Star Review digital edition - June 7, 2023

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Christina Fadden Stacy Finney

Fadden vs. Finney

two candidates running for mayor

By RuSS TARBy Contributing Writer

This year’s Liverpool village election will be a historic one, the first time ever that both mayoral candidates are women.

Current village Trustee Christina Fadden is running as a Republican while newcomer Stacy Finney is running as a Democrat.

Whichever candidate prevails in the June 20 election will become the village’s second female mayor, its 14th mayor overall.

The Liverpool baseball team earned its first Section III Class AA championship since 2017 when it rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat Christian Brothers Academy 11-5 last Sunday at Onondaga Community College.

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Maybe it just had to be this way for the Liverpool baseball team.

Less than two hours after it found

itself trailing Christian Brothers Academy by five runs less than an inning into Sunday’s Section III Class AA championship game at Onondaga Community College, the Warriors

found itself celebrating an 11-5 victory and the program’s first sectional title since 2017. This comeback reflected all that

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North Syracuse Family Festival return a success

By AndREw wEllIvER

Ahead of Memorial Day, the North Syracuse Community Center held the 16th annual Family Festival from May 26 through May 28 at 700 South Bay Road in North Syracuse.

This is the second year the festival has been held since being postponed, like so many other events, due the COVID-19 pandemic.

The festivities kicked off with an opening ceremony at 11 a.m. on May 26 and it was followed-up with various local musical artists including Tunetastic Entertainment, Matt Chase and Lori Ann Wilber.

The music was just one facet of the whole event however, as there were classic cars on display, along with numerous bounce houses and raffles providing fun and entertainment for people of all ages.

The festival has always had an emphasis on activities for children, and this year was no different.

All activities were designed to be affordable, and kids were able to have access to everything for $5.

Families of four or more were able to all come to the festival together for $15.

Parents and local sponsors have come to understand how important the festival is to the morale of the community.

“They know the event is a great thing for the

children,” said Vera Besimone, an original committee member of the Syracuse Family Festival.

“You wouldn’t believe how many children arrive to the event.”

The committee responsible for putting on the festival always looks to hold it the Saturday before Memorial Day.

Tony Burkinshaw, the head of the committee, wanted to create a memorable event by changing up a few things after the break caused by COVID19.

“The village is handson, and we still look to appeal to the kids,” he said.

“This was the year to make changes after the oneyear layoff, and we made little changes where we

put vendors in different spots to change it up a hair.”

There were over 40 different vendors at the festival this year.

In addition to vendors being shifted around, the festival was turned into a street festival located outside of the North Syracuse Community Center.

This was the first time in the festival’s history that the location has been changed.

Everything was lined up so there was more room for all the food trucks and local businesses looking to sell their goods.

Planning for the festival starts with the “Bunny Breakfast,” which is a fundraising event put on by the local VFW and the

Canteen.

The “Bunny Breakfast” is an important part of what fuels the activities and music at the festival, and it has continued to be a success for everyone involved.

Everything is put together with a focus on entraining the community.

“The people are looking for entertainment, and we are all about improving the experience,” Burkinshaw said.

Local support is also vital to the success of the festival including sponsors like The Friends of North Syracuse.

This organization, and many other supporters, plays a large part in helping the festival take place and continue to grow.

In 2001, Republican Marlene Ward defeated incumbent Democratic Mayor Jon Zappola to become the first woman mayor in village history.

Christina Fadden

Fadden, 59, is a lifelong Liverpudlian. After attending college at Eastman School of Music and Indiana University, she moved back home.

“I wanted to raise my beautiful daughter, Shannon, in our community,” she said. “And I’ve lived here ever since, a total of 50 years.”

For more than seven years Fadden has served on the village board. As a trustee, she founded the Village Tree Committee. Prior to becoming a trustee, Fadden was a member of Liverpool Cemetery Restoration Committee and the village zoning board of appeals.

From 2004 to 2008, Fadden worked as assistant executive director of the NY State Right to Life Committee, Inc.

She presently works as personnel director for the Onondaga County Department of Social Services overseeing more than 420 employees. She’s also a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 188 Auxiliary.

Stacy Finney

Raised in Syracuse’s Strathmore neighborhood, Stacy Finney has lived in Liverpool since March 2011.

“My husband, Ray, and I felt it was time for a move to an area that had the ability to walk to shops and restaurants,” she said. “Ray teaches at Liverpool Middle School, and I would often sub there in addition to working alongside him on the musicals. We both agreed the village of Liverpool would be the perfect place to raise our family.”

Before relocating to Liverpool, Finney celebrated her Strathmore roots by joining the Strathmore Neighborhood Association.

“I started a children’s Halloween Parade which they still put on to this day -- a tradition I hope to bring to the village of Liverpool, too,” she said. “I was also very involved in the Strathmore Tour of Historic Homes.”

The 48-year-old candidate and mother of two is employed as an eighth grade art teacher at Strough Middle School in Rome. Finney was educated at State University of New York schools in Geneseo and Oswego.

“After college I worked in a variety of different building and design positions,” she said.

More recently, she pursued interior design work as a sideline, operating a business called CNY Interior Arrangements.

Finney is currently serving a four-year term on the village zoning board of appeals.

She is a member of the Rome Teachers Association, an affiliate of NY State United Teachers union.

Issues listed

While Fadden and Finney are two very different women, they agree on the toughest issue facing the village: traffic.

“We must maintain our way of life and identity while development takes place around us,” Fadden said. “Traffic is an ongoing decades-long concern. The noise and congestion created from pass-through traffic, especially truck traffic, must be reduced, mitigated and resisted. The character of our village environment should remain quaint and inviting, not commercialized and depersonalized.”

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The Syracuse Community Center held the sixteenth annual Family Festival from May 26 through May 28.

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Liverpool has gone through this spring, from a rough 1-4 start to some late-season struggles that included a 20-5 defeat to this same CBA squad during a split doubleheader on May 6.

To a man, though, players and coaches pointed out that the comeback it made in the sectional quarterfinal May 23 at Auburn when, down 2-0 with two out in the top of the seventh, it rallied to win in extra innings made what happened in the title game easier to handle.

Even with Liverpool ace Jack Hoppe on the mound, CBA took full advantage of four Warriors errors and had its first six batters reach base, five of them scoring to put Liverpool in a quick 5-0 hole.

Still, said Hoppe, “we knew it was a long game and we had a lot of time (to come back). We just had to win each inning, and we did.”

Head coach Fred Terzini said he could

sense in his players a lack of fear.

