Wayne Independent (Newspaper) - November 2, 2006, Honesdale, Pennsylvania THE WAYNE September Advertising 2533055 Classifieds 2536666 Wayne Countys Only Daily Newspaper News Desk 2533055 Circulation 2533055 Volume Number 210 November 2006 50 cents Newsstand Established 1878 Woman Dies In Fire By KEVIN KEARNEY Independent Staff Writer BERLIN Authorities said a 42year old Berlin Township woman was killed in a fire at a mobile home Tuesday night on Milanville Mary Randall died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to smoke according to Wayne County Coroner Carol who ruled the death Beach Lake Fire Chief Tony Franklin said Randall was alone in the house at the time of the The body was found in the living room and was not There were no working smoke detectors in the Wayne Independent photo by Kevin Kearney FATAL FIRE Mary was killed in a fire Tuesday night at this mobile home on Milanville Road in Berlin Remains Active But Needs Volunteers By DIANE BOOTHS Independent Staff Writer does a person decide he or she has given enough accord ing to Chapter 114 of the Disabled American Veterans During their October discussion upon dis cussion was held on how to help someone else in the com Through and generous the was able to purchase their second van this year to assist with the transportation of veterans to and from med ical Volunteer drivers are currently needed for the There are only five drivers and the local chap ter admits they are in need of The vans are only able to supply rides week to WilkesBarre Medical With more vol the organization is hopeful it can supply trans portation Fulfilling a pledge of their the will be sending their last check to Scotland School located in Scotland School was established in A pledge by Governor Andrew Curtin that was given to two orphaned children of Civil War soldiers had become more than just words after the legislative government took action to secure funds that would provide needed care and education for children who had become orphans from that During the summer of children from various soldiers orphans were brought under one roof which is now known as Scotland School for Veterans and eleven years benefits supplied by the government for veter ans and their families have become a very sensitive Prioritizing medical benefits for versus disabled and even to what degree disabled veterans has been a defeated congressional debate for the last three A strong argument of some veterans has no one whether or not or how much a soldier may become disabled when he or she chose to defend the United States of America by way of the The risks were the same at sign most of the time there was no consideration of monetary status or It is from that signup action many veterans feel the benefits should not whether or not you received an injury or Other veterans have no objec tions to taking a second seat to those veterans who may be in more monetary or emo tional need than Despite the governments fluctuating feelings regarding Chapter 114 of the continues to do good by Handmade quilts or lap blankets are con stantly being made and donat ed by individuals or groups and given to the for dis located throughout November is Veterans The weekend November 4th and November mem bers of Chapter 114 will be at accepting donations which will enable them to con operating the assisting veterans with tele phone calls and needed supplying items of personal clothing that must be pur traveling to home bound veterans offering all sorts of assistance and the list is In on November Disabled American Veterans will be sponsoring a day for veterans to file for deserved A national service officer will be available to file a claim for the veteran that very Chapter 114 is donating a van to be used as an office outside of Career Link beginning at 9 For more information about Chapter 114 or to become a call 570 Chapter 114 meets the second Wednesday of each month at on Route 6 beginning at Officers for are Commander Bernie Harvey Senior Greg Meyers Junior er Rickard Baker Adjutant Jerry Atkinson Service Officer Jack Bishop and Treasurer John Clinton Drops Wage Tax Idea For Mill age Increase By KEVIN KEARNEY Independent Staff Writer ALDENVILLE The Clinton Township supervisors said they will no longer look into adopting a wage but will raise the millage rate in an effort to generate Are we going to raise taxes Supervisor Ronald asked fellow Supervisors Louis Matoushek and Donald Salak during Wednesdays We absolutely have to do Matoushek The supervisors later agreed that the millage rate would have to be but they did not specify by how The rate is currently four tenths of a which gener ates about made a motion to increase it by of a but the motion died because the super visors first have to advertise their intention of pass ing a So the sors agreed that secretary Lois Terrell would begin preparing the budget with input from The supervisors had previ looked into adopting a wage tax ordinance to gener ate but decided against The township is divided into two Clinton I and Clinton Clinton II is in the Forest City School which has a 1 percent wage Clinton I is in the Western Wayne School District which doesnt have a wage Since Clinton Township doesnt have a wage Forest City keeps all the money generated out of its 1 percent wage tax in Clinton But the supervisors said it was their understanding that if the township had a 1 percent wage the township and Forest City would split the revenue generated in Clinton and Clinton I would spit its rev enue with Western While a wage tax would have generated money for the it wouldnt be fair to all the residents because it give a free ride to those who are not the supervisory said If everybody Matoushek its not A few citizens said that their taxes have been rising in recent and they asked the supervisors where the money The supervisors said the county and school dis have raised but Clinton didnt last The supervisors also said as soon as the money comes it is used to keep the township They also noted that the cost of road materials has been Not everyone in the audi ence was against the millage rate I certainly dont have a problem with said Ray suggesting the sors use the money Vogt said it would be to the supervisors advantage if they had a municipal building where they could store all their equip Some of the equipment is kept outside and when the ele ments get ahold the equipment could be worn In other a few res idents complained about the condition of Burns where there are a lot of pot road is said taxpayer John Supervisor Donald Salak said the supervisors are doing their best to maintain all the Franklin It was proba bly one of those situations where a smoke detector could have changed the the chief The apparent electrical fire broke out around 7 in the kitchen area and does not appear to be according to Trooper Michael Brown of the