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125TH YEAR 32 Pages - No. 8 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA Two sections 3 0 Cents
Early Deadlines
Due to the July 4th holiday,
special deadlines will be in
place for the July 5th edition of
the Lititz Record Express. For
the details, please see the
deadline notice featured on
Page 2.
INSIDE
□ Entertainment
‘Kiss Me Kate’
This Thursday, the Ephrata
Playhouse in the Park begins
its summer season with a pro­duction
of the musical “Kiss Me
Kate,” which features some
performers from the Lititz area.
Page 26.
□ School
Around th e World
Kissel Hill Elementary School
students recently took a trip
around the globe, as students
brought world cultures to their
school as part of International
Day. For the complete story,
see Page 6
□ Business
Lititz Mattress
The Diem family recently
opened a new business, Lititz
Mattress and Back Care, at 64
N. Broad St. They will be host­ing
a three-week open house
that begins this Thursday.
Page 18.
□ Religion
Walk of Ages
Luther Acres held its second
Walk of Ages recently, as local
supporters raised money that
will be used to benefit residents
of the Lititz retirement commu­nity.
Page 14.
□ Social
With Mickey
For Kathy Blankenbiller,
there is no vacation finer than a
few days with the Mouse down
at DisneyWorld. She offers up a
few tips and suggestions in her
In Sites column on Page 24.
□ Commentary
Daddy, Oh!
It’s our editor’s first Father’s
Day... and he has to share it
with someone else. Find out
why on Page 4.
0 Out of the Past
‘Auntie’ Jenkins
Fifty years ago this week, be­loved
town nurse Sara Jenkins
passed away. The impact she
made on Lititz, and other news
of the past from the pages of
the Lititz Record and Express,
can be found on Pages 22-23.
D Sports
Berkey Award
Recent Warwick High School
graduate Jesse Hoover was the
winner of the Nick Berkey Me­morial
Scholarship. For details,
see Page 8.
Index
Arts/Entertainment..................26
Births......................................... 24
Business.............................18-19
Classified............................28-31
Commentary/Letters..........4,17
Obituaries...........................12-13
Out of the Past................... 22-23
Police/Fire Log...................... 2-3
Religion............................... 14-15
School News...........................6-7
Social.................................. 24-25
Sports.....................................8-11
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Skate park to open soon
STEPHEN SEEBER________________
Record Express Staff
LITITZ — Local youth will have a place
to skate, where they won’t be yelled at,
frowned upon or chased away by police.
A skateboard park is expected to be in op­eration
by the end of this month in the park­ing
lot behind the water works building on
Maple Street. Donations for the project
reached $18,000 several weeks ago and a
$15,000 order for the needed equipment was
placed last week.
“Local businesses really stepped up after
that last article in the Record,” Lititz police
officer Kerry Good said, referring to the
“Who will buck up?” article on the front
page of the May 3 Record Express. “I expect
quite a few kids to be using it.”
The park, which is a temporary location
while police search for a permanent lot, will
be open from dawn to dusk every day of the
week. It will be a maintenance-free facility;
and while police will be keeping an eye on
things, the kids who skate there will be ex­pected
to be responsible for this golden op­portunity.
Good and fellow LPD officer, Sgt. Kerry
Nye, began their skate park search effort
over a year ago. Being on the front line of
the skateboarding epidemic, Lititz police
find themselves constantly scolding down­town
skaters. i
And they do so reluctantly.
Some irresponsible skaters have caused
damage to curbs, sidewalks and park
benches. And while police have a responsi­bility
to protect private property from van-
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Smoke
out
5 local businesses
are caught selling
cigarettes to minor
STEPHEN SEEBER_________
Record Express Staff
LITITZ — With the help of
state aid, local police recently con­ducted
a cigarette sales sting and
found that it is not terribly difficult
for kids to buy tobacco products in
Lititz and Warwick Township.
Last Friday, borough and town­ship
police paid a juvenile to enter
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Motorcycle,
bike collide,
two injured
WARWICK TWP. — A Lititz
man was seriously injured and a
16-year-old Rothsville boy also sus­tained
injuries Saturday morning
when the teen’s bicycle and the
man’s motorcycle collided along
the 300 block of Meadow Valley
Road at 11:20 a.m.
Warwick Township police said
that the juvenile, whose name was
not released, and Luther E. Groff,
56, of the 1500 block of East New­port
Road, Lititz, were transported
to Lancaster General Hospital’s
emergency room for treatment of
injuries sustained in the crash.
