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John Conlin speaks about local farmstead for Clarence Historical Society

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Architectural Historian John Conlin (pictured at podium) spoke about the Bishop Lapp-Riegle Farmstead and Barn on Jan. 13 at the Clarence Town Park Clubhouse.

By Alicia Greco THE SUN EDITOR

A group of local residents gathered in the Clarence Town Park Clubhouse to listen to John Conlin, an architectural historian, speak about the Bishop Lapp-Riegle Farmstead and Barn.

Conlin introduced the lecture with a speech about his purpose and mission.

Following, he presented nearly 30 slides — or what Conlin called “aids to understanding” — to the audience.

He took attendees on a visual walk-through of Western New York’s architecture and the history behind it.

He discussed the Pennsylvania Dutch, and the significance that group had on this area. Migrating from Pennsylvania to Ontario since the Revolutionary

War, the group was given land as loyalists in the war by the British government.

After the War of 1812 they were settling mostly to one part of Western New York, specifically Clarence, Lancaster and Newstead.

“But the nucleus was Clarence. They came here because it was a land that they liked” for farming, Conlin said.

He then turned a stronger focus on presenting the Bishop Lapp-Riegle Farm-

stead and Barn.

“This is a very large farm, and a very well built farm, that was built by people who knew what they were doing who had done this before,” he said.

Currently, the town’s Historic Preservation Committee is working to save and maintain the farm and barn that still remain on the 14-acres of land.

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Senior leads for the performance will include Anthony Lazzaro as Shrek and Grace Schaefer as Fiona.

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The Clarence Historic Preservation Committee is currently at work to save the Bishop Lapp-Riegle Farmstead and Barn.

“This is a story that demands to be told. The fact is, now that I’ve told you it’s your burden,” he said.

“Right now it’s the impor- serve it.” tance of this complex: to Conlin additionally feel the burden that some- worked on the preservathing must be done to pre- tion of Graycliff, the Frank Lloyd Wright home located in Angola. The owners wanted to sell the property • ROOFING • WINDOWS for $400,000.

• DECKS • GARAGES “Graycliff is now a multi • ADDITIONS billion dollar restoration bringing visitors from all • All Your over the country,” he said.

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Now, the focus is on this farmstead.

“Yes it’s a daunting thing to try to put this farmstead to somehow a public or community use. It’s not only worth the work, it demands it on its own,” he said.

At the end of his presentation, long-time Clarencian Carol Conwall spoke to the crowd.

“What we’re doing right now is we’re incorporating,” she said. To do that the group will have to do a 501(c3) and raise $4,000 to the corporate.

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Once incorporated they can launch a full fundraising campaign.

“Then it is our hope that we can persuade the town to donate to the purchase of the property,” Conwall said.

She added that they hope to stabilize the barn to use for venue purposes: barn weddings, celebrity events, art shows, concerts, barn tours and more. During the holiday season the group would like to host a nativity scene in the barn, and possibly a village shop within the home on the property.

Conwall added that they plan to maintain and preserve even the landscape surrounding the farm because “that keeps it to the beauty of what it is.” The surrounding creeks can possibly become a nature preserve.

“We want to do whatever we can to preserve and yet make it sustainable. How we can generate funds to keep it a site to come and to enjoy,” Conwall said.

“It’s simply so wonderful and grand. We need to keep this, we need to save it.”

For more information about Historic Preservation Commitee, visit www2. erie.gov/clarence/index. php?q=historic-preservation-commission.

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In 2013-14, almost 500 Daemen students engaged in more than 25,000 total hours of service-learning and community-service initiatives. Over the past decade, the college has established 35 local and global service learning partnerships.

The study, which was conducted by the Center for Governmental Research, clearly confirms that private institutions are a major economic industry in the state and have realized a striking increase in the sector’s overall economic impact.

In 2013, private colleges and universities contributed a combined $74.3 billion to the state’s economy.

This figure represents an $11 billion increase since 2011.

As CICU pointed out, private campuses in New York “create jobs and act as ‘anchor’ tenants in communities across the state.

These colleges and universities are major employers, purchasers of goods and services, and builders.”

Collectively, 190,500 individuals are directly employed at private institutions in the state, marking an increase of nearly 10,000 jobs from 2011 to 2013. Also, the study showed that students and visitors in private higher education generated $4.5 billion in economic activity.

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Daemen College’s economic impact on the Buffalo Niagara region in 2013 reached nearly $132 million, representing a $17 million increase for the Amherst-based institution, according to a new study released Jan. 15, by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU).

“This substantial figure illustrates Daemen plays a key role in the region’s economic vitality and has emerged as a significant contributor to Western New York’s long-term economic well-being,” said Daemen President Gary A. Olson. “For almost 70 years, Daemen has been actively engaged in this area and we will continue our commitment to growing and thriving with the community.”

The college’s economic boost in Western New York translates into over $3.47 million in tax revenue. Students and visitors generated $26.2 million in economic activity.

As a contributor to economic growth through job creation and retention, in 2013-14, Daemen invested more in its workforce with the addition of several newly created full-time positions and increased the number of new full-time hires compared to the previous year.

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Marc Adler, owner of Why Not Marketing, a marketing communications firm located in Williamsville, was recently invited by the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) to speak about marketing to a group of about 20 business people from CEL’s Minority and Women’s Emerging Enterprises program.

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Join the Clarence Chamber after hours

The Clarence Chamber of Commerce will hold an Afterhours Business Blender from 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at Brennan's Bowery Bar & Restaurant. Mike Pijanowski will host the blender. Guest speaker for the evening will be

Erie County Legislator Edward Rath III. RSVP to the Chamber’s office

by Monday, Jan. 19 by calling 631-3888. Brennan’s Bowery Bar & Restaurant is located at 4401 Transit Road in Clarence.

This event is open to the public.

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The Williamsville East Drama Club will perform “Shrek: The Musical” Feb. 5-Feb. 7.

Pictured are cast leads: Anthony Lazzaro (Shrek), Grace Schaefer (Fiona), Anthony Lafornara (Donkey), and Adam Kluge (Farquaa).

Music for the show will be provided by “the pit,” a student-filled orchestra, directed by Colin Sperrazza.

According to Mahaney, “Kids sign up to be part of the musical pit. They rehearse and practice just like the performers are rehearsing and practicing.”

The week leading up to the public performance, both the

pit and the cast will rehearse together.

A total of 85 students will be involved in this production.

Out of all the productions to choose from, Williamsville East High School chose “Shrek” for the attractive draw.

“It’s a pretty cool set and costumes that are going to be

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“It’s going to be a fun production for the whole family to see,” she added.

