Harmony Residents Seel(. Relief Newark Selects Merry Christmas!
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Newark basketball tean1 stuns Howard in opener/lb Kids pen letters to Santa/4b Main Street decorations/3a Vol. 76, No. 27 Newark. Del. December 24, 1986 Harmony residents seel(. relief A petition protesting expansion of the proposed The 1986 legislature approved $50,000 for a said the study will take nearly one year to com Metroform traffic study - a move which would State Department of Transportation study .to plete, and will require follow-up studies to fully in effect delay action to alleviate rush hour "develop solutions to the traffic problems m the evaluate its findings. r ! bottlenecks on heavily traveled Harmony Road areas of Route 4, Route 7, South Harmony Road, That will slow action to alleviate traffic jams was hand-delivered Monday to the office of Gov. Churchman's Road and the Kirkwood Highway." considerably and leaves residents "frustrated," Michael N. Castle by representatives of the af Such a study would have been completed by Eshelmann said. fected east Newark communities. spring according to Sherry Eshelmann, presi The petition contains the signatures of more dent of the Harmony Hills Civic Association. The petition was delivered to Castle's office than 800 residents who are unhappy with a However, in an Oct. 15 letter to State Sen. along with a supporting letter from Allen L. recommendation by State Secretary of Transpor Thomas B. Sharp, D-9th District, Justice reveal Johnson, president of The Medical Center of tation Kermit Justice that the Metroform traffic ed a desire to expand the study to include more Delaware. study be enlarged. than five times the original area. Eshelmann See ROAD/5a Newark selects manager N.Y. administrator named by Council Newark has a new city manager, it was announced Mon day afternoon by Mayor William M. Redd. City Council has agreed to hire Carl F . Luft, 36, currently city manager of Canandaigua, N.Y., to fill the vacancy left when Peter Marshall resigned to ac cept a similar position in State College, Pa. Redd said Council was pleased to find a candidate as well qualified as Luft, who holds a bachelor's and a master's degree .:~ from the University of Pitt- ·• sburgh and who has been work A belly down Santa Claus bas it toush as be stretches ~o reach chlmney on Paper Mm Road bouse. ing in the urban management and municipal administration field since 1976. Luft began his career in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., where he started Merry Christmas! in personnel and purchasing and was eventually named assistant city manager. From there he Newarkers from many nations celebrate holiday moved to Cananaigua, where he has been city manager since 1980. Anna Carr, Peter and Maria Tsat Gennany Luft said Monday from his by Nancy Turner saronis, and the Malak Michael family Canandaigua office that he and ;, are all local residents who were born or Anna Carr came to America after his family are looking forward to :: spent their childhoods in other coun she and her husband, Clyde, were mar the move to Newark. While no of- ":: When Americans celebrate Christmas, tries. Today, as they embrace new ried in 1958. She has lived in Brookside they enjoy traditions from many distant ficial starting date has been set, American customs, they are still careful long enough to raise two sons, Kenneth Luft expects he will be on the job .~ lands which were brought to the "great to remember the yuletide season of and Clyde, and win the admiration of sometime in February. melting pot" generations earlier. People their homelands. By sharing the many nelshbors for her beautiful flower Luft said he accepted the posi from every corner of the earth have traditions of their native countries with · gardens and legendary 12-foot tomato ,contributed the rituals and customs that tion here because it is a "good their neighbors in America, these per vines. career move" for him. Newark :~ have molded Christmas into the celebra sons teach us new ways to celebrate the is more than twice the size of tion that is recognized as America's brotherhood of man and the birth of Canandaigua, a city of 10,500 ' favorite holiday. Jesus Cbrist. Set YULE/16a See CITY /5a . INlJrX KEEP POSTED . Newarkers ........ 2a • Dec. 23, 1784 - Commodore New Ark Post schedule News . ...... 3a Holiday Thomas Macdonough, who in 1814 Community ... .. 6a The office of The NewArk Post will be closed Dec. 24-25 on Lake Champlain turned back a for the Christmas holiday. If you have material for the University ......... 8a history British assault which threatened Dec. 31 issue, please try to have it in our office Friday, Business . ......... 