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SU HOOPSTERS PREP FOR ACC REALITY CHECKS

ack in early November, before the Syracuse University men’s basketball team opened its regular season, we listed five key questions about the team that would determine if the Orange returned to the NCAA Tournament.

With the non-conference schedule in the books and a brutal Atlantic Coast Conference schedule starting Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Pittsburgh, let’s revisit those questions and see if the 10-3 Orange can move from the bubble in late December to the Big Dance in mid-March: Is There Enough Depth? Not enough to overcome a long-term injury to a starter or sixth man Tyler Lydon. The Orange has only nine scholarship players, but that’s not necessarily a problem because Coach Jim Boeheim usually goes only seven deep anyway. However, the No. 7 through No. 9 players — guards Kaleb Joseph and Franklin Howard and center Chinonso Obokoh — have been wildly inconsistent, playing several minutes and contributing one game and then disappearing the next. Starting guards Michael Gbinije and Trevor Cooney are playing all but three minutes a game and those minutes will become more stressful in the ACC. And there will be games when SU’s smaller frontcourt finds itself in foul trouble against bigger and more

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physical ACC teams. So it’s imperative that SU stays healthy and gets at least some productive minutes out of Joseph, Howard and Obokoh. Will DaJuan Coleman Hold Up? So far, yes. Other than the 6-foot-9 Obokoh, 6-9, 255-pound center Coleman is SU’s only true big man and he’s back this year after missing much of the past three years because of serious knee injuries. Coleman has started every game and is averaging 5.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in 15.4 minutes per game, and he seems to be slowly and steadily improving. In SU’s final non-conference games against Montana State and Texas Southern, Coleman combined for 27 points and 11 rebounds in 32 minutes. “I think the last couple of weeks my confidence has been going up a lot,” said Coleman, a Jamesville-DeWitt High School product. “I’ve been having good practices and my body has been feeling real good. The last couple of weeks have just really been clicking for me.” SU’s best lineup this season has been with Lydon, a 6-8 freshman forward, manning the middle. But

against the bigger ACC teams, the Orange needs Coleman to keep improving and stay out of foul trouble. “We need those seven rebounds in 20 minutes, we need his physical presence so when we play against those guys in our league and they are in there, he is banging, battling, putting his weight on them and tiring those guys out,” SU interim coach Mike Hopkins said after the Texas Southern game. How Will Michael Gbinije Handle the Point? Expertly. Gbinije has been the Orange’s best player, and we no longer even think about the fact that he started last year as the sixth man and never played point guard regularly until midway through last season. The 6-7 senior leads the Orange in scoring (18.6 points per game) and assists (4.6 per game), and his length at the top of SU’s 2-3 zone has been invaluable as he ranks among the national leaders with 2.7 steals per game. “When you have a guy of the Mike Gbinije-caliber, it helps everybody,” Hopkins said. “He’s doing a lot for us, from assisting to rebounding. He’s going to play those minutes and he’s not coming out of the game. He’s too valuable; he’s in great shape. He’s playing as good as anybody in our league or in the country.” What Will Be the Impact of Boeheim’s Suspension? To be determined. When the season started, Boeheim was suspended by the NCAA for the first nine ACC games for multiple violations committed by the program. But Boeheim appealed the ruling, and while the Infractions Appeal Committee did not reduce the suspension, it did allow Boeheim to start it on Dec. 5, meaning he would miss only the first three ACC games. The Orange is 4-2 under Hopkins, who will take over for Boeheim when the Hall

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of Fame coach retires. The Orange lost at Georgetown and St. John’s, and defeated Colgate, Cornell, Montana State and Texas Southern at home. The St. John’s loss was a blow to SU’s NCAA Tournament hopes because the Red Storm lost its next two games to — wait for it — Incarnate Word (by 22 points) and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Unless Boeheim could have made a few 3-pointers, it’s unlikely that his presence would have made a difference against St. John’s because the Orange shot a paltry 5-for-26 from beyond the arc. Where Hopkins can make a difference is if SU can win two of the next three games by stealing one on the road at Pitt this Wednesday or Miami on Saturday, Jan. 2, and beating Clemson on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the Dome. Can They Win Enough Games to Make the NCAA Tournament? Yes, and here’s how. The Orange went from unranked to No. 14 in the country after defeating ranked teams Connecticut and Texas A&M in the Battle for Atlantis. SU promptly dropped out of the rankings the next week after losing to Wisconsin and Georgetown. Since Texas A&M is still ranked and Connecticut is on the fringe of the top 25, let’s call that a wash. To make up for the loss to St. John’s, the Orange will need to impress the tournament selection committee with an upset win over a ranked ACC team. That, along with a 9-9 conference record and at least one conference tournament win, should get the Orange in. SU’s conference road schedule is brutal with games at No. 13 Miami, No. 15 Duke, No. 5 Virginia, No. 7 North Carolina and No. 16 Louisville, plus 10-1 Pitt. The Orange’s home schedule includes just one ranked team, North Carolina, plus Pitt and Notre Dame, so it’s important that SU wins the games it’s supposed to win and steals one or two others along the way.

To that end, there are two more questions that need positive answers: Can the Orange Make Enough 3s? Clearly, SU is living and dying by the 3 this season. In its 10 wins, the Orange is shooting 39 percent (96-for-248) from 3-point range. In its three losses, SU shot 25 percent (19-for-77) from beyond the arc. That’s a difference of about three 3-pointers per game, and the Orange needs those points because it’s not getting enough scoring inside from Coleman and starting power forward Tyler Roberson (8.9 points per game). “We just have to continue to take them and we will make them,” said Cooney, who ranks second on the team to Gbinije with 33 3-pointers. “We are a good shooting team. We just have to take the good ones.” Can the Defense Stop the ACC’s Best Offenses? During his five-game stint, Hopkins has talked often about how the Orange can’t get in the habit of “trading baskets,” even if they are hitting their 3s. He stressed the importance of remaining active in the 2-3 zone and making consecutive defensive stops, and how defense is really SU’s best offense as it gets the team in transition for easy baskets. “The potential of being really good defensively is the thing that excites the coach,” Hopkins said. “As a coach, you get better every day and we’ve had some great halves, but we have to put it all together and play full (games).” There will be nights when SU shoots the lights out from 3-point range and defense won’t matter as much. But there will be just as many nights when that doesn’t happen, and the Orange’s only chance will be to keep it a low-scoring game. “Some ACC games are going to be an offensive shootout, and some games are going to be a defensive shutdown type of game,” Gbinije said. “But ultimately, the better we are defensively, the chances of us being successful are high.” SNT

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THE YEAR IN REAR VIEW

September

A letter to the editor criticizing the Carrier Dome’s “Kiss Cam” for encouraging unwanted smooches leads to the elimination of the popular diversion. Amid cries of political correctness run amuck, even Otto the Orange falls under scrutiny. Chancellor Syverud opines: “We must respect the rights of those who perceive Otto as a giant inflamed testicle.” Alert fans spot a typo on the Carrier Dome turf. Instead of “Ernie Davis Legends Field,” the inscription reads: “Prince Athletic Complex — University of Rochester.”

Sick of year-end stories? Me too. Oh, well. Enjoy!

January

Madly in love, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and Gov. Andrew Cuomo propose a $500 million, 44,000seat stadium for their wedding. Peeved about not being invited to the bridal shower, city of Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner scuttles the project, asserting, “Joanie’s bridesmaid dresses look like a cat threw up on them.” Joanie replies: “Andrew and I will just build a taxpayer-financed amphitheater and get married there.” Stephanie gets “emotional.”

February

The average temperature is 9 degrees. Seriously. Tragedy is averted when a Winterfest patron admiring an ice sculpture realizes that it’s actually state Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball, who has frozen solid while addressing the Agriculture Society. Thawed by first responders, Ball resumes discussing Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus. The audience applauds wildly. In a noble act of self-sacrifice, Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud and Coach Jim Boeheim ban the blameless basketball team from post-season play.

March

The NCAA hits Syracuse basketball with still harsher penalties, requiring the

October

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entire coaching staff to attend every home football game. Boeheim appeals, calling the penalty “an affront to human decency.” Two SU scholars are charged in a fraternity hazing incident that nearly costs a third SU scholar four fingers after he is forced to do calisthenics in the snow without gloves. Critics blame Chancellor Syverud for closing the Frostbite Outreach Clinic.

April

Tiffany Pollard, a reality TV personality from Utica, has her “saggy and disgusting” breast implants repaired on the show Botched. Pep Boys offers free maintenance for the first 12,000 miles.

May

The selection of acclaimed writer, poet and SU professor Mary Karr as commencement speaker irks some students who wanted a high-profile outsider. Their argument: Any university that accepted them has no faculty member worthy of giving a commencement speech. Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill abruptly shuts down following a rent dispute with Destiny USA. Rumors persist that the mall will open its own country music-themed eatery: I’ve Got Friends in Low Places.

