NOV 61996 See complete election results next week The weekly newspaper serving the Towns of Bethlehem and New Scotland Community remembers, mourns BCHS 9th-grader By Mel Hyman 'This is a very caring and supportive She had all the potential a young per­ family," Hunter said. 'They allowed her son could want or hope for. organs to be donated." The sudden death of high school fresh­ "Sarah wasabeautiful and bright young man Sarah Renee Whiting has the lady with everything to live for," said Bethlehem community reeling once again. Bethlehem Central Middle School French Struck by a car last week teacher Joyce Schreiber. while jogging on New Scot­ "She stood out because of land Road, Sarah, 14, is the her gentleness and her ex~ third Bethlehem Central cellent work." High School student to die '·When we find ourselves from an accident this year. grieving for kids we've lost "It's horrible," BCHS like Sarah, Lindsey Baron Principal Jon Hunter said. and Andy Jukins (a ninth­ ''I'm a parent, so I know grader killed in a car/pe­ what her parents are going destrian accident, also on through. And I'm also New Scotland Road, in watching whole groups of 1993), I find myself feeling kids hurting. For many of most sorry for the people them, it just rekindles the who will never get to know raw emotions left over from them," said BCMS music jusiafewmonths ago (with teacher Frank Leavitt. the death of 16-year-old BC Superintendent Lindsey Baron in another Leslie Loomis said he knew car/pedestrian accident) Sarah Whiling Sarah from the Bethlehem and from the middle of last Socc.er Club travel team. FEMA check good news winter (with the death of18-year-oldTimo­ "She played on the same team as my thy ''T.J." Smith in a skiing accident). daughter," he recalled. "She was an out­ "(Sarah) was a very good musician (on standing person and always gave 100 per­ for N. Scotland budget piano) and involved in Bethlehem music cent. She brought commitment and qual­ for a very long time," he recalled. "She was ity to everything she did. She was liked ByDevTobin Duncan, town highway superintendent. also a soccer player. Around school, these and respected by her peers, without ex­ The road and bridge repair hole inN ew Duncan said his department's paving were her two loves." ception." Scotland's 1996 budget has been filled schedule was thrown off by the emer­ Sarah's brother Corey, a senior ai BCMS teacher jesse Braverman said with a $308,521 check from the Federal gency work. BCHS, is also a soccer player and "one of he felt "privileged to have had the oppor­ Emergency Management Agency. "It's been a weird year," he said. "I don't the kids that makes BC great," Hunter tunity to coach Sarah (on the junior var­ The good news comes as the town want another like it." added. "Sarah seemed to be just a mini sity soccer team). She was board is reviewing Supervisor Herb Reilly's version'' of him: 0 REMEMBERS/page 22 preliminary budget for 1997, which had 0 FEMA/page 21 included a tax in­ crease for the first _time in six years,­ largely due to uncer­ Road work spells relief for business tainty about the FEMA reimburse­ By Mel Hyman ment With the Delaware Avenue road recon­ Board members struction project nearing completion, Bob will discuss the good Shafer of Bob's Produce at 65 Delaware news tonight Ave. is hoping.that business will pick UPP··,_j~:?; (Wednesday), when "Between (the road widen- -= they meet for their ingproject) and the bridge, it's second budget been a tough three years," he workshop, at 7 p.m. The board will con­ said. "!had barricades in front vene in the new meeting room in the town of my store for awhile (during hall addition for the first time. construction of the new bridge The federal funds will pay the town over the Normanskill), and it back for about a dozen eligible road and was just terrible. It was a bad bridge projects related to the extraordi­ two years, and while this year nary January thaw and a couple of damag­ hasn't been as bad, business is ing spring storms. still way off." Businessman Bob Shaler is relieved that long lines of cars and Ira Hie delays will soon be a thing of the past as life on Delaware Avenue finally returns to normal. In October, the town board had ap­ One of the few remaining proved borrowing $90,000 in a short-term year-round vegetable/fruit And he is not the only one thinking that !'Ole to pay for some of the storm-related . stands in the Capital District, Bob's Produce (on Delaware Avenue)." ,work while awaiting the FEMA check. is something of a local institution in Delmar. Shafer said he likes the way the thor­ way. "We can now pay off the note and com­ "My father started it in 1952, and I took oughfare looks now, although he wishes Town Supervisor Sheila Fuller said she has received numerous telephone calls plete our work" on other town highway it over in 1979," he said. "Fortunately, I've the road reconstruction could have ex­ projects before winter sets in, said Darrell managed to hang on, unlike a few others tended a bit farther. 0 RELIEF/page 22 ' . ~ ' I I" PAGE 2- November 6,' 1996 THE SPOTLIGHT You b~lieve you · same doctor. What a coincidence, that's what we believe too. 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A member of the Kaiser Permanente family Behind you 100% sM THE SPOTLIGHT November 6,.1996 PAGE 3 Soccerplex gets $1 OK from Reebok price-fixing settlement By Mel Hyman 'The club is deliberating right club's need to get additional funds It takes a lot of raffle tickets to now on the best use ofthese funds, for work on their site, I immedi­ raise $10,000, so receiving ten because there is still an awful lot ately thought of them and asked grand from a legal settlement is of work that need's to be done to them to submit an application to like manna from heaven for the the soccerplex," Rood said. the attorney generaL Bethlehem Soccer Club. Reebok, the nation's second "I'm proud of the fact that we A check for that amount last largest seller of athletic footwear, were able to get funding for them week from Reebok International agreed to pay the money _to the and three other organizations in will help the club finish its 20-acre state to settle claims that it in­ my district. Given the number of . soccerplex facility on Wemple flated prices of kids that they Road, according to club president itsathleticfoot- ------'-------­ serve, they cer­ Tom Rood. wear in 1993. This money helps us take tainly deserve The check, part of a price-fix­ U n d e r the next step in our the money." ing settlement between Reebok terms of the The Bethle­ and the state attorney general's settlement, dream of developing a hem soccer· office, couldn't have come at a according to first-class facility for the plex officially better time, Rood said, because Vacco spokes­ opened for now that construction of the five man Chris children of the town of practices this newfields has been finished, there McKenna, the Bethlehem. fall, and full­ is still a need for improvements to settlement di­ scale competi­ the parking lot and additional videsatleast$8 Tom Rood tion will begin grading along the perimeters of million among ------------- next year. the parceL the 50 states to About 1,800 'The Bethlehem Soccer Club be distributed to government or children participate in the club's is absolutely delighted that the nonprofitgroupsforsports-related programs, making it the largest projects. youth sports organization in the funds have arrived," Rood said. Posing with a $10,000 check from the state attorney general's office for the ''We have Assemblyman Qohn) As lead state in the lawsuit town of Bethlehem. Bethlehemsoccerplexare, from left, Tom Rood, Lina Dzekciorius, Tommy againstthe company, New York is Faso and Attorney General (Den­ Rood and Don Dzekciorius. Doug Persons The club offers a broad array of nis) Vacco to thank In addition, expected to receive about$600,000 activities such as spring and I'd like to mention two members Jeff Cohen, whowereveryinstru- posal through the grant review of that amount, according to Fa so. summer soccer, travel teams and of the club, Don Dzekciorius and mental in shepherding the pro- and approval process. ''When we (as state legislators) indoor soccer, Rood said. became aware of this settlement, 'This money helps us take the we had a very short turnaround next step in our dream of develop­ time in which to generate propos­ ing a first-class facility for the New Scotland town hall reopens for voting als," Faso said. "Since I had been children of the town of Bethle­ previously aware of the soccer hem," Rood said.