Star Review digital edition - May 3, 2023

Work begins at Micron site

By DAviD TylEr

Last Friday was a big day for Micron’s proposed $100 billion development in the town of Clay.

On Friday morning, Micron’s top officials gathered at the White Pine site with County Executive Ryan McMahon, Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, Clay Supervisor Damian Ulatowski and other local officials to update the community on progress made at the site.

As part of an ongoing environmental survey of the site, Micron is in the process of boring 270 soil samples. Those samples will help them delineate wetlands and guide the depth of the foundations for the massive chip fab plants.

Each of the four plants will be 1.2

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lcsd hosts event honoring military, their families

The liverpool Central School District Climate and Culture Committee recently hosted a Purple Up family engagement event at liverpool High School. Families from throughout the district attended the event, which included various activities such as letter writing to military service members, face painting, a military photo station, refreshments and more. Purple Up Day was established to honor and appreciate military families and their children for the sacrifices they make and the challenges they overcome. The Liverpool Central School District is the first district in Onondaga County to take the steps to become a Purple Star School, recently completing the Military interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MiC3) 101 Training. Military children move every two to three years. The Purple Star School program is designed to help schools respond to the educational and social-emotional challenges military-connected children face during their transition to a new school and keep them on track to be college, workforce and life-ready.

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Dems nominate Finney; GOP taps Fadden

By rUSS TArBy

Contributing Writer

For the first time in more than 20 years, village Democrats have caucused and nominated candidates for village government offices.

The gathering of 53 registered Democrats on Friday, April 28, nominated

Christina Fadden Stacy Finney Village

Stacy Finney for mayor, and Melissa Cassidy and Rachel Ciotti for trustee seats. If elected, each would serve a two-year-term.

The caucus – the first conducted by local Dems since 2001 – took place at the Pratt & Huerta home at 807 Oswego St.

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By DAviD TylEr

The town of Cicero is looking for public input as it begins the process of drafting a comprehensive plan for the town.

Last week, the town launched a new website, visioncicero.com, that describes the comprehensive planning process and encourages residents to participate in a survey to determine what the public would like to see as the town continues to develop. The survey offers a variety of images of residential and commercial developments and streetscapes and asks participants to rate the images on how appropriate they are for the town of Cicero.

“Given the Micron announcement and the an-

ticipated growth that may come with this facility, this planning process represents an unprecedented opportunity to shape the future of the place we call home,” Cicero Supervisor Michael Aregano wrote in the preface to the survey. “In order to be a success, we need your thoughts and ideas on our collective future.”

The website also features an “ideas wall” where residents can post their own ideas about the types of development they believe the town should encourage.

The comprehensive plan is expected to address the town’s housing supply, economic development opportunities, recreation facilities and infrastructure needs.

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Last Friday, Micron executives and public officials gathered at the White Pine site in Clay to review the environmental survey work that is ongoing at the site.

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Governor Kathy Hochul addresses a crowd of community leaders and Micron officials at the OnCenter in Syracuse. At the event, a new committee was announced that will be tasked with helping guide the use of the $250 million that Micron has pledged for community building in Central New york.

DOing Their pArT

lhs unified basketball team holds earth day clean up

Cicero resident featured in college exhibition

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The Liverpool high School Unified Basketball Team dodged the rain (and some hail) to celebrate Earth Day at the school. Students cleaned up trash found on the lHS Campus, before splitting into groups. One group cleaned up the flower bed outside the Wetzel road Building and planted new flowers for the spring, while the second group visited a neighbor’s home on Aurora Path to add mulch, create a rock bed and plant sunflowers. representatives from Kohl’s joined the team on Aurora path to help beautify the front yard. Kohl’s provided the team with funding for the mulch, flowers and supplies. Afterward the LhS Unified Basketball headed back to the high school to enjoy dinner from Twin Trees.

million square feet, including 600,000 square feet of clean room space. They will be the approximate height of the JMA Wireless Dome.

Scott Gatzemeier, the corporate vice president of Micron who is tasked with

overseeing the construction project, said area residents can expect to see ongoing work related to the environmental survey over the next several months.

“When you think of something that large, the foundation is incredibly important,” Gatzemeier said. “So these studies

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Antithesis: The BFA Thesis Exhibition opened Friday, April 28 and continues through May 5 in the Arts Center Gallery at Nazareth College. The exhibition showcases the work of six artists in a variety of media, including Drawing, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture. Emma Annable, of Cicero, is one of the featured artists at the exhibition. Annable’s work explores psychological experiences by translating intangible states of mind into visual form. An opening reception was be held from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, 4245 East Ave. rochester. Hours of the exhibit are noon to 5 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Becca’s Closet to offer prom dresses, formal men’s wear

The Liverpool High School chapter of Becca’s Closet will host a giveaway event on May 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wetzel Road Building, 4246 Wetzel Road, Liverpool. One of the only chapters in New York state,

that we’re going to do are going to really help us make strong and lasting foundations right here in Clay, New York.”

He said it is Micron’s goal to make this plant the most environmentally sustainable chip fab plant in the world.

“That reflects the commitment of Micron to building an environmentally friendly, sustainable and of course, community friendly site here,” said Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. “This is an important milestone, an important start.”

Following the event in Clay, the executives and public officials caravanned down to the OnCenter in downtown Syracuse, where Gov. Kathy Hochul awaited for another event to announce the formation of a new committee made up of a diverse array of Central New Yorkers as well as Micron officials that will

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the group gives away lightly used dresses of all shapes, colors, designs, and sizes. There is a great selection of items perfect for prom, ball, formals and more. There also is a limited selection of men’s wear.

be tasked with guiding the use of the $250 million that Micron has pledged for community building in Central New York.

