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I iJ ; : 1 ' ^ i s s i e - f S ip m t5 o n I in e ..,o w .^ . S029CTDD: i m 4 6 2 - ? m '' T h e d c * l s ^ « r t f t t 6 0 ^ a p . ■’■ after the presidential dwasm* dedamtion. T w e m y ^ t^ ®iw« lies were declsred major disas- , tor a t m for individual assis tance by President B il Clinton ; 70« laa.^^ i» .a ^ K itorms and flooding tiiat st& r^ d f l ^ . m ; :;// .'; Artyose .having ,qwestlons m . abont the dlsafter sassistance .,; r, IsograiBS ^ ite. slates of iheif r application should call the •ttsastte Ifrfomiatiort Helpline ' at 1(800) 5QSMm. Those wife . hearing m speech Impatencni caneai tD H I (800)^-8005. Finance Goimnittee gets trolley issues Mayor decrees ByOANSBERIDAN COOPERSTOWN - Saying .that n!icy decision shotiid be made by elected official can be lacked out o f office.” regarding the trofley 'Stem, Mayor James Woolson used 8 eKecutive powers to shift issues concerning the trolley system ftom the Parking Comniittee to the Finance Committee at the Monday meeting of (hn bnnrd of trustees. . The Parlsitig Comraiitee merntjera and board members were shocked at the deeision, particularly since most hffld nof been made privy to the news before he announced it, late in the meeting. “All of the (Parking Committee) memf^rs me upset at the way it was handled,” said Carol Waller, Parking Coimnittee member tmd tone trustee on the Committee. “I didn’t know anything about it before die meeting, I was totally dumb founded.” Ib e majorii^ o f die members con tacted declined to comment other than to say thttt they would way to state their feelings until after they could meet witfi die rest of tiieir Committee membeis. Bill Guilfeile. Committee mem ber from the Nation^ Baseball Hall o f Fame and hluseum, however, had diis to say, ‘T was extremely disap pointed to learn that the village Parking Committee would no longer be responsible for overseeing the trolley operation. Under the astute leademhip of Fam Washburn and Paul Knapp, the trolley program has probably been one of dte most sue- eessfiiily run operations in the vil lage. To summarily remove Mrs. Washburn from any future involve ment in the trolley program is, at best, unconscionable. . “As one who, as a member of the Parking Committee, has been involved in the trolley opermion since its inception, I offer the fol lowing uitsoiicited advice to die mayor and to the Finance CommiUee, which, I understand, will now be assuming this responsi bility. “One: Ihe simeess o f the program to date has been due to the trolley reserve fund. Any and all profits See TROLLEY on Page 6 Bradshaw tenders his resignation The play's (he (king The rast of “Tlie King the senloi’ prodticticm at Cooperstown Cental &hool this year, \ran\ fhfoii^ one of ^ e st^es during lefiearsals. CSEA rallies to stop The Meadows priFatfeadon - «. • . 1 msmbBra said, could to written to ensure that turnover rate. There would be less experi- that e m p loy^ \could l o a o n rteaM ByRANSaEBIHAN E^tor The CSEA does not agree, however. tie sain mar, wane an i w r may w<tucu uuut, uiwu “W e’re here to help our Otsego County guaranteeing a certain perceniage o f beds for homes, our cars. . . uAD-riMir-v cra^M A R v to get together and basicaUy Imml residents and for retaining employees. ‘TherB s going to t e s u ^ a turnover, it s HARTWICKS^HNARY - h tobersofthe efforts to cmtact legislatorR and that does not mean that when the contact it not funny, remarked W o o d ^ k CSEA statewide Kdh^ around effrats by union he involved. Gloria Griffith, shop steward for CSEA at H iem lB rsatTheM radow stoM ta^ vattotioTiff the nuKing^ome.” said Mark nVhen you reaepiiate the contract,” he The Meadows and.a 20-year employee. imvQiire the long-term care presently for^die state S n said, “anyttoig can ^ p e n . ” commented. “Basically, we re trying to outspokea against privati- He noted that a private company, white it make the board members aw ;^ of what Membera > gathsisd at tbs Bes Western | ^ may be a not-for-profit, still wants to mal® could happen with pnvatization issues as far Friday to gamer s u p p it throughout the coun- ^ ^ ^ j essQ. That’s the number one S m f m e m p lo y e e s . _ f o i n g ^ s