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Thursday april 4, 2019 National News, Today 49 Page A12 Tonight 29 14 U.S. Tomorrow 45 Senators introduce bill Paul on the crisis in Bennett Venezuela Reader of the Day www.morning-times.com 75¢ SOUTH WAVERLY BRADFORD COUNTY Audit: Borough County Chambers of finished 2018 Commerce host job fair

By JEN RODRIGUEZ in the black Staff Writer WYCOX — Bradford County’s Chambers of Commerce and the By WARREN HOWELER Times Editor fund; and an excess of $75,304 Pennsylvania CareerLink hosted a in the fiduciary — or trust and county job fair Wednesday to help local SOUTH WAVERLY — agency — fund. community members find employment. The recently completed audit In terms of revenue, the fair is a collaboration between and financial report for the borough took in a total of the chambers of commerce of Central Borough of South Waverly $810,851 last year. Bradford County, Troy, Canton Area, showed that the municipality Broken down that $633,364 Greater Wyalusing, and Greater Valley finished 2018 in the black. in the general fund, which and Pennsylvania CareerLink. Lunch Specifically, the report includes local property taxes, for the employers tabling at the fair was details that the borough ended earned income taxes and the provided by the Northern Tier Career the last fiscal year with a borough’s annual impact fee Center food production students. total excess of $165,475 in allocation as revenue sources; Darlene Wampole, site administrator revenues over expenditures. $44,177 in the special revenue, of Pennsylvania, is the one of many to That number is broken down including state liquid fuels, have helped develop the job fair. The into an excess of $85,167 for fund; and $133,310 in the idea of the job fair was brought to the the general fund; an excess of fiduciary fund. Bradford County Chamber of Commerce $5,004 in the special revenue, The fiduciary fund revenue by Wampole. Jen Rodriguez/Morning Times including state liquid fuels, A Education Solutions Services (ESS) representative speaks with job-seekers at the Bradford See Audit, page A2 See Fair, page A2 County job fair on Wednesday. TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOLS WAVERLY SCHOOLS Parole Board hearing set approves for driver budget in deadly propositions armored

By WARREN HOWELER truck heist Times Editor TIOGA — Tioga Central ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Supporters of Judith Clark, a School Board members former radical activist who has Wednesday unanimously served more than 36 years of approved two budget a life sentence for her role in propositions questions that a deadly 1981 Brink’s heist, will go before voters next have asked a state panel to month. grant parole, saying she meets The first question seeks every legal and social test of voter approval for the district’s rehabilitation. proposed $20,298,558 budget Clark, 70, is scheduled to for the 2019-2020 school year. That proposed spending plan appear this week before the parole board, state corrections includes a small 0.39 percent officials said Wednesday. The tax hike for district residents. The second question will board would have to make a decision. ask voters to approve the Clark, a former member district’s purchase of two 65- of Weather Underground, a 70 passenger school busses 1960s group of increasingly and one Minotaur school bus. violent anti-war activists, The total cost of these bus drove a getaway car in the purchases is not to exceed suburban New York robbery $345,000. of a Brink’s armored truck that The for these bus led to the deaths of two police purchases — if approved — officers and a security guard. would go from the district’s In a 2002 sworn statement, general fund balance, Johnny Williams/Morning Times Clark expressed regret and according to the budget said she had rejected her proposition question. Taking a stab at Clue radical beliefs. Residents in the district will Fans of mystery can be treated to a presentation of Clue at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Waverly High School. All of the classic have an opportunity to vote on characters of the popular board game will be represented at the “zany” comedy. Tickets will be available at the door for $3 for students and $5 See Heist, page A2 these measures on May 21. for adults. ATHENS BOROUGH ‘ICELANDIC SAGA’ Preparing to move