June

A Skaneateles resident complains about uncouth behavior by vacation renters. Later, village attorney Michael Byrne calls the rental crisis “the biggest challenge facing village officials in 20 years.” No. 2 is the declining popularity of the ascot. The 1,500 triathletes who finish the Syracuse Ironman receive medals depicting the Rochester skyline. The mishap is compounded when dehydrated athletes are given IVs of Genesee Ice.

August

Donald Trump asserts that presidential debate moderator and former Syracusan Megyn Kelly of Fox News had “blood coming out of her whatever.” Trump later insists that the remark was a compliment. “Some of my favorite swastikas are the same shade of red,” he notes. New Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan guarantees a Super Bowl. Firefighters quickly put out his pants.

After taking 20 hits in a game against Virginia, SU quarterback Eric Dungey is found wandering through the Critz Farms corn maze. He is cleared by concussion protocol officials to play the next week, when he tells them, “I’m pretty sure this stuff is corn, and that corn is a plant.”

November

Tim Hortons in Central New York closes without warning. Considering that Tim Hortons sells a muffin named “Fruit Explosion” and items called “Tim Bits,” this might be a good thing. Acclaimed columnist Sean Kirst, the soul of The Post-Standard for more than a quarter-century, quits. Syracuse Media Group denies it pressured Kirst to repurpose his column under the name: “Sean Bits.”

December

A father and son appear in court, accused of stealing more than $40,000 worth of chicken wings to re-sell on the black market. The duo is immediately nominated for a Whitman Entrepreneurial Idea Award at Syracuse University. Another Inner Harbor deal collapses as the feud between the mayor and county executive gets ugly. New SU football coach/savior Dino Babers pleads for calm. “We’re going to bring the excitement back to University of Rochester football,” he promises. SNT

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How Sweet It Was A tribute to the late Roland Sweet, our News and Blues columnist

he Syracuse New Times could not let 2015 slip away without saluting the memory of Roland Saunders Sweet, who passed away July 24 from heart failure at age 69.

Sweet is best known to faithful readers of News and Blues, his weekly column featuring wacky news items from around the globe. His byline attached to that column has remained a constant presence in this alternative newsweekly for more than 40 years, a record likely to go unchallenged — unless the NCAA steps in and vacates a number of previous issues. The tributes came quickly. “This is so sad,” said Ken Simon, the paper’s founder and publisher from 1969 to 1980. “I loved Roland’s point of view, his wit, his attitude and his writing.” John Kokot, a New Times editor in the mid-1970s, hailed Sweet as “a Renaissance man.” Carl Mellor, who continues to pen art reviews for this paper, recalled that Sweet’s restaurant reviews (as the Broke Gourmet) would sometimes lead to free eats from delighted venues. Frank Malfitano, an award-winning New Times writer during the 1970s, lamented, “We’ve lost yet another wonderful friend and media colleague in a year that’s already claimed a huge number of major media professionals from the Central New York region, including Ron Bee, Joe Galuski, Andy Brigham and Bill Carey. Roland was a terrific editor, very fair, great to work with, and a fun character. Nothing tops the stunt he pulled on the old Bowling for Dollars TV show hosted by former television weatherman Bud Hedinger. It was an absolute classic!” More about that later. Sweet’s contributions to the Syracuse New Times began in 1974 when he walked into the paper’s 311 Comstock Ave. office at age 28, with no background as a writer or journalist. “What causes someone to spend a dozen years at The New Times?” Sweet mused during an article for the paper’s 20th-anniversary issue published

Feb. 15, 1989. “In my case, it was a birth defect. I was born to write for The New Times.” Along the way, Sweet served two separate stints as editor-in-chief, from 1980 to 1981 and 1984 to 1985. Sweet initiated Walt Shepperd’s 35-year career as senior editor and the paper’s first full-time writer by pushing a desk into the editorial department on Franklin Street and telling him to sit down. The only editorial change Sweet penned on Shepperd’s copy was to add a sentence at the end of a column describing a cultural thaw in the cold war with Russia, an exchange of visits between opera and ballet: “We won.” Early in their collaboration, Sweet sent Shepperd a note for permanent display on his bulletin board. “A column should have a beginning, a middle and an end, and make a point,” it noted, “not just run 500 words and end.” Yet Sweet did not know at the time that his Syracuse New Times career would last for 12 years and 624 consecutive issues. “The day I joined the paper, it started going out of business,” he reflected in 1989. “Nobody who worked at the paper ever dreamed it would survive. So you write a paper that reads like every issue is the last. You give it your best shot and screw the consequences.” With nothing to lose on a weekly basis, Sweet became a multi-hyphenate columnist for the Syracuse New Times. He penned reviews of greasy-spoon joints in his Broke Gourmet guise, supplied humorous accounts as the Minstrel Pig, drew often indecipherable cartoon panels with his Albania comic strip and scoured neighborhood newspapers and wire service copy to track down arcane items of interest for News and Blues. Along the way, and accompanied by anarchic

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Roland Sweet, mid-1970s, Marshall Street.

co-conspirators such as editor-in-chief Mike Greenstein, Sweet helped shape the irreverent, pointed style of journalism that should be at the heart of any self-respecting alt-weekly. Which leads us to the night when Sweet and members of the Minstrel Pig Traveling Fan Club (which included Greenstein, Mellor and others) invaded Channel 3’s live television broadcast of Bowling for Dollars with meteorologist-host Bud Hedinger. “Bowling for Laughs with Bud,” Sweet’s Minstrel Pig column for Sept. 15, 1974, offers a detailed account of the surreal experience, which started with Sweet feeding straight lines to an unsuspecting Hedinger during the pre-interview. The show went downhill from there: “When Bud asked what he did at the Syracuse New Times, Pig recalled his goof line. Resplendent in his garish shirt from the Salvation Army store, he announced, ‘I’m the fashion consultant.’ Bud stared at his cue card. It made no mention of that job. He smiled nervously. When Bud asked about hobbies, Pig said he played the cello and made homemade armaments. When Bud asked Pig to say hello to some people at home, Pig said, ‘Al Roker, Steve Newman and Dave Eiser,’ who are weather reporters on other local TV stations.” Sweet, unable to land a strike and collect a $1,140 jackpot, wound up with a $9 consolation prize. Yet 40 years later he was still making fun of Hedinger, who has since become a conservative pundit for an Orlando, Fla., radio station: “I noticed on

Bowling for Dollars how the ball always rolled to the right.” Following his 12-year New Times tenure, Sweet relocated to Virginia (accompanied by his wife Theodora Tilton, a former New Times art director), where he helped launch the special interest magazine Log Home Living in 1989. Malfitano, who was then the associate publisher of Jazz Times magazine in Silver Spring, Md., recalls that he and Roland had season tickets to Washington Bullets basketball games. They also reconnected with Harry Rado and Tom Corradino, two members of the former Salt City group Bad Medicine, who played in the Beltway-area band Little Red and the Renegades. Among his many accomplishments, Sweet earned his private pilot’s license, was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Syracuse Press Club (despite some acts of misbehavior; more about that later) and won the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia’s Outstanding Tutor/Teacher Award for tutoring a Guatemalan immigrant in spoken and written English. News and Blues will forever remain Sweet’s legacy, as angry New Times readers demonstrated with their hate mails when it was dropped for one issue last spring to accommodate a late-breaking story. “The bad news,” Sweet said with tongue in cheek, “is that reader demand will further postpone my retirement, now five years overdue.” Nevertheless, following Sweet’s death, rationing has been the method for stretch-

From left, Carl Mellor, John Cadley, Mike Greenstein, John Kokot, Roland Sweet, Ken Tuccoli (production manager and pitcher for the All-Night Egg-Plant softball team), Bob Lorenz and Frank Malfitano at the Syracuse New Times‘ paste-up room, on the first floor of 311 Comstock Ave. in May-June 1975, during Greenstein’s last day at the office after publisher Ken Simon fired him.

ing out the News and Blues stockpile, with that well of goodies soon to run dry in early 2016. There is a precedent for this posthumous philosophy, however: When cartoonist Virgil Partch, best known for the long-running strip Big George, died in a 1984 car crash, he left behind a six-year backlog of unpublished panels. Longtime Syracuse New Times fans may recall reading about this bizarre fact in — where else? — a News and Blues column. A quartet of Syracuse New Times regulars offered their own rose-colored memories of Roland Sweet: James MacKillop, stage critic: Albert Einstein always claimed his own top virtue was impudence. Roland Sweet would have been reluctant to speak of his virtues, and he’d likely slap me upside the head for comparing him with Einstein, but, yes, this was a man who thrived on impudence. He looked at the problems of social disorder and crime and came up with the News and Blues phrase, “Mensa Reject of the Week,” a lasting contribution to the dictionary of Americanisms. Regular readers of News and Blues detect and undercurrent of political commentary, but they’re not sure which way it points. His intellectual and journalistic hero was H.L. Mencken, the scourge of middle-class complacency who gave us the coinages “booboisie,” “great unwashed” and “Bible Belt.” Like Mencken, Roland was sometimes mistaken for a rightist because he tweaked liberal pieties. The truth was he never saw a piety he did not wish to tweak. Whenever of the question of my Scottish heritage came up, Roland would be quick to remind me that haggis was the world’s most detestable edible. He didn’t need me as a foil, however; he also said it in print. But the truly impudent man is never pinned down by a cliché. When he finally got to Scotland he sent me an email to say he had some haggis and was crazy about it. Impudence prompted his life-long championing of Albania, an anti-utopia whose leaders oppressed their subjects with glee, and whose residents treated each other like Balkan Hatfields and McCoys. This does not mean Roland sneered in any way. His email address included the name Hoxha, after Enver Hoxha, the brutal Communist dictator who brought the country even closer to dystopia. One of the greatest favors I ever did him was to drive two hours across Southern

