Lititz Record Express

              11 THURSDAY, August 12, 1993
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Photos by Connie Buckwalter
Stephanie Bomberger (back) places her arm around her 2-year-oid
cousin, Drew Bomberger, while her 2-year-old brother Russell Bom­berger
moves to the beat of Steven Courtney’s musical presentation.
Steven Courtney entertains concertgoers in the Lititz Springs Park
this past Saturday night as part of the Saturday Night Music Festival
series of concerts.
Supervisors approve p a rk
expansion in Rothsville
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Rothsville area residents will not need to look far to
find almost eight acres of parkland for their
enjoyment.
Warwick Township supervisors last Wednesday
night approved the addition of the 3.028-acre Richard
J. Trees property to the adjacent Warwick Township
Lions Club Park. The Lions Club generously sold the
existing 4.25-acre park to the township for $1.
The township settled on both the Trees property and
Lions Club park on July 30.
Supervisor Chairman Michael Brubaker said the
township intends to develop the combined 7.78 acres
of land into a more fully useful park. He expressed the
township’s appreciation of the Lion’s Club coopera­tion
in a move that will especially benefit the citizens
of the Rothsville area.
“We’re thrilled to have it,” Brubaker said of the
park.
Supervisors plan to recognize publicly the contri­bution
of the Lions Club with a ceremonial payment
of the $1 at the public hearing on the proposed com­prehensive
plan and zoning ordinance on Aug. 30.
Although the park now officially belongs to the
township, it will retain the Lion’s Club name as long
as the club remains active in the maintenance and
operations of the park, Smith said.
In other township business, Glenn Woolard, 703
Pine Hill Road, asked supervisors to consider step­ping
up traffic enforcment along Pine Hill Road. He
said that vehicles travelling along the roadway seem
to be reaching 60 miles per hour at times. The posted
speed limit on that road is 35 miles per hour.
Children, adults and elderly people walk along the
narrow road, Woolard said, making him concerned
about safety.
Traffic seems to be heaviest from 6:30-7:30 a.m.
and 4:30-5:30 p.m., Woolard said. He said he thinks
that one possible reason for the traffic problem is that
as people are going to and coming from work, they are
trying to avoid the intersection of Brunnerville-
Newport Roads.
Supervisors thanked Woolard for bringing his con­cern
to their attention. Ian Shields said that the town­ship
police force will monitor that road more closely.
Regarding Brunnerville Road, Robert Smith, town­ship
manager, said that the township soon intends to
widen and pave the roadway and install a traffic light
at the intersection of Newport-Brunnerville Roads.
The township aquired Brunnerville Road from the
state on July 1.
The improvements are intended to improve the
appearance and safeness of the road, Smith said. Vari­ous
monies have been allocated and granted to the
township for the work, he said.
In another traffic-related matter, speed limit signs
were posted along West Woods Drive the end of last
week. The posted speed limit is 35 miles pier hour.
In other township business, supervisors:
• reappointed Daniel Garrett, citizen representative,
and Nelson Peters, municipal representative, to the
Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority’s Reg­ional
Advisory Council. Although Garrett is running
for a supervisors seat in the fall election, Smith said he
was informed that does not preclude Garrett from
serving as a citizen member on the council for the
remainder of 1993.
• appointed James Klopp as a liason to work with
the fire companies that serve the township. Klopp will
serve as a point person for the fire company officials
to communicate with.
Organizers expect thousands
to flock to Rotary Craft Show
Park rocks
Saturday
ev en in g s
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Saturday was a “Great Day to be
Alive” in Lititz.
Performing selections from his
most recent release, “Great Day to be
Alive, ” children’s performer Steven
Courtney kicked off the inaugaral
Saturday Night Music Festival in the
Lititz Springs Park this past
weekend.
Courtney captivated both the
children and adults attending the first
of four free public concerts. The
entertainment series is the result of a
collaborative effort between the
Lititz Springs Park Board and Lititz
Area Jaycees.
“One of the goals for the summer
is to present to the public, wholesome
family entertainment,” said Beryl
Rihn, park board member, as she
introduced Courtney.
Judging by the warmth and happi­ness
abounding in the area surround­ing
the concert shell, the goal was
reached Saturday night.
