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Everything, it seems, is beginning earlier than it used to. The

Christmas shopping/advertising season starts November 1st, right after

Halloween, which, planning, shopping and decorating for that now starts

around mid-September. I don’t recall that happening when I was a kid.

And what I certainly don’t recall is how early kids are dating these days.

I have a daughter in her early teens and she and her friends are all dat-

ing boys who are also in their early teens. No one back in the 1970s,

when I was an early teen, was dating anyone; that didn’t start until about

9th grade.

Another equally aggravating thing that starts early now are the presi-

dential election campaigns; this began back in the spring when most can-

didates announced their intention to run and the money and news cover-

age soon started to pour out daily. The 24-hour news outlets then began

doing daily tracking polls, both for the states that have early primaries

and national — national? So if there’s a particular candidate that I like

and he or she is leading by two points in the national poll in August 2015

and the actual election is in November 2016, I’m supposed to feel happy

about the fact that person is leading then? Ridiculous.

This is not a basketball game; if a team is up 2-0, we can be pretty

certain the game won’t end that way. Same applies here: too early to start

keeping score. We need an engaged electorate and already I’m hearing

from people that they’re burnt out from all this coverage and conversa-

tion about something that isn’t even going to ramp up until next spring.

And this way-too-early campaigning isn’t good for our country because

now, more than ever in the past, it’ll take even more money, perhaps bil-

lions, to mount a successful campaign, which eliminates virtually all but

a handful of potential candidates. Not good for our democracy and our

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Fifty years from now, on June 1, 2065, somebody will open upa highway department’s inspired time capsule. The four-footmetal tube, clearly marked, was set into the wall of the town

of LaFayette’s brand new, state-of-the-art highway department, which had an illustri-ous ribbon cutting in May 30, 2015.

John Greeley, the town’s superintendent of highways, carefully collected thetime capsule contents to reflect what LaFayette is all about right now. Among theitems chosen are photos of the current crew and town board members, minutesfrom the town board meeting, former highway superintendents’ namesand years of service, pictures of the old highway garage, and blue-prints of the new facility. There also is a quart of Captain Morganrum for a celebratory toast from John even though, he says, heprobably won’t be there.

The capsule provides a little slice of life in the highwaydepartment, and its town. John’s influence is felt in the coun-ty’s association of highway superintendents, a group ofwhich he is vice president. The town’s roads are frequentlycited in professional meetings as, “The best in the county.”

It makes John very proud. In addition to a new buildingand a lot of new heavy equipment, the town of LaFayettehas a crew of seven, plus John. Other crew membersinclude: Joe Ambrose, Art Gabriel, Al Klaiber, DonSkinner, Tom Kurtz, and Tim Storrier.

The town plows and mows 29 lane miles of townroad and an additional 26 miles for the county. Thebudget is $981,873, with $71,420 coming fromCHIPS.

While he still plows certain areas in asmaller truck with wings, he says it’s begin-ning to get old, so he is investing heavily inmentoring Steve Robson, his deputy. Onhiring Steve he says, “I like his honesty.He grew up, like I did, working.”

John and Steve brought the majorityof the ideas on board for the new build-ing when planning for the facility tocome. They even did all the site work,landscaping, and built the flag pole andthe dedication area when they began torun out of the project’s budget allocat-ed to landscaping. John estimates thathis crew probably saved the town about$1 million by doing the site work, but itwasn’t easy. First, they had to impress the engi-neers at C&S Engineering that they could do what wasrequired to meet the engineering specs.

“They were a little bit concerned with the magni-tude of the job that needed to be done, but we endedup with a great working relationship with thoseguys,” John says.continued on page 14

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Beyond sentiment, the new highway garage has a lot going for it,especially technology-wise. John says from the very beginning, whenthe building wasn’t even in the blueprint stage, the town board — withwhom he has an admirable can-do relationship — was adamant that thisnew facility would have to fit future-driven goals: serving needs rightnow while also being engineered to be productive in the years ahead.

“The board basically said, ‘We don’t want you coming back here in20 years and asking for more,’” says John, cheerfully.

