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Sun in Oak
Island, NC
Inside
Former
Almond
residents
Randy and
Nancy Gillette
(from left),
along with Dan
Gillette, Anna
Wachtel, Asa
Gillette and
Chris Berry...
were enjoying
the "Sun"
while walking
off Thanksgiving dinner at
Oak Island NC
last month.
Jean Hanks................................Pg.2
Creme de Menthe Squares........Pg.3
Living with Limits....................Pg.4
Vecchio joins Lions ..................Pg.5
Cultural Arts Calendar ........Pgs.6-7
‘The Honey Pot’ ......................Pg. 8
‘Snow’ ..................................Pg. 10
Rudolph lights the Way ..........Pg 11
The Dugout looks back ........Pg. 12
The Alfred Sun
“A pretty dar n good newspaper serving Alfred since 1883”
Of the Community. By the Community. For the Community.
Official Newspaper of Town and Village of Alfred and Alfred-Almond Central School District
Vol. 127, No. 50
Alfred, Allegany County, New York State, U.S.A. 14802
$1
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Anderson leaving Alfred State
DR. JOHN M. ANDERSON
ALFRED–Alfred State President Dr. John M. Anderson has
announced that he will be leaving
the college effective March 31 to
assume the presidency of
Millersville University of Pennsylvania.
“Naturally, I am excited about
this new opportunity for many
personal and professional reasons
yet this new transition requires
me to separate from a community
I care deeply about,” said Dr. Anderson. “There will always be a
soft spot in my heart for Alfred
State and the students who make
it their home.”
Among students, Dr. Anderson’s departure is deeply felt.
“President Anderson has always been approachable and interested in students first and
foremost,” said Courtney Cardinal of Depew, a senior studying
forensic science technology at
Alfred State. “I’ve had the opportunity to experience the leadership through my role as student
senate president and his passion
and determination is one I hope
to emulate in my career. His
leadership style says ‘go make it
happen!’ which encourages people to do just that. We’re going to
miss him.”
Among his colleagues at Alfred State, Dr. Anderson is well
known for his innovative approaches to leadership and is especially revered by the friends
and colleagues he has worked
with at Alfred, first as a teacher,
then as an administrator, and,
more recently, as president, beginning in 2008.
College Council Chair Pat
Fogarty of Belmont has worked
with Dr. Anderson throughout
several years of her multiple
terms as Council chair. “I know
first-hand of John’s devotion to
Alfred State,” said Fogarty,
adding, “…most remarkable of
all is his approach to civic engagement. Developing students
who are ready for the workforce
and who are inclined to give back
to their communities and the
world-at-large is probably the
single most important thing an
education leader can do.”
During Dr. Anderson’s more
than 11-years as a professor of
chemistry and physics at Alfred
State (which began in 1981), he
also served as chair of the Faculty
Senate at Alfred and was convener of statewide SUNY Local
Governance Leaders. Both experiences influenced him as president to elevate faculty senate
representation to the highest level
possible.
“In many schools, faculty senate chairs only meet with their respective presidents once a year,
but John has always embraced a
shared governance model,” said
Faculty Senate Chair Karen
Young, chair of Computerized
Design and Manufacturing.
“Under John, I am part of his
President’s Council which means
that I meet with him weekly. This
allows faculty at Alfred State to
have a voice in major decisions.
(Continued on Page 9)
ASC students restore electric maintenance vehicles
ALFRED–Alfred State College Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering Technology Department students hosted an open
house last week to unveil two
electric maintenance vehicles that
they restored and enhanced with
sophisticated performance monitoring features.
One vehicle is a 2008 Miles
Electric delivery-style pick-up
truck and the second is a 1981
Volkswagen Rabbit converted to
all electric power by a previous
class in 2010. These zero emission vehicles are now being used
on campus by facilities employees.
“I give this experience a 10,”
said student Mat Stezel of
Rochester.
For the last 12 weeks, Stezel
and 34 of his mechanical and
electrical engineering technology
classmates have been restoring
two previously non-functioning
electric vehicles into fully functioning vehicles equipped with
sophisticated performance monitoring features. “I think we all
feel that we had far more interaction with these vehicles than we
ever imagined we would.”
This unique restoration project
began earlier this year when
SUNY Oswego posted the availability of the Miles truck thanks
to a SUNY mandate that requires
schools to advertise the availability of non-functioning equipment
at no cost to other schools using
an internal post.
“When I saw the vehicle was
available, I thought ‘what better
place to restore it than Alfred
State!” said Dr. Matt Lawrence,
associate professor, Mechanical
and Electrical Engineering Technology. “Project-based learning
and sustainability is who we are.
Restoring two electric vehicles
was not only going to be a terrific
challenge for seventh semester
seniors but also a great tool for
reducing campus emissions.”
