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LOCAL NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26, 2012
More delays on RR bridge removal
by Kristina Gabalski
It will probably be at least three weeks before the CSX railroad bridge over Union Street (Route 259) in Spencerport village will be removed.
Mayor Joyce Lobene alerted the community to the most recent delay February 20.
“I have just received word from the contractor hired by CSX that the state has now requested another engineer’s report,” the mayor stated in her emailed announcement.
Mayor Lobene says an engineer has been hired and is promising to do the report immediately and that bridge removal could begin in three weeks.
“At this time, I would not hold out for the three weeks,” the mayor says.
Officials had reported earlier that the bridge was slated for removal in late February.
Lobene stated that she has been advised to notify the state to go ahead with work on the Erie Canal lift bridge.
“They have traffic lights installed and ready to activate on the Martha Street bridge,” the mayor stated. “The lights will assure that residents have an easy detour into our village center while our canal bridge is shut down for repairs.”
2/26/12
Save-A-Lot opens in Holley
Holley has its own grocery store again with the grand opening of Save-A-Lot last week. On Tuesday, February 14, residents lined up at 8 a.m. to shop the new store on Geddes Street.
The new full-service discount grocery features Save-A-Lot brands and national brand products, plus USDA-inspected beef, pork and poultry, farm-fresh, locally-grown fruits and vegetables and non-food items.
The store is owned and operated by the Pawlak Family, who currently run the Save-A-Lot store on West Avenue, Albion. No strangers to the grocery business, the Pawlak’s have been serving Orleans County for three generations totaling over 50 years.
The 18,000 sq. ft. retail outlet employs 24 and is considered a limited assortment store, however offers over 2,000 items which include the exclusive SAL custom brand products as well as a variety of national brands at discounted prices. All products are top quality at the best prices, says Holley Save-A-Lot owner Jerome Pawlak. Shoppers will find a full butcher shop with meat fresh cut daily by local, professional meat cutters. The produce section features fresh fruits and vegetables and when in season will include locally grown items. “We support the local community that supports us” through local organizations, plus 100 percent participation by company and employees to the United Way Campaign, says Pawlak. The Pawlak family members are strong proponents of shopping locally in their personal shopping habits and Jerome will personally spend time at both the Holley and Albion stores. “We welcome the opportunity to serve the Holley and surrounding communities. We believe we have created a store to be proud of and are excited to be here,” Pawlak said.
“As a value-minded company, Save-A-Lot is committed to offering the highest quality products to shoppers who not only need access to these food items, but also want them at an affordable price - typically up to 40 percent less than traditional grocers,” Pawlak said. “We look forward to welcoming shoppers into our new Holley store, and being a part of the community.”
Save-A-Lot offers a 100 percent money back guarantee and low everyday prices on milk, bread and all the essentials. Your favorite brand names at discounted prices: “Save Time - Save Gas - Shop Locally.”
“We are very excited to be bringing great food and great prices to our neighbors in Holley, in the form of this new Save-A-Lot store,” said Pawlak. “We commend and thank the Village of Holley, Town of Murray, Orleans County Economic Development Agency and Orleans County Chamber of Commerce for helping make this opportunity possible.”
Renovations to the store, in the Village Square, a former Jubilee Foods location closed in 2006, was made possible by a community block grant from the New York State Department of Housing and Community Development.
Stop in and shop at the new village market on Geddes Street in Holley - 638-5555.
2/26/12
Brockport addresses parking ticket pile-up
by Kristina Gabalski
The Village of Brockport may soon have a solution to what officials call its “parking ticket problem.”
Trustee Margaret Blackman presented the village board with a proposal during its regular meeting February 14.
“I’ve been sleeping, eating and breathing parking tickets for the past two weeks,” Blackman told fellow board members.
She recommended hiring Fundamental Business Service, a collection agency based in Hempstead, NY, to collect parking ticket fines.
Blackman said that according to some estimates, the village is currently collecting less than 60 percent of the parking tickets that are written. A collection agency should help the village collect at least 90 percent, she said.
The village currently receives an annual payment from the Sweden Town Court for parking tickets paid - $29,260 in 2011, Blackman said.
“We do not know how many tickets this represents, what level of fines, or when those paid tickets date from,” Blackman stated in her proposal. “Boxes of delinquent unpaid tickets have collected for years. The Sweden Town Court has neither the time nor incentive to go after unpaid tickets that belong to the village, much less track current ones with the level of information the village would like. This is not a new situation; it goes back at least to the 1970s.”
Fundamental Business Service has been in business for 28 years and is experienced in working with Justice Courts, with the core of their case management and processing work being parking tickets, Blackman said.
“They would document and account for all current parking tickets, pursue all recent tickets more than 30 days overdue, as well as all tickets dating back to 2006,” she said.
The system would make it easy, Trustee Blackman explained, for the court to submit monthly dispositions of parking tickets for the village to the Office of the State Comptroller - which is required - and the village should begin receiving monthly statements on parking dispositions from the Office of the State Comptroller. The village would also begin receiving a monthly, rather than an annual, check from the Town of Sweden.
Blackman explained that the agency sends out letters to vehicle owners when tickets are 30, 60 and 90 days in arrears. “The agency is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles,” Blackman said and can put a hold on the re-registration of a vehicle if fines are not paid.
“There are no start-up costs, no costs for database management, no costs for notification letters,” Trustee Blackman said. “When delinquent, and only delinquent fines are collected, the agency takes 30 percent of what is collected. The agency bills the municipality that hires the firm.”
“I think everybody will be happy,” Trustee Blackman said. Sweden Town Justice Robert Connors “has been extremely helpful in moving this forward. This is a win-win solution for everybody.”
2/26/12
Brockport Rotary presents donations
(Left to right), Rotary Assistant District Governor Bill Gormont, Wilmot Cancer Center representative Monica Lewis, Brockport Rotary President-elect Doug Clare and Brockport Food Shelf Director Marne Johnson are shown following the Brockport Rotary Club's donation of $1,000 to the Brockport Food Shelf and $2,000 to the Wilmot Cancer Center. Provided photoBrockport Rotary president elect Doug Clare presented Rotary’s annual $1,000 gift to Brockport Food Shelf Director Marne Johnson. Johnson stated that the gift was very generous and would be put to good use. She also updated the club on food shelf changes such as the creation of a shopping experience for clients who now select from stocked shelves similarly to how they would grocery store shop. She mentioned that there has been an increased number of families (now about 125-150 per month) coming to the new St. Luke’s location.
Clare also presented a donation of $2,000 to Monica Lewis, Executive Director of Advancement for the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center. A cancer survivor who received quality follow up care from Wilmot, Clare said everyone knew someone who has had cancer - lending importance to having such a facility in our immediate area. He felt privileged to be able to state that Rotary’s total gift to Wilmot now stands at $10,500. The money was raised at the club’s annual Barbecue Festival this year to be held July 6 to 8 at Northampton Park.
Lewis, in turn, stated she was honored to accept the gift on behalf of the Cancer Center which just made the list of the top 70 such facilities in the country. She cited the creation of the first cancer vaccine by University of Rochester researchers as one of the reasons for the recognition.
The speaker for the evening, Rotary District 7120 assistant governor for Area 9 Bill Gormont of Greece, spoke about Rotary’s generosity which is rooted in the idea that we belong to many families. Families stick together and take care of one another. He believes that Rotary derives its strength from individual members who take seriously their commitment to the many families to which they belong whether immediate, community, Rotary, national, world, etc. Gormont used some of his magic (he is Empire Magic) to effectively integrate magic into his presentation.
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2/26/12
Breakfast workshop to present ways to save energy costs
The Genesee County Economic Development Center (EDC) and the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce will host a free business energy breakfast workshop to help small businesses and not-for-profits learn about free energy audits, incentives for energy efficiency improvements and low-cost financing opportunities to help them reduce their energy bills. The workshop is March 9, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Dr. Bruce A. Holm Upstate MedTech Centre, GCC School of Nursing Lecture Hall (2nd floor) at 99 MedTech Dr., Batavia. The MedTech Centre is located across from the main GCC campus (1 College Drive).
The free breakfast workshop will feature opening remarks by Genesee County EDC Vice President of Business Development Chris Suozzi and Genesee County Chamber of Commerce President Lynn Freeman. Expert presentations will be made by Lee Loomis of the New York Energy Smart Communities Program on behalf of NYSERDA to discuss energy audits, low-cost financing and incentives for energy improvements; Andy Szajta of National Fuel regarding small business rebates/ incentives for high-efficiency gas equipment; and Bob Trembath of Lime Energy on behalf of National Grid’s Small Business program.
Organizations that provide program support and business financing, such as the Small Business Development Center and Pathstone Corporation, will also be available to answer questions.
All local and regional small businesses and not-for profits are encouraged to attend this workshop. The first 50 participants to pre-register and attend the event will receive a free Compact Fluorecent Light (CFL) bulb from NYSERDA and an energy kit from National Fuel.
Pre-register for the workshop at www.GreenGeneseeCounty.org or call toll free at 1-866-495-2959. Walk-ins are welcome.
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2/26/12
Check into your past at the Ogden Farmers’ Library during March
A series of genealogy programs will be presented in the month of March at the Ogden Farmers’ Library, 269 Ogden Center Road, Spencerport. The programs will be held at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday in March .
•March 7 - What’s in Your Library? Get the inside story on the materials and tools available to genealogy researchers. An overview of the collection will be presented by Donald Specht, library volunteer and experienced genealogist. Special emphasis will be placed upon a new addition to the collection: Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses.
•March 14 - Irish Roots II. Last year, professional genealogist Dennis Hogan discussed how to use American records to locate Irish family members. This year, he is back with more ways to help searching Irish records.
•March 21 - Church Records: What are they and how do I find them? Marian Henry, president of the Rochester Genealogical Society, discusses the various types of church records. She will help researchers consider under what circumstances the original records were created and how to find them, or copies of them, today.
•March 28 - Military Records: Find Fighting Forefathers. Learn how to track down information about those who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Roy Thurston will share his own research experience in this area, including the discovery of POW/MIAs.
To register for one or more of these programs, call 617-6181 or stop by the Ogden Farmers’ Library reference desk. Friends of the Ogden Library will provide refreshments for these genealogy programs.
2/26/12
Churchville-Riga Chamber of Commerce recognizes 2011 award winners March 8
The Greater Churchville-Riga Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the winners of its 2011 awards, which will be presented at its annual dinner on Thursday, March 8 at Naughton’s Johnson House. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. following social time starting at 6:30 p.m.
Robert deNormand will be recognized as the Citizen of the Year. In his nomination of Mr. deNormand, Pete Neidrauer said, “He has lived in the community for more than 45 years. In that time he has been a member of the school board, served as a recreation coach, Scout Master for Boy Scout Troop 156, is an election inspector and assistant to the Lions Medical Loan Closet.” He went on to say that Mr. deNormand collects books and delivers them to School 17, assists in coordinating three food basket drives each year, is instrumental in Toys for Tots for the area and has been the senior van driver for the Town of Riga for more than ten years.
Selected as the Business Persons of the Year were Jan and Tom Armstrong, owners of Main Street Deli, located at 8 South Main Street. The Armstrongs were nominated by Sue Sidoti who describes the Main Street Deli as a place she loves to go to. “They are so kind and nice. We just love them and they have the best food and best quality around,” said Sue Sidoti.
The Civic Beautification award goes to Jerry and Hazel Spotts, owners of East Point, the professional building located at the intersection of Washington Street and Buffalo Road. In her nomination of the Spotts and East Point, Churchville Village Mayor Nancy Steedman said, “The building has certainly been an improvement in the aescetic quality of the gateway to the village. The style of the building is in concert with the image that was put forth by the community in the village Charrette. It has made the intersection welcoming to our village.”
This year the Chamber of Commerce is recognizing Kim Pape as the Chamber Member of the Year. Kim Pape has been the secretary of the chamber of commerce since 2006. The chamber of commerce has been fortunate in finding someone of her abilities and dedication to the community and she is a tremendous asset to both the chamber of commerce and the community.
Tickets for the dinner are $25 per person and may be purchased at the Riga Town offices, Churchville Village offices and Naughton’s Johnson House. The deadline to purchase tickets is Friday, March 2. No tickets will be available at the door.
2/26/12
Alan Marga
Alan Marga from Troop 111 of Brockport became an Eagle Scout on February 9.
The son of Kristen and Arnold Marga of Clarkson, the new Eagle Scout completed numerous hours of community service, successful completion of 23 merit badges and Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project.
His project was the installation of “No Dumping” medallions in the Town of Clarkson.
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2/26/12
FEATURE STORIES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26, 2012
Deadline fast approaching for Westside News Hometown Community Directory 2012
Think local! The cover of the 16th Edition of the Hometown Community Directory prepared by Westside News Inc. features images of community welcome signs from throughout the area.Get local! Help your business be found -- and do it in an effective and affordable way -- place your advertising message in the 16th Edition of the Hometown Community Directory, a publication of Westside News Inc.
Consumers appreciate the Directory’s easy-to-read format in a handy “just right” size for quick access to important information for area community businesses and services.
As a proven resource, the 2012 Hometown Community Directory attracts customers all year long. Area residents refer to the easy-to-read-and-use local resource throughout the year whenever they are looking for service providers, merchants, a local map and contact information in general.
As always, if an ad is purchased in the Directory on one of the pages with a map of one of our communities, that same ad will run in all four editions of the Suburban News and Hamlin-Clarkson Herald on a week of the customer’s choosing absolutely free. By paying $395 for the ad in the Hometown Community Directory, the customer would actually save $486, which is the cost of a quarter-page ad in the four editions of the Suburban News and Hamlin-Clarkson Herald. There are also additional pages in the Directory eligible for this same special offer. For a complete list call the Westside News Inc. office at 585-352-3411 and speak with one of the account managers.
The Hometown Community Directory makes a communication message available for consumer use over a long term in a format which is readable, accessible and which includes other valuable community contact information. Those aspects make the Directory a source which is valued and retained by area residents.
The publication will include maps and listings for all government officials who serve the readership area. The Hometown Community Directory is the only such guide to provide important contact data for state and federal representatives at their offices in Albany and in Washington. “We may be the only directory to carry local phone numbers for our post offices, as a courtesy to our readers,” Westside News Inc. Publisher and President Keith Ryan said. “Also, listings for our local school districts are found in one place, not scattered throughout as with other directories,” Ryan noted.
Many other aspects make the publication unique and a valued resource -- Westside News Inc. also provides free listings to local community organizations and places of worship, unlike other such directories. “We strive to make the Hometown Community Directory relevant to our readers, which gives them a good reason to keep and use it,” Ryan said, “all year long.”
The Directory has proven itself to reach area customers and clients for over 15 years. “The Directory continues to be one of the most popular products we publish,” Ryan said. “If we can, we want to give everyone the opportunity to have their message in the publication. That’s why we are issuing this reminder that time is of the essence to reserve space and have their advertising message designed by our creative production department so it is ready to be included in the 2012 Hometown Community Directory which will be delivered in April.”
Another popular aspect of the directory has been the year-long contest which uses the booklet as a resource to answer questions printed each week in the Suburban News and Hamlin-Clarkson Herald, the weekly newspapers which are also published by Westside News Inc.
“We have saved our advertisers hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in comparison to the higher-priced Rochester books, and the number of repeat advertisers who choose to be included in the book year after year proves the effectiveness of our publication,” Ryan said.
Don’t wait -- find out more about the 2012 Hometown Community Directory while there is still time to be included. Check out the list of advertisers who have already decided to be included in this year’s Directory printed inside this week. Call Westside News Inc. at 585-352-3411 for information.
2/26/12
Children find Winter Wonders at Braddock Bay Park
On Tuesday, February 21, Braddock Bay Raptor Research Co-Director Daena Ford (center in photo) presented Winter Wonders at Braddock Bay Park for children in pre-school through 1st grade.
The program included story time, a wildlife detective walk, and a craft session.
The story “Waiting for Winter” was read by Linda Bender, an education volunteer, to start the program and prepare the participants for their wildlife detective walk by telling them what animals do in the winter.
During the wildlife detective walk participants looked for tracks of wildlife and discovered winter adaptations of local wildlife. The program concluded with a craft session in which the children made tracks in clay of wildlife they found on their walk, drew pictures of birds, and got a visit from Mr. Eagle.
Photography by David Knox
2/26/12
Spencerport Community Chorus to perform spring concerts
Spring concerts presented by the Spencerport Community Chorus will be held Saturday, March 3 at 7 p.m. and again Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m.
The 40-plus member chorus, directed by Margaret Page Colucci, is comprised of singers from Spencerport and surrounding communities.
The concert features a variety of musical styles sure to lift the spirits and remind concert goers of the memories and moments that make us proud to be American from the patriotic “Salute to America” by Mark Hayes to war melodies such as “I’ll Be Seeing You” by Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” by Raye and Prince, the song “That’s Entertainment,” the gospel piece “Hold Steady With the Gates,” “Wild Thing” and other favorites.
Special guest will be Wally and his Singing Saw. Wally Stevens is 92 and has been playing the saw since he was 12 years old. Audiences have been enthralled at the music that can be performed on a saw; a rare art form. The young men’s group “WolfGang” from the Amadeus Chorale will also be performing and joining their talents with our men to sing “Wild Thing.”
Both concerts are held at the First Congregational Church, 65 Church Street in the village of Spencerport. The church is handicapped accessible. Concerts are free. Donations are appreciated. Free refreshments follow each concert.
For information call 352-6223.
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2/26/12
Upcycler puts ties and belts to new use
by Kristina Gabalski
Wendy Becker of Kendall believes in re-purposing unused or discarded items such as ties and belts. She holds a doll-sized chair for which she is weaving a new seat with ties.Upcycling - it means converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or higher environmental value, or as www.naturallysavy.com describes it, taking something that you would otherwise throw out and finding a way to make it into something new. Whereas recycling might “downcycle” plastic to plastic of a lesser grade, upcycling maintains or improves the quality of the materials.
Wendy Becker of Kendall has been on the cutting edge of upcycling, repurposing old neckties (and belts) for about a decade by turning them into both useful and decorative objects around her home and for others.
Wendy says it all started after she found some chairs at a garage sale. “The seats were ripped apart and I wanted to use them on the porch around the table.”
She began to craft new seats for the chairs with fabric when “the idea of using ties just dawned on me,” she says. “They have their own personality and hold up very well.”
This vanity stool has a new seat made of belts.Wendy weaves the old ties (and belts) into beautiful seats for chairs, benches - even doll furniture. She notes that the ties are made of high-quality fabric, so they wear extremely well. The projects also preserve old furniture that might otherwise find its way to a landfill.
“My friends go around finding more chairs,” Wendy says. She picks up old chairs at auctions she attends with her husband, John, as well as picking up cast-offs she finds on the side of the road. “I find chairs left on my porch,” she says, “I have chairs everywhere - in the attic, the basement and the garage.”
The chairs often need a few minor repairs or a fresh coat of paint, Wendy notes. It takes her a couple of weeks in her spare time, to complete a project.
Several of Wendy's projects are on display in her home - a wreath (placed on the doll chair at top), a purse, pillows, lampshade and the Christmas Tree skirt, a work still in progress.Wendy has also used ties to make wreaths, accent pillows, purses, small pouches for carrying money and small personal items, lampshades and a Christmas tree skirt - which is still in progress.
She finds bags of neckties left on her porch and loves church rummage sales for collecting ties.
People have started coming to her with neckties they would like her to use in a chair or other project for them. The result is a one-of-a-kind heirloom in memory of a special loved one.
“The ties really mean something to them,” Wendy says, “and I get to give them something back. A lot of friends and family have necktie items.”
Wendy also uses old belts in the same way she uses neckties - to weave a new seat for a discarded piece of furniture. “With a belt, you can just poke another hole,” she says,” and then buckle it up, you don’t even have to sew.”
There is a striking spindle vanity stool on Wendy’s porch that has been restored with a woven seat made of colorful belts. She painted the stool a sleek matte-black before constructing the new seat.
Wendy says she looks forward to having more time for her “upcycled heirlooms” after she retires. She and her husband have also begun collecting old picture frames which they repurpose into very functional and eye-catching memo/chalkboards by painting a board with chalkboard paint and placing it in the frame.
Does Wendy have a special piece she considers her favorite?
“They’re all my favorites,” she confesses, “I just love doing it.”
Photographs by Kristina Gabalski
2/26/12
The Gathering Table served by Girl Scout Troop #60144
Members of Girl Scout Troop #60144 volunteered as servers at The Gathering Table on Sunday, February 19 between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Rick Nicholson served as a wandering minstrel playing old favorites on his guitar as attendees enjoyed their chicken and dumplings.
The Gathering Table is a community meal served on the third Sunday of the month at First Baptist Church in Brockport.
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2/26/12
SPORTS NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26, 2012
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Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest
Surrounding the Council winners of the Knights of Columbus District Level Free Throw Contest are Joe Lee, Council 9461; Ben Barrow, K of C Coordinator of the Free Throw Program, Council 7707; Al Howe, Council 9461; Rob Fessner, K of C District Deputy and Dave Tresohlavy, Council 9461.
These winners will proceed to the Chapter Level contest that will be held at McQuaid High School on March 4. Those winners will travel to Bishop Ludden High School in Syracuse to compete later in March.
The State Competition will be held at West Point in April.
2/26/12
Billitier youngest player in the Eastern Junior Hockey League
by Warren Kozireski
Nathan Billitier“As a young player the way he carries himself is unbelievable. He’s got an incredible amount of poise and his skating is second to nobody in our league.”
“He obviously makes some young mistakes from time to time, but he understands the game and his upside is incredible.”
That is high praise from Rochester Stars head coach Tony Maksymiu about 1996 born defenseman Nathan Billitier.
The Spencerport native was seeing action on the power play and penalty kill for the Eastern Junior League Stars and was one of 17 players named to the U.S. Junior Olympic team where he played on the top defensive pair during the five-nation tournament in Austria in mid-January.
The tournament is the first time in history the International Olympic Committee has hosted a Youth Winter Olympics. The team was comprised of players under the age of 16 and was coached by Ben Smith, a four-time Olympic Coach having represented USA Hockey at the 1988 Olympics as an assistant coach on the Men’s team in Calgary. From 1996 through 2006 Smith led the USA Women’s National Program and was the Head Coach of the Gold Medal winning 1998 Olympic Champions.
The squad competed against squads from Canada, Russia, Finland and Austria.
Team USA finished the tournament 2-2 with victories over Finland and Austria, but lost the Bronze Medal game 7-5 to Canada despite a goal from Billitier.
“It was a great experience,” said Billitier. “I got to meet a lot of great people and play with some great players. The competition was great and I couldn’t be happier. We only had two practices before our first game where other teams like Russia have been together for five years.”
Over 34 games this season in the EJHL, Billitier had two assists for the Stars, who finished in sixth place in the Northern Division with a 15-26-4 record.
Billitier, the son of former SUNY Brockport football placekicker Rick Billitier, won the USA Hockey National Championships last season as a member of the Detroit (MI) Belle Tire Under-14 team in his second season of junior hockey in Michigan before returning home this season.
“I consider myself an offensive defenseman but I want to be a complete player so I’m working on all aspects of my game just trying to get better right now.
“I’m very happy with how this year has gone. It was a tough decision to step up and play juniors this year but I couldn’t be happier with my teammates and what they’ve taught me about the league and help me take my game to the next level. It’s been a challenge, but everything has been great. I’m really happy.”
Billitier will turn 16 this May and will be trying out for the U.S. National Development Team (NDTP) program based in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the next few weeks.
“That’s my main goal right now and if I can’t make that (I’ll) probably go to the OHL (Ontario Hockey League whose draft is April 1st). We have a week-long camp there with 40 kids and 20 come out of it.”
“I think he should (go to NDTP); I don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t,” said Maksymiu. “You would be hard-pressed to find another ’96 that is playing at the level he is playing - most of them are playing Junior B or midget level. He is playing ahead and competing ahead of the curve.”
2/26/12
HOLLEY
Hawks advance in basketball
by Warren Kozireski
Trailing by three points late in the third quarter, Holley scored nine of the next ten baskets to pull away and defeat rival Byron-Bergen 57-45 in the first round of the Section V boys’ basketball tournament.
The two teams traded the lead four times in the third quarter leading to the Hawks run which was sparked by a pair of baskets by Zach Deluca, two lay-ups from Cameron Quaranto, a put-back by Tyles Battaglia and a pair of treys by Kyle Bell.
Leading by eight points with one minute remaining, the Hawks sealed the win by going a combined six-for-eight from the free throw line down the stretch.
Bell led Holley with 16 points; Quaranto had 13 with Will Barnell and Sage Hodge each adding ten.
Byron-Bergen’s Dajvandrick Gardner led all scorers with 19 points and Austin Richardson added 11 for the Bees.
Holley advanced to the quarterfinal round against top-seed East Rochester.
2/26/12
SPENCERPORT
Rangers fall in first round
by Warren Kozireski
Spencerport’s girls basketball squad led through the early stages of their first round Section V playoff game with Irondequoit, but fell behind late in the first quarter and never recovered in a 40-30 loss ending their season.
Shannon Martin hit a jumper, Christa White a lay-up and freshman Caitlin Broderick knocked down two field goals to give the Rangers an 8-6 lead, but the Eagles went on a 12-0 run at the end of the first and into the second quarter to pull away.
Spencerport junior Emily Leone and White scored the final two baskets of the first half and Broderick drove the lane to open the third quarter to pull the Rangers to within four points. Later in the third they cut the lead to two on a lay-up by Leone off an assist from Sabrina DeBellis, but Irondequoit scored eight of the next twelve points to put the game out of reach.
Broderick and Leone finished with a team-high eight points each, White had six and Martin had four for the Rangers, who last won a girls’ basketball division title in 1996-97.
Seniors Kelly Peer, Amber Matthews, Ashley Alvarez, Martin and Lyndsy Justice all suited up for their final high school game.
2/26/12
SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26, 2012
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Information overload in the digital age RWC academic conference topic
International bestselling author and 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist Nicholas Carr presents the keynote address during Roberts Wesleyan College’s Biennial Academic Conference on Tuesday, March 13 at 9:15 a.m. in Andrews B. Hale Auditorium of the Cultural Life Center.
The two-day conference, themed “The Future: Opportunities and Challenges,” features a full schedule of presentations and special events taking place on campus during March 12-13. Carr’s keynote will be followed by a series of seminars that raise questions about “the future” in a wide variety of contexts.
Every other year, Roberts organizes and sponsors an academic conference that takes an in-depth look at a contemporary issue through multiple disciplinary lenses. Classes are canceled during the conference so the entire college community can participate.
