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T H U R S D A Y , N O V E M B E R 1 9 , 1 9 9 8 Lititz Record Express ^ a r d - W i i i ^ •C ifo li c a t i o n 122ND YEAR 28 Pages - No. 32 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 Cents * «-A n * '*#&*>*■ * <k*>\ * in s id e C e r e m o n y h o n o r s a q □ u a l i t y w a t e r p r o j e c t □ Holiday Deadlines Thanksgiving deadlines se t Deadlines for Lititz Record •advertising and editorial copy .have been changed for the Thanksgiving week issue on Nov. 26. Retail and classified display ads and all editorial copy for that issue must be in the Record office by 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20. Classified reader ads will be accepted until noon on Monday, Nov. 23. The Record Express office will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, Thanksgiving Day. The Thanksgiving week issue will be printed on Tuesday, Nov. 24 and received by subscribers on Wednesday, Nov. 25. RICHARD REITZ □School Invention Convention Students at Bonfield Elementary School demonstrated their creative talents last Thursday at the annual Invention Convention. Read more about it on Page 6. □ Entertainment Now showing : Alison Fund, a young veteran of the First Stage theater, now has appeared in two shows at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater in Lancaster, including the current production of “The Sound of Music,” where she stars as one of the Von Trapp children. Also, Lititz Christian School is preparing for its middle school production of, “The Secret Garden.” Page 22. □ Business 10th pottery show Lititz artist Steve de Perrot is preparing for his 10th anniversary Holiday Show this weekend, and he takes a look back at the path he took to become one of the borough’s respected artists. Page 18. □ Also Inside Police artist Warwick Township Police Sgt. Gary Hutchinson is also a talented artists, and his latest sketch, featuring a Rothsville fire truck, was created to raise money for the volunteer fire department. Page 28. □ Editorial Lititz Speaks Out ; This week, Steve Seeber asks local residents if they believe the Warwick School District should consider drug testing for student athletes. Page 4. □Social Craft sh ow s unite They were two separate craft shows, but with a common goal. And organizers for the two events, sponsored by the Lititz Women of Today and Lititz Lioness Club, discovered the benefits of cooperation last Saturday. Page 14. □ Sports Warwick fall at sta tes It’s been a tremendous ride for the Warwick field hockey team, but it came to an end this weekend with a loss to rival Hempfield. The story is on Page 8, and a special tribute to our L-L League and District champion Warriors appears on Page 12. □ Index Births................................. 14 Business.......................18-19 Church.......... ,.............. 16-17 Classified...................... 23-27 •Editorial / Letters................. 4 Entertainment.................... 22 Manheim News................. .20 Obituaries......................... 2-3 Out of the Past............ 23 Police Log...........................19 School News.....................6-7 Social......................... ..14-15 Sports............................. 8-11 Record Express Editor WARWICK TWP. — The Lititz Run Watershed Alliance was honored again for its conservation efforts, this time during a celebration of the opening of its latest environmental initiative. On Tuesday afternoon, about 70 supporters gathered outside the Santo Domingo Creek Water Quality Facility for a dedication ceremony. Twp. se ek s v iab le p lan for airport e x ten sio n JILL GAGLIANO______________ Record Express Staff WARWICK TWP. — Before the Lancaster Airport Authority undertakes a major extension of one of its runways, Warwick Township supervisors want to make sure a few of their concerns are addressed. The Authority is planning a realignment of Millport Road between Route 501 and Kissel Hill Road to allow for the extension of the runway. In a letter supervisors plan to submit to the Authority, they request the protection of agricultural zoned land in the township by stretching Mill-port Road along the Manheim Township municipal boundary. According to the supervisors the adjacent farms are considered prime agricultural tracts and should be protected. They also want the Authority to take into consideration the importance of Kissel Hill Road as ah important link between the Lititz area and Lancaster. Any proposed realignment “must provide for the continued viability of this road to serve as an Important north and south link between the Lititz area and Lancaster.” The letter also requests the purchase of agricultural preservation ease- (See Airport, Page 28) During the program, Dave Hess of the State Department of Environmental Protection presented Alliance President Logan Myers with a plaque honoring the group’s ongoing conservation efforts. He said projects like this, where the community