Island Dispatch, 1990-11-02

              ISLAND DISPATCH With The GRAND ISLAND NEWS GRAND ISLAND, NY • 773 7676 NIAGARA FRONTIER PUBLICATIONS 36 PAGES 35< VOL. 47 NO. 34 • Nov. 2, 1990 Val Stumpf Is Athlete Of Week Cross Country Coach Dick Bessel presents superstar Val Stumpf with VVWKB's highest accolade for local sports stars. Val was the Super 7 Athlete of the Week recently and received this impressive trophy. She along with Joe Dunlop made Grand Island sports history last week as they were the first to capture both the boys' and girls' NFL individual championship in the same year. Sec page 26 for more. I'hnio by IWW hurt New Information On Pipeline May Save The Day IN A SURPRISING meeting Thursday, Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski, Senator John Daly, Assemblyman William Hoyt, Legislator Charles Swanick, elected officials from Grand Island, Niagara County and Lewiston, representatives from GICAP (Grand Island Citizens Against The Pipeline) announced their full support toward approval of a new pipeline plan called the Niagara Alternative. The Public Service Commission Wednesday Oct. 24 delayed decision on the Empire State Gas pipeline route so much in question. Received that day by the PSC was a letter from Tennessee Gas Pipeline requesting the commission to review a new proposal.If approved, Tennessee Gas Pipeline's proposed Niagara Alternative plan would have very little environmental impact on Grand Island or Lewiston, as Empire would not be building a pipeline through either municipality. The plan would also eliminate 25.5 miles of new pipeline right-of-way through the WNY area. Tennessee would use its existing Niagara Import Point at Lewiston as well as the bordercrossing facilities already authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.Also in attendance at the Thursday meeting were Grand Island Supervisor La Verne Luther, Grand Island Town Councilmen James Pax and James Sharpe, GICAP attorney David Seeger, Wheatfield Supervisor Terry Kuehn, Sam Akinbami and David Watson of GICAP, Niagara County Legislator Art Kroening, Wheatfield Councilman John Cassata and Lewiston Town Clerk Lilly Taddeo. The bi-partisan group urges the PSC to reopen the Empire Pipeline case and allow for a full review of the Tennessee proposal before any formal decision is made. The Erie and Niagara County Legislatures, the towns of Grand Island, Lewiston and Wheatfield will be adopting an official resolution to make this request of the PSC. These communities will also initiate a petition drive and letterwriting campaign to be sent to the PSC in support of the Tennessee Pipeline Application. Town Board To Review 1991 Budget THE GRAND ISLAND Budget for 1991 will be reviewed at a 7 P.M. public hearing next Thursday in Town Hall. Scheduled by the town board at its Oct. 1 meeting, the hearing will involve a proposed town tax rate of 85 cents per $1000 of assessed valuation, an increase of five cents from the present year. Salaries of elected officials are projected as $41,306 for the Supervisor. $54,560 total for the four councilmen. $34 for the Town Clerk and 149*356 for the Highway Superintendent. The amount for the tax , collector, also an elected of ficial, is listed in the legal notice published Oct. 26 in ihe «ovt,mh.om-x.:k< MAIL TO:  • Sgt Keith H. Coffey&nd PFC. Marc Thompson who have been deployed to the Persian Gulf in Operation Desert Shield. (See Islanders In The News, page 4] CHILDREN'S FILMS, presented at the GI Memorial Library. 2 P.M. FATHER'S DAY, Jack and Jill Cooperative Pre-school VIKING FOOTBALL, Lew-Port at Grand Island. 2 P.M. HOLIDAY CORNER & CHILI SALE, sponsored by the GI Art Society & GI Rotary at GIHS, 11 A.M.-6 P.M.