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By Daniel MeyerStar News Writer
It is that time of year when students who attend middle school and high school throughout the country are required to take midterm examinations for certain courses. While midterm testing has been in place for quite some time, the recent attention being placed on the “common core” stan-dards of New York State has helped bring extra attention to the middle-of-the-school-year testing that is currently taking place.
Just like fi nal exams at the end of the school year, mid-terms can cause stress for students, with test anxiety having been found to play a role in signifi cantly lower test scores. According to the U.S. Department of Edu-cation, the level of student
stress directly correlates to the ability to function and perform well on tests and exams.
In an effort to reduce stress and allow students to achieve maximum success,
teachers are working with the parents of their students to establish good study hab-its to help as many children as possible make the grade.
Midterms are often given in the core subjects of
English, math, science, social students and world languages such as Spanish, with some elective courses also including midterms as part of their curriculum.
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and artisan crafts during the frigid months. Through the promotion of inter-community commerce, the Jamestown and Fredonia Winter Farmers Markets are strengthening commu-nity bonds and delivering quality foods during the
off-season.
With about 20 vendors in total, options are bounti-ful at the Fredonia Winter Farmers Market. Each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., seasonal vegetables like squash and potatoes,
locally raised, healthy meats and other farmer and artisan products are offered to the community. Having grown ground-up the past six years, the Fredonia mar-ket is experiencing strong mobility and success.
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As I sit here, 34,000 feet above the state of Virginia, I am mar-veling at the accom-plishments of both God and man.
For instance, I look out my window and see the bright sun shining down on the dense cloud cover, as we make our way out of the snowy north to sunny Atlanta. God’s creation amazes me; not just the sheer size and splendor of it all, but the fact that he created a world that we can thrive in.
Which brings me to reveling on the ac-complishments of
mankind. I’m sitting in a pressurized tube, calmly sipping on a bottle of water six and half miles above the earth. I’m instant mes-saging my wife as she watches on the screen and tracks where I am.
The ability of man to accomplish, to grow and to thrive, is incred-ible. We discovered the power of lift, and have mastered a way to use it to our advantage.
We discovered the existence of electric-ity, and thereby radio waves and signals (no, I don’t get how it works; I just trust it), and are constantly increasing in our ability to perfect what we understand, and gain greater knowl-edge of what we don’t.
I remember my fi rst fl ight on a commercial aircraft. We were trav-eling to Disney World in Orlando. I was all of 11 years old, and was fi lled with anticipatory excitement. I can still remember not being
able to sleep the night before be-
cause I’d fi nally be able to discuss with friends how fun fl ying was.
I still have that. My heart still leaps when the front wheel lifts off the ground of this behemoth. It makes me cherish my faith that much more, trusting in God to get me safely where I need to go. More so, it makes me thankful that He put us in a world that we’d be able to continually grow and advance in.
Air didn’t need to have density. It didn’t need to be pressurized. It didn’t have to be some-thing that we could or couldn’t fl y through. But He made it that way. The world is fi lled with boundless ideas and innovations that will continue to make our lives easier and enhance them, we’re just waiting to discover them.
For instance, as I mentioned, I’m cur-rently messaging my wife and my mom from 34,000 feet. There’s a small dish placed on the bottom of the air-craft that allows radio signals to travel to the ground and provide
me with Internet. Of course there’s a fee, and it’s barely faster than dial up, but the idea is incredible to me.
I’ve always been a nut for technology. I love the new, and it’s often been something I’ve had to stifl e. Do I pay the bill, or get the new toy? Of course, adult-hood mandates respon-sibility. But I dream that someday, both will be possible.
Technology will only continue to grow and thrive. It is exciting to me to see each and every innovation that comes out of the bril-liant minds dedicated to thinking them up. What’s most fascinat-ing, I think, is that even after all this time, there can still be improve-ments made on even the most basic of tech-nology. Batteries are still growing smaller and more effi cient. Computers, faster and more powerful.
Don’t shy away from technology, from the new. Embrace it. The world is heading in that direction, and it’s going to make life that much sweeter!
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This week we are featuring “Dozer” and “Bella.” Dozer is a one-and-a-half year old mixed breed dog. He is full of energy and love and wants to learn. He loves playing with his doggy friends and running around the yard. He is a happy dog that really needs a family of his own. Bella is an eight-year-old long-haired white cat. She has 1 blue eye and 1 green eye. She is a loving, mellow kitty that is also declawed and qualifi es for our Senior-4-Senior program. If you think that Dozer or Bella are “The One” for you, or if you are looking to add a new friend to the family, stop in at the Adoption Center at 2825 Strunk Road, Jamestown to meet one of the great pets we have for adoption. For more informa-tion or questions, please call (716) 665-2209 ext. 0.
aCRoSS1. *"Love Me Tender" performer6. "And She ___" by Talking Heads9. "For Whom the ____ Tolls"13. Wall coat14. B&B, e.g.15. *He fell in love with a face "that launched a thousand ships"16. February "People," e.g.17. Parental involvement org.18. Trojan War story19. *He fell in love with Little Red-Haired Girl21. ______'s fee23. Old age, archaic24. Display displeasure25. *Bride and groom say their "I ___"28. Choir voice30. Part of Yugoslavia35. Iris holder37. Paleozoic and Mesozoic39. The fourth prime number40. Rigid necklace41. Of the kidneys43. Baseball points44. Was attached46. Jittery47. It should be opened when starting a fi re48. Winslow _____ and _____ Simpson50. Back talk52. "C'___ la vie!"53. EU currency55. *"Just an ___-fashioned love song"57. *Cyrano de Bergerac's love interest60. *Popular Valentine's delivery64. Disturbances65. Get it wrong67. Spur on68. Strong adhesive69. By means of70. Fragrant resin71. "I, Claudius" role72. Bird-to-be73. *What Snow White did before Prince Charming's kiss--------------------------------------dowN1. Larger-than-life2. Alfred "____" LaRue3. Americans need one to enter Australia4. Accustom5. Sister to Blanche DuBois6. Clean the blackboard, e.g.
7. Symbol of industriousness8. Mix-up9. Like white-headed eagle10. Albany-Buffalo canal11. His pants are on fi re?12. Hallucinogen15. Slang for communist sympathizers20. Lazybones22. Breed24. What's-his-name25. *Even-Steven kind of date26. Convex molding27. Red Cross supply29. Arborist's concern31. Lord's worker32. Egg cell33. *Aphrodite's Roman counterpart34. Early stage of sickness, e.g.36. High school breakout38. *"The Twilight ____," romantic
fi lm series42. Popular disinfectant45. Like Danny Zuko's hair49. *"Your Love is Like the Morn-ing ___"51. Skiers' turfs54. *His character fell in love with Lois Lane56. Be situated within57. Tug-of-War equipment58. Emanation59. *Kisses and hugs60. Hand grenade61. "All for one, one for all" sword62. Beef cut63. Rotisserie skewer64. *Dudley Moore/Bo Derek romantic comedy66. 18-wheeler
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Contributed ArticleOffice of Assemblyman Goodell
Assemblyman Andy Goodell (R,C,I-Chautauqua) today is reminding residents of important winter safety tips. With the recent bouts of cold weather across the state, many New Yorkers have been taking extra care
to keep warm. That’s why National Grid and Goodell are encouraging residents to read and remember these suggestions.
“The winter weather, es-pecially the extreme cold, can cause residents to take drastic steps to stay warm. Unfortunately, these efforts to avoid the cold can have as devastating or even deadly
results as the cold itself,” said Goodell. “I strongly en-courage all our residents to review National Grid’s safety tips and learn how they can best protect themselves against the cold weather.”
Some important winter safety tips include:
• Dress properly to help minimize potential cold
stresses.
• Learn the signs of carbon monoxide poisoning and seek medical attention if you begin to experience the symptoms.
• Never touch downed power lines, and always assume that fallen lines are live electric wires. If you see one, report it immediately to
National Grid or your local emergency response organi-zation.
• Driving conditions may be hazardous – if you have to be on the roads, be extra cau-tious around work sites, espe-cially where visibility might be limited by blowing snow.
A complete copy of National Grid’s safety tips is attached.
Goodell Joins national Grid to offer winter safety tips
Know how to recognize cold stress/hypothermia:
Cold stress, or hypothermia, occurs when exposure to extreme cold temperatures causes the body’s tempera-ture to fall below 95 degrees. Seek medical attention if you are experiencing any of the following symptoms:
• Skin that is cool to the touch
• Violent shivering
• Difficulty in speaking or moving
• Slowed breathing
• Drowsiness
• Sudden change in appear-ance or behavior, including a puffy or swollen face
• Trembling in arm, leg or one side of body
• Cold and stiff muscles
• Difficulty with coordina-tion and balance
Dress properly to help minimize potential cold stress:
• Wear layers of loose-fitting clothing
• Choose mittens instead of gloves
• Wear a hat and a scarf
• Avoid alcohol – it can in-crease your body’s heat loss
Remember that certain drugs can increase risk by affecting the body’s ability to regulate its temperature
Ice Buildup and Gas safetyThe buildup of ice and snow around or over gas meters and vents for natural gas ap-pliances could pose a serious safety risk. Ice and snow falling from a roof can dam-age gas meters or service connections to customers’ homes or businesses, result-ing in a gas leak.
Ice and snow blocking vents could cause carbon monoxide (CO) to back up into a building and result in carbon monoxide poisoning for those inside.
To avoid these dangers, Na-tional Grid advises natural gas customers to closely in-spect areas around and over gas meters, service hook-ups and vents for ice and snow that could damage equip-ment or prevent CO from properly venting.
National Grid advises that you take immediate
action anytime you sus-pect a natural gas leak:
• Get Out - All occupants should leave the house im-mediately. Do not use the telephone or light switches for any reason.
• Call Us – After leaving the house and reaching a safe environment, call the Upstate New York National Grid 24-hour gas emergency number: 1-800-892-2345.
• Stay Out - Do not return to your home until National Grid tells you it is safe.
Carbon MonoxideThe symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are similar to those of the flu. Depending upon the amount of carbon monoxide in the air and length of exposure, symptoms may include head-aches, weakness, confusion, chest tightness, skin redness, dizziness, nausea, sleepiness, fluttering of the heart or loss of muscle control.
If you suspect carbon monoxide is present in your home, go outside immedi-ately and breathe deeply; then call 911. If symptoms are severe, seek immediate
medical attention.
Safety is our priority:We urge customers to watch out for their personal well being and the safety of util-ity crews working during any power outage. Here are some tips to help keep everyone safe:
Never touch downed power lines, and always assume that any fallen lines are live electric wires. If you see one, report it immediately to National Grid or your local emergency response organization.
Driving conditions may be hazardous – if you have to be on the roads, be extra cau-tious around work sites, especially where visibil-ity might be limited by blowing snow.
Power problems can some-times interrupt public water supply systems or disable well pumps, so it’s an espe-cially good idea to keep a supply of bottled drinking water handy, as well as some canned food.
People who depend on electricity-powered life sup-
port equipment, such as a respirator, should let Nation-al Grid know. To register as a life support customer, call the company’s Customer Contact Center at 1-800-322-3223.
Check on elderly family members, neighbors and others who may need as-sistance during a power outage.
We are updating our customers:
Report power outages at www.nationalgridus.com in the Outage Central section of our company website or call 1-800-867-5222 in upstate New York
Receive text message alerts and updates when you text the word STORM to NGRID (64743)
Use your mobile device to track outage information and storm-related safety tips through National Grid’s new mobile site accessible at www.nationalgrid.com
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram; we post all the latest storm and restoration updates
National Grid offers our customers the following safety tips:
Alright, I know we are currently talking about saving money. But I thought a break would be good, a brownie break.
Admittedly, this is one of those recipes that I told myself I could probably never share, because it’s simply too good.
One of those very favorite recipes that is simply so delicious, that you can’t bring yourself to give it to anyone else. Why is that? Because then, it just might not be as wonderful.
Your secret is out, and you are no longer the world’s best brownie maker.
However, wonderful things are meant to be shared, just like Jesus. They are not intended to be kept to yourself, but rather be shared with everyone you know.
So please share this with everyone that
you love, and maybe even with the people you don’t love. (Maybe some brownies in their belly will make them more lovable?)
Although I would love to claim these brownies as my very own baking genius, I really have no idea who originally created them. I found them on ‘Pinterest’, once upon a time, and I am incred-ibly glad that I pinned them when the oppor-tunity presented itself.
There have been a couple of modifi ca-tions to the recipe, which were done in my kitchen, but I really cannot take credit for any of the ingredients.
I discovered this recipe last year, after being inspired by a friend’s homemade brownies, and thinking it was time to try some of my own from scratch.
If you make them right, you can expect to run out of cocoa very quickly as you will want to keep making and eating,
making and eating, and (once again) mak-ing and eating them.
My husband and I followed this cycle at least 15 times in the fi rst month that I made these. Okay, that may very well be a total exaggeration, but I promise you that we have had them many, many times.
This being said,
I apologize if you thought you were on some sort of a New Year’s resolution diet. I may have just wrecked it.
But here’s the good thing about this des-sert. They may not necessarily be good for you, however you know every single ingredient that goes into them, very much
unlike a box. And once you see how easy they are, I don’t think you’ll ever be tempted to buy a box of brownie mix again, rightfully so.
Now that I’ve talked them up so much, I sincerely hope that your fi rst batch turns out well. If they don’t turn out right, I beg of you to try a sec-ond batch just in case some strange freak accident happened in your kitchen that day. Happy Baking!
world’s Best Brownies
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 C. Vegetable Oil
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 1 C. Sugar
• 1/3 C. Cocoa
• 1/2 C. Flour
• 1/4 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a square 8x8 pan
(a glass pan works best, if you are using a non-stick pan, you may be able to skip this step.)
This recipe can be doubled in order to accommodate a 9x13 pan, but the ingredi-ents listed above will yield approximately nine large brownies, made in a square pan. If doubling the recipe, baking time will be be-tween 30-35 minutes.
In stand mixer, com-bine all wet ingredi-ents well (eggs, vanilla extract, and vegetable oil.) Add dry ingre-dients, in same order listed above for best consistency.
Mix well, as the bat-ter will be incredibly thick. Pour into bak-ing pan, and bake for 20-25 minutes.
That’s it, you’re done! Thanks for reading and happy brownie consuming!
If you have any deli-cious recipes that you wish to share with the world, please email me at [email protected].
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National Grid or your local emergency response organi-zation.
• Driving conditions may be hazardous – if you have to be on the roads, be extra cau-tious around work sites, espe-cially where visibility might be limited by blowing snow.
A complete copy of National Grid’s safety tips is attached.
Goodell Joins national Grid to offer winter safety tips
Prendergast Library will host a book sign-ing by local columnist and retired teacher J. Paul Lombardo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 8.
He will sign copies of his third book, “Be-yond Reading, ’riting, & ’rithmetic” edited by Regina Hess and published by Xlibris Publishing. Paperbacks will be available for sale for $15.99, and or-ders can be placed for hardcover books priced at $24.99.
He will also bring cop-ies of his second book, “A Guide to Teaching Baseball (and Life),” which was self-pub-lished in 2010 and will be available for $8.00.
Lombardo taught in the Jamestown School District for 31 years. He has also been a substitute teacher prior to his full-time employ-ment and following his retirement.
According to the author, his latest book shows how educators’ experiences go beyond the scope of the sub-ject matter they teach “unless sometimes that subject is life.”
“The stories included in the book are humor-
ous, warm, gratifying, and rewarding anec-dotes, and are just a tiny sample of hun-dreds that are stored in my memory bank,” he said.
The author said every teacher has stories to tell, and he hopes they will share them with others.
“This book is for all teachers who have those stories inside them, and is dedicated to everyone who was a part of each story in the book, and the many more not written, but remembered. It is my hope that all teachers, especially the younger and newer ones, will be inspired to note those special student/activ-ity moments in their careers and in doing so, will realize what a won-derful profession they chose/have chosen, and that their rewards don’t, and won’t, al-ways show up on a pay check stub,” he said.
Lombardo’s earlier book was written as a guide for baseball coaches, but the advice applies to any sport or club involving organization and being in charge of a program or group.
Those who cannot at-tend the library signing but would like to order a copy of “Beyond
Reading, ’riting, & ’rithmetic” may contact Lombardo at to 640-3594 or [email protected]. For shipping, add $6 to the book’s cost and provide the address where it should be sent.
The book can also be purchased online at www.xlibris.com, www.amazon.com, or www.barnesandnoble.com or by calling Xlibris at 1-888-795-4274, Ext. 7879.
Lombardo’s fi rst book, “A Toast…to Every Man’s Son…and His Father” was published by Xlibris in 2009. He has been a Post-Journal columnist for fi ve years and provided articles for the Early Years edu-cational magazine and the American Baseball Coaches’ Digest.
He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from SUNY Fredonia; is certifi ed as a high school football coach and a high school base-ball coach and umpire; and has coached and offi ciated in sports for more than 45 years. He and his wife Sally have three grown children.
Prendergast Library is located at 509 Cherry St., Jamestown. For information about the signing on Feb. 8, call 484-7135.
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The 1891 Fredonia Op-era House Cinema Se-ries will present “Saving Mr. Banks,” the Oscar-nominated fi lm starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson as Walt Dis-ney and Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers, on Sat., Feb. 1, and Tues., Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m.
Oscar-nominated for Best Original Score, “Saving Mr. Banks” tells the extraordinary, untold back-story of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen. When Walt Dis-ney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary Pop-pins,” he made them a promise – one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep.
In his quest to obtain the
rights, Disney comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hol-lywood machine. But, as the book stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adapta-tion. For those two short weeks in 1961, Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out on-slaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge. He soon begins to watch helpless-ly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own
childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endear-ing fi lms in cinematic history.Steven Rea, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, calls the fi lm “smart and delightful.” Claudia Puig, in USA Today, calls it “an entertaining, affecting, deftly acted saga, interspersed with il-lustrative fl ashbacks from Travers’ childhood.” Moira MacDonald, in the Seattle Times, says “nobody plays huffy like Thompson, who seems to sniff with her entire body; she’s wonderfully funny against Hanks’ effusive Disney.” Scott Foundas, in Variety, says “somewhere, Uncle Walt is smiling.” Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including some unsettling
images, “Saving Mr. Banks” runs 125 minutes.
The Opera House Cin-ema Series is sponsored by Lake Shore Savings Bank. Tickets are avail-able at the door for $7 (adults), $6.50 (seniors & Opera House members) and $5 (students) the night of each screening. A book of ten movie passes is available for $60 at the door or online at www.fredopera.org. For more information, call the Opera House Box Offi ce at 716-679-1891. The Series con-tinues with the Oscar-nominated “American Hustle” on Feb. 8 & 11.
