Fifty Young Santa Clauses Come to Town
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•!• Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 91 st Year, Issue 43 © 2000 December 15, 2000 ark, Delaware • 50¢ And the Students learn Blue Hens fall ' music comes ~· from tools of J in semifinal the trade. out here. PACE 3 PACE 6 PACE "10 Seat belts Newc.rl\ ~ bond a critical Crossing the line issue in ratings upgraded ~ bonds at lower interest rates than Rated AA and Aa3 ever before," Luft stated. "Dur Delaware ing the next 20 years, Newark by two investor taxpayers wiU benefit from lower services debt service that could save them Child restraints well over $100,000." not used or By MARY E. PETZAK Proceeds of bonds will be used to purcha e land off old installed wrong NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Paper Mill Road for the city's reservoir which is expected to be n just one week, police in ity of Newark officials built by 2003. "These 'double A' Delaware issued more than announced ·this week ratings apply to the city's out I 100 tickets to dri vers who C that the city's bond rat standing 1993 General Obliga didn 't have their children proper ings have been upgraded to AA tiOn debt of $3 .6 million and the ly restrained. by Fitch and Aa3 by Moody's $2.7 million General Obligation Early results from the Opera In vestors Service. bonds that will be issued (for the tion ABC Mobilization to buckl e On Dec . 7, Moody's issued a reservoir property) on Dec. 15," up children show that fro m Nov. news release to the city in which said Luft earlier this week. ''The 20 to 26 officers wrote 102 tick the rating was upgraded from Al strong credit ratings reflect the ets for child restraint violations for $2.7 million in General city's stable economy, sound and 172 tickets fo r other viola Obligation Bonds to be issued financial management and low tions. this week. City manager Carl debt burden." Police also assessed 43 of Luft said Fitch had not previous In 1 ovember, Luft and city these drivers with a fine for not ly issued a rating for Newark. finance director George Sarris wearing a seatbelt. Moody's also raised the rating met with analysts from Moody's Despite compelling evidence on the city's $6.3 million of Gen and Fitch to review the city's that seatbelts save lives, surveys eral Obligati on debt to Aa3 . financial picture in anticipatiqn conducted by the Office of High NEWARK POST PHOTO BY CHRISTINE "SERlO "Newark's high quality bond way Safety indicate that only 64 (L to R) Newark city council~e~ber John Farrell, DeiDOT Secretary Anne 'Canby and Elkton rating will allow the city to issue See RATINGS , 3 ~ percent Delawareans buckle up. (Md.) M~yo~ Robert Alt were JUbtlant as they announced the beginning of the new interstate IJus "It is time that drivers and service hnkmg the two towns. , · their passengers realize that they are taking a high stakes gamble wtth their lives by not taking two ong-promised · bu '~""s~i ce between Goun~.Himk 4ft' B t , - 'failroa~ . District debates seconds to buckle up," said Tri Newark and Elkton finally began last . tion, four stops on Elkton Road, t:tle YWCA on cia Roberts, director of the L week with Newark city councilmember South College Avenue, the University c;ourtyard Office of Hig hway Safety. John Farrell and Elkton Mayor Robert Alt all Apartments, College Square Shopping Center "Unfortunately, it's a gamble smiles for the occasion. and the overpass in front of the Univetsity of Choice change that many are losin g." The city officials joined representatives of the Delaware's Gore Hall. · In addition to the new interstate route, other Between January and August Delaware Department of Transportation and the then. "They have that option," bus routes were introduced as well. Bus Route 30 2000, police reports show that 82 Delaware Transit Corporation at the Newark said Deborah Rodenhouser, provides_s e~ce from Pike Creek Shopping Cen Christina Board to percent (or 49 out of 60) of the train station off South College Avenue to director of student as ignments individuals killed in motor vehi announce the beginning of Route 65, the first ter to Wtlmmgton. Bus Route 37 is now running vote in Feb. on between the Port· .of Wilmington and for the district. cle crashes in Delaware were not interstate bus service offered by DART. The West Chestnut Hill Road using seatbelts. "Many of these 'This is a real milestone for us," said ·Ray Amazon.com. in New Castle. recommendation The Route 40 corridor will benefit from a new