Jerome J. Stone, 91, of Kingston, passed away Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.
Born in the Lee Park section of Hanover Twp., he was the son of the late Peter and Margaret Selingo Stone. He was educated in area schools and graduated from Hanover High School in 1947.
Shortly after meeting and marrying his wife, Dorothy, Jerome enlisted in the Navy and served his country proudly during the Korean War. He was stationed in Norfolk, Va., and after his discharge they relocated to Kingston. Jerome attended Wilkes College and graduated with a music education degree in 1958.
He began teaching in the Berwick School District. Shortly thereafter, he moved to the Northwest School District, where he spent the remainder of his career until his retirement in 1997.
Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra hornists (from right): Chandler Spoon, Michael Yopp and Jenny Doersch Mary Malizia Evans
Famed musician Joe Strummer once sang, âIf you have to get the honey, then you donât go killing all the bees.â The lyrics of pro-union English punk icons like Strummer and Billy Bragg are coming back into style as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain the economy. The connection between labor and music, common themes in genres like folk and punk, is a new motif for symphonic music. An ongoing contract dispute between the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra (CSPO) and its musicians, represented in bargaining by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), will proceed to an arbitration process, according to Sarah Wilson, CSPO cellist and president of the local AFM chapter.Â
Jan 16, 2021
SHERMAN – Thompson “Toby” Willis Hanks Jr., 79, of Sherman, N.Y., and formerly of New York City, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021, at the Absolut Care Nursing Home in Westfield, N.Y.
He was born July 3, 1941, in Beaumont, Texas, the son of the late Thompson W. Hanks Sr. and Letty Fields Hanks.
Toby was a musician with the New York City Ballet and an educator with the Manhattan School of Music. He also played in the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for 40 years and was a freelance musician. He was a member of the American Federation of Musicians.
Toby enjoyed playing tennis, as well as blue grass and jazz music in the local Chautauqua area.
Previous application to Treasury Department had been rejected over mortality, new entrant rate assumptions.
The American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund (AFM-EPF) is hoping the second time is the charm and has reapplied to the US Treasury Department for a reduction in benefits under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) to help stave off impending insolvency.
In August, the Treasury Department denied the fund’s application for a reduction in benefits, saying that the mortality rate and new entrant assumptions it used were “not reasonable under the standards in the regulations.” The department said the mortality assumption used in the recovery plan was based on a standard table that was used “without adequate justification or a demonstration of the manner in which the table properly reflects the mortality experience of the fund.”