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Marcellus The Official Newspaper of the Greater Marcellus Community Chamber
Summer 2004
It’s a Wonderful Life in Our Town Marcellus is the place for families, fun, nature and much, much more! Summer is one of the best times of the year to visit Marcellus. There is so much to experience. The first weekend in June is the annual Olde Home Days festival which celebrates Marcellus’ 151 year history with an old fashioned street market, chicken barbecue, concerts, rides, games, a parade and fireworks. You can experience one of the best fishing streams in the Northeast in Marcellus. Nine Mile Creek runs 8-year-old Drew Mosher of Marcellus fishes for trout in Nine Mile right through the village with an Creek in Marcellus. abundance of trout each spring. Love nature? Marcellus’ has a variety of shops to experience picnicking. There are pavilions Baltimore Woods Nature Preserve available as well as tennis courts, including Angel Heart Gifts, The on Bishop Hill Road is the prettiest ball fields and a skate board park. Chocolate Pizza Company, The woodland walk in Central New Dump Boutique, Kelly’s Country There is a also a series of outdoor York. There is also a brand new Cupboard and Ivy & Lace. The concerts. And of course, Nine education center to experience. JavaJuice Cafe is the perfect place Mile Creek runs through the entire Marcellus Park is beautiful in the park. to kick back with a gourmet cup of summer. The park is perfect for coffee, or a specialty smoothie! If you love to shop, Marcellus
Secret Ingredient Sought World-Wide Marcellus is the home of the Internationally-famous Chocolate Pizza Company
Bonnie Hanyak and her world-famous chocolate pizza & wings
The map on the wall of The Chocolate Pizza Company says it all. Bonnie Hanyak’s unique-tasting chocolate pizza & wings are craved around the globe! Bonnie puts a push-pin on the map for each order she fills from a distant location. After 15 years, she’s pushed quite a few pins into the wall. The reason her chocolate pizzas are so popular? A secret ingredient that has been passed down from generation to generation in Marcellus. It’s Marcellus’ own Martha Jane’s original English Toffee. According to Hanyak, back in 1919, Martha Jane spent $5 on a candy making kit. Her mother even scolded her for spending so much money. Within two years, she had 50 people working for her to turn out the most delicious nut crunch anyone had ever experienced. Eventually the Cummings family of Marcellus began to make the famous “almond butter crunch.” For more than 40 years they made and sold the sweet stuff from their home on North Street in Marcellus. Now Bonnie owns the secret recipe and adds it to her decadently delicious chocolates. -continued page 6-
Barstow wins Starlight Shopping Drawing
The Chocolate Pizza’s Bonnie Hanyak (right) presents the $100 grand prize to Kathy Barstow of Marcellus.
The grand prize winner of the Greater Marcellus Community Chamber’s Starlight Shopping: Shop for Mom event recently was Kathy Barstow of Marcellus. Kathy won $100 in cash donated by the participating Marcellus merchants. On hand to present the cash, Bonnie Hanyak, owner of The Chocolate Pizza Company. Kathy, the head of Library Services at Solvay Schools, lives in Marcellus with her husband, Dr. Timothy Barstow and their son Matthew. The couple has two older children raising families in North Carolina. “Starlight Shopping is a great event for Marcellus,” said Kathy Barstow. “It’s so great to see all your neighbors and friends really enjoying all the village has to offer. The Greater Marcellus Community Chamber has done a wonderful job bringing our community together.” “Congratulations to all the winners,” said Greater Marcellus Community Chamber President Scott McClurg. “We plan to have more events to bring neighbors together to celebrate Marcellus.” The Greater Marcellus Community Chambers holds three Starlight Shopping events in Marcellus each year in December, February and May.
Here are the other Starlight Shopping gift certificate winners: Angel Heart Gifts: Peggy Charles
Dr. Steve entertains shoppers during Starlight Shopping.
The Chamber’s “flashy sign” proclaims for all the event!
