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History The Nightingales, Part I Read the story of the Nightingales, a family that has run its business in the same spot in Marcellus since 1888.
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BIG CATCH: Marcellus wide receiver Chaz Hayes (4) had four catches for 89 yards, including a key touchdown in the third quarter, as the Mustangs rallied past Holland Patent 27-17 in last Friday’s opening round of the Class B playoffs.
Mustangs rally for playoff win; Westhill, Ludden out Elbridge trustee resigns from JE Fred Weisskopf resigned from his part-time clerk position at JE schools last Wednesday, citing “false accusations” made against him following the suspension of Bill Hamilton and termination of Anthony Scro. “But much more important than that, the office practices of not getting bills paid on time are reverting back to six years ago,” he said. “... I believe in Bill Hamilton and Anthony Scro.”
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By Phil Blackwell pblackwell@cnylink.com Just when the dream of a first-ever Section III Class B championship appeared to be slipping away once more, the Marcellus football team rescued itself. Westhill could not do the same. In an exciting opening round of the Class B playoffs Friday night, the Mustangs trailed visiting Holland Patent going into the fourth
quarter, but made all the plays it needed to in the homestretch to beat the Golden Knights 27-17. At the same time, Westhill saw its reign as sectional champions come to an abrupt end as Oneida showed up and, playing first-rate defense from start to finish, stunned the Warriors 24-8. All season long, Marcellus, on its way to a 6-1 mark, had fought inconsistency, especially on the offensive side - potent one minute, silent the next. Only the defense had stood out on a week-to-week basis, and even that notion was tested against Holland Patent, who had only made the playoffs by beating Chittenango in its regular-season finale six days earlier. Neither team scored in the first quarter. In See Mustangs, page 17
Law firm calls for reversal of Dominick’s resignation By Ned Campbell editor@eagle-observer.com
Last Wednesday’s lengthy JordanElbridge school board meeting was not without contradiction. Early on, the half-full auditorium witnessed a stirring goodbye to Superintendent Marilyn Dominick from town and village officials, where Jordan Mayor and retired teacher Dick Platten handed her a bouquet of flowers. Later, Bill Speck, District Superintendent of Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES, won over the room by
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promising that the community would have an instrumental role in choosing a superintendent. Somewhere in between, attorney Dominick D’Imperio announced that he would be representing a lawsuit against the district that, if won, would require Dominick to continue as superintendent for the remainder of her contract, which ends June 2012. D’Imperio read a letter written to Dominick’s personal attorney as well as the board’s general counsel Frank Miller. See District, page17
Effective Jan. 1, New York State will have no hand in the issuing of dog licenses and its statewide dog database will no longer exist. The changes come with a new law, signed June 22 by Governor Patterson, that moves the remaining dog licensing tasks from the Department of Agriculture and Markets to municipalities. Town cl e rk s f i rst heard rumblings of the law at a statewide clerk’s conference last April and have been planning for the turnover, as an association, ever since. Some feel the change was long overdue. “The state’s participation was minimal at best,” said Marcellus Town Clerk Karen Pollard. “All the state did was send out the renewal form and provide the tags.” It’s been the case that if you needed a license for your dog – state law requires all dogs be licensed after four months – you would go to the town clerk. The clerk would set you up with the paperwork, charge you roughly $5.50, and eventually a license would come in the mail from the state. The state was responsible for sending out the first renewal reminder and form; li-
cense renewal is typically due yearly. According to Elbridge Town Clerk Deb Stapleton, the state recently fell behind on this responsibility. Stapleton said the Department of Agriculture and Markets sent her an email apologizing for sending out 100,000 license renewal forms past the Sept. 30 renewal date. This e-mail came after she sent out reminders to dog owners who were about three weeks late on their renewal. “ M o s t people rely on that threepart form to remind them,” she said. The loss of the statewide registry will affect different municipalities in different ways, often depending on eLLeN LeAhY their size. Many towns have their own database already in place. Clerks for smaller towns like Marcellus and Elbridge will not necessarily miss the state’s service. Pollard said she never once used it. “We have a better handle on our database than the state does,” she said. While the town of Elbridge has its own database as well, Steve Remp, the town’s dog control officer, will feel the loss of the statewide registry. “On weekends it will be a pain in the butt,” he said. “The database was a big help to me on weekends; during the work week I can call the town office.” The town of Camillus, whose dog population towSee Dog Tags, page17
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Held at the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, 3781 Milton Ave., Camillus. No appointment necessary. Call 487-5775 for more information.
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Country Folk Art presents a holiday craft show at the NYS Fairgrounds Horticulture Building. Hours: 5 to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Come in costume and receive $1-off $6 admission. Visit countryfolkart.com for more info.
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At Munro Park; proceeds will go toward the park. Featuring pie and carved pumpkin contests (pumpkins must be carved beforehand), musical performances, hayrides, a costume contest and much more. Visit villageofcamillus-ny.gov for the full schedule of events.
Nov. 1
9 a.m. to10:30 a.m.: Yin Yoga Class
Marcellus Free Library, 32 Maple Street. Walk in, $7 per person per class. Taught by certified yoga instructor Tina Ramsden. Bring a yoga mat, if possible.
Nov. 2
At Camillus Elks Lodge, 6117 Newport Road, Camillus. Crafts, baked goods, lunch. Call 672-3106 for more information.
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11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Camillus Fall Harvest Fest
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Flu shot clinic
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Ladies Auxiliary Craft Show
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Hundreds of Christmas decorative and gift items on sale at the Marcellus United Methodist Church Gift and Thrift Shop.
10:30 a.m. to 11:11 a.m.: Pre-
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Contact: Cheryl at 673-3221or cferris@onlib.org. Stories, crafts and fun for children ages 4 to 6. Registration required.
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Election Day Luncheon
The Marcellus United Methodist Church, 1 Slocombe Ave., Marcellus, will host a ham luncheon with home baked pies. $7 for adults, free for children under 5. For more info, call 673-3239. Call 673-2355 for takeouts.
Noon to 7 p.m.: Election Day Dinner
Chicken Parmesan Dinner hosted by the Camillus Elks at the Lodge, 6117 Newport Road, Camillus. Plates are $8.50. Take-out available for $7. Call 672-3106 for more information.
6 p.m.: Community Game Night
Marcellus Library. Enjoy the company of family, friends and neighbors while playing checkers, chess, cards, Trivial Pursuit, Uno, Yahtzee and more! For all ages.
Stories, crafts and fun for children ages 2 to 3, accompanied by adult. Registration required. Contact: Cheryl at 673-3221 or cferris@onlib.org.
1:30 to 2:10 p.m.: Preschool Story Time
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Community News Camillus youth recognized for ‘seless service’ By Ned Campbell
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Town Shop volunteers Abbie Moynihan, left, and Shantel Owens. Abbie received special recognition Oct. 20 for attending four straight “Earth Dayâ€? eorts.
Introducing Camillus village trustee Bill Cody By Ned Campbell editor@eagle-observer.com
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David Vermilya speaks to Town Shop youth at the “Sevaâ€? Recogntion Dinner Oct. 20. “Sevaâ€? is Sanskrit for “seless service.â€? – the youth center hosts enriching activities such as hiking and kayaking trips, as well as volleyball tournaments at Veterans Memorial Park. The Town Shop itself, located at 67 Main St., serves as a place for youth to go after school to play pool or simply spend time with friends, under the mentorship of David and Cheryl. Oftentimes, Town Shop alumni return to serve as mentors, chaperone trips and help out wherever needed. Dan Nolan, now a district representative for Congressman Dan Maffei, went to the Town Shop throughout high school, often performing music there in bands. “It was such a formative experience for me that when I got older ‌ after I went to college [at SUNY Oneonta] I came back and started volunteering as much as I possibly could, and after I graduated college, I kept up with it,â€? Nolan said. He noted the generosity of the church in hosting the dinner. “It’s kind of like a ‘thank you,’ even though no one asked for one,â€? he said.
Bill Cody has lived in the village of Camillus with his wife, Mary Anne, for 13 years. Their children, Will, 11, and Ned, 9, go to school in the West Genesee District. A Respiratory Therapist with Apria Health Care and member of the Camillus Fire Department, Cody has worked as an Industrial Sales Rep, a Federal Park Ranger, and a commissioned officer in the Army Reserves. He was sworn in as village trustee Thursday Oct. 14. Eagle Observer: What led you to apply for the trustee position? Bill Cody: I was recruit-
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Bill Cody is sworn in as trustee by village clerk Marie Stanczyk during the Oct. 14 Board of Trustees meeting as Mayor Michael Montero, left, looks on. ed. I already know several of in local government? the trustees and Mike. BC: Yes it is. EO: Why did you decide EO: What do you bring to become a trustee? to the table? BC: I was quite honored BC: Common sense. to be asked, and I think I’m a member of the Fire the village can be a better Department and I’ve lived, place. worked and traveled all EO: Is this your first job See Cody, page 13
Jordan dogs, lizards blessed Pictured are Dan Bozeat with Tank, Dawn and Skyler Young with Charlie and Louise, Father Bergin, Lauren Wisniewski and Squirt, Kirk Rosebush and Cli, Cherie Robinson with Cocoanut, Dale Burl and Sooki, Gwen Corser holding Lucky, Mary Jane Roe and Bill Hunn with Scuy. Not pictured are Tim, Emma and Abby Burns, Sue and Cece Rogers, and Tucker.
Two roads coverge at the Camillus Canal Society The Camillus Canal Society will present the story of the Underground Railroad and its connection to the Erie Canal from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday Nov. 7 at Camillus Town Hall. The seminar will feature Norm Dann, Ph.D., noted author of When We Get to Heaven: Runaway Slaves on the Road to Peterboro and Practical Dreamer Gerrit Smith
and the Crusade for Social Reform. Equally fascinating is the story of Dot Willsey, who established the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum at Morrisville College that honors antislavery abolitionists. Their talk will be followed by a book signing. For more information, call 488-3409.