“They weren’t stunned or on their heels,” said Terzini. “They just weren’t spooked, especially after (what happened in) the Auburn game.”

More than anyone, Hoppe would allow the comeback to happen, settling down and, in his remaining 5 1/3 innings, shutting out the Brothers’ potent lineup and allowing just seven hits overall.

Meanwhile, the Warriors’ bats came to life in the top of the fourth against CBA ace Luke Boule, who didn’t allow a hit in the first three innings.

Nate Benjamin led off with a single, reached second on a passed ball and, after a walk to Tyler Vivacqua, scored on Hoppe’s single, after which Chris Baker doubled to the wall to make it 5-3.

Even bigger was what happened in the fifth when, with two outs, Benjamin singled and Alex Evans walked on four pitches. When a wild pitch moved them into scoring position, Vivacqua was intentionally

walked to load the bases for Hoppe, who promptly singled home the tying runs.

It didn’t stay 5-5 for long. In the sixth against CBA reliever Tom Leskoske, Austin Burch led off with a walk and stole second. Chaz Anthony’s triple to the gap scored the go-ahead run and a throwing error allowed Anthony to score, too.

Even when Casey Vaughn relieved Leskoske, Benjamin greeted him with a triple, his third hit of the night, and scored his third run on a wild pitch, extending Liverpool’s lead to 8-5.

And the bottom of the order clinched things in the top of the seventh. Anthony, the no. 8 hitter, got another RBI single, and no. 9 hitter Gianni Toscano drove home two more with the Warriors’ ninth and final hit of the night

Looking to match the state title it won in 2017, Liverpool returned to OCC. to meet Section II champion Shenendehowa in the Class AA regional final, and were in great position to advance to the state final four – until it all got away late in a 6-5 defeat to the Plainsmen.

Liverpool grabbed a 1-0 edge in the bottom of the first when Evans singled, Vivacqua reached on an error and Hoppe laced a single to right, scoring Evans.

Shen pulled even, 1-1, in the top of the fourth, then replaced starting pitcher Nino Salati with Brad Curtis to start the bottom of the fifth, but he hit Nate Benjamin before Evans beat out an infield hit.

Hoppe’s single to right brought home Benjamin. Baker then grounded to short, but Evans just beat the tag on the throw home, making it 3-1.

It continued with Burch hitting a sacrifice fly that brought home Hoppe and, when Jameson Stevens singled to plate another run, Liverpool found itself in front 5-1, a lead it gave to Hoppe as the top of the sixth got underway.

Shen’s comeback began when Hoppe hit Ethan Farina. Austin Caldwell singled, then an error on Brendan Gonzalez’s grounder scored a run and Curtis doubled to cut the Warriors’ lead to 5-3.

Vivacqua relieved Hoppe and got a ground ball - but another error brought home two Plainsmen runs and tied it 5-5. With two out, Evan Kochansky singled home Shen’s go-ahead run.

Making another pitching change, the Plainsmen put in R.J. Ensel, and Liverpool couldn’t solve him, Ensel retiring all six batters he faced and giving Shen the regional title.

N. Syracuse DPW wins full work zone package

Village of North Syracuse Department of Public Works (DPW) was recently announced as one of the winners in the 2023 Work Zone Equipment Package Competition. This award is funded by a grant from the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee. Work Zone Safety Equipment is awarded to agencies who are in need of replacement equipment due to unforeseen circumstances.

The equipment includes cones, safety vests, work zone signs, and stop-slow paddles for setting up a proper work zone. These materials help keep our highway and DPW crews safe when working out on the road.

“We know that many agencies have difficulty getting work zone equipment, especially when it’s stolen or damaged due to circumstances beyond their control. Good work zone signs protect the workers, improve communication with the public, and make the work more efficient by allowing it to be done faster,” said NYS LTAP Center –Cornell Local Roads Program Director, David Orr PE

The NYSLTAP-CLRP Work Zone Equipment Competition is for NYS highway and public works departments that have lost, damaged, or are in need of work zone equipment. This year’s grant, from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Commit-

tee, allows the NYSLTAP-CLRP to purchase 218 work zone packages containing vests, hard hats, whistles, stop-slow paddles, roll up signs, sign stands, and cones. Each work zone package comes to just over $1,900. Five additional agencies will obtain a set of safety vests, stop-slow paddles and whistles for their flaggers.

The NYS LTAP Center – Cornell Local Roads Program provides technical assistance and training to highway and public works departments across New York State. Additional information can be found at nysltap.clrp.cornell.edu or by contacting NYSLTAP-CLRP at 607255-8033 or clrp@ cornell.edu.

Liverpool music production students to give back

Liverpool Central School District Music

Production students have teamed up with Perform 4

Purpose to give back to the Central New York community.

The students will host a concert on Tuesday, June 13, from 6 to 7 p.m., to benefit Griffin’s Guardians. It will take place on the front lawn of Chestnut Hill Middle (204 Saslon Park Drive). Please bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating.

Griffin’s Guardians is a local non-profit that

spreads awareness of pediatric cancer, assists in funding research for pediatric cancer, brings HOPE to families with children battling cancer in CNY, and provides these families with financial assistance to lessen the burden during a time when they need to focus on family. Those unable to attend the concert can donate by visiting the Perform 4 Purpose Web site at www.perform4purpose.org.

As part of the Music Production elective, Liverpool CSD students explore

the ways in which professional musicians, sound technicians, producers, and other roles function in the creation of commercial music. Students explore a variety of instruments they may not have learned in school (such as guitar, piano and drums), electronic music creation (creating loops, backing tracks or film scores), and sound recording technology. Through hands-on learning students are gaining experience in what it is like to be part of the commercial music industry (as

a performer, background musician, mixer or recording technologist).

Perform 4 Purpose (P4P) provides local youth opportunities to learn, create, and perform music, as well as teaches the importance of helping others and giving back to the community by performing live music events for local charities.

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On June 12 Ray Trudell will be at Salina Library.

Photography exhibit and reception held at Salina Library

By JAnET MyRTo RIChARdS

Ray Trudell journeys around Central New York with his camera, documenting pure moments in time. He began with a simple Kodak Instamatic, moved into 35 mm, and eventually landed on digital photography, believing that photography is more about the eye than the camera. Trudell’s photographs reflect this time and place and bring out the things that, often, go unnoticed in our daily lives.

