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7 /' 'A i \ ' '• Northern New York's Greatest Weekly A ToWn & Country Newspaper VOL, 102 NO. 30 — GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1989 WO SECTIONS — 22 PAGES — THIRTY FIVE CENTS Maple Grove Market Closing Supervisor Says sion Lacking By Lisa L. Reape DONALD PECK Gouverneur Town Supervisor Donald A. PecKsaid he wants to see that changes are made so that what happened to a Hailesboro couple does not happen again. The supervisor was referring to Charles and Diane Williams, Route 58, whose business, Maple Grove Market, was shut down without warning Feb. 20 when Town Building Code Enforcement Officer Jerry Peck realized the couple did not have the proper permits. \Jerry had a right to do what he did, and the town doesn't have a right to tell him what to do, but I think he could have worked with those people,\ Donald Peck said. \According to state law, he was within his rights to shut them down, but this is a small towp^and I think once he discovered they (the Williamserf didn't have a building permit, it wouldn't have hurt him to work with the people. I don't know how much longer it would have taken him to say these are the permits you're going to have to have and if you need help filling them out, Fll sit down with you/ u Jerry Peck last week inspected the former barn that houses the produce market and cited the WOliamses with building code violations. Once those violations have been corrected, he will issue them a temporary certificate of occupancy. \I feel that could have been done two to three weeks ago,\ Supervisor Peck said. To reopen Maple Grove Market the couple must now: , —Install a lighted exit sign. —Have a cement slab poured to support a tank that holds the liquified petroleum that fuels their heater. (According to the code, the tank must sit on a noncom- bustible surface. The tank currently sits on gravel.) The tank must also be clear of any loose or piled combustible materials and weeds or long, dry grass. —Cover electrical wiring and switch plates. —Install permanent wiring to eliminate an exten- sion cord from a thermostat to a heater. The Williamses were also cited because the ceiling in the former barn measures 7*6\ in height and not the 8' the code requires, however the buiding code inspector will give them six months to obtain a variance on the height requirement because the application must go through the state. Supervisor Peck said he planned to ask for the Town Board, the Town Planning Board, and the Town Zon- ing Board to sit down with Jerry Peck and Dave Hall, a state building code inspector, to set up some guide- lines on the responsibilities of each. \We (the Town Board) were told we shouldn't get involved in the middle of these situations—that we shouldn't let them become political footballs,\ the supervisor said. \But we have gotten pulled in the middle of it because of the way he (Jerry Peck) handled it The Planning Board got in the middle of it, unex- pectedly, and they really didn't have the authority to tell the Williamses they could open after the County Planning Board {acted on (their special permit applica- tion) last week,\ he continued. \Again he (Jerry Peck) had the right to do what he did, but I feel the situation was blown out of proportion because of the way he handled it.\ The supervisor said he also wants to have guide- lines in place at the Town Clerk's Office, so that when someone walks in they can be given a list of all the requirements they must fulfill. Mr. and Mrs. Williams said that when they inquired at the Town Clerk's Office last fall, they were in- formed they would not need a building permit. They were not advised to see the building code enforcement officer. The copy of the Town Land Use and Subdivi- sions Regulations they were given did not indicate they would need a special permit to operate a retail business in a rural district And, in fact, the current books do not show that requirement. Supervisor Peck said that when the town revised the code books last spring, the building inspector and members of the planning board had the revisions penciled in their copies of the code book. \We had a few copies of the old book left last fall,\ the supervisor said. \Roy Harrington (Town Planning Board chairman) was in charge of ordering 150 new books. Somehow when he ordered the new books, the revisions were left out.\ Since then, Mr. Peck said, Jerry Peck has penciled in the revisions on all the new copies. Hopefully, guidelines spelled out in the Town Clerk's Office will *belp to avoid similar problems in the future. • . - This is new to everyone. It's new to the Town Board, it's new to Jerry and it's new to the residents of Gouverneur. Even though we have publicized the building codes, I'm sure there are still people out there who don't know they have to have permits. Maybe this will be a learning experience for everyone. \I know the Williamses have gotten hurt by this,\ Sdpervisor Peck said. \The town can't tell Jerry what to do, but I think he could have used more discretion and given them time to sell their produce before shutting them down. Tve talked to him (Jerry) about it, and he knows it,\ the supervisor said. The town contracts with him. We hired him and we can fire him, but I don't think there's been any talk of firing him, at least, I don't think so.