Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, June 23, 1994
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L i t i t z R e c o r d
118TH YEAR Two sections LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 Pages- No. 10 30 cents
THIS WEEK iN THE RECORD
Early deadlines
Due to the July 4th holiday, deadlines for Record advertising and
editorial copy have been changed. Retail and classified display ads
and all editorial copy for the July 7 issue must be in the Record;
Express office by 5 p.m. on Friday, July 1. Classified reader ads will
be accepted until 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 5. The offices of the Lititz
Record Express will be closed on Monday, July 4.
Oddfellows improve to 6-0
Jason Valudes tossed a four-hit shutout and went 4-for-4 at the;
plate to help lead the Lititz Oddfellows to a convincing 12-0 win over;
Pequea Valley last Monday, June 13. Read more on page 10.
Local residents join peaceful protest
With the recent talk of enacting gun ban laws, several area res¡-¡
dents joined forces and marched in a peaceful protest on the Capitol;
last week. Read more on page 20.
INDEX Out of the Past
School News
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Business 22 Social 16-17
Church 18 Sports 8-13
Classified 26-29 WEATHER: Mostly sunny
Editorial 4 Thursday with high in middle
Manheim 24 80’s. Continued warm Friday
Obituaries 2 through Sunday.
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Photo by Diane Nixdorf
Rev. David Heffner and his wife, Ruth Jean, spend a few final
moments at the church before departing for New Jersey. Pastor Hef­fner
recently accepted a position with Crestwood Evangelical Congre­gational
Church.
Heffners say goodbye to
congregation, friends
DIANE NIXDORF
Record Express Staff
For Rev. David Heffner and his
wife, Ruth Jean, the Sunday morning
services at Trinity Evangelical Con­gregational
Church have become
quite emotional.
Evfer since April 10, when Pastor
Heffner announced his transfer to a
New Jersey church, the couple has
been preparing for the “end.” After
20 years of serving the Lititz com­munity,
Pastor Heffner’s duties offi­cially
came to a close on June 15.
“We’re reluctant to leave, but at
the same time we’re excited about
the challenge,” said Pastor Heffner.
“We feel it’s the Lord’s will for us to
go to this new church.”
Despite the distance, their memo­ries
of Lititz will always remain close
to their hearts.
The couple moved to the small his­torical
town in June of 1974 to fulfill
an assignment with Trinity Evangeli­cal
Congregational Church, 40 E.
Orange St. Pastor Heffner previously
served at Lancaster Faith Evangeli­cal
Congregational Church in
Lancaster.
As senior pastor of the Lititz
church, Heffner worked side by side
with Frederick Moury, pastor of fam­ily
ministries.
In his many years with the congre­gation,
he has seen several positive
changes take place.
“There has been a deepening in
people’s commitment to Christ,” he
said. “That’s the main reason the
church is here — to help Christians
grow.”
The congregation has also
expanded steadily, but volunteerism
is sometimes lacking. “There is a
good core of people who get the jobs
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Survey results help out
all paper departments
Thanks to all of you who took the time to complete the Lititz Record
Express’ readership survey last month. We appreciate all your suggestions
and comments and will try to incorporate them into our paper, if possible.
Some of the questions were designed to help the Lititz Record Advertising
Department, while others pertained more to the news department.
As far as news is concerned, some of our most popular sections include
Lititz Borough Government News, Warwick Township Government News,
Front Page News, Photos from Out of the Past, School News, Social News,
Community Calendar, Business Page, New Business Features, General Fea­tures,
Police Logs and Letters to the Editor.
You also told us what you would like to see less of and what kind of stories
you would like to see more of. Many of you said that you would like to see
more positive stories featuring local people.
Regarding advertising:
• 95 percent of you read our retail display ads;
• 94 percent like our newest feature, “Serving You is Our Business”;
• 70 percent of you do your grocery shopping in one of the Lititz major food
markets; and
• 53 percent of you shop downtown Lititz at least twice a month.
You told us which ads you look for regularly and you gave us a lengthy list
of stores you would like to see advertise more often.
