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The Clarence Sun / Saturday, January 10, 2015

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Local bookstore wins Ribbon cut for Daemen James Patterson grant visual effects facility Author and New York Times best-seller James Patterson kicked off a $1 million national grant program to promote local bookstores and inspire reading. Clarence-based Monkey See, Monkey Do...Children’s Bookstore was selected in the third and final round of the program to be given a monetary donation.

In January 2014, Patterson put out a concept that was committed to donating $1 million divvied up to independent bookstores that presented creative proposals and need-based projects “to

parents, parents and young readers together to share in THE SUN EDITOR the excitement of children’s books,” said the bookstore’s really get books in the hands owners. of kids and get kids reading,” Across the country, 178 said Kim Krug, co-owner of individual bookstores have the Clarence bookstore. been given donations based “We put that we would on creative application prolaunch a children’s book posals. expo in our community,” she Monkey See...Monkey Do said. “We’re looking to have owners Krug and her mothit be an annual event. We re- er, Kathleen Scoog, found ally don’t have a children’s out that their application book expo in WNY.” was accepted a week before “Our goal is to continue to Christmas, this year. reinforce the importance of reading by bringing authors, See “Books” librarians, teachers, grandon Page 3.

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Daemen College officially opened a visual effects facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 5. Front row, from left: Daemen President Gary A. Olson, Mayor Byron Brown and Dr. Laura Watts Sommer.

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A year in the making, the nearly 16,000-squarefoot visual effects facility evolved from a collaboration between Daemen and Empire Visual Effects, a post-production and animation company.

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sponsored and presented by the Clarence Toastmasters.

“We’re doing a youth leadership training which is a joint effort between us, the Youth Bureau, and the Clarence Toastmasters group,” said Dawn Kinney, executive director of the Youth Bureau.

The Clarence Toastmasters “is a group that meets to work on public speaking skills, leadership skills and how to run meetings,” she added.

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The Clarence Sun / Saturday, January 10, 2015

Erin Cole to speak at Business Round Table The Clarence Chamber of Commerce will host a Business Round Table from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Clarence Public Library.

Guest speaker will be Erin Cole, president of the World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara.

Refreshments will be served. This event is open to the public.

To RSVP, call the chamber’s office at 631-3888.

The Clarence Public Library is located at 3 Town Place.

FitNation brings corporate wellness to Sodexo of Buffalo

Join the Clarence Chamber after hours

The Clarence Chamber of Commerce will hold an Afterhours Business Blender from 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at Brennan's Bowery Bar & Restaurant.

Mike Pijanowski will host the blender. Guest speaker for the evening will be Erie County Legislator Edward Rath III. RSVP to the Chamber’s office by Monday, Jan. 19 by calling 631-3888.

Brennan’s Bowery Bar & Restaurant is located at 4401 Transit Road in Clarence.

This event is open to the public.

Freelancer writer wanted The Clarence SUN is looking for a freelance writer to cover events each week throughout the Clarence area.

The person should have good communication and writing skills and must be a self-starter, willing to find story leads.

The person also must have a knowledge of the Associate Press style and be able to hit deadline on a weekly basis.

The person must be able to write three to four stories a week.

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Dwayne Brinson (pictured), owner of FitNation facility in Williamsville, has formed a partnership with Sodexo Buffalo Service Center to help teach and train employees about corporate wellness and healthy living.

By Alicia Greco THE SUN EDITOR

Williamsville fitness facility FitNation and Sodexo Buffalo Service Center have formed a partnership for the next year to inspire corporate wellness.

Owner Dwayne Brinson, resident of Orchard Park, offers a variety of training regimens including personal, group, family and sports training. As well as body building, bootcamp classes, Zumba and massage therapy.

Additionally, Brinson provides a means for corporate wellness services for businesses.

By forming a partnership with Sodexo of Buffalo, employees will be provided a means of workplace wellness to increase healthy living.

The FitNation Challenge will begin at Sodexo on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

It will offer much more than the typical corporate wellness program and will provide motivation, support, fun and an array of contests, trivia for prizes, and monthly seminars on

choice topics.

“Employees weren’t learning enough with their corporate wellness,” Brinson said in regard to what inspired the creation of the FitNation Challenge, which is structured for large and small companies.

Sodexo, comprised by nearly 1,000 employees out of Western New York, will learn how to keep their lives fit and active with the FitNation Challenge.

“We offer a way for employees to achieve a healthier lifestyle. Everyone learns ways to live healthier,” he said. Topics and skills that employees will learn will include ways to manage stress as well as eating and fitness habits.

Brinson added that FitNation challenge will provide an extensive way to boost productivity, lower health care cost and will be “an exceptional way to keep employees happy.”

Sodexo employees will gather and be given an introduction which is meant to “just get people started and moving forward.”

They will participate in weigh ins, blood pressure testing and filling out questionnaires.

FitNation has more than 25 topics available for the company to pick and choose from. Employees will be able to participate in choice seminars on a monthly basis.

A few of those topics include “Anywhere Fitness” which will discuss how to utilize any space to exercise, whether that be outdoors, at home or at the office.

“Debunking Fitness Myths” will discuss common misconceptions when it comes to healthy living.

Employees may also learn how to read nutrition labels during another seminar that FitNation offers.

“A lot of people don’t really know how to read the nutrition labels and what they should be staying away from,” Brinson said.

“We show them how to read nutrition labels while shopping.”

The FitNation Challenge for corporate wellness “normally runs for three months. Some companies like to sign up for longer,” he said. This year-long contract is the first time both FitNation and Sodexo Buffalo Service Center have signed up for that amount

of time.

All wellness work will take place on-site at Sodexo. “[The FitNation Challenge] has something for everyone,” Brinson added.

“We always have educational information that we hand out too, and we coach people through their progress, depending on what their goal is. Overall, [the mission is] to be conscious of their health.”

“Sodexo is a fairly large company in this area. I’d definitely like to see other people and companies get involved and participate,” Brinson said.

“We also offer three packages as well for different companies that they can select from,” he said. A brief overview of packages can be found on the FitNation website, and Brinson said that extensive information will be explained in person.

FitNation is located at 6789 Main St. in Williamsville and can be contacted at 632-1742.

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The purpose of this leadership workshop is for youth to develop skills to meet challenges for today’s world, whether it be preparation for higher education, beyond that into the career-driven world and more. Public speaking skills can last infinitely for those who train themselves.

During the eight session public speaking course — which is unique to the Toastmasters — students will develop communication and leadership skills so that they may become tomorrow’s leaders in business, industry and the community.

Meetings will be held once a week and resemble a typical Toastmasters meeting. The format will be comprised by impromptu speeches, prepared speeches and evaluations.

Students, ages 13-18, will learn how to overcome the nervousness of speaking in public, how to organize and

present ideas in a logical and convincing manner.

Attendees will listen to the idea of others and will offer advice on how to improve speaking and leadership skills, as well as participating and leading group discussions and meetings.

The students will run the meetings and take on different roles while learning “chairmanship, public speaking and impromptu speeches.”

The first meeting took place on Jan. 7, however there is time within the next couple sessions for people to join without missing too much.

“It’s a consecutive program, however, if there are kids that want to join they could still do that,” she said.

Following meetings will take place from 6:30-8:40 p.m. on Wednesdays, Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 25, and March 4.

This program is free for participants, however regis-

tration is required. The Toastmasters group covers costs and has members volunteer their time for the weekly meetings. “[The Toastmasters] had never done this program here before so it was nice to make that connection with them,” Kinney said.

So far there are nine students in the class.

“We do plan to run it again, hopefully over the summer,” she added.

During the last meeting of the workshop there will be a party.

“We’re going to do a celebration and invite parents and other members in the community, such as the town board and supervisor. Just to celebrate that they finished the course and showcase some of the skills that they learned,” Kinney said.

“Students will learn skills that they’re going to take with them in all facets of their

life,” she added.

For more information, call the Youth Bureau at 4072162.

The next Family Fun Night called “Swim and Gym” will be taking place on Friday, Jan. 16 held from 6-8:30 p.m.

