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sISllSw- \T^X* iH^QIran^ir.^as had ^^R^Iti^wai ihe^pera- iloe ^epartimerit over the treats.-, ' ..,._„ %pr^ State mandated that all ppliirerficers mie state complete at least 285i hotirs of framing in certified police schools within one year of the date of dieir apj»mthients to duty. Schools fortuH and part time police officers have been conducted from time to time in the past few years, but Champlain hasnjt sent its officers to die schools. There have been good reasons. Next month another school opens in Pittsburgh. Jack Favreau, who has stuck by the village many,\many years in a police capacity, has expressed great interest in attending the upcoming school. Jack would also like to see Bryant Meseck and possibly anodier person at- tend the school. Champlain Village of- ficials would do very well to give some serious consideration to sending their officers to the school. \ It is not this newspaper's intention to be critical of Champlain Village or its police department or individual officers. Requirements mandating training for police officers are sound. Today any man or woman acting in a police capacity must have a sound, comprehensive training background just to be competent in his or her pro- fession. Dedication to duty; to serving; to protecting just aren't sufficient in themselves. We tend to dismiss it as nonsense, but it is quite true diat each time a police officer—any police \officer— 'answers a call, he or she is laying his or her life right on the line. That is not fiction or fantasy. That is reality. That is today. The more training an officer has, the better he or she is able to take care of themselves and us. Being a cop is, for the most part, a thankless job. It's a tough job. Let's be realistic-it's a lousy job. Sure, there are some bad ones here and diere. They're the ones whose self- interest is leading them around by the nose. They don't last. Our officers deserve the very best we can §;ive them. Training at least ade- quate to meet minimal standards is the least we can give diem to serve us. Long gone, fortunately, are die days when police simply had to be big, tough and stupid. Today, diose qualifications cut no ice. An officer today must be so much more than justa big, dumb cop. An officer today/is into computer technol- ogy, eK^E|pi|<iis stadsucs, data ...... *. - iSSj C ^ i^Qjgpseiit aren t^gpr^^^pe any ofncerau the knowledge he or she needs. That takes a lifetime. Let's give our officers the training they need; the knowledge they need to better serve us. It's melaw. Leg&give them at least a chance. Since officers, particularly those in Champlain are expressing great inter- est In attending die upcprnihg school and it is required, if they are to remain as police officers, it behooves Cham- plain Village Trustees to see that the officers attend and complete die re- quirements for bemg police officers. It's in all our best interests. psy* mm < z- • wtm mmm *&* ngs 1l vv- -I Last Wednesday all the planets id our Solar System moved Into the samequadfjuifeof tlfe^unrTJteEce were dire predictions of doom 'n such from all over\everywhere. And; of course it didn't happen. Not yet! Couldweadief problems be hung on die proximity of the$gne|||^^n|itr;-:' ..-• • :--^ :;.. y. The wgather it^eri and weamer lady critters don't accept any responsibility for the daily disaster sometimes referred toaslatewinter, but more preferably as pre-spring. Come Sanirday,Irwill;Jbeia^iirfie wheoier welike ij or not. Naturally, flowers and other spring things should be in great profusion by Sunday. We've waited such a long time... .BYJtOj^L0N0TjO\ 'Twould be a great idea to pile all the snow scattered around the area into a great heap and burn it. But, wouldn't you know it, ribbody'd nave any snow matches to light die pile. Seemed like a good idea. Perhaps we could put a big hood over a pile of burning snow and pipe the heat around— What? Burning snow doesn't give off heat? What does it give off? Fumes.? 4 Since the weadier critters have taken manual control of the wind-up and steam powered computers which give us all our weadier, diey've been having; a field day. Come On kids... We've all been extra good diis winter, despite all the rotten, underhanded, nasty dungs you've done to us. We've dutifully spread used tea bags on die freshly fallen snow so die birds won't get cold feet, we've shoveled, we've pushed cars, we haven't complained too awfully much, we've done ail that stuff and more. We deserve a neat spring. Can't the weather critters see that we deserve better treatment? Some may believe die rumors circulating diat it will be winter for 11 more years. Three more days, Clyde! That's it! Fin! Thirty! Bone! That's a take! Print it! Haven't said any nice dungs about die post office crit- ters and dieir infernal computers for a terribly long time, so they and their machines probably should be left alone, but... Have you noticed any increase in die number of letters received which have been hand cancelled? That's die kind where somebody real in a real post office whacks whatever has been mailed wkh a neat rubber stamp. If you have, it's because die campaign begun months ago to blow die