Editor:

My name is Sean Pogue, and I am running for Barre Town Council on the Republican ticket on Nov. 3.

As a resident of the Town of Barre for many years, I have had a devoted interest in what goes on in our community. Many of you may remember me from our last election when I ran for Barre Town Justice. I knocked on a lot of doors and spoke with many of you personally. I truly enjoyed our conversations and gained a great understanding of what you would like to see our wonderful Town of Barre become!

I received three times the votes that I was told to plan on, which means a number of you know I will make a difference. I thank you for your endorsement, and confidence in me!

I have been attending town board meetings for some time now to gain knowledge of the issues in our town. As your representative on the Town Board, I will have an open mind to your comments and concerns. Maintaining the flavor of our small agricultural community within the confines of our tax base and budget constraints is of concern to us all.

As a retired administrator of the Rochester City School District I had to continuously work within the constraints of a budget that would change consistently as the school year progressed. Planning in advance to obtain the needed materials my staff and students needed was the only way to obtain a successful outcome. I have always tried to be proactive rather than reactive. Careful planning will result in a positive outcome for us all.

As your elected official I will answer your concerns. If I do not have the answer, I will find it out and respond within a timely manner. You vote me into office to work for you, and that is what I will do.

For those of you that voted for me before I hope I can count on your votes again. Those that did not, I hope I can persuade you to consider me a worthy representative on the Barre Town Board. I am an honest straight-forward person that will not promise you one thing and do something else. I will work tirelessly for you and for the better of the Town of Barre.

Remember on Nov. 3 to look on the Republican line and vote for me, Sean Pogue for Barre Town Council. Thank you!

Sean Pogue
Barre

Editor:

We have 49 bridges in this county that are in dangerous condition or are out of service. The County Legislature recently bonded $8 million for infrastructure. Out of this money they decided to put up two buildings for the highway equipment.

Well over a quarter of a million dollars. Not one county legislator stood up and said a thing. They rubber-stamped it. Talk about wrong priorities.

Forty-nine bridges and the highway equipment takes precedence over the safety of the citizens of this county and the travelers that pass through. How much bridge repair could that money have paid for? This highway convenience project could not have been deferred till the bridges were in order?

Chairman Callard had the gall to tell me they are doing a good job as he was limiting my First Amendment rights at the last meeting. Every meeting the rules change for conservative free speech. He’s been there 20 years and resided over this decline of our bridges. What have they done with the fuel tax money that they so desperately have to collect at 4 percent per gallon?

It is time for a change and time for real conservative principles to be applied at the Legislature. There are two Legislature seats being contested. I urge you to replace both sitting legislators as they are complete bobblehead, rubber stamps. Never take my word for it. Check out the county minutes and view their voting records and see for yourself.

What they say and how they vote are night and day. On Nov. 3, you have a chance to change that. We must use the tax dollars for the good of the people not for the ease and the good of government. On Nov. 3, vote right across the conservative line.

Paul Lauricella Jr.
Yates

Mr. Lauricella is a candidate for County Legislature for a district that includes Yates, Ridgeway and a portion of Shelby.

Editor:

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday, Oct. 7, that 1366 Technologies, a manufacturer of technologies for the solar energy industry, will establish its first large commercial Direct Wafer production plant and significantly grow its workforce at the high-tech Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park in Alabama, Genesee County.

Construction of the manufacturing facility will require two phases during which the company will create at least 1,000 new jobs within 30 minutes commute from the Town of Yates.

Over the course of the multi-phase project, 1366 will invest approximately $700 million, including a $100 million initial investment, becoming the largest economic development project in the history of Genesee County.

STAMP project final growth vector indicates 10,000 local jobs to be created at the site from numerous hi-tech business anchors. Construction of the first phase of the project (1366 Technologies) is slated to begin no later than Q2 of 2016 and is expected to be completed in 2017.

The New York State incentive package includes up to $56.3 million and up to 8.5 megawatts of low-cost hydropower, As we have always known, there is significant hydropower capacity in Western New York and it is proven by the use of low-cost hydropower to drive this largest economic development project in Genesee County history.

It is important to note here that the abundance of low cost hydropower in Western New York (ie: Niagara Falls) negates the need for any and all power generated by the proposed Industrial Wind Turbine Emplacement Project known as Lighthouse Wind. APEX’s Lighthouse Wind has been rendered irrelevant for this project BY WATER!!!

