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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 Pages-No. 6
1 Township Residents Oppose
Industrial, Commercial Zone
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Township resident Dennis W. Pierce told the
planning commissioners that he, and many other
residents, had moved to the area north of
Rothsville because it was rural,
betrayed,” he said, if the area
commercial and industrial.
is
"We'll feel
rezoned to
'Dazed’ Young Man Apprehended
By Lititz Police
A young man was tran­sported
to St. Joseph
Hospital April 23 after he
was picked up by the Lititz
police for causing a
disturbance at the square.
According to Assistant
Chief James Fritz, the Lititz
police were called to the
area of the square to in­vestigate
a report of
someone “running around
shouting obscenities. ’ ’
Officer William Seace
apprehended a white male,
about 18 years old, and
brought him to the police
station, Fritz said. .
According to police, the
young man was in a dazed
condition, had no iden­tification
with him and had
“X” slash marks and dried
blood on his body. He was
transported by the Warwick
Ambulance to St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Lancaster and
later transferred to Ephrata
Community Hospital.
Fritz said police later
learned the man’s name, but
did not release the in­formation
since there were
no charges filed.
Drug Charges
A 16-year-old Lititz area
male was charged by
D e te c tiv e C h a rle s
Sheneberger for a violation
Pennsylvania Con-
Substances Act on
School Board To Adopt
Final Budget May 15
Warwick School Board is
expected to adopt a
$9,595,241 budget for 1984-85
at its May 15 meeting with
little change frdm the
preliminary budget ap­proved
last month, Warwick
superintendent Dr. John
Bonfield said Tuesday.
Speaking at a public
budget meeting at the
Warwick Middle School
Tuesday, Bonfield said the
1984-85 budget represents a
10.3 percent increase, but
requires ho tax increase.
Only one resident, a for­mer
board member, at­tended
the special meeting
called by school officials to
discuss aspects of the
proposed budget with the
public.
Terming it a “needs
budget,” Bonfield said
budget discussions have
been underway since last
December and added that all
areas of the budget have
been reviewed by board
subcommittees for at least
three months.
Final adoption of the 1984-
85 budget is slated for the
school board’s regular
meeting on May 15.
Representing significant
increases in the budget are
funds set aside for reroofing
a section of the middle
school and monies for the
replacement and repair of
paved areas.
Bonfield
budgetary
sa id
reserve
th e
will
Teacher Day USA
Recognized
By Karen Belber
Teacher Day USA. What is it? It’s a celebration for
outstanding teachers. In Pennsylvania Teacher Day USA
will be observed May 9.
Warwick School district’s administration has selected
an outstanding teacher from each of the five district
schools. All five of these teachers have something in
common - they love to teach.
Terry Kauffman, Kay Hinkle, Ed Nixdorf, Sally
Watkins, and Alice Keener do what they do best. The
teach. And they can’t imagine doing anything else.
Terry Kauffman teaches
fifth grade math and com­puter
literacy at Lititz
Elementary. He’s been
teaching for nearly 17 years.
He coaches varsity foot­ball
and he’s also head
varsity coach of the girls’
softball team.
Kauffman’s common
denominator - motivation.
“To teach effectively,” he
explained, “motivation must
be a big factor.” And
motivated he is.
His class has 10 computers
in its program. “After lunch,
when the kids have got
‘optional access time’,” he
said, “they sound like a herd
of elephants coming up the
stairs (to use the com­puters).”
They’re obviously
motivated, too.
Kauffman thinks having
the computers helps
maintain and ensure “total
accuracy.” “The kids can
pick up on their own
mistakes and easily correct
them, themselves. And in the
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“Kids ju st love
working with
the computers.'
remain at $200,000, though
“$400,000 to $500,000 would
be more realistic,” and will
be used in future budget
years if not needed for
emergency expenditures
during the 1984-85 school
year.
The district anticipates
having about $1.5 million by
the end of this year which
will cover the $1,346,259
deficit planned in the 1984-85
budget, Bonfield said. He
credited “ tighter fiscal
management,” as well as
in cre ased investment
revenues and higher state
subsidies for the fund
balance this year.
Goals
Following the budget
discussion, Bonfield ad­dressed
the goals of the
school district for 1984-85.
They are:
• In c r e a s e s tu d e n t
achievement in all major
subject areas.
• Improve instruction with
an emphasis on com­munication
skills.
• E s ta b lis h a
business/industry/school
partnership program in each
school and department.
• Improve curriculum
coordination and a r ­ticulation
across grade and
subject areas.
• Increase alternative
education options for
students with learning
disabilities.
