Historic Moment: Last yellow fire truck

from Star Review Digital Edition - Jan. 25, 2023

Bob’s biggest battle

Random Thoughts

Just about every minute since I started this job in another millennium all those seasons ago, he’s been there, an essential character in area high school sports.

Most of those winters, he would arrive at the bench, surrounded by assistant coaches, calmly checking his notes as his teams warmed up, always in a shirt and tie and those trademark suspenders.

Then the game tipped off, and the transformation was instant. Four quarters (or more) of instructing, pleading, cajoling, and plenty of words for officials whenever whistles didn’t go his team’s way.

Far more often than not, his teams won. Whether at Jamesville-DeWitt or later at Bishop Grimes, Bob McKenney would coach basketball teams that, come late February and early March, would pick up a steady stream of banners and plaques.

All of these are noteworthy now because McKenney is battling not against Westhill or CBA or Bishop Ludden, but something that cares not for championship resumes.

Late last year, Bob found out that he had breast cancer, which happens far more often among men than we’d like to admit. After some early treatments, he is now amid chemotherapy sessions.

Yet except for the absence of his curly hair and the more casual outfits most coaches wear these days at games, you’d never know this is a 64-year-old man battling for his life.

The Mailbag

Give Shelley a chance to succeed

To cal behavior against incoming Sheriff Shelley. Cooperation would have made for an easier transition.

The voters decided at the polls. Let’s give him a chance and put the politics aside.

DANIEL

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By JORGE BATLLE skaneateLes Fire dePartment historian

Tradition in the fire service runs very deep. One tradition is the color of the fire trucks. They are slow to change. In the City of Syracuse, back in the 1950s, all their apparatus were white. At the end of the 1970s, Syracuse trucks were ordered or repainted OSHA safety yellow. This color goes back to 1937 when school busses were being painted OSHA safety yellow. In 1997 Syracuse took delivery of their last safety yellow truck, designated Rescue 1. Now all of the Syracuse trucks are familiar standard red.

Skaneateles Fire Department also went through fire truck color changes. The first pumping engine was the 1822 hand pumper that is on display at the fire station. It is black with gold painted embellishments. As far back as the department’s historian’s files show, Skaneateles apparatus were the traditional red color. The first fire truck photographed in color shows a 1939 Dodge open cab pumper truck being red. The department restored its red 1951 Mack pumper, which is proudly shown off in parades. The department used a conventional delivery van painted red in the 1950s for rescue services. This was replaced by a much larger mobile library style van in the late 1970s. It too was red.

The first safety yellow fire truck for Skaneateles was back in 1973. These rigs were mounted on conventional Ford truck chassis. There was a slight change in the early 1990s when the cab roofs of the trucks the routine calls like trash fires, and other minor incidents. This saved wear and tear on the full sized apparatus. The mini pumper concept was slowly adopted by many of the suburban, volunteer fire departments. Skaneateles saw the value in the mini in getting down the tight fire lanes on each side of the lake. Using its 4-wheel drive capability, the mini could be of value in fighting grass and field fires. In 1980, Skaneateles bought its mini based on a Chevrolet chassis and assembled by E-One of Ocala, Florida. In 2004, the original Chevrolet chassis was replaced and modifications were made by a local fire equipment service. The Skaneateles mini was painted safety yellow.

The final paint scheme for Skaneateles trucks came when first due Engine 11 needed upgrading. It was changed from yellow to white over red. This is now the color of all the Skaneateles trucks, except for the mini pumper.

The department has on order a replacement for the mini. It will be the current white over red paint scheme. The old yellow mini pumper was recently put up for auction, and is awaiting pickup by its new owner. The era of the yellow fire trucks has ended for the Skaneateles Volunteer Fire Department. Red is the choice, as history repeats itself.

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Turns out his real name was Savalan Harriger, but here in the village everyone called him Sonny.

As the original owner of The Village Barber Shop at First and Tulip streets, Sonny Harriger gave me my first haircut long about 1955, shortly after he was honorably discharged as a U.S. Army corporal after serving in the Korean War.

I didn’t know anything about his military exploits, but I always relished those sweet suckers he awarded me after each haircut.

Sonny’s dad, Joe Harriger, also worked as a barber. His middle name was George, so Sonny took that as his first name to replace the atypical Savalan, a moniker of Scottish origin. But here in the village everyone called him Sonny.

While he was a kind and capable barber, Sonny also excelled as a musician, in fact he became a state champion fiddler.

No wonder the barber shop’s radio was eternally tuned to WSEN-AM, known as “the first country station north of the Mason–Dixon line.”

State champion fiddler

Sad to say, Sonny Harriger, late of Homer, died on Jan. 6. He was 89 years old.

Over the years, Sonny was named NY State Grand Champion Fiddle Player three times. He was inducted into the NYS Fiddlers Hall of Fame in 1977 and the NYS Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004. He once performed for the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville.

