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Home My WebLink About1993 Historian Scrap book 6SEPTEMBER 23-29, 1993_ T H E I T H A C A T I M E S Areas of Affluence Median family income by township in ® 1990 Tompkins County ■ 1980 86468 Cayuga His 40139 51173 Ithaca, town 23534 42944 Danby 18671 � ld 42366 Lansing 200638638 41667 Trumansburg 19542 41292 Lansing village -/ 78932 reefflawWw4034619554 Dryden village 39773 Ulysses,/ 18388 M11=11=01111111" 39578 Dryden 18705 37874 Tompkins County 18780 1 1 37525 Caroline J!ld� 16569 34107 Freeville XM 14871 32188 Enfield -�III� ♦723377�i� 32010 I , Groton 18125 ' 30909 Newfield 17408 30787 f//� Ithaca, city 16283 30162 Groton village 18281 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 The Ithaca Journal Saturday, October 2, 1993 McConkey to give reading Oct. 10 Longtime Ithaca author and Cor- nell professor James McConkey will give a talk and read from his new book, "Stories From My Life With Other Animals," from 2-4 p.m. Sun- day, Oct. 10, at The. Corner Book Store, 1] 5 S_ Cayuga St. McConkey's latest work is a contin- uation of his autobiographical "Court of Memory," which was described by Newsday as, "among the most con- vincing and moving autobiographies ever written." #93-93 The Ithaca Journal 1`hursday, October 7, 1993 NEGLEY - Darrell and Robin Emery, Ithaca, a daughter, Andrea Ramona, Oct. 4, 1993. The Ithaca Journal Friday, October 8, 1993 SCHUYLER HOSPITAL LYNCH — Christopher and Jolin- da Clark, Alpine, a son, Oct. 1, 1993. The Ithaca Journal Thursday, October 14, 1993 APTHORP — Jeffrey and Robbyn Daniels, San Antonio, Texas, a son, Alan Richard, Sept. 22, 1993, in San Antonio, Texas. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Apthorp of Ithaca. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Danield also of Ithaca. The Ithaca Journal Friday, October 15, 1993 Possible burglary investigated in Newfield A possible burglary at 346 Hines Road in Newfield is under investiga- tion by state police. A hair dryer, curling iron, survival knife, machete, a Led Zepplin banner and several bottles of prescription drugs were reported missing Thurs- day afternoon. 6-12, 1993 18 Ithaca Pennysaver October �e SEPTEMBER 15,1993 (FHTNC)— Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Grerory D. Shevalier, son of Carol J. Lovelace of 2500 Mecklenburg Road, Tru- mansburg, N.Y., recently returned from a sox -month Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Persian Gulf deployment aboard the guided missile frigate USS De Wert, homeported in Charleston, S.C. Tho 1988 gradulata of Charles O. Dickerson High School of Trumansburg, Joined the Navy in July, 1988. October, 1995 Memorys Journeyman STongs FROM MY UFE wrrH Tin; Oran Axmurs James McConkey David R- Godine Publishers 160 pages, $19.95 Jeff Schwaner Ten years ago I bought the first paperback 'edition of Jim McConkey's Court of Memory. I was a Cornell freshman in the Agriculture College considering a' 6 to the Arts and Sciences school and as Faglish major, and rd recently discovered. ft woa- dess of Comrllcard, the.eampos charge card, and much to my fades chagrin began accu- mulating what would become a personal library well-respected throughout de fine at dormitory I lived in. I remember reading McConkey's innoduct: and the pleasantly madtitative effect it had on me; but I never ventured past that page, packing the book and moving it with me from Ithaca to Boston, Boston to Portland, Maine, from Maine to Mecklenburg, a hamlet on a hill equidistant from Cayuga and Seneca lakes (and a mile or so from whet the author lives), and then again back to Ithaca At each stop I &nosed of at least half my books, in attempts to light- en my load; in Boston, having run out of graduate school money I lived for two months off the cream of my remaining books. My Nietzuhe, Tolstoy, Dostoevsly, Hume, my Milton and Mill and Virgil all took the long walk across Brighton Avenue to the used book seller there, allowing me barely enough to savor a donut and coffee while I read the classified ads - With the release of Stories from My Life with the Other AnimaLs, which concludes a trilogy begun with Crossroads (1968) and Stronger at the Crossroads (published togeth- er in 1983 as Caul of Memory) I had a new chance to encounter the work of a teacher Fd always admired but always thought too mild too nice to compare with the Ywzsches and cummingses and Pynchons. I read Stories with no small" wonder, these, and with equal awe discovered that my original copy of Gerrit of Memeiry, its pages yellowed and puxd<ie attd'dacloodwide open atdreVery page rd ibandoiiad it, bad sometrow weath- ered the numerous purges and raids char laid my library pow. In the middle of the night in a dark Mecklenburg winter, and under the aus- pices of a shimmering aurora borealis, I let the book fall open where it had been waiting for me, and continued that first reading. Stories also picks up where its author last left us, ten years ago, with McConkey's dis- tinctly honest and unaffected manner and method very much intact The essays use an event or state of mind in the writer's present moment as a sounding board into the past, probing connections as they're almost -casual- ly made, ever questioning the creation of meaning that follows. For many readers the book will also provide a thoughtful and sur- prising portrait of the generation of men and women who grew up into, and fought, and survived, the Second Wald War. It's aston- ishing to think that many of the elder states - awn of our colleges and universities were once lighting in the infantry, or aboard war- ships, or driving a stolen jeep through evacu- ated towns and blown -out countrysides in France and Germany, even if some of them, like McConkey, enraged their superiors by refusing to gnat as they struck straw dummies with the bayonets on their M -I's. The two largest pieces in Stories, "A Family Recall" and !be title piece, botk deal with characters and settings familiar tai read. ers of eadier volumes_ In "A Family Record" the author discovers, after his mother's death, a family album kept by her and annotated ociasicoally by his father. The blank pages and missing dates throughout the album's sevetety conventional format :are as strongly -evocative of his childhood as his mother's notes, and the essay explores how loyalty, betrayal,. and the responsibilities of extended family are much mere than 'Sss res" for polit. ical debate: We feel them resonate through the DepttsQon the World War, the birth of tree soon and their parents' guardianship of the author's aging mother, who lived to "munch on a piece of birthday take" one hmmdmd years afterberbirth. "Stories from My Life with the Other Animals" includes the Eggtish-turned Italian landlady in Florem who bums her tenants' garbage daily to avoid paying certain local taxes and who accepts no responsibility for a inn -paying feline tenant named Monster who shares the McCookeys' cottage and refuses to eat anything but plates of spaghetti; it's a moving survey of our emotional investment in animals, domestic and wild, and recounts several late night trips to the Cornell animal clinic to save a newly-bom goat and a black lab named Candolf, whose tits remind the authorof his first dog Biotin. Miert memory launches us into a spirited assault on the overuse of the term anthropomorphism in simpldying ordebasing our complex relation, and relationships, to and with the "other am - mals." Like Augustine's Confessions, the book intends to be meditative and built on an avowedly imperfect sensibility, but the mem- ory trilogy's epigraph, "All this I do inside me, in the huge court of my memory ...," also serves as an apology and a necessary advance on the terms Augustine accepted. McConkey's book, he knows, will have no sins any mare outrageous than Augustine's petty the3t of pears. Yet this new confession -:-is' by an expectation that, -unlike Augustire's, there is no ultimate court :*06d *it of uiettay; memory is ilia piece :' of I jtudgatEnt on all we do std thiiX and in fact is the only grounds on which judgment may occur. It is, McCoakey writes, "the fac- ulty that carries us as close to our origin in natrue as we can gex.:.binding as best it can all that our consciousness must isolate." While the bhuhs on the book's back cover by May Sartou, Eudora Welty, and Annie Dillard are all effusive in their praise, they could be tagged on the back of any good - autobiographical work, what is distinctive in MaCoolrey's prose is hardy to -describe: But toe is quickly stuck by the singalarity,of pacing: Although it reads quite easily, it also reads'slowly, as if slowing you down without touching you like a friend walling beside you . can alter your natural stride, creating come time within a.5nite trip for proper reflection. There's a feeling one gets reading the book that I would like to call "companionship," but for the fact, felt equally, that each pies . leaves you with an open q%ft in which your own thoughts and memorW aught wand much as a walk outside in the late night or early mooting will present m yet in the sky a constructive ClnpdneSS, a place for solitude to expand until it's no longer solitary. In Good Measure, Robert Morgan and #9 page 3 William Harmon discuss the difficulty of away tabs for a trailer that was their first ruing language as an aesthetic medium when home, to a swimming hole, an observation it is also the language 9f daily commerce. shack beside it, a treehouse, yet another barn They bring the subject up in relation to to replace the one burned down; and for his regional writers who no longer live in the mother, a self -described wretched little night - regions from which they draw their mspua- stand that, tottering on its uneven legs and in tion. McConkey, who writes in Cover of his memory, launched him into this masarfid Memory that at we point he "had no desire to, project. 'belong anywhere," has managed to create a McConkey warns m "one must be cautious language appropriate to memory itself, ore about making r_ .. -occasionedby that is mere than mimic of mwxxys judg-. -. ' cathedrals." so do reader may be, warned, ment, that to the reader seems to be the mem;--r,' bili in thinhldng a" his wort my mind con - my as it surfaces and resurfaces among the: , staotlyretur s to than to—K rathadral he vier essays taking on additional meaning And,- Toed at Reims, shelled in boll the.Franco- _.. form.' Prussian War and Wadd War l. Unaware M Barns -and buildings play imparantmhsin;'. ilreext&uffebeatutghiourybadgiventhe his wodt, and with all n:nmi Pilot, of f�GSC'=" stmet�e ttf its icons, McConkey writes rat alrucNrot rd hIm to end this essay.Alocked ?' '9m l,al®g ftom stairs Am stone to stone, bam in Little Rock housed the old tmlieysr.; in perceiving separately each of the many that Jim used to stand before in the dark,!"'-, acts of restoration, I had the sense of a fragile imagining himself the conductor hustling= violence. It took such violence to gain the people off to important places. McConkey weer tt8ogmlity of Reims " He may as well writes of his own house, 130 years old be writing about fhe violme,*zitz al and already when he and his wife purchased it, as . physical, in each of our lives, and1he rstbe- -adream of order and balance and proportion dial one writer built and restored to house the ser down. ..to represent ..a spiritual attitude bnge court that would try and retry the last that justified his striving." Throughout his seven decades, humble butasinspired as 'life. since the fust per he built for his dog Gaudi s, the autobiographical carpentry for -- Houlihan, McConkey has been building: for this country's century and all its hard-hit, his horses Smoky and Tammy and for his shell-shocked regions of memory. son's goats, bams to replace the land's orw- nal structures; for his wife and family. and Jtff Scknm err is a writer*** licks in Painting by Andrea Dorman Saving Enfield's cemeteries 495-93 DONNA MOGARDO/Special in The Journal CEMETERY GUARDIAN: John T. Smith of Enfield sits in Rolfe to clean up.andrestore Enfield'scemeteries. Smithsfallprujectisto Cemeten, nett to his and his wife's headstone Smith and his wife, pit cast-iron arches with signs at the entrances to several of the Helen, who passed away earlier this month, worked countless hours cemeteries. John Smith restores pieces of the town's past By JEFF STIMPSON Journal Staff ENFIELD — Mam' people know that feel- ing of looking for an old grave, maybe of a grandparent or host relative. Just about everybody also knows the pane of eventually find- ing the stone overgrown with weeds and brush, the engraving crusted with moss and the memory ven• evidentk faded. Until two years ago, the bulk of the Town of Enfield's sevencemeteries were in a bad way. Bushes had claimed the back lots. Nature and vandals had turned many century -old stones into piles of engraved slabs. Some lots were were all but unusable. With few exceptions, only Enfield's Christian Cemetery has received burials since 1973, and often town resi- dents were buried in Newfield or Trumansbure. Enter John T. Smith, of 228 S. Applegate Road, a 58 -year-old community -minded Enfielder who tookit upon himself to make sure others remem- ber these slate, marble and granite pieces of local history. "Families would care for and mow their lots Smith says, "and sometimes the lots nearby. Neighbors (of the cemeteries) would also do some work. But my wife and I always thought it was a shame nobody took better care of the cemeteries. - "John and his wife Helen were human dvnamus.- says Barbara Ebert, former director of Historic Ithaca and a lecturer on historic preserva- tion at Cornell University. Government agencies that maintain cemeteries go as unnoticed as old graves until you look for such agencies and they range from few to none, says Ebert, who assisted the Smiths when they began their cleanup in Enfield. The burden of care often falls to citizens. That job can be. complicated in a place like Enfield, where a township formed just as the state enacted a law to replace famil- and church burial grounds with formalh• arranged cemeteries. "The Smiths made an all-out effort:" Ebert says. "to reclaim Enfield -s paste The Smiths' sense of that past started the whole project when they headed to Rolfe Cemetery to find and clean the marker of John Applegate. set- tler of Applegate Comers in Enfield. in prepara- tion for the towns 175th birthday celebration in 1996. "My mother had also died in 1988:" Smith says. BIOFILEL Name: John T -,Smith Age: 58 Home: 228 S. Applegate Road, Enfield. Occupation: U.S. Postal Service employee Interest: Restoring and preserving Enfield's cemeteries. and that set him noticing cemeteries. When the Smiths approached the Enfield Town Board in May 1991 about fixing the ceme- teries, board members were hesitant — the town already regularly mowed the front of its cemeter- ies. But once the issue of insurance liability was resolved and the board saw the couple's enerw for the project. the way was cleared for John to start clearing the brush. He started with Rolfe on nights and weekends. working with a few volunteers as they shoveled 10 truckloads of fill and pulled armfuls of brush throueh the summer of'91. - "The toughest job is getting the stumps of brush down to lawnmower level," Smith says, modestly adding that "with the right tools. it's not a long job-7- It ob.'It not only sounds like a longjob, but more than one day that summer it hit 90 degrees. A sweated Off IS pounds in no time at all,' he recalls. `The job's sure a lot easier in winter. - From Rolfe he moved to Presbyterian, Chris- tian, and the "postage stamp' -sized Budd. He straightened stones tipped by weak founda- tions, frost, woodchucks and vandals, often lug- ging granite ornaments halfway back across a cemetery. Smith's next job is Rumsev Cemetery_ an old family graveyard up the bank from the intersection of Trumble Comers and Rumsev Hill. an eerie little patch of 120 -year-old gray slate stones shadowed by trees. His work crew remains rarely larger than just himself. though he has used mmmunity-service workers from the county Probation Department. "I had them for three weekends last spring, Smith says. "But they're so in demand they re hard to get." In two years. Smith has compiled enough of a reputation as a cemetery keeper to approach the Enfield Town Board for an annual operating bud - Cleaning the cemeteries Here's a glance at several of Enfield's cemeteries: Budd: Gray Road, off Route 327, 16,500 square feet; 63 headstones. Christian: Enfield Main Road, 35,000 square feet; 219 headstones. Presbyterian: Enfield Main Road. 30,000 square feet: 212 headstones - Rolfe: Applegate Road, 67,200 square feet; 211 headstones. Rumsey: Intersection RumseyHill and Trumble Corners roads, 43,500 square feet, number of headstones still undeter- mined. Donations: If you'd like to contribute to the restoration of Enfield's cemeteries, send your donation to: Town of Enfield Cemetery Memorial Fund, 228 S. Apple- gate Road, Ithaca, N.Y.14850- get of 53,850. It should cost $3.000 a vear to mow Enfields cemeteries after the last cleanups, Smith estimates. Donations have helped his operation run smoother from the beginning: soil from local con- tractors. repair work from a stonemason in Ovid, and blade -sharpening from Dons Log -N -Chain in Newfield. Just a month after beginning in 1991, the cleanup caught the attention of a Cleveland cou- ple named Wortman. who came to Enfield look- ing for the mans great -grandfather - The Smiths "scurried around. found the grown - over grave, and cleaned it up," Town Board mem- her Pat Dougherty recalls. The Wortmans were so impressed they wrote a S50(1 check on the spot for the maintenance of Enfield's cemeteries. The great-grandson of a Civil War soldier buried in Budd also later dont= ed 5200. Smiths education in history has included team- ing that builders of the Erie Canal carved tomb - See ENFIELD, 4A Middle school reaches out to the neighborhoods it services By MARGARET CLAIBORNE Jvunud sia•rj For the past month, students and staff mem- hers at DeWitt Middle School have be6n going into the neighborhoods where DeWitt students live. The goal, the group says, is to elicit ideas from parents for ways to make DeWitt a real school community. This week, the group met with parents at Enfield Elementary School, which has students that go on to the middle school on Warren Road in Northeast Ithaca. Representing DeWitt at the meeting were Ron Acerro, school principal; Joanne Clune, school nurse; Isabelle Walker, resource teacher; Martha Alice, support reading teacher; Barry Eldridge, bus driver; and students Dustin Sulli- van and Dan White. Monday, they told Enfield parents about the d►rce "R's" they're teaching at DeWitt: respect, responsibility and the right to learn. And they asked parents to support those concepts at Home. Parents, in their turn voiced concerns for sit- Llations more -rural, Enfield -area students face when they attend DeWitt, which is in a relatively affluent area of Ithaca: • Town snobbery against "country" students; • Pressure to wear expensive "in" clothes; • Lack of consistency in bus behavior rules; • Violence at school. On the other hand, the Enfield parents applauded the idea of a student awards assem- bly at which students are recognized for good things they do. They suggested that students be honored for good behavior as well as good grades. Enfield parents were also enthusiastic about homework -assignment books issued by the schocil and checked by both parents and teach- ers. Parents have said Monday night's meeting gave them needed insights into the middle school. They also asked school officials to sched- ule one or two more meetings next spring. DeWitt teams also mel with parents at Bever- ly J. 