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CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 1937 Lititz, Lancaster County, PA. 17543, Thursday, November 19,1981 20 CENTS A COPY J6 00 PER YEAR BY MAIL
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Drug Abuse... ^ Becoming An Epidemic!
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Persons interèsted in learning more about drug abuse can obtain these and
many other pamphlets from various local agencies.
ByPatHerr
(First of a Series)
“I think we’re going to be
faced with some very dif­ficult
decisions about the
whole drug problem very
soon. We will wake up to the
fact that we’re in the middle
of an epidemic, that drugs
spread from one user to the
next, and that the con­sequences
are devastating to
society, to the people, to our
country.”
This statement was made
fiv e y e a r s ago by
psychiatrist Dr. D. Harvey
Powelson, who was formerly
chief of the psychiatry
department of Cowell
Board Answers Tax Questions
Hie November meeting of
the Warwick School Board
was gavelled to order
Tuesday in the auditorium of
the Warwick Middle School,
fortunately, since several
area residents turned out to
question the occupational
millage tax which has been
levied by the board to make
up the deficit of ap­proximately
$300,000 lost to
the municipalities when they
took one-quarter of the
earned income tax which
had previously gone to the
Schools.
Questions and comments
from the fjioor concerned
themselves with the un­fairness
of the tax. The
inequities pointed out by
Citizens and board members
alike include the fact that
two workers in a side-by-side
working situation are
assessed at different rates
and that there is no legal
way to classify jobs other
Qian asking people please to
respond to thequestion.
Again the board members
pointed out th a t the
assessment schedule was
created by the Lancaster
County Board of Assessment
Appeals but based on and
similar to schedules used in
other counties. The board
agreed that the tax is unfair.
William Owens, president
of the board explained, “We
would dearly love to get rid
of this tax. It is inequitable.
But it was the only tax
available to " raise the
am o u n t lo s t to the
municipalities when they
(the municipalities) took
their portion of the earned
income tax. We would far
rather see this tax placed on
income/wages, but we
cannot do that. We are
legally limited to one per­cent
of the wage tax (earned
income) and that amount is
already being levied, with
the municipalities taking a
portion.”
William Dussinger, board
treasurer, explained that the
municipalities are entitled to
one-half of the wage tax, but
have taken only one-quarter,
and the school district could
stand to lose another chunk
when, as Owens put it at the
joint municipalities meeting
last week, “the other shoe
falls.” That is not expected
within the next year.
Owens explained that the
wage tax, unfair though it is,
was the only alternative to
raising property taxes or
cutting programs but said he
and the other board mem­bers
were standing ready to
hear from taxpayers and/or
parents as to what they want
changed.
There is legislation
proposed in the state that
could remove occupational
taxes and Owens suggested
that the recourse for the
citizens lay in letting
Harrisburg know how they
feel.
Asked how long the tax
would be in effect, the board
members responded that
“thet-e’s hd end.” Dussiriger
explained that the millage on
the tax could increase if the
borough and townships take
the other V* of the earned
income tax, and other board
members responded that
unless “we get some relief
from the leg isla tu re
(removing the unfair tax)
the tax will continue.”
Part Time Employees
Part time employees who
work less than 21 hours are
exempt from the occupation
tax.
If a part time employee
has been assessed as a full
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time worker, he should
notify the school board for a
form to fill out and have
verified by his employer,
noting a 20 hour work week
or less.
The 20 hour work week
was arbitrarily set as the
part time “cutoff”, ac­cording
to Walter Lightner,
business manager, by the
county, and Owens said,
“We live with it.”
In response to a question
about how long it would take
for an appeal to be
recognized, Lightner said if
the appeal is valid and dated Erior to Nov. 18 the corrected
ill will be àent with thfe bulk
mailing of the bills later this
month. Corrections made
after Nov. 18 would take
longer to reach residents due
to the computer entry
necessary.
