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at^S206. 7 (?ogef a •f} '^’HQ ■•F reeman ’ s ^ i ^ C O L O R C O M I C S . “ S H O P O N E O N T A ” f l inside coupons, page 6 O-URNAL.*^^^ SUNDAV, May 7,1995 Serving Otsego, Delaware & Chenango Counties l Incumbents win election A u fo a c c e n t ■results rsraw® sE S S ' according ts» state Mlicc as Norwich feamc&s. 0uoshee reportedly polied into the path of a p&ks® tm k whHe driving soath oh ctnmiy Route 18 m about 8SQ am. Friday. SheiepaEtedlyaitempt- ed CO makea leh-imnd mm o: state Route SO and &iled yield the r i ^ of way, and was suruck by a truck driven by Craig O. Goodspeed. 23, of Farker R ^ d in Caiiattsvilie. Garcia joins Sweet, Helterline on OHS Board o f Education By BILL WOLCOTT Staff Writer ONEONTA - The so-called anger that voters had in November’s elec tions seemed to have disappeared after two incumbents were re-elect ed to the school board Tuesday. Voters decided to stick with expe rience Tuesday when Judith Sweet crline, two veter ans of three years of school board minor neck ii^uiy at i Memorfeil Hospital in Oneonta, ttifi FiusHcId Emergency Squad &ansf«t^ I ^ n i ^ to Bassett, act^iding ra poSce, while the l^cston Bnergency Squad took Ooodspeed to Fox. Votos approve budget f 6 rCV-S C U ^ V VALLl^ - Ute lesidetiB in dte Gteny VaUoy* Spr&)gfte!d Ceooa! School Disuiet will see an ^ i n i i ^ u» tn^tcase «f 3 pemsm m 6 imieeni dfier voiag 178-133 to pass the ^ t ^ t ^ sqhool bad- ^ tW e d r S ^ y . Superimendent Miehasi M orale said that the ^ imureose Is only on esiintale. as Without a smte budget in is impossible m tsB much state aid die district will i^iv e . He called ibs budget “worst-case scenario\ with spending tq>$47S,OOR. meetings, joined challenger Huemic Garcia in the winners' circle. Of the 3,883 votes cast by 1,464 voters in the election. Sweet gar nered 681, Garcia 644,. Helterline 544, Harry \Buddy” Schnell 510, Robert Goddard Jr. 484, Carl Puylara Jr. 390, Joseph Bnll 328 and Cira Markuson 302. This year’s turnout was the high- esi in recent yem , wirii neatly a hundred more voters turning out than for last year's total of 1 ^68. But in a remadcable tom of ev^is, the results of this year elec tions have become more conoover- sial than the campaigning that took place before it. In an interview Wednesday. Hrit^ine raid this year’s t^poigning was too cteanfm voters to indwell- infirnnol ciu^ces ext the candidates. “I think it is very unfertunate that the campaign was so damn polite,\ she said. 'T don’t want see a campaign turn into the negative camf^gning we see in national politics,\ she said. “On the other hand I think the can didates should have done some pret ty clear compari^ns of themselves to other candidates and asked some tough questions.” Helterline said she doesn’t think the voters were given enough infor mation about the candidates to make clear distinctions. “They were filled in on plati tudes,” she said. “We didn’t, on most of die issues, push ^ other to out what we meant and where we differ.” HeiterliiK, a radoktgy poirasar ex the State Univasity Coltege m One«ua,saidd»spejttiHrtofto^ thinking ^xmt tlra lesuiis. “1 tan’i read vay much into it,” she said. Helurline said that b^aura ttf low turnout in Tiresday’s election, the contest proved nmliing m «e than who had the laigest power tesra among the candidates. “And even if you assumed that the results are some kind of valid poll of public opinion, it ceiiainly did not strongly endorse the diiecdon of the current board.” Although two incundrents won, togeth^ they only received slightly more than 1,200 of the more than 3,800 votes cast, Helt^line said. “So it’s neithw a rejection nor ^dorsement of the existing txmrd in See ELECTION on Page 7 p t o . it i was the tsnnis