Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, March 27, 1997
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IN S ID E
I it’s spring and
summer car care time.
Be ready for hot weather
driving conditions just around
the corner! Check out the
timely tips and special offers
from your local car care exper­ts
in this week’s Lititz Record
Express. See pages 24 to 27.
Easter services
Local churches are plan­ning
special services in cele­bration
of Easter. A list of
several of the planned observ­ances
appears on the Record
church pages. Pages 16-17.
WHS science fair
winners recognized
Sixteen awards were pre­sented
to 13 Warwick High
School students in grades 9-
12 at the annual Lancaster
Science and Engineering Fair
on March 13 at Franklin and
Marshall College. Page 6.
MC preparing for a
Technicoior’ night
Rehearsal is continuing for
the Manheim Central produc­tion
of the Andrew Lloyd
Webber musical “Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat,’’ which will be per­formed
April 3-5 on stage in
the new high school auditori­um.
Page 12.
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hree young artists
win coloring contest
The third week of the Lititz
Record Express Easter Color­ing
Contest resulted in three
more young artists earning $5
in Lititz Shopping Dollars for
their colorful creations. To see
who won, turn to Page 20,
and to en te r this w e e k ’s
contest, see Page 7.
I
An Easter recipe
This week, JoAnn Thomas
Hohenstein offers a recipe for
red beet eggs that was an
Easter tradition in her family
growing up. Page 22.
Looking for bargains?
Whether your searching for
a house, car, or even
someone to mow your lawn
this summer, the first place to
check each week is the Lititz
Record Express classified
section. Pages 28-31.
WHS softball team
off to strong start
With two impressive wins
over Conestoga Valley and
Donegal, the Lady Warriors
varsity softball team is on the
right track for another suc­cessful
season. Page 8.
Business.................. 18-19
Church............ .................... 16-17
Classified............................28-31
Editorial / Letters......... .............4
Entertainment.................... 21
Manheim News................14-15
Obituaries...................................2
Out of the Past........................32
Police Log............................... ..28
School News.......................... 6-7
Social.......... ........................22-23
Sports.................... ..8-11
Train Station project
start by this summer
Fundraising effort is right on track
Lititz
could RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
LITITZ —- Groundbreaking for
the replica Lititz Train Station could
begin as early as the Fourth of July,
Lititz Springs Park officials are
reporting.
But that target date will depend
considerably upon the success of
fundraising efforts over the coming
months.
For the past two years, the Lititz
Springs Park Board has been plan­ning
the massive project — the
largest proposed in the park since
1957 — with the centerpiece of the
plan being a replica o f the old Lititz
Train Station, which would serve as a
community building.
Fundraising efforts have been
ongoing and proceeding well. Cur­rently
funds for the project are “in
excess of six figures from dona­tions,”
according to Bill Belden, who
serves as co-chairman of the Capital
Improvement Project Fundraising
Committee, together with George
Biemesderfer, both of Lititz.
As they approach the 40th
anniversary o f the demolition o f the
original train station, Biemesderfer
said they have drafted a fundraising
letter that will soon be sent to indivi­duals
and local corporations.
“We want to ask people to get on
this positive bandwagon,” he said.
“We would like to see ground­breaking
on July 4th this year. That
would be nice,” Biemesderfer said.
“It should be finished sometime in
1998.”
Biemesderfer and Belden bring
two very different perspectives to
this project. Biemesderfer, owner of
George K. Biemesderfer and Son
Landscaping on West Orange Street,
is a lifelong resident of the Lititz
area. Belden, president of Farmers
First Bank in Lititz, moved here in
January 1995.
Both men, however, have the same
admiration and appreciation for the
centerpiece of Lititz Borough.
