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Wednesday, December 9, 2009 THE ITHACA JOURNAL 4A OBITUARIESFROM THE COVER ECONOMY Though the housing market seems to have paused in the free fall it was in, there is still significant potential for more bad news in the coming year, Kyle said. He believes it has continued "sogginess." The upside is the deficit will probably not grow as rapidly, he said, although he also noted that debts are not always a bad thing and sometimes can be justified in the short-term. "The danger is a return to trying to cure the deficit in the middle of a recession. Though I am all for doing this in the long term, this is not the time," Kyle said. "Wearenotgoingtogodown too much, and we could even come up a bit, but most likely we will be staggering along," he added.

"We could see 1 to 2percent growth enough to say we're no longer technically in a recession, but nobody is going to feel good about it" again to inject more money into the system, he said. The most effective use of this would be through unemployment extensions and state government aid, as the recipients in both cases would be likely to spend it quickly and in ways that would stimulate further growth. Infrastructure spending is good, but gives slower results, and tax cuts provide incentives to spend rather than guarantee spending, he added. Obituaries Deaths Aldo Carl Leopold, age 89, of Ithaca Joanne Mathers Fitch, age 46 of Odessa Marian Eloise Bale Huey, age 93, of CONTINUED FROM PAGE1A see the economy taking offin the way we would like," Kyle said. His prediction for 2010 is for stagnation and anemic growth at best.

Business isn't likely to invest too much in such uncertain times, so the onus may be on the government once Obits Funeral Notices MARIAN ELOISE BALE HUEY BROCKPORT Marian Eloise Bale Huey, age 93, of Brockport, previously of Montour Falls, former-. ly of Tyrone, NY, died Tuesday December 8, 2009, at Lakeside Beikirch Care Center in Brockport, NY. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Friday (December 11) at the Baird Funeral Home, 36 Water Street, Dundee. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m.

Saturday (December 12) at the Tyrone United Methodist Church, Tyrone, NY with Rev. Joseph Auslander officiating. Burial will follow in Tyrone Union Cemetery. Memorial conr tributions may be made to the Tyrone United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1, Tyrone, NY 14887.

A graduate of Cornell University with a BS in Microbiology; she was a retired Lab Technician of Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls. She is survived by her two daughters, Marianne L. Aarons of Holly, NY, and Dorothy J. Huey of Naples, NY; three grandchildren, Leslie A. (Darren) Hoffman of Albion, NY, Timothy S.

Aarons of Burbank, CA, Elizabeth C.H. Koslov of London, England; two great-grandchildren, Celeste and CamillaHoff-man; two sisters-in-law, Marie Baleijjfcsftardett, NY, and Mildred Huey of North Chili, NY; numerous nieces and nephews. Please sign the guest book at theithacajournal.comobituaries Hawaiian Pineapple Company, before joining the faculty of Purdue University in 1949. In 1975, he was appointed Graduate Dean and Assistant Vice President for Research at the University of Nebraska. In 1977, Carl moved to the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Ithaca, New York, which is affiliated with Cornell University, as William H.

Crocker Scientist, where he worked until his official retirement in 1990. He continued to be active in science and environmental issues up to his death. Carl worked as a plant physiologist in basic and applied research. He authored two landmark books, Auxins and Plant Growth (1955, 1960) that made him the unofficial ambassador of basic research for scientists working in applied aspects of horticulture and agronomy, and the textbook, Plant Growth and Development (1964, 1975). Carl has directly and indirectly inspired three generations of plant physiologists and made significant contributions to a number of areas in the field of plant physiology.

Carl also wrote extensively about the scientific process, with titles such as The Act of Creation: Creative Processes in Science; The Man in the White Lab Coat; Games Scientists Play; The Burden of Competitive JOANNE MATHERS FITCH ODESSA-Joanne Mathers Fitch, age 46 of Odessa, NY, a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and a woman beloved by many, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2009 after a long battle with cancer. Her loving and devoted husband, Mark A. Fitch, loving daughter, Cassie Fitch of Odessa, NY and father, Robert Mathers Jr. of Corning, NY, survives Jo. She is also survived by her sisters, Roberta (Daniel) Van Skiver of Odessa, NY and Karen (Kevin) Kelley of Elmira, NY; brother, Gerald (Gi-na) Mathers of Chesapeake, VA and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Jo was an Odessa-Montour Hall of Famer with great attributes in Basketball and Track. She was known for her many hours of volunteering for the Odessa-Montour Sports Boosters Club which she took much pride in. Relatives and friends are invited to calling at the Odessa United Methodist Church, Odessa, NY on Friday December 11, 2009 between the hours of 5 PM to 7 PM. Her funeral service will be held following visitation at 7 PM. Burial will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery, Watkins Glen, NY on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 11 AM.

