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Locals find home away from home on the pitch Foreign exchange students thrive for area soccer programs

By Marquel Slaughter SPORTS REPORTER

Even though he is a sophomore, Fabian Stephan was able to join Maxwell Matthews and Brandon Buchanan in being honored on Senior Night for Lake Shore’s boys soccer team.

Stephan is a foreign exchange student from Germany, and like Matthews and Buchanan, the sophomore was playing in his final season at Lake Shore. So the team wanted to send him home with something special, just as they do with their seniors every year.

Matthews and Buchanan received signed soccer balls from their teammates and coaching staff so they would be able to remember their last fall season of high school sports.

The plan was to give Stephan a ball, as well, but in the end, it was a better idea to send him off with a signed penny, instead, accompanying the practice jersey with a team photo to take back to Germany with him.

“In the beginning they wanted to give me a ball, but that’s hard to transport back to Germany,” said Stephan. “They gave me a penny and they all wrote their names on it and we took a team picture.”

He has been playing soccer since he was 2, but Stephan never played the sport for a team or in an organized setting until he arrived toAmerica this summer.

“I only played with my friends for fun,” he said.

“When I came over here and coach asked me to play I said, ‘Yeah, sure I’ll try it.’”

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Hamburg’s Mathias Rasmussen (9) was one of many foreign exchange students to make their mark on the local soccer scene this past season.

In fact, Stephan spends most of his time back home in Germany training for triathlons.

Oddly, the rigorous training routines he is used to when

preparing for competition back at home was not enough to prep him for what was to come during soccer practices.

“I was used to running all

the time, but this is different.

You use a different group of muscles,” Stephan said. “The first two weeks I almost died.

I always came home like, ‘Oh

Team player Joyce finds niche with Stahlka Sharks despite cerebral palsy

my, I can’t move anymore.’

After two weeks, it was done.

Now I’m fit.”

Paul Taylor, the boys varsity soccer coach at Lake Shore,

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Gracie Joyce, far left, hasn’t let cerebral palsy stop her from playing soccer for the Stahlka Sharks the past two seasons. Top row, left to right: Joyce (pink shorts), Cory Johnson, Kasey Kohler, Grace Nagel, Baillie Colling, Madison Nappo, Aiden Wolkiewicz, Cole Rychlik. Bottom row: Matthew Wolkiewicz, William Stahlka, ChristopherColling and Max Calandra.

By Marquel Slaughter SPORTS REPORTER

Gracie Joyce has had her battles growing up with cerebral palsy. A 10-year-old

soccer player that just finished her second season with the Stahlka Sharks, she has become quite comfortable on the pitch, where she, her teammates and opposing teams see her as another

soccer player that is just having fun and helping her team win where she can.

A champion in her own right, Joyce never sees herself any differently than other children, which was

evident in the Sharks’ regular season finale, according to one of her coaches, Rob Nagel.

See “Champion” on page B3

See “Overseas” on page B2

Feast of local sporting events follows holiday

By Mike Haim

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said that Stephan added plenty of dimensions to help the Eagles on the field this fall, using his athletic gifts and the soccer smarts developed from just playing soccer outside with his friends for fun.

“He hasn’t played a whole lot of organized soccer in Germany, but even with that being said, he’s pretty skilled,” said Taylor. “He wanted to play over here and he has jumped right in.”

Joining the soccer team has also helped Stephan socially.

Meeting his team and future classmates during summer practices helped him make friends before having to worry about walking into Lake Shore on the first day of school without knowing anyone.

“It was good to know the team before school started because I wouldn’t have known anybody,” said Stephan. “They play great soccer. I don’t really see a difference between German soccer and soccer here at this age.”

Stephan is just one of the many foreign players that made their marks on the local Sun soccer teams this fall. Eden, North Collins, Hamburg and St. Francis also carried students from overseas on their rosters.

Twice this season Stephan has ran into a pair of players from overseas in Lake Shore’s league schedule.

Mathias Rasmussen and Slavi Matin were a part of a historic season at Hamburg, helping the Bulldogs earn a 16-2-1 record, the program’s first ECIC II title in 20 years and a sectional championship game appearance.

No matter where you live, the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States has become known not only for a fabulous meal, but also for large servings of football on TV and a frenetic shopping environment.

Around the Buffalo area, this particular holiday weekend will also be a legitimate feast for local sports fans.

Once the turkey’s been digested, NFL games have been watched, and seemingly unbeatable retail deals have been procured, the weekend becomes a smorgasbord of live athletic events.

First comes a collegiate hockey game, as Canisius hosts Air Force on Friday afternoon at 2:05 p.m. at HarborCenter. The Griffs, who skated to a 3-3 draw last Saturday against Mercyhurst, are looking for their first win at their new home rink and improve on their 0-2-3 record at the foot of

downtown.

Later that evening at the First Niagara Center, the Buffalo Sabres host the Montreal Canadiens in the first game of a home-andhome series which will conclude at the Bell Centre on Saturday night. SabresCanadiens contests always have a certain “je ne sais quoi” and this one, coming on a holiday weekend, should be played amid an even more electric atmosphere.

Saturday will be another packed day of events at the First Niagara CenterHarborCenter complex.

First is an old-time “Big 4” basketball doubleheader at the arena, with St. Bonaventure taking on Niagara in the opener at 2 p.m., followed by a matchup of crosstown rivals Canisius and UB. The doubleheader is the fourth in the facility’s history to feature all four of Western New York’s Division I hoops programs, but will be the first since 1998.

