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Find out who was appoint- ed to what... ...See page 22 Community Community Volume 119, No. 1 Jan. 5 to 11, 2011 Sports Northstars basketball edge Grimes, crush FM ... Page 9 Schools C-NS DECA earns regional success ... Page 6 Northstars continue hot hockey start By Phil Blackwell [email protected]Cicero-North Syracuse’s ice hockey team worked plenty during the holi- day break, and it further enforced just how much things have improved as it won three times in five days. e Northstars went to Auburn last Monday night and did well in each phase of the game to put together a 3-0 shutout of the Ma- roons. For a long while, it was close, CNS only leading 1-0 through two periods as Auburn goalie Jeff Gard- ner worked his way to 31 saves. However, the Northstars got away in the final min- utes, scoring twice. Best of all, it didn’t have to rely on Brian Hamilton, as it had so many other times this sea- son, as Nick Hall, Matt Ken- nedy and Eric Hamilton got the goals. Jake Farabee joined Brian Hamilton in the assist column as Zach Hall stopped all 19 shots he faced. Back home on Wednes- day, CNS met Central Square and, with its offense back in high gear, ripped past the Red Hawks 9-3. A three-goal first-pe- riod burst proved nice, but with the Hamilton brothers again in the lead, CNS really took off late, burning Cen- tral Square for five goals in the third period. At game’s end, Eric Ham- SPORTS Please see Northstars, page 9 First Night CAITLIN DONNELLY Hundreds attended AmeriCU Credit Union’s First Nigh New Year’s Eve celebration at Onondaga Lake Park on Friday Dec. 31. The event included a walk through of Lights on the Lake, food, children’s activities, numerous live music performances including headliner Sean Kinston, the dropping of the ball by basketball star Gerry McNamara, and a fireworks display sponsored by Wegmans. ABOVE: (Counterclockwise) Abby Case, Hannah Hebert, Casey Nilsen and Bella Thomas, all of Fayetteville- Manlius High School, got their faces painted by “Coco the Clown” during the alcohol-free celebration. This is the first year the event has been held. Freegal is music to library patrons’ ears By Matthew Liptak Contributing writer Patrons of the Liverpool Public Library and Northern Onondaga Public Library can now enjoy downloading songs from the Sony Music Entertainment catalog to their MP3 players for free. The two libraries are the first ones in the area to purchase a licensing agreement for Freegal from Sony Music Entertainment. The service allows users with a library card to download a certain number of songs each week. At Liverpool’s library, the limit is three songs per patron per week. Freegal has been a big hit with users there. “Everybody’s loving it because it’s incredibly easy,” said Diane Towlson, Liverpool Public Library’s community relations rep- resentative. “You put in your number and pin (personal identification number) and you go and pick what you want. It actually downloads faster than iTunes. As long as you have a Liverpool li- brary card and your pin number you can do it from home.” The music catalog includes hundreds of thousands of songs from several genres, but the libraries did some re- search before signing up for the service to make sure Freegal was worth the expense. “They talked to librar- ies out of state that have it and they will never go backwards on it. None of them regret it. They all love it. 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Cicero-North Syracuse’s ice hockey team worked plenty during the holi-day break, and it further enforced just how much things have improved as it won three times in five days.
The Northstars went to Auburn last Monday night and did well in each phase of the game to put together a 3-0 shutout of the Ma-roons.
For a long while, it was close, CNS only leading 1-0 through two periods as Auburn goalie Jeff Gard-ner worked his way to 31 saves.
However, the Northstars got away in the final min-utes, scoring twice. Best of all, it didn’t have to rely on Brian Hamilton, as it had so many other times this sea-son, as Nick Hall, Matt Ken-nedy and Eric Hamilton got the goals. Jake Farabee joined Brian Hamilton in the assist column as Zach Hall stopped all 19 shots he faced.
Back home on Wednes-day, CNS met Central Square and, with its offense back in high gear, ripped past the Red Hawks 9-3.
A three-goal first-pe-riod burst proved nice, but with the Hamilton brothers again in the lead, CNS really took off late, burning Cen-tral Square for five goals in the third period.
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First Night
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Hundreds attended AmeriCU Credit Union’s First Nigh New Year’s Eve celebration at Onondaga Lake Park on Friday Dec. 31. The event included a walk through of Lights on the Lake, food, children’s activities, numerous live music performances including headliner Sean Kinston, the dropping of the ball by basketball star Gerry McNamara, and a fireworks display sponsored by Wegmans. ABOVE: (Counterclockwise) Abby Case, Hannah Hebert, Casey Nilsen and Bella Thomas, all of Fayetteville- Manlius High School, got their faces painted by “Coco the Clown” during the alcohol-free celebration. This is the first year the event has been held.
Freegal is music to library patrons’ earsBy Matthew LiptakContributing writer
Patrons of the
Liverpool Public Library and Northern Onondaga Public Library can now enjoy downloading songs from the Sony Music Entertainment catalog to their MP3 players for free.
The two libraries are the first ones in the area to purchase a licensing agreement for Freegal from Sony Music Entertainment. The service allows users with a library card to download a certain number of songs each week.
At Liverpool’s library, the limit is three songs per patron per week. Freegal has been a big hit with users there.
“Everybody’s loving it because it’s incredibly easy,” said Diane Towlson, Liverpool Public Library’s community relations rep-resentative. “You put in your number and pin (personal identification number) and you go and pick what you want. It actually downloads faster than iTunes. As long as you have a Liverpool li-brary card and your pin number you can do it from home.”
The music cata log includes hundreds of
thousands of songs from several genres, but the libraries did some re-search before signing up for the service to make sure Freegal was worth the expense.
“They talked to librar-ies out of state that have it and they will never go backwards on it. None of them regret it. They all love it. Everybody that has done it is impressed and happy.”
In Liverpool, the addi-tion of Freegal is part of the continuing effort of the library’s staff to widen its outreach through tech-nology.
“Jean [LPL director Jean Armour Polly] has
been very proactive on realizing that libraries aren’t just about books anymore,” Towlson said.” “Everything’s gone very digital and she felt that this was a better way to spread the music around, give everybody access to it, put them on an equal level and they get to pick what they want.”
The LPL will continue to loan out CDs too, Towl-son said.
For more information about Freegal, contact LPL at 457-0310, NOPL at North Syracuse at 458-6184, NOPL at Brewerton at 676-7484 or NOPL at Cicero at 699-2032.
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Jan. 61000 Paper Cranes
Come to learn how to make paper cranes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 6 for the 1,000 Paper Cranes Cranes project at Liverpool Public Library The cranes will be sent to the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Museum in Hiroshima, Japan. Better suited for 12 years and older. Call 457-0310 for more infor-mation.
Jan. 8Lights on the Lake run
Onondaga Lake Park will host a run through Weg-mans Lights on the Lake from 11 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Saturday Jan. 8. This four mile run begins at the Griffin Visitor Center. Runners go to Willow Bay and back. No walkers, lights will be turned off at midnight. For more information call 453-6712.
Jan. 9Dolce Flutes at LPL
Arts Al!ve presents Dolce Flutes, a professional flute quartet based in Syracuse, at 2 p.m. on Sunday Jan. 9 in the Carman Commu-nity Room at the Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip St. in Liverpool. Admission to
the event is free and open to the public. Call 457-0310 for more information.homeowners meeting
The Clairmont-Four Seasons Homeowners As-sociation will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. on Jan. 9 at the Mitchell’s 4811 Royal Meadow Dr. in Clay. Call Russ Mitchell at 451-0041 for more information.
Jan. 12Senior Luncheon
A senior luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday Jan. 12 at the Im-manuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4947 Route 31 in Clay. The menu includes peas, squash, salad, rolls, lemonade, coffee, water, and dessert provided by Hearth. Come and meet friends, enjoy bingo and a special guest speaker. Call Bob Crabtree 458 2396 for more information.
Jan. 14Dodge Ball Tournament
The 2011 Dodge Ball Tournament will be held at the North Area Family YMCA, 4775 Wetzel Road in Liver-pool, from 6 to 10 p.m. on Fri-day Jan. 14. The tournament will be a round-robin bracket with 3 minute games. Cost is
$42 per team (max 6 players per team) in two age groups: 12 to16 and 17 and up. Price includes t-shirt, entry fee and trophy for winning team. Late registration taken through Jan. 13. Call 451-2562 for more information.
Jan. 15adventures in Babysitting
The North Area Family YMCA will be hosting an instructional course on the basics of babysitting from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday Jan. 15. The course will include emergency proce-dures, role playing situations, and much more. CPR not included yet available at an additional cost. Ages 11 to 15. Members $15, nonmem-bers $25. Call 451-2562 for more information.
Jan. 16Bridal Show
Driver’s Village in Cicero will host A Perfect Bridal Show from 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday Jan. 16 in the Conference Center. 5885 East Circle Dr. in Cicero. For more information call 487-9333.
Jan. 18all-american Girls event
Learn about historically based young girls through
fun activities including crafts and storytelling. Bring your American Girl doll (any doll). 6:15-7:45pm January 18 at the North Area Family YMCA, 4775 Wetzel Road in Liver-pool. Call 451-2562 for more information.
Jan. 18 - 19Driver’s Safety Course The Village of North Syracuse Parks Department is offering a Driver’s Safety Program sponsored by AARP. This course allows driv-ers—especially those over 50—reductions on their auto insurance rates. This two-part class will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday Jan. 18 and Wednesday Jan. 19 at the North Syracuse Commu-nity Center, 700 South Bay Road. The course fee is $12 for AARP members and $14 for all other drivers. Space is limited. Call 458-8050 for more information and to register.
Jan. 20energy-savings workshopLearn how to save energy and money at Salina Free Library, 100 Belmont St. in Mattydale, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 20. Learn about low-cost and no-cost ways to save energy and reduce energy bills. Free and open to the public. Each household will receive a free energy saving kit valued at $15. To register, call 454-4524. Presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County.
Jan. 22roller-skating Party
The North Area Family YMCA, 4775 Wetzel Road in Liverpool, will be hosting a roller-skating party from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 22. Families are welcome, skates are pro-vided. Members $7, guests $10.Register through Jan. 21 by calling 451-2562.
CorrectionIn the Dec. 29 edition of the Star-Review, the
mother of Jenni-Lyn Watson was incorrectly printed as Jackie Wilson in “‘Syracuse Bands Together’ for Jenni-Lyn Watson.” Her last name is Watson. Our apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
disruptive to the lives of individuals who suffer them, particularly athletes. Rupture of a tendon, which endures forces that may exceed five times body weight, is especially serious and may result in excruciating pain and permanent disability if untreated. Researchers are constantly trying to increase their understanding of how injury to the fibrous tissue that attaches muscle to bone can be avoided. One piece of information that recently came to light is that the risk of tendon injuries tends to be higher in female athletes with naturally higher levels of estrogen. No connection was found between different times of the menstrual cycle and variations in estrogen levels that could
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Paper crane project lands at LPL
By Matthew LiptakContributing Writer Liverpool Public Library
is inviting the public to visit at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 6 and take part in creating 1000 origami cranes. The cranes will be sent to the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiro-shima, Japan and be dis-played there as a gesture of peace and goodwill.
