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! THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1998 L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s 121 ST YEAR Pages - No. 53 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 Cents □ INSIDE □ Lititz Springs Park Park clean-up is Sat. The annua! Lititz Jaycees Lititz Springs Park community ciean-up will be held this Saturday, April 18, starting at 8 a.m. For more details, see ¿ special graphic on Page 28. □Special Inside April Showers bring spring values Register to win over $950 in gift certificates and merchandise prizes at Lititz stores now through April 25. Check inside this issue for ■¿tails, and look for the “April ohowers” posters when you shop! □ Coloring Contest Grand prize winner named in final week It was the last week for the Record Express Easter Coloring Contest, as three more winners were selected, as well as the grand prize winner of $25 Lititz Shopping Dollars. For more details, plus a list of every young artist whose drawings were received, see Page 21. □ School Back from the Gulf Warwick graduate at Marine CpI. Matthew Good-hart returned from service in the Persian Gulf recently, and shared some of his experiences with fifth graders at Bonfield Elementary. Page 6. Show Choir is bound for California The Warwick High School Show Choir is traveling to Anaheim, Calif, of a magical performance at Disneyland. For more, see Page 6 □ Entertainment The talent will come out at First Stage This year’s audition workshop at First Stage Theatre features an actress whose auditioning skills landed her a role in the original Broadway run of “Annie.” For more, see Page 12. □Business Beanie Babies Club T Beanie Babies-mania has reached a new plateau as the Teddy Bear Emporium in Lititz is introducing the official Beanie Babies Club. What will this mean for collectors? See Page 18. m m m m ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■M l L i b r a r y d o n o r s e t s c h a l l e n g e Photo by Richard Reitz Warwick Township Riparian Park, one of the many initiatives in the Lititz Run watershed improvements, has become a popular site for nature watchers and fishermen. DEP officals plan visit to Lititz Run STEPHEN SEEBER Record Express Staff LITITZ — Last week local officals were surprised to see Lititz Run on the state’s list of most polluted waterways. So, Mayor Russell Pettyjohn decided to do some digging. As expected, the data used to determine the local stream’s chemical status was collected by Department of Environmental Protection technicians in 1996. Since that time, the Lititz Run Watershed Alliance has been created with a non-profit status, and local municipalities arc celebrated as model communities in effective conservation techniques. So, a lot has changed since 1996. Karen Sitler, a spokesperson for DEP, said that the report that listed Lititz Run on the list of big polluters of the Chesapeake. Bay watershed was not inaccurate. It shows that there is a problem here, and that should translate into some federal funding to help improve on what the Watershed Alliance has already begun. No one involved in the local improvements over the past two year, including streambank stabilization projects near Broad Street and in Warwick Township at Clay Road, denies that pollution is a problem here. In fact, most are hoping lo increase public interest in the local watershed through this most recent report. Sitler and a DEP scientist a re sche duled to attend the May 26 Watershed Alliance meeting it. War wick Township. Pettyjohn believes that it will lie a fruitful meeting. He also Ix-lieves that long term studies funded by iJk federal government (the Lit ¡tv Rim data was collected as part ol the EPA’s requirements for eveiv state in the country) is not the besi use ol taxpayer dollars. “We’ve shown, through tl-. . m profit status of the Lititz Kun Watershed Alliance, that the solutions are right here at the local level,” he said. As chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Local Government Advisory Committee, Pettyjohn said that he oversees an annual Concert tribute for fire victims is Sat. RICHARD REITZ Record Express Editor LITITZ — This Saturday, three local bands will let their music do the talking at a tribute for three Warwick High School graduates who perished in a cabin fire last month. The Warwick chapter of the National Art Honor Society is sponsoring the April 18 concert in the small gymnasium at the high school from 8-11 p.m. The proceeds will benefit funds established in the memory of 1995 graduates Jimmy Gil-iberti, Erik Gray and Nick Berkey. Shannon Connelly, a senior at Warwick and organizer for the benefit concert, said NAHS was planning to sponsor a concert, but had no specific cause in mind to support. Auction, District settle tax JILL IVEY □ Index □ Sports Warwick nine fall The Warriors baseball team lost a key match-up to Manheim Township Tuesday, falling 7-2 in a game that Record Express staff established the leader in p e n n t o w n s h i p—The Man- Section One. P a g e 8. heim Auto Auction and Manheim Central School District have reached a tentative agreement. A press statement released from Sirths.....................................14 Mark Singel’s office stated that the