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SRC donates science equipment to two Syracuse schools Middle school students attending the Syracuse City School District’s Blodgett K-8 and Danforth Middle schools will benefit from donated science equipment as a result of a donation from SRC Inc.(formerly Syracuse Research Corp). SRC, a not-for-profit research and development leader in the science, technology and information field, is providing $2,300 worth of equipment as part of the SRC/LCS Engineering Ambassadors Program.

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The signs still say Steak & Sundae on the pale building located on the empty corner of James Street and Midler Avenue. Three years ago, that popular restaurant moved to Teall Avenue. Now a movie and game rental business, Family Video, wants to acquire and develop the site in Eastwood. Potential plans to place a Family Video retail store at the busy corner were presented to more than 70 people at the March 22 meeting of Tomorrow’s Neighborhoods Today (TNT), held at Huntington School. Phil Walker, a private acquisitions broker, showed the audience three drawings illustrating how the store and parking areas might be positioned on the property. Each illustration included a driveway on James Street, which violates the James Street Overlay District Guidelines for Eastwood. The ultimate site plan is not yet known, Walker said.

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Levy to swing By Ricky Casiano

The Syracuse City School District board voted to close one school and cut 221 staff positions in their 2010-2011 revised budget at the special board meeting March 23. Students from kindergarten through eighth grades attending the Levy School will be able to attend Hughes Elementary next year when the school closes. Hughes will be changed into a K-8 school and the Levy School will be repurposed as “swing space” for students whose schools are being renovated as a part of an already planned out district-wide renovations project. Using the school as a swing space will save the district $2 million, the district board said. Tanzania Reed, 38, of East Syracuse, said she has

a child in Kindergarten at Levy School and liked the school much better than Hughes because of the teachers and the small class size it provided for her daughter. “I was absolutely devastated, I almost cried,” Reed said. “I wanted my child to have the opportunity to have a better education at Levy.” District Commissioner Monique Wright-Williams has a child who will be affected by the renovations and relocations. “Will there be separate exits in the school for the students? I have an 8-yearold girl that will be going to school with 17 year old boys, something I am not comfortable with,” WrightWilliams said. “We are looking at this [problem] from the wrong angle that takes

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VILLAGE PEEPS SWEETEN LOCAL ARTS SCENE: Sparky Town (324 Burnet Ave, Syracuse) continues its contribution to the Syracuse arts scene by featuring an appearance by the renowned “Village Peeple.” These peeps, created by Jeanne Lagergren, Pamm Mosey and Janna Terpstra are enjoying a short run in Sparky’s lounge. When you stop in, also enjoy Lagergren’s exhibit “Water-Color Paintings” Sparky’s current visual art show, which will run until April 24.

Developing Syracuse So you want to develop a business in Syracuse? VI: Water management forum held at Roji Tea Lounge By Ellen Leahy

Syracuse as the “Emerald City” is a vision. And so it remains, as city, county and state codes in regard to sustainable green infrastructure building solutions have not yet changed. The key word is “yet.” About 20 people gathered at the Roji Tea Lounge in downtown Syracuse last week for a “how to” implement green infrastructure in the city. Besides ham and eggs, green can be many things, such as cleaner, renewable energy systems. Specifically, this group was concentrating its efforts on water. And the timing couldn’t be more perfect, as the city’s water infrastructure is sorely in need of an update. A recent New York Times article reported that nationally the water infrastructure is about the same age, and much of it is failing. Essentially, the forum participants were rethinking how water is gathered, moved and used. That’s

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“Green infrastructure refers to ecological systems, both natural and engineered that act as living infrastructure. Green infrastructure elements are planned and managed primarily for storm water control, but also exhibit social, economic and environmental benefits.” wcel.org. What this means is basically using plant-life as part of a water management system and rethinking drainage or the flow with the use of permeable surfaces. Impermeable surfaces came into vogue replacing gravel, which could be dangerous (falls), harder to maintain and dirty, too. But often it results in costly water collection systems needed to divert water, rather than let it seep into the ground naturally, which is also less costly.

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MUST SEE SHOW: Onondaga Historical Society’s Greg Tripoli is holding one of many sample plates from Syracuse China’s collection, which is for sale in the OHA’s gift shop. Go see the complete collection on display at the OHA, which is a really fun tour for young and old.

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The Syracuse Inner-City Rotary will hold their 8th annual Hoops for Peace Tournament on Saturday, April 17 at The Hamilton Street Boys and Girls Club from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Sunday, April 18 at Manley Field House from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is for boys and girls in 5th through 8th grade. Former SU standout, and final 4 basketball member, Howard Triche will be a featured speaker on April 17 and Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler will be featured on April 18. Community organizations are invited to have information tables at the event about their role in the community. Space will be made available, but you must bring your own tables and chairs. In addition to the basketball games, there will be educational & skill based workshops for the youth. Parents, this is a free event, so bring your kids and get information on useful community resources. There will be T-shirts, refreshments and medals for the players. Bus transportation (for the kids only) if needed will be: Saturday April 17, 9a.m. pick up at Seymour school 3pm drop off 9:30am pickup at Bellevue Elementary and Blodgett schools 2:30p.m. drop off Sunday April 18, 10a.m. pick up at Seymour school 4p.m. drop off 10:30a.m. pick up at Bellevue Elementary and Blodgett schools 3:30 p.m. drop off. Volunteers are needed to help supervise the kids, referee games and help with registration. Kids ‌ do not

bring your own basketballs ‌ they will be confiscated. Any groups interested in space for

information tables, or anyone interested in volunteering or who want more info contact: Albert Turner, President 3176677 or turn13@msn.com.

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On April 13 the Interreligious Food Consortium will be hosting a fundraising event at the Palace Theater in Eastwood, from 5:30 p.m. to7 p.m. IFC is showcasing a short documentary film about hunger in our community produced by a group of students, who are involved with Comm.Unity, from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. A $10 donation to benefit the Interreligious Food Consortium Contact: Interreligious Food Consrotium at 474-8855.

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Effective March 23, Laura Austin, Founder and Artistic Director of Red House Arts Center, resigns from her position at the organization. In 2003 Austin implemented the Red House Capital Campaign which raised $1.4 million. She and her husband, Scott Allyn, managed the renovations of the three story building in Downtown Armory Square. Under Austin’s artistic direction, the state of the art facility has hosted over 500 events in theatre, film and music. In the first year of operation, Austin secured 200 new Red House members and developed a widely successful individual donor base. Over the last five seasons, Austin has overseen the production of 25 plays at Red House in which her responsibilities spanned selecting, casting, commissioning, directing, acting, promoting and fundraising. Austin’s professional career prior to her term at Red House, encompasses Television and Film in Los Angeles and off-Broadway and regional theatre throughout the country and abroad. During her tenure at Red House, Austin remained a volunteer employee. “This has been an extraordinarily difficult decision for me. Over the last year in particular, I have not received the professional support or respect neccessary to continue working with the organization in a productive and positive manner. It is time to move on.�

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C. J. Fair: The Orange’s Next Generation SU recruits already on the map for the next year’s basketball season By Mike Ortiz

The Syracuse Orange had their best season since their championship team with Carmelo Anthony. There was speculation of this team going very far in the big dance, possibly a repeat of 2003. The downfall is that junior forward Wes Johnson may skip his senior year and declare for the NBA draft, where he would probably be at least a top 10 pick. Many Syracuse fans would love to see him stay for his senior year; even if he chooses to leave, Syracuse has already prepared by recruiting four great players for next year. Three of these recruits are in the ESPNU top 100. First is Fabricio Melo, a 7-foot, 274-pound ‘animal’ in the paint from The Sagemont School in Florida. Melo is already getting the nickname “Fab Melo”, a nickname after Carmelo Anthony, who will never be forgotten by Orange fans. Fab Melo is the ranked second for the position of center in the nation and number 20 in the top 100. Melo should progress very well at Syracuse, as he was one of the hottest recruits before committing. Second is Dion Waiters, a 210-pound shooting guard standing at 6 feet 4 inches. Waiters is from Life Center Academy and is the second ranked shooting guard in the nation, 15th in the top 100. Waiters has a very balanced game, though he’s a better explosive player who likes to attack the rim instead of shooting the 3. Another is Baye Moussa Keita, 6 foot 11inch, 210-pound, center from Oak Hill Academy, home of Syracuse legend Carmelo Anthony. Though Keita isn’t in the ESPN-U top 100, he’s still a great player and a huge presence on the defensive end as he blocks shots on and off the ball. Last but certainly not least is 196-pound and 6 foot 7-inch, small forward C.J. Fair, who has impressed his classmates at Brewster Academy. He’s the 13th ranked small forward and 62nd in the ESPN-U top 100. He’s a very long and athletic forward who impresses many with his acrobatic moves and dunks. That’s not all: he has a great work ethic to match. Fair ’s motto is “No days off” for a

reason. These four recruits, next year ’s freshmen, will have some big shoes to fill; their high school talents and their hard work give them great potential to become not only stars, but legends.

