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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 Pages-No. 34
‘Mid the Turmoil’ columnist
wins holiday writing contest by Bonnie Szymanski
The R e c o rd ’s own
“Turmoiler,” Robert “Ike”
Kauffman, 229 New Haven
Drive, received another
accolade last week for his
well-known propensity to
spin a yam.
Radio Station WIOV-FM,
operating locally out of
Ephrata, has awarded him
its top prize in the
station’s “ Thanksgiving
Dinner for 12 on the
Mayflower...Moving Van”
contest.
To enter, listeners were
called upon to share a part of
their family history with the
station’s audience by telling
about their ancestors who
may (or may not, as in
Kauffman’s case) have
come over on the Mayflower.
Upon the suggestion of co-workers
at Garden Spot
Badge Co., 24 E. Woods
Drive, where Ike allegedly
works in the purchasing
department, the Record’s
number one raconteur
decided to enter the literary
fray, competing with other
writers who might even be
telling the truth about their
Mayflower ancestors.
Encouraged by the fact
that Truth was not to be a
criterion for judging, Ike sat
down to twist the uneventful
realities of his heritage into
an anecdote about his
“great-great grandfather’s
great-great grandfather’s
great-great-great grand­father’s
grandfather, one
Jeremiah Cooper.”
Cooper and his wife, the
former Maudie Cloyse, (a
name our prose baron ad­mits
he filched in-part from
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s
“Young Goodman Brown,” )
were the first of a breed of
entrepreneurs that were to
people this part of the then-and
later-known world.
In short, they were among
the e a rlie s t recorded
wheelers-and-dealers to
touch down on solid
Plymouth Rock.
Council
considers
bimonthly
meetings
Area housing boom
shakes school district
The Record’s "Mid the lurmoil" columnist, Bob “ Ike” Kauffman shares a
moment with his wife, Sylvia, following the recent announcement that he was
chosen winner in a Thanksgiving writing contest.
And their story can M*
read in its entirety in ike's
“Mid the Turmoil” column
this week, (see page 4 )
In the meantime, Ike and
his wife, Sylvia, have called
all their offspring and
warned them they will be
dining in style inside a huge
Mayflower moving van at 5
p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
Served by caterers from
the Baron Steigel Family
Restaurant in Manheim, the
Kauffman clan will feast on
a full-course Thanksgiving
dinner, watched by a
In this Isses®
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Classified 13,14,15
Social 18,19
Manheim 20
Church 22
Business Directory 24,25
potential i,e«,d <rt repo? tars,
pholgtapin-ts, camera
ciews, etc.," who have been
invited by WIOV-FM to
encircle the van as it is
parked in front of the
Kauffman residence.
When informed that he had
been chosen winner of the
contest, Ike said he hesitated
to accept the honor, won­dering
how the change in
family dining plans would sit
with his daughter, who had
been readying her home up
north for a Kauffman in­vasion
from the south.
But deciding to accept the
award in the name of his
might-have-been ancestors,
he promptly called Fran and
the rest of the children, who
will be joining him and
Sylvia on Thanksgiving for
the in-van celebration.
The lucky family -circle
will also include Kauffman
sons Steve and Stan and
daughter Eim as well
grandchildren Meg^n, Mike
and Regan.
For readers wlho are
curious about Kauffman’s
real history, we think we are
safe in noting that he is a
graduate of Lebanon Valley
College, with a degree in
English; that he served
honorably in the US Navy in
both World War II and the
Koren conflict; and that he is
a Shakespeare-ophile, which
means that, given the op­portunity,
he will det er to his
own limitless imagination in
favor of discussion on the
Bard’s best-known works.
as
by Becky Colli us
Behold, the lowly turkey.
Its name has been
denigrated as a means of
As a result of the new state
Sunshine Law, which
requires that municipal
governing bodies and public
boards meet openly when
discussing issues leading to
a vote as well as when voting
on them, the Lititz Borough
Council has placed on its
Nov. 25 agenda a proposal to
meet two times each njonth,
beginning Jan. 1,1987.
Traditionally, borough
council has met the last
Tuesday of each month, with
a work session open to the
public the Wednesday before
the council meeting.
Council will vote on the
proposed meeting dates, the
second and last Tuesdays of
each month.
With the new year, reports;
Business Manager Suei*
Barry, minutes will have to;
be kept at all council l
meetings, including any;
informal work sessions. 1
In addition, typed minutes
will be forthcoming for
every meeting in which “a
majority of the members
attend,” she said.
Also, all meetings will be
advertised, she added.
Council President Clyde
Tshudy noted that, under the
new mandate, even if council
members meet for a few
minutes to observe and
discuss a bridge problem
with a PennDOT
representative, minutes will
have to be kept.
During council’s Nov. 19
work session, controversy
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by Becky Collins
D ev e lo pm en t woes
monopolized much of the
discussion at the annual
advisory meeting of the
Warwick Township,
Elizabeth Township, Lititz
Borough, and Warwick
School District supervisors.
“We are currently in a
posture of growth,” Dr. John
Bonfield, superintendent of
Warwick school district
explained.
Warwick school district is
indeed growing by leaps and
bounds, pacing all other
school districts in Lancaster
County as the fastest-growing.
In the past year, the
number of students at­tending
the Warwick school
district increased by 5.5
percent, four times faster
than the county’s total
enrollment growth during
the same period.
“This kind of dramatic
growth will be slightly
painful,” Bonfield noted. “It
will involve additional cost
with the first being con­struction
costs.”
Area Development
The reason for the ac­celerated
growth in the
district’s population is the
busy construction of new
homes throughout Lititz
Borough and Warwick
Township.
As yet, the construction
boom has not hit Elizabeth
Township, but it is coming.
E liz a b e th Township
supervisors questioned
Warwick Township super­visors
and Lititz Borough
council members concerning
involving developers in the
construction of roadways
and other services as their
a r e a b ecome s m ore
developed.
New Construction
Sounds of construction will
not only be heard in
neighborhoods of the area.
Construction will soon be
underway for a new Lititz
Community Center and a
$1.4 million expansion
project at John Beck
Elementary.
Richard Nuffort, steering
committee chairman for the
new Community Center,
presented preliminary ar­chitectural
plans to the
assemblage, explaining that
the new facility will better
meet the needs of this
growing area.
“We are now in the ad­vanced
funding stage,”
Nuffort explained. “We hope
to break ground on the new
facility in the spring of
1987.”
Nuffort noted that the
construction should be
completed by autumn of
1987. “The contractor says
that timetable can be met,
but it’s all contingent on our
fundraising,” he explained.
“We’re very optimistic,” he
concluded.
Superintent of schools, Dr.
John Bonfield, explained
that the eight-room addition
at John Beck elementary
will provide much-needed
classroom space. “But John
Beck is just the start,” he
explained.
“We have found that the
increased construction in the
Kissel Hill area has
dramatically increased
student enrollment in Kissel
Hill Elementary school,” he
stated. “We are expecting to
begin an expansion project
at Kissel Hill within the next
two years, and then ap­proach
the same problem at
the high school three to five
years down the road.”
Bonfield pointed to the
space crunch experienced at
the district’s schools as just
“one of the benefits of living
in a community that is
growing and expanding.”
Asbestos Removal
While the school district
continues its expansion
policy, it is also looking at
removal of all asbestos from
its school buildings. “Kissel
Hill is essentially clean (of
asbestos) Bonfield ex­plained,
“ and Lititz
Elementary and Warwick
Middle School have minimal
amounts.”
The g r e a te s t co n ­centration
of asbestos is in
Warwick High School and
John Beck Elementary,
Bonfield explained.
“We have been monitoring
the air at the high school and
have found the readings to
be safe, but the engineers
indicate that the asbestos
should be removed,” he
stated. Asbestos was used in
the construction of the high
school auditorium for
acoustics and fireproofing.
The asbestos removal
project will be the most
involved at John
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Beck
As a holiday tradition
Turkey still receives top billing
P e n n Twp, requests water, s ew e r
f r o m b o ro u g h for development
Lititz Borough Council is
considering an informal
request from Penn Township
to purchase water and sewer
rights from the borough to be
used for an anticipated 183-
unit residential development
along West Orange Street,
across from Hy-Cross
Hatcheries, 631 W. Orange
St.
Penn Township’s super­visors
told council members
during a Nov. 19 work
session that they vie m;
the request for
developer, Warren W*1
despite their apparent
of ent.i usiasm foi
project.
Agreed tb'1 "up-u -a
“We aren’t, pushing it by a";
means;” b"t, ¡bey corupdni.
“You can’t hold bon b«ck "
If the boi ough sells watei
and sewer services to Penn
Township, expansion lines
would have to be extended
n-.f.j. ■uto Pern i To»;-1H-ip at the
i!(P township’s cosi.
■vei. ‘Tie to’vo s bip would also
iacl' be i e s t .'lisi ble for main-
I1 ' ■funMig ■-e ih «'s and ad-diti
oi> al p ilT.pij. ■station.
SOT *5 “You know what the
implications aie,” cautioned
< '>un< -iin«j> l >;• .ml Bucher.
Heferring to tim potential
for heavy development if the
lines are extended, Bucher
continued, “You’re talking
7%
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NORTH POLE - The
Record Express learned this
week that Santa Claus has
once again contacted the
Lititz Fire Co. and requested
transportation to his castle
in Lititz this Saturday
morning, Nov. 29.
According to reports,
Santa has asked that a fire
engine take him a round the
streets of Lititz - beginning
at 9 a.m.- so that- he may
greet and wave to all his
friends.
