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Arts in the Village Artisans Show this Weekend

Contributed Artice Festivals Frdonia

On Saturday, December 3, 2011, the committee of FestivalsFredonia Miracle on Main Street will be presenting the annual “Arts in the Village.” The community members are invited to browse between 11:00am to 3:00pm.

Over 15 artists will be stationed with their work at different businesses.

This is the perfect shopping event for that unique, original piece not found anywhere.

Begin your visit at the Fredonia Farmer’ Market newest winter location. From December through April, the Farmers’ Market will be located at Forest Lodge, 329 East Main Street.

At this location, Thomas Annear, James Hoggard and Rebecca Tkaezyk will be stationed with their work.

Thomas Annear will be featuring his new limited edition print “Canadaway Water falls,” as well as smaller reasonably priced works (Garden and Vegetable paintings) and limited edition prints. He will also be conducting a painting demonstration at the Farmers Market. James Hoggard creates fine–art format photographs taken of the landscapes of western New York and far beyond. The photographs are printed on the finest materials possible and are available in archivalquality frames and also as print-only pieces. Rebecca Tkaczyk’s artwork is inspired by water while incorporating the colors of stained glass. She will be presenting small abstract acrylic paintings, stained glass sun catchers and prints. Remember to browse among the Market Vendors before

leaving.

The White Inn, 52 East Main Street, will have Chanel Alessi Ziemba, Darlene Alessi, and The Artists@ Heart. Chanel Alessi Ziemba, jewelry artisan, hand–crafts all of her pieces with beach glass from Lake Erie, natural stones, gemstones, and other natural elements. Inspired by nature and antiquities, Chanel is always creating new and unique designs.

Darlene Alessi, artisan of soaps, uses all natural ingredients for her hand-crafted soaps and bath salts. As per Mr. Ruffino, “The Artists@Heart comes together weekly in a barn to

learn, laugh, and experience art coming to life.” Chuck Ruffino teaches the ladies how to capture the beauty of the seasons and the colors of nature through studies of rocks, water, landscapes and the world around us.

Walk down White Street to TimePieces at 23 White Street to view the works of Susan MacKay and Pat Ulkins. Susan Mackay will present her original pieces and prints. She explains her work with the following, “I’m a child of the sixties when beauty, love and peace were going to change the world. I create artwork because the beauty of the process is

the best mind altering state I’ve ever known.” Pat Ulkins will also be at TimePieces where she will be displaying her hand woven scarves, many which are very affordable gift ideas.

At The Buster Brown Bean Company on 33 Church Street, you will be able to view the works of three artists.

Ms. Barbara DelMonte will be on hand with her photograph cards and prints. Patrick Del Monte’s wood turned bowls will be on displayed.

Ms. Amanda Bussom will be selling

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Let the Festivities Begin!

Inside This Week

Jamestown Christmas Parade Kicks Off Holiday Season different organizations. Spectators will have a chance to collect as many ‘snowballs’ as they can.

The activities will close with a brilliant fireworks display at Tracey Plaza.

Additional activities will include holiday music being played throughout the downtown, free movies and refreshments, free authentic stagecoach rides and many more. There will also be entertainment before the parade as well.

This year’s sponsors of the parade are the Resource Center and TRC Foundation who will also be sponsoring the Toys for Tots campaign.

By Mallory Diefenbach Star News Writer

Advent started this past Sunday, kicking off the holiday season.

Jamestown is starting the holiday festivities with its annual Christmas Parade on Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m.

The festivities start with the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, and the playing of the National Anthem as our nation’s colors are presented. The parade will then travel down Third Street to Tracy Plaza.

Upon Santa’s arrival at the plaza, the Snowball Drop will commence.

The Snowball Drop, which will be sponsored by the Jamestown Cycle Shop, is an event where over 2,000

ping-pong balls will be dropped to the street below. On the ping-pong

balls special promotions or prizes will be inscribed on the balls for

Spc. Dayne Vanarsdale Leading Annual Parade Contributed Article DJDC

This year The Resource Center and TRC Foundation have teamed up with the Downtown Jamestown Development Corporation and have announced the theme for the Holiday Parade and Celebration as “Jamestown’s I’ll Be Home For Christmas Parade of the Wooden Soldier & Holiday Celebration”. The parade will be held on Friday December 2, at 6:30 p.m. on Third Street.

When deciding on the theme for the parade it was decided to pay homage to all that has happened in the last 10 years that include both 9/11 and the was in the Mid-East. We want to pay tribute to the soldiers and their families for the serious contributions to their country they have made.

DJDC has worked with The Blue Star Mothers to find a Grand Marshal

that fittingly represents this theme and our country.

The Grand Marshal, is from Chautauqua County, and will be Specialist Dayne VanArsdale who has spent 4 ½ years in the service with overseas assignments in Korea. We are very proud to have a soldier of his stature that has represented our country in our Jamestown parade. We, along with Specialist VanArsdale, want everyone to understand how our soldiers have given a significant piece of their lives to serve in the US Armed Forces and the United States of America.

We want to thank and honor Specialist VanArsdale for his willingness to share in our holiday celebration and parade.

Parade registration forms are still being accepted. Forms are available online at www.discoverjamestown. com or contact DJDC at 664-2477

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to register. Units are encouraged to select any country and incorporate that specific country’s Christmas or holiday traditions into their unit.

The Jamestown Cycle Shop Snowball Drop will take place immediately following Santa’s arrival to Tracy Plaza at the end of the parade with the assistance of the Jamestown Fire Department. The Jamestown Cycle Shop has generously donated 2,000 ping pong balls for the 2011 event.

DJDC invites all community businesses, organizations, and event planners to participate in this annual event. Participants can use as many ping-pong balls as they wish and participation is free.

The parade will conclude with a spectacular fireworks display.

Shop downtown this holiday season!

For more information visit www. discoverjamestown.com or contact Specialist Dayne VanArsdale DJDC at 664-2477.

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“Snooping” on A Partridge In A Pear Tree

Pat Pihl Commentary As human beings, we love to find meaning in a world given to randomness. Perhaps it makes us believe that we are more in control, or that things do make sense after all. Our love of conspiracy theories points to this.

Given my love for urban legends, all things folklore and even the history of words and expressions, I thought it was time to turn my attention on the holiday season, so here goes…

When I first heard that the

melody, The Twelve Days of Christmas was a means by which persecuted Christians years ago could secretly learn the tenets of their faith, I was intrigued. This is not just a repetitious melody with pretty phrases, then? The retelling says that the “true love” refers not to an earthly suitor, but to God Himself. “Me” is every baptized person and lastly, Christ is presented as a mother partridge protecting her helpless nestlings.

Here are the other symbols: Two Turtle Doves= the Old and New Testaments; Three French Hens= the virtues of Faith Hope and Charity; Four Calling Birds= the Four Gospels; Five Golden Rings=the First five books of the Old Testament; Six Geese A-laying= the six days of creation; Seven swans a Swimming= the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit; Eight Maids A milking= the Eight Beatitudes;

Nine Ladies Dancing= the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit; Ten Lords Aleaping=the Ten Commandments Eleven pipers piping=the eleven faithful apostles Twelve drummers drumming= the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle’s Creed.

How inspirational!

Too bad Snopes.com, the “official” online resource for validating and debunking stories and myths, labels the story as having “absolutely no documentation or supporting evidence.”

Another favorite of mine is the claim that an Indiana man created the candy cane to symbolize Jesus. The shape it is said, represented the letter J, and the Good Shepherds hook, with the white symbol-

before there was an Indiana and was, in fact, originally plain colored. The candy, it says, was made to bend, like a shepherds hook (around 1670) and given out to keep restless youngsters quiet who gathered around the nativity scene during long church services.

Let’s go right to the heart of the matter then, December 25, the birth date of Christ. History.com tells us that the Bible does not mention date for Christ’s birth (a fact Puritans later pointed out in order to deny the legitimacy of the celebration). Although some evidence suggests that his birth may have occurred in the spring (why would shepherds be herding in the middle of winter?). It is commonly believed that Pope Julius I chose December 25 in an effort to adopt and absorb the

izing His purity, the red, His shed blood and the stripes, His wounds.

Snopes.com debunks this one as well, noting that the confection was around long

traditions of a popular pagan festival.

Has all this paved the way to the secular holiday Christmas appears to have become?

It is said that author Washington Irving re-invented the Christmas holiday to be a peaceful, warm-hearted holiday, which brought groups together across lines of wealth or social status. Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol, with its message of charity and good will towards all humankind had an equally powerful effect, which still resonates today, as people are most generous to others during this “season of sharing.”

So whether Christ was born on December 25 or there is a hidden meaning to many of its customs may be less meaningful that what lies in our hearts as we celebrate the holiday. Service to others, in the name of our creator, and not ourselves, may be the most powerful message of the season.

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A Helping Hand

Chautauqua Lake and Auction Center Event to Benefit Injured Panama Firemen

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By Patricia Pihl Star Staff Writer

A routine fire call on November 10 changed the lives of two volunteer Panama firefighters and their families forever. Veteran firefighters David Dole and Adam Kester were responding to a barn fire in Blockville when a 14 foot piece of well casing used as a chimney came down, striking the two men. The accident crushed Dole’s shoulder, and caused rib injuries and a broken compound fracture to his lower left leg. Kester was struck in the back and suffered broken vertebrates and compression fractures.

Both were taken to Hamot Medical Center in Erie where they underwent extensive surgeries for their injuries.

Currently in rehabilitation, the two await even more surgeries.

Compelled by a strong sense of community, Ashville resident Judy Wroda and her brother Jim quickly put a plan in place to help the Dole and Kester families. A relative newcomer to the area, Judy said she was overwhelmed by the assistance she received from members of the fire department when she experienced her first snowstorm in the area. It was only fitting then that she would stand behind those same men who serve their neighbors every day.

“When someone gives so much of themselves that it costs them dearly,” explains

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Judy Wroda, of Chautauqua Lake Auction Center and Banquet Facility will hold a benefit dinner and auction on December 19 for two Panama Firemen seriously injured in November while battling a fire.

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the banquet are also invited to bring a small, wrapped gift for any of Kester’s five daughters, who are aged 3-9. “The spirit of Christmas has been taken away for them”, Wroda says, “We need to step up to help them.”

Wroda, the business manager of Ashville General Store,

“When someone gives so much of themselves that it costs them dearly, then it is time for those around them to pick them up and hold them close let them know that they are cherished and valued.” – Judy Wroda Wroda, “then it is time for those around them to pick them up and hold them close - let them know that they are cherished and valued.”

On Monday, December 19, Wroda will host a benefit dinner and auction at the Chautauqua Lake Auction Center and Banquet Facility with 100% of the proceeds going to the Dole and Kester families. Wroda says that while insurance covers their medical expenses, the families are still without the income of the two men as they endure the long road to recovery.

Wroda said those attending

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Chautauqua Lake Auction Center and chef of Miss Judy’s Kitchen at the Center said that the event has already received donations for the dinner from Maplevale Farms, Clymer; Farm Fresh Foods, Jamestown; Save A Lot, Jamestown; Bob Evans, Jamestown; Five Star Bank, Lakewood and J. Mills in Erie.

Auction items include a painting by local wildlife artist John Andrea; an overnight stay in a Jacuzzi suite at the Comfort Inn in Jamestown, a rare collection of “wheat” pennies, as well as gift certificates from True Value Hardware and

Kwik Fill in Sugar Grove.

“This area is a true community - each family helping another - and I do hope that the community again comes together and helps these two gentlemen who give of themselves and help us whenever the need arises,” Wroda states.

The dinner, starting at 4:30 p.m. includes pork roast, ham, roast beef, vegetables and homemade breads and desserts. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the Chautauqua Lake Auction Center at (716) 526-4230 or (316) 708-8612. Wroda says she would like to see between 200-400 come out for the events. The auction takes place at 6:30 p.m. Wroda’s brother Jim will serve as auctioneer.

Those unable to attend the auction or dinner may make a donation payable to the Chautauqua Lake Banquet Facility, with firemen’s benefit in the memo line, and sent to 2118 Magnolia Ave., Ashville, NY, 14710. Those wishing to make a donation for the dinner or auction can also contact the Center. Attendees purchasing gifts for Kester’s children are asked to label their gift for age appropriateness. Kester’s children are 9, 9, 8, 7 and 3 years of age. Their clothing sizes are 10-12, 1-8, 6-7, and 3-4.

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College & Mental Health Awareness

By Lucy Studd Contributing Writer

Mental illness hits young people in the prime of their life. Many times they are in college and their lives are turned upside down when the illness strikes, robbing them

of a productive future. This is why it is so important for families to keep the lines of communication open with their children as they approach the college years when mental illness first surfaces.

If families are educated about the effects of mental illness and open with their children about discussing these issues this communication could be advantageous to their child’s wellbeing and in the process may help to destigmatize the issue as well. The problem is like anything else, if you are not affected by it usually you do not educate yourself about potential problems. Recently, Abbott Laboratories conducted a study and concluded that there is a high incidence of mental illness among college age students and a lack of education and understanding regarding mental health issues

among students and their parents.

The Abbott Survey revealed that: One in three students reported having sustained periods of depression.

One in four reported thoughts of suicide.

One in seven reported abnormal and reckless behavior.

One in seven also reported difficulties functioning in school due to disturbed thought processes.

The effects of untreated mental illness can change the course of a college student’s life forever. Students may withdraw socially, use drugs to mask their symptoms, drop out of school and display disturbing behaviors. Studies show that as many as fifty percent of those untreated with

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bipolar disorder attempt suicide at least once. Remember the catch is that the individual must realize something is wrong and want to seek help.

If they suffer from anosognosia, (lack of insight into their illness) they will be unable to access the help they so desperately need.

Interestingly, the survey also revealed that seventy-five percent of the parents surveyed stated they discussed mental illness issues with their children prior to their college years but only twenty-two percent of the students stated their parents did so. Fifty percent of the students rated their mental health as below average or poor while only twenty-five percent of their parents were aware. Thirty percent of the students reported they had a friend who confided in them that they

were having trouble functioning and only seven percent of those student’s parents were aware.

In general, students nationwide report a lack of education on mental illness. Mental illness is a major concern for college students yet fifty percent state they have never received education about mental health issues and problems prior to attending college. Also, about one-half of the students in colleges and universities say they have not received education about mental health while on campus.

Mental Health awareness needs to be a top priority in every community and it is the responsibility of our community leaders and mental health professionals to make the awareness happen. Remember, statistics show mental

illness affects one in four families.

The majority of those who experience signs and symptoms of mental illness do so before the age of twenty making late adolescence prime time for awareness. No one can prevent mental illness but being educated about what can be offered to this population could be life saving and may even lead to improving our existing mental health system.

Mental illness affects everyone in any community; no community is exempt. Communities need to be proactive and educate students and the community in general about mental illness.

For more information or to book a speaking engagement visit my website @ LUCY STUDD.COM

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Comfort Today

Clients of Comfort Today Adult Day Care and participants of the 4 year old preschool class at Zion Covenant Church gathered together for a time of thanksgiving.

Both the children and adults contributed foods to create a “feast” that was enjoyed by all! There were songs, and the joining of two large paper chains that recorded what they were thankful for. Each group had created their own chain that listed thanks for such things as mom and dad, friends and family, food (especially candy), and the rain

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and sunshine. At the end of the program, both chains were joined together creating a long chain that reached across the room! Twice a month the children and adults come together and share stories, hugs, and laughter. Cheryl Evan, Director of Comfort

Today Adult Day care states, “It’s definitely a highlight in our programming. The clients love being with the children!”

Comfort Today offers a social model of care for seniors Monday thru Friday. For more information, please contact Mrs. Evan at 338-0500.

Jamestown YMCA

The Jamestown Area YMCAs will host its annual Santa’s Family Workshop on Friday, December 2 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at their downtown Jamestown facility following the downtown holiday parade.

All community members and their families are invited to attend this premier event.

Families and children will be able to visit with Santa, Rudolph, the Y-Guy, and participate in holiday craft-making, cookie frost, face painting, holiday tattoos, karaoke, movies, and more.

The Big Challenge inflatable obstacle course will also be set up in the upper gym.

The cost is only $1.00 per person with children two and under free.

The Department of Financial Services is successor to the state Insurance Department. It says it has approved weighted average increases of 8.2 percent next year, compared with the 12.7 percent requested by a dozen insurance companies and health maintenance organizations. Hundreds of approved rates are posted online.

Five Ways to Stay Healthy this Winter Contributed Article AP Newsfinder

1. Eliminate your sleep debt “On average we sleep six-anda-half hours a night, much less Refreshments, including pizza, than the seven to nine hours recommended,” says Jessica drinks, and other snacks, will be available for purchase. This Alexander, spokesperson at the Sleep Council, which holiday event will take the place of the regularly scheduled aims to raise awareness of the importance of a good night’s family swim that evening. sleep to health and well being.

“We are very excited to about But in winter, we naturally this opportunity to celebrate sleep more, due to the longer the Christmas holiday with the nights. “It’s perfectly natural children and families in our to adopt hibernating habits community.” said Ronda Piaz- when the weather turns cold,” za, YMCA childcare executive says Jessica. “Use the time to and head elf of Santa’s Family catch up.”

Workshop. “It’s a tradition that 2. Drink more milk everyone looks forward to all You are 80% more likely to year!” get a cold in winter so making Donation sponsors include Tops, Petri Baking, Jamestown sure your immune system is in tip-top condition is imporContainer, Morton Club, and tant. Milk and dairy products Pepsi Beverages Company. such as cheese and yogurt are For more information about great sources of protein and the event, please call the vitamins A and B12. They’re Jamestown YMCA at 664-2802, also an important source of ext. 222 or visit www.jamecalcium, which helps keep our stownymca.org. bones strong. Try to go for

YMCA Slates Community Holiday Party Contributed Article

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – State data show New Yorkers face an average increase in health insurance premiums of more than 8 percent next year. That’s more than twice the inflation rate, and many policyholders are set to pay

double-digit increases.

Rate increases affecting more than 2 million policyholders are subject to prior state approval under a 2010 law.

The measure was meant to slow the rapid rise in premiums that are based mainly on insurer projections of rising treatment costs and patient usage.

semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, rather than full fat, and low-fat yoghurts.

3. Eat more fruit and vegetables When it’s cold and dark outside it can be tempting to fill up on unhealthy comfort food, but it’s important to ensure that you still keep your diet healthy and include five portions of fruit and veg a day.

If you find yourself craving a sugary treat, try a juicy clementine or satsuma instead, or sweet dried fruits such as dates or raisins.

Winter vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, swede and turnips can be roasted, mashed or made into soup for a comforting winter meal for the whole family. Explore varieties of fruit and veg that you may not normally eat.

4. Try new activities for the whole family Don’t use the cold winter months as an excuse to stay in and lounge around. Instead, get out with the whole family to try out a new activity,

maybe ice-skating or taking a bracing winter walk on the beach. Regular exercise helps to control your weight, boost your immune system and is a good way to break the tension that can build if the family is constantly cooped up inside the house.

5. Have a hearty breakfast Winter is the perfect season for porridge. Eating a warm bowlful on a cold morning isn’t just a delicious way to start your day, it also helps you to boost your intake of starchy foods and fiber, which give you energy and help you to feel fuller for longer, stopping the temptation to snack mid-morning. Oats also contain lots of vital vitamins and minerals.

Make your porridge with semi-skimmed or skimmed milk or water, and don’t add sugar or salt. Add a few dried apricots, some raisins, a sliced banana or other fruit for extra flavor and to help you hit the five-a-day target.

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Girls and Dolls Holiday Tea Contributed Article Fenton Historical Society

The Fenton History Center is holding the 3rd annual Girls & Dolls Holiday Tea on Saturday, December 10, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the elegant and festive Fenton Mansion. The afternoon tea will also include

a tour of the “Holiday Harmony” exhibit, a special photo of each girl with her doll, and a holiday keepsake.

“The tea is an special way for mothers, grandmothers and aunts to share the holiday with their special young lady,” says Joni Blackman, director of the Center. “The girls dress up, they have their tea in the

decorated Drawing Room, and then learn about the holiday exhibit from our museum teachers.”

Space is limited and reservations are requested. The cost is $15 per person. An adult must accompany all children. For more information, visit www. fentonhistorycenter.org or call 716-664-6256.

Arts in the Village, Continued from page 1 hand knit scarves, hats, and headbands.

Steve Lax from Westfield, will be displaying his photograph works at Strive Nutrition on 27 West Main Street. Steven Lax is a photographer in Sherman, New York. His work is based on the beauty of the things that we all see every day. Steven’s ‘day job’ is making giant soap bubble toys.

Take a walk to the Cool Little Music Shop on 65 West Main Street, Steven Yunghans will be displaying his works.

Steven Yunghans is an artist and photographer working in predominantly oil pastel and graphite. Much of the drawing work he has produced in the last three years has been an ongoing study and experimentation in oil pastel on paper.

His work has been likened to Cy Twombly and Mark Rothko. His influences include Jackson Pollock, Richard Serra,

Chuck Close, Banksy, as well as mentors Julian and Barbara Stanczak.”

Susan Murphy will be at Herbs for Life, 69 West Main Street, displaying her beaded jewelry creations. The earrings and necklaces will be beautiful holiday gifts for anyone. and

browse among her recycled wool hats. While visiting among the businesses and artists, remember to shop locally this Holiday season. For more information on Miracle on Main Street, please call 716672-4818.

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Cassadaga Branch Library Members Hold Cookie Exchange

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Contributed Article JS Sipos

Members of the Cassadaga Branch Library Association met recently at the home of Kathy George for their monthly meeting, and annual cookie exchange.

Each member attending brought two dozen of homemade cookies and exchanged them with other members. Recipes were also discussed, and member Marcia Murphy is composing an addendum of recipes which can be placed in the library cook book published and sold in 2003. Chairman Lois Franz conducted the meeting with secretary Trudy Coulcher reading the minutes of the previous meeting and Mrs. George presenting the financial report of the group. Photographs of the group were taken by member John Sipos, who serves as the Cassadaga Village Historian.

The library association was formed in 1938 as a singing club. In those early years, the group sang and entertained at many events, and as World War II broke out, public appearances were given up.

Members of the Cassadaga Branch Library Association met recently for their annual cookie exchange. Shown in the photograph are members John Sipos, Trudy Coulcher, Marcia Murphy, June Woollett, host Kathy George, Diane Shaw, Regina Burlingame, chairman Lois Franz and Susan Sipos.

The group continued their name, The Ladies Chorus, and continued to do community service working with the Red Cross and sponsoring a recreational program for the children of the elementary school. In 1946, the group decided to sponsor a library, and began gathering used books and storing them. When the library room was ready at the elementary school, books were carried in baskets to the New Library. The library had several moves, and a new building was constructed in

1993. It is called the Cassadaga Branch Library, a branch of the Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library of Stockton.

