Wellsville Daily Reporter (Newspaper) - September 20, 1977, Wellsville, New York Your Freedom Newspaper Patty Reporter Allegany and Potter Counties Watchful Newspaper Year New Tuesday September 1977 School oks pact with superintendent 15 Cents Per Copy By DAN BABCOCK The Wellsville School Board voted last night to give Superintendent Stanford Masin a threeyear contract calling for raises of for the first year and of the succeeding two The contract will raise Masins salary to this next and the year after Approval of the contract came by a 7 to 2 Opposed were James Gardner and Ann Prior to the Gardner accused the board of living a He said the boards credibility was at an and that acting on the Masin con tract without first letting the public know the details was only adding Were lying to the Gardner We havent let them in on He accused the board of purposely putting off the contract issue until after the budget Gardner presented his own contract for which called for continuation of the dents 197677 He said he felt Masin was doing a good job and deserved a good salary but not a He said there were plenty of superintendents who would to the job for far Gardner proposed that the 60 days of sick leave per year be trimmed to that the contract be one year instead of that the superintendent be required to give six months notice of resignation instead of and that any contract changes be made in writing instead of by Fleeger said she preferred a oneyear con tract and that 180 sick days over three years is contract matter up in public This whole ais cussion is very he adding that If the budget doesnt go they the public dont give one damn what we I can see no other way to reach the public than to do it said Our credibility would be lower if we said Ive had phone calls from people who said I voted for you what are you doing for me Its time someone put the school board on an open President Senta Streeter objected to Gardners comments on the boards lack of In no way has the board lied to the she There are plans to make his salary known to the She strongly objected to Gardners insinuation that there was a conceived plot to hide Masins salary But its plans to make it public after it has been countered There is no public input until after it was Streeter said the board might have considered a oneyear contract if it were dealing with a new but we know what his track record She said the new contract is for three years and as previous ones have for three years renewable every Preston Lucas said the superintendents perfor mance should be reviewed every year well ahead of budget I dont want Masin to be the center of budget Richard Stevens All too frequently the superintendents personality has become a budget fac Its up to the board to take the heat for the not the Lets get him off the hot obviously displeased with public discus sion of his I think Ive just become the only individual in the Wellsville School System whose contract is discussed Discipline Gardner said the superintendent is the only one who does not receive Lucas moved the discussion be and the motion The contract without any of Gardners passed In other action the board Dorothy Miles chairman of the guidance replacing Ralph who res the chairmanship earlier this Ron Bolander said he hoped the appointment would not lead to a request for another member in that department because he wanted the department to make the public feel it was getting its moneys People are dis turbed about the guidance he and I cant say I blame The position involves no new expenses since Miles was already employed by the school as a guidance Richard Howitt high school social studies teacher at to replace Susan Pamela Young elementary math teacher at year ly and Gladys Swartnout as elementary substitute ai the resignation of Peter mid dle school math and the maternity leave request of elementary music teacher Elsie Lauzze is going to work for Air Marsha Brown food service helper at per hour and gave permanent appointments to Linda assistant to the at annually Sandra attendance supervisor at an hour Shirley high school typ at per hour and Robert school at per a temporary leave of absence to Ber nita food service a request from Immaculate Concep tion School to transport 128 students home once a month at a total yearly cost of Richard Stevens voted Christine teacher association say she was disappointed the board discus sed Masins contract in open The hard feelings expressed here were out of keeping for this she Peter Midgley for winning semi finalist status in the National Merit Scholarship com to store the former board of education table and chairs instead of putting them up for that Masin will notify the state depart ment of transportation that improved access to the dike from the Madison bridge should be that even though lottery fund checks are being sent to the they are being sent in lieu of state aid state aid payments become less the more lottery money the school Bolander say it was his intention to keep the public informed on budget matters periodi cally throughout the the middle school remedial math program for pupils with special educational needs as well as a plan for pupils with special educa tional the following to the Committee on the Handicapped Principal Robert Ken neth director of pupil personnel services Sandra attendance supervisor parent Jean Fanton guidance counselor Ralph Frick school nurse Beverly Grantier special education teacher Mrs Sherry Jenks guidance chairman Dorothy Miles Marilyn Palmer school psychologist Stephen Phelps school physician Keith Sale parent Martha Gorton and school Mary Lou It should be designed to meet the child By LOREE MARTIN Disciplinary principles are a function