Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY\ NOVEMBER 23, 2000
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124TH YEAR 28 Pages- No. 33 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 Cents
INSIDE
0 Santa News
Santa’s Arrival
The jolly elf is returning to Li­titz
this Saturday for the sec­ond
“Party with Santa” on the
patio of the Gen. Sutter Inn,
featuring fun and prizes for
young and old alike. The details
can be found on Page 27.
0 School
Junior Miss
Kirstin Murray is competing
for the title of Pennsylvania’s
Junior Miss 2000 on Dec. 2-3.
More about Kirstin and the
scholarship program are on
Page 7.
0 Business
Isaac’s is Coming
Warwick Township will likely
be home to a new but familiar
restaurant by this time next
year. Lancaster-based Isaac’s
Restaurant and Deli, known for
its wild bird-themed sand­wiches,
will be opening near
Pizza Hut in the summer of
2001. Details are on Page 18.
□ Church
Thanksgiving
The Rev. Dr. Martha B.
Sheaffer offers a new perspec­tive
for Thanksgiving. Her col­umn,
Woodcrest Journal, is on
Page 16.
Also, the annual community­wide
Thanksgiving Day service
is being held at St. Luke’s Unit­ed
Church of Christ this year.
The service is this Wednesday
and everyone is invited. More
details on Page 16.
□ Social
Book Fair
Linden Hall School will be
hosting a Book Fair to benefit
its library* starting Dec* 30.
More details are on Page 14.
□ Out of the Past
Secret Snuff
A long time ago, there was a
famous snuff manufacturer that
lived in the town of Litiz. That
story and many other tales
from the past are on Pages 20
and 21.
□ Also Inside
Caboose Update
The Lititz Springs Park cab­oose
has been painted and
placed at its new home adja­cent
to the train station, as in­terior
work begins to prepare
for its public opening next
spring. Page 27,
A friendly paw
Lititz resident Jane Sohns
will be visiting the Lebanon VA
Hospital next month with her
canine friend Lucky Lady. She
will also take some cookies,
but with so many veterans, she
is hoping a few bakers will be
willing to help her out. Page
27.
□ Sports
Team Needs
, What is it that drives a sports
team to succeed? Tim Reedy
examines this, using the War­wick
field hockey team and the
Manheim Central football team
as examples. Page 8.
□ Index
Births......................................... 15
Business............................. 18-19
Church ................ 16-17
Classified.................. 22-25
Editorial/Letters......................... 4
Entertainment.......................... 26
Obituaries................... 12-13, 17
Out of the Past................... 20-21
Police/Fire Log.......................2-3
School News...........................6-7
Social.................................. 14-15
Sports.................................... 8-11
' A
A perfect encore
Senior Co-Captains Kristin Harris and Amanda Eckert raise the
State Triple-A Championship trophy in triumph after Saturday’s
1 -0 win over Central Bucks East at Messiah College. It was a per­fect
ending for a perfect season for the Warwick Field Hockey
team.
Photos by Preston Whitcraft
Warwick School District Superintendent Dr. Stephen lovino, re­tired
superintendent Dr. John Bonfield and high school principal
Fred Cummins carry Coach Bob Derr on a victory parade follow­ing
last week’s state championship win.
W a r w i c k e a r n s
2 n d s t r a i g h t
s t a t e t i t l e
BRUCE MORGAN__________
R e co rd Express Sports Editor
GRANTHAM — Warwick’s
field hockey team became just the
second team ever to repeat as the
PIAA Triple-A champions last Sat­urday,
beating District One cham­pion
Central Bucks East 1-0 in the
State finals at Messiah College.
The Lady Warriors scored the
only goal they would need on a
pretty play by junior Kelly Wood
with 15:30 to go in the first half, as
Warwick put the finishing touches
on a perfect 28-0-0 season and won
its third State title overall.
It was a record-breaking year for
the team, setting new marks for
most wins in a season (28), most
shutouts in a season (22), most
goals scored in a season (87), and
most consecutive wins (32). While
facing high expectations and the
pressure of being a defending State
champ, Warwick also won its
fourth straight Section One and
Lancaster-Lebanon League cham­pionships,
and its second District
crown in three years prior to last
Saturday’s perfect ending.
“What these girls have accom­plished
is just tremendous,” War­wick
coach Bob Derr said.
See sports on pages 8-11 for
more photos and coverage on last
Saturday’s State championship
game, plus a special tribute to the
team on Page 5.
T h a n k s f o r g i v i n g
S c o u t s r e p l e n i s h C o m m u n i t y C h e s t ’s p a n t r y
STEPHEN SEEBER_________
R e co rd Express S ta ff
LITITZ — A whopping 21,987
pounds of food was collected by
local scouts last Saturday, and
thanks to their annual effort,
known as Scouting for Food, ev­eryone
who lives in the Warwick
School District will have a full
table for Thanksgiving.
“People don’t realize it, but
there are a lot of people who need
to be fed in the Warwick School
District,” Evelyn Shuman, presi­dent
of the Lititz-Warwick Com­munity
Chest, said.