and government unite with a commong goal, are “the future of environmental protection. “Mark (Gutshall) brought a huge map into my office, explaining all of the projects,” he said. “Lo and behold, we are getting those projects done.” Hess added that it is the community that is making this a reality. “It is tremendous to see this come together.” After several years of planning, work on the water quality facility began in mid-September, culminating with a Community Planting Day on Sept. 19 involving over 100 volunteers. Work at the site was finished on Oct. 7. As winter weather creeps into the region, the 2.6 acre tract looks barren and unassuming. But by next year, when the plants mature and the half-completed observation deck is finished, the impact of this effort will be In te r e s t in ou r fu tu r e is g r ow in g 400 attend forum to share concerns STEPHEN SEEBER_________ Record Express Staff LITITZ — Warwick Middle School was an exciting place to be last weekend because for the first time an entire community had a hand in creating its future. Approximately 400 people came through to talk with many of the region’s civic clubs, watch a high school production of Lititz in the year 2015 and absorb much of the data on growth and development that has been collected over the past several months. P a rtic ip a tio n d e fin ite ly increased from the September focus groups and John Hohman, one of joint strategic planning’s steering committee members, said that Nov. 14 was by no means “ o u r l a s t p a r t i c ip a t i o n opportunity.” While many Lititz and Warwick Township residents may remain apathetic toward this longterm planning project, those who do take an interest in their community’s future arc making an impact. Hohman and his cocommittee members hope that last Saturday’s success becomes breeds more interest. Sam Hess of East Market Street did not participate in the focus m - - . *''& / , ■ &£ a V . ,.5 ■»— -Î:.. - K f í T v v ’iV . V «i*« Steering committee member Karen Weibel talks to County Commissioner Paul Thibault about the future of Lititz and Warwick Township. the borough. It’s become clear to me that without planning and cooperation between these municipalities, things could get pretty bad around here.” Perhaps the most important aspect of this forum was that regular taxpayers, not politicians or government committees, were expressing their concerns. And they were being heard. “They let me talk and I thought that was great,” said Scott Gar-man, a resident of Saint Timothy Court. group meetings, but he was on hand Saturday and he was impressed. “I thought that the organizers did an excellent job,” he said. “I was bom in the borough, grew up in the township and now live in (See Forum, Page 4) Foundation grants enhance education RICHARD REITZ Record Express Editor LITITZ — Only a year after the Warwick Education Foundation was established to fund educational initiatives, its impact is already being felt. The Allocations Committee of the Foundation recently approved its first 10 grant requests totalling over $5,000 — submitted by educators teaching within the Warwick School District boundaries. Those grants ranged from a $100 request for a fourth grade “satellite” trip to Colonial Williamsburg, to a $1,000 grant for an improved computer hardware system in a school library. “I was extremely satisfied that so early in the development of the Foundation, we were able to give donations,” said Krista Varano, chair of the Allocations Committee. She said 25 grant proposals were received, including 20 from teachers in the Warwick School District. Three were received from Lititz Christian School, and two from Linden Hall. Varano said it wasn’t easy narrowing down the field of applicants, which were judged by a panel evaluating the merits of each request. The schools that submitted each request were not known by the judges until after the requests were approved, she said. Samuel Stoler, fifth grade teacher at John Beck Elementary, said the $500 grant he requested will be used to purchase a new weather instrument to enhance the school’s weather curriculum. “The instruments we use now are old and outdated,” Stoler said. The new instrument will be more “high tech” and will measure wind speed and direction, temperature highs and lows, barometric pressure, humidity, rainfall, and even forecast the weather. “It will be a real up-to-date way to work with the unit,” he said. “I’mjust real excited about it, and so are the kids.” It will be utilized by the 90-some students in the fifth grade this year and for years to come — but other students and adults at the school will also have access to this learning tool. Without the Education Foundation grant, Stoler is not sure when an update would have taken place. “It probably would not have been possible. I would have begged, bor- (See Education, Page 28) more noticable. The racility is designed to use plants and ponds as a natural filtration system, trapping and