Star Review Digital Edition - Nov. 23. 2022

‘Share the Love’

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gift drive runs through Dec� 14

By AshlEy M. CAsEy AssociAte editor

Over the past 15 years, Subaru has given more than $250 mil lion to local charities through its “Share the Love” campaign. Through Jan. 3, 2023, Subaru will donate $250 for each car sold

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or leased to a charity of the cus tomer’s choice: Meals on Wheels, ASPCA, Make-a-Wish or the Na tional Park Foundation. The do nations are passed on to the local arms of each charity.

One of those local charity branches is North Area Meals on Wheels, located in North Syra

cuse.

Each weekday, NAMOW deliv ers more than 400 meals to clients in Cicero, North Syracuse, Liver pool, Mattydale, Brewerton, Clay, Bridgeport and Baldwinsville. The 2020 Share the Love campaign “enabled NAMOW to deliver an additional 1,391 meals to our local

CenterState CEO’s Rob Simpson answers entrepreneurs’ Micron questions

By AshlEy M. CAsEy AssociAte editor

While Micron won’t break ground on its first of four chip fabs in the town of Clay until 2024, Central New York entrepreneurs are already looking at the tech giant’s impact on the region’s business com munity. Real estate broker Chip Hodgkins hosted a virtual Q&A session Nov. 16 with Rob Simpson, president of CenterState CEO.

In light of the Micron news, Simpson said CNY business owners have to let go of their former as sumptions about doing business in the region.

“We’ve always been stable in a slow-growth com munity, and all of a sudden there’s projections of 8, 9, 10% growth,” Simpson said.

Simpson said his “phone is ringing off the hook” with calls from companies who want to move to Up state New York. Some of those calls are from firms that once considered CNY but opted to take their business elsewhere.

“They have a renewed faith in Central New York,” Simpson said.

Read on for some of Simpson’s insights:

Construction careers

Previously, many construction jobs were consid ered temporary, Simpson said. With Micron’s vision spanning 20 years, those jobs can become construc tion careers.

Site work at White Pine Commerce Park will begin in 2023. Between Micron and the reconstruc tion of Interstate-81, construction workers will be in great demand starting in 2024. Micron estimates it will need 5,000 people each year to build the megafab.

“2024 is when the major impact [of] this project is going to start,” Simpson said.

Micron has pledged to spend 30% of construc tion expenses on New York State Certified Minor ity/Women Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses.

Hodgkins noted that the 5,000 construction workers will need somewhere to live: they will stay in hotels, rent apartments and in some cases pur chase homes.

The town of Salina is home to many hotels. Town officials have long expressed concern about the I-81 project diverting business from the hospitality sec tor there, so workers building out Micron’s facilities could be a boon.

Simpson, who grew up in the Utica area in the 1990s, said he was told he would have to leave CNY to succeed. With the coming revitalization of CNY, his 10-year-old son will someday have the choice of staying here.

The future of Fulton

As supply-chain companies and employees move to CNY en masse, there will be “concentric circles” of business influence, Simpson said.

“Central New York is front-page news, not just in the U.S. but around the world,” Simpson said.

Real estate investors might first focus on Clay, Cicero and Baldwinsville, but the next frontier of the housing market could be Oswego County. Since the city of Fulton is about the same distance to the Micron site as the city of Syracuse is, Simpson and Hodgkins said this could be an opportunity to reju venate Fulton.

“‘The city with a future’ might actually have a

seniors,”NAMOWExecutiveDirec tor Jennifer Covert said.

To mark the occasion of Sub aru’s Share the Love initiative, NAMOW is collecting holiday gifts for its clients now through Dec. 14.

“Many of our senior clients are homebound and do not have

any family or friends. We make sure that each and every one of our folks receive at least one gift during the holiday season, and for some it will be the only gift they receive,” Covert said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Kabob House now open

By Russ TARBy contributing Writer

Liverpool villagers have been patiently waiting for more than six months for The Kabob House to open for business. On Monday, Nov. 14, the freshly renovated restaurant finally swung open its doors at 409 Tulip St.

Syracuse restaurateur Malik Aboshreakh and his wife, Faye, owners of the Mediterranean Combo on Marshall Street in Syr acuse, originally hoped to open The Kabob House in the month of May at the old Pizza Villa lo cation. Since then, the place has undergone serious remodeling which included installation of sophisticated chargrilling units, which may have slowed the pro cess somewhat.

It opened briefly on Friday, Nov. 4, but closed the next day to iron out some operational wrin kles, before re-opening Nov. 14.

The new middle-eastern res taurant enjoys a prime Liverpool location at the corner Tulip and Oswego streets. It’s furnished with about a dozen long, dark wooden tables. A well-lit large glass case near the entrance dis plays varied desserts.

During the last week of Oc tober new signs went up in the windows at the site announcing a

planned November opening. And the owners were seeking staff, specifically servers, prep cooks and experienced chefs; 470-6518462.

The Kabob House menu offer meals you can’t buy anywhere else in Liverpool. Its entrees include a chicken shawarma bowl featuring fowl over rice, French fries, salad, hummus and sauces. Shawarma is the ancient Turkish practice of grilling a vertical stack of meat slices – usually lamb, mutton or beef – which is then carved off its outer edge as it cooks.

Customers who order kebbeh will enjoy its fried ground beef and bulgur balls stuffed with meat and onions, all served with pita bread and white sauce.

Others will order gyros, falafel and grape leaves. And vegetarians will revel in fresh greens in the tabbouleh salad, Arabic salad or yogurt cucumber salad.

And diners with a sweet tooth hope that The Kabob House will serve a dessert which the Aboshreakhs created at their Syr acuse University location: choco late baklava.

