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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 34 Pages-No. 7
Woodstream litigation
goes ‘full speed ahead’
by Kathleen King
Although representatives
f Woodstream Corporation
nd a dissident shareholders
;roup met last Wednesday
3 discuss their differences,
uits between the two parties
oukl come to trial in
tugust, Woodstream’s
ttorncy said Tuesday.
“We’ve made some prog-ess,
but litigation is conti-uing
full speed ahead,”
tichard Rizzo, an attorney
vith Dechert, Price &
’hoads, Philadelphia, said.
He added that a date has
lot been set for trial, and that
ilthough the case could be
icttled out of court before
\ugust, “it looks as though
nost of our effort will be
joing into litigation rather
ban negotiation.”
No further meetings are
ichedulcd at this time
between Woodstream and
Chambers’ group.
A judge in the U.S. Dis­trict
Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania said
Tuesday that the lawsuits
between Woodstream Cor­poration
and the dissident
shareholders group (The
Independent Shareholders
Committee) will be held in
August, according to Rizzo.
The Committee members
control 16.3 percent of the
company’s stock and have
a d am a n tly c r itic iz e d
management.
Rizzo said a meeting was
held between Woodstream
president, Richard G. Wool-worth,
and dissident orga­nizer,
Russell C. Chambers,
oin Wednesday, May 11, in
the offices of Dilworth, Pax-son,
Kalish & Kauffman, the
Philadelphia firm represent­ing
Chambers’ group.
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Lititz police have
good news, bad news
by Linda A. Harris
Lititz Borough police
have some good news
and some bad news and
need the assistance of the
public.
Detective Charles
Shenenbcrger said that
the department recently
recovered a number of
items taken from various
vehicles and homes.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is that
checks of their records
and those of surrounding
municipalities have fail­ed
to locate reports of the
items being stolen, so
they can’t return them to
their rightful owners.
Shenenberger gave the
following list of items the
department is holding:
one briefcase, a plastic
carrying case for cassette
tapes and a number of
tapes, a microphone
(probably from a CB
unit), two Realistic car
speakers, one Pioneer
cassette player, one
Audiovox car radio, two
Panasonic car speakers
and one Alpine power
booster.
Shenenberger said that
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by Linda A. Harris
Three area fire compa­nies
joined forces May 17
to fight a $20,000 fire
caused by lightning at a
barn owned by Howard
Fryburg, 2068 Main St.,
Rothsville.
Rothsville Assistant
Fire Chief Craig Young,
who was in charge at the
scene, said the first call
was received at 9:34 a.m.
and about 60 firefighters
from Rothsville, Lititz
and West Earl (Browns-town)
fire companies
responded.
The fire was under
control at 10:08 a.m.,
with Rothsville firefigh­ters
back in station at
11:49 a.m, according to
Young.
Rothsville, which pur­chased
a new Pierce
“attack” engine about 18
months ago and which
also has a 1959 Mack
engine, found itself using
its 1954 Seagrave engine
which is basically a
reserve piece of equip­ment.
Young explained
that the Pierce was in
Smoketown for routine
maintenance and the
Mack was at Eastern
Mobile Mills, on New­port
Road, for some body
work and updating.
“Bam fires are an auto­matic
second alarm so we
would have had the other
companies involved even
if Engine 2-10-1 and
Engine 2-10-2 were
available. We still use the
Seagrave and today it
really did the jo b ,”
Young remarked.
The fire started after a
particularly violent thun­der
and lightening storm
struck the area. Young
said that the electrical
breakers in the bam were
“blown” and speculated
that the lightning hit the
roof and traveled through
the electrical lines caus­ing
the fire.
At least four residents
reported hearing loud
cracks of lightning and
thunder prior to the fire’s
discovery. The storm also
knocked out a water
pump at the home next to
the Fryburg property,
Young noted.
The fire caused dense
black smoke to pour from
both the front and rear of
the building. Young esti­mated
damage at $5,000
to some contents of the
barn - woodworking
equipment and supplies
and items being stored for
a garage sale. There was
about $15,000 damage to
the bam itself, he said.
