Lititz Record Express

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L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s
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School board slates YRE
fote for special meeting
DNNIE BUCKWALTER
scord Express Staff
Barring any unforeseen developments, the Warwick
:hool Board will vote on year-round education during a
■ccial meeting on May 4.
During the school board meeting on Tuesday night,
r. John R. Bonfield, district superintendent, recom-ended
that the board not delay action on the matter. He
so dispelled any rumors that inferred that the district
ants to vote on the issue when people aren’t around.
The special meeting, which will include the unrelated
varding of bids for Phase Two of Buch Farm, will be
;ld in the Warwick Middle School Auditorium at 7 p.m.
he public is invited to attend.
The final YRE study committee meeting is Tuesday,
tpril 27 at 7 p.m. in the Warwick Middle School Audi-mum.
The committee is expected to make a rccommen-
Jon to the school board at that meeung.
Later in the meeting, board member Madelyn Buck-
'alter reported that the Lititz Community Center and
ylvan Pools, Inc. have reached a settlement. (Please see
dated article, same page.) The pool will be closed from
une 21 until September 1 to make the necessary changes
) help the indoor pool meet different standards. The
Center has been working with Lititz borough and the
Lititz Springs Pool to make alternate arrangements for
those individuals inconvenienced by the matter.
Federal Mogul received recognition from the school
district for its educational contributions. The company
sponsored the student viewing of Science Screen Report
videos about the latest scientific and technological
developments.
In other business, the board approved June 11 as the
graduation date for seniors. The last day for all other stu­dents
is June 16. Baccalaureate will be on June 10.
Robert Derr, Warwick teacher, coach and resident,
received special recognition from the board for his recent
election into the District 3 Hall of Fame.
The district will realize between $90,000 and
$100,000 savings from the handful of school district
employees who retired under the auspices of the Mellow
Bill, Bonfield said.
William Flickinger of the Meet and Discuss Commit­tee
said that the district is considering the possibility of
installing a hotline of sorts next year for parents, teachers
and others to communicate. Talk is preliminary at this
point.
The board approved the resignations of Angela Moo­ney,
language arts instructor; Mark Silcox, assistant
boy’s basketball coach; and Gary Gambino, high school
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HOME TWEET HOME — Margaret Recine, 330 Knightsbridge Way, always hangs a heart-shaped
wreath on her front door. Last week she emerged to find that two finches had built a nest in the bottom of
the wreath. They seem to be planning on staying for a little while — they also left a small egg unattended
while they were out enjoying the wonderful spring weather.
W a rw ic k T o w n s h ip h o s ts f i r s t w o r k s h o p o n
c o m p r e h e n s iv e p l a n a n d z o n in g o r d in a n c e
n n u u i c m in i/m /A i t c d d u rin g la s t w e e k ’ s w o rk s h o p when Dublic utilities become avail- transitional CONNIE BUCKWALTER developm
Record Express Staff
Warwick Township wants to learn
from the experience of others — both
negative and positive.
To that end, last Thursday town­ship
supervisors met with representa­tives
from the Manheim Township,
Warwick School District, Lititz Bor­ough,
Warwick Township Planning
Commission, Lancaster County
Planning Commission and the mun­icipal
authority to discuss the town­ship’s
proposed comprehensive plan
and zoning ordinance.
While the supervisors are still sev­eral
weeks and workshops away
from adopting either plan — they
received some valuable input on both
during last week’s workshop
meeting.
Scott Standish of the Lancaster
County Planning Commission
reviewed the commission’s com­ments
on the township’s plans. He
said they would like to see urban
growth or village growth boundaries
in the township’s plan. The amend­able
boundaries would provide a pre­dictable
growth pattern for the next
20 years.
The sections the township prop­osed
as rural estate are primarily rur­al
areas that do not currently have
public utility service, but may have it
by the year 2000. The township’s
plan suggests that development be
permitted initially on one-acre size
lots and later subdivide those lots
when public utilities become avail­able.
The county planning commis­sion
stated concerns about the size of
the lots and recommends using initial
lots of 3-5 acres rather than one acre.
The commission’s reasoning is that
retrofitting the area with public sew­er
and water when considerable
development already exists could
b e com e c um b e r s om e and
controversial.
Dr. John R. Bonfield, Warwick
School District superintendent,
expressed his concerns about the
proposed zoning surrounding the dis­trict’s
soon-to-be-built fourth
elementary. Zoning the area R- l resi­dential
instead of R-2 residential
would bring in more of a variety of
students than the more high density,
transitional developments currently
in existence near the school site, he
said.
Bonfield also said the district
would like to work with the township
on providing children with more
parks and recreation areas — particu­larly
near the schools.
Representatives from Manheim
Township, Warwick’s southern
neighbor, appeared en force at the
meeting. Nelson Rohrer, president of
Manheim Township commissioners,
spoke at length about his township’s
recent experience of completing a
comprehensive plan and zoning
ordinance.
Manheim Township utilizes a con-
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Gary Groff, Curt Morris, Rob Hepler and Don Grabowski form the
local Christian rock band, The Following, which will perform at the
Jumpstart Cafe this weekend.
C h r is tia n ro c k b a n d
p e r fo rm s a t J u m p s ta r t
ERIC LEWIS
Record Express Staff
A local Christian rock band has
been slowly, but steadily making a
name for itself in the South-central
Pennsylvania area.
The band, The Following, made
up of two Lititz area residents, has
experienced some success on the loc­al
market for their “rock with an
edge” style of music.
What exaedy is “rock with an
edge”?
