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□ |NSIDE Torches pass to Iovino, Needham □ Business
Longtime employee
retires at Keller Bros.
When Jonathan Forry
began working for Keller Bros.
Ford, you could buy a new car
for less than $600. A lot has
changed in the 63 years since
he joined the car dealership,
and Mr. Forry has seen it all.
His story is on Page 18._____
□ Church
Get ready for Party
in the Park VI
It’s party time! A day full of
family entertainment is set for
this Saturday as Party in the
Park returns to the spring
grounds for the sixth time.
Details are on Page 16.
□ School
WHS Top 20
The top 20 students in each
grade at Warwick High School
for the third and fourth mark­ing
period are featured on
Page 6.
□ Out of the Past
Building a firehouse
Forty years ago, 63 men
put in a long day to build the
new engine house for the
Brunnerville Fire Co. Sound
amazing? Well, it’s just one of
this we ek ’s old news items
from the files of the Lititz
Record Express that is sure to
intrigue. Page 21.
□ Manheim
Are more police
needed in Penn Twp.?
Is a six-man police force
large enough to adequately
cover rural Penn Township?
Ponder this question with con­cerned
residents and the
board of supervisors on Page
20.
Iovino brings perspective,
fresh ideas to Warwick
RICHARD REITZ
Record E xp re ss Editor
LITITZ — If a hobby tells you
something about a person’s charac­ter,
then the sky is the limit for the
future of the Warwick School
District.
One of Dr. Stephen A. Iovino’s
current extracurricular activities is
the building of a telescope. A self-proclaimed
“amateur astronomer”
when he was in high school, the
50-year-old educator said he finds it
fascinating to grind down the mirrors
and lenses to create the perfect
instrument to view the heavens.
Such a meticulous hobby requires
tremendous patience, and Iovino has
demonstrated that trait in his career
as an educator, having developed the
skills necessary to become a good
superintendent, then waiting for the
right opportunity.
“I wanted to achieve my goal of
becoming a superintendent, but not
just anywhere,” he said. “I wanted it
to be somewhere I could make a
difference.”
That opportunity turned out to be
at a familiar location. Before becom­ing
assistant superintendent at the
Red Lion School District eight years
ago, Iovino was known to most peo­ple
around here as the Warwick High
School principal.
It has made his transition to his
new job more smooth, and many resi­dents
have made him feel as if he
never left.
“I went into the supermarket,
where two people stopped me and
welcomed me back to the communi­ty,”
he said. “I see people all the time
who remember me.”
His background at Warwick gives
him a good perspective on what the
community expects from its school
district. But he believes his eight-year
absence will also be an
advantage.
“The separation gave me a good
chance to grow in other areas,” he
said. “I’m coming back with some
fresh ideas.
“Red Lion is a quality school dis­trict,
and it enabled me to grow as an
administrator.”
That is not to say he has any inten­tions
of overhauling the system cur­rently
in place. On the contrary, he
likes the direction that the district is
taking in providing initiatives like
career clustering, where students are
given an opportunity to select some
classes based upon possible career
interests.
“We need to be going beyond the
thinking that just graduating from
high school is sufficient,” Iovino
said.
He recognizes Warwick’s conti­nuing
enrollment challenge, as it
faces an annual increase of about 100
additional students every fall. That
(See Iovino, Page 26)
Linden Hall will continue
vital role in community
RICHARD REITZ
Stephen A. Iovino
Record E xp re ss Editor
LITITZ — When Thomas Need­ham
first arrived in town, he found it
pleasandy surprising how often peo­ple
would ask him if he was here on a
short visit
He was also amazed at how friend­ly
and open folks were when they
learned that he was the new head­master
at Linden Hall School for
Girls.
“That is striking to us,” he said. “In
New England, people tend to keep
their distance until they get to know
you a litde better. Here, they seem to
be friendly almost immediately.”
Needham said he was eating at the
Gen. Sutter Inn and met its owner, Ed
Brophy — himself a recent arrival in
Lititz.
“While talking with him, I felt like
I had known him for years,” he said.
Now that Needham’s picture is on
the front page of the newspaper,
however, townsfolk might be more
apt to recognize him, and realize that
he is going to be around for awhile.
Needham officially became the
institution’s headmaster on July 1 as
the school enters its 253rd year of
operation, following in the footsteps
of the progressive and popular lead­ership
of Dr. David Devey, who
retired at the end of June.
On July 1, he and his wife Wendy,
and their two children, daughter
Katie, 15, and son Leigh, 11, began
moving into the new headmaster
home, the historic Kemp Cottage
near the entrance to the school.
He arrived in Lititz after nine years
as headmaster of The Carroll School,
an independent day school in Lin­coln,
Mass.
Needham said at the beginning of
the year he received a call from a
consultant conducting the search for
Devey’s replacement, and admits
that initially he resisted the prospect.
