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THE HOMER NEWS
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Volume IV
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Memorial Day
May 26
Issue 23
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THE HOMER NEWS
2 • May 22, 2014 • The Homer News
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May 7, 2014 Meeting
MONTHLY REPORTS
Presented for audit by the Board: The
Town Clerk’s report of all receipts & disbursements for April, the Supervisor’s
report of all receipts & disbursements
for April, Code Enforcement Officer’s
report of all building permits issued for
April, Dog Control Officer’s report of all
activities for March & April.
BILLS TO BE PAID
General bills were approved as audited on motion by Councilman Williams,
seconded by Councilman Young and
carried unanimously: RESOLVED: that
General vouchers #76 through #106
totaling $22,518.68 be approved for
payment.
Highway bills were approved as audited on motion by Councilman Warren,
seconded by Councilman Weddle and
Highway vouchers #48 through #72
totaling $42,718.16 be approved for
payment.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
ZONING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The recommendations for changes
to the Town Zoning Law made by the
Zoning Advisory Committee on hydrofracking were brought up for discussion.
Supervisor Forbes asked for questions
or comments from those in attendance.
Evelyn Pettit, a resident of the Town
of Preble and owner of land on Searls
Road, spoke about having signed a gas
lease before much was known about
hydro-fracking and how as she began
to do research on the technique she
became increasingly concerned and
alarmed at the potential health and
environmental damage it could cause.
Village residents, Bess Path and
Janet Swinnich, each urged the Town
Board to take action on the issue as
it had been several months since the
Zoning Advisory Committee had completed their work and made their recommendations.
Attorney Snyder reported on research
he had done at the request of the Town
Board regarding the wording of one of
the recommendations. It would allow
for a setback of 1000’ from a residence
and/or well (instead of 2000’) if all the
landowners within a 2000’ radius of the
drill site agreed in writing to a reduced
setback. Attorney Snyder found that
in several previous court cases zoning
regulations based on the consent of the
neighbors were found to be unconstitutional. These were frequently in the
context of mobile homes, and the courts
found this requirement to be arbitrary.
However, in his opinion a regulation
similar to that recommended by the
Committee would be upheld if it was
worded properly.
There was discussion about two
cases which will be heard by the New
York State Court of Appeals on June
3rd regarding drilling bans in the Towns
of Middlefield and Dryden. Supervisor
Forbes said that if the Court upholds
the bans as did the lower courts, then
the Town may consider its own regulations for drilling. If the Court overturns
the lower court decisions, then, in his
opinion, it would be solely up to the
NYSDEC to regulate drilling.
In response to a question from Gary
Smith, Executive Director of MICAH,
Attorney Snyder said that towns would
probably not be held financially liable if
they have a local law that is overturned
by the courts.
Supervisor Forbes listed several different options for the Town Board to
consider:
1. To accept the recommendations of the Zoning Advisory Committee,
draft a local law, and schedule a public
hearing;
2. To modify the recommendations of the Committee, draft a local law
and hold a public hearing;
3. To have the Board listen to
knowledgeable speakers on both sides
of the issue prior to making a decision,
and;
4. To take no action and wait for
a decision from New York State and the
DEC.
Both Supervisor Forbes and Attorney
Snyder agreed that it was not urgent
that the Town make a decision on the
proposed zoning laws regarding hydrofracking due to the moratorium on drilling imposed by the State. Snyder said
that even after the ban is lifted it will
take drilling companies many months to
take any action. Furthermore, the DEC
has indicated that it would take them
at least several months to finalize their
regulations.
Supervisor Forbes said that for the
public record, four out of the five Town
Board members either had or still have
leases that were signed before much
was known about hydro-fracking.
Forbes stated that his position is that
the State should decide on and regulate
any hydro-fracking. The NYSDEC has
the expertise and financial support to
study the issue thoroughly. He said that
personally he would agree to adopt three
out of the four recommendations and
leave it up to the State to establish the
setbacks. Despite concerns expressed
by those in attendance, Forbes said that
in his experience on his dairy farm, the
NYSDEC has the will, desire and ability
to enforce any and all regulations that it
is obligated to enforce.
On motion by Councilman Warren,
seconded by Councilman Young and
the Town Board hold off on taking
any action on the recommendations
of the Zoning Advisory Committee
until the results of the appeals on the
drilling bans enacted by the Towns
of Dryden and Middlefield are known.
Attorney Snyder was asked bring
paperwork for a moratorium to the June
Town Board meeting scheduled for June
4th.
NEW BUSINESS
Memorial Day Parade – Supervisor
Forbes reminded Board members to
participate in the parade to be held on
Monday, May 26th.
Results of PESH inspection – The
results of an inspection of the Town Hall
by the NYS Public Employee’s Health &
Safety Bureau are now posted on the
Town’s web site and a copy has been
CLASSIFIEDS
GARAGE SALES
HUGE GARAGE SALE
Sat., May 24 & Sun. May 25 8-3
Both Days 34 Clinton St, Homer.
Benefit: Dakota’s People to People
Adventure FURNITURE, ANTIQUES,
COLLECTIBLES, CLAW FOOT TUB,
TOYS, BOOKS, HOUSEHOLDS,
TOOLS, EXERCISE EQUIP., TOO
MUCH TO NAME!
EVENTS
CALENDAR
May 24 - Saturday
Homer Farmer's Market on the Village Green,
Saturdays 9 am - 1 pm and Wednesdays 4:30
-7 pm.
May 26, Monday
The Columbian Presbyterian Chuch will be
hosting its annual Memorial Day Benefit for
LaFayette Outreach on Mon., May 26, from 8:00
am- 12 noon. The event will be held on the
church grounds, located at the intersection of
routes 11 & 20, LaFayette. LaFayette Outreach
is our local food pantry and service-referral
agency, and relies exclusively on grants and
donations to help feed our neighbors in the area
south of Syracuse. The Benefit consists of a
silent auction, plant sale, bake sale, ice cream
sundaes, and a free kid’s craft area. 100% of the
proceeds will be donated directly to LaFayette
Outreach. If you have questions, please contact
the church, at: 677-3293, or cpresbyt@twcny.
rr.com .
As space permits, The Homer News will print
a brief notice of your organization’s event at
no charge in the EVENTS CALENDAR. For
more detailed notices we suggest you purchase a display ad. Please keep in mind our
publishing schedule and deadlines. May 27
deadline for June 5, 2014 issue.
sent to the Village of Homer.
Retirement reporting resolution –
On motion by Councilman Williams,
seconded by Councilman Young, and
the Town Board hereby establishes
the following standard work days
for the Deputy Town Clerk and will
report such to the New York State
and Local Retirement System based
on a record of her activities - 16.75
days per month.
Josephine Brown – Supervisor Forbes
noted the passing of the former Town
Historian and long-time newspaper
reporter. She was fondly remembered
by all present.
Editor's Note: When Josephine reported on the Village and Town board meetings, she used to sit at the table with
the board members so that she could
hear and accurately report on what was
discussed. Often she would bring us information that had been discussed at a
school board meeting that had not yet
been printed in the paper. There were
no adversarial situations between Josephine and the various boards, though
after the meetings she would not mince
words if she disagreed with us. I'm sure
she will be missed by all of us who
served on boards that she covered for
the daily newspaper. She was a truly remarkable woman.
