Lititz Record Express

              [ Z I THURSDAY, April 25, 1996
L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s
j 120TH YEAR 28 Pages» No. 2 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 cents
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'Five Little Peppers'
reviewed
First Stage Theater is pres­ent
“The Five Little Peppers
and How They Grew” through
May 5. Record writer Stephen
Seeber reviews the family-ori­ented
show. See Page 12.
W a ; vv cl I ■»
earns oat11 award
A Warwick High School
student earned a national
honor when he was selected
as one of a handful of scho­lastic
art winners. See Page
Pitts captures 16th
Gibble sweeps locally, 3 rd overall
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
LITITZ — At 10:45 p.m. Tues­day,
there was still cautious optim­ism
among the supporters of Steve
Gibble and his bid for the 16th Con­gressional
District seat.
A small chalkboard near a televi-
■.'re General Sutter Inn was
used' to monitor the race, and it
showed Gibble about 300 votes
ahead of State Rep. Joseph Pitts,
with about 1,700 votes to Pitts’
1,400.
But those were early returns from
part of Lancaster County, so the
group ofabout 100 Gibble supporters
continued to watch the results
closely.
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Stiegel students
celebrate Earth Day
Students at Stiegel Elemen­tary
School learned a little
about recycling, the roles
trees play in our environment
and more as part of Earth
Day. See Page 20.
AMBUCS Business
Expo will return
Nearly 1,000 visitors came
to the first annual AMBUCS
Business Show at the Lititz
Community Center last Friday
and Saturday, and the first
time event will return next
year. See Page 28.
WHS grad joins the
Peace Corps
A Warwick High School
graduate has departed on an
adventure in the Philipines
through the Peace Corps. See
Page 28.
Photo by Preston Whitcraft
Steve Gibble greets well wishers after conceding the election at the
Gen. Sutter Hotel in Lititz Tuesday.
L inden H all’s c e leb r a tio n
fea tu r e s fem ale a stron au t
At 10:50 p.m., campaign chairman
Dean Hoffer took to the podium and
addressed the crowd, maintaining
that optimism by asking “Who’s
going to win?” and the enthusiastic
response: “Steve! Steve! Steve!”
“I know you’re all waiting to hear
from your next congressman,” Hof­fer
said.
At 10:53 p.m., the Man of the Hour
arrived at the party for the first time,
and was met with hearty applause
and cheers from his supporters.
Is this going to be the successor to
U.S. Rep. Bob Walker?
Shortly after he took to the
podium, his supporters knew the
answer.
“Early in the campaign I said that
on April 23 I would know if I was
going to be going to Congress or
going fishing,” Gibble said. “Well, it
looks like I’m going to go fishing.”
Although voters must now wait
until November before selecting a
congressman, one thing that is cer­tain
— that representative will be
from Kennett Square in Chester
County.
Gibble finished third in the race of
five for the Republican nomination
with 11,734 votes, or about 20 per­cent.
That honor went to Pitts of Ken-
(See Gibble, Page 28)
LOCAL VOTING RESULTS, STATE PRIMARY ELECTION
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Lititz Borough
1st Ward. 1st Prcnt. 6 97 19 32 5 19 99 6 9 6
Lititz Borough
1st Ward. 2nd Prcnt. 14 144 26 36 4 20 147 6 5 6
Lititz Borough
2nd Ward, 1st Prcnt. 4 110 25 41 4 20 123 12 10 5
Lititz Borough
2nd Ward, 2nd Prcni 6 145 21 45 2 35 152 17 6 2
Lititz Borough
3rd Ward, 1st Prcnt.¡ 4 163 35 54 6 28 154 22 12 4
Lititz Borough
3rd Ward, 2nd Prcnt 9 211 28 68 2 33 190 14 9 9
Warwick Twp.
Brunnerville 4 136 15 65 3 .30 154 5 10 2
Warwick Twp.
Clay Newport 7 92 17 55 3 26 102 5 12 4
Warwick Twp.
Hill Top Manor ¡ ° 124 12 58 2 30 122 ii
3 7 2
Warwick Twp.