Business................................18-19 auction will make a donation of Church............................... ..16-17 $150,000 per year for at least the next Classified 2 4-27 20 years. In addition, the auction vol- Friitnrial / ¡ Pttprs A unleered to contribute $250,000 Entertainment..................... i 2 m o x e m e a e h o f ^ d ^ w s ^ m„ .,_ nn bmp the school district address its Manheim News..... .............20 im£ ediate budget concerns. O b itu a rie s.................................... 2 “Manheim Auto Auction has been Out of the Past........................23 a good citizen for 53 years,” Greg Police Log...... .....................19 Gehman, General Manager of the School News...................... 6-7 Manheim Auto Auction, said in die Social.............. ................ . 14-15 press statement “We would like to Sports................. ....................8-11 (See Settled, Page 20) “Then the tragedy happened,” said Ian Eckert. “We thought it was the perfect place to give the money. It made sense.” “We are a community organization,” Shannon said. “So this is a way to do something for the community. I think it’s a good way for the kids of Warwick to show their support. (Erik, Jimmy and Nick) were well-liked.” Several members of the NAHS knew the three boys. Shannon recalled Erik coming to all of her volleyball games while he was a student at Warwick. Ian said he has a special wall at home where visitors sign their name and date it. One of those signatures was Jimmy Giliberti, and was dated March 22,1995 — three years to the day before the fatal fire. The concert will feature performances by the bands Innerface at 8 p.m., Bota at 9 p.m., and Quadraphonic at 10 p.m. Tickets for the show are $5 per person, and the concert is open to all ages. Shannon said Tait Towers and Clair Bros, of Lititz are providing the staging and sound equipment for the concert. Money collected from the show will be divided equally between funds established in memory of the three 20-year-olds. Contributions in memory of Giliberti will be donated to the Lititz Public Library Building Fund. Memorial funds for Berkey are being used to establish a Warwick baseball scholarship in his memory. An investigation into the Centre County cabin fire that killed 11 is continuing, according to State Police Trooper Terry Miller. Miller said that lab results have not returned from Harrisburg as of Monday, and does not anticipate additional information concerning the cause of the fire for the next few weeks. The concert will begin with a performance by Innerface, an original rock band featuring seniors from (See Concert, Page 21) budget of about $150,000 that pays for a small staff, newsletters, and (See Lititz Run, Page 21) a*»**,. Ss „ . , RICHARD REITZ Record Express Editor LITITZ — An anonymous local philanthropist is willing to contribute up to $100,000 to the Lititz Public Library fund, with just one request: It must be matched by “small g if ts ” d o n a tio n s from the community-at-large. The donor has the following expectation: “I expect the campaign to be conducted with dignity and I am sure it will be. However, this part is to be aimed at children, youth and the poor and should come only after the affluent have committed.” “This person wants everyone to participate,” said Matyann Richmond, president of the Lititz Libraiy Board. “To let people know that their $10 donation is as important as the large corporate donation.” So when students at John Beck Elementary School collect spare change in upside-down umbrellas for the library; if small entrepreneurial business owners hold a fundraising sale; if a PTO holds a bake sale; or if a community organization sponsors a car wash, that money will count toward the “Anonymous Gift Donor Challenge.” Purchases of the commemorative red stoneware tiles, which will be part of a permanent display on the Gallery Tile Wall, will also count toward the challenge, Richmond said. The $ 100,000 contributions would be given over a three-year period. The Community Gifts campaign is (See Library, Page 21) Zerbe optimistic as fraud probe finds a new focus STEPHEN SEEBER Warwick and Lititz are proud Chesapeake Bay partners. Record Express Staff LITITZ — Warwick School District plans to accept a second distribution of $522,000 as recommended by Dick Thornburgh, whose ongoing investigation into the alleged fraudulent investments of Devon Management is coming to a close. David Zcrbe, Warwick’s business manager, said that all investors involved have until April 29 to decide whether or not to go with Thornburgh’s suggestion. “I think we’re going to accept the distribution,” said Zerbe. “It’s in our best interest to follow through with Thornburgh’s recommendation.” Zerbe and Roger Reist, Warwick’s attorney, traveled to Pittsburgh on April 3 for a complete report from Price Waterhouse, the accounting firm hired by Thornburgh, on the six-month investigation. “It was a good meeting,” said Zerbe. “They basically delineated the history of Devon and everything that went through to the point of the SEC shutdown.” Last September, following a routine audit, ilie Security and Exchange Commission discovered that $71 million was missing from over $200 million that was invested with John G. Black, Devon’s owner. Black’s