Through the efforts of many people over the years, the library has seen growth and kept up with an ever changing world.

The group will be taking a December recess, and will hold its next meeting on Monday afternoon Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. New members are always welcome.

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Prendergast Library To Host Resource Center Artists

Contributed Article Prendergast Library

The James Prendergast Library Art Gallery will present works by artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities from The Resource Center Dec. 9 through Jan. 6 in a show called “Winter Lane.”

“Many people are very excited about the exhibit,” said Kristen Briggs, Creations art coordinator and art instructor at The Resource Center.

There will be opening recepDawn Smith and Joel Monagle work on one of the tions from 10:30 a.m. paintings to be included in the “Winter Lane” exhibit. to 1:30 p.m. and 6 to to the Prendergast Library 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9.

Gallery for again hosting an The morning event exhibit of works by artists will feature a choir with disabilities,” said Steve performance at 10:30 Waterson, TRC’s commua.m., and there will nity relations director. “The be caroling at 7 p.m.

‘Winter Lane’ exhibit will help during the evening local residents get into the celebration. spirit of the season while at Both receptions are the same time seeing firsthand free and open to the the artistic abilities of Kristen’s public, and refreshstudents.” ments will be served.

At each session, “Reindeer” by Carole Wetzel “Winter Lane” by Dawn Smith and exhibit visitors can Joel Monagle meet Ms. Briggs and some of the artists. teaches art to individuals with Gallery hours for the “Winter Lane,” the picture disabilities at TRC’s five day exhibit will be 10 a.m. to 8 that inspired the name of the habilitation programs in Jamep.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursexhibit, is a group painting by stown and Dunkirk. Through day and Friday; 10 a.m. to 4:30 artists including Dawn Smith the Creations program, Ms. p.m.

Wednesdays; and 10 a.m. and Joel Monagle. Other artBriggs has developed a numto 3:30 p.m.

Saturdays.

Some ists have chosen scenes like a ber of accomplished artists, of the exhibited works will be snowman or a wintry forest. and in so doing she has helped for sale; proceeds will support give voice to those who canOn behalf of The Resource the Creations program. not speak, as well as moveCenter, Ms. Briggs said, “We The next Prendergast exhibit ment and freedom to people appreciate the opportunity to will feature the Southern Tier with physical limitations. exhibit and are eager to let the community know what we are During the past few years, Ms. Woodcarvers’ Guild. doing in our art rooms.”

Briggs has arranged a number The library is located at 509 Cherry St., Jamestown. of public exhibits of her stuMs. Briggs has been teaching For more information, call dents’ work so that the comart at The Resource Center munity at large can experience 484-7135, Ext. 225. For more for more than four years, information about TRC’s the artistic talents of people and during that time she Creations art program, call with disabilities. established the Creations art 483-2344. program at TRC. Ms. Briggs “We are extremely grateful

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Hule Lodge Plans Swedish Holiday Meal Contributed Article JS Sipos

Thule Lodge, located at 4123 Pancake Hill Road, held a meeting recently to plan for the annual Swedish holiday meal known as Dopp I Gryta. The Swedish phrase means the dipping of bread, as different kinds of bread will be served with the meal, and dipped into a sauce.

The meal will include a variety of foods including foods such as ham, korv, beets, cheeses, pickled herring, potatoes, breads, and many kinds of cookies. Lodge chairman Ralph Veights said the regular meeting of the lodge will be on the same day as the meal, Saturday Dec. 17 beginning at 2 p.m.. The lodge will hold its business meeting first, and then the food will be served.

Chairman Veights said all Thule Lodge members are urged to attend.

During the recent business meeting, secretary Lucile Marsh gave the roll call of officers, and read the minutes of the previous meeting.

Historian John Sipos led all in the pledge of allegiance and said that at this time of the year, we need to remember the importance of Veterans’ Day, and that we are thankful for those who help preserve the peace of our country.

Susan W. Sipos served as the chaplain for the meeting, giving an opening and closing message. In her message, Mrs. Sipos reminded all that there is strength in unity, and that all should remember to visit those who are ill.

Congratulations were extended to Edwin and Donna Sandberg, and Donna Johnson for their special recognition of Swedish heritage when the King of Sweden was in Jamestown. Mrs. Johnson, who is in charge of the children’s Swedish dance team said that

the children are rehearsing for the Lucia Festival to be held in Jamestown. Cultural leader Fanchon Fuller reminded all that on Saturday December 3rd at the Jamestown Community College, the Scandinavian Studies Program will hold their Christmas festival of a craft show, dancing, music and food.

Drawings were held at the meeting and recipients included Carolyn Ostrom, Eleanor King, Allie Withers and Jerry Erickson. Refreshments of homemade pies were provided and served by Gene and Loretta Smith. New member applicants were received, and the interviewing team of Gene Smith and William Wittenbrook was formed.

Thule Lodge is concluding its 104th year in the Jamestown/ Bemus Point area, and continues to preserve the Swedish heritage through events and activities. New members are always welcome.

Lucky Boy & Girl To Win CCB Holiday Give-Away

Contributed Article CCB

All nine CCB (Cattaraugus County Bank) locations will accept entries for a drawing to be held on December 21.

There will be 2 winners bankwide; one boy and one girl.

Each will receive a GIANT Christmas stocking stuffed with games and activities for children of all ages.

“Everyone at CCB agrees that, at this special time of year,

the joy in their laughter and the love in the eyes of the kids warm all of our hearts,” states CCB Senior Vice President and Marketing Manager Joni Simcick. “And we’d like to share in some of that by brightening the day for some lucky boy and girl.”

The drop boxes and entries will be available from November 28th through December 19th and winners will be notified via telephone on the 21st.

So encourage any child you know to enter ... OR why not surprise them and put their

name in the box yourself?

CCB is an FDIC insured New York State chartered independent, community bank. From January 2, 1902, CCB has established an unprecedented record of fiscal integrity and sound financial growth, which now totals over $180 million in assets. CCB maintains convenient ATMs and can be found on the web at www. ccblv.com. CCB is an equal housing lender. CCB’s main office is located in Little Valley, with eight branch offices.

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Shop Locally this Holiday Season including retailers. In combination with our large department stores, these small retail shops provide many options for holiday shopping right here in our own communities.

From boutique-style shops, consumers can find specialty goods including household items, clothing, artisan and handcrafted jewelry, and Written by Todd J. Tranum much more.

President & CEO of the Chautauqua When we support locallyCounty Chamber of Commerce & Executive Director of the Manufacturers owned businesses, we are Association of the Southern Tier truly supporting our local economy. Your shopping dolAmong our many assets in lars go back into the pockets Chautauqua County, we of entrepreneurial store ownare fortunate to have a wide ers and their employees, who variety of small businesses then, in turn, support other

local restaurants and service providers.

This holiday season, we are urging everyone to shop locally to boost our own Chautauqua County economy. While there is a national movement to buy American made products, our Shoptauqua initiative takes it one step further.

Helping to drive foot traffic into local businesses is one of the five focal points of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce. In order to support this effort, the Chamber offers Shop Chautauqua County Gift Checks, which can be used just like cash at

more than 80 restaurants, retailers, and service providers right here in our county.

Gift Checks are available only through the Chamber, in denominations of $10, $15, and $25.

In addition, in celebration of our gift check sales totaling more than $1-million, we are currently offering Shop Chautauqua County Gift Checks as a sweepstakes prize on our Facebook page. When you “like” us on Facebook, you and a friend have a chance to win gift checks.

The Chamber also helps to drive foot traffic into local businesses by providing an

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online business directory to help consumers find what they are looking for, providing member-to-member discounts to support Chamber members, and offering marketing opportunities to members to encourage support of local companies.

Consumers have many choices to make in today’s economy. One of the easiest decisions is to keep your holiday spending local. For more information about Chamber Gift Checks, call our offices at 366-6200 or 484-1101. Shoptauqua this holiday season to support local businesses!

Unshackle Upstate Director SellingHive Helps Businesses Increase Sales Will Speak at Chamber The Chautauqua County without extensive upfront ber is helping our members costs. The Chamber is the only expand their networking Chamber of Commerce is ofcapabilities and ultimately organization in Chautauqua fering our members an excitAnnual Meeting ing new opportunity to gener- County to provide SellingHive generate more revenue for Brian Sampson of Unshackle Upstate will be the Keynote Speaker for the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, to be held December 2nd at Moon Brook Country Club.

Unshackle Upstate is a bipartisan coalition focused on fixing state government and making it more accountable to New York’s taxpayers. Unshackle Upstate advocates for lower taxes and spending, and for pension reform and mandate relief, as well as other protaxpayer initiatives As executive director of Unshackle Upstate, Mr. Sampson is responsible for coordinating its political and policy agenda, advocating for reform in state

government, and promoting the overall growth of the coalition and engagement of its partners. Prior to joining Unshackle, he was with Empire State Development as Upstate Director for Business Outreach and served as vice president of the Builders Exchange of Rochester, a 550plus member association in the construction industry.

The lunch meeting will be sponsored by DFT Communications, Media One, OBSERVER, and The Post-Journal.

The lunch meeting will begin at 12:15, with registration starting at noon. To register, call the Chamber at 366-6200 or 484-1101, or visit our web site.

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Event

Location

10:30am to 1:30pm

The Telecommunications Society of Fredonia’s Museum “Send a Telegram to Santa Claus”

35 Center Street

11:00am to Noon

Barker Libary’s Holiday Storytelling

Barker Library 7 Day Street

11:00am to 3:00pm

“Arts in the Village” Artisans Show

Various

Fredonia Farmers Market: Thomas Annear, James Hoggard & Rebecca Tkaezyk

Forest Lodge 329 East Main Street

The White Inn: Chanel Alessi Ziemba, Darlene Alessi & The Artists@Heart

52 East Main Street

TimePieces: Susan MacKay & Pat Ulkins

23 White Street

Buster Brown Coffee: Barbara Del Monte & Patrick Del Monte

33 Church Street

Strive Nutrition: Steve Lax

27 West Main Street

The Coolest Little Music Shop: Steve Yunghans 65 West Main Street Herbs for Life: Sue Murphy

69 West Main Street

12:00pm to 3:00pm

The Cakery’s Gingerbread Decorating Workshop Decorate Your Own: Fee Required

58 West Main Street

Noon to 12:45pm

Tree Lighting by Mayor Claus Performance by SUNY Fredonia’s “The Riveters”

Barker Commons The Gazebo

Noon to 3:00pm

Santa’s Workshop: Fredonia Holiday Tradition Have your photo taken with Santa Claus, fun crafts, create thank you cards for our Troops overseas, music and much more.

The Grange 58 West Main Street

Sunday, 4 December 2011 10:00am to 4:00pm

Christmas on the Lake Craft Show Shop among over 20 Unique Local Artisans Have lunch over looking Lake Erie

Shorewood Country Club, Route 5, Dunkirk, NY

FestivalsFredonia in partnership with the Village of Fredonia, Town of Pomfret, area volunteers, merchants and organizations.

ate new business. SellingHive is a second generation social networking site for businesses and sales people. It works to connect companies and sales professionals in a secure environment for one purpose - to grow sales.

Compared to traditional sales methods, companies using SellingHive can expand into new territories, industries or difficult to reach prospects

invitations.

SellingHive’s goal is to help increase sales by utilizing new social network technology to create seemingly impossible connections between business professionals and companies.

The Chamber is focused on growing businesses, which makes offering support for our members with SellingHive an easy decision. By partnering with SellingHive, the Cham-

their business.

Exclusive invitations to join SellingHive area available in Chautauqua County only through the Chamber/MAST, and by enrolling by January 31st the first year’s SellingHive fees are free. To receive an invitation to join, contact the Chamber at 366-6200 or 4841101.

Chamber Holiday Mixer at Desilu Playhouse The next Chautauqua County Chamber Mixer will be a holiday season event at Desilu Playhouse on Friday, December 16th.

This is a great opportunity to network and have fun, while also learning about the groundbreaking impact that Chautauqua County native Lucille Ball made on the television industry. The event will be held from 5-6:30pm

at the world-renowned Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center, 2 West Third Street, Jamestown.

This Networking Mixer is sponsored by DFT Communications, The Observer, The PostJournal, Putnam Agency, and WDOE/96KIX. To register, call the Chamber at 716-366-6200 or 716-484-1101, or visit the web site at www. chautauquachamber.org.

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SUNY Fredonia’s Lash named to Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers

Contributed Article SUNY Fredonia

Pioneering research by Dr. Gary Lash into the sedimentary rock formation known as Marcellus black shale, which is believed to contain vast reserves of natural gas and oil, has placed the longtime SUNY Fredonia Geosciences professor into an ultra-selective fraternity that spans the globe.

Dr. Lash has been named by Foreign Policy magazine to its “Top 100 Global Thinkers” list for 2011.

How prestigious is this list?

Included in the top 20 among the 2011 roster are such names as President Barack Obama, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft Founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda.

Lash, together with Penn State colleague Dr. Terry Engelder and Texas oilman George P. Mitchell, can found at number 36.

Published by the Slate Group, a division of the Washington Post Company, Foreign Policy is a global publication devoted to economics, politics and ideas.

Lash and his co-honorees were designated top global thinkers for “upending the geopolitics of energy.” Their ground-breaking research and the subsequent attention they attracted to the tremendous reserves of tightly packed natural gas and oil within the Appalachian basin (which stretches from southwestern New York through much of Pennsylvania and into parts of West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio) has the potential to “fundamentally reordering the global balance of energy and the po-

litical power that comes with it.” Their big number – 1,400 trillion cubic feet of natural gas – brought the matter to a wide audience, transforming shale gas into a global issue in the development of greener energy.

“That’s what started it,” Lash said of the volume that could equate to perhaps 70 years’ worth of cleaner burning hydrocarbon.

Gas shale deposits are now gaining attention globally. New deposits are under examination in more than 35 nations, including Israel, Poland, Ireland, Argentina, Canada, Australia and Mexico.

“I suspect that this may be the principal reason for our recognition,” Lash said. “We advanced the discussion regarding the abundance of gas held by these deposits.”

Lash, a structural geologist and stratigrapher/sedimentologist with a doctorate in geology from Lehigh University, began investigating exposed shale formations along the Lake Erie shoreline some 15 years ago. He helped to establish the SUNY Fredonia Shale Research Institute as a means of coordinating industry interest in organic-rich shale with academic research efforts. Lash has been interviewed by CNN Money and was a keynote sci-

entist on “Crude,” a documentary presented on the History Channel.

Engelder has been studying Devonian shale deposits exposed in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. The two have worked collaboratively for more than 10 years, though each invariably proceeds in somewhat different scientific directions according to particular interests.

Marcellus gas deposits have become accessible through the application of new drilling techniques and hydraulic fracturing — commonly referred to as “fracking” — which involves the use of water and small amounts of chemicals pumped into wells at high pressure to release gas and oil deposits.

Now in his 31st year at SUNY Fredonia, Lash received a grant of just over $131,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development authority in 2007 to fund research to facilitate oil and gas exploration by improving analytical techniques that assess rock formations. More recently, his research has been supported by Chesapeake Energy, EQT, Shell, Seneca Resources, Chief Oil and Gas, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Lash’s current research focuses on the inorganic geochemistry

Family Day at the Fenton History Center

of the Marcellus and other Contributed Article shales using highly sophistiFenton History Center cated equipment that analyzes shale formations for trace elements and metals. Resulting The Fenton Family Day data can be used to deduce the chemical conditions under event is Saturday, Dewhich the shale accumulated, cember 3 from 10 am to 4 pm. Start a family assess the potential that a rock will respond favorably to tradition by beginning fracking, and even gain insight your holiday season at regarding the nature of Earth’s the Fenton Mansion.

Enjoy crafts and games climate at the time the shale for the kids, treats was deposited. for all and wonder at Despite a relatively low price the elegance of the for natural gas, drilling is Governor’s Mansion booming in Pennsylvania, “dressed” in its holiday Lash reported, and New York finery. The Fenton could become active in select History Center’s 32nd areas in 2012 upon lifting of a annual holiday exhibit drilling moratorium. A major is about the music of issue that must be resolved, during the self-guided tour of Christmas. When one Lash explained, is the proper the exhibit. thinks of the holidays - food, disposal of water produced gifts and family memories The exhibit is sponsored in during drilling operations, come to mind. The sounds part by Stormer Mechanical which includes water used in of familiar carols bring back Services and Fessenden Laumfracking as well as the highly many memories of holiday er and DeAngelo Attorneys. saline water naturally held in celebrations. Exhibits about The Fenton History Center is the rock. familiar carols, little known located on Washington Street facts about popular tunes and It seems appropriate that just south of the Washington holiday music trivia will be SUNY Fredonia, as a result Street Bridge past the Forest placed throughout the Manof Lash’s research, figures Ave. traffic light. The museum sion among the traditional prominently in natural gas is open year-round Monday exploration in the 21st century. festive exhibits. Children are free with a paying adult admis- through Saturday, 10 a.m. to The first commercial natural 4 p.m. For more information sion of $8. The Fenton Junior gas well in Devonian black visit www.fentonhistorycenter. shale was drilled in downtown Docents will be available to org or call 716-664-6256.

Fredonia in 1825, and the first answer questions and assist natural gas company in the United States was incorporated here as well. Indeed, the first fracked well was completed in Fredonia in 1858 by Preston Barmore, a graduate of The Fredonia Academy, a forerunner of SUNY Fredonia. Today, Chautauqua County is most heavily drilled county in the state.

Lash plans to attend the Dec. 1 reception that will recognize the new crop of “Global Thinkers” at the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C.CHAUTAUQUA REGIONAL YOUTH BALLET Monika Alch, Artistic Director

NUTCRACKER 2 exciting performances!

Sat Dec 10th 7:30 pm Sun Dec 11th 2:00 pm Reg Lenna Civic Center Jamestown, NY

with Guest Artists

ROBBIE FAIRCHILD New York City Ballet

AMANDA WEINGARTEN For tickets call 716-484-7070

CHAUTAUQUA REGIONAL YOUTH BALLET Monika Alch, Artistic Director

NUTCRACKER 2 exciting performances!

Sat Dec 10th 7:30 pm Sun Dec 11th 2:00 pm Reg Lenna Civic Center Jamestown, NY

with Guest Artists

ROBBIE FAIRCHILD New York City Ballet

AMANDA WEINGARTEN For tickets call 716-484-7070

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Tax Matters What’s New?

By Kelly Haggmark Contributing Writer

One thing’s for sure, things are always changing and that has never been more accurate than with the Internal Revenue Service. Hard times certainly bring change and there are many things looming for tax payers both as individuals and businesses. The problem right now is that so many things are up in the air as we come into an election

year and how things shake out is anyone’s guess.

One of the biggest changes that could happen is with the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. Congress can choose to let them expire by doing nothing, or they could vote to keep the tax cuts in by extending them past 2012. Those tax cuts effect filers with incomes over $250,000 and if allowed to expire, would restore tax rates of 36% and 39.6% beginning in 2013. The current top two tax rates are 33% and 35%. If the cuts expire, taxpayers in the 10%, 15%, 25%, and 28% brackets would not be affected.

President Obama has proposed an increase in the Internal Revenue Service’s budget so that more agents can be hired and revenue can be increased. There are a few areas the IRS finds that taxpayers have a higher rate of noncompliance and even if

the budget remains the same, the agency plans to focus on those areas.

One area of noncompliance is the gift tax. I find that many taxpayers aren’t even aware they may not be compliant with gift taxes. Gift taxes are imposed on the giver when property, including cash, is transferred to someone with no consideration in return or if consideration is less than fair market value. When gifts are distributed, the giver is required to file Form 709 if the gift exceeds an annual gift tax limit which for 2011 is at $13,000. The IRS is currently working with states by checking records of transfer to identify taxpayers that should be filing a gift tax return.

Another area of focus is the misclassification of workers.

Many companies, including the construction trades, use subcontractors. In some cases subcontractors are misclas-

Rotary Clubs Seeking GSE Team Candidates Contributed Article Ann Weidman

The Rotary Clubs of Chautauqua County, as participating clubs of Rotary District 7090, are looking for young professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who have been in their vocation a minimum of two (2) years and who are or not members of Rotary nor related to a Rotarian. They must be able to take a month away from their job to travel to Brazil and must be prepared to attend frequent team meetings between December and their departure date of April 26, 2012.

The team is scheduled to return to this area May 28, 2012.

Application deadline is Dec. 6 with a selection/interview session scheduled for all day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.

An opportunity of a lifetime,

the Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is sponsored by the Rotary International Foundation and gives young business and professional men and women a unique opportunity to experience a cultural and vocational exchange. The program provides travel grants for a four-person team with a Rotarian team leader.

While in Brazil, team members will be hosted by local Rotarians, study the institutions, the Brazilian way of life and observe their own vocations as practiced in Brazil.

Requirements are: applicants must be between ages 25 and 40 be fully employed with at least two years of work experience in their chosen field reside in or be employed in our Rotary District – 7090 be personable, articulate,

cooperative, motivated team players, enthusiastic about their vocations and have demonstrated leadership skills be a United States or Canadian citizen be prepared to spend considerable time in preparation for the trip (generally a meeting a week from selection to departure time) – team members will give verbal and audiovisual presentations in Brazil cannot be related to a Rotarian or be a Rotarian be available to participate in a selection session interview More detailed information and applications can be obtained by visiting www.rotary. org and search for the Group Study Exchange Program.

More questions? Contact U.S. Co-chair Dan Smith at 716/269-9900 or by email dsmith@plantrol.com.

LSS Announces Volunteer of the Year Contributed Article LSS

Each year Lutheran Social Services chooses one special volunteer to be honored at the Western New York Leading Age Recognition Dinner, held in Buffalo during May. This year the announcement was or made at the annual Volunteer Luncheon held in the LSS Chapel.

“You are all wonderful volunteers,” Suellen Carlson, Director of Volunteers told the audience of over 100 attendees.

“It’s hard to choose just one.

This year’s award goes to someone who is a stealth volunteer.

Without fan fare, she humbly goes about helping others in many ways and often we are not even aware of all that she does. She transports others on campus who no longer can drive. She is a quiet source of comfort and compassion for those who are terminally ill and dying. And, each week you will see her helping her son Pastor Dan with Sunday service here on campus,” she said.

Mrs. Rumfelt accepted the honor with surprise and gratitude. “There are so many others deserving of this honor,” she said. “I am so blessed to be a

rt. to lt.) Suellen Carlson, Volunteer Director for Lutheran Social Services presents Virginia Rumfelt, with flowers and a plaque honoring her as the Volunteer of the year. By her side is her son Pastor Dan Rumfelt, LSS Chaplain.

resident of the LSS community and of Jamestown. I am proud of all the work, all the variety of programs, the dedicated staff, and the never ending care and thoughtfulness that is a part of our campus,” she added. “I could search the world over and not find a better place to call ‘my home’. Thank you for this wonderful honor.”

