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but couldn’t afford it, so we bought him new glasses. On top of that we provide four scholarships every year.

“We obviously have to budget how we spend it, but we’re pretty professional in that regard,” he added.

The breakfast will be held Sunday, Feb. 22nd, in the Clarence High School cafeteria from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the door. Ages 13+ will be charged $7; $4 for ages six to 12, and children under six will have free entry.

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dollars to different groups, and not one penny goes back to the club.”

Such groups include the Canine Helpers of Lockport, Good Neighbors Health Center, and Habitat for Humanity. The proceeds will also aid any individuals who will benefit from the cause.

“Once we bought a braille machine for a seven-year-old girl,” he said. “And another time we had an 86-yearold man. He had to get new glasses every 4-6 months

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A special presentation was held in regard to the ELA curriculum at the Clarence Central School District Board of Education meeting, which was held on Feb. 9 at the Clarence Center Elementary School.

During the Superintendent’s Report, guest presenters were Curriculum Coordinator Kristin Overholt and Kim Anderson, program coordinator.

Now, aligning to the Common Core learning standards, the two district members explained how these programs are specific to the English Language Arts curriculum on an elementary and secondary level.

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The two units of study programs that have been adapted to the district are Lucy Calkins for grades K-5, and Code X, which is geared toward sixth grade.

“We have two programs that are helping us meet some of the needs of the common core,” Anderson said. While implementing other tasks, she said that they realized there were more curriculums to incorporate.

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As a program, Lucy Calkins will incorporate and expand with more of a focus on the process of writing, rather than the forms of genre, including “narrative, informative and opinion writing.

“One of the things that I think is really great about this program is that it has a clear progression of skills that really grows with the writer and not the writing,” she continued.

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When people were just getting over the Y2K 15 years ago, the Clarence Lions Club was also holding the first of many pancake breakfasts.

Current Lions President Gerry Drinkard, a seven-year Lions member and retired Fisher-Price© executive, said that he loves holding charity events for Clarence.

Additionally, he is the head of the Clarence planning boards and also vicechair for the Clarence Town Ethics Committee.

“I joined just so I could give back to the community,” Drinkard said. “The pancake breakfast gives thousands of

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The Clarence Sun / Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Sing-Off Live Tour heads to Town Ballroom

Lions Club will serve pancakes for charity Lions from Page 1 The event will be serviced

by Lions members and volunteers from Clarence High School students. The Lions will be preparing pancakes, eggs and sausage, while the students bus and clean tables, serve coffee, orange juice and milk, and assist guests in any way. The division of duty is conscious choice by the club, to make the event run smoothly.

“The idea is, we don’t want the kids associated with the grill or gas,” Drinkard said.

“We let the adults handle that.

People can come in, grab their silverware on their way in and sit wherever they want to sit.”

The Lions Club, founded in 1947, hosts several annual events and charities. Next on the list is preparing for the

long-time running Clarence Day in the Park on Sunday, June 28. That club will be one among many non-profit organizations to coordinate the event, which will include games, rides, raffles, music, food and fireworks.

Always welcoming new members to help coordinate further events, the club will meet twice a month. “People can either show up or call me and come at my invitation,” he said. “We’re swearing another one in at our next meeting. We have people who are very passionate for the town of Clarence, and we can always use more.”

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At each city, local a capella groups will open for the tour and get the chance to work with Deke Sharon, the musical director for the tour, show and hit films like Pitch Perfect and the upcoming Pitch Perfect 2. The Rochester Yellowjackets have this privilege Monday, having actually competed on the show in Season 3. The University of Rochester group has been around since 1956, sporting sharp yellow blazers to go with the yellowjacket theme. A lot of the performers in the group attend the prestigious Eastmond School of Music, bringing classical training to the mainstream pop music primarily performed

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With the help of catchy pop tunes, stellar performers, and people that are just as into it as you are, it’s easy to see why this is such an immersive experience.

The groups fool you in the best way possible. It’s an a capella concert dressed up in a party atmosphere.

While on tour the past couple years, the group had the chance to teach music in schools on an international level. These experiences proved the value of music in the classroom, especially when considering the language barrier: “In Hong Kong, we taught kids for an hour and a half and with the language barrier they didn’t really understand us until we started to perform. It’s a potent reminder of how music is a language that everyone can speak,” says Richard Steighner, another member of The Exchange.

Since The Sing-Off, the guys have been touring like crazy and created three original albums, starting with “Get Ready,”

then “The Good Fight” and most recently “Pursuit,” which came out the first day of tour, Feb. 17.

The third album describes where they are right now in their lives: “The third album is all about the pursuit of happiness, and life as a band, and small business owners, five guys trying to find their way in the world,” says Austin. Visit their website, exchangevocal.com for more.

Purchase your tickets at townballroom.com or at the door, general admission only, $35. Please be advised: all tickets purchased through UB will be honored and refunds are available through point of purchase, or by calling UB’s box office, 645-6915, for a limited time only. Anyone who purchased a VIP ticket for Center for the Arts, center front orchestra, Rows A through G, for $49 plus fees per ticket, will be seated at the front -- first come, first served. Will call tickets will be transferred to the new venue. Those wanting a refund should call the Center for the Arts box office 645-6915: limited time only.

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Two of the performers that competed in Season 3 as Yellowjackets came back Season 5 with other individuals they met while on the show, forming The Exchange, an eclectic mix of voices and backgrounds.

Classical, R&B and gospel, among other genres, are combined to make something unique and familiar all at once. In addition to outstanding musical talent, the group draws the audience in with its energetic stage presence.

When The Exchange performs, they give and take. There’s a back and forth energy with people in the crowd. It makes sense, with the name.

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The Clarence Sun / Saturday, February 21, 2015

Local family of chocolatiers named February’s ‘Business of the Month’ other types of businesses?

“It’s a nice product. It generally makes people happy.

You get somebody coming in here buying chocolates it generally, most often, it’s for a good reason,” Fowler said.

“Chocolates: it’s a fun thing.”

Supermarkets, he said, have construed the view of the chocolate businesses.

Most small confectioners used a high-grade of chocolate that is much more fresh than many chocolates that can be sitting in a warehouse for several months.

“Everybody thinks it’s cheaper at the supermarkets, but believe me, it isn’,” he said. “People that come here generally learn that.”