On Monday, June 12, from

7 until 8 p.m., Ray Trudell will be at Salina Library for an art reception. Come and speak with him about his vision of our world while viewing the pieces on display. His exhibit will be up throughout the month of June. Visit salinalibrary.org for more information or to see the calendar for upcoming kits and classes. Call 315454-4524 with any questions. Salina Library is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for all of your library needs.

How to navigate a remote interview

Not so long ago, job interviews were conducted almost exclusively in person. Hiring managers were able to assess candidates during these interviews, getting an idea about everything from the applicant’s skill set to how he or she affected the energy in the room to body language and the confidence of a handshake. Today a growing number of interviews are virtual. Many are conducted via popular video conferencing apps like Zoom. In a recent survey of talent leaders and recruiters conducted by the tech firm Talview, 80 percent of respondents said their hiring process is now fully remote. There are many advantages to remote/ virtual interviews. They tend to be more convenient for screening applicants for remote positions because the applicant pool may be coming from anywhere around the world. Remote interviews also can be less time-consuming.

As useful as they can be, remote interviews are not foolproof. Technical snarls or uncooperative conditions at home can affect remote interviews. Virtual interviews also may not give candidates an accurate idea of the culture at a given firm. But remote interviews are likely here to stay, so here’s how candidates can put their best (virtual) foot forward.

Test the technology

Open the conferencing

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Mastering an ability to interview remotely can help candidates ace their next interview.

app and test links to make sure that you can get on the service and understand how it functions. Log in early, even if it means sitting in a virtual waiting room until the meeting organizer arrives. At least you’ll be ensured of being on time. have a cheat sheet at the ready

A remote interview gives candidates a distinct advantage, as they can utilize notes without it being obvious. Place them just above the device camera or off to the side slightly so you can refer to them like one may read a teleprompter or cue cards on television.

Use your space wisely

If you’ll be on video, set up your space and your appearance so that it is professional but engaging. Use your home office environment to make a strong impression. Keep background clutter to a

minimum. If necessary, use a virtual office backdrop, which was preferred by 97 percent of the 513 recruiters that Harvard Business Review observed and interviewed over an eight-month period in 2020. Engage with the interviewer and avoid distractions

Distractions can knock you off of your game and make you come across as less engaging to recruiters. Ask housemates to make themselves scarce during the interview and lock pets out of the room. Silence your phone (if it isn’t the device being used for the interview) and look into the camera while speaking. Maintaining eye contact is a sign of respect and confidence. If the interviewer is speaking at length, utilize the mute button on your phone or conferencing app to silence ambient noise.

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My golly Miss Molly – why’s a sweet dog like you still at the shelter? Miss Molly’s about two years and came to the shelter as a stray about four months ago. She’s the complete package, sweet, calm, easy to walk and tolerant of other dogs. We think she would make a great companion for almost any family. whether you have small kids, you’re an empty-nesters, grandparents, or singles, Missy Molly will add joy to your home! In order to adopt, you must fill out an application, pay an adoption fee, and have your pets up to date on their rabies vaccines. All adopted cats and dogs are spayed or neutered, microchipped, and up-to-date on their vaccinations before they go home. Cny SPCA is located at 5878 East Molloy Road, Syracuse. For more information about adoption, call 315-4544479, email frontdesk1@cnyspca. org or visit cnyspca.org.

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Grilling season

While many Central New Yorkers would contend that winter is no reason not to cook outside on the grill, for many summer is the traditional season for when it comes to grilling and other forms of outdoor cooking.

Whether it is burgers and hotdogs, smoking ribs or brisket for hours, whipping up a more complicated dish or cooking up seafood, vegetarian options like Portobello mushrooms or newer meatless alternatives, many would agree there is just something about food that has been cooked on the grill.

There is a flavor that many look forward to enjoying during these long summer days spent with friends and family enjoying an afternoon or evening outside relaxing and sharing good food together.

But whether it is a high end outdoor kitchen arrangement, a gas grill, charcoal or even roasting some hot dogs and marshmallows over a fire, it is important to keep certain safety measures in mind as these fires cause an average of $37 million in damage annually to properties, structures, and possessions, including gazebos, sheds, and lawn furniture. And thousands of people visit emergency rooms every year because they’ve burned themselves while grilling.

According to the Firefighters Association of the State of New York (FASNY) emergency departments nationwide have seen a significant rise over the past decade in the number of visits from grilling injuries, with an 18% rise in patients being treated in emergency departments for grilling-related injuries over the past 10 years. NFPA data shows that from 2014-2018, fire departments responded to an annual average of 10,600 home fires involving grills, hibachis, or barbecues. This includes 4,900 structure fires and 5,700 outside or unclassified fires. These fires resulted in an annual average of 10 civilian deaths, 160 civilian injuries, and $149 million in direct property damage.

Some basics of grilling safety include keeping a fully functioning fire extinguisher close by and making sure you know how to use it in the event it is needed.

It is also good to get into the habit of keeping your grill or other cooking surfaces clean.

The build up of grease and fat can cause flare ups that might not only ruin your food but may lead to a potentially more serious fire.

It is also important to remember to grill in a well ventilated area.

The potential for carbon monoxide to build up, particularly with charcoal, can pose a potential health risk.

AAA has shared a number of other tips to help ensure you and your guests are safe when cooking outdoors.

Before grilling, read and follow the owner’s manual.

Place your grill at least 10 feet away from walls and deck railings to prevent fires from igniting buildings. Keep your grill away from decorations, such as hanging plants and umbrellas.

People should also never leave a lit grill unattended.

If the flame on your grill goes out, turn the grill and gas off. Wait at least 15 minutes before relighting and always make sure your grill lid is open before igniting. Maintenance and storage are also important considerations.

When setting up at the start of grilling season, check grill hoses for cracks, holes, and blockages. Blockages caused by food drippings or insects can be cleared with a wire or pipe cleaner.

Run a soap solution – one part liquid soap, one part water – along hoses and at connections. If the solution bubbles, then there is a gas leak that needs repair.

Store propane tanks outside and away from your home. Always check to ensure that valves are turned off.

AAA also recommends being aware of what is covered by insurance should a property owner have an accident.

Following the tips above may help prevent a grill fire from spreading to your home, but if a fire does occur, a standard homeowners policy typically covers the following: Damage to the primary residence; Damage to personal possessions, such as tables or lawn chairs; Damage to insured structures on your property, such as sheds or gazebos; and Injuries to a guest, under the liability portion of the policy.

By taking a few minutes to ensure you and your grill are being as safe as possible, it will help to make sure you and your guests can enjoy your time together enjoying good company and good food this summer.

