WVHS Band Makes Music in the Park What's Next for the Warwick School
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER: Tow n of War w ick Village of Warwick Warwick Valley Central School District Village of Florida Florida Union Free School District Florida Public Library Albert Wisner Public Library Warwick Fire District Florida Fire District Pine Island Fire District The Warwick Little League VOLUME 120, NUMBER 51 WARWICK, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2005 50¢ WVHS Band Makes Music in the Park Lon Tytell/The Warwick Valley Dispatch Members of the Warwick Valley High School Band react to the announcement that they had won First Place in the High School Concert Band division at "Music in the Parks", Hershey Park, in Hershey, PA. The band received an Excellent rating on the two pieces they performed earlier in the day. By Katie Bisaro After the three-hour ride to Hershey, the Band per- as the kids from Warwick celebrated their achievement. formed these pieces at Hershey High School with an audi- Fresh from their accomplishment in Hershey Park, the While most clubs, sports teams and musical ensembles ence comprised of six chaperones and two judges. As the Band performed in their Spring Concert on Mon., May 16. are having their final meetings, games, matches or con- Band played the adjudicators made copious notes and Seniors Geoff Anderson, Becca Bowes, Laura Catapano, Iasha certs, the Warwick Valley High School Band is busy as ever spoke continuously into tape recorders assessing the Band’s Doumanoff, Mike Garofalo, Jeff Jacobsen, Melissa Kohlberger, during the final weeks of school. performance in several areas including intonation, rhythm, Chuck Landrigan, and Mike Marshall were all recognized for On Sat., May 14, the Band traveled to Hershey, PA to accuracy, interpretation, and artistry. The scores were tab- their many years in the band program in Warwick. participate in “Music in the Parks,” a series of music festi- ulated and compared to other High School bands of simi- Upcoming performances by the Warwick High School vals and competitions held in conjunction with various lar size and the results were announced at a large ceremo- Band include marching in two parades on Memorial Day – amusement parks throughout the Mid-Atlantic states and ny later in the day at Hershey Park where all the participat- early in the morning in Pine Island followed by the annual even as far away as Ohio and Florida. The High School ing bands were able to spend the day. Warwick Memorial Day Parade. In Warwick the band will Band, under the direction of Mr. Chris Persad, prepared for At the awards ceremony it was announced that the march from the Village to the Warwick Cemetery for a cer- months for the competition, in addition to their regular Warwick Concert Band was given an Excellent rating by the emony, they will continue on to St. Stephen’s Cemetery and concert preparations, working on two pieces: “Folk Song judges for First Place in the High School Concert Band from there the parade will finish at Veteran’s Memorial Suite” by Vaughan Williams and “Anthem for Wind and competition. As Band President Jeff Jacobsen held the large Park.The Band’s final performance for this school year will Percussion” by Claude P. Smith. trophy aloft in triumph there was much cheering in the stands be at Graduation on June 25. What’s Next for the Warwick School Budget? By Nancy Owen bers originally felt that another vote should not be offered. said Superintendent Dr. Joseph Natale. At that point many “We need to make it clear that there will be only one vote board members, who originally didn’t want a second vote, In a work session on Mon., May 23, the Warwick and if people want the budget they have to approve it on decided to support a second vote, only if, the same budget School Board discussed their options now that the pro- the first vote,” said Board member Colleen Johnson. is put before the voters. posed budget was defeated by 15 votes. The board dis- Retiring Board President Kurt Emmerich felt that the This was a work session and not a regular meeting. cussed whether or not to: adopt an austerity budget, put vote was not “a decisive vote and we should give people a Therefore, the decision is not a ‘done deal’ until a regular the same budget up for another vote (permissible under second chance to do the right thing. It was obvious the ‘yes meeting is held to vote on a proposition for a second vote. state law), or to make additional cuts and put a revised votes’ didn’t come out.” It was noted that the current pop- The cost of a second vote is approximately $6,000. budget up for a vote. ulation has never been through an austerity