ClAy trEE liGhtinG sEt for DEC. 2
By AnnA EDwArDs
The Town of Clay will host its annual Christmas tree lighting on Monday, Dec. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The tree lighting ceremony will take place at 5 p.m.
Town Supervisor Damian Ulatowski and the Clay Town Board will be attending the event and are looking forward to celebrating with the rest of the town.
“For the thirteenth year now the Town of Clay has brought Holiday Cheer to both young and old. Again this year, the town is proud to usher
in the holiday season with a tree lighting and festive family event to lift our spirits,” said Ulatowski.
The town recreation department said the tree lighting is a fun way to bring the community together and celebrate the start of the holiday season.
The event will include the Santaland stroll, which is a curvy driveway featuring different light displays and lit-up characters along the way. Families can walk through the display, take pictures and enjoy all of the decorations.
Local students plant trees
On Nov. 9, the Liverpool Middle Green Warriors assisted with the village of Liverpool fall tree planting.
Green Warriors Club Advisor Sara Pieklik was joined by the Smith family (Liverpool High School freshman Kyle, LMS seventh-grader Lexi, and Liverpool Elementary third-grader James) and the Peterson family (LMS sixth-grader Lily).
LMS technology teacher Raymond Finney also was there in his role as a member of the Village of Liverpool Tree Committee.
“We learned to identify the root flare of the tree and to make sure it was level with the ground when planting,” Pieklik said.” Our team planted two Scarlet Oak trees and a Musclewood tree.”
liverpool students recently helped with the village’s fall tree planting.
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This year, the tree lighting will have live characters for kids to interact with, including a gingerbread man, a reindeer and sparkle reindeer girls.
Kids can also meet Santa.
There will be holiday music, treats, and a bonfire tended by a fire elf.
The event is free for the public and is a fun way for the community to celebrate the season together.
The festivities will take place at the Clay Town Hall, located at 4948 Route 31.
Recount shows Democrat Chris Ryan beats Republican Nick Paro
By russ tArBy Contributing Writer
ounty Legislator
CChristopher Ryan, a 52-year-old Democrat, has emerged as the winner of the hotly contested 50th District State Senate seat recently vacated by Democrat John Mannion.
After a 10-day ballot recount, Ryan drew 81,547 votes to defeat his Republican opponent, 33-year-old Salina Town Supervisor Nick Paro, who tallied 80,130 votes. Ryan’s margin of victory remained comparatively slim at 1,417.
On Election Night Nov. 5, Paro trailed by 528 votes, making the contest too close to call.
On Nov. 12, early recount figures showed Ryan slowly increasing his lead and then on Friday, Nov. 15, boards of elections in both Onondaga and Oswego counties posted unofficial results showing Ryan with an unbeatable vote total.
In declaring his victory Friday, Ryan outlined his priorities.
“Throughout the campaign, I listened to your concerns and hopes for our future,” he said.”
You’ve called for a senator who will fight for good-paying jobs, quality schools, health care access, safe and affordable communities and smart economic investments for the future. Now, I am ready to get to work delivering on these issues.”
For his part in defeat, Paro thanked his wife, Brooke, and his supporters and said he was proud to have received more votes than any Republican in the district since former Sen. John DeFrancisco.
“I extend my sincere congratulations to senator-elect Chris Ryan,” Paro wrote in a Nov. 15 letter conceding the
election. “As I always say, my door is open and my phone is turned on and I remain ready to give feedback on the priorities of the thousands of Central New Yorkers who put their faith in me during this election cycle.”
While Paro out-polled Ryan in Oswego County – 24,176 to 15,481 – Ryan beat Paro by 10,000 votes in Onondaga County. According to figures released by the Onondaga County Board of Elections at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, Ryan drew 66,066 votes there, while Paro tallied 55,954 votes.
by 1,417 votes
In Onondaga County, Ryan swamped Paro in two areas: early voting and absentee ballots.
Early voters preferred Ryan with 25,206 votes while Paro drew 19,433.
Likewise, the county’s absentee voters chose Ryan over Paro by nearly 6,000 votes, 11,564 to 5,678.
The 50th State Senate District includes the towns of Clay, Cicero, Camillus, Manlius, DeWitt, Geddes and Salina in Onondaga County and the cities of Fulton and Oswego in Oswego County.
Walmart gives back, highlights community
When shoppers go to the Liverpool location they will notice
JRECK Subs recently celebrated a major milestone when it celebrated the grand opening of its newest location in Liverpool.
According to the organization this is the first new location in more than 10 years.
The grand opening brought together the local community, with hundreds of subs served and a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.
“We couldn’t be happier with the turnout and the warm welcome we’ve received from the Liverpool community,” said Jake Renzi, vice president of franchise operations. “We take immense pride in being part of this community and can’t wait to make our ‘JRECK Subs mark’ in Liverpool through local fundraisers, partnerships, and community events.”
The new Liverpool location
SNHU announces Dean’s List
not only showcases JRECK Subs’ fresh reimagined look but also reaffirms the brand’s dedication to supporting education and community engagement.
This updated space will serve as more than just a place to enjoy great food; it is also intended to be a hub for local fundraisers and community events. With a history of supporting schools as a brand founded by teachers, JRECK Subs is excited to continue this tradition in Liverpool, creating meaningful connection and giving back to the community.
“We’re excited to bring JRECK Subs to Liverpool and look forward to becoming a favorite local spot for families, friends, and neighbors,” said Spencer Carlisle, franchisee of the new location and owner of JRECK Subs Cicero and Central Square. “Thank you to every-
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) recently named the following students to the Summer 2024 Dean’s List.
The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean’s List.
Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired eight-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.
Andrea Peterson of Liverpool
Jameel Wilson of Liverpool
one who joined us for the grand opening and made it a truly memorable day!” For more information, please visit jrecksubs.com.
Natalie Haberek of Cicero
SNHU Announces Summer 2024
President’s List
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) recently named the following students to the Summer 2024 President’s List. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List.
