Lititz Record Express

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Lititz Record Express
119TH YEAR 30 Pages- No. 33 LIT IT Z , P EN N S Y LVA N IA Two sections 30 cents
W a lk e r o u tre a c h
coming W ednesday
Congressman Bob Walker will
be in Lititz for his monthly con­stituent
outreach on Wednesday,
Dec. 6.
He will be at the Lititz Fire
Co., 24 W. Main St., from 9
a.m.-noon.
Blue Ridge Cable
offering new channels
Blue Ridge Cable Television
rates will be increasing slightly
next year, but will be offering six
new channels to its Basic Plus
subscribers, beginning Jan. 1.
To find out what the new
channels are, see Entertainment
news on page 19.
Warwick High School
hono r roll announced
Did you make the Warwick
High School honor roll for the
first marking period?
If you did, you might want to
check out School News on page
7.
Young artist draws
a top honor in show
Twelve-year-old Valerie Hos-hauer
of Lititz, who dreams of
one day being a Disney anima­tor,
is on the right track.
To find out how, see page 20.
Linden H a ll'
to host Ad v en t Tea
Linden Hall School for Girls
in Lititz will play host to the
annual Advent Tea of the Lititz
Moravian Church on Dec. 2.
For the complete story, see
page 20.
Warriors prepare
fo r w inter seasons
The winter sports teams are
preparing for the upcoming
season, and this week the Lititz
Record Express profiles the
teams for girls and boys basket­ball,
wrestling and swimming.
For all of the previews, see
Sports on pages 8-11.
Business........................ ....14-15
Church..... . ....16-17
Classified...................... ....27-29
Editorial/Letters............ ..4
Entertainment.............. 19
Manheim News........... .18
Obituaries..................... 2-4
Out of the Past............. .26
Police Log.................... .12
School News................ ........ 6-7
Social............................ ....24-25
Sports............................
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Thursday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m. —
Warwick School District Strategic
Planning Committee, IMC class­room,
Warwick Middle School.
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m.
— Warwick Township Supervis­ors,
regular meeting, township
building, 315 Clay Road.
Service groups
providing lo ca l
Christmas ch eer
STEPHEN SEEBER
JILL IVEY
AND RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Staff
Service clubs and area organiza­tions
are busy making this a special
holiday season.
Here are some of what local
groups have planned this year:
•The Lititz Springs VFW Post
1463 generally works on three major
holiday projects each December,
according to Post Commander Barry
Donlin.
On Dec. 5, a group of volunteers
from the post will visit five area rest
homes to deliver fruit baskets and
goodies bags to resident veterans.
Donlin said the goodie bags this
year will consist of crew socks, cho­colate
donated by Wilbur Chocolate
Company, toiletries donated by
Warner-Lambert, and lots of
munehies.
The post will then host its annual
Children’s Christmas Party on Dec.
17 at 4 p.m. The holiday gathering is
organized for the children and grand­children
of post members. Sign-up
deadline for the party is Nov. 30.
•The Lititz VFW Auxiliary is
planning a special surprise for 10
needy families in the Warwick area
on Dec. 20, when turkeys and food
baskets purchased by the VFW ladies
will be distributed.
“Between now and the 20th is
when we volunteer a great deal of our
hours,” Donlin said.
•For the past 50 years, the Baron
Stiegel Lions Club has been deliver­ing
fruit baskets to the elderly as their
major humanitarian project for the
season.
Club Secretary Ed Yost said that
they hand out about 40 baskets each
Christmas.
•Lititz Rotary President Glenn B.
Knight, said his group “does not do
anything specific for Christmas.”
Still, money from Rotary’s two
primary fund-raisers during the year,
the travelogue and the summer craft
show, is given to many local non­profit
groups that sponsor a variety of
Christmas events.
For example, the Warwick Area
Community Chest and the Gate
House both offer special activities
for the area’s needy, some of which is
funded through Rotary Club
donations.
•The Lititz Jaycees, headed by
Rob Hilt, will be using funds from
their ever-popular Monte Carlo
night, held Nov. 18, to take 22 local
children on a shopping spree to buy
gifts for their parents. The Jaycees
have been providing this service to
the community for more than two
decades.
(See Service clubs, Page 20)
JILL IVEY
Photo by Jill Ivey
(From left) Grace Moyer, Mary Johnson, and Cathy Stine prepare for
the Lititz Woman’s Club's annual Tour of Homes on Dec. 9.
Tour o f H om es b r in g s
h o lid a y sp ir it to L ititz
al Sutter Inn, the Pewter Mug, Lititz
Community Center, McElroy’s
Pharmacy, and Stauffers of Kissel
Hill. They are $6 in advance and $7
the day of the tour.
