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Vol. I, No. IV A Newsletter For Employees and Retirees of Tompkins County June 1988
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By Deputy Elvin West * ." ''` "P r "*
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The Sheriff's Department is made up ;:',41"-z - ,f ' r 1 ` '- ..„,
of several specialized divisions,each per- tA' , „ - 4' ." „" 74 ,*
forming their own individual functions or `,.. �s = „%, `
duties.There are the road patrolmen,cor- '"'''. = , - •
rections officers,detectives,civil person- r•, ;
nel, record keepers, and administration. 1 II
For the past ten years I have had the op- �+., h
portunity to run a unique division which is 1
the navigation or boat patrol unit
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This single person operation starts in °""
the early spring at the beginning of fishing '- • w / / /
season,but routine patrol does not begin /�
until just prior to Memorial Day.Routine ma %%RS k ' .� a patrol runs from noon until 8:00 p.m., 111\1 _.,
Friday through Sunday until just after �0�,
Labor Day,but I am on call 24 hours a day
until the boat is pulled from the water in -
late fall.The hours are also extended on ' -°-°-
holiday weekends and for special events ` : -- --�-�'
put on by different organizations in the '"- 5'
community, such as fireworks, boat -" . jj.___,11 it
parades and races.
The main purpose of the boat patrol is West and the Sheriff's ship patrol Tompkins County waters. photo by Janet Niwnwn
the enforcement of the State Navigation
Laws and the safety of boaters on Cayuga
Lake. The job covers a wide variety of knowledge of the"rules of the road".I en- tion.This law has been in effect for many
tasks,such as:inspecting boats for proper courage new boaters to educate themsel- years,but in the last year much more em-
equipment and documentation and issu- ves with proper boating procedures,if not phasis has been placed on BWI.Being ar-
vioa summons or warning for any such for themselves but for the safety of others. rested for BWI is in some ways similar to
violation; assisting disabled or distressed It is not illegal to have"opened"alcohol being arrested for DWI.The subject will
boats, and in many cases towing these on a boat,but it is illegal to operate a boat be placed under arrest and transported to
boats to a nearby marina or dock. while under the influence of alcohol. the Sheriff's office and given a
The boat patrol also investigates all Judgement and coordination is impaired breathalyzer test.Upon completion of the
boating accidents and other unrelated by the consumption of alcohol so this must test, the defendant will then be issued a
fatalities on the lake, in the County of be taken into consideration when plan- summons to appear at a later day in court.
Tompkins.In the past few years,the boat ning a day out on the lake. In 1987 two At this time,the maximum fine is$350 and
traffic has increased tremendously, and people were arrested for Boating While any second conviction within five years
with this,the accident rate has also gone Intoxicated.Both arrests resulted from in- will result in a fine of$750 and a possible
up. The two major causes of these in- vestigation of two boating accidents where jail sentence of seven days.
cidence are inexperienced boaters and five people were seriously injured, two
the abuse of alcohol. late model boats were destroyed and I have mentioned just a few of the
thousands of dollars in property damage duties that are performed by the naviga-
It is not necessary to have a license or was incurred. tion patrol. If there are any of you who
permit to operate a boat and because of are boaters or who are considering pur
this many people do not take the time to The New York State Navigation Law chasing a boat,please feel free to contact
learn the"formal"rules and regulations of Section 49-sub 4a(2) states: No person me with any questions or comments.I can
shall operate a vessel on the waters of the be reached through the Sheriff's office at
the water. As a result, many accidents
could have been avoided with the proper State while he is in an intoxicated condi- 272-2444.
r--14 �' Vacancies as of June 7, 19138«�. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANT:
.-s; Job Training; High School plus two years of re-
, t•J lated experience OR 60 college credit hours in-
' � � cluding human service,social science,education
and/or related coursework; Grade 6.
