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□ INSIDE
□ School
e V o t in g
Lititz Elementary School stu­dents
took part in a computer
election that allowed students
nationwide to vote in a simulat­ed
presidential campaign.
Page 6.
D r e s s in g D o w n
Teachers and staff in the
Warwick School District recent­ly
held a Dressing Down Day to
raise money for cancer re­search.
Find out how they did
on Page 6.
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0 Business
J E M o f a n Id e a
A marketplace of arts and
crafts will open at 55 N. Water
St. on Nov. 8. A story about the
new owner of JEM Lane is on
Page 18.
S a n t a ’s C o m in g
Lititz Retailers Association
President Lon Heibeck is ready
for Christmas. He’ll tell you
when Santa is coming to town
on Page 18.
True aims for auditor
□ Church
W h a t ’s in a N a m e ?
Columnist Marian L. Shatto
offers an intriguing look at the
implications of names, and how
a better understanding of them
could affect humankind. See
“Musings” on Page 14.
‘A n n e F r a n k ’
Hosanna Christian Fellow­ship
is gearing up for its No­vember
production of “The
Diary of Anne Frank.” Details
on now to get tickets are on
Page 14.
Photo by Richard Reitz
Two-year-old “Princess” Victoria Graybill waved to the public as she made her way through town
during Monday’s Halloween Parade.
A Halloween parade with class
John Beck teachers capture grand prize at annual costume test
□ Editorial
T r a d in g V o t e s
Editor Richard Reitz examin­es
an Internet strategy where
Ralph Nader supporters can
swap votes with Al Gore fans to
reach a mutually beneficial
goal. Find out what this is
about on Page 4.
□ Entertainment
S k e t c h e s o f L i t i t z
Local historian Robert
“Sketch” Mearig will take a look
back at Lititz history using
newly discovered photos, at
the Lititz Library. Page 16.
LITITZ — A brisk Autumn chill fell upon the town
of Lititz on Monday evening, as local youngsters
marched through town as part of the Halloween Pa­rade.
Though it was a slightly shorter affair than in previ­ous
years, the parade still drew a hearty crowd to the
sidelines, clapping and cheering as the costumed
youngsters walked by... occasionally rewarded with a
Tootsie Roll or a Smarties tossed in their direction.
The teachers at John Beck Elementary School
waltzed to victory at this year’s event, capturing the
Grand Prize for their clever dancing partners group.
In second place overall was the St. Paul Christian
Child Care Center.
The following awards were presented at the conclu­sion
of the parade:C
hildren’s Division
Best Artistic Individual: First place, Briana Garcia;
second place (tie) Chelsa Parks and Brooke Stauffer.
Best Artistic Couple: First place, Morgan and
Mason Eshleman; second place, Kasie and Drew
Sheaffer.
Most Comical Individual: First place, Kyle Pace;
second place, Jeff Bingeman.
Most Comical Couple: First place, Gabrielle Whit­ley.
Scariest Individual: First place, Alex Hughes; sec­ond
place, Anthony Polocior.
More HALLOWEEN on A-17
STEPHEN SEEBER_________
R e co rd Express S ta ff
Coffee shop Bush-Gore-Nader
debates aside, the race for auditor
general is expected to grab the at­tention
of local voters in the Nov. 7
general election.
Republican Katie True, who has
served the 37th District in Pennsyl­vania’s
General Assembly for eight
years, is looking to dethrone in­cumbent
Auditor General Bob
Casey Jr.
Casey, one of the most recogniz­able
names in the state’s Demo­cratic
ranks, has been in the seat
for nearly four years and recent
polls give him a commanding 17
percent lead over True.
However, the same polls, tabu­lated
by Millersville University and
reported in Tuesday’s Lancaster
New Era, indicate that 43 percent
of eligible voters are undecided on
who they want for auditor general
in 2001.
With that in mind, True remains
confident that she can overcome
the Casey name and build support
on the idea that she alone is the
candidate who is dedicated to the
job.“
I’m not approaching this as a
political stepping stone into anoth­er
political office,” True said to the
Record Express during a phone in­terview
last Saturday. “I’m going
in to do the job, and I want the job,
and I’m planning on being there
for four years. My concentration is
where it belongs.”
