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Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency re-emerges to tackle vacant housing and tax delinquent properties.

See page 12Look closer at the text in the background -- this is just a portion of the SURA list of seizable buildings. The 67-page downloadable list of properties is available online, as well as a complete list of seizable vacant lots in the SURA area of the city.

‘Bat Boy: the Musical’The horror-slash-come-

dy production tops the list of shows Red House Arts Center will stage over the next 12 months. Open au-ditions for all productions will be held June 12.

Red House auditions, page 21.

“Let me say, I’m not going to rail on doctors or sta! be-cause, from what I saw, they all hustled and did the best they could, given the availability of sta! on a Saturday night.”

- Columnist Ken Jackson questions the quality of

veterans’ health care, ‘Urban CNY,’ page 6.

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Central School District students who contributed to this year’s Say Yes to Education Young Authors Series, creating four new books for kids.

‘Students author kid’s books,’ page 5.

Business Spotlight 4 City Beat 5 Viewpoints 6 Good Sports 21 Get out: The Guide 22 Classi!eds 25

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vacant housing in Syracuse.ViewpointsAre we really taking care of our veterans?

Ken Jackson questions the quality of health care provided to our military.

Downtown After DarkNourishment for the body, artwork for the soul: mixed-media paintings by Noma and Jim

Bliss (excerpt above) dress up bc Restaurant downtown.

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Syracuse third- and fourth-graders teamed with SU illustration students to publish four children’s books.

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3 minutes with Laura AustinLaura AustinArtistic Associate, co-founder, Red House Arts CenterLives in Skaneateles

What did you have for breakfast?“I had an English mu"n with butter

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tion, Loren Barrigar, Mark Doyle.”

Favorite part of your day? Your job?“My favorite part of the day has to

do with what I’m eating or drinking (laughing). My favorite part of the day is co!ee in the morning, my favorite part of my job is sealing contracts with artists when it actually is sealed and it’s done, and then I like dinner and a glass of wine.”

What upcoming event at Red House are you most excited about?

“I’m most excited about the “Romeo and Juliet” touring Shakespeare. It’s new for us, we’ve not done anything out-side and we haven’t done a whole lot of summer programming so I think it’s going to be really cool. It’s touring local Finger Lakes towns: Cazenovia, Ska-

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What would you be doing if you weren’t at Red House?

“I’d be acting.” Before coming to CNY, Laura had a career in theater, #lm and television in New York and LA. Anything readers might recognize her for? “I was on 21 Jumpstreet with Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp.”

Related: Red House auditions, page 21.

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Students author kid’s books to raise money for Say Yes!e Funky Flea, a one-day, open air mar-

ketplace will debut June 4 at an open lot on the corner of Marcellus and Wyoming streets on the Near Westside.

Modeled a%er !e Brooklyn Flea Market and Syracuse’s own Salt City Urban Art & Cra% Market, organizers say this one of a kind event will be a little bit #ea, a little bit cra%s, and a dash of surprises. Rain or shine, the event will host more than 40 vendors o"ering retro collectibles, repurposed furniture, vintage goods, hand-made cra%s, artwork, records, thri% store $nds, jewelry, and unique one-of-a-kind items.

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Flour City Pasta, Recess Co"ee, Better Brittle, !e Brooklyn Salsa Company, and Wine & Brine (both the Brooklyn Salsa and Wine & Brine source their fresh organic ingredients from upstate farms), and more from local promoter Small Potatoes. More than just mer-chandise, local musicians Kambuyu Marimba Ensemble, !e Coogles and Utility Life will perform live.

!e Funky Flea is free to attend but organiz-ers suggest you bring cash to spend.

For more, check out funky#easyracuse.blogspot.com or visit theeaglecny.com for a map of the location.

Funky Flea: Rain or shine, June 4


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Unsung American heroesHank !omas, James Peck,

Frederick Leonard, Genevieve Houghton, Charles Person, William Harbour, Mae Moult-rie, Jim Zwerg – all these folks are great Americans.

More than likely, you have not heard of them. !eir names are not splashed over the pages of history or celebrated in the way presidents or generals are. Yet in their own quiet and digni$ed way, they forced this country to face up to its greatest sin.

!ey are, of course, the Freedom Riders. Fi%y years ago this month, these men and women, and others of similar courage and conviction, boarded buses and ventured through the Deep South. In doing so, they exposed virulent racism, enduring beatings

and jail, but prevailed.It was only proper and

$tting that PBS, through its superior “American Experi-ence” series, broadcast a two-hour $lm about this momen-tous journey, which, like so many other things today, is

just unimaginable to all of us accustomed to basic human rights.

Credit James Farmer with the idea. In 1961, Farmer became head of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), which felt that it had not o"ered a su&cient contribution to the burgeoning civil rights movement in the way that Southern pastors and students had done from Montgomery to Little Rock to Nashville.

So, noting that in 1947 the Supreme

Court ruled that segregation on interstate transportation was illegal, they set out on a “Freedom Ride” to, among other things, get the attention of new president John F. Ken-nedy and his brother, Bobby, the attorney general.

Nothing big happened until the two buses hit Alabama. !en, in one day, a mob attacked and $rebombed one bus in An-niston while, in Birmingham, Bull Connor o"ered no protection as a second mob beat up the other riders.

Fearing for their lives, the CORE group went home. But students from Nashville, fearing that the movement might #ag if violence stopped the Freedom Ride, volunteered to take over, irritating both the White House and Alabama’s governor, John Patterson, who didn’t want any “outside

Are we really taking care of our veterans? I recently had the ex-

perience of being directly involved in the treatment of someone who was in need of services o"ered by the Veterans A"airs. Like most Americans, I didn’t have a clue as to how the process works, especially in case of an emergency.

Let me say, I’m not going to rail on doctors or sta" because, from what I saw, they all hustled and did the best they could, given the availability of sta" on a Saturday night. !e problem is not the sta", it’s the system.

For most of us used to having health insurance and using regular hospitals, the veteran’s hospital is an eye opener. I would have thought that complex -- whose massive infrastructure is creeping down University Hill -- would be better equipped to handle life-threatening health crises.

My $rst emergency room visit was to determine a proper needle for insulin injection, and a%er waiting from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m., the needles were given to the patient. I thought, “oh, they’re just busy today,” since it was the middle of the week. (By the way, they happened to give him the wrong needles!)

What happened next was like watching a

bad medical show on televi-sion (to be fair, I don’t watch hospital shows since I $nd nothing entertaining about being sick).

Imagine going through kidney dialysis and realizing partially through the process

that the blood is not circulating as it should. In fact, it’s pooling, bulging in your arm.

Not to worry, you’re told, “just use ice, 10 minutes on, 10 minutes o", and use heat the following day.” !at’s what they told a veteran at the local dialysis center, where he was sent by the VA while visiting Syracuse from Portland, Maine.

Blood began #owing into his arm, pool-ing at the arm pit from inside and then cascading internally down the arm, working its way down to his $ngers like water $lling a balloon.

When I arrived he was in excruciating pain, the kind of pain that morphine can’t diminish. !e intensity of pain caused by blood $lling your arm -- blood that was destine for cleansing, circulating through a machine and returned back to the body.

As we near Memorial Day and focus on our veterans and the service they’ve given to our country I have to ask out loud, are we giving our service veterans the best medical

treatment available? !e system is so overwhelmed that pa-

tients in the waiting areas are happy to share their tales of waiting all day for a script or visit.

As our Congress, and most notably our own Congresswomen Anne Marie Buerkle, vote to eliminate the best working medical system for the aged, they need to spend a day or two at the Veteran’s Administration Hospitals. !ey’d be shocked at what they would observe.

Perhaps a better lesson for our elected o&cials would be that any member of the United States House and Senate must use the exact same medical services made avail-able to our brave men and women through Veterans A"airs.

When it comes to the health and wellbe-ing of our veterans, we are dropping the ball and if you think this is a challenge, just wait until thousands of men and women return from their multiple tours of duty in our ongoing wars.

What are we $ghting for, if we can’t take care of the medical needs of our own veterans?

Ken JacksonUrban CNY

Ken Jackson is the editor of Urban CNY and a weekly columnist for !e Eagle. Reach him at [email protected].

