Alexander doesn’t let up against Notre Dame for 49-35 win

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The Lady Trojans, entering the game at 6-6, did more than upset the 8-2 Lady Irish on Tuesday. Alexander dominated.

At no point in the four quarters of basketball played in Alexander did Notre Dame seriously threaten the Alexander lead.

The final score helps tell that story: 49-35.

For Alexander, Alyssa Kramer scored 19 points. Emma Kramer scored seven and Melanee Pohl scored six.

For Notre Dame, Lyndsay Weidman scored 14 and Emma Sisson scored 12.

Also in girls basketball on Tuesday:

Elba beat Kendall 54-42. Dakota Brinkman scored 18 points, Laci Sewar, 12, Kennedy Augello, 10, and Halie Deville, eight. For Kendall, Elizabeth Snyder scored 17.

Attica beat Byron-Bergen 54-53.

In boys basketball, Le Roy beat Pavilion 57-32

The Daily Item

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Karl Greiner Rohrbach, age 90, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at Cornwall Manor Retirement Community.

Born in Shamokin Dam, Snyder County, on May 12, 1931, to Reba Renae Greiner Rohrbach and Charles Stewart Rohrbach, Karl is survived by his wife Louise, to whom he was married on Dec. 27, 1953. He was a 1949 graduate of Sunbury High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1953 and Master of Science in Guidance in 1955 from Bucknell University. On Sept. 1, 1968, he was conferred the Doctor of Education degree by The Pennsylvania State University.

He began his career in Central Dauphin School District. The next year, he moved to Lewisburg schools. In the next seven years, he served as a mathematics teacher, guidance counselor and assistant high school principal. In 1961, he became Principal of North Hills Junior High School in Central York School District, and in 1970 was elected Assistant Superintendent of Central York. In 1972, Dr. Rohrbach began 19 years of service as Superintendent of Schools in the Selinsgrove Area School District.

After 38 1/2 years in his education career, Dr. Rohrbach began a second career in real estate sales. He worked with the Bowen Agency in Selinsgrove for 21 years and 3 1/2 years with Brownstone Real Estate in Lebanon County, Pa.

During his long careers, Dr. Rohrbach gave his time and talents to community and educational organizations including the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators, the Degenstein Foundation, United Way, Snyder County Penn State Extension Board, the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, the Susquehanna Valley Association of Realtors, the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees, Kiwanis, Rotary, Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, 4-H, and the Cornwall Manor Residents Association.

He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Louise Marker Rohrbach; and three children, Linda Siegel (Thomas) of Lebanon, Laura Jensen (Steven) of Arlington, Va., and John (Alison) of Cary, Ill. Grandchildren are David (Jessica), Daniel, Rachel, and Samuel Siegel; Sarah and Emily Jensen; Ella and Joseph Rohrbach. He is also survived by two great-grandsons, Isaac and Michael Siegel; his brother-in-law, Harry R. Marker (Elizabeth) of Ligonier; one niece and one nephew, and numerous cousins.

He was predeceased by his sister, Relda Mae Rohrbach Scott; and his brother-in-law, John Hoppes Scott.

At the request of the deceased, there will be no services. Karl’s body has been donated for medical research through the Human Gifts Registry.

Please omit flowers.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Snyder County Library System, The Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way, The Pennsylvania State University, or Cornwall Manor Benevolent Care Fund.

Check out resent property sales in Wayne County

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Public Record

Wayne County

Canaan Township — Helen M. Snyder to Thomas Cavalier, 170 Main St., $35,000.

Ryan S. Hughes to Levi R. and Allison R. Chinn, 107 N. Crestview Drive, $198,500.

Chester Township — Brett Nole and Janel Lynn Wilson to Jordan Payne and Sara Elizabeth Stiles, 6446 Rice Hill, $400,000.

Chippewa Township — Erin M. Williams to Albert Moreno and Kimber K. Moreno Ryan, 14935 Clinton Road, $250,000.

Darrell R. and Sandra K. Wicklein (trustees) to Dustin L. Blaz, Taylor Road, $55,000.

Clinton Township — Connie A. Hoffa and Diane L. Murray and Linda K. Ratzel to Nathaniel and Katelyn Kinney, 9119 Columbus Road, $1,375,050.

Thomas M. Bartrum to Terri L. Pierce, 256 E. Wood St., $85,858.

Jason A. Baker to Brett J. and Paula K. Hughes, S. Wells S.t Shreve, $86,832.

