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Schwandt appointed as Alderman At Large, city expected to host first Green Beer Sunday in NT By Kori Sciandra
NORTH TONAWANDA SUN EDITOR
After a lengthy period of time, during which the North Tonawanda Common Council has been on a roller coaster ride while
trying to fill vacant council seats - they may have finally reached the end of the ride. After Tuesday’s Workshop meeting, members of the council interviewed four candidates for the vacant Alderman At Large posi-
tion. Candidates included Catherine Schwandt, former North Tonawanda alderman; Mark Lemke, former North Tonawanda police officer; Patrick Deering, a local business owner; and
Kevin LoCicero, who currently serves as a member of the school board. The council announced Wednesday, there newly appointed council member will be Catherine Schwandt. She will serve as Alder-
Jastrzemski to run for Niagara County Clerk Citing his record of cutting government spending while still providing superior services, Town of Wilson Supervisor Joe Jastrzemski announced his candidacy for Niagara County Clerk. Jastrzemski, who is beginning his 10th year as Supervisor of the Town of Wilson, has spent the past 18 years as the Project Coordinator of the Niagara County Sheriff’s Work Program. Jastrzemski is also active in the community serving as a member of the Niagara County IDA and previously served as members of the UAW Community Action Committee, United Way Labor Advisory Committee, Niagara County Parks Committee and past President of the Lions Club of Wilson. Jastrzemski’s record as Wilson Town Supervisor is heralded throughout New York state. By implementing sound budgeting practices and streamlining town government, Jastrzemski has reduced town taxes almost 10 percent while maintaining the high level of services town residents have grown to expect. Among his accomplishments as Supervisor are a dredging of the Wilson Harbor, a rebuild of the Wilson Boat Launch, reduction in Town Highway personnel and entering into a shared services agreement with the City
of Niagara Falls that saves Wilson taxpayers more than $71,000 per year. “In Wilson, we have led the way in Niagara County by showing that you can do more with less,” said Supervisor Jastrzemski. “That’s the kind of leadership we have received from our current county Clerk Wayne Jagow and if elected, I’ll use my experience in Wilson and the Sheriff’s office to look for ways to make the Clerk’s office more efficient.” As Clerk, Jastrzemski said his top priorities would be looking for more ways to improve wait times at all the local DMV locations, pushing for greater internet based services for residents and working with local state representatives to fix the outdated cash grab from Albany that sees the state take almost 90 percent of the fees paid by local divers, when work is done by local DVM employees. “In recent years a huge push has taken place encouraging residents to do business locally to keep those dollars in the community. In these instances, the work is done by local employees yet the state still demands almost 90 percent of the revenue be sent to Albany. I will be asking our local representatives to reexamine this formula to make it more equitable for local government,” said Jastrzemski.
man At Large, filling the vacant seat that was formerly occupied by Art Pappas, Bob Clark and Nancy Donovan within the past two years. “She interviewed well. Cathy brought the most ex-
perience as far as being on the council before,” said Third Ward Alderman Eric Zadzilka. See “Green” continued on Page 2
District analyzes curriculum Kimberlee Sabshin
NORTH TONAWANDA SUN CORRESPONDENT
Town of Wilson Supervisor Joe Jastrzemski. Photo submitted. Earlier this week, current County Clerk Wayne Jagow announced to his staff he would retire from office at the end of his term. Clerk Jagow had served county residents for the last 20 years and Jastrzemski thanked the Clerk for his impressive record. “Like many people in our area, I’m lucky to count
Wayne Jagow as a friend. Wayne has done an amazing job for Niagara County and it is a huge loss for him to retire. If elected as his successor, I will have huge shoes to fill,” concluded Jastrzemski. Jastrzemski lives in the Town of Wilson with his wife Kathryn Trusso Jastrzemski.
During its budget advisory team meeting on Tuesday, members of the Tonawanda School District’s Board of Education and administrators continued to discuss the prospective budget for the 2015-16 school year, moving on to focus on building costs, curriculum and instruction and debt services as the district prepares a tentative budget for next year. Overall, most of the budgets will go down due to projected decreasing student enrollment in the district. However, some costs, particularly related to supplies, will go up, since the district would like to buy more Acer Chromebook lap tops, in response to many positive parent, community and teacher responses to having the computers made available for middle school students this year. The district also plans to put more money into programs, staff development and other supplies for its STEAM initiative. The budget for Riverview Elementary, as presented by Interim Principal Larry Badgley, has been reduced by $3,044 for the 2015-16 year. The amount allocated for office supplies is $500, which he referred to as a “fairly low amount” for a school with 20 staff members and 257 students. Next year, there will be a net projected decrease of 13 students, which allows a reduction to be made, as each student costs the district a “basic rate” of $100 for student instruction. The total instruction cuts were $1,195. “We’re doing well in that code, so reducing it next year should not be a big area of need,” Badgley said. “The book code is an untouchable, because it’s based on a formula. Books are allocated $6.25 per pupil, and the projection is 257 children.” At Mullen Elementary, Principal Bradly Halgash said there is also a “slight reduction,” with no reduction made to the school’s office supply budget. Cuts are being made to “school improvement” and “instruction-contractual” components, and costs for the library supplies will go down because of a similar projected decrease in enrollment, Halgash said.
See “District” continued on Page 2
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Traditional Treatments: Over the years, neuropathy treatments in general have had poor results at best. Many medications are used that have significant side effects and poor outcomes. Only recently have we had a promising breakthrough to help reduce the symptoms of neuropathy with lasting results.
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