The effort is being cham-pioned by retired Liverpool art teacher Diane Lansing. Lansing sent 1000 cranes to Japan in 2010 with the help of her students, and this year she hopes to re-peat the accomplishment with assistance from area residents.
“It’s considered a gesture of peace and a lot of people, I think, enjoy it once they’ve tried it,” said the library’s community relations rep-resentative Diane Towlson.
Lansing and some of her former students will be on hand to show those attend-ing how to make the cranes. The presentation is ex-pected to last two hours. It includes a half-hour video on why the practice of send-ing origami cranes to the monument was started.
The paper crane became a symbol of peace after Sa-dako Sasaki, a 12-year-old leukemia patient, folded 1,000 of them in hopes of beating her disease. Sadako’s illness was caused by the atomic-bomb blast in her city of Hiroshima that had occurred ten years earlier.
“They (Japanese) believe that the crane lives for 1000 years and anybody who folds 1000 paper cranes can have their wish granted,”
three bands ramble SaturdayBill Knowlton’s “Blue-
grass R amble,” C en-tral New York’s only all-bluegrass and old-time acoustic country music radio show marks its 38th birthday on Saturday, Jan 8 with a free concert. From 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday Knowlton will recreate an old-time radio barn dance complete with a studio au-
dience and three bands, at the studios of WCNY-FM, 506 Old Liverpool Road, in Galeville.
Saturday’s barn dance will feature Ovid’s Re-becca Colleen & The Chore Lads, Syracuse folk musician Larry Hoyt & His Good Acoustics, and a gathering of local blue-grass veterans will appear
as Lost Time.The radio “Ramble” is
free; no tickets or reserva-tions are required for this family-oriented musical afternoon; 457-6100.
“Bluegrass Ramble,” airs from 9 p.m. to mid-night every Sunday over WCNY-FM 91.3.
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Jenni-Lyn fundraiser draws hundreds
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Liverpool High School grad Samantha-Ann Lawrence and Ashley Johnston, a senior, soldmemorial bracelets during the “Syracuse Bands Together” fund-raiser on Sunday Jan. 2 at Sharkey’s Eclectic Sports Lounge to raise money for the Jenni-Lyn Watson Dance Schol-arship Fund. They have already sold 350 since December. For more photos of the event, see page 15.
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A few weeks ago, Donna Marie Norton, who is responsible for evaluating and analyzing the tons of test data that Albany and Washington keep throw-ing at local school districts, among other things, shared with me something that is almost unbelievable.
With the retirement of the very competent, Dr. Stephen Nevins, and the elimination of his position, Director of Pupil Person-nel Services, Norton has assumed approximately 60% of his duties, in addition to her regular responsibilities.
Norton wasn’t complain-ing, but she wanted me to know that the u.S. Office of Civil Rights reports wouldn’t be done on time. When you
consider that one person is doing what two did in the past, that makes sense. But what threw me for a loop was the amount of time required to complete the re-ports. The directions for the report tell you upfront that the individual responsible for completing the reports should plan on spending seven hours for each school. That’s right – seven hours for each school’s report. North Syracuse has eleven schools.
Thus, Norton will have devoted seventy-seven hours to this project—almost two weeks of work—when she is complete. To me, this is a blatant misuse of our limited resources and a clas-sic example of bureaucracy run wild.
A few days later, I read a letter to the editor in the daily newspaper calling for the elimination of the u.S. Department of Education. Although there are times when I concur with the letter writer’s sentiments, the good, as far as the u. S. Department of Education is concerned, outweighs the bad. When you consider that the majority of coun-tries allegedly ahead of the united States on internation-al tests have unified national
standards and curriculum. I applaud the efforts of the u.S. Department of Educa-tion to move the fifty states toward common standards. The present No Child Left Behind Law that calls for each state to set its own test standards for federal ac-countability purposes makes no sense.
Also, as I learned decades ago, “there is no such thing as a free lunch.” With all the stimulus money adminis-tered by the u.S. Depart-ment of Education to the school districts the last two years comes accountability. That’s only right. But let’s ease up on the paperwork when fewer people are ex-pected to do even more.
A Salina tax bill breakdownBy now, most Town
of Salina residents have received their 2011 county/town property tax bill. Prior to the receipt of your bill and over the last few months, you have likely seen much discus-sion on the news and in the papers regarding the increase in this year’s property taxes. Like many of you, I have followed these discussions closely. unfortunately, the issue is rather complex, in that it involves decisions made by Onondaga County that have an effect on Salina taxpayers. Given all the factors, it has been difficult to gain a full understand-ing of what these changes mean, and how they affect us as individuals.
We have seen many numbers and percent-ages out there estimat-ing the effect that the changes would have on our property tax bills. The recent assertion that there would be a 47% increase in property taxes in the town of Salina was correct,
yet the calculations were drastically oversimpli-fied. This calculation was based only on the first two lines of your property tax bill: State Mandated Costs and Town Tax. These two lines made up only about one-quarter of last year’s total property tax bill, which you received in January 2010. This year, those two lines will make up approximately one-third of the total property tax bill. This increase will amount to just over $200 for a home assessed at $100,000.
Furthermore, the first line on your tax bill, labeled State Mandated Costs, will be where you notice the bulk of the increase. Last year’s rate for this line item was $2.81 per thousand of assessed value. This year the rate has increased to $4.84 per thousand; an increase of more than 72%. This increase was a result of the change in the county’s sales tax sharing plan and the 2011 county budget;
both of which were pro-posed by the Onondaga County Executive and voted on and approved by the Onondaga County Legislature. unfortunate-ly, the Salina Town Board has no say in the county’s budget or sales tax sharing agreement and, therefore, had no recourse to prevent the increase our residents will experience this year.
The Town Board worked diligently this year to ensure that town taxes remained at a manage-able level. We continued a hiring freeze and have inspected the town budget line by line to ensure that Salina taxpayers are getting the most for their money. The Board made whatever cuts they could, to help offset rising costs that we cannot control. There is a delicate balance
between reducing costs and continuing to provide essential services for our residents. I believe the Town Board was able to strike the correct bal-ance between the two. To that end, the 2011 Salina Town tax rate remained flat to the 2010 level. We continue to look for ways to provide the services that our residents deserve and have come to expect, with-out becoming a burden on your wallets.
With all the different numbers, percentages and calculations that we’ve seen in the paper and on the news over the past few months, it’s not surpris-ing that people have been unsure of what to expect. My door is always open if you have any questions regarding your property tax bill. And, of course, if you have any further ques-tions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone at 457-6661 or by email at [email protected].
US Department of Education: take it or leave itRing in the New Year with your community newspaper
Well, it’s a new year and now seems as good a time as any to invite you to contribute to your community paper.
On a weekly basis, we receive numerous submis-sions from local organizations such as NOPL at Brewerton, Cicero and North Syracuse, the Liverpool Public Library, the North Syracuse and Liverpool school districts, local businesses, churches and more.
Submissions are key to the success of the paper because it allows members of the community to communicate directly with our readers.
Sometimes it can be difficult to get submissions into the weekly edition in a timely manner, especially when there is so much going on in our communi-ties. But, that doesn’t mean you have to wait weeks to read your stories in print. The news is also on our website at eaglestarreview.com. There you will find featured stories about what is happening in Cicero, North Syracuse, Salina, Liverpool and Clay. The site is updated requently to provide you with community news and activities as they happen.
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The freedom to speak upTo the editor:
I am responding to Lee Bradshaw’s criticism, and those that say that I should “get over it” and “grow up.” I do hear you and I certainly respect your opinion. But it’s not going to happen.
I have lived in Cicero my entire life and for 16 years served on the Cicero Town Board. It would be foolish to think I would stop car-ing about my town simply because I no longer sit on the Town Board. It would be
silly to think I would simply walk away. It would be naïve to think I would not speak out when I see wrong in my community.
Of course I’ll speak up when the current town administration considers abolishing the Cicero Police Department even though there are no proven long term savings and when a study of the proposition was superfluous at best.
Of course I’ll speak up when the town adminis-tration gives away valu-able property rights to the owner of the former Cicero
Commons, someone who also happens to be one of the administration’s largest campaign contributors.
Of course I’ll speak up when the town administra-tion attempts to take control of the independent town assessor’s office knowing full well that doing so will cost taxpayers hundreds of thou-sands of dollars in state aid.
Of course I’ll speak up when the town administra-tion tries to squash public comment by holding closed door pre-agenda meetings. When I was in office I cer-tainly had critics with whom
I disagreed. But I never told them to “get over it” and “grow up.”
We may live 100 miles from an international border but this is still America and in America everyone has the right to say what’s on their mind, and likewise, so do their critics - even if the criticism is not constructive and rude.
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‘Bumblebee’ takes flight here on Sundayhow fast can a flutist play the flute?
That question will be answered 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, when Dolce Flutes perform a free concert at Liverpool Public Library featuring Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s delightful and dynamic “Flight of the Bumblebee.”
The interlude closes Act III, Tableau 1 of Korsakov’s 1900 opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar’s son) into an insect so that he can fly away to visit his father who doesn’t know that he is alive.Frantic flight
“Flight of the Bumble-bee” is well-known for its frantic pace when played up to tempo, with nearly uninterrupted runs of chromatic 16th notes. It is not so much the pitch or range of the notes that challenges the musician, but it certainly takes an especially quick and agile player to keep up with the pace of the piece.
Although the original orchestral version merci-fully assigned portions of the 16th-note runs to various instruments in tandem, in the century since its composition the “Bumblebee” has become a showcase for solo instru-mental virtuosity, whether on the original violin or on any other instrument. From ‘hornet’ to heavy
metalFor instance, heavy
metal guitarists such as Joey Demaio from the band Manowar have en-joyed showing off their speed on the six-string by playing Korsakov’s mas-terpiece.
The classical composi-tion has become a staple of popular culture, notably as the theme music to radio’s “The Green Hornet” and more recently on the hit Tv series “Glee” in which an a cappella version was used as background for an episode named “Throw-down.” It’s also on the soundtrack to the 2010 movie “The Karate Kid.”Dolce Flutes
Dolce Flutes is a profes-sional quartet featuring Kelly Covert, Dana Di-Gennaro, Martha Grener and Jeanne Pizzuto-Sauve. When they perform here Sunday as part of the Arts Alive series at Liverpool Library’s Carman Com-munity Room, the four-some will not only tackle the frantic “Flight,” they’ll also play Mozart’s Sinfonia from “The Marriage of Figaro” and a Pastoral on Northeast Indian tunes by Arts Alive Director Ralph D’Mello.
Three new Chamber directors
Eagle Newspapers’ ad-vertising representative Carol Eggert was among three candidates winning seats on the Greater Liv-erpool Chamber of Com-merce Board of Directors in December. Also elected were Anthony Carrangelo, a.k.a. The Growth Coach, and Linda Liberatore of St. Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Church. Liberatore will serve until 2012, while Eggert’s and Carrangelo’s terms expire in 2013. humor and food in focus
Yvonne Conte thinks you need a good sense of humor to get through life.