of the and the particular Stephen psychologist for the Wellsville Central discussed different discipline principles and methods of enforcing discipline with persons attending the second Workshop Participants agreed that spanking depends upon the age of the Spanking generally works for younger children it was where as restrictions such as not being allowed to see a friend or ride a bike seems to work better for older Discussing the reasons for action by children requiring disciplinary action by it was pointed out that many young children do not know as opposed to older children who want In considering the reasons for a childs bad Phelps you have to design the discipline to the EACH CHILD is different and requires different modes of One woman said she knows of a family with four one of whom has to be sat down and talked to rather than Phelps stressed that punishment and reinforcement should be immediate and to the You should draw the action right to the childs attention and follow THIS POINT was reiterated when one parent questioned disciplining herself to follow through with a punishment on Friday that she set down on Phelps said long term punishment of this type is leaving the parent wide open for the entire week to be broken down by the child performing good acts to make up for the bad ones on Reinforcement or punishment should be as immediate as he Explaining four methods of which were illustrated in a film viewed by those attending the Phelps said the parent can use positive reinforcement or negative reinforcement to increase a behavior or the parent may choose to ignore or punish a child to decrease his It is a big mistake to assume that something is a Phelps This was demonstrated in the film when a little girl told her girlfriend that her Mom wants her to because she gives her a lollipop every time she thus the child continues the action and gets what she believes to be a reward for that DONT MAKE threats you cant follow through Phelps If you make a rule or threaten a specific keep to the rule and carry through with the Summarizing the points to Phelps gave eight high points on a explaining that rules should be simple and specific and should be decided upon by the child and parent The second point said is a mistake to be too easy or too strict and that punishment should set up firm appropriate limits for a child rather than setting down a harsh The areas to remember included a statement on reinforcers being defined by their effect on the particular child and that the parent should not assume that what he believes to be really is going to be rewarding to the The next point involved verbal praise of a childs saying the behavior should be praised as well as the Phelps suggested ignoring the TEACHER MacDonald of Alfred State Agricultural and Technical presents the VoAg Teacher of the Year award to Melvin Dye of Cuba Central The given by the colleges School of goes to a vocational agriculture teacher who both demonstrates an interest in our agricultural program and displays leadership in the field of said Professor Flash floods hit northern section of Allegany County inappropriate behavior and waiting for positive at which time it can be praised and the bad behavior reinforced as If the negative behavior cant be the parent and child should be calm at the time of PHELPS also stressed that it is essential for a parent to be consistent in his discipline and that effective discipline is based on a warm interactive communication between the parent and The next Workshop is scheduled from 7 to The workshops have been held at the Counseling but may be changed because of space The topic will be Learning Through with Stephanie Hamlin and Peggy Cherre discussing toys and games good for home stimulation and child Ceremony set SENECA UPI Officials of the Womens Hall of Fame in this central New York village known as the home of the womens rights movement are planning a ceremony to mark the lighting of a torch which will be carried miles to the national womens conference in Houston A hall spokesman said Monday there will be a candlelight march down Fall Street 28 and that later the torch will be lit in a ceremony at the Mary Anne is slated to address the The following a runner will begin the carry at Fall and where Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott held the first womens rights meeting on July 19 and swollen by heavy rains caused serious flash flooding overnight in several places in the northern part of Allegany The worst hit areas appeared to be the hamlet of Houghton and other areas of the Town of parts of Allen and isolated sections of Grove and Although the heaviest rain fell in the northern minor flooding of roads was also reported in Willing and The Genesee River was not the cause of the serious Civil Defense Director Robert Coulter since the southern part of the county was generally spared the heaviest But creeks and drainage ditches in the north were not able to contain the heavy rainfall which was reported at more than an inch in less than an hour in some areas last By Wellsville received about a half inch in the same hour It was difficult to measure overall Coulter since the storm seemed to dump large amounts of water in isolated The hamlet of Houghton appeared to be the hardest suffering its second serious flooding of the Supervisor Alfred Tucker said standing water on Main Street was as deep as during the flood of Water was just pouring into basements and people were running planks from the front doors to the Tucker This was different from the July 12 when we got one huge plug of water coming down the This the rain was dumped directly on the hamlet and the sluices and creeks couldnt hold Sections of 