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siablished 1824 * 9 V A ' r r ' C r^/^-w T K f r v u 1 2 / 3 1 / 9 9 0 j F-ori-n-hirti'j CO BOX AB HOK'MGUTH II 6 1 4 6 2 0 0 166tb Year > No. 44 YATES COUNTY’^, Penn Van, N.Y 40 Cents Dignitaries cut ribbon at hospital Officials, residents gather to view facility’s new look [euka ;ollege b stage ]entury rtUKA PARK — The Keuka theatre next month will intrAe^OtA Century, a 10* u play written by 10 dif- ^ playwrights. The play grigin^ly commissioned by Seattle Annex Theatre, will be the second perfor- ^cerfthe play. ^ play takes an alternately ilhearted and serious look the 20th century. One piece a couple having a com* ,{t rdationehip while plum- to the earth afler inj been blown from an ;1sne, seats and all). ;^er decade is depicted a dreamlike memory of view, while a third a serious, symbolic look one couple deals with a ^tening relationship, jlsformances are scheduled jpji. and midnight Friday, l;6p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2; 2 pjn. Sunday, Nov. 3. tti will be available a t the r, end will cost $3 for !Ht8 and $4 for all others, ijtrformances will be held in UKtukaCollege B am behind Meed Physical Arts Center. I teerding to playwright jfiiD Willis, each of the 10 |j«|frights was commissined Ltrile a one*act play about a lye. The only limitation » that the “decade” could kybe 10 minutes long. Styles jtlMii die play range from Me to sym^lic to expres- ISrectOT Mark Wenderlich jiworked with Willis in New at Manhattan Punchline Mlndiank Cafe. Two other Wprofessionals — Ken Mar* Bi' properties master Ken Ikriit and Dan Roach on lad design — are participat- ia|in the production. Lighting listnisbyKevin Barosso ’92, IWUM design by Tyra 'Ihiwn \95 and the stage utageris 'frunmy Young ’92. ihet members Kim Ahrens JlkAone Desrosiers ’94, Nicole -|W « r ■95, Jenna Pullis ’96 Mark Spadafore ’92 will atiinD a total of 45 characters 1‘diaying pace, with chan- biadidects and acting styles ^ me piece to the next, byme interested in obtain* further information may the Keuka College Relations office a t (315) t e l . PUR GOAL ^53.000 I 100 % 90% 70% 50% 'll United w a y Of Northern ates County By BOB GELFILLAN Staff writer PENN YAN — Set against the backdrop of a gorgeous autumn day, the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan showcased its impressive $4.1 mil lion construction and renovation project with a ribbon*cutting ceremony held Wednesday, Oct. 23. “Health care in New York is really under siege,” said Sen. John “Randy” Kuhl Jr., R-C, Ham* mondsport, who participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “By that I mean there are not the dol lars coining from the federal government or the state govern ment to totally subsidize all the health care that’s necessary. “So if you’re going to expand on facilities,” he added, “if you’re going to build new facilities, or if you’re going to modernize your facilities, then in fact what you have to have is a local contribu tion.” As Kuhl acknowledged, “Many localities just don’t have the capability or the wherewithal, for whatever the reason may be, to pull together to do that. And so what you’re seeing across the state are essenti^ly hospitals being closed or becoming less productive a s feu* as quality of care goes. “Now,” he elaborated, “what you are seeing in Penn Yan and Yates County is an excellent example of a first-rate facility and a com* munity that has pulled together for over a decade now — that has gone through the ’Tioops and bar rels,“ so to speak, that the state government has put in place to make it difficult, and also to ques tion their sagacity or wiseness in making the d^ision (to go through with the project). And they survived all that. And in the meantime, theyVe raised over a million dollars ($1.4 million) to make it happen. “And so,” he stressed, “what you are seeing is truly an example of a small community who thinks that health care is a major priority.” Highlighting the hospital’s From left, hospital Administrator John Kelly, past board of directors President Leo Patterson, current board President Taylor Fitch, hoard member Corrine Stark, and state Sen. John **Randy” Kuhl help cut the ribbon on Soldiers and Sailors’ new $4.1 mil lion expansion project. (Photo b y Bob Gilfillan) comprehensive building and renovation project are: • A new four-bed intensive care unit. Construction of a 7,000- square-foot wing to house an ex panded state-of-the-art emergency department, main entrance/lobby, offices and reception area. * A 12-bed psychiatric nursing unit constructed on the third floor see Hospital, page 2 Yates town candidates set for elections An autumn tradition A trio of children fi\om the Rainbow Junction Child Care Center in Penn Yan take a break from their normal daytime activities to play in a pile of recently fallen leaves in front o f the Yates County Office Building on Clinton Street. (Photo by Scott Baum an) _______________ Voters to decide fate of three state propositions A trio of propositions will face voters throughout the state when they go to polls during the upcom ing genera) elections, slated for Tuesday, Nov. 5. The l»l]ots cast next week will decide the fate of three state plans dealing with the Job Development Authority, a proposed state land exchange at an aiport near the town of Arietta, and a proposed constitutional amendment con cerning the state’s canal system. Topping th e list of propositions is a proposal to amend the New York state Con stitution to raise the state’s bond ing authority from $600 million to $900 million to help fund economic development programs such as the Job Development Authority. The self-supporting JDA sup plies low-interest loans for the purpose of creating or retaining jobs across the state. The loans are repaid and the interest reinvested. Second on th e baUot is a proposition asking voters to ap prove an exchange of forest lands for the purpose of expanding an aiport in Hamilton County. The state is proposing to swap 50 acres of state-owned land for 53 acres of land located in the town of Lake Pleasant. If approved, the