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5/20/2010

Dear Editor,
Fracking is a disaster. It poisons streams and wells with lead, mercury, radiation, salt, and a hundred more secret chemicals that Halliburton and the Frackers will not reveal. The State does NOT protect us. But local towns and counties can pass local ordinances to protect their people. Unless we want to suffer the same fate as the gulf coast, poisoned by the oil and gas companies, we must stop Fracking in its tracks. Listen to the horror stories coming out of Pennsylvania. Foul burning fumes coming out of kitchen taps, depleted and polluted streams, and toxic, ruined land. Our government did not make the gushing oil rigs in the gulf pass environmental review, and they don't require Frackers to pass, either. THEY ARE EXEMPT! All are exempt except in the NYC watershed and the town of Skaneateles. Why do they get protected and not the rest of us? Oh, so you say we need the economic boost? It's a bad joke. Your money or your life! Take my life- I need my money for my old age. Which many of us and our children will never see because of toxic pollution. Put pressure on your local officials to stop Fracking in your town. The same is true for hairbrained mega-development scams like the proposed Belleayre resort. Just because Comptroller DiNapoli ruled that the asking price for Gitter's land is ridiculously high, don't think Gitter and Pasternack are going away. Halliburton and the Frackers will not go away either. They destroy lives all around the world and will not hesitate to take our money AND our old age. Stop Fracking and stop the proposed Belleayre resort. More than your economic survival depends on it.
Dave Channon
Shandaken NY
Dear Editor,
The "Deepwater, Horizon" oil rig (where do they come up with these names?) exploded due to untested, paltry safety features, and now we, the living beings of the planet have to suffer the consequences. I think that the executives who benefited financially, should get out on the ocean and work this out, along with the plain working folks who are now trying to solve the problem that the billionaires created by successfully eliminating all regulations that we once had in this country.
The billionaires claim to be smart and seem to be, so let them put on some jeans and get down to it along with their workers. At least, they should be locked in a room, (with comfortable beds, food, etc.) and not come out until the well is capped. They should not go back to their offices to play the market and protect their wealth. I'm serious. If they are so smart, they should spend 24/7 listening to their underlings make their cases for or against domes, and other measures to contain the leak.
We don't even know the consequences of removing so much oil from under the ocean, and how do you like their new idea of injecting chemicals in the ocean, to disperse the oil into smaller pieces? That should make Dow and other chemical companies happy. President Obama said that the spill endangered the "heartbeat of the region's economic life." Has anybody thought about the danger to the "Heartbeat of the PLANET's survival?"
Sound a bit radical? OK. Maybe it is, but maybe it is not. If you listen to the Native Americans, who paid attention to the earth that they lived in harmony with, they believed that the earth is a living being. Is that so hard to believe, when you watch the trees and plants grow? When you watch the species live off the trees and plants and then die into the earth often to become rock and oil? I do not profess to understand the workings of the planet, what I do profess to know is that species come and go, and we are one of numerous species. Frankly, I fear for my species, although when I observe the leaders of our species taking us down their power hungry road, I sometimes wonder about us. I kind of liked the earth I was born into and wish we could keep it simpler, and stop believing that we can only live in 70 degree temperature, with one car per person living on far too many drugs.
Meanwhile, it seems more and more apparent that we have to be more active in the political arena. We simply MUST let those that continue to lead us understand that they MUST pay attention to our needs. With all the money that they spend on advertising and controlling the peoples thoughts, we now have the internet and we still have cameras. If they see us out on the streets, like the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) seen on the last episode of the Bill Moyers show last week, they would simply have to pay attention to us. This group of intelligent people have managed to make their voices heard. However, they had to get together and volunteer some time in order to do it. If we continue to be lazy and sit back and watch episodes like the BP disaster, we will be deeper and deeper in the hole, (so to speak). Just a reminder: DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT.
Jill Paperno
Glenford, NY
Dear Editor,
I am writing to clarify several issues brought forth by Chris Johansen in his Letter to the Editor in your May 6, 2010 publication. The letter focused on several concerns and I will try to clarify the information in each.