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Census $gures estimate that of 55,945 occupied housing units in the city of Syracuse, 58.2 percent are inhabited by renters.

Which means the majority Syracu-sans, every day and across the board, are at the mercy of their landlords when it comes to securing and maintaining housing.

On top of that, nearly three-fourths of properties seizable by the city are occu-pied buildings. Between those two large percentages, there is bound to be signi$-cant overlap between seizable buildings, and the renters living inhabiting them.

To a degree, that’s something all rent-ers must deal with: the underlying reality that someone else has more control over your living situation than you do. For some, that’s a small price to pay for never having to mow the lawn or $x the roof; for many others, renting is less of a choice and more a circumstance.

!at second group of renters is the one that concerned us most while researching this week’s cover story (on page 12).

Would the “new” SURA end up dumping renters out of their homes be-cause their landlords couldn’t (or didn’t) keep up on taxes?

We spoke with two people in the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development, and they both made clear to us that while the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency could seize any property on the list at any time, vacant or not, it wasn’t a technique they had any intention of using.

!ere are some who would say, “we’ve heard that before,” and they’d be right.

But -- cautiously -- we have to admit we are impressed by the way things are being done here.

Addressing Syracuse’s vacant, un$t and tax delinquent housing in a “surgi-cal” manner, as Commissioner Paul Driscoll put it, won’t solve the problem overnight. Or even in a couple of years, at this rate. But it has the potential to result in thoughtful, well-managed solutions that respect city neighborhoods and their residents, and that’s already more than we can say for SURA’s past.

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Freedom Riders set out from Birmingham, protected by Alabama troopers – until they got to Montgomery and the troops van-ished, replaced by a third mob that o"ered yet another beating, even to Justice Depart-ment o&cial John Siegenthaler.

It almost got worse. !at night, Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally at Montgomery’s First Baptist Church, which quickly got surrounded by the largest mob yet. Only when JFK declared martial law and sent in the National Guard were the people in the church saved.

Seeing all this, the good folks in Missis-sippi promised no violence to the Freedom Riders – they just sent them to jail. Yet what no one anticipated was that more than 400 men and women from across the country, inspired by what was happening, came to the Magnolia State as replacements.

!e consequences of the Freedom Riders’ acts were many. For one, interstate transportation was integrated from that point forward. And civil rights leaders learned that it could draw national and international attention to their cause by spotlighting the racism they had to face and, by exposing it, would hasten its end.

At the same time, though, it sowed the

seeds of division within the movement. Younger Freedom Riders were upset with Dr. King for not joining them on the bus in Montgomery, and the gap between civil rights groups would only intensify in the years before Dr. King was murdered. And, of course, it hastened the rush of Dixie poli-ticians toward a GOP embrace once Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” became appar-ent.

None of this, though, can detract from the most important aspect of the Freedom Ride – that it was started, nurtured, and executed by men and women of ordinary backgrounds, black and white, without title or political power behind them.

Simply for doing what the law said they could do, and saying nonviolent despite the orgy of violence thrown at them by mobs and men in uniform, they gave America a crystal-clear example of grace and human dignity and won millions to their cause.

In this jaded day and age, when we consider even the slightest tax increase as a so-called grave threat to our “freedom”, maybe it would be wise to consider the real risks the Freedom Riders took just half a century ago. No big reward awaited them – just the acknowledgement that they moved this nation forward to a better place.

Phil Blackwell is the sports editor at Eagle Newspapers. Reach him at [email protected].

What you’re sayingLast week, we asked readers:What is your favorite thing to do with out-

of-town guests visiting Syracuse?Here are some of your answers:

I always feel like I’ve failed my duty as host if I don’t take out of town guests to the Dinosaur BBQ. It’s such a Syracuse institu-tion!

- Mike De Lucia

Go to Bittersweet. It’s intimate, di"erent and absolutely delicious!

- Gina Colonette, Syracuse/NYC

See the look on their faces when they realize what the weather is like

- James Moran

I love taking my friends to Sound Gar-den in Armory Square. It’s an impressive record store with a huge selection unparal-leled in a lot of other cities, but it’s also just an excuse for me to spend some money. I also take visitors to Wegmans, especially if they’re from the northern or eastern parts of New

York; they’re usually pretty impressed.- Doug Campbell, Syracuse

Ah, the Everson Museum... something always fresh, some things always beautiful!

- Roxanna Carpenter, Syracuse

Here’s next week’s question:For what amount of money would you be

willing to go for a dip in Onondaga Lake?

“What you’re saying” is intended to spark dialogue and share perspectives among com-munity members.

Each week we will ask you for your opin-ion on a topic, and a selection of responses will be included in the following week’s edi-tion of the paper.

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Downtown After DarkNourishment for the body, artwork for the soul

At several of Syracuse’s best restaurants, you can feed your artistic inclinations at the same time you feed your stomach.

Blisses at bcFor instance, bc Restaurant

downtown at 247 West Fayette St., is now featuring the work of illustrators/painters Jim and Noma Bliss. !is particular collection of the couple’s mixed-media paintings evokes a strong, spiritual relationship between nature and mankind.

Recently relocated to Central New York from the Hudson Valley, the Blisses create seamless and evocative artworks executed in oil, acrylics and collage. !eir work hangs in corporate and private collections worldwide.

!e couple is also currently showing at the Schweinfurth Art Museum in Auburn, !e Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Museum Store, and Aurora Art and Design. !e Blisses also plan to participate in the Everson Museum’s 60/60 show on June 17.

A collection of their paintings are presently hanging in “the room,” at bc, in the city’s Ar-mory Square neighborhood. !e artwork us can be viewed during normal business hours Tuesday through Saturday. An artists’ reception was scheduled at bc for 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday May 25.

“bc is a full-service res-taurant o"ering comfortable dining in an urban setting for both lunch and dinner,” said the restaurant’s new managing partner, Ellen Leahy.

For information, contact Leahy at 701-0636, or visit bc Restaurant on Facebook. !e Blisses’ art is also available at nomablissartist.com.

Wiley at Gentile’sConsidered by many gourmands to be best

upscale eatery in town, Gentile’s Restaurant hangs work by a di"erent artist each month. Now through mid-June the photographs of Carlisle Wiley adorn the restaurant’s brick walls.

Wiley’s sharp eye manages to capture the elements of design in everyday objects, making art out of their fascinating colors, shapes and beauty.

Chef Kevin Gentile’s eclectic Italian restaurant is located on the near North Side at 305 Burnet Ave.; 474-8258.

During the week check out Gentile’s theme nights including Quiz Kevin – give him the in-gredients and see what happens – plus wine night with no corking fees and Pasta !ursdays.

Freeman-Jones at Sparky TownFurther down the street on Burnet Avenue,

Sparky Town Restaurant is displaying the varied artworks of Harry Freeman-Jones.

!e versatile Syracuse artist creates paintings, drawings, stone and multimedia sculptures, mu-

rals, installations, collages and photographs suit-able in styles ranging from abstract to realistic.

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as “the funky place to meet and eat.” Located at 324 Burnet Ave., at the corner of

Catherine Street, Sparky Town features Meatless Monday, Barbeque Tuesday, Pasta Wednes-day, Comfort Food !ursday, Fish Friday and Saturday Breakfast; sparkytown.net; 422-8401. And Sam’s cole slaw is back for the spring and summer.

BTW, Sparky Town will host a songwriters’ woodshed from 6 to 8 p.m. on June 7. For info, contact folkus.org.

Rise N ShrineSpeaking of restaurants with precious pic-

tures hanging on the walls, if you’re a fan of local musicians, you’ve got to check out the Rise N Shine diner at 6393 !ompson Road, across from Carrier.

!e quaint little diner sports vintage photos, LP covers and gig posters from artists such as Carmen & !e Vikings, Jimmy Cavallo, Wilmer Alexander & !e Dukes, !e Seven, Ronnie James Dio, Dave Hanlon and CRAC.

Near the front door there’s a supercool poster from 1961 advertising house performers George Orelli and Rosalinda along with all the big names booked that autumn at !ree Rivers Inn, includ-ing Jimmy Durante, Connie Francis and Nat “King” Cole.