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N' rn I UD W The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, October 13, 1993 After survey, . Enfield junks iunk-car law By JEFF STIMPSON Journal Stuff Thanks in part to a recent survey, +1' might be a while before some junk cars in Enfield face the business end of a towtruck. The Enfield Town Board voted recently to rescind a two-year-old res:- olution to locally enforce a state law regarding the visible presence of junk cars on private property. Instead, the board, in a 3-1 vote at its Oct. 6 meeting, decided to modify: the state law and develop its owtt town ordinance. But until then, the town has no junk -car ordinance, according to Town Supervisor Jean Owens. The survey, Owens said, pointed to one "gray area" of the state law that' the vast majority of respondents' desired — a chance to plead theif case. "The survey gave us direction," she said. "We needed to get a handle (& (this situation) and pin people down on things like an appeals process." ' According to the survey, more than 70 percent of Enfield residents sup- ported an appeals process. The state'' law doesn't provide for one. 5 By early November, the Town' Board's Junk Car Committee should- meet with the town attorney to draw, up modification suggestions to submit to the Town Board in December,' Owens said. -I can't sec why it would take' longer than that," she added. "I feel we spent the taxpayers". monev on the survey and took a move forward two years ago, and now we've ' rescinded that move forward," said, Town Board member Pat Dougherty: Dougherty, who is also a member of the Junk Car Committee, was the Ione board member to vote a(Tainst rescinding the resolution. "The trouble with modifving the law is that we just don't know how' longi modification will take,-'; Douaherty said. I i I i 1 11 1 Survey results The Town of Enfield's Junk Car Survey drew 179 respons- es. Here are some results, tabulated in late September: • 80.6 percent of respondents say Enfield needs a junk -car law. • 57.4 percent favor using the state's junk -car law. • 51.9 percent support Enfield modifying its own law. • 87.5 percent do not have junk cars on their property. • 60.5 percent would get rid of junk cars if they had them.. • 69.8 percent would be willing to screen junk cars from view. • 72.2 percent believe there should be an appeals process ... regarding their. removal. • 72.3 percent say junk cars are a health and safety haz- ard. ,The Ithaca Journal ;Saturday, October 9, 1993. Students on stories: A -, ~'Q7-93 The Ithaca Jo Friday, October 8 1993 HOWARD P. SWARTWOOD Howard P. Swartwood, 81, of 2068 Mecklenburg Rd., Ithaca, died Thursday, Oct. 7, 1993, at his residence. Mr. Swartwood was born March 27, 1912 in the Town of Ulysses, a son of the late Floyd and Louise VanDriest Swartwood. He was a retired carpenter and was a member of the Finger Lakes Local Union -603 of Ithaca. He was a member of the North Amer- ican Hunting Club. He was a veteran of WW2 serving with, the US Army from 1.942- 1945. He resided in the Tru- mansburg-Interlaken area for, many years. Survived by 2 sons,Roger, - H. Swartwood of Burdett acid " Howard A. Swartwood -o" Newfield; a daughter, Pearls.. D. Monroe of West Danby; several grandchildren, including Randy and Suzanne Monroe, who he had been residing with, and great grandchildren, nieces and nephews; 2 sisters, Margaret Marshall of West Danby and Evelyn Lockwood of Dryden. Funeral services_ will be conducted at 2p.ni. Satur- day, Oct. 9 in the Rhode - Covert Funeral Home in Tru- mansburg. Rev. Earl E. Andrews will. officiate. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery,, Trumansburg. Friends may call on Saturday from 1 2p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. ;The ` ttiacl7 Joumal to stay, O tt ber 16,- 1993 Enfield Cornell history professor L. Pearce Williams will speak to the Enfield Historical Society at its 7:30 p.m. meeting on Tuesday. Topic: "Where has Enfield been in the last 17 Years?" The Ithaca Journal Friday, October 15, 199r3 Several spots up for grabs in Enfield By JEFF STIMPSON Journal Staff` Voters in the Town of Enfield will cast ballots to fill six posts in town gov- ernment on Nov. 2, including one position contested in no other area race — town clerk. Also up for election are two seats on the Town Board, each carrying a four-year term that now pays $1,700 per year; and town justice, a four-year term that will pay $8,200 in 1994. Democratic Town Supervisor Jean M. Owens, of 830 Enfield Falls Road, and Highway Superintendent Ronald V. Updike, of 647 Iradell Road, are both incumbents running unopposed in the general election. Updike, a Republican, was also endorsed by the Democrats. Town clerk . Two candidates are running for Enfield town clerk: Democrat Alice+ Laue, 00, of 83 Enfield Main Road; and Republican Judith A. Mather, 43, of 305 Iradell Road. The position is for, a two-year term, which now pays $8,200 per year. Responsiblities are varied, including management of town records and recordkeeping for the the Town Board„ issuing of licenses and permits, maintenance of local ordinance books„ and, in Enfield, collection of town and county taxes. Now retired)1abe was a' secretary at EnField Elementary School for 21 years, `and there's a lot of paperwork in botih jobs," she said. "I would also have rnore hours to give to the job than it gets now." Mather, office manager for the Day Care Council of Tompkins County in Ithaca and five-year resident of Enfield, was also an account clerk for CAMPAIGN '93 the Child Care Department of the City of Pacifica, Calif. "I miss doing this type of work for a municipality," Mather said. Town Board Two Democrats and two Republi- cans seek to fill two positions on the Enfield Town Board. The vacancies came about when Democratic board member Donald Lovelace decided to run for town jus- tice, and Robert Linton, a three -term Republican board member and for- mer town supervisor, announced his retirement. The Democrats are: Annie Hover, 67, of 20 Porter Hill Road, and Ger- hardt A. "Garry" Achilles, 62, of 11 Applegate Road, The Republican candidates are 54 year-old Carl D. "Denny" Newhart of 203 Enfield Main Road and William L. Westoven, 41, of 128 Sheffield Road. Neither. Republican candidate was available for an interview for this story, although Newhart's campaign platform was shared. Familiarity with local issues should help the nextboard, which is likely to tackle a workable junk -car ordinance and walk the tightrope between plan- ning and zoning. Party lines blur on both issues. Newhart's platform, for instance, favors "sensible town planning —no zoning," and Achilles echoes him. "When matters concern the pub- lic," Achilles said, "I want to get it out in the open and debate it. I feel there are a lot of people in town not being heard from." Hover, who was unavailable for a photograph for this story, said her "major concern is keeping our budget to a minimum, especially taxes." She also added that there was some "need for improvement in highway mainte- nance." Town justice The race for Enfield town justice offers two candidates -- Republican Betty F, Poole and Democrat Donald F. Lovelace, Both have recent first- hand experience in local politics. Poole, 41, of 239 N. VanDorn Road, has been interim town clerk for Enfield since June and town court clerk for five years, as well as deputy town clerk and deputy receiver of taxes for the Town of Ithaca for 41/2 years. She ran for Enfield' town justice in 1992, losing by 62 votes.. Lovelace Laue "I have been exposed to the ^� court system," Poole said, "and I have come to y know the law enforcement agencies quite well." Poole supports computerization ' of the court sys- achilles tem wherever possible and is an advocate of corh- munity service over fines "whenever possible," she staid. "Lord knows municipalities can use all the help they can get." Lovelace, 38, is a four-year vetenIn of the Town Board. He is also a 13 - year veteran of the U.S. Army Reserves, and has been the rnaintaiii- er of Cass Park rink and pool in Itha- ca since 1975. He lives at 23 Fish Road. Lovelace believes the economy has a lot to do with the character of a jus- tice's job. "In these economic times where families have both parents working, there's less active famity .guidance," he said. "One reason I'm running is that I'd tike to work with the youth,who seem to be in trouble." co I w ` . r t�. kFy�'S ::..%' x , tackle a workable junk -car ordinance and walk the tightrope between plan- ning and zoning. Party lines blur on both issues. Newhart's platform, for instance, favors "sensible town planning —no zoning," and Achilles echoes him. "When matters concern the pub- lic," Achilles said, "I want to get it out in the open and debate it. I feel there are a lot of people in town not being heard from." Hover, who was unavailable for a photograph for this story, said her "major concern is keeping our budget to a minimum, especially taxes." She also added that there was some "need for improvement in highway mainte- nance." Town justice The race for Enfield town justice offers two candidates -- Republican Betty F, Poole and Democrat Donald F. Lovelace, Both have recent first- hand experience in local politics. Poole, 41, of 239 N. VanDorn Road, has been interim town clerk for Enfield since June and town court clerk for five years, as well as deputy town clerk and deputy receiver of taxes for the Town of Ithaca for 41/2 years. She ran for Enfield' town justice in 1992, losing by 62 votes.. Lovelace Laue "I have been exposed to the ^� court system," Poole said, "and I have come to y know the law enforcement agencies quite well." Poole supports computerization ' of the court sys- achilles tem wherever possible and is an advocate of corh- munity service over fines "whenever possible," she staid. "Lord knows municipalities can use all the help they can get." Lovelace, 38, is a four-year vetenIn of the Town Board. He is also a 13 - year veteran of the U.S. Army Reserves, and has been the rnaintaiii- er of Cass Park rink and pool in Itha- ca since 1975. He lives at 23 Fish Road. Lovelace believes the economy has a lot to do with the character of a jus- tice's job. "In these economic times where families have both parents working, there's less active famity .guidance," he said. "One reason I'm running is that I'd tike to work with the youth,who seem to be in trouble." co I w #99-93 Sam L'' am & AML l By Holly Hyde There are about 38 members in the Enfield Volunteer Fire Department, says Chief George May. Of those, as many as 32 routinely answer calls— a much higher percentage than the other fire departments interviewed. c� 4 If every member were to answer a fire call, says May, there wouldn't be enough turnout gear to outfit them. While he says new members would be welcomed, there isn't enough money in next year's budget to purchase the essential protective gear. It takes about a $2,000 to outfit one firefighter. Training, until recently paid for by the state, is also expensive. Three vol- unteers, including May, recently took a course in hazardous materials han- dling. The cost the department about $1,000. Basic EMT courses cost about $400. An advanced refresher course is $125. Last Wednesday night, during Fire Prevention Week, the Enfield town board rejected the department's pro- posed budget. The department said it needed $162,000 in 1994, which was about $20,000 more than it received for 1993. The additional funds would be used to purchase personal -safety equipment, including much that is required by tough new government regulations. May is discouraged, He's been chief for a year and deputy chief for five years, but it seems as if he's been struggling with what he sees as lack of support for a much longer time. The board approved an operating budget of $144,000. "They said they didn't care about OSHA regulations and safety and wouldn't support increases in those areas until the fire house and trucks were paid for," said May. That won't be for another 20 years. "We got $2,000 more than last year, but thaC s only because the tax base went up." In addition to the mandated safety equipment, May had hoped to be able to purchase personal monitors that would go off whenever the firefighters - wearing them remained motionless for a certain period of time. That way #el- .:. low firefighters be alerted that ares - cue attempt might be required: For anyone trapped or unconscious inside. a burning structure, every second:, counts. The Enfield department sponsors about a dozen fund-raisers a year -to supplement the money they receive from the town. The annual antique auto show and flea market is depart- ment's epartment's biggest annual event. And in spite of low attendance, a recent con- cert/barbecue/auction at Newhart's Lodge netted the department $1,500. Enfield firefighters will be visiting Enfield Elementary School on October 22. The Get Out! Stay Out! theme of Fire Prevention Week will be stressed, May says. The volunteers will cover other areas of safety, too, including accident prevention. BieYele safety, swimming -pool and water safety and trauma will be part of the children's learning process. The department will show a video it produced and there will be plenty of handouts for the kids to take home. Elect Peter Mes.al. Ulysses/Enfield County Board Representative Experienced • Dedicated Lifelong Town of Ulysses Resident Current Trumansburg Village Board Trustee since 1990 18 year member Trumansburg Volunteer Fire Dept. Endorsed by: Trumansburg Village Mayor Thomas Bennett; New York State Assemblyman Marty Luster; Tompkins County Civil Service Employees Association If you have any questions, please call me at 387-5233 Vote for Peter Meskill Tuesday, November 2nd Paid Political Advertisement We're welcoming a trio of editors for a day. 'I'S N1b NIT-, OG,��'O Sa�J/ By GARY STEWART Jocanal Staff A few weeks back, we announced details on an "editor for a day" con- test. Would-be Fourth Estate -types had to submit an essay telling us why they want to get up in the wee hours of the morning and help us crank out a Journal. The response was good and we couldn't pick just one. Thus three hearty Ithacans will visit the pristine confines of Ye Olde Journal and write about their experiences. Here are some excerpts of the win- ning essays: #100-93 Mary Cole: As a child, I loved to look in the front window The Journal and watch the paper go to press. I am now a teaching assistant at Enfield Elementary School and editor of the school newsletter_ If selected, my main priority would be to share my experience. In school, children learn best from real-life experience. City experience is not always available to rural kids. In the country, for exam- ple, the paper is delivered by cars, not by kids. I would share with them all the inner workings of your newspaper. I would also explain to them how the very subjects they study such as read- ing, writing, math, cooperation and problem -solving are integrated into the production of a newspaper. F-3 The Ithaca Journal The Ithaca Journal #101-93 Tuesday, October 19, 1993 Tuesday, October 19, 1993 Florence R. Scaglione and Anthony J. Scaglione Scagliones celebrate anniversary Anthony J. and Florence R. Scaglione, of 32 Speed Hill Road, Brooktondale, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with family and friends Aug. 7 at the American Legion hall in Trumansburg. The couple were married at the Dant Federated Church on Aug. 3, 1968. The Rev. D.F. Koontz conduct- ed the ceremony. Mrs. Scaglione is the daughter of Mabel Ririrtse aid e date: Walter Rumsey. Mr. Scaglione is the son of Mae Scaglione and the late Joseph Scaglione. Mr. Scaglione has retired after serving 40 years with USAir. Mrs. Scaglione is employed at Ithaca Com- munity Nursery School. The couple have two sons: Michael of Brockport, and Matthew of Brook- tondale; a daughter, Mary Cook of West Virginia; and three grandchil- dren. They have sponsored five chil- dren overseas: Rauiprakash and Trilok through the Snehley Project in New Delhi, India, and Tsai Kuan, Chang Yi, and Lin Ly with the Taichung Prroject in Taiwan. Mr. Scaglione is a member of the New York State American Legion and the Family Motor Coach Associa- tion. The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, October 20, 1993 Driver unhurt when car rolls over A driver who braked fast to avoid a dog escaped injury Wednesday when his car rolled over into a Tripbammer Road ditch, state police said. John A. Nardi, 45, of Applegate Road. Ithaca, told state troopers he was headed south on Triphammer SUPREME COURT. STATE -'OF NEW YORK ,COUNTY OF TOMPKINS CORNELL FEDERAL CREDIT -UNION, Plaintiff V. -EUGENE H. BURDETT, IRENE W. BURDETT, , JOHN DEMENKOFF, M.D., OB -GYN ASSOCIATES OF ITHACA, a 'f artnership - iOHN DOS and JANE DOE, Defendants. ' In pursuance of a Judgement of Foreclosure and Sale �ted the 30th day of Sep- mber, 1993 and entered in `.the above -entitled action on i the 6th day of October, 1993, I, the undersigned, the referee in said judgment named, will sell at public auc- tion in the foyer of the Tomp- kins County Courthouse in the City of Ithaca, County of Tompkins, State of Newt on the 18th day of Novem- ber 1993, at 9:30 a.m., the real property as directed by said judgment to be sold. A description of the property is set out herewith as SCHEDULE A. The property will be sold sub- ject to the terms of sale ap. proved by the Court a copy of which may be obtained upon request from the plaintiff's attorney. Thomas D. Cramer Referee Dated October 17 1993 Crossmore Law Office "Edward Y. Crossmore, Esq. Attorneys for the Plaintiff X115 West Green Street Ithaca, New York 14S50 HEDULE A TRACT OR PARCEL situate in the Town County of Toma- wwwea una: aescnoea as follows: -.BEGINNING at a point mark. Ingg the intersection of the cen- terline of Enfield Main Road also sometimes known as N.Y.S. Route 327) with the Eenterline of Enfield Center Rood; THENCE running SOUTH 90 'Aegrees WEST and along y the centerline of Enfield Cen- ,.ter Road, a distance of 165 `feet to a point; THENCE running NORTH 0 degrees WEST, and along the easterly line of lands now .or formerly owned by the Enfield Center First Methodist Church (see Liber 3 of Deeds at page 205) (possin through an iron pipe ai 25'1 o total distance of 78.75 feet to a point marked by a iron pi THENCE running NORTH 90 degrees EAST, and along the south line of premises now or formerly owned by Dominic Seamon (Liber 550 of Deeds Road at about 8 p.m. when, about -00 feet from Cherry Road, he saw a dog standing in the lane. Nardi braked hard to avoid the animal and his car crossed the north -bound lane and rolled over into a ditch. at page 702)lpassing though a pipe at about 145.18 feet (at the edge of the road right- of-way) a distance of 178.18 �eet to a point in the centerline of Enfield Main Road- THENCE running SOUTH 9 degrees 30 minutes WEST a distance of 79.85 feet to the point or place of inning; SUBJECT TO the followingg, insofar as they may affedthe above described premises: a. The rigghts of the public in, over, and through those por- tions of the premises as may lie within the boundaries of the public highway; b. A rttof-way conveyed to New York State Electric and Gas Corporation by instru- ment dated August 15, 1929 and recorded June 21 1930 in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office in Liber 222 of Deeds at page 197; c. A rightof-way conveyed to New York State Electric_ and Gas Corporation by instru- ment dated August 20, 1929 and recorded June 21, 1930 in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office in Liber 222 of Deeds at page 209; d. A righi oFway conveyed to New York State Electric and . Gas Corporation by instru- ment dated January 12, 1955 and recorded February 5, 1955 in the Toml kik= County Clerk's Office in Liber 375 of Deeds at page 267. REFERENCE is hereby made to a survey map entided "Sur- vey Map of a Dwelling at 198 Enfield Main Road, Town of Enfield, Tompkins Co., New York" made by Howard R. Schlieder JL. S. No. 043780), dated De- cember 10, 1485, a copy of which is attached to the deed to Eugene H. Burdett and Irene W. Burdett and is re- corded in the. Tompkins County Clerk's Office at Liber 614 of Deeds at page 1012 - BEING THE SAME PREMISES conveyed to Eugene H. Bur- dett and Irene W. Burdett by William F. Ke deed dated January 2 , A86 and recorded in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office on Jan- uary 22, 1986 at Liber 614 of Deeds at page 1011. The dwelling on the above described is also known as 198 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, New York. October 19 26, 1993. November 1, 9, 1993. The Ithaca Journal Thursday, October 21,1993 STEWART — Bert and Karen VanNederynen, Charleston, S.C., a daughter, Zce Savannah, Qct, 13, 1993. Maternal grandparents are Gor- - don and Eleanor VanNede_ rynen of Ithaca. Paternal grandparents are Herbert and Laura Stewart of Groton. The Ithaca Journal Tuesday, October 26, 1993 Shannon Louise May and Ray Wilson Craighead H May — Craighead Shannon Louise May and Ray Wil- son Craighead II were married Oct. 2, 1993, at St. Paul's Methodist Church in Ithaca. The Rev. Arthur Dolch per- formed the ceremony. The bride was escorted by her grandfather, Ed Angers of Vermont, and her father, George May of Ithaca. The bride is the daughter of Louise Angers -Schroeder of Danby and O. George May of Enfield. The bride- groom is the son of Ray and Cindy Craighead of Van Etten. The bride wore a Victorian candle- light satin gown adorned with pearl droplets and lace. She carried a bou- quet of bridal white roses, mini carna- tions, purple statice and baby's breath. Her attendants wore purple tea -length dresses of lace and satin. The flower girl wore a handmade dress of lilac taffeta and carried a white basket of matching flowers. The bridegroom wore a black tuxedo with tails and an ivory vest. Maid of honor was Janice McMor- ris. The attendants were Vanessa Bacon, Tara Miller, Melissa Ryan and Karen VanOrden. Best man was Mike Cirulli. The ushers were Michael May, Scott Barrick, Mario Cotraccia and Doug Hausner. The flower girl was Kyrie Ellison. Following a reception at La Tourelle, the couple traveled to Walt Disnev World in Orlando, Fla. The bride graduated from Ithaca High School in 1959. and from the Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi in 1991, and recently finished her bachelor's degree at Rochester Institute of Technology. The bridegroom attended Newfield Central High School. He is emploved at Wegmans in the meat department. The couple resides in the Rochester area. The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, October 27, 1993 PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF ENFIELD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, T Toat wnhe of Enfield willl holdtha PUBLIC HEARING, Wednes- dayy November 3, 1993, at 1 7:45 p.m. at the Enfield Com- munity Building 182 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, New Q York, to consider dd a tion of the I GOA . . R . me tiected Officials g Salarieset in said PreliminaryBud11 are set as follows: Town Supervisor $8,700 Town Board Member $1,700 - Town Higghwa Superinten dent $29, 115y Town Clerk/Receiver of Taxes The Ithaca Journal Saturday, October 23, 1.993 Enfield has new write-in candidate The Town of Enfield has a race on its hands for highway superintendent. DonaldK. Gunning. 