• Expand and improve the
coordination of programs for
gifted and talented students
in grades Kindergarten
through 12.
of the
trolled
April 2.
According to Fritz, the
youth was apprehended at
Warwick High School by
school officials who found
him with m ariju an a
cigarettes in his possession,
he will be referred to
juvenile authorities, Fritz
said.
Burglary/Theft
Lititz police are in­vestigating
a burglary which
occurred sometime between
6:30 and 9:15 p.m. on April 27
at the home of Everett
McGinnis, 221 Swarthmore
Drive. .. !
A c co rd in g to Det.
ShenenbergOr, the intruders
broke into the home through
a basement door and took
jewelry, money and old
coins, valued at $1,500.
Sometime during the
weekend of April 20-22,
someone entered the E.G.
Whitehead Co., at 22 N.
Water St., by breaking out a
screen, police said. Ac­cording
to Fritz, the intruder
stole several vinyl items and
a “no trespassing” sign and
caused about $50 damage.
Someone entered the home
of Darlene Minnich, 101 E.
Lincoln Ave. on April 26,
sometime between 1 and 6:30
a.m., and removed her purse
from the kitchen table.
The purse was located the
some morning in the yard of
a neighbor’s residence,
police said. Missing from the
purse were various cards,
about $50 in cash, a check­book
and an unsigned check
for $121.46.
The theft is under in­vestigation
by Officer Kerry
Nye.
Carl Foltz, 305 Linden St.,
reported to police that
someone stole about 22
gallons of gasoline from his
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By Kathleen King
Large turnouts of the
public at Warwick Township
municipal meetings are
getting to be habit, and last
Wednesday’s Warwick
Township Planning Com­mission
meeting was no
exception.
Approximately 75 town­ship
residents showed up at
the regular monthly meeting
of the planning commission
to present a petition op­posing
a proposed rezoning
change of a tract of land
located along Rothsville
Road.
Doctors Carlton W. Busko
and Y.M. Kim, who operate
the Rothsville Family
Medical Office and who own
the former Akron Reiff
farm, had suggested to the
planning commission in a
letter in December that the
commissioners consider
rezoning the farm from rural
and R-l (low density
residential) to commercial
and industrial to permit
garden-type apartments, a
shopping-professional plaza,
and a light industrial
complex. The planning
commission is currently in
the process of revamping the
zoning map of the entire
township.
Two other zoning matters
also came before the com­missioners
Wednesday
night.
A representative of six
Warwick Township farm
owners presented a petition
requesting a change in the
zoning of their farms from
rural and industrial to
agricultural in anticipation
of becoming a part of the
newly created agricultural
preserve.
In addition, a developer
got the commissioners’ nod
to the rezoning of a tract
located along the west side of
Route 501, south of
Lexington Road from rural
to R-2 (medium density
residential).
Busko/Kim Tract
On the rezoning suggestion
of Busko and Kim, a group of
residents calling themselves
the “The Committee of
Concerned Citizens for the
Busko-Kim T r a c t ”
presented a petition with
about 250 signatures on it
opposing the suggested
rezoning of the 70-acre tract
from rural to industrial and
commercial.
Alicia L. Black-Kirby, a
spokesman for the group,
read a prepared statement
to the planning commission
expressing concern that the
rezoning would ruin the
“character of the neigh­borhood”
around the Aaron
Reiff farm.
Mrs. Black-Kirby said
most of the residents in the
area of Briar Hill Road,
Rothsville Road, and
Meadow Valley Road had
moved to the area because
“ the character of this
area...appealed tous.”
She said the residents
“value the type of en­vironment
that we have
here,” and that they “felt
confident that with the type
of zoning presently in ef­fect—
i.e. rural and R-l—we
could come here, enjoy the
country atmosphere, and not
have to worry about some
bastardizing influence being
built just down the road. ’ ’
Mrs. Black-Kirby said in
her statement that the
residents did not want to “be
dissected into little
residential areas isolated
from one another by com­mercial,
industrial, and
h eavy-re sidentia l con-cerns.
The cu rren t zoning
provides a “buffer zone
between Akron-Ephrata and
the rest of this township,”
she said.
Mrs. Black-Kirby and
other residents at the
meeting expressed concerns
over increased traffic,
decreased property values,
and lack of available water.
She also expressed doubt
that the area population
could support a “mini­mall.”
“All of us are accustomed
to jaunts to Akron, Lincoln
and Ephrata to conduct our
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Lititz Woman Wins
$685,000 In Lottery
Olivia Ross of Lititz
has it made - for the
next 21 years she’ll
re c e iv e a n n u a l
payments of $32,621.92
(less 20 percent for
federal witholding tax).