alleged fraudulent activity involved 50 school districts statewide and is (See Fraud, Page 21) Photo by Stan Hall Route 501 at Loop Road was the scene of a fatal accident last Friday as a car and garbage truck collided around 3:30 p.m., killing the driver of the car, Sharon Marie Houck. Fatal in Elizabeth Township S t a t e p o l i c e c o n t i n u e t o i n v e s t i g a t e ELIZABETH TWP. — A New Holland woman was killed along Route 501 Friday afternoon when she swerved in front of a garbage truck. Sharon Marie Houck, 41, was travelling south on Route 501 shortly before 3:45 p.m., according to state police, when she apparently attempted to cross the northbound lane to enter Loop Road. As Houck crossed, a Lebanon Farms Disposal Co. truck, driven by Jerry L. Tobias, 32, of Lebanon, was approaching from the northbound lane. Tobias reportedly hit Ms brakes, attempting to avoid a collision with Houck’s gold Buick Century. Houck then swerved back toward the southbound lahe, but was unable to avoid die garbage truck, which had begun to slide into the southbound lane. The front of the truck slammed into the driver’s side of the Buickand crushed the vehicle into the wire guiderail, which prevented both vehicles from tumbling over the side of a steep wooded incline. Houck was pronounced dead at the scene by Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Barry Walp. Traffic along Route 501 was narrowed to one lane for a short time, and was eventually rerouted for nearly two hours as emergency crews and investigators worked at the scene, examining the debris and skid marks to piece together what had happened. Police interviewed Tobias and two passengers in the truck at the time of the crash, Corey J. Roth, 21, of Manheim, and William G. Singer, 41, of Lebanon. All three were not hurt. Houck’s body was trapped in the car wMle emergency crews waited for a tow truck to remove the wedged vehicles. Crews then used power tools to pry open the car and lift Houck out Several local residents had gathered nearby the accident scene, and some commented on their own safety concerns about cars that use that Loop Road intersection. Among the responding departments assisting State Police were the Brickerville Fire Co., Brickerville Ambulance, Lancaster General Hospital Advance Life Support, and Warwick TownsMp police. An investigation into the accident is continuing. For the past Vk years, Houck worked as a registered nurse for Apria Healthcare Agency. She was a 1974 graduate of Lebanon Catholic High School, and a 1995 graduate of (See Fatal, Page 19)
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1998-04-16 |
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Full Text | ! THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1998 L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s 121 ST YEAR Pages - No. 53 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 Cents □ INSIDE □ Lititz Springs Park Park clean-up is Sat. The annua! Lititz Jaycees Lititz Springs Park community ciean-up will be held this Saturday, April 18, starting at 8 a.m. For more details, see ¿ special graphic on Page 28. □Special Inside April Showers bring spring values Register to win over $950 in gift certificates and merchandise prizes at Lititz stores now through April 25. Check inside this issue for ■¿tails, and look for the “April ohowers” posters when you shop! □ Coloring Contest Grand prize winner named in final week It was the last week for the Record Express Easter Coloring Contest, as three more winners were selected, as well as the grand prize winner of $25 Lititz Shopping Dollars. For more details, plus a list of every young artist whose drawings were received, see Page 21. □ School Back from the Gulf Warwick graduate at Marine CpI. Matthew Good-hart returned from service in the Persian Gulf recently, and shared some of his experiences with fifth graders at Bonfield Elementary. Page 6. Show Choir is bound for California The Warwick High School Show Choir is traveling to Anaheim, Calif, of a magical performance at Disneyland. For more, see Page 6 □ Entertainment The talent will come out at First Stage This year’s audition workshop at First Stage Theatre features an actress whose auditioning skills landed her a role in the original Broadway run of “Annie.” For more, see Page 12. □Business Beanie Babies Club T Beanie Babies-mania has reached a new plateau as the Teddy Bear Emporium in Lititz is introducing the official Beanie Babies Club. What will this mean for collectors? See Page 18. m m m m ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■M l L i b r a r y d o n o r s e t s c h a l l e n g e Photo by Richard Reitz Warwick Township Riparian Park, one of the many initiatives in the Lititz Run watershed improvements, has become a popular site for nature watchers and fishermen. DEP officals plan visit to Lititz Run STEPHEN SEEBER Record Express Staff LITITZ — Last week local officals were surprised to see Lititz Run on the state’s list of most polluted waterways. So, Mayor Russell Pettyjohn decided to do some digging. As expected, the data used to determine the local stream’s chemical status was collected by Department of Environmental Protection technicians in 1996. Since that time, the Lititz Run Watershed Alliance