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SOUTHERN TIER SUMWE Page 5 The Buffalo NewsThursday November 14 1996 Southern Tier News ARKWRIGHT Residents assail 1000 foot TV tower 49 are is JAMESTOWN STRETCHING THE SAIUNG SEASON 7' By SHEILA MCCARTHY News Chautauqua County Correspondent 4 redonia State Panel keeps choice for new president under wraps Southern tier POMRET a the ground in 4 I 1 Parking rates to increase next month More Southern Tier news on Pages B8 C9 the owners of the $25 million tower Tri State Christian TV plan to file for a religious tax exemption According to Dillenburg a different company first approached the town and then Tri State stepped in He said the town will fight the tax exemption which could cost the town around $75000 in revenue The tower however could be com pleted in as little as two days and the Jamestown based station hopes to re turn WNYB to the air as soon as late next week The construction is regulated by the ederal Communica tions Commission the ederal Aviation Administration and similar Canadian government agencies already up about 750 feet in the Dillenburg said live shows we used to air will resume one by said Lynda Chris ty public affairs director for the sta MARK MULVILLEBuftalo News falo Small Boat Harbor Marsh and a friend insulated in wet suits put the chilly wind to their advantage REDONIA The new president of redonia State College is Although the College Council met Wednesday to make a recommenda tion to the state university chancellor and Board of Trustees nothing was made public One thing is for certain Absent from the list is former Lt Gov Stan Lundine who withdrew from the run ning more than a week ago At the time he said he had learned Republi can opposition would prevent his ap pointment SUNY Trustee Arnold Gardner views allegation as serious that is what happened it is un Gardner said have a decision of this impor tance resolved by some but not all the trustees speaking with sources of a political nature outside of the SUNY system is unheard he added thus far the people involved talking about Gardner said the issue will be dis cussed when the SUNY Board of Trustees meets next on Tuesday at Purchase State College The Council Wednesday met in ex ecutive session with the search com mittee for more than an hour and a half Afterward Council President Kirk Williams announced there would be no announcement (the Council) have received the report of the search committee and authorize Mark Hampton (chair man of the committee) to forward the College Council recommendation to the Board of Trustees and the chan cellor The recommendation will be kept confidential until the board and chancellor can act Any information will come from The search committee narrowed 140 candidates to four finalists Three Thomas Longin of Ithaca Dennis Hefner of St Paul Minn and Kay Schallenkamp of Whitewater Wis have visited the campus This is the second search for a suc cessor to Donald A MacPhee who retired in July The first was aborted by the Board of Trustees who wanted three candidates But only two candi dates emerged when two of the final four withdrew from consideration 14 inches in Arcade Wednesday saw the opening of Cockaigne Ski Resort in Sinclairville where snow was 16 inches deep The ski center opened Nov 10 last year started getting snow Saturday night grid it never manager Linda Johnson said have not had to make any snow and we finally started grooming Tuesday At Peek Peak near Clymer rec reational services manager Becky aulkner said have over two feet of natural snow and we are mak ing some but the ground under it is still pretty warm so we want to rush Peek Peak is targeting the day after Thanksgiving for opening weath er permitting At Holiday Valley in Ellicottville marketing director Jane Eshbaugh said that was their target date too but it could be moved up to this weekend if snowy conditions continue Paul Marsh of Tonawanda assembles his sail as he prepares to go windsurfing Wednesday near the Buf JAMESTOWN Parking rates will go up effective Dec 1 under a resolu tton approved by the City Council Monthly rates in the ramps' will climb from $3210 including tax to $33 plus tax Daily ramp rates will go from $260 to $350 comes at a time when the city needs the extra revenue and I have heard no opposition from the public It works out to just about 4 cents a day for people who lease ramp spaces inance Committee Chair man Andrew Johnson at large said during the Tuesday night meeting Councilman Philip Morris Ward II objected Morris said the increase would undo the good done by the new comprehensive parking plan committee developed that strategy to make on street parking free so they would be used by consumers and to nut pressure on business owners and people who work downtown to use the ramps It has been successful and is generating revenue from increased ramp use to the tune of $50000 next Morris said Morris and two Republicans Coun cilmen Anthony LoGuidice and William Gullotti voted against the rate increase which was approved in a 5 3 vote With results from last elec tion complete former Councilman and County Legislator Anthony Raffa was sworn in for a one year term on the Council representing Ward II Raffa replaces Manuel Hodnett who resigned earlier this year The vacancy had been filled temporarily by another former Councilman Vivian Taylor of my key Raffa said that city services have de creased while taxes are going up and up I believe