Many contend that Casey’s
focus is elsewhere, on the gover­nor’s
seat for 2002 in particular.
Meanwhile, True and her sup­porters
would like to get statewide
school district audits up to date in
hopes of saving taxpayer dollars.
She fears that another four years of
Gov. Ridge rallies
voters in Lititz
LITITZ — As the Record
Express went to press
Wednesday morning local
Republicans were gearing up
for a surprise visit from Gov­ernor
Tom Ridge.
Ridge — joined by Oklaho­ma
Governor Frank Keating,
Pennsylvania GOP Chair­man
Alan Novak, auditor
general candidate Katie
True, and Senator Rick San-torum
— spoke at Moravian
Manor and the Lititz Fire
Dept.
The Lititz stop was part of
the Republican Party’s “Vic­tory
2000” bus tour, which is
hoping to get Lancaster
County’s 266,000 voters to
support George W. Bush for
president on Nov. 7.
Casey will only see those vital au­dits
fall behind schedule while he
tries to follow in his father’s foot­steps
(Bob Casey Sr. served as
Pennsylvania’s governor from
1987-95).
The Record Express attempted
to interview Casey Jr. about his
goals for governorship, the per­ceived
slow pace of his depart­ment’s
financial audits, and his
plans for the next four years, but
the conversation was cut short on
Monday when Ihe auditor gener­al’s
cell phone connection faded
into obscurity. Attempts to recon­nect
failed and Casey could not be
reached for further comment on
Tuesday.
Casey did tell the Record Ex­press
that voters should look at his
More ELECTION on A-17
□ Also Inside I u n a n
M a i l D e e r
Kathryn Shreiner, our Pen-ryn-
Elm correspondent, shares
an adventure about a special
delivery at the Penryn Post Of­fice
that could have turned
dangerous. Page 15.
An international exchange
Kissel Hill students exchange ideas with Czech Republic officials
G e n e r o u s H e a r t
Marcia Moore participated in
the recent Heart Walk, raising
over $2,000 on her own for the
second year in a row. Her story
is on Page 30.
□ Sports
D is t r ic t F in a ls
The Warwick girls field hock­ey
team continued its unbeaten
season with a 2-0 victory over
Hershey on Tuesday. They face
Lower Dauphin in the District fi­nals
on Saturday. Also, junior
Patrick Link will represent War­wick
this Saturday at the State
Cross Country Championship.
For these stories and more
sports news, see Pages 8-12.
An artist’s rendition of the Anne Brossman Sweigart Sports and
Fitness Center, designed by David Lynch and Associates, archi­tects.
Third Century begins
Linden Hall breaks ground for sports center
RICHARD REITZ
□ Index
Births......................................... 22
Business............................. 18-19
Church............... 16-17
Classified............................ 25-29
Editorial/Letters......................... 4
Entertainment.......................... 16
Obituaries.........................13, 19
Out of the Past................. 21,25
Police/Fire Log.......................2-3
School News.... ......................6-7
Social.................................. 22-24
Sports.................................... 8-12
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R e co rd Express Editor
LITITZ — With seven shiny
shovels and some inspiring words,
Linden Hall began its ambitious
capital improvement efforts that
will shape the way women are edu­cated
at the school in the 21st Cen­tury.
On Saturday, over 100 support­ers
gathered on the lower soccer
field of the downtown campus to
witness the groundbreaking for the
Anne Brossman Sweigart Sports
and Fitness Center, a state-of-the
art facility — the first stage of a
$3.5 million project that will mark
the first construction in three dec­ades
at the 254-year-old boarding
school.
“This signifies the new sense of
financial strength and maturity at
Linden Hall,” said Mark Ebersole,
chairman of the Linden Hall
Board. He said the sports complex
will eliminate the need for student
to use neighboring facilities.
The building is being named in
honor of Sweigart, a long-time sup­porter
of the school. “She came
forward in a most generous man­ner,”
Ebersole said, even though
she is not a graduate of the school,
“so the school would gain in stat­ure.”
The building will house a new
basketball court, plus a dance stu­dio,
classrooms and additional
staff office space.
“It will host the programs we
want so badly to offer,” said Dr.
Thomas Needham, headmaster.