Alivia Schuldt of North Syracuse Mason Brown of Liverpool Martin Seegars of Liverpool
JRECK Subs, founded by a group of teachers, has been serving up fresh, made-to-order subs to communities for over 50 years. With deep roots in edu-
Jean Martinez of Liverpool
Brittany Hardenburgh of Cicero
Dylan Isgar of Cicero
Alyssa Moleski of Cicero
Cannon named to dean’s list
Thomas Cannon of Liverpool, a human resource management major at University of Maryland Global Campus was named to the dean’s list for the summer 2024 term. To be eligible for the honor, a student must complete at least six credits during the term, earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 for the term, and maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 at UMGC.
Casselmon earns Global Scholar
Distinction
Greta Casselmon of Cicero earned
cation and community values, JRECK Subs is committed to providing a welcoming environment where everyone feels at home.
Georgia State University’s Global Scholar Distinction during summer 2024, recognizing development the skills, knowledge and awareness that enhance the ability to succeed in a global environment. Students who take five or more designated courses across the university and earn a grade of “B” or better and keep an institutional grade-point average of 3.0 or higher at the time of graduation are recognized as Global Scholars.
Students enroll at St. Lawrence University
The following members of the Class of 2028 began their studies at St. Lawrence University: Lauren Gallagher of Liverpool and Ethan Harris of Cicero.
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JrECK subs celebrated the opening of its newest location in liverpool.
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Already it’s begun. Oh, joy.
Just as soon as one divisive and strifeful political season concludes, another starts, this time involving college football teams and a certain new 12-team playoff they’ve put together.
And it hasn’t taken long for the lobbying to commence, mostly from schools associated with the letters S, E and C and their all-powerful media mouthpieces pleading for their full representation in whatever emerges on Dec. 8. They don’t care if it obscures, or even ruins, the rise of one unlikely contender whose very presence was exactly what those who grew the playoff from four to 12 had in mind, if they truly care about the sport.
Absolutely no one guessed that the biggest game in Columbus in November would involve someone other than a visiting team in Maize and Blue, but that’s what we’ve got on Saturday, Indiana meeting Ohio State.
Yes, Indiana. As in the Hoosiers. As in the place where basketball is religion, and football just fills time in the fall until everyone heads indoors to Assembly Hall.
Never before has Indiana started 10-0, or even had 10 victories in any season. The last Rose Bowl it reached? January 2, 1967, less than two weeks before the first Super Bowl, and only because a great Michigan State team was forbidden by rules at the time to go back-to-back.
Credit most of this to Curt Cignetti,
the ambitious and talented coach who arrived in Bloomington from James Madison, brought a full complement of players along and has helped the Hoosiers rip most everyone it has faced.
Granted, it wasn’t too difficult of a schedule, and the likes of Nebraska, UCLA and Michigan weren’t as good as projected, but still…this is Indiana we are talking about.
Typically, such a wonderful story would go front and center in the college football narrative, the kind which gives long-struggling programs everywhere a reason to believe that they, too,
can turn it around. Ah, but not in 2024. Not in CFP times. Especially not when there’s plenty of detractors in high places ready to stomp all over this remarkable resurrection.
It’s already started, the talk of having two and three-loss teams from the SEC into the playoff, possibly at the expense of conference champions who’ve earned it more and, worse yet, potentially robbing Indiana should its only blemish come at the Buckeyes’ expense.
Anne Brohmann roth, 91 Journalist, educator and 50-plus year Skaneateles resident
Anne Brohmann Roth, a social worker and later journalist/educator, died November 10, 2024 at age 91, under the loving and compassionate care at Francis House, Syracuse.
Known by family & friends as Jigger, her interests ranged from work with the downtrodden to working as a staff writer for the Herald-Journal , where she was well known for writing about local celebrity events, as well as feature obituaries of people of note and those who lived lives of generosity in obscurity.
Anne was a fifty year plus resident of Skaneateles, where she was an avid
Kelly A. Shippey, 60, of Warners passed away Nov. 10, 2024. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has arrangements.
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Lightning sailor and swimmer.
After a life altering event, colorectal cancer, forced her away from the Herald-Journal, she sought work internationally, which resulted in her odyssey with China which lasted through age 79.
In 1995, she joined the staff of the China Daily, the English language newspaper based in Shanghai where she published “Chinglish” articles generated by young Chinese reporters.
A new world would unfold in China, which included learning tai chi, making friends with the expat community, as well as non-English speaking Chinese and those fluent in English.
As she spent more time in China, her career evolved as an adjunct professor of English at Hangzhou University, where she taught journalism and 20th
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Kathleen M. Hunter, 67, of Mattydale, passed away Nov. 14, 2024. Fergerson Funeral Home, North Syracuse, has arrangements.
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century American literature to graduate students majoring in English.
From that beginning, Roth went on to spend time at two other universities.
Her last assignment in China was teaching medical doctors oral and written English for Lishui General Hospital in the Zhejiang province. Upon return to Skaneateles, Roth continued her love of teaching foreign students at Syracuse University’s English Language Institute.
Anne Roth was born in Syracuse, the daughter of A. Brohmann Roth and Peg Hurley Roth. She was educated at the Convent School, Marywood University and earned a master’s degree in social work at Syracuse University.
Surviving are three children, Phillip Hueber (Judith), Peter Hueber (Jane) and Sara Hueber Collins (Bill); six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
She was predeceased by her former husband, N. Richard Hueber, the father of her children.
Services will be Saturday, November 16th at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s of the Lake in Skaneateles.
Arrangements are by Farone & Son Funeral Home, Syracuse. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Francis House at francishouseny.org/donate. Share condolences at faroneandsoninc.com.
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Milan J. sefca, 69 loved family, nature
Milan James Sefca, 69, passed away peacefully in his home on Nov. 6, 2024, leaving behind a legacy of kindness and warmth. Born on Nov. 26, 1954, at Auburn Hospital in Auburn, NY, Milan went on to lead a life devoted to family, hard work, and a love for life’s simple, beautiful moments.
Milan’s character was defined by his easy-going nature, his thoughtfulness, and his genuine care for others. Known to be a great listener and a loyal friend, he had a unique gift for making people feel valued, whether through a warm conversation, a helping hand, or a heartfelt gift.