The 1891 Fredonia Opera House is a member-supported not-for-profi t organization located in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia. For a complete sched-ule of events, visit www.fredopera.org.
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January 22Robin K. Scott,SinclairvilleWilliam W. Rys,Dunkirk
January 23Stella T. Jalowiec,PerrysburgHelen Ruth Mason,Sinclairville
January 24Clifford C. Garlow,Cattaragus IndianReservationKeith L Nichols Sr., DunkirkGary Joseph McAlpine, South DaytonDon Alan Limberg,MayvilleMarian Louise Waters, RipleyPaul P. Matuszewski, Jamestown
January 25E. Christine Phelka, FredoniaJohn F. Hitz Jr.,RipleyRichard J. Klancer,GowandaAnna M. (Suppo) Seminatore,Westfi eldRussell A. Putney,LakewoodGregory Thomas Leeper, JamestownVirginia M. “Geege” Bently,Mayville
George F. “Jack” Hitz Jr, RipleyBetty J. Alonge,Westfi eldMaxine Griffi th, Westfi eldSteven J. Brunner,Silver CreekViola Kirk,Jamestown
January 26Marilyn Noto Foti,JamestownBetty Jane Maroone, Akron
January 27Alex E. Hedges Sr.,GowandaHelen A Dexter,RandolphGeorge H. Lindblad, Jamestown
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Contributed ArticleChautauqua County Humane Society
The Chautauqua County Humane So-ciety has announced that a $400 reward is being offered for infor-mation leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) re-sponsible for the bur-glary at their Second Chances Thrift Store last month. The re-ward was donated by a concerned citizen.
The burglary occurred sometime after the close of business Friday, December 20, and the
reopening of business the following day.
“This is a great thing one of our local com-munity members is doing for us,” said Jeff Lubi, Executive Director for CCHS.
“The money taken doesn’t just affect us. It also affects all of the animals in our care. We hope that someone will come forward not just for the reward, but also because it is
the right thing to do,” said Lubi.
Anyone with informa-tion regarding this case is asked to contact the Town of Ellicott Police Department at 716-665-7083.
The mission of the Chautauqua County Humane Society is to promote the adoption of animals, prevent all forms of animal cruelty and neglect, shelter lost, abandoned and homeless animals, and to provide educa-tion about the humane treatment of animals.
$400 Reward offered in second Chances thrift store Burglary Last month
Contributed ArticleAllegheny Highlands Council
The Allegheny High-lands Council of the Boy Scouts of America recently recognized its 2013 Class of Eagle Scouts at Saint Bo-naventure University.
The Eagle Scouts, along with their par-
ents and scoutmaster, were guests of the council at a dinner in their honor. 15 of the 36 young men who attained the rank of Eagle Scout were able to attend, along with other past Eagle Scouts. Collectively, the 36 Eagle Scouts gave leadership to community service
projects totaling more than 5,400 hours of service.
The honorable Jer-emiah Moriarity, New York State Supreme Court Justice, was the keynote speaker. Mr. Moriarity is an Eagle Scout himself, earning his Eagle Medal in a Troop in Franklinville, NY. He was also a
member of the Coun-cils Executive Board for many years. More than 100 were in atten-dance to celebrate the scouts’ achievements.
For more information about the Boy Scouts, call the Scout Service Center at 665-2697 or visit www.allegheny-highlands.org.
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Contributed ArticleOffice of the County Executive
Chautauqua County Executive Vin-cent W. Horrigan announced today Tim Hellwig, Administrator of the Chautauqua County Home, has resigned from his position effective February 28.
“I have accepted Tim’s resigna-tion and I have begun the process of determining the best course of action to find a new Administrator
for our nursing home,” said Hor-rigan. “I appreciate the many years of service and dedication he has provided to the residents of Chau-tauqua County and I wish him the best with his new endeavors.”
Hellwig began his position as
Administrator for the Chautauqua County Home in 1997. He has resigned after accepting a position as Director of Nursing Homes in Cattaraugus County.
“I greatly appreciate the many years I was afforded to serve with my
teammates in county government and am thankful for the opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of many of the county’s most vulnerable residents,” said Hellwig. “I am thankful for the support of the county leaders over the years and am even more thankful to the dedicated and caring staff members at the Home who have been so committed to our residents and supportive of our efforts to improving the quality of life for our Home’s residents.”
County executive Announces ResignationTIM HellwIG ReSIGNS aS CHauTauqua CouNTy HoMe adMINISTRaToR
Contributed ArticlePrendergast Library
London Hamilton, 4, of Jamestown, and her mother, Melissa Dor-chak, work on a craft together at Prendergast Library, where spe-cial Groundhog Day
activities will be avail-able between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, in celebration of Take Your Child to the Library Day. For infor-mation, call 484-7135 or visit the library at 509 Cherry St., Jame-stown.
Prendergast to observe ‘take Child
to Library Day’Contributed ArticleCRCF
The start of a new year means the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2014 Axel W. Carlson “Unsung Hero” Award. Since 1986, the Com-munity Foundation has honored an individual, or group, whose gift of time, effort and dedica-tion has consistently and unselfishly been given to the community.
Nomination forms and award criteria are available on the Com-munity Foundation’s website, crcfonline.org. All forms and supple-mental materials, such as pictures or letters of recommendation, are to be dropped off or mailed by Monday, March 3 to 418 Spring Street in Jamestown.
Born in the early 1890s in Sweden, Axel W. Carlson immigrated to the area as a teenager. Skilled as a carpenter, Carlson worked mak-ing tabletops for a
business near Brooklyn Square. After returning from a trip back to his hometown in Sweden, Carlson met and mar-ried his wife Emma. Carlson continued to work hard and save his money wisely. He was always willing to lend a hand to anyone in need. On November 3, 1981, Carlson passed away, but not before complet-
ing one final deed to help his community.
The money Carlson worked so hard for and used so frugally was left to assist the people in the community he left behind. Throughout his life, he never sought recognition or repay-ment for his work for others. His unselfish spirit and joy in helping his fellow man led the
Community Founda-tion to create an award in his name to inspire others in our com-munity to carry on his good work.
Past recipients include: Lucille Miller, Deb-bie Long, Josh Briggs, Albert Olmstead, Mary Avery, Nancy Gaden, Kenneth Kilburn, Lorri Huckelbery, Mary Gabalski, John Bauer, Norm Merrill and, most recently, Brenda Cole.
Hero Season Now Open
If you know someone from Southern Chau-tauqua County who has made significant contributions to an or-ganization or project to better their community and who has neither received nor expects recognition or reward, nominate them for the 2014 Axel W. Carlson “Unsung Hero” Award.
For more information on this award or ques-tions regarding a nomi-nee’s eligibility, call the Community Founda-tion at 661-3390.
Hero season now open
“I am thankful for the opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of many of the county’s most vulnerable residents” said Hellwig.
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Contributed ArticleUnited Arts Appeal
The United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County has announced its 2014 Projects Pool Grants Program for Chautau-qua County artists and organizations.
“Every year a portion of the funds raised through the United Arts Appeal’s fund drive is allocated for individual artists and artistic projects,” said UAA President Rick Davis. “This past year we were pleased to be able to assist four artists and the projects of seven organizations, all for the benefit of the cultural life of Chautauqua County.”
Eligible organizations must have non-profit sta-tus and also may include libraries, municipalities, churches and other com-munity groups.
An artist who has been a Chautauqua County resident for at least
one year and works in any artistic discipline, including crafts, chore-ography, film, fiction, poetry, printmaking, sculpture, painting, video, play writing, performance, music composition and pho-tography, may apply for a Projects Pool Fellow-ship. Awards are based on creative excellence and are to be used for career development.
Grants up to $500 will be awarded.
Grant applications are submitted online and must be received by midnight on Tuesday, April 15. All applica-tions are screened for eligibility and fulfill-ment of application requirements. An al-locations panel made up of Chautauqua County residents who are knowledgeable in the arts reviews applications and presents funding recommendations to the United Arts Appeal
board for approval.
Artists and community organizations inter-ested in applying for funding through the United Arts Appeal’s Projects Pool Grant Program can obtain application informa-tion and funding criteria online at the Grants page at www.unitedartsappeal.org.
In addition to funding for individual artists and smaller arts projects through the Projects Pool, the United Arts Appeal provides operat-ing support for eight of the larger arts organiza-tions in Chautauqua County: Chautauqua Regional Youth Bal-let, Community Music Project, 1891 Fredonia Opera House, Infinity Visual and Performing Arts, Jamestown Con-cert Association, Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown, Reg Lenna Center for the Arts and the Western New York
Chamber Orchestra.
All these organiza-tions will be present-ing performances at Kaleidoscope, a col-laborative variety show at the Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 2, and at the Fredonia Opera House at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9. Performances will include folk music, singer/songwriters, ballet, theater, chamber players and singers, and more.
The United Arts Ap-peal is supported by Chautauqua County, local foundations, corporations, busi-nesses and individuals throughout the county.
For more information about the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County, with links to each of the member organizations’ websites, visit www.unitedartsap-peal.org or call (716) 484-7329.
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Contributed ArticleAudubon Center and Sanctuary
Once persecuted, bats are being recognized for their great impor-tance to the ecosystem, both as pollinators in some regions of the world and predators of night-flying insects. The only mammals capable of true flight, they are now experi-encing incredibly high fatality rates from a fungal infection spread-ing across the United States and Canada.
Maggie Mason’s topic “The American White Nose Syndrome Epidemic” will ex-plore this concern at the Audubon Center & Sanctuary’s First
Friday Lunch Bunch on February 7.
A major conservation issue in America today, White Nose Syndrome (WNS) is a fungal infec-tion that was first identi-fied right here in New York State. In only a few short years WNS has spread halfway across the country, killing more than five million bats of several species.
Beginning at 11 a.m., Mason’s talk will focus on bat biology and conservation, taking a look at how the infec-tion affects individuals, why the spread of the fungus has been so virulent, and what the consequences of this epidemic could be.
epidemic in Bats to Be topic At Audubon
At the Audubon Center & Sanctuary’s First Friday Lunch Bunch on February 7, Maggie Mason will discuss the American White Nose Syndrome epidemic in bats. Mason is seen here with a baby screech owl when she was bird banding and monitoring nest boxes as an intern at Audubon.
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Contributed ArticlePrendergast Library
The YWCA of Jame-stown and Prendergast Library are sponsor-ing a brown-bag lunch and discussion of books by African-American authors from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the library.
This celebration of African-American His-tory Month is free with no registration required. Those attending are asked to come prepared to discuss a book they have read by an Afri-
can-American author.
Before the discussion, Constance Okwum-
abua will present a brief history of the civil rights movement in the local area.
According to Beth Oakes, executive director of the YWCA of Jamestown, “The library has put together a great display of books to read for this event. It will be interesting to hear the book reviews as well as learn more about the civil rights movement in this area. This is a good occasion to enrich our knowledge of this subject and enjoy this literature together.”
The library is located at 509 Cherry St., Jamestown. For infor-mation, call 484-7135.
ywCA, Library Collaborate on Read-in
Beth Oakes, right, executive director of the YWCA of Jamestown, and visitor Audrey Perry look at a display of books by African-American authors at Prendergast Library.
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Chamber Orchestra.
All these organiza-tions will be present-ing performances at Kaleidoscope, a col-laborative variety show at the Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 2, and at the Fredonia Opera House at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9. Performances will include folk music, singer/songwriters, ballet, theater, chamber players and singers, and more.
The United Arts Ap-peal is supported by Chautauqua County, local foundations, corporations, busi-nesses and individuals throughout the county.
For more information about the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County, with links to each of the member organizations’ websites, visit www.unitedartsap-peal.org or call (716) 484-7329.
Grants offered By united Arts Appeal
According to Beth Oakes, executive director of the YWCA of Jamestown, “The library has put together a great display of books to read for this event. It will be interesting to hear the book reviews as well as learn more about the civil rights movement in this area. This is a good occasion to enrich our knowledge of this subject and enjoy this literature together.”
The library is located at 509 Cherry St., Jamestown. For infor-mation, call 484-7135.
ywCA, Library Collaborate on Read-in
Contributed ArticleAudubon Center and Sanctuary
Are you looking for a different experience for your child on Presi-dents’ Day?
The Audubon Center & Sanctuary is present-ing Snow Camp – like summer Day Camp only with a winter twist -- on Monday, Febru-ary 17.
So much happens at Day Camp in the sum-mer, and it is so long between the seasons, that Audubon takes a winter day and invites all the campers and their friends back for a fun day during a winter break.
Time will be spent outside, but there will also be inside camp games and songs. The day will be a great reminder of summer for previous campers and will give new kids a sneak peak at the awesomeness of camp.
This special winter opportunity for kin-dergarteners through seventh graders begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 3 p.m.
Participants are asked to dress for the weather and pack a complete change of clothes, winter gear, a snack, and a lunch.
Cost for the day for the fi rst child is $30 or $25 for Friends of the Nature Center. Siblings receive a $5 discount.
Reservations are re-quired by Wednesday, February 12. Call (716) 569-2345, email [email protected], or click through the Program Listing link at http://jame-stownaudubon.org/.
Teens are welcome as helpers, and they will get some time to play, too. Older youth interested in serving as assistants in the younger groups can call the Cen-ter at (716) 569-2345 for more information.
Audubon educa-tion programs are made possible in part through funding from the Carnahan Jackson Foundation, the Jessie Smith Darrah Fund, the Holmberg Foun-dation, the Hultquist Foundation and the Johnson Foundation.
Located at 1600 River-side Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown and Warren, the Audubon Center and Sanctuary has over fi ve miles of beauti-fully maintained trails on a 600-acre wetland preserve. Its three-story building contains the Blue Heron Gift Shop and a collection of live fi sh, reptiles, and amphibians. One of the most visited exhibits is Liberty, a non-releas-able bald eagle.
To learn more about the Center and its many programs, call (716) 569-2345 or visit http://jamestownaudu-bon.org/.
snow Camp At Audubon on Presidents’ Day
Snow Camp is like summer Day Camp – with a winter twist. It’s a delightful way for children to celebrate Presidents’ Day at the Audubon Center & Sanctuary on Monday, February 17, 2014.
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Fredonia Farmers Market Vendor Margaret Bruegel said, “It was pretty crude in the beginning years. We’ve come a long way, and now on any given Saturday we might have a couple hundred people come through. We have a very loyal customer base and a really strong support group of people who come to the market every Saturday. It’s such a friendly, community place.”
Currently undergoing changes that will merge the summer and winter markets in Fredonia, year round service will be provided and along with that, more consis-tent services for customers.
Bruegel said, “We’re in the process of forming a re-gional, Western NY Farm-ers Association (WNYFA).” These projects under the WNYFA link farmers markets together to create a more powerful group.
Connected to Fredonia’s win-ter market through multiple vendors, the Jamestown Win-ter Farmers Market is held every Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Now in their second year as a winter market, they have responded to the community’s call for fresh produce after summer season.
Jamestown Farmers Market Assistant Christina King saw summer success at the market, and customers’ excitement to keep it go-
ing. “The community really spoke up and said we want a winter market, so we de-livered them another one,” King said.
Featuring produce made from greenhouse technolo-gies and ground-growing methods, there is a big emphasis on keeping the products as healthy as pos-sible. Gypsy Moon Cake Co. offers soups, artisan breads
and cupcakes made without any dyes or chemical stabi-lizers. They teamed up with Dalahäst Coffee Roasters to provide a lunch special and help revenue increase for both businesses located out of Jamestown. Alpaca products and fl y-fi shing are some of the artisan selec-tions, and Busti Cider Mill sets up every week to sell their seasonal produce.
The Jamestown Winter Farmers Market has received positive feedback by local businesses. King said, “They like that there is a market close by they can go to for produce. A lot of partners in our area are really for healthy lifestyles, so that connection has been really good for us.”
Although the market is growing, winter months are
diffi cult. With traveling dif-fi culties, inclement weather and busy schedules, a lot of community members still pass up shopping at the lo-cal, downtown market.
A new program this winter gives a $1 coupon for every $5 spent. It can be used that day or carry over to a later visit. Incentives like these are created to keep the traffi c fl owing and, as King said, “hopefully carry that momentum through to the summer months. We would like to see a lot more com-munity support so we can keep providing fresh pro-duce almost year round.”
The Fredonia and Jamestown Winter Farmers Markets are keeping long-term, healthy food options available for cus-tomers. These winter markets are a strong asset, adding economic growth and com-munity strength. As more members pour in, develop-ments for the market will be able to continue.
Jamestown’s Winter Farm-ers Market is located at the Renaissance Center, 119-121 W. Third St., and ends February 28. Fredonia’s Winter Farmers Market goes through April and is located at Masonic Lodge, 321 W. Main St. More information can be found at facebook.com/DowntownJamestown-FarmersMarket and fredo-niafarmersmarket.org.
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“It was pretty crude in the beginning years. We’ve come a long way, and now on any given Saturday we might have a couple hundred people come through. We have a very loyal customer base and a really strong support group of people who come to the market every Saturday. It’s such a friendly, community place.” - Fredonia Farmers Market Vendor Margaret Bruegel
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On Saturday, February 1, Fredonia Central School will be fi lled with music students from around Chau-tauqua County. However, they won’t be gathered in the auditorium for a grand concert, or rehearsing for an upcoming festival. They will be scattered throughout the build-ing; some waiting anxiously in the halls, others inside classrooms that have been converted to audi-tion centers. Each student will be holding a sheet of music they have prepared for this experience.
Beginning early in the morning, car loads and busloads of students will show up to Fredonia Central School, enter the building, register them-selves, and head to the warm up fa-cility (traditionally the gymnasium). There they will drop off their coats and cases, make sure their lips and voices are warmed up, their bows are rosined, their fi ngers are nimble, and their instruments are tuned and ready, and fi nd their assigned room
for their scheduled appearance.
Once inside, they will meet with a certifi ed adjudicator—a music teacher who has also been trained by the New York State School Music Association to judge these solos. The ten-minute experience consists of
the student performing prescribed scales, their prepared solo, and a short sight-reading example. Sight-reading music is a skill that proves the student can translate notes and rhythms on the written page into a music melody with which the stu-
dent is unfamiliar.
The music teachers of Chautauqua County have spent the past months readying their students for this event. It is the duty of the educator to help the student pick the correct solo (one which is appropriately challenging for the student’s pres-ent ability) and guide them through the process of learning a demand-ing piece of music literature. The teacher must also ensure the stu-dents know their scales and how to break down a bit of sight-reading presented to the student during the evaluation. It must be noted that alongside these nervously –waiting students will be their music teachers, who are just as excited to hear that their students have done their best.
There are over 700 titles in the NYSSMA manual from which to choose; music for all instruments and ensembles ranging from an easy level I to the most challenging level VI—considered to be of collegiate- or professional-level diffi culty.