It’s All About Breathing Deeply Air quality is of primary concern in any garage — consider the air

brake test alone that has to take place on each truck for about 10 minutesevery morning before they hit the road. That testing generates a lot ofcarbon monoxide. Units from Rupp Air Systems were installed in theceilings throughout the building. The units can detect undesirable levelsof carbon monoxide and respond automatically by bringing in fresh airat the same temperature as the existing air, even if it’s 20-below out-doors.

Heat is provided by radiant gas — directed from the ceiling down tothe floor.

John explains, “Before we even made up our plans, Steve and I talkedto all of the highway superintendents in a 40-mile radius from our shopand some in Buffalo. We wanted to find out what they like and didn’tlike about where they had to work. Many of them mentioned that whenyou bring in a truck covered with ice and snow and the building warmsfrom the floor, sometimes the materials in the truck don’t even get warmby morning.”

Radiant gas heat, which LaFayette is using, John says, gives you thesensation of warm sunshine on your skin. It warms every object in the

building so that it is warm to the touch. Large, bright units of LEDs lightmost of the ceilings. In the wash bay, with less use, they opted for lessexpensive, traditional lights.

“Everything we built here is future-driven,” says John, as he walksthrough tremendously high ceilinged areas surrounded by portable jacksthat make repairs easier. The $3.2-million department is located on 4.5acres that parallel Route 81, a high-speed, sometimes dangerous roadthat, more than a century ago, caused the creation of the town ofLaFayette — a town that owes its very existence to the convergence offour major highways.

When John and Steve began the site work for the new building, they

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The jumble of the downtown four corners today is part of a major plan tocreate mixed use development on this important spot — the crossroadsof New York State, in fact!

John visits the Town Hall to chat with Kristen Shutd, assistant townclerk.


quickly found that the ground is both wet and hard pan. The site workand early digging produced many surprises.

“I believe that if you do your job, you will be rewarded,” says John. Early earth work sometimes tested his resolve. They found a place

where the ground dropped off and required filling with stone and grav-el. Then there were some surprises — quicksand.

“We found what they call ‘running sand,’ which basically is quick-sand,” says John. “We would take one bucket out, and it would fill upinstantly.”

“We ended up having to go back and undercut to a clay level, whichis solid. I would say that two-thirds of our parking lot, which is large, ison what proved to be unsuitable soil.”

The site, formerly a lumber supply business, also had a lot of concretein the ground. He estimates that an outside contractor might charge$100,000 to remediate the concrete.

It took them all one summer to prepare the site for the ground break-ing, while still doing their scheduled work on the highways.

“There were some long days for sure,” says John. “We were workingout of an old barn. When we got done plowing, we would come downhere to work on the site.”

Notable in the improvements are water systems, both inside and out.All the water from inside the building goes into grid separators beforebeing discharged. All of the water outside the building goes into pipesthat drain into detention ponds and finally into swales toward Route 81.

John explains, “We planned all of our piping and electrical lines sothat if we ever had a problem in 25 years, we wouldn’t have to dig upthe blacktop.”

The Grand New GarageFor John, part of his DNA and core values is his desire to protect his

workers from contaminants and an unsafe environment. “I told them, when I took office as superintendent, ‘you guys have a

right to come to work every day to a place that is safe, clean, and pro-ductive. You deserve to go home to your families, and what you areworking in is not safe. We will have a new highway garage. You have

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Brand new trucks ready to roll. LaFayette just paid cash for two Western Star trucks — one is a six-wheeler and one is a ten-wheeler. The town'sequipment plan looks 15 years ahead.

John Greeley (L) and Steve Robson, his deputy. Steve is beginning toattend regional meetings of county highway superintendents with John.Along with Andy Ohstrom, town supervisor, John and Steve were criti-cal to the planning the execution of the new highway facility. continued on page 28


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LaFayette is located at the convergence of four major highways. Thenorth-south highways Interstate 81 and U.S. 11 intersect U.S. Route 20in LaFayette while New York State 11A is a north-south highway in thetown that parallels U.S. 11. From LaFayette any traveler can motoralmost from coast to coast, while Route 81 will take them from Canadato Tennessee.

John calls the iconic blacktop, “a very important highway.” Recentlyhe and Kathy drove Route 81 all the way to Tennessee for a vacation.

