Route 144 Residents Fear More Fatalities
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- .- = .. In this issue - Election'92 campaign coverage Vol. XXXVI No. 44 Route, 144 residents fear more fatalities ByMelHyman Barbara Burt and Pat Geurtze have been neighbors along Route 144 between Lincoln Drive and Simmons Avenue in Glenmont for just over a year. And they've seen enough. Last week's fatal accident, in which a 31·year-old Cohoes man died after his car crashed into a tractor·trailer was the last straw for these women, as well as sev· This Mercedes Benz veered off Route 144 eral others who called The Spot· last week and struck a tree just yards from light last week to voice conce~n. where children were waiting to board a bus. Their basic fear is the traffic hazard created by vehicles speeding north son was boarding the school bus about 70 and south on this two-lane road. "I'm Con· yards up the road," Burtsaid. "It looked to cerned that people know that this is the me like the car was totaled. The tree was second accident in four days," Burt said. ripped right out of the ground. That's how On Tuesday, Oct 20, a driverfell asleep fast he was going." at the wheel, drove off the road and !twas amazing that the driver escaped rammed his Mercedes Benz into a tree. unscathed, police said. "An eyewitness told me that the accident Serious accidents along the stretch of occurred at the C1<lICt same time that my -DFATAllTIES/pa;e.27 Burglary blitz hits Delmar ByMelHyman open, police said. A camera, binoculars, Arash of burglaries ill the Dehnar area silverware and antique jewelry were over the weekend had police hopping and among the items stolen. neighbors wondering what in the world The owner of the Salisbury Road resi· was happening. dence, along with his son, encountered FIVe break-ins and oneattemptedforced the burglars when they came home Satur·. entry were reported to the Bethlehem o BURGLARY/page 30 police, who are still investigating andgath ering an inventory of what was stolen. The first call, which police reCeived at 8:10p.m., came from Salisbury Road. Indi orporal' relives Pickett's Charge cations are that a front door was forced By DevTobin "We sat around in the August sun to a Bryan Gosling of Voorheesville spent a degree a regular army would not allow, hot week in August helping to re-create but! was sorry to see that week slip away," the Battle of Gettysburg for the upcoming Gosling said. Turner Network Television mini-series The production's commitment to au The Killer Angels, but don't call him an thenticity impressed Gosling. "The Killer extra. Angels will take you right into the firing Gosling, his fellows in the 125th Volun line at the stone wall. It's really realistic," teer Infantry Regiment and more than he said. 4,000 Civil War re-enactors were "back Showing a slide of "dead" horses litter ground artists" for the film, a tribute to ing the battlefield as "garnish," Gosling their historical authenticity. explained that horsehides sewn overplas Aretired lieutenant colonel in theArmy tic forms created the realistic effect Reserve, Gosling is now a color corporal Gosling praised Turner, a Civil War in the 125th, a company of re-enactors enthusiast, for working with the re-enact dedicated to "educating the public aliout ment community to ensure "a seriouscon the Civil War, and about what it was like tribution to the interpretation of the Civil for the average soldier," he said. War." Gosling recounted his movie exper~ A re-enactor Ihistorian reviewed the ences in a lunchtime lecture with slides script and gave the OK that guaranteed Thursday at the New York State Military cooperation from re-enactor companies Heritage Museum in Albany's Washing from across the country. - Cpl. Bryan Gosling ton Avenue Armory. o CORPORAL/page 30 . ., PAGE 2- October 28, i992 THE SPOnlGHT GEORGE P. KANSAS What we got (or didn't get) when we elected the incumbent 34th district County Legislator..• • 14 years in the legislature and not one. single piece of significant legislation directly relating to the citizens of our town. • A representative who, according to The Times Union, asks us to believe that, in June, he worked 43 hours a week on county government although he is employed by the State Senate which convened 19 full days in the same month. The incumbent should come clean! What electing the incumbent 34th district County Legislator has cost us ... • paid by you and I to the incumbent as salary and benefits over the past 14 years. • to effect real change with bipartisan implementation of good ideas regardless of their party of originl What you can have this year... • Openness to attitudes and solutions, whether generated by The Majority, The Minority, or the County Executive. • Real efforts toward an and efficiently run and other county facilities. • Participation in important County • True, for Bethlehem in county government. • to