County music students Prepare For solo Festival
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Pine Valley Student Emily Pfl euger listens to her teacher, Mrs. Karyl Bergey-Glenn during a practice session. (Submitted Photo)
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MIdTeRMS, CoNTINued fRoM paGe 1The average exam period for each mid-term test is one hour and 45 minutes, the proper amount of time educators believe is needed to answer questions that require each student to exhibit they have studied the materials they were presented and deepen their understanding of the major lessons and concepts they were taught during the fi rst half of the school year.
While each course varies, many midterms count for approxi-mately 10 to 15 percent of each students’ fi nal grade. For some stu-dents, scoring excep-tionally on their mid-term exam helps them reinforce their strong grades, while other students who may have average to below aver-age marks can improve their grade by earning a high score on the midterm.
The main cause of stress from midterms comes from students who feel overwhelmed by the comprehensive nature of the exam. While some critics of our country’s approach to educating middle and high school stu-dents believe midterms do not have a signifi -cant benefi t, support-ers of midterm testing think these compre-hensive tests help stu-dents build a skill set that will be used even
after they graduate. The need to produce a large volume of work in a short amount of time, planning how to meet a specifi c dead-line and learning from your mistakes from earlier in the year is what some classroom observers believe help students evolve.
The Common Core standards in place here in New York State has been a fi ercely debated topic over the past year or so, with the latest development being the board of the New York State Teachers Union unanimously with-drawing its support for the Common Core standards as they have been implemented, a major setback for the advocates and support-ers of Common Core who believe the dedi-cated focus on those standards will result in ultimate success in classrooms not only in our state but across the country.
There also have been repeated votes that have taken place over the past few months expressing “no confi -dence” in New York State Education Commissioner John King Jr., with some boards of education and teacher groups urging the New York State Board of Regents to remove him from offi ce.
The decision by the
New York State Teach-ers Union bucks the trend of many of the other teachers unions across the nation who have strongly supported and pro-moted new academic standards, including for instruction in the subjects of language arts and math. How it will impact students locally in Chautauqua County remains to be seen, with future public forums, debates and discussions on the topic expected to take place in the coming months.
Last year’s Common Core exams in New York State produced less than stellar results, but supporters contin-ue to argue that those poor test performances should not be over-analyzed and that the move to the Common Core standards is part of a transition period that should result in higher test scores in the future.
Like many things in society, the Com-mon Core standards have become a bit of a political football, especially since they are a key component of President Barack Obama’s education agenda for the entire nation. While the Common Core stan-dards were developed by nonprofi t organiza-tions from different parts of the country, the early criticism of them has at times take a partisan turn and is expected to be a focal point of the midterm elections that will be held later this year.
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Contributed ArticleJPS
Jamestown Public Schools was recently awarded an extension to its New York State Education Department's fi ve-year Extended School Day Grant. The grant, which originally ran from 2010 to June 2014, was extended to June 2015.
The district receives $342,078 annually to help provide a number of high-priority out-of-school time services, including elementary after school programs at Bush, Fletcher, Love and Ring schools, Ad-vanced Learning Pro-gram for 5th and 6th graders, after school STEM instruction for middle school students, Chautauqua Striders elementary tutoring, middle school reading program and Hispanic Outreach.
“The district suffered a terrifi c loss last June when the 21st Century Grant was not renewed. Our local community foundations came to the rescue with tempo-rary support for several vital interventions and services for middle and high school students,” said JPS Director of After School Programs Julie Poppleton. “We are now in the pro-cess of re-grouping, re-evaluating and re-examining fund-ing strategies, so we are thrilled to have the breather that the Extended School Day Grant extension affords us. We are working hard to secure funding that supplements mod-est parent fees so that we can sustain service to our community. We know that after school programs not only keep kids safe, they can also inspire learning, help improve students'
academic performance, school attendance, behavior and health, and support working families. But we also know that after school programs around the country are facing cuts, due to a lagging econo-my, federal sequesters, and competition for a shrinking pot of much needed funding.”
Jamestown Public Schools serves over 400 students each day in its after school pro-gramming. Jamestown Public Schools, in part-nership with Chautau-qua Striders, YWCA of Jamestown, The Y, and other community organizations, provides academic support, a wide array of youth development activities that complement the regular school day, and family involvement opportunities at four district elementary, and two middle schools.
JPs Receives extension to extended school Day Grant
Contributed ArticleSUNY Fredonia
Area high school ju-niors interested in start-ing their college career early are invited to attend an informational meeting to learn about SUNY Fredonia’s 3-1-3 Program on Wednes-day, Feb. 5, 7 p.m., in Room S204A of the Williams Center.
The 3-1-3 program allows students to
begin taking courses on campus at SUNY Fredonia as fully-ad-mitted students during their senior year in high school.
Representatives from the SUNY Fredo-nia Admissions and Financial Aid offi ces will be joined by area high school guidance counselors, current 3-1-3 students and 3-1-3 program staff to discuss the time-shortened
degree program and answer specifi c ques-tions from students and their parents.
Interested students seeking additional information before the meeting are encour-aged to contact their high school guidance counselor or Liza Smith, 3-1-3 Program director, at 673-3550. Information is also available at www.Fre-donia.edu/tlc.
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academic performance, school attendance, behavior and health, and support working families. But we also know that after school programs around the country are facing cuts, due to a lagging econo-my, federal sequesters, and competition for a shrinking pot of much needed funding.”
Jamestown Public Schools serves over 400 students each day in its after school pro-gramming. Jamestown Public Schools, in part-nership with Chautau-qua Striders, YWCA of Jamestown, The Y, and other community organizations, provides academic support, a wide array of youth development activities that complement the regular school day, and family involvement opportunities at four district elementary, and two middle schools.
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Jamestown High School
Jamestown High School recently held its 3rd Annual Poetry Out Loud Competition. Adriana Roehmholdt and Chiara Raimondo were named the first and second place winners. Roehmboldt recited “Advice to a Prophet,” and Raimon-do presented
“Happiness.” They will travel to Niagara Community College on February 5 to compete in the Western New York Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition.
Poetry Out Loud is a partnership between The National Endow-ment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and state arts agencies to
encourage the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and reci-tation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about their literary heritage.
JHS students par-ticipate in Poetry Out Loud as part of an exciting resurgence in poetry as an oral art form as seen in the slam poetry movement and the immense popu-larity of hip-hop music. The Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest builds on that momentum by inviting the dynamic aspects of slam poetry, spoken word and theater into JHS English classes.
“The quality of recita-
tion was outstanding this year,” said JHS English Department Chairman, Barbi Price. “The students exhib-ited beautiful vocal variation, evidence of deep understand-ing, and confidence on stage in front of the judges and their peers. They breathed life into the poems. Poetry Out Loud gives students an opportunity to appreci-ate great poetry outside of the classroom and to polish their public speaking skills.”
Students are evaluated on physical presence, voice and articulation, dramatic appropriate-ness, level of difficulty, evidence of under-standing, overall per-formance and accuracy during their poetry
recitation. Eleven JHS students participated in the
JHS Poetry Out Loud Competition: third place winner, Alex Simmons, Saman-tha Stafford, Sydney Deppas, Molly Morse, Adriana Roehmholdt, Kassandra Kum, Danielle Bertolini, Chiara Raimondo, Ol-ivia Valone, Elizabeth Houser and Luci Ellis.
Winners of the Western New York Regional competition will travel to Albany for the state competition and, ultimately, toNational Finals at George Wash-ington University in Washington DC, where the winner receives $25,000.00.
JHs Holds Annual Poetry out Loud Competition
JHS Poetry Out Loud Winners, first place Adriana Roehmholdt and second place Chiara Raimondo. (Submitted Photo)
Contributed ArticleJPS
“This week, we are reading Megan Buys a Present. Megan is going to a birthday party and she needs to buy a present for her friend. Has anyone ever bought a present for a friend?” asked Direc-tor of After School Programming, Julie Poppleton to a group of Bush Elementary School kindergartners.
Most of the students raise their hands.
“That’s great. Once we read the book together, we will then pretend that we are going shop-
ping for a birthday gift. I will give you money stickers to figure out how much each gift costs. But before we do that, let’s do a little remembering about money. If I hold up a picture of a coin, can you tell me how many cents it is?”
Mrs. Poppleton was working with kinder-garten students on the elementary school Ju-nior Achievement ( JA) program. The purpose of this lesson was to have students recog-nize the importance of saving money to buy something they want. Through the generosity of the Ralph C. Shel-
don Foundation, kits were purchased so that after school students could participate in JA. The Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation, along with the Chau-
tauqua Region Com-munity Foundation, has long-supported the JA programs in the Falconer Central School District; now Jame-stown is benefiting.
“The Sheldon Foun-dation has been so impressed with JA that we have encour-aged its adoption in other school dis-tricts in Chautauqua County,” said Linda Swanson, Executive Director of the Ralph C. Sheldon Founda-tion, Inc. “Jamestown Public Schools has piloted the adaptation of the JA program in its after school programs at the elementary and middle school level and is incorporating some of their programming at Jamestown High School. While our funding is restricted to southerly Chautauqua
County, we are encour-aged to see that JA has also expanded to Broc-ton Central School and Dunkirk Senior HS. The regional JA office is located in Buffalo, NY, where their pro-gram has widespread support throughout the greater Buffalo area. Their staff has worked diligently in the past few years to expand their offerings to Chautauqua County and they have subsi-dized this expansion with their own funding, along with grants from local foundations and businesses.”
sheldon Foundation invests in Junior Achievement in Jamestown After school Programs
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Bush Elementary School kindergartners, Preston Cavness and Mary Bailey, work on their Junior Achievement unit that helps them learn more about saving money during the Bush Advantage After School Program. (Submitted Photo)
degree program and answer specific ques-tions from students and their parents.
Interested students seeking additional information before the meeting are encour-aged to contact their high school guidance counselor or Liza Smith, 3-1-3 Program director, at 673-3550. Information is also available at www.Fre-donia.edu/tlc.
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Chautauqua County Music Teachers Associ-ation President Andrew Minton, a Sherman Central School band director, rates this event highly among the events CCMTA spon-sors. “The benefits of preparing, practicing, working toward this goal and completing the process,” states Minton, “provides students with experi-
ence that will carry on into all aspects of their lives, including public speaking, the interview process, presentation, self-esteem and value in working to produce results for personal happiness and growth.”
The adjudicators, for their part, listen to the students and offer comments that help the students grow as musicians. They are
musicians in their own right; specialists in their instruments who have developed their craft and give insight into tips and tricks they have learned over the years. The adjudicators give a written assessment of the performance and score the student ac-cordingly. This is a posi-tive experience for the students, and a neces-sary one for the student
to be considered for the Spring All County Concert at Chautauqua Institution on the first Saturday in June.
Although performing a solo on this day is a re-quirement to be consid-ered for the All County Junior or Senior High Bands, many students choose to go through this for the experience and personal growth. There will also be sev-
eral elementary music students performing alone for the first time. Their adjudicators, who are well aware of this, will take this into consideration to ensure that the student walks away with a construc-tive, positive experience from Solo Fest.
“We are honored to host more than 400 Chautauqua County Student Musicians and
their teachers here at Fredonia,” said An-drew Bennett, one of the Fredonia Central School music teachers who help organize the event. “This festival would not be possible without the support of our High School Prin-cipal Todd Crandall, maintenance staff, and faculty. All are more than willing to help make this day possible."
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The Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation has provid-ed Jamestown elementa-ry schools with the cost of the programming, primarily the leader resource materials and the classroom materials, which are distributed free to each child.
The JA Elementary School Program shows students the relevance of education to the workplace through a sequential business and economics curriculum. It’s approach helps stu-dents understand their economic world and pre-pares them for academic learning and lifelong achievement. Through a variety of hands-on activities, delivered by adults from the commu-nity, students will better understand the relation-ship between what they learn in school and their successful participation in our economy. Each grade has different
learning units, which are age-appropriate, well researched and student tested. The JA lessons are also aligned with the common core ELA and math standards.
“We have used the JA Kits throughout our after school programs for the past few years, but this was my first experi-ence actually facilitating the series,” said Mrs. Poppleton. “The teacher guides are beautifully scripted, and the lessons are engaging, contem-porary and appropriate to the grade level of the intended audience. The students loved learn-ing about ‘Ourselves,’ and were eager to share their knowledge about earning, saving, and working together with their families. JA Kits are high impact/low prep resources that have proven invaluable to our after school community.”
Contributed ArticleSUNY Fredonia
Towering totem pole-style sculp-tures created by a ceramics pro-fessor at the Edinboro University in Edinboro, Pa., will be featured at the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery at SUNY Fredonia.
“Ceramic Sculptures by Chuck Johnson” opens Friday, Jan. 31 with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. in the gallery, which is located on the main level of the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center. Both the reception and the exhibition are free and open to the public.
This a solo exhibition features Johnson’s large ceramic sculp-tures, which take the form of totemic stacks reaching six
to seven feet in height. These works focus on endangered ani-mals, childlike doll forms and references to petroleum and the oil-burning world.
“A dialog is developed within the sculpture by integrating vi-sual elements with strong meta-phorical possibilities,” Johnson said of his works.
The artist received his bachelor’s degree in ceramics from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin, Whitewater and his master of fine arts degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12 to 4 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 12 to 6 and Sunday 12 to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed Mondays and during campus breaks.
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The Keeper of the Dream Scholarship and Leadership Pro-gram at SUNY Fredo-nia has gained state-wide acclaim, receiving the SUNY Outstand-
ing Student Affairs Program Award in the multicultural/diversity category at the recent meeting of the Council of Chief Student Affairs Officers and Office of University Life and En-rollment Management in Syracuse.
Vice President for Student Affairs David Herman said he and Monica White, associ-ate vice president for Student Affairs, were delighted to accept the award on behalf of Keeper of the Dream scholars who have been
responsible for the pro-gram’s success over the last 10 years.
“This is about them. It’s really about the suc-cess they have brought to the program through hard work, academic
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their teachers here at Fredonia,” said An-drew Bennett, one of the Fredonia Central School music teachers who help organize the event. “This festival would not be possible without the support of our High School Prin-cipal Todd Crandall, maintenance staff, and faculty. All are more than willing to help make this day possible."
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learning units, which are age-appropriate, well researched and student tested. The JA lessons are also aligned with the common core ELA and math standards.
“We have used the JA Kits throughout our after school programs for the past few years, but this was my first experi-ence actually facilitating the series,” said Mrs. Poppleton. “The teacher guides are beautifully scripted, and the lessons are engaging, contem-porary and appropriate to the grade level of the intended audience. The students loved learn-ing about ‘Ourselves,’ and were eager to share their knowledge about earning, saving, and working together with their families. JA Kits are high impact/low prep resources that have proven invaluable to our after school community.”
Contributed ArticleSUNY Fredonia
SUNY Fredonia Com-munication Professor Bond Benton has written the first book that answers a relevant question: What’s it like to be a non-American working for an American organization?
It’s an issue of growing importance as American companies and institutions expand abroad, but there’s a largely overlooked group — non-American Foreign Service Nationals employed by the U.S. State Depart-ment — for whom it is a crucial issue that needs to be brought to the forefront.
The role of Foreign Service Nationals serving the U.S. State Department at diplo-
matic posts around the globe has never been more vital to the United States, yet little is known about how these 42,000 non-Americans staff members actually feel about working directly for Ameri-cans in their own homelands. Dr. Benton provides valuable insight into the thoughts, feelings and viewpoints of Foreign Service Nationals in “The Challenge of Working for Americans,” published by Palgrave Macmillan.
“These non-American staff members are crucial for building local relationships and keeping Americans in-formed about the situation on the ground. After incidents like Benghazi, these folks have become really impor-tant to our Foreign Service
to function,” Benton said. “Unfortunately, no one has ever surveyed these people on how they feel about working for Americans, the culture of the State Department, etc.”
Bond conducted interviews of more than 700 non-American State Department employees over a five-year period that revealed “shocking” findings about their experiences in working in an overtly Ameri-
can environment.
Outcomes of his research revealed: commitment level of non-American staff declines significantly after each year of State Department employ-ment; cultural tension with American organizational structures; compromise of State Department opera-tional processes due to tension between non-American staff and American officers; and a statistically significant amount of inappropriate behavior, control and, in some cases, abuse, by American Officers.Benton, whose doctorate from the University of Vienna, Aus-tria, focused on the influence of culture on organizational mean-ing, has worked as a trainer and consultant for the State Depart-ment for nearly 10 years. Non-
American staff was the focus of many of these projects.
“I repeatedly heard the same issues of culture tension and misunderstanding,” he said.
To his surprise, he found that no information existed on the experiences and challenges of being a non-American work-ing for the U.S. government. Moreover, there were few resources to assist non-Ameri-cans working for an American company or organization.
“With globalization and the rise of multi-national organizations, I saw this as a huge vacant area that needed to be addressed,” he said. “As events like the at-tack at Benghazi showed, the operational effectiveness of the State Department clearly also deserves some scrutiny.”
Contributed ArticleSUNY Fredonia
World-renowned opera and art song composer Jake Heg-gie, whose residency at SUNY Fredonia opens the Ethos New Music Society’s 14th annual NewSound Festival, will be the guest conductor at a concert of his works performed by School of Music students and faculty at Rosch Recital Hall on Fri-day, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m.
Student singers will include sopranos Stephanie Doche, Nia Drummond and Marga-ret Van Norden, mezzo-so-prano Allison Deady, coun-tertenor Zachary Delcamp, and baritone Michael Hawk. Faculty performances will be given by baritone Daniel Ihasz and the ANA Trio, comprised of soprano Angela Haas, cellist Natasha Farny and pianist Anne Kissel.
Admission to the concert is $4 for students, $8 for the general public.
Heggie is the American com-poser of the operas, “Moby-Dick,” “Dead Man Walking,” “Three Decembers,” “To Hell and Back,” “For a Look or a Touch,” “Another Sunrise” and “At the Statue of Venus.” He is considered one of the most famous living opera com-posers today and has written more than 250 songs, as well as concerti, chamber music, choral and orchestral works.
His songs, song cycles and operas are championed inter-nationally by some of today’s most celebrated singers, including William Burden, Stephen Costello, Joyce Di-Donato, Nathan Gunn, Susan Graham, Ben Heppner, Jonathan Lemalu, Jay Hunter Morris, Patti LuPone, Rob-ert Orth, Kiri Te Kanawa, Morgan Smith, Frederica von
Stade, Talise Trevigne and Bryn Terfel, among others.
The operas – most of them created with distinguished writers Terrence McNally and Gene Scheer – have been produced internation-ally on five continents.