Milan was blessed to have lived a free-spirited childhood on the family farm, spending endless hours with his brother and cousins - exploring the nature around his home, climbing and swinging from trees, splashing in the creek, hunting for puffballs and fishing in the pond. If Milan wasn’t on the farm, he could be found in town causing innocent trouble with friends, jumping off the pier into Skaneateles Lake, or driving his iconic MG Midget.
After graduating from Skaneateles High School in 1973, Milan started a job in manufacturing but eventually found himself working at Trabold’s Garage, where his grand and genuine grin earned him the name that all know so well, “Smilin’ Milan.”
His love for vehicles stuck with him for life as he made a career out of hauling tractor trailers - cross country and locally - and operating cranes on the railroad. Milan was a faithful provider
helen E. Chapman, 100 Spent summers on Otisco lake
Helen E. Fikes Chapman, 100, of Elbridge, passed away peacefully on Nov. 8, 2024. Helen was born Sept. 20,1924, in Memphis, N.Y. She was the youngest daughter of Oliver and Mina Hewitt Fikes.
Helen was a graduate of Elbridge Central School. She met the love of her life shortly after graduating high school at a local dance hall, his name was Fay Chapman.
They were married Dec. 12, 1942, and the following year they were blessed with twins, Ronald and Constance Chapman. Helen was a stay-athome mom, and raised her twins with so much love and compassion.
Fay and Helen, after Fay’s retirement, loved to travel to Florida for the winters, with their English setter Shelby who was the apple of their eyes. Fay and Helen would spend their summers at their camp on Otisco lake. They took a few cruises and just enjoyed life together during Fay’s retirement.
Fay and Helen were happily married for 69 1/2 years until Fay passed away in May 2012.
Helen was predeceased by her son Ronald in July 2021.
Helen is survived by: daughter Constance Smith, daughter-in-law Deb Chapman, grandchildren: Stacey (John) Albring, Scott (Amanda) Smith, Eric (Anngye) Chapman, Mark (Shauna) Chapman, great-grandchildren: Kristie (Hugo) Smith Santos, Thomas (Taylor) Albring, Anna Chapman, Ethan Chapman, Brooklyn Smith and
for his family and proud of his membership as a Teamster (Local 317). Upon retirement, he found joy working on a local farm, enjoying the chance to drive equipment once more and spend his days outside in the sun.
Milan’s passions were many and centered around his love for nature and family. He found joy in camping, fishing, bonfires, skiing, boat rides and long drives through the countryside. He was captivated by the beauty of a golden sunset, cherished quiet mornings with coffee and the daily newspaper and never missed an opportunity to watch the Buffalo Bills or Syracuse basketball on TV. A lover of photography, he captured countless memories through his lens, preserving the beauty of nature and the faces of those he held dear. Known for his knack for fixing things, Milan had a talent for seeing the potential in objects others might discard, often breathing new life into broken items with skillful care.
One of Milan’s favorite and proudest projects was clearing a patch of land to call “camp” on the family farm alongside his son, Ben—a place where they could relax and immerse themselves in the peaceful sounds of nature. Milan was also extremely proud to call himself “Grandpa Milan” and never missed an opportunity to give thoughtful gifts to his grandsons on birthdays and at Christmas.
Milan was predeceased by his father, Milan Sefca, but is lovingly remembered by his children Erin (Jeremy) Clark and Benjamin Sefca; grandchildren Cameron, Oliver and Asher Clark; mother, Lucille Sefca; brother, Joseph Sefca; and cousins Mark (Susan) Hess, Bryan Hess, Carol Hess, and Alan (Susan) Hess. His
Calling hours were held on Nov. 12, 2024, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Robert D Gray Funeral Home, Skaneateles, with the funeral immediately following at noon and burial following at Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Elbridge.
The family of Helen Chapman would like to extend their appreciation to the Mottville Fire Department and the New York State police for their compassion and dedication for always being there for our family during the times of need.
To send condolences, visit robertdgrayfuneralhome.com.
legacy lives on in his family, who will always remember his thoughtful spirit, gentle humor, and kind heart.
A memorial service will be held on his birthday, Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 11 a.m. at Robert D. Gray Funeral Home in Skaneateles, where all are welcome to attend.
A burial will follow at Lake View Cemetery. Following the service, all are invited to a celebration of life at the Skaneateles Legion Post #239 to commemorate the life of a remarkable man who, with a quiet strength and boundless warmth, touched the hearts of all who knew him. Guests are welcome to bring a photo or token to share at the reception.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to SAVES or the Skaneateles Fire Department. To send condolences, visit: robertdgrayfuneralhome.com.
know by now that I do not
about topics connected to golf or the human condition such as anxiety or fear, without clearly de ning the terms and conditions before we focus on working our way through the problem. e words anxiety and fear are clearly words that can mean one thing to some people and something totally di erent to others. For the purposes of this article, hopefully we can all agree that we have had to deal with anxiety and fear long before we started playing golf. In fact, we have had to deal with both since we were born. Golf is just another challenge we have chosen to embrace along our journey through life and we “must” continue to nd new and better ways to deal with anxiety and fear both on and o the golf course. Isn’t it about time we looked in the mirror and made a commitment to ourselves to learn how to cope with anxiety and fear when they unexpectedly arrive?
e American Psychological Association refers to anxiety as, “An emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure. Anxiety is considered a future-oriented, long acting response, broadly focused on a potential threat. Fear is an appropriate, present and short lived response to a clearly identi able and speci c threat”.
Fine, I can relate to those statements.
* Fear is when we are faced with a golf shot from the rough, about 110 yards from the green, that we just had three holes prior and hit the ball about 40 yards into the pond in front of the green.
* Fear is when we are playing poorly and we are more concerned about what everyone is going to think if we post a really high score.
* Fear is when we are faced with a 25 . putt for par and our partner is putting for a double bogey.
* Anxiety is when we are playing the rst day of a tournament and start out… tripple bogey, bogey, double bogey, double bogey, bogey (9 over par a er 5 holes) and don’t have a clue what is wrong with our swing and start thinking about withdrawing from the tournament.
* Anxiety is when we have played poorly for 4 consecutive rounds of golf and we decide to quit playing golf for 6 weeks because we are afraid we will quit golf if we continue.