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Ferrouillat, fellow foreign exchange students add flavor to North Collins’ boys soccer team

By Marquel Slaughter SPORTS REPORTER

Gauthier Ferrouillat faced a daily commute to and from his soccer practices and games back at home in France.

He would hop on a bus after school and would arrive to soccer practice within the hour.

While he spends a year at North Collins as a foreign exchange student, Ferrouillat does not face that problem at all anymore.

“I think it’s better and easier. After school we are already on the field after school,” Ferrouillat said. “In France I have to take the bus. I play for a district and live in a pretty big city.”

Ferrouillat is one of the many foreign players that made their marks on the local Sun soccer teams, which included Eden,

Lake Shore, Hamburg and St. Francis.

Thomas Wall coached Adam Mbuyia for Eden’s boys varsity soccer team this fall. A native of Tanzania, Mbuyia led the Raiders with nine goals, including a five-goal performance in Eden’s upset over Roy-Hart in the first round of the playoffs.

St. Francis did not have any foreign players on the pitch. However, Mike Smolinki’s team was supported by a videographer from China and a team manager from Paraguay.

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Gauthier Ferrouillat had nine goals and 18 assists for North Collins this year.

Every one of them had to make some sort of adjustment to the American game, whether it was getting used to the difference in game flow, traveling or playing for a school instead of a club.

“They don’t emphasis sports in the public schools in central Europe,” Eagles coach Jay Walters said. “If they play soccer it’s for a village team, it’s a community team, it’s street pick up. They don’t do this at school. They don’t have the structure.”

Ferrouillat is not alone as a newcomer at North Collins. He is joined by Bastian Fahrmann and Stefano Arcare, who are also foreign exchange students from central Europe.

“They are a wonderful international touch to the team,” Walters said. “They add flavor, they have love for the game and high expectations.”

While the other two played midfield for Walters, Ferrouillat was up top at forward, helping David Lynch and Kyle Loretto attack opposing defenses.

Ferrouillat notched a team high 18 assists in the fall to go along with nine goals. Not bad for adjusting to what is a completely different game overseas.

“Here, the game is run and run and run and run,” Ferrouillat noted.

“The game in France is, not slow, but more about passing before you attack.

I think it’s a higher level in France.”

Although, the practices

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Ferrouillat was one of three foreign exchange students to play soccer for the Eagles. may not be as intense in Europe.

“However, they do not love our practices,” noted Walters. “It’s structured different.”

A senior at North Collins but the same age as the juniors, Ferrouillat left a mother, father, a brother and two sisters at home in France while he studies in America.

“I was not nervous. I was so excited to move,” Ferrouillat said.

Ferrouillat left home for an education and a chance to compete on a different stage, playing soccer for a Class D juggernaut that came close to helping North Collins add on to

what is already a Section VI-best 26 sectional championships.

“This has deep and profound meaning,” said Walters. “They really get very enthusiastic about focus and after-school practices, 2-3 games a week and the playoff system.”

Ferrouillat aided the Eagles through their playoff run, which ended in the hands of I-Prep, which went on to capture the state championship. The loss was a passing-of-the-torch for North Collins, in a way, seeing that its program was the last team to win a state title, 20 years ago in 1994.

Cyrek gives new sport a shot, thrives as Rasmussen, Matin Lady Eagles defender for two seasons helped Hamburg to historic year

By Marquel Slaughter SPORTS REPORTER

It has always been about softball, softball and softball for Richelle Cyrek. There was nothing anyone could tell her to convince the physically gifted student athlete to take part in another sport.

Originally coming from the North Collins school district, Cyrek spent time on Hamburg’s junior varsity softball team when the Lady Bulldogs won the state championship in 2013. But when she returned to North Collins a month later, she decided to take a shot at soccer.

“I’ve always like soccer.

I was in Hamburg for two years. I didn’t play soccer then,” said Cyrek. “And then I came [to North Collins] and I was like, ‘Why not.’ So I started playing travel with Mr. Flanagan in the summer.

“I was getting into it,” she continued. “Then Mr. Flanagan goes, ‘Oh, I like you on defense,’ so then I started playing with all of the seniors from last year. They really helped me out and made me a better defender.”

Tim Flanagan, the head coach of North Collins’ varsity girls soccer team, recalls initially getting Cyrek into the sport with his summer club team in the Southern Tier Travel Soccer League.

“Some of the kids told me that Richelle, who started out school here, was back.

She’s a good athlete and she’s fast,” said Flanagan.

“They said that they think

she could be a good soccer player. I got to meet her and asked her why don’t she play travel soccer with us and let’s see what you can do.”

Not only has Cyrek picked up the sport quickly, she has become an essential part to the Eagles’ defensive unit, helping the likes of her goaltender, Aurora Klawinski, Kourtney Mallaber, Morgan Lawton, Bailey Murray and Kaila Jimerson keep the ball out of the net.

“She was a natural,” said Flanagan. “Her first varsity season was in her junior year when she came back from Hamburg and she started as my left side defender and I never blinked twice. She’s been phenomenal.”

Receiving North Collins’ Coach’s Award for her effort, attitude and play as a junior and earning league all-star honors as a senior, Cyrek wishes she had spent more of her high school career on the pitch, often feeling left behind in comparison to her classmates, Klawinski, Jimerson, Sam Gier, Rhianna Renaldo and Kim Yager, who have each been around for three varsity seasons.