Kissel Hill 4 149 19 51 5 19 157 8 13 5
Warwick Twp.
Landis Valley 4 98 14 47 4 22 106 6 5 7
Warwick Twp.
Millport 4 127 15 54 2 18 136 9 7 8
Warwick Twp.
Newport West 6 117 22 58 4 25 128 13 19 5
W arw ick Twp.
Rothsville 19 144 25 81 6 41 188 6 _1_3 - 3
W a rw ick Twp.
Southwest 2 108 25 j 34 2 15 103 9 8 7
Warwick Twp.
Woodcrest 6 90 8 29 5 12 84 6 3 5
Elizabeth Twp.
Brickervilie Fire 63 214 12 25 14
WARWICK TOTALS 99 2055 326 808 59 456 2359 159 173 94
COUNTY TOTALS 2016 10865 5749 11790 915 6037 28558 2064 2494 1344
OVERALL TOTALS iJälL 11734 115279 ■26535 2693 ! L—__
RICHARD REITZ
Warrior softball tea-Ti
remains unbeaten
The Warwick softball team
continued its dominance of iis
opponents, improving its
’-¿cord to 12-0 with victories
over Soianco and Ephrata,
two top teams in Section 1.
See Piiye«
Business..........................IS -T9
Church.............................. 16-17
Classified..........................24-27
Editorial / Letters.................... 4
Entertainment........................12
Man helm News..................... 20
Obituaries....................2, 3. 21
Out of the Past..................... 22
Police Log.... ......................... 24
School News........... ............6-7
Social................................14-15
Sports..................................8-11
Tuesday, April 30, 7:30
p.m. —Lititz Borough Council,
7 S. Broad St.
Tuesday, April 30, 8 p.m.
— Manheim Borough Council,
15 E. High St.
Wednesday, May 1, 7:30
p.m. — Warwick Twp. Super­visors,
315 Clay Road.
Wednesday, May 1, 7:30
p.m. — Elizabeth Twp. Plan­ning
Commission,423 South
View Drive.
Wednesday, May 1, 7:30
p.m. — Manheim Borough
Park/Pool Recreation Com­mittee,
15 E. High St.
Record Express Editor
LINDEN HALL —- The oldest
school for girls in the United States
will celebrate its 250th anniversary
by reaching for the stars this
weekend.
NASA astronaut candidate Susan
Leigh Still will be Linden Hall’s fea­tured
guest in a parade and ceremony
on Saturday, April 27 marking the
culmination of a year-long celebra­tion
of the school’s anniversary.
The day’s events begin at 10 a.m.
with a parade that will begin at War­wick
High School, and continue
down Grange Street, connecting to
Broad Street and Main Street, where
it will wrap up at the Moravian
Church Square.
Eleanor Lacasse said the parade
will include a color guard, with 19
Linden Hall students carrying the
flags of their native country. Several
alumnae will also carry their class
banner, including Lititz resident
Barbara Walter, Class of 1932,
Susan Leigh Still
who will be travelling in a vintage
Packard.
Headmaster David J. Devey and
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Marj Gerhart takes her llamas, Gerhart’s Magnum and Llacey’s Cag­ney,
for a walk. Gerhart and the llamas will be part of the Eastern Llama
and Aipaca Festival near Reading in May.
Local llamas will
be part of festival
her herd has grown to 10 llamas and
one alpaca. According to Gerhart,
aplacas are smaller than llamas.
Their tails set lower, and their ears
are more spear shaped.
Gerhart will be taking two of her
llamas, Gerharts’s Magnum and
Llacey’s Cagney, to the Eastern Lla­ma
and Alpaca Festival on May 4 and
5 at Charming Forge Farm, near
Reading.
According to Gerhart, this is the
(See Llamas, Page 19)
JILL IVEY
Record Express Staff
BRUNNERVILLE - When the
word farm is mentioned one conjures
up pictures of horses, pigs, cows,
sheep, llamas . . .
That’s right - llamas.
At least that Is one type of animal
Marj Gerhart keeps at her farm on
Brunnerville Road.
