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The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N. Y. Monday, January 7, 2008 B5 STATE OBITUARIES John 'Al' Alfred Bantham QUEENSBURY, N.Y John "Al" Alfred Bantham, 80, of Zenas Drive, passed away Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, unexpectedly and peacefully in his sleep, at the home of his daughter, Jennifer Cudney and her husband, Scott. BANTHAM Born on May 6, 1927, in Ballston BANTHAM Spa, N.Y., he was the son of the late Harry C.

Bantham and Eleanor (Hemphill) Bantham. He was raised in Bolton Landing, N.Y. and graduated from Bolton Central School, Class of 1944 and attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Al was a World War II veteran, serving with the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, as an Aviation Electronic Technician's Mate, Second Class-V6, He received the American Theatre Medal and the Victory Medal.

He was employed by GE in Hudson Falls for over 29 years and also worked for Genpak in South Glens Falls, both as a quality control engineer. Al, later, was employed by American Capital as an investment counselor, prior to retirement. Al was a longtime member of St. James Episcopal Church of Lake George where he was a member of the Vestry and Curcillo, a Senior Warden for many years, a Lay Eucharistic Minister, and a Trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany. A Member of the Lake George School Board, where he also served as president, Al presented both his children John and Jennifer with their graduation diplomas.

He was also a member and president of the Lake George Rotary Club. Al was very involved in numerous community and church activities and projects. The American Red Cross awarded him a pin for his committment to giving blood for the blood banks and as a donor poker games with his fellow retirees. Besides his parents, Al was predeceased by his wife, Helen Pratt Bantham; two sisters, Phyllis Smith and Eleanor Johnson; and by one brother, Andrew Bantham. Survivors include two children, John Howard Bantham and his wife, Mary Elizabeth of Bloominton, Ill.

and Jennifer Diane Cudney and her husband, Scott, of Queensbury; four grandchildren: Jessica Bantham of Reno, Justin Bantham of Bloomington, Sean Cudney and Stephanie Cudney, both of Queensbury; one sister-in-law, Clara Fiore and her son, Chris Fiore, of Queensbury and several nieces, nephews and cousins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at St. James Episcopal Church, Montcalm Street, Lake George with the Rev.

Julie McPartlin, rector, officiating. Burial will follow at Pine View Cemetery, 21 Quaker Road, Queensbury. Arrangements are under the direction of Stafford Funeral Home, Lake George with calling hours to be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, at Regan Denny Funeral Home, 53 Quaker Road, Queensbury. The family has suggested that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St.

James Episcopal Church, 172 Ottawa Lake George, NY 12845. Lottie Mae Fasoli EASTON Lottie Mae Fasoli, 88, a resident of Windy Hill Road, Town of Easton, passed away early Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, at the Indian River Nursing Facility in Granville, N.Y. Born May 16, 1919, in Saratoga Springs, she was the daughter of the late Edwin J. Neilson and Bessie Hagadorn Neilson.

Lottie was a member of the Bottskill Baptist Church in Greenwich, a member of the DAR, loved bird watching, crocheting, and country music. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her first husband, Stanley Bain, a daughter, Bette Bain, sisters, Anne Locke and Mildred Myers, and brothers, Donald, Marshall and Charles Neilson. Survivors are her husband, Louis Fasoli of Greenwich; sons, Avery Bain and his wife, Lillian, Edwin Bain and his wife, MORE OBITUARIES AND THE FUNERAL NOTICES APPEAR ON PAGE B4 Safer roundabouts sprouting By RICHARD RICHTMYER Associated Press ALBANY. New York drivers are increasingly finding themselves going in circles, and it's not because they're lost. Following a national trend, state transportation planners are actively turning right-angle intersections into roundabouts, derided by many but proven in a national study to be safer than some intersections with stop signs or traffic signals.