Besides nostalgia, the Rise N Shine also serves up the #u&est omelets in the area; 432-5510.

‘She Wears Red’“She Wears Red,” a three-page poem by Syra-

cuse writer Jackie Warren-Moore is included in a new anthology titled “!e 100 Best African-American Poems,” edited by noted poet Nikki Giovanni.

Wacky Ray’s backNow that the sun’s sneaking our from behind

the rain clouds, Wacky Ray is back in business grilling dogs and sausages at his portable stand set up outside the James Street United Methodist Church in Eastwood. People line up at lunchtime to gobble down his kielbasa and coneys.

Ragtime-Jasstime in Alex Bay!e Grand International Ragtime-Jasstime

Festival presents three trad-jazz bands and $ve ragtime piano acts May 27-29 at Bonnie Castle Resort, in Alexandria Bay. Bands include the Smugtown Stompers, the River Dogs and Le Dixieband. Pianists include Jon Seiger, Don Burns and Jack Hutton. Admission costs $125 per person; (519) 744-2665; alexbayjazz.word-press.com.

Russ Tarby’s column appears weekly in !e Eagle and online at theeaglecny.com. He also covers the arts and sports. Reach him at [email protected].


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Soul and blues at Al’sA band simply named Soul will celebrate

DJ Chad Roy’s birthday at 9:30 p.m. !ursday May 26, at Al’s Wine & Whiskey Lounge, 321 S. Clinton St., just a stone’s throw from Armory Square, downtown.

!en at 10 p.m. Sunday May 29 Los Blan-cos plays the blues at Al’s. Expect a crowd swelling with festival goers fried and wired a%er a long a%ernoon at the Blues, Brews and Barbecue at the Fairgrounds. Admission is free at Al’s; 703.4773.

Salsa on Saturdays!Now you can go salsa dancing every Satur-

day night at Metro, in the Westcott Nation. La Familia de la Salsa hosts a Latin dance

from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. each and every Sat-urday at Metro Lounge & Cafe, 505 Westcott St., on the city’s East Side. DJ la Maquina mans

the disc player spinning meringue, bachata, chachacha, reggaeton y timba tunes.

“You get to dance to the hottest dance mu-sic from around the world here at Syracuse’s chicest nightclub,” said la Familia spokesman Brian Bromka. “On May 14 we had 57 danc-ers there.”

Admission costs $5; for ages 21 and older only.

Lizard at the DinosaurSyracuse’s classic rock and R&B combo,

!e Coachmen, perform with their new vo-calist, Elizabeth “Lizard” Fern, at Dinosaur at 10 p.m. Saturday May 28.

!is will be Fern’s $rst date as a full-#edged member of !e Coachmen. !e last time the band had an added performer was in the late-1960s and early-70s when it featured !e Re#ections, a soul vocal group. !e Coach-men – Dickie Cappotto, C.T. Putzer, Wayne Muller, Joe Neri, Mark Wildrick, Rick Cap-

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Vocalist Elizabeth Fern o#cially joins The Coach-men at 10 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at the world-famous Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St. Admission is free; 476-4937.

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2011 Wing Tournament: Southside / SU Hill Results

The fourth and final neighborhood bracket of the tournament, encompassing the Southside, Univeristy Hill, and West-cott neighborhoods, pits Swallow’s against Dorian’s Gourmet Pizza & Deli and Varsity Pizza against Chuck’s Cafe. South Side/SU Hill Game 1

(1) Swallow’s “Hot” wings: 5 points(4) Dorian’s Gourmet Pizza & Deli’s

“Hot” wings: 1 pointThis match-up featured two much-

anticipated wing joints going head-to-head. Swallow’s, a small tavern on South Avenue that many people (including myself) may have heard of but have never before ven-tured to, brought some serious competition with their hot wings. !e standout, without a doubt, is their signature hot sauce which blends a bit of peppery spice, garlic, classic Bu"alo sauce, and even a hint of an Asian chili sauce mixed in. Not only were they substantially hot, but it’s a sauce I had never tasted before and was certainly a welcomed surprise. Dorian’s wings, on the other hand, were a slight let down. Although the meaty wings were a good size and packed a punch in the heat department, the classic hot sauce #avor lacked depth, and more critically, their extremely soggy skins made them unappetiz-ing a%er about half a dozen. While the tangy and chunky blue cheese and crispy celery was some of the best in the tournament, the wings themselves were no match for Swal-low’s. My mouth may have remained on $re and the sauce may not be classi$ed as Bu"alo (despite looking like it was), but Swallow’s easily took the match-up with tender wings, perfectly crispy skins, and a surprisingly bold and original #avor.

Winner: Swallow’s

South Side/SU Hill Game 2(2) Varsity Pizza’s “Hot” wings: 4 points(3) Chuck’s Cafe’s “Hot” wings: 3 points

Next up was Varsity Pizza taking on Chuck’s Cafe in what would turn out to be a less than exhilarating match-up. Chuck’s hot wings didn’t have much going for them: a thin skin with no crunch, no heat (some of the mildest sauce in the tournament), and a #avor that seemed nonexistent. While the one redeem-ing quality of Chuck’s was the jumbo-sized wings, Varsity’s wings were able to pick up points where Chuck’s could not with good chicken meat and a medium heat. Despite Varsity winning 4 to 3, I wasn’t too keen on the #avor of the sauce, which was a bit thicker than typical Bu"alo sauce, and they also suf-fered the same fate as Dorian’s with a slight sponginess to them. Both Varsity and Chuck’s were underwhelming, but Varsity was able to move forward and take on Swallow’s in the championship game.

Winner: Varsity Pizza South Side/SU Hill Championship Game

(1) Swallow’s “Hot” wings: 5 points(2) Varsity Pizza’s “Hot” wings: 0 points

Even though Swallow’s wings were under-matched in Game 1, it wouldn’t take much for them to pull out a win in this match-up. Varsity’s meat and wing size were above aver-age and on par with Swallow’s, but su"ered a shutout in every other category. It’s hard to fault Swallow’s in any aspect with a great amount of

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uniquely #avorful sauce, peppery garlic wings that were some of the hottest in the tourna-ment, excellent crispness, and a separate bin $lled with chunky blue cheese and big pieces of fresh celery. No battle in this one. Swallow’s wins hands down with completely original, spicy, and superior all-around wings and easily deserve the title of best wings in this bracket.

Winner and champion of the Southside/SU Hill bracket: Swallow’s

In the $nal round, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

will take on Change of Pace, and Nibsy’s Pub faces Swallow’s, with winners advancing to the championship game. It should be a tight race. Make sure to check for the Final Four results and Pulled Into Syracuse’s 2011 City Wing Tournament Champion in the June 9 issue of !e Eagle.

Josef Lorenz is a Syracuse resident and blogger who contributes bi-weekly to !e Eagle. His extensive list of restaurant reviews are online at pulledintosyracuse.blogspot.com.

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Cover story

By Ami [email protected]

In Syracuse, projects labeled “urban re-newal” have garnered a reputation, and it isn’t a good one.

But a%er four decades of relative dormancy, the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency is ener-gized to take on the most blighted areas of the city, one vacant, uninhabitable or tax delin-quent property at a time.

One by oneSyracuse Urban Renewal Agency takes on vacant housing in Syracuse

In December, SURA established an urban renewal plan, a signi$cant step toward speeding and simplifying the process of reselling vacant lots and deteriorating buildings to developers.

“What we’re trying to do now is use this agency as a tool to vet developers that want to develop seizable and vacant properties,” said Katelyn Wright, a land use planner with the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development.

!e repurposing of SURA -- an agency whose reputation in Syracuse is less than gleaming -- with a comprehensive, long-term plan is huge.

But it will be slow going to clean city properties, one by one, using an agency many Syracuse residents distrust.

A disjointed historyThe Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency

was formed in 1962, a requirement to access new urban renewal funding through the federal government; when the funds dried up in the late 70s, SURA became more or less inactive.

But for a span of about 15 years, projects listed under SURA razed historic landmarks, built a concrete barrier through the heart of the city, destroyed entire neighborhoods and displaced their residents.

Still, the program was responsible for some great developments, pointed out Dennis Connors, curator of history at the Onondaga Historical Association.

