Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, February 29, 1996
L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s
119TH YEAR 26 Pages- No. 46 LiTiTZ, PENNSYLVANIA
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Lititz’ Yo'-v
restaurs ^ cir^Sis
After 24 years in business,
Your Place restaurant has
closed its doors at its Lititz
location. But plans are in the
works for a new business at
that site. See Page 18
Lititz Senior Center
member appearing
A member of the Lititz
Senior Center will take to the
stage for the first time in the
upcoming performances of
“The Elves and the Shoe­maker,"
which will be per­formed
by the Ephrata Area
Community Theatre. See
Page 12.
Seven wrestlers
advance to districts
Seven Warwick wrestlers
have qualified for districts fol­lowing
an impressive second
place team finish in the sec­tional
tournament, in which
three Warriors earned med­als.
See Page 8.
Business.......... ................ 18-19
Church....................... 16-17
Classified......... ............... .23-25
Editorial / Letters..................... 4
Entertainment................ 12
Manheim News.....................20
Obituaries........... ................. 2-3
Out of the Past.................. ...22
Police Log.......................19, 26
School News....................... 6-7
Social................................14-15
Sports................................. 8-11
Monday, Mar. 4, 7:30 p.m,
—-- Manheim Borough Zoning
Hearing Board, 15 E. High St.
Monday, Mar. 4, 7 :3 0 p.m.
— Penn Twp. Planning Com­mission,
97 N. Penryn Road.
Tuesday, Mar. 5, 7 p.m. —
Warwick School Board Com­mittee
of the Whole, 315 Clay
Road.
Tuesday, Mar. 5, 7:30 p.m.
— Lititz Borough Planning.
Commission, 7 S. Broad St.
Wednesday, Mar. 6, 7:30
p.m. — Warwick Township
Supervisors, 315 Clay Road.
Council discusses
PennDGT change
Manheim Borough Council
and concerned residents dis­cussed
PennDOTs announce­ment
it will grant permits to
double-bottom tractor trailers
on several roads through the
borough. See Page 20.
Lititz figure skater
finds gold at states
An 11-year-old Lititz girl
recently won a gold medal at
the Keystone State Games for
in figure skating. See Page 6.
‘The Sound of Music’
premieres at WHS
Don’t forget about this wee­kend’s
performances of the
musical “The Sound of Music”
by the Warwick Acting Comp­any
beginning tonight at
Warwick High School! See
Page 7.
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FATHER AND SON—John and Daniel Hartenstine both cele­brate
their ninth birthdays this year. John was born on a leap year
in 1960.
The waiting is over
Local leap year babies are
without birthdays since. £92
rial birthday in four years will
celebrate extra hard knowing that
there will be no leap year in 2000.
Utilizing the masterfully-organized
Lititz Record archives,
a list of seven leap year babies
bom to Lititz parents between
(See Leap Year, Page 26)
STEPHEN SEEBER
Record Express Staff
It’s that one in every four of
years again, the leap year.
As our calendar’s shortest of
months takes on an extra day, loc­al
folks who haven’t had an offi-
Twp. OKs Buckhill
Farms extension
Asks for better road, system
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
Buckhill Farms subdivision plan­ners
need more time. Warwick
Township needs improved traffic
conditions.
At the Feb. 21 township supervi­sors
meeting, both found common
ground at this point of the planning
process.
Planners of the proposed 52-lot
Buckhill Farms housing develop­ment,
located adjacent to the site of
the planned Route 501 Wal-Mart,
have been granted an 18-month time
extension for submission of a final
plan.
In exchange, the subdivision appl­icant,
Irel Buckwalter, has agreed to
address some of the township’s traff­ic
concerns by realigning the road
layout of the plans to alleviate some
STEPHEN SEEBER
Record Express Staff
Secured and unsecured creditors
continue to wait for money tied up in
court, nearly nine months after Yer-ger
Brothers filed for bankruptcy.
John Yerger, former owner of the
company, said he is aware of the
financial hardships caused by unpaid
medical bills and a frozen 401K
account, but that he, like his former
employees, are now at the mercy of
the court.
“Everyone thinks you can do
whatever you need to do immediate­ly,”
Yerger said. “It wasn’t like the
money was misused and not there.
It’s gaining interest in a money mark­et
account and things are truely prog­ressing
the best one can expect.”
Patrick Devlin and other former
employees are not surprised by the
delay, which makes them suspicious
as unpaid bills continue to pile up.
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STEPHEN SEEBER
Record Express Staff
As a member of the Civil Air Pat­rol,
there is no higher honor bes­towed
than the Spaatz Award.
Joel Martin, an aeronautical engi­neering
major at Perdue University
and 1994 Warwick High School gra­duate,
met with Governor Tom
Ridge in Harrisburg this past Mon­day
to receive recognition for pass­ing
the Spaatz exam.
Martin, 20, son of Clarence and
Carla-Donna, of 846 Orchard Road,
Lititz, also received a citation from
the state Senate.
“Tome this is the conclusion to the
cadet program,” he said. “After
working so hard and literally putting
in thousands of hours over the years,
this is definitely the ultimate goal.
Martin joined the Civil Air Patrol,
the official auxiliary of the United
States Air Force, seven years ago.
The cadet program is structured as
a progression of 15 achievement tests
in areas such as leadership, aerospace
(See Ridge, Page 26)
Warwick High School graduate Joel Martin receives the Civil Air Pat­rol’s
highest honor, the Spaatz Award, from Gov. Tom Ridge on Feb.
26. '
of that traffic on congested local
roads and fit in with its long-range
plans.
Buckhill Farms received prelimin­ary
plan approval from supervisors
on June 16,1993, and representatives
had three years from that date to sub­mit
a final plan.