“This year, I am a senior but this is just my second year with Flanagan,” said Cyrek. “The other seniors always say, ‘We’ve been here for three years’ and I’m over here like ‘Yeah… two.’”

Richelle played a key role in helping North Collins capture a 2-1 quarterfinal victory over West Valley to open postseason play.

Cyrek and her defensive unit kept the opposition scoreless long enough to take the lead. West Valley responded immediately to tie the game, 1-1, due to a slight miscommunication

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Richelle Cyrek has been a key defender for North Collins for two seasons. breakdown, but the Eagles regrouped and shut out the visitors the rest of the way.

“I would’ve been very upset if we didn’t win this,” Cyrek said following the postseason win. “I knew we could and I am so happy that we did. This is the best thing ever.”

“I’m so proud of her.

She’s done a phenomenal job, and she has turned into an awesome soccer player, even though softball is her sport,” Flanagan said. “And she loves softball. She’s an athlete, she’s competitive, and she’s tough.”

Cyrek even brought her younger sister, Rebecca, along to join the soccer team with her. Flanagan is fond of both of their talents and can see Rebecca filling in for Richelle after she gets her diploma – a passing of the torch, if you’d say.

“I honestly think Becca is going to take Richelle’s spot when she graduates,” Flanagan noted. “Becca’s just like Richelle. She’s fast, maybe even a little faster.

She’s aggressive and has that mean streak. So I’m excited to see where she’s going to be.”

Coach Tony Schiappa likes to call Matin, a native of Bulgaria, the “Bulgarian Beast.”

Schiappa was impressed by Matin’s ability to stop shots from the moment his goalie gear made it in the mail from Bulgaria to Hamburg.

The junior goaltender would go on to break the school’s shutout record, and even scored a goal, during his first taste of school soccer outside of what he is normally accustomed to within the club scene.

“I think it’s great,” Matin said about playing for a school.

“The team is good. We have a good coach, we improved a lot. We play good teams and the competition level is pretty high.”

Rasmussen, a foreign exchange student from Denmark, wrote a letter describing how he’d like the opportunity to play the sport if he was given the chance to study inAmerica.

He became a part of one of the greatest soccer teams in

Hamburg history, tallying 19 goals and four assists along the way.

“It’s a huge change, and, like coach said, it might be because of Slavi and I,” Rasmussen said. “They needed a goalkeeper, and they got one, and they needed a goal scorer.”

Matin lives in Hamburg and will be back for his senior season next fall. Rasmussen will be graduating this June but has plans to attend college locally and continue playing soccer on the next level.

As for Stephan, he will go back home to Germany to finish studying and continue training for triathlons six days out of the week.

He scored a goal this year at halfback for Lake Shore but will leave the sport behind when he returns home, forever cherishing the one season he had to play soccer for Taylor and the Eagles.

“This is it for me,” Stephan said.

Sports writers wanted

Community Papers of Western New York is looking to fill freelance sports writer vacancies for both the Gowanda News and Springville Journal publications.

The ideal candidate will be a dedicated worker capable of writing at least four sports stories per week. Stories include game recaps, feature stories and athlete profiles,

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Additionally, they will have a strong grasp on both written and verbal communication and understand Associated Press style.

If interested, please submit a resume and three writing samples to CPOWNY sports editor Tom Gallagher at TGallagher@cpowny. com.

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Rod, Gun & Game: Animals and surviving WNY storm

By Forrest Fisher OUTDOOR COLUMNIST

Last week, WNY did not face an ordinary winter weather episode, it was a historic weather event that many of us will never forget. People can survive because we are usually forewarned about the potential of catastrophic circumstances, but did you ever wonder about deer, bear and other animals during the kind of snowstorm that blew into WNY? Wild animals seem to understand weather without a TV or radio report.

It seems that even science has trouble figuring out how wildlife and insects seem to know when it is time to take cover.

My better half and I reside in the hills above East Aurora. We did not experience the 90+ inches of snow that the village of East Aurora recorded (according National Weather Service data), but we did have about five and one-half feet of the white stuff on the level, with far more depth on our house and shed roofs.

Our two bird feeders off the back deck hold 3-pounds and 8-pounds of bird food each. We mix a combination of 60 percent sunflower seeds and 40 percent wild bird seed mix into each, but on the day before the storm, for some reason, birds of many species would empty the feeders in less than two hours. This was incredible since the feeders each last

about 2-3 days before the need for reload. Go figure!

How did the birds know the storm was coming or would be that severe?

My snowplow guy was buried himself and so was unable to keep up with the quickly falling snow accumulating on our driveway.

I called around for help and, of course, these were calamitous times, there really was no help. South of us though, I called Tractor Supply in Arcade and they still had a supply of large snow blowers – including several of the brand new 3-stage, 28-inch wide model Cub Cadet models with high speed blower. Perfect, I thought, so I drove south where the roads were still open and was able to procure one of these.

Incredibly, my nephew from Tampa, Florida, was visiting us during a few days to hunt deer. Bad timing dude! He was amazed at the resolve and happy faces to be found around WNY despite the weather. He was brave, but a bit timid about heading outside during the height of the blizzard. Who wouldn’t be? I was too and I’m an outdoor guy, but I thought, life is, let get it done.

The snow blower cleared the driveway with ease and also allowed us to reach the bird feeders and the rear yard sheds. Fern (my better half) was baking pies – the smell sure removed a lot of the tension that seemed to be heightened by watching TV reports. Under the bird

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A downy woodpecker and cardinal enjoy a tree limb near a local bird feeder in Western New York during the height of the monster snow storm last week. feeders, Fern tossed the apple peelings and Fern asked me to fill the feeders to the top and toss an extra pound or two right into the snow with the apple peelings. She said, “I know about rules for not feeding deer, but these are special times and we need to help out our local critters somehow if we can.”