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David Vermilya, who runs the Camillus Town Shop with his wife, Cheryl, spoke to youth gathered in the Camillus Methodist Church for a dinner to recognize their â&#x20AC;&#x153;selďŹ&#x201A;ess serviceâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 20. This was the second event of its kind since the Town Shop and the church decided to collaborate with volunteer efforts three years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of you are here because at some point in the last year you had an internal impulse to donate your time and your energy to benefit the community in some way,â&#x20AC;? Vermilya said. Dakota Bateman was one of many youth in attendance who donates her time serving food to those in need at the Samaritan Center in Syracuse. The Town Shop sponsors three trips to the center monthly, and Bateman has gone on most of them since getting involved in eighth grade. She said the Town Shop has been a family to her, and it would be selfish of her not to give back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been given a lot,â&#x20AC;? Bateman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done stuff with the Town Shop that I never would have done otherwise.â&#x20AC;? In addition to fostering volunteerism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Town Shop also leads near-weekly trips to Sunshine Horse Rescue at the Fairgrounds
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Keep your little ghouls and goblins safe Halloween comes just once a year and we want to make sure you celebrate responsibly. Parents, we urge you to remind your children to stay safe this year as they go off to collect treats. Here are some simple tips to ensure a trick, or tragedy, free Halloween: â&#x153;&#x201C; Accompany younger children to the door of every home they approach. â&#x153;&#x201C; Teach children to never approach a home that is not well lit, both inside and out. â&#x153;&#x201C; Be sure older children take a friend with them and younger children are accompanied by a trusted adult. â&#x153;&#x201C; Make sure all children wear reďŹ&#x201A;ective clothing and carry a glow stick when out at dusk and at night. â&#x153;&#x201C; Make sure children are able to see and breathe properly and easily when using facial masks. â&#x153;&#x201C; Teach children if anyone tries to grab them to make a scene. â&#x153;&#x201C; No homemade treats! Tell the kids not to accept or eat anything that is not commercially wrapped. â&#x153;&#x201C;Inspect commercially wrapped treats for signs of tampering. â&#x153;&#x201C;Remove choking hazards from the goody bags of small children like gum, peanuts, hard candies or small toys. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tips courtesy of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and TOPS Friendly Markets.
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From the mailbag On the ballot To the editor: In addition to the regular election items on the ballot on Nov. 2, the voters of the town of Marcellus will be asked to decide a referendum question regarding the increase in the term of office from two to four years for the town clerk, highway superintendent and tax collector. These offices are primarily administrative in nature and are not directly involved in setting policy or budgeting for the town. Approval of this referendum will allow the office holders to concentrate on delivery of service without
having to be concerned with election cycles and the cost involved with re-election. It is often asked why these positions are elected positions in the first place. Election of these positions is a matter of state law, but the length of the term is left to the local jurisdiction. Therefore, in an effort to improve efficiency and improve service to town residents, we urge a yes vote on this referendum that will be found on the back of your paper ballot on Nov. 2. Thank you. DANIEL J. ROSS MARCELLUS TOWN SUPERVISOR
In response to proposed LED sign To the editor: To the citizens of Camillus: I am a native Marcellian, and I read with interest about the proposed Kirk LED sign. Although I agree it will be large and not what one would expect to see on the quiet Main St. of Camillus, I must say that at the very least, Mr. Kirk has done a beautiful job with improving the buildings. I could only wish that same thing could be said for the person who has â&#x20AC;&#x153;purchasedâ&#x20AC;? several storefronts in the center of
Marcellus. They have yet to be fully completed. They sit empty, and/or half finished, with peeling paint on those that are â&#x20AC;&#x153;open for business,â&#x20AC;? an eyesore, that shows no sign of completion. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak for any others in Marcellus, but I bet if you asked, they would gladly have a large LED sign... as opposed to the paint peeling, empty and half-completed buildings that greet residents and visitors alike. MARY BETH LOLLIS MARCELLUS
New ballot system takes eďŹ&#x20AC;ect this fall Election season is upon us. There have been several changes to the voting process this year, starting with a new way to cast votes. The machines have changed; our state has advanced to optical scanning devices. Voters will use a paper ballot and feed the ballot into the scanning device. These scanners have replaced the old lever-style voting machines, largely because of the pesky and infamous â&#x20AC;&#x153;hanging chadâ&#x20AC;? debacle which occurred in Florida following the Presidential election of 2000 and held up federal election results. Following this incident, federal laws were changed and the country embarked on an expansive and costly undertaking to replace the old voting machines. During the last election, many voters began to see the new machines as they were being phased in. This year, all counties will be equipped
with the new optical scanners. As a result of the new machines, polling sites for many voters have changed. Counties have had to consolidate polling sites. In Onondaga County, the county web site features a user-friendly tool that enables voters to search their address and determine where to go to vote. This can be accessed at ntsdata. dnsalias.com/onondagaboe/. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re uncertain after visiting these websites or do not have access to the internet, I encourage you to call your county board of elections to verify your polling site to save yourself time and hassle on Election Day. Election officials in Onondaga County can be reached at 315-435-8683. On Election Day (Nov. 2), here is what voters can expect: 1. Check in with an election inspector and receive a ballot to take to a
booth for privacy. 2. Fill in the oval next to a candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name to cast a vote. The voter also may write in a candidate in the appropriate space. 3. Place the ballot in a privacy sleeve so that no one may see how votes were cast. 4. The completed ballot is fed into the scanner. If the ballot is completed correctly, the machine will signal the ballot has been cast and the paper ballot is deposited into a ballot box. If votes have been cast for multiple candidates for one office, the machine will ask the voter to get a new ballot. If not, the vote cast for too many candidates will not count. Barclayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office can be reached by mail at 200 North Second Street, Fulton, New York 13069, by e-mail at barclaw@assembly.state.ny.us or by calling 598-5185.
How times are truly a-changing for municipal budget-making Local governments, towns and villages have seen many changes over the years in the budget-building process. Today, in many respects, budget-building seems akin to the making of sausage, at best a messy process. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be sure what the actual ingredients are but you can see, for better or worse, the finished product. There is no doubt about it - the present financial times are tough. Towns and villages are facing ever increasing financial pressures with fewer financial sources. It might be informative to look back at what could be considered as the financial golden age of local governments. The time was the 1970s, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s and, to a lesser degree, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s. Towns and villages, during this golden age, received a veritable bounty of financial aid from the state - mortgage tax revenues, highway construction funding and revenue sharing, along with other special support. Additionally, towns and villages also received a veritable bounty of funding from Onondaga County in the form of community development
funding, and the biggest one of all - the county sales tax. The sales tax was first approved by the county legislature in 1967, forced towns and villages had to make a decision. Should they take the sales tax in the form of cash, to be used in local budgets, or to take it as a credit on the county tax bill for each residents of the town? Answer: Almost every town and village in the county took the cash.. This decision had the effect of making the towns and villages look better to the local tax payers. Any major property tax increases, after all, were due to the county. Of equal importance to elected town and village officials was the â&#x20AC;&#x153;factâ&#x20AC;? they knew better than the county how to spend the new-found monies. Two examples demonstrate the unevenness of responses by the towns on sales tax distribution . The Town of Salina (Liverpool area) started to build a surplus fund, a rainy day account. Instead of spending the sales tax cash, they hoarded it. The rainy day fund finally reached approximately eleven million dollars,
a truly embarrassing amount. The ultimate irony was the elected officials were now faced with the problems of how to dispose of it to the benefit of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residents. The town of Camillus, as well as other towns and villages, used he sales tax money to enhance local services, with little impact on their yearly tax rates. Thanks to the new cash generated by the county sales tax, highway departments often expanded their services. The size of some town and village police departments demonstrated considerable growth. Using Camillus as an example, its police department, during the golden age, more than doubled its staff, from 12 to 26, despite no commensurate increase in population. Onondaga Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to keep the sales tax revenues for its own purposes marks the unofficial end of the so-called golden age. With major negative financial pressures continuing to build, and with the promise of diminishing financial assistance from the state and the county, budget-building for the towns and villages will be a much, much more difficult task.
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Through the eyes of the Nightingales By Ann Ferro Contributor This is the first story in a three-part series highlighting the Nightingale family of Marcellus. The remnants of the dam are still there, hidden by the scrub that has grown up over the years, some of the massive blocks settling to the bottom of the creek and looking only a little different from the other rocks in the creek. They are touchstones that revive memories of a time past, changes that have come and gone and a family that has continued its business in the same place since 1888 where once there was a dam. In 1848, Marcellus was a mill town, serving the needs of the surrounding countryside. Lumber mills, feed mills, eventually, paper and woolen mills clustered around the valuable resource of Nine Mill Creek. While there were some industries such as the woolen mills that catered the world outside of the area, most entrepreneurs established their business to meet the needs of their neighbors. It was a time when the telegraph was still a modern innovation and railroads were in their infancy. It was an era of foot travel, horse and buggy conveyances and opportunity. In that year, Henry and Charlotte Nightingale along with their three children and all of their worldly possessions embarked on a seventeen week ocean voyage from a small village in Worcestershire England to land in the
FOUR GENERATIONS: Pictured are William Nightingale Sr., left, Harold Nightingale holding his daughter Helen and William Nightingale Jr. port of New York. It was a journey that would culminate in the establishment of a name and a family that has served the Marcellus community continually since the latter half of the 19th Century. This family had faith in the American Dream. They settled first in Columbus, a village in Chenango County. The United Statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; census from 1850 describes Henry as a farmer and his oldest son, William as a farm laborer. By 1860 Henry and his brood had moved to Onondaga County, the family history locating their home as the farm on Slate Hill Road now occupied by Thompsons Auto Repair. As the years passed and the children grew into adulthood, the eldest son, William branched out and built a sawmill and cider press on Nine Mile Creek where it crosses the Cherry Valley Turnpike, somewhere between the Valley Inn and the Patchwork Plus Quilt shop. In 1888 William Jr. built a feed and cider mill on the sight that was once a tannery. Nightingaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new mill, built from planks sawn at their sawmill,
was fitted with a unique water driven system featuring a wheel with wooden bearings that lay parallel to the ground. Farmers would either sell their grain to the mill or contract with the mill to grind their produce and mix it according to specific formulas with molasses, salt and other supplements for their livestock. Grain that was sold to the mill was similarly made into animal feed that was for sale at the mill to the villagers. It was common for villagers and others who werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t farmers to keep livestock such as chickens and pigs. According to letters and diaries of villagers, the Nightingales delivered. William and his family were farmers as well as millers. They farmed land which the family had purchased across the creek. Their house, still standing, is directly to the north, only a short walk from the mill. The house overlooked the creek and the dam which created the large mill pond that extended from the creek bed to what we now call South Street road. Doug Nightingale, six generations later, described the pond as covering the area where now the bridge crosses Nine Mile Creek. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would have covered parts of the existing Nightingale True Value buildingsâ&#x20AC;?, Doug explains. It stored the water that generated the power making the family business possible. The business and the family prospered as the century moved forward and the 20th century made its debut. Along with the new century came progress, change and new ventures for the Nightingales.
