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_________________________________________________________________________ THURSDAY, December 5, 1991 1 ip ¡1. iii'iiV' limi 'i'.i: i i ■hi 'iii ii iiiiiii'<1111111111>mi < nini'■ !iiiiiii<mi i <ii: mi <i m i - pi - M i K « * r a i a i i r «mnwiMi jm <im nnr i m mmi ■)i . ■< » >mi m Lititz Record Express 115TH YEAR Two sections LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 32 Pages- No. 35 30 cents Borough taxes won’t go but service fees may be up hiked L ititz is where the action is next July 4 The Fourth of July celebration has always had a special place in the hearts of Lititz residents, that is ever since 1818. That was the first local observance of this nation’s greatest day. The Fourth of July activities have grown over the years making it one of the finest in the county. But next year’s celebration is certain to surpass any program of any type held in this community. Next year will mark the 175th •ourtli of July celebration in Lititz. It is the o ld e s t co n tin u o u s community-wide observance in the United States. A special committee has been formed to handle the programs and if preliminary plans are any indication of what is to take place you may just want to hang around the “old” town. The committee has decided it will be more then a one-day celebration. In fact, the schedule of events will require an entire week and may become an endurance of sorts. Tentative activities are scheduled for each day Saturday, June 27 through Sunday, July 5. It will take on the atmosphere of an old-fashioned town fair. All of the activities are in the planning stages but will be announced in the future as each day is finalized. Without revealing too much it can be stated, the fireworks will be staged two nights, the group is hoping to host some big names, and the activities will cross all ages. The special Fourth of July committee is chaired by Ron Reedy with Jim Nuss as vice chairman. Miriam Mowry is serving as secretary and Sue Long is treasurer. Other members and their responsibilities include Stephen J. Palkovic (public relations), Jim Nuss (special events), George Hribick (public safety), Roy Clair (special entertainment), Mike Tait (technical assistance), Ron Loercher (logistics), Sam Kirchner and Janet Wynkoop (program and concessions). Garth and Helen Becker (Sunday in the Park) and Dennis Bortz (clean-up). LORIN BEIDLER_________________________ Record Express Staff The good news is that despite the fact that Lititz Borough’s proposed 1992 budget is 5 percent larger than this year’s, a tax increase is not in the offing. The less-good news is that the $4.47 million budget, which borough council released for public review during its Nov. 26 meeting, will include several fee increases and could mean a lowering of borough reserves if expenditures hit their budgeted levels. For the second year in a row, there would be no major rise in taxes or water and sewer fees. The real estate tax millage of the last seven years, seven mills, would not change in 1992. Water fees, raised in September of 1990 to cover operation costs at the nitrate removal system, would again remain at their current rates. Also for the second year in row, however, borough residents face an increase in the amount they pay for trash removal. Reflecting an increase in tipping fees — the fees landfills charge trash haulers to dump garbage — of 4.8 percent, the borough will have to raise trash removal charges to borough residents by two dollars per quarter, to $31 per quarter. The $124 per year that Lititz residents would pay is still one of the lowest rates in the county and well below the $175 to $240 that Lan- Boro debates of downtown caster City residents, with their multi-hauler system, must pay each year. In addition to trash fees, Lititz residents would also have to pay more at Lititz Springs Pool. Family memberships will jump to $99 for 1992 and daily admission prices would be raised 50 cents. Despite the increases, pool expenses are still expected to exceed revenues by around $20,000, as they did this year. The cost of appearing before the zoning hearing board would also be higher in 1992, according to the proposed budget. Zoning hearing fees, currently $65 per case, would be upped to $100. On the general fund’s bottom line, budgeted expenditures would actually fall in 1992. The 1991 budget included budgeted expenditures of $2.15 million, with the 1992 figure proposed at $2.12 million. In 1991, actual spending is up from 1990’s figure of $1.52 million, but the $1.9 million that is expected to be spent by year’s end is still well