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1 * ' -.: >*•» • ng answers solution to Atlanta Pom 14 1 The Hometown Newspaper of Clinton, Essex, Franklin Counties Vol.103 - No. 64 © Copyright 1996, PreM-Republican Pittsburgh, NY 12901, Tuesday, October 24,1995 Suggested Price: 50' 24 Pages m ^ \'•\'• . • . ..•'•' Photo/Bill Dutcher Roger Harwood surfs 6« the muddy storm water 'flooding but the mouth of the AuSable River. Harwood, in- dustrial arts teacher at Plattsburgh High School, drove past the torrent Sunday and was inspired to get a waterski rope, knee board and wetsuit for some stationary surf ing jiist off the access road to AuSable Point. \$'}: ''\ > : ^£fe ?*''' '\' ' '' \ •\•'' '\'•' ,•«,....... .. . •. Towns eye repair costs By MARY THILL Staff Writer Sara-Placid Bureau KEENE — Skies were clear over the rain-torn region of nor- thern Essex and southern Clin- ton counties Monday, but the rivers still ran fast with the opaque, brown consistency of Yoo-hoo. Residents in the towns of Keene and Wilmington are on precautionary orders to boil municipal drinking water until FLOOD-DAMAGED ROADS • Route 73 between Keene and Laka Placid was still clo«ed Monday «ntrnoon. it |g •xpecteti tojf«miiri closed at feast through the end of this week. ' ^ f * „ • Hazelton Road from John Bliss Road to Sllvar Lake was still unusable. And the Steel Deck Bridge near Fern Lake wa| washW out, i > , , * ; , • Route 86 was open, with only orrt fans op«n *hetf* traffic te skirting darnaged areas. the turbidity from Saturday's heavy rains settles. Brownish tap water caused school to be canceled in Keene Monday, but Superintendent Kirsten Ruglis said bottled water has been shipped in for cooking and drinking. The building will be open for classes again today. The mountain-stream reser- voirs of Wilmington and Keene were glutted with mud, rocks and logs swept down by about four inches of rain that fell in a two-hour period Saturday afternoon. Both towns experi- enced flooding and declared states of emergency that night. The Wilmington Town Board has called a special session at 9 this morning to discuss how to clean its reservoir, which is not as badly clogged as Keene's. \In Slide Brook a landslide filled that empoundment area chock full,\ said Keene Super- visor Robert Purdy. \We had people and 20 prisoners in there digging all day. My boys are working extended hours Continued Page 12 State survey: Drug use jumping back up ; By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Led by the booming popularity of mari- juana, drug use is increasing among New York state teen- agers after more than a decade of decline, a state survey released Monday concluded. The number of teen-agers who say they, smoke marijuana at least four times a month doubled from 6 percent to 12 percent be- tween 1990 and 1994, the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse said. * The state agency said it would convene eight forums with local drug-fighting groups across the state to come up with plans for dealing with the increased usage. \We're better off today than we were 15 years ago,\ said Richard Chady, agency spokesman. \But you have to have a concern when you see the increases, especially among the younger students;\ OASAS surveyed nearly 28,000 students anonymously last spring. Its results show New York state is following national trends: The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse reported in September that the number of teen-agers who smoked mari- juana at least once a month had nearly doubled in two years. Maryuaha has been a trendy drug in popular culture over the past few years, particularly in rap music, which experts argue is either leading or reflecting the upsurge in use by teen-agers. Marijuana use among seventh and eighth graders in New York increased from 9 percent in 1990 to 22 percent last year, the survey said. Among black students, 38 per- cent said they had tried mari- juana in 1994, up from 21 per- cent four years earlier. The in- crease was less precipitous' among whites — 27 percent to 34 percent. New Yorkers use marijuana more readily than their national counterparts. Quebec fears rock economy Dollar drops in advance of Oct. 30 independence vote By DAVID CRARY Associated Press Writer TORONTO (AP) - Fears that Quebec will vote for in- dependence next week shook Ca- nadian financial markets Mon- day, and one federalist leader said the province would plunge' into \a black hole\ if it voted to secede. The' Canadian dollar, which traded- last week at nearly 75 U.S. cents, tumbled to just under 73 cents as traders fretted over the possibility of a \Yes\ victory in the Oct. 30 referendum. The Toronto Stock Exchange also quavered, suffering the sixth biggest one-day loss in its histo- ry. Its composite index dropped nearly 3 percent. Nationwide banks and the Montreal-based conglomerate Imasco Ltd. were hit especially hard. \Referendum fears dominate the financial markets,\ Sherry Cooper, chief economist at in- vestment dealer Nesbitt Burns, told a conference call of clients and staff. \That's what you call political instability,\ said Prime Minister Jean Chretien, in New York for the United Nations' 50th anni- versary ceremonies. \It will be a lively week.