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OIhrontrlj ... * 9 vAT'P'c rnniMTV’S ow n 12/31/99 0 J F0REMi*iH CO BOX A8 MONhOUTH IL 61462 165th Year - No. 40 Wednesday, October 3,1990 I YATES COUNTY’S OWN NEWSPAPER Penn Yan, N.Y. 35 Cents Paulette Reed looks a t letters ready for the m ail d isplay a t “O p e ration Brave H e a rt”, ' held Sept. 30 a t the Penn Yan Volunteer Ambulance Corps building. (Photo by Russ Hearton) One m other’s outreach evolves into ongoing Operation Brave Heart ByRUSSBEARTON PENN YAN — What began as one mother reaching out to a ^handful of service people ^stationed away from home and in the Middle East, has evolved into ‘Operation Brave Heart”. Paulette Reed started writing letters after her daughter, AFC Maiy Ann Reed, joined the Air Force. Letters and cookies for her daughter became letters and cooldes for her daughter’s friends. __ Slowly her concern grew and Reed ^ ^began reaching out to men and ^women in the service stationed around the gl<^. Despite working 50 hours each week as a home-care provider, Read continued to write letters and k«t others involved, cievoting half her paycheck to the purchase of stamps, envelopes and other necessary supplies. It was not until Nancy Duffy of ^^Channel-9 News in Syracuse •^journeyed to Penn Yan to inter view her in her home, that Paulette Reed began ‘Operation Brave Heart”. Tve talked to veterans that served in Vietnam. They told me that one of the worst things they remember is that they felt like everyone here forgot them. And that’s why I started writing let ters and why Fd like eveiyone to; BO we don’t let them feel forgot ten,” insists Reed, who estimates having mailed in excess of 1,500 letters to date. In order to spread the message of ‘Operation Brave Heart”, Reed has had help from the Ptenn Yan Volunteer Ambulance Corps. She invited friends and acquaintances to make use of the ambulance building classroom and turn it into a Tetter-writing area. By in viting pe<^le, the first ‘Operation Brave Heart” produced 57 letters. So far, ‘Operation Brave Heart* has held letter-writing sessions twice. Sept. 9 and most recently on Sunday, Sept. 30. On this second date, mem bers of the Keuka College Com- mnuity became involved. Senior Class representatives, Lacretia Gilbert and Lisa Stoeckl, or ganized a special dedication ceremony a t Keuka College. The senior class dedicated a yellow ribbon, tying it to an oak in front of Ball Hall, to remind everyone who passes of Americans in the Middle East. Reed and other parents were invited to the ceremony where politacal scieiMe professor, Dr. Jeff Krans discussed the U.S. role in the Gulf Crisis. Campus Mini stries director, the Rev. Richard Rauscher, gave a prayer of dedica tion. Reed also presented a number of letters written to her by service men and women- One member of the Air Force, Anna Thurstm, writes that she is ‘glad to see that people back in the U.S. are still thinking about us and arc'behindhia.\ > Reed and the students at Keuka College invite everyone to jdn “Operation Brave Heart* in the future by calling the Penn Yan Volunteer Ambulance Corps. In explaining “Operation Brave Heart” Reed states, \I am not a politician. I am a mother. I care about them and Fm trying to let them all know theyfre loved.” Of b u ilding & grounds DCS Board takes tour Village takes action to save on insurance By RUSS HEARTON PENN YAN — At the Oct. 1 meeting of the Penn Yan Village Board, members voted to take measures which could foreseeably save the village as much as 30 percent cS its annual expenditures for properfy and casualty in surance premiums. Brian Baty, vice president of Municipal Insurance Consultants, Inc. of Buffalo, presented ttie Board with results of a prelimi nary review of the village’s cur rent insurance coverages. According to Baty, the village could potentially save 20 to 30 percent of its annual $177,000 in- surance bill. That translates into a possible savings of $53,100 each year. Baty stressed that this is a con servative estimate and that his company ‘does not sell insurance.” He continued, \We don’t represent insurance companies. We’re retained solely by our clients and represent only our clients.” The Board agreed to retain Municipal Insurance Consultants, Inc. for three years a t a total cost of $15,000 to be spread over the three years as $7,000 the first year, and $4,000 each year for the remaining two years. 'Ifie move came only after Baty offered to in clude a cancellation clause ena bling the village to cancel the con tract if the projected savings are not realized. Bat/s firm will perform ac- tuari^d work for the village in or der to present potential insurance providers with ratings that are customized to Penn Yan’s needs and insurance history, rather then paying for coverage based on cost doss averages. Baty commented, ‘We’re just presenting the village with what’s available in the insurance markets today.” According to Ba^, the estimate is based upon his firm’s ex perience with more than 80 clients including villages and municipalities with insurance his tories very similar to Penn Yan. Among these are Bath, Arcade and Boonville. IVustee and local insurance agent, Steven Stork, exempted himself from any voting, but did ask why the village or local agen cies couldn’t accomplish the same task. Bafy replied by suggesting that local