But as he looked closer at his years
at Carroll, he began to reconsider. He
had been involved with numerous
changes, including a multi-million
dollar fundraising project for a new
building, and the school had com­pleted
that key phase. “It was a logi­cal
place to think about a change.”
Then he saw Linden Hall in
person.
“I was impressed with the size of
the school,” he said. “Carroll had
grown so much, and it was starting to
lose that personal aspect, being
stretched in so many directions.
“I wanted to get back to boarding
schools,” Needham added. “I missed
seeing students in the evenings,
enjoying popcorn and movies with
them, traveling with them.”
So with the blessing from his fami­ly,
and eventually the approval of the
Linden Hall Board of Trustees, he
was hired as the next headmaster for
.(See Needham, Page 26)
Warwick police warn loitering teens after fight
RICHARD REITZ
□ Back Page
Fire Co. fund drive
seeks supporters
The annual fund drive is
underway for the Lititz Fire
Co. and Chief Ron Oettel is
confident that residents and
business owners will step up
to the plate. Page 26.
□ Also Inside
Watergarden Tour
is this weekend
This weekend, Stauffer’s of
Kissel Hill is sponsoring its
annual watergarden tour,
which will feature several
stops at landscaping at
homes in the Lititz area. For
more details, see Page 7.
Reco rd E xp re ss Editor
WARWICK TWP. — Police are
cracking down on juvenile loitering
following a fight that took place at
the Warwick Center last Thursday.
Warwick Police Officer Gary
Hutchinson said that shortly before
10 p.m. on July 9, about 60-70 teeha- Police said the 16-year-old was
gers, mostly under 18, had gathered supposed to fight another juvenile
inthep¥Wpgl9i attheshqp|^g,cefc4fe ting J 4 not show up, but then the
ter located along East Newport Road, Ephrata teens — who apparently
near the Route 501 intersection.
Hutchinson said the fight involved
two 17-year-old males from Ephrata,
who had attacked a 16-year-old Lititz
male.
came to the scene after learning
about the planned fight — started the
altercation for an unknown reason.
Only minor injuries to the 16-year-old
were reported.
Local drug dealer faces 6th felony
While investigating, Hutchinson
said one teenager, 18-year-old Wil­liam
Knight of Ephrata, became loud
and disruptive to police and was
charged with disorderly conduct.
Police took everyone’s name, and
warned them that they are not allow­ed
to hang out at the Warwick Center
and Sheetz, which has also had ongo­ing
loitering problems.
“We’re not going to tolerate loiter-ing
at the Warwick Center or Sheetz,
or at other businesses that are
closed,” Hutchinson said. He said
that Warwick officers will be patrol-ing
and checking at local establish­ments,
and if loiterers are found
repeatedly at locations, they will be
arrested.
Warwick police were assisted at
the scene by State Police in Ephrata
and Lititz Borough police.
WARWICK TWP. — An
alleged local drug dealer has been
charged with his sixth drug-related
felony since the beginning of the
year.
On July 6, Warwick Township
police, together with West Earl
Township police, were serving a
warrant to Brian J. Eshleman, 19, of
Leola after he failed to appear for a
court date on prior drug charges.
As they arrived at his residence,
Officer Rick Rhinier said they
observed Eshleman parking a vehicle
at the house.
When police apprehended him,
they discovered that he had small
amount of cocaine in his back pocket.
West Earl police will charge Esh­leman
with possession of cocaine.
Eshelman was also charged for driv­ing
with a suspended license.
Eshleman has been a continued
concern to Warwick Township
police since he was picked up in
February in what was the first of a
series of drug-related arrests.
“He is a major supplier of drugs
for the young people of Lititz,”
Officer Rhinier said.
On Feb. 3 he was charged with
possession of marijuana and posse-
(See Eshleman, Page 26)
Reach success could become annual
STEPHEN SEEBER
□ Meetings
Monday, July 20, 6:30
p.m. — Elizabeth Twp. plan­n
in g commission, 4 2 3 South
/iew Drive.
^ Wednesday, July 22, 7
p.m. — Warwick Twp. plan­ning
commission, 3 1 5 Clay
Road.
Reco rd E xp re ss Staf f
LITITZ — A recent outreach
effort to repair homes for the elderly
and unable went so well that area
churches are contemplating the crea­tion
of an annual charity event
When the Reach Workcamp was
first proposed over a year ago, many
people in the Warwick School Dis­trict
weren’t even sure if the local
need was there.
Miriam Moury of Trinity E.C.
Church, one of the program’s lead
organizers, said that the need was not
only there, but more can be done.
Moury was joined by hundreds of
youth and adult workers from all
over the countiy who called the War­wick
High School cafeteria home for
one week while each day teams
attended to area homes in need of
refurbishing.
