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T H E R E S S S E R V IN G T H E W A R W I C K A R E A F O R M O R E T H A N A C E N T U R Y 109th Year ESTABLISHED APRIL 1877 AS THF SUNBEAM CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 1937 Lititz, Lancaster County PA, 17543. Thursday, April 3,1986 25 CENTS A COPY, $8.50 PER YEAR BY MAIL WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 52 Linden Hall headmaster finds Saudi Arabia ’ land of many contradictions’ ■ R o n c o m e s Í& V? ' ÎV. K by Kathleen King If David Wachter were a Moslem, his recent trip to Saudi Arabia would have been the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Because there in that Middle Eastern country lies the holiest of holy sites to the world’s adherents of Islam - Mecca. But as it was, Wachter, a Christian and a westerner, could not even set foot inside the city. And if he had been a woman on a recruiting trip for a private school, such as Wachter was, he wouldn’t have been allowed in the country at all. To Wachter, the Arab oil-producing country is a country of many contradictions. And one of them was the reason he was there. Oil-rich nation When oil was discovered in the desert kingdom in the 1930’s, the country needed western technology to reap its harvest of black gold. Such technology has been imported from the United States for years through ARAMCO (A ra b ia n American Oil Company). The technicians took along their families and the oil company set up American-style schools for them. But in spite of Saudi’s d e s ir e fo r W e ste rn technology the people have definite opinions about Western “ decadance,” Wachter explained. For that reason, the Saudi government has put a ceiling of ninth grade on the American schools run by ARAMCO, Wachter said. Boarding schools needed “After ninth grade the kids have to go elsewhere,” he explained. That way, he says, the Saudi government deports the potential trouble of American teenagers living in a strict Arab country. That’s where schools like Linden Hall come into the picture. “For a number of years, maybe even 15, Linden Hall has had girls whose families live and work in Saudi Arabia,” he said. This year there are 10 students at Linden Hall in that situation. To aid its employees in finding a suitable school for their teenagers, ARAMCO brings in people such as Wachter who make a presentation on their school. In addition, the company pays 80 percent of the s tu d e n ts ’ tuition and provides plane tickets for several trips back home. For Wachter, this was his first trip to Saudi Arabia. American compounds It was one he doesn’t tire of talking about. “ARAMCO has been nationalized by the Saudi government over the last five years,” Wachter said, ‘‘but its a gradual process.” He said the Saudi government is gradually replacing foreign nationals, such as the Americans or Europeans, with their own people. As a result ARAMCO has already closed one of its four schools in the country and the student population from kindergarten to grade nine has decreased from 3600 to 2400. That population is expected to shrink further to 1200 students within the next two years, he said. Americans in Saudi Arabia live in well secured compounds, for the most part, Wachter explained. And their lives are usually very separate from the Saudi people. Women very restricted “In Saudi Arabia women are not permitted to work, so it is very hard for an American woman to get a job,” he said. Therefore American women are restricted to working in positions on the oil compound. Not only can’t they work outside the compounds, but they are forbidden to drive as well, he elaborated. At the center of the Moslem world, Saudi Arabia believes it should set the example for Muslims in other countries, Wachter said. And, for that reason, they are often much more rigid in their .. rules . and. lifestyles than other Arab countries. “When you’re on the compound,” Wachter said, “you don’t have the sense you’re out in the desert. It could be West Palm Beach or Tucson, Arizona.” “But when you leave the compound,” he added, “you know you’re somewhere different.” American women cautioned Wachter said American women are continually cautioned not to “dress suggestively” and not to leave the compound alone, he said. Of course “suggestive” to Westerners is quite different than “suggestive” to Arabs, he pointed out. Rules for behavior between men and women are so totally different there as well, that there are “war stories” of American men and women who went off the compounds on a date and were arrested. “Saudi women aren’t even allowed to be in the same room as men in public,” Wachter said. All the service jobs, in