The town of LaFayette roads get a salt-sand mix. They use 1,500 tonsof salt and 4,500 tons of sand each year. Salt is stored in the county’ssalt barn on a reciprocal arrangement. Shared services with all the neigh-boring towns is a constant, especially when all the towns are surfacetreating roads in summer.

Why They Call LaFayette the Crossroads of New York

Located in the heart of New York, LaFayette’s center is at the cross-roads of two of the longest roads in the country — where travelers candrive from Canada to Florida or from the east and the west coasts. Route81 also barrels past the new highway garage, and in the event of an acci-

dent, the new building will be able to provide videotape of much of theroad in that location.

The new building also is designed with a second possible strategic usein mind — that of a disaster headquarters. The open architecture, treat-ment of door locks, and some other significant features make it FEMA-approved in the event of a community-wide emergency. The building iscentrally located and wired with multi-channel radio hand sets especial-ly designed to communicate with everyone involved in such events on adedicated radio frequency.

John says, “In the event of an emergency, this building has been builtso that it would function as a command center. Our job, as highway peo-ple, would be to ensure that all residents are safe, and then the county,including state police, would lead the response.”

One might think that the hilly roads along apple orchards are the stuffthat only grace Norman Rockwell illustrations, but they would bewrong. In 1993, during an epic water event, a large mudslide obliteratedone side of Tully Hill Farms Road, taking several homes with it.

John explains, “We spent the entire summer trying to clean it all upand still take care of the roads as usual. The roads were covered with


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acres of mud.”

A careful look at the valley today still demonstrates a more barren

area that produced the unexpected event.

LaFayette is known for its apple production and for its Apple Festival

— the weekend before Columbus Day —which draws thousands of

spectators to its crafts, food, and pageantry in this beautiful apple-centric

upstate region. LaFayette also is home to the hamlet of Cardiff where

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Cardiff Giant. Apple production continues to be the giant of local

agribusiness.

The Vinegar Hill Sports ComplexIn the old days when LaFayette was even more densely planted to all

kinds of premium apple varieties, they also had acres of scrub trees

whose fruit was suitable only for vinegar, so they called that area, which

is carved with a steep hill, Vinegar Hill. The name stuck, so the town

called the new sports complex, built by the highway department,

Vinegar Hill Sports Complex — a true community-wide initiative.

While the highway crews did the work, the Optimist Club donated the

materials and built the lacrosse box themselves. While coaches, players,

referees, neighbors, and others labored in donated worker t-shirts, the

sports park quickly took shape. The highway crew used their equipment

and talents for demolition of a former, little-used park, and worked

toward site improvement, including a massive retaining wall. The park

now hosts lacrosse, basketball, and soccer, with nice metal benches for

spectators.

John says some of the country’s best lacrosse players got their start

here in LaFayette’s Vinegar Hill Sports Complex.

“We took an old park that is off the beaten path and revitalized it to

have some value,” says John of the area they help construct.

The tiny town has had four #1 recruits for lacrosse players in the

country.

“Lyle Thompson is a Native American from here,” says John. “He

won the biggest award you can get, like the Heisman trophy for lacrosse.

This box in Vinegar Hill Sports Complex is sacred ground to serious

lacrosse players of all ages.”

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John stands in a part of the Vinegar Hill Sports Complex, which involved a community-wide effort including the highway crew doing the demoli-tion of the old park and creating the new one.


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John’s own son, John Greeley III, learned to play “in the box” here.

Playing championship games by the time he was in 8th grade, he went

on to a full scholarship, including books and board, at the prestigious

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he starred as #9 on the

lacrosse team. He now lives and works in security in Las Vegas where

he also volunteer-coaches the game. His father says that giving back is

something you learn growing up in a rural community like LaFayette.

John describes his son, who calls him every day, as being “very world-

ly.” When his father recently asked him if he would ever come home to

live in LaFayette, his son answered, “One traffic light and a Dollar

General?”

The game of lacrosse was played as a blood sport by Native

Americans across many acres. Serious injury and fatalities were com-

monplace. The game may have originated with the nearby Onondaga

tribe, who live on a reservation bordering LaFayette. Of the town’s

68,000 acres, more than 6,000 acres comprise the Onondaga

Reservation. John’s own sports while growing up were wrestling and

baseball. Today, he likes to hunt turkey and white tails and travel with

his relatively new wife Kathy (www.uniquejewelerybyKathy.com). His

property, graced by a magnificent weeping willow tree, is where he gar-

dens for what he calls his therapy. He also takes his weekly golf game

seriously enough to have acquired professional-quality clubs.

