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WEATHER: Wednesday
and Thanksgiving Day, mostly
sunny.
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Although the 1995 Warwick
Township budget will not be avail­able
for public review until Novem­ber
28, supervisors gave one sneak
preview — no tax hike in 1995. Dur­ing
their meeting last Wednesday
night, supervisors reported that the
millage rate would stay at two mills
for at least one more year.
After November 28, budget spe-cilics
will be addressed. However,
Township Manager Daniel Zimmer­man
said that township is waiting to
advertise the budget until a matter
concerning insurance coverage can
be handled.
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Santa Claus will arrive in Lititz — direct from the North Pole —- via fire engine thi: turday morning to
meet and greet the boys and girls and listen to their Christmas lists.
Santa arrives Saturday
NORTH POLE — Santa Claus
arrives in Lititz this Saturday,
Nov.26. The jolly old elf will arrive
at his castle, located at the entrance
to the Lititz Springs Park at 11 am.
Santa will begin his day with a
tour of Lititz streets aboard a Lititz
fire engine starting at 9 a.m.
Visitors to the Castle will get a
chance to talk to Santa and receive a
free gift. They will also be eligible
to win a girls’ and boys’ bicycle.
Santa’s hours this holiday season
are:
Sat., Nov. 26................11 a.m.^1 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 2.................... 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 3 ..................10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 9.....................5 p.ni.-8 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 10............. ..10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 16...................5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 17............... .10 a.m.-^t p.m.
Wed., Dec. 21..... 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 22....5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 23........ 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 24...... ............9 a.m.-Noon
The board is expected to vote on
the budget during the December 21
meeting. A public hearing on the
budget will be held prior to the vote.
From November 28 until December
21, the budget will be on display at
the township office for public
review.
Also during the meeting, supervi­sors
accepted a settlement with the
Carlyle Group, bringing four years of
litigation to an end. Zimmerman said
that the Carlyle Group, which owns
the Twin Brook Mobile Home Park,
had filed a lawsuit against the town­ship
because it did not want to hook­up
to the township’s sewer and water
lines. Zimmerman said that the set­tlement
allows the mobile home park
to hook-up and the township to move
on.
Zoning Officer Thomas Zorbaugh
brought several items to the board’s
attention. The 24-hour notice for
inspections policy will no longer be
in effect, he said. He also asked
supervisors to consider a longer per­mit
review process that would allow
him to take more time on some of the
larger building projects.
Zorbaugh suggested prohibiting
contractors to bum in dumpsters at
the building site because items like
insulation, shingles and plastic buck­ets
are being disposed of improperly.
In another matter, Zorbaugh said
he thought it might be wise to require
permits for fences to eliminate prob­lems
with fence construction or
placement.
Zimmerman said that nobody likes
additional regulation, but as the
township grows, it is important to
keep things in check.
During communications, Zimmer­man
reported that the final phase of
the Rothsville sidewalk project has
been rated sixth of 23 projects in the
county, which means it will definite­ly
get funding. The township plans to
bid the work for the project sometime
in the spring.
Zimmerman also presented the
township directory to the board. The
directory is a list of all the elected and
appointed officials in the township.
Supervisor Chairman Michael Bru­baker
encouraged citizens interested
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Officials form ad hoc committee
to study traffic relief possibilities
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
Discussion and the rejuvenation of an ad hoc committee were the two major
results of a joint meeting between local municipalities and the school district.
Monday night, 18 officials representing Warwick Township, Elizabeth
Township, Lititz Borough and the Warwick School District attended the
annual meeting at the Warwick Township Municipal Building. During the
two hour meeting, officials discussed a myriad of issues, including growth,
parks and recreation, cooperative services and reassessment.
Candlelight celebration
set for Lititz Square
Since its inception in the beginning of 1994, the purpose of the Candlelight
Celebration, scheduled for Wednesday, November 30 at the Lititz Square, has
been to honor the Lord in remembrance of His birth. For the Lititz Area Man­ger
Preservation Society (LAMPS), the celebration is a way of giving back to
the Lord. When considering the gift He gave mankind, LAMPS feels that it is
a small gift — comparatively speaking.
The celebration is one night set aside from hectic schedules. One night that
buying and wrapping gifts, baking cookies and cleaning homes are forgotten
as people focus again on the meaning of Christ’s birth — God on Earth.
Members of LAMPS hope that the citizens of Lititz and beyond will join
them for what they hope will be an awe-inspiring evening.
Community caroling begins at 6:30 p.m. Carolers will be accompanied by
the Lititz Moravian Trombone Choir, led by Director Jean Doherty. Pastor
Fred Moury of Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church and President of
the Warwick Area Ministers Association will make a brief welcoming com­ment
and conduct the rededication of the creche.
Well-known vocalist Wayne Watson will then take the stage and sing a few
songs from his new Christmas album. Pastor David Jones will address the
crowd, followed by a performance Lititz Manger Choir, led by Diane
Parshall.
As the choirs sing, representatives from the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts
will go onstage to have Pastor Moury light their candles. They will then dis­perse
into the crowd, lighting candles as they go.
