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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 3, 2008
Contact: Tracy Polovick
Coordinator of Communications and Outreach
(717) 787-8524
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Shop that Restores Stanleys Featured in Vance Program

HARRISBURG – The January edition of the Vance Report spotlights The Stanley Shop in Wellsville, York County.

For 18 years owner Charles Johnson has been restoring other people's Stanley Steamers. Johnson interest in Stanley Steamers began in 1980 as a hobby. By 1990, he was convinced to turn his hobby into an income by restoring the vehicles. The Stanley Motor Carriage Company produced 86 models of steam cars for 25 years in the early 1900s.

"Last year, I had the privilege of riding in Charlie's Stanley Steamer as part of the Second Annual Fall Parade in Wellsville," Sen. Pat Vance (R-Cumberland/York) said. "Visiting his shop, I was amazed to learn it takes about two years to restore one vehicle. His attention to detail is evident in the work he does."

Vance's show airs on Blue Ridge Communications at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays on Channel 8. Comcast Cable that serves the Shippensburg area will air the program at 4 p.m. on Thursdays on Channel 21. Comcast Cable that serves the Carlisle area will air the show at the same time but on Channel 11. York Community Access shows the program at 9 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month on Channel 16. Finally, Comcast Cable in the Greater Harrisburg area will air the program on Channel 20 with no set time schedule.

Vance's district includes all of Cumberland County and Carroll, Fairview, Franklin, Monaghan, Warrington and Washington townships and Dillsburg, Franklintown and Wellsville boroughs in York County.