Although clouds lined the sky, the
park was filled with dozens of smil­ing,
giggling parents and children.
From the moment he set foot on
stage, Courtney had them all dancing
in the aisles. Stephanie, 5, and Rus­sell
Bomberger, 2, daughter and son
of Steven and Natalie Bomberger,
Wilmington, Del., and their cousin
Drew Bomberger, 2, son of Kelly and
Doug Bomberger, Lititz, were a few
of the young children who danced
close to the stage to better watch the
antics of one of the area’s most
beloved children’s perfomers.
Self-proclaimed “funny guy,”
Courtney lived up to his word by
entrancing the youngest and the old­est
in the crowd. While the concert
was definitely geared towards the
children, not all the voices singing
along were child-like and chirpy.
Courtney’s high-energy pefor-mance
style encourages the audience
to sing-along and mimic his actions.
He had people “scatting,” acting like
sharks and doing some good old-fashioned
clapping and toe-tapping.
The concert was sponsored by
Blue Ridge Cable TV. The next event
slated for Saturday night in the park
is the “Party in the Park” on Aug. 14.
The “Party” will feature the
sounds of Cliristian bands The Fol­lowing,
Excel and Christian come­dian
Adam Christing. Sponsored by
the Lititz Moravian Church and
Lititz Grace Brethren Church, the
event will be held rain or shine.
A1 Bethel’s French Quarter
Orchestra will perform on Aug. 21
and the Moonlighters will enchant
concert goers on Aug. 28.
DIANE NIXDORF
Record Express Staff
Local residents who dislike
crowds may want to run their
weekend errands on Friday night. Or
perhaps wait until Sunday afternoon.
Come Saturday morning, travel
through Lititz will be what most peo­ple
consider impossible as thousands
of people head for the craft show.
Sponsored by the Lititz Rotary
Club, the annual event has been a
success for nearly 15 years. Along
with a great deal of community sup­port
from local businesses and orga­nizations,
chairmen Bob Martin and
Tom Oehme have dedicated their
time and effort to the event for the
past decade.
Well-known for its size and qual­ity,
the show is expected to attract
between 10,000-20,000 craft enthu­siasts
from Lancaster County and
well beyond.
“In the past, we’ve had people
from Virginia, Ohio and New York,”
said chairman Tom Ohme, noting
that busloads often come in from out-of-
state.
With 850 spaces available, Oehme
indicated that 500.crafters have pre­registered
for the show — many
requesting multi-spaces.
“We sold out last September for
this year’s show,” said Oehme. “And
were about 50 percent sold out for
next year already.”
From wood and pottery to leather
and stitchery, exhibitors will display
just about every kind of craft imagin­able.
And because it is a non-guilded
show, many home crafters have the
opportunity to participate.
According to Oehme, stands will
be set up on Main Street, Broad
Street and throughout Lititz Springs
Park. To make walking conditions
more favorable, Main Street will be
blocked off from Water Street to the
square.
Looking forward to sunny skies
and warm weather, Oehme hopes
Mother Nature is as kind Saturday as
she has been in the past.
“It hasn’t rained on a show yet,”
said Oehme. “It rained in the sur­rounding
areas, but not actually on
us.”
The show will be held from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. (rain or shine). For those
people who plan to spend the day,
many scrumptious foods will be
available. In addition to the park con­cession
stand, local churches and
civic organizations will set up food
stands as well. Portable restrooms
will also be scattered throughout the
area.
As far as parking goes — good
luck.
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DIANE NIXDORF_________
Record Express Staff
After nearly 18 years of seclu­sion
and misconceptions, Will
Turnbull is ready to jump —
headfirst — into life.
Although the 18-year-old has
battled autism since birth, his life
is no longer a silent struggle.
Facilitated Communication (FC)
is the key that unlocked the door
to the world around him.
After nearly two decades of
“silence,” Will can communicate
with his family, friends and teach­ers.
A method involving physical,
emotional and verbal support,
Facilitated Communication
allows Will to access letters, num­bers
and the words “yes” and “no”
on a laminated cardboard key­board.