proposition would allow the town of Arietta to trim the tops of trees a t the end of the Piseco Airport’s runway, the effective glide zone of which has been cut down by approximately 1,000 feet due to the overgrown forestry. The th ir d proposition will ask voters to either approve or deny a proposed Constitutional amend ment to lift a century-old ban on tolls along the state’s canal sys tem, and to allow land leases for commercial development. The tolls would theoretically bring more money from tourists into canal-bordering towns. In the meantime, a fund would be es tablished to held fund maintenance the canal system. YATES COUNTY — The 1991 general election vote for all Yates County town races is slated for Nov. 5. The candidates are as fol lows. JERUSALEM Democrat Barbara Steinwachs is running against Republican Howard DeMay for the post of town supervisor. The three candidates for two town council seats are Republican •Lynn Patterson and Democrats Craig McMinn and Laura Klehamer. Unopposed in the election for town justice is George Jensen, while Jeanne Hansen is also un opposed in the race for town clerk/tax collector. POTTER All candidates are Republican and are running unopposed, in cluding Brad Champlin for super visor, Cynthia Daines for town clerk/collector, Roger Bootes for town justice, Larry Lewis and June Pendleton for town council and Clyde Hey for highway super intendent. STARKEY Republican Ed Raps is running for supervisor without any opposi tion. All other candidates running are also unopposed and are Republican. They include Robert Murphy for town clerk/collector, Helen Halbritter for town justice, Fred Shoemaker and James Ritter for town council and Jack Cornish Sr. for highway superintendent. MIDDLESEX Republican Robert Multer is unopposed for supervisor. The two candidates vying for the town clerk/tax collector post include Republican Lisa McAnn and In dependent Kathryn Ann Pelton. The three candidates for the town’s two vacant council seats are Republicans Leon Button and Elections i ’ 9 i David Rhodes and Independent Thomas Hansen. Unopposed for town justice is Republican John Voss. In the race for superintendent of highways, 'Thomas Reifsteck on the Republican ticket will go against Democrat Kenneth Mack. MILO All candidates are unopposed as well as Republican. They include Norman Snow for supervisor, Emogene Enos for town clerk, John Symonds for town justice, Morris Reddout Jr. and Arden Sorensen Jr. for town council, and Bruce Fullagar for highway super intendent. BARRINGTON Unopposed Republican can didates are Joan Gifford for su pervisor, Helen DeWitt for town clerk/collector, and Charles Peek Jr. and John TVavis for town council. The candidates vying for the post of superintendent of high ways are Democrat Richard Kaufrnan and Republican Michael Brace. BENTON All candidates are Republican and unopposed. They include Rodman Wiliams for town super visor, Becky Jensen for town clerk, Ellen Hoban for town jus tice, Sheldon Coon and Alfred Johnson for town council, Bruce Moorehouse for highway superin tendent and Mary Lilyea for tax collector. .see Towns, page 2 Schneider, Lovejoy square off in DA’s race By BOB GILFILLAN Staff writer PENN YAN — Voters in the Nov. 5 election will be taking a long look in deciding between two strong candidates as incumbent Dianne Lovejoy and former assis tant district attorney Donald Schneider face each offier in frie upcoming Yates County District Attorney’s race. Dianne Lovejoy Serving as Yates County district attorney since 1988, Dianne Lovejoy firmly believes that ex perience is an important factor in being an effective district attor ney. “You have to have the quality of being able to look at the big pic ture,” said Lovejoy, 36, 1630 Lovejoy Road, Benton. \You need to be able to look for the long-term (effects), not just the short-term determination on a particular case.” As she explained, “You have to be able to look at the situation and say, 'Wliat is the impact going Elections '91 to be not only on the victim and the defendent, b ut the families in volved and the community in general?’” “And,” asked I/ovejoy, a Democrat, “what is the best way to have the most long-term effect on that particular defendent? Is it to put him in a rehabilitation program this time, so that he may never come back again? Or has he gone into a program like that several times before and is now the time punishment is the only option? “You have to look a t all of those factors, and you have to look at everybody — not just the police, not just the victim, not just the defendent, not just his family, not (just) what the defense counselor is saying to you. You have to look DIANNE LOVEJOY at everybody’s perspective.” Lovejoy, a 1977 graduate of Keuka College who received her law degree in 1980 from Albany Law School, also said economic factors often play an important role in certain types of criminal behavior. “There are certain things that DONALD SCHNEIDER every area has to deal with,” said Lovejoy, who served seven years as a defense attorney in Sullivan County and who has handled over 6,000 criminal cases — including over 2,000 as Yates County dis trict attorney — over the past 10 years, “and that’s the economic situation. “And whenever there are chal lenging times for individuals financially, very often you’ll see a rise in crime. There is a correla tion to that, whether it’s related to alcohol or drug use and abuse. “As people, have stress in their lives,” she added, “they tend to turn things as a release which creates more of a problem for them.” In addition, Lovejoy, who stres sed the importance of keeping Ojwn the lines of communication with the various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, also said Yates County poses an unique challenge. “Everybody knows everybody,” she disclosed, “and it’s very difficult to keep a secret from anybody and, I think, in par ticular in the area of drug enfor cement. “On the other hand,\ she con tinued, “unlike a metropolitan area where they have unsolved rapes, robberies, burglaries, whatever, in a small area I think See DA, page 5 i.
