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FAVLT He Is her Shifting His Harry Helsher \The time has come to think % of other things,\ said Harry Helsher with his usual cheer fulness Tuesday as he an nounced that he was retiring as manager of business affairs for the Fayetteville -Manhu8 schools Life for Mr Helsher will be completely changed after March .1 No more late nights with the school budget. No more early mornings worrying about the snow and cold. After 27 years of dealing with the most complicated aspects of school management, Mr Helsher will shift to managing his own candle store and in his words \remainiflg part of the FM scene.\ His career has encompassed a wide range of contrasts. From budgets of less than a million to one of 13 million dollars. From a Hingle fund balance sheet to computerized double entry bookkeeping From Long Island to Central New York \It is gratifying to have come from another community and to be accepted, both myself and my family, into a com muruty such as ours,\ he said in hi 8 letter of resignation that was read at the Board of Education meeting October 2 Mr Helsher's career started on Fifth Avenue in New York City, where he was assistant personnel manager for the National Sugar Refining ( <> He was a businesH HO 1 ministration graduate of Hofstra College with inten sified teacher training from Farmingdale who aimed at a teaching career Instead, the superintendent at Oceanside on Long Island felt Mr Helsher's business background would be just the ticket foi the new post of school business manager Thedistnct grew from : 1.000 to 1 ().()()() pupils in the eight yearn before Mr Helsher mnved to Hayetteville Manlius While in ( entral New York Mr Helsher has been active in regional, state and national organizations of business of finals and in recent years has t>een a speaker on budget preparation and management I/><»king hack over 27 years Mr Helsher maintains that kids are still mm h the same thev re still bovs and girls Howewr. he speaks of the great impart of audio visual technology has has in the( las sroom and the »'ff ei t . >• television on pupils He still sees schools as tht huilding blocks of our wlmlt society\ and worries that if people become disillusioned it will have a disastrous effect un the educational system Mr Helsher cited the con tinuing support of members of the Hoard of Education, fellow staff members and the com inunity in contributing to his v»'ars at FM Outside the realm of school, he has been active in the FM Rotary and is a past president and was formerly active in Boy Scout work. He and his wife Harriet will continue to operate the Wix 'n Wax Candle Shop in The Market Place Manlius, that they have had for the past few years Eagle ulletin Wednesday October 3,1979 Vol. 90 1 7 No. 40 c o Voice Opinions On FM Course Opinions from local clergymen about the proposed Fayetteville-Manlius course in human sexuality range from endorsement to opposition according to a survey taken last week by this newspaper. Jewish leaders were unable to be contacted because of the religious holiday and will be polled later this week. Opposition to the proposal was ex pressed strongly by the Rev. Magr. M. Shields Dwyer and the Rev. D. Frank Giuliano. Other clergy contacted ex pressed opinions ranging from en dorsement to qualified support of the school plan. Several ministers said that they already offered some form of human sexuality information through church classes for youth, and would continue and supplement the public school cur nculum if FM decides to offer the op tional two weeks FM school officials are naming a t omnruttee this week to study the proposal to offer a section on human sexuality as an option during the final two weeks of the semester. If approved, the classes would be offered for the semester beginning in September, 1980 and be made part of the health cur riculum taught in seventh or eighth grade and once in grades 10, 11, or 12 Msgr Dwyer, pastor of Immaculate Conception church, Fayetteville said he had not been consulted about the project, adding \It is impossible to teach sex education without moral values. It is like throwing kerosene on dry timber, and that isn't what is needed. The church is not against sex education, but against it being taught without moral values. We teach it in our families and in the church's religious education classes.\ He added that he had had a number of calls from parishioners about the is sue The Rev Giuhano, pastor of the Christian Apolstohc church, Wood chuck Hill Rd., Fayetteville, main tained that sex education should remain in the sphere of home and family \In general, parents have little con trol over what goes on in the classroom, and much depends on the-instructor. It is impossible to expect the moral aspect to be given in a secular environment This is a responsibility that belongs in the home Emphasis should be placed on teaching it in that atmosphere, rather than in a substitute (school) \ However, other pastors endorsed the FM proposal The Rev Sheldon D. Stephenson, Manlius United Methodist church noted that \'the thing that makes the most difference is who teaches the course The purpose should be to help young people appreciate the deeper values of human life and not to cheapen the meaning of human relationships. It is important that the course be used to help in that ar> preciation and to give pupils the kind of information that will be informative and have them discern the true values of the situation.