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Lincoln Auditorium, the centerpiece of Central High School, was the venue of choice for the city of Syracuse performing arts groups before the Civic Center was built in 1903.

Advocates for the former high school building host tour, Photos on page 16. hope to inspire development.

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New programs aim to improve perception of downtown March 7 forced a motorist traveling from Canada to Florida to pull of I-81 into the city, and the woman found her way to the new Downtown Security and Information Center, a storefront that opened just a few days earlier.

“She popped in and I gave her a few maps and the parking brochure, and hopefully she’ll be back one day,” Sonne said.

A friendly face on the street

Sonne was hired as the first ambassador to work out of the new Downtown Information and Security Center in the Galleries. Her duties include answering questions, from where to find an ATM to which restaurant to visit, giving directions, picking up litter and generally being another set of eyes on the street.

She is in direct contact with the Syracuse Police Department, so while she won’t act as law enforcement she will be able to alert them to emergencies.

Treier said a second ambassador is expected to be hired by the end of the month, though finding another candidate with Sonne’s experience would be tough.

The Syracuse ambassador program is modeled after efforts in Center City Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Fla. and Atlanta, Treier said.

Syracuse already has the advantage of a Downtown Security force in addition to the SPD, Treier said, something many other cities with ambassador programs were looking to add to their roster.

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By Ami Olson editor@theeaglecny.com With an estimated 500 new visitors expected to pour into Syracuse every other day from April to July and funding at the ready, the time was right to kick off a new ambassador program and open the doors to the Downtown Security and Information Center at 404 S. Warren St. The Downtown Committee unveiled the center, and its first ambassador, on March 4, offering out-of-towners and Syracuse-area residents both a storefront information center and an on-foot resource for quick answers to just about any question about downtown.

The center is a resource for Syracuse residents as much as it is for visitors, said Merike Treier.

“We’re doing this for everybody, for the Syracuse community,” Treier said, emphasizing that the resource was called “information center,” not “visitor’s center,” for a reason.

We were pretty particular in choosing the name, she added. Same goes for the location, which is really the second home of the center, though it’s a much more visual and inviting space than the center’s previous location in the Dey’s Brothers Building on South Salina Street.

The storefront on the Warren Street entrance of the Galleries is outfitted with racks

of maps and brochures, two iPads and a wireless printer, chairs to rest tired feet and a full-time community service officer through the Syracuse Police Department.

Demystifying downtown

Treier said “demystifying downtown” and improving the way people perceive the neighborhoods is a primary goal.

“We have a lot of hotspots of activity but they’re not all connected,” Treier said. “Things aren’t as well marked here as you might like, so having someone on the street being able to improve your experience when you come down here is going to be a lasting impression of Syracuse in your mind.”

The space also serves as a policing center for SPD officers on the downtown beat.

But the storefront is only half of the Downtown Committee’s latest initiative to make downtown a more welcoming place.

The ambassador program launched last week will make dedicated downtown representatives available to the public throughout the entire downtown district to answer questions about restaurants, parking, walking and driving directions, where to find a bathroom – you name it.

Victoria Sonne said in her first week as Syracuse’s first Downtown Ambassador, she already helped a visitor navigate the city.

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From page 3 Unlike many those programs in many other cities, Syracuse’s ambassadors are not expected to work directly with the homeless. “The program may evolve into a program that helps the homeless,� Treier said. But first a community discussion on the best way to address the issue would be necessary.

Another difference in Syracuse’s program are the hours ambassadors and the center are available to the public. In many larger cities with similar programs, ambassadors are available on weekends and nights.

Treier said the ambassadors’ hours would shift for special events, but first priority was getting the program running and the ambassadors comfortable with the job.

Where’s the money coming from?

Though the space at the Galleries was donated, establishing the Downtown Security and Information Center and the ambassador program was not cheap.

The center itself is funded by the Downtown Committee, a not-for-profit that operates off a special assessment on commercial properties in the downtown district. A grant secured in 2009 by Assemblyman William Magnarelli will pay for the first two years of the ambassador program – including salaries and benefits for the ambassadors – and Treier said the Downtown Committee will take over funding the program after the money dries up.

About the Ambassador Victoria Sonne

Call her: Vicky or Victoria; also answers to “hey you in the red coat� and those who appear lost or confused Grew up in Camillus Spent four years of interpretation with the National Parks Service, then six years in law enforcement as National Park Ranger Moved 11 times in 15 years before returning to her hometown Former EMT Favorite National Park she worked in: Olympic National Park, Forks, Wash.

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Founded in 1980 by the late Phil Serling, Cinefest is now into its third decade here.

Cinefest 31 – which runs from 9 a.m. Thursday March 17 through 5 p.m. Sunday March 20 – will screen silent films such as “Music in the Air” starring Gloria Swanson and “What Price Glory” starring Victor McLaglen. Many of the silents will be accompanied by pianists just as they were in pre-sound theaters.

Besides the dialogue-less oldies, Cinefest 31 will screen early talkies like 1941’s “Hellzapoppin’” with Martha Raye, 1931’s “Alice in Wonderland” with Ruth Gilbert and 1932’s “The Phantom President” with George M. Cohan.

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Every year as the spring equinox rolls around, the Syracuse Cinephile Society rolls its projectors over to the Holiday Inn on Electronics Park in Salina where nearly 500 vintage film fans from all over the world turn out for its annual Cinefest.

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instance, “Music in the Air� is a 1927 silent starring Gloria Swanson, “The Wolf Song� is a 1929 talkie featuring a young Gary Cooper, and “The Fall Guy� stars Oliver Hardy before he partnered full-time with Stan Laurel. “What truly makes Cinefest unique among film festivals,� says Cinephile spokesman Gerry Orelando, “is that the vintage films being presented are rare titles which can’t be found on television or commercially-released DVDs. Many of our films are one-of-a-kind prints which haven’t been publicly seen in decades.�

Scandalous ‘Temple Drake’

On Saturday March 19, the film fanatics will bus down to Eastwood’s Palace Theater for a showing of six 35mm films including 1933’s “The Story of Temple Drake� starring Miriam Hopkins and 1923’s “Jazzmania� starring Mae Murray. Despite its title, “Jazzmania� has almost nothing to do with jazz – after all, it’s silent! – but it does feature some of the most provocative attire worn by an actress in film up to that time.

If you had to pick only one of Cinefest 31’s four-dozen films and shorts to see, you’d be wise to choose the scandalous “Temple Drake� at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Palace. The

Pre-Code film focuses on a flirtatious Southern belle whose outrageous behavior gets her in Dutch with a band of bootleggers. Based on William Faulkner’s novel “Sanctuary,� the movie directed by Stephen Roberts features one of Miriam Hopkins’ most memorable roles as it builds to a breathless climax.

Admission to the Palace program – which begins at 8:30 a.m. and lasts until late-afternoon – costs $25. Registration for all four days of Cinefest 31 costs $75, or $25 per day; 468-6147; syracusecinefest.com.

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Admission to the dealers’ rooms only on Saturday costs $5, which will be applied to any item purchased.

The festival concludes Sunday, March 20 with a few final screenings including 1936’s “The Great Barrier� with Lilli Palmer and a memorabilia auction conducted by “Entertainment Tonight� critic Leonard Maltin at 10:30 a.m.

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SAS sails to state final four; Henninger falls in regional 14 points. DeOndray Tape, like McLain, hit a pair of 3-pointers on his way to eight points as Jamon Haddon contributed seven points.

SAS now goes to Glens Falls Civic Center, where it faces Section II champion Greenwich Friday at 1:30 in the state semifinals. The winner plays Friends Academy or Buffalo I-Prep Saturday night at 7:15 for the state Class C championship.

Henninger, the sectional Class AA champions, wanted to join SAS as a second city team in Glens Falls, but ran into a powerful machine in the form of defending state champion Albany Christian Brothers Academy in Saturday’s regional final at Cicero-North Syracuse, falling to the Brothers 69-37.

In truth, the game may have been decided in the first four minutes, when Albany CBA jumped all over the Black Knights in a 15-0 blitz that included star guard Galal Cancer converting six points and three 3-pointers from Joe Krong and Max Weaver.

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However, Albany CBA’s ferocious man-toman defense never let up in keeping players in the face of any Henninger player with the ball.

