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sets PSUC scoring r*- Poga15 lean The Hometown Newspaper of Clinton, Essex, Franklin Counties Vol. 103 - No. 37 © Copyright 1995, Prow-Republican Plcrttsburgh, NY 12901, Wednesday, September 27, 1995 Suggested Price: 50 ! 24 Pages Mighty mussels Mature mollusk found near water intake By JEFF MEYERS Staff Writer CUMBERLAND HEAD - The tiny mollusk looked any- thing but frightening as Vernon Gibbs held it inside a small water-filled jar. But the stripes that decorated ei- ther side of the. mussel's shell told another story: this was a zebra mussel, perhaps the first adult to be identified in Lake Champlain waters around the Plattsburgh area. \We knew they were coming this way; it was just a matter of time,\ Gibbs said from his Cumberland Head home Tues- day. \Anyone who gets water out of the lake has got to be a little anxious (about the in- cr'easing numb e. r s o f sightings).\ QUESTIONS? ZabramuiMl f mussels eon call Michael *>HouMr<*t fKe V«*n*pnt * Department of SfiyTr Hat Conservation/ imi%w ! h«$ o list of contractors who jr iakewJ {Install rto s eqMiprnent As zebra mussels go, the one Gibbs displayed was quite large: nearly an inch. Its size suggested the mussel was probably about two years old. Contractors from Platt- sburgh contractors Zebra Tech found it Monday on a concrete slab as they installed a filter screen on Gibbs's water pipes. The mussel was about 80 feet from shore in about 6V2 feet of water. Zebra-mussel populations continue to increase in Lake Champlain. In the southern portions of the lake, where the mussels were first identified two summers ago, adult popu- lations are mushrooming. In fact, reports have been made of large numbers of mussels fouling the engines of some boat motors in moorings south of Ticonderoga. \A couple of people were un- able to use their boats (because engines were clogged with mussels),\ said Michael Hauser of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. \Those are the first reports I've seen where people were actu- ally having problems with mussels,\ Vernon Gibbs displays a jar contain- ing a parent zebra mussel that was found near his water intake at his Cumberland Head resi- Photo Editor dence. Zebra mussels are extremely prolific; one adult female can lay up to 100,000 eggs during a single season. When those eggs hatch, they are microscopic, free-swimming larvae, but within two to three weeks, they Continued Page 3 Mayor unveils budget; spending up slightly By MITCH ROSENQUIST Staff Writer PLATTSBURGH - Mayor Clyde Rabideau's proposed 1996 budget — releas- ed Tuesday — calls for a 2.8-percent tax in- crease and a 4.5-percent water-rate increase. Overall city spending is up 2.6 percent in the mayor's proposal, to $ 12.17 million. If the budget is adopted unchanged, tax rates would go from $6.22 per $1,000 assess- ed value to $6.39. . \There are really no new projects slated for next year\ above what's in the five-year plan, Rabideau said. \There is $25,000 ear- marked for an engineering study to evaluate every street and some curbs and sidewalks in the city.\ That study will prioritize street projects \and give us an independent appraisal\ of the city's existing work schedule. Rabideau said a third-party study will detect any flaws in the city's current plan, but it will also erase any public perception that politics play a part in what streets are Continued Page 3 Dog credited with rescue Firefighters save heroic pooch By JOE LoTEMPUO Staff Writer CHAMPLAIN - Three people were plucked off a smoky rooftop during an early-morning fire at the Robin's Nest tavern on Route 9 Tuesday. And the heroic dog who awakened people sleeping in the apartments above the bar was pulled from the burning building and revived by thoughtful firefighters. The owners of the property, Roger and Robin Janendo, were awakened about 3:30 a.m. by yelps from their mixed breed dog named Blackie and found their upstairs apartment filled with smoke. The Janendos and Dale Genereux, a tenant in another apartment above the bar, were forced to the roof where they were eventually rescued by Champlain firefighter Walter LePan. \He (LePan) threw a ladder up there to them and went up and helped them all get down safely,\ Champlain Fire Chief Albert Laporte said. Laporte said- flames were shooting out of the bar windows when firefighters arrived and smoke was everywhere. \The damage was heavy, but we were able to confine the fire to Staff Photo/Mitch Rosen quist Todd Jarvis the first floor. But the second and third floors suffered heavy smoke damage,\ Laporte said. He