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SATURDAY, PAGE 3 PRESS-REPUBLICAN for a write-in candidate By MITCH ROSENQUIST Staff Writer PLATTSBURGH - There are hundreds of party candidates running for election Tuesday, but there are also a few doing it the old-fashioned way as write-in's. While write-in candidates do win, part of the dif- ficulty in doing so is the somewhat complicated process voters must go through in the voting booth. At the top of the voting booth there are slides corresponding to each line of the ballot; Once that slide is raised to reveal the blank paper beneath, the voter cannot change his qr her niind. Raising the slide locks out the levers for the other can- didates running for that particular office. Some local office seekers hope for write-in votes Once the slide is raised, the voter has only to write in the name of the candidate. Pencils are provided inside each voting booth. There are several write-in campaigns going on throughout the area, including that of Russell Tourville in Ellenburg. Currently the Republican town supervisor there, Tourville lost the party nomination this time around to Glenn Rowe. \I got beat out at the caucus, so I'm running as a write-in,\ Tourville said. He says he's gone to every house he can, ex- plaining what happened and how to vote for a write-in candidate. \I'm going to win; I know I am,\ he said Friday. Also running for Ellenburg supervisor is Demo- crat Hilda Danforth. There's also a write-in campaign in Schuyler Falls, where Town Clerk Shirley Balko recently decided to run again after all. She said she had decided not to run again because of family commitments this summer that would have cut into the campaign season. \Cam- paigning is difficult,\ she said. However, a number of people have approached her and asked her to run as a write-in. \So I said 'yes.'\ She is running advertisements on radio, and in the newspaper and has done a mailing. Being a write-in candidate is difficult, she said. \There are no instructions. There are never even instructions at the polls. People have to ask the election inspectors on the spot, and they are to go in (the voting booth) with them and show them how.\ Balko, a Democrat, is running against Democrat Michael Donovan, who is the party candidate on the ballot. Also running for clerk is Republican Donna Hamel. Photo Editor/Dave Paczak THE GAME IS OVER: The baseball field behind Memorial Hall at SUNY Plattsburgh is torn up to be turned into a parking lot. The college is converting several areas to parking to help alleviate the problem of too many cars and not enough spaces. City man charged in rape PLATTSBURGH - Police charged a city man Friday with raping a girl under 17. Sanford Baker, 25, allegedly had sexual intercourse with the girl in a Margaret Street home in September. He is charged with third-degree rape, a felony. Police did not reveal the girl's Teen claims Koufomichalis threatened her By MARK HOLLMER Staff Writer - PLATTSBURGH, -_ Nikolaus Koufomichalis threatened to blow up a 15-year-old neighborhood girl's house and hurt her family unless she sold marijuana for him, the teen testified Friday. Kara Moulton also told jurors she saw Koufomichalis beat Vanessa Jones, her son and the family dog. Koufomichalis, 28, has pleaded innocent to a 36-count indict- ment, including second-degree attempted murder, four counts of torturing animals, first-degree coercion and criminal possession of a weapon. He is accused of beating and trying to kill Vanessa Jones, beating her two children and tor- turing her dog between December 1994 and February 1995. Moulton, a friend of Jones's daughter Amanda and son Johnny, was one of the . final witnesses called Friday after- noon a by Clinton County District Attorney Penelope Clute. She said Koufomichalis was nice when she first met him. But things changed when \I hearoVhim slap (Vanessa Jones) and I heard her crying,\ Moulton said. Nikolaus Koufomichalis in court Friday. At another time, Moulton said, she saw Koufomichalis grab Johnny, who has no legs and is in a wheelchair, \by the throat and punch him in the mouth.\ Moulton said she also saw Koufomichalis beat Stoner, the family dog, and hang the animal by its leash over the bathroom door. Moulton said she and Don Cheney, who lived with the Joneses, sold marijuana for Koufomichalis, and that Koufomichalis forced her to do so. ' ' • \He told me that if I didn't sell marijuana for him he was going to blow up my house and hurt my family,\ Moulton said. Moulton said she didn't tell anyone what was happening in the home. \I was scared he would hurt me,\ she said. . Other witnesses on Friday in- Staff Photo/Mike Dowd eluded a physician's assistant at CVPH Medical Center who treated Vanessa Jones's injured hand and a medical doctor with a local CVPH clinic, who said he treated an upset and crying .Jones in February for various bruises. \In general, she was sort of tender everywhere,\ Dr. William Pelton said. Further testimony is expected Monday, beginning at 9:15 a.m. Schuyler Falls budget: revenues down, taxes up BySUEBOTSFORD Staff Writer SCHUYLER FALLS - The proposed 1996 Schuyler Falls budget calls for a tax increase of 31 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. Supervisor Bernard Barber said the general-fund increase of 21 cents is due to loss of revenues — specifically sales tax — along *with a decrease in assessment growth in the town. In the 1996 proposed budget, general-fund appropriations are down $30,256 but revenues are also down $29,146. Even with a fund balance of $50,000 being applied to the 1996 budget, an additional $32,990 has to be raised by taxes. The amount to be raised by taxes in the general fund went from $178,482 in 1995 to $211,472 in 1996. Highway taxes up Barber said the 10-cent in- crease in the tax rate in the highway budget can be at- BUDGET HEARING «Ai?ubli<£ Hearing oft the frroposetf 1996 Schuyler Falls budget , wrfl be rreicJ N6y. 9 at 7 p.m./fofl©wed by a regular board rneeting ot which the budget probably vvill be voted,on. tributed to employees being paid time and a half for overtime in- stead of taking compensatory time. The amount to be raised by taxes in the proposed budget is $273,526, up fron $258,130. Water district tax down One special district that will see a dramatic drop in the tax rate is the Woods Mills Special Water District, which is down 80 