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Village-town-school cooperation alive and well
While some talk of John P. turf wars and the lack Curtin of cooperation between A case for neighboring groups, the village an excellent example of inter-municipal cooperation took place in the community of Marcellus recently. The creation of a number of outdoor murals on the walls of buildings in the village center was an idea that developed a number of years ago when Fred Eisenberg was mayor of the village. It has now become a reality. On Saturday, Oct. 2, the first in a series of murals created by local high school art students, working with the support of the entire See Mural, page 12
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The Marcellus Mural, installed on the side of Nojaims on Oct. 2., is an adaptation of a photo taken at the 1914 Olde Home Days Parade. Pictured in the original photo are Civil War Veterans. The mural depicts the scenery with great accuracy, right down to the drain pipe on the side of what is today the Roche building on South and Main.
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West Genesee names Seniors of the Month
Tom Brogan
Nicole Pizzari
Tom Brogan is the son of John and Karen Brogan. He has an older brother, Peter, who is attending Cornell University, and a younger brother, Joey, a seventh grader at Camillus Middle School. Tom takes pride in his academic achievements and has taken a rigorous course load. Tom will have completed, upon gradu-
ation, seven Advanced Placement courses and two Syracuse University Project Advance classes. He is an AP Scholar with Honors and received a score of 5 on tow of his completed Advanced Placement courses. Tom has been on the high honor roll throughout high See Seniors, page 9
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Marcellus Outdoor Club members with chaperones at the summit of Big Slide Mountain. Back row, from left: Lauren Abee, Adam Stottlar, Colton O’Neal, Lucas Burdekin, Lucas Potter, Tom Manitta, Mallory Quinn, Ellen Brooks and Karyn Craft. Front row, from left: Dan Irby, Sarah Birmingham and Ellen Schneider. Not pictured: John Birmingham and Kathy Irby (chaperones).
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Outdoor Club climbs ‘Big Slide’ Submitted by Dave Taddeo MCS Public Information Consultant The Marcellus Outdoor Club put their mission into action as they embarked on their annual Adirondack Mountain trip the weekend of Oct. 8. Their mission can be described well with the words of Henry David Thoreau: “Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventures.” The first destination for the group was the SUNY ESF Adirondack Ecological Center in Newcomb, N.Y. After setting up lodging at the AEC cabins the outdoor club members participated in an AEC educational program activity before enjoying an evening around the campfire for songs, skits, stories and warm conversation. The AEC is “the leader in ecological science in the Adirondack Mountains and a major contributor to science internationally.” The center offers environmental courses, workshops, on-site educational programs, internships, and a visitor interpretation center. The highlight of the
fall 2010 Adirondack trip was the hike up Big Slide Mountain on Saturday Oct. 9. At an elevation of 4,240 feet, Big Slide Mountain is #26 among the Adirondack 46 High Peaks. The mountain is named after a large slide that occurred in 1830 and the steep cliff that rises to the summit. A bright blue sky and a colorful autumn day greeted the Marcellus student climbers as they made their way to the summit. The Marcellus hikers left the trail parking lot at 9 a.m. and reached the Big Slide summit at 1 p.m. All in all, the round trip hike took approximately seven hours and covered 11 miles. The Marcellus Outdoor Club is a student organization dedicated to ecological awareness and environmental education. Future 2010-11 endeavors include snowshoeing, skiing, biking, rock climbing, ice skating and kayaking. Club members look to participate in one outing a month. The club will also meet with the Walker Exchange Students from Newcastle, England on Oct. 31 and participate in the Driver Middle School Mustang Pride Run on Nov. 7.
The Driver Middle School Mustang Pride organization will sponsor a walk/run at 1 p.m. Sunday Nov. 7. Both the 1.5-mile walk abd 5k run begin and end at Driver Middle School. This walk/run is designed to promote respect and cooperation throughout the community. All participants will receive a free t-shirt, cider, apples and donuts while supplies last. Application forms can be obtained from the DMS main office or through your child’s classroom teacher. The pre-registration deadline was Oct. 20, but you can still register on the day of the race. Mustang Pride is a student club dedicated to community service and enriching the “safe and comfortable” learning environment at Driver Middle School. Registration fees
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KCH hosts Open Library Night Michael Brown and the K. C. Heffernan Elementary School Library Media Center held its first Open Library Night on Thursday Oct. 7 in the KCH Library. The event was held in conjunction with the KCH PTO’s fall book fair. “One of the best things that you can do for kids is to read out loud to them,” Brown said to open the evening. He added that “you can actually read books to children that are five years above their reading level.” Among the faculty/administrators reading to children and families at the open library evening were:
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Super Reader Man Gary Bissaillon, aka K.C. Heffernan Principal, with KCH students Rose MacLachlan/third grade and Elizabeth MacLachlan/first grade at KCH Open Library Night and Book Fair. As students and families enjoyed the open library and book fair festivities Bissaillon was creating his best impression of, “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Reader Man.”
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Congratulations to these fourth and fifth grade students at Solvay Middle School for their outstanding effort on the New York State ELA and Math Assessments taken in May 2010. FOURTH GRADE (TOP): Pictured in row one, from left to right, are Yana Yanushchik, Ulyana Onufriychuk, Jacob Rosenbarker, Madisson Taskey, Allie Posnick, Carly Deveraux, Natalina Natoli, Jack Gilbert, Sidney Chafee and Erin Roche; in row two, Kassie Kelly, Robert Clark, Michael Pellizzari, Maxwell Nanno, Svyatoslav Konopatskiy, Kyra Crossett, Seth Lumb, Delrose Laflair and Zachary Stapleton. FIFTH GRADE (BOTTOM): Pictured in row one, from left to right, are Jordan Meleski, Tim Voytovich, El’Mira Silyuk and Ulyana Konopatskiy; in row two, Breonna Ascrizzi, Marissa Grammatico, Nico DiBello, Brady Preble, Bryan O’Mara, Clayton Backus, Brandon VanDemark and Hope Rivera; and in row three, Benjamin Bosak, Denis Mujcic, Jordan Mitchell, Victoria Delia, Megan Vale, Madelyn Pellizzari, John Canestrare, Mary Catherine Lopez, Zachary Suchomski, Taylor Felber, Jacob Sikorski, Tessa Fritzen and Israel Montufar.
Boston University awarded academic degrees to 1,491 students in September 2010. Among the graduates was Jennifer L. Deskiewicz, of Camillus, who received a Master of Science in Banking and Financial Services Management. Emily Wanamaker, of Camillus, a freshman this fall at the State University of New York at Geneseo, was named an Edgar Fellow at the college in August. She was one of 39 to be admitted to the program, which entails honors courses, research opportunities and close work with honors advisers.
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Westhill topples unbeaten MPH, 3-0 By Phil Blackwell pblackwell@cnylink.com
A newfound confidence has spread throughout the ranks of the Westhill boys soccer team in the wake of an impressive end to the regular season. On a wet, chilly Thursday night, the Warriors got its biggest win so far when it dropped state Class C no. 1-ranked Manlius-Pebble from the unbeaten ranks in impressive style, shutting out the Trojans in a 3-0 decision. MPH, who in recent years had played with Westhill in Class B and as part of the OHSL Liberty division, moved to Class C and the Patriot division this fall and had dominated there, staying perfect through 15 games. Westhill, though, did not feel intimidated one bit by the Trojans. Instead, it attacked from the opening kickoff and twice put shots past MPH goalie Jordan Gentile in the first half. The Warriors tacked on one more goal in the second half, and would not get caught. Anthony Scaravillo, Conor Powell and Nate Chapin each scored, with Kyle Hunt and Taylor Price earning the assists. Price joined Marcus Rinaldi, Jack Powers and the rest of Westhill’s back line in one of its best defensive efforts of the season, as goalies Pat Scutari and Ryan Boyle had to make just five saves between them. Three days earlier, Marcellus visited Westhill – and the Warriors coming out on top 2-0 to complete a regular-season sweep. Staying in second place behind state no.
1-ranked Skaneateles in the OHSL Liberty division, the Warriors would also get one goal in each half. Scaravillo and Alex Conway got those goals, with Pat Schoenborn earning an assist. Scutari stopped all six shots he faced for the shutout. A day after topping Marcellus, Westhill went to Cazenovia and blanked the Lakers 4-0, getting three of those goals in the first half. Barak BenYehuda stepped up in a big way, scoring twice and adding an assist as Scaravillo and Pat Wickersham got the other goals. Marcellus came home on that same night and ripped Solvay 7-0. Up 5-0 on the Bearcats by halftime, the Mustangs saw Cal Filtch earn two goals as Nate Waite, Keenan Vaughn, Tom McNaney, Allen Donahoe and Kyle Jankowski earned one goal apiece. Chris Manke, Geoff Golick and Sean Dunn contributed assists. Friday brought the Mustangs a chance to ruin a possible undefeated regular season for archrival Skaneateles, and it even led in the early going before falling to the Lakers 3-2. Filtch scored to give Marcellus a 1-0 lead, only to have Jeff Baldetti answer to tie it, 1-1. It remained that way until the second half, when Spencer Parker converted to put Skaneateles ahead and Alex Brownlee added an insurance goal with five minutes left. Vaughn closed the gap to one in the final seconds, but it would end there. The Bearcats did recover to beat Faith Heritage 2-1 on Wednesday as Yuri Zdebsky scored one goal and assisted on the other, by Nick Mazzae-Hook, all in the second half.