the city needs a long range plan and hope to work toward that Raffa works for the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency The Council unanimously agreed that no historical marker will be located in front of the home on Stewart Ave nue where Lucille Ball was born That vote came after the current resident Joanne Sigular complained that a tem porary marker installed for Lucyest had already created problems After 5 fluny ous days reprieve forecast for squall weary Snow Belt cannot be determined Residents closest to the tower seem to have the most complaints One man told officials the lights beam into his bedroom at night and keep him awake Another resident said the blinking lights have a hypnotic effect and he cannot stop looking at them Dillenburg said an engineer recently lighted the tower the equivalent of 10 times what the intensity should be lit the whole town he said think what really set people According to Dillenburg the engi neer who had been working on the tower could see it as he was coming in on a flight to the Buffalo airport drove down here and turned the intensity he said The town held public hearings last ebruary and July on the special use permit for the tower No residents at tended ulate on whether the dogs will stay or Mrs Eimers has been charged with animal cruelty after the dogs were re moved from her kennel July 31 after a complaint by the American Kennel Club The dogs which Mrs Eimers esti mates are worth $35000 have been placed in foster care Mrs Eimers is seeking their return but there was no indication she has applied for a spe cial use permit Judy Morris of Stone Road who said she is a neighbor of Mrs Eimers raised the question about the possible return of the dogs She claimed that additional kennels have been deliv ered to the Eimers property In other action the board dis cussed the budget but decided to postpone action until 6 pm Monday so that it can further discuss a re quest from the 1891 redonia Opera House for a $10000 subsidy The board also decided to hire Richard Miga retired assistant super intendent of the Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus Board of Cooperative Educational Services to do a feasibili ty study of the former Eagle Street School SOUTHERN TIER SUNWSB ARKWRIGHT The signal clear: Town of Arkwright residents like the 1000 foot Center Road television transmission tower equipped with bright strobe lights About 60 residents questioned town officials about the tower Tuesday night during a 90 minute public comment ses sion Before it was over Zoning Board of Appeals chairman Al Gaus resigned as of Jan 1 Some members of the audi ence accused the board of deceiving the public Supervisor Jack Dillenburg de fended the board members stating they the best they Residents learned that little can be done to stop construction In addition Neighbors seek ways to prevent return to Eimers kennels tion The station formerly Channel will be moving to Channel 26 on the UHr dial Local came companies to pick up Channel 26 beginning in January and will assign their own cable channel number she said The station also has moved its of fices from Hertel Avenue to 5775 Big Tree Road in Orchard Park The new 26000 square foot location eventually will accommodate studios a prayer partner room and administrative offices WNYB Channel 26 will have the ca pability of reaching communities in Pennsylvania and into northern Ontario Canada Working on the new tower has be come the top priority accord ing to Tom Nolan vice president of de velopment Engineers and workers are now dealing with weather related prob lems and an exact return to air date JAMESTOWN good news in the forecast for squall weary residents of Chautauqua Cattaraugus and Southern Erie counties: No lake effect snow Cutting off the lake effect is a storm system moving through the area today The entire region may see a general snowfall of an inch or two Snow Belt areas got another three to five inches Wednesday as bands of squalls meandered between James town and Springville Travel was treacherous on Route 17 Route 219 and the Thniway west of Angola Icy road conditions were believed to have played a role in a double fa tality on the Southern Tier Express way (Route 17) in the Chautauqua County Town of Mina about 5 pm Two persons died and three others were taken to local hospitals after the four vehicle collision said State Police in alconer Since Saturday the lake effect squalls have piled as much as 30 inches of snow on the ground in Sherman There was 22 inches in Stockton 19 inches in Springville and 4 Briefs County studies credit card use MAYVILLE The Chautauqua County Legislature is still looking at the best ways to use credit cards for both county officials do ing business and for residents who want to pay taxes with their cards The Personnel and Govern mental Affairs Committee reviewed a report on credit card use by Comptroller Dennis Goggin Tuesday night Chairman Gil Miekina West Ellicott said report pointed out that there are still more questions than there are answers We need to consider things such as fees and oversight Miekina said while use of credit cards could save the county some money he wants the inance Department to provide more in formation first Jamestown bank opens branch JAMESTOWN Jamestown Savings Rank opened its first branch office in the City of Jamestown Wednesday Mayor Richard Kimball cut a ribbon deco rated with $20 bills to open the office at 23 