Young said that there
were no injuries as a
result of the fire, but that
one member of the fire
police assisting at the
scene became ill. She was
taken to the hospital by
Rothsville Ambulance
and was treated and
released.
Members of the Roths­ville
and Lititz fire police
and volunteers from the
Rothsville and Warwick
ambulance companies
assisted at the scene.
Akron Fire Company
was on stand-by at .the
Rothsville Fire Com­pany,
Manheim Fire
Company was on stand­by
at Lititz Fire Company
and Elm Fire Company
was on stand-by at West
Earl Fire Company.
Companies on stand-by
are used to respond to any
other fixe or accident calls
while the companies they
a re r e p la c in g are
involved on another call.
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School taxes up
6.75 mills
for 1988-1989 year
by Becky Collins
A 6.75 mill increase in
property taxes is likely to be
adopted June 21 by the War­wick
School District Board
of Directors, who approved
its 1988-89 preliminary
budget, including that tax
hike, Tuesday night.
Next year’s budget of
$14,148,338 represents a
15.3 percent increase from
the 1987-88 budget. Signif­icant
increases are reflected
in the areas of debt service
(additions and renovations
to John Beck and Kissel Hill
E lem e n ta ry S c h o o l),
$950,000; additional staff
positions (needed to meet
growing en ro llm e n t),
$200,000; employee salary
in c re a s e s , $ 7 2 0 ,0 0 0 ;
instructional supplies,
$150,000; and increases in
fixed cost areas of insurance,
social security, retirement
and hospitalization of
$385,000.
According to school offi­cials,
the budget will be sup­ported
by a combination of
local, state and federal fund­ing
sources, although state
subsidy will only increase
by $255,000. Superinten­dent
John R. Bonfield noted
that the state continues to
underfund Warwick School
District by providing only
93 percent of the subsidy
warranted by the state
formula.
“Last year we lost
$400,000 in funding we
were due from the state,”
Bonfield told the school
board. “That money is lost,
we’re never going to get it.
Unfortunately, local taxes
need to be raised to make up
the difference,” he added.
The tax millage increase is
expe cted to g en e ra te
$843,750.
Local taxes represent 66.1
percent of the revenue
received by the school dis­trict
or $8,066,469. State
funding is expected in the
amount of $4,664,328. Fed­eral
funding is expected to
be $130,000.
An unreserved fund
balance of $1,286,897 will
be used to make up the dif­ference
in support for the
1988-89 budget.
Residents of the school
district were hit with a 4-mill
tax increase to finance last
year’s budget, bringing the
tax rate up to 39 mills. Three
mills of the proposed
6.75-mill increase will
finance the addition and
renovation ofWarwick High
School, the remainder will
be used to support the gener­al
operating budget.
One mill of tax in the
Warwick School District
represents approximately
$125,000 in revenue. For the
average property owner, 1
mill of tax represents
approximately $108 in addi­tional
taxes.
With the addition of 6.75
mills, Warwick School Dis­trict
taxpayers will pay a tot­al
tax rate of 45.75 mills.
Business Affairs
The school board named
Pennsylvania Municipal
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C itiz e n s sq u a r e o ff o v e r A ic h e le
S u p e r v i s o r s h e a r c o m m e n t s ,
t a k e n o a d d i t i o n a l a c t i o n
Winning top honors with three scenes from ‘Families’ at the West Chester
Jniversity High School Theatre Festival was this team from the Warwick Act-ng
Company. They were (from left) standing, Chris Nagle and Stephanie
less, who also an excellence in physicalization and best actress title; and
;eated, Tony Horvath, John Peters and Don Mitchell, a winner of excellence in
jhyslcalization technique. Record Express Photo/Becky Collins
‘Families’ wins top honors
Five Warwick High
ichool actors are taking the
ligh school acting world by
torm and winning personal
ccolades in the process
vith three scenes from Con-ad
Bain’s “Families.”
On May 4 the Warwick
acting Company (WAC)
■oupe staked their claim on
ie first place trophy at the
Vest Chester University
ligh School Theatre Arts
'estival, the second straight
year Warwick has won the
team title. Stephanie Hess
received best actress honors
from the competition.
