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Northern New York's Greatest Weekly \ Prize Winning Town & Country Newspaper 1 •! Vol. 103 No. 17 - Gouverneur, N.Y. © 1989 MRS Printing Inc. Wednesday, December 13,1989 18 Pa£e« - 35 Cents Village Seeks Replacement • Justice's Resignation 'Official 1 Members of the 1989- UNITED WAY Campaign GouverneurChairman committee are, from left, EricTrain;Curran Wade; Danny Sheen; Jerry Houghton, Kiwanis Club president; Steve Hayden; Roy Harrington; and Paul French. Kiwanis To Chair UW Campaign The Kiwanis Club of Gouverneur is pleased to announce the start of the 1989-90 United Way Cam- paign Kick-off for the Gouverneur region,\ said .Jerry Houghton, Kivyanis Club president. a Our 32- member club is geared-up and ready to face the chal- lenge of meeting the $21,000 goal set for the Gouverneur area this year.\ . \We feel fortunate, that as the Kiwanis Club of Gouverneur celebrates its International 75th Anni- versary, we at the United Way celebrate the first- time ever Kiwanis Club Chairmanship of the Gouverneur area United Way Campaign,\ said Donald Ballou, executive vice-president of the St. Lawrence and Franklin County region United Way. - ,---.- - Playing host to the United Way Campaign representatives, the Kiwa- nis Club recently dined at an early morning break- fast at the Casablanca Restaurant in Gouverneur as Mr. Ballou detailed the campaign operations. \The urgency of local representation by its vol- unteer's participation is the conrer stone of success for any United Way cam- paign,\ Mr. Ballau said.--. \We are proud to chair -theUnited Way Campaign this year, said Steve Ha- yden. M Although last year's goal of $17,000 fell just under 13 percent of the mark, our members an- ticipate superceedingthis year's goal by at least 13 percent! \Get involved. It's a great cause, because thanks to you, it works for all of us/* Mr. Hayden added. i • Village Justice Law- rence N. Melillo last week made good on his an- nounced intentions to re- sign his duties as justice, a part-time position he maintainshas turned into a full-time job. The vacancy puts the Village Board in the situ- ation of deciding how to fill the position—whether to appoint a successor, or whether to leave the dis- pensation of justice to Acting Village Justice Evelyn Horton. . Village Mayor Laura M. Slate said Mrs. Horton has expressed an interest in the permanent appoint- ment; however, she noted that a number of other residents also had ex- pressed an interest in the position. Mrs. Slate added that it would be the vil- lage board's prerogative to decide how to resolve the issue. The board is expected to discuss the situation at their next regular meet- ing, Dec. 18. . •On Nov. 1, Mr, Melillo had drafted a letter of resignation, copies of which he forwarded to the mayor, each of the village trustees, the village ad- ministrator, the chief of police gmd the court clerl^. In that letter, Mr. Melillo stated he would resign his position immediately; however, he stated he would be willing to con- tinue serving in the posi- tion until Dec. 1 if a re- placement could not be found. He later amended that to Dec. 4, to coincide with the end of his ap- pointed term as village justice. Two weeks after submit- ting the letter of resigna- tion, Mr. Melillo was in- formed by Village Admin- istrator Scott A. Hudson that the resignation was not official, since it had not been delivered to the village clerk and the chief administrative law judge for this district. Also, Mr. Hudson informed Mr. Melillo that he had re- signed from his appointed position and that on Nov. 7 he had been re-elected to serve a new term, as there had not been time to re : move Mr. Melillo's name from the November bal- lot. Last Tuesday, however, Mr. Melillo rectified that situation, officially resign- ingfrom his elected office. As in his original letter of resignation, Mr. Melillo expressed a desire to see a special election held to Gouverneur Foundation Appoints New Members, Launches.Fund Drive At the annual meeting of the Gouverneur Foun- dation Inc., new members Gary Buehler, William Lacy, Henry Leader, Donald Scheussler and Donna Soper were wel- comed. They joined Dale Bush, William Cartwright, * John Crapser, John Donovan, Charles Gardner, Dave Hampton, Martin Has- sett, Peter Hodge, How- ard Lechler and Merton VanSant and directors William Bodah, Gale Ferguson, Charles Graves, Pat Mason, Dean Par >h ley and Norton Taylor in electing Max Levison -president to Suc- ceed Bonnie Bettinger. The Foundation is cur- rently making contacts in its annual fundraising effort. The group hopes to exceed the 16 scholarships totaling $15,800 awarded in 1989. - - . . decide his successor. \The purpose of resign- ing before the election was in hope that a special elec- tion could be held,\ Mr. Melillo stated. U I had hopes of both parties hav- ing some time to review some worthy candidates, and a chance for the people to vote on a person they felt could do a good job for them.\ ' In his first letter, Mr. Melillo outlined a number of deficiencies with the way the village judicial system is currently run. In his second letter, he sounded a note of opti- mism that some of those problems could be solved. \I have great hopes that some of the many prob- lems failing our judicial system can be remedied in the near future,\ he said. ** *I still feel strongly that, if the position were to be made a full time one, that myself or someone else with the same degree of interest could do the job ahd do it with a greater degree of justice,\ he added, u ...this being es- sential for a better work- ing environment and a greater rapport with out- side agencies that we are dealing with on a day to dav basis.