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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages- No. 29
Supervisors mull
issues in growth
of Twin Brook
By Becky Collins
Record-Express News Editor
The issue of water and its
current availability is
expected to present serious
pitfalls to a proposed expan­sion
of the Twin Brook
Mobile Home Park in
Rothsvillc.
The first of what township
secretary Robert Smith
believes will be a number of
controversies over the
expansion at Twin Brook
occurred last week at the
Warwick Township supervi­sors
meeting.
Rick Jackson of Huth
Engineers presented a waiv­er
request from the mobile
home park’s owners, the
Carlisle Group, based in Los
Angeles, Calif., which
would essentially eliminate
the necessity of placing fire
hydrants in the park.
The current mobile home
park includes 142 lots. The
proposed expansion would
add 50 more lots.
To offset the need for
water reserves for emergen­cy
use, Jackson revealed the
location of an 8,000-gallon
cistern. The cistern, he
stated, will be “more than
adequate to handle a fire in
the mobile home park.”
“We believe that we’d be
more than adequately pro-t
e c t e d , ” J a c k s o n
commented.
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Board criticized
on walkways
By Jed Kensinger
Record-Express Staff Writer
Residents of the Cross-winds
development Tuesday
criticized the Warwick
school board and the student
activities committee, in par­ticular,
for not providing a
timely solution to the walk­ing
route controversy.
Sylvia Pringle, 549 Cross-winds
Drive, who was
accompanied by about 15 of
her neighbors, read a pre­pared
statement requesting
the school district, to provide
bus transportation to get sec­ondary
students to and from
school safely.
Currently, secondary stu­dents
from the development
are required to take a desig­nated
walking route on
Spruce Street to Second
Avenue. Elementary child­ren
in the Crosswinds deve­lopment
are bused to Kissel
Hill Elementary School.
The distance of the walk­ing
route is one and a half to
two miles, within the state’s
two-mile walking distance
for secondary students.
However, students are
deviating from the route,
taking a short-cut on Wood-crest
Avenue. Mrs. Pringle
co n sid e rs W o o d c re st
Avenue “dangerous” and
believes that school officials
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sion, 116 Oxford Drive, enjoyed the golden splendor of Indian summer weath­er
last Sunday at Speedwell Forge Lake. (Photo by Jed Kensinger)
Council stalled on
impact fee proposal
By Dave Knauss
Record-Express Editor
With the halfway mark
reached on the six-month
moratorium on new residen­tial
development in Lititz, no
real action has been taken by
borough council on develop­ing
impact fees.
The moratorium was
passed last July to give coun­cil
time to develop an
impact-fee ordinance which
could, among other things,
generate funds for creating
parkland out of remaining
open space. The moratorium
runs out Jan. 26.
Although the new com­prehensive
plan for Lititz
was just passed by the plan­ning
commission, council
has taken no firm steps tow­ard
starting impact fees.
“Here it is, mid-October,
and if we’re going to do
something, wc should do
something, notjust sit on it,”
says borough business man­ager
Sue Barry.
One reason for lack of
action could be that the mor­atorium
was established in
part as a symbolic measure.
Councilman Bob Hershcy
introduced the motion for
the moratorium “to demons­trate
to the surrounding
townships our concern for
development, that they
might study the problem
befodre our area gets into the
fix that Manhcim Township
is in,” he says. He hopes
Warwick, Penn and eventu­ally
Elizabeth townships
v-ill emulate lire borough in
this regard.
But Hershej nevertheless
wants more than symbolism.
He says he has read die
entire study done or: impact
fees for Manhcim Town­ship
Officials there will
vote by Nov. 9 — expiration
date of incur own six-month
mornton.jm — on whether
to institute impact fees. Hcr-shey
says. The niunicipalhy
would be the first in Lancas­ter
Coup'\ a have men fees.
“I cr-fj.iidy feel there
should be more action”
taken bv borough council on
developin: impact fees,
Hershcy savs.
Councilman Russell Pct-
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Survey of bussmyv ¡à*^?
finds smoking limi i&
By Dave Knauss
Record-Express Editor
A survey of 10 businesses
and agencies in the Lititz
area has found that all but
one have adopted a policy on
restricting smoking.
