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HomeMy WebLinkAboutgrange august 2015In today's JournalRev.SonyaParent's Journal Fall practices get 2HickspracticesunderatlooksatGirlScouts'waywhatshepreachesareahighschools2ALocalNewschangingface 3BSPORTSTheIthacaTuesdayPleaserecycleTheJournalAugust15,2000IOURNAL 35Newsstandcentswww.theithacajournal.comQJJ Serving Tompkins County since 1815 Ithaca,New YorkeakfairtoppeiRussianerau uMorethan100sailorsawaitrescueinsubmarine on bottom of ocean floorByJIMHEINTZTlieAssociatedPressMOSCOWTheRussiannavystruggledMondaytores-cuemorethan100sailorstrappedatthebottomoftheBarentsSeainasubmarinecrippledbyamajorcollision.Thechanceofahappyending,thenavychiefconceded,was"notveryhigh."TheKursk,oneofRussia'sbiggestnuclearsubmarines,wasapparentlyinvolvedinacollision beforeitplungedhundredsoffeettotheseafloorneartheArcticCircleonSunday,navalcommanderAdmiralVladimirKuroyedovsaid.Ithad beentakingpartinnavalexercisesoffthecoun-try'snorthcoast.Russian officials saidthevesselwascarryingnonuclearweaponsand itsnuclearreac-torshadbeenswitchedoff,butthereportsof seriousdamage Kursk by a deep-wat-appa-ratus did not supportKuroyedov's version of acrash.The agency cited anexpertinvolvedintheopera-tion as saying the submarinecouldhavebeendamagedbyablastinitsbowwhichcausedthetorpedosectiontofillwithwater.By early today,about adozenmilitaryships includinganuclear-powere-d cruiserwereatthesiteoftheaccident,Russian reports said.A teamofshipdesignerswasrushedtotheareatohelpsuggestwaystorescuethecrew."Despite all the effortsbeingtaken,the probability ofasuccessfuloutcomefromthesituationwiththeKurskisnotveryhigh,"the navy chief said.The condition of the crewwasunknownandthenavydidnotreleaseanofficialcount.Russian news reports said itcarried117to130servicemen.The navy said at first that itwasinradiocontactwiththesubmarine,but later admittedthattherewasonly"acousticcontact"that could be thenoise of crewmen poundingonthehull.Navy officials declined tosayhowlongtheKurskcouldremainsubmergedbeforeitranoutofair for the crew.Nuclear submarines dependontheirreactorstoreplenishtheirairsupplies.Locator map,4AThe Kursk went down farabovetheArcticCircle,buttheseawasfreeoficebergs,said meteorological officials innearbyNorway.Navy officials declined tosayhowfardownthevesselwastrapped,but a Norwegianreportsaidthe Kursk wasSeeSUBMARINE,4Araisedconcernsaboutapossi-bleradioactiveleak.RussianandWestern sub-marinessometimes playgamesinthe areaandhavescrapedeachotherinthepast,according toreports.ButthePentagon saidMondaynoU.S.ship or sub-marinewasinvolved in thecollision.However,theITAR-Tas-snewsagencysaidaninitialoutsideinspectionofthepartyClintonturns over to Gore'MyfellowAmericans,toserve asinhumanhistoryhasbeena a president at the dawn of a new erajoy,an honor and a privilege.'t "NilByJONFRANDSENGannettNewsServiceLOSANGELESPresidentClintontookafinalbowbeforethepartyfaithfulontheopening dayoftheDemocraticconventionMonday,proclaiminghiseight-yea-rpartnershipwithhisvicepresident helpedAmericaflourish,but the "bestisyettobe"ifAlGorefollowshimatthehelm."AJGoreandJoeLiebermanwillkeepourpros-peritygoingbypayingdownthedebt,investingineduca-tionandhealthcare,andinfamilytaxcutsthatwecanafford,"Clintonsaidinhisremarksconcludingthefirstevening'sfestivities.."Instark1contrast,theGOPwantstospendeverydimeofourpro-jectedsurplusandthensome."ClintonlaudedGoreas aconstantandimportantpart-nerduringtoughtimes."We'veworkedcloselytogetherforeightyearsnow.Inthemostdifficultdaysofthelastyearshewasalwaysthere,"Clintonsaid."MorethananybodyelseI'veeverknowninpubliclife,AlGoreunderstands thefuture andhowsweepingchangescanaffectAmericans'dailylives."ClintonplayfullytauntedtheRepublicansbyremindingthem thetestforofficecreatedbyRonaldReaganduringhischallengeof PresidentJimmyCarterin1980:"Areyoubetteroff thanyouwerefouryearsago?""Youbetweare,"Clintonsaid.Clintonthen reeledoffalonglistofeconomic andsocialstatisticsaccomplisheddespiteconstantoppositionbycongressionalRepublicansateverystageofhistwotermsinoffice.ToturnawayfromGore W.NilefoundinSchuylerFromJournalStaffReportsAbluejayfoundinsouthwesternSchuylerCountytest-ed