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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 28 Pages-No. 12
’Respect For Country, Knowledge, Others, and Self’
WHS Graduates Name 'Goals of Education>
Remands Case To Warwick Township ZHB
County Court Reverses
Rothsville School Decision
The May 13, 1981 decision
of the Warwick Township
Zoning Hearing Board
(ZHB), denying a special
exception for the Housing
Development of Lancaster
County (HDC) to convert the
former Rothsville School
into 15 apartment units, has
been reversed and the case
returned to the ZHB by order
of the Lancaster County
Court of Common Pleas.
In his June 11 order, Judge
Michael J . Perezous stated
that the case is remanded to
the ZHB to determine
whether HDC will accept a
special exception based on
the following conditions:
A maximum occupancy of
56 persons with a water
consumption not to exceed
4,200 gallons daily, both such
limits to be monitored.
If such occupancy limit is
exceeded, then the permit
will be revoked. If the
maximum is greater than
stipulated, HDC will be
required to supply the
surplus from sources outside
the Rothsville property at no
extra cost to the township or
occupants.
In the case at hand, the
basis of the township’s ob­jection
is that, while
Rothsville is a poor area in
general terms of un-derground
water supply, the
, water supply is adequate to
meet the Current léveL of
development but not an
additional use which will
consume water at the rate of
th e HDC a p a r tm e n t
building. Thè court stated
that it is of the opinion that
the water
Rothsville
“ fu tu re ”
th e re fo re
is
problem in
one of a
nature and
within the
province of the zoning
hearing board’s power to
deny applications for special
exceptions.
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Despite a wet field and
threatening skies, the 242
members of the 1982
graduating class of Warwick
High School received their
diplomas during the 26th
annual commencement
exercises held Friday
evening at the high school
athletic field.
Following the invocation
by the Rev. Linford Good,
director, SALT Ministries,
the four student speakers
discussed the theme “Goals
of Education: Respect for
Country, Knowledge, Others
and Self.”
The four orators were:
Timothy Foor, James
Graybill, Michael Kauffman
and Todd Gardner, all
among the top ten academic
graduates of the senior
class, for which they
received honor student pins
from the Warwick Chapter
of the National Honor
Society.
Timothy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Timothy R. Foor, spoke
on “Country,” telling his
classmates and guests, “We
do what we can for our
beautiful country because
we love it.”
“Knowledge can become
addicting,’’ according . to
James Graybill, son of Mrs.
Janice E. Graybill and
James R. Graybill. He
quoted Robert E. Lee,
stating, “The education of a
man is never completed until
he dies.”
Jim received a check for
$25 from the Lititz Lions
Club as Outstanding Math
Student. He was also
awarded the Lititz Rotary
Club’s scholarship in the
amount of $250 per year for
each of four consecutive
years, and the Penn State
Alumni Award of $400.
Michael E. Kauffman, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Terry A
Kauffman, spoke on
“Others.”
“Respect for country and
knowledge is contingent on
respect for others,” he said
during the Friday evening
ceremony.
Mike was presented an
engraved desk and lamp set
as this year’s recipient of the
Distinguished Achievement
in Music, presented to the
outstanding student who has
displayed ta len t and
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Teacher Contract
Agreement Reached
At Warwick
The Warwick Education Association and the War­wick
School Board have reached agreement on a new
two year teacher’s contract. The school district
Collective Bargaining Agreement ratified by the
teachers and the School Board on June 15, will cover
the contract period of July 1,1982 through June 30,1984.
The current three year contract expires June 30,1982.
The tentative agreement reached June 14, was
ratified by the Warwick Education Association
membership at a meeting held Tuesday, June 15. The
Warwick Board ratified the agreement at their regular
board meeting held on Tuesday evening.
The agreement provides for an average increase per
employee fo $1,513 for the 1982-83 school year and an
average increase of $1,576 for the 1983-84 school year.
The first year salary increases range from 9.7% to
7.4% for an average salary increase of 8.3% above the
1981- 82 salary and a range of 9.2% to 7.1% for an
average second year salary increase of 8.0% above the
1982- 83 salary. The beginning salary at the Bachelor’s
Degree level was increased from $11,750 to $12,400 in
the 1982-83 school year and $13,000 in the 1983-84 school
year.
The new negotiations agreement provides for a
dental program for employees and improvements in
the employee hospitalization, life insurance coverage,
tuition reimbursement, and income protection
programs.
The total cost to the school district for salary in­creases
will be $254,343 for the first year and $264,932
for the second year. The agreement was reached after
ten bargaining sessions which began in January.
William Owens, school board president, commended
both bargaining teams for the “much improved
negotiations system in our township. ’ ’
Kenneth Hartman, chief negotiator for WEA,
thanked board negotiators Wilson Smith and Gary
McCartney at Tuesday night’s meeting, commenting
that they were “dam tough negotiations, but always
friendly.”