Carr’s presentation will focus on the topic of his critically acclaimed book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. In the text, he argues that over-exposure to mass media through the internet is altering not only the content of thought, but the very structure of the brain.
The Academic Conference also includes an opening reception for “Thaw: Realms and Origins” in the college’s Davison Gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday March 12. The exhibit features paintings by Jim Condron and Alberto Rey. This event is open to the public and free of charge.
The keynote address by Nicholas Carr, “The Mind in the Net,” begins at 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13. Participants may choose among 16 breakout sessions on “The future of ...” addressing a wide array of topics, presented by Roberts Wesleyan faculty and staff which meet from 10:45 a.m. to noon. Registration is required. A luncheon from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. will feature Rochester Business Alliance President and CEO, Sandy Parker. Registration is required. From 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. participants can choose among 16 breakout sessions followed by a closing presentation and Q&A session with keynote speaker.
For a detailed listing of Academic Conference events and to register to participate, call 1-800-777-4RWC (4792) or visit http://www.roberts.edu/Academic_conference/default.asp.
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2/26/12
BROCKPORT
Brockport’s budding scientists showcase talents at Olympiad
It’s amazing what can be made using random objects. In addition to Brockport High School’s Science Olympiad team designing, conducting, and reporting a full experiment in less than 45 minutes using trash, they built a rubber band-powered helicopter, a vehicle that rolls down a ramp, a thermodynamic device that keeps water warm using all natural materials, a car that levitates on magnets, and a tower that holds over 30 pounds.
Brockport’s team finished ninth out of 21 teams in the academic competition focusing on math, science, and technology standards held at The College at Brockport on February 4.
Over the last few months, Teacher Joe Flanagan has helped students prepare for the rigorous competition where they participated in 25 events. Students studied college level materials including protein modeling and did chemistry labs. Community volunteers Tom Lewis (Dynamic Planet and Rocks & Minerals) and Jim Detaar (Helicopters) also helped students along the way. Students received medals in the Protein Modeling, Geologic Mapping, Dynamic Planet, Helicopter and Write It Do It events and Marisa Allison and Tom Redick placed first in Rocks & Minerals.
“I am extremely fortunate to work with such an outstanding group of motivated students,” said Flanagan. “It says a lot about their character and drive when they give up free time to study college level material. Colleges notice when students put this type of activity on their applications. I’m very proud of everything they accomplished this year.”
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Brockport CSD kindergarten information night March 7
The Ginther School Parent Teacher Student Association is co-sponsoring an information night for parents of children in the Brockport School District who will be starting kindergarten in September 2012. The meeting, on Wednesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. will be held in the Ginther School Cafeteria, 40 Allen Street (building 300). Information will be provided about screening, registration, support services, and preparing children for kindergarten. Guided tours of the building will be available from 6:30 to 6:45 p.m. and after the presentation. This meeting is for the adults who care for and support kindergarten-age children and childcare will not be provided.
Parents may bring a completed copy of the kindergarten registration packet that was sent out in February. Anyone who did not recieve a packet can contact the Registration Office at 637-1857. Children residing in the Brockport Central School District who will turn five years old by December 1 are eligible to start kindergarten in September 2012.
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2/26/12
Ginther students donate to hospitalized children
Student contributors pose with some of the donated crayons and coloring books for children at Golisano's Children's Hospital. From the left are students: Teddy Cooke (grade 1), OIivia Peterson (K) and Emma Peterson (grade 1), pictured with Kango Play Center Owner, Andy Curwin. Provided photoMore than 500 students at Ginther Elementary provided crayons and coloring books to children at Golisano’s Children’s Hospital as part of a campaign sponsored by Kango Play Center in Henrietta.
Ginther was among many Monroe County schools to participate, donating nearly 1,000 boxes of crayons and coloring books. Kango Owner Andy Curwin personally stopped by to collect the donations. He also gave students a free pass to visit the play center to thank them for their generosity.
For Art Teacher Katie Snyder, who helped coordinate the activity, the hospital is near and dear to her family. She recalls the time when her twins spent some time in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
“Through this project I learned that many of our students have their own stories about how they or a family member have been impacted by Golisano’s Children’s Hospital,” said Snyder. “This was a nice way to give back to others and a great community service lesson for our young students.”
This project also meant a lot to first-grader Braydon Merrill, who was a patient at Golisano’s Children’s Hospital. He remembered coloring to help pass the time. He and his family donated 40 coloring books because they want to make sure other children have something to do while they are in the hospital.
“It made me feel happy because the crayons and coloring books will make other kids happy,” said Braydon.
Ginther’s top contributing classes were: Chrissy Ewanow’s, Kelly Cuzzupoli’s and Jessica Mangiameli’s.
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2/26/12
BHS student artwork on display
BHS Senior AP Art students Ryan Luce and Heather Radford.Brockport High School art students have artwork in the annual Rochester-Finger Lakes Regional Exhibition at RIT. The show features art from middle school and high school students from the Rochester-Finger Lakes area.
Art teachers Dan Benedict, Yvonne Casale and Mary Warth submitted art work created by the following students: Francesca Alberti, Shane Chichester, Ryan Luce, Phuong Quang, Courtney Rombout, Heather Radford, and Ashlee Wilmier.
View the student art through February 29 at the Bevier Gallery in the James E. Booth Building 7A at RIT.
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2/26/12
Ginther students learn about healthy choices
First grader Dominic Williams gives a thumbs up for the wonderful presentation by the Rochester Lancers. Provided photoMembers of the Rochester Lancers visited Brockport’s Ginther Elementary School on February 9 to speak to kindergarten and first graders about making healthy choices. During the assemblies, team members included the Ginther School’s “Fitness Four” messages and discussed the importance of eating fruits and vegetables, drinking lots of water and getting lots of rest and exercise. The presentation was complete with demonstrations of some cool soccer moves.
“This visit tied in well with healthy initiatives already in place at Ginther,” said Ginther Principal Rosemary Custer.
On Fridays, students and staff members are encouraged to wear fitness clothes as they start the morning with a fitness activity (dancing, exercising, yoga). This year’s PTSA t-shirt contest theme is also related to the school’s ‘Fitness Four’ to continue the focus on wellness.
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2/26/12
CHURCHVILLE-CHILI
C-C junior named National Merit Finalist
Douglas D. Knowles, a junior at Churchville-Chili, has met all requirements to advance to finalist standing in the 57th annual National Merit Scholarship competition.
Finalists will be considered for National Merit Scholarships to be offered in 2012. The selection of 8,400 merit scholarship winners from a group of more than 15,000 finalists is now in progress NMSC will begin mailing scholarship offers to winners in March.
Knowles is shown when he received his finalist certificate from High School Guidance Counselor Janice Spiotta and Principal Bill Geraci.
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2/26/12
HILTON
Hilton Continuing Ed course offers food handling certificates
All interested community members including high school students interested in working in restaurants, food service, food booths or catering, can sign up to receive Monroe County Health Department certification through the Hilton Central School District Community Education program. This course fulfills the required Monroe County Health Department Level 1 (Food Handler in charge). Level 1 students take a national exam with the certification valid for five years. Students will learn about the microbes that cause foodborne illness, proper personal hygiene; protecting food during receiving, storage, preparation and serving based on the FDA model food code as well as cleaning and sanitizing, pest control in commercial kitchens and regulatory preparedness. The instructor is Peter Castronovo, a past health department sanitarian with over 27 years of food safety/sanitation experience. Supplies (handouts and certificates) included. Register through HCSD Community Education; registration fee paid to Hilton CSD Community Education, 225 West Avenue, Hilton, NY 14468.
Level 1 Certification Class meets two evenings, March 27 and March 29 - $145. Level 1 Recertification meets two evenings, March 27 and March 29 (must have taken Level 1 within the last five years) - $105. Level 2 Certification meets one evening, March 29 - $105. Level 2 Recertification meets one evening, March 29 (must have taken Level 2 within the last three years) - $55.
For information: 585-392-1000 extension 7044 and www.hilton.k12.ny.us/community-education.htm for online course reservation. There is no extra charge for out-of-district residents.
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Hilton Central Pre-Kindergarten Program applications due March 9
Pre-Kindergarten for four-year-olds residing in the Hilton School District is provided by the Hilton CSD through funding provided to the district from New York state. The program has a limited enrollment of 98 students. Should more than 98 children submit an application, enrollment will be made on a lottery-basis. The five-day a week, half-day session meets for two-and-a-half hours per day with transportation provided by parents. There are 18 students in each session staffed by one certified teacher and a teacher assistant. The AM Pre-K sessions are held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and the PM sessions are held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. All district preschool children are eligible to attend, however, transportation by district buses is not provided. Families are responsible for transportation to and from the program site.
Applications from Pre-Kindergarten must be submitted to the Hilton CSD Office of Student Services, 225 West Avenue, Hilton, NY 14468 by March 9. Should there by a lottery, it will be held April 3. Parents will receive notification of acceptance by mid-April. Registration is expected to be held in May 2012.
For information call 585-392-1000 extension 7031.
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2/26/12
HOLLEY
Holley Alumni Hall of Fame nominations due April 27
The Holley Central School District has an Alumni Hall of Fame to recognize Holley High School alumni who have achieved distinction at the local, regional, national or international level in any appropriate area of endeavor, such as academics/education, arts, business, media, public/military service, philanthropy or science. Nominees must be graduates of Holley High School of at least 10 years. The nomination form is due to Superintendent Robert D’Angelo by Friday, April 27. The District Improvement Team will review the application and make a selection.
The honoree will be recognized at the high school awards ceremonies in June, and a plaque will be displayed in the foyer of the Middle School/High School.
The Alumni Hall of Fame began with the 2009-10 school year. Recognized alumni include James J. Piedimonte (2010) and Mary Leuze (2011). For an application, visit www.holleycsd.org/HALLOFFAME.
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OBITUARIES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26, 2012
AREA
•Castle, Robert S., of Pittsford, died February 16, 2012. Bob was a graduate of Spencerport High School (Class of 1952.) Predeceased by his parents, Dr. Clarence and Mildred Castle of Spencerport. Survived by his wife, Donna (Czadzeck); son, Lt. Col. (Ret) James (Laurie); daughter, Deborah Castle (Steven Kenny); step-son, Thomas Bergan (Tonya Troske); sisters, Patricia Wirth and Carol Bauer. Bob was the former owner and operator of the Zornow Funeral Home in Pittsford.
At Bob’s request there will be no prior calling hours. Services and interment will be private.
ALBION
•Weits, Arlene A. (Ellis), age 83, died February 20, 2012 at Buffalo General Hospital following a short illness. She was born on January 14, 1929, a daughter of the late Leslie and Catherine (Curtis) Ellis. Predeceased by her step son-in-law Bruce Wright, sisters, Audrey Wakefield, Olive Braley and Marjorie Miles. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Arthur; daughter Nancy (Ronald) Horth of Waterport; step children Cheryl Wright of Albion, John (Sue) Weits of Churchville; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; several nieces and nephews. She graduated from Albion High School Class of 1946. Arlene was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Albion. She was employed by the Prudential Insurance Company in years past as an administrative assistant to the Insurance Agents.
Funeral Services will be held February 27 at noon at the First Presbyterian Church of Albion. Interment, Transit Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Albion in her memory.
BERGEN
•Taylor, Helen E., (formerly of Clearfield) 67, died February 16, 2012 at her residence. She was born on December 1, 1944 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late Roy and Pearl (Glace) Shomo. Mrs. Taylor retired from Park Ridge Hospital, Rochester and then retired from the University of Rochester. She was a member of the West Side Church of Christ, Clearfield. She is survived by her husband, Barry Taylor, whom she wed December 30, 1961 at Goshen Methodist Church; four children, Lisa Taylor and fiance Bob Walker, Michele Oderkirk and husband Andy, Renee Taylor-Muoio and husband David, Brandon Taylor and girlfriend Sarah Santiago; eight grandchildren, Shane Haymon and wife Korrine, Chelsea, Nicole, Sarah, Nicholas, Jordan, Mason and Makenzie; two great grandchildren, Hendrick and Maddox Haymon.
Funeral Services were held February 23 at the Kevin A. Beadsley Funeral Home, Clearfield. Interment, Goshen Cemetery, Clearfield. Donations can be made to a charity of one’s choice in her memory.
BROCKPORT
•Donohue, Lee W., died February 20, 2012 at age 75. He is survived by his sons Doug and Scott (Julie) Donohue; daughter Nicole; wife Bonnie Mulcahy; grandchildren Brendon and Jade; step-daughter Colleen (Al) Ritchie; step-grandchildren Tim and Sara Ritchie; sister Maggie Donohue.
Interment will be private. Contributions can be made to Aurora House in his memory.
•Hale, Mallory M. M., Suddenly, February 17, 2012, at age 24. She is survived by her son, Aiden Reice Michael Podgers; her siblings, Matthew and his son Kalon, Melissa and Sean; her mother, Sue Vallese; and her father, Mike (Linda) Hale.
Funeral Services were held February 21 at the Fowler Funeral Home, Inc., Brockport. Contributions in her memory can be made to the Aiden Reice Michael Podgers education fund in care of Mike Hale.
•Morris, Raymond Markley, died February 22, 2012 at age 95. A newlywed for the past 68 years, he is survived by his loving wife (and Brockport Village Historian), Jackie; daughter Rayleen (Richard) Bucklin of Greece; son Mark of Brazil, Indiana; four grandchildren, Johnna (David) Bellen of Matthews, North Carolina, Jennifer (Mark) Lessar of Brockport, Markley (Natasha) and Amanda Morris of Brazil, Indiana; five great grandchildren, Colin and Calvin Bellen, Dylan and Shayne Lessar and Kazia Morris. He served his country in WWII as an army air force staff sergeant, aboard a B26 bomber. He was recently the recipient of an honor flight to the WWII Veteran’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. Raymond served the local community as a member of the Town of Sweden Conservation Board, as a greeter at the Brockport Welcoming Center on the Erie Canal and other village activities.
A Memorial Service will be held February 27 at 1 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 14 State Street, Brockport. Donations can be made to one’s favorite Veterans charity in his memory.
•Zastrow, Gary, February 17, 2012 at age 61, after a courageous battle with cancer. He is predeceased by his father Gerald Zastrow. He is survived by his wife Renee (LaBarr) Zastrow; mother, Frances Zastrow; sons, David (Kathleen), Joel (Christine); daughters, Erika Payne (Jonathan) and Shelly Rosario (Johnathan); grandchildren, Anthony, Julia, Maggie, and Leah Zastrow and Silas, Mercy, and Eden Payne; and many others. Gary worked for Star Markets, Ryan’s Big M and most recently Holley Schools as an instructional aide. He was cubmaster for Pack 86, coached baseball and softball, and was the Jolly Goodfellow at Strong Museum.
A Celebration of Gary’s life was held February 20 at Free Methodist Church, Brockport. Private interment, Lakeview Cemetery. Contributions can be made to Holley Central Schools in his memory. To sign Gary’s guestbook visit www.MeesonFamily.com.
HILTON
•Spade, Dorothy H., Peacefully, on February 17, 2012, age 94. A longtime resident of Greece. Predeceased by her husband of 49 years, Joseph. Survived by sons, Joel E. and Richard P. Spade and daughter, Linda (Gerald) Meisenhelder; also sisters, Gladys Morse of Marion, and Margaret Burke of Largo, Florida; five grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and friends.
A private Funeral Service was held. Contributions can be made to a charity of one’s choice in her memory.
KENT
•Scally, Jeon E., age 90, died February 21, 2012. Predeceased by husband Sal, granddaughter Sherryl Standish, and several brothers and sisters. Survived by sons, Joe (Ann Consler) Tauschek, Anthony (Peggy) Scally; daughters, BettyLou (Richard) Standish, Alberta Proctor, Tina (Gary) Dusett, Rhonda (Daniel Arbia) Coyle; brother, LaDue “Pete” Jaquay; sister, Caroline Horton; 17 grandchildren; several great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Service was held February 25 at the Knowlesville United Methodist Church. Interment at the convenience of the family. Contributions can be made to Hospice of Orleans in his memory.
SPENCERPORT
•Greek, Julianna M., Suddenly, February 17, 2012 at 3 months. Survived by her loving parents, Chad Greek and Jacqualine Cobb; grandparents, Wanda Coots, Michael Ryan, Darlene Diaz-Greek and Kevin Greek; aunts and uncles, Ashley Chant, Brian Chant and Andrea Cobb; brother, Joseph Michael Cobb and special friend, Matthew Johgeten.
Funeral Services were held February 21 at New Comer Funeral Home, Empire Boulevard. Interment at the convenience of the family.
•Merle, Rose D., February 22, 2012 at age 76, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Rose was predeceased by her husband, Robert L. Merle; parents, Laverne and Bertha Daniel; siblings, Charlie, Mary Elizabeth, August and Francis Daniel. She is survived by her children, Rene (Larry) Smethers, Russell (Margy) Merle, Randall (Jill) Merle, Roberta (Joe) D’Agostino, Raymond (Annette) Merle, Rebecca (Kevin) Owens, Ross (Alice) Merle and Ruth (Scott) Doyle; siblings, Joe (Celia) Daniel, Edward (Alice) Daniel, Elizabeth (Paul) George and Richard (Teresa) Daniel; 22 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter.
A Memorial Mass was celebrated February 25 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Spencerport. Contributions can be made to “Step it up for a cure,” local research for pancreatic cancer: www.stepitupforacure.org/donate_mail.html in her memory.
•Windhauser, Gloria (Gaylord), February 14, 2012 at age of 82, while wintering in Florida. Survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Leonard J. Windhauser; children, James Windhauser, Larry (Heidi) Windhauser, Joan (Eric Jones) Windhauser, Ann (Vince) Pompa, Susan (Larry) Pecor; grandchildren, Eric (Nina) Windhauser, Chris Windhauser, Jenny Windhauser, Amy Tronolone (Aaron Shafer), Curtis Tronolone, Nicolette Pecor, Nathan Pecor; four great-grandchildren; sister Elaine Droz; brothers, Dick (Meliene) Gaylord and Robert (Dottie) Gaylord; several beloved nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 11 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, 55 Martha Street, Spencerport. Inurnment, St. John’s Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the Arthritis Foundation or the American Heart Association in her memory.
ARCHIVES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19, 2012
LOCAL NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19, 2012
DEC to hold “State of Lake Ontario” meetings
Biologists to update status of lake’s fisheries
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has scheduled three upcoming public meetings to discuss Lake Ontario fisheries. The annual “State of Lake Ontario” public meetings will be held in Niagara, Monroe and Oswego counties during February and March.
Lake Ontario and its embayments and tributaries support thriving populations of fish, including a variety of trout and salmon, bass, walleye, yellow perch and panfish. New York’s Lake Ontario waters comprise more than 2.7 million acres. A 2007 statewide angler survey estimated more than 2.6 million angler days were spent on Lake Ontario and major tributaries. The estimated value of these fisheries exceeded $112 million to the local New York economy.
The meeting dates are as follows:
•Wednesday, February 22, 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Oswego County BOCES, 179 County Route 64, Mexico (Oswego County). The meeting is co-hosted by the Eastern Lake Ontario Salmon and Trout Association.
•Tuesday, February 28, 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Ingel Auditorium, in Building 4 (Student Union) on the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) campus, Rochester (Monroe County). The meeting is co-hosted by RIT and the Monroe County Fishery Advisory Board.
•Thursday, March 1, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building, 4487 Lake Avenue, Lockport (Niagara County). The meeting is co-hosted by Niagara County Cooperative Extension and the Niagara County Sportfishery Development Board.
DEC, United States Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources biologists will make a number of presentations, including updates on the status of trout and salmon fisheries, forage fish, stocking programs, and fisheries management plans. Time will be provided at the end of the scheduled program for the audience to interact with the presenters. Information summaries for a host of Lake Ontario fisheries assessment programs will be posted at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html prior to the public meetings. Previous annual reports can also be found at this site.
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2/19/12
No sales tax on shoes, clothes under $110
According to Assemblyman Bill Reilich (R,C,I - Greece), beginning April 1, clothing and footwear under $110 will now be exempt from the four percent New York state sales tax. The new exemption comes as the current, $55 and under, sales exemption will soon expire. Reilich says he voted against the measure to enforce sales tax on items under $110, and welcomes the new exemption.
“People do not like the idea of paying taxes on footwear or clothing when, prior to 2010, they didn’t have to. Quite frankly, they are taxed enough already. This exemption will further the buying power for families who need new clothes and shoes for their children for school, without having Albany taking their hard-earned money.”
“This is also great news for our local businesses,” said Relich. “Instead of families heading out of state where the sales tax rate is lower or doesn’t exist, this will help support them.”
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Noted planner to present economic development seminar
He has been credited with orchestrating the re-birth of downtown Mount Morris and on Wednesday, March 28, Greg O’Connell will present his success story during an economic development seminar at the A.D. Oliver Middle School Auditorium in Brockport from 7 to 9 p.m.
The seminar is free and open to interested community members, Mayor Connie Castaneda said during the February 14 regular meeting of the Brockport Village Board.
O’Connell is the president of The O’Connell Organization and has been called, “one of America’s best known progressive developers.” He attended SUNY Geneseo in the 1960s and worked as a New York City police detective before beginning his work of buying and restoring properties.
Joining O’Connell will be Livingston County Development Corporation downtown coordinator Louise Wadsworth. Wads-worth owned and operated a successful retail store on Main Street in Geneseo for 25 years.
2/19/12
Spencerport Food Shelf helps community in need
Steve BrownThe Spencerport Food Shelf is sponsored by the Spencerport Ecumenical Ministries, and staffed by a dedicated group of volunteers.
The food is donated by nine churches and numerous civic organizations and school groups. Currently they help about five families a week. They also send out seven baskets a month to senior citizens in need. Sixty three Thanksgiving baskets are also sent out.
In addition to food, each family received a gift certificate to TOPS to purchase perishables. In December 2011, thirty-four new families called for help, so the need keeps growing.
Food and cash donations from the community help make the outreach possible. Steve Brown, (upper left) has served in a leadership role for the Spencerport Ecumencial Food Shelf for more than 15 years.
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2/19/12
Board votes down proposal to change playground name
by Kristina Gabalski
Brockport village trustees have voted down a proposal by Mayor Connie Castaneda to re-name the Barry Street Park/Playground in honor of village resident John Lessord.
Trustees voted 3-1 during their regular meeting February 14 against the proposal. Trustees Carol Hannan, Margaret Blackman and Scott Hunsinger cast the no votes, Mayor Castaneda cast the yes vote. Trustee Kent Blair was excused from the meeting.
Trustees had asked the mayor to table the proposal for consideration at a future time.
“The last thing I want to do is vote against this,” Trustee Scott Hunsinger said.
But the mayor said she would not table the measure and called for a vote.
Mayor Castaneda had asked trustees to consider re-naming the park for Lessord during the January 24 meeting of the village board.
During a workshop session February 7, board members discussed putting a policy and procedure in place for naming parks and other village entities.
“We need to take a step back here,” Trustee Margaret Blackman said during discussion before the February 14 vote. “This has nothing to do with the person (whose name was brought forward).”
Mayor Castaneda said that in the past, the board has voted to re-name parks (most recently the Monika Andrews Children’s Park on Utica Street in 2011) with no policy or procedure in place. She also noted the village board voted in 2001 to name the police Department Building for a former police chief.
“You have set a precedent in the past, the Mayor said, “we need to honor him (Lessord), to not do that would be a disservice to him.”
Trustee Blackman said the re-naming of the Utica Street playground in honor of Monika Andrews was an emotional decision. “It was a wake-up call that we need to have a policy and procedure in place,” she said.
Trustee Carol Hannan agreed. “It’s important to take emotions out of decisions,” she said.
In her proposal to re-name the Barry Street Park in honor of Lessord, the mayor noted the years of “vigilance, hard work and determination” Lessord put into investigating the source of pollution in a creek running by his Lyman Street home. “Remediation is ongoing, even today,” she said.
Mayor Castaneda said Lessord’s work was instrumental in the village acquiring $64,000 to restore the playground at the park.
2/19/12
FEATURE STORIES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19, 2012
Multi-denominational program makes Northeastern Seminary unique
by Kristina Gabalski
Northeastern Seminary (NES) at Roberts Wesleyan College combines the “unchanging essentials of biblical and historical Christianity,” with a “responsive attitude toward contemporary culture,” to prepare Christ-centered men and women for effective ministry in the church and world.
The seminary opened in 1998 with a vision to transform the spiritual climate of the Northeast and beyond. It continues to grow in prominence as a significant resource for the church community in upstate New York.
Fr. Scott Caton, a professor of History and Culture and a Roman Catholic priest (ordained in 2011), is a founding faculty member. He credits Dr. Paul Livermore with the vision to have a seminary on the Roberts campus.
“Paul Livermore is an accomplished theologian,” Fr. Caton says, “a wonderful churchman and the unsung hero of the seminary. Northeastern Seminary, humanly speaking, is Dr. Livermore’s vision. We had a clean sheet of paper and wanted to take the vision of Dr. Livermore and create something really special.”
NES is very special. Its 150 students come from more than 30 different Christian denominations, multiple ethnicities and a broad spectrum of ministry aspiration.
Northeastern Seminary is an independent, multi-denominational seminary in its approach to theological education leading to academically and professional accredited degrees: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theological Studies, Master of Arts in Theology and Social Justice, Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership, and Doctor of Ministry. Three hundred NES graduates minister around North America and abroad.
When completing market studies in preparation for opening the seminary, Fr. Caton says NES wanted to fill a void - not be competitive with Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, for example.
The seminary utilizes an innovative and integrated core program. Preparation includes theological understanding, spiritual formation and ministry skills. “Deeply rooted, faithfully responsive” are words used by the seminary to describe its program.
Historical study of Christianity
Students at NES are oriented towards renewal, Fr. Caton says. The seminary focuses on the classical Christian faith - the writings of the Church Fathers that contain a solid Christian tradition all denominations share.
“We’re giving students that kind of a dimension to Christian training,” Fr. Caton explains, “orienting students historically to the historic Christian tradition.” Students progress through the four core courses together, with church history presented in successive modules, Fr. Caton says.
Pastoral theology, Biblical interpretation, social consciousness are all, “integrated historically up to the present day,” Fr. Caton says.
When students start their study from the beginnings of the church, denominational differences that developed over time are erased. “We hold true to the spirit of classical Christianity,” Fr. Caton says, “which transcends different ideologies by going back to the roots and seeing how doctrine develops.”
“We all started in the first century,” he continues. Students from different denominations are shown “their little part of the puzzle as it develops. Everybody sees their connections with each other in a deeper, more viable way.”
