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FOR THE RECORD The Ithaca Journal Monday, March 24, 1997 Ithaca man stabbed in downtown fight From Joumal Staff Reports ITHACA City police are investigating an early Saturday morning stabbing that left a 24-year-old man in the hospital. Eric Sellers, of Fifth Street, was in stable condition at Cayuga Medical Center Sunday evening with a puncture wound and a punctured lung, police said. Sellers was stabbed in the left side of the abdomen with an unidentified ner of West State and Corn streets. The stabbing followed an apparent, fight that broke out, but the police had no details about the cause of the scuffle. About 10 to 15 people were at the scene when police arrived.

Sellers laid down on Corn Street, yelling that he had been stabbed, police said. Police are looking for two unidentified black males in their early 20s. Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call the police at weapon at about 1:30 a.m. at the cor- 272-9973. TOMPKINS COUNTY EMERGENCY CALLS Items listed by response time, loca- 4:37 p.m.

Emergency medtion and responding ambulance units. ical, Park Bangs Ambulance. Friday, March 21 6:38 p.m. Emergency med1 6:20 Aurora p.m. Emergency med- ical, Dryden Varna and Dryden ical, N.

Ithaca and Bangs Ambulance. Ambulance. 8:49 p.m. Emergency p.m. Emergency med- ical, Route 96B; Bangs Ambulance.

ical, Blovsky Hill Rd; Newfield and 19:11 p.m. Emergency medBangs Ambulance. ical, East Shore Lansing. 7:27 p.m. Service call, Alfalfa 9:39 p.m.

Fire alarm, Pine Newfield. Tree Ithaca. 7:52 p.m. Emergency med- 9:58 p.m. Emergency medical, N.

Triphammer Lansing and ical. Landmark Square; Bangs Bangs Ambulance. Ambulance. Saturday, March 22 10:03 p.m. Fire alarm, Main 1:15 a.m.

Fire alarm, Main Campus Ithaca College; Ithaca. Campus Ithaca College; Ithaca. Sunday, March 23 1:30 a.m. Emergency med- 1:57 a.m. Emergency medical, State and Corn streets; Bangs ical, E.

Clinton Bangs Ambulance. Ambulance and Ithaca. 2:06 a.m. Emergency 4:26 a.m. Emergency med- ical, Main Campus Ithaca ical, S.

Meadow Bangs College; Bangs Ambulance. Ambulance. 2:11 a.m. Emergency med. 8:16 a.m.

Smoke odor, ical, Rabbit Run Trumansburg. Strawberry Hill Ithaca. 6:41 a.m. Fire alarm, S. 9:15 a.m.

Fire alarm; Geneva Ithaca. Freeville Freeville. 7:01 a.m. Fire alarm, W. 9:37 a.m.

Hazardous condi- Graham Lansing. tion, Halseyville Trumansburg. 19:38 a.m. Fire alarm, E. 11:04 a.m.

Emergency med- Buffalo Ithaca. ical, Main Groton. 10:49 a.m. Emergency 11:27 a.m. Emergency med- ical, Benjamin Hill Newfield and ical, Evergreen; Trumansburg.

Bangs Ambulance. 12:04 p.m. Emergency med- 11:19 a.m. Emergency medical, N. Triphammer Lansing, ical, N.

Tioga Bangs Ambulance. Bangs Ambulance and Guthrie Air 12:45 p.m. Emergency medMedical. ical, East Shore Lansing. 1:07 p.m.

Fire alarm, Lisa 3:16 p.m. Emergency Cayuga Heights. ical, Main Newfield and Bangs 3:48 p.m. Emergency med- Ambulance. ical, W.

Creek Speedsville. 4:37 p.m. Emergency p.m. Emergency med- ical, Cook Freeville and Dryden ical, Clark Dryden Ambulance. Ambulance.

Man convicted of arson; acquitted of murder The Associated Press JOHNSTOWN A man will be sentenced May 16 for trying to burn down his house after wounding another man and pointing a gun at his estranged wife. A Fulton County Court jury on Friday convicted William J. Smith, 30, of third-degree arson, a felony with a maximum penalty of 5 to 15 years in prison. The jury, after deliberating over three days, acquitted Smith of eight other charges, including the attempted murder of his wife, and deadlocked on four charges in connection with the shooting of a family friend. Smith was accused of taking his rifle to his mother-in-law's house on Jan.