California to Hermosa Beach, venue of one of America’s few Albanian restaurants. I bought a copy of the large menu, emblazoned with a huge black eagle. More recently, Albania has opened up as a tourist destination. I suggested we go together, without our wives. But the new Albania has bedbug-free mattresses and toilets that flush, not the country he had always dreamed of. None of this should suggest that Roland only wanted to badger you and, at rest, could just be good and amusing company. He was flattering to my quixotic quest to walk on every street in Syracuse. In the early years, the Syracuse New Times paid him so little that he did not own a car and so walked everywhere. This was, he said, the foundation of his love for Syracuse. Once he acquired a car and started driving, it did not feel like quite the same city. In the earlier, wilder years, I knew

Roland only from print, when I was a stringer doing perhaps two or three items a year. I wasn’t there for the grand impudence, like stories about Syracuse’s lost subways. Further, I’d be dishonest if I implied we were great and close pals. He was older and more restrained when he was my editor and I began to write for every issue in the mid-1980s. We spent a long evening over Chinese sour soup to define how a weekly was different from a daily and how the Syracuse New Times could offer something worth picking up if a movie or show had already been covered in the then-two Syracuse broadsheets. It was quite a seminar. We started with the difference between the daily London Times and the separate Sunday Times (both since ruined by Rupert Murdoch). Then the New York Times beside the Village Voice. Then the New Yorker, Time and Newsweek. What we hammered out is that a New Times review would be an essay in context. Never just “Loved her/hated him” but a placement of the show within a discussion of comedy, tragedy or melodrama or the careers of the writer, director or performers. The

review would not be a report card on the performers. Time and Newsweek (what’s left of it) don’t do this anymore. The Syracuse New Times tries to. Tom Peyer, occasional cartoonist: In the 1980s, Roland and I joined the Syracuse Press Club, because we’d heard, correctly, that their meetings featured free beer. Roland became a serious participant — “serious” for him — going on to edit the club newsletter. But this in no way diminished his commitment to our original shared purpose, which was to drink club beer. One year, we went to their annual dinner. This being the 1980s, the club paid for an open bar. I want to say two hours of free drinking before we sat down to eat with all the reporters, politicians and public relations people. Roland and I were really hammered, and it felt like we were the only ones. We hadn’t anticipated all the rituals that made up an “annual dinner.” Which was stupid. Because the first thing we were told to do was stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. And a prayer. We started laughing helplessly, and trying to look like we weren’t, like kids NEXT PAGE

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ROLAND SWEET in church. We were seated near the front, so everyone in attendance could see our shoulders quaking. Stifling that laugh was physically painful. The pledge and the prayer lasted approximately 100 years, and every time we glanced at each other out of the corner of our eyes, we laughed harder and it hurt more. Some of the Press Clubbers were good sports about it. The ones who weren’t shot us some dirty looks but otherwise steered clear. And the rituals wore on, speaker after speaker, piety after piety. The laughter started to rise again, and Roland and I raced out of there long before the dinner ended. So that’s my favorite memory. The day Roland and I, both in our 30s, got to be kids together. Bad, drunk kids. Michael Davis, photographer: I was 30 years old and had been doing public relations at Salt City Playhouse a month earlier, until I left with the intentions of getting work as a photographer. And, of course, the paper I wanted to work for was the Syracuse New Times, because of all the music, arts and entertainment and theater coverage. One day in May 1981, I got a call from an adult bookstore to photograph a meet-and-greet with adult film star Annie Sprinkle, with some of her fans. I really didn’t want to do the job because I thought it would hurt me later if other employers saw me as “the guy who photographs at adult bookstores.” But my mother said, “If you’re going to be a photographer you’re going to have to photograph all kinds of things.” Mom always said, “If a door opens, you should walk through it,” so I did. It was a Saturday morning and I was doing the pictures of Annie meeting fans, and a guy came over to me and introduced himself. It was Roland Sweet. At that time Roland was the editor of the Syracuse New Times and was at the adult bookstore not as a fan but as a reporter doing a story on, as he described it, “new wave porn.” It turns out that Annie Sprinkle was more than an adult film star but someone who had taken control of her image and publishing and filmmaking, and saw pornography as an art form. I think there was also a strong women’s lib thing in there. She was very intelligent and an accomplished photographer who had been taught by some of my photographer idols — all of which I found out later. Roland knew about some of this and thought she would make a good story for the New Times. He explained to me that the regular photographer didn’t show up; they were using a guy who also shot wedding photos and a wedding had come up. This was a very visual story and they now needed a photographer and he asked me if I had any experience and he asked if I might be able to take any photographs

Mike Greenstein, Roland Sweet (as the Broke Gourmet), Mary Keady and John Kokot during the all-you-can-eat steak night at Emerson’s, in the stretch across from the former Cinema East where other restaurants still exist.

that the Syracuse New Times might be able to use. At this point I introduced myself and I could see that Roland was relieved: He knew my pictures from my having submitted stage photos when I was doing PR at Salt City. He invited me to stick around for the rest of the assignment, which included lunch with Annie Sprinkle and an interview that afternoon. He made me feel like I was on staff even though I wasn’t. At the end of the day, he said, “Bring some photographs down on Monday and we’ll see if there’s anything that’s usable.” I showed up with a manila envelope containing about 15 prints, and Roland looked at them and said, “We’ve got this week’s cover story!” Based on the photographs it went from being a small feature to a cover story. This was the way Roland seemed to work. Although he ran a pretty tight ship and liked to know what was in the paper week to week, if the opportunity came up he was open to things just happening. He was totally willing to put it on the cover because it was just a good story: He had a good subject, he had good art and so he made it a cover story. That Wednesday when the paper came out, I stopped down to the Syracuse New Times to pick up a few copies. We still hadn’t discussed a price for the pictures or anything and Roland surprised me by saying “I’d like you to be the Inquiring Photographer” and put me on at $25 a week. The Inquiring Photographer was a weekly column: Roland would come up with a question and I’d go out and photograph between four and six people who were willing to be photographed and answer a question, such as “What do you think of Lee Alexander’s cat?” (That was a running gag in Tom Peyer’s Sideshow comic strip at the New Times at

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the time.) It was usually a question on a local issue. Within a couple of weeks Roland offered me a job as the New Times photographer and started to give me regular assignments. Roland started my career as a photojournalist. It might have been out of convenience — that he just needed someone or that he actually saw something in my work. Within minutes of that first meeting, I was part of the team. It was easy. He was a good editor to have. He was always open. He was willing to take chances, he wasn’t afraid to ruffle feathers, and he always inspired good work from his staff. You wanted to do good for him; you always tried to do the best. You were all in it together. No matter what was going on, it was a happy ship. And at times the paper went through some rough waters. Mike Greenstein, former editor-in-chief: Roland Sweet was meticulous. He sent me lengthy emails, sometimes several in a day, each one perfect: neat, tightly written, with nary a typo. Roland didn’t anoint himself Proofreader General of the United States (PGUS) without reason. He sent clippings from magazines that had crossword puzzles on the back, always filled in completely with no erasures. Even his handwriting was pristine. He scribbled beautifully lettered, readable words in tiny notebooks that he pulled out of his pockets and satchels. A dedicated baseball fan, he planned every trip to the ballpark in minute detail, from his route to where he would park his car to what he would eat during the game. He kept score diligently, and taught countless others to do the same. Yet when I met him in the early 1970s, Roland was a disheveled, curly haired wanderer, living in Syracuse for no appar-

