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Page-4-Banner Times Monday, May 26, 1986 Local Seniors Discuss Statewide Action Council Over 20 representatives ot various senior groups in Dswego County attended a recent meeting spon- sored by the Oswego County Office for the Aging to learn more about the Statewide Senior Action Council. Robert Hill, representing District VII of the council, and Francis Benton, a vice president, discussed the goal'; and accomplishments of the group. District VII en- compasses Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties. An organization composed of 5 enio r citizens across New York State, the Statewide Senior Action Council \disseminates important and pertinent information to the senior population,\ said Mary R. King, Aging Services Administrator of the Oswego County Office for the Aging . \The council has an active voice in Albany, in terms of soliciting support and assistance from the state legislators on issues affecting senior citizens,\ King said. \The group's basic intent is to have a positive impact on legislators, public officials and local com- munities where senior citizens are concerned.\ The Statewide Senior Action Council is working toward several goals in 1986: state legislation for a prescription drug program; separation of Social Security from the federal budget in 1986, rather than 1993, as under the present plan; a cap on medical malpractice settlements; and increased funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The next local meeting on the Statewide Senior Action Council is scheduled for Monday, June 2, at. 1:30 p.m. at the Scriba Town Hall. Seniors interested in more in- formation about the Statewide Senior Action Council are invited to attend the meeting, or call the Office for the Aging, phone 349- 3484. Raise In Minimum Wage Considered Albany, N.Y.--State Labor Commissioner Lillian Roberts has announced that she supports the recommendation of the state's General Industry Minimum Wage Board for a raise in the state's mimmum wage. She has also adopted and strengthened the board's recommendations dealing with worker protections in the various industry wage orders through which the state Labor Department enforces the minimum wage law. Commissioner Roberts also called for the wage board to make a specific recommendation for raise in the current S3.35 minimum wage level and praised the general esults of the board's deliberations. \The board has done an out- standing job in reviewing the minimum wage orders. With the amendments I have made, I believe tneir revisions will enable the wage regulations to serve the workers of our state even more effectively tiian in the pail. \1 arn asking, however, that the board supplement its praiseworthy and much-needed recommendation to; a higher minimum wage by lurther examining data which would include inflation and minimum wage adjustments made by nearbs states-thereby arriving ai a realistic, specific amount,\ Commissioner Roberts said. The General Industrv Minimum Wage Board was convened last October >to consider revising the state's minimum wage level and minimum wage orders. The wage board's March 20 report to Commissioner Roberts officially recommended that the Labor Commissioner ask the governor and the state legisiatuie for a raise in the minimum wage but did not specify the amount. The board also called for the Labor Commissioner to improve protections for workers m con nection with certain regulations in the wage orders provided under the minimum wage. The revised wage orders will be effective on October 1. 1986 Included in the new wage order provisions adopted by the Labor Commissioner is a requirement that time and one-half overtime pay be based on a worker's actual hourly wage. The current system bases overrtirrie on one and one- half times the minimum wage, or $5.02 per hour, thereby penalizing some workers covered only by the state minimum wage law. Most workers are protected by the federal minimum wage law, which bases overtime on the actual hourly wage. Other adopted provisions will: eliminate special \youth rates\ as well as subminimum pay rates now permitted for the handicapped, apprentices and learners; strengthen monetary protections for employees required to wear uniforms on the job; and furnish better guarantees of \call-in pay\ for many workers. \Call-in pay\is designed to protect workers whose employers call them in but then send them home after little or no work. The proposed change in the state's minimum wage, which protects the entire workforce, could have an immediate