Since its San Francisco pre-miere in 2000, “Dead Man Walking” has received more than 200 international per-formances. “Moby-Dick” is scheduled to have its East Coast premiere in February 2014 by the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C. Since its 2010 world premiere at the Dallas Opera, “Moby-Dick” has also been produced by San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera, State Opera of South Australia and Calgary Opera.
Upcoming projects of Heggie include “Great Scott” (li-bretto and story by McNally) for the Dallas Opera's 2015-16 season, along with works commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, Pacific Cho-rale, Pittsburgh Symphony and the Ravinia Festival.
Heggie’s latest recording, “here/after” (PentaTone Classics) features more than two hours of recent songs and chamber music.
The NewSound Festival showcases the music of the 20th and 21st centuries by featuring composers, per-formers and lecturers from across the country and is
made possible by the Student Association. The Student Opera Theatre Association also provides support.
Heggie’s residency also includes a master class for student composers, a public lecture on his music and a workshop with student singers.
This year’s festival will also bring to campus the follow-ing: saxophonist Tim McAl-lister and composer Roshanne Etezady on Feb. 14, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ste-ven Stucky on Feb. 17, com-poser/singer Gabriel Kahane on Feb. 21, composer/electric guitarist D.J. Sparr on Feb. 22, and composer Armando Bayolo on Feb. 23.
For more information, con-tact Ethos New Music Soci-ety faculty advisor Dr. Rob Deemer, Ethos New Music Society adviser, at [email protected].
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By Katy WiseStar Contributing Writer
One of the biggest tasks when planning a wedding, and one of the preliminary ques-tions for the bride-to-be to answer is what color she wants to decorate her special day with.
Thankfully, nobody has to pick out just one color. There are plenty of color duos and trios that look beautiful to-gether, eliminating the need to settle on one single color.
A recent wedding trend has been pick-ing neutral colors, and then throwing in pops of color with fl owers and other décor.
The fi rst time I really heard about this was when I was asked to stand in a very dear friend’s wedding, and she asked me to pick out a gray dress that I liked. I was some-what shocked with the realm of possible color choices available, but once I saw it all coming together, it was absolutely stunning.
The gray set a beauti-
ful backdrop for her cranberry and bur-gundy accents. An-other plus to this color scheme is that our gray bridesmaids dresses could be worn for many other occasions than just that particu-lar wedding.
Whether you are going with the more bright and whimsical scheme or a neutral and time-less palette, here are some pointers that I hope will make your decision easier.
• Pick a color that will look good in your house one day.
This tip might sound silly, but think about the future. Some day after you’re married, you will be decorating your house. It’s highly likely that you will want to have at least one picture on display from your wedding day, if not more. Pick a color that you will enjoy looking at in pictures for years to come.
This is precisely where my best friend’s wis-dom of the gray dress trumps the magenta dress that I made her wear for my wedding. Do I like magenta and
hot pink? Yes, but that doesn’t mean I want it decorating my walls.
• Pick a color that makes you happy.
This sounds like a no-brainer, but with all the trends we’re surrounded by on a
daily basis, we often end up picking things that are someone else’s favorite, not our own. Find something that is pleasing to you, be-cause you are the one who will remember those details.
3. Pick a color that you wear often.
Chances are that if you wear it often, it’s be-cause that color looks good on you, and like tip No. 2, it makes you happy.
Picking a color that complements your skin tone will make for great photos later. It doesn’t have to be the main color, maybe just an accent color to be incorporated into your bouquet.
• Pick a color that is easily coordinated.
This is where some research before hand could save you some time and frustration in the long run. Just because ‘David’s Brid-al’ has every single color, shade, and hue known to man doesn’t mean that every other store will.
Guests of honor such as grandparents, moth-ers and fathers will probably want to fi nd something that either matches or coordinates with the colors of the bridal party. Once again, pictures! The family pictures taken at your wedding will be
around for a long time.
The time spent shop-ping with Grandma for the perfect shoes, and convincing your dad that he will look good in a tie is well worth it, especially for the memories that will be made during this time.
Take a trip to the fl o-rist and get some ideas of what fl owers you like best, also taking into account your bud-get. The fl owers that you envisioned stroll-ing down the aisle with may not come in the color that you pictured them in. Not to say that a fl orist can’t work with this, but you may want to talk with them beforehand.
Also consider the venue. If your ceremo-ny is indoors, will your décor match or clash with the fl ooring and wall colors that are already there? Decid-ing which you would rather compromise on if necessary, between the location or color scheme, will help make your planning easier.
I truly hope that this helps you in your wed-ding endeavors, happy planning!
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Rev. Tim StahlmanFamily Church Jamestownfcjamestown.org
As 2014 was ringing in, the Lord spoke to my heart and said, “If people will make a plan to get out of debt and to restore relation-ships, I will work with them and these plans will come to pass much faster than they would on their own.” I imme-diately began to study the connection between fi nancial debt and how people conduct them-selves in relationships. I will be sharing what I discovered over the next few weeks in this article.
I fi rst studied what the Old Testament calls the Year of Jubilee. In ancient Israel, God led the nation with a 50-year cycle. Every fi ftieth year was called the Year of Jubilee.
Deuteronomy 15:2 describes it this way, “And this is the manner of release: every credi-tor that lends anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neigh-bor or of his brother because it is called The Lord’s Release.” The Year of Jubilee is called The Lord’s Release. It was a complete release from all fi nancial debts. The Bible goes on to say that all possessions that were lost to credi-tors, whether homes or lands, were returned during this year. Any-one that sold them-selves into servitude to pay a debt was returned to their family. It was a complete reset of the nations economy. It was the release of crushing fi nancial pressures on families.
There were two reasons God instituted the Year of Jubilee: First, God wanted to pre-vent creditors from becoming too power-ful. God knew that families would have a hard time following His plans if they were always directed by the lending institutions. America needs a year of Jubilee! Peoples’ lives are being directed by the threat of high interest credit. People are losing ground to the banks everyday and they are making decisions all the time to keep a nostril above the water. People who are weighed down with debt cannot be gener-ous to God, generous to family, or gener-
ous to the poor. Debt is a fi erce competitor against the plans of God.
Secondly, God institut-ed the Year of Jubilee to restore relationships. Notice the use of the words “neighbor” and “brother”. God knew this fact: People who are crushed with fi -nancial pressure do not develop a sense of com-munity. Debt will ulti-mately push people into selfi shness, as they can only think about their own issues and forget about those around them. The number one cited reason for divorce in America is fi nancial pressure. Families are hurt as parents seek to increase work hours and spend less time at home. People borrow money from friends and that money often drives a wedge between them.
Proverbs 22:7 says, “the borrower is servant to the lender.” Romans 13:8 says, “Owe no man anything except to love him.” Owing no man anything is the realm of freedom. Our nation has embraced reckless spending and debt accumulation and now there is a stiff ideological rift in this country. We are more divided than ever. Debt is destroying our sense of nationalism, patriotism, and com-munity. Because now, debt has focused our attention on the money we owe to creditors, not the love we owe one another.
Rev. Michael LokietekFamily Church Fredoniafcfredonia.org
Dear Pastor, I want to pray more but I’m getting con-fused after reading all these books on prayer. Yikes!
Sometimes too much information can be a distraction from the real source of truth; God’s Word! While it can be a help to hear what others have to say about their Prayer experiences, doesn’t it makes sense that if we want to understand prayer we go directly to the originator of prayer, God the Father? The Bible is the Chris-tian’s most logical and the best authoritative source on the subject of
prayer
Let’s begin with the Gospel of John (16:23-24) when Jesus said, “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. (24) Until now you have asked noth-ing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” When Jesus said, “in that day,” He was referring to the time after His resurrection when He would return to heaven. Jesus said that when that day came, we would be able to ask Father God for anything in prayer. We are now living “in that day” and need to follow Jesus’ directives regard-ing prayer.
First, Jesus tells us that we shouldn’t ask Him anything but direct our prayers to God the Father. Jesus tells us this truth in John 16:23 explains that all of our prayers or petitions should be addressed
to God the Father and not Jesus Christ. We can thank and worship Jesus, but all prayer should be directed to His Father and that it is Father God Who will answer our prayers.
Jesus also said, how-ever, that you must ask Father God, using Jesus’ Name. Please allow me to illustrate it in this way. Most of us use a PIN (personal identifi cation number) number to access our fi nancial accounts. Without this number, we can’t access our in-formation or any bank-ing services. According to the Bible, the Name of Jesus is like a PIN that allows God the Father to grant our petitions. The Name of Jesus represents all that Jesus Christ did for us and has made possible through His life, death, and resurrection from the dead. When we use Jesus Name in prayer, we will be able to unlock all the blessings and promises that our Heavenly Father has given us in His Word.
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around for a long time.
The time spent shop-ping with Grandma for the perfect shoes, and convincing your dad that he will look good in a tie is well worth it, especially for the memories that will be made during this time.
Take a trip to the fl o-rist and get some ideas of what fl owers you like best, also taking into account your bud-get. The fl owers that you envisioned stroll-ing down the aisle with may not come in the color that you pictured them in. Not to say that a fl orist can’t work with this, but you may want to talk with them beforehand.
Also consider the venue. If your ceremo-ny is indoors, will your décor match or clash with the fl ooring and wall colors that are already there? Decid-ing which you would rather compromise on if necessary, between the location or color scheme, will help make your planning easier.
I truly hope that this helps you in your wed-ding endeavors, happy planning!
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Contributed ArticleWCA Hospital
The WCA Hospital School of Radiologic Technology is accepting applications for its next class to start in August 2014. Applications are due by Saturday, Febru-ary 15 with fi nal selec-tions to be completed in mid-April.
The accredited pro-gram at WCA Hospital includes classroom instruction and clinical
hours in the Radiol-ogy Department. At the completion of the program, graduates will be committed to a high standard of quality ra-diographic imaging and patient care. Past gradu-ate, Tiffany Walters states, “My education and clinical experience allowed me to succeed with confi dence in my future career.”
Beginning in 2015, certifi cation as a ra-diologic technologist
will require graduation from an accredited radiologic technology program and a college degree at the associ-ate’s level or higher. After meeting these requirements students are eligible to take the American Registry of Radiologic Technol-ogy national certifi ca-tion examination and also become New York State Licensed Radiog-raphers. Opportunities for advancement are
excellent following the required two-year edu-cation program.
The hospital-based pro-gram is accredited by the Joint Review Com-mittee on Education in Radiologic Technology and is recognized by the New York State Department of Health.
WCA Hospital and three healthcare programs in the re-gion and Jamestown Community College recently collaborated
to provide credential-ing opportunities for students working to become radiologic technologists.
Through several new agreements, individuals can complete training as a radiologic technol-ogist at WCA Hospital School of Radiologic Technology, Bradford Regional Medical Center School of Radi-ography, and St. James Mercy Hospital School of Radiological Science
over a period of two years and concurrently earn an Associate in Applied Science degree in individual studies at Jamestown Community College.
For more informa-tion on the program, application, tuition or admission require-ments, contact Chris-tina Slojkowski, WCA Hospital School of Radiology Technology Program Director, at (716) 664-8366.
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Contributed ArticleSUNY Fredonia School of Music
The New Horizons Band of West-ern New York will begin its spring semester on Wednesday, February 5. New members are always welcome.
Ensembles/lessons are from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. Band practice is held from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. on Wednesdays and 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Fridays. The New Horizons Band will per-form their Spring Concert on April 24 at 7 p.m. in King Concert Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus.
The band, under the direction of Dr.
Katherine Levy, was launched by the SUNY Fredonia School of Music eight years ago and is living proof that, when it comes to learn-ing to play a musical instru-ment, it truly is “never too late.” New Horizons Band members, who are at least 50 years old, learn to play a band instrument, return to playing a band instrument after a long absence, or continue to improve playing
an instrument they have long enjoyed.
The band has an enrollment of more than 60 musicians. The average band member age of the New Horizons Band of Western New
York is 63. Band member ages range from the early 50s to the late 70s.
By popular demand, a special sum-mer session will be held during the month of July. No lessons will be
offered during the summer session. The summer session concludes with concerts at local areas.
Levy, Associate Professor of Mu-sic Education, conducts the band. Advanced music education students in the School of Music provide group lesson instruction. Levy was introduced to New Horizons in 1995 when she became the brass instructor for one of the fi rst New Horizons Band in Iowa City, Iowa. She has conducted New Horizons Bands in Iowa and Georgia, and she founded a New Horizons Band in Hagerstown, MD.
new Horizons Band spring semester Begins February 5
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Contributed ArticleHeritage Ministries
On Friday, January 24, 2014, at 3 p.m., Heritage Living at Chautauqua Mall (located near JCPen-ney) celebrated its grand opening. New York Senator Catha-rine Young and New York State Assembly-man Andrew Goodell were in attendance, as well as a representative from Congressman Tom Reed’s offi ce. Other notable at-tendees were local and county offi cials and the Executive Director of Heritage Minis-tries, David Smeltzer. The ribbon-cutting ceremony included thoughts from many of the guests.
Open since December, Heritage Living at the mall is serving the community by pro-viding an easy-access location for area seniors and their families to get answers to ques-tions about a senior’s evolving needs. The Chautauqua County Offi ce for the Aging, Chautauqua County Health Department and the Alzheimer’s Association are among the many that have already joined forces
with Heritage Minis-tries to utilize the space to provide information to seniors. Also, in con-junction with the mall staff, Heritage Living plans to start a mall walkers’ club from this location soon.
Heritage Executive Director David Smelt-zer said, “The purpose of Heritage Living at the mall is to provide a warm and friendly en-vironment where peo-ple can fi nd out more information about the many services that are available for seniors in our community. The community and mall have been extremely welcoming, and we are eager to continue to develop new program-ming.”
David Smeltzer then turned the fl oor over to Senator Young, who shared, “Empower-ing seniors to be able to live rich, full, and healthy lives is an important mission. I congratulate everyone at Heritage Living on this exciting venture. The services offered will be invaluable to area seniors and their families. They do a great job at Heritage Ministries through all of their residences and services, and I have no
doubt this new location will be a welcomed and highly utilized addition to the com-munity.”
Next, Assembly-man Andy Goodell (R,C,I-Chautauqua) conveyed, “Heritage Living will be an outstanding addition to the Chautauqua Mall. Its effort ‘to provide a warm and friendly environment where people can fi nd out more informa-tion about the many services that are avail-able for seniors in our community is not only admirable, but also a testament to the kind and helpful attitude of
the people in Chautau-qua County and the mission of Heritage Ministries. I applaud the Chautauqua County Offi ce for the Aging, Chautauqua County Health De-partment and the Al-zheimer’s Association for creating this strong public-private partner-ship with Heritage Ministries to better serve our local seniors. I want to extend my thanks and warmest wishes to everyone at Heritage Ministries as they begin this exciting new endeavor.”
Following his thoughts, Jacqueline Chiarot spoke for Rep. Tom
Reed quoting, “Heri-tage Living continues to be an invaluable resource to seniors, their families and caregivers in our area,” says Rep. Tom Reed. “With Heritage Ministries expanding its reach, more seniors will have access to information and care available close to home and more families will have the peace of mind that their loved ones are getting answers to their questions. We look forward to part-nering anyway we can to be a resource for our seniors and a voice on behalf of their needs.”
Finally, Dr. MaryAnn Spanos, Director of the Chautauqua County Offi ce for the Aging, spoke as a represen-tative from County Executive Vince Horrigan’s offi ce. She shared that she has been affi liated with Heritage Ministries for seventeen years, “I’ve always known that Heritage Ministries brings community back to its residents, and now, I am so pleased that they are bringing Heritage to the community. The partnership with the community will only help to improve the
lives of seniors in our area.”
Heritage Living at the mall will continue to seek out new and en-riching programming for area seniors. The community is encour-aged to stop into the mall store; Heritage Living is open week-days 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Anyone looking for more information about the programming at Heritage Living should contact Doug Justham at 487-6873.
Heritage Ministries is a non-profi t, human service organization serving the Chautau-qua County region with over 800 em-ployees. Independent and assisted living residences for seniors are located at Heritage Village Retirement Campus in Gerry, New York and at The Woodlands on South-western Drive in West Ellicott. Rehabilitation and skilled nursing services are provided at Heritage Village (Gerry, NY), Heritage Park ( Jamestown, NY), and Heritage Green (Greenhurst, NY) Rehab & Skilled Nursing. For more in-formation, please call 716.487.6800 or visit www.heritage1886.org
Heritage Living At the mall Celebrated its Grand opening
From left, MaryAnn Spanos, Director of the Chautauqua County Offi ce for the Aging; Julie Bihler, Chautauqua Mall Manager; Jacqueline Chiarot, Regional Director for Congressman Tom Reed’s Offi ce; Assemblyman Andy Goodell (R,C,I-Chautauqua); New York Senator Catharine Young; David Smeltzer, Executive Director of Heritage Ministries are shown cutting the ribbon for the grand opening. (Submitted Photo)
“Music making is just too much fun to leave only to younger folks,” Levy said. “Almost anyone can enjoy learning to play a musical in-strument when good instruction, a friendly environment, and lots
of helping hands are available.”
The New Horizons Band of Western New York is part of the Musical Journeys Program, a commu-nity outreach project offered in the SUNY Fredonia School of
Music. More informa-tion about New Hori-zons music efforts and the New Horizons Band of Western New York is available on-line at www.fredonia.edu/music/communi-ty/newhorizons.asp or call 673-4628. Those
who are not sure what instrument to play may contact Levy at 673-3401 to schedule an appointment to try out various wind, brass and percussion instruments.
When determining your reportable taxable income, the more item-ized deductions you have, the less tax you owe. One deduction to consider taking this year and in the future is the home office deduc-tion, where the space that you use in your home for work and the associated costs can be deducted from your income as a legitimate cost of doing business. There are exceptions and guidelines to follow when considering this deduction, but in the proper situation, this type of deduction can significantly reduce your reportable income as well as the tax owed to the government.
According to the Inter-nal Revenue Service, there are two types of home office situations that can be deducted for income tax report-ing purposes. One is the work from home situation where you own or run a business out of your home from
a dedicated space or use your home as your principal place of busi-ness or meeting place for clients, supplies, etc. The second work from home situation is where you are employed by someone other than yourself, but uses your home office to conduct your work. Sales, mar-keting and field person-nel often have home based offices and report in to a regional or main office located elsewhere.
To determine whether the space in your home qualifies for the home office deduction, there are a number of criteria to consider. For the self-employed home office or business, the space must be used regularly and exclusively for business purposes. The space should be the principal place of business or at least the primary loca-tion where your busi-ness is conducted. The area is not completely limited to a room within your home; it could also be a separate building such as a studio, garage or barn. If you work for someone else as an employee and work from
home, your situation is different. In order to qualify for the home of-fice deduction, working from home must be for the convenience of your employer, not yourself, and the space you use cannot then be turned around and rented to your employer on top of the office deduction. If your home office situation proves to be helpful to your job, but not required, then your space doesn’t qualify for a home office deduction.
