Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, April 8, 1993
L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s
116TH YEAR LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 26 Pages- No. 51 30 cents
Boro council :^WÊoe:-
approves
ordinance
LISA ECKEL
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Photo by Connie Buckwalter
Dozens of pre-school aged children like 4-year-old Laura Bloom
(above) enjoyed the festivities during last Friday's Easter Party at the
Lititz Community Center. Laura displays her bunny ears and bunny
basket she made with the help of her mother. She is the daughter of Jeff
and Sue Bloom, 37 Karen Court.
Local organizations
p la n Easter Egg H unts
Local children can enjoy an egg-ceptional variety of Easter Egg Hunts this
weekend. Several were brought to the attention of the Lititz Record Express.
They include:
• St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church is sponsoring an Easter Egg hunt
for children ages 0 through 10 at the Penryn Picnic Grove at 11 a.m. on Satur­day,
April 10. The raindate is April 17.
• Lititz Lions Club will host its annual egg hunt on Saturday, April 10 at
10:30 a.m. at various locations at the Warwick High School. The five groups
and their locations are: Ages 1 &2, the circle in front of the high school; Ages 3
& 4, outfield of the baseball diamond; Ages 5-7, practice football field; Ages
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Record Express Staff
Borough Council members
approved the Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance at a recent
meeting as well as discussed prob­lems
with storm water and sludge.
An ad hoc committee had been
meeting twice a month since Septem­ber
to develop a new Subdivision and
Land Development Ordinance for
the borough. In the process, the com­mittee
decided that a separate ordi­nance
for storm water management
was needed to regulate special situa­tions
that are not under the jurisdic­tion
of the Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance.
The approved ordinance provides
criteria for land development pro­jects
and subdivision in the borough.
Procedures for processing plans,
legal action, and submittal guidlines
are included.
The ordinance also outlines tech­nical
requirements for designing
streets, parking lots, sidewalks,
curbs, street lights, lots, right-of-ways,
monuments, landscaping and
other activities that would require
design standards.
The borough is still in the process
of reviewing the Storm Water Man­agement
Ordinance.
Storm water was also a central top­ic
during the council meeting.
Due to the abundance of rain and
snow this year, excess water, possib­ly
from rainspouts and sump pumps
is infiltrating into the borough’s sew­er
system causing an increased
amount of sludge.
Jeff Doutrich of ST Environmen­tal
Services said that residents who
have downspouts should discharge
water onto the street or land surface.
“In the long run it will keep then-sewer
bills low,” he said.
Doutrich also requested that
600,000 gallons of sludge be dewa­tered
to make room for the increased
amount of sewage. Currently, the
borough is dewatering sludge and
taking it to a compost company in
Manheim.
The problem, however, is that the
borough has only limited funds for
dewatering and compost.
Council President Russell Petty­john
proposed two short term goals:
raising the sewage rate to pay for
dewatering and trying to get more
farmers to apply sludge on their
fields’.
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Historical foundation slates
flower show and garden tour
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
As sure as April showers bring
ay flowers, the Lititz Historical
Foundation will host its second annu­al
Garden Tour in June.
This year the foundation decided
to add a colorful, botanic twist to the
tour — a flower arrangement show.
The show, open to both profes­sionals
and amateurs — will occur at
the same time as the tour. Arrangers
will display their floral creations at
The Lititz Museum, Mueller House
and the Mary Dixon Chapel at Lin­den
Hall.
“I think the diversity of what we
hope will be entered will draw peo­ple,”
said Portia A. Bowman, co­chair
of the event.
The foundation will accept
between 50 and 60 entrants for the
show. There is no entry fee. Judging
will be done by people attending the
show, who will cast a vote for their
favorite arrangement. The four
designs receiving the most votes will
receive ribbons.
Bowman said the foundation will
accept entrants from inside and out­side
the Lititz area.
Guidelines for the show include:
no artificial flowers, dried materials
— that had been live — are accept­able,
potted flowers or plants can be
used, more than one person can help
assemble a single entry and entrants
do not have to grown their own
materials.
The committee will choose loca­tions
for the arrangements. Entrants
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Photo by Connie Buckwalter
Officials from Warwick School District and local municipalities demonstrate support of a new anti-drug
and alcohol initiative. (Seated from left) Lititz Mayor Roy Clair, Warwick Township Police Chief Alfred O.
Olsen, Parents’ Connection founder Sally Grigg, Lititz Borough Police Chief James Fritz; (standing) War­wick
High School Principal Frederick J. Cummins, Lititz Borough Detective Douglas Shertzer, Warwick
Township Community Relations Officer and Patrolman Bill Fasnacht, Warwick Assistant Principal Robert R.
Wyble, Warwick Township Detective Edward Tobin, Security Resource Person for the School District Char­lie
Schenenberger and Warwick Superintendent Dr. John R. Bonfield.
Officials support group
aimed at helping teens
will be assigned specific spots on a
first-come, first-serve basis on Satur­day,
April 17 or Sunday, April 18
between 1-4 p.m. at the Lititz
Museum. Arrangments should be
placed in the assigned place on Sun­day,
June 13 between 10 a.m. and
noon.
For those people who don’t pos­sess
a green thumb or a creative mind
— but can appreciate those who do
— the show will be presented as part
of the garden tour. For $5 individuals
can enjoy the lovely combinations of
all varieties of flowers in the garden
tour and flower arrangement show.
Almost 400 people bought tickets
for last year’s garden tour. Mary
Sweger, who is in charge of the tour,
said the foundation hopes to sell 600
tickets this year.
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CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
The Warwick community is a ter­rific
place to raise children — and
parents and local officials are deter­mined
to keep it that way.
