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“Once upon a time” is a lovely way to begin a story,
especially if it’s a romance. On page 17, we document a
real-life romance set in Lititz. The plot also includes a bit
of detective work for spice.
John Miller’s poultry operation was wiped out by
avian flu four years ago. Now this enterprising farmer
and his family have discovered a booming business in
dried flowers. Their story is on page 28.
The Christmas custom of Belsnickel is a German
import, welcomed In Lancaster County by 18th century
Pennsylvania Deutsch communities. If you’re an outsid­er
(or a native who’s never heard of the old custom),
you’ll want to learn about the Belsnickel myth on page
24.
Equipment failure blamed for low chlorine level
Residents warned not to drink boro water
by Becky Collins
A faulty chlorine analyzer
and a dismantled alarm sys­tem
are being blamed for a
water advisory issued short­ly
after 2:30 p.m. Monday by
Lititz Borough Council.
Borough Council chair­man
Clyde Tshudy made the
announcement, stating,
“Due to a chlorinator prob­lem,
Lititz Borough and
Warwick Township on the
advice of DER are issuing a
pre cautionary 48-hour
boiled water notice until
noon on Wednesday.”
Tshudy authorized the
release of the public notice
to all media in the area,
warning the public against
drinking tap water treated at
the Lititz Water Treatment
Plant for a 48-hour period.
The water advisory was
issued after water treatment
plant worker John Strayer
noticed dramatically low
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The Warwick field hockey team poses In front (District One) in the title
of the bus before they head for the state champ­ionship
game at Ursinus College. They took on
Warwick’s hockey team heads
for state championship game
game
levels of chlorine in water at
the plant when he checked
chemical levels at 7 a.m.
Monday morning.
“We usually use five
pounds of chlorine each day
in the water supply, but
between Friday evening and
Monday morning, only one
pound of chlorine was intro­duced
into the system,”
Strayer explained.
“Normally, water in the
wells around here is pretty
low in coliform (bacillus),
especially during dry weath­er,
so even without the chlor­ine
additive, there would be
only minimal bacterial
g r o w t h , ” he a d d e d
reassuringly.
“Ninety percent of the
time, raw water coming into
the system has tested accept­able,
it’s only after rains that
we find seepage from septic
systems or runoff from far­mer’s
fields containing the
coliform being introduced
into the water supply.”
When Strayer reported his
findings to DER Monday,
they advised him to issue a
precautionary advisory to
the public against drinking
the untreated water.
The last laboratory test
performed at the Lititz plant
was on Nov. 10, and the next
lab test will be performed
Nov. 24. Over the next 48
hours, three times the nor­mal
amount of chlorine will
be added to the public water
supply to replenish the
chlorine level.
Problems at the Plant
The analyzer at the Lititz
Water Treatment Plant had
been giving false readings
during the past week. On
Friday, technicians from
Foxcroft — the Glenmore,
Pa., company that markets
and services the borough’s
water treatment equipment
— had been working on the
analyzer to make it function­al
again.
Strayer explained, “Dur­ing
the week preceeding, the
chlorinator was working
fine, and by Friday evening
the analyzer was also operat­ing,
although we knew it was
not working properly.”
Sometime between Fri­day
evening or Saturday
morning, the chlorinator
ceased functioning. An
alarm system designed to
notify treatment plant per­sonnel
of an emergency had
been dismantled the week
before, when the analyzer
was peaking and calling in
personnel on false emergen­cies.
The alarm was never
reactivated.
But, acording to Strayer,
“If the alarm system had
been functional, chances are
it would not have gone off
because the analyzer was
giving a false reading that
showed the chlorine levels
within DER guidelines.”
“We never expected the
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Ch o sen b y sta te organization
DAR names Heidi Gardner
1987-88 ‘Good Citizen’
The Warwick field hock­ey
team made history this
past week to become the
only local squad to ever earn
a spot in the finals of a state
championship game. The
girls achieved this goal by
defeating a pair of outstand­ing
teams. In a quarterfinal
contest they defeated South­ern
Lehigh (Dist. Two) one
to nothing and in a semifinal
game at Ursinus College
defeated Souderton in over­time
two to one.
'The Warwick girls domi­nated
most of the game
against Southern Lehigh but
could score only one goal. In
the first half the Warriorettes
were in complete control
with seven shots on goal to
two for the Spartans. The
local girls also led in comers
nine to three.
The only score in the
game occurred midway
through the first half (15:59)
when Sonya Weber took the
ball off a comer and drove it
into the net. Kelly Graybill
picked up an assist.
The Spartans took control
of the ball in the early going
of the second half and kept
Kelly McSparren (Warwick
goalie) busy for a few
minutes. However, the War­riorettes
offense then came
alive to keep the ball down at
the Spartans end of the field.
That victory placed War­wick
in the final four and a
trip to States.
The semifinals of the s tate
tournament were held at
Ursinus College Friday
afternoon. Warwick was
paired against Souderton
(Dist. One), a team that
defeated Hempfield (3-1),
the District Three champs
earlier in the week. It was
apparent the Warriorettes
faced a real challenge. The
Indians of Souderton had
lost only one game all season
and that came in the District
Playoffs. In addition their
goalie allowed only four
scores all season. The fans
were in for a real treat.
What took place Friday
afternoon was one of the
most outstanding hockey
games in recent years. At
times the action was fast and
furious as both teams kept
the ball moving from one
end of the field to the other.
When it was all over the
two squads played through
60 minutes of regulation
with the score tied (1-1) after
one 10 minute overtime
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In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Classified 13,14,15
Social 18,19
Church 20
Manheim 22
Business 26,27
Heidi K. Gardner, 100
Brusen Drive, has been
named 1987-88 DAR Good
Citizen by the Pennsylvania
State Society of the Daught­ers
of the American Revolu­tion.