Traffic circles have long been part of New York roadways, but modern roundabouts are distinctly different. Today's roundabouts are much smaller than older traffic circles about 100-200 feet in diameter compared to 400-600 feet and they're designed with narrow lanes that force drivers to slow down. Transportation planners say the newer design which originated in Europe and found its way to the United States around 1990 results in improved traffic flow and fewer accidents. "The No. 1 reason we're doing these is safety," said Howard McCulloch, a traffic engineer with the New York State Department of Transportation who specializes in roundabouts.

At intersections with stop signs or traffic lights, the most common and serious accidents are right-angle, left-turn, or head-on collisions that can be severe because vehicles may be moving fast. Roundabouts virtually eliminate those types of crashes because vehicles all travel in the same direction. Roundabouts also tend to keep cars moving steadily in all directions. That cuts down on fuel-wasting stop-and-go traffic and reduces air pollution, giving planners another reason to use them, said Wade Scarbrough, a roundabout specialist with Kittelson Associates, a transportation engineering and consulting firm in Portland, Ore. "There are times when there's such a huge amount of traffic that they get backed up, but for the most part, i it's a steady flow," Scarbrough said.

The Federal Highway Administration which oversees money spent on highway construction and maintenance estimates 150 to 250 roundabouts are being built each year and supports a goal to raise that to roughly 1,000 per year, said Doug Hecox, an agency spokesman. "We do recognize this as a very valuable tool," Hecox said. "In many circumstances, they're a safer alternative." Since New York started its roundabout-building program in the late 1990s, it has installed them at 42 intersections, and the projects often meet with stiff community resistance, McCulloch said. "I've seen people who are PUBLIC SERVICE AD The Washington County Veterans Agency Maximize your VA benefits of over ten gallons during his life. Many area residents may have seen Al during his daily walks, along Route 9, waving his blessing to motorists passing by.

Throughout his life Al enjoyed being outdoors, camping and boating on Lake George, as well as his monthly Lavonne, and Michael Bain and his wife, Fredda; daughters, Alice DuBois and her husband, Marvin, and Andrea Petar and her husband, Maks all of Greenwich; a sister, Bertha Goman of Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, at Flynn Inc. Funeral Home, 13 Gates Schuylerville, with the Rev.

Keith Mann officiating. Friends may call from 3 p.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials in her name be made to the Easton Greenwich Rescue Squad, P.O: Box 84, Greenwich, NY 12834. Online remembrances can be sent to www.flynnbrosinc.com.

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Roundabout proposals frequently evoke strong opposition from drivers, but those opinions quickly change when they become familiar with them, Retting said. An Institute survey in three communities where roundabouts replaced stop-sign intersections found 31 percent of drivers supported the MIKE GROLL-ASSOCIATED PRESS N.Y., on Thursday. Following a national trend, state intersections into roundabouts, derided by many but intersections with stop signs or traffic signals. Hotaling, a most vocal opponents and led a campaign against the roundabouts before construction, compared with 63 percent shortly after they were built. McCulloch attributes much of the opposition to roundabouts to people confusing them with the older traffic circles and the consternation that they can sometimes cause drivers.

Corrine Weeks, a an upstate New York teacher who said she became quite familiar with roundabouts during an eightmonth sabbatical in England in the late 1980s, doesn't like driving through them. "I just find them very uncomfortable," she said. "You have to constantly be looking over your shoulder, and it just doesn't feel safe to me having to basically guess what the other person is going to do." William Hotaling, a former public works superintendent from the village of Voorhees- DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY Precious YOU ville, was one of the most vocal opponents and led a campaign against the state's plan to put a roundabout in his community. Nearly five years later, Hotaling grudgingly acknowledges the roundabout works the way transportation planners said it would. "It's not very attractive to look at, with the signs all around it," he said.

"But does it work? Yes. I can't argue with that. It does slow people down." That slowing and the traffic "calming" that roundabouts create are largely why they're so much safer than other types of intersections, Retting said. An Insurance Institute study of 24 intersections before and after roundabouts found the new device reduced the number of injury-causing crashes by 76 percent and crashes that caused fatal or incapacitating injuries by 90 percent. Don't Wait.

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