LaFayette also is looking out for its senior citizens. In another park

adjacent to the garage, the crew recently put in a handicapped accessible

senior workout area, with a mile-long, paved path, landscaped with a lit-

tle more privacy, and featuring equipment and instruction for safe, sen-

ior-driven stretching exercises.

Local Boy Makes GoodIt is not lost on John that his helping to plan and build the new high-

way facility gave him a chance to stretch out in some areas that he had

devoted himself to in his past. John was born, with a fraternal twin, in

Syracuse. In 1962, he helped build the home that his mother still lives in.

His dad died in 1990. In his younger, hipster days he played in a touring

band that did cover-tunes of the “oldies,” playing in clubs and Holiday

Inns. His son flew him to Las Vegas for an Eagles concert and gave him

a new Fender acoustic guitar, so who knows? John may be ready to rock

on, at least off the job.

Having graduated from high school in 1977, he briefly attended col-

lege and quickly found higher education was not for him. He says his

dad gave him a week living at home without paying for room and board.

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By the time the deadline was up John was in boot camp in Florida, hav-

ing enlisted in the Sea Bees. He initially signed up agreeing to a “buddy

deal” with his friend. An older brother served in Vietnam.

The military taught him a lot. He gleaned information from his expe-

rience watching airplanes take off and land on carriers, which now influ-

ences the traffic flow in the town’s slick new highway garage. The

entrance and egress are wide open, with continuous paths in and out so

that vehicles, even with plows, can easily move about.

“Our plows have wings, which is not too far in concept from jet air-

liners’ wings,” he says.

He was in the service for eight years, being stationed all over the

world, including time spent off the coast of Africa, while building

bridges and runways.

Upon discharge he took a job at Carrier in Syracuse, and then moved

to the DOT in LaFayette as a maintenance worker who moved up the

channel quickly.

“I was up for a big promotion there,” he says, “when the town high-

way superintendent came to me and asked if I would take over for him

when he was ready to retire. I had to weigh my options. I was raising my

son as a single parent. If I went with DOT, I would be called out to places

like Binghamton and Oswego in snowstorms and have to make arrange-

ments for a baby sitter. Or I could go with the town department and be

home every night.”

“He pulled a fast one,” he says of the former superintendent. “He did-

n’t want to retire.” He had to retire for medical reasons. I became super-

intendent by default.”

John may be the highway superintendent, but he also is part of local

history where the really important news is shared over coffee at Cindy’s

from page 34


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John, who became a computer nerd way back in the 1980s, has alsoturned to Facebook to keep the community constantly informed on high-way-related matters. He checks the roads at 2 a.m. and he can announcea school closure more quickly than the school does. He does all of thesocial media himself and has plenty of “likes.” His long-term goal is fora variable message machine at the end of the driveway that he can inputwhile sitting at his desk. Besides school closings, it would remind peo-ple of the many benefits provided to them by the town, including curb-side brush pickup twice a year, electronic device recycling, and freemulch always on hand.

He says he took an extension school course in computers a long timeago because he saw them as the wave of the future.

“The social media thing gives me a chance to tell the residents whatis going on and to create a dialogue with them.”

It must be working. On a typical e-waste pick-up day, they collect22,519 pounds of computers, TVs and other gear. The crew also recy-cled 96 pounds of household batteries, in a town with about 4,000 resi-dents.

John says his Facebook contacts typically want to share that they have

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He says he began daily postings on Facebook abouttwo years ago because he felt he might be missingsome important dialogue.

“Social media gives me a chance to convey what isgoing on and explain why, which also saves me a lot oftime in phone calls.”

LaFayette highways are often long and hilly, wind-ing along meandering apple orchards. Many of theremaining farms use heavily-laden, manure-hauling18-wheeler trucks, which sometimes spill, and morequickly breakdown the edge of any highway.

John says, “We get to clean it up. The farmers knowtheir rights. They know when it’s mixed with sand theycan spread it wherever they want. When it spills, theDEC can fine them $100.”