ent reason, working as a hospital orderly and living in the city’s most dilapidated housing project, sleeping on a mattress on the floor amid piles of books and dirty laundry. He contacted me, then the editor of the Syracuse New Times, to answer an ad for writers. Unlike most who responded, he could write. His humor column, The Minstrel Pig, was born, and it blossomed into an ever-expanding role at the paper, culminating as editor-in-chief. From there he went on to a decorated career in trade magazine journalism while syndicating the column that began in the Syracuse New Times as News and Blues and continues to this day (in a dozen other North American papers, it is called Newsquirks). The seeming contradiction between scruffy humorist and obsessive editor was typical of Roland, whose favorite novel was not coincidentally Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Roland worked hard at being contrarian. In one infamous New Times restaurant review, he demeaned its elderly clientele as “cardboard cutouts.” Later on, he worked at Seniority magazine. He joined the Syracuse Press Club as a lark, because the meetings featured paltry attendance and therefore lots of free beer and snacks for those who went, but he wound up with its Lifetime Achievement Award. As a writer and editor, his use of language to communicate was precise, yet he also created the comic strip Albania, which derived its humor from its absurdity and lack of communication. Roland made plenty of fun of foreigners in his writing, not only Albanians but French and Canadians and others as well, but he volunteered to teach English as a second language and won accolades for doing so. While his thriftiness was legendary (he was, after all, the Broke Gourmet), as an amateur aviator he would rent a small plane for hundreds of dollars so he could fly it to Skaneateles to get his favorite hot dog at Doug’s. Curmudgeonly Roland could be gruff and grumpy, all right, but at heart he was deeply kind, understanding and intensely loyal to his closest family, his legions of friends, his cherished pets and sometimes even to the strangers with whom he often struck up conversations at a baseball game, a trade show, a restaurant or a food stand. Roland was expert at many things, and he authored books on weird news, log homes and other topics in addition to Albania. His next endeavor, he often promised, would put forth another contrarian theme: No new product or invention is ever as good, as efficient or as reasonably priced as what it replaced. His working title was Nothing New Is Ever Better. But as the editor with the final word on the topic, I will amend that title: Nothing New Will Ever Be Sweeter. SNT

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THE BIZ BUZZ FOR 2015

The music industry keeps changing at breakneck speed, whether or not it’s for the best. Here are a few things to admire or, in some cases, lament. Big Records Topple: Sorry, Beatles fans: 21-year-old Canadian Justin Bieber broke the moptops’ record for most songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Since April 11, 1964, The Beatles held that record with 14 songs — until Dec. 5 when the Beeb cracked it with 17 tracks. Bieber held three songs in the Hot 100’s top five, another feat only achieved by The Beatles in 1964 and 50 Cent in 2005. England Swings Again: Singer-songwriter Adele smashed more records with her release of 25. The British superstar’s third LP sold 2.3 million copies in the first three days, and it became the first album ever to sell more than 1 million copies two weeks in a row. Adele also set the bar for both men and women as her first-week sales record blew past Britney Spears’ 1.3 million copies in 2000 with Oops. . . I Did It Again. Adele’s video for the first single, “Hello,” prompted more than 25 million views on YouTube within the first 24 hours and the track was downloaded more than 1 million times within the week. She also sold more copies of her album in one week than Taylor Swift’s 1989 sold all year (1.8 million). Islands in the Stream: Streaming has become one of the most volatile topics in the music industry, as giants like Spotfiy grow and musicians argue for more than $.0007 a spin. The streaming model is based on the idea that the more people stream, and pay for the service, the bigger the pie will become for artists, thereby growing the per-stream royalty artists will make. Currently, Spotify boasts 20 million paid subscribers, but 75 million users with more than 30 million songs in the catalog. An artist with 10,000 streams on Spotify, with control of his or her composition, makes $90.64. Meanwhile, Spotify’s gross revenue and subscribers went up in the past year and amounts paid to artists, songwriters, publishers and labels went down. Artists including Adele and Thom Yorke have been vocal about the less-than-ideal business relationship and have chosen to keep their catalogs off the service.

Aretha Franklin at the Syracuse M&T Jazz Fest, Patti LaBelle (right) at the New York State Fair’s Grandstand. Phil D. Rapper photos

The shaky business model caused even more uproar with Apple Music’s three-month free trial of its streaming service, during which Apple did not pay writers, producers or artists. The complaints were widely publicized as Taylor Swift wrote in a June letter to Apple, “These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child. These are the echoed sentiments of every artist, writer and producer in my social circles who are afraid to speak up publicly because we admire and respect Apple so much. We simply do not respect this particular call. Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing.” Swift then turned around and announced an exclusive 1989 tour documentary with Apple as her partner. Swift, a critic of both Spotify and Apple, has nevertheless chosen Apple Music for the release of her latest content. Tables Turned with Vinyl Comeback: As streaming services rock the music industry, the business continues to look for ways to make money. Touring is one reason so many artists continue to maintain relentless travel schedules. Meanwhile vinyl has slowly become another source of revenue. Although the pressing of vinyl remains a tedious, expensive and long process, vinyl record sales grew 18 percent in 2012, 32 percent in 2013 and 51 percent in 2014. Los Angeles plant Rainbo Records went from producing 5,000 records daily to its current 25,000 per day.

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There is only a handful of plants with pressing equipment still operating in the United States. Several companies stalled on creating a new presser because they expected the vinyl fad to die away, leaving those vinyl plants stuck with expensive new equipment. Meanwhile, aging vinyl machines have caused a bottleneck in the industry as musicians can’t get their work pressed when outdated machinery breaks down. Without parts being created, the industry began to hit a wall. Yet a new machine from Germany could be a game-changer. Newbilt Machinery GmbH & Co. offers the first newly manufactured vinyl pressing machine in more than 30 years, with a starting price of $100,000. So get yourself a turntable, because they’ll be pressing more platters that matter in 2016. SNT

LADIES’ NIGHTS

Three female superstars brightened last summer’s outdoor shows: Aretha Franklin on July 18 at the 33rd annual Syracuse M&T Jazz Fest at Onondaga Community College; Patti LaBelle’s Sept. 3 Grandstand gig during the last-ever concert at the New York State Fair’s soon-to-be-demolished venue; and Miranda Lambert christening the Lakeview Amphitheater, also on Sept. 3.

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S. Crouse Ave.), 8 p.m.

Chris Taylor & Custom Taylor Band. (Hol-

246 W. Willow St.), 8 p.m.

byterian Church, 64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville), 7 p.m.

Open Turntable Night. (Funk N Waffles, 727 (Vendetti’s Soft Rock Café, 2026 Teall Ave.), 10:30 p.m.

F5. (Lakeview Lanes, 723 W. Broadway, Fulton),

Burnet Ave.), 9 p.m.

Open Mike w/Greg Hoover. (Basta on the River, 7 Syracuse St., Baldwinsville), 7 p.m.

Country Rose Band. (Sanndbar Grill, 1067

Karaoke w/Mr. Automatic. (Singers, 1345

River, 7 Syracuse St.), 9 p.m.

Downer St., Baldwinsville), 7 p.m.

Other Guise w/Mickey Vendetti Band.

Buckley Road), 10 p.m.

Suites, 400 Seventh North St., Liverpool), 10 p.m.

Morris & The Hepcats. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que,

Open Mike w/Frank Rhodes. (Buffalo’s, 2119

3’s A Crowd. (Mohegan Manor, 58 Oswego St.,

Just Joe. (Jake’s Grub & Grog, 7 E. River Road, Central Square), 6 p.m. Milton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Center Road, Manlius), 7 p.m.

3 Inch Fury. (Mac’s Bad Art Bar, 1799 Brewer-

Karaoke w/DJ Voltage & DJ Mars. (Singers,

go River Road, Phoenix), 6:30 p.m.

1345 Milton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Karaoke. (Tin Rooster, Turning Stone Resort,

Kenny Burke & Quickchange. (Vendetti’s

Verona), 9 p.m.

Soft Rock Café, 2026 Teall Ave.), 7:30 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Chill. (Singers, 1345 Milton

Midnight Mike Petroff Blues Band. (Muddy

Ave.), 9 p.m.

Letizia & The Z Band. (Thousand Islands Harbor Hotel, 200 Riverside Drive, Clayton), 10 p.m.

Waters, 2 Oswego St., Baldwinsville), 9:30 p.m.

Open Mike w/Dan & Tom. (Frank’s Moon-

Lisa Lee Trio. (Brae Loch Inn, 5 Albany St.,

dance Tavern, 2512 Cherry Valley Turnpike, Marcellus), 9 p.m.

Mark Zane Band. (Krabby Kirk’s BBQ, 55 W. Genesee St., Camillus), 9 p.m.

Music Hall, 41 Lake St.), 7 p.m.

Cazenovia), 9:30 p.m.

Midnight Mike Petroff Blues Band. (West-

ern Ranch Motor Inn, 1255 State Fair Blvd.), 10 p.m.

Mothercover. (Timber Tavern, 153 State Fair Blvd.), 10 p.m.

O’Hara & Halloran. (World of Beer, Destiny USA), 8 p.m.

Open Mike w/John McConnell. (Oswego Phil Petroff & Natural Fact. (Dinosaur Bar-BQue, 246 W. Willow St.), 10 p.m.

Tiger. (Pricker Bush, 3642 Route 57, Oswego),

8 p.m.