Active in many leader­ship
and academic programs
as well as community and
service projects, she was
chosen under the DAR good
citizen criteria of dependa­bility,
leadership, patriot­ism,
and service to home,
church and community.
An alumnus of Hugh
O’Brian Youth Foundation,
Heidi has attended local
seminars, the East District
“Capitalizing Leadership in
America” program, and was
a delegate to Presidential
Classroom. She was a
“Youth for Understanding”
Japanese Senate semi­finalist
and a member of the
1986 Pennsylvania Gover­nor’s
School for Intemation-
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Heidi Gardner
al Studies. Heidi also has
attended the Georgetown
University Summer School
program.
A Warwick Scholar and
member of the National
Honor Society, Gardner was
chosen as the Language Arts
department representative to
the Middle States Evalua­tion
Committee. Mostrecen-tly
she was a student rep­resentative
to the education
sub-committee of the Lan­caster
County-City Human
Relations Commission.
A 1986-87 member of
Warwick’s Model United
Nations Club and Student
Government, Gardner is also
a member of the Law and
Politics Explorer Post spon­sored
by the Lancaster Bar
Association, and served on
the jury for the Dickinson
Law School’s Appelate
Moot Court.
As founding and organi­zational
member of War­wick’s
Project LEAD, Heidi
was instrumental in organiz­ing
a CONTACT Teen Hot­line
and has completed half
of her 60-hour training prog­ram.
She is currently serving
on a committee to organize
and execute the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation’s annu­al
Christmas party.
Gardner is a senior at
Warwick High School.
Boro police investigate 2 accidents Nov. 23
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Santa arrives this Saturday
to open Sturgis Lane castle
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. 28.
According to reports,
Santa has asked that a fire
engine take him around 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 arrive at his
castle, located on Sturgis
Lane Mall, just off East
Main Street, at 10:30 a.m.
Watch for Santa on Satur­day
morning and be on hand
to greet him as he arrives at
his castle at 10:30 Saturday
morning.
Santa’s castle hours are:
Fridays 5 to 8 p.m., Satur­days
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (this
Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 4
p.m.) and Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Dec. 21,
22, 23 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Lititz Borough police
investigated two accidents
Nov. 23.
ACCIDENTS
FRONT/CEDAR STS.:
Officer Kerry Nye investi­gated
an accident at Front
and Cedar streets Nov. 23 at
3:25 p.m. He reported that
Albert R. Blyler, 217
Tamarron Parkway, Smyr­na,
Ga., was driving a 1980
Datsun 280-Z west on Front
Street, failed to stop at the
stop sign and struck a 1983
Ford pick-up truck being
driven north by Arlene L.
Hurst, 109 Sunrise Avenue.
Both drivers were “shaken”
and were treated at the scene
by members of the Warwick
Ambulance Association.
Blyler’s vehicle was demol­ished
and Hurst’s pick-up
sustained severe damage.
Blyler was cited for a stop
sign violation.
A R R O W H E A D
DR./LINCOLN AVE.:
Officer Ron Sandhaus
investigated an accident
Nov. 23 at 7:49 a.m. at the
intersection of Arrowhead
Drive and West Lincoln
Avenue. He reported that
Luke S. Nolt, Manheim R6,
was driving his 1974 Dodge
east on West Lincoln
Avenue and that Robert J.
Mattem, 739 Furnace Hills
Pike, was driving a late mod­el
Cadillac west on Arrow­head
Drive. Mattem had
stopped for the stop sign at
the intersection and then
began to make a right turn
onto West Lincoln Avenue
when Nolt, blinded by the
sun, misjudged the comer
and turned left into the front
of Mattem’s car. Mattem
was transported to Lancaster
General Hospital by Man­heim
Ambulance for treat­ment
of neck and shoulder
injuries. Mattem’s car was
towed.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
WARWICK H.S.: Officer
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Two injured
in Penn Twp.
Ruth F. Huber, 20 Foal
Court, Lancaster, and Patri­cia
Showers, 160 S. Spruce
St., were injured in a two-vehicle
accident Nov. 23 at
4:08 p.m. at the intersection
of Temperance Hill and
Lexington roads, according
to Officer Larry Snavely,
Penn Township P.D.
Snavely reported that his
preliminary investigation
showed that Ms. Huber was
driving her Subaru south on
Lexington Road when she
pulled onto Temperance Hill
Road and into the path of a
Chrysler LeBaron being dri­ven
east on Temperance Hill
Road by Dale L. Showers,
160 S. Spruce St.
Ms. Huber was trans­ported
to Lancaster General
Hospital by Warwick
Ambulance for treatment of
upper chest pain. She was
treated and released. Mrs.
Showers was transported to
Community Hospital of
Lancaster by Warwick
Ambulance for treatment of
a slight concussion, a knee
injury and possible internal
injuries. She was treated and
released.
Both vehicles sustained
moderate damage. The acci-d
e n t rem a in s u n d e r
investigation.
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Members of the Lititz Fire Company pry away the hood of this 1980 Datsun
280Z which was demolished in a collision at Front and Cedar streets Nov. 23.
Lititz Fire Company, Lititz Fire Police and Warwick Ambulance Association
volunteers assisted at the scene.
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A member of the Warwick Ambulance Association assists Ruth F. Huber
while members of the Lititz Fire Company stand by at this two-vehicle acci­dent
on Lexington and Temperance Hill roads. Ms. Huber and Mrs. Patricia
Showers were both taken to area hospitals for treatment and released. Lititz
Fire Police also assisted Penn Twp. police at the scene.