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Volume 181, No. 11 March 16 to 22, 2011

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the "rst West Genesee run-ner to earn a national title by clocking a 5:02.16 mile at New York City’s Armory Track & Field Center.

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Elbridge village board votes to keep VFD

West Genesee Academic Decathlon wins state title

By Ned Campbell

Walk into Krabby Kirk’s Sa-loon on Main Street and you’ll see timber framing, mounted animal trophies and TVs airing sporting events. What you won’t see is the vision behind it.

“!e village is gonna change,” said Dick Kirk, owner of smokin’ barbecue saloon which opened at 55 Main Street in January. “In

about another year, the [Camil-lus Cutlery building] will be sold. The new [Sunoco] gas station’s gonna be built.”

And eventually, two more buildings on Main Street, 74 and 75, both owned by Kirk, will look just as sharp as the newest restaurant downtown, the devel-oper says.

“When I get done, the fronts of the other buildings will look like something out of the 1800s,”

he said.Kirk opened up his saloon

in January a"er two years of intense gutting and remodeling. Before Kirk got his hands on the building, the village was ready to demolish it.

“I’d been looking at the build-ing for about two or three years and it was in really bad shape, and of course the price on the building at that point was astro-

West Genesee High School’s academic decathlon team went to Onondaga Community College for the state championships on March 11 and 12 and #nished #rst overall — for the #rst time. !e team, coached by Scott Duda, won 40 medals in several categories.

!e team included Dennis “DJ” Campbell, Abigail Hard, Alec Ke-arns, Caitlin Nolan, Kaitlyn Rich-ards, Jerry Roy, Matthew Serrao,

Jennifer Smacher and Kevan Spencer (Martin Le$ was unable to attend). !omas Brogan was an alternate.

West Genesee earned the right to compete in the State Champi-onships by placing #rst in their regional competition in January, and has been a major factor in the state level competitions for the past three years.

By Ned [email protected]

!ree weeks ago the Elbridge village board passed a resolution ending the village’s contract with the Elbridge Volun-teer Fire Department, paving the way for consolidation of the Elbridge and Jordan volunteer #re departments.

But a"er a meeting between the board and Elbridge #re#ghters March 7 at village hall, consolidation will have to wait.

“!e hard part about any consolidation is somebody has to be dissolved. It’s the na-ture of the word,” Mayor Hank Doerr said before the meeting.

!e Elbridge village board voted unani-mously to li" a state of emergency, to cancel last week’s resolution to abolish the #re de-partment and to cancel a referendum allow-ing residents to vote on whether to abolish the #re department. !e board also waived any future public hearings on the issue.

Doerr was pleased with the civil nature of the meeting, attended by about 50 people, where the Elbridge VFD was successful in convincing the board it should remain an active #re company. About 22 of the depart-ment’s 44 registered volunteers attended.

“Cooler heads prevailed and sanity took over last night,” Doerr said.

!e board’s decision to li" the state of emergency was in%uenced by an unex-pected boost in response by #re#ghters following the board’s Feb. 21 vote. On Feb. 23, 15 Elbridge #re#ghters responded to a

Krabby Kirk’s catches on

Pictured in front, from left, are Alec Kearns, Kevan Spencer and Jerry Roy. In back, from left, are Mat-thew Serrao, Caitlin Nolan, Kaitlyn Richards, Thomas Brogan, Dennis (DJ) Camp-bell, Jennifer Smacher and Coach Scott Duda. Not pictured: team participant Abigail Hard.

BONNIE RUSSELLSee State champs, page 6

See Krabby Kirk’s, page 26 See Fire department, page 3

After two years of renovations, business is booming at 55 Main St. in Camillus

NED CAMPBELLDick Kirk stands in front of his new restaurant, Krabby Kirk’s Saloon, at 55 Main St. in Camillus.

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March 16, 216 to 9 p.m.: Marcellus School District World Café

Driver Middle School. Discussion session with Marcellus Superinten-dent Craig Tice and school board concern-ing upcoming school budget.

March 175 to 7 p.m.: Corned Beef and Cabbage Din-ner

Camillus Elks Lodge, 6117 Newport Road, Ca-millus. $8. Call 672-3106 for info.7 to 8 p.m.: Allergy Health Seminar

Dr. Bernard Straile willl present on the effective-ness of natural alterna-tives for allergy relief. To-tal Wellness Center, 5631 W. Genesee St, Camillus. Free. Call 468-2422 to register.

March 191 to 4 p.m.: Maples and Music

Baltimore Woods Na-ture Center, Marcellus, hosts a traditional com-munity celebration of the official start of spring. Tickets are $5 for mem-bers, $15/family; $8 for nonmembers, $25/family.

March 2010 to 11 a.m.: Nature’s Little Explorers

Maple Magic at Balti-more Woods. Go to bal-timorewoods.org for full program description.Home School Expedi-tions

From Tree to Table (K-6), Baltimore Woods. For full program description, visit baltimorewoods.org.2 to 4 p.m.: Snippets and Tales Winter Series

Mike and Mary Riley will discuss their trip to see the canals of South-ern Germany, which was sponsored by the Canal Society of New York State. Camillus Town Hall, 4600 W. Genesee St.

March 225:30 to 7:30 p.m.: ‘Save

Energy, Save Dollars’Presented by John

Melnick from Empower N.Y. at Maxwell Library, 14 Genesee St., Camillus. Registration is required; call the library at 672-3661.

March 236 to 7 p.m.: Art Talk

Nancy Davidson, a Camillus resident and docent at the Ever-son Museum of Art in Syracuse, will introduce two exhibits opening at the Everson March 12: “Memories of Elementary School” by Taiwanese ceramicist Ah Leon, and “Reynolds Unwrapped: The Cartoon Art of Dan Reynolds.” Free; open to the public.

March 257 to 9 p.m.: Star Party

Baltimore Woods. Goodbye to winter skies and hello to spring; one of the best chances to see the elusive planet Mercury. Saturn will be rising in the east as it

gets dark. Back up date is March 26. $5 for mem-bers, $15/family; $8 for nonmembers, $25/family.

March 26 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.: ‘Bluebird’ demo

Fairmount Community Church, 4801 W. Gen-esee St., Syracuse. Free Bluebird Music Together demonstration class, open to infants through kindergarteners ac-companied by parent or other guardian. Pre-reg-istration requested; call 440-2547.2 to 4 p.m.: Visualiz-ing Ecosystems Artist reception

By the Weeks Art Gal-lery, Baltimore Woods. Open to the public, no admission charge, free parking.9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Bottle and Can Drive

To benefit the Marcel-lus After the Ball event. Can and bottles can be dropped off at the Mar-cellus High School Park-ing lot. Call Barry Potter, 456-9555, to arrange for a pick-up.6 to 10 p.m.: Karaoke Night

Camillus Elks Lodge,

6117 Newport Road, Ca-millus. All are welcome. Call 672-3106 for info.

March 274 to 10 p.m.: Breakfast Buffet

Camillus Elks Lodge 6117 Newport Road, Camillus. $7.50 for adults, $4 for kids 4 to10, under 4 free. For info call 672-3106.

March 282 to 3:30 p.m.: Between the Lines Book Club

Meets the fourth Mon-day of the month at Max-well Library, Camillus. Copies of club selections and reading guides avail-able at desk. No registra-tion required.6:30 p.m.: ‘Bluebird’ demo

Jordan Bramley Library, 15 Mechanic St. Free Bluebird Music Together demonstration class. Pre-registration requested; call 440-2547 or go to bluemusictogether.com.7:30 p.m.: After the Ball meeting

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Camillus Police News

Department recognizes citizens, o!cers

!e Camillus Police Depart-ment’s 2010 award recipients were recognized at the Camillus town board meeting March 8.

Holly Reid, owner of the Vet-erinary Emergency and Critical Care Center in Baldwinsville, received a 2010 Citizen Appre-ciation Award.

Reid has provided the town of Camillus /town of VanBuren dog control officer with the utmost professional, ethical and compassionate service. His team of employees goes above and beyond in providing care for injured, ill or su$ering animals. !e Camillus Police Department truly appreci-ates Dr. Reid’s service for its dependability, exceptional tal-ent and unsel#sh dedication – which truly make a di$er-ence in avoiding an animal’s su$ering.

O&cer Michael J. Schreyer was recognized as the 2010 Of-#cer of the Year.

Officer Schreyer’s endless drive while on patrol, process-ing crime scenes, conducting investigations, or managing the explorer post was instrumental in the success of daily opera-

tions. His enthusiasm toward teamwork, along with keen ap-preciation of his responsibilities made him stand out amongst his peers. Officer Schreyer’s contributions to the depart-ment, superior work and sup-port of our mission are greatly appreciated.

O&cer Kristen Afarian has been selected as a first line supervisor with the town of Camillus Police Department, e$ective March 7. O&cer Afar-ian will assume the rank of Sergeant and assume her new duties as a road patrol super-visor. Sergeant Afarian is the #rst female to obtain the rank of Sergeant with the Camillus Police Department.

Village of Liverpool Police Chief William Becker award-ed Camillus Police Detective James Nightingale with the Vil-lage of Liverpool Meritorious Service Medal and Camillus Police Sergeant Joseph Farella with the Village of Liverpool Unit Citation Award for their instrumental assistance in the 2011 baby Isabella homicide investigation.

Elbridge town board asks state DOT to lower speed limit on Route 5

By Ned [email protected]

!e Elbridge Town Board passed a resolution Feb. 24 to ask the New York State Department of Transpor-tation to lower the speed limit on Route 5 East.

!e town is asking the state to lower the speed limit from 45 MPH to 35 MPH between the village of Elbridge line and Sunview Drive, and from 55 mph to 45 mph between Sunview Drive and Rolling Hills Mobile Home Park farther east. !e request was made on behalf of Roger Tumber, a resident of Sunview Drive.

Two years ago, Tumber submit-ted 200 signatures to the DOT requesting a speed limit reduction following a fatal accident on that stretch of road. A"er that petition, on Aug. 11, 2010, a three-car crash in the same area of Route 5 took the lives of Ronald Mabb, 68, and Mar-lene Demay, 76, both of Elbridge.

Roger made his most recent request through the town board following an accident last month where a driver on Route 5 swerved to avoid a car that was pulling out of the Dollar General Store parking lot. !e pole, complete with three trans-formers, collapsed and landed on the car. !e driver was not hurt.

Tumber said the area has become more commercial over the years,

and a lowered speed limit would be a cost-e$ective way to improve the conditions for pulling out onto Route 5.

“Two signs. !at’s all you need,” he said, adding that the area is al-ready well patrolled by state police.

“!ese guys are good,” Tumber said. “If they went a little farther, they’d pick up twice as many tick-ets.”

DOT recognizes Route 5 issuesJust days a"er passing the Feb.

24 resolution, the town received a letter from the state addressing the town’s requests for tra&c adjust-ments on the west side of town. !e town has been asking the state to look at the intersection for about #ve years due to the frequency of accidents caused by cars passing along the le" shoulders of Route 5, Town Supervisor Ken Bush said.

In the letter, Regional Director of Transportation Carl Ford said DOT tra&c engineers completed a highway safety investigation and found that le" turn lanes are needed along Route 5 near the intersection of Hamilton Road.

“Placement of opposing le" turn lanes operating under protected/permissive phasing would eliminate the occurrence of vehicles passing on the shoulder around stopped vehicles and would provide greater opportunity for vehicles to safely

perform le" turn maneuvers,” Ford wrote.

Bush said the state DOT plans to make improvements to the intersec-tion if funding becomes available.

“With the state’s current #nances, who knows how long it’ll be before they get su&cient funds to let out a contract to actually do it,” he said. “But at least they’ve recognized [the need for improvement]. !at’s the crucial step.”

!e DOT also looked into pos-sible safety improvements for the intersection of Route 5 and East Brutus Street. !e state’s study con-#rmed safety issues due to “skewed alignment and limited gaps in the approaching Route 5 tra&c stream mainly during peak hours.”