Over the course of his career, he composed 26 old-time fiddle tunes and recorded three albums. He appeared at many music festivals across the Southern Tier and Northern Pennsylvania and had accompanied entertainers from the Grand Ole Opry.

Sonny was a man of many talents and interests. In his free time, he enjoyed listening to various genres of music, making homemade whistles and spinning tops, picking berries, digging leaks, hunting and hiking in the woods.

Lorraine Henning Also Gone

We belatedly learned of the passing of former village restaurateur Lorraine Henning who died Nov. 28, 2022 in New Bern, N.C. The feisty lady was 79 years old and had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease and a traumatic brain injury.

Lorraine lived in Liverpool for 42 years, and for about 10 years she owned and operated Hen- ning’s Wharf, a restaurant at 110 S. Cypress St. well-known for its grilled burgers and fish fries.

Shortly before her passing, Lorraine took her last flight home to Liverpool with her favorite “stewardess,” her daughter Elle, who took care of her for the past two-anda-half years.

Golden Bee hosts trivia fundraiser

Bibliophile Casey Rose Frank opened her Golden Bee Bookshop in 2019 over at the Village Mall. Last year, she moved to a much larger location at 324 First St.

“After three years of growth and change I’m hoping to be able to dig in and be able to think about the bookshop long-term,” Casey wrote in a recent email. “I want to offer more unique events, partnering with other passionate small businesses in our community and ensuring that Golden Bee’s doors stay open for years to come.”

To that end, consider attending the Golden Bee’s first-ever trivia fundraiser adventure from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28. The cost for competitors is $35 each; goldenbeebookshop. com; 315-299-5558.

Hot hockey player

Syracuse Crunch all-star center Alex BarreBoulet is a real play-maker!

Last week, the 25-year-old stick-handler tied Brad Moran for the franchise lead in points with 241. Moran played here for five seasons in the early part of this century.

Barre-Boulet won the AHL’s Red Garrett Memorial Award for his remarkable rookie season 2018-19 and he’s now playing his fourth season with Syracuse. So far this year, Alex has netted 10 goals and 32 assists over 33 games.

The southpaw forward from Montmagny, Quebec made his NHL debut in 2020 with the Crunch’s parent club, the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The 2023 AHL All-Star Game will be played Feb. 6 in Laval, Quebec. Ten days later, Alex and his wife, Ann-Marie, will celebrate the first birthday of their son, Zack.

Last word “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”

–Casey Rose Frank, owner of the Golden Bee Bookshop.

Not for more than a day has McKenney gone away from his tasks as both coach and athletic director at Bishop Grimes, taking in all kinds of school activities and even taking part in a benefit last weekend at the school.

It’s funny. Sometimes we bristle at the competitive nature of our most successful coaches, or successful people in any profession, questioning their single-minded determination and focus.

And when we’re at the game, seeing McKenney or someone else express themselves, it’s understandable to tell them to cool down, or of course ask for the technical foul, usually at a high volume.

Yet it’s that very intensity, focus and drive that is absolutely perfect for what McKenney is facing. Anyone who’s gone through a cancer battle or knows someone who’s faced it – which is just about everyone – will say that attitude is critical. The more we fight, the better our chances.

Oh, and the timing is poignant.

We’re near the 30-year mark of when we lost Jim Valvano. In biological terms, to compare the two stories is impossible since the cancer that took Jimmy V’s life was far more virulent and advanced, and in a different part of the body, too.

Still, we all know how Valvano spent the last year of his life – battling, fighting, inspiring, and ultimately laying the groundwork for the V Foundation for Cancer Research that has saved countless others, young and old.

Whether they accept the premise or not (and most do), coaches are leaders, especially at the scholastic level. Far beyond the games, wins and losses, what they teach, and how they behave, will leave a permanent impression on young people, so it’s crucial for them to set as good an example as possible.

Thus, seeing McKenney continue an astonishing level of activity in the middle of a cancer battle must convey a message of hope and resilience, both to his team and to anyone else paying attention.

Plus it’s something we can all agree on. Back when McKenney was coaching at J-D, it was easy to say that his titles were a byproduct of having supreme talent on hand. The way his tenure ended at J-D and his subsequent chapter at Grimes left hard feelings that have decreased, but not gone away.

Cast all of that aside, though. Certainly rival schools, coaches and officials have done so, all sending their best wishes to McKenney in recent months, understanding that this transcends basketball.

Good thing, too, because if you didn’t know better, whenever you head out to watch Bishop Grimes as they move toward another post-season appearance, Bob McKenney is still there, working as hard as ever, seeking every possible edge as fans cheer and boo in response.

When it comes to cancer, though, everyone is on the same team, facing the same common opponent, and praying for a bigger victory than anything you can find on a scoreboard.

Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline. com.

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