Volunteers at LSS help transport residents to therapy, the beauty shop, dentist and podia-

trist and accompany residents to doctors’ appointment. They are friendly visitors and they run the gift shop. “We appreciate all the love and laughter they bring to our residents.”

Carlson said. “We interview each volunteer to learn their preferences and we match them to the activity they would enjoy the most.” For more information about volunteering at Lutheran Social Services, call Suellen Carlson at 665-8090.

sified as such and should be classified as employees.

Employers prefer the subcontractor classification because they don’t have to pay social security and Medicare taxes for those workers and may avoid unemployment, disability, and workers compensation insurance. States are currently working to reduce misclassification of workers and are eagerly sharing information with the IRS. In this area, it isn’t just violations with tax law, but criminal penalties may apply for serious cases.

A third area of stepped up review is with unreported tips.

The IRS has added a line for an employer’s tax ID number on Form 4137 where employees report unreported tips.

Employers need to pay FICA tax on unreported tips and what’s happening is the employers are reporting a lower amount than the employees are reporting with their

returns. So you have a waiter at your restaurant and on his individual return he reports unreported tips on Form 4137 with your tax ID number. The IRS matches the returns of all your employees and finds that you didn’t report and pay FICA tax on all of the tips.

The IRS is now sending out bills to employers to pay the additional FICA taxes.

Assistance from the states and advanced technology has made it easier for the IRS to monitor taxpayers and identify areas where noncompliance of tax law is found.

Increased regulations over paid tax preparers is helping the IRS identify preparers that don’t follow the tax laws and the IRS is currently reviewing the possibility of increased regulation over tax software to ensure those preparing their own taxes are monitored as well. If you tend to push the envelope in tax compliance,

you may want to rethink that position. The Government is looking to ways to increase tax revenue and getting a lot of pressure from constituents to not raise taxes. One alternative is to increase the percentage of taxpayers that adhere to the tax laws as they are currently written.

Kelly Haggmark is the owner of Haggmark Tax Service and is currently an Enrolled Agent enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. She has 20 years of experience in the fields of tax, accounting, and auditing and is a member of the Jamestown Community College Adjunct Faculty as an entrepreneurship instructor. The content of this article is meant to provide general tax information only. Readers should consult their tax professional for advice and guidance regarding individual or business tax matters.

Chautauqua County Home Care Association Holds Annual Dinner Contributed Article COI

In celebration of November as National Home Care Month, the Chautauqua County Home Care Association along with honored employees and guests, recently gathered at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Dunkirk for their annual dinner and employee recognition.

The County Home Care Association is a coalition made up of county home care agencies including: Accredited Care, Aftercare, Amedisys, Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc., Caregivers, Hospice, Hultquist Place, PSA Healthcare, TLC Health Network, the Visiting Nurse’s Association, WCA Home, Willcare, the Chautauqua County Department of Social Services’ Community Alternative Systems Agency (CASA) unit and the Office for the Aging.

“Each member of the association has an opportunity to honor an employee who has exemplified what every agency hopes their caregiver will provide for their patients; a demonstration of commitment to their jobs, an enthusiasm for productivity and a consistent expression of compassion,” Anne Massar, RN, committee chairperson said.

The association works to improve recruitment and reten-

tion of health care workers and share ideas with one another to make improvements. The annual dinner is an opportunity to offer special recognition to county employees for their exemplary service to their agencies and patients. The association works collaboratively with the county Department of Social Services and the Office for the Aging to provide home care services to those in need throughout the county.

Association members are available to speak to groups about available home care services and to communicate how home care has proven to be an effective and economical option in meeting health care needs. The association also presents two scholarships each year to potential nursing school graduates from Jamestown Community College.

Keynote speaker Christine Schuyler, RN, Commissioner of Human Services for Chautauqua County spoke about the significance and on-going need for services provided to the elderly, chronically ill and disabled residents in the county. Association President Lori Poniatowski presented the Annual Service Award to Georgiana Timmerman, CASA Case Manager. The award is given to an individual in the county whose hard work, special efforts and creative ideas have improved the delivery of home care and health care services.

“Employees of the Year” were identified from each participating agency. They were honored at the dinner and received certificates for outstanding service.

Honorees were: Accredited Care Kathleen Sherman, HHA Aftercare Jackie Falto, LPN and Beverly Wilcox, PCA Amedisys Lisa Davis, LPN Caregiver’s Amanda Skinner, HHA Chautauqua Opportunities Noemi Torres, PCA and Dawn Cramer, PCA Hospice Jennifer Palmieri, HHA Hultquist Place Diane Campbell, LPN Lake Shore LTHHCP Amy O’Neil, clerk and Jeanne Thierfeldt, RN New Vision Services Victoria Davis, PCA PSA Health Care Lindsay Polvino, LPN Visiting Nurse’s Association Megan Weeks, LPN WCA Home Teri Anne Drummond, HHA New York State Assemblyman Andrew Goodell and Marge Jordan, Director of Home Care for the NYS Department of Health presented each employee with a Certificate of Appreciation.

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Scrapbooking Today Picturing the Holidays

By Anne Walterich Contributing Writer

Flipping the calendar page to December is a physical reminder that, indeed, the holiday season is upon us. Not that Americans need much reminding: the holiday decorations have been displayed in stores since October, Christmas songs stared playing on the radio before Thanksgiving and every advertisement on television seems to feature an openmouthed woman drooling over a shiny accessory from the jewelry store. No matter what your religious affiliation, at this time of year, we’re all worshiping at the altar of the almighty gift horse.

I have mixed feelings about the holiday “season.” As much as I like the lights, tacky sweater parties and sugar cookies frosted to look like Santa Claus, regular readers of this column know how deep my disdain is for shopping malls and consumer culture in general.

Comedian Stephen Colbert is sounding like Suze Orman

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lately, proudly declaring that, “America is BACK! We’re spending money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to give to people we don’t like,” for the holidays. Yet, despite my critical (not cynical, I swear!) outlook, I think it “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

I do happen to like everybody on my list, and almost everyone on it receives a handmade gift from me. It’s a tradition that started between my friends and I when we were cash-strapped college students, and we’ve continued in the years since. Occasionally we’ll mix it up with a Dollar Store special just to see what we come up with, my favorite still being the container of Hand Cleaner I received in 1997. (Thanks, Alexis!) Homemade gifts do come with a risk, however. Despite one’s best efforts and intentions, a crafty disaster can occur and render several hours of work null and void in a glitter-covered whirlwind of destruction. Stuff happens.

The gifts that always elicit the brightest smiles, tears of joy and the laughter punctu-

Dear Pastor, Christmas is approaching and I always have a tough time balancing all the activities. Help!

The holidays can be a real challenge for some people due to the pressure of “getting it all done!” We need to learn to approach these activities like anything else, with God’s will in mind! To respond to your question, I will begin with how to prioritize our family’s events in light of God’s Word.

As Christians, we accept that

ated with a ladylike snort (my sister!) are ones that contain photographs of the recipient.

They’re perfect for almost everybody, enjoyed the most and are least likely to be re-gifted.

These presents are physical, but present the presence of a memory, which is the true gift.

I’m keeping the “handmade” tradition this year with holidaythemed Digital Scrapbook albums for my family. Since I’m making multiples of the same book, it made more sense to use digital layouts rather than traditional paper scrapbook pages for everyone. I’m not sure that Photoshop counts as a true craft tool, but for this purpose, I say it does. I’ve spent may hours digitizing, organizing and customizing these digital pages to perfection, and I’m looking forward to seeing what they will look like bound and printed. I’ve always had good results when using snapfish. com for photo prints, but will be using PersnicketyPrints.com or Blurb.com for printing my books. (It’s all about the best pricing, since both services offer high quality products.) I

used Blurb.com for my “Fire and Ice” book earlier this year, (which is still available online, makes a great gift for a Sunset Bay resident or expatriate, with all proceeds benefiting the Martin family) and was pleased with the crispness of the photos and weight of the paper, which should be considered if your gift is going to be heavily handled.

To me, the best part about making a digital scrapbook is eliminating the risk associated with creating a handmade gift.

There won’t be any burned paper, spilled glue or paper cuts with these books, at least.

Even if you don’t have an arsenal of embellishments, drop shadows and word art in a digital toolbox, you can still create a one-of-a-kind photo book for holiday gift-giving. Wal-Mart can have one ready for you within one hour of creating it online with many choices of themes and an EASY “dragand-drop” program. If you have a computer, you CAN make this with no special skills.

Another simple photo project

Keeping the Faith

God is our Creator and He knows what works for us. Matthew 10:30 says that, “And the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” If God cares about how many hairs we have (some of us have less than others!) why wouldn’t He care about our schedules? If you examine His Word, you’ll see that He has a priority “list” for us beginning with Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” This scripture

promises that if we put God first, the other things we do will fall into place, including our schedules! Without putting God first, our lives can become unbalanced.

The second priority should be our family (1Timothy 3:4-5, 5:8). Decisions affecting our time-usage should not be based on money or convenience, but what is best for our family. Many families have been destroyed by working to buy things when all the family really wanted was time

that gives at least one year’s worth of joy is a photo calendar. My friend Shelly creates one every year for her extended family, being sure to add the birthdays and upcoming weddings on the appropriate days.

Not only are these calendars valuable reference tools, but they star all of the family men as “Mr. December” for an added dose of fun. Everyone immediately flips the pages to see where they wound up, and reminisce about when the photos were taken. She uses Shutterfly.com, but Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid also offer similar services.

Of course, if you don’t use a computer but would like to give a photo gift, any store with a photo department should be able to create a copy or enlargement for you from a print, negative or memory card, perfect for framing for your loved one.

My boyfriend received a frame containing several pictures of his parents on their wedding day as a gift from his daughter, which was the perfect holiday gift for the man who already has everything.

Photo gifts are universally loved, simple to create and will continue to bring joy long after the egg nog is gone. I have yet to see a tacky tie, bottle of wine or any other gift bring quite the level of sentimentality and joy that a photo gift does.

Except for that jar of hand cleaner, of course.

What craft projects are you giving as gifts this year? Will you be making any scrapbooks or photo gifts for your loved ones?

Drop me a line at awalterich@ sunsetscrapbooks.com and you may be featured in an upcoming column.

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Anne Walterich is the owner of Sunset Scrapbooks, a photo preservation and album design service. When not decking the halls, she can be found online at SunsetScrapbooks.com or tweeting @SunsetScrapbook.

together. The best gift we can give our family, especially during the holidays, is our time and attention. No amount of the “latest and greatest” things can compare with the time spent bonding as a family.

The third priority is our occupation or work (2 Thessalonians 3:10). We must recognize that our job is just a tool to support our family and should never take precedent over family or God. Fourth is our service to God and the church.

All of us have received talents

and gifts in order to serve the Lord (Romans 12:6). These must be kept in balance… service is no substitute for spending time with God! The last priority is everything else including hobbies, T.V., and sports. There’s nothing wrong with these things, but they shouldn’t be a distraction from our more important responsibilities. Remember…Matthew 6:33 promises that if you put God first, He will make sure that you have enough time for ALL things…including these!

as it belongs to me. The only difference between me and her is Christ. I have taken the opportunity to accept Him and she may not yet know. Christ is waiting for her. God is not mad at her. He put his anger on Jesus so He wouldn’t have to put it on her. He has saved her and he wants someone to treat her as someone Christ died for. Romans 2:4, says, “…do you not know that the goodness of God leads you to repentance.” It’s the attitude of goodness that people need to

see not condemnation. People are out there preaching the judgment of God to her when they should have told her that “God is not willing that any should perish but all would come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9) We should act patiently in the Love of God to show the world that they are worth dying for. Only when a person believes in God’s goodness will they experience the power to change their actions.

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In Mark 16:15, Jesus gave Christians the command to “…preach the gospel to every creature.” Jesus Christ gave us these orders in the hopes that we would reach a lost and hurting world with the message of His Love. However, most of the Christian world is amazed at the stories of the soul winners that proclaim God’s message accurately and lead people to Christ. We often

depend on the Billy Grahams, John Hagees, and Kenneth Copelands to tell the world about Jesus. The Church has not realized that the ministry of soul winning belongs to every Christian. We think it extraordinary for a layman believer to lead a person to Christ but that is normal according to Biblical standards.

So why aren’t “average” Christians leading people to Christ?

First of all, there is no such thing as an average Christian.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior then the Bible says that the Greatness and Glory of God lives on the inside of you (1 John 4:4, John 14:23,1 Cor 6:19). If you are a Christian, and you see yourself as average, then you will never accomplish what God has called you to do. Secondly, Christians have had the wrong attitudes towards the world.

Have you ever been required to be around someone who lives, talks, and acts like the devil? You start thinking to yourself, “I can’t believe they act that way. How awful. I’m offended.” Somebody who has not accepted Christ is spiritually dead. (Ephesians 2:1). A dead person does not have the ability to act alive. You wouldn’t go to a funeral and expect the person in the casket to do jumping jacks. But that’s what we do with unbelievers. We get offended at their

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actions. No! They can’t help it.

Until they are made alive in Christ they can’t act any other way. We can’t be offended at the world. We must be patient with people and show them goodness regardless of how they act.

Have we forgotten the fact that Jesus Christ took the wrath and punishment of God for everyone on Earth as a reflection of God’s Love for people? Salvation belongs to the biggest prostitute in town as much

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Is grinding nails really OK for dogs?

Q: What do you think about “grinding” a dog’s nails rather then cutting them? I often see an ad for a tool that can do it. Is it safe? — via email A: Grinding your dog’s nails is safe if done properly, and can be easier on you both. I’m not personally that big a big fan of the one “as seen on TV,” but there are other options for getting the job done — including an ordinary rotary grinder such as the Dremel with a mediumgrit tip. Both cordless and corded models seem to work just as well for this task, but the cordless may be easier for beginners to handle.

In the early stages of training, just let your dog see the grinder, and praise and treat. In a later session, turn the grinder on and praise and treat. Praise and treat your dog progressively, allowing the grinder to get closer to a paw and to briefly touch a nail tip. The first time you grind — which may be several sessions after the first introduction — be happy with working a little on just one nail, and don’t forget to praise and treat.

Be sure to either clip the hair of longhaired dogs or to hold it back so it won’t get wound in the shaft of the grinder. (One trick is to slip an old nylon stocking with a hole for the nail over the paw to hold the hair away from the grinding tip.) Support the dog’s toe, but don’t squeeze too hard. Hold the grinder against the nail for no more than a second or two at a time to prevent heat buildup, and don’t push the grinder hard against the nail — just hold it there and let the tool do the work.

Grind across the bottom and then carefully in from the tip of the nail.

Just a little bit at a time is plenty.

If you do this weekly, you’ll be able to maintain short nails on your dog with ease. (If you do an Internet search for “grinding dog nails,” you’ll find a couple of well-done step-by-step guides with pictures.)

— Gina Spadafori Do you have a pet question? Send it to petconnection@gmail.com.

About Pet Connection Pet Connection is produced by a team of pet-care experts headed by “Good Morning America” and “The Dr. Oz Show” veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker and awardwinning journalist Gina Spadafori. The two are also the authors of many best-selling pet-care books. Dr. Becker can also be found at Facebook.com/DrMartyBecker or on Twitter @DrMartyBecker.

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PICKS OF THE LITTER Among countless dog-care items, a handful really stand out

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n eye-popping $50 billion dollars is spent on pet care every year, with the lion’s share going to the dogs, literally. But even though thousands of dog-care supplies are in the market now with thousands more introduced all the time, I think there are but a handful that have been game-changers.

Here are my top five: Crates Shipping crates for animals have been around forever. But the original Vari Kennel line of high-impact plastic crates forever altered the way we raise and train our dogs. Most notably, crates are now used routinely for housebreaking — working with a puppy’s natural desire to keep the area around him clean to help him learn to “hold it” until he can be taken outside and praised for going in the right place.

Crate training also helps to teach growing puppies which items are OK for chewing and which are off-limits, based on what’s inside the crate and what’s not. A crate also provides a safe place for a dog to ride in a vehicle, teaches him to be more relaxed when confined at the veterinarian’s and even proGames of fetch can last until even the most active dog is vides him a safe, secure place to be when evacuated during a exhausted with the Chuckit, which gives nearly everyone the disaster. arm power of a major league outfielder.

Kong Formed from durable rubber, the Kong is arguably the best dog until the invention of the snap- happy exhaustion without working dog toy ever invented. Kongs now together clasp. up a sweat yourself. come in a wide range of sizes and The plastic clasps also help make Head halters chew strengths. But it’s the hollow collars so affordable that many Legendary veterinary behaviorcenter of most Kongs (the floatable dogs have more than one, and not a ist Dr. R.K. Anderson had a simple Kool Kongs are the exception) that few have collars for every occasion. idea: Why wouldn’t something gives this toy superstar status.

The Chuckit that has worked with horses for Dog trainers recommend keepI throw like a girl. But even if countless years control a dog just ing crated dogs busy with Kongs I didn’t, I know that no one with as painlessly? Head halters for stuffed with a variety of fillings, the possible exception of a major dogs are simply modified versions such as kibble, cheese, peanut but- league outfielder could throw a ball of horse halters, and they work ter and rawhide sticks. There’s no far enough to keep my two retriev- on the same principal: Guide and telling how many happy dogs have ers happy. Since I like my retriev- control where the head goes and been distracted from destruction ers to be happy — not to mention the rest of the body will follow. by the mighty Kong. exhausted, so they don’t drive me How many shoulder joints has the Snap buckles crazy — I own a Chuckit. Actually, head halter saved? Hard to say, but Early dog collars were made of I own three. Maybe four. Simply the ability to take an unruly dog for metal to protect the necks of war put: I can’t live without them. a walk benefits both pet and owner, dogs; later ones were made of leath- Seemingly based on the cesta helping lessen behavior problems er to identify owners and allow for used to fling the pelota in jai alai, caused by inactivity and health controlling animals with leashes or the Chuckit gives even the wimpi- problems caused by excess weight. keeping them from roaming with est dog owner a rocket launcher Next week, I’ll have my five catchains. But fashionable collars for an arm. With little effort you care products that have changed weren’t available for the ordinary can fling to the point of your dog’s the world.

Need to find a veterinarian on the road? It’s easy with the American Animal Hospital Association’s trip planner.

• The holidays are a major travel season, and these days travel often includes the family dog. But what if your dog sniffs out the raisins between the seats and hoovers them up before you check the rearview mirror? Or, at the in-laws’, your pet gets hold of grandma’s medication?

The American Animal Hospital Association noticed the upward trend in roaming Rovers and launched a pet-focused trip planner. The planner pinpoints veterinary clinics and hospitals along your route. Just plug in your starting point and final destination, and you’ll not only get driving directions for your trip, but the name, location and contact information for pet help along the way. Find it at healthypet.com/RelocationAndTravel/ TripPlanner.aspx.

• If you’ve been looking for one more reason to make kicking cigarettes your New Year’s resolution, how about this one: Second-hand smoke has been linked to cancer in pets. A study by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University looked at the link between second-hand smoke and cancer in cats, and found not only a strong link, but an increased risk for pets exposed for five years or longer.

For dogs, a study by the College of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University noted a higher risk of nasal tumors in dogs with longer muzzles, and lung cancer in dogs with shorter muzzles — the carcinogens being stopped in the noses of some dogs but going through to the lungs in others. In pet birds, it’s the “canary in the coal mine” all over again, with lung cancer turning up at higher rates in homes with smokers.

— Dr. Marty Becker and Mikkel Becker

Chautauqua County Humane Society Pet of the Week

This week we are featuring “Alex”. He is a beautiful short haired black cat that is nearly 2 years old. He came to CCHS in January and has been here almost a year.

Alex is neutered, has all his shots and is microchipped. He likes to get attention, but has no patience with small children and would do best in a home with kids over 10. He currently resides in our Cat Colony room. If you would like to meet Alex, come to the Adoption Center on Strunk Road in Jamestown.

Shadow has been adopted!!

2825 Strunk Road • Jamestown 716-665-2209 • cchs@spcapets.com The Chautauqua County Humane Society’s Pet of the Week is sponsored by The Annual Tom Pawelski Memorial Golf Tournament , held this past summer. The money raised from the 2010 tournament provides discounted adoption rates to Pet of the Week animals. Stop by CCHS and find your new best friend, 2825 Strunk Road Jamestown.

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By Chris Winkler Star Sports Editor

No matter the result, the 2011 Southwestern football season was coming to an end Sunday, Nov. 27. Unfortunately, it probably wasn’t the way the team envisioned.

The Trojans remarkable run through the state playoffs ended with a bittersweet final of a 39-0 loss to Dobbs Ferry at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.

It was the fourth state championship for the Dobbs Ferry Eagles who ran away with this one. They are now tied with Caledonia Mumford (Section V) for the second-most state titles in the state. Leading the way is another Section V school, Aquinas.

But, this one came relatively easy for the Eagles who used a wealth of options offensively to overpower the Southwestern defense.

John Yozzo-Scaperrotta scampered for 110 yards and his touchdown early on the first drive put Dobbs Ferry ahead 7-0. Tom Soave added a 16-yard run later to put the Eagles up two scores and Yozzo-Scaperrotta added another from one yard out and the rout was on.

Dobbs Ferry led 27-0 at halftime and out of their six possessions, scored touchdowns on four of them. On the other two, they fumbled deep into Southwestern territory.

For a Southwestern defense that had been dominant all year long, it was pretty clear that Dobbs Ferry was

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Soave, a bruising fullback finished with 110 yards and a score. YozzoScaperrotta did his damage from the outside and finished with 118 yards on just 13 carries and three scores.

Then, Eddie Ritch in more of a mopup duty went for 127 yards and one touchdown.

Amazingly, none were named the Most Valuable Player of the game.

That award went to quarterback Spencer Avalos who completed nine of his 10 passes for 146 yards. With the rushing attack going as well as it was for Dobbs Ferry, the passing game was wide open.

Thus, it’s a disappointing end for head coach Jay Sirianni’s team, but the run is still impressive nonetheless, perhaps the most impressive during his tenure.

The Trojans lost a dearth of talent and experience coming into this year and it was quite evident the team got better each week. After losing to Salamanca and in-turn the Class C South division title, Sirianni’s team had a difficult stretch just to get to the sectional championship, let alone the state championship.

On the field, it was the play of Jake Swan, a senior defensive back and wide receiver, which had a knack for singlehandedly taking over games. But, that was sort of the mantra of the team this season, which also found ways to win games one way or another.