Honesdale Franklin said the fire extended to the living but the structure was not although it is Franklin said the kitchen had aluminum which is old and tends to melt They did away with that years the chief noting that copper wiring is more typically No firefighters were hurt fighting the blaze and there were no other reported Franklin No one was at the house Wednesday and it was circled by yellow police Franklin said the vic tim had lived in the house with owner Steve who could not be reached for com Franklin said firefighters were on the scene in less than four minutes and used less than 500 gallons of water to extinguish the It was knocked down pretty he The investigation was con state Beach Lake was assisted by fire companies from Welcome Lake and White while Lava and Narrowsburg departments from New York were on stand A tanker from Seelyville was dispatched but canceled before it got to the In April of this two adults and three children perished in a house fire in where there also were no working smoke Sherwood Foresees Tight But Successful Election Countdown To 7th Election By PETER BECKER Editor fie HONESDALE Listing his record of accomplishments and advising this is not the tine to change the balance of power in the halls of Representative Don Sherwood is asking for your votes next November In an who represents the 10th District of Pennsylvania including all of Wayne predicted a tight race but said it is a very important who is completing his fourth reminded that he faced very tight races in 1998 and 2000 and came out He beat Democratic challenger Pat Casey by 520 despite predictions to the contrary in the The Wyoming County resi dent discussed at length the war in which has waged since March 2003 and is close to surpassing the time period of American involvement in World War Im not sure weve done it all said a We must adjust and not just quit and He stated that the War on Terror is the most important issue American faces If we dont win the war against Islamic fundamental the rest of the issues wont mean as He predicted the war will continue to be difficult but the necessity remains to train the Iraqis to govern and secure Once Iraq is stable and respectful to its then American troops can come he The same goes with where if we were to pull out now we would leave a haven for Theres no substitute for Sherwood echoing a refrain from President Well have to give the troops all the support they person we should all be proud of Answering criticism of his Democratic Chris he flat ly rejected Carneys assertion that not back support of the Sherwood cited continuous increase in spending for the troops and veterans and said he has supported the measures He voted in favor of the bil lion supplemental appropria tions for personal armor and billion for armored humvees and Rather than set a timetable for Sherwood said this should be a military deci sion based on what the gener als on the ground and not a political He further countered Carneys claim that he Sherwood voted to raise Congressional pay but voted against raising the Minimum False Sherwood citing where he did indeed vote to raise the Minimum Carney just wants to be he said of his Hes far to the left of most of the people in the 10th He Big money in buying his Carneys commer will make him responsible to ultra if he was suc and the House were taken his first vote would be for Nancy Pelosi for Speakera San pro big govern high taxing Sherwood then Tm afraid Professor Carney has been in the classroom too long and needs some real world The Congressman noted his own array of including 30 years as a busi 20 years as a school board and eight years in Six of those years have included seniority on the Appropriations This is not a good time to start he of the prospect of the Democrats regaining control of If we change control now we would send a bad message to the Much media attention in this and especially from Carneys has been given to the admitted extramarital affair of Congressman That was a bad mistake in my per sonal life and Ive apologized for it but I havent let it distract me from my work in He said he hoped the voters would instead look at his record of accomplish Tm for lower Im and I want to protect the Second I have a good voting record on all Carney is on the differ ent side on all On the Sherwood said the main thing is to keep taxes America endured a severe worsened by the The Republican he pointed lowered taxes for every American and let more money for consumption and busi ness Tax revenue was generated and we are now back to prerecession level with the lowest national unemploy ment since World War II around The Stock Market hit a new The economy is doing pretty he while cautioning that Americans are hurt by high health care costs and high energy The Republican House has supported an alternative ener gy to reduce dependence on foreign Sherwood also backed which he said very successful ly cuts cost of prescription drugs for In We changed the way hospitals are million over five years has been brought back to Wayne Memorial Hospital that sen iors wont have to Concerning the Republican House was suc in seeing the MILC Milk Income Loss Contract which he stated pro Wayne County dairymen at times of low dairy runs out in 2007 arid it is one of his main priorities in the new year to have it inserted in the new Farm he Sherwood also voted for the that passed to close 700 miles of border with Mexico in an effort to stem the flow of TWI photo by Peter Becker Congressman Don Sherwood illegal and the smuggling of drugs and terror Another concern he said he has is to keep health care more affordable and available for every local He also states he desires to protect our environmental resources and sits on the Subcommittee of Appropriations where environ mental work is Wayne County work He cited a list of accom which he stated he facilitated in Wayne They include assistance he facilitated for Wayne Memorial support for the new Wayne County and building up of the including sewer and water Specifically for the past two congressional sessions 109th Congress for bridge replacement on SR 3024 South Canaan passed by House Economic Development Initiative for Greater Honesdale Partnership to purchase a building and reconstruct it as an economic development passed by House forbridge recon struction on SR SR SR passed by House Wayne Memorial Hospital for patient safety initiative to automate dis 108th Congress for YMCA Camp Bipartisan effort to secure a total of in special federal funding for an ongoing study of river flows and flow management on the Upper Delaware and its for Wayne Memorial Hospital for Emergency Services Department Congressman Sherwood Im very honored to represent the people of Wayne County and respect fully ask for their votes for reelection on note An inter view with Democrat candi date Chris Carney was pub the 2006