Are you struggling with anxiety or fear? Don’t feel you are alone. Anxiety and fear raise their ugly heads on a regular basis. Every human being on earth has been a ected by anxiety and fear. We all have examples of times when we were “attacked” by anxiety and fear when they controlled and even consumed us. e only reason we were controlled and consumed by anxiety and fear is because…we allowed it to happen.
Dr. Bhrett McCabe, one of my favorite Sports Psychologists says, “For me, anxiety has always been a part of my life. It’s something I face every single day. ankfully I’ve learned how to confront it. But let me be clear…I haven’t mastered it and it’s never easy. What I can tell
you is that every day I choose to ght it - and you can too. It may feel overwhelming at times but that is exactly why I wrote my book, Kick Anxiety’s Ass. I wrote it for those of you who aren’t sure where to start”.
I also found a blog from the Stonegate Golf Club in Kissimmee, Florida dealing with, “5 Tips For Calming Your Nerves On e Golf Course”. Although the words anxiety and fear are not speci cally listed as the focus for the “5” Tips, the content is interesting and worthwhile reading. Here’s what you need to do to relax while gol ng:
1. Chew Gum - ere have been a number of studies done on the e ects of chewing gum on the brain. e results are enough to encourage any golfer to consider a pack of gum a vital part of their gol ng equipment. e study showed what many scientists already suspected … the chewing motion releases chemicals in the brain that calm people. It’s theorized that your brain recognizes that if your eating, your not in danger. Use this information to your advantage on the course by popping a piece of gum in your mouth when you are teeing o .
2. Take Deep Breaths - Although Dr. Holly Noun has already expressed her beliefs about the bene ts of breathing to ght anxiety and fear while playing golf, it is still nice to know others are supporting her conclusions. According to the American Institute of Anxiety, the best way to combat the anxiety you are facing is to take a deep breath. Your heart rate will slow, your breathing returns to normal, your blood pressure drops and your muscles relax.
3. Visualize Success - Taking a moment to visualize yourself succeeding can help you relax. e more detailed you can visual your success, the better this method works. Or, you can simply take a few seconds at the start of each hole to imagine how well it’s going to go.
4. Live In e Moment - before you get too caught up in visualizing every stroke of the game, you need to balance it out with living in the moment. To calm your nerves on the course, take it one swing at a time. Tell yourself the swing your on right now is the only one that matters. It also helps you put all your skills into that one stroke, which will improve the outcome.
5. Get Excited - As a golfer, you should approach your excitement with careful focus and precise movements compared to a sprinter who needs to move as fast as they can. is method should mostly be used leading up to your round of golf. Get excited about heading out to the golf course. Use the other “Tips”
Maddi Smith, great-great grandchild: Katherine Santos and nephew: Douglas Hiserodt.
Milan J. sefca
helen E. Chapman
Give thanks
Next 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 holiday season and perhaps enjoy a slice of pie or two or other indulgent desserts.
Many will look forward to watching 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.
These observances were held in American as early as 1607 in Virginia.
But it was the celebration in Plymouth that has become woven into the tapestry of our country.
With the help of the Native Americans, 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 encourage 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 southern 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 Thanksgiving 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 times tangled history to get to the modern celebration, 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 fortunate 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 donation 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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On Fall weekends when the air was crisp and my Dad was itching to go to the country, we would load up the 1942 Ford and head north to Putnam County to spend two days at our grandmother’s rustic and unoccupied bungalow.
The expedition would begin early on Saturday morning. Mom and Dad had been awake for a while. It took some strategic planning because there were six of us, not counting Tippy, our dog.
Off we would go, packed into the small car with what supplies were needed to carry us through an experience thought to be made exciting by the absence of the modern trappings of life in Brooklyn as we knew it.
By this time the cistern at the bungalow had been drained of water and, of course, anything needing water had to be accommodated by other means.
This meant paper plates and cups, a few gallon jugs of Brooklyn water and what was jokingly known as the “potty,” a ceramic pail with a toilet seat.
I stop typing now and think that, as children, we never acknowledged the work that my mother put in for these two days, which included managing the “potty.”
Mom would have packed food for the trip that didn’t require much, if any, cooking.
Dad would have scrounged up some hardwood for the pot belly stove and, failing that, the fuel would come from his seemingly inexhaustible supply of pallet wood. Refrigeration was not a problem.
There was a refrigerator at the bungalow, but it was usu -
ally so cold that anything that required refrigeration could be safely placed out on the porch. And there had to be clothing changes for all of us. Ann, Kathleen, Richard, Joan, Mom and Dad, our dog Tippy and all of this cargo …we were prepared for a trip of only 60 miles from 55th Street in Brooklyn, three blocks from the Atlantic to Ogden Road in Carmel, N.Y.
The trip took us along the Gowanus Parkway to the Brooklyn Bridge with a stop for a bag of freshly roasted peanuts, along the West Side Highway to Route 6.
The Smithwick sextet would entertain itself with a series of rounds, singing “Frere Jaques” and “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” over and over. Mom took the soprano, Dad the baritone and the rest of us filled in as the spirit moved us.
It was part of the protocol for such trips to take a break. There was a pull-off next to one of the reservoirs that supply New York City with water where we would stop and have some nourishment. Mom would magically produce our vittles out of the trunk.
We ate saltines slathered with cream cheese and jam, washed down with home squeezed orange juice while Tippy, our dog, enjoyed a drink from the lake.
A quick stop at the little IGA in Lake Carmel, a fill up at O’Brian’s gas station where Dad would get all the recent local news and we were minutes away from our destination.
While Mom and Dad unpacked the car, their offspring felt the need to run wild, yelling as loudly as possible as they gambled through the woods behind the house.
We were “free,” and although it wasn’t summer, we had the memories of the two weeks we spent with our grandmother.
And joyous memories they were - of barefoot walks to pick berries, swimming in the lake, fishing, building sand castles and playing canasta, pickup sticks and bingo on the porch on rainy days. There were thoughts of the sultry nights catching fireflies, or lighting bugs as they were called, and building forts in the woods.
This late autumnal visit held its own cache. Isn’t it odd that the inside of a dwelling could be colder than the outside temperature?