program, whie! vms e tim ina^ at a sarings of $ 1 0 ^ . Also cut were the ^'’^i^ponaMtm budget, supplies Photo am WokoU Sam Koury enters voting booth Tuesday afternoon at Riverside Elanentary School in Oneonta. Otsego Express to change routes of some bus runs Ridership has increased every month I t Just makes more sense to move our transfer point to the Southside M a l l ' ' PtmobyAtavrafimi and m a^als^ and the driver eduration psiipatn during the school year. .All summer couraes liad their expenses eliminated, as did dte summer music pra^am. At the same time vomis Let the games begin Partidpants at OneontaCon, a live action role playing convention, create personas for themselves and do battle. The convention included LARP and mental role {Hay ing. The event was held recently at the State University C o llie at Oneonta. Job Corps tries to unionize ITT Federal Services agree to hold another vote for employees By BAN SHERIDAN Editor COOPERSTOWN - Diane Carlton, newly appointed nans- portation cooidinaurr for Otsego OERiniy. au^hsa} soms chang^ that wRl t e made in the operation of O tse^ &qness. nicknamed “Gus the Bus.\ tbe ch a n ^ are needed bsxause the b ts line is having trouble mak ing m s n ^ although according to Kad Setomovo-. chairman of . the tat»govenimental Affairs Diane Carlton Ganffliitee, the ridership has been inmming each month. “It just makes more sense to move “We'ie trying to get the word out our mmsfer point to the Southside to the f»b&,” said Carlton. ’’We’ll Mall.\ she raid, have new bus routes mi May 22. CVS will Ire a stopping point. We're maldng smne (Ganges.” howev^, if requested as pan of the One anpCEmdange. die said, will nrete deviation. Many j^ p le wiU be the irtratntioo of route deviation. ask to tre let off there, said CarlUHi. The idea is thas tire bases will because the Basratt clank; is across deviate fioro tlreir nonnal rout^ by the sureei boro CVS. as m u ^ as thm-quaiters of a mile Carlton said that, by movkig die to | i ^ tip ffid &op off {msrangers. transfer point to the mail, pasrangers The 0 » ^ u e cones as a i^ult of can Ireok up with OFT to ride to the regoMtsis sating that, imder the colleges a into die city. Affisisans with Di^dlities Act. “Thme will still be five roures,” b u ^ must Aviate to p i ^ up hand- Carlton said, lut noted that some of them are changing. There wiB be a run up the west ^ s . ” @ddCmlB».“wehaveto(ioit side of Otsego Lake from Richfidd By BILL WOLCOTT Staff Writer ONEONTA • Employees at the Oneonta Job Oirps ^ t e r ray the company that runs the center is d r a ^ g its fm o n their attonpts to unioitze. The worirera have been tiying to unionize fro more than two yrars m the bidliiy. which is federaBy fund ed but privately run by ITT Federal Smviees Corp. out of BouMsr, CO. Howevmr, last w i ^ FTT did o^ee to bpirl iinnihfii’ unimi vetoJune IS. End of issue; righi? No, Bob Tonq^ns. an mga- iiizer for Sprwiee Employees Intemmional Union Local wldksh ui refucseni . matoly lO d e m iilt^s^lob' !n an irasarview with \ and several lob Cmqis I t takes them a long time to get things done. Bob Toznphiiis fin as he knows. Tompkins assertion is wrong. “To my knowled^ this has ^ e throat die f u i r a i a l p o ^ with the smtQ lobof bnnTd mrf |{io etectirma are f a June IS,\ Heizig raid, “lam ratawaieofanytlelajm.