Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - August 5, 1992, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania GETTYSBURG TIMES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 1992 VOL. 90, NO. 184 30 REGIONAL Weather MOSTLY SUNNY Highs in the low 80s. Northwest wind 10 Lows in the mid to upper 80s. Highs near 80. Fair Friday and Chance of showers and Lows from low 50s to low 60s from day through Saturday and in the 60s Wildfires rage across the West worked to protect homes in Oregon and Nevada on Tuesday after forest fires forced hundreds of Wildfires across the West have burned across more than acres so far this Nearly firefighters were at work Tuesday in Idaho and Fires in Utah and ado were mostly Parole denied Sirhan Sirhan Calif. Parole was denied Tuesday for Sirhan B. who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy almost a ter of a century At the last Sirhan refused to attend the He told guards he wouldn't wear a waist restraint as required of prisoners at parole hearings at Corcoran State said Lt. It was the eighth parole ing for 48, convicted of shooting Kennedy as the New York senator walked through the pantry of Los dor Hotel on June 5, 1968. had just won California's Democratic presidential primary and finished thanking supporters moments before he was He died the next to sail with Cronkite Mass. An invitation to appear as an with Michael J. Fox brought A sailboat ride with Walter Cronkite fetched Golf and lunch with ex- Boston Celtic great John Havlicek raised The occasion was the 14th annual Possible Dreams Auction fund-raiser for Martha's ard Community a con- sortium of social agencies that serve the island's year-round The auction Monday night raised a record Call it no longer Zaire Zaire Zaire's national conference on democracy renamed the vast tral African nation Congo on reverting to the name chosen by Belgian colonizers and signaling a rejection of President Mobutu Sese After tumultuous con- ference delegates also decided to adopt the Belgian Congo's flag and national Stand Inside Far TV PUC to hold power line hearings here LEWIS M. BOSSERMAN HARRISBURG Public Utility Commission has scheduled public hearings at Gettysburg and eight other locations on a controversial power Four utilities have proposed building the 500-kilovolt, 268-mile line from Beaver County to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County at an estimated cost of They General Public Utilities Corp. Duquesne Light Metropolitan Edison Electric and Jersey Central Power Light Co. The project pits environmentalists and Arendtsville teacher and leader dies Arendtsville teacher and civic leader Lewis M. Bosserman has Mr. 86, of 168 Gordon died Tuesday at the Hershey Medical He was a 6 5 y e a r member of the Arendtsville Fire Co. He was a 1 i f e member of the Adams County Retired Teachers the South Mountain Pair Association and the Gettysburg He was also a member of He served on the Adams County Public Library Board for a number of years and also at one time was a Boy Scout He graduated from the Vocational He attended Gettysburg College and graduated from Shippensburg He taught school in Butler Township for several years and was the principal of the Arendtsville schools for 16 He later became principal of the Arendtsville Elementary School for 24 years and retired in 1971. He was a former cil and recording and financial secretary of the Trinity Lutheran Church in He was the husband of Isabelle A. who died in 1981. Born in Township he was the son of the late Clayton and Mary Ellen Hoffman He is survived by a Mrs. John Muller of four and a Donald A. man of Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at the Monahan Funeral Home in with the Rev. Robert M. Harvey Interment will be in the Greenmount Cemetery in Friends may call at the han Funeral Home in Gettysburg Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Bosserman Memorial in care of Trinity Lutheran homeowners against labor groups and who tout the proposal's economic Supporters say the line could be in vice by 1996 if approved by the PUC Administrative Law Judge Robert Meehan will hold three different sessions at each 10 p.m. and 7 p.m. The hearing dates and locations Sept. 8, Millersville Uni- Lehr Dining Room in Gordinier Sept. 9, Central Cambria Senior High School Rt. 422 Sept. 11, Shippensburg Room 214 of the Cumberland Union Sept. 15, Gettysburg Col- Room 260, College N. ton Sept. 19, Hollidaysburg Senior High School N. gomery Sept. 22, West Kittanning Fire First and Arthur Sept. 23, Chevy Chase Com- munity 640 N. Fifth St. Sept. 29, Penn oy uon Shoemaker MARTIN'S SHOT Actor Martin in burg for the filming of takes a few minutes off Tuesday evening to hit a few golf WITH YEAKEL Democratic Senate candidate Lynn Yeakel gets a friendly handshake Tuesday after speaking with Times photo by Don Shoemaker bers of the Pennsylvania State Education summer leadership conference in To Lynn single campaign issue could be and By HOLLY L. WICKER Times Staff Writer New ideas and strong leadership are the issues for 1992 and will make it possible for Americans to take back the Democratic Senate candidate Lynn Yeakel told members of the Pennsylvania State Education Association summer leadership ence at Gettysburg College need to get the country back on track and I believe this year we have the extraordinary historic opportunity to turn this country she said to an enthusiastic audience of more than 350. Speaking on issues of public service and the 51-year-old candidate opted not to discuss her opponent's handling of Anita Hill in the Supreme Court nomination hearings until it was brought up by a union have had the media calling me up Specter says you're a and I said what's the It might be Anita Clarence my response was and still is if there is a single issue in this the issue is Arlen Specter and she In her first run for elective Yeakel feels she is among the new leaders emerging such as Harris Clinton and Al Gore who can provide what Americans are am proud to be a Democrat and proud to be a woman who is a of these factors that have emerged to create a tidal wave of change that is sweeping across America have put me in a wonderful position on the crest of that tidal she