The Miles vehicle, which cost
$19,000 to purchase in 2008, was
restored by the students for
roughly $2,600, a cost Alfred
State’s Facilities Services assumed to help the students and
also to procure the vehicles for
their fleet. Today, the vehicle is
being used daily by Alfred State
Facilities Services personnel to
make some of their many daily
maintenance trips around cam-
Alfred State students involved with refurbishing the electric vehicles include, from left, Morgan
Collins, Brandon Boyd, Mat Stetzel, Jacob Bayus, Ed Cigno (seated), associate professor Matt
Lawrence (rear), Dave Patterson, and Adam Martinelli.
pus.
“This vehicle can travel at least
17 times around the campus loop
on a single charge and do the
same job a gas guzzling pick-up
truck would do,” added
Lawrence, who credits campus
Facilities Services Director
Glenn Brubaker for his support
of the project.
“I am just so impressed with
the quality and performance of
these vehicles,” added Brubaker.
“I’m convinced that vehicles like
this will be considered as our
fleet ages and needs to be replaced.”
The Volkswagen, which had
been in service since 2010,
needed regular maintenance performed including a new battery
pack and some improvements to
the charge system. This two-seat
hatchback is used as a passenger
vehicle on campus.
Work on the vehicles took
place in two-hour weekly labs
but student Patrick Connor of
Peekskill, said a lot of the work
also took place between classes,
in the evening, or whenever students had a spare moment.
“If you had an idea and wanted
to try it out, you could come to
the energy lab and work on it,”
said Connor. “I think that’s why
everyone really embraced this
project: we had the freedom to
think and act and with that comes
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OBITUARIES
Wellsville, N.Y., 14895 or to
Comfort House of Allegany
County, 141 East State St.,
Wellsville, N.Y., 14895. Memorial forms were available at the
Dagon Funeral Home.
To leave an online condolence
or share a memory, visit
www.dagonfuneralhome.com
ELIZABETH J. “JEAN”
HANKS
Worked at AU for 57 years
ALMOND—Elizabeth
J.
“Jean” Hanks, 86, of 359 Karrdale Ave.(Knoll Crest Rd.), Almond, died Monday afternoon
(Dec.17, 2012) at her home, following a long illness.
Born in Wellsville, on Sept. 2,
1926, she was the daughter of
Patrick “Henry” & Sara Finola
(Wiles) Hart.
Jean grew up in Wellsville and
was a graduate of Immaculate
Conception Parochial School
and later graduated from
Wellsville High School (class of
1941).
While living in Wellsville, she
had been employed as a telephone operator for New York
Telephone Company. From
1944–1953 Jean resided in Alfred and has lived in Almond for
the past 60 years.
For 57 years, Jean was employed at Alfred University in
many capacities, including
working in the Treasurer’s office
and Food Service Department.
She retired in 2001 as Administrative Assistant to the Director
of Dining Service.
She was a communicant of St.
Brendan’s Church of Almond
where she had been a member of
the Altar & Rosary Society. In
her younger years, she served as
Boy Scout Leader for Boy
Scouts of America.
Jean was preceded in death by
her son, William “Bill” Hanks,
who died Feb. 25, 1971. She was
also preceded in death by two
brothers, William Hart and Gerald Hart; and one sister, Mary
Esther Adams.
Surviving are three daughters,
Barb (Pat) McPoland of Simpsonville, S.C., Marilyn (Bill)
Weidman of Newburgh, Ind. and
Nancy (Ed Ellington) Hanks of
Almond; one sister, Julia “Judy”
(Jim) Brush of Wellsville; one
brother-in-law, Clint Adams of
Rochester; seven grandchildren,
Shawn McPoland, Melissa
McPoland, Jennifer McPoland,
Mark McPoland, Billy Weidman, Kelly Weidman, Michael
(Molly) Weidman; and several
nieces and nephews.
The family of Elizabeth J.
“Jean” Hanks received friends
from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
20 at the Dagon Funeral Home,
38 Church St., Hornell. A Mass
of Christian Burial was celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21
at St. Brendan’s Church in Almond with burial in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Almond.
Jean’s family request that memorial contributions in her name
be made to Immaculate Conception School, 24 Maple St.,
JOHN N. “FLOYD” DUGO
Served in Vietnam 1968-71
HORNELL—John
N.
“Floyd” Dugo, 63, of 6948 Dennis Ave. Ext., Hornell, died
Monday afternoon (Dec. 17,
2012) at Robert Packer Hospital
in Sayre, Pa. following a long
illness.
A native & life resident of
Hornell, he was born July 23,
1949 and was the son of John &
Marie (Parmelee) Dugo.