Other Business
In other business, the.
board approved the addition
of a mechanical drawing
class during 1982-83.
The s u p e r in te n d e n t
reported that 98 percent of
the elementary school
children’s parents attended
the parent-teacher con­ferences
Monday and
Tuesday.
The board amended a
classroom rental contract
with Lancaster-Lebanon
Intermediate Unit 13,
reducing rent from $10,500 to
$9,300 because of the closing
of a class for the physically
handicapped ' held at the
middle school.
The board accepted the
following resignations:
David Cochran, high school
social studies teacher, ef­fective
Jan. 1; Judith
Giantomass, assistant girls’
track coach, effective Nov.
5; and Mark Hoover,
assistant baseball coach,
effective Nov. 5.
Board members said they
would consider a proposal by
Penn Manor officals believe
this might make busing to
non-public schools easier.
I n T h is Is s u e
Obituaries, Births 2
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10,11
Manheim News 14,15
Church 16
Business Directory 18
Classified 19,20,21
Memorial Hospital at the
University of California at
Berkeley. He is currently in
private practice in Berkley
and also serves as Mental
Health Program Chief of
C a la v e ra s County,
California.
After careful research into
the escalating use of drugs in
our area, and after having
checked with local law en­forcement
officials, social
counselors, te a ch e rs,
parents and drug users, we
have reached the conclusion
th a t Dr. Powelson’s
statement has proved to be
correct - that we are indeed
in the middle of an epidemic
- and its effects are being felt
right now.
Over the next few weeks,
we will publish a series of
articles pertaining to the use
of drugs and its effects on all
our lives. We will attempt to
print facts that have been
discovered after thorough
re se a rc h by medical
authorities during the past
several years. We will also
a ttem p t ag a in st sen­sationalizing
the issue.
Consider the facts con­tained
in Report No. 96-1380:
A Report of the Select
Committee on Narcotics
Abuse and Control, Ninety-sixth
Congress (Second
Session, Sept. 24,1980):
“ 1. Over 50 million
Americans have used
marijuana and 40 percent of
these persons are current
users.
“2. Approximately 375,000-
450,000 American citizens,
including a disproportionate
number of minority youths,
are addicted to heroin and
other narcotic drugs.
“3. An estimated 15 million
Americans have used
cocaine; eight million, PCP
(angel dush); 13 million,
inhalants; and 15 million,
hallucinogens.
“ 4. The a b u se of
prescription drugs has
become a major health
problem.
“5. Drug abuse in the
United States has reached
epidemic proportions, and
continues to spread. The
most vulnerable to drug use
and drug addiction are often
youth, women, minorities
and the elderly.
“6. Marijuana, the most
widely used illicit drug
among school-age children
and young adults, can no
longer be viewed as a har­mless
substance. Evidence
continues to mount that
smoking marijuana can lead
to serious, and sometimes
irreversible physiological
and psychological damage.
The risks are particularly
high for persons in their
formative years. Moreover,
th e p o ten cy of
marijuana has increased
substantially over the past
five years.”
These figures are expected
to be much higher in the 1981
report. You will note that
drug abuse occurs not only
with young people, but with
adults as well.
It has been discovered
however, that the use of
marijuana, and its extreme
hazards to the health of its
users, is “public enemy
number one" among drug
users, most of whom are
youth and young adults.
Street sales of marijuana
amounted to about $23 billion
last year.
Along with the increased
use of marijuana and
hashish (a stronger form of
marijuana) in the area, we
have also noted an increase
in the crime rate in Lan­caster
County - an ap­proximate
40 percent. This
increase has been especially
noted as incidences of theft
and burglary become more
commonplace. A nation­wide
increase in automobile
accident fatalities, teen-age
suicides, runaways and teen­age
pregnancies has also
been blamed on increased
drug usage. And these
statistics hold true for our
area as well.