!e DOT’s maintenance crews will “restripe the East Brutus Street approach to better align or ‘tee’ up with Route 5 and improve the avail-able turning radius for small trucks and cars,” Ford wrote. !e state will also add and replace “intersec-tion” warning signs along Route 5 leading up to the intersection and will replace “Deer Crossing” signs “to better de#ne crossing locations based on the frequency and overall number of deer hits.”

Ford said the state’s study for the installation of a tra&c light at the intersection of Sandbank Road and Route 5 will be completed soon. call at around 5 p.m. a"er a trac-

tor trail had backed into a build-ing o$ Route 5. Doerr said he couldn’t remember the last time that many volunteers responded at 5 p.m., a time when many are preoccupied getting home from work.

The fire department also gave the board reason to think the improvement would not be temporary. Since Feb. 21, six #re#ghters have become up-to-date on their physicals and the #re department agreed to accept the village board’s workplace violence policy. !e department also plans to increase recruiting and update its bylaws.

Elbridge Fire Chief Tim Ganey resigned March 3, though he remains a member of the department. Elbridge Fire Com-pany President Bob Chuff is serving as interim chief until the department’s elections in April.

Doerr said part of the prob-lem before, that led to the state of emergency, was poor com-munication between the board and the #re department.

“We could be talking to a toaster and it would’ve gotten back to the department as fast as it was,” Doeer said.

A"er the meeting, village of-#cials expect that to change. !e board and the department agreed to have at least #ve Elbridge VFD representatives attend the board’s monthly meetings instead of just one. !e board will also require the department to submit more specific monthly reports that

include time of incident, how many responded and what time the #re engine rolled.

“We’ll be on top of that much more than we were in the past, and they want that as well,” Do-err said.

!e board speci#cally asked the volunteers who came to them a few weeks back with safety concerns if they’d seen an improvement in the department. !ey said that they had seen a major change.

“I did not know things would move in the direction they moved so quickly,” Doerr said. “It was shocking to them as well.”

Consolidation still an optionDoerr said consolidation is

not o$ the table for good.“It’s not out of the picture,” he

said. “It is coming and they have to be prepared for it.”

!e village board did a con-solidation study two years ago that found various fiscal ad-vantages in pooling the two department’s resources. Doerr said it was also clear that there were times when more Elbridge #re#ghters were be available for certain #res than Jordan #re-#ghters, and vice versa.

“Plus, it gives you the chance of both buildings responding to a particular need, depending on what the need is,” he said.

Doerr said a strengthened Elbridge VFD will allow for an easier, more a$ective consolida-tion of the town’s #re depart-ments.

Fire department From page 1

Solvay grad, Army reserve returns home Army Reserve Spec. Michael A. Estrada is return-

ing to the U.S. a"er a deployment to Iraq serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn, or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and the Southwest Asia !eater of Operations.

!e soldiers return to Joint Base Dix-McGuire-Lakehurst, N.J., for debriefing, evaluations and out-processing procedures before returning to their regularly assigned Army Reserve or National Guard

units. !e specialist is a power-generation equipment

repairer with four years of military service. He is the son of Patricia A. and stepson of Mus-

tafa Coban of Abell Ave., Solvay. His wife, Rebecca, is the daughter of Robert and

Debby Abbott of Montrose Ave., Syracuse. Estrada graduated in 2008 from Solvay High

School.

After the Ball bottle and can drive scheduleAfter the Ball organizers are

asking that you save your can and bottles for this year’s senior glass drive to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday March 26 Saturday at the Marcellus school parking lot. Cans can also be dropped o! at Marcellus Nojam’s at the bottle

return, in the container marked “Marcellus After the Ball.:

Any questions or special ar-rangements to pick up bottle and cans should be directed to Barry Potter, 456-9555.

The next After the Ball meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. March 28

in the Marcellus High School caf-eteria. This is for all Class of 2011 students and parents. The date of the ball, May 21, is coming up fast, and organizers are seeking assis-tance in planning the After the Ball event. Questions can be directed to Jack Murphy, 673-4248.

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Marcellus surgeon named fellowTodd Battaglia, of Marcellus,

was recently awarded the 2011 Traveling Fellowship from the Arthroscopy Association of North America.

!e award, given annually to only three orthopedic surgeons in North America, provides the recipient with the opportunity and funding to study with lead-

ing arthroscopic surgeons across the country.

Battaglia is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports injuries and arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee, and is a partner with Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists. He sees patients at their o&ces in Camillus, Onon-daga Hill, Dewitt and Liverpool.

Todd Battaglia

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!e Marcellus Mustangs retained their #rst place tie with Baldwinsville by down-ing Skaneateles 68-62 on the loser’s %oor. !e Mustangs were co-champions last year with Skaneateles.

!e Mustang’s only loss was to Solvay and B’Ville lost to Marcellus by one point. Skaneateles held a two-point lead at the half. With the score bouncing back and forth, Leo Miller picked up a loose ball and sped the length of the court to put the Mus-tangs out in front for good. Tim Taylor led the scoring for the night with 23 points. Dave Driver and John Parry had 18 and 12 respectively. Tom Mullen was the leading Mustang scorer for the season with 199 points and made #rst string All-County. Tim Taylor, Dave Driver and John Parry made second string and Chris Wiles made third string. !e Mustangs move on to the play-o$s when they face Skaneateles on the West Genesee court. B’ville plays West Genesee on the North Syracuse court for the AD Division championship.

!e Marcellus JV’s downed Skaneateles for the second time this season 45-40 on the loser’s court. !e con-

“Where do you get the ideas for your col-umn?” Where? Well, sometimes they just come quite energeti-cally out of the ether from an experience or a thought, other times bits of ideas kind of snuggle into my consciousness. Something that has been scratching at my consciousness for quite some time is the thought that the older we get, the further we get from being comfortable in the world.

I am so out of sync with oversized pants, you know … the kind that you have to hold up to cross the street, with music so loud that it hurts my ears, with TV shows that glorify in#delity, promiscuity and the cartoon men and women that populate their casts, with the obsession to watch taw-dry, immoral and dangerous behavior as daily fare. I have little ken with those who feel they are above the need for the spiritual side of their existence and for whom accumulation is a life’s goal. All of these things seem almost mainstream to me and here I am o$ on a side stream wondering what hap-pened.

Now, this particular issue isn’t world shaking. I don’t expect the Times to seek me out for expansion of this, but last week, I told someone that I was pleasantly surprised to #nd an old pattern book for #let crochet on the Internet. !e response to this very innocent and, what I thought was at least minimally interesting state-ment about what you can #nd in cyber space, was a tidal wave of eye rolling condemnation. “Crocheting? What century are you living in?” And, yes, there were more negative comments about grannies and such. !is was one of those hairs-on-back-of-the neck moments where my ire came bound-ing out of wherever it hides. I was, ac-cording to this intellect, out of touch

with the world.I can’t even remember

what I said in return. I am hoping that it was less vitu-perative than my thoughts. !ose statements were an indication of a bizarre kind of political correctness that

disparages anything that is associated with “woman’s work” and a dismissal of activities that were once acceptable pursuits but have now been relegated to a kind of pariah state. Not only are they considered female, but also a waste of time, resources and, here is the coup de grace… with an unpro-ductive existence. !ey are outmoded, dated, relegated to history.

Well, I am a female of a certain age. I have been crocheting and knitting since I was a child, courtesy of my ma-ternal grandmother. !ere are many people who have worn my hand-cra"ed sweaters, scarves, mittens (I’ve never tried to knit gloves) and such and scores of babies who have worn or been wrapped in my crocheted e$orts. Others have received pillowcases and sheet sets with delicate crocheted lace edgings. Each of these items was made with years of practice behind it and with something else… my time and my caring.

I appreciate those of my generation who chose not to indulge in my hobby and I celebrate other ways to spend our time. But, just think about this… It does seem so au courant. I am using the Internet to #nd resources with which to pursue something that my grandmother, born in 1889, taught me a lifetime ago. I am who I am, complete with my knowledge and enjoyment of a cra" that may not be the hallmark of the modern savvy senior woman. I claim this time and place as much mine as anyone’s. !at does seem worthy of a few words on paper... this one.

According to the On-ondaga County Executive Joannne M. Mahoney, when you add all the taxes property owners in our county pay — the county, city, town, village, school, #re, water, sewer, sanita-tion, special districts and more — it totals a stagger-ing $866 million dollars.

!is is strictly the amount of dollars raised in direct property taxes on residential and business properties in Onondaga County.

It is a phenom-enal amount of money to expect local property owners to pay year a"er year, especially when one realizes Onondaga County property taxes are among the highest in the nation. !e high rank is predicat-ed upon the percentage of real estate taxes paid based on property assessed valu-ations.

!e recent hullabaloo with the newly established

sales tax distribution for-mula, with major changes e$ecting schools and all municipal governments, serves as a case in point.

Local municipalities, including school dis-tricts, really face what can be described as a triple whammy. !e #rst is the loss of sales tax revenue, the second is the anticipat-ed decreases in state and federal aid and the third is the specter of rapidly increasing retirement and health insurance costs.

Di&cult situations should force us to ques-tion everything we do and to continually strive to do things better.

A new trend seems to be emerging, one taking the place of the earlier ef-

forts to merely protect the turf of local governments.

Municipal governments have several choices they can implement in their e$orts to realize #nancial equilibrium. !e #rst is to undertake belt-tight-ening e$orts internally. An example of this is the decision of West Genesee School District sta$ mem-bers to forego contracted salary increases for one year. !e sta$ members of several other school dis-tricts in the county have joined in this cost-cutting is e$ort.

Another approach gaining some headway is the idea of examining the structure of our local governments. Can dollars be saved by merging ser-vices, thus reducing some budgetary pressures?

One example for con-sideration is a suggestion advanced by the Onon-daga County Executive. She has proposed turn-

ing snow plowing of the county roads over to the towns. Who knows, it might be possible to realize signi#cant savings for snow removal for the entire county.

School districts, which account for more than 50 percent of our property taxes, might well be candi-dates for consolidation. A recent conversation with a professional school con-sultant indicates school districts in more rural ar-eas are in very preliminary stages of possible merger talk. However, he indicat-ed no such initiatives are under way in Onondaga County.

!e time is now ripe for intensive and exten-sive e$orts to examine all structures of governmen-tal services in order to provide truly cost-e$ective solutions for the budget dilemmas.

From the Executive Editor

Mary JaneDomuratYears ago

AnnFerroRamblings from theempty nest

Clyde OhlThe good Ohl days

The overall burden of local property taxes

My time, my place Marcellus Memories50 years ago, 1961

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In the wake of Japan’s nuclear horror, looking back at another nuclear accident

By Gary Catt

It was just about 32 years ago this month that the U.S. faced the most signi#cant nuclear accident in the nation’s nuclear power history – !ree Mile Island. I was there.

So, it’s with a sense of fear and awe that I watch Japan’s nuclear horror unfold in the wake of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that peeled open at least two of the country’s nuclear power plants and prompted the evacuation of thousands.

March 28, 1979 brought a bright, sunny and unseasonably warm day to Harrisburg, Pa., the state capital where I worked as the bureau chief for a metropolitan newspaper. It was a slow time in the legislative calendar and most of its members were back in their districts.

!e newsroom was on the second %oor of the Capitol at the rear of the rotunda. I was prepared for a lazy day of phone calls and maybe a walk around the grounds before calling it day.

As usual, I stopped by the Associated Press desk to see if what was making news overnight. !e on-duty reporter shrugged that there wasn’t much news, but something might be going on at the power plant down the (Susquehanna) river. He heard from a radio reporter who heard from someone else that the state police had been called to !ree Mile Island.

!e exchange raised my curiosity. !ere wasn’t much going on. It was warm, sunny and open sun-roof type weather. I asked my colleague from another newspaper if he wanted to take a ride.

!e sweep of subsequent events gobbled the next two years of my professional life.

