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-.\a m r m a C C jO L O R C O ^ inside \ 1 o r i l K R ' S D A Y ! SUNDAY, May 14, 1995 Serving Otsego, Delaware & Chenajigo Counties o^8^Volumc^5©1995Mdler ^ b lishm | ^ S O 0 Briefly $304 with ih Milford village to see hike in property taxes MILFORD - The Milford Village Board adopted a spend ing plan which will raise prop- (»ty taxes by 13 percent. It was the first budget for newly elect ed Mayor Michael LaDiilce. The total appropriations are $223,802, which means a tax t n e r ^ o f 69 c ^ t s per $l ,000 of a s e s s d vahiatibn, bringing die ^ rate to $6;(^ per S1,000. That means a homeowner with a house l at $50,000 would pay lb this budget, up S34J50. The village still awaits water raira. with m i s t ^ Lori H e ^ and Ralph Bennett working with LaDuke on an $800,000 upgrade o f die water system in the village. LEAF releases 1995^ winners of its 6 & B raffle COOPERSTOWN - The Leaihmtocking Edicaiion on Alcoholism/Addicuons Found ation has announced the three winners of the raffle at the agency's Springtime Bed & Breakfast Tour, which was held Sunday, May 7. Norine' Miller of Walton, Irene Miller of Oneonia and Donna Doratcll of Otego each won a night's stay at t l u ^ of die homes which participated in die Sunday oftenuxin tour to benefit LEAF. Committee members Gail Niles, Wanda Hels^. Siro Drake and Esther Brools expressed apinectaiion to all the and tneakfast homes which o j ^ c d their doors for the event to near ly lOO tourists. Pafticipaling were The Inn at Cooprastown, the Nelson Avenue Pines, the G r ^ Apple Inn, Thisdehrook, Country Meadow Iran and Brown-Williams House. 'The oommiuee also esprossa! its gratinide ( d Moiiican Hourers, for ihdr gift o f a floral aiiange- ment for the opening lecefnion, aid the bireinesses in Oireonta and Cooperstewn which sold tick ^ during hte month of May. These include EUsworth and Sill in Coopeistown, and Artware, Sweet Indulgence, Village R o w ^ and Gifts, and Btm Franklin, all in Onsonra. The committee raised nearly $1.20(} for the agmey «vhich is theGtsegoOoanty Me^oirialDay paraie is:stakd CODPSI^TOm - A Mdinorial Day ai>on- 8ore4 .by tile, C o o p i ^ v a t 0tamber of Cebiieraiowt . t e f t a i f s A s ^ h M oo has - I nside - Ci8^eds.«u,».«»«.i.»»>14>16 Siniog & Entertsinsient.,»«.f3 Home Impr Oblloaries.. Regiosol Sochit.. SportStio Center Street celebrates its centennial Activities will recreate an 1890s atmosphere By BILL WOLCOTT Staff Writer ONEONTA - While the school district debates leaving its “sister building\ at 290 Chestnut St., the Ceni School keeps spitting; years after it was built. out graduates a ' m And to celebrate the fact, the school is plan ning a host of activities from now until December, starting i^iih an old-fashioned ice cream social on Friday. “ It’s sort of a kickoff for our centennial acliviiics,\ said Ron Whalen, a teacher and member of the 100th Anniversary Committee. Starling at 6:30 p,m., the ice cream social will feature children and adults dressed in tum-of-thc-ccniury garb. \We will hopefully take people back to what use to be a major event in the 1890s, an ice cream social, and uy to recreate that atmosphere,” Whalen said. The ice cream social is one o f the many pro jects planned to mark the lOOlh anniversary. The school has already completed a mount ing of a crystal chandelier in the window sec tion of the school that joins the original build ing to its more modem addition. The chandelier features a 100 prism-shaped crystals strung up by students, staff and district otTicials, and pur ple and gold beads that match the school colors. Other projects in the works, include a xrec planting ceremony, a dance and an exhibit fea turing old photos, old desks and pens. “So we are sort of building a mini-museum there for the lOOih anniversary eelebrauon,”, Whalen said. Ironically, while the building is 100 year olds it has only been owned by the school dis- uict since the early 1920s. Whalen said. Before that the school was owned and operat ed by the Normal School, which is now more commonly known as the State L'niversity College at Oneonta. “For many years it was owned by the state and used for what they called ‘practice teach ing’ in those days.