Come see the 2010 poster series, 6 p.m. Thursday, April 8, at the atrium at City Hall Commons, 201 East Washington St., Syracuse. The Poster Project brings together community poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of posters for the city’s poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about the downtown, city, or surrounding countryside. The unveiling gathers the artists and poets, friends of public art, and the larger community. For more information, call 424-8099.

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Q&A with SU recruit C.J. Fair

Mike Ortiz sat down with C.J. Fair to talk about his past and his career prospects. Ortiz: Has basketball always been the only sport that you have played? Fair: No. Baseball was my first sport, then football and then basketball. Ortiz: What made you switch to basketball? Fair: It was my best sport, but football was my favorite. Ortiz: What position did you play for football? Fair: Wide receiver. Ortiz: What was your best moment in high school basketball or AAU? Fair: When I watched my high school win the state championship last year…I was injured. That was back at my old school in Baltimore. Fair: I’m at a prep school in New Hampshire called Brewster Academy. Ortiz: Do you like your prep school better than the one in Baltimore? Fair: No, its nothing like home. Ortiz: So what made you choose Syracuse over the other colleges? Fair: I felt it was the best fit for my game. Also I like how the offense is and how the coach lets you do your thing. Ortiz: Now that you have been accepted to Syracuse, does that make you play harder or less? Fair: That makes me play harder because now I have to be ready for the competition for next year, and guys are going to be coming at me harder now. Fair: So no days off. Ortiz: So how does it feel to go to Syracuse, especially after seeing the success that they’re having right now? Fair: It feels good, knowing that the team before you had good success. Ortiz: Now did you know the other incoming recruits at Syracuse before you knew they were recruited? Fair: Yeah, I’ve known Dion for a couple years and I met Fab Melo this year, they were all cool. Ortiz: Are you the only player on your team that got a scholarship? Fair: Will Barton is on

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Brewster’s 196-pound and 6 foot 7-inch, small forward C.J. Fair is coming to Syracuse.

my team and he going to Memphis. Another is Melvin Ejim whose going to Iowa State, Austin Carroll to Rutgers, and a 10th grader named Richy Peters who’s going to Oklahoma. Ortiz: Do you have any advice for high school students who want to succeed at basketball the way you did?

Fair: Just work hard, even when you don’t want to and when you think “I didn’t make it yet”. Still continue trying. Ortiz: This isn’t really a question but, I saw your videos and you have talent. Fair: (Laughs) Thanks man, look out for part two.

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way too much from our students.” The board approved the revised budget March 23 that will impact more than 20,000 students across the district with cuts of 155 teaching positions and 5 percent of the total district staff positions. March 24 the district will submit this budget to Mayor Stephanie Minor and the city council for adoption in June when the state sets its budget and determines how much money the district gets. Superintendent Daniel Lowengard presented the annual budget in February that left the district with an $18.1 million gap in revenue to fill, largely as a result of an $11 million cut in state aid. The district commissioners said that they had no choice but to accept the balanced budget of $355 million that uses $19 million from their saved money in the fund balance, relies on money not yet secured from the state, and makes significant cuts to teaching and instruction. “I don’t know what else we can do with the very difficult choices we had,” District Commissioner Calvin Corridors said. “It’s very frustrating, there’s an assault on education across the country.” Superintendent Daniel Lowengard said the budget was needed to “set parameters” for spending and that he would make the necessary changes to the budget if the state money does not come through as expected. District President Richard T. Strong said the board needed to focus on preparing for the future when matters are likely to get worse. “This presents us with an opportunity to look at ourselves a little bit and see what we can do better to make sure we are prepared,” Strong said. “All the board members heard the parents very clearly and we will address their concerns closely.”

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Natalie Cole, Boz Scaggs and Jeff th Lorber top 28 Syracuse Jazz Fest The granddaddy of Central New York music festivals, the Syracuse Jazz Fest, announced its 2010 schedule last Friday at a 10 a.m. press conference Upstairs at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Lunchtime hadn’t quite rolled around yet, but festival sponsors, supporters, staff and reporters inhaled a brunch of barbecued ribs, beans, corn bread and cole slaw as they listened to tunes by Phoenix, N.Y. saxophonist Evan Knight, keyboardist Tom Witkowski and drummer Karl Sterling.

Jazz Artist of the years 2002 and 2009 by the NAACP Image Awards. “Natalie Cole is a superstar,â€? Malfitano said. “It’s got to be in the DNA because this acorn didn’t fall far from the tree...Like her legendary dad, Natalie does everything superbly and makes it seem effortless. unforgettable in every way.â€? Downtown She’s Other main-stage performers include After Dark Richie Havens, Gil Scott-Heron, Richard Bona, Kimberly Jordan, Evan Knight, KJ Denhert, Toph-E and the Pussycats and Michael Kaeshammer. Three days and nights of music The festival’s three-day, twin-stage format will present Festival founder Frank Malfitano drew applause when he continuous music, with sets alternating between the Louis announced that, for the first time in three years, the event H. Everding Main Stage and the Entergy Scholastic Stage, will return to a three-day format, June 25, 26 and 27, at which showcases more than a dozen of the area’s best Onondaga Community College. Due to budget constraints, young jazz combos. in 2008 and 2009 the festival shrank to two days. All festival events, including workshops and jam sessions, This 28th edition of jJazz fest marks its tenth year being are open to the public; visit syracusejazzfest.com. staged at the OCC campus on Onondaga Hill. In recognition of that milestone, Malfitano presented OCC president Buddhist poet reads Friday Debbie Sydow with a plaque. What is the sound of one hand clapping? Perhaps Chase “What this is really for,â€? he quipped, “is for putting up with Twichell can answer the classic koan. me for 10 years.â€? As part of its Spring Visiting Author Series, The YMCA’s County Executive Joanie Mahoney then took the podium Downtown Writer’s Center hosts a reading by poet Chase and noted that, while she has been involved in the festival Twichell at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 2, at SU’s Hall of Languages, “and putting up with Frank for just two years – trust me Room 500. – doing it for 10 years, that is a feat!â€? The DWC co-sponsors Twichell’s reading along with On a more serious note, Mahoney said, “The community Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization and doesn’t realize how much work Frank puts into this‌And Student Buddhist Association, and the Zen Center of Syranow Syracuse Jazz Fest has a reputation as one of the best cuse. A practicing Buddhist, Twichell has published six books in the nation!â€? of poetry: Dog Language,The Snow Watcher,The Ghost of Eden, Perdido, and Northern Spy. She is co-editor of The Practice of From Silk Degrees to standards Poetry:Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach. Well-bred vocalist Natalie Cole and San Francisco hipster This DWC event is free and open to the public. Boz Scaggs will co-headline the 2010 Syracuse Jazz Fest For information, call 474-6851, ext. 328, or visit ymcaofalong with fusion pioneer Jeff Lorber backed by a band greatersyracuse.org/arts. including trumpeter Randy Brecker. Lorber will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 25; Scaggs at Chiefs play ball April 8 at ABS 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 26; and Cole at 8 p.m. Sunday, June You know it’s really springtime in CNY when the Syracuse 27. A Price Chopper-sponsored fireworks show will explode Chiefs start swinging their bats at Alliance Bank Stadium. over Onondaga Hill following Scaggs’ set on Saturday night. In their second year as the top affiliate of the Washington Admission to Syracuse Jazz Fest is free; parking costs $5 per Nationals, the Chiefs will field a team with a new manager, vehicle. several new players and a handful of familiar faces. Opening After going double platinum with his breakthrough LP, Silk day is Thursday, April 8. First pitch for the game against the Degrees, which included hit singles “Lowdownâ€? and “Lido visiting Lehigh Valley IronPigs is scheduled for 2 p.m. AfterShuffle,â€? in recent years, Scaggs has turned his attention to noon games here against the IronPigs follow at the same jazz. “These days, Boz is singing jazzier renditions of his hits time Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 9-10. while simultaneously taking on standards, jazz classics and The ’Pigs are farmhands of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Great American Songbook,â€? Malfitano said. another National League team, so pitchers will be batting during the Chiefs initial homestand. Talent runs in her family Nine-time Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole makes Pitching staff looking strong her Syracuse Jazz Fest debut on June 27. The daughter of One of the Chiefs’ familiar faces will be that of fleetcrooner Nat “Kingâ€? Cole and Maria Cole, a vocalist for the footed outfielder Justin Maxwell, 26, who played most of last Duke Ellington Orchestra, Natalie Cole was named Best season with Syracuse and batted .242 with 13 HRs and 42