The approval of the STAMP project and it use of low-cost hydropower is of significant interest to the Town of Yates. 1366 Technologies will utilize this low-cost power to recruit and employ high tech, engineering personnel at a $100,000 average annual salary.

Interestingly, these same professionals will be looking for a great place to live, raise and educate their children.

They will be spending that $100,000 average wage on homes, schools, goods and services. The competition for those people and dollars will be fierce and Yates needs to be prepared to compete for those people and dollars.

Given what we have in the Town of Yates, professionals will gladly drive 30 minutes, in order to live in the beautiful, rural, lakeside, creekside community that is Yates.

Whether we want to accept this or not, we, the Town of Yates are at a crossroads and the choices are:

1. Prepare our town to be a highly desirable location where young professionals will buy homes, goods, services and educate their children in one of the most highly ranked school districts in the State AND PAY TAXES? OR

2. Render our town an industrial wasteland by supporting the APEX Industrial Wind Turbine Emplacement project IN EXCHANGE FOR AN ANNUAL TOWN PILOT PAYMENT OF $40,000?

The choice seems clear. Option 1 is a place where all would want to live. Option 2 is a place all would avoid like the plague.

Options 1 and 2 are mutually exclusive. You can’t have both.

The Town of Yates needs a plan to take advantage of the economic development awarded to Genesee County and ensure that APEX’s Lighthouse Wind Industrial Wind Turbine Emplacement project never sees the light of day.

Thank you.

John B. Riggi
President, Save Ontario Shores, Inc.
Republican candidate Yates Town Board

Editor:

Thank you.

Yes, Thanks to all of the Republican voters in Orleans County that made the effort to get out and vote in the Republican Primary election on Sept. 10.

A special thanks to those of you who voted for Randy Bower, a Republican candidate for the position of sheriff of Orleans County. Because Randy Bower was the obvious best choice, and your desire to change the course of politics in Orleans County, it enabled him to win the Primary. Although close – 21votes – he was declared the winner (1,671 to 1,650 over Tom Drennan).

Another political upset in the county was that for Highway Superintendent, Town of Albion, with Michael Neidert winning the primary by a real wide margin over the incumbent ed Standish.

Congratulations to both Mr. Bower, and Mr. Neidert.

Now, all of us with a similar mind set, be it Republican, Democrat or Conservative, have our work cut out for us, in working hard to see that Randy Bower wins the general election on Nov. 3 and takes the position of sheriff of Orleans County. We must stay the course, pound the pavement, talk to the people, and just plain get out the vote.

Randy Bower, with the people behind him, like Chris Bourke (who would serve as undersheriff under Bower) will benefit the people of Orleans County as a whole, and not just the political elite.

My wife and I had the privilege of attending two “Randy Red Shirt Rallys” and the Primary day get together at Hickory Ridge Golf Course. The people that I met, and those that I observed, were individuals with high hopes for Randy Bower and Chris Bourke. There wasn’t a stuffed shirt amongst them, and the atmosphere was not the least bit arrogant.

All of you that have the “BOWER for SHERIFF” signs, get them out, if you want signs, call 659-8382, and I will try to get them for you. It is less than a month, we can do it, we have to do it.

Randy Bower has both the Republican Party line, and the Conservative Party line. Get out, and cast your vote on either of those two lines.

Thank you again,
Al Lofthouse
Kendall
(Mr. Lofthouse is chairman of the Orleans County Conservative Party)

Editor:

Orleans County Legislature Chairman Dave Callard’s explanation for his refusal to take a position on 590-foot-high wind turbines in the Town of Yates (the Presbyterian Church steeple in Albion is 175′ high, as I recall) misses some important points.

Chairman Callard explained his unwillingness to take a position on the proposed wind energy project by saying he didn’t want to be doing the same thing to Yates that the County under his leadership has repeatedly said that the State is doing to the County. But the two are hardly the same.

Merely indicating what one thinks (about wind turbines in Orleans County in this case) is not the same as ordering the Town of Yates to do something. (The County Legislature has repeatedly bemoaned State mandates/dictates as being largely responsible for high County tax rates.)