It was about 4:30 p.m. when we finished our snow clearing and feeder filling jobs during the height of the

Hoops teams will pay homage to Buffalo Braves “Feast” from page B1 The Ice Griffs then return to the HarborCenter rink to take on Air Force once more with a 7:35 puck drop.

College hoops fans should have had this date circled since the time it was announced, but what will make the day even more special is the fact that all four teams will be wearing uniforms based on the togs worn by the Buffalo Braves when that club competed in the NBA between 1970 and 1978.

St. Bonaventure and Niagara will be sporting uniforms based on the duds worn by the Braves between 1971 and 1973, which featured double diagonal stripes. The uniforms worn

by Canisius and UB will be based on the Columbia blue and white motif sported

by the Braves from 1973 through 1978, after which the franchise was part of an ownership swap and moved to San Diego to become known as the Clippers.

All the schools’ uniforms will also feature a patch containing the iconic Braves “stylized B” logo along with a “1970-1978” designation. While there has been a groundswell of desire to recognize the Braves on a more permanent basis at the First Niagara Center, be it with a banner for the franchise or recognition of the team’s Hall of Famers (Bob McAdoo and coach Jack Ramsay), any such ceremony will be a surprise.

Finally on Sunday, the Bills are scheduled to take on the Cleveland Browns at Ralph Wilson Stadium

in a contest which could turn into an emotional testament to the dedication and resilience of the Buffalo community. It will be the Bills’ first true home game after the freak lake-effect storm which buried southern portions of Erie County in a record-setting snowfall and caused the NFL to move last week’s home game to Detroit.

By the time the weekend is done, if people haven’t had a chance to take a deep breath and marvel at how busy they’ve been, it’s only because they chose not to take advantage of the feast of available opportunities.

Here’s hoping that everyone is able to enjoy it in their own special way. www.twitter.com/mikehaim

Buffalo State football wins ECAC Southwest Bowl Quarterback Kyle Hoppy (Orchard Park/Orchard Park) and wide receiver Mike Doherty (Tonawanda/Kenmore East) teamed up to pace a Buffalo State (8-3) offense that found the end zone seven times en route to a 59-36 rout over host Waynesburg (8-3) Saturday (Nov. 22) in the ECAC Southwest Bowl.

The Bengals improved to 4-0 all-time in ECAC Bowls in their first postseason appearance since 2000, and recorded their first eight-win season since 1998.

Hoppy finished 24 of 34 and matched a career-best

with 335 yards and tied a school record throwing five touchdown passes. He also added a rushing score.

Doherty set a pair of school records in his final game as a Bengal. His 15 catches is a new singlegame mark, which also gave him the school’s career mark of 176 receptions. He finished the game with 201 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and ended the season with 1,144 receiving yards, just eight yards shy of another school record. Junior receiver Ryan Carney (Olean/Olean) had four catches for 81 yards, also going

over 1,000 yards for the season, and he added two scores, setting a new school single-season record with 12 receiving touchdowns.

Buffalo State piled up 551 yards of total offense, while holding the Yellow Jackets to 354, including just 42 yards on the ground.

John Alessandra ( To n a w a n d a / K e n m o r e East) had six tackles including one for loss to lead Buffalo State’s defense, while Shaq Frederick (Brooklyn/Holy Cross) had a pair of tackles for loss including one of three Bengals’ sacks.

big blow. Despite our best efforts, the high wind and horizontal snowfall did not take long to coat the feeders and hide the seed and tasty apple peelings below.

By mid-morning of the last day of the storm, the wind subsided and the snowfall stopped. Not more than 30 minutes later, the birds were back digging out a path through the snow to the food spouts of the bird feeders suspended eight feet

off the ground. Two hours later, some 12 wild turkeys arrived and a half-dozen doves too! Amazing! The critters had survived.

At 2:00 p.m., three doe deer, a parent and her two siblings, must have smelled out the apple peelings and there they were (a foot below the snow surface too), stomping the snow to dig out the apple peeling morsels.

Did the deer survive the deep snow and extended

days of non-feeding during the storm period? Yes they did! They were marvelous to watch.

If you are a hunter, the worse the storm, the lessons learned here apply. When the storm is really nasty, like this one, science and historic observation provide proof that the deer find shelter in the woods under cedar or pine tree limbs and wait it out. Once fair weather returns, the deer head out to feed. They take turns leading the way and all of them walk in single file to use less energy carving a single trail through the deep snow.

Deer head to their preferred feeding spots along forest edges where favored wild foods of beech nuts, acorns and fresh tree buds already wrapped in preparation for next spring can be found. They browse most during early morning and late day periods, but after a storm like this one, and considering the rut is still on, bucks may browse for doe’s ready to mate all day long. Look for tracks.

During the light snow and moderate temperatures forecast for this weekend following the storm cleanup, deer will return to their normal habits and overall, the storm will likely have done little to damage the deer herd and other wildlife.

It may have dampened the enthusiasm of hunters, but the deer will still be there, especially since we had the 3-day melt after the big snowfall.

Joyce scores first goal after Nagel, Colling, Kohler take her in “Champion” from page B1 “Frankly, she struggles with walking and running, and she’s not using it as an excuse,” said Nagel. “I think one of the things that makes Gracie a champion was something that happened today that nobody else saw.

