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Volume 87, No. 10 March 9 to 15, 2011
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Four vie for three trustee seats Two vie for village justice, mayor’s seat uncontested
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By Erin Wisneski editor@baldwinsvillemessenger.com
Lunch for seniors The Baldwinsville Rotary Club will hold a St. Patrick’s Day lunch for senior citizens. ...See page 3
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DAR honors Elizabeth Ventura, a student at Baker High School, was recently presented with the Good Citizenship Award. ...See page 11
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It has been four years since any political seat in the village of Baldwinsville has been contested – this year there are four candidates vying for three trustee seats and two candidates vying for one justice seat. Incumbents Mark Wilder and Dick Clarke, as well as former village Trustee Rick Presley, who retired from the position in 2009, are on the ballot, in addition to new comer Mike Shepard. Trustee Carrie Weaver will not seek a third term. Village Justice Elijah Huling Jr. is being contested by justice candidate John Murphy, Jr. The mayor’s seat is also on the ballot, but incumbent Joseph Saraceni is not being contested. This year, candidates for trustees’ seats and the mayor’s seat will run for three-year terms, while village justice candidates will run for four years. The election will be held Tuesday March 15 and polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. at Village Hall, 16 West Genesee St. in Baldwinsville. The Messenger recently caught up with trustee candidates and the mayor to get some insight into their views for the future of Baldwinsville. Their responses are featured inside (pages 14, 15 and 16).
State grades B’ville schools By Erin Wisneski
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Students aren’t the only ones receiving report cards. New York State released its annual assessment of all individual school districts across the state. These report cards rate districts on a variety of criteria ranging from attendance, graduation rates and mathematics and English language arts (ELA) test scores. With 5,815 students, a 96 percent annual attendance rate and an average class size ranging from 20 to 23 students, the Baldwinsville Central School District is in good standing according to the report. There are two areas on the report where the district needs improvement for not making adequate yearly progress: graduation rates for economically disadvantaged students and ELA test scores for students with disabilities. Baldwinsville Superintendent Jeanne Dangle addressed both issues. First, the state standard for graduation rate of economically disadvantaged students is 80 percent and Baldwinsville had a rate of 69 percent. Dangle said this number did See Report, page 10
ABOVE: Regular bowler Dawn Hickman prepares to bowl during senior citizen bowling day at the Sports Bowl. RIGHT: Herb Coddington hopes to get another strike at the Sports Bowl during senior citizen bowling day at the Sports bowl.
Senior citizens bowl regularly at B’ville’s Sports Bowl By Donald Varn Baldwinsville Senior citizens enjoy three games of bowling at reduced rates all year long. The program, held between 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. every Wednesday morning at Sports Bowl (45 East Genesee St. in village), has been on going for a number of years. There is no mandatory attendance required and attendance varies from 15 to 40 senior bowlers each Wednesday. Sports Bowl co-owners Dan and
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Debbie Sidon also provide coffee for the seniors to enjoy while they bowl. Any Baldwinsville-area senior is invited to participate - all that is necessary is to show up.
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