Determining whether a home office space
qualifies isn’t near as difficult as calculat-ing the square footage and allowable expenses to incorporate in the deduction. It appears that the IRS has rec-ognized this challenge and the inaccuracies of the calculations needed and as a result, added a simplified option this year to reduce and/or minimize the complex-ity of the home office deduction. This simpli-fied formula allows for the deduction of up to 300 square feet of home space and multiplies the
final footage by $5 for a maximum deduction of $1500. If following this method, no other home business expenses can be made and the deduction can only be made once, regard-less of the number of businesses run from the space, nor can a similar home office deduction be made for a second living space. While the simplified option is just that, simple to calculate, it does have its limits and doesn’t work for all situations.
Associated with the home office deduction are direct and indi-rect expenses. Direct expenses are those that apply to only the business portion of the home, while indirect expenses cover overall home expenses and are based on the percent-age of the home used for business. Homes used for daycare facili-ties have their own set of allowable deductions and the selling of a home based business has complex tax impli-cations. The IRS offers multiple publications to assist a taxpayer in
calculating the al-lowable expenses for a home office deduc-tion. Forms 8829 or 4684 are worksheets for calculating home business deductions and Publication 587 describes the details of using your house for a business and how to deduct expenses. In addition, many tax preparation software programs will step through the home of-fice deduction require-ments and perform the complex calculations for you, allowing this overwhelming task to become relatively simple to determine. Additionally, it’s a good idea to consult the IRS website at www.irs.gov for their tax tips when considering a home of-fice deduction.
For the home based business owner or the employee that works from home, a home office deduction can really add up and make an impact on your final taxable income. Just make sure your space qualifies and start crunching those num-bers, office style.
Considering the Home office Deduction
A home office must be used exclusively for business purposes when considering taking this common deduction on your 2014 income tax return. (Submitted Photo)
achievement, com-munity service and the kinds of leaders they have become,” Herman said. “These students have provided tremendous leadership to a variety of campus organizations.”
The Office of Student Affairs launched the Keeper of the Dream Scholarship and Leadership Program in 2002 to increase
recruitment, retention and graduation rates of students in general at SUNY Fredonia, with a specific focus on African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans and Native American students. It is designed to nurture students with strong academic records, leadership experience in multicultural groups and a commitment to
making a positive con-tribution to the campus and community.
Based on similar initia-tives at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Oakland University in Michi-gan, the Keeper of the Dream Scholarship and Leadership Pro-gram is rooted in the core concepts of learn-ing and sharing infor-mation; mentoring;
family involvement; leadership develop-ment; scholarship; and community service.
“What makes the program unique is that we blended scholar-ship and leadership activities,” Herman explained, instead of concentrating pri-marily on academics. “The students write an essay at the end of their senior year, and
many of them say that one of the reasons they came to Fredonia was because the scholarship required them to give something back in the form of leadership and community service.”
Renewable scholarships have been awarded to 49 students accepted into the program since its beginning. Scholars have earned the SUNY Chancellor's Award for
Student Excellence and the Lanford Presiden-tial Prize, and they have served as class presidents, resident assistants and college ambassadors.
“Everyone at Fredonia has been so supportive of this program; it re-ally has become part of our campus culture,” Herman said.
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The Chautauqua County Trail System is located in the western-most part of New York State where the average annual snowfall exceeds 250 inches. Our volun-teers maintain over 200 miles of scenic trails, which are linked to local service businesses and other clubs in the county. Chautauqua County has over 400 miles of state funded trails and even more non-funded trails, all accessible from Western
Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio or anywhere close to Western NY.
These trails are groomed by our club as well as fi ve surround-ing clubs throughout the county. Literally thousands of hours are volunteered each year to get these trails ready for the riding season. Most trails are groomed by larger groomers and are a comfortable width for any rider to feel safe. There are literally dozens of supporting businesses located along this trail system offering food, gas, and lodging
to make your ride even more enjoyable. All trails are signed very well indi-cating junctions, hazards and destinations.
All of our trails and local businesses are located on our county wide high gloss snow-mobile map. We have
lots of trail types such as old railroad beds, open fi elds, seasonal roads, state forest lands, heav-ily wooded areas with lots of hills and valleys. For a leisurely family ride our main corridor trail system is groomed very well and is an easy ride for just about any beginner. For the more adventuresome rider we have many second-ary trails off the beaten path for an exciting ride over the river and through the woods.
With all trails spread out throughout the county you will never
feel crowded or in danger like some other more popular destina-tions in New York state. Even on busy weekends you can enjoy a leisurely ride on just about any trail without coming across many riders. If you are coming from Ohio or Pennsylvania we invite you to stop here and give the trail system a try before driving the extra 5, 6 or 12 hrs to Ontario, Old Forge or Quebec. We know these are all nice locations but if you stop here you can ride for an extra 10, 12 or 24 hrs.
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teer when she has time.
Following the program, coffee and tea will be provided for a BYO brown bag lunch. The
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Early foul trouble slowed down, but couldn’t stop the force that is Silver Creek senior Jordan Brooks as the Black Knights handled Dunkirk on the road, 46-30, Mon-day night.
Brooks picked up three quick fouls in the first half and found herself on the bench more than she’d care to be. Perhaps the rest was good for her as she compiled 19 points, 19 rebounds, nine blocks and four steals when she was on the court.
The Black Knights (10-2, 5-2) and Lady Marauders (1-10, 0-6) both struggled mightily offensively in the first half. The score at the break was just 14-10 in favor of Silver Creek.
Jade Lewis was able to help pick up the pace in the second half as she dropped eight points, five assists and five steals in the win.
Maddie Crandall and Analeah Hernandez each had seven points to lead Dunkirk in that depart-ment. Brittney Morgan led the Lady Marauders with five rebounds.
Fredonia 48, Maple Grove 40
An effective press defense can thoroughly frustrate an
opponent and cause turn-overs, retaliation fouls and easy points the other way.
The Fredonia Lady Hill-billies (10-2, 8-1) used that recipe to upend visiting Maple Grove, 48-40, Mon-day night at Fredonia High School.
That defense was instrumen-tal in helping Fredonia open up a 20-9 lead in the first half, including a 10-0 run to close the first quarter.
Amie Adams scored six points in the final minute of play for Maple Grove (4-9, 2-5), which used a 12-2 run to close the gap late and give the Lady Hillbillies reason for concern.
But in the end Fredonia was
able to hang on, led by 17 points, seven rebounds, four steals and a pair of assists from Morgan Genovese. Lauren Reyda was also a key cog in the offense with a season-high nine points off the bench.
Emily Swanson was good for 14 points and 10 re-bounds for the Lady Red Dragons while teammate Brianne Davis dropped 11 points and added three steals.
CCaa eaST IICattaraugus-Little Val-ley 35, Forestville 24
Makenzie VanZile was dynamic with 14 points and 18 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough for Forestville as
the Lady Hornets (2-12) dropped a 35-24 decision to Cattaraugus-Little Valley on Monday night.
The first quarter was filled with scoring and saw the Lady Timberwolves (1-9) jump out to a 14-10 lead, but the second quarter featured just six combined points from the two teams.
Catt-LV picked up its first win of the season.
CCaa weST IISherman 73, Brocton 25
Sixteen points and 22 re-bounds from Roxanne Toy helped boost the Sherman Lady Wildcats to a convinc-ing 73-25 win over Brocton in CCAA West II action.
COMMENTARY
Minor leagues Brimming with
Talent
By Stefan GestwickiStar Sports Editor
Despite the fact that we continue to freeze here in Western New York, baseball season is nearly under way. Pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training in less than two weeks and it’s time to talk baseball.
With a few intriguing names still left on the free agent market (Ubaldo Jimenez, Ervin Santana, Nelson Cruz) it’s far too early to do my season predictions, but one thing that won’t be changing in the next couple weeks is young talent.
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Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 vs. Clymer, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 at Westfield, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 at Clymer, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 vs. Westfield, 7:30 p.m.
Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 vs. Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 at Clymer, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 at Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 vs. Clymer, 7:30 p.m.wrestlingWed, Feb. 5 vs. Chautauqua Lake, 5:00 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at County Roll-offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 at Cassadaga Valley, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 4 vs. Sherman, 6:00 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Cassadaga Val-ley, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Sherman, 7:30 p.m.wrestlingWed, Feb. 5 at Cassadaga Valley, 6:00 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 at Brocton, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 vs. Cassadaga Valley, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Brocton, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Cassadaga Val-ley, 7:30 p.m.
Silver Creek’s Kalee Dexter drives past Dunkirk’s Maddy Crandall during a girls high school basketball game, Monday at Dunkirk High School. (Photo by Stefan Gestwicki)
Dunkirk’s Jessica Gifford makes a pass into the paint during a girls high school basketball game against Silver Creek, Monday at Dunkirk High School. (Photo by Stefan Gestwicki)
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Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 vs. Clymer, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 at Westfi eld, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 at Clymer, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 vs. Westfi eld, 7:30 p.m.
Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 vs. Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 at Clymer, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 at Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 vs. Clymer, 7:30 p.m.wrestlingWed, Feb. 5 vs. Chautauqua Lake, 5:00 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at County Roll-offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 at Cassadaga Valley, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 4 vs. Sherman, 6:00 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Cassadaga Val-ley, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Sherman, 7:30 p.m.wrestlingWed, Feb. 5 at Cassadaga Valley, 6:00 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 at Brocton, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 vs. Cassadaga Valley, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Brocton, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Cassadaga Val-ley, 7:30 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 at Falconer, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 vs. Southwestern, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Falconer, 7:30 p.m.Tue, Feb. 4 vs. Frewsburg, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Southwestern, 7:30 p.m.Indoor Track and fieldSat, Feb. 8 at Team Champion-ships, 9:00 a.m.swimming and divingTue, Feb. 4 at Olean, 4:00 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 vs. Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 at Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 vs. Frewsburg, 7:30 p.m.wrestlingSat, Feb. 8 at Class C Championship, TBA
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 3 at Ellicottville, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 at Franklinville, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Ellicottville, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Franklinville, 7:30 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County
Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballFri, Feb. 7 at Silver Creek, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 at Frewsburg, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 vs. Silver Creek, 7:30 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 vs. Holland, 1:30 p.m.Indoor Track and fieldSat, Feb. 8 at Team Championships, 9:00 a.m.wrestlingSat, Feb. 8 at Class C Tournament, 9:00 a.m.swimming and divingTue, Feb. 4 at Olean, 4:00 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 vs. Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Fredonia, 7:30 p.m.Tue, Feb. 4 at Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Falconer, 7:30 p.m.Boys SwimmingTue, Feb. 4 at Olean, 4:00 p.m.Tue, Feb. 4 at Olean, 4:00 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballMon, Feb. 3 at Lancaster, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 vs. Frontier, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballTue, Feb. 4 at Frontier, 7:30 p.m.wrestlingWed, Feb. 5 vs. Clarence, 6:00 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 at Class AA Championships, TBAIndoor Track and fieldSat, Feb. 8 at Fredonia State, 9:00 a.m.
Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Southwestern, 7:30 p.m.Tue, Feb. 4 vs. Silver Creek, 7:30 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 at Southwestern, 12:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 at Southwestern, 7:30 p.m.
wrestlingSat, Feb. 8 at Sectional Tournament, TBA
Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 vs. Westfi eld, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Westfi eld, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. Westfi eld, 7:30 p.m.Boys SwimmingTue, Feb. 4 at County Meet at Olean, 4:00 p.m.
Boys BasketballMon, Feb. 3 at West Valley, 7:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 vs. Ellicottville, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb. 3 vs. West Valley, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Ellicottville, 7:30 p.m.
Boys BasketballFri, Feb. 7 at Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballThu, Feb. 6 vs. Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballFri, Feb. 7 vs. Fredonia, 7:30 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 at Randolph, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballTue, Feb 4 at Maple Grove, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Fredonia, 7:30 p.m.
BowlingTue, Feb. 4 at Girls County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at Boys County Roll-Offs, 3:30 p.m.Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 vs. Maple Grove, 7:30 p.m.
Fri, Feb. 7 at Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb 3 at Maple Grove, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 vs. Dunkirk, 7:30 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 vs. Maple Grove, 12:30 p.m.Boys swimming and divingTue, Feb. 4 at CCAA Meet, TBASat, Feb. 8 at Class Meet, TBAGirls GymnasticsMon, Feb. 3 at St. John’s, 6:30 p.m.Wed, Feb. 5 at St. John’s, 6:30 p.m.wrestlingSat, Feb. 8 at Class Tournament, TBA
Boys BasketballTue, Feb. 4 at Panama, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 vs. Panama, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb. 7 vs. Brocton, 7:30 p.m.Girls BasketballMon, Feb 3 at Panama, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Feb. 6 at Brocton, 7:30 p.m.wrestlingWed, Feb. 5 at Cassadaga Val-ley, 6:00 p.m.
College Sports Schedule
women’s BasketballFri, Feb. 7 at Oneonta, 6:00 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 at New Paltz, 2:00 p.m.Men’s BasketballFri, Feb. 7 at Oneonta, 8:00 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 at New Paltz, 4:00 p.m.Men’s Ice HockeyFri, Feb. 7 at Plattsburgh, 7:00 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 at Potsdam, 7:00 p.m.swimming and divingSat, Feb. 8 vs. Cortland, 1:00 p.m.Indoor Track and fieldSat, Feb. 8 at Brockport Invitational, TBA
Men’s BasketballThu, Feb. 6 at JCC-Catt County, 7:00 p.m.Sat, Feb. 8 at Erie CC, 3:00 p.m.women’s BasketballSat, Feb. 8 at Erie CC, 1:00 p.m.swimming and divingWed, Feb. 5 vs. Mercyhurst NE, 6:00 p.m.wrestlingSun, Feb. 2 at JCC Open, 9:30 p.m.
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Last year, guys like Yasiel Puig, Gerrit Cole, Jose Fernandez, Wil Meyers, Chris Ar-cher and Shelby Miller successfully made the jump from prospect to Major Leaguer. Every year contenders are buoyed by the arrival of young, hungry, tal-ented ballplayers and the 2014 will certainly be no different.
So what teams should we keep an eye on as the season approaches? What players are primed to help their big league clubs right now? Let’s take a look at some of the top names on the prospect board, shall we?
BYRON BUXTON, OF, MINNESOTA TWINS — MLB.com has this guy listed as its No. 1 prospect in baseball. It’s easy to see why. He was the second overall pick by the Twins in the 2012 Draft (behind Carlos Correa). His tools rank off the charts. His ability to barrel up the ball is unmatched in the Minor Leagues. His combined slash
of .334/.424/.520 last season is a sure sign of things to come. He’s bigger than the reign-ing NL MVP, but with Buxton, think Andrew McCutcheon with his ability to hit leadoff or third in a lineup. Buxton probably has more power potential and he can straight up fl y. Oh, and he’s only 20 years old.
MIGUEL SANO, 3B, MINNESOTA TWINS — Yes, anoth-er Twin already. This mountain of a man has enormous power potential. He actu-ally just came out and said he could hit 45-55 home runs in the Major Leagues. All he did last season was slug an eye-popping .610 and crush 35 home runs over two Minor League stops. He won’t turn 21 until the season starts, so he might need a little more seasoning before he hits the Majors, but a 1-2 punch of Buxton and Sano will be destroying pitchers in Minnesota very soon. Sano’s large frame probably projects him as a fi rst baseman,
but with his power he’ll be a valuable player no matter where he takes the fi eld.
TAIJUAN WALK-ER, RHP, SEAT-TLE MARINERS — The Mariners already sport one of the best 1-2 starting pitchers in the game with Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma. Now there’s a chance that the 21-year old Walker might break camp with the team. Walker already sports a plus fastball and a swing-and-miss cur-veball. While his 9-10 record in the Minors last season isn’t ter-ribly impressive, his 2.93 ERA and 160 strikeouts in 141.1 innings show his true potential. He did actu-ally get three starts with the Mariners last season and went 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA. He’s baseball’s highest rated pitcher accord-ing to MLB.com and we should see him in the bigs sooner rather than later.
OSCAR TAVERAS, OF, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — This smooth-swinging lefty
has the Cardinals more excited about any pros-pect since some guy named Albert Pujols. With Carlos Beltran in a Yankees uniform, it’s expected that Taveras will get his shot right away in right fi eld. His bat speed and control will certainly lead to a high average while his power potential pro-fi les him as a middle-of-the-order slugger. He runs, throws and fi elds well enough to play right fi eld, though he’s played plenty of center fi eld in the Minor Leagues. The Cardinals have made noise with their ability to develop pitchers, but Taveras has the ability to outshine them all.
XANDER BO-GAERTS, SS, BOSTON RED SOX — This one is super obvious be-cause Bogaerts has already seen MLB playing time and was a member of the Red Sox team that just won the World Series. Regardless, he’s still considered a rookie for the upcom-ing year and has all but been handed the
reigns to the starting shortstop position. He played third base for the Sox in the play-offs last year and has the arm to do it. He makes hard contact regularly and should shoot doubles all over Fenway Park. He does have the ability to hit for some power and hit 15 home runs in 116 Minor League games last year. His improved plate disci-pline could eventually make him a top-of-the-lineup threat.
JAMESON TAIL-LON, RHP, PITTS-BURGH PIRATES — Selected second after Bryce Harper, Taillon didn’t receive the national atten-tion he would have in most drafts coming out of high school. The 6-foot-6 righty throws straight gas and his curveball has developed into a great secondary pitch. He’ll most likely be sent to Triple-A to refi ne his command a little bit, but I except him to be toeing the rubber at PNC Park by this sum-mer. The 1-2 punch of Gerrit Cole and Taillon has, and should have, Pirates fan excited for the future. He’s a big reason the Pirates have the top-ranked farm system in baseball.
CARLOS CORREA, SS, HOUSTON AS-TROS — Shortstop has been a position in decline since the glory days of Nomar, A-Rod and Jeter. So when the Astros had a chance to take Correa fi rst over-all in the 2012 Draft, they jumped on it. At
6-foot-4, 205 pounds, Correa seems too big to stay at shortstop, but his glove and arm are his best tools at this stage in his devel-opment. At 19 years old, he probably won’t see the Major Leagues until 2015 at the earli-est, but he’s too good to leave off this list. He has all the mak-ings of an elite short-stop and hopefully can help usher in a new era of excellence at the position.
FRANCISCO LIN-DOR, SS, CLEVE-LAND INDIANS — Defense is the name of the game for Lindor. I know every team is looking for the next Nomar Garciaparra at shortstop, but that’s probably not going to happen. Lindor in a switch-hitter with some gap power and great baseball instincts. His arm is unreal while his range at shortstop is unmatched. His advanced approach at the plate should have Lindor in the Majors soon and he profi les as a No. 2 hitter in a lineup. He’ll steal bases in bunches and should develop into an All-Star.