Mr. Johansen notes that the District has chosen to extend the contract for one year rather than going out to bid. This is absolutely correct. We are well aware of the economic crisis and although as he states, "...Bidding is a healthy way to keep everyone's pencil sharpened..." it also opens the door for unknown price increases. The cost of doing business has not declined for anyone, including our District and all the contractors. A bid may very well reflect that. We have instead chosen to extend our contract which may then at most be increased by the Consumer Price Index to be posted on June 15 which is predicted to be low.
In his comparison of 2005-2006 costs to later costs, this has been explained at numerous meetings with the Board of Education and the public. When the District went out to bid for the 2006-2007 School Year, the cost of the contract was expected to rise approximately 6%. Although the "total figure" increased more than that, in a run to run comparison, the District's Internal Auditor reported that the increase was less than 5%. This increase was less than expected even though there
were specifications included to better protect the District's interests such as requirements that our contractor maintain a high
percentage passing rate for DOT inspections and that their fleet cannot use a bus for our District more than ten years old with the average fleet age not exceeding seven. Requirements such as these are also the
reason the contract was bid for multiple years and why the contractor wants a multiple year extension. Due to the investment required by them to maintain their fleet in this manner, they would like to ensure that
they have the business for more than one year. The increase noted in the "total figure" was due to additional run packages being done by the contractor. And please note the carrier that won the bid was servicing the district at the time of the bid. It was won by James C. Hoyt in Shokan which was purchased by Arthur F. Mulligan 20 years earlier in 1986. It is now called Arthur F. Mulligan because they officially changed the name in the 2007-2008 School Year.
To explain costs, contract transportation is a figure of $2,694,950. This includes the contracted regular school year transportation, contracted summer transportation and the cost of fuel to the contractor. The 2005-2006 figure quoted was only representative of the contracted regular school year transportation and did not include summer and fuel costs. The figure of $3,709,488 represents the total transportation cost including the contract cost, plus all costs associated with our district owned transportation. They include salaries, benefits, overtime, EZ Pass Tolls, bus parts and repairs, fuel for District vehicles, uniforms, and building costs such as electric, phone, heating oil, etc. What I have done is present the Board and the public with the most comprehensive budget package and description possible. Finally, as to the question of snow tires, the bid specifications written for the 2006 bid called for all buses to be equipped with all weather tires, which I understand is similar to previous contract specifications. And our contractor does replace summer tires with winter tires on all vehicles.
It is vital that everyone have the opportunity to express their opinions and I want to thank Mr. Johansen for doing so. I hope this letter helps to clear up any questions or misinformation the public may have.
David Moraca,
Director of Transportation
Onteora C.S.D.
Dear Editor,
I'm dismayed to learn that the Onteora school district is considering cutting next year's funding for its important 'community school' project, Indie.
I visited Indie last year, and was extremely impressed with what I saw. Kids were working independently and together on substantial, high-level projects, and were as knowledgeable about the complex software they were using as any adult professional would be. Kids were producing fully-realized multimedia pieces, and were responsible for and in command of all aspects of film design and production. Kids were engaged, enthusiastic, serious about their work but having fun at the same time, and reluctant to leave when it was time to go home.
If the kids I saw were "at risk" Indie must be doing something right, since the only thing they seemed to be risking was missing the bus home because they wanted to stay and work just a few minutes longer. To my knowledge the Indie program is unique in its focus, its aims and its strategies, and its effectiveness is indisputable. It would be a great shame if the school, and the larger community, lost this inspiring example of how an enlightened pedagogical effort can produce real, extremely positive results in kids' lives.
Tildy Bayar
Houston, TX
Dear Editor,
In response to William Warnecke's letter of May 6th, 2010,
Keep writing your letters. Your eloquent prose makes a strong case for spending money on education.
James Morrison
Shokan NY
Dear Editor,
Gus Murphy asks for specifics as to how to cut government spending (May 6) and the Wicks Law is one of many.
30-50% of New York State's budget is waste. Medicaid and other health-related fraud amounts to billions. A nurse at the Kingston/Rhinebeck Tea Party told me that in her opinion nearly half of Medicaid spending is for waste. Until this year New York's per capita spending on Medicaid was double that of California's. If she is even half right, the savings from Medicaid fraud and waste alone amount to ten percent of the state's budget.
