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Adams County Week in Review Highlights from news events in the county and area this past week as reported daily in The Gettysburg Times. Monday The extension of water service project to sections of Straban Township that have been plagued by contaminants in the groundwater could begin as soon as March 10. Emory Sibert, chairman of the township's Board of Supervisors, announces. Tuesday A jury of six men and six women begin hearing testimony in the trial of Donald Richard Painter, 33, of Cashtown, who is charged in connection with the Aug. 31, 1985, shooting death of Debra Louise Harman.

Adams County District Attorney Gary E. Hartman contends that Mr. Painter deliberately shot Ms. Harman with a 30-30 Winchester rifle in the apartment in Gettysburg the two shared. The Littlestown Borough Council is told by council President Richard E.

Selby of another setback in the progress of the proposed sewerage project for the borough. Before the borough can advertise for bids (bids for construction of the sewerage system were originally scheduled to be advertised Oct. 30,1985) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must conduct a computer programmed-study to determine the percentage of funding that will be available for the project. According to Mr.

Selby. that will essentially set the project back a vear With installation of the sewer nearing completion in Bendersivlle and the surrounding area, the Opossum Valley Sewer Authority went before the Bendersville Borough Council to ask that an ordinance be adopted requiring property owners to render existing septic tanks inoperable. A petition signed by 40 residents opposed to a proposed pizza parlor is presented to the Fafc-field Borough Council. Carmelo Fazzolari has purchased a building on the corner of Main and Water streets and intends to convert it into a pizza parlor. Metropolitan Edison Company announces it will host a meeting iri'Gettysburg on March 4 for the purpose of "getting a dialogue going" between several groups interested in the economic development of Adams County.

Interest earnings on the county's certificates of de. posit and NOW, money market, and savings accounts totaled $256.396.07 in 1985. county Treasurer George W. Stock reports to the Adams County Commissioners. Wednesday Donald Richard Painter is found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of 1 Debra Louise Harman.

Mr. Painter faces a possible 10 years in prison and a $15.000 fine. Township engineer John Shambaugh tells the Tyrone Township Board of Supervisors that the board should consider using blacktop when resurfacing roads. "Tar and chip gives way with the thawing and to Mr. Shambaugh.

who is in the process of inspecting the condition of selected roads in the township. The New Oxford High School girl's basketball team knocks off Susquehannock. 60 57. in a first round match in the district basketball tournament. The girl's basketball teams from Gettysburg and Delone Catholic high schools came up short in their contests: Gettysburg is ousted from the tournament by West Perry, 54 44.

and Delone is beaten by Hanover. 45 39. Thursday Lt. Gov. William W.

Scranton III makes a campaign stop in Gettysburg. The gubernatorial candidate, when asked if the timetable for completing the Route 15 widening project could be moved up under his administration, replies. "It's of such a critical nature that obviously it's got to be paid special attention to." In response to a building moratorium imposed by the stale Department of Environmental Resources. Ihe township supervisors in Ml. Pleasant Township authorize a new sewerage facilities plan Acl 537) study be conducted in the northeast portion of the lownship.

DER is requiring Berwick. Hamilton. Oxford and Ml. Pleasanl townships lo conduct studies at the same time New Oxford updates its sewerage facilities plan. Friday Tne Adams County Board of Elections moves the polling place in Butler Township from the election house to Wright's 234 Diner.

Eleven soldiers from the National Guard unit, Gettysburg, leave for Honduras as support personnel for a field artillery National Guard battery from Hanover. The guardsmen will be engaged in training exercises in Honduras through March "16. s. -'-lCTMy GETTYSBURG TIMES, SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 1-2 1986 3 County being sued in inmate's death By T.W. BURGER Times Staff Writer A lawsuit has been filed against Adams County and its Prison Board by the administrator of the estate of a man who died in Adams County Prison in 1984.

The lawsuit competed with problems with the county's polling places and new overtime policies for county law enforcement officers at the Friday meeting of the Adams County Commissioners. Murleri W. Johnsen was found dead in a cell on Dec. 19, DER gets input on Westinghouse stripping tower By BILL FRESCH Times Staff Writer Westinghouse is one step closer to resuming operation of an air stripping tower following a public hearing held by the state Department of Environmental Resources Thursday evening. Representatives of DER held the hearing in the Cumberland Township building to receive oral and written input relevant to the issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit at the Westinghouse Inc.

Biglerville Road plant. "Upon completion of our review of comments received as a result of this we will make a final determination," Leon Oberdick, DER's chief of water quality management, told an audience of area residents at the hearing. Mr. Oberdick brought with him to the hearing Edward Corriveau, the person at DER ultimately responsible for the issuance of permits, and Sandy Roderick, a community relations person from DER. But the three DER representatives would field no questions from the public, and it was not clear why DER bothered to send more than one person to the hearing, as Mr.

