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Tuesday, August 15, 1995, Press Sun-Bulletin 3B NEW YORK Parents rank dis discipline as top concern ALBANY (AP) There's always been one kid in every classroom the cutup who disrupted the class and trod a familiar path to the principal's office. But according to a survey on public schools, New Yorkers rank the lack of discipline as their chief concern. In addition, the 1,218 adult New Yorkers surveyed last month favored harsh measures to bring problem students into line. Eighty-three percent of those surveyed by the Empire Foundation and Lehrman Institute said students caught with drugs should be expelled, 76 percent support the installation of metal detectors in schools, 66 percent said disruptive students should be placed in separate schools and 59 percent support random drug testing for students. Educators agreed with the public perception that troublesome students were interrupting the classroom.

"It's time that we start focusing not on the perpetrator and the problems but on other students that obey, all rules," Buffalo the Teacher's Federation President Phil Rumore said. Newburgh Unified School District is using an alternative education program that removes students with discipline problems from the ASSOCIATED PRESS Jeffrey Nichols, center, the undisputed king of deadbeat dads, is led to State Supreme Court Monday in New York City. He was jailed after a judge decided there was no other way to assure he would answer charges that he owes more than $500,000 in child support for his three children. Deadbeat dad held without bail NEW YORK (AP) For the nation's most notorious deadbeat dad, things got a lot worse Monday when he was brought before a judge he skipped out on five years ago and was immediately sent to jail for owing a half million dollars in child support. He is being held without bail.

State Supreme Court Justice Phyllis Gangel-Jacob said she concluded Jeffrey Nichols, 47, "has been so recalcitrant for so many years, has escaped the jurisdiction of so many courts, that I cannot in good conscience take a chance." It was Gangel-Jacob who first issued a contempt of court warrant for the arrest of Nichols in 1990 after he fell behind $68,000 on child support payments. By Monday, he owed $582,000 after not paying about $8,000 a month since the late 1980s. She said he had made "no effort in all these years to pay anything." She questioned Nichols' lawyer, Mark Kaplan, repeatedly about allegations that his client had reneged on agreements with courts in Vermont and Florida, where he even challenged whether he was the father of his three children. Blood tests confirmed he was. Kaplan said his client was a changed man in the week since the FBI arrested him at his Charlotte, home in the largest case ever prosecuted under the Child Support Recovery Act.

The act makes it a federal crime to cross state bor- BRIEFLY Cornell student freed after airport arrest ITHACA- -A Turkish man was released from custody Monday after he was arrested for acting suspicious at a county airport, authorities said. Ismet Yenidunya, a 25-year-old Cornell graduate student, was seen peering through car windows at Tompkins County Airport at about 4:30 a.m. Monday. He was taken into custody by sheriff's deputies and questioned by FBI agents as part of the heightened security alert for possible terrorist attacks at American airports. Sheriff Emery Guest said FBI agents were "reasonably assured" Yenidunya is not a terrorist.

Yenidunya was arraigned at an Ithaca-area town court on a loitering charge and released at about 9:30 a.m., according to Guest. He is to reappear in Lansing Town Court on Aug. 22. Guest said Yenidunya had been wandering about the airport's premises for 20 minutes when security alerted the police. He suspects Yenidunya may have left something on the grounds or in a plane.

The man's backpack was inspected, but nothing unusual was found in it. mainstream classroom. The district is set to expand the program into its two junior high schools and is aiming next at itselementary schools, Newburgh Teacher's Association President Frank Colone said. "Sending these kids home just transfers the problem. On other hand, these kids can't be in the classroom making it impossible for everyone Colone said.

In general, New York City residents and blacks favored stricter disciplinary measures than suburban residents and whites did. Statewide, New Yorkers opposed putting police in schools, with 43 percent for and 53 percent opposed. But a majority of New York City residents favored having cops. In New York City, finances and overcrowding concerns ranked above discipline as the top two concerns. Eighty-nine percent of upstate New Yorkers and 83 percent of suburban New Yorkers said they viewed their schools as safe.