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Performance dates and times for “Shrek: The Musical,” presented by the Williamsville East Drama Club, will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5 – Saturday, Feb. 7, with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7.

Prior to the Saturday matinee show, “We’re opening up to the public from 12:30-1:30 p.m., as a meet and greet for the characters,” Mahaney said. Within that hour, attendees will be able to play games and make crafts with a similar theme to the musical.

“We’ll be selling flowers and ogre headbands after the performances,” she added.

Tickets will be available for pre-sale and at the door; all tickets will be reserved seating. Pre-sale purchases will be available starting Thursday, Jan. 29 at Williamsville East High School, located at 151 Paradise Road in East Amherst.

This show will be open to the public.

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What makes this production different from the movie is that fairy tale creatures will be “coming to life with singing and dancing” before the eyes of the audience.

No additional adult themes have been added and Mahaney confirmed that this performance of “Shrek” is targeted and appropriate for

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Find free winter activities in Clarence This is a guest column by The bike path is open Clarence Town Supervisor during daylight hours, for David Hartzell Jr. free, and on most chilly days you will have it all to I’m writing this article on yourself. If you feel advenJan. 15 and it is cold out- turous, you can venture off side. According to weather. into the surrounding woods com, it’s 19 degrees but and fields. feels like 5 due to the 15 – Snowshoe: The town MPH southwest wind. owns more than 1200 acres However, we Western of parkland, and all are New Yorkers are a tough available for snowshoeing lot, and we refuse to let a and/or cross country skilittle cold weather stop us ing. from having fun. So, it’s Beeman Creek, the newchilly outside? No big deal. est park in the town of ClarHere are 10 free things you ence system, is more than can do on a chilly winters 480 acres of pristine field day to keep busy in Clar- and forest in the northern ence. part of Clarence. Take Salt – Go ice skating. The Road, north past County town of Clarence has two Road, continue past Lapp outdoor ice rinks that resi- Road and look for the Beedents can use for free. man Creek Park sign on One is located at the your left.

Town Park on Main Street.

There is space to park, The Clarence Parks De- and a 2.5 mile loop that partment floods the tennis winds through old growth court every winter, and the forest, field, frozen swamp ice is usually pretty good. and back to the parking lot.

Although the surface is not Also great for walking your as large as the small pond dog, the park is so rural that in the back of Meadow- on most weekdays you will lakes Park, it is usually in be the only one in the park. better shape.

– Snowmobile: The If you bring your kids Northern Erie Sno-Seekto WinterFest on Sunday, ers Snowmobile Club has Jan. 25, you can skate on a great organization that the best free ice in Clar- maintains many miles of ence. The second rink is at trails in Clarence for your Meadowlakes, where the snowmobiling pleasure.

Parks Department floods You can follow them on the back corner of the park. Facebook at www.facebook.

When it really floods, like it com/pages/Northern-Eriedid several weeks ago, the Sno-Seekers-Snowmobilesurface is huge! Although Club/325602264210575. you may have to bring your The club was established shovel to clear the surface, in 1973 and has been prothe result is well worth it. moting the safe and respon– Take your kids to Win- sible use of snowmobiles terFest. ever since. If you are not Have your kids lost or into clubs, drive your sled broken all of their Christ- to Pizza Inn and you can mas toys? Get them out connect (there) with one of the house and to Win- of the many trails that run terFest while you are still through Clarence. Trails sane. WinterFest, now in its are also maintained by the 10th year, is a kid-friendly side of the bike path as well event that will take place as under the major power at the Main Street Park, lo- lines. cated at 10405 Main St. on – Run: While many runSunday, Jan. 25 from noon ners would rather spend to 5 p.m. their time on the treadmill Entertainment will in- or elliptical in the baseclude Irish dancers, cari- ment, running outside has catures, marshmallow its own rewards. roasting, the juggling team The biggest plus is that In-Jest, sledding, ice skat- running on a new fallen ing and “Frozen” themed snow is like running on pictures with Anna, Elsa a cloud. After a grueling and Olaf. Best of all, your summer of running on ascost is exactly zero. A full phalt and concrete, snow listing of activities can be is a welcome change and a found on the town of Clar- joy to old, tired knees. Use ence website. multiple layers of clothing – Cross Country Ski: The to avoid bulky jackets, and Clarence Parks Department keep your head and hands keeps the bike path plowed covered. Other than that, during the winter, and the you can run in shorts if you surface is perfect for cross wish because your legs will country skiing. always stay warm.

Clarence Town Supervisor David Hartzell Think it’s too cold outside? Here are five things you may have wanted to do all year but simply did not have the time. Now, you do.

– Catch up on your genealogy and trace your roots.

Genealogy is a fascinating hobby, and everybody enjoys the search for their family roots. But, it is also one of the most time consuming, and always the last option when you could be swimming or biking during the summer.

The town of Clarence has a free Genealogy Center

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on Main Street next to the Historical Society. Call the center at 759-0997. Another way you can trace your roots is by going to the Mormon Genealogy website, familysearch.org and see if anyone has already traced your family tree.

Families who have already finished their genealogy send the finished product to this web site, where it is posted for all to see. There is no cost, and you may be surprised at how much of the work on your family tree has already been finished.

– Read the famous books.

Everybody should read the complete works of Shakespeare before they die, but nobody does. Picking up one of the classics and curling up next to a gentle fire with a nice hot chocolate is a great way to spend a cold winter’s day.

If the Clarence Library does not have your title in stock, they will order it from the Erie County Central Library. If you don’t want to wait, you can buy a copy of the classics-usedon Amazon.com for less than $20.

– Call your Mom. Remember her? That kindly old lady with the gray hair who used to bake you cookies and fed you chicken soup when you were sick? She is sitting by the pool in Florida, loving the 80 degree weather, sipping her lemonade, waiting for your call.

Remember when you graduated from college, how you thought that you might be a little smarter than your Mom? It’s 5 degrees and snowy in Clarence. Who’s the genius now, Einstein?

– Subscribe to Netflix.

I don’t usually use this space to hype a product, but I will today. I have Netflix, and love the service. I am able to run on the treadmill every morning and have my choice of hundreds of movies and TV shows that have aired over the past 50 years. All streamed directly to my TV for only $7 per month. Amazing.

One of the features about Netflix that I love is the ability to go back to the start of a series that ran

Attend educational seminar about long term care insurance The McGuire Group’s Harris Hill Nursing Facility in conjunction with Acsia Partners will be presenting a free educational seminar titled “Long-Term Care Insurance Dispelling the Myths” on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Harris Hill Nursing Facility, 2699 Wehrle Drive in Williamsville, across from the Golf Dome.