“They like the attention of a small shop. They know the person waiting on them,” he said. “If they’ve been buying regularly from that shop, it’s a nice social thing.”

The Family Chocolate Shoppe has more choices, variety and can be made to the personal taste of whomever ALICIA GRECO the chocolate is for.

The shop will continue on in the hands of Fowler’s chilChocolates to satisfy every taste bud can be found at the Family Chocolate Shoppe, dren, Brent and Lisa, who currecognized as “Business of the Month” by the Clarence Chamber of Commerce. rently work there.

“The kids are interested.

They’re enthusiastic. They’re energetic. They do a good about chocolates is we have job,” he said.

The Family Chocolate over 600 different molds and Shoppe is open Monday configurations” he said.

“Oh god, we have way more through Friday from 10 a.m.-6 than that. Try thousands,” p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 Sandy said with a laugh.

“There’s a lot of ways you a.m.-4 p.m. Hours are extendcan use chocolate to person- ed prior to major holidays.

To learn more, visit www. alize the gift to whatever the familychocolateshop.com. situation is,” he continued.

What makes sets chocolate shops themselves apart from

Join a campaign dinner Town of Clarence Supervisor Dave Hartzell will kick off his 2015 reelection campaign with a dinner from 5-7:30 p.m. at Orazio’s Restaurant on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The cost is $49, and attendees are asked to RSVP by calling 741-0149.

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

‘Soup’s On’ at the farm Eat lunch and help save horses at Spruce Meadow Farm’s Winter Horse Show and the sixth annual “Soup’s On” fundraiser, which helps to benefit rescue horses.

The event will be held on Sunday, March 8.

Attendees will get a bowl, spoon, drink, dessert and all-you-can-eat soup, chili, goulash and more.

Winter horse show classes, including our special “Calcutta Jumper Class” will take place.

All of the proceeds will go to help pay for the feeding & medical care of the rescue horses.

Spruce Meadow Farm is located at 10333 Keller Road in Clarence.

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Delicate treats are lined up behind glass, chocolates are wrapped in cellophane and the air is sweetened with the smell of sugar.

A family of chocolatiers for generations — since 1910 — has been recognized by the Clarence Chamber of Commerce as “Business of the Month” for February.

The only shop owned and operated by the Fowler family and completely separate from Fowler’s Chocolates, the Family Chocolate Shoppe, located at 10295 Main St., has been in that location for at least 17 years; prior, the shop was located a bit down the road for a few years.

The shop is run by Bruce and Sandy Fowler.

A full-line chocolate shop, it offers packaged assortment, sponge candy, chocolate lace popcorn, fudge, brandy cordial cherries, and more; all the molding and fudge is cooked in-house.

Even with an influx of small chocolate businesses, the Family Chocolate Shoppe sets itself apart with a few special services.

The establishment provides chocolate and related gifts for holidays and special occasions; a complete corporate and business program which includes thank you gifts, employee recognition and more; chocolate bars for fundraisers; as well as etched glassware that can be customized.

Custom chocolates and

custom packaging is the shop’s speciality.

“People just come to us with an idea in their head and we try to create it,” Sandy said.

“Our focus, more and more, has been going with companies,” Bruce said. “We do a lot of work for a lot of great companies. Basically we provide any type of chocolate or confection that facilitates customer appreciation, especially at the holiday season.

“It’s dealing with a lot of really nice people. They have ideas, they come in with a need. Once we know what their approximate budget is, once we know the objectives of whatever it is they’re trying to accomplish, we can come back with several options for them to consider,” he said.

The Family Chocolate Shoppe helps to provide favors for banquets and other special events.

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The Clarence Sun / Saturday, February 21, 2015

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School budget is in creation process This is a guest column by Clarence Central School District Superintendent Geoffrey Hicks.

The Clarence Central School District Board of Education started the budget construction process for the 2015-16 school year with two goals: creation of a budget at the level of the tax levy cap, and no reductions in programs.

The biggest obstacle Clarence faces in completing the upcoming budget is Gov. of New York State, Andrew M. Cuomo. He tied his release of school aid to a series of ill-conceived and wrongheaded education reforms, and he will not release any new aid to schools unless all of his proposed reforms are passed by the Legislature.

This tactic has resulted in the governor failing to release a projected school aid distribution for school districts across New York State.

Without state aid distribution information, school districts will either have to guess the amount of state aid that will increase for 2015-16, or plan on no increase in state aid.

Further, under the NYS tax cap levy law, our school district must submit projected levy increases for 2015-16 to the State Comptroller by March 1.

Without projected state aid, this is operationally unworkable. We must know our projected school aid distribution in order to fully and accurately comply with the tax cap mandate.

In essence Gov. Cuomo is holding any increase in school aid hostage to his demands for education reform. This stance is simply unacceptable and undemocratic, especially in a year when NYS finances are gaining strength and the ability to remove the insidious Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) that has reduced school aid by over $1 billion to school dis-

Superintendent Geoffrey Hicks tricts this year, is within the grasp of the Legislature.

In Clarence, the GEA has reduced school aid by $2.8 million this year and more than $16 million in the five years of its existence.

The governor blasted public schools in his stateof-the-state address, with language that cast public schools as monopolies and suggested that all schools were failures.

The governor’s rhetoric is inaccurate and inflammatory.

The facts are that failing schools exist in only 2 percent of the 700 school districts across NYS. Clarence, by any measure, is thriving not failing.

We consistently see over 95 percent of our graduates attend college and fiscally we rank among the most cost effective districts state-wide.

We encourage the community to provide us with feedback on the budget process and help us advocate for fair funding by the governor and Legislature.

All of the information on the status of the 201516 budget can be found on our website, at www. clarenceschools.org. The next budget study session is scheduled for Monday, March 30.

The Clarence Central School District’s office is located at 9625 Main St. in Clarence and can be reached at 407-9100.

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Wizard of Oz will come to Clarence for chamber dinner

By Alicia Greco THE SUN EDITOR

Enter the Emerald City for this year’s Clarence Chamber of Commerce 43rd annual awards dinner, with a “Wizard of Oz Comes to Clarence” theme.

The dinner will be held Thursday, Feb. 26 starting at 6 p.m. at Samuel’s Grande Manor.

Influential members of the community will be awarded based on nominations.

