Vol. 36, No. 3 3 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2018
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Valley Walden honors its best and brightest
Central
sees the
light
With an eye on a 17K
traffic light, the district
hires engineering firm
By TED REMSNYDER
Valley Central School District is
committed to getting a traffic light
installed along Route 17K in front of
the
Middle
School/High
School
complex, and the Board of Education
unanimously approved an architectural
and engineering services proposal at its
meeting on Jan. 8. The move will allow
the CSArch architectural firm and the
Chazen engineering company to formulate
plans in anticipation of a potential capital
public referendum on the traffic light
project. The firms will provide traffic
engineering, site design, surveying and a
geotechnical investigation, and the total
cost of the pre-referendum services is
approximately $140,330.
CSArch previously conducted the
district’s five-year building condition
survey and the company specializes in
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Recipients of the 8th annual Leadership Day Awards pose for a picture together. From left: Keynote speaker Nancy Proyect, Bridget
Urbanski, Jason Trafton, the Wesenberg family and the Hudson Valley Conservatory.
By JASPREET GILL
[email protected]
The Village of Walden celebrated
their 8th annual Leadership Day Awards
ceremony this past Thursday, honoring
several individuals for their commitment
to bettering their community.
Mayor Susan Rumbold presented
Jason Trafton with the 2017 Mary Jean
“Midge” Normal Volunteer of the Year
award.
“I met [Jason] many, many years
ago,” said Rumbold. “...He’s always
walking around town with a huge smile
on his face that makes you wonder
what he’s been up to...He’s a great guy
and always ready, willing and able to
help anyone in our community and I
know that from experience. Jason cares
greatly about our community.”
Trafton stays busy in the Walden
community as a freemason, member of
the Village of Walden planning board,
Josephine-Louise Public Library Board,
Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, Treasurer
of the Orange, Rockland and Sullivan
Funeral Directors Association, and his
own business, Trafton Stonework.
Bridget Urbanski, a graduating
senior at Valley Central High School,
was presented with the Ronald I.
Jacobowitz Youths of the Year Award
with a $250 scholarship.
Urbanski is a member of the school’s
“Girl’s Club,” Guidance Club, Valley
Central United Club, President of VC
DREAM (Drug Resistance and Education
for Adolescent Minds), advocate for the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation,
and cheerleading team.
Along with all of her contributions
to the Valley Central school district,
she takes honor classes and works at
Walden’s Frostee Freeze.
The Wesenberg Family was honored
with the Sam Phelps Service Award
by members of the Phelps family and
given flowers from Charles Frank, Vice
President of the Board of the Josephine-
Louise Public Library.
The Wesenbergs - husband and wife
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