“We’ve been doing that for probably eight years. We hold it over at the middle school,” she said.

A night for families to come together. Participate in games in the gym, the pool will be opening for swimming, and popcorn, drinks and crafts will be available.

Family Fun Night will “really provide a nice opportunity for families to get some exercise” in the midst of winter, she said.

There is a charge at the door and registration is required by Wednesday, Jan. 14; call the bureau to register.

The Clarence Youth Bureau is located at 10510 Main St. in Clarence.

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The Clarence Sun / Saturday, January 10, 2015

More Clues To Help You Spot Sampson Have you spotted Sampson yet? Community Papers of WNY and LAMAR Outdoor Advertising have joined together to welcome Sampson to his hometown. The Buffalo Zoo’s newest baby giraffe can be seen in a series of eight billboards throughout the Buffalo metropolitan area, through February 1, 2015.

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ing to usher in a new year of celebrations at the zoo, including an upcoming coloring contest (winners chosen at random)!

To kick off the celebration, CPOWNY is sponsoring a contest to win a stuffed baby giraffe, complete with a bandana with Sampson’s name. The first entry from each of the 25 community papers to correctly submit all

eight routes and cross-street billboard locations, will win the collectible giraffe. After spotting all eight billboards, fill out the entry form on this page, and mail it to Community Papers of WNY, Attn: Sampson Billboard Contest, PO Box 790, Cheektowaga, NY 14225. All eight locations must be included and identified to be eligible; only one entry per person; one winner chosen per paper.

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Daemen President Gary A. Olson spoke at the ceremony. fects training studio with industry-level equipment, and classroom and office spaces are also included in the facility.

Joining members of the Daemen community at the ribbon-cutting event held in the college’s International Center for Excellence in Animation were Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown; Tim Clark, film commissioner of the Buf-

falo Niagara Film Office; Congressman Brian Higgins; State Senator Tim Kennedy; State Senator Michael Ranzenhofer; Assemblyman Robin Schimminger; Assemblyman Ray Walter; and Empire State Development representatives.

“The opening of this first-rate facility is a great development in the burgeoning visual effects

industry in Buffalo and Western New York,” Brown said.

Also in attendance from Empire Visual Effects were Ben Porcari, Pete Conlin and Marcelo Gondola.

The community had a chance to tour the new facility and learn about the VFX certificate program at a public open house held on Dec. 6.

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A $4.5 million Buffalo Billion grant jump-started the endeavor, which included $1.9 million to Daemen to create and equip the high-tech facility.

In addition, the funding helped launch Daemen’s four-month visual effects certificate program offered through the college’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts. Designed to educate students and to facilitate developing the specialized skills set required for post-production work, the program also serves as a valuable link to employment opportunities in the film industry.

“We look forward to a continued and heightened collaboration with Empire Visual Effects, including implementing new joint marketing strategic plans,” said Dr. Laura Watts Sommer, director of the Daemen Visual and Performing Arts Department. “With this joint effort, our new technologically advanced facility, innovative curriculum and world-class faculty, we’ll be able to create a workforce that will result in new jobs to support a new and growing industry here in Buffalo.”

Housed in the Tri-Main Center, the visual effects facility features a 79-seat theater and screening room with high-definition and 3D projection capabilities, surround sound and a color editing suite.

A green screen stage for a range of film and video production projects, a 20-student visual ef-

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interest in volunteering for the event.

“We’d certainly like to throw out the word to make this a community wide project,” Krug said. “We’re all in this together.”

In regard to his outreach, Patterson said, “Here’s to more parents and grandparents coming to their senses and giving their kids books — yes, books — for Christmas and other holidays. Here’s to local governments waking up to the fact that bookstores and libraries are essential to our way of life. Here’s to media coverage of books, booksellers, and publishers, and to a wiser, more literate America.”

“It’s pretty amazing how many stores he touched throughout the country in terms of this program,” Krug said, in regard to Patterson.

More details on the WNY Children’s Book Expo will be provided in the coming weeks.

Authors or educators interested in volunteering to assist in this endeavor, may contact either of the Monkey See...Monkey Do Children’s Bookstore owners at 204-8417 or email books@ monkeysread.com.

Monkey See, Monkey Do... Children’s Bookstore is located at 9060 Main St. in Clarence.

Visit the bookstore’s website at www.monkeysread.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ Monkeysread.

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Their proposition is to organize and execute a “Western New York Children’s Book Expo.”

“Our goal now is to find a venue space and really start recruiting authors locally and nationally in partnering with us to bring books to life for children,” Krug said. “We’re in the very beginning stages of it.”

During this exposition they plan to have books and reading sessions for children as well as various activities. Although children is in the name of the event, the exposition will not be limited to just those of that age group. According to Krug, the exposition will be for children “as young as babies, all the way up through young adults.”

Projected date for the exposition will be fall of this year. “Our goal is to just potentially start small and make it a very manageable expo for the first year, but to recruit authors out of the area to come to WNY and really allow families and children to meet them and have an opportunity to listen to how they bring their stories to life,” Krug said.

A few venue ideas are in the mix; owners of Monkey See...Monkey Do will be waiting to hear back from those places and will then secure a date.

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The Clarence Sun / Saturday, January 10, 2015

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Auto Bureau revenue should be shared This is a guest column by Erie County Clerk Jacobs.

When you come into a local Auto Bureau to do a transaction, Erie County retains only 12.7 percent of any fee you pay, while the state of New York keeps 87.3 percent of that fee.

Our Auto Bureau staff paid by county taxpayers do the majority of the work — and drivers in our county pay the fees — yet New York state gets the majority of the revenue.

Moving from percentages to actual dollars, in 2013 the Erie County Auto Bureau produced $36,568,495 in fee-generated revenue.

Of that $36 million, less than $4 million stayed here

in Erie County. Incredibly, over $32 million of Erie County fee revenue went down the I-90 into Albany’s coffers.

In this era of property tax caps and growing unfunded mandates from Albany, counties throughout the state deserve to retain more of the fees generated by their residents.

Our governor and legislative leaders need to rework this formula to be equitable and reflective of the work performed by county versus state employees, as well as recognize the precarious fiscal condition county governments are experiencing with growing costs and limited revenue sources.

Clarence business outlook for 2014-2015

Clarence schools bring seasonal smiles

This is a guest column by Clarence Town Supervisor David Hartzell Jr.

This is a guest column by Clarence Central School District Superintendent Geoffrey Hicks.

The holiday season has provided a perfect time to pause and count our blessings.

It is also a time to let our community know about the wonderful seasonal charitable pursuits of the students and staff in the Clarence School District. I will take this space to compliment and recognize those individuals who would never do so themselves.

At Clarence High School, the student council hosted the “12 Days of Christmas.” All clubs were invited to organize an event during the celebration.

The FBLA club and the sophomore class held bake sales for three days, donating all proceeds to the Sleep Out for the Homeless.

The Leadership Academy and SADD hosted a Giving Tree where students and faculty donated socks, gloves, scarfs and hats for families in need.

The Hearts of Hope club organized a “Letter to Soldiers Day” where students and faculty wrote holiday cards for servicemen and women.

Clarence Middle School adopted the tradition of a Giving Tree more than 20 years ago, which involves faculty, staff and students anonymously buying gifts

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Superintendent Geoffrey Hicks for local families in need.

Faculty and staff choose ornaments that have gift ideas, purchase the items and return them as wrapped presents. Gifts, as well as $100 Wegmans gift cards and turkeys were purchased for 32 children from 12 families, this year.

The students at Harris Hill Elementary once again donated several pairs of mittens, gloves, socks and hats to the Mitten Tree, and worked with Pastor Vicki Zust to send the donations to School 6 families in the city of Buffalo.

The Harris Hill faculty and staff also participated in a Giving Tree, supporting 16 local families with Christmas gifts this year.

See “CCSD” on Page 12.

In 2014, the birth of the Cimato Business Park and the proposed Business Park on Wherle Drive gave Clarence hope that the CIDA would be able to attract larger and more varied businesses in the future.