48, of fib Weatherby Road, recently announced his write-in candidacy for the post. He'll challenge one -term incumbent Republican Ronald V. Updike, who was previously unopposed. The position carries a two-year term and paid $25,350 in 1993. Updike, 45, of 647 Iradell Road. won the Republican primary on Sept. 14 and received the endorsement of the Enfield Democratic Party tit its Sept. 15 caucus. "I think people s-hould have a choice, and I feel a better job could be done." Gunning said. Gunning is an Enfield native who has no political experience. He served in Victnam in the U.S. Naw in 1965 and 1966. For -14 years, he has been . co-owner of the Spring Weather Farm j in Enfield. The Ithaca Journal Saturday, October 23, 1993 BIRTHS SCHUYLER HOSPITAL RUBBELL — Raymond and Jennifer Lynch, Alpine, a son, Oct. 12, 1993. $8,200 Town Justice $8,000 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NQ T10E, that at the aforementioned time and place oil citizens will be af- forded the opportunity to voice their approval or oppo- sition to said budget. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NO. TICE, that said Preliminary Budget is available at the office of the Town Clerk 239 N. VanDorn Road, lthaca, NY, where it may be in- spected by any interested person during normal busi, fiess hours Tuesday through riday, 6:60 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Betty F. Poole Interim Town Clerk October 27, 1993. #102-53 � -° oo �L I,�ry7lJ. W C. NA EO R7THE p0tstox It PA p�EM, Town of Enfield Jean M. Owens 830 En. field Falls Rd., Newfield,, NY 14867 {IV. LaSupervisor Alice os 83 Enfield Main Ad., Ithaca, NY V. Updike 647 Achilles H Ithaca, NY man (vote for Annie' Hover 20 Porter Hill Rd., Ithaca NY 14850, Councilman Ivote for any 2 Donald L. Lovelace 21 Fish Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, Town Justice CANDIDATES t NOMINATED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,,, Town of Enfield Judith A. Mather 305 Iradell Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, Town Clerk Ronald V. Updike 647 Iradell Rd-, Trumansburg, NY 14886, Highway Superintendent Carl D. Newhart 203 En- field Main Rd_ Ithacan NY 14850, C6unc,tman vote for an 2) William L. Westoven 128 Sheffield Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, Councilman (vote for any 2) Betty F. Poole 239 Van Dorn Rd- N., Ithaca NY 14850, Town Justice 9hc Xc1v dark !9intes Book Review March 14, 1993 8-1-7 7 Copyright C 1993 Tho New York 71mn The Psychopaths Among Us DEATH BENEFIT A Lawyer Uncovers a Twenty -Year Pattern of Seduction, Arson, and Murder. By (avid Heilbroner. Illustrated. 953 pp. New York: flormony Books/Crown Publishers. $20.4 By Maureen Dowd TIIE chilling story tit the We Lady If ans with a pair of blue high heels nd a sleep cliff in Big Sur. Desna ldibard Wild, a tall, slim 20 -year -told who had moved from lamisville. Ky., to Cada Visla,Ca Iff., a San Diego suburb, to be near her husband in the Navy, is looking a sightseeing trip along the California coast with a sbbcky middle-aged couple with whom she is staying, 11. J. and V,irgima McGinnis. I n late afternexm, as fog an gray clouds rail in, the trio slop at Seal Beach, one of the last overlooks before Highway 1 curves toward Carmel and Monterey. A few seconds later. Deana hurtles off the cliff to her death. The police drop the case, ignoring the suspicious bruises on the backs of Deana's hands and believing the McGinnises' story that in her blue high heels she lost her balance and fell without a sound- But a bit of red tape triggers a twist of fate: back in Wuisvdle. Dea la's mother, Bobbie Jo Rob- erts, approaches a local lawyer at church, who has been recommended by a friend, and -asks him to help her collect burial insurance. A leacher with a limited 'income, Cominued on page 19 Maurarn Dowd to u White lluuse• rnrre spotndenl for I he New Yurk -Times `Death Benefit' Conhnued from page 1 she hrgbrs he can dispatch the problem in a couple of pro boon hours, a letter and some phone calls. Enter Steve Keenry, a homhal lax attnmev win, reluctantly agrees to help Ms. Roberts. A 19-yearold straight -arrow nn7rbratr lawyer who has ani had at human client M years,_Mr. Keeney brings a woalri fut tt.Mwlof-water quality In IMvld Itrilhroner's linjohng Ina• -came I"ok. "Death Re•nehl" It, is a divowed workaholic who drives a while Jaguar, wrars Annum suns amt Hermes ties, drinks ho much coffee and smokes lin many Maranudu cigars fie spends his daysrm railroad Imnkmpines and mergers and his spare time trarhing Sunday school. raring for his young vat, Christian, and wimmg an attractive Interior deco. rotor. Mr Keeney is drawn from his cloislered exiso enre in l.mdsville society into a labyrinth of lower- andidle-class evil that appalls and fascimues him, and ends up changing his attitude atonal the snr of Ile he want. In live �iF rase swiftly takes on an Indigo mood when he .learns Ilial Virginia MCGmms had bought n f3.5,fool, Ile insurance policy on lean the day before the accident, with her jailbird son James listed as the beneficiary. Snealer lime from his de- manding Job and putting in extra bmirs late at night, Mr Kee•nev begins obsessivety investigating Mrs. McGinnis s life by computer, phone and fax. He gradu- ally chips away at the portrait of a sweet-talking June Cleaver and discovers a snrt of electronic pentimento, the hidden picture underneath of the Ire Lady, as she is later called by the jurors in D enna's murder false;i Irearhrrous, remorseless, sexualiv rapacious, glanr mar -loving psyrhor ob, whit is susperb-d no to siring of arsums 0-11%, Jrnsomings +rod i rdrrs- in,hiding the dc.1hs of her 3 Ve-arydd dnuphier, her mother and her s and hu,band In it... Ma Ihuker I—da un, Mn M, ionto ha, also int,ed Inn soon, who are Ito,-r•r `Death Benefit' Continued from preceding page on his own devices. Ile compiles a 600 -page report on Mrs. McGinnis's life and crimegc from her up- bringing in upstate New York, where.. she was considered' '*different," the bullying juvenile -delin- quent daughter of an abusive, misanthropic dairy, farmer, a little girl who had no friends, always smelled til cow manure and kerosene, and stole her classmsles' lunches; to her days ss a housewife In— I.uuisville, where her angelic -looking daughter, Cynthia Elaine, is found hanged in the barn in what Mrs. McGinnis claims is an accident, and where her ailing second husband,. Bud Rearden, dies pre- cipitutely one night when she is "nursing" him; m her checkered activities in California with her third husband, B. J., a gay small-time forger who says he was scared to death of the increasingly obese woman with the expensive taste in clothes and furnishings who liked to be called Lady V. F[NALLY, after filing and winning a civil suit against the MCGinnises (or wrongful death, and after picking up some help tram some nterprising police officers and insurance investigators along the way, Mr. Keeney manages to sell the rase to the San Diego Counly District Attorney's office. it takes so long to come to trial that several key witnesses die in the meantime. There is a wrenching trial, some of it conducted on the cliff at Big Sur where Deana died, during which the defense dries to paint the young woman as a promiscuous drug user who Chested on her, hus- band and even became engaged to Mrs. McGinni+ s sem James. The prose,ni at is dogged bol lacklus- ter, and the question of whether Virginia McGinnis will tinnlly get soured by the system she hus beaten Fur dera ivs is a mutter of suspense until the last few pages of the Mxik David ileilbroner, u former Manhattan prose - An Interest In Justice Virginia MCGlnms woos fnAlrletil lot' flit nutry derof Deana lluiblmrd Wild in 1990 A film pru- '11 rend afoul therase andrallevd an agrnl, whit talked loo anot tier agent, who culled David Hcilbrnner about writing it Ixx ik. "1 sok one kok til Ihr story and.swd,' I Ivivr idsolFlit•lynoinlen•.slwhnfsra•vrr;•"Mr lied hrunrr I trolled rerrm ly ovrrhnuv'h of mµlplwr Wrsl tilde n•stiufrn rat. "I wooled In du n story with sono,• literarymerit t hr Idea rdduinga Irsik nionl it womanwho puilu•s a girl of f u ehrl . lbw's the last Ihmg I wanted In (in" Actually what Mr. Heilbroner wahird rand still wanes) Indrr is write n novel. When he was trp- proarhe•dwith the Idea for what hi'camr"Death Benefit," he was lust finishing his first Mxik, about his Ihree• years as an assistant dist act attorney in Manhattan. "Rough Just re: Days and Nights ofa Young D, A." was a Chronicle of the ahsnrdilrea and shenanigans he witnessed., leading him on t rade• it legal career for a literary tine. Ile was planning a nivel about crime and larz (he still plays the guiMr), but he agreilI to read the clq>_ pings about the McGinnis ease. "All of a sudden, this character Steve Kerney marrhrd out or the pages." Mr. licilbremer said. M r. Ke•enuy seemed part Jimmy Stewart,. part Gregory Peck, part Woodward and Bernstrm. For criminals constantly in anti nut of prison "More dix- Inching still," Mr. Keeney thought, "Virginia McGinnis was nut lust a murderer herself. she burl murderers " Understuend:ddy, the buttoned -down Mr K.r•uey has a hard lime at first with Ila• idea Ilial his prey, sit overweight, ruibunrh:are-d wnmmn with a the-r•rV d, niciuun and hlllnl; vnuo•, rrndd Is• th:u nn• ;uunr:d. u form -le sinal kll+•r In nor par-w-ularly I rr•py o r Mr K ........ ha•: M•: IAoln•i oa rail Al rs Mro:uuu+ai ham•• to trdk aver Ihr nnumstaw rs of I)e:uia's .frail-, � u br Greek myths for our time. --rhe Marriage of Cadmus and f farmony,"page 12. Virginia McGinnis in a San Diego courtroom during - her trial fast year color who wrote "Rough Justice. The Days and Nights of a Young D.A ," occasionally hams it up a biL When Mr_ Keeney sees a new plece of the puzzle, for instance, it "raised hairs an the back of + his ramr-trimmed neck•• and an evening view from his office "glowed in Mondrian strips and squares against a sunset that modulated from - orange embers of the horizon to a magenta velvet sky." But more often his book Is vividly detailed, fast -paced and blessedly free of legalese. What makes it particularly scary, besides the remark- able portrait of the Ice lady- is the thought of hew many cases Hite this most slip through the cracks, - without a Steve Keeney to take them an in the free --- lime he doesn't have. _ - - ❑ -----------_----- An _•__-__-__._-___ __ .... . mitre than three years, Mr • Keeneysearrhed for clues in lite deatho(Delina Wild and charged hergrievng mother almost nothing fur fits services. Mr, lir-dbronei was iningue d `Wlml I'm mil lesled rn usuwrler- bc•ode%lellmg gonad slums — Is finding some l and of moral remer _ •".,� in our adversarial legal Unvul fledbrunrr. sVsem," Mr lfedbr ser . .. sand "Anil Keeney was someone who was going to ilei mmielhmg .amply because n wax Ihr right lhmg Indo "In •Rough Jumire' 1 was grappling fur a wav In make .time son tit moral senseout of lir .V,t it that wrha.e.- Itor-35-year-old auttbnr stud With Mr. Kerney hr discovered ";a lawyer who mode ger xl un t h.- dw y loo seek psl we " '"ro mr,hr rxemplifieda senseuf prrsnn;d re - r prmsoblbly that I think lawyers abdicate when they lxrnme lawyers." Mr. Iledbnrner cunt mooed "There s a se•nsr of agnosticism that pervades the profession A lot of lawyers nie•rrlV apply the Ltw I'm much more nnrreslevlan domlt lustre.' J ea -en A. t-INrnr11 can tape the call as evidence. With flan friendliness and tinkling laughter, Mrs McGinnis romtoris 0.1. Rulx•rrs :dxmt her laugmrr "Basivally, titer was very Tager loo please .AII I InuId think of was a friendly I proy" Fighting Ibr nueroal Jnlnu-s ud IN -Monterey Cann - IV Ihslnrt Alhn'nry'% nlhrr unit the• apathy o,1 Iaigo- ur,uruirr .ungo,uu.•s - no herr• al Har fdw;ml G Itobui..tie rluuae tri n.- ...No. IndeuiinlV-"d gotrhe i. .. u.- ire -n• lite K..•ne•y keep-, grating fit own ba, k I'nntinnrd ser rr.•.I pal•,• #104-93 I - ' - - The Ithaca Journal Autumn s alette Tidesday, October 12, 1993 p BILL WARREN/Journal Staff FALL RIDE: Autumn colors grace the countryside along Enfield Falls Road in Ithaca Monday aftemoon. Fall colors are at or near their peak around Tompkins Counh, but the weather is hardly ideal for sightseeing drives — rain is expected throughout today and into Wednesday morning, with cold and partly cloudy weather forecast for the rest of Wednesday. The Ithaca Journal The, Ithaca Journal Monday, October 18, 1993 Monday, October 18, 1993 Man gets DWI charge in Enfield accident A`two-car crash Saturday night on Hines Road in the Town of Enfield resulted in the arrest of one person on driving while intoxicated charges, state police said. Vance A. Woodward, 33, of 53 Puhalka Road, Newfield, was charged with felony driving while intoxicated. Woodward was driving south on Hines Road when he rammed into a car driven by Barbara N. Horton, 30, of 159 Hines Road at 11:37 p.m. Hor- ton was trying to back her car into her driveway, troopers said. Horton and Charles McCarthy, a passenger in Woodward's car, were taken to Tompkins Community Hos- pital where they were treated and released. Woodward wasn't injured. NOTICETO BIDDERS Chain link fence at Robert H. Treman State Park, Towns of Ithaca and Enfield, Tompkins County NY; Buttermilk Falls ' State Park, Town of Ithaca Tompkins County NY; anJ Fillmore Glen State Park, Town of Moravia, Cayuga Count'y NY Sealed' bids for furnishing and installing chain link fence at Robert H. Tremon, Butter. milk Falls and. Fillmore Glen state parks will be received by the Office of Parks, Re- creation and Historic Preser- vation, Finger Lakes Region at the Administration Head• quarters until 2:30p.m. on ared and submitted in ordance with the cations to Bidders. A York State Uniform Con.. The work covered in this con- tract consists of furnishing all materials, labor and equipment to completely in. ^stall a proximately 1,7901in- =eat feet of vinyl -covered chain link fence. ^- Work will begin as soon as possible after the approval of the contract documents by the Comptroller of the State of New York and will be com• plated no later than May 25, 1994. ,Contractor's liability and owner's protective liability will be required for this con. tract. Bonding will not be re- quired. It is the policy of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Hiss toric Preservation to foster and promote the full partici• potion of minority and women workers and certified minorityand women-ownedbuaineas enterprises as sub. contractors, suppliers, and employees on this contract. The bidding and contract - documents m be examined ^:and obtained of charge. at the Administration Head quarters of the Finger takes 'State Parks Region in Taug• hannock Falls State Park; Trurnansburg, NY 1488b. The documents may also be obtained in person or by mail from the Fingertakes Reggion; PO Box 1055• Trumansburg, r NY 14886, for S 10 a set. ,The office is open from 8a.m. to 4p.m., Monday through Friday, and may be reached by telephoning 607-387.7041. Additional information may alhe so be-ob. D P ed from f this gnumberr.. Make checkspp ble to the Office of Porks�Recreation and Historic Preservation The ting er Lakes Region' re serves the right to refct any and all bids. By: Andrew R. Mazzello, Re- ional Director October }8 993 The Ithaca Journal Tuesday, October 26, 1993 In District 15, The Journal endorses Independent Bep Curtis, who is running against Republican Alex Rachun and Democrat Peter Meskill, a real estate sales manager. Rachun, the build - DISTRICT ing and zoning supervisor in Ulysses, did not wish to meet with the editorial board. Scott Davis/Journal Staff 4 i Zw�717 1 . COS Curtis' goal is to "produce a better product and better service at lower cost," and we believe he can do it. He is opposed to tax increases and wants to reassess the county's direction regarding a county waste program. A member of. the Ulysses Town Board, he has a wide-ranging background including top volunteer posts with the county planning board, Tompkins Cortland Habitat for Humanity and the Building. Officials Association of the Southern Tier. He is specifically interested in economic develop- ment for outlying areas of the county that will be vital for the region in the coming years. Meskill is a Village of Trumansburg trustee who says the county is in need of fiscal reform. Wednesday: The Tompkins County District Attorney race. Ithaca Pennysaver October 27 - November 2, 1993 Specialist Eric A. Rumsey, 22, son of Eric E. and Mary L RurnseY, Enfield Fall Rd., Ithaca, Joined the Amy to serve his countrY. He's aas a 'S Ithaca Hlgh School graduate who has previously served in the Army military police Specialist. Spec. Rumsey goeS iA Panama Nov. 2 to work in the same spedalty• #105-93 The (thacaJournal Friday, October 29, 1993 CAMERON Bruce and Judithann Lees, Ithaca, a.daughter, Kelly Viola, Oct. 25,1993.' The Ithaca Journal Mond ou ay, N al -� ___ 1' 1993 Principal Bob Navarro, who was on one of the first review teams in tV state last year, says 12 to IS edu- ciitors will be on the team. They'll spend more than 1(M) hours observ- ing in classrooms ii4terview more than 25 people ,Ind attend all meetings and school functions 4avarro during the week. "They'll have an enormous 4mount of material to deal with," Navarro says. "They'll review every aspect of the school." At the end of the week, the team will give the facul- t, an oral review, pointing out posi- tives and things that can be improved. Last year, Navarro and teachers Ann Carin of Bclle Sherman School grid Ann Halpern of Beverly J. Martin I4ementary School, were on teams t5at visited other schools in the state. l avarro helped review Castleton Ele- mentary School near Albany. Last year. only seven schools in the state %Wre reviewed. This year, between 50 4id 75 schools will be evaluated. : The idea, says Navarro, is for schools to do self -reviews for four years and be reviewed by outside teams the fifth year. I_; ?Votnan erossing Buffalo Ithaca Pennysaver october 27 - November 2, 1993 Street is hit by car —_-- -- �1 n j"An Ithaca woman, struck by a car. c rn Iftresday night, was treated for minor. ELECTION NIGHT SUPPER, Enfield0 / i�F,uries and released from Tompkins i Enfield Main Rd., 1 Val,ey Grange, 6:30 Menu 1 0 Community Hospital, poliee said. `Diane E. Lester, 35, of 2687 Meek- Tues., Nov. 2, 4:30 - pm. features turkey, ham & ho memade t � CU E lenberg Road, stepped -out of the pas -, pies. Under 5 free ... 