reducing nutrients and sediments that would otherwise enter thé Santo Domingo Creek and eventually contaminate the Lititz Run Watershed. “One of the biggest benefits will be the wildlife habitat this facility attracts,” said Gutshall of LandStodies Inc. of Lititz to the group. (See Santo Domingo, Page 28) Elizabeth gets ready to clean up Groff land STEPHEN~SEEBER~ Record Express Staff BRICKERVILLE — Tempers were flaring in Elizabeth Township last week as accused junkyard operator Daniel Groff threatened to sue each supervisor individually. The township government voted in favor of pursuing bids for a contractor to clean up Groff’s Furnace Hills Pike property. This 20-year-old battle centers on what the supervisors call a blatant disregard for the zoning ordinance, which does not allow for junkyards where Groff lives. Groff, a local hay hauler, on the other hand, claims that his “junk” is part of his livlihood and that his business pre-dates zoning’s implementation in the township in 1970. The issues have worked their way through the court system, in favor of the township’s right to enforce its law, but Groff has since filed an $18 million lawsuit against the local and state government. Last Monday, the conflict resurfaced when the supervisors, determined to end this stand-off as soon as possible, voted to move, forward un getting a waste removal contactor onto Groffs property. “You guys are all wrong,” Groff shouted after the decision. “It’s private property. You guys stay the hell off or I will bring you into this civil suit as individuals.” Supervisor Chairman Larty Wiker told Groff that he could not intimidate the board and that it was time to move ahead. Groff persisted, shouting claims of descrimination. Wiker decided that the conversation was no longer productive after Groff referred to the supervisors as “dumb jerks.” Groff was cut off and the supervisors voted in favor of advertising for bids. B o r o u g h h a l l e x p a n s i o n w i l l b e g i n i n J a n u a r y STEPHEN SEEBER K i d s h o n o r e d f o r p e t - s a v i n g a e t i o n BRUCE MORGAN After being honored by the Lancaster Heart Foundation at John R. Bonfield Elementary School recently, (l-r) Ryan Lynch, Jenna Rae Lynch, and Suzanne Simonelli smother Sammy with lots of hugs. Record Express Staff LITITZ — Jenna Rae Lynch probably never thought she would have to use cardiopulmonary resuscitation as soon as she did. A sixth-grader at John R. Bonfield Elementary School, Jenna Rae, 11, learned CPR justlastyearin Dr. Judy Hudelson’s fifth-grade class. And it was just two months ago that she and her 9-year-old brother Ryan and their 9-year-old friend Suzanne Simonelli put it to use to save Sammy, the Lynch’s 3-year-old chocolate Labrador. Sammy had fallen into a pool and nearly drowned, but the quick actions of the trio saved his life. On Thursday, Nov. 5 at Bonfield Elementary, the Lancaster Heart Foundation, as part of its Student Recognition Program, honored Jenna Rae, Ryan, and Suzanne for their feat. Each student received a certificate of recognition for performing CPR, along with hats and magnets from the Heart Foundation. They also received gift certificates to Border’s Book Store and Domino’s Pizza and ones for Sammy to That Pet Place, Woof and Tails, and JPetology. (See Lifesavers, Page 12) Record Express Staff LITITZ — Work on a new $1.39 million borough hall should begin in Januaiy. Members of the Lititz Zoning Hearing Board voted unanimously Monday night to approve a few minor project elements that fell outside the confines of the local ordinance. With only a few cosmetic details to be hammered out in the next month, Ken Hammel, the plan’s designer, expects to demolish the current building at 9 S. Broad St. and expand the current office complex to two addresses. Construction will take about 10 months, during which time the borough and police department will set up temporary shop at the Lititz Fire Company on West Main Street. “This has been needed for a long time,” said council member A1 Olah Monday. The current facility at 7 S. Broad St. has not been upgraded since 1978 and is considered cramped and inadequate. Council President Dennis Stuckey said that at least three other locations were considered for the new borough hall, the most recent one being the former shoe factory at Walnut Street and Lockup Lane. “That building was for sale but it would have needed a lot of work,” he said. “We would have been spending a lot of money to move away from the middle of town. We feel it’s important for the local government to be in the downtown area.” With that in mind, the borough was fortunate that their next door neighbor Mike Barnhart decided to sell his property last year. Council jumped at the opportunity and purchased 9 S. Broad St. for $163,000 in (See Boro, Page 12) This sketch plan for a bigger and better borough hall is expected to become reality by the end of next year.
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