“The park is a unique item in the
(See Train, Page 20)
C a p i t a l
I m p r o v e m e n t
B o j e a
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- Bill Wertz, owner of Wertz’s Candies, shows off some of the Easter creations they make by hand, while his
sister, Jean, prepares more of their famous eggs for eager customers. Wertz’s Candies make
Easter a little sweeter
Brubaker to make
room for fresh ideas
on Township board
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
WARWICK TWP. — After 10
years of service, Michael Brubaker
is stepping down from the Township
Board of Supervisors at the end of the
year.
Brubaker, who has served as vice
chairman and chairman on the board
during his decade of service, said he
decided not to seek another term “to
dedicate myself to my family, church
and business.”
He added that he is comfortable
with the current township staff and
direction of the township. “I am 100
percent confident in the current
board and staffs abilities.”
Brubaker „also believes that, after
10 years, it’s time to move on.
“1 have a belief in serving, that you
don’t outstay your welcome,” he
said. “A new person brings fresh
ideas, vigor and new concepts to the
board.”
Brubaker, who owns and operates
Brubaker Agronomic Consulting
Service in Ephrata, said continuing
public service remains important to
Michael Brubaker
the Environmental Protection Agen­cy
to serve on a board that will
review national drinking water
standards.
JILL IVEY
Record Express Staff
BRICKERVILLE — What
would Easter be without a basket
filled with chocolate bunnies and an
assortment of chocolate eggs with a
variety of centers.
Wertz Candies makes certain that
they have something for everyone.
The business, which operates out
of Lebanon and has a store in Brick-erville,
has been in operation since
1931.
According to Bill Wertz, his
grandfather had been a shopkeeper in
rural Nebraska. When the Depress­ion
hit, he decided to move back
East. On their way to Reading, they
stopped at a candy shop, the Kandy
Korn, in Illinios. His grandfather
found out that the shop was part of a
franchise, so he decided he would
open one.
Bill said that the corporation
would not let him open one in Read­ing,
so he tried Lancaster. That effort
also failed, but as they say the third
time’s a charm.
“He hit the bull’s eye there,” said
Bill, adding that the first shop was
located across the street and down
the block from the current location,
which opened in 1933.
Local Easter
egg hunts
planned Sat.
LITITZ — This weekend sev­eral
Easter Egg Hunts have been
planned locally.
•The Bran-Lex Lions Club will
hold its egg hunt on Saturday,
March 29 at 10 a.m. The event will
be held at John Beck Elementary
School in Brannerville.
•Children up to age 12 in the
Brannerville area are invited to
join in the fun of an Easter Egg
Hunt on the lawns around the
Brannerville United Methodist
Church, 517 Pine Hill Road, on
Saturday, March 29, beginning at
10 a.m.
The youth of the church will
gladly receive any eggs ready for
hiding until 9:30 a.m.
(See Egg Hunts, Page 20)
W a r w i c k O K s s e c o n d
p h a s e o f C r o s s w i n d s
Bill’s grandfather died in 1960.
Bill’s father then took over the busi­ness
until 1986 when he retired. Bill
said that he left his job at Hershey to
take over the well-established busi­ness.
Throughout the years, the store
has remained the same.
“We basically still use all his old
recipes,” said Bill, who runs the busi­ness
with his brother, Richard, and
sister, Jean. Their other brother is a
silent partner.
According to Bill, Christmas is the
biggest holiday followed by Easter.
Valentine’s Day is the third busiest
time.
“Everyone’s scrambling to get
their sweetie whatever they want,”
said Bill. “It’s a very intense week or
so.”
With Easter just around the comer,
the Wertz’s are scrambling to get
everything ready. According to Jean,
one of their biggest sellers is their
own handmade easter eggs, which
have peanut butter, coconut cream,
vanilla butter cream, fruit and nut,
and maple centers.
“They are hand-dipped and hand-decorated,”
said Jean. “We make a
lot of different things.”
Their opera fudge is known all
over. According to Jean, it is not
actually fudge. It is vanilla cream,
but it is very sweet and very rich. The
(See Chocolate, Page 20)
him.
“I still have an interest in the polit­ical
system,” the 39-year-old super­visor
said. He did not indicate if his
future plans include seeking other
elected positions.
