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ji- fr fpr i I Sljc cfottrnal-JfcUr ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1973 IB Doing a wheelie! ACTION Floral piece due to arrive LOCAL 0 i If ffl 6 Wyyt itfHBMsWMii! Lgjj l't3yr lf i il via ,1,1 lVtltt up Zeke Allen, Spring Valley, goes up and away! 'Staff photos, Al Witt Clarkstown given Hillburn justice I sent a check to a company in Ohio for. some decorative candles which were to be used in a floral centerpiece. I know that my order was received because my cancelled check was returned to me, but I have never heard anything else from this company or received my order. I wrote a letter to the same address I mailed my order to but I didn't get any reply. D.Y.

Pearl River Action contacted The Waxworks. Your order has now been shipped and should reach you in two or three weeks. Let us know if there are any further problems with this order. Photos reprinted Before leaving our previous home in southern New Jersey we had several photographs taken of our children by a local photographer. It took much longer than was expected for the photos to be done, so we paid the bill and gave our photographer our new address.

It was agreed that he would send the finished prints to us. To this date we have never received these photographs. We contacted the photographer and he said that the pictures were sent to us, and that he would try to have them traced. That was the last time we heard from him. We would like to know what is going on.

G.C. New City We got in touch with Dick Brentnall and he informed us that he had already contacted you. The photos were recovered but in damaged condition so they were reprinted and another set was sent to you. They are on the Because of an inadequacy in the law, a town is prohibited from appointing someone to fill in for a judge who is unable to sit. though villages have this power.

However, under provisions of a state law passed in May that applies only to this judicial district, village and town justices can be assigned to courts other than their own by the administrative judge of the district with the consent of the municipalities involved. Rabin invoked this provision in appointing Miss Davidson, after Hillburn and Clarkstown approved the choice last week. This law does not provide for paying the visiting judge, so Miss Davidson will be sitting without pay. Nevertheless, legal authorities have observed that the town board can vote to remunerate anyone who provides a service for the town. shoplifting charges should be dropped.

This proceeding would have been improper under provisions of the Bar Association ethics code, legal authorities say. Though the charges against Windheim were dismissed after he resigned, the Appellate Division is still considering the criticism of Maidman. The spokesman for Rabin said he did not know when a decision would be reached and declined to comment further. THE TREMENDOUS backlog of cases awaiting trial developed because the other Clarkstown judge, Edward J. Flynn, has had time only to take care of the immediate business of the court, such as arraignments, preliminary hearings and sentencings of those who plead guilty.

There have been no trials in Clarkstown since last April. extended if the Maidman case is not cleared up by then. During this period she will continue to sit in Hillburn. ON FEB. 1, 1972 just a month after taking office Maidman stepped down from the bench, as all judges must when their conduct is under judicial investigation.

At that time a grand jury handed up a sealed "critical presentment that is believed to have recommended disciplinary action against him. This criticism would have stemmed from a case involving Maidman's law partner, Aaron Win-dheim, who was then Nyack village justice. Maidman allegedly held a "proceeding" when his partner was charged with shoplifting at Korvettes in Nanuet. The proceeding is said to have brought agreement between lawyers for the store and for Windheim that the By NEILL S. ROSENFELD Staff Writer Hillburn Village Justice Jean Davidson was appointed Thursday to clear up the backlog of court cases in Clarkstown.

The backlog resulted when Clarkstown Town Judge Robert Maidman stopped presiding 14 months ago, reportedly after being criticized by a grand jury for judicial misconduct. Miss Davidson's appointment was made by Samuel Rabin, presiding judge of the Appellate Division, Second Department, which oversees judicial matters in Rockland. A spokesman for Rabin said that Miss Davidson will sit in Clarkstown from April 23 through June 29, and that her term may be Social Services to eye Medicaid A gift did it I am having a little difficulty with my subscription to National Geographic magazine. I have been receiving duplicate copies for the past three months and I am afraid that this will affect the length of my subscription. L.L.

Nanuet Don't worry about the duplicates and enjoy them while you can. Rather than renew your subscription you were the recipient of a gift subscription from a relative on your last birthday. What this means is that you have two separate subscriptions. Your subscription runs out in another month, so don't renew it and you will then only have the one gift subscription, which is scheduled to run for another two years. Try giving the extra copies to a friend.

Money for a dolly I sent for a set of oriental dolU for my granddaughter and paid in advance for taking a closer look at the possibility of private medical coverage. "There's money there." said Overcash. He said there are probably people in Rockland on Medicaid now who are or could be covered by private insurance. He said that the limited stafff of the local department made it difficult to investigate each case thoroughly. OVERCASH explained that the local department then finds where the separated parent is employed and how much medical coverage is available.

Most Family Court settlements for separation require a departing father to continue group coverage of his children, he said. As new cases come in and old cases come up for review, the county department will be Overcash wants Valley 0 5 ii mi mm 1 JM By BEN CHEEVER Staff Writer The county Department of Social Services has been told to correct its share of a statewide defect in the administration of Medicaid, which may be losing $50 million or $130 million yearly. Medicaid is paying for families who are, or could be, covered by private health insurance, according to a recent mandate from the state Department of Social Services. "Up to 90 per cent of divorced and separated working parents contributing support to welfare families have group health insurance coverage availablee through their employers." according to state Society Services Commissioner Abe Lavine. "IN MOST cases local welfare districts are not pressing to determine whether such private health insurance coverage is available before certifying families of absent parents for Medicaid," according to Lavine.

