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ire \* I'*?.'.' irk. DO NOT CLIP ANYTHING from newspapers. This is defacing library property, and anyone found doing this will be held responsible for the cost of the items defaced. \* ,',\^V -•- -'- -•- -'- -•- ->- -•- J - •*• J - ••* •»* J » •>» •>• »•• * - * * * * * \ * * * * * * s^s^ ********************************************** MB , M \ Q -•TH^I^i^iEl^lW|Rf1,,2iiB . . GyiLDERLAND PUBUG UBRW., DO NOT-CIRCULATE 7- ,'S->- ; -*t For 122 years Albany County's independent newspaper .^.•£->B>j-*.Ji!*i l ';ftr»;t:.- \Goief 6tess1 Jfb*'sojfjS JoycetMason, a Ketchum's regular, to Mike Dijigmnri, who is poised to take over a 10-year lease of the local gas station and convenience store. \Ihppe it works out foryou,\'she says. Dingman rum Altamont Sunoco store By Saranac Hale Spencer ALTAMONT — The Altamont Sunoco, once called Ketchum's, is settling into new hands. As of Oct. 1, Michael Dingman will .officially take over the 10- year lease and manage the gas statidn and convenience store in the center of the village. \We felt it was best for the store and best for the town,\ said James Metz, president of GRGH, the Connecticut company that bought the store in July for $787,500. GRGH still, owns the property, but it has changed the lessee. The previous lessee, David Singh, had been with GRGH for 20 years and had been part of the \transition team\ for three months before the sale, accord- School updates, library land V'ville voters say yes § By Rachel Dutil VOORHEESVILLE - Bright smiles adorned the faces of all those in the foyer of the Yoor- heesville Middle School as the announcement came at 9:50 p.m. that both projects on Tuesday's ballot passed easily. The school district's $5.8 mil-' lion bond, issue passed, 431 to 243> based on unofficial results from Tuesday night's, tallies. The library's land acquisition pro- posal, for $150,000 passed 407 to 266\. • • , • - \I'm glad we won,\ Dick Ram- sey, the president of the • Voor- heesville Public Library's board of trustees* told The Enterprise. He was surprised by the low number of voters, he said. The over-crowded library will buy 5.6 acres of adjacent land for $100,000, and will spend $50,000 on planning how to use it. . Taxpayers will see an increase - of two cents per $1,000 of as- sessed valuation, the library es- timates, (Continued on ifage 22) ing to GRGH's lawyer, Matthew Sgambettera. Singh could not be reached for comment. Yesterday, Metz said that Dave Singh's son was actually the lessee, though he declined to give his name; Singh will no longer be overseeing the Altamont location.^ \Honestly I think it was a lit- tle bit of people being prejudiced and a lot of the way Dave was with customers,\ said Dingman of why he thought Singh left and GRGH offered Dingman over- sight of the store. In an Aug. 31 editorial, \Re- spect Diversity,\ The Enterprise wrote about its coverage of the Ketchum's sale, \What we ha- ven't run are the rumors and innuendo we've heard in recent weeks that have racist over- tones.\ Dingman had managed an- other GRGH store that Singh leased off of the Nofthway, in Clifton\ Park. He was moved to the Altamont store in July where he has been working since the sale; The Fprt Hunter native has been in the convenience store 1 \ (Continued on Page 20) Dialing By Jarrett Carroll GUILDERLAND — The de- bate has raged since the days of mammoth-sized cell phones\ in the 1980's, and continues today as sleek, modern\ palm-sized phones make their way into the hands of millions of Americans each year. Are cellular telephones dan- gerous? Whether cell phones are dan- gerous or not, one local expert says that preventative measures are the proper recourse when it comes' to personal health and safety. \When you can make some very simple adjustments, then why not do it if the alternative may be harmful?\ asked Daniel ririscoll of Knox. \Until. we 'k^pwjTOore. about this, certainly yrMi my idwh\ Saugnlers 1 , it advise simple precautions.\ Driscoll, wnpseVPh. D thesis was on electrical currents in the brain, studied the possible health effects of power-line elec- tric and magnetic fields as part • of his work for the New York State Department of Environ- mental Conservation and Public Service Commission. Like many common electrical devices such as radios, televi- sion, or remote controls, cellular telephones use radio-frequency energy which emits electromag- netic radiation. In the electro- magnetic spectrum, cell phones fall between televisions and mi- crowave ovens, all of which use low frequencies, Driscoll told The Enterprise using a \flip-phone\ or \clam- shell\ mobile telephone, incorpo-. rating an \ear bud\ or \hands- free\ set, or using the speaker- phone feature will all decrease the proximity of microwaves to the user's head. Mobile telephones that are more rectangular in shape and have no external antenna are placed close to the head when in use. With external antennas, the concentration of electromag- netic fields (IMPs\) being trans- mitted and received are held an inch or two away from the head, which produces one-tenth as much EMF in the brain, said Driscoll. 'Simply put, the closer the an- tenna, the greater the exposure. With either type of .design,. Driscoll added, conversations lasting more than a few seconds. should be continued using either a land-line telephone, a speaker phone, or an ear-bud device. But, he warns, the mobile phone should not rest on the user's lap —. to avoid potentially damaging exposure to. genitalia. The less you use a cellular phone, the less you will be ex- posed to any potential harm, he said. Driscoll, who is a professional (Continued on Page 25) Bosworth vs. Commisso By Jarrett Carroll ALBANY COUNTY — Wran- gling in the Democratic Party continues locally with new county leadership to be decided on Sept. 27, when over 260 committee members gather, Betty Barnette is stepping down after four years as Albany County's Democratic chair. Guilderland's party chair, David Bosworth, and Albany's Port Authority manager, Prank Commisso, are now squaring off for her vacant seat. Both men downplay an urban- suburban split in the party. What differentiates them, they say> is their leadership style. Bosworth portrays himself as someone who leads collabora- tively while Commisso said he'll quit his job to lead his party \24/7.\ Commisso has a long and im- pressive Democratic resume that includes being an Albany County legislator for the last.23 years, acting as the majority leader for the past 14 years. He is cur- rently the. second vice chair in the county party. -Bosworth is a rising star in the Democratic party, taking credit for turning the all- Republican town of Guilderland into a Democratic-dominated town as the town's party chair for the past 10 years. He is serving his second term on the town board. Both men are life-long Democ- rats. Barnette replaced former county chairman, the late Mi- chael Burns. 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