One national statistic is that the average public sector employee's pay is $39.22 per hour and the average private sector employee's pay is $27.42 per hour. How about if public sector employees, starting with school teachers, earned parity with the equivalent work in the private sector using comparable worth (pay evaluation) methods?
Moreover, why can't school teachers be paid for productivity? School vouchers would do this through competition. Too many public schools have become ideological brainwashing centers and have failed to teach the three 'rs. Diane Ravitch shows in her book Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reform that "Progressive" education techniques have demonstrably failed, yet education schools, school districts and teachers insist on them. Vouchers could cure this, and cure excessive administration and pay levels.
Procurement is a problem. The balance of quality and low bid practices depends on management knowledge that government cannot develop because it depends on annual budgets rather than long term performance measures. Leasing decisions are made that make this year's budget look good at the expense of next year's. Infrastructure repairs cost money this year but save money over the long term. Bridges and roads become more expensive to repair as time passes. Vehicle fleets are allowed to fall apart, in part because public perception favors state employees driving older cars, but the older cars are more expensive because of repair bills.
As of the early 1990s the state did not know and could not value its own land holdings. Land was being given away to various parties such as charities without knowing the land's value. The Erie Canal was a major tract and the state had to do a major survey just to figure out what it owned before it could start re-development.
Because public sector accounting remains obfuscatory, it is difficult to compare state operations across states, which is essential to good management. Rather than fighting for coherent budget and financial statement categories that can be compared across states, and for integrated accounting system within the state, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board was set up in the mid 1990s and created half-way measures. Depreciation still is not charged against state buildings, for instance. Programs cannot be compared to programs across states. Budgets for construction are backcharged to agencies and made difficult to compare because they are co-mingled with other program costs.
The bottom line is that no one can look at the operation of a program, say a commission on banking, and compare its costs to a comparable commission in other states. That is no accident. No media source has raised the desirability of having this. No media source has discussed the effects of annual budgeting on long term costs. No media source has made an issue of accounting practices since the 1970s. The attitude in New York is: if it's broken, don't fix it; and if money is wasted, so what?
After decades of Democratic Party rule in this state, millions have fled, services are dismal, and the economy is in steep decline. Here we see the result of the ideologically driven school system, because the public cannot figure out that if you keep raising taxes and squandering the money, the state will become poorer and decline. New Yorkers are going to need to learn for themselves what the Greeks are learning for themselves. And like the Greeks, given 12 years of brainwashing that they went through in school, New Yorkers will blame everyone else in the world and will call them "racists" but will not blame the true culprit: the voters and public of New York State that has voted for self-destructive policies and the Democratic Party.
Mitchell Langbert
West Shokan, NY
Dear Editor,
The solvency of Social Security, the assertion that it's going broke and the specter that there won't be enough there to cover future benefits is nothing more than a math problem due to the changing demographics at work with aging Baby-Boomers. The "payees" are rapidly over-taking the "payers". This can be "fixed" and re-calculated each year to address the times and I've been trying to put forth a plan to do so. This dilemma was almost fully recognized when the "Notch-Baby" adjustment took place decades ago but the ball was dropped after the Feds temporarily replenished the coffers on the backs of our WWII veterans and those that already struggled through the real Great Depression.
Presently, working individuals with earned income wages pay FICA on their earnings up to a certain amount each year and, for those who make enough (or plenty more), we pay nothing on the earnings after that. For example, in 2010 persons are to pay FICA on all earned income up to $106,800. After that, they pay no more no matter how much they make. So those individuals enjoy a "break" and substantially increased take-home income from that point forth in the year. Obviously, this results in those that make the most money enjoying the biggest break while the middle income family with kids never sees that "break" and pays on all their income.
I think a much more equitable way to fund FICA, give those who really need the break from FICA for a portion of the year and fix the math problem of the changing demographics would be a tiered system of contribution, something like this;
Everyone would pay FICA on each dollar earned up to $45,000 in earnings.
Then, from $45,000 to $65,000 of earnings (where most of the middle-class family earners with kids to feed wind up) there is a respite from FICA payment.
Then at $65,000 of earnings FICA contribution resumes and one would continue paying to the point at which the math dictates it necessary to keep the program sufficiently funded for each calendar year. That new "limit" would of course change throughout the years, just as the current "limit" does. This would be no more a difficult equation for the Federal Actuarial geniuses to figure out than deciding on the annually adjusted limits now in place.