The Star's County Player of the Year Jake Swan (No. 9) walks off the field for Unfortunately, that didn’t happen the final time as a sea of Syracuse Orange seats surround. Swan and the TroSunday afternoon. jans lost the state final 39-0 against Dobbs Ferry. (Photo by Bryan Bucklin)

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By Chris Winkler Star Sports Editor

It was another successful home stand for the Jamestown Ironmen as they swept the Michigan Warriors 8-2 Friday night, and 5-4 Saturday night behind a pair of strong crowds at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena.

Friday night behind 721 fans, the Ironmen came out flying showing no signs of a potential turkey hangover. They scored twice in the opening period and outshot Michigan 22-6. They added another two early on in the second period and the rout was on.

“We played really well Friday night,” head coach Dan Daikawa said. “It was one of those games where we had full control, as soon as (Michigan) made a mistake, we pounced on them.”

Full control it was as Jamestown outshot Michigan a startling 52-25 and had a balanced team attack.

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The Ironmen won 5-4 in a shootout. (Photo by Phil Genco).

Tough Start Continues For Bonnies, Fall To 2-2

By Chris Winkler Star Sports Editor

It was the second real test for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team Sunday who travelled to Blacksburg, Va., to take on Virginia Tech.

The Hokies (5-1), whose lone loss came against No. 5 Syracuse at Madison Square Garden last week, provided Bonaventure a chance for a marquee win to boost their résumé come March. The previous week, St. Bonaventure lost to Cleveland State on the road, a team receiving votes in the latest Top 25 polls.

Again, however, the Bonnies came up short losing 73-64, despite a breakout performance from junior forward Demitrius Conger.

“Give Virginia Tech credit, they’re a good team,” head coach Mark Schmidt said. “But I thought our effort was good. I thought Demitrius

played extremely well.”

Conger had 23 points and six rebounds and made all 13 of his shots inside the three-point line (seven 2’s and six free throws). But, Conger didn’t get much help from anyone else and similarly to last year’s game against the Hokies in Rochester, Bona never led.

That’s because All-American candidate Andrew Nicholson again struggled to get things going in the

offensive end. Nicholson had just nine points, just the second time in the last 40 games he failed to score double-digits and the first in his last 18 games. He shot 4-of-14 from the floor and likely failed to impress NBA scouts in attendance from the Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder, Washington Wizards and Minnesota Timberwolves.

But, he’ll have many more opportunities to do that, and more importantly, the Bonnies will have — and

need — more chances to improve on their slow start.

It was just Nicholson who had a rough night. Fellow senior Michael Davenport continued his forgettable start. Even though it was a seasonhigh 13 points, Davenport shot a woeful 5-for-15 and just couldn’t find his jumpshot. Also, starting point guard Eric Mosley went 0-for-5. As a team, Bonaventure shot just 38 percent from the floor and 30 percent (16-for-53) outside of Conger.

“Andrew struggled and that hurt us,” Schmidt said. “They were doubling and we didn’t do a great job of kicking the ball and out and making shots.”

But there were some good signs, not even counting Conger. The Bonnies turned it over only 12 times (by far Continued on pg 8

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2011 Chautauqua Star’s All-County Football Teams

County Player of the Year Jake Swan had a fantastic season on both sides of the ball, including leading Section VI in interceptions on defense. He was also a big threat on offense, both receiving and rushing. Here he is against Fredonia in the Class C semi-finals. (Photo by Bryan Bucklin).

Southwestern head coach Jay Sirianni celebrates the sectional championship win over Cleve Hill at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Nov. 4. (Photo by Bryan Bucklin).

County Player of the Year — Jake Swan, Southwestern First Team Offense First Team Defense

County Coach of the Year — Jay Sirianni, Southwestern Second Team Offense Second Team Defense

QB- Alex Grace, Maple Grove RB- Thad Johnson, Frewsburg RB- Spencer DeCinque, Jamestown WR- Weston Ley, Fredonia WR- Skyler Liddell, Maple Grove WR- Jake Swan, Southwestern OL- Cortland Haines, Jamestown OL- David Waterman, Maple Grove OL- Nick Fisher, Chautauqua Lake OL- Adam Sundholm, Jamestown OL- Jacob Caldwell, Frewsburg K- Spencer DeCinque, Jamestown

DL- Nick Nocek, Fredonia DL- Robbie Newell, Southwestern DL- Dan Lictus, Clymer LB- John Nickerson, Maple Grove LB- Nick Mitchell, Frewsburg LB- Zach Buckley, Fredonia LB-Kyle Utegg, Dunkirk LB- Ben Whitney, Jamestown DB- Jake Swan, Southwestern DB- Dylan Cassidy, Fredonia DB- John Jimerson, Silver Creek SP- J.B. Maisonet, Jamestown

QB- Jason McMahon, Chautauqua Lake RB- Ryan Phelps, Clymer RB- Chris Sampson, Chautauqua Lake WR- Jake Dwaileebe, Jamestown WR- Kevin Holmes, Dunkirk TE- Ben Whitney, Jamestown OL- John Scroxton, Maple Grove OL- Derek Rolfe, Chautauqua Lake OL- Derek Wise, Cassadaga Valley OL- Robert McKeever, Pine Valley OL- Tanner Propheter, Panama K- Tanner Hoose, Southwestern

Zach Buckley (White No. 31) was The Star's Class C North Defensive Player of the Year. He led the Hillbillies in tackles and sacks and the junior will be one of the top players in all of Section VI next year. (Photo by Al Gens).

Individual Awards

Class AA North Offensive Player of the Year: Okoya Anderson, Orchard Park DL- Kevin Rocque, Silver Creek Defensive Player of the Year: James Fitzgerald, DL- Troy Cooper, Chautauqua Lake Orchard Park DL- Trevor Interline, Sherman Coach of the Year: Tom Langworthy, Jamestown DL- Terrance DeJesus, Jamestown Class B South LB- Justin Borrello, Fredonia Offensive Player of the Year: Corey Vail, Pioneer LB- Jacob Gullo, Jamestown Defensive Player of the Year: LB- Peter Trathen, Tony Lock, Pioneer Southwestern Coach of the Year: LB- Chandler Baker, Jim Duprey, Pioneer Chautauqua Lake DB- Jeff Tampe, Maple Grove Class C North Offensive Player of the Year: DB- Jason McMahon, Daryl Spencer, Cleve Hill Chautauqua Lake Defensive Player of the Year: DB- Mike Donaldson, Zach Buckley, Fredonia Dunkirk Coach of the Year: SP- Dalton Peterson, Bob Ball, Fredonia Frewsburg

Class C South Offensive Player of the Year: Jake Swan, Southwestern Defensive Player of the Year: Jake Swan, Southwestern Coach of the Year: Jay Sirianni, Southwestern Class D Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Alex Grace, Maple Grove and Thad Johnson, Frewsburg Co-Defensive Player of the Year: John Nickerson, Maple Grove and Nick Mitchell, Frewsburg Coach of the Year: Curt Fischer, Maple Grove Class DD Offensive Player of the Year: Jason McMahon, Chautauqua Lake Defensive Player of the Year: Chandler Baker, Chautauqua Lake Coach of the Year: Dan Greco, Chautauqua Lake

St. Bonaventure Baseball Inks Eight To National Letters Of Intent Contributed Article

St. Bonaventure Sports Information

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Head baseball coach Larry Sudbrook has announced the signing of eight players to National Letters of Intent to begin play with the Bonnies in the 2012-13 season.

The group who committed to Sudbrook's program are: Dominic Edwards (Cleveland, Ohio/Mentor), Drew Teller (Cleveland, Ohio/Mayfield), Josh Martin (Buffalo, N.Y./ Depew), Alex Bell (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair), Steve Klimek (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Arcadia), Sean Sleigh (DuBois, Pa./Treasure Lake), Thaddeus Johnson (Frewsburg, N.Y./Frewsburg Central School) and Tom Styn (East Amherst, N.Y./Williamsville East).

Edwards, a right-handed pitcher, earned a 6-0 record last season, threw three shutouts and three complete games in leading his team in wins, strikeouts (37) and saves

(three). In 2011, he was the Lake Erie League Player of the Year, an All-Lake Erie League selection, an All-Lake County member and a News-Herald First Team Pitcher.

Teller, also a pitcher, has played three years of high school baseball. As a junior, he was a starting pitcher for the varsity team, earning a 3-0 record despite battling mononucleosis. He won the Junior Varsity Team Most Valuable Player Award in his sophomore year. Teller also played high school basketball and soccer.

Martin, a catcher, hit .489 with a slugging percentage of .733 in 14 games last year, including a 10-game hitting streak. He has been an Erie County Interscholastic Conference (ECIC) First Team Section 6 All-Star selection for the last two seasons, including a sophomore campaign in which he set school records in batting average (.565), on-base percentage (.633) and slugging percentage (.848). He has been a mem-

ber of Depew's varsity squad since seventh grade, and is the cousin of current Bonnie pitcher Eddie Gray.

a junior last season. In his sophomore season at Upper St. Clair, he hit .269 with two RBI. Bell also played for the Mid-Atlantic Canes Under-17

Bell, a non-scholarship catcher who has an assured spot on the roster, hit .345 with two home runs in 55 at bats for the Panthers as

over the summer, participating in several tournaments around the region.

Klimek, a corner infielder, hit .510 with nine home runs and

High School Football 2011 Records AA South Team

Orchard Park - xy Jamestown Clarence Lancaster Frontier West Seneca West

Overall W L 14 0 8 2 5 4 4 5 4 5 3 6

League W L 5 0 4 1 3 2 2 3 1 4 0 5

B South Team

Pioneer Olean Eden Springville Dunkirk East Aurora

Overall W L 8 1 4 4 6 3 5 4 2 6 1 7

x- Section VI Champion

y- New York State Champion

C South

Class D

Team

Overall W L Salamanca 6 2 Southwestern - x 11 2 Westfield 4 4 Cassadaga Valley 2 6 Allegany-Limestone 4 5 Catt/Little Valley 4 5 Falconer 2 5

League W L 6 0 5 1 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 0 6

Team

Maple Grove - x Randolph Frewsburg Silver Creek Portville I-Prep

Overall W L 9 1 5 3 7 3 4 4 3 6 0 8

League W L 5 0 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 0 5

League W L 5 0 4 1 3 2 2 3 1 4 0 5

C North Team

Overall W L 8 1 8 2 5 4 5 4 2 7 2 7 1 8

League W L 6 0 5 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 4 0 6

Overall W L Chautauqua Lake -x 9 0 Panama 5 3 Clymer 5 4 Ellicottville 4 4 Sherman 6 3 Franklinville 4 5 Forestville 1 7 Pine Valley 0 8

League W L 7 0 5 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 1 6 0 7

Fredonia Cleveland Hill JFK Akron Gowanda Wilson Lafayette

Class DD Team

26 RBI in 19 games last season. On the pitcher's mound, he went 5-1 with 51 strikeouts in 47 innings en route to being named the All-Monroe County Division 2 Player of the Year. In his sophomore season, Klimek recorded a 10-0 record on the hill and hit for a .486 average. The Rochester native is currently tied for fifth on the all-time home runs list in Section V with nine.

Sleigh, also a corner infielder, recorded 33 hits last season, helped lead his team to the AAAA playoffs and was named to TCS/CE High School Baseball All Star Team.

Also a member of the football team, he set the record for career touchdown passes and threw for 3,658 yards this past fall in his senior campaign.

Johnson, a middle infielder, in 14 games last season batted .532 with four home runs, 16 RBI and had a 1.37 ERA as a pitcher. He was named Second Team All-State for Class C, First Team All-Western New York, First Team All-

CCAA and CCAA Player of the Year. Johnson will be the fifth member of his family to attend St. Bonaventure University on an athletic scholarship. His brother Seth and sister Anneli earned scholarships for swimming, and his two other brothers, Cael and Asa, are both pitchers on the Bona baseball team. Seth is currently the head coach of the women's swimming team.

Styn, a non-scholarship infielder who has an assured spot on the roster, was an Erie County Intercollegiate Conference (ECIC) Second Team selection last year, hitting .323 in 62 at bats for the Flames.

As a freshman, Styn hit .368 with 20 RBI in 68 at bats.

Off the field, the prospective physical education major earned New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Scholar Athlete honors with a 3.7 GPA in the classroom.

The eight new signees will fill spots vacated by six graduating seniors this coming May.

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Three And Out: Bills Punt Away Season

Chris Winkler COMMENTARY

First Down: The storybook ending wasn’t meant to be for the Southwestern Trojans, who were denied a third state title in four years.

But, it was really a remarkable, almost surprising year for the Trojans. Who knew a team that had gone 35-1 in their past three seasons would be considered a long shot to reach the state finals again?

But, it sort of did. Southwestern lost plenty of key players from last year’s squad and the truth of it all was Jay Sirianni returned one of his more inexperienced teams in recent memory.

Leave it to Sirianni, though, my pick for County Coach of the Year, to have his team playing their best football as the playoffs came around.

Southwestern avenged last season’s sectional final loss to Fredonia by beating the Hillbillies in the semi-finals. They then beat Cleve Hill to reach the state quarterfinals where they went on to beat Wellsville and Waverly before reaching the final.

The interesting thing, though, is just how good the Trojans could be next year. They do lose my County Player of the Year Jake and likely All-WNYer Swan, but a handful of key starters will be back. Quarterback Jake Pilling and linebacker Peter Trathen lead that list.

But, also Ryan Schutte, Jesia Hogue, Andy Greenlee and kicker Tanner Hoose should make this one of the top Class C teams in the state yet again.

Second Down: The high school season reminded me how great one-and-done football playoff games can be. It’s not like the Buffalo Bills will give us a taste of playoff football, but NFL playoff games are can’t-miss TV, anyhow.

Which brings me to the terrible disappointment of no football playoffs in college.

Sure top-seeded Sam Houston State looks really good in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision bracket, but wait, who the heck are they?

It’s major college football that delivers the heartbreak year after year. Don’t get me wrong, the BCS usually does pit together the top two teams in the country. This year is no different, as No. 1 LSU will play No. 2 Alabama for the national title. (Don’t let ESPN try selling you on anything else, no scenario, excluding a massive upheaval from voters for absolutely no reason, can change the top two teams in the final week).

But, it does speak for the system when out of 120 teams

from 11 different conferences (12 including Independents) the BCS selects two teams from the same conference.

It’s pretty simple to see there is a big problem. The good news is this is another year that should call for a push to a playoff system.

Those are the clear-cut top two teams in the country, but that doesn’t mean Oklahoma State or Stanford or Oregon or heck even Houston don’t deserve some chance to prove it.

A three-week playoff starting the week or weekend after Christmas is still a dream and an eight-team playoff this year would be sensational. For now, though, enjoy what should be a great national championship.

Third Down: The NBA season will finally get under way, but it begs the question, did anybody actually miss it? Or better yet, did anybody even know it should have started?

I’m not much of an NBA fan, but I know a few of you are out there. It’ll be great to have back if for nothing else, SportsCenter will have something to talk about.

Besides, look at this Opening Day scheduled for Christmas: heated rivals Boston and New York to start the day, a finals rematch between the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks follows and the Chicago Bulls and L.A. Lakers, with arguably the two best players in the game, Derrick Rose and Kobe Bryant, finish it. Open the presents early and ignore the family later, am I right?

Fourth Down: Which brings us to the topic of the week, and yes after a promising start to the drive, it’s time to punt.

The Buffalo Bill started 3-0 and 5-2, but after a fourthstraight loss, the Bills will push their playoff drought on for at least another year.

Let’s be honest, this Bills team wasn’t expected to be great, but some — not just me, either — thought they could challenge for a playoff spot before the year started. Somehow, after being considered one of the top teams in the AFC at the halfway point, the Bills are going to be left scrambling to get to .500. I can safely say this will be the last time I talk about this team for the rest of the calendar year.

The frustrations are too many to count, but somehow 10 years of terrible football found a way to roll itself into one game last weekend, didn’t it?

The defense still hasn’t gotten any better, Stevie Johnson still drops way-beyond-crucial passes and the entire Bills team still falls apart in the final few minutes. Hey, don’t forget the final two minutes of the first half, either. No way the Jets get into the end zone had it not been for a stupid penalty, a stunningly bad kickoff, another stupid penalty and a decision to not cover a wide receiver.

Somehow that all happened in two minutes. But, at least they didn’t give them the touchdown.

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American Hardcore Grappling Pittsburgh Invitational

Back Row: Norman Yonkers, Albert Chapa-3rd, Andrew Monter2nd, Kyle Congdon-2nd Front Row: Tyler Mathews-1st, Michael Benedict-3rd, Adam Selllari-1st, Braden Wilkins-3rd

Norman Yonkers’ Karate Connection MMA Academy’s Grappling Team traveled to Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 29 for the American Hardcore Grappling Pittsburgh Invitational.

The team competed in their

various age and weight groups in the No-Gi Tournament.

The grappling team trains in Gokor Chivichyan’s Hayastan Grappling System under Norman Yonkers.

More Than Just A Touchdown For A Gowanda Youth Contributed Article Mark Benton

The Gowanda Youth varsity football team traveled to Hamburg's Howe Field on Saturday, Nov. 12 to play South Buffalo in the OATKA football/cheerleading league title game. The "Panthers" put forth a valiant effort but lost to the defending league champions by a final score of 18-12.

After the game, each team was presented a large trophy and hats to commemorate their outstanding athletic performance. But the greatest accomplishment of the night belonged to a boy who never played a down in the game.

Immediately following the post-game presentation, both teams were summoned back onto the field with Gowanda on offense and South Buffalo taking their defensive positions at the 10-yard line. A football was then handed off to Gowanda's Zack Degenfelder who raced over the goal line in his wheelchair that put an exclamation mark on the long (fifteen weeks) and successful season. The large crowd in attendance appreciatively applauded the special moment.

Zack was born fourteen years ago with spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disease that drastically restricts muscle development and coordination. But through the long and arduous process and with the daily assistance from his parents and four siblings, Zack is able to do wonders for a 14-year-old boy confined to a wheel chair.

When Zack's older brother Kyle began to play for the Jets in the Gowanda youth football league several years ago, he followed along and was the team's designated ball boy.

The next season when Zack had turned eight and was old enough to register for the peewee team, the Jets listed him on their roster as a player and gave him the jersey No. 1. He came to practice each night and every game on the

weekends to help support his team in any way possible.

When each Jet player was introduced before their games, Zack's name would be the first one announced over the public address system.

Strapped tightly to his motorized wheelchair, he would ascend from beneath the goal post and onto the field just like the rest of the Jet players. Zack would then join his teammates on the sidelines regardless of the weather to cheer them on to victory. That process would repeat itself for the next six seasons.

This past fall, Gowanda moved into the OATKA football/ cheerleading league. Zack, now 14 years of age, was too old to be considered a player and wear the team jersey. So the Gowanda "powers to be" allowed Zack the opportunity to become an assistant coach.

He continued to attend each practice session and all of team's 10 games.

But the idea of having him score a touchdown in his wheelchair to officially end the 2011 season came from his mother Debbie. She had recently viewed a similar scenario on television of a high school football player in Ohio who had scored a touchdown from his wheelchair. Why couldn't that same special moment be arranged for her own son who was now a member of the Gowanda Panthers youth team?

After conferring with league coaches and officials, the plan was put into motion. After eight consecutive seasons of watching boys his age celebrate their own touchdowns, Zack would finally be able to experience that same sense of pride by carrying the ball over the goal line and into the end zone with players on the field, fans in bleachers and the stadium lights shining brightly above.

The game ball used to score that touchdown will forever be Zack's. And, so too will the memory of that special moment for those who were there to witness it.

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By T.J. TOMASI BIRDIES AND BOGEYS

TEEING OFF IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

Aussies send Daly packing I know John Daly draws a crowd, but so does an accident. His latest meltdown was at the Australian Open, where he purposely exhausted his supply of golf balls by hitting into the water seven times on the 11th hole, then walking in because he was ROB — ran out of balls. Actually he was ROC — ran out of class.

This is not unusual for him: He hit six balls into a lake at the 1998 Bay Hill Invitational and made an 18 on the hole. In 2002, after taking a triple-bogey 7 on his last hole at the Coolum course in Queensland, Australia, Daly threw his putter into the water then refused to sign his scorecard — a unique way of quitting.

Two years ago at the Australian Open, Daly wrestled a spectator’s phone away then destroyed it. In the U.S. Open in 2000, he had an on-purpose 14 on the par-5 18th hole and then quit.

To their credit, the Australians barred him from playing in the Australian PGA Championship in two weeks, and it is likely he will never be allowed to play in Australian pro golf again. Trevor Herden, the Australian Open tournament director, said: “It is very disappointing, obviously, for the tournament (and) certainly unprofessional, and I am extremely bitter and disappointed that he has treated this championship this way. It is becoming a bit of a habit. … It is unacceptable and I certainly hope that all the tours deal with it in the appropriate manner this time.”

In my opinion, it’s time for the governing bodies of golf to put their collective foot down and bar Daly from competition.

Something should have been done a long time ago, but the PGA Tour and its sponsors encouraged his bratty behavior by their actions (or lack of action).

An enabler is one who empowers another to persist in self-destructive behavior by providing excuses or by making it possible to avoid the consequences of such behavior.

Daly, despite the fact that he has quit 21 times during competition in his years on tour, has been given countless exemptions, which provide him a stage to set a bad example for our young players and soil a game steeped in proper deportment.

A model swing: Setting the wrists This is the third in a series about 11 key swing positions that allow you to match your own swing to a standard model to see how it stacks up.

The model assumes a right-handed golfer who is hitting a straight shot.

Position 3: lead arm parallel to the ground When your lead arm is parallel with the ground and across the middle of your chest, you have reached the third stop in our progression of swing positions, just after the takeaway has been completed.

In this position, your head has swiveled slightly, but still remains in the center of the shoulders. The shoulders have rotated and tilted a bit as a result of the tug of your lead arm.

The lead arm itself is straight and parallel with your heel line, while the trail elbow has folded into a 90-degree angle. Your left wrist is flat (in line with your forearm) and cocked at a 90-degree angle.

You must accomplish three important mechanics in this position: 1. For the right-handed golfer, the

wrists are ABOUT THE WRITER fully cocked Dr. T.J. with the left Tomasi is wrist cocking a teaching professional and the right in Port St. wrist hingLucie, Fla. Visit his ing (left-side website at leverage). tjtomasi.com.

2. With the fold of the trail elbow, the right-side leverage is in place.

3. The club is on the correct swing plane, as evidenced when the shaft points at the target line.

The controlling thought in position 3 is to correctly set the wrists so that the club remains on plane.

“Swing plane” is a general term used to describe the overall tilt of the arc of your swing. The plane changes with the club — 9-irons are swung on a more vertical arc and drivers on the flattest arc.

With all that’s happening, you can see the importance of position 3, so take some time to work on this position in the mirror until you can match the model without thinking about it.

His own worst coach Y.E. Yang beat Tiger Woods mano y mano to win the PGA Championship in 2009, then went on to have a good year, finishing 10th on the money list.