Funding the New Building With Dollars and Sense

In the town of LaFayette, they like to pay cash forthings. For example two new Western Star plow truckspurchased from Tracey Road Equipment. The 10-wheeler with a unibody design will be used as a sanderin winter and a dump truck in nice weather. One modelis a 10-wheeler, the other is a 6-wheeler. In addition,John and Steve use their pickups with wings on themto sometimes “hit the hills before the big plow trucksgo out.”

The town board puts a certain amount of dollars inan equipment fund. In doing so, John says, “We were


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The Cardiff Giant — A Hoax That Made MillionsIn the town of Lafayette lies the hamlet of Cardiff, scene of one of the world’s great-

est hoaxes. Imagine yourself taken back to October 16, 1869, when two workers dig-ging a well discovered a 10-foot-tall, petrified man. Almost immediately a tent waserected over the giant and people easily parted with 25 cents and soon 50 cents for apeek. That was a lot of money then. It’s worth noting that this part of upstate was knownas the “burned over” district because of the many religions and social movements thathave their roots planted in the soil here. Religions founded here by laypeople includethe Latter Day Saints movement (Mormons), and the Millerites. Millerites started thefollowing still-active churches: Adventists, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah’sWitnesses, and International Bible Students.

More upstate beliefs arrived with the Fox sisters, who launched Spiritualism, theShakers, and the Oneida Society, a group that favored co-mingling marriages. Thewomen’s rights movement was formally started in Seneca Falls in a building that hasbecome probably the only laundromat in the state with a historic marker.

The author of the phrase “burned over” said that the area had been so heavily evan-gelized that it had no more fuel (the unconverted) left to burn (conversion). Amid thiswillingness to believe, few suspected the credentials of the Cardiff Giant, a 10-foot-tallsupposedly “petrified” man. When famous entertainer and entrepreneur P.T. Barnumfailed to purchase the original Cardiff Giant, he had a fake one made. The stone cuttingreplicator built several more copies of the giant for exhibition — half a dozen of themby the end of the year.

“It is rather rich,” quipped the Philadelphia Inquirer while reporting on Barnum’sexhibit, “that we should be victimized by such a fraud upon a fraud.” Having done thecarnival circuit, the original giant changed hands again in 1947. The original giant, nowcalled the greatest hoax on America at that time, rests in its forever home at the Farmer’sMuseum in Cooperstown, still getting the attention it deserves inside the front hall.

Surprisingly, the hoax, which cost around $45,000 in today’s dollars to engineer, wasnot about money, but about god. The originator, George Hull, a cigar maker, an atheist,and a skeptic, found himself locked in a theological debate with a revivalist preacher.George reported being flabbergasted by the preacher’s reading of the Bible, especiallythe Book of Genesis, which reads: “There were giants in the earth in those days.”

So George ordered up a giant made from a five-ton block of gypsum quarried inDodge, Iowa, claiming it would become a statue of Lincoln! Next the slab goes to aChicago marble dealer who agrees to the scheme in exchange for a share in the profits.History.com says Hull was posing as the model while the two men carved the gypsuminto an anthropological wonder of a man with one arm clutching his stomach, the otherat his side. Its lips-drawn-smiling expression remains very creepy, even by today’s stan-dards for horror films. To appear authentic, Hull drove pins into the body to make themlook like skin pores, and used chemicals to simulate great age.

Where to bury the 3,000 pound giant? William “Stub” Newell, a distant relative inthe small valley town of Cardiff, who was sworn to secrecy, had the ideal spot on hishillside farm. Once again the deal was bartered for a piece of the action. On a chillynight, in November 1868, the men buried their treasure under roots to enhance the ideathat many years had passed since the petrified man took his last gigantic gasp. Hull wentback to making cigars in Syracuse. One year later Newell hired a pair of unsuspectingworkers to dig a well on a specific spot and voila — they discover the Cardiff Giant.Within days, a tent was erected over their find, and the cash to peek at him began to flow.

Meanwhile the major newspapers in large cities declared the giant, “A New Wonder,”and a “Singular Discovery.” After profiting from the initial gate, the conspirators quick-ly sold the giant for $30,000 for a three-quarter stake in the manly asset. Aspersions werecast of course. Some sharp-eyed locals remember seeing George Hull transporting amassive crate through Cardiff a year earlier.

