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Rockland Watch B2 Wednesday, March 20, 1996 Rockland Journal-News MEETINGS TODAY FOR THE RECORD ROCKLAND REPORT Ciarkstown police win parade honor Although they lacked the tertainment. Walter Siemens Realtor, Suffern Place (Laundromat), review of application for site development plan approval. WESLEY HILLS SENIOR CENTER: 12:30 p.m., Senior Center, Village Hall, 432 Route 306. WESLEY HILLS ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD: 8 p.m., Village Hall, 432 Route 306. WESLEY HILLS ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS: 8 p.m., Village Hall, 432 Route 306.

Ciarkstown SHOPLIFTING CHARGE: Matthew Dapolito, 41, of Nanuet, was charged Friday with petty larceny in the theft of a pair of jeans worth $58 from Stern's in the Nanuet Mall. Security guards held Dapolito for officers. He was released pending a Justice Court hearing April 22. SHOPLIFTING CHARGES: A 17-year-old woman was charged Sunday with stealing clothes worth $56 from Macy's in the Nanuet Mall, police said. She was released on a petty larceny charge pending a court hearing April 8.

Police refused to identify her. A 15-year-old girl was arrested in connection with the same incident and turned over to her mother. The teen must appear in Police Youth Court. CARS STOLEN: A 16-year-old Valley Cottage girl reported Monday that her 1993 Ford Escort was stolen from the tennis court parking lots at Nyack High School, police said. She left the car at 7:30 a.m.

and returned at 2 p.m., police said. Joseph Ventimiglia, 63, of Na attention of officers by the youth's mother, police said. The youth was sent to the county jail on $250 1 ail and is due in court today. Haverstraw Town UNLICENSED OPERATION: Stephen Clemenza, 55, of 13 Wilsher Drive, Monsey, was charged Sunday with driving without a license, with a broken tail light and with an expired inspection, police said. He was released on bail.

UNLICENSED OPERATION: Khaled A. Jaloudi, 20, of North Bergen, N. was charged with driving with a suspended license Sunday after an accident, police said. He was released on bail. WARRANT ARREST: Angelo Rivera, 18, of 85 Broadway, Haverstraw, was arrested Monday on a warrant charging him with criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said.

He was being held pending arraignment. Spring Valley See riot story on page Al. Ciarkstown UPPER NYACK PLANNING BOARD: 8 p.m. Village Hall, 328 North Broadway, Upper Nyack. -1-JJ DRUG PREVENTION COUNCIL: 7 p.m., Andrew Jackson Room; Town Hall, 10 Maple New City.

1 'i rw '7Ct Orangetown HERITAGE DAY COMMITTEE: 10 a.m., Board room, Town Hall, 26 Orangeburg Road, Orange-, burg. Stony Point ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD: 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 74 East Main St. in court risks for the town if the court finds (for the Magees)," Kleiner said. Wayne Gavioli, the forrnef town attorney also in the audience, summed up both sides', public comments. 5,1 "If I were a lawyer for 100 years, I would never predict an appellate court ruling," Gavioli said.

)T no rr I Magees, Orangetown officials have their day to 9 p.m., today and tomorrow Moritz Funeral Home, 290 Route 303, Tappan. Memorial donations made beA.rr made to Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 710 W. 168th New York, NY 10032. Catherine McNee Former registered nurse Catherine McNee Roemmele, a lifelong Garnerville and retired registered nurse, died-. Sunday, March 17, 1996, at Dr.

Robert L. Yeager Health Cent ter in Pomona. She was 92. She was born July 5, 1903, inr- Onrnprville. tn John and Minnip County ROCKLAND COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCIL: 8 p.m., grand jury room, ground floor, Allison-Par-ris County Office Building, 1 1 New Hempstead Road, New City.

Ramapo AIRMONT BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE: 7:45 p.m., Village Hall, 321 Route 59. AIRMONT VILLAGE BOARD: 8 p.m., Village Hall, 321 Route 59. HILLBURN PLANNING BOARD: 7 p.m., Village Hall, 3 1 Mountain Ave. 7:30 p.m. public hearing, Susan and Grove Foster, special permit for two-family conversion.

MONTEBELLO VILLAGE BOARD: 7:30 p.m., workshop, 8 p.m. meeting, Village Hall, 1 Montebello Road. SUFFERN PLANNING BOARD: 7:30 p.m., Village Hall, 61 Washington Ave. VFW Post 2973, 16 Ramapo schematic site plan discussion. P.C.