The unpopular part of this tiered approach is that the fat-cats wouldn't have such a cushy stopping point...somebody making a couple million bucks a year pays up to $106,800 of income and then the rest is a big free ride. So the more you make, the tinier percentage of your income gets interrupted for funding SS.
But we all know who writes the rules for this stuff and they are typically pretty big wage earners, so it's a tough sell but best for the vast majority. For crying out loud...if you make a couple million a year (or a lot more) would it be such a disaster to pay from $65,000/year earnings on up to whatever the new yearly limit might be...say $150,000? $200,000? $250,000? Whatever this new "tier-two" limit becomes, this is still capitalism and at some point one would still resume their second annual "break" from FICA, go on with their FICA-free earnings and the kitty could be right again for funding Social Security each year!
Now if you want to really get prudent, fair and cautious about making sure the program is properly funded, additionally amend it to include a provision that anyone retired but with income in excess of $500,000 in any given year doesn't get SS benefits for that year. Again, before any of the strictest capitalists squawk, let's remember that Social Security was intended to be an insurance program, not a bonus for those who don't "need" it. It was supposed to take care of those who didn't make out well enough to fund their own retirement or those who became disabled...legitimately disabled (don't get me started on that one!)
If some one is knocking down 1/2 million in income in their retirement years, they would have had access to a retirement plan that could reasonably support their golden years and shouldn't need the SS Insurance of an additional $30k a year in retirement benefits. Does one really need $530k year on the public nickel instead of 500k? But don't forget, if the person making $500k on up in retirement income falls on hard times they're back in the program. After all, they did contribute and should still be part of the insurance safety net if it turns out they need it...after all, this is still America so far.
Bob Surprise
Woodstock, NY
Dear Editor,
I recently attended an event in New Paltz where our congressman, Maurice Hinchey, ranted against the recent Supreme Court decision in the case of Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission, which upheld the right for political free speech in our country. Hinchey claimed that things being said on the right, and he cited Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, had to be stopped because they "threatened" our country. I am appalled that the man who is supposed to be representing me in Congress is opposed to freedom of speech in general, and political free speech in particular! Meanwhile, I shortly after received a four-page, four-color mailer from Hinchey parroting all of the Pelosi talking points about Obamacare - and this was paid for with tax dollars. So, free speech is not OK with him, unless it's used to spread the liberal propaganda and is paid for with our hard-earned money? People on both sides of the issue should be appalled at any government representative who denounces free speech at the same time he uses it to his political advantage. That's why I'm supporting George Phillips for Congress in November to make Mr. Hinchey's political career history!
Pamela O'Dell
Gardiner, NY
Dear Editor,
Americans are scared to visit Cuba, an island only 90 miles from Key West, because it is illegal. But so what, if you decide to travel there when it will become legal, this island won't be the same. I have gone to Cuba several times via Jamaica but this route makes
it more expensive. The last time I went through Montreal's Trudeau Airport which is just about three and a half hour drive from Woodstock, boarded the Cubana Airlines flight and in four hours I was walking down the sun warmed cobble stone streets of Habana Vieja.
The beautiful thing is that neither the Cuban authorities or the Canadian Immigration will stamp your passport so upon your arrival back to US your passport will only show the visit to Canada. Go now before the summer sun will make it unbearable. Call Air Canada and they will provide you with the number to Cubana Airlines. Book the flight and pay cash at the airport - usually the round trip ticket is around 600 Canadian dollars. Also, change the US currency into Canadian dollars as US dollar is discounted 20% at all Cuban exchange offices. Room to stay is always easy to find once you are there. Bring soap and baseball bats as gifts to people. Don't buy cigars on the street as they are 100% fake, made from banana leaves. Go to Cuba and you will never regret it.