Only 61 percent of New York City residents agreed. New Yorkers thought increased discipline and smaller classes would improve the quality of education. The margin of error in the poll was plus or minus 2.8 percentage points. OTHER SURVEY RESULTS The survey of public schools also found: DRUGS: Two-thirds of New Yorkers believe drugs are a serious problem in schools. But the level of concern varied along racial lines and a majority supported placing attention on academics over increased drug education.

1 70 percent of blacks thought drug education should be increased. 68 percent of Hispanics thought drug education should be increased. 43 percent of whites thought drug education should be increased. SEX EDUCATION: New Yorkers surveyed agreed by a 6-1 margin that sex education should be taught in schools. 153 percent disagreed with the distribution of condoms and other contraceptives in schools.

39 percent supported condom distribution. DE OBITUARIES ES Duane L. Parks Binghamton, N.Y. Duane L. Parks, 33, passed away Friday, August 11, 1995.

He is survived by his parents Joan Parks of Binghamton, N.Y., Willis Parks of Elmira, N.Y.; a fiancee, Linda Desmond of Binghamton, N.Y.; his children, Thomas and Tisha Parks and Brittany Desmond; his brothers, Thomas Faulkner of Albany, Robert Faulkner of Syracuse, N.Y., James Parks of Kirkwood, William Parks of Syracuse, Gene Parks of Binghamton; a sister, Penny Parks of Binghamton; a good friend, Floyd Smith, Johnson City. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, at 11 a.m. at Wm. R. Chase Son, Funeral Home, 44 Exchange Binghamton, N.Y., with Pastor Ronald R.

Roehr officiating. Burial will be in Chenango Valley Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. Katherine C. Smith of Johnson City, N.Y.

Katherine C. Farrell Smith, 101 years old, formerly of Johnson City died Monday morning, August 14, 1995 at the home of her daughter, Mary and Bill Giblin. The Good Lord took her into the palm of His hands after a long and healthy life. She was predeceased by her husband, Harry J. Smith.

She is survived by three daughters and sonsin-law, Helen and Jim Slocum, Binghamton, Katherine Schramm Messersmith, Endicott, Mary and Bill Giblin, Binghamton, son and daughter-in-law Harry E. "Bud" and Mary Jane Smith, Binghamton; her sister, Helen O'Neil, Johnson City; her grandchildren, Mark Slocum, Mary Rittle, Joseph Slocum, Ellyn Found, Robert Slocum, Susan Alexander, Karen Wright, Aileen Musselman, Patricia Schramm, John Phillip Schramm, Dana Kipp, Mary Zeigler, John David Schramm, Thomas Schramm, John Scott Schramm, Elizabeth Konecny, Billy, Patrick, Kathleen and Maura Giblin, Joseph, Kevin, Carol Ann Smith, Christine Nyschot; 24 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren; several special nieces and nephews and her care giver, Chris Ciza. She was a founding member and the oldest living member of Blessed Sacrament Church, Johnson City and a retired employee of the Endicott-Johnson Corporation. Funeral services will be held at the J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main Street, Binghamton, Thursday at 9 a.m.

and at 9:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church where a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs.

Smith may be made to Blessed Sacrament Church, Cenacle Plaza, Johnson City, N.Y. 13790. Evaline N. Ellis formerly of Endwell Funeral and Committal Services for Evaline N. Ellis will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m.

from the Wm. R. Chase Son, Inc. Funeral Home, 737 Chenango Port Dickinson, with the Rev. Daniel C.

Baker, Pastor of the Port Crane Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Oswegotchee Cemetery, Star Lake, N. Y. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. Preston Lippert of Binghamton Preston Lippert, 86, Binghamton, died Sunday evening August 13, 1995 at Lourdes Hospital.

He is survived by his wife Edith (Marean) Lippert, Binghamton; three sons and daughters-inlaw, Raymond E. Barbara Lippert, Surfside Beach, S. Robert L. and Patricia Bishop, Parma, Richard F. and Sally Lippert, Virginia Beach, one daughter and son-in-law, Gertrude E.