East Union Township — Firman A. and Karen D. Miller to Janel Lynn and Brett Wilson, 5865 Dover Road, $520,000.

Karen Lee Marthey to Tyler Marthey and Jordan Marthey, Dover Road, $10,000.

Doylestown — Nicholas J. and Courtney A. Spach to Alan Chapman, 165 Beech St., $175,000.

Jason Armour to Donna K. Binger and James Noah Breeden and Skye Lynette Breeden, Silver Creek Drive, $48,500.

Green Township — Paul L. Gingrich to Danny L. and Jacquline S. Nussbaum, 157 Anna Drive, $130,000.

Paint Township — Albert M. and Anna L. Troyer to Adam A. and Mary A. Troyer, 12930 Salt Creek Road, $140,000.

Andrew M. and Katie Yoder to Ivan M. and Martha Yoder, $14,360.

Plain Township — Jeff Siegenthaler and Lee Ann Poth and Carl Siegenthaler to Danielle S. and Bobby L. Kerr, 364 Reedsburg Road, $260,000.

Rittman — Cynthia S. Cleckner (trustee) to Jesse Brandt, 31 Washington Ave., $160,000.

Curt N. and Heather M. Ramsier to Maxwell L. Brainard, 43 and 43 1/2 S. Third St., $49,000.

Karen E. Smith to Randy A. Smith, 161 S. Hickin Ave., $80,000.

Alyssa Beaudette to Hannah Shaffer, 176 S Hickin Ave., $120,000.

Garry Edward Hahn to Jessica L. and Donald R. Fox, 65 S. Seneca St., $105,500.

Timothy A. and Jill E. Rea to Brandon Swords and Alyssa Beaudette, 100 Cheyenne Drive, $230,000.

Sugar Creek Township — Melody A. Schlabach to Aaron W. Gerber, 1833 Kidron Road, $187,500.

Wayne Township — Danny K. Casey to Stone Church Properties, 1109 Nelson Drive, $163,899.

Tyler A. and Jill L. Wiles to Victor Francis Simonyi and Maria Rocio Sanchez, 2359 Schellin Road, $250,000.

Wooster — J & K Realty of Wooster to Mabecks Realty, 347 Beall Ave., $500,000.

Zace of Spades to Der Property, 132 E Liberty St., $410,000.

Walnut North Investment Properties to Purple Martin Pictures, 149 N Walnut St., $440,000.

Phillip M. Mariola (trustee) to Gold Star Holdings, 210 Clark Ave., $120,000.

Timothy A. Schmid, John M. Schmid and Stephen S. Schmid to Charles R. and Jessica A. Martin, 416 Park Drive, $135,000.

Stephen M. Ferguson to Julia Joy Weis and Peyton Katherine Toney, 824 Gasche St., $130,100.

Lsta Properties to Dustin M. Mace, 611 Nold Ave., $15,000.

Christopher S. Hartzler to John Christopher Siladie, 323 Ihrig Ave., $179,000.

Mark S. and Laura L. McClain to Benjamin Grant Fisher, 882 Northview Drive, $154,500.

Nimesh Arora and Nutan Arora to Om Mahate Namah Inc., 789 E. Milltown Road, $1,700,000.

Mary E. Takacs (trustee) to Mark A. and Carol A. Skelly, 206 Reed Road, $250,000.

Cheryl L. Murray and Michael I. Stuckey to Annabelle Lee Martin, 730 Northwestern Ave., $119,000.

Gabriela Nunes Maldonado to Dorival Sirino Do Nascimento Jr. and Fernanda Gomes Santos Do Nascimento, 1616 Firethorn Lane, $299,000.

Aneta J. Harrison to Jennifer Lee Babcock, 4676 Country Lane, $239,500.

Richard D. Goodright Jr. and Nancy Goodright to The D. Michael Bomboris Team, 4347 Cleveland Road, $120,000.

Patricia A. Falb to Nathan L. and Rachel L. Falb, 4715 Mel Lane, $250,000.

Wooster Township — Richard L. and Connie Murphy to Donald Raymond Holdsworth, 2177 and 2177 1/2 Shreve Road, $111,000.

Dan A. Miller to Brian Todd Vitcusky, 3221 Crestview Drive, $105,000.

Wyoming in Bottom 10 of States for Providing TANF Benefits

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Based on data from the Center on Budget and Public Policy, Wyoming is the ninth-worst state when it comes to providing certain kinds of benefits to those in poverty.