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Fleet-footed Justin Maxwell will return to prowl center field for the Syracuse Chiefs again this year. The city’s International League entry opens its 2010 home season at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 8, at Alliance Bank Stadium.

RBIs. Maxwell also swiped 35 bases in 43 attempts. Maxwell joins Jerry Owens, Leonard Davis, Chris Duncan, Mike Daniel and Kevin Mench in a crowded Chiefs outfield. Returning infielders will include Seth Bynum and Pete Orr, and catcher Jhonatan Solano will likely be backed up by Jamie Burke. Pitching could be the Chiefs strong suit in 2010, with a rotation topped by California fireballer Collin Balester and Curacaon righty Sharon Martis. New lefty Matt Chico will also start games for Syracuse, and a fourth starter should emerge from a talented bullpen including returnees Yunior Novao, Zech Zinicola and Josh Wilkie, plus newcomers Doug Slaten,Victor Garate and Atahualpa Severino. New manager a former catcher The home team’s new manager is former catcher Trent Jewett, who is well-experienced coaching at the Chief’s Triple-A level having previously helmed the Indianapolis Indians and the Nashville Sounds. Last year, Jewett guided the Nationals’ Carolina League Class-A team in Potomac. The 2010 season represents the Syracuse Chiefs’ 50th as a community-owned franchise. The team’s entire 2010 schedule will air on SportsRadio 620 WHEN-AM. This season will be the third consecutive and the 21st overall that the Chiefs will be broadcast on 620. Alliance Bank Stadium is located on Syracuse’s North Side, just east of the Regional Market, at Tex Simone Drive (First North Street). Single-game tickets this season cost $11 for field-level seats, $8 for kids and seniors; $8 for second-tier seats, $4 for kids and seniors; and last year parking cost $4 per vehicle. No. 1 draft pick may pitch here Good chance Chiefs fans will get a close-up view of the development of San Diego State pitching phenom Steve Strasburg sometime this season. Baseball’s No. 1 draft pick

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Syracuse Vocal Ensemble is showcasing a slightly different side of its musical personality with a concert of Irish music on Sunday, April 11, at 3 p.m. at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society. “Go Irish Green� is a special fundraising event that will bring together the talents of fiddler Joe Davoli and guitarist Harvey Nusbaum with vocalists Quintessential Oleathainn Hood and Elizabeth Green will join them on bodhran, the Irish frame drum. Quintessential will perform traditional Celtic songs in arrangements by modern composers including Simon Carrington and Michael McGlynn Davoli, Nusbaum, Green and Hood will play Irish jigs and reels as well as accompanying Quintessential on such well-known Gaelic pieces as “’Si Do Mhameo I� and “Siuil a Ruin.� You can meet the performers and enjoy light refreshments after the concert. Since 1973, the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble has served the musical arts in Syracuse and its surrounding regions with excellent choral programming and performance. SVE has a long history of excellence in a cappella music. In recent years, the ensemble has expanded its repertoire to include collaborations with instrumental chamber ensembles and local soloists. May Memorial is located at 3800 E. Genesee Street in Syracuse. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students; children 5 and under are free. For more information or to reserve tickets, phone 637-3899.

Syracuse Stage opens ‘Almost, Maine’ By Nancy Keefe Rhodes

My sister married a man from Maine named Billy, a chef, with a wide smile like the young John Denver and a real lobsterman for a father. Visiting them, I learned of the custom to leave your holiday lights up all winter so the drive home at night along darkened roads through the woods would not be so bleak. Even along the milder coast in southern Maine, the winter is serious business. One of John Cariani’s characters in Almost, Maine, a joint production with Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center, which opened last week at Syracuse Stage and also involves lights, explains to an outsider that the notorious, oftencaricatured Maine accent belongs to natives of the southern part of the state – like my brother-in-law – and those in the north don’t have one. Nor is Almost anywhere near the ocean. Instead the mythical town lies deep in the woods of Aroostook, the state’s vast, sparsely populated, northernmost county. Another character notes that Almost was never legally incorporated – “We never got organized,� he observes – and the Maine-familiar would likely know that the state also doesn’t even run the schools that far north; the timber companies do. John Cariani left his native northern Maine in 1995 for New York City and an acting career in stage and television, but by 1996 he was in a workshop at NBC and had started the nine linked vignettes that comprise Almost, Maine. The play premiered in 2004 at Portland Stage Company in Portland, Maine, opened Off-Broadway in 2005, and has had over 300 productions internationally. Almost, Maine also broke attendance records for Portland Stage Company and for Rochester’s Geva Theatre too – by playing it straight and not taking the “cutesy� route that might tempt some directors to gloss over its deeply mournful undercurrent. Instead, cast member Patrick Noonan says that Maine audiences appreciated that the play “doesn’t talk down to them.� Among these nineteen characters – all played by the excellently matched Noonan, David Mason, Regan Thompson, and Alexis McGuinness – not being verbose doesn’t mean they aren’t deeply expressive, and portraying

their reticence doesn’t rely on deadpan clichÊ. Love is precious in a cold world, and Cariani’s people ring true, true, true. A couple snuggles on a park bench, watching the Northern Lights, and his attempt to be profound sends her away. A lonely man crosses paths with a young woman he dated. Hopes rekindled, he discovers she’s there for her bachelorette party the night before her wedding– though a spelling mistake prepares him for another romance with the waitress. Two neighbors look at upping the ante in the laundry room of their building. A woman named Hope tries to go home again. In several of the most memorable vignettes, Cariani deftly uses physical metaphor to extend the already rich non-verbal expression his characters have. A couple whose marriage has gone sour tries to recover their romance on an ice-skating date, and each sees the other shoe drop. A woman carries her broken heart in a paper sack and encounters a repairman who’ll fix it. Two buddies sharing a beer discover their feelings for each other knock them for a loop. In a variation on the old circus joke of how many clowns can this Volkswagen hold, two

David Mason and Alexis McGuinness in Almost, Maine at Syracuse Stage through April 11.

friends from the plywood plant go snow-mobiling, discover kissing’s not hard after all and show us that ripping off one’s clothes in the dead of winter might be unexpectedly complicated. That Almost, Maine is a series of linked one-act plays also doesn’t mean Cariani has just thrown together some dramatic sketches. He says he likes short-form drama on stage and short stories in prose, and each of these is tightly and strongly developed. It’s a pleasure to learn that he’s also working on another set of one-acts and a full-length play, also set in Almost, titled Last Gas.

