Bedford Gazette (Newspaper) - January 21, 1997, Bedford, Pennsylvania Lady Bisons topple Page Bedford Countys Own Daily Newspaper 35 Published Continuously Since 1805 192 103 January 1997 TUESDAY Clinton promises more with less The best endorsement for Whats good enough for the worlds most famous Miguel winner of the Tour de was report edly seen at a shop recently buying a Cannon dale R4000 model made of course in According to USA the retired cyclist must now buy his own Alert local cyclist and county librarian Les Rock noted the A water line in Bedford Township will be shut off Wednesday Bedford Borough Water Authori ty said customers along Friendship Village Road and Weber Lane will have their water service disrupted at approximately day to facilitate construction at the Cannondale The shutdown is expected to last one A chunk of ice on the road caused an accident in Hopewell Three persons suffered minor injuries in the accident Monday State police said Julie of Hopewell was driving south on Route 26 Monday morning when her car hit the ice that had appar ently fallen onto the Watkavitch lost control and her car hit a The driver Travis and Christina also of were treated at Bedford The sustained injuries from the seat while Krise had a facial Six Mile Run Fire and ambulance were called to the The Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation program will be discussed The under which development called ease can be sold to the county or will be open for public input beginning at at Bedford Presbyterian See Page 3 Deaths Obituaries on Page 12 Martha of Schellsburg RD Linda of Everett RD Weather REGIONAL Weather 21 lor high cr photo President Clinton takes the oath of office from Chief Justice William Rehnquist as first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea look Vice President Al Gore and Gore are behind the first WASHINGTON AP William Jefferson Clinton began his second term as president promis ing a govern ment that does more with In a day of inaugural fanfare and political he urged an end to Washingtons petty bicker ing and extreme The nations 53rd inauguration stretched from a rousing morning prayer service to allnight revelry at 15 Five minutes after as a warming sun shone down on the chilled Capitol Clinton put his left hand on the family Bible held by his wife and raised his right hand to recite the 35 words spoken by every president since George Good Chief Justice William Rehnquist said when the president finished the The crowd broke the silence with a roar of The presi dent turned and swept up Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daugh in a Cannons fired a military Clinton will be the first presi dent of the 21st century and the approach of a new millennium was very much on his mind at the rebirth of his Clintons vision of his second term was one of As times so govern ment must Clinton We need a new government for a new He said government cannot solve problems but it should offer the tools for people to help In a 22minute inaugural he envisioned a govern ment that is lives within its means and does more with Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its a nation that balances its budget but never loses the balance of its values a nation where our grand parents have secure retirement and health In a capital city often torn by dark political it was a bright day of unity and reconcilia Republicans and Democrats tipped Clinton was ushered to the podium by Republican House Gingrich among Connie praised the tone and the sub stance of Clintons It was clearly one given with an out reached I to all of us to work I thought the inaugural was very almost spiritual and hopefully a healing event as In the spirit of the Gingrich presented Clinton and Vice Presi dent Al Gore with flags that had flown over the capital that morn At a lunch in Statuary on Page 6 Monroe residents learn more about hog farming plans By Elizabeth Coyle Gazette Staff Writer CLEARVILLE Two business associates of a man who is bring ing a hog operation to Monroe Township tried Monday night to quell fears that local residents have about animal odor and During a meeting at Mann Mon roe Elementary two sup pliers for Tom Chiou of Hog Man agement Liability Limited addressed some concerns about the hog One of his agents said a Taiwanese hog will follow state guidelines and wants to be a good But residents have complained that the strong manure odor and the large amounts of manure cally produced by a concentrated animal feeding operation poses an air and water pollution risk to Chiou follows state said Joe who represents Dekalb Swine supplier of the breeding swine for the oper Chiou has purchased farms in Fulton and Franklin counties in the past Mike regional swine business manager for Purina Mills Feed Company in Camp con firmed that Chiou has an offer on a third farm east of The current Monroe Township plan includes two tered in Silver Chiou last year purchased 138 acres from Boyd and Norma Bus sard just west of Clearville on township road