2 t 0 tenger side of a van, walked in front . R the van and tried to cross Buffalo Street when the car, driven by Robert CU W. Scorield Jr., of 16 W Efi>tdld On - fl) ter, struck her, police said. c Lester was taken to the hospital by 3 Bangs Ambulance, and was treated for minor bumps and bruises and released. No tickets were issued in the accident, police said. I_; UJ, w H = -'!2 v Z ao 'p .7 -.8 SE 8 far � w�� Cr 0� � cz �s axi % �Qa vC+rnE a.C`% L M o- s t a � z �Z w - c UJ Ln N �VZ E 6 QQ M� =s w 301330 00800W34 NV011end3H TOWN OF ENFIELD Il611►ul+7l1Ja:1 -7111 Two-year tens; pays $8,700 a year. Jean M. Owens (unopposed) Party: Democrat Age: 43 Experience: One -term incumbent Address: 830 Enfield Falls Road Family: Husband, David: five children. n #106-93 k The Ithaca Journal Friday, October 29, 1993 One of two justice posts is up for election. Four-year term; pays $8,000 a year. Betty F. Poole Party: Republican Age: 41 Job: Enfield town clerk and court clerk; Ithaca deputy town clerk - receiver of taxes. Experience: Interim town clerk for Enfield since June; Town of Ithaca deputy town clerk -receiver of taxes; Enfield court clerk. Address: 239 N. Van Dorn, Road Family: Husband, Raymond; two children. Donald F. Lovelace Party:D Democrat Pa Job: Maintainence at Cass Park; U.S. Army. Reserves Experience: Four years on Enfield Town Board. Address: 23 Fish Road Family: Wife, Diane; four children. !TOWN CLERK I i Two-year term; pays $8,200 per year. Judith A. Mather Party- Republican Age: 43 Job: Office manager at Day Care Council of Tompkins County Experience: None Address: 305 Iradell Road Family: Husband, Bill; two children. Alice W. Laue Party: Democrat Age: 60 Job: Retired; Enfield Elementary School secretary for 21 years Experience: None Address: 83 Enfield Main Road Family: Husband, Ernest; five grown sons, four grandchildren. 11 I-11(_411A/AV CI IDT Two-year term; pays $28,350. Ronald V. Updike Party: Republican, Democrat Age: 48 Experience: One -term incumbent highway supervisor; chairman for six years of Tompkins County Soil. and Water Conversation District Address: 647 Iverdell Road Family. Wife, Maureen; four daughters. ! :0A -D Two positions up for election. Four-year terms; each seat,pays $1,700. Gerhardt A. Achilles Party- Democrat Age: 62 Job:.Retired electrician Experience: None ' Address: I I Applegate Road Family: Wife, Mildred; four grown children. Annie Hover Party: Democrat Age: 67 Job: Retired. More than 37 years at - Cornell University Experience: None Address: 20 Porter Hill Road Family: Husband, Allen. >Villiam L Westoven ' Party: Republican. Age. 41 Job: Owner -operator, West Hill Codi sion Experience: Ran for Enfield Town Board Address: 128 Sheffield Road Family: Wife, Anna; four children, -stepson. Carl D. Newhart Party: Republican Age: 54 Job: Co -owner -operator of Newhart's Lodge; owner, Carl's Catering; certi- fied executive chef, certified culinary educator; member and founder of local chapter, American Culinary Federation Experience: None Address: 201 Enfield Main Road Family: Wife, Kathy; two grown chil- dren, three grandchildren. Snapped Sharron BennettlUniversity Photography Peter Salino, landscape foreman,with the Grounds Department, with• a katura #ree behind Hughes Hall that was vandalized recently. The tree will not thrive when the central leader is broken, and the plant was to be removeed this week. It's the second plant at that site to be fatally damaged this fall. Landscape vandalism is not a major problem,. Salino said, brit It is more prevalent In the Collegetown and University Halls areas arf campus. Cornell Chronicle October 21, 1993 Peer review Peter Morenus/University Photography English Professors Robert Morgan (right) ands#, ", p IlpCon ,," ,review a table of books by local authors before this month's reading,to fight hunger. Morgan and McConkey were among more than a dozen Cornell authors who read from their works in an event that raised about $1,000 to support hunger relief efforts. Tbree Ulysses for .nBoard,,0, By Holly Hyde 71-iree Town of Ulysses men — each with several years' experience working in local government — are yin * for the ol;portunity to serve the Towns of !Iysses and Enfield on the Tompkins County Board of k,, i)r(,sentatives. The district's long-time county rc:ati~ ntativc, Jaynes Mason, had decided not to run for another' terra. First to announce his candidacy was Democrat Petei Meskill, who is serving his fourth year as a trustee on the Trumansburg Village Board. Republi- can Alex Rachun, who is building and zoning supervi- sor for the. Town of Ulysses, was the next to announce his candidacy, Ben Curtis will run as an Independent c,andldate. fie serves the Town of Ulysses as a coun- cllrnan and also works for the Village of I ansing as builcdincT code enforcement officer, and administers zoning 1<m s and assists in village planning. Odyssey Publications asked each candidate for background information, as well as for responses to a dozer) questions_ Following are the results. Peter J. Meskill lives with his wife, Dale, and three children at 64 East Seneca Road. His family moved to Ulysses from Interlaken when he was four. Meskill is a licensed real estate broker and sales man- ager with Patterson Real Instate, and is secretary to the Ithaca Board. of Realtors. An active member of the Trumansburg Volunteer Fire Department since age 18, where he has held a variety of offices. Meskill is also a member of the Finger takes Football Officials Association. As Village trustee, he served as deputy mayor for two years and has served as water, DPW, and sewer comraissioner. Alex Rachun lives with his wife, Mary, and two children at 3443 Colegrove Road. Raised in Ithaca, he has been a Toren of Ulysses resident for 18 years. Rachun's position as town building and zoning super- visor is an appoiinted one; he has never run for politi- cal office. Rachuin is also a trustee of Trumansburg Charitable Trus, a scholarship trust for students in Trumansburg High School who are entering the teaching profession. Lien Curtis lives with his wife and two children at Photo/Skip Thorne Ben Curtis Alex Rachun 40 Cayuga Street. He has lived in Trumansburg for the past eight years, having moved here from Brook- tondale. In the 1980s, before taking his current job with the Village of Lansing, he coordinated housing rehab projects for Ithaca Neighborhood Housing. Curtis is a member of the Tompkins County Planning Board, the Tompkins Cortland Habitat for Humanity board of directors, Tompkins Cortland Homebuilders Association, Tompkins County Tax Committee and Building Officials Association of the.Southern Tier. He is a member of the Summer Day Care Commi6e of Trumansburg After School. Program, and is produ'c er/host of Community Access.TV's Fingerla'kc! Forum, photo/Rachun campaign Pete Meskill photo/Green Apple Photography l �Uy�S ,y pUBJJCA7't0NS/OCTOBER 20, 1993 N 0 00 r cu The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, November 3, 1993 ENFIELD ENFIELD Margin is narrow in Enfield board race Seventee absentee ballots could change the outcome of Tuesday's Town Board race in Enfield. Two Democrats and two Republi- cans aimed for two seats on the board, and Democrat Gerhardt A. "Garry" Achilles, 62, corralled the most votes with 333. The second seat went to Republican Carl D.. "Denny" Newhart, 54, who collected 327 votes. The remaining two candidates, however, trailed the leaders by a nar- row gap. Democrat Annie Hover, 67, finished just four tallies behind Newhart, pulling in 323 votes. Repub- lican William L. Westoven, 41, gar- nered 278 votes in his fourth -place finish. Enfield Town Board seats pay $1,700 annually and carry a term of four years. In the Enfield town justice race, Republican Betty F. Poole defeated Democrat Donald F. Lovelace. The post carries a four-year term and pays $8,000 a year. One post of two was up for election_ Poole, 41, has been interim town clerk for Enfield since June and town court clerk for five years, as well as deputy town clerk and deputy receiver of taxes for the Town of Ithaca for 4V2 years. "I think the people have faith in me that I can do the job," Poole said. "I also think the exposure of being the interim town clerk helped." Democrat Alice Laue, 60, outdis- tanced Republican Judith A. Mather for the town clerk post, 458-214. The town clerk's job includes a two- year term that pays $8,200 per year. In the race for highway superinten- dent, one -term Republican incum- bent Ronald V. Updike defeated write-in candidate Donald Gunning. Updike. 48. received the Democratic Party's` endorsement and hauled in 530 votes. One -term Democratic incumbent Jean M. Owens ran unopposed for town supervisor. TOWN CLERK Alice Laue (D) Judith Mather (R) #1n9-93 The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, November 3, 1993 458 TOWN OF ENFIELD 214 enVBOTrec"FUT TOWN BOARD (Top two win office) Gerhardt Achilles (D) 333 Carl Newhart (R) 327 Annie Hover (D) 323 William Westoven (R) 278 TOWN JUSTICE Betty Pople (R) Donald Lovelace (D) ICE that nent on munitv Board of the Town of Enfield at the Town Office, 168 En, field Main Rood, Ithaca, New York no later than Fri- day, November 12, 1993. 467 Rana, nnaca, rvew Torx 14850, clearly marked "Bid 209 for Roof Replacement— Enfield Community Building." Bids will be Opened Wednes- day November 17, 1993, at 7% P.M., of the Enfield Commune Building , 182 En, field Main Rood Ithaca, NY. The Town Board reserves the Apht to reject any and all bids and to waive any in, formality in any bids. Non -collusion certificates must accompany all bids. Betty F. Poole Interim Town Glerek November 3, 1993 The Ithaca Journal Saturday, November 6, 1993 OBITUARIES LAWRENCE A. GRAY Lawrence A.' Gray. 82, of 155 Ridgecrest Road, `died Friday in Tompkins Community Hospital. J He was born in Ithaca, son of the late Charles and Addie Gray. Larry was retired from Cer- reche Television where he had worked for twenty-one years. Prior to working at Cerrache Television he had worked at Morse Chain for over thirty years. He was an Army Veteran of World War II. .He is survived by his wife, Gertrude Catlin Gray of Itha- ca. His daughters and their husbands, Margaret and Ernest Hoover of Etna and Patricia aricl og `R zllisey of Ithaca His daughter and her fiancee, Sharron Williams and Harland VanEtlen of Candor. Larry is also sur- vived by his six grandchil- dren and several nieces and nephews. He was predeased by his son, Lawrence A. Gray, Jr. who died March 6. I993. Funeral services will be cel- ebrated by Rev. Barry Shepps on Monday at I1 a.m. at Bangs Funeral Home. Burial will be in South Hill Cemetery. Friends may tail at the funeral home on Sun- day from 2 to 4 in the after- noon. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations in Larry's memory be made to Ithacare Building Fund, 115 South Quarry St.. Ithaca, NY 14850. �( (D� U� Q 0 �c- Z O (DW 3- 0. W W Serving hungry voters ELECTION -DAY DUTY: Raymond Carpenter, 00, of Enfield, throws in the towel rafter a dish -drying shift with JL/low Enfielder Mabel Rumsey. Tuesday night at the Enfield t/allc>y Grara�s,�e dinner: Plenty MARGUERITE NICOSIA/Journal Staff ofdishes were washed as an estimated crowd of nearly 400 con- N stoned 100 pounds of ` ttir key, 50 pounds of ham and 42 Pctni/?kit: and apple pies.. �o w - eAMeet the. Board .. rclxr T, 1 -1 lot of' paper ismct C an on solid :d the`statsHd '_ •- - - 38 F:IIOW COI1tILy�gOYIIt the y oast n the Ch _ht to x a s -vith a thaca MCSVVrA _A i'I111S l) Demtxs#at,Peterdllas�t t' r 3 handily a vtcto away handy t t a s # a ' r r T Way race to become one;of tie s Izixi�r k board'sfreslvnan d s DrydenY _ The 3&yearvld tE81: a ` defeated his closest oppone can Alex Rachun 902651 trict 15 seat;representmg sight, Ulysses attd £n5eld - r rr" 79 - ought jamtn Ctitrhs trailed far Femo- rotes. �' a- Carol" '"'` In winning to - retiring Republatt loyal Meskin is part of the merry that wrested a malortry lrom thDO , s ° r r ph by on the board s t Dis ItsveryEit t -9 r t the prospectrlfal co '34 -ound boardButm,firsC_- ,seph people tttrAjtdtstttcG� - Town Among'f�wneetnsbetl _ agemetrtAptfi:caittYtjvtl tstr — jign „ force does _officials: n oard.. total ; vle. I seeks tttf mid x _.-and gtt�t mtft+e,�%%mac this ]vleslu7t 1u_ anted ,_system a1;i f Caney - ee isn't abs for 'aitoth ' !ed to er — to malcb the deta3to%is3jtey i1eG sman to," hesarttf -q y (,ltrtts saws he i n�iid re by will be partbf agrow§i M_.1'OW ttPnf t3-- thout tn . Idap �ndetS�tdetit tT - HM didates 2ftic Y6{Ers Hik ed to betterotgaim ie air said,- - dvan- essed 7 bihty. at his mstrictlt - In into .thecot»it The 45 yeat old at Ithaca Cp11ztett_, second the center Ith2tgdR„ a z Distract In won un the county, 4 t Schtrler51T w number of corns mtC aCt�vtUes arra artes ltoards,µ�lenfieT]tersecons ili ��_� :scans district located on the 013' seat Drs ricif - R . ` emo- Incutn tt.•Barbi—a r posed inTuesday's el - g an `her couatdsea -` e his Ithaca s- 11 DtSt 5 r - Mmk 40 to one ferttY` a 39- again represet"tite it 3 PO1it- em section,of.thi few in management ne11 Unrverstty's sign, Mana ement - 'Port- D7strict6 sues Incumbent Repubttaa it. _ X, A on Todd willf board, haven the Todd �s3Lartst ,I ilarly - ' -� SIMEONMOSS` �. - ni _ d'Tie',or`tumoitt, -" `�'hese'aTethecetbook.Y'aces -- owner andiilfetator vvtll . rand term on the hoard His distnct ccits- :7oumal Staff" - cthhgth-�in`{%ycar=eteeft6'n; d�1 —ti's theltxat 6n'es'tfiat MAW Mir, - The Ithaca Journal #112=93 Tuesday, November 9, 1993 The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, November 10, 1993 - Thomas F. Duffee and Kimberly Lyn Tuttle Tuttle — Duffee Mr. and Mrs. Earl and Sharron Tuttle, of 1771 Mecklenburg Road, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Lyn Tuttle, to Thomas F. Duffee, son of Barbara and Thomas Duffee of Route 96, Tru- mansburg. Miss Tuttle graduated in 1987 from Ithaca High School. She is employed as a dance instructor. Mr. Duffee graduated in 1970 from Trumansburg High School. He is owner of Duffee's Contracting. A June. 18, 1994, wedding is planned. The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, November 17, 1993 Ithaca man injured after getting out of car An Ithaca man sustained a slight injury to his left leg Monday when he was hit by a car he had just exited, New York State Police said. Dawn M. Predmore, 24, of 146 Sheffield Road Lot 6, stopped on Route 13 near the intersection of Warren Road to let Randy Predmore, 27, who lives at the same address, out of the car, troopers said. When the car started to pull away, Randy Predmore failed to get out of the way, and the car struck his left leg, troopers said. He was transported by Bangs Ambulance to Tompkins Community Hospital, where he was treated and released. After tragedy, wants Teeter Road speed limit This letter is addressed to the indi- vidual who, on Friday, Oct. 29, was traveling on Teeter Road at an exces- sive speed and took the life of our family pet, Moe. What hurts the most is the individ- ual failed or made no attempt to locate the owner of the animal. This left no chance of saving the life of this family pet. There are both children and other family pets living on Teeter Road. There is no speed limit posted. so vehicles traveling this road can do as they wish. What needs to happen next? The life of a human individual to be taken from us before we can get a speed limit posted on Teeter Road? Something needs to be done now to avoid this situation from happening again before the cost of this is a human life.. Susan Edsall, Stephen Kuczek Ithaca The Ithaca Journal Monday, November 15, 1993 Historical society to hold workshop The Enfield Historical Society has slated a research work session for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The topic will be continued collect- ing of information for the history of Enfield, being prepared for the town's 175th birthday celebration in 1996. The work session will be in the Town Hall on the Enfield Main Road. It is free and open to the pub- lic. The Ithaca Journal Thursday, November 18, 1993 NANCY DELESANTOS CARL Nancy DeLeSantos Carl, for- merly of Enfield, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1993, at her home in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Her love of plants and ani- mals was surpassed only by her love for the survivors: mother, Frances Dorsey of Canyon Lake, Texas and her sons, Michael and Joshua Carl of Seattle, Wash. A memorial will be held Fri- day, Nov. 19 at 7p.m. at 60 Woodard Rd., Enfield. The Ithaca Journal Friday, November 12, 1993 LORRAINE E. UNGLEICH INTERLAKEN—Lorraine E. Ungleich, 66, of Interlaken went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, Nov. :111 1993 at Tompkins Commum- ty Hospital. She was born in Syracuse, the daughter of the late Harry & Nellie Tenney Bell. Mrs. Ungleich was a faith- ful member and Sunday School teacher at the Agape Bible Church in Enfield. She is survived by her hus- band of 47 years, Frederick H. Ungleich of Interlaken 1 daughter, xr Hi ' ro f Trumansburg, 4 sons, Rod Ungleich of Inter- laker_, Gary (Karen) Ungleich of Interlaken, .Dan (Judy Wil- son) Ungleich of Trumans- burg & Sam Ungleich of, Interlaken, 3 sisters, Sarah (John) Guralny of Liverpool, NY, Emma Lucas of Raver - don, Air, Ellen Levernotch of Syracuse, NY, 1 brother, Harry (Doris) Bell of Clay, NY, 7 grandchildren, Kim, Michael Jr., Corinne, & Joseph .Corriero, Jason & Melissa Ungleich & Kaylee Ungleich. Friends may call tonight from 7-9 PM at the Hurlbut Funeral Home, Main St., Interlaken. Funeral services will be held tomorrow, Nov. I 13, 1993 at 11 a.m. at the Agape Bible Church - in Enfield with Rev. Michael Corriero officiating. Burial will be in Lake View Ceme- tery, Interlaken. The Ithaca Journal Friday, November 12, 1993 I I PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, fltdf 16 Town Booed of 16e Town of Enfield will hold a . Special Town Board Meeting, at the Enfield Community Buildingg 182 Enfield Main _ Road, aco, NY 14850 on Wednesday, November 17, 1993 at 7:30 p.m. $eity F Poole Interim Town Clerk November 12, 1993 Towns look at plan to keep dog warden JEFF STIMPSON J011171al Staff Five area towns are chewing over a plan to keep their dog warden in business. The proposal has met mixed reviews, howev- er, just at a time when town boards must budget for their 1994 enforcement of dog control. An engineering study commissioned by the Town of Dryden has estimated what renovations would be needed to keep open Lorraine Bard's shelter at 67 Layen Road in Danby. , Her operation, which failed a surprise inspec- tion by the New York State Department of Agri- culture and Markets on Oct. 4., serves the towns of Dryden, Danby, Enfield, Newfield and Harford. Based on the report, the five towns would pay a proportionate part of either $50,000 to repair her existing operation or $150,000 to construct a new, relocated dog shelter. "That would be great," Bard