>
<p>Rather then jump to the story about guns, cleavage, and drugs I will start with what ever is left. I promise you it will make sense in the end.</p>
<p><i>This is called 'leading the reader' an effect that forces someone to read through a story to get to the facts that are more 'titillating', for lack of a better word. </i></p>
<p>I recently got back from a day trip to Hersheypark. What an amazing amusement park. Much bigger than I remember from my time living there every summer while I attended Milton Hershey School. Every time I go there I am fifteen again and Shannon and I are trying to break the record for the 'Zodiac'. I remember stuff that only someone who spent a good amount of time there will be able to testify to.</p>
<p>Since 1977 Hersheypark has kicked ass with the first inverted coaster on the East Coast. 'Revolution' (1976) at Magic Mountain in Valencia Falls was the first, in case your wondering, and the 'Looper' was built by the same company, <span>'Anton Schwarkopf'. </span></p>
<p>Interest in this classic ride has waned over the years because of it's single loop. Many people think it's boring because of this fact. I for one was happy nobody wanted to ride the 'Looper'. It meant no lines and a lowering of the height requirement to allow smaller riders on. The 'Looper' was my daughter Lindsay's first upside down coaster and she loved it. "Scared bliss" was all I saw in her eyes. She is another adrenalin junkie in the making.</p>
<p>Side note: The wooden roller coaster 'Hercules' at Dorney Park had the record of the longest drop in the world. I actually got to be one of the first riders of this coaster. Weird coincidence for this story.</p>
<p>I digress so much I can't remember where I was.</p>
<p>That's right 'Hercules'! In 1979 Atari Corp. put out a pinball game on steroids called 'Hercules'. To this day it has the record for being the largest mass produced pinball machine. These rigs are massive, but by being so big it compromises game play. You can't trap the ball very well which shuts me out. I am always holding the ball to make those 'special' shots. Plus it was made before the million point multipliers became the rage. A good score topped 250,000 not 25,000,000. I know because I got to play it in Hersheypark upper arcade.</p>
<p>Hersheypark has one of the best places to get your 'game on' (my fave is 'Flipper Mccoys' in Virginia Beach). Their arcade has alot of classic video games and a wall of pinball that would make a pinball junkie swoon. The great thing is they are all .25 cents. 5 bucks in quarters and my family lost me for an hour. Folks I am talking 'Pinbot' for about half that time.</p>
<p>That's all I can stand writing for now, I guess next up will be Nolan Bushnell and how he recently complicated my life.</p>
<p>I can't remember the last time I posted for Funky Friday. Enjoy an excellent track and some video.</p>
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Milton Hershey School Family Event
<p><p>Milton Hershey School Family Event Milton Hershey School opens new doors to children from families of low incomeat no cost. Children enroll between the ages of 4 and 15. Join us</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Hershey, PA: Senior Pastor at Evangelical Free Church of Hershey
<p><p>Opportunity Profile
for the position of
Senior Pastor, Evangelical Free Church of Hershey
Hershey, Pennsylvania
January, 2008
Overview:
The mission of the Evangelical Free Church of Hershey (EFCH) is "Pointing people to Jesus Christ so that together we become more and more like Him." It is the desire of the church to become a congregation that truly pleases the Lord Jesus Christ; fulfilling the purpose He has given us as a congregation. In order to continually do greater things for the Kingdom of Christ, the church recognizes its need to be stretched.
As part of this "stretching" EFCH (www.hersheyfree.com) is searching for a new senior pastor. Dave Martin, the only senior pastor the church has known, has led with an unwavering commitment to God's Word for the past 35 years. This has become an important part of the spiritual DNA for the church. Pastor Dave is sensing God's leading to transition out of the Senior Pastor role.
The elders and a transition team of EFCH are working in partnership with the Eastern District Superintendent, Steve Musser, to prepare for the leadership transition. They plan to find Pastor Dave's successor within a time frame that allows for a period of orientation.
The Evangelical Free Church of Hershey is a congregation that has enjoyed a rich history of deeply rooted Bible teaching, inspiring worship, strong missions focus, and church planting throughout the region. The church has impacted many lives and experienced a long period of exponential growth as attendees were drawn near to Christ and transformed by the Word.
In the last decade, challenges, which created a loss of momentum in a historically growth-oriented church, have occurred. There have been two capital campaigns and several ministry initiatives that were only warmly received by the congregation. The inability to successfully carry out these initiatives resulted in a general sense of confusion. This has led to a trickling attendance decline. Despite the decline, the regular attendance is approximately 2575 (adults, youth & children). However, there is a spirit of expectancy as the church prepares for this new chapter to unfold.
The Opportunity:
While EFCH has a rich history, it does not want to live in the past. There is prayerful hope that God will use this transition to bring a fresh vision and a renewed commitment to its mission. The leaders in the church have confidence that a solid foundation exists upon which a new pastor will be blessed to build.
The new Senior Pastor will strategically invest in the life of the church and discern, with the help of others, the distinct identity and future focus. He will be eager to learn about EFCH and the surrounding area by studying the results of the recent organizational consulting data, and by meeting with staff, elders, and key stakeholders. He will be able to align staff and ministries under a unifying vision for the church. He will bring keen insight and have proven experience in developing appropriate organizational structures, clarifying leadership roles, and establishing values-driven resource allocation.
He will also mentor and develop staff and lay leaders. The new Pastor will view himself as the spiritual shepherd of the staff and be an example of servant leadership that they can emulate.
In addition to being a strategic leader, the new Pastor will be an excellent expository preacher/teacher who can bridge the truth with real-life application. He will maintain the distinctive of EFCH as a teaching church and will challenge both the head and the heart through transformational teaching of God's Word.
The new Pastor that God brings to EFCH will clarify its vision and distinctive role in God's Kingdom. He will be committed to carrying out the Great Commission and Great Commandment both locally and internationally.
Church Facts:
The church has a 23-acre site with 88,400 sq. ft. of ministry space, including an 1100 seat worship center. In addition, the church owns a 100-acre site a few miles from the church that it hopes to use for sports ministry, community outreach, and a possible future second campus.
Currently there are 33 full-time and 12 part-time staff with 12 pastors and an annual budget of $3,568,225.00 which includes a mission's budget of $1,016,581.00. Current total attendance (adults, youth, and children) averages 2575. The high average attendance took place in 1999 and was 3184.
The Hershey Area:
Hershey, Pennsylvania,(population 12,771) is located in a moderately populated geographic area of south central Pennsylvania. The greater Hershey area enjoys a unique balance of scenic, agricultural landscape and small-town living blended with a close proximity to the major metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore.
Many residents and visitors enjoy camping, hunting, and fishing in Pennsylvania's numerous state parks and woodlands as well as skiing in the nearby Pocono Mountains. Others avidly follow their favorite high school, college and professional minor league sports teams in the area throughout the year. Farmers markets, auctions, seasonal festivals, and community activities abound.
Hershey is well known for the chocolate company that bears its name, and for its amusement park enjoyed by thousands every year. The generous legacy of its founder continues to this day through the Milton Hershey School for disadvantaged children. The ever-expanding Hershey Medical Center is renowned for its research and treatment in cardiology, oncology, and other advanced fields. The affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are governed in the nearby state capital of Harrisburg.