issue has been ongoing since deaths were completely pre Miller, executive director ofDTC. "People don't March of 1998, when district express co!DJ1juter bus service, Route A2, ventable. There is no reason that look at state boundaries when Qtey decide where By KATY CIAMARICONE officials approved of different this many people should be they are going to work and live. This interstate between Glasgow and Wilmington, as well as local feeder services operating between Fox feeder patterns for the develop dying on our roadways in our service will allow people to take advantage of job Run. NEWARK POST STAFF WR ITER Apartments and Governor's Square Shopping ments on the north and the south state," said Roberts. opportunities and increase their mobility." sides of the road . Center. Adults who don't buckle up The interstate service between Newark and Students on the north side "We are continuing our promise in the corri hristina School District also put their children at ri sk. Elkton which began on Dec. 11 runs weekdays remained in the feeder pattern for dor to introduce a local feeder service to get local board members may When adults don' t wear seat only approximately every 45 minutes from 6 a. m. Shue-Medill Middle School and until8 p.m. residents from their residential areas to the Route C decide in February belts , the children with them are Newark High School, while stu restrained only 24 percent of the The route will take passengers from Elkton 40 buses," DelDOT Secretary Anne P. Canby whether all district students liv said. ''If we can't get to them, then we'll go get ing in communi ties off West dents on the south side were re time according to The National over Route 279/Elkton Road to Route 4, onto assigned to Gauger-Cobbs Mid them and them to us." Chestnut Hili Road should be Highway Traffic Safety Admin South College Avenue and then Delaware dle School and Glasgow High istration. Motor vehicle crashes Avenue in Newark to Route 72, then Ogll!town Canby emphasized the involvement of· com al lowed to attend the secondary munity members in creating the new services. school of their choice next year. School. are the leading killer of children Road, and finally tum around to go up Main Currently, there are approxi under the age of 14. Street and back to Elkton for another go;round. However, the item will be on See BUS ROUTE 2 .... the school board agenda for a mately 74 public school stud ents Delaware law requires aU dri Among the 14 stops on the new route are the in grades 7-12 who live on in vers and front seat passengers to first reading in January and the use seatbelts. Additi onall y, chil board members could vote on it See CHOICE, 3 .... dren under the age of four must be properly secured in a child safety seat, and children ages 4 See SEATBELTS, 2 .... Fifty young Santa Clauses come to town ers and everybody in the Honor INDEX Eighth-graders Society gave $5," Mallard said. "Then we had a skating party, 'Adopt-A-Family' and we also used some of the NEWS 1-3 money left over from last year." POLICE REPORTS ~y KATY CIAMARICONE With the help of Honor Soci 2 ety directors Marilyn Bryant and OPINION 4 NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Terri Donges, the students raised $400. They took it to Kmart, LIFESTYLE 6 hey didn't wear red suits where they also received a 10 THE ARTS 7 or jingle bells, but 50 stu percent discount for their good T dents at Shue-Medill will efforts. DIVERSIONS 8 Middle School were Santa Claus Some girls agreed that picking CROSSWORD 9 es for two local families. out gift s for a 14-year-old girl As part of the Adopt-a-Family was no sweat. COMMUNITY 12 2000 campaign, the eighth "We bought her some hair scrunchies and some bracelets, a PEOPLE 13 graders in the school's National Junior Honor Society provided sweatsuit, some pajamas and OBITUARIES 15 food, clothes and toys for fami some slippers," one student said. lies who need a little extra cheer "We figured she's our age and we SPORTS 10-11 this season. got her what we thought she CLASSIFIEDS 81-6 One famil y consists of a 67- would like." year-old grandmother and her Other gifts included pants, a three grandchildren who all sweater, a T-shirt and some attend St. Mary's Church in cologne for a 17 -year-old boy; a Hockessin. purse, makeup, a shirt, and a pair The other family includes a of jeans for an ll-year-old girl; mother and her fi ve children, and candles, paj amas and Oil of some of whom are students at Olay lotion for the mother of Shue-Medill. Honor society stu five.