Her full obituary appears on page 3 of
this issue.
NEXT ISSUE
The next issue of The Homer News will be June 5, 2014. DEADLINE: for ads and news is May
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The Homer News • May 22, 2014 •3
Letters to the Editor
Remembering Karen Sager
To the Editor:
Another lion is gone. A lioness.
Karen Sager, late of our community,
leaves behind an empty throne in her
own peculiar spot in the jungle. A
proud, private, stubborn alpha leader,
she dies after a lifetime of not only
public triumphs but unfulfilled promise. Though she had emerged into
the second half of her first century, she
leaves dreams deferred and unfinished
projects aplenty, overflowing enough to
fill up several lifetimes. Such potential
was never realized. She never cradled
her first grandson.
For those who knew her, Karen was
that odd admixture of pride and humility.
She was smart enough to be proud of
her crowning achievements of her family and her own consulting business, yet
also smart enough to be humble about
both. Did you ever hear Karen brag
about her husband, a long-time and
revered volunteer coach? Did you ever
hear Karen brag about her daughter,
a research doctor? Did you ever hear
Karen brag about her son’s hard-won
success through personal and professional challenges? Thought not.
Karen was smart enough, too, to
use her time wisely. She knew how
precious time is. A frequent flyer, she
visited beloved baseball stadiums all
over the country, thrilled to dance recitals and theatre productions, conducted book club discussions, listened to
countless concerts at the Center for the
Arts and most recently created blankets for family members--including the
babies yet unborn.
Fact is, the Center for the Arts would
not have been launched without her
dogged determination in its earliest
stages. She did it all. The bathrooms
at the Center? She painted them. The
first talent show during Winterfest? She
ran it. She inaugurated the book club
that—only after years of coaxing—now
bears her name. Look at the flooring
in the Community Room. She chose
it. Research the minutes and financial
statements of the meetings of the board
of directors. Her fingerprints are everywhere.
For several years she knew she was
dying and that stupid cancer would
have the last word. Or would it? She
hated the words “courageous battle,”
preferring to live her life not in battle but
in enjoyment as fully as reality would
allow. Many of us might envy just how
full her life was.
A very small circle, a very elite circle,
of friends was allowed to help with such
mundane details as transporting her to
medical appointments. Karen could
be picky about who did what. And she
could be picky about which invitations
to accept. Such was the pride. Karen
was proud to have signed her name on
an I-beam at the new cancer facility at
Upstate.
She leaves an empty throne in many
facets of her busy life and launches
what might be an impossible search
for the multi-talented person to claim
it. Whenever you hear “Play ball!” I
hope you will think of her with a happy
memory of her years as a fan up on the
bleachers. Whenever you cuddle up
in a homemade coverlet, think of her.
Whenever you pass by Route 281 near
Super Cream, think of her. And whenever you enter the Center for the Arts of
Homer, feel her presence everywhere.
Everywhere. I hope her spirit is happy
and pain-free. I hope she is up in the
belfry eating a tuna melt and licking the
last little flecks of salt on her french fries
from her fingertips.
“Now cracks a noble heart. Good night,
Sweet Princess. And flights of angels
sing thee to thy rest.”
Jack Carr
Obey the Law, Clean Up
After Your Dog
To the Editor,
To the Person(s) walking their dogs on
North Main St. in Homer,
We have an ordinance in the Village
of Homer that you must pick up your
dogs poop.
No one is above the law so please
pick up your BIG dog’s business. A
person needs a ladder to get over it.
Plus I don’t want my dog to get any illness from your dog’s business. I can
imagine that it is not pleasant walking
down the sidewalk while carrying a bag
of big poop, but it also is very unpleasant to mow your lawn and step in it or
worse, have your child fall it. I have a
small dog and I pick up her business
just out of respect for my neighbors and
my village. So, would you please do
the same.
Also I would like to ask people with
male dogs to please not let them lift
their legs on people’s bushes. We have
plenty of big trees, light fixtures and
fire hydrants for your dogs to use. My
neighbors have very nice small shrubs
in their front yards and your male walking companions are destroying their
ornamental shrubs. Today, as we all
know, everyone has a camera and can
record you on their phone, so remember before you continue to break the
law, Big brother & sister are watching.
Delia Ferris
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Obituaries
Josephine R. Brown
Josephine Richardson Brown passed
peacefully into the arms of her Lord on
Friday, May 2, 2014
She was born in Sunderland, England
on January 3, 1920. In 1926 her parents,
Thomas, mother Josephine and younger
sister Edith sailed to Australia to find
work during the Depression.
At age 26, Josephine accepted a blind
date with an American serviceman,
Donald Brown from Homer. By the next
New Year’s Eve they were married and
expecting a child, who would also be
named Josephine. In 1944 Josephine
was given notice to report to a troop
ship, where she and her 18 month old
daughter, along with other war brides,
crossed the Pacific and Ianded in San
Francisco. From there she crossed the
country on a troop train and arrived in
Homer. In 1946, they welcomed their
second child, Wayne Donald. Josephine
received American citizenship in
January of 1950. She embraced the
country and the town of Homer.
She joined the Homer Chapter #222
of the Eastern Star in 1947. During her
time, she met many close and dear
friends. She served in many of the
offices and was Matron five times in
her 69-year tenure. The last time was
at age 90. From 1965-68 she was the
Grand Representative to the Grand
Chapter of the State of Maryland. In
2012 the District Deputy presented
her with the Shining Star award for
the person who had made outstanding
contributions to the Order.
The Homer Elks Lodge #2506
presented Josephine with the first
annual Citizen of the Year award in
recognition of unselfish time and effort
given to make the community a better
place in which to live.
For 22 years she was the Homer
Correspondent
for
the
Cortland
Standard. She covered village, town,
planning, and school board meetings.
She attended every Homer High School
graduation. She often wrote historical
pieces on the Village of Homer. She
especially enjoyed human interest
stories. Her favorite subjects were the
children’s activities. She was the Town
of Homer historian for 13 years. Jose
phine was asked by the Town Board
to head up Homer’s 200th anniversary
celebration in 1991. Her history of
the town was published in a souvenir
booklet,
One of Josephine’s favorite places
was at the reception desk of the
Cortland hospital, where she served
many years as a volunteer for the
Cortland Regional Medical Center
Auxiliary Inc.
She moved to The Brewster House in
2010, preferring to have the room with
the window that overlooked the Village
·Green.
On Feb. 16, 2011, the Town Board
and Mayor Mike McDermott declared
Josephine Brown Day in recognition for
her years of excellent service, and for
the enthusiasm and good humor that
have marked her every endeavor and
have made her truly one of Homer’s
outstanding citizens.
Her husband, Donald, died in 1996.