Jan Halaska
Lake Hill, NY
Dear Editor,
The new edition of the Woodstock Travel Guide is here! This year we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and the efforts Woodstock plays in the environmental movement. The Guides and maps are available at several locations including H. Houst & Son, 4 Mill Hill Rd., Westwood Metes & Bounds, 24 Mill Hill Rd., Pondicherry Porch & Village Green B&B, 12 Tinker St., and The Woodstock Artists Assoc. & Museum, 28 Tinker St. or visit our newly designed website woodstockguide.com for more information, downloadable maps, virtual tours of Woodstock - new video and slideshow of our famous small town, links to over 150 artists, galleries, museums, dining, lodging, shopping, services, spas, and other Woodstock organizations or businesses.
Published by Pat Horner and Larry Lawrence, designed by Katie Jellinghaus and printed by Lithography by design, we wish to thank our many contributors; Julia and Weston Blelock, Barry Samuels and the more than 3 dozen artists who made this years guide another collectors edition. Most important to the success of this publication and website www.woodstockguide.com is the advertisers. Without them, there would be no Guide. We thank them all and ask you to support each one as they have supported Woodstock's economy. Shop local, and often. Keep our money at home to make Woodstock an even better town.
Pat Horner
Larry Lawrence
Woodstock, NY
Dear Editor,
In my letter to the Editor in the April 22, 2010 edition, regarding getting names for the American Legion's memorial kiosk, I incorrectly listed the eligibility dates for the Viet Nam era veterans. The information was taken from an old document which has since been up dated. More recent information lists the Viet Nam era as being February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975. This update gives additional benefits to those veterans who were involved with the military operations that escalated into the Viet Nam War.
This revision of eligibility times means that there may be more Viet Nam era veterans in or from the Town of Olive who can have their names on the memorial kiosk at the Legion Hall. All that is needed is to have at least one day of active duty time fall within the eligibility dates. If you have any questions about getting names on the memorial kiosk please call Purdy Halstead at 657-8494.
Purdy A. Halstead, Post Adjutant
Olivebridge, NY
Dear Editor,
On behalf of Children Helping Children Across Borders I would like to commend our children and schools for reaching out with love and compassion for the children in need in Haiti. We have asked our schools in the Onteora, Kingston, Saugerties, Marbletown, Rosendale, Ellenville districts to help over 400 orphans from 5 orphanages in Haiti...and the response has been overwhelming. We have asked this of our schools and children in times of our own struggle with budgets being cut and important programs being lost. I thank the schools that have reached out to help and look forward to those schools that will be joining us in the future.
We have high hope that even more schools will join the vision, that each one of us can make a difference in the lives of these orphans in Haiti.
The Woodstock Day School/Woodstock Elementary combined raised $2400 with a penny Harvest under the banner of Change For Haiti. Woodstock Elementary is also hosting a after school Peace Pack Day. The children will decorate a back pack and fill it with donated arts and crafts, books, toys etc.
Bennett Elementary has hosted a shoe drive and has collected over 200 pairs.
Chambers Elementary School from Kingston City School district, for Valentine's Day, did a Hearts4Haiti message exchange and raise $650. The 3rd and 4th graders decided to use the money to help rebuild the Furcy School.
Rondout Valley High School's French club went out to the community for an evening at Marbletown Elementary School with food, music and good cheer, and $2,815 was raised. This money was sent to the ELT School in Petionville.
Rosendale Elementary School's second grade raised $285. Their 4th grade class did a bake sale that raised $485. Elllenville High School's Key Club did a carnival that raised almost $1,000.
Early on in January Phoenicia Elementary school raised several hundred dollars. Phoenicia Elementary will also be creating a pen pal program.
The Children's Center on SUNY New Paltz campus has agreed to get involved by doing a "Craft day for Haiti". They will have each of the three classrooms (one for the two-year olds, three year-olds and four year-olds) help assemble simple ornaments, then will be responsible for selling them to raise money for HPSP.
Cahill Elementary will be sending Friendship Bags created by the students which will include t-shirts, toys, crayons, books etc. Cahill has already raised over $2,000 for Haiti,
following the earthquake. It has also collected over 300 books for the organization Li, Li, Li, which sends volunteers to Haiti to read to the orphans.
All of the money and donated items from all of the schools is being sent to Haiti by Pierre and Terry Leroy the founders of the Haitian Support Project. Their love, dedication and tireless effort has made all of this possible. Please visit their web site if you would like more information at www.haitiansupportproject.org.
Thanks again to all of the children who have reached out with love and compassion!
