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Center to open June 19; grand opening to follow
By Dave Knauss
Record Express Editor
After raising $1.7 million
in pledges, after logging
thousands of man-hours in
unpaid activity, after 13
months of construction, the
staff, board and volunteers
of the Lititz Community
Center are about to show you
what you’re getting for your
money.
The $1.9 million center,
built to replace the aging and
outdated Isaac Walton Bobst
Recreation Center adjacent
to Lititz Springs Park, is
scheduled to be open for reg­ular
use on Monday, June
19.
The main drawing card of
the 44,000-square-foot facil­ity
is expected to be the
eight-lane, 25-meter swim­ming
pool, largest in Lan­caster
County, says Execu­tive
Director Dr. J. Frederick
Garman. The center also
boasts a gymnasium, locker
and shower rooms, com-
Inside
• Programs and facilities
of the center, page 6.
• Teens getting involved
through the new Junior
Board,\ page 6.
• Schedule of events for
Grand Opening Week, page
6.
• Guest column by the
president of the center’s
board of directors, page 4.
• Three color photos
regarding the center, page
16.
munity room, nursery, snack
bar, lounge and waiting area,
offices and a game room.
After the doors open for
good, there’s a little celebra­tion
planned.
Grand Opening Week,
June 21-25, has been
designed to appeal to all
ages: a grand opening cere­mony
on Wednesday, Child­ren
s Day on Thursday,
Adult Day on Friday, Teen
Day on Saturday, and Com­munity
Day on Sunday.
The glitziest part of Grand
Opening Week is the concert
at 8'p.m. Saturday by rock
singer Joan Jett. The new
Junior Board of the center,
comprised of 34 Warwick
students, has planned the
affair whose proceeds will
benefit the community cen­ter
fund.
The five days of events
are intended, of course, not
only to toast the completion
of the project but also to get
people out for a look-see.
“We want to tell the vari­ous
segments of the com­munity
that there is some-;
thing here for you,” Garman
says. “People coming to the
grand opening can see the
facility and the result of their
contributions, they can talk
to the staff, and hopefully
they’ll get interested in
becoming members. The
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Members of the Lititz Community Center Board and staff invite the
public to next week’s grand opening festivities. Pictured from left are:
Paul Subyak, building maintenance; Pat Kegris; secretary; Pauline
Mast, secretary; Nick Monatesti, public relations committee; Maryann
Richmond, child care coordinator; Joe McSparren, board member;
Photo by Jed Kenslnger
Fred Garman, executive director; Linda Rose, board secretary; Susan
Yeagley, nursery school aid; Dick Nuffort, board president; Bill Bin-zen,
board member; Debbie Pohner, secretary; Mark Dawn, aquatics
coordinator; Nellie Weik, bookkeeper; Diane Lokey, program
coordinator.
Arson believed cause
of $1 million blaze
B o r o u g h p o s t p o n e s r ep a ir o f r e s e r v o ir
By Becky Collins
Record Express News Editor
Lititz Borough Council
Tuesday night tabled a deci­sion
on bids for the upcom­ing
repair to the 2-million-gallon
water reservoir on
Kissel Hill until emergency
water needs could be coordi­nated
to ensure the safety of
borough residents to the
satisfaction of council and
the Lititz Fire Company.
The decision was reached
after a lengthy discussion of
water usage at last week’s
warehouse fire and the
demands that such an infer­no
would place on a system
o p e r a tin g w ith o u t a
reservoir.
G. Matthew Brown, con­sultant
with PSC Environ­mental
Services, told coun­cil
that 1.5 million gallons of
water was used to douse last
week’s fire. Water flowed
through the borough’s sys­tem
at a rate of 3,000 gallons
per minute during the criti­cal
hours of the blaze, he
reported.
Brown noted that when
the reservoir is emptied for
repair, the borough’s system
would still be able to sustain
a maximum of 2,400 gallons
per minute by utilizing six
high-lift pumps.
“That’s a sufficient flow
for any firefighting system,”
he said, although he sug­gested
contracting water
tankers as an alternative.
Council suggested a
meeting with the fire depart­ment
to determine how that
flow would meet the bor-
(Turn to Page 3) Area woman killed in car accident
By Becky Collins
Record Express News Editor
A Lititz woman died and
an area man was seriously
injured after a one-car acci­dent
west of Roths ville
Saturday night.
Tracey L. Schantz, 24, of
225 Skylark Drive, was
killed about 8:57 p.m. when
a car operated by Lynwood
May, 34, of 367 Middle
Creek Road, crashed on East
Newport Road about one-quarter
mile west of the vil­lage
of Rothsville, Warwick
Township police said.
May was listed in serious
but stable condition with
multiple injuries Monday at
Lancaster General Hospital.
A1 Olsen, the investigat­ing
officer, said May’s 1984
Ramcharger had been
traveling west on East New­port
Road “apparently at an
excessive rate of speed”
when he lost control of his
vehicle while entering a
curve in a 35 mile per hour
speed zone.
Olsen said May’s vehicle
slid sideways first slamming
into a utility pole on the pas­senger
side and then head­long
into a tree, throwing
Miss Schantz onto the road­way.
She was pronounced
dead at the scene by Lancas­ter
County coroner Dr. Barry
Walp.
