• Local4 H' er offt T tiona! C ongre zn hi ·a o, 4A ______________•!•_ G_reater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910---------------------------- •!• 83rd Year, Issue 46 CC> 1993 For the week beginning December 10, 1993 Newark, Del. • 35¢ ·THis WEEK Cancer probe focuses on chemical plant By JENNIFER L. RODGERS commiunem and see how we can help." ·New~.-~K· ?iis+ ·s+P.i:i:. wilii-E'R ... ·· · .. ·· · · · .... · ·· ·· .. ·· · ·· .. ·.. ·· · .... Of all 50 states, Delaware ha · the hi ghest num­ In sports ber of cancer deaths, accord ing to a study done by Retired teacher on the case the slate. ln order to "get to the bottom" of this dis­ Local parents who worry about their child's safe­ turbing stati stic, De laware's general assembly ty on long bus trips or in " bacl neighborhoods" The Bear/Glasgow Council of fom1ed a special can er task force. when they send their children to schools in Civic Organizations is gaining Malin wants to get stri ct regulations for toxic Wilmington may have yet another worry, but this more recognition through a wide­ emi ssion based on human biological sys tems. one is in visible. spread community voice and More than 40 states already have regulated toxic A special task force is looking into whether or people such as Dr. Edward emissions. not toxic and carcinogenic chemicals emitted by a Malin. Malin and groups s uch as the Si e rra Club, chemical plant in Wilmington are affecting the can­ Malin is chairman of the envi­ Delaware Citi zens for Clean Air, Wilmington resi­ cer rate of Newark and Bear students who attend ronmental committee of the dents who live near the plant and th e University of schools in the city. Bear/Glasgow Council and was Delaware' environmental club have already picket­ Dr. Edward Malin, chainnan of the environmen­ appointed to Delaware's special ed Noramco and Gov. Carper's bui ld ing twice. tal task committee of the Bear/Glasgow Counci l of cancer task force. This task force " l was shocked at the fact that nobody in public Civic Organizations and a member of the cancer was formed to fi nd solu tions to office had any concern about this," Malin said . "Js lask force sent a le tt er to th e Chri ·tina School the state's high cancer rate. The life so cheap that we ignore the topi c?" District th at says Bear and Newark students who state currently leads the nation in Malin said the effect s of the airborne toxins may attend Drew and Bancroft schools, located about cancer cases. not be seen for many ye<1rS, becau. e their affects on three blocks away from Noramc<r-a chemical pl ant Malin is focusing his investi­ the body are cumulative. that produce analgesics-are breathing ha zardous gation of high cacer rates on the who taught "The thing that hurts is that we aren 't getting any Bear/Glasgow area. Wilmington, Conrad chemicals. reaction," Malin sa id. "We've written and met wi th "] think all parents in this district should be con­ He is a retired high school Dickinson high schools: the governor and got no response at all, it's really cerned," Malin said. "Now we are trying to work biology and chemistry teacher See TEACHER, 7A .... with other environmental gro ups to strengthen our See PROBE, 7A .... Public Pencader hearing landowners Glasgow's Chas Friant fends off a McKean rival Tuesday. on hotel fear study GIRL'S HIGH would mean SCHOOL BASKETBAlL Dec.13 lost profits By JENNIFER L. RODGERS ······································· By JENNIFER L. RODGERS NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER ···· ···· ························ ··· ······ ·· ······ SEASON NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER lB A public hearing will be UNDERWAY. held Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. at UlC Bear/Glasgow land owner cora­ Newark City Council meet­ plained to County planning depart­ ing to discuss a hotel ment official that their property chain's request to build a values would decrease if the plan­ In the news 97-room "Sieep-lnn" on ning department adopted the South College Ave nu e Central Pencader Study. across from University of Residents turned out for the last NEWARK FRATERNITY Delaware's Field House. of three public hearings Tuesday The parcel of land at 630 evening to di scuss the planning South College Ave. is department's innovative growth PWSHOSTTO a lready zoned for a hote l plan. provided the council grants If the study were adopted in its a special use permit. present form, pe ople who own SOME SPECIAL The national chain , NEWARK POST STAFF PHOTOS BY TONJA CASTANEDA undeveloped property in