As Mom was busy stashing the weekend’s provisions, Dad would be busy lighting a fire in the pot belly stove. What fun!
Settling in meant turning on the electricity, such as there was, and planning the afternoon.
It might be a hike along the stream that ran in the woods across the road we called the “back lane,” a futile attempt at fishing off the rickety dock at the bottom of Ogden Road or, if it was really cold, we might just huddle around the stove and play pickup sticks or rummy.
Whatever, it was simple and thoroughly engaging for our child minds. When we were older and all could read, Dad began to teach us how to play poker.
In the evening, Dad would be outside, building a fire in what passed as a fireplace. Made of broken cinder blocks, some stones from the woods and a discarded grate, it served our grandfather as the source of heat to boil water so that we could wash dishes and clothing in the summer.
Now it was the center of our evening feast. There would be hearty sandwiches, fruit and potatoes.
Volunteers plant 26 new trees on a sunny Saturday
The sun burst through the clouds on Saturday, Nov. 10, making it a perfect day to plant trees!
The village tree committee, the village DPW, Leanna Nugent and the tree stewards from Cornell Cooperative Extension – Onondaga all coordinated the project across the village.
All told, more than 40 volunteers participated that morning as 26 trees were planted to enhance the village’s tree canopy. A variety tree species were planted including scarlet oaks, crab apples, redbud and honey locust.
“We are proud to be an Arbor Day Foundatio n Tree City USA,” said Tree Committee Chairwoman Yvette Hewitt.
The committee gave thanks to Teresa Link, certified arborist from Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation Distric t , for securing the U.S. Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration initiative grant that provided the 26 trees.
Hewitt also acknowledged Cub Scout Pack 208, the Longhouse Counci l , whose members helped get the saplings in the ground.
Village resident Bonnie Gauthier was duly impressed by the work of the volunteers.
“Wow, what hard work but such a great project,” she said. “Keeping our village of beautiful trees re-enforced for our future generations.”
Ditto longtime resident and former trustee Marty Ours.
“I love how you all get things done for the village,” she said.
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stout brewers turn off taps Stout Beard Brewing Company is calling it a day.
The local brewery at the site of the old Lakeview Bowling Center at 715 Old Liverpool Road, announced that it will be closing its doors on Sunday, Nov. 24.
The late entrepreneur, Bob Herz, bought the bowling alley in 2021 and turned the 58-year-old building into a not-for-profit business incubator in Liverpool run by his InSourcing company. Among his initial tenants were the colorful Stout Beard boys.
Founding partner Mike LeRoy and then-partner Mike Paetow clearly preferred dark beers such as stouts and porters. Each of them also wore long heavy beards. Besides amber ales, their tap room often featured live music, comedy shows and trivia.
The small-batch brewery recently shared a post on its Facebook page recently, thanking customers for “getting weird” with them.
“Well, ladies and germs, it’s been a pleasure partying with you. After 10 years, we’ll be closing on Nov. 24. Thanks for getting weird with us.”
Leroy will continue in the suds biz as a brewer for Meier’s Creek Brewing in Cazenovia.
i llegal cannabis seized
The Smart Shop convenience store at 612 Oswego St., unit 3 and the Liverpool Smoke Shop at 652 Old Liverpool Road were both closed briefly last month after authorities – not sure exactly who – posted a notice on the
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Thc continues pot sales
The Smart Shop is located in the same building as thc – The Herbal Center – which has been selling highgrade smokable marijuana as well as a wide variety of edibles and plenty of paraphernalia here since April 20.
Thc is clearly operating in defiance of a village ordinance. Three years ago, the village board of trustees – five Republicans all at the time – voted unanimously to prohibit pot shops from operating here.
The board’s “cannabis opt-out” decision passed on Sept. 20, 2021, states that the board “opts out of allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and onsite cannabis consumption establishments from locating and operating within the boundaries of the village of Liverpool.”
Nevertheless, thc continues to sell its aromatic product. Village official say they’re waiting for the state’s Office of Cannabis Management to enforce the ordinance.
The Denver, Colo.-based thc promises “better living through cannabis;” theherbalcenter.store.
Last word
“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.”
– Astrophysicist Carl Sagan.
Ramblings from the empty nest ann Ferro
Livin’ in Liverpool
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sittErly hoMEstEAD
By JEff snow
toWn of Clay hiStorian Clay hiStoriCal aSSoCiation member
The homestead picture here is from the Clay Historical calendar collection of February 1987. The Sitterly homestead was removed for the new Schroeppel’s bridge that was replaced about 30 years ago. The home was built in the 1860s by Tunis and Malinda Sitterly in the town of Clay. LaRue and Elizabeth Sitterly lived in the house after his father. Elizabeth is Tobias Shaver’s daughter. She was mentioned in the recent Nov. 6, 2024, Eagle News article, “Shaver Homestead.” LaRue and Elizabeth had three sons - Howard, LaVerne and Scott. Their young -
est son Scott was well known in the town of Clay as being the justice of the peace for 24 years.
Scott Sitterly was a farmer as well as justice of the peace. Scott’s decision to be as justice of the peace was probably influenced by his brother Howard’s hunting accident. Howard was at a hotel at Otter Lake in the Adirondacks going toward Old Forge when it happened and a newspaper article mad it
sound like a hunter saw movement and shot thru the woods. The hunter was shaken up from his error but the excuses were many and only an inquest was held. The hunter was not charged
with any crime. A side article talked about hunters and victims in shootings without any regard for others. Hunting exams, fines and imprisonments were many points talked about on
how to curb deadly accidents, with this hunting accident of Howard Sitterly being the latest statistic. Many rules of hunting were probably started to stop accidents from happening. The
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But these were not just any potatoes - they were the potatoes of dreams.
Carefully wrapped in aluminum foil, they were baked in the coals of the fire. Kitchen chairs were assembled around the overturned large metal pan in which we took baths in the summer.
We would be wrapped against the night chill
with afghans which were abundant in the nooks and crannies of a building without closets. It was de rigeur to celebrate when Dad put the jacketed potatoes in the fire…not on the grate, but in the fire. It was a rite for a time and place that has long disappeared.