Floyd was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1967)
where he excelled on the football field, playing for the Hornell
Red Raiders. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he honorably
served his country from 19681971. While stationed in Viet
Nam, Floyd served in communications as a radio operator. During his military service, he
received numerous medals, including the Viet Nam Cross Gallantry with Palm and the
Combat Action Ribbon.
He was employed for about 35
years at the New York State Department of Transportation
(NYSDOT) as an engineer, retiring about 5 years ago. He was a
member of the Hornell American Legion.
Floyd had been a member of
Our Lady of the Valley Parish
and a communicant of St. Ann’s
church. He enjoyed stamp collecting and coin collecting. He
was a Boston Red Sox fan and
an avid NY Yankee HATER!!
He also enjoyed rooting for the
Buffalo Bills. Floyd enjoyed
playing golf with his many
friends and was a member of the
Twin Hickory Golf Club. He
was also an avid hunter and fisherman.
He was preceded in death by
his father, John Dugo, who died
in 1998. Surviving are his
mother, Marie Dugo of Hornell;
one sister, Lynn (Melvin) Cline
of Almond; two brothers, Ben
Dugo of Hornell and Dominic
(Lori) Dugo of Jacksonville,
N.C.; several aunts, uncles,
cousins, nieces and nephews. He
will be especially missed by his
loving and trusted canine companion, Stimpy.
The family of John N.
“Floyd” Dugo received friends
from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21
at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38
Church St., Hornell, where funeral and committal services
with full military honors wereheld at the conclusion of calling
hours at 6 p.m., with Deacon
Robert McCormick officiating.
Burial was in the Bath National
Cemetery.
Floyd’s family requests that
memorial contributions in his
name be made to the Disabled
Veteran’s Association, PO Box
14301, Cincinnati, Ohio, 452500301. Memorial forms were
available at the Dagon Funeral
Home.
In recognition of Floyd’s serv-
ice to his country during the Viet
Nam conflict, the American Flag
at the Dagon Funeral Home will
be flown at half-staff.
To leave an online condolence
or share a memory, visit
www.dagonfuneralhome.com
WILLIAM J. STARKS
Lifelong area resident
ANDOVER—William
J.
Starks, 68, of 3844A County
Route 12, Andover, passed away
in his home on Friday (Dec. 21,
2012) following a long illness.
He was born in Franklinville
on March 27, 1944, the son of
Nelson and Effie Beabout
Starks. On May 23, 1987, in
Wellsville, he was married to
Edith Green, who survives him.
A lifelong resident of the area,
he had attended the Wellsville
High School. He was retired
from the L.C. Whitford Corp., in
Wellsville, where he was the
pre-cast foreman. He and his
wife had operated the subshop
and game room in Scio for several years.
He also enjoyed country
music and sang and played guitar in the Kountry Kutups band
and other bands in the area.
Surviving, besides, his wife,
are sons, William Starks, Jr. of
Wellsville, Timothy (Danielle)
Green of Wellsville, and Jeffrey
(Andrea) Starks of Andover;
daughters, Tessie (Ron Conley)
Keller of Wellsville, and Nicole
(Jeff Carl) Price of Wellsville; 11
grandchildren; one great-grandson; sisters, Mildred Tait of
Olean, Lois Kuzara of Belmont,
and Norma Sisson of Tennessee;
and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his
parents; brothers, Jim, Donald
and Nelson Starks; and sisters,
Margaret Clemons and Ruth
Starks.
Friends called at the Mulholland-Crowell Funeral Home in
Wellsville from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 26, 2012) with
services held at 4 p.m. with Rev.
Richard Helms officiating. Burial will be at the family’s convenience.
Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Society or
to the Jones Memorial Hospital
of Wellsville.
BRENDA J. BAKER
Stay-at-home mother
ANDOVER—Brenda
J.
Baker, 59, passed away Thursday (Dec. 20, 2012) at Jones
Memorial Hospital following a
brief illness.
Mrs. Baker was born on July
26, 1943, in Wellsville, to John
R. and Jean (Lyon) Burdsall.
She was a 1961 graduate of
Wellsville Central School. On
May 30, 1964, she married
Richard M. “Dick” Baker, who
survives.
Brenda was a stay-at-home
mom and devoted her life to her
husband and children. In addition to her husband of 48 years,
she is survived by two sons, R.
Bruce (Jennifer) Baker of Frederick, Md., and David (Rachel)
Baker of North Beach, Md.; one
brother, John R. (Joan) Burdsall
of Fairport; two sisters, Barbara
(Doug) Strong of Southwick,
Mass., and Debra Dyer of
Raleigh, N.C.; five grandchildren, Zackery Baker, Emily
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Baker, Kevin Baker, Kyle Baker
and Christine Cyr; one greatgrandchild; and several nieces,
nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and cousins.
Brenda loved books and was
an avid reader. Through the
years, the simple pleasure of
spending time with her husband,
children, and grandchildren was
most dear to her heart.
