HERE·COME THE BRIDES! A TIMELY, SPECIAL SUPP. ~----:•~-~--~~~----·~----~~--~~~·~--~~--~ -~-~--- •:• Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 •!• .· 85th Year, Issue 4 <C> 1995 February 17, 1995 Newark, Del. • 35e TmsWEEK More join In sports CARAVEL GIRLS anti-896 ECUPSE SEASON battle WIN MARK. By TONJA CASTANEDA lB NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Nine Newark civic and mai nt enance a. socia­ tions have joined to figh t th e Delaware Department of Transportation (De! DOT) on pro­ NEWARK'S jects along Route 896. The orga nizations ha ve r eq u e~ted a meeting wi th Delaware Secretary of Tra nsportation Anne DouG CAMPBELL Ca nby. sent a letter to the Chri stina School Distri ct seeki ng support and di sc ussed going to co urt over noi. e levels coming from the new hi ghway RACESTO The assoc iati on represe nted are: Cannon. hire, lB NEWARK POST STAFF PHOTO BY JEFF SWI NGER Water's Edge, Ne wark Civ ic League, Stones RECORD. More than 500 people, mostly youngsters, headed to the Heart Education Center in Newark Saturday to watch and join In five per­ Throw. Th ornwood. Fdur Seasons. Iro n Hill formances by the popular Power Rangers. Through a locally written and directed program, youngsters were encouraged to adopt Terrace . Coach's Bridge Farm and Coach's a "heart healthy" lifestyle. See FIGHT, 4A .... In the news DeiDOT letter dulls bumper sticker mania By JENNIFER L. RODGERS promised to do their best to ensure it i built. Enh ancement Act (ISTEA) and the Federal new roads." "Well then what are you INTERSECTIONS Spirits were hig h. The promise of a Clean Air Act, affec t the way the Delaware (DelD OT) going to do?'' asked Councilman NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER bypass, which could conceivably reduce Department of Transportation (De!DOT) Thomas Wampler. " It i. •incumbent upon loud truck traffic plaguing resid enti al areas, approaches traffic prob lems. them to come with some other olution.. it" s ·oN Newark Citi zens Against Trucks (CATS) was eli cussed and ju. t about everyone "The e regulat ions require th at oth er clear to me they don 't wa nt to do anythi ng RT. 40 ~ET 3A­pre. ented Newark Ci ty Co uncil members agreed the road was necessary. altern atives be pursued prior to any new about it." Monday evening with bumper stickers pro­ The mood was dampened however when conslructi on" Canby wrote. " It wo ul d be Councilman Hal Godwin said a bypass THEIR GRADES. moting a bypass around Newark. 'i·y M<mdgrr Carl Lufl read aloud a Ja t\. J I in·csponsible on out part t. build t1 road wo ul d attrac t more car~ and arg ued J h ~ • ''I'd like all of you to rai e your right letter from Anne Canby, .ecretary of trans­ whi ch ~You l d . pur in reased deve lopment. reroutin g Rout e 896 and Route 273 wou ld hands and . olemn ly swear rhat you will portati on. The letter was in response to thu s farther compounding the problem. With provide a . ha rt -term so luti on. pl ace this sticker on your bumpers," said Newark's bypass resolution, adopted a few the help of local go vernment. the public. Represe ntative Boulden said rerouting Shirley Tarrant before giving counci l the months ago, whi ch asse11s the city supports and WILMAPCO. we wi ll proceed with was previou. ly di scu . ed in th e legis lawre. sti cker .. a bypass. cauti on." "After the House budget recess we wi ll SCHOOL OFFICIALS Local representatives State Sen . Steve Canby wrote that federa l leg isl ati on, such Lurt summarized the letter by sayi ng, revisit it," sa id Boulden. Senator Amick Amick and Rep. Timothy Boulden also were as the lntermodal Surface Transportati on "The an swer is th ey uren't looki ng to build See BYPASS, 4A ..... PROMOTE vocal in their support of the bypass and APPROVAL OF 5A Christiana youth dies in alcohol-related crash REFERENDUM. By JENNIFER L. RODGERS A "non-confo rm i. t' ' and vegetari an . ince he NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER was a child. Whittington attended James H. Groves In Lifestyle The fami ly and frie nds of Frank C. Hi gh School nig ht . chool Whittington Ill - a 17-year-old Christiana program at Newark Hi gh resident killed in an alcohol-related car acci­ Schoo l. dent Saturday - are left thi s week to mourn "He thought the first the lo. s of a person who had "super special BROOKSIDE clay of . chool wa~ fun. but qu alities ." ' when he rea lized he had to Whittington wa. th e passenger in a 1983 go bac k. it was a fight SfUDENTSBOYCOTI Chrysler New Yorker, driven by Joseph from then on:· sa id hi s Samuel Long, 21, from the Elkton, Md . mother Do nna L. Whittington area. According to police, the ve hi cle Whittington Wedne day. slammed into a tree on Route 40 near Elkton CARTOONS TO It seems Whittington felt co mfortabl~ and Delancy Road and caught fire . Long around adu lt s and liked ni ght sc hool. escaped the crash wi th scratches and brui s­ "He touched the core of a per on· heart es. Maryland State Troopers said he was and mind with a sixth sense,'' . aid hi , father.