9a to overrun New York and New England, was born at The Trap. Dec. 26 or by noon Monday, Dec. 29 . Offices will also be ; Lifestyle ... .. ..... lOa closed Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 for the New Year's holiday. ~ . • Dec. 24 , 1814- The Treaty of - Entertainment .... lla The NewArk Post is located in the Robscott Building, Ghent, which eaded hostilities in 153 E. Chestnut Hill Rd. If you have any questions Classified .. ...... 12a the War of 1812, was signed by about deadlines for news articles or advertisement~ Opinion ... .. ... .. 15a James A. Bayard of Delaware, this holiday season call 737-0905. Sports .. .. .. ....... lb one of the U.S. commissioners. Letters to Santa .... 4b • Dec. 25, 1655 - the Swedes' Fort Casimir, besieged by Pieter Trash pickup changes Stuyvesant's Dutch, was reported All City of Newark offices will be closed Thursday, "decayed in its walls and bat Dec. 25 and Thursday, Jan. 1 for the Christmas and teries." New Year's holidays. The closings will affect trash • Dec. 26 , 1776 - Delaware pickup. Trash normally collected Thursday will be col troops were engaged in the Battle lected Wednesday. There will be no change in the Fri of Trenton. day trash pickup schedule. Tlw :\i e\\ .\rk Post December 24, 1988 NEWARKERS ffb.e Clauses ~·orth Pole's 'first family' prepares for annual visit ~~ ~· agreed to fit a quick chat Into elf in the whole North Pole look their busy schedules. ed in his direction and gave him • by Nancy Turner Since many residents in a big wink. His head and body Newark belong to unions, the began to spin like a top. (Love flrst question Involves elf labor. does that kind of thing to an elf.) . Are the elves always pleased ~ F or residents of Brookside This spinning continued for quite 'f'tkk, Christmas has long meant with their working conditions? some time. When he finally slow 'i special visit from a twinkly Mrs. Claus responded, "Our ed down and went back to work, n,_ed couple from the North Pole, elves like their jobs, especially Rembrandt was so dizzy that he ~- and Mrs. Santa Claus. the fringe benefits like eating could never get the stripes •.. -.'f he Clauses, played this year mountains of cookies and making straight again." 'lii::George Lestardo and Bette so many children smile. There "Since no one wanted to hurt 'llfip.iels, entertain children and was one problem once though. It his feelings by telling him that )iiJiit local shut-ins and disabled happened when we accidentally the stripes were twisted, we've ~rsons . Plus they are featured installed nylon carpeting in the just let him continue making can lhe community's annual workshop. Well, you know how dy canes the way you are ac <Chr istmas parade, sponsored by cold it gets at the North Pole. customed to seeing them now." ~rooks/de Community Watch. When the elves started really The toughest question was sav ~ ~his is Daniel's first year as scurrying around the shop about ed for last, as Santa was asked ~rs . Claus, but according to both the first of November, the static why people seem to be a little ) hfl and Lestardo, the work of be electricity started sparking from friendlier during the month of )ng the Clauses only takes " a that nylon." December than at any other time ~eart full of love to be sue- "The little guys were working of the year. Santa thought for a . essful." so fast and the static electricity moment and looking around the :- And, perhaps, a little magic. got so bright, that it tanned room, said, "It has to do with ~or when they climb into the every elf's face and turned the brotherhood and remembering ';bright red suits made by Mary snow outside into springtime the innocence of childhood. It's a ::Z.estardo, the pair really do before anyone realized what was magic that seems to travel all lFansform into the world's jolliest happening. Someone ca,led it In over the town. It's a lot like when and best loved couple. Here's the dian summer." Mrs. Claus bakes everyone's Clauses' story. Santa was asked if he invented favorite super, duper, double : Mr. and Mrs. Claus and dozens candy canes. "Oh no," he said chocolate, marshmallow, honey of elves are working full steam with a twinkle. "The origin of the crunch cookies. The aroma from these days to prepare for candy cane has been a curiosity her oven smells so wonderful Christmas. to a lot of folks, but I'll tell you that all the reindeer, the elves · Santa is double checking his what really happened. We have and myself line up by the kitchen list to find out who is naughty or an elf at the North Pole whose door just for a sniff." nice while Mrs. Claus is baking nickname Is Rembrandt. The "It's a rule that we can't have frosted cakes and tasty stocking whole story is very simple.