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' W 10514 Chappaqua Journal VOLUME 1, Number 15 Serving the Town of New Castle Chappaqua, N.Y., Thursday, December^ 1980 25 Cents A Copy, $10.00 A Year Craig Masback repeats win 600 in annual greeley 10-K race by Arthur R. Breuer The Third Annual Greeley 10 kilometer road race got off to a chilly, brisk start at 1 p.m. last Sunday with over 600 runners answering the starter's gun at the Chappaqua railroad station. In a record time of just 31 min utes, 6.1 seconds, world-class miler Craig Masback of White PJains crossed the finish line with over a minute in hand over second place finisher, Tom Agfesta of Chappaqua, who recorded a 32:42. Mike Doyle of Mohegan Lake was third in 33:21, Bruce Barnes of Chappa qua fourth and Paul Wood of Irvington fifth. Bitten by dog Mr. Masback who also won last year in 31:38, was not expected to compete since he was severely bitten by a dog while on a train ing run last week. Mr. Masback performed well however, and showed no ill effects from his please turn to page 8 McClean Cable Assoc. has 10-year franchise 2,600 New Castle homes to get 36-channel cable TV by next spring by Marianne Acito Cable TV is coming to New Cas tle. By next spring, McLean Cable Associates expects to con nect 2600 homes for its 36- channel system. Programming includes a basic package of nine UHF sta tions,\-seven VHF stations, 24- hour- UPI, sports and\ weather stations, the Christian Broad casting Network, Home Box Office, and government, educa tion, and public access stations for community use. George Bonn, General Man ager of McLean Cable, says his people will teach members of the community to use video equip ment and will lend it to commun ity members at no charge for the public access station. McLean Cable will also run original pro gramming devised by their crews. McLean was granted a 10-year franchise by the Town after bids were called for in June of 1977, when the. Town held a public hearing on proposed \cable ser- vice.*Under contract, the gran tee, McLean Cable Associates, must pay the Town 3% of its gross annual basic subscriber receipts, each year. The cost of installation for basic service is $20 for the first outlet and $10for each additional outlet. The monthly service charge is $7.50 for the first outlet and $2.50 for each additional Iplease turn to page 3 And they're offfSixihunlired runners begin the 10 kilometer trek in the Third Annual Greeley lOKRoad Race sponsored by Skinners for Sports on Sunday, Nov. 30. More pictures page 5. Photo by Diane Cashktn Town and Planning Boards honor 'Bill' Henley by Marianne Acito On Tuesday, Dec. 2, the New Castle Town and Planning Boards held a reception to honor Earle \Bill\ Henley, who resigned from his lengthy term as Chairman of the Planning Board last month. Mr. Henley and his wife Grace, an attorney, have lived in Charlie Washburn takes a sniff of the good hot eider Mike Byrne is serving while Peter Westlake (Center) waits his turn for a cup. The Yuletide Spirit- began Monday evening, Dec. i, at the tree4ighting cermony when more thanJLOJ) townspeople gathered at the duck pond at the intersection of Rbute 120 and Douglas Road to watch the huge pine tree sparkle with its new lights. Photo by Virginia Baltay a sprawling turn-of-the-century house on Bedford Road since 1952. Mr. Henley has spent over 20 of those years on the Planning Board. During that time, he said, the main objective of the board was to maintain the town's character. \We did not try to curtail population growth, but tried to maintain the atmosphere - the feeling of the town.\ He said he believes the character of the town was largely formed prior to 1952 when he moved here with his family. Over the years, he's seen a great increase in population and foresees greater change now that multi-family housing has come. Relaxing by the fire, dressed in flannel shirt, corduroys, and work boots, he reminisced about the town as his two sons, Matthew and Peter (anengineer in Chile and a forester in Idaho, respectively) were growing up. \You used to know everyone. At the train station, if someone didn't show up for a few days, you'd wonder what happened to him. Now, you only recognize a small percentage of the faces.\ He sees this change more as a function of population growth than community attitude. He said, \This community has been blessed for the past25 years. The people on all the boards have really been interested in what's best for the community. No one has had a personal ax tot grind, and that's rather unusual.\ * An attorney for the Singer Co., he says his legal training has been helpful in his work on the Planning Board but \the please turn to page 8
