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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1976
Page
3
The Record presents COINWORD puzzle 1118 with a 5 PM Tuesday November 9 deadline. Readers solve word pair clues like SHAFT SHIFT and SPAR SPAR, with entries from SAT RECORD NEWSPAPER BOX Troy NY and various mis-spaced phrases.
The Times Record announces a weekly COINWORD contest with a 25 dollar prize. Entry is open to all except employees of The Times Record or their relatives. Submit completed puzzles with name and address by 5 p.m. Tuesday after publication. Multiple entries allowed, mailed or hand delivered, but mail delays not the paper's fault. Only one correct solution wins. ties split the prize. Entries become the paper's property and may be reviewed in lobby copies or libraries.
Police logged several vandalism incidents after Halloween weekend. The Kingdom Hall windows were broken by eggs. a Tamarac Lane car and a Neptune Street home were damaged. A rock shattered a car window on Sunday near Columbia Turnpike to Sherwood Avenue. A passing car sprayed paint on another parked vehicle on Orchard Street.
A two car crash on Route 4 near Route 403 left Donna B. Strauss 20 of Willow Ridge Apartments Rensselaer hospitalized after the collision with Gary R. Milford 27 of Schenectady who was charged with failure to yield right of way by Rensselaer County deputies.
Rensselaer School Board discussed a new security system from Sonitrol at a $2200 estimated cost. Vandalism costs were $717 at the high school and $1035 at Van Rensselaer School between June and October. Suggestions included police curfews and coordinated anti vandalism strategies. A request to use the football field by a semi pro team was tabled pending attorney guidance. Cheerleading uniforms were funded from athletic budget reallocations.
The board adopted a job description for a nighttime working foreman and requires four years in buildings and grounds. It decided to reimburse J Victor Maurel for the sick leave gap, a contractual consideration for long serving teachers. It authorized excess aid worksheets, recommended Rensee Whitman for a regional reading committee, appointed Diane Reilly to fill a leave, granted maternity leave to Nancy Andress, and informed of a parent program on teen environments led by Dr Paul Centi at Siena College.
After four years of cooperation Greenbush FISH and Castleton FISH will operate separately from Jan 1. Greenbush requires about 30 volunteers and serves mainly Rensselaer city calls, while Castleton faces a lighter load. Both areas will maintain a shared food pantry at Clinton Heights Congregational Church.
Schodack Town Board approved a 1977 budget of 542 228 90 to be raised by taxes and 965 792 15 in spending with 333 288 25 from revenues and 90 275 from an unexpended balance. A sewer system question prompted discussion on development and an engineer's office budget around 30 000 for a possible plan. The town may hold a referendum on sewer. The budget projects tax rise from 49 77 to 57 90 and includes up to 9 000 for a possible new officer pending decision.
Mechanicville patrolman John Gonnelly, 35, shot by a sniper Saturday night on Main Street, has poor vision in the right eye. A brain scan was planned to assess for bullet fragments or brain injury while eight other wounded are treated, with several in satisfactory condition.
Autopsy shows 17 year old Cynthia Krizack was strangled with no evidence of sexual assault. She disappeared October 7 while walking to Williams College library and was found 25 miles from home in a remote gorge. Police suspect a fall or being thrown from a 30 foot cliff as a possible cause of death.
East Greenbush police charged 22 year old Robert William Coon of 107 Columbia Turnpike with disorderly conduct for stopping traffic near the MacDonalds on Columbia Turnpike Sunday night around 10 40 p.m. Officer Richard Kemner made the arrest.
EAST GREENBUSH The Greenbush Garden Club will meet at 8 p m Tuesday at the Golf Middle School. The program is Houseplant Auction and Doing for Others. The auction supports senior citizens and will be conducted by At Soria. Public welcome.
Local artist Lou Pesky will present a seascape oil painting demonstration at Fort Claife Art Association meeting. The event is Tuesday Nov 9 at 7 30 p m at First Presbyterian Church 34 Broadway. Refreshments will be served after.
Firefighters from Clinton Heights East Greenbush Defreestville and Rensselaer battled a two and a half hour blaze at 6 Partition St Clinton Heights. The fire reported after 9 30 p m and held until midnight officials call origin suspicious and say East Greenbush police will investigate. The vacant two story home is owned by St Johns Church in Rensselaer.
Homemade pie orders are being taken for a Green Sabres Drum Corps fundraiser through Saturday for Thanksgiving. Apple mincemeat and pumpkin are available and can be ordered from Shirley Rose or Kay Male.
Philip J. Brendese of Waterford, a funeral director and Youth Council president, volunteers for the United Way drive to fund youth programs. He believes giving is essential and notes the council receives funding through United Way. He and his wife Geraldine Bartlett Brendese have a son, Philip J. Brendese III.
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