has been created with a non-profit status, and local municipalities arc celebrated as model communities in effective conservation techniques. So, a lot has changed since 1996. Karen Sitler, a spokesperson for DEP, said that the report that listed Lititz Run on the list of big polluters of the Chesapeake. Bay watershed was not inaccurate. It shows that there is a problem here, and that should translate into some federal funding to help improve on what the Watershed Alliance has already begun. No one involved in the local improvements over the past two year, including streambank stabilization projects near Broad Street and in Warwick Township at Clay Road, denies that pollution is a problem here. In fact, most are hoping lo increase public interest in the local watershed through this most recent report. Sitler and a DEP scientist a re sche duled to attend the May 26 Watershed Alliance meeting it. War wick Township. Pettyjohn believes that it will lie a fruitful meeting. He also Ix-lieves that long term studies funded by iJk federal government (the Lit ¡tv Rim data was collected as part ol the EPA’s requirements for eveiv state in the country) is not the besi use ol taxpayer dollars. “We’ve shown, through tl-. . m profit status of the Lititz Kun Watershed Alliance, that the solutions are right here at the local level,” he said. As chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Local Government Advisory Committee, Pettyjohn said that he oversees an annual Concert tribute for fire victims is Sat. RICHARD REITZ Record Express Editor LITITZ — This Saturday, three local bands will let their music do the talking at a tribute for three Warwick High School graduates who perished in a cabin fire last month. The Warwick chapter of the National Art Honor Society is sponsoring the April 18 concert in the small gymnasium at the high school from 8-11 p.m. The proceeds will benefit funds established in the memory of 1995 graduates Jimmy Gil-iberti, Erik Gray and Nick Berkey. Shannon Connelly, a senior at Warwick and organizer for the benefit concert, said NAHS was planning to sponsor a concert, but had no specific cause in mind to support. Auction, District settle tax JILL IVEY □ Index □ Sports Warwick nine fall The Warriors baseball team lost a key match-up to Manheim Township Tuesday, falling 7-2 in a game that Record Express staff established the leader in p e n n t o w n s h i p—The Man- Section One. P a g e 8. heim Auto Auction and Manheim Central School District have reached a tentative agreement. A press statement released from Sirths.....................................14 Mark Singel’s office stated that the Business................................18-19 auction will make a donation of Church............................... ..16-17 $150,000 per year for at least the next Classified 2 4-27 20 years. In addition, the auction vol- Friitnrial / ¡ Pttprs A unleered to contribute $250,000 Entertainment..................... i 2 m o x e m e a e h o f ^ d ^ w s ^ m„ .,_ nn bmp the school district address its Manheim News..... .............20 im£ ediate budget concerns. O b itu a rie s.................................... 2 “Manheim Auto Auction has been Out of the Past........................23 a good citizen for 53 years,” Greg Police Log...... .....................19 Gehman, General Manager of the School News...................... 6-7 Manheim Auto Auction, said in die Social.............. ................ . 14-15 press statement “We would like to Sports................. ....................8-11 (See Settled, Page 20) “Then the tragedy happened,” said Ian Eckert. “We thought it was the perfect place to give the money. It made sense.” “We are a community organization,” Shannon said. “So this is a way to do something for the community. I think it’s a good way for the kids of Warwick to show their support. (Erik, Jimmy and Nick) were well-liked.” Several members of the NAHS knew the three boys. Shannon recalled Erik coming to all of her volleyball games while he was a student at Warwick. Ian said he has a special wall at home where visitors sign their name and date it. One of those signatures was Jimmy Giliberti, and was dated March 22,1995 — three years to the day before the fatal fire. The concert will feature performances by the bands Innerface at 8 p.m., Bota at 9 p.m., and Quadraphonic at 10 p.m. Tickets for the show are $5 per person, and the concert is open to all ages. Shannon said Tait Towers and Clair Bros, of Lititz are providing the staging and sound equipment for the concert. Money collected from the show will be divided equally between funds established in memory of the three 20-year-olds. Contributions in memory of Giliberti will be donated to the Lititz Public Library Building Fund. Memorial funds for Berkey are being used to establish a Warwick baseball scholarship in his memory. An investigation into the Centre County cabin fire that killed 11 is continuing, according to State Police Trooper Terry Miller. Miller said that lab results have not returned from Harrisburg as of Monday, and does not anticipate additional information concerning the cause of the fire for the next few weeks. The concert will begin with a performance by Innerface, an original rock band featuring seniors from (See Concert, Page 