Seventy-four percent of those who responded have subscribed to the Lititz
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S c h o o l
B o a r d
a p p r o v e s
b u d g e t
Raises taxes
11.7 mills
BRUCE MORGAN____________
Record Express Staff
The Warwick Board of School
Directors approved the final adop­tion
of the 1994/95 general fund
budget of $25,824,781 during Tues­day
night’s meeting.
The budget, representing an
increase of 8.24 percent over the
1993/94 budget, includes an increase
in property tax of 9.7 mills and a 100
mill increase to the current 100 mill
tax on the occupation assessment tax.
With the occupation assessment tax
representing 2 new mills, the dis­trict’s
budget has a tax package of
11.7 mills in increases.
A total of $620,198, equalling
3.66 mills, was made in budget cuts
in new programs and staff, purchase
of new equipment, and general edu­cational
and maintenance areas.
Major increases in this budget
include $997,105 in professional
staff salaries, $805,035 in debt ser­vice,
$366,000 in start-up costs for
staf at the new John R. Bonfield
Elementary School, $125,000 in
budgetary reserve, $100,000 in new
school utility costs, and $83,500 in
special education.
Nearly three-quarters of the
budget has been devoted to personnel
and personnel related costs.
A big reason local taxpayers are
taking more of a tax burden is due to
the state not increasing subsidy pay­ments
to the District. This, despite
the fact that the Warwick School Dis­trict
has growing student enrollment
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A b o n u s fo r i
o u r r e a d e r s
The 1994 Lititz Historic Map
; and Directory has arrived and is
; included as a special bonus to you
; in this week’s Lititz Record
Express.
Additional copies of the new
brochure are available at partici­pating
locations and the Lititz
Retailers’ Association will be dis-
; tributing them to tourist areas of
i Lancaster County.
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SPLISH, SPLASH—When the hot, humid weather set in last week, these kids knew exactly where to
go—straight to Lititz Springs Pool. Both cousins and friends, (back, l-r) Luke Donato, 4, Benjamin Camp­bell,
3, (front) Lauren Donato, 1, and Phillip Campbell, 1, spent lastThursday afternoon splashing around
and cooling off in the baby pool. Benjamin and Phillip are the sons of Jeanette and Chris Campbell, Lititz.
Luke and Lauren are the children of Genine and Tony Donato. Read more about the heat wave on page
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S u p e r v i s o r s d i s a p p r o v e
W a l - M a r t s k e t c h p l a n s
CONNIE BUCKWALTER______________________
Record Express Staff
Some opponents of Wal-Mart’s proposed superstore
off Route 501 in Lititz left the Warwick Township Super­visors’
meeting with smiles on their faces last Wednes­day
night.
Supervisors unanimously disapproved the retailer’s
sketch plans for a 199,000-square foot store and grocery
just north of Stauffers of Kissel Hill on a 26-acre com­mercial
tract of land, citing a list of seven reasons for the
motion. Supervisor Daniel Garrett made the motion, with
V. Riggs Kohler seconding it.
The reasons for disapproval relate to providing access
to several of the outparcels, an access easement that is not
a permitted use in the Rural/Estate Residential Zone and
insufficient access to one of the outparcels. Also, the
supervisors’ motion stated that they also disapproved the
sketch plan because the plan’s intent is to show the gener­al
layout of a development proposal, but, in fact, the Wal-
Mart sketch plan and subsequently filed preliminary plan
have several discrepancies.
Despite the supervisors’ decision, the retailer plans to
continue on with their preliminary plan proposal, which
they have already submitted. However, before they can
move onto the final plan stage, they must secure supervi­sors’
approval of the preliminary plan.
Mark Stanley, the Lancaster lawyer representing Wal-
Mart in the area, said that he was not surprised with the
supervisors’ decision. However, he said that it will not
prevent the retailer from continuing with the rest of its
plans.
Township solicitor Will iarfi Croswell reviewed a new
timeline for the Wal-Mart plans at the meeting. It was
anticipated that Wal-Mart’s preliminary plans would go
before the township planning commission for their
review on June 22. However, Wal-Mart’s engineers are
working on a revised traffic study, which is expected to
be completed by July 8. Because it takes time for the
township’s engineer to review the contents of that study,
Croswell said it appears that the planning commission
will not review the preliminary plans until their Aug. 24
meeting. After the planning commission’s review, the
supervisors will get their chance to go over and act on the
preliminary plans, most likely at their Sept. 21 meeting.
