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chronicle- express.com | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2020 | 3A 2020 Continued from Page 2A women with home birth ing. FEBRUARY 2020 Woodtex files for bankruptcy A company that began and grew here in Yates County nearly 40 years ago has now declared full bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Ten nessee. Woodtex, the manufacturer of sheds, outbuildings, bams, and cabins that was begun in the early 1980s by San ford & Barbara Lapp, was inherited and greatly ex panded by their sons, Kent and Benjamin Lapp. Kent Lapp is the Chief Manager of Woodtex and is the signer of the bank ruptcy papers. Riverwood Cabins, part of the Lapps' expan sion in Tennessee, had been rumored to be in trouble for some months, but local employees and retail partners were as sured that Woodtex, as the parent company, was in no danger. That ap pears to have been false. A source inside Woodtex reported the company had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Friday, and the voluntary petition was filed Monday, March 2 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle Dis trict of Tennessee. Those papers list all the assets of Woodtex in multiple states and here in New York for liquidation. Wbodtex ’ s assets are valued at $1,107,053.98, while the liabilities owed exceed that at $1,186,655.59. Of that debt, $612,673.38 is owed to Franklin Synergy Bank in secured loans made in Franklin, Tenn. With es tablished collateral, the bank is likely to be first in line to reclaim Lapp ’ s debt to them. The re maining $573,982.21 is owed to 105 unsecured creditors, many of them customers who paid de posits on buildings never delivered, or supply com panies for materials nev er paid for. The list of creditors in cludes local private, busi ness, and non-profit cus tomers. A source within Wood tex confirmed that opera tions in Himrod ceased last week and the em ployees were terminated. One local Woodtex retail er who would not be named reported that a tractor trailer showed up at his location long after dark last week and load ed up the models he had on display for sale. The driver had no paperwork and told him he was sent by the bank to get all the buildings they could for the liquidation. “ They pulled the rug out from under all of us, ” the retailer said. He, too, was told that only River wood was to close, and had recently accepted de posits from customers for Woodtex buildings. “ That makes me look like the bad guy. They stuck it to everybody. They owe me money, too, ” he says. Flu has peaked in Yates County Yates County Public Health advises the public to take steps to prevent sickness during flu sea son. Yates County has peaked for lab confirmed reported influenza cases. Reports have nearly dou bled in the last two weeks. Influenza B has been the dominant strain of influenza reported this season, but the commu nity is beginning to see more cases of Influenza A. Yates County has had a total of 233 confirmed cases of flu reported this flu season as of Feb. 24. “ We expect the num ber of flu cases reported to continue to decline af ter the peak, but influen za is still circulating in the community, and we en courage you to take steps to prevent illness as we move into the spring sea son, ” writes Kathy Swar- thout, public health spokesperson. During winter and spring, illnesses such as the common cold, flu, and GI illness (nausea, vomit ing, and diarrhea) are ev erywhere. Rally of support for Thorn Schwartz Thom Schwartz, the severely autistic boy who was banned from school because of his medical exemption from vaccina tions, has been allowed to return to his special edu cation school in Roches ter, and a rally of support is called for the hearing date of his case in Yates County Court. New York State Su preme Court Judge Dan Doyle signed an order in late January ordering Thorn back to school at Monroe One BOCES in Fairport. Thorn was banned from his school Sept. 18, 2019 when the school doctor overruled Thorn ’ s doctor and de nied his medical exemp tion from vaccines under the emergency regula tions set by the New York State Department of Health in August 2019. But that is just a tempor ary restraining order until the Article 78 case filed by his parents is decided. The case will next be heard Feb. 21 in Yates County Court before Judge Doyle, and sup porters of Thom and stu dents like him are orga nizing a rally of support at 1:30 p.m. in front of the courthouse on Liberty Street in Penn Yan. Thom had been at tending the school for three years with a medi cal exemption, and his parents were amazed by his progress there. But the amount he regressed in the 78 days he missed Amo Houghton was joined by his wife Priscilla at the Radisson Hotel