Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - June 12, 1984, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania THE 1902 Gettysburg Times VOL. 82. 137 12, 25e taxes topics at school district meeting GETTYSBURG Nearly 40 dents of the Gettysburg Area School District attended a hearing Monday on the tentatively adopted SI 1.5 million budget ibr the 1984-85 school The held in conjunction with the district's board ol directors regularly scheduled monthly focused on the proposed 10 mills real estate tax assessment increase and a 5.5 percent hike in the occupational assessment In his opening district Dr. Kobert E Curtis ex- that rising fixed charges in cial retirement and medical payments and higher debt ice ments have contributed in boosting tax rate As one of five members of trie ence who questioned the board on the increased Kobert Geigley ot Gettysburg asked the board about the planned debt service payment and contended that monies tor the term bond issue had been allocated in previous The bond issue was for roof replacement and the tion of the district's computerized energy management Curtis explained that no funds had ever been budgeted for those Curtis a loan was taken out to pay for the projects and payments on that loan are now also commented on the amount of the beginning cash For the 1984-85 the opening ba- lance is Board vice president George A. Weikert said that figure resented two percent of the budget and added that 1 was running an Sll million I'd have at least two percent of my budget in reserve in some sort of contingency for un- anticipated expenses Ulmer Spence of Fairfield charged that additional enue could be- found by enforcing payment of an admission tax by area campground operators The board president K Wood is still being considered by the courts district solicitor Kobert L McQuaide added that the action to date has consisted of notifying the campground owners that collection of such a tax is possible So McQuaide the dis has ed one cent from a campground on that Another Kaymond S Davis of Gettysburg noted that tax in- such as the one being by the affect those living on fixed incomes the greatest slap a 10 mills increase on those people and you'll put some of them in a poor he said In answering questions before the Wood stressed that nulls oi the increase is for fixed costs which are mandated and which the board has no control In areas such as maintenance and he costs were reduced Mary Stephenson and Peggy Lorah both praised the board tor its efforts and Stephenson said think the School District has done a fine job educating our .be and we will pay our taxes The budget w ill be formally adopted at a special meeting of the board June 25 at 7.3U p.m Bv Chris Arbutina VOICES HEARD Robert w. Geigley questioned the budget at the Gettysburg School District's hearing Monday Kobert L. McQuaide had a point for the audience and mond S. clenched his fist in concern for the elderly tax Borough discusses condemning burned Lincoln Square Building Carroll's K Section may get new sewage system By FRESCH Times Staff Writer CARROLL VALLEY are no Carroll Valley Board member Dennis Didio said of the final design for a sew age system submitted for approval to the board during day's meeting Plans around to the and explained by The proposed which will be im- in 77 lots in Section K of the will cost a total of broken down to a cost of over SI per which will be incurred by the The sewage module consists of two holding tanks per According to the solid waste tank will have to be pumped on the average of once every three He said it currently costs to have a holding tank The other which will collect will empty into the main sewage Didio read from a letter written by borough engineer William Arrowood Borough of Carroll Valley is. to our the first municipality in the Commonwealth to have an cial Sewage Plan approved by the Pa. letter which there is provided a rural waste water management concept involving approximately nine in- novative and alternative strategies to enable the utilization of low-cost niques to provide for the collection and CARROLL Page 21 By JUDY HULL Times Correspondent GETTYSBURG As a result of in- action and non-compliance with lines by the owners of the Lincoln Square the Gettysburg Borough Council Monday night sed the possibility of condemning the burned Council also decided to begin taking the necessary steps to open Race Horse Alley behind the building if it is not opened by the date set by Lon of the Gettysburg Square Limited Partnership failed to appear before council to present a progress report as he had previously stated he Council President Gerald Shealer said he spoke with the firm's engineer who said that Gore was in New York and unable to attend the Shealer said he also spoke with the engineer about rumors that the company does not plan on ing the burned but plans to sell it on the open Council had given the firm a line of April 14 to begin construction and June 15 to open the Shealer haven't met any time limits Borough Code Enforcement John Lawver said he is to meet with the engineer Tuesday morning to dis- cuss the opening of the Council stated that if the alley is not open by any steps necessary to have it opened will be taken and the firm w ill be charged for any expenses incurred as a result of this Elise daughter of the former owner of the Hotel ex pressed her concern about the situa tion to mother and 1 are emotionally she said in re- ferring to her former home She stated that she was at the picture of the proposed structure presented at last month's council Council member Paul Witt made a motion to start condemnation ings on the building and received a but later withdrew the motion when Shealer suggested that a ing with the borough solicitor be arranged for later this week to decide what legal approach to take regarding the Council member Anthony aro called the situation and questioned what McSherrystown okays payment of plan for 16 houses By DAVID PALFREY Times Staff Writer MCSHERRYSTOWN The McSherrystown Borough Council Monday payment of covering the portion of the percent share in the f 18 million regional seuer project Borough officials expect to make the payment sometime in Borrowed from National the loan should be paid about en to in said Charles council president Rider said the encompassing and Township not cause any increase in borough sewer which now average per year A final plan houses on 2 5 acres Road won