hotels or restaurants, for instance, are filled by men, many of them from other countries, such as India or Sri Lanka. Lifestyle different The Saudi view or lifestyle is so completely different from an American’s that it is sometimes hard to com- (Turn to Page 21) \ \v j s 1 ! ' Æ à , ' . * .N -% 1 n W » r i Elaine Good spent the month of February in Africa as part of a 12-member team studying the hunger situation. She is dressed in an outfit made for her in Zaire and holds a poster depicting women as the backbone of farming. Lititz woman returns from hunger study in African nations David Wachter, headmaster at Linden hall, talks about his recent recruiting trip to Saudi Arabia. by Kathleen King Fact-finding missions often conjure up images of politicians or scientists or even journalists probing some part of the world to find out the whys and w h e re fo re s of some currently debated issue. Elaine Good doesn’t exactly fit that image. She is neither a scientist, politician nor journalist. But she is a trained home economics teacher, a farm wife, a former missionary to Somalia, East Africa, and a person committed to finding answers to the problem of world hunger. Food study These were the factors which contributed to her placement on a team of 12 who recently went on a month-long food study to the African continent. It meant a long separation from her husband, Leon W. Good, and her four children. It meant the family would have to work hard to take her place in the home and on the farm on Buch Mill Road outside of Lititz. But there was no doubt in Elaine’s mind that she wanted to go. The 12-member team consisted of six Americans and six Canadians. Three were women, eight of them were farmers, three were teachers and one an editor. MCC sponsored All members of the Mennonite Church, they went under the auspices of the Mennonite Central CQmmitte, Of the Americans, all Were from the Midwest except for Elaine. Although all had had overseas experiences, she was the only one who had been to Africa before. None of the team had ever met prior to their first encounter in Amsterdam. The team then flew to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. After several days there they split into groups of two to go to several African nations: Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya and Zaire. Elaine went to Zaire. (Turn to Page 21) by Bonnie Szymanski The magic number was 100. On Thursday (today), Ron Metzler - who left home just days before Christmas 1985 to undergo a bone marrow transplant - arrives home after spending 100 days in or near the Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh. Home is 614 Snyder Hill Road, where Ron will move back with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Metzler. U n fo r tu n a te ly , th e pleasure of returning home is qualified by the need to make the 500-mile weekly round-trip to Pittsburgh for the critical exam and blood tests which allow doctors to follow his progress from aplastic anemia to health. Ron is not looking forward to that long drive week after week. He revealed Tuesday that plans are underway to schedule testing at the Lancaster General Hospital every other week, which means he could cut his trips to Pittsburgh in half. In the meantime, he said, he’s thinking about moving back to the Pittsburgh area for the summer to make the testing procedure easier. The husband of the woman who drives him to the hospital owns a woodworking shop. And as Ron studied woodworking at Brownstown vo-tech, the man offered him a position in the shop, an offer Ron is still considering. During a recent call to Ron in Pittsburgh, we asked him if the doctors had placed any major restrictions on him. “I can do anything I want to,” he answered, “but I’ve got to stay away from crowds.” With a knowledge bom of need, Ron began: “The way they explained it to me is, my old bone marrow died, and now it thinks I’m a little kid.” He reiterated: “The inside of my body thinks I’m a little kid,” and acknowledged that, like a child, he is more susceptible to colds and other diseases than most young men of 18. “By the end of next year (1987) I should be back to close to normal.” Drag-racing!!? Asked how he felt about all he’s experienced during the past few months, Ron responded with a surprising calm. “I take things as they come,” he said. “I’m easygoing.” He reported that he intends to start drag-racing again as soon as the season starts. Concerned that such a diversion might be a bit strenuous for an 18-year-old who’s only recently been saved from the dire results of aplastic anemia, we asked Ron what the doctors had to say about those plans. He repeated that they had