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ARCADE HERALD Serving the Villages of Delevan and Arcade and the Towns of Sardinia, Java, Machias, Eagle, Holland, Freedom, Sheldon, Farmersville, Yorkshire and Arcade since 1891. Volume LXXXI—Nitmber 14 ARCADE, NEW YORK—THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1984 Price 25c Discussions on landfill accord reach a dead end Communication between the Town of Sardinia and Richard Penfold, owner of the CID Landfill on Hand Road, may once again have to take place in the courtroom, as attempts to work out a proposed agreement between the two sides came to a halt Wednesday evening The town board, by a 3-2 vote, earlier this fall decided to arrange meetings between itself and the town's planning board and Mr. Penfold to discuss proposed compromises that perhaps could be put into a package. Litigation between the town and the landfill, which has been costly to both sides over the\ past few years, had been placed on hold temporarily in the hope that an agreement could be reached outside the courtroom. The first meeting, held on October 17, lasted for three hours and was generally pleasant, resulting in a decision to communicate further on November 7 This meeting lasted for two hours and also contained no signs of anger, but it became apparent as the meeting progressed that a serious impediment to an agreement was going to be Mr Penfold's proposal that the court order by state Supreme Court Justice Norman Joslin restricting his hours of operation be vacated by the town. Such a move, which he said was the only part of the entire proposed package that would be to his benefit, would allow CID to operate 24 hours a day if it received a contract that would make such an operation feasible. THAT ISSUE was touched upon occasionally earlier in the meeting when the members of the two municipal boards expressed some concern over the noise generated by some of the heavy equipment involved in various operations at the landfill and at adjacent CID property, particularly early in the morning. By and large, however, the discussion focused on other parts of the proposal. At the outset of the meeting, Supervisor Clinton Salmon stated that it should not be the function of the combined boards to pass final judgment on any proposed agreement, but rather to submit such an agreement, if reached, to the townspeople. Between the two meetings, Town Attorney Stephen Miller, who was unable to be present, had inserted a number of legal comments into the proposals that had been discussed at the first meeting Among the other topics discussed at last week's meeting were a possible liaison officer between the town and the landfill and a citizens' advisory board, an attempt to clarify which of the landfill's operations were included under \operating\ hours, the number of years an agreement should be in effect, and the distances that should be maintained for the disposal of solid wastes near other residences or adjoining properties. Once it was determined, however, that the town did not wish to vacate the Joslin order, the discussion of all other points apparently became meaning less, since Mr. Penfold had told the boards last month that he would need an agreement either on all points or none at all A FEW EYEBROWS were raised when Mr. Penfold noted that he always puts in a bid to receive the City of Buffalo's sludge. So far his bids have been too high, but if he should ever receive the contract at the price he wants, he would be willing to put up with the hassles of operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in order to handle the sludge. He added that his research into town records indicates that no one apparently complained to the town when Hugh Smith, from whom he bought the landfill, operated 24 hours a day. When it became apparent that several board members seemed unwilling to allow a possible 24-hour operation, the members of both boards were polled for their opinion. No one who spoke was willing to g o along with an agreement that vacated the Joslin order on the hours of operation Mr Penfold said, \If that's the case, what did we have the second meeting for 9 \ He added that he planned to continue with his appeal of the Joslin order and with his attempt to invalidate the town's solid waste ordinance. After those matters are resolved, he said, \We'll sit down and talk again.