She was sitting on the bench, one of the girls was coming off tired, and Gracie…she struggled to stand up…said, ‘Sit down.’ The girl said, ‘No, no, you sit,’ but Gracie said, ‘No, you sit down. You just played.’ And so she didn’t use her struggles as an excuse.”

Joyce has played many positions since her mother, Alicia, found a home for her with the Sharks when she was an 8-yearold girl skirmishing to find a team that would accept her and her condition. But it was on Aug. 15 when Joyce experienced the biggest moment of her soccer playing career.

In front of many families, players and others in attendance during the early regular season match, Joyce shot a penalty kick right past a diving goalie to score the first goal of her life.

The crowd and both team’s benches erupted with joy. Some cheered and others cried.

“I was really excited,” said Joyce, also called Gray for short. She was 9 at the time of her first goal.

“My mom was really happy for me. When I came to her she was like, ‘Yay!’ When I told my sister, she was like, ‘Good job Gray.’ Coach Rob was screaming and coach Heather [Colling] was happy for me and all my teammates were happy.”

“We were screaming. We were crying.

Everybody,” said coach Heather Colling. “Coach Rob went to go lift her up in the air.”

Colling, Nagel and Craig Kohler took Joyce in when nobody else would. They have enjoyed every moment with Joyce and the Sharks, but watching Joyce net her first goal will be a memory unlike any other.

“There was a faceoff between Baillie and Gracie and then there was a penalty kick,” said Colling. “One of them kicked them in the shins, so Gracie was able to do a penalty kick. When she did the kick, the ball went in and the goalie went to dive for it, and the ball went right underneath the goalie.”

“I didn’t really want to because I’m bad at kicking,” Joyce said when she found out about her opportunity to kick a PK. “But I tried and then I kicked it.”

With so many people happy for Joyce scoring the first goal of her career, how about her?

Was Joyce happy?

“Yes,” she answered excitedly.

“Because I didn’t make a goal for the whole two seasons.”

Maybe it took Joyce a while to score because of her versatility and willingness to help her Sharks in any way she can.

While she is quick to tell you that her favorite position is forward, there is not a position she won’t play.

“She is one child who has never looked to come off,” said Colling. “I’ll ask her what position she wants to play and she’ll say, ‘Wherever you need me coach.’

“Mid, forward, defense, she doesn’t care. She’ll play anywhere.”

As emotional as Joyce’s PK was, she had already made quite the name for herself in goal.

Joyce has posted a number of shutouts at goaltender. She recorded a clean sheet this fall and blanked every team she went up against last year.

Over and over again, Joyce overcomes her condition.

“She’s never used anything as an excuse,” said Nagel.

“She’s been knocked out and got back up.

She’s a champion to me because she perseveres and she never gives up.”

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Around Town

Erie 2 BOCES earns grant

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Wednesday, Nov. 26 – The Evans town board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. in the town court located at 8787 Erie Rd., Angola, to request proposals for garbage and recycling. For more information, contact the town supervisor’s office.

Thursday, Nov. 27 – Happy Thanksgiving! – The Evans Township Lions Club will be helping both financially and physically with the Thanksgiving Day Meal, overseen by the members of the Lake Shore Association of Christian Churches, at the Most Precious Blood Church. This meal is free and open to the public.

Friday, Nov. 28 – 10th annual Festival of Lights at The Fairgrounds in Hamburg, 5 p.m.-9 p.m., with grounds open until 10 p.m. Indoor and outdoor activities, including crafts and photos with Santa.

Discounted tickets available at Tops Friendly Markets or with a Tops receipt.

For more information, visit FairgroundsHoliday.com.

Sunday, Nov. 30 – Children’s holiday movie matinee, The Palace Theater in Hamburg, 1 p.m. – Ten Lives Club cat rescue and adoption group annual Holiday Bazaar and Wreath Sale, 1- 5 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, located at 36 Pierce Ave. in Hamburg. Customers interested in purchasing a wreath can call 646-5577 to place an order. – Unitarian Universalist Church in Hamburg, located on the corner of Union and Center streets, will host a “Guest at Your Table� service. Nonperish-

able food items may be donated to benefit the St. Peter and Paul Outreach Center. A coffee hour will follow the service.

Monday, Dec. 1 – West Falls/Colden Library holiday wreath decorating, 7:30 p.m. Fresh wreaths will be provided, as well as some natural and artificial decorations. Preregister by Nov. 24.

Tuesday, Dec. 2 – The Emerson Home Bureau will meet at 7 p.m. in the Hamburg Middle School cafeteria. The craft will be a wooden spoon angel. New members may attend.

Friday, Dec. 5 –Hamburgh Holidays Christmas in the Village.

Santa’s Workshop opens at 5:30 p.m. in the Hamburg Village Plaza, trolley rides will run 6:30-8:30 p.m., the water tower star will be lit at 7 p.m., and more. – Retro Winter at the Festival of Lights at The Fairgrounds in Hamburg.

For more information, visit FairgroundsHoliday.com. – The Buffalo Choral Arts Society will perform its holiday concert, entitled “A Garland of Song� at Saints Peter & Paul Church on Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at buffalochoralarts.org, or by phone at 775-SONG. Saturday, Dec. 6 – Hamburgh Holidays 50th anniversary winter gala, 7 p.m.-midnight, Kronenberg Building, located at 12 Main St. in Hamburg.

There will be live music.