warned him only against being in crowded enclosures. “I can’t go to any concerts,” he added, but, apparently, he will be able to work on cars and even race them again. The only restriction in this area is that he stay away from chemicals, including vapors from starter fluids and paints. After taking his history, the doctors at Montefiore speculated on what might have caused his bone marrow to stop functioning. Ron told a story about a hot August day in 1985. “I worked for Risser’s Poultry,” he began. “We were down in Maryland loading brown chickens (onto a truck). I was working on top of the truck most of the time, ’ ’ He slowed to explain that the man working on top of the stacked coops, about 10 stacks high, would naturally get all the heat and smell coming off the entire load as well as from the deisel exhaust. He continued: “We had done three trucks, and I was in the sun all day.” The doctors theorized the possibility that the mixture of chemicals from the truck and the chicken droppings plus Ron’s own particular chemical make-up could have precipitated the problem. Ron was quick to note that this is only speculation and that doctors admit they really don’t know what caused his illness. But they’re pleased with their “first success,” said Ron and treat him ac- Ronald Metzler cordingly. Doing a little speculating of his own, he added, “I think it’s kind of a big deal to them.” A long way Ron insists that he just doesn’t remember the early part of his ordeal. “I had very few platelets, almost no white blood cells, and my hemoglobin count was 3.3.” “Normal is 14,” he inserted professidnally. “I just don’t remember.” he answered again when asked if the marrow transplant procedure was painful. He said he knows it hurts when a bone graft is taken out of the hip because he’s had it done many times for testing. But, as he reminded us, his sister, Shirley, who was marrow donor for him, was the one who faced the greatest pain, as she was subjected to 100 grafts at one time. For this procedure, she had to be given anesthesia, said Ron. Ron and his 22-year-old sister don’t discuss the ordeal much anymore, said the brother, but he did admit without hestation that “I get along with her about the best in the family.” Shirley is already insisting he do something he doesn’t want to do when he gets home. That is to be in her wedding, tentatively planned for August. Ron says “No way! I’m not the kind to wear those kind of clothes.” But we’re betting on Shirley. We’re betting that, when the time comes, Ron will bite the bullet and do something nice for his sister...too. Lititz police cite two in alcohol offenses DUI: District Attorney offers insights In this issue Editorial 4 Sports Section 6,7,8,9 Classified 21,22,23 Social 10,11 Manheim 17,18 Church 15,16 Business Directory 19,20 Retailers Meeting Set April 9th The monthly meeting of the Lititz Retailer’s Association has been scheduled for the second Wednesday of this month. The April meeting will be held next Wednesday, April 9th at 7:30 P.M. at Wells Warwick House. All area businessmen are welcome and invited to attend._____________ Lititz police have cited an 18-year-old man with minor and alcohol offenses and a 60-year-old man with public drunkeness. O ffic e rs C h a rle s Shenenberger and Douglas Shertzer were on patrol March 24 at 8:20 p.m. when they observed a man sitting on the loading dock of the Alsam Shoe Company on Maple Lane. Upon investigating they found that James Lee Knier, 18, of 203 C an aan Grove R d ., Newmanstown, was in possession of two quarts of beer. He was taken to the police station where he was issued a citation for minor and alcohol offenses. Officer Kevin Meil was on foot patrol March 25 at 8:30 p.m. when he observed a man staggering south on Pine Lane, near Orange Street. Donald Singer, 60, of 408 S. Broad St., was found to be visibly intoxicated and taken to the police station where he was cited and released to relatives. Joseph D. Zeyak III, 18, of 528 Hummingbird Dr., has been cited for disorderly conduct as a result of an incident at Locust and Main Streets on March 28 at 3:26 p.m. Officer William Seace was on patrol when he spotted the accused man pointing a pistol out of the window of his vehicle. Seace stopped the vehicle and found the pistol was a B.B.