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Stefan Gestwicki is the sports editor of the Chautau-qua Star. Comments on this story of any other can be di-rected to [email protected].
Minnesota Twins outfi eld prospect Byron Buxton is widely regarded as the next big thing coming to the Major Leagues. (AP Photo)
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Contributed ArticleJamestown Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Conservation
The City Parks, Rec-reation and Conserva-tion Department has announced the orga-nizational meetings for the 2014 softball leagues:
Co-Ed League: Mon-day, Feb. 10 at 6:00 p.m.
City Slo-Pitch League: Monday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Church Modifi ed League: Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 6:00 p.m.
All meetings will be held in the of-fi ces of the Parks and Recreation Depart-ment located at 145 Steele Street (rear entrance to building off Sprague Street). All interested teams are asked to have a representative pres-ent at the respective meeting.
The fi nal deadline for entry fees (once deter-mined) is Friday, April 4th. Defi nite amounts will be announced at the meetings. If ad-ditional information is needed, please contact the Recreation Offi ce at 483-7523.
By Stefan GestwickiStar Sports Editor
For the fi fth straight week it was Falconer that was ranked the top small school wres-tling team in Western New York, according to wrestlingreviewof-wny.com.
In Week 1 of the season Falconer was ranked No. 2 behind Lewiston-Porter, but ever since then the Golden Fal-cons have held onto the top spot.
Lew-Port remained No. 2 among the small schools while West-fi eld/Ripley/Chautau-qua Lake and Catta-raugus-Little Valley/Pine Valley remained at seventh and eighth, respectively, for the second straight week. Appearing on the small school rankings at No. 10 is Dunkirk, which hasn’t made the top-10 all season.
In the large school rankings, Jamestown remained at No. 8 for the second straight week. The Red Raid-ers opened the season at No. 4 but have been surpassed by a handful of schools since then.
Of course, there have been plenty of standout individual performanc-es this season that have garnered recognition for local wrestlers.
As he has most of the season, Southwestern eighth-grader Shane Hetrick merited honor-able mention status at 99 pounds. The top three in the weight class remained the same with Dylan Arena
(Clarence), Mitchell Seaver (Lockport) and Trent Nadeu (Sweet Home) leading the way.
Dunkirk’s Hector Co-lom similarly earned honorable mention at 106 pounds. He’s been there most of the season behind the top three of Jemone Carter (Niagara Falls), Troy Keller (North Tonawanda) and Con-nor Day (Iroquios).
The 113-pound weight class is littered with Chautauqua County wrestlers. Southwest-ern’s Ryan Hetrick and Dunkirk’s Tito Colom remained Nos. 2 and 3 for the second straight week behind Kenmore West’s Anthony Argen-tieri. Falconer’s Rick Griffi th remained on the honorable mention list.
Maple Grove’s Brad Bihler continued to enjoy the No. 1 rank-ing at 120 pounds. He’s been holding off Olean senior Drew Marra and Niagara Falls junior Donny McCoy all sea-son. The two remained Nos. 2 and 3, respec-tively.
While Falconer fresh-man Jacob Peru has been an honorable mention at 126 pounds for the last number of weeks, WRCL junior Nick Hudson joined him by earning those honors this week. The local duo still trails the top three of Kel-len Devlin (Amherst), Anthony Orefi ce (Lockport) and Freddie Eckles (Lake Shore).
The top-3 at 132 pounds doesn’t fea-ture any Chautauqua
County athletes as Austin Aquard (Pio-neer), Cody McGregor (Tonawanda) and D.J. Marshall (Lew-Port) remained the top three for the second straight week.
Fredonia sophomore Dakota Gardner remained No. 1 at 138 pounds once again. The Hillbilly leads No. 2 Rocco Russo (Fron-tier) and No. 3 Danny Graham (West Seneca East) — both seniors. Jamestown’s Dylan Lundmark kept pace as an honorable mention listing again.
The 145-pound weight class featured a top-3 of Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (Cheek-towaga), Nate Martin (Newfane) and Lucas McKeever (Gowanda) for a second consecu-tive week.
Similarly, the 152-pound weight class doesn’t feature any local products as Ryan Kromer (Lew-Port), Eddie Hutschenreuter (Alden) and Chase Wheeler (Wilson) lead the pack.
Kyle Ross, of Fal-coner, is the third-ranked wrestler at 160 pounds behind Alex Smythe (Eden) and Nate Schwab (Clar-ence). Chris Doubek (Randolph) and Howie Nolan (Maple Grove) earned honorable mention status at 160 pounds.
CLV/PV’s Alex Kelly remained Chautauqua County’s best hope at 170 pounds with an honorable mention listing. He is chasing
the top-3 of Jake We-ber (Clarence), Richie Jones (St. Joe’s) and Matt Bartnik (Cheek-towaga).
Likewise, Southwest-ern senior Tanner Hoose remained just outside the top-3 at 182 pounds. The top-3 there are Christopher Willms (Starpoint), Jacob Braunscheidel (St. Francis) and Jason Vranic (Niagara Wheatfi eld).
Fresburg’s Trevor Spicer held onto the No. 2 ranking at 195 pounds for the second straight week. He’s behind James Empfi eld (Lancaster) and ahead of Dylan Nuhn (Lock-port) in the rankings. Both Tyler Furlow (WRCL) and Jake Penhallow (Falconer) remained honorable mention.
Marshall Taylor (Lockport), Brad Cun-ningham (Salamanca) and Tyler Hall (East Aurora) lead the pack at 220 pounds.
Dunkirk freshman Nick Jones remained an hon-orable mention at 285 pounds. The top-3 at Erik Feitshans (Alden), Luke Catalano (Lake Shore) and Pat Faracca (Williamsville East).
Class Championships will be held on Satur-day, Feb. 8. Locations are as followed:
Class AA — Lockport
Class A — Starpoint
Class B — Cheek-towaga
Class C — Eden
Class D — Portville
Falconer on top of wrestling Ranks
Contributed ArticleGowanda APA League
Standings: • Jamestown Raiders
• Legion Machines
• Mike’s PG Team
• 8-Ball Assassins
• Jamestown Tavern
• Twoguns Team
• Ronnie’s Crazy 8’s
• Jamestown St. Marauders
Top Guns:Gary Oehler is fi rst in the Purple Tier. Jim Covert is fi rst in the Red Tier. Ray Poland is fi rst in the Yellow Tier. Josh Swanson is fi rst in the Blue Tier.
For more information contact division rep David Covert at 698-2291.
Gowanda APA League(through January 26, 2014)
2014 softball meeting Dates Announced
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Sherman jumped out to a 23-1 lead in the first quarter when Bridget Yaw scored all 10 of her points for the Lady Wildcats.
Page Zenns added 16
points for Sherman and Talia Coccarelli was also in double figures with 12 points in the win.
Jessica Putcher led the Lady Bulldogs with
seven points and eight rebounds while team-mate Jessica Delcamp added nine rebounds in a losing effort.
Clymer 51, West-field 25
Recent jayvee callup Libby Heil led Clymer with 11 points as the Lady Pirates went on to a lopsided 51-25 win over Westfield on Mon-day night.
Kayla Gilkenson helped Clymer get off to a fast start by scoring all seven of her points in the opening eight minutes as the Lady Pirates jumped out to a
17-5 lead after the first quarter.
Westfield was paced by Marissa Okerlund’s 11 points and five re-bounds.
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By Scott KindbergChautauqua Sports Hall Of Fame
Dan Lunetta will be in-ducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame at the organization’s 33rd Annual Induction Banquet, Mon-day, February 17th, at the Lakewood Rod and Gun Club.
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It’s July 13, 1982 and I’m riding shotgun as Dan Lunetta steers his yellow compact car along Inter-state 90 toward the Greater Buffalo Niagara Inter-national Airport. We are hours away from the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, and we will be in attendance.
As employees of the Mon-treal Expos — Dan is the general manager of the Class A Jamestown Expos and I’m the assistant GM — we are fortunate to have procured tickets for the Mid-Summer Classic, which includes an invite to the Commissioner’s Party as well.
Not a bad gig for a couple of Jamestown natives.
For the record, the National League won, 4-1, and dur-ing the 2-hour, 53-minute game — I looked it up — Dan and I watch the likes of Rickey Henderson, George Brett, Reggie Jackson, Robin Yount, Carlton Fisk, Dennis Eckersley, Carl Yastrzemski and Goose
Gossage of the American League square off against the National League’s Pete Rose, Andre Dawson, Mike Schmidt, Gary Carter, Ozzie Smith, Steve Carlton and Phil Niekro.
All — with the exception of Rose — eventually will take up residence in Coo-perstown.
What I didn’t know then, but have been made aware of countless times during the last 30-plus years, is that being in Dan’s presence usually results in a Hall-of-Fame experience.
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Jose Valverde, the Detroit Tigers' closer, wound up and fired a fastball toward home plate. Alex Rodri-guez, the New York Yankees slumping third baseman, meekly swung and missed. With that, the 2011 Ameri-can League Division Series was over and the celebra-tion for the men from Mo-town began in earnest.
The win also meant that his friends — and rabid Tigers fans from his hometown — would continue their dream of a World Series champi-onship, the first for the club since 1984. If nothing else, Detroit's 2011 season gave Lunetta and his pals plenty of fuel for when they con-vened again in July 2012 for their annual "State of the Tigers" lunch.
"After I let the emotion of winning settle in,'' Lunetta said, "the next thought in
my mind was how happy I am for that group of guys. It's become a very special thing. We've gotten together every July since I've been with the Tigers. To just be around a bunch of guys who have been rabid Tigers fans for as long as they can remember and to be able to sit down and break bread and have fun talking about the Tigers is pretty special to me."
Those meetings, at the Lakewood home of Chau-tauqua Sports Hall of Fame inductee Greg Peterson (Class of 2012), confirm just how far Lunetta has come from his rather humble beginnings in baseball when he was a groundskeeper at the then-College Stadium in 1979.
As one looks back at his professional career, the 1973 Jamestown High School graduate has put together quite a resume. It began with the Jamestown Expos in 1980, included other minor league stints in vari-ous front-office capacities
in Buffalo and Rochester, and major league stops in Montreal, Cincinnati, Florida and Detroit, the latter since 2004. In his 33 years in the game, Lunetta owns a World Series ring (earned with the Marlins in 1997) and two ALCS rings (acquired with the Tigers in 2006 and 2012).
Along the way, he has served as the director of team travel for the Expos and the Reds, as the Mar-lins director of minor league administration and direc-tor of baseball operations; as the special assistant to general manager of the Montreal Expos; and then, finally, the director of minor league administration with the Tigers.
As he and his youngest son, Sam, joined the Tigers’ fans in 2013 at Peterson’s home, Lunetta pulled out a jewelry box that contained the three rings mentioned above. Father and son — Lunetta and his wife Jhoanna also have an older son, Anthony — posed for a few photo-graphs. As I snapped away, I couldn’t help but think that Lunetta is the only one in Chautauqua County with that kind of bling.
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The 1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and its required post-game parties complete, Lunetta and I found our way back to our hotel in downtown Montreal in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. We
checked in — we hadn’t had time to do that upon arrival nearly 12 hours before — and were told at the front desk that our bags were in our room.
When we arrived at the room, Lunetta unlocked the door and we walked into… a penthouse.
All I could do was laugh.
More than three decades later, I still smile at that memory.
It was my introduction to Lunetta’s world.
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Joining Lunetta as inductees in the CSHOF’s Class of 2014 are Vincent Calarco, Geza Farkus, Cindy Miller, Al Muck, Tom Prechtl, Tom Priester, and Jack Wigley. Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend, Jackie Robinson is the guest speaker.
The banquet will begin with a hospitality session at 5:00 p.m. with dinner to follow at 6:30.
The official ticket distribu-tion sites are Fredonia Food Mart on Temple Street in Fredonia, Calarco’s Res-taurant on Market Street in Westfield, plus Jamestown Cycle Shop on Harrison Street and the Chautau-qua Sports Hall of Fame on Third Street, both in Jamestown. Tickets can also be ordered by phoning Chip Johnson at 716-485-6991. The price per ticket is $50. CSHOF members receive a $5 discount.
Lunetta will take His Place with County’s elite
Dan Lunetta
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By Howard FendrichAP Football Writer
NFL players rely on all sorts of methods for dealing with the type of weather the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks are expected to face in the Super Bowl.
Even if there's no snow or rain on Sunday, which is what the National Weather Service predicts, the high temperature is supposed to be 38 degrees. With the opening kickoff set for about 6:30 p.m., it could be in the 20s by the time the big game comes to an end.
So how will the Broncos and Seahawks thwart the cold?
Depends on who you ask.
Seahawks backup quar-terback Tarvaris Jackson recalled asking teammates for advice about handling the temperature during his NFL debut as a rookie with the Minnesota Vikings. The game was at Chicago in De-cember 2006, and the wind chill was 1.
"A lot of the guys were like, `When it gets that cold, there's nothing you can do,'" Jackson said.
Here are five things certain players swear by - and others
say they'll avoid - while try-ing to brace themselves:
HEATED BENCHES: Both sidelines will have 70 feet worth of heated benches that can be turned up by each team to its desired temperature - up to 90 de-grees hotter than the air, the league said.
Denver safety Michael Huff will seek out a spot: "Once you're in the game and running around, the adrenaline's flowing, you're fine. When you come to the sideline is when you really know it's cold outside. So I use the heated benches."
Seattle center Max Unger will stay away: "I try not to get too warm on the sideline. It's kind of a happy medium, I guess. You can sit on the heated benches, but I don't like it to be too much of a shock when you get back out there on the field."
`HEATERD TORPEDO FANS': Essentially space heaters, they are placed along each sideline when it gets cold. Players often can be seen huddling around, getting a bit of warm air.
Seattle defensive end Cliff Avril loves them: "We'll be fine, as long as we have ...
those heaters out there."
Denver tight end Jacob Tamme sees no need: "I'm really a no-heater guy."
LONG SLEEVES: There's always the option of wearing a long-sleeved shirt under the uniform jersey, but few players go that route.
Avril was one who said he might do that.
Denver safety Duke Ihen-acho was among many who said they definitely wouldn't, no matter how cold it gets: "I feel like having sleeves is like wearing a sweater. Makes me feel too heavy."
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17-5 lead after the first quarter.
Westfield was paced by Marissa Okerlund’s 11 points and five re-bounds.
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By Todd PetersonChautauqua Sports Hall of Fame
The late Geza Farkas will be inducted into the Chau-tauqua Sports Hall of Fame at the organization’s 33rd Annual Induction Banquet, Monday, February 17th, at the Lakewood Rod and Gun Club.
The amazing story of Farkus is not only inspirational, but reveals how his wonderful spirit, strong will and deter-mination lead to incredible achievements.
He was born in Buda-pest, Hungary in 1932. His grandfather was the Minister of Defense for the country and his father was a successful business man. The family was considered to be affluent, but once the Com-munists invaded Hungary, their fortunes changed.
One of his great honors while growing up was serv-ing as an alter boy for Cardi-nal Jozsef Mindszenty.
Farkus became interested in gymnastics around the age
of 12 and from that point on, put in long, grueling hours of training that began early in the morning before school. Once school was over, he took a bus back to the train-ing facility and worked for several more hours before heading home for dinner.
Although he was small in stature, his gymnastic abilities improved and he was selected for training with the Hungarian National Olympic team. He and other hopeful young boys lived at the facility, being taught what to eat, how to eat and when to eat in addition to learning proper training techniques.
He attended college between 1952 and 1956 and eventu-ally was selected to be part of the Hungarian Olympic Gymnastics Team. His best event was the rings.
At the age of 20 in the 1952 Oslo Olympics he finished 25th in All-Around and in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics, he finished 15th in All-Around. His Hun-garian team won the ’56 bronze medal, but the team
wore black arm bands at the closing ceremonies instead of carrying the Communist flag and were stripped of their medals.
Those medals are now on display in Hungary where full honors were eventually bestowed the entire team.
Due to the intense political unrest in Hungary, Farkus, with little training in the English language, defected to the United States in 1956 and began coaching gym-nastics at Kent State Uni-versity. He was befriended by a group of other Hun-garian refugees who lived in the Akron area and got a
job in the furniture industry in Akron.
After meeting a man from Jamestown who was a su-pervisor at the former Frank Chase Cabinet Company, Farkus was offered a job there, moving to the city in 1960. He later worked for many years at Crawford Furniture as a foreman.
Sadly, in the late 1970s, he suffered a stroke and also lost the lower portion of his left leg, but his spirit helped him to fully recover and gain full use of an artificial leg.
In 1982, he was finally able to return to his homeland to see his family.
He was selected the YMCA's National Coach of the Year in 1996 as a contract employee and joined the coaching staff formally in 1998 and continued in that role until his death at 69 in March 2002. He is survived by his daughter, Robin and his son, Miki.
In 2004, the Geza Farkus Achievement Award was established by Stroup's Gym-nastics and is now given to a
gymnast who has overcome situations that would deter most gymnasts from continu-ing to compete in the sport.
Joining Farkas as inductees in the CSHOF’s Class of 2014 are Vincent Calarco, Dan Lunetta, Cindy Miller, Al Muck, Tom Prechtl, Tom Priester, and Jack Wigley. Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball leg-end, Jackie Robinson is the guest speaker.
The banquet will begin with a hospitality session at 5:00 p.m. with dinner to follow at 6:30.
The official ticket distribu-tion sites are Fredonia Food Mart on Temple Street in Fredonia, Calarco’s Res-taurant on Market Street in Westfield, plus Jamestown Cycle Shop on Harrison Street and the Chautau-qua Sports Hall of Fame on Third Street, both in Jamestown. Tickets can also be ordered by phoning Chip Johnson at 716-485-6991. The price per ticket is $50. CSHOF members receive a $5 discount.
olympian Farkas will Be 2014 CsHoF inductee
Geza Farkas
Five things super Bowl teams might try to thwart Cold
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Contributed ArticleNYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Anglers were catching some fresh steelhead on receding waters last weekend. Since then, the Lake Erie tributaries have iced up quickly, leav-ing little to no open water on most creeks. The upper reaches of Cat-taraugus Creek are the best bet for finding open water. Productive win-tertime steelhead baits include egg sacs, egg imitation flies, trout beads and hair jigs tipped with a waxworm (fished under a float). In cold water conditions, it is best to keep drifted offerings slow and deep, as steelhead are more lethargic and hugging the bottom. It is also good to concentrate efforts during the warmest part of the day when chasing winter steelhead.
For those new to steelhead fishing, see the Steelhead Fishing in Lake Erie Tributaries page for informa-tion on steelhead fishing equipment, locations and links to stream maps.
