Lititz Record Express

              L ititz
THURSDAY, August 28, 1997
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121 ST YEAR 28 Pages- Mo. 20 LITITZ,, PENNSYLVANIA
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Special deadlines
Due to the Labor Day holi­day,
deadlines for "Lititz
Record Express advertising
and editoria! copy have been
changed.
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on Friday Aug. 29.
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be accepted until noon on
Tuesday, Sept. 2.
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Record Express will be closed
on Monday, Sept. 1.
Have a safe and relaxing
Labor Day!
For more information, call
the Record office at 826-2191.
Due to last Wednesday’s
• rainy,,; the annual back-to-
Ljschooi poo! party for Warwick
' High School students, spon­sored
by Lititz police, has
been rescheduled for this
.Thursday .Aug. 28 .beginning
at 7:30 p.itiL::Therel wilf-■■ton-plenty
of fun, food and music'
at the pool, and hopefully no
, rain!
Also, the Lititz Lions Club’s
Cruise "' Night was also
postponed until Wednesday,
Aug. 27 due to the rain. The
event will take place in
downtown Lititz and begins at
5:30 p.m.
STEPHEN 8EEBER
Record Express Staff
Several months ago, Mayor Rus-sell
Pettyjohn proposed a potential
sister city relationship with Minami-
Mura, Japan.
Last week the mayor, along with
Warwick Principal Fred Cummins,
talked to educators from the small
Japanese town. Although an official
sistership may not be in the near
future, a student exchange program
that would send Lititz students to
Japan could be.
In an Aug. 22 letter to Minami-
Mura Mayor Tatsuo Kawai, Petty­john
suggested “the exchange of
junior high school age students” as
the first step
relationship.
The goal behind such a relation­ship
is the cultural interaction
between the young people of two
very different nations. The one
aspect both communities have i n ,
common is small population,*
Minami-Mura with about 5,0('~ '
Lititz at approximately 9,000.
‘Traditionally, a sister town rela­tionship
would be set up to exchange
information regarding governments,
businesses and cultural activities
between the adult leaders of both
communities,” said Pettyjohn in his
recent letter, “It appears that this seg­ment
of the relationship is to be sec-
(See Japan, Page 28)
<a J M P m S Ì MISS
■BMT
Twp. seeking way to
lim it c e llu la r towers
D&E introducing digital system
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RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
WARWICK TWP. — Denver
and Ephrata Telephone is hoping to
construct a communication tower to
bring its new cellular-type phone
system to the Lititz area.
At a public hearing held Aug. 20,
Philip L. Martin from Denver and
Ephrata explained the reason why
they wish to place a 180-foot tower
on the Roy Zimmerman farm, west of
Lincoln Road and Arrowhead Drive.
The request comes just a year after
another cellular tower, constructed
by Pennsylvania Cellular Telephone
Corporation, was b u ilt near
Warwick bus
schedule-featured
Remember! Students in the
Warwick School District return
to classes on Wednesday,
Sept. 3. To make sure every­one
catches the bus on time,
see the complete bus sched­ule
on page 7. And to find out
which home room high school
students should go to once
they get there, see Page 6.
Take a Journey
around the globe
The 35th season of the
Lititz Rotary Club Travel and
Adventure Film Series returns
this fall with six new and fasci­nating
destinations. To find
out where they will go, and
)w to q¡ /ou pass­es,
see F-‘~xvê
warwicK fan spons
This week, the Lititz Record
takes a close look at the play­ers
and potential for the
Warwick High School football,
field hockey, golf and girls ten­nis
teams. Page 9.
Also, turn to page 23 for a
special advertising feature
that includes the fall sports
schedules of all of the
Warwick varsity teams!
Business........................18-19 i ;
r S S s o H ......... • -■ ■ • - - " — •16 and H has grown considerably in size
rATi • 7 / i"...... ................since that first show attracted about
Editorial / Letters............ ......4 6,000 people. But the annual event
Entertainment..................... 12 remains true to its initial purpose —
Manheim News....................20 to fund projects in Lititz Springs
Obituaries / Births....... .........2 Park.
Out Of the Past..................17 In fact, the Fall Outdoor Antiques
Police Log............................. ...21 and Collectibles Show is now the
School News..........6-7, 2 4-25 second largest fundraising project
Social............................14-15 sponsored by the Lititz Springs Park
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ough were not adequate.
Michael Jones, an architect work­ing
on the project, said the tower
should be able to provide space for
three transmitters.
“We are trying to accomodate the
township, who doesn’t want to see 17
towers there,” he said.
(See Tower, Page 28) .
M ow rer
hearing
this week Rnm„ . ■ ■ WARWICK TWP. — Af f p s s
-
eemed. that they S ig h t face a trend # f ^ Ck
that would lead to the construction of 3P - - fS t unary, ear-numerous
towers in the township.
That tower was built to handle addi­tional
cellular transmitters.
Prior to approval of constructing
any new tower, the applicant must
prove that there is no other
alternative.
Martin said they looked at four
existing sites before proceeding with
plans for a new tower.
He said the water tank in Rothsvil-le
was not generating a strong
enough signal in Lititz Borough, and
that transmitters at Wilbur Choco­late,
NAPA Auto Parts and thePP&L
transmission tower north of the bor-
Antique
Show will
return to
Park Sat.
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
LITITZ — On Sept. 2, 1967, the
first outdoor antiques show and flea
market was held in Lititz Springs
Park as a fundraiser for park
improvements.
There were 52 exhibitors at that
event, and according to the Lititz
Record Express on Aug. 31,1967, “It
seems certain that the show will
become an annual event”
They were right.