\ Chretien, a native Quebecer who staunchly opposes secession, said he remained optimistic despite recent polls showing a slight lead for the separatists. He noted, federalists won by a 60-40 margin in 1980 despite final opi- nion polls showing a tight race. One of the leaders of the fed- eralist campaign, Progressive Conservative Party chief Jean Charest, urged his fellow Quebecers to weigh their vote carefully. \The choice and the conse- quences are overwhelming for people and are irreversible,\ Charest said in Ottawa. \We'd be in a black hole. Where would it go from there?\ In Quebec City, capital of the mostly French-speaking pro- vince, separatists were buoyant after one of their biggest, liveliest rallies of the campaign Sunday night. More than 4,000 people waved flags, sang nationalist songs and chanted, \We want a country.\ At one point, the mayor of Quebec, Jean-Paul L'Allier, asked the crowd for silence. \Listen to your heart beat,\ he said. \And you can hear, at the same time, the beat of your new country.\ Many financial analysts predict major economic upheaval if Quebec votes to secede, in- cluding a further plunge for the Canadian dollar, higher interest rates, and a possible exodus of businesses from Quebec. The head of a leading Quebec polling firm, Jean-Marc Leger, said the dollar's weakness may persuade some Quebecers that a \Yes\ victory would be too costly. \I'm sure people will think twice when they see the dollar go down,\ Leger told the telephone news conference organized by Nesbitt Burns. Cop indicted Ti officer faces sex charges By LOHR McKINSTRY - Staff Writer Southtm EIMX Bureau TICONDEROGA - Longtime Ticonderoga Town Police Officer George Reeves Jr. has been in- dicted on four misdemeanors stemming from his questioning of a witness at police headquarters. An Essex County grand jury sealed indictment opened Mon- day charged Reeves with third- degree sexual abuse, public lewdness, official misconduct and first-degree harassment. The charges arose from an in- cident on July 18, 1995, at Ticonderoga Police Headquarters on Burgoyne Road, in which Reeves was taking a statement from a female witness. He allegedly stood in front of the adult witness with his fly open and made a sexual sugges- tion. All the charges are Class B misdemeanors, except for official misconduct, which is a Class A misdemeanor. A 36-year-old Ticonderoga resident, Reeves was released without bail following his ar- raignment in court, where he pleaded not guilty to all charges. He has been suspended with pay by the Town Board. Essex County District At- torney Ronald Briggs confirmed the charges but said he couldn't Continued Page 12 Today?liftoffffl&\sunshine then in- creasing clouds. Highs near 70. South winds 10 to 20 mph. INDEX Bridge 20 Horoscope 18 Business News , .';.... 11 • Ann Landers 18 Classified 19-24 Health 6-7 Comics.;..... 18 Public Record ; 8 Editorial.... 4 Sports ., ...1-4-17 Entertainment...*.* 9 Weather 10 N.Y. Lottery: 247. Tick 4^: 061 5. Pkj(it,0{;|;:i^i9,24,34> 37,139,40,41,43,49,50,57,59,63, (A, 70,71,78,79. N.w En 8 land: Pick 3 1 :226. Tick 4': 1962. Paul Smith's College meets challenge of feeding students By MARY THILL Staff Writer Sora-MocM Bureau fcAUL SMITHS - There wasn't much nostalgia for Longtin Dining Hall at Paul Smith's College Monday. Six hundred students feasted hungrily on roasted top round, chicken Kiev, fresh fruit, baby carrots and chocolate-banana cream pie in the gymnasium. Students whose studies range from forest- ry to culinary arts praised the menu and decor,, which mixed Adirondack barn dance and white lineri; It was .the first day back in class since the arson fire early Friday that destroyed Longtin, the college's only dining hall. \It's better than Longtin,\ said Lynn Stoer, a student from Long Island. \It's fabulous,\ said Parker Sherwood of Schenectady, a hotel-restaurant manage- ment student. \In one way it's not surpris- ing, given that this is a school loaded with expertise on how to prepare and serve food.\ The sentiment was universal: Longtin was nothing to rave about. It ran out of chicken nuggets the day before it burned, and stu- dents had more memories of food fights than the food. \People weren't very upset about it any- how. There was a lot of animosity,\ said Dennis Feeney, an ecology student from Putnam Valley. For the rest of the school year, the gym will serve as a makeshift cafeteria. A per- manent- replacement cannot be constructed until September 1996 at the earliest. Over the weekend, college staff attacked the crisis of feeding students with style and Staff Photo/Mary Thill Paul Smith's students chow down In the college gymnasium. humor. On Monday, the bookstore held a fire sale, and the library mounted a display of other big Paul Smiths fires (the great hotel burned in the 1930s, and the hotel/administration Continued Pag* 12 •vV s /•