' TEACHER:Job Training; BS in Public Educe-
r elk, lion AND one year experience teaching English
./ = or Math; Possession of NYS teaching certificate;
Grade 11.
ti,:'` WIC PROGRAM NUTRITIONIST: Health
1, Dept.; BS in foods and nutrition, community
nutrition,dietetics or related field;Grade 11.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE:Health Dept.;BS in
■ nursing AND one year experience. Eligibility for
NYS RPN license; Grade 12.
N „A EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING COUN-
l' „� SELOR: Job Training; BA in Human Service So-
cial Science,Education or related field OR 60 col-
lege credit hours plus two years of related ex-
- „/. perience; Grade 11.
_ ... TEACHING COORDINATOR: Job Training;
”. BS in Public Education AND one year experience
teaching English or Math; Possession of NYS
teaching certificate; Grade 12.
, •- t'" BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKER
(PLUMBER/STEAMFITTER): Public Works; Two
years of plumber/steamfitter experience plus
For the Loiselles, County employment Is all In the family. Elizabeth (center) is the three additional years experience in construction
senior member-she was hired in the County Treasurer's office in 1960 and is current- trades.Grade 11.
ly Deputy County Comptroller. Her husband Louis has been a Fraud Investigator in SECURITY OFFICER: TC3; High School and
the Department of Social Services since August of last year. Their daughter Beth has two years experience as guard or peace officer
been Purchasing Clerk since May of this year. OR AAS in related field. New York State driver's
license required.Grade E.
THEY'RE SPENDING YOUR MONEY BSN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE:
N plus two years experience as Public Health
Nurse.Grade 14.
CONTINUING TREATMENT SPECIALIST:
A little-known group of County Committee from ideas submitted to them. Mental Health at Meadow House; BA in Human
employees charged with the pleasant task Projects chosen are for the well-being of Services, Mental Health, related field OR MS
of spending money,the Tompkins Coun- employees,usually relate to enhancing the plus two years experience.Grade 10.
ty Vending Machine Revenue Use Com- lunch-time period, and are projects not MICROCOMPUTER SPECIALIST: Data
mittee (County Vending Committee, for usually provided through the normal Processing; High school plus one year ex-
short)came into existence during 1987. County budget. perience. Grade 9.
When the County bid vending Projects/items provided to date from MAINTENANCE WORKER: Public Works
machines in the Fall of 1986,the success- these funds include:flowers,picnic tables (Buildings and Grounds);One year experience in
ful bidder was Versatile Food Manage- at both Biggs locations, "Lunch on the one or more of the mechanical or construction
ment Services,Inc.of Ithaca,and a 5-year Lawn"at the Biggs Complex,refrigerators trades.Grade 7.
contract was entered into.As a part of this for storing staff lunches, more tables and COUNTY CORRIDORS
contract, the County receives a commis- chairs for the Biggs employee cafeteria, Articles and opinion pieces for County Cor-
sion(a percentage back) on money spent and the upcoming County Picnic at ridors we selected by the volunteer editorial
in vending machines placed at various Stewart Park on September 25, for all board based on their interest to Tompkins Cairn-
ty employees and retirees. Material is solicited
locations throughout the County- Public employees and families. from current employees,retirees and othertl; ;.
Works, Public Safety Building, Biggs The Committee also recently voted to County Corridors is published by cou ity
Building A,Biggs Building B and the new refuse a requested price hike on can soda, Central Services using "desktop publishinG"
Courthouse. thereby forfeiting 50% of the County's typography and layout. Publication and distil*
Y g y' tion is on the second County payday of.the
Representatives from these various commission on this item.To make up for month.