The “flea market” has been
removed from the name o f the show
,• i,liill ■£
Tow
ing in the death of 23-year-otó AprP
Smith. , . ;■■- ,v
Mowrer, Smith’s “femrer boy­friend
and the father of two of her
children, has been- «harneé with
murder.
On June, 1. Litoz police were
called to a downtown garage,, where
they found Mowrer with Smith's
body. It was later reported that
Mowrer told police that he strangled
Ms ex-girlfriend with an extention
chord. The two had been doing laun­dry
and apparently went to the garage
to talk,
Mowrer has been in Lancaster
County Prison since the incident.
A full report on what took place at
the hearing will be in next week’s
Record Express. j
•A special tribute to April Smith
by her mother is ora page 4.
Photo b y Richard Reitz
Joseph Delueia of Clifton, N.J., his wife Theresa and their dog Healey drove to Rothsville in their 1949 MG
TC on Sunday to enjoy a beautiful afternoon that blended British automobiles with a royal game of polo.
S i m p l y d e l i c i o u s
‘A Taste of Britain’ car show a big hit
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
ROTHSVILLE — Over 300 vehicles with a distinct­ly
British heritage gathered at the Forney Polo Field last
Sunday for a reunion of sorts.
The eighth annual “A Taste of Britain” car show and
polo match was the biggest yet, attracting 301 paid cars
—a record for the event according to Mike Himmelber-ger,
a member of the Lancaster MG Club and an organiz­er
for the event
“This year we pushed it out on the internet” which he
said helped increase this year’s participation.
It is a car show designed strictly for fun, so there is no
competition between the vintage sports cars, the classy
Rolls Royces or the rugged Range Rovers.
Although Himmelberger did not know an exact num­ber
of people who came for a taste of Britain, there- were
enough people that they ran out of food before the event
was done.
Among those who brought their vehicles to the show­case
were Dale and Julie Murray of Mount Joy. Their
all black 1995 Lotus Esprit was an eye-catcher, and two
young visitors, Brodie and Alex Pomper from Hellam,
took a particular liking to the sleek sports car.
Dale said he has long been an avid Lotus owner, and
has been bringing his car to the show for the past three
year. Julie, owner of Sincerely Yours salon in Lititz,
added with a smile that she is “working” on getting a Brit­ish
car of her own for future shows... a Jaguar.
The show also attracted car enthusiasts from quite a
distance, including 13 members of the New Jersey MG
‘T’ club. ;
Joseph Delueia of Clifton, N.J. was joined by his wife
Theresa and their dog Healey, named for the second half
of the British sports car, Austin Healey.
The Delucia’s drove their 1949 MG ‘TC’ from Clifton
to Rothsville tq enjoy the afternoon event. It was their
first year at the show.
He said his car is fully restored and now in show condi­tion,
having received “Best of Show” honors from previ­ous
events.
Delueia said four years ago the vehicle was nothing
more than a “rolling chassie,” but through hard work and
careful restoration, returned it to how it looked nearly 50
years ago. ;
(See Car Show, Page 28)
C o m m u n i t y i n v o l v e m e n t c o u l d
b e k e y t o * u t u r e d e v e l o p m e n t
STEPHEN SEEBER
Pecom Erp'ssa SMC
COdMOL CJf AMBERS —
Lititz and Warwick Towns nip resi­dents
may soon lean, rp to plan n e
future n f then commumires
The L'lnz Hanning Commission
has been siucying join* staregre
comprehensive planning for several
months and on Tuesday, borough
council agreed to pursue a parirer-shtn
9 itb W .rrick T o s l i p .
WNu dem if H mrirri
Torc'-rl H o p " “no to
meetings re tree-net. can
•’av® mere ingm m the fnfme deve- _ ___„ „
sepnesr oi the Warwrek School Dis- iUnding possibilities through county
irioiu Fiore issues tf>at ’mow no Rr&nts, according to Wenger.
Iret*dire41 ‘ re ?!,i j ■reLre old He added that local planners like
fire protection, this approach to plan­ning
intends to utilize as many ideas
as possible from that people that will
be affected most.
‘There are some great ideas out
Mere that we probably don’t know
x>u£, ’ said Jim Wenger, vice chair­man
for the Lititz Planning
Commission.
Council also plans to get rough
cost estimates for such a plan from
Lancaster Township, one muicipali-where
strategic planning has
■eady been implemented with
success.
A joint effort between Lititz and
Warwick Township also increases
the proactive approach.
“We didn’t want to go through the
process and spend a lot of time and
money for something that was going
to just gather dust,” he said.
The last update to the borough’s
comprehensive plan was done in
1989, which, according to Wenger,
saw no dramatic changes to the ori;
ml plan that was introduced to
borough in the 1960s. Warwick
Township Iasi updated its com­prehensive
plan in 1992.
Council was receptive to the idea
of involving the community and
working along with Warwick Town­ship,
but Council President Dennis
Stuckey stressed the need for a facil­itator
to make sure both, municipali­ties
benefit equally.
Wenger said that Manheim Town­ship
is currently looking into a
strategic plan as well.
In other borough business:
•Council decided to budget put a
$26,250 four-wheel drive police veh­icle
in the 1998 budget :
•A Pottstown company that makes
community maps is hoping thatLititz
is its next client, but a hesitant bor­ough
council agreed to consult the
Lititz Retailers Association before
taking any action. :
Rick Kominick of the Communi­ty
Map Company has offered to ere)
ate a publication that would list all of
the important imformation that a bor­ough
resident would need — the
names of elected officials, local tax*
(See Lititz, Page 28)