Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, January 7, 1993
L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s
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I l l (New phase proposed at Grosh Field
JENNIFER KOPF
Lititz Record News Editor
Grosh Field is now under lights, and the new
restrooms and snack bar are well underway.
It’s time, suggested members of Warwick Lights
Up on Tuesday night, for Phase III: improvements
to the stadium seating.
What was initially conceived of as a simple
recovering, to take place last summer, has since
changed into a project in which bleachers would be
replaced and a new press box constructed. “We
started looking at what is there, and the condition
of it,” said Bill Wending of WLU, and felt it was
apparent that reconditioning the bleachers would
not be enough.
Gary Goodhart, of WLU, estimated a price tag of
$80,000 to $100,000 for refurbishing the existing
bleachers and bringing them up to 1992’s Ameri­cans
With Disabilities Act codes.
For an estimated $168,220, the board was told,
the existing home side bleachers could be reno­vated
for use by visiting fans, and the current visi­tors’
bleachers could be removed and replaced
with a new structure and press box for Warwick’s
crowds. That cost would be shared by WLU and by
the district, with volunteer labor provided by com­munity
members, football, band and soccer
parents, players and coaches, and possibly by vo-tech
students.
The district’s share of the cost would be broken
down into two categories, as proposed: $37,900, to
renovate the existing home side bleachers, and
$130,320 to provide materials for new “Warwick
side” bleachers.
Warwick Lights Up’s financial commitment
would total $23,000: $13,500 for the materials for
and installation of foundations, and $9,500, for a
new home side press box. (That money has not yet
been secured, and is addition to monies spent to
bring lights to Grosh Field.)
In addition to that $23,000, WLU’s representa­tives
said, the value of donated labor time and
equipment would be in the tens of thousands, much
as it was for the installation of lights this fall. Wen-tiing
estimated the total value for this phase at
$90,000. Goodhart assured the board that com­munity
volunteers would be forthcoming.
“When we were planning to recover the seats
this past summer (a plan that was not pursued), I
got numerous phone calls (from people) saying,
‘How can I help?’ I think the community support is
there.”
He also agreed that $168,000, the district’s
share, “is a lot of money, no doubt about it.” But to
bring the existing structures up to code and do
necessary maintenance work, “the money will
have to be spent out there, regardless.”
□ As the plan was proposed, Warwick fans
would have larger stands for this coming fall sports
season. The aluminum seating would include a sec­tion
of reserved seats, much as the existing bleach­ers
do; these would be “chair”-type seats. The
remainder of the bleachers would be the traditional
bench design, with backs for more comfortable
seating. To get rid of these specialized seats and the
bleacher backs, Goodhart estimated, would save
between $7,000 and $10,000 on the project.
The style of the structure would be different as
well. In addition to rising eight feet higher than do
the current bleachers, the lowest row of seats
would still be high enough to look out over the
sidelines and on to the playing field.
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Photo by Jennifer Kopf
A gentle nudge from Patches shows his affection for his owner, Ker-ra
Allen. The two have raised nearly $6,000 for Clare House.
A girl an d h e r lamb
inspire su p p o rt for
Clare House funds
JENNIFER KOPF
Lititz Record News Editor
A lamb named Patches may seem, at first glance, to be an u. Jikely source of
donations for Lancaster’s Clare House.
He’s friendly enough, with a black face in sharp contrast with his wooly
whiteness, and an insistent bleat when he feels he’s not getting enough atten­tion.
Bi'( can a lamb, even an endearing lamb, be the catalyst for funds direly
needed. , y a women and children’s shelter?
The answer, of course, lies in that something special that catches the imagi­nation.
The unlikely duo of Patches and his owner, Manheim’s Kerra Allen,
has raised nearly $6,000 thus far for the non-profit shelter.
Plans of good intent, after all, don’t have to be part of a grand scheme —
sometimes, all that’s needed is the good intent and the conviction to take some
action.
□ For Kerra, 11, the raising and showing of a 4-H lamb is nothing new. In
the show ring since she was 4, she has been showing at the Manheim Fair for
the past four years through the 4-H program. Any money earned from the sale
of her lambs goes toward the feed and equipment needed to support her
projects.
So the purchase last year of a market lamb from Curt Diffenderfer wasn’t
anything out of the ordinary. Patches was raised and prepared like all the rest
of Kerra’s lambs have been, readied for his fall marathon of farm shows.
At the same time, Kerra was keeping up her full schedule of activities, from
her studies at Mastersonville Elementary to attending services at Ruhl’s
United Methodist Church of Manheim. And it was here that Kerra first heard
about the needs of Clare House.
“We were gathering pennies for Clare House,” Kerra explained, and the
sermon one Sunday was about Clare House. For the first time, I really under­stood”
what the shelter was for, and its importance to those who depend on it.
“It runs on private support (from donations),” she said, “and it was in a finan­cial
crisis. They said it might have to close”
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Photo by Eric Lewis
BABY NEW YEAR—The first baby in 1993 from the Susquehan­na
Valley was born to Troy and Jeseen Bauman, of 219 Snavely Mill
Road, Lititz. Danelle Lynn Bauman, a six-pound, 19-inch baby girl,
was born at 1:58 a.m. on New Year’s Day at Lancaster General Hos­pital.
Danelle joins her 3-year-old sister, Kaitlyn.
