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Township, Developers Cooperate
In Storm Water Management Project
Members of the Lititz Sportsmen's Association
stocked the Lititz Springs creek in the park last
week with over 100 brown, rainbow and brook
trout raised in the Lititz Nursery.
Helping to stock the creek Friday were (front
row, from left) Harold Alleman, Paul Spickler, Paul
Burkholder, (back row) Steve Dosch, Paul Schload,
president of the Sportsmen’s Association, Tom
Flouras, Bob Griffith and Bob Koch, nursery
manager.
Sportsmen's Association Places Trout In Park
The Lititz Sportsmen’s
Association has once again
made an effort to rein­troduce
trout to the Lititz
Springs.
On Friday approximately
105 trout, including rainbow,
brown, brook and palomino,
were placed in the creek at
the head end of the park by
members of the sportsmen’s
association.
Last year 25 trout placed
in the stream died within
three hours, apparently
from chemicals used by area
farmers which had polluted
the water.
Paul Schload, president of
the a sso c ia tio n said,
“hopefully the water quality
is better this year and will
support marine life again.”
Robert Koch, manager of
the Lititz Sportsmen’s Trout
nursery, said this week that
most of the trout have
already moved downstream,
but they seem to be doing
well. He said he fed them
fish pellets on Saturday and
Sunday.
The yearling trout were
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Business Directory 20
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raised from three-to-four
inch fingerlings at the
nursery. Each year the club
re ce iv e s about 9,000
fingerling trout from the
Pennsylvania Fish Com­mission
during the third
week of June.
About 7,500 to 8,000 trout,
ranging in size from 10 to 15
inches, are then ready for
stocking in local streams
each April.
According to Koch, the fish
placed in the Lititz Spring
could live to five years or
older. They are currently
between 16 and 17 months old
and range in size from 10 to
14 inches.
The sportsmen used to
raise trout in the Springs
Park in the mid to late 50’s,
but moved their nursery
several times until they
settled at their present
location on Lititz Run Road
in 1973.
Schload said that back in
the ‘20’s and ‘30’s the park
was a “show place” for trout
but after the Second World
War “ got bad with
pollution.” He said there had
been some trout in the
stream up until the ‘70’s but
that there have been none
there at all for the past 10
years.
If the Lititz Sportsmen
have anything to say about
it, there’ll be trout in Lititz
Springs Park in 1984.
The Elizabeth Township
Supervisors have instructed
their solicitor to draw up an
agreement for a joint storm
water management project
between the township and a
local developer who is
working with the township to
alleviate drainage problems
on Webster Hill Road.
At their regular monthly
meeting Monday night, the
supervisors agreed to in­struct
township solicitor
William Crosswell to
p r e p a r e a d e ta iled
agreement to be signed by
the township officials and
developers William Hazlett
and James McKay or their
representatives.
The developers have
agreed to install a drainage
system through th e ir
property at Webster Hill
Road and Zartman Mill
Road which will help to
direct excess water off of
Webster Hill Road.
Because the supervisors
have “determined that a
public benefit” will be
derived through the
developer’s cooperation, the
township will pay the
developer a cost “not to
exceed $4,500” for the
drainage work.
“We’re talking water off of
Webster Hill Road, not this
man’s development,” Larry
Wiker, chairman of the
board of supervisors, said
Monday.
Specifications, such as
gauge of pipe, agreeable to
both the township and the
d e v e lo p e r s or th e ir
representatives should be
included in the agreement,
the supervisors said Mon­day.
In other action Monday,
the supervisors approved a
sewage module for the
Harold Alleman demonstrates the size of a trout
recently introduced to the Lititz Springs Creek by
the Lititz Sportsmen's Association, as junior
member Steve Dosch and club president Paul
Schload look on.
NOTICE
The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailer’s
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The June
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, June
13th at 7:30 P.M. at The
General Sutter Inn.
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited
to attend.
This meeting will be
the last until Sep­tember.