Once students understand how different Christian denominations relate historically, they can “understand how their sisters and brothers look at Scripture the way they do,” Fr. Caton says.
Faith sharing
Roberts Hall on the Roberts Wesleyan College Campus houses Northeastern Seminary. Photograph by Kristina Gabalski.Another vital part of the seminary formation is the integration of a spiritual formation directly into the curriculum, Fr. Caton says.
Students participate in faith sharing groups and receive spiritual direction as part of the curriculum.
“It’s not a Bible study,” Fr. Caton notes. “It opens people’s eyes up (by) breaking down denominational differences. They see the people they are speaking to are really fine Christians,” even though they may be experiencing God differently.
Fr. Caton says the seminary works to evaluate its performance by seeking feedback from graduates.
They tell NES that their seminary experience trained them very well for practical ministry.
Because they have been given a preparation rooted in the classical Christian faith, they have the tools they need to face a world that is always changing, Fr. Caton says.
“They can apply with great wisdom all these tools,” he explains, which allows them to be “very effective” in their chosen ministry.
Fr. Caton calls the “remarkable diversity” - ethnic, racial, male/female, and non-traditional ages at NES - “exhilarating.”
He adds that “the future looks bright for NES,” and that the seminary can play a leadership role in the Christian community by “meeting the need for historic Christianity - whether or not churches know they need it. People realize these values are important. The seminary needs to lead the way. We need to be responsible; we can’t be slaves to the world view. We need to see the depth, treasure and richness of historic Christianity.”
Nurturing the spiritual life
Dr. Douglas Cullum is another founding faculty member of NES and serves as Dean/Academic Vice-President and Professor of Historical and Pastoral Theology at the seminary.
He says that during the development of the seminary, research found that more than 80 percent of recent seminary graduates were satisfied with the academic content of their (preparation) while about the same high percentage were dissatisfied with their own sense of faith in God through Christ.
Amazingly, “Some even personally felt farther away from God” after completing their seminary studies, Dr. Cullum says.
The survey was a factor which prompted NES to create a program with “ongoing attention to nurturing spiritual life that wasn’t cookie cutter or denominational,” Dr. Cullum says.
Because NES is a multi-denominational seminary, Dr. Cullum notes that it doesn’t want every graduate to come out the same way.
He described the spiritual direction that students receive at NES.
The first two years of seminary study include small “faith sharing groups” which provide an “oasis” for students where they can “stop and think about where God might be active in their lives,” Dr. Cullum says.
The small groups help students develop an ability to be attentive and to “... notice and listen to their own sense of God’s presence in their lives,” Dr. Cullum says. He explains that people today tend to be too busy, they might think of God during the high points and in low points, but “where is God in the midst of the ordinary?”
The process proves to be very beneficial, Dr. Cullum says. Data shows that more than 90 percent of graduates feel the seminary’s “emphasis on forming spirituality was the most significant thing - they are extraordinarily pleased,” Dr. Cullum notes.
It gives students a “sensitivity to God’s presence, a theological affirmation that God is always active, that human beings have the capacity to be in touch with God,” Dr. Cullum says.
A theological seminary that prepares men and women for ministry, “... has failed if it only offers a high academic education,” Dr. Cullum explains. “We need to impart content and help people be formed as servants of God in the world.”
Diverse perspectives
Dr. Cullum also addressed the growing trend over the last decade or so of older people coming to the seminary, sometimes after retiring from completely different careers. He says the average age of seminarians has risen to the mid-30s.
The NES model allows people to “develop a community of learners. The first two years are spent with the same group of people,” Dr. Cullum says. “Over that two year span, they become like a little family.”
He says the diversity of ages and denominational backgrounds adds a richness to the classroom.
“You have a 55 or 60-year old looking at a 22-year old - their rich wealth of life experience adds to the classroom experience.”
“We want people to be rooted in the truth as they understand it,” Dr. Cullum continues. When the faith sharing groups meet, students can see that those from other denominations are people of living faith, that “well-meaning good people can be people of faith (and at the same time) disagree on certain issues.”
“We realize every student is called to serve in a constantly changing context of culture,” he notes.
The seminary prepares students with strong roots that enable them to engage in a dynamic culture. “It’s that tension that holds us together,” Dr. Cullum says, “we’re not afraid of culture.”
Expanding the program
Beginning this August, NES will offer graduate-level courses toward Master of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees on the campus of Onondaga Community College (OCC) in Syracuse. Part of its expanding distance-education program, the courses will be offered via video conference, linking the community of learners in Syracuse with Northeastern’s Rochester campus through live video feed.
NES says students at both campuses will be able to interact with each other as well. This classroom format will incorporate on-site small group interactions and periodic chapel services to enhance community and provide instruction in spiritual formation, a distinctive of the NES education.
NES successfully launched a distance-education initiative last fall in Williamsville through the use of video conferencing.
The expansion into Buffalo and Syracuse “reflects the Seminary’s vision to prepare increasing numbers of theologically reflective, spiritually formed and professionally competent persons for ministry,” Dr. Cullum says. “We are pleased to partner with a community-minded organization like Onondaga Community College that clearly shares our vision for serving the members of the greater Syracuse region.”
Northestern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College, 2265 Westside Drive, North Chili, New York 14624-1997. 585-594-6802.
2/19/12
Fire claimed village’s commercial core
The story of Hilton’s Main Street before Sunday, March 21, 1965
by David Crumb
What started out to be a quiet Sunday morning in mid-March 1965 turned out to be a colossal visitation of fire and terror as the north side of Main Street in Hilton was engulfed in flame. Anyone who was present that day will have the picture of that event well etched on their brain. Within a few hours the Main Street that residents had taken for granted, and had appreciated for its quaint and friendly ambiance, was changed forever - reduced to a pile of rubble. This was the heart of the community.
For members of the Parma Hilton community who remember the old Main Street, and for new residents who have only heard how it once was, but are curious to know more; this article is written.
In the beginning there was only an Indian Trail that began near Avon, New York in a small Native American village known as Canawagus. The name Canawagus means “Stinking Waters,” probably due to the sulphur springs near Avon. These people would travel north to Lake Ontario and the surrounding bays and marshes to hunt and fish in the spring and fall. Summers were too hot and mosquito infested, and winters were too dark and cold. The Canawagus Trial was a well traveled pathway for the Indians and later became the early white settler’s route north and south. This road is today known as Route 259 or South Avenue or Union Street.
Where South Avenue in Hilton abuts Main Street, local legend tells us that in the 1700s there was a giant sycamore tree that had fallen somewhere about where East Avenue meets Main Street. The tree fell across what is known as Hovey Street. The Indians instead of removing the tree just went around it to the first opening which is present day Lake Avenue. So this is the story of how Main Street was formed. Instead of going straight from South Avenue to Lake Ontario, the traveler would take a left jog until they reached Lake Avenue, and then turn right and head for the Lake. This jog would create a natural setting for a meeting and trading place, and so Main Street began to take shape.
The first name of Main Street was “The Crossroads,” later Tyler’s Corners after the area’s first settlers, the Tyler family; later still an early postmark notes the area as Salmon Creek Post Office. The first official name for Main Street and the hamlet was Unionville (about l840).
The Monroe County Map of 1852 shows Hilton as Unionville. Around 1856, Postmaster William Berridge moved his North Parma post office from North Parma (Bartlett’s Corners, intersection of Curtis Road and Route 259) to Unionville. Due to resulting confusion over mail deliveries, the name Unionville was changed to North Parma, and North Parma became Barlett’s Corners. In 1896, the village was renamed Hilton after Rev. Charles A. Hilton, a popular and departing Baptist minister.
Anyone who can, in their mind’s eye, remember Main Street before the 1965 fire will bring up a vision of one long block of two story buildings from Lake Avenue to Hovey Street. The block’s street level shops housed a variety of successful businesses. They were the Orange Green Drug Store, Madden’s Red and White grocery store, Graupman’s Meat Market, the Hardware Store, The State Bank of Hilton, Mikels or McNall’s Furniture; Barili’s Cobbler Shop; the U.S. Post Office; the RG&E; Grace and Archie Wilkin’s Pleasure Shop, and finally Bert Daily’s Barber Shop. All of these businesses would have been found in other small towns across America, but here we knew the people, and here we were recognized as part of the local scene. Above the stores on the second floor were large roomy apartments in what had once been furniture show rooms, lodges, and warehouses spaces. On the south side of Main Street were some similar buildings with Orb and Hazel Kenyon’s Hart’s Food Store, Hank Smith and Al McMann’s Barber Shop, and The Panarites’ famous Ice Cream Parlor known by a variety of names: Louie’s, Nick’s, the Candy Kitchen, and the Greek’s. A gas station in the middle of the block and then the popular Hiltonia Movie Theater built around 1913 and run in the 1950s by Ray and Lorraine Algier.
This was the Hilton that many of the village’s senior members well remember. The personalities, the seasons, the parades, the gossip, the shopping and everything else that happened on Main Street. The shape and style of this Main Street dated from about 1903 to 1965. Earlier fires changed an even older picture of Main Street long faded from living memory.
Some readers may not realize that there were two hotels on Main Street, two churches, two early houses, a village green, a wagon shop, an 1836 General Store, a very large general store with a peddler’s wagon, gas lamps, and the “famous stump.” The early barber shop was located on Hovey Street about where the entrance of the M&T bank is.
On March 12, a program will be presented at the Parma Town Hall by the Parma-Hilton Historical Society that will explore and review all of the different buildings that once graced Main Street from the earliest record until 1965. The local public is invited to attend this event and enjoy a nostalgic reminiscence in photographs and narration of how Main Street once appeared in its different phases.
2/19/12
Cabbage contest could yield scholarships
There is still time for third grade teachers to sign up for the Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program, which offers youngsters a chance to learn about gardening and earn scholarship money.
“The program engages children’s interest in agriculture, while teaching them not only the basics of gardening, but the importance of our food systems and growing our own,” says Stan Cope, President of Bonnie Plants. “This unique, innovative program exposes children to agriculture and demonstrates, through hands-on experience, where food comes from. The program also affords our youth with valuable life lessons in nurture, nature, responsibility, self-confidence and accomplishments.”
Bonnie Plants trucks free O.S. Cross, or “oversized” cabbage plants to third grade classrooms participating in the program. If nurtured and cared for, kids can grow green, giant cabbages, some as large as 40 pounds.
The program was launched in 2002 and awards a $1,000 scholarship to one student in each participating state. Teachers from each class select the student who has grown the “best” cabbage based on size and appearance. A picture is then submitted to Bonnie Plants. The winning student’s name is entered in a statewide drawing. The winners of each state’s drawing are randomly selected by the Commissioner of Agriculture’s office, state by state.
Bonnie Plants chose cabbage for this project because cabbages were the first plants sold by Bonnie in 1918. The cabbages used for the third grade program are known for producing giant, over-sized heads, making the process more exciting for children.
Teachers interested in registering their class can go to www.bonnieplants.com. Officials at Bonnie Plants say the website is in the process of being updated and schools in the North will have more time for registering. If a class is late in registering, they will automatically go to next season’s list.
2/19/12
Magical night in Parma
Hilton-Parma families enjoyed a date night as H-P Recreation hosted their annual Family Sweetheart Dance on February 11.
Over 90 individuals attended the winter formal with musical entertainment by local DJ Marky-Mark.
Parents and their sweethearts were treated to snacks and refreshments, as well as a party favor and photo keepsake of their special evening.
Pictured: Paul Weaver is led by his two children, Kaiden, age 4, and Julianna, 8, during the Chicken Dance. To the left Dante Mesh, 5, and his friend Markus Kuzmanaski, 5, enjoy dancing to the fun song.
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2/19/12
Hilton native Emma Lane is participating in Lovin’ Cup Idol.
She is competing against 10 plus other singers from the Rochester area.
Lane began singing at a young age and is now a veteran musician. Lane has sung with multiple bands, currently guest performing with the local classic rock group, Inside Out. She is currently writing her own country-rock album.
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2/19/12
SPORTS NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19, 2012
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Area wrestlers dominate SuperSectionals
by Warren Kozireski
Western Monroe County wrestlers won eight of the 15 weight classes in Division I while Holley had two class winners at the SuperSectionals held at RIT’s Gordon Field House. The winners and several wild cards advance to the State Tournament February 24 and 25 in Albany.
Spencerport continued their pursuit of another state title with three winners. Jon Haas took the 99 lb. division with a 3-2 decision in double-overtime, Angelo DeAngelis registered in fall in 5:00 in his final at 138 lb. and Steve Maier won via major decision (16-4) at 152 lb.
Brockport placed four wrestlers in the winner’s circle with Barton Peters winning via fall in 1:55 at 106 lb., Jimmy Porteus a 3-0 decision at 132 lb., Jared Mesiti by a 3-2 count at 170 lb. and Jesse Kozub a 5-3 decision at 195 lb.
Hilton’s Vincent DePrez picked up a 9-2 decision in the final to win the 113 lb. division.
The Class B, Holley senior Quinton Murphy continued his quest to become one of the few to win four state titles as he took the 138 lb. class with a 19-7 major decision in the final.
Teammate Kacee Sauer also won the 285 lb. division with a 2-1 victory in the final.
The winners receive automatic entries to the state tournament while there are four wild cards to be awarded among second place finishers. Area wrestlers hoping for those bids are Hilton’s Anthony DePrez, Spencerport’s Mike Roman, Jesse Kimmerli and Austin Coleman as well as Brockport’s Josh Maier and Joesef Carter in Class A. Holley’s Andrew Flanagan was also a second place finisher in Class B.
2/19/12
Gymnastics boys win in Syracuse
Bright Raven Level 4 Team: Alan Michael LeFrois (Gates), Aiden Arena (Fairport), Jake Scherbyn (Gates), Justin Ciccone (Greece), Jesse Underwood (Greece), Bertran Rodriquez-Alvarez (Henrietta), Jon LeFrois (Gates) with Coaches Kevin Kirkland and Adam Nowak in backBright Raven Gymnastics Boys Teams traveled to Syracuse January 28-29 to compete in the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Polar Bear Invitational and brought home a first place team banner and several individual awards.
This was the third win in a row for the Bright Raven Level 4 team. They were first at the Candy Cane Classic in Brockport in December and first at the Gold Star Invitational in Niagara Falls in January. Twelve teams were represented at the Polar Bear Invitational and Bright Raven took first place with a team total of 350.10. In the 8-year-old division, Jon LeFrois of Gates was second all around (86.60) and first on both pommel horse (14.70) and parallel bars (14.10). In the 6-7 age division, Jake Scherbyn of Gates captured first place in two events: pommel horse (14.90) and vault (14.80) and placed second all around (89.10).
In the Level 6 competition for ages 12 and over, Seth Daniels of Churchville was first on vault (14.50) and sixth all around (74.70).
2/19/12
Edenhofer named Women’s Athlete of the Month
Herkimer County Community College has named Sara Edenhofer to the Green and Gold Club for January 2012. HCCC’s Green and Gold Club honors an outstanding male and female athlete each month.
Edenhofer, women’s bowling from Hilton, is a liberal arts & sciences: social science freshman. She is currently fourth in Mountain Valley Conference scoring, and led the Generals in back-to-back conference victories.
Coach PJ Anadio said, “Sara has been a force on our Women’s Bowling team. She has big-time bowling experience which has helped her deal with the pressures of collegiate bowling, where every shot is a big shot.
2/19/12
CHURCHVILLE-CHILI
Saints hockey wins first outright title
by Warren Kozireski
Senior goaltender Dylan Niewiemski registered his third shutout of the season as Churchville-Chili shutout Brockport 2-0 to secure their first outright division title in program history. The Saints tied for first with the Greece Thunder one year ago.
Niewiemski was credited with 39 saves in net including 27 over the final two periods to lead the Saints.
Saints senior Patrick McMullen began the scoring at 5:56 of the first period when he swatted in a second rebound off shots by defenseman Tommy Ritchie and Justin Alves.
C-C made it 2-0 in the second period when a shot from the left point by Anthony Bertolani laid on the goal-line before being pushed across the line by Ryan Cosgrove at 10:02.
In the last minute of the second, Nie-wiemski made two point blank saves as Brockport threatened on the power play.
Brockport pulled their goaltender with 69 seconds remaining after a timeout, but they could not break up the shutout.
“This gives us great momentum heading into the playoffs and I hope we get to meet again in the playoffs,” said Niewiemski.
“The law of goaltending is that one of every ten shots goes in,” said Saints head coach Brian Young. “You get the bounces sometimes and it was a good night to have him (Dylan) in goal.”
The Saints were seeded second for the Section V playoffs and received a first round bye.
The 14 wins this season marked the third highest in program history behind 2010-11 (16 wins) and 2005-06 (15) and tied 2003-04 (14).
The Saints entered the postseason seeded second in Class B while Brockport, who suffered just their second loss of the season, were seeded first.
2/19/12
March Madness returns to Churchville-Chili
March Madness returns again as the 14th annual benefit basketball game between the Churchville-Chili LEO Club and the Churchville Lions Club is scheduled for Sunday, March 4. Game time is 1 p.m. at the new Churchville-Chili Middle School gym - entrance #37 from Fairbanks Road school campus entrance.
This popular event will benefit the Yasol family of Rio Grande Drive, North Chili. Mrs. Yasol is battling cancer and is the mother of two boys at Chestnut Ridge Elementary School. The proceeds from the game will be donated to the Yasol family to help with their medical expenses related to her illness. The Churchville Lions Club team will also be joined by members of the Chili Lions Club and the Churchville Volunteer Fire Department in an attempt to break their 11 game losing streak to the LEO Club.
The Churchville-Chili LEO Club is comprised of students in grades 7 through 12 who perform various community service activities. These students prepare a monthly meal at the Ronald McDonald House; routinely attend functions and interact with students at the Batavia School For The Blind; Westside Relay For Life; help at Purple Pony Therapeutic Farm; the School of the Holy Childhood and Special Olympics and numerous school and community functions. Many activities are also done in concert with their sponsors, the Churchville Lions Club, such as environmental cleanups and chicken barbecues.
This basketball game has evolved into one of the group’s most popular and spirited activities. Donations will be accepted by members of the LEO Club or Churchville Lions Club. Donations may also be mailed to Churchville-Chili LEO Club, Churchville-Chili Senior High School, 5786 Buffalo Road, Churchville, NY 14428.
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2/19/12
HOLLEY
Holley Wrestling Youth Club gets underway
The Holley Wrestling Youth Club will begin on Monday, February 27, at the Holley Elementary School, for any Holley Central School District students in grades K-8. The Holley Wrestling Coaching staff along with several Holley club coaches and members of the high school team will be assisting. The club is insured by NHSCA.
Registration will be held on Monday, February 27, from 5:45 to 6 p.m. Students in grades K-8 will register and practice in the Holley Intermediate Gym. All parents must attend registration to fill out the proper information needed. Registration fee is $25, which includes insurance, a club T-shirt, and admission to the Holley Youth Wrestling Club Tournament on Saturday, March 24. The total value of everything comes to $45 but you only have to pay the low cost of $25. Practice will start on Monday, February 27 immediately following registration for each group.
Basic wrestling techniques, drills, intra-contests, physical fitness, fun, sportsmanship, and participation will all be taught and stressed at each session. The club will meet every Monday and Tuesday evening through the month of March. Wrestling gear and wrestling items may be for sale, for those who wish to purchase equipment.
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2/19/12
SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19, 2012
AREA
Career and Technical students host Skills Night March 1
WEMOCO Career and Technical Education Center, 3589 Big Ridge Road, Spencerport, hosts Skills Night, an opportunity for Career and Technical students to perform services for the community. All donations will be used to help support the WEMOCO SkillsUSA chapter.
Skills Night is March 1, from 3 to 7 p.m. Services offered include air brushed T-shirts - $5 donation, candy and facepainting, computer games and other activities. A flea market is also planned. For cosmetology services call 352-2471 for an appointment. Services are offered for small fees, for example, get a manicure for a $5 donation, a pedicure for a $10 donation. Culinary services will offer a dinner for a $6 donation (includes beverage and dessert). A car wash is offered for a $5 donation. Call 352-2471 for an appointment. Car wash and wax is available for a $20 donation.
The bakery will be open with various treats. Machining students will offer personalized nameplates for a $3 donation.
Call 585-352-2471 for information.
2/19/12
New Leisure Learning program debuts at Genesee Community College
Adults over the age of 50 now have the opportunity to pursue leisure-time learning courses in history, languages, hobbies, travel, and other subject areas at GCC through a new initiative of The BEST Center.
The courses are designed to help senior adults explore personal interests and build new skills. They do not carry academic credit, and will be offered during the evenings and weekends, and during the summer months. The college is also planning educational tours for interested residents. Housing at College Village will be available for out-of-area seniors who want to participate in Leisure Learning courses during the summer.
Over the next four months, Leisure Learning courses will cover such topics as Quick and Easy Italian, Geocaching 101, quilting, water color, and a variety of courses in scrapbooking, Civil War history, and family law. A tentative schedule of upcoming Leisure Learning courses is available at http://www.genesee.edu/best/development/leisure-learning/.
Area residents are also invited to complete a survey of their educational interests. The survey is available at http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EGQ7R6K59/.
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2/19/12
BROCKPORT
Brockport High School hosts 26th “Class Acts” Show
The price is right at Brockport High School for its popular annual talent show “Class Acts” in the High School Auditorium (700 Central School Drive) on Saturday, March 3 at 7 p.m. This year’s show is set to the theme of game shows including The Price is Right, Minute to Win It, $25,000 Pyramid and Let’s Make a Deal.
Started back in 1987 as an Art Club fundraiser, this show continues to be sold out every year. Students and faculty will showcase their talents during the popular show that has become a tradition. Performances will include over 24 singing, instrumental, dancing, and comedy acts. HS faculty will emcee the event and a variety of locally talented individuals, most of whom have performed in prior Class Acts, will judge the event.
Tickets for the show are $9 and may be purchased at www.showtix4u.com (click “buy tickets” and type “Brockport” in the search bar - do not hit “return” key).
2/19/12
CHURCHVILLE-CHILI
Murray to join CCCSD
On February 14 the Churchville-Chili Board of Education approved the hiring of Michael Murray as the new director of health, physical education and athletics. Murray comes from the Mount Morris Central School District where he is currently serving as athletic director.
Murray spent 11 years as a physical education teacher, health teacher, and coach prior to entering administration. He has been the athletic director for eight years and served other administrative titles including elementary principal and high school principal during that eight year span.
Murray earned his bachelor and master’s degrees in physical education as well as his certification in educational administration from The College at Brockport. He received his certified athletic administrator certificate, which is coordinated by the NIAAA, in June 2011.
Murray and his wife, Jean, live in Leicester with their son, Michael who is 17 and a senior in high school. They also have two adult daughters.
Murray says he is looking forward to this new opportunity. “I am very excited about this position and greatly look forward to joining the team at Churchville-Chili. My passion is and always will be in health, physical education, and athletics,” he said.
Murray will join the Churchville-Chili district July 1.
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2/19/12
HILTON
Hilton junior travels to The Hague for International Model United Nations
Hilton High School junior Brandon Mcauliff, right, with Hilton CSD Superintendent of Schools David Dimbleby, was a participant in the International Model UN conference. Provided photoFrom Eritrea to Tonga, secondary high school students from around the world convened January 22 through 27 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, Netherlands, to discuss and debate solutions to world issues. The event: The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN).
This year Hilton High School junior Brandon Mcauliff was a participant in the conference. “Students represented every viewpoint. It was great to be part of a conference operating at the highest level of international relations for high school students. It was privilege and an honor to go,” said Brandon. “Over 4,000 students were in attendance. The conference was run parliamentary-style. I was able to visit the Anne Frank House as well as the Rijks Museum. We also traveled to The Czech Republic.” Brandon traveled with two teacher/advisors and eight other students from upstate New York. The group had been meeting for the past several months to discuss the trip and what would be expected at the THIMUN. “We worked on policy statements and writing resolutions,” he said. “My area was the UN Peacekeeping presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2/19/12
Northwood Elementary instrumental musicians perform at Hilton Evening of Jazz
Six members of the Northwood Saxophone Ensemble opened the evening at the annual Hilton CSD Evening of Jazz with a crowd pleasing performance of Lennie Niehaus’ “Saxability.”
The Evening of Jazz, held February 10 at Merton Williams Middle School, featured performances from the Hilton High School and Middle School Jazz Ensembles, the Greece Athena High School Jazz Ensemble, and a special group of professional jazz musicians.
This was the first time in the nine-year history of the event that an elementary school ensemble performed at the event, according to instrumental music teacher Tim Stodd, ensemble director.
The Northwood Saxophone Ensemble consists of students in the fifth and sixth grade. From left are Katie Singleton, Rebecca Richmond, Sienna Saluzzo, Jack Street, Michael Abbott, Kyle Johnson, Mr. Stodd.
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2/19/12
HOLLEY
Former pro football player encourages students to “speak their future into the present”
Former NFL running back Tony Collins speaks to students at Holley Elementary School. Provided photoHaving a former Super Bowl running back right in their gymnasium on the eve of Super Bowl weekend is an experience Holley students won’t soon forget. Football player Tony Collins picked the perfect time to visit Holley Elementary School where he talked to students about his struggles to make the right decisions off the field and how positive thinking turned his life around.
Collins spent nine seasons in the NFL with the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins. His successful career was highlighted by a Pro Bowl selection in 1983, a single-game rushing record of 212 yards for the Patriots, and a trip to Super Bowl XX.
Born in Sanford, Florida, Collins grew up in Penn Yan. “At age nine, I knew I would play in the NFL,” he said. “Whatever you want to be - it all starts right here in your mind.” Collins told students to “speak their future into the present” and that their words have a lot of power. His life took a wrong turn when, according to Collins, he stopped listening to his father’s advice to surround himself with successful people. “You want to hang around people with the same goals and ambitions as you. I didn’t do that when I got to the NFL.”
Students had plenty of time to ask questions and then see Collins a second time during the Jump Rope for Heart event the next day. The visit was funded exclusively with money students earned by selling coupon books. For the past three years students have sold the books to raise money for the school improvement fund and part of those funds have been used to bring in a guest speaker to kick off the Jump Rope for Heart event. This is Holley’s 27th year participating in the Jump Rope for Heart during which time the school community has raised over $220,000 for American Heart Association programs and research.
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2/19/12
School budget workshops scheduled in Holley
Holley Central School District residents are invited to attend and participate in the following budget workshops:
Monday, February 27 - Debt Service and Employee Benefits
Monday, March 5 - Operation/Maintenance, Transportation, General Support
Monday, March 12 - Instructional Program/Special Education
Monday, March 26 - Board Adopts Budget
All of the workshops will begin at 6 p.m. in the Elementary School cafeteria, 3800 North Main Street, Holley.
