PR OFL C I Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 •:• 84th Year, Issue 47 c 1994 December 9, 1994 Newark, Del, • 35e Mayor THis WEEK STATE CHAMPS! In sports talks of BONEY, HENRY traffic HELP LEAD solutions By JENNIFER l. RODGERS VIKINGS ............ ................. ... .. ..... ..... ..... NEWARK POST STAFF WAITER TO TITLE. Solu tions to traffic problems lB don't come easily, but Newarkers have o ne advantage over other munic ipalities- Mayo r Ro nald Gardner. If the phrase "It' s not what you know, but who you know " holds LOCAL TEAMS any truth, Newark is in the know. As chairman of IN KAPPA th e Wilmington Metropolitan Area Planning . HooP Coordination Organi za tion (WILMAPCO), a CWSIC. lB seat that has hi s­ torically been held Gardner by the secretary of transportation, Ne w Castle County Executive or the Mayor of Wilmington, Gardner In the news said Newark will have a "bettet opportunity fo r change than during any time in the last 25 years." Changes are slated to tee off mid-1995 when the final plan stem­ TIM BOULDEN ming from the Newark/Elkton Intermodal Transportation Study is due. The study draft is already fin­ CELEBRATES ished and Gardner says the finished 3·A­ product should be ready soon. Re ults of the study and commu­ POUTICAL WIN. nity input wi ll be used to define the plan which WlLMAPCO will sub­ mit to the state for its annual trans­ portation plan in May. Because WILMAPCO is involved, Gardner said Newark's MAIN SREET problems will be addressed more quickly than going through usual channels-which begin and end with TOUR the Delaware Department of Transportation (DeiDOT). " Before it (solutions to CREATES Newark's traffic problem ) was NEWARK POST PHOTOS BY JEFF SWINGER always-it costs too much, or-it's not a priority," said Gardner. IDEAS. 4A Christiana sophomore Andrew Allen (top) tells the crowd at Middletown High that the Vikings are number one while coaches players and As •fm priorities, a large portion fans storm the field after the victory. Rashad Bailey (lower right) rushed for 70 yards to help lead the VIkings to the Division i state cham­ of Newark residents have made it pionship game victory. clear what they wa nt- a proposed bypass around the city that would In Lifestyle extend from the Christina Parkway to New London Road. A "No Bypas , No Vote" cam­ Christiana captures crown pai gn before the elections brought NUTCRACKER COMFB the bypass i sue out of its 25-year state title since 1977 and capped off an 1 L-1 The state champs fell behind quickly as hibe rn a ti o n. Po liti cians rallied .~I~~~:ry,.~~~~~~. ............................ .. season which also included a Blue Hen the Riders scored on the second play of the aroun d the cause, makin g it their NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Conference Flight A title. The win also game. However, three unanswered touch­ number one transport ati on i sue avenged Christiana's only loss of the season downs before halftime gave Christiana a 22- and Newark City Council recently HE CHRISTIANA HIGH FOOT­ - a 20-6 setback at the hands of CR, which 6 lead at intermission. approved a re olut.i on of upport BALL team defeated Caesar Rodney came in the Sept. 9 season opener. CR, following a fumble on the second for the road. T High 22- 12 last Saturday afternoon to ~~~ Gardner ai d a bypass. or exten- lOA "[t 's the greatest feeling in the world," half kickoff. quickly cut the lead to 22- I 2 capture the championship of the Delaware said Christiana senior split end Curt Henry, early in the third quarter. That, though, ion to the Chri stina Parkway as he High School Division I Football who caught two touchdown passes in the would be as close as the Riders would get. prefers to call it, wi ll be considered Tournament before over 5,000 fans at game. "We played well and deserved to wi n. The Christiana defense stiffened and the along with oth er possibilhies. He In Business Middletown High. There's no better feeling!" Vikings secured the elusive title. added that a few new Mary land The victory gave the Vikings their first See MAYOR , &A .... WIIL BUSY TIMES AT THE POST OFFICE ECONOMIC RETREAT 'Tis the season to send the AID THE cards and presents early CITY OF By TONJA CASTANEDA celing letters from 3 to II p.m. .NEwA-~K ·Posr "srAFF. wliirER........ ................................... She said while the canceling is done by machine, po tal worker ort first-class mail this time of year by NEWARKf hand, in th e same mail-sorting sy tern invented by Red and Green envelopes have begun nowing into Ben Franklin when there were ju I 13 colonie , not 5B the Newark Post office for delivery as local residents fifty state . to mail to. send and receive holiday greetings. Boudart said although Ben FrankJjn used a Jot le The holiday mail season officially began for po tal cubby holes th an the 77 u, ed to . ort and . ent mail to Index workers Monday when the canceling machine wa all parts of the country today, the post office contin­ started for this annual volume of holiday mail. The ues the use of hi s ystem. "because it work .'' machine print writing over stamps on le!!ers mailed. 1-16A First-class mail is sorted by man, not machine. dur­ NEWS so stamps can not be used again. ing the holiday because Boudart aid, most mail thi; POLICE 2A Newark Postmaster Sally Boudart said last year 1.2 time of year is handwritten and a lot on red and green COMMUNITY 78 million first-class letters were canceled and sorted at envelopes are mail ed - which both are hard for C the Newark post office in the three weeks before machine to read. : OPIIDON 8A Christmas. "We have recei ed plenty f mai l in red and green LIFESTYLE 10A She aid again this year leu ers from Newark. e nvelope ," said Boudart. " We get the bulk o' Hockessin , Bear, Middletown and Kirkwoorl will he OBITUARIES 11A hri stma. cards on Mondays when people have time processed at the Newark post office and then shipped to fill out cards during the weekend." : B~SI!{ESS 68 NEWARK POST PHOTO BV MIKE K~PKA on Delaware' s distribution fa ility at Hares omer in Boudart , aid the Newark facility u. ually processes ARTS JM New astle. Boudart said usually can eling and . ort­ 3,500 parcels per day, but have been regularly mailing --- ing of mail is done at Hares Corn e r for all of 7,500 parcel a day, with the numbers increasing to SPORTS 1-58 Ranger Sere Rufflns , 16 months old , of Newark enjoys the annual Delaware. lighting of the city Christmas tree which took place last Saturday She said the rna hine will run thr ugh Dec. 23 an- CLASSIFIEDS 8·148 night at the corner of Main and Academy Streets. See MAlliA~ PACE 2A • NEWARK Posr • DECEMBER 9, 1994 Police beat Fire Calls ····························································································································· ·············································· ···································· ······································································································ Police have arrested two of the woman reported being hi t Dec. 3 by • Sunday, November 27 • Thursday, December 1 Three assaulted a car being driven by her boyfriend. Drinkers trespass three attackers but a third remains at Two people reported incidents of 12:56 a.m.-400 Scotland Drive, 6:29 a.m.- 14 :Lake Tahoe Circle, Becks Newark police report three men large. Police arrested Christopher Police report the couple were argu­ Greenfield Manor. Wires. Christiana Fire Co. Wood s Town Houses. Rescue. Christiana Fire were assaulted Dec. 3 while walk­ ing and the woman got out of the intoxicated people asleep and tres­ 3:04 p.m.- 21 Fa irway Road, Adm iral Co. Morris, 20, of New Castle and passing on their property Dec. 4. 7:22 a.m.-•Delaware 273 west on -ramp to ing on Amstel Avenue in front of Michael Jeffrey Taylor, 26, of New car at the intersection of East Club Apartments. Building. Aetna Hose Hook Police report a 22-year-old Newark & Ladder Co. 1·95 north. Field. Christiana Fire Co. Smith Hall on the University of Castle and charged them with Cleveland Avenue and North 7:32 a.m.-30 Scottie Lane, Me lanie Delaware campus. An 18-year-old woman was found asleep in a car in 7:06 p . m . ~65 Old Porter Road. House. assault and underage consumption College Avenue in Newark, where Christiana Fire Co. Wood s. Rescue. Christiana Fire Co. man from Medford, N.J. sustained a she was hit. Police report the the 300 block of Bellevue Road by 9:23 p.m.-346 Jacobs Loop, Wqterford 8:40 a.m.-738 Old Baltimore Pike. Aula of alcohol. To report information to a man leaving his nearby work­ accident. Christiana Fire Co . and count y bloody nose and was treated by Newark police, call366-7111. woman was treated at the Newark Trailer Park. Mobile home. Christiana Fire Co. University of Delaware ambulance place. Also, police said, manage­ 9:55 p.m.-Delaware 7 and School Bell Emergency Medical Services. Emergency Room for a knee injury Road . Wires. Christiana Fire Co. 4:27 p.m.-South Colle9e Avenue and Old personnel. Both, a 19-year-old Woman's boyfriend and released. Police are investigat­ ment of the Pinebrook Apartments Baltimore Pike . Auto acc1dent. Aetna Ho se on Wharton Drive reported a 46- Downingtown, Pa. man and an 18- ing the incident. Hook & Ladder Co.