Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1999
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P ag es 24-27.
□ Business
Lititz Retailers
Lon Heibeck, president of
the Lititz Retailers Associa­tion,
talks about local issues
addressed by Borough
Council that they believe have
made Lititz a better town.
□ Out of the Past
Pretzel of the stars
Believe it or not, 60 years
ago young movie star Shirley
Temple was reportedly a big
fan of the Lititz pretzel. Find
out how she got them and the
local connection, plus much
more news from the past 120
years on Pag es 13 and 19.
□ Coloring Contest
Three new winners
Week two of the Lititz
Record Express Easter
Coloring Contest has pro­duced
three more winners, all
of whom were selected for the
first time. Find out more about
them on Page 22, and be
sure to color this week’s entry,
which is found on Page 29.
RICHARD REITZ
□ Manheim
‘Mame’ premieres
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□ Sports
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Births....................... ...........14
Business................. ..... 18-19
Church..................... .....16-17
Classified................ ..... 29-33
Editorial / Letters.... .............4
Entertainment......... ...........28
Government............ .......... 12
Manheim News....... .......... 20
Obituaries................ ......... 2-3
Out of the Past........ ....13, 19
Police....................... .......... 23
School News.......... ..........6-7
Record Express Editor
LITITZ — The official grand
opening for the new Lititz Public
Library is only 72 days away.
After years of planning, fundrais­ing,
and construction, the building is
on target for completion by late May,
and a community-wide celebration is
now being scheduled for Saturday,
June 5.
T in thrilled,” said Maryann Rich­mond,
president of the library board,
regarding the construction progress.
“All of the contractors have been
wonderful, making sure evelything
is perfect.”
One reason she feels it has been
going so well is that the people
involved has been taking it
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vary
I L I T I I Z P A
personally.
“Everyone feels that this is a spe­cial
project, and that they are a part of
it,” Richmond said.
The grand opening celebration and
ribbon cutting will be held from 10
a.m.-3 p.m., although specific prog-
□ School
DARE grads
John Beck Elementary fifth
graders recently completed
their requirements in the Drug
and Alcohol Resistance Edu­cation
Program. More on their
accomplishment and winners
of the essay and workbook
contests is on Page 6.
Manheim Central High
School will present the classic
musical “Marne” this week­end,
which stars Amy Greiner
as Marne, and Chris Shelley
as Patrick. Page 20.
Icing on the cake
The Warwick ice hockey
team routed Ephrata 9-0 in
the first battle for the blue
Ridge Cup last week. More
can be found on Pag es 8.
Social............................ 14-15
Sports..............................8-11
LANCASTER — Michael Mor­ris
has demonstrated once again what
can be accomplished with a quality
science project.
Earlier this month, Michael was
awarded the Grand Champion honor
at the first WarwickHigh School Sci­ence
Fair. His water quality study has
now earned one of the top honors at
the Lancaster Science and Engineer­ing
Fair, held on March 18.
Newport Sq.
presents first
phase of plan
RICHARD REITZ _________
Record Express Editor
WARWICK TWP. — Although
developers for Newport Square are
still in the middle of a conditional use
hearing for the project, early plans
for the first phase of the 400-unit
development have been presented to
supervisors for review.
At their March 17 meeting, the
board was shown how the first phase
would include 46 single-family lots
— 28 of which are located in
Wawrick Township. The homes in
this phase would be located on the
western part of the development,
stretching from the current Oak
Street dead end near Bonfield
Elementary, and near Balmer Road.
According to Mark Johnson of
RGS Associates, the engineering
firm representing developers Mike
Glass and Richard Hurst, this plan
was presented “to make sure there
was nothing the township might have
(See Newport, Page 12)
He was presented with the Senior
Reserve Champion award at the
awards ceremony held at Hempfield
High School. It wasn’t his only honor
either, as he walked away with six
auxiliary and cash awards totalling
$450.