Rockland County is not a major offender in this area, according to county Commission of Social Services Hayes E. Overcash. The criticism is aimed mainly at New York City, he said. Rockland is a small county and the social services department is familiar with local employers and their medical plans so that it is relatively easy to determine the extent of possible coverage available through a separated parent, according to Overcash. The present welfare application has a question on existing or possible medical coverage through an absent parent, but not all welfare mothers are aware of such coverage when it does exist, Overcash said.

office move wfe-ii Jilt OVERCASH said almost the entire property would be needed to fit the social services offices. The social services department is also hindered by lease commitments in New City that can't be broken, he said. "Otherwise I'd give my right arm to move to Spring Valley." Overcash said. He called the location "ideal" for the central social services office. "There's ample parking, and what public transporation there is in the county leads to Spring Valley." he said.

The average rent at the department's current offices in New City is $5.50 a square fcxtt, according to Robert Davenport, deputv director of the (I'lt ase turn to 3B) Services Commissioner Hayes E. Overcash said Thursday he "would be delighted" to move his New City offices to the St. Joseph's Church property in Spring Valley but that there isn't room at the Spring Valley facility. The property, which the county legislature may agree to lease or purchase in May, includes a school, a church and a rectory. The county Mental Health Center plans to use the rec tory for a hostel, and Rockland Community College is considering use of the school.

The county health department is also interested in the property and thus the Department of Social Services would only have use of the basement, Overcash said. Staff photo Art Sarno From outer space? the order by check. Soon afterward I was notified that the dolls were no longer in stock. I was given a credit for $11.95 by the company and they sent me a catalog to choose a different item. I don't want to choose another item, and would like a' cash refund rather than a credit.

After several letters it has become apparent that I am unable to convince the company of this without some help from you. Please see if you can get the refund of my $11.95. S.W. Bardonia Action contacted Broad Avenue Imports of San Francisco and arranged for a cash refund to be made to you. You have the check now and the problem is solved.

A green thumb reply I am interested in planting some shrubbery around our new home, but I have been an apartment-dweller since birth ami Wt have the slightest idea of what to buy or when to plant. I know that Action probably doesn't have an agricultural expert on the staff but perhaps you could tell me where to find information on planting and gardening. C.R. Spring Valley There are several possible sources we can think of offhand. Try the public library, talk to your neighbors and see what they have planted in the same area, and contact a local nurser- yman.

ACTION ii public service column which trie to solve problem! and answer question! offer reader effort! have failed Send question! and copiei of supporting documents to, ACTION, The Journal-News, Hudson Nyack, Y. 10960. ACTION cannot accept phone colls and personal interview! and it cannot return No letter! will be omwered encept through the column. Send your name, oddres! and phone number. ago when it was first proposed.

Some residents still object to the tower, which can be seen from Nanuet and Pearl River. 95 foot water tower nears completion in Valley Cottage. Soon to service Ylountainview Condominiums, it was the subject of controversy 2'4 years New assessments block Upper Nyock tax rise The village board received a petition from ten residents of Hudson View Road asking that tthe village pick up leaves in that street because they are an obstruction. Douglas VanWeelden, superintendent of public works, noted that the leaves had been raked into the street and that Upper Nyack has a regulation that leaves must be bagged to be picked up. The petitioners will be invited to meet with the board to discuss the problem.

ions and cross-motions by the village and by Jerome Tra-chtenberg. attorney for the owner of the Luau. had cleared the way for a trial on the main issue of whether the building should be torn down. Marbach denied without prejudice the village's motion that judgment be granted upon the basis of a supplemental petition on the condition of.the Luau since the village's original petition for a judgment. HE SUGGESTED that the matter be referred to the Supreme Court upon the basis of the original application.

Marbach also held that Tra-chtenberg's request for an examination before trial of the village's experts, who had made the report on the condition of the Luau, would only delay the matter further without reason. He did not rule out Trachtenberg's request for a jury trial but found that the question of the right to a jury trial was premature. lition. The Luau. a former night club and restaurant on Route 9W, was badly damaged by fire ten years ago.

'The case has been in the courts for many years and went all the way to the Court of Appeals on a technicality over procedure. The matter is now back before the Supreme Court. Perry told the board that a decision by Justice John Mar-bach on a supplemental petition by the village and on mot meeting of the village board that a gain of $634,392 In village assessments had worked to keep the tax rate the same. The assessments now total $18,346,482. Upper Nyack assesses all property at 100 per cent of true valuation.

IN OTHER matters. Village Attorney William Perry Jr. was authorized to take necessary procedures to continue to seek to have the State Supreme Court declare the Luau a nuisance and order its demo By VIRGINIA PARKHL'RST Staff Writer Upper Nyack's tax rate will remain 60 cents per $100 of assessed valuation under the 1973-1974 budget approved by the village board. The $175,101.67 budget, except for salary raises for village employes, remains essentially the same as that for the fiscal year ending May 30. Trustee James Quigley pointed out at Thursday's.