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•. PAGE 10 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27,2011 Vote on Tuesday, Nov. 8 Martha BOis Running for Ton of· affordable. Westfield Supervisor Stuart Delaplaine Martha Bills is seeking reelection to the office of · RUJUling for Town of Supervisor of the Town of Westfield Supervisor · We&tfillld. She is the I was born in Miami, endorsed candidate of the Fla., on Oct. 3, 1944. I Republican, Conservative graduated from Hillcrest and Independence parties. High School in Sumter, A lifelong resident of S.C., and I spent four years Westfield, Bills graduated in the U.S. Navy. I gradual- from Westfield Academy ed fro the University of and Central School. She South Florida with a received her Bachelor's Bachelor's Degree in edu- degree from Elmira College cation. I went into the with majors in biology and restaurant business in man- psychology. She and her agement in 1972 then on to qusband Bill re~ide on Elm being self employed in the Street. They are the parents restaurant business since of two sons, David and 1975. I owned and operated Nathan. tbe Barcelona Harbor Active in the community, House from 1982 until Bills has served as a mem- 2007. I am a past board ber and past presidenf of the member of the New York WACS Board of Education, State Restaurant YWCA Board of Directors, Association, Western Union Relief Association Chapter. I currently serve as and the Westfield Women's treasurer of St.. Peter's Organization. She is a Episcopal Church and as member of the First president of Chautauqua Pre'Sbyterian Church, County Corvette club, a not Chautauqua County for profit club. I have been Historical Society, and a married to my wife Martha 30-year volunteer and for 30 years this April and instructor for the American we have one daughter, Red Cross. Bailey, who lives m Bills has served as a Rochester. member of the New York Taking the position of Association of Towns, Town Supervisor won't be County Supervisors' easy, and I do understand Association and that there will be a lot of Chautauqua County Ethics challenges. I feel, however, Board. Other current volun- that these challenges can be teer commitments include dealt with through working the Westfield Strategic together as a board to retain Planning Committee, the trust of the citizens by Concord Grape Belt making decisions that best Heritage Area Management represent the people who Planning Commission, have elected us. Westfield Farmer'.s Market Steering is a great place to live and I Committee, Great Lakes aspire to enhance the attrac- Small Harbors Coalition tion this town has as and Westfield Development Westfield continues to grow Corporation. and move in a good direc- Eiected to the Town tion. Council in 1979, she served I am the type of person as Deputy supervisor that wants results in a rea- before assuming her current sonable length of time, not office. an open ended structure I am honored to serve as with no deadline. I strongly your Supervisor and am for- feel that as a board member, tunate to be a member of a I not only need to. be fiscal- board that is committed to ly responsible to the taxpay- govern in a responsible and ers of Westfield, I also will responsive manner in these do my best to offer a clear difficult economic times. vision and be able to defend We are currently involved with absolute reasons why with several varied initia- certain monies are spent. tives that have an exciting If elected, I will put forth potential to strengthen 100 percent in representing Westfield's economic out- the citizens of Westfield. I look and improve our quali- will have a very open and ty of life. transparent working rela- We are fortunate to have tionship with everyone. All Lake Erie as a resource and my decisions and sugges- are working to implement tions will be made on behalf our watel'front plan, pro- of the citizens and I will not mote our agricultural make a decision only resources and related busi- because \I like it.\ I will nesses. We have been able make decisions for you, not to improve and expand me. municipal water service and It has always been said will continue to work hard that the Town of Westfield to solve water problems and as its lake shore are a dia- extend lines. We have mondintherough.l~hinkit been able to update our is finally time to unearth, highway facilities, equip- polish and put that diamond ment and remain within on display for everyone to budget. enjoy: There are a number During the ten of ways to bring that dia- years that I have been mond out and into sight. but supervisor, we have been it can only be done with able to hold the line on the vision, work, respect, trust tax levy and reduce the and responsibility. Vision town's tax rate. For the first does not come from only time we, ve been able to one or two people, it comes from everyone. By truly lis- secure grant funding that . tening to people, we as a has helped us move forward board should be able to in tight fmancial times. learn what they think, what The Town Board has they want. I do not see why ~orked hard to provide effi- from there we cannot put ctent services and contain that thinking together. cost~ in order to providing digest the ideas and want tax relief. One way we and come up with a reason- have done tbis is by increas- able plan to implement the ing the use of shared ser- best ones. Making the right vices, working cooperative- decisions at the beginning, ly with the vmage, other having everyone on board municipalities, as well as with the vision, then ttuely local organizations. following up on that vision We live in a wonderful will make .this diamond community, with many peo- called Westfield shine. pte workirig to make good As we all know, things