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FIFTH THE MORNING CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1989 B5 Romig family says secret memos show township favored school sor which he did not detail," Leary they understood from the press that the attorney for the Planning Commission, told Lee that he is not able to influence their decision either. Leary said it was possible that McCardle andor he would attend the next planners workshop to represent the board's interest; however, he said: "I am personally wary of my going because of the potential for accusations about collusion and, especially since it is a closed session." Two weeks later, Leary wrote that the solicitors and the township should work together so the school can be built on an agricultural site. "My major concern has to do with zoning and having the language changed in the final adopted zoning ordinances to permit schools as a permissible or at least in a conditional use in an agricultural zone," Leary wrote March 28. "I believe that board solicitor Ed McCardle should work with Blake Maries and Donald Miles That night the township planning commission voted 4-2 to recommend the district not build a school on the Romig site because of geographical and topographical problems, plus they said the land should be preserved for farming. Stine, the planning commission chairman who met with Leary, serves on East Penn's parent-community advisory committee to study plans for new high school, according to district officials.

Stine was one of two planners who voted against recommending the district not place the school on the Romig site. Maury G. Robert was the other. The next day, March 15, Leary detailed a conversation with Lee about the planners vote: "Lee said that he expressed his displeasure with the decision to those involved but he is unable to persuade the three who want to send the letter not to do so, Donald Miles, planning commission solicitor to try to tie down this solidly as soon as possible. My fear is that someone would get 'weak knees' in the township and schools would not be a permitted or conditional use, we could find ourselves in a court battle to force the supervisors to issue a building permit as we had to do in the borough of Emmaus.

"I suggest Ed McCardle, the board president and I or Ed, the board president and the chairman of building and Property (not the full committee) and I set up a meeting with Jim Stine and Bob Lee for information sharing purposes, to tell them again, directly that the district definitely plans to build on this property and seek their support and constructive input on how best to accomplish everyone's goals." By July, township supervisors voted 2-1 to allow schools, as well as churches, as a conditional use on agricultural land. witty, Lynn captivate stated. "He told me that there is an attempt to have the issue of adding additional land to the agricultural zone added to the agenda for this Thursday's March 2 meeting. "Lee and one other supervisor are not receptive to the initiative and they would resist it on the basis that everyone who wanted 'in' to an agriculture zone had his chance recently. "He asked when the declaration of taking would be filed.

I told him as soon as possible but probably not before March 10 and definitely not by Thursday. I asked him to help us in the matter. He said that he was not receptive at this time to placing any more land in an agriculture zone." That Thursday March 2 the family appeared before supervisors who tabled a vote on their request Maries was advised by Lee, at the meeting, to investigate if the township could include the land since preme Court decisions about Affirmative Action, programs that provide set asides and preferences to minorities are illegal. "I think you're opening up to a lawsuit with this," Kaufman said. Glenn Clark, chairman of the Human Relations Commission, asked the board to wait before cutting off the lists.

If minorities leave the force for some reason, their potential replacements would not have the advantage of the dual list system, he said. The number of minorities could drop. Detective Paul Snyder, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 10, which represents Allen-town police, urged the board to stop the dual list system. The consensus among officers is that the system achieved its goal and should be eliminated. "I feel that we have more than reached parity," Snyder said.

"We would have gotten some of the same people under one list." Ritter agreed. He said the last three candidate lists have been merged for comparison. Before the dual list system, minority candidates rarely made the top 30. Now, if candidates from both lists are combined, the high-ranking minority representatives are still in the top 15 orzu. This year, audiences can expect to hear works from the Broadway show "Phantom of the Opera," and works by George Gershwin and jazz composer Stan Kenton, among others.

You can hear a whole variety of music," Honsberger said. The event had been moved from Allentown to Hershey last year after some participants had trouble getting hotel rooms in the Valley. Not only was the stadium smaller in Hershey, but accommodations were farther away and more expensive, according to Allentown organizers. Each year the competition draws about 8,000 people to Allentown, injecting about $1 million into the local economy. Tickets for tomorrow's preliminaries are $9 each, while tickets for the championships are $13.