She is survived by her children,
Josephine (Jim) Richart in Canton,
Pa., where Josephine enjoyed the
last year of her life in the Sherwood
PersonaI Care home. Her son Wayne
resides in Daytona, Fla. Josephine
has four grandchildren: Wendy (Jim)
Zelasko in Alden, John (Lois) Marshall
in Owego, Robert (Tabitha) Marshall
in Lancaster, S.C. and Tarah (Danny)
Baxter in Tennessee. She had six
great-grandchildren; Austin and Peyton
Zelasko, Allison and John Marshall,
Alex Marshall and Conner Baxter.
Josephine was grateful for the love and
care that was extended by her Homer
friend, Doris Phalen.
Calling hours were held in the Homer
Methodist Church on Cayuga Street in
Homer followed by the funeral service
conducted by her dear friend and
minister, Allen Ferguson, .
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be
made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation
of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th fl.,
New York, NY 10001.
Elizabeth A. ‘Betty’ Howe
Elizabeth A. ‘Betty’ Howe, a lifelong
resident of Little York, passed away
under the care of Hospice, her loving
family, and a dedicated team of caregivers at the age of 92.
She was born November 11, 1921, a
daughter of seven children, to the late
Carl and Lillian Rofe Allen, also of Little
York.
Betty was a well loved and often
remembered 3rd grade teacher at
McGraw Central for 30 years. She was
a longtime faithful member of the Willing
Workers Class of Homer Baptist Church
and was most recently was a member of
Calvary Baptist Church of Preble.
She enjoyed gardening and traveling
with her family.
Betty is survived by two brothers,
Donald (Gloria) Allen of Little York and
Arden (Caroline) Allen of Cortland; her
brother-in-law; Floyd Murphy of Little
York, and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband,
Wilbur J. Howe, two sisters, Dorothea
Allen and Margaret Murphy and two
brothers, Bill (Bertha) Allen and Carl
Lewis Allen, Jr., who died at ten days.
Betty was a gracious and generous
woman who blessed family and friends
in many ways. A woman who fears the
Lord is to be praised! (Proverbs 31:30)
Funeral services were held at 1:00pm on
Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Donald L.
Barber Funeral Home, 5016 N. Main
St., Homer, with Pastor Tom Rofe officiating. Interment followed in McGraw
Cemetery, McGraw, NY.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Mrs. Howe’s memory may be
made to the Calvary Baptist Church of
Preble, PO Box 225, Preble, NY 13141.
Memorial condolences for the
family may also be left at www.
DonaldLBarberFuneralHome.com.
Memorial Day Parade
Reminder - the Memorial Day Parade is scheduled for Monday,
May 26, 2014. The parade will line up on Water St. at the Town
Hall. It is scheduled to leave at 9:00 am and will proceed south
on Main Street and west on Cayuga Street to the Glenwood
Cemetery. Children are encouraged to walk or ride their bikes
and bring flowers to be placed at the Veteran's Memorial. Refreshments will be served at the American Legion after the ceremonies.
News from the Library
Who Is This Guy
Newton?
By Priscilla Berggren-Thomas
A Man with a Vacuum Cleaner is
a Beautiful Sight
Bruce and I have been vacuum
cleaner shopping. The Swedish word
for vacuum cleaner is dammsugare,
which literally means dust sucker. And
that’s what a vacuum needs to do, suck
up dust. It doesn’t need to cost 600 or
more dollars, have hundreds of attachments, and make toast for breakfast.
Our first vacuum cleaner cost $25 at
a yard sale. Six years, three states, and
four houses later, I figured I had gotten
my money’s worth. So when we were
ready to move from Illinois to Virginia
and space was limited, I voted for taking the goat and leaving the vacuum.
Bruce, or course, thought he hadn’t
gotten his $25 worth yet, which is why I
ended up with the vacuum in the back
of the truck and the goat on my lap. But,
you’ve heard that story before. And this
is a story about vacuum cleaners, not
goats.
The $25 vacuum did finally lose its
dust sucking capacity and we bought a
little rechargeable lightweight vacuum
ideal for hardwood floors. Unfortunately,
unlike our garage sale find, it lasted
only two years. And it wasn’t that great
on dog hair. A vacuum needs, above
all things, to be able to suck up lots of
dog hair!
So we bought another rechargeable
lightweight one, the floor model on
clearance, only to find out it would only
run for about a minute before the battery ran down. I returned it for a superwind- turbine-on-sale dust sucker. And
last night Bruce vacuumed our whole
house marveling at the power and
modernity of our new vacuum cleaner.
Plus, he loved it because it was on sale.
I married Bruce, of course, because
he made me laugh. And in all these
years, I’ve never found anyone funnier. That is until I went and heard
Neil Gaiman speak at the Rosamond
Gifford Lecture series. I was immediately infatuated. Neil Gaiman is so cool;
the way his hair falls in his face and the
incredible imagination and creativity he
has. He’s got to be one of the smartest,
funniest guys around.
He started with a poem he wrote that
is very popular at weddings. It’s called
The Day the Saucers Came. It takes a
certain mind to write a love poem that
is about aliens. He then read a story
about growing old and forgetting your
favorite author’s name, which was both
fantastical and little too real for me. And
then he told this story about going to
the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for
a private viewing of the Dega collection
and having his wife want to pose nude
in front of the exhibit and be painted. I
thought, “Boy, this guy has some imagination!”
When I got home I googled Neil
Gaiman’s wife and discovered she’s a
performance artist with many tastefully
nude pictures of herself on her blog.
Usually there’s some writing on her
body, along with artfully placed flowers.
It was then that I realized that maybe
Neil’s not all that imaginative after all.
Maybe these things really do happen
to him.
Studies indicate that women think men
are the most sexy when they are cleaning the house. So, I’m over my infatuation with Neil Gaiman and sticking with
Bruce. Because a guy who vacuums
the whole house all the while extolling
the virtues of our dammsugare, is much
more fun than a guy who gets private
tours of national art museums. But, I’m
still reading Neil Gaiman, because he is
funny on paper. And you should, too. At
least read The Day the Saucers Came,
because it takes a wild mind to write a
love poem that includes aliens, giants,
and fairies.
What’s New at the Library?
Pre-School Story Time
Pre-School Story Time with Miss
Tammy is on Wednesday mornings at
10:30 am, when school is in session.
There are no programs on snow days
or school holidays. Upcoming themes:
Registration for a special grant-funded
program for K-5th graders has already
taken place, but those who missed the
special summer reading program registration can still register for a normal
Summer Reading program. The regular
summer reading program is for preschoolers through adults and registration begins in June. Stay tune for information about all the summer programs
we will have this summer.
Visiting Author in June
Poet, author, and fiddler Ken Waldman
will be here on June 26th providing a writing workshop and reading. Stay tune for
more details in upcoming issues of the
Homer News, or check out the library
website. This event is funded in part
by Poets and Writers Inc., with public
funds from the New York State Council
on the Arts with the support of Governor
Andrew Cuomo and the New York State
Legislature.
Board Games at the Library
We now have board games for use
within the library. Stop by sometime to
see what’s available and play a game.
May 28th - Boats
Teen Writers’ Group
The last story time for the school year
will be June 18th. But, Summer Reading
story times will be on Wednesdays at
10:30 am beginning on July 2nd and running through Aug. 13th.
The Teen Writers group meets
Tuesdays from 3 until 4 pm, followed by
the Teen Film club from 4 pm until 5 pm.