- type air pistol. He confiscated the pistol and took Zeyak to the police station where he was issued a disorderly conduct citation. David Frederick Shaub, 25, of 71 E. Main St., has been charged with criminal mischief and theft as a result of incidents which occurred between 9:30 p.m. March 24 and 7 a.m. on March 25. Officer Shertzer, assisted (Turn to Page 21) I ■ Look! He likes me! First graders at Lititz Elementary School, along with students in Rena King’s hearing impaired class recently got an opportunity to h an d le some of fascinating creatures - like Chotty Ault’s black snake. Ault, a naturalist from Muddy Run Recreation area, brought the snake and other live reptiles to school last week. By Linda A. Harris This is the third in a series of articles focusing in on the problem of drinking and driving in Lancaster County. This week, we look at the problem from the point of view of the Lancaster County District Attorney, Henry Kenderdine. Talk with Lancaster County D.A. Henry Kenderdine and he’ll tell you drivers who drink have never been coddled in Lancaster County. “It has never been treated as a social aberration to be tolerated. Repeat offenses especially have always been treated very seriously and the offender often found himself facing three or more months in jail even before the new law took effect,” he asserted. But, Kenderdine is also quick to point out that Pennsylvania’s new law, adopted in 1983, made sentencing guidelines more stringent. Under the old law, a first time offender might get probation and there was no statutory way to suspend a driver’s license although some counties did suspend licenses in a hodge podge fashion which was never very effective, according to Kenderdine. Under the new law, a first time offender who is convicted of driving under the influence(DUI) faces a mandatory minimum 48- hour jail sentence and a one year suspension of his license. Even those first time offenders who are accepted into the ARD (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition) program have their licenses suspended, but only for six months in L an c a ste r County(this varies by county...the minimum is 30 days). They, however, also must satisfactorily complete 50 hours of community service, attend the Alcohol Impaired Driver(AID) program, and pay the various costs associated with ARD, AID and the court process. “It’s not cheap by any means,” the D.A. asserted. Second Offense A second DUI offense means an automatic minimum 30 day jail sentence. “Judges here often remind defendants that the sentence is a minimum one if convicted...it can’t be less under the law, but it can be more based on the judge’s decision after reviewing the facts of the case. Recently the trend here has been toward two or three months for a repeat offense rather than the minimum sentence,” he explained. License suspension is also a mandatory part of the penalty...no exceptions, no restricted use of the license such as driving to work but not for pleasure. Stiff Penalty Kenderdine is especially pleased that the new law also makes a stiff provision for m em i Henry S. Kenderdine than they would have originally,” he noted. He personally feels that public pressure in regard to DUI has made getting convictions much easier. “In the 1970’s, it was very difficult to get a jury to Pittsburgh and without consulting district attorneys, the civil arm of the state attorney general’s office sent out directives to departments not to use that particular model. Two things about this convict in a drunk driving frustrate him...PennDot still case. It seemed that many has this particular model on felt ‘there but for the grace its approved list and of God go I’and thus held the secondly, Pennsylvania police to a higher standard of proof. Today, I find juries are much less tolerant of those charged with driving under the influence,” he declared. Technicality Problems doesn’t test machines such as these so departments are banned from using them based on results of someone else’s tests. New Regulations PennDot then issued Kenderdine is disturbed by r e g u ia tio n s th a t te ch n ic a lity problems breathalyzers those caught driving while because they seem to have b f and fmt ustt bhe tested their license is suspended increased in the last vear r ana auer iney are bbeeccaauussee ofo t ana n aaliccoohnooli- F~o r mst*a nce, one-tfhui-r da tfo aursee da ltsoo t erseta au isruesdp teoc tt.a kPeo ltiwcoe related offense. “If you are one-half of the local oolice re alS0 requirea to taxe two ccaauugghhtt , tthn eerree iiss aann °d epa“rtTm en\t s vh adi tohe S mZituh dreifafdeirnegnsc ea onfd 0i9f nthr egrree aitse ra automatic $1,000 fme and a a n d Wesson mnn tr Iie . ^ 01 -uz or 8reater, 90 day jail sentence. Some people who have taken the chance and driven end up spending more time in jail 1000 the breathalyzer reading breathalyzer which was may no(- be introduced as approved for use by Penn- evidence Dot. Then its accuracy was Without such questioned in a civil suit in (Turn to Page 21)
