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Towns Villages NEWS TIPS: Call Assistant Metro Editors Chris Buckle and Marketta Gregory for regional or suburban tips at: 258-2252 Outside Monroe County at: (800) 767-7539 DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2000 3B O) eDea mm bks tended west and southwest of the former plant, does not threaten area residential basements or nearby Black Creek, said Keenaa And businesses and homes in the area use public water. The work will wrap up by about Aug. 21, and the extraction system will be fully operational a few days later. After the first three months, ground-water and soil samples will be collected and analyzed four times a year. According to a Bausch Lomb computer analysis, ground-water monitoring and treatment will likely last about 12 years.

DEC engineer Keenan is not so sure. "I personally don't like putting a number on that," he said. "Until you put a system in, you're really not going to know." treatment plant. "The water is going back (to the treatment plant) cleaner and safer," said state Department of Health spokesman Joseph Rohm. And volatile compounds released into the air meet or exceed safety standards for industrial emissions, he said.

"The discharges are going to be very low for this system," agreed DEC project manager Dylan Keenan, an Albany-based engineer. The ground-water extraction wells, depending on weather, remove about 10 gallons of water per minute. Two of the wells, set up outside company property, will provide an early warning system, in case the plume continues to move southward. The plume of tainted ground water, which has ex- Earlier, sediments laced with solvents and heavy metals were removed from an un-lined, open ditch that ran from the plant to Black Creek. The ground-water extraction phase of the cleanup started this month will cost Bausch Lomb about $350,000, said spokeswoman Barbara Kelley.

The cleanup is required by a consent order from the state Department of Environmental Conservation that was signed a year ago. A final design for the cleanup was finished about three weeks ago. Though state authorities consider the site a potential high risk to human health and the environment, no health threats are imminent. To extract and treat contaminated ground water, a series WIND AND WATER Clamorous NEIGHBORHOOD NOTEBOOK Parma Fly-in to benefit emergency teams The airfield at the Bud Hendershot farm, 1360 West just west of the village of Hilton, will be the site of a fly-in, drive-in and walk-in benefit breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

tomorrow. Proceeds from the event will support the Hilton Volunteer Ambulance and Mercy Flight. The Hilton Rotary Club and the Rochester Chapter 44 of the Experimental Aircraft Association are the breakfast sponsors. A Mercy Flight helicopter, antique cars, and old and new airplanes will be on display. Music will be provided by disc jockey Rob Linton.

The cost of the breakfast is $5 per persoa Macedon Fire Dept. holds centennial gala Macedon Fire Department is holding its Centennial Celebration today. The event, with live music, 3-on-3 basketball tournament, pig roast, parade and children's activities, begins at 9 a.m. at Macedon Fire Hall, 1 Canal Park in Wayne County. A parade will begin at 6 p.m.

Admission is free. For details, call (315) 986-4700. Byron Heritage Festival features bed race A bed race will be featured at the Byron Heritage Festival today. Other activities at the festival, which begins at 9 a.m., will include music, dancing, pony rides, a townwide garage sale and a parade. A pig roast will begin at 5 p.m.

Admission is free to the event at Town Park, Main Street (Route 262) in Genesee County. For details, call 548-7732. Mount Morris Italian Fest offers carriage rides, arts Visitors can go back in time today with carriage rides and a tour of Mills Mansion. The events are part of the Mount Morris Italian Fest, which also will feature arts, crafts, music, food and children's activities from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

on Main and State streets. Admission is free. For details, call 658-3132. neighbors may hear from town Webster considers a tougher noise law in response to complaints about minibikes. Frame Center site Cleanup work is under way at a former Bausch Lomb eyeglasses frame factory on Paul Road.

The project wraps up in a month. 12 mile I 1 GATES West Side Dr. CHILI PaulRd. DiiiIDivu4 Elementary t' Bausch Lomb Frame Center SOURCE: New irk state Department of Environmental Conservation i LARRY VOIGTSHERGER staff artist L0U( SOWUlS Webster is considering tightening its noise law. It Is already illegal in Webster to subject neighboring yards to 60 decibels during the day or 50 decibels at night for at least 15 minutes each hour.

The town is now considering eliminating the 15: minute requirement. How loud is a decibel? A primer. Decibel level Type of sound Car horn 120 11A I X1U I i I Lawn mn -I mower 90 f- Baby's cry 80 I i Noisy restaurant yii 11 ft 70 1 I- Vacuum cleaner 60 50 40 Clothes dryer Refrigerator SOURCE: Better Hearing Institute IAN AUCH staff artist Still, it's clear the town's noise ordinance doesn't work as it should, she said. "You come home from work, and you expect to have peace and quiet," Cavuoto said. But Richard Zimmer of Phillips Road is not happy.

