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i , Gouverneur, N.Y. - October 4,1989 Senior Citizens News TRIBUNE-PRESS (USPS 6403-0000) NYPA wt »4o—i »>m*ixiti* i «w» Published Every Wednesday by MRS Printing, inc., 40-42 Clinton Street, Gouverneur, New York 13642 ROLAND L. WATSON, JR., Publisher LARRY COLE, Editor COLIN GRAVES, Adtvrtising Manager ARLENE STEVENS, Circa la don Manager •FREDERICK C. BUDUSON, Prod net ion Manager OFFICERS of the Corporation: Roland L. Watson, Jr., President, 37 West Babcock Street, Gouverneur, N.Y.; H. Thomas Swart/, Exec. Vice President, 240 Washington St., Watertown, N.Y.; Dewey J. Barden, Secretary, 615 Burchard St., Watertown, N.Y. Subscription*: •12.00 per year within Ne* York Stale; '18.00 per year outside Sen York Slate. \~\ * 10.00 per year student. _ _ _ ._. Second Claa* Postage Paid at Gouvcrnrur. \ Y \My\Z tend for« n I7* 1 * rhin«t- o f »<1drt^ > «.» H..\ i»>^ i.mnrnwui \* I i»»l ^ *fc&Mfc3 M*ft Ma*} M«U Kfetl M«vt Matt Mtit M*3 Mtfllfett M*fl kfeilfcfell Maii fcbil M*3 Mail Mail Mail Mail Matt Mail Ma;! Mail To The ^Editor Defends Letter Dear Editor: I read with interest again, letters of debate regarding my letter to the Editor. I believe everyone has the right to their opin- ion; however, make sure your facts are right. Eve- rything I suggested has been in the public record, which, by the way, you can read down at the Vil- lage Offices. You can't take . it out of the building, but you do have the right to go down and read it. I expected those who were not in tune with progress and supported the present \realm* of thinking and procedure to write, and what they wrote and the extent of its valid- ity and homework did not surprise me. Many people als* feel the way I do; they've told me this ove the past two years. \ *- Ultra Systems was an energy power plant that had been okayed by every government agency re- quired and would not pol- lute the environment. That was killed by the Governor and Niagara Mohawk's approach to the financial package. It would have provided a tremendous economic boost to the community in taxes, water rents, and jobs. The Industrial Park is now owned by the County and is being looked at constantly. That proj- ect also provided a new road, power, water and sewer to an area that did not have said total facili- ties. The grant provided this at no expense to the Village. The 801 'Housing pro- vides economics to the jllage^that apparently e people don't see or understand. Whether it's occupied or not. that's the Army's business. Gou verneur gets paid full or vacant; not to mention the impact at grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations and other services. .As to women in busi- ness and government. that I will not even address as it's so absurd it's laugh- able. In my family alone I have five career oriented professional women in addition to nine ver> in- telligent women I employ. I've stimulated \our thinking pro and con to 'the pa>t and pn-^-m AUo I've learned from people in this area over tin* pa>t year*-, one thing I value mo>i;you don't .u'irue with fact, and vou don't argue .with unknowing -igno- . ranee-. • • , ' M<>-t -inet-rely, Curr.in K Wade .1* S l^ljjtJV) i^quote ^jgL $<v uu(i<>T7ll to-fix -hast JSifit- sewer -It probably will cost over $1,000,000 before U > over Friend Will Be Missed To The Editor, Once in a lifetime some- one comes along that re- flects upon us very deepl y. Whether it be friendship, love or just someone to spend tima with. Robert Vachon was one of these special people. We would look forward to him coming into our store first thing every morning. He would grab a snack and drink a Pepsi. He started our day off with hissmilingface,and ajoke or two. No matter how bad you would feel, Bob always made you feel better. The favors he would do were above and beyond the call of duty and never did he ask for anything in return. Hewasawarmandhappy go lucky guy, who bright- ened the room just by his presence. We had many, many good times together, but yet Bob never let these come before his job. He worked hard, and took pride in whatever he did. Bob Vachon in deed was a good and true friend, no not just, a friend, he was part of our family. He will be missed by us deeply, but his memories will live forever in our minds and our hearts. Corky* s Market Corky, Dorothy, Bob, Cindy and Austin Incineration Top Issue By Ruth Reynolds Dear Senior Citizens, Put yesterday behind you, It's gone and won't come back And we cannot see ahead Far down tomorrow's track. , . Enjoy the fleeting mo- ments That come just for to- day, The sweet song of a blue bird The morning sun's first ray, A warm and lovinghand clasp, Welcome letters in the mail, A bunch of fragrant vio- lets, Rain Splashing in a pail. Each day has something special, Some joy or souvenir, It might be gone tomor- row So enjoy it while it's here. Isn't this a nice little poem° No author's name was