\ Whalen said. “ It was built for the Normal School to give them a place where their students could come down and .practice teaching in a classroom setting. ” Eventually the state built what is now called the Bugbee School and sold the Center Street school to the city school district, Whalen said. At the same time, the Anniversary Com mittee is searching across the country for alumni and former teachers, staff and student teachers, he said. Made up of faculty and parents, the Anniversary Committee, has been working on the project for about the last year, Whalen said. As a teacher, both he and fellow teachers at CMitcr Street arc trying to ue in the centennial with the curriculum, he said. “‘Tiiric’ LS sort of a difficult concept for children to relate to,\ he said. “But what we re doing IS trying to contra,st what we have now, and what a student w ho was sioing in the same classroom was experiencing.” To do this, the teacher are using a film made at Center Sueel by the New York Slate Histoncal Assouauun several year ago. \We're using that film quite extensively,” he said. The film is about a young girl and the sto nes she chronicles in her daily in her diary during the 1890s. \It's done very professionaUy and was shot mainly in Center Street School,” Whalen said. While the centennial celebrations will be kicking off Fnday. Whalen said the com m u te IS still interested in hearing from alumni, and old faculty and staff. Interested people can write Ron Whalen care ol the KKHh Anniversary Committee, Center Street FJerncniary School. 31 Center St , Oneonia. NY 13820. They can also call and leave a message at the district office by dialing 43V 8200 Local woman claims Chamber service award more special. For the first time, a teenager Budro first teen to garner honor By DAN SHERIDAN Editor COOPERSTOWN - It is the most coveted award banded out each year by the Richfield Area Chamber of Commerce, and this year it was something even the fi,,, „iMv, a has taken the Jim Ncuschei Memorial Award for Cmnmunity Service Raipients. Hcidi Budro, 18, won the award, which has Ixtcn given out for the lasx nine years, including this year. In 1993. her father. E. Lawrence Budro, won the award. As part of the annual meeting held Monday, Larry Btolro rehnquished his position as president of the Chamber. But the night belonged to Heidi Budro, a senior at Richfield Springs Central School. Budro was highlighted ui a feature article Dec. 14, 1994 by the Freeman s Journal, which ran the story ^ ler a Red Cross blaxl drive which was totally run by the teen in Richfield Spni especially close to her heart, as she admitted at the banquet, held at T he Lake House .Monday Lve been doing community s«.'rvi,.e Since I was 5,\ she said. It s not because I want awards like this. It's because I like helping people. My parents have been great leaders. They really sent me m the right Jirei-tion That's basically why ' One ol my friends was killed , s geoing more dtsuncL “That's why I've w hen drinking,” she said, the hint of tears in her eyes g a big pan She said that her mvolvemem in the sundry community acuvi nes gives her a sense of satisfac- uon merely for helpmg. “I just love working with people,” she said. “ I never expecicd this I just do it for the fun of It, and for the smiles 1 get from people. The smiles are everything.