3rd St The money was donated to the Chautauqua Region Community oundation Bank President Andrew Dorn said: are making this a tradition We donated mon ey from our first ribbon cutting to the foun dation and plan to do it with each branch we Kimball thanked the bank board of direc tors chairman Kenneth Strickler said before your first office opened in Lakewood that you would come to down town Jamestown and you have kept that Kimball told Strickler thank you for that and hope you will have even more brancnes in Jamestown ui me iuime The bank opened one year ago in tempo rary quarters in Chautauqua Mall before its main office and headquarters was ready on airmount Avenue in Lakewood That build ing opened in the spring Board backs alls tightrope walk NIAGARA ALLS The board of direc tors of the Niagara alls Convention and Vis itors Bureau voted to 1 weanesaay io port Jay plans to walk across the American alls and the Niagara River gorge on a tightrope next September Board member Louis Ricciuti voted against' the proposal been a long standing policy of the state parks to not condone stunting nor Ricciuti said However others view the stunt as a pro motional gold mine think this is something that is going to market Niagara alls and be a said Doreen The stunt by Cochrane who lives in lori da has yet to be approved by the state Office nf Parks Recreation and Historic Preserva I tion or the Niagara Parks Commission in Canada Cochrane win meet isov zz wim members of the Niagara Parks Commission Teen sentenced for killing dog A 17 year old Springville youth Wednesday was sentenced to three months of weekends in jail and ordered to perform 300 hours ser vice at an animal shelter for torturing and killing a small dog that barked at him last June Guy Newman 17 of East Main Street told State Supreme Court Justice Ronald Tills he regrets Killing me oog a 14 year oiu Shih Tzu named owned by the Law rence Zielinski family Newman never explained why he attacked the dog Eric Doherty his lawyer told the judge his client has been assaulted twice since the incident and his family has received nu merous threatening letters and several bomb threats Tills told Newman he could understand how the attack on the dog had disturbed the" community The judge said he feared New man might some day try to do the same thing tn a child The judge ordered Newman a Springville high school student to serve weeKenos in me I 1 Brie county correctional raumy in nw starting at 7 pm riday through eb 15 The judge also ordered him to undergo coun seling and drug testing and perform 300 hours of community service Portland budget cuts tax rate PORTLAND A 1997 budget with a 5 percent tax decrease for village residents has been approved by the Portland Town Board Under the $1 million budget town taxpay ers residing in the Village of Brocton will pay $514 per $1000 of assessed valuation or 27 cents less than this year Taxpayers outside the village will pay $282 or 1 percent less than the 1996 rate Hanover OKs $18 million budget HANOVER The Hanover Town Board aHnnted a 18 million budget for 1997 which calls for a tax rate of $376 per $1000 ot assessed valuation The town this year completed a revalua tion project and the 1996 tax rate was $141? No changes were made to the budget present ed by the board at a public hearing last week Topic is domestic violence deaths New York first public hearing on deaths stemming from domestic violence will be held riday from 10 am to 2 pm in the hearing room ot ivianoney state unite duuu ing 65 Court St The meeting will be convened by Jeanine Pirro Westchester County district attorney and chairwoman of the state Commission on Domestic Violence atalities The commission will hear testimony from individuals and representatives of organiza tions with strategies to prevent and protect I 4 1 a rCf I against aomesuu viuicnuc me wiimiwwvu findings will be sent to the governor Those who would like to testify may con tact the commission at 914 285 3897 Jamestown robber is imprisoned MAYVILLE A Jamestown man has been sentenced to five years in state prison for robbing a couple of $40 last March Warren Dinkins 23 of West 3rd Street was sentenced in Chautauqua County Court Tuesday He pleaded guilty to second degree robbery last month The robbery victim tonoweo Dimons to an apartment where police found and arrested him authorities said Big REDONIA Neighbors of kennel where 130 dogs were removed last summer because of unsanitary conditions asked the Pomfret Town Board at Wednesday meeting what they can do to prevent the re turn of the dogs to the kennel Supervisor Mark Thomas said a special use permit would have to be issued in order for Wendy Eimers to take in the dogs at her Chautauqua Road kennel He said the permit request would come before the Zoning Board of Ap peals which would conduct a public hearing and make a decision on issu ing the permit He added that if Mrs Eimers had more than five dogs on the property she would be in violation of the zon ing ordinance dog control officer can seize animals under the Agriculture and Markets I he said Town Attorney Jeffrey Passafaro added the code enforcement offi cer found violations an appearance ticket would be issued We spec i By NORMA BRAUDE and KAREN BRADY The Buffalo News By SHEILA MCCARTHY News Chautauqua Correspondent By TERRY WEBSTER and BARBARA The Buffalo News By NORMA BRAUDE News Chautauqua Correspondent A I' ''''7 BL tiff 5 I A1 4 I 'I I I I I 4 I I I I.