The 15-person committee will be chaired by Melanie Littlejohn of National Grid and Tim Penix of the SUNY Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center. Ulatowski will also serve on the committee.

April Arnzen, chief people officer at Micron, said the Community Engagement Committee will focus its attention on STEM education, workforce development, childcare, housing and other infrastructure developments with a special focus on helping underserved communities.

“From my very early meetings with Micron, I have been extraordinarily impressed with their commitment to the community,” Littlejohn said.

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Liverpool softball takes 5-2 loss to Baldwinsville

By PHil BlACKWEll

Even 10 months later, the memory of the Liverpool softball team’s epic comeback and extra-inning victory over Baldwinsville in the 2022 Section III Class AA championship game remained fresh for all the participants on both sides. So the first meeting between these two rivals since that sectional final was bound to be important – and it was the Bees getting the best of it, paced by solid pitching and a decisive fifth-inning rally as it prevailed 5-2.

What happened in the first inning proved crucial. Liverpool’s Ava Falvo tripled with one out and Cassie Wiggins singled her home, but B’ville pitcher Bella Hotchkiss didn’t allow anything more - and would proceed to retire 17 straight batters.

Maddy Gulich tied it 1-1 by singling home Jenna Martin and, an inning later, the Bees went in front for good by loading the bases with one out and Martin’s single scoring Brianne Dzuba.

Wiggins constantly escaped trouble to keep the

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game 2-1 until the bottom of the fifth, when, with two on, Leah VerSchneider tripled to the wall in right, scoring both runs. Another run came home on Hannah Caughey’s grounder.

It stayed 5-1 until the top of the seventh. Liverpool, trying to pull off another unlikely late-game comeback, got three singles, including a run-scoring hit from Lily Stevens, to get the tying run to the plate.

But Hotchkiss, who finished with nine strikeouts, coaxed Emily Nestor to pop out and end the game, the two sides set to meet again May 16 at Liverpool.

Far from all this, CiceroNorth Syracuse, who lost to B’ville on April 20, began a busy week of action by overcoming an early deficit last Monday to beat West Genesee 8-4. It took three runs in the bottom of the third to erase the Wildcats’ 3-1 advantage, with two more runs following in the fourth and fifth as the Northstars finished with 11 hits.

Eva Farone, Mia Farone and Tahlia Gerardi led with

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Dems tap Finney

Town of Salina Democratic Committee

Chairman Christopher Shepherd called the caucus to order, introduced Onondaga County Democratic Board of Elections chairman Dustin Czarny and asked the group to elect a chair and a secretary before discussing nominations. Mark Spadafore and Annie Higgins-Schild were nominated and elected by a voice vote as chairman and secretary of the caucus. Finney, Cassidy and Ciotti were all nominated by the caucus without a single dissenting vote. Finney is a middle-school teacher for the

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two hits apiece, while Sydney Rockwell drove in a pair of runs. Sydney Puttkamer, Bella Julian and Isabella Moya had one RBI apiece as Lilian Hotaling earned the win, pitching 5 1/3 innings before Payton Bach took over in relief.

Liverpool had its own game against West Genesee a day later and prevailed 4-1, Wiggins only allowing four hits, one of them a solo home run by Alanna Bowman.

Still, with single runs in four of the first five innings, Liverpool never trailed, Maya Mills and Lily Stevens getting two hits apiece as Wiggins drove in a pair of runs and RBIs also went to Joelle Wike and Katia Flavin.

Then C-NS took on Auburn a day later, and it prove an exciting one, with the Northstars making a lategame comeback to pull out a 6-5 victory over the Maroons.

Having scored three times in the first inning, the Northstars watched Auburn tie it, 3-3, by the third, and add single runs in the fifth and sixth.

But it was C-NS using three runs in the bottom of the

Rome City School District.

Spadafore will file a certificate of nomination with the village clerk’s office no later than May 4, Shepherd said.

In March, the three Liverpool women passed flyers throughout the village stating their intention to run for office in the June 20 election.

gOp taps Fadden

The village Republican caucus was conducted the night before, Thursday, April 27, at the village hall. There, 32 registered village Republicans voted unanimously to nominate Fadden for mayor. The Republicans also nominated incumbent Trustee Dennis Hebert for

into the summer of 2024.

Cicero is not the only community in the area that is embarking on a comprehensive plan. The town of Manlius is nearing the completion of its plan and has reworked the allowable land uses in several of its zones. The town of Van Buren is also embarking on a comprehensive plan, as is the village of Fayetteville.

The town of Cicero is asking residents to participate in the survey by May 21.

sixth to erase that 5-3 deficit and then saw Bach, relieving Hotaling, get the final three outs. Puttkamer was credited with an RBI as Eva Farone scored twice.

Another close game, on Thursday againstFayettevilleManlius, went 4-2 in the Northstars’ favor when it broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom

of the sixth, which the Hornets could not quite answer.

Hotaling pitched a com-

re-election and newcomer Ryan Miller to run for the trustee seat being vacated by Fadden.

On April 10, seven-term incumbent Mayor Gary White announced that he would not seek re-election this year. Instead, he encouraged former deputy mayor Fadden to seek the top job.

Fadden has served for more than seven years as a trustee on the village board. Since 2021, Fadden has been employed as personnel director at the county Department of Social Services.