S AT U R DAY 1/ 2 3’s A Crowd. (Pasta’s on the Green, 1 Village Blvd. N., Baldwinsville), 7:30 p.m.

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Barroom Philosophers. (Limp Lizard, 201 First St., Liverpool), 10:30 p.m. Bobby Paice. (Limp Lizard, 4628 Onondaga Blvd.), 8 p.m.

Brian McArdell & Mark Westers. (Flat Iron

Grill, 1333 Buckley Road), 9:30 p.m.

Chief Bigway. (Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub,

100 S. Lowell Ave.), 10 p.m.

Hendry. (LakeHouse Pub, 6 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles), 9:30 p.m. Karaoke. (DR’s Tavern, 1417 W. Genesee St.), 10 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Corey. (Western Ranch Motor Inn, 1255 State Fair Blvd.), 7 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Skoob & DJ Denny. (Singers,

1345 Milton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Lee Martin & House Rockers. (George

O’Dea’s, 1333 W. Fayette St.), 8 p.m.

Mike Delaney & Delinquents. (Muddy

Waters, 2 Oswego St., Baldwinsville), 10 p.m.

Open Mike. (Moondog’s, 24 State St., Auburn), 7 p.m.

Paul Davie. (Kitty Hoynes, 301 W. Fayette St.), 10:30 p.m.

Karaoke w/Loudest Sound in Town. (Mac’s

sides at the Liverpool Art Center, 101 Lake Drive, Liverpool. $60-$80/month. 234-9333.

Syracuse University Women’s Basketball.

Exchange St., Auburn), 7:30 p.m.

Jamie Lissow. Fri. 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., Sat. 7 & 9:45 p.m., Sun. 7:30 p.m. Standup vet who has appeared on Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing and more visits the Funny Bone Comedy Club, Destiny USA, off Hiawatha Boulevard. $12/ Fri., $15/Sat., $10/Sun. 423-8669.

Open Mike. (The Road, 4845 W. Seneca Turn-

Don’t Feed the Actors. Sat. 8 p.m. The Cen-

Open Jam w/Edgar Pagan, Irv Lyons Jr.,

Rick Melito (Limp Lizard, 201 First St., Liverpool), 7:30 p.m.

Open Mike. (Auburn Public Theater, 8

pike), 6 p.m.

Open Mike w/Big Daddy Vince. (Flat Iron

Grill, 133 Buckley Road), 7 p.m.

Open Mike w/Lounge Act. (Gathering

Lounge, 7871 Oswego Road, Liverpool), 9 p.m.

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Springs Road), noon.

Karaoke w/Mr. Automatic. (Singers, 1345 Mil-

Improv Comedy Classes. Every Wed.

Dave Solazzo. (Le Moyne Plaza, 1135 Salt

ton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Open Mike. (Funk N Waffles, 727 S. Crouse Ave.), 7:30 p.m.

Open Mike w/Greg Hoover. (Basta on the

Burnet Ave.), 9 p.m.

Arty Lenin. (Old City Hall, 159 Water St., Oswe-

Open Mike w/Tom Barnes. (Shifty’s, 1401

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Tom Dustin. Wed. Dec. 30, 7:30 p.m. The

Clinton St.), 3 p.m.

Just Joe. (LakeHouse Pub, 6 W. Genesee St.,

New Year’s Eve Spectacular. Thurs. 6:30 &

Jazz & Gospel Jam. (Funk N Waffles, 307 S.

Skaneateles), 6 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Chaos. (Singers, 1345 Milton

Ave.), 9 p.m.

Open Mike w/Boogiemen. (Cottage Hotel of

6-7:45 p.m. Drop-in classes at Salt City Improv Theater, Shoppingtown Mall, 3649 Erie Blvd. E., DeWitt. $20/adults, $15/students with ID. 410-1962.

10 p.m. Comics and a full buffet are offered at Funny Bone Comedy Club, Destiny USA, off Hiawatha Boulevard. 6:30 p.m.: $50/show and dinner (5:15 p.m.), $20/show only. 10 p.m.: $75/

Tavern, 109 Bridge St.), 7:30 p.m.

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M O N DAY 1/4 Jason Vaughn. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 8 p.m.

Open Mike. (The Road, 4845 Seneca Turpike), 7 p.m.

T U E S DAY 1/5 Frenay & Lenin. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 8 p.m.

Onondaga Lake Open House. Every Fri.

noon-4:30 p.m. Come experience the lake cleanup firsthand at the Onondaga Lake Visitors Center, 280 Restoration Way, Geddes. Free. 552-9751.

Art Classes. Every Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m., 4 & 6:30 p.m. Teens and adults delve into their artistic

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and test your brainpan against others. Stingers Pizza, 4500 Pewter Lane, Manlius. Free. 6928100.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7 p.m. Nightly prizes to those with the answers to general knowledge questions. Lamont Tavern, 108 Lamont Ave. Free. 487-9890.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7-9 p.m. Prizes

ters at this DJs-R-US contest at Spinning Wheel, 7384 Thompson Road, North Syracuse. Free. 458-3222.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7-9 p.m. Brainstorming at Trappers II Pizza Pub, 101 N. Main St., Minoa. Free. 656-7777. Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7 p.m. Cranium

conundrums at RFH’s Hideaway, 1058 Route 57, Phoenix. Free. 695-2709.

Smartass Trivia. Every Thurs. 7-10 p.m. Steve

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Karaoke w/DJ Halo. (Singers, 1345 Milton Kh’Mi. (Green Gate Inn, 2 Main St., Camillus),

Tues. 8 p.m. The Orange plays the Clemson University Tigers at the Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave. $40. (888) DOME-TIX.

Public Speaking Workshop. Fri. 10-11:30 a.m. Representatives from Toastmasters International host a brief public speaking class at Hazard Branch Library, 1620 W. Genesee St. Free. 435-5326.

Ave.), 9 p.m. 6 p.m.

Syracuse University Men’s Basketball.

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Jazz Vespers w/Melissa Gardiner. (Pebble

Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Road, DeWitt), 6:30 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 30, 7 p.m., Fri. noon, Sun. 1 p.m. The Orange team plays Howard (Wed.), the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Fri.) and Duke (Sun.) at the Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave. $5-$20. (888) DOME-TIX.

for contestants, who needn’t be part of an established team. Sitrus Bar, Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel, 801 University Ave. Free. 3806206.

Mendon, 1390 Pittsford Mendon Road), 7 p.m.

Open Mike w/Morris Tarbell. (Bridge Street

SPORTS

Open Figure Drawing. Every Wed. 7-10 p.m.

All skill levels are welcome: if you can write your name, you can draw. Westcott Community Center, 826 Euclid Ave. $8. 453-5565.

founder and commissioner of the Boston Comedy Softball League does a one-nighter at the Funny Bone Comedy Club, Destiny USA, off Hiawatha Boulevard. $10. 423-8669.

go), 1 p.m.

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North Syracuse Art Group. Every Wed.

Big D Duo. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 8 p.m.

TJ Sacco. (Knoxies Pub, 7088 Route 20,

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10 a.m. Bring your own supplies and learn, exchange art knowledge, share fine art with others and work your media. VFW Post 7290, 105 Maxwell Ave., North Syracuse. Free. 6993965.

River, 7 Syracuse St.), 9 p.m.

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show and dinner (8:45 p.m.), $45/show only. 423-8669.

Bad Art Bar, 1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale), 9 p.m.

Ripcords. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 10 p.m.

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Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Diamond

Dave knows the answers at Munjed’s Mediterranean Cafe and Metro Lounge, 505 Westcott St. Free. 425-0366.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7:30 p.m. DJs-R-US handles the questions at Two Guys from Italy, Route 49, West Monroe. Free. 676-5777.

Dancin’ Through the Decades. Thurs. 8

p.m.-12-30 a.m. A community dance party that is part of Cortland’s First Night festivities that also includes fireworks and more at the brandnew Cortland Repertory Theater spinoff known as CRT Downtown, 24 Port Watson St., Cortland. $10/advance, $15/door. (800) 427-6160.

Trivia Night. Every Fri. 7 p.m. Nightly prizes to those with the answers to general knowledge questions. Lamont Tavern, 108 Lamont Ave. Free. 487-9890.

Trivia Night. Every Mon. 6:30 p.m. Knowledge is good at Marcella’s Restaurant, Clarion Hotel, 100 Farrell Road, Baldwinsville. Free. 457-8700.

Smartass Trivia. Every Tues. 7:15-11 pm. More

brainy fun with Steve Patrick at Nibsy’s Pub, 201 Ulster Ave. Free. 476-8423.

Team Trivia. Every Tues. 8 p.m. Drop some

factoids at Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub, 100 S. Lowell Ave. Free. (215) 760-8312.

Gingerbread Gallery. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5

p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; through Sun. Jan. 3. The 30th annual show featuring more than 30 original gingerbread creations. Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Blvd. E. $5/adults, $4/seniors, $2/ ages 2 and under. 471-0593.