\ The Rev. M.James Lutz. pastor of St. Ann's church of Manlius, sajd he had been consulted about the proposal. \I am supportive of the FM proposal, but it would need to be supplemented on the church level because many of the topics deal with morals. The proposal will need careful study on the part of the school committee. This church would plan to deal with the subject through the normal religious education ses flions already part of our church program \ The Rev James Spear, pastor of the Fayetteville United Methodist church said he had not been consulted thought it was a good proposal and is supportive of that sort of program \1 get the impression people get upset because they have difficulty dealing with this type of program,\ the Rev Spear said \The subject needs to be dealt with and discussed openly at home with voung people as well as in the classroom It is a subject that should not be feared but faced ooenlv A former FM school board member the Rev Morgan Silbaugh. rector of Christ Church 1 Episcopal) Manlius said \I feel it is a responsible and sen sitive attempt to begin to deal with th»- needs of young people I am grateful t>< Ihr Martin and the staff for stepping up to what is a sensitive issue, but one that requires some response in the public school &\ The Rev John A Swanson, pastor . >f the Evangelical Lutheran Chunh <if the Good Shepherd. Highbndge St Fayetteville also supported the program \I am highlv pleased The school has, done its homework well and done a good job of putting the course together It is what a good portion of the community has wanted for a long time that we can now have and can feel good about. I am convinced it IN verv much needed in the school system The Rev Roland Nichols, rector of Trinity Episcopal church of Fayetteville said,\ I feel it is a construe ti ve effort 1 believe it will reinforce and be supplementary to the program already taught to parents and children in our own church \ Manlius Winner The Regional Conference of Historical Agencies, with headquarters in Manlius, has been selected to receive an Award of Merit by the American Assn. for State and Hearing Tuesday The amount of traffic that may arise from a new fast-food restaurant in Manlius will be the issue at a public hearing at 8 p.m. Tuesday October 9 before the Manlius Village Board. The issue is part of the controversy surrounding the application to build a McDonald's restaurant op posite the Swan Pond. Village trustees originally denied the application but a court decision has required them to develop statistical in formation about the an ticipated traffic impact in connection with the business. Local History for promoting regional cooperation among local historical agencies \in central New York. RCHA was notified in a special \History-Gram\ letter of congratulations following two days of deliberations by a national selection committee in Tucson. Local individuals involved with RCHA are C. William Dunn of Manlius, treasurer; Rhys Roberts of Manlius, board member; Dr. Hans- Joachim Finke of Fayetteville, program director; and Alice Hemenway of Fayetteville, curatorial consultant. New Priee Starting this week the news stand price of the Eagle Bulletin will be 30 cents an is sue. Mail subscriptions and carrier delivery will remain at the current price. Oppose 'Spot Zone' Winthrop CoNira of ManKus has been successful in pteeing his nsfTM on the Novsmbf ballot as an iixMp^ndsnt can didate for th# Manffus Town Board. Hs wi run uMkr ths Pvopte't Party febel and has also raosivd tfte Conservative nofvtiftatioo. About .40 Fayetteville residents attended the Town of Manlius Planning Board meet ing Monday night to protest the proposed plan for a Den ny's restaurant on the southwest corner of Mott Rd and Genesee St. The residents were opposed to what they called \spot zoning\ that would be necessary for the res taurant to open in that location. The impact the res taurant could have on traffic, noise, trash and lighting are also factors in their opposition. Representatives of Denny's Restaurant win address the Planning Board at the November 5 meeting. In other action the Board decided to return the Hunts Woods environmental impact statement to Rudolph Nor man, the project developer, re questing that he resubmit it in the proper form. \All the material is there but the order needs to be straightened out,\ commented Lamson Dawley, board chairman. The next regular meeting of the Planning Board will be at 7 p.m. October 22, instead of Oc tober 15 as previously scheduled. Right On Nose! \Right on the nose\ is the result this year as Fayetteville- Manlius school officials match the October 1 enrollment predictions with results. FM estimated that there would be 4,128 pupils enrolled by October 1 this year. Actual enrollment is 4,126, according to Dr. Philip Martin, superintendent. Further analysis of the en rollment picture will come at the regular November meeting of the Board of Education.