21) budget of about $150,000 that pays for a small staff, newsletters, and (See Lititz Run, Page 21) a*»**,. Ss „ . , RICHARD REITZ Record Express Editor LITITZ — An anonymous local philanthropist is willing to contribute up to $100,000 to the Lititz Public Library fund, with just one request: It must be matched by “small g if ts ” d o n a tio n s from the community-at-large. The donor has the following expectation: “I expect the campaign to be conducted with dignity and I am sure it will be. However, this part is to be aimed at children, youth and the poor and should come only after the affluent have committed.” “This person wants everyone to participate,” said Matyann Richmond, president of the Lititz Libraiy Board. “To let people know that their $10 donation is as important as the large corporate donation.” So when students at John Beck Elementary School collect spare change in upside-down umbrellas for the library; if small entrepreneurial business owners hold a fundraising sale; if a PTO holds a bake sale; or if a community organization sponsors a car wash, that money will count toward the “Anonymous Gift Donor Challenge.” Purchases of the commemorative red stoneware tiles, which will be part of a permanent display on the Gallery Tile Wall, will also count toward the challenge, Richmond said. The $ 100,000 contributions would be given over a three-year period. The Community Gifts campaign is (See Library, Page 21) Zerbe optimistic as fraud probe finds a new focus STEPHEN SEEBER Warwick and Lititz are proud Chesapeake Bay partners. Record Express Staff LITITZ — Warwick School District plans to accept a second distribution of $522,000 as recommended by Dick Thornburgh, whose ongoing investigation into the alleged fraudulent investments of Devon Management is coming to a close. David Zcrbe, Warwick’s business manager, said that all investors involved have until April 29 to decide whether or not to go with Thornburgh’s suggestion. “I think we’re going to accept the distribution,” said Zerbe. “It’s in our best interest to follow through with Thornburgh’s recommendation.” Zerbe and Roger Reist, Warwick’s attorney, traveled to Pittsburgh on April 3 for a complete report from Price Waterhouse, the accounting firm hired by Thornburgh, on the six-month investigation. “It was a good meeting,” said Zerbe. “They basically delineated the history of Devon and everything that went through to the point of the SEC shutdown.” Last September, following a routine audit, ilie Security and Exchange Commission discovered that $71 million was missing from over $200 million that was invested with John G. Black, Devon’s owner. Black’s alleged fraudulent activity involved 50 school districts statewide and is (See Fraud, Page 21) Photo by Stan Hall Route 501 at Loop Road was the scene of a fatal accident last Friday as a car and garbage truck collided around 3:30 p.m., killing the driver of the car, Sharon Marie Houck. Fatal in Elizabeth Township S t a t e p o l i c e c o n t i n u e t o i n v e s t i g a t e ELIZABETH TWP. — A New Holland woman was killed along Route 501 Friday afternoon when she swerved in front of a garbage truck. Sharon Marie Houck, 41, was travelling south on Route 501 shortly before 3:45 p.m., according to state police, when she apparently attempted to cross the northbound lane to enter Loop Road. As Houck crossed, a Lebanon Farms Disposal Co. truck, driven by Jerry L. Tobias, 32, of Lebanon, was approaching from the northbound lane. Tobias reportedly hit Ms brakes, attempting to avoid a collision with Houck’s gold Buick Century. Houck then swerved back toward the southbound lahe, but was unable to avoid die garbage truck, which had begun to slide into the southbound lane. The front of the truck slammed into the driver’s side of the Buickand crushed the vehicle into the wire guiderail, which prevented both vehicles from tumbling over the side of a steep wooded incline. Houck was pronounced dead at the scene by Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Barry Walp. Traffic along Route 501 was narrowed to one lane for a short time, and was eventually rerouted for nearly two hours as emergency crews and investigators worked at the scene, examining the debris and skid marks to piece together what had happened. Police interviewed Tobias and two passengers in the truck at the time of the crash, Corey J. Roth, 21, of Manheim, and William G. Singer, 41, of Lebanon. All three were not hurt. Houck’s body was trapped in the car wMle emergency crews waited for a tow truck to remove the wedged vehicles. Crews then used power tools to pry open the car and lift Houck out Several local residents had gathered nearby the accident scene, and some commented on their own safety concerns about cars that use that Loop Road intersection. Among the responding departments assisting State Police were the Brickerville Fire Co., Brickerville Ambulance, Lancaster General Hospital Advance Life Support, and Warwick TownsMp police. An investigation into the accident is continuing. For the past Vk years, Houck worked as a registered nurse for Apria Healthcare Agency. She was a 1974 graduate of Lebanon Catholic High School, and a 1995 graduate of (See Fatal, Page 19) |
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