Tickets are available at the Allentown Hilton, which is the DCA headquarters this weekend, or tomorrow and Sunday at the stadium box office. TAKE A PLANT BACK TO district voted to take the land. By March 10, the family received letters of condemnation. The following week Leary wrote that Lee is upset over allegations of collusion. "Bob Lee said that he is quickly growing tired of the allegations of some sort of collusion between the district and Lower Macungie Township," Leary wrote to board members on March 14.

"As all of you know, that is false and the rezoning was done with no contact whatsoever with the school district, and independently by the supervisors in April 1988, long before any mention of the Romig property was ever made to the board. "Lee suggests that if the allegations continue, he may wish to issue a public statement to set the record straight. I spoke with Mr. Rust about this and it may be that he will speak to Lee about the matter before any statement is made." MOTHER Continued From Page B1 beneficiary of her will, would have received more than $20,000, Steinberg said. As of April, Mrs.

Haas had $21,000 in a checking account and insurance policies worth about $1,500. Haas had been civen Dower of at torney to handle his mother's financial affairs and withdrew $8,000 from her bank account without her consent, Levisky said. Haas, who used the money to buy his wife a car, said he planned to pay back the money. Trooper Shawn Mell said Haas told police he spent his pension from Mack Trucks, where he worked 13V4 years before retiring in 1985. Before giving his mother the overdose, Haas obtained a safe deposit box in which he placed the power of attorney document, the insurance policies, the title to the mobile home and the title to his wife's car.

Steinberg tried to show yesterday that Haas intended to flee the area. The title to Haas' car and maps were in his car. The owner of a travel agency told police that Haas said he planned to go to Florida and play golf. Haas denied any intention of leaving the Lehigh Valley, where he has lived all his life. Haas earlier said his wife, Phyllis, often would leave him alone with his mother, who didn't like his wife.

The night before he gave his mother the overdose, he was accused by his wife of seeing another woman, Haas said. When asked whether he had a criminal record, Haas testified, "Not until I married my wife 5Va years ago." He had been arrested for assaulting his wife, who described him as a violent person. Phyllis Haas said Haas' daughter and her stepdaughter, Linda Hudak, contacted her after the mother was hospitalized and told her to stay away from the home. Phyllis Haas testified that her husband said, "It's all Phyllis' fault, and she's next." Haas filed for divorce in 1986. SCHOOL VM By AMY LONGSDORF Much of the recent material from Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty seems closer to countrypolitan crooning than to the country blues.

But last night at the Allentown Fair, the singers managed to fill in their songs' blanks with a soulful, captivating authenticity. During the first of two grandstand shows, Lynn's endearingly down-home spirit buoyed her mix-and-match collection of songs, which included a gospel standard Great Thou a pop-rock clinker (the Bellamy Brothers' "Let Your Love and some tried-and-true Loretta standbys Is The Foundation" and "They Don't Make 'Em Like My Tunes with FAIR Continued From Page B1 At the free Music Dance USA show, producer Steve Hlay was pleased with the large turnout to see his eight performers sing and dance their way through retrospective music that concentrated on rock 'n' roll and The Beatles era. David Martinez does a convincing Elvis Presley with black leather jacket, and the lively soprano of Laura Hernandez should win her a part in a class production of a Broadway musical. It was Kids Day yesterday, sponsored by the Allentown Fair Youth Group, and admission was free for anyone 18 and younger. Youngsters enjoyed the "Banana Derby" at 1 p.m.

in Farmerama, and women's mud wrestling filled the stands several times. Despite the growing commercialization of the fair, Bonnie Brosious reported that the 1,248 livestock en Continued From Page B1 The memo further states: "Bob Lee also knows that the Romigs have received a recent offer for $300,000 and that there is a church congregation interested in the property, although a church as well as schools is not a permitted zoning use." The Romigs deny that they ever received an offer by a church group. In July, the zoning ordinance was changed to include both. On the afternoon of Feb. 27, Romig family members submitted a petition to be included in the township's agricultural security district.

That evening, the school board voted to begin condemnation proceedings. One day later, Feb. 28, Leary sent a memo to school directors containing the following: "Bob Lee called me with internal problems with a particular supervi LIST Continued From Page B1 "The dual list system has done some very positive things in terms of hiring minority police officers," Howells said. "I'm sure that those numbers would not be there without the dual list system." Human Relations Director Phyllis Alexander told the board that statistics are not available to show whether the percentage of minority officers represents the percentage of minorities in the city's work force. She asked that the board delay a vote until that information is available.