locations make up the committee, which the revenue loss,the Committee will be in- Material for publication is selected by the
currently include Sheila Ferrari,Purchas- stituting a can recycling project,whereby editorial board which reserves the right to edit
in & Central Services; Carolyn Hewitt, bins will be laced beside Coun can soda
any submistpic The editorial h ila Ferrari board is ' P
g Services; Yn P County of Bill Cftipp i(DSS), Sheila Ferrari (RtCfs
Public Health; Ellie Hislop, Public machines,employees will be requested to and Central Services), Scott Heyman (Ad-
Health; John Humphrey, Buildings & deposit empty soda cans into these special ministration), Joyce Musson (Administration),
Grounds; Hugh Hurlbut, Personnel; bins, and the cans will be collected and Janet Nissenson(Stop DWI),Geri Roebel(Youth
Laurine Jones, Probation; Michel Kell taken to redemption centers.The monies Bureau) Greg Smestad( fad (Central Services),Aging), and
Y� P Marilyn Strassberg {Office for the Agin ), and
DSS;Bernie Senecal,Public Works;Lynn received will be turned over to the Comp- Judy Tynyk (Mental Health Clinic). Correspon-
Watros,Sheriff's Department. troller's Office to become a part of the Once may be sent to Newsletter, Central Ser-
Revenues from the commissions are Vending Machine Revenue account. doss through County inter office mail, or to
kept track of by the Comptroller's Office, Ideas for future projects ma be sub- cl Center c/o Purchasing A, and Central B. Dates
P J may Biggs Center Building A, 301 Harris B. Dates
and are spent on projects approved by the mitted to any committee member. !rive,Ithaca,N.Y. 14850 via U.S..Mail.
Employee of the Month
Not In My Backyard +
by Joyce H.Musson,Administration 1 t i
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Barbara Eckstrom assumed the duties
of Solid Waste Manager in November '''rie-
1987. `
Eckstorm, as Solid Waste Manager, A.
oversees operation of the Landstrom 10. .; -�
Landfill and closure and post-closure j ''
maintenance of the Caswell and - .., ;1
Landstrom Landfills. Other respon-
sibilities
of the new solid waste manage- '
IN i i it went program will involve working close- ( ..
lywith the engineers and committee mem- I ( ''' . -,.
bers in siting the new landfill, working /�
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She has enjoyed the job's chal- , ,�► ,
len es, humorous and non- ( � _� '` ±.
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toward the operation of a central process-
ing facility for baling and recycling, 1 4 ,
managing grant projects with New York
State Energy & Research Development
Authority for composting sewage sludge )41'.r ' �, ,'. a .�.p
and leachate treatment via plant growth. „.' . -447,-':- ,., ,,. --*- --',..e ; AP
4. `.1 !- w ` - tea.
Eckstrom's long range goals are to run �` `� ; ¢! '", ti,'-t.'f1'"� '�'_L '•
the most enviromentally sound landfill in '.+ � ' 4c.,-t--. ^ ' :¢ �-
the State and to divert as much waste as •.. i�' ' �' 4 • , -jt ,
possible from going to the landfill by recy- 4`.. 4);; wi „ ••
cling and composting programs. To ac-
complish this task,the Division needs two Eckstrom on the top at the Landstrom Landfill photo by BdI cnapp
Research Technicians,a Solid Waste As-
sistant and a Recycling Coordinator,who the easiest aspect has been working with a
will promote maximum recycling in the Eckstrom feels the toughest aspect of team of people who are totally committed
County. Eckstrom hopes to implement a the position is the controversy as there is to developing an environmentally sound
pilot recycling program for approximate- no straightforward planning process, but County-wide solid waste program. She
ly 5,000 homes this fall. has enjoyed the job's challenges,
OLDERSTUDENTS WANTED humorous and non-humorous, and looks
forward to the future.
AGE 60 PLUS!
The Elderhostel Program comprises a network of hundreds of educational institutions Eckstrom resides in the County with
around the world that open their doors to people age 60 and over for inexpensive,short- her husband, Dean,and daughter,Erika.
term residential programs.Elderhostelers take non-credit courses taught by regular col- Before assuming the responsibilities of
lege faculty and,after classroom participation,a full schedule of extracurricular activities the Solid Waste Manager,she was an En-
is available. vironmental Planner in the Planning
Elderhostel has its origins in the youth hostels of Europe and the folk schools of Scan- Department for one and one-half years;
dinavia.Elderhostel founder Marty Knowlton,a well-known social activist and educator, Construction Administrator for the new
was impressed by the way in which the availability of a network of modest accommoda- Ithaca Waste Water Plant for four years;
tions encouraged and nurtured an adventuresome hosteling spirit in European youth.He and a Soil Conservation Agent.Eckstrom
also observed the very positive impact a residential setting had on adult education received her undergraduate degree from
programs offered by the folk high schools. In 1975, a new movement in American adult Cornell in Environmental Technology
education was launched with the offering of the first Elderhostel programs. and Masters in Civil&Environmental En-
For more information,write to Elderhostel,80 Boylston Street,Suite 400,Boston,MA gineering.