It proved so effective that the Black Knights only managed four field goals in the entire second half, allowing for the runaway.

Only Tommie Spinner, with 10 points, reached double figures as Kavon Delee added eight points and Markell Stith got seven points.

Cancer paced Albany CBA with 25 points as Krong contributed 18 points.

Henninger’s championship season concluded with a record of 18-4 and the knowledge that four starters - Spinner, Delee, Marquies Young and Tevin Chisholm - return next year, as does Quashawn Gainey. Stith departs, as does Terrell Nelson, the senior reserve whose 19 points helped win the dramatic overtime sectional final against Utica Proctor.

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In a short amount of time, the Syracuse Academy of Science boys basketball team has risen a long way.

Just five years into the charter school’s existence, SAS is going to the state Class C final four in Glens Falls, the Atoms having sealed that berth Saturday night with an impressive 66-45 victory over Section IV champion Moravia in the Class C regional final at SUNY-Cortland.

By playing at the fast pace it wanted right from the start, SAS (21-2) pulled away early from Moravia, who entered the game as the state’s only undefeated Class C team. Not only did the Blue Devils carry a 22-0 mark, it also had experience on its side, having reached the state semifinals a year ago.

This was all new to SAS, fresh off beating city rival Institute of Technology 83-67 for the Section III Class C title earlier in the week. Yet it was quickly apparent that the Atoms were not

afraid at all of stepping onto a larger stage.

Unlike both of its previous playoff games (against IT and Onondaga), SAS was able to get its tempo on both ends - especially on defense, where it pressured Moravia into a series of early mistakes.

Meanwhile, the Atoms’ inside-outside game, with Ahmet Tunali controlling the paint and guards Dakeem McLain and Kaleel Johnson converting from the perimeter, helped build a 19-8 lead by the end of the first quarter.

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When the Anaheim Ducks signed veteran American Hockey League right wing Brian McGrattan on Feb. 28, they sent him to Syracuse where he was expected to become the Crunch’s new enforcer.

After all, McGrattan’s stands 6-foot-4, and that’s without skates. Plus the 29-year-old from Hamilton, Ontario has a long record of piling up penalty minutes in the AHL. In 2004-05, he led the league with 551 minutes in the sin bin. In 236 career AHL games, McGrattan had scored just 29 goals while logging 1,150 penalty minutes.

So it’s something of a surprise that, after six games with the Crunch, McGrattan has scored five goals. How surprising? Well, McGrattan’s far better known for his hard fists than his soft hands. His five goals for Syracuse over a half dozen games is one more goal than he scored over three dozen games for the Providence Bruins earlier this year.

The tough guy’s shooting spree sparked the Crunch like nothing else this sad season.

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Since he joined the club, the Crunch went on its most remarkable roll, notching a four-game winning streak, its longest of the 2010-11 campaign.

McGrattan’s hot streak started March 5 and 7 in San Antonio and Austin. On Saturday, March 12, at the War Memorial, McGrattan flirted with a hat trick after putting two firstperiod goals past Rochester Amerks goalie Marc Cheverie in the Crunch’s 3-2 win. He also broke a Crunch franchise record with 13 shots on goal.

McGrattan’s first netter of the night was a thing of beauty. He took a pinpoint pass from Nick Bonino for a breakaway on the Amerks goal, and he deked with a forehand but then held on to flip a backhand over a helpless Cheverie.

The team’s winning ways went south on Sunday, March 13, when the Albany Devils dispatched the Crunch by a score of 4-1 in the capital, but guess who scored Syracuse’s lone tally. That’s right, the Crunch’s great one, No. 20, Brian McGrattan!

A few minutes into the second period, Syracuse left wing Nicolas Deschamps poked the puck up the right wing boards to McGrattan, who skated in and snapped a sharp-angle shot through the pads of Mike McKenna.

The Albany game was a decidedly physical confrontation as Crunch forward Patrick Maroon pummeled Olivier Magnan just 28 seconds in. About three minutes later, Syracuse defenseman Mat Clark and Chris Murray went at it in front of the Albany bench. Tempers also flared between Syracuse’s Sean Zimmerman and David McIntyre after a whistle at the 10:44 mark.

In the third period, Crunch winger John Kurtz battled Louis Robitaille before McGrattan finally dropped his gloves to take on Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond in a lengthy bout to a draw.

Syracuse and Albany go at it again back at the War Memorial at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 16. The home games continue here at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19, when the Crunch face off against the Toronto Marlies and the Charlotte Checkers, respectively. Ticket prices range between $13 and $22; 473-4444; syracusecrunch.com.

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Mahoney appoints Cox to 12th district seat

Attorney Robert Cox was appointed to the 12th legislative district seat of the Onondaga County Legislature by Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney last week.

He is a partner at Pappas & Cox law firm in Syracuse and a longtime Onondaga County resident. Cox isa graduate of SUNY-ESF and SU College of Law. Cox acknowledged the “important juncture� the Legislature is facing and said he looked forward to working with his fellow legislators.

Town of Pompey Supervisor Carole Marsh said Cox’s efforts to keep Pratt’s Falls County Park open was evidence he would be “a people’s legislator.�

The 12th district seat was vacated by Robert DeMore when he accepted the position of director of community development for Onondaga County.

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Improv festival planned for April will bring more than 30 troupes to Syracuse Improv comedy is thriving all around Upstate New York, says improv enthusiast Joe Blum. The improve scene enjoys especially strong college troupes in Binghamton, Clinton, Oswego and Rochester with college troupes, semi-pro troupes in Ithaca and Albany and all-out pros in Rochester and Buffalo.

“There’s all this talent everywhere. There are great venues, and there’s an audience. But for all of that, there still isn’t a real improv community,” said Blum, a co-director of the Thumbs UPstate Improv Festival set for April 8 and 9 in Syracuse.

Blum, along with Syracuse improv veterans Ken Keech, Vanessa Rose and Mike Intaglietta, plan to solve the “no community” problem by uniting comedy improv troupes and increasing community awareness.

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is currently home to several high school troupes, Syracuse University’s Zamboni Revolution, and troupes like Satan’s Closet, Don’t Feed the Actors, Oregon Fail, and Red House Live. There’s even the Salt City Improv Theater located in ShoppingTown Mall.

Thumbs UPstate organizers hope to attract up to 30 troupes from Upstate New York to the St. Clare Theater, an underutilized venue in Syracuse’s Northside.

“Northside UP is thrilled to help host the Thumbs UPstate Improv Festival,” said Sara Caliva, a program manager with Northside UP. “We expect that the festival will benefit local merchants and further energize the emerging arts scene within the neighborhood.”

The festival will consist of performances by attending groups, beginners workshops for those looking to try something new, advanced workshops in both short form and long form improv led by veteran improv educators.

A festival pass for both days, including performances and workshops, costs $10. Tickets to view the performances cost $5 each night; beginners’ workshops cost $10 and include admission to the Saturday performances.

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Sharpen the focus, keep it on students

Touring the halls of the long-closed Central High School last weekend was a rare and special opportunity.

The building was, and still shows traces of being, a knock-out. Designed by architect Archimedes Russell and erected in 1903, the school graduated its last class in 1975 and enjoyed a brief but doomed second life when the city sold it to a developer more than 10 years ago.

Many rooms in the building look as though workers could be on lunch break, tools and hardware sitting on half-tornup floors.

The Preservation Association of Central New York and Central High advocates like Sehl Burns are justified in both their love for the structure and their belief that, sitting dilapidated and unused, it is a waste of a valuable resource.

But is now -- when the Syracuse City School District is threatening to cut hundreds of teaching positions -- the time to push for pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into a beautiful but impractical building?

The point can be argued back and forth (and probably will be) for years, until finally someone buys the building and fills it with condos or it’s razed and another parking garage goes in.

The bottom line is we’re dangerously close to shifting the focus off of what’s best now for the students.

In the meantime, the school district has plans (as of press time) to sign a three-year contract with Sharon Contreras to replace outgoing Superintendent Daniel Lowengard.

Whether Contreras was the district’s first choice, or they had intended to go with Bernard Taylor Jr. before he pulled his name from the hat, Contreras was our first choice and we’re excited to watch her lead the district.

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What you’re saying We asked readers: How much will you pay for gas before you cut back on driving?