Moury said that much of the suc­cess
of Reach’s local work has to do
with young people, the parents of
young people, and the business own­ers
right here in Lititz and Warwick
Township.
“There were about 12 different
denominations bound together in the
name of Jesus,” she said, beaming
over the prospect of doing it again
next year.
Jim Metzler, who served as a
worksite coordinator, said that help­ing
neighbors in need can be
addictive.
“Helping others and serving Jesus
Christ is my motivation,” he said.
□ Sports
Haas, Dailey top
Fresh Burst runners
Randy Haas of Orwigsburg
won the Fresh Burst Five Mile
Run for the second year in a
row, while Debra Dailey im­proved
upon her fourth place
performance in 1997 to cap­ture
the women’s title. For
more on the race, see Page
8.
□ Index
Births............................................. 14 Wt 1 C j : .
Business.............................. .18-19 m ■
.Church.................................. 16-17
Cla ss ified .................... 2 2-25 B S . g f jg p
Editorial / Letters......................4 ~
Entertainment..........................12 .
Manheim News....................... 2 0 . ■ j .
Obituaries.........................2 -3, 17
^ PaSt.................21 09 Reach Workcampers capped off their week-long outreach program
ronce Log..................................“ Qn J(j|y 3 by marching in the y titz Lions independence Day Parade.
benool News................... Carrying the banner as they round South Cedar Street onto East Main
S ° c,a'...................................14-15 ¡Sifrom left, Greg Fruiyuie, Elliott Nott, Scott Pearson and Mike Jones.
Sports.....................................8-11
“It’s hard work, but it’s satisfying
work.”
Metzler visited 49 home sites,
eight of which had Lititz addresses
and two in Rothsville, to decided if
they met the requirements for the
project. Those requirements
included low income, and physical
and mental handicaps.
Out of 49 homes, 29 projects at 26
locations qualified and work was
done between June 29 and July 3.
“We did everything from roofing
and painting to building ramps for
wheelchairs,” he said.
He also said that working with
young people is a bonus.
Seventeen youth and advisors
from the Lititz area participated:
Verdie Diehl, Justin Bucher, Aman­da
Walters, Tammy Rettew, Caitlin
Conville, Josh Thomas, Stephanie
Morgan, Kristin Conville, Biyan
Home, Michael Elmer, Dawn Orte­ga,
Joe Shelly, Nikki Geltz, Jolene
Ortega, Michelle Wink, Ginger Tay­lor,
and Pastor Ryan Taylor.
Also vital to the process were the
local troubleshooters, many of which
were construction professionals who
donated their time to oversee the
work. These people included: Tom
Gotwalt, Mark Elmer, Chet Habeck-er,
Tom Allen, Mike Shelley, Roger
Plante, Jason Dickow, Larry Diehl,
Sheldon Christner, Jeff Metzler, Paul
Wissler, and Carl Zeist.
The local steering committee con­sisted
of Terri Conville, Connie Fry,
Carl Rettew, Pastor Irv Straw, Jery
Kiralfy, Anna Morgan, Ryan and
Ginger Taylor, Lee Thomas, Tom
Gotwalt, Verdie Diehl, Jim Metzler,
and Miriam Moury.
(See Reach, Page 26)
Photo by Richard Reitz
Members of the New Line Revue Senior Pom Line, which will be
going to a national competition in North Carolina next Thursday,
include (first row, left to right) Katie Cassidy, Johnna Oravec, Becky
Getz, Laura Zeamer, (second, l-r) Amanda Walters, Amanda Soldner,
Judy Summers, Amanda Ober, (third, l-r) Juliane Brown, Laura Kroeck,
Tanya Knight, (fourth, l-r) Alexis Matthews, Jocelyn Adair, Jessica
Brown and Kristi Bradley. Local dancers prepare
for national audiences
RICHARD REITZ
Record E xp re ss Editor
LITITZ — For the first time in its
history, New Line Revue will be
sending two teams to a national
competition.
Linda Brown, director of New
Line Revue, said the teams include
the Senior Pom Line that dances to
“Pump that Beat,” and the Yankee
Doodle Specialty, Twirl Team. The
community had an opportunity to see
both teams at the July 4th Celebra­tion
at Lititz Springs Park.
On July 23, Brown will be taking
19 girls aged 14-19 to the national
competition at Gardner Web Univer­sity
in Boiling Springs, N.C. the
group will take a bus to the competi­tion,
and while there they will be
staying in the dorms.
“I’ve never taken a team to a
national competition, but both were
outstanding,” Brown said. “They
have a good chance at the national
level.”
But their success at nationals will
not be measured by the color of the
ribbon they bring home.
“We don’t stress winning as much
as winning ways,” Brown said. “We
just want to be as precise as we can
be,” she said.
But they have been quite success­ful
so far, including being named
Outstanding Team Overall out of 142
(See New Line, Page 26)