Community members will then pass their candlelight to those around them.
There will be a special surprise for the community members while the choir is
singing its final song.
For the most part, the meeting served as an information exchange, with one
of the hottest topics being growth.
Dr. John R. Bonfield, Warwick SchoolDistrict superintendent, said that the
district enrollment level is at 4,160 students, with projected enrollments near­ing
5,000 students by the 2003-2004 school year.
With the recent addition of the new elementary school and the return of
sixth grade to the elementary buildings, Bonfield said the district has provided
for its growth needs for at least the next seven years.
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Photo b y Stephen Seeber
Members of LAMPS and volunteers from the community gathered
last Sunday afternoon to raise the recently refurbished creche, Susan
Raffensperger (left) and R.J. Milholin (right). Lititz’s manger set will be
rededicated during the Nov. 30 candlelight celebration on Main Street.
An artist has been commissioned to design a Commemorative Sweatshirt
for the evening. The proceeds from the sales of the sweatshirts will help
defray the cost of the celebration. The shirts may be purchased up to and
including November 29 and then again December 1 and following. There will
be order blanks in the printed programs to be distributed during the celebra­tion
or call 627-1912. Because the Candlelight Celebration is dedicated to
honoring the Lord, there will be no sales of the sweatshirts on November 30.
Former Lititz resident Debby Dodds met television actor/comedian
Jerry Seinfeld during the filming of a special program.
L i t i t z n a t i v e m a k e s
“S e in f e l d ” s p e c ia l
CONNIE BUCKWALTER
Record Express Staff
For fans of the hit television com­edy,
“Seinfeld,” meeting the star of
the show, Jerry Seinfeld, would be
living out a dream.
For Debby Dodds, meeting Sein­feld
meant the chance to use her act­ing
talent and to be seen by millions
of television viewers.
“He was very nice and not the kind
of guy who is always on. He’s not
always telling jokes,” Dodds said of
Seinfeld. “He’s also very supportive.
He had no ego relative to the
situation.”
Dodds, a former Lititz resident,
will appear on Thursday evening’s
special “Abbott and Costello Meet
Jerry Seinfeld.” The hour-long prog­ram
will air on NBC stations at 10
p.m.
The special is a retrospective of
Abbott and Costello’s career, hosted
by Seinfeld. Dodds said the show
was filmed in a burlesque theater,
The Variety Theater. She appears in
four scenes and changes costumes
twice. In one of the scenes, Dodds
takes off her sunglasses and winks at
Seinfeld.
Although the show airs in Novem­ber,
it was filmed in August. Dodds
said she was. selected for the show
after a series of interviews and audi­tions,
competing against close to
1,000 other actresses.
“I think that the show is probably
the biggest thing that I have done in
terms of what people will see,” she
said.
Debby Dodds
Dodds has also appeared in an epi­sode
of “Divorce Court,” a commer­cial
and a short film produced by
Michael Jackson. Last week she
filmed a children’s video on CD-rom
and was cast on the spot for a film
role.
Dodds has lived beside the beach
in Los Angeles for the past 18
months. Prior to moving to the West
Coast, she lived in New York City
after graduating from New York
University in 1989. While in New
York, she said she often worked in
theater.
Given a choice, Dodds said she
prefers working on films.
“Usually they (filmmakers) are
not in a big rush to get things done,”
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Zoners order take-out
for December meeting
STEPHEN SEEBER
Record Express Staff
Adjustments to the interior and
exterior of the New China House
take-out restaurant, 370 E. Main St.,
Lititz, were discussed without resol­ution
during Monday night’s Lititz
Borough Zoning Hearing Board
meeting.
Chun K. Eng, restaurant owner,
and his attorney had two requests for
adjustments to his business.
The R-l residential zone location
of New China House presented a
number of restrictions that busines­ses
normally do not face in commer­cial
zones, and after the Zoning Hear­ing
Board heard the case, the only
aspect of the issue that could be
agreed upon was to continue the
applications at next month’s Decem­ber
19 meeting.
Eng’s first application was a sign
request to display four external signs
on the front of the restaurant.
The four signs — which are
already up — include a sign depict­ing
some of the entrees featured by
the restaurant, a business identifica­tion
sign, an “open” sign, and a sign
listing business hours. All four signs
have the potential for internal
illumination.
Throughout the hearing, Zoning
Hearing Board member Robert W.
Fitts consistently refered to the prob­lem
of the sign’s total square footage,
which exceeds the amount tradition­ally
allowed in an R-l district, and
also said, “luminous signs are not
permitted outside of the business
area.”
At the same time, Eng’s counsel
contended that the signs are neces­sary
to the business because the
storefront has no windows, making it
difficult for potential customers to
know if the restaurant is open.
The attorney also said that the
building has been consistently used
as a business since the East Town
Market was there years ago, and the
only difference now is the owner.
The board burned to past records
revealing that Eng had appealed to
the board for the exact same sign
requests in August 1990, when he
was denied.
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