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I’ve been cutting back on driving for the past few years. It not only results in less money spent on gas, but also a savings on car repairs. I can put that money towards my bike, bus fare, or shoes!”

- Damian J. Vallelonga, Syracuse They already got that high a while back! I’ve already cut back and consolidated trips.

My grandmother’s Scotch gene has surfaced with a vengeance on this issue.”

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Since I am currently making future plans to cut back on driving... including moving, I am at my breaking point already. There is no way I could get by without a car at this point, but I am moving closer to work.”

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They are already there. When prices hit $3.25 we began streamlining our trips.

- Paul Nagle, senior advertising consultant, Eagle Newspapers Already I try to manage my driving distance by creating an efficient route that will use the least amount of fuel as possible.

As gas prices continue to soar, I will most likely find ways to cut back on driving if it reaches $4 per gallon.

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I think it is already too high and I’m definitely cognizant of where I’m driving to on a weekly basis. Besides work obligations, I encourage my daughter to take the bus home when she stays after rather than picking her up from school and limit weekend activities to close destinations.

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When it gets up to almost $5 per gallon, I think twice about driving somewhere or combining my trips, car pooling, etc.

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Here is next week’s question: Are you willing to pay more to renovate historic buildings, rather than build new?

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Technological overload: iPod,iPhone, iConfused I’m sitting here and my ear is hurting. Why? Because I have to wear a Bluetooth hands-free device in order to speak on my phone in the car.

Great idea, but aren’t there Gamma Rays or something being aimed at my head?

Just asking. After a while I think we’ll have medical cases where an earpiece has fused with the head and become part of the ear.

Move that piece of hair aside and just plug the darn thing into the USB port growing out of your head.

Okay, next is the new phone: it’s smart, I’m not.

Since my iPhone handles my e-mail I have it synced with my Microsoft Outlook e –mail accounts. Now I can drive (or walk) and talk simultaneously. I have “apps” that track everything from spending to the caloric counts in every McDonald’s menu item.

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tion and how long it will take to get me there. I can use the standard American woman’s voice or if I’m feeling really creative I’ll use my Snoop Dog vocal option.

“You have reached your destination” in urban slang.

Homer Simpson, Mr. T and other celebrity voices are also available.

I’ve become so dependent on this satellite-driven device that I admit TomTom could send me towards Onondaga Lake at 55 mph off the parkway and I’d do it!

Since there is no land-based local talk radio that’s not some freak hating on poor and black people, I’ve gone celestial -- that is, satellite XM radio. If I want to listen to talk I can choose talk that’s not insulting. After shuttering 106.9’s urban format I made a decision that Clear Channels can’t dictate my music or what talk I hear. Now, if I want a “tea party” I’ll buy Celestial Seasonings brand. No more Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich or Rush in my car -- they’ve been banned.

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Like any full-grown nerd I waited twoand-a-half hours for the iPad 2, a device that resembles my phone on steroids! I have a Bible app that allows me to take my iPad to church and simply scroll and point at the verse and suddenly I’m reading an electronic Bible complete with lessons, notes, highlighting pen and bookmark for future reference. The device even comes with a complimentary copy of Winnie the Pooh with pages that turn with the sound and look of a regular printed page of paper.

Not only can I surf the web, I can take photos and video just like the phone. Gee, I can be like Oprah! The KENetwork! Isn’t it obvious that I’ve been impacted by all the devices pointed at my head?

Now I have to write a hand-written note, but I forgot how to use a pen.

Ken is the editor of Urban CNY and a weekly columnist for The Eagle. Reach him at kjackson@urbancny.com.

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In the wake of Japan’s nuclear horror, looking back at another nuclear accident Gary It was just about 32 years ago this month that the U.S. faced the most significant nuclear accident in the nation’s nuclear power history – Three Mile Island. I was there.

So, it’s with a sense of fear and awe that I watch Japan’s nuclear horror unfold in the wake of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that peeled open at least two of the country’s nuclear power plants and prompted the evacuation of thousands.

March 28, 1979 brought a bright, sunny and unseasonably warm day to Harrisburg, Pa., the state capital where I worked as the bureau chief for a metropolitan newspaper. It was a slow time in the legislative calendar and most of its members were back in their districts.

The newsroom was on the second floor of the Capitol at the rear of the rotunda. I was prepared for a lazy day of phone calls and maybe a walk around the grounds before calling it day.

As usual, I stopped by the Associated Press desk to see if what was making news overnight. The on-duty reporter shrugged that there wasn’t much news, but something might be going on at the power plant down the (Susquehanna) river. He heard from a radio reporter who heard from someone else that the state police had been called to Three Mile Island.

The exchange raised my curiosity. There wasn’t much going on. It was warm, sunny and open sunroof type weather. I asked my colleague from another newspaper if he wanted to

take a ride.

The sweep of subsequent events gobbled the next two years of my professional life.

Executive Some 30 minutes later I was at the entrance gate to TMI. The gatekeeper and a single trooper manned the checkpoint outside the fenced causeway to the plant. We were, of course, barred entry and told to contact the plant owner, Metropolitan Edison if we had any questions. There was no other movement on the island that we could discern.

The presence of the trooper, however, was a tip-off that news was about to be made. I drove to the TMI Welcome Center a short distance away and called my office, leaving word for someone to call Metropolitan Edison and get the story. I figured I was done with it.

Retracing the route took me past the TMI gate again. Carloads of people were being driven off the island. It looked pretty much like an evacuation to me. I parked the car out of the troopers’ vision and my colleague and I and scooted down a bank from which we could observe the island.

With an almost whispered, kind of whooshing sound a wisp of white rose skyward from what we were to learn was the containment building. The steam contained radiation spewed into the containment by a runaway nuclear reactor. There was an effort underway to relieve built-up pressure in the structure to prevent an explosion, I learned later. I headed for the Welcome Center pay phone, again. This

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I wasn’t the only newsman on the case, it turned out. Ten minutes later, the TMI juggernaut was on. A clog of TV vans and multiples of other reporters, camera people, sound technicians and the like converged on the site.

Within hours it became clear that no one in authority had a grip on what was going on inside the plant. Industry officials moved from a public position of “no problem” to a minor problem that prompted a shutdown. No one believed the officials including the Republican governor of the state, Dick Thornburgh. He sought, and received, help from President Jimmy Carter.

Those living around the area were put on notice that an evacuation might be necessary; people living nearby, especially pregnant women, were told to stay indoors.

By the third day of misinformation and hysterical reports, an estimated one-quarter of the area’s 950,000 residents packed up what they could transport, withdew their savings from banks and fled the area.

Rumors and rumors of rumors reverberated through the hundreds of news people who poured into the area, which prompted network TV types to be evacuated by helicopter because of fears the plant was about to explode.

The foot soldiers, such as myself, slogged it out daily, working 18 to 20 hours a day churning out minute-to-minute coverage for our

publications. Some slept in their cars. I took refuge at a friend’s apartment.

On April 1, Roman Catholic priests granted general absolution during Sunday mass. It was a rite usually restricted to war or other circumstances when it might be impossible for people to make confessions to priests.

Area hospitals announced they would accept only emergency admissions, to clear beds in the event an evacuation is required.

Three days later, Thornburgh went on TV and announced the crisis was over. An uneasy calm settled in quickly and the real questioning started into what happened. The problem, it turned out was a faulty valve which triggered misleading readings and resulted in a partial meltdown of the nuclear core.

It would not be until July 1982 when the true danger of the crisis would be revealed.

That’s when the site became cool enough for a remote camera to be dipped into the nuclear core. The camera showed a full five feet of the fuel rods had burned.

Roger Mattson, NRC Senior Engineer at the time, said of the accident, “We had a meltdown at Three Mile Island… Fifty percent of the core was destroyed or molten and something on the order of 20 tons of uranium found its way, by flowing in a molten state, to the bottom head of the pressure vessel. That’s a core melt-down. No question about it.”

By that time, I was working in another job, and gratefully another state.