Jo's wishes were that in lieu of flowers; please make a donation to the OMCS orrWGCS sports boosters club or to The Odessa File. Arrangements under the direction of Vedder and Scott Funeral Home. Please sign the guest book at theitliacajournal.comobituaries Obituaries A. CARL LEOPOLD December 18, 1919-November 18, 2009 Aldo Carl Leopold died November 18, 2009 at his home in Ithaca at the age of 89. Carl was bom on December 18, 1919 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of Aldo Leopold, the renowned ecol-ogist, and Estella Bergere Leopold of Santa Fe, NM.

The family moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 1924. Carl was a teenager when his father acquired the famous "shack" on an abandoned farm on the banks of the Wisconsin River. There he worked with the family to convert a chicken coop into a cottage and to plant native trees and prairie plants in the famous experiment of land reclamation his father described in his "A Sand County Almanac." Carl received a bachelor's degree in botany from the University of Wisconsin in 1941. He began graduate school at the University of Missouri. When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the Marines, serving in the Pacific.

One of his duties was to serve as defense council in courts martial for soldiers who were charged with being AWOL. He won many of these cases, becoming a hero to the enlisted men. After the war, he enrolled at Harvard to study plant physiology. After completing his MS and Ph.D. at Harvard, he worked briefly in industry, for the are chemicals in there that are of concern for my health and my family's health, I would like to have that remediated, so I would like them to take responsibility for handling that situation so I don't have to have that concern." DEC spokesman Yancey Roy said the DEC has arecord of the Chesapeake well near Lytle's house but no record of a complaint, spill, or problem with Lytle's well.

"It is likely that if any turbidity was experienced in a nearby water well, it occurred when the well was being drilled not when it was hy-draulically fractured. Also, turbidity essentially is stirred up sediment and problems with turbidity do not involve toxicity," Roy said by e-maiL Lytle wasn't comforted by that explanation. "Well if my well's contaminated with sediment, then obviously there's a pathway that water can seep in, and there may be chemicals in the water now," she said. Hang said he was even more concerned that Chesapeake apparently didn't report the problem with Lytle's well to the DEC. DEC rigorously enforces regulations on petroleum spills, Hang said companies are required to report petroleum spills within two hours, and they can be assessed fines of $25,000 per day if they don't.

There's nowhere near the rigor in reporting incidents related to gas drilling, Hang said. "This really underscores that these problems are occurring, even though the DEC has said they'veneverhadasingle fracking incident And it's not at all clear what these companies have to do as. far as disclosing these problems, and it's not at alLclearwhatty have to test for or do about them," he said. ON THE WEB Complete coverage of the Marcellus Shale: ithacajournal.comgaslease Benjamin Freeman (Seattle WA), and Peter Freeman (Seattle WA). Carl grew up with strong personal roots in the natural world and in the Land Ethic of his father and after growing his own youthful sapwood, colorful heartwood, and thin latewood, Carl became a mighty and graceful trunk that nurtured and enthusiastically supported many plant physiologists, conservationists and others who consider themselves to be "Leopold leaves" on the tree of his life.

Carl was buried in Greensprings Natural Cemetery in Newfield, of which he was a co-founder. In this last initiative, he completed the circle begun by his father's quest to understand how to live on the land without spoiling it. Carl's molecules and minerals will be recycled into the fruits of the native bushes that will feed the native birds and provide energy for their songs. A memorial celebration of Carl Leopold's life will be held at the Unitarian Church of Ithaca, comer of Buffalo and Aurora Streets, Sunday, December 13 at 2 p.m. It was Carl's wish that contributions, in lieu of flowers, be given to the Finger Lakes Land Trust, PO Box 4745, Ithaca, NY 14852-4745.

Please sign the guest book at theithacajournal.comobituariet In Memoriam In Loving Memory of Freddie Leon Hill 72339 -120908 God looked around his garden, and found an empty place. He then looked down upon the earth, and saw your tired face. He put his arms around you, and lifted you to rest. God's garden must be beautiful. He always takes the best.

It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn't go alone. For parts of us went with you. The day God called you home. Love, JoAnn, Lori, Fred Damon, Tammy, Diane, David, Eric, Jason Please sign the guest book at theithacajournal.comobituaries IN MEMORY OF SUSAN HOWSER 121740-12903 My heart still aches with sadness and secret tears will always flow. What is not to lose you, no one can ever know.

Since you will never be forgotten, I pledge to you today a hollow place within my heart is where you'll always stay. Your loving husband, Art Please sign the guest book at theithacajournal.comobituaries In Loving Memory of Joan P. Reigle 31542 12906 Those we love don't go Walk beside us everyday. Unseen, unheard, but always near, so loved, so missed, so very dear. Family and Friends Please sign the guest book at theithacajournal.comobituaries Grants; Weapons Research Extracts a Toll on Academic Science; and the role science has played in determining the ethics of our society.