Rescue 87 Lafayette signs. Valley Sheet Metal Supply Wayne Avenue, site development plan approval, Mt. Valley BrewPub, 122 Orange applications for site development plan approval and special permits for wholesaling of food products and live en feet of legal documents into 20 minutes on each side," said Kleiner, a lawyer. "The judges had clearly read the briefs and were on top of the facts and law on both sides." Kleiner said he was satisfied with Rohan's presentation of the case, but would still have liked to settle as the two sides had tried to do up until the 1 1th hour. "There are still significant His first wife, Betty Jane Fisk Mowery, died 18 years ago.

He married Ann Johnson Mowery in 1979. He is survived by his wife, of Lockwood Folly; a daughter, Lisa J. Mowery of Harriman; two stepsons, Jerry Johnson of Sloatsburg and Kevin Johnson of Holden Beach, N.C; a stepdaughter, Sharon Fisher of Suffern; two brothers, Harold Mowery of Santa Rosa, and William Mowery of Bradenton, and five stepgrandchildren. The funeral will be 11 a.m., Saturday, at Wanamaker Car-lough Funeral Home, Route 59, Suffern. Burial follows in George Washington Memorial Park, Par-amus, N.J.

Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home. Jeremiah O'Connor 88 Sparkill resident Jeremiah O'Connor Sr. of Sparkill died Monday, March 18, 1996, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. He was 88. He was born March 8, 1908, in New York City to Michael and Bridget Lynch O'Connor.

He worked as a doorman for the Links Club of Manhattan for 18 years, retiring in 1987. He lived in Nanuet for five years and moved to Sparkill last October. Before then, he lived in the Bronx. He was a parishioner of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Nanuet, and was a fourth-degree knight in Joseph Lamb Assembly Knights of Columbus Council in the Bronx.

He is survived by his wife, Catherine O'Connor of Sparkill; two sons, Michael O'Connor of Ber-genfield, N.J. and Jeremiah O'Connor Jr. of Stony Point; a daughter, Kathleen Campbell of Nanuet; and seven grandchildren. A Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, at St.

Anthony's. Burial follows in Nanuet. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 Obituaries News obituaries are published free of charge by the Rockland Journal-News. Obituaries should be called in by the family or funeral home to 578-2401 or sent by fax to 578-2477 by 6 p.m. the day before publication.

Clear, recent photographs are welcome, and should be dropped off by 5:30 p.m. the day before publication at the Journal-News, 200 N. Route 303, West Nyack. nuet, reported his car stolen from outside Off-Track-Betting in Nanuet on Friday. He parked his 1981 Chevrolet at 12:45 p.m.

and returned at 4: 15 p.m. The car was locked with the keys inside, police said. WARRANT ARREST: Jeremy Hayes, 21, of Nanuet, was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging him with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, police said. He was sent to the county jail on $200 bail pending a court hearing March 25. DWI CHARGED: William Bu-tenhoff, 40, of New City, was charged with drunken driving Thursday after being stopped on Little Tor Road.

He also is accused of speeding, police said. He was released pending a court hearing today. CRIMINAL CONTEMPT CHARGED: A 16-year-old New City youth was arrested Sunday on charges of violating a Family Court order placing him under curfew between midnight Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday, police said. The issue was brought to the over.

But the 45-minute brush with greatness was worth it to the dozen or so Orangetown residents who drove three times that long just to sit in a courtroom that has enough mahogany to build its own condominium development. "I'm glad I saw it," said former Town Councilman years, and in Chestnut Ridge and Pearl River before then. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, arts and crafts and bingo. She is survived by two sons, Kevin Grier of Massachusetts and Bruce Grier of North Babylon; two daughters, Lynne Keating of Chester and Patricia Feehan of Ramsey, N.J.; a brother, Jerry Howard; a sister, Helen Barrett, and four grandchildren. A son, Frank Keefe a brother, Thomas Howard and a sister, Mary Sherry, all died before her.

A Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Friday, at St. Margaret's Church, Pearl River. Burial follows in Ascension Cemetery, Airmont. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., tomorrow, at Assuma-Shankey Funeral Home, 34 North Summit Pearl River.

Memorial donations may be made to American Lung Association of Hudson Valley, 35 Orchard White Plains, NY 10603. William A. Klages, 80 Rocklander's father William A. Klages, a retired lieutenant in the New York City Fire Department, died Sunday, March 17, 1996, at his home in Bo-nita Springs, Fla. He was 80.

He was born July 8, 1915, in the Bronx to William and Mary Kerr Klages. He retired in 1963 as a lieutenant after 27 years. After his retirement, he worked as a Realtor with Cerrone Real Estate in Ardsley, and also ran his own home improvement business, B.K. Home Improvement, in Ardsley. Mr.

