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Take a journey to
Australia Saturday
The final installment of the
Lititz Rotary Travelogue for
this season features a trip to
the land Down Under, with
guide Jim McDonald. See
Page 20.
Former supervisor James Klopp was honored for his years of service
to Warwick Township at the April 3 supervisors meeting. Pictured are:
(from left to right) V. Riggs Kohler, Michael Brubaker, Klopp, Bruce
Bucher, Daniel Zimmerman and Crawford Kauffman.
K l o p p h o n o r e d b y
W a r w i c k T o w n s h i p
Auditor: Budget 6well done9
RICHARD REITZ
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teams score big wins
The Warwick baseball team
earned an important 8-3 vic­tory
over Hempfield, while the
softball team jumped into first
place with wins over Manheim
Central and Garden Spot, See
Pages 8-9.
Business....... ............... 18-19
Church................................16-17
Classified..................... 24-27
Editorial / Letters..................... 4
Entertainment.........................12
Manheim News......................24
Obituaries......................2, 3, 22
Out of the Past.............. 21, 23
Police Log.......................... 22
School News.................... ....6-7
Social................ 14-15
Sports................................... 8-11
Thursday, A p r il 11, 7 p.m.
— W a rw ic k School Board
finance and legal/ and student
activity committees.
Monday, A p r il 15, 7 p.m.
— L ititz B o ro u g h Z o n in g
Hearing Board, 7 S. Broad St.
Monday, A p r il 15, 8 p.m.
— Manheim Borough Plan­ning
Commission, 15 E. High
St.M
onday, A p r il 15, 6 :3 0
p.m. — Elizabeth Township
Planning Commission.
Tuesday, A p r il 16, 7 p.m.
— Warwick School Board reg­ular
meeting.
Tuesday, A p r il 16, 7 p.m.
— Warwick Twp. Municipal
Authority, 315 Clay Road.
Wednesday, A p r il 17, 7:30
p.m. — Warwick Twp. Super­visors,
315 Clay Road.
Record Express Editor
WARWICK TOWNSHIP —
Former supervisor James N. Klopp,
who stepped down in January after
nearly nine years of service, was hon­ored
for his dedication to the town­ship
and community.
At the board’s April 3 meeting,
Klopp was recognized for his work
as a supervisor, which began when he
was named to the board on July 9,
1986 to fill the unexpired term of Pat
Herr.
He had the longest term of service
among active board members before
leaving.
Supervisor Vice Chairman Bruce
Bucher commended Klopp for his
“near perfect” attendance.
“He took his responsibilities
extremely seriously, and set an
excellent example for tliis board,”
Bucher said.
After receiving a commemorative
plaque, Klopp said “over die years, I
enjoyed serving on the board of
supervisors.”
Klopp, 502 Deer Run Road, was a
Manheim Township High School
graduate and a World War II veteran.
He owned a plumbing and heating
business in. Rothsville for 15 years
before selling it to enter management
with Wickes Lumber Company. He
lived in several other locations until
he moved to Warwick with his wife,
Dorothy, in October 1983. He
retired in March 1985.
In other township business:
•The township received a thumbs
up for its 1995 budget by its auditing
firm.
David Carson from the firm of
Sager, Swisher and Company, said
the townships receipts for 1995 were
slightly below $2 million, with dis­persements
only $7,000 below that.
To finish a fiscal year with a
$7,000 excess on such a large budget
indicated that “it was tightly, fiscally
well done,” Carson told the
supervisors.
He presented Ills report to die
board at the meeting and highlighted
some of its main points.
He also offered a “management
letter” with some minor suggestions
for cost considerations, such as train­ing
a back-up for township account­ing
purposes, since only one employ­ee
handles the duty.
Overall, he said “the township is
very well run.”
This was the first report from Car­son’s
firm, and lie said future audits
“should run much more smoothly” as
they become more familiar with
township records.
Country music star t y Herndon arid his band will perform this Saturday at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium at
Warwick High School. “ j :j
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music’s top stars talks
about what matters most to him
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
He may now be one of country music’s hottest
young stars, but Ty Herndon still has a soft spot for
small town America.
So it seems fitting that on Saturday, this talented,
personable young man from the small town of Butler,
Alabama will ignite the stage with his blend of power­ful
country hits and melodic ballads right here at War­wick
High School in Lititz.
The concert was organized by the Warwick Band
Parents Association as a fundraiser to offset the cost of
new uniforms for the marching and symphonic bands.
Herndon talked with the Lititz Record Express last
week about some of those things that matter most to
him.
The purpose of the concert appeals to Herndon.
“It’s a good cause, and I like to do anything that
helps kids,” he said. “When they first told me about it,
I said, ‘Sure!’”
He admits Lititz was unknown to him before the
concert was booked, “but nobody’s ever heard of my
hometown, either.”
Although many performers don’t stick around a
town any longer than to play the concert, that is not
Herndon’s style.
“That’s one of my rules, man. I get out, especially if
Ty Herndon
with special guest Susie’s Bar and Grille
Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m.
Warwick High School Gymnasium
Tickets are $15 at the door
or call 1-800-500-1051
there’s anything historical,” he said. “We make it a
point to take time.
“We’re travelling around the country. We’ve got to
see it,” he added. And after being informed that Lititz
has a rich history, “You’ll probably see me out with
my baseball cap on, running around town.”
Herndon may be relatively new to the national
country music scene, but he has been performing
before audiences in one way or another since he was a
young boy, when at the age of seven he began to play
the guitar. “I’ve had 20 years of overnight success,” he
said.
He came from what he described as a “country,
bluegrass, gospel” home. “There was loud music on
all the time.”
His mother was a singer, as were his aunts and even
his grandmother, Myrtle Todd, who has a weekly
radio show broadcast from a senior citizens center in
(See Ty Herndon, Page 20)
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The Warwick High School Show Choir spent many long hours preparing for today’s performance at the
Pennsylvania Music Education Association’s conference in Valley Forge,
Record Express Staff
LITITZ - The Warwick High
School Show Choir will be perform­ing
at the Pennsylvania Music Edu­cation
Association (PMEA) All-
State Conference today.
An honor Deb Kline, the high
school choral director, equates with
the basketball team going to states.
“We are the only high school show
choir they selected,” said Kline.
According to Kline, she had to
send a videotape along with a resume
of the group and their past accom­plishments.
PMEA then sent Kline a
letter telling her that they were
selected.
She said that bands, orchestras,
and other choirs from throughout the ■
state will be performing at the con­ference
during what they call the
“concert hours”.
“There are two concert hours
every day,” said Kline. “In the morn­ing
hour, it’s a show choir; in the
afternoon, it might be a college
choir.”
Warwick will give a continuous 40
minute presentation written by David
(See Show Choir, Page 7)