Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, January 27, 1994
Lititz Record Express
117TH YEAR LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 24 Pages- No. 41 30 cents
B o r o g i v e s
n a t i v i t y
t o S o c i e t y
DIANE NIXDORF________ _______________________________
Record Express Staff
Borough council cleared one major hurdle Tuesday night when it
donated the controversial Nativity scene to the newly formed Lititz Man­ger
Preservation Society.
Organized by Ellen Dooley, the 11 member organization agreed to set­up,
tear down, maintain and store the fiberglass figurines.
More than a dozen concerned residents packed Council Chambers to
offer their support while Dooley spoke to council members on behalf of the
Preservation Society.
“You can be proud of the people of Lititz,” she said. “I saw the spirit of
the community pull together and bond together like I’ve never seen
before.”
Upon thanking council members for “standing firm” throughout the
controversy, Dooley introduced herself as president of the organization
and explained the mission and objectives behind the groups development.
“We seek to preserve the fine religious heritage that Lititz was founded
; upon and its unique history, through community wide efforts,” she said.
Willing to accept full responsibility for the manger scene, the organiza-
; tion is prepared to take the following steps:
•secure a “two signature required” checking account;
•secure a post office box;
•develop a fund raising plan;
•execute a membership drive;
•develop a full scale operations plan;
•develop by-laws and
•move, store, maintain, erect and dismantle the manger.
According to Dooley, the group is special because it “consists of an
: interdenominational grass-roots movement, operating from a spiritual
: basis.”
Photo by Bruce Morgan
Scott Ruth takes advantage of Monday's warm temperatures to clear
off melting ice and snow from the sidewalk.
R e s id e n ts cope
w ith w in t e r w o es
With a mailing list of close to 4,000 people and the manger preservation
as the group’s primary mission, the society plans to include input from
: additional residents. “Upon approval, we’ll open it up to the community,”
; said Dooley.
; In addition to Dooley, members of the steering committee include Jim
• and Jean Bednar, Paul and Kristine Castellitto, David and Peggy Jones,
eff and Carmen Tucker, R.J. Milholin and Wayne Dooley.
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BRUCE MORGAN
Record Express Staff
As snow, ice and unbelievably
cold temperatures pelted the East
Coast the last several weeks, local
residents braced themselves for the
sting.
Photo by Connie Buckwalter
Friends of the Lititz Public Library help the library on a number of different fronts. Pictured are (l-r): Pat
Meyers, outgoing treasurer; Sharon Riegel, outgoing president; Donna Kleinfelter, Incoming president;
Donha Hammond, library director and Friends supervisor.
Library Friends provide
crucial forms o f support
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
This group of friends lends their moral, physical, crea­tive
and financial support to an organization that almost
everyone has used at one time or another — the Lititz
Public Library.
Although most public libraries throughout the county
have friends groups, the men and women who compose
the Lititz Friends are exemplary, said Donna Hammond,
Lititz Library Director.
“We’re very lucky to have the group that we do,” Ham­mond
said. “I’ve been told at county meetings that Lititz
has the most active friends group.”
With about 19 active members, the Friends meet the
last Monday of every month at 7 p.m. in the second floor
of the library — usually with a full agenda to discuss. The
group’s numbers and projects have been prospering since
it began in 1990. Originally, Hammond started the group
by talking to a few of her friends and library regulars who
she thought might be interested in helping the library
develop to its fullest potential.
“I wanted to do for the library that which I couldn’t do
by myself,” she said.
Sharon Riegel, outgoing Friends president, served for
two years in that capacity. She said she became involved
with the Friends at the urging of Hammond, who she said
she greatly admires. Also, her children were very
involved with the storytime programs and Riegel said she
thought that the Friends group might provide a way for
her to give back to the library.
Donna Kleinfelter, an elementary school librarian in
the Ephrata School District, will take over as president of
die Friends on Jan. 31. Having enjoyed volunteering at
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With Pennsylvania being declared
as being in a state of emergency,
power companies asking people to
cut back on their usage and ice-covered
roads, the school halls
remained empty throughout the week
and several businesses either closed
early or never even opened.
But as. much as people hated to
tackle the roads, they had to in order
to get groceries and materials to com­bat
with the after-effects of the
storms.
Local grocery stores were deluged
with customers as the bad weather
sent people out to stock up on the
essentials — bread, milk, water, rock
salt, snow shovels.
Ted Schreiber, grocery depart­ment
manager at Stauffer’s of Kissel
Hill, 1050 Lititz Pike, said business
picked up several times when people
tried to beat the storms.
The popular items with Stauffers
customers have been the typical
things: bread, milk, rock salt, snow
shovels, etc. When the rock salt runs
out, many people reach for the cat lit­ter
to use as anti-skid material.