Klages lived in Ardsley from 1958 through 1990, when he moved to Chestertown. He spent winters in Bonita Springs. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York and attended City College of the City University of New York for one year. On Jan. 11, 1947, he married Margaret O'Donnell in He was founder of Ardsley Senior Division of Little League and belonged to Holy Name Society of New York City Fire Department.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Bill Klages of New Fairfield, a daughter, Maureen MacKenzie of New City; and seven grandchildren. The funeral will be 10 a.m. tomorrow, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Ardsley. Burial follows in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., today, at Edwards-Dow-dle Funeral Home, Dobbs Ferry.

home field advantage, Ciarkstown Police Department Honor Guard took first place in Baltimore's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Clarkstown's unit made their Baltimore counterparts green with envy. The Baltimore County Police Color Guard finished second, while the Baltimore city police unit finished third. The Ciarkstown honor guard has won numerous awards since forming in 1984, said Detective Gary McDonald, its commanding officer.

McDonald said he was proud of winning first place because the Baltimore-Washington area has many high-quality units. Clarkstown's 30-member honor guard comprises officers who volunteer their time. Steve Lleberman Local group speaks at board meeting WEST HAVERSTRAW A jj task force formed by the West Haverstraw Civic Association i will present its recommendations on how to reduce rising crime in the community to the village board of trustees tonight at 8 p.m. in Village Hall, 15 Bridge Garnerville. The group plans to ask the board for DARE programs in the local schools; to form a neighborhood watch program, and to speed plans to build a community center.

"We will be talking about the community youth center which we need pretty bad," said Sal Greco, president of the West Haverstraw Civic Association. The group will also recommend using school buildings as youth counseling centers in the afternoon. The Village Board is also expected to award bids for its recycling program and set a public ViParirff Hntp frr a nrnnncoH vil lage budget. Diana Pena FIRE CALLS The following calls were reported between 4 p.m. Monday and 4 p.m.

yesterday by Rockland County 44 Control: Monday 5:13 p.m., New City, automatic alarmfalse, food on stove. 5:42 p.m., Tallman, barbecue grill fire, 911. 5:44 p.m., Spring Valley, brush fire, mattress. 5:48 p.m., Spring Valley, fire alarm sounding. 5:49 p.m., Haverstraw, automatic alarmfalse.

5:51 p.m., Hillcrest, mutual aid Spring Valley scene. 10:22 p.m., Congers, electrical fire, 911. Yesterday 12:39 a.m., Piermont, car fire. i 8:25 a.m., Nanuet, rubbish. 10:02 a.m., Piermont, auto-i matic alarmfalse, 11:50 a.m., Orangeburg, au- tomatic alarmfalse.

1 :07 p.m., Valley Cottage, au- tomatic alarmfalse. 1:09 p.m., Nanuet, rubbish I fire. 2:29 p.m.,Pearl River, auto-' matic alarmfalse 3:25 p.m., Sparkill, smoke investigation, burned food. BIRTHS Good Samaritan I Hospital, Suffern I Mitchell Joseph Backelman (8 7 Feb. 19, to Michael and Lisa Backelman of Ciarkstown.

Scott James Bray (7 5 Feb. 26, to Scott and Christine Bray of Suffern. Benjamin Aaron Ehrlich (6 2 Feb. 26, to Sherri and Marc Ehrlich of Wappingers Falls. Jason Matthew Morin (9 4 Feb.

26, to Jeffrey and Ka-trina Morin of Pine Bush. Adam Joseph Burlew (9 1 Feb. 27, to Ken and Mary Burlew of New Windsor. Samuel William Jankun (9 3 Feb. 29, to Richard and Lisa Jankun of New City.

St. Vincent Medical Center, Manhattan Meagan Elizabeth Finnerty (7 9 Feb. 27, to Michael and Kathleen Finnerty of Stony Point. Lawrence McNee. She graduated from Havers- traw High School and New York University School of Nursing.

iJ Mrs. Roemmele was a regis1 tered nurse and worked at R6ose: velt Hospital in New York City'' and at Nyack Hospital. She "was also a school nurse and health ucation teacher in the Ramapo School District. f. 'r MAGEE continued from B1 "This wasn't a building inspector," Lynch said.

"This was a town, coming together to stop a developer. This is not a case about neighbors. It's a case about government officials." Fourteen minutes later, Chief Justice Judith Kaye thanked both sides and the hearing was Thomas J. Corbett, 83 Rocklander's brother Thomas J. Corbett, a florist, died Monday, March 18, 1996, at his home in Elizabeth, N.J.

He was 83. He was born June 30, 1912, in New York City to John and Elizabeth Corbett. Mr. Corbett owned and operated Flowers by Corbetts in Elizabeth with his wife Ruth, before retiring in 1977. He was a member of Florists' Transworld Delivery Association, a district representative for district 14-D.