Nicholas and Clifford Littleton, North one sister, Gertrude R. Ougeux, Holly Hill, 14 grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren. He member of St. Mark's Philitus Masonic Lodge, AM 1001. He was a member of the Broad Avenue Presbyterian Church.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. at the Broad Avenue Presbyterian Church, 38 Broad Binghamton, N.Y. The Rev. Ernest Steffensen will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Barber Memorial Home, Inc. 428 Main Johnson City. Richard A. Lans of Binghamton Richard A. Lans, 42, of Binghamton and formerly of New York City went to be with his Lord unexpectedly at 10:27 a.m.

Sunday, August 13, 1995, at Wilson Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife Theresa MinoiaLans of Binghamton; a daughter, AjA; step-daughter, Danielle Minoia; two sons, Dorian and Kris Lans; his mother, Mrs. Veronica (Fleming) Lans; four sisters, Ruth, Rita, Rosalyn and Ruby; a brother, Raymond, all of New York City; also several special nieces and nephews. He was an employee of Binghamton Slag Roofing. Memorial Services will be held on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

at First Assembly of God Church, 255 Washington Binghamton. Rev. George DiFulvio, Singles and Associate Pastor of First Assembly of God Church will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent the Lans Family Trust, BSB, 58-68 Exchange Binghamton, N.Y. 13902.

Arrangements are by J. F. Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main St, Johnson City. Edward M. Griffin of Newark Valley Edward M.

Griffin, 78, of Newark Valley, died Monday morning, August 14, 1995 at Wilson Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Ruth Griffin, Newark Valley; two daughters and son-in-law, Carolyn Isham, Boston, Kathryn and David Leonard, Castle Creek; his grandchildren, Jeffrey and Belinda Isham, Colleyville, Timothy Isham, Columbia, S.C., Stephen and Lynn Leonard, Corning, N.Y., Douglas Leonard, Castle Creek; one great grandson, Ben Isham, Colleyville, also several cousins. He was a Past Master of the Owego Masonic Lodge, former Superintendent of the Johnson City Water Dept. and was a former member of the Johnson City Rotary Club. He was retired from the American Water Works.

A funeral service will be held on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Barber Memorial Home, 428 Main Johnson City. The Rev. David Masland will officiate. Burial will be in Tioga Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Thursday at 1 p.m. until the time of the service at the Barber Memorial Home. Donations in his memory may be made to the charity of one's choice. Ezra "Pete" A. Stephens of Owego Ezra "Pete" A.

Stephens, 72, of 74 Fox Owego passed away Sunday evening, August 13, 1995 at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, after a brief illness. He was born in South Apalachin, September 10, 1922, the son of Clarence and Nettie Strope Stephens. He was predeceased by his wife, Stella Snyder Stephens in 1993 and is survived by two sisters, Mary Lou Hoffmann, Jeanette Eldred, Phoenix, three daughters and two sons-in-law, Peggy and Stuart Merritt, Binghamton, Donna Stephens, Newark Valley, Diane and Robert Ketchum, Newark Valley; five sons and two daughters-in-law, Curtis Stephens, Binghamton, Gary Stephens, Pauline Stephens, Endicott, Jack Stephens, Newark Valley, Donald and Janice Stephens, Berkshire, Duane Stephens, Binghamton; 11 grandchildren; two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Richards Funeral Home, 3670 Waverly Owego at 2 p.m. with the Rev.

James Willard, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Berkshire officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Apalachin. Friends may call at Richards Funeral Home Wednesday from noon until time of service. Gerald Thorne of Vestal Funeral services for Gerald Thorne will be held at the Barber Memorial Home 428 Main Johnson City on Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

at Blessed Sacrament Church where a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Barber Memorial Home. The Nocturnal Adoration Society will hold a Prayer Service at 8:15 p.m.

at Memorial Home. In lieu of flowers donations in his memory may be made to the Hospice Program at Lourdes Hospital or Blessed Sacrament Church. Leland V. Bell of Johnson City Leland V. Bell, 95, of Johnson City died Sunday, August 13, 1995.