happen. l am open Westfield is a great place to to !l~w ideas and.const~ntly live, and we need to make stnvmg to find better ways sure we keep it that way and to keep our to.wn on a even make it better. l am steady, progressive course. proud of Westfield and I Please come out and vote take on this challenge with on Nov. 8. Together we pride. t hope that I can be a can enjp.y the special quality part of making everyone of small town Hfe io feel that pride. I want visi- Westfield and tqrs to go home and tell everyone what a great town they just saw. I want us to have bragging rights. Thank you for this opportunity to serve. Association and the· the Chautauqua County Westfield Moose. Head Start program for four In addition to his work years. He and his wife and community service, Susan (Haskin) have three Hemmer attends St. sons; Aaron, Joshua, and I have set up an email address, stuartde- laplaine@ yahoo .com, where anyone can send me a message, and I will get an answer back as quick as I can. Again, I would like to thank everyone for believ- ing in me and supporting me. Dominic Catholic Church in Noah. Westfield, where he has Smith's community served .on the Parish involvement includes serv- Council and is currently a ing ori the Westfield school Lector. He is also a member board for a \total of six of the Knights of years, a post officer for. the Columbus. . American Legion ·Post No. \My family and I have 327 in Westfield, five years enjoyed living in Westfield David Brown as a volunteer Youth Soccer and we appreciate the bene- coach, and a Westfield fits of being part of Running for Town Council Little League Coach. He is Chautauqua County,\ of Westfield also a member of the New Hemmer said. \We love this David Brown is a candi- York State Association of beautiful and historic com- d ToWn Cl,.r·ks. munity. I will' to work dili- ate for re-election to the \ gently to preserve and Town Council of Westfield. \As Town Clerk, I will · He resides on South Portage' use the experience and Improve Westfield, Ripley Street with his wife, Sandra, expertise I've gained to and Chautauqua County to · · · · make this an even better 1n the house built by his contJ~ue pr~lVIdmg ~e com- great-uncle in 1880. Before mumty With quality sec- place in which to live and moving t W tf' ld . vices,\ Smith said. \In addJ·- work\ o es Je Ill . \ 2000, David and Sandy tion, I am always exploring • • • • • • .lived on and operated a beef mnovative ways to increase Running for District 22 seat ~P Chautauqua County Legislature John Hemmer is seeking election to the Chautauqua County Legislature repre- senting District 22 which covers Westfield and a por- tion of Ripley. His primary goals are: promoting effec- tive and efficient county Fred Bertrando government by con&olidat- ing duplicate servi,ees; Running for District 22 seat keeping taxes and expendi- in Chautauqua C9unty tures low; and pressuring state legislators to reduce Legislature unfunded mandates. Fred Bertrando is running Hemmer strongly believes for the Chautauqua County in these objectives and is Legislature's District 22 dedicated to accomplishing seat which represents the them. He has received lhe Town and Village of endorsement of the Westfield and the Town of Republican, Conservative Ripley's District 1 in the and Independence parties. elections to be held on Nov. \TI)is is my first time 8. The Chautauqua County running for political office,\ Democratic Party, the Hemmer said. \Our current Westfield Democratic Party county legislator, Doug and the Dunkirk Area Labor RIChmond, is retiring. I Council have endorsed know I have big shoes to Bertrando. fill, but I can bring a new Bertrando, a 29-year resi- prospective to the position.\ dent of the Village of Hemmer is the son of Westfield, is employed by Kenneth and Dorothy Lakeshore Savings Bank in Hemmer and has been part Dunkirk in the accounting of the Westfield community department. He previously smce 1952. Ken Hemmer worked for-· Welch Foods. in was the Westfield Villa-ge Westfield for 26 years. He Justice for many years, and is a graduate of Jamestown he taught Hemmer to Business College. respect the law, his corrunu- Bertrando has participat- nity, and the rewards of ser- ed in Westfield as a com- vice to others. Hemmer munity leader in many orga- graduated from Westfield nizations. As a member of Academy and Central St. Dominic's Roman School, and from Alfred Catholic Church, lie has State College. Hemmer served as president of the married Marilyn LaPorte in Parish Council and is a 1968, and they own and member and officer of. the operate a 17-acre grape Knights of Columbus vmeyard which Hemmer Council No. 3100. He has refers 1o as his \hobby.\ also served as chairman of They have two children, shared decision making Bren of Lincoln University, teams at Westfield Pa., who is the network, sys- Academy and Central terns administrator for the School, as a member of the YMCA of Delaware, and board. of di!ectors for the Michael of Wilmington,. Westfteld ~Ittle League, as Del., who is a senior busi- :well as serv.mg m the capac- ness decisioning architect tty of prestdent and board for Pegasystems Inc. member of the Westfield Hemmer began his pro- Golden Hao,yks and the fessional career working in Lakeshore Mtdget Football Cleveland, Ohio, as a League. regional engineering techni- .As a past three t~rm cian for Johnson Controls. V~lage Trustee m Westfield After moving back to wtth a prov~n track record, Westfield in 1971, he took a Bertrando bnngs the knowl- position in the engineering e~ge, expenence and com- department of Renold Inc. nutrnent necessary to effec- Hemmer has recently tJv~ly work on the issues retired from his 18-year facu~g Ch~utauqua County career in the engineering