Wellsboro Gazette (Newspaper) - September 13, 1995, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania inside Silk screeners Mountain biking Early Days Big rodents pg. pg. pg. pg. 4 6 High Low Sept 7 61 64 8 81 52 9 72 49 10 67 41 11 66 33 12 68 33 13 73 51 for 1.28 The Wellsboro 120TH YEAR NO. 45 SEPTEMBER 13, 1995 Commissioners say goodbye to private eye by John C. Heverly A Tioga County commissioner implied yesterday that a private investigator hired two weeks ago by the county to investigate death threats against county officials had quit the At yesterday's weekly ing of the Tioga County Board of William D. chairman of the my part in and my part is a little different than all the rest I the private investigator gave us some I don't think he'll be back on this particular Hall On Aug. 29, Hall and Walter G. Barnes hired William Anderson Investigations of Glenmore to investigate death threats they allege were made against their families and an unidentified Tioga County em- ployee over a five-week period beginning on July 22. According to the tives from the private tive agency were last week for a meeting with the com- They gave us some and said here's how to do and left Hall According to terms of the con- the agreement between the county and the private tors is terminated that Anderson makes a full report of all activities performed by Anderson to date of tion and Anderson provides Tioga with all evidence secured by At yesterday's Hall said that Anderson had not vided the commissioners with such a report and was uncertain if Anderson would provide a re- port on his meeting with the com- An attempt was made to con- tact who the county had contracted at per Please see EYE back page ends five-year battle by giving away elementary schools by Elizabeth The battle over the fate of two small elementary schools in the Northern Tioga School District seemingly came to a halt Monday night when the Board voted to give away the buildings and By two votes of nine to the Board donated the Millerton Elementary School to Jackson Township and the Gertrude Case Elementary School to Knoxville A provision in each motion prevents the from taking back the properties or ing classes for grades K through 12 in the buildings before Oct. 1, 2005. The Board had before it letters from both son Township in a letter dated Sept. 5, stated that they would accept the Millerton property with its The letter from Knoxville ough Council stated in the event the would no longer use the Gertrude Case building for a the borough wished it to remain a cornerstone of the Knoxville has until Sept. 19 to accept the offer of the school and with its If the borough fails to notify the on or before that date of its the building will go up for sale to the highest The motion to sell the erty if Knoxville fails accept it also includes a provision giving Board Solicitor John Cowley mission to take whatever steps deemed necessary to determine the exact boundaries of the school Because of a series of property transfers through the there is some question as to the deeded boundaries of the According to the fact that the property in question has been in use by the school for more than 20 consecutive years makes Please see back page Bloss implements foot patrols to curb teen loitering by C.R. Clarke Teen loitering topped the talk at a Blossburg Borough Council meeting Monday Stanley and Donna owners of News Stand on Main said they were experiencing problems with Water conservation measures in Bloss remain The Blossburg Water Com- pany has reported that its tary water restrictions remain in despite rain that fell over- night Water company officials said the rain was not sufficient to warrant lifting the voluntary water conservation It was incorrectly reported in last week's Gazette that Blossburg is operating under mandatory water use youngsters hanging spitting and riding bicycles on the walk and harassing customers outside of their not alone in Donna said as she handed a stack of complaints over to The couple claimed one of the borough officers had promised to pick up the com- plaints but never are some things not being she had a 911 call out of our store Friday evening because a person was almost hit by a She said the borough police have not adequately addressed the She said one borough officer who in the middle of the yelled across the road to the kids and said know you're not supposed to have your bi- cycles on the He didn't even get out of his car or come to Airport construction proceeds apace by John C. Heverly Recent dry and dusty tions haven't delayed tion at the Grand Canyon State According to Dave con- struction superintendent for the Glenn 0. Hawbaker Construction work on the airport remains on On Monday Brown said while workers been having a little trouble with the dust ing the contractor has been making use of water from the holding ponds it excavated earlier in the year as well as recent rains to hold the dust According to after workers have laid down a sub- base of tons of crushed Hawbaker will begin the blacktop portion of the expect to start that at the end of this and that should take about two Brown According to Wellsboro ber of Commerce executive tor Mary the contracting bids for job are to be let by the Pennsylvania De- of Transportation later this and all the work with runway expansion is scheduled for completion early next talk to and we made the com- plaint you say your department is doing your she said to borough police chief Ed beg to needs to be Stanley needs to be more foot patrols ter school because that's when it and if you say thing to they spit on the windows or open their pop cans and spray the windows and the language that comes out of their mouths is just Bogaczyk responded by ing down the com- plaints and He also called for cooperation from the downtown need people to let us know when these things are happening because we have to catch them in the so we need your Bogaczyk After some council voted to reinstate the 10 p.m. curfew and increase foot patrols between 2 p.m. and The measures were put into force and it seems to be making a ing to Stanley who was interviewed this had a quiet night here last he There have been more foot patrols and the curfew is back Yesterday I called in a bicycle on the and they came over and caught the kid but I don't know what happened after Police Chief Bogaczyk also agreed that the measures are apparently