Perspective

Exercisers driven to extremes in the name of fitness may be doing more harm than good. So says a study of endurance runners, whose bodies researchers analyzed with a mobile MRI unit. They found that running long distances over a sustained period of time led to muscle loss (as well as fat loss). Researchers also noted that the endurance runners suffered from severely impaired immune function. The runners, who covered 2,800 miles in 64 days, lost an average of 7% of the muscle volume in their legs. Some also developed infections that progressed to the point where they had to quit due to impaired immune systems. The message for runners is: Know when to rest.

Most common running injuries are due to overuse, overtraining, or a biomechanical flaw in body structure and motion. Physical therapy is the evaluation and treatment of individuals with disorders of the musculoskeletal system. To schedule an appointment for physical therapy, please call 315-4763176. The State of New York requires that each patient must see a physician, nurse practitioner, dentist or podiatrist and receive a prescription for physical therapy. We are located at 207 Pine Street in Syracuse.

P.S. Some of the runners in the study mentioned above experienced bone fractures, which is evidence that they were engaged in exercise that demanded too much of their bodies.

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Back inside Central High Clockwise from top left: The former Central High School, built in 1903 and located at 701 S. Warren St., graduated its last class in 1975. About 30 people, many of them former students, toured the building led by Central High advocate Sehl Burns and sponsored by Preservation Association of Central New York. The top floor of the building, which includes the catwalk over the auditorium, was off limits to students during Central High’s school years but visitors eagerly climbed the stairs to discover the space on Sunday. Burns has led many tours through the building in the last decade, and some former Central students left their mark on the attic walls, wooden beams and classroom chalkboards. The Lincoln Auditorium, once the venue of Syracuse’s performing arts groups and pride of the city, only hints remain of its acoustic superiority and elegant craftsmanship. Below: the marble lobby where the tour group gathered was a grand entrance to the building, but not used by students. View the online photo gallery at facebook.com/theeaglecny. For more information about PACNY, visit pacny.net. photos ami olson

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“Seneca Federal Savare on the ‘same side’. ings and Loan AssociaWe are very thankful tion is not an average when a customer is mortgage originator willing to approach us but it IS an average when they are having community bank,� difficulty and before said Katrina Russo, the loan is in default president-CEO of and we are able to Seneca Federal Savings work with finding a and Loan Association.

Seneca Federal Vice President – Lending, Tammy Purcell, left, and solution to get them Sound community through a rough Assistant Vice President – Lending, Rebecca Smith. bank mortgage lending time such as a job Tammy Purcell, VP–lending. practices are not the source loss,� added Purcell. At Seneca “We also respond quickly to of problems that have turned Federal you always have the pre-qualification requests the economy on its ear. ability to speak directly with and pride ourselves as local Rather, the “big� banks who experienced loan underwriters underwriters with timely took part in the sub-prime who assist you in your mortcommitments.� Seneca Federal lending with less than qualigage loan application process has never used credit scores as fied applicants is what has from start to finish, including a basis for loan approval but contributed to the downturn servicing throughout the loan. rather base loan commitment of the economy. “It’s not all The lending team is carrying on actual consumer credit hisabout making a quick buck,� on with the philosophy of tory. This ‘traditional’ and timesaid Russo. “Mainstream individualized lending that tested practice has worked America has to start thinking community banks thrive on. well for the Association, which beyond the all mighty buck “We are imbedded in our has a foreclosure rate near zero and remember what is really communities and want to percent. at the heart of this nation, offer competitive mortgage, “A low foreclosure rate which I believe is what all consumer and commercial sometimes leads people to communities bank’s thinking loan rates for the benefit of our ask me if we are risky enough boils down to. The dream of customers,� said Purcell. “We with such a low default rate,� homeownership is a dream aren’t a ‘cookie cutter’ secondsaid the president, adding that we help make happen and it ary mortgage market lender. the low default rate has more can be done in a conservative We understand the needs of to do with the rapport they manner and still render posiour communities and want to have made with their customtive results to many.� provide a competitive proders during the underwriting Seneca Federal is proud to uct.�The mortgage servicing process and less to do with not provide traditional, local home is always retained by us so our taking risk. “Our loans are often town lending with competicustomers are assured they tailor-made to our customer’s tively priced mortgage rates. will work with us for the life of specific needs and we build a “We look to competitors daily, the loan. rapport with them from the in part, to decide where to One example of a loan beginning, indicating that we price our mortgage rates,� said that is often tailor-made to a

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Merle Builders combines It’s fix-up time quality, experience

By Waded GonzalezCandelaria, public health educator

By Erin Wisneski With 35 years in the home building and renovation business, Scott Merle, owner of Merle Builders, Inc. has the experience homeowners deserve whether looking for their first home or an upgrade that better fits the buyer’s lifestyle.

Merle Builders offers clients custom-built homes, as well as moderately priced townhomes and patio homes. In addition to new construction, Merle Builders also has extensive experience in remodeling and designing aesthetic additions to existing homes.

Despite a slow building climate due to the economy, Scott thinks people’s confidence in the economy will rise this spring and 2011 will prove fruitful. “There seems to be a lot of people who have been ‘on the fence’ waiting for the economy to recoup and are now ready to build this year,” Scott said. He added that his decades of experience combined with the quality of his work give his clients the advantage.

“Quality and longevity position me to compete with my fellow homebuilders and definitely with the ‘one-truck operators,’ whose numbers have multiplied during the recession,” he said.

One-man operation Previously partnered with his brother, Ron, Scott is now the sole operator of Merle Builders, a business that the brothers’ father, Harold T. Merle began in 1962 with “$1,000 in his pocket.”

In 2009 and 2010, Merle Builders saw a decrease in business due to the economy, which resulted in a company downsize. In addition to eliminating several employees, the brothers decided that only one of them was needed to

Scott Merle, owner of Merle Builders. keep the company going.

“We needed to be leaner and more competitive in the marketplace,” Scott said. “Ron was just about at full retirement age and I am 13 years younger. So, naturally, we decided that I would continue the ‘Merle Legacy.’”

That legacy includes the following ongoing projects: a 2,700-square-foot model home in Timber Banks located on the golf course; two- and three-bedroom Townhomes in Clay starting at $132,900; Patio homes in Radisson beginning in late spring, early summer; custom one- to two-acre lots remaining in Melia Park off Route 370; and custom lots at Whisper Ridge in Radisson.

With so many projects in the works, Scott is embracing the future of the company as it approaches its 50th year in business.

“I will do my best to insure the legacy passed down to me and take Merle Builders into the next new and technologically exciting decade,” he said.

Merle Builders, Inc. is located at 2 Canton St. in Baldwinsville.

The office is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; potential and existing clients can call the office at 635-6917 or contact Scott at 952-6498. Merle Builders will also be at the Home and Garden Show, March 1720 at the State Fairgrounds.

Are you thinking about fixing up the old homestead?

Are you planning on doing the project on your own or hiring someone to do it for you?

Was your home built before 1978? If it was, it may contain lead paint. When lead paint is disturbed during remodeling, dangerous lead dust is created. Young children and pregnant women are at the greatest risk from exposure to lead dust, but anyone can become lead poisoned.

The Onondaga County Health Department Lead Poisoning Control Program would like you to consider the

following questions before you start your project: Was the house built before 1978?

Will you be disturbing the paint?

Have you had the paint tested to see if it is lead paint?

What safety precautions will you or your contractor/ handyman take to protect yourself and your children from exposure to hazardous lead dust? The most important thing to consider when remodeling is controlling the lead dust. You can do this by following these tips:

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To keep paint chips and dust contained, work in one area at a time; enclose the work area

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Clean up daily. Don’t allow anyone into the work area until the daily cleanup is complete Learn more about working safely with lead paint.

To sign up for a free one-day Lead Safe Work Practices training, call the Lead Poisoning Control Program at 435-3271.

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Syracuse’s DeVon Jenkins finalist in ‘Hottest Husbands’ contest

Syracuse husband and father DeVon Jenkins is one of 25 finalists in Redbook magazine’s America’s Hottest Husbands contest.

DeVon, 31, a junior executive of mergers and acquisitions, was nominated for the contest by his wife, Chelsea Jenkins, 31.

DeVon and Chelsea make a point to have

date nights as much as possible. “If we can’t get a babysitter, we’ll play the Michael Jackson Wii or card games after the kids go to bed,” she says. “When we go out, we love going to clubs and dancing all night long.

DeVon Jenkins We always have fun together,” says Chelsea.

