The Sun and the Erie County Independent from Hamburg, New York • Page 1

ftfcii 3c fc- 1 Vol. 107 no. HAMBURG, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1982 20 PAGES 1 Bond Issue for Mall Road The Erie County Legislature last week Thursday approved a $1 million bond issue for the relocation of Mile Strip Rd. between McKinley and Abbott to serve the contemplated $100 million McKinley Super Mall. Most legislators, even those with qualms about the mall project, saw the $1 million bond as a cheap way to widen the highway.

The project has been on the county's highway improvement list for years and Damian Zamias, the Mall developer, has pledged $1.5 million to add to the county's $1 million. The measure passed by a 15-2 majority with the negative votes being cast by Legislator Joan Bozer of Buffalo who feared the project would hurt downtown Buffalo and Legislator Robert Meier of West Seneca, whose town has two shopping centers. County Legislator Marie V. page 4 Frontier Board To Take Bids On Big Tree School The Frontier Central Board on Monday night agreed to accept sealed bids for purchase of the Big Tree Elementary School the week of Nov. 15 reserving the right to reject any or all offers.

The building, now closed because of declining pupil enrollment, is located on a 5.4 acre site at the north-west corner of Bay View Rd. and South Park Avenue in the Town of Hamburg. Adjoining and adjacent properties are zoned for business and commercial use. The board, promised parents of Woodlawn area students to give further study on ways in which youngsters could cross Lake Shore Rd. to reach the Woodlawn Intermediate School at 7th Street rather than having to walk to the Lake St.

intersection. Both intersections are controlled by a traffic light but the light at 7th Street has a very short time span to allow youngsters to cross the Lake Shore Rd. The Lake St. intersection has a crossing guard. The board took under advi8 ment a letter from Mrs.

Laura tff Czerwinski of Lake View to" establish a Readiness First Grade program for kindergarteners in the 1983-84 school year to better prepare youngsters for the more formal environment of the elementary classroom. On recommendation of its buildings and grounds committee, the board abandoned installation of a sidewalk on Bay View Rd. from Robin Lane to the senior high school on the basis of cost and the expense of snow removal. Dr. Robert O.

Starr, school superintendent, reported total student enrollment as of Oct. 1 at 5,634, down 194 from the same time last year, mostly in the elementary grades. The board approved junior and senior high school student participation in the Town of Hamburg's alcohol and drug abuse program. Sixth graders could participate with parental approval. The program will also include two evening sessions for parents.

In other actions the board: Held a moment of silence in page 4 Village Board Okays Heliport For Envirogas The Hamburg Village Board on Monday night authorized Envirogas, a natural resources exploration firm, to construct a private-use heliport at its new headquarters building in the Raven wood Park East, the light industry complex of Monte Reifler off Sunset Dr. In a related action the board accepted the helicopter site plan submitted by Envirogas President John Cleary and recommended by the Planning Commission. The State Department of Transportation had advised the village that the two plane heliport meets DOT standards and that the facility posed no threat to buildings, highways or airports in the vicini-ty. The board, as in past years, established a winter ban on street parking from Nov. 1 Apr.

1 from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. to facilitate 'fenow removal In so doing it disregarded a request from the town for a ban from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. ii villas vi Francis Conroy said the village had had no difficulty in keeping streets cUvar with the 3 to 6 restriction.

In other actions the board: Authorized the Hunger Appeal of Church World Services to hold their annual Hunger Walk on Sunday, October 17, 1982 beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Memorial Park. Accepted and directed the Mayor to execute the agreement between ri i i tne isoumy oi criu unu trie wage of Hamburg regarding S.T.O.P. Program. Reappointed Barbara Lederman as privisional mini-computer operator to fill the vacancy created by the departure of John Kopacz.

Declared a 1974 Dodge Van of no further use to the Village of Hamburg, and authorized its sale to Michael Calkins for $175:00. Authorized Vincent Kuntz, Building Inspector to attend the' Internal Fire Alarm School at North Side Fire Hall in Depew on Oct. 14 at Village expense. Set hydrant rentals on Elmview and Grimsby Drive at $126.00 per hydrant per year. Authorized the Village Attorney George Hebard to attend the Municipal Law Meeting at the Niagara Hilton.

Niagara Falls from October 28-31 at Village expense. Next Monday Hamburg Firemen Set Open Houses The Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department will hold community Open House at each of its three fire halls next Monday (Oct. 11) from 7 9 p.m. in observance of Fire Prevention Week and give away nine smoke detectors to visitors. Visitors will register in each fire hall for a free drawing for three smoke detectors, have an opportunity to inspect equipment and chat with the volunteer firemen, many of them their neighbors.

The fire halls are Station No. 1 on Long Ave. near South Buffalo Station No. 2 on Lake St. next to Hamburg Memorial Park and Station No.