These groups are open to all writers
from 6th through 12th grades.
Rockin’ Readers
The library also hosts a Wiki where
writers can post their stories. Check
it out at www.phillipsfreelibrarywriters.
wikispaces.com If you’d like to post your
own stories there, talk to Priscilla.
Rockin’ Readers, our K-2nd grade
story and activity time is on Wednesday
afternoons at 3:25 pm. Miss Tammy will
be offering a fun program with stories,
crafts, games, and songs. There are no
programs on snow days or school holidays. Upcoming themes are:
May 28th May Flowers
The last Rockin’ Readers for the
school year will be June 11th. But,
Summer Reading story times will be
Wednesdays at 10:30 am beginning on
July 2nd and running through Aug. 13th.
There’ll be a program from pre-school
through 2nd grade upstairs and a program for 3rd through 5th downstairs.
Summer Reading is around the corner
This year the theme for the Summer
Reading Program is Fizz, Boom, Read
and it’s all about science. We’ve received
grants from the Wilkins Foundation,
The Tompkins County Community
Foundation, and the Cortland Rotary to
provide fun programs, book giveaways,
and community events.
Help with Nooks, Kindles, and
Downloadable books
Do you need help downloading ebooks
and audiobooks to your Nook, Kindle, or
ipad? Let our Teen Tech Volunteers help
you. They are available Mondays and
Thursdays from 3-4 pm. They can help
you learn to check out and download
e-materials. They can also help with
other computer questions. Call ahead,
to make an appointment, or drop by.
For more information about any of our
programs call 749-4616 or check out
our website at www.phillipsfreelibrary.
org.
Phillips Free Library Hours:
Monday
10 am to 6 pm
Tuesday
2 pm to 8 pm
Wednesday
10 am to 8 pm
Thursday
2 pm to 8 pm
Friday
2 pm to 6 pm
Saturday
10 am to 2 pm
By Ed Raus
Homer residents pay their water bill
to the Newton Water Works, play with
their children at Newton Park on Cayuga
Street and they might have noticed the
carriage stone marked “NEWTON” in
front of the large yellow home on North
Main Street. But how many know the
man behind the name? When Charles
O. Newton died in 1917, he was remembered as “Homer’s greatest friend and
benefactor.”
Charles Orville Newton was born in
the Brimfield area of Hampden County,
Massachusetts on September 12, 1826.
He came to Homer in 1851 and opened
a farm produce business. In the fall of
1852 he married his cousin, Elizabeth
Susan Newton, the only child of the wellto-do family of Lemuel D. and Betsey
Lee (Merrick) Newton. The Newton’s
had settled in Homer in 1816. Their
home at 46 North Main Street was
built over time in three sections. The
front section reflects the occupancy of
Charles and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was
born in the house on August 7, 1824,
was married and had her two children
in the house, and died there on January
16, 1907. The unique overall appearance of the home led one observer to
coin the phrase “romantic individuality”
to describe it.
During the Civil War, Charles served
as a lieutenant and quartermaster in the
157th New York Infantry Regiment until
family concerns caused his resignation
and discharge on June 28, 1863. His son
William died in May 1862 at age six, and
his second son Frank Merrick Newton
was born in April 1863. Frank died in a
tragic railroad accident on November 9,
1899, when the streetcar he was riding in
collided with a train at the crossing near
where Fisher and Homer Avenues meet.
Frank lost both legs in the accident and
quickly bled to death. He had married
Jennie Hortense Olney the year before
and their first child Elizabeth would be
born in March of 1900. Frank’s mother
Elizabeth never fully recovered from the
shock of his death.
Charles and Elizabeth spent most
of their married life in service to the
Homer community. Charles won election to the New York state Assembly and
three times was elected to the office of
Homer Village President. He served as
President of both the Phillips Free Library
Association and the Glenwood Cemetery
Association, and also held the position of a Homer Academy trustee. He
helped to organize the Cortland County
Republican Party in 1856. Elizabeth
served as the first President of the
Elizabeth Brewster Home Association
and continued to support the Home until
her death in 1907.
The Newton’s community projects
include the following:
1893. Donation of a plot of ground near
the top of the hill in Glenwood Cemetery
to serve as a “burial place for soldiers
see "Newton" page 7
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Harry Clarke
Ostrander:
The Adventurous Traveler
behind the Magic Lantern
Shows
by Martin Sweeney
In section 15 of Glenwood Cemetery
there is an unpretentious stone
engraved with the name of Harry
Clarke Ostrander, along with the year
of his birth and the year of his death.
In his late 80s, Harry had come to
live out his last days with his niece,
Florence Armitage Bundy, in the Village
of Homer. His niece’s children loved
the stories he would tell and the odd
hand-tinted slides he would project
onto a white bed sheet via a device he
called his “magic lantern.” They were
enthralled. And why not? Uncle Harry
was very much an adventure-loving
citizen of the world, having in his lifetime traveled to five continents, having
made three around-the-world trips, and
having visited China five times. And
now, of all places, he was in their living room in Homer in 1957 showing
images of exotic places.
Harry Ostrander’s adventurous life
had commenced in 1869 in Clyde, NY.
He was the oldest of six children born
to Henry and Alla Waterbury Ostrander.
The Ostranders moved to Waterloo,
NY, where Harry was schooled and
showed an interest in oratory and art.
After high school, he briefly studied art
at the prestigious Cooper Institute in
New York City.
In August of 1893, Harry went to
Chicago for three weeks to take in the
World’s Fair. There, he came down
with the “travel bug,” which he indulged
by traveling around the United States.
His sister Jesse (pronounced Jess-ee)
developed the photographs he took. In
1901 he took an 8-month trip outside
the US. His itinerary included England,
France, Spain, Holland, Germany, Italy,
Greece, Algeria, Morocco, Palestine,
and a visit to Egypt to see friends he
had made at the Chicago World’s Fair.
With a camera in tow, he took extensive photographs of his journey.
By 1908, Yonkers, NY, was his
home base from which he wrote articles for magazines and newspapers in
California about his travels through the
States, Mexico, and Cuba. In 1911, he
sailed out of New York for a five month
trip around the world by tramp steamers. This trip took in Gibraltar, Algeria,
Tunis, Morocco, Sicily, Egypt, Turkey,
Arabia, India, Ceylon, Java, Burma,
Singapore, the Malay States, Thailand,
Vietnam, China (arriving two months
before the Chinese Revolution), Japan,
Honolulu, San Francisco, and back
to New York. Upon his return to the
States, he gave his first lecture to
a women’s club in Trenton, NJ. The
young, dashing, charming, and gifted
story-teller was an immediate sensation. For the rest of his life, he traveled
in the summer and lectured through
the winter. While lecturing he projected
his hand-tinted glass slides with “the
magic lantern,” or stereopticon. His
most popular lectures had these titles:
“Around the World in Ninety Minutes,”
“Mexico, the Egypt of the New World,”
and “Religions of the Orient.” A person
who attended his “China and Japan”
show in 1914 wrote this: “Harry C.
Ostrander’s travel talks are growing
rapidly in public favor…. Few lecturers
who have come to Washington have
had so artistic a series of photographs.”