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Walking softer on the earth

We would lie on the mattress in the attic and listen to the rain.

Up there, with the homemade lye soap drying in cotton string net bags that once held oranges, we were washed in the sounds that my grandmother told us were beautiful. And they were.

A pianissimo rain that spattered the roof with tiny drops lulled us to a soporific state where the heat, the bugs, sunburns and mosquito bites of those 1940s summers disappeared. A heavier rain washed the summer-hot roof, sending oceans of delightfully cooler air through the attic windows.

The rain filled the cistern and the rain barrels. The cistern fed the bungalow’s needs for water in the kitchen and bath. The rain barrels were the source of water for the vegetable garden and for washing our hair. Hot water for dishes and baths came from a nightly fire underneath a large pot in the back yard. Potable water came in gallon glass jugs that we filled from the springs on Beekman Drive. The sights and sounds of those frosted bottles wrapped in dish towels, clinking in the red wagon as we brought them home, are still fresh in my memory.

Our summer weeks with our grandmother were far removed from the hot streets and the even hotter tiny bedrooms of our ancient row house on 55th Street in Brooklyn. Even the rain was different. A thunderstorm would leave us with a few moments of exquisitely clean air. We would rush outside and breathe deeply of the ozonefreshened air, too quickly gone. For children growing up in the city, a thunderstorm in the country was a treat.

My grandmother’s house was at the top of Ogden Road, a road which connected with Route 52,

across which lay the smaller of the two bodies of water that made up Lake Carmel. We had a rowboat, a dark green, wooden, flat-bottomed boat that my father rescued from the swampy end of the lake. It was tied up at a makeshift dock at the point where the two roads intersected. The boat was a magical thing, giving us the freedom to row about, go fishing and even earn some money by renting it for the princely sum of $4 a day. The boat taught us about responsibilities. Unless we cared for it, which meant scraping it each year, replacing the caulking and repainting it, the boat would respond by leaking furiously and making any of our waterborne adventures into continuous exercises in bailing.

Over those childhood summers we all learned, perhaps not with style but with determination, how to swim and we spent hours at the beaches around the lake, inventing stories that required underwater activities and breath-holding contests. Our bathing suits - no one had anything called a swim suit then – were, in a word … awful. My mother didn’t believe that children needed to look fashionable and therefore most of what we wore were adult garments, purchased at the Good Will on Third Avenue, bleached to a dull grey for sanitary purposes and remodeled appropriately for pre-pubescent girls. At least I got to wear the first remodel, but my younger sisters got hand-me-downs from me and then each other. Just awful! One in particular stands out. It was made of the lining of a bathing suit, a grey wool affair made for a woman of more ample proportions and tucked here and there to fit a 10-year-old. I tried to make it less ugly by sewing tiny bows made of checked seam binding on it. My laments

about ugliness, about what the other girls wore, grew in volume and number as adolescence approached. They were heard and heeded by my wonderful grandmother who bought me my first new bathing suit when I was 13. And didn’t I think I looked swell?

In our lives, we sometimes think that “things” in the past were simpler, often, as in Marvin Hamlisch’s song, “Memories,” fading into a kind of watercolor reality. In truth, things were simpler, not just because of a simpler technology, but because, out of necessity, we used less of the world’s resources. There was just enough electricity in my grandmother’s bungalow to have a light in each room. Without a well, we depended on water delivered naturally from the rain and the springs in the earth. There were few “toys” to be had and we used the lake and its wonders to create summers that remain deeply etched in our memories. We followed the streams in the woods, creating paths not only on the ground but in our minds, some of which became stories that we told each other, while others gave us a lifelong reverence for the beauty of the natural habitat.

How wonderful to explore the twists and turns of the watercourses that were, then, uncontaminated by human intervention and full of the romance of young minds. Was it better then? Our lives were not without challenges, and so better may not be the word, but wouldn’t it be a blessing to be able to return to those tranquil moments of rain on the roof in my grandmother’s attic and let the rain wash some parts of the modern world away?

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.

Jazz Fest showcases two dozen local bands

This year’s Syracuse Jazz Festival boasts big names such as Herbie Hancock, Gladys Knight and Postmodern Jukebox. But when the 37th festival kicks off on Wednesday evening, June 21, it’ll celebrate names like Tom Brigandi, Joyce DiCamillo, Joe Magnarelli and Marissa Mulder, all improvising artists who began their careers here before blossoming as recording artists in New York City.

On June 21, music will enliven downtown clubs, bars, hotels, patios and restaurants such as the Board & Bar Charcuterie, Oh My Darling, Mulrooney’s, Benjamin’s on Franklin, Kitty Hoyne’s, Al’s Wine & Whiskey Lounge and others.

A total of 24 Syracuse-based jazz combos and national jazz players with ties to CNY will perform between 4 and 11 p.m. on June 21 – Price Chopper-Market 32 Opening Night.

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Among the two dozen ensembles showcasing that evening are several Liverpool-area musicians. They include TamaraLee Shutt, who plays trumpet and sings with a band called MRG that evening, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Modern Malt,

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guitarist Chuck Schiele will lead his eclectic band, Quatro, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Tasting Room @ Epicuse, 334 S. Salina St. Baldwinsville bassist Matt Vacanti and his award-winning quartet, E.S.P., will hold forth from 8 to 10 p.m. at Maxwell’s, 122 E. Genesee St. Liverpool High School alumna Melissa Gardiner will play trombone from 9 to 11 p.m. for Vibe Check at The Fitz Speakeasy, 321 S. Salina St. Longtime National Grid Jazz Fest fan faves Nancy Kelly will play at PRIME, Ronnie Leigh is at the Weighlock Lounge and Mark Doyle’s Guitar Noir performs at Funk & Waffles.

A complete rundown on the 24 participating venues can be found at SyracuseJazzfest.com.

Free admission Admission to all 2023 National Grid Jazz Fest concerts and performances is free and open to the public. There is no cover charge nor minimum at any of the participating venues on June 21.

The festival continues at Clinton Square Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 22-24, and Sunday, June 25 at Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel.

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The free-admission policy is made possible through the generosity of area business such as National Grid providing corporate sponsorship along with public sector grants from New York State and Onondaga County, according to its founder and artistic director Frank Malfitano, who lives in Baldwinsville.

Swans

Three Syracuse teenagers were charged with felony grand larceny and criminal mischief, as well as misdemeanor conspiracy and criminal trespass last week after they killed a mother swan and abducted four of her babies from the Manlius swan pond. The teens said the adult swan was cooked by an aunt and eaten by family members.

