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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 20 Pages-No. 17
beai municipalities face off
on contract to sell water
MÉSI
Fire Co. responds to tractor fire
Lititz Fire Company
members extinguish a trac­tor
fire at Snyder’s Fruit
Farm, 520 Kissel Hill Road,
Tuesday morning.
The cause of the fire in the
1960 Massey-Furgeson trac­tor
is undetermined, accord­ing
to Lititz Fire Company
spokesman, Lt. Jeffrey Sie-grist.
Siegrist said an
employee discovered the
tractor, which had been
unused and unmoved for
several days, in flames.
Warwick Township
police officer Joseph Kil­gore
had put out most of the
fire with a fire extinguisher
before the fire company
arrived, Siegrist said.
There was no other dam­age,
other than to the tractor,
Siegrist said.
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by Bonnie Szymanski
Lititz Borough sells water
to Warwick Township.
In 1975, Warwick Town­ship
agreed on a contract to
buy no more than 100,000
gallons a day from the
borough.
Until re cently, this
amount has been more than
enough for the township.
Now, with new and expand­ing
developments on its hor­izon,
Warwick Township
needs to provide more water
to its present and future
residents.
Because the marketing of
water during the past decade
has been mutually agree­able,
the municipalities
began discussions in the fall
of 1986 to outline a new con­tract
with provisions for the
township’s growing water
needs.
Last week, the borough
presented what it thought
was an acceptable, though
non-traditional, pro forma
contract, offering Warwick
Township expanded water
capacity in exchange for
advisory rights on new deve­lopment
in the township.
“I was shocked,” said
Bruce Bucher, vice chair­man
of the Warwick Town­ship
Municipal Authority,
referring to several sections
in the contract that appear to
give the borough a form of
veto power over develop­ment
in the township.
According to Bucher, if a
township development’s
water needs exceeds 10,000
gallons per day, under the
proposed contract, the bor­ough
would have the right to
vote “nay.”
C o u n c ilm a n D av id
Bucher, who has been acting
as borough council’s nego­tiating
representative on the
water contract, agreed with
Bruce Bucher on one point:
he, too, was shocked, he
said. He was shocked that
the municipal authority
turned down the contract.
Councilman Bucher con­tended
that both he and the
municipal authority mem­bers
had agreed “in princi­p
le ” that cooperation
between the two municipali­ties
was desirable.
According to Councilman
Bucher, they had discussed
and agreed upon the concept
of an advisory committee
composed of representatives
from the township authority,
the Warwick Township
supervisors and borough
council, created to “study
Officer Doug Shertzer le ft is shown d is cu s s in g an accident at Sec­ond
Avenue and Kissel Hill Road J u ly 27, wh ile a Lititz Fire policeman
stands by behind o ne of the vehicles Involved in the co llis io n .
Joe’e Grocery, Lititz Rec Center
Burglars take over $2,500
in two borough incidents
Parents, school district
meet to resolve busing issue
Lititz Borough police are
investigating two burglaries
which resulted in losses of
more than $2,500.
BURGLARY/THEFT
LINCOLN AVE.: Mary
Aponte reported a burglary
July 27. It is believed that
someone entered Jo e ’s
Grocery and Delivery Ser­vice,
400 E. Lincoln Ave.,
between July 24 at 10:30
p.m. and July 25 at 7:30
a.m., according to a report
filed by Officer Doug Shert­zer.
After prying open a steel
door at the rear of the build­ing,
the thief (thieves)
entered and pried open a
pinball/video machine and
removed approximately
$1,200. Also taken was
approximately $300 in cash,
approximately $670 worth
of cigarettes, and a quantity
of batteries of unknown
value.
SPRUCE ST.: Jenny
Marks reported a burglary
July 27. She told Officer
Harry Yochum that some­time
between 9 p.m. July 23
and 7 a.m. July 24, someone
entered the Lititz Rec Cen­ter,
21N. Spruce St., by pry­ing
off some door molding.
After gaining access to the
office, the thief or thieves
removed between $400 and
$500 in cash.