The food that the scouts col­lected
on Nov. 18 replenished a
near bare pantry at the Commu­nity
Chest, the local food bank that
distributes to this area’s needy
throughout the entire year.
“All of the donations we receive
are vital to the effort, but Scouting
for Food is easily the most impor­tant
food drive for replenishing our
pantry,” Shuman said as she and
other Community Chest volunteers
organized rations on Saturday.
“We’re usually pretty well de-
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Austin Ross of Boy Scout
Troop 44 boxes “meals-in-one”
during the biggest local food
drive of the year. He was joined
by hundreds of fellow scouts
for the annual Scouting for
Food effort.
pleted going into autumn, and the
effort by these scout troops is
greatly appreciated.”
Trying to collect nonperishable
food from every home in the War­wick
School District is a daunting
task, but it is one that has been
handled with relative ease for the
past two years by Shirley Swartz,
Scouting for Food’s zone chair­man.
Shirley divided the school dis­trict
into 28 regions, and on Nov.
11 collection bags were dropped off
at doorsteps by scout troops, cub
packs and adult leaders. One week
later, the intimidating chore of
picking up 11 tons of food was un­derway.
“ 1'his is a lot of commitment
from all of the troops,” Shirley said
Saturday morning as she directed
dollies full of food through the so­cial
hall at St. Paul Evangelical
Lutheran Church. “But it’s a won­derful
thing that the youth are
doing for the community. That’s
why I’m involved. That’s why
we’re all involved.”
More FOOD DRIVE on A-27
Photos by Stephen Seeber
Community Chest volunteers Richard Pohner and Lisa Saleet
shelve 11 tons of food that local scouts collected last Saturday.
Warwick restrains comments on discrimination lawsuit
Det. Tobin assumes police administrative duties while Olsen, Hutchinson are on leave
In a prepared statement, Warwick Township supervi­sors
declined to address any specifics about a lawsuit
alleging racial discrimination.
RICHARD REITZ _______________
Re cord Express Editor
WARWICK TWP. — Detective Sgt. Ed­ward
Tobin has been placed in charge of the
Warwick Township Police Department by
supervisors, it was announced on Nov. 15.
Tobin “will assume the administrative du­ties
of the department,” supervisor chairman
Bruce Bucher announced during the reading
of a statement addressing a lawsuit fded
Nov. 9. The lawsuit claims several Warwick
officials and police officers discriminated
against a police officer candidate because he
was black.
Police Chief Alfred Olsen and Sgt. Gary
Hutchinson joined the lawsuit with Ronald
Z. Simril of Manheim Township. Simril was
interviewed on two occasions for openings
on the Warwick Township Police Depart­ment,
and the lawsuit alleges that he earned
the highest score on an evaluation test, but
was passed over for the job. Since the law­suit
was filed, Olsen and Hutchinson have
been placed on paid administrative leave.
At the Nov. 15 meeting, Bucher acknowl­edged
the filing of the lawsuit in the United
States District Court, but declined to com­ment
on specific matters.
“Because we, your elected and appointed
officials, have not had a chance to review
this matter with counsel, we will not at this
meeting, entertain discussion on this lawsuit
or on any of the subjects, issues, or allega­tions
appearing in the summons and com­plaint,”
Bucher said. “Nor will any member
of the township government that has been
named as a party in this case respond to
questions either at this meeting or otherwise,
until such time as we have had a full and
complete opportunity to review the allega­tions
of the summons and complaint.”
Bucher said that the complaint “was the
first notice that the Warwick Township
Board of Supervisors or its appointed offi­cials
were aware of the pendency of this liti­gation
or of any litigation pending against
the township.
“Because the plaintiffs in this litigation in­clude
Chief Olsen and Sergeant Hutchinson,
and because this lawsuit involves six mem­bers
of the police department as defendants
and includes the possibility of other officers
being potential witnesses, we have de­termined
that for the police department to
function in its normal manner, Chief Olsen
and Sgt. Hutchinson have been placed on
paid administrative leave,” Bucher said.
Three of the township police officers, in­cluding
Tobin, were in attendance. No fur­ther
comments were made at the meeting.
Tobin has been a member of the Warwick
Township Police Department since 1983,
and has served as the department’s primary
criminal investigator since 1987.
After hearing the statement, Olsen said he
questions the restrictions placed upon them
while on administrative leave, especially that
they are being kept away from potential wit­nesses
while some of the defendants will
have daily contact with them.
“This is a way to make sure that the chief
and the sergeant can’t talk to the witnesses,”
he said Monday about their leave. “It’s
somewhat troubling. We need to be fair, and
we need to be equitable about this.”
He said that it has since been made clear
to both of them that they are no longer wel­come
in the township buildings.
The findings of a law enforcement review
by consultant Matthew Hunt earlier this
year have not been made public, though
Hunt did tell the Record Express last week
that “many things needed to be corrected.”
Olsen, who did receive one of the final re­ports
in July, said that “there is nothing
earth shattering” contained in the report. He
also called it’s findings “questionable.”