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Chappaqua Journal VOLUME 1, Number 14 Greeley girls swim in state championships by Brian Livesey and Mike Baltay One hundred swim teams com peted at the N.Y. State Girl's Swim Championships at Wassau Community College on Nov. 28 and 29. Liz O'Keefe of Horace Greeley's girls swim team placed 5th statewide in the 100 yard backstroke (time 1 min. 2 sec). Kendra Kenney also of Greeley's team took 8th place in the 500 yard freestyle (5 min. 23 sec). The relay team of Susie Nichols, Meg McGrath, Liz O'Keefe, and Kendra Kenney came in 10th for the 200 yard medley event. Mary please turn to page 10 Greeley wins Division II football Jojwf : by Brian Livesey and Mike Baltay Friday evening the Greeley Quakers, who were invited to play in the Class A Division II Bowl by a wildcard, bombarded\ Yonkers in first quarter action. Both teams came to the bowl game, which was held at Mount Vernon, with respectable recor ds: 6-2 for the Greeley squad, and Yonkers was 4-4. Greeley won, 14- 0. Peter Spannaus put the first points on the board by running in a handoff from quarterback, Brent Fiese. Following the score Dan \Hendo\ Henderson added the extra point, the first of two. The task was then put to the Greeley defense, to hold back the powerful Yonkers squad. Bill Kissell intercepted a pass, and it held tight and got the ball back. Todd Lieto, one of the top half backs in the county, led his team to its second touchdown of the please turn to page 8 Serving the Town of New Castle Chappaqua, ISLY., Thursday, November 27,1980 25 Cents A Copy, $10.00 A Year Proposed rise in Town budget of 13.5% now down to 9.7% rise In the \bucket\ stringing the ; Christmas lights for the tree by the duck pond between Rt. 12oVrid Douglas Rcl. are Michael Karl (L) from Alpine Tree Care Co. and Michael Layton, one of the co-chairpersons of the Chappaqua Holiday Tree Committee. Holiday Tree Committee is keeping the lights lit on duck pond pine by Marianne Acito What do Rockefeller Center and the Chappaqua duck pond have in common? The lights on their holiday trees. Chappaqua resident Robert Greenberg, of City Electric Dis tributors, which supplied the lights for the Rockefeller Center tree, donated his expertise to help the Holiday Tree Commit tee find new lights for the majes tic pine which has brightened every holiday season in Chappa qua since 1963. For a time, it appeared the tradition would end as frayed wires made lighting the tree a County's only woman Town Engineer is also wife, mother and tennis player by Marianne Acito Although she's glad columnist Erma Bombeck popularized the name, Town Engineer Irma Baron wishes that the other Er ma spelled it with an \I\. Still, the only female town engineer in Westchester is used to doing things differently. She wears a hard hat when checking building sites, and she wears many other hats as well. From her office in Town Hall, Mrs. Baron supervises building, planning and zoning matters and oversees the work of two building inspectors and an assistant engineer. In addition to advising- the Town, Planning and Zoning Boards, and the Departments of Public -Works, ' Police . arid Recreation, Mrs. Baron serves as New Castle's liaison to many county, state and federal agen cies. She is also the chief town administrator for both the Federal Flood Insurance Program and the State Environ mental Quality of Review Law. Mother of two Mrs. Baron is the mother of two children; Barbara, a junior at Duke University, and Richard, a senior at Horace Greeley High School. As her children were growing up, Mrs. Baron says, there were occasional problems balancing home' life and her career. \My husband, Arthur, has'always been very supportive,,, which is critical. He helps with ever^hing but the cooking.\ please turn to page 8 by Marianne Acito The town budgeting process, which began early in November, is coming to the final stage. Since the Tentative Budget was released earlier this month, with an estimated tax increase of 13.5 percent, that figure has dropped to 9.7 percent. If the Preliminary Budget released this week is passed by the Town Board on Dec. 16, the tax rate will be $3.74 per $1,000, an increase of 33 cents over the adjusted 1980 figure. The tentative budget had the tax rate fire hazard. But Michael and Lisa Brown, owners of the tree, formed the Holiday Tree Com mittee with Michael Layton, Robert Stafford, and Cathy and Peter Westlake to keep the lights from going out. They began can vassing for funds to re-wire the tree in August, and have raised $1,500 so far. Mrs. Westlake, the Commit tee's publicity director, said it is appropriate that a large holiday tree should become a tradition in Westchester, since Christmas trees were first introduced to America in this county. Washington Irving brought the tradition to Sleepy Hollow from England in the mid-nineteenth century. Prince Albert had ear lier introduced the German tra dition to England. The new lights were strung Saturday, Nov. 15, by a group of volunteers from Alpine Tree Care Inc. in Chappaqua. Thanks to the volunteers, Mrs. Wes tlake said, the committee was able to \stretch\ their funds. The new lights are translucent so \they will sparkle a whole lot more\ than their opaque prede cessors, she said. This year the tree-lighting ceremony will be on Monday, Dec. 1 at 8:30 p.m., in time for Hanukkah and Christmas. At the ceremony, Ron Sivitz, president of the Chappaqua Chamber of Commerce, and Tree Commit tee member Michael Brown will, present Town Supervisor Cha- : rles Banks with a plague bearing names of over 100 contributors to the Holiday Tree Fund. ' please turn to page 10 at $3.87. Increased revenue A sizable increase in estimated revenues accounts for much of the difference between the ten tative and preliminary budgets. The Tentative Budget, which had been an increase of 10.5 per cent over last year, now stands at $4,434,000, a 9.4 percent increase. Originally, conservative revenue estimates forced taxes up an ad ditional 3 percent, but the Revised -Budget, which will be please turn to page 12 Haake: 10 teaching cuts possible by Eric Thoroman School Superintendent Dr. Bernard Haake said Monday night that 10 teaching positions might have to be eliminated in order to hold the 1981-82 budget increase to five percent. The Superintendent said that a cut of $326,000 would be necessary to accommodate a five percent increase. Dr. Haake said last month that a IOV2 percent in crease in the budget would be necessary to maintain the educational quality of the school please turn to page 6 \Design for 80s\ rejected for 1981 by Eric Thoroman The Chappaqua Board of Education voted 3-2 Monday night to postpone the implemen tation of the proposal \Design for the'80's.\ Barbara Porter and Dr. Joseph Agresta voted for the proposal. Against it were Louise Grayer, Dr. Kenneth Schoenberg and Board President Robert Mattson. School Superintendent Dr. Bernard Haake supported the design. He said it would allow more scheduling flexibility and curriculum coordination. Mrs. Porter, who had opposed the design when it was first proposed, said that the educational, social, and financial benefits of it outweighed the benefits of the current system. Dr. Schoenberg said the money please turn to page 11 Roaring Brook first graders (L-R) Nicholas Brady, Mike Peters, Allison Tucker and Lauren Tombadner enjoying their class' Thanksgiving Tee Pee. Photo by Diane Cash ion