During World War II, he served in the Army with 69th Regiment of 165th Infantry Rainbow Division. He also served with the National Guard, retiring from the service in 1946 after 18 years. Mr. Corbett was a member of Knights of Columbus, Elizabeth Council No. 253, and a fourth-degree knight in John Dawson-Gil-mary Shea Knights of Columbus.

He also belonged to Elks Lodge No. 1875, and to Kiwanis, Rotary, Union County Chamber of Commerce, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Thornsticks, St. Michael's Holy Name Society, St. Mary's of the Assumption Nocturnal Adoration Society and Sloatsburg Senior Citizens club.

His wife, Ruth Corbett, died in 1981. He is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Corbett-Biddulph of Elizabeth and Teresa R. Babi-nick of Beach Heaven, N.J.; a son, Philip M. Anderson of Harvey Cedars, N.J.; a sister, Rose M. Donegan of Sloatsburg; and four grandchildren.

The funeral will be 9:30 a.m. Friday at Leonard Lee Funeral Home, 301 East Blancke Linden, N.J. Burial follows in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Newark, N.J. Calling hours are 7 to 9 p.m., today, and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., tomorrow, at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Center for Hope Hospice, Linden, Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth or St.

Mary's Abbey, Morristown, N. J. Patricia M. Keefe, 67 Pomona resident Patricia M. Keefe of Pomona died after a long illness Tuesday, March 19, 1996, at Dr.

Robert L. Yeager Health Center in Pomona. She was 67. She was born May 30, 1928, in New York City to Patrick and Mary Howard. She worked as an alcohol counselor at Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, from 1979 through 1984.

She lived in Pomona for five Thomas Swift, who's watched many less-prestigious gatherings in the 11 years of this case. "I don't know what's going to happen, but I wanted to see it." Orangetown Supervisor Thorn Kleiner, who took notes from the front row the entire time, said afterward he was "cautiously optimistic. "It's hard to boil down three OBITUARIES James Francis Moran, 79 Palisades resident James Francis Moran of Palisades, a retired hospital engineer and former local Republican Party committee chairman, died Sunday, March 17, 1996, at his home. He was 79. He was born Oct.

23, 1916, in New York City to James F. and Katharine E. Fay Moran. He worked as chief engineer for Jewish Memorial Hospital in New York City from 1946 through 1982. Mr.

Moran had been a Palisades resident since 1957 and lived in Washington Heights prior to then. He served as committee chairman for Rockland Republican Party and was on Orangetown Zoning Board of Appeals. He was a member of the Orangetown Auxiliary Police. During World War II, he served with the Merchant Marines. He was a member of St.

Stephen's Episcopal Church in Pearl River. Survivors include two daughters, Melanie Wargo of Pough-keepsie and Deirdre Vugiukas of Tappan; and six grandchildren. His wife, Helen Moran, died before him. Two brothers, Peter Moran and John Moran, and two sisters, Ann Murphy and Frances Percy, all died before him. A memorial service will be 1 p.m.

Saturday, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 84 Ehrhardt Road, Pearl River, NY 10965. Arrangements were made by Moritz Funeral Home, 290 Route 303, Tappan. Memorial donations may be made to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 84 Erhardt Road, Pearl River, NY 10965.

Robert R. Mowery, 72 Former Suffern resident Robert R. Mowery, a former senior buyer with Lederle Labs, died Monday, March 18, 1996, at Duke Medical Center, in Durham, N.C. He was 72. He was born June 16, 1923, in Brooklyn, to, Harold and Fanny Rogers Mowery.

Mr. Mowery worked as a senior buyer with Lederle Labs in Pearl River for 38 years. He lived Suffern for many years before moving to Lockwood Folly, N.C, in 1992. Mr. Mowery belonged to Rockland Rod and Gun Club, Ramapo Masonic Lodge No.

589 in Suffern, Ramapo Ski Club and Lockwood Folly Men's Golf Club. He graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, N. and served in the Navy. i i i i ft ft ft ft. ft ft ft She belonged to the Nine teenth Century club of Haverstraw, the Morning Music club of Rockland County and Rockland County Conservation Association.

During World War II, Mrs. Roemmele helped organize thj Red Cross Motor Corps. She was: also an inspector of elections for the Town of Haverstraw. In 1940, she married Emil Roemmele at Church of Tran.sfbj guration in New York City. He: diedAug.27,1975.

She is survived by a nephew, cousin, Lorraine A. Mead of Gar: nerville. A memorial service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Garnerville at a date to be an nounced. Arrangements were made by A.W. Dutcher's Sons Funeral Home, 18 Lincoln Haversj-traw.

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