signed to it so I couldn't use a name. We never know what tomor- row may bring, so each of us have to take it one day at a time and enjoy what God sends our way. Usu- ally, I believe, it's what's best for us and our prob- lems are no more then we can bear. We have to learn to do this and we will always be O.K. So read •the poem again and we can all thank God that he •ha> £ivrn u- so many free ihini^ to enjoy Autumn is a beautiful •tune -jf the year We like to 'zn on trips and »ee the l«*ave>. hut when you stop l»> think of it, they aren't any prvttifr color> than we have, \in our own back yard,\ just a few more to Bee. Better tell you what's going on, huh? Well the blood pressures are going to be Oct. 5. From 1 till 4, Does Fran still do this? The foot nurse comes at 9:30 Oct. 6. She still make house calls on another day. Margaret Premohas to be contacted for appoint- ments for her. Her num- ber is 287-1885. Our next meeting will be Oct. lOatl p.m. Each week on Wednes- day the band meets at 10:30 till 11:30 Then a bag lunch, with Crafts in the afternoon. On Thursday they have recreation. They always play bingo; but if you wish to play something else there is a large room and there are double 12 domi- noes, Chinese checkers, checker, and you can play cards. We have pinochle cards as well as pedro. That room is fur all sen- ior citizens who want to do something John has al- ways seen that we had it on Thursday. These sound like a bro- ken record but I have to get them in each week. Notice 1 Oct. 5 we have a bus trip up thru themoun- tains to see the leaves. The bus will pick us up at 8:45 a.m. at Kinneys and Cambray Court (on cor- ner >. Be on the corner no later than 8:45. The paper is on the piano at court and I'm sure Murice would put your name down for you. I)on'tfor^('t,8:-lf>;t.m. A couple other things be sure to put on calender. The bazaar is Oct. 20 and a banquet at Klk's on Nov. 5. I've had information on these but will put in next week. We lost another mem- ber this past week, Nellie Whalen. On behalf of the Senior Citizens Club, we extend our sympathies. Nellie passed away the next day after the T.P. came out. We have to have our columns in on Friday so it sounds like I'm late reporting this. It is the way it is set up so that is the reason I hope all you sick people are better. Catherine Young has been taken back to House of Good Sa- maritan. That is the only one I've heard about. My son and his wife, Charles and Beth Rey- nolds, took me to see my brother and his wife, John and Betty House, in Rome last Monday. They are well and we all had a good time. I met several of their friends while we were having lunch at the \Red Coach.\ If you have just moved into Cambray Court we all welcome you. We would be more than happy to have you come and join us at the functions or come to our meetings, which are the second Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. with re- freshments to follow, and the 4th Tuesday, which is a covered dish at 10 with \meeting to follow. If you would like to join the Club it is only $2 a year. We would be glad to have you. This goes for all Senior Citizens not only theresidents in Cambray. I'm sure you all under- stand it. Guess this is it, folks.' My phone is 2499 if you want me. God bless and keep you. Until next time. From the Library Davia Worrell's \Blood Oath\ makes some inter- esting reading. Peter Houston, an au- thor and college professor, and his wife have gone to France to visit the grave of his father who was killed during World War II. At the military cemetery neither he nor the super- intendent in charge can find any record of the burial. From this point on things get a little hectic and horrifying. Peter's wife is murdered! The suspected bad guy is Pierre St. Laurent. When Peter's Mum had received word of her hus- band's death, Mr. St. Laurent had written her that he would look after thegrave. There are other cohorts of Pierre's who work hand-in-hand with him to confuse the issues. As you read along your wonder what on earth is going to happen next. In the search for his dad and his wife's murderer, Peter meetsSimmons who travels with him on this high adventure. To sav too much more would give away the end- ing. Sufficeth to say, read \Blood Oath,\ another good book at the library. . Shirley Phillips Reviewer St. Lawrence County Senior Citizens Meet Comments From Assemblyman G.A. O'Neil . R mtlMsseinbly District It seems to me that the waste predicament in St. Lawrence County should be the prime issue that is discussed by the candi- dates for the county legis- lature. Unfortunately the opposite is true Is it just too hot to handle or is it so muddy that no one really knows what is really going on? <We are about to buy into a System {incineration) that we don't need, never have and never will. Wt art being led by a solid waste authority that is totally committed to the incinerator and has mini- mum