positive for West Nile virus,the Schuyler County HealthDepartmentreportedMonday.It was the first confirmedpresenceofWestNilevirusinSchuylerCounty,and the closestyettoIthaca.It had beenconfirmedearlierinOnondaga,Broome and Yatescountiesbutinnonecontigu-ous to Tompkins County untilMonday.The bird was from the TownofOrange,in the southwestcornerofthecounty.Thehealthdepartmentdidn't saywhenthe bird was found.There is no evidence thatbirdsorotheranimalsotherthan certain species of mos-quitoes can transmit thepotentiallydeadlydiseasetohumans.But birds serve asreservoirsfor the virus afterbeingbittenbyaninfectedmosquitoes.Citing the lead of othernearbycounties and the lowriskofinfection and serious ill-ness,Schuyler County officialssaidinMonday's announce-ment that they have no imme-diate plans to spray for mos-quitoes.County health officials,however,reiterated their mosquito-fightin-g advice,whichincludesinstallingandrepair-ing screens,avoiding commonmosquitohabitats,eliminatingsourcesofstandingwaterwheremosquitoesbreed,andusinginsectrepellentafterreadingthe label for properuse.Schuyler County officialsalsoencouragedresidentstpwatchforsickbirdsandreportthem,especially crows,as theyaremostsusceptibletothSus.;Three people in New YorkstatehavebeenconfirmedtohaveencephalitiscausedbyWestNilevirus,all in StatenIsland,health departmentofficialssaid.The vast majorityofpeoplewhoareinfectedwithWestNilevirushavemild or no symptoms,and health officials estimate fewer than 1 percent of infected people become seriously ill. People most susceptible are those over age 50 and those with chronic illnesses that impair the immune system, according to state health offi cials. 1ElCONVENTIONLOSANGELESTVcoverageTVcoverageofDemocraticNationalConvention,alltimesEastern:ABC:Today:10-1-1 p.m.Wednesday:10-1-1 p.m.Thursday:1 p.m.CBS:Today:10-1-1 p.m.Wednesday:10-1-1 p.m.Thursday:1 p.m.NBC:Wednesday:10-1-1 p.m.Thursday:9:30-1-1 p.m.PBS:Today,Wednesday,Thursday:1 p.m.Today,Wednesday,Thursday:5 p.m.to midnightCNN:Today,Wednesday,Thursday:4 p.m.to 2 a.m.MSNBC:Today,Wednesday,Thursday:5 p.m.--1 a.m.Fox News Channel:Today,Wednesday,Thursday:6 p.m.to 1 a.m.Today's agendaTribute:Firefighters andpolice.Speakers:Sen.TomDaschle,Senateminorityleader;CarolineKennedy;Sen.EdwardKennedy,formerSen.Bill Bradley of NewJersey;Rev.JesseJackson;Rep.Harold FordJr., Li L Caroline Kennedy F1 1 t The Associated PressasheisintroducedattheDemocraticNationalConventioninLosAngeles.ed renomination.Clinton arrived before theadoringcrowdlikeaconquer-ing hero,waving back asSeeCLINTON,4A40yearsafterJFK'snomination,his daughter takes the stageunsuccessful1980cam-paign to wresttheDem-ocratic nomi-nation fromPresidentJimmyCarter. tt n i goingPare to be taken aback by what a poised and gifted person she is,and not only because of the poignancy of her speaking in the city where her father was ByMIKEFEINSILBERTheAssociatedPressLOSANGELESTothisplacewhere40yearsagoJohnEKennedy,squintinginthesettingsun,summonedhisgenerationtoanewfrontier, theKennedyclanassembles anew. Democratscouldconvene withoutKennedys,butit wouldnotseemright. Democratshavecelebrated Kennedy triumphsandgriev- edoverKennedytragedies PresidentBillClintongesturesintheStaplesCenterMondayand hand theWhiteHousekeystotheGOPnow,hesaid,wouldriskturningback theclock."MyfellowAmericans,tonightwecansaywithconfiandpainedoverKennedymis-adventuresateverycon-ventionsincethen.Now,10conventionsafterJFK'striumphhereinLosAngeles,thetorchpassestothedeterminedlyprivateand nonpoliticalCaroline Kennedy.Thedaughterof JohnandJacquelineKennedy andwifeofmuseuminterior andthemeparkdesigner EdwinSchlossberg,sheisa lawyerandofa bookon"TheRightto Privacy"andanotheronthe Obituaries,4A Opinion,9A Police,4A Sports,3B-6- State,5A Television,4C ComingWednesday CheckouttheweeklyAska Scientistcolumn. N.Y.Lottery Daily:367 WinFoun6512 Pick10:7,13,17,19,26,27, 30,31,35,44,47,49,53, 54, Take5:2039.9.22.12 InsideHillaryClinton takescenterstage,4ADemslooktotakecontrolinCongress,1BFirmtotrackHispanicvote,1 BProtests,1Bnominated,"he said.The