Carantouan Greenway hosts annual five books in total. McGuire CEC Inc. to relocate currently based in the Sayre is an “avid birder” and an to former Jay’s Enterprise Center, will be dinner with special presentation expert sound recordist, with looking to relocate its Valley a primary focus on North Furniture building office in Athens Borough this By JEN RODRIGUEZ Board of Directors, is a close Staff Writer American birds. McGuire has summer. friend with McGuire which is also contributed over 4,500 By WARREN HOWELER “We were outgrowing our WAVERLY — The how McGuire and Read came Times Editor recordings to the Cornell Lab space in Sayre,” said office Carantouan Greenway held to give the presentation at the of Ornithology’s Macaulay ATHENS BOROUGH — lead Todd Babcock. “We’ve Warren Howeler/Morning Times its annual dinner meeting annual dinner. Library. Construction crews are hard been looking since I started in John Levin works on painting on Wednesday with a guest Read is a professional the walls on the second floor of The presentation McGuire at work renovating the former December. We spent a couple presentation by Marie Read wildlife photographer and and Read gave focused the former Jay’s Furniture store Jay’s Furniture building at 227 of months looking at different on South Main Street in Athens and Bob McGuire on the birds author. Read has recently primarily on the birds of S. Main St. in preparation for lease spaces in the Valley.” Borough. The building is being of Iceland. released a book called Iceland — what they look its new tenant — Civil and Some of the 15 to 20 areas renovated to accommodate its “Mastering Bird Photography” Marty Borko, vice president Environmental Consultants. new tenant — Civil and of the Carantouan Greenway in March and has published See Greenway, page A2 The company, which is See Move, page A2 Environmental Consultants Inc. INdEX Classifieds B4-B6 Lotteries ...... A3 Comics ...... A10 Obituaries .... A7 Lifestyles ...... A5 Sports ...... B1-B3 A2 • Thursday, April 4, 2019 Morning Times morning-times.com

status of the borough’s 2011 of Commerce and the local instead of moving away By 10:30 a.m., the job Audit bond issue that was taken Fair Pennsylvania CareerLink. for workforce opportunities.” fair had registered 105 job- From Page A1 out to fund a major road From Page A1 There were 51 registered Once job-seekers enter the seekers, which included the was generated through repair project within the The county’s chambers of employers tabling at the fair, building, they register and high school students. By interest earnings of $125,201 municipality. commerce were very excited including the Bradford County receive a map which includes the end of the day, the fair and fiduciary fund pension The original value of that about the prospective of a job Commissioners, Tioga Downs what employers are here, registered approximately 313 contributions of $8,109. 20-year bond was $1,195,106. fair and worked to establish Casino and Resort, Guthrie where they’re located and job-seekers, according to On the expense side, the At the beginning of 2018, the idea into reality, according Clinic and Country View what positions they’re hiring Wampole. borough spent a total of the bond had an outstanding to Wampole. Family Farms. for. “It’s a very impressive $645,376 in 2018. balance of $847,294. “I think, overall, it’s a good The fair was open earlier “The job-seeker, walking turnout here,” Bradford That number is developed The borough made a total thing that all the (chambers for local high school seniors through the door, already County Commissioner Daryl by adding the $548,197 in of $57,757 in principal of commerce) are working looking for job opportunities. knows exactly where they Miller commented. “(The general fund expenditures; payments on that bond during together as a team to help Athens Area High School want to go,” Wampole said. job fair is) beneficial in both $39,173 in special revenue 2018, which has lowered the Bradford County,” Trisha was one of the schools to “And all the employers that ways, not only for the county fund expenses; and $58,006 total outstanding balance to Wilkinson, a board member of have students attend the fair, are here today actually have but the community as a whole, $789,537. according to Wampole. job openings now. Sometimes because (with) economic in fiduciary fund expenses. the Greater Valley Chamber of The report also details the The bond matures in 2031. Commerce, said. “Hopefully, in the future, we have these events (the development, economic This was the second we’ll be able to get more employers) just want to opportunity, anytime you’re annual job fair between the high school involvement,” build up their pool, but these growing your economic base, Bradford County Chambers Wampole said. “We want kids employers have open jobs it’s beneficial for everybody.” to apply, get a job here and stay today.” have a nice building here.” their renovation work in May and the Move The company currently employees 11 company should be complete its transfer From Page A1 people at its Sayre office with three open to its new location by early June, Babcock positions, said Babcock. noted. that company officials looked at included other spaces within the Sayre Enterprise “We’re looking to grow and expand,” “We’re happy to be back in Athens and Center, the former Ingersoll-Rand he said. help with the redevelopment,” he said. building and the former Ingersoll-Rand The first floor of the former Jay’s “We’ve got a lot of storefronts filling up Clubhouse before they settled on the Furniture building has capacity for 17 and new restaurants moving in. There’s