The Kabob House’s hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, except Friday and Saturday when it’s open 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; theka bobhousecny.com; 315-314-7171.

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after a false start on Nov� 4, doors swing open permanently on Nov 14

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North Area Meals on Wheels is collecting holiday gifts for its roughly 300 clients as part of subaru’s “share the love” fundraising cam paign.

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NAMOW volunteers prepare holiday gifts for distribution to clients.

Community Bank is pleased to announce that Robert Liedka has been promoted to re gional retail banking manager for the bank’s Cicero branch.

Liedka brings over 30 years of banking ex perience to his new role, where he will be re sponsible for administering and directing re tail branch functions and activities to ensure the prompt and effective delivery of products and services to consumers within the bank’s market area.

Liedka will also develop network goals and implement appropriate strategies, moni tor branch activities, supervise personnel, provide reports to management and partici pate in regional advisory board meetings. He specializes in mortgage lending, team build ing and networking.

“Robert is so deserving of this promotion and we’re excited for him to take on this new role,” Senior Vice President of Retail Bank ing Hal Wentworth said. “He brings decades of banking experience that will help not only our employees but our new and existing cus tomers.”

Liedka has been with Community Bank since 2009 when he served as a manager and was promoted to senior district manager. Pri or to Community Bank, he worked at M&T Bank as a branch manager and at HSBC Bank as a branch manager.

“I’m excited about my new role for many reasons, but especially for the opportunity to help shape the direction of the bank and to as sist and coach our employees,” Liedka said. “I love that Community Bank makes decisions on a local level and empowers employees to constantly grow to the next level at every touchpoint in their careers.”

Liedka graduated from Cicero-North Syr

acuse High School with a regent’s diploma and holds a degree in business administration from Onondaga Community College.

He is a newly appointed member of the business and finance committee for Home Headquarters, is a volunteer for Mary Nelson Youth Center and is a member and former president of CNY Mortgage Bankers Associa tion. He is a treasurer for CNY Fair Housing and Onondaga North Rotary.

For more information on Community Bank’s checking and savings accounts, credit cards, mortgages, personal and business loans and financial planning, visit cbna.com. Better banking starts with trust, and Community Bank is honored to be recognized as one of America’s Most Trusted Companies 2022 by Newsweek, ranking sixth among the most trusted companies in the banking industry category. Community Bank N.A. is a Mem ber FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.

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She is the most amazing mother, wife, daughter, daughter in law, sister, sister in law, aunt and friend.

This woman can take on the world and all its challenges. She adores her husband, children and whole family.

you for being the special person that you are, just being you. We all love you.

Mitten Tree and Toy Drive begin saturday

By MARK BIAlCZAK LPL coMMunicAtions sPeciAList

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The Mitten Tree @ LPL goes up in the main room. Until Sunday, Dec.

Toy Drive: Christmas Bureau @ LPL marks the arrival of always-generous gift-giving. Until Thursday, Dec. 8, the main room barrel (and sometimes bin) accepts unwrapped toys. Staffers take them downtown to the Salvation Army’s community-wide dropoff, and they’ll be distributed on the day set aside for registered families to pick up presents.

Last year we brought to the Oncenter an LPL2Go Com munity Outreach Van full of toys, thanks to the community’s generosity.

New equipment offered in the Preservation Studio

By AMANDA ROBERTs noPL creAtive director

The Preservation Studio, located within the Brewerton Branch of the Northern Onondaga Public Library (NOPL), has re ceived new equipment for patrons to duplicate their home movie DVDs. Purchase of the DVD duplicator was made possible by the Friends of the Brewerton Library.

The Studio has offered a VHS to DVD conversion service since its inception in 2015. The conversion is used for home movies and happens in real-time. It offers a wonderful way for those who have home movies to see and hear their friends and loved ones again, often for the first time in years. Prior to the addition of the duplicator, anyone seeking to create multiple copies of the newly created DVD would need to run the conversion multiple times, a process that could take hours. The new machine creates up to two additional cop ies of the new DVD in minutes.

“We receive many requests for this service, so I anticipate it will be popular,” says Brew

erton Branch Manager Alissa Borelli. “We’re very thankful to the Friends group for making this purchase.”

The Friends are a non-profit, chari table group formed to support the library. The Friends of the Library are often involved in fundraising and help the library with purchasing special items not included in the library budget. New members are always welcome. If interested in joining, please call the library to learn about the next scheduled meeting in January.

The Preservation Studio is open to On ondaga County residents with a valid library card and residents of neighboring counties who have a NOPL membership. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own digital storage device, but the library has DVDs, SD cards, and flash drives available for purchase at the service desk. Walk-ins are welcome, but ap pointments are strongly recommended as only one patron may use the Studio at a time. Call 315-676-7484 to reserve a time. In addition to the VHS converter and DVD duplicator, Kodak photo scanners and editing software,

a film negative converter, and a slide carousel converter are also available for use.

Converting images to a digital format will ensure they’re available for generations to come, making them easier to share with friends and family. In fact, many use digital

photos to create personalized gifts such as blankets, mugs, calendars, and more.

For more information about the Preserva tion Studio, FAQs, and links to free online photo editing software and classes, please visit nopl.org/pstudio.

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Give thanks

This week many of us will be celebrating Thanksgiving with friends and family.

We will gather and indulge in a feast of turkey and other staples of the holi day season and perhaps enjoy a slice of pie or two or other indulgent desserts.

Many will look forward to watch ing football or the Macy’s Parade, or be eagerly anticipating hitting the stores early to go shopping for Black Friday sales.

Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate and be grateful for what we have as part of a tradition that goes back hundreds of years.

The idea of Thanksgiving goes back well before the Pilgrims made it to America and can be traced to harvest festivals and religious observations and similarly these observances were held in American as early as 1607 in Virginia.

But it was the celebration in Plym outh that has become woven into the tapestry of our country.

With the help of the Native Ameri cans, particularly Squanto, who taught settlers how to catch eel and plant corn, in 1621 the Pilgrims had their first successful harvest and celebrated with a three day feast.

But the idea did not become the tradition we now know for some time.

The holiday was celebrated off and on from 1789 onward, when George Washington issued a proclamation at the request of congress.

It was not until the presidency of Abraham Lincoln that the modern holiday really came to be.

In 1863, during the Civil War, Lincoln proclaimed a national day for giving thanks.

History tells us it was a letter from writer and editor Sarah Josepha Buell Hale that caught Lincoln’s attention.

Hale had been working for many years, writing to five presidents to en courage the establishment of a national day of thanksgiving.

With roots in Plymouth, the day was celebrated in New England, but every state set its own date and the day was largely unrecognized in the south ern part of the country at that time.

Establishing this day, was seen as a unifying event in the midst of the Civil War.

From there, the holiday and its traditions began to truly take shape, with regional variations, but with every president since Lincoln affirming the last Thursday in November as Thanks giving Day.

This changed with Franklin Roosevelt, who in 1939, declared the fourth, rather than the last Thursday of November, which had five weeks that year, as Thanksgiving Day.

Facing the Great Depression, it has been reported, Roosevelt, believed this move would give merchants more time to sell Christmas goods at a time when the idea of promoting Christmas merchandise before Thanksgiving was considered to be in poor taste.

This created divisions among political lines and in 1941 congress introduced legislation fixing the date to the last Thursday of the month, but the senate introduced an amendment calling for the celebration to be on the fourth Thursday, which generally is the last Thursday of the month.

This is a long and at time tangled history to get to the modern cel ebration, but no matter its roots, it is important to remember the root words, thanks and giving, and to take a few moments to give thanks for those things we are fortunate enough to have and consider those who are not as fortu nate and give something back.

As the start of the holiday season, a time when many of us are looking to support charitable organizations, this is a good time to consider a dona tion to a local food pantry or church organization that helps feed those who struggle with food insecurity and pass along, even in some small way, the blessing we are fortunate enough to have to others.

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Earlier this week I had some time to spare and I sat down in the living room on the sofa where only the cat sits. Armed with a huge cup of tea and three brand-spankingnew magazines that had arrived the day before, I looked forward to a trip thorough the fantasy land of women’s publications.

All of the periodicals had extensive articles about Thanksgiving, describing elaborately-decorated tables, mouth-water ing side dishes and luscious desserts along with incredibly complicated methods of cooking the turkey and articles about how to reduce stress during the holidays. Hmm … how long ago was it that I thought that the thanksgiving meal was one of the easiest of the annual holiday feasts?

If I concocted a shopping list that reflected what we ate as children, teens and young adults for Thanksgiving dinner, it would look a bit like this. A 15 to 18 pound turkey; Pepperidge Farm stuffing, potatoes, canned yams, brown sugar, margarine, jel lied cranberry sauce, frozen peas and Mrs. Smith’s pumpkin pie (the big one.) We would also have homemade biscuits from a recipe that I have committed to memory and mince pie, made from ingredients already on hand, since we always had flour, Crisco and my grandmother’s mincemeat made from the last green tomatoes of sum mer. It was a simple and simply wonderful feast for us, never exceeded by any that I’ve attempted since, full of the anticipation of the crisped turkey skin, the sage-savory stuffing, fluffy mashed potatoes with gravy, the sweetness of the yams and the deca dence of two pieces of pie for dessert. At least that’s how I remember it.

The magazines describe something only

vaguely like that. I came to an article in Living, the first magazine in the stack, about “holiday” cookies. Cookies, to me, are a big commit ment. Cakes are relatively easy. You mix the batter, pour it into the pan, bake, unmold and frost. Cookies can mean refrigeration of the dough, rolling, cutting, baking, carefully removing onto racks and decorating. They also mean an aching back from leaning over the counter to work on all of this.

I read on. Martha wrote about her insis tence on only using the best ingredients, quoting brands of chocolate that I can’t pronounce and which aren’t available in most of the stores that I frequent. She then tells the reader that, because cookies are so important, she is now looking for imported flours, artisanal imported butters and even more exotic chocolates, fruits and such. Yikes! What will these cookies, already a tour de force of work, cost in dollars? Yes, the lady does explain that these special in gredients create cookies that are especially tasty, but, gee, in my house a cookie doesn’t last long enough to be savored. They are inhaled.

How do you keep up? Or do you want to? I’m still getting used to arugula and Brussels sprouts.

This year, crazy schedules and a hip re surfacing (my son-in-law) have created the need to reorganize Thanksgiving. For my daughter and her family, it will be brunch at our house, featuring things like scones, bis cuits, fruit and herbed butters … which by the way are easy to make and can be quite impressive. Emily and her boys, Tommy and Will, are scheduled to arrive very early. They will eat, share their reasons for being

thankful and head back to Cazenovia for their next version of the day. Still, it will be one more chance to hug those growing boys as they transition into young men. A few hours is just as good as a whole day if hugs are available.

I am thinking of maybe some mimosas for myself, but I haven’t committed to that idea as yet.