Some 30 minutes later I was at the entrance gate to TMI. !e gatekeeper and a single trooper manned the checkpoint outside the fenced causeway to the plant. We were, of course, barred entry and told to contact the plant owner, Metropolitan Edison if we had any questions. !ere was no other movement on the island that we could discern.

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test was close all the way with the score tied at the half. In the third quarter, Marcellus moved out in front by 11 points and the best that Skaneateles could do was come within #ve points. Neal Weeks led the scoring with 16 points, followed by Sandy Johnstone with 14. !e JV’s also play Skaneateles at West Genesee in the JV play-o$s.

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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robb announced the birth of their daughter, Debra Kay. Mrs. Robb is the former Janet Mosher. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barber announced the birth of their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cole an-nounced the birth of their daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McNally announced the en-gagement of their daughter, Patricia Marie to Richard Raymond, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Raymond all of Marcellus. No date was set for the wedding.

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!e Marcellus Historical Society met at St. John’s Parish House to make plans for 1961 to observe the Civil

War Centennial. Miss Dawn Crysler, daughter of Horace and Virginia

Crysler, celebrated her 12th birthday. Miss Judy Night-ingale of Marcellus helped her celebrate. !ey attended a movie in Skaneateles on Friday night.

went as follows… When I was a boy and a young man, sheep raising was a good income for farmers. Most every farm had a %ock of sheep, anywhere from 25 to 100 and larger %ocks depending on how much pasture land was available for sheep. At the present, there are very few sheep raised in Onondaga County. I have no way to know exactly how many. Sheep shearing required a man that knew what he was doing. In my younger days, they sheared sheep with what they called sheep shears. Some of the men that I knew sheared sheep in the Spring. !ey were: George Share, Benjamin Powell and !omas Taylor. Around 1907, the hand power shearing machine came about. I sold some of those in my shop. I also had a machine for grinding the knives. I sold lots of wool twine to tie the wool up from each sheep. !ere were men that made a business of buying and shipping wool. Our mills bought lots of it. In the mills they had

wool sorters because, as most of you may know, there are many di$erent grades of wool. It was a busy time in the Spring when the lambs were being born. You had to be with your %ock quite a bit of the time.

!e Marcellus wrestling team ended their season on a winning note as they beat Union Springs 26-22. !e Mustangs had 8 wins and 5 losses this season. Leon-ard MacDonald turned in a #ne performance when he pinned his opponent and by Pete Ilacqua who brought the Mustangs out into a safe lead. !ree members of the team got to the #nals at the County Wrestling Tourna-ment. !ey were Bernard MacDonald, Leonard Mac-Donald and George Reagan. Pete Ilacqua made it to the semi-#nals. Bernie MacDonald was high scorer for the season followed by George Reagan, Len MacDonald and Dick Campbell.

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Maxwell’s `New Eyes for Art’ look at Everson exhibitsNancy Davidson, a Camillus

resident and docent at the Ever-son Museum of Art in Syracuse, will give a multimedia presen-tation introducing two new Everson exhibits from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday March 23 at Maxwell Library, 14 Genesee St., Camillus.

!e exhibits, which opened at the Everson March 12, are “Memories of Elementary School” by Taiwanese cerami-cist Ah Leon; and “Reynolds Unwrapped,” featuring the car-toon art of Brewerton resident Dan Reynolds.

Davidson’s introduction continues a new series of talks at Maxwell on special exhibits at the Everson. Whether you have seen the exhibits already and now want further insights, or you want a preview of the artists and their works before going, this session will enhance your enjoyment and under-standing. !e talk is free and open to the public.

Memories of Elementary School, AMOCA Installation, 2010. By Ah Leon.

Maxwell Library presents ‘Save Energy, Save Dollars’ Tuesday

Are you a homeowner, renter or property manager who wants to take control of your household en-ergy spending? John Melnick from EmPower NY will show you how in “Save Energy, Save Dollars” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday March 22 at Maxwell Library in Camillus.

In this free multimedia work-shop, you will learn about inex-pensive products and habits that can help you find substantial energy savings in four areas: heat-ing/cooling, hot water, appliances, and lighting.

!e workshop was developed by the New York State Energy Re-search and Development Author-ity (NYSERDA) with the Cornell Cooperative Extension,

Pre-registration is required. To sign up, call Maxwell Library at 672-3661. Each participating household will receive a free energy-saving kit valued at $15. !e kit contains weather stripping, shrink window insulation, outlet and light-switch gaskets and more. For more info on the program, go to extendonondaga.org or call 424-9485 ext. 241.

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West Genesee to celebrate diversity with third annual Culture FairBy Bonnie Russell

!e West Genesee District-Wide Diver-sity Committee is planning its third annual West Genesee Culture Fair for noon to 4 p.m. April 2.

!e event will take place in both caf-eterias, the upper gymnasium and library

and include dancing, live music, cultural demonstrations, food samples, artwork, T-shirts, kids cra"s and an activity area, and much more.

“!is year’s Culture Fair will once again celebrate our diverse roots and talents, thereby expanding our understanding of the cultural, social, and ethnical in%uences in our own community,” said Event and

committee coordinator !eresa Williams.!e committee is looking for assistance

in order to make this event possible. !ey are looking for donations of baked goods or ethnic dishes; parent helpers; and people to set up their own cultural display.

Sponsors include the West Genesee PTA/PTO District Council, Wegmans, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Spanish Action

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!e culture fair is free to everyone. To sign up to assist, call !eresa Williams at 487-2211 or e-mail [email protected].

Driver Middle School Science Olympiad places !fth at regionals

Submitted by Dave Taddeo

!e Driver Middle School Science Olympiad Team placed #"h at the Regional Science Olympiad competi-tion held March 5 at East Syracuse-Minoa High School. !e #"h-place performance quali#es the DMS team as a regional alternate for the state championships.

!e Science Olympiad tournament begins at the re-gional level and progresses through state and national competitions. !is year’s DMS team was coached by sci-ence teachers Hannah Naczi and Jessica Hehl.

!e team included sixth grade students under the guidance of DMS elementary science lab instructor Mary Jo Hoe". !e success of the team is re%ective of several months of preparation, creativity, and dedication that the DMS competitors put into their individual projects. !e 31 team members include:Team #14

Seventh grade – Cecil Nelson, Josh Green"eldEighth grade – Mike Abbott, Sean King, Mike Clark,

Dylan Felty, Julianna Beratta, Abbi Rix, Corey Palmer, Nick Pinkowski

Ninth grade – Steve Hogan, Geo!rey Golick, Mark Tompkins, Emily Fabian, Eli ParrishTeam #25

Sixth grade – M.C. Coon, Dan Cusick, Mickael Welch, Steve Fournier, Tristan Wiley, Abby Vetsch, Sarah Rohe, Mike Spicer, Kevin Brown, Nick Destefano, John McMa-

nus, Will Kisil, Shelby Panek, Kira Hawes, Abby VanCampSeventh grade – Colin McCormick

Individual medal winnersFirst placeSumobots – Emily Fabian, Juliana BerattaStorm the Castle – Mike Abbott, Sean KingWrite It, Do It – Mike Abbott, Sean KingSecond placeMag-Lev Cars – Mike Abbott, Sean KingThird placeBatty Buggy – Nick PinkowskiJunkyard Challenge – Emily Fabian, Juliana BerattaFourth placeDynamic Planet – Steve Hogan, Mark TompkinsExperimental Design – Dylan Felty, Mike ClarkBottle Rocket – Steve Fournier, Tristan WileyHelicopter – Nick Destefano, John McManusFifth placeOptics – Mike Clark, Dylan FeltySixth placeEcology – Steve Hogan, Geo! GolickJunkyard Challenge – Steve Fournier, Tristan WileySteve Hogan and Geo! Golick just missed a medal with

a 7th place "nish and Geo! placed ninth in the Fossils competition. Geo! worked alone as he "lled in at the last minute and still managed a high place "nish with limited resources.

DAVE TADDEOThe "fth-place medal winning DMS Science Olympiad team. Pictured in front, from left: Josh Green"eld, Julianna Beratta, Emily Fabian,Cecil Nelson, Nick Pinkowski and Mike Abbott. In back, from left: Steve Hogan, Mark Tompkins, Geo# Golick, Dylan Felty, Sean King and Mike Clark.

A cheesy way to learnLearning at Driver Middle

School has never been cheesier.Katrina Ercole’s and Joanne

Loudermilk recently planned a full day of instruction for their students around Loudermilk’s favorite snack, Cheez-its.

Core subject lessons in Eng-lish language arts, math, social studies, science, physical educa-tion, health and music were all taught using Cheez-its. Among the instructional activities taking place throughout the school day in February were:

Cheez-it Scrabble

Taste testing with graphing of the testing results

The Cheez-it Challenge: building structures out of Cheez-its

Cheez-it Science Surprise: how much energy can a cheez-it generate?

Cheez-it songs, raps, poems Business letter lesson:

each student wrote a business letter to the Cheez-it company

Video on how Cheez-its are made

Cheez-it dodge ball during physical education classes

DAVE TADDEOFrom left, Rebecca Nutting, Alyssa Cook and Abigail Delaney work on Cheez-it taste testing graphs.

!is year’s theme was the Great Depression. Categories were in music, art, social science, language and literature, math, economics, speech, essay, interview and super quiz.

Each team must have at least three decathletes with “A” averages, “B” averages and C” averages. As in the Olym-pics, each student competes against players in the same grade class for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in each subject area. !e overall team score is a composite of all participants.

!e decathletes will go on to compete at the National level April 27 through 30 in North Carolina.

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First year band takes Aitchison stage

DAVE TADDEOThe Driver Middle School First Year Band performed its "rst concert of the year March 3 in Aitchison Auditorium. The band performed songs such “Beethoven’s Ninth” and “Music! Music! Music!” with French horns, trombones and baritones featured on “Camptown Races” and percussion highlighted on “African Safari.”

KCH registration is March 24, 25Kindergarten registration in the Marcellus Central

School District will be held for alleligible children on Thursday March 24 and Friday

March 25. Registration times will be from 9:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. both days. To be eligible, a child must have reached his or her "fth birthday on or before Dec. 1, 2011.

Registration forms and other important information were sent out in late February to parents of all eligible children whose names appear on the district enrollment list. An orientation meeting for parents only is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday March 29 in the K.C. He!ernan gymna-sium.

To add your child to our district enrollment list, contact the registrar, Sue Larison, at [email protected], and provide the child’s full name, parents’ names, phone number and child’s date of birth, address and gender. Mrs. Larison can also be reached at 673-6004.


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Trout stocking hotline goes live March 17

The Friends of Carpen-ter’s Brook Fish Hatch-ery Stocking Hotline will begin operating Thursday March 17. The hatchery will begin its annual stocking runs throughout Onondaga County in late March and will continue until all the "sh are released. Anglers can call 689-0003 to "nd out how many "sh were stocked in their favorite streams. The hotline will be updated every Thurs-day with information from the previous week.

Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery, on Onondaga County Park, is located on Route 321 in Elbridge. For more info, call 689-9367 or go to onondaga-countyparks.com.

Baltimore Woods celebrates "rst day of spring Thursday

Camillus Art Association to host annual show!e Camillus Art Association will

hold its Annual Art Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday March 26 at Robinson Memorial Presbyterian Church, 126 Terry Road in Westvale.

On display will be a variety of original works of art, photographs, art prints, greeting cards and related items. Ra'e tickets for art pieces and other prizes will be available for sale, with a portion of the proceeds donate to a Syracuse school art program. Free refreshments will be served.

Admission is free; all are welcome. For info, call 672-9644.

“Celebration,” by Alison Waters.

Warmer days are upon us! Join Baltimore Woods Nature Center, Marcellus, for its traditional commu-nity celebration of the o#cial start of spring. Tours of the sugarbush and maple sugaring operation will be given on the hour. Back in the center enjoy music provided by Marcellus Bluegrass, and sweet maple treats. Tour tickets are $5 for members, $15/family; or $8 for nonmembers, $25/family. Donations for the music are appreciated.

the ball, May 21, is coming up fast, and or-ganizers are seeking assistance in planning the After the Ball event. Call Jack Murphy, 673-4248, for info.