Certified long-term care specialists Dana R. Dee and Chris Aronica from Acsia Partners will speak about long-term care insurance and how you can protect your as-

sets, independence and dignity. Refreshments will be served, and tours of the facility will be available after the event.

Reserve a spot by Friday, Jan. 23 at 632-3700. Harris Hill Nursing Facility provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, subacute and outpatient rehabilitation, Alzheimer’s/ dementia care, Journeys palliative care and respite/shortterm care.

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six or seven years ago and to start from the very first episode, watching the entire series over a period of weeks rather than years.

On a cold day, you turn your house into the best movie studio in the world with thousands of choices available to you at the click of a button. How cool is that?

– Sit down and plan the rest of your life.

We only get one shot at this thing called life, so why not make this trip amazing? Is there anything that you have really wanted to do with your life but have been putting off? Dream it, plan it and start to do it in 2015. Have you wanted to be a writer? Then write. An artist? Paint. Do you need more money? Figure out a way to increase your income.

Think about it this way; if you don’t take the time to plan the rest of your life, who will? 2015 lies before you, with all of the promise that 12 amazing months can pack in. Good luck!

Feel free to call my office at 741-8930, email dhartzell@clarence.ny.us or stop by the Supervisors office in Clarence Town Hall. My door is always open!

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For each test drive, Chrysler paid the school $10; 370 people test drove in that 3-4 hour time frame, equalling a donation of $3,770 to the school.

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Meyer receives New York’s top Gatorade honor Latest trophy to weigh down Duke-bound baggage

By William ‘Ski’ Wilczewski SPORTS REPORTER

St. Mary’s High standout volleyball player Leah Meyer isn’t leaving for Durham, N.C.’s Duke University until June 27, so she’s not quite packing her bags yet.

Once she does, though, one of those bags will be quite a bit heavier after the senior officially received the Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year for New York State on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in front of her teammates, coach, family and friends at the home of the Lancers in Lancaster.

It was the culmination of a tons of hard work for the 6-foot-3 middle blocker who received a full-ride scholarship to play for the Blue Devils next season.

“From my freshman year, I’d heard of the award and I told my parents that that was one of my goals; to be the Gatorade Player of the Year,” said Meyer, who had been a finalist the past two seasons.

“Even just that was an amazing honor for me; just knowing that I was one of the top players in New York state,” she said, “then, finally, this year, getting the award was absolutely amazing to me.”

It may have been amazing, but it was also no real surprise after Meyer—who also had interest from Penn State, Michigan and Syracuse—dominated the regular season until she injured an ankle right before her Lady Lancers’ New York State Catholic High School Athletic Association title run began.

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St. Mary’s senior Leah Meyer, a Clarence native, receives the 2014-15 Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year for New York State award from her coach Don Pieczynski on Tuesday, Jan. 13.

Prior to that, though, Meyer recorded 460 kills, 139 digs, 79 blocks and 53 service aces. She also had a hitting percentage of .468. A four-time All-Conference selection and a three-time Monsignor Martin League MVP, Meyer was ranked as the No. 45 Senior Ace nationally by

PrepVolleyball.com.

“Leah’s got all the measurables and all the intangibles of a great athlete,” St. Mary’s skipper Don Pieczynski said. “I mean, she’s got the height and she’s got the heart. You put that together along with her athleticism, it makes her a great player.

“She’s the best player that I’ve ever seen come out of Western New York,” he added. “I mean, she’s got it all. She can dominate anywhere along the net. She clearly dominated anywhere we put her on the court.”

Now, though, Meyer—and her team—will face new chal-

lenges; them without her and her on a bigger stage.

“I think every great athlete, when they move on and play with other great players, they have to learn how to deal with adversity, because things aren’t always going to go their way,” Pieczynski said, “so it’s how

well they stay confident and how well they adjust their game. But I think she’s got all the tools, mentally and physically, to take on the challenge.”

See “Meyer” on page 7

Unlikely sources of scoring a bright spot for Clarence as team progresses offensively this season because of senior captain Josh Slowinski, who has anchored the offense all year.

Much of the pressure has been taken off of Slowinski as other players have stepped up and been able to put the

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER puck in the net.

The Red Devils had a tournament scheduled last Clarence’s offense is wak- weekend in Canandaigua, ing up, and it’s not just but a snow day forced them to

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Sam Gugino and the Clarence WNY Federation hockey team are 2-5-1-1 in league action.

cancel the Friday night (Jan. 9) game. On Saturday (Jan. 10), the Red Devils played Canandaigua and picked up a 4-3 win, just their second win of the season.

Slowinski scored two goals, as did fellow senior Andrew Kempton. It was Clarence’s first four-goal game of the season.

Clarence was back to scoring just two goals in Monday (Jan. 12) night’s 3-2 loss to Niagara-Wheatfield, but both goals came from a different source this time: junior Randy Felber.

In addition to Kempton and Felber, Eric Grupp has overcome an early-season drought and helped out the offense recently, too. This is what Clarence coach Richard Brooks has hoped to see since the beginning of the year, and some of the players who have stepped up recently have been a pleasant surprise. Not only does it take pressure off of Slowinski and spread the offense around, but it increases the Red Devils’ chances of winning as more players contribute.

“A couple guys [have stepped up],” Brooks said.

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The Clarence boys hockey team has seen a variety of players step up and shoulder some of the scoring load in recent games, including Eric Grupp.

“Andrew Kempton got two goals against Canandaigua.

Eric Grupp has found the back of the net, which was nice to see. He was struggling and now he’s got a

couple goals. Monday night Randy Felber had both our goals. So it’s nice that other people are scoring, it takes a little pressure off Josh [Slowinski].”

Brooks made it clear that he wants to see even more improvement offensively.

See “Hockey” on page 8

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Clarence boys basketball falls to ECIC I foe Jamestown to Jamestown in a league event on Tuesday night (Jan. 13) by a score of 89-53.

It wasn’t the Red Devils’ lowest-scoring game of the season, but it wasn’t their best, either.

Jamestown came out strong

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER and put Clarence down early, and the Red Devils were unable to make enough of In another disappointing a comeback to come out on game for the Clarence var- top. Turnovers were a part of sity basketball team, it fell the defensive struggles that

led to Clarence’s downfall Tuesday night.

Jamestown jumped out to an early lead, with one of its players making school history. Through three quarters, Zack Panebianco had already scored 31 points.

That gave him a total of 1,000 points as a Red Raider, good for eighth on the alltime list.