Carl was a member of many professional organizations. He served as a Senior Policy Analyst on the staff of the Science Adviser to the President during the Ford Administration (1974-1975), provided testimony before the United States House Committee on Science and Technology (December 1980 and February 1982) and served as a consultant to the National Science Foundation, Division of Policy Research and Analysis (1975-1977). In 2000, when Carl received the Golden Medal of the Royal Gali-cian Academy of Science, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, he gave his acceptance speech in Spanish. In 1994, Carl was awarded the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award for his wide-ranging and deep contributions to the society and to plant physiology itself. In the summer of 2009, the American Society of Plant Biologists again honored Carl as a physiologist and a citizen when it made Carl an ASPB Fellow.

As a conservationist, Carl was a founder and director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin, was founding president of the Finger Lakes Land Trust MARCELLUS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A regulations will adequately protect them. One of those people is Laurie Lytle, a resident ofV arick, Seneca County, who signed a gas lease with Chesapeake shortly after buying her home near Geneva in September 2006.Byfall2007,Chesapeake was drilling and hydro-fracturing (fracking) a vertical well in the Queenston formation, 660 feet from Lytle's property line, according to Lytle and a DEC representative. The morning after the fracking occurred, Lytle said she was surprised to discover that her water was gray and full of sediment. She said she contacted Chesapeake and they told her it would stop three to four day once the ground settled. After three days, Lytle said the sediment was gone, but the water was still cloudy.

She contacted Chesapeake again and they agreed to install a water filter on her well. Lytle kept copies of the check and invoice made out to her and her husband, signed by Chesapeake and describing the purpose of the money as "Damages." Representatives from Chesapeake were unable to respond to questions about Lytle's complaint by press time Tuesday. Lytle said she didn't think much more about the incident until she began seeing press reports related to the Marcellus Shale this falL At her request, Chesapeake tested her water after the incident, but the company tested for onfy 12 basic substances such as total solids anJe.colibacteria,notthelong list of chemicals that can be used in fracking fluid, she said. "The main thing I would like to have happen is I would like to know what is in my water," Lytle said. "If there and was a board member of the Black Locust Initiative in Trumansburg.

In 1992, Carl co-founded the Tropical Forestry Initiative, a non-profit organization, which began a demonstration project to reforest abandoned pastureland in Costa Rica with native forest tree species. Carl had recently become active in the regional effort to preserve the integrity, stability and natural beauty of Ithaca and its surrounds by preventing the use of horizontal drilling and storing toxic wastes in the extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale. He also volunteered in the food pantry at Immaculate Conception Church in Ithaca. He was married to Cornelia Rogers from 1942 to 1975. He was remarried to Lynn Bradley (Leopold) in 1982.

He was predeceased by two brothers, Aldo Starker Leopold, and Luna Leopold. His is survived by his wife, Lynn Bradley Leopold, two sisters, Nina Leopold Bradley (Baraboo, WI), Estella Bergere Leopold (Seattle, WA), and his children, Lucia Wendy Leopold Wolf (San Pedro, CA); John Rogers Leopold (Chicago, IL); Susan Leopold Freeman (Scott Freeman) (Seattle, WA). His grandchildren include: Libby Wolf (Woodland CA), Tess Wolf Elgart (Kapa'a HI), Meg Wolf (Seattle WA), The list of area deaths that appears above is provided free of charge. The obituaries, in memoriams and cards of thanks elsewhere on this page are paid announcements. Obituary Department: 800-640-1722 Fax: 607-798-0261 obits8pressconnects.com HOURS Weekday Sunday Holidays NADEEN JARRETT EVANS CHEEVERS IB ENDICOTT Nadeen Jarrett Evans Cheevers, 70, of Endicott, formerly of Liverpool, NY, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, with her family at her side.

She was predeceased by her father, Chester Jarrett. She is survived by her husband, John (Jack) Cheevers, Endicott; her mother, Madelyn Jarrett, Ithaca; a daughter, Jan Evans, Geneva, NY; two sons, Douglas and Sharon Evans, Alpharetta, GA and Craig Evans and Dwight Myers, Orlando, FL; stepchildren, John Cheevers, Merced, CA, Susanne Cheevers, Binghamton, and Elizabeth and Ty Youngs, Wappinger Falls, NY; three grandchildren, four step grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, Larry and Fay Jarrett, Buena, NJ; many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts; and also her faithful dog, Buddy. Nadeen was a retired teacher with the Liverpool School System, a substitute teacher in the area and was a founding member of the Subs United in Broome Teachers Union. She was an avid sports fan, especially Syracuse University sports, was a graduate of Onondaga Valley Academy, SUNY Potsdam and a charter member of Zeta Gamma Sigma Sorority. Services will be held Thursday 10 a.m.

from the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott, with Nadeen's cousin, Reverend Wade Jarrett, officiating. The family will receive friends at the Allen Memorial Home, Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in her memory may be made to Boys Girls Club Foundation of Western Broome, 1 Clubhouse Road, Endicott, NY 13760; or Broome County Humane Society, 3 Jackson Street, Binghamton, NY 13903. Allen Memorial Home, Inc. Please sign the guest book at theithacajournal.contobituaries.