the council's approval Edward Mori ot the firm Brown and Associates of Hanover presented the blueprints in behalf of the ciev the Partnership Rider assured the council that Sewer Plant now to be known Lane follow ine council easily will handle the added runott irom the new He said a storm dramatic problem in the area eventually w ill have to be probably by installing storm sewers along parts of Oak Lane sometime in the future Borough Secretary H Smith Jr. agreed with Rider that the Lane area is not prone to Hooding and does not include springs Rider said curbing at the Michelle Lane intersection needs improvements if it is to h carry its share of area runoff and prevent ponding Although the borough holds a perpetual easement over Oak Lane or Sewer Plant the road remains private property owned by St Joseph's according to borough solicitor Walton V Davis In another Delone Avenue resident Arlington Spangler asked help from the council to keep street parking there open for residents only He complained that employees of Shoe are taking up street parking instead of using nearby company Jots Council agreed to notify the company ol the problem and to its help in resolving issue Borough Treasurer Martin Weaver reported Kind balances as general and sewer and harness racing state would go in the building's place if it were demolished happens to the people living in the other build he asked In answer to a question from a citizen about how the proper ty would be il tin building were de- local realtor Randy Inskip described it as being valu able is difficult to put a because there has er been anything like it available he said Marjory Smith and Frances residents of the building s de scribed to council problems the resi dents the apartments have con to experience They spoke of power outages and smoke detectors going off questioned how safe the building is and one know s where the are or how to do anything A borough resident cautioned cil about dealing with the firm are only into it for one making money Council is foolish for ing anything for them In a related council failed to approve a recommendation made by the Historic Architecture Review Board i HARBi to grant a waiver of the Historic District Ordinance height re- for the Lincoln Square re novation Council's action came when they were informed that the ordinance does not include a sion for a w aiver or special exceptions In other upon the re commendation of agreed that a sign at the Flower Boutique on Street be changed according to HARB's tions In discussing the Law ver noted that the owners ot the busi ness were approval to hang sign before HARB had a chance to meet to discuss its design sign was never issued a per nut but the okay was to hang H so the business would have the opportunity to advertise for the Easier traditionally a Page 2l Cindy She's small town at and a Playboy centerfold Cindy Brooks By CHRIS ARBUTINA Staff W riter GETTYSBURG Cindy Brooks is not the first model to pose for nor is she the youngest or the oldest to be featured on its pages What makes this tuture told newsworthy around tral Pennsylvania is that she is from Gettysburg and part of her 11-page spread will ture hometown pictures of a picnic on the battlefield and her school class reunion the daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Dick of Road arrived in Gettysburg irom California last week accompanied by a photographer and phy assistant to film location shots and her family The pictures arc a at capturing the s personality THE 32-YEAR-OLD blonde San Francisco and has lor nearly 10 years her name of She decision to for it. Her centerfold came after long talks with mends and family I was worried about other people s feelings I worried about what people would Brooks But after talking to my and they were all it really helped ieci more comfortable such a job that everybody realized it would be in my in to have them me I ha heard one com and it been really great real positive lor Brooks noted that it was the sup port ol her parents that meant the been just great she said has even meant more to me ihan I thought it would hav ing them not look down on me or having bad According to Brooks regardless of what critics may posing tor make her neither a sex object nor a pornography -tar While admitting that people do consider a- Playboy exploitative and are to look at it and hav and not any bad fed ing- I how fed about pornography a lol of really is bad I do but I is way that WHAT added is take a in a b- 1 d -a d Thf rit ic They you They and and THK i- live photographer tne girK cry s ter little if lure that Wayda t-i film and H that shyness has had to contend with She admits that IN the studio her nude photographs were shot It t at make you fed verv much ai VOU what re doing make you fed beautiful though ful -o the will make look like I the i- ai cording and She i i- a the J. i lhati an or old i a r for I jo i f 1 A i I 7.'-'-t> inno i- to I back and I I and I rr I I f or into oi of If I to H lot of I at my age now I II probably small town forever in my heart Inside Sunny and not quite so hot with highs j State finalist A 1 has chosen state the Ml Pennsylvania I S buses a halt ami officials prepared I'm possible record power turn Monday -is Iv was scalded in S comfort James owners Page 4 rower galaxy only li HIM by nun trillion Page 3 flashy fashions Kor flashdance fashions a reasonable price try sewing them Page 6. Health study State Health Department began a study to measure the health ellei ts on re ol the 22 old Centra ha mine lire Page 5 Safe sleeping Consumer Reports evaluates sleeping bans safety warmth and convenience Pace K. Hali ol downtown Pittsburgh lost power Monday when five circuits failed PaRf Shelling continues Iran and Iraq shelled each other's border towns Monday hours before the scheduled starl ol their moratorium on bombing ol civilian targets Court ruling The Supreme Court on Monday relaxed for the first time it- 7u year-old rule banning illegally obtained evidence criminal trials Page Missile hit An experimental Aimy missile an intentional direct hit against an OIK ha I missile wai head the announced Monday Page Sikhs desert Hundreds oi Sikh in n and n In dia to the the Sikh Page Homicide charges A police was charged with homicide in the hoi a old Page j C It at an title X Marshall returns Dodger -i fiol baf and m- tr to X Open f o I hip X Young Ideas K I- M- 11 Demands traded II Index 1 TV Listing What s 10 i f. 7 I