Chocolate Pizza Company: Patty Muncy Curves: Peg Brit The Dump Boutique: Ellie Wendell
Cookie Sale Saturday, June 5, 2004 Olde Home Days in Marcellus Look for us on Main Street near the First Presbyterian Church
First Impressions: DonnaMarie Thompson Hillside Gardens: Mary Barner Ivy & Lace Florists: Mary Lee JavaJuice Cafe: Dianna Bird
r e v o c s Di Marcellus is a free quarterly newspaper published by The Greater Marcellus Community Chamber
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Kelly’s Country Cupboard: Phyllis Fenner Main Street Pharmacy: Kimber Sims Marcellus Pizza & Subs: Marybeth Fish Nojaim Brothers Market: Linda Greenfield Pastry Palace: Maureen Curtin Play by Play Video: Dorees Mulrihill Sheer Delight: Sonya Daily Snapshots: Louise Kelly Subway: Rhonda Schoeneck
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Definitely The Best Gift Shop in Central New York Located in a picturesque victorian house
Pottery to Greeting Cards to Collectibles Hours: Monday through Friday 10-5:30 PM Saturday 10-4 PM
15% OFF One Item with coupon
Angel Heart Gifts EXP. 9-1-04 Not valid with other offers or prior purchases
16 East Main Street, Marcellus, New York 13108 - (315) 673-9457
Behind the scenes:
Angel Heart Gifts owner AnnMarie Clark with her collection of Peggy Karr glass collectibles.
Angel Heart Gifts has the most unique collection of gifts in Central New York.
Boutique and Image Studio
Learn to Look Your Best! Seasonal Color Analysis Unique Clothing, Jewelry & Accessories Free Eyeglass Counseling by appointment
673-DUMP
www.thedumpboutique.com
22 South Street Marcellus Village Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Angel Heart Gifts A visit to Marcellus wouldn’t be complete without a stop at the best gift shop in Central New York-Angel Heart Gifts. Owned and operated by the mother and daughter team of Donna Incaudo and AnnMarie Clark, Angel Heart Gifts prides itself on stocking items that are sure to please everyone on your gift list. “We are so happy when people come in on their way to a wedding or shower and they know they’ll find the perfect gift, card, AND it will be wrapped and ready to go,” said AnnMarie Clark. It all started nine years ago when the mother and daughter team decided to go into business for themselves. “We thought a gift shop was something the town needed and it was something we always wanted to do,” said AnnMarie. Originally starting out in a storefront on North Street, Angel Heart Gifts moved to a brightly painted picturesque Victorian House on Main Street six years ago. AnnMarie says Angel Heart tries to carry items you wouldn’t be able to find anywhere else. “Our customers say we have the best selection of greeting cards anywhere. My partner gets all the credit for that, she’s the one with the patience for that kind of ordering,” she said. Angel Heart Gifts has a selection of pottery items and stocks many collectibles including Lang, Camille Beckman, Snowbabies, and Mary Englebreit. Angel Heart Gifts is the exclusive regional outlet for an assortment of Peggy Karr handmade fused glass giftware. Each piece of Peggy Karr glass is made by artisans using techniques similar to those used by the ancient Mesopotamians over 3,500 years ago. The colors are hand-stenciled on to a layer of hand-cut glass and a second layer of glass is then placed on top. The entire piece is placed on a mold and kiln-fired, fusing the glass and the color into one. Each piece is a one-of-a-kind work of art. Peggy Karr Glass products are decorative and functional. They’re meant to be used and enjoyed. When you stop by Angel Heart Gifts, you’re always greeted with a smile. AnnMarie and her mother have certainly won the hearts of the Town of Marcellus. “The best part is talking with customers,” said AnnMarie. “I enjoy chatting with them and hearing how their day is going. Some of our customers have become good friends. They all bring their out-of-town company in to meet us when they are visiting.”
Marcellus Bridge is Falling Down!!! (and closing temporarily)
So Let’s Have a Party! Monday, June 21, 2004 5-8 PM - in front of Chocolate Pizza Food - Music - Fun Sponsored by
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Flower Baskets Beautify Village
OFF THE CUP
with Sharyn Malinowski
The Greater Marcellus Community Chamber, working with Hillside Gardens of Seneca Turnpike in Marcellus, helped to coordinate flower basket arrangements for village merchants to beautify the outside of their shops. Chamber member Jennifer Griffin of Subway came up with the idea of creating matching flower arrangements to unify the exteriors of village merchants.