The WSEN radio per-sonality who works as a stress-management con-sultant will discuss her newest book “Cry, Laugh, Cook!” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, at Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip St. at the corner of Second Street, in Liverpool.
Conte’s presentation is part of the library’s Recipe for a Better Life series.
“Cry, Laugh, Cook!” is a collection of funny stories, family recipes and tips demonstrating the health benefits of positive thinking and laughter. If you’re more interested in food than fun, recipes from Conte’s book will be prepared and served at the library.
MACNY supports property tax reliefBy MaCNy president
randy Wolken
As we enter a new Legislative session and begin our work with a new administration, it is imperative we begin immediate work to reign in the high cost of living and working in New York state.
One such method, as introduced by Governor-elect Cuomo, includes real property tax re-lief. MACNY applauds Governor-Elect Cuomo’s public stand and dedica-tion to this issue that has crippled our state’s residents and businesses for far too long.
Our recent MACNY Public Policy Survey indicated to us that our collective membership remains increasingly con-cerned with the continu-ous increase in property taxes. Local property taxes in New York State
grew by 73 percent from 1998 to 2008 – more than twice the rate of inflation during that period. New York manufacturers are trying to compete with both domestic and inter-national businesses. The effect of high property taxes is two-fold: busi-nesses located here must compensate for dra-matically higher prop-erty taxes, while outside manufacturers are dis-couraged from relocating to our state. Addition-ally, it is more difficult to recruit and retain skill labor when they must pay much higher than average property taxes.
In order to bring much needed relief to New Yorkers, immediate attention must be made to solving the property tax crisis. Through his recent public statements, Governor-elect Cuomo has taken a progressive and public promise to
tackle this head-on. On behalf of MACNY
and its entire member-ship, we look forward to working closely with the Administration and the Legislature to see much needed property tax relief come to fruition. Once achieved, I fully believe New York state will be that much further ahead in achieving a bet-ter business climate, and becoming a more viable and attractive place to operate a business.
MACNY, the Manufac-turers Association, repre-sents over 330 companies in a nineteen county region in Upstate New
York. The 97-year-old organization provides hu-man resource ser vices, training, purchasing so-lutions, networking op-portunities and advocacy support for its members.
oCRRA’s ‘Best Blue Bin on the Block’ contestOCCRA recently an-
nounced the grand prize winners and runners-up in the ‘Best Blue Bin on the Block’ contest. The contest was held to commemorate 20 years of recycling in Onondaga County. From August 1 to November 30 OCRRA scoured the county in search of “stellar” household blue bins. Each month, 25 winners were selected and awarded a $10 gift card to Byrn Dairy In December, five runners-up and two grand prize winners were randomly selected from all the blue
bins observed. Local area winners in-
clude:Grand prize winner: Patrick Salisbury, of Matty-dale. He won a Sony vAIO Notebook Laptop, valued at $500.runner-up: Helen and Bob Brewster, of Liverpool. They won a $50 Ichiban gift card.Monthly Winners: augustSusan Burko, Cicero Emily Maccone, Liverpool Rex Parton, Cicero Ruth Petrie, North Syracuse September
Leroy Baker, North Syracuse Judy Blair, North Syracuse Bryan Cunningham, Clay Israel Davila, Liverpool Genevieve Pacer, North Syracuse Eric and Kimberly Sop-chak, Liverpool Michele Tortora, Brewerton Michael Woodworth, Clayoctober Jennifer and Robert Carey, Liverpool Karen Chapman, Liverpool Susan Heelon, Liverpool John Kresse, LiverpoolNovemberMarian Manders, North Syracuse.
Lansing said. “This really took Sadako’s interest and imagination.”
Sadako lost her battle with cancer, but her classmates started a movement in Japan that led to the creation of the Children’s Peace Monument that stands in Hiroshima. About ten million paper cranes are now sent to the monument each year from people around the world, according to the city’s website.
Lansing says she wants the project to be a gift from the local community to the city of Hiroshima.
“When the bomb fell in Hiroshima it killed 140,000 people which is the same size as Syracuse,” she said. “It connects something that was long ago and far away with something that people can really relate to.”
Making the cranes involves 24 steps. Lansing said, and the complexity of the folds may make the project unsuitable for children under 12.
“It takes precision,” she said. “Learn-ing all the step is not that hard…but you have to be able to take your time, and do it carefully and slowly. It’s a matter of craft and patience.”
Lansing hopes to have 1000 cranes done by March 14, when another event is sched-uled for stringing the paper birds together. She plans to ship them to Japan and also travel there herself.
“I would love to have the cranes done and ship them there and meet them there,” she said.
But first the cranes need to be folded, and Lansing needs the help of many hands to get the project com-pleted. The retired teacher is looking forward to meeting
the public Jan. 6 when she will share in the labor that has become close to her heart.
“It’s the joy of making art and having it infused with heart-felt meaning on top of it,” she said. “As we work on something collectively it builds community.”
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Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima Japan is the destination of Lansing’s paper cranes. The oragami cranes will reside in the structures that are in the background. The monument was built to mourn the children who died in the atomic bomb drop on the city that occurred August 6, 1945.
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C-NS DECA earns regional success
Submitted by Mike Lucia C-NS DeCa advisor
The 2010-2011 Regional DECA competition was held on Dec. 21 at Lemoyne College. This year, Region 9 DECA membership consisted of 450 students competing from eleven high schools across Central New York, as well as North Syracuse Junior High School. The high schools competing this year include
Solvay, Phoenix, Henninger, Liverpool, J-D, Central Square, Bishop Grimes, East Syracuse-Minoa, Fowler, Nottingham, and Cicero-North Syracus.
The future marketing/management leaders events consisted of a 100-ques-tion college level market-ing/management test and role-playing with a member of the business community. During role-play, the stu-dents had a 10 or 20 minute preparation period to gener-
ate solutions to the business problem presented to them. Once the time was up, they had to present their answers to a member of the business community who served as a judge.
C-NS had a total of 13 first place awards, 4 second place awards, 4 third place awards, and 2 fourth place awards. A total of 23 stu-dents have now qualified for the state competition that will be held March 9 – 11 in Rochester.
First Place WinnersColin MacDonald: Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team EventJoe Pokrentowski: Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team EventNick Doran: Travel & Tourism Team EventCara Gannett: Travel & Tourism Team EventJelani Rice: Apparel & Accessories MarketingBrittany Piazza: Decision Making – Human ResourcesColin Crooks: Job InterviewRyan McCarthy: Marketing Management
Second Place WinnersSarah Bowles: Business Law & Ethics Team EventAlexis Williamson: Business Law & Ethics Team EventHilary Anderton: Apparel & Accessories MarketingMelissa Perra: Sales
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Third Place WinnersJames Murphy: Quick Serve Restaurant ManagementErika Falinski: Retail MerchandisingSteve Fishel: Sales DemonstrationRobert Hauberg: Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Fourth Place WinnersMason Austen: Accounting ApplicationsJames Runge: Decision Making - Marketing
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The Cicero-North Syracuse Optimist Club recently inducted Katie Cassetta as their newest member. The Optimist Club is an active volunteer group made up of a collective of business people, teachers and parents who support many youth activities. Pictured are (left to right) Theresa Jackson, club president, Katie Cassetta, and her sponsor Sue Bradley.
BOE acknowledges generous gifts By Caitlin Donnelly
During the North Syra-cuse Central School Dis-trict Board of Education meeting on Monday Jan. 3, the board created a new position in the Mainte-nance and Operations de-partment, acknowledged generous gifts from two local residents, and listened to presentations by district employees.
During the meeting, the board voted to abol-ish a maintenance worker position after the employee retired, effective Dec. 31, 2010. With this motion, the board also proposed that a Grounds Crew Leader position be reestablished, as there are currently only two supervisors in the Mainte-nance and Operations de-partment. The district will
rehire Jim Popielarczyk, who was laid off from the Grounds Crew Leader po-sition due to budget cuts in July, for the 10-month posi-tion from Sept. to June.
The board approved a new lease agreement for the use of a copier at the Print Shop, operated by OCM BOCES employees. This lease provides the district with eligibility for BOCES aid, during which the dis-trict pays only 78 percent of the cost to use the copier. Before BOCES aid, the cost of use would be $63, 744 during a five year period. With the aid, the district will pay only $14,151.17 over five years.
The board also listened to a presentation by Chris-topher Neslon on updates to the District Technology Plan, which was adopted
in June 2010, and a saba-batical report presentation by Theresa Brousseau. A teacher for the visually impaired, Brousseau pro-vided the board with a PowerPoint presentation on her findings during her sabbatical leave, and the newfound knowledge she plans on implementing in the district
Two local residents were also acknowledged dur-ing the meeting for their generous gifts to the North Syracuse Central School District. Catherine Cifarat-ta- Brayton donated several holiday decorations—es-timated value $2,500—to the North Syracuse Early Education Program at Main Street School. Dr. Ronald Caravan, a retired wood-wind professor at Syracuse university, donated sheet music to the North Syra-cuse Central School Dis-trict. The music’s estimated value is $10, 258.25.
The next Board of Edu-cation meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 24 at the Administrative Offices, 5755 W. Taft Road.
LHS Senior of the Week
Tara CarlescoBy Caitlin Donnelly
This week’s Liverpool High School Se-nior of the Week is Tara Carlesco.
Carlesco said she enjoys reading and writing, and even won second place in the CNY Reads Essay Contest.
After school, Carlesco is involved in French Club, STAND, Writing Club and the National Honor Society. In her free time, she volunteers at the Humane As-sociation and is employed at Meghan MacMurphy’s in the village.
Carlesco said her greatest influence in life has been her parents, because they are always supporting her.
Her favorite class is chemistry, which is a great background to have in law enforce-ment or to become a forensic scientist, which she one day hopes to become.
lhS to dedicate libraryOn Jan. 10, the Liverpool Central School District will hold the dedication ceremony of
the Liverpool High School Library in honor of former Board of Education President Pat Mouton. The Pat Mouton Memorial Library Dedication Ceremony will take place at 6 p.m., prior to the regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting that evening at LHS.
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Both the Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool wres-tling teams took part in high-profile tournaments during the holiday break – and both ended up in the middle of their respective packs.
The Northstars went west, to Spencerport, for the Teike/
Bernabi Tournament, and took eighth place in a 17-team field with 79 points. The hosts from Spencerport won with 227.5 points.
Three CNS wrestlers got to the final round. None got closer than Dan Cicciarelli, at 103 pounds, who pinned Brandon Diaz (LaSalle) in the quarterfinals and Geoff Brown (Spencerport) in the
semifinals to get to the title match.
Once there, Ciciarelli and Peru’s Kyle Agoney engaged in a spectacular battle far be-yond regulation, where it took three overtimes for Agoney to pull out a 5-4 victory.
James Segars also got close at 152 pounds. He edged Jeff
Glad to escape the suf-focating winter air in Central New York, the Cicero-North Syracuse girls basketball team traveled to Orlando, Fla., and participated in the KSA Tournament.
In its first game last Mon-day afternoon, the Northstars dominated Lecanto (Fla.) in a 75-22 decision, blanking Lecanto 22-0 in the opening period to set the tone for the rest of the game.