While the thought of eating one of those beautiful birds outraged many who heard the news, dining on swan actually has a lengthy –and rather regal – history. Queens Elizabeth and Victoria reportedly ate cygnets for Christmas dinner –a cygnet is another word for a juvenile swan – and by acclamation the youthful foul were wonderful eating. Older swans are said to taste like “fishy mutton.”

The risk of lead poisoning prevents most people from eating swan meat. But celebrity chef

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Support for Fadden

To the editor:

I am writing today in response to an opinion published May 24 titled Liverpool Forward.

I am here to say, vote Christina Fadden for mayor!

Chris Fadden has been involved with village politics for over 8 years serving as a trustee and as deputy mayor. She is knowledgeable and understands how our village runs and what it needs to thrive.

While I’m sure Ms. Finney would make a fine candidate and I know she serves on the zoning board, I encourage you all to vote for someone who has the experience and dedication needed for the job of mayor.

Ms. Finney and her colleagues rarely attended board meetings and therefore she does not have a clear idea of the commitment and work required of the job.

Similarly, Ms. Finney declined the opportunity to have a met the candidates event with Ms. Fadden.

As a voter, I find this discouraging, as it shows that the person who wants to serve me is not willing to meet with me and discuss how she plans to make the village better.

Ms. Fadden has what it takes to make this village thrive, and I know she will do a fine job as mayor. I have faith that you all will show up and make the right choice on June 20 by voting Christina Fadden for mayor!

Tony lAzzARo liverpool

Seeking reelection

To the editor:

I am seeking re-election for mayor of the Village of North Syracuse. I was first elected as a trustee in 2005 and elected as mayor in 2015.

During my time as an elected official for the village, my goal was to do the best job possible to enhance the environment for the residents and businesses.

Much has been accomplished but there is still more to do.

Some of our future projects are:

(1) Sidewalk improvements (grant received)

(2) New pavilion and continued improvements at Community Center (grant received)

(3) Improvements at Kennedy Park (potential grant received, awaiting formal approval)

(4) Consolidate the Fire Department to Station 1(Chestnut Street)

(5) Close Station 2 and improvements to Station 1 (grants received)

We have promoted our village as a walkable, bikeable community.

My desire is to continue to make village living an enjoyable experience.

Please vote June 20 at the community center.

MAyoR GARy BuTTERFIEld north SyraCuSe

Is Finney ready?

To the editor: Stacy Finney may be a nice person, but is she ready to actually run the Village of Liverpool? I regularly attend vil -

lage and planning board meetings, yet I do not recall seeing Stacy attend any of these meetings.

Mind you, these are the meetings where the business of the village of Liverpool is conducted, something you need to be familiar with and central to the position she is asking us to elect her to.

Christina Fadden has been involved in village government for many years and is doing a great job. She has the knowledge that we need and has proven her ability to bring people together and make Liverpool a great place to live. Chris helped bring in over $1 million of grant money to help beautify our village. Chris has experience reducing the village tax rate while still expanding services. Chris is prepared to take on this new role and will not need to learn on the job!

If you name any initiative making progress to improve quality of life for people in our community, then there is a good chance that Chris Fadden is involved with it somehow.

Again, Stacy Finney is a perfectly nice person with good intentions, but Christina Fadden has proven in her years of dedicated, common sense service to our community, that she is the best fit to be our next mayor June 20.

PAM CAREy liverpool

Celebrating scholarship recipients, donors

To the Editor:

Thanks to the ongoing generosity of

the Liverpool community, Liverpool Dollars for Scholars awarded 178 scholarships worth $135,850 to students in the Liverpool High School Class of 2023 at an evening reception on June 6. With your help, we have awarded 2.25 million dollars since 1970. Scholarship recipients will continue their education at two and four year colleges and universities, trade schools, technical institutes, hospital nursing and other health-related programs, adult BOCES courses, and apprenticeships. We have a list of alternates who will be considered for any unclaimed scholarships.

There is nothing more gratifying than seeing a stage filled with high school seniors ready to embark on the next phase of their lives. Each of them has a story and they represent an array of backgrounds, interests, and strengths. The donors who fund the scholarships presented the awards and hundreds of family members applauded the efforts of the students seated on the stage. It was exciting to hear students introduce themselves and announce where they will continue their education and what they will study. We wished them well on their journey and tried to inspire them to pay it forward and help others the way the Liverpool community helped them.

You donated thousands of dollars to our annual Mail-a-thon, our largest fundraiser. Your support for our new fall Cash for College/Giving Tuesday campaign brought in enough money to award an additional scholarship to Letters l Page 11

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Paul D. Stelmaszyk grew up in Clason point in the Bronx and attended high school in Mount Saint Michael Academy, then went to St. John’s University on a full track scholarship. He earned a master’s degree from Hunter College in the Bronx and embarked on a career as a teacher, coach and administrator.

Library Children’s Room is being renovated in memory of Maryella and Elizabeth Annal. Their parents, Tom and Maureen, along with the help of many members of the Baldwinsville Community, raised money to transform the library’s Children’s Room into a beautiful new space for children.

After years of planning the time has arrived for the renovation work to begin in the Children’s Room. In preparation the entire contents of the Children’s Room needed to be relocated to other parts of the library.

Paul D. Stelmaszyk

In the North Syracuse School District Paul started out as the principal at the North Syracuse Junior High and switched to his true love which was teaching social studies and coaching track and cross country. One of Paul’s major accomplishments was helping to bring CNS its first state title in cross country. Running remained important to him for his entire life.

He leaves behind his wife of 55 years, Mariann: his sons, Paul, Ed, Christopher and daughter Lara: his grandchildren Grace, Kealan, Rowan, Nevan, Ruby, Henry and Gracie Bowe and Nathaniel Burke.

For friends and family who would like to celebrate his life with us, on Saturday, June 10, we are holding a reception at Christ the King Church in Guilderland at 10 a.m. and a mass at 11 a.m.

Thank you to all for your continued support of our effort to award as many scholarships as possible to Liverpool High School graduates. With your help, we move closer to our goal of a scholarship for every applicant bound for higher education.

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On Tuesday, May 30, a crew of library staff and volunteers started at 9 a.m., moving thousands of books, DVDs, music CDs, books on CD, furniture and even the doll house.

By the end of the day on Wednesday, May 31, the Children’s Room was completely empty and ready for the contractor to start the renovations on Monday, June 5. The various collections are in temporary locations throughout the library.