Gina Maloney
Woodstock, NY
Dear Editor,
One Voice for Haiti, We Are All In This Together continues to ring true, even now that the Haitian Earthquake of January 12 is three months past. The predictions that it would soon be yesterday's news have simply not been true.
On April 23, 2010, One Voice for Haiti, at Back Stage Productions in Kingston, drew 700 people. From the panel discussion on Haiti, to the Children's Chorus, Bakana, Sonando, and Boukman Eksperyans it was a night to be remembered. It was a night dedicated to the valiant and courageous Haitian people, and a time to party and celebrate community and internationalism.
Over 100 volunteers of many diverse talents lent a hand (in Haitian Creole "Mete Main") under the leadership of Evelyne Pouget and the Creative Music Studio. One Voice pulled together a community not just for an evening of great proportions and joy but also involved in the long haul of helping rebuild Haiti.
Approximately $15,000 was raised which included special donations, sponsorships, and the sale of Haitian art and crafts. These monies have gone first to the families of Boukman Eksyperans, who lost over 15 family members and a home. Four orphanages which receive "helping hands" from the Haitian People's Support Project continue in the emergency stage of needing money for food, medicine and tents. Plans are in the works to help rebuild at least two of the orphanages and we already have an engineering report on what needs to be done for La Creche, one of our small orphanages. These monies and funds that we have continued to collect since January 12 will go towards this effort. We are also on the verge of purchasing land in St. Marc to help relocate about 40 to 80 families now living on the streets in tents.
To all who helped, too numerous to mention here our heartfelt thank you for an exceptional job. So many of you worked long, hard and to perfection from outreach, publicity, postering, design, photography, videos, filming, press, media, sound, lighting, setup, security, the door, HPSP table, hospitality, tent drive, facebook, etc., etc.
Long Live the Spirit of the Haitian People!
Terry and Pierre Leroy, for
the Haitian People's Support Project
West Hurley, NY
Dear Editor,
Thanks to everyone in the community who came out to the Phoenicia Library and made our Art Card gallery show such a success. We are very grateful to the creative artists who participated in turning vintage library cards into works of art.
Our Phoenicia Library Board just recently participated in a retreat to brainstorm about ways to improve our library and discuss how we can best serve our community. We are most appreciative of Lawrence Webster and her efforts in organizing and leading our retreat. She donated her time and talents to help make the library retreat happen. Thank you, Lawrence! Many thanks, too, to the Emerson, which donated the use of a conference room there. We're looking forward to great things coming out of this retreat!
In the meantime, please drop off at the Library any plants you'd like to donate to our upcoming Library Fair and Plant Sale on June 12. In addition to the plants, we'll have entertainment by Uncle Rock, our fantastic selection of books for sale, a silent auction, and more. See you on Saturday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Holly George-Warren
Phoenicia Library Board
Dear Editor,
Killian Mansfield Foundation is up for Pepsi Refresh Project funding. Our goal? Get aromatherapy kits to every child in the U.S. diagnosed with cancer. Aromatherapy is not covered by insurance and is extremely helpful in addressing nausea and other discomforts--especially during those first few first rounds of chemo/radiation treatments for cancer.
However, it's official. Pepsi has endeavored an experiment in corporate entropy meant to drive anyone INSANE in the MEMBRANE. KMF friends and family are having tons of issues preventing them from voting. Here are some problems people are having...
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ISSUE: it asks me for a password, but a) I don't want to register, b) I tried to register and it won't let me = a) If you're concerned registering will leave you vulnerable to virus threats, email me with permission to use your email address and I will vote for you every day this month b) Pepsi says a lot of registration problems are because users tried a password that was more than 10 characters long. Try another password.
ISSUE: rankings a) don't seem to change, b) rankings make KMF look like the aromatherapy project is not in the running at all = PLEASE don't pay attention to Pepsi's rankings. They are messed up. Keep voting, Vote every day. Do not be dissuaded from their crazy, messed up system. Believe in what KMF is trying to do and keep voting.
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PLEASE try again via the link below if you simply have not voted. Also, please email, Facebook, Tweet, phone or send by carrier pideon this link below to your friends and family.
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Barbara Mansfield
Killian Mansfield Foundation
West Shokan, NY
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