!e Everson Museum of Art, originally planned as the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, was created largely through urban renewal e"orts, Connors said.

On the other hand, SURA is widely

considered responsible for wiping out the 15th Ward, demolishing his-toric Clinton Square and starting projects it couldn’t a"ord to $nish.

Around the mid-1970s, Connors said, there was a shi% toward

rehabilitating historic buildings and dis-tricts.

“!ere was kind of, like, this ‘aha moment’ and they realized, ‘well, we don’t have to just tear something down and hope something gets built there.’”

Hanover Square, Syracuse’s $rst historic district, is a product of SURA and the urban renewal e"orts, Connors said.

But not long a%er that, federal funding dried up and “urban renewal” as a technique was replaced by “community development,” Connors said, and SURA went dormant.

Re-renewalBut a%er 30 years, SURA is back in action,

a big way. Last December, the Common Council ap-

proved the agency’s new urban renewal plan outlining areas of the city designated as the most blighted neighborhoods, and setting up a framework for how SURA would be able

to put seizable properties into the hands of developers with the means and intentions of improving them.

“Rather than execute urban renewal plans that involve mega-infrastructure projects, we’re trying to tailor it to address our vacant housing,” said Paul Driscoll, commissioner of neighborhood and business development and the only non-voting member of the SURA board.

Why? !e bottom line, Driscoll said, is that state law sets very constricting limits on how cities can legally convey property ownership to new owners.

Which, in many cases, is a good thing -- a city couldn’t, for example, seize your home solely for the sake of building a new interstate highway on your land.

But with 1,647 vacant buildings in Syra-cuse, $nding a more e&cient way to turn

The Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency’s new boundaries include Washington Square, the North Side, Prospect Hill, Lincoln Hill and the Hawley-Green area, the Near Eastside, the Near Westside, Southwest neighborhood and South Side, Brighton, Skunk City and the Park Avenue neighborhood.

of seizable buildings in the city are occupied

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74.2%Housing by the numbers

More often than not, tenants are living in properties that they’re unaware could be seized.”

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and business development

the length of time a property owner can be delinquent on property taxes before the property becomes seizable

2 years

“One thing that is a challenge is we’re operating with this name that is kind of loaded.”

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Summer Rec & TravelCome down to the Downs!Vernon Downs Casino Hotel expands its Events Center

!ursday May 12 Vernon Downs Casino-Hotel hosted “hard hat tours” of its Phase 1 of a proposed $16.5 million Events Center expansion at their facility located at 4229 Stuhlman Road in Vernon, NY 13476.

!e purpose of the pro-posed three-phase project is to expand the capacity of Vernon Downs as a tourism destina-

tion center in order to take full advantage of the existing 160 all-suites hotel and add to the current appeal of har-ness racing and video gaming machines.

According to Je" Gural, chairman of American Racing and Entertainment, the parent company of Vernon Downs, “I hope anyone thinking about having a wedding, high school

or college reunion, holiday party or just a plain meeting will give us a look, as I think they will be very pleasantly surprised with the improve-ments we have made to our facility.”

The Vernon Downs expan-sion includes a state-of-the-art 75-seat simulcast facility, 16,000-square-foot multi-purpose room for bridal shows, meet-ings, conferences and events, a rooftop garden area for catering events overlooking the racetrack, 70-seat dine-in restaurant, two-tier outdoor patio space and 1,000-square-foot lounge and bar area on the third #oor. (Projection for opening this newly-expanded venue is mid-June. Many wed-

dings and corporate meetings have already been reserved in anticipation of its opening!)

Vernon Downs will hold a ribbon cutting for the new Events Center on !ursday July 21 with a grand opening concert presenting !e Fabu-lous !underbirds on Friday July 22.

Opened in 2006, Vernon Downs Casino Hotel occupies

a 34,000-square-foot gaming facility featuring over 750 vid-eo gaming machines, restau-rants, lounges and an arcade in addition to live racing and simulcasting. The property also o"ers an all-suites hotel and employs approximately 345 people. Vernon Downs Casino Hotel is open year-round and is located on Routes 5 and 31 in Vernon.

Ribbon cutting setVernon Downs will

hold a ribbon cutting for the new Events Center on Thursday July 21 with a grand opening concert presenting The Fabulous Thunderbirds on Friday July 22.

The proposed three-phase project will expand the capacity of Vernon Downs as a tourism des-tination center.

The beaches of On-ondaga County Parks will open on Saturday

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from noon to 6 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday from June 20 through Aug. 19. Both parks have boat renta ls , colorful playgrounds and picnic areas.

Admission is $6 per vehicle Friday through Sunday and holidays and $4 per vehicle Monday throughThursday.

Jamesville Beach Park is located on Apulia Road, Jamesville and Oneida Shores Park is located at 9400 Bartell Road, Brew-erton.

For more informa-tion, contact Jamesville Beach Park at 435-5252 or Oneida Shores Park at 676-7366.

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Yogi Bear…Family fun-close to you!Jellystone Park celebrates 41st year

Jellystone Park will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday June 4. In addition to tours of the park and facilities, there will be wagon rides, children’s activities and a cra! show. "ere will be a fundraiser for the Mexico Fire Department. Local #re-men will be taking on all challengers for the Water Wars battle. All proceeds will go to the #re department.

Open since 1970, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park of-fers fun activities for families wishing to “get away,” relax and enjoy being outdoors. Weekends from May 1 until the end of October are planned around a dif-ferent theme. "e recreation sta$ provides planned activities seven days a week from June 24 until Labor Day Weekend. A typical day includes %age raising with Yogi Bear, wagon rides, cra!s, #eld games and time with both Yogi Bear and Boo Boo. Camping facilities include both campsites and cabins.

Miniature golf, gemstone mining and Water Wars are open to the public every day. Cindy’s Kitchen, serving meals and ice cream, is located in the large Ranger Station. Also located in the Ranger Station is a fully-stocked store for gi!s, RV/camping supplies, hardware and souvenirs. Propane is sold by the pound and metered.

“We have been busy all winter so the time has really gone by fast. Warner Bros. asked us to take Yogi to a holiday event in Rochester on Dec. 2. It was a tree lighting and a variety of family activities. We spent about two and a half hours meeting and greeting families. Yogi kept the children busy while waiting to have their picture taken with Santa. Yogi and Boo Boo traveled to Carousel Mall for the opening night of the new movie. "ey were on a red carpet as they greeted movie-goers. Later they were asked to ride the carousel with the children. It was di&cult to move through the food court both Friday night and Saturday because so many children and adults wanted their picture with the bears. Saturday, when someone on the carousel spotted Yogi work his way for aother ride, a loud “Yogi Chant” was started that certainly got some attention. "ey also rode the glass elevator and the escalator. What a great experience for all of us,” said Barb Lighthall.

Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park is located at 601 County Route 16, Mexico. For more information call 963-7096 or visit jel-lystonecny.com. Propane is available year-round; call ahead. Store hours starting April 1 are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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home to numerous insects and diseases.The E!ect of Weather

Insects and disease popula-tions are most commonly determined by weather condi-tions. Very dry weather or a mild winter can o!en increase insect activity. Disease, on the other hand, thrives in moist, cool and damp weather. This spring has been cool and very rainy, so be on the lookout for heavy disease problems on crabapple, juniper, spruce, fir and pine.

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You may have already noticed insects on your trees and shrubs such as tent caterpillars, arborvitae leafminer or pine sawfly on mugo pines. There has also been a good deal of talk about Emerald Ash Borer, which is approaching CNY. Property owners should consult with a certified arborist if they have ash trees to conduct periodic inspections, prompt removal of infested trees and annual treat-ments by a certified arborist where recommended. Some additional insects to look out for in the next few months include spider mites, viburnum leaf beetle, Japanese beetle and borers. In most cases,

treatment is needed when the insects begins to feed on the plant.

In the case of disease, treatment is warranted prior to the appearance of symptoms in order to prevent the disease from spreading later in the season. For example, now is the time to be treating pine and spruce trees to help suppress needlecast, a disease that will cause the needles to brown and drop off the tree during late summer. Another disease that will be prevalent this year is apple scab, which affects many crabapples and flowering trees in Central New York. This should be treated just as the leaves begin to appear in the spring and for a few weeks after leaf bloom. Remember: diseases

are most prevalent and occur in more damaging levels during damp, cool, wet springs like this year.

