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FORT COVINGTON SUN Fort Covington, N.Y. 12937 • 0 uutrgta Second class postage paid at Fort Covington, N.Y. 12937 m Established 1885 Fort Covington, New York 12937 Price 30c USPS 205-680 Edition 319 June 5, 1986 SRCS Voting June 11th On Wednesday, June 11, 1986, the voters of the Salmon River Central School District will vote on the proposed 1986-87 budget, Proposition I, regarding the proposed bus garage addition, and on the board seat last held by Angus McDonald. The voting will take place in the Multi- purpose Room in the Elemen- tary wing from noon until 8:00 p.m. According to school offi- cials the local school taxes for the proposed $9,708,076 budget will not increase for the fifth year in a row. Proposition I deals with the capital reserve for a building addition to the bus garage. According to the administra- tion, four buses sit outside the garage year round and gaso- line, batteries and other items have been stolen. To prevent the theft, the buses were placed in front of the garage, a situation which obstructs drivers view. Presently, more than half the fleet is diesel and the rest will be diesel in the future. Diesel buses need to be housed in the winter. Officials say there will be no cost to the district residents since it will be totally funded by state aid, John Jock John Jock was born in Bombay, N.Y. where he at- tended local schools. He re- ceived an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force and has resided in Fort Covington since 1955. Mr. Jock worked for ALCOA from 1952 until his recent retirement. In 1969, he was elected to the Board of Aluminum Workers Interna- tional, Local 420. In 1972, he was elected president of Local 420 and by virtue of that office, he became a member of the National Bargaining Committee, a position he held until his retirement in Febru- ary, 1986. In 1979, he was elected Secretary-Treasurer , and Business Agent of Local 420, representing approxi- mately 1800 people. From 1969 to 1979, he was owner and operator of Jock's Trailer Sales in Fort (cont'd on Pg. 8) Harold Lauzon Harold Lauzon was born in Fort Covington where he attended local schools. He has been a union iron worker since 1969, has a \hobby farm,\ where he sells replacement cattle, has been in the con- struction business and owned Cub's Place in Ft. Covington from 1981 to 1983. He presently resides on the Townsend Rd. in Bombay with his wife, Emily and four children Alison, 13, Kimber- ly, 9, April, 4, and Murray, 2 and a half. \I am running for the board for several reasons, \ he stated. \My chilfren are or will be attending Salmon River and I am interested in their education. Lowould also like to know and understand how the financial and educa- tional affairs at school are handled. \My wife is a Mohawk (cont'd on Pg. 8) Jack Treptow I am running for Board of Education and my name is John (Jack) Treptow. I live in Hogansburg with my wife Shirley. We have lived here since 1959. We have raised our two sons here, Richard and Norman. The boys both grad- uated from Salmon River Central; Richard in 1969 and Norman in 1977. I have worked for G.M. for the last 27 years, as a Tool and Die Maker. I have served our community as a fireman for 25 years. During that time, I was the fire Chief for three of those years. I am a member of the Piston Business team, which acts as a Board of Directors of the Piston department. I feel that I can contribute something worth while to the Board of Education by helping our children continue getting a good education and keeping the taxes down where the tax- (cont'd on Pg. 8) Mary McDonald Is Write-in Candidate Gus McDonald Withdraws \I am withdrawing as a candidate for the Board of Education. It is a decision I alone had to make. It has been a good six years and I hope that the Board will continue their quest for excellence in education. I know that the veterans of the board, Mr. Kerwin and Mr. Durant know the meaning of hard times and working very long hours to put some sort of a budget in front of the public that they would pass. We have come full circle whereby our budgets pass very easily. Of course there are that few from the public, as do board* members, who will never be satisfied with our budget. As board members, we must keep one thing in mind-we are here for our, children's eduction, and not board members with special interest groups backing us. I sincerely hope that our endeavors will not go by the wayside. As stated, we have seen the hard times, the budget defeats, the austerity budgets, the open threats to board members, and I don't think our district needs that notoriety. We must work for the future of our children.