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• v. Page 2 -The Tribune Northern New York's Greatest Weekly A Prize Winning Town & Country Newspaper Vol. 103 No. 1 - Gouverneur, N.Y. <£> 1989 MRS Printing Inc. Wedneftclay, August 23,1989 2 Sections - 24 Pages - 35 Cents For West Side Housing Village Wins Another Grant By Lisa L. Reape Village officials have a certain glint in their eyes this week that can only mean one thing: money. . News received from the village's grant consult- ants, Avalon Associates, Glens Falls, is the reason the village board is smil- ing. Village Administra- tor Scott Hudson an- nounced the village has been told its application for a grant through the state Affordable Housing program has been given the green light. The grant will make it possible for the village to supplement its West Side Neighborhood Improve- ment Program, which provides grants for hous- ing improvements proj- ects. Earlier this summer, the village learned it had re- ceived approval for Phase II of the program under the Department of Hous- ing and Urban Develop- ment's City Development Block Grant program. The state monies, on top of the federal grants, will allow the village to raise the ceiling on the amount of funds that may be ex- pended on any one bous- ing unit. . No Delay In Start Of School Contrary to \popular rumor,\ not to mention a heap of wishing by local students, classes in the Gouverneur Central School District will begin on time, Sept. 6, as planned. Gary J. Buehler, district superintendent of schools, squelched rumors that construction at the schools would delay the start of school and force split ses- sions. \According to Rob Cam- pany, project manager for Bernier, Carr and Associ- ates, the alteration and addition project is on schedule and no delay in the opening of schools for students on Wednesday, Sept. 6 is anticipated,\ Mr. Buehlersaid. The alteration project includes renovations to all three elementary schools; Fowler, East Side and .West Side Renovations include repainting and carpetingclassrooms, new parking lots and side- walks \The sitewofk at all schools is neaiing 100 percent completion,\ Mr. Buehler said \Heating system modifications at West Side are also on schedule and will be com- pleted by opening day of school Jn addition, the three elementary schools under- went an asbestos abate- ment project which has been completed \Renovation work will continue into the fall, but the instructional pro- grams will not be affected,* Mr Buehler continued ^ ork ;n classroom areas after the opening of school will take place when stu- dents ha ve left for the da y ^Htis work involves re- placement of exterior SeeNoPg.C Although the villagehas yet to receive official state confirmation, Mr. Hudson said it's believed the ceil- ing on individual projects would be increased from a maximum of $8,000to$10- •12,000. \And that doesn't pre- clude us from going back to projects that have al- ready reached the limit,\ he said. The village applied for a $200,000 grant through the Affordable Housing program. Mr. Hudson said they expect to receive an information packet this week detailing the amount of the grant. \All together, that would be about $1 million that would be available for housing improvements on the West Side,\ he said. To date, the West Side Neighborhood Improve- ment Program h;i* an- proved 26 case applica- tions, representing 30 housing units, obligating $169,425 of CDBG fund- ing under Phase I and $26,312 in owner contri- butions. Of those, 20 cases have been completed. If all goes well, the vil- lage hopes to win a third CDBG grant that would make the entire West Side eligible to participate in the housing improve- ments program. Zoning Law, Cable Franchise Win Village Board's Blessing ' JOHN TERPSTRA, R»chvilte,anativeofHol- iand, waters his plants In iis lavorite wooden shoes. By Lisa L. Reape As expected, the Village Board Monday night had little difficulty in approv- ing a proposed local zon- ing law and franchise agreements for localcable television service. The public had an op- portunity to comment on both topics at public hear- ings held last week. The first order of busi- ness for the board was the question of renewing a 10- year cable franchise agree- ment between the village and Gouverneur Cable Television, Inc. The board had two concerns before it could grant its approval. First, the board asked that the cable company increase its