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St. Mark's wrestlers, Newark hoopsters prepare to defend state titles/lb 'Welcome to Newark' winner /2a New game cashes in /lc Vol. 76, No. 76 December 2, 1987 - Merchants have high hopes for holiday shopping season Thanksgiving. "We're doing what's ex us," said John Wisniewski, He is also conducting a pre an increase over last year," by Cathy Thomas Jim Trussell, operations pected and probably a little owner and operator of Christmas clearance sale on said Allison Devenny, manager for Bradlees in the more," Trussell said. Delaware Sporting Goods on some items. In the past, he has marketing director for Chris College Square Shopping The store has expanded Main Street. conducted that sale later in the tiana Mall. "From what I can Center, said the new store had hours during the holiday Despite the slow weekend, year. tell, it was very successful." The Christmas season is a very busy weekend. season to accomodate shop Wisniewski is expecting to do " Usually, I do it (the sale) in The stock market fall and here, filled with the sounds of ''·I had all thirteen registers pers. well overall during the holiday the week between Christmas other economic downtrends ringing cash registers. going a greater part of the An open house was held season. and New Years." usually have little impact on Despite the crash of the stock weekend. "We were very along Main Street Sunday to "I see a steady buying trend. Shoppers crowded into Chris shopping at the Mall, ac market in October, local mer pleased with it (sales)." kick off holiday shopping. The It looks like it will be a good tiana Mall this weekend to pur cording to Devenny. chants are expecting a very Because the Bradlees store rainy weather on Saturday and Christmas season." chase Christmas presents and "We usually don't have pro- good shopping season. The just opened in March, store Sunday may have dampened Wisniewski is trying to take advantage of after season officially started last managers cannot compare this the downtown shopping. create a festive atmosphere in Thanksgiving sales. Friday, the day after holiday season to past years. "Actually, the weather killed his store to attract shoppers. "It seems overall sales were See SHOP /14a Cat shots COVER STORY a must First State has • Ill state In order to halt the spread of reason aplenty rabies in northern Delaware, cats must now be vaccinated against the disease. The State Board of Public . Health last week adopted the emergency regulation requiring to celebrate 200th all pet owners north of the • Chesapeake & Delaware Canal to have their cats vaccinated winners in the Constitution." before the end of February. by_ Neil Thomas Delaware could easily " I would urge anyone who has 1 have been dissolved in the a cat and cares for it a great . creation of the new union, . Bushman said, because its deal to go ahead and get their . On Dec. 3, 1787, delegates cat immunized," said Dr. borders were not sacrosanct. from every corner of the In fact, the state was carved Lyman Olsen, state public fledgling state of Delaware health director. out of Pennsylvania, having met in Dover to debate the once been the com The emergency order follows '·f merits of ratifying the the discovery of several rabid monwealth's "Lower Three recently completed Constitu Counties." raccoons in northern Delaware. tion, designed to meld 13 Two rabid raccoons were found However, John Dickinson, disparate former colonies in one of five Delaware in the city limits of Newark, and to one United States. several others in the Greater representatives attending • ,f Just four days later, on the Constitutional Conven Dec. 7, those delegates voted tion in Philadelphia, had in See CA TS/ 14a in favor of ratification, and cluded in the Constitution a they did so unanimously, provision that no state could making Delaware forever be created of another. Body found more the First State. And as a result of the conn Next Monday, promise which gave each Delawareans will celebrate state two representatives in that historic event with ac the Senate, with representa Sunday night tivities statewide, including tion in the House based on parades, speeches and a ball population, Bushman said 23-year-old Shirley A. Ellis left in the capital of Dover. "Delaware has the best ': her Brookmont Farms home And it is well that we represented voters in the about 7 p.m. Sunday to visit a celebrate, according to Dr. United States." friend in Wilmington Hospital. Claudia Bushman of " We have two Senators Later that night, Ellis was Newark, executive director and we are very close to found dead in a secluded section of the Delaware Heritage Washington, D.C.," she said, of Old Baltimore Pike Industrial Commission, because that " so our representatives are Park, just east of Del. 72. vote by our forebears has a part of our regular lives." Delaware State Police say been of lasting and