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Si ' 0 3 blished 1824 November 6 ,1991 Olltromrl?- l Z / 3 1 / 9 9 t) J F'OMilEl'lAN C'O BOX 6 0 MONMOUTH II... 6 X 4 6 2 W6th Year - No. 45 YATES COUNTY’S OWN NEWSPAPER Washington ipproves 513.1 M ’ant for [te storm fASHlNGTON. D.C. — ■ssraanAmoiy ...ton, R-Coming, and U.S. Alfonse lyAmato, R-NY, unong the officials who (eek announced a $13.1 I installment of federal •rassistance to New York ^ n t ie s , towns and in- aWis to pay for the clean- ^ related to the March 3 norm. Haris great news for corn- ties, hospitals and schools Hew York state that sus- damage during the i« storm in memory,' liBstosaid. “Ihis federed as- i..|» is the latest install- ituhelp these com- iit»i recover from their iting losses.’ ‘hgjad that this additional ■sy could be made avail- Si'Houghton added. “The ^tewever, is not done. Many [itional claims are still being ipessei Our offices are fol- |.-rjg developments closely.” Diefimds come from the Ifed Emergency Manage- KJiAgency (FEMA) in the indpubhe assistance potstomunicipalities to help ulipneral infrastructure Birs.The grants cover 75 imtcfthe cost of rebuilding irepiun, with state and 1o- ’(ovemment providing a 25 nntmatching contribution. Ac 6rst installment of tbl disaster assistance, Mlinf $6.6 million, was ^Bsed in September. Last wi'igrant brings the total antt of aid made available i)btem and Cen'.ral New ttto$19.7million.As$27.3 An more in federal aid is pKted to be granted, total M assistance is expected tmntually total $47 million. He March 3 ice storm, con- indthe worst in decades, down trees and power interrupting power to than 300,000 homes and nesses. It took more than hveeks to fully restore |l*trtoa11 those left without [OUR GOAL 33,000 I United way M N orthern l^s County Penn Yan, N.Y 40 Cents Landslide: Heavily-favored duo win DA, By BOB GILFILLAN, SCOTT BAUMAN Staff writers PENN YAN — In an election complete with surprises, upsets, and landslides, Yates County voters again went to the polls in heavy numbers to cast their bal lots l\iesday. In one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated races, former assis tant district attorney Donald Schneider defeated incumbent Dianne Ix>vejoy 4,387 to 1,745 to win the race for Yates County dis trict attorney. / As Schneider noted, “I could not have had a more helpful group of supporters — there were just scores of people who helped me.” Schneider also said one of his first priorities will be to set up an advisory board to help establish policy for his office. “That’s going to be one of my first goals,” he asserted. “I would like to establish policies as to how we’re going to prosecute cases. Schneider, Spike Sheriff’s posts, respectively, in ’91 elections Elections In DONALD SCHNEroER what guidelines we're going to have for plea bargaining. “And obviously,” stressed Schneider, “we’re going to try more cases.” In another race which garnered considerable attention. Chief RONALD SPIKE Deputy Ronald Spike trounced Corrections Lt. Daniel Irwin 5,804 to 840. Spike, after the results were posted, said, “I’m very pleased with the voters’ confidence in me. There’s an awful (number) of people I have to thank — the voters, ray family and all the sup port thej^ve given me, especially my wife.” About his defeat, Irwin said, “I knew it was going to be a tough race. This is my hrst time getting involved in something like this. It’s been a i^al learning ex perience.” In the county’s legislative races, two incumbents — Emory Green and Francis Covert — lost in their bids to retain their seats, while a number of new faces will be making their debut as newly-elec ted members of the Legislature. DISTRICT 1 Italy, Middlesex, Jerusalem (four seats): Robert Pinckney Jr., 1,412; Robert Multer, 1,408; Douglas Paddock, 1,405; and Les lie Fitzwater, 1,388. DISTRICT 2 Benton, Potter, Tbrrey (three seats): David Ingram, 927; Patrick Flynn, 820; James Johns. 