South Main Street location, said Babcock. people and if the company continues to a lot going on and we’re happy to be a “I approached (building owner) Dave grow, it will expand to the second floor part of it.” Rosenbloom over here at Jay’s Carpet of the structure, said Babcock. According to the company’s website, AP Photo to ask him about this building,” he said. “We’re finishing off the second floor — Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. In this Nov. 24, 1981 file photo, Weather Underground member Judith “We started a conversation and he’s really floor, ceiling and walls — and we’ll use — which is based in Pittsburgh — is an Clark is handcuffed as she is escorted into Rockland County Court- worked with us. He’s putting a lot of that for some purposes, but we will be engineering and environmental consulting house, in New City, N.Y. Supporters of Clark, age 70, a former radical activist who has served more than 36 years of a life sentence for her money into it and we’re putting money able to expand up there for office spacefirm with more than 1,000 team members role in a deadly 1981 Brinks heist, are asking a state panel to grant into it, and, in the end, we’re going to eventually,” he said. and 23 offices nationwide. her parole. Construction crews should complete Heist victims,” Rockland County Greenway Executive Ed Day said in a From Page A1 From Page A1 statement Wednesday. “Releasing Clark would be like and what they sound like. There In 2017, a parole panel an atrocious travesty of justice were numerous sound recordings, denied Clark’s release, to and an affront to our criminal photos and videos from both Read and which there is still strong justice system,” the Rockland McGuire within the presentation. But opposition. County District Attorney’s the presentation also included some Norma Hill, whose car was Office said. geography, natural history and the commandeered during the Clark’s legal team said a culture of Iceland. McGuire described heist and who testified againstdiverse coalition of prominent the native species of animals and plants Clark, was among those New Yorkers was urging and the volcanic and glacier activity in submitting a letter supporting the parole board to release the country, as well. her release. She wrote her. They include former Fun fact: the only indigenous animal in that Clark has “constantly Manhattan District Attorney Iceland is the arctic fox. expressed her remorse to Robert Morgenthau, 11 “We were kind of psyched about this me” and “tried to make peace members of New York’s (presentation) because by chance, last without ever forgetting her congressional delegation summer, both of us, independently, went participation” in the Brink’s and Elaine Lord, a former to Iceland. I didn’t know (McGuire) was Jen Rodriguez/Morning Times robbery. superintendent of Bedford Bob McGuire (left), Marie Read (center) and Marty Borko (right), the vice president of Caran- going, he didn’t know I was going,” Read touan Greenway, stand at the Carantouan Greenway annual dinner on Wednesday. Democratic Gov. Andrew Hills Correctional Facility, said. Cuomo praised Clark’s where Clark is incarcerated. McGuire went to Iceland for three around the entire island and ride take cool pictures of. That’s what drives behavior as a model prisoner A joint letter signed by more weeks to record Icelandic bird sounds when he commuted her to the hunting lodge on Bjarnarey, a small me,” Read said. “Over the last couple of than 70 elected officials across and calls. McGuire stated he had a list of island included in the Vestmannaeyjar years, I’ve been very interested in colonial sentence in 2016 to make her the state said the correctional 70 birds he wanted to record on his trip. (Western Islands) archipelago on the seabirds. So, Iceland is the perfect place eligible for parole. He noted system exists for rehabilitation “I focus on the birds on the North southern side of Iceland. for that because it’s got lots of them, that she received one of the as well as punishment. America. And a lot of birds that live in Read had gone to Iceland for eight days longest sentences of her six “While parole can cause especially Atlantic puffins.” North America that are very difficult on a photography tour, which concentrated co-defendants, including the great pain to victims and their The puffins were the grand of to find here to get sound recordings,” the presentation. Photography, sound same sentence as one of the families, it is your role to hold on colonial seabirds. Read specifically McGuire said. “But some of those visited the northern side of Iceland and shooters. open the door of mercy in recordings and videos of the puffins were birds are in places that are much more the island of Grímsey, which is a three- shown to the attendees, and a brief history During her time behind bars, appropriate circumstance,” the accessible, like Iceland. So, I can go to hour ferry ride from the northern side of Clark tutored other inmates, letter said. of puffin hunting