Lights On The Lake. Daily 5-10 p.m.; through Sun. Jan. 3. Drive through a two-mile-long light show featuring a twinkling fantasy forest, a delightful Victorian village, colorful section arches, and other holiday light displays. Onondaga Lake Park, 106 Lake Drive. Liverpool. $10 carload/Mon.-Thurs., $15 carload/Fri.-Sun. 453-6712.

FILM

S TA R TS FR I DAY F I L MS, T HEAT ER S A N D T IM E S S U B J EC T TO CHA N GE. CHE C K S YR AC U S E N E W T I MES.COM FOR U P DAT E S. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. The fourth family flick features more cartooning and live-action slapstick. Destiny USA/Car-

ousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Screen 1: 11:25 a.m., 1:55, 4:25, 7 & 9:35 p.m. Screen 2: 11:55 a.m., 2:30 & 5 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9:05 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:20, 4, 6:45 & 9:20 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 10:40 a.m.

Stadium). Daily: 2:30, 6 & 9 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 11:10 a.m.

The Big Short. Steve Carell, Christian Bale,

biopic about the matriarch who invented the Miracle Mop. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:25, 3:40, 6:55 & 10:10 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 11:55 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:10, 3:30, 6:50 & 10:05 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9:20 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 12:40, 3:40, 6:50 & 9:50 p.m. Fri.Sun. matinee: 9:40 a.m.

Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling in a cautionary tale about the 2008 financial meltdown of the mortgage market. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:50 a.m., 3:10, 6:25 & 9:40 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:20, 3:35, 7 & 10:05 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9:20 a.m.

and Brendan Gleeson in director Ron Howard’s whale of a tale. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:05 & 7:25 p.m.

Joy. Jennifer Lawrence stars in this unusual

Concussion. Topical football drama starring Will Smith. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 & 10:15 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 12:20, 3:40, 7:05 & 10:10 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9:30 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:15, 3:30, 6:30 & 9:40 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9:10 a.m.

Krampus. Horror comedy with a yuletide angle. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Fri.-Sun.: 10:35 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.: 1:10, 4, 6:50 & 10:35 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:05 a.m., 1:35, 4:15, 6:55 & 9:25 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 11:05 a.m.

Creed. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) pays it

Love the Coopers. Diane Keaton and John

Daddy’s Home. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahl-

The Martian. Matt Damon as a stranded astronaut who runs out of ketchup on Mars in director Ridley Scott’s outer space epic. Hollywood (Digital presentation). Daily: 8:50 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 3:35 p,m.

forward when he mentors a new pug (Michael B. Jordan) in this punchy boxing epic. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 4:05 & 10:20 p.m.

berg in a dad vs. stepdad comedy. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Screen 1: 11 a.m., 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 & 10:05 p.m. Screen 2 (Fri.-Sun.): 1:10, 4 & 6:50 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 12:25 a.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9:15 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 11:20 a.m.

The Danish Girl. Eddie Redmayne goes for more award glory in this drama about a man contemplating a transgenderal lifestyle. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:10, 3:15, 6:20 & 9:25 p.m. Manlius (Digital presentation/stereo). Fri. & Sat.: 8 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.: 7:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. matinee: 2 & 4:30 p.m. The Good Dinosaur. Back to the Stone Age

for Disney-Pixar’s new cartoon. Destiny USA/ Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:25 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 10:45 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Fri.-Sun.: 10:20 a.m. Mon.-Thurs.: 12:05 p.m.

Goosebumps. A bespectacled Jack Black

headlines this loud live-action version of R.L. Stine’s spooky tales for kids. Hollywood (Digital presentation). Fri.-Sun.: 11:15 a.m.

The Hateful Eight. Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson and others in writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s chatty three-hour western. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:15 a.m., 3, 6:45 & 9:30 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 2:30, 6:15 & 9:55 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 10:45 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 2:20, 6:10 & 10:05 p.m. Fri.-Sun, matinee: 10:25 a.m. Hotel Transylvania 2. Cartoon monsters reunite for the second stanza, with voices supplied by Adam Sandler, Mel Brooks and David Spade. Hollywood (Digital presentation). Fri.-Sun. 1:30 p.m. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.

Jennifer Lawrence fights the power (and maybe warbles that droning “Hanging Tree” dirge) in this final installment. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:15, 3:25, 6:35 & 9:45 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:50 a.m., 3:25, 6:30 & 9:40 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/

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In the Heart of the Sea. Chris Hemsworth

Goodman in a generational Christmas comedy. Hollywood (Digital presentation). Daily: 6:30 p.m.

Point Break. Zippy remake of the 1990s action

thriller about surfer crooks pulling major heists; presented in 3-D in some theaters. Destiny USA/ Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/3-D/Stadium). Daily: 11:05 a.m., 4:50 & 10:40 p.m. Destiny USA/ Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 2 & 7:45 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/3-D/Stadium). Daily: 10:35 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 2:05, 4:50 & 7:45 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 11:10 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/3-D/ Stadium). Daily: 6:35 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:10, 4:05 & 9:35 p.m. Fri.-Sun, matinee: 10:10 a.m.

Sisters. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler play the

sisters who throw a wild party in this raunchy comedy. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Screen 1: 1, 3:55, 7:05 & 9:55 p.m. Screen 2: 7:35 & 10:25 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:40, 4, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9:40 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 & 10:15 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 10:30 a.m.

Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens. Old-

school and newbie characters gather for this sci-fi blockbuster; presented in 3-D in some theaters. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/IMAX/3-D/Stadium). Daily: 1:20, 4:40 & 8 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 11:20 p.m. Fri.-Sun, matinee: 10 a.m. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/RPX/3-D/Stadium). Daily: 3:50 p.m. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/ RPX/Stadium). Daily: 12:30, 7:10 & 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9 a.m. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/3-D/Stadium). Screen 1: 12, 3:20, 6:40 & 10 p.m. Screen 2: 7:30 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 10:50 p.m. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Screen 1: 11:20 a.m., 2:40, 6 & 9:20 p.m. Screen 2: 1:50, 5:10 & 8:30 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 11:50 p.m. Fri.Sun. matinee: 10:30 a.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/3-D/Stadium). Daily: 12, 3:50, 6:40 & 10:30 p.m. Great Northern 10 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:30, 3:20, 7:10 & 10 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/3-D/Stadium). Screen 1: 12, 3:20, 6:40 & 10 p.m. Screen 2: 1, 4:20 & 7:40 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Screen 1: 12:30, 3:50, 7:10 & 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 9 a.m. Screen 2: 1:30, 4:50 & 8:10 p.m. Fri.-Sun. matinee: 10 a,m.

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hall: $14/adults, $12/children under 11 and seniors. 425-9068.

LI ST E D ALPH ABE TI C A LLY: Ant-Man. Sat. 1 p.m. Paul Rudd gets small in this Marvel Comics superhero spectacle at the Kallet Theater, 4842 N. Jefferson St., Pulaski. $5. 298-0007. The Audience. Thurs. 2 p.m. The National The-

atre Live production, presented digitally at the Manlius Art Cinema, 135 E. Seneca St., Manlius. $18/adults, $15/students and seniors. 682-9817.

Coral Reef Adventure. Wed. Jan. 6, 12, 2 &

4 p.m. Liam Neeson narrates this large-format chronicle of the South Pacific’s endangered underwater landscape at the Bristol IMAX at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St. Film: $10/adults, $8/ children under 11 and seniors. Film and exhibit hall: $14/adults, $12/children under 11 and seniors. 425-9068.

Dolphins. Wed. Dec. 30-Sun. 11 a.m. The

finned wonders get their large-format close-up at the Bristol IMAX at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St. Film: $10/adults, $8/children under 11 and seniors. Film and exhibit hall: $14/adults, $12/ children under 11 and seniors. 425-9068.

Flight of the Butterflies. Wed. Dec. 30 & Thurs. 2 p.m., Sat. 2 & 6 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., Wed. Jan. 6, 1 p.m. Large-format chronicle of the winged wonders at the Bristol IMAX at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St. Film: $10/adults, $8/ children under 11 and seniors. Film and exhibit

Grand Canyon Adventure. Wed. Jan. 6, 3 p.m. Large-format chronicle of a rafting trek down the Colorado River at the Bristol IMAX at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St. Film: $10/adults, $8/children under 11 and seniors. Film and exhibit hall: $14/adults, $12/children under 11 and seniors. 425-9068.

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Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation. Fri.

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7 p.m. Stunt-crazy Tom Cruise spy yarn at the Kallet Theater, 4842 N. Jefferson St., Pulaski. $5. 298-0007.

Pan. Wed. Dec. 30, 6 p.m. Hugh Jackman in

a splashy Peter Pan flick at the Kallet Theater, 4842 N. Jefferson St., Pulaski. $5. 298-0007.