minds of all die post office computers—ev- en die nine-digit ZIP readers, is working, or starting to. That was die program where everyone was to mail 2,000 letters to himself or \herself dien mark diem \Not at diis address Return to Sender\ when delivered and mail 'em again.The computers which read all diat nonsense, of course, would go bonkers from hereto there, overload and melt down. Then, the national postal system would get back to normal, efficient operation. Mailmen would be hapier critters (Mail ladies too); funny looking little trunks with the steering wheels on die wrong sides oculd be returned to England where die post office also operates the telephone company and diere diey could be smashed in,to new telephones; stamp pad companies would clean up; rubber stamp companies wouldn't be able to keep up widi orders; die computer junk could be sold to.Japan for conversion to videogames and we'd he able to get a letter from hereto diere in a weelc instad of theseven davs 11 takes under the present system. v '5 We have no gripes about focal mail servjfefc When a letter gets, just a bit Of a distance out of die final area strange dungs begin to happen. Did you know die South American llama is a menlb^MV f the camel family? Fortunately, most llamas don't fir||§PK that or diey would quickly vacate die frosty mountani?^^ for warmer desert terrain. Then how would we croslilft Andes? Looking for some toasts for St. Patrick's Day today? \May the grass grow long on die road to Hell for want of use.\ \May die roof above us never fall in and may we friends gadiered below never fall out.\ Few need look for reasons to celebrate die day. For some, it began Monday (or last week) and will continue dirough the weekend (or next week). And for a very few, last year's celebration is stiH under way. An outstanding card observed diis week read simply, \Thought of You Last Night as I Put Out die Cat.\ Inside die card is depicted a man holding ahose, a drip- ping cat and die words, \He Catches Fire About Three Times a Week.\ I'm, a cat lover, but though it was funny. Two to diree cat critters have taicen up semi-perrnanent residence on the front porch. They make litde noise, have few squabbles and odn't drink much. Cats, you know, are territorial critters. Apparendy these particular critters have cometo some sort of undemanding on boundaries and stuff like diat. If they fight, they're quiet about it;If you think I'm going to mess with 'em, drink again. Two of 'em have orange or black stripes (can't tell what the base color is) and one of 'em is sort of dun colored witha a large mane and a puff ball at the end of its tail. Some mornings all of the cat critters are blocking die porch, a portion of the street and the railroad crossing. Other mornings none are about. Those are die days we go to work. If you haven't yet done so, plan to take in St. Patrick's Parish Festival March 21 in Rouses Point. Last year's was outstandingand there's every indicaiton diis year's will be even better.— ' Corinne Riby in jWest Chazy has been promising ^au- thentic Mexican cookies (not made widi real Mexicans) for die past six mondis. There have been no biscohitos to slide delightfully past my tonsils, but keep hoping. It is unlikely any would survive die journey form there to here anyhow. Would you mind mailing 'em Corinne? Your husband eats far too much and should be on a diet. The Slobs With Us Always Springtime is coming, with all its allures Bringing out with it the beer bottle strewers. That little couplet appeared in The North Coun- tryman years ago, inspiredby the trash that turns up along the roadside as die snow banks recede. A ride along north country roads today shows diat nodiing much has changed since die poem was written. Most people take care, always did andalways will, but the slobs will be with us always, like death and taxes. In fact, they are the cause df-a,ll.^^^^s.;-.. The Clinton County Legislatureisconsidering ~ Manser's fee for hpuseliolders wha^takemeir have to spend less time picking up roadside litter and perhaps could fix more potholes. Whatever the merits of the bottle bill or the best way to finance the county landfill system, the deci- sion should not be made to accomodate the slobs. The legislatures should seek die best solutions for all the people. The slobs may be widi us always, but they are still an unloved, unwanted minority. JTW ;.tS^i®the landfills arid cjttpllenceista^iill|i| '^|ipitoirOn:.mfc>— ^eSs*^*^ ••--•• - * the same lirH*A»cmbivman Andrew - .Ryan says he opposes die bottle bill which would require that all bottles be returnable for a small ..deposit because the people who throw them out the car windows now will continue to do so no matter what. Once a slob, always a slob seems to be the ••' Say it ain't so! Miine and Verawht f bills and their roadsides are dean. So ar ;in Quebec and New Brunswick and Nc Somehow they have q|rj^ djett^slabf. •&• ft^- \r,\m the fi*W W radwe fe Wden witte landfill at the tame time. Highway crews would \*\ ** #. *\*' *-*• Uhc ftortb <£qun*;q?man Every Wednesday by ADMsionof DENTON *ubl>c»tion». Inc , EXECUTIVE OFFKE 100 Ub St. fc«m I^L NY 12979 • inn. .ii in wiiiiur. • griiim mr' —— mmmm •w 4S *