Democrats have not fielded any candidates

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Cassie Wiggins sends one to the plate in last Thursday’s game at Baldwinsville, where they lost 5-2. lEFT: liverpool catcher Joelle Wike eyes a pitch.

plete game, helped by two hits apiece from Puttkamer and Erica Hibbard as that pair, along with Moya and Eva Farone, had one RBI apiece.

for village office since 2001 and have not conducted a caucus since that year. In the 2001 election, Republican Marlene Ward defeated incumbent Democratic Mayor Jon Zappola to become the first female mayor in village history.

While Republicans have dominated village government for the past quarter-century, voter enrollment figures from the county board of elections indicate that Democrats far outnumber registered Republicans in the village, 680 to 433.

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Honor Earth

While it may sound trite or cliché, or more than anything blatantly obvious, the reality is we only have one planet and we do need to take care of it.

It was with this in mind that Earth Day first started.

First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day events now take place all over the world.

What started as a grassroots effort to raise awareness about environmental issues has grown to be an annual event recognized in more than 193 countries every April 22.

Local, nationally and globally issues such as climate change and pollution are often explored on Earth Day.

But this is also a time when people will explore issues such as renewable energy or even get a jump on Arbor Day and plant trees are take part in other green initiatives.

While it is certainly important to have a time like Earth Day set aside to bring these issues to the forefront, the reality is these are issues we all can and need to be cognizant of regardless of the date on the calendar.

While April 22 may be the one day that helps many of us to stop and consider the health of our planet, environment and communities, the concept is one that extends well beyond one day.

Almanac.com shared a number of things we can all do regardless of the date to help protect and support our planet.

Some actions are easy efforts all of us can take to help.

For example almanac.com suggests to clean up plastics in our neighborhoods and parks.

Something as simple as going for a walk and taking a trash bag and picking up plastics and other refuse can make a big difference.

Making the effort to collect things like plastics that can be recycled can have a positive impact on the environment.

The website also suggest considering the household products, particularly for cooking and cleaning, we use.

Making a change from some products to ones that are biodegradable or that can be composted or are made from recycled materials such as parchment paper, aluminum foil and using vegetable based inks can go a long way toward making a difference.

Perhaps one thing many people immediately think about when the consider Earth Day is trees.

And of course planting trees can have an incredibly positive impact on the environment.

Trees capture carbon, help cool temperatures around our homes and have benefits for agriculture, pollinators and the local ecosystem.

According to almanac.com, planting one oak tree can bring more birds and insects, boosting the local ecosystem, than an entire yard of other plants.

Along a similar line, planting wildflowers and native plants also have a positive impact.

Wildflowers and native plants, according to almanac.com, not only offer beauty, but they naturally attract native species of birds and insects, which improve pest control as well as pollination.

And there is a phrase many of us are familiar with, reduce, reuse and recycle, that has become a well known idiom.

This can take the form of using reusable shopping bags when you go to the grocery store, buying things like top soil in bulk, which cuts down on packaging as well as transportation and consider using biodegradable pots for plants. These can even be placed right in the ground when planting.

These are of course just a few suggestions and there are many things we can all do in our daily lives to help have a positive effect on our planet.

We are fortunate locally to have access to many natural resources, lakes, woods, trails and wildlife.

By protecting these precious resources, by taking even small steps such as recycling or taking part in community cleanups, we can make every day Earth Day.

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HOW CAN WE HELP?

The MOre ThingS ChAnge…

After reading a little note from NYSEG about saving money by being more frugal with energy usage and several articles in the Post about preparing for a possible recession I thought that it might be time to review what my grandparents and parents taught me about frugality. Their hands-on training came from lives modified by the constraints of the Great Depression and World War II. They passed it on to me.

The following is a piece that I wrote 15 years ago and, with a few tweaks, I could have written it this morning

My sure-fire cure for occasional insomnia is to dip into my college economic text.

Mr. Samuelson’s discourse on what makes the economic world go round sends me, after only a few paragraphs, into blissful, escapist sleep. Yet, the truth of this dismal science that is based on the concept of supply and demand, is something that has particular applicability to my growing concern about purchasing power and its effect on us all.

Personally, I’ve been trying to calculate the point at which the cost of taking the bus to work would be cheaper than driving my tiny car that is supposed to get 40 miles to the gallon.

At the rate that the price of gasoline is increasing, the economy of taking the bus is within striking distance if I include the cost of wear and tear on my vehicle in the calculation.

I don’t know what I will do about eggs, though. Right now, as the price of eggs increases, one wonders if they were produced by golden chickens. The explanation for this increase is attributed to, as most price increases are of late, rising fuel costs and the diversion of feed corn into biofuels. I guess I will have to adopt my grandmother’s depression era solution by limiting myself to recipes that call for no more than two eggs.

The worrisome economic state of a possible recession has brought back memories of another time not too far removed from when I was a student with that economics text under my arm.

It reminds me of the time when we were part of a group of young couples, some with college degrees, some not. We all worked hard and practiced the

thrift that we had come to learn at our parents’ knees, deferring gratification, saving money, being what we considered to be responsible adults.

When we, now as “empty nesters” or senior citizens, chat, we note how much the distribution of wealth has changed, how expectations for the accumulation of wealth have risen, how deferred anything is a foreign concept.

The use of credit, the drop in savings, the multinational nature of corporations, the cost of fuel, a growing Asian economy and something called a sense of entitlement have changed how we approach responsible economic life or so it would seem.

When we first moved to Marcellus, I joined a group of women who met once a month to learn about a wide variety of topics.

Home Bureau was established first for the wives of farmers to spread information through a method called learn and return.

It had, by the 1960’s become, at least in the western suburbs, or what were becoming suburbs, a rationale for social and educational activities for a wider circle of women.