Oberdick was the only person who addressed the public during the hearing. Mr. Oberdick explained that the purpose of the hearing was to receive input about the permit, and that DER would respond in writing to all the people who presented statements at the meeting. The stripping tower's function is to draw contaminated groundwater from the water table below the plant, expose it to an aeration process, and discharge it into a tributary of Rock Creek. Dr.

president of Good Neighbors Against Toxic Substances, presented testimony relative to the concerns of the Adams County citizens' group. Explaining that the goal of GNATS was to work with proper authorities to insure that groundwater contamination was cleaned up. Dr. Felt expressed concerns that: DER make provisions for frequent testing (at least four times a month) at the discharge point and downstream. Results of that testing be provided to Cumberland Township supervisors and available for public review.

Periodic air quality tests be made of the effluent at the air stripping tower to insure that toxics are not entering the atmosphere. Dr. Felt pointed out that residents in Union Township had been warned to keep their children indoors while a stripping tower was operated at a landfill there. DER test for heavy metals at the discharge point, as the aeration process removes only volatile organics from the water. Additional pumping cycles and filtration processes be considered if the air stripping process does not reduce the amount of containments to a safe level.

The Gettysburg Municipal Authority and Cumberland Township be furnished with results of periodic chemical testing at the main well and four monitoring wells on the Westinghouse site. Merchants plan a busy March March will be a busy month in Gettysburg with four special events planned by the Gettysburg Area Retail Merchants Association. Shirley Kuhn, association president, and Dawn Williams, promotion and advertising committee chairperson, have announced Easter Coloring Jelly Bean and Easter Bonnet contests and a possible Easter Bunny display for the month. The annual Easter Coloring contest for children 3-12 started with an advertisement displaying the picture to be colored in The Gettysburg Times today. It will be repeated Tuesday.

The entry deadline for the contest has been set for March 18. The entries should be mailed or delivered to the Chamber of Commerce Office at 33 York St. Three prizes will be offered in each of three age groups. and 9-12. After being judged the entry will be displayed in Gettysburg business windows beginning March 22.

The second annual Jelly Bean contest, open to all shoppers in participating slores. will begin March 15. The rules for the contest will be the same as last year. Participants will be allowed to guess how many jelly beans there are in the containers at the participating stores each time they visit. The closest guess will result in a store prize for that shopper.

The individual store winners will then be invited to a Grand Prize Guess-Offal the Chamber of Commerce. The Grand Prize will be announced later. Last year, it was a free weekend for a family of four at Hotel Hershey. The twoother March promotions, both new this year, will take place on March 22. Elementary school children, kindergarten through fourth grade, throughout Adams County are being invited to participate in an Easter Bonnet Contest on that Saturday.

They are being asked to design and make their own Easter bonnets and then participate in an Easter Bonnet parade around Lincoln Square beginning at the Y.W.C.A. at 10 a.m. Prizes will be awarded for each class following judging at the Gettysburg National Bank patio on York Street. Students who plan to participate are being asked to register with their school art teacher by March 15 Also tentatively being considered for March 22 is a display of Easter bunnies on Lincoln Square. The project is being handled by Downtown Gettysburg Director Robert Wright.

Ms. Kuhn and Ms Williams said the busy schedule oi promotions is being arranged as an added incentive for potential shoppers to get aquamted with Easter and early spring in Gettysburg. 1984. He had apparently hanged himself with an extension cord given to him by a prison guard. The suit charges violation of Johnsen's civil rights and is seeking damages in excess of $10,000 for net loss of income which he would have provided his estate, funeral expenses and costs of administering his estate, loss of aid, comfort and society to his relatives, and any conscious pain and suffering he experienced prior to his death.

The suit, filed in the S. District Court in Harrisburg. names prison Warden Gary D. Sparks; Commissioners Robert W. Klunk, Catherine W.

Cowan and Thomas L. Collins; President Judge Oscar F. Spicer: District Attorney Gary E. Hartman; Sheriff Bernard V. Miller and Adams County as defendants.

The above named persons are members of the prison board. The suit originally named attorney John R. White in the suit, but his name is being removed from the list as he is the solicitor lor the county and for the prison board but is not a member of the board. Street Talk If you could build a new recreational facility in your town, what would it be? By LISA S. BUCKWALTER Times Staff LARRY K.

KINNEMAN Arendtsville feel as though the YWCA here in Gettysburg does an excellent job for youth and the community. I do feel that an outdoor community pool like Littlestown has would be a nice addition. PATRICK E. HOFFMAN "I'd build a basketball court and a football field 'cause I like to play both of them and I think there 'd be plenty of people to play it with me. I play up at the college, but they don't let you in half the time.

