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STEPHEN SFFBGR
Hecmd Express Staff
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7<nr 5 ire question that several
concerned r tizem brought before
Lititr i 'rough CG’mrq Der 30. hop­ing
rr rir.d i soV.tion to nhai they call
a growing pronlem of older teens
pievn g on v>m;oable middle school
stuaents.
lisa ^fnecal and Cathy Fekete,
who noth have daughters at the
middle school, told personal stones
of hov older iccps, who congregate
near fto cc.nrim,unify pool before the
high school cpi-jis reportedly <=eli
RÍCHARO REITZ
Sketch publishes his
photo collection
Anyone in town who knows
Sketch Mearig knows of his
love for Lititz history and
collection of historic photos. In
his new book, “Historical View
of Lititz,” he and his daughter
Charlene Mearig Van Brook-hove
n open a black and white
window to the past. Page 12.
Daily schedule
changes at WHS
Following a trial semester
with an earlier start for the day
and a later homeroom period,
Warwick High School has
returned to its original format.
For more on this story, as
well as information on the
W in te r Band C o n ce rt this
Sunday and the start of the
high school course selection
process, See Page 8.
Manheim Borough
OKs ‘97 budget
At its final meeting of 1998,
Manheim Borough Council
gave its approval to the new
budget, which includes a
slight property tax for resi­dents.
Page 11.
for 1997
Warwick Township Police
Chief A! Olsen has some tips
for motorists to keep in mind
that can not only keep you
from getting a ticket, but will
make the roads safer for eve­ryone.
Page 4.
Food Drive aids
Community Chest
Zartman Dodge customers
were given a free oil change
in exchange for food donated
to the J/Varwick Community
.A tori. !o see how well the
rood drive did, see Paqe 14.
Hoops teams looking
strong in Warwick
The girls and boys basket­ball
teams have been on a roll
lately, with the girls winning
their last two games, while the
boys are riding a five-game
winning streak.
Also, this week’s Record
features a profile of Warwick’s
Janelle Long and Jessica
Rose, who recently earned
prestigious field hockey hon­ors.
See Pages 8-10.
Monday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. —
Warwick School Board Edu­cation
Committee and Build­ing
Committee.
Monday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. —
Penn Twp. Supervisors,
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 7:30 Richard and Christine Haenel,
p.m. — Warwick Twp. Super- 1510 Rothsv.lle Road, sit with son
visors, 315 Clay Road. Jared Michaei- born 3j 56 a m on
Dec. and taw 1s-month-old
tv..-; daugnto' A,ynsa Jamd was
■tore, Lititz’s last baby of 1998, accord­ing
r records available to the
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Obituaries.............2, 3. 17, 19 new baby. Mercedes Elizabeth
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School News........................6-7 Shown m tne photo are sisters,
Social............................14-15 Courtney and Kara.
Sports................................8-10
drugs, enlist younger kids to trans­port
drugs, and even suggest sex as a
payment for drugs.
“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist
to manipulate a 13-year-old,” said
Senecal. “(This) is not exactly what I
want, my daughter exposed to...and
everybody is looking the other way,”
she said referring to the school admi­nistration.
“I didn’t send her to
school so someone could teach her to
smoke pot.”
“I really fear for these children,”
added Fekete, after telling council
about a teenager that once offered her
daughter drugs in exchange for sex-ual
favors. The 18-year-old man is
now in Lancaster County Prison for
trying to strangle his girlfriend,
according to Fekete.
Assistant superintendent for the
Warwick School District, Dr. Daniel
Doremus, said that the school is
naturally concerned with drug “ ~ ■
and maintains its “no use” po
school grounds, but becau;
teens in question are hanging
school property the adminis
has no authority.
Buses usually arrive at the
an average of 15 minutes befi
building is open, but the cafei
Record Express Editor
LITITZ — The question of
whether or not to allow a nonprofit
Christian worker;rap to use Warwxk
High School as ns home base in 1998
has long oeen reitied in the minds of
the Warwick Schoo1 Board
The only question trial seems to
remain is ¡raw rrurb should they be
chagto io use the faciliiie? for the
w§dd
The board ' nirideretl this ques­tion
vny carcfuliy Tuesday when
reviewing a proposal oy the Reach
workeanp program ir utilize the
Warwick campus on June 28-July 4,
1998.
Through Reach between 250-350
teenagers and adults would say in
about 16 classrooms while doing
amp-women ■ work to between 45 -50
horns-; in the V^rerck-M rnhenri-
In addiiier io Hi imt-ra-pockei
costs, suen a: iit’JTto.s and personnel
used ounng tfidr stay, Reach will pay
a fee of up m $1,000 for use of
facilities.
Business manage) David Zerbe
said that the straightforward fee that
wen Id normally be charged for use of
16 classrooms over the number of
hours requested would be $5,700,
plus $675 for the gymnasium,
cafeteria and auditorium.
“Thai’s if you follow the book,”
Zerbe said, adding that, the board
does “have the right to adjust the
fees... any way it wishes.”
The board was not considering
charging Reach this amount, and Dr.
John Bonfield pointed out that the
classroom fee primarily refers to
instructional use, while this is for a
housing purpose.
“It is a unique use,” added War­ren
Newberry. “I don’t think it can
be applied to our facility' cost.”
Cynthia Scibal suggested that the
board charge $675 for the rental of
the auditorium, gymnasium and
cafeteria, and waive the classroom
rental fee.
