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CO > o u x o* •v > © c ^ > £ £ r o H & > < © Balk Rate Mailing Permit No. 4 Carrier Sorted Chappaqua, N.Y. 10514 Chappaqua journal Serving the Town of New Ostle £ E 2, Number 13 Chappaqua, N.Y., Thursday, November 19,1981 30 Cents A Copy, $12.00 A Year 5>D million filtration plant called only water solution by Jackie Friedlander \Whenever I forgot and mixed the brown tap water with the baby's apple juice, she got sick again. The Town says it is safe, but the fact is that when she drinks it, she gets sick.\ \I ran the water for several minutes for my miniature Schnauzers - and I wound up giving them bottled water in stead. I give the brown water to the cows, though - they don't care!\ \I have to run the water for a long time before I can give any to the children, when I teach nursery school.\ \My wife is a nurse and her please turn to page 4 Town Board, Airport Committee disagree on representation New planner named, new parking fines are authorized; garbage disposal licensing on the agenda New Castle Town Board and the Airport Committee members disagree on how the Town should be represented on Westchester County Airport issues. Councilman Patrice Mahon and\ Allah Borenkind\ Chairlfrian of the newly formed Town Air port Advisory Committee, say that a resident should be appoin ted to fill an at-large position on the County Airport Advisory Board. Supervisor Charles Banks is opposed to the move. County Executive Aired DelBello made a commitment to restructure the Board by increasing from one to two the seats held by Harrison, North Castle and Rye Town; and creating two seats for New Castle and Mt. Pleasant. New Castle now has no representation on the Board. \I annreluctantnto propose an appointment until the role of the committee is clarified,\ stated Mr. Banks. \Being hardnosed and please turn to page 8 Ken Jackson, age 12, learned programming from volunteer instructor Lew Wurzburg on a computer available for all residents to use at the Public Library. Photo by John Ragels. See story on page 5 Local nursery schools protest 'cpmpe^ojn^ Survey shows 215 want after-school child care un- Retarded share Halloween treats collected by Chappaqua children Students at two Chappaqua schools used some of their trick- or-treat candy for a treat for the Westchester Association of Re tarded Citizens in Mt.,Kisco. Youngsters at Roaring Brook Elementary School collected 4 shopping bags of Halloween candy under the auspices of SAGE, Students in Action for Governing Experience, and faculty advisor Pat Boelte. Their collection was augmented by Emily Gardner, a Roaring Brook parent and co-owner of Paron's Chocolate Works, who had baked 10 dozen cookies for a party that was cancelled. When she heard about Roaring Brook's drive, she added her cookies to their supplies. At Robert E. Bell Middle School, student's also collected Halloween candy for WARC under the sponsorship of the please turn to page 6 A Chappaqua School District survey on the need for after- school child care showed 215 parents are interested, it was reported at the Nov. 9 School Board meeting. Elementary Education Direc tor, Robert Haigh reported that 2,100 questionnaires were sent to parents of children from pre- kindergarten through sixth grade. Of 1,600 sent to elementary school parents, 75 favorable responses were received, or about one in 20. Of the 500 sent to pre-kindergarten parents, there were 140 favorable answers, or about one in four. Sixty five parents of pre-school youngsters were interested in plans for extended child care program. The questionnaire for parents of older children did not include that question. The Board members stressed that the School District will not take responsibility for future study. The School District \may have initiated the survey, but we will carry it on no further,\ commented Board Member Robert Mattson. \The study should be turned over the the ap propriate committee,\ he said. Mark Leeds, a School District parent, presented a proposal for studying an extended child care program. He recommended that the Board of Education appoint two members to an ad hoc parent group which would expand to a council and explore the project. People expressed interest because they are working paren ts, he said. \The parents have got to run this.\ Dr.Haake suggested that the Board discuss Mr. Leed's proposal and see if it \meshes with the list please turn to page 5 Urban County grants rejected by Town Board; too many 'strings' Won't solve basic problem, say residents Town Board bans trucks over 5 tons from Crow Hill Rd. by Nancy McCann An ordinance prohibiting trucks weighing over five tons on Crow Hill Rd. was unanimously passed by the Town Board, but residents say the measure will not reduce the hazards caused by speeding cars. The law is \well intenti- oned but won't solve the prob lems,\ said John Iodice, who lives on the New Castle section of the road, which also runs through Yorktown. A similar law was passed by Yorktown earlier in the year. Over 20 Crow Hill Road resi dents from the two towns came to the Nov. 10 New Castle Town Blue ribbon committee to be formed Town Club, LWV won't do joint study on armed police auxiliary by Nancy McCann expand into a citizens advisory The Town Club and the League of group with other representatives. Women Voters will not undertake But, the Town Club \refused to go a joint study on the need for a along with it,\ LWV co-president police auxiliary in New Castle, because the two organizations could not agree on the format. The LWV proposed a steering committee with the Town Club to Susan Welling told the Town Board on November 10. The Town Club wanted to do the idy solely with the LWV, ex- please turn to page 6 Board meeting to complain about the traffic hazards. The narrow winding road is \filled with blind curves which threaten the lives of motorists and children,\ said a resident. Anita Puehl added that the tele phone pole outside her home at the intersection of Kisco Park and Crow Hill Roads is replaced three times a year following accidents caused by cars ex ceeding the 30 mph speed limit. Mario Andretti There are turns \so bad Mario Andretti couldn't make them,\ commented Mr. Iodice. Youngsters walking to the school bus stop \have to jump away because cars shoot out\ pointed out Mrs. Puehl. A car traveling at 30 mph is \asking for death,\ asserted William Miller, adding that his _ please turn to page 6 by Nancy McCann The New Castle Town Board has decided against applying for Urban County funds. The deci sion was made at a budget meeting. The Town Board \threw up its hands over the myriad of government rules and executive orders'' regulating the program, said Supervisor Charles Banks on Nov. 13. The Consortium includes Scarsdale, Pleasantville, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Kisco, Port Ches ter and Harrison, and was formed six years ago to apply for Federal funding for building rehabilitation projects. . The Town Board discussed joining the group at a meeting with the County Planning Dept. representative on Oct. 27. The County set a December deadline for a decision from the Town. The $126,000 New Castle would have received in the upcoming three-year cycle of block assist ance grants would be limited to please turn to page 6 'Money is there but interest isn't' Student apathy blamed for lack of intramural sports at Greeley H.S. \Why isn't there an intramural sports program at Horace Greely High School?\ resident Edie Har- tmann asked the Chappaqua School Board. Thirty five percent of the students at Horace Greeley participate in interscholastic sports, but-there have been no in tramural sports since 1979. Student apathy is responsible for the absence of an intramural program school officials and Board members agree. The school district has allocated $135,000 this year, for interscholastic sports as com pared to $7,000 for intramurals, and that remains unspent, charged Mrs. Hartmann the please turn to page 2