I cannot say enough about what a great job the staff and volunteers did as they worked together as a team to make the process move so quickly and efficiently. The volunteers were wonderful, they came in, asked

what needed to be done and went to work doing everything from moving books to dismantling shelving.

The library staff were awesome as they continued to run the library and keep the regular routines going as they assisted patrons at the same time, they were moving books and furniture. Staff came in extra hours, pitched in and did whatever was needed to accomplish the goal of relocating everything from the Children’s Room.

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Liverpool boys stopped by B’ville in title game

By PhIl BlACkwEll

Once more, the Liverpool boys lacrosse team took aim at Baldwinsville, the Section III Class A championship at stake and, for quite a while, could reasonably dream of claiming the title.

However, those dreams met a cold, harsh reality over the course of the last two quarters as the Warriors found itself overwhelmed by the Bees in the latter stages of a 16-7 defeat.

Liverpool had offered the only serious challenge to B’ville all season among area Class A sides, having dropped a narrow 10-9 decision late in April.

And for quite a while here, it appeared that the Warriors may have discovered a winning formula, keeping the Bees’ potent attack out of sorts while efficient and effective on the other end.

The first quarter ended tied 2-2. While the pace picked up a bit the rest of the half, Liverpool remained tough, matching whatever B’ville produced and going to the break even at 5-5.

What followed, in the third quarter, was the Bees dominating the face-off circle, getting ground balls and creating extra possessions. Gradually, they wore the Warriors’ defenses down, leading to a 6-1 push through the third quarter and not letting up in the final period, either.

On Liverpool’s side, three different players – Joe Sacco, Aaron Clouthier and Brady Michaud – had two goals apiece, with Mason Gridley also finding the net and Owen Michaud adding two assists. Owen Salanger finished with 15 saves.

For B’ville, five different players had multiple goals, led by Keegan Lynch, who got five assists to go with his pair of tallies, while Garrett Sutton scored four times and added an assist. Iggy LoMedico had a threegoal hat trick as Carson Dyl and Brady Garcia also had two-goal outings

Part of what differed 2023 from 2022 was that the Bees were reigning state champions, making it an even more alluring target for the challengers.

And part of it also came from the wildly contrasting way the two teams got this far.

Before B’ville bashed Syracuse City in one semifinal on May 26, Liverpool, challenged by no. 3 seed Cicero-North Syracuse on the Northstars’ own home turf, had to rally late to claim a 7-6 decision over the Northstars.

Having lost both of their regular-season meetings by close margins (12-10) and 1110) and short-handed on offense after Ma-

son Ciciarelli’s season-ending injury, C-NS knew the only chance it had was to slow things down.

And that’s exactly what it did, controlling enough possession time to never let Liverpool get comfortable throughout the game’s early stages, the two sides exchanging one goal in the first period and two in the second.

Then, in the third quarter, the Northstars scored twice more and inched into a 5-4 lead that held until early in the final period, when Liverpool’s Aaron Clouthier again pulled his side even.

It was Joe Sacco getting Liverpool in front 6-5, a margin it would maintain by the end as Brady Michaud carried the attack, scoring three times and adding three assists.

Clouthier got two assists as he joined Dom Osbeck with single goals and Owen Michaud got an assist. Ian Leahey led C-NS, also netting three goals, with Elijah Martin adding a goal and two assists. Karsen Pritchard and Tyler Mliewski had the other goals.

C-NS, Liverpool athletes win at state qualifier

By PhIl BlACkwEll

Having competed in chilly conditions for previous post-season events this spring, track and field athletes from Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool got the exact opposite in last Thursday’s Section III state qualifying meet.

When events began at Bragman Stadium, it was well past 90 degrees, yet both the Northstars and Warriors would win events on the girls side, assuring a large contingent would go to Middletown for this weekend’s state championships.

Again running away from the field, CNS’s Kate Putman took the 1,500-meter run in four minutes, 39.56 seconds and also helped Marissa Navarra, Cameron Sisk and Hannah Boyle take the 4x800 relay in 9:23.66, with Liverpool fourth in 10:05.03.

Grace Murray, in winning the 400-meter hurdles, put up a time of 1:05.64, more than two seconds ahead of the field as Jay-

din Mackey (1:10.29) was fourth. Then Murray took third in the 200-meter dash in 26.26 seconds behind Mackey (26.18) in second place.

Boyle was second (2:18.72) and Putman third (2:18.82) in the 800-meter run, where Liverpool’s Taylor Page was victorious in a time of 2:17.19. Navarra got fourth place in the Division I 1,500 in 5:02.55.

Morgan Hayes was second (15.15 seconds) and Kalli Congden third (15.20) in the 100 hurdles behind Jamesville-DeWitt’s Victoria Payne (15.06), with Mackey third in the 100 sprint in 12.60.

In the long jump, Congden’s 17’5 1/4” was less than an inch behind Utica Proctor’s Raiyah Patterson (17’6”) as Jasmine Ayre was fifth, Morgan Hayes sixth and Anna Eells seventh. But it was Eells nearly winning the triple jump, her 36’4” ahead of Hayes (35’9 1/2”) and Congden (35’8”) but behidn the 36’7 1/2” of East Syracuse Minoa’s Margaret Mading.

Individually, Liverpool had Allie Cary win the discus with a heave of 139 feet, more than 32 feet ahead of anyone else, after she threw the shot put 38’10” for second place ahead of Janea Hamilton-Brown (31’11 3/4”) in fourth.

Maddie Devendforf, Mikayla Greene, Sophia Jarosz and Mia Wright impressed in the 4x100 relay, going 49.18 seconds to East Syracuse Minoa’s 50.18 as Layla Pearl Collins, clearing 9 feet, was second in the pole vault.

C-NS got a win on the boys side when Xander Provost, with 2,904 points, took the Division I (large school) portion of the pentathlon, beating out the 2,694 from teammate Andrew Potter.

Sean Graves then went 56.51 seconds to beat the field in the 400 hurdles Jordan Ballard went a close second (15.13 seconds) to Corcoran’s Tawakl Omar (15.10) in the 110 high hurdles, with Kavon Brunson (15.89) fifth. Jayceon McGrew took third

in the 200 in 22.84.

Joe Main’s shot put throw of 46’ 3/4” put him second to Auburn’s Dustin Swartwood (49’3 ¾’), with Main sixth in the discus heaving it 123’6”. The Northstars were third in the 4x400 in 3:32.72 as Dante Melfi took fifth and Tyler Graham sixth in the 800-meter run, Dan Henry adding a sixth in the pole vault.