^ Ibe workera* and dhe imion's oblem surais Rmn the lob ^doootmimsunsler rbostd. White Job Onps is a < p a s i- f^- Ql ogesey (he tmieives fettemS funds. Nscause it is ran privately, the ral 200B, pobtemstiraisBo tappsisi- Oaqjscaqjlayrasi robOaps. theusuiltelsmbb Tofliplrins White Job ©B| ! worsts ol ogesey (he nuiie requesting anonymity, Tompkins Nsesuse it is ran privatejfy, the charged (hta ITT is not pade^pdng cmpIoyKsmenoiemJ’cieduiiderffie hi good faith and bdeltoeraW try- Naiitmal Labor Relations Bomd. \ - ■ * Nor are they considered federal employees. In <snca^ HT did ai^aaii cirai'- “lhai fad has os a graai psiping tire teiS ttetee deal of prabtems mid allowed inr to five months its hi good faith and is . . big to d ^ y a onion vote os !mig (B era taking evt^'dting to ndi depra to mrold IL” ho said, “Itisy don't have tej^timato raarans for (heirdeteys. “By the dme we have toe nmtt dradon to Juit^ U wQi be over o ai^ a tiHf siora wQ pad- t e d flieiii\ ssdto Gary iRiialg. toe diieeior at Ooekffiia €en»^« said m things dmre,\ Ttmidaia raid. “ITT knows that and they have been mta- cising c v ^ delay iraa^mdjle.” Tompkins raid he has ^ support ^ toe wm tes and exprato a v t e y this time. To win the elation, Tontfdtinsnt^ SOEKieentplnsmre employe While toe election Is slighlly more tlum a month away, Tmspldns tstid that ndtlier sMe has staitod ra m p a i^ g . \1 think most i ^ p le who are involved in this kind of stoff woold toB you that yoa have to eoiceni yourself with praldng too rarly,** he raid. Howevm. n r did to a veto a couple of years ago Rnr toe v s y rame uidon. whteh op lotoig toseltsntoa. Doitog toe test e lecte praMng «riy was cxsffidy wtoit to toe union whtelt tad mi 4«ntt wlto tote Mndef labor dsalltsi Trwnplsiire said. In H t tod m r n ^ c m - ^ p i ^ indiwtoials. “If wefsorids it for ADA paraen- ^nstm ti \afl* hovi* tnrfn it Springs to Oloperstown and one Sire rate ttat thcree wtebing to be nmning tire east side firaimRtchfidd p i ^ d BP by Gas dreuld rail the “ &peras 8(N} number m hast 2e hours in advairee, and ask for toe Crater and'then up me wesi sme oi msnber bis, tire nmte and the bus tire la^. nsim e ^ d . llrere wtO a l ^ tre a mate Ron Sta fiiM (tat tix ^ wishing mure finganta m Coopmtown on Route ^viatitHi toKHdd rail tire switto- 2SS through Larons and then to t^ud,{K!ltlre t o drivm. to infcami county Route 11 to West Oireonm. tomnto towherathepassragerta That ran will smp at the Shtqi'N Springs tiunugh Springfield Center read Chmry Vall^ to fitoddlefield “QhrimiSiy if there ere route devi- Save,ai p • when t h ^ open mteos, toe I n m may be lunnlng . m M's Whoiraale omi Wai-htottt. tore,® toe “We ran do opto to M l^ itat, tta ' ^ to n g to have to wait tto s ^ r o n . ® Sta raid t o passragms slKmld pk to work h esroiso alosofdetaptayondtos wmred toe voteis vdto a iwo* tsual delays.\ T o m ^ s raid. pangedteteef pJtoistsstodKifl* ftaraiptoyrasdocmeundertos tffiionfMB^e.teai!S»;fcss^to» pHirvisw of toe New ¥ « k S mo ^d.tiowhtebfyi’iieveMeSvtasi. implayeo Relations Bd A an lire 100 tato board t o ta p S t o rasstiy said is rateiu^y slow. “RrakratoemaloDgtliire to get Sra J 6 B m W B r n W a ^ f The &3xa re a ^ wM trovd toe Rorolranitoiz. Carlton said thro wiU be (xie early maming t o that will get pra- pte to work in Sidirey before tire 7 tta b m & toey frave themrelves a.si.shiffairei8lsoamcreniQglocq),to raKai|hiftirei}^t(Sstlrebus,andto Ednreston, endrethsetorey time (heir enanite or “it's one wtqr that we're trying u> vM ^sototorwillbeabtemget reive tire c(Hnmnni^,”C^ltiH is^ toe t o when It o n to its Thro win t t o be two b t m on isteatSp. ttreomflreinlot^fbfSn^gpassea- cosiof cto£^ is t o on grotoBsssetiHo^italfortire?and Ita'ita lifiten «l®sQ«a ®a 8 am. SMfts. € s « i » w i oa Real© 2(^ and Aireite? cliange In Otsego Rosfe Sf#|ta t o win ttow Step m Espiras, s^d tolKsn, is tost tire tire S i M d e M InsR^ of on cemmy is going to &y m get Medicaid reclptenm as ridro f H j a j f t y r a i d throughfheOfficeforttaA^go&d C fe|l® ^ te«toge.‘^€splewaiit toel^pasaaemofSostelfeivicea m pesple ihsy “We're fqting to get toe immia refvii© sgeiel83' tovtivea.'* said C a iltea,w to f i« g a to © ® w a i^ tedinilsatedapltoiottG ls^lcra. See bus i:. ^ a ;-