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2/19/12
KENDALL
Kendall High School presents their 5th annual “An Evening of Jazz”
On Friday, March 9, the Kendall High School Jazz band will be hosting their 5th annual “An Evening of Jazz.” Groups include the Kendall Elementary, Junior, and Senior High Jazz bands as well as special guest and crowd favorite, The Brockport Community Big Band. A pasta bar and dessert is also included along with prizes and raffles.
Money raised helps fund the music trip to Boston in April. Seats are limited. Adults $15 and children 12 and under are $8. Tickets can be reserved by emailing jpompili@kendallschools.org or calling 659-8962.
Doors open at 6 p.m.; music begins at 7 p.m.
2/19/12
OBITUARIES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19, 2012
AREA
•Monacelli, Peter A., age 71, of West Brockville Road, Brockville, died February 15, 2012 in Lakeside Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Monacelli was predeceased by a brother Nicholas Monacelli. He is survived by his wife of 49 1/2 years Phyllis; sons, Peter (Terri Lynn) Monacelli of Clarendon, Michael (Terri Ann) Monacelli of Albion; brother, Robert (Mary) Monacelli of Colorado; sister, Theresa (Milford) Bibby of Brockport; four grandchildren, Kylie, Nicholas (Amanda), Alex, Jamison; one great granddaughter, Willow; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held February 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the Christopher Mitchell Funeral Home, Inc., Holley. Interment, St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Contributions can be made to Lakeside Memorial Hospital in his memory.
ALBION
•Biernacki, Adela V., 91, died February 15, 2012, at Medina Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband Edward S. Biernacki in 1993. She is survived by two children, Walter (Susi) Biernacki of Florida and daughter Margaret (Edwin) Washak of Medina; three grandchildren, James (Christine) Washak, Lori Poole, Denise (Terry) Turman; six great grandchildren; sister-in-law, Reggie Bielicki; several nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by her brothers, Peter, Bernard, Frank, Chester; sister, Balbina Bloom. She was the former owner of Ed & Del’s Restaurant and also developed and owned the Gaines Basin Par 3 Golf Course, now Scottish Pines. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and Holy Family Parish.
Her Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, February 20, 2012 at Holy Family Parish at 10 a.m. Interment, St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Association, PAWS of Albion or to a charity of one’s choice in her memory.
BERGEN
•Goodlein, A. Patricia, On February 3, 2012, age 79. Predeceased by her parents George and Agnes Fisher; brothers George and John Fisher; sister Mary Lou Derleth. Survived by her husband of 58 years Henry; children Gail (Ed) Harris, Glenn (Sheryl), Gary (Sue) and David Goodlein, Susan (Ken) McCorry, Paula (Jeff) Mikols; grandchildren Julia (Brandon) Long, Alison, Liz, Jessie (fiancé Tom Lochner) and Andy Goodlein, Shauna (Matt) Ketchum, Kenny (fiancée Michelle Montini) and Jeanette McCorry, Eric and Jack Mikols; great-grandson Thomas; sister Ann (Bill) Nothnagle; sisters-in-law Marlene Robinson and Maureen Fisher; brother-in-law, Ernie Hargis; nieces; nephews and cousins.
Her Mass of Christian Burial will be said Monday, February 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Churchville. Burial to follow in St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the charity of one’s choice in her memory.
BROCKPORT
•Donoghue, Dorothy Alberta, age 77, died February 8, 2012. She is survived by her devoted husband, George; children, Rose (Roger) Ristich, Rebecca (Stephen) Allen, Mary Joyce Taylor, Lori (Darrell) Everdyke, Bonnie (Kenneth) Brannan, Carol Ann (Korey) McNees, Debora Donoghue, Philip Donoghue, Flora (Tim) Barnard, Jennifer (Shawn) Johnston, Dennis Wisner and 21 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Dorothy was predeceased by her parents and son, Roger Eugene Stevens.
Funeral Services were held February 11 at the LDS Church Building, Brockport. Contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Association in her memory.
•Mercer, Allen C. (K2EGU), On February 13, 2012. Born March 7, 1936. Predeceased by his parents Harold and Elma Mercer. He is survived by his loving wife Shirley (Muntz) Mercer; daughter Sheryl (John) Ainsworth; son Scott (Cheryl) Mercer; grandchildren Benjamin and Nathan Ainsworth and Crystal and Kori Mercer; great granddaughters Jordan and Isabella; brother Kermit (Pamela) Mercer; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law Joanne (Kenneth) Lotzow, Bonnie (Travis) Hatfield and several nieces and nephews. Allen was a 50 year member and Past Chief of the Brockport Fire Department and a founding member of the Brockport Fireman Exempts. He was a member and past Master of Clio Lodge 779 and member and past Patron of Mary Jane Holmes Chapter #440 Order of Eastern Star. He was a life member of the NYS Fire Chiefs Association, the Bergen Gun Club and the American Legion Post #379 in Brockport.
Funeral Services were held February 16 at the Fowler Funeral Home Inc., Brockport. Spring interment, Lakeview Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the Brockport Fire Exempts in his memory.
•Myers, Helen G., February 14, 2012 at age 84. Predeceased by her husband Edgar, parents James and Anabel Hermance, brothers James and Andrew Gallup, grandson James Henion and brother-in-law Raymond Myers. She is survived by her daughters Susan Myers and Marcia Reynolds; grandson Dean Henion; granddaughter Ashley Myers; great grandsons Andrew and Alexander Henion; sisters Myra Hardy and Marcia (Pete) Mosher; sister-in-law Noel Myers; brother-in-law Leonard (Pat) Myers; nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Helen was a graduate of Brockport High School Class of 1946 and attended the Eastman School of Music. She was a member of St. Luke’s choir.
A Memorial Service was held February 18 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Brockport. Donations can be made to St. Luke’s or the Visiting Nurse Service Hospice in her memory.
•Wiegand, Ronald J., On December 23, 2011 at age of 78. A Memorial Service at the First Presbyterian Church of Brockport will be held on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 11 a.m. Interment will be private. Those wishing can contribute to the Brockport Ambulance Corps in his memory.
CHILI
•Wingender, Anna V., February 11, 2012, suddenly at age 59. Predeceased by her father, Paul Farrelly, Sr. Survived by her children, Robert (Kim Jeffery), Patricia and Erick (Breelyn); grandchildren, Amanda, Josh, Jacob and Michael; mother Marion Whiteside of Ohio; brothers Paul (Dolores) of New Mexico, Francis (LeiAnn) of Hawaii, Michael of Florida and Sean (Karen) of Ohio; sister, Mary (Roger) of Kendall; former spouse, Robert; special friend, Brian Helmer; many nieces, nephews and loving friends.
A Funeral Service was held February 18 at the Leo M. Bean and Sons Funeral Home, Chili. Contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society in her memory.
HILTON
•Bennett, Burt F., February 11, 2012, at age 58. He is survived by his son, Thomas Bennett; daughter, Amy Lupiani; grandson, Zander Sulli; several brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews; close family friends, Fred and Judy Shaw; God daughter, Sandra Shaw; and numerous other family friends. Burt was a retiree of Rochester Products after 22 years of service.
A Memorial Service was held February 14 at the New Comer Funeral Home, Greece. Private interment.
•Knickerbocker, Rodger L., 80, formerly of Jamestown, NY, died February 9, 2012, in Unity Hospital, Rochester. A Korean War veteran, he served in the US Air Force from 1952-55. Prior to his retirement in 1992, he was employed by Loblaws and other super market companies in Jamestown for 43 years. Rodger is survived by his wife, the former Arlene I. Stebbins; three children, Rodney, David and Sandra Knickerbocker; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
Funeral Services were held February 13 at the Lind Funeral Home, Jamestown. Contributions can be made to a charity of one’s choice in his memory.
•Marron, Robert D., Peacefully, February 10, 2012, surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Velma J. Marron; his children, Patricia (Paul) Barry, David (Eleanor) Marron, Donald (Holly) Marron, Jeanette (Dan) Ophardt, Susan (David Sr.) Miran, James (Anita) Marron, Thomas (Marni) Marron; 17 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; three brothers; and one sister. Bob was predeceased by his son, Robert D. Marron Jr., 1989. He was a 4th Degree Knights of Columbus and an avid musician.
A Funeral Mass was said February 15 at St. Mark’s Church, Kuhn Road, followed by Interment, Parma Union Cemetery. Contributions can be made to St. Mark’s Church in his memory.
KENT
•Stone, Robert T., died February 11, 2012, at age 46. Dearly loved by his wife Heather and sons Nicholas and Joshua; parents Tina and Arden Campbell; parents-in-law Chap and Jan Fabry; brothers Alfred and David (Dana); sisters Catherine (John) Flaherty, Diane (Dan) Cignarale, Linda Perry, Cynthia (Chad) Utter; brother-in-law Chad (Alana) Fabry; sister-in-law Shelly George; foster brother Michael Hook; many nieces, nephews; friends Fred Webster, Donald Robinson and many more. Robert owned Lakeshore Construction and Stonewood Cabinetry for over 28 years. He was a Master Craftsman who built beautiful homes, unique custom kitchens, commissioned pieces and high quality uniquely designed furniture. He had a huge heart; opening his home to war orphans, families in need and endless stray animals.
A Memorial Service was held February 18 at Gaines Carlton Community Church, Albion.
NORTH CHILI
•Healy, William C. “Bill,” peacefully on February 13, 2012 at age 83 with his wife by his side. Predeceased by his parents, Harold and Emily; he is survived by his wife of 57 years, Lorraine; children, Diane (Daniel) MacEwan and their children, Colleen, Paul, Mark; Dr. William M. (Audrey) Healy and their children, Colleen, Paul, Mark; Dr. William M. (Audrey) Healy and their children, William, Reid, Mackenzie; Robert (Cathy) Healy and their children, Kyle, Jesse, Samantha; Eileen (Michael) Dyer and their children, Lacey, Daniel, Reece, Michael Jr., Jennifer, their grandchildren, Sydney, Peter Jr., and Dean; and Janice (Louis) Ciocci and their children, Holly, Alex and Ryan. Also survived by his sisters, Lois (John) Knobel and June Heidt; sister-in-law, Lottie Gabrych; several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Bill served with the US Army during the Korean Conflict and was a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology. He retired from Eastman Kodak after 40 years of service. He was a former resident of West Irondequoit, and a member of St. Margaret Mary’s Men’s Club and St. Christopher’s Senior Group.
A Funeral Mass was said February 17 at St. Christopher’s Church, North Chili. Interment, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Contributions can be made to St. Christopher’s Church or the Chili Lions Loan Closet, c/o Dominick Fantauzzo, 10 Lily Pond Circle, North Chili, NY 14514 or the Pluta Cancer Center, 125 Red Creek Drive, Rochester, NY 14623 in his memory.
SPENCERPORT
•Bates, Beverly A. (Foster), age 77, died February 11, 2012 at Monroe Community Hospital. She was born April 22, 1934 in Albion a daughter of the late Edwin and Margaret (Sharp) Foster. She was predeceased by her daughter Karen. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Donald; children, Kathy Schlosser of Rochester, Pamela (Juergen) Pohl of Hilton, William (Jane) Bates of Greece, Robert (Katie) Bates of Spencerport, Elizabeth (Steven) Weits of Brockport, Sharon (Edward) Rasmussen of Arizona; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; niece, Nancy Gaede; nephew, Bruce Foster. She graduated from Albion High School Class of 1952. Beverly was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Brockport and the Mothers of Twins Club.
Funeral Services were held February 16 at the Christopher Mitchell Funeral Homes, Inc., Albion. Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery. Contributions can be made to First Presbyterian Church of Brockport, 35 State Street, Brockport 14420, Barre Center Presbyterian Church, 4712 Oak Orchard Road, Albion 14411 or Girl Scouts of WNY, 1020 John Street, West Henrietta 14586 in her memory.
•Kennedy, Edythe H., February 13, 2012 age 88. Predeceased by her husband, Robert. Survived by her sons, James (Rosann) and John (Julie); five grandchildren, Michael (Christine), Jennifer (Paul), Kristina (Bill), Jaime (Matt) and Jade; six great-grandchildren, Samantha, Cory, Robert, Marylynn, Alex and Evelyn; brother Tom (Sue) Holycross; sister, Elizabeth (Mike) Wilson; several nieces, nephews, cousins.
A Funeral Mass was said February 18 at Holy Ghost Church, Gates. Interment, Holy Ghost Cemetery. Contributions can be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital in her memory.
ARCHIVES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12, 2012
LOCAL NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12, 2012
Municipalities, not-for-profits encouraged to apply for assistance
Applications are now available to eligible municipalities and not-for-profit organizations to compete for funds through Preserve New York, a grant program of the Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts (NSCA).
A total of $83,674 is available for historic structure reports, historic landscape reports and cultural resource surveys. Grants are likely to range between $3,000 and $10,000 each. The application deadline is May 7 of this year.
Examples of eligible projects include: historic structure reports for cultural institutions and public buildings; historic landscape reports for municipal parks; and cultural resource surveys of downtowns and residential neighborhoods.
In 2012, the Preservation League especially encourages projects that advance the preservation of neighborhoods and downtowns that qualify for the NYS Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit; identify and protect buildings and cultural landscapes at risk due to technological, transportation and energy developments; and continue the use of historic public buildings for cultural, interpretive and artistic purpose.
For Preserve New York Grant Program guidelines, visit the League’s website at www.preservenys.org. Prospective applicants should contact the Preservation League to discuss their projects and to request an application form.
The Preservation League of New York State is a private, not-for-profit organization that works to protect and enhance the Empire State’s historic buildings, landscapes and neighborhoods. The Preserve New York Grant Program is made possible through funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Organizations and municipalities receiving grant awards in 2011 included Monroe County: The South Wedge Planning Committee, Inc. and approximately 20 others.
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2/12/12
Bridge removal in Spencerport to be underway by end of month
Necessary permits issued to allow three railroad overpass demolitions
by Kristina Gabalski
Union Street, SpencerportSpencerport Mayor Joyce Lobene says she has been informed the CSX railroad bridge over Union Street (Route 259) in the village will be taken down by the end of February.
Lobene says she was informed that the final New York State DOT permit was issued on Friday, February 3.
Three bridges are being removed as part of the project and Mayor Lobene says the Manitou Road bridge will be taken down first, followed by the bridge in the village and then the Washington Street bridge.
Manitou Road, OgdenIn the village, only the bridge will be removed over Union Street. The village has agreed to keep and maintain the two abutments, Lobene says.
She adds that the abutments will be cleaned and the village hopes to work with the Spencerport Central School art department to paint murals on each side.
Village officials say they will let the public know as soon as an exact time table becomes available, Lobene says.
Washington Street, Adams BasinThe canal bridge will also be closed at times in the near future for repair work, the mayor advises. Lobene says the bridge will be closed for three weeks and the DOT will coordinate their time tables so that both bridges will not be worked on at the same time. She asked that the traffic signals be put back up on the Martha Street bridge so residents on the north side of the village will not have to deal with long detours. The signal lights were installed last week.
2/12/12
Long-term plans in place for Cupola site’s future
by Kristina Gabalski
The Town of Clarkson and Lakeside Health System officials say long-term plans are in place in regards to the former Cupola Nursing Facility on West Avenue.
Lakeside’s Bill Beideck says Lakeside plans to demolish the former nursing home and construct a state of the art medical office facility in its place.
“It’s a long-term goal and part of the (3-5 year) strategic plan for the health system,” Beideck says. “There are costs associated with this.”
Beideck and Clarkson officials say the cost of demolition is expected to be $300,000 because of asbestos abatement that will need to be a part of the process. Lakeside has been working with a developer on the project, Beideck says.
Lakeside has also been working closely with the Clarkson building department, Beideck adds, to make sure the building is kept secure and safe and that it meets town code requirements.
Utilities have been removed from the building, Beideck notes, and the hospital, “... has worked to prevent access to the building. The Town of Clarkson and the Brockport Fire Department are aware of how to deal with a situation if they had to enter the building.”
Clarkson Supervisor Paul Kimball says he is aware that holes have begun to develop in the roof of the building and that he has been in contact with hospital officials. “We have been working with Lakeside to keep the building safe,” he says.
2/12/12
Area churches launch Hispanic outreach
The United Methodist Church of North Chili and Rochester: Emmanuel United Methodist Church are launching a Hispanic outreach into the Chili, Gates, Churchville, and Spencerport areas. The effort is part of the church’s overall aim to be a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic church for all peoples and will begin with a series of bilingual Spanish-English family-oriented movie nights, February 26, March 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 5 p.m. at the United Methodist Church of North Chili, 2200 Westside Drive, Adam’s Fellowship Hall. Refreshments will be served. Each movie will be followed by a discussion about the Hispanic ministry. The order of movies are February 26, “Chestnut;” March 4, “Fireproof;” March 11, “Diaries of a Mad Black Woman;” March 18, “Facing the Giants;” and March 25, “My Family aka Mi Familia.”
The churches plan to hold the first worship services at the North Chili facility, a Celebration of Christ’s Passion, April 1 and a Celebration of Christ’s Resurrection, April 8 at 5 p.m.
The project is being led by the Reverend Dr. Wilfredo J. Baez, Pastor of the United Methodist Church of North Chili and Ruth Rosa, Lay Missioner from the Rochester: Emmanuel United Methodist Church. People willing to be part of the project can contact Rev. Baez at the United Methodist Church of North Chili, (585) 594-9111 or revwillbaez@gmail.com.
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2/12/12
Congresswoman Hochul visits Churchville dairy business
During a visit to Zuber Farms in Churchville February 6 to discuss her opposition to burdensome government regulations for farmers, like the recently lifted ban on the wintertime application of manure, Congressman Kathy Hochul announced she has joined the bipartisan House Dairy Caucus to better represent the farmers in New York’s 26th Congressional District.
“Dairy farms play an important role to the New York State economy, making up nearly half of our state’s $4.5 billion agriculture industry and yielding more than 12 billion pounds of milk annually,” said Congresswoman Hochul. “Fighting against burdensome regulations, like the ban on the wintertime application of manure, and fighting to give them the workforce they need, by supporting an expansion of a temporary guest worker program, are some of the reasons why I joined the House Dairy Caucus. We must continue to support common sense initiatives that provide our farmers with the proper resources and right opportunities to grow and continue to be driving factors in the Western New York economy.”
With nearly 35,000 farms, most family-owned, New York’s agriculture industry is one of the state’s largest small business industries. New York currently ranks fourth in the nation in milk production, and Wyoming County, in the middle of New York’s 26th District, leads the state with almost 200 dairy operations.
Joining Congresswoman Hochul on the tour at Zuber Farms were Kim and Eric Zuber, co-managers of Zuber Farms; Scott Page, president of the Genesee County Farm Bureau, and seven other local dairy farmers from throughout Western New York. Kim is also the former President of the Monroe County Farm Bureau and a member of the Executive Committee for the New York Farm Bureau’s Western New York Regional Advisory Committee. Eric is currently a member of the New York Farm Bureau.
Zuber Farms is a dairy farm in Monroe County, home to 1,000 head of young stock. The 10 farmers present represented more than 10,000 head of cattle.
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2/12/12
Monroe County village mayors and officials gather for annual association dinner
Mayor Nancy Steedman, Churchville; Mayor Fritz May, Fairport; Mayor Joyce Lobene, Spencerport; Peter Baynes, NYCOM; Mayor Joe Lee, Hilton; Mayor Peter Elder, Webster; Mayor Maria (Connie) Castaneda; Mayor Robert Corby, Pittsford; Mayor Rick Milne, Honeoye Falls. Provided photoThe Monroe County Association of Villages Annual Dinner Meeting took place on Saturday January 21 at Midvale Country Club. This year’s event was hosted by the Village of Brockport.
The Assocation of Villages is an organization of participating Monroe County villages that provides a forum to identify and discuss common issues and to facilitate cooperative action. Through the sharing of information and ongoing collaboration, the Association strives to enhance the quality and efficiency of our individual operations and services as well as the success of their shared mission to improve life in Monroe County. The 203 in attendance were primarily government officials and staff from the ten Monroe County villages.
At the head table were Brockport Mayor Maria (Connie) Castaneda, association president, and her friend Norm Giancursio, Trustee Kent Blair and his wife, Rachael, and Trustee Dr. Margaret Blackman and partner Ulpian Toney. They were joined by Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and her husband and this year’s guest speaker, Peter A. Baynes and his wife. Baynes is the Executive Director of the New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials (NYCOM), a membership association representing more than 590 city and village governments. Mr. Baynes is a native of East Rochester but now lives and works in Albany. Baynes provided the village representatives an update on various legislative issues facing Association leadership in the upcoming session.
Also in attendance from Brockport were Village Manager Mike Giardino, Village Clerk Leslie Morelli and her husband, John, DPW Superintendent Harry Donahue and his wife, Robin, David Moore and his wife, Scarlet, Linda Baker and her husband John, and Village Attorney Rob Leni. Also in attendance and showing his support was Monroe County Legislator Robert Colby.
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2/12/12
GCC offers free income tax preparation
For the third consecutive year, volunteers at Genesee Community College are providing free income tax preparation services through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the 2011 tax season. Working collaborative with Genesee County Department of Social Services (GCDSS), interested participants have access to walk-in sessions at GCC’s Batavia Campus or appointment-based services at DSS.
The walk-in sessions at the GCC Batavia campus are Tuesday, March 6; and Thursday, March 22, each from 4 to 7 p.m. in room T204. The appointment-based services available at the Genesee County DSS at 5130 East Main Street, Batavia are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. by calling 344-2580 ext. 6552.
Through VITA, IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation to community members with low to moderate-income. The certified volunteers have undergone rigorous online training to be able to help prepare basic tax returns in communities across the country. VITA sites are generally located at community and neighborhood centers, libraries, schools, shopping malls, and other convenient locations.
The services are available to anyone whose household income is below $50,000 and does not require the filing of Schedule C or D. Business tax returns or complicated capital gains transactions cannot be completed through the VITA program. Each client leaves with a copy of his or her return that has been prepared. GCC is pleased to be working with Mark Castiglione from the Department of Social Services, who is the site coordinator.
Participants must bring all their necessary documents including W-2 (wage and earning statement(s) from employer(s), W-2G, 1099-R, 1099-Misc (interest and dividend statements from banks) forms; social security cards for all persons listed on the tax return; and a copy of last year’s Federal and State returns, if available. In addition, bank account routing numbers and account numbers are also needed for direct deposit. Other information participants may need to provide includes total annual payment for daycare providers plus the daycare provider’s tax identifying numbers and address. Lastly, for married-filing joint tax returns, both spouses must be present to sign the required forms.
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2/12/12
Souper Bowl raises funds for Lakeside
Front l to r: Chef Stephen DeSantis of Stephen's Loft, Michelle Spagnola, chair of the Prairie Fire Twig, and Chef Paul Kraaijenbrink, from The Garland House, following award presentations. Provided photoWinners and participants in the 2nd annual Souper Bowl Competition sponsored by the Prairie Fire Twig of Lakeside Memorial Hospital held January 29 at the Sweden Farmer’s Museum helped raise funds for a new digital mammography machine for the hospital.
In the Best Restaurant Chili category, the winners were: The Garland House Restaurant - Sirloin Chili (Chef Paul Kraaijenbrink) and Jimmy Z’s (Chef Jimmy Zisovski). The Best Restaurant Soup/Stew category was won by Stephen’s Loft with their Braised Veal and Vegetable Stew with Garlic Bread (Chef Stephen DeSantis). Honorable Mention goes to 2 Brothers Family Restaurant (Chef Nichols Tasanis) for their Avgolmondo, The Garland House entry of Seafood Bisque (Chef Paul Kraaijenbrink), and Stephen’s Loft (Chef Stephen DeSantis) for their Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya. The best individual soup/stew category went to the Spagnola family, for their Tortellini Soup.
The Town of Sweden provided the venue, Jimmy Z’s donated the paper products/spoons and EcoVis Incorporated donated all of the trophies for the event.
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FEATURE STORIES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12, 2012
Dunn’s Furniture: 100 years and three generations on Main Street, Brockport
by Leisa Strabel
John Dunn in front of Dunn's Home Furnishing, February 2012. John says, "Being a part of the community is a highlight of our business, giving the customers an option from the big box store." His response when asked to note a memorable moment: "Making a delivery to a cottage on an island in the St. Lawrence River." Photograph by Walter Horylev.If there is one thing that the Dunn family men have in common, it’s that they tend to go away to school or training, but they always come back to Brockport. Actually, three generations of Dunn men – George Sr., George Jr. and John have much more in common than that – they’ve shared a business and commitment to customer service that spans 100 years.
Dunn’s Home Furnishings is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a Main Street, Brockport business – the only retail business in continuous operation during that period. While most residents and visitors probably picture Dunn’s where it has been located since 1956 – the home furnishings store actually had three other Main Street locations before George Sr. and Jr. constructed the showroom in its present location.
George Dunn, Sr., was born in Brockport in 1890. After high school graduation, George could have attended the University of Rochester on scholarship, but his father, James, was a harness maker who didn’t believe that the college degree was the best pursuit for his son. Instead, George, Sr. spent a year learning about the business world in the offices of Armour and Company in Chicago. Dunn soon decided there would be more opportunities working for himself, so in 1912 he came back to Brockport and opened a home furnishings and mortuary business with partner E.W. Allanson.
John's father, George, joins his son at the store for a photo. After being involved for 50 years in the family business, George, now 86, retired in 2000. "I think too much of my son to come down to the store to help him," George said when asked if still involved in the Main Street business. Home furnishings and mortuary business? According to George Jr., it wasn’t an unusual combination. He mentions that the Fowler family also ran a home furnishings store and funeral home in Brockport; as did the McNalls’ in Albion. George said he’s heard a couple of theories about why the seemingly dichotomous businesses would go hand-in-hand. The theory he believes is most creditable is that home furnishing stores were an outgrowth of cabinet making which would have included caskets.
In any case, George Sr.’s partner soon left to open another business and Dunn was on his own. The partners had opened their store in the Main Street building now known as Seawards Candies. In 1914, Dunn moved to 1 Main Street, currently home to the Stoneyard restaurant, and stayed there until 1943. At that time, George Sr. purchased 15 Main Street and kept his business there for 13 years.
George Jr. (older brother James was killed in World War II) headed off to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor to study engineering. He switched his major to business and after graduating went to work for Sears Roebuck, the largest retailer in the world at the time. After marrying and starting a family, George Jr. decided that Brockport was a much better place to raise a family than Detroit and he came home to join his father in the business.