and another 80 acres from Brayton and Regina Bowman on township road 349 near Five The operation will be a operation while the smaller property will be a fat tening Some of the pigs born of the sows will be contracted to other farms for Mullady The two Chiou suppliers said the operation is dedicated to following nutrient management Pennsylvania passed a nutrient management law in 1993 but it isnt scheduled to be implemented until this When it is estab it will address operations that include more than pounds of livestock to the A group of Monroe Township residents have circulated a peti stating their belief that the hog factories most likely will pol lute the water and streams in on Page 12 Kings legacy remembered as one of service to others ATLANTA AP Across the city where Martin Luther King was teers honored him with deeds and not just words sprucing up dilapidated helping out at food banks and cleaning up poor I dont think King wanted us to praise but he wanted us to serve others in said Sherman principal of Atlantas Grim High one of the cleanup Glass had off from school and could have spent the day on her new roller the went to her middle school named for King to paint murals of him for a service I dont know the full story of but I am trying to learn through his the 12 yearold I watched a movie about him and I cant believe hes He seems so I wish he It was one of many ways in which the nation celebrated the legacy of King on the federal holi day in his In New which adopted a Civil Rights Day instead of a state King organizers held a food then piled empty food cartons on the steps of the Statehouse in Con photo Oakland Mayor Elihu far joins citizens in a march through the city to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King on a federal holiday in his honor We want to show our ers that there is support from their constituents for this holi said 17yearold organizer Dan a student from Lake attending Brewster Academy in King was born and shot to death on April in where he had gone in support of a sani tation workers Admirers gathered in Memphis at the Mason where King gave his last speech the night before he was for a concert by a choir of Tajuan then was in the audience when King gave that Her 15yearold sang in the choir said her parents had brought her to hear King but on Page 3 Elementary project falls expected to catch up TODAY Mostly High in the mid Light and variable Tonight Increasing Low in the upper TOMORROW Breezy with rain High in the mid Southwest wind 15 to 25 Chance of rain 60 THE OUTLOOK Thursday Rain showers changing to snow Morning high in the Temperatures falling into the 30s by Friday A chance of snow Low 15 to High 25 to Saturday Scattered flur Low 5 to High in the The extended outlook for Sun through is for above normal tem and near average precip Normal temperatures for late January are lows in the teens and highs in the to mid Average precipitation is slightly less than onehalf inch of rain or melted Maust The northern classroom wing of the new Bedford elementary school is under now that the steel has been The southern classroom wing will be a duplicate of this con by an area dedicated mostly to the A third wing with the multipurpose room and cafeteria will stretch toward old Route 220 behind the present intermediate which will be demolished when the new school is completed in about one By Sharyn Maust Gazette Associate Editor Steel for Bedfords elementary school is finally almost three months behind The lapse is not expected to delay completion of the building a year from The first load of steel arrived after Christmas and is being erected as the north wing of the Another load is due next according to job superintendent for Berkebile Brothers of The steel is but it is being sequenced so well be able to start the masonry on the north classroom wing while the south wing goes Watkins He said hes heard lots of sto ries and either from the mill or the but no definitive reason for the late Everybody who is building is having the same problems with he Because a school receives state and federal American steel must be Thats as it should he Workers will be putting the roof on the north wing and temporary protective walls around the outside of the building this The space between the plastic will be heated so masons can start laying Were trying to hold to the orig inal which calls for completion of construction in December Watkins Jackson Putt said the lull in building con struction allowed the contractors to do site work that normally would follow and to complete drainage and extend utility Everybody is following right behind We arent hav ing gaps Putt At this we believe we can make up the lost This is not the time to Putt The architect built in extra time in the construction schedule because of the industrywide delays in steel The school district is calling for a midyear shift to the new build which will depend on con equipping the building and preparing students for the 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