\ The Bliss school as it appeared last week. The gymnasium section, which will remain, is partially visible at the extreme right. Part of Bliss school razed The 65-year-old mam section of the former Bliss School is being torn down and its owner, the Town of Eagle, is now planning ways to develop the surrounding grounds and the remaining 50-year-old gymnasium wing' Originally built in 1919 as a school for all grades under the pnncipalship of the late Harold Harrison, the Bliss School graduated its first class, two members of which still live in Bliss, in 1921. It later became part of the Letchworth Central School District and ceased to be a high school when the Letchworth building was opened in Gainesville The central district closed the Bliss building in 1979 and transferred the local elementary students, and then sold the building to the town for one dollar in 1980. Since that time, the gym has received some use, but both the gym and the classroom sections of the building have been plagued by leaking roofs and some deterioration THE TOWN BOARD consulted Edmund Winslow, senior historian in the State Education Department, who came to inspect the building. He stated that it had no special historic value and that state funds were not available for preservation or repair of such structures. He did not feel the town Most incumbents easily re-elected President Ronald Reagan's landslide victory last week was typical of the margins by which many other incumbents won re-election in this area. Though Walter Mondale carried Erie County, the president easily won the other counties of western New York. In the only other area-wide vote, Republican Edward Rath defeated Democratic incumbent Edgar NeMoyer for state Supreme Court; NeMoyer carried Erie County, while Rath won the other seven counties in the district Both local congressmen, Republican Jack Kemp and Democrat Stanley Lundine were re-elected. Kemp, as usual, buried his Democratic opponent, while Lundine won 55 percent of the vote against Republican Jill Emery and Right to life candidate Carol Fisher of Chaffee. Incumbent Republican State Senators Jess Present and Dale Volker were easily re-elected. Republican Assemblyman William Paxon was virtually unopposed for re-election, while Assembly Majority Leader Daniel Walsh of Franklinville, a Democrat, was re-elected over Republican Charles Corson Republicans won all four races in Wyoming County. Sheriff Allen Capwell and Coroner Robert Holley were re-elected, while Jean Krotz was elected clerk and David Jones was elected coroner. In Cattaraugus County, incumbent Coroners Dr. Harry Law and Dr. Paul Sum were easily re-elected over Democrat Larry Haynoski. There were no county-wide races in Erie County. In Freedom, Republican Allen Bishoff was elected highway superintendent with 310 votes to 278 for Democrat Ronald Ashworth and 74 for Richard Kless, an independent. Holland Councilman James O'Brien, a Republican, was defeated, 777 to 647, by Democrat Gordon Hessel, while Democratic Assessor Marcia Hazlett won over Republican Arthur Stevens. 878-565. In Eagle, Republican Richard Moden was elected councilman over Democrat Joseph Prusmowski, 345- 108. Arcade Justice William Beyer, Arcade Assessor Alan Duine, and Yorkshire Justice Jeffrey Davis, all Republicans, were all unopposed in seeking election to the remainder of their terms. Since military ballots can arrive up to a week after the election and since all machines will be checked again, the above figures are all unofficial. ARCADE 'S WEATHER FACTS Week of November 5-11, 1984 44 31 19 20 40 43 42 Monday 52 Tuesday ... .... 45 Wednesday . 45 Thursday 46 Friday 49 Saturday 54 Sunday ... .54 Rainfall: 1.90\ Snowfall- Trace could maintain such a large building as a historic site Also consulted were Anne Humphrey, executive director of the Arts Council for Wyoming County, and Anita Ripstein, deputy county historian Neither of them offered any encouragement to the town to keep the entire building In the November 3, 1983 issue of the Arcade Herald, the Democratic candidate for town supervisor, Rita R. George, stated. \I feel the town has problems with the elementary school building \ Mrs George won the election the following week, and the town board at an April meeting discussed what to do with the building, indicating it would not place it on the market. The board did not wish to sell the gym or the land, and Mrs. George told the Herald last week that she feels any prospective buyer would probably be interested in the land Ix>cal realtor Marion Brown contends that the town did not try to maintain the building or to market it, though Mrs George said no buyer had ever come forth in four years A petition bearing 12(1 signatures was later presented to the town board, but Mr Brown felt the board pushed the demolition through without considering the petitions. Mrs George, however, noted last week that the petition contained no reasons for objecting to the demolition, the wording of the petition did not indicate that the gym was to remain, and some of the signers no longer reside in the town The town board voted at an August 2 meeting to demolish the school and to maintain the gym and grounds for town use. Donald Atwater of Delevan was hired to demolish the school, though the \Bliss School\ sign has Please see page 3 public meetings MON., NOV. 19—MKMM town board, 7 p.m. Freedom town board, 7:30 p.m., Including public hearings on two propoMd local laws (see legal notices) Wyoming County Industrial Development Agency public hearing on $1 million In bonds for American Precision Industries proposed facility In Arcade, 4 p.m., supervisors' chambers. Court House, Warsaw. TUES., NOV. 20— Arcade village board, 7 p.m. Pioneer school board, 8 p.m.