The findings mirror the
trend nationwide. A survey
of 226 large and medium­sized
American companies
released last February found
that 70 percent have
restricted smoking in the
workplace or are prepared to
do so, according to the 42nd
annual Northwestern Uni­versity
Lindquist-Endicott
' Report.
At Sturgis Pretzel Com­pany
in Lititz no smoking is
allowed throughout the pre­mises
because it is a food-processing
facility, says
President Mike Tshudy.
Only three or four employ­ees
are smokers anyway, he
adds, so it isn’t a real
problem.
Manheim Central District
has given its staff notice that
starting next fall there will
be no smoking allowed in
any of the buildings — by
adults or students. Now.
adults can smoke only in
faculty rooms at bi ¡Ling:.
“Beginning nex< ; v.> w.
will be a totally smoke-free
district,” says Suoerinien-dent
Lewis Jury. “1 have
informed the staff of the
cbmge and theyTi ha- c to
make adjustments 4 iher .ire
addicted. ’
The new policy H allow
the teaches to sc< a good
C\ mpL toi the students, no
savs ' m;, now is shat stu­dent
v .at ioibidden to not
only u „ but a1 so to possess
lobaieo products on school
gioui'd i Thai includes items
bike snuff.
Bi.r ws-e i.c futuic smok­ing
lesb'.c; one were mode
tor healm reasons, the dss-ir<;
v,i,I offm smonng-
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i iteri ,'cd ■' J cm,
says.
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Bush wallops Dukakis
at high school election
Halloween Court se t fo r par& 4 UgT
By Jed Kensinger
Record-Express Staff Writer
Students at Warwick
High aren’t waiting until
they turn 18 to start voting.
In a mock election Vice
President George Bush
“won” the general election
for a presidential landslide
victory last Thursday at the
high school. Bush captured
71 percent, or 598 votes,
while Democratic nominee
Michael Dukakis garnered
29 percent, or 241 of the tot­al
839 votes.
Republican Sen. H. John
Heinz kept his scat in the
U.S. Senate with 77 percent,
or 607 votes. Democratic
nominee Joseph Vignola
received 23 percent, or 78
votes.
Republican Rep. Robert
Walker, 16th Congressional
District, was re-elected to
the House of Representa­tives
with 76 percent, or 630
)tc: Wall defeated
Democratic candidate Ernie
Guyll who received 24 per­cent,
or 201 votes.
The voter turnout repre­sented
more than 80 percent
of the student body and
included some votes from
the high school staff.
The mock election was
sponsored by Warwick High
School’s Student Govern­ment.
A committee of five
students chaired by Heather
Johnson organized the elcc-l":-
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Warwick High School student Chrii K im ¡s »hew:. ic mic a „„li-ig
machine by presidential election chairman Heather Johnson. (Photo by Jed
Kensinger)
Ghosts, goblins, witches
and who-knows-wha t-elsc
will take to the streets of cen­tral
Lititz this coming Mon­day
evening, Oct. 24, during
the annual Lititz Lions Hal­loween
Parade beginning at
7 p.m.
Rain date for the event is
Tuesday, Oct. 25.
In a change from previous
years, no Halloween Queen
will be singled out from the
three Warwick seniors cho­sen
by their classmates to
participate in the parade.
Instead, the girls will be hon­ored
equally as members of
the Lions Halloween Court.
Those selected for the
honor arc Tonya Franck,
daughter of Merv and June
Franck, 5 Anita Drive; Kim­berly
Harris, daughter of
William and Marlene Harris,
208 Weaver Drive; and
Melissa Youngblood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Barry Michael and Joel
Youngblood.
Tonya Franck has been a
member of student govern­ment
for four years. As a
freshman, she was elected
Honiccoming representa-tivc.
In ninth grade she was a
member of F.O.R.C.E. and
attended the Youth to Youth
Conference in Dayton, Ohio
as a representative.
Sfie served as vice presi­dent
of her sophomore class
and is currently senior class
treasurer.
Tonya has been a member
of the activities club
throughout high school. As a
junior she was a co-chairman
for the post-prom
fling.
■She was a member of the
varsity clubn during her
junior year, and for the past
five years, Tonya has been a
cheerleader, currently serv­ing
as co-captain of the
squad.
During her free time, she
coaches the Scahawks
Midget cheerleading squad.
Tonya attends church at
the New Life Assembly of
God Church. Her interests
include designing and paint­ing
leather crafts and spend­ing
time with her family and
friends.