For Clarence, the story wasn’t as sweet. Although

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Matt Sadowy played “a physical game” against Jamestown, Clarence coach Todd Banaszak said. The Red Devils dropped to 1-8 with the loss.

the Red Devils improved as the game went on, they were unable to come back from the deficit they were in. Clarence coach Todd Banaszak talked about how his team’s play improved as the game went on and the Red Devils found their comfort zone, but it wasn’t quite enough.

“They came out, got in us pretty good quickly, and we had a lot of turnovers to start,” Banaszak said. “But once we settled down, we played a lot better. We just had too big of a hole to get out of at that point.”

Jake Randall was a key part of Clarence’s comeback attempt. The sophomore scored 11 points, all of them coming in the fourth quarter.

Senior co-captain Matt Sadowy and senior Brian Pulli were also key for Clarence.

Banaszak liked what he saw from them.

“I thought Matt Sadowy played physical,” Banaszak said. “Brian Pulli had a good night, shot the ball well.”

The loss dropped Clarence to a frustrating 1-8 record.

The only win came in Clarence’s first game if the season, a close 55-53 win over North Tonawanda. Only twice has Clarence scored more than 55 points. One of those games was a 67-62 loss to Starpoint, the other a 67-58 loss to Iroquois.

The Red Devils have been able to keep most games

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Brian Pulli and the Clarence boys basketball team lost to Jamestown, 89-53. relatively close, with Tuesday night’s game being the only one in which they’ve allowed more than 68 points.

They’re just having trouble finding that offense or defense needed to come out on top.

This year’s team is a fresh crop of starters, so Banaszak knew that the inexperience

of his team would be something to overcome. He’s hoping that hard work and a physical game will help Clarence improve and get to where they need to be as the season goes on.

Clarence played Orchard Park on Friday, and the Red Devils’ next game is Tuesday, January 20 at Frontier.

Young’s hard work, height paying dividends for Sharks

DAN HICKLING

Sarah Young, a Sacred Heart junior, is averaging 15 points and 12 rebounds per game this season.

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER

Sarah Young is seeing her hard work come to fruition this year with the Sacred Heart varsity basketball team.

The 6-foot-2 junior has

been playing basketball since second grade, but she said she really began to work even harder as she prepared for high school.

“I started playing in second grade, and then I really started concentrating on getting better around eighth grade going into ninth grade, that summer,” Young said. “And I think a big part of the success that I’ve had is because I work hard. I try to do everything the best I can,

and I think that’s really why I’ve done as much as I could.”

This season, Young’s hard work as well as the height she’s been blessed with, have led to her leading the team in points and rebounds. She’s averaged about 15 points and 12 rebounds per game so far this season. Young’s highest numbers were put up Jan. 5 against Mount Mercy, when she scored 26 points with 10 rebounds. The game was the last of a nine-game streak in which she put up double digits in both points and rebounds, a steak she’ll no doubt start up again.

“I think this year, one of my strong points for our team is being the first player in rebounds and inside shots like that, and so I think that’s what I do for this team this year,” Young said.

Young is also a captain this year. She hopes to set a good example on the court while providing friendship to her teammates off the court.

“I hope that I can show a good example to everybody,” Young said. “I try to help the other girls as much as I can, and I hope they see me as a good leader on and off the court, as a friend and as a captain on the court.”

Young has a young team to lead this year. The Sacred Heart girls are still learning how to play together, but even as they do that, they have a 10-1 record, and Young likes what she sees.

“I think our season’s been going really well this year,” she

said. “We’ve been a new team this year, and we’re starting to connect a lot. I’m really excited to see how we do as the season goes on because I think we have a lot of potential to be great.”

Young and her team have their goals set high this year.

“We want to win the Monsignor Martin championship,” Young said.

To do that, they’ll need to work hard, but Young has confidence that her team will

put in the work necessary.

They also need to continue to play as a team more, an area in which Young already sees progress. And if they do that, she says, they’ll be able to reach their goal.

“To reach our goal, I definitely think we have a lot more work to do,” Young said. “We have to be quicker, look for each other more, definitely. I think we all just have to keep practicing and keep working on getting

better, and I think that the goal’s attainable.”

As a junior this year, Young plans on having basketball be an important part of her future. She just isn’t quite sure where that will take her yet.

“I hope to play in college, but I don’t have a set college yet,” she said.

For the present, she’ll work hard to continue to be the best she can be this season and next at Sacred Heart.

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Young, a 6-foot-2 center, is one of the Sacred Heart basketball team’s captains.

Moving on, Meyer still has much confidence in SMH spikers “Meyer” from page 6 As for his team, “I always liked to say it’s nice to have an eraser because Leah could go up there and erase all our mistakes,” he said, “so we know that going in we have to play more mistakefree volleyball without Leah there because we don’t have that big eraser in our toolbox anymore. But I think our kids understand that, and we had a chance to implement

that in the last two-three weeks of the season.”

That still resulted in the state title—something Meyer is confident her old teammates can do again next season.

“I have so much confidence in all those girls, and I know they’re going to do just as much next year as they did this year,” she said, “but the advice that I have

for them is to just enjoy it; work your hardest every day and don’t be afraid to set those goals for yourself that seem too hard … because if you work your hardest, anything is achievable.”

As for herself, “I’m going (to Duke) with a lot of tough players and I’m really excited about it and to improve as a player,” she said. “It’s just going to be exciting

to go through a whole new experience.”

Gatorade officially announced Meyer as its honoree Dec. 11. A press release at the time explained that she has maintained an A average in the classroom and has volunteered locally as a mentor for younger students and as a summer camp counselor.

Meyer joins recent Gato-

rade New York Volleyball Players of the Year Luisa Schirmer (2013-14 & 201213, Pittsford Sutherland High School), Melissa Rigo (2011-12, Elwood-John H. Glenn High School), Heather Feldman (2010-11, Eden High School), Mary Cushman (2009-10 & 200809, West Irondequoit), and Erin Little (2007-08, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) among

the state’s list of former award winners.

Feldman was the last player from Western New York to take the honor, and Meyer was the first in St. Mary’s’ successful volleyball history. The Lady Lancers finished this past season with a 47-0-1 record, plus a No. 20 national ranking, according to PrepVolleyball. com.

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Steffan brothers bring scoring, chemistry to Will East hockey

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER

For Matt and Mike Steffan, the joy of playing hockey together far outweighs the importance of any individual success. The fact that the brothers lead Williamsville East in scoring this season is just an added bonus.