tangible Bushman, a native of that after leaving her home, value to every person who California where some coun Ellis apparently walked to U.S. lives in Delaware. ties are larger than 40 to meet someone or to seek a First, the Constitution Delaware, said that is a ride to the hospital. .. guaranteed the very ex blessing not to be She left the Newark area " istence of tiny Delaware. Se underestimated. about 7:30 p.m., but what hap cond, it provided small "Every day we bene,fit" pened after that remains a states equal representation from the ratification of the mystery. in the Senate, a compromise Constitution, she said. "In The body has been turned over reached with larger states that sense, it's not just to the state medical examiner's which originally had something that happened 200 office to determine the cause of demanded that federal years ago, it's a continuing death. representation be propor benefit." Meanwhile, State Police are tional to population. It has been Bushman's seeking information from "There was every reason task for the past year to see anyone who might have seen for Delaware to ratify Ellis about that time. Call 323- unanimously," said 4411. Design, Dawn Badger Bushman. "We were the big See 200/14a INDEX I A( I 1111 KEEP PC)STEl) News ....... ... .. 2a 'Salute to Newark' on view Schools ............ Ba New Castle County residents concern University ........ lOa New Castle ed about potential county code violations " A Salute to Newark," an exhibition featuring items have direct recourse to the government relating to the city's history, is being held Dec. 2-4 in the Opinion ........... 13a through the Complaints Office. The of Newark Municipal Building, 220 Elkton Rd. The exhibition will Sports .•.•.•.••• ••• lb County fice is designed to serve as a liaison bet be on display in Council Chambers. Classified...... .... 5b ween community residents and the Following the salute, the city will hold its third annual "We S{>Orts •.•.••. •• ••• lOb government, specifically In the area of The People" craft fair on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the University of code violations. Delaware's Daugherty Hall on Main Str~et. ldfestyle ........ .. lc complaints Complaints Officer Jacqueline Brown ~ntertaU1nnent ..... 4c has enforcement powers relative to the Community ........ 6c county code. If the citizen's complaint is Toys for Tots program Churches ...... ... 7c not a code violation or pertains to mat ters outside the county's jurisdiction, he The Marine Corps Reserve has enlisted two local Avco ElusUness ..... ... 8c will direct the caller to the appropriate Financial Services offices to serve as collection centers in its local, state or federal agency. annual Toys for Tots campaign. The offices are located in To reach the Complaints Office, call Liberty Plaza-Possum Park Shopping Center and in the 366-7777. Quigley Building, 4708 Kirkwood Highway. Music ·on Main treet The Newark Business Association will sponsor an open air concert by the Newark Community Band's Brass Ensemble at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The concert will be held In front of the Academy Building at Academy and Main streets. 2a The NewArk Post December 2, 1987 NEWS ·.. The first place winner in the . Newark sign contest is that upper left, which reads "Welcome To Newark, A Community Rich In History." The second place cout Troop #603's entry is at right, and that at ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE SALE bottom came in third. Dec. 3rd Until Sold Out Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, White Pine Balsams and others. Our 14th year at this location in front of Town Court Apts. on Elkton Rd. Land donated by Apartment Communities Corp. and owned by Frank Acierno . DALKIDS HARDWARE STOREWIDE SALE 0~ DISCOUNT ON$10000RMORE THRU DEC . 5, "87 20 0 STOREWIDE CASH PURCHASE INSULATION SUPPLIES • SNOW SHOVELS GARDEN SUPPLIES • ELEC. HEATERS BLACK & DECKER • STANLEY TOOLS 269 ELI<TON ROAD PARI< 'N SHOP SHOPPING CTR. Newark~s Joseph Charma signs on 368-3339 HRS: Mon -Fr1 . 7:30 AIYI-8 PM, SAT . 7:30 AM -4 PM; SUN . 10 -4 Artist's illustration will adorn 'Welcome to Newark' placards Council members then voted on da Burns. Burns assists in electric truck was approved by placement of the top signs in the organizing the city's Memorial Council. The cost to repair the r------------------·. by Cathy Thomas contest. Day parade every year. truck is $15,000. Also during the Nov. 23 " I think the committee will City Electrical Director Den WANTED 5 HOMES have an interesting job to do and Reputable manufacturer's rep for NEW SOLID Winners of the " Welcome to meeting, Council appointed nis Smith said the truck is worth members to a committee for a it's not going to happen over $76,000, but would cost about VINYL SIDING and/or SOLID VINYL REPLACE Newark" sign contest were an night," said Mayor William nounced Monday, Nov.