“People look forward to it,” said
Moyer, “People don’t feel in the
Christmas spirit until the house
tour,”
Proceeds from the tour will help
support the club’s operations such as
giving to the needy at Christmas.
“We have been a service organiza­tion
for almost 50 years,” said co-organizer
Cathy Stine, “By support-
(See Homes tour, Page 20)
Record Express Staff
The Lititz Woman’s Club is once
again sponsoring the annual Christ­mas
in Lititz Tour of Homes. The
tour will be held on December 9 from
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The tour started 11 years ago, and
according to co-organizer Grace
Moyer, they sold between 200 and
300 tickets the first year. She said
that the tour has grown tremendous­ly.
Last year they sold more than 800
tickets.
Tickets are available at the Gener-
Photo by Richard Reitz
I n f o r m i n g S a n t a
Kate Stauffer, 2, daughter ofTom and Cindy Stauffer of Lititz, got her
first chance to sit on Santa Claus' lap last Saturday in Lititz. She confi­dently
took her place on his lap and reminded him of all of her Christ­mas
wishes, and even left with a coloring book and crayons when she
was finished. The jolly elf arrived in Lititz on Saturday morning, and
after touring town in the fire engine, took his place at his house in front
of Lititz Springs Park. Santa will be back in Lititz on Friday from 5-8 p.m.
and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
T i m e e r o d i n g o n
L i t i t z R u n g r a n t
STEPHEN SEEBER
Record Express Staff
Time is running out for the bor­ough
to cash in on $10,000 for Lititz
Run improvements.
Mixed emotions on how to use the
money, slated for erosion control
between Broad Street and the Sus­quehanna
Bancshares building at 26
N. Cedar St., led Borough Council to
agree Tuesday night to keep the issue
on the agenda for December.
The legislative initiative grant pre­sented
to Council last December by
Senator Noah Wenger will become
null and void if it is not used by July.
During Tuesday’s council meet­ing,
Flood Control Committee Chair­man
Joe Rihn recommended the use
of a greenway, which would secure
the bank at a permanent grade
through the development of a dense
root mass.
The Flood Control Committee’s
report revealed that a greenway on
the northern bank would stop erosion
at the lowest financial cost.
“Formal planting could give a
good appearance, as well as hold the
bank together, Rihn said, adding that
a decision must be made soon in
order to obtain construction permits.
“We would like to pursue it in
spring with council’s approval,” he
said.
Environmental Scientist Matthew
E h rh a rt, of Landstudies Inc.,
brought a vegetated streambank sta­bilization
plan before Council in
May of this year, saying his firm
could do the entire job at a total cost
of $20,500, which would include a
three-year guarantee.
With the aid of the improvement
grant, the project would cost the bor­ough
approximately $10,000. In
May, Council agreed to consider the
Lands tudies option, but it has been
tabled ever since.
According to Ehrhart, August and
September, which mark the annual
low-point in the run, would have
been the optimal months for
construction.
Following Rihn’s report on Tues­day,
Councilwoman Ruth Fry
McKennon made the motion to
“move forward” with the greenway,
but withdrew the motion after addi­tional
discussion.
“We’re waisting time and money,
and erosion is occuring,” McKennon
said after the withdrawal.
(See Lititz, Page 15)
Enjoy a
Hometown
Christmas
If Wednesday morning’s snow
didn’t boost your holiday spirit, this
weekend’s festivities in downtown
Lititz should take care of that.
A “Hometown Christmas” returns
to Lititz, beginning with the second
annual “Christmas in the Park” on
Friday evening.
“Christmas in the Park” begins at7
p.m. and will feature the spectacular
Christmas candle illumination. Over
1,000 candles along the stream in the
park will be lit by local Scouts.
The event is sponsored by the
Lititz Springs Park Board of Trus­tees,
in cooperation with the Lititz
Retailers Association.
Visitors to the park will receive a
program listing the evening’s activi­ties,
as well as the carols that will be
sung in the community sing-a-long.
Each participant will also receive a
candle that will be lit during the
ceremony.
The sing-a-long will be led by
Jean M. Doherty, choruster, and
additional music will be provided by
the Lititz Moravian Trombone Choir
and the Warwick High School Con­cert
Choir directed by Deborah
Kline.
Lititz Mayor Russell Pettyjohn
will present the Christmas message,
and Rev. Gene R. Stuckey will offer
the Christmas prayer.
Other special events planned for
Hometown Christmas weekend
include:
•Some festive Christmas carols
will be performed by the Helping
Hands Sunday school class from the
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren
on Saturday from 4-6 p.m. at the park
entrance.
•Carriage rides will be offered
from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the park
entrance on Saturday.
•The Moravian Trombone Choir
will perform along downtown streets
on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
and again from 1-2 p.m.