Our son and his growing family, travel ing over the hills and through the woods from Rochester, will arrive a bit later and we will then add a turkey casserole (made with Pepperidge Farm stuffing), cranberry sauce, some kind of veggie and a dessert that I can buy at Heart and Hand. The sweet one-year-old twins, appropriately bibbed, will sample some of our Thanksgiv ing fare, their chatter and laughter adding to the feast, along with a lot more hugs.

This kind of rag-tag Thanksgiving will be just fine and I won’t feel the least bit guilty, guilt being one of the enduring hallmarks of parenthood, particularly in females who read those glossy magazines.

It’s true that good ingredients, just like a good upbringing, make a better product or person, but there is a limit to what “good” means. For all of us, the act of preparation of a meal for others itself and the warmth of welcome that we offer to those we love, are the most singularly important ingredients. Those ingredients are as ordinary as a smile and can’t be bought for any price.

And I wouldn’t say no to help washing the dishes.

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.

The ultimate exposé that eluded Don Hewitt

When I met legendary CBS News producer Don Hewitt a dozen years ago at the 40th anniversary of the Newhouse School of Public Communica tions at Syracuse University, we chatted about the most disturb ing murder mystery of the 20th century – the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Our nation’s president was murdered as his motorcade rolled through downtown Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22, 1963.

Although he produced the famous Ken

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nedy-Nixon debate of 1960, delved into the Vietnam War and exposed the deathly ciga rette industry, Hewitt failed to fully uncover the truth about that bloody shooting in Dallas 59 years ago.

But he came close.

“I was sitting in Howard Baker’s office one day,” Hewitt told me on Oct. 21, 2004 in Studio A of Newhouse II. “Now Howard Baker probably was as good a Republican senator who ever sat in the United States Senate, a

solid citizen. I told him that I’d been plan ning to use Bobby Kennedy on a television show we were doing called ‘Town Meeting of the World.’ And I looked at Bobby and I said, ‘Do you believe that Lee Harvey Oswald, all by himself, killed your brother?’ And he said, ‘What difference does it make? It won’t bring him back.’ For reasons I never understood, none of those guys – Pierre Salinger, Bobby, Kenny O’Donnell, Dave Powers, Steve Smith – would never, ever talk about the assassination. Did they know something?

Spending half of my life at the games of CNY

Sometime on Thanksgiv ing weekend I will make my way back from quality time with the family and go back to work, the fall season fading away, the winter about to start.

And it will begin my 25th season on the Cen tral New York high school sports scene. Only by writing those words can I honestly believe that a quarter-century has passed.

The young man who arrived at our old of fices on Firestone Drive, single, hungry, eager to work, is now mature, married, middleaged…and still quite excited about venturing out to gyms, hockey rinks and every venue in between.

Why is that the case? When so many others at this company, and in this industry, have long moved on, why do I still return to the same plac es to follow the hopes and dreams of students now old enough to be my children?

The answer is a complex one. Some of it has to do with the way the media world changed, and the fact that the places to which I might have aspired are mere shadows of what they once were, and had I gone, perhaps I would get swept away with so many other people far more talented, gifted and accomplished.

A bit of it involves the deep attachment I have felt for this area since my college days. Not everyone can stand the extremes here, especially the voracious snowfall, but at least here we get four seasons. Sometimes all in a month.

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Random Thoughts

Phil Blackwell

Here, sports are a big deal, like everywhere, but instead of overwhelming and suffocating, it fits well into a larger social fabric. There’s an appreciation for culture and the arts without too much pretension, a place for faith and fam ily, and a generosity that lies just beneath the surface if you stay here long enough.

Above all the other reasons, though, is just the fact that, at some unknown point all those years ago, the stories, people and atmosphere of high school sports entered my bloodstream and took permanent residence.

It was the way a season started, everyone full of optimism and eager to compete. The way a season built up, week by week, with spe cial teams and athletes emerging, their stories building toward a post-season climax.

Then, when the championships were hand ed out, there was the complete spectrum of human emotion on display. Hugs and cheers, sadness and tears, sometimes within a few feet of one another, results that were decided in a matter of moments but would stay with them for a lifetime.

No matter how many times I have experi enced it, those raw scenes still stir the soul. In those instances, if before you didn’t understand what sports meant, then you sure found out fast.

Maybe that’s why I bristle at all the criticism and vitriol thrown at people in sports when they

don’t win. It’s almost as if, because they didn’t score one more point than the other side, some how they’re deficient of character or heart, when most of the time they gave the full measure.

Spend enough time in college or (especially) professional sports, and this nitpicking and character assassination turns into a full-time job. Everyone wants to show how tough they are. Big deal.

For a vast majority of kids taking part in high school sports, this is their athletic pinna cle, and they still see it as a game, at least if the adults around them haven’t tried to take all the fun out of it.

And being around it, even now, always somehow brings light and joy into my life, even when everything else seems so dark, or hope less, or overwhelming.

Thus, I cannot thank all of them enough for the excitement and fun they have brought in the (still is weird to write this) 24 years spent on this job, with a 25th about to commence.

Maybe someday that fire, that passion, that love for high school sports will fade. But not yet, and not for a long while, I suspect.

As long as there are young men and women bringing recognition and pride to their commu nities through the unique spectacle and stage of high school sports, I will do my level best to make sure their efforts are not forgotten.

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

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Ramblings from the empty nest ann Ferro

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Carol and Ronald

married for 69 years

Honoring the lives and passing of Carol (Joy) Osborne Ackles and Ron ald (Homer) Ackles, who both died peacefully in Ron’s family homestead, Ivaholm (known locally as “Ackles Apples”) in Marietta. Three and a half days apart this past week (Ron - Oct. 31, 2022 Ron - and Carol - early a.m. on Nov. 4, 2022.)