We attacked all kinds of topics from wine tastings that turned out to be hysterically funny, to how to determine the best buy when you purchased a dozen eggs or how to turn a pedestrian chuck roast into both stew meat and rib eye steaks.

We exchanged ideas about how to make your own cleaning solutions, build compost bins and save money on fabric purchases.

We were careful with everything from fuel use to growing and canning our own vegetables. It was a different time.

We defined our successes in different ways, expecting to live lives that were, by today’s standards, extremely frugal.

Pressures are different today. Young families aren’t focused on the same kind of thrift that we were. The accumulation of what are considered the necessities today rather than the security of savings seems to be the norm.

I say “seem” since I am not young and my sensibilities were grown in a different era. I don’t know what it means to have to provide my children with cell phones, subscribe to all of

the cable channels, provide high speed computer access, call waiting and so forth.

My gosh, I still have a rotary dial phone in my bedroom and I have yet to either eat or serve a good steak at any social gathering.

Today young mothers don’t attend meetings where they are taught about re-cutting a chuck roast or making your own catsup (which I never did there is a limit).

I wonder though, if the fuel situation, the excessive cost of the war in Iraq and China’s impact on the world’s resources, will have a dampening effect on supply and demand of the young families and the not so young families that I know.

I am also remembering something that makes me worry.

Once, during the Reagan administration, while I was employed by a large human service agency, I was sent to speak to the families of the air traffic controllers who had lost their jobs after an unsuccessful strike. These were families that, by most standards, had been quite comfortable financially.

Now, without incomes, they had few resources on which to call. The kinds of knowledge that I had accumulated that fell under the rubric of thrift, were outside their experience. What I had to share was so elemental for me, that it seemed almost bizarre to stand in front of those frightened people as an “expert”.

I wasn’t there to tell them how to apply for public assistance, I was there to tell them about things like home gardens, farmer’s markets, thrift stores, how to shop with coupons, how to find medical care without health insurance, using the library and such.

The ripple effect of rising prices, the inevitable cutbacks that accompany increased costs, especially those that affect petroleum prices and all of the things that are affected by petroleum prices, and the resulting drop in consumer demands can have a dramatic effect on the larger economy.

Accumulating those necessities of which I spoke earlier underpins jobs and salaries that affect the jobs and salaries of others.

When we are forced to curtail spending, we negatively affect the economic security of others, who are ultimately linked to our jobs and

School district seeks to raise budget by $11 million

Since April 27, copies of the Liverpool Central School District 2023-24 budget have been available at each of the district’s school buildings as well as the Liverpool Public Library.

The district wants to spend an additional $11 million dollars over and above the $173,451,163 they spent this year.

There’s a public hearing about the proposed $184 million spending plan set for 6 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at the district office board room, 195 Blackberry Road, in Bayberry.

Heated discussions about the district’s finances have recently lit up the local nextdoor.co m app where several posters complained that certain school administrators were being granted outrageous raises by the proposed budget. Maybe they’ll find out more about it at Thursday’s public hearing.

Another bridge strike

Another truck hit the railroad bridge over Onondaga Lake Parkway on Monday morning, April 24. So far, five bridge strikes have occurred over the first four months of 2023.

Funny thing is that it was a truck operated by a state Department of

Transportation contractor. Anthony Nordland, 54, of Wyoming, New York, was driving a box truck while setting up cones in a work zone along the parkway when his truck struck the bridge at 4 to 6 mph, according to Undersheriff Jeffery Passino.

In an April 7, “Newsmakers” interview with WSYR-TV’s Andrew Donovan, state DOT Regional Director Dave Smith outlined his best advice about ending the bridge strikes. “I would advise the drivers of these vehicles to get commercial global positioning systems,” Smith said.

Last year, eight trucks taller than 10’9” crashed into the infamous bridge. Good chance we’re going to top that single digit during this calendar year.

Spring Bazaar Saturday

The first bazaar of the season is slated for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, at Johnson Park.

“We are still working on the entire season, but we anticipate we’ll have great turnouts this year,” said organizer Jessica Mosley, who presents the bazaars along with her husband, Jeremy Mosley.

“This first one on Saturday, our Spring Bazaar, will be smaller as it usually is at the beginning of the season,” Jessica said. “But as we progress they will get bigger

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The Mosleys operate two businesses – Mosley Mercantile in Liverpool and the Cozmic Cauldron in downtown Syracuse. Both the Mercantile and the Cauldron will have booths set up at Johnson Park on Saturday along with many other hand-crafted vendors. Smackers Snacks will sell snacks and drinks as well.

“We’re hoping for good weather,” Jessica said, “but we’ll be there rain or shine.”

Future park bazaars are slated for May 27, June 10 and 24, July 8 and 22, Aug. 5 and 26, Sept. 9 and 23 and Oct. 14 and 28

village-wide sale May 12-14

The annual village-wide garage sale will take place, as always, on Mother’s Day weekend, May 12-14. If you are having a sale, email your street address to deputyclerk@villageofliverpool.or g and Deputy Village Clerk Sandy Callahan will post the addresses of participating houses as the weekend approaches.

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“I would advise the drivers of these vehicles to get commercial global positioning systems.”

–State DOT Regional Director Dave Smith.

Ramblings from the empty nest ann Ferro

Livin’ in Liverpool russ tarby

Offer solutions

To the editor:

I read Ann Ferro’s column about school shootings. I totally agree with almost everything she wrote, but apparently chose not to think about or offer any solutions. I am a believer in “if you don’t offer any solutions to a problem, then your part of the problem.”

