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________________ ___________________ __________________ ___________ THURSDAYDecember 24, 1992
L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s
114TH YEAR LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 24 Pages- No. 36 30 cents
Photo by Kathryn Koncie
Rural mail carrier Russell Yost sorts Christmas mail at the Lititz Post
Office.
Post Office reports
record Christmas
mailings in Lititz
KATHRYN KONCLE_________
Record Express Staff
The Lititz post office expects a
record number of Christmas cards
and parcels to be sent this holiday
season.
Lititz Postmaster Eliseo Cruz said
parcel deliveries are outstanding this
year probably because the United
Parcel Service increased its rates,
and many people have decided to use
the postal service instead.
The Lancaster Post Office reports
the number of parcels up 22.9percent
from last year.
Cruz said Christmas cards have
been coming in steady this year.
“People are starting to mail their
cards earlier than in the past,” he
explained. “But you still get quite a
few who wait until the last minute.”
Postal workers expect the rush to
continue up to Christmas day with
packages sent overnight via Express
Mail.
Cruz said the two Mondays before
Christmas are always peak days.
Last Monday in Lancaster alone,
more than 1.1 million Christmas
items were cancelled, with more than
that expected on Dec. 21.
Cruz said, that although card
cancellations at the Lancaster office
were down 3.5 percent from last
year, he expected Dec. 21 to prove to
be a heavy day.
“The Monday before Christmas is
one of our busiest days and should
put us over last year,” he explained.
Meanwhile, clerks and carriers
have been working 10 to 12 hours a
day to make sure cards and packages
are sent out promptly.
Cruz says whatever comes in goes
out on the same day.
Warwick wraps up ’92 action
Budget to be addressed on Wednesday night
JENNIFER KOPF_____________________
Lititz Record News Editor
Several items have been cleared from the War­wick
Township business agenda before year’s end.
□ The township has decided to discontinue use
of its fuel system, which it maintained for use by
the municipal vehicles and volunteer rescue units.
Replacing the current system would cost the
municipality a prohibitive $35,000, it was esti­mated.
Environmental and legal issues also played
a part in the decision; supervisors have voiced con­cern
about the possible liability should any leaking
or other malfunction occur.
The township had maintained its own fuel supp­ly
to try to instill some cost savings, but the gap in
cost between supplying their own and purchasing
from other sources is not that wide, township man­ager
Robert Smith reported. At a cost savings o f 2
cents per gallon, Smith estimated that it would take
the township 35 years, at its present rate of fuel use,
to make up the $35,000 cost o f installing its own
system.
Bids will be solicited for a “credit” type system
of purchase, in which authorized personnel would
get cards which could be used to refuel township
vehicles 24 hours a day. The municipality will then
get detailed records o f which vehicle is being
filled, and by whom.
The volunteer fire companies currently have the
township’s permission to use the municipal fuel,
and that practice will be continued.
The fuel tanks currently on township property
on Clay Road will be removed; $6,000 is in the
1993 budget for this expense.
□ The supervisors, at their Dec. 16 meeting,
approved a document detailing rules for use of the
township facilities and grounds.
A schedule o f fees was adopted, with various
rates depending on whether the renter was affil­iated
with Warwick Township, was a non-profit
group located within Warwick Township, or
whether the renter fit neither category.
Drugs and alchohol, smoking, recreational vehi­cles,
dogs and other pets are all prohibited under
the agreement; which also lists general rules for
behavior and use of township facilities.
The supervisors agreed to submit the rules and
regulations to the Recreational Advisory Commit­tee
for its input.
□ At its Dec. 23 meeting, the board will consider
a resolution permitting parking on the east side of
Spur Lane, by police permit only.
□ The supervisors will also consider a request
by Brunnerville resident Leroy Mull to put a
referendum question on small games of chance on
next May’s ballot.
The question was put to Warwick Township vot­ers
a few years ago, but lost by less than half a
dozen votes. Since then, small games o f chance
have not been permitted in the municipality.