Mike, son of Daniel and Elizabeth
Morris of Lititz, was honored for his
“Second-Year Study of Water Qual­ity,
Benthic Macroinvertibrate Life
and Physical Characteristics of Two
Local Streams,” or, a look at how
pollution can impact a stream and
how we can determine the health of a
waterway by studying the tiny crea­tures
that depend on it for survival.
His first-year study earned him four
awards at lire county fair.
Thomas Baran of Lancaster
Catholic High School was the Grand
Champion, while Elizabeth Harker
of Ephrata High School was named
Senior Champion.
When Mike won the Warwick fair
on March 3, he became the favorite to
bring top honors back to Lititz. But
an impressive number of quality pro­jects
by several Warwick students
also captured divisional honors at the
Science and Engineering Fair, held
last week at Franklin and Marshall
College. A total of 17 Warwick pro­jects
earned this distinction.
Rob Hess followed-up his first
place success in Engineering at the
Warwick fair with a first place at
Lancaster for his project “Going Up!
A New Elevator Design Using
Brushless DC Linear Induction
Motor.”
There were also three honorable
mentions in Engineering from the
Warwick junior class. Melanie Tho-
(See Science Fair, Page 21)
rams and special guests for the day
will be determined at a later date.
Tours of the building will be
offered, and since this will be the first
opportunity for the public to see the
new library, the celebration will be a
bona-fide grand opening, Richmond
said. The building will not be opened
prior to the celebration, and officials
expect that book circulation will
begin the following Monday.
Richmond said the new library
looks exactly as she had dreamed.
How the lobby will look can still be
modified a bit through the middle of
April.
The lobby will be lined with the
commemorative red stoneware tiles
being sold as personalized gifts to the
library, and anyone who would like
to have one created and installed for
the grand opening must place their
order by Friday, April 16.
The tiles are being created by
Lititz potter Steve de Perrot, and he is
already working to create the nearly
400 small and large tiles that have
been ordered.
The clay tiles will feature a wood­lands
scene, with a four-piece center
tile surrounded by 16 smaller tiles.
The larger tiles form a tree indigen­ous
to Pennsylvania, and the leaves
will each be distinct and match the
tree they surround.
“This is one of the most time-consuming
projects I’ve ever done,”
de Perrot said earlier this week at his
Locust Street studio, describing the
process to some volunteers that have
been working on the new library
campaign.
Using a large flat square of clay, he
carefully carves one of several trees
— sycamore, oak, hemlock, maple
and fem are among those he is creat­ing.
It’s a process that takes about a
week just to create one block, which
is then cut into four squares. Because
of the time, he is creating one original
design for each tree, then he will use
it to create a casting for his other cen­ter
tiles.
(See Library, Page 22)
Fate of chicken wings
appears up in the air
STEPHEN SEEBER
Photo by Richard Reitz
Michael Morris followed up his Grand Champion award at the War­wick
Science Fair with a Senior Reserve Champion honor at last
week’s Lancaster County Science and Engineering Fair.
County science fair
honors water study
Warwick projects earn 17 awards
Record Express Staff
LITITZ — Buffalo-style chicken
wings are once again a hot issue for
the borough government.
Joe Lutz, whose parking lot chick­en
wing stand stirred up some con­troversy
in Januaiy, has applied to be
open for business all year.
He applied for his peddling permit
in February and said that he followed
up with phone calls to both the mayor
and borough police. So far Lutz has
not gotten any indication as to
whether or not he will be allowed to
sell his wings.
Once again, the borough seems
reluctant to welcome Lutz to the
Lititz business community and the
wing merchant wants to know why.
“Right now they’ve cost me four
weekends of business,” said Lutz,
who feels Ills is being treated unfairly
because other peddlers in town are
not facing the same obstacles.
One of the businesses he refers to
is Rosey’s Lunchwagon, which
serves up fast food on North Broad
Street every Saturday.
Zoning Officer Lynn Stauffer said
that Rosey’s operation is grand­fathered
into use since it pre-dates
the formation of zoning laws in the
borough.