Mr. Callard further pointed out that no survey had been completed to assess the views of Yates residents on the proposed turbine project. To my recollection, the absence of public opinion surveys has rarely, if ever, been a problem for him prior to this controversy.

The more important point, though, is that County leaders merely indicating to the Town of Yates where they stand on the appropriateness of erecting 590′ high wind turbines in Orleans County (something the Niagara County Legislature has done for Somerset) is in no way comparable to the State telling Orleans County what it must do.

Sincerely yours,

Gary Kent
Albion

Editor:

I think Assemblyman Steve Hawley’s September 3 Orleans Hub article gets it partially right. (Click here to see “Hawley pushes for DOT action on deteriorating Parkway.”)

The state needs to perform more extensive work along the Lake Ontario State Parkway. Of the 25 miles of divided-lane highway, there are about 7 miles (almost all Westbound) that could benefit. But cutbacks in staffing and budgets have made work more challenging to perform.

But part of his letter goes “off the roadway” when he asks for a study on if the Parkway should have the north (Westbound lanes) closed and revert to two-way traffic along the Eastbound lanes for part of the year.

What could possibly be the reason to close down the only divided-lane highway in Orleans County? Assemblyman Hawley mentions opening up the lakefront land for home building. Really?

Travel along the lakefront drives and roads in Orleans County and there are multiple houses for sale. There are only 2.6 miles of Parkway that have no houses between or are within 500 feet of the lake.

Closing 12.5 miles of Westbound lanes for houses to be built along 2.6 miles of lakeside property sends exactly the wrong message – mainly that greater economic benefit is realized by home building rather than a divided highway to bring traffic into the county.

How about this idea for our elected officials? Ask/write/pester/twirl plates in the air to get DOT Commissioner Matthew Driscoll to come out to the Parkway and ride along the Westbound stretches of road between Morton and Kendall, and from Point Breeze to Lakeside Beach State Park – those are the sections most in need of extensive work.

Former DOT Commissioner Joan McDonald was supposed to tour the Parkway in the Summer of 2014 but did not come out on her scheduled day. The current DOT Commissioner needs to ride along the Parkway to see what road conditions are like first-hand.

With major economic development announced at the WNY STAMP project, growing agricultural businesses in Medina, and new businesses opening at Point Breeze, we need to invest in infrastructure that is here now and can carry vehicles, people and revenue into this area and points west. We already have Rts. 18, 104 and 31 as East-West roadways. Adding a fourth East-West two-lane roadway is not the answer.

We must be persistent about securing funding for more extensive work along the Parkway so that it can bring traffic into this area in a safe and timely manner. Or we can give up on the Parkway – and it’s ability to bring traffic into Orleans County – and instead watch the traffic stream out of this area. My expectation is that our state elected officials will re-double their efforts to bring more Parkway dollars into Orleans County.

Tom Klotzbach
Waterport

Editor:

In addition to the many negative consequences that have been voiced regarding the siting of industrial wind turbines in Yates and Somerset, I am very concerned that these turbines will preclude Mercy Flight from being able to operate in our area.

Mercy Flight cannot land where there are wind turbines; The entire area will be inaccessible. Due to the size and placement of these turbines, many peoples’ lives will be at risk.

I have first-hand experience of the invaluable service that Mercy Flight provides; Nine years ago Mercy Flight helped to save my daughter’s life after a horrific boating accident on Chautauqua Lake.

Thankfully, Mercy Flight was able to land there and flew her to ECMC in Buffalo, where she immediately underwent the first of three surgeries. There is no doubt that their quick response and ability to quickly transport her to the hospital helped to save her life.

What will happen to serious accident victims in our area if this project proceeds and that life-saving option is unavailable? Our roads are well traveled with both residents and tourists and there is obviously a great deal of boat traffic.

The specter of future accident victims not having the life-saving option of Mercy Flight helping them when they need it truly makes me feel ill. I would hate to have anyone experience what we went through, but with Mercy Flight’s assistance, we still have our daughter.

Please consider this huge detriment, in addition to the other serious and negative consequences to our health, environment, wildlife and property values and oppose the siting of Lighthouse Wind in our area.

Donn Riggi
Lyndonville

Editor:

It is a disgrace that New York State is phasing out the sheltered workshops that serve people with developmental disabilities.

