April 3, 1985 Vol. LX. No. 13 The weekly newspaper seNing the towns of _Bethlehem and. New Scotland lennon leaving a rare legacy Voorheesville Mayor Richard J. (Dick) Lennon will resign his village post in August to accept a job transfer - and a promotion - to Florida. And he is leaving a legacy few, if any, heads of municipal govern­ ments bequeath their constituents - a tax-fre'e year on property assessments. Lennon, a 42-year-old project manager for the General Electric Consulting Corp., has been named technical director of the com­ pany's Florida operations, based Slingerlands school students Jennifer in Tampa. He will serve in his Mete hick, above, wrote an essay, and village post until "sometime near Richard J. Lennon · t_· Adam Bogdanowicz, left, wore special the end of,August," at which time liberty fashions. Middle schoolers Scott the four village trustees will Watkins and Andrew Nelson (below, from appoint a successor to complete cushion," Lennon said. But he was left) posed with an "International Aware­ the term. Lennon's two-year term, careful to say that the tax mora­ ness" project. On the cover: Slingerlands his first as mayor after earlier torium is valid only for the 1985- students demonstra¥ their love for liberty. stints as trustee, runs to March 30, 86 fiscal year, and that there is no Tom Howes 1986. commitment beyond that. Lennon broke the news of his Last year the tax rate dropped impending transfer privately to from $3.80 per $1,000 to $1.45 per board members and close friends $1,000. The monies received from last Wednesday, and made the the real estate tax dropped from formal announcement Monday $121,420 to $44,713. This year­ night when he and the trustees revenues received from that tax held their annual organization will drop from $44,173 to zero. meeting for the f1scal year that The proposed village budget began in April. for the 1985-86 year, beginning "It's been work, but it's been June I, totals $659,926. The fun," Lennon told a reporter over current year's budget is $483,638, the weekend. "! enjoy the job and and includes an estimated $150,000 I'm' sorry to have to leave it. I only in revenue from sales tax ...We. hope peo'ple don't think I'm took in twice that," said Lennon. letting them down." The surplus in the present budget If Voorheesville residents were will be rolled over to the next year ,_. happy about having their taxes as income. cut by more than 50 percent a year The proposed !985-86 budget · ago, they could go into delirium includes $100,000 for a new fire this year. They won l have to pay truck, $65,000 for road repairs any property taxes at all to the and $40,000 for the replacement village for the next 12 months. of a dump truck and salter. "We have the money for the - i A time for peace services we r:ovide, plus a small (Turn to Page 6) • I The Bethlehem Central school district held its Peace Day activities for high school students first Peace Day last Thursday. Students from focused on classroom discussions, peace songs, Awards- for Spotlight kindergarten to seniors at the high school were films and international dressing and eating. involved with a variety of educational programs There was an assembly at which Principal Charles The Spotlight staff took home a first prize for best circulation whose purpose was to enhance awareness of a Gunner spoke. Also appropriate musical selec­ promotion. a second for in-depth reporting and four honorable broad spectrum of peace related themes. tions were per:_formed by students. Advance mentions at the annual conventiOn of the New York Press Activities ranged from the selling of friendship placement biology students saw a film depicting Association last weekend at the Americana Inn. carnations which raised money for the Ronald behavior in lower order animals, which in spite The Spotlight's circulation promotion last spring offered more McDonald House to assemblies and musical ofterritorialism and dominance patterns, do not than $1,500 in coupons at local merchants to new subscribers and productions in all the schools. usually kill their own species. According to the current subscribers who extended subscriptions. The NYPA film, only humans kill their own kind. Middle school students were treated to judges called the campaign "the most original and fully utilized . ...,_. announcements of peace day activities in Briggs McAndrews, assistant superintendent idea for creating interest in a subscription to a paper." different languages, sent helium balloons with and the administrator responsible for peace day, Staff writer Theresa Bobear won the in-depth reporting award friendship letters and. heard a peace choir of said that the March 28 programs were the for her story on the "day care underground" - the conflict student .'vocalists who went also to the outgrowth of faculty concern about world between baby sitters and the increasingly complex state rules for Haniagrael and Slingerlands elementary schools. situations and the need to encourage coopera­ day care. tion instead of competition. the Futures Sym­ Children at the elementary schools were Honorable mentions went to coverage of posia which offered open discussions on global The Spotlight's involved with many, diverse projects. One class sports, education and the environment and to Norman Cohen for matters and the Adele Faber workshop held in of Glenmont students worked on themes from his weekly column, ''Family Matters." · November, 1983, close to the airing of the ABC the anti-war song, "Last Night l had the nuclear holocaust movie, The Day After. Faber The Spotlight sports staff is directed by Nat Boynton and Strangest Dream," and another group made expressed concern about the impact of that includes staff writer Dan Tidd, photographers Tom Howes and peace posters. Slingerlands children collected movie and the nuclear arms race on children. R.H. Davis and more than a dozen high school correspondents. moneys for the Statue of Liberty renovation project by contracting with their parents to do McAndrews added that this year's peace day Entries for education coverage included stories by Caroline chores at home. They raised $472.50. Third "was a trial balloon." 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After a four-hour Delmar, during business hours. William E. Tinney Department of Corrections. A meeting the previous Saturday, Absentee ballots They also are available to the native of Port Ewen, Ulster board members had considered public at board business meetings County, he graduated from King­ canceling the Wednesday session to be available and budget sessions.