the central 3A Choice Hotels International, Pencader area would probably previously applied for a spe­ The Newar~ Lions Club celebrates 65 years of service to the community this year. Pictured are members who CHILDREN. have been m the club for 20 years or more. In the front row: (LeH to Right) Fred Arimoto Andy Hickey John receive les money for their proper­ cial use penni1· in February. ty because develope r~ could build 1989 and September, l991, l~gold and Bob Kerr. In the back: (Left to Right) Ralph Helm , Tom lehman , Fred Tarrant and Bob McAipi'n. Not ptctured are: Ivan Parsons, Donald Rittenhouse , Carroll Mumford, Alfred Saindon and Arlington Jackson. fewer homes. but never started construc­ As of now, most property in tion. these undeveloped area is zoned T he three-story hotel for one house per I /2 acre. The CITY TO DECIDE would be named " Newark Newark Lions celebrate 65 years s tudy pro po ·e these areas be Sleep Tnn ". Choice Hotels "down-zoned'' to low density areas the Lion of th e Yea r Award to 35 active members. Internat ional also builds By TONJA CASTANEDA th at would permit only one house ............................................... .. member James Hardwick and mem­ Lions Club Pres ident Nancy ON SIX-DIGIT LAND Comfort and Quali ty Inns. every four acre . NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER ber Eugene Pi erce rece ived the Moore said although it is difficult Roy Lopota, the city's Some res idents se ized th is Ralph Helm Fel lowship, which is for her to see a sense of history planning director said he The Lion's C lu b of Newark have opportunity to speak out about the named for a club member who is a because she ha only been in the believes the chances of con­ been fu lfilling lheir motto of "We "down zoning" of their property. PURCHASE struction this time are " 100 former int e rn ati onal d irector for c lub s ince 1991. she feels the 6A Serve" for 65 years in this commu­ Newark Lion Club ha a presence " I am horrified about this rec­ percent." Lions. ommendation becau e the plan lays nity. The Newark club was founded in .in the area. MONDAY. "lt seems like they have The club's celebrati on of s ix the ground rules for th e govern­ 1929 and was the second Lions " There are so many people I their finances in line," decades of service was marked at ment to set the market value," said Club chart ered in Delaware when have talked to who in the past years Lopota aid. their annual recognition dinner on Stephen Brown, who e fami ly th e Wilmington Lions Club spon­ have depe nd ed on the club," said Assuming council grants Dec. 3. owns 300 acres in the southwest sored the club. At the banquet, the dub gave out THIS TREE HAS See HEARING , 7A .... The Newark Lion currently has See LIONS, SA .... See PENCADER, 7A .... AHOLIDAY Barber pole to spin again SHAPE. 6A In Lifestyle at historic Main Street shop By NANCY TURNER last summer, when it was damaged by water from the disastrous Klondike Kate's fire and Burchard NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER clo eel the doors. SHARING MEMORIES OF As far as Teti 's restoration of the barber shop, The Main Street Barber Shop has had a face lift a the song say , "everything o ld i new again." DEPARTED LOVED ONES, •mel will open an y day now for businc · ·. New Teti hopes that the first lhing customers notice owner Kim Teti hopes that once again, a teady when they come into the shop is that it has ·•a com­ stream of Newarkers will fi le into 154 East Main fortable old look to it. We are trying re- reate the Street and happily come out looking neatly horn look of an old barber shop," she said. "We 'II play and respectable. some ragtime, jazz and bi g band music for at:mo ·­ Ralph Burchard, who took over the shop on July phere." 4, 195 8, is semi-retiring and ready to do a little fi h· The face lift includes new electrical work, pia - :/. 12A ing in Maine. He '. turning over hi s proverbial red ter, woodwork and noor refini hing, and the addi­ and white tripped pole to barber Kim Teti , but he tion of a reprodu tion pede. tal sink and weathered will help her out on a part-time basi as she takes bras lighting. Teti 's husband, a tile fitter, has her place in the hi story of Main Street barbers, installed fine marble in the bathroom and an artist along wi th him , Marshal, Graig, Tyson, and other . friend wi ll paint a small mural on an inside wall NEWS 1-16A Burchard is confident that new owner Teti will depicting a tu m of the century ewark Main Street ~PO~L~IC~E ______________~ 2A continue the best traditions of the shop.