Larger businesses provide more jobs for residents of the town of Clarence and more revenue to help keep taxes low.

In the past, many large to mid-size companies skipped over Clarence due to our lack of an established industrial space that had sewers. Last year, Clarence finally saw Kittinger finish the transfer of their headquarters from Buffalo to Clarence as well as the expansion of their new manufacturing operation adjacent to the Eastern Hills Mall.

This is a perfect site for their expansion, and it augments their retail store on Transit Road which is less than two miles away. The year 2014 also saw the completion of both Tronconi & Segarra’s new headquarters on Main Street and the renovation of Niagara Produce on Transit Road.

In addition, there were many small business that opened in Clarence in 2014, which bodes well for the future. The big push in 2014 was to add either another theme restaurant to the Hollow (Thai, German, Chinese) or a craft brewer. We have met with several craft brewers, and due to the easing of regulations in the New York state for craft brewers in 2014, this activity will continue well into 2015 and 2016.

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Clarence Town Supervisor David Hartzell The New Year should be a very interesting year for the town of Clarence and the CIDA. It looks like there will be no less than five craft brewers/brew pubs either in Clarence or along the Amherst side of Transit Road. As the NYS continues to ease its age-old brewing regulations, this boom that has engulfed downtown Buffalo will continue to spread to the suburbs.

Both Main Street and Transit Road continue to be hot spots for new businesses in 2015.

Main Street will see the completion Paul Steven new commercial/residential build out on the corner of Main Street and Goodrich Road. This type of commercial project with residential apartments above and commercial office/ retail stores below has become very popular in Western New York, and several additional projects along Transit Road may be started in 2015.

Several small manufactures have expressed interest in Clarence, but it is too early to tell if they will become permanent residents of our town.

Lastly, commercial office space is still in short supply in Clarence. The transition of the former Buffalo Athletic Club building at Eastern Hills into office space as well as the completion of additional space in Clarence means that new jobs will continue to come our way. New jobs and lower taxes are a winning combination for us all in the New Year.

The mission of the Clar-

ence Industrial Development Agency (CIDA) is to help keep taxes low, to create jobs in the town of Clarence and to help maintain and enhance the quality of life in our amazing town. Operating for the last 40 years as a New York State Authority, the CIDA helps new or existing businesses build or expand through the application of a number of available incentives, including temporary property abatements, construction materials sales tax abatements, mortgage recording tax abatements and employee training assistance.

The CIDA also helps local businesses get grants, and a list of the NYS and Federal grant opportunities is available on both the CIDA and the Clarence Chamber of Commerce websites.

The bottom line is that the majority of these businesses would not have been able to move ahead without the help of the CIDA. The results are that these businesses thrive in Clarence, the taxes they ultimately pay help balance the tax base between residential and commercial, and taxes are kept low for residents.

Clarence enjoys one of the lowest residential tax rates in the area, and the CIDA efforts contribute to that result.

The scaled temporary property tax abatements that are given to these businesses continue to be an excellent investment for the residents for the long term, and allow the businesses to firmly establish themselves.

The costs per project in

Clarence are also among the lowest in the area for all IDA’s. For example, the town of Lockport gave Yahoo© more than $2,000,000 per job for Yahoo to construct their data storage center there and the Erie County Industrial Development Agency gave Rich Foods over $300,000 per job to create a new kitchen at their facility in Buffalo.

The Clarence IDA spent $421 per job to attract Paula’s Donuts from Kenmore, possibly the most cost efficient project the CIDA has ever completed.

The other critical goal of the IDA is job creation. In Clarence alone, among the 30 or so active IDA projects, over 500 new jobs have either been or are projected to be created. 250 of these jobs are from projects started in the last 5 years alone, created during a national economic downturn.

Nearly all of these jobs were created in small businesses. National economic growth is driven by small business, creating over 3 million new jobs annually in the United States. According to national business census, of the nearly 28 million businesses in the U.S., 99.9 percent are classified as small business, employing less than 500 employees. Clarence is clearly a small business town, and is ideally suited for this growth. We have available real estate, an excellent workforce and we are conveniently located near the thruway for short and long-range transportation.

The Clarence IDA continues to try and use all of its resources to nurture this growth momentum, while assuring that the character of the town is maintained. There has been much said in the media recently regarding the role of IDA’s. Unfortunately, most of this press has been negative, without much to say about the economic benefits that come from IDA activities and the substantial return on the investments of financial incentives in the form of long term tax relief for residents, as well as substantial job creation.

The CIDA is committed to working with both the town of Clarence and the Clarence Chamber of Commerce to continue to create jobs in the town of Clarence while working to keep the taxes low.

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

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

Evelyn DeStefano

by the Amherst Chapel Amigone Funeral Home Inc.

Evelyn A. (nee Nuchereno) DeStefano, 94, of East Amherst, died January 1.

Geraldine Spence

James Holtz Minister James W. Holtz, 73, of Williamsville, died December 30.

Geraldine E. (nee Lang) Spence, 92, of Williamsville, died December 30.

Geraldine was wife of the late John G. Spence; mother of Lynn S. Farrell, Marsha S. (Christopher) Henderson, Scott P. (Marty) Spence and the late Michael J. Spence; grandmother of Brian (Andrea) Spence and Jack Spence; great-grandmother of Kaylee, Kadan and Keller; sister of Norrine (late Walter) Miller, Gail (late Robert) McLaughlin, the late Warren (late Christine) Lang and late Lois (late Charles) Filbert; also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Gerry was a graduate of the 1940 Class of Amherst High School, a retiree of Sears Roebuck Co. and an painter for the past 30 years.

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

James was father of Michele (John) Scime, Denise (Kevin) Gerhard and James (Barbara) Holtz Jr.; grandfather of Kaitlin, Nichole, John, Joel, Alyssa and Samantha; brother of Ruth Monteith, Ethel (Fred) Dibble, Elmer Holtz and the late Leroy Holtz; also survived by many nieces and nephews.

James worked at the Courier Express until its closing and was a retiree of Bank of America.

Visitation was held from the Amherst Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. and at the Christ Temple Assembly in Cheektowaga.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Christ Temple Assembly where James was a minister for many years. Online condolences can be made at www. amigone.com.

Evelyn was wife of the late Neal J. DeStefano Sr.; mother of Donald (Mary) DeStefano, Nancy (Richard) Ramsay and the late Neal J. (Judith) DeStefano, Jr.; grandmother of Todd (Carisse) DeStefano, Lisa (Ted) Thompson, David (Katie) DeStefano, Christina Ramsay, Evelyn DeStefano, Jill (Chase) Mordy, Kimberly Ramsay, Allison, John and Donald DeStefano; greatgrandmother of Kaliegha, Elle, Anthony, Cecilia, James and Avery.

She was sister of Marjorie Nuchereno and the late Anthony (Ann), James (Ruth), Louiese, Louis, Mary, Frank (Margaret) and John (Margaret) Nuchereno.

Evelyn was also survived by many nieces and nephews.

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

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Summit Education Resources.

Online condolences can be made at www.amigone. com.

Frank Pandolfino Frank J. Pandolfino, 91, of Williamsville, died December 22.

Frank was husband of the late Adelia (nee Sanucci) Pandolfino; father of Christine P. Klaich and Dominic F. (Susan) Pandolfino; grandfather of Bretton, Kristopher, Justin (Jill) and Andrew; brother of Joseph (Annette) and predeceased

by Bert (late Janet) and Lucia Pandolfino; also survived by nieces and nephews.

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

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Fisher House Foundation for Disabled American Veterans.

Online condolences can be made at www.amigone. com.

Elaine Kunkel

Patricia Vincent

Elaine F. Kunkel, of East Amherst, died January 3.

Elaine was wife of the late Gordon H. Kunkel, who passed away in 1970 at the age of 50; mother of Pamela W. (John H. Gray) Kunkel and Gregg W. (Betty) Kunkel.

Elaine did crossword puzzles, read and needlepoint.