This year’s award recipients will include Timothy Pazda for “Citizen of the Year,” Orazio’s Restaurant for “Business of the Year,” Kiwanis Club of Clarence will be awarded for “Organization of the Year” and “Lifetime Achiever of the Year” award will go to Patrick Casilio Jr. The award ceremony is “an opportunity for so many people that are out there that have businesses that go way beyond what they really have to,” according to Judy Sirianni, president of the chamber.

Recipients needed to fall under certain criteria, including either residing, working or volunteering in the town of Clarence, as well as “representing an unselfish devotion to improving the quality of life in the Clarence community,” she added.

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person that never says no.

Always out there trying to make the best thing for everybody, best for the community,” she said.

Award recipient Pazda, inspired by an unfortunate event in his own life, decided to give back and pay it forward as much as he can toward the Clarence community.

“Organization of the Year” will be awarded to “a group that has given back to the community and has given unselfishly,” according to Sirianni.

The Kiwanis Club of Clarence, founded in 2002, have earned the award for organizing various events that help causes on both a local and national level.

Orazio Ippolito Jr., owner of Orazio’s Restaurant, will be the recipient for the “Business of the Year” award. Transferring locations from the city of Buffalo to Clarence, he said that they were seeking a spot that had more space, parking and a bigger banquet facility.

The “Lifetime Achiever of the Year” award will recognize “a person who has been around for a long, long time. Someone who is older, that recognizes their devotion to the area, [someone] that just keeps giving,” the chamber’s president said.

According to the chamber, the award recipient Casilio “is the definition of community leader and role

model for the town of Clarence.”

The November storm first responders will also be honored during the dinner; those will include the Clarence Center Volunteer Fire Company, Clarence Volunteer Fire Company, Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company, the town of Clarence Highway Department, and the Swormville Fire Company.

“Many people work in this area but they don’t live here but they give themselves unselfishly. That’s great. And then there’s people who live here that give themselves, whatever it is, really making the community grow to what it is today with everybody working together,” Sirianni said. “We’ve had wonderful, wonderful recipients.”

At 6 p.m., a cash bar will be available featuring Emerald City martini cocktails and other libations; the party will be serenaded by “Oz” music and entertainment will be provided by Dennis Fleig – CJ Sound.

Introductions will begin at 6:45 and dinner will begin at 7:15 p.m., followed by the award ceremony.

Master of ceremonies will be Elizabeth Carey of Buffalo First Broadcast Reporter of 7 Eyewitness News, WKBW-TV. The program will conclude at approximately 8:45 p.m. The event will be cocktail attire with Oz

accessories. There will be a ticket charge; options for a table of 10 or a pair of tickets are available, as well. Anyone that may be attending that has dietary needs are requested to contact the chamber.

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Victims of Flight 3407 remembered, paid tribute On the sixth anniversary of the crash of Flight 3407, on Feb. 12, Congressman Brian Higgins led a letter calling for vigilance in the continued fight for aviation safety reforms and spoke on the Floor of the House of Representatives to remember the people who lost their lives and families who love them.

“Today marks the sixth anniversary of the crash of Continental Flight 3407 in Western New York which forever stole the lives of husbands, wives, sons, daughters, sisters and

brothers,” he said.

“Since that tragic day, the families and friends of those taken banded together, as a new family, to give others what their loved ones didn’t have – a safe flight home.

“They descended in red by dozens on Capitol Hill turning pain into persistence, progress and purpose.

“They saw success in the passage of the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act, which establishes ‘one level of safety,’ re-

gardless of size and distance.

“Still there is no rest for these brave families.

Last week, I joined them in Capitol Hill to support reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration bill and to speak out against recent industry pushback on safety qualifications,” he continued.

“With heavy hearts we remember the people of Flight 3407 and their courageous families. The flying public is safer today because of their work and persistence.”

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Obituaries W W W. C P O W N Y. C O M

Ernest Metzger Ernest H. Metzger, 91, of Amherst, died January 17.

Ernest was husband of Sarah G. (nee Grinnell); father of Lisa M. (Dave) Dunning, George Metzger and the late Charlotte (James) Bennett; grandfather of Lucia and Stuart Bennett; brother of Lisa M. Igauer, his twin Charles Metzger and the late John Metzger; father-in-law of James and Pamela Bennett.

Ernest was born in Nurnberg, Germany of parents Paul Arthur and Charlotte Babette (Kahn) Metzger.

Emigrated to the United States in 1939, naturalized in 1943. After three years of service with the United States Army in Europe in the combat engineers and in intelligence he received a Bachelor of Science degree from CCNY in 1949 and a

Masters of Science degree from Harvard University in 1950.

He was employed at Bell Aircraft/Aerospace for 39 years, rising to executive director of engineering with particular expertise in developing inertial instruments and gravity gradiometer systems. Recipient of the Aerospace Pioneer Award, Niagara Frontier Section, AIAA 1977 and Thurlow Award for outstanding contribution to scientific navigation 1987.

Named to Niagara Frontier Aviation Hall of Fame 1992.

Ernest was twice elected Chairman of the Board of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo.

A service will be held on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Planned Parenthood of Western New York. Arrangements by Amigone Funeral Home Inc.

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Amherst Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated from Christ the King Church.

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

Edward Ruch Edward G. Ruch, 84, of Williamsville, died January 28.

Edward was husband of 62 years to Gertrude A. "Trudy" Michael J. Piddisi, (nee Funk) Ruch; devoted 89, of East Amherst, father of Mary (Stephen) Pabst, Ann (David) Stenger died February 4. and Mark Ruch; grandfather of Leah, Andrew, Emily, Michael was husband of Caroline and Evan; brother Esther T. (nee Paonessa) of the late Betty (Winston) Piddisi; father of Frank P. Gardner; also survived by Piddisi and the late Michele nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian burial M. Bornstein. was celebrated on Feb. 7 at Visitation was held at the

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.

Edward was a United States Army Veteran during the Korean War. He was also a Certified Public Accountant and the dedicated Owner & Operator of Edward G. Ruch, CPA in Williamsville for 30 years.

Arrangements by the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. Online condolences may be made at www.AMIGONE. com.

rick J. (Debora) Callaghan of Vestal, N.Y.; grandmother of nine grandchildren; sister of Rita (Albert) LaBasco of Hamburg and the late Vincent (Madonna) Doney; also survived by nieces and nephews.