under the budgeted amount General fund revenue projections have tended to be more accurate, with $1.76 million budgeted for 1991 and actual receipts heading for the neighborhood of $1.74 million. According to the proposed 1992 budget the borough expects to receive $1.77 million in general fund income. Though on the proposed budget, expenditures exceed revenues by $348,961, finance subcommittee chairman Sam Hess says he would be surprised if spending approaches budgeted amounts in 1992. While the budgeted projects give the borough goals to shoot for, Hess adds that “the year goes by so fast and there just isn’t enough time to get everything done.” Where the budgeted year-end general fund net in 1991 was $384,671 in the red, the actual net will be more like a $148,838 deficit The borough carried nearly $800,000 over into 1991, however, leaving a projected $650,000 carryover entering 1992. Noticeable changes in the proposed 1992 general fund budget as compared to the 1991 version, include a jump in the police chiefs salary allocation from $38,135 to $60,423. That is not to say that the chiefs salary itself jumped that high; the amount was merely allocated in case the borough has to reimburse Chief Jim Fritz for back vacation time and sick leave that he never took. Fritz may be retiring at the end of 1992. An additional $6,000 was included in the 1992 budget for the purpose of formulating a comrehen-sive park plan. The plan would be required in order for the borough to qualify for future matching grant monies. The administrative legal services line item would be $4,000 higher on the 1992 budget than in 1991, owing to the fact that expenditures exceeded the budgeted amount by $3,651 in 1991. (Turn to Page 7) switch lights LORIN BEIDLER P la n ahead... Holiday issues of the Utitz Record Express will be printed and mailed on Monday, Dec. 23 and Monday, Dec. 30. Deadlines for editorial copy and retail and classified display ads will be Thursday at 5 p.m., Dec. 19 and Dec. 26. Classified reader ads will be accepted until Friday at 10 a.m., Dec. 20 and 27. Please plan ahead for these special deadlines. Thank youl Record Express Staff At its monthly meeting last week, the Lititz Borough Council was approached by two representatives of Pennsylvania Power and Light (PP&L) asking council to consider allowing the utility company to replace the borough’s street lamps with new, state-of-the-art mercury vapor lamps. Barbara Bertolet of PP&L told the council that her company would be willing to replace the borough’s incandescent lamps and their metal standards with brighter mercury vapor lamps and fiberglass standards. In addition, PP&L, with the borough’s permission, would replace the lights along South Broad Street between Orange and Sixth streets that are still hung high on utility poles, with the newer, lower lamps. The borough had heretofore resisted the now nearly universal conversion to vapor lamps for aesthetic reasons. Mercury vapor lamps have traditionally had a much “col- W a r w i c k p l a n n e r s r e c o m m e n d g r a n t i n g C r o s s w in d s w a i v e r JENNIFER KOPF Lititz Record News Editor The Crosswinds preliminary plans may not have been approved earlier this month, but the Warwick Township Planning Commission has recommended a waiver for one portion of the development’s expansion. While the waiver, according to landscape architect Mary Kline, is not part of a new, revised Block H preliminary plan, one of those is also expected to make its way to the awnship. At its meeting last week, the commission voted 4-1, with chairman Dan Garrett in the minority, to waive the right-of-way width for a road extending from Crosswinds toward the current West Seventh Street dead end. This, argued Robert Redcay of developer Bennett Williams, would make it easier to provide a potential second access to any future Block H built. During discussions prior to the supervisors rejecting a Block H preliminary plan in November, one major concern raised was that the current single access into the winding development would not be enough. The waiver would allow a 30-foot cartway in a short stretch along the Woodridge Swim Club. Much of the potential for the eventual extension of Seventh Street centers around Bennett Williams attaining ownership rights to the land linking the current Seventh Street to Crosswinds. That land is now owned by Norm Keller, and Redcay contended that he has a verbal agreement with Keller to acquire the land. “Mr. Keller says he’s agreeable if the municipalities are,” Redcay said. Other factors still up in the air include a wait-and-see situation with