said. `But for either to work dollar - wise, all five towns would have to come forward. That's an awful lot of money." Bard said she believes a renovation costing about $10,000 would bring her shelter into com- pliance with state regulations. She maintains about 10 gravel -bedded runs and a barn on her 24 -acre property. On Thursday, she was sheltering 1.6 dogs and I 1 puppies, in addition to her own seven dogs. She reported that she picks up 500 to 6()n dop a year. Dryden Town Supervisor James Schug stressed that ° <. both plans were in the pre- 4 liminary stages; and would be additional factors in the t imminent decision to either hire Bard for another year or contract with the Society for the Prevention of Cruel Bard ty to Animals. The SPCA handles dog control in five different area towns and the City of Ithaca. Dryden paid $11,974 last year for Bard's ser- vices, which it has used for six years, and could pay an estimated $20,850 for the minimum repair rD rDO rD rD w rD cv w Cn In o o US, CL o aav� w p �o � 5: �nG wo °vc, �°gao' 4op Z ";z _ ,o o.vo��o� �w��c/srD�tino5tx' Cn rD, rD ��ro rDga o.mr. ��p��•cuo �bo p-C'� plan, proportionately the largest of any town. "Dryden is going down two roads right now," Schug said. "We want a decision from the other towns." Construction of a new dog shelter might also involve acquisition of new land that would be leased to Bard, a complication for municipali- ties, Schug said. Danby Town Supervisor Mary Oltz also pointed out that "town governments are not in the business of buying property. If Lorraine went into another business, there we'd be with a building and property." Danby is Bard's oldest client. She has been dog control warden there for I I years. This year Danby budgeted $3,000 for her service. Bard reports that she's still doing "business as usual" pending another meeting with the Agri- culture and Markets veterinarian -inspector, Dr. Thomas Nytch. Nytch inspected Bard's operation following a letter of complaint from Michael Greger to mem- bers of the Danby town government in September. The Ithaca Journal Friday, November 12, 1993 Bard passed a regular, state inspection lay spring. Greger, who is president of the Cornell Stv dents for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, vi,, ited Bard's operation in September under th guise of potentially adopting a dog. In his letter, he reported seeing overcrowdin and fecal matter in the runs, sores on many doge and a lack of screening of potential adopters. Nytch reported similar conditions during hi inspection. "The number of dogs that five town might pick up is far too many for this facility t, handle," his report reads. Bard's operation reportedly had 30 days tt come up to code. "But I would not hold to strict timetable, especially if progress was ret sonably being made in improving the premises. Nytch's report says. Responding to Nytch's checklist, in which he operation rated "unsatisfactory" in 16 out of 2 categories, Bard said, "I wouldn't agree. It' been fine for 11 years and I've done nothing bu improve it." .�►v .e•• -r ccG h T`r''OQ �Al CD "' ° p nb' . • vr"�'' n... r" � w o ro 00 0 7Ri �c(C,Jp�, O 5 (1) 0' COD (D w�N r+ V) G-V0CD n rD v, U p, o ,T N y a'. 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The bride is the daughter of War- ren Bamforth of South Van Dorens Road and Marjorie Bamforth of 431 Floral Ave. The bridegroom is the son of John and Joyce King of 450 Ithaca Road, Spencer. The bride wore a traditional floor - length gown of white satin, featuring a Queen Anne neckline, long sleeves and a full skirt flowing into a cathe- dral -length train. All was adorned with pearls and sequins and detailed with lace appliques. She carried a cas- cade of sweetheart roses and carna- tions surrounded with baby's breath. The bridegroom wore a white tuxedo with tails. Matron of honor was April Den- man. The attendants were Karen King, Rita Sims and Donna Bamforth. Best man was Steven King. The ushers were Monty Mouillesseaux, David Bamforth and Christopher Bamforth. Following a reception at the New- field Rod and Gun Club, the couple traveled to Orlando, Fla. The bride graduated from Ithaca High School in 1986. She is employed at Byrne Dairy. The bridegroom graduated from Spencer -Van Etten High School in 1983 and is employed by his father. They live at 435 Ithaca Road, Spencer. The Ithaca Journal #-114— 9 3 Tuesday, November 16, 1993 �- La Mont Leonard Hine and Virginia isabell Hine _a Mont and Virginia Hine Hines mark 40th anniversary La Mont Leonard and Virginia Isabell Hine of 464 Trumbull Cor- ners Road, Newfield, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with dinner at Taughannock Farms Inn with their family and grandchildren. Mrs. Hine is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith. Mr. Hine is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Hine. The couple were married in the First Presbyterian Church -by the Rev. Walter Dodds on Nov. 7,1953. Mr. Hine is employed as a union sheet metal worker. Mrs. Hine retired this year from Cornell Uni- versity. The couple have two children, Monty Hine and Lisa Hartman of Newfield. They also have two grandchildren, Kayla Miller and Michael F. Hartman II. The Ithaca Journal Friday, November 19, 1993 L�w_yer pleads guilty to marijuana charge An Ithaca lawyer who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor marijuana -possession charge says he's in a substance -abuse counseling program and is trying to put the episode behind him. Peter N. Littman, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Syracuse to misdemeanor marijuana possession. "At no time has the use of marijuana affected my ability to represent my clients," Peter N. Littman, 46, said today. "This was strictly personal use in the privacy of my own home, after business hours." In'court, Littman admitted to buying small amounts of marijuana on many occa- sions from 1987.through April 1992 from a client. The client, Peter J. Ciferri, 44, of Enfield, was arrested April 6, 1992. in a highly publicized raid by local, state and federal authorities. Ciferri pleaded guilty to manufacturing marijuana. His sentencing hasn't been scheduled. Littman said he knew Ciferri not through the criminal case but because his firm .rep- resented Ciferri on real estate matters. Sentencing for Littman is scheduled for Jan. 27. The minimum penalty is a $1,000 fine; the maximum jail term is a year. ,Littman said the misdemeanor charge is not expected to affect his license to practice law. He has practiced in New York since 1979 and said he plans to continue. The Ithaca Journal Tuesday, November 16, 1993 RALPH P. (SPATTER) WILLSEY Ralph P. (Spatter) Willsey, passed away in the early evening of November 13, 1993 after a short illness. He was born in Ithaca on May 4, 1909 to the late Verne and Veda Willsey. Spatter's true vocation was fishing and hunting. Unfortu- nately, he had to work as a journeyman printer to sup- port his life's work. He had been employed at various times over the 46 years in the printing trade. by the Cayuga Press, Wilcox Press and the Cortland Standard. He retired in 1971 from the Itha- ca Journal & Cornell Daily Sun. He was a life-long member of the International Typo- graphic Union. In 1930 he became a member of the Ithaca Fire Dept. His interest in fire fighting spanned a period of the neat 63 years. After his retirement he increased his activity in the Enfield Volunteer Fire Dept. attaining the rank of Captain in the fire police. He remained active as a fire policeman in this organiza- tion until 1987 when he and his wife, Lola, moved to the Syracuse area where they resided until their deaths. At his death, Spatter had been a resident of the Iro- quois Nursing Home in Jamesville, NY since March of 1993. He was a member of the resident council at that facility until his death. He, as was his wont, had made many new friends among the staff and residents and will be missed by them as well as by all of the friends he had accumulated over the past 84 years, and his loving family. The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, November 17, 1993 Guest editor learned a little about Journal life By MARY COLE Guest columnist Everyone I spoke to not only explained to me their job, but answered numerous questions. The longer I was there, the more comfort- able I felt and the more inquisitive I became. Even though everyone had a deadline to meet, I never felt I was in the way. This especially became evi- dent when a big story broke. When news came that Roy Park Sr. had died, the presses were stopped and a new front page was put together in a matter of minutes, all with me looking over their shoulders. During my visit, I was especially interested in seeing how the front page is laid out. I learned the picture is placed on the page so that when the paper is folded, the picture is visible to consumers who buy off the news- stand. Sometimes editors must either expand or condense the stories so they fit on the page. They are also constantly asking each other if the stories will still be newsworthy by the time The Journal is on the street or in your homes. I never realized how many deci- sions had to be made in order to pub- lish a newspaper each day. #115-93 Ralph is survived by his son, Ralph P. Willsey, Jr. and his wife, Mary; his grandson'. Ralph P. Willsey lI and his step -granddaughter, Emily Workman. Surviving too, am his brother Carl Willsey of Greenwich, CT and two sis- ters, Barbara Tompkins and Norma Willsey, both of Ithaca and many nieces and nephews. Ralph was prede'- ceased by his wife, Lola Ever-, hart, his brothers Al and Bob, three sisters, Alice W. Gee, Edna W. Tottey and Ruth W. Himmel A funeral service will be held at Bangs Funeral Home on Thursday, November 18th at 11:00 o'clock. There will be calling hours Wed. evening from 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers contribu= tions may be made to the American Diabetes Associa- tion or the Enfield Fire Dept.. After the pages were laid out. it was only a matter of minutes before the large presses downstairs were ready to roll. If you are a native Ithacan, like I am, you might remember actually - watching -the ctuallywatching"the press operate through the front window of The Journal- I found out that the press I saw as a child was replaced by a more modern unit and moved, so they are no longer visible from the street Throughout the morning, I observed the communication and cooperation between the staff. If these assets weren't such a high prior- ity it would be impossible to keep on top of everything. Before I left, Stewart offered to come to where I work — Enfield Elementary School — and to bring papers and talk to the children about the mechanics of the paper. He said it might be possible to brainstorm an article with the children that could be published by The Journal' As I was driving back to work that day, I realized the main idea I wanted to get across in this article. It was that The Journal honestly and sincerely wants your input in order for its paper to continue to grow and to be successful in the fu- ture. Cole is a resident of Ithaca. ff you are interested in being an editor for a day, phone Gary Stewart at 27¢9213. ODYSSEY PUBLICATIONS/NOVEMBER 17, 1993 Senator Kuhl Holds Community Meetings State Senator John R. (Randy) Kuhl, Jr., is conducting several community meetings this week. Area residents are encouraged to attend and share their concerns with the legislator. On 'I'll 11 November 18, Kuhl will be at the following locations: • Montour Falls — Montour Village Hall, 9-9:30am; • Catharine — Catharine Town Hall, 10-I0:30am; • Dix — Dix Town Hall, 11-11:30am; • Hector —Hector Town. Hall, 2- 2:30pm; • Ulysses — Ulysses Town Hall, 3- 3:30pm; • Enfield — Enfield Town Hall, 4- 4:30pm; and • Newfield — Newfield Town Hall, 5-5:30pm. ENFIELD Justin Sczepanski, Damian Gunning -Smith and Samantha Gunning -Smith were among the 32 Tompkins County 4-H-ers who recent- ly attended the Banker's Award Trip to' Binghamton in recognition of the out- standing record-keeping skills demon- strated by their 4-H projects. The group toured Citizens Savings Bank, Roberson-Kopernick Space Education Center, Discover Center, Ross Park Zoo and Iron Kettle Farm. Sponsors were Tompkins County Trust Company, First National Bank of Dryden, First National Bank of Groton, Fleet. Bank, Citizens Savings Bank and First Federal Savings and Loan of Ithaca. ODYSSEY PUBL/CATIONS/ NOVEMBER 17, 1993 - H*braryVolunteers Honored at Candlelight Dinner w r ... x: `man � a photo/Tom tange Library volunteers were honored at the Ulysses Philomathic Library's annual Candlelight Buffet held last week. Shown (left to right) are: Barbara=McKeitlz current Director, • Jean Baines; Judith Barkee, named 1994 Director, Linda Beins; Julia Comin; Ruth Kahn; Mary Kelsey, • Gayle MacLean; Joan Ormondroyd; Mary K. Read, John Sotham; Sally Sutcliffe, Doris Weingarten; and Bill Weitzel. 'Turf war' debat�n- By WENDY SKINNER Jounial Stull' Battle lines have been drawn again in the ongoing debate over who will have ultimate control of a 911 system for Tompkins County. Ithaca City Police Chief Harlin McEwen denies that it is a "turf war,' but county Rep. James Mason (R - Ulysses -Enfield) says it is — and that the police chief is perpetuating it. "He (McEwen) says it isn't a turf battle, but he continues to pit the fire department against the police. He is attempting to align the two services against each other," Mason said. McEwen has said he is uncomfort- able with county pCrtionnel —who arc trained and supervised by the Fire, Disaster and Emergency Medical Ser- vices Division — answering all 911 calls, including city police calls. Because the majority of emergency N { t< , :, � rrnbsa ac � a r McEwen Mason calls are for the city police, McEwen thinks a police dispatcher should be the first voice ,in emergency caller hears. Mason and county Fire and Safety Coordinator Jack Miller point out that although the county's emergency dispatchers are housed in the Central Fire Station on West Green Street, they are not firefighters. "The dispatchers are highly trained Mason specialists," Miller said. "They work for neither the fire nor the police departments — they work for the County. They get extensive training and can handle any kind of incoming call." Tompkins County Sheriff Emery Guest would like to see the central dispatch center moved to the Sheriffs Department. He, like McEwen, is concerned aibout dispatching, "if I'm depending on another agen- cy's dispatchers, how will 1 correct an error'?" Guest asked. The important thing to remember, Miller says, is that the emergency dis- patchcrs do not make dispatch deci- sions on incoming police calls. They immediately switch the calls to the appropriate police agencv. "it takes no more than a fcw seconds to deter- mine what police agency people need and to trt nstcr the call,.. he said. With a proposed new "Enhanced 911" system, the caller's location and pertinent medical information about household members would be trans- ferred as well, in a fraction of a sec- ond. Mason, who chairs the county's Public Safety Committee, is pushing for acceptance of a new technology that promises a low-cost, easily - installed emergency number system. installation and the first year's opera- tion of the system — which would provide the county with an enhanced 911 emergency number — is estimat- ed to cost less than $2(X)OX). "This system is attractive for several reasons," Mason said. "it would allow LIS to use the Computer Aided Dis- patch (CAD) system that the county already has in place, and it costs much less than anything we've Icxokcd at so far." Miller, too, likes the system, which is being sold by Motorola Communi- ITORIAL ivin nears, As Thanks g g e ust laurels no darts, J ;LAUREL: To Tompkins County Board Representative James Mason (I?r-Erifield-Ulysses) for his efforts m Spearheading a new plan to bring a 9.1 system to the county, The county, with the help of Motorola Cbmmunications and Electronics, is looking at a system that won't break the hank and will provide; an invaluable service for area residents. There is, however, much work to be done before implementation. This includes delicate negotiations between Tompkins County and the Ithaca Police Department regarding drsp'itch responsibilities. Stay tuned. cations and Electronics. The county has bought all of its emergency equip- ment from Motorola since 1972. if it adopts the Motorola system the county would not need to buy its E-911 service from New York Tete phone. "it would release us fron phone company rate hikes," Millet said. The real bottom line regardinj. whose dispatchers would answer th( initial calls is public safety: Would 'i make a difference to the speed o appropriateness of the response'? Guest says no. McEwen is unwillin! to say absolutely no. "I really don' know if it would or not," he said. Mason says yes, it would make difference. "The county dispatcher that we have right now are bette trained than in many 911 center', They are the best people to take o' the answering of all emergency calls,' The Ithaca Journal Saturday, November 20, 1993 ti r CO w i ne anaca ,;ournai Friday, November 26, 1993 r11 s - g 3 Breakthrough for Cornell Cloning discovery ...E .�� pronuses genetically - f r designed cro s p By JOHN YAUKEY Joumal Staff _ Scientists from Cornell and Purdue universities today reported major breakthroughs in their ability to locate valu- able genes along the DNA molecule in plants and movet I _ _= them from one organism to another. F '� r S 7 The research offers the promise of helping to increase 0-1 world food supplies and decrease pesticide use by allowing scientists to genetically desigri crops that will thrive in harsh environments. e.!� # a In today's edition of the journal Science, the researchers reported that they successfully used new techniques to iso-`'. late a gene for disease resistance in a tomato plant, clone it, and insert it into a different tomato plant that did not carry a-*;, i, the trait. "You could do this foT disease resistance as we did, or for est salt tolerance, yield, &r or or nutritional value — any num- be r of qualities,' said Steven Tanksley, a professor of plant JAY REITER/Journal Stall breeding and biometry at Cornell, who led the research "it RESEARCH AREA: Professor Steven Tanksley stands inside one of the will allow us to assemble a repertoire of genes we know,_:- important to us." research greenhouses at Comell. Tanksley, a professor of plant breed- ing and biometry has developed a method for identifying valuable - See BREAKTHROUGH, 4A genes in plants. Tailored genes Cornell scientists have refined new techniques for locating specific genes along the DNA molecule in the cell nucleus. They recently used those techniques to isolate, clone and transfer a gene from one type of tomato plant to another. ® I Gene for IYeast cell disease -resistance • ■ _ � , Plant 11 DNA in nucleus Using new gene -mapping They then cloned the gene in techniques, Cornell scientists yeast cells, which can accept located a gene for disease large amounts of foreign resistance in a tomato plant. genetic material, and replicate it when they divide. Source: Steven Tanksley, Professor of . Cloning the gene gave the Plant Breeding and Biometry, Cornell scientists numerous copies to University work with. The cloned genes were then extracted from the yeast, and inserted into isolated cells from a different type of tomato plant that did not have the disease -resistant gene naturally. Each of the isolated cells then divided and grew into a new plant exhibiting the new disease -resistant trait. Scott DavistJoumal Staff and Gannett News Servic (Continued from Page IA) One of the leading benefits of the breakthrough is that it allows scien- tists to find the ,gene or genes they want relatively quickly. In tomatoes, for example, there are a dozen or so genes worth isolat- ing, and 20,(x)0 from which to choose. Locating specific genes had been a tedious, time intensive process. When scientists had discovered a valuable trait, they had to determine what protein among thousands trig- gered it. From there, they had to iso- late the gene responsible for the pro- tein. "This is a lot of chemistry .to go through," said Jerome Miksche, direc- tor of the U.S. Department of Agri- culture's Plant Genome Research Program. "And then at the end you can easily find you've made a mistake somewhere along the way." The method Tanksley refined and used depends on comparison and elimination. He starts with.a gene map of a plant he knows contains the desired trait, then compares it to maps of plants that don't. This allows him to eliminate much of the genetic coding. Getting to the specific gene requires some additional detective work and familiarity with the pl'ant's genome. 