Summer In Lititz: Good Reasons
To Enjoy The Season By Karen Belber
(Editor’s Note: This is the
second of a two-part series
on summertime activities in
Lititz suggested for children
and teenagers.)
Tomorrow’s the BIG
day...that’s right, school’s
officially but for the summer
and the streets will be filled
with bicycles and skate
boards, bare feet, jump
ropes and jubilant faces.
Let me suggest a few
activities for children of all
ages.
The minute you hear “I ’m
bored” or “There’s nothing
to do!” think: yard sale, car
wash, and gardening; just to
name a few. There’s ab­solutely
no excuse for that
frustrating state of boredom
— put ’em to work! (Ever
try working to music? Good
exercise.)
But work can be fun, too.
Be sure to make it that way
or else the yard could end up
looking like combat zone or
the car could have stars and
stripes like you’ve never
before imagined.
How about a neighborhood
effort like a block yard and
garage sale, or even road­side
vegetable or lemonade
stands. Not only will this be
an exercise in business
tactics but it also may prove
to be a profitable venture.
There’s always a demand
for baby sitters, even dog
sitters...some families may
need both.
How about a family
camping trip. What you
thought could be a disaster
might actually turn out to be
something you’ll enjoy. Just
be sure you have all the
necessary equipment (a tent
helps) and an updated trail
map. If sleeping outdoors
conjur e s up snake-nightmares
and such, then a
day hike is the
solution...Pack lunches and
find out from the National or
State Forest Service where
some well-marked trails are.
You can birdwatch, collect
interesting knickknacks
along the way and basically
enjoy a lovely day in the
outdoors.
Teen Center
Thanks to SALT ministries
and the Warwick Council of
Churches, Lititz teenagers
have a “healthy” place to
hang out.
Close Encounters Teen
Center, under the direction
of Linford Good, director of
self-ministries, will host a
special “ Rays Days”
program, enabling 13-18
year olds an opportunity to
participate in weekly ex­cursions
to places like
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor,
or go to a Phillies’ game, the
beach, or canoeing and
backpacking.
Special “Rays Days” T-shirts
will be offered, too.
A fund raiser is scheduled
tentatively for June 9. It will
be possibly a car wash or sub
sale, so the kids can earn
some spending money for
the trips planned this
summer.
Kids 9-12 years old can
sign up for day camp to be
held the week of August 13.
Camp will be in session from
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. each day with
a Thursday night sleepover.
Regular activities will be
held throughout the summer
and the Center will be open
everyday except Sunday.
Linford Good reports the
King’s Dome Teen Center
“ is progressing rather
slowly,” but should be ready
to open early inthe fall.
They’re relying mostly on
volunteer work.
For more information and
details, call Linford Good,
627-4777.
Vacation
Bible School
Most area churches will
hold Vacation Bible School
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L I T I T '21
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Hazlett-McKay develop­ment,
section two, which
includes 10 lots.
The supervisors granted
conditional approval for the
Furnace Hill Acres tract,
section three, Monday,
stipulating that the sewage
system must meet with the
approval of the Penn­sylvania
Department of
Environmental Resources.
E.M. P a r tn e r s ,
owner/developer of the 79-
acre tract along Keener
Road, submi t ted a
hydrogeological study for
the area of the 14 lots in
section two of the tract at the
request of the supervisors,
visors.
The county planning
commission, in its review of
the sewage module,
recommended that the
developer should indicate his
intentions for the remaining
65.5 acres of the tract.
Earl Martin, New Holland
R2, representing E.M.
Partners, told the super­visors
Monday that “this is
all we’re interested in
developing.”
“We’re willing to go on
record,” Martin told the
supervisors Monday, adding
that the tract has reached
“its building potential...the
rest would be better off in
farmland.”
Supervisor Rodney May
said he was concerned about
the water in the area.
“This is a problem area
and I am concerned,” he
said Monday. “I think we
should send a letter along to
DER saying that it should be
thoroughly checked out
before it’s approved.”
In their motion to approve
the Furnace Hill Acres
sewage module subject to
DER approval, the super­visors
voted unanimously to
send a letter to DER ex­pressing
their concern with
the sewage situation.
