Vol. 37, No. 28 3 WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2019
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Valley Central vote set for Aug. 20
$22.7 million bond includes parking lot and school improvements
By TED REMSNYDER
Voters in the Valley Central School
District will have their say on the
district’s proposed $22.7 million bond
referendum to upgrade district schools in
a public vote on Tuesday, Aug. 20. In June,
the Board of Education agreed on the
contours of a referendum package that
would renovate the High School-Middle
School complex parking lot, among other
improvements to local schools. During
last week’s session, the board voted
7-0 to approve a resolution to send the
referendum to the voters next month.
According to a tentative post-
referendum schedule that was provided
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Local business hits the century mark
40 years
of service
Local firefighter earns
lifetime achievement award
By TED REMSNYDER
Laura Fitzgerald
Paul Roosa (left) Walter Roosa, and Kathy Roosa of Roosa Jewelers, are presented with a certificate from the Walden Community Council
for their 100 year anniversary. The owners were also presented with a certificate of appreciation from the Village of Walden. More in Anita
Vandermark’s column on page 18.
For six decades, Delbe Spath has been
an invaluable and reliable public servant
in the Wallkill community, and he was
recognized for his contributions in a major
way on June 21 when he was granted
the Joseph F. Kelly Memorial Lifetime
Achievement Award at the Hudson Valley
Volunteer Firemen’s Association’s annual
convention in Latham. The same week,
Spath was also given an award by Ulster
County for 40 years of service in the
county as a volunteer fireman.
While Spath has received awards from
the Wallkill Hook, Ladder and Hose
Company over the years, his recent
honor from the HVVFA was particularly
meaningful to him.
“This one is something I never thought
I’d get,” he said. “It’s a very prestigious
award to get a lifetime achievement
award. It was tremendous. Especially
with my daughter and granddaughter
there and also my son. It still chokes me
up thinking about it.”
The award was the culmination of
a long fire career that continues to this
day. During his tenure with the Wallkill
company, he has served as president,
deputy chief, fire commissioner and
currently sits on the board of fire
directors for the agency. “I joined in
1970,” Spath said of his time with the
Wallkill department. “I first started my
fire work in Chatham in 1958 and I served
there for a number of years until 1965.
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