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The winner will receive an all-inclusive Imperial Maya Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Tax, finance expert speaks about U.S. debt crisis

Le Moyne College will host a free economics forum on “Crisis in U.S. Public Debt: Catastrophic Budget Failure” at 7 p.m. Tuesday March 22 in Grewen Auditorium.

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nized tax policy and public finance expert and the Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs at Maxwell School of Syracuse University, will discuss the crisis of U.S. public debt and offer short- and long-term strategies to address this catastrophic budget failure.

Burman has testified before Congress twice in the last year. Formerly he was the director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.C., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the Department of the Treasury, and a senior analyst at the Congressional Budget Office. For more information call 445-4465.

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Get out: The guide Thursday March 17 Art

Th3. 5-8 PM. A common day each month where 17 Syracuse visual art venues are open to recognize and support local artistic achievements.

Comedy

A Wee Bit O’Murder. 6:45 PM. Interactive comedy/mystery dinner theater presented

by Acme Mystery Theater Company.

Spaghetti Warehouse, 689 N. Clinton St. $32.50 plus tax and tip. Acmemysterytheater.com.

Family

Trail Tales. 1 PM. Ages 3-5. Stories and walk with a naturalist. Beaver Lake Nature Center. Free w/park admission. 638-2519.

Film

Syracuse Cinefest 2011. 9 AM-11:20 PM. Screenings throughout the day. Palace Theatre, 2384 James St. $25 per day; fourday registration, $75. Syracusecinefest. com.

‘Heartland Passage: The Oral History of the Erie Canal.’ Noon & 3 PM. Set of nine high-definition videos that profile a person who grew up or worked on the Erie Canal. Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East. Free. Eriecanalmuseum.org.

Gatherings

Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner. 4:30-7 PM. Hosted by Jordan-Elbridge Lions Club, includes step dance performance by McDonald-Ashford Academy of Irish Dance.

Elbridge Fire Hall, Route 5, Elbridge. $8.

Lecture

Artist Talk: Stephanie Rozene. 6 PM. In conjunction with the Windows Project exhibit, “The Politics of Porcelain.” The Warehouse Gallery, 350 W. Fayette St. Thewarehousegallery.syr.edu.

Theater

‘Corpus Christi.’ 8 PM. Controversial play about a homosexual Jesus Christ in 1950s Texas. Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St. $20. Rarelydone.org.

Friday March 18 Comedy

Dinosaur Society. 8:30 PM. An evening of comedy improv. Salt City Improv Theater, Sears Wing, ShoppingTown Mall, DeWitt. $6-$8. Saltcityimprov.com.

KD the Comic and the Last Rejects. 7 PM. Rising talents on stage include KD the

The Sons of Norway Oslo Lodge will host a screening of the Norwegian World War II film, “Max Manus” at 2 p.m.

Sunday March 20.

Comic, Chipp Jones, Matty Abrams and Danny Rolando. Palace Theater, 2384 James St. $10. Brownpapertickets.com.

Family

LEGO Mystery Build. 10:30 AM. Kids ages 6-12 can bring their own legos and create a themed masterpiece in 40 minutes.

Dewitt Community Library. 446-3578.

Family Fun Spring Fling. 5:30-8 PM. Celebrate the arrival of spring with live animal demonstration, facepainting, dancing, and crafts. Juice box and popcorn for every child. KidzClub Indoor Play and Party Place. 219 County Route 57, Phoenix. $10/child, adults/free. 695-2211.

Corduroy Bear Storytime. 6 PM. Story & crafts. Barnes & Noble, Dewitt. 449-2948.

Film

Syracuse Cinefest 2011. 9 AM-10:50 PM. Screenings throughout the day. Palace Theatre, 2384 James St. $25 per day; fourday registration, $75. Syracusecinefest. com.

‘Heartland Passage: The Oral History of the Erie Canal.’ Noon & 3 PM. Set of nine high-definition videos that profile a person who grew up or worked on the Erie Canal. Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East. Free. Eriecanalmuseum.org.

Lecture

Reading: George Drew and Kyle Bass. 7 PM. Playwright Kyle Bass and poet George Drew. Downtown Writer’s Center, YMCA, 340 Montgomery St. Free. Ymcaofgreatersyracuse.org.

Music

Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. California-

based Led Zeppelin tribute band. Westcott Theater. $15. Thewestcotttheater.com.

Sports

Syracuse Crunch Hockey. 7:30 PM. Vs. Toronto Marlies. War Memorial at Oncenter. $. 473-4444 or syracusecrunch.com.

Theater

‘Corpus Christi.’ 8 PM. Controversial play about homosexual Jesus Christ in 1950s Texas. Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St. $20. Rarelydone.org.

‘Tonight at 8:30: Three plays by Noel Coward.’ 8 PM. “The Red Peppers,” “Ways and Means, “Hands Across the Sea.” Atonement Stage, 116 W. Glen Ave. $15-$18. Appleseedproductions.org.

‘Urinetown: The Musical.’ 8 PM. Tony Award-winning satirical comedy. First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville, 64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville. $17-$20. Baldwinsvilletheatreguild.org.

Saturday March 19 Family

Pancake Breakfast. 9 AM-noon. Beaver Lake Nature Center. $2.50-$4.50. Reservations for groups of 10 or more. 638-2519.

Literature Live: Curious George! 10 AM-8 PM. Meet Curious George and enjoy literature-related activities for the whole family.

Included with admission. Strong Museum of Play, Rochester. 585-410-6359.

Maple Syrup Weekends. 10 AM-2 PM. Tours of the demonstration sugarbush. Beaver Lake Nature Center. Free w/admission.

638-2519.

Mix It Up! Art Class. 10:30 AM-noon. Young

artists age 4-12 can explore a variety of media and use the galleries for inspiration.

Everson Museum. $70/four class session.

474-0064.

Very Hungry Caterpillar Storytime. 11 AM. Story & crafts. Barnes & Noble, Clay & DeWitt. 622-1066 & 449-2948.

Together Book Club. 12:30-2 PM. Book club for kids ages 9-11 and their parents.

Books, lunch, and childcare provided.

Maxwell Memorial Library. Pre-register.

672-3661.

Magic Circle Children’s Theater. 12:30 PM. Interactive children’s theater featuring Sleeping Beauty. Spaghetti Warehouse, Syracuse. $5/person. Pre-register. 4493823.

Hot Cocoa and Snow Series. 1-2:30 PM. Hands-on nature learning and hot chocolate. Montezuma Audubon Center.

2295 State Route 89, Savannah. $5/adult, $3/child, $15/family, includes snowshoe rental. Pre-register. 365-3588.

‘Unji Finds a Friend’ Book Signing. 1-3 PM. Author Rebecca E.B. King signs copies of her Christian children’s book, about a lonely puppy in a strange, new place.

Books and Memories, 2600 James St. Maples and Music. 1-4 PM. Sugarbush tours, live music, and sweet maple treats.

Baltimore Woods. $. Pre-register. 6731350.

Film

Syracuse Cinefest 2011. 7:45 AM-11:20 PM. Screenings throughout the day. Palace Theatre, 2384 James St. $25 per day; fourday registration, $75. Syracusecinefest. com.

Fundraiser

A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Noon-2:30 PM. For kids age 3-8 and accompanying adults.

Wandering Wonderland characters, Happy Unbirthday Parade, indoor croquet, magician, storytelling, crafts, raffles and more.

Sponsored by Solvay-Geddes-Camillus Kiwanis to benefit Golisano Children’s Hospital. Christ Community Church, 3644 Warners Road, Syracuse. $16. 488-5628.

Music

The World Begins at Home. 2 PM. Featuring the Syracuse Children’s Chorus and composer Nick Page. Eastern Hills Bible Church, Manlius. 478-0582.

Cubical Sunrise. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8.

Electronica/dance band from Oneida, with Desolation Angels. Westcott Theater. $10.

Thewestcotttheater.com.

Sports

SU Mens Lacrosse. 6 PM. Vs. Johns Hopkins University. Carrier Dome. $. Suathletics. com.

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Syracuse Crunch Hockey. 7:30 PM. Vs. Charlotte Checkers. War Memorial at Oncenter. $. 473-4444 or syracusecrunch.com.

of Art and Design. Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building, SU. Free. 443-2318.