Early this week, officials from
Warwick Township, Lititz Borough
and the school district endorsed a
new grassroots anti-drug and alcohol
initiative.
Called “The Parents Connection
for Kid’s Protection,” Lititz resident
Sally A. Grigg initiated the idea for
parents to work in a group in con­junction
with police and schools for
the protection of children. Her friend,
B liz z a r d e f f e c t s
a r e d is c u s s e d b y
su p e r v is o r s
LISA ECKEL ____________ _
Record Express Staff
The Blizzard of ’93 dominated the
Board of Supervisors meeting Mon­day
night at Elizabeth Township.
The snowstorm cost the township
$4,938 which included costs for fuel,
parts and repairs, road salt and stone.
“We got away kind of lucky real­ly,”
said supervisor Larry Wiker.
Wiker added that the township
might be reimbursed for the money
spent on the storm through the Feder­al
government because Pennsylvania
was declared a disaster area. The
township could possibly receive 75
cents to each dollar spent.
Wjker also extended thanks to
road crews for their hard work during
the storm.
In addition, he expressed a thank
you to the many Elizabeth Township
residents who called during the storm
to ask when their roads would be
cleared. He added that their patience
was greatly appreciated by the
township.
One important discovery that
came about as a result of the storm
was the need for two new radios for
township equipment.
“We weren’t able to talk to work­ers
during ths storm,” said Wiker.
The supervisors discussed various
types of radios from walkie talkie
models, to those that could be
mounted inside a truck. A hand held
radio would cost the tqwnship $520,
Wiker said.
No decision had been made about
the purchase of the radios.
Brenda Rhoads, has worked closely
with her on the endeavor. The first of
what Grigg hopes will be a continu­ing
series of monthly meetings is
scheduled for May 1 from 7-9 p.m. in
the Warwick Township Municipal
Building.
In a strong showing of solidarity,
officials met Monday afternoon at
the Warwick School District offices
to announce their unified support for
Grigg’s project.
“We want to mobilize the whole
community in this fight against drugs
and alcohol,” said Dr. John R. Bon­field,
Warwick superintendent.
Lititz Mayor Roy Clair expressed
similar sentiment, “The greater com­munity
needs to get involved sooner
or later. If it isn’t sooner, it’ll be
later.”
“The Parents Connection for the
Kid’s Protection” intends to encour­age
all parents to become involved in
the fight for their children’s welfare.
Children today face temptation
and peer pressure around every cor­ner,
Grigg said. As teens try to find a
niche, they may experiment with sex,
drugs, alcohol and other inappropri­ate
behaviors.
Grigg’s is the voice of experience.
A recovering alcholic, she recog­nizes
the behaviors that often lead
children down the wrong path. Three
of her own children have also exhi­bited
at-risk behavior. All of these
combined experiences and her strong
belief in God encouraged her to start
the connection. She now works as a
therapist for Recovery Unlimited,
which provides counseling for
recovery.
“I know the feelings of loneliness
that lead to using the drugs or alcohol
or seeking out the ‘wrong’ influences
in our lives because we think they
care or we relate or we feel as though
we ‘fit in,”’ she said in a written
statement.
The police and the schools can
only do so much, Grigg acknow­ledges.
By the time police get
involved with children, it’s often too
late, she said.
“Parents need to take a more
aggressive role. We can cross bound­aries
where police aren’t able to,”
Grigg said. “They really don’t want
to arrest these kids.”
The police are more than willing to
cooperate in helping youths, said
Warwick Township Police Chief
Alfred O. Olsen and Lititz Borough
Police Chief James S. Fritz along
with representatives from their two
departments.
Olsen said that unlike some other
anti-drug and alcohol groups, this
one may not phase out as parents lose
interest when their children graduate
because the police and the schools
will serve as the unchanging anchors.
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Photo by Connie Buckwalter
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY! — Marion Bowman of the United Zion
Home in Lititz celebrated her 100 birthday on Tuesday, April 6. Bow­man,
a resident of the home since 1978, enjoyed the company of
friends, relatives and other home residents during a surprise party
on Tuesday afternoon. A life-long Moravian, Bowman was once an
avid needlecrafter and liked to work with vegetables. When she was
97 she started attending an exercise class at the home. She still
attends Bible study and other programs. Seated with her at the table
of honor are (left to right) Bishop A.W. Schattschneider, her former
pastor; Marion Bowman; Rev. Aden Ward; and her friend, Lillian
Pontz.
THIS WEEK IN THE RECORD EXPRESS
Luther Acres residents
rap with WMS students
Since January, five seniors
from L u th e r Acres have
e x p e r i e n c e d m o n t h l y
intergenerational rap with stu­dents
in Sallie McGeehan’s
seventh grade English class
at Warwick Middle School.
Read more on page 26.
Recipe exchange
The first installment of a
recipe exchange, for 10-mi­nute
Confetti Chicken for two
and Creamy Cherry Dessert,
appears on page 26. Any local
resident is encouraged to
submit an original recipe.
Fourth inning rally lifts Warwick over Blazers
mm& Warwick’s baseball team took
advantage of Lancaster Menno-nite
errors and walks to score
seven runs in the fourth inning of
their game on Monday and win
9-6. Josh May and Chris Randisi
each had three hits to lead the
offense. Read more on page 8.
THE INDEX
Business 21
Church 18
Classified 22-25
Editorial 4
Lunch Menu 6
Manheim 19
Obituaries 2
Out of the Past 4
School News 6
Social 16-17
Sports 8-11
WEATHER: Thursday, sunny.
Friday, partly cloudy.