I also play on the midget football team, but that's only during the season." HARRIETT B. DENNIS New Oxford "It would be something to keep the youngsters off the streets. I'd take a poll to find out what they'd prefer think there is a definite need for it." RONALD E. GLADFELTER SR. Gettysburg "It would be a dance hall for the kids.

They need a place where they can hang out there aren 't too many places like that. Every place they go they get run off." BETTY J. ROBINSON Gettysburg "Gettysburg needs some sort of entertainment for young people. I think. I have two grown children and bowling was about the only thing they did.

What the grandchildren do I really don't know." LOUIS G.RESSLER" "I community building where you can hold all kinds of events, be it ice skating, or whatever. It would be a building where you could hold all kinds of sports, concerts, flower shows, whatever. Butler polling place is moving The Butler Township polling place will be in a new location as of the next election, it was learned Friday at the regular meeting of the Adams County Commissioners. The move is only part of a tough look the commissioners are taking at polling places throughout the county. The commissioners approved a request from Butler Township Judge of Election Nancy S.

Cline requesting that the polling location be moved from its current location to Wright's 234 Diner, between Biglervilie and Arendtsville. The present location is a tiny wood-frame building with no indoor plumbing or parking facilities. Elsewhere, the commissioners are looking at polling places in the county to make sure they comply with federal regulations concerning access for the elderly and for the handicapped. Nine of the 49 polling places in the county- were found to be inadequate in one way or another. The sites include: The Fairfield village hall: the site in Gettysburg First Ward, second precinct, where there is no longer a polling place at all: Gettysburg Third Ward, first precinct polling place at HH Garage and the second precinct polling place at The Gettysburg Battle Theatre Cafeteria: Littlestown's Second Ward, first precinct polling place at the Catholic Hall on South Queen St.

and the second precinct polling place at the Chamber of Commerce office at 35 E. King McSherrystown Second Ward at DeLone Catholic High School gymnasium: and Tyrone Township No. Two polling place, located in the house next to Zeigler Brothers' mill office on the Gardners Station Road. The commissioners have not yet talked to the owners of these properties to see what arrangements can be made to get the sites up to federal access standards, but Jeffrey L. Chamberlain, chief clerk, says he hopes to be in contact with the owners in the near future.

In the meantime, the county may ask for temporary waivers from the regulations from the state Board of Elections in Harrisburg until satisfactory- arrangements can be made. Mr. Chamberlain said. Emmitsburg troopers, town clerk will be introduced Monday night By ROBERT HOLT limes Staff Writer EMMITSBURG. Md.

When the Board of Commissioners convenes at the Emmitsburg town office on Monday night, area residents will gel an opportunity to meet not two. but three new public servants Along with Maryland Slate Police resident troopers. Cpl. Merle E. Crouse and Trooper First Lewis E.

Hahn. Mayor Robert M- Preston will introduce the new town clerk. Catherine Malinda Eicard. Known to many as the 45-year-old Mrs. Eicard served as assistant coordinator of the Frederick County Housing and Community Development for the last six years She will begin her duties as town clerk on March 10.

She replaces Karen M. Albright, who was the town clerk during Ihe pasl year. Ms. Albright is taking a position with an accounting firm in Hagerstown. The two resident troopers are also natives of Frederick County Both Cpl.

Crouse and Tfc Hahn are from the Thurmont area. In his 14 years of service ith the stale police. Cpl. Crouse has served Forestville barracks in Prince Georges Couniy. Frederick barracks and recently at the Rockville barracks in Montgomery County A four-year veteran.

Tfc Hahn was stationed at the Westminster barracks in Carroll County before going to the Frederick barracks Tfc. Hahn recalled that his father ran a fuel oil and burner service in Emmilsburg once, and lhal he spent a lot of time in the town as a voulh Chemical People president, 6 students address teachers Mary Stevenson, president of the Gettysburg Chemical People Task Force, with the aid of six student assistants. presented a program cm alcohol and drug abuse at a recent in-service training day for teachers at the Gettysburg Junior High School, the program was arranged by the Irug Awareness Committee of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Gettysburg Lodge 1045 Mrs Stevenson explained to the thai drug and alcohol addiction is a disease and that addiction is the problem, not the- symptom of some deeper problem She further explained that addiction 35 pniiwiry chrome arid some rases fatal Addiction al identifiable stages, such as learning, seeking and dependency 11 may lake adults 10 to 15 years to develop an addiction, whereas in adolescents, because of their lower level of physical development, the time may be reduced to as lillle as six to 12 months Mrs Stevenson pointed onit how family members may actually contribute to thr development of addiction by being "cnablers." by denying that a problem exists and wrrlookmg obvious symptoms of drug and alcohol ahuse Fir more mformatjon about Jbe Elks Inig Awareness telephone the Elks at 334-18)6 or 334-8916.