Liverpool’s 4x800 team of Jacob Makhlouf, Michael Purvis, Josh Vang and Roman Murray was second in 8:20.71, beating out the Northstars (8:43.62) in third place.

Ny’Quez Madison got third in the long jump with a top leap of 21’8”. The Warriors were fifth in the 4x100 in 44.66 seconds as Murray took fourth in the Division I 1,600 in 4:43.05 and Jason Swanson was seventh in the 400-meter dash, with Purvis sixth in the 3,200-meter run.

C-NS girls lacrosse falls to B’ville in sectional final

By PhIl BlACkwEll

Full satisfaction for the Cicero-North Syracuse girls lacrosse team would only arrive if it claimed the Section III Class A championship in exactly the scenario that presented itself.

It required that the Northstars dethrone the reigning state champions from Baldwinsville in last Tuesday’s title game at Christian Brothers Academy’s Alibrandi Stadium, a task not impossible since C-NS had won in overtime the last time the two sides met.

What happened, though, was a reinforcement of the Bees’ hold over the large-school ranks as it used a balanced attack to wear down and defeat the Northstars 18-11.

For the older C-NS players, not only was there the most recent head-to-head meeting a result to draw upon, so was the 2021 sectional final the Northstars won in OT at B’ville.

But the Bees remembered these outcomes, too, and had adjusted its offense, finding itself less dependent on the trio of Carlie Desimone, Brianna Peters andMia Pozzi and, as a result, far more difficult to contain.

The Bees and Northstars traded goals in the first nine minutes before B’ville began to take over, starting with Pozzi and Sophia Ianno grabbing most of the draws.

That led to the 6-0 run. Peters, Pozzi, Muscolino, Nataoli, Jaya Madigan and Leah Otts all put shots past Nicole Mirra and C-NS found itself trailing 8-2. Natoli hit twice more and stretched the margin to 10-3 late in the half, so once again C-NS found itself working from behind, but gave itself a chance at yet another unlikely comeback.

Mackenzie Prentice and Shea Firth both converted in the last 90 seconds of the half. Then Gabby Putman scored 35 seconds into

the second half, and the Bees’ margin was down to 10-6.

Again, B’ville had an emphatic answer. Muscolino’s second and third goals, along with back-to-back tallies from Carlie Desimone and a third goal from Peters, stretched the lead to 15-6 with 17 minutes to play.

Picking up its level of play, C-NS made a run of its own, netting three goals in less than three minutes to make it 15-9, but any doubts about the outcome were erased when Pozzi hit on her second and third goals of the night and Desimone completed her hat trick.

Elizabeth Smith earned all three of her goals in the second half. Putman and Prentice both scored twice and got two assists, with Sophia Nesci getting a goal and two assists.

Before it faced B’ville, C-NS had to get even with Liverpool for the stunning defeat it took to its neighbor and rival in the 2022 sectional

semifinals.

This happened on May 25 at Central Square, the Northstars steady and relentless as it put away Liverpool 16-7, adding to the results of two regular-season encounters. It was Smith, with four goals and one assist, and Brooke Molchanoff, with two goals and four assists, going to the forefront of a well-balanced C-NS attack. Nesci, Marissa Doty and Gabby Pauline also had two-goal outings. Putman had a goal and three assists, with Prentice getting a goal and two assists as Anna Myers and Meghan McGrath also had goals.

For Liverpool, who finished its season with a 5-12 record, Gianna Carbone accounted for most of the offense, finishing with four goals. Grace Geary and Mia Berthoff each had one goal and one assist, the other goal going to Abby Geary as Caitlyn Guilfoil got an assist. Ava Eicholzer finished with eight saves.

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Liverpool goalie Owen Salanger (17) stretches to stop a shot from Baldwinsville’s Ryan Quinn (1) in last Wednesday’s Section III Class A final. Salanger made 15 saves in the Warriors’ 16-7 loss to the Bees.

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Liverpool midfielder Brady Michaud (22) hits on one of his three goals that, with three assists, helped the Warriors edge Cicero-North Syracuse 7-6 in the May 26 Section III Class A semifinal.

Barrett competes at NYSPHSAA tennis finals

By PhIl BlACkwEll

A superb season for Liverpool boys tennis star Justin Barrett culminated with him traveling to New York City to compete at the annual home of the U.S. Open.

Like it does each June, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships take place at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, and Barrett was one of three Section III singles players in the field.

He earned that spot by winning his most important match of the season – the consolation final of the Section III state qualifier that took place a week earlier.

Barrett entered that tournament as the no. 5 seed, and met Cicero-North Syracuse’s Wyatt Dupell in the round of 16, winning that match in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 before a 6-3, 6-4 quarterfinal win over Cazenovia’s Traian Cherciu.

A win in the semifinal against the top seed, Cooperstown’s Gunter Weldon, would guarantee a state tournament spot, but Weldon pre-

vailed, meaning it all hinged on the third-place match.

Against Fayetteville-Manlius’ top singles player, Cameron Lukasik, Barrett won the first set 6-3 and then rolled through the second set 6-1 to join Weldon and Jamesville-DeWitt’s Mark Bratslavsky in the sectional contingent.

Dupell’s C-NS teammate, Brady Petranchuk, lost his opening-round match to Sauquoit Valley’s Quincy Slayton. Just one game from victory, Petranchuk could not earn it and fell 6-7 (7-4), 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 to Slayton,

who lost in the next round to Weldon.

In the doubles state qualifier, C-NS’s duo of Kell and Matt Jordan won their first match

6-4, 6-1 over New Hartford’s Ken Kowalczyk and Arda Sencicek, but lost in the quarterfinals

6-3, 6-0 to Oneida’s Andrew Hicks and Spencer Ingmire.

When Barrett went to the state tournament, he was ousted in the first round 6-1, 6-0 by Goshen’s Braeden Gelletich, with Weldon and Bratslavsky also losing their opening-round matches in straight sets.

Liverpool softball drops sectional final to B’ville

By PhIl BlACkwEll

Day had turned into night, the hour was late. Once again, the Liverpool softball team found itself trailing Baldwinsville in the Section III Class AA championship game, attempting to stage a memorable comeback.

In 2022, it worked, the Warriors down to its last strike but somehow able to win in nine innings. But this year’s edition of the sectional final had a different conclusion as the Bees, banishing the demons that may have still persisted from 2022, prevailed 9-4 and got the program’s first-ever sectional title.