We would eat, maybe sing more songs in what we thought was harmony as Dad checked
for done-ness and when pronounced done, using fire tongs, Dad would remove each now blackened potato to the top of the ersatz metal table.
We’d wait until the wrappings could be safely removed and one, by one, Mom would hand each of us our spud.
There was no butter, salt or pepper, just the original potato, cooked with ceremony and warming our hands on a
chilly night. Did it taste good? Nothing better. I can remember it now, eons of years later.
The fire would become embers and even the afghans wouldn’t be enough. We’d retreat to the almost warm house, climb into our beds, wearing all of our clothes except our shoes, and listen to “Gunsmoke” on the radio.
In the morning it was off to church, a quick
breakfast at Wilcox drug store, then back to the cottage for exploration in the woods and preparation for the ride home. It was so simple, a time and a way of living that has almost passed except now, when assembled with our children and their children, we fire up the collected wood on the beach at camp, roast marshmallows and sing songs to the warm summer nights.
article of Howard can be found by finding his his name on the free Family Search website. The Sitterlys had four generations live at the homestead. In the collage photo, published here, the upper left picture is of the Sitterly home as it looked over 100 years ago. The upper right picture shows the house when the DeLongs lived in it before the home was razed. The DeLongs were the last family to live in the house. The Delong family moved to a new home across the road on Morgan. Some information for this article was obtained from David and Shirley Smith. Shirley is Scott Sitterly’s granddaughter. Other information was obtained from the Rome Daily Sentinel, Oct. 5, 1900. Please visit our Google page at “Clay Historical Association.” Email me at historian@townofclay.org if you have any questions. The Clay Historical Association meets on the second Wednesday of the month at the Clay Historical Park at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is in invited to join the Clay Historical Association.
No aluminum wrapped potatoes, no afghans against the cold night air, but family and simple fun. What a treasure. Thanks Dad.
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.
SUDOKU
Fall Craft Fair to be held Nov. 23 in Liverpool
A Fall Craft Fair will be held Saturday, Nov. 23, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
The fair will be held at the Morgan Road Complex, 4340 Wetzel Road, Liverpool. Those who attend can shop from over 100 ven
dors, enjoy refreshments and have pictures taken with Santa.
In addition, donations to help the local food bank will be accepted. l From page 3
and, if they’re among the 12 who have earned their place in the field, great.
But the growing “get as many SEC teams as possible” chorus may sway the committee. If so, it only punishes an outsider who is part of a conference that (gasp!) plays nine league games instead of eight, which makes it automatically more difficult since
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Big Ten teams are not wasting a Saturday in November playing a cashgrab cupcake as SEC teams do.
Even if it’s inevitable in a small playoff format that a team or two will feel left out no matter where they are from, the noise from the outside can be managed if it involves a fourth or fifth SEC side rather than an Indiana or, in even the most extreme scenario, a champion from the ACC or Big 12.
Thus, for everyone’s sake here’s hoping that these happy Hoosiers push almighty Ohio State (oh sorry, the Ohio State) start to finish, leav -
ing no question as to their legitimacy, and not give the CFP an excuse to exclude.
The chance for real growth in college football involves making sure everyone in the country, at the very least, can believe that their work merits recognition. Indiana has done that restorative work, now ready to find out if a just reward awaits them.
Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline.com.
C-NS battles hard in sectional final loss to CBA
By Phil BlACKwEll
In the most simple of terms, the Cicero-North Syracuse football team badly wanted to return to the top of the Section III Class AA ranks and Christian Brothers Academy stood in the way.
Only it wasn’t an obstacle so much as it was a steep wall which, despite an inspired effort by the Northstars, proved too difficult to surmount as the Brothers prevailed 21-13 in last Friday’s sectional final at the JMA Wireless Dome.
C-NS pushed CBA in a way no one had all season, keeping the game in suspense until the fourth quarter, only to have its own mistakes give the Brothers just enough room to avoid an unlikely upset. Yet for a brief moment late in the third quarter, that surprise seemed quite possible.
Having just tied the game 7-7, C-NS had forced CBA to punt deep in its own end after Anthony Johnson,
who had scored the tying touchdown, sacked Brayden Smith on third down, and the punt was a short one meaning the Northstars would have the ball in Brothers territory.
Except that C-NS was flagged 15 yards for roughing the kicker, giving CBA a first down, and it promptly drove to the go-ahead score keyed by three passes from Smith to Darien Williamns, the last of which was a threeyard TD conversion.
Going three-and-out, the Northstars gave it back to the Brothers, who took advantage of more C-NS penalties to march to the one where Austin Ariola punched it in with 3:53 to play.
Now down 21-7, the Northstars did put together its own late march aided by several CBA penalties until Johnson scored from two yards out with 45 seconds left, but the extra point was missed and Ariola fell on the ensuing onside kick to end it.
Going in, the C-NS players back from 2023 remembered how CBA had handled them in the sectional final,
but also remembered the controversies and distractions (a suspended quarterback, a head coach stepping down) in the days leading up to that game which made a top effort all but impossible.
None of those distractions were on hand this time. All that was in front of them was a CBA side which had won 22 in a row and had crushed most everyone long the way, including a 28-0 win over the Northstars back in September.
To have any chance, the C-NS defense needed to be great – and it was at the outset, forcing two turnovers on CBA’s first two drives deep into Northstars territory.
Marcus Reed intercepted Brayden Smith just inside the Northstars’ 20yard line, and when the Brothers reached the three on its next drive Smith fumbled a snap and Lacuzio Wright recovered. A third CBA push deep into the C-NS end was stopped, too, when the Brothers could not convert fourth down inside the Northstars’ 10 early in the second period.
At the same time, though, CBA’s
own fast, relentless defense held C-NS to two first downs on its first three drives, never letting it reach its own 25 on any of those possessions
On its fourth attempt CBA finally broke through, the key play a 20-yard pass from Smith to Javon Edenfield which set up Smith’s own nine-yard TD scramble with 41 seconds left in the half. But C-NS was not discouraged, instead taking the second-half kickoff and putting together a 59-yard march that covered more than six minutes of clock.