In the 1920s, Harry earned passage on
ocean liners by giving shipboard lectures with illustrations of the places to
First Annual Homer
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Step into the past and help celebrate the rich heritage of Homer,
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Events will include:
· A kick off brunch at Briggs Hall Manor
· guided walking tours of significant historic village buildings
· tours which will include:
· Lincoln’s connection to Homer
· Brockway connection
· raffle,
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· flag presentation
· meals with historic themes at downtown restaurants and
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be visited. He now had over 70 lecture
topics with slides to use at colleges and
museums.
In 1929 he took six months to make
21 different voyages on 20 different
ships. He returned with 2,500 photographs taken in 20 different countries.
The years of the Great Depression
were hard on Harry. Bookings for his
travelogues declined and he lost many
of his negatives to a fire. He began
selling photos to magazines such as
Travel and National Geographic. Still,
he managed to travel every summer. In
1935, the Dutch government paid him
to photograph throughout the Dutch
East Indies.
While Harry had steady clients well
into the 1940s, his hand painted glass
slides had trouble competing with new
technology. In an age of film travelogues, audiences found his slides to
be “quaint.” In 1945, at the age of 76,
he made an eight country tour of South
America. Then, in 1950, at the age of
81, he made one more trip to China.
The trip would be his last.
He eventually came to Homer to
live out his remaining days with his
niece, Florence Armitage Bundy, the
youngest daughter of his sister Jesse.
The adult Bundy children today have
vivid memories of an elderly man who
delighted them as children by taking
out his “magic lantern” and showing
them intriguing, colorful images of faraway places – a different country every
evening.
Harry Ostrander died in 1957 at the
age of 88, not knowing that in 2009 his
images would delight Chinese audiences who eagerly came to see an
exhibition of his photographic legacy
in Kunming, China, courtesy of the
Schenectady Museum to whom the
Bundy Family had donated crates of
Uncle Harry’s glass slides.
Harry’s story is one of several recalled
during a walking tour of “Glenwood:
The Cemetery Paris Built” made available through the Homer Center for the
Arts. Go to http://historichomertours.
info and contact Kathy Beardsley to
arrange for your family or group to
enjoy this informative tour.
Appreciation is extended to Gail Bundy
for making the material about her greatuncle available for this article.
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Newton (cont from page 4)
who might not have any other place
provided them.” In 1906 he added to
the plot a five-ton granite monument
of his own design with the inscription,
“In memory of the soldiers and sailors
here, who fought to save the Union,
1861-1865.” The monument was later
moved down to its present location near
the entrance to the cemetery.
1902. Purchase of the Homer Water
Works for about $30,000 and donation to Homer Village. The name then
changed to the Newton Water Works.
1902. Purchase of a pipe organ for
the Homer Congregational Church for
$3,700.
1905. Purchase of two parcels of land
for donation to Homer Village as public
parks. The first, located at the juncture of Fulton, Clinton and Washington
Streets, Charles improved by adding
landscaping, curbing, and a large stone
that he surrounded with red paving
stones and topped with a bronze reclining Scotty dog (“watch dog”). Today
only the rock remains in the park with
a small rectangular piece of concrete
remaining to show where the dog was
attached. The historic railroad flagman’s station was moved to the site and
restored in 1973.
Charles also purchased one and
one-half acres at Cayuga and Bartlett
Streets at the request of area residents
who complained about this disreputable
“cabbage patch” area where two relocated small structures filled with “squatters” sat in what was described as a
low-lying, “ill-smelling swamp, strewn
with bones and rubbish.” One of the
buildings had once stood at Main and
Water Streets where it served as a
“Chinese Laundry”. Charles agreed to
deed the property to the village if the
community cleared, drained, filled, and
landscaped the site, which they did.
Newton Park opened in 1907.
1905. Donation to the new Phillips
Free Library (library opened in 1903)
of three medallions and seven books
recalling the early Pilgrims in America.
The medallions showed the likenesses
of John Alden, Priscilla, and the Indian
Squanto. Charles also sponsored an
essay contest on the importance of
these historical figures for Homer students under the age of sixteen.
1908. Donation of $1000 for the
construction of the Catholic Church in
Homer. At Charles’ request, the proposed church name of St. Catherine’s
was changed to St. Margaret’s, in part
to honor the Newton’s devoted housekeeper and caregiver Margaret Phalen
(1874-1938), who married Frederick
Butler.
Charles Newton died at his Main
Street home on November 27, 1917,
and was buried with Elizabeth and their
sons in Glenwood Cemetery. If one
was to look back at Homer’s history and
try to identify her ten most prominent
families, Charles O. and Elizabeth S.
Newton would have a place near the
top of the list.
BRITTANY’S LAW
A Column of News & Comment by
Senator James L. Seward
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There is a saying that knowledge is
power, and when it comes to information about the dangers that surround us
each and every day no truer statement
has ever been uttered. That is why I
am pleased to announce state senate
approval of Brittany’s Law.
Brittany’s Law is named for 12 year
old Brittany Passalacqua. In 2009, in
Geneva, New York, Brittany and her
mother Helen Buchel were murdered in
their home by Helen’s boyfriend. It was
later learned that the murderer was a
violent convicted felon, John Edward
Brown, who had been released from
prison after serving 2 ½ years of a
three year sentence for assaulting
his infant daughter. Neither Brittany
nor Helen knew of their killer’s violent
criminal background, if they had, they
would have never associated with him,
and they would still be alive today.
The goal of Brittany’s Law is to
make sure individuals who have been
convicted of a violent felony can’t slip
unsuspectingly into a family’s home.
Instead, such criminals will be required
to register with a statewide violent
felony offender registry through the
New York State Department of Criminal
Justice Services.
The violent felony offender registry would be similar to the New York
State Sex Offender Registry. Offenders
would be required to register once
released from prison and must reregister annually. Information about the
offenders would be compiled in the
database and available to the general
public and police agencies. Several
other states have already established
a violent felony offender registry.
Alerting individuals to a violent
criminal’s past is a crucial crime prevention step because many become
repeat offenders. A recent study by the
University of Wyoming found that individuals under the age of 25 who commit
violent crimes have the highest rate of
recidivism. The Urban Institute Justice
Policy Center based in Washington,
DC conducted a study published in
2003 that found nationwide 53% of
arrested males and 39% of arrested
females are re-incarcerated.
While there some learn from their
mistakes and make life corrections, it is
clear that many others continue along
the same path of violence. In some of
these cases, the offender even turns
to a higher degree of violence, as was
the case with Brittany’s murderer. This
further illustrates the need for a violent
felony offender registry.
see SEWARD page 11
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Beginning June 1st, 2014 the Town Clerk’s Office will be conducting a
dog census by mail. Those dog owners who have not previously
licensed their dogs will need to do so by July 31, 2014 to avoid an enumeration fee. Residents who do not respond may be subjects of a
random check by the Dog Control Officer and may receive a ticket.
In order to license your dog, please call (607-749-4581) or stop by the
Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall, 31 N. Main St. in Homer.
Office Hours are 8:30 am to Noon & 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Monday
thru Thursday. Friday Hours are 8:30 am to 1:00 pm.