Gerhart got her first llama, Llui -
with two “L’s”, in 1985. Since then,
his wife Miriam will ride in one of
the antique cars that will be featured
in the parade. Other dignitaries,
including Still, will include U.S.
Rep. Robert Walker, State Rep.
Jere Stritlmatter. State Sen. Noah
Wenger, State Rep. Katie True, arid
county commissioners Terry Kauff­man
and Ron Ford.
Lacasse said a Dixieland band will
perform, as well as a combined band
from Warwick High School and
Middle School, plus the Lititz'Com­munity
Band. Faculty and students at
Linden Hall will participate in the
march, as well as some floats, includ­ing
one with scenes from the Linden
Hall tableaux reminding everyone
that the school “is 30 years older than
the Declaration of Independence.”
The parade will wrap up at 11 a.m.
at the Moravian Church Square for
the o n e-h o u r P ro c lam a tio n
Ceremony.
Moravian College President
Roger Martin, Moravian Academy
(See Linden Hall, Page 28) Warwick
plans for
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
WARWICK TOWNSHIP —
Riss-Herr Associates is planning to
move its poultry trucking operation
down the road to a location its own­ers
believe is more suitable to their
business.
But nearby neighbors to the prop­osed
facility on Wynfield Drive —
adjacent to Tait Towers — are con­cerned
about the threat of noise and
odor that may accompany Riss-
Herr’s arrival.
Warwick Township supervisors
held a public hearing on April 17 to
consider a conditional use for the
truck terminal in the industrial zoned
district.
The company, owned by Mike
Herr and Jeff Risser, transports
poultry from farms to processing
plants.
Jim Wenger of Derek and Edson,
a representative for Riss-Herr, said it
is “a clean, light industrial use” and
would not be a distraction to other
public uses in the area.
Noise at the facility is limited to
trucks arriving or leaving. There are
currently six Riss-Herr trucks, with a
potential to handle up to 10 at the
new location.
The firm currently operates out of
a facility on Union House Road, and
Wenger said the new location will
offer ar. easier access road. It will be
located 75 feet away from the west
property lines, with proper screening
and landscaping, he said.
Keith Lundsten, a Coventry Lane
residents question
chicken truck firm
resident whose property is across
from the proposed site, said he felt
the noise level will worsen with the
new site.
“If there is noise there at 3 a.m.,
people will be very upset,” Lundsten
said.
He added that he was concerned
with one of the two proposed build­ings,
which will be used as a holding
pen for trucks with chickens in
transit.
Risser said that chickens will nev­er
stay at the site for a long period of
time. “Because of perishability,
trucks could not sit for more than
eight hours with the chickens.”
He added that noise should not be
a problem.
“The trucks are very quiet They
leave at all hours of the day or night
from the present location,” he said.
“We have become accustomed to
leaving quietly. We want to be good
neighbors.”
(See Warwick, Page 28)
S e c u r ity lig h ts c a u s e
b la z e in B r u n n e r v ille
Randolph thankful for support
STEPHEN SEEBER
Record Express Staff
BRUNNERVILLE — As the
smoke cleared, the disaster that near­ly
destroyed Deborah Randolph’s
art studio confirmed something —
that she made the right choice when
she decided to make Warwick Town­ship
her home.
The Sunday evening fire that gut­ted
Randolph Arts Studio in Brun­nerville
was reportedly caused by
exterior security lights.
Randolph said State Fire Marshall
Trooper William McCune investi­gated
the fire scene Tuesday and
determined that the light-sensitive
.flood lights mounted on the back of
the two-story bam lowered the kin­dling
temperature of the wood siding
and ignited the pottery studio.
McCune ruled it an accidental fire,
and although a damage estimate has
not been assessed, Randolph said
much of her major equipment was
spared.
“The good thing about it is that the
firefighters got it under control
quickly,” she said. “My pottery
wheels are okay, may kiln room is
okay... It’s a blessing that the main
equipment is entact.”
Randolph’s insurance will cover
the loss of the building, but the con­tents
were not on a policy, so they
would have been total losses.
And although her studio cat Patch­es
is still missing, she said she is just
(See Fire, Page 28)