Elaine attended grammar and high school at the Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart graduating in 1943 as president of her class as well as the salutatorian. She worked on many civil and criminal trials as a court typist, following her husband's passing, Elaine worked out of her home and retired in 1991.

A memorial Mass was celebrated from Saint Gregory the Great Church.

Memorials may be made in Elaine's name to Beechwood Continuing Care Activities Department. Arrangements

Patricia "Patsy" Vincent, 69, of Amherst, died January 1.

Patricia was sister of Kevin Vincent, of San Franciso, and the late Michael Vincent; sister-in-law of Sally (nee Spitzmiller) Vincent; aunt of Margot (Scott Kinsman) Vincent and Kate (Matthew) Vincent Peterson, of Denver; also survived by four nieces and nephews.

A memorial Mass was held Jan. 9 from Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Patsy's honor to Catholic Charities or Mercy Housing Inc.

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Antonio and Gabriella have had a long history of restaurant experience, before opening their Clarence dream of “Royal Pizza and Italian Bistro” in the Clarence Hollow just before Antique World.

In 1989 Antonio and Gabriella Mannino moved to America from Palermo, Sicily. Gabriella’s father has owned Leon’s Pizza for 40 years in Niagara Falls. There, Antonio and Gabriella started working in the restaurant business.

Antonio and Gabriella then moved back to Sicily, Italy to start a pizzeria named “Royal Pizza”. After two years of being in Italy, they decided to come back to America when they started “Pizza Bella” in Akron. Antonio and Gabriella then went back to Italy, giving his Pizza Bella business to his brother-in-law.

While in Italy this time, Antonio’s “Royal Pizza” became a franchise, where he helped create other Royal Pizzas all over Italy. The first Royal Pizza in Sicily, Italy is still owned by

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As Antonio would drive down Main St. Clarence to Akron, he hoped for a place to settle in the heart of Clarence.

Antonio found the perfect site, where he knew the small town atmosphere and the people of Clarence he met while working in Akron, would be the home to his dream.

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

Chand Tek II Chand Tek II, of Amherst, died January 1.

Visitation was held from the Amherst Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. A Hindu funeral service followed and cremation took place at Mt. Calvary's Pine Lawn Chapel in Cheektowaga.

A Shanti Path in Hindu temple with dinner Bhoj.

John Schnitter John R. Schnitter, of Clarence, died January 4.

John was husband of Geraldine T. (nee Shea) Schnitter; father of Joseph (Mary Grace) Schnitter, Susan (late

Gerald) Hogarty, Nancy (Robert) Boeing, and Marybeth (Robert) Crean; grandfather of six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter; brother of late Ethel (Howard) Schultz and Nelson (Kay) Schnitter.

Jack was a World War II Veteran. He owned North Town Tile and later became a Building Inspector for the town of Tonawanda. He played sports, especially baseball and tennis. Previously, he was active at Blessed Sacrament Church in Kenmore.

A memorial Mass was Diana L. (nee held from Saint Mary's Chapel. Flowers declined.

Ludwig) Scriven, Arrangements were made 47, of Amherst, died

by Amigone Funeral Home, December 21.

Inc. Online condolences can be made at www.amigone.

Diana was wife of Neil com.

Scriven; mother of Jesse (Pamela) Hall, Heather (Ivan) Veras and Brittany (Matt Ciopi) Scriven; grandmother of Kaylee, Joshua and Aubrey; daughter of the late Edward Ludwig and Donna (nee Clark) Fredrickson; sister of Edward Ludwig, Sandy (Ronald) Reiter, Joan Basille and Wayne Ludwig; LaVern R. Heble, also survived by nieces and of Clarence, died nephews.

Visitation was held from December 26. the Amherst Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc.

Diana Scriven

LaVern Heble

LaVern is survived by his wife Ann StarkweatherHeble, six children and nine grandchildren.

Visitation was held from the Harris Hill Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Salvation Army.

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Delvina Clukey Delvina M. (nee Binette) Clukey, 95, of Williamsville, died January 2.

Delvina was wife of the late James R. Clukey; mother of Robert P. (Bonnie) Clukey, Diana Marie (Allen Beyers) Hoffmeister, James Lee (Peg), David A. Clukey and Carole (Howard) Weed; grandmother of 15 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren; sister of Francis (Charlene) Binette.

Visitation was held from the Harris Hill Chapel of the Amigone Funeral Home Inc. A Mass of Christian burial was held from Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of choice.

Online condolences can be made at www.amigone. com.

Cheryl Carncross Cheryl L. (nee Smith) Carncross, 57, of Williamsville, died January 3.

Cheryl was companion of 25 years to George J. Grandits; mother of Samuel H. and Jessika L. (Kathleen) Carncross; grandmother of Justina, Robert, Layla, Geoffrey, Evan, Matea and Anika; sister of Catherine L. (Edward) Dragoo, Gerald R. Smith, Ronald R. Smith, Karen A. Ottaviani, Deborah L. O'Mara, Sharon A. (late David) Walker, Darcy L. (Carlos) Thompson and the late Joanne M. O'Mara; also survived by nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held Jan. 9 at the Greco Funeral Home.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, Jan. 16 at the Creekside Assembly of God Church.

Marcia Ely Marcia A. (nee Lacke) Ely, 77, of Williamsville, died December 30.

Marcia was wife of James H. Ely, DDS; mother of Ross J. (Suzanne) Ely, Wendy M. (David) Adams, Scott J. (Julia) Ely and Julie A. (Jason) Bradley.

Marcia was grandmother of Andrew, Leland, Christopher, James, John and Jack; sister of the late Joan Jones; also survived by nieces and nephews.

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

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wells Hospice House at Beechwood Continuing Care.

Online condolences can be made at www.amigone.com.

Armor Inn Tap Room Ellicottville is now open Residents of Ellicottville should prepare themselves for a new lip-smacking Barbecue restaurant in town.

Owner of the Armor Inn Tap Room, JC Seneca opened his newest establishments doors on Friday December 19, 2014. This will be the second location opening for the Armor Inn Tap Room, which is located right in the “heart of town� across the street from the Wingate

by Wyndham Hotel in Ellicottville, NY. The Armor Inn Tap Room offers family friendly casual dining, specializing in mouth-watering Barbecue.

They will be open 7 days a week starting at 7a.m. for breakfast, lunch, dinner and at 10p.m. a late night menu will be available. We will continue serving your favorite items including the Signature Smoked Wings and BBQ Nachos.

We have also added new items including the entire breakfast menu, home-made pizza logs and BBQ Tacos.

The restaurant will also feature a Happy Hour Monday through Friday from 11am-6pm and Thursday Wing Night, Fish Fry Fridays, Saturday Prime Rib Dinner Special and Sunday Kids Eat Free. Bring the family in and enjoy a great dining experience and a great scenic view of Ellicottville.

Along with delicious food the Armor Inn will also feature a fun and entertaining nightlife. There is a full service bar with a wide variety of taps with brands and styles of beer to choose from for all beer enthusiasts. /LYH HQWHUWDLQPHQW ZLOO ÀOO the restaurant with music so you can dance the night away RU UHOD[ E\ WKH ÀUH SODFH Live music will be performed Friday and Saturday nights of all genres. This weekend we will feature the best Blues acts during Ellicottville’s

Winter Blues Weekend, Jan. 9 we will have JJ White & the All Nighters and Jan. 10 we will host Dive House Union bot starting at 9pm.

Later in the month, on Jan. 27 the newest, award winning blues sensation and National recording artist the Selwyn Birchwood band will be performing in the restaurant.

Mr. Seneca said, “I am very excited to open a new restaurant in such a great and thriving community like Ellicottville, NY. I am very thankful to all of the business RZQHUV HOHFWHG RIĂ€FLDOV DQG community members for being so welcoming.â€?

Seneca has assembled a team to run the Armor Inn comprised of greatly experienced people from WNY. From wait staff to management, the very best will represent the newest Armor Inn location. Seneca’s management team consists of Matthew Brunner as the Director of Food & Beverage

for all his restaurants including Native Pride Diner, and both Armor Inn Tap Room locations, Kirstin Knowles as the restaurants General Manager, Michele -DFREVRQ ZLOO EH WKH à RRU EDU & catering manager and Troy Skowronski is the Executive Chef. Together they will make every family’s dining experience in Ellicottville a special one.