The two met as infants due to a close friendship and singing pro fession of their two parents. They played at Ron’s childhood farmstead as children, double dated as young adults and married at Syracuse Uni versity in 1953. They were married 69 years this past June. The two lived in Skaneateles for the first several years while starting a family (Carol teaching art at Skaneateles High School and private night classes as well as starting a Skaneateles art show, with Ron working at Coals Chemi cal and starting their young family.) They later moved to Downers Grove, IL, (a sub urb of Chicago) and, later, San Antonio, TX, where they each continued their professions, childrearing and obtaining advanced degrees over this era: Ron, MBA Business; Carol MFA Fine Arts, and living a very active fam ily and church life with their five children: Ronda, Sharla, Brian, Brent, and Krista.

Following in the footsteps of the parents that brought them together as infants, Ron and Carol were both active in Master Chorale sing ing; church deacons; extended family sum mers on the Lake; and continuing education. They were very committed parents and gave

Timothy s. Cunningham, 76 loved to play polo

Timothy S. Cunning ham, 76, passed away Nov. 13, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. He left this earth on his own terms with his wife of 35 years Sally and his adored pets by his side.

Tim was born in Long Beach, N.Y., to Francis J. and Juann K. Cunning ham. He is survived by his wife Sally (Newell) his mother, a locally know horse aficionado, artist and seamstress; his brothers Frank J. (Mary Clare) C. Brett Cunningham (Enid) and sister Diana G. Cunningham; his sons Timothy S. Cun ningham, Jr., of Florida, Shawn Michael of Missouri. Grandsons Maxwell Collier of Col orado, Bayne Cunningham of Missouri and granddaughters Isabella and Madolyn Cun ningham of Florida.

Tim was a 1964 graduate of Skaneateles Central School. He was a member of CNY La borers 633, retiring after many years in 2007. He loved his fellow construction workers and formed lasting bonds with them.

Always one with a quick wit and a propen sity for telling great stories, Tim would regale loved ones and peers with his insight into the workings of the construction trades in CNY.

everything they could to instill character, love and a “can do” attitude that all things are pos sible. Ron and Carol passed together (as they began life together 91 years ago) in Ron’s Fam ily home, here in Marietta, where they were surrounded by their five children, and three of their five grandchildren, Jamie, Lindsey, Ra chel, Erik, Scott and two great-grandchildren (Genevieve and James Brian.) Carol and Ron lived full, artful lives and gave themselves fully to their family and community. They will be deeply missed by all whom they touched with their bright spirits.

A celebration of life service was held on Nov. 6 at First Presbyterian, Skaneateles. A video stream of their service is available on FB: skanpresby.org. A love donation to local Hos pice or Meals on Wheels is requested.

To send condolences, visit robertdgrayfu neralhome.com.

Continuing his mother’s love of all things horses, Tim developed a life long love of the game of polo, which he played for a number of years with the Skaneateles Polo team under the direction of David O. Chase, with his brother, Frank. Camaraderie during the heydays of the club was cherished. He was a past member of the Limestone Hunt Club and delighted in galloping the rolling green hills in Cazenovia and Ska neateles. Many horses passed through his life over the years, in particular his beloved quar ter horse Chappy.

Many may recall Tim as something of a prankster, most likely to have crossed paths with a stern warn ing from Chief George Davis that he was en tering into territories that would get him into serious trouble. Fortunately, he heeded the warnings and had nothing but the highest re gard for the local constabulary.

With one of the kindest, softest hearts, Tim chose in lieu of flowers that you love deeply, be true to yourself and, if donations are consid ered, that his wishes would be to Upstate Can cer Center at University Hospital and Hospice of CNY and the Finger Lakes for their expert care and compassion.

There will be no services at this time. To send condolences, visit robertdgrayfu neralhome.com.

Robert J. Woodruff, Sr., 75, formerly of

Syracuse, passed away Nov. 15, 2022. Arrangements are in the care of Fergerson Funeral Home, North Syracuse.

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By DONNA NEWMAN Photo by JAne senke

you’ve heard of a calico cat; Zoey’s a calico canine! This tri-colored cutie came to the shelter as a stray. She’s sixty-five pounds and only a year old. she’s very sweet and loves to play. she gets along with other dogs and is part of the doggy playgroup. Be cause she’s so rambunc tious, she’d do best in a home with no kids, but with some guidance and training, that can change. For more information about adoption, call 315454-4479, email front desk1@cnyspca.org, or visit cnyspca.org

Having trouble reading greens?

A few weeks ago, I read a good article about “Reading Greens”. I have read a lot of good articles about “Reading Greens” in the last year. However, when the subject matter of the article comes from, arguably, one of the best putters of all time, I pay more attention. Most of you probably don’t even recognize the name Dave Stockton. He joined the PGA Tour in 1964 and didn’t win his rst of “11” PGA Tour events until 1967. In 1970, he won his rst “major”, the PGA Championship. Arnold Palmer was runner-up. ere were a few other golfers who played on the PGA Tour in the 70’s you might remember because they also won the PGA Championship…Jack Nicklaus in 1971, Gary Player in 1972, Nicklaus again in 1973, Lee Trevino in 1974, and yes, Jack Nicklaus in 1975. In 1976, Stockton won again. Quite remarkable! I remember watching the nal round of the 76’ PGA and observing all of the above mentioned great players “wither on the vine” as Stockton put on one of the nest clinics of “clutch putting” durning the nal round, I had ever seen. Dave continued to compete on the PGA Champions Tour where he won an additional 14 times. A er his playing career, Stockton became one of the most sought a er golf instructors to PGA Tour players, including Phil Mickelson, Rory Mcllroy, Adam Scott, J.B. Holmes, Justin Rose, Morgan Pressel, Suzann Pettersen and Yani Tsing, among others. It’s time to focus on what Dave Stockton has to say about “good and bad putters”.