George Jr. knew at least a bit about his father’s business. As a youth and a teenager, his parents encouraged his attention to his studies and his participation in school sports, but if there was any free time, it was to be spent working at the store – not hanging out getting into trouble. “There was always something to be done,” George Jr. says, “helping on the truck, unpacking, keeping cleaned up.”
When he returned to the business as a partner, George Jr. studied for his mortuary license also. The Dunn’s continued to be in the funeral business until constructing their new building in 1956.
“We were Catholic,” George Jr. explains, “so we did all the Catholic funerals. The Fowlers were Presbyterians, they did all the Protestant funerals. It became apparent over time that Brockport’s population was going to be more Protestant. It wouldn’t matter if I had the nicest funeral home in New York State, I was only going to have a small share of the business.”
Dunn's on Main Street, Brockport, circa 1957For those who think of Dunn’s as a furniture store – for a very long time it was actually a home furnishings store. The Dunns sold paint, draperies, domestics like linens and towels, house wares and gifts. “When we built this building in 1956, less than 20 percent of our business was furniture,” George Jr. says.
But changing with the times has been what has kept Dunn’s Home Furnishings in business for a century. As the dynamics of the home furnishings business changed, so did Dunn’s. If the chain department stores could offer linens and draperies in a more convenient and cost-effective way, then Dunn’s could do something big box stores can’t do well – display and sell furniture.
Unlike some other types of retail businesses, there are still a good number of independent furniture stores, George says. Part of it is the personal touch – many people don’t want to buy furniture from a stranger; many people also don’t like the high-pressure sales tactics of the chain furniture stores.
The store George Sr. and Jr. built in 1956 was designed to attract foot traffic, with the gift merchandise right up front on Main Street. George Sr. was quite talented at draperies and that was an important part of the business. George Sr. stayed active at the store until his death in 1970.
Dunn's, Brockport, 1994. Sketch by Donna KelseyAs the business changed to more furniture and less furnishings, the third generation of Dunns was growing up. John remembers well working in the store as a youth – “it was an opportunity I didn’t appreciate at the time,” he says.
John followed in his father’s footsteps to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. But like his father and grandfather before him, he eventually returned to Brockport, joining his father in the business in 1985. “He was a real mentor,” John says of his father, “I learned the ropes from him.”
Most Brockporters probably consider Dunn’s the anchor of the downtown shopping district. It is not only the oldest retail business, but the largest in terms of square footage. The Dunns hope that their relationship with the other Main Street businesses is symbiotic – they all benefit from each other’s presence. “Any amount of traffic downtown is a benefit to all the stores,” John says.
from the Brockport Republic-Democrat newspaper May 1929George Jr. stopped playing an active role in the store in 2000, but he’s still interested in the dynamics of the business – he recently read about how other industries have tried to consolidate furniture making and selling into just a few powerhouses, but the effort has failed.
For John, steering the business into its second century of operation, it’s all about the customer. He keeps a copy of a quote, which he has adopted as his own personal mantra on his desk – “we must always be responsible to the people who allow us to exist.”
He is grateful to all the customers who have remained loyal to Dunn’s over many years, through recessions and Main Street construction projects. He is also grateful to long-time employees like Sue Arican (33 years) and David Reed (23 years).
John and his wife, Wendy, have 12 year-old twins. Will one of them be the fourth generation of Dunn’s Home Furnishings? It’s impossible to tell at this point. But based on the store’s enduring success, it’s a possibility the community would love to embrace.
2/12/12
Hilton Apple Fest Logo contest underway
The Hilton Apple Fest is holding a contest to select this year’s festival logo. The winning entry will be applied to sweatshirts, tee shirts, and other memorabilia. The winner will also receive $100 and a sweatshirt featuring the chosen logo.
The logo must be an original creation, and cannot be copyrighted. Entries should emphasize the value of the Hilton Apple Fest to the artist and the community in its entirety. The theme is limited only by your imagination, and experienced Apple Fest patrons may have plenty of memories to create from. Multiple entries per person are encouraged.
Logo designs must be submitted via post mail. All entries become the property of Hilton Apple Fest. All submissions must be received no later than Wednesday, March 14. Send entries to: Hilton Apple Fest, Att: Logo Contest, P.O. Box 1, Hilton, NY 14468.
Further details about this year’s Apple Fest and an archive of the past 22 winning entries are available online at www.hiltonapplefest.org.
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One man’s dream came true
Franklin Adams, better known as Mike is a quiet unassuming man who had a dream he has brought to reality.
His love of the Ford Motor Company and his appreciation of business as it was in years past gave him the idea to build his own garage one day. Somewhere in the mix, after having had the opportunity to work for Ray Badge at the dealership known as Badge Motors, he decided that not only would he like to have his own garage, but he also wanted to dedicate it to two Ford dealerships, Cabic & Badge and Badge Motors.
Cabic & Badge first opened their doors in 1931 at 3570 Latta Road in North Greece.That Ford dealership owned by Ed Cabic and Ray Badge flourished for over thirty years.
The building consisted of a small showroom, office, parts room and the work areas in the back. The dealership quickly became well known for their high quality of service and workmanship. The friendly atmosphere created a great spot for men to chat with friends while waiting for their cars.
n those days, everyone knew each other so taking the car to the garage took on a social air as well. Mike smiled as he remembered taking his 1957 in for inspection. While he was waiting, the fire whistle blew. All the men were firemen so as they dashed by Mike, they hollered, “Don’t forget to close the door when you leave.” No car inspection that day. Yes, those were the good old days without a doubt.
In 1964, Cabic and Badge on Latta Road closed with Ray Badge re-opening a short time later at a new location on Lake Avenue in Hilton. Badge Motors operated at that location from 1964 until 1971. It was during that time that Mike had an opportunity to work directly with the men he admired. Familiar names such as Ken Speer, Dave Griffin and Bill Stark were tossed around as Mike related stories of working there.
It was not unusual to arrive at work to see several farm trucks waiting to be tuned up for the coming season. The men would arrive to pick them up, making payment, but in addition on any given fall morning, bushels of all sorts of produce would mysteriously have been delivered before daybreak.
In 2006, Mike’s son, David, built the dream garage behind their home in Parma. When one enters the spotless building, aside from all the modern day tools, one takes a step back in time. The garage is filled with old tools and memorabilia acquired from gas stations or dealerships of the past as well as the many donations by family and friends. Mike knows the history of each and will happily relate their origin to you. As you look around one expects to see Ed Cabic, corn cob pipe in hand, or Ray ‘Bub’ Badge or Ken ‘Senator’ Speer, stick their head out from under a hood to see if they can help you. Time seems to stand still.
Franklin, “Mike” and his wife, Anne “Rocky” Adams are life-long residents of Parma. They belong to several antique car clubs. It is not at all unusual for Mike to pick up several first place awards at the Hilton Apple Fest car show. He has restored several cars receiving national recognition through magazine articles, one of which featured his 1937 Ford Station Wagon, a “Woodie,” on the cover. His latest venture is a Model A Tow truck built to honor the Cabic & Badge dealership, a true expression of love and admiration by one guy for a couple of men who crossed his path and made a difference.
Writers note: My dad, Jack Lowden, bought my first typewriter from Cabic & Badge for $5 in the mid-forties. How I wish I still had it - I would give it to Mike Adams.
Submitted by: Marilyn K. Wright, Hilton
2/12/12
Chili Webelos learn about first aid
Members of the Chili Volunteer Ambulance helped Webelos Dragon Den of Pack 292 in North Chili and their siblings learn about first aid, emergency preparedness and helped the scouts complete the Webelos “Readyman” activity pin.
The boys in the den finished earning all 20 of the Webelos activity pins and earned the last part of their “Arrow of Light” award by completing this activity.
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2/12/12
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1/22/12
Memory by Walter Horylev...
I spent 33 years of my life at Kodak and I do have a lot of fond memories, like:
•Spending noon hours playing competitive Bridge or Gin Rummy (5 per side) or Hearts.
•Spending part of my lunch hour perusing sale items in the tool section of the nearby Sears store on West Ridge Road.
•Going to the homes of fellow workers in our group for a Friday lunch and trading the location weekly. That came to a screeching halt when we were over 45 minutes late coming back from Brockport.
•Playing Christmas music with the Off-Beats, fellow musicians from CP&P and Photo Technology, during lunch time in the cafeteria of B-69 and having everybody joining in on the carols.
•Watching explosions going off from an office window in B-65 when they were forming a base for the foundation of B-69 next door.
•The Friday afternoon rush to get to Lake Shore Country Club and dressing while driving; it was first-come, first-up on the tee and with a late starting time you might not get 18 holes in.
•Walking all over Kodak Park East to meetings; rain, snow or shine.
•The noon hour basketball games in B-28. We even had girls playing eventually and they looked slightly nervous when we said we were ‘shirts’ and they were ‘skins’.
•The long hours, even Saturday and sometimes Sunday, spent on making the Instant program technically successful. Although it failed for other reasons this project generated a whole new cadre of engineers who learned that the good old days of less urgency were over. It was inspiring to see so many people from different divisions working together, even the brass coming in on the weekend, for a common cause.
•The time I was tricked into leaving my office ostensibly to have a photo taken in B-28 and coming back to find it decorated by my basketball buddies.
•The feeling that you could talk to so many experts in various fields to find out information about almost anything. They were the Google® of that time.
•All the training sessions that were provided to engineers, new and old. It was a great way for me to get up to speed in learning a new technology, photo science, back when this wasn’t a college course.
•The long coffee breaks, morning and afternoon, and the same people always sitting at the same tables with the same companions, day after day for years, like in church pews.
•B-28 was a home away from home with a magnificent stage where on special nights speakers gave presentations and gifts, especially power drills, were given away, an excellent cafeteria, a rifle range, bowling lanes, basketball courts (the evening leagues were great fun, I only sprained my ankle once in 30 years), a running track, a pool that was used for drying Coloramas, a gift shop and plenty of darkrooms for color and B&W processing and printing.
•The Kodak Camera Club held numerous photo competitions and classes that provided a tremendous learning experience for me and many others; these activities helped create a number of personal friendships and produced some outstanding photographers. (Every employee of Kodak Park was a member of the Camera Club but, of course, most did not participate).
•My least fond memory: The day when B-65 and B-69 were imploded. I was with a large crowd slightly northeast and two blocks away from the buildings when the huge cloud of dust and debris from the blasts was carried right at us, engulfing us in a blinding brownish fog, as if to say: “You were a part of me, now I’m a part of you.”
Walter P. Horylev
Hilton
2/5/12
Memory by Den and Mary Eichas-Gavigan...
Kodak employment began February 14, 1964
All five of us remember February 14, 1964, the day that Ken began employment at Eastman Kodak Company, full time, reliable, you could count on, work. This meant grocery money every week. Additionally, every March, Kodak shared profits by distributing a bonus.
Each year on Dividend Day, the three children and I (JoAnn, Victoria and Christopher) made a snowman announcing our joy. This year, 1969, as a bit of humor, we hung a pail because as a five year employee, Ken would get a full, 100 percent bonus. Wearing Ken’s hat, gloves, and holding one of our maple sap buckets, we displayed our gratitude and appreciation - and waited for ‘Dad’ to bring the check home. Some of the money stayed at Kodak, saved, and this year the part coming home would help pay for JoAnn’s orthodontic braces.
Because of this consistent Kodak employment, we were able to give our children educational travel experiences, sports programs, educations, and weddings. This gave Ken and I tremendous satisfaction.
God bless George Eastman and his Kodak for all it made possible for us.
Ken and Mary Eichas-Gavigan
Parma
2/12/12
Memory by Maisie Rife Strassner...
Living the Kodak life
I am 95 years old, and my family goes back with Kodak Park, to about 1912.
I lived on Steko Ave. off Dewey Ave. for about 60 years (have seen changes). My memories are some good ones, plus what my parents told me. When I was small, it was Lewiston Ave., not Ridge Road. During WWI, Kodak supplied workers with small lots and seeds for gardens. During the Depression, instead of laying off workers, they divided workers into groups. One group worked three days a week, the other two days, then the next week they rotated.
Also, instead of not giving a dividend, they just reduced it. At least we got something. Dad always said it was a blessing and no one went hungry.
I remember when I was little, once a year the workers put on a minstrel show - how great it was.
Friday night was basketball, in old Building 28, with dancing after, then free ice cream in the old 28 cafeteria. Jackie Brightman was the basketball man then. My father managed the Kodak Park soccer team for many years and all the trophies were on display in the Building 28 show case. Leigh Rife was his name. Shifty Gears was our baseball great.
As children, when we were hurt, we went to Kodak medical and Dr. Slater took care of us.
…the five o’clock whistle … the big coal pile on Ridge Road … George Eastman started Kodak Park School, now #41 … Sunday dinners in both old 28 and new 28. Then new Building 28 was built, with new bowling lanes, Camera Club, the auditorium, for movies and plays … I could go on and on -- wonderful memories.
Maisie Rife Strassner
Victor Lane
Hamlin
2/12/12
Memory by Mary Lou Rockow...
Kodak Memories
My grandfather, James A. Noble, was an Eastman Kodak executive who rose from office boy to an assistant manager at Camera Works and worked for Kodak for 45 years. He was credited with a number of technical developments at the plant including a lacquer formula he devised in 1914 that was still in use at his retirement in 1953. He also designed a camera bellows and equipment to manufacture bellows. In a newspaper article written at his retirement he was quoted as saying: “One of the most rewarding aspects of my career was the opportunity for encouragement of young employees. I have always told young people who have come to me for advice to put forth every helpful idea they get, for it all aids in gaining plant management recognition.”
James Noble was a Kendall native and through night study he completed a New York Central course in telegraphy, served as manager of the Pinnacle Club in Rochester and worked for a Cleveland electrical firm. At Kodak, he began in the Camera Works spool department and rose to the position of foreman and head of several departments. In 1938 he was named superintendent of process and became superintendent of manufacturing in 1944, general superintendent of manufacturing in 1946 and assistant manager of the plant in 1952.
I remember the summer home that he and my grandmother had on Conesus Lake and the wooden Chris-Craft inboard he would give us rides around the lake in when we visited.
One of my first jobs was as a “mail girl” (only young girls were hired for the job at that time) at Eastman Kodak. There was a large group of young people who would sort and deliver the mail throughout the building on State Street. I did the 19th floor. We would sort the mail for our area and organize the mail in a large cardboard box we would carry with shoulder straps. We’d race against one another to see who could get their mail delivered first. We’d run up the stairs instead of using the elevator!
On Lomond Shores on Lake Ontario, where I live now in a family home, there were many early cottages built with materials from Kodak Salvage. Cypress wood used for shipping by Kodak and discarded after use was reclaimed from Salvage and used to build many of the early cottages along the lake. Other discarded items such as electrical lights removed in building renovation were reclaimed by Kodak workers and re-purposed for domestic use.
One very big and special memory I have of working there reflects the Kodak philosophy to encourage workers to share their ideas for innovation and facilitation of work tasks. Workers in the mail room had to scan the incoming mail envelopes. The set up to scan items only allowed for one person to work at a time. I suggested that if the light on the scanner were raised, two people could access the light mechanism. The suggestion earned me $500!
Mary Lou Rockow
Kendall
2/12/12
COLUMNS
Westside News Inc’s Family Guy
Does love have a timeline?
by Mark Ball
As I walked the card aisle searching for the perfect Valentine, I started reminiscing about my courtship with Leslie. It seems like it was over in the blink of an eye.
We dated for six months, were engaged for six months, got married and then all that silly romantic stuff took a back seat to the wild adventures of life together with a house full of kids. I can remember going to my parents to tell them that I planned to pop the question. They were excited for me and pleased with my pick, but they asked the question, “Are you moving a little too fast?”
“No!” I responded with confidence, but as I sat back on their couch for a moment to catch up on other news in the world, I had an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. Was I moving a bit too quickly?
Not a chance. I jumped up off the couch, headed right for the phone and dialed my soon-to-be mother-in-law. I stuttered my way through asking for her blessing on my proposal. She shrieked, and then there was an awkward pause. Finally, she spoke again.
“What’s her middle name?” she asked.
My puzzled look must have communicated clearly through the phone.
“You can’t be ready to marry her if you don’t know what her middle name is,” she explained.
How ridiculous! How insulting! Of course I knew the middle name of my beloved soon-to-be bride.
“Ummm… hmmmm… ummmmm,” I filled time while my head raced to think of her middle name. Does she really have a middle name? Is this some riddle that her mother had been planning since her birth? Finally, her middle name danced through my brain.
“Ummmm… Ann?” I said as if I was asking an uncomfortable question.
“You got it. I know you two will be happy together. Congratulations,” she answered.
Who can set a timeline on when true love is true? For my mother-in-law it was the middle name test that determined a perfect match. But for our children, how will I know when is the right time to give my blessing?
Sadie, our 5-year-old, was barely even walking when we realized that she would be that child. You know, the child you love dearly but you swear that if she had been born first you would have thanked God for giving you all that you could handle.
One summer afternoon I was sitting at the kitchen table going through a stack of work when Leslie came through the door holding tightly to Sadie’s hand. They took a few steps together toward me then Leslie stopped and firmly guided Sadie in my direction.
“Go ahead and tell Dad what happened,” Leslie guided.
Sadie’s head dropped straight down and her hands folded discreetly behind her back.
“What’s going on, Dear?” I asked trying to coax out a confession.
“I accidentally fell today at daycare,” Sadie said with a sniffle.
My jail warden stare softened up as I replaced it with a genuine look of concern.
“Are you okay, Sweetie?” I asked.
“Yes,” she said.
“Well then, that’s all that matters,” I concluded in a happy, family sitcom kind of way.
Sadie’s head popped back up in relief and she started up the stairs to her bedroom. She didn’t even get her foot on the first step, when her mother’s cold-as-ice voice chimed in.
“Tell him where you fell,” she led with all the cunning of a prosecuting attorney.
“On another boy’s lips,” Sadie said as her head dropped again and her legs scurried her up the stairs and into the safety of her room. I looked to Leslie for clarification.
“Twice!” is all Leslie said.
Apparently when confronted by a teacher for sharing uninvited affection with one of her classmates, Sadie explained that her sneaker got caught in a crack of the sidewalk propelling her forward and into the arms of a preschool prince. The kind and caring teacher went with Sadie’s explanation the first time, but the second coincidental love fall was a little hard to believe.
Our night ended with a talk about how it was too early in her young life to share such serious affection with a friend.
“But Daddy,” she protested while batting her eyelashes.
Try as she might, I was not hearing it. After all, she doesn’t even know the boy’s middle name.
2/12/12
SPORTS NEWS - WEEK OF FEBURARY 12, 2012
BROCKPORT
Parrino in spring training with major league
by Kristina Gabalski
In a Proclamation presented January 10, the Brockport Village Board recognized the achievements of native son Andy Parrino, a 2004 graduate of Brockport High School who is now in spring training with the San Diego Padres. Provided photoIt’s been an exciting six months for Andy Parrino, a 2004 graduate of Brockport High School and son of Tony and Sue Parrino of Brockport.
After four years in San Diego Padres’ minor league organizations, Parrino was called up to the majors last August and is currently back in Phoenix getting ready for spring training.
Parrino was honored by the Village of Brockport on January 10 during a visit home, with a proclamation presented by the village board recognizing and congratulating him for his achievements.
“I was truly honored to have received the proclamation from the Brockport Village Board when I returned home this off-season,” Parrino told the Suburban News and Hamlin-Clarkson Herald via email. “I don’t spend much time home anymore, mostly just for the holidays to spend time with my family, but it’s always nice to come home and be recognized and be a role model for kids in the area and show them to have a good work ethic and not give up on their dreams.”
Parrino says being called up to the majors last season gave him a chance to get his feet wet at the most competitive level.
“After my ‘cup of coffee’ in the big leagues last season, I was able to use that time to learn so much about the speed of the game,” Parrino explains. “I was able to learn a lot about the game from veterans on the team and how to let the game come to me and try to stay confident and relaxed which was difficult at the beginning because I was a little overwhelmed at times.”
“Last season when I got called up to the major leagues, I found myself at times trying to do too much, especially at the plate, which got me in some bad situations and (I) didn’t always have quality at bats. It was a surprising yet exciting transition from the minor leagues to the major leagues because the guys I was playing against were the best in the world and it takes a lot of focus and determination to play at that constant competitive level of baseball day in and day out,” he says.
Heading into the 2012 season, Parrino says he has the opportunity to make the opening day roster as a utility player.
“I have played shortstop, second base, third base, right and left field at the major league level,” he says and notes it’s always an advantage to be versatile, especially on a National League team.
What does Parrino miss most about Brockport?
“This might sound weird, but I miss the pizza,” he says. “I can’t find a good piece of pizza out West too often. I miss the changing of the seasons, too. I think my blood has gotten a little thinner because I tend to spend less and less time at home now because of the cold weather, but I do love seeing snow.”
When he is home, he enjoys giving back to the community that gave him so much while he was growing up, Parrino says.
“This past off-season, I was able to visit Golisano Children’s Hospital and Bishop Kearney High School and interact with kids who have dreams and aspirations which I had as a kid. I also was able to help out the Brockport High School baseball team when they had off-season workouts. On the weekends when I’m home, I run baseball camps and private lessons at The Battery in Gates for boys and girls ages 5 through 18.”
Parrino especially thanks his parents for believing in him and sacrificing for him so that he could fulfill his dream of becoming a major league baseball player.
He also thanks Fred Tillinghast, “who gave me countless hours of instruction and taught me how to play the game the right way. My high school coach, Brian Jones, who gave me the opportunity to play varsity baseball as an eighth grader and was always there for me throughout my career. My college coach, Steve Owens at Le Moyne, he always kept me on track and told me if I wanted to make it to the major leagues, there was going to be sacrifices I had to make in life to keep from veering off track and letting outside factors influence my decisions.”
Parrino also thanks his brother, Nathan, “for always being there when I was a kid, even though I’m sure he didn’t want to at times. Being able to practice with someone who was also great at baseball made it easier for me to get good quality work in at home with him and my father.”
2/12/12
25th ranked Eagles beat RIT
by Warren Kozireski
The College at Brockport’s nationally ranked wrestling team defeated RIT 32-12 in Brockport’s only home dual meet of the season. They followed that with a first place finish in the John Summa Invitational held at Baldwin Wallace College four days later.
Sophomore Tyler Marlow began the meet with a first period fall in 1:57 at 125 lb. Junior Rocco Rosso followed with a 4-0 decision at 133 lb. and Elijah Golding pinned his man in 1:25 at 141 lb. Sophomore Robert Troy scored an 18-5 major decision at 149 lb.
Brockport High grad Justin James celebrated his final regular season home meet with a tough 6-4 decision at 165 lb. before junior Wheeler Brunschmid registered a 5-2 decision at 184 lb.
Spencerport grad and former high school state champion Paul Glover picked up a 20-7 major decision at 197 and sophomore John Wilkinson finished the match with a 6-2 decision at 285 lb. as Brockport finished off their undefeated, 6-0 season.
Brockport will play host to the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Championships February 25th. The NCAA Division III Championships follow at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse March 9-10.
2/12/12
KENDALL
Kendall Eagles silence Tigers
by Warren Kozireski
Kendall set a season’s best mark with 83 points as they trounced Lyndonville on Senior Night for the boys basketball team.
Senior Michael Nauden celebrated his final home game as one of four players scoring in double figures with a team high 16 points.
The Eagles led 15-8 after the first quarter with Dan Kelly accounting for nine of those points, but broke the game wide open in the second quarter with 23 points to lead by 17 at the half.
They bettered that in the third with 24 points of offense to push their lead to 27 and added 21 more points in the fourth with the nonstarters getting considerable playing time including Garrett Love scoring seven of his game total of 12 points. It was Love’s second varsity game of the season since being called up.
Eagles senior Preston Vick had a team-high ten rebounds, Kelly finished with 15 points, Love had nine rebounds and four blocks, Mookie Nauden had 12 points with nine assists and brother Mike added five rebounds to his point total.
The win was just the third of the season for Kendall against 13 losses, but with the offense clicking could be a dangerous draw in the Section V tournament in two weeks. The team last won a title in 2000 and have six others in school history including five consecutive from 1972-73 through 1976-77.
Seniors who played in their final home game were Justin Lane, Mike Nauden, Ralph Reis and Vick.
2/12/12
SPENCERPORT
Locals inducted into Wrestling Hall
by Warren Kozireski
Spencerport Ranger great Jason DeBruin and two others with local ties were among six inducted into the Section V Wrestling Hall of Fame February 8 in a ceremony held at the Brook House Restaurant.
DeBruin took first in the Class A Sectional and SuperSectionals before winning the state title in the 135 lb. weight class in 1997. He also won a Class A Sectional and SuperSectional title in 1996 and won the Class A Sectional crown in 1995.
Fellow inductee John Alessi won two Monroe County individual titles in 1962 and 1963 at Pittsford before he wrestled at The College at Brockport winning the 1964 SUNYAC title at 191 lb. and taking third at the 1966 SUNYAC Championships at 177 lb. He graduated in 1967.
And Tom Kressly is one of the current assistant coaches at Brockport after a 25 year coaching career at Hammondsport High School.
2/12/12
SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12, 2012
BYRON-BERGEN
Poetry Out Loud at Byron- Bergen High School
This year's participants in Poetry Out Loud included (l-r) Melissa Watson, John Tomidy (faculty advisor), Haley Howard, Emily Bowman, Brittany Merrell, and Christine Burke. Absent from picture: Chad Bobzin.The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Poetry Foundation have joined together to create Poetry Out Loud, a program that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.
Participation in the program has grown at Byron-Bergen as well. For each of the last five years, over two hundred high school students were involved in the program, twenty of whom were selected from classroom performances to compete in the school level memorization/recitation competition held on January 11. Byron-Bergen freshmen Chad Bobzin, Emily Bowman, and Melissa Watson, sophomores Brittany Merrell and Christine Burke, and senior Haley Howard scored highest in the contest. The next step in Poetry Out Loud will be the Western Regional competition which will be held at Amherst High School on February 16. The State level competition will be held on March 24 in Albany, and the final National Competition is scheduled for May 13-15, in Washington, D.C.
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2/12/12
CHURCHVILLE-CHILI
Forsett finishes first with Modernized Macbeth at C-C Shakespeare Competition
The top three finalists at a Shakespeare competition held at Churchville-Chili High School were (left to right, first to third) Myles Forsett, James Wezelis and Madeline Jones. Provided photo Freshman Myles Forsett was crowned Churchville-Chili’s first-place finisher at the school level of the National Shakespeare Competition, sponsored by The English-Speaking Union of the United States.