For tickets or more information, call Chris Gaughan at 289-7147. – Christmas in the Cabin, 1-4 p.m., open house with

LEGAL NOTICE

TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MEETING

Santa at the Log Cabin located on 6765 Taylor Road.

Children can visit Santa, see live reindeer, go caroling, partake of refreshments and participate in craft making.

The event is free, compliments of the Hamburg Rejuvenation Committee. Attendees are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food donation. For more information, call Cathy Rybczynski, town clerk, at 6496111 ext. 2360. – A Christmas craft show, sponsored by Highland Hose Auxiliary, will be held from 9 am-3 p.m. at the Highland Fire Hall on Route 5. There will be a visits and pictures with Santa, hot lunch, a bell jar raffle, and a baked goods sale.

Donna Evans Deyermond, will be presented at 10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Union and Center streets. A coffee hour will follow the service. – The town of Boston’s 22nd annual Christmas concert, performed by the Boston Town Band, 2 p.m. at Boston Valley School. The Lutheran Chorale will join the band for several selections, including the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah.� Other numbers will include “March of the Toys,� “Let It Go� from Disney’s “Frozen� and Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride.� Refreshments will be available, after the concert.

It is free and open to the public.

Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 6-7 – Breakfast with Santa at Faith United Church of Christ, located at 8651 Boston State Rd., at 9-11 a.m.

A craft sale will also take place from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Admission is free. – Bois-Lord Home Museum Christmas open house, 1-4 p.m. For more information, call 649-9232. – The Social Ministry Committee at Saints Peter & Paul Church annual bazaar and bake sale, parish center, Dec. 6, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Dec. 7 from 8:30 -2. The sale includes books, toys, frames, holiday decor, jewelry, collectibles, housewares, handmade items and treasures.

Monday, Dec. 8 – Bois-Lord Home Museum guided tours, 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Reservations required. To make reservations, call 649-9232. Tea and dessert follow the tours.

Sunday, Dec. 7 – Hamburg Historical Museum Holiday Open House, 1-4 p.m., guided tours, music, refreshments and reindeer. The museum is located at 5859 South Park Ave. in Hamburg. – Nativity Scene dedication in Memorial Park, 7 p.m., refreshments to follow. – Seven Lessons and Seven Carols, a sermon by

Tuesday, Dec. 9 – The Emerson Home Bureau will meet at 7 p.m. in the Hamburg Middle School Cafeteria. The craft project will be Christmas Ornaments. New members may attend. – The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce 13th annual Holiday Bash, 5:30-9:30 p.m. at the event center at the Fairgrounds. Reservations required; food, drink, raffles and live music. For more information or to make reservations, call the chamber at 649-7917.

Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Board of Cooperative Educational Services has been awarded a $400,000 New York State Education Department Teaching is the Core grant to work with a consortium of 15 school districts to improve the quality of current assessments, while reducing the number of tests that do not contribute to teaching and learning.

E2CCB will use the grant to lead a systematic approach, empowering 15 districts, including 34 schools and 16,752 students, to examine current assessment practices in light of changes to New York state regulations, time spent on assessment and how data is used to revise instruction. Participating districts will gain a deeper understanding of the hallmarks of quality assessment, and use the power of assessment as a tool to support improvement to further both students’ and schools’ learning, rather than just a way to measure learning at a fixed point in time.

The 15 districts forming the consortium, and served through this grant, include Brocton, Chautauqua Lake, East Aurora, Eden, Falconer, Forestville, Frewsburg, Holland, Iroquois, Lake Shore, North Collins, Silver Creek, Pine Valley and Ripley. “This grant will benefit students throughout the region by improving how their progress is assessed and improve overall teaching and learning,� said Dr. David O’Rourke, district superintendent and CEO for Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES. “It bolsters the work already being done in the region to implement the Common Core Learning Standards and ensures that we are best preparing our students for college and career pathways.�

Principals will be supported in leading assessment audits to decide whether district assessments should be kept, revised or eliminated. Following the assessment audits, action plans will be developed, in order to ensure that they are high quality and provide teachers with data that is useful to inform instruction. Additionally, this will ensure that the assessments used will yield information regarding students, but minimize any negative impact on instructional time.

Professional development and other support will be provided to principals and teachers to build assessment literacy – including assessment design and the development of performance assessments. “I am proud of the work that the IES Team has done and the services we have provided to our component districts,� added O’Rourke. “This advances that work and will have a positive impact in our learning communities.�

For more information on the services offered by E2CCB, visit www.e2ccb.org.

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Saturday, Dec. 13 – The Orchard Park Chorale presents its Glorious Christmas concert at 4 p.m. at the Orchard Park Presbyterian Church located at 4369 South Buffalo St., in Orchard Park. There will be a fee for admission. Visit www.orchardparkchorale. org for more information or to purchase tickets.

December 2, 2014

The Town of Hamburg Board of Zoning Appeals will meet on December 2, 2014 at 7:00pm in Room 7B of Hamburg Town Hall to consider the following applications: 1. Tabled Application # 5507 Cathy Fabiotos - Requesting a use variance to allow automotive repair at 3233 Lakeshore Road 2. Application # 5509 DM Properties, Hamburg, Inc. - Requesting an area variance for a new detached sign at 4020 Jeffrey Boulevard 3. Application # 5510 4878 Hamburg LLC - Requesting two (2) area variances for a new detached sign at 4878 Lakeshore Road 4. Application # 5512 Lakshmi Inc. - Requesting a use variance to expand a permitted non-conforming use at 4414 Southwestern Boulevard Brad Rybczynski, Chairman • Paul Eustace, Secretary Board of Zoning Appeals

Renae Buckholtz and Craig Symanski Mr. and Mrs. Edward Buckholtz, of Blasdell, announced the engagement of their daughter, Renae Marie Buckholtz to Craig Stephen Symanski.