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Full Text | T H E R E S S S E R V IN G T H E W A R W I C K A R E A F O R M O R E T H A N A C E N T U R Y 109th Year ESTABLISHED APRIL 1877 AS THF SUNBEAM CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 1937 Lititz, Lancaster County PA, 17543. Thursday, April 3,1986 25 CENTS A COPY, $8.50 PER YEAR BY MAIL WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 52 Linden Hall headmaster finds Saudi Arabia ’ land of many contradictions’ ■ R o n c o m e s Í& V? ' ÎV. K by Kathleen King If David Wachter were a Moslem, his recent trip to Saudi Arabia would have been the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Because there in that Middle Eastern country lies the holiest of holy sites to the world’s adherents of Islam - Mecca. But as it was, Wachter, a Christian and a westerner, could not even set foot inside the city. And if he had been a woman on a recruiting trip for a private school, such as Wachter was, he wouldn’t have been allowed in the country at all. To Wachter, the Arab oil-producing country is a country of many contradictions. And one of them was the reason he was there. Oil-rich nation When oil was discovered in the desert kingdom in the 1930’s, the country needed western technology to reap its harvest of black gold. Such technology has been imported from the United States for years through ARAMCO (A ra b ia n American Oil Company). The technicians took along their families and the oil company set up American-style schools for them. But in spite of Saudi’s d e s ir e fo r W e ste rn technology the people have definite opinions about Western “ decadance,” Wachter explained. For that reason, the Saudi government has put a ceiling of ninth grade on the American schools run by ARAMCO, Wachter said. Boarding schools needed “After ninth grade the kids have to go elsewhere,” he explained. That way, he says, the Saudi government deports the potential trouble of American teenagers living in a strict Arab country. That’s where schools like Linden Hall come into the picture. “For a number of years, maybe even 15, Linden Hall has had girls whose families live and work in Saudi Arabia,” he said. This year there are 10 students at Linden Hall in that situation. To aid its employees in finding a suitable school for their teenagers, ARAMCO brings in people such as Wachter who make a presentation on their school. In addition, the company pays 80 percent of the s tu d e n ts ’ tuition and provides plane tickets for several trips back home. For Wachter, this was his first trip to Saudi Arabia. American compounds It was one he doesn’t tire of talking about. “ARAMCO has been nationalized by the Saudi government over the last five years,” Wachter said, ‘‘but its a gradual process.” He said the Saudi government is gradually replacing foreign nationals, such as the Americans or Europeans, with their own people. As a result ARAMCO has already closed one of its four schools in the country and the student population from kindergarten to grade nine has decreased from 3600 to 2400. That population is expected to shrink further to 1200 students within the next two years, he said. Americans in Saudi Arabia live in well secured compounds, for the most part, Wachter explained. And their lives are usually very separate from the Saudi people. Women very restricted “In Saudi Arabia women are not permitted to work, so it is very hard for an American woman to get a job,” he said. Therefore American women are restricted to working in positions on the oil compound. Not only can’t they work outside the compounds, but they are forbidden to drive as well, he elaborated. At the center of the Moslem world, Saudi Arabia believes it should set the example for Muslims in other countries, Wachter said. And, for that reason, they are often much more rigid in their .. rules . and. lifestyles than other Arab countries. “When you’re on the compound,” Wachter said, “you don’t have the sense you’re out in the desert. It could be West Palm Beach or Tucson, Arizona.” “But when you leave the compound,” he added, “you know you’re somewhere different.” American women cautioned Wachter said American women are continually cautioned not to “dress suggestively” and not to leave the compound alone, he said. Of course “suggestive” to Westerners is quite different than “suggestive” to Arabs, he pointed out. Rules for behavior between men and women are so totally different there as well, that there are “war stories” of American men and women who went off the compounds on a date and were arrested. “Saudi women aren’t even allowed to be in the same room as men in public,” Wachter said. All the service jobs, in hotels or restaurants, for