and Its ~estdents. ~ertrando department of the recogmzes the time and Chautauqua County work required to work Department of Public through is.sues .with county Facilities. In August 200 4 , leade~ and restden~s and is he was on the engineering comlllltted to makmg that team that was the recipient mve.stment. Goals are to of the Everett Seastrum contmue to make the best Award for Team use of our county tax dol- Excellence. Iars, to seek further growth Hemmer has served the' and development for community of Westfield in Westfield, Rtpley and all of many ways. He was a mem- Chautauqua County and to ber of the Westfield maintain the quality. of life Recreation C~mmission for that the residents of several years. He is present- Chautauqua County value. ly a member and chairman Bertrando believes that of the Town of Westfield allowing open dialogue Planning Board. Both John between .citizens and gov- ~nd Marilyn are actively ernment ts ~~ best way to mvolved in volunteer work m~e the difftcult ch01ces for\ Westfield Memorial facmg the county. Hospital, the McClurg Bertrando and his wife, Mansion, Westfield- Chris. have three children, Barcelona Chamber of Tammy Lancaster who lives Commerce Light the Lakes in Westfield with her h~Js and the village of Westfield band Kevin and two chil- Victorian Christmas. dren Taylor and Alyssa, Hemmer ha~ contributed to Nicholas who lives in the Lincoln Festival Fredonia, and Amy Celebrate Westfield, th~ Hitc~cock who lives in Convoy of Hope and the Mayville w1th her husband annual YWCA Arts and Jake. Crafts Festival: He is also proud to be a member of the • • • • • and sheep farm in Sherman office efficiency and save for over 30 years. They taxpayers' money. A prime have four sons and five. e.xample is the incorpora- grandchildren. t10n of technology into Brown received his BA records management. I in English, an MA in spe- wrote and received a grant cial education, and his PhD totaling $5 ,200 from the in elementary education and Office of New York State mathematics from the State A~chives to electronically University of Buffalo. He image and index a large taught for 40 years, 35 of percentage of Town vital which were at Sherman records. This significantly Central School, and is now decreases research time and retired. storage space·. Brown serves -as presi- \I have thoroughly dent on the Board of enjoyed serving as Town Trustees for the Westfield Clerk the past five years YWCA and the Westfield and ask that through your Cemetery, and serves on the vote on Nov. 8 I will be Board of the Chautauqua allowed to continue. Thank County Historical Society you.\ as well as currently serving ••••• as Councilman on the Westfield Town Board. Brown is also on the Board of the Southwestern New York Red Cross, as well as on the Red Cross Disaster Action Team. He serves as a Trustee for Hurlbut Memorial Church in Chautauqua and is a Mission Team leader. He has been an active member of the Sherman Fire Department for nearly 35 years and currently .serves as president. Brown has. also served as a Director on the Board of Highlights for Children, Inc. \We have strived to keep taxes down and have con- tinually worked to share services with the Village of Westfield,\ Brown said. \The water projects and Town improvement pro- jects, particularly at Barcelona, will be a major focus of the next few years. We have a great Town and community and I would appreciate your vote on Election Day SQ that I can continue to work hard to maintain and enhance the Town of Westfield.\ •••••• Timothy C. Smith Rlllllling for Westfield Town Clerk :Fimotby C. Smith is seeking re-election to the office of Town Clerk. He has served successfully as the Town Clerk for two terms, or five years. being appointed on Jan. 1, 2007. He is endorsed by the Republican Party, Conservative Party and. Independence Party. A graduate of Westfield Academy and Central School, Tim bas a Bachelor of Science from S.UNY Brockport and is a certified New York State ~eacher. While atten4ing BEockpon he also completed the Army's ROTC progtiam at Rochester Institute of Technology. earned Distinguished Military Graduate and was commis- sioned as a lieutenant in the Army upon gtiadu,ation. He went on to serve 20 years in the mititary, retiring and moving back to the Westfield co-mmunity in 2001. Prior to beco-ming Town Cletk, Smith was a Dave Babcock Running for Town of Westfield Highway Superintendent Dave Babcock is seeking re-election for a third term as Highway Superintendent for the Town of Westfield. I. am endorsed by three par- ties - ,. Republican, Democratic and Conservative. My wife, Jill, and I were both born and raised in Westfield and graduated from Westfield Academy and Central School. We have two children; Jason, 13 and Kerrigan, 12 who also are being raised here in Westfield. I started work for the town in 1999 and started my first highway superin- tendent election teriJl in January 2008. I will be completing 13 years with the town highway depart- ment. Four of those years have been,spent serving as highway superintendent. I have learned a lot in the past years of work and ·am looking forward to continu- ing to work for the people of Westfield for years to come. I hav.e beeo supportive of and active in our communi- ty, including helping and coaching youth soccer. t- ball, youth Basketball. youth wrestling and presi- dent of the youtll wrestling program. • • • • • Jame8 J. Spann R111llling for Westfield Town Judge James J. Sparm is cur- ren~ running for Westfield Town Judge. He is a life long resident of Westfield. ~PIPID is an attorney duly lice~N~ed to practice law in the State of New Yoik and the District of Columbia. Tl Cc Cc thi co th A! 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