She was also devoted to her
many friends, enjoying special
memories together. Brenda cherished her relationships and drew
Alfred State students
refurbish electric car
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a level of respect we all felt for
the project and for each other’s
contribution to it. There’s a real
sense of ownership for this project and I think having that is
how most work gets done.”
The students worked with
David Hunt, associate professor,
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology, to outfit
both vehicles with the sensors
and software to monitor vehicle
performance. Using an on-board
laptop, the students implemented programs that monitor
battery-pack health and power
consumption. The program also
can be used as a diagnostic tool
that provides the user with some
drive-by-wire capabilities.
For retired professor of agriculture at Alfred State Rich
Hoffman, a sense of ownership
is also how innovative ideas
originate. In his 25 years as a
professor at Alfred State, Hoffman pursued countless projectbased learning opportunities and
said he returns to campus for
events like this to feel the excitement of learning in action. Hoffman was among more than 20
guests who came to campus to
see the students unveil the finished vehicles at the open house
event.
“Seeing the work these students have done is a celebration
of brain power, creativity, ingenuity and innovation,” said
Hoffman. “These are the skills
and abilities that employers seek
and these are the minds and the
talents that the world needs. To
think that the project has produced two vehicles that Alfred
State can use to operate more efficiently! It’s a win-win for
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Mechanical and electrical engineering technology students at
Alfred State who worked on the
restoration of two electric vehicles include: Nick Aliperti of
Kings Park; Cody Arliss of
Clyde; Jacob Bayus of Alfred
Station; Brandon Boyd of
Leroy; Ed Cigno of Leroy; Morgan Collins of Jeffersonville; Pat
Connor of Peekskill; Mike Enrico of Oceanside; Anthony Farruggia of Floral Park; Jake
Girardet of Orchard Park; Tim
Guarino of New Windsor; Matt
Henry of Newark Valley; John
Hensel of Corning; Chris Hojnowski of Attica; Doug Hooper
of South Wales; Dan Krajcir of
Hornell; John Kuehn of East
Rockaway; Andrew Lund of
Olean; Jake Maeder of West
Falls; Adam Martinelli of
Byron; Bruce Nichols of Utica;
Dave Parker of Whitesboro;
David Patterson of Franklinville;
Chad Pettengill of Ischua;
Colleen Quinn of Woodbine;
Ken Rush of Albion; Mat Stetzel
of Rochester; Josh Stranger of
Newfield; Hans Walthert of
Mexico; and Ethan Willard of
Darien Center.
ALFRED
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strength from the love of family
and friends.
There will be no visitation. A
memorial service will be held in
the spring with burial in the
Baker Family Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Baker-Swan Funeral
Home in Andover. Online condolences may be offered at
www.baker-swan.com. Memorial contributions in Brenda’s
name may be made to Andover
Rescue Squad, PO Box 726, Andover, NY 14806.
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Professor Xuesong Li, visiting professor in Alfred University’s (AU) Kazuo Inamori School of
Engineering and celebrated Chinese renewable energy expert (right) , shares material from his
study/presentation titled Farmers’ Willingness in Transforming Traditional Houses to Solar
Houses in Rural China – Surveying 456 Households Surrounding Chongqing” with Jacob
Mallery, a junior electrical engineering major from Olean.
Chinese visiting prof offers presentation on
farmers’ solar application potential in China
ALFRED--Xuesong Li, visiting professor in Alfred University’s Kazuo Inamori School of
Engineering and celebrated Chinese renewable energy expert,
gave a major presentation titled
“Farmers’ Willingness in Transforming Traditional Houses to
Solar Houses in Rural China –
Surveying 456 Households Surrounding Chongqing,” and continued his research on the
feasibility of solar houses
throughout the fall 2012 semester.
Reflecting the recent move by
the Alfred University Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering to
add a renewable energy major to
its curriculum, a number of AU
students eager to learn more
about a field gaining increasing
relevance, both at the University
and beyond, attended Li’s presentation. Among these were
members of AU’s China 2013
Project Student Group.
The Alfred University student
group is part of “Team Alfred,”
which also includes students
from Alfred State College and
Guilin University of Technol-
ogy, China. The team is officially entered into the Solar Decathlon China 2013. A total of
37 universities from 13 countries
have formed 24 teams that were
accepted for the 2013 competition, co-hosted by the China National Energy Administration
and the United States Department of Energy.
Organized by Peking University, the Solar Decathlon China
2013 is “an internationally
award-winning program, challenging collegiate teams to design, build and operate
solar-powered energy efficient
houses. The competition will
showcase cutting-edge solar energy and energy-efficiency technologies and solutions, and
provide support to the new energy industry as well as energy
efficient urban development.”