Annette was a member of the Saint Ann's Sodality and Legion of Mary at Saints Peter & Paul Church.

Visitation was held at the Amherst Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated from S.S. Peter and Paul R.C. Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Our Lady of Victory Homes.

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

Annette Callaghan Annette I. (nee Doney) Callaghan, of Williamsville, died February 2.

Diane Basile Diane C. (nee

Annette was wife of the Kochanski) Basile, late Michael J. Callaghan; 69, of Williamsville, mother of Mary P. (Allan) died February 1.

Fentner of North Ridgeville, Ohio, Eileen M. (Ronald) Phillips of Spencerport, MiDiane was wife of 47 years chael G. of Albany, and Pat- to Philip M. Basile; mother

of Maria (Mark) Wilger, Melissa (Brett) Pauly and Phillip "PJ" (Franca) Basile; grandmother of Mark Alexander, Elizabeth, Phillip, Andrew, Madeline, Alessandra and Victoria. The family will be present Visitation was held at the Amherst Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. A Mass of Christian burial as celebrated from Saint Mary's Chapel in Swormville.

Louise Matteliano Louise M. (nee Aronica) Matteliano, 90, of Amherst, died February 3.

Louise was wife of 64 years to Stephen E. Matteliano Sr.; mother of Stephen E. Matteliano Jr. and Duane G. (Mary A.) Matteliano; grandmother of Marie, Heather, Abigail, Matthew (Valerie) and Jacob; greatgrandmother of Elexcia, Alethea, Sophia and Spyros.

Visitation was held from the Greco Funeral Homc and a Mass of Christian burial was celebrated from Saint Leo the Great Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Beechwood Continuing Care Foundation, 2235 Millersport Highway, Getzville, NY 14068.

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New writing programs added to Clarence School District Board from Page 1 from grades 3-5 who interviewed their fellow students on their thoughts about the writing program and workshop.

One student ambassador asked, “What’s your favorite part of writing workshop?” The other responded into the fake microphone, “We get to go off and write.”

Anderson continued, “I think our kids are writing with more volume.”

In other board news: – Business Administrator Richard Mancuso explained during the Financial Report that the district received an offer for a vacant property that the school owns off of Goodrich Road, just south of County Road and north of Kellar Road. The property is approximately 30 acres

and has been up for sale for 18 months.

“We finally did receive an offer,” Mancuso said, which equals $180,000.

“Whenever we do anything with land, just like the capital project, we do have to do a State Environmental Quality Review assessment. For selling land it’s not as extensive as when we’re developing land … this was a very easy quick SEQR process but still needed to be done,” he explained.

The motion for the SEQR as well as the selling of the property both passed.

The next regular school board of education meeting for Clarence will be held Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Clarence Middle School lecture hall.

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Calkins, through Columbia University, established this program in the New York City schooling system; the program is taught through the writers workshop approach.

In the future, there will be summer training on how to apply this program.

“One of the things that we do together is make sure we have common grading practices [for teachers],” Anderson said, no matter what school or grade level.

The Code X reading portion of the program has been implemented as a means “to make sure that our kids have the skills that are necessary to read with more complexity.”

Concluding their presentation, they showed three videos of Sheridan Hill student ambassadors

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Clarence author explores Niagara Falls environment with novel

By Alicia Greco THE SUN EDITOR

Clarence resident Christen Civiletto was born and raised in Niagara Falls. It was not until she was living in Atlanta, Ga. as a practicing attorney that she began to notice certain differences in her surroundings.

She was hearing that a lot of people she knew from Western New York were being diagnosed with cancer and other formidable diseases; Civiletto herself was diagnosed with cancer at a young age.

“It got me thinking,” she said, adding that she began to notice that while in Georgia, she was not seeing the same rate of illness; she began researching the rates of illness in Niagara Falls and noticed a major statistical difference.

She said she had that feeling, “You know in your gut, that something isn’t right.”

The inspiration for the publication of her novel “Green City Savior” was additionally sparked from working as an attorney on a team that was dealing with lawsuits involving the Love Canal dispute, a 1978 environmental disaster “that really set the tone in how we respond to environmental degradation,” she said.

Hundreds of people were forced to move from their homes when a landfill was discovered underneath the elementary school.

Since the ‘80s, Love Canal has been monitored and supposedly remediated, she said; “We believe there is a current problem.” The research for this case was what inspired Civiletto to write her latest book.

“I really think it’s a story about restoration. It’s no secret that WNY and Niagara Falls has been laid low.

I really hope that people focus on the fact that not only are there things that we can do, but we can build on a strong faith … there is that hope of restoration,” she said.

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Clarence resident Christen Civiletto has published a faith-based novel that explores the environmental degradation of Niagara Falls.

“Green City Savior” follows the story of a generational family from Italy, and a complex character who “simultaneously builds up Niagara Falls and also made choices that helped destroy it.

“At it’s heart, [this book] is the story about the corruption and restoration of a city,” she said.

The novel is faith-based in that she said she hopes it challenges Christians.

“We should be at the forefront protecting and confronting wrong things, especially when it’s about the environment,” she said.

Regardless of religious affiliation, she said that this would be a book anyone would enjoy because it “offers that perspective but also helps to see what’s happening in Niagara Falls, and how it got to the point that it did.

“It really deals with

things that are in today’s headlines,” she added, such as advancements in green technology.

She made the move to Clarence in search of a healthier lifestyle.

“Everybody has to determine the level of risk that they’re willing to assume,” she said, in regard to a poor environment. She and her family sold their house immediately and moved to Clarence.

With four children she said that it is “important to me that they grow up in a atmosphere that’s healthy and encouraging them to grow up in a healthy way.”

Civiletto’s self-published book will be available through Amazon in both print and E-book; she hopes to have it sold at local bookstores, as well.

Learn more at www. christenciviletto.com.

Network with the chamber The Clarence Chamber of Commerce will host an A.M. Networking from 8-9 a.m.

on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at the Clarence Pizza Company, located at 6235 Goodrich Road

in Clarence Center. Host for the networking events will be Tim Smith.

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BROTHERS ON ICE East captains set standard for team unity

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Some doubted whether the Flames were a playoff contender, and they enjoyed proving everyone wrong.

