~· Welcome Summer supplement inside the Towns Bethlehem and New Scotland May 21, 1997 GE Selkirk captures safety award By Mel Hyman lease of iodine dichlorate For the 630 employees of Thursday from the Nycomed plant across the river in the General Electric Plastics facility in Selkirk, it was like Rensselaer. receiving a Christmas bonus. ''Your safety record is un­ believable," Supervisor Well, not that nice perhaps, Sheila Fuller said. ''We value · but the honor bestowed upon greatly your corporate and the facility by the U.S. Depart­ ment of Labor's Occupational community contributions." Safety and Health Adminis­ Specifically, the most re­ tration was still cause for cel­ cent OSHA evaluation of GE ebration. Plastics noted: For the fourth time in its • "The site's safety pro­ history, GE Plastics won the gram was found to be exem­ highest honor bestowed by plary." OSHA - designation as a • "Employees have be­ STAR worksite in OSHA's come substantially and mean­ Voluntary Protection Pro­ ingfully involved in all aspects gram. of the safety and health pro­ The STAR award, the high­ gram." est level of recognition within • "Housekeeping and the VPP, honors plants that overall safety and health con­ provide exceptional occupa­ ditions are well above aver­ tional safety and health pro­ age for this type of industry." tection through a cooperative • "Safety and health is a relationship ·among manage­ primary focus at this site." ment, labor and OSHA; site manager Steve Grover The GE Selkirk plant pro­ About 250 facilities nation­ the company's exceptional safety record. Hugh Hewitt duces thermoplastic resins wide receive this honor annu- used in the manufacture of ally, and GE· Plastics is;_ one of only five ,At an awards ceremony· last week, autoffiobileS, leisure and recreation ar­ plants that have been recertified four times. Norman Dietch, OSHA VPPprogramman­ ticles. and in the construction. computer ager, announced the award with a touch of and communications industries. humor. Selkirk Cogen, a cogeneration power "I much prefer giving out awards than plant providing steam to GE Plastics ana Task force to tackle having to look at the pink clouds that we electrici~ to Niagara Mohawk, h~s als?,~. saw yesterday," he said, referring to re- been designated as a STAR works1te. 3' LUMAC aftereffects By Mel Hyman ning. Now begins the important work of Now that the town of Bethlehem has a addressing and enacting the changes in Doing his best land use management plan in place, a five­ town law that need to be made in order to member task force will try to resolve prob­ define specifically how and where the town lems that may occur when it comes time to will grow." make changes in the zoning code. The town's ftrst land use reference In particular, the task force will focus guide, eight years in the making, was on the lingering resent- approved unanimously ment that many rural by the town board last landowners still harbor This report is not the end week. And the toward the plan. of the process. R.ather., it document's main archi­ To that end, two tect, town planner Jeff members of the· five­ is just the beginning Lipnicky, was pre- member task force - Sheila Fuller sented with a special ci- John Mead and Gene ------------ tation for his work as Minshell - will repre­ chairman of the Land sent the farming community's point of . Use Advisory Management Committee. view. Also honored with town board resolu­ Town board members Ted Putney and tions for their part in bringing the master George Lenhardt, along with building in­ plan to fruition were LUMAC members spectorJohn Flanigan, round out the com­ SamMessina,MartinBarr,JamesBlendell mittee. · and Putney. "I'd like them to sit down and try to look Councilwoman Doris Davis called the · at all areas where there are differences development guide a document that "we and try to get them resolved," said Super­ sorely need. With the development surge visor Sheila Fuller. "Hopefully, they will that has been under way for the past few return with their recommendations in the decades, Bethlehem could suffer greatly not-too-distant future. if some kind of plan were not in place. Billy Yates, of Delmar Cub Scout Troop 272, cuts branches under the railroad bridge on "This report is not the end of the pro­ "Growing up in the Catskills, I've seen Delaware Avenue In Delmar during Saturday'stownwide cleanup campaign. Doug Persons cess," she said. "Rather, itisjustthe begin- D TACKLE/pagB20 , ..................................____________ ...,;_;,;.,~~""'":.:~~~--c:"~---~- ...::-i'::C'~ ... ~-~ ... i'-~'-~.'~:.:~:--~""'~_".. ~, ..:..· ·~· ....~. ·,•\' ·... ; \.; .... \,.. ~ • . , "'" ' ........ ,, ... -- -~ , ........... ' . ~ ' "" • '- "' ~ ·- ...... , ., . ""I -·· ~ --. PAGE 2- May 21, 1997 THE SPOTLIGHT Police make felony OW/ arrest Police nab N.Jersey men Bethlehem police arrested two She was subsequently charged stopped at2:48a.m. Saturday, May people last week on charges of with a felony count of DWI and a 17, for weaving on New Scotland on possible check scam driving while intoxicated. felony count of aggravated unli­ Road near Font Grove Road, po­ Two New Jersey men were ar­ back to us." Marlene M. Pender, 51, of320B censed operation of a motor ve­ lice said. rested and charged with attempt­ hicle. The Grand Union in Glenmont Elsmere Ave., Delmar, was She was also charged with un­ ing to cash stolen checks at the was tipped off that a bad check stopped at 2:22p.m. Friday, May She was released pending a fu­ lawful possession of marijuana, a Grand Union in Glenmont last scam might be in the offing by the 16, for not wearing a seatbelt on ture· appearance in town court violation, and was released pend­ week. Grand Union in Ravena, which in Van Dyke Road, police said. Officer Robert Helligras investi­ ing a future appearance in town Derek Judson, 31, of Jersey turn had been notified by the When police did a computer gated. court. Officer Chris Hughes in­ City, was arrested at 12:06 p.m. Grand Union in Coxsackie, check they discovered that she Joanne M. Blackman, 36, of32 vestigated·. Sunday, May 18, attempting to Halligan said. had two prior convictions for DWI. Slade Hill Road, Westerlo, was cash a stolen check at the Grand Both Judson and Clark were Union store in the Glenmont Plaza, charged with felony counts of police said. criminal possession of a forged Robert F. Clark, 31, also ofJer­ instrument and were sent to Al­ seyCity,wasworkingwithJudson, bany County jail without bail. police said, and was waiting in his Other charges may be pending car in the Grand Union parking in connection with alleged crimes lot. - in other jurisdictions, Halligan ''When he (Clark) saw the po­ said. The stolencheckscamefrom lice activity, he took off," said several groups and organizations, Bethlehem Police Lt Frederick including Big Brothers/Big Sis­ Halligan. "We notified the State ters of Hudson County (New Jer­ Police that he might be heading sey). south and they picked him up on Officers ScottAnson and David s the Thruway and brought him Harrington investigated. PUBLIC SEMINAR on headache, back pain, most any chronic pain I TAN TIEN BIOFEEDBACK. 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