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© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Farmer Andrew Flinchbaugh drives the tractor attached to the 12-row corn planter -- whose gears churn up rows of earth, disperse the corn seeds into those rows and cover them back up -- on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Flinchbaugh said Tuesday was his first real day of corn planting, as April's rains meant poor planting conditions. Flinchbaugh, whose family runs Flinchbaugh's Orchard & Farm Market in Hellam Township, is working "around the clock" to plant 800 acres of corn. He said he has planted about 2 percent of the crop so far.

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© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Dancer Jeanne Mallory of Dover poses as York Art Association artists Pat Koscienski of Lewisberry, Suzanne Collins of Stewartstown and Brett Grieman of Spring Garden Township take pictures on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at the Greater York Center for Dance Education.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Dancer Nicolette Blouse of Manchester Township poses as York Art Association artist Suzanne Collins of Stewartstown sketches her on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at the Greater York Center for Dance Education.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Dancer Alex Snell of York Township poses for York Art Association artist Suzanne Collins of Stewartstown on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at the Greater York Center for Dance Education.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Damu, an American pit bull terrier, hangs onto the spring-pole rope at Cold Springs Farm & Pet in East Manchester Township on Sunday, April 10, 2011. Damu belongs to Stephanie Feld of York City, who was one of several dozen pit bull owners who came to Cold Springs for the semiannual Bully Boneanza.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. David Heffelfinger, of Port Clinton in Schuylkill County, tries to get Damu, an American pit bull terrier, to let go of the spring-pole rope at Cold Springs Farm & Pet in East Manchester Township on Sunday, April 10, 2011. Damu belongs to Stephanie Feld of York City, who was one of several dozen pit bull owners who came to Cold Springs for the semiannual Bully Boneanza.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Bailey, a pit bull belonging to Jewel Holden of Spring Grove, and Roxy, a pit bull belonging to Bill Carpenter of East Manchester Township, greet each other at the semiannual Bully Boneanza event at Cold Springs Farm & Pet in East Manchester Township on Sunday, April 10, 2011.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Nighster, a rescued 3-year-old American pit bull, relaxes as his owner John Heffelfinger, 9 of Port Clinton in Schuylkill County, plays Gameboy on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Cold Springs Farm & Pet in East Manchester Township.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Holding Temple Beth Israel's Holocaust Torah scroll, Elliott Weinstein waits in the back of the sanctuary before bringing it before the congregation at the beginning of the Yom HaShoah service on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Temple Beth Israel. The Torah scroll, which dates back to the mid-18th century, is one of about 1,500 scrolls that were saved from the Nazis' destruction during World War II. Weinstein was president of the congregation's board 20 years ago when he and Rabbi Kenneth Cohen acquired one of the Holocaust scrolls via the Czech Memorial Scrolls Trust.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Holocaust survivor John Freund, who now resides in Toronoto, speaks to the congregation during the Yom HaShoah service on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Temple Beth Israel. Freund said 1,000 Jews shared his hometown of Pisek in former Czechoslovakia; following the Holocaust, only 40 of the 1,000 were still alive. Temple Beth Israel's Holocaust scroll also hails from Pisek.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Helen Zell of Spring Garden Township lights one of the candles during the Yom HaShoah service on Sunday, May 1, 2011.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Mitchell Grossman of Spring Garden Township reads the Mourners' Kaddish with the rest of the congregation during the Yom HaShoah service on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Temple Beth Israel. The Mourners' Kaddish is a part of the Jewish prayer service that, despite being referred to as a prayer for the dead, does not mention the dead and instead praises God.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Arlene Domue of Spring Garden Township points out a few features of Temple Beth Israel's Holocaust Torah scroll after the conclusion of the Yom HaShoah service on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Temple Beth Israel.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Assisted by the child's great-grandmother Ruby Olson, Rev. Mke Langford performs the sacrament of holy baptism via a seashell upon a still-asleep 10-month-old Takoda Allen Schultz on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Messiah United Methodist Church. Gage Schultz and Lauren Kelley, of York City, had their son Takoda receive the sacrament of holy baptism. Kelley, a member of the Native American tribe Haliwa-Saponi, had the child dressed in his grass-dance regalia for the occasion.

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Lauren Kelley, of York City, holds her newly-baptized 10-month-old son Takoda Allen Schultz during the final blessings on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Messiah United Methodist Church.