Forsett, a freshman, brought a new tone to a monologue from Macbeth to capture the title. He moves on to represent Churchville-Chili at the Rochester competition on Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m. at the Multi-use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) on Atlantic Avenue.
“I feel great,” said Forsett. “My practice and hard work paid off. Now, I am going to practice, practice, practice for the city competition.”
Forsett prepared thoroughly for Saturday’s competition, performing for family and friends. He even posted the monologue in one of his most frequented locations.
“I put the monologue on my fridge at home,” said Forsett. “I figure I’m there a lot and I need to practice so it was perfect.”
At the city level event, Forsett will perform a sonnet, in addition to his monologue, while competing against students from Rochester and the surrounding area. The last time that a Churchville-Chili student advanced to the national level was four years ago when Jennie O’Leary made the trip. O’Leary was one of this year’s three judges.
Ten Churchville-Chili students from grades 9 through 12 performed a Shakespeare monologue of 20 lines or less without the use of props, costumes or affected speech. Second-place finisher and Chruchville-Chili junior Jamison Wezelis performed a monologue from one of Shakespeare’s comedies, “The Tempest,” and had the audience in stitches.
“It was definitely difficult deciding between Jamison and Myles,” said O’Leary. “Jamison has brilliant comedic timing and his body language was flawless. Myles did a great job bringing a different attitude and flavor to Macbeth, which can be quite dry at times.”
Madeline Jones’ performance of Isabella from “Measure for Measure” earned the lone senior in the competition third place.
“Madeline as poised and sweet. She really charmed us judges,” said O’Leary.
Also competing in the event were freshmen Lauren Burr, Allison Crist and Christian Johnson; sophomore Skye King; and juniors Courtney Kuhn, Samantha Longfellow and Alexa Turton.
The Rochester winner will go on to compete in April in New York City at Lincoln Center against student from across the United States. The U.S. winner will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to study acting in Shakespeare’s homeland, England. Monetary prizes will be given for the second and third place national finishers, $1,000 and $500, respectively.
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2/12/12
HILTON
Hilton students reach out to help in Nicaraguan school
School supplies on their way to Nicaragua from Hilton - "This is fantastic!" said Ciudad Herman volunteer Tim McMahon, left, of the pallet of school supplies collected by Hilton High School students now on its way to the town of El Sauce, Nicaragua. Since December students have collected school supplies and the 18 cartons were shipped in late January. From left are: volunteer Tim McMahon, Jessica Marengo, Katherine Wroblewski, Emma Steinmetz, Nadia Wallace, Mark Romig and Hilton High School Principal Brian Bartalo. Provided photoSince the early 1970s there have been various outreach groups which have linked the Rochester area to a remote village in the Segovia Mountains of Nicaragua and its struggle for clean water, sturdy housing, medical and school supplies. Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Central America and the village of El Sauce is no exception.
In January, a group of International Baccalaureate (IB) High School students led by Hilton High School Principal Brian Bartalo decided to make a difference. A volunteer himself in Nicaragua in the early 90s, Bartalo remembers the village. “We collected supplies from students at Merton Williams where I was then a teacher,” he said. “I brought all I could. The supplies were so well-received there and I was so moved by that experience, I promised that I’d remain committed to doing it again.”
Designated as a “SisterCity” for many years, the connections in the Rochester area continue to expand according to Bartalo. “We have plans this spring to start a fundraising project sponsored by the IB students to raise enough money to support the building of a new home for a needy family,” Bartalo said. “According to the ‘4 Walls’ organization in Rochester, this takes approximately $2,000. In US dollars, this wouldn’t pay for much, but in Nicaragua it will fund the basics for new home construction.”
Among the Hilton CSD connections in El Sauce is 2006 Hilton High School graduate Ashley Sullivan who is currently teaching English in an elementary school. Merton Williams and Quest Elementary schools have already reached out and Skyped® with Ashley and plan to do several fundraisers in their schools. Ashley is the daughter of Hilton CSD Learning Through Technology Teacher Patricia Sullivan.
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2/12/12
Hilton High School inducts 58 into National Honor Society
Hilton High School inducted 58 juniors and seniors into the Hilton High School Chapter of the National Honor Society on Sunday, January 29 at the High School. NHS Advisors are Hilton High School teachers Rebecca Houghton and Ruth Hurysz.
Inductees and their grade are: Makenzi Adams, 11; Claudia Aghaie, 12; Stephanie Ashodian, 11; Rachel Berg, 11; Lindsey Bierworth, 11; Victoria Bourret, 11; Daniel Bowers, 12; Jillian Branciforte, 11; Kirk Carbone, 11; Allison Cerone, 11; Hannah Cliff, 11; Noah Cole, 11; Jessica Dauvergne, 11; Victoria Farrell, 11; Anai Flanagan, 11; Ryan Fowler, 11; Ellie Garno, 11; Gillette Gartland, 11; Bryce Gebhardt, 11; Vanessa George, 11; Taunce Graham, 11; Morgan Graus, 11; Victoria Grisdale, 11; Benjamin Harper, 11; Daniel Hogestyn, 11; Maria Jackson, 11; Eric Jensen, 11; Sydney John, 11; Sarah Johnson, 11; Amanda Jones, 11; Sarah Jones, 11; Dustin Logory, 11; Jennifer Lohrmann, 11; Christopher Marciano, 11; Nicolas Mattle, 11; Taylor McHenry, 11; Monica Messina, 11; Derek Milgate, 11; Alex Milliken, 11; Emma Monfiletto, 11; Jenelle Mucher, 11; Briana Neale, 11; Jordan Ott, 11; Mikael Pelkey, 11; Ross Pirnie, 11; Carleen Rutherford, 11; William Ryan, 11; Julianne Schwallie, 11; Ashley Shaw, 11; Allison Shields, 11; Ashley Shtoyko, 11; David Siciliano, 11; Andrew Steiger, 11; Anne Taylor, 11; Nigel Walker, 12; Zach Werner, 11; Hannah Wheater, 11; Sadie Wolters, 11.
All students in grades 11 and 12 are initially screened to determine if they have a cumulative grade point average of at least 90 percent through the end of the second semester of the preceding academic year. A list of all academically qualified students is presented to the entire faculty for rating in the areas of leadership, service, and character. All academically eligible students are furnished information defining the next steps of the selection process. Membership is not automatic on basis of scholarship alone. Students are judged on the basis of the four categories of scholarship, leadership, character, and service.
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2/12/12
Hilton High School hosts Yellow Jackets
“Sing-Off” semi-finalists, the U of R Yellow Jackets, a men’s a capella group, performed for a sold-out audience February 3 at the Hilton High School auditorium.
The event was a fundraiser for the Class of 2015, according to teacher Vicki Newman.
Provided photo by Brittany Oliveri
2/12/12
Hilton kindergarten registration in February and March
The Hilton Central School District kindergarten registration takes place in February and March. Children whose fifth birthday fall on or before December 1 following the start of the school year in September are eligible to attend kindergarten. Kindergarten in the Hilton School District is full-day. Informational letters from the Hilton Central School District to all eligible district families are mailed by the HCSD Office of Census/Central Registration. If a family does not receive a letter by mid-March, they can call the Census/Central Registration Clerk Dawn Blodgett at 585-392-1000 ext. 7031.
To register, bring: original birth certificate, proof of residency, proof of immunizations and custody or guardianship papers if applicable. Information about preschool screening (birth to age five) for possible developmental delays is available by calling the Hilton School District Office of Learning Support Services (Special Education) at 585-392-1000 ext. 6054.
Entering kindergarteners are eligible to attend the Quest Elementary School, a school of choice, regardless of residence in the Hilton School District. Applications for entrance to Quest Elementary School were due February 3. Only those accepted to attend Quest in the fall may register on February 27 and 28.
For information about Quest Elementary, call 585-392-1000 ext. 6102. The Hilton School District elementary school attendance boundary line is Route 261 (Manitou Road). All Greece residents attend Northwood Elementary School, 433 North Greece Road, and all residents west of the town line (Parma, Clarkson, Hamlin) attend the Village Elementary School with the exception of some private drives.
•Quest Elementary School Kindergarten Registration at 225 West Avenue, Hilton February 27 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and February 28 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
•Village Elementary School Kindergarten Registration at 100 School Lane, Hilton March 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and March 13 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
•Northwood Elementary School Kindergarten Registration at 433 North Greece Road, Greece March 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and March 13 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
2/12/12
OBITUARIES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12, 2012
BERGEN
•Greenman, Rodney H., February 6, 2012, at age 53. Survived by his father, Clinton Greenman of Sun City, Arizona; his wife Amy (Istvan) Greenman of Stafford; three children, Alex (Sara) Greenman of Omaha, Nebraska, Emily Anne Greenman and Kenneth Jacob Greenman, both of Stafford; two sisters, Nancy (Ron) Wyse of Warsaw and Susan Sherwood of Arizona; nieces and nephews. Mr. Greenman was awaiting the birth of his first grandson.
A Celebration of Life was held February 11 at The Club House at Godfrey’s Pond, Bergen. Contributions can be made to Godfrey’s Pond, P.O. Box 217, Batavia, NY 14021 or Wilmot Cancer Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 704, Rochester, NY 14642 in his memory.
BYRON
•Colopy, Deborah A., age 55, died February 6, 2012 at Unity Hospital in Rochester. She is survived by her husband Craig K.; daughters Amy L. and Melissa A. Colopy, all of Byron; brother Richard (Diane) Stafford of Oakfield; sister Kathy Sprague of Batavia; many nieces and nephews.Predeceased by her brother, Charles Stafford. She was born June 24, 1956 in Batavia to the late Charles (Katherine Besaw) Stafford. Mrs. Colopy worked at Lakeside Beikirch Care Center in Brockport as a nurse. She took great pride in caring for people. Deborah was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Funeral Services were held February 10 at Calvary Baptist Church, Batavia. Interment, Calvary Baptist Cemetery, Batavia. Contributions can be made to the family in her memory.
CHILI
•O’Callaghan, Thomas Patrick, February 5, 2012. Born on March 7, 1949, Tom was an avid hunter, fisherman, and family man. Originally raised in Natick, Massachusetts. Tom was a veteran of the US Navy. He is survived by his beloved wife of 31 years, Peggy (Naughton) O’Callaghan; children, Thomas O’Callaghan of Rochester, Katherine O’Callaghan of Framingham, Massachusetts; mother-in-law, Peggy Naughton; his brothers, John and wife Linda, William and his wife Marjorie; sisters, Margaret and her husband John McCarthy, Sheila and her husband, William Leporati, Mary O’Callaghan Jackson; sisters-in-law, Margaret O’Callaghan, Maureen O’Callaghan, and Mary Gilda O’Callaghan; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Kevin and Elaine Naughton, Michael and Peggi Naughton, John and Wendy Naughton, James and Susan Naughton, Mary Murray, Eileen and Robert Merberg and Patrick and Kathleen Naughton; many beloved nieces and nephews. Tom is predeceased by his parents William and Bridget O’Callaghan; brothers, Michael, Gerald and Daniel; brother-in-law, Loring H. Jackson; nephew Paul Leporati; and his beloved father-in-law, Michael Naughton.
Funeral Services were held February 11 at Leo M.Bean and Sons Funeral Home, Chili. Private interment. Contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society in his memory.
CLARENDON
•Buck, Gilbert W., 96, died February 6, 2011 at his home. He is survived by devoted grandson and granddaughter-in-law, William Jr. (Doreen) Buck; granddaughter, Jennifer Cannazzaro; brother, Charles Buck; daughter-in-law, Sandy (Neil) Buck-Fleming; six great-grandchildren; stepson, Howard (Loretta) Bartlett; numerous step grandchildren; nieces, nephews. He was predeceased by wife Rosie Bartlett-Buck; son, William C. Buck Sr.; brother, Donald Buck. He was employed as a Machine Operator at GM in Rochester for 27 years before retirement.
A Memorial Service was held February 11 at the Merrill-Grinnell Funeral Home, Holley. Interment, Mt. Albion Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the Clarendon Fire Company in his memory.
GREECE
•Bachmann, Catherine Tutty, died February 3, 2012 at age 96. Catherine is predeceased by her sisters, Lois and Margaret. She is survived by her nieces, Patricia, Ellen and Elaine; nephews, Charles, Craig, Robert and Brian; and several grandnieces and nephews. Catherine was retired from Delco.
Private Services were held. Donations can be sent to Lifetime Assistance Foundation, Inc., 425 Paul Road, Rochester, NY 14624 in her memory.
HAMLIN
•Jones, Barbara, February 3, 2012. Predeceased by her husband, Karl W. Kandt. Survived by her husband, Donald L. Jones; children, Kathy (Richard) Holden, Paul (Dianne) Kandt, Nancy (Randy) Reiss, Linda Pickering, Cynthia (John) Sorel, Robert (Judy) Jones; grandchildren, Cale Holden, Kaitlin Reiss, Joel and Marinela Kandt, Carrie (Steve) Gramick, Kallie Pickering, Eric Sorel, Jason Sorel, Colby Jones; two great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Barbara was a nurse at Lakeside Hospital for 22 years and an organist at St. Paul Lutheran Church for over 50 years.
A Funeral Service was held February 6 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hilton. Private interment. Contributions can be made to Aurora House or St. Paul Lutheran Church in her memory.
•Swanger, Richard L. Sr., On January 27, 2012 at age 73. Predeceased by his parents Russell and Pauline. He is survived by his loving wife Patricia; children Richard Jr. (Dawn), Debra Swanger and Sheri Whiteside; brothers Russell Jr. (Carol), William, James (Sheila); grandchildren, Tyler, Matthew, Ashton and Ariel Swanger, Jena, Cesler Whiteside; one great grandson Aiden Christ; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services were held February 7 at the Fowler Funeral Home Inc., Brockport. Interment at the convenience of the family. Contributions can be made to Aurora House, 2495 Union Street, Spencerport in his memory.
HILTON
•Cosman, Ethel (Panarites), February 4, 2012, age 92. Predeceased by her parents, Kosmos and Mary (Vlahakes) Panarites; her husband, Albert E. Cosman; sisters, Kula and Connie (Peter) Pataccoli; brothers, Nicholas and James (Evelyn) Panarites. Survived by her brother, Manuel (Mary) of Columbus, Georgia; nieces, Linda (Rick) Sweeting of Brockport and Marlane (Tom) Boyle of Bethlehem, Georgia; nephew, Stephen (Jane) Panarites of North Salem, Indiana; several cousins and many good and loyal friends.
Ethel was a life-long resident of Hilton, where she worked along side her family at The Hilton Candy Kitchen for many years.
At Ethel’s request, all services will be held at the convenience of her family. Contributions can be made to Hilton Ambulance Corps in her memory.
•Harris, Margaret J., February 1, 2012, age 93. She was predeceased by her husband of 68 years, Ralph Harris. She is survived by her sons, David (Maralyn), Richard (Elaine), Robert (Carol), Brian (Sandra) and Ronald Harris; her brother, Jack (Maralyn) Exton; 14 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Also predeceased by her grandsons, Angel Harris and Brian Harris Jr.
Funeral Services were held February 9 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hilton. Interment, Fairfield Cemetery. Contributions can be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church Memorial Fund in her memory.
•Yuill, Alice, February 4, 2012. She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick. Survived by her children, Geraldine (Edwin) Barnhart and John (Pauline) Yuill of London, England; four grandchildren, Holly, Michelle, Daniel and Cyndi; sister, Freda Hope of Edinburgh, Scotland. Alice was a veteran of the British Royal Navy and was a nurse at Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham, England.
Funeral Services were held February 6 at Thomas E. Burger Funeral Home Inc., Hilton. Contributions can be made to Kathleen Anne Tenny Animal Shelter, 62 Gorton Avenue, Hilton 14468 in her memory.
HOLLEY
•McDowell, Kathleen J. Groves, of North Carolina, formerly of Holley, died January 2, 2012 at age 68. She is survived by her daughter, Terri Shergill; sons, David (Heather) Moy of Holley and Jeffery Diedrick of North Carolina; grandchildren, Ashley and Jeffery Diedrick; Autumn, David Jr., and Dawson Moy; great-grandson Talon Robinson; sister Marilyn Hollenback of Hamlin; brother Charles Groves of Kendall; sister-in-law Betty Groves of Tennessee.
A reception/memorial will be held February 19, 2012 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Hamlin Exempts Hall, Route 19, Hamlin, NY. Burial services to be held in private at a later date.
KENDALL
•Stiegler, Christine, February 8, 2012, at age 54. Predeceased by her father, Jim Taylor. Survived by her husband, Steven; her children, Katie, Mark and Evelyn Stiegler; her mother, Joan Taylor; two brothers, Art and Brian Taylor; a sister, Sue Muller; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services were held February 11 at the Kendall United Methodist Church. Contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, Lakes Region, 1400 Winton Road North, Rochester, NY 14609 in her memory.
•Weed, Florence E. (Phelps), age 94, died February 2, 2012 at Medina Memorial Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband Ward in 1960. She is survived by her children, June (Dale Umstead), Ward, Leland (Maxine), Larry (Joan); several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Lillian Knapp, Claire Graham; nieces, nephews. She was a member of the Kendall Senior Citizens and a former employee of Duffy Motts in Hamlin.
Her Memorial Service was held February 11 at the Christopher Mitchell Funeral Home, Inc., Albion. Spring interment, Lakeview Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the Kendall Ambulance in her memory.
SPENCERPORT
•DeGuglielmo, Frank J., February 2, 2012 at age 86. Predeceased by his wife, Angie; and brother, Mario. Survived by his three sons, Michael (Sue), Joseph (Debbie), Frank (Debbie); 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brother, Albert (Donna); and several nieces and nephews.
His Funeral Mass was held February 7 at St. John’s Church, Spencerport. Interment, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society in his memory.
ARCHIVES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5, 2012
LOCAL NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Unity defends pursuit of Brockport facility
by Kristina Gabalski
Unity Health System continues to move forward with plans to open a new 18,000 square feet facility near the Wegmans Plaza in the Town of Sweden, as it awaits state approval of its Certificate of Need (CON) application.
In response to a recent resolution by the Brockport Village Board opposing Unity’s CON application, backlash from community members and Lakeside Health System’s ongoing effort to fight the project, Unity Health System’s Patrizia Corvaia provided the Suburban News and Hamlin Clarkson Herald with updated details about Unity’s plan and the services it currently provides to the Brockport community.
“Unity has been providing health care in the Brockport community for ten years,” a statement says. “Our new Brockport office location will enable us to continue to provide services requested and needed by community residents.”
Unity Health states in a detailed fact sheet that the designation of Brockport as a Health Professions Shortage Area for Primary Care by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, was made in October of 2010 and included in the September 2011 update.
“Unity, Lakeside and affiliated physicians receive a ten percent Medicare bonus for providing primary care services in this designated area,” Unity says.
Unity also contends a high proportion of Brockport residents are active patients of Unity Health System physician practices.
“As of November 2011, 5,664 Brockport women (in the 14420 zip code) were active patients of one of our 32 owned physician practices,” Unity says. “Of these, 1,463 used our Unity Ob-Gyn at Brockport practice. The additional thousands of women who use Unity Ob-Gyn at Brockport travel from as far away as Medina, Batavia, Fairport and Webster.”
“Additionally, over 4,500 Brockport residents have utilized one of Unity’s three ACM Medical Laboratory patient service centers in Brockport (6565 Fourth Section Road, 80 West Avenue, 300 West Avenue) at least one time in the past two years,” Unity states.
“Our expansion is in no way a competitive action against Lakeside or any organization,” Unity says. “In fact, a number of physicians who will work at this site currently provide coverage at Lakeside.
“We continue to believe that where patients get their health care is a matter of personal choice and convenience.”
The County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency approved Gallina Development for property tax breaks of $465,295 for the construction of the $3.1 million building that Unity at Brockport will lease. Projected benefits are $1.1 million, the Unity statement says.
Unity also says Gallina Development was selected based on a competitive bid process. “Gallina Development specializes in commercial and industrial real estate, managing over 1.4 million square feet of office and warehouse space throughout Monroe County,” Unity says. “Among them are two medical complexes: South Point Landing Office Park in Greece and Cambridge Place in Brighton.”
According to the Unity fact sheet, “COMIDA continues to provide incentives for the completion of significant health care projects in our community. Recent among these are: $6 million to Rochester General Health System, $15 million to Highland Hospital, $35 million to Unity Health System, $36 million to Strong Health/University of Rochester and $30 million for the renovation of the former Genesee Hospital.”
Unity also provided additional information about its CON application:
“Administrative level CON approval is required for Unity at Brockport,” Unity says. “Because Unity at Brockport involves the operation of an existing primary care site, it is eligible for an administrative CON review. Public Health and Health Planning Council review is not required.”
Unity maintains its history of collaboration to meet community health needs, officials add.
“In 2008, noting the under-utilization of Lakeside Hospital and its proximity to Unity Hospital, the 2020 Commission of the Finger Lakes Health System encouraged collaboration between Unity and Lakeside,” Unity states. “Unity stated publicly that this recommendation had merit and was worthy of review. Subsequent formal and informal discussions initiated by Unity between Lakeside administrators, trustees and physicians have not been met with any interest.”
Unity says the new office facility will offer several speciality services, ranging from infectious disease and diabetes care, to neurology, pulmonology, and nephrology. One or two family medicine physicians will be added in the future.
“Again, for patient convenience, laboratory (provided by ACM Laboratory), x-rays and mammography (provided by Borg & Ide Imaging), and physical therapy services will be provided here as well,” Unity states.
Lakeside CEO James Wissler has stated that Unity plans to bring services into the community that are already offered at Lakeside and which will result in redundancy of services, increase cost and jeopardize the viability of Lakeside and the services it provides to the area.
2/5/11
Brockport mayor proposes renaming playground
by Kristina Gabalski
Brockport Mayor Connie Castaneda has proposed naming the Barry Street Park/Playground in honor of village resident John Lessord.
The mayor read her proposal into the record during the January 24 regular meeting of the Brockport Village Board.
Castaneda described the efforts of Lessord, who moved to Lyman Street in the 1960s, to clean up contamination of a creek that runs by his home.
Lessord initially noticed unusual colors in the creek water and notified the village. After a pumping station was built by a nearby factory, the problem cleared up. Then, in the 1990s, Lessord noticed foul odors coming from the creek and after notifying authorities eventually ended up contacting environmental attorney Erin Brockovich. A lawsuit led polluters to take some measures to clean up the contamination, the Mayor said.
Lessord and his son then continued their investigation into the extent of the pollution. “After studying many maps of the area, and using a metal detector, they were able to locate a lost manhole,” Mayor Castaneda said. “They called the village to inspect it. After the village inspection, it was determined that the water in the manhole contained pollutants and that the pollution had extended to Oxford Street and across the canal to East Avenue.
“As a result of this man’s vigilance, hard work and determination, the pollution was discovered and remediation is ongoing even today,” the Mayor said.
Lessord’s long-time efforts were instrumental in the village acquiring $64,000 to spend on the restoration of the Barry Street playground, the mayor said. She described additional ways Lessord has served the Brockport community, including serving with the volunteer fire department for 26 years, as fire chief for two years, as assistant fire chief for four years, as a volunteer at Nativity Church for 14 years and as a volunteer with Little League Soccer for four years.
“I propose to name the Barry Street Park/Playground in his honor, to show our gratitude for the many services he has provided to our community,” she said.
The mayor said she hoped the village board would consider her proposal at the next regular meeting, February 14.
The topic of creating a naming policy for venues/buildings is on the agenda for the next village board work session February 7.
Trustee Carol Hannan told the Suburban News and Hamlin-Clarkson Herald that the mayor’s suggestion was a complete surprise to her.
“I think it would have been much more appropriate for her to bring the subject up at a workshop first, rather than announce a particular person to honor, not knowing how any of the other board members felt about the subject,” Hannan said. “We all knew about the re-naming suggestion for the Utica Street playground before it became public.”
Hannan says she believes that before the board considers re-naming any other buildings or village entities, trustees should get input from the parks committee, the museum committee and past/present historians to establish written guidelines.
“Other municipalities have done that,” Hannan said, “they’ve established a standardized process.”
The village has a number of parks that already have names with special significance. Harvester Park, which the village website notes is located on what was the site of the oldest reaper factory in the world; Sagawa Park was presented to the village in memory of Dr. Hidetaka Sagawa, a former president of Lakeside Memorial medical staff and chief of surgery. Corbett Park is located on land once owned by the Corbett family, Hannan says, “the newly designated Monika Andrews Park - a novel idea which she conceptualized and saw through to completion; the police department building, which is named for a former long-time chief and we have some streets named after people/families.”
“Certainly in this community, where service is and has been important to so many residents, honoring every deserving individual is probably impossible,” Hannan adds, “which is why we should put a policy in place before we make any decision on this or any other specific proposals.”
2/5/12
Spencerport Area Chamber of Commerce holds Awards Dinner
The Spencerport Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual awards dinner at the Plantation Party House on January 27.
Recipients of awards at the dinner were (left to right in photo) Steve Enos, owner of Kronys Pizza, Etc. and Businessperson of the Year; Helen Moore, Clyde W. Carter Citizen of the Year and Linda and Ted Rauber, owners of Spencerport Insurance and 360 Financial and recipients of the Civic Beautification Award for their building and surrounding property located at 117 South Union Street in the Village of Spencerport.
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2/5/12
Spencerport Fire District 2011 call totals
2010: 778 total calls
2011: 862 total calls
2011 - Details
•Fires (building, chimney, car, grass, etc.) 58
•Rupture, Explosion, Overheat 1
•Rescue and EMS 273
•Hazardous conditions (no fire) 146
•Service call (water problem, public service, etc.) 119
•Good intent call 120
•False alarm and false call 145
•Severe weather and natural disaster 0
•Special incident type 0
TOTAL 862
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2/5/12
Dogs need to be licensed annually
New York State requires that all dogs over the age of four months be licensed by the local municipalities. Licensing is done to be sure that all dogs have current rabies vaccinations, protecting the dog, their owner, and the rest of the community.
New licenses may be obtained either in person at the Town Clerk’s Office or by mail. Ogden’s clerk’s office is located at the Ogden Community Center, 269 Ogden Center Road, Spencerport 14559. Hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To license by mail submit the following information: proof of a current rabies vaccination, proof of spaying or neutering, a check payable to the Town of Ogden for the appropriate amount. Make sure the dog’s type, color, name and birth year are included in the information.
The annual licensing fee for an unneutered or unspayed dog is $17 and $9 if spayed or neutered. The Town of Ogden offers senior residents 65 and older a reduced license fee $11.50 for unneutered or unspayed dog and if spayed or neutered, $3.50.