We would like to thank Bill Paladino of Ellicott Development and all of the contractors and employees who helped us with every stage of the building process.

Mr. Seneca’s Director of Development, Mark 7XÀOODUR DQG KLV WHDP KDYH worked very hard renovating this space to become a beautiful restaurant.

We also look forward to our partnership with Ellicott Hospitality and The Wingate by Wyndham Hotel in Ellicottville coming in January 2015.

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Clarence bowlers on a roll early this season

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER

three-pointer by Maria Gabriele and a two-point basket by Young gave the Sharks back a comfortable 10-point lead at the end of the quarter.

Sacred Heart led 65-52 near the end of the fourth quarter. Three free throws

by CCA gave the Crusaders their final three points of the game for the 65-57 final.

The Clarence Bowling team has already jumped out to a 4-1 record to start this season.

The only loss came in the Red Devils’ very first match.

Coach Ken Duke was disappointed with the loss but likes the way his team has picked it up after that. He is expecting a successful season.

“We had a disappointing first-match loss to Sweet Home after a good showing in the Maryvale Pre-Christmas Tournament, where we finished fourth of 26 teams,” Duke said. “We have been strong in our other matches, and I feel we can make a good run at the league title.”

With five matches completed as of Tuesday (Jan. 6), Clarence has just seven matches remaining in the regular seaon. Duke likes where his team is at now, although last year’s team started out stronger.

“Last year, the players had a better first half scoring wise,” Duke said. “This year’s team is now bowling at the level they want to be.”

Clarence did lose two players from last year’s team. One of them was John Yambor, who had the highest average on the team. However, Clarence returned Tanner Geiger and Nick Sehl, whose averages were in the top five in the division last season.

See “Hoops” on page 8

See “Bowlers” on page 8

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Sacred Heart’s Danielle Hore, right, and her Shark teammates posted their biggest offensive game of the year when they meshed 65 points in a victory over Christian Central Academy on Jan. 7. The Sharks were 8-1 at press time.

Offense drives Sharks past Crusaders

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER

In one of its biggest offensive games of the year, Sacred Heart was victorious over Christian Central Academy by a score of 65-57 on Wednesday night (Jan. 7).

But as the score shows, CCA made it interesting and kept things close throughout the game.

Sacred Heart took a 20-11 lead in the first, but in the last two and a half minutes of the quarter, CCA came back with seven points to cut the deficit to just two points. A two-point basket

by Sarah Young sent Sacred Heart into the second quarter with a 22-18 lead.

Sacred Heart scored another 20 points in the second quarter and took a

42-32 lead into halftime.

The third quarter was dead even, and Sacred Heart coach Sister Maria Pares said that was because Sacred Heart moved away from the game plan and failed to play as a team like the girls know they need to do.

“I think in the beginning, first couple quarters, we played real well,” Pares said. “Then, as usual, we went away from our game plan, started playing individual basketball, which

will never work.”

Pares said she wants to see improvement in sticking to the game plan and remembering to play as a team. Each girl needs to know her role and be aware of her teammates around her and their roles as well.

“Let’s go to the people that are there,” she said.

“We put them there for a reason.”

CCA had cut the Sharks’ lead to just five points in the third quarter, with a score of 48-43, before a

Freshman Reynolds already thriving for Red Devils

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER

Carly Reynolds is just a freshman, but she’s already in her second year on the girls varsity basketball team at Clarence. And through seven games this season, the 6-foot-1 center was third on the team in points with 56 and led in rebounds and blocked shots with 56 and 18, respectively.

She’s been playing basketball for five years and credits her success to the constant practice she’s put in all along.

“I was just practicing all the time, all year long, practicing after school every day, going outside and just shooting

baskets at my house,” Reynolds said.

Along with her hard work, she brings a positive attitude to her team that she feels is valuable.

“I’m very encouraging to my teammates,” Reynolds said.

At the same time, she knows how important her play is to the team’s success as well.

“I get a lot of rebounds,” Reynolds said. “And I put points up on the board.”

Still, Reynolds believes she can be even better, and one of her goals this season is to improve even more in order to help her team be even better and go as far as possible.

“I would like to improve some of my skills, my shooting and my dribbling,” Reynolds said.

“And do my best to help my team go far in the season.”

The team was 3-3 as of Tuesday (Jan. 6) after its most solid win of the season, a 60-36 victory over West Seneca West.

Reynolds had five points, one assist, nine rebounds, three blocked shots, and three steals.

Reynolds hopes to see improvement as a whole in order for the team to go as far as possible. Her goals for the team this season include advancing as far as possible and success in tournaments.

“I would like to go far,” Reynolds said. “If we have tournaments, try to win those as a team.”

In order to do that, Reynolds echoes her coach’s and teammates’ ideals that they need to play as a team and not as individuals.

“We all need to work hard and play as a team and not individually, really connect as a team,” Reynolds said.

Individually, that will require hard work from everyone, Reynolds included.

When asked what she could do to help the team go far and reach its goals, Reynolds’ answer was simple.

JEFFREY T. BARNES

See “Reynolds” on page 8

Carly Reynolds (30), a freshman on the Clarence girls varsity basketball team, is 6-foot-1.

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Rott progresses as one of Red Devils’ top runners

By Melissa Brawdy SPORTS REPORTER

Liz Rott is one of the key runners on the Clarence indoor track team this year.

She’s been running since seventh grade and has shown vast improvement since then.

“I’ve been running since seventh grade track, which I really didn’t do that well in,” Rott said.

But in high school, thanks to coach John Hunt and the hard work Rott’s put in, she was able to improve to be what she is now: one of the most important runners on the team.

“My success is really due

to Coach Hunt and the training that he makes me put in with all the other runners, and his encouragement to me,” Rott said.

Now, Rott runs cross country during the fall, indoor track during the winter, and outdoor track in spring. Rott sees the indoor track season as a good way to transition from cross country to outdoor track and a good way to prepare. “[Indoor track] is nice because it gets you in shape for

the outdoor track season, and it conditions you for running in hot weather and around a track,” Rott said.

Although her coaches describe her as successful and a key contributor to the long distance running done in indoor track, Rott still feels that she is adjusting and trying to find what works for her.

“Cross country was successful, but indoor is tough because it’s long distance running laps around the track,”

she said. “But I’m trying out new races, and hopefully I’ll be successful in what I’m doing.”

Rott’s goals for this season include improving her speed, and she’s hopeful that she can advance to the state championships with her teammates for the 4x800.

“I want to get faster in the 1500 and the 800, so that maybe I can even go to states with my teammates for the 4x800,” Rott said.

In order to do that, Rott will continue to work hard under Coach Hunt’s guidance. She’s also adopted a phrase that Hunt likes to use.

“I need to keep training hard and just ‘get the fire in my eyes,’ as Coach Hunt says,” Rott said, “and just keep working my butt off in order to get there with racing each and every Saturday.”

Clarence’s next indoor track meet is Saturday, Jan. 10, at Houghton College.

Hore leads team in assists as Sharks move to 8-1 on the season

Reynolds keys on improving skills

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“Reynolds” from page 7

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With Wednesday’s win, Sacred Heart’s overall record this season stands at 8-1.

Danielle Hore led the team in assists with nine, while Julia Blujus had six. Kathleen Ryan had five assists and also led in steals with seven. Defensively, Blujus, Hore, Kathleen Ryan, Gabriele, and Micaela Ryan each had two rebounds.

Young had six offensive rebounds. Grace Galvin had four offensive rebounds.

Pares knows her team has room for improvement, but she has confidence that it will work hard to do that.

And she knows that the girls themselves know what they need to do to improve.

“They know how to play,” she said. “We’ll work on individual things so we get it right.”

Sacred Heart’s next game is Monday (Jan. 12) at Niagara Catholic, so the girls have that long to practice hard at the aspects of their game that they need to improve. They’ve found a way to win in almost every game so far already, and if those improvements can be made, they’ll be an even tougher team for opponents to face.