Curt Morris, Lititz resident and
member of the Warwick Area Repu­blican
Committee, who plays drums
for the band chuckles at the idea of
beling The Following’s unique
_.ylc. “I’d say it is a guitar-drum-keyboard
oriented band,” he says.
“Everyone in the group grew up with
similar musical backgrounds. We all
listened to Boston, Aerosmith, Yes,
Stix, Journey, etc... We can’t really
label the style of music we play
because each song is different.”
The song, “You’re All I Need”
from the band’s first release titled,
The Following, has gained populari­ty
on the local Christian radio station,
WJTL, and the station’s Top 25
Countdown. “You’re All I Need”
reached number 20 this week in the
Countdown’s weekly charts and con­tinues
to climb.
Fred McNaughton, general mana­ger
of WJTL, is impressed with the
growing popularity of the band he
describes as “a rock and roll band
with a flair of alternative and a flair
of pop.”
“We have been getting some very
good feedback from the public. They
are a very mature bunch of guys who
are very good musicians. They are
not starry-eyed, expecting big results
like most new bands that come out
these days.”
“You’re All I Need” received it’s
first major exposure when the song
was played on WJTL’s daily prog­ram,
Listener’s Choice. The prog­ram
enables the listener’s to call the
station and choose their favorite of
three new songs that were played ear­lier
in the evening. “You’re All I
Need” was the listener’s choice for
three consecutive nights earlier this
spring.
“Sometimes, a song ends up being
the listener’s choice because the
friends and relatives of the local
bands call in and place their vote,”
said McNaughton. “The Follow­ing’s
selection on their first night was
legitimate because they didn’t even
know that their song was being play­ed
on the program.”
Don Grabowski, a Brickerville
resident and bass guitarist, said of the
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Pool company and, LCC
reach agreement on pool
The Lititz Community Center is pleased to announce the first in a series
of actions designed to improve the exisiting facilities and enable the center
to offer members expanded services in the future. The Center has con­tracted
with Sylvan Pools, Inc. to upgrade the existing pool to bring it into
compliance with the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association,
National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Department of Environ­mental
Resources regulations for competitive diving. The Center antici­pates
construction to start June 21, which will cause a temporary disruption
in the pool facilities.
To compensate for the temporary service disruption, the Center deve­loped
a plan (subject to Lititz Borough Council approval) using the Lititz
Springs Pool for the Center’s traditional swim lessons, aquacize and lap
swim programs. The management of the Lititz Springs Pool and the.Lititz
Borough Council are to be commended for their cooperation and commun­ity
spirit in helping formulate this plan. The Center is also pleased to
announce the offering of 6 a.m. lap swimming, afternoon aquacize and
evening lap swimming to all Lititz Springs Pool members at the Lititz
Community Center member rate.
The Center would like to thank the community for its support and coop­eration
as they start the improvements. Additional information is available
at the Lititz Community Center at 626-5096.
Lititz Area Optimist Club officers are (l-r): seated, Dee Rollman, sec­retary;
Celeste Groff, treasurer; standing, Tom Hayes, vice president;
Ed Tobin, sergeant-at-arms; and Al Olsen, president.
Optimist Club h op es
to see m em bership grow
Playground needs people
to help with construction
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Lititz area children should have
their turn to enjoy a new playground
starting Memorial Day weekend.
The “Our Kid’s Turn” playground
project in the Lititz Springs Park
kicks off several Saturdays of con­struction
on May 8 at 8 a.m.
Publicity chair Jan Wynkoop said
the park board needs skilled volun­teers
to help assemble the play­ground
equipment. Anyone with a
general knowledge (and possession)
of how to use a wrench, screwdriver,
plyers and a tape measure should
pack up their tools and sign up to vol-
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CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Optimists in the Lititz area are
smiling a little broader lately.
Chartered in March, the Lititz
Area Optimists are looking to the
future to bring new members to their
growing organization.
The group meets the second and
fourth Thursdays of every month at 7
p.m. in the Warwick Township Mun­icipal
Building. The club’s next
meeting will be on Thursday, April
22.
Alfred O. Olsen, club president
and Warwick Township police chief,
said the group is comprised of com­munity
members, volunteers in other
local organizations, policemen, busi­ness
people and citizens interested in
being a “Friend of Youth” — the
Optimist Club motto.
Optimist Club members strive to
service the local community, aid and
encourage youth development, deve­lop
optimism, build fellowship and
friendship, improve international
accord, promote good government
and improve its members.
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THIS WEEK IN THE RECORD EXPRESS
April shower of gift certificates
continues through Saturday
Sh oppe rs can re g is te r fo r
over $900 w o rth o f g ift c e rtifi­cates
and prizes in L ititz area
s to re s n ow th ru A p ril 24.
Register in every p a rtic ip a tin g
store - no purcha se neces­sary.
You can o n ly win in
s to re s where yo u register.
Contest ends Saturday, Ap ril
24.
Lady Warriors earn wins over E-town, Donegal
W a rw ic k ’s g ir ls s o ftb a ll
team earned a huge win on
Monday by kn o c k in g o ff its
Section Two rival Elizabeth­town,
5-2. The Lady W a rrio rs
stayed h o t on Tuesday when
they defeated Donegal by a
10-5 score. Pitch er Kim Reist
earned the win in both games.
Read more on page 8.
THE INDEX
Business 23
Church 16
Classified 25-27
Editorial 4
Lunch Mehu 6
Manheim 20
Obituaries 2
Out of the Past 4
School News 6
Social 14-15
Sports 8-11
WEATHER: Mostly cloudy
Thursday with 60 percent chance
of rain. Cloudy Friday.