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21 Barred From Commencement
Warwick Seniors
To Graduate
Twenty-one of the 230
graduating seniors at
Warwick High School will
not be permitted to par­ticipate
in commencement
activities tonight (June 9) at
the high school athletic field
as part of their punishment
for breaking school rules
while on a class trip to
Virginia, school authorities
said this week.
The 21 students will
receive their diplomas, but
were not allowed to attend
last Friday’s prom and will
not be allowed to participate
in tonight’s graduation
ceremony.
The students were barred
from these school activities
as punishment for using or
possessing alcohol or drugs
while on the senior trip to the
Williamsburg, Va., area on
Memorial Day weekend.
Before leaving on the trip,
the seniors and their parents
had signed a form stating
that any students found
openly consuming alcohol or
taking drugs or in the
possession of alcohol or
drugs would not be allowed
to participate in the prom or
graduation ceremonies.
Twenty-three seniors were
sent home early from the
trip for alcohol or drug-related
infractions and a
24th student was later
determined to have violated
the rules. The students were
suspended from school for
three days.
Two of the students sent
home early for the alleged
violations will be allowed to
participate in tonight’s
graduation ceremonies
because they were found to
be ‘minimally involved,”
Warwick superintendent Dr.
John Bonfield said this week.
A third student will be
permitted to participate in
commencement due to
“extenuating health cir­cumstances.”
Some of the seniors and
their parents said last week
that only about half of the
students who confessed to
drinking or possessing
alcohol or drugs while on the
trip were sent home.
Several of those who were
sent home early said they
had submitted a list of
names of other students who
were allegedly in violation of
the contract signed between
the students, parents and
school district to school
administrators.
Bonfield said this week
that there was not sufficient
evidence to warrant further
investigations of these
students by the school
district.
“Fifteen sets of parents
did come in (for hearings),”
Bonfield said, adding that
the majority of the parents
"did not rebut or defend”
what the students had done.
“1 was heartened and
pleased by the reaction of
the majority of the parents,”
Bonfield said Tuesday.
He said that some of the
parents were “ openly
h o s tile ” a b o u t th e
disciplinary actions taken by
the school district, but added
that most of the phone calls
and letters he has received
have supported the school
district’s actions.
The 27th annual Warwick
High School Commencement
will begin at 7 o’clock tonight
(Thursday) . on the high
school athletic field, weather
permitting.
Student speakers will
include Douglas Hess, Joyce
Eppig, Laura France and
KarenCooper.
The Rev. Harold M. Young
will give the invocation and
benediction.
Record Express Photo/Jennifer Shenk
Lititz And Kandern, W. Germany
Sutter (And Pretzels)
Provide Common Bond
Mayor Raymond Reedy of Lititz and Bürgermeister Erwin Funfgeld of Kan­dern,
West Germany, compare pretzel-twisting talents at the Sturgis Pretzel
House on East Main Street. Both Lititz and Kandern are known as “pretzel
towns,” Bürgermeister Funfgeld told Mayor Reedy last Saturday during the
^West Germans’ visit here. (See additional photos on page 3.)
Elizabeth Township Appoints Zoning
The Elizabeth Township
Supervisors appointed a new
zoning officer at their
regular monthly meeting
Monday night.
Mrs. Rita A. Snavely, 222
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Commonwealth National Bank
Dori Mae’s Dress Shop
Farmers First Bank
First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc.
Wm. B. Fry’s Pontiac, Inc.
Glad Rags Thrift Shop
Glassmyer's
Hamilton Bank
Henry’s Western Auto
Kelly’s Deli
Kreider Hardware Co.
Lady Diana
Lititz Office Products/Lititz Book
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Lititz Record Express
Lititz Sports Center
Lititz Springs Garage
Long & Bomberger Home Center
McElroy Pharmacy
Miller-Hess Shoe Outlet
Old Barbery Square
The Pewter Mug
A.H. Shelly, Inc.
Stauffer’s of Kissel Hill
Trudi K Shop (Lititz only)
Weis Market (Lititz only)
Wells Warwick House
Westlake Furniture Outlet
White Shield Discount Center
Wilbur Choc. Factory Candy Outlet
Zimmerman’s New’s Stand
& Gift Shop
Merv. Zimmerman Plumbing &
Heating Showroom
Mayberry Drive, was ap­pointed
to replace Amos F.