The people of the EFCH have a variety of K-12 schooling options, depending on the actual town in which they reside and on personal preferences. Hershey is located within the tri-county area of Dauphin, Lebanon, and Lancaster, each having several school districts. Additionally, a variety of Christian (and other) private schools are available within the area, and some choose to home school. For college education, the Penn State system is highly prevalent throughout the region. There are also a number of smaller, private institutions in the area.
Where is this person now?
Most likely, this person is currently serving as the Senior Pastor of a large, thriving evangelical church. It is also possible that he is serving in a senior level associate role where there are frequent speaking opportunities and the forum to lead significant ministry initiatives.
Qualifications:
-Meets the qualifications of an overseer/elder as described in I Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9.
-M DIV or an equivalent degree from a reputable evangelical seminary or an advanced degree with demonstrated evangelical biblical scholarship.
-Ordained to the ministry. If not ordained by the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA), the candidate must be willing to pursue ordination in the EFCA and be able to meet all the standards for ordination by that body.
-Agrees with the doctrinal beliefs of EFCH (see web site).
-Minimum of 10 years of progressively advancing leadership experience. Currently serving in a thriving church or other successful ministry.
Inquiry Process:
If you believe that you are the kind of strategic Pastor/Shepherd described in this profile, and after prayer you sense that God is leading you towards this opportunity, we encourage you to submit your name for consideration. We will handle all candidate information confidentially and will only check references with your permission. In addition to sending your resume or dossier please provide us with succinct responses to the following questions.
1. Describe your faith-walk with Christ. Tell us how you entered a trusting relationship with Christ and how you are maintaining the vitality of this relationship now. Describe the expressions of ministry that you are currently involved with (in or outside of the church).
2. Why are you interested in serving Hershey EFC as its new Senior Pastor? Be specific about describing how your ministry calling and competencies align with this ministry opportunity profile.
3. Please share (in bullet point format) your ministry philosophy and how you would align ministry priorities if you were serving in this role.
4. Why do you believe that the timing is right for you to transition into this role?
Please submit your resume/dossier and responses to questions (in word format) to:
Phil Thompson, Search Consultant
People Management Minneapolis
5720 Smetana Drive, Suite 300
Minnetonka, MN 55343
pthompson@peoplemanagement.org
Phone 952-841-7539
Feel free to pass this opportunity profile on to others who may be a good fit.</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://www.denverseminary.edu/evangelical-free-church-of-hershey/2008-06-24-senior-pastor'>Denver Seminary</a></p></p>
Art Teacher, High School, Part-Time, Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA
<p><p>PA-Harrisburg, Help our students discover their potential, while being supported in finding yours. Enthusiasm, innovation and the ability to bring out the best in others. If you have these traits, you could be exact</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=73101193&AVSDM=2008-06-20%2011:12:00&WT.mc_n=RSS2005_JSR'>Monster Job Search Results </a></p></p>
Instructional Advisor/Dairy, Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA
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Former Mayer Brown Partner Sues Firm for Ousting Him
<p><p><p><img height="158" alt="john halbleib, mayer brown" width="141" align="right" vspace="5" src="http://blog.larrybodine.com/John%20Halbleib.jpg" />This article is now online (subscription required) at <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202422369263">http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202422369263</a>. Visit <a href="http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2008/06/regional-roun-7.html">here</a> for a summary.</p><p>Attorney John Halbleib was riding high in June 2001. </p>
<p>He'd just won a first-time pro bono award from his law firm, Mayer Brown Row & Mawe, for his work with the alumni association of a Hershey family founded school for underprivileged children and his leadership in the legal battle had been the subject of many news stories.</p>
<p>But by the following January, the law firm was asking him to leave because he didn't have enough fee-generating clients. Halbleib was "shocked," he said. </p>
<p>He pleaded with senior partners to let him stay on as a non-practicing attorney in charge of technology projects. They did, but four years later asked him again to leave, so he did.</p>
<p>It all might sound like one more lawyer's career gone sour in the ever more competitive U.S. big-firm landscape, but Halbleib alleges in a lawsuit against the firm, now known as Mayer Brown, that there's more to the story. </p>
<p>In the lawsuit, filed June 6 in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Halbleib claims the firm really ousted him because it was seeking business from a Hershey rival, Nestle USA, and Halbleib's work for the association stood in the way because its opposition to a Hershey Foods Corp. sale represented a conflict of interest.</p>
<p><table bordercolor="#000080" cellpadding="10" width="35%" align="right" bgcolor="#fafad2" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Mayer Brown is still touting Halbleib's good works. Visit <a href="http://www.mayerbrown.com/news/index.asp?page=9&archive=Y&nid=20">http://www.mayerbrown.com/news/index.asp?page=9&archive=Y&nid=20</a> and scroll down to "John Halbleib's "Orphan Army" crusade featured in People Magazine" on the firm website.</td> </tr> </tbody></table>Halbleib alleges in the lawsuit that the firm breached its partnership agreement and fiduciary duty to him and engaged in common law fraud by misrepresenting the reasons for his demotion and eventual ouster. <em>Halbleib v. Mayer Brown</em>, No. 08-6221.</p>
<p>"Mayer Brown has reviewed the complaint filed by former partner and employee John Halbleib, and finds it without merit," the firm said in a statement. "We will defend ourselves vigorously and are confident of a positive outcome for the firm."</p>
<p>Halbleib joined Mayer Brown in Chicago as a partner in February 1996, after working at Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, and Chapman & Cutler.</p>
<p><strong>6,000 hours of work</strong></p>
<p>In early 1999, Mayer Brown appointed Halbleib to take on pro bono representation of the Milton Hershey School Alumni Association to resolve its dispute with the Milton Hershey School Trust over how a multi-billion dollar endowment left by the famous Pennsylvania chocolate family for the school should be spent, the lawsuit says.</p>
<p>Halbleib was suited to the task because as a teenager he had attended the school, which was dedicated to serving orphans and lower-income students. Halbleib was one of 10 children raised by a single mother after his father died when he was 10 years old. Over the next three years, he spent nearly 6,000 hours on the project and helped the association defeat an effort by the trust to change its mission, according to the lawsuit.</p>
<p>Given that work, Halbleib said in an interview that he "was not out building client relationships." So, he had little defense when two senior partners informed him in January 2002 that he was being expelled from the partnership and should leave the firm by July. Halbleib was eventually allowed to stay on through 2006 as a technology director.</p>
<p><strong>Nestle connection alleged</strong></p>
<p>It wasn't until last year, after looking for a new job, that he considered how his termination coincided with other events at Mayer Brown, he said. He started to see how his ouster was connected to the firm's pursuit of business from Nestle, he alleged.</p>