He is survived by his daughter and son-inlaw, Marion and Arthur Meyer, Endwell; one son, Leland Bell, Dayton, Ohio; two grandchildren. He was a Mail Handler for the U.S. Railway Funeral Postal will A Service be held on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Barber Memorial Home, 428 Main Johnson City. Burial will be in Kattelville Cemetery.

At the request of the family there will be no calling hours. Ruth K. Gitlitz of Binghamton Ruth K. Gitlitz, 80, died Monday, August 14, 1995 at the Susquehanna Nursing Home. She is survived by her husband, James B.

Gitlitz, Binghamton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. David M. and Linda Gitlitz, Kingstown, RI, Dr. John S. and Patricia Gitlitz, Mamaroneck, NY; thre granddaughters, Deborah M.

Gitlitz, Bloomington, Abigail Beth Gitlitz, Bloomington, Ind. and Victoria Page Gitlitz, Mamaroneck, NY; one brother and sister-in-law, Henry and Natalie Kalette, Syracuse, NY; one brother-inlaw, Carl R. Gitlitz, Binghamton; one nephew, Dr. George F. Gitlitz, Binghamton; also several other nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mrs. Gitlitz was a very active member of the community. She was twice Vice President of Temple Israel Sisterhood and an active member of Hadassah and the Tri-Cities Opera. She founded the Homemakers Service in Broome Co. and twice President of the Family and Childrens Society.

On November 7, 1982 the Broome Co. Statis of Women Council presented her with their Woman of Achievement Award. She was past Vice-President of the United Way of Broome Co. and was honored for her distinguished service to the community from 1977 to 1986. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m.

from Temple Israel. Rabbi Mark Raphael, Spiritual Leader of Temple Israel and Rabbi Emeritus Jacob Hurwitz will co-officiate. Burial will be in Temple Israel- Riverside Cemetery, Conklin. Shiva will be observed at the home of James Gitlitz Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. In lieu of flowers memory contributions may be made to Temple Israel, 1 Deerfield Vestal, NY 13850 or the United Way of Broome Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY 13850.

Arrangements are by the Ernest H. Parsons Funeral Home, 71 Main Binghamton, NY James A. Shedd of Afton James A. Shedd, formerly of Windsor, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 14, 1995 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was predeceased by his parents, James F.

and Ruth Shedd, sister, Lila Shedd and brother, Doug. Shedd. He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Dorlene Shedd; son and daughter-inlaw, Gary and Raye Shedd, Grants Pass, Oregon; daughter, Nancy Sweet, Afton; daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Jeff Potter, Harpursville; motherin-law, Marietta Hoyt, Binghamton; his loving grandchildren, Lisa and Erin Hanrahan, Jennifer Shedd, Jimmy and Stephanie Drake, Eric and Cristina Drummond; sister, Jean Lewis, Hazard, Kentucky; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jack Eilleen Shedd, Athens, Bill and Delores Shedd, Windsor; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Diane Shedd, Chenango Forks, Virginia and James Spellicy, Liverpool, Peggy and Gray Bates, Miami, very special friends, Bill and Mable Harvey, Oxford; several nieces, nephews, cousins and many dear friends. He was a retired employee of the NYS Department of Transportation after 36 years of service, a Veteran of the U.S. Navy and an avid softball player in the Southern Tier.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Wm. R. Chase Son Inc. Funeral Home, 88 Chapel Windsor, N.Y.

with the Rev. Jerry Hulburt, Pastor of Boulevard United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Knox Cemetery, Ouaquaga. Friends may call at the funeral home, Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations to be made to the American Cancer Society, Hope Lodge, 197 Summer Buffalo, N.Y.

Dorothy M. Coleman of Naples, Fla. Dorothy M. Coleman, 88, of Naples, N.Y. formerly of Apalachin, passed away on August 11, 1995.