interest in waste reduction and recycling Our county's resources have been made available to the authority for the purpose of building the incinerator Concepts like recycling. composting, waste reduc- tion are given token en- ergy, notably to try to placate those of us who are concerned. In reality the incinerator and recy- clingare in direct conflict Importation of other's waste looms on the hori- zon as recycling takes more and more of a bite out of the incinerator's food Why aren't we con- cerned about the massive expenditure of money 0 Is it really because we don't care, have other concerns, take no responsibility or what? We could change our direction or empha- sis. It would cost us to admit our mistake but in the long run, we would be ahead. Keep an eye on Franklin County as it builds its landfill and implements a recycling program to keep it from -tilling up Makes a lot of sense doesn't it 9 Why don't we see it like that\* Don't you ever won- der 0 John Casserly, - Canton VFW Post 6338 and Auxiliary Auxiliary dinner >n by the VFW post 6318 was held Saturday eTfrnu^. Sept 23 Tt* men members working on the dinner outdid themselves this year, try cooking a meal fit for a queen Ail th# l»di*t who attended this dinner where treated to an •utatandvng meal, ii&ekxitng a special ordered cake for the occasion. Commander Mike Daahann presented Sue ParUr, auxiliary jrresa- .. with a plaque for years of dedicated service for the auxiliary Sus Porter, auxiliary president, took time to acknowledge Gold Star Parents at the dinner as Sept 23 has been set aside *s Gold Star Parents Day. .Commander Mik* 'Dutha rm a cfc r*owledged th* men who worked at the dinner On Oct 15. Dads Post #80 will hold their com- muiulT breakfast at tht Post Cub rooms So look forward to a good break- fast cooked by our Dads * Gel 23 ii the day set for the H alioween Party at the Past Club rooms for chil- dren of members, so save that date. lake urn* during y our bus v week to think of the** rrerr.ber% who are unabie to get out and see beautiful fail foliage Send them a card or stop by for NEW MEDICAID THRESHOLD TAKING EFFECT A new plan intended to eliminate fraud by abus- ers of the Medicaid sys- tem is scheduled to take effect Sunday, Oct. 1. • -• The plan should curb abuse by patients obtain- ing excessive medical serv- ices and illegal billings by doctors charging the state for unnecessary and un- performed medical serv- ices. This year, New York state will spend an esti- mated $3.3 billion on Medicaid services, in ad- dition to roughly $5.5 bil- lion the federal govern- ment contributes. These figures are almost twice the amount spent only five years ago. To control abuse of the system, and save New York state nearly $45 million per year, the new Medicaid Utilization Thresholds were devel- oped. The utilization thresh- old plan that the state JDepartment of Social very similar to others util- ized by private insurance £:• Dads Post 80 The new dues cards have arrived, so let's try for 100 percent paid membership again this year Dues may be left at the VFW Post or sent directly tomeatR*,, Box 153 .Remember, our fir-t community breakfast will be held on Oct 15 at the VFW Club on West Mam St. in Gouverneur We will be servi ng breakfast on the third Sunday of each month, so let's support the Dads We are hosting the 4th District meeting here on Oct 15 at 2 o'clock Ail Post SO Dads are welcome if you care to attend Mertan Chapin Sec -Treat companies to cut unnec- essary spending. • [The Medicaid Utiliza- tion Thresholds include 14 visits to a physician or clinic per patient per year; 18 laboratory tests per -patient per year, and 43 prescriptions per adult patient peryear. Children, the elderly, blind or dis- abled individuals, and single caretakers of a child under 18 years old have a limit of 60 prescriptions per year. The Thresholds plan also allows 25 mental health visits for psycho- logical and psychiatric services per patient per year: three dental visits per patient per year, and five podiatry visits per patient per year. While these limits will be in effect, DSS will not deny care to those who are in genuine need. If pa- tients reach their limit, they may apply for an exemption through their doctors, who are author- ized to provide emergency care and then submit a claim on the patient's behalf. DSS will send warning notices to participants who are close to the new limits, explaining the cut- off levels and how to apply for an extension. While Medicaid pro- vides critical care for many needy New York resi- dents, it is an expensive item in the state budget, as well as a target for abusers. Combining the new limits with modifica- tions in DSS computer systems hopefully will result in less system abuse. Taxpayers deserve the most cost-effective pro- grams for the dollars they spend. Medicaid was in- tended to help those who are in genuine need, not those who would take advantage of the system to get extra care beyond what is necessary. Tight- ening the system to dis- cover fraud and abuse can save many dollars for taxpayers. I hope the new utilization thresholds will work that way. CHESS PROBLEM 11 CHESS C O It M £ R with Will McKeeby BLACK i m m •!