\ Sincerely ? Gus McDonald With that letter, Angus McDonald stepped down as a candidate for this own seat in the June 1 lth election. The Indian Eduction Committee is supporting the candidacy of Mary McDonald in lieu of Gus Mcdonald's withdrawal. Miss Mcdonald will be a write-in candidate since no petition was filed in order for her name to appear on the ballot. MARY MCDONALD The Education Committee is supporting Mary McDo- nald as a write-in candidate for the Salmon River School (cont'd on Pg. 8) Native American building aid and interest. A capital amount of $100,000 next year plus gained interest will equal the $160,000 necessary to build the addition for four buses in 1988. Official candidates running for the board seat vacated by Angus McDonald are John Jock, Harold Lauzon and John Troptow. Graduation '86 All Night Party Receives Support Plans for the Graduation '86 All Night Party proceed with caring and generous responses from local business people. Typical of the support received is the following letter: Dear Shirley and Sue: I was very pleased to see that you have taken the initia- tive to sponsor such a program at Salmon River for gradua- tion. I share your many con- cerns as I have seen, first hand, during my career in the State Police, what grief and loss of life can occur gradua- tion night. I wholeheartedly support your efforts and if there is anything more I can do, please let me know. You should be congratu- lated for promoting such a program. Good luck! Rick Ellis Others who have responded^ and sent letters and donations to the project of providing a memorable graduation night are: Fort Covington Sun, Stop DWI, North Franklin Sports, Amercian Legion-Hogansburg, American Legion-Fort Covington, St. Joseph's Church-Bombay, St. Patrick's Church-Hogansburg, Motel Mary-Jo, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Crofoot, Mohawk Video, Bruso-Desnoyers-Cappiello- McKenzie, Rick Ellis Ford, Inc., Rhoades and Rhoades Acct., American Legion Auxilliary-Hogansburg, Mrs. Joanne McElwain, Mills and Wells, Leroux Oil Co., Jayne Lisa II, Smith Lumber Com- pany, Shirley Treptow, Norre Bil Vairksted (George Emery), Lewis Marina, George Bero and Key Bank. The next meeting will be held on Thursday (tonight) at 7:30 in the Middle School Cafeteria. Everyone is wel- come to attend and urged to support this effort. DEC Tests Indicate Violations in the Salmon River The New York State De- partment of Environmental Conservation has recently conducted dye testing of in- dividual homeowner dis- charges to drainage ditches and the Salmon River in the Town of Fort Covington. The discharges are in vio- lation of federal and state environmental laws, a DEC news release said. The tests, completed on Thursday, May 20, documented the impact of raw sewage from households in the town due to lack of a waste water treatment facility, according to the release. The town has previously received a federal/state grant to devel- op a wastewater facility plan to address the problem. The town's engineering firm, Stearns and Wheler of Caze- novia, has recommended an extended aeration wastewater treatment system for th cen- tral portion of the hamlet and cluster system utilizing spetic tanks and sand filters for other areas of the hamlet at an approximate cost of $2.6 million. Construction of the plant will be eligible for a second federal/state grant for facility construction which will pay for approximately 85 percent of the project, with the re- mainder of the cost to be paid for by the community. Fort Covington has one of the highest priority scores in New York State for grant eligibility due to raw discharges oi sewage to the Salmon Rivei and ptoential community health problems associated with the discharges. A public hearing has been scheduled for June 17, at 7 p.m. in Fort Covington to discuss sewer district forma- tion and the engineer's final report. Approval of the facil- ity plan must be given by the Fort Covington Town Board. Sewer district formation is also subject to referendum if petitions requesting a vote are submitted by enough citizens. An earlier referendum on district formation was reject- ed. If Jh$ town is unable to agrec^E^on a solution in the near future, federal aid will- most likely be unavailable and the total cost for eliminating discharges to the river will have to be paid for by the community, the DEC said. Enoch Kim and Tracy Burl SRCS Valedictorian and Salutatorian Enoch Kim Salmon River Central School is proud to announce the Valedictorian and Saluta- torian for 1986. Enoch Kim has been named Valedictorian for the Class of 1986. Enoch is the son of Chin Soo and Grace Kim of Fort Coving- toln. While in high school, he has achieved an accumulative high school average of 93.33 percent as well as involvement in the following extra- curricular activites and ac- complishments: National Honor Society (Treasurer), member of the Soccer Team jn.wjiich ^earnejiikc MVP, Tracy Burl Award, member of the Varsir Lacrosse Team, member o the Swim Team in which h was a captain and earned th Scholar-Athlete Award Enoch is also listed in th Who's Who Among America High School Students and tb Society of Distinguishe American High School Stv dents. He is a recipient of New York State Regent Scholarship. Enoch plans t enter Hamilton College, Clir ton, NY and major in Pn Med. Named as Salutatorian / (cont'd on P$. 9)