“Improve on my skills and work harder,” Reynolds said.

With the stats Reynolds puts up, she already seems to be one of the hardest working girls on the team. With her encouragement and

example of hard work and constant desire to improve, success could continue for Reynolds. And as the season goes on and the Clarence girls learn to play as a unit, success could come to the team as a whole.

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Carly Reynolds’ goals for this season include seeing team success in tournaments and the playoffs.

Stallions slowed in tourney, Gawron Geiger, Sehl among team leaders this year records shutout Sacred Heart junior Sarah Young grabbed six offensive rebounds in the Sharks’ win over Christian Central.

“Bowlers” from page 7 This year, Geiger is senior captain of the team and has an average of 199. Sehl is junior co-captain and so far has an average of 189. The rest of the A squad is made up of sophomore Tyler White (average 198) and freshman Brendan Cimerman (average 200).

The rest of the team is bowling on the B squad, and those players are sophomore Joe Loewer (average 188), senior Carmen Marino (average 175), eighth grader Ben Chamberland (average 174),

sophomore Nick Yambor (average 168), freshman Elliott Pohlman (average 162), and sophomores John Milbrandt (average 161) and Sam Petty (average 160).

Duke’s goals for his team this season include not just winning.

“My goals this year are the same as every year,” Duke said. “To win the league, for all the players to improve, for the team to have fun both during matches and practice, and to represent the school and

district in a positive manner.”

Reaching those goals will require hard work on each bowler’s part, along with handling everything that may happen with class. It isn’t just about bowling for Duke and his team.

“The players need to give it their best, win or lose,” Duke said. “[They need to] work hard and practice and be the gentlemen that they are.”

Clarence’s most recent victory was a 7-0 win over Williamsville South on Tues-

day (Jan. 6). Geiger led the team with a high score of 257 and a total score of 696.

Clarence had a match against Amherst on Thursday (Jan. 8), and its next match will be on Tuesday (Jan. 13) against Sweet Home once again. It will be a chance for redemption from the loss to Sweet Home earlier in the season.

But of course, the Clarence bowling team will do its best to react to whatever happens with class.

The Mite Major Clarence Stallions played in the Golden Horseshoe Tournament in Burlington, Ontario, from Dec. 27-29.

The Stallions played four talented Ontario teams, initially facing the Vaughan Rangers.

In this matchup, Stallions’ player Luke Marchant stole the puck in the neutral zone, went in on a breakaway, and scored.

However, Vaughan prevailed, 3-1. Stallions’ goaltender Josh Gawron made many saves to keep his team in the contest for the duration.

The Stallions subsequently lost games to the Brampton 45s,

Port Credit Storm, and Oshawa Minor Generals.

••• Gawron recorded another shutout as Stallions blanked the Lakeview Hawks, 1-0 on Jan. 5.

Cameron Stadelmaier scored the game’s lone goal, assisted

by Evan Becigneul and Marchant. The one-goal game got even tighter toward the end of the third period as Clarence defensemen took two penalties in succession and Hamburg pulled its goalie for a 6-on-3 skater advantage, but Marchant took possession of the puck with 10 seconds left and iced it to finish the win for Clarence.

CLARENCE SUN LEAGUE STANDINGS AS OF GAMES PLAYED BEFORE JAN. 8 BOYS BASKETBALL

W. Sen. West .................... 0-5

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Frontier ........................... 3-0 Jamestown....................... 2-0 Will North ....................... 2-0 Lancaster ........................ 2-1

Clarence ................... 0-2

O’Hara............................. 2-0 Immaculata ..................... 2-0 Sacred Heart ................... 2-0

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

Nardin ............................. 4-2

W. Sen. West .................... 0-3

Christian Central ............ 2-1

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Mount Mercy................... 2-1 St. Mary’s ........................ 1-1

Orchard Park .................. 2-1

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

BOYS FED HOCKEY Division I Orchard Park ............ 5-1-0-0 Frontier ..................... 3-2-0-0 Lancaster .................. 3-4-0-0 Nia.-Wheatfield ......... 2-1-0-1 Will North ................. 2-2-0-0 Timon ........................ 1-2-2-0

Clarence ............. 1-2-1-1 St. Joe’s ...................... 1-1-0-0 Canisius .................... 0-1-1-0

Buffalo Seminary ............ 0-0

GIRLS FED HOCKEY

Walsh ............................... 0-0

OP/Frontier ............... 6-2-1-0

Will North ....................... 3-0 Jamestown....................... 2-1

Mount St. Mary ............... 0-4

Nichols ............................ 1-2 Park ................................. 0-2 Nia. Catholic ................... 0-3

Lancaster/Iroquois ... 6-3-0-0 Msgr. Martin ............. 5-2-0-0 Williamsville ............. 4-1-1-1 Kenmore ................... 3-2-2-0

JEFFREY T. BARNES

At press time, Brett Naylor and the Clarence hockey team were 1-2-1-1.

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Never forget where you came from: WNY native signs with Bills his time at JFK. As such, he had his sights set on competCPOWNY SPORTS EDITOR ing as a thrower collegiately.

Upon graduating from Kennedy, Knox reached Corey Knox has always out to UB throws coach been inspired by Tim Russert.

Jim Garnham about joining Knox, a 2007 graduate of the Bulls for his freshman John F. Kennedy High School season.

Knox’s inquiry, in Cheektowaga, didn’t know however, didn’t go very well. the late Buffalo native and “I wanted to go to UB “Meet the Press” host personout of high school, but I ally. But when he was in high didn’t have good enough school, someone important to Knox bought him a t-shirt distances to go there,” Knox on which a famous Russert recalled. “[Garnham], he’s a quote — one that resonated great man, he shot me pretty with him as soon as he read straight and told me, ‘You’re not a D1 athlete right now.’ it — is printed.

“I took that as a chip on “The quote is, ‘No matter my shoulder.” where you go or what you do, “You could see the potennever forget where you came tial in Corey,” Garnham said. from,’” the 25-year-old said “But he was only 195 pounds by phone on Tuesday. at the time.

He was a 45-foot Knox has long been fueled shot putter in high school.” by those words. They’ve Not long after, Knox pushed him to excel in nearly enrolled and competed as every athletic endeavor he’s a thrower at Midland Unitackled and they’ve served as a reminder to him to stay versity, an NAIA program humble and remember his in Fremont, Nebraska. And he took Garnham’s words roots.

And there’s no doubt that with him.

After a strong season as he’s done both of those a freshman there — one things. in which he was besting Last week, Knox’s lifelong most of UB’s top throwers’ dream was realized and his distances, Knox said — he hard work validated when he gave Garnham a call. inked a reserve/future con“‘I called him and said, tract with the Buffalo Bills.

‘I’m beating the heck out A lengthy phone conversaof your guys,’” Knox said. tion with the newly signed “‘Can I get a workout over NFL fullback revealed that the summer?’” not only does he remember Knox returned home that where he came from — the summer never to return to city for which he now plays Midland.

He worked hard football professionally — but and earned a scholarship he remembers and is thankful to throw for UB, where for the people who’ve influhe’d major in architectural enced him along the way.

Even after Knox had al- studies.

“I gave him a shot,” ready thanked a host of family Garnham said. “We put him members, friends, teammates in the weight room and he and former coaches, he was just went after it. He has a sending text messages to add drive that few people have. to what had become a laundry Those are the people that list of people he’s grateful to make it.

He had the determihave been helped by.

“I never ventured too far nation to become something and I always try to remember not many people thought he where I came from,” Knox could be.

“He’s worked so hard. said. “I’ve had so much He’s the first person I know support along the way, no from track and field that has question. It’s been crazy, the taken architectural studies, amount of messages, calls, gotten a degree and continand emails I’ve been getting ued to compete at the D1 from teachers, coaches, famlevel. ily. …It’s wonderful.”

“One time, he came to Perhaps just as supportive practice and he looked like — albeit unintentionally — death.

