Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, January 19, 1995
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118TH YEAR LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 28 Pages- No. 40 30 cents
Dyed-in-blue fans
Several Lititz families journeyed to California to root for the Nit-tany
Lions in the team’s first Rose Bowl appearance. To read
more, turn to Page 8.
Farm show favorites
Three Lititz residents distinguished themselves in their respec­tive
categories at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show held earlier
this month. Turn to Page 28 to read more.
Golf outing
Once again, the Lititz Woman’s Club invites you to have run
while raising money for a good cause during the Second Annual
Indoor Golf Outing at the Eden Resort. Turn to Page 28 to fi ndcit
more.
Lititz Area Red Tag Days
Lititz Red Tag Days, a semi-annual sales event, starts this
Thursday, January 19. Check this week’s Lititz Record for special
bargains and “Shop Lititz First” during this special event.
> ; . r Out of the Past 4
School News 5-7
Business
Church
18-19
16
Social
Sports
11-15
8-12
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Editorial * WEATHER: Thursday,
Manheim 20 drizzle. Friday, chance of
Obituaries 2 showers.
Warwick police
keep busy in *94
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Residents of Warwick Township
have been calling the police in
increasing numbers — and police
like it that way.
Warwick Township Police Chief
Alfred Olsen said that concerned citi­zens
have contributed to containing
the crime rate to the lowest it has
been in six years — 262 total crimes.
“People should never hesitate to
call the police department when they
see something suspicious or discover
a problem,” he said. “If it’s
unfounded, it’s unfounded, which is
better than to let something substan­tial
slip by.”
In the 1994 year-end report, Olsen
noted that calls-for-service have kept
the department on its toes. In 1994,
the department received 2,879 calls-for-
service, which is an 18 percent
increase from 1993, when 2,448 calls
were received.
Olsen attributed the increase to
outstanding resident involvement.
Of the calls-for-service received,
81 were “suspicious person” calls,
304 “traffic/road hazard” com­plaints,
195 “neighbor dispute” calls,
328 “miscellaneous” complaints and
139 “unfounded” complaints.
One trend that Olsen has consis­tently
expressed concern over has
been the increase in domestic dis­putes.
In 1994, the department hand­led
150 such calls, nine more than in
1993. The figure does not include
domestic cases where an arrest was
made.
Part of the reason for the domestic
disturbance rise can probably be
traced to last winter, Olsen said.
“People suffered from cabin fever
who took it out on each other,” he
said.
Another area that increased, par­tially
due to the severe weather, was
the number of traffic accidents.
With 167 crashes, the township
jumped 19 percent from 1993 and
reached a 3-year high. Fortunately,
none of the accidents were fatal.
Most, Olsen said, were “fender-benders.”
The five most troublesome
intersections were:
r East Newport and Clay Roads, 6
accidents;
✓ East Newport and Brunnerville
Roads, 4 accidents;
East Newport and Furnace Hills, 4
accidents;
✓ Rothsville Road and Pierson
Road, 4 accidents; and
✓ Lititz Pike and Owl Hill Road, 4
accidents.
Overall, Route 501 had the most
accidents, with44;Route772had33;
East Newport had 24; and Brunner­ville
had eight.
Olsen said he thinks that the
improvements to Brunnerville and
Newport Roads and the traffic signal
installation at that intersection could
help to curb the number of accidents
in the future.
Looking back on 1994, Olsen said
that the officers spent considerable
time assisting other departments,
r i
Chief Alfred Olsei
especially Lititz Borough and the
State Police (in Elizabeth Town­ship).
Assists increased 45 percent,
from 168 in 1993 to 244 in 1994
Likewise, Warwick Township
was assisted by other departments.
Lititz Borough provided roughly 75
back-ups for the department.
In dealing witn kart i crimes, the
township had no reported homicide'’,
rapes, robberies or arson incidents it
did have 22 cases of assault, 10 inci­dents
of burglary and 57 of theft
In Part II crimes, the department
dealt with a lower number of fraud
cases, 36; disorderly conduct, 16
and driving under the influence, 23
There was a considerable increase in
criminal mischief — 20 incidents m
1994, compared to 13 in 1993
Olsen said that equally as signific­ant
as the six-year low fo tota
crimes is the 64.5 percent clearance
rate.
“The fact of the matter is that we
work very hard at investigating everv
case that is reported to us, which
makes our eight year average of 6 1
percent clearly one of the highest in
the county and our crime per capita
rate of 21.15 crimes/1,000 residents
is likewise one of the best m the
area,” he said.
Throughout the year, the depart­ment
has also emphasized communi­ty
service projects like the bike
rodeo, visit with Santa program,
charity basketball game, drug talks,
neighborhood watches and the
D.A.R.E. program. Olsen compli­mented
Officer Bill Fasnacht. com­munity
relations officer, with spear­heading
many of the successful pro­jects.
In 1994, the department
participated in 260 events — an
increase from the estimated 150
events of 1993.
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M r “'HEN SEEBER
’Tw era Express Staff
For J erry Krentz the awesome power of a Conrail train will weigh heavy on
i tn nd foi quite some time.
an. 13, around 6:30 p.m., Krentz, of 112 Leaman St., Lititz,
' a i uvenng south on Water Street to pick up his lucky lottery ticket.
I r uc changed when the windshield and roof of his 1994 Toyota Camry
c'dhp'vd under the belly of a black Conrail train. A complete suprise to
I 1 /, h r vehicle was tightly wedged against the wheels of an empty prop-
8 unke
Cr e Week away, Larry Stauffer, of209 E. Main St., was warming up his car
i iNiih Lane when he witnessed Krentz’s car hit the train.
i was expecting something to happen there,” said Stauffer. “Without
f iff nghts you couldn’t see anything in the dark.”
vVtien Krentz felt the train start to move he hunched over on the car seat and
: train to stop.