The boys grew up playing hockey together constantly, whether it was street hockey, mini sticks, Amherst travel, middle school hockey, or varsity hockey, as it is now.

“It’s been awesome playing with Mike,” Matt said.

Matt Steffan is the older

brother. He’s in his senior year at Williamsville East, his third year on the varsity team, and is one of three captains on this year’s team.

Mike is a sophomore, and this is his second year playing varsity. He looks up to Matt, and he’s thankful for the opportunity to play with his older brother again.

“We’ve been playing for a while, and I’ve always looked up to him as big brother,” Mike said. “So last year, when I made the team as a freshman, it was nice to finally get a chance to play with him again since we hadn’t since I was about 10 years old.”

They’ve been compared to the Sedin brothers, twins who play together for the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL. The comparison comes not just because of the obvious family connection, but also because

of the way the brothers know where each other is during the rare times they’re on the ice together.

“A lot of people like to say we’re like the Sedins because we always know where each other is on the ice even though we don’t really play together except for power play,” Matt said. “I’m more the setter-upper, I like to do the passing, so I would say I’m more like Henrik in that sense.”

Much of the Steffans’ success comes from the way they were taught to play hockey growing up, and having the same teachers — their parents — certainly helped.

“We’ve been doing well just because we’ve grown up learning the same things from our parents,” Matt said. “We know where each other is on the ice just because we play the game in a similar way.”

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Matt Steffan wad a team-high eight goals in seven league games at press time.

Mike agreed with his brother and also mentioned the team’s success as a whole.

So far this season, East is undefeated in league play.

“Yeah, I think it’s nice,” Mike said. “I think our team’s coming along really well.

And when we’re out there, I think we’ve been playing well together.”

Matt brought up an interesting statistic.

“I think every game this year, one of us has had a goal,” he said.

And sometimes they’ve both scored. Matt leads in points with nine goals and 12 assists, while Mike has 12 goals and five assists.

In addition to the offensive numbers they’ve each put up, each player brings something unique to the team.

For Mike, it’s versatility.

He’s listed as a forward, but that’s not all he does.

“I’d say that I’m a pretty versatile player,” Mike said.

“I play all positions, wherever Coach [Mike Torrillo] needs me. On the power play I play defense and then forward on offense. And when Coach puts me out on the power play, wherever he needs me, I get out there and just finish in front, set guys up.”

Matt brings experience and patient leadership. He’s aware of his skill as one of the best players on the team, but it wasn’t something he wanted to talk about at length.

“I think that guys look up to me because I’ve been playing under Torrillo for three years, and I would say I’m a pretty good teammate,” Matt said. “If someone messes up, I’m not going to get on their case. I’m just going to try to

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Matt Steffan had three goals and nine assists in seven league games at press time. encourage them to do better next time. And I think guys also look up to me because when the game’s on the line or something, I’m the one that Coach puts out there to help win the game, even though it’s the entire team effort.”

Both young men hope to continue their undefeated league play. East is the defending sectional champion, and both Matt and Mike hope to go even further this year.

In order to do that, both agree that they need to grow closer as a team.

“We have to keep bonding,

we have to keep practicing,” Matt said. “We can’t be focused on who’s got the most points. We just got to make sure that at the end of the day, East is the one with more goals than our opponent.”

Mike talked about how close the team already is, and that just needs to continue.

“Whenever we have free time, we’re always hanging out together, and we need to continue to do that to become a team,” he said.

The team is close. Like brothers.

Depth drives Will East past Grand Island in Fed hockey

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER

Williamsville East hockey continued its winning ways Saturday night (Jan. 10) with a win over Grand Island. The only difference this time was that the game-winning goal in the 5-1 win came from Justyn Segarra, a freshman defenseman who started the season with East’s JV team.

The Flames were able to

take an early lead when Grand Island’s TJ Morgan took a four-minute major penalty for boarding just 52 seconds into the game. Jack Kelly scored the power-play goal for East, assisted by Matt Steffan and Aaron Bengart.

Just a few minutes later, East’s Mike Steffan went to the box for interference, and the Vikings tied the game with an unassisted goal by Robert Nappo.

But East soon displayed why

it’s the defending sectional champion and has only one loss this season. The Flames’ stamina and depth could not be matched by Grand Island.

It wasn’t a highly physical game for the most part; East just proved to be stronger and was able to outlast the Vikings.

“I thought we wore them down a little bit,” East coach Mike Torrillo said after the game. “I thought our depth today, the strength — we played three and four lines through the

third period. And it looked like we kind of took it to them a little bit as far as stamina goes. And I think that’s the strength of our team. We play a lot of kids and the goal is just to keep going.”

It was just 2:18 into the second period when Segarra scored the go-ahead goal, which also happened to be his first varsity goal.

The excitement from him and his teammates was clear. Alex Tzetzo and Chris Winiecki had the assists.

At the 5:55 mark, Joe Mo-

stowy went to the box for high-sticking, but the Flames didn’t let that slow them down.

Refusing to settle for simply killing the penalty, Alex Binfield, assisted by Matt Steffan, took the puck back into Grand Island’s end and gave East a shorthanded insurance goal, increasing the lead to 3-1.

Mike Steffan added another goal later in the period, assisted

by Alex Finley, and Binfield’s second goal of the game with just over two minutes remain-

ing in the third period sealed East’s 5-1 win. Matt Cohen picked up the assist.

Binfield led East with two goals, while Matt Steffan had two assists.

With a 5-4 win over West Seneca West on Sunday (Jan. 11), East improved to 11-1 while remaining undefeated in league play with a record of 7-0 to conclude the first half of the season. The Flames’next game is Saturday, Jan. 17 against Kenmore West.

Stallions rout Buffalo Regals, edge out Rochester Grizzlies On Jan. 11, Miles Santa Maria of the Mite Major Clarence Stallions — who are comprised of boys from the Tonawandas, Wheatfield, Clarence and Amherst — recorded a third-period natural

hat trick as the Stallions defeated the Buffalo Regals, 7-1.

Also for Clarence, Nic Zivis had a beautiful first-period goal that beat the Regals’goaltender on the short side.

Evan Becigneul, Cameron

Stadelmaier, and Drew Idzik also scored for Clarence, and assists were had by Alex Fulfaro (two), Maximus Henning (two), Xavier Thomann, Becigneul, and Stadelmaier.