A space marked “done” is
also used to signify the end of a
thought. With the help of a facili­tator,
Will uses a simple pointing
motion and directs his arm to the
appropriate letter on the board.
“It’s a very intimate process,”
said Ellen, Will’s mother. Work­ing
together closely, she holds
Will’s hand in a neutral position
and guides it to and from the key­board.
The process is rather slow,
but the results are well worth the
effort.
“My family thought I was men­tally
retarded. They tried very
hard to do everything they could
to help me,” said Will, using his
FC keyboard. “This year I learned
to FC and I could finally tell them
I was really smart.”
Even at birth, Will was labeled
an abnormal child. “The doctors
knew something was wrong, but
they could not pinpoint the prob­lem,”
said Ellen. “By the age of
two, he was diagnosed as learning
disabled.”
Due to his “different” behavior,
Will was enrolled in Easter Seals
and IU 13 classes. He could not
talk or communicate in any way.
And because most tests for I.Q.
are verbal, Will always scored
poorly.
Doctors were baffled and could
not agree on a diagnosis. The
Turnbulls did not know how to
interpret their son’s behavior.
Repetitious behaviors like clap­ping
and pacing back and forth
were common and. Will appeared
withdrawn.
Three years ago, he was finally
diagnosed. After a brief consulta­tion
with a psychologist, Ellen
and James Turnbull learned their
son was autistic.
Suddenly, Will’s behavior
began to make sense. After a con­siderable
amount of reading,
Ellen discovered that autism
causes the body to work in unpre­dictable
ways.
“It’s like there’s two people —
the physical person you see and
the personality within,” said
Ellen. “We always felt there was
something inside we couldn’t get
a hold of.”
In May of 1992, Ellen saw a
television program about a boy at
Syracuse University using Facili­tated
Communication. Although
the method was fairly new to the
United States, Ellen was eager to
learn more. While looking for
somebody knowledgeable in the
field, she came in contact with Pat
Smedley, an IU 13 psychologist.
With a sincere interest in Facil­itated
Communication, Pat agreed
to work with Will and experiment
with the new procedure. Unfortu­nately,
the first few tries were
unsuccessful.
When September rolled
around, both Pat and Cathy Gelat-ka,
speech therapist for the War­wick
School District, worked with
Will on a weekly basis.
Much to the surprise of fami­ly,
friends and teachers, he started
spelling words in mid-November.
Various exercises also indicated
that Will could read, fill in miss-ing
words and associate words
with objects. Soon after the mira­culous
discovery, Will started
communicating with complete
sentences.
“It was like a dream come
true,” said Ellen. “A whole new
world opened up for him.”
Although he admits he would
have been able to facilitate the
first time the keyboard was pre­sented
to him, Will hesitated with
fear.
“He had to make a conscious
decision whether or not he wanted
to do it,” said Ellen. “Many FC
users are afraid you may not love
the person they really are. Will
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F a cilita ted Communication breaks silence
Photo by Diane Nixdorf
With the help of his mother, 18-year-old Will Turnbull uses Facili­tated
Communication to express his thoughts, feelings and needs.
T H IS W E E K IN TH E R E C O R D E X P R E S S T H E IN D E X
Students from Spain, Ecuador visit Lititz Local athletes strike gold a t Keystone G am e s
Several Lititz area families The 12th annual Keystone
are learning first hand about -W State Games were held for the
Spain and Ecuador this sum- ] first time in the Harrisburg B H r ^
mer. Through the ASPECT .T -• area last week, and several v
exchange program, students local athletes turned in medal- v ,
between the ages of 14-17 — winning efforts. The local con- | H . ■*'w « *
accompanied by an escort—■ tingent was led by the Junior l i l y ^
spend four weeks in the Lititz O '^ y . and Scholastic baseball Jpr . v- * lll
area, visiting area attractions. teams, which each won gold .
Read more on page 26. medals. Read more on page 8. v; ^ ^
Business 18
Church 16
Classified 22-25
Editorial 4
Manheim 20
Obituaries 2
Out of the Past 4
School News 6
Social 14-15
Sports 8-11
WEATHER: Thursday, mostly
cloudy, chance of showers or
thunderstorms early. Friday, fair.
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