17, 1996, to confront his wife Tracy, who had taken the couple's two children there due to marital problems. Smith shot the mother-in-law's friend, Richard Ferrante, 55, of Gloversville, once in the back and then threatened to shoot his wife, but Bar- the gun jammed, investigators said. Smith admitted during the twoweek trial that he returned to the couple's Gloversville house, sprinkled gasoline on the first floor and lit it. Firefighters saved the property, but a local bank has begun foreclosure proceedings. Smith claimed he went to his mother-in-law's house to commit suicide in his wife's presence.

He testified that Ferrante jumped him, and the gun went off as they struggled on the stairs. Tracy Smith said she never saw or heard her husband pull the trigger when he stuck the barrel through the bedroom door. She said she pushed the barrel aside when it came through. Smith said he was trying to pass the gun to his wife to assure her that he meant her no harm. Special Prosecutor Ronald Schur Jr.

said he would consider a plea bargain on the four deadlocked charges, which include assault, reckless endangerment and criminal use of a firearm. (Continued from Page 1A) It's a good business and people are happy we have the place." proposed public decency law in nude February dancing that and would other prohibit forms of partial or Five women charged sexually explicit entertainment within the State police charged five women town's borders in the future. Kuma's is with public lewdness, in connection the only place in town that offers such with "lap dancing" and-or nudity at adult entertainment. Kuma's nightclub: Oliver said he didn't know if the Michelle J. Marcus, 21, of 304 Friday arrests and proposed law Stewart Avenue.

soon to be submitted for public com- Hope L. Crapo, 31, of 702 ment had anything to do with each South Main Horseheads. other. Lynette Reyes, 20, of 310 "There are people who tell me 80 to Cascadilla St. 90 percent of the town don't care (for Satina P.

Warner, 19, of 3 Mill the law)," said Oliver. "I'm not here Binghamton. trying to cause trouble or anything. I'm Rachel E. Burd, 20, of 85-5 just basically trying to survive out here.

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183rd YEAR No. 71 OBITUARIES (Continued from Page 1A) recycling, by having a program cutback it sends the wrong message," Gale said. "We don't want to see recycling programs reduced. The whole object is to recycle and not make it more difficult for people." Tompkins County Rep. Thomas Todd (R-Lansing), chairman of the board's Public Works Committee, wasn't offended by Superior offering towns lower rates than the county.

"I'm very pleased the towns are going to pick up the function," Todd said. Convenience or cost? Town residents have different reasons why they want the rural recycling centers open. Some enjoy the convenience of dropping off materials when they want, especially when 6 rolls around on collection day and they forgot to sort the plastic from the glass. "During the work week I don't have time to separate everything," said Lansing resident Barry Lowenhar. Senior citizens who own houses setback far from the road sometimes would rather drive recyclables to the center, than transport them to the end of their driveways.

And some residents even claim curbside workers do not pick up all the recyclables they should. Both Gale and Tom Richardson, of the county's Solid Waste Management Division, said they haven't received complaints from disgruntled recyclers. Richardson said it's possible curbside workers are rightly not picking up unrecyclable material. Then when residents drop off the same products and leave, they assume the material is recyclable when it might not be. Groton, Caroline unsure The Caroline, Groton and Lansing locations are the last of eight town recycling centers that have been phased out since curbside pick-up began to spread countywide in 1995.

"We understand drop-off centers do provide convenience, but we felt duplication of services was something we didn't want to fund," Richardson said. The county had planned to shut the centers down in December, but postponed the move to allow municipalities to consider keeping the centers open themselves. While Lansing residents will still have two recycling options, the fate of Groton's recycling center is still undetermined. Town Supervisor Teresa Robinson said the town board does not know whether Groton could afford to run the center on its own and wouldn't comment on the likelihood that it will stay open. Caroline officials investigated what it would cost to open the center on a three-month trial basis, but it was too expensive, said Town Supervisor Robert Spaulding.

Board members even batted around the idea of privatizing the recycling center by charging a users fee, but the board failed to come up with a payment plan that would completely fund the center. "If people can put materials in a pick-up truck and bring it to Caroline, they can run it down to the solid waste center in Ithaca just as easily," Spaulding said. "In truth, they aren't stuck with one single option." Graffiti targets whites in Indian land dispute The Associated Press SALAMANCA Residents are concerned about anti-white graffiti and threats that have been surfacing on businesses, homes and cars along the Allegany Indian Reservation, officials said. The vandalism includes racial slurs directed at 16 white homeowners who refused to sign 40-year leases with the Seneca Nation of Indians five years ago, a dispute that ended in a February court decision favoring the tribe. "We certainly didn't condone what happened," Seneca president Michael Schindler said.