The future bride works as a school counselor.

Symanski holds a Masters of Business Administration in business finance and is the son of Rose Szymanski of West Seneca and the late Henry Szymanski. He is employed at General Mills. The couple will marry in July 2015.

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Everyone deserves a magical holiday season filled with joy. At least, that’s what causes Santa Claus to travel to Mars in the Buffalo Chrysalis Theater’s production of “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964),� written for the stage by Drew McCabe.

Originally a movie, by Nicholas Webster, the plot starts out on the red planet, where children do not have toys or fun, and are forced to mature intellectually much too fast. After seeing television broadcasts from Earth, young Martians learn of the joys of Christmas.

From there, the search for Santa is on.

McCabe, from the Buffalo Area, approached Matt Mooney, executive director at Buffalo Chrysalis Theater in the Grange building in Hamburg, about the adaptation of the film because he felt the piece had a “certain magic. “After a little searching I saw folks were adapting the ‘64 film to stage and doing it in different parts of the world, now that it’s fallen into public domain,� McCabe said. “And I thought how much I loved film and, ‘If they could adapt it, why couldn’t I?’�

McCabe said that, growing up in the 1990s, he was a fan of the program “Off Beat Cinema� on Channel 7. It was the late nights he spent watching the ’64 film as a child that nurtured his love for B-movies. “[McCabe] is so good at the off-beat,� said Melissa Leventhal, artistic director at the Grange Theater. “It’s his wheelhouse.� “Matt and I began talking about me working with them and a lot of ideas were brought up and tossed around,� explained McCabe, of how his show made it to the Grange Theater. “It just happened that the Santa Claus Conquers the Martians idea struck a

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The Grange Theater arranged to allow for audience interaction with characters like Martians, Santa, robots and polar bears. chord with him, because they were looking for a Christmas production they could spin for all ages.�

Mooney said the production will allow for interaction with the audience. “[The production] breaks the fourth wall, which makes it, for the kids,�

Mooney said. “Children’s theater is a big part of our company.�

He added that Martian headbands will be available for purchase, so kids can take a step even further into the spectacle of Christmas on Mars. “I think the community will love this show,� Explained the executive director. “[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians] will become a holiday staple. Every year, there will be something new to discover.�

Anyone with a sense of humor and a bit of holiday spirit will enjoy it,� McCabe said. “Fans of the original film will have a good time seeing it on stage as they go along with the cast of char-

acters on their journey to Mars and back.�

Mooney said that after experiencing the show the first time, kids will want to come back again and again. “The audience will sing along to help Santa,� he said. “There’s polar bears, Martians and elves.�

Mooney cites the theater’s proximity to the community for its expected popularity for children’s entertainment, mentioning that the only other place for youth theater is in Allentown. “It’s about exposing kids to theater instead of movies,� Leventhal said. “The earlier kids become familiar with it, the longer the interest lasts.�

There will be a free preview showing on Dec. 5 with talk-backs with the actors, after the show. “Kids want to ask questions, so we want to be able to explain how the magic works,� Leventhal said. “Helping kids understand the magic doesn’t take away from the effects, and they

remember that stuff.�

Mooney said the preview will be a good way to get people into the theater space. There are 80 seats in the theater divided into two groups. Each side looks into the center of the room, creating an aisle, which extends from the stage. This, according to Mooney, allows for a lot of interaction with characters.

The executive director said the show will be larger than life, with lots of light shows that will bring the ceiling and floor to life. He said kids will go on a journey to mars and the north pole. “Aside from Santa, there’s elves and aliens and a robot and big old polar bear!� McCabe said. “It’s quite colorful and I think kids will have a really fun time watching Santa do his thing.�

The show opens Dec. 11 and runs through Dec. 27.

More information about the theater can be found at www.buffaloschrysalistheatre.com.

Take one part Quentin Tarantino, one part Kung Fu and one part Clint Eastwood and you will have “John Wick.� On their own, each is entertaining to their target audience. Mix thoroughly, and you have a superior entertainment for everyone.

Keanu Reeves stars as a retired high-level hit man who encounters a trio of thugs hell-bent on stealing his snazzy car. In the process, they beat him violently and to top it off, kill his adorable dog before they speed off with his Mustang.

Their big mistake was not knowing who he is.

Enter John Wick, famous assassin – formerly known as “The Boogeyman� – an unstoppable force. Their bigger mistake was not knowing that Wick was a “colleague� of the father of the trio’s leader. Their biggest mistake was killing John Wick’s dog. You see, our beloved hit man recently lost his beautiful wife to a terminal illness. The dog was her parting gift to him.

We are treated to scenes of Wick lavishing affection on the dog as he grieves. With brief flashbacks of his deceased wife, there is a sense that he gave up his life of crime for her and the decency she represented. Therefore, this dog is everything to him.

Well, that is all you need to know of the movie’s plot.

The remainder of the movie is all revenge, played out in some of the most exciting action you will encounter.

This is not an overstatement. Directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, we are treated to wildly enthralling fights and shootouts that are brilliant in

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execution. The directors, former stunt doubles for Reeves, know their material all too well. What is even more interesting and, frankly astonishing, is that “John Wick� is the first film directed by Leitch and Stahelski. They must have been paying attention as stunt men. I am guessing they have also watched a lot of Kung Fu movies, as well. “John Wick� plays like Kung Fu with guns instead of flying feet and fists.

