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On November 8, 2007, the Harrisburg Mall introduced their multi-million dollar Great Escape movie theater. The event was celebrated by a VIP grand opening on this night with the public grand opening held Friday, November 9, 2007.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held and Dauphin County Commissioner Jeffrey Haste made a proclamation that November 8, 2007 is "Great Escape Day" in Dauphin County. The event was attended by Swatara Township Commissioners along with various "movie stars" such as Darth Vader, Cinderella, Charlie Chaplan and Marilyn Monroe who greeted and entertained the guests.

The Swatara Township Police Department's Pistol Team participated in the Ninth Annual DCP Firearms Competition held at the State Department of Corrections Training Academy in Elizabethtown, PA. This year Swatara Police entered two teams for its fourth straight year competing. Team A's members are in the first photo (l. to r.) Corporal Kevin Gallick, Patrolman Dennis Krahling, Patrolman Philip Negrete, Patrolman Eric Morris and team mascots Range and Spencer. Team A once again came home with a first place trophy for their efforts in the combat course. Swatara Team B consisted of Officers Heun, Pokrop, Stewart and Villegas. This year the competition was the largest with ten teams (40 law enforcement officers) from around central PA.

Team A finished with an average team score of 591 for the static course of fire which secured second place in that event. Individual scores were Cpl Gallick with 593, Negrete with 592, Morris with 591 and Krahling with 588. In the afternoon Team A initially tied the team from Lower Paxton Police Department with a time of 1:39 in the combat course which set the stage for a tie breaker runoff for first place. On the second time through the course, Swatara Team A shaved nine seconds off their time and finished with a 1:30 with LP not fairing as well with a time in excess of 2 minutes on their second attempt.

Team B finished sixth in the static course with an average score of 578 and seventh in the combat course with a time of 2:04.

McGruff and members of the Swatara Township Police Department attended an event for children at the Capital City Airport.

Coach Carter had oversight of Richmond California High School's basketball program from 1997 - 2002. Coach Carter made news when he locked out his undefeated Varsity basketball team in order to push them to improve their grades. Carter not only closed the Richmond High School gym, but he banned all basketball-related activities and was prepared to cancel the entire season program, because 15 of the 45 players were not living up to the classroom achievements they agreed to meet in contracts they signed earlier in the semester.

Eighth Annual Dauphin County Prison Firearms Competition - September 22, 2006

The Swatara Township Police Department's Pistol Team participated in the Eighth Annual DCP Firearms Competition held at the State Department of Corrections Training Academy in Elizabethtown, PA. The team's members are (l. to r.) Patrolman Philip Negrete, Corporal Kevin Gallick, Spencer, Patrolman Dennis Krahling and Patrolman Mason Heun. At the end of the day the 4-man team had secured first place in the grueling combat course and second place in the highly contested static course. The competition drew 32 officers from all over central Pennsylvania. Patrolman Krahling finished second overall in the individual scoring with Corporal Gallick and Patrolman Negrete finishing tied for fourth overall.