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SUN LEAGUE STANDINGS AS OF GAMES PLAYED BEFORE JAN. 15 BOYS BASKETBALL ECIC I

W. Sen. West .................... 0-5 MSGR. MARTIN

Frontier ........................... 4-0 Jamestown....................... 3-0

O’Hara............................. 4-0

Will North ....................... 2-1

Sacred Heart ........ 4-0

Lancaster ........................ 2-1 W. Sen. West .................... 1-3

Clarence ................... 0-3 Orchard Park .................. 0-4

Immaculata ..................... 2-0 Mount Mercy................... 4-1 Nardin ............................. 5-3

GIRLS BALL

BASKET-

ECIC I Will North ....................... 5-0 Jamestown....................... 3-1 Orchard Park .................. 3-2

Clarence ................... 2-2 Lancaster ........................ 2-3 Frontier ........................... 1-3

Christian Central ............ 3-2 Nichols ............................ 1-2 St. Mary’s ........................ 1-2 Nia. Catholic ................... 1-4

Mount St. Mary ............... 0-6

BOYS FED HOCKEY Division I

Frontier ..................... 3-2-1-0 Canisius .................... 3-2-1-0 Lancaster .................. 3-5-0-0 Will North ................. 2-4-0-0 Timon ........................ 1-4-2-0

Clarence ............. 1-4-1-1

GIRLS FED HOCKEY OP/Frontier ............... 7-2-1-0 Msgr. Martin ............. 6-2-0-0

Park ................................. 0-3

Williamsville ............. 4-1-1-1 Kenmore ................... 3-2-3-0

of shots reaching goaltender Josh Gawron.

Gawron likewise remained solid, including on a number of challenging shots, allowing only a single goal by Rochester.

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Nia.-Wheatfield ......... 5-2-0-1 Orchard Park ............ 4-2-1-0

ro’s goal.

As has become common of the Stallion defensemen Tucker Schoen, Owen McIntyre, Henning and Idzik, they were successful in limiting both the number and quality

Brooks praises Clarence’s competitiveness

St. Joe’s ...................... 6-1-0-0

Lancaster/Iroq .......... 6-4-1-0 Buffalo Seminary ............ 0-2

On Jan. 10, Fulfaro led the Stallions with a goal and an assist as the team defeated the Rochester Grizzlies, 2-1.

Finn Graham had the other goal for the Stallions while Stadelmaier assisted on Fulfa-

“This team’s got to learn to score better and put it in the back of the net,” Brooks said.

But at the same time, despite a losing record (25-1-1), Brooks admires the way his team has stayed competitive late in games.

“We’re competitive. We have a losing record, but we’re competitive,” he said. “The games are close.

There was only one game where we were more than a couple goals apart. All the rest have been a one- or

two-goal game. And we’re in it when it counts until the third period.”

With an inexperienced team like Clarence, Brooks said that the team is right about where he expected it to be at this point in the season. And the Red Devils are constantly learning and improving.

“We’re a young team, still trying to learn how to play together and how to win,” Brooks said. “That’s about where we would expect to be.”

Last Friday’s postponed game has been rescheduled for Saturday (Jan. 17). Clarence will play Brockport, and Brooks is hoping for continued success.

“We’ll continue to try to be successful, putting the puck in the net obviously,” Brooks said.

He’s hoping that the glimmers of increased success that he’s witnessed recently continue to grow.

“It’s starting to happen, so we’re hopeful,” Brooks said.

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PRO FOOTBALL CORNER

FROM the SIDELINES

Ryan-coached Bills will ‘be the bullies,’ new skipper says

By Tom Gallagher SPORTS EDITOR

Just before the conclusion of Wednesday’s press conference introducing Rex Ryan as the newest head coach of the Buffalo Bills, it was brought to Ryan’s attention that the Bills, who haven’t made the playoffs in 15 seasons and are coming off just their second winning season since 2004, have been pushed around in recent years.

Those days, Ryan said, are over.

Ryan, the former Jets skipper, put an exclamation point on a press conference that he sliced and diced through with the swagger and charm that made him a media magnet in New York when he assured those listening that the Rex Ryan-coached Buffalo Bills will not be pushed around.

Conversely, they’ll be the ones doing the pushing.

“We’re not going to get pushed around. I can promise you that,” Ryan said in front of a glut of media at One Bills Drive.

“In fact, we’re going to be the bullies. That’s who we are. We will build a bully and that’s what we can’t wait to get started doing.”

Ryan became the 18th head coach in Bills history when he reportedly signed a five-year deal last week.

He’ll replace Doug Marrone, who guided the team to a 9-7 record this year before resigning shortly after the Bills’ season ended.

In taking over, Ryan, a descendant of the Brian Billick coaching tree who is heralded for his defensive mind, has parted ways with former defensive

coordinator Jim Schwartz.

He’s replaced him with Dennis Thurman, who was the Jets’ defensive coordinator the past two seasons.

Additionally, Ryan has hired former San Francisco coordinator Greg Roman, a coach notorious for his hard-nosed, ground-andpound style on offense, to join he and Thurman on staff and lead the offense moving forward.

In his opening statement to the media, Bills owner Terry Pegula noted that the hiring of Ryan — and the subsequent additions of Thurman and Roman —represent an organization-wide movement to make the Bills “a nightmare” to play against.

“Basically, we decided that we want the Buffalo Bills to be a nightmare to play against,” Pegula said, adding that the team decided to go with a veteran coach vs. an up-and-coming mind due to where the team is right now. “ R e x Ry a n - c o a c h e d teams have two characteristics: they’re always great defensively, and they always work hard.

“That’s our objective.

With the staff that Rex is building, and with his knowledge of the game, we’re going to be a tough team defensively and ‘a nightmare’ to play against.”

The Bills are going to be held to high standards, too, apparently. When discussing Buffalo’s defense, which ranked fourth in the NFL this past season, Ryan said it “is probably a little disappointing,” that the unit ranked there.

“That’s not where my expectations are,” said Ryan, whose defenses in New York ranked in the top eight five of the six seasons he

Orton gave the Bills some productivity at the position but proved to be wildly inconsistent — and immobile — throughout the year. He retired after the Bills’ last game.

Ryan noted that he “isn’t concerned at all” that the quarterback situation in Buffalo is similar to what he had in New York and said that a major first step in correcting the woes the Bills faced offensively was taken when they brought Roman on board.

“I’ve never seen a guy get criticized more than Greg Roman for going to three championship games,” Ryan said, referencing heat Roman took despite leading the 49ers’ offense to a Super Bowl appearance and two NFC title games. “He’s an outstanding coach.”

While Ryan’s Jets didn’t fare well during the back two-thirds of his six-year tenure in New York — the team missed the playoffs each of the past four years, had two 8-8 records and a pair of losing seasons — Ryan rejected the idea that he’s nothing more than a mediocre coach.