Stormwater an issue a t
Borough Council meeting
KATHRYN KONCLE
Record Express Staff
Borough Council members
expressed concern about stormwater
management in Lititz at the Dec. 29
council meeting.
These concerns were raised while
the board discussed and approved the
Warwick School District’s Buch
farm parking lot expansion.
The plan calls for an additional
130 parking spots for visitors to the
school’s sports fields, with construc­tion
beginning in the spring. Accord­ing
to the plan, water run-off from the
parking lot will flow directly into a
new basin to be constructed on the
loop of Campus Drive.
Matt Harlow, a representative
from Herbert, Rowland & Grubic,
Inc., explained that water from the
new basin would meet up with water
from other retention basins, but
assured the board the parking lot
would produce less run-off at one
time than is currently occuring on the
same area.
Council talked about the need for a
regional basin to collect stormwater
in the area surrounding the school.
After approving the Buch farm
parking lot expansion plan, the board
made a motion to discuss stormwater
management with school district
officials. Lititz Mayor Roy Clair said
working together is the best way to
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E liz a b e th Twp. b o a rd
is u n c h a n g e d fo r 1993
T o w n s h i p ‘c h a n g e s g u a r d ’ f o r 1993
I Brubaker assumes chairmanship
of Warwick’s supervisors board
JENNIFER KOPF
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Michael Brubaker
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James Klopp
Lititz Record News Editor
Warwick Township supervisors
rang in the new year with a changing
of the guard on Monday night.
Michael W. Brubaker, a member
of the board since the late 1980s, was
elected chairman of the supervisors.
He succeeds James N. KIopp, who
has been chairman since 1991. KIopp
will serve as vice chairman in 1993.
In other business, the board also
approved numerous appointments to
fill positions on various municipal
commissions, and in several town­ship
departments:
• Robert C. Smith, township
secretary/treasurer, zoning officer;
• Marlene Harris, assistant
secretary/treasurer;
• Leighton Stover, to a five-year
term on the zoning hearing board;
• Thomas Caskey, to a five-year
term on the municipal authority;
• Daniel B. Garrett and Robert W.
Komman, to four-year terms on the
planning commission, and W. Logan
Myers III to a partial term on the
planning commission, expiring in
December 1995;
•Glenn Nelson, as chairman of the
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KATHRYN KONCLE
Record Express Staff
Although it was called a reorgani­zation
meeting, everything will
remain the same, at least for another
year, in Elizabeth Township.
At the Board of Supervisors meet­ing
Monday night, Larry R. Wiker
was again elected chairman and Jay
R. Ober and Rodney D. May will
continue their posts as vice-chairman
and secretary-treasurer respectively.
The three-member board has a
combined total of nearly 50 years
service to the township, with Ober
putting in more than 21 years addi­tio
n a lly as tow n sh ip road
superintendent.
Wiker, who has held a seat on the
board since 1980, said zoning issues
have produced some of the biggest
changes in the muncipality.
“Our zoning ordinance went from
being very ‘countryfied’ to a very
elaborate ordinance,” he explained.
He said the township is refining the
ordinance now that development is
coming to a halt.
He also said an increase in the
population may bring about more
changes as needs within the township
become clearer.
Vice-chairman Ober added the
population has nearly doubled during
the past ten years increasing from
2,379 people in 1982 to almost 4,000
presently.
In other business, the board
reappointed:
• Bill Thomas as road superinten­dent
at a rate of $13.40 per hour and
Glenn L. Martin as road laborer at a
rate of $10.30 per hour;
• Rita A. Snavely as township
secreatry-bookkeeper at $10.75 per
hour and as zoning officer;
• Amos F. Miller II as township
sewage and stormwater management
enforcement officer at $25 an hour;
• Morgan, Hallgren, Crosswell and
Kane as township solicitor;
• Nikolaus, Hohenadel, Chesters
and Umbenhauer to represent the
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LCC to host info meeting
on year-round education
A public year round education meeting, designed by the Family and
Community Issues Subcommittee to give an update on its year round edu­cation
research thus far, has been scheduled.
The Lititz Community Center will host the meeting, open to the public,
on Monday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m.
Three other such meetings were also slated by the subcommittee. One, at
Kissel Hill Elementary, was held earlier this week.
The others, also open to anyone who would like to attend, will be held at
John Beck Elementary on Jan. 19, and Lititz Elementary on Jan. 26. Both
presentations will begin at 7 p.m.
THIS WEEK SN THE RECORD EXPRESS
School needs transportation of supplies
Students at Lititz Elemen­tary,
their families and teach­ers,
accumulated an over­whelming
amount of equip­ment
for youngsters who
attend Homestead Elemen­tary
School, in Florida, but
they recently found out that
their anticipated transporta­tion
has fallen through. Read
more on page 7.
L o n g w i n s t i t l e , W H S p l a c e s s e c o n d a t T o u r n e y
Dan Long won the 152-pound
championship, and the Warwick
grapplers placed second out of a
field of 14 teams at last week’s
23rd annual Lititz Lions Holiday
Wrestling Tournament. Overall,
10 of Warwick’s 13 wrestlers
won medals. Read more on
page 8.
THE INDEX
Business 18
Church 16
Classified 19-21
Editorial 4
Manheim 17
Obituaries 2
Out of the Past 4
School News 6
Social 14-15
Sports 8-11
WEATHER: Thursday, partly
sunny. High in low 40’s. Friday,
increasing cloudiness.