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aqua Journal Serving the Town of New Castle VOLUME 1, Number 13. Chappaqua, N.Y., Thursday, November 20,1980 25 Cents A Copy, $10.00 A Year Biggest program in Westchester New Castle Youth Assocation aids retarded 'Least fun' duty he has... by Marianne Acito In the back room of the library, a group of youngsters played charades. Tentatively, seven- year-old Jay Coburn joined the group, soon miming^ and guessing with the rest. Jay is the son of Joanne Coburn, who will take over for Judi Masseth as advisor to the New Castle Youth Association for Retarded Citizens (YouthARC). The other youths are volunteers from Horace Greeley High School and their \clients retarded citizens up to age 21. Mrs. Coburn said she brought her two children, Jay and Rachel, along because, \I think it's a good lear ning experience for them\ to socialize with handicapped children. Mrs. Masseth often brings her two young children along. Town Board report which was formed over two years ago, sponsors several pro grams for retarded citizens. On Wednesday afternoons they hold a group at the Chappaqua Library for children aged 5-12. On a recent Wednesday, the pro gram was arts & crafts. The six children attending sat at a large table and pasted glitter and 'macaroni ontp pre-drawn geo metric shapes. Mrs. Masseth said the idea of the proj ect was to help the children understand dif ferent geometric shapes. One observer said, \I think the youngsters liked to eat the macaroni more than glue it - but kids will be kids.\ The three volunteers and two advisors supervised the children's artis tic endeavors, giving help when it was asked for, but leaving them up to their own creative impulses. After the arts & crafts project, the group played a game. They all sat in a circle and passed a nerf ball around. Whoever had the ball had to tell the group his or her favorite food. The concept behind this game was to give each child a chance to talk with- please turn to page 14 An afternoon with a Toscanini Spend an afternoon with Walfredo Toscanini, grandson of Arturo Toscanini, who will speak of his recollections of the famous conductor Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Chappaqua Library. Proceeds Please turn to Page 20 Supervisor, Deputy hear Millwood taxpayers complaints on assessments Twenty-one Millwood residents complained about the Town's assessment procedure to Town Supervisor Charles G. Banks Jr. and Deputy Supervisor Lois Mitchell at the Millwood Task Force's monthly meeting Thursday evening, Nov. 13, at the Millwood Fire Station. Complaints were about the alleged inequities of the assessment system and residents inability to find out how their property* s assessment was arrived at. Dr. Paul Kaufman of Glenwood Rd. said he has been trying to sell-his home for over a year, and the best bid he received so far is $10,000 below his asking price. Despite that, he said, the assessed value of his house was $15,000 over the asking price. He wanted to know how the assessment could be so far off the apparent market value. System based on sales Mrs. Mitchell replied \this system'is based on sales,\ and there is a 9 month to a year lag in Please turn to Page 18 _ Frist snowfall: plows ready to go 93.3% of eligible Chappaqua voters went to polls by Marlaanne Acito While only -jjJMf, 'percent'of the nation's eligible voters turned out to cast their ballots on Nov. 4, 93.3 percent of Chappaqua's eligible voters went to the polls. This fact was announced at the Town Board meeting of Tuesday, Nov. 11, with Supervisor Charles Banks adding that District 1, his district, had the highest turn-out' 96,3perce1ntf > v Super^yispr- Banks also announced that- McLean Cable Systems, which was awarded the franchise for cable television in this, area, will start stringing cable lines by December, with service expected by early 1981. Quiet on construction site A public hearing on a proposed Commuter action group Upper Harlem Line Commuter Coun. wants more seats, and modernizatior by Marianne Acito Funding for high-level platforms and seats for standees on over crowded rush-hour trains were discussed by nine members of the Upper Harlem Line Commuter Council (UHLCC) Board who met Thurs., Nov. 13 at New- Castle Town Hall for a strategy session. Disgruntled commuters The UHLCC, formed two years ago by a group of disgruntled commuters and their \\wives to lobby for better condisions on the commuter trains, distributed pink slips at several area train stations earlier this month to spark commuter activism. The pink slips, which UHLCC co- chairman Ronnie Ackman said resemble phone messages, give commuters a number to call if they encounter any of a list of problems: \Train Late,\ \No seats,\ \Filthy Cars,\ and \Fire\. Board members say commuters have become \desensitized\, noting the resignation of many who just shrug and say, \What can we do?\ High level platforms The UHLC(f Board decided to focus in on the major problems, the lack of funds for high-level platforms which must be built for the tracks to accommodate the M-3 cars, the mainstay of please tu* n to page 8 Constofeilon\Ndise Ordinance which would prohibit \construction noise, including the clearing and removal of trees or other site preparation work, which activity is audible outside of a building or structure, between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following day,\ was set for Dec. 16. Supervisor Banks 'said three people wrote letters in the past two months, in which they complained about noise early in the morning. He said, \We don't need a whole bunch of people complaining to do something about it. Since we (Town Board) live here, it affects us too.\ A house is under construction next door and construction often begins as early as 7 a.m., \including please turn to page 6 By 3 p.m., Monday, before the snow really began to fall, the plows were already on the New Castle Highway Department's 17 trucks, and four other trucks were loaded with sand. When they were called out by police at ,^,,8:30,Ejn., the trucks were ready to roUT % Despite town efforts, however, the police reported 13 motor vehicle breakdowns and one minor accident during Monday's storm. Al Chaleski, Commissioner of Public Works,_said his men used about 200 yards of sand on the roads between 8:30 p.m. and Town Budget update 12:30 a.m. In most storms, he said, they use about 500-600 yards, but because the storm occurred after rush hour, they concentrated on the main roads and those with bad curves. Mr. Chaleski said his department's, policy for clearing roads ''Jdepends oh -iKe time of day. We send sanders out if the Tsnow is up to 3 inches.\ If the - snowfall is over that, and occurs after midnight, they usually let it fall for awhile and begin plowing by 3 a.m. in order to clear all roads by the morning rush hour, please turn to page 6 $18,000 pared from tentative budget by Marianne Acito Town budget work sessions have been underway since Supervisor Charles Banks unveiled the $4.4 million tentative budget in late October. Christine Amabile, town bookkeeper, said the Town Board is listening to people and reset ting priorities. A preliminary please turn to page 7 The Greeley women's volleyball team clinched first place in the Sec tion I Class B-finals Saturday, Nov. 15 with a victory over Peekskill High. With the match tied one game each, Coafch Snyder (above) discusses strategy with (L-R) Christie Schmitt, Jeanne Moorehead, Corine Hensley and Sara Hatheway. The strategy worked as the Greeley Spikers won the third game and the tournament. , Photo by Virginia Baltay
