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Town of Fort Covington Government Donated Food Will Be Distributed on Saturday, Sept. 20,9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Senior Citizens Hall Town of Bombay Government Donated food Will Be Distributed on Wednesday, Sept. 17,5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the FORT COVINGTON SUN Town Garage Second class postage paid at Fort Covington, NY. 12937. O-iniit p Fort Covington Established 1885 Fort Covington, New York 12937 Price 30c USPS 205-680 Edition 333 September 11,1986 'Drawer\ Has Art Show Milk Strike Is On \Drawer\ BUI Gould and his sign for his Wildlife Art Show to be held in Massena Sept. 13-23. By Jennie Bartlett Bill Gould, better known to readers of the SUN as the person who provided the editorial cartoon comment for the time for page 2 in 1982 and 1983, will be the featured artist in the art Show scheduled for the Massena Library exhibit September 13th through September 23rd. \A little nervous, no, a lot nervous\ about his first art show, Gould's Wildlife paint- ings have passed the critics tests before, and were ac- claimed. He has entered juried art shows and had his paintings exhibited; he has entered his paintings in the Franklin County Fair for the past three years and has come away with ribbons for his efforts. This year he did not enter his paintings into competition, but had them exhibited in the Conservation Depart- ment's booth. \I am a drawer,\ says Gould of his work. \I can not be so presumptious or pretentious to say that I am an artist.\ Although he has no formal art training, other than basic art courses in high school and college, Gould states that he been \drawing ever since I can remember- ...but in *79 my wife bought me a set of acrylics and canvas for Christmas and in 1980 I finished my first painting.\ Detail and technical ac- curacy in his wildlife paintings are of prime importance to Gould. He tries to be as technically accurate as he can. He says, \a ruffed grouse has eighteen feathers in his tail and if you are going to paint the number of feathers it has in its tail, then you are going to paint eighteen feathers, otherwise it is like painting a person with three eyes. As with other kinds of markings, they are either right or they are not.\ Gould's interest in wildlife paintings is a combination of his lifelong interest in hunting, fishing and drawing. \I found that what I wanted to draw were animals.\ A graduate of Pittsburgh SUNY Gould holds a degree in secondary education with major in English. He began his working career as an Eng- lish teacher at Salmon River Central School. Gould did not study art in college because he states that he never wants his art to be a job. I never want to pick up a canvas and feel that I have got to paint this.\ Gould does not accept com- missions for paintings. In doing this he says that \If they have their own idea of when and how it should be done, then it becomes almost theirs and all you are doing is slapping paint on a canvas where, on the other hand if I paint a picture that somebody likes and buys it, then that is an entirely different thing. I did what I wanted to do...I don't like the idea of doing it as work.\ Gould paints in acrylics — a medium which allows the artist to produce a painting which is a watercolor in ap- pearance, or by not thinning the paint, a painting which is similar to oil. The detail which exists in Gould's paint- ings would make one think that he spends months to complete each painting. Not so, says Gould. A canvas may sit on the easel for a couple of weeks, in 1981 he painted three paintings in one year, but by 1982 he became serious about his efforts and at one point turned out three paint- ings in one month. Still, the detail of the painting belies the time it takes to produce the finished product. Accord- ing to Gould that a painting will sit on the easel with nothing being done to it, but then a dab here and a dab there will make it correct. Gould begins each painting with a detailed sketch which, he admits, sometimes takes longer than the finished paint- ing. The sketch is begun on tracing paper which allows him to complete the sketch in parts, changing bits and pieces \just kicking it around\ and which may or may not ever be completed. The sketch is completed to half the size of the intended painting and then is used as guide for the finished canvas. Best know for his editorial comment in cartoon forms which appeared in the SUN in 1982 and 1983, Gould said that he tried to be technically accurate in this doing it as a means of poking fun at people, but when you do it for a person...they aren't supposed to like it...in doing (Cont'd on Pg. 6) Signs posted along Route 37 entering the hamlet of Fort Covington proclaim \The Milk Strike Is On\ although the effects of the national strike are not apparent in this community yet. On this past Sunday night, about 250 farmers from a three county area attended a three hour meeting held at the fair grounds. They listened to Bill Mack, a Herkimer County dairy farmer and Kenton Bai- ley, a Maine dairman. According to Alfred Preve, one of the area dairymen who are spearheading the local strike effort, and who has been dumping approximately 300 gallons of milk a day since Sep- tember 1st, the meeting was most successful. He stated that at least 2/3 of those farmers who were present at the meet- ing indicated that they would willingly dump milk to join in the effort. Also, according to Preve, there are about 20 farmers in the area who are dumping milk, including Clifton French and Ron Marlow in the Bom- bay