was also included in Iceland, find the same birds that we have Iceland. the presentation. The hunting lodge on trained service dogs and After the parole board denied here, but are much easier to find.” “I like to travel in North America a lot, Bjarnarey, which McGuire visited, was a founded an HIV and AIDS Clark’s release in 2017, state McGuire described his Icelandic trip education program. Supreme Court Justice John to the attendees, including his road trip also internationally, to find cool birds to famous puffin hunting lodge. But some, including law Kelley ordered a new hearing, enforcement officials and thesaying the panel “acted POLICE BLOTTER families of victims, oppose her arbitrarily and capriciously” release. by giving more weight to the Reckless endangerment later date. one count of corruption of after he allegedly assaulted “As a member of law severity of the crime than to TIOGA — An Owego minors. another person. enforcement at the time of her rehabilitation. woman is facing charges Harassment Police explained that Tubolino was arraigned this incident, I strongly believe Kelley’s ruling was overruled following an incident that NICHOLS — A Nichols Blake was charged after he before Magisterial District Clark deserves the same by a state appellate court. occurred in the town here at man is facing charges allegedly had sexual contact Judge Fred Wheaton of sentence she inflicted on her 8:25 p.m. March 24. following an incident that with a 13-year-old girl. Wysox and was committed According to Tioga County occurred in the town here on Blake will appear before to the Bradford County Jail Engelbert Farms Store Sheriff’s Deputies, Susie M. March 25. Magisterial District Judge in lieu of $30,000 bail. Spicer, 36, was charged with According to Tioga County Larry Hurley of Athens Tubolino will appear before & Creamery reckless endangerment in the Sheriff’s Deputies, Daryl J. Township for a preliminary Magisterial District Judge NEW, BIGGER STORE IN THE HISTORIC CREAMERY BUILDING! first degree. Labour, 32, was charged hearing at a later date. Larry Hurley of Athens Certifi ed Organic, Grand Opening April 4-6 Police explained that with criminal contempt in the Township for a preliminary Farm-Raised: Beef, Pork, Free Samples All 3 Days Spicer was charged after she second degree, endangering Outstanding warrant hearing on April 9. Veal, No-Nitrate allegedly drove her vehicle the welfare of a child and ASHLAND — A Sayre Smoked Sausage, Glen Park Vineyards Owego, NY towards, and almost struck, harassment in the second man was taken into custody Resisting arrest Cheese – a sheriff’s deputy. degree. on March 29 by Chemung ATHENS TOWNSHIP 20 varieties! Wine Tastings Seasonal & Sales Spicer was arraigned in Labour was arraigned in County Sheriff’s Deputies — A Sayre man is facing vegetables and on Saturday Town of Tioga Court and Town of Nichols Court and on an outstanding arrest charges following an incident Much More! was committed to the Tioga was committed to the Tioga warrant issued by the Village that occurred at 10:30 a.m. County Jail in lieu of $10,000 County Jail in lieu of $5,000 of Wellsburg Court. March 1. cash bail or $20,000 property cash bail or $10,000 property According to sheriff’s According to Bradford OPEN www.engelbertfarms.com bond. bond. deputies, the warrant for County Sheriff’s Deputies, Thursday & Friday 263 W. River Road, Spicer will re-appear in Labour is scheduled to re- 25-year-old Levi N. Sutton Clinton Edward Lantz, 11am - 5:30 pm Saturday 10am - 3pm Nichols, NY 13821 • 607-699-3775 Town of Tioga Court at a appear in Town of Nichols was on a charge of criminal 26, was charged with flight Court on June 4. possession of a hypodermic to avoid apprehension and instrument. resisting arrest. Corruption Sutton was arraigned in Police explained that of minors Town of Ashland Court and Lantz was charged after he Carpet & Furniture Cleaning ATHENS was released on bail. allegedly resisted officers’ TOWNSHIP — attempts to take him into A Waverly man Simple assault custody on an outstanding is facing charges SAYRE — A Norwich man warrant. following a series is facing charges following Lantz was eventually of incidents that an incident that occurred taken into custody and was occurred in the at the Best Western Grand arraigned before Magisterial township from Victorian Inn on Spring District Judge Larry Hurley Sept. 1, 2018 to Street at 9:45 p.m. March 30. of Athens Township. Oct. 31, 2018. According to Sayre Lantz was committed According to Borough Police, Alex DJ to the Bradford County Athens Township Tubolino, 23, was charged Correctional Facility in lieu Police, Jesse Allen with simple assault, of $25,000 bail and will re- Blake, 23, was harassment and terroristic appear before District Judge FREE 8 oz. Fabric Spotter included charged with five threats. Hurley for a preliminary counts of statutory Police explained that hearing on April 9. sexual assault and Tubolino was charged

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