Syracuse Stage also launches a new warm-up to performances called Prologues. Beginning one hour before curtain, a cast member hosts an informal conversation for 20-25 minutes with patrons who wish to get settled in early. Prologues offer some back-story about the play and the actor’s take on it. Actor Patrick Noonan does all the Prologues for this play and he seems the ideal choice. This is his third production of Almost, Maine, and he’s so fond of the play that he proposed its production to Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center. Take your honey to this one. It’s a winner.

“Almost,Maine�continues through April 11 at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse 13210. For tickets, 315.443.3275 or SyracuseStage.org. Discounts available for seniors, students, groups and subscribers; rush tickets available day of performance. Syracuse Stage also now sells copies of “Stone Canoe� in the lobby during performances. Read this and others arts coverage from the Eagle Newspapers online at cnylink.com – click A&E. Nancy covers the arts. Reach her at nancykeeferhodes@gmail.com.

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The “F” bomb: a fourletter word with many inferences By Ellen Leahy

It’s no surprise that in these over-recorded times the “F” word has been unleashed in Washington for the entire world to witness. First, former Vice President Dick Cheney was caught on air, telling Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont to “F” off during a period of heated debate. This was not on the Senate floor, but in the halls of the capitol. Being a Leahy, it stuck in my mind, and I often use it when telling someone my last name. “Leahy, like the Senator Dick Cheney told to ‘F’ off.” This garners me a knowing look, perhaps a slight nod or the usual look of mild confusion. Cheney used the explicative in the heat of battle, perhaps during a combat-weary moment. At the time, it certainly displayed a lack of decorum. Similar to the time the Iranian journalist stood up during a press conference with President Bush and hurled his shoe straight for our head of state’s head. Luckily, our then President was able to demonstrate his agility, and easily removed himself as the bull’s-eye. Last week, at perhaps the finest moment in the Barack Obama presidency, Vice President Joe Biden (an SU alum) introduced Obama at the signing of the healthcare bill ceremony, then shook his hand and whispered in his ear (and all of ours, as he was on mic) “This is a big “F”ing deal.” It was another “F” bomb heard around the world. Interesting that a word can have so many meanings. Such is the case with the word “Prego” in Italy, which essentially can mean, may I take your order; excuse me; you’re welcome; go ahead. Meanwhile, in America, we know “Prego” as a jarred spaghetti sauce or slang for a pregnant woman. Seeing as Biden has a Syracuse West Side connection, and myself being of 50 percent or greater Irish heritage, who once visited the Emerald Isle, I may be able to shed some light on his “F” ing enthusiasm. You see in Ireland, the “F” word is used commonly in public. So, much so, I found it a bit shocking during my tour. But still we are in America, so at such a great moment in time it’s hard not think, for f#@k’s sake Joe.

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Making “them” pay This column is a parody of the legal profession no individual lawyers are mentioned (or harmed) in this column and any familiarities with commercials airing, actual cases or lawyers marketing efforts is coincidental and mentioned for entertainment purposes only. Have you noticed the recent change in attorney’s commercials? Gone are the claims of general payouts for the clients’ lawsuits. It appears that “The Great Recession” has driven some lawyers to the bottom of the pile. You’ve seen the commercials, “did you take the medication (Insert medication here) if so, you could be entitled to payment for your injuries, which may include pain and suffering.” Next, here comes the guy with the hard hat and fake deep voice, “I’m a construction worker and I went to (insert name here) and they helped me get a settlement.” The voice-over continues, “Construction work is hard and it’s the employers job to make sure conditions are safe, when you need an attorney call (insert name here), simultaneously the visual on the television shows a person falling off a ladder, “oops!” “Time to call ‘blank, blank and blank’ ‘cause I can’t get outta my own way.” And, of course, you can’t discuss attorney commercials without bringing up the “slip’n fall.” As the commercial says, “Stores have a responsibility to keep their places clean and free of conditions that can cause

Ken Jackson Urban CNY injury. When they don’t …call me (insert attorney name here) I’ll make them paaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.” I know some people who I wouldn’t let onto my property in a 20 below- zero blizzard because they’ve sued everyone except their momma, (just give them time, “don’t like your momma we’ll make her pay”). What was once a noble profession has been reduced to ambulance chasers and vultures that swoop down and devour anything edible or in this case sue-able. Like everyone else of my age, I grew up watching Perry Mason and other great TV litigators who threw down the gauntlet in defense of the defenseless and in pursuit of the powerful. Those lawyers didn’t have commercials or even advertising budgets. At one time a lawyer’s reputation was their calling card, “word of mouth” told people whether they were a good, bad, effective or incompetent litigator. Now due to the feeding frenzy of this profession anything is game for the business of law. Have you noticed the following?

Women cheats with married celebrity retains Gloria somebody, Glo’s client repeatedly says “I feel used” as she sobs towards the cameras. One “lawyer” on CNN grills suspects like they’re steaks on a skewer; one woman allegedly committed suicide after one of those searing interrogations. er... um…I mean “interviews.” The newest commercial, “Do you own a Toyota Prius or some other vehicle that’s been recalled by the car company? It’s time to get paid!” Today, there are make believe stopgap measures for the common man or woman having legal issues. Take for example, agencies like the New York State Attorney General’s Office. But unless the complaint is about a big-time insurance company, Wall Street firm or marquee magnet you won’t get much attention. Save your stamp if you’re considering a complaint, by the time they’ve gathered enough evidence to go after someone it’s too late, or you’ve aged considerably making the case nearly impossible to substantiate. Unfortunately finding a good lawyer is like going to Dollar General. Sometimes there are great bargains and other times the product should have been chucked in the garbage. But it doesn’t matter cause they’re gonna make us pay them no matter what.

Ken is the editor of Urban CNY.

How to quit smoking? As a writer I am always looking for a way to quiet my mind. That way I can search for some pure thoughts. When I smoke that quieting happens almost immediately. But as a 21st century smoker, a problem arises when I have to put the cigarette out and go back inside to get to my computer. By the time I retrieve my eyeglasses and get into position, its back to the scramble. No one ever talks about the nicotine buzz. The enjoyment of just one cigarette can really pack a punch. It’s like how romance novels are filled with eroticism. Consider that many prim ladies reading those nice romance novels in the airport or bus station are often reading sex scenes that would curl the toes of the most seasoned old school Penthouse Forum reader. Right there is an example of the clarity of thought that comes with nicotine. I’m supposing this is why people once partook of peace pipe rituals to solve group disputes. Still, you might be asking why would a mature

woman take up smoking in 2010? The short answer is cognitive dissonance. Or should I say a familiarity with cognitive dissonance so that this state feels somewhat normal. Cognitive dissonance is when your thinking and behavior are a contradiction. It’s like laying-out in the sun, when you know this behavior can cause skin cancer. But it feels so good in the present. That warmth of the sun on your face, together with the feel of your skin for a couple of days afterward. That glow. Is living, in general, a form of cognitive dissonance? I mean, we are going to die, and living leads to this, eventually. As if the act of living is holding off the inevitable, death-do-us-part. Okay, so Easter is coming and I am going to have to enact my plan to quit smoking. I can’t

simply wait until that Sunday. I mean, do I quit at midnight on Easter Saturday? Do I just wake up on Easter and stop? Do I have a last cigarette and before that a second to the last? And since a cigarette tastes especially good after a meal, do I have a last meal to have my last cigarette after? Should I smoke on Easter, then stop on the following Monday, because Mondays are often the start of hard work ahead? I’ve got it. I’ll wake up on Easter and eat tons of candy. Like that whole cream egg the Easter bunny used to leave back in the 60s. The ones that took days to devour; actually your mother would probably sneak in and toss part of it, while you were busy on other Easter treats. Yeah, that’s it. I’ll eat one of those, and a solid chocolate bunny and a bunch of speckled eggs. And then, I’ll pound licorice jelly beans, a few peeps, some chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies, throw in a few peanut butter eggs and whatever else I can scrounge. Hopefully this will make me sick, so

that I won’t even want to smoke. I know if I can go one day without smoking, I can quit because that is how I did it before. Ten years of smoking without missing a day, then one day off, and no more. But I pretty much eat a lot of Easter candy every year and have never been sick, so that’s probably not going to work. Then I was thinking, maybe I could do a Martha Stewart, and get thrown in jail. It worked wonders for the home and garden diva. She lost all that weight, took up knitting and seemed, well, just lighter in general. But, then my friend Tracy reminded me that you can pretty much smoke in jail. Cigarettes are even a kind of currency. So, forget that. I guess I’ll just have to go have another cigarette and hope for some more of that pure thinking, so a plan will emerge, because as I mentioned in an earlier column, I’m just smoking for Lent.