In managing insects and disease, early detec-tion, identification, diagnosis, and a recommended treatment program by a qualified arborist are essential aspects of preventative care. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs have become popular as they focus on cultural issues and aim to reduce the use of pesticides. IPM usually involves a series of four to six visits to a property during the course of the growing season. During each visit, an IPM technician will inspect, monitor and treat (on an as-needed basis) insect and diseases. Ad-ditionally, the technician will look at soil conditions,

planting site amendments and cultural practices. It is very important for you to consult with a

DEC certified pesticide applicator or certified ar-borist as soon as you notice insect or disease activity on your property or have concerns in managing your property (prior to an insect or disease out-break, if possible). They can assist you in determin-ing the nature of the problem, the level of damage that may occur, and how to deal with the problem while remaining environmentally safe. These professionals know how to use, mix and dispose of pesticides properly. The use of pesticides should always be left in the hands of certified professionals.

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Taking fun to the limitDarien Lake o!ers everything from water, thrill rides to camping, concerts

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For the thrill seeker in the family, Darien Lake !eme Park Resort has six world-class roller coasters and is home to the Ride of Steel, one of the signature coasters in the northeast. Spend a hot sum-mer day at the massive Swirl City slide complex and lounge around on the Flotation Sta-tion lazy river inside the huge SplashTown at Darien Lake water park. LaserBlast is the perfect way to end your day. !is laser light spectacular that combines #reworks, laser animation, lights and music for a show the family won’t forget.

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Summer Rec & TravelOnondaga Lake Park Marina now open

The Onondaga Lake Park Marina and Boat Launch is now open. Boaters should note that there is still a no wake zone on the lake and on the Seneca River and floating debris is likely to be encountered, so caution is recommended.

The Onondaga Lake Park Marina & Boat Launch off of Vine Street in the village of Liverpool is the only paved public launch on Onondaga Lake. Daily launch for boats is $7.50, season passes for $77 per boat in-cludes use of the Oneida Shores Boat Launch.

For more information, call 453-6712 or visit Onon-dagaCountyParks.com.

King of Trucks show comes to SyracuseNew event by Syracuse Nationals producer

A new event is coming to the New York State Fairgrounds, Friday May 27 to Sunday May 29. Regional Interna-tional King of Trucks All Truck Super Show is organized by Right Coast Inc., the producer of Syracuse Nationals.

At least 25,000 spectators are ex-pected to attend the event and the

Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bu-reau estimates the economic impact of the inaugural three-day event to result in an estimated $2.1 million in travel spending for Onondaga County.

“Our plan is to build o! of the huge success of the Syracuse Nationals and use the same business model to pro-

mote King of Trucks and give truck enthusiasts an event to call their own,” said Rob O’Connor, event director for Right Coast Inc.

Syracuse Nationals is held at the New York State Fairgrounds in July. In its 12th year, the event has grown to

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Where the family fun never stopsEnchanted Forest/Water Safari stay ‘n play packages o!er more fun, big savings

Overnight guests to the Enchanted Forest/Water Sa-fari have even more options when it comes to Staying ‘N Playing in 2011 – Great discounted package deals are available between Water Safari and the Old Forge Camping Resort or the Wa-ter’s Edge Inn. Located right next door and directly across the street respectively, the campground and the hotel o!er the most fun, conve-nient overnight accommo-dations in the Old Forge area. Stay ‘N Play packages include discounted weekday (Sunday through "ursday) overnight accommodations and discounted tickets to the Enchanted Forest/Water Safari.

“"ey are the only places in town you can stay and get a discounted Enchanted Forest/Water Safari pack-age deal,” says park Presi-dent Timothy Noonan, who originally created the Stay ‘N Play package with the campground in 1996. Stay ‘N Play Packages now have add-ons for Calypso’s Cove Family Fun Center – including discounted at-traction tickets or the Family Fun Deal, which includes four personal pan pizzas, one two-liter bottle of soda,

Enchanted Forest/Wa-ter Safari features over

50 rides and attractions, including 32 water rides all

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be one of the largest classic car shows in the country with more than 7,300 cars, 82,000 spectators and 350 vendors representing 30 states and three Canadian provinces.

“We are very excited about the King of Trucks event and are con#dent that it will be a tremendous success,” said Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney. “We know the great work Right Coast Inc. has done with the Syracuse Nationals and I am pleased we could help them get King of Trucks going. It will be a big economic boom to our region.”

King of Trucks is open to every year, make and model of truck, Jeep, van and SUV.

"e New York State Fairgrounds will provide ample room for a variety of events including a huge o!-road playground, mud bogs, show and shine #eld, manufacturer’s row, swap meet area, campgrounds, pulling track and live entertainment stage.

More than 2,000 vehicles from tractor

trailers to lowered mini-trucks are expected to come from across the Northeast and Canada to display their blinding chrome, huge wheels, slammed or li$ed suspensions, and thundering stereo systems. For truck owners who like playing in the dirt, two huge obstacle courses will be built to test their driving skills.

Activities such as the teeter-totter, RTI ramp, motor dyno, balance logs, mud-pit, Kids Rule! in%atable play land, R/C truck playground, rock crawling demos and more, will take place throughout the weekend.

Tickets are now available online at King-of-Trucks.com. One-day tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children (ages 6 to 12). "ree-day tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children (ages 6 to 12). Children ages 5 and under are free. Event parking is free; at-tendees should enter through Gate 6.

For more information, visit King-of-Trucks.com or call 668-9703.

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Guests interested in the Ultimate Adirondack Expe-rience can spend a peaceful summer night beside the !re at the Old Forge Camping Resort in a camping cabin, RV or tent site. Comfortably sleeping four, cabins feature a double bed and a set of bunk

beds. Heated shower and restrooms facilities are lo-cated throughout the camp-ground. For entertainment, the grounds offer private Lake Serene and its beach with boat rentals, fishing, playgrounds, nature trail, rec-reation room, a family lounge with television and !replace, free hourly shuttle services

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!e Enchanted Forest/Wa-ter Safari features over 50 rides and attractions, including 32 water rides all with heated water. !e park is located on Rt. 28 in Old Forge, NY and opens for the 2010 season on Wednesday, June 16.

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photographer (and former editor of the City Eagle and Skaneateles Press), switched gears this spring to become operating partner at bc res-taurant downtown. But she can’t keep her inner journo down. Leahy recently launched a blog to document the ins and outs of restaurateur life.

Check out her collection of gorgeous photos and always-amusing anecdotes at bcrestaura ntarmorysquare.blogspot.com.

Five for !nding (food)Pulled Into Syracuse columnist Josef Lorenz

listed his top-!ve food apps for mobile phones (plus one honorable mention), and we’re inclined to take this guy’s opinion seriously. Lorenz spent the last few months as the sole judge of a self-imposed hot wing tournament that started began with 16 Syracuse wing joints in four di"erent neighborhood brackets – and has lived to tell the tale (and crown one the winner of the tournament). Check out his list of download-worthy food apps at pulledinto-syracuse.blogspot.com.

- Ami Olson

On the web20 May 26, 2011 EAGLET

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By Russ Tarby

!e Syracuse Chiefs’ bats came alive and its pitchers shut down the opposition last week as the team racked up seven straight wins.

Ever since designated hitter Michael Aubrey tied a franchise re-cord by blasting four home runs in a row on May 14 at Alliance Bank Stadium, the club has been on a tear, sweeping the Norfolk Tides in a four-game series here before bussing to Rochester where the Chiefs beat the Red Wings in three games at Frontier Field.

Last week the Chiefs were the hottest team in all of baseball a"er a dismal month of April in which the club was just 8-15, winding up at the bottom of the International League North Division.

Chiefs Manager Randy Knorr never lost faith.“Every team will go through an 8 and 16 stretch at some point in

the season,” he told a reporter. “We got ours early…I tried to show them not to panic.”

Knorr’s cool, calm attitude comes from experience. Last year, he opened the season at 12-19 with Double-A Harrisburg but eventually made the Eastern League playo#s with a record of 77-65.