The 29 Ridge Drive resident is a
member of the National Township
Supervisors Association, and was
recently nominated and approved by
H a v e y o u
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
LITITZ — Have you renewed
your ambulance membership for
1997?
With less then a few days before
the new membership year for the
Warwick Community Ambulance
Association begins, there are still a
number of current members who
have not renewed yet.
And for non-members, now is the
optimum time to join in support of
the volunteer organization.
The membership drive concludes
on March 31, and Mac Sapovits
from WCAA said that there are still
about 2,000 current members who
have not yet renewed.
“I would also like my association
with local government to continue,”
Brubaker said.
He began his service on the War­wick
Township Board of Supervisors
in 1987, completing the unexpired
term of Roy Irvin, who had recently
died.
“I had only recently moved into
(See Brubaker, Page 20)
r e n e w e d ?
Annual membership dues are only
$13 for a single person, or $18 for a
family membership. That rate has
remained the same for the past sever­al
years.
Membership can cover the cost of
an .unlimited number of emergency
runs, plus five routine transports by
Warwick Community Ambulance
personnel, Sapovits said. The only
additional charges from WCAA
would be for oxygen, or a mileage
charge for trips over 40 miles per
hour.
Sapovits said the average cost for a
response to an emergency call for a
non-member could ran about $220.
WCAA depends upon member­ship
funds as an important part of its
(See Ambulance, Page 20)
Warwick Ambulance Assoc,
seeks new members, renewals
Sauder’s eggs make
capital appearance
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
WARWICK TWP, — Another
phase of the Crosswinds housing
development has been approved.
But before approval was given by
Warwick Township Supervisors,
they wanted to make it clear that the
parking situation is not handled like
it was with the other houses.
The final plan for phase II, which
will include 34 housing units, was
OK’d by the board at its March 19
meeting.
The plan, which was first submit­ted
last August and had received
planning commission approval after
much review, would extend Tupelo
Street
The recent concerns raised by
Crosswinds residents who felt they
were misinformed about the availa­bility
of parking along the street.
Only after most had already moved
in were they informed that no park­ing
was permitted along the street. A
plan to modify Crosswinds Drive to
permit parking along one side of the
street is being reviewed.
In phase II of the project, the origi­nal
plan only allowed for eight
spaces of overflow parking, but has
now been modified to allow for park­ing
on one side of the street as well.
Supervisor Chairman Daniel Gar­rett,
who felt the situation put the
board in an awkward position, made
it clear to Eric Johnson, a represen­tative
for Garland Construction, that
it better not happen again.
“You have an ethical obligation to
take responsibility for that,” he said.
“We won’t put up with that in War-
(See Crosswinds, Page 20)
STEPHEN SEEBER
Record Express Staff
WARWICK TWP. —■ More than
7,000 Lititz eggs will make the trip to
Harrisburg this week for the 60th
Annual Capital Egg Hunt.
Lititz-based R.W. Sauder’s, the
largest processor and marketer of
eggs in the Northeast, will transport
7,200 colored hard-boiled Easter
eggs to the state capital this week, in
time for Volunteers of America to
hide the eggs for an expected crowd
of 500-1,500 kids.
“We’ve just been totally delighted
with Sauder’s,” said Steve Jones,
Volunteers president and CEO.
According to Jones, Sauder’s is
the key component in the egg hunt’s
success.
Sauder’s has been a part of the
event for the past five years, and,
according to Paul Sauder, the main
drive was to bring back real eggs.
“They switched to plastic eggs
several years ago when health con­cerns
over using real eggs surfaced,”
said Sauder. In response, the Lititz
company created a sealant that would
keep real eggs safe.
“Easter egg hunts are supposed to
be done with real eggs,” Sauder
added. “So we’re glad to make that
happen.
Will Gov. Tom Ridge get his own
Sauder’s egg?
Fuller Bunion, an events coordi-
(See Sauder’s, Page 20)