impact on an estimated 600,000 workers who now receive the minimum wage and are employed in a variety of industries. These workers constitute about 7.7 percent of the state's workforce. State Department of Labor data also indicate that several hundred thousand more workers could be affected by a raise in the minimum rate, depending on the extent of the raise. Auxiliary To Meet The next meeting of the Oswego County American Legion Auxiliary will be held on Wed- nesday, June 4, at 8 p.m. in the Russell Horning Unit #601, Parish. Mrs. Gloria White, Chairman, will preside. The officers for 1986- 1987 will be installed. ERF Taurs Scheduled Area residents will have a chance to see how the county's energy recovery facility operates on Saturday, June 14, Legislator Donald Morey of West Monroe, chairman of the County Legislature's Public Works Committee, announced recently. A series of guided tours, beginning at 10 a.m., will be conducted throughout the day to give interested persons an op- portunity to view the plant in operation, said Legislator Morey. The energy recovery facility is located on Route 481 in the Town of Volney, a mile north of Fulton. The plant operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, burning solid waste and producing steam, which is used either as a source of heat at the nearby Armstrong World Industries plant, or to generate electrical power for sale to Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. \I hope everyone interested in the energy recovery facility will take one of these tours,\ said Legislator William ^\ck who represents the Town of Volney. \I am very pleased that the Department of Public Works has arranged for the public to tour the plant. In order to facilitate parking, all participants will be bused to the energy recovery facility from the County Branch Office Building at 200 N. Second St., Fulton. Buses will leave the Fulton Branch Building on June 14 at 10a.m., 11 a.m., 12 noon, 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. The tours will take approximately one hour to complete. Residents will see how refuse is loaded into four large incinerator units, burned at high temperatures, and eventually reduced to ash. Heat produced by the combustion of solid waste is converted to steam, which is piped to the Armstrong factory. The energy recovery facility is also equipped with a turbine-generator which produces electricity from excess steam. \Thf operation of the energy recovery facility represents an important step in Oswego County's management of solid waste,\ said Arthur Ospelt, Superintendent of the Department of Public Works. \Over 200,000 tons of garbage were produced in this county last year. With the energy recovery facility, we can substantially reduce the amount we send to the landfill. I urge everyone who is interested in seeing the plant to take part in one of the tours on June 14.\ Persons planning on taking the tour are advised to wear low- heeled, comfortable walking shoes. For more information on the guided tours, contact the Solid Waste Division of the Oswego County Department of Public Works, phone 592-7441. Plan Meeting Ontario Chapter NSDAR will be meeting on Saturday, June 7 at 12:30 p.m. for a potluck lunch with Mrs. Christine Williams of Delano Street. Members are requested to bring a dish to pass and their own table service. Following the lunch there will be a patriotic sing-along program. Our new officers will be installed and the report on the Continental Congress presented. Assisting hostesses will be Merriam Cam- pbell, Elizabeth Champney, Judy Miller and Vawn Otis. By'Mary Parker ' ' • 1897-89 YEARS AGO Mr. Rickard is ready to start the sprinkler for Pulaski's streets, when the people are ready to have him. One day like last Thursday is enough to give us a chance to eat our peck of dirt every hour. Mr. Charles Tollner, Jr. has offered a reward of ten dollars for the discovery of the dog poisoner who was around recently. Six dogs have been fed and several more got a nip one day last week. Meat with some kind of poison on it was spread through our parks. Heliobas, the eminent hypnotiser, under sole direction of Fred A.J. Dunwick. See a subject put to sleep every 24 hours at Betts Opera House. Several aspirants are interested in the appointment of collector of the Port at Port Ontario. (In 1836, a great port was slated to be built there). Mr. W.I. Lane has been appointed truant officer by the board of education. Several boys who have been seen about the town during school hours will be wise if they cease violating the school law relating