You will need to bring a currently valid rabies certificate and proof
if your dog has been spayed or neutered. The fee for a spayed or
neutered dog is $10.00. Unspayed or unneutered license fee is
$18.00
Please be a responsible dog owner and license your pet!
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Benvenuti alla Festa! –
Welcome to the Celebration!
By Stephanie Passeri-Densmore
On the morning of June 8, a large, colorful banner with a bilingual invitation will lead
this year’s St. Anthony’s Day Procession. The
words “Benvenuti alla Festa! – Welcome to
the Celebration!” will invite the Cortland community and visitors from near and far to partake
in many levels of celebration at St. Anthony’s
Church in Cortland. “Festa,” in the Italian language of the original founders of this East Side
parish, can mean religious feast day, festival, and
also a party-like celebration. All three of these
will be offered to the public during the two day
annual event which will run Saturday June 7th and
Sunday June 8th on the church grounds at 50
Pomeroy Street.
Over the decades, the St. Anthony’s Festival
has greatly evolved from the simple procession of
Italian immigrant men marching down Main Street
following the Cortland City Band on June 13, 1905.
Today, the festival is held on the weekend before
the June 13th religious feast day of St. Anthony of
Padua, the thirteenth century Franciscan friar who
is a popular patron saint for many Italian towns,
including Ferrazzano, hometown of many of the
Cortland church’s original parishioners. Like
many other places in Europe since the Middle
Ages, Italian cities and villages have long paired
religious commemorations, especially of a town’s
patron saint, with other festivities that bring people
together to celebrate good food, entertainment,
and conviviality.
On Saturday, June 7th, the first event of this
year’s celebration will be a Spaghetti Dinner in
St. Anthony’s Church Hall from 4 PM to 7 PM.
At 5:30, the first religious event will be a Mass
featuring readings in Italian. Since this Mass also
falls on Pentecost weekend, other languages,
such as Spanish, Polish, and Chinese, will be
incorporated to reflect the diverse heritages of the
present congregation. From 7:15-9:30 PM, the
Cafferty Band will provide musical entertainment,
followed by a spectacular fireworks display (sponsored by the Green Arch Restaurant and McNeil
and Company Insurance and Risk Services).
Throughout the entertainment, attendees can
enjoy St. Anthony’s traditional sausage and pepper sandwiches, or hot dogs and other snacks,
and sumptuous Italian sweet treats from the Dolci
booth until 10 PM. Dolci (sweets) will include
cannoli, pasticiotti, sfogliatelle, biscotti, pizzelle,
homemade Italian cookies, and gelato.
At 9:30 AM on Sunday morning, a special Mass
commemorating the ministry of St. Anthony is the
culmination of the religious celebration of the St.
Anthony’s Festival. Since the 1930’s, the Mass
features thirteen little boys dressed as St. Anthony
and carrying his signature white lilies. Now
taught by Vivian Colongeli and her daughter Pam
Knickerbocker, the miniature monks sing a traditional Italian hymn that praises St. Anthony for his
ability as a preacher and protector of immigrants.
This Mass will end with a rousing rendition of the
Italian march “Caderna,”
the theme song of the
festival, played inside the
church by the Old Timers
Band.
Following the religious
traditions of Italy, the religious celebration then
continues with a procession on the streets around
the East Side. A statue of
St. Anthony is carried on
the shoulders of parishioners, followed by the little
monks, the St. Anthony’s
Banner, the Old Timers
Band, beautifully decorated floats with religious
themes, marchers organized by parish ministries
and organizations, colorful
Italian regional banners by
local artist Mario Venturini,
a float with accordion
player Armando Natale,
and of course, friends of
St. Anthony’s Church who
would like to participate in this unique experience. For
the first time in many years, the newly re-organized
Cortland County Knights of Columbus will also be marching. The parade route starts at the church, winds down
Elm Street to Hubbard, Central, Pomeroy, Port Watson,
Bartlett, Commando, Hyatt, and back to the church.
Starting at 12:30 PM, the Sunday festival celebration offers a day full of family-friendly activities, diverse
genres of musical entertainment, and a great variety of
authentic Italian foods. Children will love the bounce
house, kids’ games, caricatures, and foods all youngsters enjoy. “Dance Dance Revolution” will be a favorite of “tweens” and teens. Adults will want to vie for
items of their choice at the silent auction, play the cake
wheel, purchase characteristic Italian novelties, buy raffle
chances for one of the many unique themed baskets on
display both Saturday and Sunday. Sunday’s cuisine
also features a gamut of Italian ethnic specialties, such
as verze e fagioli (greens & beans), pasta e fagioli (pasta
& beans), gnocchi with broccoli, eggplant rollups, stuffed
shells, meatball subs, sausage and pepper sandwiches,
tomato & cucumber salad, and pizza fritta.
Musical entertainment will be provided by BLUsion, the
Steve Southworth Band (50’s and early 60’s music), the
Brothers Band (classic dance rock), and the Old Timers
Band, which finishes the evening with its annual band
concert of marches, classical pieces, show tunes, and
Americana. This year’s festival concludes with the St.
Anthony’s Raffle drawings at 8:30.
So, venite alla festa (come to the celebration) where
all are benvenuti (welcome) to celebrate faith, family, fun,
food, and friendship at St. Anthony of Padua Church.
For more information about this year’s St. Anthony’s
Festival, visit the website at www.saintanthonysfestival.
org
Quilt Sale Nets $5000 for
Bernese Mountain Dog
Health Organization
Debbie Butler Miller is pictured above with a quilt
she made and donated to a Bernese Mountain
Dog Health group.
The quilt was sold at auction last month for
$5000.
Debbie and her husband Jim are former residents of Homer, NY.
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Sen. Seward Congratulates
New York's Top Seniors
Clarifying Identity of Photo From
February 27 Issue Showing Grist Mill
Building
A few issues back we printed a photo identified as "Darby's Mill" on Water Street
in Homer. Shortly after, we received a letter from Greg Reed of Cortland informing
us that the photo we ran was NOT Darby's Mill, but was a mill at Groton City. (For
those who do not know where Groton City is, it is off Rt. 222 by the big curve as
you head to Groton)
Greg tells us that his uncle, Roger C. Reed, took the photo of the Groton City Mill
in 1938. As Greg noted in his letter, the Darby Mill was a more substantial mill than
the one in Groton City. We acquired the photo (which was misidentified) and ran it
believing it to be Darby's.
After doing some research and talking to Rob Gray, whose parents live at the
site of Darby's Mill, we found a post card of Darby's Mill that we are printing here.
Another interesting fact is that when renovating our house we found a paper flour
bag from Darby's Mill in the attic, along with some newspaper pages from 1888.
We still have the bag, and are contemplating how to preserve it for future generations.
Thanks to Greg Reed, Rob Gray, and Frank DiPietro (who got us the post card).
Some times we have to print a correction of a previous article. If we make a mistake, we will try to make it right.
Senator James L. Seward with senior citizen honoree Sister
Kathleen Heffron (Cincinnatus) from Cortland County.
