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m tfaaar'\ i<i^fe le toothpick for the for-. *ff ra<> • )rtiteef;/I'reatii tip.a few Incorrect B!fcte6& • -8n*\*tti&lfcHf expect to b« ;de0ispW;tiaft#lSt^ ; -iiifta,e ^\\Vjfitf-. ^hai#rttiitWose-l^my4&intty . %N*ftSpi8. .^h'^^^er' eW'«eesfa^jBnnyv-returned'on '\ • - ——* - 1 -- -•* our contributions. Without the helpful re- minders &om Edward Breiten- bacfc and- George Pratt, 1 wouldn't be. able to let my teenage daughter know that the property tax we pay to help fund _ii*asif tain^irlooses. •'• I had actually developed the strahge- notion t%at^3iS%tection of a Town Su- _JL_._^. notions about the tax burden DoriaV 'hy : $v*&y.. American source evilf''«nd that she* should be overwhelmed with gratitude to turn over the payroll taxes ex- tracted from the money she : f^^^^^^^l^j^ised 1 wiirj^^i'wafible^getp^t • it^'&&®im& lew hours } Wmml^H^S^^m^i^ ™* trae&ahout that as welLH • cilter sch^l ami on weekends. Guilderiand was associated was under the impression that She was in danger of thinking ;wi^ucE^djrn^WW%e the single tax \bite* most - i|^^ tj|f^ism)|^;fn»4rv9ll' lighten me,. Iiv<»i|d have „ pervisorfrom the noyalopposi- thought it inappropriate for tion\ for the first time in over a someone to harbor an alien il- century meant something for legally, and might have con- the people of GiiitderSand. I veyed :t$; my Children the needed to be reminded that the clearly false notion of adher- \powers that be\ see no need for encetothelaw. atiy ^ipripn. of authority in In a similar vein, I might this c^nmilnity'. \ have thought that the desire of : M 1 WaiaY thereV a lot\ to be elected officials to inquire into learned in the media this time the operation of a town depart- of year. I hope that the folks who mentwas the sort of rational have been providing these oversight that such officials are lessons keep right on talking, elected and paid to do. A verita- and that rest of the community ^'j|i|iW(il|;iri|,|wt i 8t > Ae- was the payroll tax, otherwise crack ;of dawn, or intp the . *. ^*^» ...*.._«.ii«._ tfffgfog, actually g&ye a damn about her before wa got ; this ble chorus, consisting of Mr Moss, Mr. Sheehan, and Ms. Pose set me right on this mat- ter, l had forgotten that what- ever is blessed by a majority of pays close attention to what they have to say. Donald J. Csaposs Guilderiand Awards program critic should volunteer To the Editor: building and equipment, they After reading the letter to the must meet many requirements * editor from Barbara Vink con • t mandated by various state and cerning ^he, service awards federal groups, as well as program in the village of attend meetings and drills as Voorheesville, I felt compelled required by each department. If „ to respond. There are several that is not enough, try fighting a * points I must take issue with. fire in full turnout gear when . First, she makes mention of temperatures may be anywhere . the men who are in charge of between 0 and 90 degrees. hosing down our burning She mentions that there are you can for your Me|ghbor in trouble. \\. \^,J.-,...'*-,'$ I am personally aware\ of the training and dedication of man2§-ol the ^fMffitofftlHtov , JlM'Dai fMn%i&s, 4 Dy'-rellAllrW s -idiuVi position as an ( Albany County ont deputy fireJT cdordiitatbr (training).; W^ile I respect Barbara's right to her opinion, Ff#*: with the 1^ hours of training, des^ei.Mbie^^prepi^re, us for community emergencies, that took us away from our families IMF* •JM homes. Firefighting today is much more than hosing down burning buildings. It takes a %$iM§0$mty-, icings*.;, ~§fk$b: : i typiesiw ; ; entilation, toxic lous materi als, manpower, lamany? pieces of, sor iname m??mM^MKikW^~- ^^'JtekJ. ..&. Mam writing'in response |o,fe6op^|e|^^i^iiii#er perhaps she will take a closer already a number of benefits look or better yet become a vol- and privileges for belonging to unteer 0 fir|fig^t6r herself; the VFD, but only mentions an many \women on-premises cocktail\ lounge^ I know of at least one more. That is the feeling of doing the best • I [jam /writing in response to Msl^inkfs letter about service awards for the Voorheesville ; this program will every time there is a thaw and \ca^ll^I^tefigi^flW lq less our. neighbors' bgi&Merits -are iiaii^b^eHBeWin ! ''ahemer- \ilopM^^pr^em;ceirtainly '$&&.< . '^ '. rV r yii ' ;couldh% be the fires and auto Ms. Vittks ^hiiiii this' pro- acddehtetha'tpu^usoutofour *-* wW fill-in grani eausfe a \gigamlc w tax be^dd in the middle of the night ^.^ .^i _*i:'.si&fciili-JiiUtii-. with a wind chill below zero. hike, yet shfe sffgleit& w h$iiig with a wina emu ueiow zero. pam It^fiilWs ^iljitM her On& purpose of this program is ; imp1i^til»hs, r vo^hteer^ J and to attract new members to paid f f>V6fighter^ 'sirs both volunteer even with this less p?qfe||idWs). Maybe 1 an than favorable list of \benefits le. Being i S^BttBrJa:/ training,, ^ipt|^ii!fsdbes.;••.'.•?• -' .-'•.•• 'I sSheswishes to compare the firefighters with the Little ' '-ft^H^fcoacheisrMks^nbi etc.. These are all valuable services ;er Guilderiand el^m^iil of the cost of paid and privileges ^sn^^feumber^'d^liic^ \''\'r \> 1|^ { ^^g 'Jbto / 14We .Jilbara A^uVs letter last week ' of ,'^esM^itr;Jhe;se people are •J^M:m^9^^mi^a, M^Sini' c th^\ Villa&e of nOtjusftbluje collar workers, mo^jnMMmmm and see Wfi^lS^St^ ^m»i£? \ : ^aji-i^f , 'cra|roccupal ifh%*#W|fc|t^''wPi^idur voorneesy'iia.e,s - service ry.vW-wm^^iTmM-^ ^r* 1 *^\r «ii3fei^i^^Ai0Li^'ttUi/'fe^&f«i*a awa^y* pifcgm. She #as #- ,^^llk^^FP S«SSS '—••• \•*'-\-'• •— —'•\ tfofaW&&&% ^heir toinmuhity ^tew&fi|hte^^respond Stranger.'