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‘Winter in Baldwinsville’ By Sue McManus A program on historic and current winter driving challenges and solutions will be presented Sunday March 6 at The Museum at the Shacksboro Schoolhouse. The program highlights the museum’s current exhibition “Chillin’ Out, Winter in Baldwinsville.” The public is invited to join panelists Fred Thomas, Ralph Bratt and Ed Parks in a discussion of past and current practices and techniques used by professional road maintenance crews and individuals to traverse snow covered thoroughfares. The program is set for 2 p.m. at the museum, 46 Canton St. in McHarrie Park.
Urinetown Baldwinsville Theatre Guild brings the musical about a water shortage to Baldwinsville. ...See page 3
Business Baker High School student Ashley Shaheen, left, talks to a potential donor for the Baldwinsville Community Scholarship Foundation while Macey Stockwell, also a Baker student, waits to document the appropriate paperwork during last year’s phon-a-thon. Students will be making phone calls for donations for the next two Sundays.
10th annual scholarship fundraiser starts this Sunday By Erin Wisneski
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Ugly Sweater Day Syracuse Home hosts fun event for residents and staff. ...See page 7
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Baker students will place between 6,000 and 7,000 phone calls over the next two Sundays. However, these calls aren’t for the typical teenage talk. These high school seniors will break up into pairs calling community members to request donations for scholarships that will help fund students’ education costs. “The students come prepared knowing they have to work hard and they do so with such a positive energy and fun spirit,” said Jennifer Saraceni Leitgeb, president of the Baldwinsville Community Scholarship Foundation (BCSF), which organizes the phon-a-thon. “The event is a success because of their effort and enthusiasm.” For 10 years, Baker High School seniors have reached out to the community through a phon-a-thon in an effort to collect donations for scholarships, which are dispersed through the BCSF during Baker High School’s annual Moving Up Day. Last year, more than $100,000 in BCSFfunded scholarships were awarded to graduating seniors. This year, more than 100 students will team up March 6 and 13, with one student making phone calls and the other filling out paperwork. During past events, Baldwinsville community members
Baker High School student Alicia Daddario will volunteer for this year’s Baldwinsville Community Scholarship Foundation’s phona-thon. Daddario had the following to say about her upcoming experience: It’s important to me to volunteer for the phon-a-thon because, as a future college student, I want to be active in getting myself there by encouraging the community to donate money for scholarships. I am grateful toward the community for being so generous, as they are helping students achieve their dreams. The feeling is definitely appreciated and we thank everyone for their donations. This is my first year volunteering, but I have heard nothing but great things about the phon-a-thon. I’m looking forward to putting a fun spin on raising money for scholarships. My friends will be there along with some of the wonderful staff that will make this event not only successful, but also fun.
have contributed more than $40,000 in pledges. “The response is overwhelming every year. We are a small community with big hearts,” Saraceni Leitgeb said. “The positive response from the See Phon-a-thon, page 9
Baldwinsville has a special link to the topic of tire chains. They were invented by Harry Weed, a graduate of Baldwinsville Academy’s class of 1890. In 1904, Weed received a patent for “Grip Tread for Pneumatic Tires” and developed the nationally prominent Weed Chain Company. While Weed left Central New York to pursue career and business interests, upon his death in 1961 he returned to be buried in Riverview Cemetery. The exhibition “Chillin’ Out” also features dozens of vintage and contemporary photos showing the effects of winter on Baldwinsville. Blizzards, snow removal, sports, travel, streetscapes and everyday See Winter, page 9
Tire chains, as seen in this 1917 photo of Baldwinsville’s new gasoline powered fire truck, have been one of many attempts to facilitate travel over snow. The Museum at the Shacksboro Schoolhouse will host a program on historic and current road maintenance techniques and vehicle design improvements at 2 p.m. Sunday March 6. Panel members are Fred Thomas, Ralph Bratt and Ed Parks. The public is invited to join the discussion.
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