A lot of It was on the ground with Miy’Jon McDowell and Anthony Johnson, especially near the end as Johnson powered 10 yards on third-and-eight and then went 17 yards for the TD that, with Jakob Purdy’s PAT, tied it. To that point, all was going exactly as C-NS wished, but the combination of ill-timed flags and the Brothers’ late-game poise thwarted a chance at full payback on the Northstars’ part.
Liverpool cross country third at state Class A meet
By Phil BlACKwEll
In many different ways the Liverpool girls cross country reached its pinnacle when it upended favored Auburn by a single point to win the Section III Class A championship on Nov. 9.
A week later, the Warriors tried for another unlikely victory at Queensbury High School where the New York State Public High School Athletic Association meet would take place – and while it didn’t get a state title, Liverpool’s third-place finish was still an exceptional effort.
This was the first state meet without traditional powers Fayetteville-Manlius and Saratoga Springs since the ear -
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THROUGH NOV. 28
Thanksgiving Food Drive
St. Augustine’s, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and St. Mary of the Assumption parishes, Baldwinsville. www.tdrfooddrive.org.
THROUGH DEC. 30
Travis Kelse Signed Football Raffle CNY SPCA, 5878 E. Molloy Rd., Syracuse. Winner to be drawn on Dec. 30. Tickets online at www.cnyspca.org.
FRIDAY, NOV. 22
Greeting Card Swap
10 a.m.-12 p.m. NOPL Brewerton. Exchange, discover, and share greeting cards. Bring in your own to swap for new ones.
NOV. 22-23
Harvey Friday: 7 p.m. Saturday: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. North Syracuse Junior High School Auditorium. Cicero-North Syracuse High School presents the play Harvey. Tickets available at the door.
SATURDAY, NOV. 23
Fall Craft Fair
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Morgan Road Complex, 4340 Wetzel Rd., Liverpool. Shop from over 100 vendors, enjoy refreshments, and have pictures taken with Santa. Bring donations to help the local food bank. Craft Fair and Silent Auction
9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Schoeppel Historical Society, 486 Main St., Phoenix. Shop handmade crafts, decor, historical books, homemade goodies, and more. Visit the museum while shopping.
NOV. 23-24
Cayuga Lake Wine Trail’s Holiday Shopping
Spree
$65 for individuals, $95 for couples. Enjoy food and drink pairings, wine samples, keepsake gnome ornament from each winery you visit, and souvenir wine glass. www. cayugawinetrail.com.
EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY NOV.
29-DEC. 22
Dickens Christmas
12 p.m.-4 p.m. Skaneateles. Merriment for the whole family! Enjoy trunk shows, sing a longs, entertainment, roasted chestnuts, and character appearances. www. skaneateles.com.
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
The Longest Night: A Service of Remembrance and Hope 2 p.m. Baldwinsville First United Methodist Church, 17 West Genesee St. Join for a space and time to acknowledge grief. Call 315-635-6442 for information.
SATURDAY, DEC. 14
Christmas Cookie Cafe
ly 1990s, adding to the novelty factor.
But it was another Section II school, Bethlehem, which would dominate the team event and win with 20 points, well clear of Northport’s second-place 75 as Liverpool got 97 points to easily slide into third ahead of Scarsdale’s fourthplace 122.
Taylor Page and Kaitlyn Hotaling had led the Warriors all season and would do so again here. In 18 minutes 3.7 seconds, Page made her way to 15 th place in a field of more than 100 runners.
Only one Section III runner beat Page’s work – Auburn’s Kyleen Brady, who was 10 th in 17:58.4, both of them ultimately chasing William Floyd’s Za -
9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Columbian Presbyterian Church, LaFayettle. Create your own cookie trays from dozens of homemade varieties. Bring your own tray or purchase one. $16 per pound. www.columbianpresbyterianchurch. com.
TUESDAY, DEC. 26
The Great Salt City Blues Concert 7:30 p.m. St. George Church Hall, 5083 Onondaga Rd., Syracuse. The area’s best musicians will pay tribute to Blues Hall of Fame members. Food and beverages available. #30 in advance, $40 at the door. www.brownpapertickets.com .
SATURDAY, NOV. 30
Annual Holiday Buy Local 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Liverpool Public Library. Join us for a morning of shopping with local artisans and crafters.
SATURDAY, DEC. 7
Christmas Concert 2 p.m., Oswego Alliance Community Center 370 Thomson Road, Oswego. The Oswego Valley Snowbelters Barbershop Chorus will present their 15th Christmas Concert. Admission is $7; children under 12 free. Free Homemade deserts are a plus at intermission. To purchase tickets in advance visit ovcsnowbelters.org.
DEC. 7-8
Cayuga Lake Wine Trail’s Holiday Shopping Spree $65 for individuals, $95 for couples. Enjoy food and drink pairings, wine samples, keepsake gnome ornament from each winery you visit, and souvenir wine glass. www. cayugawinetrail.com.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11
Plank Road Quilt Guild Business Meeting
9:30 a.m. Cicero United Methodist Church. Short meeting followed by the annual Christmas party. Join for a potluck lunch, silent auction, ugly sweater contest, and more. www.plankroadquilt.org.
DEC. 7-8
CNY Folksmarch City of Auburn. Registration 9 a.m. to Noon on Dec. 7 and 1 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 8. $4 for adults, $1 for kids ages 5 to 18. Active military and veterans walk for half-price. First timers walk free. For more information visit https:// folksmarch.wordpress.com/ or https://www.facebook. com/folksmarch.
SATURDAY, DEC. 21
TACNY Junior Café Scientifique
9:30 a.m. The MOST, Downtown Syracuse. Continental breakfast at 9:15 a.m. “Crush Course on Clinton’s Ditch”. Following the program, attendees are welcome to explore the museum. Free.
SATURDAY, JAN. 18
TACNY Junior Café Scientifique
9:30 a.m. The MOST, Downtown Syracuse. Continental breakfast at 9:15 a.m. “Eco-Conscious and Eco-Friendly Production and Consumerism”. Following the program, attendees are welcome to explore the museum. Free.
