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85th Year, Issue 45 c 1995 December 1 , 1995 Newark, Del. • SOe THis WEEK Plan answers

In Sports LOCAL SOCCER few questions By MARY E. PETZAK years inc lude mi xed transportation modes such as cars, trains, mini-buses PLA\ERS END NEWARK POST STAFF WRITE R and j itney , bikeways, greenway , pede • tri an wa lks and even te lecommutin g. The WILMAPCO 2020 Metropolitan "Some poi nts I'd like you to note are THEIR HIGH SCHOOL Plan came to Newark on Mond ay night that th is plan is long-range, regional and compl ete with visuals, overh eads and not completed yet," sai d Taft. light s. The ge neral response was less The onl y capi ta l improvement cur­ CAREERS than favorable and included plan fo r a rentl y call ed fo r in the plan are comple­ resoluti on by city council to include a tion of Lancaster Pike, and Route 141 , bypas. in st udies of Newark's transporta­ 273, 7 and I. AI o inclu ded are the IN All-STAR tion future. Churchm ans Road Ex ten ion and widen­ Alex Taft , exec utive director for the in g of Route 58. Wilmington Area Pl anning Council, pre­ Council member Gerald Grant asked GAME sented th e plan to cit y counci l at the about the "real po sibi lit y of rerouting request of city manager Carl Luft and trucks" around the Newark area. Mayor Ronald Gardner, who is also the According to Taft, WILMAPCO is chairman of WILMAPCO. tryi ng to fo rmul ate a pl an to reroute AT FRAWLEY 1B Taft outlined the cont roversial plan, trucks by talking to truck companies. not yet full y documented, which departs ''We're doing an on-the-road survey as STADIUM. from trad iti onal approaches by empha ­ well to find out where the trucks are . izing air quality concerns, lin king land goin g and make it eas ier for them to go use and transportation. and seeking ongo­ el. ewhere." aid Taft. ing public input. Taft added, ''We 're also putting a Other strategies proposed to improve In Lifestyle . . regional transportation in the nex t 25 See WILMAPCO 3A. THE 'SINGER WHO CAN'T SPEAK' New Catholic Bishop VISITED named in Delaware By MARY E. PETZAK But he admi t . "I am exc ited abou t the new mi ssion entrusted to me in that ST. NEWARK POST STAFF WR ITER somehow mysterious Divine Will that 8A bring me to th e Dioce e of Wi Imi ngton.' ' Thanksgiving came two days early for THoMAS's. h ~ a st&o. ,.. • s a sLeiGH, t"l ~ a &etrweer.l s a~-ra. A native of New Jersey, th e 62-year "'e>. ,.,..· the Roman Ca tholics in the Diocese of ol d Sa ltare lli had served as an auxili ary iT& atGH-i" F&<'M THe /'{dl&TH Pe>Le, &aN.,..a CL au~ t. aNoeo Wilmington on Nov. 21 when Bi shop bi shop in the archdiocese of Newark Michael A. Saltarelli of Newark, N.J .. · IN a Heuce>P.,..e& aT THe "'ewaa~ ~He>PPING CeN-re& raBKING (N.J .) si nce 1990. His duties included was named the new bishop of the dio­ vicar of prie ts and rector of the . Le>-r C)N 8L·acK F&toay -re> G&ee-r aND Mee-r Le>caL cn.IL­ cese. Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark. Pope Joh n Paul II named Saltarelli as o&ert f{e PC>PPeD C>t.l-r (.'!)F -rHe at2C2aF-r WaV1NG UNO CHUCK­ Saltarelli. also served a the national -GoVERNOR CARPER the eighth bishop of the di ocese wh ich episcopal moderator of the Holy Name LING Me.P.P.IL Y as He SHC>C>l<. Harms Wl-rH -rHe CP.C)WC. ALL comprises all of Delaware and 9 counti es Socie ty and chaplain for the Kni ghts of on Maryl and 's Eastern Shore. -rHe CHILo&eN HaD -rHe <'PP6l&-rUNt-rY -re> st-r e>N SaNTa's Co lumbus in New Jersey. ·HEARS LOCAL Saltarelli. who has served all hi s pre­ Monsig nor Joseph F. Rebman , LaP aND WHISPe& -rHem CHP.tSTMas WISHes 6t.l1"Stoe F. W. viou mini try in the state of New Jersey, Wilmington '" diocesa n admini strator, aid, ''there is some sad nes in the knowl ­ ai I Sa ltarelli "will be bringing to us TRAFFIC We>L Wc'>2TH, edge that I will be leavi ng my home of 62 year.:· See BISHOP, 3A • COMPLAINTS. .2A