Here are three things that I believe should be done to help solve the problem of gun violence in our schools and communities.

1. Prosecute criminals for using and carrying concealed handguns. This is not being done in the majority of large cities in America. Especially those cities that are controlled by Democrats elected to represent people in their communities.

2. Put together police task forces that investigate how people are obtaining illegal hand guns. Then arrest and prosecute those who break the law. Don’t condemn those people who go through the arduous task of legally obtaining a permit to own and carry a hand gun.

3. Organize members of local communities and help them to change the “gun culture” that exists there. Cultures have to

salaries.

Mr. Samuelson didn’t write a witty, literate book, but right now, his explanation of the role of supply and demand is as cogent and as applicable as ever, generating the possibility of a

be changed by the people that live within them. Cultures cannot be changed by those that are not part of the community culture.

FreD STODDArD liverpool

Look for the cause

To the editor:

When there is a problem, look for the cause, not the symptom. School shootings are a symptom and the cause is not gun ownership. True, if there were no guns there would be no shootings just as no cars, no automobile deaths, but too simplistic and unworkable. I grew up in a time when you could purchase almost any type of firearm through the mail. No school shootings… Since the 1960s automatic firearms have been virtually banned, so why reference them?

So what has changed since my childhood when teens used to take rifles to school so they could do some hunting on the way home and there were no school shootings?

We have had semi-automatic guns for over 100 years. The styles have changed but does that cause school shootings?

When I was a kid 1 in every 5 kids were in the Scouts (boy or girl), today maybe 1 in

waking nightmare for a lot more than myself.

Ann Ferro is a mother, a grandmother and a retired social studies teacher. While still figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up, she lives in Marcellus with lots of books, a spouse and a large orange cat.

100. Most families were intact; dads were present in their children’s lives. Families went to church, did things together and maybe a few kids did get bullied but nothing like today. Entertainment was devoid of brutal, graphic violence even though cap guns and air rifles were the toys of choice for boys. GI Joe was huge and westerns with heroes like the Lone Ranger were a staple.

How about today? Kids’ video games (which we didn’t have) are often violent and many have an anti social theme. Music, TV shows and movies are often filled with extreme and highly graphic violence. Proficiency scores in our schools have slipped (city schools about 25%, suburban about 50%). Too many young people do not have the most basic tools for success. Because of single parent households more kids are growing up in poverty than ever. The internet has ushered in a whole new era of exposure to bullying, exploitation, pornography and negative behaviors and parents mostly don’t supervise their kids’ use of the web. In an age of more communication opportunities than ever, kids and

many people actually feel more connected to their phones than to actual human beings. Toss in drugs along with depression and isolation and you have a mix for many of the social ills of today.

Shootings are a symptom of a social order that is falling apart. Guns are not the problem and banning them is not a solution. While I do support limited access for some firearms and high capacity magazines, handguns are used in far more crimes and kill far more people. Personally, I do not see any honest attempt to address the real causes of violence in our society. It is easier and more popular to just scream that we need to ban guns.

JOhn WhiTFOrD liverpool

BPL budget passes

The Baldwinsville Public Library operating budget for 2023-2024 passed 169 to 19. Congratulations to Pam Fallesen and Mary Anne Williams who were elected to the library board.

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Liverpool baseball goes 2-1, shuts out B’ville

By PHil BlACKWEll

Another exciting week of area high school baseball saw Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse get involved in tight games, with differing results.

Liverpool was able to upend defending sectional Class AA champion Fayetteville-Manlius 7-6 last Monday in the first of two games with the Hornets.

Tyler Vivacqua, who pitched four innings before Aidan Bincoe and Anthony Testone worked in relief, led the attack, going threefor-four with two doubles and three RBIs to help build an early 6-1 advantage. Chris Baker and Alex Evans also drove in runs as Baker, Mike Henderson and Austin Burch had two hits apiece. Despite all this, F-M, down 6-1, tied it with four runs in the fourth and another run in the sixth. But in the bottom of the seventh, Jack Hoppe reached on an error, moved to second

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and then took advantage of a pair of Sam Kuss wild pitches to dash home with the winning run. A day later, Liverpool lost the rematch with F-M 4-3, a game where it led 3-1 but saw the Hornets rally with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull it out.

Prior to that inning, Nate Benjamin had pitched quite well, but Liverpool managed just three total hits, one each by Vivacqua, Baker and Hoppe. Benjamin and Gianni Toscano scored runs.

Hoppe would prove the central figure on Thursday as Liverpool went to Baldwinsville and, with an impressive 4-0 victory, avenge two earlier defeats to the Bees.

Only allowing one hit (to Aiden Milburn) and three walks, Hoppe was dominant on the mound, striking out seven and protecting a lead built by single runs in the first and second innings off Milburn.

Then two runs in the seventh clinched it,

Vivacqua credited with a pair of RBIs as Evans and Chaz Anthony also drove in runs.

C-NS, meanwhile, had a series with West Genesee, the first game of which was a 3-2, eight-inning defeat at the Gillette Road complex.

WG got to Northstars ace Bryce Zicaro for a first-inning run, but was shut out for the rest of regulation. Meanwhile, Landyn Shaw put together his own shutout until the Northstars poked across a run in the fifth.

But the Wildcats kept it 1-1 until the top of the eighth, when Ryan Saroney’s bases-loaded single off reliever Lucas Thelen brought home two runs.

That cushion was needed since Andrew Davis drove home Carter King in the bottom of the eighth, but WG reeliver was able to record the final out. Andrew Davis, Carter King and Shacory Williams had two hits apiece, with Davis earning an RBI.