The amazing fight choreography, especially the shoot-outs, are unequalled in recent memory. Inspired by martial arts movies, it is as fast and furious as a runaway train. The all-important editing in such a film cannot be denied. I am predicting an Oscar nomination for that.

As for the cast, they are fine, especially John Leguizamo in a tiny cameo that is, nevertheless memorable. But it is all Reeves.

He is so strong in presence.

As a loner of very few words – relentless for vengeance, he will surely bring to mind the revenge-seeking Clint Eastwood in his younger days.

Reeves has had a string of bombs, over the last few years. As the title character states in a confrontational prelude to his rampage, “I’m thinking I’m back!�

Yes, Keanu, you are, and welcome back.

The look of the film is strangely beautiful for this genre. With New York City as the backdrop, the choreographed violence is mesmerizing and, above all, it’s exciting. It’s not real and we know it. It’s fun. It’s iconic movie-making. It’s cowboys and gangsters – good guys and bad guys – Gary Cooper in “High Noon,�

Spencer Tracy in “Bad Day at Black Rock.� It’s classic. “John Wick� is currently in theaters.

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The Sun / Thursday, November 27, 2014

Eden Kazoos resonate throughout history, the world

By Andrew Manzella THE SUN STAFF REPORTER

The sounds of the Southtowns are very diverse.

Some are great entertainment, some are dedicated to faith and some have a great historical significance.

Picture this. The year is 1933, celebrations are taking place all over the country. Prohibition was just repealed and as everybody grabbed a drink and danced the night away, they reached for their whiskey bottleshaped kazoos to toot their excitement.

In 1915, the original kazoo factory in Macon, Ga. wanted to upgrade its simple noise maker, the wooden kazoo. Meanwhile, Harry Richardson, an Eden native, was producing stove and furnace parts, toys and novelties in his sheet metal workshop on South Main Street in Eden. After making a deal with the kazoo patent-holders, Michael McIntyre and Emil Smorg in 1915, the metal workshope began producing the world’s first metal kazoos.

According to the current owner of the gift shop in the kazoo factory, Karen Smith, kazoos became so popular that Richardson had to use his entire building for their production and moved the machinery for other metal goods across the street.

“The kazoo is the only instrument invented and manufactured in the United States,” Smith said. “Back then, it was so popular because people could make music that was inexpensive.

Kazoos are a part of American pop culture.”

Smith continued to say that grandparents bring their grandchildren to the factory because kids don’t know kazoos anymore and

A SASi client and employee of the Kazoo Factory uses a sheet metal press to form the different parts of a kazoo.

Karen Smith demonstrates how mylar resonators have been made for decades at the kazoo factory; by hand. learning about kazoos is an important part of the area’s history.

Smith said that it was a sign of progress to make kazoos out of metal instead of

wood.

To play a kazoo, the store owner explained, the player cannot just blow into the mouthpiece.

“All you will get is hot air

out the other side,” she said.

“Very simply, you must hum. If you hum, you will get the same music out, that you put in.”

She added that “kids to-

day just don’t hum anymore,” so she has come up with a surefire way to help all prospective kazoo players to succeed.

“We ask kids to toot,” she said, adding that that always makes kids laugh. “Tooting and humming makes the sound. [The kids] are shy at first, but by the time they leave it’s like, ‘oh boy.’”

Visitors to the kazoo factory make their mark on a map that stands on one side of the room. Pins stick out from every state in the country. Kazoos from Eden are still in demand and sent all over the world as gifts, wedding favors or tools in celebration.

According to Smith, the sounds of Eden kazoos can be heard in many other countries, where mission travelers have given them to children.

The original model is still available for sale and other, more progressive models are offered, as well. A 24 karat-gold plated kazoo is available for less than twenty dollars. There are also kazoos that take the shape of small trumpets, French horns and trombones with moving keys that, “Do nothing but look cool.”

Today, the factory still uses much of the original machinery. From the 10 horsepower, electric motor is attached a system of belts and pulleys that run the presses.

A significant part of the factory’s history is that women worked in it during a time when that was uncommon and, according to Smith, people still comment to her today about how well their distant relatives were treated as employees.

Also, she said, middle-age men who visit the gift shop tell her how they worked at the factory to pay their way

through college. Now, the factory is staffed with people with disabilities.

Suburban Adult Services Inc. currently runs the factory portion of the kazoo factory, and their clients from there make the products. “[The workers] do a terrific job,” Smith said. “They are hard working and enjoy their work. Some have a favorite machine they like to use.”

The workers have a good deal of creative leeway in the design of new kazoos.

In 2007, SASi workers used spare pieces from the sheet metal presses to create a commemorative Edenthemed model. The fully functioning kazoo is shaped and painted to look like an ear of corn. Smith joked that the shape is appropriate because “kazoos are a little corny anyway.”

There are also entire bands that use nothing but kazoos to perform.

“Florida has more kazoo bands than anywhere else,” Smith said. “We ship there a great deal.”

Smith reminisced about a kazoo band from the town of Boston that played in the Eden corn festival parade, in years past.

“I’ve never seen anyone cry when they play a kazoo,” Smith said. “It’s too much fun.”

Tours of the factory are free and offered Tuesday through Saturday, yearound. For more information, visit www. Edenkazoo. com.

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