A final plan was submitted, but
rejected last spring at the same time
the initial Wal-Mart plan for a
200,000-square-foot superstore was
denied by township supervisors.
At the time of the Wal-Mart
denial, representatives from the retail
chain submitted additional plans for
review. They eventaully entered into
an agreement with the township for
an indefinite time extension to con­sider
the plans. Either side can lift the
time extension at any time.
In a letter to the township from
(See Buckhill. Page 26)
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Warwick
’95 crime
rate down
RICHARD REITZ
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Photo by Richard Reitz
Dr. Leon Anderson demonstrates the simple but life-saving
defibrulator that will be accompanying Lititz Borough police patrol cars
soon.S
udden life
Program places life-saving
devices in local patrol cars
RICHARD REITZ
sum waiting for her. But until the
court releases it, she relies on her
monthly social security check to pay
rent and utilities.
“I just don’t think that’s right,” she
said. “I worked hard for that money.”
Nevin Walter of 14 S. Spruce St.
is owed more than $7,000 in sever­ance,
as well as $541 on a medical
insurance benefit claim, but said he is
one of the few not facing financial
hardship.
Walter, who worked at Yerger
Brothers for 25 years, said he is cur­rently
receiving a monthly check,
(See Yerger, Page 26)
Record Express Editor
Dr. Leon Anderson likes to shock
people.
Recently, a plumber came to his
home, and after finishing his job,
Anderson surprised him by asking,
“So, do you know what sudden death
is?”
Anderson has that knack of captur­ing
your attention.. He knows that
shock has the potential of saving
someone’s life.
Literally.
Anderson is active in trying to get
life-saving medical equipment into
police cruisers. And now it appears
his wish is coming true — in Lititz
and throughout Lancaster County.
Anderson, a retired Manheim
Township physician, said “sudden
death” is the condition when a per­son’s
heart begins to fibrulate, or
quiver, and he goes into shock. If it
starts, the person becomes motion­less,
and has less then 10 minutes
before that life-saving assistance is
too late.
Often the first person on the scene
is a police officer, but if the person is
experiencing this, help often has to
wait until an ambulance crew arrives
with a defibrulator to use an electric
shock to revive the victim.
By that time, it may be too late, he
said.
“If you really want to succeed, you
have to involve the police,” Ander­son
said.
Starting about April 1, about 35
police cars throughout Lancaster
(See Sudden Life, Page 26)
Record Express Editor
The population of Warwick
Township is on the increase, but the
crime rate in 1995 actually
decreased, according to Police Chief
. Alfred Olsen.
Olsen submitted his report to
supervisors at their Feb. 21 meeting,
and said they have received “more
calls in 1995 than at any other time in
history,” but experienced only a 2
percent increase in calls compared
with the 1994 total.
There were a total of 2,932 police
calls for service in 1995, compared to
2,879 in 1994.
Both criminal incidents and vehi­cle
accidents were down slightly in
1995.
There were 260 reported crimes in
1995, two less than 1994. Incidents
of assault, burglary and theft were
down, as were criminal mischief,
drug violations, and DUI.
' There was one reported rape in the
township, one robbery, and one
motor vehicle theft In 1989,13 vehi­cles
were reported stolen in the town­ship,
according to the report.
Olsen added that 65 percent of
those crimes.reported were cleared,
“which is a very healthy number.”
It was the fourth year without a fat­al
car accident in the township,
although a Manheim woman died in
a crash in January.
Total accidents also dropped three
percent compared to 1995, and is sig­nificantly
lower than the 260 acci­dents
registered in 1987.
Alcohol-related crashed continued
to decrease in Warwick, with three
percent of all accidents. Five out of
the 162 reported involved alcohol. In
1989, 36 accidents, or 15 percent,
involved alcohol.
(See Police *95, Page 26)
Gibble campaign HQ
opened at old Fry’s
RICHARD REITZ
“I don’t think common sense
applies with bankruptcy court,” said mkmm Devlin, a member of the court- Ä ' f
appointed unsecured creditors i Î * committee. f
The current concern is the 401K \ i ,’ ï i ï !
and pension money sitting in a low 4
s
interest account at Mellon Bank,
funds that some retirees were count­ing
on.
One former Yerger employee,
who asked to remain anonymous,
said she struggles each month with
bills as the fund sits frozen.
After working with the company
20 years, there is a sizable retirement
Photo by Richard Reitz
Congressional candidate Stephen Gibble (left) and campaign chair-‘
man John Daulton enjoy a moment outside campaign headquarters,
519 E. Main St., as they embark on their eight-week sprint toward prim­ary
election day.
Record Express Editor
Congressional candidate Stephen
Gibble has opened his campaign
headquarters — and he chose to keep
his home base close to home.
In case you missed the giant ban­ners
outside his headquarters that
herald his candidacy, Gibble opened
the office at 519 E. Main St. in Lititz
— the old Fry Pontiac building.
“I wanted to have the headquarters
in Lititz,” Gibble said. “We’ve never
had a federal official from town.”
But the 39-year-old lawyer,
endorsed iast month by the Lancaster
County Republicans, is hoping to be
the first as he challenges for the 16th
Congressional seat being vacated by
Robert Walker of East Petersburg.
Other candidates for the Republi­can
nomination include former Lan­caster
County Commissioner Brad
Fischer, Chester County State Rep.
Stephen Pitts, Chester County Com­missioner
Karen Martynick, and
Coatesvilie Area School Board Pres­ident
Patrick Sellers.
Gibble's campaign staff will work
primarily outof the office, which will
operate daily from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. His
staff includes: John Daulton, cam­paign
manager; Dean HofTer, cam­paign
chairman; George C. Delp,
(See Gibble, Page 26)