19 in Houghton were still flooded this morning but were The town sewage treatment plant was Tucker said there is extensive damage to homes in the as well as to roads and drainage In the outlying areas of the Town of more than six roads were under water or had suffered partial he In the Town of a number of roads were partially washed out and at least two bridges over creeks had been undermined so badly by high water that town officials had closed them to traffic this Water inundated 19 just north of Transit Bridge last In the Town of 24 near Swain Ski Resort was under water and closed to traffic this On Corner Road near Rushford several sections were under In there were no reports of roads but two large farm planted with corn and had been inundated near Damage to town roads in Caneadea may amount to as much as a Supervisor Tucke said after a morning tour of the trouble A park in Houghton which had just been reseeded after flood damage July 12 is once again under water this Four pumps at the sewage treatment plant could not handle the rushing water Tucker He said the damage may be greater than that of July when the Houghton area was declared a disaster The Geneseo River in Wellsville appeared to crest at just over eight feet this Only a week when Wellsville received heavy the river had risen to more than 11 Grant funds redistributed Apparently conflicting claims on federal money by Wellsville and the Village of Andover never involved a real a spokesman for the Economic Development Administration EDA has told the Daily EDA announced on Friday that the Village of Andover had been awarded a Public Works Act grant for a water line But the allocation had already been endorsed to the Village of Wellsville by the Town of Andover in With a single allocation originally announced for Mondays announcement that Wellsville was awarded a grant which included the Andover allocation appeared to sel up a But a spokesman for EDAs public affairs office in Washington said that several weeks when both Andover villages application and Andover towns endorsement to Wellsville were EDA officials redistributed some to award both The spokesman said the money was taken from a pool of unclaimed allocations in this years round of Public Works Act For the first municipalities were given planning amounts of money they were in effect guaranteed if they could complete a proper application by given Plan bureau on way out Planning and Historical Committee of the Allegany County Board of Legislators voted unanimously with one absent Monday night to recommend abolishment of the county Planning Richard declined to discuss the reasons until the committee outlines them for the whole board next He that the reasons were Because there are peoples jobs at the discussion with the board will probably be in executive Shelley The committee will also suggest how some vital functions of the planning such as administration of the which has to do with environmental Shelley is an advocate of county to help small communities secure federal and state An administrative assistant to the chairman of the board has been suggested by at least one Shelley said he would prefer the two areas of responsibility not Voting Monday night were John William Garvey and Robert Absent was Lee The committees recommendation comes on the heels of the resignation of the planning departments Open House open house at the new Allegany County office of the federal Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service take place The new billed as a one stop agricultural service is located on the Angelica south and across the road from Fireman gets electrical shock while fighting blaze Weather Flash flood watch continues today with storms expected to taper off this A chance of rain and drizzle tonight and Low tonight in the upper 50s and high Wednesday in the mid Chance of rain 40 per cent tonight and 30 per cent HIGH 84 LOW 56 The high occurred at 4 and the low at There was inches of rain at this morning and the barometer at that time was and rising Temperatures were 72 3 82 6 78 9 68 62 3 60 6 60 9 60 and A Belfast fireman was under observation for four hours today at Cuba Memorial Hospital after receiving an electrical shock at a house fire in Lee Gridley of 86 Main Belfast was said not to be seriously hurt after the early morning He was among the Belfast volunteers who brought a pumper and a tanker to assist firefighters at a in the kitchen of a two story dwelling on Crawford Creek Fleeger new Chamber VP Ann Fleeger is the new vice president of the Wellsville Chamber of in action taken Monday by the board of Fleeger replaces Dana who has moved to Lacka Pickups directors position will be fiUM by Turbodyne employee Frank The term expires Lewis Fons which will expire the same will be filled by Paul Fons is moving to One source said he climbed off the roof onto a ladder that had become A somewhat conflicting report was had from Chief Harold who said the electricity ran up a stream of water directed by I touched him and it pretty near knocked me off the He got quite a the chief Gridley could not be reached for Murphy said the kitchen of the summer owned by a Dansville was enveloped in flames when he The fight to put the fire out necessitated chopping holes in the he Only the kitchen floor was Damage to the rest of the house was and the owner was said to be making immediate arrangements for The blaze was linked to old wiring in the The alarm was turned in by Rochester Gas and Electric workers who were next door restringing power lines downed by it was estimated 40 firemen were at the Caneadea contributed a Angelica firemen stood by with a pumper at the Belfast fire and Belfast stood by at with a