ALBANY, 05/12/14 -- State Senator James L. Seward (R/C/I – Oneonta) recently
congratulated New York State’s top senior citizens as part of the New York State
Office for the Aging 2014 Senior Citizens Day Celebration in Albany.
“Our senior citizens are vital, instrumental members of our communities,”
said Senator Seward. “The extremely active seniors honored today fulfill
significant roles – volunteering with local ambulance companies, managing
area food pantries, and holding elected office.” Along with honoring the local honorees the senate also adopted a resolution
(J.4811) proclaiming May 6, 2014 as Senior Citizens Awareness Day in the State
of New York. The resolution reads in part:
WHEREAS, The more than three million residents of New York State 60 years
of age and older bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the increasingly active roles they play in today’s society; their past contributions and
future participation are a vital part of, and valuable asset to, the fabric of community life and activity; and
WHEREAS, These senior citizens have contributed to the State by building and helping preserve the customs, traditions and ideals of the many ethnic
groups that make up the mosaic of New York State.
“I also have to give credit to the local county office for the aging staff members that work so hard on a daily basis providing crucial services to area
senior citizens and advocating for their needs,” Seward added.
The senior citizen from Cortland County is:Sister Kathleen Heffron, Cincinnatus
“Each of these senior citizens is special, but it gives me added pleasure to
recognize Donald DuBois of Ulster County who was named the senior citizen of the year. Donald’s longstanding commitment to helping others, his
thoughtful teachings that foster new ideas, and his sustained efforts to bring
out the best in others are well documented and warrant him being named
New York State Senior Citizen of the Year,” Seward concluded.
Groton City Mill
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11th Annual Ride for Rotary
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organized by the Cortland Breakfast Rotary Club
Supporting the
Cortland County Training Center
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Motorcycles, Classic Cars, Bicycles, or your “daily driver”
Come join us for a leisurely tour, great food and entertainment
(bicycle tour is shorter than car tour)
Riders: sign in at the 9/11 Memorial at Homer Fire Dept. from 2:00 - 2:45 pm
« for ALL riders and non-riders/supporters »
Meal, entertainment and T-shirt - 4 pm at the Community Building
behind the Homer Fire Station
** $25.00 and T-shirt order MUST be received by 5/23/14 **
Meal & Entertainment only - (no T shirt) $15.00
Darby's Mill and Dam
Make checks payable to: Cortland Breakfast Rotary Club
Mail to: Matt Banazek - 5325 State Rt. 281 - Homer, NY 13077
Cortland and
Onondaga Counties
Announce Public
Comment Period for
Regional Solid Waste
Partnership
Comments accepted until June 14 on
draft scoping document that describes
content for future draft environmental
impact statement
SYRACUSE, N.Y., — (May 13, 2014)
In March, Onondaga and Cortland
Counties announced they would work
together as co-lead agencies for the
State Environmental Quality Review
(SEQR) process on a regional solid
waste partnership. Residents of both
counties will now have their first opportunity since the announcement to formally voice their opinion on the scope
of the proposed partnership.
Currently, Cortland County disposes of municipal solid waste, or trash,
at its county-owned landfill, while
Onondaga County trash is processed
at the OCRRA Waste-to-Energy (WTE)
Facility, where additional metals are
removed for recycling and the remaining trash is turned into electricity.
The proposed partnership would send
Cortland County’s trash to be processed
at the WTE Facility, thus increasing
energy production and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In exchange, the
non-hazardous ash byproduct will be
sent to the Cortland County Landfill,
further reducing greenhouse gas emissions, transportation costs and fuel
usage.
In order to fully explore potential
impacts this partnership could have on
the environment, a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) will be prepared.
A Draft Scoping Document (DSD),
prepared by consultants for both counties, identifies potential environmental
impacts that will be more thoroughly
reviewed in the DEIS.
The DSD is now available for public
review and may be accessed digitally at www.bartonandloguidice.com/
CortlandOnondagaPartnership.htm and
in hard copy at the Onondaga County
Central Library (447 South Salina
Street, Syracuse) or the Cortland Free
Library (32 Church Street, Cortland,
NY).
Written comments on the DSD will be
accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday,
June 14. Comments may be delivered to
the offices of Barton & Loguidice, (290
Elwood Davis Road, Syracuse); mailed
to the attention of Jillian Blake, Barton
& Loguidice, Box 3107, Syracuse, NY
13220; or submitted electronically to
[email protected].
These comments, as well as those
received during the initial Cortland
County scoping period, will be taken
into consideration in preparing the Final
Scoping Document for the DEIS.
This is not the only opportunity for public participation. Upon completion of the
DEIS, there will be another public comment period, as well as public hearings
on the DEIS.
“This comment period is just one of
several opportunities the public will
have to engage in the development of
this project’s draft environmental impact
statement,” said Onondaga County
Legislature Chair Ryan McMahon.
“Acquiring numerous perspectives on
what should be evaluated is the key to
developing a comprehensive study.”
“Public participation is vital not just to
this project, but for our entire Democratic
process,” said Susan Briggs, Chair of
the Cortland County Legislature. “We
look forward to hearing from our residents regarding this scoping document,
and eventually the DEIS.”
SEWARD (cont from page 7)
Now, you may be thinking that you
have heard about this bill before –
and you would be right. The senate
has approved this measure with overwhelming bipartisan support on multiple
occasions, yet the state assembly has
failed to even consider the measure
for a vote. A companion bill has been
introduced in the assembly, and I am
hopeful that this is the year this measure passes both houses and is sent to
the governor.
This is not the first time I have
sought stronger laws to protect individuals from violent criminals. In the past
I have supported numerous measures
to update laws and close loopholes to
allow detection and prosecution of sexual offenders, child predators, and the
like. As I mentioned, the new registry
would be patterned after the New York
State Sex Offender Registry, created
under Megan’s Law. The landmark
legislation has empowered parents and
concerned members of the community
with the information needed to protect
their families from dangerous sexual
predators.
I have also fought for, and won
approval, of laws to protect our elderly
from violent criminals. Thanks to legislation I co-sponsored, New York now
has tough penalties to punish anyone
who attacks a senior citizen. The
law, established in 2008, elevates the
assault of a person sixty-five years of
age or older when the perpetrator is
more than ten years younger than the
victim to assault in the second degree,
a class D violent felony punishable by
up to seven years in prison.
These laws provide important crimefighting tools, act as deterrents and
help make our state safer. I am proud
to support them.
NYSDOT To Fine Railroad
For Failing To Notify
State Of Crude Oil Train
Derailment In Albany
New
York
State
Department
of
Transportation
(NYSDOT)
Commissioner
Joan
McDonald
announced that the Department will
issue the maximum fine allowed under
state law to Canadian Pacific Railroad for failing to report, as required, the
derailment of four tank cars carrying
crude oil early Monday morning in
Albany.
The four tank cars carrying crude
derailed at about 4:30 a.m. Monday
May 12 at Canadian Pacific’s Kenwood
Rail Yard in the city of Albany. The
derailed cars remained upright and no
oil was spilled. The derailment was
not reported to NYSDOT by Canadian
Pacific until 9:16 a.m., nearly five hours
after the incident occurred. Under New
York State law, rail accidents involving freight trains carrying hazardous
materials must be reported to NYSDOT
within one hour of the accident. The
maximum fine allowed per incident is
$5,000.