WG soccer teams fall to B’ville By Phil Blackwell pblackwell@cnylink.com
A colorful celebration of the West Genesee boys soccer program’s revival, and the role 10 seniors played in it, only lacked a happy ending for the home side - something for which Baldwinsville bears full responsibility. With an aggressive attack that kept on producing good scoring chances and converted enough of them into goals, the Bees beat the Wildcats 4-2 Tuesday night, just the latest happy trip B’ville has made to Camillus. Each of the last three years that the Bees have won the Section III Class AA championship, it did so in games at West Genesee - though those were played on the artificial turf field, while this contest took place on the larger natural grass field that is WG’s regular home surface. Before anyone got started, though, WG got a chance to pay tribute to its 10 seniors. Head coach Al Loucks offered praise to each of them - Kyle Fitzpatrick, Cody Faulkner, Logan Dirk, Jake Levine, Anthony Payne, Kyle Golinski, Jon Fetterolf, Kevin Jock, Bojan Topalovic and Brendan Whiting. They all got to start, too, and managed to keep the potent Bees off the board before the starters got mixed in. 56 minutes into the game, West Genesee found itself down 3-1. WG increased its pressure, and in the 65th minute cut it to 32 when Sutherland, taking an accurate long
pass from Kyle Golonski, crushed a shot past Coughlin and just inside the right post. Instead of getting into a defensive mode, though, the Bees made its own big push and, with 10:55 left, Dan Knight’s low shot found the net to create the final margin. Up in Baldwinsville, the girls soccer Wildcats caught B’ville coming off its first loss of the season to Rochester Mercy 24 hours earlier – but still fell to the Bees 3-1. Moving on, WG’s boys team played again at home Wednesday and held off Nottingham by a score of 3-2. Perhaps drained by the B’ville experience, the Wildcats’ defense struggled in the first half, as goals by Edem Wemene and Almedin Bektic put the Bulldogs ahead 2-1 going into the break. Only in the late stages did WG take over, rallying behind Stamoulacatos and Ryan Tinklepaugh. For his part, Stamoulacatos had a goal and earned the assists as Tinklepaugh twice found the net. Sutherland got an assist, too, as each of Condon’s 10 saves proved important. On Thursday night, WG’s girls returned home and hurt Rome Free Academy’s playoff hopes, prevailing 2-0 over the Black Knights. Erica Geremia earned one goal and assisted on the other, by Milne, as Nicole Bello gained her own assist. Saidel had five saves to preserve the shutout. Read the full story at eagle-observer. com.
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Solvay girls soccer rips Westhill, J-E By Phil Blackwell pblackwell@cnylink.com
With a pair of impressive road wins, the Bishop Ludden girls soccer team made sure that it entered the Section III Class C playoffs with an undefeated mark. In last Tuesday’s visit to Cato-Meridian, the Gaelic Knights took a month’s worth of shots in the course of a 4-0 victory over the Blue Devils. Thirty-four times, Ludden took aim at Cato’s net, and saw Mersadiz Hayes score twice, with Grace Rooney and Stephanie Brazell also converting. By contrast, the Blue Devils had just one shot, so the Gaelic Knights’ defense rarely had to work. On Thursday night, Ludden made it 13-0-1 at Pulaski, patiently working its way past another group of Blue Devils in a 5-0. It was 1-0 until the second half, when the Gaelic Knights started to convert with frequency as it finished with 34 shots for the game. Rooney found the net twice, with Hayes and Liz Tully each getting one goal and one assist. Morrell also scored, with Emily Wheeler, Kelly Granteed and Sam Kemp also notching assists. Ludden’s boys soccer team engaged in
Needing an impressive effort to bolster itself before going into the Section III Class B playoffs, the Solvay girls soccer team got it Wednesday when it went to Westhill and, with a big second half, earned a 4-1 victory over the Warriors. In doing so, the Bearcats avenged a 2-1 defeat to Westhill on Sept. 27 where Maggie Tripodi’s goal late in regulation made the difference. Here, it was Solvay getting the 1-0 lead in the first half. And instead of giving it back, the Bearcats added to that margin in the late going, aided by a series of Warrior defensive breakdowns. Alexis Bandera led that late push and finished with two goals. Mickenzie Moore and Loren Lucio also scored, with Tessa Pucello contributing an assist. Loren Hunter, Gabby Santoferrara, Gina Venuti, Tiffney Guinta and the rest of Solvay’s back line did a good job protecting that lead, only allowing Ashley Cianfriglia’s second-half tally from the Westhill side. Chelsea Root had nine saves, with Warrior goalie Sam Peebles getting 11 saves. Solvay had hinted at this kind of performance last Monday when it went to JordanElbridge and put together a 6-1 victory over the Eagles. Again leading her team’s push, Bandera
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Nye goals send girls Mustangs past Westhill By Phil Blackwell pblackwell@cnylink.com On the last Monday night of the regular season, the Marcellus and Westhill soccer teams got together - and both schools would claim wins by the exact same margin. The girls match-up, featuring two sides that have long battled for both OHSL Liberty division and Class B supremacy, saw the Mustangs defend its home turf and beat the Warriors 2-0 to stay unbeaten within the league. And it didn’t take long for Marcellus to move out in front. With the game less than 90 seconds old, Jessie Nye fought her way into the middle with the ball, eased past the Warrior defenders and flung a shot past Westhill goalie Gwen Dougherty into the left side of the net. That would be the lone tally of the first half. Here, and for the rest of the night, Marcellus (who beat Westhill 2-1 in their first encounter on Sept. 23) was close to perfect on the defensive side as Annie Dailey, Jessie Manahan and Emily Pawliewicz interrupted each of the Warriors’ runs long before goalie Sophie Jackson had to worry. Just before the half, the Mustangs nearly extended its lead, Nye poking the ball past Dougherty, only to see Westhill defender Allie Bush scramble back and kick the ball out of danger just before it crossed the goal line. As the second half started, Sam Peebles
replaced Dougherty in the net, and handled most of her early chances. But in the 53rd minute, when Peebles could not get a firm grip on Kathryn Busa’s short, Nicole Dorio grabbed the rebound and hit a shot that glanced off Peebles’ hands into the net for the insurance goal. That would be all, and though the Mustangs had several more chances to convert, it didn’t need anything more as Westhill, aside from the occasional corner or free kick, was kept quiet. Three nights later, the Mustangs wrapped up an undefeated run through the OHSL Liberty division, as a big second half produced a 4-1 victory over Cazenovia. Thanks to Kristie Kleine’s goal, the Lakers played the Mustangs to a 1-1 first-half stalemate. All that changed after the break, though, as the Mustangs’ depth and pressure led to three unanswered goals. Nye, who scored twice, and Kathryn Busa, who earned one goal and one assist, led the way as Becca Nolan earned the other goal. Dorio and Lizzy Dean earned one assist apiece. Westhill would struggle the rest of the week, too, falling to Solvay 4-1 Thursday and, on Friday, taking a 3-1 defeat to Cortland. In the latter game, the Warriors trailed 2-0 at the break and, despite Lindsey Lippert’s second-half goal (Kelly Ristoff got the assist), could not catch up. Rachel Prentice led the Purple Tigers with one goal and one assist.
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Betty Tross, Scott McClurg, Will Hoyt, Peg Nolan, Tara Charles, Kelly Pangman, Wayne LaFrance, Karen Hanford, Donna Nicholas, Ruth Ann Reagan and Anthony Clubine. The community project was designed to beautify the downtown area of the village, encourage broad-based volunteerism, and attract visitors to the
Marcellus community. It was also designed to work in concert with Marcellus Central School programs on the continuous development and execution of a series of large-scale murals primarily depicting scenes from historic Marcellus. Under the supervision of Donna Nicholas and Tara Charles of the Marcellus Arts Department, as well as the mentorship
of recognized muralist, Anthony Clubine, student artists at Marcellus High school including Colin Hewitt, Zachary Garrison and Brennen Dooley of the Class of 2010 as well as Anne Dailey and Zoe Mullan Stout of the Class of 2011, painted the mural, adapting a picture of the 1914 Olde Home Days Parade and substituting pictures of themselves at a
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Former YMCA Volunteer of the Year Ronald K. Kotz, 77, of Camillus, passed away Monday Oct. 18, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born in Buffalo on Sept. 17, 1933, he was the son of William and Gwendolyn (Durham) Kotz. He moved to Syracuse in 1963. Ronald was a graduate of LaFayette High School and served on the school newspaper staff. He was later stationed in Germany during the Korean War. In 1991 Ronald K. Kotz he retired from Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. after more than 40 years. He was a member of the Pastime Athletic Club, Camillus Elks and the Updowntowners. He was formerly a member of the Camillus Figure Skating Club, former Camillus Youth Hockey coach and member and squash instructor at the YMCA. Ronald was a former YMCA Volunteer of the Year. He enjoyed all racquet sports and was a champion squash player. He played hockey with the Three Speeders and volunteered at the Oktoberfest for the German American Society. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Ronald was predeceased by his second wife; Alice Otto Kotz; third wife, Patricia Nabywaniec Kotz; and sons, Ronald Jeffrey Kotz and Ronald Paul Kotz. Surviving are his daughters, Valerie (Kurt) Kraus and Debbie (Michael) McClimans, all of Syracuse; grandchildren, Jeffery, Heather and Tyler Kraus, Hunter and Jarod McClimans; great-grandson, Benjamin Kraus, all of Syracuse; aunts, Connie King of Smithfield, RI and Margaret (George) Kahanick of Scranton, PA; and many cousins. Calling hours: from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 20 at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St. in Camillus. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday Oct. 21 at the funeral home with Rev. Michael Grinnals officiating. Burial was private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Camillus Youth Hockey, P.O. Box 6182, Camillus, NY 13031 or to Y.M.C.A., 340 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY 13202. Please share condolences at buranichfuneralhome.com.