Ongoing eventsMondays9:10 to 10:30 a.m.: Yin Yoga

Weekly Monday morning Yin Yoga classes. Walk in, $7. Taught by Tina Ramsden, certi-fied yoga instructor, at Marcellus Library. Bring yoga mat if possible.

March 2 to 30Paintings and Photographs

Marcellus Free Library. Take pleasure in seeing the original works of two local art-ists this month, paintings by Kathy Ghezzi and photographs by James Mulroy, during library hours.

March 5, 19, April 12, 1612:30 to 2 p.m.: Together Book Club

Maxwell Library, 14 Genesee St., Camil-lus. For families of children ages 9 to 11. Six sessions through April 16. Call the library at 672-3661 to reserve a spot.

March 10 to April 10SUNY Empire State College presents:

Visualizing Ecosystems. Through interdisci-plinary study, students use photography to investigate the natural environment. In the Weeks Art Gallery, Baltimore Woods.

Saturdays in March and April8 to 10:30 a.m.: Pancake Breakfast

Hosted by the Spafford Auxiliary at the Spafford Fire House on Route 41. Proceeds from the breakfasts will benefit the Spaf-ford Food Pantry. Donations made in March and April will be matched by the Feinstein Foundation. For more info or to make a donation, call Ann Cole at 636-8199.

March 21 to April 9Each spring during the first warm rainy

night after the equinox, hundreds of amphibians creep from underground lairs to vernal pools. To find out when Balti-more Woods Nature Center will attempt to observe this migration at Labrador Hollow, watch for alerts online at baltimorewoods.org, or call 673-1350 to be put on our alert list. $5 for members, $15 per family; $8 for nonmembers, $25 per family.

Fridays, Saturdays through April10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Project FeederWatch

Baltimore Woods Nature Center, 4007 Bishop Hill Road, Marcellus, is partnering

with Cornell Lab of Ornithology to collect data about birds. Public’s participation en-couraged; donations appreciated.

2nd, 4th Tuesday Read Fur Fun

Reading Fur Fun at Fairmount Community Library, 406 Chapel Drive, Syracuse, runs through May. This program allows young readers the comfort of reading books to trained dogs. Time slots are 6 and 6:30 p.m.; register at the front desk. For more info, call 487-8933.

Thursdays Fitness Yoga/Pilates Sculpt

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Area students earn dean’s list honorsAmanda Billy of Syracuse made

dean’s list at Marymount Univer-sity. Billy is a senior mathematics major.

The following students made dean’s list at the University of Rochester:

Jamie Kurtz of CamillusKaren Leigh Martuscello of

CamillusSarah Marrs Potter of Marietta

Rachel Amsterdam of Syracuse was named to the dean’s list at Elmira College. Rachel is majoring in speech and language disabili-ties. She is the daughter of Philip and Nancy Amsterdam.

Alexander Skvarch, a graduate of Marcellus High School, was named to the dean’s list at Hart-wick College. Alexander majors in biology. He is the son of Peter and Sarah Skvarch.

Melissa Buttner, a medical stud-ies major and a resident of Camil-lus, made dean’s list at DeSales University.

SUNY Brockport honored the following students for their academic achievement in the fall 2010 semester:

Sarah Brown of Camillus was named to the dean’s list.

Cara Carpenter of Camillus was named to the dean’s list.

Stephanie Dattellas of Camillus was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Caitlyn Kitts of Camillus, NY was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Sara McShane of Camillus was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Victoria Peryea of Camillus was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Lindsey Williams of Marietta was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Elizabeth Heater of Syracuse was named to the dean’s list.

Patrick Herron of Syracuse was named to the president’s list.

Kelsey Kuney of Syracuse was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Ashley Pedrotti of Syracuse, NY was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Cory Peers of Syracuse was named to the dean’s list.

Emily Brien of Syracuse was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Michael Costa of Syracuse was named to the dean’s list with honors.

Brianna Kline Herman of Syra-cuse was named to the dean’s list.

The following students made dean’s list at St. Lawrence Univer-sity in Canton:

Elizabeth Canne, of Syracuse, a "rst year student; Canne gradu-ated from Marcellus Central High School.

Kathryn Christensen, of Syra-cuse, a "rst year student; Chris-tensen graduated from Westhill High School.

Allison Cook, of Syracuse, a sophomore; Cook gradu-ated from Onondaga Jr-Sr High School.

Zachary French, of Syracuse, a "rst year student; French gradu-ated from Westhill High School.

Gregory Kelly, of Syracuse, a sophomore; Kelly graduated from Marcellus Central High School in Marcellus.

John Petosa Jr., of Camillus, a sophomore; Petosa graduated from Christian Brothers Academy.

Katherine D. Powers, of Syra-cuse, a "rst year student; Powers graduated from Westhill High School.

Catherine Farrington of Camil-lus made dean’s list at Cazenovia College. Catherine is a senior hu-man services major, specializing in services for children and youth.

James Wightman of Marietta was named to the dean’s list at the University of New Haven for the fall 2010 semester.

Allison Butler of Syracuse has been named to the dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire.

The following students were named to the dean’s list at SUNY Potsdam:

David Pond, a music education major from Camillus

Samantha Weiskop!, a litera-ture/writing major from Syracuse

Michael Ezzo, a mathematics major from Marcellus

The following students made dean’s list for fall 2010 at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Connor Abdo of SyracuseAlec De"lippo of Syracuse

Spring"eld College named Marissa Jurkiewicz of Syracuse to the dean’s list. Jurkiewicz is a third-year student majoring in sports biology.

Hunter Potter of Marietta was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2010 semester at the Universi-ty of Vermont. Potter is a sopho-more political

science major.

Jaime Mullin of Syracuse made dean’s list for the fall 2010 semes-ter at Mount St. Mary’s University.

The following students made dean’s list at SUNY Oneonta.

Ellen Paccia of MariettaSamantha Heater of SyracuseAndrew Swan of SyracuseMargaret Syron of Syracuse

Scott Lewis of Syracuse was named to the dean’s list at West-ern New England College. Lewis is a sophomore majoring in sport management.

The following students, listed by hometown were named to the dean’s list at Cayuga Community College.

JordanRonald BrennanAlicia ClarkDynelle CottrillMichelle DodgeAllison DonohueMarcellusKayla Spicer-RamsdenMemphisAleena HinesGarrett KellerJessica White

The following West Genesee High School graduates made dean’s list at SUNY Canton:

Lindsay Moth of Syracuse. Lind-say majors in veterinary science technology.

Jennifer O’Sullivan of Camillus. Jennifer majors in veterinary sci-ence technology.

Olga Tomoroksa of Syracuse. Olga majors in dental hygiene.

West Genesee names seniors of the month

Sara Fox truly enjoys school. She has had perfect attendance since the #rst grade. By showing dedication and perseverance she has been able to maintain high honor roll every marking period through out her school career. By the end of the year Sara will have taken seven AP courses, two Syracuse University Project Advance courses and #ve other college level classes. By always trying to go the extra mile Sara has been able to work her way to earning #ves on every AP test she has taken so far. Her hard work has also helped her to become named an AP scholar with honors.

Aside from academics Sara takes a lot from school as she loves to be involved in ev-erything. She has played the saxophone since fourth grade and participated in the Wild-cat marching band for four years. Sara is involved in sci-ence Olympiads, math league, National Honor Society, Diver-sity, Student Ambassadors and serves as the publicity director for the senior class senate. Just this year she had the opportu-nity to serve as a West Genesee liaison for Syracuse University. Working closely with Syracuse University students and her SUPA Public A$airs class, she

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West Genesee jazz musicians to perform at all-county

Four musicians were selected through competitive auditions to represent West Genesee at the Onon-daga County Music Educators Association All-County Jazz Festival to be held March 25 and 26 at Jamesville Dewitt High School.

Shawn Davern (trombone), Carson Elias (trumpet) and Kevin Mixon (drum set) will perform at the Senior High Festival; William Musengo (trumpet) will perform at the Junior High Festival.


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and her classmates were able to implement a student advisory program for the underclassman at the high school.

Sara has been volunteering with her mother at the Francis House since the third grade and just recently became a board member to the Francis House Youth Auxiliary. Sara also enjoys spending time working as a ski instructor at East Hill.

In her free time Sara loves spending time with her family and friends. Her hobbies include skiing, running, boating, tubing and traveling to warm places.

Sara is not sure where she will be attending next year, but hopes to major in biology and go on to

become a pediatric hematologist-oncologist.

Sara is the daughter of !omas and Melissa Fox. She has two younger sisters, Joie-lyn, who is currently an eighth grader at Camillus Middle School and Madison, who is in the #"h grade at Split Rock Elementary.

Over the past four years, has consistently

sought to challenge himself, which has led to his many aca-demic achievements. By the end of the school year he will have completed seven AP courses and one SUPA course. In addition he is an AP Scholar with Honor and a member of the National Honor Society. Such diligence has resulted in Michael’s quali#ca-tion for High Honor Roll every

marking period throughout his high school career. Michael is also the recipient of the Rensselaer Medal Scholarship, which he was awarded because of his outstand-ing accomplishments in math and science.

Michael enjoys participating in a variety of extracurricular activities such as Math League, Scrabble Club, and Intramural Ultimate Frisbee. He was recently chosen to serve as a member of the district’s Strategic Planning Committee for 2011-12. In ad-dition to his participation within the school, Michael has worked part-time at Wegmans for the past three years.

Athletics also play an impor-tant role in Michael’s life. Aside from being a retired pole-vaulter, he has been on the Varsity Swim Team every year of high school and has been a sectional quali#er for the past three years. !is sea-son, Michael was elected captain of the team along with Ben Seketa, Brendan Marks and Carson Elias.

Michael and his teammates have been undefeated Section III Champions since 2008.

Next year, Michael plans on pursuing a major in physics and applied mathematics at the Uni-versity of Rochester.

Michael is the son of Matthew and Denise Clark. His brother, Andrew, graduated in 2006 and is now studying International and Humanitarian Assistance at Ca-zenovia College. His older sister, Danielle, graduated in 2008 and is also attending Cazenovia College where she pursues her interests in Human Services. Michael’s younger sister and best friend, !eresa, is currently a sophomore at West Genesee.

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J-E school board elections to !ll three vacanciesJordan-Elbridge school

board elections are just two months away. The three board members up for re-election have all an-nounced that they will not run, leaving three positions to be #lled.

Residents who want to become school board mem-bers must #le petitions with the district no later than 30 days before the election, scheduled to take place May 17. Listed are current school board members with contact information listed, along with when

their terms expire.

Board President Mary Alley

Term ends June 30, will not seek re-election. E-mail: [email protected] President Diana Foote

Term ends June 30, will not seek re-election. E-mail: [email protected] Pieklik

Term ends June 30, will not seek re-election. E-mail: [email protected] O’Brien

Term ends July 1, 2012. E-

mail: [email protected] Drake

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Term ends July 1, 2012. E-mail: [email protected] Hill

Term ends June 30, 2013. E-mail: [email protected] Jorolemon

Term ends June 30, 2013. E-mail: [email protected] Richardson

Term ends June 30, 2013. E-mail: [email protected].

Jeanne Pieklik Diana FooteMary Alley

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By Ned Campbell

!e Marcellus Daisy Girls Scouts Troop 352 learned about respect and authority last week from three individuals well versed in those areas — a martial arts master, a sheri$ ’s deputy and an o&cer with the New York Air National Guard.

Master Todd Finney, who co-owns Agogi Mixed Martial Arts in Marcellus with Robert Webster, led the day of respect and authority on March 5, stressing to the daisies that everyone is deserving of respect. His lesson was mixed with martial arts demonstrations, where each of the daisies took turns kicking and punching padded targets.

