Wellsboro Gazette (Newspaper) - March 7, 1990, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania Inside The MARKETPLACE Avalanche of affection jx The race is on Bright horizons Sampling opinions pg 1 pg 2 pg 9 pg 12 The Wellsboro 50 per page 115THYEARNO 17 PA WEDNESDAY MARCH Channel One on its way into by Gayle Morrow BLOSSBURG Students in the Southern Tioga School District will soon be able to watch the Channel One national news program in their fol lowing approval by board members March 5 Approval was passed by a 5-4 vote Board members Art DeGenaro Kerry Terry and Don Norman voted against bring ing the news show into the schools The question of whether or not to accept the Whittle tions offer of a free daily 12 minute program minutes of news and two minutes of has been discussed by the board for several weeks At last month's a rep from Whittle showed board members a sample of the news but action on the motion to approve the system was tabled until the Long Range Plan ning Committee could discuss the issue further At Monday s DeGe naro told the board that he had certain and ethi cal concerns as a school and could not support the propo sal It seems like everything I ve Tioga starting street project by Natalie Kennedy TIOGA Residents here should see an improvement in the near future when driving on bor ough streets Tioga Borough Council Monday night agreed to seek bids for ing cracks in a problem area in- Meadows Wellsboro and Broad streets All the streets have to be sealed regardless if they are paved or not said council member Kenneth Jones should be done now when the cracks are not in July when they're Jones estimated it will cost proximately 500 a day for a truck laborer air compressor and an additional truck with a tar kettle The project will probably take two days he added Council is also writing cations for raising and paving several other streets in the bor ough They also discussed several methods of draining run off water from Summit Street That problem may be included in the paving contract paving project will cost ap proximately 000 according to council members The funds are available in Liquid Fuels reve nues In other business council authorized the final payment of over to the Common wealth for a street project com over two years ago were notified the borough saved almost 500 on the pool project Council member Jones met with officials last month and asked for a partial grant of 250 which the borough re Council must write a pool use resolution to qualify for final grant voted to do whatever is neces san to clean and make safe a fire damaged house on South Main Street A lien will be placed against the owner for materials and labor used secret of achievement is to not let what you re doing get to you before you get to it Beware of phoney telephone calls Residents in the community should be of telephone calls from people claiming to be from the Wells boro Electric According to Pres ident Nina McCarthy two m stances of calls have taken place A couple of our customers called and said that some unknown persons called them asking if were hav ing electrical problems said claimed to be from our These calls are not being made bv us Anyone receiving 6 tele phone call from someone claiming to be from the Wells boro Electric is asked to call the Wellsboro Police Department or the tric picked up lately has been zeroing in on Channel One DeGenaro said He said from what he has read sentiment seemed to be ning 61 against the idea He added that Liberty schools ready have the Cable News work and said he felt the inception of the Channel One programming would represent an into the schools and on the students there York and California have banned the whole said Gyekis Superintendent Ron ski said he thinks the time has come for schools to look other sources for including the private sector but added he thought some school officials might be feeling a of fear of a relationship with industry may be that's why educators are backing off Boyanowski said Gyekis noted that through his own experience with their reading levels go up when their television time goes down informs but I wonder said Board member Brenda man added that the Channel One format would be and less than other methods of getting news to students Board members Judy Coole Bruce Eugene and Joe Maresco vot ed in favor of the Channel One proposal In other business the board proved a request from Business Manager Jim to begin a pilot breakfast program at the Warren L Miller Elementary School in Mansfield told the board that a successful breakfast program has been operating in the Northern Tioga district and said he felt there was a need here for a similar program The state is pushing breakfast he and learning can be en hanced when students have the proper nutrition A fee of 65 cents would be charged to those who could afford to pay Free and reduced price breakfasts would also be available The program could conceivably show a per day profit said The board unanimously agreed to a trial period for the program from April through the end of the school year School calendar The board also approved the 1990-91 school year calendar ter some discussion over whether or not school