So what better time to dump your coach and take lessons by studying golf swings on YouTube. Say what?!

Why not just light your hair on fire?

Here’s what Yang had to say: “Throughout probably a year-anda-half now I’ve been self-taught. I have no coach right now. Maybe it’s because I’ve been teaching myself that I haven’t had as good results as 2009, but I’m still confident and very satisfied with where I’m heading to.”

Didn’t the captain of the Titanic say something like that just before docking on that iceberg?

Silence is golden Steve Williams says that the outcry over his racially insensitive remarks about Tiger Woods is “absolutely ridiculous.” To deflect attention, Williams described the event where he slurred Woods as an atmosphere where people were saying much worse things.

“It’s kind of like a locker room environment,” Williams said. “Everyone’s just having a good time. My comments were by no means the worst comments that were passed. … I make a remark regarding my former employer, it gets blown way out of proportion and it’s absolutely ridiculous.”

Stevie, just shut up — if you’re explaining, you’re losing.

Hard to believe

When the lead arm is parallel to the ground in the backswing, the levers of power are put in place — wrists and trail arm cocked (left-hand photo) — while the club remains on plane with the shaft pointing at the target line (right-hand photo).

Tiger Woods signed a new endorsement deal with Fuse Science, a startup that claims to have a new way of delivering supplemental nutrients to the human body. Granted, Fuse and the Japanese heat rub maker Kowa, another company Tiger is pitching for, aren’t as bad as John Daly promoting Loudmouth pants or David Duval pushing Perky Jerky, but Tiger, once the king of first-cabin sponsorships, has a ways to go to get back on the A lists.

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THE GOLF DOCTOR

Spatial perception is key to coordination

Once a pro, always a pro

Neurologist Oliver Sacks, in his book “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” outlines the case of a woman with an injury to her cerebellum, the part of the brain that houses the proprioceptive system. As a result, she couldn’t locate her feet in space, so she was forced to watch them in order to walk.

Your proprioceptive system allows you to answer perhaps the most important question you can ask yourself: “Where am I?” Sensors located all over your body send information to your brain about the exact position and condition of the body part they monitor, much as the local weather station sends data to the National Weather Service about what’s happening in the neighborhood.

Using these reports, the brain constructs a real-time body map that allows coor-

Q: I got creamed by a new member in the club championship and found out he used to be a pro. They say he’s an amateur again, but I don’t think that’s fair. How does this work? — Alan A: Neither do I. In my opinion, any professional who has played the tour should never be readmitted to amateur standing. Here’s why: To learn to play competitive golf, you must do nothing but golf. And certainly, being good enough to play golf for money on a professional tour means that while other amateurs were sitting in an office for eight to 10 hours a day, the pro was practicing and playing.

The newest research in neurobiology tells us that honoring this

GOLF SPOKEN HERE

In jail A golfer’s description of a ball hit into a lot of trees or other hindrances, which make it very difficult to hit a decent shot.

dinated movements, such as your silky smooth golf swing.

Golf is a Point A-to-Point B problem, and to be successful, you must know where both points are. I have written an entire book on how to find Point B, i.e., how to be target-oriented. But finding yourself (Point A) is just as important, so an understanding of the proprioceptive system is key to your best golf.

The system is not foolproof. It can be unbalanced by drugs, alcohol and physical injury. Police give suspected drunk drivers a field test in which the suspect closes his eyes and tries to touch his nose with his index finger. Certain levels of blood alcohol make this very hard to do by interrupting the information flow to your brain — you don’t know where your nose is. It can have similar effects on your golf game.

incubation period to learn a motor skill is a huge advantage in implanting swing memory that lasts the rest of the player’s life. The amateur doesn’t have this ground-floor opportunity, and for the rest of his competitive life, he’s at a huge disadvantage in any competitive event.

All the pro has to do is retune the Mercedes, and in no time it’s purring right along, leaving the real amateur in the dust.

If I ran the USGA, no former PGA or Nationwide Tour players would be allowed to compete as amateurs in competitions.

(To Ask the Pro a question about golf, email him at: TJInsider@aol.com.)

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Let’s not pass the hat just yet for poor Briny Baird, who has never won on the PGA Tour in 349 tries. He won over $545,000 this year for finishing second to Bryce Molder at the Frys.com Open. More interesting when it comes to stats, Baird ranks 87th on the all-time PGA Tour money list, ahead of Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw, Craig Stadler and Tom Watson — all without ever winning a tournament.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Daddy, did you just win a big check?”

— Greg Charmers’ 5-year-old son, Lachlan, just after Charmers won the Australian Open.

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istered a point including goaltender Joey Ballmer who was credited with an assist on . Jake Pollock’s goal early in the third period.

But, Saturday, the Ironmen had the opportunity to go for a sweep and did so with a 5-4 shootout win that Jamestown seemingly made harder than it needed to be.

After jumping on Michigan early again 2-0, the Warriors scored a pair of goals before the first period ended to tie ” the game back up at two.

Once Jamestown scored a go-ahead goal in the second, Michigan responded. The rerun continued after it looked like Anthony Coles had won the game with just less than y four minutes left in the game with a wrist shot that beat Michigan goalie Brach Tiller.

That’s because the Warriors responded a little more than a minute later to send the game into overtime, which decided nothing, leaving the teams to a shootout.

“We really try to teach the s boys to put the ‘foot on the s throttle’ as I say it,” Daikawa said. “But we let them back in it again and again on Saturday.

“If I have to through a shootout every game, I’ll be more bald than I already am,” Daikawa joked.

The Ironmen had lost in a shootout just two weeks ago - by going 0-for-5 in their first - shootout of the season. Saturday, however, was a reversal.

Jeff McFarland opened with a goal and Jon Smith followed with another. Once Ballmer stopped the fourth attempt, the Ironmen had completed r the sweep and won their fourth straight home game. n “Home ice is important,” t Daikawa said. “As much as attendance shouldn’t effect the boys, it does. They want to see fans out there and lately, (the fans) are really starting to come out and watch us play.”

Giving up the lead after seemingly being in control, though, was still something on Daikawa’s mind.

- “I know when we’re going to struggle,” Daikawa said. “I’ve r been with them long enough

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Center Anthony Coles (No. 24) and the rest of the Ironmen on a faceoff in their own zone. (Photo by Phil Genco).

that I can see it in the locker room, I’ll tell myself ‘we’re going to have a bad period’.

A lot of teams can play loose, but we’re just not one of those teams right now.

“That’s where leadership comes in,” he continued. “[Captain Aaron] Scheppelman has done a great job, but it’s tough. A lot of these kids think they’re the best and we have to do a good job of sort of reeling them in.”

Certainly one of those periods may have been the second period of Saturday’s contest.

But, it worked out in the end for Jamestown who picked up four points on the weekend to climb within two points of Michigan for fourth place is the North Division.

Although most of the division is bunched up, Port Huron has started to distance themselves with the rest of the pack. The Fighting Falcons have won 12 of their last 15 games and have a fairly comfortable lead above Kalamazoo and Traverse City. All of this is important because four of the five teams will make the NAHL’s playoff.

So for Jamestown, there is

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Game at Port Huron Fighting Falcons * at Kalamazoo Jr K-Wings * Port Huron Fighting Falcons * Port Huron Fighting Falcons * Traverse City North Stars * Traverse City North Stars * Traverse City North Stars * at Janesville Jets at Janesville Jets Port Huron Fighting Falcons * Port Huron Fighting Falcons * Kalamazoo Warriors * Kalamazoo Warriors * Kalamazoo Warriors * at Port Huron Fighting Falcons * at Michigan Warriors * at Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings * Janesville Jets Janesville Jets Michigan Warriors * Michigan Warriors * Traverse City North Stars * Traverse City North Stars * Traverse City North Stars * at Traverse City North Stars * at Traverse City North Stars * at Traverse City North Stars * at Port Huron Fighting Falcons * at Kalamazoo Jr K-Wings * at Kalamazoo Jr K-Wings *

Time 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 2:00 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 2:00 PM 6:35 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 2:00 PM

maybe not as hard as Wes Elrod, but he can shoot.”

Anyhow, it’s been a nice break in the action for Jamestown who played in each of the first 10 weekends of the season. They finally got a break two weeks ago and it paid off with a sweep 2011-12 Key Dates this past weekend. They get another break this weekend.

Dec. 4-6 — NAHL Top Prospects (All-Star Break) I “The time off has really helped Feb. 19-21 — NAHL Top Prospects (All-Star Break) II our team,” Daikawa said. “It May 1-5 — Robertson Cup rejuvenated them a little bit * denotes divisional game † - NAHL Showcase games played in Blaine, Minn. to go back home with their families. These kids are just out of high school and the high school season is only 25 games long or so. We were kind of hitting the wall.”

The week off will be spent with a little fun. The Ironmen will head up to Buffalo and catch a Buffalo Sabres game against the Detroit Red Wings Friday night at the First Niagara Center. They’ll get back to work the following week and will travel back to the state of the Michigan to face the division-leading Fighting Falcons Friday, Dec. 9 and Kalamazoo the following night.

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some work to be done still.

But, there is still half of a season remaining.

“We’re not at that final push yet,” Daikawa said. “These upcoming games are huge, but until we get back from Christmas break, it’s still too early to get worried.”

The good news is the offense has come alive, a spot of weakness for the Ironmen early on in the year.

“Now we know we can score goals,” Daikawa said. “It’s having to slow other teams down which is completely different from how we started. I wish we could only play offense, but we have to get some of our offensive guys to concentrate on being more defensive.”

Some of those offensive players, cousins Zack and Brett Szajner have come on as of late.

Zack had a pair of goals this weekend and Brett had one himself. Daikawa talked about how Brett has to shoot more.

“I joked with (Brett) the other day about how he has three goals this season and taken three shots,” Daikawa said.

“He has a really hard shot,

Date Fri, Dec 09 Sat, Dec 10 Fri, Dec 16 Sat, Dec 17 Fri, Dec 30 Sat, Dec 31 Sun, Jan 01 Fri, Jan 13 Sat, Jan 14 Fri, Jan 20 Sat, Jan 21 Thu, Feb 02 Fri, Feb 03 Sat, Feb 04 Fri, Feb 10 Sat, Feb 11 Sun, Feb 12 Fri, Feb 17 Sat, Feb 18 Fri, Mar 02 Sat, Mar 03 Fri, Mar 09 Sat, Mar 10 Sun, Mar 11 Thu, Mar 15 Fri, Mar 16 Sat, Mar 17 Fri, Mar 23 Sat, Mar 24 Sun, Mar 25

Schedule

Central Division

GP

W

L

Bismarck Alexandria Austin Aberdeen Minot

24 22 23 25 25

19 14 12 11 4

5 6 9 12 21

Midwest Division

GP

W

L

Janesville St. Louis Coulee Region Springfield Chicago

24 24 25 23 23

18 18 9 9 4

4 5 13 13 18

(Through Dec. 1)

OTL PTS

0 2 2 2 0

38 30 26 24 8

South Division OTL PTS Amarillo

2 1 3 1 1

38 37 21 19 9

Texas Topeka Corpus Christi Odessa Wichita Falls New Mexico

GP

26 25 26 20 23 23 25

W

20 16 14 10 8 8 7

North Division

L

3 3 10 10 12 14 17

OTL PTS

3 6 2 0 3 1 1

43 38 30 20 19 17 15

GP

W

L

OTL PTS

Port Huron Kalamazoo Traverse City Michigan Jamestown

29 25 20 27 27

18 15 11 11 11

9 9 5 13 15

2 1 4 3 1

West Division

GP

W

L

OTL PTS

Alaska Fairbanks Kenai River Fresno Wenatchee Dawson Creek

28 25 24 23 20 26

18 14 16 9 10 6

9 5 7 7 7 19

1 6 1 7 3 1

38 31 26 25 23

37 34 33 25 23 13

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Urban Meyer Hired At Ohio State

By Rusty Miller Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Urban Meyer is coming back to coaching and joining beleaguered Ohio State, ESPN reported Monday.

The sports network did not cite a source for its report, but Meyer worked for ESPN the past year. There are unconfirmed reports he has agreed to a multiyear contract that will pay him almost $6 million a year.

Meyer won two national championships in six years as the coach at Florida. He left the Gators a year ago, citing health concerns and a desire to spend more time with his family. Now, the 47-year-old Ohioan will be returning to his roots by becoming coach of a Buckeyes team facing NCAA problems.

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment. No announcement has been set by Ohio State, although there were reports a team meeting set for Sunday night has been moved to Monday afternoon.

Meyer takes over a program that has been hit by several suspensions and the forced resignation of coach Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes completed a 6-6 season under interim Luke Fickell with a 40-34 loss to rival Michigan on Saturday.

In 10 seasons as a head coach — two at Bowling Green, two at Utah and six at Florida — Meyer has a 104-23 record, winning three national coach of the year awards. His teams are 7-1 in bowl games, includ-

Urban Meyer (right) pictured with Tim Tebow will reportedly take the head coaching job at Ohio State. Meyer, a native of nearby Ashtabula, Ohio has been rumored to have long considered this his dream job. (AP Photo)

ing the Gators’ 41-14 victory over unbeaten and top-ranked Ohio State in the 2007 Bowl Championship Series title game. They are also 4-0 in BCS bowl games.

Meyer had persistently denied all the talk surrounding him and Ohio State. Soon after Tressel was pressured to resign, Meyer said he wasn’t interested in leaving ESPN, where he was a college football analyst.

“I am committed to ESPN and will not pursue any coaching opportunities this fall,” he said in a statement released the day after Tressel lost his job. Just last week he said no job had been offered to him nor was he pursuing one.

His comments came amid weeks of speculation he was Ohio State’s first choice to take over a program that has a glittering past but has faltered over a troublesome last 12 months.

He inherits a program still

facing NCAA sanctions. But he also inherits a young team led by a freshman quarterback, Braxton Miller, who would seem to be a perfect fit for his spread offense.

A native of Ashtabula, Ohio, Meyer becomes the 24th head coach at Ohio State. He succeeds Fickell, who took over last spring when Tressel’s 10-year reign came crashing down. Tressel was forced out for knowing but not telling his superiors that Buckeyes players had most likely broken NCAA rules by taking cash and free or discounted tattoos from the subject of a federal drug-trafficking investigation.

Tressel was forced to resign on May 30. Missing several top players because of NCAA suspensions stemming from the tattoo mess, the Buckeyes were hit with more suspensions when three players accepted $200 in cash for attending a charity event and others were forced to sit out or had their existing suspensions

extended for being overpaid for summer jobs.

Ohio State’s .500 record marked the most losses at Ohio State since John Cooper’s 1999 team also went 6-6 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes had already lost their string of six Big Ten titles when the school was forced to vacate the 2010 season for the NCAA violations. The school has also self-imposed two years of NCAA probation, offered to return $339,000 in bowl revenue from 2010 and to give up five scholarships over the next three seasons.

Ohio State is awaiting final word from the NCAA’s committee on infractions. The committee tagged Ohio State with a “failure to monitor” label — second only to a lack of institutional control on the list of most egregious charges against a university.

The school could still be hit with a bowl ban, a loss of more scholarships, or other penalties.

At the time of his retirement — after being taken to a hospital, dehydrated and complaining of chest pains — Meyer said, “After spending more than two decades motivating and celebrating the young men I’ve been so proud to coach, I relish the opportunity to cheer for my three terrific kids as they compete in their own respective sports.

I know how fortunate I am to be in a position to make this choice.”

He and his family — wife Shelley, college-age daughters Nicki and Gigi and younger son Nate — celebrated Thanksgiving at their Florida home.

Syracuse Fire Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine

By John Kekis Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Thirty-six years after he was hired as an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University, Bernie Fine is out of a job amid an investigation into child molestation allegations against him.

Fine was fired Sunday night after a third man accused him of molesting him nine years ago.

“At the direction of Chancellor Cantor, Bernie Fine’s employment with Syracuse University has been terminated, effective immediately,” Kevin Quinn, the school’s senior vice president for public affairs, said in a statement.

Fine, who turns 66 in December, held the longest active streak of consecutive seasons at one school among assistant coaches in Division I. He has denied the allegations.

Zach Tomaselli, 23, of Lewiston, Maine, said Sunday that he told police that Fine molested him in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room.

The third accuser to come forward, Tomaselli said Fine touched him “multiple” times in that one incident.

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said he supported the university’s decision to fire his longtime assistant and expressed regret for his initial statements that might have been “insensitive to victims of abuse.”

“The allegations that have come forth today are disturbing and deeply troubling,” Boeheim said in a statement released by the school. “I am personally very shocked because I have never witnessed any of the activities that have been alleged. I believe the university took the appropriate step tonight. What is most important is that this matter be fully investigated and that anyone with information be supported to come forward so

that the truth can be found. I deeply regret any statements I made that might have inhibited that from occurring or been insensitive to victims of abuse.”

Tomaselli, who faces sexual assault charges in Maine involving a 14-year-old boy, said during a telephone interview with The Associated Press that he signed an affidavit accusing Fine following a meeting with Syracuse police last week in Albany.

Tomaselli’s father, meanwhile, maintains his son is lying.

Two former Syracuse ball boys were the first to accuse Fine, who has called the allegations “patently false.”

Bobby Davis, now 39, told ESPN that Fine molested him beginning in 1984 and that the sexual contact continued until he was around 27. A ball boy for six years, Davis told

ESPN that the abuse occurred at Fine’s home, at Syracuse basketball facilities and on team road trips, including the 1987 Final Four.

Davis’ stepbrother, Mike Lang, 45, who also was a ball boy, told ESPN that Fine began molesting him while he was in fifth or sixth grade.

When the accusations first became public Nov. 17, Boeheim adamantly defended his lifelong friend.

In an interview that day with the Post-Standard, Boeheim attacked Davis’ reasons for going public with his accusations.

“The Penn State thing came out, and the kid behind this is trying to get money,” Boeheim said. “He’s tried before. And now he’s trying again. If he gets this, he’s going to sue the university and Bernie. What do you think is going to hap-

pen at Penn State? You know how much money is going to be involved in civil suits? I’d say about $50 million. That’s what this is about. Money.”

No one answered the door at the Fine home Sunday. Before Fine’s firing, his attorneys released a statement saying Fine would not comment beyond his initial statement.

“Any comment from him would only invite and perpetuate ancient and suspect claims,” attorneys Donald Martin and Karl Sleight said.

“Mr. Fine remains hopeful of a credible and expeditious review of the relevant issues by law enforcement authorities.”

Tomaselli said the scandal at Penn State involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky prompted him to come forward. Sandusky is accused in a grand jury indictment of sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period.

Amid the child sex-abuse scandal, Penn State’s trustees ousted longtime football coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier. The trustees said Spanier and Paterno, who is not the target of any criminal investigation, failed to act after a graduate assistant claimed he saw Sandusky sexually abusing a young boy in a campus shower in 2002.

Former school administrators Tim Curley—who is on administrative leave—and Gary Schultz are charged with not properly alerting authorities to suspected abuse and with perjury. They maintain their innocence.

“It was the Sandusky stuff that came out that really made me think about it,” Tomaselli said in the phone interview. “A lot of people were slamming ESPN and Bobby for saying anything.

I wanted to come out. … It made me sick to see all that support for Fine at that point.

I was positive he was guilty.”

Tentative Deal Moves NBA Lockout Closer To End

NBA Head Player Representative Derek Fisher talks to the media after negotiations for the NBA lockout reached a reported end.

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

By Brian Mahoney Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — With a tentative labor agreement in place, National Basketball Association owners and union officials went back to work Saturday, relaying details of the deal with hopes of cementing it quickly.

After a 149-day lockout that ultimately will cost the league approximately a half-billion dollars in losses, a marathon bargaining session produced a handshake agreement earlier in the day — actually, just a few hours before daybreak.

President Barack Obama gave a thumbs-up when told about the tentative settlement after he finished playing basketball at Fort McNair in Washington on Saturday morning.

Commissioner David Stern still must sell his owners on an agreement that could change the way they do business. And the players, looking beat and beaten, face a tougher healing process in approving a pact that significantly limits their earnings.

But considering everything owners sought when these negotiations opened with a contentious meeting at the AllStar break in February 2010, perhaps they will feel relieved they got as much as they did.

Players' association executives Derek Fisher and Maurice Evans hardly looked enthused about the agreement as they sat next to executive director Billy Hunter on the same side of a conference table with Stern, Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver and Spurs owner Peter Holt, the chairman of the league's labor relations committee.

But at least they weren't sitting in a courtroom, where they appeared headed less than two weeks earlier.

Just 12 days after talks broke down, Stern and Hunter appeared together after 3 a.m.

Saturday to announce the 10-year deal, with either side able to opt out after the sixth year. It leaves the NBA with its second shortened season (the first was the 50-game 1998-99 season), with the hope of getting in 66 games instead of a full 82-game schedule.

Stern said he expects the labor committee to endorse the deal and recommend it to the full board for approval.

The players' side has revealed little of its feelings about the deal, noting the pending antitrust litigation in its desire to keep details quiet. But players always preferred to be on the court, rather than in it, and now they finally have the chance — starting Christmas Day. For the season openers, it would be Boston at New York, Miami at Dallas and Chicago at the Lakers.

Now, the regular season would end one week later and push back NBA finals a week, potentially setting up a Game 7 on June 28, 2012.

The deal also calls for no hard salary cap, no rollbacks of existing salaries and contracts can still be fully guaranteed. Owners

had called for all of that, seeking a route to profitability after saying they lost $300 million last season, and believing they would create a level of parity that had been missing.

But players' annual raises were trimmed from 10.5 percent for those re-signing with their own teams and 8 percent for those leaving to 7.5 percent and 4.5 percent respectively.

Rules implemented to curb spending by teams over the luxury tax will limit some of their options in free agency.

Owners relented slightly on their previous insistence that players receive no more than 50 percent of basketball-related income after they were guaranteed 57 percent in the old CBA. The target is still a 50-50 split, but with a band from 49 percent to 51 percent that gives the players a better chance of reaching the highest limit than previously proposed.

Players filed an amended antitrust lawsuit in Minnesota on Monday that could have earned the players billions but surely would have come at the cost of at least the entire 201112 season.

The sides said all along the only way to a deal was through negotiating. They got back together Tuesday, setting the way for the pivotal meeting that began Friday.

Now, players must drop the lawsuit against the league and reform their disbanded union before they can vote on the deal.

Once the pact is approved, it would pave the way for training camps and free agency to open simultaneously Dec. 9, setting off a chaotic flurry of activity that could leave coaches running practices with different players arriving each day. There could be an even larger pool of free agents if teams use the amnesty clause, which allows them to waive one player during the deal and have 100 percent of his salary taken off the cap and the tax.