775; and Emory Green, 706. DISTRICT 3 Milo (four seats): John Clancy, 1,118; Robert Pridmore, 1,058; Roger Helbig, 1,025; and Deborah Flood, 656. DISTRICT 4 Barrington, Himrod, Starkey (three seats): Janet Bonner, 774: Maude Coleman, 732; Raymond Spencer, 623; Francis Covert, 605; and Theodore Brown 392. Voters elect towp officials across Yates \h '-•1 With a Little Help From My Friends These two adventurous youngster from Rainbow Junction in Penn Yan, iknder the careful eye o f their special friends, enjoy horseback rides during a memortmle trip to Grandpa*s Farm on Pre-Emption Road, Deedee Anderson and four o f her children — Sarah, 11, Mary, 10, Jessica, 7, a n d Andrew, 5 — were the hosts for a ll the activities. (Photo by Bob GilfiUan) Lawmakers cut $252,079 from county budget plan By BOB GILFILLAN Staff writer PENN YAN — A bold step to help ease the county’s 1992 tax burden was unanimously ap proved by the Yates County Legis lature at a Wednesday, Oct. 31 workshop, as legislators accepted a plan to cut $252,079 from the proposed $20.3 million budget. The budget cuts were recom mended by the county’s 24 departments following a Friday, Oct. 25 request of the Legislature to try to come up with an addi tional $250,000 in cuts, which had consolidated into four major areas in order to address the issue. Among the recommended cuts in the 1992 budget were: • Finance Administration — $65,988. This includes a savings of $24,119 through a proposal in which the county’s Industrial Development Agency (IDA) as sumes the costs for economic development. * Health and Human Services — $56,521, which represents a Trimming the budget Yates County's Legislature has recommended slashing a total of $252,079 off a proposed $20.3 million budget from the following areas. Finance Administration Health & Human Services Public Works Public Safety $23,000 reduction in the es timates of the costs of educating handicapped pre-schoool children. • Public Works — $100,000, by delaying the paving of 2.7 miles of the County House Road by the county’s highway department un til 1993. • Public Safety — $29,570, in cluding a sayings of $22,500 by delaying the hiring of four full time dispatchers and a supervisor $ 65,988 $ 56,521 $100,000 $ 29,570 until June 1993 to handle the county’s enhanced 911 dispatch center. “What this (budget cuts) really represents,” said County Ad ministrator Amy Manley, “is a lot of re-organization, trade-offs, commitments to work closely tc^ether (by the various county departments) and re-dehning of see Budget, page 3 Unofficial results have been tal lied in the 1991 general elections, a year which in Yates County featured mostly unopposed can didates in its town elections. Results obtained from the coun ty Board of Elections last night include the following: BARRINGTON Michael Brace defeated Richard Kaufman, 217-88 in the town’s only challenged race, that for highway superintendent. Other results saw Joan Gifrbrd winning the supervisor’s post with 241 votes; Helen DeY5tt as town clerk/tax collector (277 votes); and Charles Peek Jr. (221) and John TVavis (268) as councilmen. BENTON The following unopposed can didates all won seats: Rodman Wiliams, supervisor, 522 votes; Becky Jensen, town clerk, 571; El len Hoban, town justice, 531; Sheldon Coon Sr. and Alfred Johnson, councilmen, 530 and 508, respectively; Bruce Moorehouse, highway superinten dent; and Mary Lilyea, tax collec tor, 544. ITALY Likewise, all candidates were unopposed. The winners were: Leslie Fitzwater, supervisor, 109 votes; Diane Caves, town clerk/tax collector, 132; Ronald Eddy, high way superintendent, 120; and Malcolm MacKenzie, councilman, 67. JERUSALEM In perhaps the most interesting of the town races, Howard DeMay defeated Barbara Steinwachs, 771-636 in the race for supervisor. Meanwhile, O a ig McMinn (783 votes) and Lynn Patterson (758) won seats on the town council, with Laura Klehamer coming in third with 746 votes. Unopposed winners included: George Jensen, town justice, 1,012 votes; Jeanne Hansen, town clerk/tax collector^ 1,085; John Payne, highway superintendent, 1,116; and Allen Comstock, asses sor, 1,067. MIDDLESEX Lisa McAnn (414 votes) won the race for town clerk/tax collector over Kathryn Ann Pelton (57) and write-in candidate Nancy Kirk (43). Meanwhile, Thomas Hansen and Leon Button received 308 and 338 votes, respectively, to win seats on the town council. David Rhodes came in third with 252 votes. Finally, Thomas Reifsteck beat Kenneth Mack, 329-197 in the race for highway superinten dent. Unopposed winners were: Robert Multer, supervisor, 374 votes; and John Voss, town justice, 412. MILO All winners were unopposed. They were: Norman Snow, super visor, 1,378 votes; Emogene Enos, town clerk, 1,408; John S ^ o n d s , town justice, 1,410; Morris Red- dout Jr. and Arden Sorensen Jr., councilmen, 1,184 and 1,342, ’ respectively; and Bruce Fullagar, highway superintendent, 1,470. POTTER Unopposed winners were: Brad Champlin, supervisor, 313 votes; Cynthia Daines, town clerk/tax collector, 351; Roger Bootes, town justice, 349; Larry Lewis and