Monroe County Dog Parks require that all dogs be licensed in order to make use of the parks. The on-site registration times at the new Greece Canal Labor Center are February 8, 13 and 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. Before coming to the park on these dates you need to bring copies to be kept on file of your current rabies certificate and dog license. They accept checks or money orders only. The cost is $24 per dog. Checks are to be made payable to “Monroe County Parks Department.”
For information visit www.ogdenny.com Town Clerk’s Department or call 617-6111.
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2/5/12
Rose Burgen celebrated her 95th birthday on January 25 with her family and friends in the community room at Ehr-Dale Heights Apartments in Churchville.
Rose was entertained by the Churchville musical group, “Just for Fun.” She was one of the first tenants to move into Ehr-Dale Heights Apartments when it first opened.
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2/5/12
FEATURE STORIES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Great Backyard Bird Count perfect for new birders
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thinkstockhe results of the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) provide a snapshot of the whereabouts of more than 600 bird species.
Anyone can participate in this free event and no registration is needed. Watch and count birds for at least 15 minutes on any day of the count, February 17-20. Enter your results at www.birdcount.org, where you can watch as the tallies grow across the continent. The four-day count typically records more than 10 million observations.
The 2011 GBBC brought in more than 92,000 bird checklists submitted by participants from across the United States and Canada. Altogether, bird watchers identified 596 species with 11.4 million bird observations.
Although it’s called the Great “Backyard” Bird Count, the count extends well beyond backyards. Lots of participants choose to head for national parks, nature centers, urban parks, nature trails, or nearby sanctuaries. For information, including bird-ID tips, instructions, and past results, visit www.birdcount.org.
The count also includes a photo contest and a prize drawing for participants who enter their bird checklists online.
The stylized graphic above depicts some of the birds that could be seen on a winter day -- from left, cardinal, red-winged blackbird, purple finch, goldfinch, cedar waxwing, blue jay, red headed woodpecker and in center on tree trunk, a nuthatch. Other common winter’s day sightings could include chickadees, juncos, titmice, hawks, geese, crows and starlings.
2/5/12
Mills honored for volunteer service
Left to right: Holley Fire Chief Pete Hendrickson; OFVPA's Sergeant of Arms James Way; Recipient Secretary/Treasurer Howard Mills; President Larry Petrie; Vice-President Emerson "Tinker" Young; and Holley Fire Company President David Knapp. Provided photoHolley Fire Company’s Fire Police Officer Howard Mills is the recipient of the Orleans County Volunteer Fire Police Association’s Fire Police of the Year 2011. This award was presented to Mills at the annual meeting on January 18 by the Orleans County Volunteer Fire Police Association.
Howard Mills is a member of Orleans County Volunteer Fire Police Association, the Volunteer Fire Police Association State of New York and member of New York, and Volunteer Firemen’s Association of the State of New York.
Holley Fire Company’s Life Member Howard Mills started his firefighter career by joining Holley Fire Department in June 1975 as a fireman. He is a past member of Holley Emergency Squad with 10 years as a member, a driver, and a first aid responder.
Mills joined Holley Fire Department’s Fire Police Squad where he is currently providing his volunteer service since 2002. He also became the Secretary/Treasurer of the Orleans County Fire Police Association in 2002.
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2/5/12
Historically significant general store ready for owner to restore it
by Kristina Gabalski
Those working to save the 1836 Clarendon stone store say significant progress is being made in their efforts.
The Clarendon Town Board recently agreed to sell the stone store, located at the intersection of Route 237 and Route 31A for one dollar to the person who presents the best plan meeting their criteria. Town board members also authorized the Old Stone Store Preservation Committee (OSSPC) and the Landmark Society to begin marketing the property.
“I’m pleased that the town board is willing to make this possible by cooperating with anyone who comes forward with an appropriate plan,” Clarendon resident and OSSPC chair Erin Anheier says. “The Landmark Society is working with us to market the building and I am hoping we reach the person who is willing and able to bring the building back to use. I like to say that this building isn’t empty, it is filled with opportunities.”
The stone store, which contains approximately 3,200 square feet, operated as a general store until 1975. It was then used as an apartment building and has been vacant since 2007.
Landmark Society officials say it is one of the oldest structures in the town and a unique surviving example of an early 19th century commercial building, executed in Medina sandstone.
“There are very few buildings like this left in our entire region, let alone in Orleans County,” Caitlin Meives, a preservation planner with the Landmark Society says. “It’s an important part of the community’s history and culture. It served as a general store and social gathering spot for the hamlet for almost 150 years. It sits at a prominent, heavily traveled intersection and, because of its historic character, really has the potential to serve as a unique marketing tool for the town/hamlet.”
Anheier says the town has already lost the beautiful stone Universalist Church, the stone school house, the stone blacksmith shop, the stone mill - all within the hamlet. “The more I learn about this building and the varied and important roles it has played in the history of Clarendon, the more I am convinced it should be saved,” she says. “If the building is demolished, it will be an irreversible and sad moment. Clarendon will have lost its most well-known landmark and people in the future will forget, or never know, how important it was to the growth of our community.”
The town owns the building and plans were made to demolish it, but in July 2011, the town board granted local citizens in partnership with the Landmark Society one year to market the property and find a new owner to rehabilitate it and bring it back to the tax rolls.
Since last July, the OSSPC has spearheaded local efforts to clean out the building, make immediate necessary repairs and have the property surveyed. With a $500 donation from the Landmark Society and funds raised by OSSPC, Bero Architecture, PLLC, was hired to prepare a report of the building’s condition and recommended repairs.
Meives says Anheier and Town Historian/Code Enforcement Officer, Melissa Ierlan, “have been absolutely instrumental in rallying the troops to get things done and bring increased attention to this property.”
“I am gratified that many residents came forward last July to tell the Town Board that they felt the stone store was important to them,” Anheier says. “Since that time, I have spoken to so many people who don’t live in Clarendon but have driven by the building. It has made an impression on them and they tell me they also hope it will be saved. A small group of volunteers have given countless hours to help reach that goal.”
With assistance from the Landmark Society, OSSPC members also completed the research and paperwork for a nomination to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The nomination has been submitted to the NY State Historic Preservation Office and is pending approval by the NY State Review Board, which meets in March.
“I am very optimistic that the building will be placed on the State and National Register of Historic Places,” Anheier says. “The tax credits this will make accessible can make the rehabilitation of the Stone Store more attractive from a financial standpoint. But mostly, I hope to see the building rehabilitated so that it will once again be a focal point of the hamlet, and remind people of our proud past.”
For a plan to be considered by the Clarendon Town Board, it must include the planned use of the building, details of the rehabilitation plan and the timeline for the completion of the plan. It must return the front facade to a more historically appropriate appearance and restore the building to a condition allowing a Certificate of Occupancy, officials say.
The town board will give preference to a plan which includes commercial space or offices on the first floor and the same or storage on the second floor. Commercial or office space on the first floor and an owner occupied apartment on the second floor would be an alternate use. Town board members say it will also consider conversion of both floors to a single family home. Multiple apartments will not be considered.
The Landmark Society will assist with marketing the property, Meives says, through its own outlets and also through a national website that markets historical properties and will also lend expertise as the town considers offers from potential buyers.
2/5/12
Local Marine remembers Iwo Jima
by Rick Stacy
Bergen resident John Conlon, a Marine Private First Class at the battle of Iwo Jima, holds open a page from Eric Hammel's book "Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle: United States Marines at War in the Pacific" showing a group photograph taken on Mt. Surabachi by Pulitzer prize-winning photographer Joe Rosenthal. The photo was taken after Rosenthal's iconic flag raising image. Conlon is fourth from the right. Photograph by David Knox.It’s March 18 and John Conlon is celebrating his twenty-first birthday. The year: 1945. The place: the black, volcanic sands of Iwo Jima. He hasn’t bathed, shaved or had a hot meal in almost a month. He has already charged up Mt. Suribachi, whose summit was the site of a flag raising that became the iconic symbol of Marine’s victory for all time. Conlon had watched it go up.
“My outfit, Fox Company, was already up there,” recalls the eighty-seven year old Bergen resident. “They decided that the flag they had raised up first wasn’t big enough so they got a bigger flag. After they put the flag up, Rosenthal, the photographer, said, ‘Come on now boys, gather around and get your picture taken. The people back home like to see what the boys are doing.’ And that’s the way I got in the picture.” This picture of Conlon and others from Fox and Easy Companies in front of the famous flag was taken right after it was raised. Conlon is fourth from the right, with his rifle raised. Most of the men in that picture never made it home.
“On the third day the flag was raised,” says Conlon. “Everybody clapped and everybody yelled. But there was a lot of war going on after that. We were supposed to take the island in 72 hours. It took 36 days! Before we went in, the Navy blew the place. The Air force blew the place. But the Japanese, some 22,000 of them, were down in the ground. There was forty miles of tunnels. They just watched us in there and laughed at us. From all the bombing they killed two hundred men at most.”
On Ship
Conlon wrote his mother while still on the ship and said he didn’t know if he’d live to be 21 or not. His general gave him some advice: ‘John,’ he said, ‘when you get off the ship I want you to look right straight ahead and don’t turn around, just keep right on going. Don’t stop to help anybody. Don’t make any buddies because when you do, you help your buddy and lots of time you’re gonna get killed with them.’ And that’s what I did on Iwo Jima,” says Conlon. “I never got close to anybody. I did what I was told. And to this day I’ve never had a (close) man friend. But I lived.”
But on the ship, Conlon had a friend in his platoon, Les, who was from Niagara Falls. “He was close to me, this fella,” says Conlon. “When we were climbing down the ship’s ladders to the Higgins boats to get to the beach, he said to me: ‘John, I’m never gonna live through this. I want you to go to Niagara Falls and see my parents when you get home.’ I said, ‘Oh what are you talking about. You’ll be fine.’ Well, the flag was raised on the third day, and Les was killed on the sixth day on the beach. He stepped on a mine. The beach was loaded with mines. It blew him into a million pieces.”
About ten years ago all the bodies that were buried in Iwo Jima were exhumed and brought back home. Les’s body was brought back to Niagara Falls to be buried. Conlon was one of his pallbearers. “I did what I told him I’d do,” says Conlon.
Hitting the Beach
Marine Pfc. John Conlon in 1945. Bergen resident, John Conlon, a Marine Private First Class was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division at the battle of Iwo Jima.Conlon doesn’t recall why he chose to become a Marine. “I just don’t know to be truthful about it,” he says. “I was working in a slaughterhouse in Byron with my dad butchering cattle and I hated it. I just wanted to get away. And my mother took me down to Rochester and I enlisted.”
But slaughtering took on a new meaning for Conlon on Iwo. It was some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific theater of the war with more casualties than the total Allied casualties on the D-Day invasion. Over 19,000 Marines were wounded and almost 7,000 killed taking the island.
Conlon landed with the 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, and was the fourth or fifth wave in. “We went in on Red Beach One. That’s right at the foot of Mount Suribachi. There was some shooting going on but nothing much. From there on, things were quiet in the morning –real quiet. I lay there on the beach, all morning. The general of the Japanese had gone to school in our country,” Conlon says. “He told his men not to fire. ‘Let them all come in the beach and when I give the word you open up,’ he said. When noon came they opened up on us and you never saw so many dead bodies in your life. They killed thousands of Marines that first afternoon.”
“There was a Marine that came over from the states. He had all kinds of hashes and stripes on his uniform. A big, handsome man,” Conlon recalls. “He was so gung-ho. Boy he rode our ass on the ship. He’d put a white pair of gloves on and inspect your rifle and if there was one spot on it he made you clean it for a week. He was so mean. He’d say: ‘If the Japs don’t kill me my own men will.’ He knew that he wasn’t doing right. I felt so sorry for him that he had to be like that. Well, when we hit the beach who do you think was the first guy I seen up in front of me that was dead? It was him. He had a bullet right there (points to forehead). Do you know I cried? I lay beside him for three hours because the shooting was so bad. He was in the way of the bullets. He was protecting me. I put my arm around him and I laid there until the bullets slowed and then I moved. I opened his pocketbook and he had a picture of his wife and a little boy and girl. I said, ‘He’ll never see them again. Daddy’s not coming home any more.’ That was so sad. I never felt anything that hurt so.” Even these many decades later, Conlon pauses, overcome by the poignant emotion of that memory. “Why couldn’t he have been nice?” he says. “Why couldn’t he have been nice. He had had a diamond ring on him that was a big as his whole finger. It just sparkled. Well somebody had come along and cut that finger right off. It was gone.”
Moving up Mt. Suribachi
Marine Pfc. John Colon's favorite photo of himself taken during the battle of Iwo Jima is on the cover of Eric Hammel's book "Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle: United States Marines at War in the Pacific." Photograph of book cover by David Knox.During Marine training at Camp Pendleton, Conlon had scored second highest in his outfit on the machine gun. “Course there were others better than me. They were all crack shots,” he says. On Iwo Jima he was a rifleman. “I went in with a M-1 (Garand) . They weigh about eight pounds.” Conlon pulls out a large book on Iwo Jima and points to the cover which shows an alert Marine crawling up Mt. Suribachi. “That’s me on the cover,” he says. “The sand was probably two feet deep all over the island from the volcanic ash. Of course your shoes are all full of sand. And the island was so hot. No matter where you put your hand on that island it was hot. You could take your hand and scoop out a hole and set your C-ration can in it and it’d warm it right up.”
“You see the guy behind me (He points again to the book cover.) He was killed. I took his rifle and threw the other one down. He had a Carbine and his had a lot more ammunition in it. It was lighter and you could throw it right over your shoulder and get away from all that weight. After the shooting started I got rid of my pack, it weighed seventy pounds. I got rid of everything,” says Conlon.
At first he wasn’t catching any fire because he was down low. “The bullets were going right over me. But the closer you went in the more fire you got,” he says. What was going through his mind at that point? “I don’t know what I was thinking. I know I was darn busy, but I never had the fear of death. I believe the Lord was walking right beside me. I really believe this.”
“My buddy Pete and I were going up the mountain and all of the sudden he dropped down. He had a bullet almost cut his right ear off. My shoulder was right next to his. It only just missed me. It threw his helmet on the ground and ripped his ear right off. The Navy Corpsman was right there and he patched him up and that was it, he went back on the ship, the lucky dog. The Corpsman who helped him was John Bradley, one of the ones who raised the flag,” Conlon says.
“The Italians were the best fighters we had with us, them and the Indians,” recalls Conlon. “There were only four Indians but they were Cracker Jacks. They have a certain gift. I had one Indian in my battalion, Ira Hayes, a little Indian. He’s in the big monument (in Washington, D.C.). He’s the one that raised the flag.” Conlon didn’t like the movie about the flag raising ‘Flags of our Fathers’ because it wasn’t true to form. “The portrayal of Ira Hayes was not true. He was only about five foot high. Very humble. He was quiet, real quiet. Then he got drunk and you couldn’t shut him up. But he enjoyed life. We were over in Hawaii on Maui, that’s where we were before we went to Iwo Jima. Ira Hayes would go out every Sunday and get drunk downtown. Then he’d get on the four corners and start directing traffic, a crazy guy. The MP’s would put him in jail and the guys would have to go down and pick him up. But he was a peach of a guy. You know what the best movie was? It’s the one with John Wayne (Sands of Iwo Jima). That was just about the way it was.”
Burial Duty
After a few days Conlon was put on burial duty. “Right away there were bodies all over the place. They had to get them in the ground. They gave me forty Marines to bury. We had to go out and pick up the bodies in an Amtrak. We had to go all over the island to get them, up on the mountains, everywhere. I was in charge of that. We buried them in mattress covers –a great big cemetery. They had a bulldozer dig a trench and they laid them there side by side,” Conlon says.
“There’s so much work to that,” he says. “You take their rings off and all their possessions and everything was put in bags. The bodies all had to be finger printed. Then they spray them with a spray you know because it was so hot and there were the maggots. You know what I couldn’t understand? They claimed there was no bugs or bees or anything on Iwo Jima. There wasn’t a tree or anything. So how could you get maggots on a body with no flies? But every time you picked up a body, maggots would just drop right off, if it lay there very long.”
“There was a guy called John Basilone. Basilone was the greatest hero that ever lived. At Guadalcanal, I forgot how many Japs he killed. He got the Congressional Medal of Honor. One day while on burial detail, I’m standing there and they come over and they put a body right at my feet. They said, ‘John, do you know who this is?’ I said, ‘No not really.’ ‘That’s Basilone,’ they said. ‘Oh My God,’ I said, ‘you mean to tell me that he got killed?’ He was one of the first ones to hit Iwo Jima on Red Beach 2. He had a baseball hat on and carried a 45. He had said, ‘There ain’t a Japanese bullet that can pierce my body.’ Well, it wasn’t a Jap bullet but it was something worse. When they landed, Basilone said, ‘We’ve got to get the guns off the beach.’ Well it was just a matter of minutes and up he went. He was hit by a mortar. It blew him all to hell with four or five other Marines."
“There were so many mines,” Conlon recalls. “We’d go around and try to find them. Once, I was walking along the beach and this guy was hit by one. He was right in front of me. It took his right leg completely right off. On his leg was half his rear end. It lay over there like a hind quarter of beef. We put twenty packages of sulfa on his wound to stop the bleeding and everything. He said to us: ‘At least I’m gonna get the hell out of here.” I often wondered if he survived. They’d take the wounded to hospital ships, two or three great big ships out in the ocean. I mean you are talking about thousands of guys wounded. Thousands! There was just a stream of guys headed down to the beach walking toward the ships –if they could walk.”
Claiming the Island and Clearing Caves
Cave by cave, tunnel by tunnel, Conlon and his fellow Marines took control of the Island. Sometimes they used dogs to flush out the Japanese. “When you were asleep, that dog was awake. But you don’t sleep,” adds Conlon.
Conlon ate and slept, when he could, in the field. “I was pretty scrubby looking. All I ate was C-rations and K-rations. I had nothing. I got rid of my pack right on Red Beach One. All my clothes were in it. Everything was in it. I was trying to save my life. I didn’t need all that excess,” Conlon says. “All hell is breaking loose all the time. The bullets never stop. At night they throw up those little parachutes with flares to see. But the Japanese were so sneaky. I’d hear them hollering: ‘Hey Joe, Hey Joe.’ They were trying to draw you over. It was always ‘Joe.’”
“One night, this Marine got way ahead of us. I don’t know how the hell he got there, but they got him. He probably stepped in a cave to get out of the rain. But he screamed and yelled all night. We tried to get to him up there. We were sitting on one side of a cliff, the water was dripping down on top of us, a creepy place. But you could hear him in the distance screaming and yelling. Three or four other Marines tried to get to him. One was killed and another was wounded trying to get to him. He screamed and screamed all night. The next morning we went up and went in the cave and there he lay, on his stomach. They had taken a bayonet and cut big chunks of meat out of his butt and his back. Big chunks of meat! They took his wrist and they twisted it right off until it just hung down. Tortured him terrible. He had red hair. I would say he was probably twenty. The poor thing. And then they put a bullet in him right there (points to head), to give him a break from the pain. That poor thing went through hell. After that we never took anybody prisoner. We killed everybody. Before we used to let them surrender if they wanted to surrender. After that we killed everybody. That was it. There was nobody going to be left alive when we got done,” says Conlon.
“I probably killed about thirty-seven Japs, that I know of,” says Conlon. “That’s not a lot, not when there’s twenty-two thousand there. I never liked killing anyone. If I didn’t have to, I didn’t. He had a mother too. In other words, if I didn’t have to kill him, I let somebody else do it. I’d kind of look the other way. I mean, I could kill anybody, but it’s just the idea of the thing, you know? After all, he was just there doing a job. And as for that guy that was tortured, that was just an incident. It kind of fired everybody up. Everyone didn’t see him lying there with chunks of meat missing. It was just five or six of us. There are so many things that happen in war. That was the first war I was ever in.”
Flame-throwers were used to flush the Japanese out of the caves. “They even had flame-throwers on the tanks,” says Conlon. “A guy had a flame thrower on his back and was clearing out a hole and he just missed me. It was pretty hot. It really scorched me.” Conlon pulls up his sleeve revealing the scars on his arm.
They went through the caves only once. “We’d find all kinds of barrels of sachi, and kimonos left there from the prostitutes that had been there. The prostitutes had left before we got there. But toward the end they were all hungry and there was no water and they were happy to come out. They just surrendered. They about had it. They were happy it was over,” he says.
Bringing in the Planes
Once the island was coming under control, the planes that were returning from their bombing runs were able to land. “The Navy Seabees (Construction Battalions), they did a lot of work on the island. They took care of the airfields and everything. They built all that. They were the best. They were working right there under fire. They had to get the airfield done because that was what the fighting was all about,” says Conlon. “One day a guy was running a small bulldozer up on the beach. He hit a mine. It took that bulldozer and put it upside down. The guy on the seat got thrown right off and he lay there, blood was coming right out of his eyes. I don’t know if he lived or not.”
“There was always four Mustangs that would follow a B-29 and one would land at a time. Boy they were a great plane,” Conlon recalls. “Some of those B-29’s coming in crashed and burned. One guy came in and landed his plane and said, ‘Thank God for the Marines,’ because the ocean was full of B-29’s and Mustangs that didn’t make it back. They ran out of fuel or were shot up and their plane was damaged. They needed Iwo Jima to land on. We took Iwo Jima so they could land there short.”
“The B- 29 crews, when they landed, they put up their tents. We had just gone back to the ship. The Japanese came out and got after the pilots at night and chopped them all up with swords and cut all their tents up. We had to come off the ship again and clean that up. That was a mess. You see, your not going to kill all those Japs, there were so many tunnels. There’s gonna be some left there. There probably is today,” Conlon adds with a smile.
Upon reflection, Conlon feels they should have never taken the Island in the first place. “When we got back into Hawaii, there was only a half a dozen of my company that was left. It came over the radio that Franklin D. Roosevelt had just past away. Well then Truman was put in. Truman was tough. Truman used the atomic bombs. If they had waited just a little bit longer, see, Iwo Jima would’ve never had to be taken at all, cause that ended the war. It was really a tough thing, but it ended the war,” he says.
Saddle Up
“They dropped the atomic bomb and that ended the war, otherwise it’d probably still be going yet,” Conlon says. “That’s when they sent us to Japan. I was there for a year. Got things all straight over there. The first thing, we pulled in with the train loaded with Marines and right beside us was a Japanese train. We reached out and shook each other’s hands. They were happy the war was over.”
“We took over a Japanese camp over there. They built a nice little building and six of us took that building over and we all took turns taking care of the boiler. It was good duty. Every day there was ten Japanese that came in and picked up all of the papers, cleaned the showers and did whatever needed to be done. Nice guys. They thought the world of me. They loved the American soap, they’d always grab a hold of that,” he says.
“Then there were the guys who fell in love with some of the Japanese girls. I tell you, some of them Japanese girls were beautiful and they could speak good English. Frank, a little Italian guy, he went with this Japanese girl and she was absolutely beautiful. And they were in love. I remember when it was time for us to leave, she said: ‘Bye Franky, don’t leave me, don’t leave me.’ And that’s the last he ever heard of her. I stopped down to see him one day when we were back and I never saw anyone so depressed. I mean, why didn’t he send over for her?” Conlon says.
“But there were a lot of girls who were pregnant from the (American) guys, from the Marines and the Army. And that’s always the way, in Germany, in France, that always happens,” he says.
While in Japan, Conlon became friends with some Japanese who had a stable of horses. He has always loved horses. “I raced horses for years,” says Conlon. “I had 16 horses racing at one time. In fact I have good one racing now His name is Yankee Ben. Boy he can trot,” he says.
“These Japanese had some beautiful horses,” Conlon recalls. “They had everything. They had a regular stable, saddles and everything. Since I had this nice job taking care of the boiler, and I had all these other men to help, I could go out everyday and ride horses. I had a couple horses I taught to jump over there.”
“You know it’s been a lot of years since I was there,” says a thoughtful Conlon. “But all the time I was in Japan I never saw one thing out of the way, by either one of us. With the Japanese we got along just fine – with everybody. I never saw anything that went so smooth.”
2/5/12
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1/22/12
Memory by Walter Horylev...
I spent 33 years of my life at Kodak and I do have a lot of fond memories, like:
•Spending noon hours playing competitive Bridge or Gin Rummy (5 per side) or Hearts.
•Spending part of my lunch hour perusing sale items in the tool section of the nearby Sears store on West Ridge Road.
•Going to the homes of fellow workers in our group for a Friday lunch and trading the location weekly. That came to a screeching halt when we were over 45 minutes late coming back from Brockport.
•Playing Christmas music with the Off-Beats, fellow musicians from CP&P and Photo Technology, during lunch time in the cafeteria of B-69 and having everybody joining in on the carols.
•Watching explosions going off from an office window in B-65 when they were forming a base for the foundation of B-69 next door.
•The Friday afternoon rush to get to Lake Shore Country Club and dressing while driving; it was first-come, first-up on the tee and with a late starting time you might not get 18 holes in.
•Walking all over Kodak Park East to meetings; rain, snow or shine.
•The noon hour basketball games in B-28. We even had girls playing eventually and they looked slightly nervous when we said we were ‘shirts’ and they were ‘skins’.
•The long hours, even Saturday and sometimes Sunday, spent on making the Instant program technically successful. Although it failed for other reasons this project generated a whole new cadre of engineers who learned that the good old days of less urgency were over. It was inspiring to see so many people from different divisions working together, even the brass coming in on the weekend, for a common cause.
•The time I was tricked into leaving my office ostensibly to have a photo taken in B-28 and coming back to find it decorated by my basketball buddies.
•The feeling that you could talk to so many experts in various fields to find out information about almost anything. They were the Google® of that time.
•All the training sessions that were provided to engineers, new and old. It was a great way for me to get up to speed in learning a new technology, photo science, back when this wasn’t a college course.
•The long coffee breaks, morning and afternoon, and the same people always sitting at the same tables with the same companions, day after day for years, like in church pews.
•B-28 was a home away from home with a magnificent stage where on special nights speakers gave presentations and gifts, especially power drills, were given away, an excellent cafeteria, a rifle range, bowling lanes, basketball courts (the evening leagues were great fun, I only sprained my ankle once in 30 years), a running track, a pool that was used for drying Coloramas, a gift shop and plenty of darkrooms for color and B&W processing and printing.
•The Kodak Camera Club held numerous photo competitions and classes that provided a tremendous learning experience for me and many others; these activities helped create a number of personal friendships and produced some outstanding photographers. (Every employee of Kodak Park was a member of the Camera Club but, of course, most did not participate).
•My least fond memory: The day when B-65 and B-69 were imploded. I was with a large crowd slightly northeast and two blocks away from the buildings when the huge cloud of dust and debris from the blasts was carried right at us, engulfing us in a blinding brownish fog, as if to say: “You were a part of me, now I’m a part of you.”
