Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, May 19, 1994
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118TH YEAR Two sections LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 Pages - No. 5 30 cents
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Record sets early deadlines
Due to the May 30 Memorial Day holiday, deadlines for Record
advertising and editorial copy have been changed.
Retail and classified display ads and all editorial copy for the June
2 issue must be in the Record Express office by 5 p.m. on Friday,
May 27.
Classified reader ads will be accepted until 10 a.m. Tuesday, May
31. Retail display or classified ads for “Neighbors” must be received
by noon, Wednesday, May 25. The offices of the Lititz Record
Express will be closed on Monday, May 30.
3200-meter relay destroys field
The Warwick boys’ 3200-meter relay rewrote the record books
during Saturday’s league meet at Hempfield. Read about the action
on Page 8.
Resident illustrates book
Lititz resident Bill Dussinger used his artistic talents to illustrate a
new book, “PURRables.” Learn more about the book and the artist
on Page 15.
Business
Church
Classified
Editorial
Manheim
Obituaries
Out of the Past
School Menu
School News
2. -ITi II13Z' V,'
18 Social 16-17
24 Sports 8-11
26-29
4 WEATHER: Thursday, mostly
25 cloudy and chilly, 40 percent
2 chance of showers, highs 60 to ■
4 65. Friday, variable cloudiness
7 and cool, chance of showers, -
6-7 high in mid 60’s.
Board adopts
ten ta tiv e budget
Resident questions increase
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Although the Warwick Board of School Directors granted tentative
approval to the 1994-95 budget of $25,929,787 during its meeting Tuesday
night, it has not yet been determined exactly how to raise the 13.7 mills of
revenue necessary to balance that budget. Those mills could come solely from
real estate tax or from a combination of increases in real estate taxes and the
occupational assessment tax.
Currently, every occupation of district residents has an assessed value,
most in the $300-$400 range. That value is currently taxed at a rate of 100
mills, which translates to about $30-$40 for the average taxpayer, said Dr.
John R. B onfield, district superintendent. The board has the option to leave
the occupational tax stand at its current rate or raise it by as much as 200 mills
to a maximum level of 300 mills. At the last public budget meeting, several
citizens expressed support of having the district raise part of its needed
revenue through the occupational tax.
While the subject of the budget was on the floor, Vem Marten, district resi­dent,
expressed his displeasure with the proposed tax increase and asked the
board if they have really made all the cuts they possibly could.
“To taxpayers like me that have been asked to pay and pay and pay, a
double-digit tax increase just does not sit well,” he said.
In a time when many businesses are downsizing and cutting costs to make
ends meet, Marten asked if the district has considered alternatives like cutting
more programs, implementing fees or other' creative ideas.
Board members explained that the district is faced with several unusual cir-
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Elder named
new principal
at Kissel Hill
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
The administrative line-up for
Warwick School District’s four
elementary schools is shaping up
after the school board approved the
election of Joseph L. Elder Jr. as
elementary principal for Kissel Hill
Elementary. Elder replaces Dr. Gail
E. Ekstrand, who will assume the
principalship of the new John R.
Bonfield Elementary School.
Elder was officially voted in as
part of the district staff during Tues­day
night’s school board meeting.
According to district officials,
Elder was the clear choice from a
field of 37 total applications. A com­mittee
consisting of Mrs. Doreen
Murphy and Mr. Don Busey, parents;
Mrs. Kay Wenger and Mr. Thomas
Clausen, teacher representatives;
Mrs. Phyllis Boyd, supervisor of spe­cial
education; Mr. Gaylord Poling
Jr. and Mr. William Flickinger,
board members; Dr. Daniel Dore-mus,
assistant superintendent, and
Dr. John R. Bonfield, district super­intendent,
interviewed six candidates
selected from the original, larger
group of interested applicants.
Elder will start at a salary of
$63,000. He comes to Warwick with
11 years experience as an elementary
teacher and seven years as principal
of the Henry Houck and Southeast
Elementary Schools in the Lebanon
School District.
At the district level, Elder chaired
a district-wide elementary report
card revision committee, co-led
el'forts to implement an elementary
portfolio assessment system,
gathered local business support for
school projects and collaborated/
implemented School Age Child
Care.
On a building level, Elder has
developed and implemented a non-graded/
continuous process program,
developed a yearly reading incentive
reading incentive program, created a
weekly citizenship program, organ­ized
a pre-school story horu and
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Children can enjoy fire engine rides for a small donation on Saturday afternoon from 1-3 p.m.
Lititz celebrates Hometown
Saturday this weekend
The fourth annual “Hometown
Saturday” in Lititz is scheduled for
this Saturday, May 21, rain or shine
in downtown Lititz. In addition to
merchant sidewalk sales and in-store
promotions, special events are sche­duled
throughout the day beginning
at 9 a.m. There will be food, cos­tumed
characters with free balloons,
face painting, special performances
and sidewalk games, fire engine
rides and the Ronald McDonald
Magic Show at noon.
Several organizations will be
offering items for sale such as the
new “Warwick Afghan” offered by
Warwick Instrumental Music parents
and a limited number of Lititz T-shirts
will also be available.
Food items will be include ‘Lii
Orbits Mini Donuts, Jaycees Funnel
Cakes and Lititz Lions Hot Dogs and
Sausage Sandwiches. Popcorn and
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Costumed characters with free balloons will line the sidewalks on
Main Street this Saturday. A Ronald McDonald Magic Show, merchant
sidewalk sales and other special events will also take place during the
Hometown Saturday celebration.