<p>He recalled a senior partner at the firm asking him in January 2001 to discuss "what Nestle would need to do in order to acquire Hershey Foods" Corp., the lawsuit said. Hershey Foods was controlled by the trust that also funded the school. Halbleib told the partner that the alumni association would object to a sale. In November, the senior partner circulated an e-mail saying the firm was representing Nestle in a search for acquisitions, the lawsuit alleges.</p>
<p>Halbleib also asserts in the lawsuit that the firm acknowledged in a July, 2002 memo that it "may become involved in the acquisition of Hershey Foods," and that it was working on a confidential matter for Nestle.</p>
<p>In July 2002, a proposed sale of Hershey Foods was made public, but by August the Pennsylvania Attorney General and the alumni association were seeking to block a sale, the lawsuit says. Mayer Brown declined to appear on behalf of the association in its opposition, though the firm continued to advise the association until March 2003, putting it in a conflict of interest, according to Halbleib's lawsuit. </p>
<p>Ultimately, after putting Hershey on the sales block, the trust rejected a top bid from Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. and a joint offer from Nestle and Cadbury Schweppes in September 2002, according to news reports at the time.</p>
<p>Halbleib declined to say how much he's seeking in damages”</p><img src="http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/LarryBodineLawMarketingBlog/~4/318615977" height="1" width="1"/></p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/LarryBodineLawMarketingBlog/~3/318615977/'>Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog</a></p></p>
Former Mayer Brown partner sues firm for ousting
<p><p><p><img height="158" alt="john halbleib, mayer brown" width="141" align="right" vspace="5" src="http://blog.larrybodine.com/John%20Halbleib.jpg" />This article is now online at <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202422369263">http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202422369263</a>. </p><p>Attorney John Halbleib was riding high in June 2001. </p>
<p>He'd just won a first-time pro bono award from his law firm, Mayer Brown Row & Mawe, for his work with the alumni association of a Hershey family founded school for underprivileged children and his leadership in the legal battle had been the subject of many news stories.</p>
<p>But by the following January, the law firm was asking him to leave because he didn't have enough fee-generating clients. Halbleib was "shocked," he said. </p>
<p>He pleaded with senior partners to let him stay on as a non-practicing attorney in charge of technology projects. They did, but four years later asked him again to leave, so he did.</p>
<p>It all might sound like one more lawyer's career gone sour in the ever more competitive U.S. big-firm landscape, but Halbleib alleges in a lawsuit against the firm, now known as Mayer Brown, that there's more to the story. </p>
<p>In the lawsuit, filed June 6 in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Halbleib claims the firm really ousted him because it was seeking business from a Hershey rival, Nestle USA, and Halbleib's work for the association stood in the way because its opposition to a Hershey Foods Corp. sale represented a conflict of interest.</p>
<p><table bordercolor="#000080" cellpadding="10" width="35%" align="right" bgcolor="#fafad2" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Mayer Brown is still touting Halbleib's good works. Visit <a href="http://www.mayerbrown.com/news/index.asp?page=9&archive=Y&nid=20">http://www.mayerbrown.com/news/index.asp?page=9&archive=Y&nid=20</a> and scroll down to "John Halbleib's "Orphan Army" crusade featured in People Magazine" on the firm website.</td> </tr> </tbody></table>Halbleib alleges in the lawsuit that the firm breached its partnership agreement and fiduciary duty to him and engaged in common law fraud by misrepresenting the reasons for his demotion and eventual ouster. <em>Halbleib v. Mayer Brown</em>, No. 08-6221.</p>
<p>"Mayer Brown has reviewed the complaint filed by former partner and employee John Halbleib, and finds it without merit," the firm said in a statement. "We will defend ourselves vigorously and are confident of a positive outcome for the firm."</p>
<p>Halbleib joined Mayer Brown in Chicago as a partner in February 1996, after working at Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, and Chapman & Cutler.</p>
<p><strong>6,000 hours of work</strong></p>
<p>In early 1999, Mayer Brown appointed Halbleib to take on pro bono representation of the Milton Hershey School Alumni Association to resolve its dispute with the Milton Hershey School Trust over how a multi-billion dollar endowment left by the famous Pennsylvania chocolate family for the school should be spent, the lawsuit says.</p>
<p>Halbleib was suited to the task because as a teenager he had attended the school, which was dedicated to serving orphans and lower-income students. Halbleib was one of 10 children raised by a single mother after his father died when he was 10 years old. Over the next three years, he spent nearly 6,000 hours on the project and helped the association defeat an effort by the trust to change its mission, according to the lawsuit.</p>
<p>Given that work, Halbleib said in an interview that he "was not out building client relationships." So, he had little defense when two senior partners informed him in January 2002 that he was being expelled from the partnership and should leave the firm by July. Halbleib was eventually allowed to stay on through 2006 as a technology director.</p>
<p><strong>Nestle connection alleged</strong></p>
<p>It wasn't until last year, after looking for a new job, that he considered how his termination coincided with other events at Mayer Brown, he said. He started to see how his ouster was connected to the firm's pursuit of business from Nestle, he alleged.</p>
<p>He recalled a senior partner at the firm asking him in January 2001 to discuss "what Nestle would need to do in order to acquire Hershey Foods" Corp., the lawsuit said. Hershey Foods was controlled by the trust that also funded the school. Halbleib told the partner that the alumni association would object to a sale. In November, the senior partner circulated an e-mail saying the firm was representing Nestle in a search for acquisitions, the lawsuit alleges.</p>
<p>Halbleib also asserts in the lawsuit that the firm acknowledged in a July, 2002 memo that it "may become involved in the acquisition of Hershey Foods," and that it was working on a confidential matter for Nestle.</p>
<p>In July 2002, a proposed sale of Hershey Foods was made public, but by August the Pennsylvania Attorney General and the alumni association were seeking to block a sale, the lawsuit says. Mayer Brown declined to appear on behalf of the association in its opposition, though the firm continued to advise the association until March 2003, putting it in a conflict of interest, according to Halbleib's lawsuit. </p>
<p>Ultimately, after putting Hershey on the sales block, the trust rejected a top bid from Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. and a joint offer from Nestle and Cadbury Schweppes in September 2002, according to news reports at the time.</p>
<p>Halbleib declined to say how much he's seeking in damages”</p><img src="http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/LarryBodineLawMarketingBlog/~4/315857549" height="1" width="1"/></p></p>
Treasuring a garden's seeds
<p><p>with the gardens about a year. He was offered a job as the first agriculture teacher at the Milton Hershey School, a position he held for nine years. He later became head of seed production for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, and then director of the</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Recreation Leaders, Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA
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Speaker encourages Milton Hershey graduates
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A young woman who grew up as a child of cocaine-addicted parents in the Bronx with no food in the house and drugs everywhere told 144 graduates of Milton Hershey School on Sunday to hang on to their dreams. Liz...