Because the union disbanded, a new collective bargaining agreement can only be completed once the union has reformed. Drug testing and other issues still must be negotiated between the players and the league, which also must dismiss its lawsuit regarding the legality of the lockout.

Some major matters — like revenue sharing, which the NBA has said it will not really dive into until a new CBA is complete — remain on the table as well. Meetings on that issue take place every few days, and the person briefed on the status of the NBA's discussions said many teams are not thrilled by the notion of paying both a luxury tax and into a revenue-sharing pool.

“For us the litigation is something that just has to be dealt with,'' Stern said. “It was not the reason for the settlement. The reason for the settlement was we've got fans, we've got players who would like to play and we've got others who are dependent on us. And it's always been our goal to reach a deal that was fair to both sides and get us playing as soon as possible, but that took a little time.''

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Bills’ Glaring Errors Lead To 4th Straight Loss

By Barry Wilner Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Whenever anyone mentions the Buffalo Bills being a young, rebuilding team, they can point to dia Sunday’s 28-24 loss to the New York Jets as . Exhibit A. The Bills (5-6) dropped their fourth straight k- game and, in the process, probably bobbled fter away their playoff chances. They had dropped n passes, ridiculous penalties, a botched squib ey kick and showed a general lack of maturity.

“One of the things today was a lack of discipline and we have got to get that straightened were out,” coach Chan Gailey said. “We need that t kind of emotion without those glaring errors.” heir Despite nine penalties for 85 yards, including a or 15-yard excessive celebration call on receiver Stet vie Johnson that led to the poor kickoff by Dave y. Rayner, Buffalo was in position to win. The Bills led 24-21 after Rayner’s 53-yard field goal with e 9:46 to go, then forced a three-and-out. of Buffalo Bills cornerback Drayton Florence (29) is tackled by New York Jets wide receiver Santonio y. But New York got its third sack of Ryan FitzHolmes (10) after intercepting a pass during the second quarter. The Bills would end up losing the patrick, forced a punt, then allowed the Jets game 28-24. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) to drive 82 yards in 12 plays for the go-ahead at score on Mark Sanchez’s career-high fourth TD zone mocking the “flight” celebration the Jets “That being said, it’s still a loss and it still n pass of the day, 16 yards to Santonio Holmes hurts.” often use after scoring, and fell to the ground, ated with 1:01 remaining. getting flagged 15 yards for excessive celebraBurress made a spectacular catch to set up the rtion on the play that gave Buff alo a 14-7 lead. winning TD. Facing a third-and-11 from the Buffalo then drove to the New York 47 and Bills 36, Burress made a brilliant one-handed Th at penalty was enforced on the kickoff and Johnson got wide open at around the 25, where -50 grab for 18 yards. Sanchez quickly ran a quarhelped the Jets score the tying touchdown. he dropped a pass.

49 terback sneak and then, on the next play, rolled ives “I just didn’t react fast enough,” Johnson said.

“It was very stupid of me going through that,” out to his right and found Holmes alone in the of “I think it could have been a touchdown. It’s Johnson said, “and I feel like I cost our team right corner of the end zone. han tough.” the win by doing that. It was a bad decision.”

Fitzpatrick also threw behind Johnson in the After a 4-1 start, the Bills are spiraling, with As tough as the result of his second-quarter end zone with 8 seconds left for what might two losses to the Jets (6-5) and one to the BenTD celebration that also cost the Bills. ota Johnson caught a 5-yard TD pass, got up and gals hurting their playoff chances in tiebreakers have been a winning touchdown. e mocked being shot in the thigh, clearly making even if they turn it around.

Sanchez wasn’t great, going 17 of 35 for 180 but fun of Jets receiver Plaxico Burress, who served “We had a good week of practices and there yards and an interception, but came through the 20 months in prison for shooting himself in with the game on the line. He also threw was a different feeling in the locker room,” 11- the leg in a nightclub in 2008 while he was two touchdown passes to Dustin Keller and Fitzpatrick said. “More optimism, spirit. Maranother to Burress as the Jets rebounded from cell (Dareus) made a nice little pep talk. The with the Giants. young guys are realizing they are next man up, a deflating loss to Tim Tebow and the Denver Johnson then ran to the left side of the end Broncos 10 days ago. we can’t wait. got ing t-

Johnson Mocks Being Shot On Touchdown Celebration

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By Barry Wilner n Associated Press deal. t n- EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Buffalo's Stevie c. Johnson said he was “just y having fun'' when he mocked being shot in the thigh after a with touchdown catch Sunday. He ch recognized after a 28-24 loss to Plaxico Burress and the Jets that his celebration hurt the Bills. se, Actually, though, the Bills wide receiver was penalized 15 yards nd for another celebration followry ing his 5-yard scoring catch x. that put Buffalo ahead 14-7 in ed, the second quarter. Johnson drew the flag for going to the ground while imitating the Jets' has “flight'' celebration at the other d side of the end zone. ego-“I was just having fun and part and of having fun ended up being t a penalty and a touchdown for g the Jets,'' Johnson said. “It was a stupid decision by myself.''

The penalty forced Buffalo to kick off from its 20-yard line. ally Dave Rayner, a substitute for s injured kicker Rian Lindell, mis-hit the intended squib kick and it bounced off the ew Jets' Emmanuel Cook, who d recovered at the Buffalo 36. dis- New York scored on a 14-yard are pass from Mark Sanchez to f Burress with 1:03 remaining nd in the half to make it 14-14. l. Burress, of course, served 20 - months in prison for shooting t himself in the leg in a nightthe club in 2008 while he was with The the Giants. s Asked if his demonstration yers was meant as a personal knock at Burress, Johnson pen- said “not at all.'' een “I can't be doing that,'' he added. t us “I cost my team seven points. I but feel I cost our team a win.''

Burress, who made a spec-

AFC EAST New England NY Jets Buffalo Miami AFC NORTH Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland AFC SOUTH Houston Buffalo Bills wide receiver Steve Johnson (13) celebrates a touch- Tennessee down during the second quarter of an NFL football game against Jacksonville the New York Jets on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 in East Rutherford, Indianapolis N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) AFC WEST got to get that straightened tacular catch on the Jets' late out,'' Gailey said. “We need drive for the winning touchOakland down, said he wasn't aware of that kind of emotion without Denver those glaring errors.'' what Johnson did.

Kansas City Gailey told Johnson immediate“I've seen worse, and I've San Diego ly after the penalty, “You can't heard worse,'' Burress said. do that stuff, it hurts the team.''

“So, it doesn't bother me at all. The result I'm looking at Johnson also had a key drop NFC EAST is we won the football game near the Jets' goal line as Buf... and he turned around and Dallas falo drove downfield in the dropped three wide-open final moments. Quarterback NY Giants balls to lose it for his team.

Ryan Fitzpatrick said it came Philadelphia on a play “we drew up in the “I mean, I've already been Washington dirt ... in the huddle.'' through the wringer with that whole situation, so I've NFC NORTH Johnson was wide open on dealt with it accordingly and the pass from the New York Green Bay put those things behind me.

47 and got both hands on the Detroit You're going to see things, ball inside the Jets 25. But he you're going to hear things, Chicago couldn't hold on. or whatever it may be, but it Minnesota “I didn't react fast enough,'' doesn't bother me at all. he said. `It could have been a NFC SOUTH “He's a young player and I like touchdown.''

New Orleans him a lot. I think he's a great Last year, Johnson's drop cost young talent and is going to be Atlanta the Bills a potential winning a great player in this league.''

TD in overtime against Pitts- Tampa Bay Although Bills coach Chan burgh. He was inconsolable Gailey said he didn't see what after that loss, but not quite so Carolina NFC WEST action drew the penalty either, devastated Sunday. he criticized his team for a San Francisco “We're human and we've got lack of maturity. to learn,'' Johnson said. “If we Seattle “One of the things today was a stop learning, what's the point Arizona lack of discipline and we have of living?''

St. Louis

Fitzpatrick was 26 of 39 for 264 yards and three touchdowns, but couldn’t pull out one more in the end. Buffalo played without several injured starters, including Fred Jackson and George Wilson.

After Johnson’s penalty, Emanuel Cook recovered the botched squib kick at Buffalo’s 36 after the ball hit him.

The Jets moved to the 14 when Buffalo’s Marcell Dareus was hit for a 15-yard penalty for using his helmet to make contact with Sanchez.

Three plays later, Burress caught a 14-yard pass in the back of the end zone. Burress bowed to the crowd and ran to the stands and handed the ball to his son Elijah, as he always does after scoring receptions.

Keller’s second touchdown catch of the game gave New York a 21-14 lead with 3:50 remaining in the third period. Keller caught a pass at the 6, broke the tackle of Da’Norris Searcy and trudged into the end zone.

After the Jets held the Bills to a three-and-out late in the third quarter, Buffalo got the ball right back when cornerback Antonio Cromartie — who doesn’t normally return punts— muffed a fair catch and Leodis McKelvin recovered at New York’s 36. McKelvin injured his ribs on the play and left the game.

Fitzpatrick went for a big play right away, throwing deep down the right sideline to Brad Smith, who got a hand on it — along with Cromartie — and tapped the ball up, grabbed it out of the air as the defender fell and took off into the end zone for a 36-yard touchdown that tied it at 21.

Buffalo took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on an 8-yard catch by David Nelson, capping a 90yard drive. The Bills had three third-down conversions on the drive, which was also helped by a 15-yard facemask penalty on Brodney Pool on the second play.

But one play after nearly connecting with Holmes for a touchdown, Sanchez pulled off a nice play-action fake and found a wide-open Keller in the left corner to tie it 7-7.

2011 NFL Standings (Through Nov. 30)

W 8 6 5 3 W 8 8 7 4 W 8 6 3 0 W 7 6 4 4 W 7 6 4 4 W 11 7 7 2 W 8 7 4 3 W 9 4 4 2

American Football Conference L 3 5 6 8 L 3 3 4 7 L 3 5 8 11 L 4 5 7 7

HOME 4-1-0 5-1-0 4-1-0 2-3-0 HOME 6-0-0 4-1-0 3-2-0 3-3-0 HOME 4-1-0 4-2-0 2-3-0 0-6-0 HOME 3-3-0 2-3-0 2-4-0 3-3-0

ROAD 4-2-0 1-4-0 1-5-0 1-5-0 ROAD 2-3-0 4-2-0 4-2-0 1-4-0 ROAD 4-2-0 2-3-0 1-5-0 0-5-0 ROAD 4-1-0 4-2-0 2-3-0 1-4-0

DIV 3-1-0 3-2-0 1-3-0 1-2-0 DIV 3-0-0 1-2-0 2-2-0 0-2-0 DIV 4-0-0 1-2-0 2-2-0 0-3-0 DIV 2-2-0 3-2-0 2-2-0 2-3-0

CONF 6-2-0 5-5-0 3-4-0 2-6-0 CONF 5-2-0 6-3-0 6-3-0 3-5-0 CONF 7-2-0 4-4-0 3-6-0 0-7-0 CONF 5-4-0 6-3-0 3-6-0 3-5-0

PF 331 256 261 212 PF 272 233 259 165 PF 293 226 138 150 PF 260 221 153 249

PA 223 241 281 206 PA 182 188 215 216 PA 179 212 200 327 PA 274 260 265 275

L 4 5 7 7 L 0 4 4 9 L 3 4 7 8 L 2 7 7 9

HOME 5-1-0 3-2-0 1-5-0 2-3-0 HOME 5-0-0 3-3-0 5-1-0 1-4-0 HOME 5-0-0 4-2-0 3-3-0 2-4-0 HOME 5-1-0 2-3-0 2-2-0 1-5-0

ROAD 2-3-0 3-3-0 3-2-0 2-4-0 ROAD 6-0-0 4-1-0 2-3-0 1-5-0 ROAD 3-3-0 3-2-0 1-4-0 1-4-0 ROAD 4-1-0 2-4-0 2-5-0 1-4-0

DIV 2-1-0 1-2-0 3-1-0 1-3-0 DIV 4-0-0 2-2-0 2-2-0 0-4-0 DIV 3-1-0 1-2-0 2-1-0 0-2-0 DIV 2-0-0 2-1-0 2-2-0 0-3-0

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Fredonia Women’s Basketball Erases Large Deficit To Win Cold-Shooting Bonnies Fall Contributed Article To Delaware Fredonia State Sports Information

FREDONIA, N.Y. — Fredonia State rallied from 17 points down in the second half and claimed a 69-67 overtime win over Penn State Behrend at the Steele Hall Fieldhouse.

Becky Hebert had eight points during the overtime and led the Fredonia State offense with 22 points. SUNYAC's leading scorer at the start of the week, she came on strong after being held to two points in the first half.

Liz Wierbinski added 18 points and 14 rebounds, Nicole Calbi had another 12 points and eight assists, and Jaimie Warren chipped in with 10 points and eight rebounds.

Brittany Wilwohl had 27 points for Behrend, Julia Myers added 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Holly Bourquin had 10 and 10.

The Blue Devils improved to 3-2 with the win while Behrend fell to 3-1.

Fredonia State broke out of the gate quickly to build a 10-2 lead and baskets by five different players. Behrend pulled even with a 10-2 run of its own. The Lions then closed out the first half a 14-8 run for a 33-27 lead at the break.

Behrend seemed to take command with an 11-0 run to start the second half. After a Fredonia State timeout, the Lions extended their advantage to 44-27 — their largest of the game — before Hebert stemmed the tied with a pair of free throws.

Hebert's free throws began an 8-0 run by the Blue Devils.

Wilwohl knocked down a three and later a two-pointer

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St. Bonaventure Sports Information

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure women's basketball team (4-1) shot just Fredonia women's basketball came from 17 points down to defeat Penn State-Behrend 69-67 last 36.7 percent from the field as Saturday. Becky Hebert (No. 23) led the Blue Devils with 22 points and was later named the SUNYAC Delaware (4-0) defeated the Player of the Week (Photo by Jerry Reilly/Fredonia SID) previously unbeaten Bonnies 65-63 with 1:28 left. Hebert Sunday afternoon, 61-49. then passed to Wierbinski, Preseason All-American Elena who again hit a stand-alone jumper to re-up the margin to Delle Donne scored 26 points and tied a career high by grabfour points. bing 18 rebounds to lead the Two free throws by Behrend's Blue Hens, who never trailed Emily Detsch were negated in the contest. with Calbi was fouled with 13.5 seconds to go and made a Delaware jumped out to an 11-0 lead three minutes in, led pair from the line. by as much as 16 in the first Following a basket by Behhalf and held a 32-19 halftime rend's Myers, Anna Riley lead. The Bonnies shot just had a chance to salt the game 2-of-10 from 3-point range away for the Blue Devils but in the first half, and finished missed two free throws with the afternoon 4-of-15 (26.7 3.4 second remaining. Eagle percent) from long range. rebounded for Behrend and The teams traded baskets to as Behrend pushed their lead Seniors Jessica Jenkins and start the overtime before Calbi the Lions called a timeout to back out to 52-37 with 9:51 Megan Van Tatenhove were set up a final play. found Wierbinski open for remaining. the lone Bona players to get Calbi intercepted the ininto double-figure scoring The Blue Devils closed out the a stand-alone 12-footer for a 59-57 Fredonia State lead. bounds pass near midcourt with 12 and 11, respectively. half by outscoring the Lions Th e Blue Devils led the rest and the Blue Devil comeback 18-3. The only Behrend field Three times the Bonnies were of the way and added to their was complete. goal during the stretch was a able to trim their deficit to layup by Julia Myers with 4:48 advantage with Hebert scored The Blue Devils shot 39.7 single digits in the second half, off a fast-break. remaining. percent in the game, but were but all three times UD had She later made two consecu6 of 8 from the field during an answer and went back up The comeback began with a tive layups aft er the Behrend the overtime. double figures on its very next basket by Kristina Kuscht and possession. All three of those culminated with a pair of free defense left her unguarded Fredonia State gets its first down low. throws by Calbi with 6.0 sectaste of SUNYAC competition scores came off offensive rebounds, as Delaware finished onds left. Behrend's Aly Eagle Wilwohl scored in transition starting next Friday at New missed a running one-hander with a running one-hander Paltz. They also visit Oneonta with 17 on the day, leading to 16 second-chance points to cut the Blue Devil lead to as regulation time expired. next Saturday. compared with just three for St. Bonaventure.

Delaware entered the game Receiving Votes in both the Associated Press and ESPN/ USA Today Coaches Poll, and Julius Bryant had 12.

Contributed Article ranking No. 27 in the AP Fredonia Sports Information Leonard Smith finished with and No. 32 in the ESPN/ team highs with 9 rebounds The Blue Devils downed USA Today. Additionally, St. Contributed Article and 6 assists.

Fredonia Sports Information D'Youville last Tuesday as Bonaventure and Delaware BUFFALO, N.Y. — The The Devils dominated the Hebert led the charge with were ranked No. 7 and No. Fredonia State men's basketboards, outrebounding the 27 points, nine boards, and 2, respectively, in the nation ball team ran its win streak Spartans 46-25. Fredonia State FREDONIA, N.Y. — Fredofive assists. On Saturday, in the RealTime RPI ranking to four games, downing the also shot a nifty 50 percent (10 nia State sophomore forFredonia State rallied from entering the day.

D'Youville Spartans, 89-72. ward/guard Becky Hebert is for 20) from behind the arc. a 17-point deficit to claim The Devils (4-0) led by five at the SUNYAC Women's BasBillups was 4 for 4 on longa 69-67 overtime win over the half, 35-30, before dominat- range buckets. ketball Player of the Week Penn State Behrend. Hebert ing the second half leading by as for games through Sunday, had eight points during the D'Youville (0-4) was led by Raymany as 24 points, 77-53 with the lowest on the three-game Nov. 27. overtime and led the offense road trip) and outrebounded sean Johnson with 23 points.

6:00 left to play, before settling Hebert, from Hilton, N.Y., with 22 points. for the 17-point margin.

Virginia Tech 34-28. They The Devils returned to the led the Blue Devils to two On the week she shot 54 allowed only six offensive hardwood this Tuesday, as The Devils were paced by wins on the week by avpercent from the field and 78 rebounds.

Kevin Mitchell with 26 points, they traveled to Elmira. The eraging 24.5 points, eight percent from the line.

8 rebounds and 4 assists. Amir game result was too late to Matt Wright had eights points, rebounds, and 3.5 assists.

Billups finished with 16 points make it to press time. but more importantly four assists on a tough shooting night by his standards. Wright appeared to get into the lane, bypassing his own shot in look Contributed Article of an open player. It wouldn’t St. Bonaventure Sports Information surprise me to see the sophomore get more playing time as the season pushes on, particuST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. larly if Davenport continues to — St. Bonaventure men's and struggle. women's head tennis coach The Bonnies also trailed by Mike Bates received recognijust five points, 57-52 with tion for his work both in the five minutes left in the game "Bona Bubble" and throughdespite getting virtually nothout the community Thursday, ing from their best player. winning the United States Also consider, this was on the Tennis Association (USTA)/ road against a team predicted Intercollegiate Tennis Asto finish in the top half of sociation (ITA) Campus and Community Outreach Award for the Eastern region.

The Campus and Community St. Bonaventure men's and women's tennis head coach Mike Bates was awarded the Campus and Community Outreach Award by the USTA/ITA. (St. Bonaventure Sports Information Department) Outreach Award is given each year to a "college coach who down at Bonaventure.

In years past, Bates and his Bona head man holds adult provides a leadership role in teams have held one-day and junior tennis clinics at Bates and his teams return to increasing tennis participation clinics for boys and girls of regular-season action Jan. 28, throughout his or her commu- Bonaventure's tennis courts all ages during the holiday and at Bartlett Country Club 2012. The men travel to State nity, both on and off campus." season. In addition, Bates has over the summer months.

College for a 10 a.m. meetWhen Bates isn't guiding the directed USTA/ITA-supported ing with Penn State, while Next summer, he will lead a Bonnies on the court durinitiatives such as the Campus the women host Pittsburgh at youth tennis camp at nearby ing the regular season, the Match Play One Day ShowHoughton College.

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Fredonia Men’s Hoops Move To 4-0

Hebert Named SUNYAC Women’s Basketball Player Of The Week

Lauren Carra scored a seasonhigh 15 points to aid in the Delaware victory, while Danielle Parker finished one point shy of a double-double with nine points and 12 rebounds.

Bonaventure was without its starting point guard as redshirt senior Armelia Horton suffered a head injury in practice on Saturday. Sophomore CeCe Dixon made her second career start in place of Horton, and finished with five points, three rebounds and a careerhigh-tying three steals.

Horton, Bona's third-leading scorer at 9.8 per game, leads the Bonnies with 21 made free throws and entered the game accounting for 28.8 percent of all St. Bonaventure's points from the free throw line this year. She had started 60 games over the last two+ years, and is the all-time winningest player — either men's or women's — in school history with 89 victories.

St. Bonaventure will look to bounce back when it travels to Kent State to face the Golden Flashes on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

GAME NOTES: Jenkins was presented with a commemorative 1,000 Point Club ball prior to the game … the Brown and White shot a season-low 60 percent (9-15) from the free throw line, while the Blue Hens went 9-of12 for a 75-percent clip …

Delaware closed the afternoon with a +24 advantage on the glass (48-24) … Van Tatenhove pulled down a team-high six rebounds and is now 31 caroms shy of becoming just the ninth member of the 1,000 Point & 500 Rebound Club … UD shot 24-61 for 39.3 percent … the Blue Hens outscored the Bonnies in the paint, 30-16.

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arguably the best college basketball conference in the country.

“The effort was there, now we just have to execute a little better,” Schmidt said.

Of course though, 2-2 won’t sit well for the Bonnies, a team predicted to finish fourth in the Atlantic 10, the highest since the conference scrapped two divisions in 2001.

They’ll gladly return home to the Reilly Center to face Arkansas State Thursday at 7 p.m. The Red Wolves are just 1-4 on the season and also played Southeast Missouri State Tuesday night in Arkansas.

The Bonnies will then have a quick turnaround with the UB Bulls (3-1) Saturday night in Buffalo.

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Brian Rolston, Al Montoya Help Isles Past Short-handed Sabres Contributed Article Associated Press

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York Islanders n- are showing they're capable of winning on the oint road. And goalie Al Montoya finally got some h payback against Buffalo sniper Thomas Vanek. ds. Montoya stopped 30 shots in a 2-1 win over ts the Sabres on Tuesday, and the first thing that - came to the goalie's mind was how he didn't aln low Vanek to get the better of him as happened ac- when the two first met in the 2003 Frozen Four re semifinal -- and in this same building, no less. ond "Get out of here, I can remember it like it was ton, yesterday," said Montoya, who eight years ago ts, was playing for Michigan and gave up the r- overtime goal to Vanek in a 3-2 loss to Minnesota. "It's my college hockey nightmare." ng This time, Montoya stopped Vanek four times, s including a key save coming with the forward free parked on the doorstep, and with the Sabres me enjoying a two-man power play with 8:02 t remaining. nts "It all comes around, right?" Montoya said, is breaking into a hearty laugh. "It's a big win for mes this team and it's a big feel-good right now. d is We've got something going." yer Brian Rolston, with the go-ahead goal 9:23 9 into the third period, and Matt Moulson also scored for New York. Coming off a 3-2 victory at New Jersey on Saturday, the Islanders won o their second straight road game after opening s to the season 0-5-2 away from Long Island. New en York (7-11-4) also won consecutive games for the first time since a three-game streak span-

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"We showed some desperation and then Al was there when we needed him to be," coach Jack Capuano said. "We kept coming. We have to play with an attitude that maybe we didn't play with the first couple of weeks."