Having d is c o v e re d
marijuana is the most
widely used illicit drug by
our young people, some as
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Community Thanksgiving
Service At Mennonite Church
A Community Thanks­giving
Eve Service will be
held Nov. $5 at the Lititz
Idennonite Church at 7:30
p.m.
The Rev. Duane Brown,
pastor of St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ, will bring
the message.
Mayor Raymond Reedy
will read a proclamation.
Pastors participating in
the evening service include
the Rev. Ronald Dull of the
Lititz Church of God, the
Rev. Daryl Climenhagen of
Speedwell Brethren in Christ
Church, the Rev. Dave
Wooten of lthe Evangelical
Christian Church, and the
Rev. Jacob Frederick, host,
pastor.
The offering received from
the service will be equally
divided between the War­wick
Community Chest and
CROP.
Come early for a good
seat.
Farmers First to Reorganize
Robert S. Boiinger,
p r e s id e n t an d ch ie f
executive officer of Farmers
First Bank, Lititz, an­nounced
today that the
bank’s board of directors has
authorized management to
take the actions necessary to
reorganize the bank under a
holding company.
Such a reorganization
would result in the creation
of a new Pennsylvania
corporation which would
hold all the stock in Farmers
First Bank. The bank’s
current shareholders, whose
approval is required in
c o n n e c tio n with th e
reo rg an iza tio n would,
following an exchange of
shares, own shares in the
holding company. In ad­dition
to shareholders’ ap­proval,
approvals by several
federal and state regulatory
agencies are required at
various stages in the
reorganization.
Boiinger notes that the
rapidly changing banking
environment, which is the
result of recent and an­ticipated
changes in both
federal and state legislation
and regulations, makes the
conversion from a bank to a
bank holding company
desirable. The holding
company approach Will offer
greater flexibility in meeting
the needs of the communities
and customers served by
Farmers First.
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D r u g A b u s e F a c t s
by George C. Hicks
Chief of Police
Lititz, PA
The following are facts:
DRUG ABUSE - has a detrimental effect upon the
mind and body of the user.
DRUG ABUSE- is expensive to the user.
DRUG ABUSE- is lucrative to the seller.
DRUG ABUSE- causes behavior affecting not only the
abuser himself, but all of the community in Which
he resides.
DRUG ABUSE- peer pressure is great upon youth.
DRUG ABUSE- frequently results in the abuser
committing crimes to support his habit: also in the
commission of crimes of physical violence against
other persons.
DRUG ABUSE- related crimes are a major concern
and a problem for ALL urban, suburban and rural
areas - nationwide.
DRUG ABUSE- is a growing, expensive, difficult,
technical and time-consuming investigative
procedure for all law enforcement agencies in­volved.
DRUG ABUSE- where it flourishes, does so in part due
to an “I don’t want to get involved” attitude on the
part of some persons who have information that
would be helpful to investigators.
DRUG ABUSE- combined with alcohol consumption,
produces special problems.
DRUG ABUSE- oriented persons or persons interested
in aiding drug abusers can obtain aid from various
local agencies.
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Record Express Will Publish
Early Next Week
The Record Express
will be published one
day early next week
b e c a u s e of th e
Thanksgiving holiday.
Deadline for sub­mitting
classified and
display advertising will
be Monday at 3 p.m.
Deadline for all news
will be 12 noon Monday.
No news will be ac­cepted
after that time
and we urge that, if at
all possible, news be
sent in earlier. News
may be dropped in the
mail slot over the
weekend.
Next week’s edition
will be on the newstands
late Tuesday and will be
received in the mail
Wednesday by sub­scribers.
Library Completes Facilities For Handicapped
Michael Koch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nevin Koch, 113 W. Third Ave., makes use
of the Lititz Public Library's newly completed entry ramp. Mrs. Donna Ham­mond,
head librarian, answers the bell, allowing Michael into the library.
The library is now also equipped with lavatory facilities for the handicapped.