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Much of Williamsville East’s success has come because of the team-first attitude its players have. While every school tries to focus on that, East seems to have it all figured out. And the team’s three captains—Dylan Cicero, Max Battistoni, and Matt Steffan—are largely responsible for that.

“It’s great for a team to be close on the ice, but it’s even better for a team to be close off the ice, and that’s what I think we are at East,” Steffan said.

“We like to hang out; do team

bonding.”

“You don’t really make any better friends than playing with your teammates, especially seeing them in school, doing fun things and winning championships,” Battistoni added.

“There’s nothing better.”

“It’s been a great time playing for Williamsville East,” Cicero said. “We made great friends and got really close with all the team bondings and stuff.”

Steffan says that the coaches are also a big part of what has made playing for East so enjoyable.

“The program here is awesome,” he said. “The coaches are nice, and they’ll work with us on anything.”

Steffan and Battistoni have been playing hockey together since they were 5, and although they attended separate middle schools, they remained friends and grew even closer while

playing for East.

“Not going to the same middle school, we didn’t really hang out that much, but then when he came to East, we became best friends right away,” Battistoni said. “And then going through varsity with him and now being a captain is just a great experience.

I love the guy.”

Battistoni quickly added, “Dylan’s nice too.”

Cicero has been playing hockey with Steffan and Battistoni since travel hockey in middle school, and the game has strengthened their friendships over the years, but especially at East.

“We became closer in high school,” Cicero said. “And it’s been a great experience, especially playing hockey together.

It brought us closer.”

Another testament to the unity of the team is the favorite memory that all three captains

share from their time at East: winning last year’s sectional championship. Some doubted whether the Flames were a playoff contender, and they enjoyed proving everyone wrong.

“We proved everyone wrong, went to the section finals, won it, and it was just great being there with all your friends, celebrating,” Steffan said.

“There’s just no better feeling than watching the clock go down and just knowing that we won it, and that we did it for the school and friends and family and all the people that have supported us along the way,” Battistoni said.

“There’s just no better feeling.”

“Same memory,” Cicero added. “Just winning the Section VI championship with all my good friends. It was really awesome.”

This year, the team has the same goal. And the boys want to win it, not just for themselves

but also for their school and for all those who have come before.

“We want to win the Section VI championship this year, not just for our team but for those guys who have graduated before us and can’t be there with us,” Steffan said.

“Playing for all my friends and my school is just a great thing, and I really want to make this year the best,” Battistoni added.

Cicero echoed his teammates’ goal and once again reinforced the idea that the team comes first.

“We just want to win it as a team,” Cicero said.

After this year, the three captains will go in separate directions, and it’s still to be determined how much hockey will be a part of their future.

For now, though, they’ll savor each moment they have with each other.

Cicero has been playing hockey with Steffan and Battistoni since travel hockey in middle school, and the game has strengthened their friendships over the years, but especially at East.

“We became closer in high school,” Cicero said.”

All year runner Williams enjoying individual and enjoying success team success for Clarence High “If I’m ever having a bad day I can just go out for a run, and it makes me feel so much better,” Patterson said. “It’s like a stress reliever, and it makes me happy spending two hours every day with some of the best people I’ve ever met. And it just makes me happy to have a good time running.”

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Running is a stress reliever for Katrina Patterson. And the Clarence sophomore, who’s been running for Clarence since eighth grade, is good at what she does.

Patterson loves to run, but she also loves the people with whom she gets to experience running.

DEDICATION She started running crosscountry for Clarence’s varsity team in eighth grade, and she’s glad she did. Now she runs all year long.

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By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Talia Williams is in just her second season running indoor track, and she has her sights set on states for the second year in a row. The Clarence junior works hard, and so far that’s worked for her.

Williams ran modified track in

seventh and eighth grade, but she didn’t start running varsity until her sophomore year at Clarence.

“I started running in seventh and eighth grade when I did modified, but I didn’t start running for high school until last year, and I did indoor track,” Williams explained.

Last season, she went to states for indoor track as part of a relay team for both the 4x400 and the 4x800. This year, she hopes to do that and more.

“Last year I went to states for the 4x400 relay and the 4x800 relay, so this year I was hoping to go for an individual event,” Williams said. “So I would like to do that this season.”

That has been Williams’ goal since the beginning of the

season, and Friday’s (Feb 20) sectional results, which were not available at press time, determined whether Williams would be able to accomplish that goal. Her hope is that her hard work, along with her coach’s and teammates’encouragement, would be enough to get her there.

“I would like to go to states for the 600 meters and also the 4x800,” Williams said. “Preparation would be training hard in practices, and I’ve had a lot of encouragement and positivity from my coach and teammates to get me there.”

So far this season, Williams is the section leader for the 600-meter run. And the team that is made up of Williams, Hannah Reinhardt, Katrina

Patterson, and Dana Warner is the section-leading team for the 4x800 relay. Williams had reason to be confident for both races as she looked ahead to sectionals.

That hard work has gotten her as far as she is, and Williams makes up for her lack of experience by working hard and trying to do her best each and every meet.

“Just training hard in practice a lot and preparing myself for each of the meets so I’ll be able to perform my best,” Williams said. “I’m not very experienced because this is only my second season of running for high

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Sharks finish regular season, look to playoffs

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Sacred Heart played in its final league match up of the regular season on Wednesday night (Feb 18) when the Sharks took on Mt. St. Mary in search of their 10th league victory. It was a game that stayed close throughout, but the Sharks edged out the Lancers with a 56-48 win.

Mt. St. Mary jumped out to an 8-0 lead before the Sharks could get a point on the board.

Thankfully, Julia Blujus opened the scoring with a three-pointer that put Sacred Heart right back in the game. Maria Gabriele followed with another three-point shot to make the score even closer. By the end of the first quarter, the Sharks had tied the score thanks to a free throw shot

by Kathleen Ryan with just 39.2 seconds remaining.

At halftime, Sacred Heart had extended its lead to 23-17, but the Lancers were never out of it.

It helped that 14 of their points came by way of free throws.

Although the Sharks made 25 of their own free throws, Sacred Heart coach Sister Maria Pares was frustrated with the amount of fouls called. She felt that they kept the girls from playing the game the way they were used to.

