- _ 120'73 12/03/91 8M BEiTH PUbL:I C L. I )·::!F:(;f::':V , ,~i.::5.1. DCL:'\V·J(~h:E·.~ (iVi::: t,',i\,' ~!. 20~')il DE.:i,,,I/\""i·-(. '" -"'I'" , ~ Vol. XXXV No. 49 Thanksgiving holiday opens charitable hearts \ By Regina Bulman son and his family. She said everyone is and Susan Wheeler welcome and the restaurant has seating for about 55 at a time. While many oius are fortunate enough to share the tradition of a bigThanksgiv­ Domermuth will offer a full Thanks­ ing dinner with friends and family, the giving dinner starting with shrimp as an holiday can be depressing and lonely for appetizer, from 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow at those who don't have the means to cele- the diner. Turkey, dressing and cran­ brate. berry sauce, scalloped shrimp and oys­ In New Scotland, local residents can ters, mashed potatoes and sweet pota­ look forward to a free Thanksgiving din­ toes, as well as nutbreads, fresh fruit and ner at the Voorheesville Diner at 39 pies will be served. Voorheesville Ave. "111 be thankful if I get a lot of people," "I've been wanting to do it for two or said Domermuth, who has owned the three years now," saidJoyceDomermuth, diner seven years. "I'm really looking diner owner. "This year is a perfect year. forward to it." Times are tough. People are out of work A group of local residents represent­ and lonely." ing a handful of churches in the Ravena­ Domermuth is hostingthe diner'sHrst­ Coeymans-Selkirk area will serve a ever Thanksgiving dinner along with her o HOliDAY/page 17 BETHLEHEM Town official named county budget director· By Sus~n Wheeler Daniel Hogan, who currently works in The Town of Bethlehem's loss will be public relations and programming for Erie Albany County's gain, said Supervisor County Republican State Senator John Ken Ringler Monday about Comptroller Daly, as assistant county executive. Phil Maher's appointment as county Maher will replace outgoing County budget director. Executive James Coyne's county budget . County Executive-elect Michael Hob­ director, Jack Sullivan. lock Tuesday announced Maher's ap­ pointment, and named his administrative "Phil's background indicates he has transition team and assistant county the ability to accept the challenge and get executive. He appointed Albany resident o MAHER/page 20 PAGE 2 - November 27, 1991 THE SPOTLIGHT SUNYA budget chief announces retirement N(Jtiitis'Spoilight!' John A. Hartigan of Delmar, campusandforhisroleinhelping a time oflargesse and generosity The Nov .• 2?. ¢qliifunby vice president for finance and the university achieve its current on the part of the state," he re­ Alan·DetshowitZ.i:mblished business at. the University at AI- status as a major public research calls. Since then, both the state by t1jeTimlisUnion ori its . bany is retiring at the end of the university: "Vice President Hartl­ and the university have withstood ~ditori~l·· page. contiiilled .•. ~ . current academic semester. gan helped the university to face repeated fiscal crises, including ~efere~ce to"TI1eSj,otlight, A career civil servant, Hartigan and successfully manage several the current one. apatentIyanti'SemitiC and anti-bIatkpublication." has spent nearly 37 years in state fiscal challenges and provided. "The campus and its people service, beginning in the state vision and leadership in expand­ have learned to accommodate and Hisrderencei$ tIl a Retirement System in 1954, con- ing the use of technology on the adjustto these financial vagaries," njagazine JlU blishedin tinuing in the state Attorney campus. he said. W~shington,.J);C., which General's Office in 1957, serving " He leaves a record of contri­ ..ljas no conllectionin allyway nine years in the state Division of butions that will serve the univer­ Open house set with theSpotlight'Newspa, Budget, and concluding with sity for years to come," Swygert There will be a holiday open ·jJe#here inAlballY.County, nearly 23 years of service to the said. house at the Good Samaritan .. fhe existiiiiceofsuch a . university, the last 15 as a vice· Hartigan, 59, a past president Home, 125 Rockefeller Road, . (i~iodical ~sMr. Dersho'Y­ president. of the State University Business Delmar, on Thursday, Dec. 12, ...... it:< refeisto· iSufll'Oltiina\~ H. Patrick Swygert, university Officers Association, wasAlbany's from 7 to 9 p.m. ... ellough;butpublication president, commended Hartigan principal financial officer through­ RSVP by Dec. 1 by calling 439- locally oian afubil':U0llS ref, for his service to the Albany out the 1970s and '80s. "I came at 8116. erence·.iSmo~t.regl'ettable. John A. Hartigan W~trtistthat ourr~ders © The Americal"l Tobacco Co. 1991. Were not corifused,however! . Richard A. Ahlstrom .. Publisher. and Editor .. ··.TheSpotlightNriwsPaper$ ..... Holiday concert Todays Slims. at Delmar church Delmar's dvd productions will present its sixth annual Christ­ mas concert at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Delmar on fas~io.ably Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Entitled "Holy Day and Holi­ day," the program will feature both l.elpasiYe. popular and sacred music. There is n.o admission charge, however, donations will be accepted to benefit Camp Good Days and Special TImes, a camp for chil­ dren ill with cancer and their families. For, information, contact the church at 439-4328. • .... f..l· q Kirsch Vertical Blinds OVER 50% OFF All Kirsch Custom Window Treatments Select distinctive window treat­ ments from our wide variety of styles, colors and designs. Practical. Pretty. And easy on your pocketbook. 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The new store was' completed The company tries to select local roughly six weeks after the demo- non-profit groups or initiatives ""-1"'!.''';; Iition of a fonner tavern at the with a broad base of community Routes 85 and 443 corner prop- support to make certain the money - .. ~~;;., erty. will go to something "the people It is Stewart's 182nd store in who actually live in the area that more than loocommunitieswithin the shop is going to serve will care an area bounded generally by about: said Dake. Plattsburgtothenorth,Monticello Stewart's has budgeted to the south, the state of Vermont $500,000 for charitable donations to the east and Utica to the west, this year, Dake said. The figure is accordingtocompanypublicrela- five percent of overall company tions director Susan Dake. - profits, she said. Gaul said the PTA needs to To mark the Saturday opening. raise $6,000 to purchase the new the company offered several $1.82 The third of New Scotland's Stewart's Shops, located at the intersection of Routes 85 equipment, plus money for its and 443 in Clarksville, celebrates its grand opening. ." ~~Elaine McLain sale specials, promising to match assembly and installation. She '; each purchase with a $1.82 dona­ called Stewart's assistance with tion toward the school playground. the Clarksville project "fantastic." Half the money is earmarked for Eight apply for police chief post . the acquisition of new equipment '11lat's such a small commu­ and half will go to New Scotland nity up there: said Gaul. "Some­ By Susan Wheeler. $46,000 to $50,000 a year: accord­ thing like this really helps." 'ingro Ringler. - town recreation programs held at Bethlehem's search committee the school, according to Pat Gaul, . "To raise $6,000 in a small for a police chief to replace the Webster said the search com­ a fund-raising organizer with the community is a large endeavor: retiring Paul Currie is currently I:;~imitll~e" h~s i;.eviewed all eight Clarksville PTA The Clarksville she said. reviewing eight applications, ac­ . applications, arut is looking again Elementary School PTA has been InNewScotIand, Stewart's also cording to Supervisor Ken Ringler. at those from outside the depart­ working to raise funds for an has shops in Voorheesville and ment. The. committee is seeing if additional integrated wooden Feura Bush. Search committee member and the outsiders' Civil Service status Councilman Frederick Webster is acceptable to Albany County's said four of the applicants are Civil Service. If the applicant is Bethlehem police. seek Bethlehem Police Department· not Class B qualified, then a po­ employees. Lieutenants Freder­ lice chiefs test will be given. Beth­ ick Holligan and Richard Vander­ lehem Police Department appli­ motel robbery suspect bilt, as well as sergeants Richard cants will need to pass the chiefs Bethlehem police are looking his jacket pocket throughout the LaChappelle and Joseph Sleurs, test also if involved in th€1ihal for a man who early Tuesday robbery, Holligan said. have submitted resumes. interview, he said. morning robbed Glenmont's Days The desk clerk handed the Webster said the search com­ According to Webster, itwould Inn of an undisclosed amount of suspectthecash drawer, Holligan mittee, which includes Council­ be "ideal" to appoint a new chief cash, according to Bethlehem said. He grabbed the cash from man Charles Gunner and Town Frederick Webster before Currie retires, but the town police U.