Ellen Leahy is the editor of the City Eagle. You can reach her at city@cnylink.

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City scuffle Sing, dance, act, get paid

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Toyota’s accelerated decline

To the editor: Japanese automaker Toyota has become number one in sales due to its long record of quality, safety, good gas mileage and an environmentally green company philosophy. However, Toyota’s philosophy has apparently changed for the worse, evidenced by its initial denial of major safety problems, dropping to second in best fleet millage behind Hyundai and in the overall attitude of its management. For example, Toyota’s chair recently acknowledged, he was aware that fees from Toyota and other US Chamber of Commerce members are used by the Chamber to lobby against the US Clean Air Act and other safety/ worker/consumer issues. When asked if Toyota would leave the US Chamber of Commerce like Apple and some other green companies have because of the Chamber’s actions, he replied, “It doesn’t matter.” This blatant disregard for the environment and safety standards from the chair of a company that spends millions if not billions on advertising to convince us that its vehicles are green and safe is unbelievable. Is Toyota adopting the same greed based business model of profit before people, product and principles commonly used by many US Corporations? In effect, advertising one thing and lobbying for the opposite, while screwing workers, lowering quality and ignoring their social responsibility. We have all seen the long-term consequences of the greed based business model in the American auto and financial industries, whose baseness behavior caused a financial meltdown. ROBErt THOryK SyraCUsE

Eastwood Family Video’s regional director,Todd Bezenah,introduced himself and the company. In the last five years, 23 Family Video outlets have opened in the state. Central New York locations include Auburn, Cortland, Fulton, Liverpool and Rome. Anticipating questions about the viability of the video rental market, he acknowledged the Blockbuster chain was shutting down retail stores, and competitors such as the on-line company, Netflix, and the self-service kiosk vendor, Redbox, have taken a toll on the movie and game rental business. Despite the current bad economy, Bezenah said, Family Video rented out more movies this year than last year.

Andrea Schnobrich sits at a long table in a room just inside the entrance to Fowler High School with three colleagues from CNY Works, processing applications for summer jobs from students who have filled them out and, if under 18, had them signed by a parent. “We don’t want to be a pain in the neck,” she calls after students she has to send back for a pass justifying their appearance. Now in her fourth summer as manager of the agency’s youth department, gaining access to city schools is a major accomplishment in the progress she has brought to the program, and she doesn’t want to step on protocols. The students don’t mind complying, and file in and out in a businesslike manner. The room has the sense of a small college lecture hall, perhaps for science demonstrations, with bleacher stacked rows of classroom chairs, steeped for extra visibility. Just above floor level Walter Eiland sits working at his laptop, with signs for his WE Enterprise, hoping to attract students interested in a summer learning about opportunities in the field of property management. “I want to teach them the whole scope,” he says, listing “clerical, bookkeeping, invoices, estimates, payment plans and schedules.” He notes that the students he is seeking need have very little skills in the field, if any, for the hands-on aspect of the job: landscaping, painting, cleaning apartments, sheet rocking and carpentry. “I want them to see this as not just a summer job,” he adds, “with with the mind frame of being an entrepreneur themselves.”

From page 1 “We’re very, very good at the video industry,” he said. The company operates 600 stores nationally, and all are owner-occupied. “We own our properties,” he said.“We buy and develop land. We’re really a real estate company.”

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After the presentation, there were several questions from the audience. Lonnie Chu had two concerns.“Why did you not follow the guidelines?” she asked, followed by,“Will there be adult videos at that site? We’d need that answer.” Regarding the overlay district, the company wants more parking than the guidelines allow, and is concerned about the traffic flow from James Street.

Bezenah continued, noting a majority of FamilyVideo stores do carry adult materials. It’s a small portion, about 4 percent of total stock, and it’s hidden within the store. Customers can choose to go there or not, he added. “We would have felt respected if you had an answer,” Mike Sutton said, noting the James Street United Methodist Church is next to the site. Ben Walsh, Deputy Commissioner in the City Department of Neighborhood and Business Development said,“We did identify the adult entertainment ordinance as a potential issue.” The City has clearly indicated that selling adult materials so close to churches and schools would be against that ordinance, he said. FamilyVideo has looked into

this issue, Bezenah said.“Our attorneys will discuss it.” The company was told that the guidelines are important, but wanted to make the presentation, said TNT facilitator Mike Behnke.“We advised them to go back to the drawing board.” “We still have a ways to go from site control to actual formal plans submitted,” Walsh said. “We won’t purchase until we have 100 percent approval from the City,” Bezenah said.

Annette Hogan, a freelance reporter for Eagle Newspapers, is a member of the Eastwood Neighborhood Association. Reach her at city@cnylink.com.

On the top step of the seating rows a stark poster taping to the edge of a table reads “SING, DANCE, ACT, GET PAID.” The table is covered with flyers asking prospective applicants if they want to make a difference, providing teen entertainment with a social conscience for the summer on the cast or technical crew of the Media Unit. In collaboration with the Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation and Youth Programs, the national award winning teen performance and production troupe will tour city parks and neighborhoods for six weeks in July and August, five days a week, with a musical theater exploration of the local turf crew conflicts, with a message promoting alternatives to violence—and get paid $7.25 an hour for their five hour days. Dubbed by theater critics as “a local West Side Story for the 21st Century, the performance will be scripted with assistance from writing workshops in the Justice Center with turf crew members and women who have lost family members to the street violence. With a theme suggested by crew members, the script will incorporate the experience of a Media Unit member who almost died from a stabbing attack by a group of teens claiming to be the reincarnation of a crew whose members were all supposed to be incarcerated. New to his block, the main character will join a crew for protection after the stabbing, only to find out he doesn’t want a life of drugs and violence on the street.

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Performers and techies interested in the Media Unit summer program should get a CNY Works application from their school guidance councilor or go to the website www.cnyworks.com, and call 478-8648 to schedule an audition, since openings are limited, and a dozen youth signed up for auditions last week at Henninger. After sessions at Corcoran and Nottingham, CNY Works Youth Employment Fair Days are scheduled for April 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oncenter; April 21, from 10 to2 at OCM BOCES; and May 26, from 5:30 to 7:30 at the CNY Works HQ, 443 North Franklin Street. The Media Unit and WE Enterprise are only two of the several dozen summer employers offering jobs to 14 to 21 year olds through CNY Works. For information, call 473-8250. Walt Shepperd