By herself, Breanna Stew-art, with 28 points, outscored Lecanto. She got help, too, as Brittany Paul delivered 15
points (including a trio of 3-pointers) and Sarah Bowles earned six points.
Following a day off, CNS was back on the court Wednesday, facing univer-sity High School and needing a transcendent performance from Stewart to prevail 70-56.
A 28-12 first quar-ter helped the Northstars quickly take charge, and whatever university tried against Stewart backfired as the junior center amassed 37 points, more than half her team’s total.
Paul, with 14 points, and point guard Kelsey Mattice, with eight points, both did
enough on the offensive side to keep Stewart from draw-ing even more attention.
This led to Thursday morning’s final between CNS and Owasso, from Oklahoma. Finishing the tournament in fine form (and ignoring the rigors of an early tip-off), the North-stars beat Owasso by a score of 65-47.
With the no. 6 state Class AA ranking, CNS (6-1) fi-nally played its home opener Tuesday, against Henninger, and is then off for a week be-fore meeting Oswego Jan. 11 in advance of what looks like a big contest Jan. 15 against Fayetteville-Manlius.
Liverpool hockey breaks into win columnBy Phil Blackwell
The Liverpool ice hockey team’s struggles continued on home ice during the King of the Coliseum Tournament – at least for one round.
The tournament com-menced last Monday night with the Warriors taking a a 6-2 loss to Solvay, who also plays home games here.
It broke open in the sec-ond period, where the War-riors, already trailing 2-1, surrendered three straight goals as Solvay seized con-trol. Tom Missert led the Bearcats, earning a goal and four assists.
On Liverpool’s side, Jor-dan Iannolo and Alex Bittel scored, with Ryan Gallardo, Kody Gaulke and Jeff Conese earning assists. Joe Ciciarelli finished with 29 saves.
Finally, the Warriors got in the win column during Tuesday’s consolation game, against Ontario Bay, as it fought past the Storm 4-3.
Starting fast, Liverpool had a 3-1 edge through one period. Ontario Bay pulled even, 3-3, but the Warriors got the only goal of the third period and, with Dan Wu’s 22 saves, held on.
Gaulke and Steve Muller each had one goal and one assist. Conese and Connor Hurwitz had the other goals,
with Iannolo also earning an assist.
unable to enjoy this win for 24 hours, Liverpool had to play for the third time in as many days on Wednesday – and was understandably whipped by the time Oswego had beat them 7-2.
From a 1-1 tie, the Bucca-neers began to pull away with a pair of second-period tal-lies, then really took charge late. Gallardo and Dalton Horton still had goals, with Ciciarelli recording 39 saves, but Oswego had too much as Austin Tracz, Cody Mariano (two goals each) and Fred Donabella (one goal, four assists) led their push.
CNS girls, Liverpool boys win at Constantino meet
By Phil Blackwell
Indoor track and field teams from Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse took all the top honors during last Tuesday’s George Constantino Memorial Invitational at SuNY-Cortland.
The girls meet proved close, with the Northstars and Warriors both amass-ing points before CNS, with 71 points, settled into first place and Liverpool, with 64 points, took second place.
Maria LaMontagne (4:53.44) and Nicole Wat-terud (4:58.58) went 1-2
among individuals in the 1,500-meter run. Katie Laris and Jackie Halstead joined in and CNS won in 20:10.54, with Liverpool’s quartet of Rachel Putman, Ashley Letteney, Kyla Bills and Ali Whiting second in 21:34.47.
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Both of the Liverpool basketball teams engaged in holiday tournament action – and both would go 1-1, giving itself a small amount of momentum for 2011.
The girls Warriors went south, to the Bingham-ton area, for the Pete Hyde Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Johnson City, and won last Monday in the opening round over Maine-Endwell 52-40.
With the game played in two halves (instead of the usual four eight-minute quarters), Liverpool steadily worked its way to a 25-19 halftime lead. Though M-E never really went away, the Warriors maintained a com-fortable working margin in the second half.
Ally Zywicki hit all three of her team’s 3-pointers and had 16 points overall. Nicole Ciri-cillo chimed in with 12 points, while Lyteshia Price gained nine points. Katie Dalton and
Sydney Chalifoux earned six points apiece.
In its division final, the Warriors faced Binghamton, and put up plenty of points – just not enough, though, as it lost to the Patriots 68-60.
A strong first half left Liverpool out in front, 31-28, but Binghamton stormed back with a red-hot offense that proved too much to handle. Ciricillo finished with 16 points, with Zywicki adding 13 points and Lyteshia Price earning 10 points. Nina Tassone had eight points as she, along with Zywicki and Ciricillo, each hit on a pair of 3-pointers.
Liverpool’s boys team, meanwhile, still was in search of a win as it began play last Monday in Bishop Ludden’s Rosemary Corcoran Holiday Classic.
West Genesee didn’t help in the cause, beating the War-riors 69-47 in the opening round. Though its production never wavered, Liverpool could not keep up with the Wildcats, who amassed a 56-38 lead by the end of the
third quarter.John Foley led with 10
points, with John LaRue (nine points), Tyler Bliss (eight points) and Mike Russo (six points) close behind. WG’s Eric Spencer led both sides with 20 points.
As the Wildcats went on to beat Ludden in the cham-pionship game, Liverpool turned to its 3-point shooters and, finally, earned a win over Onondaga 55-45 to salvage a third-place finish.
Down 22-10 at one point in the first half, the Warriors came all the way back to take a 26-25 halftime lead. It stayed close until the fourth quarter, when Ben Peet hit a trio of 3-pointers and Adam Misener connected twice beyond the arc to put Liverpool ahead for good.
Showing nice balance, Peet, Misener and Hamm each finished with 14 points, though it was Connor Rog-ers that claimed a spot on the All-Tournament team. Liverpool’s teams start 2011 action next week with games against Oswego and F-M.
Northstars edge Grimes, crush F-M
By Jeff Brewster
What was supposed to be a full-throated, four-team Holiday Classic tournament, hosted by the Cicero-North Syracuse boys basketball team, turned instead into back-to-back home games for the Northstars.
CNS took on Bishop Grimes Wednesday and Fayetteville-Manlius Thurs-day after the tournament’s original fourth team, Ithaca, made a late withdrawal. The games had wild variations, but the same result- the Northstars in front.
First, against Bishop Grimes (in the team‘s home opener), CNS found itself in an exciting competitive game that it would barely squeak out 59-58, thanks to a late 3-pointer by senior Zach Coleman, who led the Northstars with 23 points. Mike Stone had 25 points for the Cobras as his teammate, Mike Sugamosto, pitched in 18 points.
Though a Class B op-ponent (and ostensibly a huge underdog), Grimes played well throughout the game, taking a 14-10 lead after one quarter thanks to a great defensive effort. The Northstars moved the ball
around, but couldn’t get its shots to fall.
But the script flipped during the second quarter as the Cobras now had trouble holding onto to the ball, leading to fast breaks for CNS and a 24-22 lead going into halftime.
The third quarter proved a shooting clinic, as both sides executed their offenses as well as they could. CNS was able to hit a couple more shots than Grimes and took a 46-42 lead into the final period.
There, the Cobras slowly fought back to take the lead with less than 15 seconds remaining (its first lead since the second quarter) thanks to a 3-point play by Sugamosto.
NS brought the ball down for a final possession. An initial shot was missed, but gathered by the Northstars, who swung it to a wide-open Coleman on the left wing standing beyond the arc. He calmly sunk the shot, which proved the game-winner.
All the drama of that game was gone a night later. It turned out to be an offen-sive display for the North-stars as they easily cruised past the F-M Hornets 94-44. Coleman led the Northstars again in points with 27, with
25 of them coming in the first half.
The first quarter was Coleman’s showcase. He had three 3-pointers in the pe-riod as CNS jumped out to a 21-14 lead. Meanwhile, the Hornets had trouble holding onto to the ball all night as the Northstars had plenty of steals that led to easy points in transition.
The second quarter had CNS take a 23-point lead and essentially put the game away. Coleman added an-other 3-pointer, and the quick CNS guards reeled in plenty of steals to go up 48-25 at the break.
The latter two periods saw CNS cushion their lead, leading 70-38 after three periods. All told, the team made 11 3-pointers - four by Coleman, three by Sha-kir Thomas, and two each by Elliott Boyce and Riley Moonan. Aside from Cole-man, vaughndell Brantley was the main scoring threat, finishing with 14 points.
CNS (4-1) gets another huge test on Tuesday night when it plays Henninger, who just comes off winning its fifth consecutive Mayor’s Roundball Classic and al-ready owns wins over the likes of CBA and Fairport.
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The other win involved Jessica Wheeler and Justine Seliger, who got together in the 55-meter hurdles and, with times of 19.66 seconds, beat runner-up Nottingham by a full second.
CNS also landed a third in the 4x800 relay, where Shannon Bausinger, Jessica Jelfo, Sarah Shannon and Dana Rinaldi finished in 10:38.42.
Katie Osborne and Laura Tolbert gave CNS a second-place finish in the triple jump (61 feet ¾ inch), with Osborne second among individuals in the long jump (15 feet 7 inches) as she and Hannah Szumolz finished third with 28 feet 1 ¾ inches.
Mariah Thomson and Kaleigh Carroll were third in the shot put, tossing it 57 feet 9 inches, and the Northstars were also third in the 4x400 and 2,000 sprint medley relays, plus fifth in the 4x200 relay.
With Meagan Turner and Megan Earle on hand, Liverpool won the high jump, Turner and Earle combining to clear 9 feet 2 inches. Tatiana Gladney and Shania Williams produced another Liverpool title in the shot put, combining for throws of 58 feet 8 ¾ inches to beat Auburn by more than
half a foot.Liverpool also took the
4x200 relay, where Con-nie Torres, Armani Moore, Shanice Leach and Hannah Anthes finished in 1:57.10, the only sub-two minute effort. Anthes and Putman joined Shae Shenandoah and Farrah Terranova to get second in the 4x400 relay (4:30.61).
Moore and Shanice Leach were second in the long jump, going 28 feet 10 ¾ inches, while Shae Shenan-doah and Breanna Burns cleared 14 feet in the pole vault, which meant second place because Homer had the same height, but had fewer misses. CNS (7 feet 6 inches) was third.
In the boys meet, it was Liverpool taking over with 70 points, well clear of every-one in the field – including CNS, who edged out Bald-winsville, 44 points to 40, for second place.
Joe Spernyak won the in-dividual 55-meter hurdles in 8.01 seconds and, with Justin McGriff, held off Skaneateles 17.25 seconds to 17.34 to win that event. CNS was fifth in 19.68 seconds. Spernyak and Zach Harris combined to clear 10 feet 8 inches to win the high jump by two inches over Marcellus, with CNS
claiming third place. McGriff wasn’t done, ei-
ther, as he had the top triple jump of 41 feet 4 ¼ inches, as he and Ryan Ronk won that event with 76 feet 11 inches between them.