Even though the supervisors disapproval of the sketch
plans does not prevent Wal-Mart from moving onto the
preliminary plan s tage, foes of the development proposal
say they are glad supervisors acted as they did.
David Trimble, spokesperson for the Lititz Concerned
Citizens, said he thought their decision to disapprove the
sketch plans was “great.”
“I think it’s a step in the right direction as far as show­ing
disapproval,” he said. “It’s a positive direction. It
Shows the supervisors are looking at it (Wal-Mart’s prop­osal)
and the way we think. I think they’re concerned
too.”
Jeff Keyser, Lititz, said after the meeting that he too
was pleased with the supervisors’ action.
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Martin designs Fourth of July program cover
Fountain dedication set for next weekend’s celebration
BRUCE MORGAN
Record Express Staff
This year’s program cover for the
Fourth-of-July Celebration in the
Lititz Springs Park will incorporate a
new angle.
In past years that the Park Board
has asked local artists to design its
covers, one angle has never been
painted — the view looking in from
the front of the park.
But this year’s painting, created by
Jeff Martin, is exactly that. The origi­nal
piece depicts how the park would
look if viewing it from across Broad
Street.
Martin was asked to paint the front
of the park to show the new fountain
which is scheduled to be dedicated
during the July 2 program. The foun­tain
will be placed near the front of
the park by the Lititz Springs Post
No. 1463, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the Ladies Auxiliary.
The project to dedicate the foun­tain
has been ongoing for the past
three years. The fountain, which will
have a plaque installed on its wall,
will.be dedicated as a landmark to the
Lititz Springs Park Board. Ron
Reedy, president of the Park Board,
will accept the fountain on behalf of
the Park Board from John Zagorski,
commander of the Lititz VFW, and
Barry Donlin, a trustee with the VFW
and the project chairman for the past
three years.
The plaque inscription reads: Lititz
Springs Post 1463, Veterans o f Fore­ign
Wars and Ladies Auxiliary,
proudly dedicate this memorialfoun­tain
to those who made the ultimate
sacrifice and those that were willing.
With Wilbur Chocolate Co. in the
background, Martin’s artwork com­bines
green trees and colorful petu­nias
with the fountain in the middle
of the Spring’s front basin.
“When you look at the park from
that distance and from that angle, it’s
very green looking,” Martin said. “I
wanted to cut down on the greenness
— the green was too strong.”
“I added a lot of petunias to add
some color,” he said. “There are
petunias down there, but maybe not
that many.”
Limited edition prints of the art­work,
signed and numbered, will be
available for $25 on July 2. Martin
will sign prints in the park from 2-8
p.m. that day.
He will also have three different
types of frame samples on display on
July 2 for people who wish to include
this service. According to Martin, the
frames will range in price from nor­mal
to medium to less expensive.
His shop, Jeff Martin Originals, is
located at 3 Zum Anker Alley.
The original painting of the park is
19x15, but the prints will be 15x12
vertically. Martin said he suggested
the prints be smaller to make it less
expensive for people to have them
framed.
Martin is donating the original to
the park, and it will be auctioned off
by silent bid. The money will then be
donated back to the park. Anyone is
welcome to stop in at Martin’s shop
to view the original prior to July 2.
After taking pictures of his subject
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Jeff Martin displays the original painting he designed for the Fourth
of July Celebration program cover.
last fall, Martin did a pencil drawing
and had that approved in early May.
Then he put his brush to work and
completed the painting by June 1.
He has earned numerous awards in
watercolor at the Lititz Art Show and
has been involved with the Village
Art Association for the past few
years. He has lived in Lititz and own­ed
his shop for about two years now,
so he was appreciative to have the
opportunity to do this painting for the
Fourth-of-July Celebration.
“I tried to make (the painting) that
it would appeal to people who just
like the park,” Martin said. “I don’t
have it looking like something that
looks exactly like the Fourth of July.”
Other local artists who have done
paintings for the Fourth-of-July
program cover have been Dave
Brumbach (1978), Jim Nuss (1988),
A1 Taft (1989), Fran Spangle (1990),
Phoebe Ferguson (1991), Bill Dus:
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