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Carolyn B. Herzog, 83, of North Syracuse, died Wednesday Oct. 20, 2010 at University Hospital. Carolyn was a native of Camillus and resided on Baxton St. in North Syracuse for the past 10 years; prior to that, she was a longtime resident of 119 Neutral Ct. on the North Side of Syracuse. Carolyn was the daughter of the late Raymond and Mary (Pollechemi) Rinaldo. She was a 1944 graduate of Camillus High School. Carolyn retired in 2002 after 21 years as a parent aide for Catholic Charities in Syracuse. She enjoyed spending time with her family and crocheting. Carolyn was a generous contributor to the many causes she believed in including: breast cancer, juvenile diabetes, fallen veterans local civic organizations and other veteran groups, and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Lewis, and by her two sons: Joseph and Frederick. Surviving are her eight children: Hazel (Louis) Badore of North Syracuse, Maria (Steven) Saumier of Liverpool, Lewis (Patricia) Herzog of Mattydale, Raymond (Iris) Herzog of Cocoa, FL, Thomas (Cheryl) Herzog of Syracuse,
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Former AT&T employee, enjoyed time with her family Jeanne H. Slocombe, 81, of Camillus, passed away Friday Oct. 15, 2010 at home. Born in Syracuse on Nov. 3, 1928, she was the daughter of Arthur Francis Hillebrand and Mae Gertrude Henderson Hillebrand. She resided in Syracuse until moving to Camillus in 1984. Formerly employed by AT&T, Jeanne was a communicant of Holy Family Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family. Jeanne was predeceased by her husband, Fred “Bud” Slocombe; son, Frederick “Rick” Slocombe; daughter, Sherry Frass; sisters, Peg Stone and Betty Sweeney; and brother, Robert F. Hillebrand. Surviving are her son, Robert F. Slocombe of Camillus; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews. Calling hours: from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday Oct. 18 at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Camillus. Rev. Gregory Kreinheder celebrated a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 19 in Holy FamJeanne H. ily Church. Jeanne was Slocombe laid to rest in St. Mary’s Cemetery, DeWitt. Contributions may be made to one’s favorite charity. Please share condolences at buranichfuneralhome.com.
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Marguerite “Margo” H. Lynch, 89, of Camillus, passed away Saturday Oct. 2, 2010 at Touch of Home, Round Rock, TX. Born in Syracuse on July 26, 1921, she was the daughter of George Moyer and Helen MacDonald Moyer. She lived in Camillus for 37 years and moved to Bradenton, FL, in 1988 and lived in Austin, TX, since 2006. She was a graduate of St. John the Baptist High School. She retired in 1988 after 20 years with the dental office of Dr. R. Louis DePaull in Camillus. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church. Margo enjoyed boating at their family camp in Henderson Harbor, playing cards with friends and spending time with her family. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward “Mike” in 1992; and brothers, Harvey and George Moyer. Surviving are her daughter, Ann (Gene) Conway of
Syracuse; sons, Michael (Patricia) Lynch of Alamogordo, NM, and Thomas (Linda) Lynch of Austin, TX; grandchildren, Michelle Mitchell, Ryan and John Conway and Carolyn and Kate Lynch; and greatgrandchildren, Taylor Mitchell and Carter Conway. Calling hours: from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday Oct. 8 at Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St. in Camillus. Services: 8:30 a.m. Saturday Oct. 9 at the funeral home and at 9 a.m. in Holy Family Church with a funeral Mass officiated by Rev. Gregory Kreinheder. Margo was laid to rest in Onondaga County Veterans Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 6725 Lyons St., P.O. Box 7, E. Syracuse, NY 13057. Please share condolences at buranichfuneralhome.com.
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Surviving are his son, Steven Malar of Camillus; mother, Myroslawa Malar of Syracuse; sister, Nadia (Bob) Andrews of Camillus; nephews, John (Anne Marie) Andrews of Syracuse and Philip Andrews of Boston, MA; cousins, Wilma Messmer of Seattle, WA and Christine Lindon of Bloomfield Hills, MI; great-niece, Darianne; and great-nephews, Anthony and Johnathan, all of Syracuse. Andrew G. Calling hours: from 1 Malar to 4 p.m. Sunday Oct. 17 at Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Camillus with Panakhyda service at 3 p.m. Services: 10 a.m. Monday Oct. 18 at the funeral home and 11 a.m. in St. Luke’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 3290 Warners Rd., Warners with Rev. Borislav Kroner officiating. Andy was laid to rest in St. Luke’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, Warners. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Francis House, 108 Michaels Ave., Syracuse, NY 13208. Please share condolences at buranichfuneralhome.com.
Margaret B. Fitzgerald, 87, of Camillus, passed away Monday Oct. 11, 2010 at Syracuse Home Association. Born on Sept. 27, 1923, she was the daughter of Arthur and Marian Smith Brooks. She was a graduate of Utica Free Academy. Margaret moved to Syracuse in 1987. She retired as operations officer after working more than 25 years with Savings Bank of Utica. She was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Church and a member and former past president of the Camillus Senior Citizens. Margaret enjoyed spending time with the seniors and organizing bus trips to the casino. She also enjoyed playing cards and giving to various civic organizations. She was devoted to her family and enjoyed spending time with them, especially her grandchildren. Margaret was predeceased by her husband, Richard, on March 3, 2009. Surviving are her son Richard (Kathleen) Fitzgerald of Camillus; grandchildren, Michael Fitzgerald of Vestal and his fiancée, Gretchen Rauch of Syracuse and Christine Fitzgerald of Washington, DC; sister Marian (Andrew) Dunaway of Whitesboro; and several nieces
and nephews. Calling hours: from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday Oct. 15 at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Camillus. Services: 9 a.m. on Saturday Oct. 16 in St. Joseph’s Church officiated by Rev. Gregory LeStrange. Margaret B. Margaret was laid to rest Fitzgerald in the Onondaga County Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Margaret’s family would like to express their deep gratitude to the entire staff of the Syracuse Home Association for the loving and professional care they provided over the last 19 months. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Joseph’s Church Food Pantry, 5600 W. Genesee St., Camillus, NY 13031. Please share condolences at BuranichFuneralHome. com.
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Genevieve I. Tierney, 82
Mary Elizabeth Grobsmith, 87
Enjoyed family, friends and flowers Genevieve I. Tierney, 82, of Marcellus died Monday Oct. 18, 2010 at University Hospital with her family by her side. Gen was a 1946 graduate of Marcellus Central School. She worked many years at Key Bank in Marcellus, retiring in 1986. Gen had more than 2000 volunteer hours at Community General Hospital. She enjoyed family, friends, flowers and bingo. Her husband of 53 years Harvey E. Tierney died in 2001. Surviving are her children Linda (Roger) Markell of Tully, Jeanne (Pete) McMahon of Nedrow, Rebecca (Jim) Stapleton of Nipomo, CA, and Gregory (Sheryl) Tierney of Marcellus; four grandchildren Jason
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(Bridget) Markell, and Kyle, Daniel and Kadie Tierney; her sister Betty Richards of Skaneateles; her brother Gordon Ireland of Rose Hill; and brother-in-law Fran Tierney of Marcellus. Calling hours: from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday Genevieve I. Oct. 21 at Ryan Funeral Tierney Home, 44 E. Main St., Marcellus. Services and burial were private. Contributions may be made to MAVES, P.O. Box 203, Marcellus, NY 13108.
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Mary Elizabeth Grobsmith, 87, of Fairmount, passed away Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010 at Loretto - Cunningham. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, she was raised on Tipperary Hill. She was a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School and had a career as a secretary to the Commissioner for the Onondaga County Board of Elections. Mary Elizabeth was a communicant of Holy Family Church. She was predeceased by her husband, Dennis E. Grobsmith. Mary is survived by two daughters, Mary Helen (Stephen) Fedorko and Denise (Todd) Kaley; two sons, Richard and Thomas (Michelle) Grobsmith; two sisters, Virginia Carrico of VA and Sister Anne Theresa Brown CSJ; 12 grandchildren and over 20 great-grandchildren; and
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Enjoyed bridge and pitch clubs with friends Marie B. (Bunce) Nelepovitz, 91, of Tipperary Hill, passed away Monday Oct. 18, 2010 at St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area and a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School. Marie worked at Pass & Seymour for five years as an executive secretary to Jim Pass. She was a secretary for Religious Education at Holy Family and was a financial administrative assistant at Bishop Ludden High School. Marie was member of the Altar Rosary Society at Holy Family, the Red Hat Society at St. Camillus, and enjoyed bridge and pitch clubs with her lady friends. She was predeceased by her husband Fran (Smitty) Nelepovitz in 1996 and her brothers and sisters, Frank, Eileen, Jack and Billy Bunce. Marie is survived by her son, Paul (Kathy) Nelepovitz; a daughter, Elaine Nelepovitz; her grandchildren, Gina Whitaker, Dominick (Michelle) Marchetti;
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her great-granddaughter, Gabriella Marchetti; nieces and nephews, Bob Bunce, Patti Muck, Jean Waleski, and Rick Bunce and many other nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial: 9 a.m. Saturday Oct. 23 at Holy Family Church, 127 ChaMarie B. pel Dr. Burial in St. Mary’s Nelepovitz Cemetery, Dewitt. Calling hours: from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday Oct. 22 at Whelan Bros. & Hulchanski Funeral Home, 3700 W. Genesee St. Contributions in Marie’s name may be made to St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center, B Unit; 813 Fay Rd., Syracuse, NY 13219 and/or Hospice of CNY, 990 7th North St., Liverpool, NY 13088.