Town of Mar cellus Marcellus Free Summer Concerts June 24 Letizia & the Z Band
Marcellus Rotary
July 1 Skaneateles Community Band
“Run for the Woods”
July 8 Smokin’
Saturday, August 28, 2004 Marcellus Park
July 15 The Flyin’ Column July 22 Fritz’s Polka Band
8:30 AM 1 K fun run 9:00 AM 5 mile run
July 29 Thunder Canyon
315-673-4451
August 5 Joe Whiting Band
Thank you, Rhonda We’ll miss The Striped Zebra You’re a wonderful person and a great asset to the Chamber
General Contractor Commercial Roofing Rigging Steel Fabrication Masonry 4331 Slate Hill Road P.O. Box 228 Marcellus, New York 13108 Tel: (315) 673-2076 Fax: (315) 673-3880
Everyone loves a great cup of coffee, I do, (and I just happen to know where you can get a great cup of coffee in Marcellus! JavaJuice Cafe!)...but did you know your garden could use a Sharyn Malinowski good caffeine fix too? It’s true. The secret to a healthy, full vegetation is right in your morning cup. Coffee grounds mixed into the soil can give your garden the nutrients it requires. Even a vegetable garden could use
a good brew now and again. Coffee grounds have nitrogen and potassium which vegetables love! Coffee grounds can also help to speed up your compost pile. The grounds have a carbon-nitrogen ratio of 20-1 making them act as green materials when added to a compost pile. However, be careful. Keep your grounds to no more than 25 percent of your composting content. What’s even better--you don’t even have to brew your own pot. Just come to JavaJuice Cafe in Marcellus and we’ll give you the grounds for your garden--free! Sharyn Malinowski is the owner of JavaJuice Cafe, serving gourmet coffee, specialty drinks, breakfast and lunch, located on Main Street in Marcellus.
Chocolate Pizza now has authentic Gelato -continued from front page“I’m always amazed. People will taste my chocolate pizzas and recognize the taste as something they had as a child from Marcellus,” explained Bonnie. “The stuff is legendary.” If tempting chocolate delicacies weren’t enough, The Chocolate Pizza Company is now offering authentic Italian Gelato. Gelato is an incredibly smooth and creamy ice cream. The rich treat is available in a variety of flavors. Bonnie lives in Marcellus with her husband, John. They have two grown children, Brett and Brenda, and five grandsons.
The Chocolate Pizza Company gave away free samples of their new gelato ice cream during Starlight Shopping in May.
r e v o c Where to s i D Marcellus Eat Guide Alvord House
Bar & Grill (fried fish on Fridays) 5 East Main Street, Marcellus
315-673-2167
Chocolate Pizza Company Frozen Gelato Treats 60 East Main Street, Marcellus
315-673-4098
J & J Pizzeria and New York Deli 24 West Main Street, Marcellus
315-673-1940
JavaJuice Cafe Specialty Coffee & Drinks, Breakfast & Lunch 24 West Main Street, Marcellus 315-673-2599 Marcellus Lanes Soft Serve Ice Cream 4325 Slate Hill Road, Marcellus
315-673-3230
Marcellus Pizza, Subs & Wings 16 West Main Street, Marcellus
315-673-4767
Marietta House Weekend Dining 2819 Rt. 174, Marietta
315-636-8299
Moon Dance Restaurant 2512 Cherry Valley Turnpike, Marcellus
315-673-2828
Pastry Palace
Specialty Desserts and Cakes 14 West Main Street, Marcellus
315-673-9941
Subway
Subs, Salads & Breakfast 19 North Street, Marcellus
315-673-1810
Now Serving Breakfast! Marcellus Subway Hours: 19 North Street Marcellus, New York 315-673-1810
Monday -Thursday 6:30 AM to 10 PM Friday - 6:30 AM to 11 PM Saturday - 8 AM to 11 PM Sunday -8 AM to 9 PM
$1.00 off any salad Valid only at
Marcellus Subway