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WE’LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE COMING UP ON NEWS EIGHT AT SIX. ANOTHER DAY OF NEAR 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES. HOW LONG THIS HEAT WILL LAST. BEATING THE HEAT ON A HOT SUMMER DAY. HOW ARE PEOPLE CHILLING OUT? THE COLONIAL PARK MALL IN DAUPHIN COUNTY COUNTY COULD SOON BE CHANGING HANDS. I’LL TELL YOU HOW THE TOWNSHIP AND STATE ARE TRYING TO HELP GUIDE THE PROCESS TO REVITALIZE THE STRUCTURE. AND CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH, WE’LL TAKE YOU TO SEVERAL SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY EVENTS THAT MARK THE DAY THAT FREEDOM FINALLY CAME TO SLAVES. ANOTHER DAY OF EXTREME HEAT AND IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE. MANY OF YOU TRYING TO COOL OFF AT THE POOL THE STORM SEES SAYS YOU’LL BE FEELING THE HEAT THROUGH SUNDAY. GOOD EVENING. I’M JERE GISH. WE’LL HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE HEAT WAVE, INCLUDING HOW PEOPLE ARE STAYING COOL. BUT WE BEGIN WITH STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST ETHAN HOUSTON. BOY, IT’S GOING TO GET EVEN HOTTER. ETHAN. THAT’S RIGHT. THIS HEAT WAVE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EVERY AFTERNOON. THOSE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES. THOSE HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE ON INTO THE WEEKEND. AND WE WILL SEE OUR TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO NEAR RECORD HIGHS THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AND WE WILL CHALLENGE OVERNIGHT RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURES AS WELL. AND THIS IS LIKELY GOING TO BE THE SECOND LONGEST STRETCH OF 90 DEGREE DAYS ON RECORD DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, STILL 90 AT THE AIRPORT. WE’VE COOLED OFF NOW TO 87, IN LANCASTER AND ALSO IN YORK, BUT IT’S STILL IN SOME LOCATIONS WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY, WITH DEW POINTS SITTING IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S FEELS EVEN WARMER. FEELS LIKE IT’S 92. IF YOU’RE WATCHING US IN CARLISLE, STILL FEELS LIKE IT’S 95. IN LEWISTOWN. SO AS THE SUN GOES DOWN, WE’LL START TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROP EVER SO SLIGHTLY. IT’S NOT UNTIL LATER TONIGHT WE’LL GET A REAL BREAK AS LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE INTO THE LOWER 70S. BUT EVEN THEN THAT STILL WARM FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND THAT TIME OF THE DAY. SO BE PREPARED FOR THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO STAY WITH US THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WORKWEEK. BUT TEMPERATURES WILL START TO DROP AS THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES START TO RISE FOR THE BACK PART OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE’LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE COMING UP, THE TEN DAY FORECAST. ETHAN, THANK YOU. AND YOUR COUNTY HAS A CRISIS COOLING PROGRAM. IT HELPS PEOPLE REPAIR OR REPLACE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING OR HELP SOMEONE GET A WINDOW AC UNIT. THE COUNTY SAYS THE PRIORITY FOR THIS PROGRAM IS THE ELDERLY, DISABLED AND MEDICAL NECESSITY HOUSEHOLDS AND YOU MUST MEET INCOME REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. OTHER PEOPLE ARE PLACED ON A WAIT LIST UNTIL ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS RECEIVED. HERE’S THE NUMBER TO. CALL (717) 771-9870. HIT THE OPTION ONE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING UP WITH ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO BEAT THE HEAT WITH THIS HOT WEATHER, WE’RE SEEING. SO WE SENT NEWS EIGHT’S ED WEINSTOCK TO FIND SOME, BUT THIS WAS KIND OF A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT. YOU SEE, ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO TO THE DAY NEWS 8 GAVE ED THE SAME ASSIGNMENT. THIS IS VIDEO FROM THAT STORY HE DID IN 1994, INCLUDING ED VIDEO FROM HERSHEY PARK AND THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE STORY ON WJHL.COM. ALL RIGHT. SO LET’S GO TO ED NOW. ED, FIRST OF ALL, GREAT TO SEE THAT STORY FROM THREE DECADES AGO. SECOND OF ALL, WHAT DID YOU FIND TODAY. YES, IT WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO COOL OFF IN PLACES LIKE LIKE THIS SWIMMING POOL RIGHT BEHIND ME. IT’S A SWIM CLUB IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW. CHILLING OUT A SPLASH PAD IN RED LION IS ONE PLACE WHERE FAMILIES HOPE TO COOL OFF TODAY, BUT THE GATES WERE LOCKED, A SIGN SAID CLOSED FOR REPAIRS. THAT’S A BIG LETDOWN WHEN YOU ARE ONLY THREE YEARS OLD. I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO TAKE HER NOW. I’M SURE SHE DOESN’T WANT TO GO BACK HOME A FEW MILES AWAY, KAYAKERS COOLED OFF IN LAKE WILLIAMS, NEAR JACOBUS, A GREAT PLACE TO CHILL OUT DURING A HEAT WAVE. 61 YEAR OLD ROBERT GARNEAU, SENIOR OF DALLASTOWN, RUNS YEAR ROUND EVEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS NEAR 100 DEGREES IS. ARE YOU SWEATING? NOT YET, BUT I WILL BE ON A VERY HOT DAY. THERE’S NOTHING LIKE ICE CREAM. LAURA CASHMAN’S KIDS LOVE IT. IT’S EVEN BETTER FOR 15 MONTH OLD ELLIE, WHO’S GETTING HAND-FED BY HER MOM. THEY DON’T LAST TOO LONG OUT IN THE HEAT UNLESS WE HAVE SOME ICE CREAM TO COOL OFF WITH. THE PINE RIDGE SWIM CLUB IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP WAS PACKED MOST OF THE DAY. TEN YEAR OLD ELSA BENJAMIN AND A FRIEND WERE HAVING A BLAST. I WE’RE BEING IN THE WATER CONSTANTLY, TRY TO STAY. WELL A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL HAVING A GOOD TIME HERE TONIGHT. THE POOL IS OPEN FOR ABOUT TWO MORE HOURS AND THEY MAY NEED SOME ENCOURAGEMENT TO GET OUT OF THE WATER BECAUSE IT’S SO NICE IN THERE. SO THEY MAY HAVE TO BE. THE FOLKS HERE AT THE POOL MAY HAVE TO BE RATHER PERSUASIVE TO GET THE FOLKS TO LEAVE. IN YORK COUNTY, ED WEINSTOCK, WJZ NEWS EIGHT. I THINK THAT IS TRUE. AND THANK YOU. WELL, TWO SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COMMUNITIES ARE RAISING CONCERNS TONIGHT ABOUT WATER IN DUNCANNON, PERRY COUNTY. THE BOROUGH IS NOW UNDER MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION. THAT MEANS NON-ESSENTIAL WATER USES ARE PROHIBITED, INCLUDING NOT WATERING YOUR LAWN AND GARDEN, NOT WASHING CARS OR PAVED SURFACES. NO FILLING AND TOPPING OFF SWIMMING POOLS AND NO WATER FOUNTAINS AND IN STEWARTSTOWN, YORK COUNTY, THE BOROUGH IS ASKING ITS CUSTOMERS TO VOLUNTARILY REDUCE THEIR OUTSIDE WATER USE THERE. IT SAYS OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AS DAILY WATER USE HAS SPIKED DRAMATICALLY, WHICH IS AFFECTING THE WATER LEVEL IN THE WELLS, SEWERS. TOWN HAS HAD TO BUY MORE WATER FROM THE YORK WATER COMPANY, IT SAYS. IF TRENDS CONTINUE, STEWARTSTOWN MAY HAVE TO GO TO MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS. OSHA, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, IS REMINDING EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ABOUT A FREE SAFETY APP TO HELP PREVENT HEAT ILLNESSES. THE HEAT SAFETY TOOL OFFERS A VISUAL INDICATOR OF THE HEAT INDEX AT YOUR EXACT SPOT, AND THE RISK LEVELS SPECIFIC TO YOUR CURRENT LOCATION. THE GOAL HELP EMPLOYERS MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THEIR WORKERS. THEY’LL TELL YOU IMMEDIATELY HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO CONSIDER YOUR WORK REST CYCLES. HOW LONG CAN YOU ACTUALLY BE OUT IN THE SUN? HOW MUCH HEAT SHOULD YOU BE GETTING DONE? AT THE SAME TIME, IT HELPS THE EMPLOYER FIGURE OUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD ONLY DO X AMOUNT OF WORK TODAY. THE OSHA HEAT SAFETY APP ALSO HIGHLIGHTS ITS SIMPLE MESSAGE TO PREVENT HEAT ILLNESS. WATER REST AND SHADE. THE APP IS AVAILABLE ON OSHA’S WEBSITE. THE HEAT IS AFFECTING ONE LANCASTER COUNTY BUSINESS, AND IT MEANS THOUSANDS IN LOST PRODUCT. THIS IS SECOND CHANCE PLANTS AT HARRISBURG PIKE IN DILLERVILLE ROAD IN LANCASTER. WORKERS THERE ARE WATERING 3 TO 4 TIMES A DAY. THAT’S ABOUT TRIPLE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF WATER. IT’S EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO LOSE INVENTORY TO HEAT AND IT’S IT’S SORT OF A NATURE OF THE BEAST IN THIS INDUSTRY. YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE SOME PLANTS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 15 PLANTS TUCKED AWAY IN THESE NICE LITTLE FLATS. AND SOMETIMES THAT WATER JUST DOESN’T HIT THEM. IT’S DEFINITELY FRUSTRATING AND WE EXPECT TO LOSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PLANTS. SECOND CHANCE PLANTS CLOSES IN JULY BECAUSE THE HEAT