Former Newarker sings her w .y t •:• Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 •:• 84th Year, Issue 16 c 1994 For the week beginning May 6, 1994 Newark, Del. • 35~t THis WEEK Contract time MIDDLE RUN REMOVAL Christina teachers launch In sports talks with school officials By TONJA CASTANEDA traini ng, th at they ca n be advo­ cates or th eir own posi ti on with ­ NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER out being enem ies or th e ot her Negoti ati ons between th e sid e, according to a pamph let Christina School District and produced by the chool di strict. Christina Educational The goa ls of Win-Win nego­ Associ at ion, representin g th e ti ati ons are to develop an agree­ over I ,300 teachers empl oyed in ment th at can be accepted and the di stri ct, have begun. supported by both pa rties to For th e first time in solve prob lems: strengthen rela­ Delaware, di strict negotiations­ tionshi ps and organization prob­ which bega n April 18- are lems; lift morale through devel­ bein g ca ll ed coll aborati ve bar­ opment ol' a sense of involve­ gai ning or Win-Win ment and open candid com mu ­ Negotiations. ni cation, according to the pam­ Win -Win negottattons phlet. involve direct communication Pres id en t or th e Chris ti na between th e school bo ard , Ed uca tional Associati on Sue employees and administrat ion. Mason said past negoti atio ns Each s id e recogni zes, have gone on for 15 months. through outside facilitation and See CONTRACT, 4A .... Newark catcher Jeff Simpson applies the tag during Tuesday's game against NEWARK POST STAFF PHOTO BY JENNIFER RODGERS district rival Christiana. Karen Crosby , Sharon Crosby and Carol Evans of Mill Bourne in the Newark area stand behind a mound of debris thai neighbors collected from the wooded lots behind their homes last Saturday. Neighbors and New Castle County employees are working to remove what Evans said is a very serious problem. Middle Run, a CHRISTIANA BASEBALL tributary of White Clay Creek , runs behind Evan 's home. Recently she found rusted sealed drums , refriger­ ators, and more. When it rains , Evan 's said Middle Run overflows and the water washes over the rusted WINS SIXTH STRAIGHT drums (their contents are unknown) and into Newark's drinking water supply- White Clay Creek. CONTEST lB Deer Park Farm property for sale TUESDAY. By JENNIFER l. RODGERS tab le th e vote after mu ch publ ic The investigation didn ' t take ......................... ........................ debate. long. Les than two week later, NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Residents oppo~e d townhouses Roy Lopata. director of planni ng in i11 at otherwi~e single-family-home Newark, said Sobolewski had with­ The Old Deer Pari-. l·arm hou ~c neighborhood and demoli1ion of the drawn his subdivision request. SPARTAN'S NICHOLS and th e surroun ding 1.2 1 anes of farm house. wh ich is registered as According to Todd Ladu tko, land at 4R West Park Place is no an hi storic bui ldin g. realtor associate at Patterson NEWARKPDSTSTAFFPHOTOBYNANCVTURNE R longe r slated for demolition - it 's Sobolewsk i told resident s and Sc hwartz. the as king price is ACCEPTS SCHOlARSHIP Members of Pilgrim Baptist en route to their new church Saturday. now for sa l · planning commi ss ioners he wo ul d $275,000. • The ow ne r, Ed Sobolewski. investigate the poss ibility of incor- Ladutko sa id th ere have been recentl y app li ed to subdivide the p rating th e 15 0-year-old Greek ··n um erous inquiries" about th e OFFERAT lB COngregatlon leads property in order to bui ld five luxu- Reviva l style mansion into his pro- land. including one from a buyer U.N.C.C. way to new building N~;~~k .~b· ;~ po;ss to ic at me~~~L~4A~ By NANCY TURNER oo<cred ohooh,noh '"' ohooho;c yp p g In the news ........................................... flooded the sanctuary with the By SCOTT LAWRENCE boost from the Delaware General Smith told th ose at the meeting NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER spiritual hymn "We ' ve Come ........................................ ......... Assembly in 1970, when legislati on th at if the bypass is ever to be built, On Saturday morn'in g, west This Far By Faith," some were EDITOR protecti ng the futu re highway righ t- th ere mu st be a stronger se n ·e of Newark saw a parade qf jubila- mov ed to tear ·. of-way rrom deve lopment wa unit y among those who support it. CoUNTY PlANNERS . p·J . "Prayers do get answered," About 15 resident~ turn ed uu l passed. In turn , th e Newark Ci ty In other bu siness, residents tion as memb ers qf 1 ,gr1m k Baptist Church malrched from said th e Rev. John C. Woodartl , Monday ni gh t at th e old Ncwar Council unamou~ly re ·olved in expressed concern about the future their old church home 0 11 New head pastor of Pil grim Bapti st tra in station to hear thc recullcc- 197:1 10 encourage the Delaware of the historic Deer Park Farm - POSTPONE London Road to tl;l ir beautiful Church, lead ing th e tledic<ttory li ons of past cit y coun cil member. Department of Transportal io n to recently up fur sa le - and Lh e po si- servi ce for the 400 persons in Fo rmer coun cilman Robert ex ped it e th e hi ghway's constru e- bl e rezonin o of the property. Also, new faci lity at 1325 Barksdal e 0 GlASGOW Road . attendance. "Today means a Smith , of Fairfield. to ld members or tion. The Chri stina Parkway, com- reside nti a l matters, including lt was a triumphant day that new start in our Chri sti an the Old Newark ivic Assoc iation. pit-ted in 1983 , was the first seg- charges of illegal hou si ng popu la- . end eavors. It gives the church a of hi s in vo lvement in Newark poll - ment of th e bypa ss, accord in g to tions and building additions we re the 25 0-member congregat1on c new opportunity to work within ti cs in the mid 1970s - ~ pccifica l ly Sm ith . However. he aid there have discussed. DECISION. 4A awaited •Or more than 15 years. With th e paint vapors still the community to see what. the abou t t.he proposed ewark Bypass bee n several obstac les impeding The O ld ew<trk Civic . h Lord can do." and the force · that played a role in further constructi on. ci tin .!! "the Association meets the first Monday freshly hngenng 111 t e sanctu - · h - . k Woodard was .J.Oi ncd in th e its unsuccessful plann1ng at t e multitude of agencies involved, la ck of every month at the tra in station, ary and 20 new co I onta 1 oa BROTHERS INJURED IN pews in place, th ere was little service by pas tors Albert time. of city clout. env orinm en talism. at 7:30 p.m. more to do than raise the roo f Sm ith said th e proposaL first dedicated opposition and lack of a For more information. call Ann . See CHURCH , 5A ...._ considered in 1953. received a driving force." Brown at 36 -5 104. MISHAP ALONG with praise. As the proce s1on .,... CONRAIL Newark Historical Society hosts Continental reunion TRACKS. By JENNIFER L. RODGERS 4A ·········NEWARK ··········POST STA·········FF WRITER········· ········· In Lifestyle Wh en a renunion is men­ tioned, most think of old class­ mates or family members, but what happens wh en past work ­ SYMPHONYS mates gather? The Newark Historical Society is planning a reuni on FINAL SEASON SERIES with the employees and descen­ dants of the founder of a business th at brought int ernati onal acclaim WORTHA to Newark . 12A The Continental Fibre ompany, located on more than a USTEN. block of land at South Chapel Street around the corner from the Newark Hi gh School , was found­ Index .. ed by Samuel J . Wri ght , th e grandson of Iri sh immigrant s, in NEWS 1-12A the late 1890s. 2A "These peopl e (form er POLICE employees) remember the Wright OB!TUARIES 5A famil y and their mill like people The Continental plant's baseball team photo from 1939: (seated) Harold Hickman , Bob Ewing , George Anderson, Ellis Cullen, Bayard Perry, Jack Daly, Ralph Egnor, Reginald Conway , Bob Brown and Howard Cage; (standing) Bill BuHs, Willard Crowe , Paul Whiteman, William OPINION &A remember their hi gh school years," sa id Bob Thomas, presi­ Burrow. Olan Thomas (on ground , center) is the bat boy. COMMUNITY 7A dent of th e society. bought about five oth er fiber Lumber, now known as Newark start ed hi s own business. "Vul cani zed fiber could be LIFESTYLE 8A The Continental Fibre companies and renamed th com­ Lumber on Main treet. In 1894, At Continental Fibre. amucl appli ed to almost anything, " Company, which is now a vacant f<~thcr 's made vulcanized fiber. a chemi­ Thomas sa id. DIVERSIONS 11A pany Continental Diamond Fibre amucl left hi s bu si ness building, gai ned international ompany. to work with National call y hardened ol ton-based John Pilling Wright , Samuel's ARTS 12A acclaim and put Newark on the Samuel Wri ght began working Vul ca n b~ed Fibre o.