Zimmer, formerly of East Rochester, said he bought a home on 10 acres on Phillips Road in part so his 9-year-old son could run his minibike there. He said the bike is less noisy than lawn mowers, which are specifically exempted by the town's noise ordinance. Besides, he said: It's his land. "This is still America, isn't it?" Zimmer said. Nevertheless, several of Zimmer's neighbors have written Town Hall to complain about noise on his property.

Another neighbor, Tom Blind, said he can see both sides of the issue. Noise isn't such an issue for him. He lives a little farther away from Zimmer's house, but, "I feel for the people who live right there," he said. On the other hand, "if I had eight acres of land, I would buy a Go Kart, too," he said. MONROtV COUNTY j-n To learn more The Department of Environmental Conservation's Frame Center cleanup plan and other site-related documents are available at: Chili Public Library, 3333 Chili Avenue, Chili.

889-2200. DEC Region 8, 6274 E. Avon-Lima Road, Avon, Livingston County. 226-5324. of trenches and pipes are being installed.

Tainted water, drawn from seven wells 20 to 40 feet below the surface, will be mixed with air, allowing contaminants to be vented into the air. The remaining water, dumped into the sewer system, will be treated at a Monroe County wastewater MAKE THEIR DAY Lookout camp rests in Fairfield Cemetery in Spencerport. It's the grave of a Confederate soldier who survived the camp Sgt. Dewitt Clinton Guy of Company of the 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Darden, of Cortland, travels throughout the country giving talks and presentations.

He will preside at a graveside memorial service for Guy at 10 a.m. today. "Whenever we're out like this, I do these memorial programs for families," said Darden. "It will be our way of remembering and honoring him." Darden has been speaking to local groups since making presentations during the two-day Civil War re-enactment activities at Genesee Country Village Museum in Mum-ford last weekend. Jacqueline Dolby of Riga, the New York state appointment secretary for the PLPOW group, arranged for Darden's Rochester-area visit.

Maxine Hutton, 86, of BY STAFF WRITER CORYDON IRELAND CHILI This month, Bausch Lomb Inc. is taking the next step in a two-decade effort to clean up a former eyeglass frames manufacturing plant on Paul Road. The site is owned by Buckingham Properties. But the Rochester-based eyewear manufacturer is still responsible for the cleanup. From 1961 to 1980, soil and ground water on the 40-acre site were contaminated with oil, grease, vinyl chloride, heavy metals and volatile organic chemicals used as solvents, including Freoa This spring, about 925 tons of tainted soil, scooped from three distinct hot spots on the site, were trucked away to landfills.

School chief takes new job Timbs is leaving Spencerporttolead state's 5th-largest BOCES district. BY STAFF WRITER DOLORES ORMAN SPENCERPORT Richard G. Timbs, Spencer-port school district superintendent, is leaving to head the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattarau-gus BOCES district. That Board of Cooperative Educational Services district has 27 member or component school districts and is the fifth-largest BOCES district in New York state. Timbs, 51, is to assume the superintendent's post Sept.

5. "When an opportunity comes up, I just felt obligated to look into it," Timbs said yesterday of his decision to leave Spencerport after two years. The Erie-2 BOCES board formally offered him the position Thursday night. "I'm sorry to see him go, but I understand," Lawrence Fenity, Spencerport school board president, said yesterday. "He brought a lot of energy to the district," said Fenity.

"He did a lot in terms of helping both our long-term and short-term financial stability. He was very instrumental in helping us take a long-term view of where the school district should be going in an education and management situation." Timbs organized and led a Pre-K-12 Task Force that laid the groundwork for a capital improvement plan. Voters approved the $46.7 million expansion and renovation plan in March. Student academic and test performance has improved during his administration. "It's amazing what he's accomplished with his outstanding leadership the past two years," Fred Seiler, assistant superintendent for business, said yesterday.

Timbs said he's proud that he's leaving the district on a great foundation. "My plan since I got there has been to put us on a sound footing financially and educationally," he said. "I'm very appreciative and thankful to have such a terrific staff. Timbs became superintendent in July 1998 after heading the Oriskany Central School District in Oneida County for about eight years. The Spencerport school board will meet in executive session Tuesday to begin discussing the search for Timbs' successor, Fenity said.