Stockton says….“ e real separator between ‘Good and Bad Putters’ comes in their judgement: their ability to read greens and to estimate the speed needed to hit the putt”.

Step 1. Take In Your Surroundings - “ e rst step of your green reading starts as you’re walking up towards the green to get an idea of the undulations within the green. You’ll feel it with your feet…what the green is doing. ere’s something to be said for walking up, thinking of where the water is going to drain, the slopes…your learning things. Speci cally, start hunting for the lowest point around the hole. It’s going to come in handy for what’s next”.

Step 2. Read e Putt From the Low Side - “When you rst get to the green and are trying to gure out which direction your golf ball is going to move, start by standing in the lowest point of the hole. I always start at the low side of the putt, never on the high side. It’s like reading a book. You don’t tilt the book away from you, you tilt it towards you. Standing on the low side will give you

an entire good look at the entire break of the putt”.

Step 3. Divide e Putt Into irds - “I break every putt into thirds. For a 6 putt, that means…three…two foot putts. By breaking the putt into its three component parts, you’ll be able to focus speci cally on each area of the putt. It will simplify things and yet you will still walk away with a more detailed read”.

Step 4. Find e ‘New’ Center of the Hole - “Once you make the decision on how the putt is going to break, stand behind the hole, directly in line with your ball. Your goal for doing this is to nd, the new center of the hole. If your putt is going to break from right to le , the center of the hole is going to be more on the right side. I’m trying to pick a spot where a ball is going to enter the hole”. He suggests practicing this by placing a tee in the new center of the hole, and one about a foot past the hole, in line with the rst tee. is will help you conceptualize how the putt is going to travel before, during and a er the hole”. I don’t want the ball to roll past the second tee.

Step 5. Focus One Inch In Front of Your Golf Ball - “Stand directly behind your ball and walk into your putt looking at a spot one inch in front of your golf ball. We’re trying to create a process where we don’t get many ‘red lights’. It will focus your mind but also, give you feed back about whether you hit the putt on the line you intended to, or not. If your ball rolls directly over the spot on the line you’ve picked, that’s all that matters. e ball may not end up in the hole every time, but you can take solace that you have given it your best shot”.

I don’t know what your reaction will be a er reading “Stockton’s ‘5’ Steps to Reading Greens” but I challenge you to nd another one better.

I haven’t !…and I have been looking for a long, long time. ank you Mr. Stockton! Absolutely brilliant!

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Gordon H. Wood, 86 , of Weedsport, passed away Nov. 9, 2022. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has arrange ments.

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slow-motion evidence

CBS’s best investigative news producer of all time, Hewitt held grave doubts about the JFK murder, suspicions which arose like smoke from a spent .38 on Nov. 24, 1963, the day Jack Ruby rubbed out Lee Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Department.

As we gabbed backstage at Newhouse, Hewitt recalled viewing a film of the Oswald shooting that afternoon at CBS headquarters in New York City. The 16 mm film shot by KRLD-TV cameraman George Phenix clearly showed Oswald looking directly at Ruby in the

moments before the fatal gunshot was fired.

Hewitt decided to replay Phenix’s film to CBS’s national TV audience in slow-motion.

Dan Rather narrated the telecast:

“Now we will show you the film of Oswald being shot, still-framed,” Rather announced, pointing out Ruby’s fedora.

“Watch the hat in the right-hand corner of the frame. Watch Oswald’s eyes as they seem to catch the eye of the assassin [Ruby]. His head turns, he looks at the assassin and his eyes never leave him. The assassin moves in...and a few inches from [Oswald’s] abdomen, fires a shot.”

Although CBS itself soon became one of the most notable supporters of the Warren Report’s conclusion that crazy kid Oswald shot Ken nedy only to be dispatched himself two days later by a deranged Jack Ruby, Hewitt refused to swallow that far-fetched fiction. He remained convinced that conspirators had engineered those shootings in Dallas.

‘Rogue CIA operation’

Hewitt described his belief in a plot to kill Kennedy his 2002 book, “Tell Me a Story: 50 Years and 60 Minutes in Television.” He also made his suspicions known in an oral-history video now in the collection of the John F. Ken nedy Library. In October 2002, Hewitt told interviewer Vicki Daitch:

“I’ve always believed that there was a rogue CIA operation somewhere in the Everglades who were going to get even for the fact that Jack Kennedy had denied their comrades air cover during the Bay of Pigs, and a lot of them were killed on those beaches. And I think a lot of those rogue CIA guys who were part of that were determined to get even.

“A couple of things I kind of know for a fact that most people don’t seem to know. Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby were not strangers. Lee Harvey Oswald had an uncle [Charles ‘Dutz’ Murret of New Orleans] who

was also a gang member, who was an associ ate of Jack Ruby’s, who, as far as I know, told Jack Ruby, ‘Take care of my kid, my nephew.’ I think somebody sent Jack Ruby there to shoot Oswald before he could talk. I don’t believe that he went there to kill some guy who killed his president. I don’t believe that for a moment.”

In the end, it’s a testament to the effective ness of the coverup and its stranglehold on the mainstream media that, despite Hewitt’s gut instinct, even this super-newsman with high-level sources and international contacts was unable to fully expose the truth behind the biggest story of his life.

Don Hewitt died at his home in Bridge hampton on 2009. He was 86. last word

“Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby were not strangers.”