“The record may say that [I’m a mediocre coach], especially this year,” Ryan said. “But I’m not a mediocre coach and anybody that thinks so, I would PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BUFFALO BILLS challenge them with that.”

He is so confident in his The Bills formally introduced Rex Ryan as the 18th head coach in team coaching abilities, in fact, that Ryan — who has inhistory during a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 14. famously guaranteed Jets Super Bowl victories in was there and never lower are in a period of evaluation The team’s 2013 first the past — made another than 11th . “I know we’ll right now. The Bills had a round pick, E.J. Manuel, guarantee during the press lead the league in defense lethargic offense in 2014 started the year at quarter- conference.

“I know it’s been 15 years [next year]. That’s just how and former offensive coor- back but was replaced after it goes.” dinator Nathaniel Hackett a Week 4 loss to Houston since the Bills made the Offensively, Ryan con- was jettisoned in favor of by recently signed veteran playoffs,” Ryan said. “Well get ready, man. We’re gofessed that he and his staff Roman because of it.

Kyle Orton. ing. We are going.”

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Buffalo Sabres center Cody Hodgson is happily planning on skipping his next hair cut because Cody knows the next time he sits in the barber’s chair, it will be for a worthy cause.

Hodgson, and some of his fellow Sabres, will be doing their part to raise money for the fight against cancer when they take part in the second annual Buffalo Sabres Goin’ Bald for Bucks event that will

take place Feb. 14 at the First Niagara Center.

Goin’ Bald for Bucks raises money for the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and its ongoing war against the deadly disease.

“I don’t know if I’ll grow it out as long again this year,” Hodgson joked after the team’s Jan. 12 practice. “I was actually thinking about getting it cut today and starting from there.”

Hodgson, who was sporting a bushy mane for last year’s Sabres Bald for Bucks, returns to the chair and will

be joined by teammates Chris Stewart and Mike Weber, as well as former Sabres goalie Martin Biron. Biron is now one of the main instructors for the Academy of Hockey program that is housed inside the HarborCenter.

“It’s nearly impossible to find someone who hasn’t been impacted by [cancer],” Weber said. “The Goin’ Bald for Bucks program is a fun way for us to get involved and it serves as a visual reminder for people battling cancer that we are in their corner.”

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and Biron will be fund raising throughout the coming weeks with everything culminating in a group shave of the four that will take place at the First Niagara Center in front of fans and cancer patients.

“It’s a terrible disease that we want to see eliminated and we want to do whatever we can,” Hodgson said. “I know it’s only a little thing, shaving your hair off. But if it raises awareness, and last year we raised a lot of money. So hopefully we can do it again this year and be able to raise the funds that

help get rid of this disease.”

While every member of the Sabres is always at the ready to do whatever they can to help out in the community, when the topic involves helping sick kids, they become even more driven. Hodgson is one of the more affable players on the team, but the mere thought of a child in pain replaces his good-natured smile with a serious, driven expression to make a difference.

“It’s tough to talk about,” Hodgson said when asked

about his interaction with cancer patients. “It’s heartbreaking, to tell you the truth. But you just do what you can do. This is our way as a team to try and help give back and I encourage other people to do it, too.

They can set up their own fundraisers to help donate towards the cause. Also, if they want to shave their heads, it’ll help everybody.

Because people are going to ask, ‘why’d you shave your head?’ It’s a great way to help generate awareness for raising money.”

College football title and UB are a pipedream — for now

By Mike Haim COLUMNIST

I’m not sure if it was a moment of sheer hopefulness or just delusional thinking from a battle with a flu bug this past weekend, but there was a short period of time last Monday night when I actually pondered what it would be like if the University at Buffalo actually made the College Football Championship game.

The thought didn’t last long, mind you. The reality is that smaller conferences, like the Mid-American in which UB competes, aren’t even in the mix when it comes to bigtime bowl games, much less this newfangled (but long overdue) invention to have one game decide the nominal national champion (remember, the title is not officially sanctioned by the NCAA).

Even if UB’s “New York Initiative” eventually results in the football program be-

coming big enough to move up to a bigger conference, the question remains whether UB could migrate to one of the “Power Five” leagues that have a markedly better chance at getting their teams into the semi-final bowl games which feed into the title game.

NCAA football isn’t like basketball, where a team can ride a hot streak during March Madness and seemingly magically make the Final Four. There is no football equivalent to giant-beating

hoops underdogs like Virginia Commonwealth, Wichita State, or Florida Gulf Coast.

That said, it’s awfully hard to imagine the Bulls ever moving into one of the power conferences: the Atlantic Coast (ACC), Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-12, and Southeastern (SEC). The one remote possibility might lie with the ACC, which in recent years has added Pitt, Syracuse, Louisville, and Notre Dame to its ranks. The current geography of the conference wouldn’t

necessarily eliminate Buffalo, but I would anticipate it taking many years for UB to assemble the necessary infrastructure, fanbase and financial support to make the move feasible.

Even if the Bulls were to garner those prerequisites, there’s also a more basic aspect to worry about: establishing some sort of competitiveness against long-established programs.

You can be optimistic by the glimpses seen in recent

seasons: playing closely for portions of road games against Pitt, Georgia, and Ohio State, for example.

But those are nothing but glimpses; being close for a half against a ranked opponent is simply not good enough if your eventual goal is something bigger than the Idaho Famous Potato Bowl.

Don’t get me wrong – UB has done a fantastic job of making progress with their football program over the past 20 years.

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of Dolores (nee Hinckley) and the late Mervin Little; brother-in-law of Zachary (Patti) Little.

A Memorial Service was held at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Flowers gratefully declined.

Online condolences may be made at www.AMIGONE.com.

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Charles was husband of Geralyn M. (nee Horton) Whetstone; father of Jeffrey R. (Jenna) Whetstone and the late James W. Whetstone.

Visitation was held from the Cleveland Hill Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. Donations may be made to Hospice Buffalo Inc.

Shankar Kaur Shankar Kaur, of Clarence, died December 24.

Shankar was wife of Harbans Singh; mother of Pargan, Parmjit, Phulvir, Nirmal, Daya, Manohar Singh, Surinder and Harjinder Kaur.

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Johnny was husband of the late Janet D. (nee Spinelli) LoVecchio; father of Carole Ann Vaccaro and Mondo (Sharon) LoVecchio; grandfather of Mark A. (Simone) Vaccaro, Kim Marie (Frank) Davis and Fred (Kristin) Vaccaro; great-grandfather of Justin, Vanessa, Gianna and Jordan.