The data is based on benefits given out through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and how it relates to the number of people in Wyoming living in poverty.

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Over the past 30 years, Wyoming has given out smaller amounts of benefits to people in the state who are under the poverty line.

In 1996, for every 100 people in poverty, 45 received benefits.

By 2019, that number had gone down to seven.

The national average for TANF benefits in the U.S. was 63 in 1996, and in 2019 it was 23, with Louisiana at the bottom at four.

In Wyoming that translates to 4,794 families receiving TANF benefits from 1995 to 1996, while only 519 families received those same benefits from 2018 to 2019.

During that same period, the number of people in the state living in poverty went from 10,567 in 1996 to 7,356 in 2019, while those living in deep poverty went from 3,632 in 1996 to 3,108 in 2019.

Wyoming is one of a few states that also cut off benefits immediately if work requirements aren’t met while also not giving benefits back until families comply with the requirements.

Several other states like Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, and Missouri only cut off a portion of the benefits, up to 50% if single-parent households don’t comply with work requirements.

Wyoming also has a lack of exemptions when deciding to take someone off TANF benefits that are more restrictive compared to other states.

There is no exemption made if someone is sick or incapacitated, if they’re taking care of someone who is sick or incapacitated, or if they’re pregnant.

While there is an exemption if the parent of a child is over 65 or if the child is under three, the latter exemption can only be applied for a year during the entire time TANF benefits are used.

Based on data from the Administration for Children and Family, Wyoming in the fiscal year 2020 was sitting on $27,230,692 in unused funds for various benefits, while receiving $18.4 million from the federal government each year.

Corrine Livers, the Economic Security Programs Administrator for the DFS, said Wyoming uses the federal money from TANF to fund its own version called the Personal Opportunities With Employment Responsibilities (POWER) program.

The program is designed to provide assistance to the poorest citizens in the state while also making sure they are working to get out of poverty.

While the federal poverty line has a household of three making $21,960 a year, or $1,830 a month, the limits to receiving benefits from the POWER program for a three-person household are $729 a month or $8,748 a year.

Liver said that this is because the program is designed to assist those who are most in need.

The amount of money given to families through the POWER program was decided by state statute and is adjusted each year based on the annual price index.

Liver said they determine which programs to fund with federal TANF money based on what would do the most good.

“To move money, and again this is where that decision is, and the Department of Family Services doesn’t take it lightly, we get 18.4, that’s it,” Liver said. “So if we decide to move money from another category, we are pulling it out. Which means that the recipient of funding currently may not be a recipient of funding later. It’s not just that we’re gonna move money willy nilly. It’s a very deliberate decision on what is the best use of money to impact the most families and do the most good within the TANF requirement.”

There are various programs when it comes to TANF, such as refundable earned income tax credits, child welfare services, prevention of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and financial education and asset development, that the state did not spend any money on in FY 2020.

Liver said they don’t have anything specific in mind when it comes to improving the program, but there is always room for improvement.

“I think we can always say that there are things we can do to improve,” Liver said. “But there’s not a list I can provide you right now that I think we could do. We’re always looking at ways to ensure that we do a good job and are good stewards with our money.”

When it comes to another benefit like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Wyoming has the lowest participation rate across the country.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2018, an estimated 54% of the 53,000 people in Wyoming eligible for SNAP participated, while nationally the participation rate is 82%.

When it comes to why the rate is so low, Elizabeth Lower-Basch, director of Income and Work Supports for the Center for Law and Social Policy, said promoting the program by the state could have an impact on how many people take part.

“There’s not a lot the state can legally do to add eligibility rules to SNAP,” Lower-Basch said. “I think it is about how well do you advertise it, is the website easy to navigate, how long do people have to wait, if they come in in person or call. Administrative burden is the term that we use. They can either, by not paying attention and not investing in SNAP or deliberately make it harder or easier for people to access SNAP.”

LaDonna Pavetti, vice president for Family Income Support Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said the lack of benefits provided through TANF has an impact on children’s development, as poorer families don’t have access to the same resources as those families that are more well off.

“Cash makes a huge difference for children over the long term,” Pavetti said. “There is evidence that when families have more cash resources, kids do better. And they not only do better in the very immediate, they’re not hungry, they’re able to go to school, but research has shown that they have better long-term outcomes. They are more likely to do better in schools, to complete schools, to get better health outcomes.”

Loretta Jane Bartter

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