Ice fishingThanks to the extended cold spell, most lakes in western New York have good solid ice. Anglers should still keep in mind that ice thickness can vary greatly on the same body of water, especially near springs and stream inlets. Before you head out on the ice this winter, remember that a minimum of 3 to 4 inches of solid ice (blue or black, not white) is the general rule for safety. Drilling holes or tapping with a spud bar to check ice thickness is recommended on your way out. Safety ice picks, boot cleats, a throw rope and a floatation device are recommended safety supplies. Use good judgment and fish with a friend when possible. Those new to ice fishing can check the Ice Fishing Basics page for more informa-tion. See the Lake Contour Maps page for maps organized by county.
Small Boat HarborThere has not been much change at the small boat harbor. There is thick ice of 9 inches or more in the inner harbor. Anglers are still catching plenty of bluegill and yellow perch on jigs with grubs, but need to weed through many small fish to take home a modest meal. Anglers also see the
occasional keeper crappie or northern pike as well. Some smelt are starting to show in the harbor. Tiny jigs with a single spike works well for smelt.
Chautauqua lakeChautauqua now has good ice of 8 inches or more lake-wide. Yellow perch are generally found from the shallows to the deeper holes, however action has been better in shallow zones of 8-15 feet of water lately. Mayville has been most mentioned, but don't overlook other areas of the lake. Anglers are catching decent numbers of keeper perch (with many more small throwbacks) on jigs with grubs and slender or small spoons with small minnows or a gob of spikes. Bluegill catches have also been good in the shallow zones off Mayville and around the south basin. Crappie have shown well at times during low light pe-riods. Anglers take crappie in shallow zones on jigs with grubs, small jig heads with a minnow or by dead sticking a minnow. When fishing for crappie it is wise to jig at various depths as crappie are often suspended. It has been a slow week for walleye reports, but anglers previously picked up a few along deeper drop-offs in 30-40 feet of water. Anglers generally target walleye during low light periods with jigging Rapalas, spoons or shiners on a tip-up.
Cattaraugus County lakesA number of lakes in Cattaraugus County have good ice and offer a variety of ice fishing opportunities. Case, Harwood, Allen, New Albion and Red House Lakes mostly offer fishing for smaller yellow perch and a variety of sunfish. However, there is also an opportunity to catch large breeder trout that were stocked in the fall by the Randolph Fish Hatch-ery. Quaker Lake offers decent northern pike fishing and was also stocked with breeder trout in fall.
If you need more fishing information or would like to contribute to the fishing report, please call or e-mail Mike Todd (716-851-7010; [email protected]) or Jim Markham (716-366-0228; [email protected]). Good Luck Fishing!
The fishing hotline can also be heard at (716) 679-ERIE or (716) 855-FISH.
Contributed ArticleNYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will be accepting online applications for its 67th Annual Summer Camp Program starting January 22, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. The 2014 camp season begins June 29.
"For more than six decades, DEC's en-vironmental education summer camps have nurtured New York's youth to be-come stewards of our state's natural re-sources," said Commissioner Martens. "Campers explore the outdoors under the guidance of caring camp staff, learning about the natural world and their place in it. We're looking forward to another great summer of welcoming youth to our facilities and sharing a love and respect for the outdoors."
Parents may register campers be-ginning January 22 at 10 a.m. only through DEC's convenient, online registration system and pay by credit card, e-check or with a sponsor code. Fees for the 2014 camp season remain $350 per one-week session per camper. Summer Camp dates and a link to the online registration system are posted on DEC's website. Families without internet access should call the camp of-fice at 518-402-8014 for information on how to register for camp alternatively.
Youth 11 through 17-years old enjoy week-long adventures in conserva-tion education at DEC's residential summer camps. They participate in a wide variety of outdoor activities such as fishing, bird watching, fly-tying, archery, canoeing, hiking, camp-ing, orienteering and optional hunter safety education. Campers also learn about fields, forests, streams and ponds through fun, hands-on activities and outdoor exploration. DEC counselors teach youth conservation techniques used by natural resource professionals, such as measuring trees and estimating wildlife populations.
For the first time at DEC's summer camp program since the 1980s, youth 11 through 13-years old can take a
trapper education course taught by DEC certified instructors at two of the four camps. Interested campers can register for Week 5 ( July 27 to August 2) at Camp Colby and Week 7 (August 10-16) at Camp Rushford. The course is necessary to purchase a trapping license, should youth want to trap during trapping season. The trapping course at each camp will accommo-date the first 25 campers who sign up for it. Visit DEC's website for more information on trapping licenses in New York State.
All four environmental education camps serve children ages 11 through 13-years old: Camp Colby in Saranac Lake, Franklin County; Camp De-Bruce in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County; Camp Rushford in Caneadea, Allegany County and Pack Forest in Warrensburg, Warren County. Pack Forest and Camp Rushford also host week-long Teen Ecology Workshops, which are more in-depth environ-mental studies programs for ages 14 through 17-years old. This year, Pack Forest will host six Teen Ecology Workshops and Camp Rushford will host two.
All camps will operate for seven one-week sessions (Sunday to Saturday), beginning June 29. Campers may attend camp for more than one week during the summer, but will not be able to stay at camp on the Saturday night between sessions. Parents must make alternate arrangements for the intersession if two or more consecutive weeks are selected.
Sporting clubs, civic groups and envi-ronmental organizations are encour-aged to sponsor one or more children for a week at camp. Groups who sponsor six paid campers will receive a scholarship to send a seventh child to camp for free. Information about becoming a sponsor is available on DEC's website.
For more information please visit DEC's website, call 518-402-8014, visit "NYS DEC Summer Camps" on Facebook or write to DEC Camps, 4th Floor, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-4500.
Lake erie Fishing HotlineDeC Accepting Applications For 2014 summer Camp Program
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occasional keeper crappie or northern pike as well. Some smelt are starting to show in the harbor. Tiny jigs with a single spike works well for smelt.
Chautauqua lakeChautauqua now has good ice of 8 inches or more lake-wide. Yellow perch are generally found from the shallows to the deeper holes, however action has been better in shallow zones of 8-15 feet of water lately. Mayville has been most mentioned, but don't overlook other areas of the lake. Anglers are catching decent numbers of keeper perch (with many more small throwbacks) on jigs with grubs and slender or small spoons with small minnows or a gob of spikes. Bluegill catches have also been good in the shallow zones off Mayville and around the south basin. Crappie have shown well at times during low light pe-riods. Anglers take crappie in shallow zones on jigs with grubs, small jig heads with a minnow or by dead sticking a minnow. When fishing for crappie it is wise to jig at various depths as crappie are often suspended. It has been a slow week for walleye reports, but anglers previously picked up a few along deeper drop-offs in 30-40 feet of water. Anglers generally target walleye during low light periods with jigging Rapalas, spoons or shiners on a tip-up.
Cattaraugus County lakesA number of lakes in Cattaraugus County have good ice and offer a variety of ice fishing opportunities. Case, Harwood, Allen, New Albion and Red House Lakes mostly offer fishing for smaller yellow perch and a variety of sunfish. However, there is also an opportunity to catch large breeder trout that were stocked in the fall by the Randolph Fish Hatch-ery. Quaker Lake offers decent northern pike fishing and was also stocked with breeder trout in fall.
If you need more fishing information or would like to contribute to the fishing report, please call or e-mail Mike Todd (716-851-7010; [email protected]) or Jim Markham (716-366-0228; [email protected]). Good Luck Fishing!
The fishing hotline can also be heard at (716) 679-ERIE or (716) 855-FISH.
By Jon StormStar Contributing Writer
Ice anglers are being treated to one of the best winters in recent memory with thick, stable ice, little snow-pack and biting fish across Western New York and Northeast-ern Pennsylvania. It's a treat for ice anglers frustrated by succes-sive warm winters and sloppy ice conditions.
The hottest waterbodies right now are Chautau-qua Lake in southern Chautauqua County and Presque Isle Bay in
Erie, Pa. Both are kick-ing out big numbers of quality panfish. Other excellent options include Cassadaga, Bear and Findley Lakes.
Anglers can literally step right onto the bite at Chautauqua. The shallow Mayville flats at the northwest tip of the lake receive the most attention and lim-its of small to modest perch can be had a few hundred yards from the boat ramp that serves as wintering grounds for the Chautauqua Belle. Target depths from 6 to 11 feet. Packs
of perch school by size and roam the grass flats. Bluegills and pumpkinseeds can be
more difficult to find, but once you locate a school, the catching is all day long. Try to lo-
cate openings in green weeds, or depressions a foot or two deeper than surrounding areas. Many anglers wade through several hundred perch to find a limit of 8- to 10-inch-ers. The former are common, the latter are uncommon.
Presque Isle offers bountiful opportu-nity for three species – crappies, perch and sunfish. The perch are of Lake Erie stock and can stretch to 14-plus inches. It's common to catch all three spe-cies from the same
hole in 10 to 12 feet of water. To find the best grounds, drive all the way to the tip of Presque Isle and walk out into protected and fertile Misery Bay. Anglers are required to be off the ice 1 hour after sunset.
Not equipped for ice fishing? Professional angler Dave Lefebre (pictured), who holds the world ice-fishing record for crappie, of-fers guided ice-fishing trips in the Chautauqua County area. Contact him at (814) 450-8919 or [email protected].
Area ice-Fishing Bite is Red-Hot
Area pro Dave Lefebre offers guided ice fishing trips in the Chautauqua County region. (Photo by Jon Storm)
VASELINE AND WARM SKIN: By rubbing Vaseline or Warm Skin - a kind of cream - or both on their arms, players create what they call
"insulators" that fill pores and brace them against wind.
Broncos safety David Bruton finds another benefit, too: "When
it's cold and your skin's dry, (you get) a scrape on the helmet, next thing you know, you're bleeding profusely. Just because your skin is so dry, it's easier to get
cut. That lotion helps."
His teammate, kick returner Trindon Holliday, disagrees: "I don't use those kinds of things. (The key is) ba-
sically just keeping your mind off the cold."
KEEP MOVING: Denver's Tamme of-fered another, less out-of-the-ordinary, way to
combat the cold.
"A lot of jumping jacks," Tamme said. "That's my remedy. Kind of my go-to on the sideline."
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By John NicholsonAP Sports Writer
Phil Mickelson is going ahead with his Phoenix Open title defense after testing his ailing lower back on Wednesday at exclusive Whisper Rock.
"I had a good practice session, though I didn't go full speed for much of it," Mickelson said in a statement. "I feel fine. I expect to play and play well."
He first felt soreness two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi, and then with-drew from the Farmers Insurance Open on Friday after making the cut at Torrey Pines.
He flew to Georgia to see back specialist Tom Boers and was told his facet joints locked up.
Last year at TPC Scottsdale, the former Arizona State star opened with an 11-un-der 60 and matched the Phoenix Open record of 28 under. He was set to make his 25th start in the event that he also won in 1996 and 2005.
Mickelson lived in the Phoenix area for 12 years.
"If it was any other tournament I'd skip it," Mickelson said this week. "But I'm defend-ing, it's my second hometown and I love
the event."
Lefty also said he ex-pects to play next week at Pebble Beach, where he's a five-time champi-on. He is skipping Rivi-era and the Match Play Championship because his oldest daughter has spring break a week earlier than his other two children.
On Thursday at TPC Scottsdale, the 43-year-old Mickelson was scheduled to open play on the 10th tee in a morning group with Bill Haas and Ryan Moore.
While Mickelson now lives near his home-town of San Diego, Torrey Pines winner
Scott Stallings is setting up a winter base in Scottsdale. He also is joining Whisper Rock, the club where Mick-elson and other tour players are members.
Stallings won Sunday in San Diego for his third tour title. "That venue and that event was very special and a huge stepping stone in my career," he said.
Stallings is getting over an illness that also hit his wife and son.
"Honestly, if you asked me yesterday, I'd say there is no way I'm playing in the tourna-ment," he said. "The Mayo Clinic and the
tournament got me hooked up with some good doctors and nurses, all kind of IVs and fluid and stuff like that. I'm a completely different person than I was yesterday."
Lee Westwood is mak-ing his first start in the event. He also played last week at Torrey Pines, in part because of the tour's new wrap-around schedule.
"Normally, I would go play the Middle East swing. I would go and play Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Dubai or two of those three," the Englishman said. "I decided not to go this year and wanted to
play a few more events in the States.
"If you don't play these, then you're giving up a big start, because they have played six before the season, so it started last year. So it's like a quarter of the schedule gone if you don't start until Pebble or L.A., so it makes sense to play a couple of these."
Mickelson's decision to play cost Ryo Ishikawa a spot in the field. The Japanese player tied for seventh last week at Torrey Pines, but didn't get into the Phoenix Open as a top-10 fin-isher because the field was full before that entry category.
2013-2014 national hockey league standings(through january 29, 2014)
By John WawrowAP Sports Writer
The NHL is already interested in Sabres owner Terry Pegula's $172-million downtown Buffalo hockey/entertainment complex, even though the facility is not com-pleted yet.
Commissioner Gary Bettman told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the league is considering the Sabres' pitch to relocate the NHL's annual pre-draft scouting combine from Toronto to Buffalo.
"It's something that's being dis-cussed, and I know it's something that Ted Black is vigorously pursu-ing," Bettman said by phone, refer-ring to the Sabres president. "It's a work in progress. We haven't made any decisions. But we're taking the expression of interest very seriously."
Bettman made the revelation during an interview regarding Pegula and the facility he's building. It's called HarborCenter, and is currently under construction across the street from the Sabres arena.
In a text to the AP, Black said discussions with the NHL regard-ing Buffalo hosting the combine have been taking place for the past
several months.
"The NHL's interest in Buffalo is very flattering and it is another example of the ways that we're try-ing to promote Buffalo and Harbor-Center as an international hockey destination," Black wrote.
The facility is set to open in October and feature two ice rinks, 11 locker rooms, classroom space and a high-performance training facility.
HarborCenter will be connected to the Sabres arena and eventually also include a full-service hotel, which is set to open next year.
The combine is run by the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau and is traditionally held in Toronto in late May. It brings together the league's top draft-eligible prospects for test-ing and workouts that are open to the NHL's 30 teams.
The testing is exclusively done off-ice inside a convention center room.
Some teams, including the Sa-bres, prefer to also hold additional on-ice workouts with prospects. HarborCenter has the potential to do both on- and off-ice testing under one roof.
The complex is already attracting interest in hockey circles.
Earlier this month, USA Hockey announced its annual All-American Prospects game will be played in Buffalo for the next two years.
USA Hockey executive director Dave Ogrean has called Harbor-Center a one-of-a-kind hockey facility in America. Ogrean antici-pates HarborCenter will lead to USA Hockey hosting other events in Buffalo.
The Sabres are preparing to make a bid to host the 2018 World Junior Hockey Championships.
sabres Bidding to Host scouting Combine
An artistic rendering of what the HarborCenter will look like when completed, designed by architectural firm Populous.
"The NHL's interest in Buffalo is very flattering and it is another example of the ways that we're trying to promote Buffalo and HarborCenter as an international hockey destination." - Ted Black, President & Alternate Governor, Buffalo Sabres
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The complex is already attracting interest in hockey circles.
Earlier this month, USA Hockey announced its annual All-American Prospects game will be played in Buffalo for the next two years.
USA Hockey executive director Dave Ogrean has called Harbor-Center a one-of-a-kind hockey facility in America. Ogrean antici-pates HarborCenter will lead to USA Hockey hosting other events in Buffalo.
The Sabres are preparing to make a bid to host the 2018 World Junior Hockey Championships.
sabres Bidding to Host scouting CombineBy John WawrowAP Sports Writer
Alex Ovechkin knew what he was going to do before he heard Capitals team-mate Mike Green yelling for the pass.
Faking a shot to freeze Buf-falo Sabres goalie Jhonas Enroth, Ovechkin fed a pass through the middle to a wide-open Green, who snapped it into the open right side one minute into overtime and sealed Washington's 5-4 win on Tuesday night.
''Oh, he screamed so loud, but I knew he was out there,'' said Ovechkin, who fi nished with two goals and two assists. ''I gave him the pass. It was a little bit forward but it was good for him. It was good for our team. He reached it and put it in.''
The setup was also pay-back for a goal Ovech-kin was credited with in putting the Capitals up 2-0 early the f irst period. That's when Green's shot banked in off Ovechkin's leg and into the net.
''Yeah, I felt sorry for Greeny,'' Ovechkin said. ''But it is what it is.''
Green was grateful to be able to fi nish off a game in which the Capitals never trailed.
''He made a great play,'' Green said. ''I know it's tough for him not to shoot the puck, but what an un-selfi sh play that was.''
Green had two goals and an assist, and Troy Brou-wer added a goal and assist. Washington (24-21-8) was coming off a 5-0 win at Montreal on Saturday and won consecutive games for the fi rst time since Jan. 9-10.
The Capitals have suddenly rediscovered their offense. They've combined for 10 goals in two games after managing just eight during an 0-5-2 skid. Washington's power play also came to life in converting two of three chances after going 1 for 32 in its previous nine games.
Cody Hodgson had two goals and Christian Ehrhoff and rookie Phil Varone, with the fi rst of his career, also scored for Buffalo. The Sabres (14-30-8) dropped to 1-4-3 in their past eight.
Enroth stopped 30 shots to
drop to 1-11-4 on the season and extend his losing streak-ing to 12 straight (0-9-3)
Hodgson focused on the positives by noting how the Sabres refused to fold in rallying back each time the Capitals went ahead.
''I think we had a lot of character in that room,'' said Hodgson, who has six goals and 10 points in eight games since returning from a thumb injury. ''We showed a lot of guts battling back.''
Hodgson forced overtime by scoring on a solid indi-vidual play 6:48 into the third period.
With a delayed penalty be-ing called against Washing-ton forward Jason Chimera, Hodgson got to a loose puck in the right circle. He then weaved his way past two defenders and lifted a back-hander over goalie Braden Holtby's right shoulder.
Despite playing on back-to-back nights following a
3-0 loss at Pittsburgh, the Sabres found their stride as the game progressed. They outshot Washington 10-1 through the fi rst 10 minutes of the third period and 13-6 over the fi nal 21 minutes.
What the Sabres couldn't overcome was Ovechkin, who showed no signs of the lower body injury that sidelined him for two games last week. With a goal and assist against Montreal, the Capitals' captain now has six points in his past two, and combined for eight goals and six assists in his past 11.
Ovechkin upped his NHL-leading goal total to 38 and enjoyed his 14th multipoint game of the season. He also upped his career total
to 790 points, moving into second on the Capitals' list, one ahead of Mike Gartner.