\ Luullc McMahon, Service .Award Committee chairwoman, said that this year the award pre sentation would be different than other years. \The thing that makes this dif ferent this year is that this is a teenager.” McMahon said. As her father handed her the award, and she made her way back to her table, he had a few surprises for her. See BUDRO on I^ge 7 Photo by Dan ShcrUao Heidi Budro, center, took home the her is her father, E. Lawrence Budro and esteemed Jim Neuschel Memorial Award Lucille McMahon, Service Award for Corxununity Service Recipients. With Committee chairwoman. She IS the only teen ever to sit on the Otsego County Chapter, Amencan Red Cross Board of Directexs, and has been involved with volunteering for theorgani- became intricately involved at a canteen for freshmen - a fundrais ing event Thai is just the lip of the iceberg. Budro is at the top of her class ally.nai with a 92.42 average. She is French Club president, president of the Students Against Drunk Driving and a member o f Model UN. She includes on her ever-expand ing tesumd involvement with ihe Girls Athletic Association and played on the varsity girls' vollcy- bali. She was also involved m band and chorus. Her involvement in SADD is Transit Week hits Oneonta By BILL WOLCOTT Staff W riter ONEONTA - The saond annual Try Transit Week will be rolling into Oneonia Monday, with a week- long set of activities designed to help promote the benefits of OTieonta I^blic Transit system to the community. of a nationwide carnpii^, the w e ^ emphasizes the “valuable contributions\ OPT and public tran sit systems around the counuy make to the community, said Bam Stewart, •Bransit Week o ^ g a tte for OPT. “People who use transit m get to work, to shq[> or to use healtii care facilities help k<rep our i^onoray ^ive,” Stewart said. “It’s a piblic seivice that benefits all citbtens with cleaner air, less amgestion, a health ier (£onomy and greater oppitunity fornnany,\ As pan of the 'Fry Transit V/rak colorations. Stewart and fellow OPT wmkeis have (»me up wiUi five separate daily themes for the week starting comorrow. • \Helping Hand Day” la eofljuktion vtdtii the Salvaiien Am y OPT will help kraal forailies in with a food drive involving OPT riders. Any rider who dosnras o eon of foo^ when they get on a bus wlQ ride for Irtra, Stewart said. “L ^ year’s itelping Hand Diy was sttc^sribl with %veial huidfed L a s t year's Helping Hand Day was successful, with several hundred cans of food collected Ram Stewart rans of food coUirated \ she said. And even if p ^ l e don’t wont to ride a bus, they are still encouraged to donate food. sIra said. • ToBday. Xonunnia Day\ A r^ workm con leave their cars in the ^ g e and rithithe bos to their Jobs £or free Tuesday. Commuter hours will be fioin 6-9 a.in. ond 4 to 6 pjn. •Wednesday: “Driver Appree- iation Oneonia Mayor David Brenner has proclaimed Wednes^y as Driver Aj}pr»latiQn E^y to homv OPT*8 dhfe© (&t ffieir ccBimiBnem to die safb^ and ssivhra o l com* mania's transit ritic^ S^w£ui raid OPT win eelcbraie the vrith an til the Bui Stine In tits Oisraii 08 Mrin Bsri^mcsus wfll be sraved tmi drawings held every half-houf. th e ptikita smd gifts w»e donated by area business es like Brooks' Bar-B-Q, Jreck Subs and the Golden Guernsey, Stewart said. In the evening, OPT will hold its Eighth Annual Safety Awards Banqum, with d r ivm with excellent driving records getting an award during tiie night. In acMition, the Driver of the Year Award will be given to the bus driver with best dri ving record, best driving perfor- numce. highest attendance, best appearance, best attiuide and most coorterois to the public. Stewart said the Driver of Year is selected from nominations by passengers, but is not b a s ^ on how many nominations they receive. • Thoretoy: \Senior Citizen Day” Tie wet^’s most popular day is a chance for OPT to say thank you to <Hte of its most dedkoied groups, semw ei^n&. All during Ae day seniors con ride ihe bos t o . • Friday: \Shoppiiig Day\ A ht^ihy iransli system sappons a hstltiiy etraooiny. Sfswari sai4 \We stm of hold tite key to worid’s largest mall... because you ran uss QUf btis» ra shop taiywhere in Orapisrawn tmd Gneenta,\ rite said “We ftrip m bring ail the oraa sfoping o n d a eras As poll of Shopping Day. pas* scogcijs cm show a raeelpt dated ^ t@ flora any area business and rld e f f ^ . FitotodyBiDWcUoiU Hanging out Jy! Oabrtel, a jimicr at the State University College at Oneonta, studies lor finals while perched precar iously out of her fifdt floor window on Main Street in ^ e o n ta. * ■ : : c m