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NEW MINISTER Part One: The effoct busing had on the NAMED rst generation ofNewark students • Editors note: The author was one of the first Pencil fights would stop, paper airplanes Newark students to ride the buses into crashed to the floor. and boys would stop tugging ATFIRST Wilmington. Desegregation began in 1978 when the hair of the shy girl sitting in the next seat. 5A school districts in. northern NeiV Ca ·rle Coun ty Nobody wanted to pull over, especially si nce it were under court order to impleme/11' a pupil meant that the big, bad state trooper would board PRESBITERIAN I ass(~J nment plan that require mandatory trans­ the bus soon after, ready to give his stem repri­ portation of all students. In August of this year, mand. federal supervision offorced busing ended. After all, he had speeding tickets to hand out By MARTIN L. DUNCAN and couldn't be wasting time with a bunch of Index ...... loud childrtrn on their way home from Bancroft NEWARK POST CO NTRIBUTING WAITER Intermediate School. NEWS 1·16! But Louise (who had . oftened up a little by POLICE 2A the time she returned to the scene as our high "If you don't quiet down I'm gonna pull it school bus driver) and {'1\per airplanes and the OPINION &A over!" lt was the ultimat.e threat. When it came sound of WSTW were what coit-t imposed bus­ LIFESTYLE 8A roaring out from the speakers, crackling with ing was all about in the early 1980s- jf you were rage, every child on bus number 58 became a kid. ARTS 9A si lent- for a moment-nnd shivered with fear. We fourth. fifth and sixth graders were rolling DIVERSIONS 10A Louise, our driver during those early days of ~'U p to the big city and having a bla~t while our school busing to Wilmington, had no qualms parents shouted and fretted back at home in OBITUARIES about ordering us to put up all the windows on a Newark, wondering what horrors would befall hot day or pulling the bus over to the side of 1-9~ their children "in town." Now, a!! the way stands SPORTS 1·31 to get the peace she needed to get that yellow open for school choice and the inevitability of CLASSIFIEDS 4·81 monster up and down the highway. See lUliNG, lA. P CE 2A • EWA ~K POST • D ECEM BE ~ 1, 1995 Police beat

• Police Beat is compiled each week she was driving her ar whi le the T.V., a mountain bike, a coal , CD'. whi te female in her 20s and a black and Ray Street. When the officer glove box, ew aslle Coun ty from the files of the Newark Police boyfriend was standing beside the and a waterbed mattress was dam­ fema le, also in her 20s. Police are questioned neighbors sa id they had police report. Offi ers were on Department hy staff writer Ron driver's ide door. aged. sti ll investi ga ting. no idea who the car belonged to, but pa trol in the Robscott Manor area Porter. When he attempted to drive The second burglary happened told police the driver might be in the were resident · have recenll y report­ away, the boyfriend smashed in the during the same week, also to uni ­ area. ed hearing frequenl shots fired . wind ' hield and the driver's side versi ty students. Police report they Tree ripped off Police posilioned themse lves and A car tried to elude lhe officer Tires slashed wi ndow. He then grabbed the steer­ lost $800 worth of po. sess ions. waited fo r the driver to leave the who followed it to College Square A th ree-foot Alberta Pin e tree ing wheel and the car crashed into Ta ken from the house was a compact neighborhood. Once th e driver Shopping Center and pu lled it over. ewa rk police repon th at on was ri pped out of the gro und and another car that was parked nearby. observed the officer he turned north When the driver reached inlo the Nov. 22 at the McDonald's on South stereo, a V R and a bed comforter stolen from in front of Park Place The man told poli ce he held the dri­ and pillow case. Poli ce are still onto Ray Street where he stru k an glove box for his registration police College Ave. a su ·peel slashed fo ur Apart ment s on Nov. 2 1 al 10 :00 ver's side window when the female investigatin g the in ident . on-coming min ivan going south on