should be closed on Martin Luther King Day Board member Don Norman said he thought it might be more appropriate to use the day in school to teach the students about Dr King and the civil rights movement Gyekis saying that dealing with the day in a tional manner may not be the an- swer observation speaks loudly to our students in a guage they tered Backman Norman stated that if the day was observed via a he hoped that another time would be set aside for instruction Board members also noted that the first day of doe season a day that school is has been renamed Aware ness Day In other the board approved a travel sabbatical leave for the 1990-91 school year for Blossburg Elementary er Kathleen Chabala approved the employment of day to day substitutes and a teacher's aide Mary was hired as a teacher's aide and Michelle Johnson and John Me Kee were hired as substitutes heard a report from Business Manager Jim concerning the Food Service Program He told the board that the s program is solvent but noted that many school districts are having serious problems with their cafeterias He said the value and variety of government com are decreasing all the time noted that the building are progressing The Bloss burg project is ahead of schedule while the Liberty project is be hind due to problems with the weather early in the winter and because of unexpected problems with water levels and soil con ditions Boyanowski reminded the board that the building pro are 95 percent reimburse able Hauling organized crime out of waste industry HARRISBURG Warning that Pennsylvania s billion dollar waste market presents a tempting target for organized crime Sen Mike Fisher and Attorney General Ernie have unveiled a plan to prevent criminals from infiltrating the state s At a Capitol news conference Fisher and outlined a ma jor legislative proposal that would impose more stringent li censing and disclosure require ments on Pennsylvania s waste industry investigations in other states have revealed that organized crime has gained a foothold in the Magnifico After last night the stage floor at the Wellsboro Area High School will never be the same The National Ballet of Mexico stomped its way into the s hearts Field mice in from the cold moved as far south as Main Street never to return The audience however didn t want to leave voung handsome beauti ful talented people gave a two hour spectacular show singing and dancing in gorgeous flam authentic costumes The Ballet Nacional De Mexico directed bv Silvia Lozano has performed all over the world winning top and acclaim are finished professionals flaw less performers who pleased This was of the Wellsboro eve opener to strangers and newcomers to the area Who were saving Wow How do I That question will be answered toon The membership campaign and promotion of next season s four will soon be in the mail Watch for it To tav C arr an entertainment an waste Fisher said We must send a strong message that waste companies guilty of practices won't be given a clean of health in Pennsylvania According to Fisher Senate 1437 would require waste haulers brokers and landfill op to report to the General s Office convictions or pending charges for any of 22 crimes associated with organized crime These crimes include murder extortion bribery arson forgen and failure to pay state or federa taxes Permits would be withheld or suspended if waste or key personnel have a crimma record A recent investigation bv tht Pennsylvania Crime found that organized crime WT successful in infiltrating the waste industry in New and New And in at least four instance the commission found with ties to organized crime attempted to set up waste bu messes in Pennsylvania To ensure that all those ir volved in the waste industry di close their criminal back grounds Fishers requires the registration of commercial waste haulers not n censed with the state And for th first time waste brokers also have to be licensed Brokers serve as the middlemen between haulers and landfills would be subject to fines of up n 000 and jail terms received strong support from those at a hearing of the Senate mental Resources and Committee f the Crime Commission DFR the waste hauling the would provide safeguards while avoiding of the takes made bv other states General a -o reaffirmed his support of the K i and stressed that his f c shr ild enforce the contribution VETERANS OF THE Vietnam War Inc presented a check to Steve and Angel Wallenda Sunday night at Mansfield University following the couple s farewell benefit performance An gel is scheduled for lung surgery later this month and is not expected to perform again Represent ing the were John and Mike Milne For more on Sunday night s per see page 6 of The Marketplace by Gayle Morrow Wetlands testimony given by Natalie Kennedy Marsh Creek property owner Francis Burnier is quickly be coming recognized on a national level for his wetland problems Burnier testified at a congres hearing in Washington D C Wednesday Feb 28 con his personal troubles with federal and state agencies and their regulations Listening to the testimony were members of the subcommittee on Water Resources Committee on Public Works and Transports tion Committee