the legislative process. • What it will cost you ... • , FOR GEORGE P. KANSAS I!! Dear Neighbor, As a registered voter in this country you have a unique opportunity which, in other parts of the world, people can only dream about. You can help decide who represents you in your government. This year, be a part of the democratic process. ' George P. Kansas ON NOVEMBER 3RD PLACE A VOTE FOR CHANGE, PLACE A VOTE FOR... GEORGE P. KANSAS PAID FOR BY THE COMMITrEE TO ELECT GEORGE P. KANSAS THE SPOTLIGHT October 28,1992 - PAGE 3 Be defends writing program Nations united By DevTobin grammar for the Scholastic Apti tion department regulations in Bethlehem Central English tude Test taken by college-bound requiring strict confIdentiality and faculty explained the district's students. safety proced ures for cleaning up process writing program to an Falco responded that current body fluids. overflow crowd of parents and professional studies suggest that "11i~ responsible way to ap students at last Wednesday's students learn grammar best in proach this is to assume we have school board meeting. the context of writing. She also some students and/or staff who noted that all but two fifth-graders have HIV," Loomis said. "It would "This is a very well-researched in the district passed the state be unusual in a district this size if program that began by analyzing writing test, and the entire sev there were not an infected stu what real writers do," said Val enth-grade passed the test for that dent or staff member." Falco, an elementary English level. coordinator. "Students progress The district will expand its in through all the stages of writing: Superintendent Dr. Leslie Loomis said he was "encouraged service training regarding HN pre-writing, drafting, revising, from nurses, coaches, physical editing and publishing." but not satisfIed" with the process writing program, and was grateful education and special education Parents expressed concern that for the "very positive tension" staff to all staff, Loomis noted. grammatical skills were getting evident in the meeting. The district scheduled (i.o short shrift in the 3-year-old pro awareness sessions Monday for gram. "Thank goodness p.arents care this much," he added. the staff and the pub lic. (See story on page 1.) "Most of these kids won't grow In other business, the' board up to be authors," noted Martin got its first look at a new policy Loomis also reported that the Hom. "We need to equip our chil regarding students and staff proposed lab school was approved dren to function in the real world, by the high school faculty by a 2- members with the human immu ! " and it seems that technical skills nodeficiency virus (HIV), the 1 margin. If approved by the board 1 "Jfll/'(Y' • are being given less attention." precursor to AIDS. at its Nov. 4 meeting, the interdis One high. school student ciplinary program for up to 120 8lingerlandsElementarySchoolfifth~gradersrecently agreed, saying that he had to at high school students will begin treated schoohnates to a trip around the world with The board policy essentially next year. tend outside courses to learn the tracks state law and state educa- ,~ut ever leaving the building. To celebrate United TIle board also accepted the ~ationi; Day, pupils dressed in international costumes . resignations oftwo long-time high and put together displays featuring information and school teachers, Richard Gorman products from a number of countries. Above, Heather Town planners braced and John Nyilis, who are resign Pangburn, left, represents Sweden, while classmate ing effective Dec. 31 to take ad Casey Danton is dressed in traditional Irish costume. for more court action vantage of the early retirement ElaineMcLain incentive program. By Mel Hyman state Supreme Court on Gladstone's appeal of three state Some people say the only things Supreme Court rulings that de you can count on in this world are nied the developers' demand for death and taxes. relief. College preparation is Bouton goal Well, members of the Bethle- Gladstone and Blinbaum, ae- By DevTobin leacningproblems:butwe believe the helpers are not counselors, hem Town Board might have -velop'ers of the 'Meadowbrook' Although the number of stu thEre is more to be gained by but are trained to know when to something else to 'add to thatlist: Townhouse project, a 184-unit dents attending college after in::lusion than by tracking," he direct someone to get assistance. e>plained . .lawsuits. subdivision between Blessing graduation Respondingto concerns raised The seemingly never-ending Road and the Normanskill in Slin from Clayton Another new direction in in- . at the last school board meeting lawsuit fIled against the town of gerlands, claimtheyhave suffered , A BoutonHigh st-lction is in foreign languages, that Natural Helpers might be Bethlehem, the town board and irreparable harm because of de School is con G-:ffin noted.