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Hershey committed to growth and roots
<p><p>view -- the 1,700 children in need that the Hershey Trust serves today through its sole beneficiary, the Milton Hershey School, and the thousands more children it will serve tomorrow. Exactly where events will lead the company is not yet certain, but</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
It's sweet recognition for La Salle scientist
<p><p>the star - like it or not - when he receives this year's outstanding alumnus award from the Milton Hershey School. The Pennsylvania school is one of the richest educational institutions in the world, with an $8 billion endowment, and has a long-standing</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Dry, Robert Brian
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Andy Kehe: Roller derby fitting way to jam out of B-town
<p><p>a great run. My family and I are moving on to embark on a new challenge at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pa., where my wife and I will be full-time houseparents to a dozen or so disadvantaged kids. Not much time to write, but we'll see. I</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Roller derby fitting way to jam out of B-town
<p><p>a great run. My family and I are moving on to embark on a new challenge at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pa., where my wife and I will be full-time houseparents to a dozen or so disadvantaged kids. Not much time to write, but we'll see. I</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Offers begin to pile up for big PA tight end
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Offers begin to pile up for big PA tight end
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Integrated solution for Hershey School
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Biography: Milton Hershey
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Leaving Virginia - sunshine all the way to PA! - Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
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<b>Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States</b><br /><br />&nbsp; We had planned to leave Virginia yesterday (Monday), but it had poured (we're talking deluge!) for 24 hours, with more rain and high winds continuing, and we heard of roads being washed out in nearby areas.&nbsp; We knew that our drive to to Pennsylvania would be mostly on the Interstate, but also knew that the roads out of our resort entroute to the Interstate were VERY narrow, with no shoulder, so we decided not to take the chance - and we sat still for another day.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp; It was a nice drive, through green, green, green hilly country - so breathtaking - who would have thought there were that many different shades of green?!&nbsp; As we approached Lebanon, we drove through the town of Hershey, PA, with wonderful old fieldstone buildings, a lovely school called The Milton Hershey School, which has beautiful brick and fieldstone buildings and dormitories.&nbsp; There are many, many big barns around here that appear to have been built well over a hundred years ago - and they are mostly of a somewhat unique design, with a section (at about second floor level) that hangs out over&nbsp;several "window"/doors that appear to be for the horses.
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<p><p><p><img src="http://images.jrcinteractive.com/binaries/FSImage/2008/05/16/66317366_1001.jpg" height="70"></p><p>Shawnda Kohr of Exton, niece of Bonnie Dunn of Exton and a senior at Milton Hershey School, has been named Scholar of the Month for March.</p></p></p>
Hershey man grabs Dream of victory
<p><p>Corey Caugherty reached for his star and grabbed it at the fifth annual Lebanon Idol competition yesterday. The Hershey man belted out ?At This Moment,? the 1987 chart-topper by Billy Vera and the Beaters, in the semifinal, then sang ?The</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Education - Milton Hershey School - Pittsburgh, PA
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The Hershey Company Announces New Stock Purcha...
<p><p>HERSHEY, Pa., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) and Hershey Trust Company, as trustee for the Milton Hershey School Trust, announced today that they have entered into an agreement</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Hershey, Cadbury to Combine?
<p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aET4L3rg_Xk0">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aET4L3rg_Xk0</a><br /><br />Mars's Wrigley Purchase May Push Hershey, Cadbury to Combine<br />By Josh Fineman and Chris Burritt<br /><br />April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Hershey Co., the biggest U.S. chocolate maker, and Cadbury Schweppes Plc may be forced to merge after Mars Inc. agreed to buy Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for $23 billion to create the world's biggest candy maker.<br /><br />Combining Hershey's namesake chocolate bars and Cadbury's Trident gum and Certs mints would create a company with 15.6 percent of the world's candy market, pushing it past the 14.1 percent share held by Mars and Wrigley.<br /><br />Hershey has lost market share to Mars the past two years, and is confronting rising costs for cocoa, energy and milk. The largest U.S. chocolate maker reported first-quarter profit dropped 32 percent last week, while Cadbury, which plans to spin off its Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. drinks May 7, has reported declining earnings since the second half of 2006.<br /><br />``It could prompt them to come back to the table again and revisit the potential,'' said Matt Arnold, an analyst with Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis, who advises investors to buy Hershey shares. The combination of Wrigley and Mars ``is a much stronger competitive threat long term to Hershey,'' he said.<br /><br />Hershey's last attempt to combine with a rival failed when the charitable trust that controls the chocolate maker cancelled a 2002 auction that attracted bids from Wrigley, Cadbury and Nestle SA. Last year, the trust discussed how to merge Hershey with Cadbury without decreasing the trust's ownership, according to the Wall Street Journal.<br /><br />Tim Reeves, a spokesman for the trust, declined to comment. The Trust was established by founder Milton Hershey and his wife, Catherine, in 1909, and exercises voting rights on behalf of the private Milton Hershey School.<br /><br />Hershey rose $1.61, or 4.6 percent, to $36.35 in New York trading, while Cadbury climbed 15.5 pence, or 2.8 percent, to 579 pence in London.<br /><br />More Sales<br /><br />The combination of Mars and Wrigley will have $27 billion in annual sales -- including pet food -- compared with Hershey's $4.9 billion in annual sales and Cadbury's 8 billion pounds ($15.9 billion).<br /><br />Mars and Chicago-based Wrigley together will control almost 28 percent of the U.S. candy market, eclipsing Hershey's 24 percent share of consumer purchases, according to Euromonitor International Inc. in Chicago, citing 2006 sales. Cadbury is the world's biggest candy maker with 10.1 percent share.<br /><br />``Not only do we believe that it is extremely unlikely that Cadbury would make a successful bid for Hershey, but we do not see other potential suitors either,'' Alexia Howard, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, who advises investors to sell the shares, wrote in a note today.<br /><br />Health Food<br /><br />Possible suitor Nestle is focused on healthy products and Kraft Foods Inc. sold its Lifesavers and Altoids businesses to Wrigley in 2005 to exit the U.S. candy market, Howard said.<br /><br />Still, the need to compete with a larger competitor may make it more difficult for Hershey to continue without a partner with which it can combine resources, said Eric Katzman, an analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.<br /><br />``The deal between Mars and Wrigley will put pressure on the Hershey Trust, who has steadfastly opposed a change in strategic independence, to reconsider its previous discussions with Cadbury,'' Katzman wrote in a note to investors.<br /><br />Wrigley jumped $14.46, or 23 percent, to $76.91 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. McLean, Virginia-based Mars is the eighth-largest private company in the U.S., Forbes magazine said in November.<br /><br />Cadbury, the maker of Dairy Milk chocolate, bought Pfizer Inc.'s Adams candy unit for $4.2 billion in 2003 to become the world's second-largest maker of chewing gum. After the May 7 split, it will trade as Cadbury Plc in London, with Dr Pepper Snapple trading in the U.S.<br /><br />``You have to get more efficient on the selling and distribution side, and that's why I think the other players will need to consolidate,'' Mariann Montagne, a Thrivent Asset Management analyst in Minneapolis, said yesterday in a Bloomberg Television interview.<br /><br />Potential acquirers are Nestle and Kraft Foods, the world's two largest foodmakers, she said. Thrivent manages more than $73 billion with 34,406 Wrigley shares on Dec. 31.<br /><br />To contact the reporter on this story: Josh Fineman in New York at <a href="mailto:jfineman@bloomberg.net">jfineman@bloomberg.net</a>.</p></p>
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<p><p>were married for 68 years. Prior to entering the Air Force, he was director of religious education at Milton Hershey School for Boys, where he and his wife were house parents for a group of boys. He also was pastor of a church in Greencastle. He and his</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Hundreds attend final tribute for regional educator
<p><p>for something different."Last fall, he and his wife Pamela went on to work as house parents at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey. Students from the school were among the 1,000 people who attended Mr. Valvano's viewing on Tuesday. On Wednesday, his</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Mars Deal May Spark Hershey-Cadbury Combo
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Palmer: Kraft could divest brands to buy Cadbury