instance, are filled by men, many of them from other countries, such as India or Sri Lanka. Lifestyle different The Saudi view or lifestyle is so completely different from an American’s that it is sometimes hard to com- (Turn to Page 21) \ \v j s 1 ! ' Æ à , ' . * .N -% 1 n W » r i Elaine Good spent the month of February in Africa as part of a 12-member team studying the hunger situation. She is dressed in an outfit made for her in Zaire and holds a poster depicting women as the backbone of farming. Lititz woman returns from hunger study in African nations David Wachter, headmaster at Linden hall, talks about his recent recruiting trip to Saudi Arabia. by Kathleen King Fact-finding missions often conjure up images of politicians or scientists or even journalists probing some part of the world to find out the whys and w h e re fo re s of some currently debated issue. Elaine Good doesn’t exactly fit that image. She is neither a scientist, politician nor journalist. But she is a trained home economics teacher, a farm wife, a former missionary to Somalia, East Africa, and a person committed to finding answers to the problem of world hunger. Food study These were the factors which contributed to her placement on a team of 12 who recently went on a month-long food study to the African continent. It meant a long separation from her husband, Leon W. Good, and her four children. It meant the family would have to work hard to take her place in the home and on the farm on Buch Mill Road outside of Lititz. But there was no doubt in Elaine’s mind that she wanted to go. The 12-member team consisted of six Americans and six Canadians. Three were women, eight of them were farmers, three were teachers and one an editor. MCC sponsored All members of the Mennonite Church, they went under the auspices of the Mennonite Central CQmmitte, Of the Americans, all Were from the Midwest except for Elaine. Although all had had overseas experiences, she was the only one who had been to Africa before. None of the team had ever met prior to their first encounter in Amsterdam. The team then flew to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. After several days there they split into groups of two to go to several African nations: Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya and Zaire. Elaine went to Zaire. (Turn to Page 21) by Bonnie Szymanski The magic number was 100. On Thursday (today), Ron Metzler - who left home just days before Christmas 1985 to undergo a bone marrow transplant - arrives home after spending 100 days in or near the Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh. Home is 614 Snyder Hill Road, where Ron will move back with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Metzler. U n fo r tu n a te ly , th e pleasure of returning home is qualified by the need to make the 500-mile weekly round-trip to Pittsburgh for the critical exam and blood tests which allow doctors to follow his progress from aplastic anemia to health. Ron is not looking forward to that long drive week after week. He revealed Tuesday that plans are underway to schedule testing at the Lancaster General Hospital every other week, which means he could cut his trips to Pittsburgh in half. In the meantime, he said, he’s thinking about moving back to the Pittsburgh area for the summer to make the testing procedure easier. The husband of the woman who drives him to the hospital owns a woodworking shop. And as Ron studied woodworking at Brownstown vo-tech, the man offered him a position in the shop, an offer Ron is still considering. During a recent call to Ron in Pittsburgh, we asked him if the doctors had placed any major restrictions on him. “I can do anything I want to,” he answered, “but I’ve got to stay away from crowds.” With a knowledge bom of need, Ron began: “The way they explained it to me is, my old bone marrow died, and now it thinks I’m a little kid.” He reiterated: “The inside of my body thinks I’m a little kid,” and acknowledged that, like a child, he is more susceptible to colds and other diseases than most young men of 18. “By the end of next year (1987) I should be back to close to normal.” Drag-racing!!? Asked how he felt about all he’s experienced during the past few months, Ron responded with a surprising calm. “I take things as they come,” he said. “I’m easygoing.” He reported that he intends to start drag-racing again as soon as the season starts. Concerned that such a diversion might be a bit strenuous for an 18-year-old who’s only recently been saved from the dire results of aplastic anemia, we asked Ron what the doctors had to say about those plans. He repeated that they had warned him only against