Barnum displayed his copy as the original and even outsold Hull’s discovery in tick-et sales. That’s marketing for you. Barnum’s signage said “Six Million People HavePaid to See Him,” and he was “Taller Than Goliath Whom David Slew.” During courtproceedings concerning Barnum’s giant’s authenticity, the judge ruled in Barnum’sfavor saying the showman could not be sued for not calling a fake giant a fake.

Some scientists of the day clung to the statue theory, but as Barnum once pointed out,there is a sucker born every minute, and some of us still want to believe that giants oncewalked the earth.


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able to pay cash for the wheel excavator, and cash for the Caterpillar skidsteer. We paid cash for the trucks that Steve and I drive.”

“If I can get the town board to put money into an equipment fund, itprevents us from having to finance our needs in heavy equipment.”

He says he has given the board a 15-year plan for the future, whichthey may modify or tweak, but which states the needs for equipmentover that period of time.

To get the community behind the need for a new highway barn, theyput out a referendum, which passed easily, with 80 percent in favor of it.

“It’s all about transparency,” he says about getting along with citizensand the town board.

As for funding the new $3.2 million facility, the town went to a bond.John says they have $250.000 in surplus, but it hasn’t been a cake walk.

“When the town finally got the money, we saved another $200,000 infinance charges because the interest rate at the time was working to ouradvantage.”

“It’s hard to budget with change orders and unforeseen circum-stances,” says John. “When you do services for the highway department,you have to get three quotes. Then you can’t exceed ‘x’ amount of dol-lars with that supplier. When you get to that number you have to go backand get three quotes again.”

He says sticking to the $3.2 million number was difficult because youhave to fluctuate as the work progresses and change orders begin to pres-ent themselves.

The Softer Side of Highway WorkRight in front of the highway garage on Route 81, is a professionally

produced highway sign that says, “Nesting Area.”

The only one of its kind, the sign bears some explaining. It appearedwhen a parent of a child who was waiting near the area for her schoolbus witnessed a baby Canada goose nearly get taken down by the bus.The experience left the child disturbed enough that the mother took thematter up with the town board. So John posted a professional sign thatsays, “Nesting Area,” to make the world in LaFayette a safer place foreverybody, even the goslings.

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Photographed on their wedding anniversary. John and his wife, Kathy, met on a blind date arranged by a mutual friend. After many years of singleparenting and bachelorhood, John says he has met his soul mate. Their melded family now numbers four kids — all out of the home.

Lots of consideration was given to having a diesel-run generator forbackup. In an emergency, diesel could be drained from the trucks andused to run the generator. The highway garage has been approved byFEMA to be used as a command center and shelter for citizens in theevent of some major catastrophe.


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ing for their first time.

The theme of this year’s conference was “Walk a Mile in Our Shoes”

and the event was jam-packed all three days with keynote speakers, edu-

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ents to reconnect with their colleagues. There were plenty of opportuni-

ties to learn, network and get exposure to vendor products and services.

Event highlights included:

• A golf outing at the Saratoga Spa Golf Course sponsored by

International Trucks with prizes sponsored by Auctions International and

golf tees provided by Suit-Kote Corporation

• A vendor night and dinner, which allowed for one-on-one interac-

tion with the vendors without whom the conference would not be possi-

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• Speakers and educational seminars

• The annual banquet, which was sponsored by Gradall, Vantage

Equipment and Beam Mack Sales & Service

This event provides a tremendous opportunity for the industry’s pastleaders to offer direction to the current generation. (L-R) are Tom Sears,Beekmantown, N.Y., past president 2007; Eugene Ingelston, CrownPoint, N.Y., past president 1996; and John Scoones of the GormanGroup.

Incoming 2016 Association President Jeff Griswold, highway superin-tendent of the town of Preble, outlines his plans for 2016.

Bernie Meyer, highway superintendent of the town of Canaan, servesas master of ceremonies.

Keith Hurtgam, highway superintendent of the town of Hartland, rec-ognizes the association’s past presidents in attendance at the confer-ence.




Town Super Conference Held

Jeff Griswold, highway superintendent of the town of Preble and 2016 Associationpresident, operates a virtual Volvo loader at the Vantage Equipment exhibit.Chip Ayres of Beam Mack (L) catches up with Mike

Fuller, highway superintendent of the town of Shelby(Orleans County).