area. Interest is spreading, said Prever, as another meet- ing was scheduled by request for Tuesday night at the farm of Jay H. Johnston on the Fay County Road in Malone. While it would appear that support for the milk strike in Franklin County is increasing, news reports indicate that, (Cont'd on Pg. 3) Accident Results in Serious Injuries Nineteen year old Robert Cole of Hogansburg remains a patient in Massena Memorial Hospital following an auto- mobile accident on Sunday, September 7th. His passenger, nineteen year old Bernadine Herne is a patient in Ottawa Civic Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario. She is suffering from a severed spine, fractured arms and several other injuries. According to the police report, Cole was driving at a high rate of speed at about 4 a.m. Sunday when his car jumped the left shoulder of Route 37, approximately 1/ 10 of a mile past the Cook Road and struck a tree. On impact a fire started in the car but both Cole and Herne were removed from the burn- ing vehicle by passing motorists. Troopers attribute the ac- cident to alcohol and excessive speed. Acid Spill on Route 37 Spectacular Fall Foliage Expected We can look forward to an extra spectacular and brilliant foliage season in New York this Fall, mainly because of the heavier than usual rainfall throughout the state this year. This is the prediction of veteran meteorologist Ray Falconer. Every year about this time in the Northeast the chlo- rophyll in the leaves vanishes into the air. Actually, the leaves die. This process pro- duces other colors, however — the vibrant, automnal colors of red, yellow, brown and orange. The result is why thousands of visitors flock to New York State for that unique com- bination of cris*p Autumn air and magnificent photogra- phable Fall color. Even though the Depart- ment of Commerce is receiving several reports from is leaf watchers, particularly in the Adirondacks, that there has been some color change al- ready, Falconer predicts that the color-change pfocess will be running a few days behind schedule this year. \We've had a most unusual summer, marked by excessive precipitation in many areas of the state. Because of the heavy rainfall,\ says Falcon- er,\ the leaves wil not be turning as early as usual.\ When change occurs, ac- cording to Falconer, the color might be particularly brilliant because of the rainfall sit- uation, \there is a good chance that the color could be more spectacular than last year and even the year before,\ Falconer said. The critical time is now, some experts feel, when summer's warm sunny dry days contrast with cool nights, with temperatures in the low 40's or lower. And according to Falconer, there are those who feel strong- ly that frost is a significant factor in determining how much color we'll have. ;< It can be a contributing factor,\ says Falconer, \in that it tends to help accelerate the process, but in my view, it's not as important as temprature and sunlight. The visual treat associated with the changing of the leaves (Cont'd on Pg. 8) Traffic on Route 37 through the Town of Westville had to be rerouted for several hours on Saturday, September 6th after a load of old truck and car batteries spilled re- leasing sulfuric acid over the road for approximately one quarter of a mile. The truck, containing the 350 batteries did not overturn and no injuries were reported in the incident at Cushman's Curve about 4 p.m. The De- partment of Transportation cleaned up the hazardous materials. The driver of the truck Jacques Benoit, 53, of Quebec was issued six tickets — driv ing an insecure load, unsafe tires, failing to carry a loj book, no fire extinguishe and failing to post prope hazardous materials warnings Benoit, during a truck reg istered to enterprises J.E.S.C of Montreal appeared befor Bangor town justice Esthe Holmes. The case was ac journed so that the defendar might obtain counsel. Second Annual Bazaar Donations Requested Windfall On Sat., Sff>t. 27th, the Fort Covingtoa Reading Cen- ter and Museum committee will sponsor the 2nd Annual Harvest Bazaar. Last year's Bazaar was a success due to the generous donations of the people in this area. We are asking you to be as generous again this year. We need donations of garden produce, home canned foods, craft items, articles for the white elephant sale, food for the bake sale and non-perishable items for the grocery basket raffle. The display in the museum area is \Grandma's Kitchen,\ and anybody having appro- priate articles to loan for this can contact Betty Mount or Jackie Harvey. They are look- ing for the loan of a dry sink. The following people may be contacted if you have any donations. Garden produce, canned foods: Jean McCaffrey, Mar- ion Cantwell; White elephant items: Dorothy Keeler; Food Sale: Gloria Campbell; Craft items: Marilyn Furnia; Bar- bara McElwain, chairman. As a part of Canada cele- bration activities, a series of balloons were released from Prescott, Ontario on July 1st. On July 3rd, Warren Mount was fixing fences in his pasture when he noticed a \light colored thing\ in the field. Upon investigation he found that it was a broken balloon with a tag attached giving instructions to mail it back to Prescott. Having completed this portion of his task, he promptly forgot about tb balloon until he received letter, dated August 27th. The letter stated that h was the proud winner o Prescott's Canada Day Balloo Release. After having receive all the cards, it was determine that the balloon found b Mount was one of the thre top finalists in the contest Each of the three top winner was sent a check for $5.00.