Groff was listed in critical condi­tion
as of Tuesday, according to
Lancaster General community re­lations.
The hospital did not re­lease
the condition of the teen­ager.
Assisting at the scene of the acci­dent
were Rothsville Fire Compa­ny,
Medic 4, Ephrata Ambulance,
Rothsville Ambulance, Rothsville
Fire Police, Life Lion - Hershey
Medical Center, and Ephrata
Township Police Department.
An investigation into the acci­dent
is continuing. If anyone wit­nessed
the accident, they should
contact Warwick Township police
at 626-3162 or 664-1180.
Sow sod
Park board deals
with expensive
stormwater repairs
STEPHEN SEEBER_________
Record Express Staff
LITITZ — Flooding and storm
runoff is costing the park.
A $6,000 re-grade and re-sod
project was completed Monday;
and while the flow situation is
greatly improved, more work may
need to be done if the park board is
to fend off pricey repairs in the fu­ture.
A good chunk of the cost of this
most recent work was donated by
Jack Lange, owner of Lange Exca­vating
on North Lane, who dug out
about 25 years worth of silt be­tween
Park Lane and the creek in
order to eliminate the lakes that
have been typical in the park after
notable precipitation.
Lange said that silt build-up,
compounded by surrounding land
development and the lack of storm
drainage in the park, has created a
dilemma that the park board may
have to face for years to come.
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Photo by Kathy Blankenbiller
The 60th Queen of Candles court includes recent Warwick High School graduates (front row, left to right) Kristin Harris, Heather
Hibshman, Erica Davis, Amanda Eckert, Katie Bashore, Elisa Wolf, (back row, l-r) Nikki Schwartz, Nicole Mobarak, Julie Clausen, Jessi­ca
Mobarak, Abby Bowers and Katie Trump.
Who will become the 60th Queen?
The Queen of Candles will be crowned at July 4th ceremony at Springs Park
LITITZ — This year marks the 159th time that the
custom of illuminating the Lititz Springs, Park with
candles for the Fourth of July celebration, and the
60th time that a Queen of the Candles will be crowned
since the tradition began in 1942.
Twelve young ladies, all members of the Warwick
High School graduating class of 2001, are selected,
through a secret ballot, by their classmates to partici­pate
in the pageant. The individual who received the
most votes serves as the queen and the others serve as
members of her court. The honor of being chosen the
queen remains a secret until the end of the pageant.
The court this year includes: Katie Bashore, Abigail
Bowers, Julie Clausen, Erica Davis, Amanda Eckert,
Kristin Harris, Heather Hibshman, Jessica Mobarak,
Nicole Mobarak, Nicole Schwartz, Kathryn Trump
and Elisa Wolf.
To commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the pag­eant,
the queen’s candle will be lit by Polly Moyer
Keenan, the first Queen of Candles. The newly-crowned
queen will then light her court’s candles.
The Boy Scouts from Lititz Troop 142 will light
their torches from the candles of members of the
court. They will in turn light the swans in front of the
stage.
• Katie Lynn Bashore is the daughter of Douglas
and Marilyn Bashore. During her senior year at War­wick,
Katie was a member-at-large for student council
and was captain of the Cross Country team. Her in­terests
include dancing for the Encore Dance Center.
She has received honors which include the United
States Achievement Award for History and Govem-
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Photo by Stephen Seeber
Richard Kellenberger of Hummer Turf in Manheim lays a roll of sod over the damaged land of Lititz
Springs Park. Continued development in the area has created storm water problems for the low-lying
grounds, where water naturally congregates after a big rain.
B m i m t h H o m e
Lititz to
celebrate
225th 4th
RICHARD REITZ___________
Record Express Editor
LITITZ — This July 4th marks
the 225th anniversary of the sign­ing
of the Declaration of Indepen­dence,
and Lititz is planning to pay
tribute to that milestone with a
spectacular four-day celebration.
Ronald Reedy, chairman of the
189th annual Fourth of July in Li­titz
Springs Park, said the theme of
this year’s celebration, “Lighting
Freedom’s Flame,” honors Ameri­ca’s
225th birthday — an anniver­sary
that he feels has been curious­ly
unheralded this year.
Beginning July 1, the Borough
of Lititz will correct that oversight,
with plans that include timeless
traditions such as the Grand Illu­mination
of Candles and the High
Tech Fireworks Show; to the new
traditions^pke the Baby Parade
and Family Day in the Park; as
well as new programs, including a
re-enactment of the Revolutionary
War Hospital at Lititz Moravian
Church.
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