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Onondaga Hillplayers presents its 23rd dinner theater production at the Links at Sunset Ridge, 2814 W. Seneca Turnpike, Marcellus. Producers Jack and Doris Skillman have scheduled “Don’t Dress For Dinner,” a comedy NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION of ASSIMON PROPERTIES LLC (“LLC”) Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (“NYSOS”) on 10/12/2010, pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law Section 203. Office location: Onondaga County. NYSOS designated as agent for LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSOS shall mail copy of process served to: 116 Fireside Lane, Camillus, NY 13031. Purpose: any lawful activities. EO-47 LEGAL NOTICE LUCKY DOGS CANINE SERVICES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/17/2010. Office in Onondaga Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 211, Skaneateles, NY 13152. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 2876 County Line Rd., Skaneateles, NY 13152. SK-47 TOWN OF MARCELLUS OFFICIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PRELIMINARY BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the preliminary budget of the Town of Marcellus, including Fire Contract for the fiscal year starting January 1, 2011 has been completed and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, 24 East Main Street, Marcellus, New York, where it is available for inspection by any interested person during office hours. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Marcellus will meet and review said preliminary budget and hold a public hearing thereon at the Town Hall, 24 East Main Street, Marcellus, New York at 7:00 P.M. on the 4th day of November, 2010 and at such hearing any person may be heard in favor of or against the preliminary budget as compiled of, for or against any item or items therein contained. FURTER NOTICE is given that pursuant to Real Property Tax Law Section 495, the Exemption report that shows total assessed value on the final assessment roll that was used in the budgetary process that is exempt from taxation is on file with the Preliminary 2011 Budget. PURSUANT TO to Section 108 of the Town Law, the proposed salaries of the following Town Officers are hereby specified as follows: Supervisor $12,000., Town Justices (2) each $14,280., Councilors (4) each $6,120., Town Clerk $38,495., Superintendent of Highways $51,240., Tax Collector $8,619.
By Order of the Town Board Dated: October 22, 2010 Karen R. Pollard, Town Clerk Town of Marcellus EO-43 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Marcellus at the Town Hall, 24 East Main Street, Marcellus, New York on Monday, November 1, 2010, at 7:00P.M. on the following matter: The appeal of John Stiles of Section 7, 6j of the Marcellus Zoning Ordinance for a Special Permit to allow a 12’ X 24’ Storage building in a Residential 1 zone at 4966 Howlett Hill Road, Marcellus, New York. Said Board Of Appeals will hear all persons in favor of or opposed to such a special permit. Persons May appear in person or by agent. Michelle Bingham, Chairperson Zoning Board of Appeals Town of Marcellus EO-43 NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF BOND RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York (the “Village”), at a meeting held on October 25, 2010, adopted a bond resolution, which is subject to a permissive referendum, that authorizes the issuance of an additional $65,000 serial bonds of the Village to finance the reconstruction of Reed Street and Reed Parkway. The maximum estimated cost of reconstructing Reed Street and Reed Parkway, and the maximum estimated amount of bonds authorized to be issued therefor, is now $1,144,718, constituting a $65,000 increase in the maximum amount previously authorized by the Village Board. The period of probable usefulness is fifteen (15) years and the bonds are payable from amounts to be annually levied on all the taxable real property in the Village. Pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder (“SEQRA”), the Village has determined that the project is a Type II Action requiring no further action under SEQRA. Dawn O’Hara, Clerk Village of Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York EO-43 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that the independent audit report for the 2009-10 school year of the West Genesee Central School District is complete and available for inspection at the District Office during normal business hours by all interested parties.
many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial: 11 a.m. Saturday Oct. 23 in Holy Family Church, 127 Chapel Dr. in Syracuse. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Calling hours: from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday Oct. 22 at Whelan Bros. & HulMary Elizabeth chanski Funeral Home, Grobsmith 3700 W. Genesee St. Contributions may be made in Mary’s name to Loretto Geriatric Center, Activity Fund, 700 E. Brighton Ave., Syracuse, NY 13205.
by Marc Camoletti, to be staged at 6 p.m. Oct. 29, 30, Nov. 5, 6 and 1 p.m. Oct. 31 and Nov. 7.
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This report is also available online at www.westgenesee.org. Dated 10/18/10, Paul E. Pelton, District Clerk EO-43 TOWN OF SPAFFORD TOWN BOARD MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Town Board of the Town of Spafford will meet on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Spafford Town Hall, 1984 Route 174, Skaneateles, NY. The purpose of this meeting is to meet with the Bicentennial Planning Committee and to discuss any and all business before the Board Lisa M. Valletta Town Clerk Town of Spafford SK-43 Notice of Public Hearings on exemptions for Cold War Veterans and the Preliminary Budget for the Town of Otisco for the year 2011 and change in Town Board Monthly Meeting for the month of November 2010 NOTICE is hereby given that the Preliminary Budget for the Town of Otisco, County of Onondaga, State of New York for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2011 has been completed and filed in the office of the Town Clerk where it is available for inspection by any interested person during the Clerk’s posted hours. FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that the Town Board of the Town of Otisco will hold Public Hearings to discuss exemptions for Cold War Veterans at 7:20 PM and review the Preliminary Budget at 8:00 PM at the Otisco Town Hall, 1924 Barker Street on the 4th day of November 2010 and the hearing of any person may be heard in favor of or against any item or items therein contained and FURTHER NOTICE the Regular Monthly Meeting for November 2010 will be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010 a 8:30 PM or immediately following the Public Hearings. FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given pursuant Section 108 of the Town Law that the following are proposed yearly salaries of the town Offices of this to wit: Supervisor $5,500.00 Councilman (4) 2,250.00 each Town Clerk 12,360.00 Town Justice 7,000.00 Tax Collector 2,400.00 Assessors (Chairman) 3,400.00 Assessors (2) 3,150.00 each Highway Superintendent 51,000.00 Dated: October 19, 2010 Georgette T. Waldau Town Clerk SK-43 Notice of Public Hearing on Proposal to Establish a SixMonth Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing within the Town of Otisco on Town Board’s Own Motion
NOTICE is hereby given that the Town Board of the Town of Otisco, New York (the “Town”), will meet at the Town Hall, 1924 Barker Street, Tully, New York, 13159-3091 on the 4th day of November, 2010, at 7:00 o’clock P.M., for the purpose of conducting a public hearing upon a proposal by said Town Board to establish a six-month moratorium on hydraulic fracturing as hereinafter described, at which time and place said Town Board will meet to consider such proposition and hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same. The description of the nature of the proposed sixmonth moratorium on hydraulic fracturing is as follows: The Town Board of Otisco, pursuant to the statutory powers vested in the Town to regulate and control land use and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its residents, proposes to declare the imposition of a sixmonth moratorium on applications or proceedings for applications for, or the issuance of approvals, or permits for the implementation of hydraulic fracturing within the Town. The proposed moratorium will allow time for Town officials to review and update the Town’s regulations regarding the commercial, industrial, and/or residential use of hydraulic fracturing. Additionally, such moratorium would allow the Town to, among other things, provide where and how hydraulic fracturing may be allowed, set minimum standards, provide for Town procedures to be established to address issues related to hydraulic fracturing within the Town, and make such other regulations as may be necessary to promote and preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the Town and its citizens. The Town Board desires to address, in a careful manner, the establishment, implementation, construction, and development of hydraulic fracturing through a comprehensive review of hydraulic fracturing and its effect on land use, as well as the environmental and social implications associated with hydraulic fracturing. FURTHER NOTICE is given that the Regular Monthly Meeting for November 2010 will be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 8:30 PM or immediately following the Public Hearings scheduled for November 4, 2010. Dated: Tully, New York October 20, 2010. By Order of the Town Board of the Town of Otisco, New York. Georgette T. Waldau Town Clerk Town of Otisco, NY
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Swimming Wildcats rally, clinch league title By Phil Blackwell pblackwell@cnylink.com
Nothing about the West Genesee girls swim team’s meet at Liverpool Wednesday night proved simple. A series of close races left the Wildcats trailing with two events to go. But it won when it had to at the end to overtake the Warriors, prevail by a score of 98-89, and wrap up the CNY Counties League regularseason championship. Early in the meet, Olivia Castro kept Liverpool from pulling too far ahead after it had beaten WG, 1:58.56 to 2:00.33, in a quick 200 medley relay. Castro dominated the 200 freestyle, her time of 2:08.70 more than three seconds ahead of Liverpool’s Renee Stromski. Then came a dramatic 500 freestyle where Castro needed each of those 500 yards to win, touching the wall in 5:42.85 as Stromski was second in 5:43 flat, just 0.15 seconds behind. Also in early stages, Emily Kanoza edged Liverpool’s Madison Sestak, 26.87 seconds to 27.00, to prevail in the 50 freestyle. Kanoza had already swam with Castro, Kim Pedrotti and Brianna Smith in the medley and would get second again in the 100 freestyle. Meanwhile, the Warriors saw Becky Evangelista win by comfortable margins in the 100 free and 200 individual medley,
with Madison Sestak holding off WG’s Shannon Cahalan (1:07.91) in the 100 butterfly. WG kept up through a 1-2 finish in diving, where Ali Miedaner, with 192.40 points, and Ashley Miedaner, with 185.65 points, beat Liverpool’s Nicole Killius (164.05 points). Still, the Warriors led after winning the 200 freestyle relay in 1:46.85, with Kanoza, Cahalan, Kristen Mooney and Regina Stracqualursi second in 1:49.48. Needing a late win streak to pull out the meet and the league title, the Wildcats began to surge when Smith, in a time of 1:06.42, won the 100 backstroke. In a tightly-fought 100 breaststroke, Pedrotti earned a victory over the Warriors’ Kelly Cole, 1:13.18 to Cole’s 1:13.91, with WG’s Erin Dowler in third place. Everything rode on the last race, the 400 freestyle relay. Castro, Pedrotti, Smith and Stracqualursi got together and, with a time of 3:58.78, pulled away from Liverpool (4:02.92) and earned the clinching points. Even with strong individual talent on hand, Westhill/Corcoran’s girls swim team could not break up Christian Brothers Academy’s win streak, which moved to 32 last Tuesday with a 93-85 decision over the Warriors. In defeat, Lauren Perry tore through the 100 freestyle in 55.12 seconds, one of the fastest times of the season, and added a victory in the 200 freestyle in 2:02.38.