Corning in 2000 when he announced his plans to run for re-election that year. The former U.S. congressman died March 4, at the age of 93. the leader file photo was very disheartening for them. Non-verbal and with obsessive behaviors and considerable physi cal strength, Thorn re turned to the self harm and physical violence he showed before he was en rolled at Monroe One. Thorn beats himself and has smashed appliances, cabinets, and posses sions in his frustration af ter being removed from his school routine, ac cording to his father, Carl Schwartz, a Penn Yan at torney. MARCH 2020 ‘ Amo’ Houghton dies at 93 Amory Houghton Jr., a longtime fixture who led Corning Glass Works for nearly 20 years and later served nine terms as a member of Congress, died Wednesday, March 4,2020 at the age of 93. “ The company, the community, and the country have lost a giant, ” said Wendell P. Weeks, chairman, chief execu tive officer, and president of Coming Inc. “ I can ’ t think of anyone who em bodied leadership more than Amo. Although he officially retired as CEO the year I joined Corning Inc., his influence was ev erywhere. ” Weeks said Amo in spired him with his belief in the power of technol ogy to improve lives, his relentless pursuit of ex cellence, and his commit ment to serve others. “He truly believed that what you did for people was the most important thing, and that has shaped Corning ’ s mis sion - not just to be an in dustry leader, but also to make a real difference in the world, ” Weeks said. “ I was fortunate to have him as one of my advisors and friends, and we are privi leged to build on his foun dation. ” Committed to research and development, Houghton helped facili tate many of Coming ’ s in ventions such as Cor- ningWare® and optical fi ber. He also helped create the emissions-control business that launched the company ’ s Environ mental Technologies seg ment. Houghton is the only former Chief Executive of a Fortune 500 Company ever elected to the US House of Representa tives. Among his numerous accomplishments, Amo led the recovery efforts after Hurricane Agnes flooded the Coming area in 1972; he initiated Cor- ning ’ s.first LPGA event in 1976; he supported the expansion of the Coming Museum of Glass in 1980. As a member of Coming ’ s board of directors, Houghton helped estab lished Coming Enter prises, an organization designed to drive eco nomic development, strengthen human ser vices, and improve local quality of life. Second woman charged in Yates County midwife cases Another woman has been arrested in connec tion to the case of Eliza beth J. Catlin, the Penn Yan woman who has been indicted on 95 charges in cluding criminally negli gent homicide, unautho rized practice of the pro fession of midwifery, identity theft, criminal possession of a forged in strument, and falsifying business records. New York State Police arrested Melissa L. Car man, 51, of Belfast March 5, charging her with un authorized practice of a profession (Dept, of Edu cation felony), and hin dering prosecution (class A misdemeanor). A statement released by Sr. Inv. Mark Eifert of Canandaigua says Car man is “ accused of un lawfully aiding Catlin with her illegal midwifery practice, in and around Penn Yan. ” The statement says Carman discussed private medical issues of maternity patients, giv ing advice, and offering to assist in birth and prena tal appointments. Eifert says Carman also agreed to unlawfully provide Catlin with pre scription maternity drugs, without a pre scription. During a press call Monday afternoon, Car man declined to discuss the specific charges but called the situation a witch hunt. “ What has happened with Liz, me and other birth workers in New York State is a travesty, she said. ” Car man, like Catlin, is a Cer tified Professional Mid wife. She says she has been “ in the birth world ” for 10 years and says she has been working for li censure in New York State for those who have certification as a profes sional midwife. Yates and Schuyler counties declare States of Emergency Yates County has de clared a State of Emer gency in response to CO- VID-19 effective at 12 a.m. on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Neighboring Schuyler County declared a state of emergency effective immediately earlier Sat urday. In addition, Dundee and Penn Yan Schools will be closed for stu dents Monday, March 16, and the schools will be open Tuesday, March 17. Then, schools will remain closed from March 18 through April 13, accord ing to information pro vided by the Yates Coun ty Sheriff ’ s Department Saturday afternoon. Dundee Central School Superintendent Kelly Houck explains, “ Staff re port on Monday to com plete preparations and then all staff and kids on Tuesday. 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