Vendor Night created a great opportunity to catch up with friends and associates whileviewing the latest products available for the municipal market.

Jeff Laxton (R) of Auctions International discusses theadvantages of managing your inventory by auction withPaul Legnetto, highway superintendent of the town ofCamillus.

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(L-R): Tom Weaver, highway superintendent of the town of Clay; Jon Scott, high-way superintendent of the town of Kirkland; and Rob Cushing, highway superin-tendent of the town of Manlius, take time to reconnect prior to the banquet.

You know that the Gorman Group has a great relationshipwith its clients when it can convince them to try the hoolahoop. Here Jim White, highway superintendent of the townof Elbridge, watches the hoop fall to his knees.

Kirby Coon (L) of Stephenson Equipment, discusses the equipmentneeds of the town of Sterling with Brian Soper, highway superintend-ent of the town of Sterling and his wife, Robin.

Dick Smith, highway superintendent of the town of Spencer (TiogaCounty), throws a mean bean bag at the Milton CAT exhibit.

Charlene Mustico, wife of the town of Elmira highway super-intendent Matt Mustico, picks up her lucky lottery ticket fromTark Croteau of Trius Inc.

Brian Speer (L), highway superintendent of the town of Parma (Monroe County),discusses wood chipping with Mike Nagengast, of Vermeer Northeast.

Saratoga Springs Hosts AnnualTown Superintendent Conferencefrom page 60



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The “Accents” band provided entertainment, compliments of Mack Truck.

The hospitality of International Trucks was surely appreciated by all,including (L-R) Bob Welch, highway superintendent of the town ofMarshall; Keith McCarty, past Association president and highwaysuperintendent of the town of Springfield; and Fred Wickham, of theGorman Group.

Cory Bearor (L), of Viking-Cives (sponsor of the pre-banquet cocktailparty), welcomes one and all to the 2015 NYSAOTSOH annual ban-quet.

(L-R): Enjoying the pristine beauty of the Saratoga Spa Golf Course are Jim Guyer, Todd Kaley, Anne Jackson and Matt Flowers, all of VantageEquipment.

from page 61


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Jeff Weisbrot (L) of Henderson Truck Equipment, views thelatest hydraulic controls offered by Marc Zawadzski, of DelHydraulics.

Charles Fortier (L), highway superintendent of the town of Mexico,keeps Phil Brisandi of Stadium International in line.

Howard Eaton (L), highway superintendent of the town of Norway, andhis wife, Debbie, visit Tracey Road Equipment.

Russ Page, 2015 outgoing president, bids his adieu and wel-comes his successor.

Tenco offers the very latest technology and methodology in snow removal. (L-R)are Ken Brink and Shane Chapman, both of Tenco; and Larry Levy, highwaysuperintendent of the town of Geneseo, and his wife Kimberly.

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Russ Page (L), 2015 association president, presents a certificate of apprecia-tion to David Cook of Innovative Surface Solutions.

Many of the association’s past presidents were in attendance.

Mark Yandon (R), highway superintendent of the town ofNewcomb (Essex County), is presented a plaque of appreciationfor his service to the executive committee by Russ Page, 2015association president.

Jamie Dussing (R), highway superintendent of the town of Clarence, is pre-sented a plaque of appreciation for his service to the executive committee byRuss Page, 2015 association president.

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The LSV6 and LSV8 include many of the same features and per-

formance as the midsize light tower, but with a compact design and ver-

tical mast that allow for greater maneuverability, ease of transport and a

low operating cost, according to the manufacturer.

The LSV6 and LSV8 light towers round out the Doosan Portable

Power lineup of vertical mast light towers, complementing the larger

model L20.

Both LSV light towers are standard-equipped with a vertical mast

that manually extends to 25 ft. 6 in. (7.8 m) with four 1,000-watt metal

halide lamps. A hydraulic actuated tower is available as an upgrade

option on both LSV models.

“The vertical mast design significantly cuts setup time compared to

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with the ability to fit 16 units on a 48-foot flatbed truck.”