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to the city.� Chris Fowler of Syracuse First asked how Peter King, of King and King Architects, many contractors are out there that can handle said that New York’s codes are based on the this work? Dodson said it is a smattering at International Codes Council (ICC), and it is this point. But also Cornell Cooperative is his understanding that ICC is also looking to evolve. King suggested 617 West Street be used presently researching to assemble a database of contractors and suppliers. as a pilot program, after David Colbert from Onondaga County Department of Water EnviGreen infrastructure has different ronment Protection demonstrated that county, cost savings state and city codes don’t allow for green King who relocated his architecture firm to infrastructure solutions at this time. the Near West Side in a LEED certified renova“Their job is to look at a black and white tion project said there are economic and social book,� King said of code enforcement, adding paybacks that aren’t as apparent. He noted that if you can come in with ideas on “How that the up front costs can be mitigated. For to,� this would be welcome at this time. example, King’s building is a healthy building. “Their risk is in approving something that He used the example of one of his employees hasn’t been done before,� Kyle Thomas said. who can document a turnaround in chronic al“Walk in with a solution in hand,� Karen lergies because of the new work environment. Hanford added. He said the employee now has less out of Van Luven has been researching rainwater pocket for doctors and prescription expenses. codes in other cities and said there has been a Also the cost of employment decreases with a precedent set in Chicago and Portland (Orehealthier workforce, he said. gon) that Syracuse could use Colbert said King makes as a starting point for change Khris Dodson of the a great point with the in its engineering practices. Environmental Finance healthy building, adding Center at Syracuse that some of the social Pre-development University was the aspects will be hard to Rick Destito of the Gear moderator. The following measure, but equally as Factory said the problem topics were posed for important. has been that these code discussion: “As a lifelong resident problems arise once you are 1. What problems, if any, might of the city of Syracuse, in the middle of a project, so incur from the city/county level Onondaga Lake is a giant you have to conform to the to pass this kind of initiative? colostomy bag I am walkexisting code. What steps can be taken to ing around with,� Fanizzi “You need to change the resolve these problems? said. “It’s so plagued with code before people get into 2. What codes and ordinances toxicity.� it,� Destito said. will need to be modified or Van Luven applauded the amended for these projects? Also Government’s role city’s creation of pre-develwill you be able to seek variLindsay Speer a commuopment meetings that gather ances? nity organizer from M&R all concerned departments 3. What kind of education Strategic Services said, in one room at one time to resources will be available for “There needs to be some review a developer’s plans. commercial/small businesses that political will.� He suggested the city use wish to pursue these initiatives? Common Councilor that same model for green 4. What type of financing will Matt Rayo agreed that the developers. be available to commercial/small Emerald City moniker is a “We hope the city will businesses that wish to pursue vision, not an implemenembrace having a board that these initiatives? tation. He said he wasn’t people could appear before 5. Where do we go from speaking for Mayor Miner, specifically for green develhere? but he is aware that she’s opment,� he said. interested in reviewing and Maarten Jacobs of the updating the codes and zoning. West Side Initiative echoed Destito’s concerns Destito asked if there could be an incentive in that often when businesses see the complexfor businesses to employ green infrastructure, ity in implementing green infrastructure, they to make it more palatable for the pioneers. drop it because of time and money. The comThe incentives have mainly been in design plexity comes in because it is new thinking. awards and recognition that could be used “If you can streamline the process, it will for public relations. Although Colbert said help,� he said, “Look at how the public arts County Executive Joanie Mahoney has created commission streamlined how arts projects go

The warehouse component off the back of 617 West Street. Can this building be green?

a $3,000,000 Green Improvement Fund providing money for commercial and non-profits projects, from funds that had been earmarked toward the Midland WasteWater Treatment Plant (that was halted). For example, the fund would pay for the cost difference between a standard roof and a green roof on a proposal. “There is a warehouse component in the rear of our building with a roof that has fallen in, we see this as an opportunity not a liability,� Fanizzi said. Fanizzi and Van Luven intention is to renovate 617 West Street using sustainable infrastructure and practices. An outcome of the forum was to use their development process as a case study for other small business owners and developers to follow. Because they purchased distressed property that did not require a huge out lay of cash, they can afford to take more time during the renovations to try and incorporate some new ideas. But at some point, they will have to get it done, just like everybody else. Colbert quoted Ghandi saying, “Be the change in the world that you wish to see.� The participants agreed to do more research and to meet again, as Fanizzi and Van Luven continue developing 617 West Street. For a list of participants go to cnylink.com. Or to check out earlier articles in this series.

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Syracuse University will soon install its first rain garden to enhance campus sustainability by reducing storm water runoff from the Waverly parking lot. The Waverly Rain Garden, an SU Showcase project, is scheduled to be built on April 10, just outside of the Henry Center on a grass-covered hill within the parking lot, located at the corner of South Crouse and Waverly avenues. A rain garden is a sunken garden designed to absorb rainwater runoff from surrounding areas such as roofs, driveways, walkways and compacted lawns. Storm water flows into the garden and slowly seeps into the ground, acting as a natural filter for runoff contaminants and reducing the amount of rainwater entering storm drains. This helps to avoid storm system overloads that can cause erosion, water pollution, flooding and diminished groundwater. The Waverly Rain Garden will cover 400 square feet and capture as much as 260 cubic feet, or nearly 2,000 gallons, of water runoff. It features a low-maintenance design using native plants that are highly tolerant of site conditions, such as salty runoff due to snow removal, and native groundcovers to decrease the amount of mowing required. The rain garden was designed by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landscape architecture graduate student Nick Zubin-Stathopoulos. Alison Carey, a policy studies major in The College of Arts and Sciences, is recruiting volunteers to help build and plant the garden on April 10. Carey developed the initial idea for the garden as an intern at the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE). “The rain garden design process included combining elements of storm water management and ecology in order to appropriately size the garden and promote the survival of the plants,� says Zubin-Stathopoulos. Provided construction goes according to schedule, the Waverly Rain Garden will be dedicated during SU Showcase on April 19. Waverly Rain Garden volunteers are needed to work two-hour shifts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 10, weather permitting, to help install garden layers and place the plants. For more information and to volunteer, contact aecarey@syr.edu.

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No fooling: WRVO’s radio pioneer, John Krauss, retires April 1 WRVO announced the April 1 retirement of General Manager John Krauss after 44 years in the radio business (41 at WRVO). He is the last of the big three who transformed WRVO into one of the most respected news and information NPR stations in the country. Preceeding him in retirement were his mentor the late Bill “The Reader’s Corner” Shigley and longtime news director and morning anchor John Hurlbutt. But Krauss is confident in the young enthusiastic staff who will be carrying on the good work of WRVO. The staff now consists of 17. Nationally, WRVO places in the top 15 NPR most listened to stations based on percentage of population.

How did he get here?

In January of 1967 Krauss transferred from St. Lawrence to Oswego on the advice of family members who had spent time in Oswego at summer camp. “It started snowing on the highway, and didn’t let up until March,” Krauss said. One year later he started at WRVO on Jan. 6, which was the day the station signed on the air at SUNY Oswego. From a small 10-watt educational radio station, Krauss worked with Shigley, a few staff and some college administrators who saw a big future for the fledgling station. In the last four decades, WRVO has grown significantly during his tenure, the last 14 years with Krauss as GM.

Evolving market and watts

WRVO increased its power to 1,000 watts and joined NPR in January 1973 with the beginning of all-year service. Krauss was WRVO’s first news director and eventually worked his way though all areas of the operation. He was the station’s first morning host. In 1976, WRVO increased its transmitter size again to 24,000 watts and began to serve the Syracuse region from its SUNY Oswego home. The concept of listener supported radio was growing nationally and WRVO was on the forefront of this trend. Growth was dependent on the partnership between the listener and the college. Then in 1977, Krauss guided the WRVO staff of five in its first on-air fundraising event. By the mid-80s the station expanded its coverage area with transmitters in Watertown and Utica. Krauss became WRVO’s Assistant Station Manager, focusing on business operations and development activities. A decade later, Bill Shigley, WRVO’s first General Manager retired and Krauss was appointed to succeed him as GM. During his tenure, WRVO’s audience doubled and that growth led to increased listener and business financial contributions. WRVO became a 50,000-watt HD station and began WRVO Extra, a second news service. Combined with continued strong college support and federal funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WRVO became a very significant player in the Central New York media market. Consistently ranking in the top 8 radio stations in Syracuse, WRVO became the premiere NPR news and talk station for the region.

Radio’s evolution

Looking back Krauss said, “It has been a great time to be involved in radio. I’ve had a chance to work with wonderful people who shared the vision that WRVO could be all that it is today. Most of today’s WRVO staff are younger than the station, so it’s time to pass the torch and let them make WRVO even better. I’ll miss

the regular interaction with our audience but I’m looking forward to the encore portion of my life with more challenges on the horiJohn Krauss is all smiles. zon.” Technology has had a huge impact on news gathering, he said; they can now reach out almost anywhere and talk to anybody at anytime. During this time local media has been reduced and can be centered more on opinion, whereas WRVO is focused on information. “Our reporting staff is not very big, but we have all the resources of NPR, which has the most bureaus overseas and nationally, too.” Plus they can draw from the working staff of the 400 NPR licensees, which make up a total of 600 stations.