“!e biggest thing is that we’re nice to each other,” Finney told the daisies.He also told them about di$erent #gures of authority that should be respected,

but not feared, before introducing two of note.Major Andrea Bastedo, a Cyber Communications O&cer with the 152nd New

York National Guard, spoke to the daisies about her line of work, leading them in a few di$erent marches and salutes.

“Out of all the salutes I can teach, and all the marching I can teach you, the best thing I can teach you is to be nice,” Bastedo said.

Onondaga County Sheri$ ’s Deputy Sean Clare spoke to the daisies about the tools holstered to his belt. Following an explanation of his taser, which he said he only uses when he absolutely has to, he removed a pencil from his front pocket and held it high.

“I use this more than anything else on my belt,” Clare said.For paying close attention to the day’s lessons, all 12 Daisies were awarded their

“respect and authority” petal. !e event was coordinated by Kelly Amidon and scout leader Jenn Randal, whose daughters, both daisies, have taken martial arts at Agogi.

Marcellus Daisies earn ‘respect and authority’ petalsCommunity News

KELLY AMIDONMarcellus Daisies proudly display their “respect and authority” petal certi"cates, awarded by Agogi Mixed Martial Arts Master Todd Finney, pictured center, on March 5. Pictured in front, from left: Eve Chapman, Emma Rosebloom, Natalie Randolph, Kira Fikes, Meghan Alfred and Hannah Rogalia. In back, from left: Rose Kraai, Abby Curtin, Alexis Randall, Bobbilynn Amidon, Master Todd Finney, Aubrey Fraher and Haylee Hutson.

Camillus Optimists name speech winnersStudent speeches address issues of the free world

Ten students gave speeches March 2 around the theme, “If I were leader of the free world, the #rst issue I would address would be...” to members of the Camillus Optimists Club.

!e Optimists chose West Genesee Middle School sixth-grade student Mark Kopp and eighth-grade student Rachel Putnam to represent them at the zone level of the 2011 Oratorical Contest that will be held on March 22. Two winners from the zone contest will compete for scholarships at the district level in May.

Earning second place at the club contest were sev-enth-grade student Nataliya Onifrychuk from WGMS and eighth-grade student John Buttner from Camillus Middle School.

Clare !omas and Monica Andrews placed #rst and second respectively at the CMS school-level contest. Also, Joshua Mattice placed second at CMS and Jack Gri&th placed second at WGMS.

Maureen McInerny and Jacqueline Pardee were contestants from the high school, coordinated by English teacher Suzanne Ostrander. Competitors from CMS were coached by English teacher Erin Stepowany. !e coaches from WGMS were Susan Gibbons and Kerry Uy.

BONNIE RUSSELLIn front, from left, are Jack Gri!th, Rachel Putnam, Mark Kopp and Nataliya Onifrychuk. In back, from left, are Monica Andrews, Claire Thomas, John Buttner, Joshua Mattice, Maureen McInerney and Jacqueline Pardee.

LEFT: Master Todd Finney teaches Marcellus Daisies some controlled kicks. RIGHT: Major Andrea Bastedo and Sheri# ’s Deputy Sean Clare teach the Daisies about respect and authority.

NED CAMPBELL

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WOYSAWestern Onondaga Youth Soccer Association

My name is Roger Garcia and I am the president of WOYSA. I am making an appeal to the WOYSA community at large for volunteers to step up and take on the responsibility of running the day-to-day operations of WOYSA. I have announced my retirement to the Board of Directors. In addition I must also announce that the following positions will also be vacant very soon, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Web Site Coordinator, Field and Resource Coordinator, Micro Soccer Division Director, U10 and U12 Boys Division Directors. This is very serious and without mincing words, if members from the WOYSA community do not step up to !ll this void, we will be forced to make decisions that may include dissolving the league. That of course is a last resortbut be clear; the league cannot e"ectively run without more help fromthe community.

Most of the volunteers stepping down have been volunteeringfor 10 years or more with several over 15 years of communityservice. It is time for others to step-up. As the second mostsenior member I will agree to remain on the board as anadvisor for a period of two years to help guide and trainany new members who volunteer.

With the current economic times it seems modi!edsports programs may su"er. WOYSA is the perfectvehicle to !ll that void. However this will createthe need for a U14 boys and girls Division Directors.This is something we want to do, but it requires twoadditional committed volunteers.

This has been a very rewarding experience and allwho serve will tell you the same. If anyone wishes toenquire please e-mail me at: [email protected]

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Sports

By Phil Blackwell [email protected]

If it’s March, then it must mean that the Westhill boys basketball team is relentlessly making its way toward a state Class B champion-ship.

Trying to repeat its 2010 glory, the Warriors assured itself of a return trip to the state !nal four in Glens Falls Saturday a"ernoon at Cicero-North Syracuse High School by performing well on both ends down the stretch to beat Sec-tion IV champion Seton Catholic 48-44.

#is was the same Binghamton school Westhill beat 12 months ago in this same regional round. But unlike that game, the Warriors didn’t face a hal"ime de!cit, instead negating the Saints’ major inside advantage with tenacious defense and timely outside shooting.

In all, the Warriors made eight 3-pointers, four of them from Kevin McAvoy, who followed up his 34-point eruption the Section III Class B !nal against Skaneateles by getting 16 points here - none bigger

than the two free throws with 15.4 seconds le" that put Seton Catholic away.

A bigger surprise was seeing Ryan Conroy step up to match McAvoy with 14 points, one of his highest totals of the season. #ree times, Conroy connected on 3-pointers, and it was his basket with 2:51 le" that pushed the Warriors’ advantage to 46-42.

Before all this, attention was cen-tered on Seton Catholic’s big front line of 6-10 Bob Garbade and 6-7 Cole Smothers. Together, they were supposed to dominate in the paint and help the Saints gain payback for last year’s regional setback.

Seton Catholic did lead most of the !rst quarter, but within a short amount of time Westhill’s perimeter defenders, including Conroy, Justin Biles, Nathan Nigolian and Mark McAnaney, began to deny the Saints entry passes inside.

Meanwhile, Conroy’s pair of 3-pointers allowed the Warriors to catch up and, a"er a Nigolian three-point play early in the sec-ond period, Westhill led the rest of the half, expanding the margin to

25-19 when McAnaney connected beyond the arc early in the third quarter.

Yet even as its defense continued to frustrate Seton Catholic, the War-riors could not pull clear through a second half where, once Seton Catholic caught up at 25-25, no one would pull away again.

With less than !ve minutes le", the Saints inched ahead 42-40 on Tom Torto’s jumper, but Westhill quickly countered with six straight points to move ahead for good, capped by Conroy’s driving lay-up.

Smothers’ jumper made it 46-44, and Seton Catholic got a chance to tie it in the !nal minute a"er Nigolian’s 3-pointer went in and out of the net. But John Martin missed a jumper - and McAvoy, a"er getting fouled, made the free throws that sent Westhill back to the !nal four.

On Friday night at 8:30 at Glens Falls Civic Center, Westhill faces Burke Catholic (Section IX) in the state Class B semi!nals. #e winner returns on Saturday night at 9 p.m. to play Charlotte or Potsdam for the state championship.

Marcellus girls win home tourney

SUBMITTED PHOTOTOURNAMENT CHAMPS: The Marcellus Driver Middle School eighth-grade girls basket-ball team won a youth tournament at Marcellus on the weekend of Feb. 19-20. Front row, from left: Erica Balman, Rylie Spicer, Morgan DeLand, Sarah Hayes, Jackie Madden, Molly Tice. Back row: Maggie Fiacchi, coach Mike Spicer, Kristin Field, Ana Clark. Not pictured: Gianna Dixe.

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Raymond Clift, 96Retired from IBM, formed CMT Real Estate

Raymond G. Clift, 96, born July 11, 1914 in Syra-cuse, passed away peacefully on Sunday Feb. 27, 2011. He is predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Dorothy, and grandson Michael Lynch; and is survived by son Ray, daughter Anne, and her husband Robert Lynch and six grandchildren: John, Tom, Ted and Jim Lynch, and Michelle and Michael Clift. Also survived by a sister, Evelyn Oliver of Marcellus, NY, many nieces and nephews and lifetime best friend, Leo Kelly. He has seven great-grandchildren: Katie, Sam, T.J., Josie, and Beatrice Lynch; and Shawn Henson Jr. and Na-thaniel Clift.

Raymond lived his life to the fullest, with a youth-ful spirit and positive outlook. He loved to dance and did so up to the end of his life. He retired from IBM at 57 after a successful 38-year career in sales and

management. Then, moving from Chappaqua, NY to Cocoa Beach, Florida he began a second career in commercial real estate, forming CMT Real Estate Corporation. He became an avid golfer, an enthusiastic square and ballroom dancer, and enjoyed frequent cruises and trips to the Bahamas. You may sign Raymond’s guestbook at beckman-williamson.com.

There will be a memorial “Celebration of Life’ ser-vice in Marcellus at a time to be announced, a service will be held in Cocoa Beach, FL at Beckman-William-son Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Sunday April 17.

Donald Nightingale, 87Former co-owner of Nightingale Mills

Donald “Dide” Nightingale, 87, passed away peacefully at home on Monday Feb. 28, 2011, surrounded by his family. Born and raised in Marcel-lus, he was a graduate of Marcellus High School and Alfred State College after serving in the Coast Guard dur-ing WWII. Dide was the co-owner of Nightingale Mills which was estab-lished by his great grandfather in 1888. After turning over the business to his sons, Dide continued working daily until his health declined in January. On any given morn-ing he and Casey could be found repairing screens and windows in his “back office,” or visiting with customers and long-time friends.

One of Dide’s favorite past times was entertaining friends and family at his beautiful Otisco Lake home. His favorite event was the annual July 3rd and 4th cel-ebration which included two days of fun, food and fireworks.

He loved having his children and grandchildren spend time at his house. His good natured personality and wonderful sense of humor leaves his family with decades of fond memories.

Along with his family, he will be missed by many friends from his pitch and golf leagues. His zest for life and having fun will be remembered by all who knew him throughout his life.

He was predeceased by his loving wife of 57 years Barbara Bass Nightingale.

Dide is survived by his children Cindy (Mickey) Schechter of Syracuse, Mark (Kathy) Nightingale of Marcellus, Peter (Jan) Nightingale of Marietta and Amy (Pat) Donahue of Marcellus; brother Dick Nightingale of Fort Myers, FL; 11 grandchildren, three great-grand-children, several nieces and nephews and his faithful yellow lab “Casey”

Services for Dide were 10 a.m. Friday March 4 at the Plis Funeral Home. Spring burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Marcellus. Calling hours: from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, 33 North St., Marcel-lus.

The family request in lieu of flowers, that donations be made in Dide’s memory to either Marcellus Ambu-lance or Hospice of CNY.

Donald Nightingale

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Seneca Federal: Not an average mortgage originator

Seneca Federal Vice President – Lending, Tammy Purcell, left, and Assistant Vice President – Lending, Rebecca Smith.

“Seneca Federal Sav-ings and Loan Associa-tion is not an average mortgage originator but it IS an average community bank,” said Katrina Russo, president-CEO of Seneca Federal Savings and Loan Association. Sound com-munity bank mortgage lending practices are not the source of problems that have turned the econ-omy on its ear. Rather, the “big” banks who took part in the sub-prime lending with less than qualified applicants is what has contributed to the down-turn of the economy. “It’s not all about making a quick buck,” said Russo. “Mainstream America has to start thinking beyond the all mighty buck and remember what is really at the heart of this nation, which I believe is what all communities bank’s thinking boils down to. The dream of homeown-ership is a dream we help make happen and it can be done in a conservative manner and still render positive results to many.”

Seneca Federal is proud to provide traditional, local home town lend-ing with competitively priced mortgage rates. “We look to competitors daily, in part, to decide where to price our mort-gage rates,” said Tammy Purcell, VP–lending. “We

also respond quickly to pre-qualification requests and pride ourselves as local underwriters with t imely commitments.” Seneca Federal has never used credit scores as a basis for loan approval but rather base loan commit-ment on actual consumer credit history. This ‘tra-ditional’ and time-tested practice has worked well for the Association, which has a foreclosure rate near zero percent.

