 
Justice Day
February 21, 2017
Lebanon Municipal Building
Thank You to Our Sponsor: Buzgon Davis Law Offices
Hi everyone. On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 the
Leadership Lebanon Valley Class of 2017 met at the Lebanon Municipal Building, in Lebanon, PA, in the County Commissioner's Office for our second class - Justice Day.
As promised, we participated in a full day's activities gaining a better understanding of the justice system in Lebanon County. After getting reacquainted with our class mates, and meeting Amanda Wise and Justin Weaber who couldn't meet with us in January, Andy Sholly spent time with us describing various adversarial situations which we might find ourselves. Intelligent, courteous, respectful, and witty, he was a delight to listen to; even to thinking - this guy is using all kinds of methods to learn our names and get them right!! It was fun watching his mind work, even for that! He doesn't miss a beat.
We then had the privilege of being part of a mock trial in courtroom #2 with Judge Tylwalk. Though our time was shortened a bit, we still had time to converse and get to know our classmates some more, and then to participate in the trial and watch the process. Excitingly, as one of the jurors, we unanimously found the gentleman not guilty, and learned in the real case, that was also true. Nice!
During this Justice Day class we had the opportunity to see a lot of the municipal building. That was insightful. There's a lot that goes on everywhere, and I'm so thankful for each office and leader. In our afternoon session we heard the personal stories from Warden Karnes and William White from our correctional facilities and Jubilee Ministries. I'm grateful that these gentlemen take their job seriously, and at the same time have sensitive hearts toward rehab and seeing change in lives. God bless them. These are heavy responsibilities! Our afternoon continued with some thoughts from District Justice John Ditzler. Here is another sharp leader, focused, articulate, knowledgeable, personable, and real. He gave insight to his office and some of the history of how he got there.
Our last stop had our class walking the lower hallways leading to central booking. Though we weren't able to see it because the room was in 'real' use, the City of Lebanon police department guided us through various processes including booking, being able to review deleted information on phones to help solve cases, getting the opportunity to meet Canine 'Friday' and look through a police car were all a part of the closing session. So informative, exciting, rewarding and fulfilling. These classes are doing what they promised and we're grateful. Thank you for this particular day and all who helped design it for us.
Article written by: Jim Lucas, Grace Point Church of the Nazarene, Class of 2017
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