Local runners compete at Marathon meet By Phil Blackwell pblackwell@cnylink.com
Getting one more warm-up before the post-season, the West Genesee, Marcellus and Jordan-Elbridge cross country teams went out to Saturday’s Marathon Invitational. WG nearly won the boys race, finishing with 59 points to only trail Corning (52) in Division I. But the Mustangs won in Division II with 47 points as the Eagles (102 points) took fifth place. Among individuals, Marcellus saw Ryan Manahan finish fourth in a time of 16 minutes, 28.5 seconds, with Jesse Garn sixth in 16:36.6. Joe Fallon gained 19th place in 17:19.0 as John Bell finished 26th in 17:28.7. As for the Wildcats, Billy Gabriel was seventh in 16:44.4 and Martin Leff took eighth place in 16:49.4, exactly five seconds behind. John DeLallo was 12th in 17:06 flat, while Matt Gonnella ran to 27th place
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an exciting match with Tully last Tuesday night, only to take a 3-2 loss to the Black Knights. Both teams were unable to score in the first half. After the break, though, the pace picked up as Ryan Lantry and Nick Walker both scored for the Gaelic Knights, with Tyler Young adding an assist. Tully countered with Obang Okor
in 17:32.2. J-E featured Greg Bader, who made his way to ninth place in 16:54.6. Steve Slonosky was 34th (17:41.0), with Jack Gugel in 43rd in 17:54.3. On the girls end, the Wildcats finished fourth in both the Division I and overall standings behind Cicero-North Syracuse and two Elmira schools, Free Academy and Southside. Marcellus finished third in Division II behind Tully and Newark Valley. Laura Leff finished third in 18 minutes, 26.4 seconds as CNS’s Maria LaMontagne (18:06.1) took the top spot. Anna Leo was 17th, in 20:49.5, while Abby Kastick finished 22nd (21:11.9) and Kelly Powell finished 37th in 21:50.4. Rachel Garn led Marcellus as she finished 11th in a clocking of 20:30.5. Maggie Dunn got to 29th place (21:37.5), with Nadia Benancer 44th in 22:16.1. All of the local teams will gather Saturday at Jamesville Beach Park – West Genesee to compete in the CNY Counties League championships, the rest in the OHSL championships. notching two goals and Adam Kemp also converting to negate Kelly Beaudoin earning nine saves, the same total as the Black Knights’ Dylan Carroll. The Gaelic Knights then tied Bishop Grimes 2-2 on Saturday, as both sides scored once in each half. Young and Colin Lantry came up with Ludden’s goals, with Nick Quigley and Nai Mayen countering for the Cobras. Beaudoin finished with 12 saves.
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West Genesee ousted by CBA in sectional playoffs By Phil Blackwell Two long months ago, Christian Brothers Academy’s football team met up with West Genesee in a pre-season scrimmage. In the course of that gathering, the Brothers struggled, and learned plenty about what it still needed to do in order to improve. Just how much CBA had improved became quite evident to the Wildcats when the two sides reunited Friday night at Alibrandi Stadium in the opening round of the Section III Class AA playoffs. With big plays on one side and a crunching defense on the other side, the Brothers roared to a 54-6 victory and moved to 8-0 on the season. And with that win, the Brothers advanced to next weekend’s AA semifinals, where it will face Utica Proctor. The Raiders knocked off long-time rival Rome Free Academy 42-28 in its opening-round game. CBA and Proctor are battling for a spot against Fayetteville-
Manlius or Baldwinsville in the Nov. 7 title game in the Carrier Dome. WG, following a 1-4 start, had won its last two games of the regular season to sneak into the playoffs and, with a potent passing game, carried the belief that it could solve the Brothers’ defensive riddle. But it took just one quarter of play for CBA to dispel any upset plans. On its second possession following a short WG punt, the Brothers moved to the Wildcats’ 31-yard line, where Tyler Hamblin threw long and found Manny Collins, who went the rest of the way for the game’s first touchdown. Moments later, Dan Patone intercepted Matt Naton’s pass, setting up a short field for CBA. A series of runs led to Hamblin going two yards for the TD, which made it 14-0, but the Brothers were only beginning its assault on the scoreboard. See WG football, next page
WG volleyball falls to CNS By Phil Blackwell pblackwell@cnylink.com Now the regular season is done for the West Genesee girls volleyball team, and attention can turn toward trying to upend heavy favorite Baldwinsville in the Section III Class AA playoffs. In the last week before the sectional tournament, the Wildcats’ big match came Wednesday, against Cicero-North Syracuse. All the games were close – but all the key points seemed to go to the Northstars, who prevailed in four. Both the first and second games followed the same pattern. The two sides traded points, neither side getting away, and it went beyond the limit. And both times, CNS would make the last move and prevail, 27-25, to take a 2-0 edge. WG would prolong the match by winning the third game, 25-22, and the fourth game was just as hard-fought, but CNS closed things out 25-21. In an active match, Megan Derks produced 26 assists, seven aces and five kills, with the passes often going to Trish Andrews, who earned 11 kills. Kathryn Roswood and Stephanie Neshevski each had five kills, with Neshevski contributing eight blocks. Ashley Amidon had 34 digs as Roswood (18 digs), Emily Shackleton (14 digs) and Jackie Harris (12 digs) contributed on the defensive side.
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Before this, the Wildcats nearly pulled off a rare shutout in the first game last Monday night against Utica Proctor, and went on to sweep the Raiders 25-4, 25-21, 25-9. Derks finished with 22 assists, adding nine digs and five aces. Neshevski had a team-best six kills and five blocks, with Shackleton and Lauren Shepherd each earning four kills. Rachel Hayden had four aces as Amidon produced 18 digs. Harris had eight digs and Shackleton got seven digs. Bishop Ludden nearly got into the win column on Thursday night, only to take a five-game loss to the Nottingham Bulldogs. After losing the first game 25-21, Ludden squeezed out close wins in the second game, 25-23, and the third game, 26-24. Gradually, though, Nottingham took over, prevailing 25-17 in the fourth game and 25-14 in the decisive fifth game. Through it all, Julie Hess had 13 kills, 10 aces, four blocks and five digs, while Rita Ibrahami gained 10 kills and four digs. Jackie Lovell had 20 assists, with Abbie Johnson gaining eight kills. Ludden also played last Monday, losing to Blessed Virgin Mary 25-14, 25-6, 25-17. Rita Ibrahami had three aces, with Julie Hess getting three digs, two aces, two kills and two blocks. And after the Nottingham match, the Gaelic Knights fell Friday to Cazenovia 25-18, 25-5, 25-13. the goals as Olmstead stopped all seven shots
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the other goal as Anna Salvagno and Rachel Peterson each earned two assists. Hunter also got an assist. Up 3-1 by halftime, the Bearcats gave up nothing after Alexis Rouse scored early for J-E, with Ella Thorpe getting the assist. Combined, Eagles goalies Kaylee Olmstead and Kathryn Stevenson put up 15 saves. To close out the regular season, Solvay (96-1) blanked Phoenix 4-0 on Friday afternoon, with Bandera taking over as she notched all four of the Bearcats’ goals. Pucello and Sara Fonda got credit for assists. The girls Eagles had already lost 4-0 to Cazenovia on Oct. 16 and, on Wednesday, fell again to Skaneateles 5-1 before ending its season by shutting out Canastota 2-0 on Friday. Ashley Foote and Tia Segretto earned
Meanwhile, J-E’s boys soccer team had piled up lots of offense in an 8-1 victory over Tyburn Academy on Oct. 15 as Anthony DiSanto earned a three-goal hat trick, plus an assist. Allan Klimek had one goal and one assist as Kevin VanLiew, Joe Mills, Mike Wright and Andrew Forward also scored. In the Eagles’ 2-1 win over Blessed Virgin Mary last Tuesday afternoon, J-E broke out of a 1-1 halftime tie. Wright and Forward got the goals, while Klimek earned an assist. Each of Josh Alley’s seven saves proved important. J-E then ran into unbeaten, state Class B no. 1-ranked Skaneateles on Thursday and took a 6-0 loss to the Lakers. Alley had 16 saves as Spencer Parker led Skaneateles with three goals and one assist, with A.J. Richichi scoring twice.
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Lowering scores and raising funds
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Pictured is the winning team from the Monsignor Meaney Council 9042 Golf tournament in Elbridge. From left to right: Randy Brown, Bob Flask, Sr, Bob Flask, Jr., Rob Streeter. The annual tournament was held at the Pearl Lakes Golf Course in Skaneateles with proceeds supporting the Jordan-Elbridge and Skaneateles Ecumenical Food Pantries.
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adoptions from animal shelters.