Johnny was a retired police officer with the Buffalo Police Department after 31 years of dedicated service.

He was also well known as “Mr. Clarinet” as the band leader for Johnny LoVecchio Band and Orchestra, and was honorably granted the right to patent “Glen Miller Sounds” during his many years as a musician and orchestra leader.

Visitation was held from the Amherst Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. A Mass of Christian burial was held from Saint Gregory the Great Church.

Interment was held privately by family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his memory to the Carmelite Monastery, 75 Carmel Rd., Buffalo, NY 14214 or Hospice-Buffalo, Inc.

David Weber David E. Weber, 67, of Clarence, died Jan. 10.

David was husband of Marsha L. (nee Little) Weber; father of Gregory (Chandra) Weber and Andrew (Pamela) Weber; grandfather of Nathan, Katelyn, Nicholas, Zachary, Noah and Madelyn; son of Phyllis (nee Reukauf) and the late Charles Weber; brother of Charles (Linda) Weber; son-in-law

Amy Jo Navik Amy Jo Navik, 55, of Clarence, died Jan. 4.

Amy Jo was daughter of George Navik and the late Janet Navik; sister of Doug Navik; sister-in-law to Kelly Potter Navik; niece to Lois Wallace, William Fairlie, Marie Fairlie, Claire Stiegler and George Stiegler.

Visitation will be held from the Harris Hill Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17.

Online condolences may be made at www.AMIGONE.com.

Mary Roger Mary K. (nee Dickie) Roger, 86, of Williamsville, died December 30.

Mary was mother of Linda A. (Kingsley) Haas and the late Grace Roger; grandmother of Sarah (Michael) Johnston, Anna Niedermeier and Eric Neidermeier; greatgrandmother of Isabella and Kathryn; sister of the late John Dickie and Jean Thompson.

Visitation was held from the Harris Hill Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. followed by a funeral service.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

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Visitation was held from the Tonawanda Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in to Alzheimers Association of WNY, 2805 Wehrle Dr. Williamsville, NY. 14221.

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Rene Troutot Rene L. Troutot, of Williamsville, died Jan. 10.

Rene was husband of the late Genevieve (nee Kostrewski) Troutot; father of the late Christine B. Sobczynski; father-in law of John J. Sobczynski Jr.; grandfather of Eric T. (fiance Christina Solop) and Sarah, PhD (Michael) Saputo; great-grandfather of Abigail Saputo.

Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at the Cleveland Hill Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. A funeral service will follow at 8 p.m.

Rene was a retiree of Bethlehem Steel who fished, gardened, took care of his lawn, foraged mushrooms, and took nature walks. Memorials may be made to Hospice Buffalo Inc. Online condolences may be made at www.AMIGONE.com.

Joseph Saseen Joseph J. Saseen, 74, of Amherst, died Jan. 8.

Joseph was husband of 52 years to Joanne (nee Albenzio) Saseen; father of Joelle and Joseph (John Danni) Saseen; brother of the late Barbara (Art) George; also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held from the Amherst Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. followed by a Mass of Christian burial celebrated from the University at Buffalo Newman Center.

The Clarence Central School District Board of Education held a regular meeting on Jan. 12 in the gymnasium at Harris Hill Elementary.

During the superintendent’s report, the girls tennis team was recognized for the 2014 Scholar Athlete State Team Champions.

Also, Heather Hartmann, director of the Academy of Business and Finance, provided an overview of the program. Three Clarence students within the program also spoke about their personal experience.

According to Hartmann, there are 128 students in the Clarence High School academy.

Hartmann presented to the board the internship programs and other activities that the academy is involved with.

Academy students completed a total of 3,900 work hours.

Emma Lahti and Jaime Ponicki, two students of the Academy of Business and Finance, walked through their experiences.

The Clarence Rotary Club hosted a Rotary Shadow Day. Students involved were able to go to local businesses in Western New York and go behind the scenes to experience the day in the life at those businesses.

The academy also went to Niagara University for career day, and were able to meet with all academies in Western New York.

Academy of Business and Finance students participated in interview workshops where students learned proper dress, how to approach questions, documents to bring and general overview of what to do for a mock interview.

The two girls passed the mic to Clarence student Michael Nappo, who discussed his internship he did with Geico.

“They presented us with real world experiences that I will use in my career as a financial advisor,” Nappo said.

Hartmann confirmed to the board that some of the courses at the Academy of Business and Finance are college articulated with Syracuse University of New York schools as well as Niagara University.

“So the students are able to have the opportunity to get college credit at the end of the class, if they so choose to take advantage of that opportunity,” she said.

In other board matters: – Business Administrator Richard Mancuso did another oview of the Veteran’s Tax Exemption proposal.

The Veteran’s tax exemption was passed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

By law, the Clarence Central School District needed to hold a public hearing before making any decision regarding the exemption program.

“At the public hearing we received quite a bit of information regarding the Veteran’s Tax Exemption proposal,” Mancuso said, in regard to the hearing held on Dec. 15 at Ledgeview Elementary.

The level of discussion for the exemption was Level E, which states that a certain amount of money will be reduced for levels of veterans.

A maximum of $18,000 for wartime vets, $30,000 for combat vet, and a $60,000 exemption for disabled veterans.

The resolution passed.

– Board President Maryellen Kloss announced upcoming meetings which will include the Clarence Central School District’s Board of Education winter retreat, that will take place from 8:30 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Jan. 24.

The first budget session meeting will be held on Monday, Jan. 26 in the Clarence High School lecture hall.

School will not be in session for Clarence schools on Monday, Jan. 19 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

RSVP to the annual State of the Town The Clarence State of the Town meeting will take place from noon-1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22 at Orazio's Restaurant.

There is a cost per person to the event and an RSVP is required. Guest speaker for the State of the Town will be Clarence Town Supervisor

David Hartzell Jr. Orazio’s Restaurant is located at 9415 Main St. in Clarence.

RSVP by Monday, Jan. 19 by calling the Clarence Chamber of Commerce office at 716-631-3888 This event is open to the public; seating is limited.

Lecture series informs public about health care options The McGuire Group will be hosting three free educational seminars covering a variety of health care options on Thursdays at 5 p.m. at the C. Dee Wright Center, 11 Church Street in Akron.

To register, call 632-3700 ext. 278.

On Thursday, Jan. 29 at 5 p.m., Renee Bapst, MM, LCAT, MT-BC, music thera-

pist for The McGuire Group will present a seminar titled “Making Musical Waves in Dementia Care.” This will be an informative and interactive gathering on how music can be therapeutic, beneficial and fun for those with dementia.

For more information www.mcguiregroup.com.