This need for change is very clear when ing the country's economic condition over the past 12 she economic policy of the era has she This she can be seen at both the state and national have lost manufacturing jobs in this state during the past 12 years and we have lost billion in federal money of the social she and state governments have had to raise make up for the shortfall created by this federal abandonment and I feel it is time to turn this One of her economic goals is to tute a federal urban one that she says will people back to replace the failed trickle-down economics with The issue of leadership is a strong one for Yeakel 7 have had the media calling me up Specter says you're a and I said what's the It might be might be Anita it might be Clarence but my response was and still is if there is a single issue in this the issue is Arlen Specter and Lynn U.S. Senate candidate and one that she says separates her from her opponent has been well-known lor sitting on the fence in the face of difficult issues until it is clear which way the wind she adding that one such example deals with Bush's proposal of public funds for private issue is not that difficult and I am cally opposed to public funds going into private she said as applause erupted around have got to fix our public education system or we cannot provide the resources for teachers to teach and for students to she Yeakel was awarded with more applause as she told members she is a strong supporter of National Education Association goals such as school reduced drop-out rates and making higher education more affordable and not a of the and head of a national raising organization for women's causes known as Women's was optimistic of the union's ment at the end of her it is hard to say what their decision will this is a group I care very deeply about and I will fight very hard for their I will remain she The endorsement decision between Yeakel and Specter is expected to be made sometime Wednesday according to laboratory classroom of the General room Broadhead Oct. 13, Butler County Com- munity convocation center College Persons wishing to testify should print their names on a witness list that will be available before the beginning of each In a recent Meehan listed pus issues to be considered in the including the need for the possible and economic and environmental Additional neighborhoods hope to join residential parking plan The Residential Parking Permit system has received such good reviews from residents on streets where it was instituted in 1990 that other Gettysburg neighborhoods are now requesting their blocks be added to the Parking Manager William Little said residents of Liberty and ton streets are the latest areas to show an interest in adopting the RPP The system has to be working or they wouldn't be coming to me requesting it like they have Little a good way to con- trol parking on residential streets and it's only initiated when the majority of the residents on a block want The program is designed to vide some relief to the residents of blocks by using parking spaces more It affords residents the opportunity to park within a reasonable distance from their homes and be exempt from the time regulations the parking manager stressed that the program does not guarantee a parking space in front of a permit holder's home only that the spaces that do exist will be more appropriately regulated and According to the a Residential Permit zone includes all dwellings abutting streets which are designated for permit but does not include rooming ties or similar institutional or group Without a parking it is a violation for a person to park on streets in the permit zone for more than two except on The RPP system already exists in a number of including the areas where the pilot program took East and West parts of North Washington East Lincoln West Water part of Carlisle Street and at the resident's Barlow The permit costs per year and is at per month if bought after Guest mits can be purchased by permit holders for Little pointed out that if you have off street parking you do not need to buy a permit and that even with a permit you cannot park in one space for more than 48 To be eligible for the a resident must provide two proofs of residency within the RPP proof of ownership of the vehicle or familial relationship if the vehicle is owned by other than the and registration of the vehicle to the address of Blocks can join the RPP zone with the signatures from a member of the household from 51 percent of the homes on that Little said that residents of other streets in the northern part of the impacted by vehicles of non residents parked may want to consider the RPP Anyone who would like more information on the RPP system can call the parking department at 334-3131. ii Hunt named assistant superintendent of Upper Adams schools Mrs. Patricia Hunt has tly been named the assistant superintendent of the Upper Adams School Her responsibilities in this position include district staff district bus and federal and state Mrs. Hunt's previous experience HUNT includes two years as curriculum coordinator at Huntingdon Area School District and two years as assistant principal at West Perry High She served as a learning disability specialist for the Central Intermediate State for 12 Originally from New Mrs. Hunt graduated from burg College with a Bachelor of Arts in She has a master's degree in special tion from Penn State University and has completed all but her dissertation in Penn State's doctor of education in educational Mrs. Hunt has wide leadership experience in a variety of state educational task forces and She has also served as a and organizer for numerous educational ences and In her leisure Mrs. Hunt enjoys collecting She and her are the parents of six adult Since assuming the position of assistant superintendent in the Upper Adams School Mrs. Hunt has been impressed by the outstanding programs currently offered to students and by the friendliness of people in Upper One of her first challenges as assistant superintendent will be assisting the district in meeting the Pennsylvania Department of Education's new Chapter 5 tions on outcome based REGISTER 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