to truancy. Mr. J.R. Gurzney of Syracuse has leased the Light House and the Morton House and made them very pleasant abodes for summer. About thirty five to forty people can be accommodated at one time. The cigar factory is doing a good buisness. Mr. Gurzney will soon make a cigar dedicated to Pulaski. Our 1897 bicycles, the Syracuse Tourist, worth $50, our price $37.50. The Surrey Buffalo wheel, worth $75, our price $47.50. At Cornwell & Huchens'. The Side Path League will meet at the Court House Friday evening (May 28) at eight o'clock. Work on the 'cycle path is nearly done, and more help is needed. Parade at seven o'clock. Form west of South Park (Broad Street). Comrades will meet at J.B. Butler Post room Sunday, May 30, prepared to march to the cemetery for the purpose of decorating the graves of fallen comrades. Wear badges and white gloves. The School Commissioner mailed out the grade examinations to be given June 10 and 11. The town of Boylston place was Center School No. 8, Nellie M. DeLong, teacher. Williamstown Union School, E.M. Hastings, teacher. (Albion Cross Roads). Trustee Mowers furnished a team to take teachers and pupils to the woods to select trees for Arbor Day. Flowers and seeds were planted by pupils and furnished by Eva Butterworth. All scholars did well in their recitations. 1911-75 YEARS AGO (Altmar) The ladies of the Methodist Church will serve ice cream Saturday evening in the basement of V.D. Pierce's Store. Everyone in- vited. (Altmar) On Flag Day, June 14, the Soldiers' Monument which is being presented to the town of Albion will be unveiled and dedicated with suitable exercises. District Attorney Freelon J. Davis of Pulaski, asks the compliment of renomination for a second term from the Republican party of this County. (Daysville) Frank Peters has moved his house, which has long been known as the \Frary house\ down the hill, and is building it into a blacksmith shop. The Editor wrote: \It is not a great thing to care for the burying grounds in a way that will distinguish them from the bramble fields and unattractive back lots of the ordinary farm.\ (Cemeteries were neglected). Orwell was hot in patriotism in 1861, but cold in weather. Three inches of snow fell there the 28th day of May, 1861. \Richland Pure Water\ concern is bottling and selling a fine line of soft beverages in which the local pure water is used from a hundred foot well. Autos are to be left as close to the walk as possible to avoid being wet down while the sprinkler is being operated. Where cars stand and the water does not reach, a dry, dusty spot is left in the street. 1946-40 YEARS AGO Mrs. Arthur Chapman has been elected president of the Tuesday Study Club. Mrs. A.B. Thompson is the out going president. Don Crandall, Terry Jones, Howard Brown and Bob Clemens are spending this week at Tug Hill trout fishing. Servicemen returning to Pulaski were Pvt. Dick Parker, Pfc. Bob Trowbridge and Bill Barr. At the Kallet Theatre - \Ziegfield Follies\ with Fred Astaire and Lucille Ball. A technicolor sensation. Adults 40 cents, children under 12,15 cents. People's Column ads - For Sale - Oak sideboard; gray enamel kitchen range, burns wood or coal. Wanted: house or flat. Will pay as high as $30 a month. Boys are being recruited as Farm Cadets in the Victory program. 1976-10 YEARS AGO Lura Sharp, Pulaski's \First Lady of Education\ was voted the Oswego County \Senior Citizen of the Year\ at the Recognition Day luncheon in Oswego. Lena Gardner, also of Pulaski, was chosen as runner-up in the judging sponsored by the Oswego Kiwanis Club. Robert Poulsen, 14, of Mapleview has been assisting local senior citizens as he works on a project for his Eagle Scout award. Robert helps Mrs. Mae Hunt, Mrs. Helen Ludwig and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Grahlfs with necessary outside work. The Fifth Annual White Water Race was held on May 22, and attracted 55 contestants. Kayaks, long and short canoes and one man canoes were used in the various races. Leslie L. Luther, former Pulaski resident, has died in Auburn. He had lived in Moravia, N.Y., his boyhood hometown. While in Pulaski, he operated an electrical business, and opened the first bowling alley (1986-V & F Floor Covering Store). Mr. Luther's interest in history was shown in the formation of first historical society in Pulaski, a history of Moravia and the Luther family history. Senior Citizens' Club of Pulaski celebrated the bicentennial of the Revolution at their meeting at Springbrook Apartments. Mrs. Marian Valley created a special flag for the occasion.