0a o 0 0 o Zr� o '0 a'O-rg O<��o n an ° Os'u.'01 43 -4101 o 3 <A 3. C 3-��a m ° o n'^ °O 51__< c(yno,o ?0 3a g aim s a= Ta�Og3Er 3 �n ooSf-�w anaco�Z� o n o=3 n C 0—" —H 3°am o mgwaa By knowing generally where to look and what genes are likely to be close together on the DNA chain, he can locate the exact gene much in the same way navigators can determine their exact position once they locate a few established reference points. Once it's been located, scientists clone the gene in yeast, which can accept large amounts of foreign DNA and replicate it during cell division. The yeast works as a factory of sorts giving scientists numerous copies of the desired gene. Getting the isolated gene into a foreign organism is a relatively well establish procedure. One of the most common methods is to use microbes called agrobacteria as a genetic couriers. Scientists fuse the foreign gene with the DNA of the. agrobacteria then allow it to infect the cells they want to receive the new gene. During the infection process, the bacterium naturally sends some of its DNA into the host cell. Once in the cell, the foreign genes align them- selves with the host DNA. Another method'depends on brute force. Developed several years ago at Cornell, the "Gene Gun" uses a blast of gas to hurl microscopic metal chips coated with foreign genes into the cells. Once in the cell, the genes do T Q (D N o 2 CD C•- 6 � (D 7 the rest. Once the new gene is in the plant cell, it's simply it matter of nurturing the cell into a full plant. Scientists predict the coming decade will bring a harvest of geneti- cally engineered crops: Fruits and vegetables whose genetic code has been rearranged or infused with genes from other organisms, including animals. Researchers have already succeed- ed in creating a tomato that contains and expresses an animal gene. Embedded in the tomato's DNA is a gene from fish that lets the animal withstand icy waters. In the tomato, it stops frost damage. Several companies are already poised to put some of these transgenic crops on the market. Calgene Inc., a California biotech firm, is working to release it contro- versial Flavr Savr tomato,'genetically designed to ripen slowly. The pharmaceutical industry is also watching these developments very ctosely because they hold the promise of genetically designing plants as living factories making drugs and valuable medical chemicals like insulin. Biotech advocates also point to its ability to reduce pesticide use by designing plants capable of fighting off attack. Despite all of its promise, biotech- nology has its naysayers who see it as yet another threshold humanity would do better not to cross. Others are willing to accept it, pro- vided developments are carefully scrutinized. Some groups like the New York City based Environmental Defense Fund don't believe the regulatory agencies are doing an adequate job thus far. "The regulation of agricultural biotechnology has been lagging behind product development, said Doug Hopkins, senior attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund, "These products are going to come out faster and faster, and they need to be screened." Scientists acknowledge there are risks, but argue the benefits far out- weigh them. Working with Tanksley were Gre- gory Martin, it former post doctoral associate at Cornell now on faculty at Purdue University; Elizabeth Earle, a Cornell professor of plant breeding and biometry; post doctoral associates Martin Ganal and Tiyun Wu; gradu- ate students Sergio Brommon- schenkel, Julapark Chunwongse and Anne Frary; and technician Rody Spivey. wra fP,...7p'tii n, �� -'•�"g C .� w,• cD "'•-� �..y."O.. _ O. ,,,,� r� 0 coCL i ry . 8 QQ .•' 2e35'.' 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She claims neighbors' dogs bothered both of her canines almost daily, and repeated complaints were all but fruitless. 1 was walking my dog when both Of us were attacked by six (neighbors') dogs last January," said Parry, a town of Dryden resident. "Later 1 found out they were not vaccinated and didn't have their rabies shots. She also maintains that Dryden's dog -control officer tried to "mediate" rather than enforce dog -control regu- lations, which, if violated, can carry fines of $25 to $75, "Every complaint we made, there was no follow-up," Parrysaid. The case might sound extreme. But amid spreading rabies and tightening budgets, town boards now heading into their final meetings of 1993 must take a closer look than ever at dog control. Dog control is mandated under state law. Since the early 1980s, towns have had the choice of enforcing control through the local SPCA or a con- tracted dog -con- trol officer or dog warden. Whoev- er gets the job must collect strays and issue summonses for noise, licensing and other violations, The town and city of Ithaca, as well as the towns of Groton, Lansing, See DILEMMA, 4A on � w > c,R n _.g o a�cn � '] o � nC FS' I"i7 1 ��'+ cD cD yw c n `L o ov. -� � CL Co 8 rD c cin o:- '90 :CA, b ° nriq �J]'•''1'�� ,' _ r-1 C .y VS y 1 "'i'U co � d :,. b' f9 For the dogs Here's a look at the estimated licensed dog populations and annual licensing fees in several local towns: Danby: 517 dogs; licenses, $5 spayed -neutered, $12.50 unspayed- unneutered. Dryden: 1,880 dogs; licenses, $5.50 spayed -neutered, $10.50 unspayed-unneutered, Ithaca: 980 dogs; licenses, $8.50 spayed -neutered, $13,50 unspayed-unneutered. Lansing: 1,700 dogs; licenses, $6.50 spayed -neutered, $11.50 unspayed-unneutered. Newfield: 950 dogs; licenses, $5.50 spayed -neutered, $10.50 unspayed-unneutered. Ulysses: 700 dogs; licenses, $9.50 spayed -neutered, $14.50 unspayed-unneutered. >o wr�� o p ° p c�aD� .0 �, L7 �j N �Xr�'. p N .�y 1.Cr• CD c o �ry ^ n �D H'rnw K5 erg F,-0.aoC7o cD �p y .p ° w CD .n1 bCDda0 o: „may C q:1`Ga' t�rOG 00 tD A. _ ° yea -co a � � oIU y CL o. N Q va cn o06 b CD ti ui Cb co w Deputy administrator is the main number-cruncher By WENDY SKINNER Journal Staff County Administrator Scott Heyman calls her the "captain of the details" — as apt a description as any for then budget season role of Deputy Administratotl'thy� West keeps track of the myriad changes in the county's complex budget document — a job that begins in September, when department budgets are due, and never really ends. "A lot of people thinks it's odd, but I love work- ing with numbers," West said last week. She and her staff had just finished putting together a budget summary for the public — the most understandable package yet — but the com- plete budget is reams bigger. "It is a big job," West said, "but I enjoy the chat - lenge." West has been deputy administrator since 1991. She had been working closely with the administrator's office as director of budget and finance, and still over- sees the management of the county Budget and Finance Office. "Working in county gov- ernment was kind of a natu- ral thing for me to do," said West. "As town supervisor West for Enfield, my father was on the Board of Supervisors." Town and village supervisors met as the coun- ty's governmental unit in those days. West grew up not too many miles from the Christian Hill area of Enfield that her great-grand- father settled. She started her career in county gov- ernment as an entry-level account clerk. "She got numerous promotions," Heyman said. West left county government in 1981 for the birth of her son, Beau, who is now 12. After working in the private sector for several years, West returned to the Budget and Finance Office and from there went to the county administrator's office. Besides her facility with numbers, West also ful- fills the other part of her job — that of an adminis- trator. Heyman cites her detailed study of the Sher- iff's Department earlier this year as an example of her understanding of management dynamics. "We're very lucky to have her here," Heyman said. C (D U) C- O Z O (D Q (D ca 0 co m Ca 6 C r ��m��.mmm�?�`aG »3.2 �°s33o,s RI V 0) 3 –Qo c o D �m d a •� °:'m m =c -1 2 W b W > O* a ��mm °'�7W=M droxy<a N� In W O T,. Zm a= W s d� �� o�mamm m uo.*mem am m3C R 1" c�,�r My c ��1W74C - CLO �x��oad�NC J�.m�.mpm DCG) CfmCoD DD 1O0 S. am cn�::.,.0 0o<G (6 - IF -�1�� >D<om 14 r �0 ao m-M>�Sr- ocr FA Er 0 m mO 310 L M y��le2m Oa 5 cn0w��aoc ��dn zc:4� joZ�'° my– o �p fl1N» myu) y.� �ymr-7 d a��M Como, � yZ M o y ^+ jai 0 �3 d >>w d °o_n F. O M ° oic� n m m v- m 3 c� 0 (D -� o 'C* m a fpm 3 O QA"�? O M co ,� 3 to a , - R� s it P0 amoimD (D M 0) L O c W C 3 N SZ Z C_ ((D CC m w co O I (p W #122-93 reeer tnorenwi�nncr�sy i ..ow�..y,,.y The successful cloning of a gene for disease resistance in tomato plants creates a new approach for obtaining better yielding and hardier crops, necessary to feed a growing world population, says Steven Tanksley, professor of plant breeding and biometry in the College of Agriculture and We Sciences. In breakthroti gh, scientists CIO crop gene for disease resistance. By �N illiam Holder Cornell scientists have, for the first time, successfully cloned a gene for disease resistance in a major crop using a powerful technique for locating genes, achieving a signifi- cant goal of the U.S. Plant Genome Research Program and holding promise for substantial changes in the world's food sources. Reported in Science (Nov. 26), this achievement has been vigorously pursued by several researchers because it opens the way to obtaining genes for many important agricultural traits, such as flavor, yield and insect resistance, said Steven Tanksley, professor of plant breeding and biometry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The discovery creates a new approach for obtaining better -yielding and hardier crops, necessary to feed a grow- ing world population, Tanksley said. "it is not inconceivable that we will be isolating genes for yield within the next 10 years or less," he added. "Yield is a trait controlled by multiple genes that no one would have tackled before." He and his colleagues turned to the extensively studied tomato plant to clone a disease resistance gene. Their discovery also sheds light on the basic biology of disease resistance, which bears similarities to a chemical signalling process in humans. More important, the technique of map -based cloning, which the Cornell researchers have applied for the first time to a crop plant, gives scientists a general tool for obtaining genes of agronomic interest. As a result, Tanksley predicted the pace of gene discovery and exploitation in agriculture would increase significantly. "This scientific breakthrough at Cornell is exactly the type of results that were aimed at when the Plant Genome Research Program was set up," said Jerome D. Miksche, the program's director, with the. U.S. Department of Agricul- ture's Agricultural Research Service. ARS isthe lead agency in the USDA program, established in 1991 to fund research to identify, characterize and transfergenes that control plant traits important to agriculture and forestry. "The Cornell research not only demonstrates for the first time that important agronomic genes can be cloned and isolated by reliance on genetic maps," he said, "it also opens the possibility for cloning similar resistance genes in other plant species." ;A; I - Plant breeders have known for a century that there are single genes that confer resistance to diseases, and they have bred plants for these; genes. The most common type of resistance is known as the gene -for -gene relationship, in which an invading bacterium possesses a gene that triggers a specific resistance gene in the plant. This is analogous in some respects to the arttibody-antigen interaction in humans and animals. Pursuing a tomato resistance gene, the Cornell research- ers worked with a bacterium (Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato) that causes }iacterial speck. In a gene -for -gene relationship, the bacterium possesses a gene that triggers the Pro resistance gene in some tomato cultivars. Tanksley's co-authors are Gregory Martin, who carried. out this work as a postdoctoral associate at Cornell and now is on the faculty of Purdue University: Elizabeth Earle, Cornell professor of plant breeding and biometry; post - Continued on page 2 Disease resistance - conn xdfra'gg 1 J _ 9.._ doctoral associates Martin Ganal and Tiyu-R'---'- Wul graduate students Sergio Brommoi% scheiikel, Julapark Chunwongse_sd Anne;, Frary; and technician Rody Spivey: �..c:) uUL"Iiiwt i.:i " gene anro❑ ilmap- based a -based cloning, a technique developed for TT 12 2 a 9 3 the Human Genome Project. As, the name implies, the technique enables scientists to - pinpoint genes by developing a map of their locations. During the past six years, the team has developed several techniques needed to apply map -based cloning to.;a crop plant, including a rapid method of finding DNA markers that function as sign: posts toward the gene of interest.:,,_ The most attractive feature of_locating ' genes through DNA maps, Tanksley ex- plained, is that one need not know anything abode the molecular biology of the gene gy the protein it encodes. Most previous meth- ods of cloning genes in plants Anvolved working backward from .knownproteips; . but comparatively few protein products, f genes have been characterized. "If you want something that can.modJf agriculture, map -based cloning i44 power-" ful technique," Tanksley said With the Pto gene in hand, the researchers put it into otherwise susceptible ato tomplants: The plants became resistant to the bacterit Dp,, confirming that Pto'is a resistancegene. T& . matoes are known to have at leasf:50 rests tante genes for fighting viruses, bacteria 4d . nematodes, Tanksley said. The researchers found that Ptd -;odes f _ a product, called a protein kinase, thatirs u volvedrin the pr » eby tomato plants recognize they ;attack &I initiate a`defensive es'3 `gen sa ;key component of the pr ess awn as the'S signal transductiotpathwny;tdLsinvolyed in the recognition:ph �°edthe: secretion,of defensive Vices. ty "Thesignaltran du: h lspld. and proiiably predates ' - r p Mankslev said' ,remain t4 be ,eluooaKar c opens doors to ans, des a -A similar protem ` Y a�thvjrny Q 4 signal transductiown humans and o�y theranun. ;_- s not invplve , in defe , tJkie province of b the immuns�r e steiri' slaol iri messaging between -h% .`es dells ', Since the sigpal transuction.pathway has been conserved .across speGtes1 �3' -ley _ expects to fingsimilar Tants" i He,curren4ly is searyng„pf oral genes ansi predicted theipte is find in, pow that the technique has, l fi aeyel9 , vould be..pai�owed to a qt �brFe years= e ,suggested tot furthe expectec}:soon. in cro r- , ghum, s9yb ,. e n lenu The worktZtgs of pl_ %Vel als9 is Metopic Q 5 'on P1sk prkome Arg i Molecular Blology;latr�►tp�r,,Y�., 1.;The PI nt:..�ienome, to arch rograirt providedTaiiksleyin1? 3 * hathtee71year `$480 000gra t Ithaca Pennysaver November 24-30, 1993 ROGER CORNISH ABSOLUTE REAL ESTATE AUCTION Enfield - Ithaca Area (Tompkins Co.) Saturday December 4,1993 2:00 PM Auction .& Showing to be held at Parcel #1 on the Waterburg Rd. Use Rt. 79 West (Mecklenburg Rd.) from Ithaca 9 miles to Waterburg Rd., turn & go 1 / 3 mile to Parcel 1. Arrows off Rt. 79 at Waterburg Rd. 160 - BEAUTIFUL ACRES -160 Very nice land. 12 Surveyed Parcels which range from Oto 35 acres. 6 Parcels are on Waterburg Rd & 6 are on North and South sides of Rt. 79 just past Waterburg Rd. Lots of frontage. Some beautiful parcels here with excellent location. Trumansburg School Dist. Everythinghas been surveyed, marked & flagged. There is a large Survey Map at Parcel #1, as well as a Mailbox w/ Brochures. Parcels sell singularly or in combinations, which ever is the greater. THEY ALL SELL ABSOLUTELY TO THE jRGHEST BIDDER(S) REGARDLESS OF PRICE.. (Tent in case of bad weather.) Terms: 1070 Down day of Auction in Cash or Good Check Balance in 30 days of closing. Inspections: Sat. Nov. 27 2:00-4:00 PM Sun. Nov. 28; 2:00-4:00 PM Or Walk at your convenience. Owner: Roger Cornish ',.Clark -Real Estate & Mel Manasse Licensed Real Estate Brokers & Auctioneer Ithaca & Whitney -Point, N.Y.. _ 607-273-3590 or 607-692-4540 / 1-800-MANASSE _7he Ithaca Journal .Monday, December 6, 1993 `-tays proposed budget 4oesn't reflect reality 1 am writing to express my concern :bout the proposed 11.26 percent ,:property tax increase in the 1994 %ounty budget. An 11.26 percent hike -tar exceeds an estimated inflation rate -jed the economic growth rate. ="= The proposed budget does not :sr ect economic reality. :p':.' The proponents of this budget sug- g,rsted that they were caught between Fre rising cost of services and loss of tate and federal funds, that the 0oices they face are to decrease ser- ,,rvkes or to increase revenues. With �te respect, I cannot believe continu- to raise taxes will solve our prob- dtems in this county. It may put a i Band-Aid on the problem in the short run, but how about the long-term pic- J lure? A few years from now, will busi- nesses be closing or moving due to #F123-93 December 1, 1993 Enfield $139,700. FORGET THE HOMEWORK! This shinning 4 bedroom, 2 bath beauty will be spic & span in no time w/ easy -care floors, high- tech kitchen, all situated on 6+ ac. You've got little to do except enjoy life. Call Edie Spaulding, Associate Broker, GRI, CRS today! E higher costs? Will banks Te sitting on ' l repossessed homes that no one can afford to buy or landlords holding properties no one can afford to rent? + I do not believe the solution lies only with our government. I believe owe have been putting our faith in an institution which is known for its inef- s ficiencies. Perhaps it is time for each d of us as citizens and members of a community begin to look for ways to help each other and decrease our a reliance on services paid for with tax rt dollars. Tompkins County has many creative and courageous individuals. a Can't we find a way to a more effi- cient system with some built-in accountability? .' One final thought I'd like to share with those who will be voting on the budget Tuesday night: To the best of my knowledge it has never been good policy to take oil out of the engine to tend to the squeaky wheel. Sarah Jones Enfield The Ithaca Journal Tuesday, Decmber 7, 1993 , , • Kyle C. Denmark, 19, of 133 Grey Road, was charged with con- suming an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle. The arrests were made between 11:30 p.m. on Friday and 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. Kuhn was arrested when he tried to avoid going through the checkpoint by making a U-turn, police said. All four were All released on their own recognizance and will appear in court at a later date, Police said. The Ithaca Journal Tuesday, December 7, 1993 W124-93 McCallplanp eases ension burden Local governments would pay a portion of funds owed system Firnn Stat11'und Kin, Rcpxnzs ALBANY - State and local aov- ernments will have to repay only $90 million of the $4 billion they owe the state pension system next year under it plan disclosed Monday by state Comptroller Carl McCall. •'lt*s in the best interests of the members to keep local governments fiscally solvent,' McCall said. "A pen- sion doesn't matter if you don't have a job." he said. McCall's plan --strikes at fair bal- ance between restoring the pension fund and an unbearable hit on local taxpayers." said Peter Bayles of the state Conference of Mayors. But McCall's plan was attacked by the head of the state's largest cmpl0y- ee union. Joseph McDermott of the Civil Service Employees Association, who said it "doesn't go far enough fast enough." The plan by McCall, the"sole trustee of the state's $56 billion pen- sion system, calls for the state to pay an extra $30 million in March of 1995 and local governments $60'million in their December 1994 payment to the pension fund. That's accomplished by placing a cap on the payments, which increase from zero next year to 4-5 percent of payroll in 1997, and removing the cap after that. Most of the money owed the system is to be repaid within 12 years. Both Tompkins County Adminis- trator Scott Heyman and Citv of Itha- ca Controller Dominick Cafferillo said this morning that their offices have been preparing for a change in pension fund obligations for a few .years - by setting aside added funds in reserve. Therefore, thev said, added mandated contributions to the pension fund wouldn't affect their 1994 budgets. The county's full, aggregate obliga- tion for 1994, of $1,134,623, would have been $71,141 under the PUC (Planned Unit Contributions) system rejected by the courts. Under McCall's compromise- plan, the coun- ty's contribution for 1994 would be $219,880. The city's aggregate obligation for 1994 is $420,324, or $70,201 under the PUC plan. Under McCall's plan, the city's contribution would be $110,493. Heyman and Cafferrillo said, Local estimated contributions for 1994 Does not include Employees Retirement System contributions to Police and Fire Full amount McCall PUC Retirement System. owed plan plan Tompkins County $1,134,623 $219,880 $71.141 City of Ithaca 420,307 110.493 70.201 fthaca 86,897 26,505 15,435 Lansing 36,224 8.077 2,247 Groton , ° 1.6,710 3,528 1,404 Enfield 1.7,384 10,244 9,119 Ulysses 25,079 14,967 11,917 Caroline 29,710 20,521 17,761 Newfield 41.;889 27,749 . ,.23,.960 Dryden 68,950 32,627 30,691 Ranby Cayuga Heights 22;374 .. 