among thedelegateswillremember heras a White House child,a frol-icking girl at play with herbrotherJohn.The moment is bound to be poignant for another reason the memory of John's death,in the most recent Kennedy tragedy,the crash of his small plane off Martha's Vineyard,Mass.,on July 16, 1999. See KENNEDY,4A ing on the grange hall. Last week marked the com- pletion of the three-wee-k process to install the vinyl sid- ing,which was completed just in time for the grange's 125th Anniversary Celebration scheduled for Saturday evening.The celebration will include a dinner and awards ceremony. Enfield Valley Grange No. 295 was the seventh grange established in Tompkins dence:Webuiltourbridge tothe21stcentury.Wecrossed ittogether.Andweare not goingback,"Clintonsaid,revisitingthetheme ofhis1996 conven-tionspeechinwhichhe acceptBillofRights.Sen.EdwardKennedy willalsospeak,asalways,the liber-alwarhorsecallingthe faithfultothecause,butCaroline isthenewKennedyvoicehere.Shehasbeengiven eight prime-tim-eminutes Tuesday nighttospeakand introduce heruncle. "Carolineisverythoughtful, ascholarofAmerican history andparticularlyconstitutional legalhistory,"saysBill Carrick, aDemocratic consultant who workedonEdwardKennedy's Deaths WilliamB.Ackroyd HelenC.Aramini RobertA.Cardwell HaroldF.Gerkin Obituaries,4A Weather High:85 Low:60 V.; Completeforecast,10A Corrections ServiceLeagueShop Completecorrections,4A Enfield prepares for grange's 125thInside County,3A Crossword,2C Entertainment,2B Horoscope,1C Landers,1C Movies,2B 74-year--old hall gets face-li-ft after months of holding fund-raise-rs Business,6A Calendar,10A Classified,6B-10-B Comics,1C.3C Computer,7A Consumer,7A ttTehapjetlTnStxoaL '4090103810""8 County in 1875.The organiza- tion was designed to help farmers whose livelihoods were devastated after the Civil War. Although granges are fra- ternal organizations,since the National Grange was founded in 1867 women have been allowed to be equal members. Today,the National Grange, the nation's oldest agricultural organization,actively lobbies for legislation of importance to farmers.About 300,000 people are members of the grange nationwide. Today, only Enfield and Dryden granges remain active in Tompkins County. However,the only remaining grange hall still in use by its organization is the Enfield hall. Bob Carpenter,a member of the grange for more than 50 years,said he remembered a former grange master making a motion to close the hall in the mid-196-because the building needed a new fur- nace. The motion was tabled and grangers decided to hold card See ENFIELD,5A By VICTORIA E.FREILE Journal Staff ENFIELD Enfield Valley Grangers have a lot to be proud of a new look for the grange hall and the opportunity to cele- brate 125 years as a fraternal organization. Since January,grangers held pancake breakfasts,host- ed bake sales,chicken barbe- cues and other fund-raise-to earn money to replace the sid Reproduced with permission of copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. The Ithaca Journal Tuesday,August 15,2000 StateLocal News 5A Enfield Baffling Balloons 1 If you sticK a sharp point into a balloon,you expect to hear a loud "pop"as the balloon breaKs.But here is something you can do that win astonish your friends,you will need several strong balloons (helium quality),a Knitting needle or a bamboo sKeiuer, and some salad oil. (Continued from Page 1A) parties to pay for the furnace,and later a kitchen and bathrooms, Carpenter said.Now,the building is used for the annual Harvest Festival and Election Day dinner,wedding receptions,bridal showers,youth summer camps,senior citizen and Boy Scout meetings and more. Enfield Valley Grange Treasurer Carol Baker said raising approxi- mately $8,000 in six months for the siding has not been an easy task for the organization,but it needed to be done. "We're very thankful to the com- munity for this,because without their support,we couldn't have paid for new siding,"said Leah Carpenter,a grange member of 37 years."Now it really looks like a new building." However,Baker said,even though the goal has been achieved, plans to improve the grange hall are far from complete. Grangers are unsure what the next repair project will be:new front steps,fireproof doors,repairs on a rest room and replacing the chimney are among the items on the replace- ment list,said Bob Carpenter,who has been a member of the grange for more than 50 years. "We still have an awful lot of repair work to do on a building that's almost Baker 1.Blow up the balloon and tie it off securely. 