^The lire department If thejr^e are so Ma^y benefits must also meqt ' tifatf : dSHA a^dpnvtegestp^gavoiun- requirements; wfi|?fi , nieans **& fitefightei-, I%onder^yhy more time trainmg for each wel db hot have a waiting list to Since we do hot have a service award program in Knox, I guess I can sign this. In upset aoout me tax in isy |ffograhi would ere ate^ and she feels the fin and women alrea:dy recei|fe enough for their time and trou- ble. Perhaps she would like to walk in their boots and experi- ence what '^teylffidSt •'•&iutoj$to be a volunteer for their com- mumty. , - The volunteers \l&r the ten. provided by-dedicated people, v«iSs8Kriss«i««ii*k T?;««. wtt»fn>ohf ule their fires nor cancel m ad^Kli!^ ffiS* SCHENECTADY J = :.?-.<• -Outdoorpool lie pool - Locker room i»-Free , veights& Cardio Equipment - Step, WL&, Slide iplSium of twelve training sessionsr and six monthly meetings per year, i|»^adil^^i^i^ic^mhttess hours they must attend for spe- cial tmimng to be qualified to do certain tasks while fighting fires. These trainihg hows do not include the time spent at the scene of fire emergencies. In fact, these men and Women are «on cajr 24 hours £-&& and let me tell you, fires do not know how to tell time. They've been requested to respond to calls during meal hours, church hours, family functions, holi- days, and my favorite, the wee hours of the, mormiiigiw^le ev- eryone else is sleeping. They go to major structure fires, smoke conditions, brush fires; (many of the times these are on the train tracks and the trains don't always stop to allow them to do their job) and false alarms. In addition to fire calls they also respond to motor vehi- cle :.-. accidents, r-$&$0& .- wrirfes member. I am proud of what my hus- band and all the other depart- ment members do to help the people, of ypqrheesyille. His benefits and privileges of being a volunteer fireman are not the use of the firehouse, but rather knowing he is doing something -gobJ^his^eighlQr^, even if it means he must give, up his Tuesday nights tp; train and at- ; tend meetings to be able to dp so. j|achtimehisbjepergoespffI suppoithim at whatever time it . is becajise he is one of the few who will do the job and dp it right. My husband is also a member of th^ ambulance squad, of which I, too, am an active member, and we both give up many hours rif pur time as do many, other good and dedicated people do to better serve this area. Voorheesville is one of the last communities in our county to have this \service awards\ program. The small tax hike does not compare to knowing that we are all protected by a smalt number of people who give up much of their time to serve us all. Since Ms. l^i^k» is got a member; of '^ithel' i^$$e*4&- partment ofet|#^«mt|u|aEiice squad, perhaps she would like to become one I'm sure \\ ' get into most fire companies. ; Maybe it has something to do ghtenup To the Editor: After reading Ms. Vihk's disgusting diatribe against the Voorheesville firemen, I sin- cerely hope she never has need of their services. Lighten up, lady. Carol Greene VoorheesviDe Department or good oF boys? To the Editor: I have had some interesting responses to my letter that ap- peared in last week's paper. To those who asked: Ylis, Vitgihiav there is a bar in the Voorheesville fire house. (You can draw your own co'n- clusions.) Audi n6j giving \service awards\ to the firemen does not mean that the village is having a little cerembn^ ahd present- ing them with^ertnTcates of ap- preciation. '^ Out- firemen are lobbying for cash incentives, not apprecia- tion. Ahd if enough people don't get to tim phlls^ oir ApriI16 to de- feat their proposal, they will be receiving benefits to the tune of $40G$OO In taxpayers^ mpney over the next ten years and then $25,000iTeVery- yesu? thereafter (Please note, both of these fig- ures are approximate.) I find it curious that the issue of a manpower shortage is be- ing raised at all, considering the current members are al- lowed to vote on the acceptability of applicants and have the au- thority to veto those who don't be- long to the gPod ol' boy network (such as women). VFD was one of the most ardent holdouts in opposition to female firefight- ers. They^only recently had to bite the bullet and let one in. No, I don't know how the de- partment spends its profits from Las Vegas night, but it is a good question and One that might be answered on Saturday morn- ing, April 13 at 10 a.m. at the informational meeting at the Village Hall in Voorheesville. Take your questions to this meeting. While you're there, ask how long th6 Village Board of Trustees has been resisting this proposal in the interest of fiscal resphnslbiluiyi Under pressure frdin a small but Vocal group Of lobbyiste the board has agreed to let Tim Vbterfmate th^ tt^imate dedsion^ s^e^Stit there 5 and vp&»u%!l^su^ ^it : all the of . nizations could use her help as service a\#|r%l(ftfh0ir^^ • serve the Voorheesville people, * Voorhe©«viUe Hi ftliUf^aUj-v-^Ww \ <