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. That brings the rate from $3.93 to $3.13. Barber said that is because of the increased assessment due to the county landfill, a decrease in the cost of services and the ex- pansion of the district when the county put in mains and services. on Shingle Street, Sand Road, Vassar Street, Fatima Street and Newell Court. Raises, health insurance In 1996 all elected, appointed and regular employees will receive a 3-percent raise, Barber said.. In addition, part-time employees and elected officials have been offered health in- surance. If they Wish to cover their families, they have to pick up that cost. Full-time employees have full coverage but they pay 10 percent of the cost. Investments, debt Barber said the $50,000 fund balance applied to the general fund and the $20,000 applied to the highway budget are not all the fund balances the town has. Special districts and the town funds all .have balances that are age, nor any other details of the case. Baker was arraigned before Judge Kevin K. Ryan and com- mitted to Clinton County Jail on $500 bail. He is scheduled for another court appearance Mon- day morning. Broad Street School site of book fair PLATTSBURGH - The Broad Street School PTO is holding its annual book fair Monday, Nov. 6, to Thursday, Nov. 9., in the school library. A wide selection of paperback books for children will be for sale. There will also be books of interest for adults, including cooking, craft and activity books. Profits will be used to support school activities. The book fair will be open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. Saranac School Board committee meeting set SARANAC — A committee workshop meeting of the Saranac Cen- tral School Board of Education will be held Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the district office in Dannemora at 6:30 p.m. The regular monthly board meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at district offices. The meetings are open to the public. Parades to be shown on access channel PLATTSBURGH — Community parades will be televised on' the Falcon Cable public-access channel (Channel 9): Wednesday, Nov. 8: 7:30 p.m., Plattsburgh's 1993 Fourth of July Parade; 9:30 p.m., Plattsburgh's 1995 Fourth of July Parade. Thursday, Nov. 9: 7:30 p.m., Rouses Point's 19.95 Fourth of July Parade; 8:30 p.m., SUNY Plattsburgh's 1995 Homecoming Parade. For more information, contact Foxy Gagnon at 561-0616. Saranac Junior High family school group to meet SARANAC — The Saranac Junior High Family School Organiza- tion will meet Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Business will include community-school projects and fund-raising activities for the 1995-96- school- year. The meeting is open- to. the public. Assembly Education Committee chair to visit PLATTSBURGH - Assemblyman Edward C. Sullivan, chairman of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, will be coming to SUNY Plattsburgh Friday, Nov. 10, to meet with stu- dents and faculty about the future of SUNY. Sullivan, who represents the 69th Assembly District in New York City, will arrive on campus at 3 p.m. to meet with students and faculty in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium in Hawkins Hall. The assemblyman has held meetings and hearings across the state to formally explore ex- pectations for SUNY, to identify the nature of current criticisms, and to work toward achieving solutions. The Assembly hearings stem from the State Legislature's charge to the SUNY Board of Trustees to present a report on the future of SU- NY by Dec. 1. ON COURSE Assemblyman Edward Sullivan invested and making at least 5- percent interest. Barber said the only debt the town has is payments on the Morrisonville and Woods Mills water districts. In special districts, residents bear the debt burden and pay for. services — not the entire town. • New ambulance district Also this year, a second am- bulance district was created when the City of Plattsburgh withdrew ambulance service to part of the towns of Plattsburgh and Schuyler Falls and all of Beekmantown. Residents in the parts of the town covered by the South Platt- sburgh and Cadyville fire departments are now paying a special-district tax of 32 cents to cover ambulance service. A homeowner with taxes assessed for a fire district, am- bulance district, general and highway, who lives in a home assessed at $55,000, would pay about $259 in taxes under the proposed budget. Here's a look at educational opportunities around the North Country: Beekmantown Central School District Six-hour Defensive Driving Course: Monday, Nov. 13, and Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Room 125. Fee: $40. Call 562-8023 to regis- ter. Peru Central School Women's Aerobics: Tuesday and Thursdays for 10 weeks beginning Oct. 10, from 7 to 8 p.m. Intermediate Gym. Fee $30. Men's Basketball: Wednesdays for 10 weeks beginning Oct. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. Primary Gym. $3 per night, Co-Ed Volleyball: Monday and Thursdays beginning Nov. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. Primary Gym. $3 per night. Understanding and Using Mutual Funds for Long-Term Growth of Capital: Nov. 14, 7 to 9 p.m. Primary Faculty Room. Free. North Country Teacher Resource Center Recipes & Remedies Session 6: Effective Communication: Nov. 9. Recipes & Remedies Session 7 & 8: Understanding the Opposite Sex: Nov. 16 and 30. Recipes & Remedies Session 9 & 10: Societal Pressures Affecting To- day's Community: Dec. 7 and 14. Fee: $10 or 5 sessions for $40. Contact Tammy Villanueva at 564-5000. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Route 22 North 55 Alive Mature Driving Class: Nov. 13 and 14 from noon to 4 p.m. Fee: $8 pre-payment required. Call 561-7450. Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Plattsburgh Child-Abuse Identification and Training Courses: Nov. 14 or Jan. 23, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Fee: $25. Call BOCES at 561-0100, Ext. 135. Clinton-Northern Essex Chapter of the American Red Cross New Babysitting Course: Saturday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fee: $20, pay at new location, 12 City Hall Place. North Bangor Town Hall Five-Hour Pre-Licensing Course: Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Must have permit to attend. Fee: $20. To register, call 1-800-293-4832.