“We are looking forward to all of
the noise and machinery and the
mud that will accompany this proj­ect.”
Sweigart, president and CEO of
D&E Communications, called this
experience “yet another wonderful
chapter in my live,” and said she
was pleased to help contribute to
the addition of another piece of
Linden Hall’s rich history.
Over the past century, she said
that opportunities for women have
continued to improve. “Times have
certainly changed for the better,”
she said. “We have made strides in
education, careers, politics and so­cial
endeavors.
“They sometimes say, ‘You’ve
come a long way.’ Well, at Linden
Hall, we will take that cliche a bit
further.”
She sees this as an opportunity
“to be discovered by the rest of the
world.”
“Linden Hall is very lucky to
have Mrs. Sweigart as a friend,”
Needham said.
Needham also briefly looked
ahead to the second phase of this
project — The Steinman Arts Cen­ter.
They will renovate the existing
“1909 old gymnasium” into the
Steinman Center for the Perform­ing
and Visual Arts. A 200-seat
theater, a new art gallery, class­room
additions and a photography
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STEPHEN SEEBER_________
R e co rd Express S ta ff
LITITZ — Top officials i-om
the Czech Republic were tu.ilcJ a>
a tour of Kissel Hill Elementary
School last week.
Ing. Vaclav Hlavacek, president
of the Czech Agrarian Chamber;
Rndr. Lubomir Netolicky, director
general of his country’s Farmer
and Forestry Fund; Ing. Vladimir
Kulhanek, director of the Czech
Republic’s Ministry of Finance;
and interpreter Josef Velk spent
about an hour talking to local
fourth graders about soccer, music,
money and beer. By the end ot the
session, many of the students
began to realize that while the
Czech Republic and the United
States may be worlds apart, there a
quite a few cultural similarities.
The Czechs were in town on Oct.
26 as guests of Mike Brubaker,
president and CEO of Brubaker
Agronomic Consulting, an Ephra-ta-
based firm that serves over
2,000 farms in seven states
throughout the Northeastern Unit­ed
States.
The group visited Washington
D.C., the Pennsylvania State Capi­tol,
Lancaster County ag zones.
Kissel Hill Elementary was a side-bar
to their study U.S. agriculture,
but that sidebar may have been the
most educational of all their stops.
Principal Brian Troop met the
Czech government in the school
lobby around 10 a.m. From there
they visited classrooms, talked
about the differences in teacher
salaries between the two countries,
discussed discipline, saw the cafe­teria
and then settled into a small
auditorium for one-on-one conver­sations
with the students.
The initial shyness element saw
a slow start to the questions, but by
session’s end just about every
fourth grader in teacher Matt Reb-er’s
class had asked a question.
And the range of questions was a
story in itself.
They talked about basics: weath­er,
sports and food. Velk demon­strated
some word translations on
a chalkboard (window = okno, beet
= repa). And the important ques­tions
started to flow.
Do you guys have Pokemon?
“Yes,” answered Velk, after tak­ing
a few moments to digest the
question.
What is the drinking age in your
country?
Photo by Stephen Seeber
Ing. Vaclav Hlavacek, president of the Czech Agrarian Cham­ber,
gets a feel for Lancaster County student life as he sits at the
desk of Kissel Hill fourth grader Grant Malleus. Hlavacek, and
three other Czech Republic officials, were the guests of Mike Bru­baker
last week. On Thursday, they toured Kissel Hill Elementary
School.
“18,” was the answer to the sur­prise
of the children. The class was
then informed that people in the
Czech Republic consume more
beer than any other population in
the world.
How old do you have to be to
drive?
Again the answer was “18,”
which didn’t seem fair to many of
the Kissel Hill students.
Do you have Harry Potter
books?
That one didn’t really register
with Velk, so it was let go.
What Olympic sports is your
country good at?
“Javelin.”
Do you have trampolines?
“Yes.”
How about Scooters?
“Sure.”
If you call soccer football, what
do you call football?
“There is no American Football
in the Czech Republic.”
Do you have McDonald’s?
“Of course.”
Do you have any groups like the
Backstreet Boys?
“Yes, we have a group called
The Olympic Group.”
More CZECH VISITORS on A-17