ACCIDENTS
SECOND AVE./KISSEL
HILL RD.: A. Miriam Esh-leman,
946 Edgemoor
Court, Lancaster, was cited
for a stop sign violation by
Officer Shertzer following
an accident July 27 at 1:20
p.m. at Second Avenue and
Kissel Hill Road. Shertzer
reported that the Eshleman
vehicle collided with a vehi­cle
driven by Irvin M. Stee-
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by Bonnie Szymanski
A contingent of Quail
Ridge parents are continuing
their lobbying efforts with
the school district and the
borough to have the area
around the Woodstream out­let
store on Front Street dec­lared
hazardous so their
elementary school children
can be bused to school.
Because the children live
within the required 1.5-mile
transportation guideline
used by the school district
for busing, it has been neces­sary
for them to walk the dis­tance
of more than a mile
both to and from school.
In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 12
Manheim 13
Directory 13,15
Church 14,15
Classified 17,18,19
According to Ellen Doo­ley,
spokesman for the 43
families who signed a peti­tion
asking for the hazardous
designation, the parents con­tend
that the walk takes the
children past Woods tream‘s
outlet, where parked cars
block the sidewalk and force
the children to detour into
the street.
Last Thursday (July 23),
Mrs. Dooley and Mrs.
Joseph Kilgore of the
parents group met with John
Bonfield, school district
superintendent, and two
Woodstream representa­tives,
Sue Valesano of the
safety department and Jerry
Davis of maintenance, to
investigate the parking situ­ation
along Front Street at
the Woodstream store.
Mrs. Dooley said that the
parking spaces measured 13
feet from each parking stop
to the yellow line designat­ing
a walkway.
The parents group had
Sodium lites for boro?
and make recommendations
about land planning and
development.”
According to Vice Chair­man
Bucher, the borough is
asking fora voting voice that
would give it “leverage over
d e v e lo pm e n t in th e
township.”
“We agreed in theory
a b o u t a d v i s i n g ___”
responded Warwick Town­ship’s
Bucher, but insisted:
“...our supervisors are not
going to have the power to
give away to another munic­ipality
the right to say yes or
no to a development.”
Vice Chairman Bucher
reminded council that, as an
appointed body, the town­ship
municipal authority is
not in the position to author­ize
a contract which gives
the borough advisory or vot­ing
power in the township.
Countered Councilman
Bucher “It says in there (the
contract) quite plainly that
there is no absolute power.”
C o u n c il a p p ro v e d
Bucher’s motion for a new
meeting with representa­tives
from the municipal
authority, borough council
and the township supervi-s
o r s to c o n t i n u e
negotiations.
by Bonnie Szymanski
Lititz Borough is “num­ber
one in vandalism calls”
to PP&L in the county,
according to a report this
week presented to borough
council by Barbara Bertolet,
representative for the power
company.
Presenting borough coun­cil
with its options for street
lighting Tuesday, Ms. Ber­tolet
said that in 1987, Lititz
had 27 reports of broken
lamps that were replaced by
PP&L maintenance crews.
She informed council that
most of the new lamps
installed by PP&L are now
plastic.
In her report, Ms. Bertolet
told council that PP&L
recommends high pressure
sodium lights for municipal­ities
for their efficiency and
because they are less costly
for PP&L to maintain.
She explained that,
although the municipalities
must pay more for the
sodium lights, PP&L’s rate
structure has been reduced
by 20 percent under PUC
approval and constitutes a
savings for municipalities.
Ms. Bertolet warned
council that even though
they may vote to keep the old
incandescent lights on bor­ough
streets, PUC has
approved a ruling that these
lights will be turned over to
municipalities by 1992, “so
they will have to maintain
them,” she asserted.
She said the incandescent
lights must be changed
every year, sodium every
four years.
Some council members
decried the loss of the softer
incandescent look, especial­ly
in the “Washington
Stand” lights in the down­town
area.
Ms. Bertolet reminded
council that sodium lights
will be installed on Kleine
Lane and Hensley Street in
the near future.
She also noted that Brun-nerville
and Rothsville in
Warwick Township are
being considered for the
changeover.
Council dec ided to
“observe” the lights on
Kleine Lane and Hensley
Street before voting to keep
the old incandescent lights
or change to the new sodium
look on borough streets.
Zeiders appointed
to borough planning
come prepared with vehicle
measurements. Said Mrs.
Dooley, “Even the smallest
car measured 15-feet-
3-inches long.”
Mrs. Dooley noted that
Bonfield suggested remov­ing
the parking bumpers so
cars could pull against the
store’s bay windows.