Miller II, Lititz, as township
zoning officer, effective this
week.
Miller, who had asked to
be relieved of his zoning
duties, will continue to serve
as township sewage officer.
Mrs. Snavely is self-employed
part-time as a
free-lance court reporter.
Zoning Ordinance
During the public par­ticipation
portion of the
meeting Monday questions
were raised concerning
zoning--what changes or
repairs can be made without
a permit-and why, in some
cases, zoning boundaries
split properties.
Supervisor Larry Wiker
said that the zoning officer
would have answers to
questions concerning per­mits.
"Go to your planning
commission meetings,”
Wiker urged residents with
zoning suggestions, adding
that the township planning
commission is currently
looking to update the
township zoning ordinance
and is trying to follow
property lines.
“We’ll be looking at up­dating
the zoning ordinance,
particularly the agricultural
o rd in a n c e ,” H e rb e r t
Flosdorf, chairman of the
township planning com­mission,
said following the
su p e rv iso rs’ meeting
Monday night.
The next meeting of the
Elizabeth Township Plan­ning
Commission is Thur­sday,
June 23 at 7 p.m. in the
municipal building on South
View Drive.
The planning commission
meetings, the third Thur­sday
of each month, are open
to the public.
Paving Contract
In other action Monday the
supervisors awarded the
contract for paving sections
of Fox Road, Bomberger
Road, Mayberry Drive and
Hickory Drive to Windsor
Service, Inc., Reading, for a
total bid of $69,651.
Windsor was the lowest
bidder for the complete
project.O
ther Business
The board also discussed
painting the township
building and proceeding with
the construction of the
p ro p o se d s a lt sh ed .
Decisions on both were
tabled until future meetings.
Chad
By Kathleen King
One day in early April,
Christine Green, a guidance
counselor at Warwick
Middle School, was in the
main office when she was
told there was someone who
wanted to see her. So Mrs.
Green walked to her office,
located down a short
corridor from the main
office, opened the door and
found—a clown. Not just a
clown, but a delivery of
balloons and a group of
giggly kids peering in
around the outer hallway
door, watching with an­ticipation.
One of those kids was Chad
Miller.
The balloon delivery was a
thank-you from Chad, one of
Mrs. Greens advisees. When
Mrs. Green found out who
the culprit was in the caper,
she wasn’t at all surprised.
After all, according to Mrs.
Green and a lot of people
who know him, Chad Miller
is just overflowing with
surprises.
Chad is an eighth grade
student with a ready smile, a
laugh and a way with people
that believes his age. But his
eagerness and his fresh
outlook let you know he’s
still very much a soon-to-be
ninth grader.
Chad was born with
Shannon Says
'Public Protest Over
ZoningComesTooLate’
Much of the public outcry
over recent Zoning Hearing
Board rulings is misdirec­ted,
Arline Shannon,
chairman of the Lititz
Planning Commission said
at Tuesday’s meeting of the
Planning Commission. Mrs.
Shannon said the public does
not seem aware that the
Zoning Hearing Board is
merely interpreting the
zoning laws which were
written by the Planning
Commission and passed into
law by the Borough Council.
“ The Planning Com­mission
draws up ordinances
and recommends them to
Borough Council,” Mrs.
Shannon said. "Council then
passes the ordinances after a
public hearing, so the public
does have an opportunity to
make comments.”
Mrs. Shannon said the
public should be making
comment on new ordinances
before they become law.
(New ordinances are always
advertised in the legal
section of the newspaper
prior to the date they are to
be considered by Borough
Council.)
“It’s up to the Zoning
Officer to report violations,”
Mrs. Shannon explained.
Mrs. Shannon said a lot of
Daniel M. Groff, 1651
Furnace Hills Pike, won the
Republican nomination for
Elizabeth Township auditor
by drawing a lower number
than opponent Alvin B.
Eberly Monday at the
Officer
The supervisors voted
unanimously to proceed with
the township’s civil suit
against Daniel M. Groff and
Mr. and Mrs. Parke Heller
for zoning violations in the
township.