2.Put oil on the pointed end of the Knitting needle or sKewer.O MAMTA POPATJournal Staff On Saturday,the Enfield Valley Grange will host a celebration com- memorating 125 years of service at their newly-renovat-hall in Enfield.Through donations and fund-raisin-g efforts,approximately $8,000 was raised to put new vinyl siding on the outside of the haU. But improvement efforts are farfrom over with numerous repair pro- jects planned 3.Carefully,but firmly,insert the point of the needle or sKewer through the end of the balloon near the tie. Hint:it way help if you ttvist the needle or sxewer as you try to insert it. i.your first attempt may fail,but practice and you win said. Many of the 55 members of the Enfield Valley Grange are second-an-d third generation grangers,Bob Carpenter said.He added that both of his parents were members. His wife Leah Carpenter said she joined because her husband spoke so high ly of the organization. Leah carpenter said her fondest memory of the organization is "the fellowship and cooperation you have when trying to reach a goal." "We're quite independent and at the same time,a tight-kn-it group," Bob Carpenter said. succeed. For the scientific principles of this activity,read Friday's Ithaca Journal or stop by the Sciencenter,where you'll discover the excitement of science:601 First Street,. Ithaca.Tel:607-272-060-0.www.sciencenter.org. Compiled by Wayne Gottlieb,and . Cayuga Nation should receive $1.7B in interest,economist says artwork by Ron Lis for the Sciencenter. CAYUGA LAND CLAIM RICK'S RENTAL (IBP Ithaca,NYWORLD(brhlnd Purity Ice CreamS Cayuga Neurologic Services llp Jody Stackman,MD and James Gaffney,MD are pleased to welcome to our practice Susan Richardson Cowdery,MD Locally Owned for Over 20 Tears h A Open Saturdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m. ment was made on Jan.1 or Dec. 31,a factor the lawyer said could add an additional year into each of Temin's calculations if he had cho- sen the earlier date. Temin said the jury award gave no indication when rent was due so he applied it from the beginning of the year. "The total would have been about 5 percent lower,"Temin said about using the Dec.31 date. At one point,Pickett switched his line of questioning as he tried to get Temin to acknowledge that 18th century New York officials had been fair with the Cayugas in acquiring the land.Historical experts previously gave conflicting testimony about whether New York cheated the Cayugas or dealt fairly with the tribe. Rather than one lump sum $30,000 cash payment for the their land,the Cayugas opted for an ever- lasting $1,800 annuity or a 6 per- cent payment.Pickett asked Temin how many years since 1795 had the risk-fre-e treasury bill rate exceeded that rate. After a few minutes of checking his report,Temin answered: "Nineteen." "So,in the other 183 years,can you say the Cayugas were better off with the $1,800 annuity than the $30,000 in cash?" said Pickett. "I don't have enough background to say the Cayugas were better off ... but if one simply takes the numbers, yes,it appears that way,"Temin said. Board certified in Neurology Fellowship trained in electrodiagnosis and neuromuscular diseases In the practice of Adult and Pediatric Neurology and Electrodiagnostics. Dr.Cowdery will see adult and pediatric patients in our Ithaca and Cortland offices ' A Community Corners 903 Hanshaw Road 257-251-5 www.stonetravel.com Ithaca -273-675-7 Cortland -756-273-7 contend that the Cayugas deserve no interest,and if they receive any, it should be calculated on a simple basis,and from no earlier than 1974. Temin said the interest total of $1,749,963,279 represented the "opportunity cost"lost by the tribe. McCurn asked if it was reasonable to assume that the entire rental amount would have been available to the Cayugas for investing. "That's the point,we don't know what they would have done or how they would have turned out,"Temin said. State Assistant Attorney General John Pickett followed McCurn's lead as he Temin. Noting that the $17,157 was for rent,Pickett asked if Temin had subtracted out normal expenses typ- ically absorbed by landlords,such as insurance and legal fees,or whether he factored in the costs associated with investing,such as commissions. "I considered it as a jury award, not as a rent,not as an investment," Temin responded. Then Pickett wanted to know whether Temin assumed rent pay By WILLIAM KATES The Associated Press SYRACUSE An economist said Monday that the Cayuga Indian Nation should receive $1.7 billion in interest for being deprived of its ancestral homelands for more than two centuries. A state attorney challenged that amount,questioning Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor Peter Temin's methods and calculations. Hired as an expert witness by the Cayugas,Temin began the trial's fourth week of testimony by' explaining to U.S.District Judge Neal McCurn how he arrived at his total.Temin compounded annual interest based on the risk-fre-e rate of U.S.Treasury bills from 1795 to 2000 as it applied to the monetary award decided upon in February by a federal court jury. In this second phase,McCurn is hearing historical and economic evi- dence to decide whether the jury's award should be increased. Following a monthlong trial, jurors awarded the Cayugas $36.9 million as the fair market value for 64,027 acres of land in Cayuga and Seneca counties that was illegally acquired by New York state in 1795 and 1807. As part of the award,jurors decided the land had a yearly rental value of $17,157.Temin used that number as the principal as he described his calculations for McCurn. Temin testified that applying compound interest to calculate the owed interest was a "virtually uni- versal"and "perfectly standard" application.The expert economist who will testify later for the state will State Briefs 2 sentenced in $35M Upstate theft ring NEW HARTFORD Two more defendants in one of the state's most wide-reachi-theft rings were sentenced Monday to incarceration. Anthony Carcone,59,of Utica was sentenced to one to three years in state prison for third-degre-e pos- session of stolen property,prosecu- tors said. Laurie Malozzi,39,of Utica was sentenced to five months in the Oneida County jail and five months probation for fourth-degre-e possession of stolen proper- ty,according to the state attorney general's office that prosecuted. Sentencing for four other defen- dants was adjourned to Sept.8 because of medical conditions,said county Judge Michael Dwyer. In June,five members of the shoplifting ring that operated in 11 counties and stole more than $35 mil- lion in merchandise were sentenced. Police used eavesdropping devices to break the massive case.Fifteen of more than 25 members of the ring have been sentenced as a result of the theft and distribution of goods in 11 central New York counties.The arrests were made in February. 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Sojourner Truth to be featured in museum KINGSTON The life and civil rights message of former slave Sojourner Truth may soon be hon- ored and explained in part of a museum. Ulster County officials hope to include a permanent display for the woman in its Persen House muse- um.The historic house dates to the late 17th century and is being reno- vated in Kingston.Truth,slave of a Dutch landowner,walked away from slaveiy at 30 years old and was legally freed by an act of the state Legislature a year later.She spent the rest of her life fighting to abol- ish slavery and for women's rights. Compiled from news senna reports. Call 607-735-18-25 Continuing Education and Graduate Studies www.elmira.edu Reproduced with permission of copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.