I asked him how long as Knox’s family, friends, he’d been up for and he said, teachers and coaches, how‘48 hours.’

I told him to go ever, is a contingent of people home.

He’d been up because who told Knox he wasn’t he had studio, weight room, good enough over the years. he’d go back to the studio to “Thank you to the people maintain his grades, but he’d who told me ‘I couldn’t’ through the years,” Knox still show up for practice. I said. “They have been just as love the kid.”

By the end of his colleimportant in my mind as all giate track and field career, who have been supportive.

They’ve fueled unbelievable Knox had finished with four Mid-American Conference motivation.”

That motivation was put medals, two bronze and two to the test very early in his silver. Additionally, he made it to the first round of the college career.

NCAA nationals in both shot and discus his senior year.

“You’re not a D1 But something was missathlete” While football has always ing. been Knox’s sport of choice, Love of the game he was heralded more as a While Knox undoubtedly track and field athlete during saw a great deal of success in

Never forget where you came from

By Tom Gallagher

PAUL HOKANSON/UB ATHLETICS

Corey Knox, a graduate of JFK High School and UB, signed with the Bills on Dec. 30. track and field, his favorite sport was and always has been football.

Knox drew up memories of watching football games with his brother, Ryan, at Rich Stadium while their father, Rich Knox, worked as a bartender in the HSBC box there.

He remembered playing football with lifelong friends Adam Bartoszek — who passed away a few years ago — Mike Bartoszek, and Dave Niedbala in a lot near Knox’s grandmother’s house on Willowlawn Parkway and at the Value plaza on Rossler in Cheektowaga.

“I always knew I wanted to play football,” Knox said.

So he took action. Having grown to about 240 pounds — he started college “right around 200 pounds,” he said — Knox tried to walk on to UB’s football team as a junior.

But there was a problem.

He hadn’t played in a while.

“They couldn’t find a spot for me as a junior,” Knox recalled. “I went to their office every day. They didn’t want to waste a spot on a guy who hadn’t played football in four years.”

But Knox didn’t sulk — he loved football too much for that. Instead, he worked harder.

He maintained a strict diet. He continued to train and work as a strength and conditioning coach at Absolute Performance inside the Eastern Hills Mall. He trained under UB strength and conditioning coach Paul Childress, who, as a competitive powerlifter, owns world records in the squat at the 308-pound weight class.

Knox was up to 250 pounds by the time the fall 2011 came around. And his hard work paid off when he eventually landed a meeting with Jeff Quinn.

Knox outlined for the former UB coach what he was willing to bring to the Bulls and “he finally gave me a walk-on position,” said Knox, who forfeited his partial track scholarship in search of a spot on the football roster.

“From there, during camp I busted my butt, I threw my body at everybody that moved and I became the starting fullback by the end of camp and earned a full scholarship.”

Knox said that he started every game at fullback his senior season. Not bad for someone who hadn’t played since high school.

Little experience, few pro prospects After graduating from the UB School of Architecture and Planning in 2012, Knox aspired to turn pro. But just like when he first reached out to UB about throwing for its track team and just like when he first tried to walk on to the Bulls’ football team, he encountered some resistance.

“Unfortunately, with just one year of college football experience, there weren’t many pro teams that were willing to give me a shot,” Knox said.

In his head and in his heart, giving up wasn’t an option. He’d been told ‘no’ before. Naysayers had been consistently present while he was in college and he’d beaten the odds before.

With his dream very much alive, he continued to work at Absolute Performance after college while doing what he could to get scouted by pro organizations. He attended three CFL scouting combines and two NFL scouting combines. No teams expressed interest.

“I didn’t get any calls back,” Knox said. “That’s how this thing works. Lots of

great football players aren’t playing right now.”

His fortunes changed a few months ago.

Turning point About four months ago, Knox was contacted by the offensive coordinator of an Arena Football team in San Jose, California. The coordinator, Knox said, had seen some of the fullback’s film and was impressed.

Not long after, Knox signed with the San Jose Sabercats. Meanwhile, fellow local Chris Manhertz — a former Canisius College basketball player who Knox said had worked out with the Bills a few months earlier but was told by team officials that he needed to hone his football skills a bit more and to return a few months later — had started working out with Knox at Absolute Performance.

The two keyed on football drills for several months, and that’s when “the gears started turning in my head,” Knox said.

“I had just gotten signed to a team,” Knox recalled thinking. “Basically, I ended up talking to [Manhertz’s] agent and he was able to get me a workout [with the Bills] at the same time as [Manhertz].

“We tested really well, they liked us both and here we are.”

Knox joined Manhertz in signing a reserves/future contract on Dec. 30. He called putting pen to paper “a crazy feeling.”

“At some points I was shocked. At some points I felt that it was just a dream come true,” Knox said. “I couldn’t believe it was happening, but then part of me said, ‘Hey, you’re supposed to be here. You’ve worked your butt off. You know you’re good enough, now it’s time to prove it.”

While Knox tries to prove it, though, he’ll remember where he came from. He’ll remember who helped him get to this point.

He’s got his father, Rich Knox, and his brother, Ryan, who wasn’t able to play football past the age of 15 due to spinal meningitis and was an inspiration to Corey.

“He wanted to play football more than anybody and I know he would have been great if he did get to play,” Corey said, adding that both Rich and Ryan “toughened him up” physically over the years.

“He came to all my games and got me jacked up before I took the field. He’s always been on my mind and given me strength when I play.”

There’s his mother, Lillette Daley, his grandparents, Pat and Ron Knox, other family members like his uncles, Al Watroba and the late John Bobowicz, and family friends like Ronnie Morcio.

He’s got his girlfriend, Erin Burr, “who has been incredibly supportive,” Knox said.

There’s a host of his coaches at JFK — people like Jim and Jeff Rogowski, Tony Krupski, Brian Hondzinski, and Pete Szymanski — and even Nichols gridiron skipper Colin Brinson, a JFK teacher that never formally coached Knox at JFK. There are teammates like Jacob Madonia, a fellow UB track competitor who has battled cancer since his second year of college and is a source of inspiration for Knox, and Garnham, who is “behind Corey 100 percent.”

Then there’s training partners like Paul Miller, Matt Knotts and Tom Corradino, and a group of friends, including Dan Gund and Dave Dombrowski There is a countless number of others who’ve influenced Knox along the way. He won’t forget any of them much like he won’t forget where he came from.

It’s how he’s wired (by way of Tim Russert).

Not dreaming small Knox is unquestionably thrilled to have signed with the Bills — and rightfully so. But he has visions far more grandiose than merely signing a contract.

“I don’t want it to just be this,” Knox said. “My goal is to be the best fullback in the league. I have visions of that. I don’t want to dream too small here.”

He knows he has everything to prove with the Bills. But no matter what he achieves, he won’t be doing it for just himself.

“I want to stress that anything I’ve done or will do in the future,” Knox said, “is as much — if not more — for the city, the team, and my family, as it is for myself.”

USA-Canada rivalry highlights women’s hockey tourney in Buffalo

By Mike Haim COLUMNIST

For years, one of the most civilized cross-border relationships has been the one involving the United States and Canada.

Sure, there are those times when the Boorish Chapter of Toronto Maple Leafs fans coopts the city of Buffalo, and then there are those “shopping weekends” which inevitably lead staff at local restaurants to lament the tipping habits of our northern neighbors.

To be fair, though, Canadians haven’t cornered the market on unsociable behavior; I’ve seen equally questionable actions by ornery Buffalonians

who trek to Toronto for Blue Jays-Yankees games.

Outside of those extreme examples, however, the USCanada dynamic is generally cordial, tolerant, and fairminded. That is, until the countries face each other on a frozen sheet of ice. Then the air of superiority wafts in both directions.

That is being proven again this week as Harborcenter hosts the eighth annual Under-18 Women’s World Championship. When it comes to women’s internati0nal hockey, the only two countries with any sort of pedigree are the ones which flank the Niagara River. The European squads are steadily getting better, but it would be a major shock to see anyone but

the USA and Canada in next Monday’s gold medal game.