A shifting program The new law significantly changes the Animal Population Control Program, which was enacted in 1995 in an effort to encourage
for spay and neutering services to people who adopted dogs and cats from the pound. The APCP was amended in 2006 to reach out to low-income pet owners, making vouchers available to them, regardless of where they obtained their pet. According to a letter from the state summarizing the program changes, this is what did the service in. “Due to the unprecedented demand created by the 2006 law,” it reads, “the balance in the dedicated APCP Fund – fortified primarily by a $3 surcharge on licenses issued for unaltered dogs – depleted quickly.” The letter states that the current APCP has been dormant since October 2009, during which time municipalities have continued to forward cash to the Department of Agriculture and Markets. The balance is expected to exceed $700,000 by January, all of which will remain in the APCP Fund, according to
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the second period, as the Mustangs continued to sputter on the offensive side, HP went out in front, first converting on Dan Mower’s 38yard field goal, then finding the end zone on Andy Hurteau’s 18-yard touchdown pass to Lucas Bardo. Down 10-0 at the break, the Mustangs did what it has done many other times this season - in short, find a higher gear for the second half. Early in the third quarter, Kyle Hastings finally moved his team down the field, reaching the Golden Knights’ eight-yard line before Hastings himself ran in for his team’s first points of the night. A missed conversion kept Marcellus behind 10-6, and the trouble appeared to increase when Hurteau found Chris Parshall on a 29-yard scoring pass to make it 17-6. But the Mustangs’ other quarterback, Duncan Merritt, stunned HP late in the period when, from the Mustangs’ 42, he threw deep and hit Chaz Hayes, who cut through the HP secondary for a 58-yard touchdown to make it 17-12 going into the final period. More than any single play, this one turned the game around. Suddenly, the Mustangs’ defense started to shut down everything the Golden Knights threw at them, and soon enough Marcellus had the ball back, ready to finally move in front. Twice, Hastings moved his team inside HP’s 10-yard line. Both times, senior tailback Ricky Alfreds finished things off. Alfreds’ seven-yard TD run, plus a two-point pass from Hastings to Steve Raven, put Marcellus ahead 20-17. After a key interception by, Nick Huss, the
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“I was asked to come read this for the benefit of the Jordan-Elbridge community,” he said. Representing unspecified residents of the JE community, D’Imperio promised to “commence a proceeding in state court to set aside the severance agreement between the board and Marilyn Dominick and to reinstate her original agreement from May 2007.” Caught completely off guard, the room was silent. “The primary grounds for this state court proceeding will be that there is no genuine disagreement between Miss Dominick and the board to justify depriving this district of her services for the full term of her contract or for the payment of the $82,000 to purchase her resignation,” he said. He said his firm had reason to believe the agreement was reached improperly, “that it was obtained from Miss Dominick through
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ers over that of Marcellus, has relied entirely on the database ever since it was established four years ago. The state’s catalog made it easy to transfer dogs between towns, said Town Clerk Martha Dickson-McMahon Dickson-McMahon noted that when the dog control officer finds a dog from another town – one that is properly licensed -- he will now have to get on the phone and track down the appropriate town official. The new law requires the tags carry the name of the town and the town’s phone number, along with the registration number. “We’re losing an awful lot of convenience and I’m pretty disappointed about it,” Dickson-McMahon said.
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months of harassment.” “We will contend that this conduct was beyond the power of individual board members and beyond the power of the Board of Education as a whole,” he said. Following the meeting, Dominick said she was shocked by D’Imperio’s announcement. “It was a surprise for me; I’m not really prepared to comment,” she said. PTA member Mary Jo Wick said her committee of parents, which presented the board with 58 questions two weeks ago and continued to make their voice heard at tonight’s meeting, was in no way connected to the lawsuit; she was surprised by it as well. Four candidates interviewed The Jordan-Elbridge school board appointed Bill Speck interim district superintendent at Wednesday’s meeting, putting him in charge of finding a true interim superintendent to serve until June 30. Speck and the board interviewed four
the letter. New York is in the process of selecting an administrative entity to run the APCP. The entity will remain responsible for disbursing funds to shelters, pounds, SPCAs and other groups. The most important change in the program’s operation, according to the letter, will be its transformation “from a state-operated voucher/veterinary reimbursement program to one that authorizes the chosen administrative entity to disburse grants to eligible spay/neuter programs.” The law mandates that municipalities collect at least $1 for an altered dog and $3 for an unaltered dog to be given to the ACPC in its new form. One town’s approach With the new law, every town in the state must draft a local law redefining its approach to dog licensing. The state had exempted show dogs from having to be licensed,
Mustangs quickly drove again - and Alfreds scored from four yards out to clinch the victory. Overall, Alfreds had 104 of his 152 rushing yards (on 23 carries) in the second half. Hayes had four catches for 89 yards, while Jason Decker led the defense with 14 tackles, seven of them solo. Zach WIley’s seven tackles included a pair of sacks. In the Class B semifinals Saturday at 3 p.m. at Chittenango High School, Marcellus will face 8-0 Cazenovia, who rolled past Skaneateles 47-13 in its opening-round game. The winner here goes to the Carrier Dome Nov. 7 to face Oneida or Vernon-Verona-Sherrill for the sectional title. As Marcellus moved ahead, Westhill was working against Oneida in a clash of the last two sectional champions. It appeared, on the surface, that the Warriors would have no trouble at all, for the Indians limped into the playoffs coming off a 33-6 loss to its biggest rival, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill. By contrast, Westhill had beaten its last two regular-season opponents (Phoenix and Skaneateles) by a combined 83-14. Given all of this, what took place on Friday was a total shock, right from the game’s third play, when Eric Riley intercepted a Mark McAnaney pass. As the Warriors struggled to do anything against Oneida’s suddenly inspired defense, the Indians twice moved the ball down the field and converted. Matt Barlow scored both touchdowns, on runs of 37 and six yards, and Westhill trailed 12-0. It stayed that way until the third quarter. Westhill continued to waste its possessions, allowing Oneida to be patient when it had the ball. And when quarterback Matt Mosack
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“viable candidates” the night before; all were retired superintendents applying strictly for an interim position. The four candidates are: Larry Zacher – former superintendent of Mayville and Whitesboro schools. Fred Thomsen – Former superintendent of Fabius-Pompey and East Syracuse-Minoa schools. Gordon Klumpp – spent 30 years in the Groton school district as principal and superintendent. Joseph Coleman – former Lafayette High School principal and superintendent. Charges brought against Zehner Principle David Zehner said the school board recently brought charges against him to justify his September suspension. He declined to comment on their specifics just yet, but expects to have a strong case against the district in court. “There’s not much there,” he said.
which Pollard said the town of Marcellus hopes to do away with – simply because there just aren’t many show dogs in Marcellus. Owners of purebred dogs could also license them in groups, which Marcellus hopes to cease locally as well. “We don’t have kennels, we don’t have a breeder … It didn’t make any sense to continue that program,” Pollard said. The town board is also considering raising the licensing fee from $5.50 to $6 for an altered dog and from $13.50 to $14 for an unaltered dog. Supervisor Dan Ross said that fee has not gone up in years. Under the new law, all Department of Agriculture and Markets tags must eventually be replaced with local ones. The town of Marcellus already purchased 2,000 tags in preparation. Cutting to the chase Municipalities will continue to enforce the state dog licensing law. Pollard estimates that nine out of 10 dogs in Marcellus are either
scored on an 18-yard run to make it 18-0, things only turned darker for the hosts. Mosack capped off Oneida’s masterful effort on the defensive side, intercepting Mark McAnaney’s pass and returning it 35 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Though Nathan Nigolian would return a fumble 47 yards for a score, the Warriors would not get any closer. Much of that was due to the way Barlow ran the ball. He ended up getting 42 carries for 260 yards, working behind an offensive line that kept the Warriors’ defenders from getting a hand on him until he had made significant progress up the field. Westhill was not the only local team eliminated in the opening round of the sectional playoffs. Bishop Ludden’s stay in the Class C tournament was a short one as it went to Ilion Friday night and took a 52-6 loss to the Golden Bombers. Ilion, undefeated at 7-0 and no. 13 in the state Class C rankings going into the playoffs, quickly went in front of the Gaelic Knights in the first quarter as Kris Klosner threw a 53yard TD pass to Connor Morris, then added two more scores in the second period (including Jon Treen’s 43-yard run) to make it 18-0. Ludden got on the board when Matt Rogers threw a 50-yard scoring pass to Dan Wilkinson, cutting the margin to 18-6 by halftime, but the Golden Bombers wore down the Gaelic Knights and got 24 unanswered points in the third quarter, Treen adding two more TD’s during that stretch. Treen finished with 174 yards on 23 carries. Ilion will face defending champion General Brown in next week’s semifinals as Ludden fell to 5-3.
unlicensed or are licensed with no tag worn. “The thing is, you have to put the tag on the dog,” she said. Stapleton says Elbridge has the same problem. “We have 1,000 dogs licensed; who knows how many dogs are unlicensed, she said. Remp urges that not licensing your dog is not an option. “The problem is when I pick up a lot of dogs without the tag and they end up at the shelter,” he said. After six days, some shelters put unlicensed dogs to sleep. But Remp takes dogs to a “no-kill shelter,” the Fingerlakes SPCA of Auburn. Remp admits that unlicensed dogs can often be identified in other ways – if not by a personalized tag, the increasingly popular embedded micro-chip. If those cases, he would call the owner and get the dog home. “I’d rather help than hurt,” he said.
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Tailback Anthony Bunn, in particular, took over. Just before the first quarter ended, Bunn took a handoff and tore through the Wildcats’ secondary on a 47-yard sprint to the end zone, expanding CBA’s lead to 20-0. Then, in the second period, Bunn scored twice more on long runs - one covering 46 yards, the other going 24 yards. In between all this, WG did get on the board when Naton threw a 61-yard TD pass to Sean Howard, as Howard made several nifty moves on the scoring play. Still, CBA had seized a 34-6 lead at halftime as its offensive line, led by Nick Fusillo, Ben Barrett, Jess Drazek, John Hillenbrand and Homer Davis, dominated the line of scrimmage against the Wildcats. CBA continued to pull away in the third quarter, scoring twice more as Hamblin hit Greg Thomson on a 19yard scoring pass and found Collins again from 25 yards out just before the period ended. By the time it was done, the Brothers had amassed 526 yards of offense. Bunn finished with 179 yards on just eight carries, with Mike Vavonese contributing 115 yards, also on eight carries. Hamblin, who ran for 61 yards, completed eight of 10 passes for 121 yards, while Naton threw 33 times, getting 19 completions for 247 yards but also throwing a pair of interceptions. With the loss, WG’s record fell to 3-5.