AU’s student group, along
with Li and several other faculty
members, meets twice weekly,
once to discuss the solar house
and once to discuss solar electricity.
The objective of Li’s study
presentation was to analyze the
factors in using solar harvesting
technologies while remodeling
traditional houses.
Li concluded from his research that a number of factors
affect the willingness of rural
Chinese farmers to adopt solar
harvesting technologies into
their daily lives.
The Chinese government
could play a critical role, noted
Li, if it would, for example, offering a subsidy (many rural
farmers live day-to-day in regard
to expenses) and/or draft new
policies to encourage solar harvesting. One factor discouraging
farmers from making the switch
are potential out-of-pocket starting costs, he emphasized.
A government role would
have a positive impact, as do the
favorable opinions offered to
farmers by neighbors and relatives who have already begun
the process, Li added.
Li has recently submitted an
abstract on his work for a possible presentation at the ASME
conference in July 2013. ASME,
founded as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is
a professional association that,
promotes the art, science, and
practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences.
An associate professor at
Chongqing Electronic College
in Sichuan Province, China, Li
will be at Alfred University
through August, 2013.
So glad we didn't have to just dream about a white Christmas. This
is our Pfeiffer Nature Center wreath, decorated with all natural
yarrow, holly, money plant, milkweed, hydrangea, pine cones, and
(unnatural) bow. Overnight, December 21/22, 2012, Mother Nature
garnished it with her own beautiful frosting. The streaks are speeding snowflakes.
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Chocolate and mint, a wonderful combination that fits the
Christmas season. This is my favorite cookie to make and a holiday
tradition at our house. Once again, I have used this recipe for so
many years and didn’t write its origin down. It’s on a typewritten
sheet, so I got it from someone a long time in the past.
Crème de Menthe Squares
1¼ c. butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
½ c. unsweetened cocoa powder 2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1 beaten egg
1/3 c. green crème de menthe
3 ½ c. sifted powdered sugar
1 ½ c. semi-sweet chocolate pieces
For bottom layer: In a saucepan combine ½ c. of the butter and
the cocoa powder. Heat and stir till well blended. Remove from heat;
add ½ c. of the powdered sugar, the egg, and vanilla. Stir in graham
cracker crumbs. Mix well. Press into the bottom of an ungreased
13x9x2 inch baking pan.
For middle layer: melt another ½ c. butter. In small mixer bowl
combine melted butter and crème de menthe. At low speed of mixer
beat in the remaining 3 c. of powdered sugar till smooth. Spread
over the chocolate layer. Chill one hour.
For top layer: in small saucepan combine the remaining ¼ c. butter and chocolate pieces. Cook and stir over low heat till melted.
Spread over mint layer. Chill 1 to 2 hours. Cut in small squares.
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THE ALFRED SUN,
Thursday, December 27, 2012
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On Beyond Comma
Or,
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Scare
Quotes
Something is stirring – not mouses, but rather a
nonparenthetical racket –
Over what punctuation can step up and fill in the
void
Left by simply the commonest commas and periods,
hyphens – and rare curly bracket –
Which leave facebookers (hey – even genuine
writers) annoyed.
They have found such aforementioned marks insufficient
in speaking our present-day tongue
(And there aren’t enough smileys to handle the
wide range of feeling);
Especially hard-hit are those constantly typing
on keyboards and iPhones—“the young”;
Who knows what mood the smooth-sounding
words of their thumbs are concealing.
So now…introducing… Interrobang?! Sure! It
comingles two “marks” that you know –
Exclamation and Question – so use it…please?!
It’s your prerogative:
When expressing a question that needs exclamation,
interrobang makes you a pro.
(Just ignore all those amateurs calling it “exclamarrogative.”)
Next…‫؟‬may I present…Percontation Point, which
is
a path to rhetoric verbosity,
Invented by talkers way back in the late 16th century.
‫؟‬And what after all really is percontation,
you muse, in abstract curiosity;
But no answer forthcomes, cuz its use is reserved
for the gent-u-ry.
Now enter the stage: Mr. Hervé Bazin,
vaunted author of Let’s Pluck the Bird,
A work whose distinguishing feature appears to
have been
From that one publication’s original French
(of which no one remembers a word),
Six brand new punctuation marks made their appearance within:
An Irony Mark (if you’re missing a wit),
Acclamation Point (Hail to the Crown!/ ),
The Love Point as well – Kissing Question
Marks, I call the thing;
But as one person noted, it beats the “I’ve dropped
my two scoops of ice cream” mark, hands
down.
But take care when you use it; you might have to
go buy a ring.
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The Certitude Point (if you think that you’re right!)
^
and Authority Point (if you know it!)
Are more of this Hervé Bazin’s bold, punctilious
creations;
And companion to them is the Doubt Point – to
use
when you’re skeptical – or…when you blow it ->
These points, made correctly, will save you involved explanations.