The next meeting of the
E liz a b e th Township
Supervisors will be held
Monday, July 11, due to the
July 4th holiday.
the problems could be
avoided if people would
comply with the
requirement to obtain a sign
permit before they hung
their sign. Sign permits are
obtainable at the borough
office for $5, she said.
“The only people who have
to come before the Zoning
Hearing Board for a sign are
those in the historic district or
those who want a variance to
what is allowed in the or­d
in a n c e ,” she s a id .
“Otherwise they can put a
sign up if if meets the zoning
ordinance.”
Mrs. Shannon said, "Much
of the problem comes from
after-the-fact enforcement.
People go ahead with the
sign and then are notified by
the zoning officer that they
are in violation of the zoning
ordinance.”
In another matter dealing
with signs, the Planning
Commission discussed the
fact that it is not permissible
to hang temporary signs,
such as garage sale signs, on
utility poles without the
permission of the utility
owner, such as Pennsylvania
Power and Light or Denver
and Ephrata Telephone.
Several Planning Com­mission
members said they
Lancaster County Board of
Elections office, Lancaster.
Each of the candidates had
polled 63 Republican votes in
the May primary.
The two may have to draw
again to determine whose
name will appear on the
Democratic ballot in
November.
Eberly, who was a write-in
candidate on both the
Republican and Democratic
b a llo ts , re c e iv e d 14
Democratic votes in the
primary.
Groff, who had filed as a
Republican, received 15
write-in votes on the
D em o c ra tic tic k e t.
However, one of the write-ins
was cast for “D.M.
Griff” and might be thrown
out. If that happens, Groff
and Eberly will be tied at 14
votes each and a second
drawing would be held.
felt the garage sale signs
were both hazardous and
unsightly, causing people to
watch the signs instead of
the traffic.
The planners came to no
conclusion about a solution
to the problem. Some
members said garage sales
are popular and people will
continue to hang signs.
Another member suggested
notifying the sign hangers
that they were in violation of
the zoning law which
prohibits hanging any signs
in the right-of-way of the
borough, which includes all
poles, lamp posts, etc.
"It would be easy enough
to find out who’s hanging the
sign,” the member said,
"the address is right on it.”
In other matters the
Planning Commission
turned over to consultant
Garth Becker a new set of
required amendments to the
Flood Plain Management
Plan which had been
received from the Depart­ment
of Community Affairs.
The commission directed
Becker to review the
amendments and compare
them to the borough’s
c u rren t Flood Plain
Management Plan to see
where amendment will be
necessary.
The commission also
asked Planning Commission
Secretary Kenneth Wiest to
submit applications to the
County Redevelopment
Authority for community
development funds that will
be available January 1,1984.
The commission told Wiest
to apply for money for the
Sixth Street extension, storm
sewer work at Moravian
Manor, and for a proposed
strip park along Lititz Run.
There will be $2.5 million
of the funds available to the
county, Wiest said. Ac­cording
to the planning
commission, Lititz Borough
has yet to receive any
community development
funds.
I n T h i s I s s u e
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Classified 14,15
Social 10,11
Church 26
Business Directory 27
Groff Wins Republican
Nomination In Drawing
Miller Eliminates 'CanT
From His Vocabulary
minimal brain dysfunction,
which his mother explains is
a catch-all phrase doctors
use to describe brain injuries
which seem to have no
organic basis and can’t be
otherwise categorized.
According to the doctors, he
might even outgrow it.
Because of this injury,
Chad has had difficulty with
coordination ever since he
was a baby. When he had
trouble learning to walk, his
parents started taking him
to Elizabethtown Children’s
Hospital and he was fitted
with a Hanson bar on his
legs.
Mrs. Miller said the bar,
which is worn between the
shoes and forces the legs to
maintain a straight forward
position, helped correct
an orthopedic problem. Chad
had with one of his legs. But
it didn’t stop him from
getting around.
“He was about 13 months
old when he got the brace,
Phoebe Miller said. “He had
to wear it 20 hours a day.”
However, she said Chad soon
learned to get in and out of
his crib, down the steps, and
all around the house wearing
the bar.
“He smashed two cribs
with that bar on,” Mrs.
Miller said. “He’d be up
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Chad and his dog Oynx, take a moment to rest at
the family farm on Oak Lane, northwest of Lititz.