Mrs. Ross was one of
15 winners in the April
27 Lotto jackpot worth
$10.2 million. Her
ticket’s total worth -
$685,060.32.
Her reaction - “well, I
was surprised. I’m still
in a state of shock... I
don’t think reality has
set in yet.”
Mrs. Ross, personnel
manager for Mailman’s
at East Towne Mall in
Lancaster, is married to
Henry Ross, who owns
and operates Henry
Ross & Son Formica in
Lititz. They have two
sons, Jim and David,
and four grandchildren.
What’s she going to do
with the money? “We’re
just going to take it
easy. It’s really going to
make our retirement
days nice,’’she said.
Township Supervisors Considering
Capped Water Ordinance
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An ordinance recently
passed in Manheim Town­ship
that raised objections
from a developer will be
among the items considered
for adoption or discussion at
the Warwick Township
Board of Supervisors
regular monthly meeting
May 9.
The supervisors will
consider a “capped water
distribution facilities or­dinance”
and a revision of
their existing capped sewer
ordinance at the meeting.
According to Supervisor
Robert Smith, if the capped
water ordinance is passed, it
would “require developers
to install a capped water
system in some areas where
there may be extension of
the current water lines or
where there may be
development of a township
water system in the future.”
A capped water system
requires a developer to in­stall
a water distribution
system (water mains, fire
hydrants, valves, curb stops,
etc.) in his development for
connection to an existing or
proposed public water
system if it is within 1,000
feet of the subdivision, or for
future connection “if the
Township is of the opinion
that an adequate public
water system will become
a v a ila b le w ith in a
reasonable time,” the or­dinance
says.
Smith said the ordinance
grew out of “discussions on
water” and the need for
public water in the township.
Based on a poll of township
residents on their desire for
a public water system, the
supervisors in February
authorized the drilling of a
test well in Rothsville.
Smith said if water is
found the supervisors’ next
step would be to “consider
voting on a water system”
for Rothsville and finding
the funding for it.
Once an ordinance is
passed ordering the con­struction
of a water system,
Smith said it would “take
some time to put a water
system in.”
“It seems logical to put it
(capped water distribution
system) in now and catch
those developers who are
developing in those areas”
(where a water system may
be built in the near future),
Smith said.
It’s much “cheaper” for
the township, Smith said, for
a developer to install a water
system when he is putting in
roads and constructing a
subdivision, than for the
township to come along later
and install it at the
homeowner’s expense.
“We want to prevent
digging up people’s yards
and streets,” Smith said.
Smith said development in
the township “will generate
the need for a water system”
and if a developer wants to
“build in an area known for
water problems — Kissel
Hill, Owl Hill or Rothsville —
we want the developer to put
a capped water system in.”
He said that many of the
tow n sh ip r e s id e n ts ,
especially in the Owl Hill
area, wanted water but
“objected to the costs.”
New development will
increase the number of
potential customers for a
water system and would
lower actual installation
costs, Smith said.
Smith said he did not think
any of the current township
residents would have any
reason to object to this or­dinance,
as it affects new
development and sub­divisions
in the planning
stages.
As for the changes in the
capped sewer ordinance,
Smith said they were
basically technical.
Township solicitor William
Crosswell said the changes
to the capped sewer or-
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Moravian Manor To Dedicate New Buildings
NOTICE
Terry Kauffman
. The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailer’s
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
mo n th . The May
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, May 9
at 7:30 P.M. at Wells
Warwick House.
A representative of
Miller & Miller Ac­counting
will present a
program on business
taxes.
Ail area businessmen
are welcome and invited
to attend.
The latest addition to
Moravian Manor - its first
three apartment buildings -
will be dedicated this Sunday
afternoon, May 6, at 2:30
p.m. on Manor grounds.
Bishop Allen W. Schatt-schneider,
former chaplain
of the Manor, will preside at
the dedication service. Other
participating Moravian
clergy include Dr. Byron K.
Horne, The Rev. Larry T.
Lindenmuth, and The Rev.
Marvin R. Henkelmann.
Speakers include J. Robert
Hess, president of Moravian
Manors, Inc.; Carroll N.
Rutledge, member of the
Eastern District Board of
the Moravian Church; The
Honorable Raymond Reedy,
Mayor of Lititz; and Nancy
H. O’Hara, Administrator of
Moravian Manor.
Music and song will be
provided by the Lititz
Moravian Congregation’s
Trombone Choir and Senior
Choir, directed by Jean
Doherty and Barry Sawyer,
respectively. Hymns to be
sung in c lu d e ‘‘Sing
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