–the late CBS News producer Don Hewitt.

AmeriCu unveils renovations

AmeriCU’s Liverpool Financial Center has undergone a renova tion to better serve AmeriCU members. The newly remodeled credit union showcases the latest and greatest features and improvements in financial services.

Sleek new teller pods and interactive teller machines (ITMs) will offer enhanced member service, whether it be self-serve or full-service, and members will also have the option for teller assist functionality for personal assistance by a live representative if needed. AmeriCU’s waiting areas allow for an innovative new flow for AmeriCU repre sentatives to be on the floor – approachable, open, and available right when you need them.

“The financial wellness of our members is always our top priority. We value the importance of investing in the future of our community, and as we look ahead, the renovation of this financial center is a testa ment to all the growth and development that is happening in this area, said Ron Belle, president and CEO of AmeriCU. “The connections we develop between our members, our team and our community has allowed us to not only grow as an organization but to also develop and expand what we offer to our members to continue to meet their needs.”

AmeriCU employees recognized the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 15.

For more information on AmeriCU Credit Union or to become a member, visit americu.org

Micron

future,” Hodgkins said in a nod to one of Fulton’s former slogans.

Once a titan of industry with com panies such as Nestlé and Sealright,

Fulton has been working toward a brighter future since before the Mi cron announcement. In 2019, the city received a $10 million Downtown Re vitalization Initiative (DRI) grant from New York State. The Shineman Foun dation and other local entities fund the Fulton Block Builders program, which

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provides home improvement grants to groups of residents who want to spruce up their neighborhoods.

“It’s under-invested, so property is cheaper. It’s a cute little town,” Simp son said. “It’s a waterfront community. People sometimes forget. They’re work ing on it now, but Fulton hasn’t fully celebrated its waterfront status. … It’s a great little bedroom community.”

Education and equity

With an influx of residents and em ployees, schools and health care — “eds and meds,” as Simpson called them — will need a boost. Area hospitals will need to expand their capacity and staff.

Micron is already meeting with CNY schools to implement K-12 opportuni ties. Simpson said the Liverpool Cen tral School District will be home to the area’s first virtual reality (VR) semicon ductor training program. The Syracuse City School District will have a VR pro gram as well.

Simpson praised Micron for the com pany’s pledge to train and hire a diverse workforce. He said Micron is “the right partner” to help the Syracuse area com bat poverty, especially among Black and Latino populations.

“The racial and socioeconomic dis parity is profound, and it has held us back,” Simpson said.

In addition to its promise to spend 30% of its construction expenses on MWBEs and veteran-owned businesses, Micron has set aside 20% of the site’s annual operating expenses for MWBEs over the next 20 years, Simpson said.

The company also plans to have an on-site childcare facility, and plans for rapid bus transit are in the works to ease the commute.

Dearborn at adearborn@eaglenewsonline.com, or call 315.434.8889 ext. 305.

Micron will invest $500,000 in the YMCA of Central New York’s childcare and early childhood educational pro grams. Over the next decade, Micron will invest $10 million in the Syracuse STEAM school, which brings together the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, art and math.

While diversity, inclusion and equity are central to Micron’s corporate values, racial and socioeconomic inequality in CNY predates the tech giant moving in. Simpson said Micron’s efforts will help address these issues, but it is “not Micron’s problem to solve.” He said it is the responsibility of everyone in the CNY community to work together to end poverty and inequality.

To learn more about future Micron webinars, email info@hodgkinshomes. com.

subMitted Photo AmeriCU’s Liverpool location recently unveiled a new look after some renovations were completed.

social isolation and lone liness have dire health consequences for seniors.

Lonely seniors have a 50% greater risk of developing dementia, 29% increased risk of heart disease and 32% greater risk of stroke. Isolation can also lead to depression, anxiety and other mental health is sues.

Clients receive more than food from NAMOW. They also receive com panionship, even if it’s just a brief daily inter action with a delivery driver. Also, volunteers can check on residents’ well-being and keep an eye out for safety hazards and needed repairs to a client’s home.

“It is so important that we not only take care of our clients’ nutrition al needs, but their men tal health needs as well. This is a great time of year to show a little extra kindness, which is good for everybody’s heart. We are lucky to have such a giving community who contributes to this event every year,” Covert said.

In the past, volun teers have made quilts and blankets to give to clients, while Girl Scout

troops and other groups put together holiday craft kits. People can do nate toiletries, candles and other small gifts as well. Here are a few more gift ideas for NAMOW clients:

• Blankets • Scarves • Gloves

• Slipper socks with grips

• Large-print books

• Crossword or word search books

• Nightlights

• Pill boxes

• Eyeglass holders

• Tins of cookies or candy (sugar-free pre ferred)

You may wrap your gift; if the item is gen der-specific, please label it with “male” or “fe male.” NAMOW is lo cated at 413 Church St. in North Syracuse and is open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. The drop-off period ends Wednesday, Dec. 14.

To learn more about Subaru’s Share the Love campaign, visit subaru. com/share-the-love. html. Visit namow.org to learn more about North Area Meals on Wheels.

Five lhs seniors sign letters of intent

Boys Basketball

Dec. 1: Ithaca, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 3: at Elmira, 2:30 p.m.

Dec. 6: Rome Free Academy, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 16: at Corcoran, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 20: Nottingham, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 23: West Genesee, 6;30 p.m.

Dec. 28: Troy LaSalle, 2 p.m.

Dec. 29: Rochester EdisonT ech, 2 p.m.

Jan. 3: Baldwinsville, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 6: at Fayetteville-Manlius, 7:15 p.m.