IS HARD ON THE PLANTS AND WATERING MAKES IT TOO DIFFICULT TO STAY OPEN. WELL, THERE ARE PLACES YOU CAN COOL OFF IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, INCLUDING SENIOR CENTERS, CHURCHES AND LIBRARIES. WE HAVE A LIST OF COOLING CENTERS ON WJHL.COM. YOU CAN GET THERE BY SCANNING THE QR CODE YOU SEE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, AND WE WILL KEEP UPDATING THE LIST THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. ALSO, A GOOD REMINDER MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE WGAL APP SO YOU CAN GET THE LATEST FORECAST. NOW TO SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE ON PENN STREET AND MANOR TOWNSHIP MERCY. DISPATCHERS TELL US THERE ARE NO INJURIES AND WE HAVE A CREW HEADED TO THE SCENE. WE’LL BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION AS WE GET IT. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN IN PARADISE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, OVERNIGHT. STATE POLICE SAY 44 YEAR OLD JASON LUTZ OF KIRKWOOD WAS RUN OVER BY A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IN THE AREA OF ROUTE 30 AND BELMONT ROAD. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE CORONER HAS NOT RELEASED THE CAUSE OR MANNER OF DEATH. AND YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE FROM MILES FROM THIS DUMP TRUCK FIRE IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 1030 ON VALLEY ROAD NEAR OLD YORK ROAD. MADDAD CAME TO THE SCENE BECAUSE THE FIRE SPREAD TO POWER LINES. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO HELP THE FAMILY OF A YORK COUNTY TEEN HIT BY A CAR EARLIER THIS MONTH. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER IS THERE AND JOINS US LIVE FROM FLINCHBAUGH ORCHARD AND FARM MARKET WITH MORE. MICHAEL. YEAH, JERRY, WE ARE HERE AT THE FARM MARKET AND I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN MY PHOTOGRAPHER AND I PULLED UP IN LOWRY, WE WERE JUST AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT WERE OUT HERE. AS THE COMMUNITY HAS COME OUT IN FULL FORCE TO SUPPORT, YOU COULD SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE. THERE’S FUNNEL CAKE, THERE’S FRENCH FRIES, THERE’S PIZZA, ALL TYPES OF FOOD ALONG WITH GAMES, CORNHOLE THAT YOU COULD SEE OVER THERE. BUT IT’S REALLY ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE. AGAIN, IT IS TO SUPPORT CAYLEE. SHE IS A 14 YEAR OLD THAT GOES TO EASTERN YORK HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS HIT WHILE SHE WAS ON A SCOOTER. AND TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS FOOD TRUCK BENEFIT, WE’RE GOING TO BRING OVER JULIE KEANE AND SHE’S HERE AT THE ORCHARD. AND JULIE, JUST TELL US, WHAT DOES THIS DAY MEAN TO THE FAMILY? AND YOU ALL HERE, YOU KNOW, IT’S HUMBLING, VERY, VERY HUMBLING. BUT I SPIED THIS MORNING OUR FIRST SUNFLOWER IN BLOOM AND OUR SUNFLOWER FIELD AND SUNFLOWER FLOWERS SYMBOLIZE HOPE AND OPTIMISM. AND IF THAT DOESN’T TALK ABOUT THIS EVENT RIGHT HERE AND DOESN’T TALK ABOUT THE HOPE AND OPTIMISM WE HAVE FOR CAYLEE, I DON’T KNOW WHAT DOES. YES, IT’S QUITE AWESOME. WELL, THAT’S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. TRYING TO DESCRIBE THAT FEELING TO EVERYONE WHO’S NOT HERE WATCHING ON TELEVISION. DESCRIBE WHAT THAT SPIRIT HAS BEEN LIKE HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TALK ABOUT STRENGTH. IT’S HERE. YOU KNOW, IF THE SAILOR FAMILY HAS NEEDED STRENGTH, I THINK THAT ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS LOOK OUT THEIR WINDOW. LITERALLY, AND SEE THE STRENGTH OF THEIR COMMUNITY WORKING AROUND THEM AND JUST WALKING THROUGH HERE TODAY, I THINK I’VE CRIED ABOUT 12 TIMES TODAY ALREADY. UM, AND IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE CONVERSATION OR JUST SEEING SOMEONE COMING OUT EARLY. SO THEY GET HERE AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE DONATION JARS BEING DROPPED IN THE PEOPLE LIKE STOPPING ME AND SAYING THANK YOU. AND I’M LIKE, OF COURSE, LIKE IT’S NOT ABOUT US. THIS IS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OTHERS. AND IF WE CAN’T, IF IF WE CAN’T SAY THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT GREAT, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WRONG WITH US. IT’S QUITE AMAZING. WELL, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY CARES. AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, A PORTION OF THESE PROCEEDS FROM THE FOOD TRUCK WILL GO TO KAYLEE’S FAMILY, AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE FOR THIS STORY. THIS GOES TILL 8:00 HERE AT THE ORCHARD, AND THEY HOPE YOU COME ON OUT AND SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE. JERRY, I’M GOING TO SEND IT BACK ON OVER TO YOU IN STUDIO. YEAH. WHAT A GREAT EVENT OUT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHAEL. THE COLONIAL PARK MALL IN DAUPHIN COUNTY IS SCHEDULED TO BE AUCTIONED OFF NEXT MONTH. AND TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS AND STATE LAWMAKERS ARE HOPING TO GUIDE ITS REDEVELOPMENT. NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN REPORTS FROM LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP. TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS SAY THAT THE COLONIAL PARK MALL WAS ONCE A JEWEL IN THE COMMUNITY. MORE RECENTLY, THEY SAY IT WAS POTENTIALLY AT RISK OF BEING IN A SHERIFF’S SALE. THEY’RE HOPING THAT A MOVE TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY IN 2020 FOR A TOWN CENTER COULD POTENTIALLY BRING SOME BIG CHANGE. WE’RE HOPING THAT THE NEW OWNERS WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW ZONING AND THE TOWNSHIP IS HERE TO WORK WITH THEM, ROBIN LINDSAY CHAIRS THE LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR AND SAYS THE COLONIAL PARK MALL HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS. IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US. THE MALL IS DEFINITELY FAILING. IT’S BEEN FAILING FOR YEARS. YEARS. UM, THEY’RE NOT TAKING CARE OF IT. THERE IS NO MAJOR STORES THERE ANYMORE EXCEPT FOR BOSCOV’S. BUT BOSCOV’S IS ITS OWN ENTITY. TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS HOPE THAT BY REZONING THE PROPERTY, THEY CAN SPUR A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT THERE. THE MALL ITSELF GOES UP FOR AUCTION NEXT MONTH. IT’S NOT SMALL, AND THERE’S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT. STATE LAWMAKERS LIKE JUSTIN FLEMING ARE ALSO PROPOSING POTENTIAL GRANT OR LOAN PROGRAMS OR TAX ABATEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP FACILITATE REDEVELOPMENT. THERE IS A LOT OF RISK, YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST RATES ARE HIGHER RIGHT NOW. SO BORROWING MONEY IS NOT AS EASY AS IT ONCE WAS. SO A LISTING FOR THE AUCTION SAYS THE STARTING PRICE WILL BE $2.1 MILLION. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BOSCOV’S SITE OR SOME OF THE LOCATIONS FOR CURRENT AND FORMER BUSINESSES OR RESTAURANT SITES IN THE AREA. IN LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP, TOM LEHMAN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND NEWS EIGHT REACHED OUT TO THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE MALL PROPERTY, BUT DID NOT HEAR BACK. TODAY IS JUNETEENTH, MARKING THE DAY WHEN THE FINAL SLAVES IN THE UNITED STATES LEARNED THEY WERE FREE. TWO YEARS AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. THERE WERE EVENTS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TODAY IN LANCASTER. THE CITY AND THE NAACP HOSTED ITS ANNUAL FLAG RAISING AT CITY HALL THIS MORNING. AND AFTERWARDS, THERE WAS A SOUL FOOD JUNETEENTH RECEPTION AND PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE BETHEL AME CHURCH AND CULTURAL CENTER. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW THAT TO COME TO THE FOREFRONT OF EQUITY. UM, AND, UH, WE’LL, WE’LL CONTINUE WITH THAT. UH, MOVING FORWARD. UH, WE GOT FREEDOM. BUT OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS LIBERATION. NAACP LANCASTER DONATED THE FLAG TO THE CITY. AND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER, A JUNETEENTH JUBILEE. THERE ARE FOOD TRUCKS AND LIVE MUSIC RUNS UNTIL 8:00 AT BEN’S PARK. AND YUL PLAZA ON QUEEN STREET IN HARRISBURG. THE CITY’S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR HOSTED A JUNETEENTH JUBILEE ON CITY ISLAND. THE EVENT FEATURED CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES, VENDORS AND FOOD. COMING UP NEXT, THE SCAMMERS ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BE SMART ENOUGH TO SPOT A NEW SCAM TARGETING YOUR SMART TV. I MADE ON YOUR SIDE, CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRI