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Inside today’s Record
Giggles and laughter greet clowns everywhere.
Read about Comma Dee, Lititz’ newest clown on
page 13.
County snowmobilers spent days last fall on a
project to raise funds for Mark Glassman, a 4-year-old
about to have a liver transplant. For their
efforts, the club recently was recognized with a
national award. See page 5.
Sophie Horman was only 7 years old when she
and her family left the Jewish ghetto In Radam,
Poland. Now a resident of Lititz, she writes stories
about her younger days. See page 20.
Violent crime victims
can be compensated
under statewide program
by Linda A. Harris
Editor’s Note: Marvin
E. Miller Sr. state rep­resentative
from Lancas­ter
County in the 1970s,
recently addressed the
Lititz Rotary Club on the
topic of crime victims com­pensation
program of
which he is chairman.
From 1958-60, he served as
editor of the Record
Express.
Crime victims. For years,
there has been a growing
concern that the justice sys­tem
in this country has gone
too far to protect the rights of
criminals — that the system
has forgotten the victims. A
recent court ruling barring
testimony concerning the
pain and suffering of victims
and their families seemed
just another in a series of rul­ings
designed to protect
criminals.
Yet, there have been those
who have fought for victims.
In the early 1970s, Marvin E.
Miller Sr., former Republi­can
representative from
Lancaster County, and a col­league,
Milton Berkes, a
Democrat from Levittown,
Marvin Miller Sr.
became concerned about the
expenses incurred by vic­tims
of violent crimes. They
had been hearing from con­stituents
that victims suf­fered
loses at the hands of
criminals, but those loses
were not compensated.
For Berkes, the final straw
was an assault on a teenager
in his district by another teen
strung out on LSD. In 1971,
the two legislators combined
efforts to introduce the
state’s first crime victims
compensation bill. The bill
didn’t pass that year, indeed
it took until 1976 for the bill
to become law, according to
Miller.
Kept Pursuing It
“We just kept pursuing it.
We got it on the House
calendar several times only
to have it die in the Senate.
One of the problems was that
money was tight at the time
and there was no source of
funds for compensation.
Finally, everyone seemed to
realize that it was an idea
whose time had come. Pen­nsylvania
became the 21st
state in the country to have
such a program,” he said.
That piece of legislation
enabled victims of violent
crime to recover certain los­ses
incurred as a result of the
crime, such as lost wages,
unreimbursed hospital or
other medical bills, and in
the case of the death of the
victim, unreimbursed funer­al
expenses. Funds for the
program came from those
who pleaded guilty or no
contest or who were con­victed
of violent crimes.
Legislation Amended
At first, courts were
authorized to impose a $10
fee to be paid to the Com­monwealth
for the program.
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The flowergirl and crownbearer, Hilary Kreider
and Joel Clausen.
Council to consider
new boro fire codes
The 1987 Queen of Candles, Julie Turano,
received her crown of flowers from last year’s
Queen, Linda Jo Geiger. The Queen of Candles
pageant, 45 years of Lititz tradition, is the high­light
of a day full of activity.
J u l i e T u r a n o c r o w n e d Q u e e n o f C a n d l e s
Pageant lights up Saturday in the park
Sunny skies and fine
entertainment made the
145th Independence Day
celebration in Lititz Springs
Park a huge success.
Ralph Seaman, chairman
of the concessions commit­tee,
estimated a crowd of
between eight and ten thou­sand
people turned out for
Saturday’s festivities.
Candles Pageant
Highlighting the festivi­ties
was the crowning of the
1987 Queen of Candles,
Julie D. Turano, daughter of
Paul and Carole Turano, 470
Snavely Mill Rd. Julie was
crowned by Linda Jo Geiger,
the 1986 Queen. Her court
included Alison Bradley,
Donna Groff, Jill Downing,
Deborah Beans, Nicole Hil­ton,
Heather Aument, Barb
South, Connie King, Nicole
Gochnauer, Jennifer McCre­ary,
and Kim Buckwalter.
The flower girl was Hil­ary
Kreider, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Kreider.
Joel Clausen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Clausen,
ser, * - ’ a;- crownbearer.
Miss Turano is the 45th
Queen of Candles, an honor
bestowed by her classmates
at Warwick High School.
She was also the Warwick
High School Homecoming
Queen, and served as presi­dent
of the class of 1987. She
was a cheerleader for the
past three years and co-captian
her senior year.
Julie’s community activi­ties
include membership in
the United Methodist
Church. She has received the
DAR Award and the Optim­ist
Award. Julie also
attended the Rotary Leader­ship
conference during her
junior year.
Her plans for the future
include attendance atJuniata
College where she will
m a jo r in e lem e n ta ry
education.
After receiving her floral
crown, the Queen lit her
candle from a torch backs­tage
and, in turn, the candles
of her court were lit.
Approximately 6,500
candles were used to create
this year’s Fairyland. They
were lit by Scouts and child­ren
from the community,
fulfilling the tradition of
Lititz’ hometown Indepen­dence
Day celebration.
Entertainment
Sounds of laughter and
music filled the park from
noon until the crowning
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Lititz police seize illegal fireworks
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Above photo shows some of the illegal
fireworks, including black bombs, M100s
and rockets, seized by Lititz police July 4.
Lititz Borough police
confiscated alleged illegal
fireworks at a local store
July 4 and are continuing
investigations into a theft
from a vehicle as well as a
burglary at Lititz Springs
Pool.
ILLEGAL FIREWORKS
E A S T L IN C O L N
AVENUE: Officers Charles
Shenenberger, Doug Shert-zer
and William Seace and
Chief Jim Fritz seized an
estimated $800 to $1,000 of
alleged illegal fireworks
July 4 at 3:55 p.m. at Joe’s
Grocery and Delivery, 400
E. Lincoln Ave. Shenenber­ger
said that the officers
went to the store with a war­rant
and seized items such as
cherry bombs, MIOOs, rock­ets
and other paraphernalia
banned by the state fire­works
act. Charges are pend­ing
testing of the seized
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by Bonnie Szymanski
Borough councilman Jeff
Siegrist is lobbying for
building and fire codes in
Lititz Borough.
“The building and fire
codes as implemented and
enforced in the borough are
very vague and outdated,”
said Siegrist recently.
He pointed out the recent
fire at 43-45 S. Broad St., in
which, says Siegrist, 8 to 10
people were saved because
the landlord had put smoke
alarms in the building.
“That landlord should be
commended,” stated Sie­grist,
who is a volunteer with
the Lititz Fire Department.
In a report he intends to
present at the next borough
council meeting, Tuesday,
July 14, Siegrist argues: “At
a minimum, Lititz Borough
should amend its code
Boro police
arrest man
for drug sale
Lititz Borough police
charged a third man in a drug
investigation begun in Sep­tember
1986.
Officer Charles Shenen­berger
charged Matthew Z.
Rodgers, 24, of 713 Webster
Hill Rd., with selling mari­juana
to an undercover agent
Nov. 8, 1986. The transac­tion
took place in the parking
lot of St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ, North
Broad Street, according to
Shenenberger.
Officer Doug Shertzer,
assisted by Warwick Town­ship
P.D. Officer Bill Fas-nacht
served the arrest war­rant
July 4 at 1:09 a.m. at the
Parkview Hotel, 25 N.
Broad St.
Two other men, Kenneth
R. Hackman, 20 Loop Rd.,
and Mark Alan Enek, 22, of
20 E. Orange St., were
arrested June 15 as a result of
the same investigation.
In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 12,13
Church 14
Manheim 15
Business Directory 16
Classified 17,18,19 Matthew Rodgers
Jeff Siegrist
requirements to mandate
proper installation, mainte­nance
and testing of smoke
detectors.”