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The voltage in both light towers allows operators to utilize the recep-

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pump and lockable battery disconnect. Cold weather options include a

block heater, block/battery heaters and 1,000 CCA battery. Aftermarket

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For more information, visit doosanportablepower.com.

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A MONTANO COMPANY................................................55

ADMAR SUPPLY ............................................................18

ADVANCED STORAGE TECHNOLOGY (AG) ..............55

AMERICAN EQUIPMENT LLC ......................................54

AMERICAN SHORING ..................................................50

AMTHOR INTERNATIONAL INC....................................41

ATLANTIC DETROIT DIESEL ALLISON ........................43

BAY-LYNX MANUFACTURING ......................................35

BEAM MACK SALES & SERVICE (ROCHESTER) ........5

BEYER BROS CORP ....................................................29

BOBCAT..........................................................................39

BOBCAT OF SARATOGA ..............................................42

BRADCO SUPPLY CO ..................................................24

CAPITAL TRACTOR INC ................................................30

CASEY’S TRUCK SALVAGE INC ..................................20

CATERPILLAR - NY DEALERS......................................36

CENTRAL EQUIPMENT LLC..........................................55

CHEMUNG SUPPLY CORP ..........................................25

CIRUS CONTROLS ........................................................33

CLEARSPAN ..................................................................33

CLIFTON RECYCLING INC............................................56

DECAROLIS HEAVY DUTY PARTS ................................6

DEL HYDRAULICS ........................................................50

EBERL IRON WORKS INC ............................................26

EDWARD EHRBAR INC ................................................67

ENVIROSIGHT................................................................47

FAIR MFG CO ................................................................26

FALCON ASPHALT REPAIR EQUIPMENT ....................46

FITZSIMMONS HYDRAULICS INC ................................11

FLEET MAINTENANCE..................................................54

FORT MILLER FAB3 CORP ..........................................63

GABRIELLI TRUCK SALES LTD....................................53

GEARCOR ......................................................................63

GRASSLAND EQUIPMENT............................................45

HACKER’S PACKERS INC ............................................51

HENDERSON TRUCK EQUIPMENT ............................15

HUDSON FOREST EQUIPMENT ..................................13

HYBRID BUILDING SOLUTIONS LLC ..........................10

HYUNDAI CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT....................27

J & J EQUIPMENT..........................................................11

JOE JOHNSON EQUIPMENT ........................................10

K-M INTERNATIONAL ....................................................12

KEIL EQUIPMENT CO INC ............................................13

KENWORTH NORTHEAST GROUP INC ........................3

KEPNER EQUIPMENT INC............................................13

KOMATSU AMERICA CORP ..........................................23

LAGASSE WORKS/HARDER SPREADER....................46

LIFTECH EQUIPMENT CO ............................................22

MALVESE EQUIPMENT CO INC ..................................30

MARIETTA DIESEL ........................................................42

MOHAWK RESOURCES LTD ........................................13

MOHAWK VALLEY FREIGHTLINER..............................26

MONROE TRACTOR......................................................49

MONROE TRUCK EQUIPMENT ....................................22

NAVISTAR INC..................................................................2

NEW YORK TRUCK & EQUIPMENT ............................56

OLD DOMINIUM BRUSH/ODB ......................................69

PROFILE PUBLICATIONS....................................50,52,54

ROBERT H FINKE & SONS INC....................................21

ROY TEITSWORTH INC ................................................24

SCHAEFER ENTERPRISES ..........................................54

SEALMASTER BUFFALO ..............................................51

SPAULDING MANUFACTURING INC ............................11

STEPHENSON EQUIPMENT INC..................................59

SUIT-KOTE CORP..........................................................31

TENCO USA INC ............................................................71

TRACEY ROAD EQUIPMENT..........................................7

TRACKLESS VEHICLES INC ........................................57

TRIUS INC ......................................................................19

TRUX OUTFITTER ........................................................51

UTICA GENERAL PETERBILT ......................................35

VALLEY FAB & EQUIPMENT ........................................24

VANTAGE EQUIPMENT ................................................65

VIBCO INC......................................................................17

VIKING CIVES INC ........................................................72

WAYNE’S WELDING INC ................................................8

WESTCHESTER TRACTOR INC ..................................20

YACANOS’ GRADALL SALES SERVICE & RENTALS ..20

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