These workshops provide valuable work for people. Because of the workshops, these individuals are productive wage earners and perform beneficial subcontract work for businesses in the area. Realistically, there are not enough suitable jobs in the community to support the number of people currently employed in the workshops.

Closing these workshops is a way for the state to save money, plain and simple. The state paints a picture that it’s better for them to be integrated into the community, but the bottom line is money.

Over the last 20 years, the state has changed funding for non-profit services so that the state doesn’t have to pay 100 percent of the cost of these programs. Back in the mid-1990s, the state “medicaided” many of the services provided to individuals with developmental disabilities. So instead of the state paying 100 percent of residential services, they paid about half and also pushed a portion of these costs to the counties (county share of Medicaid costs). For years the workshops were sacred cows, but the state must really be hurting for money now.

Here’s how the state can save a lot of money – privatize all the duplicate services that they are currently providing at a much higher cost than the private non-profits do. Then maybe the non-profits could pay a fair wage to direct care workers, equivalent to what the state pays. And the state could also rebuild deteriorating bridges (especially in Orleans County) with the savings.

New York State needs to get its finances in order, but not to the detriment of people with developmental disabilities.

Tina Feldman
Lyndonville

Editor:

This week, from Oct. 4-10, youth and volunteers in our county and around the nation will celebrate National 4-H Week.

4-H is the nation’s largest youth development program and it allows youth the opportunity to learn about things that interest them while becoming more confident and better prepared for secondary education and careers.

There’s plenty of great reasons to join 4-H. Findings from the Tufts University “4-H Study of Positive Youth Development” indicate that, when compared to their peers, young people in 4-H are: nearly four times more likely to contribute to their communities, two times more likely to pursue healthy behaviors, and two times more likely to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs in the out-of-school time.

Another reason to join 4-H is being able to include 4-H accomplishments and experiences on scholarships and applications. But the best reason is 4-H is having fun participating in project-based learning and becoming more confident youth.

4-H in action is having fun while learning and it’s sometimes hard to describe to somebody who hasn’t participated. Some examples of positive youth development in action from this year are:

Having a robot you built slide down a grappling hook with a needle mounted in it that has to stab through a target;

Dancing to 80’s music with your dog and all your friends and their dogs and winning best in the state for your routine;

Being one of the youth who for the first time ever participated in 4-H at Kendall School and gave Public Presentations;

Traveling to Kentucky to participate in a plant identification contest;

Being one of 16 youth who receive an award trip for a week of camp, a teen retreat, Albany or career explorations in Cornell;

Completing your fifth star in the dog or horse knowledge program and receiving your award belt buckle or leash;

Attending Sr. Council and learning parliamentary procedure and having cookie parties all at the same time.

The list can go on and on of the incredible activities the 442 Orleans County 4-H youth have participated in over the last program year. Our new year is starting now and it’s the perfect time to join. You can learn more by calling our office at 585-798-4265 or emailing us at orleans4h@cornell.edu.

We’ll also have an open house at the fairgrounds on Oct. 7 to celebrate National 4-H Week, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. We’ll have free car washes for volunteers, popcorn for everybody, door prizes and other fun. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. youth can participate in the National Science Experiment.

Robert Batt
Orleans County 4-H Youth Development Educator

Editor:

A very serious, important issue I would like to discuss is welfare fraud. It has been a real problem in this county.

You work hard, you play by the rules. Like most of us, you struggle to make ends meet, pay your bills, and your outrageous school and property taxes. Even with all that, you don’t mind helping out those who are less fortunate, down on their luck.

Most of the people needing assistance are grateful and do what they can to get off and on with their life in an upward mobility once they are back on their feet.

There are those out there though that will take advantage of your kindness and generosity – those who will defraud the system for personal gain. Collecting benefits while working off the books or making false income claims. The use of the EBT card then selling food items meant for children and family for cash in the parking lot of your local grocers for half the value or less. The list they will stoop to is long. The predators are always coming up with new ways to defraud the system.

The county has been going after these welfare cheats and making arrests. I believe more can be done. I will work with the next sheriff in any way to try to further go after those who would take advantage of the peoples’ generosity. The savings could result in the high 7 figures and should be returned to the taxpayers in a form of a tax cut – not go in the general budget. I will try to work to see to that.