In the 1,500 sprint medley, Keewan Rondinello, Kam Ar-nold, Jordan Stenson and Za-von Watkins gave Liverpool another victory in 4:53.02. The Northstars’ quartet of Jared Walther, Ryan Connor, Matt Ryle and Chris Buchan-an was second in 4:57.56.
Rondinello, Watkins and Arnold returned in the 4x800, helping LaQuan Kitchen as they won that race in 8:51.92 and, again, CNS, with Buchanan, Walther, Derek Heiser and Josh Sinay, had to settle for second place in 8:55.68.
Kitchen was second among individuals in the long jump (18 feet 5 ¼ inches) as he and Steve Fiorello got second with a total 35 feet 7 inches, with CNS (34 feet 8 inches) settling for fourth place.
Liverpool also beat the field in the 4x200, where Stenson, Fiorello, Ronk and Damien Brown prevailed in 1:40.10, leaving CNS (1:43.08) far behind in fourth place. CNS also was fourth in the mile relay as the Warriors took fifth in the shot put.
Palmeri (Rush-Henrietta) 4-3 in the quarterfinals and Troy Seymour (Peru) 3-2 in the semifinals, and also was in a close, low-scoring final –which finally caught up to Segars as Roy Daniels (Spen-cerport) beat him 3-1.
As for Kiel Dyer, the 145-pound CNS standout got past Liam Kearney (St. Joseph’s) 6-1 and Adam Stickle (Peru) 2-0 and reached the title match before Spencerport’s Steve Maier pinned him midway through the third period. Clayton D’Onofrio added a fourth-place finish at 285 pounds.
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tested itself over the course of two days at SuNY-Oswego’s Laker Hall, site of the annual Kenneth Haines Tourna-ment.
Through one day, the Warriors were ninth, right in the middle of the 19-team field with 80 points. At 285 pounds, both Alex Gilson made their way to the semi-final round.
Little was added to that total, though, and Liverpool settled for 12th place with 105 points. Both Gilson and Carroll-Marsh lost in their semifinal matches – Gilson 5-2 to Niagara-Wheatfield’s Max Antone, Carroll-Marsh
to Hannibal’s Steve Kingsley in a second-period pin.
Carroll-Marsh won the consolation bracket, beating Dakota Taylor (Fairport) 6-2 for third place. Gilson would recover to finish fifth with a pin over Keith Wood-ward (Pittsford) in 4:03. Nate Hathaway chimed in at 112 pounds with a fourth-place effort.
Liverpool and CNS have their head-to-head clash Wednesday night, just a day before the Northstars face West Genesee. Both also have tournaments on the weekend – the Warriors at Central Square, CNS at Oswego.
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ilton had four goals and one assist, with Brian Hamilton contributing two goals and three assists. Matt Flume contributed three assists as Farabee, Nick Schneid and Nick Hall also scored. Kennedy and Josh vivenzio earned one assist apiece.
On New Year’s Eve, CNS added a bit more drama, beating Fulton 5-4 in over-
time. The Red Raiders erased the Northstars’ 4-2 third-period lead to force overtime, but the visitors still pulled it out in the extra period.
Farabee and Brian Ham-ilton both finished with two goals and one assist. Eric Hamilton had one goal and one assist as Kennedy, Nick Hall and Kyler Schil-
ling added assists. Each of Zach Hall’s 36 saves proved important.
For the season, CNS is 5-1-1, and its 3-0-1 mark in Division I puts it right with West Genesee behind Cort-land/Homer and Corcoran in a tight race for first place going into games this week against Rome Free Acad-emy and Penfield.
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Cicero Police reports✓ Officer Mahan was dispatched at 9:10 a.m. on Dec. 19 to a fire on the 7600 block of Thompson Road in Cicero. Upon arrival, she found heavy smoke coming from the garage. No one was left in the house. The North Syracuse Deputy Fire Chief said that the fire was not suspicious, and that it started in a stack of wood piled too close to a wood stove in the garage. The fire units checked for rekindles, then overhauled and cleared the scene. ✓ A fire was reported at 8:08 a.m. on Dec. 23 on Comstock Road in Brewerton. The victim stated that he noticed flames in his garage while walking by a window. He said he attempted to put the fire out with three fire extinguish-ers but was unable. He then used his pickup truck to push his1988 Ford Mustang out of the garage into the driveway. The Brewerton Fire
Department put the fire out. They did not believe that this was suspicious and did not request a fire investigation. ✓ A burglary was reported at 11:27 p.m. on Dec. 25 on Doehaven Circle in North Syracuse. The victim reported arriving home to find a lower bedroom window partially open facing Deer Springs Road. The victim found 18 alparzolam pills, 7 hydro-codone pills and an iPod (value $150) missing. Case to continue. ✓ A larceny was reported at 3 p.m. on Dec. 26 at Cicero Twin Ice Arena. The victim reported that an unknown person removed her Chanel black leather wallet (value $50) from a diaper bag that was left on a table in the conces-sion area of the complex.
Cicero Police blotter✓ Joseph C. Hale, 28, of 110 Richfield Blvd., Mattydale,
was charged Dec. 2 with second degree aggravated harassment. ✓ Paul S. Haberek, Jr., 42, or 6577 Lakeshore Road, Cicero, was charged Dec. 2 with aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated and moving from a lane unsafely. ✓ Jessica J. Ramsden, 29, of 3600 James St., Syracuse, was charged Dec. 3 with petit larceny for shoplifting at Walmart. ✓ Allen J. Babcock, 25, of 546 Bradley St., Watertown, was charged Dec. 8 with third degree criminal possession of stolen property and third degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. ✓ Nathan Z. Fitchette, 25, of 206 Franklin St., Watertown, was charged Dec. 8 with third degree criminal posses-sion of stolen property and third degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
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Living strongCancer survivor benefits
from YMCA program By Judy Salamone
For months, Eileen Altieri, 70, was not feeling well. She was tired and weak and just wasn’t herself. She didn’t want to go to the doctor, as she feared the worst. Finally, last Janu-ary, with some coaxing from her daughter, Altieri, who lives in Syracuse, made the call.
“I was visiting my daughter in Brooklyn and she said to me, ‘mom, if you don’t call the doctor, you are being self-ish,’” Altieri recalled. “I called and I got an appointment right away.”
Altieri’s fears were realized as she was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The cancer had metastasized to her lungs and liver and the doctor gave her just three months to live.
“I was numb,” she shared. “All of those months I talked myself out of going to the doctor because I was scared. I was foolish and now I had to face this head-on.”
Altieri immediately had surgery to remove a tumor and began her chemotherapy treatments at Britton-field in East Syracuse. One day, as she was waiting for one of her treatments, she noticed a LIVESTRONG at the YMCA
brochure on the table next to her. She picked it up and started reading.
“It was funny, I was sitting there, thinking to myself, ‘gee, what if there was a program out there where people who were battling cancer or who battled cancer could get together for sup-port and workout’
When I looked down, saw the brochure and started reading it, I was amazed. What a Godsend.”
Since October of 2009, the YMCA of Greater Syracuse has offered the LIVESTRONG at the YMCA physical ac-tivity and well-being program. Over 100 cancer survivors have participated in the program which is offered at the three branches-Downtown, East Area Family YMCA, and the North Area Family YMCA. The program, which is free to YMCA members and non-members, addresses the special wants, needs and interests of cancer survivors. The programs and services have been developed for and with cancer survivors, which include services in the area of wellness and childcare.
Altieri began the Strive & Thrive Program at the
Eileen Altieri, 70, is a participant in the LIVESTRONG at the YMCA
Program.
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Health & Wellness
“Once you begin to feel better, there’s more hope, you feel more powerful and it
reinforces a positive attitude.”-Eileen Altieri
diet . exercise . education
How to make sure your gym is a ‘fit’
Whatever their preference, individuals should be sure an exercise facility can meet their fitness needs before becoming a member.
Running news
First-ever Empire State Marathon, Half Marathon held Oct. 16
The Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon’s inaugural debut is Oct. 16, 2011, in Syracuse and includes the New York State Health and Wellness Expo on Friday and Saturday Oct. 14 and 15.
Current divisions available for registrations include: Fire/Police/Emergency, Open Male, Open Fe-male and Open Mixed Relay. The race is hosted by Achieve Fitness LLC.
Achieve Fitness is a 12-year-old sports marketing, training and event company out of Phoenix, AZ. It has been a leader in training, event man-agement, travel, charity consulting and sports marketing.
Achieve Fitness LLC was one of the lead consultants for the success-ful PF Chang’ Rock n’ Roll Marathon in Phoenix, AZ. They are cur-rently the managing entity of First Marathon, First Triathlon Training Programs, the recently reacquired Valley of the Sun Marathon and Half Marathon and now the Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon.
For more information contact Brian Collins at empirestatemara-thon.com, by phone at 480-543-0008 or mail at 2733 Power Road, Ste 102-300, Mesa, AZ 85215.
What to look for in an exercise facility
When a person decides to make a commitment to a healthier lifestyle, that decision is often ac-companied by the decision to join a gym. Gyms can vary greatly. Some cater to specific activities, such as kick boxing or martial arts, while others are more general in scope, with weight training and cardiovascular equipment and access to per-sonal trainers.
Regardless of which type of facility an indi-vidual is hoping to join, certain external factors go a long way to dictating whether or not joining the gym will be a success. When looking for an ex-ercise facility, the following items should be taken into consideration before signing an agreement.Location
Even the most ardent of gym rats would say it helps a great deal to find a gym that’s conveniently located. If the gym is too far away or getting there requires sitting in heavy traffic, then men and women are much less likely to visit the gym as they would be to visit a gym that’s right down the street or easy to get to.
When looking for an exercise facility, find one that’s either close to home or close to the office (preferably both if you work close to home). For those who work far away from home, the gym’s location should ideally be closer to home to pro-mote working out on weekends when you won’t be anywhere near the office.Fellow members
Certain gyms might prove intimidating or uncomfortable because of their existing members. While the members themselves might be warm and friendly, those new to working out might be intimidated if everyone else in the building looks
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like a professional body-builder. In addition, women sometimes feel more com-fortable working out at an
all-female gym.Cost
The cost of gym mem-bership is arguably the
foremost consideration for many people when choos-ing a gym, especially since the economy remains large-
ly unpredictable. When looking for an exercise facility, inquire about mem-bership costs as well as any
initiation fees you may incur or discounts you may be eligible for. Because of the struggling economy, many gyms have waived or are open to waiving sign-up or initiation costs, which can cost in the hundreds of dollars at some facilities.