estimated there were six or seven apartments above the bar, but everyone got out safely. But Blackie, apparently over- come by smoke, didn't make it. While searching the inside of the burning building, Rouses Point firefighter Robert Ethier found Blackie and brought the Continued Page 3 Bloody photos set off sobs at Simpson trial Summation TV picture interrupted By UNDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) - The anguish of three families almost overwhelmed a prosecutor's closing argument in O.J. Simp- son's murder trial Tuesday when pictures of bloody victims set off sobs that echoed through the small courtroom. The drama came after a furious Judge Lance Ito blacked out TV coverage for an hour, then reopen- ed the cam- era's eye for the presenta- tion by pro- secutor Mar- .. . _. . nt 1 Morelo Clark cia Clark, who literally assembled a picture puzzle showing Simpson as the killer. Clark, delivering a closing argument that built in power throughout the day, disavowed her own police witness as a racist and ridiculed a defense con- tamination-conspiracy theory as \far-fetched.\ Each point she made to the jury — about shoe prints, strands of hair, bloodstains and fibers from the carpet in Simp-, son's Bronco — were pieces in a murder puz- zle, Clark ' said. As she assembled these \pieces\ throughout the day, an actual pic- ture puzzle was projected on the giant screen ,, overhead. When all the pieces were in place, it showed Simpson's face. The families of Nicole Brown Continued Page 2 WEATHER Mostly cloudy with a chance of sprinkles. High about 70. South wind becoming southwest about 10 mph. INDEX Bridge 2.1 Horoscope 18 Business News 12 Ann Landers 18 Classified 19 Seniors 6 Comics 18 Public Record 8 Editorial... 4 Sports....... 14 Entertainment 11 Weather 5 N.Y. Lottery: 2-2-0. WinFour': 2-9-1-6. Tako 5: 2-4-11 PI*ki0;1-4-S-14l'l7-32-33-36,39-40-51-52-56-S8-59-62-63^6-67-77. NewEnfllands Tick 3 1 :8-7-7. Tick 4': 4-3-7-3. Tri-State C«h: 7-11-12-20-24 and king. -16-29. With Washington aflutter, Perot gets down to party business By JOHN KING AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ross Perot's pledge to build the \largest party in the country\ got an in- triguing boost Tuesday as Colin Powell opened the door to becoming its first presidential nominee. Perot's announcement Monday night that he planned to form an In- dependence Party that would nominate a 1996 presidential candidate was enough to rattle both major parties, and they scrambled to assess whether the move made it more or less likely Perot himself would enter the race. Before long, however, they also found themselves grappling with the prospect of some sort of Perot-Powell alliance, as the general-turned-author diclosed that Perot had called him over the weekend to tell him of his plans for a new party. Asked if he would run as its candidate, Powell said: \Obviously it is something I would consider and he knows I would con- sider it.\ Previously, Powell has said that if he decided to run, he would be inclined to do so as a Republican, in part because of the giant hurdles to getting on the ballot as an in- dependent. Democrats and Republicans alike were left with the question of whether Powell's inter- est was real, or just part of his effort to sell his new autobiography. Equally important was whether Perot would build a new party only to allow himself to be eclipsed by the Powell — or anyone else. \Only people in Washington would ask that question,\ Perot said in an interview. \This is not about me.\ Little was known about how Perot's In- dependence Party would be structured, fi- nanced and placed on state ballots and how its presidential nominee would be selected. Perot himself had few details, saying lawyers were working on the structure and budget. He said it would only run a presidential can- didate in 1996 because \we can only do so much at once well.\ Perot said the response was overwhelming and that more than 3,000 calls an hour were pouring into the headquarters of his United We Stand America organization — the springboard for the new party. But not all UWSA members were happy. \Perot is doing his own thing,\ said Deborah Taylor, the elected chairwoman in Ohio. \We knew nothing about it.\ For all,the uncertainty, this much seemed virtually assured: the 1996 presidential race would be at least a three-way affair, perhaps even more crowded. \There are either going to be three or four candidates vying in the center where the decisive votes are,\ said former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker, who is considering an independent bid. A