02116,or stop in at the Office for the Aging in the Court House to look at the most recent
Elderhostel catalogs.
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Deferred more! Feel free to bring your spouse so
Healthy Note he/she may learn more about this also.
Compensation We have limited brochures available in
A WALK A DAY PEBSCO, (Public Employee Benefit Personnel. If you would like to have one
Services Cor the County's deferred before June 21,give us a call at 274-5526.
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The Fitness Way compensation carrier,will be presenting a
�y tax savings program on June 21 in the
Walking it's simple as putting one foot (Board of Repfesentatives chamber from Unclassified
in front of the other.It can be done by al- 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and at the Biggs
most anyone of any age and physical con- complex (SADD Conference Room B)
dition,and it's one of the best cardiovas- from 2:00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m. For Sale: 1984 Dodge Omni Truck
cular conditioners around. It's not "Rampage" 2.2 liter, Front WD, 5 speed,
surprising that an estimated 54 million Deferred compensation allows you to Air, 39,000 miles, No Rust, Penn vehicle,
Americans walk for fitness. It you're in- save your money without having taxes New Dunlop raised letter tires, $3,695,
terested in walking your way to better taken out of it.The new fixed product of- leave message 533-4984.
health,try the following tips: fered by PEBSCO is paying 9.6%which is
guaranteed from fluctuations in the stock WANTED:Corridors Staff Cartoonist,
• Invest in a good pair of walking market. Flexible accounts are also avail- Labor Grade 0.Hours variable.Call Greg
shoes with flexible soles and good able. 274-5303.
arch and heel support. Shoes are County employees may defer up to
25% of gross pay. or $7500 pef year, MUSIC FOR SALE:Music for All Oc-
the only equipment you need. whichever is less. This program has not casions. Direct Drive Sound Systems.
been affected by the Tax Reform Act of Sound for every needs. Call Harold Brill
• Wear loose-fitting, comfortable 1986 and is better than an IRA. 844-8953.
clothing.
If you have any questions concerning Learn to Ride Before You Ride.Motor-
• Do gentle stretching exercises for your current account, feel free to call cycle Beginner's Course taught by Cer-
about 5 minutes before starting PEBSCO at 607-723-4514; otherwise, tified Motorcycle Safety Foundation In-
walk. plan plan to meet with them on June 21 to learn structors.Call 532-4750 OR 844-8953.
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• Beginners should start slowly Tell It To The Newsletter
about 105 steps per minute- and
gradually work up to 114 steps per The Newsletter Editorial Board Wants Your Input.
minute for about 20-30 minutes. Write down your story ops, photo ops, and people ops.
• Veteran walkers might start as
high as 110 steps a minute and
work up to 126-134 steps per
minute for the last half hour.
• To cool down after fitness walking,
reduce your pace to about 105 Clip and send to Corridors.
steps per minute for about 5
minutes. Then, do gentle stretch- L J
ing exercises for another 5
minutes to help prevent muscle
soreness. FREE UNCLASSIFIED S
Classified ads up to 20 words In length are free to County employees,retirees,and their Immediate families.Ads may be for any
• Consider buying a portable cas- purpose this except that personal ads will not be Central acServices.uWed. No County addresses or telephone numbers may be listed In the ads.Fill in
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sette player and listening to brisk-
paced music while you walk.
• Consider purchasing an audio-
cassette such as Jane Fonda's
Walkout to keep you "company'
(and to keep you motivated.)
• Put one foot in front of the other,
and enjoy!
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