<p><p><img class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" alt="palmer.png" src="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/images/palmer.png" height="90" width="70" />The $23 billion Mars Inc.-Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. deal has kicked off consolidation in the confectionery space, leaving Cadbury Schweppes plc under pressure and exposed as a target. With Cadbury <a href="http://www.thedeal.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDStandardArticle&bn=NULL&c=TDDArticle&cid=1205222682443">set to split its U.S. drinks business</a> from its confectioner operations in early May, the timing could be right for a strategic to make a move. There are two potential suitors that may want to gobble up Cadbury: Hershey Co. and Kraft Foods Inc. David Palmer, an analyst at UBS Investment Research, who released <a href="http://www.ibb.ubs.com/Institutions/investment_research.shtml">a report</a> Tuesday on the Mars-Wrigley implications, offered The Deal some insight, including the possibility of Kraft divesting assets to buy Cadbury. <p>The acquisition of Cadbury would be a natural move for Kraft, which also owns brands such as Oreo, Lu, Newtons, Nabisco, Chips Ahoy and Toblerone, to scale up its international business. Plus, Kraft's confectionery business overlaps with Cadbury's in 80% of international markets. <br /></p>
<p>"If Kraft wants to become bigger internationally, buying Cadbury would do that. They just bought <a href="http://www.thedeal.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDStandardArticle&bn=NULL&c=TDDArticle&cid=1193281680358">Danone's biscuit business</a>, but if their hand is forced they may go for it," he said. "They may sell some sauces, condiments or dressings, and Heinz might be a buyer of these." </p>
<p>Palmer did not speculate as to which brands Kraft might unload, but it owns sauces such as A1, Kraft dressings and mayonnaise, and ketchup. </p>
<p>However, Kraft wouldn't be the only bidder for Cadbury as Hershey also stands to gain from buying its British rival. According to Palmer's report, the Mars-Wigley combination holds a 26% market share versus a 23% advantage over Hershey in the North American confectionery market. Hershey is one of Cadbury's biggest competitors in the North American market. The combination could up Hershey and Cadbury to 30% over the Mars-Wrigley 26%. However, an acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft could potentially, "sway the balance of power," Palmer said. <br /><br />This being the case, Hershey has to make a move. However, the Pennsylvania-based company faces a major hurdle: its ownership structure, which has proved a problem to dealmaking in the past. Hershey's controlling shareholder is a charitable trust, the Milton Hershey School Trust. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=am12WlcrxAzk&refer=home">Hershey's tried in 2002</a> to merge with Wrigley in a $12.5 billion deal that would have led to the trust's exit, but legal intervention led to a change in trustees. The new trustees are committed to keeping control, so any deal would have to avoid dilluting the trust's stake. However, Hershey Trust's chief executive Robert Vowler, Hershey's top shareholder, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSL1078738920080413">will retire in April 2009</a>. Consequently, Hershey might strike up a joint venture with Cadbury similar to the <a href="http://www.thedeal.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDStandardArticle&bn=NULL&c=TDDArticle&cid=1190001864486">SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Co.</a> venture, notes Palmer. </p>
<p>"Arch enemies can get together in a creative deal. Hershey desperately needs to find synergies and other sources of growth in order to compete. They are in need of a deal, and if Hershey will not sell itself, then they will be stuck between a rock and a hard place," Palmer said. <i>- Maria Woehr</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2008/04/dealwatch_confectioners_hershe.php">See Dealwatch: Confectioners: Mars, Wrigley, Cadbury and Hershey</a><br /><a href="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2008/04/mars_chews_up_wrigley.php">See Dealscape: Mars chews up Wrigley</a></p></p></p>
Same Merger Fever, different players
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April 29 (Bloomberg) -- <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=HSY%3AUS" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">Hershey Co.</font></a>, the biggest U.S. chocolate maker, and Cadbury Schweppes Plc may be forced to merge after Mars Inc. agreed to buy Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for $23 billion to create the world's biggest candy maker. <br />
Combining Hershey's namesake chocolate bars and Cadbury's Trident gum and Certs <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CBRY%3ALN" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">mints</font></a> would create a company with 15.6 percent of the world's candy market, pushing it past the 14.1 percent share held by Mars and Wrigley. <br />
Hershey has lost market share to Mars the past two years, and is confronting rising <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=HSY%3AUS" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">costs</font></a> for cocoa, energy and milk. The largest U.S. chocolate maker reported first-quarter profit dropped 32 percent last week, while Cadbury, which plans to spin off its Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. drinks May 7, has reported declining <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CBRY%3ALN" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">earnings</font></a> since the second half of 2006. <br />
``It could prompt them to come back to the table again and revisit the potential,'' said <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Matt+Arnold&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">Matt Arnold</font></a>, an analyst with Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis, who advises investors to buy Hershey shares. The combination of Wrigley and Mars ``is a much stronger competitive threat long term to Hershey,'' he said. <br />
Hershey's last attempt to combine with a rival failed when the charitable trust that controls the chocolate maker canceled a 2002 auction that attracted bids from Wrigley, Cadbury and Nestle SA. Last year, the trust discussed how to merge Hershey with Cadbury without decreasing the trust's ownership, according to the Wall Street Journal. <br />
Tim Reeves, a spokesman for the trust, declined to comment. The Trust was established by founder Milton Hershey and his wife, Catherine, in 1909, and exercises voting rights on behalf of the private Milton Hershey School. <br />
Cadbury Response <br />
Calls to Cadbury were referred to Maitland Consultancy, where a spokeswoman who declined to identify herself wouldn't comment. <br />
Cadbury climbed 1.5 pence to 580.5 pence at 1:18 p.m. in London, while Hershey rose $1.61, or 4.6 percent, to $36.35 in New York <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=HSY%3AUS" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">trading</font></a> yesterday. <br />
The combination of Mars and Wrigley will have $27 billion in annual sales -- including pet food -- compared with Hershey's $4.9 billion in annual <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=HSY%3AUS" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">sales</font></a> and Cadbury's 8 billion pounds ($15.9 billion). <br />
Mars and Chicago-based Wrigley together will control almost 28 percent of the U.S. candy market, eclipsing Hershey's 24 percent share of consumer purchases, according to Euromonitor International Inc. in Chicago, citing 2006 sales. Cadbury is the world's biggest candy maker with 10.1 percent share. <br />
``Not only do we believe that it is extremely unlikely that Cadbury would make a successful bid for Hershey, but we do not see other potential suitors either,'' <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Alexia+Howard&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">Alexia Howard</font></a>, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, who advises <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=HSY%3AUS" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">investors</font></a> to sell the shares, wrote in a note.</div>
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Hersheypark Kicks Off Second Century of Happy
<p><p>Apr. 28th, 2008 -- HERSHEY, PA - More than 2.7 million guests visited Hersheypark in 2007 and joined the festivities during its Centennial season. Now, as the Park launches its 101st season, guests can enjoy</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Student Contest's Food for Thought
<p><p>The Food Channel's "Iron Chef America" it wasn't, but students in Milton Hershey School's transitional living program came close.</p></p>
Director of Nursing and Medical Services
<p><p>PA-Harrisburg, Director of Nursing and Medical Services for the prestigious Milton Hershey School The mission of Milton Hershey School remains true to the ideals upon which it was founded more than 90 years ago: the</p></p>
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S.C. State names finalists for president
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Penn State announces commencement ceremonies and speakers
<p><p>was also a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and served on active duty 1955-1957. Penn State Dickinson School of Law Saturday, May 10, 10:30 a.m., campus lawn (rain or shine), Dickinson College, in front of Old West (faces High Street between West and</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
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<p><p>Kohr named Hershey scholar of the month Shawnda Kohr, niece of Denny and Gerry Flory, Chambersburg, was named Scholar of the Month for March at Milton Hershey School, Hershey.</p></p>
Local state troopers among those promoted
<p><p>promoted 86 troopers to the ranks of corporal and sergeant in a ceremony on the campus of the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Dauphin County. David M. Clemens of Shillington, Berks County, and Erik J. Turk of Newtown, Bucks County, were among the 30</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Local state troopers among those promoted
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State police recently promoted 86 troopers to the ranks of corporal and sergeant in a ceremony on the campus of the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Dauphin County.
