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Decadein review2000-2010

2008: Ye a r i n c l u d e d t h e

resignation of a county

commissioner, the closing of the IAC plant

and a farewell to area soldiers.

Cumberland County

Investigation forces Barclay resignation

By Joseph CressSenTinel RepoRTeRjcress@cumberlink.com

Bruce Barclay fell from grace one day in early April.

The self-made millionaire and Cumberland County commissioner suddenly found himself the focus of a criminal investigation. State police were looking into allegations Barclay had raped a man at his Monroe Township home on March 30.

Though the rape charge proved false, news of the investigation severely dam-aged Barclay’s reputation and forced his resignation as commissioner. What’s more, police said the probe turned up evidence Barclay had secretly videotaped hundreds of sexual encoun-ters — many without the knowledge of the partici-pants — using cameras hid-den throughout his home.

I t wo u l d b e a n o t h e r two years before the case against Barclay would go to trial in a Cumberland County courtroom.

Weeks before the Bar-clay case started, a murder case ended when Rochelle Laudenslager was sen-tenced on March 4 to 30 to 60 years in state prison on charges related to the De-cember 2006 murder of Elaine Pierson.

In February, Laudenslager agreed to enter a no-con-test plea to third-degree murder to avoid the possi-bility of the death penalty if a trial would have happened in Perry County.

Friends found the body of Pierson on Jan. 6, 2007, in a wooded area about three miles from her Rye Township home. The vic-tim died of multiple gun-shot wounds. Blood from inside the barrel of the Laudenslager family re-volver was a match to Pier-son’s DNA.

economic downturnDecember saw the de-

mise of what was once a major Carlisle area em-ployer. International Auto-motive Component Group announced plans Oct. 8 to shut down the plant at 50 Spring Road, laying off 152 workers in the process.

I n i t s h e y d a y u n d e r the Masland family, this Carlisle plant employed more than 1,000 workers and was a leading manu-facturer of carpeting and other materials for the au-tomobile industry. The workforce grew from 900 to 3,500 during World War II when the plant manu-factured fabricated canvas goods for U.S. armed forc-es. The Masland plant was a fixture in the community since 1919.

The Masland family sold the company to Lear Corp. in 1996. IAC then acquired the plant in April 2007 and initiated a series of layoffs

that substantially reduced the workforce. Local offi-cials worked with the Gov-ernor’s Action Team to try unsuccessfully to arrange talks with IAC executives. Instead, IAC decided to close the Carlisle plant as part of a company-wide re-structuring plan to reduce excess capacity and consol-idate its operations.

2008 saw an effort by Carlisle officials to estab-lish a Downtown Improve-ment District that would have implemented a spe-cial assessment on com-mercial property owners. Money raised from the DID tax would have been used to offset the costs of market-ing initiatives, traffic safety upgrades and aesthetic im-provements.

The DID proposal met with opposition from com-mercial property owners, who supported the ba-sic goals of a DID but were against having only them bear the burden. Many thought the DID assess-ment would only add an extra burden at a time when downtown merchants have to cope with rising over-head, an economic down-turn and the prospect of a county-wide reassessment.

Ultimately, council de-cided in October not to im-plement a DID but instead support the program’s goals through the general fund budget and by making the Downtown Carlisle Asso-ciation a borough agency.

Memorable election Before Barack Obama

made history in November as the first African Ameri-can elected as U.S. Presi-dent, there was a race for the Democratic party nom-ination leading up to the spring Primary. This drew big names to Cumberland County.

In late March, former President Bill Clinton spoke before a student-heavy crowd of roughly 3,200 crammed into the Dickin-son College gymnasium. He was stumping for his wife Hillary and her presidential bid.

Just weeks later, both Hillary Clinton and Obama appeared on stage together at Messiah College during The Compassion Forum, which was covered heav-ily by the national media. The candidates were asked deeply personal questions that ranged from abortion and abstinence education to whether they thought God wanted them to be presi-dent. Republican nominee John McCain declined his invitation.

soldiers departure In 2008, the Carlisle com-

munity paused to salute two important occasions where soldiers departed home for service in harms way. That September, the National Guard Armory held a send-

off for 394 members of the 1st Battalion, 108th Field Artillery. Following pre-deployment training state-side, the unit shipped out for Iraq as part of the Penn-sylvania National Guard’s 56th Stryker Brigade.

Earlier in the year, Histor-ic Carlisle Inc. organized a series of community events to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Forbes Expedition, a key cam-paign of the French and In-dian War. Led by Gen. John Forbes, contingents of Brit-ish regular and provincial troops arrived in Carlisle in May 1758 to gather sup-plies and train soldiers be-fore setting out against the French stronghold of Fort Duquesne, what is now Pittsburgh.

The events included a talk by a leading expert in the war, a weekend encamp-ment at Dickinson Col-lege, a celebration mark-ing the release of a French a n d I n d i a n Wa r t rave l guide and the dedication of a new wayside marker. The Carlisle area was also a stop on an international bike race that followed the Forbes Trail through Penn-sylvania.

Lastly, January 2008 saw

Penn State break ground on its $50 million proj-ect to renovate and ex-pand Trickett Hall at the Dickinson School of Law Carlisle campus. The proj-ect involved the demolition of old buildings to con-struct the new Lewis Katz

Hall, which housed three large classrooms, a court-yard, a commons area and a 200-seat courtroom/au-ditorium. Trickett Hall was redesigned to house the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Law Library and a legislative hearing room.

2008 also saw the closing of an ■

important factory, visits by presidential candidates and the celebration of a key military campaign

Sentinel file photos

Sgt. Ryan Hoover spends a moment with his son, Michael Hoover, then 8 months, before he leaves with the rest of the National Guard Armory in Carlisle for training to be deployed to Iraq.

Former Cumberland County Commissioner Bruce Barclay was forced to resign after facing rape allegations, later proven false.

Above: Kevin “Many-faces” Young, a Chero-kee Indian re-enactor, marches down High Street with 18th century military re-enactors at the Forbes Encampment at Dickinson College.

Left top: Former Presi-dent Bill Clinton speaks in support of his wife, Hillary, at a rally at Dick-inson College.

Left bottom: Inter-national Automotive Component Group an-nounced plans to shut down its Carlisle plant in October of 2008.