· RFAD BOOKS charged wit h drivi ng while intoxicated and Frank C. Whittington II . "You'd think he 1OA other traffi c violation . SPECIAL TO THE NEWARK POST/JIM OECOURCEY INSTIJ\D! Whittington was pronounced dead at the The car In which Frank C. Whittington Ill died early Sunday morning smolders after it See WHITTINGTON, 4A .... scene of th e 12:03 a.m. crash Sunday. slamed into a tree on Rt. 40 near Elkton. In The Arts SMITH CONDUCTS THE DElAWARE SrMPHONY :iKEND. llA Index NEWS 1·14A POLICE 2A DIVERSIONS 13A · OPINION BA LIFESTYLE 10A OBITUARIES 11 ,12A YOUR HOME 48 ARTS 11A SPORTS 1·38 CLASSIFIEDS 5·128 PACE 2A • NEWAKK Po~r • FF.uK u KV 17, 1995 Police beat • Police Bear is r·ompiled each enter on Delaware Avenue. was stolen. Police asked Holding to ted various traffi c violations in the Seven held for week from the files of the Newark According to Newark poli ce leave the car. He was found with a Cleveland Avenue and Chapel Street Police. Department by staff' writer reports, tw o females entered the loaded handgun under hi s jacket. area and had beer in hi s possession . I ~ T01~ia Castaneda. classroom and hit the student in the Police later found the man had Police charged the juvenile with five robberies here face, until the teacher intervened. purchased the car in Pennsylvania. underage consumption, failure to The suspects fl ed. The girl suffered stop on command of a police officer, Bomb scare at school , bruises around her nose. disregarding a red li ght , un safe By TONJA CASTANEDA Brittingham was charged with 11 To report information to Newark Arrest made speed, unsafe motor vehi cle, unreg­ several counts of robbery, 1'1 Newark police report that a ·············································NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Newark Hi gh School student police. call 366-7 111. A 22-year-old New Jersey man istered vehicle, drivin'g without a assault and conspiracy. He was received an anonymous phone call was arrested by police for being license. He was also cited for hav­ committed to Gander Hill Prison ing an unattended vehicle, when he fTER A TWO.MONfH in lieu of $47,000 bond. Feb. I 0 at about 12:30 p.m. in the SUISilute teacher slapped drunk on the highway. investigation, local ,I school's main office. The caller indi­ Poli ce arrested Daniel A. Gronoa, fl ed the car and it kept rolling. White was charged with rob­ Police said the boy was released A police agencies arrested cated that a bo mb was located A substitute teacher was report­ 22, Feb. I, after the man allegedly bery fiJ'St, assault tliird, conspira- to hi s mother. seven men in connection with inside Newark High School. edl y slapped Feb. 8 by a 16-year-old jumped in front of a police car dri ­ five robberies last December in cy second and COOSJ'iracy th1rd. ' I I Police reported the call er said, male Newark Hi gh School student vi ng on Academy Street and fell on Newark. He was committed to Gander I I "There's a bomb in school and while trying to break up a fight the hood of the car. Water pipe breaks Hill for lack of $12,000 secured II you' ll never find it. " between students, police report. The investigation was made bail. ' School officials evacuated th e Police sa id chool personnel are Newark police responded Feb. 10 by by the Newark, Univenity of chool, searched for the bomb and contact ing the teacher for additional Woman slips on ice to an alann at the Colorado Ski Delaware, Delaware State and The juvenile was charged with robbery fust and conspira­ fo~ nd nothing. details. Company at 5 North Street. After New Castle County police. On Feb. I 0, a 21-year-old cy second and was held in lieu I noting a gas odor, it was discovered Newark woman slipped on a patch At press time, Newark police of $6,000 bond. Gun pulled on Main St. Man arrested of ice in College Square Shopping that water pipe had broken in the only had information on foijr of Center, hit her head and lost con­ kitchen area.