liability cov- erage from $300,000 gen- eral liability and $500,000 for any one accident, to $500,000 and $1 million, respectively. Gouverneur Cable had no objection, and more importantly, Syracuse NewChanneh, which has a purchase agreement with Gouverneur Cable, also had no objection. Secondly, the village asked to receive, in writ- ing, NewChannels\' pledge that it would not seek a rate inrrease toefore %u planned improvements to the local service havebeen completed. With those assurances in hand, the board voted 4-1 in favor of the fran- chise renewal, and by the same margin, to transfer the franchise agreement to Syracuse NewChan- nels. (Trustee Michael McDonald was absent from the meeting; thushis' vote counted as a \no\ vote.) Next on the agenda was the question of the pro- posed amendment to the zoninglaw. The proposed amendment, which was the subject of a public f See Zoning Pg. 6 * Tribune Photo Jan Phillips St. Lawrence, Jefferson Hardest Hit North Country Libraries Losing in State Funds War CHRISTINE BUSH, right, daughter of Dave andLau rie Bush, Gouverneur, rakes hay with her cousin Theresa, daughter of Dale and Kay Bush, also of Gouverneur. .-.._., ••'.•; ' Tribune Photo Jan Phillips Parking Enforcement Causes Fuss By Lisa L. Reape Whoever said, \you can't please everyone,\ has the village board's full agree- ment, especially when it comes to the subject of parking enforcement At Monday night's regu- lar meeting. Mayor Laura Slate reported that the village had received a let- ter from Mrs Judith Guminiak. owner and di- rector of the Gouverneur Dance Studio, East Main Street, expressing her concerns about what she called a lack of adequate park ing for the people who work on Mam Street. In the letter. Mrs Guminiak claims the vil- lage's recent parking en- forcement program has hurt the situation more than it has helped Frustrated at having received two parking tick- ets in recent weeks. Mrs Guminiak said she took an informal survey of merchants, employes and customers along Main Street, tofind out if others shared her feelings Mrs Guminiak wrote that of the 31 people she spoke with, all but three *are unhappy or have concerns with the current situation \ *No one is arguing that something needed to be done aboftt Main Street, but the current Situation in back is not wcrking as it islands.\ Mrs Guminuk w-Tote She added the!wo- Ihour parking in the mu- nicipal lot does not make tense for employes on Main Street **If we are told to park and re-park, what rs the village accomplishing 0 We are still using the two-hour parking\ Mrs Guminiak claims that \customers are park- ing in the 12-hour park \ ng lot to avoid tickets, leav- ing no room for those of us expected to park there \ Furthermore, she clairns that \customers no longer browse in a store to do long-term shopping They come, run in and out quick as rv>t to get tickets * Finally, she claims \\customers mr* staying away from Main Street a* they are disgusted with jgettinguckets * A copy of the question- naire results was pre- sented to the village. Several comments ex- pressed concerns at how available parking would be affected this winter in light of the village's snow removal efforts Others expressed concern that people were parking in spaces reserved for the handicapped At the mayor's request Police Chief David Whit- ton Monday night shared the results of a survey he took of the number of parking spaces that are available in the municipal lot at any given time The chief reported that based on his survey, there were an average of 24 parking spaces available in the municipal lot, al- though he noted a couple *£ Umes when he found only three or five spaces available See Parkiaf Pf € . By Tracy Gerlach . Libraries in St. Law- rence and Jefferson coun- ties are falling behind in the race to keep up with .^computer automation. A $24,000 grant pro- vided by the John Ben Snow Memorial Founda- tion in Pulaski and legis- lation through Senator James Donovan for a grant of$l 2.000in LewisCcmnty will equip the majority of libraries in those areas with computers and soft- ware linking them to all member libraries in the North Country Library System, as well as school, hospital and academic libraries. With these most recent additions, 42 of the 64 member libraries will have the computer systems. While all libraries in OswegoCounty and seven out of 10 in Lewis County wiil be computerized within the year, there are still 18 libraries in St. Law- rence County and 13 in Jefferson County without computers. \\We're in desperate need of aid to assist libraries in north JefTerson and St. Lawrence counties.