She said that the average rental
charge Reach pays is $750. “I defi­nitely
wanted Warwick to be lower
than average,” Scibal said. ■
The board debated whether to
charge $675... or waive the fee
altogether.
' 1 1Link w hat we have to be careful
ilk tore L she precedent we set,”
spy Beard ^resident Wallace Hof-t?
th. “We wish to provide our facili­ties
for the Reach program, assuming
we can come to terms.”
“If we really believe in what they
are doing,” said Gaylord Poling,
“then why charge them anything?”
He said that the reduction, or eli­mination,
of the fee can be justified
by the contributions the teenagers
will be making to the community.
“The school is the focal point of
the community,” Newberry added.
“The only reason you are even
Photos by Stephen Seeber and Carol Stark
B a b y o ld y e a r ,
b a b y n e w y e a r
open and supervised by a teacher for
those who arrive early. But if stu­dents
don’t go into the school, there
is not much the school can do.
Lititz Police Chief Douglas
Shertzer said that he shares parents’
concerns, but added that there is no
law against loitering and school offi­cials
and police can only be responsi­ble
for so much.
“The discipline has to start at
home,” said Shertzer, who has two
children of his own. “Parents have to
(SeeALoitering, Page 20)
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T o f e e , o r n o t to f e e
W a r w i c k S c h o o l B o a r d q u e s t i o n s
h o w m u c h t o c h a r g e t e e n w o r k c a m p
considering this is because it is a non­profit
group that will provide a ser­vice
to the community,” Bonfield
said. “We are in the youth business,
and this program is a benefit to
youth.”
Lawrence Gemmel was not so
much concerned with how much to
charge Reach as he was in making
sure that the board could justify the
reduction in the fees.
“I’m concerned about the next
group that comes to us,” he said.
“One thousand dollars in our budget
is (not much). To us it will be rela-tively
insignificant. To that group of
kids it is going to be a lot.”
Bill Flickinger suggested the
board submit a bill for the full
amount of the fees, then reduce it in
lieu of the services provided “to
show true value.
“That might be in the best interest
of the board,” he said. “It doesn’t
change anything, it just goes on
record.”
In the end, a consensus of board
members agreed to pursue charging a
$675 fee.
“Either way it should work, and
they should be pleased with the
arrangement,” Hofferth said.
•The board also got a glimpse at
what the new Warwick band uniform
will look like.
Junior Pat Eckert attended the
meeting wearing the predominantly
red uniform with a plumed helmet.
Photos by Stephen Seeber
GOING — Public works crew members Doug Minney and Brian
Hann are busy collecting Christmas trees along North Cedar Street
Jan. 6... .
■¡IMS
R n iN fi — Minnov ishnwn here), along with his co-workers, shred-wB
a&s» /tii UWWU.IWI uwi! 425 Christmas trees were destroyed Tues
day and Public Works Superintendent Nevin Koch expects that more
than 1,000 will become mulch by the end of the week. Local police capture
escapee at Scooter’s
An escaped convict from Dela­ware
turned up at Scooters restaurant
and was captured by police last week.
Warwick Township police
received a report on Dec. 29 at 7:20
p.m. that John T. Greene, 22, of Man­heim,
was at the 921 Lititz Pike
restaurant.
With assistance from Lititz Bor­ough
P o lic e , G re en e was
apprehended and arrested without
incident at the restaurant.
Police said a warrant was out for
Greene’s arrest on a charge of escape
from Sussex State Prison in Dela­ware,
where he had been at a work
release center, serving a five year
sentence for burglary.
Greene was charged with being a
fugitive from justice and arraigned
before District Justice Nancy Hamill.
He failed to post $50,000 bail and
was transported to Lancaster County
Prison.
On the roads again
Elizabeth Twp. discusses several
roadway dilemmas at meeting
STEPHEN SEEBER
Record Expre ss S ta ff
ELIZABETH TWP — Township
supervisors agreed to allocate signif­icant
funding for road maintenance
this year when they passed the annual
budget in December, and it looks like
they may need it.
During Monday night’s meeting in
Brickerville, Road Superintendent
Glenn Martin updated officials on
two major road problems, erosion
along Reifsnyder Road and the col­lection
of water on Pumping Station
Road.
Supervisors agreed to continue
working on a Reifsnyder project that
would straighten out an S-curve in
the road, but pointed out that plans
are preliminary and details on a pos­sible
land swap still need to be work­ed
out with the two land owners
involved, Gerald Snavely and
Benue! King.
“I think this is the way we want to
go,” said Supervisor Chariman L ar­ry
Wiker.
Engineer Jack McSherry, Jr.
estimated the cost of such a project at
$35,000.
As a temporary solution, Martin
said the township’s road crew will
install posts every two feet along a
40-foot stretch of road that borders
Hammer Creek. This project should
be underway within the next two
weeks, said Martin.
Secretary-treasurer for the town­ship,
Rodney May, expressed some
concern that straightening the road
would increase speeds for drivers in '
that area.
It looks like Elizabeth Township
will get no help from the state to
remedy the water problem at Pump­ing
Station Road, reportedly created
when PennDOT raised Route 322
several years ago. This means that
township taxpayers will probably
loot the bill.
Martin said the 322 project origi­nally
included plans to install drain­age
pipes that would keep water off
Pumping Station Road but the pro­ject
apparently ran out of money.
Proper drainage was never put into
(See Elizabeth, Page 20)