meeting with still problems with Please see BLOSS back page photo by JOHN fc WORK GOES ON at the Grand Canyon State Airport outside The runway at the airport is scheduled to be macadamized at the end of the month with the entire runway expansion to be completed by the end of CHARLIE JAMES of Westfield takes the oath of office for county commissioner from Tioga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert Dalton on Last Dalton appointed James to fill the unexpired term of commissioner O. Richard who resigned the office effective Sept. 10 to take a position with the Pennsylvania Department of Community New commissioner sworn in by John C. Heverly Westfield Mayor Charles E. James became Tioga County's newest county on James was nominated by county President Judge Robert E. Dalton Jr. on Sept. 7, to fill the unexpired term of Commissioner 0. Richard Bartlett had resigned Sept. 10 to take a position with the Pennsylvania Department of Community James will fill the remaining four months on Bartlett's which will expire when the new board of commissioners is sworn in at the beginning of 1996. The 66-year-old Republican noted that he was assured by Dalton that he will be able to return to the Westfield mayor's post after his stint as ends in James had been an ful GOP candidate for county com- missioner in the May At an official emony on Dalton said that he selected James to fill Bartlett's unexpired term be- cause James the necessary ability and Before the a former principal at Co Valley High said that he saw his role as being to some extent limited by the short amount of time he will have in only have a few and I think the budget situation has been pretty well settled for next so I guess what I'm going to try to do is do the Christian and moral thing in all the decisions I James Gary chairman of the Tioga County Republican said he was pleased with Dal ton's think Charlie was an lent He has a great deal of experience both professionally and in public and I know he's going to do a good Goodreau who has served on elected positions on the ern Tioga School Board and field Borough said that he will approach his role of com- missioner as he has always every one of his elective with a homespun find out what your lems are before you solving James A critic of recent practices and policies of county during the primary James said Monday that he was to work on a friendly with commissioners iam D. Hall and Walter G. James noted that he decided to accept the offer to fill in as commissioner because he to have a positive on county At yesterday's weekly meeting Hall was com- of whom he said he had for think Charlie's background speaks for I think he's very capable and and the fact that he's not a candidate was a wise decision by the judge to appoint someone who is not a Hall As his first official action in his new James requested that a written agenda be vided at the outset of who retired from his principal position eight years said that his first two days on the job had been real baptism of Tioga resident John G. ham queried James on his speaking style and even his very appointment at day's meeting of the board of com- Graham cited a quote from a local newspaper in which a combat veteran of the Marine Corps in was reported to have said that his rience will be useful in coming to Graham asked was just wondering what sort of sage that sends to county em- you there when I said It was a facetious replied Graham then took issue with Dalton's appointment of saying that was low man on the totem in the primary elections and questioned the new think Judge Dalton's very James I think my credentials in the primary were better than anyone I didn't have the money or the time to get that word County may convey land to nursing fire company by John C. Heverly The Tioga County ers say they are willing to sell land to the Broad Acres Nursing Home Association in Charleston Township for the construction of apartments for the weekly commissioners Walter G. William D Hall and Charlie James voted in favor of resolution that stated the commissioners to sell a parcel of land owned by the county on Shumway Hill to the nursing At yesterday's Barnes stated that the possible land transaction between the county and the nursing home came as a result of conversations between Barnes and Maureen the administrator at the nursing According to no amount of acreage nor price has been All this comes after the com- missioners had announced last week their intent to donate a 15- acre parcel of land also located on Shumway Hill to a tri-county fire training association being formed by the Wellsboro Fire ment contingent upon the sale of another site owned by the Wellsboro The training association which will be formed from fire departments throughout Bradford and Potter counties as well as Tioga County had originally planned to lize the former Freight Systems property in Charleston Township to house the training That parcel is currently owned by the Wellsboro Fire De- According to Harland the fire company has been involved in negotiations for the sale of the 5.8-acre site to an unidentified There are a lot of street mors out but all I can say at this point is that we have signed an agreement with an in- tent to Crawford said in an interview this Mary executive director of the Wellsboro ber of said that it is her understanding a ket chain is interested in oping the former but she declined to identify the specific supermarket know that the chamber has been working with several who are interested in that Worthington Tioga County Commissioner Walter G. Barnes said at yesterday's commissioners ing that the prospective offer of the 15-acre parcel for the fire training which would be conveyed for the nominal fee of one was being proposed by the county as an economic had talked to them about giving them some land up there and then they get the Taynton facility sold and get somebody in there to create some jobs and industry or some That's what the intent Barnes Bridge repairs planned by Jeff Fetzer A 42-year-old bridge that ries traffic over Blockhouse Creek on Main Street in Liberty has been targeted for improvements next The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation plans to let bids in December for repair work to the which will be closed to traffic most of the summer of 1996. Rick community tions coordinator for said the bridge Please see BRIDGE back page f