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Derry Church School (1844-1904)
<p><p><i>Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Hershey</i><br><img src="http://www.hmdb.org/Photos/21/Photo21508.jpg" width=400 align=right />Born in Derry Township, Milton S. Hershey (1857 - 1945) attended this one-room schoolhouse during the winter of 1863-1864. Built in 1844, this was the first of seven schools he attended before apprenticing to a Lancaster, PA. candy maker at age 14. After business failures in Philadelphia and New York, Hershey realized success with his third venture, the Lancaster Caramel Co. (est. 1886). The Hershey Chocolate Company was established in 1894. Hershey broke ground for a new chocolate factory and model town here in 1903. His home "High Point" sits on the hill above. Prior to its 1961 restoration by Milton Hershey School students, the schoolhouse served as the Hershey Country Club caddy house.<br><br> (Churches, Etc. • Education • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.</p></p>
Milton S. Hershey
<p><p><i>Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Hershey</i><br><img src="http://www.hmdb.org/Photos/21/Photo21504.jpg" width=400 align=right />Entrepreneur and philanthropist born here September 13, 1857. Founded Lancaster Caramel Company in 1886 and Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894; introduced milk chocolate in 1900. Developed Hershey as a model town and home of the world's largest chocolate factory. With his wife, Catherine Sweeney, he founded the Milton Hershey School in 1909 and endowed it with his personal fortune.<br><br> (Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Notable Events • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.</p></p>
Hershey Trust exec announces retirement
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Vowler to Retire From Hershey Trust Next Year
<p><p> Description: HERSHEY, Pa., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert C. Vowler, President and CEO of Hershey Trust Company, and Hershey Trust Chairman LeRoy S. Zimmerman, together announced today that Vowler will retire in</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
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Class Action Defense Cases—In re Chocolate Confectionary: Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Grants Plaintiffs Motions To Centralize Individual And Class Action Litigation But Selects Middle District of Pennsylvania
<p><p> <p><b>Judicial Panel Grants Plaintiffs Motions for Pretrial Coordination of Individual and Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, Unopposed by Other Individual and Class Action Plaintiffs and by Responding Defendants, and Transfers Individual and Class Action Lawsuits to Middle District of Pennsylvania</b></p>
<p>Twenty (20) individual and class action lawsuits were filed in seven (7) different federal district courts against several defendants alleging federal antitrust violations arising out of the allegation that the defendants “conspired to fix, raise, maintain and/or stabilize the price of chocolate confectionary products in the United States at supracompetitive levels.” <i>In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litig.</i>, ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (Jud.Pan.Mult.Lit. April 7, 2008) [Slip Opn., at 1-2]. Lawyers for individual and class action plaintiffs in six (6) of the lawsuits (2 in New Jersey and 4 in Pennsylvania) filed four (4) motions with the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) requesting centralization of the individual and class action cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407; no responding party (consisting of other individual and class action plaintiffs, as well as defendants Cadbury Adams U.S.A. LLC, The Hershey Co., ITWAL Ltd., Mars, Inc., Masterfoods USA, and Nestle U.S.A., Inc.) opposed pretrial coordination, but the parties did not agree on the appropriate transferee court. <i>Id.</i>, at 1. As the Judicial Panel summarized at page 1, “Moving and responding plaintiffs variously support centralization in the following districts: the Central District of California, the Eastern District of Michigan, the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of Texas, or the Eastern District of Virginia. Responding defendants support centralization in the Southern District of New York.” The Judicial Panel granted the motion to centralize the individual and class action lawsuits, and selected the Middle District of Pennsylvania as the appropriate transferee court “[b]ecause defendant Hershey’s worldwide headquarters are located there, and several of the defendants maintain a presence in or near that district, relevant documents and witnesses are likely located in that area.” <i>Id.</i>, at 2.</p><a href="http://classactiondefense.jmbm.com/choc_class_action_defense_mdl.pdf">Download PDF file of In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation Transfer Order</a></p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://classactiondefense.jmbm.com/2008/07/class_action_defense_casesin_r_99.html'>Class Action Defense Blog</a></p></p>
Class Action Defense Cases&#8212;In re Chocolate Confectionary: Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Grants Plaintiffs Motions To Centralize Individual And Class Action Litigation But Selects Middle District of Pennsylvania
<p><p> <p><b>Judicial Panel Grants Plaintiffs Motions for Pretrial Coordination of Individual and Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, Unopposed by Other Individual and Class Action Plaintiffs and by Responding Defendants, and Transfers Individual and Class Action Lawsuits to Middle District of Pennsylvania</b></p>
<p>Twenty (20) individual and class action lawsuits were filed in seven (7) different federal district courts against several defendants alleging federal antitrust violations arising out of the allegation that the defendants “conspired to fix, raise, maintain and/or stabilize the price of chocolate confectionary products in the United States at supracompetitive levels.” <i>In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litig.</i>, ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (Jud.Pan.Mult.Lit. April 7, 2008) [Slip Opn., at 1-2]. Lawyers for individual and class action plaintiffs in six (6) of the lawsuits (2 in New Jersey and 4 in Pennsylvania) filed four (4) motions with the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) requesting centralization of the individual and class action cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407; no responding party (consisting of other individual and class action plaintiffs, as well as defendants Cadbury Adams U.S.A. LLC, The Hershey Co., ITWAL Ltd., Mars, Inc., Masterfoods USA, and Nestle U.S.A., Inc.) opposed pretrial coordination, but the parties did not agree on the appropriate transferee court. <i>Id.</i>, at 1. As the Judicial Panel summarized at page 1, “Moving and responding plaintiffs variously support centralization in the following districts: the Central District of California, the Eastern District of Michigan, the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of Texas, or the Eastern District of Virginia. Responding defendants support centralization in the Southern District of New York.” The Judicial Panel granted the motion to centralize the individual and class action lawsuits, and selected the Middle District of Pennsylvania as the appropriate transferee court “[b]ecause defendant Hershey’s worldwide headquarters are located there, and several of the defendants maintain a presence in or near that district, relevant documents and witnesses are likely located in that area.” <i>Id.</i>, at 2.</p><a href="http://classactiondefense.jmbm.com/choc_class_action_defense_mdl.pdf">Download PDF file of In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation Transfer Order</a></p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://classactiondefense.jmbm.com/2008/07/class_action_defense_casesin_r_99.html'>Class Action Defense Blog</a></p></p>
Class Action Defense Cases—In re Chocolate Confectionary: Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Grants Plaintiffs Motions To Centralize Individual And Class Action Litigation But Selects Middle District of Pennsylvania
<p><p> ... no responding party (consisting of other individual and class action plaintiffs, as well as defendants Cadbury Adams U.S.A. LLC, The Hershey Co., ITWAL Ltd., Mars, Inc., Masterfoods USA, and Nestle U.S.A., Inc.) opposed pretrial coordination, but the parties did not agree on the appropriate transferee court. Id., at 1. As the Judicial Panel summarized at page 1, "Moving and responding plaintiffs variously support centralization in the following districts: ... </p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1352685&type=post'>Minerva Industries, Inc. V. Motorola, Inc. Et Al - Justia BlawgSearch.com</a></p></p>
Confectionery in North America to 2011 - New Research Report on Companies and Markets
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Introduction
This databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Confectionery in North America. It includes comprehensive value volume segmentation and market share data. The databook supplies actual data to 2006 and full forecasts to 2011 for 02 countries covered within the North America region.
