WALLKILL VALLEY
TIMES
Vol
. 35 , No 4 3 WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 25 , 2017 3 ONE DOLLAR
The Memory Project
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Flanick savors Army ’ s winning season
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Pine Bush pick new superintendent
Indiana native to report February 27 , currently serving in Jamestown
By JESSICA COHEN jcohen @ tcnewspapers . com
High on the Pine Bush school board wish list for superintendent was a “ communicator .” So materialized Tim Mains , for whom communication has been a solution in all sorts of circumstances . That has included training teachers to find rapport with traumatized students ; promoting parent “ engagement ” rather than just “ involvement ” in schools ; improving student behavior with positive feedback ; and sometimes infusing academic subjects with art . Even math can be enhanced by concepts from dance .
He elicited the votes that made him the first openly gay elected official in New York State in 1985 , then remained Rochester city councilman for 20 years . He had talked his way through student taunts in 1973 , when gay teachers were rare .
Youth Community Service Awards presented
Mains was appointed by the Pine Bush Board of Education at a Jan . 11 meeting . He will report to Pine Bush on Feb . 27 and receive a salary of $ 204,000 .
His aim , he says , is to “ personalize learning , shaping education for each student .”
Robert Hendriks , who organized the Pine Bush superintendent search , approached Mains about applying and
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The Walden Woman ’ s Club held its 8th annual Youth Community Service Awards Ceremony recently , with Matthew Connolly ( r .) honored for his work with Beautiful People , an athletics program for youth with special needs . He is show with Orange County Legislator Mike Anagnostakis ( l .) and Jan Brunkhorst of Beautiful People . Story on page 20 .
Blight of boxes
Walden seeks to regulate charity clothing receptacles
By TED REMSNYDER
Charity clothing drop boxes provide an invaluable service to those in need who rely on the donations provided by generous residents , but the receptacles often end up overflowing with excess clothes and various debris . In order to cut down on the blight of boxes that are crammed with prohibited items like furniture , the Walden Village Board is crafting a local law that would hone the codes pertaining to the bins .
The legislation , which has yet to be finalized , would clarify the requirements for setting up a goodwill box , but the goal of the law is not necessarily to expand or lessen the number of drop-off locations in the village .
“ The goal is to make sure that they ’ re in compliance with the code that we have ,” Mayor Susan Rumbold said . “ Whether that increases or decreases them is the question . They ’ re turning up all over the place . Some are in noncompliance . They ’ re not being kept up , the items aren ’ t being picked up . Items that shouldn ’ t be dropped off are being dropped off . So it remains to be seen , but it ’ s to clean up the code and get it specific to where they should and should not be in the village .”
Permits are required for religious or non-profit organizations to establish a drop box and must be obtained through the Building Department for $ 50 per bin .
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