6,9:59 3;954 Groton 19,455 4,535 4,739 Trumansburg :9;046 "S,010 Dryden 32,690 25,653 23,600 FrwAlle 1524 =438 06' Other l=.ingw Lakes Library System :.33;872 14;133 .... ; 8, 4, ` SOCES 113,263 19.919 6.976 Ithaca Housing Authority 30,373 6,720 1.,905 . Groton Housing Authority 2,232 788 - 494 School Districts _ Ithaca City 320,953. 68,1338 45,586 Trumansburg 66,573 13,808 4,057 „ Dryden y y{ �p Yt��! 1 a ,$ i i :.i7val7iir7 19,71 Groton 59,057 17,816 11,784 Lansing - 334 3$;576:. Newfield 49,282 9;842 3,104 Source: Office of the State Comptroller Scott Davis/Joumal-Staff because of planned reserve funding, the county and the city should be in a position to phase in their full obliga- tion to the system within the state's timetable. -According to tentative figures sup- plied by McCall's office, the cost to local governments of the pensions will rise rapidly from less than one percent of payroll next year to about 6 percent in 1998, and staying stable after that. Governments have paid little if anything into the system over the past three years because of a change made in calculating contributions in 1989. The new PUC method required no contributions from the governments for the first few years, but steeper pay- ments after the turn of the century. It was adopted by the Legislature and Gov. Mario Cuomo, who were look- ing for quick cash to help plug a bud- get deficit. McDermott said it should be repaid quicker, since it belongs to workers. He said under McCall's plan, "public employers get another bonanza." PUC was approved over the objec- tions of then -comptroller Edward V_ Regan. It was.successfully challenged in court by unions, who said the new scheme weakened the pension fund that pays retirement benefits to their members. The Court of Appeals agreed in a decision last month. "Hopefully the message here is no more (budget) gimmicks," McCall said. The system covers about 260AXl retirees, whose average dnnlla) pen- sion is $7.506, and 600,000 active workers. The pension amount hasn't been increased in eight years. ` Jay Gallagher, with Gannett News Ser- " vice, contributed to this story. ODYSSEYPUBLICATIONS/DECEMBER 8, 1993 Artist Ashley Miller Displays at Library By Joan Ormondroyd This month's Ulysses Library exhibit is well worth visiting. Local artist Ashley Miller, who was featured at this year's Candlelight Dinner, has filled the library's exhibit case and bulletin board with her fine marbled papers, as well as examples of her marbled necklaces, earrings, and scarves. A resident of Tompkins County since 1969, Miller credits Peter Kahn for starting her on an artistic career when she took his calligraphy course in 1974. She became so intrigued with calligraphy that she went on to study with some of the finest calligraphers in the country, and for 10 years worked as a professional in that field. Miller's obsession with the letter form led her eventually into the printing trade where she was exposed to marbled paper that the press (for which she worked) bought from a firm in England and used for their book endpapers. Miller moved to New York City to study marbling and after returning to Ithaca, supported herself for a while making marbled scarves, marbled jewelry, and marbled stationery. Her marbled papers have become so well known by now, however, that she no longer sells retail, but distributes her work through large art supply stores. Marbling is thought to have originated in Turkestan and by the 16th century was being used to prevent counterfeiting of court documents. Benjamin Franklin, in 1776, caused the 20 -dollar bill of the - period to be franked with marbling along one edge to thwart forgery. Traditional marbling consists of water- based colors (with ox gall added) floating on gum - thickened water, which are transferred to the surface of specially treated paper or fabric. Each color is sprinkled on the liquid with a broomstraw whisk whacked against the finger. After the colors are applied, the paper is laid on top of the floating colors. 2125-93 This exhibit will be on display through December. The public is cordially invited to view it during regular library hours. Because the paper has previously had a chemical solution to it, the colors immediately adhere. The photo courtesy Ulysses U1.,ary paper -is then rinsed and hung to dry. -------------------- .Ashley Miller, at work in herstudio.., .. . . T, he Ithaca Journal Saturday, December 11, 1993 GARY REED ENFIELD — Mary Reed, 80, .of �5 Rothermich Road, Enfield, cged Thursday, Dec. 9, 1993 at Uhuyler Hospital in Montour Ils. There will be no prior calling urs. Private graveside services 4,11 be held at Calvary Cemetery on M, onday, Dec. 13. Herson Funeral Dome has care of the, arrange - tents. 'the Ithaca Journal - tuesday, December 14, 1993 Jeffrey Nelson and Janet Austin Austin Nelson Janet Austin and Jeffrey Nelson, along with their parents, Laura and Richard Tuttle of 2507 Mecklenburg Road, and Felicie and Williams G. Williams of Aurora, Ill., announce their engagement. - Ms. Austin attended school in the Ithaca City School District and is the daughter of the late Howard Austin. Mr. Nelson graduated in 1990 from West Aurora High in Aurora, Ill. and is the son of the late Gerald Nelson. Wedding plans are incomplete. The Ithaca Journai Monday, December 13, 1993 HERIFEAT A. "TEETER Herbert' K. Teeter, 75, of Itha- ca, died Friday, December 10, 1993 in Tompkins Com- muntty Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Newfield, son of the late Anna White Teeter and William Hymes. Teter. Iie was a, U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a retired carpenter and mem- ber of Carpenter's Local #603 for over 20 years. Mr. Teeter is survived by his wife, Rose Bannister Teeter: daughter in law, 4V0W1@ffJ01NW grandchildren, Tabitha and Dallas W. Teeter all of Ithaca; five brothers, Richard and Amandus Teeter of Ithaca, Donald and Franklin Teeter of Florida. and John Teeter of New Jer- sey; five sisters, Anna Sladish and Mable Rundle of Ithaca, Myrtle Tafaoa of North Caroli- na, Florence Teeter of Ger- mantown, NY and Mary. Seifert of Florida; several nieces, nephews and one aunt. He was predeceased by a son, Dallas E. Teeter who died in 1984, and three brothers, Glenn, Edwin and Harvey Teeter. Funeral services will be- held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 14, 1993 in the E.C. Wagner Funeral Home of Ithaca, Rev. Jack Lewis offici- ating. Friends may call from 12:30 -1:30 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will be in Frear Memorial Park with military services conducted by V.F.W. Post #961. In.lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Deborah Heart & Lung Hospital, Cym- rot Center; 212 Trenton Rd., Browns Mills, N.J.08015,- 0792 8015-0792 or the charA of one's choice. -J . V The Ithaca Journal #126-93 Tuesday, December 14, 1993 BEVERLY J. BROWN Beverly J. Brown, 58. of 1883 Mecklenburg Rd., died Satur- day, December 11, 1993 in Tompkins Community Hospi- tal after an extended illness. Born in Ithaca, she was the daughter of Grace Griffin Henderson and the late David Henderson. As a teenager. she moved to Enfield where she became active in all com- munity affairs. Mrs. Brown was a very active member, former church clerk, and Sunday School teacher in the First Baptist Church of Enfield. She was a member and held various offices in the Enfield Valley Grange and the Enfield Fireman's Auxilliary. An avid bowler, Mrs. Brown was in several Ithaca area bowling leagues. She also loved reading, cook- ing and flower gardening and was a friend to all, especially her family. In addition to her mother, Grace Henderson of Newfield, Mrs. Brown is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Bridgette B. and Gordon E. Lenphero of Hammandsport; her son and his girlfriend, Brett E. Brown and Donna Wright of Middleburg, .VA; granddaughter, Kelsey L. Lanphere, grandson, Roger H. Wright; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Katherine and David Marvin of Ithaca and Linda and Kenneth Carlisle of Newfield: a sister, Donna Marvin of Ithaca: a brother-in-law, Nelson Brown of Trumansburg. several nieces, nephews, great- nieces, great-nephews and cousins. Mrs. Brown was pre- deceased by her husband T. Roger Brown on January 24, 1993. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m_ Wednes- day, December 15. 1993 in the E.C. Wagner Funeral Home of Ithaca, Rev. Michael Krembs and Rev. Jack Lewis officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, New- field. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and from 10-11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the T. Roger Brown Memorial Building_ Fund, c/o Mrs. Gladys Willis, Juniper Manor, Apt. 1-7, Trumans- burg 14886. The Ithaca Journal Monday, December 13, 1993 City, county get fed housing funds Tompkins County hit the jackpot when Community Development Block Grants from the federal depart- ment of Housing and Urban. Develop- ment were announced Friday. The City of Ithaca will receive a $900,000 grant for affordable housing and economic development activities. The funds will go toward: • renovating apartment units at the Landmark Square complex on Mead- ow Street, site improvements at Wood Street park across the street, and a broader neighborhood revitalization plan, including a neighborhood -polic- ing program and an after-school youth Program; • Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services' affordable home ownership ' program for -low and moderate income, first-time home buyers; • the Groton Community Health Care Center's satellite dental clinic, which will go into the renovated . Rothschild's — and most recently, McCurdy's — building on The Com- mons; expansion of Challenge Indus- tries' microfilm operations. The county will receive $600,000 to assist low- and moderate -income households, outside of the city; to become first-time home buyers. Bet- ter Housing for .Tompkins County administers the program. The Town of Enfield will receive $400,000 for the rehabilitation of 24 units of substandard housing occu- pied by low and moderate income people. The Ithaca Journal #110 7 -9 3 Wednesday, December 15, 1993 The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, December 15, LAWRENCE RAYMOND He retired from the bakery 1993 BANFIELD business and went to work at Lawrence Raymond Banfield Cornell University in 1972. Enfield looks passed away quietly in his He served as a steward for steep on Monday, December 13, 1993 surrounded by his the UAW while employed there and fully retired in to distribute adoring children. The follow- 1992. He is a past Governor irig is a tribute to him written of the Ithaca Moose Lodge HUD by them: where he served in various grant , .Our Dad was born in itha- offices over many years. cd on August 17, 1917 the Dad's passion was his ByJEFFSTIMPSON shin of Duane Banfield who . Family. Our parents' home Jounual Stuff died in 1965 and Isabella has always been the hub of The Town of Enfield should be, - King Banfield who died on our lives and none of us has ready to dispense portions of its. -v May 27, 1993. He was also any better friends than our recent housing grant to qualified=o;% ptedeceased by his beloved parents. He was the sort of homeowners in the town by spring.::.,, sister and brother, Mary Mal- Dad you looked up to and according to town and county offi; otie and Harry Banfield. knew he would always be cials. Late last week, Enfield received a • :He is survived by his devot- there for you no matter what. $400,000 Small Cities Community ed wife of 55 years, Charlene He was quick with a joke and Development Block Grant from the Mae Wood Banfield, a brother had a soft heart that would U.S. Department of Housing an aftd sister-in-law Roland and allow him to cry easily over a Urban Development. Ltacille Banfield, a sister -in- sad movie or some pain one The money will eventually help 247, law Pat Banfield and many of us kids was suffering. He Enfield homeowners improve their�t-=r nieces and nephews. was an outstanding human houses and mobile homes, Enfield. -r.. ;Lawrence and Charlene being, with a flamboyant wit, Town Supervisor Jean Owens said. .-iv.. have eleven children who are a quiet strength and a gentle Environmental -impact reports oq- proposed renovations should taker".. rrjourning his passing and charm. We are mouthing his about a month, said Carl Hcck;,,,administrative remembering his life. They passing together and suffer- coordinator for th&- acid their spouses and mates ing pain that will surely not Tompkins County Planning Depart;, _, ate; James and Peggy Ban- subside for a long time to ment. field, Sandra and R. Bruce come. Our father lived 76 At its January meeting, the Enfiek;I;.;. Myers, Lawrence and June wonderful years among us Town Board will discuss forming Bgnfield, Connie Teeter and which we can savor, and his review boards to dispense the grant ?, Gerald Evans, Judith Meade, legacy of love, strength, and funds. Owens said. - - J�Lck and Nancy Banfield, Jill the family bond be nurtured "None of the work needed (on the- apd Melvin Holub, Kathleen in all of us will sustain us in 24 homes) is cosmetic;' she stressed..' "It's sewer -water repairs, roofingu�;:C' apd Carl Haff,d& our pain: Vi%e will always hold foundation work, and total renovate �' F, i on, Terry Banfield you close in our hearts Dad, tion." and Barbara Mastroianni, for you truly are the wind Y Y The grant money will be distrihutecf , ,;. Barry Banfield and Tara beneath our wings. With in various proportions, which can ., Piisco, and Gail Banfield. deepest love and respect, range from $23,000for major work on - From these children Dad had Your Family. a house to $6.000470X) for repairs to,,` . . 24 grandchildren who Were -Our Dad will be honored mobile homes, Heck said. y. equally devoted to him and with a memorial service offi- This is the first such grant for 26 great grand children. ciated by James Johnson and Enfield, which was rejected for thaw :Dad supported us kids Ray Davis at the Church of grant last year. Other area recipient included Tompkins County and this most of his life working in the Christ at 1210 N. Cayuga City of Ithaca. r food business, running Street Ithaca, NY on Thurs- This year, Enfield was the only, s Bake on Corn Street �D'� Bakery da Dec. 16, 1993 at 2:00. Y� town in Tompkins County to receive 4w�` is Ithaca for a 'number of p.m. grant. The Town of Caroline received r; years, then moved the family Donations may be made to the block grants in 1991 and 1992. ,.., out to the farmhouse in the Varna Fire Department Owens attributed Enfield's secur,,;,.. UaTising in 1953 and began Rescue Team. The E.C. Wag- ing the grant to "our tremendous working at the Groton Bakery ner Funeral Home of Ithaca amount of low-income housing,_; v�here he worked until many is in charge of arrangements. specifically elderly living on SociaP.*44 of us were grown. Security." Qualifying households had to haves: an income at or below $29,900 for - I. Use: The renovation or repair mobile homes family of three.' Nineteen of the 24 homes slated tat Housing grant of 24 homes or receive funding were also beneath tho' in the town. 50 percent median income level f0t:4�, What: Enfield has received a time: 18 to 24 ns allows af.�- a Small Cities Development Completion familTompky otf thre�ua nuaI income ot; Block Grant of $400,000. months. — $20M0. ODYSSEY PUBL/CAT/ONS/DECEMBER 15, 1993 Pet/Snta Photo Is Free For $5 SPCA Donation On Saturday, December 18, a dona- tion of $5 or more to the SPCA will do more than support the Society's activi- ties on behalf of Tompkins County's animal population: it will also get you a free professional photograph of your pet, with Santa Claus, from Ithaca Agway. From 9am until noon on Saturday, pet owners may bring their pets to Agway at 213 South Fulton Street in Ithaca and contribute $5 to the Tompkins County SPCA Your pet will be immortalized with Santa by local photographer �a free 5 -by -7 inch color print (in a modest Christmas frame) will be available for pickup at Agway on Wednesday, December 22. Free pet -related gifts and product discounts will also be available. For more information, contact Chrta at Agway, 272-1848. The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, December 15, 1993 BIRTHS TOMPKINS COMMUNITY HOSPIT - .'SMITH — Norman and Cynthia Estes, Ithaca, a daughter, Lillian Rebecca, Nov. 4, 1993. The Ithaca Journal Saturday, December 18, 1993 The annual Enfield Christmas candlelight service at the Enfield Cen- ter United Methodist Church will be at 7 p.m. Sunday. The theme is "Christmas Wrappings." The Ithaca Journal 'Saturday, December 18, 1993 Agape Bible Church, 264 Sty. Applegate Road, will hold a chil- dren's Christmas program at 7 p.m. The ltnaca Journa ;Friday, December 17, 1993 Reward offered for info about Enfield ducks Six large white ducks were killed or stolen from the backyard of an Enfield home this week, the owners have reported. The incident, which took place sometime between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday, was reported to New York State Police. Lisa and Bruce Lott Sr., of 49 Sage Road in the Town of Enfield, said their 7 -year-old twin daughters found the bodies of two of the ducks early Thursday morning near a pond on the couple's property. The ducks' heads had been torn off, but no other injuries were evident. The other four ducks are missing, the Lotts said. The Lotts are offering a.