City Summer Camp Registration Begins Apr. 1

The City of Syracuse’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Youth Programs 2010 summer camp schedule is now available online at syracuse.ny.us/parks/summerCamps. html. Registration requests for city residents will be processed on a first come, space available basis beginning Apr. 1 and will be ongoing until camps reach capacity. Non-city residents’ requests will be processed on a first come, space available basis beginning on May 24. Additionally, the Department’s 2010 Summer Activity Guide will be available Apr. 19. For more information, contact the Parks Department at 473-4330, or visit the Department’s main office at 412 Spencer Street. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Syracuse Parks Series continues next week with a portrait of Parks’ commissioner Pat Driscoll - then the following week, we go back to Onondaga Park’s Hiawatha Lake.

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The first man on the moon, Viet Nam and Middle Eastern wars, national, state and local politics, environmental issues, the end of the Berlin Wall have all happened within Krauss’ radio tenure. He said the most interesting stories that come to mind are Apollo 13, which was the first time the station stayed on all night to cover a story; and the coverage of the Watergate hearings. He added that there were just too many important local stories to choose a favorite.

The WRVO Playhouse

Krauss is well known as the long time producer of WRVO’s old-time radio program, The WRVO Playhouse. He said it started when a listener, Ellen Robinson, brought in some old programs to copy. As payment for the service, she let the station keep copies as well. That collection has grown to 11,000 shows. The playhouse started as a half hour program and is now three hours a night, seven days a week with an extra hour on weekends. WRVO was playing 20-yearold shows, now these are up to 60 years old, he said. Trying to pick out his favorite show is like picking a favorite child, but he did say he likes The Great Gilder Sleeve and Fibber McGee & Molly for comedy, Suspense and Escape for Mystery and Gunsmoke for good old-fashioned adventure. His last broadcast on the Playhouse will be on April 4. Krauss will also join Mark Lavonier for a look back at the 40 years of Old Time Radio on the WRVO Playhouse in late April.

Be a part of Central New York's Premiere Gourmet Tasting Gala, SavorSyracuse 2010, an event to benefit The Food Bank of Central New York. Our evening includes tasting samples from dozens of Central New York's finest restaurants, wineries, caterers, and breweries, plus live entertainment, raffle, and the company of more than 600 fellow philanthropists and food lovers in the elegant historic Hotel Syracuse.

Chef Competition Featuring local chefs including: Paul Midgley, Cutting Edge Catering Sean Poole, Sherwood Inn Brian Shore, Century Club Chance Bear, Owasco Country Club Chris Kuhns, Phoebe’s Restaurant & Coffee Lounge

It started with scouting

Starting as a wide-eyed cub scout on a field trip to Radio City Music Hall from his home on Long Island, Krauss has had a major impact of news and information in CNY through his work at WRVO. The station will pay tribute to Krauss’ 41 years at a special event in June with NPR’s Carl Kassel, who recently retired from the morning news. “I’ve accomplished what I set out to accomplish,” he said adding that he is looking forward to some relaxation ahead.

WRVO is a multi-station service of SUNY-Oswego. Serving Syracuse, Utica, and Watertown and most of Central and Northern New York with a full-time news service and NPR programming. For more information log on or call 800-341-3690.

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This musical storyteller has learned what all great writers know--that the best stories are the little things in the lives of everyday people who are trying to muddle through gracefully. Chuck Brodsky’s great gift as a writer is to infuse these stories with humanity and humor. His down-to-earth presence and dry, barbed social commentary bring both tears and laughter to the listener, often during the same song. Brodsky’s spoken introductions can be as spellbinding as his colorful song lyrics, which he brings to life with a well-travelled voice and a natural, conversational delivery.

last June, Strasburg was sent to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators after throwing well in several Nationals springtraining games. If he does well enough in Harrisburg, Strasburg could make his International League debut with Syracuse sometime in May or June.

Chuck Brodsky will be performing as part of the “Second Saturday� concert series at the Westcott Community Center, 826 Euclid Avenue, Syracuse, N.Y., on April 10 at 8 p.m. Admission is $15 ($12 for WCC members). For reservations call the Westcott Community Center at 478-8634. myspace. com/chuckbrodsky

“With insight and good humor, he has taken life experiences and distilled them into old fashioned story songs brimming with wit and compassion.� -- New York Times Brodsky’s songwriting pokes fun at political corruption, road rage, childhood mischief, even dumping garbage in the river. But he also turns his storyteller’s mind and empathetic heart to a wide variety of remarkable true tales. He sings about unsung heroes and forgotten people; an aging baseball pitcher, migrant workers, a roadside peach vendor. His most famous song,“Radio,� tells the story of a developmentally disabled man and the love showered on him for 40 years at a high school in South Carolina. This song was featured in the 2003 movie of the same name. But the song that cemented

Harvard’s Cavell to speak at Le Moyne

Le Moyne College will host a talk by Stanley Cavell, the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Emeritus at Harvard University, on Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in Grewen Auditorium. The title of his talk is “Excerpts from Memory: Conclusion.� Cavell has published for over 50 years on topics and crosscurrents in Wittgenstein and Austin, Emerson and Thoreau, music, Shakespeare, film, psychoanalysis and autobiography. This is the final event of the Cavelleria Siracusa series and is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the department of philosophy and by the Lectures Committee at Le Moyne College. For more information, call 445-4514.

Brodsky’s reputation as a funny and trenchant songwriter was “Blow ‘em Away,� a delightfully nasty blues about a pistol-packing commuter. “One of the best storytelling songwriters around.� -- Sing Out

They say that to tell great stories you have to live an adventurous life. It’s a tip that Brodsky took to heart. He has hitchhiked across the country, worked as a migrant fruit picker, driven an ice cream truck, labored on an Israeli Kibbutz, worked for a book distributor, spent two years streetsinging in Europe, and worked as a bank courier (until he lost a check for ten million dollars). For as long as he can remember, he has been interested in two things; music and baseball. Brodsky is a lifelong Phillies fan and has often turned to baseball for inspiration. He has nine recordings in the library of the Baseball Hall of Fame and has performed three concerts there.

“A sharp eye for detail, a wicked sense of humor and the ability to create memorable characters.� -- Philadelphia Inquirer The Second Saturday Concert Series at the Westcott Community Center is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Audition for Media Unit

The Media Unit is currently seeking teens to audition as performers and technical crew members. The teen entertainment troupe, which stages short, socially relevant shows and airs the weekly show Rough Times Live, offers full-time summer employment for six weeks. Positions throughout the year are available as well. Teens interested in performing -- singing, dancing and acting -- or the technical side of media can develop their skills along with discipline and a professional attitude. To set up an appointment, call 478-8648.

Big band at Suds April 7 The hard-driving sounds of the Salt City Jazz Collective return to the Syracuse Suds Factory at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 7. The 17-piece group featuring some of the area’s top musicians including leader-trombonist Joe Colombo, performs on the first Wednesday of each month at the Suds Factory, at South Clinton and Walton streets, in Armory Square, downtown. Admission is always free, and the Factory’s food pleases every palate. The namesake suds are pretty satisfying as well; 471-2253. Good-bye, Columbus! As media members and fans munched on Dunkin’ Donuts provided by the team on March 25 in the War Memorial’s great hall, Syracuse Crunch honcho Howard Dolgon announced that the 2010-11 Crunch will be affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks. The home town American Hockey League icers dissolved their longtime affiliation with the National Hockey League’s Columbus Blue Jackets in favor of the Anaheim squad. “Change is good,� Dolgon said, pointing to the Ducks long track record of signing college free agents and putting together winning teams at all levels. “This is a great change for us because now we’re in a lot stronger position to keep a competitive team on the ice.� Meanwhile, the Crunch unveiled its long-awaited new scoreboard at the War Memorial at its March 26 game, a rare 4-0 shutout victory against the Toronto Marlies. Anyone who donates a bag of dry dog or cat food at a participating UPS store will receive a voucher for tickets to one of two Crunch games, either at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6 vs. Hershey or 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 9 vs. Hamilton. The pet food will be delivered to the CNY SPCA. The Crunch will finish its disappointing 2009-10 season April 10 at home against the Rochester Amerks. Ticket prices range between $13 and $20; 473-4444.