“A low foreclosure rate sometimes leads people to ask me if we are risky enough with such a low default rate,” said the president, adding that the low default rate has more to do with the rap-port they have made with their customers during the underwriting process and less to do with not taking risk. “Our loans are often tailor-made to our customer’s specific needs and we build a rap-port with them from the beginning, indicating that we are on the ‘same side’. We are ver y thankful when a customer is will-ing to approach us when they are having difficulty and before the loan is in default and we are able to work with finding a solu-tion to get them through a rough time such as a job loss,” added Purcell. At Seneca Federal you always have the ability to speak directly with experienced loan underwriters who assist you in your mort-gage loan applicat ion process from start to fin-ish, including servicing throughout the loan.

The lending team is carrying on with the phi-losophy of individualized lending that community banks thrive on. “We are imbedded in our com-munities and want to offer competitive mortgage, consumer and commer-cial loan rates for the benefit of our customers,”

said Purcell. “We aren’t a ‘cookie cutter’ secondary mortgage market lender. We understand the needs of our communities and want to provide a com-petitive product.” The mortgage ser vicing is always retained by us so our customers are assured they will work with us for the life of the loan.

One example of a loan that is often tailor-made to a customer’s needs is the construction to per-manent financing mort-gage loan with one loan closing and a rate that is determined at commit-ment, before the con-struction phase. This loan is popular since the rate can’t change when it ‘converts’ to permanent financing later and clos-ing costs are only paid once, upon commitment. The risk of a higher rate later after the house is constructed is removed. Another such tailor-made loan includes a mortgage where a customer is pur-chasing a house in which projected renovations are included. The purchase and renovation costs are wrapped into one mort-gage loan. Other features which add to Seneca’s appeal as a mortgage lender include no flood certification fees and no underwriting fees. “This culture of personalized service was instilled into us by our predecessors, so that Seneca Federal’s con-tinued success is guaran-teed for decades to come,” she said.

“We pride ourselves on providing the best pos-sible products with the lowest possible lending rates. As a community bank, it is our job to in-crease the wealth of our members through low lending rates and high savings rates, given the state of the economy at any given time,” accord-ing to Russo.

Merle Builders combines quality, experience

Scott Merle, owner of Merle Builders.

By Erin Wisneski

With 35 years in the home building and renova-tion business, Scott Merle, owner of Merle Builders, Inc. has the experience ho-meowners deserve whether looking for their !rst home or an upgrade that better !ts the buyer’s lifestyle.

Merle Builders offers clients custom-built homes, as well as moderately priced townhomes and patio homes. In addition to new construction, Merle Build-ers also has extensive experi-ence in remodeling and de-signing aesthetic additions to existing homes.

Despite a slow building climate due to the economy, Scott thinks people’s con!-dence in the economy will rise this spring and 2011 will prove fruitful. “"ere seems to be a lot of people who have been ‘on the fence’ waiting for the economy to recoup and are now ready to build this year,” Scott said. He added that his decades of experience combined with the quality of his work give his clients the advantage.

“Quality and longevity position me to compete with my fellow homebuilders and de!nitely with the ‘one-truck operators,’ whose numbers have multiplied during the recession,” he said.

One-man operationPreviously partnered

with his brother, Ron, Scott is now the sole operator of

Merle Builders, a business that the brothers’ father, Harold T. Merle began in 1962 with “$1,000 in his pocket.”

In 2009 and 2010, Merle Builders saw a decrease in business due to the econ-omy, which resulted in a company downsize. In ad-dition to eliminating sev-eral employees, the brothers decided that only one of them was needed to keep the company going.

“We needed to be leaner and more competitive in the marketplace,” Scott said. “Ron was just about at full retirement age and I am 13 years younger. So, naturally, we decided that I would continue the ‘Merle Legacy.’”

"at legacy includes the following ongoing proj-ects: a 2,700-square-foot model home in Timber Banks located on the golf course; two- and three-bed-room Townhomes in Clay

starting at $132,900; Patio homes in Radisson begin-ning in late spring, early summer; custom one- to two-acre lots remaining in Melia Park o# Route 370; and custom lots at Whisper Ridge in Radisson. With so many projects in the works, Scott is embracing the fu-ture of the company as it approaches its 50th year in business.

“I will do my best to insure the legacy passed down to me and take Merle Builders into the next new and technologically excit-ing decade,” he said.

Merle Builders, Inc. is located at 2 Canton St. in Baldwinsville. "e o$ce is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; potential and existing clients can call the o$ce at 635-6917 or contact Scott at 952-6498. Merle Builders will also be at the Home and Garden Show, March 17-20 at the State Fairgrounds.

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Simple spring cleaningTen cheap, easy tips for the kitchen

You don’t even need to leave the house for supplies with these inexpensive spring clean-ing tips. Just open your cabinet, make these homemade creations and clean beyond your counter tops and cupboards.

Add these suggestions to your spring cleaning to-do list to eliminate odors, remove stains and get rid of food buildup in the kitchen.

“Don’t neglect your kitchen appliances during spring cleaning,” said Doug Rogers, president of Mr. Appliance Corp. “Your appliances never get a day o!. "ey take the most abuse, yet probably get the least attention. Keep them clean to help them last longer and run more e#ciently.”

Give spring cleaning a new meaning with these 10 unique and o$en forgotten tips from Mr. Appliance® and Mr. Rooter® Plumbing:

1. To eliminate odors, pour vanilla extract into a bowl with a paper towel and wipe down the refrigerator walls.

2. Soak refrigerator removable parts in the sink with warm, soapy water to remove stains from food spills.

3. To remove food residue, run an empty dishwasher with a cup of white vinegar.4. Take out oven racks and wash them by hand with warm soap and water to remove

caked on food.5. To eliminate odors, place handful of ice cubes and citrus peels in garbage disposal, turn

on cold water and then the disposal for 15-30 seconds. A$er turning o! disposal continue to rinse with hot water for 15 more seconds.

6. Wipe interior microwave surfaces with a mixture of two tablespoons baking soda and one quart water to remove food stains.

7. Use a sponge with a mixture of % cup bleach, & cup baking soda and four cups warm water to avoid yellowing of white appliances. Let it set for 10 minutes before rinsing and drying.

8. To remove grease buildup from garbage disposal, turn on hot water, then disposal. Squeeze tablespoon of dishwashing liquid in disposal, and run hot water for 15-30 seconds. Turn o! disposal and let hot water run until suds are gone.

9. Heat a microwave-safe bowl of vanilla extract for three minutes and use it to wipe surfaces for stubborn residue and stains in the microwave.

10. Clean condenser coils located behind the fridge with a brush or hand-held vacuum to remove dirt, dust and pet hair.

“"e best way to ensure an odor-free and grease-free kitchen sink is to prevent the smell and buildup before it begins,” said Mary Kennedy "ompson, president of Mr. Rooter Cor-poration. “A good dose of spring cleaning can clear the air, keeping your garbage disposal in good working condition.”

By following these tips from Mr. Appliance and Mr. Rooter Plumbing, kitchen appliances and plumbing 'xtures will continue to sparkle and smell fresh for many springs to come.

For more information on Mr. Rooter or to !nd the location nearest you, visit mrrooter.com or mrrooter.ca. Mr. Appliance’s website is mrappliance.com.

It’s fix-up timeBy Waded Gonzalez-Candelaria,

public health educatorAre you thinking about 'xing up the old

homestead? Are you planning on doing the project on your own or hiring someone to do it for you? Was your home built before 1978? If it was, it may contain lead paint. When lead paint is disturbed during re-modeling, dangerous lead dust is created. Young children and pregnant women are at the greatest risk from exposure to lead dust, but anyone can become lead poisoned.

"e Onondaga County Health Depart-ment Lead Poisoning Control Program would like you to consider the following questions before you start your project:

Was the house built before 1978?Will you be disturbing the paint?Have you had the paint tested to see if

it is lead paint?What safety precautions will you or

your contractor/handyman take to protect yourself and your children from exposure to hazardous lead dust? "e most impor-

tant thing to consider when remodeling is controlling the lead dust. You can do this by following these tips:Work smart

To keep paint chips and dust contained, work in one area at a time; enclose the work area using heavy plastic (6 mil); Keep pregnant women and children out of the work area; Protect yourself by washing your hands and eating or drinking outside the work area; Wear a protective mask to prevent inhaling lead dust.Work wet

Avoid creating lead dust by using a spray bottle to wet an area to be sanded or scrapedWork clean

Clean up daily. Don’t allow anyone into the work area until the daily cleanup is complete Learn more about working safely with lead paint. To sign up for a free one-day Lead Safe Work Practices training, call the Lead Poisoning Control Program at 435-3271.

Santelli Pole Barns come to SyracuseSantelli Lumber in Pal-

myra announced today that it has launched a new Pole Barn consumer awareness campaign into the Greater Syracuse Market. “We’re all about education, not selling,” says Arthur San-telli, President of Santelli Lumber. “Our customers know exactly why they de-cide to build their projects in a certain way, and so their chances of unpleasant surprises are practically zero. In the past few years we have built hundreds of Pole Barns in the Greater Rochester Area. Our phi-

losophy to grow through education, not sales pitches, has proven very successful. And now we’re ready to serve customers the same way in the Greater Syracuse Market too.”

Santelli Lumber helps consumers; agribusinesses and wineries build very at-tractive and highly e#cient Pole Barns for their homes and businesses – built in just 've days from com-mencement.

Consumers and busi-nesses interested in build-ing a new Pole Barn can satisfy their unique inter-

ests and needs by visiting Santelli’s new web site,which includes being able to download a Special Re-port, “How To Choose "e Right Pole Barn and the Right Contractor to Build It.”

“The Santelli web site provides a one-stop portal for Pole Barn Resources to help professionals improve their businesses and to help consumers improve their properties and their lives”, says Arthur Santelli.

For further information on Santelli Lumber, visit the site at SantelliLumber.com.

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SportsWest Genny’s Le# wins national freshman mile

By Phil Blackwell [email protected]

Further con#rming her elite status, West Genesee ninth-grader Laura Le$ can now call herself a national champion.

Le$ achieved this status, the #rst in the track program’s history, by winning the Freshman Mile Saturday at the New Balance Indoor National Championships held at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City.

Amid a #eld of 27 runners that traveled from as far as New Mexico to participate in the race, Le$ lagged far behind Michigan’s Kelsie Schwartz early in the race, but gradually decreased the margin as the laps wore on.

!en, on the #nal lap, Le$ zoomed past Schwartz and hit the #nish line in #ve minutes, 2.16 seconds, the fastest time this season by any freshman in the country. Schwartz was second in 5:04.97, 2.81 seconds behind. Le$ also was 31st in Sunday’s 800-meter run in 2:18.72.

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ObituariesPatricia Barr, 81, of Camillus, passed

away Wednesday March 2, 2011, at home. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, she was born on !ursday Aug. 29, 1929, and was the daughter of Howard Gardner and May Denno Gardner. She was a graduate of St. Vincent DePaul High School.

Pat was employed by Manco Distrib-utor’s and was a communicant of Holy Family Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family.

Pat was predeceased by her husband, George Barr on March 1, 2001; and sisters, June Firenze and Loretta Pocheco.

Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Kathleen and Richard Belge of North Syracuse; stepdaughter, Kathleen Blank and her husband, William of York, Pennsylvania; stepson, Dr. G. Richard Barr and his wife, Linda of California; three

grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

!ere will be no call-ing hours.

Services were at 8:30 a.m. Saturday March 5 at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Gen-esee St., Camillus and at 9 a.m. in Holy Fam-ily Church where Rev. Gregory Kreinheder and Deacon Nick Alvaro celebrated a funeral Mass.

Patricia was laid to rest in St. Mary’s Cemetery, DeWitt.

In lieu of %owers, contributions may be made to Holy Family Church, 127 Chapel Dr., Syracuse, NY 13219.