The Polar Express. Wed. Dec. 30 & Thurs. 12 & 3 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 12, 3 & 7 p.m., Sun. 12 & 3 p.m. Ride aboard Tom Hanks’ magic choo-choo in this large-format fantasy. Bristol IMAX at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St. Film: $10/adults, $8/ children under 11 and seniors. Film and exhibit hall: $14/adults, $12/children under 11 and seniors. 425-9068. Spotlight. Wed. Dec. 30 & Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 4 & 7:30 p.m., Sat. & Sun. 1, 4 & 7:30 p.m., Mon.Wed. Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m. Michael Keaton leads the ensemble cast for the acclaimed newsroom drama, which continues the digital presentations at the Cinema Capitol, 234 W. Dominick St., Rome. $7/adults, $5/students. 337-6453.

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LEGAL NOTICE Articles of Organization of 2601 MILTON SOLVAY, LLC (“LLC”) were filed with Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 11/12/2015. Office Location: Onondaga County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to and the LLC’s principal business location is: 2601 Milton Avenue, Solvay, New York 13209. Purpose: Any lawful business purpose. Articles of Organization of JAM Fitness of CNY, LLC (“LLC”) were filed with Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on December 10, 2015. Office Location: Onondaga County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to and the LLC’s principal business location is: 314 Glenwood Avenue, Syracuse, New York 13207. Purpose: Any lawful business purpose. INDEX NO: 2015846. Date Filed: 11/25/2015. SUMMONS WITH NOTICE MORTGAGE PREMISES: 317 North Beech Street, Syracuse, New York 13203. SBL #: 029-14-19.0. Plaintiff designates ONONDAGA County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF ONONDAGA HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF KENNETH MEYERS A/K/A KENNETH N. MEYERS, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin , distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, in any, and each and ev-

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ery person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, ET AL. Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorney for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER

WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $28,630.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of ONONDAGA on December 14, 2010, in BOOK NUMBER 16325 PAGE NUMBER 0178, covering premises known as 317 North Beech Street, Syracuse, New York 13203, - SBL #029-1419.0. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF KENNETH MEYERS A/K/A KENNETH N. MEYERS, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Walter W. Hafner, Jr., A.J.S.C of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated November 9, 2015. Dated: New Rochelle, NY. November 18, 2005. MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. By: /s/__ Sonia J. Baez, Esq., Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210, New Rochelle, NY 10801. p. 914-6368900. f. 914-636-8901. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATE-

LY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs. ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. METRO FITNESS EAST, LLC: Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization for METRO FITNESS EAST, LLC (“LLC”) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on November 30, 2015. Office Location: Onondaga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY

shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, at c/o Metro Fitness, 205 South Salina Street, Syracuse, New York 13202. Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity. Notice of Application of DELIA INVESTMENTS, LLC, application of authority filed Sec’y of State 07/20/2015, Wyoming LLC, formed May 3, 2012. Office location: Onondaga County, 203 Kinne Street, Syracuse, NY 13206. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process: 203 Kinne Street, Syracuse NY 13206, the office required to be maintained in this jurisdiction. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 214 Green Street, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/30/15. Office location: Cortland County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1 Forrest Ave., Cortland, NY 13045. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of 2692 Otisco Lakeside West LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/11/2015. Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o LLC,

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of Filing: 9/09/2015; Office of the LLC: Onondaga Co.; The NY Secretary of State (NYSS) has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 7645 Henry Clay Boulevard, Liverpool, New York 13088; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: M.A.P. FARM, LLC; Date of Filing: 12/01/2015; Office of the LLC: Onondaga Co.; The NY Secretary of State (NYSS) has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 6043 Devoe Road, Camillus, NY 13031; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: VALUE PAWN & JEWELRY, LLC; Date of Filing: 6/29/2015; Office of the LLC: Onondaga Co.; The NY Secretary of State (NYSS) has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 9468 Chalkstone Course, Brewerton, New York 13029; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose.

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(SSNY) on:9/25/15. Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 6095 Poolsbrook Rd.,Kirkville, NY 13082. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Qualification of Corona Environmental Consulting, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/11/15. Office location: Onondaga County. LLC organized in MA on 6/14/13. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Principal office address: 203 Hawthorne St., Apt. 1F, Syracuse, NY 13210. Cert. of Org. filed with MA Sec. of the Commonwealth, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108. Purpose: all lawful purposes. NOTICE OF SALE Index No: 118/14. SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF ONONDAGA JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff(s), Against Cora Ann Alsante, as Temporary Administrator for the Estate of Edward Blumenfeld, his respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, et al., Defendant(s), Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Onondaga County Clerk’s Office on 9/14/2015, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at the West Lobby, Second Floor Courthouse in the public meeting area located outside the main entrance of the County Clerk’s Office, 401 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, New York on 1/6/2016 at 10:30 am, premises known as 227 Fletcher Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13207, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Syracuse (formerly Town of Onondaga), County of Onondaga

and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Onondaga County Treasurer as Section 074., Block 05 and Lot 15.0. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $78,119.72 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 118/14. Joelle Rotondo, Esq., Referee. STIENE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. (Attorneys for Plaintiff), 187 East Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743. Dated:10/28/2015. File Number: 20130172. GR. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: ONONDAGA COUNTY WELLS FARGO BANK; Plaintiff(s) vs. CHRISTINE A. DANO AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES P. DANO; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about October 28, 2015, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at on the 2nd floor of the Onondaga County Courthouse, 401 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, NY. On January 19, 2016 at 10:00 am. Premises known as 108 SWANSEA AVENUE, SYRACUSE, NY 13206-1924. Section: 69 Block: 15. Lot: 16.0. ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Township of Salina, County of Onondaga, State of New York, being Lot No. One Hundred sixty-eight (168) and the southerly 11.1 feet of Lot No. One Hundred sixty-nine (169) on a map or plan of Wilson Park dated April 1, 1911, made by A. L. Eliot, C.E., and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County June 9, 1911. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $71,971.58 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 2014-986. Francis D. Price, Jr., Esq., REFEREE. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT. COUNTY OF ONONDAGA. Filed: December 14, 2015. Index No.: 2014-999. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE. Mortgaged Premises: 8307 Spicebush Trail,

Liverpool, (Town of Clay) NY 13090. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff vs. Any unknown heirs to the Estate of CAMILLE M. REITH, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, creditors, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest, as well as the respective heirs at law, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest of the aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of them be dead, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff; Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is for the foreclosure of: Mortgage bearing the date of August 19, 2003, executed by Camille M. Reith (deceased) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. MERS acting solely as a nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to secure the sum of $64,000.00, and interest, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County on August 25, 2003 in Book 13566 Page 0198. That Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loan Servicing LP, FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP by Assignment dated July 27, 2012 and recorded on August 8, 2012 in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County in Book 16889 Page

0389. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the Mortgaged Premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Onondaga County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the County in which the Mortgaged Premises is situated. Section:055. Block: 03. Lot: 05.0. DATED:September 21, 2015. Rochester, New York. NOTICE. YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your Mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SCHEDULE A. LEGAL DESCRIPTION. ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Clay, County of Onondaga, State of New York, being part of Farm Lot 36 in said Town and being more particularly described as Lot No. 127 Pine Gate Acres, Section 2, according to a map of said Tract made by Alfred N. Ianuzi, Licensed Land Surveyor, and filed in the Onondaga County Clerk’s Office June 1, 1979 as Map No. 5782. S U P P L E M E N TA L SUMMONS Index No. 2015-1078 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF ONONDAGA. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Plaintiff, -vs- THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF PATRICIA A. PEDDER A/K/A PATRICIA A. CHAWGO, DECEASED, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs,

devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; STATE FARM BANK, F.S.B., CYPRESS FINANCIAL RECOVERIES, LLC, APO HSBC; CHASE BANK USA, N.A.; BEVERLY GREEN; CROUSE HEALTH HOSPITAL DBA CROUSE HOSPITAL; FIA CARD SERVICES NA; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 8248 BEEHIVE CIRCLE, LIVERPOOL, NY 13090. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action is being amended to include an additional A/K/A of PATRICIA A. CHAWGO. That this action is also being amended to include UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE. ONONDAGA County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: OCTOBER 7, 2015. Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP. Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, New York 14614. Telephone No. (585) 232-7400. Section: 069.1. Block: 12. Lot: 11.5. NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION. The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of ONONDAGA, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. ANTHONY PARIS, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated NOVEMBER 25, 2015 and filed along with the supporting papers in the ONONDAGA County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. The premises is described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Clay, County of Onondaga and State of New York, being part of Farm Lot No. 48 in said Town and being more particularly described as Lot E, Block 13 Amended, Fairway East Townhouses, Section 2, according to a map of said tract made by Alfred N. Ianuzi, L.L.S., and filed in the Onondaga County Clerk’s Office on March 2, 1988 as Map No. 6777. Premises known as 8248 BEEHIVE CIRCLE, LIVERPOOL, NY 13090. SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ONONDAGA. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2007-1, V. DOLORES T. COLLARD, et al. NOTICE OF SALE. NOTICE IS

HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated 7/30/2015, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of ONONDAGA, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 20071 is the Plaintiff and DOLORES T. COLLARD, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the ONONDAGA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 2ND FLOOR, WEST WING, 401 MONTGOMERY STREET SYRACUSE, NY 13202, on 1/21/2016 at 9:30am, premises known as 3476 HORSE SHOE ISLAND ROAD, CLAY, NY 13041: Section 012 Block 01 Lot 08.0: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE IN THE TOWN OF CLAY, COUNTY OF ONONDAGA AND STATE OF NEW YORK. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 5495/2008. Pamela Munson, Esq.- Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF ONONDAGA WILMINGTON TRUST, COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE TO STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 20059XS, Plaintiff against JAMES P. GENTILE A/K/A JAMES GENTILE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated on July 30, 2015. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Second Floor of the Onondaga County Courthouse, 401 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, N.Y. on the 8th day of January, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Said premises known as 3131 Cumberstone Lane, Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027. (Section: 078, Block: 10, Lot: 20.0). Approximate amount of lien $ 138,104.91 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 1669-14. Frank Price, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff. 145 Huguenot Street - Suite 210, New Rochelle, New York 10801. (914) 636-8900. SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF ONONDAGA. NOTICE OF SALE. Index No. 2014-829. RJI No. 33-14-3361. Hon. Walter Hafner, Jr., A.J.S.C. CITIZENS BANK, N.A. f/k/a RBS CITIZENS, N.A., Plaintiff against- DONALD R. CROSSMAN, individually and as heir-atlaw and distributee of Charles A. Crossman, deceased, late of the Town of East Syracuse, County of Onondaga and State of New York, NORTH MEDICAL P.C., MRC RECEIVABLES CORP., CCU LLC, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK by and through the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, BENEFICIAL HOMEOWNER SERVICE CORPORATION, and FRANK CROSSMAN, SCOTT CROSSMAN, CYNTHIA BAXTER, and TAMMY JOHNSON as heirs-atlaw and distributees of Charles A. Crossman, deceased, late of the Town of East Syracuse, County of Onondaga and State of New York, JOHN ROE and JANE ROE, said names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being all other heirs and distributees of the said Charles A. Crossman, UNTED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendants. In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly made on December 1, 2015, and entered in the Onondaga County Clerk’s Office on December 11, 2015, I the undersigned, the referee, will now sell at public auction, in the second floor of the Onondaga County Courthouse, 401 Montgomery Street in the public meeting area located outside the main entrance of the County Clerk’s Office, Syracuse, New York, on January 28, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon of that date, the premises directed by said judgment to be sold which are commonly known as 7544 Taft Road, Town of Cicero, Onondaga County, New York, (mailing address 7544 Taft Road, East Syracuse, New York) Tax Map No. 064.-02-17.0. A complete legal description can be obtained upon request from plaintiff’s attorney. Judgment amount - $71,221.38 plus interest, costs and expenses. Dated: December 17, 2015. Baldwinsville, New York. Charles Farrell, Esq., Referee. COOPER ERVING & SAVAGE, LLP. Attorneys for Plaintiff. 39 North Pearl Street. Albany, New York 12207. (518) 449-3900.

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abundance of interesting lessons in 2016. You will be offered teachings about a variety of practical subjects, including how to take care of yourself really well, how to live the life you want to live, and how to build the connections that serve your dreams. If you are even moderately responsive to the prompts and nudges that come your way, you will become smarter than you thought possible. So just imagine how savvy you’ll be if you ardently embrace your educational opportunities. (Please note that some of these opportunities may be partially in disguise.)

LEO. (July 23-Aug. 22) The silkworm grows fast. Once it hatches, it eats constantly for three weeks. By the time it spins its cocoon, it’s 10,000 times heavier than it was in the beginning. On the other hand, a mature, 60-foot-tall saguaro cactus may take 30 years to fully grow a new side arm. It’s in no hurry. From what I can tell, Leo, 2015 was more like a silkworm year for you, whereas 2016 will more closely resemble a saguaro. Keep in mind that while the saguaro phase is different from your silkworm time, it’s just as important. VIRGO. (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “The sky calls me,” wrote Virgo teacher and poet Sri Chinmoy. “The wind calls me. The moon and stars call me. The dense groves call me. The dance of the fountain calls me. Smiles call me, tears call me. A faint melody calls me. The morn, noon and eve call me. Everyone is searching for a playmate. Everyone is calling me, ‘Come, come!’” In 2016, Virgo, I suspect you will have a lot of firsthand experience with feelings like these. Sometimes life’s seductiveness may overwhelm you, activating confused desires to go everywhere and do everything. On other occasions, you will be enchanted by the lush invitations, and will know exactly how to respond and reciprocate.

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LIBRA. (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) In the 19th century,

horses were a primary mode of personal transportation. Some people rode them, and others sat in carriages and wagons that horses pulled. But as cities grew larger, a problem emerged: the mounting manure left behind on the roads. It became an ever-increasing challenge to clear away the equine “pollution.” In 1894, a British newspaper predicted that the streets of London would be covered with nine feet of the stuff by 1950. But then something unexpected happened: cars. Gradually, the threat of an excremental apocalypse waned. I present this story as an example of what I expect for you in 2016: a pressing dilemma that will gradually dissolve because of the arrival of a factor you can’t imagine yet.

SCORPIO. (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The longest river

in the world flows through eastern Africa: the Nile. It originates below the Equator and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. Although its current flows north, its prevailing winds blow south. That’s why sailors have found it easily navigable for thousands of years. They can either go with the flow of the water or use sails to harness the power of the breeze. I propose that we make the Nile your official metaphor in 2016, Scorpio. You need versatile resources that enable you to come and go as you please -- that are flexible in supporting your efforts to go where you want and when you want.

SAGITTARIUS. (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) In many

cases, steel isn’t fully useful if it’s too hard. Manufacturers often have to soften it a bit. This process, which is called tempering, makes the steel springier and more malleable. Car parts, for example, can’t be too rigid. If they were, they’d break too easily. I invite you to use “tempering” as one of your main metaphors in 2016, Sagittarius. You’re going to be strong and vigorous, and those qualities will serve you best if you keep them flexible. Do you know the word “ductile”? If not, look it up. It’ll be a word of power for you.

CAPRICORN. (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) In his essay

“The Etiquette of Freedom,” poet Gary Snyder says that wildness “is perennially within us, dormant as a hard-shelled seed, awaiting the fire or flood that awakes it again.” The fact that it’s a “hard-shelled” seed is a crucial detail. The vital stuff inside the stiff outer coating may not be able to break out and start growing without the help of a ruckus. A fire or flood? They might do the job. But I propose, Capricorn, that in 2016 you find an equally vigorous but less disruptive prod to liberate your dormant wildness. Like what? You could embark on a brave pilgrimage or quest. You could dare yourself to escape your comfort zone. Are there any undomesticated fantasies you’ve been suppressing? Unsuppress them!

AQUARIUS. (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Frederick the Great was king of Prussia between 1740 and 1786. He was also an Aquarius who sometimes experimented with eccentric ideas. When he brewed his coffee, for example, he used champagne instead of water. Once the hot elixir was ready to drink, he mixed in a dash of powdered mustard. In light of the astrological omens, I suspect that Frederick’s exotic blend might be an apt symbol for your life in 2016: a vigorous, rich, complex synthesis of champagne, coffee and mustard. (P.S.: Frederick testified that “champagne carries happiness to the brain.”) PISCES. (Feb. 19-March 20) My Piscean acquaintance Arturo plays the piano as well as anyone I’ve heard. He tells me that he can produce 150 different sounds from any single key. Using the foot pedals accounts for some of the variation. How he touches a key is an even more important factor. It can be percussive, fluidic, staccato, relaxed, lively and many other moods. I invite you to cultivate a similar approach to your unique skills in 2016. Expand and deepen your ability to draw out the best in them. Learn how to be even more expressive with the powers you already possess.

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2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab. “All Terrain Package”, leather, hot seats, Navigation—only 12000 miles—Jet Black finish—Absolutely Gorgeous! $38,988 FX CAPRARA CHEVROLET BUICK 1-800-333-0530 FXCHEVY.COM

2015 Jeep Gr Cherokee “Limited”. 4x4 leather, hot seats, sunroof—only 16000 miles—Glossy Tuxedo Black finish—Hospital Clean!! $32,988 FX CAPRARA CHEVROLET BUICK 1-800-333-0530 FXCHEVY.COM

2013 Volvo XC60 T6. All-wheel drive, leather, hot seats, Pano roof—only 15000 miles—Glossy Tuxedo Black finish—Ride in Luxury!!! $29,988 FX CAPRARA CHEVROLET BUICK 1-800-333-0530 FXCHEVY.COM

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