ONGOING EVENTS
THURSDAYS
Family Storytime
10 a.m. NOPL Cicero, 8686 Knowledge Lane. Join Miss Raena for Thursday morning storytime to enjoy stories,
riel Macchia, who emerged from Long Island to win the state individual title in 17:24.7.
Hotaling ended up in a pack of local runners, making her way to 26 th place in 18:30.8 right behind FayettevilleManlius’ Izzie Sullivan (18:29.0) and right ahead of Auburn’s Mary Alice Pineau (18:34.0).
Freshman Katie Martin finished 21 st among team runners and 55 th overall in a clocking of 19:31 flat. Paige Baker posted 19:47.2 for 27 th place in the team standings.
Rose Piorkowski, who great effort helped Liverpool overtake Auburn a week earlier, finished in 20:07.3. Maggie Sherlock got a time of 20:18.7 and
songs, and fun! Registration is required; call 315-6992032 or visit nopl.org.
Adult Exercise: Chair Yoga
9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Marcellus Free Library. $25 for 8-week session. Register at 315-673-3269.
Read, Sing, Play Story Time
10:30 a.m. Skaneateles Library, 49 E. Genesee St. Can’t sit still? No problem! Join us for stories, songs and movement. For ages 18 months to 4 years. Bingo 4 p.m. Fingerlakes Mall Conference Center, 1570 Clark Street Rd., Aurelius. Yoga with Becca 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Brewerton Center for the Arts, Rt. 11. Registration and information: 315-920-8121 or www. yogosnacks.org. All levels welcome. Baldwinsville Rod & Gun Club
7 p.m. First Thursday of each month. 1405 Kingdom Road, Baldwinsville. Learn about the workings of the club and help us run the organization. For more information, visit bvillerodandgun.com.
FRIDAYS
B’ville Cardio Ball Drumming
9:30 a.m. Canton Woods Senior Center, 76 Canton St., Baldwinsville. Onondaga County Healthy Schools and Communities has provided cardio ball drumming kits for workout classes led by senior volunteer Arlette Folckemer. This fun cardio workout is set to upbeat music and folks can participate and enjoy the class seated or standing. For more information, call Canton Woods at 315-638-4536.
Clay Cardio Ball Drumming
10:30 a.m. Clay Senior Center, 4948 Route 31. Gwen McCarroll leads this one-hour class. Free with a Town of Clay Senior Center Membership and Safety ID badge for admission. Drop-in; no entry after the day’s class begins. Equipment provided on a first-come, first-served basis for ball and basket setup. For more information or to sign up for a membership and ID badge, contact Chrissy Clancy at 315-652-3800 ext. 137 or cclancy@townofclay.org.
Acoustic Music Jam
7 p.m. Marcellus American Legion, 13 E. Main St. Bluegrass,country and gospel music. All acoustic musicians welcome. $2 donation for free coffee and cookies. For info call 315-673-2329.
SUNDAYS
Cicero UMC Services
8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Cicero UMC, 8416 Brewerton Road. The church is returning to two Sunday services (contemporary 8:30 a.m. and traditional 10:30 a.m.). All are welcome to enjoy worship and fellowship. The church is fully accessible. For more information, visit ciceroumchurch.org.
MONDAYS
Drop-In Tech Help
10 a.m. to noon. Skaneateles Library, 49 E. Genesee St. Let us help with your tech questions: computers and mobile devices, downloading e-content from the library’s catalog, using Google Drive and social media platforms. Bring your device and drop in during a Tech Help session to get started. Appointments are also available; please give us a call at 315-685-5135 or email andrea@skanlibrary.org to schedule.
Addison Ziegler raced to the finish line in 20:36.1.
Section III, overall, gained third place with 351 points, behind only Section II’s 169 points and Macchia’s home Section XI from Suffolk County, who got 305 points.
Earlier that day, Liverpool boys cross country senior Josh Vang ran in his state Class A race and finished 53 rd in a time of 16:20.9.
Among the sectional All-Stars Vang trailed Nottingham’s Henry ZheHeimerman (16:03.4) and was just one spot behind F-M’s Will Ditre (16:16.6) but beat the Bulldogs’ Coen Fierke (16:33.6) and the Hornets’ Kevin Heller (16:38.4.
Game Day 1 p.m. Salina Free Library. Bring your own game or play one of the library’s. 18+. Cruisin’ with Vets 4-7 p.m. VFW Post 3146, 2000 Lemoyne Ave., Mattydale. Check out classic cars and bikes while enjoying food, 50-50 raffles and live music from Roadhouse Prophets. Sponsored by Hungers for Hope, InFocus Insurance, Microbore and Dynamax Digital Printing.
MONDAYS, TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS Thrift Shop 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Elbridge Community Church, 109 E. Main St. No consignments, but donations accepted. For more information, call 315-689-3797.
MONDAY & FRIDAYS Senior Exercise Class 9 a.m.-10 a.m. Marcellus Free Library. Taught by dance instructor Mary Jo Pelc. 315-673-3269. MONDAYS, THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS OCRRA’s Household Toxics Drop-Off Appointment required. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Miller Environmental, 532 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse (off Hiawatha Boulevard). Business materials are not accepted. Residents of the town and village of Skaneateles are not eligible for this program as these municipalities are not part of the OCRRA service area. Visit OCRRA. org to make an appointment and see the full list of what is and is not accepted.
TUESDAYS
Coffee with the Liverpool Chamber 8 a.m. Zoom. Network with fellow entrepreneurs virtually. Visit liverpoolchamber.com/events-calendar/ to register. Story Time for Bookworms 10:30 a.m. Skaneateles Library, 49 E. Genesee St. For children who enjoy longer books, this story time includes multiple stories, songs, and ends with hands-on play. For ages 2-5.
Preschool Story Time 10:30 a.m. Skaneateles Library, 49 E. Genesee St. Grab a blanket or lawn chair and join us as we read, sing, and play together on the Library Lawn. For ages 3 to 5 years. Registration required; visit skanlibrary. org or call 315-685-5135. Fun for all Story Time 11 a.m. Salina Free Library. Weekly story time for ages 3-6. Bring lawn chairs or blankets for sunny days.
JE Seniors Lunch Noon. JE Community