\ « Auxiliary's Annual Sale Is Successful E. J. Noble Hospital auxilairy is pleased to announce the success of the recent Christmas sale which raised approxi- mately $4,500 for projects for the hospital and nurs- ing home. \Our deepest apprecia- tion goes to everyone who helped in any way,\ said Ginger Tyler, fund rais- ing director for the auxil- iary. She thanked mem- bers, workers and all who donated food and articles or made contributions of any kind. \We couldn't have done it without you,\ she said, \and we thank all for their help, support and generosity.\ Mrs. Delia Evans, aux- iliary president, an- nounced that Jancie Loucks was the winner of the weekend at Riveredge Resort in Alexandria Bay and Jean Matochik won the 50-50 drawing Other special prizes went to Brenda Bigelow, $100; Jeanne Buff, 100 gallons of fuel oil from Richville Fuel; Donna Jones, coffee table donated by Richville Furniture; Rita Reed, camera given by Kinney Drugs, and Titus Fung, afghan. . s . Mrs. Tyler noted that the donation of soup by Greg's and Clearview res- taurants contributed greatly to the success of the luncheon. She added thatthevisitfromMr.and Mrs. Santa was most appreciated. Rev. Frank Smith par- ticipated in the dedication of the memory tree which may be seen in the nurs- inghome lobby during the holiday season. Over 150 ornaments inscribed by Judy Cassaw with the names of persons remem- bered by donors were placed on the tree. Donors may pick up the orna- ments in the lobby after Jan. 1. Proceeds of the annual benefit will help finance equipment purchases such as the hospital's new colonoscope for which auxilians recently contrib- uted $5,000 toward the total cost. Sean LaRock Scheduled For Bone Marrow Surgery If all goes according to plan, 11-year- old Sean LaRock, son of Jeffrey and Ann LaRock, Prospect Street, will undergo a long-awaited bone marrow transplant operation in Iowa on Fri- day. - Sean, who was diagnosed with leuke- mia at age 5, is scheduled to receive bone marrow from his mother at Uni- versity of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City. The youth and his family had trav- eled to Dana-Faber Cancer Institute in Bos .on last summer where Sean was to undergo bone marrow \harvesting a process that \cleans\ the cancerous cells from the healthy ones, which are then returned to the body. When the family arrived at the center, however, they learned Sean could not qualify for the procedure because his blood cell count was too high. After that disappointment, the fam- ily placed Sean's name on the national waiting list for a bone marrow donor. After hearing no word, the family de- cided to go ahead with plans to locate a donor in the family. Family members underwent testing of their own bone marrow, and Mrs. LaRock*s marrow was found to provide the closest match to her son's. Mrs LaRock is expected to donate part of her bone marrow on Friday. Later that day, the marrow would be transplanted into Sean's body Jf the operation goes ahead as planned, it's expected that Sean will SEANLaROCK remain hospitalized for the next four to six months. The LaRock family would like to thank all of the people who have do- nated time and money to help Sean. Cards may be sent to Sean in care of Room 7070 7th Floor. University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic, PBMT-7RCE, Iowa City, Iowa 52242. He may be reached in his hospital room at (319) 353-9658 Sean is a sixth gTader at West Side Elementary School. Cote* John Mlndto, Three Women Make Sugarplum Visions Come True Gingerbread Houses Sweeten Air By Jan Simone When you were a little prl or boy and you read the story of Hansel and Gretel, did you ever wish YOU could find a real pn- gerbread house 0 Did you ever have a craving for a piece of gumdrop window- pane or a bit of chocolate rooT If these visions of sugar plumi ever danced in your head, you are in luck Mrs Mik> \Urv • Saber. Defer Set, and her daoghters. JanetScena, Theresa, and Karen Net&o, Watertown, and sell elaborate candy-filled gingerbread houses Every year, for the past five years, they get to- gether and assemble the houses, which contain at least one dozen different k.nds of candy, including 12 ounces of cV>ocoiat* Completely edible, they feature extra touches like a marsh mallow snowman. a tree made from an ice cream oone. and a sleigh m ith candy cane runners \Gingerbread houses can keep a long tune,* Mrs Saber said But when she taken one to her office girls can't wait to dig into it \ She has been a staff nurse at the House of the Good Samaritan for 26 years First the cookie portion has to be made There are a k>t of spices in that recipe.* Mrs Saber tsaid \I notice the smells when I come in from out- side* Once the gi ngerbread is made and baked, it takes about half an hour to put each house togther Set- ting it on a laxy susan make* icing an eaoer task Each year the tno tells between 25 and 30 houses The pnee is reasonable, only $25, and you can order them with a couple days* notice Mrs Saber and her daughters also do a lot of cake decorating having a book full of color photos of their creations They can copy neariy any design Baptisms, weddings, birthdays, anniversary's - you name it, they have made a beautiful cake for it Someday. Mrs Saber uxi Td like my own bu» It's my dream in Me *