being in crowded enclosures. “I can’t go to any concerts,” he added, but, apparently, he will be able to work on cars and even race them again. The only restriction in this area is that he stay away from chemicals, including vapors from starter fluids and paints. After taking his history, the doctors at Montefiore speculated on what might have caused his bone marrow to stop functioning. Ron told a story about a hot August day in 1985. “I worked for Risser’s Poultry,” he began. “We were down in Maryland loading brown chickens (onto a truck). I was working on top of the truck most of the time, ’ ’ He slowed to explain that the man working on top of the stacked coops, about 10 stacks high, would naturally get all the heat and smell coming off the entire load as well as from the deisel exhaust. He continued: “We had done three trucks, and I was in the sun all day.” The doctors theorized the possibility that the mixture of chemicals from the truck and the chicken droppings plus Ron’s own particular chemical make-up could have precipitated the problem. Ron was quick to note that this is only speculation and that doctors admit they really don’t know what caused his illness. But they’re pleased with their “first success,” said Ron and treat him ac- Ronald Metzler cordingly. Doing a little speculating of his own, he added, “I think it’s kind of a big deal to them.” A long way Ron insists that he just doesn’t remember the early part of his ordeal. “I had very few platelets, almost no white blood cells, and my hemoglobin count was 3.3.” “Normal is 14,” he inserted professidnally. “I just don’t remember.” he answered again when asked if the marrow transplant procedure was painful. He said he knows it hurts when a bone graft is taken out of the hip because he’s had it done many times for testing. But, as he reminded us, his sister, Shirley, who was marrow donor for him, was the one who faced the greatest pain, as she was subjected to 100 grafts at one time. For this procedure, she had to be given anesthesia, said Ron. Ron and his 22-year-old sister don’t discuss the ordeal much anymore, said the brother, but he did admit without hestation that “I get along with her about the best in the family.” Shirley is already insisting he do something he doesn’t want to do when he gets home. That is to be in her wedding, tentatively planned for August. Ron says “No way! I’m not the kind to wear those kind of clothes.” But we’re betting on Shirley. We’re betting that, when the time comes, Ron will bite the bullet and do something nice for his sister...too. Lititz police cite two in alcohol offenses DUI: District Attorney offers insights In this issue Editorial 4 Sports Section 6,7,8,9 Classified 21,22,23 Social 10,11 Manheim 17,18 Church 15,16 Business Directory 19,20 Retailers Meeting Set April 9th The monthly meeting of the Lititz Retailer’s Association has been scheduled for the second Wednesday of this month. The April meeting will be held next Wednesday, April 9th at 7:30 P.M. at Wells Warwick House. All area businessmen are welcome and invited to attend._____________ Lititz police have cited an 18-year-old man with minor and alcohol offenses and a 60-year-old man with public drunkeness. O ffic e rs C h a rle s Shenenberger and Douglas Shertzer were on patrol March 24 at 8:20 p.m. when they observed a man sitting on the loading dock of the Alsam Shoe Company on Maple Lane. Upon investigating they found that James Lee Knier, 18, of 203 C an aan Grove R d ., Newmanstown, was in possession of two quarts of beer. He was taken to the police station where he was issued a citation for minor and alcohol offenses. Officer Kevin Meil was on foot patrol March 25 at 8:30 p.m. when he observed a man staggering south on Pine Lane, near Orange Street. Donald Singer, 60, of 408 S. Broad St., was found to be visibly intoxicated and taken to the police station where he was cited and released to relatives. Joseph D. Zeyak III, 18, of 528 Hummingbird Dr., has been cited for disorderly conduct as a result of an incident at Locust and Main Streets on March 28 at 3:26 p.m. Officer William Seace was on patrol when he spotted the accused man pointing a pistol out of the window of his vehicle. Seace stopped the vehicle and found the pistol was a B.B.