3 at Buffalo and Pine Streets. Town Taxpayers May Face Rate Hike of 62 Cents 'Hamburg Town residents face a tax increase of 62 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation if the Town Board approves a million general fund budget for 1983 filed last Thursday by Supervisor Barbara C. Wicks. The tentative $4,089,099 general fund budget is up $165,047 from the current $3.9 million figure. It calls for a tax rate of $40.76 per $1,000 assessed valuation up 97 cents over this year for residents outside 'the villages, residents of the Villages of Hamburg and Blasdell pay only one general fund tax.

In addition town residents face a rate of $6.80 per $1,000 assessed valuation on lighting costs, up $1.43, a direct passover to meet utility bill hikes. The tax rates for village and non-village residents differ because some town expenses, like highway maintenance and the police department, among others cannot be levied against village property owners. Supervisor Wicks has suggested establishment of a capital improvement fund which would carry its own tax rate and now under consid-; oration by the Town Board. The town board at its meeting scheduled for next Monday night at 7 p.m. is expected to set a public hearing on the budget for Nov.

1 Hamburg School Panel Given No Constraints The recently appointed citizen, advisory committee to study implications of enrollment declines in the Hamburg Central School District will be free from any school board or administrative constraints in arriving at their recommendations. In a letter to the 21 member panel whose members were listed last week in The Sun. Dr. Lewis A. Grell, school superintendent, said the board does not wish in anyway to pre-empt the work of the committee" and there is "no expected response from the "Already there are rumors in the school community that a decision has been made to close "School or "School or that the j'unior high is to become a middle school and the high school is to become grades 9-12.

While these are possibilities for the committee to wrote Dr. Grell, "I wish to give you full assurance that these are strictly rumors. The Board has not even discussed these possibilities nor does the Board wish in any way to pre-empt the work of the committee." "There are other considerations -which to me are equally worthy of considering, e.g., the few rooms in the system that are currently available could be used by the community in some manner, or, we could look for suitable space to house our maintenance department which currently occupies substandard quarters in the old Boston Valley "There is no "expected response" from the committee. There are many possibilities to which obviously include any of the above, as well as no change at the present time in our use of build- page 4 MARIE RICHARDSON Heads Republicans In County Legislature County Legislator Marie V. Richardson of Hamburg' was named Republican minority leader by her GOP colleagues on the Erie County Legislature last week making her the first woman and the first Hamburg resident to become a party leader in the county legislative body.

Now in her fourth term, Mrs. Richardson is a former chairman of "the finance and government affaire ana nas served as a member of the legislatures com-tnjtties on economic development, budget, Niagara Frontier Transportation Oversite, state and federal mandates and sales tax policy. She is currently a member of the Overall Economic Development Board, the Regional Development Corporation of the. Erie County Industrial Development Agency, the Erie and Niagara Counties Regional Planning Board, the County Shoreline Erosion Task Force and the Southtown Coalition for Passenger Rail Service. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of St.

Lawrence University with a cum laude degree in government and history, Mrs. Richardson formerly taught social studies in the Frontier High School She is a former member of the Hamburg Central School Board and served as the New York State Association of School Boards federal network representative as the liasion in her congressional district. She is a former director of the Hamburg League of Women page 4 ANNE SZCZESNY Rice Rd. Interchange InffV f.lGetmC Sfit The New York State Department of Transportation is holding a public information meeting next week Thursday (Oct. 14) at 7:30 p.m.

in the Boston Town Hall on the temporary access route from Route 219 at Rice Rd. to the Boston Valley. The proposed temporary rerouting, in anticipation of an interchange, directs traffic over recently improved Zimmerman and Brown Hill along with Trevett Rd. Public input is invited at the meeting and a question and answer period will follow the presentations. All interested persons are urged to attend.

Hamburg Board To Hear Reports The Hamburg Central School Board at its meeting next Tuesday (Oct. 12) at 7:30 p.m. in the District Administration Building on Abbott Rd. will hear a report of the Hamburg PTA pupil bus conduct survey and a summary of the proposed program on Effective Parenting Information for Children. The Board will also view the art work of Armor School youngsters on display and learn annual student enrollment projections for the years 1982-1985 inclusive.

Other agenda items include: Appointment of co-curricular advisors, status report on teachers let go because of pupil population decline, and ratification of the contract with school administrators. Halloween Set For October 30 Halloween so far as little Tricks 'n Treaters are concerned throughout the Town of Hamburg will be Ote. 30. a Saturday. Resolutions to the effect have been passed by the Hamburg Town Board and the Village Boards of Hamburg and Blasdell after conferring with school and police officials in the interests of child safety.

The one-day designation is aimed at limiting the little ghosts and goblins to one night of activity Frontier's Foreign Language Head Is State's Top Teacher in Field The chairman of the foreign language department of the Frontier Central School District, Mrs. Anne Szczesny has been named Distinguished Teacher for 1982 by the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers. She will receive the prestigeous award at the Association's annual convention Oct. i 1 at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake. Mrs.

Szczesny is being cited for her innovative foreign language study program and her longtime advocacy of American elementary and secondary school students learning a second language to increase their cultural knowledge and to better appreciate the customs of the many ethnic groups which are the fabric of American Society. A highlight of the department program is the annual yuletide dinner featuring menus from many nations. page 4.