But all in all, Schreiber said he felt
that Stauffers handled the rush times
fairly well.
“We’re pretty good at that — we
have trucks rolling all the time. And
most of our dairies are close by,” he
said.
Jeff Frymyer, store manager at
Weis Markets Inc., 740 S. Broad St.,
noticed that people normally waited
until about 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. to come
to the store. After that, he said the
store remained pretty busy through­out
the day.
“You start to see more of a pickup
after people wait until they see that
the morning chill is gone,” he said.
Frymyer noted that snack items
are selling well with their customers,
and that they’ve gone through “tre­mendous
amounts of salt.”
“The warehouse can’t get it fast
enough, and then it distributes it
among all our stores,” he said.
“Whatever we get, we get out right
away, and within the hour, every­thing
is gone.”
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Supervisors
talk about
storm impact
CONNIE BUCKWALTER____________ . ____ __________________
Record Express Staff
Slick, ice-covered roads and high quantity snowfalls have kept the War­wick
Township Roads crews busy the past several weeks, Jim Schmidt, town­ship
roadmaster, told township supervisors.
Schmidt discussed the road conditions with supervisors during their meet­ing
last Wednesday night. Despite the state-declared state of emergency,
supervisors met as scheduled to conduct regular business.
The combination of ice, snow and sub-zero temperatures put a glitch in the
township’s usual storm procedures, Schmidt said. Normally when a snowfall
starts, the road crews salt the roads to prevent the snow from freezing fast to
the roads and to keep the snow soft. Workers then plow the roads, peeling off
whatever precipitation has fallen. However, the ice storm that fell between
snowfalls last week virtually cemented snow and ice to the roads, Schmidt
said.
In the course of the recent bad weather, one truck sustained damage and
was off the road for several days until repairs could be completed. To make
matters worse, the crews lost 1/2 a day of work last Wednesday because the
sub-zero temperatures gelled the diesel fuel in truck tanks — temporarily
immobilizing them.
Schmidt advised residents, if possible, to wait until at least the second run-through
of the snow plow before trying to shovel themselves from their drive­ways.
He said many people think that after the plow goes past the first time,
the crews are finished. But, the plows will come through again and this often
pushes back the snow into areas residents had just cleared.
In another matter dealing with snow removal, Supervisor Daniel Garrett
questioned why the township spent money to have the township’s solicitor
write a letter stating that residents’ mailboxes are in the township’s right-of-way
when the township already knows that.
After the meeting, Marlene Harris, secretary-treasurer, said that she felt the
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Photo by Connie Buckwalter
Lititz Springs Outfitters Deb (right) and Mickey Crowder (left)
were instrumental In bringing Bill Irwin (center) and his guide dog
Orient to speak to the Lititz area this past weekend.
I rw in in s p ire s
L it it z a u d ie n c e
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Although his delivery was
softspoken and his attitude hum­bling,
Bill Irwin’s message to his
Lititz audience was uncomprom­ising
and strong —- through God
all things are possible.
Irwin, the blind man who made
headlines in 1990 when he thru-hiked
the 2,000-mile Appalachian
Trail (AT), brought his tremend­ous
story of salvation and mira­cles
to the Lititz Grace Brethren
Church last Saturday night.
More than 1,000 people filled
the seats to hear and see Irwin and
his guide dog, Orient, share their
amazing story. Sponsored by the
Lititz Springs Outfitters, tickets
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T H IS W E E K IN TH E R E C O R D E X P R E S S TH E IN D E X
Lititz Area Red Tag Days Lady Warriors hold off Lebanon c o m e b a c k
Continues Thru Jan. 29
f \ The Lady Warriors jumped
Due to recent weather con- I \ out to a 2 5 - 8 lead after one and ' 1
ditions, Lititz Red Tag Days, a 1 ■ ^ \ \ a 3 9 -1 3 lead at halftime, then , ^ j | w
semi-annual sales event, con- \ ' ' ’ \ Lebanon battled back to with- . 1
tinues thru this Saturday. V ^ §, \ in two in the second half, but
Check this week’s Lititz \ - A the Warwick girls held on for a
Record for special bargains \ v * * 6 5 -6 1 win on Tuesday. Kelly
and “Shop Lititz First” this V, Coen scored 19 to lead War- * ‘l i B K l
weekend. wick. Read more o n page 9. '
Business 19
Church 16
Classified 20-23
Editorial 4
Manheim 19
Obituaries 2
Out of the Past 4
School Menu 6
School News 6
Social 14- 15
Sports 8-11
WEATHER; Thursday night
and Friday, freezing rain and rain,
high in low 3 0 ’s.