They had played twice in the regular season, splitting those games as superb pitching efforts marked both meetings. And here, B’ville pitcher Bella Hotchkiss set the night’s tone, striking out the side – Maya Mills, Ava Falvo and Mackenzie Frani, in that order. in the top of the second. Then the Bees took a 2-0 lead when, with two out and two on, Hannah Caughey recorded an RBI single and, after another Warriors error, no. 9 hitter Ella Amato singled home another run.

Even when the Bees saw a third-inning run taken off the board when Layla Trendowski left third base too soon on a one-out fly ball and Liverpool cut the margin to 2-1 on Falvo’s RBI

From Super Bowl to…

Golf course owner

I have wanted to be an owner of a golf course since I was President of the Edison Club in Rexford ,NY (Albany area) back in the 1980’s. I have tried over 15 times and came close to becoming an owner 3 times, but never got to smoke the “Big Cigar”, as Red Aerubach used to do when he was coach and General Manager of the Boston Celtics (9 time NBA Champions).

When Aerubach was certain the Celtics were going to win a game, he would light a cigar before the game was over, to celebrate the victory. I am still trying to buy a golf course so I can finally light that “Big Cigar”.

I recently read a wonderful story about a former NFL player and Super Bowl player who dreamed about becoming an owner of a golf course since he was in high school. Before I expose his name and story, I would like to have you try to guess his name before I complete the article. Remember the TV show, “Name That Tune”? The contestants had to guess the name of the song in so many “notes”. Let’s play, “Name That Player” before the “11” hints below….

1) He was born and raised in Lackawanna, NY and used to sneak over a fence to play golf at a 9 hole course near his home.

2) He was a three-sport standout in high school.

3) He was a stand-out player for Youngstown State University in Ohio.

4) He was drafted in the 2nd round by the Los Angeles Rams in the draft of 1973.

5) Two years later he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles and became a starter.

6) He and a teammate “leased” a 9 hole golf course near Philadelphia in 1979.

7) He lead the Eagles to the NFC Championship in 1980 but lost the Super Bowl to the Oakland Raiders.

8) In 1980 he (nickname Jaw’s ) was UPI’s NFL Player of the Year

9) He closed out his career as a backup “quarterback” for the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs.

10) After his football career, he was a successful color commentator for ESPN

on Monday Night Football.

11) He continued to “lease” golf courses with a new partner and currently owns or manages “7” very successful courses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania under the name…Ron Jaworski Golf Management.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU

TO..”NAME THAT PLAYER”?

Jaworski is now 72 years old and still CEO of his company, but his son BJ now runs the day to day operations. Ron brags constantly about getting former teammates Randell Cunningham and Mike Quick into the game of golf. Ron and his wife Liz are also very much involved in philanthropy and supporting the communities where they own or manage the golf courses. Their “Jaw’s Youth PlayBook” family foundation has worked to improve the health and wellness of at-risk youth in the Greater Philadelphia/South Jersey area for many years…raising more than $7.5 million. Keep up the good work Mr. Jaworski.

DID YOU KNOW…

In 2015, Stevie Williams, Tiger Woods caddie, said this about a PGA Tour golfer…

“Once in a great while a player comes along who hits the ball the way it was meant to be hit. Powerful, piercing, the perfect trajectory. Of the young players I’ve see out there, one I’ve seen has that special ball flight. We were paired with him at the Open last year and from his first tee shot on, I thought, this kid is special. Obviously he’s searching to find the other parts of the puzzle, but I haven’t seen a ball flight like that since Tiger”.

His name…BROOKS KOEPKA !

single, it never lost its focus or poise.

In the fourth, B’ville chased Liverpool starter Cassie Wiggins from the game. With the bases loaded and one out, Jenna Martin, followed by Trendowski and Hotchkiss, all delivered run-scoring singles to make it 5-1.

Frani, now pitching, left the bases loaded in the fourth and tossed a scoreless fifth. But when the Bees tacked on two more runs in the top of the sixth, stretching the margin to 7-1, it seemed safe - until the Warriors almost provoked the ghosts of 12 months ago to return in the bottom of the sixth.

Two walks and a single loaded the bases. A ground ball thrown home was not in time for

a force play and Lauren Ragonese’s sacrifice fly made it 7-3 before Joelle Wike was hit to load the bases again.

At this point, said Hotchkiss, she had “a lot of flashbacks” to the 2022 sectional final, but she regrouped and, against pinch-hitter Tristen LaForte, coaxed a grounder back to her. Hotchkiss threw home for one out, and VerSchneider got the ball to first in time for an inning-ending double play.

Fired up by this, B’ville got two more runs in the seventh, and despite some difficulties getting the final out and another Liverpool run, Hotchkiss fanned Gracie Zankowski and, at last, the Bees were champions.

DEATH NOTICES

Linda Ann Burton, 72 , of Sanford, FL formerly of Elbridge passed away May 22, 2023. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has arrangements.

Robert K. Hill lll, 95 , of Elbridge passed away May 24, 2023. The Bush

Funeral Home of Elbridge has arrangements.

Patricia A. Killius, 72 , of Syracuse, passed away May 26, 2023. Fergerson Funeral Home, North Syracuse, has arrangements.

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As she campaigns in the village, Finney finds that traffic is the residents’ overwhelming concern.

“Traffic will continue to be a challenge, especially with Amazon and Micron pressing at our borders,” Finney said. “I will be sure the village has a strong voice to represent the needs of our village before decisions are made outside our boundaries that impact our way of life.”

Each of the candidates believe she has what it takes to guide the village into the future.

Fadden points to her record as a trustee.

“The voters do not have to wonder how I will lead Liverpool,” she said. “I have a proven record of setting politics aside, looking at all needs intently and independently, expressing and advocating for my thoughts while working collegially to accomplish the best results I can for my constituents.”

Bush Funeral Home has arrangements.

Richard P. Sheridan, 88 , of Skaneateles passed away May 29, 2023. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has arrangements.

She pledged to keep taxes stable while nurturing community growth.

“I’ll continue our practice of proactive investments in our roads, parks, sewers and infrastructure to prevent quality-oflife challenges before they ever occur,” Fadden said.

Finney points to her personal “can-do” attitude.

“I have the passion, commitment, energy and creative background to put my ideas into action,” she said.

“With a ‘can-do’ attitude, I will lead and I will listen,” Finney continued. “In these last few months, I have met with many people and learned not just what folks love about our village, but how many feel it can be better. Even something as simple as improving the website can do a great deal to foster better communication between residents and the village.”

Editor’s note: Next week, the Star-Review will profile the four candidates for two trustee seats on the village board.