There are also the slick Exclamation- and Question-mark
Commas that someone may utilize
Like the regular marks, but with comma instead of
a dot;
Considering how the poetical meter
my sentences frequently mutilize,
I think I might find myself tending to use them a
lot.
2013
I’ll feel free to exclaim!, without forcing the end
of a sentence before I was ready to;
In the midst of a sentence!, you’re free to exhibit
your shock.
You can even say something like, “Hey, did you
hear
Fannie Mae may go under?, and Freddie too.”
Does this make bad grammar okay?, run-on sentences rock!
Scare quotes aren’t really a new thing; just quotes
which
the writer’s not sure he anoints –
Or he’s trying to scare you to think he knows
something you don’t;
But you know, if by law he had had to use all of
these new punctuational points,
If he thinks that his “scare quotes” would scare off
a flea – bet they won’t.
Then the SarcMark: it looks like a snake coiled
up
set to strike, with no hint of contrition –
An appropriate thing; it points out a sarcastic remark.
But it’s good if it’s there, cuz it tells you if you
should coil up – in the fetal position.~
(And that last little “.~” snide-remark-thing is
known as a “snark”.)
So the next time you’re emailing family or
friends,
or you dash off a letter or note
Describing your last semi-colonoscopic ordeal,
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or a SarcMark, or even “scare” quote –
You can now convey verbally all the discomfort
you feel.
Or if of the regular-looking punctuatorial
marks you’re sufficiently weari-ed,
Try the new ones – no question you’re sure to feel
markedly better;
But brace yourself, dearie: you may set your mind
to abandon the old method, period –
Thus shaking off every last colon, brace, bracket,
and fetter.
I ask that you not pay them only a brief
hyphenthetical (quote) “ellipservice”;
Your literal(-ry) reputation is all that you’re askedto-risk,
And if that might apostrophe—oops, I mean possibly—
make you not comma but nervous,
Just be glad I’ve neglected to ask you to use Flabbergasterisk.
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LIVING WITH LIMITS
At the risk of sounding like a “Grinch” I want to express some
concerns about the directions that our society is heading in. At every
level of society and government people are demanding more, and willing to pay for less. Almost everyone seems to be unhappy, and upset
about something. Why are we so unhappy, so unappreciative, and so
angry? These are important questions that need to considered and answered.
A few weeks ago I wrote that by most objective standards we actually were doing quite well. I don’t want to repeat the contents of that
article, but will refer you to a recent report that indicated that 2012 has
been the best year that the world has ever experienced in terms of
deaths through war, famine, sickness, and similar disasters and calamities. Do you believe that is true? If so, why are so many people so
upset and troubled? Why hasn’t this been declared the “Golden Age”
of mankind? The easy answer is that our expectations have increased
even faster than our standard of living has improved. While tragedies
like the killings in Newtown, Connecticut are extremely troubling and
distressing, they remain the great exception, not the norm. And, from
a purely statistical perspective they are happening less and less, rather
than more and more. However, because of the pervasive media coverage we receive the impression that these tragedies are happening almost all the time, and almost everywhere. In reality they are not.
The federal and state governments are likely to respond to events
like Superstorm Sandy and the Newtown tragedy by establishing new
programs, new bureaucracies, and new rules to regulate all of us. Perhaps this is necessary, and perhaps it will save lives, though I don’t
think so. What I can guarantee is that these new programs will generate
enormous expenses. Businesses will be required to adopt expensive
new safeguards. Local governments will be required to spend billions
complying with new regulations. Federal and state emergency agencies will insist that people have demanded these new regulations and
rules, and that they are absolutely necessary to protect ordinary citizens.
Unfortunately, the great politicians have no way to pay for all of
this. The federal government is broke. It is now spending more than
$1 trillion more than it collects in taxes. New York State is cutting
back on numerous government programs. Amounts being paid in the
form of State Aid are decreasing, even while State mandates are increasing. To complicate the problem the State government has now
imposed a 2% real property tax cap on all local governments so that
they cannot raise taxes to pay for the very programs that the State mandates us to provide. This has created an unsustainable situation.
The State and local governments (counties, towns, villages,
schools, cities) are going to be forced to eliminate or cut services. This
process has already started. Just look at our State and local roads.
Many stretches of State Route 19 are in terrible shape, and NYS has
no plans for repairing it anytime soon. Many communities have already started cutting payroll and delaying repairs and equipment replacements. Snowplowing schedules will need to be cut back, and
work will need to be performed by fewer workers. Because of budget
cuts water mains and sewer mains will be repaired more slowly and
with cheaper materials. Services for children, the elderly, handicapped,
and disadvantaged will need to be cut. School class sizes will increase,
and extra-curricular programs (like sports, music and art) will soon be
reduced or dropped. Local Police Departments will need to be cut to
save money. The list goes on and on.