$500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the killing or disappear- ance of the ducks, which had been hand -raised and treated as pets, Lisa Lott said. The Ithaca Journal Thursday, December 16, 1993 ELSEWHERE CARLISON— Michael and Kris- ten Wright, of Ithaca, a daughter, Melinda Marie, Nov. 19, 1993, at Amot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira- The lmira The Ithaca Journal Monday, December 20, 199 3 OOPTION LUEDER — Don and Effie Close, 1rumansburg, adopted a daughter, 91, ado Ca r�date, Dec.16,�ine born 1993. ' 1g91, adoption r #128-93 The Ithaca Journal Friday, December 17, 1993 Enfield sets its 1994 tax rate The Town of Enfield has set its tax rates for 1994. The town tax rate will be $5.21 per $1,000 of assessment, or $521.40 on property assessed at $100,000 in value. That is drop from the 1993 town tax rate of $5.24 per $1,000 of assessment. Total 1994 appropriations for the general fund are $270,449. Total appropriations for the highway fund are $377,341. And, the 1994 Enfield town budget totals $792,599. The Enfield Town Board approved the rates at its November meeting. The fire district tax rate, which is not fixed by the Town Board, will be $1.58 per $1,000 of assessment. That rate is unchanged from 1993. Town and fire district tax bills are mailed with regular county tax bills at the first of the year. M �cl, a Jo ay Dec9Mber \ 20, 1993 Solstice party The Enfield Elementary School PTA is holding a Winter Solstice Party for all Enfield families at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Families will gather 'round a large bonfire on the school grounds to sing winter and holiday songs. After- ward, they'll go.inside for hot cider and cookies. Principal Nan Brown says,"We welcome any musicians who want to come and accompany us — guitar players, bell ringers, whatever ... Wednesday morning, parents, grandparents and guardians are invit- ed to the school for a holiday break- fast with their children. In prepara- tion for the event, dads, moms and grandparents have come to school for U the past several weeks to help stu- dents make "kuchen," traditional hol- .iday bread rings filled with nuts and raisins. • — 1129-93 Pen slonpaymentscreate an. unwelcome burden for toes By JEFF STIMPSON Jountal Staff The state thinks its' a plan to chip away now at a huge, potentially crip- pling debt in the future. Tompkins County towns and vil- lages grudgingly agree, but still don't look forward to higher bills in 1994. That's the debate locally surround- ing a plan by state Comptroller Carl McCall to begin next year attacking a $4 billion debt owed by state and local governments to the $56 billion state employee pension system. Local governments have to make their next payments to pension system on or before Dec. 15 of next year. All nearby towns, and all -but three villages, are probably looking at an immediate, state -mandated increase. Towns (Continued from Page 3A) puts a cap on yearly increases in ments. To not cap the increases a r towns had set budgets "would have been too much of a shock," said Steven Greenberg, spokesman for McCall's office. Local governments statewide would kick in an additional $60 mil- lion in their next payments. To some, however, the new form - la still represents more battering fro the state government. "Albany needs a good housecle - ing," said Lansing Town Supervis r Jeannine A. Kirby, whose town bu - get for 1994 had to allow for me, than a tripling of annual pension Pa-- ments, to an estimated $8,077. Tompkins County and the City'f Ithaca have reported that they fine had a few years' warning of this increas- es and so reserved adequate funds. ' Some towns enjoy a similar situa- tion. The Town of Ithaca = where pay- ments will rise to an estimated $26,505 from $15,435 annually —joins the towns of Caroline and Lansingmin reporting that they had time to prepare their 1994 budgets to absorb. the increases. "We budgeted five percent of .our salaries to pay the increase, and an addition:;; five percent for a contin- gency," Ithaca Town Supervisor Shirley Raffensperger. ' Enfield Town SupervAor..Jean Owens joined other officials in exprem, ing relief that PUC had been junked. "Why you were paying and what you.were paying (for four years) has been just a nightmare," Owens said. - "A town would have a problem if they didn't know this was coming, said town Supervisor Robert Spauld- ing, of Caroline, where next year's Payment to the state is expected to jump to $20,521 from $17,761. Towns were informed of estimated changes to their 1994 expenses before villages, local government officials said, because towns prepare their annual budgets in November and vil- lages prepare theirs around the fol- lowing March. McCall's plan, released Dec. 6, calls for repaying funds withheld under the Planned Unit Contribution (PUC) system recently rejected by the courts — with four years -of gradu- al increases to up to 4.5 percent of a - municipality's payroll by 1997. Most of the money owed to the system would Lansing Enfield Caroline Dryden be repaid within 12 years. The PUC system, which began in 1989, had required no contributions from governments for the first few years, but steeper payments after the tum of the century. It was adopted by the state Legislature and Gov. Mario Cuomo to lower the pension pay ments of local governments to create a savings fund. The state then raided up to 35 percent of the savings fund to get quick cash to help balance the state budget. But a state court ruled -this year, after a suit was filed by state employee unions, that the PUC plan was uncon- stitutional and the pension fund had to be payed back in full. McCall's Proposal is a compromiseplan,.which See TOWNS, 4A The Ithaca Journal Monday, December 20, 1993 Full amount McCall PUC owed plan plats 11 36,224 8,077 2,247 16,71 fl� M 17,384 10,244 9,119 25,079 � 1211 29,710 20,521 17,761 68,950 - 32,627 30,691 Groton 19,455 4,535 4,739 .Y. ttlllli,.. Dryden 32,690 25,653 23,600 "m 4%+�"r�"'�:.H.s,.a. Source: Office of the State Comptroller Scott Davis/Joumal 'the Ithaca Journal Wednesday, December 22, 1993 W.F. Dougherty Jr., 23, of 965 Sny- der Hill Road, was charged Saturday with driving with intoxicated and driv- ing with a blood-alcohol content of more than 0.10, Ithaca police said. Dougherty was stopped on Hector Street for speeding and,failure to keep right, police said. He is sched- uled to appear Jan. 5 in Ithaca City Court. The Ithaca Journal Saturday, December 25, 1993 By 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve, things had quieted down a little at Pyramid Mall. "And well they should have, since only an hour remained until the gates were to close on another holiday shopping season. Dave Owens of Enfield saw nothing unusual about being at the mall 45 minutes before closing time on Christmas Eve. "I do this every year." he said. "The prices are better.' The Ithaca Journal Saturday, December 25, 1993 SIEGARD — James and Suanne Heath, Enfield, a daughter, Melanie Jane, Dec. 7,1993: The Ithaca Journal Saturday, December 25, 1993 IANNONE — Louis and Lee Wendling, Enfield, a daughter, Melody Jo, Dec. 10, 1993. The Ithaca Journal Saturday, December 25, 1993 RALPH JAMES CUTTING FREEVILLE—Ralph James Cutting, age 73, of 1834 Dry= den Road, Freeville, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 1993, at the Tompkins Community Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Cutting was born Dec. 12, 1920 at. Lockport, NY, a son of the late Ralph R. and Bridle Fahey Cutting. A long time resident of Tompkins County, he had operated Cutting's Garage on Rt. 13 since 1954. He was also employed for 35 years as a school bus driver at the Dry- den Central School, retiring in 1989. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII with the Signal Corps and partici- pated in the Invasion of Nor: mandy. Jim was a member of Leonard T. Spaulding Post 1134, American Legion. In 1992, Jim and Pastor Dennis Mudge were the founders of the Berean Bible Church of Cortland. He was a member of Gideon's International and started the Cortland County Jail Ministry. The Ithaca Journal Monday, -December 27, 1130=03 Surviving are his children and their spouses; James G. and Dorothy, .Cutting of Freeville, WilliaM D: and Cindy Cutting of Lansing:. Michael Cutting of North Lansing and Rose M: and Ronald Cutting -Compton of Olathe. Kansas; two brothers,` Terrance Cutting of Granada. Hills, CA and Eugene Cutting of Newfield: three sisters. Vivian Paddock of Enfield, Patricia Freelove of Ithaca and Rita Rich of Newfield; five grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Mr. Cutting was predeceased by a sister Eileen Goodband and his wife of 40 years, the former Mary Zimmer. Funeral services will be at 10a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28 at the Perkins Funeral Home with Pastor Dennis Mudge officiating. Burial, in Willow Glen Cemetery, will be delayed until spring. The family - will receive their friends from 7-9p.m. Monday at the funeral home, 55 West Main St., Dryden. Friends who wish to remember Jim may make memorials to: Berean Bible Church, c/o Dennis Mudge, Livermore Road Ext., Dryden, NY _13053. The Ithaca Journal 1993 Friday, December 24, 1993 Woman charged with DWI and pot possession An Ithaca woman was ticketed with DWI after hercar struck a New York State Electric and Gas Vitility pole Fri- day morning. At about 7 a.m., state police responded to the scene of the one -car accident on Bostwick Road.'The vehi- cle driven by AnnMarie Porter, 28, of 150 Sheffield Road, was westbound on Bostwick Road in the Town of Ithaca when. it left the roadway and struck a .pole on the north side of the road, troopers said. Porter, who was reportedly unin- jured, was also charged with unlawful possession' of marijuana. Her vehicle was towed from the, scene.. She is scheduled to appear .in Town of Ithaca court on Jan. 5. NOTICE OF. PUBLIC NEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Town Board of the Town of Enfield at the Enfield Community - Center, 182 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, New York, on the 5th day of January, 1994, at 7:00 p.m., concern - Ing proposed Locol Low No. A of 1994, entitled: "A LO- CAL LAW PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF AUTO. provides that the Town of En- field shall require licenses for all propsry owners to aP- erate, establish or maintain on automobile junkyard, and provides for prosecution and punfshmenl of 13tgrdy own - ors who fail to obtain such licenses. At such time and place, all Persons interested in the sub - feet matter thereof will be heard. BETTY F. POOLE INTERIM TOWN CLERK December 24, 1993 I TOWN OF ENFIELD NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF TAX ROLL AND WARRANT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned Tax Co( lector for the Town of Enfield County of Tompkins, anti State of New York has duly received the tax roll and war. rant for the collection of taxes within the Town of Enfield for the year 1994, and that the Tax Collector will attend at c7 0) 0) T Cl) N CD M C U 3 (a cZ 0,0L C a) 'D CD The Ithaca Journal Thursday, December 30, 1993 COLIN MOORE Colin Moore, 60, of 5 Maple- wood Road, died unexpected- ly Tuesday, December 28, 1993 in Tompkins Communi- ty Hospital. He was born in England, son of the late Regi- nald and Sarah Holcroft Moore. He retired in 1992 from the New York Telephone Compa- ny where he had worked for thirty five years. Colin was a former member of the Henry St. Johns P.T.A. and had, been very active in many local youth and civic organ- zations. He was an avid out- doorsman and a former member of Saint Johns Epis- copal. Church. MARJORIE V. SLAGHT SMITH JACKSONVILLE—Marjorie V. Slaght Smith, 86, of Jack- sonville Rd., Jacksonville, New York died Monday, Dec. 27, 1993 at Lakeside Nursing Home. Mrs. Smith was born Feb. 14, 1907, in Interlaken, NY a daughter of the late Bert and Edith Dickerson Slaght. She was the widow of the late Howard I. Smith who died March 1, 1991. She was a member and Past Matron of the Trumansburg O.E.S. #479 and the Juanita Rebekah Lodge. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Trumansburg. Mrs. Smith had resided in Jacksonville for over 50 years. She was predeceased by a son James H. Smith and a daughter Edith Crumb. - She is survived by a daugh- ter, Mrs.. Walter (Anita) McFall of Interlaken and a son 1tl of Tru- mansburg, '14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 1 great -great granddaughter. A Memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday. Dec. 30, 1993 in Rhode - Covert Funeral Home in Tru- mansburg, NY. Rev. Kenneth Scovell, Pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Jones Cemetery in the spring. There will be no calling hours. Friends wishing may direct memorials to the Interlaken Fire Dept. Interlaken, New York 14847. He is survived by his loving family, Noreen E. Moore of Ithaca. His sons, Michael C. Moore of Brooktondale and Timothy J'. Moore of Rochester. His daughter, Yvonne M. Everhart of Ithaca. His grandchildren, Kristina and 'Ashley Moore. and Christopher and Angela Ever- hart. Two step grandchildren Timothy and Valerie Ever- hart. His brothers URMO 4e is also �., ".., survived by his sister, Evelyn Dijlaard of Prescott,'- Arizona and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins in the U.S. and England. the Town of Enfield Office at 168 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, New York Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 11:06 a.m. on� 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. to (o 7:00 p.rnand Thursdays 0) 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 0) 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. r starting January 1, 1994, througgh the enhre collection CY)For period exclusive of holidays the purpose of receiving L- the taxes listed on said roll. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, Ethat taxes may be id on or before January l` 311,, 1994, (n (3) without charge or interest. 0 On all taxes received cher C) such date, there shall be j,1 added interest of one (1) per - centum for the first CIS al -0 month and an additional one Ill per- t centum for each additional = i month or fraction thereof, thereafter until such taxes are L .0 paid or until the return of F- I unpaid taxes to the County " 3 ( Budget Officer, pursuant to CD law. AND TAKE FUTHER NO- C' TICE, that sold taxes may be C1} (D paid in installments if the first L I— Installment with service charge is paid on or before January 15, 1994. 'Alici Laue, Tax Collector 'Town of Enfield Ithaca, NY 14850 December 30 1993 January 5, 1094 c7 0) 0) T Cl) N CD M C U 3 (a cZ 0,0L C a) 'D CD The Ithaca Journal Thursday, December 30, 1993 COLIN MOORE Colin Moore, 60, of 5 Maple- wood Road, died unexpected- ly Tuesday, December 28, 1993 in Tompkins Communi- ty Hospital. He was born in England, son of the late Regi- nald and Sarah Holcroft Moore. He retired in 1992 from the New York Telephone Compa- ny where he had worked for thirty five years. Colin was a former member of the Henry St. Johns P.T.A. and had, been very active in many local youth and civic organ- zations. He was an avid out- doorsman and a former member of Saint Johns Epis- copal. Church. MARJORIE V. SLAGHT SMITH JACKSONVILLE—Marjorie V. Slaght Smith, 86, of Jack- sonville Rd., Jacksonville, New York died Monday, Dec. 27, 1993 at Lakeside Nursing Home. Mrs. Smith was born Feb. 14, 1907, in Interlaken, NY a daughter of the late Bert and Edith Dickerson Slaght. She was the widow of the late Howard I. Smith who died March 1, 1991. She was a member and Past Matron of the Trumansburg O.E.S. #479 and the Juanita Rebekah Lodge. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Trumansburg. Mrs. Smith had resided in Jacksonville for over 50 years. She was predeceased by a son James H. Smith and a daughter Edith Crumb. - She is survived by a daugh- ter, Mrs.. Walter (Anita) McFall of Interlaken and a son 1tl of Tru- mansburg, '14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 1 great -great granddaughter. A Memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday. Dec. 30, 1993 in Rhode - Covert Funeral Home in Tru- mansburg, NY. Rev. Kenneth Scovell, Pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Jones Cemetery in the spring. There will be no calling hours. Friends wishing may direct memorials to the Interlaken Fire Dept. Interlaken, New York 14847. He is survived by his loving family, Noreen E. Moore of Ithaca. His sons, Michael C. Moore of Brooktondale and Timothy J'. Moore of Rochester. His daughter, Yvonne M. Everhart of Ithaca. His grandchildren, Kristina and 'Ashley Moore. and Christopher and Angela Ever- hart. Two step grandchildren Timothy and Valerie Ever- hart. His brothers URMO 4e is also �., ".., survived by his sister, Evelyn Dijlaard of Prescott,'- Arizona and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins in the U.S. and England. Funeral services will be cel- ebrated by Rev. Lewis Coffin on Friday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Johns Episcopal Church. Burial will -be in the spring in Pleasant Grove :Cemetery_ Friends may call Thursday evening from 7 to 9 at Bangs Funeral Home. In lieu of flow- ers, the family requests dona- tions in Col n -s Inerwry be directed to the Ithaca Youth Bureau Soccer Program, 1 James Gibbs Dr., Ithaca, NY 14850. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that tha Board of Representatives at their December 21, 1993 meetingadopted Local Law No. 7of 1993 -Imposing a Surcharge on Telephone Access Lines to Raise Rev- enues for the System Costs Associated with the Creation of an Enhanced 911 Emer- gency Telephone System in Tompkins Count' which pro- vides tor: 1) The imposition of a surcharge of 35 cents per month on each local tele - (n (3) phone and exchange access line in Tompkins County; 2) 0) The surcharge shall not apply r to more than 75 local ex- Nper change lines per customer location; 3) The sur - charge shall not apply to any L d} Life line customers of local Q telephone service suppliers; - Allphe surcharge shall not N U Al ILItch 85 wComeith exchangge 255; 5) The Q 0 253, 254, and estimated torget date for the commencement of enhanced " 3 ( 911 telephone service in I ovem- ber p30"s1994County 6) All is suppli- CD ers of local telephone ex - C' change access lines shall begin to add the 35 cent per C1} (D month surcharge as herein bills L I— provided to all service t sued after March 1, 1994, subjected to the exclusions contained herein; 7) This lo- cal low shall became effec- tive immediately upon filing in accordance with the provi- sions of the munici of home rule law of New York State. A copy of this Local Law is on file and may be examined as the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Representatives at 320 North riogo Street, Ithaca, New York during nor - mai business hours. Catherine Covert, Clerk Board of Representatives December 29, 1993 . Funeral services will be cel- ebrated by Rev. Lewis Coffin on Friday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Johns Episcopal Church. Burial will -be in the spring in Pleasant Grove :Cemetery_ Friends may call Thursday evening from 7 to 9 at Bangs Funeral Home. In lieu of flow- ers, the family requests dona- tions in Col n -s Inerwry be directed to the Ithaca Youth Bureau Soccer Program, 1 James Gibbs Dr., Ithaca, NY 14850. ENFIELD TOWN HISTORIAN _ 119 168 ENFIELD MAIN ROAD ITHACA, N.Y. 14850�- jean Owens Supervisor for the Town of Enfield .annual report for the year ending December 31st 1993 Dear Supervisor: LNUM Q11=1 low". thaw L-14mg• Pkopx�[r�rt - January 1, 1994 In general the past year has seen efforts spent in the continuation of ongoing projects. The collection of individual family genealogies and items for the annual scrapbook as well as attendance (with a display) at the "Harvest Festival" were among the year's projects. With some urging a community member organized and held a reunion of the pupils having attended the one room schools here in Enfield. An attempt to collect recollections from individuals has been underway with moderate success. A more detailed insight into your historian's activities can be gleaned from the accompanying scrapbook. The commemorative committee's plan for a publication is progressing with critical dead lines near at hand. Time in the coming months will certainly be centered around providing whatever assistance possible to researchers Upon reviewing past reports the concerns of five years ago are still of major importance. The conditions of the record storage area are deteriorating to an unacceptable level. It is urgent that action not be delayed awaiting possible outside funding. The use of official records as a primary source, for research, can not be over emphasized. The assurance that such records survive should become a monthly agenda item until resolved. Respectfully Submitted, xc: Enfield Town Board Members Enfield Town Clerk Tompkins County Historian New York State Historian