Dorothy formerly owned Coleman's for several years. She is preceded in Department store in Apalachin, N.Y. death by her husband, Edward Coleman and daughter, Beverly Coleman Marsh. Surviving her are daughter, Virginia (Paul) Coleman Newell, "Pete" Apalachin, N.Y.; her son, Francis (Janice) Coleman, Naples, ten grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; one great-great grandson and one sister, Isabelle (Ford) Walpole. Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Henrietta M. Davis of Lisle Henrietta M. Davis, 84, passed away Saturday, August 12, 1995 in the privacy of her home. She was born January 2, 1911 in the Town of Caroline to the late Richard and Bessie "Rich" Lynch. She was also predeceased by her husband, George and a son, Robert L.

and step-father, Norris Crispell. She is survived by three sons and -in-law, George and Karen, Killawog, Michael and Ruth Rose, Binghamton, Glenn and Julie, Lisle; one daughter- Teresa Davis, Lisle; grandchildren, Nancy, Betsy, Jeffrey, Robert, Daniel, Christopher Davis, Julie Renkie, Tracy Poyer and Michael Rose; several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Center Lisle Congregational Church, the Northern Broome Golden Age Club, Center Lisle Church Guild, the Lisle Fire Dept. Auxiliary and was formerly employed at Smith Corona Manufacturing in Cortland.

At the request of the family there are no prior calling hours. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Center Lisle Congregational Church with Rev. Delbert Wemple officiating. Interment will be at the convenience of the family.

Those wishing may make contributions in Henrietta's memory to the Center Lisle Congregational Church or the Lisle Fire Company Building Fund or the charity of one's choice. Marilyn Nichols Kane, former wife of Jeffrey Nichols, Monday says, "I think it is a shame the case has to reach this magnitude before it gets public or legal attention." ders to evade paying child support. Kaplan noted that Nichols' second wife died 10 days ago of cancer and said Nichols had realized that, "At some point, he can't spend the rest of his avoiding these obligations." The lawyer said Nichols needed to quickly get back to work to keep his clientele as an adviser on commodities and precious metals, an occupation that paid him $180,000 in 1994. The FBI said in a complaint filed last week that Nichols hid much of his income as he fled to three states and two foreign countries. Monroe official picked for mental health chief ALBANY Gov.

George E. Pataki nominated a longtime mental health official in Monroe County as new state mental health commissioner on Monday. James of Webster, has been Monroe County's director of mental health and community services since 1988. He will be acting mental health commissioner until the state Senate can return to Albany and act on his nomination, Pataki said. Stone will make $102,335 in his new post.

"Jim Stone's 30 years of experience in the mental health field at the state and county levels of government will help my administration move in a bold new direction," Pataki said. "With Jim's leadership and expertise we can deliver better mental health care and treatment for the people of New York." From 1981 to 1988, Stone was chief of mental health treatment service at Rochester Psychiatric Center. Prior to that, he was chief of outpatient services at Willard Psychiatric Center. Stone holds bachelor's and master's degrees in social work from Syracuse University. From wire service reports Robert (Frank) Wark of Endwell Robert (Frank) Wark, 71, of Endwell, died unexpectedly Sunday evening, August 13, 1995, at the Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center, Johnson City.

He is survived by his wife Helen, Endwell; two daughters and sons-in-law, Terry and Joe Baldoni, Endicott, Marlene and Jeff Hoover, Johnson City. One son and daughter-inlaw, Robert and Carole Wark, Ruther Glen, seven grandchildren, Tammi and Heidi Wark, Candi and her husband John Rigg, Joe Jackie Baldoni, Erin and Tom Hoover; one great grandchild, Bryce Rigg; three brothers and sisters-in-law, William and Margaret Wark, Maynard and Lydia Wark, Johnson City, Jim and Jeanette Wark, Smithville Flats; three sisters and two brothers in law, Betty Page, Endwell, Bernice and Dick Silvernail, Iris and Ralph Severcool, Vestal; one brother-in-law and his wife, Alton and Bertha Diehi, Candor; also several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the U.S. Air Corps and was a member of American Legion Post Endicott. He is a retired employee of NY Telephone and a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.

He attended the Endwell United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends at the Coleman and Daniels Funeral Home, Inc. 300 East Main Street, Endicott, Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Private graveside services will be held at the convenience of the family. In Memorial In Loving Memory of Susan M.

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