budget and it A budget meeting will be held at on Mon., June 6 at 8 The most important factor is that only one more vote takes many years to get back items that are cut by austerity. p.m. to vote on the proposition(s) that will be put up for a may be conducted under state law and the district would “If cuts are made and a new budget put up for a vote, second vote. A budget hearing will be held on Mon., June have to live with the voters’ decision. Several board mem- it sends a message that will require two votes every year,” 13 in the Middle School Cafetorium at 7 p.m., prior to the regularly scheduled school board meeting. The school budget hearing on May 9, held prior to a Entered As Second Class Matter regularly scheduled school board meeting attracted a Warwick, N.Y.10990 sparse crowd and no surprises. At this hearing, Publication No.666800 continued on page 6 2 WARWICK VALLEY DISPATCH, MAY 25, 2005 Tanzosh Denies Murnion’s ATV Accusation SUPERVISOR’S By Scott Webber He said that he would be willing to have his riding CORNER times on any given day documented. He appeared before Tony Tanzosh of Route 17A denied last week that he the Town Board on April 28 to ask that the Town reconsid- By Michael P. Swe e ton operated his ATV from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. as charged by his er its Zoning code provisions regarding ATVs in which Warwick Town Supervisor neighbor, Bill Murnion before the Warwick Town Board on anyone living within 500 feet can complain about noise. May 12. On May 12 his neighbor, Bill Murnion, spoke asking www.townofwarwick.org “Anyone who has rode motorcycles knows that this that the code be amended to ban the use of ATVs in all res- would be impossible to do,” he said in a telephone call to idential zones, at which time he made his statement about the “Warwick Dispatch.” “This is completely false, I don’t Tanzosh’s use. They are next-door neighbors at 319 Route Tune to Cablevision Municipal Channel 12 or understand why Bill would say this,” Tanzosh added. 17A in Bellvale. log on to www.townofwarwick.org for town infor- mation. The Town recently previewed a new video Bellvale Development Hearing Postponed entitled “Keeping Warwick Green: Preserving Agriculture and Encouraging Sustainable Growth” at the Warwick Valley Winery. This video is intend- to Next Week ed to explain our farm friendly zoning to our resi- By Scott Webber west side of Union Corners Road, opposite Sargent Road, dents and educate those who want to build here, as the Board indicated to the developer, Bing and Elizabeth to what is expected of them. The video will air on A scheduled public hearing of a proposed 18-lot major Nop 2, that it would like to see a boulevard-like access road Municipal Channel 12 every evening at 7 p.m. until cluster subdivision known as The Gables at Warwick, Inc. into the project. June 3. The video can be purchased, with 30 com- has been adjourned until next Wednesday’s June 1 Tom Hamling, VP Paterco, LLC, was told to take the panion brochures, for a cost of $20 by calling my Warwick Town Planning Board meeting. The hearing was “Zircar” application to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a office at 986-1120. I would like to thank the Village to have been at last week’s, May 18 meeting, but could not front setback variance since what they have is less than of Warwick, Orange Co. Dept of Planning, Hudson be done in the absence of a full five-member Board where what the zoning code will allow. River Greenway, and the Warwick Partnership for only three members were present. They are seeking site plan approval and a special use their funding support of the video. The application has been in the planning stages since permit for the construction and use of a small 35x80 foot March 5, 2002 and has been the center of controversy by a addition to support their current manufacturing process A Public Hearing entitled “Extension of the group called Save Old Bellvale (SOB), who are adjoining on the north side of Round Hill road, 240 feet west of the Pine Island Water District” will be held on Thurs., property owners that have been challenging it. The public intersection of Round Hill Road and Roe Street. May 26 at 7:15 p.m. in the Warwick Town Hall. hearing began at the April 20 meeting last month. The Looking at the Kenneth Luft proposed 24-lot major Gables is one of four proposed developments along Route cluster subdivision on the north side of Newport Bridge A Public Hearing entitled “2006 HUD Project 17A and Pumpkin Hill Road that would add 96 more Road and at the intersection of Blooms Corner Road, the Solicitation” will be held on Thurs., May 26 at 7 homes in the Bellvale vicinity.