A"er their season-high seven-game win streak, the Chiefs are now 19-22, just four games below .500.

Aubrey’s awesome power dis-play May 14 led the Chiefs to a 11-0 shutout of the visiting Durham Bulls while right-handed starter Brad Meyers made an auspicious Alliance Bank Syadium debut by holding the Bulls scoreless over seven innings.

Rain canceled games against the Bulls here May 15-16, before Norfolk arrived Tuesday, May 17, to face Chiefs right-hander Craig Stammen. !e stalwart starter from Ohio allowed three runs over six innings and the bullpen shut down the Tides as Josh Wilkie notched his fourth save in the 4-3 victory.

On Wednesday, Yunesky Maya also turned in a quality start, al-lowing three runs over six-plus innings before the Chiefs’ o#ense exploded for 10 runs to subdue the Tides 10-3. Aubrey hit his $"h round-tripper while Chiefs newcomers Gregor Blanco, Adam Fox and Matt Antonelli knocked in two runs each, and reliever Adam Carr earned the win.

On !ursday, Aubrey again sparked the home team notching four RBI while the Chiefs breezed by the Tides, 9-4 in a convincing come-back victory. Southpaw starter Ross Detwiler enjoyed solid support from bullpen bulldogs Ryan Mattheus, Lee Hyde and Je# Mandel.

On Friday, the Chiefs completed the sweep of Norfolk a"er Tug Hulett pushed across the deciding run in the tenth inning with a weak grounder that eluded Tides third baseman Joshua Bell to win 5-4. Chiefs shortstop Chris McConnell tallied two RBI with a solid double, and Collin Balester earned the win in relief.

Chiefs le"-hander Tommy Milone pitched a brilliant seven innings Saturday in Rochester allowing just three hits while striking out nine. His catcher, Jhonatan Solano, had the game-winning RBI as the Chiefs shut out their !ruway rivals 2-0 for their sixth straight win.

On Sunday, Chiefs $rst baseman Chris Marrero and catcher Jesus Flores each homered to pace Syracuse to a 9-3 win over the Red Wings. Stammen earned his fourth W of the year, and Balester pitched three scoreless innings to preserve the club’s seventh in a row.

!e Chiefs return home !ursday to start a four-game series against the Charlotte Knights. Games are 7 p.m. !ursday, Friday and Saturday May 26-28, and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 29, at Alliance Bank Stadium. Field-level ticket prices range from $9 to $20, while upper-deck seats cost $8, and $4 for kids and seniors. Parking costs $5 per vehicle; 474-7833; syracusechiefs.com.

Good Sports Chiefs streaking Syracuse ball club wins season-high 7 in a row

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Chiefs’ right-hander Craig Stammen was credited with two of the victories during the team’s season-high seven-game win streak last week.

“Every team will go through an 8 and 16 stretch at some point in the season.

We got ours early…I tried to show them not to panic.”

- Syracuse Chiefs Manager Randy Knorr

Open auditions for upcoming Red House theatre season

Red House Arts Center is gearing up for an ambitious 2011-12 theatre season, with auditions for all of the following productions from noon to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday June 12.

(Not interested in auditioning? Here’s a preview of the Red House theatre calendar for the next 12 months!)

“Bat Boy: The Musical”Based on a story in !e Weekly World

News; a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature dis-covered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. Casting six men, four women.

Performances Oct. 27 to Nov. 5

“The Wiz”Award-winning musical based on

Frank L. Baum’s classic “!e Wizard of Oz.” Casting all roles.

Performances Dec. 1 to 10

“A Perfect Ganesh”Seductive, Pulitzer Prize-nominated

comedy about two suburban matrons who travel to India and discover the unex-pected. Casting two men, two women.

Performances Jan. 12 to 21

“Twelfth Night”One of Shakespeare’s most beloved

plays, this beguiling comedy follows the romantic adventures of Viola and her twin Sebastian, shipwrecked in the enchanted dukedom of Illyria. Casting all roles.

Performances March 29 to April 7

“Vigil”Hysterical and deliciously dark com-

edy explores what happens when an embittered, self-involved bachelor arrives to care for the dying aunt he hasn’t seen since childhood. Casting one man, one woman.

Performances May 3 to 12

Actors should select two of the follow-ing categories to prepare for the auditions: 12 bars of a contemporary musical theatre song; Shakespeare comedic monologue; contemporary comedic monologue. Equity and non-Equity actors welcome. Reserve an audition appointment with Kristian Rodriguez at 425-0405 or [email protected].

Submissions and auditions


Get out: The guideThursday May 26FamilyMusic & Movement Class. 10 AM & 6:15

PM. For ages 1-4 and a caregiver. Kidz-Club Indoor Play and Party Place. 219 County Route 57, Phoenix. $50/6 week session. Pre-register. 695-2211.

Teen Art Program. 4-6 PM. Liverpool Art Center. 101 Lake Drive, Liverpool. $60/month. 234-9333.

GatheringsEnvironmental Co!ee House. 6:30-9 PM.

Co!ee, open mic, and environmental presentations. Montezuma Audubon Center. 2295 State Route 89, Savannah. 365-3588.

OutdoorsTrail Tales. 1 PM. Ages 3-5. Stories and walk

with a naturalist. Free w/park admission. 638-2519.

Farmers Market. 4-8 PM Tuesdays, 10 AM-5 PM Thursdays, 7 AM-2 PM Saturdays. CNY Regional Market. 422-8647.

SportsSyracuse Chiefs Baseball. 7 PM. Vs. Char-

lotte Knights. Alliance Bank Stadium. $. 474-7833.

Theater‘Die Another Death.’ 6:45 PM. Interactive

comedy/mystery dinner theater, present-ed by Acme Mystery Theater Company. Spaghetti Warehouse, 689 N. Clinton St. $32.50 plus tax.

‘Into the Woods.’ 8 PM. Sondheim’s fractured fairy tale. New Times Empire Theater, NYS Fairgrounds. $10-$25. No-tanothertheatercompany.com.

Friday May 27FamilyHome School Nature Series. 10 AM-noon

and 1-3 PM. Hands-on learning about the natural world for home-schooled chil-dren ages 6-13. Montezuma Audubon Center. 2295 State Route 89, Savannah. $7/child. Pre-register. 365-3588.

Game On! 11 AM. Teens can play games on the Wii and Xbox Kinect. Fayetteville Free Library. 637-6374.

Yoga. 5:30-7 PM. All levels welcome. $5/class. Zen Center of Syracuse. 492-6341.

LectureEl Punto Reading. 6 PM. Book presentation

and reading by El Punto’s young authors, followed by reception. Point of Contact Gallery, 914 E. Genesee St. Free.



Theater‘Into the Woods.’ 8 PM. Sondheim’s

fractured fairy tale. New Times Empire Theater, NYS Fairgrounds. $10-$25. No-tanothertheatercompany.com.

Saturday May 28FamilyLiterature Live: Maisy! 10 AM-8 PM.

Meet Maisy and enjoy literature-related activities for the whole family. Included with admission. Strong Museum of Play, Rochester. 585-410-6359.

Magic Circle Children’s Theatre. 12:30 PM. Interactive children’s theater featuring Snow White. Spaghetti Warehouse, Syra-cuse. $5/person. Pre-register. 449-3823.

OutdoorsMorning Bird Walks. 7:30 AM. Beaver Lake

Nature Center. 638-2519. Public Fishing. 9:30-11:30 AM Saturdays

through May 28. Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery, Elbridge. $5/person. Pre-regis-ter. 451-7275.

Weekend Walks With A Naturalist. 1:30 PM Saturdays & Sundays. Beaver Lake Na-ture Center. Free w/admission. 638-2519.

Weekend Wild"ower Walks. 2-3 PM. Balti-more Woods. 673-1350.



TheaterFirst Act Only: ‘Into the Woods.’ 2 PM.

Family-friendly "rst act of Sondheim’s fractured fairy tale. New Times Empire Theater, NYS Fairgrounds. $10-$25. No-tanothertheatercompany.com.

‘Into the Woods.’ 8 PM. Sondheim’s fractured fairy tale. New Times Empire Theater, NYS Fairgrounds. $10-$25. No-tanothertheatercompany.com.