“I thought it was a mess,” she said. “I didn’t think that people were allowed to play the game

they’re allowed to play, and I think it creates havoc and that’s exactly what we had tonight.”

At the end of the third quarter, the game was knotted up again at 35, and Sacred Heart had to work hard to take back the lead and put its opponent away for good. The Sharks scored 22 points in the fourth quarter, but they struggled to stop the Lancers, who scored 14 of their own.

Still, Sacred Heart was able to outlast Mt. St. Mary Kay enough to get the win.

“Why were we able to outlast them?” Sister Pares said.

“Because we’re better. And we cannot play with what the officials tell us. We have to play good basketball, forget about the dumb fouls.”

Sarah Young was key on both offense and defense for the Sharks on Wednesday night. She scored 17 points while getting 18 rebounds for her 17th doubledouble game of the season. She also had one assist and two steals.

Kathleen Ryan led the scoring with 20 points, along with two assists and a rebound. Maria Gabriele had 11 points and five rebounds. Julia Blujus had five points, three assists, two steals, and five rebounds before leaving the game with an injury in the fourth quarter. There was a foul called on the play, and Mary Rose Gaulin took Blujus’ place and made two key free throws.

Sacred Heart has one last nonleague game on Saturday (Feb 21) before turning its attention to the playoffs. The Sharks finished the regular season with a league record of 10-1. Sister Pares said she isn’t sure what to expect yet in the playoffs, but she can be confident that her team will play hard.

Hard work pays off “Williams” from page 7 school, so I guess my strengths would be just trying hard every time.”

With states as her ultimate goal, Williams’ hard work won’t end when sectionals end.

She’ll continue to prepare for the events she’ll participate in at states.

“After sectionals, hopefully I will make it to states, and if I do then I would like to perform well

there,” Williams said.

And when indoor track season ends, Williams plans to continue running in the outdoor track season. It will be her first year running outdoor track.

“After [states], I would like to do outdoor track,” Williams said. “I wasn’t able to do it last year, but I’m hoping to do it this year. And hopefully I will do well in that season as well.”

Multi-sport athlete sees crossover between football, track in his older brother’s footsteps.

“When I got to high school, my older brother was a senior and he threw shot put, so I went with that group,” Mann explained. “And I was pretty good at it in middle school, so I thought I’d try the 12-pound instead of the eight.”

Choosing shot put also meant that Mann would have a lot to

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS CORRESPONDENT do on his own. Without a coach specific to shot put at Clarence, A lot is said about multi-sport Mann has to do a lot of research high school athletes, but it’s and training on his own and always interesting to see the on his own time. Along with combination of sports that each weight training and working on of those athletes choose. For technique, Mann is constantly Clarence senior Britton Mann, researching ways to improve.

“I do a lot of video study of it’s football and shot put. And there is more crossover than one myself,” Mann said. “And I go online a lot to look up Olympians might initially realize.

Mann joined the track team in and dieting and technique and middle school but focused more just different things I can do to on running and high jumping change my form or whatever I while mixing in some shot put. can do to make it go further.”

And there are the similarities In high school, he chose to follow

between football and shot put that have also helped Mann, who was a tight end and one of the captains for Clarence’s varsity football team this past fall.

“Football, almost as much as track, has explosive power and endurance for explosive power,” Mann explained. “So getting out of three-point stance [in football], like exploding out of your stance, is just as good as turning on your left foot and releasing the shot put. And the weight training is kind of the same too, so it helps.”

Not having a coach does have its drawbacks, which Mann has seen. His furthest throw last year was 55 feet, and this year his furthest so far is 52.7 feet.

However, as Mann looks ahead to sectionals and beyond, he knows he can improve on his season so far. He spent last week weight training and this week perfecting his form to give him

confidence going into Friday’s (Feb. 20) sectionals.

“Last week was a lot of heavy lifting, weight training,” Mann said. “And this week there’s a lot of form so I can like dot my i’s and cross my t’s and just make sure everything is up to par with the standards of what I want it to be to give myself confidence.”

Mann’s goal by the end of the season is to improve on last year’s distance enough to be one of the few in Western New York who have reached 60 feet.

“I would say my goal this year would be by the end of outdoor season to hit 60 feet,” Mann said.

“That’s a big goal because only a few people have ever done that in Western New York, so I’m hoping to join that.”

Mann also hopes to medal at states this season, and he’ll continue to put in the work and time necessary to reach for his goals.

East’s Finley takes first place at sectionals; the win in just another point of success for this diver

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Timmy Finley is only in his second year of diving, but the Williamsville East sophomore is on his way to states for the second year in a row after placing first in this year’s Section VI meet. He has worked hard to get to where he is, and experience in gymnastics has also helped him to be as successful as he is.

“I had a small background doing gymnastics, and that helped me because it gave me a head start to other divers because I had already learned how to jump and flip from gymnastics,” Finley said.

Finley says that the biggest reason for his success is a program called Wings, run by Karla Helder at the University at Buffalo. He normally goes twice a

week to work with Helder.

“The biggest reason for my success as a diver is because of my practicing with (her),” he said. “She runs this amazing program called Wings, and it is definitely the biggest reason for my success.”

Finley surprised even himself by qualifying for states last year, but coming into this year he set his expectations higher.

“Last year I was just beginning diving, and surprisingly I made states,” he said. “It was a huge accomplishment, but this year I wanted to do better.”

His first goal was to break a school record that had stood for 30 years, and he wasted no time doing that, accomplishing the feat within the first few meets of the season. The previous record was 272 points for six dives.

Finley broke it once with 277, then broke his own record twice more. It now stands at 331.

After that, Finley turned his attention to his biggest rival in the area, Orchard Park diver Jake Ortiz. Competing against Ortiz pushed both divers to be better than they’d ever been before.

“After [breaking the school

record], all I wanted to do was compete with Jake Ortiz,” Finley said. “Jake is the diver from Orchard Park, and he is by far my biggest competition.

We always go back and forth on who beats each other. During the season when we competed with each other, we both shattered our previous records because for the first time all year we had a real competition.”

As Finley prepared for sectionals, where he knew he’d face Ortiz once more, he worked even harder. He went to UB more often, learned a new dive, and set high expectations for himself.

