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GANANDA TIMES - August 15, 1989 MASSIVE FISH KILL ON WINDWARDLAKE W his is not a happy day for any of .us,\ was the comment of Blue Heron Hills club member, Ann Hunt. Other club members and area volunteers who gathered at Gananda's \Windward Lake\ agreed. Thursday, August 3, 1989 will go down as a'day many will not forget for years to 'come. At 8 a.m. on a hot, muggy day, under the watchful eye of the DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation), all the fish in the lake were to be killed. A DEC approved chemical called \Rotenone\, iskd by South American Indians for harvesting fish, was spread thoroughly and meticulously over the water. Within hours, the grizzly chore of cleaning up dead and dying fish began. Conservative estimates of between 3000, to 5000 fish would be shoveled by the volunteers into waiting cans and dump trucks for burial else- where. -The job, which many thought would be over in a day, took more than two days to complete. Robert Ball, a certified products applicator, and his you do only once in a lifetime or so, thank God,\ was Ball's comment. \The chemical should de-activate in about 24 hours; within a week the \Rotenone\ should be completely dissipated,\ he added. The saga began a little more than a year ago, when a species of \grass carp\ originally from a river in China, were imported here from a hatchery in Arkansas. They were released into Windward Lake, and twb small ponds on the golf course, in order to keep the bottom grass from choking the ponds and, in general, making them more aesthetically pleasing. The lake had been dammed at both ends to prevent neither fish nor chemical to float elsewhere. A large motorboat was put in the lake to aggitate the water and push the fish towards the shoreline. \We have plenty of nets and equipment to do the job,\ said Rick Struzzi of Home Leasing, holding a pitchfork in his hand, and looking rather solemn. As the day progressed, the extent and magnitude of the kill-became One of the workers beginning the \Rotenone\fTsh kill. and Bristol Harbor golf clubs also had to eliminate their grass carp. It seems that the grass carp eats practically all the bottom grass and destroys the natural habitat, while upsetting the pond balance for the native fish according to DEC biologist Ed Woltman. Ed, work- ing out of Long Island, and presently New York, has been studying the grass carp for the past four years. \Our ob- jective has been to study the \triploid\ or sterile grass carp to see if it can be used an an alternative to messy weed harvesting or poisoning,\ said Ed. \We presently have completed a study to see continued on page 5 + evident. \We took out a 32\ northern pike and a 6 lb. large mouth bass,\ said Struzzi. \We've taken as lot of trophy New Gananda Medical Center fish OU~ of here today,\ he sighed. Slated for September 18 Opening The kill was ordered after Federal Fish and Game officers raided the The Rochester Medical Group Asso- in the Indian Health Service for the Arkansas hatchery and seized receipts ciates, a subsidiary of Genesee Valley Navajo people of Northern Arizon and and records, according to DEC enforce- Group Health announced the tentative the Apache Reservation in Santa Fe, ment officer Lieutenant Judson Peck. opening of the new Gananda Health New Mexico. After joining a group Eleven upstate pond owners had pur- Care Facility as Monday, September practice outside of Alburquerque, New chased the fish, wrongly assumming 18, 1989- Mexico, he returned to Rochester in they were alright to release in their - The 3200 square foot building, with 1986. He and his wife, Patti, their two ponds. parking for twenty cars, is located in the children, Andrea (age six) and Alyssa \1t is illegal in New York State, and new Fairway subdivision (near The (age 10 months), presently reside in surrounding states, to possess or Station, off Canandaigua Road). It will Fairport. -- ________ nate the \grass carp,\said Carl Widmer, be a full service family practice facility. Dr. Kapner's specialty is family - - Rick Struzzilifting one of the many regional fisheries manager for the DEC~ grass carp that weighed as much as \A lot of people are frustrated with our 35 lbs. office over this affair, but we're getting a lot of pond owner's cooperation. If crew were hired by Home Leasing there was a way to compromise with Corporation to carry out the DEC them, we would have,\ he added. mandated killing. \This is something Besides Blue Heron Hills, Oak Hill fa Gananda ~imes P.O. _Box 406 Walworth, New York 14568 Dr. Louis B. Kapner will staff the new site, which will have full x-ray and simple lab work done of the premises. Tentative hours have been set at 9:00 am to 5:00 pm - Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, closed Thursdays and open 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Wednesdays. Saturday hours would be from 9:00 am ti1 noon. Initially the practice will accept most major health plans including \Blue Choice.\ \Group Health and Preferred Care plans are the only exceptions for the present,\ said Group Associate spokes- man, Frank Dziduck. - \We want the facility to be a part of the community,\ he added. \We obviously built the facility with a commit- ment to the community,\ he went on to say. Dr. Kapner said he sees a' clear need for medical services in a rural community. \I felt .this was a great opportunity for something new and unique.\ he added. A graduate of The University of Pittsburg Medical School, Dr. Kapner did his residency at Highland Hospital , in Rochester. Additionally, he did a teaching fellowship there in 1980. Dr. Kapner has seen several years of service practice, general primary care and, in addition, he has a minor in ortho- peadics and gynecology. - \We hor>ing: for a thriving ~ractice Dr. Louis B. Kapner out here and will recruit other staff as needed,\ said Dr. Kapner. The facility can house up to 3 doctors. The doctor stresses that he will be out at the center from 'day one'and his service (Rochester Medical Group ~ssociates) will be avail- - continued on page 8