Also, when discussing cost with a facility employ-ee, ask if there are family discounts or if member-ships are reduced if fees are paid all at once instead of every month. For example, a gym might charge $600 annually ($50 per month), but give a 10 percent dis-count to any members who pay a year’s worth of dues at sign-up. When discussing membership costs, keep in mind many gyms are open to negotiation, but prospec-tive members must initiate any such negotiations.Membership rights
Many gyms boast dif-ferent types of member-ships. Some memberships are all-access and allow members to use the weight room, sauna, pool, etc. Other memberships might cost less but not offer as much access. For instance, a basic membership might offer access to the weight room and cardiovascular machines, but not to the pool or sauna. Choosing the right membership de-pends on the individual. For those who don’t swim and won’t enjoy a post-
workout steam, then the basic membership can save money while still meeting all of the desired needs. For those who want all-ac-cess, the more expensive membership might be more up your alley. Whichever membership is the better fit, be sure the membership agreement lists your rights as a member before signing any paperwork.Hours of operation
Some people prefer to workout before going to work, while others want to sleep in and exercise after a day at the office. Individuals should find a gym that fits their schedules and work-out preferences. It’s also good to inquire about holi-day hours of operation. A good gym won’t shut down entirely during a holiday, and instead stay open on at least a limited schedule.Equipment
Even those new to work-ing out should be able to tell if equipment is up-to-date or outdated. A gym with outdated equipment is best to avoid, as older equip-ment could increase risk of injury. A gym with the lat-est equipment is a gym that likely emphasizes giving its members the best possible environment in which to workout, and that’s impor-tant for all fitness enthu-siasts, but especially those who are just beginning.
East Area Family YMCA last April. Strive & Thrive is for adult cancer survivors who wish to build muscle strength, increase flexibility and endurance, improve overall functional ability, and reduce the severity of therapy side effects.
The program incorporates stretching, balance, core work and strength training and consists of six to eight participants.
“I was always active,” Altieri said. “When I started the program in April, I was very weak. I came in very thin and really needed to build muscle mass and strength.”
During her first few weeks of the program, Alt-ieri was only able to lift five-pound weights. By the end of the program in July, she was back lifting 15 pounds, her pre-illness weight, and bench-pressing 100 pounds.
“The support of the trainers at the Y is amazing,” said Altieri, who continues her workouts. “They push you in an encouraging way. They definitely encourage you to stretch yourself and do more. I walk out of there (the exercise room) on cloud nine.
“More importantly,” she added. “The sense of com-munity is what it’s all about. We are all here because of a commonality. But, we don’t talk about our illness. It’s all very positive. It’s just a magnificent program.”
Altieri said that her cancer is almost gone. Her lungs are clear and her liver is almost back to normal. And, she no longer thinks about the prognosis that the doctor gave her back in January.
“The LIVESTRONG Program at the Y has been beneficial to me in so many ways,” Altieri said. “Once you begin to feel better, there’s more hope, you feel more powerful and it reinforces a positive attitude. I feel so good, I forgot how I felt when I first came in.”
Judy Salamone is the membership and marketing director at the East Area Family YMCA. Judy has been a freelance writer and editor for the past 25 years.
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Seneca Federal an important part of the CNY community
Seneca Federal Savings and Loan Association, founded in 1928, has been supporting the Central New York community in many ways since it was founded.
“We’re fortunate to have the resources to pro-vide not only financial support, but also the hu-man resources required by charitable and civic organizations to carry out their most necessary work,” said Katrina Russo, president – CEO. “Wheth-er it’s scholarship funds, ‘Celebrate Baldwinsville,’ replacement of holiday decorations destroyed by vandals, financial support of such organizations as the volunteer fire depart-ments, youth sports, the Baldwinsville 100-year-old Lock celebration, Syra-cuse Home, or YMCA, our communities have always been able to count on Seneca Federal,” said Anna Custer, senior vice president.
Seneca Federal is cur-rently a member of the Baldwinsville Chamber of Commerce. Custer is a past president of the chamber, as well as a board member of the Baldwins-
ville Community Scholar-ship Foundation, Inc. and head of the student loan nursing fund for The Fe-male Charitable Society.
There are several other employees who similarly serve the CNY community in similar capacities. Lisa Hetko, branch manager, has recently joined the North Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and coor-dinates events such as the Making Strides against Breast Cancer walk, which Seneca Federal employees took part in again this year. She also spearheads the Costume for a Cause fundraiser at the Associa-tion.
“ This annual event takes place around Hal-loween and raises mon-etary and other appli-cable donations for a local cause,” Hetko said.
“We’re also proud of the financial services we provide to the Central New York community,” Russo said. “We want to actively participate in as-sisting households who have fallen victim to the sub-prime and adjustable rate mortgage market.”
“Concentrating on the needs of Central New Yorkers is what Seneca Federal is all about,” Russo concluded.
Lisa Hetko, branch manager at Seneca Federal, presents donations collected at this year’s Costume for a Cause to Chris Benton of Vera House.
Prostate cancer and the CyberKnifeHematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York is involved in a nationwide
study to assess the efficacy of the CyberKnife for the treatment of prostate cancer. Early evidence of CyberKnife prostate radiosurgery is very promising and comparable to Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) – one of the current standards for treatment. In fact, the CyberKnife is revolutionizing prostate treatments. In addition to being more precise and as effective as IMRT, CyberKnife prostate ra-diosurgery is completed in five treatments, typically in one calendar week – as compared to 43 treatments or eight to ten weeks of IMRT. The CyberKnife provides a unique and promising treatment for early stage prostate cancer. For more information contact one of HOA’s radiation oncologists or physicists at 472-7504, visit hoacny.com or check out Can-cerBeware.com.
Hemotaology-Oncology Associates are the only provider of CyberKnife services in Central New York.
Springside residents enjoy active community
The residents of Springside at Seneca Hill can enjoy many fun and informative community programs brought right to their door on a regular basis. At the senior com-munity, whether it’s taking part in a creative writing program taught by a SUNY Oswego professor, or an osteoporosis exercise program, the nearly 70 residents have many programs available right where they live. Recently, there have been Health Information Workshops of-fered including those on nutrition and heart health.
In turn, community organiza-tions utilize Springside’s facilities when holding meetings and other functions in their grand dining room or library. Springside hosts between 40 and 50 events each year, for organizations including local service clubs, retiree groups, RSVP workshops, and SUNY-Os-wego. The facility is also often the location for many Oswego Health functions such as board meetings and social gatherings.
Then there are the ever popu-lar Soup Lovers luncheons held October through April the second Wednesday of the month. These luncheons, which are open to the public, attract nearly 200 indi-viduals each month. In addition
to the Soup Lovers events, there is an annual and strawberry festival held in mid-June and summertime hotdog lunch bars.
“These events keep our resi-dents connected with the com-munity,” said Vice President/COO Teresa Ferlito. “Their interest is always piqued as to what organiza-tion is using their beautiful facility for a meeting.”
Along with these outside groups, quarterly education programs are held for the residents. The selected presenters talk about a topic of interest to the residents, which would be either health-related or on a hobby. The presenters are typically local individuals. “These workshops encourage our resi-dents to use their talents and helps them maintain their social lives,” Ferlito said.
Springside at Seneca Hill offers both apartment living with sup-port services, and maintenance free duplexes and cottages for people age 62 and over. There are homes available now and anyone may contact the office for more information at 343-5658.
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Staff changes at Syracuse HomeStaff reports
Dave Horan, president of the Syracuse Home Foundation, recently an-nounced two major staff changes within the Foun-dation. Audrey Gibbs has been appointed director
of philanthropy and Kelly O’Neill-Rossi has been named director of develop-ment and marketing.
The restructuring plan will enable Gibbs to focus on major gifts and planned giving. She was the director of development and public
relations at the Syracuse Home Foundation for the past 15 years. A graduate of Vermont/Norwich Uni-versity at Montpelier, Ver-mont, she held positions in several local organizations including: director of an-nual giving at Crouse Hos-
pital Foundation; director of major gifts and planned giving at the United Way of Central New York; and director of development at the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.
Gibbs has resided in Baldwinsville for more than
20 years with her husband, John and two children. She is a former board mem-ber of the YMCA and has served on various commit-tees and PTA’s within the Baldwinsville School Dis-trict. She also volunteers for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and is a member of the Associa-tion of Fundraising Profes-sionals and Association of Healthcare Professionals.
O’Neill-Rossi will focus on fundraising, community relations and marketing. She was previously the volunteer coordinator at Syracuse Home. Prior to that, she held positions in several local organizations including: director of devel-opment and public relations at Hope for Bereaved, Inc.; and associate director of the CNY Children’s Miracle Network at Upstate Medical University Foundation. She holds a bachelor of science degree in communications from Brockport State Col-lege.
O’Neill-Rossi resides in Baldwinsville with her husband, Michael and three children. She is currently an advisory board member at Maureen’s Hope Founda-tion and past vice president of Van Buren Elementary
PTA. O’Neill-Rossi also volunteers her time as a development consultant to help small not-for-profit agencies assess their cur-rent development efforts and create new and in-novative strategies for the future.
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RIGHT: Helga Bertsch, of Cicero; Carol Kinahan, the Watson’s neighbor in Liver-pool; and Trish Pompei of North Syracuse attended the event in support of the Watson family. The trio described the event’s turnout as “what [they] expected, and then some.”BELOW: The memorial bracelet being sold by fellow Liverpool High School attendees Samantha-Ann Lawrence and Ashley Johnston. Over 350 have been sold.
ABOVE: (Seated) Debby Northrop, of Liverpool, and Jill Sheffler, of Chittenango and (standing) Rose Wagner, of Liverpool, and Cindy Smith, of Mattydale, donned Jenni-Lyn Watson memorial tees while selling tickets at the “Syracuse Bands Together” event in Liverpool. Paul Davies, event coordinator said the event was expected to sell between 400 and 500 tickets over the span of the seven hour day.BELOW: Jen Rowley and Kim Waite enjoyed an afternoon of music and drinks at Sharkey’s during the fundraiser.
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edward J. Sinay, Sr. 69Retired from Inland Fisher Guide, Fergerson Funeral Home
M. Lorraine Durosko, 82Women’s Army Corps Band vocalist
andrew C. Phillips, 44Lead singer of the band ‘New Frontiers’
M. Lorraine Durosko, 82, of Liverpool, passed away Thursday Dec. 23, 2010, at her home; she was known to her family and friends as a true Angel on this earth.
She was a longtime employee of B. G. Sulzle Co., Syracuse. She was a veteran of the u.S. Army and was a vocalist for the Women’s Army Corps Band, and was a member of the Liverpool American Legion Post #188. Lor-raine was a communicant of Assumption Church.
She is predeceased by her daughter Darlene
Rusaw in 2007. Surviving are her daughters, Cher-yl (Robert) Wil-loughby of Clay, Bonnie (Martin) Jubb of Shelton, WA, Mary (Buck) Lainhart of Clyde, g r a n d d a u g h t e r C arr ie Howard of Fulton, three great-grandsons, sisters, vivian Tymko of North Syracuse, Dolores (B.J.) Kinslow of Clay, brothers, Charles Webster of Liverpool, Jack Webster of Sebring, Fla.
Calling hours: 4-7 p.m.
Monday Dec. 27 at the Maurer Funer-al Home, 300 Sec-ond St., Liverpool. Funeral services: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday Dec. 28 at the fu-neral home and 10:30 a.m. in As-sumption Church. Burial will be in Assumption Cem-etery. Contribu-
tions may be made to Hos-pice of CNY, 990 Seventh North Street, Liverpool, NY 13088 or the Domini-can Monastery, 802 Court St., Syracuse, NY 13208.