members in elude Rep Charles E Bennett Rep Alexander Rep Emerson and Rep Thomas J Ridge 'The overriding theme of the day was that we need new laws said Burnier The laws right now are totally unworkable The con gressmen are trying to come up with some sensible legislation concerning wetlands recog nize a need and that legislation is inadequate at the present time Federal agencies including the National Wetlands Policy Forum Army Corps of Engineers and En Protection testified Tuesday Feb 27 En from the Nation al Federation of Wildlife and the National Audubon were scheduled to testify later in the week The hearing began at 10 a m and lasted until after 5pm ac cording to Burnier Addressing the subcommittee first was a panel of Alaskan residents dnd agencies Roger Herrara executive con of Exploration told committee members that the Alaskan tundra is used more wildlife after the works on the land He said would go in and Girl released from hospital A Mansfield girl was rt leased from Soldiers and Sailors Memo rial Hospital in March 6 after being ad to the as the re suit o fa car accident ti d state police reports 11 was walking along the north berm of Route 6 in a di rection c n car driven bv Signor 40 also w as travelling in the direction and struck the child she attempted tc cross the road Police said apparent Iv did Hi sion was unavoidable explore an area for oil and have to put fill in for the rigs explained Burnier When they leave the fill is left behind It s called foot prints showed that the foot are utilized more by wild life than the surrounding wetland area The Alaskans take the position that they have no wetland prob lem said Burnier Eighty per cent of it is wetlands sav have too much wetlands Speaking next were develop ment representatives from Amer ican Road and Transportation Builders Association Connecti cut Construction Industries Association and Nationwide Public Projects Coalition among others said Burnier That panel was ques bv committee members he added and included much tech meal information in their presen tation No one addressing the commit tee was against the environment Burnier said no one wants to de strov wetlands Instead duals proposed and discussed such things as replacing wetlands in close proximity banking wetlands or other alternatives to support the no overall net loss goal he said The panel Burnier sat in on was composed of private citizens who have problems with current wet lands regulations In addition many of those testi with Burnier said they should receive compensation for maintaining personal property as wetlands Why should I bear the burden created by the construction of the city of Chicago or Disneyland or Cowanesque Lake or others on Burnier asked If mankind needs my property to keep existing then mankind should chip in and pay a little I see no rational that dictates a farmer struggling to provide for his be made to bear a burden created by others Burnier believes that the three panels made some kind of impact on the congressmen and said he was proud to be a part of the group I think the group made an im pact and I was part of the group to that extent he said Fen 28 March 69 V Excerpts from resident's speech to committee The following are some of the excerpts from the nv presented bv of Wellsboro to the kub ten Waiter Re sources on Public and Transportation in Washington Feb 28 He said We purchased the land in 1986 and I began cleaning the ditches I didn t punch a clock but 1 estimate I spent over 1000 hours of work them Then in the fall of I started getting letters First the Department of the a I was m violation of Secton 404 I the Clean Water bv cint dredged fill material ir lands ever N heir ow n definition 1 i It 1 i t fill rf Then 1 rec r ivt d a tier from the F- nv ire r fro M s nc 1 was m n latu n f v c r 101 of the Inn W ate r t I charging II n the nation s waters an mav pursue i rm s e r u 1 1 o n s h i r h r a r n t t in Ones f 000 r Tests n on the w iter f 11. w n the creek had 2Cm T r-u is r anv pr hi tints ri- hi c r n re out n v d 1 1 h I r T t e f it i fi r d had e d 1 1 c r f o r 1 1 rr t It r c d n r t Si i f n det fr r J n 1 960 u h e n the in this find it r i r v T e V. r thought it was a farm It mattered not that I thought it was a farm and intended to use it as a farm On Sept 22 1988 the De of Environmental Resources iDF R mailed me a permit to clean and maintain existing drainage ditches in this same field On Nov 1 1988 the Game Commission wrote a letter recommending 1 be made to ke ep the elite he s c When I researched mv deed in the Tioga courthouse I fi und that 1 have recorded rights to maintain drainage thi nigh mv ne s land as wi 11 as mv ow n Because surh things as Dis m viand Caps Canaveral the if I tc w re bui It on wetlands t now have a sh ol hi m and so mv is r public inter e 1 land If wetlands arr si impor then the burden of them should he h rn bv the h IK W he n the E wet nnds ti rrake recreation a is hkf I ake up the I rnv land I err fre is in r Irr If the f t irs thf 23rd it md read He maketh me he d w m uet irds I for U el mi re c with the creen lone as the field pe e art as the es and ears frT I it If protect r v h nrd er f n i ic n f i I i i e p pr