Scope
Contains 4 categories: Cereal bars, Chocolate, Sugar confectionery and Gum
Provides market value, volume data by market, segment and sub segment.
Highlights
The North America Confectionery market covering 02 countries, increased between 2001-2006, growing at an average annual rate of 2.4%
The leading company in the market in 2006 was Hershey Foods Corporation. The second-largest player ..
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Hershey Foods Corporation - SWOT Analysis - New Research Report on Companies and Markets
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Hershey Foods Corporation - SWOT Analysis Company Profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.
The Hershey Company (Hershey) is engaged in the manufacturing, marketing, selling and distribution of various types of chocolate candy, sugar confectionery, refreshment and snack products and food and beverage enhancers under more than 50 brand names. The company's confectionary products are marketed in over 50 countries. The company markets its products under brands such as Hershey´s, Reese´s, Hershey´s ..
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Sweet Spot
<p><p>Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. The rising price of ingredients is part of the issue. Earlier this year, the Hershey Co., one of the nation's biggest candy makers, raised its prices and, last year, announced job cuts and a plan to close of several U.S.</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Candy sales hit the sweet spot
<p><p>she said. 'It's worth it.' At the same time, the big-name manufacturers have been suffering. Earlier this year, the Hershey Co. raised its prices. Last year, it announced its plans for job cuts and closures of several U.S. manufacturing plants, causing</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Main Discussion Board : Federal Vs State Supremacy
<p><p><strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://forum.mastermason.com/member_profile.asp?PF=2628" rel="nofollow">Bluetemplar</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Federal Vs State Supremacy<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 03/July/2008 at 2:18am<br /><br />Nothing against a brother, but I see a buzz word like "Global" being used as a excuse to undermine set protocols as framed under our laws. If people from other nations wish to do business with the United States they should understand our system of government and relize that we are not under a monarchy, or worse a dictator regime where laws are passed at sword or gunpoint.
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<br />The individual states should be able to participate in this "Global" stage in much the same way they compete with one another each as individual economic superpowers. Hershey Foods (in PA) should be able to compete with Cadbury (in UK) and so on a so forth.
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<br />While I can certainly understand the form of popular representive government can certainly be somewhat forgein or downright novel to the outsider looking in.
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<br />Its the hand they were dealt, and if they wish to do business with 50 little economic powerhouses some even exceeding the GFP of some major developed nations. Then they will wait until our form of government have satisfied thier obligations to he citizens of the United States and of the individual states they wish to do business with.
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Commercial property figures mailed, posted
<p><p>$6.98 million. Farther south, in the Humboldt Industrial Park, the increase was not as steep for candy maker The Hershey Co. The combined values for its two properties on a little more than 30 acres in Hazle Township was $10.23 million, compared to prior</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Teamsters warn against Bud sale
<p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teamsters/InBev </span>web page: <a href="http://www.teamster.org/divisions/Brewery/A-Bnews.asp">here</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Related <span style="font-weight: bold;">A-B/Teamsters</span> stories</span>: <a href="http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/search?q=Anheuser-Busch"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Teamsters" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091624421003286818" style="margin: 0pt 10px 5px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 34px; height: 45px;" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_6NI68x0ZU8Y/RqkVby-a2SI/AAAAAAAAAP0/V3P9nJDjD8Y/s200/ibtlogo.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/search?q=Anheuser-Busch" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 5px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 58px; height: 45px;" alt="" src="http://www.trademarkjoes.com/alcohol/budlabel.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 5px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 45px; height: 45px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6NI68x0ZU8Y/R5htfclXlmI/AAAAAAAAAsA/7nzDIASHw4Y/s200/voteno.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158993760169203298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Suitor challenges Teamster control of Capitol Hill</span><br /><br />Anheuser-Busch’s rejection of a $46 billion takeover bid last week means there’s a lobbying war brewing here in Washington. You might call it a brewhaha. The increasingly hostile suitor InBev, a global brewer based in Belgium, has assembled a lobbying force in recent weeks and will utilize that muscle to continue to pitch its claim that the deal would benefit Anheuser-Busch shareholders, workers and communities.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />Anheuser-Busch, meanwhile, unveiled a defensive plan to boost the company’s value on Friday, a day after its board unanimously rejected InBev’s bid as “financially inadequate.”<br /><br />And the iconic St. Louis-based brewer has quite a bit of long-established lobbying heft to get congressional and state lawmakers on its side.<br /><br />“We are focused on educating lawmakers on the reasons supporting the board’s decision, including the merits of Anheuser-Busch’s strategic plan to generate growth and why this plan is the most effective way to increase value for the company’s shareholders,” Anheuser-Busch’s vice president of legal and government affairs, Gary L. Rutledge, said in a statement.<br /><br />“Anheuser-Busch has for many years maintained a significant presence in Washington, D.C., and in state capitals throughout the country and we are well-prepared to effectively represent the interests of the company and its shareholders on this issue,” Rutledge said.<br /><br />The company could get some significant help from other groups opposed to the deal.<br /><br />Some state chapters of the National Barley Growers Association are calling their congressional representatives to voice their concerns about what Anheuser-Busch’s sale could mean for their business. America’s largest brewer is a big customer for local growers; Anheuser-Busch buys 75 percent of the barley grown in Montana, North Dakota and Idaho, said the NBGA’s vice president, David Henderson, who lives in Cutbank, Mont.<br /><br />“We are very concerned,” he said. Growers worry about lower crop prices, lost contracts and a foreign business culture, he said.<br /><br />“When you’re an Anheuser-Busch grower, it’s a special thing. They treat you very well,” Henderson said. “You’re dealing with an American-owned company. If something goes wrong, you don’t worry about calling them ... and voicing your concerns.”<br /><br />Citing the benefits Anheuser-Busch suds have brought to small towns in Montana, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) told The Associated Press that he’d support congressional efforts to derail the InBev deal.<br /><br />Another potential Budweiser ally is the <a href="http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Teamsters"><span style="font-weight: bold;">International Brotherhood of Teamsters</span></a>, which represents workers in some Anheuser-Busch breweries. While the Teamsters haven’t staked an official position on the potential sale yet, a <a href="http://www.teamster.org/divisions/Brewery/A-Bnews.asp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Web page on their site dedicated to the deal</span></a> would give any Anheuser-Busch worker pause.