Walter P. Horylev
Hilton
2/5/12
SPORTS NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5, 2012
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Lady Raiders set season high
Brand sets career high for men
by Warren Kozireski
Marissa SellBrockport grad Marissa Sell registered her second consecutive double-double and senior Sarah Child scored all but two of her team-high 16 points in the first half to lead Roberts Wesleyan to a 92-46 trouncing of visiting Wilberforce University.
The 92 point output set a season-high for the Raiders; the school record is 116 set in 1996.
Roberts held the Bulldogs scoreless for the first 8:30 of the contest while building a 19-0 lead with Sell accounting for six of those coming off the bench.
The lead was 45-17 at the half with almost everyone (13 of 15 players) getting on the score-sheet in the second half.
Sell finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds while Childs had 16 and junior Marissa Bunce 12 points with a team-high five assists. Bianca Jones led the Raiders with 13 rebounds while adding eight points and Carneisha Henry (Hilton) also hauled down 11 boards.
The win was the third consecutive for the Raiders and improved their record to 3-3 in America MidEast Conference play with six games remaining in the regular season.
“We always need to win the conference games on our home-court so this past week (along with a win Thursday against Houghton) was a nice turnaround,” said Roberts head coach Bob Segave. “We at least put our destiny back in our own hands in terms of getting to the top four in the conference and being able to advance.
“I thought we did a good job of taking the game plan from paper and putting it into action staying in the zone and not really giving them anywhere to go and forcing them into tougher shots later in the shot clock.”
In the men’s contest, nine lead changes highlighted the first half with the Raiders helped by 16 points and five rebounds by senior Alif Brand. Roberts took a brief one point lead with 4:57 remaining in regulation, but dropped a 69-66 decision.
Bland finished with a career-high 30 points and completed his double-double with 11 rebounds. He also added four blocks and continues to lead the NAIA with 72 on the season.
Dominque Williams had ten points, William Kemp-Harris nine and freshman Mike Stone added eight for the 7-13, 3-4 Raiders.
2/5/12
BROCKPORT
Brockport Junior Eagles compete in Ithaca
The Brockport Junior Eagles Gymnastics Team from Brockport competed in the 2012 Snowflake Invitational in Ithaca on January 22. The Junior Eagles brought home several top finishes in Levels 4 through 9.
In Level 4, Lyuba Salih earned first place on the uneven bars, second place on beam and floor exercise, and finished second all-around.
In Level 5, Teresa Reed captured second place on beam, and third place on floor exercise, with teammate Taylor Schofield finishing first on the uneven bars, second on floor exercise and third all-around.
In Level 6, Maggie Setzer placed first on vault, first on beam and first all-around. Camryn Brush finished first on the uneven bars, first on floor exercise and second all-around.
In Level 7, Shannon Coffaro finished first on vault, first on beam, first on floor exercise and first all-around. Teammate Dana Cowley placed first on the uneven bars and second all-around.
In Level 8, Morgan Adams finished first on vault, first on the uneven bars, first on beam, second on floor exercise and first place all-around. Megan Winter placed second on vault, second on the uneven bars, third on beam, third on floor exercise and second all-around. Andrea Barberia placed first on floor exercise, second on beam and captured third all-around. Anneka Haber placed third on the uneven bars. Jessica Ficarella placed third on vault.
In Level 9, Nicole Van Wie captured first place on vault, uneven bars, beam and floor exercise. She also took first place all-around.
The Junior Eagles were next to compete in Binghamton in the I Love NY Cup.
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2/5/12
BYRON-BERGEN
Bees fall to Attica
by Warren Kozireski
Byron-Bergen’s Cole Yachtzee hit a three-pointer early in the second quarter to pull his team to within seven points, but that is the closest the Bees would get in a 61-32 loss.
Attica limited the Bees to just two other points in the second quarter as they built a 33-15 halftime lead.
Clayton Lovelace hit a trey and scored another field goal in the third before both benches saw action in the final period that saw the Bees offense limited to just five points.
Yachtzee led B-B in scoring with eight points while Lovelace finished with seven - all in the second half. Zach Dubois had five while Austin Richardson and Jamie Marshall each added four.
Attica’s Steven Thompson led all scorers with 31 points.
Byron-Bergen fell to 3-10 with the loss.
2/5/12
SPENCERPORT
Rangers roll over Victor
by Warren Kozireski
Junior Matt Corey and Dominic Gruttadauria registered four and three-point games, respectively, as Spencerport continued to rebound from a bad season start with a 6-1 victory over Victor at the MCC SportsCentre.
Gruttadauria banged home a rebound off an Aidan Conolly shot from the right point just 41 seconds into the contest. Corey was credited with the second assist.
At 3:31 of the first with the Rangers on the penalty kill, Corey forced a turnover and fed Anthony DePetres on the break to make it 2-0.
After Victor scored what would prove to be their only goal of the game, Spencerport capitalized just after they killed off another Victor power play. Frankie Lattuca kept the puck in the zone while in the sitting position and Matt Simoncelli converted at 11:24 to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead.
Brandon Corey then pounced on a misplayed dump-in by the Victor goaltender with assists by Simoncelli and Conolly making it 4-1 at the end of the first period.
The Rangers scored their second shorthanded goal at 6:08 of the second when Corey fed a cross ice pass to Gruttadauria on a two-on-one break to put the Rangers up by four.
And the two combined for the final tally at 5:27 of the third this time with Gruttadauria carrying the puck into the offense zone and shooting with Corey putting in the rebound making the final 6-1.
“We just had the full team play their first game together last Thursday,” said Rangers head coach Grady Monks who had several players out of the lineup this season with major and minor injuries.
“We’ve concentrated on taking care of our own end of the ice; that and we’re channeling our energy better and not getting frustrated and taking penalties like we did early in the season.”
Senior goaltender Tyler Fess made 24 saves in net. After opening the campaign with nine straight losses, this win and a 5-0 shutout over Batavia that followed gives the Rangers a 5-10-1 overall record and a three-game winning streak.
2/5/12
SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5, 2012
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Ready, Set Grow! Preschool
The children of Ready, Set, Grow! Preschool celebrated winter inside with a winter fun room, igloo building, ice fishing, sledding, ice hockey, snowman building, coloring ice blocks, and other activities and winter elements.
They and their teachers found that using your imagination can be so much fun.
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2/5/12
GCC hosts spring Civil War lecture series and essay contest
Genesee Community College hosts another lecture series on the history of the Civil War as part of the College’s Civil War Initiative commemorating the 150th anniversary of the war. The four part series will run Tuesdays, February 7, March 6, April 3, and May 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. in T102 of the Batavia Campus. All lectures are free and open to the public, but pre-registration for each lecture is encouraged by contacting The BEST Center.
Also featured this spring is a Civil War Essay Content open to all students between grades 9 and 12 with the topic, “War Takes A Nasty Turn: The Changing Nature of the War of 1862.” The first place essay winner will receive a color electronic reader. The essay should be a minimum of three pages formatted in 12 point Times New Roman font and double spaced. All citations must be written in Chicago Style (www.chicagomanualofstyle.org). All essays must be received electronically by Friday April 13 to ddmaxfield@genesee.edu. Winners will be announced before the final Civil War lecture on May 1, at 7 p.m.
The Civil War Exhibit currently on display in the Alfred O’Connell Library features more than a dozen miniature models depicting wartime scenes and situations, as well as a full case of authentic weapons and war accoutrements, as well as uniforms, a tent, and a selection of framed newspapers dating back to the 1850s. The exhibit continues through February 17 and is open during normal library hours.
To register for any of the Civil War lectures, contact The BEST Center at 585-345-6868 or email bestcenter@genesee.edu.
2/5/12
HILTON
Free Family Fair features feathered friends
St. Paul Lutheran School will be hosting a family friendly science fair Thursday, February 16 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. All St. Paul students from preschool through 8th grade will be participating in the fair and each student from kindergarten up will host an exhibit.
In addition to the student created projects, two family shows will be offered throughout the night.
•Raptors in the Modern World will focus on the natural history and conservation of several species of birds of prey found locally and contributions that audience members can make in their survival. A bald eagle (largest), red-tailed hawk (most common), peregrine falcon (fastest) and saw whet owl (smallest) are part of the live bird line-up. Guest speaker and Hilton resident Paul Schnell, a naturalist and award-winning nature photographer, will host this session.
•The Wild World of Chemistry will introduce the audience to some of the amazing principles of chemistry through a visual presentation that engages both young and old. Dr. Carl Gaupp, Hilton High School chemistry teacher and St. Paul alumni, will lead this session.
The science fair is a learning experience as well as an opportunity to learn more about St. Paul Lutheran School located at 158 East Avenue in Hilton. Visit online at www.stpaulhilton.org. Call 392-4000 x200 with questions.
2/5/12
HOLLEY
Timeless technology project has been students’ favorite for years
Holley eighth grader Luis Soto gets some help from technology teacher Tim Rogers drilling a hole in his handmade car. Provided photoThe sounds of sanders and saws drown out the few conversations taking place in Tim Rogers’ eighth grade technology class at Holley Middle School/High School. The students are totally involved in the task at hand - designing and making miniature wooden race cars. According to Rogers, it has been this way for years. “We’ve been doing this project for decades - it’s timeless and always a favorite,” he said. “Cars have been a huge part of our society for a long time and the basic principles still apply.”
First, the class goes through the design process and drawing a prototype. “We talk about aerodynamics - how something goes through a fluid,” said Rogers. “Then we bring in bits and pieces of engineering processes.” The focus now is on energy efficiency tying in carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles and looking at global warming as an issue. “That is what makes this project so important - that we’re able to tie in so many topics,” said Rogers.
The final step is the finish. “We talk about how finish affects aerodynamics and it’s another way for the students to individualize their cars,” said Rogers. Once the cars are complete, and made to look as cool and fast as they really are, the students race them on a huge track that goes the length of the classroom. “The race is something for them to look forward to - and I know they’ll work hard so they get that chance,” Rogers said.
2/5/12
FEBRUARY 2012 WEDDINGS & ENGAGEMENTS
Cara Patrick - Robert Sold
Cynthia Patrick of Brighton, formerly of Spencerport, and James Patrick of Rochester are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Cara to Robert Sold, son of Deborah and Phillip Sold of Gates.
Cara and Rob met in high school then attended St. John Fisher College together. They graduated in May 2011, each with a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry. Cara and Rob are currently enrolled in the Wegmans School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher.
A June 2012 wedding is planned.
Sheri M. Kosecki - Jeffery D. Belczak
Sheri M. Kosecki and Jeffery D. Belczak were married October 15, 2011, at Holy Family Church in Syracuse.
The bride is the daughter of James and Michaele Kosecki of Syracuse. The groom is the son of Ronald and Carol Belczak of Churchville.
Sheri is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a pharmacist.
Jeff is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. He is a fire protection and safety engineer, and a volunteer firefighter. The couple met while working at the Syracuse VA Medical Center.
The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia. They currently reside in Baldwinsville.
Sarah Lintz - Nicholas Warner
David Lintz of Hilton and Barbara Lintz of Spencerport are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Sarah to Nicholas Warner, son of Austin and Billie Warner of Hamlin.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Spencerport High School, SUNY Geneseo and The University of Phoenix. The future groom is a graduate of Hilton High School and SUNY Brockport. Both Sarah and Nick are employed by the Hilton School District.
The couple is planning an April 2012 wedding.
Jessica L. Bartock - David A. Lankford
David and Brenda Bartock of Spencerport are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Jessica L. to David A. Lankford, son of David and Ruby Lankford of Gross Pointe Park, Michigan.
Jessica is a 2004 graduate of Spencerport High School and received her bachelor of science degree in biology from St. Bonaventure University in 2008. She will be graduating from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in June and pursuing a residency in General Surgery.
David is a 2003 graduate of Grosse Pointe South High School and in 2007 received his bachelor of science degree in psychology and anthropology from the University of Michigan. He will also be graduating from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in June and pursuing a residency in Pediatrics.
A September 29, 2012 wedding is planned in Rochester.
Katie Voorheis - Michael Potter
Brian and Debbie Voorheis of Ogden are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Katie to Michael Potter. Michael is the son of Richard and Kathy Potter of Staten Island, New York.
Katie, a 2004 graduate of Churchville-Chili High School, received a bachelor’s degree in public relations in 2008 from Syracuse University. She is employed at a public relations firm in New York City.
Michael, a 2003 graduate of Curtis High School, Staten Island, received bachelor’s degrees in newspaper journalism and English from Syracuse University in 2007. In 2010 he earned a master’s degree in secondary special education from Wagner College. He is a high school English and special education teacher in Staten Island.
Their wedding is planned for August 2012.
Jenna Luther - Andrew Kludt
Richard and Linda Luther of Hamlin and Mike and Julie Kludt of Kendall are delighted to announce the engagement of their children Jenna Luther and Andrew Kludt.
Jenna is a 2008 Kendall High School graduate and obtained a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Brockport in 2011. Jenna is also a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Dog Grooming. She is employed as a groomer in Rochester.
Andrew is a 2007 graduate of Kendall High School and a 2009 graduate of SUNY Cobleskill. He is employed by Kludt Brothers Farm.
Their wedding will take place June 30, 2012.
Paula K. Sarma - Joshua R. Merrill
Paula K. Sarma and Joshua R. Merrill were united in marriage August 14, 2010 in a ceremony at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hilton.
The bride is the daughter of Erik and Karen Sarma of Brockport. The groom is the son of Michael and Pamela Merrill of Hilton.
Amy Hogue, friend of the bride, was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Paige Bethmann, Ashleigh Deskins, Katie Moore, Angela Merrill and Sarah Balschmiter. Mandolin Charette acted as flower girl.
Alex Beck, friend of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Tim Sarma, Tim Merrill, Gabe More, Matt Merrill and Rick Andrews. Samuel Charette and Ethan Merrill served as ring bearers.
The bride is a 2006 graduate of Hilton High School and a 2010 graduate of The College at Brockport with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. She is earning her master’s degree in health care management at Brockport. The groom is also a 2006 graduate of Hilton High School. He is a builder with Fuller Home Restorations, Hilton.
The newlyweds honeymooned at Alexandria Bay in the Thousand Islands and make their home in Hilton.
Pamela Christensen - Jesse Flint
Keith and Peggy Christensen of Hilton are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Pamela to Jesse Flint, son of Mary Jane and John Burrell of Spencerport and Mark and Kristin Flint of Holley.
Pam is a 2005 graduate of Hilton High School and has attended Monroe Community College and Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. She is employed by Starbucks.
Jesse is a 2004 graduate of Spencerport High School and received his degree in criminal justice from Monroe Community College. He is employed by Town & Country Solutions.
A May 2012 wedding is planned.
Sarah Butlin - Michael Scorse
Patricia and Thomas Butlin Jr. of Hamlin are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Sarah to Michael Scorse, son of Amy and James Scorse of Hilton.
Sarah is a 2011 graduate of SUNY Brockport and is pursuing a master’s degree to become a curriculum specialist.
Michael is employed as an auto technician at Bob Johnson.
A July 2012 wedding is planned.
Cherisse L. Rehman - Anthony Lambiase
Vernon and Patricia Rehman of Ogden are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Cherisse L. to Anthony Lambiase of West Irondequoit. Anthony is the son and stepson of Kathy and Jim Lefler, and son of the late Anthony Lambiase Jr. and stepson of Jody Lambiase.
Cherisse, a 2000 graduate of Churchville-Chili High School, received her bachelor of science degree in childhood and special education from SUNY Geneseo in 2004 and her master’s degree in literacy education in 2007. She teaches first grade and is the girls varsity volleyball coach at Churchville-Chili.
Anthony is a 2004 graduate of West Irondequoit High School and received his bachelor of science degree in physical education and is pursuing a master’s degree in health science at SUNY Brockport. Anthony teaches physical education and is a high school volleyball and baseball coach in the Rochester area.
A July 2013 wedding is planned in Rochester.
Alysia Cornell - Cody Mason
Ted and Ellyn Cornell of Ogden are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Alysia to Cody Mason. Cody is the son of Dave and Eilene Mason of Bergen.
Alysia is a 2008 graduate of Spencerport High School and a 2011 graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College. She is employed at the North Chili Family Restaurant and the Gates Police Department.
Cody is a 2007 graduate of Byron Bergen High School and a 2010 graduate of Finger Lakes Community College. He is employed by Turnbull Heating and Air.
An October 2012 wedding is planned.
Elizabeth Wilbur - Michael Pecora
Richard and Chris Pecora of Brockport, formerly of Scottsville, are pleased to announce the engagement of their son Michael to Elizabeth Wilbur, daughter of John and Amelia Wilbur of Canby, Oregon.
Elizabeth graduated from the University of Portland and Gonzaga University with a master’s degree in nursing. She is on the nursing faculty at Salish Kootenai Community College in Pablo, Montana.
Michael, after graduating from Wheatland-Chili High School, served in the Army. He then graduated from Monroe Community College and the University of Montana in Missoula. He is owner of Native Solution Restoration.
A March 24, 2012 wedding is planned in Missoula, Montana.
Lindsay Scheg - Brian Powers
Lindsay Scheg and Brian Powers were united in marriage July 16, 2011 at St. Mary’s Church, Rochester.
Lindsay is the daughter of Dan and Laurie Scheg of Hilton. She is a graduate of Nazareth Academy, received her bachelor’s degree from St. Bonaventure University and her master’s from the Universtiy of Rochester.
Brian is the son of Patrick and Dawn Powers of Watertown, New York. He graduated from Watertown High School, received his bachelor’s degree from Geneseo and his master’s from the University of Buffalo.
The newlyweds are teachers at Willink Middle School in Webster.
They honeymooned in St. Lucia and reside in Webster.
Jennifer Benway - Art Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Benway are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Jennifer to Art Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Sullivan of Niagara Falls, New York.
Jenny is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo with a bachelor of arts in psychology and sociology, and is enrolled in the Greater Rochester Collaborative MSW Program with Nazareth College and SUNY Brockport. She is a Court Advocacy Program Coordinator with the Alternatives for Battered Women in the Monroe County Domestic Violence Court.
Art is a graduate of Monroe Community College with a degree in HVAC. He is a foreman for Kennedy Mechanical.
A September 2012 wedding is planned.
Stephanie L. Snyder - Kyle T. McGuckin
Michael and Cheryl Snyder of Ogden are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Stephanie L. to Kyle T. McGuckin, son of Dan and Margaret McGuckin of Churchville.
Stephanie is a 2006 graduate of Spencerport High School, a 2010 graduate of SUNY Geneseo with a bachelor of science degree in accounting, minoring in criminal justice and a 2011 graduate of SUNY Brockport with a master of science degree in forensic accounting. She is employed as an auditor by KPMG, Rochester.
Kyle is a 2006 graduate of Byron-Bergen High School. He is a buyer for The Ski Company in Rochester and is manager of the Snowboard Department.
An August 2012 wedding is planned.
Dr. Rachel Preston - Lt. Col. James Schartz
Dr. Rachel Preston and Lt. Col. James Schartz were united in marriage August 20, 2011 at the Linehan Chapel of Nazareth College, Rochester.
Rachel is the daughter of Thomas and Susan Preston of Spencerport. James is the son of John and Jean Schartz of Dodge City, Kansas.
Sisters of the bride, Allison Clark of Rochester and Elizabeth Rankin of Heidelberg, Germany were matrons of honor. Mike and Joe Schartz, the groom’s brothers, served as best men.
The couple reside in Little Rock, Arkansas where James is the director of operations for the 62nd Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base. He is a C-130 instructor pilot and has served in the military for 16 years. Rachel is senior manager in Scientific Affairs for Amgen.
OBITUARIES - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5, 2012
BERGEN
•Kolmetz, Michael, age 95 January 27, 2012. Father of William (late Suzanne) Kolmetz of Bergen and Richard (Pamela) Kolmetz of Stafford and the late, Michael Kolmetz; father-in-law of Judith Kolmetz of Bergen; brother of Mary K. Bilinski of Rochester and brother-in-law of Michael Paduchak of Kendall; also survived by six grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
His Mass of Christian Burial was held January 31 at St. Brigid’s Church, Bergen. Contributions can be made to the Bergen Fire Department and Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 428, Bergen, NY 14416 in his memory.
BROCKPORT
•Robinson, Glenn F., January 27, 2012, peacefully at 97 years to join his much loved wife and friend Helen T. (1/29/2002). Glenn is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Carl Wheat, Brockport; grandchildren, David (Heather) Wheat and the much loved great grands Alex and Anna, Amherst; Paul Wheat (Kathryn Stead), Spencerport; Mary Karen (Jason) Baker, Victor; his son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Susan Robinson, Grand Marais, Minnesota; grandsons Jonah (Kasey) Hammond and children Brendan and Chloe, Westfield, Maine; Jacobs (Lara) Hammond, Minnetonka, Minnesota and special family friend, Joyce Westcott. Glenn is predeceased by granddaughter Sandra W. Burroughs (1996) and grandson Daniel T. Wheat (1975). He retired in 1978 as Assistant General Manager for Curtice Burns/Pro-fac Cooperative, Rochester.
A Memorial Mass will be said Saturday, May 12, 2012, 10 a.m. at The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 152 Main Street, Brockport. Contributions can be made to Beikirch Recreation Fund c/o Lakeside Foundation, 156 West Avenue, Brockport 14420 or CURE Childhood Cancer Association, 200 Westfall Road, Rochester 14620 in his memory.
•Zarpentine, Margaret K., January 26, 2012 at age 86. Margaret was predeceased by her husband Clifford “Gene” Zarpentine and five siblings. She is survived by her children, Bonnie and Gerald “Jake” (Kim) Zarpentine; her grandchildren, Donna (Mike) Gouger and Lee (Natalie Farr) Zarpentine; four great grandchildren; siblings, Herbert (Dot) Koss, Carol (Fay) LaDue and Richard (Kathy) Koss; sisters-in-law, Doris and Mable Koss; brother-in-law, Jack Watts; many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services were held January 30 at Walker Brothers Funeral Home, Inc., Spencerport. Interment, Fairfield Cemetery. Contributions can be made to St. John Lutheran Church, Hamlin in her memory.
CHURCHVILLE
•Pape, Hawkeye T., age 45, an employee of the Town of Riga, died January 27, 2012 at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, following a brief illness. Mr. Pape was born August 24, 1966 in Rochester, a son of Marie M. (Barnard) Pape and the late Arthur H. Pape. He is the husband of Kimberly (Fuhry) Pape, whom he married December 21, 1985. Surviving along with his wife and mother are his sons, Adam, Andrew (Samantha Marshall), Matthew (Amber Durkee), and Kyle Pape, all of Churchville; a grandson Damion Pape of Churchville; siblings, Arthur (Sherry) Pape of Pavilion, Randolph (Crystal) Pape of Byron, David Pape of Caledonia, Herbert Pape of LeRoy, and Rebecca Pape of Albion; several nieces and nephews. An avid hunter and fisherman, Hawkeye was a member of Oatka Fish & Game Club in LeRoy.
Funeral Services were held February 1 at the H. E. Turner & Co. Funeral Home, Bergen. Contributions can be made to Churchville Fire Department, 25 E. Buffalo Street, Churchville 14428 in his memory.
HILTON
•Ellis, Harold C., January 29, 2012, age 86. He is survived by his devoted wife, Jean (Johnston) Ellis; several nieces and many friends.
A Funeral Service was held February 3 at Thomas E. Burger Funeral Home, Inc., Hilton. Interment, Falls Cemetery. Contributions can be made to Journey Christian Church, 3955 Mt. Read Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14616 in his memory.
NORTH CHILI
•Phan, Loc T., On January 25, 2012 at age 76. Predeceased by her husband, Henry Worth. Survived by her children, Kiem, Linda and Thao, Henry and Thuy, Hanh and Thanh and Loan, Huy; grandchildren, Bryan, Andy, Adam, Alex, Eric, Daniel, Luan, Nhu, Ti.
Funeral Services were held January 28 at Miller Funeral Homes, Henrietta.
SPENCERPORT
•Grim, Audrey (Griebel), peacefully January 27, 2012, at age 80. She is predeceased by her parents, William and Effie Schmidt; first husband, Leon E. Griebel and son, Mark Griebel. She is survived by her husband, Edward Grim; children, Glenn (Lorraine) Griebel, Dawn (Frank) Farabella, Randy Griebel, Wendy Schneider (David) Pinkerton, Keith Griebel, Kelly (Todd) Sleight; grandchildren, Frankie, Mike, David, Billy, Casey, Joshua, Ashley, Kyle, Cody, Janine (Roy), Melanie; great-grandchildren, Ryan, Aiden, Gavin and Remi; close family friends, Al and Lori Benjamin; and other close friends.
A Memorial Service was held January 31 at the New Comer Funeral Home, Greece. Interment, February 1 at Grove Place Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society in her memory.
•Walker, Michael C. Sr., January 28, 2012, age 71 passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born March 4, 1940 to Charles and Evelyn (Young) Walker and was the older brother of Jack and Chuck Walker; he is predeceased by his parents and brother Jack Walker. Mike is survived by his loving wife of forty-nine years and best friend Patty, his four children, son Michael Jr., daughters, Lyn and Lea (Shannon) Duserick and son, Matthew (Courtney); and grandchildren Emelia, Sawyer and Alden Duserick, and Lyla Walker and an expected grandchild who is due in March.
A graduate of the University of Colorado in 1962, he was a devoted member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. As such, Mike leaves several fraternity brothers with whom he and Patty remained close and traveled to be together every eighteen months over the past twenty years.
A veteran of the United States Air Force and the Air Force Reserves, Mike worked as a chaplain’s assistant to Father Salvatore Piazza who became a dear friend and integral part of the lives of his family.
Prior to his most recent employment, Mike served fifteen years for the predecessors of J. P. Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank in upstate New York as Vice President in marketing and finance. He also lectured in marketing for twelve years, eight at the State University of New York at the College at Brockport. He was also an internationally published author of numerous books and articles related to marketing, finance, and senior care, while also working as a volunteer and consultant.
Mike retired from active management in 2002, after serving as CEO of Seniorsfirst and its predecessors for over twenty-five years. In addition to having served on numerous state and local boards of directors, Mike most recently had served on the New York State Medical Review Board, the Board of Trustees at Nazareth College, and was an active member of the Kilian J. & Caroline F. Schmitt Foundation of Rochester, NY.
Those wishing may contribute to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Open Door Mission, Seniorsfirst or an organization of choice in his memory.
A Memorial Mass will be held Thursday, February 9, 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 150 Varinna Drive. Interment private.