"The minority population in the city has really shot up," Alexander said. "We don't know if we've accomplished our goal." Such data will not be available until after the 1990 census is conducted. The list of police candidates will be revised in January 1991 with new recruits, so a decision about whether to use one or two lists must be made by spring 1990. Jack Kaufman, assistant city solicitor, encouraged the board to drop the system. Based on recent U.S.

Su DRUMS Continued From Page B1 The musicians are not just standing around either. "Watch for the drum lines, not just snare drums and bass drums, but also percussion equipment like xylophones. "The level of perfection is pretty good," he said. Honsberger said the DCA is similar to its counterpart, the Drum Corps International, except DCI has an age limit of 21. "There is no cap," he said.

"We have people 60 years old out there marching." Allentown is the latest stop in a series of DCA competitions. He said spectators should pay special attention to two corps the Bushwackers of Harrison, N.J., and the Sunrisers of Long Island, N.Y. "They have been trading first place back and forth all summer," Honsberger said. According to Honsberger, the Bushwackers have an excellent drum line, but the Sunrisers have "a very strong visual program, with a good marching and drill design." The groups are judged in three areas: visual performance and effect, percussion performance and effect; and brass performance and effect. "The great thing about it, is you could be second in everything, and you could win the whole show.

You would have to be strong all rounds," Honsberger said. This is also the first year for the Chieftains as a Lehigh Valley-based corps. The group performed last year at the DCA Championships in Hershey, when the corps was based in Roseto. "They are a newcomer, and perform all Gershwin music. They are going through an infancy program, but they have an excellent nucleus.

There are only about 50 of them, nonetheless, they are showing very good promise," he said. Another twist to this DCA competition is the debut of the Minnesota Brass from Bloomington, Minn. "We hear that they are an excellent drum corps," Honsberger said. Each corps performs about 11 minutes. There is preliminary competition starting at noon tomorrow.

The World Championship, including the top 12 corps from tomorrow's competition, is at 7 p.m. Sunday. the purest country settings worked best. On the still affecting "Coal Miner's Daughter," a whining fiddle served as a foil to Lynn's pure Kentucky twang. At one point, Loretta complained to the enthusiastic crowd of 2,200 about having to shorten her set to 30 minutes.

(The late show also drew about 2,000.) Time constraints apparently forced the singer to cram some of her best known numbers, like "You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)," into one five-minute survey. Similarly, her usually extensive, profusely narrated Patsy Cline tribute was trimmed to a six- or seven-minute medley. tries were the most in 17 years. Agriculture specialists started judging 4-H and Vo-Ag sheep fitting and showmanship and used the same tent to evaluate market lambs in the evening. The top winners and complete results will be reported in The Morning Call.

Fair staffers got a chuckle Tuesday night when diving champion Jim Rightley, the "Human Torch" who sets his costume on fire and plunges 60 feet into a vat of water outside Agricultural Hall, did his first act in 8 p.m. darkness. At just that instant, chief electrician Carl Kanusky, a dedicated man, looked westward and saw what he perceived to be a fire. Yelling furiously to his crew and climbing into his truck parked behind the grandstand stage, Kanusky raced to the Ag Hall area fully prepared to extinguish the blaze. The staff was so busy getting ready for the fair's opening last week that no one had told the elec 9 crowd Stretching from the early "It's Only Make Believe" to the recent number one country hit "She's Got A Single Thing In Mind," Conway Twitty's portion of the program relied heavily on swelling, synth-heavy arrangements for much of its drama.

After about a half hour, Twitty launched into "As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone (The Telephone Song)," which brought Lynn back on stage for a string of duets. With their arms linked together, the longtime singing partners revisited some of their greatest triumphs. For Twitty and Lynn, it was another night at the office and they always do good business. Amy Longsdorf is a free-lance reviewer for The Morning Call. trician how Rightley performs his daring act.

As Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty attracted country fans to the grandstand stage for shows at 6 and 9 p.m., Charles seemed pleased by the advance-sale figures he had received from the box office. "Last year we sold $523,000 worth of tickets for all grandstand shows. This year, and it is only Thursday, we already have sold $507,000 in tickets. So we know that we are going to go way over," said Charles. "Although our midways are packed with attractions, I think that the livestock, Ag Hall exhibits and free shows are the big drawing cards at the fair.

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