June Pendleton, councilmen, 318 and 335, respectively; and Clyde Hey, highway superintendent, 321. STARKEY Helen Halbritter won the race for town justice with 557 votes. Other unopposed winners were Edward Raps, supervisor, 627; Robert Murphy, town clerk/tax collector, 673; Frederick Shoemaker and James Ritter, councilmen, 557 and 637, respec tively; and Jack Cornish Sr., highway superintendent, 652. TORREY All winners were unopposed. They were: Patrick Flynn, super visor, 266 votes; Doreen Finger, town clerk/tax collector, 307; Jean Mashewske, town justice, 282; Robert Schiek, councilman, 292; and James Covell Jr., highway superintendent, 314. Sexual harassment: a ‘continuum of violence’ Panel of experts addresses the issue during public forum at PY library By BOB GILFILLAN Staff writer PENN YAN — W th the entire nation riveted by the recent Senate hearings on the nomina tion of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, a strong under current of viewpoints were ex changed and debated across the country as people from all walks of life tried to unravel the truth. And as the drama was played out in front of millions of viewers, the critical issue of sexual harassment moved to the forefront of the American cons ciousness. “Sexual harassment usually is a form of sex discrimination,” said Julia Day, Human Rights Specialist II with the New ifork State Division of Human Rights located In Rochester, speaking at a public forum on sexual harass ment hosted by the Penn Yan Public Library Monday, Nov. 4 and co-sponsored by the Rape and Abuse Crisis Service of Yates Coun^ and the Yates County Family Planning Service, Inc.. “There is no law, either state or federal, which even uses the words sexual harassment. “But,” she went on to say, “sexual harassment, (which is) considered to be a form of sex dis crimination, is outlawed in both the New York state Human Rights Law and the Criminal and Federal Law Title 7 of The Civil Rights Act of 1964.” Day, who outlined the legal recourse persons may follow — in cluding filing a complaint with their office — if they feel they have been subjected to sexual harassment, said her office covers a 12-county area, including Yates County, and will handle ap proximately 100 sexual harass ment cases this year. Also as she mentioned, “In sexual harassment cases the statute of limitations (one year at the state level and 300 days a t the federal level) begins after the sexual harassment ends. “So,” continued Day, “a person has a year after the harassment ends to file their complaint.” Other members of the forum, which included Edith Mann, director of the Rape and Abuse Crisis Service; Dr. Edward La- Fontaine, associate professor of sociology at Keuka College; and Lisa Bowdey, director of the Yates County Family Planning Service, (along with several insightful comments by the audience) also spoke on the devastating effects sexual harassment has on in dividuals. As Mann related, “Sexual harassment doesn’t just take place in the workplace; it takes place in social settings, too. “And,” she added, “it^s all part of the continuum of violence.” In addition, the forum members also addressed such substantive issues as the various forms sexual harassment may take, changing roles of both males and females in today’s society, establishing lines of communications between in dividuals, societal and p«er pres sure on certain behavior patterns, means by which to deal with ob- jectionol behavior, and a historical overview of sexual harassment. The forum also considered the responsibilities of companies to formulate strong policies to curtail sexual harassment in the workplace. According to Day, “It is very im portant (for companies) to have a written poUcy which is posted, which is circulated, which is periodically re-drculated, stating that the company’s policy is that sexual harassment will not be tolerated.” Also, as she stressed, “Having the policy is, of course, just one step. A lot of companies just don’t enforce their policies, and it’s very important to enforce those policies and make employees know that they will enforce their policy. “Sometimes,” Day articulated, “we do find even a large company with a 'boys will be boys’ kind of attitude or refusal to accept a statement as having any credibility without witnesses. “I think,” she added, “that com panies should try to deal with it the same way we (New York State Division of Human Rights) do — they should evaluate credibility and testimony and consider the individual’s statement.\