M. Lorraine Durosko
Joseph C. Leva
Joseph C. Leva, 87, of North Syracuse passed away on Saturday Dec. 18, 2010, at Crouse Hospital. Born in Watertown, the son of the late Jack and Sarah Palmer Leva, he is predeceased by his sister, Sally Mentry and by his brothers, Arthur and Nick Leva. He was a WWII Army Air Corp veteran and a member of vFW Post No. 7290.
Mr. Leva had lived in the Syracuse area for over 60 years and since 1949 in North Syracuse. He belonged to Local 58 of the Sheet Metal Workers International As-sociation having worked for Joseph Cashier Co. for many years and for General Electric for five years before retiring.
A communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church, he was
a Sunday morning counter and the ear-ly morning church doorkeeper. He was a member of Bish-op Curley Council 3717, Knights of Columbus and of the Jeremiah Mc-Carthy Assembly. A long time volunteer at university Hospital, he had recently become a vol-unteer at Birchwood.
In 2010, Mr. Leva was presented his CNS high school Diploma by Dr. Mel-vin and the North Syracuse School Board as part of the NYS Operation Recognition Program.
Surviving are his wife of 64 years, victoria; two sons, Joseph (Susan) Leva, Jr. of Myrtle Beach, SC and John (Laurella) Leva of Tully;
two sisters, Mary (Rocco) Alteri and viola Pecori; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Dec. 22 at Ferger-son Funeral Home
and at 10 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Church, with entomb-ment following in St. Mary’s Resurrection Chapel Mau-soleum. Calling hours: 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 21 at the funeral home, 215 S. Main St., N. Syracuse.
Donations may be made to St. Rose of Lima Church, 409 S. Main St., N. Syracuse, NY 13212 .
Memorial messages may be left at fergersonfuneral-home.com.
Edward J. Sinay, Sr. 69, of Lyncourt, died Friday Dec. 17, 2010, at St. Joseph’s Hospi-tal. A native of vandling, PA, he had lived in Syracuse since 1942 and graduated from Central High School in 1960. He served with the uS Navy, aboard the aircraft carrier, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mr. Sinay retired from In-land Fisher Guide in 1993 as senior plant engineer and re-tired from Fergerson Funeral Home in 2002. He had been a member of the Lyncourt volunteer Fire Department from 1965-1975. For 10 years he was a member of the Lyn-court School Board serving as President for three years. He was a communicant of SS Peter & Paul Orthodox Catholic Church and of St. Daniel’s Church where he was an usher and school board member.
Mr. Sinay was a member of Me-morial Lodge No. 648 F&AM, Past Master of Sea and Field Lodge No. 2-983 F&AM, Dis-trict Deputy Grand Master of the First Onondaga District, 1979-1980, a mem-ber of the Central City Bod-ies, AASR, valley of Syracuse, Tigris Temple, AAONMS and the Royal Order of Jest-ers, Syracuse Court No. 79. He was also Past Patron of Syracuse Chapter No. 70 and Centerville Chapter No. 185, OES.
Surviving are his wife of 47 years, the former Patricia A. Hicks; his mother, Julia A. Barna Sinay; three children, Dawn Marie (Brian) Broth-ers, Edward J. (Suzanne) Sinay, Jr. and Nadine Marie
(Nicolo) Lettieri; a sister, Nancy (Den-nis) Tarasevich; three grandchildren, Joshua, victoria and Makayla; and several nieces and neph-ews.
Services: 9:15 a.m. Tuesday Dec. 21 at Fergerson Fu-
neral Home and at 10 a.m. at SS Peter & Paul Orthodox Catholic Church with burial following in Assumption Cemetery. Calling hours: 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday Dec. 20 at the funeral home, 215 South Main Street, North Syracuse, NY. Masonic ser-vices: 8:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to the Masonic Care Com-munity, 2150 Bleecker Street, utica, NY 13501-1788.
Edward J. Sinay, Sr.
Andrew C. Phillips, 44, of Baldwinsville, passed away on Thursday Dec. 9, 2010. He was a 1984 graduate of CNS High School and a 1988 graduate of LeMoyne College. For 16 years Andy had been an employee of Anheuser-Busch. He enjoyed
fishing, camping and music and had been lead singer and keyboardist for the band, “New Frontiers”.
Andy was predeceased by his father, James M. Phillips, on Dec. 14, 1968 and by his sister, Pamela Phillips Tackett on Feb. 8, 2006.
Surviving are his wife of 4 years, the former Anna M. Christo; his mother, Dorothy Phillips; two brothers, James (Gail) Phillips and Matthew Phillips; several nieces and nephews and his feline fam-ily, Simba, Nico and Kilion.
Calling hours: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday Dec. 13. Services: 1 p.m. at Fer-gerson Funeral Home, 215 South Main Street, North Syracuse.
Donations may be made, in lieu of flowers, to the Humane Association of CNY, 4915½ West Taft Road, Liverpool, NY 13088-4811. Memorial messages may be left at FergersonFuneral-Home.com.
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NOTICE OF FORMATIONNotice of Formation
of PSH Properties , LLC, Art.of Org. filed Sec’y of State(SSNY) 4/21/2010 . Officelocation: Onondaga County.SSNY designated as agent ofLLC upon whom process maybe served. SSNY shall mailcopy of process: 6577Lakeshore Rd. Cicero, NY13039 . Purpose: any lawfulpurpose.
SR-1LEGAL NOTICE
T.I. RIVER RENTALSLLC a domestic LimitedLiability Company (LLC)filed with the Secretary of Stateof NY (SSNY) on 11/19/2010.Office Location: OnondagaCounty. SSNY is designatedas agent upon whom processagainst the LLC may be served.SSNY shall mail a copy of anyprocess against the LLCserved upon him/her to theLLC, 9364 River Island Dr.Brewerton, NY 13029.General Purposes
SR-2NOTICE OF FORMATION
Notice of Formation ofAbsolute Warehousing, LLC. Articles of Organization filed
with Secy. of State of NY(SSNY) on 9/17/2010. Officelocation: Onondaga County.SSNY has been designated asagent of the LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved. SSNY shall mail acopy of process to: c/oAbsolute Warehousing, LLC,P.O. Box 217, Liverpool, NY13088. Purpose: any lawfulactivity.
SR-2LEGAL NOTICE
Name: ROSE CREEK,LLC: Articles ofOrganization filed withSecretary of State of New York(SSNY) on November 16,2010. County location:Onondaga. Principalbusiness location is 8795Gaskin Road, Clay, NY13041. SSNY designated asagent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved. SSNY shall mail copyof process to 8795 GaskinRoad, Clay, NY 13041. Purpose: to engage in any andall business for which LLCsmay be formed under the NewYork LLC Law.
SR-2NOTICE OF FORMATION
Notice of Formation ofPrindle Properties, LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on12/6/10. Office location:Onondaga County. Principalbusiness location: 225Jewell Dr, Liverpool, NY13088. SSNY designated asagent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved. SSNY shall mailprocess to 225 Jewell Dr,Liverpool, NY 13088.Purpose: any lawful acts oractivities for which LLCsmay be organized.
SR-3NOTICE FOR
PUBLICATIONFORMATION OF A NEW
YORK LIMITEDLIABILITY COMPANYPURSUANT TO NEW
YORK LIMITEDLIABILITY COMPANYLAW SECTION 206(c)
1) The name of theLimited Liability Companyis 2512-2514BREWERTON ROADMATTYDALE, LLC 2) Thedate of filing of the articles oforganization with theDepartment of State was
November 16, 2010. 3) Thecounty in New York in whichthe office of the company islocated is Onondaga County.4) The Secretary of State hasbeen designated as agent ofthe company upon whomprocess may be served andthe Secretary of State shallmail a copy of any processagainst the company servedupon him or her to: 155 W.Cheltenham Road, Syracuse,NY 13205 5) The businesspurpose of the company is toengage in any lawful act oractivity for which limitedliability companies may beorganized under the LLCL.
SR-4NOTICE OF
FORMATIONNotice of Formation of
Lighthouse Hotels, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NYDept. of State on 8/25/08. Office location: OnondagaCounty. Sec. of Statedesignated as agent of LLCupon whom process againstit may be served and shallmail process to the principalbusiness address: 3948 StateRoute 31, Liverpool, NY13090. Purpose: any lawful
activity.SR-4
NOTICE OF ANNUALMEETING OF MEMBERS
OF SENECA FEDERALSAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATIONNotice is hereby given
that the Annual Meeting ofMembers of the above-namedAssociation will be held atthe home office of theAssociation at 35 OswegoStreet, Baldwinsville, NewYork on the 19th day ofJanuary, 2011, at the hour of5:00 P.M. of said day. Thebusiness to be taken up at thesaid Annual Meeting shall be:
1. Considering andvoting upon approval ofminutes of last Members’Meeting;
2. Considering andvoting upon reports of officersand committees of theassociation;
3. Considering and actingupon ratification of the acts ofdirectors and officers of theAssociation;
4. Election of fourdirectors to fill the office, theterm of which is in accordancewith the Charter and Bylaws
of the Association.DATED this 20th day of
December, 2010Janice L. MacDonald,
SecretarySeneca Federal Savings
and Loan AssociationBM/SR-1
TOWN OF CICEROTOWN & COUNTY TAX
NOTICEThe undersigned,
Receiver of Taxes andAssessments for the Town ofCicero New York, havingreceived the tax roll andwarrant for the 2011 Townand County Taxes, willreceive taxes at the Tax Office,Cicero Town Hall, 8236South Main Street, Cicero,New York 13039 for 8:00 amto 4:30 pm Monday throughFriday during January.January 28th and January31st from 8:00 am until 6:00pm. February and Marchhours will be 8:30 am to 4:30pm, excepting legal holidays.
Taxes may be paid on orbefore January 31, 2011,without charge or penalty.Taxes with Senior Citizenexemptions will be due byFebruary 7, 2011. On all such
taxes remaining unpaid afterJanuary 31, 2011 one percentum (1%) will be added thruMarch 1ST and one and one-half per centum (1½%) will beadded March 1st thru March31st.
If taxes are unpaid as ofMarch 15, 2011 and a secondnotice of taxes due isprocessed, an additionalcharge of one dollar($1.00)will be levied and will becomea part of the amount due.
Return of unpaid taxes ismade by the Receiver of Taxesto the Commissioner ofFinance on April 1, 2011.
SHARON M. EDICKReceiver of Taxes and
AssessmentsTown of CiceroDated: December 27, 2011
SR-1CICERO TAX OFFICEEXTENDS HOURS FOR
TOWN & COUNTYTAXES
Sharon M. Edick, Receiverof Taxes for the Town of Cicero,would like to remind Cicerotaxpayers that the taxcollection hours have beenextended for January, 2011.The office opens at 8:00 am
each day and closes at 4:30pm. On January 28th andJanuary 31st, the office willremain open until 6:00 pm.