“To prepare for sectionals, I went to UB almost every day,” Finley said. “I learned a new dive for the championship meets, which helped my score a lot because it has such a high difficulty. Going into the meet, my goal was to break 500 points, which seemed achievable because at the last meet I had gotten 491 points.”

Finley defeated Ortiz at sectionals with 508 points, accomplishing his goal. He was happy with the win but viewed

sectionals as preparation for the next step. And he continues to set his goals high.

“I was really happy, but sectionals is really just a meet to prepare for states, which hopefully I do well at,” Finley said. “My goal for the state meet is to score in the top 10, and I’m ranked ninth in the state, so hopefully I can accomplish that.”

Finley is already looking ahead to next year as well.

He’ll spend his summer competing and preparing for what he expects to be an even more successful junior year.

“Over the summer, I will be competing at a few club meets with the Wings team, and there I will see some of my top competitors for the high school season, and I will be able to compare myself with them,” Finley said.

“Next year I want to go undefeated the entire year and then score in the top five at states.”

Finley plans to continue his diving career in college in a couple years, but he has time to think about how and where. For now, though, he’ll continue the success he’s enjoying at East.

Patterson’s love for running leads to success at Clarence High “Patterson” from page 7 ning when I was in eighth grade,” Patterson said. “I started cross-country and it was the best experience and I think one of the best opportunities that I’ve ever done. And I’ve been continuing until now. I’m in tenth grade.

I’ve continued to run throughout the years, and it’s amazing and I love it.”

The goal of qualifying for nationals was Patterson’s biggest source of motivation, and

she hopes that she was able to set an example for her teammates.

“The motivation of going to nationals really has been the driving force for me to continue to keep going and continue to work my hardest in showing my teammates that it will all pay off at the end if you work hard,” she said.

Going into Friday’s (Feb 20) sectionals, Patterson was hoping to do well in her events,

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Matt Steffan has 7 goals and 17 assists this season. He’s a senior at Williamsville East and has a 97.45 GPA.

which include the 3000-meter run and the 4x800-meter relay.

Results of those events, which were not available at press time, determined Patterson’s chances of going to states.

“I’m very nervous, but I already made the state qualifying time [for the 3000-meter], so I just need to come in first, second, or third,” Patterson said. “And I think that if I focus and try my hardest, I will be able to come

win my event and continue to states.”

Patterson was ranked first in the section going into Friday.

TEAMMATES Patterson’s 4x800 relay team is comprised of Patterson along with teammates Talia Williams, Hannah Reinhardt, and Dana Warner. The team was also ranked first in the section going into Friday, so Patterson was

confident.

“My 4x800 is also ranked first, and I think that we will be able to all work together to get to first place and for states also,” Patterson said.

Patterson was “thrilled” to have qualified for nationals, and she is hoping for the same for states.

Patterson’s hope is that running will be in her future for a long time to come. She hopes

to continue running in college when the time comes, but while she is still in high school she will work to improve each and every year.

“I want to be able to be recruited by a college and hopefully get a scholarship,” Patterson said.

“And [I want] to go to nationals for cross-country and continue to qualify for states, and just keep on getting faster times and hopefully get better each year.”

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Species that are declining or are at risk due to identified threats, such as loss of habitat, are on the SGCN list. Some 111 species are categorized as species that have poorly-known population status and trends in New York and will need further research or surveys to determine their conservation status. Public input can be e-mailed to swapcomments@ dec.ny.gov or joe.racette@dec. ny.gov, or sent by regular mail to: Joe Racette, NYSDEC Division of Fish Wildlife and Marine Resources, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY, 12233.

By Forrest Fisher OUTDOOR COLUMNIST

We see increasing interest in elementary and high school programs throughout Western New York, where curriculums include outdoor recreation and environmental education. Wish they had done that when I was a kid!

Classes in my day were not about understanding animals or fish, they were about spelling, reading, writing, memorizing multiplication tables, science, American history and that baseball game after school. Things have changed!

Today, parents and educators agree that time in the outdoors does help our younger generation to develop a good foundation to stimulate skills and interest in science, math and other fields of learning. At the same time, modern parents seek a solution to overcome the allure of handheld electronics while escaping the new obstacle of common core! Enter the idea of a quality summer camp education.

Yes! Kids 11 through 17 years of age can enjoy weeklong adventures in conservation education at the New York Department of Environmental Education (NYSDEC) residential summer camps. There are four environmental education camps that include Camp Colby in Saranac Lake (Franklin County), Camp DeBruce (Sullivan County), Camp Rushford (Allegany County) and Pack Forest (Warren County). All four camps have programs geared to kids 11 – 13 years of age, but Pack Forest and Camp Rushford also host week-long teen ecology workshop programs, which offer in-depth environmental studies for ages 14 through 17 years old.

This year, Pack Forest will host six teen ecology workshops and Camp Rushford will host two. Visit the DEC website (http://www.dec.ny.gov/ education/2013.html) for more information on that and to identify the types of sportsman education courses offered each week at the various camps.

Kids attending the camps participate in a wide variety of outdoor activities such as fishing, bird watching, fly-tying, archery, canoeing, hiking, camping, orienteering and optional hunter safety education. Campers also learn about fields, forests, streams and ponds through the fun of hands-on activities and outdoor exploration. Qualified NYSDEC counselors teach youth about conservation techniques used by natural resource professionals, such as measuring trees and estimating wildlife populations (statistics).

DEC training professionals include environmental conservation officers (ECO’s), forest rangers, fishing educators, sports-

Weekly Fishing Report DEC Fishery Biologist reports indicate that Lake Erie ice is about 12 inches thick in many places off Hamburg and Sturgeon Point, and will be thicker after this last week.

There is one patch of six-inch ice off Sturgeon that occurred after the first ice shove and DEC warns that there may be other thinner patches, so be careful! Sturgeon Point anglers have marked the rough icy and bumpy trail part of the way out to the perch grounds, but the trail includes deep snow and slush (both), which has made for a tough walk and many ATVs are getting stuck. Snowmobiles have no issue getting out.

Anglers fishing off of Sturgeon during the past week have been catching some nice sized yellow perch and the occasional walleye or large lake trout in 50-55 feet of water, more than two miles out.