Crisis in U.S. Public Debt: Catastrophic Budget Failure. 7 PM. Economics forum including Leonard E. Burman, nationally recognized tax policy and public finance expert. Grewen Auditorium, Le Moyne College. Free. 445-4465.

Transformation and Liberation: Rising up from fear to hope. 7:30 PM. Former public defender Karen Tse speaks on human rights and the law, University Lectures.

Hendricks Chapel, SU. Free. Lectures.syr. edu.

Theater

‘Urinetown: The Musical.’ 7:30 PM. Tony Award-winning satirical comedy. First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville, 64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville. $17-$20. Baldwinsvilletheatreguild.org.

‘Corpus Christi.’ 8 PM. Controversial play about homosexual Jesus Christ in 1950s Texas. Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St. $20. Rarelydone.org.

‘Tonight at 8:30: Three plays by Noel Coward.’ 8 PM. “The Red Peppers,” “Ways and Means, “Hands Across the Sea.” Atonement Stage, 116 W. Glen Ave. $15-$18. Appleseedproductions.org.

Sunday March 20 Family

Families Explore. Noon-4 PM. Explore the world through music, dance, crafts, and other activities. Corning Museum of Glass. $14/ages 20 and up, 19 and under are free. (607)974-3306.

Literature Live: Curious George! Noon-5 PM. Meet Curious George and enjoy literature-related activities for the whole family.

Included with admission. Strong Museum of Play, Rochester. 585-410-6359.

Maple Syrup Weekends. 1-4 PM. Tours of the demonstration sugarbush. Beaver Lake Nature Center. Free w/admission.

638-2519.

Film

Syracuse Cinefest 2011. 9 AM-5 PM. Screenings throughout the day. Palace Theatre, 2384 James St. $25 per day; fourday registration, $75. Syracusecinefest. com.

‘Max Manus.’ 2 PM. Norwegian World War II film presented by Sons of Norway, Oslo Lodge; share personal stories over coffee and cookies. Northminster Presbyterian Church, 7444 Buckley Road, North Syracuse. Free. 622-7211.

Gatherings

Singles and Couples Brunch. 11 AM. Enjoy brunch with others at a different restaurant each Sunday, hosted by CNY Singles Denny’s, South Bay Road, North Syracuse. $. 458-7555 for reservations.

Music

Live! at the Everson: Syracuse Opera Resident Artists. 2 PM. Debra Stanley, Nora Graham-Smith, Matthew Velis and Matthew young perform, accompanied by Christopher Turbessi, piano. Hosmer Audi-

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Wednesday March 23 Family Baldwinsville Theatre Guild’s production of Urinetown includes cast members Kaleigh Pfohl as Little Sally, Josh Taylor as Bobby Strong, Jennifer Pearson as Hope Cladwell, Bill Ali as Officer Lockstock, Jodie Baum as Ms. Pennywise. torium, Everson Museum of Art. $15; free for students. Civicmorningmusicals.org.

A History of 18th Century Women in Song.

2 PM. With Linda Russell, Folk Music Series.

Liverpool Free Library, 310 Tulip St., Liverpool. Free. Lpl.org.

Akuma Roots. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8.

Syracuse Afro-beat/reggae band. Westcott Theater. $. Thewestcotttheater.com.

Theater

‘Urinetown: The Musical.’ 3 PM. Tony Award-winning satirical comedy. First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville, 64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville. $17-$20. Baldwinsvilletheatreguild.org.

Monday March 21 Family

Nature’s Little Explorers. 10-11 AM. Handson learning about the natural world for kids age 3-5 and an adult. Baltimore Woods. Pre-register. $12. 673-1350.

Home School Expeditions. 1-2 PM. Discover the wonder of science in the great outdoors. Baltimore Woods. $12. Pre-register. 673-1350.

Teen Book Discussion Group. 7 PM. For grades 6 and up. Dewitt Community Library. Free. Pre-register. 446-3578.

Film

‘Heartland Passage: The Oral History of the Erie Canal.’ Noon & 3 PM. Set of nine high-definition videos that profile a person who grew up or worked on the Erie Canal. Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East. Free. Eriecanalmuseum.org.

Music

Dangermuffin. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8.

Americana/reggae band from Folly Beach, SC. Westcott Theater. $10. Thewestcotttheater.com.

Library Instruction for Home Schooled Students. 2 PM. Learn about the Dewey Decimal System, library databases, and internet searches. Manlius Library. Free.

Pre-register. 682-6400.

Film

Tuesday March 22

‘Heartland Passage: The Oral History of the Erie Canal.’ Noon & 3 PM. Set of nine high-definition videos that profile a person who grew up or worked on the Erie Canal. Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East. Free. Eriecanalmuseum.org.

Family

Gatherings

Mom’s Morning Out. 9:30-11 AM. Coffee and discussion group for moms. Community Wesleyan Church. 112 Downer St, Baldwinsville. Free. Childcare: $2/session.

638-2222.

Sciencenter Tactile Time. 10:30 AM. Toddlers and preschoolers explore their world through touch. Sciencenter, Ithaca.

Included with admission. (607) 272-0600.

Expectant Parent Night Out. 6:30-8 PM. For new and expectant parents. Meet the Doulas of CNY. Ophelias Cafe. 407 Tulip St, Liverpool. Pre-register. 455-6MOM.

Film

‘Heartland Passage: The Oral History of the Erie Canal.’ Noon & 3 PM. Set of nine high-definition videos that profile a person who grew up or worked on the Erie Canal. Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East. Free. Eriecanalmuseum.org.

Gatherings

Let’s Eat Out With Other Singles. 6 PM. Group dinners for singles at different restaurants. Pronto Joey’s, 6594 Thompson Road. $. 458-7555 for reservations.

Lecture

Paul Myoda Visiting Artist Lecture. 6:30 PM. Hosted by Syracuse University School

Sierra Club Roundtable. 7:30 PM. “Litter: A search for answers that work,” roundtable panel discussion. University United Methodist Church, 1085 E. Genesee St. Free. 492-4745.

Lecture

Poet Briget Pegeen Kelly. 5:30 PM. Raymond Carver Reading Series; Q&A from 3:45-4:30. Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall, SU. Free. 443-2173.

Music

Juan La Manna and David Mastrangelo.

12:30 PM. Pianist La Manna and violinist Mastrangelo perform. Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum of Art. Free. Civicmorningmusicals.org.

Civil Twilight. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8.

South African rock band; with A Silent Film, Aunt Martha. Westcott Theater. $10$12. Thewestcotttheater.com.

Theater

Preview: ‘The Miracle Worker.’ 7:30 PM. Classic American play about Helen Keller.

Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St. ‘Corpus Christi.’ 8 PM. Controversial play about homosexual Jesus Christ. Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St. $20. Rarelydone.org.

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There was, as always, plenty to see Saturday March 12 at the 29th Annual Syracuse St. Patrick’s Parade. Clockwise from left: Three bashful beauties, two questionably young drivers and one stylishly-shaded reveler celebrate. An Irish-themed antennae headband is the perfect parade accessory. Parade Grand Marshal and recently retired Syracuse Police Capt.

Richard Walsh waves a shillelagh at the crowd. As always, there were plenty of leprechaun look-alikes to celebrate the one day of the year when ‘everyone is Irish.’ Dancers from Johnston School of Irish Dance get their kicks at the parade. Many more photos online at facebook.com/theeaglecny -- don’t forget to “like” our page! photos herm card

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Adoption, fostering meeting

Considering growing your family through adoption?

Onondaga County residents considering becoming foster or adoptive parents are encouraged to attend an informational meeting at 5:30 or 7 p.m. Thursday March 24 at Cicero Library, 8686 Knowledge Lane, Cicero.

The meeting is not required to become a foster or adoptive parent, but participants will learn about some of the requirements for the

process of becoming a certified foster or adoptive family.

Onondaga County is especially in need of homes for children ages 12 and older, sibling groups and children with special medical needs including mental health and developmental issues.

Registration is required. The “Learn to Be a Foster/Adoptive Parent” meetings are recommended to families interested in completing the 11-week pre-certification program which prepares families for fostering/adopting by teaching agency procedures and home expectations.

The Department of Social Services provides public benefit programs along with casework

programs for the citizens of Onondaga County.