The board, which could request that there be a
referendum question on the primary ballot, agreed
to “kick around” the proposal and make a decision
in early 1993.
□ Supervisors, at their Dec. 23 meeting, will
again discuss sidewalk and curbing work which
may be done on the south side o f Main Street,
Rothsville.
(Turn to Page 19) ‘Wheels on the bus go round
& round’ with holiday spirit
KATHRYN KONCLE_________
Record Express Staff
It’s just before 11 a.m., when a
group of excited and talkative kin­dergarten
students line up outside
Lititz Elementary School, eagerly
awaiting the big yellow school bus
on its way to take them home.
Soon, bus 35 rounds the comer
onto Orange Street to the cheering
fans who pointand yell, “Here comes
Deb!”
They are referring to bus driver
Deb Weidler, of Lititz, who has been
driving the bus for the past three
years.
I decide to take the first seat
behind Deb, but the little girl already
sitting there, exclaims, “A boy was
going to sit here!”
Sure enough, the boy was right
behind me and not looking too happy
to accomodate me, but decides to sit
in the seat beside us.
By this time, the bus is filled and
we are enroute to a daycare center
down the street, where many child­ren
will be dropped off for the rest of
the day.
On our way, a boy sitting behind
me shows me the Christmas wreath
he has made “just for mom.”
Then, the talking stops and song
takes over as a chorus of young
voices sings “Rudolph the Red­nosed
Reindeer” and “B-I-N-G-O.”
By now, we’ve stopped at the day­care
center and most of the students
leave the bus.
Deb gives each child a special,
handmade Christmas treat, a felt
green and red mouse ornament hold- one girl shows me a stuffed animal
ing a candy cane. mouse named “Jingles” that she
Thrilled to see the treat is a mouse, brings to school every day.
Photo by Kathryn Koncie
Bus driver Deb Weidler gives passenger Nikki a holdiay treat in celeb­ration
of Christmas.
Leaving the stop, one boy warns
his friends, “Here goes the bump!”
Yes, we did go over a bump.
Deb comments that the children
are on their best behavior today,
(Turn to Page 19)
Parents of 8th
graders invited
to program on
curriculum
It is time for the 8th grade stu­dents
to begin planning their high
school program. The program to
aid them in making these very ser­ious
decisions will include career
awareness activities in the school
and meetings for students and
their parents with the high school
p r in c ip a l an d g u id a n c e
counselors.
A very important meeting is
scheduled for Wednesday, Jan.
13, for parents. This meeting will
be held in the middle school audi­torium
beginning at 7 p.m. This
will be preceded by a morning
meeting held for the students. Stu­dents
will receive a curriculm
guide, which should be shared
with parents. This guide should be
brought to the meeting by the
parents.
Parents o f 8th grade students
are encouraged to mark this
important date on their calendar.
THIS WEEK IN THE RECORD EXPRESS
Early deadlines announced for holiday issue
Deadlines for Record
advertising and editorial copy
have been changed for the
Dec. 31 issue.
Retail and classified dis­play
ads and ali editorial copy
must be in by Thursday, Dec.
24.
Classified reader ads will
be accepted until 10 a.m. Mon­day,
Dec. 28. The offices of the
Lititz Record Express will be
closed on New Year’s Day.
The Dec. 31 issue will be
printed on Tuesday and
received by subscribers on
Wednesday.
Lady Warriors beat the
The Warwick girls basket­ball
team earned its first win of
the season last Friday, drop­ping
the Solanco Golden
Mares 60-53. Courtney Wen-tling
led all scorers with 16
points. On Thursday, the Lady
Warriors suffered a 41-36 loss
to Ephrata. Read more on
page 11.
Mares for first win
it
THE INDEX
Business 18
Church 16
Classified 21-23
Editorial 4
Manheim 20
Obituaries 2
Out of the Past 4
School News 6
Social 14-15
Sports 8-11
WEATHER: Wednesday night,
a chance of showers. Thursday,
mostly cloudy. Saturday, partly
cloudy.