When these teams met a day later, C-NS lost

girls lax gets wins over

By PHil BlACKWEll

Now the Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool girls lacrosse teams had a common bond – namely, wins over long-time rival West Genesee.

Less than a week after LHS topped the Wildcats on April 20, the Northstars did so at home at Bragman Stadium, riding a career night from freshman Elizabeth Smith to a 13-8 victory. No matter what WG’s defense tried, it could not contain Smith, whose six goals nearly equaled the opposition and was supported by Mackenzie Prentice earning five assists.

Sophia Nesci scored twice and got two assists, with Brooke Molchanoff getting three assists. Gabby Putman, Gabby Pauline, Natalie Wilson and Marissa Doty also earned goals as Jilly Howell and Nicole Mirra combined for seven saves.

Traveling to Fayetteville-Manlius two nights later, C-NS leaned heavily on its defense as it shut down the Hornets for long stretches of the night and prevailed 9-3. Howell stopped eight of the 11 shots she faced and played the full game as Mackenzie Prentice carried the attack, scoring four times and adding an assist. Smith and Putman each had one goal and one assist, with Wilson, Doty and Pauline also finding the net.

Then, against Section V’s Brighton on Saturday afternoon, the Northstars pulled out an 8-7 decision as each of the nine saves put up by Howell and Mirra were important and C-NS improved to 10-1 overall.

Molchanoff, Smith and Prentice led C-NS with two goals apiece. Single goals went to Wilson and Shea Firth, with Doty and Putman joining Wilson in the assist column.

Liverpool would get its a look at reign-

Liverpool boys lax maintains win streak

By PHil BlACKWEll

All it had built up through big wins over Cicero-North Syracuse and West Genesee was not squandered by the Liverpool boys lacrosse team in the last full week of April.

Taking on unbeaten Watertown last Tuesday afternoon, LHS put a halt to the Cyclones’ seven-game win streak, controlling matters most of the way and prevailing by a score of 12-5. At the heart of this performance was a stellar effort by goalie Owen Salanger, who frustrated Watertown’s attack all game long while stopping 13 of the Cyclones’ 18 shots.

On the other end, Aaron Clouthier scored four times, with Dom Osbeck getting three goals and three assists. Joe Sacco and Brady Michaud each had a goal and two assists as Owen Michaud got three assists. Single goals went to Gavin Kenna, Bradley Cole and Mason Gridley.

With a rematch against Baldiwnsville (whom it lost to 14-4 early in April) looming this week, Liverpool met Section II’s Shaker on Saturday at Herkimer Community College and pulled out a 6-5 decision for its fifth win in a row.

Just like with Watertown, this game mostly belonged to Liverpool’s defense, which kept making big stops all game long as Salanger again finished with 13 saves.

Owen Michaud’s two goals and two assists paced the attack, Clouthier also converting twice as Osbeck got a goal and two assists. Sac-

co contributed a goal and Cole added an assist.

As for C-NS, it had a great opportunity, on Thursday night, to take down the same West Genesee side Liverpool had defeated a week earlier.

Traveling to Mike Messere Field, the Northstars engaged in an exciting, high-scoring affair against a Wildcats side which had stunned Baldwinsville 9-8 earlier in the week.

Entering the fourth quarter, C-NS was up 11-10, but over the course of the last 12 minutes WG outscored them 6-3, ultimately claiming a 16-14 decision.

Mason Ciciarelli amassed seven goals, with Ian Leahey scoring four times and adding an assist. Elijah Martin and Donovan Chaney each had one goal and one assist as Nick Bisesi also found the net.

For the Wildcats, Liam Burns, with four goals and two assists, led the way as Nolan Belotti got three goals and one assist. Ryan Considine, Jack Mellen and Jack Giannuzzi each had two goals and two assists

Back in action Saturday against Syracuse City, C-NS did not get a point from Ciciarelli, but still did more than enough to pull out a 12-7 victory.

Here, Martin would pace the attack, scoring four times and adding an assist as Leahey got two goals and three assists. Chaney and Cy Liberman each finished with two goals and one assist as Bisesi and Tyler Milewski also converted, Sullivan and Garrett Branning combining for 10 saves.

C-NS Blue girls golfers head into May unbeaten

By PHil BlACKWEll

Though all of its most difficult matches lay ahead, the Cicero-North Syracuse Blue girls golf team navigated through April without a single blemish.

The Northstars were again impressive in last Monday’s match against FayettevilleManlius’s younger White team, ignoring the cold, wet conditions at Lakeshore Country Club to prevail 179-225.

Isabella Borte’s nine-hole 42 was just enough for individual honors over the 43 from Jessica Ricciardi. Natalie Hacker shot a 46, with Chloe Tice and Lindsey Kubala each posting 48 ahead of the 52 from F-M White’s Georgia Perry.

Then, on Thursday, C-NS Blue met C-NS Green at Greens at Beaumont, and Blue prevailed 173-259 as a close individual race unfolded. Ricciardi won it, though, her 41 just ahead of Borte’s 42. Kubala and Andrea Wheaton both shot 45 as Jessica Bambino’s 58 led C-NS Green, ahead of Melanie Dolson (65), Katie

Bouziden (67) and Lauren Sisk (68).

A day later, C-NS Green lost to F-M White 207-246, with Bambino’s 52 tied for second behind the 50 from the Hornets’ Claire Zerrillo, but no other Northstar improving on 64s from Sisk and Dolson.

Liverpool took aim at undefeated Baldwinsville last Tuesday at Timber Banks and just came up short, falling 212-215 to the Bees.