To register for the meeting and/or for additional information, visit us online at giveyourlifeasmile.com or call 435-3827.

Silent auction items needed for Meatball Madness

The 8th Annual Meatball Madness event is set for March 27 at Drumlin’s Country Club, but to make this fun family event complete items for the silent auction are being sought.

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are among the ideal items to be used for the silent auction and raffle prizes.

Twelve of Central New York’s best-known restaurants will compete for bragging rights to the best meatball in town at this fundraiser for Elmcrest Children’s Center. The event is rounded out by an Italian buffet, live music, caricatures and wine and cheese sampling.

Meatball Madness runs from noon to 4 p.m. and is open to the public. Tickets cost $5 to $10 in advance (free for kids 6 and under), and from $7 to $13 at the door (free for kids 5 and under).

Call Teresa Block to donate items or purchase tickets, 446-6250.

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SU, ESF launch RideShare program

A dynamic new program open to Syracuse University and SUNY ESF students, faculty and staff will help people connect and share rides for free.

The new RideShare online program encourages group commute as an alternative to single-

occupant vehicles, as well as matching up people to bike, walk and travel together.

The program offers a secure online registration at no cost to members of the SU and ESF communities.

RideShare, developed in Canada in 1980, uses geocoding technology to search for matches along a route, from an origin point to a destination and allows users to set the rules for their searches. “�For several years, SU has been searching for an online carpool system, so we are excited to launch Syracuse RideShare,� says Darya Rotblat, director of SU’s Office of Off-Campus and

Commuter Services. “We feel that it will meet the needs of all of our students, faculty and staff, promote sustainable travel and allow students to connect with one another for one-time trips home and to other locations.� Another sustainable transportation offered through SU, the Zipcar car-sharing program, is now in its fourth year of availability to the SU community.

An overall goal of these programs is to help relieve the burden of fuel and commuting costs, while also reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released through daily campus travel.Â

To register with Syracuse RideShare, visit syracuserideshare.syr.edu or call the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services at 4435489 for more information.

‘Spanish Soiree’ fundraiser for Grace Episcopal Church

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Spanish hot chocolate will be served for dessert.

The evening also includes a silent auction.

Tickets cost $30 per person and are

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Marshall to receive Business Leader of the Year award Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows

John D. Marshall, a 1971 graduate of Le Moyne, will be awarded the 2011 Frank Fernandez Business Leader of the Year award, named for a long-time Le Moyne faculty member and given annually for professional and personal ethical demonstration.

Marshall has been a partner with Testone, Marshall and Discenza LLP since its inception. His expertise includes business and individual taxation, acquisitions and mergers, and financial and estate planning. He works predominantly with health care groups, construction, manufacturing and professional service organizations.

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The “Spanish Soiree” set for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday March 26 will benefit the church, home of Syracuse’s oldest food pantry, at 819 Madison St. at University Ave. Hosting the event are Nancy Radke, coauthor of “Dinosaur Barbeque: An American Roadhouse” and president of Good Food Creative, Inc.; Gary Decker, owner of the Vinomania wine shop; and the Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, author of the “Cookin’ in the ’Cuse” blog and rector of Grace Episcopal Church.

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Annual Burnet Park egg hunt requires registration this year

Last year’s overwhelming turnout at the annual Burnet Park Easter Egg Hunt has caused the city to require pre-registration for the April 23 event.

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free but limited to the first 500 children, age 10 and under, to register.

The event includes egg hunts for different age groups, a visit from the Easter Bunny.

City residents can register beginning March 28, registration for non-residents will open April 4. To register, call the Parks Dept. at 473-4330 ext. 3006 or e-mail mroach@ ci.syracuse.ny.us and include the number of children, their ages, and a name and address to which tickets can be mailed.

There will be no registration the day of the event.

The egg hunts will be held at Burnet Park

Saturday April 23, beginning with a hunt for ages 2 to 4 at 10 a.m. Older age groups will follow. Use the Avery or Coleridge Avenue entrances to the park.

Protest to ‘bring war money home’ Friday

Mark the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by protesting the ongoing war outside the John Haney Federal Building, 100 S. Clinton St., at 11:45 a.m. Friday March 18, the day before the ninth year of the U.S. occupation

of Iraq begins.

Hosted by Syracuse Peace Council and A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, community members are invited to join the downtown Syracuse protest, in conjunction with several other similar events planned across the country.

Protestors will be demanding the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops and contractors from Iraq and the redirection of billions of dollars spent on the war to fund the needs of citizens in the United States.

The protest will also highlight the growing threats of U.S. and NATO intervention in Libya.

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Civil War Round Table meeting set for March 17

The life of Henry Vosseller, a farmer who found himself caught up in the passions stirred by the Civil War, enlisted in 1862 and served along with his brother Webster in Onondaga County’s own 122d N.Y. Volunteer Company H, will be the engaging subject of the Onondaga County Civil War Round

Table’s free public educational program at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17 2011 at the Town of DeWitt Community Room, 148 Sanders Creek Parkway in East Syracuse.

The great-grandfather of a WWII recipient of the Medal of Honor, Henry was at his brother’s side in the Third Battle of Winchester in September 1864 and fought during President Lincoln’s critical re-election year and part of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Shenandoah Valley campaign. One of the bloodiest battles of the war, remembered as “a perfect slaughterhouse,” Henry Vosseller witnessed his brother’s fatal injury, but not before Webster

had saved the Company H flag at the Battle of the Wilderness. After the war, Vosseller settled in Orleans County, the home of the March meeting guest speaker, Ron Stork, a Medina-based author and historian whose interest in Vosseller was triggered by his acquisition of war paraphernalia owned and used by Vosseller. The personal journey of Mr. Stork, who will be sharing these artifacts with us, into the life of Henry Vosseller is as interesting as the story of Vosseller himself.

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‘The scariest of killers’ Jenni-Lyn’s parents and sister address the court as Pieper is sentenced for murder

By Russ Tarby Jenni-Lyn Watson’s parents characterized her murderer, Stephen Pieper, as a greedy, selfcentered young man who ingratiated himself into their family with lies and false promises.

“He lied about the ring he gave her,” said Jenni-Lyn’s father, David Watson. “He lied twice about having cancer. He lied about having a concussion...He lied about why he got fired from Wal-Mart…He lied about everything. He can’t be trusted.”

Jenni-Lyn Watson, a 20-year-old dance student at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., was strangled to death Nov. 19 while spending

Thanksgiving break at her parents’ home in Clay. Pieper, her former boyfriend, admitted he killed her and then drove her body to Clay Park Central where it lay hidden for eight days before being discovered by searchers from the Onondaga County Sheriff ’s Office.

On March 8, Watson’s parents and younger sister spoke at a hearing at the Onondaga County Criminal Courthouse in downtown Syracuse prior to Pieper’s sentencing by Judge Anthony Aloi.

Directly addressing Pieper, who stood shackled 14 feet to her left in Aloi’s courtroom, Jackie Watson, Jenni-Lyn’s mother, said, “Steve, you are the scariest of killers.”

Stephen M. Pieper She recalled inviting him to family gatherings, sharing meals, watching TV, playing games

and exchanging gifts for a year-and-a-half while he dated Jenni-Lyn before she headed off to college.

David Watson expanded on that theme.

“He’s the scariest killer because of the mask he would wear in our presence to not allow us to see his true self,” the father said at a post-sentencing press conference. “There were times it was laughable, but we never thought he’d go to this ultimate act.”

Lauren Watson, Jenni-Lyn’s 16-year-old sister, labeled Pieper as “a pathetic excuse of a man.”

Selfish jealousy was Pieper’s motive for murder, David Watson said.

“Jenni-Lyn’s friends and her friendships in general were always a problem for Pieper,” the father said in his statement to the court. “He didn’t want to share Jenni-Lyn’s time and feelings with anyone [because] this threatened his greedy, cowardly needs.”

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“Instead of learning from Jenni-Lyn, Pieper felt threatened by her because she had goals, plans and visions of how she wanted her life to be…This evil bastard Pieper stepped on, laughed at and trashed all the goodness, happiness and potential of Jenni-Lyn,” her father told

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District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick also pointed to Pieper’s pattern of deception. After Jenni-Lyn went missing, the 21-year-old Pieper repeatedly lied to his family, his lawyer, his friends and the police, Fitzpatrick said.