Most of us agree that taxes are too high. The real question is what
are we going to do about it. Will we slash spending in order to lower
taxes, or will we raise taxes to pay for valuable services. We cannot
have both. Which will it be?
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Week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2, 2013 ALFRED SUN, PO Box 811, 764 Route 244, Alfred, NY 14802 607-587-8110
Alfred a ‘haven’ for artist who lost works to Sandy
ALFRED–Much of the news
coverage of Sandy focused on
the loss of lives, neighborhoods,
homes, and possessions.
But there are more losses that
went unnoticed by the public
until the weeks went by and the
clean-up got under way in
earnest. Those losses include
much of the life’s work of artists,
who had their pieces in Chelsea
galleries or stored in facilities
around the city that they never
imagined would be susceptible
to flooding.
One was Diana Cooper, who
was an artist-in-residence in Alfred University’s Institute for
Electronic Arts (IEA), School of
Art & Design, when she learned
“everything I had made” between 1983 and 2007 that was
not being exhibited or in collections elsewhere had been destroyed when storm water
flooded the basement in which
they were stored.
The pieces were “very fragile
– that was an element of the
work,” she said, and none survived the devastation. Work
done by her late father, also an
artist, was also destroyed.
Her first inkling of what was
happening came when she called
DIANA COOPER
her husband about 10 p.m. on blocks from the waterfront. Just
Monday, Oct. 29, and learned hours before, there had been no
that the flood waters had reached sign of the flood waters.
It was not until the following
her art storage space in the basement of a building near the inter- morning, though, that she
section of Canal and Greenwich learned the space had been comstreets in lower Manhattan, just pletely flooded. Her studio, lo-
Past District Governor Lion Leo Lejeune (left) conducts part of
the induction process of new Lion member Paul Vecchio (right)
while Past District Governor Jon LeGro observes.
Alfred Lions induct Paul Vecchio
By BRAD BOWDEN
of the Alfred Lions Club
ALFRED--Paul Vecchio, Director of Athletics at Alfred University was inducted into the
Alfred Lions Club Thursday,
Dec. 20 at the Lions Holiday
Festivities Party at Howell Hall
on the Alfred University campus.
Following introductory comments about Paul Vecchio by his
sponsor Lion Brad Bowden, the
induction ceremony was performed by Alfred Lions Leo
Lejeune, Jon LeGro and Phil
Phillipson all Past Governors of
District 20-E1 in which the Alfred Club is included.
Paul and his wife Dawn and
sons Jake, Mitch and Tyler
moved to Alfred this past summer when Paul became Director
of Athletics at Alfred University
replacing Lion Jim Moretti who
retired. Paul had previously been
Sports Information Director at
AU for three years before moving to the University of Buffalo
in a similar position in 1995 and
was Senior Assistant Athletic
Director with over-sight of the
wrestling and men’s and
women’s tennis teams when he
left to come to Alfred.
Soon after his arrival in Alfred
he had expressed an interest in
continuing his prior involvement
in community service activities,
and that he would like to join the
Alfred Lions. Now the Lions
Club has among its members the
Athletic Directors at both Alfred
State College (Lion Daryl Arroyo) and Alfred University,
both Lions with strong interests
in wrestling!
Lion Paul was asked to pick
the winner of the Lions Club
Holiday Basket Raffle. The winner was Amanda Stagnitta of Alfred Station a Teller at
Community Bank.
President Brad thanked Lion
Jon LeGro for proposing the
Basket Raffle, Lions Kathy Benzaquin and Chuck Shultz for
procuring the donated basket
contents and Lion Beth Plaisted
for collecting ticket stubs and
money, and dispensing books of
tickets to Lions to sell.
The members of the Lions
Club sincerely thank the businesses and individuals who donated to the Basket, and
especially the members of the
community for their generosity
in purchasing tickets which resulted in a profit of over $800.
This money, together with funds
raised from other events during
the year, will help the Lions continue their annual donations to
various groups in the community.
The day after the dinner, Lions
President Brad Bowden, Treasurer Jon LeGro and Beth
Plaisted, Co-Chair for Fund
Raising, met with Amanda at the
Bank to congratulate and present
her with the Raffle Basket.
cated near the Gowanus Canal,
was spared damage, but only because of the controversial construction of a huge Whole Foods
store in the neighborhood. The
basement excavation site filled
with water, becoming a giant retaining pond that kept the flood
waters from encroaching in that
area.
By the time floodwaters had
receded so that people could get
to the building to determine
what had happened, Cooper
said, the work had been immersed in standing water for 72
hours; her works, which incorporated paper and foam core and
other fragile elements, had disintegrated, leaving behind a
smelly, contaminated mess.