We must always take care of those who truly can not care for themselves: the elderly, the disabled. We should also give help to those who are working but at times can’t afford basic needs.

The way the system is now if you make a few dollars to much you can not get any temporary help. This does not make sense. We should do anything we can to make welfare the less attractive option especially for those holding a job with the dignity to go to work every day.

Paul Lauricella Jr.
Lyndonville
Conservative Party candidate for County Legislature District 2

Editor:

Dear Orleans County residents, make your voice heard!

You’ve seen the signs. You’ve heard the talk around town. You’ve read numerous editorials.

Orleans County will be electing a new Sheriff in November. The Sheriff is the only elected law enforcement officer. Their responsibility is to protect us not just from crime, but from violations of the Constitution.

It is your responsibility to vote wisely! It’s not too late!!

You have until Oct. 9 to register to vote in the November election. You can go online and get all the information you need to do so by clicking here. (If you need to do a change of address with the board of elections, you have until Oct. 14.)

Then, once you are registered to vote, get educated about the candidates! A great opportunity to meet and learn about the candidates will be at the Orleans County Sheriff Candidate Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. The event will be held at the Albion Elks Lodge #1006 located at 428 West State St. in Albion. Doors will open at 6:30 pm.

Orleans County SCOPE and New York Revolution are proud to be working together to bring this educational event to the citizens of Orleans County. We hope you will take advantage of this incredible opportunity to hear from the candidates in person and get answers to any questions that you may have.

Be an informed voter when you head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3. We look forward to seeing you at the forum!

Sincerely,

Mattie Zarpentine, Regional Director, New York Revolution
David Thom, Chairman, Orleans County SCOPE

Editor:

I’m writing to let everyone in the Village of Albion and the surrounding town know that I will be in the Village of Albion board room every other Tuesday starting Sept. 29 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The reason for this is to let anyone who would like to come in and talk on how we can improve the village. This will give you a chance to be heard, ask questions, get your suggestion heard.

I know we have work to be done and it is going to take some time so we have to start someplace and all of your suggestions will be a great help. I know one thing is we need to work on getting more businesses downtown. This is a time for you to vent so please come and talk to me.

Stanley Farone
Albion village trustee

Editor:

This letter is meant for the high school student that I saw today (Sept. 24, 2015), driving a dark Malibu or Impala into the Albion Middle School driveway.

You had a friend with you, and were attempting to cross East Avenue and turn left into the school driveway at about 3:30 this afternoon. That in itself doesn’t seem so bad, but you were clearly looking at your phone and trying to either read or send a text. It clearly made your attempt to make your turn that much more difficult.

You see, I was in a school bus and witnessed your turn. I could see very clearly what was going on as I was trying to turn left onto the avenue myself from the school.

How would you feel if you had a little brother or sister on that bus and we were involved in an accident because you were texting while driving? And lastly, what would be your parents reaction to an accident of any kind be?

In the future, wait until you are parked, or give your phone to your friend.

Peter Toenniessen
Albion

Editor:

As a longtime resident of the Town of Somerset, I have watched for months as numerous yellow signs against the proposed wind turbine project have gone up in front of concerned property owners’ homes.

Within the last several weeks, white signs supporting the project have appeared primarily on open farm land leased by Apex Clean Energy. One phrase on these white signs includes “Fear Not the Wind”.

I don’t fear the wind; I fear the potential health and environmental impacts, the slaughter of migrating birds and bats, and property devaluation with the loss of our bucolic landscape.

Another line reads “Harvest the Wind”. I support harvesting the wind by micro turbines with smaller footprints and I support the use of solar panels, geothermal systems, hydropower, and actually conserving energy so less power needs to be generated. The only thing to be harvested by these proposed 570-foot-tall monstrosities is our tax dollars. They are not profitable to construct and operate without tax subsidies.

I noticed a new version of these white signs a few days ago that I find offensive. They include the phrase “Support Our Farms”. Seriously? If we don’t support industrial wind turbines, we don’t support farms?