\ said Leonard J Meinhold. di- rector of the North Coun- try Library System Mr. Meinhold said the computers, with CD-ROM discs, allow small commu- nity libraries, with typical holdings of 2-4000 books, access to 300,000 titles (over 1 million books 1 throughout the North Country Library System The computers are also used to speed up the proc- ess of requesting books from other member librar- ies . formerly read over the phone and hand wntten, and for acquisitions of new books for libraries They also provide a variety of other uses to simplify the job of the librarian, such as, word processing, and a program to assist in com- pleting annual library reports required each year. . \The computer saves an incomparable amount of time and money,\ said Mr. Meinhold. \In time, we hope to see them in all our member libraries.\ According to Mr. Mein- hold, the North Country Library System encour- ages community libraries to apply for grants from the North Country- Refer- ence and Research Re- sources Council as well as through foundation and individual funding. \If the libraries raise funds locally it makes it that much easier,\ he said. The grants aren't always sufficient.\ The North Country Li- brary System receives less support than any other sys- tem in the state. A complete library com- puter package including, an IBM compact micro computer with modem, a printer, hard disc to up- grade memory, a compact disc drive and software runs $2,650. Mr Meinhold said ac- quiring needed money can be made easier if the li- brary has raised match- ing ftinds locally *T>ie success of the oth- ers is largely attributable to local people who spoke the needs of their hbrar- iev~ he said If there is a bedrock of local support for local libraries, it's eas- ier for us to build on that foundation.\ According to Mr Mein- hold, furnishing the re- maining libraries in Jef- ferson County would cost $35,400 and'in St. Law- rence County, $39,750. Mr. Meinhold said the computerization in librar- ies has become even more essential since so little state funding has gone to public libraries since 1983. \In 1978 we had a staff of 40, now we have 26,\ he said. They've almost doubled the mandates but haven't provided for the staff to handle it. \We're trying to operate in 1989 with a 1963 level of funding.\ he added. Currently, the North Country Library System is polling all member li- braries, asking which of their services should be cut first \If not for computeriza- tion, cuts would be deeper and more widespread, costs would be higher and services would grind to a halt,\ he said \Id like to see similar savings in all member libraries \ However.Mr Meinhold. referring to Public and Associate Library Statis- tics for 1987, said that the North Country Library System, including. Jeffer- -son, Lewis. St. Lawrence and Oswego counties, re- ceives less support than any other system in the state THe average sup- port per capita, statewide is $26 16 The average in the North Country Labrarv System is $11.34. *In general this area is not the most hardpretsed in the state.* said Mr Meinhold Tm afra>d the libraries haven't made strong enough cases to local officials' Wednesda Thursday, Rummi There will be a rurr 24 in the United Ch Progress Club. Thursday, Cover- There will be a cc Aug. 24 at the Degra: will offering to bene Fire Department. through S 26 Old Tim Christian Retreat Camp Meetings thro at 7 p.m. each evenin or more information Saturday, Smorj Ogdensburg—A si Presbyterian Stone from 4-7 p.m. Saturd $5; ages 5-12, $2.50, Stone Church is lo Ogdensburg; turn of off Black Lake Road Ames M Ames Department sor a block dance to b Association, from 8-1 Ames Plaza parking tf Back for More.\ There will be a ba freshments will be quested for admissi MDA. Also, tickets are st ping spree being gi vei The drawing will be MDA. Sunday, A Gouverneur Co The Gouverneur Picnic will be held S Sanders and Helen Road. Burgers, ho provided. Please bri pass. Abriefbusines Newcomers are welc TOUR BEST GRAL ENTERTAINMENT Special Showings: \BA Coming Soon. \Letha 35.John St. OVER 5 f { * MULTIPL RE] \Red Scorpion\ <;un\ \Clear \ Patty Hearst\ \ \TrueBlooc \L.A. Bounty\ Exposure\ \I All's Fair\ \Mid You're Alone** PLl'S<16 CAMCOR NEW ( \Bad Dudes.\ \ MANY' TITL