agencies do not have ade quate access to superior utility in surance producti and stressed that ‘because we are retained solely by our client, we retain only our client’s biases, where a sales agent representing a company cannot be totally unbiased.” Baty expects the short-rate evaluation to be completed and presented to the Village Board in early December. Among other matters, the Board voted to name the section of pavement between Chase Lincoln First Bank and the former En- dicott Johnson shoe store. That area is now called Jacob Street and extends from Main Street to the corner of the parking lot. IVustees John Banach and Robert Mason met with Engineer Wayne Ackart to evaluate a drainage problem reported by Floyd Tillman at the last meeting of the Board. Tillman had com plained that faulQr drainage in the area of the Basin Street park ing lot, has been contributing to flooding in his basement and caus ing property damage. In a letter to the Board, Ackart found the parking lot drainage to be adequate and suspects that the flooding is due to drainage from Tillman’s roof. The Village Board will hold a public hearing to discuss the uniform size of village parking spaces on Monday, Oct. IS a t 7;30 p.m. _______ _____ Festival effects learning By RUSS HEARTON PENN YAN — For students in Kelly Johnson’s first grade class at Penn Yan Elementary School, the Buckwheat Harvest Festival celebratim was a week-long event. Throughout the week of the fes tival, ths students drew, wrote about and even played in buck wheat donated by The Birkett Mills. The children each constructed Buckwheat banners similar to those waving from light posts on Main Street. In making the ban ners, the children learned about triangles and rectangles, as well as buckwheat. One outstanding activity was a Students a t K e u k a College took p a r t in “O p e ration B rave H e a rt”. H ere, college / ) students J u li a Adler, Class of *92, G abrielle Angus, *92, Lisa Stoeckl, *91, a n d L a c retia I Gilbert, *91, sing Bless th e USA” during cerem o n ies held a t th e college on Sept. ] 30. (Photo b y R u ss H e a rton) By RUSS HEARTON T--,j DUNDEE — Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Herb Monagan, led Dundee School Board members on a twilight bus tour of the district a t the regular meeting the Dundee School Board Thursday, Sept. 27. The tour was used to clearly show the board certain areas throughout the district where ac complishments have been made Q end some major areas that are still in need of repair. Monagan says he used the tour because, ‘It’s the easiest way to show the board what needs to be done. I think it’s good to see what’s actually gdng on.” In Septem^r of ’89, Campell Design and Architectural firm presented the board with a $9 mil- licm plan for development includ ing repairs and additions. That plan was ‘tabled indefinitely”, ac cording to District Superintendent Nancy Zimar. At this point both, Zimar and Board President Elin Miller believe the board is ‘starting at square one again” with regard to any maintenance plans for district facilities, meaning that currently no dollar amounts are under con sideration. According to Monagan, the main building facade, track area steps, all roofs, the main entrance at Route 14A and the bus line-up driveway in front of the building, each present very real safety hazards in their present state. TTie 50-year-old facade made of Continued on page 4 Three gourm et chefs m ake buckw h eat p a n c a k e s during a w e e k -loi^ celebration in Kelly Johnson’s first grade class. From f ro n t to back a re: Lyle Cornell, Bill F resher, and C h a t Hull. Above from left, L a u ra Henderson, K o u rteney Guenther, Adam LaRock, Jeff H a y n e r and Jinuny Balyszak are shown w ith Johnson eating their buckw h e a t p ancakes. (Photos b y Russ Hearton) big book written by the class en titled The Great Big Especially Tasty Buckwheat Pancake. Each page of the book illustrates a por tion of a story about a visit to the Buckwheat Festival. All the children collaborated with Johnson in animating and writing the book. One especially creative student, Kourteney Guenther, used the classroom computer to write and graphically illustrate her own story about the Buckwheat Fes tival. Johnson remarked that her class was not alone in celebrating the festival. “Alot of other teachers reinforce the Buckwheat Festival. Some other classes scheduled field trips to Birkett Mills, too.” Other activities in which the students engaged during their six- day learning celebration of the Buckwheat Festival include where The Birkett Mills is and how they can sometimes smell buckwheat in the air. The children also wrote about one special thing that they have seen or would like to see, or have learned about the annual Buck wheat Festival, and the students used buckwheat to write their names and learned about the making of the world’s largest buckwheat pancake! The Buckwheat Classroom Celebration culminated in a pan cake making finale. The chil^en, assisted by Johnson, and team teacher Mrs. Pahl, mixed up and cooked their own buckwheat-style pancakes with buckwheat syrup. The students learned about buck wheat pancakes, but perhaps en joyed eating them even more. / > e GentennM Gelehiat!^ lAY/Hdi^&trnN&meKENDmyCT. S-7 Sec pages lA & 2A for details • ' • - ! . U * . •. t . ' ' ■ - ■s, a ’