A comprehensive crude oil transportation safety report released two weeks
ago by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
recommends advancing legislation
that would raise the maximum fine to
$25,000 per day. That report, authored
by five state agencies — including
NYSDOT — in accordance with an
executive order the Governor issued in
January, also urged swift federal action
on four priority safety matters, including
removing inadequate tank cars from
service; strengthening and codifying
voluntary industry safety measures
to safeguard the transport of Bakken
crude by rail; expediting the completion of environmental response plans to
better protect the environment from oil
spills; and developing classification and
testing of Bakken and other petroleum
products, which is critical to effective
emergency response to disasters.
Where is The Homer News
Being Read?
April 12th, 2014 Nassau Harbor, Nassau Bahamas.
Front Row, L to R: Sherry Haefele (USA), Adam Williams (Homer, NY USA), P.J.
Dean (Bahamas), Stanford Dean (Bahamas), Angelique Dean (Bahamas).
Back Row: Lee Haefele (USA), Marina Nery (Brazil), Christina Nery (Brazil),
Antonio Nery (Brazil), Kevin Williams (Homer, NY USA).
Skippers log....”We overlapped guests in Nassau, with two more arriving before
three left, seven on board. We spent two nights at a marina, so all could come
and go: sightseeing, jogging and hiking over to Paradise Island, riding local buses,
provisioning at Potter’s Cay under the bridge, dinner at the Fish Fry row of huts.
The New York Times just had an article “36Hours in Nassau”, describing lots of
these places. We said goodbye to it all, including the Brazilians, with a fejoada dinner. A young Bahamian friend from many years ago brought his children, making
us ten on the boat. When we all posed for a picture on the tramps, we wondered
if the boat would tip."
THE HOMER NEWS
Volume IV
May 22, 2014
Deer Ticks And Deer In The Village Of
Homer
by Ward Dukelow
Retired wildlife biologist
Several recent news items and articles have reported on the rise of diseases
carried and transmitted by infected deer ticks in the state including central New
York and Cortland County. Lyme disease is one of the diseases that can infect
people, dogs and sometimes cats if bitten by an infected deer tick. The disease is
spread after the infected deer tick remains attached to the skin for 36 hours and
can be detected on humans if a bulls eye like sore appears around the bite or if
a person has flu-like symptoms over a thirty day period after the bite.
How do deer ticks get into a position to bite people? Well, deer ticks are appropriately named because they can be transported from place to place by whitetailed deer. Deer ticks drop off the host deer onto vegetation such as bushes
and grass. When people contact the same vegetation, ticks can and do attach
themselves.
Deer? Yes deer. We have at least three areas within the Village of Homer that
harbor deer or are pathways for deer passing through. One is along both banks
of the West Branch of the Tioughnioga River. That includes the yards along the
river with stops at apple trees. Another is west of west of Rt. 281 across from the
High School and probably includes Glenwood Cemetery.
A major area is the Northwest comer of the village (N. West St., Stanford Dr.,
Ferndale, Balmoral Way, Suits Ave., etc.). At least one group of three to four
deer pass through this area, cross N. West Street (Rt 281) and find shelter in
the marsh or old fields between the Homer Intermediate/Jr.Hi School, RR tracks,
Lora Lane, Phelps Drive, etc. While passing through the area in the winter, white
cedar trees are the food of choice. Three weeks ago, a deer was happily(?)
browsing the back lawns of houses between Stanford Dr. and Ferndale Lane at
6:30 in the evening without too much apparent concern, even when I walked a
dog along both streets in full view.
The dog my family and I walk is an all-white Great Pyrenees who likes to roll in
the tall grass, on lawn edges and under bushes found throughout these streets.
So far this unusual Spring, we have found two deer ticks on the dog and no bulls
eye on us. It would be nice to put an anti-tick collar on deer so we could enjoy
watching the deer without the worry about ticks, but that is unrealistic so far.
The point of this article? We have deer in the village and deer can and do host
deer ticks, which should be a concern (not panic) for everyone.
From the Archives . . .
Issue 23
American Legion
News and Notes
Homer Central Class
of 1974 Plans Reunion
May 26 9:00 am Memorial Day
Parade: An annual event joined by local
children carrying flowers on their bikes
as we progress from Main to Glenwood
Cemetery. We will welcome the talented
Homer High School Band at the ceremonies. Don’t forget to join us as we honor
those who have gone before.
Catch us as we join the Marine Corps
in the Dairy Parade. Our award-winning
Color Guard will also march.
June 14 - Flag Day: 1:00
Picnic
and Baseball Game at Beaudry Park
Baseball Game - Sponsor of Take a
veto to a Ballgame. 6:00 The public
is invited to the Cortland Legion for the
annual Flag Burning.
Don’t forget: As you replace your flags,
please remember to honor the U.S Flag
by submitting it to the Legion for proper
disposal - it will become part of the
Annual Flag Burning on Flag Day.
The Legion welcomes 4 students from
Homer High School who will be participating in Boys/Girls State.
For the good of the Community:
Have you ever wondered what the funds
are used for when you stop in to enjoy
a Chicken BBQ, St. Pat’s Dinner, or our
Spaghetti Dinner? We proudly sponsor
area youth Baseball Teams; an annual
scholarship to Homer High School students; cemetery flags; and flags on Main
Street among other worthy causes as we
proudly support our community. If you
are a veteran, please give some thought
to joining our Legion Post and becoming
part of our “Family”.
Upcoming Meetings: May 31, June
28. All meetings start at 10:00am.
The 40th class reunion of Homer
Central’s Class of 1974 is planned for
July 18 and July 19.
On Friday, July 18 there will be a
gathering at Dasher’s Corner Pub
located on the corner of James Street
and Main Street in Homer starting at
6:30 pm. Cash bar. Food available
for purchase.
On Saturday, July 19 there will be
a buffet dinner at the Center For The
Arts located on the corner of Cayuga
Street and Main Street (former First
Baptist Church of Homer). Cash bar
of wine and beer at 6:30 followed by
dinner at 7:00 pm. Cost will be $29/
per person. Reservations and money
are due to Doug Young by July 1.
Doug’s address is 2085 Dietrich Road,
Union Springs, NY 13160.
We are missing information for the
following classmates: Diane Cornell,
John Foster, Janet Green Telaroli,
Willard Griffin, Cynthia Harvey, Terry
King, Timothy Knolls, Anne Lee, Chris
Miller, Melody Miner, Jeanne Moore,
Sheila Morgan, Vicki Niswender, Ted
Nora, William Preston, Elise Ray,
Diane Roades Perry, Cheri Rogers,
Andrea Rogers, Ronald Sadler,
Charles Schneider, Linda Smith,
Kim Stroud, Valerie Titus, David
VanDonsel, Edward Whirtley, Jayne
Wilbur, Pam Wilkins, Michael Wothe,
Leslie Young, Julanne Zimmerman
Skinner.
Information and questions may be
directed to Debi Ahrens Howe. Her
e-mail address is [email protected]
and her telephone number is 607-8981010.
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