COURIER & FREEMAN, POTSDAM, N.Y.-TUESDAY, SEPTKMBhiK 30,1WM>—rAut, n
Singh Files Suit Against County
BY MICHAEL HIRSCH
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CANTON — Suspended Social Singh as the first step in a lengthy and recommend removal or other
Services Commissioner Sharan process to remove her from office. sanctions.
Singh has filed a lawsuit against
Citing Section 34 of the Social
Singh's petition argued that since
the S t . Lawrence County Services Law, Singh's petition says the state Social Services commislegislature that asks state Supreme that the state commissioner of sioner has not presented charges
Court to reinstate her as commis- Social Services can seek to remove against her, the county legislature
sioner.
a county commissioner.
could not remove her.
In her first legal responsetothe If the state commissioner "finds
legislature's plan to remove her that a county commissioner has
In his response, Maginn said that
from office, Singh's attorneys failed to properly perform his Section 34 of the Social Services
argued that only the state Commis- duties as required by law or rule or Law does not prevent the county
sioner of Social Services has the regulation of the department," he legislature from removing its comauthority to remove or suspend a can present charges against the missioner from office. He pointed
county commissioner.
county department head to his to a paragraph In the section that
County attorney William Maginn county board, according to Social states:
said in his response papers that a Services law.
"The provisions of this section
county legislature also has the The legislature Is then required shall not be deemed to preclude the
power to remove its Social Services to set a hearing and give the county exercise of the power of removal or
commissioner from office.
commissioner notice of the charges sanction by the officer or authority
"In effect, we think she is and set a hearing. The state com-. having the power of appointment."
wrong," Maginn said last week.
The beleaguered commissioner's
lawsuit was submitted to the county attorney by the Malone law firm
of Poissant and Twiss on Aug. 26,
but it was not accepted because of
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THE MEAT SHOPPE
Y'ALL COME — These young figure skaters are
looking for others who are Interested In the Potsdam
Figure Skating Club, which will hold its fall meeting
and used equipment sale at 10 a.m. Saturday in Pine
Street Arena. They are: first row, from left, Ryan
Schram, Danielle Hall, Aaron Weegar. Second row,
from left, Brent Blackburn, Megan Horn, Courtney
Woodward, Erin Bence, Kumaran Sathyamoorthy.
Registration for new members will be held Saturday.
Call Brenda Gravander at 265-6139 for information.
Mission Fair Planned In Gouverneur
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The court papers ask for an ArtiLawrence District Task Force's helium and assistants for prepar- Hogansburg; programs, question"Global Village - Mission Fair" ing balloons — Roger Duvall and naires, maps, displays, publicity, cle 78 proceeding, which Is an acwill be held in the Gouverneur First the Youth F e l l o w s h i p of and securing Mission Interpreters tion seeking to force a board or an
United Methodist Church Sunday Gouverneur; painting and display — Carol Smith, Frank Smith, Bar- officer to "do an act or perform
from 2-4:30 p.m. District business boxes — Gouverneur Youth bara Buddenhagen; displays and other legal things, such as
meeting will be conducted by Dr. Fellowship; "Big Top" and display games — Bertha Pierce, Black reinstating the commissioner,"
Robert McCune at 4:45 p.m. The boards — Paula Langevin; circus River; Mission studies - Marlon Maginn said.
Singh, who was appointed to a
closing worship will be led by the tent — Dick Foster; popcorn ^
Rev.David^orgsnrtJantonrarr ~NorwooaTUnited Methodist Youth the United Methodist Church Jlve^yearterm on Jan. 1, asked the
p.m., with Mrs. Glenda Schuessler, Fellowship; Youth Service Fund School Curriculum — Rev.court to overturn the Aug. 11 deciccompanist. Nursery care will be Display — District Youth Council; Winifred Daughen, Alexandria sion by the county legislature to
suspend her with pay.
available.
cotton candy — Arne's Custom Bay.
Since the court papers were subThere will be at least 10 mission Printing of Gouverneur; display
mitted, the legislature on Sent «
interpreters present at the fair to boxes — Gail Bowhall; orchestra
answer questions, have displays (In tent) — Royal Schwendy and
and make presentations. Approx- "The String Pikers" of Beaver
imately 200 persons of all ages are Falls and Naumburg; table set-up
expected to attend. The Task Force for tent and dining room — the
Includes: Carol Smith, chairper- Gouverneur United Methodist men,
son; Bertha Pierce, Roberta PaulMcAdam, chairperson; ethnic
Sttllman, Beverly Bailey, Florence foods — Canton, Potsdam,
Wagstaff, David Morgan, Russell Gouverneur, Moira, Harrisville
Lee and Sue Ellen Herne.
and Hogansburg.
The following mission interHot dogs, coffee, punch —
preters will be present: the Rev. Gouverneur United Methodist
Sudashna Devadhar — India; the Women, Marjorie Irish, chairperRev. Gary Bergh — Habitat for son; "Peanuts" name tags — £<ie
Humanity; Sue Ellen Herne —
Ethnic Minority Local Church Hogansburg; the Rev. Martin Ayer
— Henderson Settlement (Red Bird
Missionary Conference); the Rev.
Deborah Heisley-Cato — Africa
Katherlne Suprement of Utica
Mission Tour; Sue Robinson — visited her aunt, Emma Peets
New York City World Division of recently.
the Board of Global Ministries —
served in Algeria for 27 years;
Muriel Wright spent a few days
Mary Louise Watkin — Slerre in Canton-Potsdam Hospital. We
Leone; Richard Hartz — Utlca wish her a speedy recovery.
Neighborhood Center — A
Women's Division and National
Violet Horr Elliotte from ScottDivision Project; Ruth Porter — sdale, Ariz, and her sister, Alfred,
member of the Board of Global and his family In Clinton, N. Y.
Ministries and the Rev. Joshua
Lebelo — South Africa.
Sixteen Mayfield residents went
Robinson will also be the guest on the Sandstone Seniors bus trip to
speaker at the 11 a.m. Sunday mor- Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The
ning worship at Gouverneur First foliage was magnificent. We shopUnited Methodist Church.
ped for awhile at the Pyramid Mall
Committees named are: greeters and then our driver, Howard
— Sue Schang, chairperson, with a Knight, drove us past the State
group of five persons from University and the U.S. Air Force
Gouverneur; clowns and balloonw base.
— Mary Martin, Beverly Bailey
We stopped at the Whiteface Ski
Lodge and then at the field where
1980 Olympics were held. We
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saw the high ski jumps and John
Brown's farm and grave. We enjoyed dinner at Howard Johnson's
TuMday
In Lake Placid.
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Mary Jane Raymo spent a pleasant visit reunited with her cousin,
Arthur Lavigne, on Sept. 25 in St.
Ramie, Canada.
It has been 62 years since the two
cousins had met.
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