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Diamonds In The Rough flONE;OY8 ,FALLS rf. Y'. 14472 THE HEMLOCK AND CANADICE STORY by Leland Brun Second in a series - see page 7 ~~OYE FJt{ ~fIi WEEKLYr::eTIME s VOL. 104 NO. 40 Independently Devoted to the Beat Interests of Honeoye Falls and Vicinity. HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y. 35Ceopy THURSDA Y, OcrOBER 8, 1987 $10.00 year Mendon Republican Slate Announced Republican Supervisor Jack Leckie is seeking rc-eleetion to his third two-year term in the November 3 elections. Also run- ning for rc-election arc Town Council Members Andrew Grasty, Jr. and Johanna O'Brien, Highway Superintendent Robert Sherman, Town Justice Philip Dattilo, Jr., and Town Clerk June L. Smith. Council mem- bers and town justices arc eleeted for four-year terms, while town clerk is a two-year post. I~' \ '\ ~~ t .,/~;\ l,~{\,:~ ~. ,-f3~f} • ~ v, '-\( \ ',~' ~. .. ~\~ '~ . . ;., _;J~!fl' ; I j' \ 'I:, j~ .• ,',~' ' , . ~~ /~;':1 ~~\ t \'\ ','.~~~ A. \JACK\ LECKIE Jack, a near life-long resident of Mendon, has held the supervisor post since 1984, and was previously a town council member for six years. He attended Genesee Jr. College and formerly was the treasurer of Dunn Oil, Inc. He is a member of the Honeoye Falls Presbyterian Church. He has served on the Recreation Commission, Assessment Re- view Board and was the treasurer of the Mendon Fire Commis- sion. In addition, Jack is a past president of the Honeoye Falls Rotary Club and currently vice president of the Monroc County Supervisors' Associa- tion. The parents of two children, he and his wife, Nancy, live on Broughton Hill Road. HF·L Makes Lunch a Special Event National School Lunch Week will be celebrated from Monday.through Friday, Oct. 11- 16 and October is National . Apple Month. Joan Crunden, director of Honeoye Falls-Lima School District's School. Lunch Pro- gram, is combining these two events by featuring apple dis- plays and menu selections at all four schools' cafeterias. . Ms. Crunden said there will be two special events taking Continued on page 2 JUNE L. SMITH June is a graduate of Honeoye Falls High School and attended Rider College. She has served as town clerk since 1973. She is a former member of the Chamber of Comnierce and has served as an officer in various capacities for many years in the Monroe County Town Clerks' Association. She has served as director of the New York State Town Clerks' Association since its inception and presently is a representative on the Legislative Committee. She was actively involved with the Mendon Republican Committee prior to her election as town clerk. She is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a past trustee of the church. She resides 011 Locust Street in the village. ROBERT G. SHERI_IAN, SR. Bob i~ a ,ife-;ong res- ident of the Tow.1 of Mendon and lives on Rush-Mendon Road. He has 25 years experience in heavy construction and has worked in the highway department for 11 years, the past eight as highway superintendent. He is vice president of the Monroe County Highway Superintendents' ASsoc- iation. Formerly the chief of the Mendon Fire Department, he has served the community for 35 years in fire service and is a past fire commissioner. He is a member of the Mendon Presbyterian Church. ANDREW GRASTY, JR. Andy has been a town councilman since 1978. A Penn SI<'lle Graduate, he is in sales with Onondaga Litho. He is a retired Lt. Colonel in the Air Force Reserve and formerly served as liaison with the Air Force Academy. He is a member of the Honeoye Falls Rotary Club and a fonner member of the Mendon Repub- lican Committee. The parents of two sons, he and his wife, Kitty, live in Mendon Farms. They have two sons. JOHANNA O'BRIEN Johanna has served on the town council since 1986 and has lived in Mendon all her life. She spent 13 years as a per- sonnel manager at Sybron Corp- oration and presently owns Vigren and O~Shaughncssy, Inc., an Irish importing business. She is a graduate of the Stalf; University of New York at Ceneseo, and has earned a certificate in the Personnel Man- agement Program from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Johanna has served on th·~ executive committee of the Mendoll Community Organi- zation, the Advisory Committee for the John Wiley Jones School of Business, SUNY at Geneseo, and is a board member of the Rochester Area Career Education Council. PHILIP B. DATTILO, JR. Phil has been a town justice since 1975 and a resident of Mendon sinGe 1970. He attended Cornell University and graduated from the University of Buffalo Law. School in 1960. After serving in the U. S. Army, he was admitted to the bar in 1961. He has been a practicing attorney for 26 years with trial experience in both civil and criminal courts and has his law office in Honeoye Falls. He resides with his wife, Linda, and their two children on Cheese Factory Road. Mendon Proposition 3 Would Restructure Town Government by Andrea Walton Mendon Town Clerk June Smith and Highway Super- intendent Robert Smith, Sr. arc running for re-election possibly for the last time. Voters will decide Nov. 3rd whether they want the two posts to be elective or appointive. If Proposition #3 is approved, the change will go into effect when the two-year elective terms expire on Jan. I, 1990. Political observers arc predicting' a close vote on the controversial referendum. Under the new system, candidates would be nominated for the two posts by the town committee of the political party in power (in this case the Republican Committee). The Town Board exercises the final approval. The town has had an elected clerk and 'highway superintendent since the posi- tions were created and opponents of the referendum see no reason to change. Mendon's fIrst town clerk, according to Ms. Smith took office in 1814. \In 1987, I 'feel the position, 8S it has',been for 173 years, should continue,\ she said. She further stated, \In an office such as mine, dealing with the people on a day by day basis, it is important that the public has a voice in who serves. I have no vote on the town I board, therefore my political ,views arc of no consequence.\ Ms. Smith said she feels that she must have served her constitu- ents well beeause she has always generated more votes than any other candidate. She was first elected on the GOP slate in 1973, . and has been re-elected every two-years since. Proponents of the prop- osition argue that it will enhance the efficiency of government and help hold back tax increases. i Under the appointive system, the town supervisorasslJlTlcs respons- ibility for all departments, as opposed to the current structure where the town clerk's office and the highway deparunent arc total- ly independent. Afour-membercommis- sion appointed by the town board to study the overall operation of . thetowngovernmentreeommend- ed the change. The current system, the commission conclud- ed, lacks coordination. John Sheret, a retired businessman and a member of the Mendon Republican Re-election Commi- ttee, served on the commission. \We spent many hours observing , key officials over a four month period,\ Mr. Sheret said. \We believe government can be run ~ efficiently as private business.\ Dr. Richard Smith, and Town Councilmen Andy Grasty Jr. and Madge Potter also served on the commission. The new system would establish written personnel prac- tices detailing pay schedules, hours, vacation eligiblility and other procedures found in a business environment, Mr. Sheret said. The supervisor would be in total charge, and he, in tum, would be accountable to the town board. Since the board members and the supe'rvisor are elective, the voters will not be . giving up their right to a voice . Contll8Jed on page, 1