* The supervisor said at press time Tuesday hewould bring the matter before the Town Board. \s it; Tl \ *Nan Tyler Loses at Jeopardy But Wins With The Experience Editor's Note: Gouverneur native Nan C. Tyler, daughter of Jean Tyler and the late Albert (Toby) Tyler, appeared on Jeopardy last night. Here is an account of her appearance and the events leading up to it. By Nan Tyler As I write this, I con- fess to a sense of dread about the 10-day s-a way air date of my episode of •Jeopardy!\ Last Novem- ber 29th seems so long ago and the haze of in- credible tension that surrounded that whole taping day has made for foggy recollection. But, so it was even as I left the studio. I now under- stand why I have never read a satisfactory first- person account of this sort of adventure; only so many neurons can be used for remembering what is happening, and the vast majority of them are absorbed with such things as which college graduated more presi- dents than any other. Much of what actually took place that Novem- ber day will be as new to me as it will to the oth- ers who watch. I suspect, however, that the groans in my den will be the loudest. Anyone who routinely watches \Jeopardy!\ will admit to saying, if only in a weak or private mo- ment, \Where do they find these people? If I were up there, I'd win a bundle!* I've been say- ing it for years, and knowing I wasn't getting any sharper or faster as time went by, I knew I'd better do it soon or for- get it. The coincidence of a trip to Southern Cali- fornia with these thoughts was all I needed. A phone call to King World Productions led me to show up out- side the gates of KTLA studios in Hollywood on October 6th, where I was amazed to find a long line of people already wait- ing. We all nervously chatted, sized each other up competitively, and I was just a little embar- rassed to be taking this all so seriously. A staff person came to lead us through a maze of sound stages and equipment sheds to a small door and a long, dark, cable- strewn hallway that opened onto the shad- owed set of \Jeopardy!\ It wasn't exactly Val- halla, butmy pulse raced nonetheless. (To be truthful, the physical set is very small and drab, and appears to have been See Nan Tyler Pg. 6 KAREN LaVACK gives her public presentation for 4 H with the help of a friend. See page 11 for other photos. Trlbuns Photo/Jan Phillip* New Obstetrician Joins E.J. Noble By LUaL Reape EJ Noble Hospital's two- year search for a perma- nent obstetrician has fi- nally come to an end. Hospital Administrator Byron Quinton said the hospital has signed a con- tract for an obstetrician to join the staff. Dr. Lok-King Kong, a native of Malaysia, will open his practice in Gou- verneur sometime during the first week of April, Mr Quintonsakl Tltt hospital has been without a permanent ob- stetrician sine* Dr. Mo- hammad Matt left in July 1987 to return to Pakistan. Dr. MaHk had been in practice m Gwrerneur for In the interim period whilt recnutii^for an o& gyn. the hospital con- tracted with temporary physician placement While contracting with physician placement firms saw the hospital through the past two years, Mr. Quinton admitted the temporary solution had its drawbacks. *We believe many people in the community have jgone elsewhere for their gynecological care and to see them through their pregnancy,* he said, not- ing many women wanted to be sure the same doctor would be caring for them at the end of their preg- nancy at at the beginning. •Hopefully having a per- manent physician will bnng those people back. It will allow us to become more consistent in oar pro- grams\ Mr Quinton also noted that the frequent change in doctors *wai tough on the nursing staff They had to keep changing their way of doer^ thinfs be- of the preference of \the physician.* With Dr. Kong begin- ning his practice next month, Mr. Quinton said they are planning to re- model the ob/gyn clinic at the hospital to provide more office space and to add a third examinigroom. He also said the hospital would be conducting in- terviews so that when Dr. Kong is ready to begin his practice, he will have an office staff waitingfor him. After Dr Kor^is settled in the community, Mr. Quinton said the hospital plans to begin recruiting for another oh/gyn next year He added that hs expects it will be easier to recruits second povsinsn, now thai OM is already oa staff Mr. Quinton said there were three factor* that made it difficult to recruit an obstetrician to the hos- pital: location, the eost of New York, and the lack of a backup physician. •Hopefully with Dr. Kong on board, the last (factor) will be eliminated,\ he said Dr. Kong attended medii cal school in China. He came to the United States % in 1970 and settled in New York City. He had his ob- stetrical residency at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in New York, and later served as chief of residency at City Hospital of New York. He also practiced at Public Health Service Hospital in NYC and stud- ied gynocoiogical e neology under s fellowship in New York In 1978, be moved to Murphy, NO, where he has been in practice at Murphj Itodkal C«ntor ever suioe. His wife, Ai- Cboo, is also s 'doctor,* having s FVD in frvwmchildn I