Photo by Connie Buckwalter
Members of the Lititz Historical Foundation’s Treasure Hunt committee (l-r) Wendy Diller, Missy Deibler
and Cindy Brubaker, prepare for the big treasure hunt this Sunday. A family event, Brubaker’s son Ryan also
gets into the act.
T r e a s u r e H u n t
E v e n t c e l e b r a t e s L i t i t z h i s t o r y
CONNIE BUCKWALTER___________________
Record Express Staff
Families and friends will strike it rich with a fortune of
fun and facts during the Lititz Historical Foundation’s
Grand Opening Celebration on Sunday, May 22. In addi­tion
to free admission to the museum, featured events
include the annual plant exchange, preview of antique
pedal car display and a new event — the treasure hunt.
“The treasure hunt is designed as wholesome family
entertainment and we are promoting the event to scouting
groups, schools and church youth groups,” said Cindy
Brubaker, event chairperson.
The foundation expects to have about 500 children and
adults participate in the hunt. Individuals are encouraged
to form teams of 1-6 people to share in the challenge of
following a set of eight clues to different locations within
walking distance of the Lititz Museum. Upon decipher­ing
a clue and arriving at the destination, teams must then
work to answer questions pertaining to that exact spot.
Although prizes will be awarded, the real riches are
found out and about the town.
“We believe that the historical value of Lititz is a trea­sure
in itself,” Brubaker said.
After team registration, which runs from 12:30 a.m. to
1 p.m., a shot gun start at 1 p.m. will send the teams off
and running. They have enough time to spend about 15
minutes per clue before reporting back to the museum by
3 p.m. Prize winners will be chosen at random from those
who have the most correct answers. The emphasis is on
having fun and learning about Lititz — not speeding
through the hunt — so no extra points are being given for
completing the hunt quickly. However, anyone returning
to the museum after 3 p.m. will be ineligible for the prize
drawings.
“We want people to enjoy the aesthetic value of Lititz
as they walk through the treasure hunt,” Brubaker said.
To participate in the hunt, the foundation asks for a $ 1
donation from each person on a team. Children under age
5 will not be charged anything. The donation entitles par­ticipants
to prizes, ice cream and pretzels, fun times,
good exercise and a little bit of an education.
Teams will be provided with a packet containing a
Lititz Historical sites brochure, pen and scratch paper,
team buttons and coupons for ice cream and pretzels at 3
p.m.
Each team must select a representative to come for­ward
and get the clues for the rest of the team. Team
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Warwick Township hires
Zimmerman as manager
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
After an extensive interview pro­cess,
the Warwick Township Super­visors
have selected Daniel L. Zim­merman
from a field of more than
100 candidates to take over as the
new township manager.
Zimmerman, the current Mount
Joy Borough manager, will begin his
job with Warwick Township on June
30.
According to Michael W. Brubak­er,
supervisor chairman, Zimmerman
was the clear and unanimous choice
for the post.
“This candidate really seemed to
rise above the rest,” Brubaker said.
Zimmerman has spent almost
seven years as Mount Joy Borough
Manager, administrator of Water and
Sewer Authority, Borough Secretary
and Zoning Officer.
Zimmerman said that although he
enjoys his job with the borough, he
wanted to try and find employment in
the township setting. Prior to taking
over management of MountJoy Bor­ough
in August of 1987, Zimmerman
had worked from May 1980 until
July 1987 for the Borough of Hanov­er,
first in the engineering depart­ment
(May 1980-October 1983) and
then in the Finance, Recreation and
Public Relations Department
(October 1983-July 1987).
One of the biggest issues Zimmer­man
said he sees facing Warwick
Township is that of growth.
“We have a large amount of poten­tial
growth that could occur in the
township,” he said. “We need to
work to balance the growth with the
things that are nice about the
township.”
Zimmerman is also a strong sup­port
of cooperation between neigh­boring
municipalities. ,
“I would like to strive for greater
regional cooperation,” he noted.
He has served as Region Four
Representative to the Lancaster
County Planning Commission from
January 1992 to the present time and
as Chairman of the Donegal Region
Comprehensive Plan Joint Commit­tee
(Mount Joy Borough, Marietta
Borough and East Donegal Town­ship)
from November 1992 to
present.
Zimmerman earned his undergra­duate
degree in Public Administra­tion
from Shippensburg University
in May of 1980, when he graduated
with honors (Pi Sigma Alpha). He
then earned his master of science in
Public Administration from Ship­pensburg
in May of 1987.
Zimmerman is a member of the
American Planners Association and
was the 1991 recipient of the Mount
Joy Communtiy Distinguished Ser­vice
Award.
Highlights of Zimmerman’s
tenure at Mount Joy Borough
include: overseeing a $3 million
annual budget between the borough
and the authority and 18 employees;
developing a strategy for overall
coordination between the borough
and water and sewer authority;
extensive grant writing proposal
experience; coordinating more than
$3.8 million in sewer and water
improvement projects since 1989;
assisting in negotiations for regional
and intermunicipal services between
the borough and adjacent townships;
■ and supervising eight street recon­struction
projects.
Warwick Township has been
without a township manager since
Robert Smith resigned from his post
last December.
Please look for a more in-depth
feature story on Zimmerman in an
upcoming issue of the Lititz Record
Express.
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