• l a k White -in 5 sates • - • * WHITE Last week's solution: 1 . B-K8! If 1. •.-QxB or 1. •..Q-N1, White aoves 2, WxPch f Queen falls! By Mildred Jenkins MASSENA-TheMas- sena Senior Citizens hosted .the regular monthly meetingof the St. Lawrence County Council of Senior Citizens Inc., which was held Thursday, Sept. 14 in the former Lincoln School, Howard St., Massena. Mrs. Janett Curtis, Brasher Falls, president, presided. Wel- come was presented by Lester LaShomb, presi- dent of the Massena Club. Seventy persons were present. Tracy Storch, Gou- verneur, a member of the Advisory Committee to the New York Office For The Aging, was the guest speaker. He has served in the health care field in Gouverneur and this area, for 40 years, and has served on many state committees. Last year, he was recommended to serve on the State Council Committee of the Office For The Aging. Mr. Storch said that he represents St. Lawrence County and through the St. Lawrence County Council of Senior Citizens Inc., he hopes to be helpful and provide the council with information. The state council's next meeting will be held Oct. 26. It was voted that all past presidents of the St. Law- rence County Council of Senior Citizens Inc., on completion of their office, will be permanent mem- bers of the Council. There are six past presidents. They are: Margaret Cuth- bert, Corinne Covey, Eva Dean, Dorothy Ayers, Mildred Singleton and RoseValyo. Betty Schreiner, project coordinator of the Out- reach Program ins St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clin- ton, Essex and the Hamil- ton counties, tor promot- ing the well-beging ofblind and visually impaired persons in all ways, was the guest speaker at the council meeting held at Star Lake, Aug 10. She will speak at the following meetings: Heuvelton, Oct. 19; Tri-Town Senior Citi- zens at Brasher LBSH Corp.,Nov. 7 DebraDrive, Sept 26;Gouverneur, Oct. 10; and Potsdam Sand- stoners. Sept 27. She may be reached by contacting the Glens Falls Associa- tion For The Blind Inc., at 144 Ridge St.. Glens Falls, NY 12801. The telephone number is: 1-518-792- S421 The New York State Wide Senior Action Coun- cil Inc 17th annual con- vention, a Tribute To Claude Pepper, will be held at the Holiday Inn Arena in Binghamton, Oct 3, 4 and 5 It was voted to tend a delegate from the Council to this meeting. In case, the presi- dent, Mrs. Janett Curtis can not attend, the alter- nate delegate will be the secretary, Mrs. Geneva Molnar, Massena. The Tri- Town Senior Citizens Club, Brasher Falls, is paying the expenses for Mrs. Margaret Cuthbert was appointed registrar for the council to finish out this year's term of of- fice to replace Vi Kilroy. A note received from the Parishville Rescue Squad was read thanking the Council for the month donation given them when they were on hand, throughout the day, at the St. Lawrence County Council of Senior Citizens Picnic, held at the Parish- ville Park, July 15. The $25 wasdonated by Edgar Smith, Massena. The day's door prize, donated by the Heuvelton Club, was won by Dorothy Ayers, Colton. The door prize for the October meeting will be furnished by the Canton Seniors. Joseph Sears, director of The Office For The Aging, Canton, announced that the Legislators Commit- tee for the Office For The Aging, that morning, (Thursday, Sept. 14), passed his budget for 1990. So now, it goes to the Fi- nance Committee and to the total board of St. Lawrence County Legis- lators for final approval. The budget for 1990 is in excess of $1,000,000. A series of meetings for training on changes on Medicare, will be held at the Unitarian Universal- ist Church, Canton. The meetings will be held Oct. 3, Oct. 5, Oct. 10 and Oct. 12, with different speak- ers each day on issuesthat effect older people. The speaker Oct 3 will be Jennifer Buchanan from the State Office in Bing- hamton. Mr. Sears also said that he is doing all that he can to get the HEAP again this year for St. Lawrence County. Earlier this year, retired teachers who are members of AARP, met at the Cross- roads Restaurant, Moira, and discussed need on helping to assist people. These volunteers will be trained by experts and they will have a knowl- edge of all of the working programs to help and as- sist older persons, and answer questions A moment of silence was held as a tribute to a member, the late Carl Gilrnour, 65, who was handicapped and died recently He was a mem- ber of the council's advi- sory board Tht next regular meet- ing of the St Lawrence County Council cf SeniOT Citizens Inc , will be held at 10 a m .Oct 12 at the Macomb Grange Hall at Pope Millv guests of the Macomb Semor Citizens