<br /><br />For instance, addressing the question of whether the buyout would be good for Anheuser-Busch, Teamsters official Jack Cipriani points to cost-cutting by other foreign brewery buyers. “Workers don’t always fare well when outside conglomerates buy breweries. Since South Africa Breweries took over Miller Brewing’s U.S. operations, it has demanded hikes in workers’ health care costs, elimination of overtime after eight hours, elimination of seniority rules and drastic cuts in staffing levels.”<br /><br />Missouri’s congressional delegation was already protesting InBev’s bid before Anheuser-Busch rejected it. But InBev could get heat from a number from other states — and their politicians — in which Anheuser-Busch operates if workers and voters there sour on the deal.<br /><br />The company operates a dozen breweries in as many states, providing not only jobs but also millions in property taxes to state and local governments. Anheuser-Busch employs more than 9,600 people in Florida — more than in its home base of Missouri, where 7,200 people are on the payroll.<br /><br />InBev stresses that it plans to “maintain all of Anheuser-Busch’s U.S. breweries.” But that hasn’t stopped politicians and others from fretting that InBev would still cut jobs.<br /><br />In response, InBev appears to be working hard to make sure the political backlash to its proposal doesn’t swell to dangerous proportions.<br /><br />The Belgian-Brazilian brewer has demonstrated significant savvy in the politics of foreign acquisitions in the United States. Rather than stumble unarmed into a patriotic firestorm, as other foreign buyers have done, InBev assembled a lobbying and public relations team that includes the firm run by former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.); the lobbying firm of Johnson, Madigan, Peck, Boland & Stewart; and The Glover Park Group, a strategy firm specializing in wide-ranging influence campaigns.<br /><br />Last week, InBev officials made the rounds on Capitol Hill, visiting with lawmakers from Missouri and a few other states.<br /><br />Members of InBev’s team declined to give out details of their post-rejection strategy but said that it includes reaching out to local officials across the country as well as to members of Congress.<br /><br />InBev plans to actively communicate with elected officials at the local, state and federal levels “to educate them and communicate to them the value of this transaction and the opportunity that will be created by a combined company,” said a source familiar with the company’s strategy. “They feel very strongly that this is a great thing for Anheuser-Busch.”<br /><br />It’s likely that part of InBev’s pitch will stress that Anheuser-Busch’s plan to ward off the takeover includes cutting jobs, while its bid would result in significant growth, as the company claimed in its initial press release.<br /><br />The Budweiser maker has plenty of ammunition of its own, not least of which are some deep pockets.<br /><br />The company rang up a $3.4 million lobbying tab last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Anheuser-Busch employs more than a dozen firms, and that army includes heavy hitters such as hometown boy and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.).<br /><br />The King of Beers is also among the royalty of political giving; its PAC and employees have donated more than $1.2 million this election cycle. That’s on pace to surpass the $1.4 million the company donated during the 2004 presidential campaign.<br /><br />Budweiser already has the backing of the Missouri delegation. Republican Sen. Kit Bond has asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to scrutinize the deal, even though business experts see little chance that there’s a real regulatory problem.<br /><br />But since beer hasn’t been a major national security concern — at least so far — and the would-be buyer is based in a close European ally, Congress appears to have little impetus to block the deal based on concerns about foreign investment in the U.S. (Under pressure from Congress, the Middle Eastern company Dubai Ports World backed out of a deal to run several American ports in 2006.)<br /><br />There’s more danger of policy weapons being unleashed at the state level, said Columbia University law professor John C. Coffee. In the past, several states have taken steps to block foreigners from buying favored businesses, including passing narrowly tailored anti-takeover statutes, he said.<br /><br />In 2002, the state of Pennsylvania went to court to try to block the sale of Hershey Foods. European countries, however, have blocked equally benign foreign acquisitions when the company was considered as iconic as Anheuser-Busch, noted Gary Clyde Hufbauer, a foreign investment expert at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.<br /><br />“It seems a real stretch here” for Congress to try to scuttle the InBev deal, he said. But if the hostile bid becomes a campaign issue — unlikely unless Barack Obama weighs in, Hufbauer added — the game could change.<br /><br />“If you get enough congressmen thinking it’s inappropriate, they will invent some reason” to block it, Hufbauer said.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11454.html">(politico.com)</a><br /></span><div class="feedflare">
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The Hershey Co. recently introduced Hershey's Bliss chocolates. The candy is available in milk chocolate, milk chocolate with a melt-away center and dark chocolate. A 9.6-ounce bag of Hershey's Bliss chocolates sold for $4.49 at a local grocery store. <p>
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Confectionery in the USA to 2011 - New Research Report on Companies and Markets
<p><p>2001-2006, growing at an average annual rate of 2.4%. The leading company in the market in 2006 was Hershey Foods Corporation. The second-largest player was Mars, Inc. with Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in third place. Reasons to Purchase Discover the major</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
Confectionery in Morocco to 2011 - New Research Report on Companies and Markets
<p><p>rate of 3.3%. The leading company in the market in 2006 was Nestle S.A.. The second-largest player was Hershey Foods Corporation with Mars, Inc. in third place. Reasons to Purchase Discover the major quantitative trends affecting the Confectionery</p><hr><p>This item provided by <a href='http://w.moreover.com'>Moreover</a></p></p>
HERSHEY CO files SEC Form 4
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HERSHEY CO (form 4)
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Barry Callebaut Sales Rise 19% on Hershey Orders (Update1) - Bloomberg
<p><p><table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/15-0&fd=A&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601085%26sid%3DaWHPl.Bj14Yc%26refer%3Deurope&cid=1225289652&ei=E-BpSMC5FYfu_AHS_eFL&usg=AFQjCNGg8C4LBeJnSLSVM67LaaP7dT9Llw"><b>Barry Callebaut Sales Rise 19% on Hershey Orders (Update1)</b></a><br><font size=-1><b><font color=#6f6f6f>Bloomberg -</font> <nobr>1 hour ago</nobr></b></font><br><font size=-1>By Thomas Mulier July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Barry Callebaut AG, the world's biggest maker of bulk chocolate, said nine-month sales in the current fiscal year rose 19 percent after it won orders from candy makers Nestle SA and Hershey Co.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/15-1&fd=A&url=http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/07/01/afx5170657.html&cid=1225289652&ei=E-BpSMC5FYfu_AHS_eFL&usg=AFQjCNGlRbN8dMA__UXqyDtPvy10kWKCIQ">Barry Callebaut 9 months sales up 18 percent; launches cost cuts <b>...</b></a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Forbes</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/15-2&fd=A&url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUKWEA064920080701&cid=1225289652&ei=E-BpSMC5FYfu_AHS_eFL&usg=AFQjCNH00afKjlyjnPxeTh4n0bA7XvFw0Q">Barry Callebaut 9-month sales rise 19 pct</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Reuters</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/ | | | | |