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Random Thoughts: Is more OT better? Jan. 24, and the NFC Championship Game stretches into overtime. New Orleans wins the coin flip, gets a good kick return, uses a short drive to reach Minnesota territory to set up Garrett Hartley for his 40-yard field goal that sends all of Louisiana into rapture. Next year, the scenario would be different. The Vikings would get a chance to respond, maybe tie it, maybe win it or maybe throw it away. The only sure thing is that it would all be about Brett Favre, as usual. Alarmed by the possibility that a Super Bowl could end up decided on who wins a coin toss (a fate the big game has somehow escaped 44 times over), NFL owners and Roger Goodell quickly acted upon a Competition Committee proposal to change playoff overtime. Now, a field goal would not win it – but a touchdown on the first possession would. An exchange of field goals would mean continued sudden death. Any defensive points (touchdown or safety) ends it automatically – as what happened in the first round when Arizona beat Green Bay. The vote went 28-4. In a supreme irony, the Vikings were one of the four “no” votes. Further discussions, on whether the OT rule will also go into effect in the regular season, are bound to take place in May. All this was done without much input from the coaching fraternity, and many, Sean Payton included, fumed. They claimed this was done over their heads, and that the new rule could cause more spur-of-the-moment decisions that, if they backfire, will lead to a torrent of second-guessing – or even, in the most extreme case, someone getting fired.

Ask 20 different football people on this topic, and you’re bound to get 10 different answers. That has much to do with the various ways in which ties are broken on the gridiron, depending on the level of play. It’s clear-cut in high school and college – at least give each team one possession, though it comes from deep in the opponent’s territory (The 20-yard line in high school, the 25 in college). That might turn into a kicking deal, and if the defenses are ineffective, it could take a long time (seven OTs is the record), but at least someone wins. Since 1974, the NFL has always done its own thing, with a coin flip and a full kickoff. More than half the time that has happened, the team that won the flip went right down and scored, a percentage that has gone up with the improvement of kickers and the kickoff moved back to the 30-yard line. Part of the reason why there hasn’t been a bigger push for OT changes is because the Super Bowl, the most hyped of American sporting events, has not been decided beyond 60 minutes of regulation. That was a real possibility in edition XLIV two months ago when Indianapolis, down a touchdown to New Orleans, was driving toward the tying score before Tracy Porter’s decisive interception. Another part of it has to do people accustomed to a certain system for nearly four decades. As a result, they are wary of any kind of change, even one that could prove beneficial – witness, as a non-sporting example, the bitter fight over health-care reform. Looking back, at first glance, on what the owners decided, it only seems like half a loaf. There’s still the possibility that a coin

flip could decide the game – say, the kickoff is returned for a touchdown, or the team simply drives to the end zone. Why not just guarantee both team possession of the ball? It need not be placed close to the goal line, as in the high school or college ranks, and all aspects of the game – offense, defense and special teams – would be involved. Who cares about the length of games? As the ratings have shown, people will watch anyway, and the outcome can be as fair as possible. Of course, looming over all of these considerations is the question of whether, in 2011, there will even be a National Football League season. Owners and players are far apart in negotiations, with the union refusing to foot part of the bill for billion-dollar stadium projects. And with the lack of a salary cap, there’s a real fear that revenues will become quite uneven for franchises, something closer to the broken baseball model. Here is Goodell’s supreme test as commissioner. He’s shown us all what kind of tough guy he is, protecting “The Shield” and all that against players of questionable character, but is he as willing to stand up to the owners that hired him? It’s only fair to point this out. For a long time now, the NFL has trumped all other leagues. Revenues remain strong. TV ratings were astonishing last year, including the most-watched program in American history – a Super Bowl involving teams from Indianapolis and New Orleans, neither of which is a big market. Will it all get thrown away? That’s up to Goodell and the league’s other power brokers. They sure acted quick changing the league’s overtime playoff rules.

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Manlius photographer Jim Budrakey will present colorful photographs in an exhibit titled, “Psst … Hey, bud!” throughout April at the Robert P. Kinchen Central Library located in The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St. An artist reception, open to the public, will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday April 6. Gallery hours open from 9 a.m. to 4:55 p.m. Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and from 9 a.m. to 7:25 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday. Closed Sundays.

Book signing

Barnes and Noble in DeWitt is will host a book signing with Kathleen Quigley and photographer James Scherzi for a book talk and signing of “The Summer Cottage: Retreats of the 1000 Islands” at 7 p.m.Tuesday April 6.The book talk will be enhanced by a slide show.

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Senate Majority committed to saving state parks

Senate Democrats preserve recreational facilities

of these parks would have a devastating effect on small businesses, restaurants, and other economic engines in communities who are largely based around the tourism revenue generated by these parks. “State Parks are part of our history and our future,” said Senate Majority Conference Leader John L. Sampson. “They are the economic engine that drives our tourism industry. We need a fair and responsible budget, and cutting our parks is neither a fair or responsible solution to the fiscal crisis. While Senate Republicans claim they support our parks, but refuse to vote for them, the Senate Majority kept its promise to our parks and the families who enjoy them.” Sen. David J. Valesky (D-Oneida) also commented. “Our parks are the crown jewels of New

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The Senate Majority and advocates have taken a stand together in support of state parks. On March 22, the Majority Conference unanimously voted for a budget resolution which restored all $11.5 million of the Governor’s budget cuts to parks operations. If enacted, the cut would have resulted in the closure of 57 state parks and reduced operations at an additional 22 state parks. The use of parks for recreational activities generates $1.9 billion in revenue, five times the agency’s total budget. The closure

York state,” he said. “These state parks and historic sites are important not just for the recreation they provide, but are a critical component of our tourism industry, contribute to our quality of life and promote regional economic well being. The Senate Democratic majority has fought to save our parks, and as we move through the final stages of budget negotiations, I implore my colleagues in the Legislature to leave politics aside, and to work together to make sure that the end product of this budget protects our parks.” Local parks that would have been affected by Paterson’s proposed cuts include Green Lakes State Park, Chittenango Falls, Clark Reservation in Jamesville, and the Old Erie Canal State Park.

Randi Hull is the editor of Madison County Eagle.

State parks facts:

Over the past two years, State parks have been cut by $46 million, which equates to 25 percent of the agency’s operating budget. Eighty-five percent of the agency’s operating budget goes directly toward operating New York’s 213 state parks and historic sites. The agency has already eliminated 1,000 permanent seasonal workers. Last year’s budget cuts resulted in service reductions at 100 state parks and historic sites (shortened seasons and reduced hours of operation). State parks received 56 million visitors in 2009, an increase of 1.9 million visitors from 2008. State parks provide affordable, close to home recreational opportunities to more than 56 million people each year. Park revenues account for a third of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation’s (OPRHP) operating budget. State parks account for only one quarter of 1 percent of the overall state budget.

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CNY Fertility Center Celebrates National Infertility Awareness Week April 24 - May 1, 2010 is National Infertility Awareness Week®, a movement sponsored by RESOLVE to raise awareness about the disease of infertility, which affects 7.3 million Americans. Dr. Robert Kiltz, Founder and Director of 3 CNY Fertility Centers with locations in Syracuse, Albany and Rochester, focuses on patient empowerment and affordable health care. Creating a family is more than just addressing medical fertility issues that individuals or couples may have. In the spirit of NIAW, Dr. Kiltz will sponsor a Tele-Workshop with Kristen Magnacca, author of Love & Infertility, to share information and support to individuals and couples going through infertility. Dr. Kiltz will announce details of his IVF Giveaway during the call. All are welcome to join, no cost to attend.TeleWorkshop: Focusing on Flourishing on Thursday, April 29, 2010, 6:30 p.m. Email Kristen@cnyfertility.com to join. CNYFertilityCenter will be giving away 4 FREE IVF CYCLES in observance of National Infertility Awareness Week. To register to win one of the FREE IVF cycles visit CNYFertilityCenter online at http://cnyfertility.com.

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