•The Lititz Lioness food wagon
will be at the park entrance on Friday
from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
•Special Santa’s Castle hours will
be offered on Saturday, as Old Saint
Nick will be available for gift lists
until 6 p.m.
•There will also be numerous holi­day
special offers from local
merchants.
Shoppers can register in local
stores to win one of 20 Christmas
turkeys that will be given away.
Registration begins Dec. 1 and ends
Dec. 9.
For more details on Hometown
Christmas, and the special holiday
items and sales offered by local mer­chants,
see pages 21-23.
Warwick S ch o o l Board
u p d a tin g w eap on p o licy
RICHARD REITZ
N a n c y C o l d r e n F i s h e r , 3 4 , s u c c u m b s
Nancy Coldren Fisher
Nancy J. Coldren Fisher, 34, of
223 E. Main St., Brownstown, died
Nov. 26 at home after an illness of
two years.
She was the wife of Richard L.
Fisher. They were married 15 years
in March.
Mrs. Fisher was featured in an arti­cle
in the Nov. 23 issue of the Lititz
Record Express. She and her family
were planning a trip to Walt Disney
World next week, funded by local
sub and bake sales.
A 1980 graduate of Warwick High
School, Mrs. Fisher was a homemak­er
and a nurse’s aide at Lancashire
Hall.
A member of Calvary Baptist
Church, she was involved with
church youth camps and was a for­mer
Brownstown area Brownie
leader.
Bom in Lancaster, she was the
daughter of Ronald E. Sr. and June
Eckman Coldren of Lititz.
Besides her husband and parents,
she is survived by two sons, Aaron
and Benjamin, both at home; two
daughters, Rose and Becky, both at
home; two sisters, Lynetta, wife of
William Kimmet, and Brenda, wife
of Dennis Foultz, both of Lititz; two
brothers, Ronald E. Coldren Jr. of
Lancaster; and Barry M. Coldren of
Lancaster; and a maternal grand­mother,
Carrie M. Long of
Lancaster.
Funeral services were held from
the Calvary Baptist Church, 530 Mil-ton
Road, Lancaster, Pa. on Nov. 29
at 11 a.m. with Pastors Richard Hall,
Robert Metze and Dale Parmer offi­ciating.
Interment was in the Mellin-ger
Mennonite Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Calvary Baptist Church,
530 Milton Road, Lancaster, Pa.
17602.
Mrs. Fisher’s family wishes to
express their thanks to everyone who
offered their help and support.
Mrs. Kimmet said that the sale was
very successful, and that her sister’s
wish that her children visit Walt Dis­ney
World will still be granted. The
Fisher’s will be going at the end of
Feburary.
Record Express Editor
Warwick School District is in the
process of updating its weapons poli­cy
to meet revised state guidelines,
and wants to make sure that the
“intent” of the item is thoroughly
addressed.
The school board began reviewing
the policy revisions at its Nov. 7
meeting, and again at its Nov. 21
meeting.
Dr. John Bonfield, superintendent,
told the board that it revised the
definition of weapon to include any­thing
“intended for use to inflict bod­ily
injury or property damage.”
He said since even a pen or pencil
can be used as a weapon, they want to
insure that the intent is covered as
well as the item.
At the Nov. 7 meeting, Bonfield
said look-alike weapons “will be
treated as though it is the real thing.”
According to the state law passed
in October, the school must report
any weapons violation to the State
Board of Education, Bonfield said.
Students found with a weapon on
school property, a school bus or vehi­cle,
or at an activity sponsored by the
school, will be subject to the policy.
Weapons are confiscated and the
incident is reported to the student’s
parents or guardians and to the
police. The student will also be sus­pended
or removed from class until a
parent conference is held.
Elementary students may face sus­pension
or expulsion if there was no
intent to use the weapon, but man­dates
expulsion for the remainder of
the school year if intent to use it is
proven.
Secondary students face expulsion
regardless of intent, according to the
policy.
The school board gave prelimin­ary
approval to the policy, and will
formally adopt it at their Dec. 19
meeting.
In other business:
•The school board approved the
five-year extention of contracts for
Bonfield and Dr. Daniel Doremus,
assistant superintendani.
The extension begins on July 1,
1996, when the current contract ends,
(See School board, Page 20)
Cash taken
from boxes
at St. James
Warwick Township police are
investigating the theft of money from
three wooden poor boxes at S L James
Catholic Church on Nov. 23.
Police said Father Gerard, priest at
the church located at 505 Wood crest
Ave., discovered that Friday morn­ing
that the boxes were destroyed,
with an unknown amount of cash
stolen.
There were no signs of forced
entry. An investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information con­cerning
this incident should contact
police at 626-8882.