They were on even terms except at the top, where Melanie Biviano’s 51 was three strokes behind the 48 from B’ville’s Eva Pawelek.

Otherwise, Jewelyana Daniels had a 54, with Ella Foriero and Maddie Turck both shooting 55 as the Bees got a 53 from Peyton Kowalski, a 55 from Amelia Hahn and a 56 from Julia Quinn.

However, Liverpool did earn a win on Friday, edging West Genesee 164-169 at Hickory Hill with a 1-2 individual finish led by Emma Fenwick’s 39.

Turck, with a 40, was just ahead of the Wildcats’ Allison Lamberton (41) as Melanie Biviano put up a 42 to finish tied for fourth and Daniels clinched the win by shooting 43.

again, 6-1, its only run coming in the top of the first when Lucas Crystal singled and scored. Battista Wood pitched and maintained that 1-0 led until the bottom of the fifth, when WG struck for four decisive runs, adding two in the sixth off reliever Justin Coyne as Jason Clifton and Vince Fireneze each had a pair of RBIs. It took until Friday for C-NS to return to the win column, and even that was stressful as the Northstars edged Rome Free Academy 4-3 at NBT Bank Stadium as part of the ALS Classic.

Three first-inning runs did not hold up, the Black Knights scoring twice in the fourth and once in the fifth, then keeping it 3-3 until the bottom of the seventh, when C-NS pushed across the winning run.

King, Hayden Staab, Lucas Crystal and Mason Mingle each drove in runs, while Zicaro pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief after Casey Gunnip got the start. The Northstars improved to 6-4 overall.

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ing state Class A champion Baldwinsville last Thursday night at Pelcher-Arcaro Stadium, the first time these two sides had met since last season’s Section III final.

Now, as then, the Bees proved overwhelming in the first half, amassing 15 goals on the way to a 19-9 victory led by the trio of Sophia Muscolino (six goals, two assists), Carlie Desimone (five goals, three assists) and Brianna Peters (five goals, two assists), When it did get chances, Liverpool had Mia Berthoff score four times, with Gianna Carbone adding a pair of

goals. Abby Geary, Cailtyn Guilfoil and Emma Esposito had one goal apiece.

Two days later, Liverpool faced another reigning sectional champion, Class C power Jamesville-DeWitt, and played close most of the way, yet still lost 12-10 to the Red Rams.

Even with Carbone’s five goals, Liverpool fell to 4-6 overall. Guilfoil got two goals as Berthoff, Esposito and Addyson Graham each scored once. Macy Durkin, Merris Kessler (four goals each) and Caroline Stone (five assists) led J-D.

LCSD schedules Voter Registration Day May 9

Residents living in the Liverpool Central School District can vote during the LCSD School Budget & Board of Education election, as well as the Liverpool Public Library and Board of Trustees election, on May 16, 2023.

Voters must be:

3 Citizens of the United States;

3 18 years of age or older;

3 Residents of the school district for at least a 30-day period immediately preceding the election; and

3 Registered with the district Board of Voter Registration or the Onondaga County Board of Elections.

3 Residents who have registered to vote with LCSD, and have maintained that registration by voting in a school district election within the last four calendar years, are properly registered to vote. Residents who are not registered with the district can do so

on Tuesday, May 9, at the District Office (195 Blackberry Road in Bayberry) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Those who currently are registered to vote with the Onondaga County Board of Elections also may vote in school and library elections with no further registration. However, those who are not also entered in the school district register of voters may experience a slight delay at the polls because they will be asked to execute poll records for the district voter file before they will be permitted to vote.

Qualified voters who will be away from home or are otherwise unable to vote in person may vote by absentee ballot. The District Clerk must receive absentee ballots no later than 5 p.m. on Election Day.

To obtain an absentee ballot application, or for more information, contact the LCSD Office of the Deputy Superintendent at 315622-7148.

Will Tiger win another pga tour event?

I hope I am wrong, but I don’t believe Tiger Woods will ever win another “Major” or another tournament on the PGA Tour and it will not be because of his age(47)….

On April 19, 2023, Tiger underwent a “subtalar fusion procedure” to address his traumatic arthritis from his previous “talus fracture”. Dr. Martin O’Malley who performed the surgery determined the surgery was successful. Does this mean that we will see Tiger perform in more PGA Tournaments? I say…absolutely yes, but probably “not” in the PGA Championship next month at Oak Hill in Rochester, but don’t be surprised to see him in the US Open and the British Open (The Open). He “will” play in more PGA tournaments because he will do whatever is necessary to successfully rehabilitate any injury he incurs, Once he starts swinging a club the golf world will “again” anticipate his return to competitive golf just as the people of the Philippines anticipated the return of General Douglas McArthur to liberate them during World War II. You may remember McArthur saying, “I shall return” during a speech on TV to the people of the Philippines. I do…I heard his entire speech and it was inspiring. Tiger has had the same effect on golfers around the world since 1996 when he first joined the PGA Tour. Will Tiger play at a “high level” again? Yes, I believe he will play at a “high level” again because he is Tiger Woods and we expect him to play and be competitive. And when he isn’t competitive, we will thoroughly enjoy watching him hit another one of his spectacular golf shots, just to get our attention. The reason he will not win is because of the following issues with his “body”…not his “mind” or his “age.”

IN 1994… He had two benign tumors and scar tissue removed from his left knee while he was attending Stanford University.

IN 2002… Fluid is removed from inside and outside the ACL of his left knee as well as benign cysts.