"I'm not a racist. (The vandalism) is not a good thing. I'm also aware that those who didn't sign (leases) have made racist remarks. They shouldn't be too surprised to get them back." Non-Indian homeowners argued that they should not have to pay $300 in yearly rent for their houses sitting on Indian-owned land. A federal judge agreed with the tribe in February that those refusing to sign the lease or pay the money could be legally evicted and would therefore forfeit their houses.

Several homes targeted were those of people who signed the leases. Damage also was done to a park statue and eight cars in the small city 50 miles outside of Buffalo. OBITUARY POLICY The obituaries printed here a are paid notices, phrased in accordance with the wishes of families and funeral directors. The Ithaca Journal lists deaths on this page. HOW TO CALL THE JOURNAL NEWS: 8 a.m.

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(a $25 savings) outside Racquet and Fitness Club Judd Falls Rd. 277-0200 Hurry! A new member offer ANNE L. MOORE Anne L. Moore, 101, of Lakeside Nursing Home died Thursday, March 20th, 1997 at the Cayuga Medical Center following a short illness. She was born in 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Frank and Annie Elliott McIntosh, and grew up in the Mattapan section of South Boston.

In 1920, she married Raymond Moore on his return from army service in the Great War. She maintained her home in Glen Rock, New Jersey, until 1990 when she moved to Ithacare to be near family, Raymond having died much earlier, in 1963. Thence she moved to Lakeside Nursing Home where she spent her last six months. From her youth she had been active in the Methodist Church, especially in music MILDRED K. HALLETT WILLSEYVILLE Mildred K.

Hallett, 77, of 1363 Ithaca Road, Willseyville, died Friday, March 21, 1997 at the Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca. She was born in Ludlowville, daughter of the late Paul and Mary Kenjerska. She was the widow of George Hallett who died in 1978. Mildred is survived by her brothers, John, James and Louis Kenjerska of Ithaca and Frank Kenjerska of Newfield. She is also survived by her sis- and charitable activities, both within and beyond the Church.

She loved to play the piano while others sang old songs, even to within a few months of her death. As a mother and grandmother, the joy she took in her family and friends, her love and good cheer, her music and sense of humor, brightened the world around her, and will be remembered. She is survived by sons Franklin and his wife Nancy of Ithaca, by Stanley and his wife Elizabeth, and by ten grand-: children and twelve great-: grandchildren. Her funeral will be at the Methodist Church in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on; March 25th. Donations in' Annie's memory might be made to Ithacare, or to St.

Paul's Methodist Church in Ithaca. ter, Lucille June of Ithaca and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. William Moorby on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St.

Francis of Asissi Church in Catatonk. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call on Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bangs Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mildred's memory may be made to the St.

Francis of Asissi Church, Catatonk.I SALLY R. SHIPMAN husband of 64 years, Carlyle E. Sally R. Shipman of Ithaca, Shipman in 1995 and her sisdied Saturday, March 22, ter, Kathryn Reynolds in 1991. 1997, at the Cayuga Medical She is survived by her Center.

Born October 5, 1910 daughter Kay Shipman of in Jamestown, she grew up in Ithaca; a niece; three nephews; Fredonia where she lived until and a cousin. 1948 when she moved to Services will be private at the Ithaca. convenience of the family. She was employed at Memorial donations may be Rothschild's Department Store made to the S.P.C.A., 1640 and in the Department of Hanshaw Ithaca, N.Y. Animal Husbandry at Cornell 14850.

University from 1952 to 1960 The E.C. Wagner Funeral when she retired. Home of Ithaca is in charge of She was predeceased by her arrangements. FREDERICK H. FRENCH ALPINE Frederick H.

French, 67, of 3236 County Route 6, Alpine, NY died Sunday, March 23, 1997 at his residence following an illness of several months. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rhode-Covert Funeral Home in Trumansburg.I peccad. MADALYN L. BASSETTE 162 INTERLAKEN Madalyn L. Bassette of 3549 Munson Interlaken died on Sunday, March 23, 1997 at the Cayuga Medical Center.

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