meeting is to get the (CSEA) Board of Sspresentatives members aM . S t He saW that the ^ l A has not approved membera going. request that alternative actions be CJ^idsred. ° ^ the board of repiKsnmtives as a unit as yet, “We’ve been working internally.” she Ffivatization was r e e o s ^ e ^ by the and does not faiow whether file issue wiD be an added when asked why it has tafen so long Meadows Review and F t a g m . ^ n n E m S ’^ y r e S i y ^ - a ^ S t e m a i Wednesday’s board meeting. for a union response to the December 1995 a repon j s u e d in Decerrite to a ^ of Kpre- ^ w a m to t o w why L y think privatiza- report. “This is the first pubUc thing that sevenM ferentpupos^w taehw ereoffer^. tion edll telo The Mellows.” said Lenora we’ve doi».beMUse they are not m ^ n g any m e c r m i^ boarddisenssedtiteis^^ «We’redsoconcOTed about theg u a S ^ e f Wooffleck, an employee ta the fadli^ for 16 dreisions, y ^ ” . . . earKefBteeting»anditw;Kii 0 tedffltfttffiefaci!- i»nvi» ®at it veam “It’s coins to nut more ireople on pub- She said Chat the muon has teen researching iiy t e c o s t ! n s - t h e ® i m W « 0 ® J « r y e ^ . ^ t o i t o M e S d n S s e e w S r e file t o e for file tosi 3-4 months. M v a t i z a t e f t i t f S e l K d t a k e ^ S e i i u S th e Meadows islosing money.” , ■ Sdd J a t o n . ‘I f t o y m te cm Jobs, Hearing set for Upstate Homei tei¥Vti*>jac*e ftnrl fk/^nTtnilPlitU bV S Pv ^ B * R S P » | S selesHoapas^ess and a rnsniffluttity has dfeiited as.\ said Patricia Kenpc^fonliigsa^. anmv^ q u ^ o i s t o village’s t o ton wiS aifoiiit a repe^ntaaive to taid answer qias t e , . . Itis feesdfig ufSe® %via ton haveSisd^stowakB adeeision. - I nside Around toTft’vv'ns...i.««...-.-.-S ClassifledSM,i,tw«*M*«w»M»i.*J2-i4 Heqith St Home opimott, 1 VlJUtg^ re«BlVCU M W I UMBW ICIVVI sthtirif thtt CIptate Homes was S 5 S “S 15 “S i r ^ . public hearing hefd Feb, 26.^^^ He hiso noted that this is part of bwdett o n ^ c board* 8 reasoning was that tote are tjic tetainlstratlve proccdutd, bat a lot of otoer f ^ i f l . three siriwlar facilities already in the smd i negatiye decision for (he vif .tjot changfe^tlie character of t o vii- villagc. and that this pmsxjsai idge may not U t o end of It ’ lagc. tlis ^s, iri t o ptinty STlan woirid take t o propel owned by “If we have an adverse decision,” fot tossitoty p i l i n g t o tose > Robert: ted Nancy Hoffman off t o fie said,‘Sve COuM cto! to sue v^, _ “We have 10 residekes In t o ,ftfflcer,1towa,s S t Dennis, and* county, and this la t o first rime court repottefc JCcnnedy said tot t o hearing officer may m to vtogc re where ftre've gone toougfi t o sire wdl& t o t reoffi;t tesi«Qtty,and coo»iip»thmaltenaUveEite. 'Music Man' Ph«t« lu tw* The Milford Central School spring play, \The Music Man \ will be performed at 8 p.m, March 29-30. Shown are Amanda Curry (Marian) and ISaac Katbbone (Harold Hill). \ By DAN SHERIDAN Editor COOPERSTOWN - While it has been known for more tiian a year anrnng his colleagues, the end of a . 10 -year road as leader of the Qmpeistown Ctenual School District hit home only about two weeks ago for Dr. Douglas Bradshaw. “1 have never kept it a secreC he said Friday. “I haven’t announced it publicly or sent out any press telexes. It really hit me when 1 wrote die letter about two weeks ago. I felt sadness, in a way, and some excitement. 1 try to be opti mistic about things.” totoCoopsTstownSctolDistitet cract. he was mandated to infonn Board of ^ucation at its VJednesday the board of education whether hs mretii^, at wltich tiiete were very would ^fwititura qn superisten- fewffifeCb®tobcaiB$iireifti> dent o r retirot^ April J M fiiis {rear, ond olnum! no media pr^ence yete. He .-tpcngjing to save fm ^ F ie m w t ’sJaaimd. wthit-ia faftyrf to, that h e wanted u> ffiJiStat * ^ y father (^tiie and pufsos otitur intarests at dfiangcri tsmceis twitas, when he was -^g 55 . n ig m»<!tgn.Tffnni goes into w te t e wastiO. Hcptolly. gffgei |oiy i, I have sontetMng fooffmv” «puj yonog erreugh fiisi ffisre are BradsHaw ®id fiiai t o dted was oajgr t f i ^ s t o f I wimi to do.” 6 s written into his last contim:t. nsgo- tiated four years ago. fn that con- Sec SRAPS 8 AW on PSs^!4 ff -m -V —