Stauffer said that she thinks Lutz’s
case is a zoning issue, taking it bey­ond
a simple permit process, because
his operation on a private lot would
require a temporary use permit and
land development issues might need
to be addressed through the zoning
office. So far, no applications have
come across her desk.
Lutz wants to sell chicken wings in
the parking area at Bicycle World
every Saturday and Sunday through­out
the year. His operation was
extremely successful during the NFL
playoffs in January, when the stand
was more of a temporary use. But
now that Lutz is seeking a more
stable operation, the borough
appears to be leaning toward a zon­ing
hearing.
Lutz said he j ust wants a response.
“I’m not happy that I leftmessages
and they haven’t returned my calls,”
he said. “It’s not a zoning issue
unless I’m there seven days a week.
(See Wings, Page 12)
William Oehme
A p i e c e o f
L it it z d ie d
w i t h O e h m e
LITITZ — William B. Oehme
was that rare individual who defines
community.
The 85-year-old bakery pioneer,
civic leader and philanthropist died
last Saturday, March 20, at Lancaster
General Hospital following a three-week
illness. He may have passed
away, but the legacy of a man who
loved his hometown will be felt here
for generations.
Oehme made frequent generous
donations to the Lititz Public
Library, the Lititz Historical Founda­tion
and Linden Hall. Most of these
gifts were delivered silently, without
fanfare and dedication ceremonies,
because Oehme’s focus was always
on Lititz improvement, not seeing his
name in the local paper or on memor­ial
plaques.
“If there was anything worthwhile
in the community, pop was always
there to lend a hand,” said Thomas
Oehme, his son. “He was basically a
solid giver. He really didn’t want any
recognition.”
Tom’s hope is that his father will
be remembered as a man who was
sincere in his effort to make Lititz a
better place.
Bom in the borough, Oehme was
the son of the late William W. and
(See Oehme, Page 21)
Expect unexpected
at talent show Fri.
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
LITITZ — For the past six years,
Amber Krause has been dancing
before audiences at the Warwick
Community Talent Show.
Door prizes
Photo by Richard Reitz
YOUTH ART MONTH — Student artists at Warwick Middle
School are recognized each March for Youth Art Month, and for this
year’s celebration, students were invited to use their imagination to
decorate their classroom doors in a school-wide contest. Among
those working to add a splash of coior to their homeroom portal are
Tonya Weeple (left) and Tara Yost (right). There is more about the
contest on the School News pages, plus the fourth collection of stu­dent
artwork, which appears on Page 7
Meanwhile, Colin DiGarbo and
Jarred Graham have never attempted
to perform a rap song in front of a live
crowd.
The bookends of this year’s talent
show demonstrate the variety of
styles that can be expected to grace
the Warwick High School auditor­ium
stage this Friday, March 26, at 7
p.m.
The evening begins with seniors
Colin and Jarred, who will perform a
self-composed rap song, with Colin
on vocals and Jarred on the “beat
box.”
Give Colin his props: He is a
talented vocalist and stage performer
who decided to push the envelope
and experiment with a different style
of music.
“I have no idea why, I just wanted
to by something that was totally out-of-
character,” Colin said. “Maybe
it’s senioritis.”
The show will conclude with the
farewell talent show performance by
Amber, who has been tap dancing for
the Warwick Community Talent
Show every year since it began, when
she was a seventh grader at the
middle school.
“It’s fun to share my talent, and
what I love doing the best,” the senior
said. She said the always-enthusiastic
crowd has helped make
this a great evening for her.
“With the different ages and diver­sity
of the performers, it is always
very interesting,” she said of the
show.
Her final bow on the Warwick
stage does not mark the end of her
dancing days. She hopes to continue
in college, unless Broadway calls
her.
Once again, Warwick funnyman
Michael Vemo will emcee the pro­ceedings,
with help from fellow
senior April Brenner.
Last month, performers audi­tioned
to take part in the show, which
is directed by Warwick teacher Sand­ra
Couch. The acts that were selected
(See Talent Show, Page 21)