Sunday May 29FamilySciencenter Tactile Time. 10:30 AM. Tod-

dlers and preschoolers explore their world through touch. Sciencenter, Ithaca. Included with admission. (607) 272-0600.

Literature Live: Maisy! Noon-5 PM. Meet Maisy and enjoy literature-related activities for the whole family. Included with admission. Strong Museum of Play, Rochester. 585-410-6359.

Yoga. 1-2 PM. All levels welcome. $5/class. Zen Center of Syracuse. 492-6341.

GatheringsMemorial Day Watch#re. 8 PM. Memorial

Day Watch"re in the Veterans Memorial Watch"re Park at NYS Fairgrounds. Free.

MusicMemorial Day Concert. 2:30 PM. Spon-

sored by the Syracuse City Department of Parks, Recreation, and Youth Programs. Palace Theatre, Eastwood. Free. 473-

4330.Blues, Brews and BBQ. 3 PM. Featuring

Max Weinberg, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Coco Montoya, Fabulous Ripcords, Chris Terra Band and The Super Delinquents. NYS Fairgrounds. Free.

OutdoorsWeekend Walks With A Naturalist. 1:30

PM Saturdays & Sundays. Beaver Lake Na-ture Center. Free w/admission. 638-2519.

Weekend Wild"ower Walks. 2-3 PM. Balti-more Woods. 673-1350.

SportsSyracuse Chiefs Baseball. 6:30 PM. Vs.

Charlotte Knights. Alliance Bank Stadium. $. 474-7833.

Monday May 30GatheringsEastwood Memorial Day Parade. 9 AM.

Begins at Eastwood American Legion Post 1276 at Nichols Road and James Street and concludes with wreath-laying at Veterans Memorial at corner of James Street and Grant Boulevard.

DivorceCare Support Group. 7 PM Mondays. Northside Baptist Church. 7965 Oswego Road, Liverpool. 652-3160.

GriefShare Support Group. 7 PM Mon-days. Northside Baptist Church. 7965 Oswego Road, Liverpool. 652-3160.

OutdoorsWellness Walking Group. 10 AM Mondays

& Wednesdays. Beaver Lake Nature Cen-ter. Free w/admission. 638-2519. !

The annual Memorial Day Watch!re will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday May 29 at Vet-erans Memorial Watchfire Park at the New York State Fairgrounds. Organized by the Syracuse Chapter of Viet-nam Veterans of America, the event properly disposes of worn or soiled American flags and symbolizes the “watchfires” traditionally used to help lost soldiers !nd their way back to their com-rades. The watch!re is free and open to the public.


Wednesday June 1FamilyKiddie Café. 10 AM-2 PM Wednesdays.

Puzzles, coloring, kids music, snacks, and fun. Fayetteville Free Library. 637-6374.

Teen Game Day. 2 PM Wednesdays. Dewitt Community Library. 446-3578.

Teen Art Program. 4-6 PM. Liverpool Art Center. 101 Lake Drive, Liverpool. $60/month. 234-9333.

Story Art Wednesdays. 4:30 PM Wednes-days. For kids age 5-10. Maxwell Memo-rial Library, Camillus. Free. 672-3661.

Preschool Art Show. 5-7 PM. Public is invited to join Erwin Nursery School, Sum-ner Head Start and Montessori Discovery School for community event. Friendship Hall, Erwin First United Methodist Church, 920 Euclid Ave. Free. 472-5580.

Pokemon for Beginners. 6:30 PM. Bring plenty of energy and basic cards and learn how to play Pokemon. For ages 7-11. On-ondaga Free Library. Pre-register. 492-1727.

High Point. 6:45-8:15 PM Wednesdays. Faith-based songs, games, and activities for kids in kindergarten through grade

5. Community Wesleyan Church. 112 Downer St, Baldwinsville. Free. 638-2222.

GatheringsJust for Dads. 5:30-7:30 PM. Parenting work-

shop for fathers. Children’s Consortium, 2122 Erie Blvd East, Syracuse. $15. Pre-register. 471-8331.

Multiple Moms Mingle. 6:30 PM. Club for mothers and expectant mothers of multiples. Ruby Tuesday’s, Dewitt. Free. 308-0277.

MusicCivic Morning Musicals. 12:30 PM. Pianist

Sar-Shalom Strong and soprano Lori Larson. Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum of Art. Free. Civicmorningmusi-cals.org.

OutdoorsMorning Bird Walks. 7:30 AM. Beaver Lake

Nature Center. 638-2519.Wellness Walking Group. 10 AM. Beaver

Lake Nature Center. Free w/admission. 638-2519.

those properties around has become a prior-ity.

And while SURA is governed by a board comprised of the mayor, Common Council president, commissioner of finance, and commissioner of business and neighborhood development, the agency is a separate entity from the city government and operates under di!erent restrictions.

Driscoll described SURA as a sort of pur-gatory into which vacant, tax delinquent or underutilized properties can be inventoried until a developer proposes a new plan for the property.

Driscoll said SURA, unlike the city, is granted two speci"c authorities by state law that will make it an e!ective tool for rehabili-tating Syracuse’s vacant housing.

First, the agency can sell properties for below their assessed value.

Which means SURA can establish a selling price for a property that takes into account the amount of money the new owner would put into the building to bring it up to code or make it inhabitable, Driscoll said.

Second, SURA is required to include a clause that holds new owners to executing the plans they agree to prior to the sale.

If a new owner agrees to bring a property up to code within a year of the sale, and they fail to do so, SURA has the authority to take ownership of that property, Driscoll said.

“Would we? Probably not, but it builds in #exibility that general municipal law doesn’t have,” he said.

Driscoll also noted that SURA has the power of eminent domain.

“$at’s a tool in the toolbox, but we have no intention of using it,” he said.

Slow and steadyBut the process is slow going: since Jan.

1, when SURA’s plan became e!ective and their new mission launched, no properties have been seized.

Partly, Driscoll said, because there’s a long process of notifying property owners -- twice -- that their property is tax delinquent and will be seized.

“We have roughly 20 properties in the

potto and Michael Davis – recently revamped their repertoire to spotlight Fern on several memorable “girl group” tunes and songs like “Tweedle Dee” by Laverne Baker and “Wheel of Fortune” by Kay Starr.

Fern previously worked with $e Coachmen on the show, “Cruizin’ $ru the ’50s Dance Party.”

$e Dinosaur Bar-B-Que stands at 246 W. Willow St., at the corner of South Franklin, downtown. Admission is free; dinosaurbar-bque.com; 476-4937.

$e Coachmen with Elizabeth Fern will also entertain from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Brewerton Family Days outside the Brewerton Fire Hall, 9625 Brewerton Road; 676-7724.

Port City pig roast$e Water Street Stompers Washtub Orches-

tra will be among the performers at an all-day pig roast starting about 1 p.m. Sunday, May 29, at Old City Hall, 159 Water St., just o! Bridge Street on Oswego’s West Side.

$e Stompers – comprised of members of area jug bands including the Water Street Boys, the Gourmet Jug Band and the Port City Stomp-ers – will reunite in the city of their origin to play classic country blues and humorous originals.

Also performing will be Elephant Shoes featuring guitarists Joe Bisignano and John Lerner and the Sammy Award-winning duo

of Gary Frenay and Arty Lenin. Call for cover: (914) 447-7700

Colella Orch plays Palace$e Stan Colella Orchestra will perform a

free Memorial Day concert at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, May 29, at the Palace $eater, 2384 James St. in Eastwood. $e 12-piece big band is now led by Stan’s son, Leonard Colella, and features vocalist Dave Baker.

$e Syracuse Department of Parks, Recre-ation and Youth Programs hosts Sunday’s trib-ute to fallen heroes with support from B104.7, Veterans Fasteners Supply Corp. and Syracuse Fire"ghters Local 280.

Admission to Sunday’s concert is free; 463-9240.

Johnny, Max & Coco!TK99’s annual Blues, Brews and Barbecue

festival rocks out starting at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 29, at Chevy Court, at the State Fairgrounds in Geddes.

$is year’s headliners are Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Coco Montoya and the Max Weinberg Big Band. $ree hot regional blues bands also perform – $e Fabulous Rip-cords, the Chris Terra Band and the Super Delinquents featuring vocalist Pete McMahon. Admission is free; 472-9111.