Following his tour of
Lititz, Santa will a.'iive at
his castle, located on St us pis
Lane Mall, jtirt off E>rt
Main Street, at Hi 10 a m
Watch f;.r Snid/i
Saturday morning and be on
hand to greet him as he
arrives at his casl'e at 10:30
Saturday
Santa’s
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to 4 p.m. (this
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nd Mi iiday and
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about another North Jer­sey.”
“Once we do this...put
water and sewer out there, it
becomes easier,” lie warn­ed,
adding “things have a
way of getting out of con­trol.”
Contending that the
request was in line with
county comprehensive
planning, councilman
Pettyjohn noted that the
Lancaster County Planning
Commission has encouraged
dense pockets of develop­ment
to help conserve large
areas of agricultural land in
the county.
If the borough says yes to
the township’s request,
“That’s probably all the
water and sewer we’re going
to have to give away,” said
Clyde Tshudy, council
president.
Council will confer with
the borough’s solicitor and
engineers before making a
decision on the reque st.
Boro sidewalks
Council members have
decided it’s time to get tough
on the issue of substandard
sidewalks and begin en­forcing
the borough sidewalk
ordinance, which states that
residents are responsible for
maintaining the sidewalks in
front of their properties.
A proposal will be placed
on council’s Nov. 25 agenda
for members to consider how
the ordinance may be en­forced
without undue hard­ship
on residents’ pocket-books.
During the Nov. 19 work
session, many members of
council seemed to agree on a
five-year plan to update
borough sidewalks.
Discussion centered on
several means by which the
borough could enforce
compliance with ordinance
standards. Ideas ranged
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describing a number of
things in our society. “Cold
turkey,” “talking turkey,”
and just plain “turkey”
describe a few of the more
human qualities we give
these birds.
Yet, as Thanksgiving rolls
around each year, the value
of the lowly turkey is not lost
on a nation of turkey
“gobblers.”
First Thanksgiving
Yes, it’s true that the
turkey was present at the
first Thanksgiving in 1621.
According to the National
Wildlife magazine, wild
turkeys were donated by the
Indians in attendance as
their contribution to the
feast.
Long before the Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth Rock,
millions of wild turkeys
ranged North America.
Benjamin Franklin was so
entranced by the wild turkey
that he recommended its
adoption as the national
symbol over the bald eagle,
calling the turkey a true
native of America.
His proposal didn’t pass.
The visage of the wild turkey
is not found on our currency,
stamps or documents. But
there is one time of year
when the turkey again
receives top billing.
A Tradition
What would the traditional
Thanksgiving meal be
without the pleasing aroma
of baking turkey? How
would we enjoy cranberries?
What would we stuff with
bread crumbs?
Today turkeys are big
business for farmers. One
poultry farm in the area,
owned and operated by John
Sensenig, raises turkeys for
sale in su p erm a rk ets
throughout the area.
The turkeys raised at the
Sensenig farm are a far cry
from the wild turkeys served
at the first Thanksgiving
meai.
They are brought to the
farm when they are one day
old. Their food, water, and
environment are carefully
monitored to insure proper
growth and a pleasing taste.
According to Mervin
Zimmerman, my guide
through the Sensenig farm,
it takes just 16 weeks to get
the turkey from the egg to
the market.
Raising Turkeys
The young turkeys are
kept in a brooding house
which is a constant 83
degrees. Brooders, big
electric lights, provide heat
to the building and to the
chicks as they mature.
When the turkeys have
matured sufficiently to be
taken from the heated
brooder, they are then
moved to large holding
bams.
Six thousand large pink
and white birds greeted us as
the big sliding doors of their
house were opened.
There were birds as far as
the eye could see, making a
gobbling noise which, when
magnified by 6,000, was
quite a ruckus.
Where They Go
Zimmerman explained
that this is the busiest time
of the year for the poultry
farm. He noted that the
Sensenig farm alone would
supply up to 6,000 birds to
stores in the area for the
Thanksgiving season. As
Christmas approaches, the
farm will supply 3-4
thousand more for consumer
consumption.
Healthy Gamble
The Sensenig farm is just
one of the many poultry
farms in the area who
produce turkeys. Farmers
throughout the nation are
capitalizing on the health
emphasis put on lean meat
provided by the turkey.
Our friends at Lancaster
Farming explained that
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Trying to look as inconspicuous as possible,
6,000 turkeys all looked a different direction as we
walked into their henhouse.
farmers are also benefiting
from the quick turn-around
raising turkeys affords
them. In fact, national
production of this bird has
increased by 13 percent in
1986 alone.
The Pennsylvania Poultry
Council expects that the
January-March production
of turkeys in this state could
well exceed production
quotas set during the same
quarter of 1986.
Such a lot of to-do over a
bird that is considered a not-too-
smart cousin of our own
wild turkey.
When it comes time to sit
down to your turkey dinner
this Thanksgiving, it would
be wise to offer thanks for
this lowly bird who provides
us with such a warm family
tradition.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Iced down. These turkeys, cleaned and ready for shipment, will be receiving
top billing on menus throughout the area as we celebrate Thanksgiving.