Kimberly Ann Harris has
been a cheerleader for the
past four years and has parti­cipated
in Varsity Club for
three years.
She was a member of the
prom committee and is an
active member of student
government and class
activities.
Kim was chosen Home­coming
representative dur­ing
her sophomore year.
She attends D.O.V.E.
Christian Fellowship and is
a member of the youth
group. Her other interests
include dancing and spend­ing
time with her family.
After graduation, Kim
plans to attend a four-year
college to major in social
work.
Melissa Youngblood has
been actively involved in
field hockey all four years of
high school. She was also a
member of the track team
during her freshman year
and has been a cheerleader
djuring her sophomore and
senior years.
In addition, Melissa has
been a member of student
government, junior class
activities committee, prom
committee, Varsity Club,
and National Honor Society.
Her future plans include
attending college and pur­suit
of a career in the medical
field.
Prizes and Registration judges ujrihi- vcji sparjdc.
Cash prizes totalling $600 Judges foi live ) s'88 Hai iO_
will be awarded by the Luitz ween Bnade , n Lob ChiNV
Lions to marchers m four Barbara JTU,-ÍÍL -,2 .: and Johanna
divisions: Children’s Group, iLon.
Adult and Floats. No prizes Iwe ;i nLiíünn evili
arc awarded to commercial hr locec et mtranc. ÎO
entries. Sturgis!NIB ■war the eerirci
Entries in all divisions of the f ' IS L ''Oil of E.. i
will register the night oi me T u n b1 ; CL
parade, begining at 6 p.m. at : \ l r . ■ I • A i> " ’ g ,i,í .r~
the comer of East Mein and Cip IP'S 'Ï' !|. tiii'dn v mJ
South Cedar streets (at 'id’ Í- d '^ ¡Mon■> -Mil i; rn en
McElroy’s Pharmacy).
Lions Club members will
assign each entry a number;
judges will refer lo those
numbers when awarding
prizes. No registration is
required prior to the night ol
the parade.
The Parade
Three fourth-grade teach­ers
from Kissel Hill Elemen­tary
School will serve as
be-! \.U',- v .'j cv i ol
Cedar Sircet. Floats are
required w> line up m the i ,rst
two bioJ, i'f South Cedar
Street.
fade which Will
O' ' J rempli;, at 7
come the ’*1 ar-
Stia a Mea F nng
) ih V'ar­ick
ia u Band The
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Kimberly Harris Melissa Youngblood Tonya Franck
For
t h e
Parades
scheduled
It’s that time of year
when children - and
Film Consultant
John King of Manheim,
who was raised in an
Amish family, has found
his niche in Hollywood as
R e c o r d adults - in the area will
garb themselves in all
kinds of strange and won-a
consultant on Amish-related
films. His new
career began when the
Business 20 derful outfits. Trick-or- producers of “Witness”
Church 14 treat Night county-wide is tapped him for his exper-
Classified 21-23 Monday, Oct. 31. But Hal- tise on Plain Sect cus-
Editorial 4 loween parades in the toms. This past summer
Manheim 16 community are on diffe- he was called on to help
Out of the Past 19 rent nights to allow maxi- with a TV movie to be
Social 12-13 mum participation. For a aired this Monday night.
Sports 6,7,8, listing of parades see
page 4.
Read about his story on
page 24.
Manheim Baby
Parade
Wondering whose
cherub-faced darling took
honors in the recent Man­heim
Baby Parade? A
complete listing of the
winners can be found on
page 16 along with other
news from the Manheim
area.
Warpath tickets
go on sale
“Bands on the War­path,
’’the annual competi­tion
sponsored by the
Warwick High School
marching band, will be
held at Grosh Field Satur­day,
Oct. 29 at 7 p.m.
More than a dozen bands
from Pennsylvania and
Maryland will fill out an
evening of music and
pageantry. Tickets may
be purchased at the High
School bandroom Tues­day,
Oct. 25 from
5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets
may also be purchased at
the door.
R e c y c l i n g
s c h e d u l e
Recyclable materials
witi be picked up at curb-side
in Lnnz in the area
west of Route 501 on
WeonescF’e Oc*. 26.
Residents should have
their recyciables on the
curb by 7:30 a.m. for pick­up
by the Water Street
Rescue Mission.