More than half of Monroe County school districts have changed leaders within the last four years. 11- 1 r' 1 fir iiu 1 1 7 TL- it iTftfTini.ijimg.irfMii -n imi Imam nii.n.i ,1, '1 ri 1. --in mHi I ANDREA MELENDEZ staff photographer Dave Balthaser of Rochester, left, and Lynn Davis of Irondequoit enjoy windsurfing on Lake Ontario yesterday. They said they look forward to bigger waves in the fall. Rite today honors survivor of Civil War prison camp BY STAFF WRITER JOHN KOHLSTRAND WEBSTER For many Webster residents, back yards are a refuge for peace and quiet.

But at least two homeowners are using them to run Go Karts and minibikes. Neighbors are fuming and the Town Board is considering clamping down on backyard motor sports by tightening the town's noise ordinance. A public hearing on the issue is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Aug. 3 at Town Hall, 1000 Ridge Road.

Also of concern are loud car stereos, but backyard motor sports are clearly at the heart of the issue. "We've got to do something," said Ron Nesbitt, a Town Board member. Motorbikes are already louder than the limits laid out in the town's existing noise ordinance but only at times, and that's why tickets are not getting issued. According to the town ordinance, noise must exceed limits for 15 minutes out of one hour as measured from a neighboring property. That doesn't often happen, Police Chief Scott Parsons said.

"Let's say a motorcyclist is riding for eight hours straight," Parsons said. "When he's near the property line, he might be in violation for the 15, 20 seconds it takes him to turn the other way." "But now he's not in violation," Parsons said. The Town Board is considering eliminating the 15-minute requirement for noises and making it illegal for car stereos to be heard from 50 or more feet away. Police say they aren't champing at the bit to write tickets, but they want the ability to do so if they can't settle a neighborhood dispute. Denise Cavuoto, a Brookeville Drive resident, likes the ideas.

A neighbor of Cavuoto's on Gravel Road used to run motorbikes in the back yard frequently. An agreement worked out with the help of the police has cut down on the noise, she said. Brockport 190 groups playing in soccer tourney The Brockport Soccer Festival continues through Sunday at State University College at Brockport, Brockport High School and the town of Clarkson sports fields. The festival features more than 190 teams from the eastern United States and Canada and more than 300 games. Participants are boys and girls ages 8 to 19.

In addition to the soccer games, soccer pavilions will allow kids to test their soccer skills and two kick-back nets will be raffled off. Parking is free. Penfield Town Board OKs rezoning request The Penfield Town Board has recently rezoned 20 acres near Baytowne Plaza, eliminating one hurdle faced by a developer who would like to build a 295-unit senior citizen complex there. The land, located behind the Ukranian Home off Brandt Point, had been zoned for homes on lots. The DiMarco Land which now owns the land, had once considered building homes there.

The St. Ann's Community of Irondequoit would like to build 295 units for independent living and assisted living along with patio homes for senior citizens suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Churchville, a great grand-niece of Guy by marriage, will attend the memorial service. For more than 30 years, Hutton has been placing flowers and a Confederate flag on Guy's grave each Memorial Day. "I've always been intrigued about him," Hutton explained.

According to Hutton, Guy was born in New York after his parents moved to Genesee County from Virginia. His father died working on the Erie Canal near Lockport. The family returned to Virginia, where Guy, then 19, enlisted in the infantry in April 1861, 11 days after the Civil War erupted. He was wounded three times before he was captured and imprisoned at Point Lookout. After his release in June 1865, he returned to New York and married Martha Flagg.

They moved to Lynchburg, Va. She returned to New York after he died at 47. After her death, her family had Guy's body brought to Spencerport. BY STAFF WRITER DOLORES ORMAN SPENCERPORT You've heard about Andersonville, the infamous Confederate prison in Georgia where Union soldiers suffered and died during the Civil War. But what about Point Lookout the Union prison in Maryland where Confederate soldiers were kept? "You never hear about the incarcerations and (things) that happened in Confederate camps," said Russell Darden, program and education chairman of the national Point Lookout Prisoners of War Descendants Organization.

There were 52,000 Confederate soldiers incarcerated at Point Lookout during the 15 months it operated from the fall of 1863 to June 1865, said Dardea About 14,000 lost their lives. "The greatest killer was dysentery," Darden said. "A lot of them starved to death." A local link to the Point.