- type air pistol. He confiscated the pistol and took Zeyak to the police station where he was issued a disorderly conduct citation. David Frederick Shaub, 25, of 71 E. Main St., has been charged with criminal mischief and theft as a result of incidents which occurred between 9:30 p.m. March 24 and 7 a.m. on March 25. Officer Shertzer, assisted (Turn to Page 21) I ■ Look! He likes me! First graders at Lititz Elementary School, along with students in Rena King’s hearing impaired class recently got an opportunity to h an d le some of fascinating creatures - like Chotty Ault’s black snake. Ault, a naturalist from Muddy Run Recreation area, brought the snake and other live reptiles to school last week. By Linda A. Harris This is the third in a series of articles focusing in on the problem of drinking and driving in Lancaster County. This week, we look at the problem from the point of view of the Lancaster County District Attorney, Henry Kenderdine. Talk with Lancaster County D.A. Henry Kenderdine and he’ll tell you drivers who drink have never been coddled in Lancaster County. “It has never been treated as a social aberration to be tolerated. Repeat offenses especially have always been treated very seriously and the offender often found himself facing three or more months in jail even before the new law took effect,” he asserted. But, Kenderdine is also quick to point out that Pennsylvania’s new law, adopted in 1983, made sentencing guidelines more stringent. Under the old law, a first time offender might get probation and there was no statutory way to suspend a driver’s license although some counties did suspend licenses in a hodge podge fashion which was never very effective, according to Kenderdine. Under the new law, a first time offender who is convicted of driving under the influence(DUI) faces a mandatory minimum 48- hour jail sentence and a one year suspension of his license. Even those first time offenders who are accepted into the ARD (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition) program have their licenses suspended, but only for six months in L an c a ste r County(this varies by county...the minimum is 30 days). They, however, also must satisfactorily complete 50 hours of community service, attend the Alcohol Impaired Driver(AID) program, and pay the various costs associated with ARD, AID and the court process. “It’s not cheap by any means,” the D.A. asserted. Second Offense A second DUI offense means an automatic minimum 30 day jail sentence. “Judges here often remind defendants that the sentence is a minimum one if convicted...it can’t be less under the law, but it can be more based on the judge’s decision after reviewing the facts of the case. Recently the trend here has been toward two or three months for a repeat offense rather than the minimum sentence,” he explained. License suspension is also a mandatory part of the penalty...no exceptions, no restricted use of the license such as driving to work but not for pleasure. Stiff Penalty Kenderdine is especially pleased that the new law also makes a stiff provision for m em i Henry S. Kenderdine than they would have originally,” he noted. He personally feels that public pressure in regard to DUI has made getting convictions much easier. “In the 1970’s, it was very difficult to get a jury to Pittsburgh and without consulting district attorneys, the civil arm of the state attorney general’s office sent out directives to departments not to use that particular model. Two things about this convict in a drunk driving frustrate him...PennDot still case. It seemed that many has this particular model on felt ‘there but for the grace its approved list and of God go I’and thus held the secondly, Pennsylvania police to a higher standard of proof. Today, I find juries are much less tolerant of those charged with driving under the influence,” he declared. Technicality Problems doesn’t test machines such as these so departments are banned from using them based on results of someone else’s tests. New Regulations PennDot then issued Kenderdine is disturbed by r e g u ia tio n s th a t te ch n ic a lity problems breathalyzers those caught driving while because they seem to have b f and fmt ustt bhe tested their license is suspended increased in the last vear r ana auer iney are bbeeccaauussee ofo t ana n aaliccoohnooli- F~o r mst*a nce, one-tfhui-r da tfo aursee da ltsoo t erseta au isruesdp teoc tt.a kPeo ltiwcoe related offense. “If you are one-half of the local oolice re alS0 requirea to taxe two ccaauugghhtt , tthn eerree iiss aann °d epa“rtTm en\t s vh adi tohe S mZituh dreifafdeirnegnsc ea onfd 0i9f nthr egrree aitse ra automatic $1,000 fme and a a n d Wesson mnn tr Iie . ^ 01 -uz or 8reater, 90 day jail sentence. Some people who have taken the chance and driven end up spending more time in jail 1000 the breathalyzer reading breathalyzer which was may no(- be introduced as approved for use by Penn- evidence Dot. Then its accuracy was Without such questioned in a civil suit in (Turn to Page 21) |
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