Most perch hauls have been of a dozen or less, but those who have found an active school have done much better. Emerald shiners are a must have for perch, fished on a drop-shot style rig with 2 or 3 Photo by Forrest Fisher baited hooks near the bottom, or on tip-downs. Anglers should use Fishing fun and outdoor skills education are among youth activities at NYSDEC Summer Camp pro- extreme caution when ice fishing Lake Erie, due to ice shoves, ungrams that are held at four different location in New York. even surfaces and the possibility man educators and biologists will this year, shortened from previ- Walleye Association and other offer 15 targets set from distances that pressure cracks may form. It be on hand to assist with some of ous years that had been Sunday groups. Families without in- of 15 yards to 40 yards. League is best to avoid fishing Erie when the classes and to discuss envi- through Saturday. The price has ternet access can telephone the participants keep score for each there are gusty winds out of the ronmental careers. The camper’s not changed, however, and will camp office at 518-402-8014 for shot that varies from a “10” for a east, as pressure cracks may form will have opportunities to learn remain at $350. The fee includes information on how to register perfect shot to a “3” for a shot not and widen. Use a GPS and carry outdoor skills through hands-on program supplies for outdoor les- for camp alternatively. that good. A perfect score is 150 a compass. experiences in a safe and fun sons and adventures, 15 meals, a For more information, visit the and there are several archers that Outdoors Calendar atmosphere. camper t-shirt and accommoda- DEC website (http://www.dec. score in the 140’s each week. For Feb. 22: 3D Winter Archery, All camps will operate for tions for the five nights. ny.gov/index.html) call 518-402- more information, call Matala at 2015 league, open to public, seven one-week sessions (from There are two ways to pay for 8014, visit “NYS DEC Summer 337-0126.

Evans Rod & Gun, 864 Cain Sunday to Friday afternoon), camp, one is to simply register Camps” on Facebook or write beginning June 28, though youth campers through the on- to DEC Camps, 4th Floor, 625 DEC Looking for Endan- Rd., 7AM-2PM, info: 432-6035 Feb. 28: NRA 1st Steps Safety Pack Forest will also offer an line registration system and pay Broadway, Albany, New York gered Species Comments eighth week from August 16- by credit card or e-check. The 12233-5256.

DEC collaborated with nu- Course, required for NYS pistol 21. Campers may attend camp other way is to find a sponsor that merous wildlife species experts permit, 9AM – 12 noon, Morin for more than one week during will either pay or defer costs to Winter 3D Archery Fun and conservation partners to VFW Post, 965 Center Rd., West the summer, but will not be able help pay for camp. Several local The WNYOutdoor Winter 3D develop revisions to the Species Seneca, info: call Mark at 716to stay at camp on the Saturday WNYsporting clubs sponsor one Archery League is underway and of Greatest Conservation Need 440-9884 night between sessions. Parents or more children for a week at league president, Mike Matala, (SGCN) list, as part of an update Send outdoors info to Formust make alternate arrange- camp. These include the West would like competitive archery to the State Wildlife Action Plan ments if two or more consecutive Falls Conservation Society, East buffs to know that the weekly (SWAP). The public comment rest Fisher Column 10 days weeks are selected. The Sunday Aurora Fish and Game, Elma Sunday events are all open to the period for the draft SGCN is in advance, email: nugdor@ through Friday sessions are new Conservation Club, Southtowns public. The fun shooting events extended for an additional 30 yahoo.com

Turning another page: Spring training begins with the annual quest for publications

By Mike Haim

SPORTS COLUMNIST

Almost 40 years have gone by since various family members unwittingly decided to radically alter my methods of enjoying sports.

First, one of my brothers gave me a gift subscription to Sports Illustrated. Shortly after that, a cousin began to deliver recentlyread issues of The Sporting News.

Until seeing those magazines as a pre-teen, my way of getting “into the game” involved either attending Braves games (since there was no such thing as deeply discounted tickets for Sabres and Bills games back then) or glanc-

ing through the sports section of the two local daily newspapers.

Accessing SI and TSN (known then as “The Bible of Baseball”) further exposed me to stories about every team in any given sport, sparking an interest in clubs way beyond the borders of Western New York. But The Sporting News, especially, revealed an added treasure for a kid with a passion for sports statistics: the existence of annual guides and record books.

Back then, the beginning of spring training meant that I could take some of my paper route earnings, purchase a money order at the local bank, order a four-book set of TSN publications (Guide, Record Book, Dope Book, and

Register), and anxiously count down the four weeks it took before a package arrived with new additions to my personal library.

Looking back, the waiting resembled Ralphie in “AChristmas Story” and his Little Orphan Annie decoder. Every day, I would rush home from school to see if that box bearing a St. Louis return address had been delivered.

Like most everything in our lives, it’s all changed over the years. The Sporting News isn’t even a magazine anymore, becoming an online-only concern in 2013. It ceased publishing the various books in 2006 and 2007, creating a new quest to find the same information, someway, somehow.

Now most of the raw data can be found online. Websites like baseballreference.com, retrosheet.org, and thebaseballcube. com ably fill the void, but still can’t satisfy the desire to just thumb through a book during a game and find some nugget of information that you weren’t necessarily even looking for.

So in an effort to really feel like I’ve pulled out a victory against the chill of a Buffalo winter, I still try to find modern-day print editions of baseball publications.

Nowadays I trek to a bookstore to pick up a couple of things: the annual Who’s Who in Baseball, celebrating its 100th year in 2015, and the Athlon’s preview magazine—the closest thing to

the classics previously put out

by The Sporting News and Street & Smith.

Other components of the “physical book” baseball library – the Elias Book of Baseball Records and the Baseball America Almanac – are inevitably online acquisitions, but the process of just ordering those items seems to warm the bones as effectively as a nice mug of hot chocolate, tea, or coffee.

Otherwise, the closest replacement for the old Baseball Guide is a product from some ambitious members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), which each year publishes The Emerald Guide to Baseball. Alas, the free

download isn’t available until the new season is about a month old, when sub-freezing days are a distant memory; a print edition becomes available around opening day.

I’ve also developed a certain satisfaction in downloading team media guides through the course of spring training and storing them on my computer and tablet.

Toting around 30 or more books at one time was impractical in the past, so perhaps there is a benefit in modern progress. Still, I relish those spare moments of finding random facts and tidbits of data, keeping warm with a flip of a page. www.twitter.com/mikehaim

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