Online tax paymentsThe Receiver of Taxes
would like to clarifysomething in regard to onlinepayment of your taxes. If youare going to be paying theTown and County taxes online, you need to know thatmany of those payments areNOT done instantly. Thatcompany cuts a check payableto the Receiver of Taxes andMAILS it to the tax office. Thereis no direct deposit of thesepayments, it still happens theold fashioned way—by Mail.These payment envelopes DONOT get a US Postal Servicepostmark, therefore manyarrive at the Tax Office after thedue date and we have to returnthem to the property ownersand request the penalty. Thismakes for some VERYunhappy taxpayers. Youshould contact your Bank andverify their policy and timestructure for such payments.We do not want you to beuniformed.
elaine F. hobday, 89Avid reader, gardener, loved to travel
Elaine F. Hobday, 89, formerly of North Syracuse, Blauvelt and New Bern, passed away Dec. 22, 2010, at Elderwood Health Care at Birchwood. She was a graduate of the university of Rochester and longtime edu-cator. Elaine taught at Sacred Heart, St. Dominic’s, and St. Agnes in Tappan, NY before
retiring to New Bern, NC. Elaine was an avid reader, gardener and loved to travel. She was predeceased by her husband of 49 years, Arthur F. Hobday, who passed away in 1995. Elaine is survived by her son, James (Mau-reen) Hobday, of Blauvelt, a daughter, Kathleen (Mark) Ambrose of Baldwinsville,
and five granddaughters. A memorial service will
be announced at a later date.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, PO Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220, or the Alzheimer’s Association of CNY, 441 W. Kirkpatrick St., Syracuse, NY 13204.
John W. McDonald, 54Loved nature, animals; skilled at remodeling, handicrafts
John (Jack) W. McDonald, 54, of North Syracuse, died Friday Dec. 24, 2010, at up-state Medical Center. Origi-nally from Watertown, he had resided in North Syracuse for many years. He was prede-ceased by his parents, James M. and Joan E. McDonald and his beloved dog, Ellie.
Jack enjoyed traveling throughout the u.S. in his younger years. The past eight years, he spent countless hours mentoring his nieces, Abbey and Jillie. He was known for his “green thumb,” love of nature, animals and his
skills at remodeling and handicrafts.
He is survived by his five sisters, Janet Rexroth of Dupont, WA, Maureen Rose-Zipf (Theodore Zipf) of Sweet, ID, Cath-erine Brooks of Syra-cuse, Patricia Licursi (James) of Ft. Walton Beach, FL and Sara Paolini (Christopher) of Cicero; his devoted nieces Abigail and Jillian Paolini; five nieces and nephews; five great-nieces and nephews and his beloved pets Milo and Max . He will
be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him. The fam-ily wishes to thank Dr. Wright and Ellie (ROC) and the 6H ICu staff for their dedicated care dur-ing Jack’s illness. We’d also like to express our appreciation to
Jack’s neighbors for their many kindnesses.
Services will be private per Jack’s wishes.
Memorial wishes may be left at fergersonfuneralhome.com.
Mary e. Bock, 68Enjoyed golf, college football, time with family and friends
Mary E. Hanratty Bock, 68, of North Syracuse, died Monday Dec. 27, 2010, unex-pectedly at her home. She was born in Watertown, sum-mered in Cape vincent and had resided in North Syra-cuse since 1967. She was a 1960 graduate of Immaculate Heart Academy in Water-town and a 1962 graduate of Mohawk valley Community College in utica.
Mrs. Bock retired in 1999 from Inficon. She was a vol-unteer for North Area Meals on Wheels, was an eagle member of Bay Breeze Golf
Links in Chaumont and was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church. She enjoyed NASCAR, golf, college foot-ball, spending time with her family and friends, sports trivia and had a great sense of humor.
Surviving are her hus-band of 48 years, John; her children, Mary (Mark) Turo and Michael (Stacey) Bock; a sister, Ann (Tom) Kelly; a brother, Peter (Adele) Han-ratty; five grandchildren, Heather and Christopher Turo, and Brett, Taylor and Bailey Bock and several
nieces and nephewsServices: 10 a.m. Wednes-
day Dec. 29 at St. Rose of Lima Church, 409 South Main St, North Syracuse. Burial will be private. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 28 at Ferg-erson Funeral Home, 215 South Main Street, North Syracuse.
Donations may be made to North Area Meals on Wheels, PO Box 347, North Syracuse, 13212
Memorial messages may be left at fergersonfuneral-home.com.
Costas epsilanty, 90Served in the Royal Greek Navy durning WWII
Cheryl a. Barclay, 54Liked to garden, read, travel, listen to country music
Margaret Wood, 91Mother, grandmother, great- and great-great-grandmother
John McDonald
Costas Epsilanty
Costas Epsilanty, 90, for-merly of Tarpon Springs, FL, died Sunday in Syracuse. He was a native of Greece. Mr. Epsilanty’s life spanned a world war as well as the Bolshevik Revolution, from which he fled as a child. Mr. Epsilanty served on a sub-marine in the Royal Greek Navy fighting the Nazis and the forces of fascism during World War II. After being shot in the water after his ship was destroyed, he became a prisoner of war in Germany. Having been liberated by the British, Mr. Epsilanty marched as a representative of Greece during the vic-tory Day parade in London before Queen Elizabeth. Mr.
Epsilanty received several medals for his service, and met his late wife while visit-ing the united States with his ship after the War. Mr. Epsilanty moved to Philadel-phia, PA, where he raised a family and founded a painting company. Mr. Epsilanty was very active in a variety of community organizations, including the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, as well as in the Greek Orthodox Church. After living in Phila-delphia, he and his wife Edith moved to Tarpon Springs, Florida, where he was well known in organizations in the
Greek community. He was predeceased by his wife, Edith.
Surviving are his son, George Epsi-lanty, and his daugh-ter and son-in-law, Alexandra Epsilanty and Daniel Jonas, as well as his grand-children, Nika and
Adriana Jonas, of Syracuse. Services will be held in
Tarpon Springs, Fla., with burial following in Cycadia Cemetery.
Donations in lieu of flow-ers, may be made to the Jew-ish Home at Menorah Park.
Memorial messages may be left at fergersonfuneral-home.com.
Cheryl A. Barclay, 54,of North Syracuse died unexpectedly Sunday Dec. 26, 2010, at her home. She was a life resident of North Syracuse, the daughter of the late Robert and Ruth En-right Barclay, and graduated in 1974 from Cicero High School. She liked to garden, read, listen to country music and to travel. Her grand-children were the light of her life.
Surviving are her hus-band of five years, John W. Spink; her children, Brian (Cheri Robillard) Jacopelle, Eric Jacopelle, Robert Spink of Maryland and Lauren Spink; her sisters, Terry Bar-clay of Syracuse and Cathy (Keith) Donnelly of virginia; her brother, Robert Barclay of Florida; her two grand-children, Tyler and Alyssa Jacopelle; several aunts, uncles, cousins, a nephew
and four feline friends, Hank, vito, Oscar and Earl.
Services: 10 a.m. Thurs-day Dec. 30 at St. Rose of Lima Church, 409 South Main St., North Syracuse.
Donations may be made, in lieu of flowers, to the CNY SPCA, 5878 East Molloy Road, Syracuse, NY 13211.
Memorial messages may be left at fergersonfuneral-home.com.
Margaret Wood, 91, of Clay passed away peacefully Thursday Dec. 23, 2010, sur-rounded by her family and friends to be reunited with her husband Kenneth H. Wood. She was also pre-de-ceased by a daughter, Mar-garet Elaine Wood LaClair and a son, Leon Wood.
Survivors: two daugh-
ters, Louise (David) Fer-guson and Nancy (Ang) Amodei; two sons, Leonard (Rocky) Wood and Kenneth (Sharon) Wood. Margaret had 18 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Tues-day Dec. 28 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 3494 Route
The Clay Town Board held its annual reorganizational meeting on Monday Jan. 3 at Clay Town Hall to discuss the appointment of people and organizations for the use of the town during the year 2011. Highlights include:3 Deputy Supervisor: Robert Edick 3 Town engineers: C & S Engineers, Inc. 3 Town attorneys: Germain & Germain, LLP
3 Official Newspaper:Star-Review as alternate for the publication of legal notices3 Dog/ Animal Control Officers: Mike Ploski and Jim Bowles 3 Board of Assessment Review member: Dino Paschetto, term expires Sept. 30, 20153 Chairman of the Planning Board: Walter Lepkowski3 Planning Board member: David Hess, term expires Dec. 31, 2017
3 Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals: Charles Mangan3 Zoning Board of Appeals member: Charles Mangan, term expires Dec. 31, 20153 Town Historians: Dorothy Heller and Harold Baker3 Board of Ethics member: Jill Hageman-ClarkGeneral Committee councilpersons include:3 Special Districts: Clar-ence Rycraft3 Finance: Bruce Johnson
and Clarence Rycraft3 Parks, Recreation and Human Resources: Joseph Bick3 Public Safety: Robert Edick3 Highway & Public Works: William Weaver3 Planning & Develop-ment: Bruce Johnson and Naomi Bray3 Zoning Board of Ap-peals: Bruce Johnson3 Personnel: Damian ulatowski3 Industrial Develop-ment: Damian ulatowski
and Robert Edick3 Building: Robert Edick and William Weaver3 Recreational Facilities & Grants Special Committee: Joseph Bick 3 Liaison to North Syracuse School District: Jospeh Bick and Robert Edick3 Liaison to Liverpool School District: Damian ulatowski and Bruce Johnson3 Regular Town Board meetings will be held the first and third Monday of
each month beginning at 7:30 p.m.
A regular Town Board meeting followed the orga-nizational meeting, during which the Board approved the creation of sewer, drain-age, lighting, and water sup-ply districts within the New-bury Woods Subdivision.
A public hearing was re-scheduled for the change of zone application of the COR verPlank Road Company, LLC. It will be held Jan. 19 at 7:44 p.m. A public hearing date was also scheduled for the renewal license for the Casual Estates Mobile Home Court at 7:35 p.m. on Feb. 7.
The next regular Town Board meeting for Jan. 17 was rescheduled due to Mar-tin Luther King Day, and will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 19 at Clay town Hall 4401 State Route 31 in Clay.
Salina Reorganizational Meeting
By Caitlin Donnelly
The Salina Town Board held its annual reorgani-zational meeting at Salina Town Hall on Tuesday Dec. 28. During the meeting, the board discussed resolu-tions appointing people and organizations to be used by the town of Salina for the year 2011. Highlights include:
3 Attorneys for the town: Coulter, ventre & McCarthy, LLP. Auditors for the town: Testone, Marshall & Discenza
3 Chair of Planning Board: Timothy Frateschi
3 Chair of Zoning Board of Appeals: Hugh Canham
3 Engineers for the town: Clough, Harbour & Associates, LLP
3 Insurance Broker of Record for the town: Haylor, Freyor & Coon
3 Official Newspaper: Second- Star-Review
Planning Board member: James Murty, five year term Jan. 1, 2011 to Dec. 31, 2015
3 Town Historian: Dori-anne Gutierrez
3 Zoning Board of Appeals member: Edward Puma, five year term Jan. 1, 2011 to Dec. 31, 2015
Town Board meeting nights will be held the sec-ond and fourth Monday of every month beginning at 6:30 p.m. The next regular Town Board meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at Salina Town Hall.