May, who was trapped for
one-half hour in the wreck­age,
was rescued by Ephrata
rescue personnel and then
transported to Lancaster
General Hospital by Roths­ville
ambulance.
Olsen said that as he
arrived on the scene, the
vehicle was on fire. “A
neighbor from up the way
came and put the fire out
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Rush n am ed valedictorian
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By Becky Collins
Record Express News Editor
The $1 million fire that
gutted most of the former
Stiffel-Freeman Safe Co.
building and leveled a
materials warehouse used by
Yerger Bros. Inc. last Friday
was confirmed as arson
Tuesday morning.
Trooper William Henry,
state police fire marshal
from the Ephrata station,
said the investigation is con­tinuing
to determine how
and where the fire started.
No one was inside at the time
of the blaze.
A $5,000 reward has been
offered for information lead­ing
to the arrest and convic­tion
of the arsonist by Lititz
Mutual Insurance.
The local landmark was
used for storage by the Stur­gis
Pretzel Co. and rented
out to small businesses for
storage and professional use.
The adjoining warehouse,
owned by Edward Maxell of
Lancaster, was rented by
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The blaze was reported at
2:18 a.m. When firemen
arrived on the scene flames
were shooting as high as 35
feet into the air above the
structures.
“An eyewitness reported
By Becky Collins
Record Express News Editor
There was a race down to the wire when
it came to deciding the valedictorian of the
Warwick Class of 1989.
Warwick High School Principal Ste­phen
A. Iovino told the Record that three
students — Christopher Rush, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Rush, Heather Logan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Logan,
and Jed Althouse, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Althouse — had grade averages
within fractions of a point of each other
prior to final exams.
The situation proved to be a confusing
one when local television stations and
newspapers needed the valedictorian’s
name in graduation previews.
“Channel 8 wanted to film an interview
with the valedictorian, so we had them film
all three of our top students,” Iovino said.
“It was that close.”
- Rush, who had a four-year average of
4.34 based on a 4.0 scale, pulled ahead
when the final grades were released.
He told a standing-room-only com­mencement
audience last week that pas­sion
and personal commitment are impor­tant
ingredients for a fulfilling life.
Because of inclement
mencement was held inside
sium at Warwick High School
graduate was allowed only four tickets to
distribute among family and friends.
Rush cited the successes of athlete Jim
Abbott, of patriot Patrick Henry and ol
Admiral Douglas MacArthur as those b\
men who shared the traits of personal com
mitment and passion.
As valedictorian, Rush received an
engraved wrist watch from the Warwick
Township Lions Club. He also received a
four-year renewable academic award ol
$500 from the Lititz Woman’s Club and an
Honor Award, presented to the top 10
academic graduates of the senior class.
Althouse was the winner of tire Lititz
Lions Club Academic Award, a $50 check
and a plaque for outstanding graduate in
science and math; an Honors Award; and
the Dr. Joseph Grosh Award, a $250 scho-
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School Class of 1989.
that when he received the
call he noticed the fire was
contained on the dock side
that connected the two
buildings,” said Lititz Fire
Chief Joe Texter. “At 2:24
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D&J Video
struck for
‘obscenity’
The two owners of a Lititz
video store were arrested
Monday night for display of
o b s c e n e an d s e x u a l
materials.
Lititz police, state police
and county detective Ronald
Barley arrested the owners
of D & J Video Junction, 400
E. Lincoln Ave. They are
David M. Allwine, 6 Karen
Court, Lititz, and Jeffrey A.
Stalter, Atglen R2, said
county District Attorney
Henry Kenderdine.
The arrests, part of a
countywide crackdown on
pornography overnight
Monday, resulted from the
display of the box covers of
more than 150 .sexually
oriented video tapes where
minors could and did see
them, Kenderdine said.
The district attorney’s
recently formed anti-
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Scholar-athletes win Grosh scholarships
Two o f Warwick
High S chool's top
sch olar-ath le tes —
Kelly Graybill and Jed
A lth o u se — were
awarded Dr. Joseph
Grosh scholarships at
commencement last
week. After sucessful
seasons and numer-r
'-i
ous varsity letters, both
athletes are planning to
attend college. Read
about them on page 18.
Achenbach’s
new store
The smell of fresh-baked
goods has come
to the new Warwick
Center at Route 501
and Newport Road.
Achenbach’s Country
Style Pastries has
moved its Lititz store to
the upper level of the
complex and is retailing
Long Johns and other
goodies. For more on
the shop, see page 25.
Recycling
schedule
Recyclable mater­ials
will be picked up in
Lititz in the area south
of Main Street and east
of Route 501 on Wed­nesday,
June 21.
Recyclables — alumi­num
cans and glass
containers — should
be placed on the curb
by 7:30 a.m. for pickup
by the Water Street
Rescue Mission.
White Swan Hotel reopens
The White Swan
Hotel has been brought
back to life at 1 New-
- port Road in Rothsville.
Two couples have
retrofitted it, restoring
the hardwood floors to
the dining room along
with booths in the game
room. Philip Roth built
the tavern around
1790, naming it Roth’s
Tavern. Read more on
page 25.
Record
Index
Business 25
Church 29
Classified 12-15
Editorial 4
Manheim 30
Out of the Past 31
Social 8-10
Sports 17-20