''He's the face of the fran-chise. And we count on him every night,'' Capitals coach Adam Oates said, noting the distractions Ovechkin faces in prepar-ing to represent Russia at the Sochi Winter Games in two weeks. ''He's had a lot of demands on his time be-ing pulled in a lot of differ-ent directions. Glad to see him rewarded tonight. We needed the points, and he got it done for us.''
Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom was shaken up after being elbowed to the head by Sabres defensman Mike Weber in front of the benches with a minute left in the third period. Backstrom was skating toward the bench well away from the play when Weber reached up and struck him.
Weber was not penalized and could potentially be disciplined by the NHL.
NOTES: Sabres RW Drew Stafford missed his second game with an upper body injury. ... Capitals C Ryan Stoa was a healthy scratch after being called up from AHL Hershey earlier in the day. Stoa appeared in his fi rst NHL game since playing 25 during the 2010-11 season with Colorado. ... Earlier in the day, NHL Commissioner Gary Bet-tman revealed to The Associated Press that the league is consider-ing the Sabres' proposal to relocate the annual pre-draft combine from Toronto to Buffalo, where the team is building a two-rink hockey/entertainment complex.
Green’s overtime Goals sinks sabres
A shot by Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals is defended by Chad Ruhwedel #5 and Jhonas Enroth #1 on January 28, 2014 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)
''He made a great play. I know it's tough for him not to shoot the puck, but what an unselfi sh play that was.'' - Mike Green, Washington Capitals Defensemen
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Contributed ArticleFSU Sports Information Dept.
Two Fredonia State men are on the current NCAA Top 10 perfor-mance lists based on their times Saturday at the John Thomas Ter-rier Invitational, hosted by Boston University.
Collin Mulcahy and Eric Williams, high school teammates at Batavia (N.Y.) and now Blue Devil sophomores, are currently nation-ally ranked in the mile and the 60-meter high hurdles, respectively.
Mulcahy's 4:13.25 is the seventh-best mile in NCAA Division III
this winter and the third-fastest indoor mile in program his-tory. He fi nished 36th in a fi eld of 176 milers at Boston, held on the banked 300-meter oval in the Reggie Lewis Center.
Meanwhile, Williams is currently eighth-
fastest in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.32 seconds -- a time that came during qualifying Sat-urday. He advanced to the John Thomas Terrier fi nal and fi n-ished ninth in a race dominated by NCAA Division I and open-division hurdlers.
In other events, senior Chris Shartrand (Ballston Spa) moved up to No. 9 on the Blue Devil indoor 5,000-meter list with a time of 15:15.98.
Also, Fredonia State's second-fastest distance medley relay was post-ed Friday. The quartet of senior Steve Whitte-more (Penfi eld), junior Jonmichael Knapp (Rochester), Mulcahy, and junior Zakk Hess (Newark) combined for a time of 10:13.98 on Friday.
The Blue Devils will compete next Friday and Saturday in Gene-va, Ohio, at the SPIRE Midwest Open.
Contributed ArticleFSU Sports Information Dept.
Divers Jeff Matter, Ra-fael Santiago and Arron Carlson went 1-2-3 on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards, and all three put up scores good enough to qualify for the NCAA zone meet at Grove City College on Saturday.
Matter came in fi rst of both boards, with San-tiago claiming second
on the 3-meter and third on the 1-meter. Carlson was third on the 3-meter and second on the 1-meter.
The scores off the 3-meter board were:
1. Matter - 315.00
2. Santiago - 280.90
3. Carlson - 274.70
The scores off the 1-meter board were:
1. Matter - 306.75
2. Carlson - 294.95
3. Santiago - 289.65
The success of the div-ers came following the divers-only, two-day meet in Trinity, Texas last weekend.
For the swimmers, John Estanislau was a double winner, taking the 50-yard freestyle (:21.57) and the 100-yard but-terfl y (:52.79).
Eric Jordan claimed the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes with times of 56.00 and 2:01.79, respectively.
The men's team also
took the 200-yard freestyle relay, with Liam Jones, Will Baker, David Adamczak and Adrian Van Hall fi n-ishing in 1:27.39.
Head coach Arthur Wang saw a lot of posi-tives or the meet, with "the team continuing to put up faster times."
Grove City won the team meet, 151-136.
The team is back in the pool next Friday when they travel to Brockport.
Contributed ArticleFSU Sports Information Dept.
Fredonia State sopho-more sprinter Anna Dambacher (Divernon, Ill.) continued her assault on the school women's indoor track record book while com-peting Friday at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational, hosted by Boston University.
Dambacher set a 400-meter indoor school record of 59.54 seconds on the Reggie Lewis Center's 300-me-ter banked track. It's her third school record indoors; she's also the 60-meter and 100-me-
ter record-holder.
Laura Morrison (Wethersfi eld, Conn.) also added her name to the Blue Devils' 400-meter Top 10 list. Morrison, a sophomore transfer, was clocked in 1:01.21 during Friday's event, seventh-best in Fredonia State indoor history.
In addition, senior Kim Foltz (Elbridge) took over the No. 2 spot in the women's indoor mile with a time of 5:13.19.
The Blue Devils will compete next Friday and Saturday in Gene-va, Ohio, at the SPIRE Midwest Open.
Dambacher sets 400-meter indoor
Record
Anna Dambacher set the Fredonia State 400-meter record Friday. (Photo courtesy of Fredonia State)
malcahy, williams make nCAA Performance Lists
three Divers Qualify For Zones; estanislau Doubles
Fredonia State sophomore Eric Williams is nationally ranked in the 60-meter hurdles. (Photo courtesy of Fredonia State)
CHAUTAUQUA STARFRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014 35CoLLeGe sPoRts
ter record-holder.
Laura Morrison (Wethersfi eld, Conn.) also added her name to the Blue Devils' 400-meter Top 10 list. Morrison, a sophomore transfer, was clocked in 1:01.21 during Friday's event, seventh-best in Fredonia State indoor history.
In addition, senior Kim Foltz (Elbridge) took over the No. 2 spot in the women's indoor mile with a time of 5:13.19.
The Blue Devils will compete next Friday and Saturday in Gene-va, Ohio, at the SPIRE Midwest Open.
Dambacher sets 400-meter indoor
Record
Contributed ArticleFSU Sports Information Dept.
The Fredonia State men's basketball team defeated Potsdam, 87-61, to claim its fi rst SUNYAC victory of the season. Along the way senior Tyrone Clark (Elmira/Elmira Free Academy) tied a 29-year old record with 45 points in the game. A few hours earlier, the women's team saw Becky Hebert set that team's career mark.
After a shooting a mere three of nine for nine points the fi rst half, the senior cap-tain caught fi re early in the second half. He made a layup to start the frame, but would
not score again until the 15-minute mark. Over the next seven minutes, Clark went off for 27 points.
Clark hit on fi ve of six three pointers, then a capped the spurt with a thunderous dunk at the 8:23 mark to put the Devils up 73-43. That concluded a 49-11 run.
Clark's fi nal stat line included eight steals, seven rebounds, eight-of-eight shooting from the line and fi ve-of-nine from beyond the arc. He was 16 of 24 from the fi eld. All told, 36 of his points came in the second half.
The high-water mark was orginally set by Chris Hughey in 1985
vs. Daemen College.
Markus Williams (Ni-agara Falls/Niagara Wheatfi eld) added 11 points, and John Kovach (Shoreham/Shoreham-Wading River) had 10. Robert Lyles was credited with six assists.
As a team, the Devils connected on 12 of 20 three pointers. Erik Zwierlein (Nichols/Tioga) nailed three long-range jumpers.
Potsdam (0-8 SUNY-AC, 2-13 overall) was led by Rob Duquette with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
The Devils (1-7, 4-11) conclude the weekend series at 4 p.m. Sat-urday afternoon vs. Plattsburgh.
Contributed ArticleFSU Sports Information Dept.
The Fredonia State women's basketball team handled Pots-dam, 74-57, and the Devils' Becky Hebert (Hilton) eclipsed the school's all-time scor-ing mark on Friday evening. The team has now won three of its last four SUNYAC games.
Hebert connected for 18 points to push her career total to 1,380. She moved past 2008 grad Cheryl Kindzia's mark of 1,370.
In addition to He-bert, Jaimie Warren (Lakeview/Frontier)
and Sabrina Macaulay (Newark) added to a balanced attack, each turning in a double-double. War-ren had 18 points and 15 rebounds. She also moved up an all-time list, now with 646 career boards, go-ing past 1999 grad Sarah Adkins (634) for fi fth place. Macaulay fi nished with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Freshman Alexis Cheatham (Lockport) contributed six assists.
The Devils led most of the fi rst half, and held a 35-26 lead at the break. Hebert netted 12 in the fi rst period, the record-breaker coming at the 8:14
mark on a wide open layup.
Warren also had a solid fi rst half, scoring nine points and grab-bing nine rebounds.
The Devils held the lead the entire second half, their biggest mar-gin of 23 points came with four-and-a-half minutes to play, 70-47.
Potsdam (2-6 SU-NYAC, 4-11 overall) was led by Hannah Kmiecinski with 14 points.
With a 4-4 SUNYAC mark, the Devils con-clude the fi rst half of the conference season Saturday afternoon vs. Plattsburgh. They im-proved to 9-5 overall.
Clark Drops 45 As Devils Roll Hebert Passes Kindzia AsFredonia’s top scorer
Fredonia State’s Becky Hebert became the school’s record holder for career points scored in the Devils’ win over Potsdam. (Photo courtesy of Fredonia State)
Tyrone Clark matched Chris Hughey’s single-game record of 45 points vs. Potsdam. Hughey set the mark in 1985. (Photo courtesy of Fredonia State)
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20 USED GOLF CLUBS Z Model II, Lady Rampart, Allied Classic Pro Model, Spaulding, Wilson, Sam Snead. 716-484-4160
MAGNECISER PEDAL EX-ERCISE Magneciser Pedal Exercise Machine for use with your legs or arms. Regular Retail: $150 Ask-ing $50.00 716-487-2448
CYCLE-OPS TRAINER Cy-cle-Ops trainer like new.$75.00 716-410-7567
NORWEGIAN KICK SLEDS 2 Norwegian Kick Sleds made in Tynest, Norway - great for Exercise, Rec. + Stability. Asking $210.00 716-487-2448
GAZELLE EXERCISER Priced to sell (716)488-9094
EXERCISE MACHINE Ex-ercises entire body $39 716-488-9094
BOWFLEX EXERCISE MA-CHINE Like New! Priced to sell. 716-488-9094
3 OAK FRAMED DEER PRINTS Artist Ron Van Gil-de, (World Record White-tail Deer) 3 28x38 Framed Numbered/Certs Prints, $550 all. 716-365-5027
RE-CURVE BOW Re-curve Bow $75.00 with arrows. Leave message if no an-swer. 716-672-5617
TOOLS3 USED VISES FOR SALE Low price. 716-484-4160.
PRESSES AND PUNCHES Buff alo Forge, Chica-go, Niagara, and other brands available. 716-595-2046.
TRENNJAEGER COLD SAW Model PMC 12. Comes with Feed Table. Needs a new hydraulic line. $13,000. Call 716-595-2046.
ROUTER AND TABLE $49 (716)488-9094 new!
WINTER ITEMSWESTERN SNOW PLOW BLADE 7 1/2 feet long, 2 feet high. From a mid-1990s Ford. $600. Call 716-595-2046.
5 CAST IRON RADIATORS 45” x 26” x 7 1/2”, 39” x 22” x 9”, 38” x 16” x 9”, 38” x 21” x 7” (two of these). Call 716-484-4160
JOHNDEERE 42 SNOW THROWER Attachment to fi t on lawn tractor. 716-595-2046.
DOGSQUALITY AKC LABRADOR PUPS Quality AKC choco-late and black labrador pups, family raised. Per-fect temperments, also includes 1st shots and worming done and akc papers. 500.00 ready feb. 6th. Taking deposits. 716-792-2401 or 716-238-6374
QUALITY AKC LABRADOR PUPS Quality AKC choco-late and black Labrador pups. Family raised. Per-fect temperament. In-cludes fi rst shots, worm-ing and vet check. Ready February 6, currently taking deposits. $500 each. 716-792-2401 716-238-6374
SHIH-APSO PUPPIES Ready the third week of January. Will have shots/dewormed. $350 female/$300 male. 716-753-6853
YORKIE PUPS Yorkie pups just born. Will have 1st shot, dewormed & vet checked for 2/12/14. 716-549-4615
FURNISHEDAPARTMENTS
FORESTVILLE One bed-rm upper suitable for one person on Christian Horse Farm. Stove, Re-frig., washer, dryer, fur-niture and bed. Includes water, garbage pickup, parking, wifi and cable. 400 a month, plus one month security deposit, and references a must! 716-965-2722
HOUSESPORTLAND 3 BED HOUSE 800/ New carpets , fl oor-ing new paint. Garage, yard. $800/mo call 716-792-7243
DUNKIRK 2/3BED 1&1/2 BATH All appliances W/ washer and Dryer! New carpet No pets remod-eled $700 + utilities & Security References. 716-401-9448
UPSCALE LAKE ERIE DUPLEX Lake Erie area duplex available Feb. 1, 2014. $800/mo plus utili-ties. New kitchen with wood fl oors, cherry cabi-nets, granite counter tob and island, stainless steel appliances. 2 bedroom 1 and a half bath. Full basement with laundry area, attached one car garage. Central heat and air conditioning, private patio area, fully fenced back yard and Lake Erie access rights with short walk to beach. No pets, security deposit equal to two months rent re-quired. Three references required. Contact Kirt at 716-672-2220 or [email protected].
WANTEDWANTED: BARN TO RENT call 716-533-8777
WANTED: BARN TO RENT with or without a house. call 716-533-8777
APARTMENTSDUNKIRK: FOUR APART-MENTS Building has three large two-bedroom apartments and one one-bedroom apartment; all with many upgrades; separate utilities; off -street parking; long-term tenants; good monthly income. Great location. $125,000. For more infor-mation call 716-934-3124. 716-934-3124
FARMS AND LANDWANTED: BARN SPACE For storage & farm mar-ket. call 716-533-8777
AIR CONDITIONING HEATING
HOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
AUTO REPAIR AND PARTS
AUTO AND TRUCK RE-PAIRS ANY AND ALL REPAIRS, Get ready for spring now. Call Howard @ Cookes Transmission and Auto Repair. 716-326-3040
GAURANTEED LOWEST PRICES AUTO/TRUCK REPAIRS, just about any repair at best price. Over 30 yrs. exp. fully insured 716-672-7242
SPRING/SUSPENSIONS Madenford Spring does all of your repairs to any vehicle, specializing in springs 716-672-7242
STATE INSPECTION STA-TION any vehicle or trail-er, m/c also. Best repair prices around. COMPARE COMPARE COMPARE 716-672-7242
AUTO/TRUCK REPAIRS get ready for spring. get vehicles repaired now.any vehicle, any repair 716-672-7242
BUILDERS ANDREMODELERS
A+ CONSTRUCTION Sid-ing, Roofi ng & Decks and interior remodeling. Call Doug for your free esti-mate. (716)224-2156
CERAMIC TILEHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
CLEANINGIMMACULATE HOUSE CLEANING & Organizing off ered. Experienced for 25 years and bring own cleaning supplies. Will-ing to travel to Chautau-qua, Cattaraugus, & Erie County. $13.00 an hour, price may vary by house size. Call Kelley at 716-397-9727
CONCRETEHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
ELECTRICALSERVICES
AMPED ELECTRICAL Prompt service, reason-able rates. Insured off er-ing 24/7 service. We beat competitors! Call today. 716-401-9448
HOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
FENCINGHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
FLOORINGHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
GENERAL SERVICESHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING All types of service & repairs for your home, including snow removal & rooftop Ice & snow removal. 716-640-0604
INSULATIONHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING Blown in Cellu-lose & Fiberglass, Rolled - Get a tax break! Great rates! 716-640-0604
HOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING Blown in fi ber-glass and cellulose. See our main ad under Build-ers & Remodelers. 716-640-0604
LANDSCAPINGHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING Design & in-stall! Spring & fall clean-ups. - Very aff ordable! 716-640-0604
POLE BUILDINGSHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
ROOFINGHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
SEPTIC TANK AND DRAINS
HOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
SIDING ANDAWNINGS
HOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING See our Main Ad under Builders & Re-modelers. 716-640-0604
WINDOWSHOLT GENERAL CON-TRACTING New Con-struction, Replacement, Energy Star Rated - Also Doors, Garage Doors & Repairs. 716-640-0604
AUTOS2003 FORD TAURUS SES 3.0 V-6, 52,000 original miles. Interior Cloth and Keyless Entry. $6,995. Call 716-337-0077.
2001 HONDA ACCORD LX One owner car. Excel-lently maintained. 3.0 V6. Power Sunroof. $6,995. Call 716-337-0077.
1974 NOVA 1974 Nova 2 dr gold NICE 350/350 minimum rust, good tires on American Chr wheels, headers. Edel-brock intake, carb, valve covers, and air cleaner w/3000 torque con-verter. Trans cooler, fl ex fan, hi torque starter. Runs good. $7800, off er, trades? Can deliver. Ga-raged. 763-8296
2003 CHEVROLET CAVA-LIER 4 cyl. 114 k miles. Over 30 mpg. $4,995. Call 716-337-0077.
2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU 3500 V-6 with 95k miles. Keyless Entry. $5,995. Call 716-337-0077.
SUVS02 NISSAN PATHFINDER 4X4 3500 V-6. 119k miles. Excellent SUV in the Snow. $5,995. 716-337-0077.
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1974 NOVA 1974 Nova 2 dr gold NICE 350/350 minimum rust, good tires on American Chr wheels, headers. Edel-brock intake, carb, valve covers, and air cleaner w/3000 torque con-verter. Trans cooler, fl ex fan, hi torque starter. Runs good. $7800, off er, trades? Can deliver. Ga-raged. 763-8296
2003 CHEVROLET CAVA-LIER 4 cyl. 114 k miles. Over 30 mpg. $4,995. Call 716-337-0077.
2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU 3500 V-6 with 95k miles. Keyless Entry. $5,995. Call 716-337-0077.
2 PETERBILT FUEL TANKS 147 Gallons, Aluminum, With Saddles and Straps. 63” long, 25” diameter. $400 each. 716-595-2046.
2 FREIGHTLINER FUEL TANKS 120 Gallon. With Straps and Saddles. Good used condition. $350 each. 716-595-2046.
PHILLIPS TRAILER Low body, dual axles, heavy duty tires, electric brakes, 13ft 6in long x 6ft wide, all steel great shape, & new paint. $3000 716-326-3006.
ANTIQUESVINTAGE FOUNTAIN PENS I am interested in pur-chasing your Vintage Fountain Pens. Call Jim (716) 595-2161.
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