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Norma Tuttle, 69Ran vintage clothing business

Norma Tuttle, 69, of Marcellus, passed away suddenly on Friday Feb. 11, 2011. She will be dearly missed by Richard, her husband of 41 years; their daughters Amanda Sexton and Elizabeth King and sons-in-law Jim Sexton and Jason King; and her brother Charles Brink, his wife Cathy, and their children Lori and David. She leaves behind countless other loving family members and friends.

Norma was born in Endicott, NY, and achieved degrees in psychology and oc-cupational therapy. She worked as an oc-cupational therapist for many years at both Willard Psychiatric Center and Loretto. A"er retirement she and her daughter Elizabeth enjoyed running their vintage clothing business, Bees In Her Bonnet. Norma co-managed her church thri" shop

for over 10 years, loved singing in the church choir, and was a beloved and respected member of the community.

A memorial service in Norma’s honor was at Marcellus United Meth-odist Church, at 3 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 19. A gathering was held at the church following the service. In lieu of %owers, donations in her honor may be made to the Tompkins County SPCA or the Memorial Fund at the Marcellus United Methodist Church.

Arrangements entrusted to the Plis Fu-neral Home, Marcellus.

Ruth W. Cross, 91Former bookkeeper

Ruth Williams Cross, 91, of Skaneateles, formerly of Marcellus, passed away Tues-day Feb. 22, 2011, at St. Camillus. Born in Worth, NY, she was a bookkeeper for many local companies. She graduated from Lowville Academy and attended Eastern Nazarene College in Wollaston, MA and Oswego Normal School. She was prede-ceased by her husband, William J. Cross, and brother, John Williams.

Ruth is survived by her daughter Martha (David) Duckett of Skaneateles and son William J. (Jacqueline) Cross Jr. of Marcel-lus. Brother Foster l. Williams of Pulaski. Grandchildren Je$rey Duckett, Dr. Lynda (Erik Randall) Duckett, Robert (Colleen) Cross and Nicole (Edward) Steingraber,

great grandchildren Jon-athan and Daniel Cross and several cousins niec-es and nephews.

Services for Ruth were 7 p.m. Friday Feb. 25 at the Plis Funeral Home. Spring burial will be in Highland Cem-etery, Marcellus. Calling hours: 5-7 p.m. Friday prior to the service at the funeral home, 33 North St., Marcellus.

Memorial contributions in memory of Ruth may be made to either the rescue Mis-sion or the Marcellus Food Pantry.

Monica Baraniewicz, 74Born in Poland

Monica Baraniewicz, 74, of Westvale, passed away peacefully on Friday March 2, 2011, at home a"er a long illness. Born in Poland, she endured many hardships due to WWII before coming to the United States. She worked for A & P bakery and R.E. Dietz in Syracuse. Monica enjoyed her family and friends with their many gatherings. She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Joseph and a sister, Longina Buchta.

Surviving are her children, Richard

(Julie) of Jamestown, NY, Mark (Anita) of Syracuse, Victoria Casey and Roger Bowers of Westvale; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Dominick and Gene Fisch; many nieces and nephews. Mass of Chris-tian burial: 9 a.m. Saturday March 5 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Burial will be private in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Geddes. Calling hours: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday March 4 at Whelan Bros. & Hulchanski Funeral Home, 5854 Belle Isle Rd, Syracuse.

Joan M. Stout, 71Retired dietician

Joan M. Stout, 71, of Marcellus passed away Saturday Feb 26, 2011, at Community General Hospital. She retired a"er 36 years as a dietician at Van Duyn Home & Hos-pital. Joan loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed scrapbooking, reading, knitting and ceramics. She was a member of Apple Valley United Methodist Church. She was predeceased by her sister Carol Carter and brother Roger Ramsden.

Joan is survived by her husband of 44 years Richard G. Stout; daughter Traci Stout; sisters Patricia Freeborn, Bonnie Pulver, Nellie Ramsden, Lucille Carter and

Debbie Jones; brother Richard Ramsden and several nieces and nephews.

Services for Joan were 7 p.m. Wednesday March 2 at Apple Valley United Methodist Church. Spring burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Marcellus. Calling hours: 5-7 p.m. Wednesday prior to the service at the church 4424 S. Onondaga Rd., Nedrow.

In lieu of %owers memorial contribu-tions in Joan’s memory may be made to either the American Lung Association or Apple Valley United Methodist Church.

Arrangements entrusted to Plis Funeral Home, Marcellus.

Margaret Allman, 87Loving mother and grandmother

Margaret Allman, 87, of Baldwinsville, passed away Friday Feb 18, 2011, at home. She was a good loving mother and grandmother and a true friend to many. Margaret loved to golf and was very proud of her Scottish Heritage.

She was loved and will be missed by her children Shirley (Keith) Carter, Terri Allman, Michael Allman, Ronald Oattes and Henry Oattes and her 2 grandchildren. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews in Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

Services for Margaret were 7 p.m. Tuesday February 22 at the Plis Funeral Home o&ciated by the Rev. Jerry Shave. Calling hours: 4-7 p.m. Tuesday prior to the service at the funeral home, 33 North St., Marcellus.

!e family wishes to thank the wonderful sta$ of Hospice of CNY.Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Dorothy H. Case, 93Owned and raised horses

Charles W. Milne, 90Army Air Corps veteran of WWII

Charles W. Milne, 90, of Syracuse, passed away Friday March 4, 2011, at Francis House. Born in Syracuse on Saturday Oct. 2, 1920, he was the son of Charles Milne and Mary Buchanan Milne. He spent his early years in Eastwood and resided in Fairmount for the past 61 years. He was a 1939 graduate of Eastwood High School.

An Army Air Corps veteran of WWII, Charles was formerly employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. He retired from New Process Gear a"er 30 years. He was a member of Fairmount Community Church, former Boy Scout and life mem-ber of the VFW Stanley B. Pennock Post 2893. He enjoyed summers at Sharbot Lake in Canada and winters in Florida. A gardener, he loved to see things grow and produce fruit. He worked hard at keeping the weeds and bugs out of his garden. He also enjoyed #shing, gol#ng, crossword puzzles and family.

Charles was predeceased by his #rst wife, the former Anna Carr; stepdaughter,

Jean D’Arrigo; step-granddaughter, Deby D’Arrigo; and grandson, Marc McCon-nell.

Surviving are his wife of 30 years, the former Bette Sleeth; daughters, Maryann (!omas) Milne-Clark of Orlando, Florida, Bonnie (Bill) McConnell of Fairmount and Susan (Doug) Nugent of Camillus; sister, Laura Clary of Jamesville; stepchildren, Jane Dunaway of Florida, Joan Moon of Florida, Richard Sherwood of Auburn, Elaine Foley of Fremont and Paul Sher-wood of Minoa; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends called from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday March 6 at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Ca-millus. Services followed at 3 p.m. at the fu-neral home with Mahlon Moon o&ciating. Burial was private at Greenlawn Cemetery, Warners. In lieu of %owers, contributions may be made to Francis House, 108 Mi-chaels Ave., Syracuse, NY 13208.


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Dorothy H. Case, 93, of Marcellus passed away Monday Feb. 21, 2011 at home. She retired from Community General Hospital as an LPN a"er working there for 25 years. She owned and raised horses since 1957. Dorothy was a delegate to the NYS Horse Breeders Association for 34 years and a charter member of the NYS Plantation Walking Horse Club. She was predeceased by her daughter Jacqueline !ompson in 1985.

Dorothy is survived by her daughters Sharron Corr and Patricia (Gene) Chap-man; son Neil (Kathy) Loomis; sisters Barbara Jane Ryan and Eleanor Hulbert;

brother Richard B. Hunt; son in law Ger-ald Welch; grandchildren Kimberly, Karla, Kirsten, Neil, Joey, Robin, Wendy, Danielle and Lisa and 17 great grandchildren.

Services for Dorothy were 1 p.m. !urs-day Feb. 24 at Marietta United Christian Church. !e family greeted friends follow-ing the service.

In lieu of %owers memorial donations may be made to either Marcellus Ambu-lance or to the Humane Society HSUS for bene#t of TWH.

Arrangements entrusted to the Plis Fu-neral Home, Marcellus.

Please submit obituaries to [email protected].


Charles S. Zysk, Sr., 92Army veteran of WWII

Charles S. “Charlie” Zysk, Sr., 92, of Camillus, passed away Monday Feb. 28, 2011, at VA Medical Center. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday Sept. 29, 1918, he was the son of Antoni Zysk and Wikto-rija Siwek Zysk. He lived in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania until moving to the Syracuse area in 1941.

For the last 32 years, Charlie spent his winters in Cape Canaveral, Fla. He was an Army veteran of WWII. He retired in 1980 a"er 41 years with Crucible Steel. He was a communicant of St. Joseph´s Church and member of the Camillus Elks, “Over-the-Hill” Gang and Local #1277 Steelworkers, where he held many positions. He enjoyed gardening, especially tomatoes.

Surviving are his wife of 73 years, the former Anastasia Banaszek; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and George Klotz of Baldwinsville; son and daughter-in-law, Charles S. and Nancy Zysk Jr. of Baldwins-ville; grandchildren, George, John, Jim and Kathleen Klotz and Christopher Zysk;

seven great-grandchil-dren; and several nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends called from 4 to 7 p.m. !ursday March 3 at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Camillus.

Services were at 10 a.m. Friday March 4 at the funeral home and at 10:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church with Dea-con Michael Letizia o&ciating. Entomb-ment was in Resurrection Chapel Mauso-leum, St. Mary’s Cemetery, DeWitt.

In lieu of %owers, contributions may be made in Charlie’s memory to St. Joseph’s Church, 5600 W. Genesee St., Camillus NY 13031.


Orrin C. Cooper, 87Former Syracuse gas station and service garage owner

Orrin C. Cooper, 87, of Liverpool, for-merly of Memphis, passed away !ursday March 3, 2011, at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Glens Falls on !ursday Sept. 20, 1923, he was the son of Orrin McKinley Cooper and Mary Monnet Cooper. He moved to Memphis in 1949. He was an Army veteran of WWII. Orrin retired in 1976 from Red Star Express Lines and formerly owned his own gas station and service garage in Syracuse. He was a member of AARP and the Teamsters Union Local #317.

Orrin was predeceased by his wife, the former Frances Ethel Magee, on Nov. 20, 1999.

Surviving are his sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis and Betty Cooper of Milton, Florida, Orrin Cooper of Palatka, Florida, Derrick Cooper of Denver, North Carolina, Glen and Patricia Cooper of Liverpool, and Gary and Raluca Cooper of Warrensburg; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and

John Daniluk of But-ler, Pennsylvania and Frances and Kevin Feint of Fort Lawn, South Carolina; sister, Emily Crabtree of Fulton; 25 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and sev-eral nieces, nephews and cousins.

Relatives and friends called from 4 to 7 p.m.Monday March 7 at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Camillus. Services followed at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial was private in Greenlawn Cemetery, Warners.

In lieu of %owers, contributions may be made in Orrin’s memory to the Disabled American Veterans, 344 W. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13202.


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nomical,” Kirk said.At the last second, Kirk came to

village o&cials with an o$er. For the village to tear it down would’ve been complicated and expensive; it’s at-tached to the building next door.

“It would have cost the village probably two or three hundred thou-sand dollars,” Kirk said. “To make a long story short, I basically got a hell of a deal on the building.”

Kirk said he bought the building #rst and then #gured out what he wanted to do with it.

So why open a smokin’ barbe-cue?

“Well you have to do something with the building, and in the village of Camillus, sales are tough … you can’t just open up a building in the village and rent it out to let’s say, a grocery store,” he said.

A smokin’ barbecue in Camillus, complete with NFL packages and busts of animals Kirk hunted himself in Wyoming, turned out to be a great idea with a clear niche.

“It’s a man’s bar,” Kirk said. “Not that we don’t want to sell to women.”

Kirk said sales have doubled in the last two weeks. On Friday and Saturday nights it’s been standing room only.