- Russ Tarby

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pipeline, but most of them are in that waiting period,” he said.

It’s not all red tape, though. “We’re purposely moving slowly on this,”

Driscoll said. “$is is a new thing for the city and a new thing for SURA. SURA will be depending on the city to help maintain these properties when they fall into SURA inven-tory; we don’t want to get overwhelmed.”

Driscoll said the goal is to seize fewer than 50 properties by the end of the year.

Katelyn Wright, a land use developer in the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development, was aware of the reputation SURA has in the city.

“One thing that is a challenge is we’re op-erating with this name that is kind of loaded,” she said.

Wright pointed out another obstacle:“Seventy-"ve percent of seizable proper-

ties in the city are not vacant,” Wright said. Many of them are not owner-occupied, which means seizing those buildings would be put-ting tenants -- renters not responsible for paying the taxes -- out of a home.

“$at’s a situation we’re feeling out very carefully,” Wright said. She said a program is being set up to help relocate tenants in un"t buildings.

“It’s not something we’ve done yet but we realize it is a scenario we’re going to run into,” she added.

To view the list of seizable buildings and vacant lots within the SURA boundaries, or a map of the designated SURA area, visit theeaglecny.com.

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Around Town Camillus Memorial Day ceremonies honor Pat Fletcher

We interviewed Ed and Patricia Fletcher for this story on Wednesday May 19. Patricia, 73, died unexpectedly on Friday May 21. As of Monday, parade committee chairs were hope-ful that Ed would serve as the parade’s sole marshal. Patricia will be honored at Memorial Day ceremonies throughout the day.

For some 40 years, Ed and Patricia Fletcher were a!liated with the Camillus Memorial Day Parade. For this year’s parade on Monday May 30, they were selected to be grand marshals.

“It’s great, once in a lifetime,” said Ed Fletcher, who was parade chair for 43 years before step-ping down two years ago due to fading vision. Pat was his side through it all. “I’m really proud,” he added.

"is year’s 65th annual parade is chaired by Don Laxton and Bernard Bunce and will feature the alumni band, which returns every #ve years. Around 400 current and former West Genesee Marching Band members are expected to line up for the parade, which begins at 9:30 a.m. at the top of the hill in the village of Camillus. Prior to that will be the annual 5k run.

"e band will be one of more than 40 groups marching in the parade

“It’s overwhelming to me, it’s got to be so big today, so big,” said Ed Fletcher about the parade that is put on by Camillus veterans. “It’s unbelievable what we #rst started and now … We were lucky if you had 28 participants, now it’s up in the 40s.”

If Ed rides in a convertible during the parade this year his driver will be Bunce, who is also the Camillus American Legion Commander.

Ed was in the Navy during the Korean War years and upon his return to Central New York he and Pat were married in 1957. "ey have lived in the same house on Elm Street in the village ever since.

Ed has been a!liated with the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Camillus for about 40 years — 13 years as commander. Pat was with the Camillus VFW Ladies Auxiliary for 39 years and was a past president of the New York State VFW Ladies Auxiliary.

“It’s important to belong to a veterans’ orga-nization, no matter which one it is, because they have all the information on what’s available out there [for veterans],” said Pat Fletcher.

Ed served eight terms (16 years) as mayor of the village and was once a village trustee. Patricia was the town of Camillus receiver of taxes for 16 years and was previously Camillus town clerk for 10 years.

A$er the May 30 parade, Ed may be part of the program at the Memorial Day services held

in front of the senior center. Awards will be presented and Col. Charles Dorsey, Vice Com-mander of the 174th New York Air National Guard, will speak.

Memorial Day festivities will start at 7:30 a.m. Monday May 30 with a veterans’ dedication at the Municipal Building, 4600 West Genesee St.

- Ned [email protected]

Back stage at Paper Mill IslandPaper Mill Island will begin rocking this

weekend.Friday night features an opening set by Just

Joe, followed by 3 Inch Fury then Under the Gun. "ese great acts are brought to the venue by Baldwinsville resident Mike Chemotti. While he isn’t the only promoter for Paper Mill Island, he certainly boasts the most extensive resume having easily brought in more than 100 acts over the past 10 years. !e Messenger editor Erin Wisneski recently caught up with the very busy Chemotti to learn more about the man behind the stage.

What are your ties to the Baldwinsville community?

“I moved here in 1990 and rented a %oor in the house that I now own. I was one of those people that le$ town on the weekends years ago. Along with promoting Papermill Island, I am a partner in "e B’ville Diner as well, so I have a strong interest in the success for all local business, here in B’ville.”

How did you start as a promoter?“Way back in the day, I worked with local

bands all through the 80s, travelled the bar circuit, which back then was huge for bands. "en I worked for both a large scale concert lighting and sound production company, trav-elling regionally doing large scale venues with acts such as Liza Minelli, Rodney Danger#eld, "e Robert Cray Band, South Side Johnny, Sam Kinison, Chaka Kahn, Spyro Gyra and lots of one-o& dates with bands such as Charlie Daniels, Starship, Phish - when they were just a college band - just to name a few.”

What was the biggest show you brought to Baldwinsville?

“I would say the last few years has been the 93Q Summer Island Jam. We usually get close to 3,000 people at those shows. We also have another great line up for that show coming up on Monday June 6.

Why do you do it?“It’s show business, baby! It gets in your

blood, it’s entertainment. You work hard to put on a show, the weather is right, the band is good, people come out and just forget about their ev-eryday grind, and just have a good time. "ere are two perspectives in this business: being in the crowd, looking up at the band and being on stage and looking out into the crowd. Not too many people experience both, no matter what the size of the venue.”

How would you describe the bands you bring to Paper Mill Island?

“In recent years, most of the bands I have promoted on the Island are tribute bands from Canada, New York City area and points south from here. "ey are typically bands you will not see in this area all the year through, so when they do come to town, people that like to see or hear that band make it a point to come out to our show.”

What can people expect for the coming season?

“Another great summer of talented musi-cians playing the amphitheater for sure, and lots of dry weather we hope. With such a terrible winter and spring, I think people are ready for a lot of outdoor activities and we hope that our shows are in their plans!”

Where can people !nd your schedule of events for this summer?

“Go to island-fest.com for updates and show schedules and we also have Papermill Island on Facebook. Don’t forget, Friday July 1 - we have an AeroSmith Tribute band from Boston and we will kick o& the Independence Day weekend

with a #reworks show sponsored by the B’ville Diner.”

- Erin [email protected]

JE meets new superintendentThe Jordan-Elbridge school board last

Wednesday unanimously approved the contract of the district’s next superintendent of schools. James Froio, who has been principal at Cicero-North Syracuse High School since 2004, was selected for the top job at JE in April.

Froio attended the meeting and told a room-ful of residents that when the news #rst broke at J-E, he turned to a close friend of his at C-NS High School and said, “When that superinten-dent seat opens up, I’m applying there.”

Jordan-Elbridge High School Principal David Zehner was put on paid suspension in September just days into the school year, which was followed by news that Superintendent Marilyn Dominick, scheduled to retire early in November, was being forced out by the school board.

Froio told residents that he knew they’d heard their share of rhetoric, and they might be “somewhat skeptical of words.”

“July 1 is when the action starts, and I will by embarking on a series of listening sessions throughout this community, throughout all the schools, to hear what you have to say,” Froio said. “And as we do that together, we will forge a pact designed to help us do what we’re all here to do: create the best educational environment we can for our kids. I’m very con#dent that we’ll be able to do that. "e road is going to be di!cult and hard, and there will be disagreements along the way, I have no doubt. But there is a silver lining to all of this, and you know what it is? It’s your kids.”

Froio said he recently spoke with some “extraordinary high school students at Jordan-Elbridge,” and asked them if they were proud of their school.

“"ey said, absolutely. "ey said, ‘We’re proud to be Jordan-Elbridge Eagles,’” Froio said. “I thought what a remarkable statement for these young people to make because they realize that the actions that have occurred – that they have had no control over – should not be a re%ection on them. And they know that. "ey are proud to be Jordan-Elbridge Eagles.”

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