IN 2008… After the Masters in April, he had surgery on his left knee to repair his left knee to repair cartilage damage. In May he is told by his doctors he had two stress fractures in his left tibia. In June, he won the US Open playing on his injured leg before

undergoing surgery to repair his left ACL using a tendon from his right thigh.

IN 2014… He withdrew from two tournaments in the Florida swing and has surgery on a pinched nerve in his back.

IN 2015… He has two microdiscectomy surgeries in September on his back to remove bone fragments that were pinching a nerve. In October, he has another back surgery.

IN 2017… He had his 4th back surgery for a spinal fusion in April.

IN 2019… He had arthroscopic surgery in August to his left knee that was described as minor cartilage damage. It was his 5th procedure on his knee.

IN 2021… He again had back surgery in January, which was another microdiscectomy to remove a bone fragment that was pinching a nerve. A month later he was involved in a car accident that broke his right leg and ankle that required surgery to insert a rod into his tibia and screws and pins into his foot and ankle.

IN 2023… After making the cut at the Masters and tying the Cut Streak Record of 23 with Fred Couples and Gary Player, he had to withdraw because he re-aggravated his plantar fasciitis. (see 2nd paragraph).

Tiger Woods is a remarkable athlete and I consider myself lucky to have followed his career beginning with his first television appearance at the age of two, with his father Earl, when they appeared on the Mike Douglas Show.

Tiger will not win another tournament on the PGA Tour, but I hope and prey he will decide to play on the PGA CHAMPIONS TOUR when he turns 50 and win at least 3-4 tournaments every year for at least 10 years before retiring. YOUR THOUGHTS?

vivian G. Hiley, 96 Mother, grandmother, great-grandmother

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our Mom, Grandma, Gviv and G.G. Vivian G. Hiley, 96, who passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Vivian lived a long life in Borodino where she was born. She was the last original “Borodinine.” She went to a one room school house on Nunnery Road and then

Joyce A. M. Berry

taught painting, owned studio

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our Mom, Granny and GreatGranny, Joyce A. M. Berry, who passed away peacefully

to Skaneateles High School where she graduated in 1944. After raising a family, she went to work at Midlakes Country Club, then Welch Allyn.

After retiring she worked weekends at The Granary Antiques where she made some very special friends. When in her 70s she joined the Skaneateles Y where again special friendships were made and have remained till the end – thank you to all of you.

at home on April 26, 2023. Joyce was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England on June 10, 1928. Her family later moved to Chester, England, where she married Glyn T. Evans at the age of 25. In 1969 Joyce and Glyn emigrated to St. Louis, MO with their two

She was involved in the Borodino Ladies Auxiliary through the Fire Department from the late 60s up until last summer.

Vivian was predeceased by her parents Frank and Mary Hiley and a son Mitch Slater. She is survived by a daughter Becky (Shum) Leubner, two granddaughters, Sarah (Brad) Rossignol, Amy (Mike) Tartaglia and one great-granddaughter Alison and two great-

children, Julian (9) and Sara (6). Three years later the family moved to Skaneateles.

Following a divorce from Glyn, Joyce opened her own painting studio. She was thrilled by the challenge of teaching others to paint. In her

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grandsons Colton and Macoy. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law Linda Slater and her children Ian, Colin and Tiffany and two grandsons Johnny and Julian. She also leaves behind her faithful companion “Mustard.”

A very special thank you goes out to Annette who stayed with her on Friday nights and to neighbors Becky C., Linda C., Chris F., Janet L. and Janet H. for

50-plus years of teaching, she helped hundreds of students of all ages become successful painters, including her daughter and grandchildren. Joyce’s other passion was music. She sang in the Chester Cathedral Choir, where she was married and where both her children were baptized.

In 1986 Joyce married Martin N. Berry of Skaneateles. In their 30-plus years of marriage they traveled extensively, including Japan and the Caribbean Islands. They had a winter residence on the beach in Naples, FL. They were fabulous dancers in the Naples Ballroom Dancing Club for many years.

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just coming to visit her the last few months.

Mom’s request was to have no calling hours or service because she was a firm believer in the saying: “If you can’t come see me when I’m alive you needn’t come when I’m dead.”

So, we have honored her wishes. Any donations can be made to the Borodino Fire Department.

To send condolences, visit robertdgrayfuneralhome.com.

Joyce was predeceased by her husbands Glyn T. Evans, and Martin N. Berry as well as by her parents and family members in England. Joyce is survived by her son Julian (Jean) and their children Ben (Ashley), David (Carole), and Debbie Joy; her daughter Sara (Rob) and son Glyn (Joey); and five great-grandchildren.

Please join us for a celebration of life on Friday, May 12, at 10 a.m. in Westminster Presbyterian Church, Auburn, with calling hours starting at 9 a.m.

An exhibit of Joyce’s paintings and a reception will be held following the service. The committal service will be at Lakeview Cemetery

James A. Smart 82, of Jordan, passed away April 23, 2023. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has arrangements.

Gladys B. Bigness, 88, of Weedsport, passed away April 22, 2023. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has charge of arrangements.

Floyd G. Bigness, 70, of Skaneateles Falls, passed away April 23, 2023. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has ar-

rangements.

in Skaneateles at noon.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Hospice of Central Hew York and Finger Lakes. To send condolences, visit robertdgrayfuneralhome.com.

Irene M. Runnels, 95, of Liverpool, passed away April 21, 2023. Maurer Funeral Home Inc., Liverpool, has arrangements.

Gail L. Rau, 76, of Liverpool, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2023. Maurer Funeral Home, Moyers Corners, Baldwinsville, has arrangements.

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