“Negotiations which have been going on a bi-weekly
basis since January represent give-and-take on both
sides,” WEA negotiator Steve Palkovic said Tuesday
following ratification of the agreement. “It’s a good
contract for the board and the teachers. ”
Effective Jan. 1. 1983
Warwick Township Supervisors
Eliminate Fringe Benefits
The Warwick Township
Supervisors adopted a
resolution eliminating in­surance
benefits and other
fringe benefits for members
of the board of supervisors,
effective Jan. 1,1983, at their
regu la r semi-monthly
meeting last Thursday night.
According to board
chairman Steve Wallace, in
previous years supervisors
were often employees of the
township, such as road-masters,
and were therefore
provided with insurance
coverage.
“It costs about $135 a
month per person for the
current health plan,”
Wallace explained Thur­sday,
adding that the board
will be expanded to five
members next year, which
itself would account for an
additional cost of over $3,000
to the township under the
existing plan.
Supervisor Lloyd Rohrer
commented that in the past
the supervisors were in­cluded
in the insurance plan
in order for the township to
qualify for group rates.
William Hazlett, board
secretary, objected to the
supervisors voting on
matters relating to their own
compensation, but joined
Wallace and Rohrer in
voting for the adoption of the
resolution.
“I don’t like to see the
supervisors voting on this,”
he said Thursday. “I ’d like
to leave this to the auditors. ”
Other Business
In other action, the
supervisors accepted a bid of
$9,848.23 from K e lle r
Brothers Auto Co., Lititz, for
a new police car.
Following a request from
Warwick Township Police
Chief Harry Aichele, the
supervisors agreed to have
the township “commence
furnishing firearms for
members of the police
d e p a r tm e n t ,” and
authorized Chief Aichele to
specify what type of
firearms and obtain bids for
those specified. The bids will
be handled through the
supervisors.
According to Aichele, the
officers currently furnish:
their own weapons.
“Now, the township has no
control over the firearms
carried,” he told the board
Thursday. “If the township
buys the weapons, we can
train the officers to use
them, and (the township)
will have more control over
their use.”
In his report to the
supervisors, Chief Aichele
stated that among the in­tersections
in the township
with the highest accident
rates are Route 501 north
and Newport Road, Route
501 South, Woodcrest
Avenue, and East Newport
Road and Brunnerville
Road. These are all state
roads, according to Aichele,
and, though the township
will continue to try to help
the situation, the state will
ship supervisors for review
for possible prosecution.
In other business, the
supervisors discussed the
possibility of using two
railroad tank cars, buried at
Deer Run Estates, for water
storage for fire protection in
the area.
A motion by Hazlett to
investigate the use of the
tanks in cooperation with the
Brunnerville Fire Company
and Warwick Township
Municipal Authority passed,
3-0.
Carol Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Miller, accepts the Lititz Record Express Jour­nalism
Award during commencement exercises
Friday at the Warwick High S chool athletic field.
LAFF To Be Held Saturday From 10 a.m. To 4 n.m.
Luther Acres Fun Fair Features 40
Whistle Steam-Powered Calliope
probably
study.
also conduct a
The supervisors agreed
Thursday night to refer a list
of those people delinquent in
connecting to the township
sewer system to the town-
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A sp e c ia l m u s ic a l
highlight of the Big LAFF, to
be held on Saturday, June 19.
will be the playing of a 40
whistle calliope. The calliope
is part of the musical en­tertainment
to be provided
throughout the day on the
grounds of Luther Acres, 600
E. Main St., Lititz.
The calliope, which was
completed in 1963, was built
from scratch by Noah Getz.
A fascination with steam
engines led Getz and his
brother, William to build this
replica of an old circus
calliope.
This instrument is the
third largest “playable
calliope” in the country.
There are approximately 15
other steam generated
calliopes in museums across
the United States. At least
$10,000 has gone into this
calliope in construction,
labor, boiler installation and
maintenance costs.
Also scheduled to en­tertain
on June 19 is a nine
piece instrumental group
and a local German band.
The Fun Fair will include
a celebrity auction, craft fair
and flea market. The auc-tion,
which begins at 10 a.m.,
will be conducted by Ron
Funk, a professional auc­tioneer
from Paradise.
Sixteen Lancaster County
craftsmen will display their
talents and four will be
demonstrating their crafts.
The flea market will include
tables of items from
L u th e ra n ch u r c h e s
throughout L a n c a s te r
County. A variety of food will
be available in the Luther
Town home dining room and
at the baked goods stands.
The Fair promises a wide
variety of entertainment and
fun for all ages. All activities
begin at 10 a.m. and run until
4 p.m. See you at the fair!
William Getz, Lancaster, displays the calliope that will provide part of the
musical entertainment at the Luther Acres Fun Fair (LAFF) Saturday. Getz and
his brother built the steam-powered calliope from scratch. The Fair will run from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Luther Acres, 600 E. Main St., Lititz.