“All those tables downstairs are #lled up, which is great, and we haven’t even advertised,” he said. “If we advertised we couldn’t do it, people would be walking out the door.”

Which is why he hopes to get the second %oor — host to 20 to 30 tables, a dance %oor and a space for bands to perform — open within two weeks. Kirk also bought the property next door, 57 Main St., which will hold around 25 tables, and in the sum-mertime the newly constructed back porch will o$er even more dining space — and live music.

Krabby Kirk’s Saloon has been catching the eye of villagers and passers by since the storefront was renovated.

“It’s rebuilt but it’s to the original tone of the building from 1890, and we were subject to that with the Re-store NY grant,” Kirk said.

Kirk said village Mayor Michael Montero, who owns the String Cor-ner at 69 Main St., worked with him to secure grant funding for the resto-ration of 55 Main St. Village o&cials continue to assist Kirk in securing community development grants for other projects in the village. In addi-tion to 55 and 57 Main St., Kirk has purchased 74 and 75 Main Street with plans to renovate both.

“When I get done, the fronts of the other buildings will look like some-thing out of the 1800s,” he said.Kirk said village codes o&cer John Williams has been helped him keep everything in compliance. Montero, Williams and all the village trustees “have bent over backwards” to get this project going, he said.

Kirk has owned apartments in the village of Camillus for years, but this is his #rst restaurant. He said he couldn’t have done it without the help of his friends in the restaurant business — especially Tom Mafrici, owner of Frank’s Plank Road Café in Cicero, who has been a mentor for him throughout the process.

“I’ve known Tom for years, and he’s helped me out,” Kirk said. “You can’t go into this business blind. You have to have somebody to guide you through it.”

What’s on the menu, and who’s behind it

Kirk compared the style of his res-taurant to that of Dinosaur Barbecue in Syracuse.

“Everything we serve here we make … and that’s why our food business has taken right o$,” Kirk said.

!at includes the ribs, corned beef, pastrami, baked beans, and all the rubs and sauces. Of course, it’s not just that the food is made on site, but how it gets prepared — and who’s in the kitchen.

“We smoke all our own meats, including brisket corn beef and pas-trami,” said head chef John Kenny.

“I don’t know anyone who makes their own pastrami, it’s kind of unique,” Kenny added.

Like Kirk, Kenny grew up in Ca-millus, but he’s traveled all over the world as a chef since graduating from the Culinary Institute of America. In his 30 years of experience he’s pre-pared food in New Orleans, Florida and Hawaii among other places. !e menu at Krabby Kirk’s is informed by his travels.

“What we’re aiming for is the south-ern style barbecue, but we’ve taken a little bit from di$erent barbecues,” he said. “Some of it’s Memphis, some of it’s Kansas City. !ere’s a pretty good in%uence from the south, cause that’s where I felt more comfortable.”

Kenny said he’s partial to the Texas brisket, which gets smoked for 12 to 14 hours.

!e customers are showing their approval by coming back for more.

“People love it, they really do,” he said. “I’m not just blowing smoke, either. People really love the food.”

Kenny has help from sous chef Al-lan Watson, who he’s worked with for around 7 years.

“He’s a young guy,” Kenny said. “I just kind of brought him along.”

Kenny got paired up with Kirk when a mutual friend thought they’d make a great team. So far, it’s been a successful partnership.

“!is place, I’ll be honest with you, I think working with Dick and work-ing in this environment has kind of refueled my passion for cooking that I probably haven’t had for a few years,” he said. “I give a lot of credit to Dick and [his wife] Mary for pretty much letting me do my thing and what I do best — they’ve been very supportive about it.”

What’s on tapKrabby Kirk’s has 12 di$erent beers

on tap — everything from Pabst Blue Ribbon to the more expensive Caged

Alpha Monkey, an American East Coast IPA brewed in Honeoye Falls.

“!at’s 140 dollars a keg, and it turned out to be our best-seller, which shocked me,” Kirk said. “It’s more ex-pensive than Guinness. Of course, we still have Guinness.”

Kirk is proud to serve the beer out of a state of the art cooling system in-stalled by Onondaga Beverage.

“When I say state of the art, our beer is cooled out of the cooler at 29 degrees,” Kirk said.

“When you grab that glass, it’s cold, I mean really cold,” which does two things, Kirk said. “It eliminates bacte-ria in the line and it gives you a heck of a cold beer. When we have our lines cleaned, which is about every 2 weeks, the guy coming in, he wonders why we ever call him.”

What brought him into townKirk lives in Skaneateles, but he

grew up in Camillus, and has had family in Camillus going back to 1840. His grandfather, William Kirk, was the mayor of Syracuse in 1880.

“When I was a kid the village was a viable place, had a lot of nice busi-nesses down here,” he said. “It’s a nice place, it’s been going downhill ever since. So for me it was just a way I could put some money back into the community and maybe make it like it was yeas ago. And I think that’s gonna happen.”

In the fall, Kirk acquired a permit to install a 3 by 7 foot programmable LED sign, which he plans to put on the side of 75 Main and use to adver-tise the saloon.

“Of course we’ll let the village use that sign for their functions, and anyone that lives in the village, we’ll let them use it too,” he said.

Kirk said according to numbers provided by Onondaga County, 10,000 cars come down that hill into the village every day.

“So when I put that sign up, 10,000 people a day will see that sign,” he said. “!at is the best advertising we could ever have. We’re on a heav-ily traveled road, we might as well utilize it.”

Kirk’s saloon is opening in a village that already has a few pubs in McNamara’s, the Greengate Inn and the Camillus Grill. He said it’s not his intention to run them out of business.

“It’s gonna make the place a des-tination, just like downtown,” Kirk said. “Once you get a whole bunch of businesses here, people are gonna come into the village in the summer-time just to walk around.”

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NED CAMPBELLJohn Kenny, the head chef at Krabby Kirk’s Saloon in Camillus, stands in front of the saloon’s smoker, which he says can cook 85 racks of rib at a time, or “250 pounds of di#erent meats.” The smoker is cherry wood "red.


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Retracing the route took me past the TMI gate again. Carloads of people were being driven o$ the island. It looked pretty much like an evacuation to me. I parked the car out of the troopers’ vision and my colleague and I and scooted down a bank from which we could observe the island.

With an almost whis-pered, kind of whooshing sound a wisp of white rose skyward from what we were to learn was the containment build-ing. !e steam contained radiation spewed into the containment by a runaway nuclear reactor. !ere was an e$ort underway to relieve built-up pressure in the structure to prevent an explosion, I learned later. I headed for the Wel-come Center pay phone, again. !is was awfully wrong and I needed to get outside help to #gure out what was going on.

I wasn’t the only news-man on the case, it turned out. Ten minutes later, the TMI juggernaut was on. A clog of TV vans and multiples of other report-

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!ose living around the area were put on notice that an evacuation might be necessary; people living nearby, especially preg-nant women, were told to stay indoors.

By the third day of mis-information and hysteri-cal reports, an estimated one-quarter of the area’s 950,000 residents packed up what they could transport, withdew their savings from banks and %ed the area.

Rumors and rumors of rumors reverberated through the hundreds of news people who poured into the area, which prompted network TV types to be evacuated by helicopter because of fears the plant was about to explode.

!e foot soldiers, such as myself, slogged it out daily, working 18 to 20 hours a day churning out minute-to-minute cover-

age for our publications. Some slept in their cars. I took refuge at a friend’s apartment.

On April 1, Roman Catholic priests granted general absolution during Sunday mass. It was a rite usually restricted to war or other circumstances when it might be impos-sible for people to make confessions to priests.

Area hospitals an-nounced they would accept only emergency admissions, to clear beds in the event an evacuation is required.

!ree days later, !orn-burgh went on TV and announced the crisis was over. An uneasy calm settled in quickly and the real questioning started into what happened. !e problem, it turned out was a faulty valve which trig-gered misleading readings and resulted in a partial meltdown of the nuclear

core. It would not be until

July 1982 when the true danger of the crisis would be revealed. !at’s when the site became cool enough for a remote cam-era to be dipped into the nuclear core. !e camera showed a full #ve feet of the fuel rods had burned.

Roger Mattson, NRC Senior Engineer at the time, said of the accident, “We had a meltdown at !ree Mile Island… Fi"y percent of the core was destroyed or molten and something on the order of 20 tons of uranium found its way, by %owing in a molten state, to the bottom head of the pres-sure vessel. !at’s a core melt-down. No question about it.”

By that time, I was working in another job, and gratefully another state.

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This photo was taken by the late TV/radio reporter Sandy Starobin as he worked the phones in the Capitol newsroom.

Vintage "lm fans "ll local hotels this weekend Every year as the

spring equinox rolls around, the Syracuse Cinephile Society rolls its projectors over to the Holiday Inn on Electronics Parkway where nearly 500 vintage #lm fans from all over the world turn out for its an-nual Cinefest.

While the classic movie bu$s get their #ll of forgotten #lm stars such as Zasu Pitts, DeWolf Hopper and Gilda Gray, local hoteliers and restaurateurs #ll their cash registers with bo$o bucks.

Famished !lm fansCinefest attendees regularly pa-

tronize Liverpool restaurants such as !e Retreat, the Gardenview Diner and Santangelo’s. A few “in the know” globetrotters even stand in line at Heid’s for franks and coneys.

And since the Holiday Inn is already #lled up with 350 or so pre-registered Cinefesters, the other 150 or so who turn out this !ursday will sack out at other area motels on Electronic Parkway or Buckley Road and 7th North Street.

!e Syracuse Convention and Visitors Bureau applies a formula used by the International Asso-ciation of Convention and Visitors Bureaus which estimates that those who attend such events spend an average of $231 per day in the area.

If that’s anywhere near accurate, the Cinefest should generate more than $450,000.

Next time some party pooper tries to tell you that the

arts aren’t worthy of government and corporate support, drop that persuasive factoid into the conversa-tion.

Silents and talkiesFounded in 1980 by the late Phil

Serling, Cinefest is now into its third decade here. Cinefest 31 – which runs from 9 a.m. !ursday, March 17 through 5 p.m. Sunday, March 20 – will screen silent #lms such as “Music in the Air” starring Gloria Swanson and “What Price Glory” starring Victor McLaglen. Many of the silents will be accompanied by pianists just as they were in pre-sound theaters.

Besides the dialogue-less old-ies, Cinefest 31 will screen early talkies like 1941’s “Hellzapoppin’” with Martha Raye, 1931’s “Alice in Wonderland” with Ruth Gilbert and 1932’s “!e Phantom President” with George M. Cohan.

Several of the scheduled %icks give viewers a chance to see big stars early in their careers. For instance, “Music in the Air” is a 1927 silent starring Gloria Swanson, “!e Wolf

Song” is a 1929 talkie featuring a young Gary Cooper, and “!e Fall Guy” stars Oliver Hardy before he partnered full-time with Stan Laurel.

Scandalous ‘Temple Drake’On Saturday, March 19, the #lm

fanatics will bus over to Eastwood’s Palace !eater for a showing of six 35mm #lms including 1933’s “!e Story of Temple Drake” starring Mi-raiam Hopkins and 1923’s “Jazzma-nia.” Despite its title, “Jazzmania” has almost nothing to do with jazz – a"er all, it’s silent! – but it does fea-ture Mae Murray sporting some of the most provocative attire worn by an actress in #lm up to that time.

If you had to pick only one of Cinefest 31’s four-dozen #lms to see, you’d be wise to choose the scan-dalous “Temple Drake” at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Palace. !e Pre-Code movie focuses on a %irtatious Southern belle whose outrageous behavior gets her in Dutch with a band of bootleggers. Based on Wil-liam Faulkner’s novel “Sanctuary,” the #lm directed by Stephen Roberts features one of Miriam Hopkins’ most memorable roles as it builds to a breathless climax.

Admission to the Palace program – which begins at 8:30 a.m. and lasts until late-a"ernoon – costs $25. Reg-istration for all four days of Cinefest 31 costs $75, or $25 per day; syra-cusecinefest.com.


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