Directed by Sandra
Couch, the troupe received a
special merit citation for
excellence in production and
staging at the Actors’ Co. of
Pennsylvania High School
Theatre Festival on April 28.
Two members of the troupe,
Stephanie Hess and Don
Mitchell, received excel­lence
awards for their
performances.
Don Mitchell brought
home an acting award from
the Bucks County Playhouse
compeititon Monday, Tues­day,
May 17.
The judges in each of the
competitions have com­mented
on the depth of char­acterization
displayed in the
performances of the War­wick
traveling troupe.
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by Linda A. Harris
It was a night crowded
with emotions centered
around one person-Warwick
Township Police Chief Har­ry
Aichele.
Vans, pickup trucks and
cars of all sizes filled the
parking lot at the Warwick
Township Municipal Build­ing,
315 Clay Road, May 11.
By 7:20 p.m., Officer Gary
Hutchinson, assigned to help
motorists find parking space
on an adjoining field, was
running out of space to direct
them.
Inside the building it was
standing room only as about
70 residents and members of
three newspapers and one
radio station faced township
supervisors.
The citizens were united
in their desire to discuss
Aichele’s future. The media
were united in their desire to
hear what opposing factions
had to say and what supervi­sors
would ultimately
decide.
Sides Divided
Aichele, flanked by sever­al
of his officers and the
police department secretary,
stood along one side of the
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R e c o r d
Editorial 4
Sports section 6-9
Classified 16-19
Social 22,23
Church 24
Manheim 30,31
Business 33
Sidewalk sale
This weekend the
Lititz Retailers Assoca-tion
has a fun-packed
sidewalk sale planned
for downtown Lititz. A
strolling German band,
bargains, food, service
club information stands
and an “art contest" to
decide on a L ititz
Recreation C enter
fund raiser are all in
store for Friday and
Saturday. Read more
about it on page 34.
In the news
-Paul Diehm named
to the Voter Hall of
Fame, page 16.
-Disgruntled citizens
form a council watch­dog
group, page 4.
-Students of the
month chosen, pages 3
and 30.
• Warwick g ro u p
LEADs the way, page
34.
•Mid the Turmoil
takes, on the prom,
page 4.
room. Those demanding
Aichele’s removal and those
supporting him were scat­tered
throughout the room,
sometimes seated or stand­ing
next to one another.
Irel Buckwalter, supervi­sor
chairman, apologized to
the group because of the
cramped quarters and noted
that the supervisors are cur­rently
reviewing plans to
expand both the building
and the parking lot.
Buckwalter opened the
meeting to comments from
the audience following the
completion of an abbre­v
ia ted agenda which
included passage of three
ordinances (previously dis­cussed
in detail as well as
advertized in the Record
Express), and the opening of
bids for a new truck for the
public works department.
Reviewed Controversy
Buckwalter reviewed the
controversy which began
with a petition filed April 13
calling for Aichele’s dismis­sal
and a second petition
calling for his dismissal
because of a law suit filed by
Lititz Borough P.D. Officer
Doug Shertzer. He also
noted that the supervisors
had taken action to repri­mand
Aichele as a result of
the suit at the May 4
meeting.
He advised the audience
that the supervisors had tried
to be “honest and open and
willing to talk about the con­c
e rn s ” ex p re s s e d by
residents.
He added, however, “loc­al
government is bound by
endless rules and regulations
which sometimes make it
difficult to govern and
sometimes make it appear
that we’re not accomplish-
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Dane St. Clair, left, (dark-striped shirt) and his wife, Audrey, listen as citi­zens
make their views on Chief Aichele’s future know. Dane St. Clair had pre­sented
a petition calling for Aichele’s dismissal April 13.
ing anything. But, every­body
is afforded certain
rights and protections, and in
light of the chiefs otherwise
unblemished record, we felt
it was improper to discipline
him any stronger than a
reprimand.”
Action Defended
Buckwalter continued,
“Disciplining of any police
officer is a time-consuming
and costly procedure and is
only taken when the facts
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