Jochen Hecht scored for the banged-up Sabres, who have gone 3-4-1 in their past eight and dropped to 6-7-1 at home this season. The Sabres now have the distinction of losing to each of the two conference's worst teams in less than a week after dropping a 5-1 decision at Western Conference cellar-dwelling Columbus

on Friday.

Buffalo was missing seven regulars, and lost defenseman Jordan Leopold to an undisclosed upper body injury in the first period.

Coach Lindy Ruff wouldn't provide a definitive update on Leopold's status only to say: "He's hurting. I don't know if he'll miss time or not."

Ruff, however, could easily pinpoint the reason behind the loss: Lack of finish.

"We missed a couple of beauties," he said. "You miss those, they come back to bite you. We didn't show enough composure."

Sabres Sign Finley To Multi-Year Contract

Sabres Getting Healthy: Demote 3 To AHL Rochester

Contributed Article Buffalo Sabres PR

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy oon Regier announced that the team e has signed defenseman Joe Fin- ley to a multi-year contract. high Finley has two points (1+1) in 18 games played with the st the Rochester Americans and leads the team with 57 penalty d minutes. Finley is in his third professional season after ens spending parts of the 2008-09 he and 2010-11 season with the Hershey Bears. In 26 career AHL games, Finley has three points (1+2) and 79 penalty minutes, posting a plus/minus rating of plus-16.

The Edina, Minn. native was he originally selected by the we

New York Islanders goalie Al Montoya makes a save on a shot by Buffalo Sabres' Jason Pominville (29) during the first period. The Islanders won 2-1. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Washington Capitals in the first round (27th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

game, and then twice more in the third period to break a 3-3 tie as Rochester grabbed a 5-3 decision over the Bulldogs.

Whitmore became the first Amerks player to score four goals in a game since Jason Pominville netted five vs.

Cleveland on Oct. 21, 2005.

A native of the Rochester suburb of Greece, N.Y., Whitmore leads the Americans with 10 goals and 16 points and is tied for the team lead among forwards with a plus-8 rating in 20 games this season.

The fourth-year pro signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Sabres on Mar. 26, 2008, and has registered 67 goals and 53 assists for 120 points in

2011-12 NHL Standings

He was signed to an AHL contract by the Rochester Americans on Oct. 4, 2011.

Rochester Americans Left Wing Derek Whitmore Named Reebok/AHL Player Of The Week

’t eam The American Hockey League n announced today that Rochester Americans left wing Derek ped Whitmore has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending e Nov. 27, 2011. t Whitmore scored five goals and compiled a plus-3 rating in two games for the Ameri- cans, who maintained their n hold on second place in the North Division. e Whitmore recorded a big he insurance goal late in the ght third period of Friday’s 4-2 win over Albany, but saved his biggest performance for Saturday’s contest against Hamilton. Whitmore scored twice in the first 1:53 of the

Patrick Kaleta and defenseman Robyn Regehr, who each missed at least one game last week.

Forward Tyler Ennis is also considered close to returning after missing 16 games with an ankle injury.

The Sabres are 3-3-1 in their past seven and were minus nine regulars — including goalie Ryan Miller (concussion) — in a 5-1 win over Washington on Saturday. Buffalo hosts the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The bangedup Buffalo Sabres are healthy enough to afford returning three players to the minors.

Forwards Paul Szczechura and Corey Tropp, and defenseman T.J. Brennan were re-assigned to AHL Rochester on Monday. The moves come as the Sabres had several injured regulars back on the ice for practice.

It's a group that included forwards Drew Stafford and

Joe Finley

263 career AHL games with Rochester and Portland.

In recognition of his achievement, Whitmore will be presented with an etched crystal award prior to an upcoming Americans home game.

The Amerks conclude their three-game homestand on Friday, December 2 as the defending Western Conference champion Houston Aeros make their first visit to The Blue Cross Arena in nearly three years. The 7:35 p.m. contest will be the first of two meetings between the two teams this season and will be broadcast live on 107.3 FM and 1280 AM, Rochester’s Sports Talk.

Buffalo went 0 for 4 on the power play, including a two-man advantage that began 11 minutes into the third period and spanned 1:34.

A minute into the two-man power-play, Vanek was stopped on the doorstep by Montoya.

And then the goalie recovered in time to lunge forward to get a piece of Derek Roy's shot from the right circle.

"He was sound in the net and he made sure there were no good second opportunities," Roy said. "That's partly our fault. We have to get to the net a little better."

Montoya also came up big by getting out his left pad to stop Jason Pominville from in close midway through the first period.

He stopped 14 of 15 shots he faced in the final period, and had little chance on Hecht's goal, scored two minutes in to tie the game at 1.

Vanek's pass from the left boards bounced off Pominville's skate in front and caromed directly to Hecht in the slot, where he buried a shot inside the right post.

The Islanders didn't let down. Rolston scored off the ensuing face-off after he was robbed of a goal when Buffalo center Luke Adam reached out with his stick to stop a rolling puck at the goal line.

Set up to the left of the net, Rolston was moving the puck to his backhand when the puck hit off the stick of Buffalo forward Nathan Gerbe and trickled in through the legs of Jhonas Enroth.

"We'll take whatever we can get right now," Rolston said. "We fought hard and it was a good win."

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ATLANTIC Pittsburgh NY Rangers Philadelphia New Jersey NY Islanders

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Western Conference

GP 25 21 23 22 22

W 14 13 13 12 7

L 7 5 7 9 11

OTL PTS L10 4 32 5-4-1 3 29 8-2-0 3 29 6-3-1 1 25 6-4-0 4 18 3-5-2

STRK Lost 1 Won 3 Lost 1 Lost 1 Won 2

CENTRAL Chicago St. Louis Detroit Nashville Columbus

GP 25 24 22 24 24

W 14 14 14 11 6

L 8 8 7 9 15

OTL PTS L10 3 31 6-4-0 2 30 7-1-2 1 29 8-2-0 4 26 4-4-2 3 15 4-4-2

STRK Lost 1 Won 4 Won 5 Lost 1 Lost 2

NORTHEAST GP Toronto 24 Boston 22 Buffalo 24 Ottawa 24 Montreal 24

W 14 14 13 12 10

L 8 7 10 10 10

OTL PTS L10 2 30 5-4-1 1 29 9-0-1 1 27 4-5-1 2 26 5-3-2 4 24 5-3-2

STRK Won 3 Won 1 Lost 1 Won 2 Lost 2

NORTHWEST GP Minnesota 24 Vancouver 24 Edmonton 24 Calgary 23 Colorado 24

W 14 14 12 10 10

L 7 9 10 12 13

OTL PTS L10 3 31 6-4-0 1 29 8-2-0 2 26 3-7-0 1 21 4-6-0 1 21 3-7-0

STRK Won 1 Won 5 Lost 2 Won 2 Lost 1

SOUTHEAST GP Florida 24 Washington 23 Tampa Bay 23 Winnipeg 24 Carolina 26

W 13 12 11 9 8

L 7 10 10 11 14

OTL PTS L10 STRK 4 30 6-3-1 Won 1 1 25 3-6-1 Lost 3 2 24 5-5-0 Lost 1 4 22 4-4-2 Lost 2 4 20 3-6-1 Lost 4

PACIFIC Phoenix Dallas Los Angeles San Jose Anaheim

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Warmer Temps Great For Bear Hunt after the shot is made.

I have followed deer pretty far before finding any sign that I had hit it. I surely would have lost that deer if it had not been for a healthy layer of the white stuff. One thing the warm weather has helped is the chances of seeing a bear.

As soon as winter sets in the bears go into their dens to hibernate until spring. I’ve heard a few more bear stories this year than I ever remember before. I hope that means that the bear population is growing. The freeze up getting here late is great for the steelhead fishing.

Even the smallest of streams are holding fish right now. I only wish I had more time to give the fishing a try for myself. Deer season is very short so I just can’t go fishing until it is over.

By the time deer season ends (Dec. 20) there usually are no fishing opportunities until the ice gets thick enough.

By Steve Peacock Star Outdoors Writer

Well it’s the second week of deer season and from what I hear the hunting has been slow.

I do know a few hunters who had no trouble getting their deer, but as a whole the deer take seems low.

It is probably more accurate to say that the numbers are close to normal for the relatively warm season we have been having. The warm weather has definitely had a negative effect on the deer hunting. The deer and the hunters are warm and comfortable enough to sit and not move for long periods of time.

If it were cold and snowy the deer not only have to move more they also become a lot easier to see. The snow also helps the hunter be aware of recent deer movement because of the tracks they make. This is even more important

Don’t Forget To Report Your Harvest Contributed Article

Department of Environmental Conservation

To submit your harvest report you will need the following information: For All Species: — The 12-digit DOC # (phone-in reports) or the Customer ID # (internet reports) on your license privilege panel, carcass tag, or back tag.

— Your date of birth (you will be asked for 2-digit month, then 2-digit day) — Location of kill: County, Town, and Wildlife Management Unit — Date of kill and hunting season — Sex of the animal — In addition, you will need: Deer: — Implement used in hunt (bow, muzzleloader, rifle/shot-

gun, handgun) — Season during which deer was taken (regular, archery, muzzleloading) Bear: — Implement used in hunt (bow, muzzleloader, rifle/shotgun, handgun) — Season during which bear was taken (regular, archery, muzzleloading) — Age of bear (adult, cub, unknown) — For bears taken in the

Adirondack Bear Range, you will be asked to save a tooth or portion of the jaw for DEC to age the bear.

— For bears taken in the Allegany or Catskill Bear Range, DEC staff would like to physically check the bear and you will be asked additional contact information.

Spring Turkey: — Turkey's spur length (none, less than 1/2", 1/2" or longer, unknown) — Turkey's beard length

(less than 3", 3" but less than 7 1/2", 7 1/2" or longer, unknown) — Turkeys' weight to the nearest pound Fall Turkey: — Please save a leg from your turkey. You may be asked to submit a turkey leg for DEC to age and sex the turkey. Instructions will be provided.

Note: If you do not have all

the required tag information when you attempt to report, you must try again. Reporting your game take is mandatory and is necessary for proper game management. DEC biologists will use this information to determine game harvests and to set future hunting seasons.

You may report take via DECALS by calling 1-866-GAME-RPT (1-866426-3778) toll-free or via the online reporting system.

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Gaining perspective

Fine levied for Busch outbursts The YouTube.com video of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch’s profanity-laced rant as ESPN’s Dr. Jerry Punch was preparing to interview him at Homestead-Miami Speedway drew nearly 600,000 hits in the first week it was online.

Some NASCAR executives likely were among those 600,000 as last Friday Busch was fined $50,000 for his actions at Homestead, which also included an inappropriate hand gesture as he drove to the garage with transmission problems.

The penalty notice cited Busch’s disrespect toward a media member, and “similar inappropriate media confrontations earlier in the season.”

Busch also used profanity as ESPN reporter Jamie Little attempted to interview him at New Kurt Busch (NASCAR) Hampshire, and at Richmond he tore up a transcript of his own comments when AP reporter Jenna Fryer offered to show him comments from an earlier interview.

Busch’s Penske Racing team issued an apology for his actions at Homestead, saying: “These actions do not represent Penske Racing and are inconsistent with the company’s standards for behavior, respect for others and professionalism.”

In a personally issued statement, Busch said, “Unfortunately, our result in the season-ending race at Homestead on Sunday was not what we had hoped for as a team. In my frustration with the loss of my transmission early in the race, I let my emotions get the better of me. I regret having done this and apologize to the sponsors of Penske Racing, to NASCAR, its fans, to the media and in particular, Dr. Jerry Punch.”

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Tony Stewart, driver of the No.14 Chevrolet, leads during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20. (NASCAR photo)

For drivers, racing in other divisions ‘like hitting a reset button’

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ometimes, in motorsports in particular, the way to move forward is to first take a step backward.

Even some of NASCAR’s most talented drivers, when they find themselves in a dry spell, seem to get a big boost from dropping down a division or two and rediscovering how it feels to be a winner.

Darrell Waltrip has suggested in the past that Dale Earnhardt Jr. should step back and run some Camping World Truck Series races, so he’d have a good chance of finding Victory Lane and thereby regain some confidence and enthusiasm.

Winning a race in the World of Outlaws sprint car series last summer appears to have helped the newly crowned Sprint Cup champion. Back in July, Tony Stewart outran the best sprinters in the business at Oshweken Speedway in Oshweken, Ontario, for his first career win in the elite sprint car series.

He acknowledged during his champion’s interview at Homestead-Miami Speedway that his sprint car win likely had something to do with his turnaround in Cup. “Maybe it sparked something then,” Stewart said, adding that he had a lot of fun this season running races outside of NASCAR. “I got to run 30 nights this year away from NASCAR and had a blast doing it.

“I think that was as much as it scares Eddie Jarvis and our

management worrying about me getting hurt and how many people it can affect, [Crew chief] Darian [Grubb] can tell you, when I would come back, it energized me. It was like hitting a reset button. It was fun. I had fun racing again this year.

“I think it transferred to what we were doing with the Cup car, too. We would have fun Saturday night and Sunday, even if it wasn’t right or didn’t work out, I still had fun doing what I was doing again, and I think that made a big difference.”

Stewart’s comments brought to mind a similar story from 2001.

In late October, Bill Elliott, who hadn’t won a Cup race since the Southern 500 in September, 1994, was in his first year driving a Ray Evernham Dodge. He took a night off from Cup racing and ran a dirt Late Model race at Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge, Ga. Racing against a field of 21 of the Southeast’s best dirt drivers, and racing a modern dirt Late Model for the first time ever, he qualified second and sped into the lead at the drop of the green flag.

It wasn’t long before Elliott was looking like the driver who dominated the Cup circuit in the mid-to-late 1980s.

As the laps wound down, it got more interesting. Elliott, who had built a straightaway lead, was hung up in lapped traffic, and local hotshot David Payne had closed the gap and was waiting for a single mistake on

Elliott’s part so he could pounce into the lead.

Even when Elliott had to deal with the lapped car driven by one of Payne’s relatives, he made all the right moves, and when the checkered flag finally fell, the No. 9 was a winner again.

Afterward, he seemed as excited about the victory as if it had been on the Cup level.

“How did it look?” he asked.

“How did I do?”

Three races later, Elliott broke his seven-year losing streak.

With five laps to go at Homestead-Miami Speedway, he passed his then-teammate Casey Atwood to get the win. The next year he had two Cup wins, including the prestigious Brickyard 400.

Crew chiefs head for new teams, new jobs in off-season shake-up The off-season crew chief shifts are under way.

Steve Addington has confirmed that he’s leaving his job as crew chief for Kurt Busch.

Many in the sport expected Addington to replace Darian Grubb as crew chief for Tony Stewart, but after Grubb led Stewart to the 2011 Sprint Cup title, those plans could be in flux.

At Richard Childress Racing, Shane Wilson, who was crew chief for Clint Bowyer, will take over Kevin Harvick’s team. Harvick’s crew chief Gil Martin will become director of team operations, reporting to director of compe- Steve Addington (NASCAR photo) tition Kent Day. At Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Chris Heroy has been named crew chief of the No. 42 Chevrolet of Juan Pablo Montoya. He most recently was the lead engineer on the No. 5 car at Hendrick Motorsports. He replaced interim crew chief Jim Pohlman, who is expected to remain with the Ganassi organization.

MWR car rechristened No. 55 Beginning next year, the No. 00 Toyota team at Michael Waltrip Racing will carry the No. 55.

David Reutimann, who has driven the No. 00, has been released from the team, and Mark Martin, team owner Michael Waltrip and other, as-yet-unnamed drivers will share driving duties in the No. 55, which commemorates Charlie Loudermilk’s founding of Aaron’s, Inc., the car’s sponsor, in 1955.

Martin will drive 25 races each of the next two seasons, and Waltrip will drive seven times.

Rookie returns to Grand-Am Andy Lally, Sprint Cup’s rookie of the 2011 season, is returning to the Grand-Am Series next year and will drive for Magnus Racing in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT division. Lally ran 30 races for TRG Motorsports in 2011, with a best finish of 19th at Talladega.

Truck series driver suspended Jack C. Smith, a part-time Camping World Truck Series driver, has been suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.

Smith, whose best finish in six starts this year in Mike Mittler’s No. 63 Ford was an 11th at Atlanta Motor Speedway, also was suspended last season following an arrest for fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance.

‘Racing Farmer’Ray Elder dead Ray Elder, a six-time champion of NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West division and a two-time winner in the series now known as Sprint Cup, died last week at the age of 69. Elder, driving his family’s No. 96 Dodge, won in 1971 and 1972 on the road course at Riverside, Calif.

Elder’s father was his car owner and his brother the crew chief. In just 31 career starts in the division now know as Sprint Cup, Elder had two wins, nine top-five and 16 top-10 finishes. He and his family members were known as the “Racing Farmers.” Elder returned to the farm after his driving days.

Hendrick reflects on 2011 season, predicts better days ahead for NASCAR Carl Edwards isn’t the only one in NASCAR who is being a good loser in the wake of getting beat by Tony Stewart in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. On a Monday teleconference, team owner Rick Hendrick, who saw his team’s five-year run as Cup champions come to an end, said getting beat isn’t all bad, and that he and his teams will use that as motivation to return even stronger in 2012. It’s easier for Hendrick this time around because the champions used engines and cars supplied by his company.

“Personally, it’s not a bad thing,” he said, adding that “it’s motivation not being the champion.”

Hendrick, who just completed his 28th NASCAR season and ran his owner victory count to 199 with five victories this season, said he’s spent the last few weeks reflecting on the recently completed NASCAR season and recovering from injuries suffered in a plane crash three weeks ago.

“We’re doing well,” he said of his and his wife Linda’s health. “I’m just reflecting back on the season, what we could do better. All in all, I think we had a pretty good year. It could have ended better. We’ll just have to ramp it up for next year.”

Hendrick, who did a major reshuffling of key personnel after the 2010 season, said no major changes are planned this time. He said all four of his driver-crew chief combos – including the incoming Kasey Kahne and Kenny Francis duo – will remain as they are now.

He said that Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team, which had won five straight titles, can hold their heads high.

“I’m really proud of what they’ve accomplished,” he said. “I don’t know that anybody will ever do

On Monday, team owner Rick Hendrick expressed pride in driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. (right) and crew chief Steve Letarte for their improvement during the season. (NASCAR photo) that again – win five championships in a row. It had to come to an end [given] the odds of winning six in a row. The bottom line is we were not as competitive as we would like to be.”

Hendrick also said he was proud of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and crew chief Steve Letarte.

Although they did not win a race, there was great improvement over the course of the season, he said.

Hendrick said he’s found that it generally takes about five or six months to determine whether a driver-crew chief combination is going to be successful. After a year, he believes he’s got the right pair in place on the No. 88 team.

And he said that the team made great strides and met its goals of getting in contention to win races and making the Chase.

“You don’t go from running 15th to 18th to winning [a lot of] races,” he said. “I’m happy with their progress.”

The veteran team owner said he didn’t find it difficult to lose the championship to a team, Stewart-Haas Racing, that uses engines and chassis supplied by Hendrick Motorsports. He said that in today’s Cup Series, with the strict rules for the Car of Tomorrow, most teams have about the same equipment, with the difference in performance attributed to the people using that equipment.

“When you get beat by your own stuff, you have to look in the mirror,” he said. “People make the difference.”

Hendrick said he sees better days ahead for NASCAR as a whole on the sponsorship front, even as major players like UPS and Red Bull are cutting back and dropping their sponsorship roles.

“More companies are looking [at NASCAR] now,” he said. “We’ve definitely hit the bottom. It’s coming back now. 2011 was better than 2010.”

And he said that although he won’t attend the champion’s banquet in Las Vegas, he is feeling much better and not having to sleep in a chair any more.

“We were very fortunate,” he said. “We’re healing up.”

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Drivers who ran at least one pointspaying Sprint Cup race in 2011

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Camping World Truck Series victories by Kyle Busch in 2011, top among all drivers

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Times Starting Thursday, December 1st Dunkirk Movieplex 8 10520 Bennett Road Dunkirk, NY 14048 The Muppets (PG) 4:25, 6:50, 9:20 Happy Feet Two 3D (PG) 5:30, 7:45 Happy Feet Two (PG) 4:35 Arthur Christmas (PG) 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG13) 4:15, 5:10, 6:50, 7:45, 9:25 Jack and Jill (PG) 5:10, 7:20, 9:30 Immortals (R) 6:45, 9:15 Tower Heist (PG13) 7:15, 9:30 Puss in Boots (PG) 5:15

Chautauqua Mall Cinema I & II 500 Chautauqua Mall Lakewood, NY 14750 J. Edgar (R) 4:00, 6:40, 9:15 Tower Heist (PG13) 4:00, 6:40, 9:15

Lakewood Cinema 8 171-3 Fairmount Ave W. Lakewood, NY 14750 Arthur Christmas (PG) 12:20, 9:30 Arthur Christmas 3D (PG) 2:40, 4:50, 7:15 Happy Feet Two (PG) 12:00, 9:20

Happy Feet Two 3D (PG) 2:25, 4:45, 7:10 Hugo 3D (PG) 12:40, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Immortals (R) 9:30 Jack and Jill (PG) 12:05, 2:25, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 Paranormal Activity 3 (R) 12:55, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 9:50 Puss in Boots 3D (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 7:20 Puss in Boots (PG) 4:55 The Muppets (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG13) 12:10, 12:40, 3:20, 3:50, 6:40, 7:00, 9:50, 10:10

Cinemark Tinseltown 17 1910 Rotunda Drive Erie, Pa 16509 2 For 1: Ides of March (R) and Moneyball (PG13) 12:05, 5:00 Arthur Christmas (PG) RealD 3D: 11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Digital: 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Hugo (PG) RealD 3D: 12:40, 3:35, 7:10, 10:05 Digital: 11:05, 1:55, 4:45 The Muppets (PG) Digital: 11:20, 12:50, 2:10, 3:30, 4:50, 6:20, 7:30, 9:00, 10:10 Happy Feet Two (PG) RealD 3D: 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15

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Midnight in Paris (PG13) Digital: 11:25, 1:45, 4:25, 7:40, 10:00 Regal Quaker Crossing 3450 Amelia Drive Orchard Park, 14127 Arthur Christmas (PG) 1:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:35 Arthur Christmas 3D (PG) 2:05, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 Hugo (PG) 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:25 Hugo 3D (PG) 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 The Muppets (PG) 1:20, 2:20, 4:00, 5:00, 6:45, 7:35, 9:30, 10:10 The Descendants (R) 1:55, 4:40, 7:45, 10:25 Happy Feet Two (PG) 2:10, 4:55, 7:30, 10:00 Happy Feet Two 3D (PG) 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:15 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG13) 1:00, 1:40, 2:30, 3:50, 4:30, 5:10, 6:35, 7:20, 8:05, 9:20, 9:50, 10:20 Immortals (R) 2:25, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30 Immortals 3D (R) 1:25, 7:10 J. Edgar (R) 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (R) 4:50, 9:40 Puss in Boots (PG) 2:35, 5:05, 7:25 Puss in Boots 3D (PG) 1:45, 4:10, 6:25, 9:10 2 For 1: Ides of March (R) Moneyball (PG13) 2:00, 7:40

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On-Going Events Westfield Farmers Market

The Westfield Winter Farmers’ Market will be open for the first season ever beginning Saturday October 15 in Eason Hall at 23 Elm Street, Westfield, NY. The Winter Market will operate one Saturday each month from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The scheduled Market dates are December 10, January 14, February 11, March 10, and April 14. Visitors will find many of their favorite vendors returning for this event. There is still great fall produce, Grass fed meats and eggs to offer. The crafters and artisans are busy preparing for the upcoming holiday season; they should have a great selection for gifts.