In other business, the
supervisors accepted a letter
of credit for $20,000 for
Stephan Circle in the Fur­nace
Hill Acres Develop­ment,
subject to the ap­proval
of the township
solicitor.
Zoning Violation
In other action Monday the
supervisors voted to proceed
with the prosecution of
Larry Eckert, 210 E. 28th
Division Hwy., for failure to
comply with cease and desist
orders sent to him by the
township zoning officer on
March 16.
According to the super­visors,
Eckert was notified
in March that he was
violating the township
zoning ordinance by:
operating a commercial
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Supervisors To Consider
Rezoning Petition
The Warwick Township
Board of Supervisors will
consider a rezoning petition
to change the classification
of approximately 24.2 acres
of land along Route 501 near
Lexington from rural to
residential R-2 (medium
density at a public hearing
during their June 13 monthly
meeting. The hearing is
scheduled for 8 p.m.
The petition was sub­mitted
by Bruce B. and
Norma A, Wike and Robert
I. and Elizabeth S. Derek,
Who have signed an
agreement of sale for the
property with current
owners C. David Landis and
his wife, Shirley.
The land is part of a 48-
acre tract farm which is
currenlty divided into rural
and R-2 zones by a line about
500 feet from Route 501,
running parallel to the road.
At a previous planning
commission meeting the
petitioners said the rezoning
would make the zoning of the
farm compatible with the
property lines and natural
boundaires.
The Warwick Township
Planning Commission had
recommended approval of
the rezoning at their May 3
meeting, and the Lancaster
County Planning Com­mission
on May 14 made no
recommendation but put
forth several points for the
supervisors to consider,
including:
• That the tract is shown
as a “development reserve
(or times beyond the year
2000” on the county’s
comprehensive plan, but
that specific development
plans “could be considered
appropriate if individual
sites were suitable” and if
other sites are not available
elsewhere.
• That the tract is shown
as rural usage in the
township’s comprehensive
plan.
That some of the land lies
in the 100 year flood plain
and a small portion of the
land has 25 to 35 percent
slopes. The county planning
commission said caution
would be advised in building
on these areas.
• That the rezoning could
be viewed as a logical ex-tention
of the R-2 zone on the
east, but that the supervisors
should consider the need for
R-2 zoning in the northern
portion of the township, as
this rezoning could be
considered a precident,
making it difficult to deny
similar requests in that area
in the future.
According to Robert
Derek, the purchasers are
planning to subdivide the
property into sewered single
family lots, 15,000 square
feet in size. He said the
rezoning would permit the
developers to treat the
property as a unit, rather
than as an R-2 zone and a
rural zone.
In other matters the
supervisors will open bids
for a new police cruiser and
for road materials.
The Lititz Public Library summer reading
program is something fun for the kids to do during
the summer months.
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REG8STER AT THESE BUSINESSES:
American Bank (Lititz)
Benner's Pharmacy
Bicycle World
Bingeman's Clothing Store
Bingeman’s Restaurant
Bingeman’s Texaco
Bob’s Save Rite
Chimney Corner Restaurant
Commonwealth National Bank
Dori Mae’s Dress Shop
Farmers First Bank
Wm. B. Fry’s Pontiac, Inc.
Glad Rags Thrift Shop
Glassmyer's
Hamilton Bank
Lititz Office Products/Lititz Book
Store
Lititz Record Express
Lititz Springs Garage
Long & Bomberger Home Center
McElroy Pharmacy
Miller-Hess Shoe Outlet
The Pewter Mug
A.H. Shelly, Inc.
Stauffer's of Kissel Hill
Strings 'n Things
Thomas Farm Market
Trudi K Shop (Lititz only)
Village Pedaler Bicycle Shop
Weis Market (Lititz only)
Wells Warwick House
White Shield Discount Center
Wilbur Choc. Factory Candy Outlet
Zimmerman's New’s Stand
& Gift Shop
Merv. Zimmerman Plumbing &
Heating Showroom