He lists the Lancaster
County municipalities that
have safety and fire ordi­nances
which contain provi­sions
for the installation and
maintenance of smoke
detectors. These include
Adamstown, Quarryville,
East Petersburg, Denver,
Ephrata, Millersville, Lan­caster
City, East Hempfield,
East Cocalico and Manheim
Township. These represent
six of 18 boroughs and three
of 41 townships in the
county.
“In my opinion,” observes
Siegrist, “due to the con­struction
methods currently
employed and the rate of
building construction, the
time has come for Lititz Bor­ough
Council to adopt build­ing
and fire codes for the
protection of our residents.”
In an earlier part of the
report, Siegrist refers to con­struction
methods of the
1980s as “slipshod,” noting
that they “allow the rapid
spread of fire within the
home and from one dwelling
unit to the other.”
Continues the council­man,
“The number of fire
calls answered by the Lititz
Fire Co. has increased four­fold
since 1975.”
Fire deaths
Siegrist noted in an earlier
version of his report that
“astonishingly,” no fire
deaths had occurred since
the founding of the Lititz
Fire Co. in 1904.
Siegrist later corrected
that, reporting that he had
gotten his original informa­tion
from long-time local
firemen, who hadn’t recalled
that in 1952, a 4-month-old
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Chad Roth turns to art
after paralyzing accident
by Becky Collins
Three years have passed
since Chad Roth, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald R. Roth,
912 May Rd., had to first
face one of the greatest chal­lenges
any person will ever
have to face.
On June 8, 1984, at the
age of 14, Chad was
involved in an automobile
accident and suffered a
severe injury to his spinal
cord. As a result, Chad is a
quadraplegic.
During the past three
Manheim Central teens touring Moscow, Leningrad
years, Chad has had to learn
how to do things all over
again, how to do things dif­ferently,
and how to do with­out
some things in his life.
Yet through his struggle to
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Chad Roth
by Linda A. Harris
July 4 — on a day when
most of their friends were
preparing to celebrate the
nation’s birth with picnics
and plans to watch fire­works,
23 students gathered
at Manheim Central High
School to begin the first leg
of a trip which was to take
them to a nation whose citi­zens
can only dream of the
freedoms enjoyed by Ameri­cans
---- the Soviet Union.
Dressed in everything
from shorts to jams to dress
clothes, the students and the
five adults acccompanying
them waiting anxiously with
family and friends to begin
loading luggage on the bus
scheduled to depart for JFK
International Airport where
they would board a North­west
flight at 7:05 p.m. for
Stockholm. Plans had
already been delayed once
when the Soviet Union'
informed the EF Institute
which made the arrange­ments
that the end of June
was not suitable and that
instead of flying into Copen­hagen
and from there to the
Soviet Union the group
would leave the U.S. July 4
and fly to Stockholm.
Plans Changed
The group had been sche­duled
to spend a day in sight­seeing
in Copenhagen, but
plans for the time between
their arrival in Sockholm at
8:40 a.m. and boarding an
Aeroflot plane at 3:35 p.m.
had not been disclosed as of
July 4, according to Mrs.
Mark Gallagher. “We are
hoping to secure a bus to see
at least some of the city
before we leave for Mos­cow,”
she explained.
The new schedule showed
the group in Moscow from
July 5 to July 8. On the even­ing
of July 8, they were sche­duled
to board a night train
for Leningrad where they
were to remain through July
12 when they were to fly to
Stockholm. The group is
scheduled to fly to JFK July
13.
Discuss Plans
While waiting to load the
school bus, several of the
students and their families
discussed the upcoming
adventure. John Haller noted
that he had flown to Ger­many
and Belgium so that
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Mark Gallagher, far right, Manheim Central
High School teacher, is leading a number of
his students on a trip to Moscow and Lenin­grad
this week.