Santa at the Chautauqua Mall (through Dec. 24)

Santa is available for visits and photos with children of all ages.

The Santa photo set is located in front of The Bon Ton at the center of the mall. Chautauqua Mall, 318 East Fairmount Avenue, Lakewood, NY.

“Communicating With Spirit” Workshop Series (Sunday Dec. 11)

Simply Skin Spa presents “Communicating With Spirit” Workshop Series. Brenda E. Reading, Instructor (Medium, Reiki Healer, Certified Holistic Educator). $35/class or save by registering and pay $120 for all 4 classes. Call 716-672-5662 to register. Simply Skin Spa, 10 Park Place, Fredonia, NY.

Childrenʼs Story Time at Dunkirk Free Library (through December 15)

Children’s Story Time and Craft.

Every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers.

After school story time takes place every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Dunkirk Free Library,

536 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY. www.cclslib.org/

Chautauqua Shores Chorus (Women Barbershoppers) (Mondays)

First Baptist Church, 358 E. Fifth St., Jamestown, NY. 7 p.m.

Yoga for Stressed Kids at the Dunkirk Free Library (Wednesdays) 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monica deMello-Patterson, M.A. will conduct yoga classes for eight to ten year olds. This class is free. For more information call 366-2511.

Thursday, December 1 Movies at the Reg Lenna Civic Center (December 1 and 3)

The Help 8:00 p.m. The #1 New York Times best seller

by Kathryn Stockett comes to vivid life through the powerful performances of a phenomenal ensemble cast.

Led by Emma Stone, Academy Award®-nominated Viola Davis (Best Supporting Actress, Doubt, 2008), Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help is an inspirational, courageous and empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society’s rules and puts them all at risk. Filled with poignancy, humor and hope. The Help is a timeless, universal and triumphant story about the ability to create change.

Holiday Trade Show

The annual WNY Barter Holiday Trade Show will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena. The holiday show is

the largest barter event of the year for the Jamestown area bringing businesses from all over Western NY together to trade. www.wnybarter.com.

Friends of Anderson-Lee Library annual Christmas Fundraiser

The Friends of Anderson-Lee Library in Silver Creek is once again conducting their annual Christmas Fundraiser. All of the prizes have been donated by local artisans and businesses. Some of the prizes are on display at the library. Please stop by and see the wonderful variety of items. Tickets are available at the library on Main Street in Silver Creek or from any Friends member.

Tickets are $1 each and all proceeds are used to enhance library acquisitions. The drawing will be held in the library on Fri., Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. For more information, please call the library at 934-3468.

Friday, December 2 Chautauqua to Allegheny Mountain Christmas 2

Glarner Group Production Studios and After Dark Entertainment presents a show at Spire of Jamestown to promote the release of Chautauqua to Allegheny Mountain Christmas 2. It is a compilation of singers and musicians for the benefit of non-profits and is sponsored by the Community Development Association.

Audubon Center and Sanctuary: First Friday Lunch Bunch

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Michael Weishan’s “Photographic Tour of the Northwest.” Coffee and tea provided for BYO brown bag lunch that follows. Members $5; non-members $7.

A Seussified Christmas Carol (Friday 7:00 p.m. and Saturday 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)

A whimsical reinvention of Dickens’ most beloved Christmas story in Seuss spoken rhyming couplets. Fredonia High School.

Woodsongs Tiny b CD Release Party

7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Our Good Friend, Tiny b, has released a cd just in time for Christmas.

If you like blues, Woodsongs, excellent original music, local musicians, or the fine company of a hale fellow, come and join Tiny and me this Friday at the Labyrinth Press Company for his Official CD Release Party! He and I will be playing and hanging around, trying to make friends and influence people. Please consider joining us at Labyrinth Press Co. 12 E Fourth St Jamestown, NY

“Cold Snap” Photo Show at 3rd on 3rd Gallery

Cold Snap is a photography show featuring the work of several area photographers including Gregory Slagle, Jennifer Randall, Steve Lafreniere, Bruce Robinson, Ashley Ordines and DJ Berg. 3rd on 3rd Gallery is located at 116 E. Third St., Jamestown. The gallery hours are 10am until 4pm, Monday to Friday. Some weekend and evening hours will be added. Admission is free. For more information, call 664-2465, ext. 227 or visit www.artscouncil.com.

“Photographic Tour of the Northwest”

Photographer Michael Weishan will present a “Photographic Tour of the Northwest.” He will share his photos and experiences at Mount

Ranier National Park, the variety of vegetation and physical features found at the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, and the features of the northern coastline of Oregon. Following the 11 am presentation, coffee and tea will be provided for a BYO brown bag lunch.

The fee for attending is $5 for Audubon members and $7 for non-members. The Audubon Center and Sanctuary, 1600 Riverside Rd., between Jamestown and Warren. (716) 569-2345 or visit www.jamestownaudubon.org.

The Living Christmas Tree

“All is Calm, All is Bright” is the theme for this year’s production, directed by Brian A. Bogey. Performances take place at First Covenant Church, 520 Spring Street in Jamestown, Friday, December 2 at 8 p.m., Saturday, December 3 at 5 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 4 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $6. For ticket locations and more information, call the church at (716) 483-9825.

Saturday, December 3 Miracle on Main Street

Santa comes to town with workshops and fun times for kids, a FREE holiday movie at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House, caroling, the official Village holiday tree lighting in the park and more. A fun, family festival!

Audubon Center and Sanctuary: Homemade Holidays

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn to make a wreath or homemade paper. Wreath-making workshops at 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, and 2pm; $20/member, $30/non-member. Paper making: 10:30am, 11:30am,

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Brocton Holiday Shopping Market

The Parents Group for the class of 2013 will be holding a vendor and craft show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be over 25 booths set up with representatives on hand to help with all you Christmas shopping needs. If you have any questions, please contact Chris Eckstrom (716) 672-3615 for additional details. See you at the Show!

Ashville Fire Auxiliary Craft Show 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ashville Fire Auxiliary Annual Craft Show.

Ashville Fire Hall, 5338 Stow Rd., Ashville, NY. Many Craft venders, Lunches, 50/50, Basket Auction, Christmas Cookies. Come do your Christmas shopping!

Roger Tory Peterson Institute Holiday Open House

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Roger Tory Peterson Institute Holiday Open House - Free Admission. Please join us Saturday, December 3 for our annual holiday open house - enjoy free admission, refreshments, and special guests to celebrate the season. Roger Tory Peterson Institute, 311 Curtis St., Jamestown, NY. 716-665-2473, 800-758-6841, www.rtpi.org

Festivals Fredonia “Arts in the Village” Artisans Show

11 a.m. 3 p.m., the committee of Festivals Fredonia Miracle on Main Street presents the annual “Arts in the Village.”

Over 15 artists will be stationed with their work at different businesses. This is the perfect shopping event for that unique, original piece not found anywhere. Begin your

visit at the Fredonia Farmer’ Market newest winter location. From Dec. through Apr., the Farmers’ Market will be located at Forest Lodge, 329 East Main Street. Remember to shop locally this Holiday season. For more information, please call 716-672-4818.

Audubonʼs “Homemade Holidays” Wreath and Paper-Making Workshops 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with workshops throughout the day.

You can learn to make a fresh wreath or homemade paper at the Audubon Center and Sanctuary’s Homemade Holidays -- and you can take your finished product home with you. Wreath workshop times are on the hour starting at 10 am (10am, 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm). Paper-making workshop times are 10:30 am, 11:30 am, and 12:45 pm. Everything is provided for this workshop, as well. Wreath making is $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers. Paper making is $10 for members and $20 for non-members. Reservations are required for both: call (716) 569-2345 by Thur., Dec. 1. www.jamestownaudubon.org.

Monday, December 5 Growing with Music Together

Free Music Class, 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. for children: babies – kindergarten and parents, caregivers. 369 W Main St, Fredonia. Prior registration requested – Contact: Kay Barlow 716-673-9020.

Lia Habel to Discuss “Dearly, Departed” at Prendergast Library A Jamestown native who has just published her first book for young adults will speak and sign copies of “Dearly, Departed” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the Fireplace Room at Prendergast Library.

Author Lia Habel will greet

visitors in full Victorian dress and explain how she came to love zombies and immerse herself in neo-Victorian style and culture. The book talk at Prendergast Library is free and open to the public. Copies of “Dearly, Departed” will be available for $18 each. Prendergast Library, 509 Cherry St., Jamestown. For more info, call 484-7135, Ext. 225.

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The 1891 Fredonia Opera House continues the 2011-12 season of Live at the Met high definition opera broadcasts with Handel’s “Rodelinda,” on Sat., Dec. 3, at 12:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20 ($18 for Opera House and Met members, $15 for students) and are available in advance by calling or visiting the Box Office at 716-679-1891 Tue. – Fri., 1-5 p.m. and Sat., 2-5 p.m. Purchase online anytime at www.fredopera.org.

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Creation Station Artists’ Studio and Gift Shop

Entertainment Editor

Whether looking for a one of a kind gift or hoping to fuel a new hobby, Silver Creek’s Creation Station is the place to be. With work by local artists, classes to learn stained or beach glass crafting or gifts made in the United States, there is no good reason not to stop in.

Originally from Sunset Bay, owner, Cyn Gailey moved back to Chautauqua County from South Carolina in 2002.

She made the move in order to spend more time with her mother, “Mummy Jones”, who is also an owner. While in Silver Creek, she took notice of Fred Brown’s stained glass shop and found that he was in the process of selling the business. Gailey bought the business and Brown helped her settle into the shop. She ran the shop for about a year before opening at the new location on Central Avenue in Silver Creek. Part of Gailey’s inspiration for opening the shop came from taking a

Located on Central Avenue in Silver Creek the Creation Station is the perfect place to find a unique gift or to learn a new craft. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

beginners course in stained glass during her time in South Carolina. Barb Joy, also a partner and an integral role in the business. She designs the beach glass and gem stone jewelry. She also does mosaic orders for tables and trays.

“Our first store got too small

Mosaic and woodwork in the entrance. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

when we started to get students,” said Gailey. “So, we came down here and we’ve been here six years.”

Creation Station’s students learn to work with stained glass and beach glass to create pieces of art. Mosaics are also an example of the work cre-

ated by the students. Mosaics are images formed by putting together small pieces of stained glass/beach glass and then grouted.

Stained glass art is done by hand,” said Gailey. “We start with large sheets of glass, cut it by hand to shape, foiled,

Cyn Gailey at work on a piece. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

then put it together like a puzzle, solder and hang it in a window and let the sun shine in.”

Everything a student could need is supplied by Creation Station. Studio time can be rented for $1.50 an hour for those who have taken a class.

Those who would like to see Gailey’s work before taking a class can stop at Tom’s Family Restaurant in Irving where there is a large stained glass piece illustrating a summer scene. The Chapel at the Lakeshore Hospital also features work by Gailey.

There is quite a bit to be found at the shop. There is a whole room dedicated to beach glass with items for sale that display what can be made with the glass. The glass is exclusively collected on the shores of Lake Erie.

There is also old metal and driftwood art.

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Caricatures of Barb Joy, Cyn Gailey and Mummy Jones by Umberto Waltero of Buffalo. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

the shop for sale. And, being a member of the ChautauquaLake Erie Art Trail means the work gets even more exposure during the May tours. Examples of artists’ work on display at Creation Station includes Native American paintings by George Petrella and photography by Brooks Truitt and wood work by Pete Allen.

Also on sale in the shop are a number of unique gift items.

A unique thing about the shop is they try to carry items made locally or in the United States. One example would be

the soy lotion candles from South Carolina that produce a satisfying aroma and also serve as a moisturizer by applying the warm oil to skin.

Because the candles are soy oil, the scents last an incredibly long time if not used as a lotion. The soy lotion candles also contain vitamin E and no dyes. Creation Station is the only store in Chautauqua County that carries these special soy lotion candles.

There is also soap from Plumage Soap Company and soy candles from Pure Integrity both of which are located in

Beach glass room. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

Buffalo.

“We love to sell anything off the wall, funky and one of a kind,” said Gailey. “The Creation Station is a destination.

It’s a unique place that is way far out, funky and fun. You can find something here for that hard to buy for person.”

Creation Station is located at 260 Central Avenue in Silver Creek. It is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. For more information call 716-934-3498 or visit creationstationart.com.

Mosaic. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

Soy lotion candles. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

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Caddyshack

By Dusten Rader Entertainment Editor

The holidays are here and it’s the time of year to be full of cheer.

So, take a moment to stop by Sugarhill Golf Course’s Caddyshack to celebrate the season with the DiPaolo family. Great food, experience and a gift shop with plenty of unique items are waiting. Check back next week for an update on the special things they are doing for the Christmas season.

Any occasion that brings visitors to Scenic Route 5 is a good one. Luckily there happens to be a place on the route in case weary travelers find themselves in need of a warm home cooked meal. For good food, fun and a relaxed atmosphere stop by the Caddyshack to celebrate with the DiPaolo family.

The restaurant is owned and operated by the DiPaolo family.

Patty, her husband Greg and daughter Paige are always in the restaurant. Getting to know the family and friends involved in running the place is a part of the experience at the Caddyshack.

Keeping the customers involved is also important. After having dinner with the DiPaolo family it’s not uncommon that patrons

A beautiful stop on route five hides special fun for willing travelers. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

may feel like they become a member of the family.

“We treat everyone who comes in like family and we serve our food that way too,” said Patty.

“We try to cater our menu to everyone who comes in. We even have something special we make for one of our customers that is haddock with home made marinara sauce, spinach onions and mushrooms.”

The Caddyshack is a far cry

from fast food. For regulars, rest, relaxation and rejuvenation are on the schedule.

Patrons looking to spend some time enjoying beautiful atmosphere both indoors and outdoors should consider stopping by Caddyshack, Sugarhill or both.

“We’re more about relaxing and enjoying the experience,” said Patty. “You should come in here and enjoy the view sometime.”

Welcome to the bar where bears and men alike gather. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

However, Patty’s daughter Paige understands that there is a difference between lunch and dinner. She knows that customers usually have less than an hour to spend eating and relaxing.

So, they have worked together on a few ways to meet the needs of those customers. One way is that take out is offered.

Another is that reservations are highly recommended for dinner. But, they are also accepted

for any other gathering.

“We want to be host to anything from your dates, birthday parties, anniversaries, engagements, reunions and proms,” said Patty. “Whatever it is you’re celebrating we want to help you do it.”

According to Patty, she came from a generation that felt guilty about going out for dinner unless it was a celebration.

But, dinner at the Caddyshack with the DiPoalo family is always a guiltless celebration.

“We want the people who come here to have dinner to have a social experience too,” said Patty. “Everyone around here seems to know each other. So, you can come in and see people you know. But, you can also get some privacy.”

While celebrating customers can enjoy an extensive menu full home made goodies, unique dishes and plenty of variety. Plus, it’s important to the DiPaolo’s to provide their customers with a unique experience every time they order something new off the menu.

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Antiques and art abound for customers to take as memento of their journey. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

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Patty purchases the majority of the ingredients she uses for her dishes from Maplevale Farms.

Quality and consistency are important goals for her. She tries to maintain the same level of quality every time a customer comes in. Nothing served is packaged or pre-weighed.

There are a number items on the menu that are completely made from scratch.

The soups are made home made every day. Customer favorites include french onion and the new chicken wing.

The chicken wings at Caddyshack are tossed in your favorite sauce. They are well known in the area and people drive from afar to try them says Patty.

The sauces, marinara and Alfredo for example, are also made fresh and from an

authentic family recipe. Ilio DiPaolo’s bottled sauces from Buffalo are made by a different member of the same family.

Desserts made by Patty and Paige are also homemade and especially worth trying at least once.

There are specials that aren’t always on the menu as well that customers should inquire about.

Patty also recommends making reservations so she can cater to specifically to your event.

“We offer our customers a relaxed family friendly atmosphere in a place that they can come have dinner and bring their kids,” said Patty. “When the weather is great it’s the perfect spot to be. The kids can be outside playing while the parents enjoy their meal and watch them from inside.”

Seeing wild animals at Caddyshack is a nice surprise that

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occurs often as well. Customers may see deer crossing the field or the resident bear who lives in the wilderness nearby.

A regular managed to snap a photo of the bear up in his hunters tree stand that Patty keeps at the bar.

“Everything that customers see at the Caddyshack is on sale and for sale,” said Patty. “There is a lot of original artwork, oil paintings, water colors, furniture, wood carvings, antiques, jewelry and much more.”

Caddyshack is located on Route 5 at the Sugarhill golf course and is open from Thursday through Sunday, noon to 9 p.m. For more information call 716-326-4653 or visit facebook. com/pages/Sugar-Hill-GolfCourseCaddyshack-Restaurant/324770676944.

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Hawg Wings: Pork tossed in choice of wing sauce with blue cheese, ranch, vegetables and homemade cheesecake with fresh fruit toppings. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

There is also a variety of art on display and for sale including some local pieces. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

Seating by the window features a beautiful sunset, fireplace and front row seating to watch golf. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

Chicken Parmesan: Boneless chicken breaded and seasoned then baked with marinara sauce and melted mozzarella. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

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Movie Review – The Muppets

Contributed Article Mallory Diefenbach

Nostalgia is a powerful force. It has the ability to bring back fond childhood memories from the recess of time. The Muppets (2011) is a shining example of this.

The story centers around two brothers, Gary (Jason Segal) and Walter (voiced by Peter Linz), who have grown up watching The Muppet Show on television.

Walter, a puppet himself, is the Muppets biggest fan.

The story picks up with Gary and Walter as adults and still living together. Gary plans to take his fiancée Mary (Amy Adams) to Los Angeles to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Much to Mary’s hidden disappointment, Gary invites Walter along so they can tour the Muppet Theater.

However, upon arrival the three find the Muppet Theater in ruins. When Walter sneaks into Kermit the Frog’s office he learns of a plan to tear down the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil which lies underneath. The only way to save the theater is a race against the clock to raise $10,000,000.

The trio enlists the help of Kermit the Frog, who realizes that the only way to raise that amount of money in such a

Poorman’s Recipebook: Leftover Lunch Eating out can be hard on the wallet. So, to help our loyal readers save their hard earned cash the Chautauqua Star will feature an inexpensive meal in our ‘Poorman’s Recipebook’ each week.

Leftover Lunch 1/2 cup shredded turkey 2 slices of bread or a roll 1/2 cup mashed potatoes 1/4 cup gravy Heat gravy, mashed potatoes and turkey separately. Spread mashed potatoes on the bread then top with turkey and gravy.

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short period would to be put on a show, something which the Muppets have not done in years. Walter manages to convince Kermit to go for it and the group sets out to reunite the Muppets and save the theater.

The Muppets (2011) is a cute movie people of all ages can enjoy. With the occasional break of the fourth wall, witty quotes, celebrity guest appearances and the random burst into song and dance it will keep you smiling from start to finish.

Thanksgiving may be over, but everyone knows that there are tons of left overs after such a massive feast. I like to make turkey sandwiches with my leftovers. If you’re out of mashed potatoes you can use mayo and lettuce with the turkey. You’ll likely have leftover sides as well.

So, make it a meal with green beans, macaroni, peas, stuffing or whatever else you have.

If you’d like to submit a recipe for ‘Poorman’s Recipebook,’ email dusten.rader@maytumcompany.com or call 716-3669200. Tell us your recipe, where it came from, and a favorite memory of it!

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Jr.’s Last Laugh December Events Contributed Article December Christmas Shows: Advance Reservations Required for December Dinner shows!

December 1 through 3: Ross Bennett and featuring Tabari McCoy With an expressive delivery and topics that encompass everything from growing up with a retired Marine Colonel

father to disastrous golf games and even more catastrophic water skiing outings, Ross is a must-see for every Comedy Connoisseur.

Ross Bennett a high-powered performer who takes his act to the audience and comes back with a victory every time!!

Saturday, December 3: Breakfast with Santa featuring Mrs. Claus and the Elves This is our favorite event of the year! Once again, the REAL

SANTA will be at Jr.’s from 10:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. There is NO COST whatsoever. We’ll be providing cookies and donuts, juice and milk for everyone (and coffee for the adults). Face painting, coloring and crafts!

December 8 through 10: Tim Harmston and featuring BA Serke Tim Harmston was once described by a fellow comedian as “an idiot with smart material.”

That winning combination has led to appearances on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, the Bob and Tom radio show, and Wisconsin Public Radio. Tim has performed at the Rooftop Aspen Comedy Festival, the Great American Comedy Festival in Norfolk, NE, and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta.

December 15 through 17: John Roy and featuring Emily Galati

John began his professional career at the famous Zanies Comedy Club on Wells St. in Chicago’s Old Town. He went on to tour the country’s best clubs, including the Laugh Stop in Houston, and the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, where John became a regular perfomer in 2002. In 2003, he appeared on the CBS television show, “Star Search,” and was its first champion, earning 100,000 dollars and a development deal with CBS.

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A willow tree weeps as the chill of Winter season sets in. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

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Giving thanks shouldn’t stop when the holiday is over. (Photo by Dusten Rader)

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