Thankfully this year, there was no need to wait for a USA-Canada game, as the two countries kicked off the event Monday night in their first-ever meeting in the preliminary round of the tournament. The programs are no strangers to each other in the U18 event: they’ve been the only representatives in the previous seven Gold Medal games (Canada has won four of seven, including the last three).

The 2-1 shootout win by the United States before a sellout crowd was an electrifying contest. The USA used an early goal and clinged to a 1-0 lead until Canada got the equalizer midway through

the third period from Sarah Potomak, the leading scorer in last year’s tournament in Budapest.

The Americans got their first shootout goal from Jincy Dunne, who was named best defender in the 2014 tourney, then clinched the game when Abby Roque roofed her shot past Canadian netminder Marlene Boissonnault.

Any credit for the drama and intensity seen Monday night has to go the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which oversees the sport’s global competitions. The IIHF rejiggered the tournament’s groupings and placed the top four finishers from last year in one group, enabling the early battle between the perennial powerhouses.

The lofty status of the USA and Canada in the women’s hockey world was perhaps best proven by the modest number of tickets sold for the other three games played Monday. SwedenJapan drew 186 spectators, the Russia-Czech Republic game attracted a crowd of 341, and the Finland-Switzerland game a mere 227.

On a smaller scale, it really isn’t much different than what we saw here four years ago when Buffalo hosted the men’s World Junior tournament. Back then, if a game didn’t feature the USA or Canada, it wasn’t really much of a draw. And those games involved future NHL talent.

In reality, this tournament is the perfect event at the perfect

time. Harborcenter is ideally suited for this competition.

The main rink holds a maximum of 1,800 spectators and I’d be shocked if most of the US and Canadian players ever skated before a larger crowd. The last two gold medal games attracted 813 (in Finland in 2013) and 940 last year.

In addition, many fans attending this week are being set up to become return customers: next year’s tournament is hosted by nearby St. Catharines, Ontario.

There’s really no better way this week to embrace that cross-border warmth. Even when the flags come out. www.twitter.com/mikehaim

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The Clarence Sun / Saturday, January 10, 2015

Escape winter at the Clarence Public Library

Daemen College pays tributes to veterans

By Alicia Greco THE SUN EDITOR

Events and programs for all ages will be taking place at the Clarence Public Library over the course of the next week.

“We do have some really nice programs coming up for families and kids that will break the monotony of winter,” said Monica Mooney, director of the library.

Children ages 5-12 are invited to join “Library Craft Time” on Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 4-5:30 p.m. The free event is a monthly program that is sponsored and orchestrated by the Clarence Youth Bureau.

“That’s a great program for kids,” Mooney said.

The Youth Bureau will bring all the supplies and craft materials for children to use to “make a lot of fun and exciting crafts,” she added.

Each creation will usually have a theme per month. This month will most likely be a wintertime craft, while next will probably have a Valentine’s Day theme.

Clarence Public Library’s book discussion group, “Bookmarks,” will be gathering at 7 p.m. at the library on Tuesday, Jan. 13 to discuss “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho.

Bookmarks is “a group that meets here at the library generally once a month,” Mooney said. Open to the general public, the group is comprised mostly by adults.

Anyone interested in joining the group, may contact Beverly at 689-2182.

“It’s open to all. It is affiliated with the Clarence library, but we don’t run it,” Mooney said.

Attendees are expected to have read the book before attending the meeting and ready to discuss it. Next month’s gathering will be to discuss “Cutting for Stone”

by Abraham Verghese; that meeting will take place Tuesday, Feb. 10.

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A family fun night, “What’s interesting about this one … they are going to bring Sno-cones and are encouraging kids to bring their beach towels and summertime clothes under their winter layers.

“It’s basically to take a break from the cold and enjoy a sneak-peak of summer,” she said.

Dave and Kathleen Jeffers will provide an interactive show for all that attend, which will include comedy and magic. Space is limited and registration is required.

The “Clarence Senior Center Saturday Activity Day” will take place from noon-4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17.

Although the title mentions Clarence Senior Center, it is not limited to just those members but for many seniors that are interested in attending.

Senior Center members, however, will have an opportunity to take advantage of a bus transportation service.

This month’s event there will be a movie screening.

“Because it’s before tax season we can use both rooms and we’re going to show a classic movie,” Mooney said.

The classic movie — which will be “Woman of the Year” — will happen concurrently with the gaming.

“They can take a break from whatever game they’re playing and watch a movie,” she added. Games that will be available will include cards, Rummikub, Backgammon, and Dominoes.

To sign up, call the Clarence Senior Center at 6335138 or the library.

“It’s a really a nice way to partner with the senior center,” she said.

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Clarence resident Jeffrey Pagano (center) was recognized at the Veterans Day event at Daemen College. Also pictured: Kevin Fricano, Daemen veterans/transfer admissions counselor and Daemen President Gary A. Olson.

With nearly 100 United State flags lining the front campus walkway, Veterans Day at Daemen College was filled with gratitude and tribute to students and Western New Yorkers who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

Almost 20 veterans and family members were recognized at an appreciation breakfast hosted by the college’s Center for Veterans and Veteran Family Services.

In keeping with the military coin giving tradition as an expression of thanks to current and past service members, veterans at the event were each presented a specially created Daemen coin bearing the college’s logo.

Among those attending the breakfast were Daemen President Gary A. Olson, State Senator Michael Ranzenhofer and State Assemblyman Raymond Walter.

“The Daemen community extends its deepest gratitude to all those who have bravely served in the military and honor the many sacrifices veterans have made for our country,” Olson said. “As a nationally designated Military Friendly School, we also strongly support our student veterans as we remain committed to providing them the best opportunity for academic and professional success.”

Also at the appreciation event, recognition awards in honor of their “unconditional support and dedication leading to the success of Daemen College’s student veterans” were presented to Theresa Joyce of Depew, director of compliance, and to Clarence residents Sylvia Muhr, bursar, and Jeffrey Pagano, financial aid director.

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Clarence resident Sylvia Muhr (center) was recognized at the Veterans Day event. lation ceremony, dozens of students from several campus organizations and clubs placed small flags along the front walkway.

“These more than 90 flags represent our support and pride for each of our student veterans at Daemen and stand in honor of their service to our country,” said Hayley Brown, president of the Daemen Student Association, at the ceremony held outdoors.

Thomas Sprague, of Buffalo, president of the Daemen Student Veterans Alliance, told the gathering of students, faculty and staff that he is “proud to be a part

of the Daemen family. This day means a lot to each and every veteran. Having served in the military, the U.S. flags you see here mean so much to so many service members and veterans and represent everything great that we stand for as a country.”

Other student speakers included Kelsey Zahno, of Wilson, representing the Student Alumni Ambassadors, and Justin Richmond of East Stroudsburg, Pa., president of Omega Epsilon Zeta.

Congressman Brian Higgins, a strong advocate for veterans affairs, joined the Daemen community for the appreciation ceremony.

“Veterans Day is a reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices our service men and women have made and that we have an obligation to never forget what they have done for our country,” he said. “Daemen College is an exceptional institution in our community that has welcomed student veterans and prepared them well for careers that will sustain them throughout their lives.”

The ceremony concluded with student speakers reading a roll call of Daemen College’s current student veterans.

Superintendent praises good service done by schools CCSD from Page 4 The parents, students and staff at Sheridan Hill coordinate a Food for the Needy Drive, donating to the Clarence Food Pantry.

Sheridan Hill Elementary also coordinates a Giving Tree as well as the Linus Project, where fifth grade students — with some help from parent and teacher volunteers — made blankets and donated them to the Women and Children’s Hospital.

Clarence Center students, in collaboration with Winning Smiles Dentistry and the PTO collected 212 pounds of candy that was donated and shipped to troops overseas as part of their Power of One initiative.

The Clarence Center families also collected more than 150 winter jackets that were donated to the Buffalo City Mission.

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tary, students donated food and toiletries to the Clarence Food Pantry and wrote holiday letters to military families. Students also created and sold bookmarks for Carly’s Club with the proceeds benefiting Roswell Park.

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