Jan. 10: Liverpool, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 13: Henninger, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 17: Corcoran, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 20: at Nottingham, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 24; Binghamton, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 27: West Genesee, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 31: at Baldwinsville, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 3: Faeytteville-Manlius, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 7: at Liverpool, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 10: at Henninger, 6:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Dec. 10: Elmira, 1:30 p.m.

Dec. 13: at Rome Free Academy, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15: at Bishop Ludden, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 20: at Fairport, 7 p.m.

Dec. 23: West Genesee, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 28-29: Diamond State Classic at Delaware

Jan. 3: at Baldiwnsville, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 6: at Fayetteville-Manlius, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 10: at Liverpool, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 14: Lancaster, 3:45 p.m.

Jan. 15: Shenendehowa, 12:45 p.m.

Winter sports schedules Good Luck To The 2022 Northstars

let the Winter season Begin!

Jan. 18: South Jefferson, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20: Webster Schroeder, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27: at West Genesee, 6:45 p.m. Jan. 31: Baldwinsville, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 3: Fayetteville-Manlius, 5 p.m.

Feb. 7: Liverpool, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 10: Henninger, 6:30 p.m.

Ice Hockey Home games at Cicero Twin Rinks Nov. 30: Auburn, 8 p.m.

Dec. 2-3: at Ontario Bay Tournament Dec. 7: Rome Free Academy, 8:15 p.m. Dec. 10: Watertown IHC, 3 p.m. Dec. 13: at Watertown IHC, 7 p.m. Dec. 16: Cazenovia, 7 p.m. Dec. 20: at West Genesee, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 23: Liverpool, 7:45

Dec. 29-30: C-NS Optimist Tournament Jan. 3: at Mohawk Valley, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10: at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Jan. 12: Ithaca, 8:15 p.m.

Jan. 18: Baldwinsville, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 24: Fayetteville-Manlius, 8:15 p.m. Jan. 26: Oswego, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 31: Fulton, 7:45 p.m. Feb. 2: at Clinton, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8: Ontario Bay, 8:15 p.m.

Wrestling

Nov. 29: Fulton, 6 p.m.

Dec. 3: Andersen Tournament, 10 a.m. Dec. 9-10: Matt Fedish Memorial Duals at Chenango Valley

Dec. 14: West Genesee, 6 p.m. Dec. 21: at Liverpool, 6 p.m. Dec. 28-29: Kenneth Haines Memorial at SUNY Oswego

Jan. 4: at Fayetteville-Manlius, 6 p.m.

Jan. 5: Oswego, 6 p.m.

Jan. 11: at Baldwinsville, 7 p.m.

Jan. 14: at Phoenix Mid-Winter Classic, 10 a.m. Jan. 17, 19: Section III Division I Dual Meet

Jan. 21: Fallen Heroes Tournament at Canas tota, 10 a.m.

Jan. 25; Camden, 6 p.m.

Jan. 28: Patriot Duals at AuSable Valley, 10 a.m.

Feb. 4: Section III Class AA Championships, 10 a.m.

Feb. 11: Section III Division I Championships at SRC Arena, 10 a.m. Feb. 24-25: NYSPHSAA Championships at MVP Arena, Albany

Boys, Girls Indoor Track

All meets at SRC Arena unless otherwise noted

Dec. 1: Jack Morse Kickoff Meet, 4:30 Dec. 11: Oscar B. Jensen Holiday Relays, 9 a.m.

Jan. 7: John Arcaro Memorial, 3 p.m.

Jan. 12: Fred Kirschenheiter Memorial, 4:30 Jan. 21: Bob Grieve Memorial, 9 a.m.

Feb. 2: SCAC Championships, 4:30

Feb. 9: Section III Class AA Championships, 4:30

Feb. 15: Section III State Qualifier, 4:30 March 4: NYSPHSAA Championships at Staten Island

Boys Swimming Home meets at Nottingham High School Dec. 6: at Fulton, 5 p.m.

Dec. 13: Fayetteville-Manlius, 6 p.m. Dec. 16: Syracuse City, 6 p.m. Dec. 21: Jamesville-DeWitt, 6 p.m. Jan. 3: at Baldwinsville, 5 p.m. Jan. 10: at West Genesee, 5 p.m. Jan. 24: at Oswego, 5 p.m. Jan. 27: Auburn, 6 p.m. Jan. 31: at Liverpool, 5 p.m.

Boys, Girls Bowling Home matches at Strike-N-Spare Lanes Nov. 21: at Auburn, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 22: Oswego, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 29: at East Syracuse Minoa, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 1: Syracuse City, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 5: at Central Square, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 8: Fulton, 3:30 p.m.

Dec. 12: at Cortland, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 15: Liverpool, 3:30 p.m.

Dec. 20: at Baldwinsville, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 22: Fayetteville-Manlius, 3:30 p.m. Jan. 4: at West Genesee, 3:30 p.m.

Jan. 6: at Liverpool, 3:30 p.m.

Jan. 10: Baldwinsville, 3:30 p.m.

Jan. 13; at Fayetteville-Manlius, 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19: West Genesee, 3:30 p.m.

Jan. 24: Liverpool, 3:30 p.m.

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Five liverpool high school seniors recently participated in a National letter of Intent signing Day ceremony at the school. Signing letters of intent or commitment were, from left, are Nevaeh Wingate – St. John’s University (girls bas ketball,) Bradley Cole – Southern New Hampshire University (boys lacrosse,) Joseph Sacco – Le Moyne College (boys lacrosse,) Aaron Clouthier – Le Moyne College (boys lacrosse) and Charles Anthony – Le Moyne College (baseball.)