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David Watson said. “Even while claiming to want Jenni-Lyn back [after they’d broken up], he is out carousing with other females.”

On the other hand, his daughter “never said a bad word about Pieper,” her father said. “JenniLyn always looked for the best in people,” and Pieper “took full advantage” of her kind and

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At Natures Chemistry, just past the southern entrance to the Charlie Major Nature Trail in Mottville in the former Miller Ceramics Building, CEO Matthew “Matt” Greacen and 13 employees are milling, marketing and distributing a raw, whole, super food.

“It may be the oldest brand on earth,” Greacen said.

The Aztecs called it “chia,” which meant running food. They would run for days with only these seeds for fuel, as it nourishes as well

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Omega 3 has to be ingested. Think flax seed, salmon and sardines, only this seed is tasteless. It really is. And unlike most foods rich in Omega 3, chia does not require refrigeration and has a two year shelf life.

It is also gluten free and high in fiber, which means it’s great for the digestive tract, not only moving food through, but also aiding in the absorption of nutrients.

Natures Chemistry mills the seed to break the husk: this creates flour that releases a gel in the body’s system that slows down digestion.

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“That is where you absorb your nutrients.”

People talk about heart health and the air they breathe and they forget about the digestive tract. “Chia is basically a chimney sweep for your colon,” Greacen said “Kids are picky eaters,” Norris said, but move over cod liver oil. As a mom, Norris said she can easily add chia to her kids’ diets. It’s great tossed into salads, sprinkled over a meal or mixed into juice.

She said the western diet is out of balance because we eat a lot of omega 6, which are fats that can be detrimental to our health.

“We have gone from eating from the farm to eating processed food,” Norris said.

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How did Natures Chemistry come to Skaneateles?

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Matt told him to send it and he would hold it in his garage. He didn’t expect it to be three tractor trailer truckloads. He had chia everywhere - eventually warehousing it in a building in Syracuse, and milling it in North Carolina, which burned up $500,000 doing it wrong. That initial run totaled up to $1.2 million in sales.

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And Greacen wants his facility to eventually run totally on green power. He would like to harness the power of the creek as was done in the 19th century and is seriously looking into the mechanics to make that happen. Right now he is also experimenting with a Perendev Motor. This is a magnetic wheel that wouldn’t require fossil fuels or sun or water.

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Three weeks ago the Elbridge village board passed a resolution ending the village’s contract with the Elbridge Volunteer Fire Department, paving the way for consolidation of the Elbridge and Jordan volunteer fire departments.

But after a meeting between the board and Elbridge firefighters March 7 at village hall, consolidation will have to wait. “The hard part about any consolidation is somebody has to be dissolved. It’s the nature of the word,� Mayor Hank Doerr said before the meeting.

The Elbridge village board voted unanimously to lift a state of emergency, to cancel last week’s resolution to abolish the fire department and to cancel a referendum allowing residents to vote on whether to abolish the fire department.

The board also waived any future public hearings on the issue.

Doerr was pleased with the civil nature of the meeting, attended by about 50 people, where the Elbridge VFD was successful in convincing the board it should remain an active fire company.

About 22 of the department’s 44 registered volunteers attended. “Cooler heads prevailed and sanity took over last night,� Doerr said.

The board’s decision to lift the state of emergency was influenced by an unexpected boost in response by firefighters following the board’s Feb. 21 vote. On Feb. 23, 15 Elbridge firefighters responded to a call at around 5 p.m. after a tractor trail had backed into a building off Route 5. Doerr said he couldn’t remember the last time that many volunteers responded at 5 p.m., a time when many are preoccupied getting home from work.

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Doerr said consolidation is not off the table for good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not out of the picture,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is coming and they have to be prepared for it.â&#x20AC;?

The village board did a consolidation study two years ago that found various fiscal advantages in pooling the two departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resources.

Doerr said it was also clear that there were times when more Elbridge firefighters were be available for certain fires than Jordan firefighters, and vice versa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plus, it gives you the chance of both buildings responding to a particular need, depending on what the need is,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Elbridge Fire Chief Tim Ganey resigned March 3, though he remains a member of the department. Elbridge Fire Company President Bob Chuff is serving as interim chief until the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elections in April.

Doerr said part of the problem before, that led to the state of emergency, was poor communication between the board and the fire department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could be talking to a toaster and it wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten back to the department as fast as it was,â&#x20AC;? Doeer said.

After the meeting, village officials expect that to change. The board and the department agreed to have at least five Elbridge VFD representatives attend the boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monthly meetings instead of just one. The board will also require the department to submit more specific monthly reports that include time of incident, how many responded and what time the fire engine rolled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be on top of that much more than we were in the past, and they want that as well,â&#x20AC;?

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The board specifically asked the volunteers who came to them a few weeks back with safety concerns if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen an improvement in the department. They said that they had seen a major change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did not know things would move in the direction they moved so quickly,â&#x20AC;? Doerr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was shocking to them as well.â&#x20AC;?

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Raw Bar and Seafood Starters Capon Magro $12 for one person $22 for two lobster & jumbo shrimp tossed with capers, beets, carrots & eggs, smoked paprika lump crab crostini Fried Calamari spicy remoulade

Tuna Poke $11 Hawaiian inspired tuna tartar with ginger, red onion, sweet soy marinade, wasabi cream Today’s Oysters $3 each Oysters ‘John D.’ $12

$8

crispy blue corn crusted oysters over housemade sausage and baked spinach tower, topped with hollandaise

Crab Cake

$12 jumbo lump ‘Maryland style’

Soups, Salads Appetizers

French Onion Soup Gratinée $7 Mirbeau’s interpetation of the french classic

Roasted Beet Salad

$10 smoked bacon, local goat cheese, greens & horseradish vinaigrette

Carpaccio of NY State Beef

$12 paper thin rare tenderloin, arugula, parmesan, balsamic drizzle

Savory Local Goat Cheese Crème Brulee

Steakhouse Caesar

Escargots

topped with caramelized apples

$19 the classic made tableside for two

$8

$12 sauteed in garlic cream over puff pastry

Entrées Chef’s Creations

Sauces

Lamb Shank

$19 with rich gravy, mashed potatoes and julienned vegetables

Venison Tenderloin $29 potato galette and wild mushroom ragout

Our classic French sauces are prepared daily.

Two sauces are included with your steak & seafood.

Additional sauce $2.00

Dry Aged

Canard aux Framboises

$26 confit Hudson Valley duck leg and seared duck breast herbed polenta and raspberry compote

Our In-House Dry Aging process intensifies the flavor and tenderness of our carefully selected NY State Beef.

House Made Gnocchi-Entrée

Steak Fritte

with chef ’s sauce of the day

$19

$21 pan grilled 8 oz. sirloin ‘au poivre’ with bistro pommes frittes

Lobster Mac and Cheese

starter OR side $12; entrée $28

Petit Filet

Filet Mignon

Spa Inspired Plates Moroccan Style Local Free Range Chicken

chili-coriander-cumin spice rubbed half chicken, jasmine rice and apple chutney

6 oz. barrel cut $35

10 oz. barrel cut

$24

Crazy Water $22 shrimp, clams and white fish roasted ‘aqua pazza’ style: olives, herbs, potato, tomato, lemon, white wine and olive oil

$25 $40

12 oz. bone-in

New York Strip-Aged 30 Days

$32 12 oz. cut

New York Ribeye-Aged 30 Days Veal Rib Chop-Aged 15 days

$36 12 oz. cut

$32

Daily Catch

Seasonal Grains

$19 healthy vegetarian composition, complete with a complex protein and dairy-free upon request

Line caught and wild seafood is chosen daily for off-the-dock freshness, flavor and superior nutrients.

Timpano

Seared Salmon

$17 ‘Big Night’ inspired vegetarian ‘lasagne’ with ricotta cheese, peppers, basil, spinach, onions and roasted tomato sauce

$25 celeriac slaw & roasted local carrots

Grilled Tuna Steak

$24 sushi grade fresh from the market, choose two sauces

851 W. GENESEE ST., SKANEATELES

• MIRBEAU.COM/DINING

82957

See our full menu in person by making your reservation: 315.685.5006