In 2005 the Town of Somerset adopted a policy which made this a Right-to-Farm community. A portion of this policy, as posted on the town’s website, reads “It is the purpose of this article to reduce the loss to the Town of Somerset of its agricultural resources by limiting the circumstances under which farming may be deemed a nuisance and to allow agricultural practices inherent to and necessary for the business of farming to proceed and be undertaken free of unreasonable and unwarranted interference or restriction.”

The town’s Comprehensive Plan states repeatedly how important agriculture is to our area and I support the town’s efforts in this regard. Does “Support Our Farms” imply that our local farms cannot be successful without wind turbines?

It is wonderful to see that several local farms have enjoyed dramatic expansions in recent years and represent a bright spot in our rural economy. I understand that farm commodity prices are very volatile but that has always been inherent in any agriculturally based business.

I don’t know who is responsible for producing these white signs but if it’s Apex Clean Energy, I suggest they hire a new PR firm. They’ve really missed the mark on this one.

Pamela Atwater
Barker

Editor:

“My plan is much better than his plan.” What plan? It doesn’t matter, because all of my plans are better than any of their plans. Of course, you have to take my word for it, as I haven’t really said how I will do much of anything.

But I will be great on national security, amazing on the military, better than any of our generals. I will have the best negotiators. All of our leaders are stupid. The deal with Iran is weak, because the negotiators were incompetent. What do you mean? Well, I know them, and they are incompetent. I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

Ending birthright citizenship? “A lot of people think it can be done.” Without a Constitutional amendment? “A lot of Constitutional scholars disagree (that an amendment would be required).” So, you have found some “Constitutional scholars” who think the 14th amendment can be undone without amending the Constitution? “Oh yeah, a lot of people agree.” Do any of them know anything about the Constitution? Or, did they take a course on the Constitution and put out a “shingle?”

Donald Trump makes “simple” believable. We all like “simple.” Why wouldn’t we? It is great when things are “simple.” When someone with his money asserts something is “simple,” it can have believability. Just as when Glenn Beck made one ridiculous statement after another on his television program. At times Beck appeared to be doing his best to incite frustrated and gullible people to revolution. He had a microphone and corporate sponsorship on a television network. Wow, there must be something to what he says. He has since been on a bit of an “apology tour.”

Mike Huckabee is taken seriously when he compares the “tyranny” of the unelected justices of the Supreme Court of the United States under the Constitution to King George III’s tyranny before the American Revolution? Same sex marriage is not the law? It is not Constitutional?

Sorry, Mike, same sex marriage is Constitutional if the Supreme Court says it is Constitutional. The Founding Fathers provided a Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution and decide exactly such matters. They provided that federal justices would be unelected in order to insulate them to some degree from politics.

About two weeks ago, I got a call from a person advocating a “Constitutional sheriff.” After a few minutes, I asked her if she was familiar with Article Six of the Constitution. She would like sheriffs to be required to take a course on the Constitution. Amen to that. Understanding the implications of “probable cause” should be a primary focus of such a course.

Based on many news reports, equal protection of the laws should be another point of emphasis. She wants sheriffs to be accessible to the public. Amen to that. She also suggested that, since they were elected, and presumably somewhat independent, they should be able to decide which laws they should enforce and which laws they should not enforce. Huh?

Though the local woman I spoke with at length does not, we have a boatload of people with microphones and, hence, perceived credibility, telling people all sorts of questionable things. I do not care if Donald Trump can find 250,000,000 Americans who think the Constitution can be changed by passing a law, it cannot. The fact that Colorado tried to pass a law imposing term limits on United States Senators in the late 1990’s did not mean it had any chance of “flying.” The Constitution would require amending to make term limits possible.

With the election of an African-American President, Constitutional amnesia has risen to a level more akin to dementia. Our Constitutional system is something we are stuck with regardless of an election’s outcome. It says what it says, whether we have read and understood it or not.

One of the things the Constitution provides for is elections and respect for the will of the majorityeven if we are not part of it. Elections have consequences. Those of us who were in the minority (evidently) suffered through eight years of utter incompetence while Cheney ruled. We are still paying for it. Though we haven’t lost 5,000 Americans in a disastrous war, Obama hasn’t succeeded in undoing the damage done by his predecessor’s Pollyanna policies.

The bottom line is that, regardless of what you may want to hear, believing something because of who says it can have its pitfalls.

Sincerely yours,

Gary F. Kent
Albion