‘f fte' .he first 100 yards I was ready to give up,” said Krentz, “I didn’t
i n> ild get out of it alive — it was very scary.”
a KiCiUz was being dragged down the tracks toward Route 501, Stauffer
c la-ed the engineer past Cedar Street and into the Farmers First Bank parking
I"i beeping and flashing the headlights of his car in hopes of stopping the
rr ^ '"K nicer, unaware of Krentz’s car, finally put on the breaks before
i a. ng Jie Broad Street intersection.
i i!fer ane another witness, Walter Ellinger III, of Lititz, helped pry the
a free the dazed and confused passenger — 416 feet west of the
r 1 -et intersection.
Tangly, Krentz walked away from the incident with only a sore neck
v minor scrapes.
sry sore and very lucky,” said Krentz.
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Photo by Stephen Seeber
Lititz Fire Company volunteers used hydraulic equipment to free a
crushed vehicle that hit a Conrail propane tanker last Friday. The driver
of the demolished car walked away from the accident.
r i e s o f a c c i d e n t s c l o s e s d o u j n 5 0 1
BUCKWALTER
txpress Staff
k Township Police Officer
Surdge said he could not
; eves last Friday morning
accidents at the same
>n within a matter of
... - . a freaky Friday,” he said,
n nue fhar tre Heavy fog was a major
"miti ba mg factor.
f ad started at 8:34 a.m. on Friday,
) r J ’-' 13 vhen a hit-and-run acci-a
->t n „ yr ed at the intersection of
5 >u e 501 ¿i d Newport Road. A
sc -,f dree more accidents at the
within the next hour
<-s poke v candling a potentially let-n
irTor and closing a three-mile
'i cf Route 501 for almost the
entire day.
un accident involved^
y ^oi-jM Charlene D. Mummau,
;, Lititz, and an
i'ri nm\n hu and-run driver in a red
"ta icr wagen Burdge said that
7 ii. ” u va= stopped at the traffic
ast on West Newport
3 ~>nc WVn the light turned green,
r-A pi crewed through the intersec-
~>n ’ to V struck on the side by
” nixrro * n driver. Mummau
the other driver left
the scene.
f the impact, Mum-
Bll
ni
m m
, Photo by Stephen Seeber
in one of four traffic accidents at the Route 501 -Newport Road intersection last Friday, a truck filled with
ethanol fuel hit two utility poles and a tow truck. The downed electric lines confined the driver to his vehicle
until power was shut off.
mau hit her head on the window. Her
one-year-old daughter, who was sec­ured
in a car seat, did not receive any
injuries, Burdge said.
Burdge arrived at the scene shortly “As I’m standing there, the fog is
after 8:30 p.m. and was taking infor- incredible,” he said. “Then I hear this
mation when the second accident tractor trailer squeal...”
happened. (Turn to Page 23)
School Board receives thanks
NmiE BUCKWALTER
r cc'-id Express Staff
t in niK ‘-ent their thanks to the Warwick School Board in the form of col-oriul
handmade cards, a video and computer-generated messages. January is
ci * I Board Appreciation Month” and at Tuesday night’s meeting, board
sue m erc received the student and staff acknowledgment with enthusiasm and
appreciation.
Thanks of the kinds that we received tonight certainly carry us a long
" cmd Wallace Hofferth, board president.
' three students from Mr. Clausen’s 5th grade class at Kissel
“i n 21 mentary attended the meeting with their parents and building princi-r
1 fir Joseph Elder. Dana Anderson, Nathan Healy and Patrick Link were
w ht " oi the video committee that produced the brief video, which shows
V ; p of students stopping their normal daily activities to say “thanks” to
i' ooarc member individually and by name,
ftie uoys and girls had a good time celebrating the work that you do and
a i p ha ik you,” Elder told board members.
Th" > Vi student members of the video committee were Maria Cusick and
vloi Fla i Warwick High School students Becky Link, Seth Kieffer and
v i “ cA Jv helped the fifth graders put the final product together.
Kf” ' / , ho serves as the student representative on die school board, said
■ e i oved working with the younger students.
lonfield, Warwick superintendent, shared a card of thanks
r -i p Warwick Education Association in addition to his personal thanks.
“ un i„ ni= report, Bon field also praised the generosity of seven Warwick
Middle /school students who spent a lot of time and energy raising money for
u‘i i it f-A-Wish Foundation. The girls ’ efforts were nominated for recogni­tion
through the Classroom Challenge Program sponsored by FOX 43 televi­sion
and Subway sandwich shops.
As a result, in January, the girls (Danielle Miller, Jennifer Ziegler, Meagan
Shuman, Lydia Walker, Kristin Longenecker, Heather Gray and Jessica Pen­nington)
will be part of promotional shot done by Channel 43.
In other board business, Dr. Daniel Doremus, assistant superintendent,
informed the board that in February, the elementary schools will switch to a
roster system for school lunches.
Under the roster system, students will pay for lunches at the beginning of
the week or month, Bonfield said. When students go to lunch, there will be a
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Planners expected to review
Wal-Mart preliminary plans
At press time, the preliminary plans for Wal-Mart’s proposed superstore ,
off Route 501 in Warwick Township were still slated to be included in the
, Warwick Township Planning Commission’s next agenda.
The planning commission will hold its next meeting on Wednesday,
sJanuary 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Warwick Middle School Auditorium. *
2 The commission is expected to review the plans at the January meeting ®
if. and to make a recommendation on the plans at the February 22 meeting. B
a S upervisors will hold a public hearing on the retailer’s plans on Wednes- K
¡«day, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Warwick Middle School. ■