Lititz Borough’s plans to extend Spruce Street. According to township Supervisor James Klopp, at last week’s commission meeting, as far as he knows the borough still has plans to extend Spruce Street to link up with Seventh Street. “They haven’t made any comment as to whether it’ll be ’92, ’93 or ’94,” Klopp cautioned. At Council meetings, members have discussed a Spruce Street exten-tion, but have opted in favor of watching progress with the Cross-winds situation rather than moving to begin lengthening Spruce Street “What if Seventh Street is extended (creating) a temporary cul-de- sac, and down the road the decision is made not to extend Spruce... what have we gained?” Garrett asked. The request to extend this block-length street now, according to Kline, was make because “we feel if it’s not run through now, (Cross-winds) will be boxed in forever... and we won’t be able to get access out... we’re trying at this time to plan for a future access.” (Turn to Page 16) der” color than incandescent lights. Now , Bertolet claims, mercury vapor technology has improved to the point where, while still being much brighter, the mercury vapor lamps have a similar color to incandescent lighting. PP&L’s main reason for wanting to switch, John Myers, another PP&L representative, told council, is that it is now very difficult to obtain parts for the incandescent lights, as very few municipalities use them anymore. Myers told council that for years he has been saving old parts from incandescent lights that are tom out, knowing that Lititz; still uses them and knowing that new parts are hard to come by. His stock of used parts, Myers says, is getting critically low. In addition, Bartolet told the council, mercury vapor lights, while more expensive to operate, are up to seven times brighter than their incandescent counterparts. As for the fiberglass standards, because they do not need paint, they are less expensive to maintain. The fiberglass standards would be the same style as the borough’s current metal “Washington” standards. Another reason PP&L is no doubt in favor of the switch is that if all of the borough’s lamps are switched, Bertolet estimates the borough’s electric bill would rise approximately $850 per month, or $1 per month per light, due to the higher wattage of the mercury vapor bulbs. (Tum to Pag« 7) A«*,* *. Photo by Jennifer Kopt HUNTER CAPTURES 12-POINTER — Buck season dawned with rain, but Dale Brumbach of Snyder Hill Road didn’t have to wait too long for his prize: a 12-pointer, shot in his usual spot “somewhere in northern Lancaster County.” Brumbach said Monday that, while this is the fifth buck he’s bagged, it also “wins the prize” for the biggest so far. Hometown Christmas This Weekend! The Lititz Retailers’ Association will hold its first “Hometown Christmas" this Friday and Saturday in downtown Lititz. Events will begin with lighting of the “Community Christmas Tree” at 6:30 PM on Friday, followed by a community carol sing led by the Warwick Warblers Choral group from Warwick High School. Special shopping hours are also planned for Friday night and Saturday...with food, music, turkey giveaway and other special activities planned for Lititz shoppers. See details on pages 21, 22, 23 and don’t miss Hometown Christmas this weekend. THIS WEEK IN THE RECORD EXPRESS R a n d a l l s e e s t h e w o r l d In w o r k i n g f o r p r i n c e s s Five times a day, Tracy Randall must hear the Muslim call to prayer in her memory. Only last week, she was still in Saudi Arabia living with the royal family as part of a job assignment that sent her to London, Paris and New York City as well. Read more on page 7. New sports complex at WHS is appreciated The Warwick winter teams will have a new home to exhibit their talents as they open another indoor season this week. Many fans have taken advantage of several opportunities to view the new complex, and there are some numbers they might find interesting. Read more on page 9. Remembering Pearl Harbor To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, a reproduction of the front page of the Dec. 11, 1941 issue of The Lititz Record Express appears on page 32. Also appearing on this page is a story about two World War II friends finding each other after 46 years. THE INDEX Business 15 Church 26-27 Classified 29-31 Editorial 4 Lunch Menu 6 Manheim 17 Obituaries 2 Out of the Past 4 School News 6 Social 24-25 Sports 8-11 WEATHER; Mostly sunny early Thursday. Chance of rain showers Friday. Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday. -i** 'rnmrwxeiimtemmwmm
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