Measured to this point,
the cars would have an addi­tional
three feet of parking
space, or a 16-foot space.
Mrs. Dooley said she
doubted that anyone would
pull directly beneath the bay
windows.
John Reid, Woodstream
spokesman, agreed, noting
that if the parking bumpers
were removed so vehicles
could pull closer to the
building, the cars might run
into the window overhangs.
Move building?
Insisting that the parking
situation is unworkable -
“Woodstream can’t do any-
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J. Terry Zeiders, 39 $.
Oak St., was appointed to the
Lititz Borough Planning
Commission during a bor­ough
council meeting July
28. He replaces Roger Groce
who recently resigned.
Zeiders, a graphics mana­ger
with DDenticard Systems
Inc., Lancaster, has been a
resident of the borough since
1976. He had also previous­ly
lived in the borough from
1964-67.
A member of the Lititz
Jaycees since 1976, he has
served as secretary, vice-president,
president and
director of that organization.
He has held the following
posts with the Pennsylvania
Jaycees: district director,
regional director and prog­ram
manager. In addition, he
served as an international
senator with the U.S.
Jaycees.
Zeiders has also been
active in the Warwick Asso­ciation
of Churches and as a
Sunday school teacher and
commission member of the
Lititz Church of the Bre­thren.
He has also served
with the Cub and Boy Scout
programs as a committee
member in a number of
areas.
Zeiders noted in his appli­cation
that he has “a keen
interest in helping people”
and hopes to “help to pre­serve
the integrity of our
community while progress­ing
into the future” as a plan­ning
commission member.
He added that “we as a com­munity
need to work
together and plan ahead”
and felt that he could assist
in this effort as a member of
the commission.
Non-traditionalist wins Lititz Outdoor Art Show
by Becky Collins
and Kathleen King
The Lititz Outdoor Art
Show is a show of traditions,
many o f w h ich a re
unwritten.
Traditionally, it is held on
one of the hottest days of the
year. This year was no
exception.
Traditionally, it offers a
wide variety of artistic styles
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from admiring, to studying,
to some questioning the san­ity
of the judges.
Even Linder, the winning
artist, seemed a bit surprised
to have won.
“I never thought I’d have
a chance,” he admitted. He
has been ente ing the Lititz
show for five years but his
pieces don’t fit any of the
categories in which prizes
Hi« winning piece was
inspired by the recent reno­vation
¡it his studio, e.spe-ciallv
by the use of the drill.
He sani he tried to incorpo­rate
part ol lltal swirling
power in the collage, and
admits that the piece has real
movement, although it
‘ eame out looking tornad-i
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and a range of prices. This aro l’Ivom, ho said. artist won a spec
year was no exception.
And, traditionally, the
best of show winner is a
watercolorist or oil painter
whose piece is a landscape
or still life that reflects the |Éiâ:
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Denise Heisey, a 17-year-oid senior at Warwick High School, won the best of
show in the Young Artists Division with this pencil still life.
she was li ve v ears old and to and is involved in field hock-mass
of polymer and printed
media - magazines, news­papers,
and photographs
taken from advertisements.
The comments of specta­tors
who viewed the winning
entries as they were lined up
at the end of the day ranged
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Leonard Blaha, right, president of the
Art Association, presents a check to Ron
winner of the Lititz Outdoor Art Show’s
show award.
Village
Linder,
best of
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This piece of sculpture won Lorraine Garrety,
Dallastown, first place in the sculpture division of
Saturday’s art show.
award that did not carry anv
prize money. Formerly
director of die Rosement
College art education
department, Linder now
devotes all his time to his art.
The best of show winner
in the youth division was
17-year-old Denise Heisey,
a senior at Warwick High
School. Miss Heisey has
been entering the show since
be able to take home the best
of show “was a dream come
true,” she said.
Her work, entitled “Sup­plies,”
is a still life pentii
sketch of household items.
Miss Heisey hope« to study
commercial art at Syracuse
University. She is the
daughter of Donald and
Donna Heisey, Lexington
ey, track and student govern­ment
at Warwick.
Attendance was off dras­tically
this year, due to the
’neat, according to show
organizers. The show was
busy in the morning, but by
noon, the temperature had
driven most people, except
for really devoted fans, to
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