noti eel ammunition lo a 9 mm gun . of the six tires on th e Chevy Ronald a.m., Newark po lice report. look off. Ray Street. A search of the car turn ed up a McDonald truck parked in the park ­ There was a trai l of dirt leadin g He said the window broke as she Po lice attempted to apprehend loaded gun nex t to the driver's leg ing lot. Po li ce have no suspects at Cosmetics swiped inlo apartment G at the complex but this time. drove off. Neither has been charged the suspect, bu t he exi ted the pas­ and an unloaded gun in the fro n1 by poli e. the 1rai l slopped short of linding the senge r side window and fl ed no rt h passenger's pocket. Police report Newark police report thai two suspec t. fe males entered . all y's Beauty on Ray Street. Officers pursued and they bel ieve both gun had been Windows broken in Houses burglarized Supply in Co llege S4uare Shopping ca ught the 14-year-old. He is awai l­ recently fired and the passenger;s domestic dispute Center and removed various it ems. Underaged driver ing trial in Fami ly Court aft er being gun recentl y un loaded . cwark police report lwo bur­ Taken from the store was a nail stopped turned over to hi s parents. The driver, Eugene C. Harmon, ewark police report tha t a vi glari es during Thanksg iving week Genie, used for manicuring, valued 22, of Sanford Drive and passenger Mic hael Kane, 21, of Anglin Road, tim and her live-in boyfriend were on Madison Dri ve. The vi ctims of at $ 129, a boule of spray gel and a Newark po li ce re port that a 14- Ammunition spotted involved in a domestic dispute that the fi rst house, who were Univers it y bottle of cocoa bu tt er lotion. yea r-old male was ca ugh t driving a bo th in Robscoll Manor were charged wi th carrying a concealed resu lt ed in a cras hed vehic le on of Delaware students, had it ems in When the women were confront­ stolen car on New London Road on Count y pol ice arres1ed three Patrick Henry Court on Nov. 2 1 at exec ·s of $ 1,000 taken from the ed by store empl oyees they fi ed the Nov. 22. Officers responded to a occupants of a car Tuesday morn ing deadly weapon. Y:OO p.m. The women told police house. The ilems taken were a color scene. The suspects are said 10 be a parking comp laint on New London after spotting ammuni tion in the Gov. listens to traffic complaints Others Day promotes reading Governor Thomas Carper met with local politicians localtrafiic, a copy of the truck traffic co unt prepared by and members of Newark 's Ci tizens Agai nst Traffic CAT in May 1995, photos of the truck traftic in the By MARY E. PETZAK (CATS) thi , week to discuss local tran portati on con­ city, and a few of the many newspaper clippi ngs the ce rn , and frustrali ons. group has amassed in th eir efforts. NEWARK POST STAFF WRITE R ·•.t thought it was a good meeting," sa id state rcpre­ Also presented to the governor was a list of the reso­ entative Timoth y Bou lden (R-Newark) who together lur ions dating back to 1960 pas ed by Newa rk city coun­ LAKTRICIA BYRON want­ wi th slate se nat or Steven Amick (R- ewark West) cil in attempts to move the traffic situation along. ed to do omething for chil ­ arranged the meeting. " It was a very lengthy meeting," sa id Amick . "The B dren in her George Read "Prior to the meeting r don't think the govemor wa~ aware go vern or agreed to do whal he could 10 resolve Vill age neighborhood so she held a of the extent of Newark's traffic problem," said Boulden. "He (Newark 's) traffic problems." He added , "I was very, fam ily evenl to publicize her plans. might not have realized the hi tory going back 40 years." very pleased with the meeting." " I had Others Day to tell children Together with Boulden and Amick, state representa­ At the req ues t of Governor Carper, tate secretary of tive Joseph Petrill i (R-Pike Creek Valley) also accompa­ transportation Anne Canby, was also prese nt at the meet­ nied the group. ing. Boulden said Governor Carper wa planning to meet CATS members Nancy Turner, Shirley Tarrant, and with the gove rnor of Maryl and an