Power was out, and access to the
building restricted.
What began as a break from
her regular work to spend time
in the IEA studios in Harder Hall
on the Alfred University campus
took on new importance for
Cooper, who has an exhibition
scheduled to open at Postmasters, a Chelsea gallery that is in
the forefront of new media, on
Jan. 5, 2013. The gallery has created a website to commemorate
some of the work that was lost.
http://postmastersgallery.tumblr.com/dianacooperlostwork
She also has a show opening
at Memorial Sloane Kettering’s
new Infusion Center in March.
“Speedway,” a free-standing
sculpture that was destroyed in
the flooding, was going to be
featured in that exhibition, along
with a wall of photos, some of
which she printed at the IEA
during her residency.
Work she made in Alfred will
now be “a huge part of the
show,” Cooper said.
She extended her stay at Alfred, and intends to return in the
spring to offer the talk that was
cancelled after the storm.
‘If I had not been here, I don’t
know how I would have fared,”
said Cooper. “I am so grateful I
was able to extend my stay.”
Even before it became – literally – her haven from the storm,
Cooper said she had found “Alfred is an amazing art school.”
Working with the facilities
and the faculty associated with
the IEA “enabled me, as an
artist, to work in new ways that
would not be possible at another
art school. It is such a supportive environment for experimenting and producing art work.”
From left to right, Lions Jon LeGro, Leo Lejeune, Brad Bowden
and Phil Phillipson stand with Dawn and Paul Vecchio following
Paul’s induction into the Alfred Lions Club.
Lions Treasurer Jon LeGro, Beth Plaisted (Co-Chair of Fund
Raising) and President Brad Bowden stand with Amanda Stagnitta after congratulating and presenting her with the Raffle
Basket.
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Cultural Arts Calendar
6 THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, December 27, 2012
Music
BANDS/DJs/RECITALS
AU Chorus, Chamber Singers
and Orchestra will perform Vivaldi’s “Gloria” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 in Miller Theater.
Aural Satisfaction, an a cappella group of AU alumni, 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 16 at Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall.
Festifall with the AU Chorus
and Jazz Ensemble 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at Susan Howell Hall,
AU campus. AU Chorus will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
British Rock Invasion with greats
from the 60’s by the Beatles,
Rolling Stones and the Kinks,
and the AU Jazz Ensemble will
present a wide variety of jazz
styles. Free admisison.
Living Saints , a pop punk band
from Fredonia, 10 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 17 at Terra Cotta Coffeehouse, Main St., Alfred.
Alfred University Performing
Arts Division presents Student
Recital, 3 pm Sunday, Nov. 18 at
Susan Howell Hall, AU campus.
Free admission. Students studying voice and strings will perform
for your listening pleasure.
Alfred University Symphonic
Band in concert, 8 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 7 in Miller Theater, MPAC.
Alfred Village Band offers summer concerts of popular music
and marches at the Alfred Village
Bandstand. The 2012 Schedule
has concluded. For more information, please e-mail Nancy
Luger at: [email protected] or
call her at 607-587-9449.
Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic
Cafe 22 West Main St., Angelica.
Open every day for lunch; dinner
and live acoustic music on weekends; now serving breakfast –
call for details. Acoustic Open
Mic Night 1st Thursday of month
7-10 pm. Café opens early for
dinner, espresso, wine & beer,
Scrabble & chess. Music Schedule: Friday, Nov. 2--Bill Ring; Saturday, Nov. 3--Casey Dinkin;
Friday, Nov. 9--Conor Mulroy;
Saturday, Nov. 10--Rob Falgiano;
Friday, Nov. 16--Pat Kane; Saturday, Nov. 17--Nan Hoffman and
Joe Tumino; Friday, Nov. 23-Skylark (Linda and Bernard
Kunz); Saturday, Nov. 24--Alex
Leyva. Music begins at 7:30 p.m.
Café open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for
meals, espresso, beer, wine,
desserts. Black-Eyed Susan
Acoustic Café, 22 W. Main St.,
Angelica. Call 585-466-3399 or
visit black-eyed-susan.com
Genesee Valley Chorus.
Weekly rehearsals 7 pm Tuesdays at Congregational Church,
289 N. Main St., Wellsville. New
members welcome. For further
information, call 716-593-3173.
Maple City (Barbershopers)
Chorus Meetings 7:30 p.m. Mondays at St. Ann’s School, 27 Erie
Ave., Hornell. New members welcome. Call 276-6835 for info.
Sanctuary Choir. Rehearsals
Thursdays at 7 pm, The Seventh
Day Baptist Church-Alfred Station. New members welcome. Instrumentalists practice 9 a.m.
fourth Saturdays. Call 587-9545.
Hornell Area Wind Ensemble
Rehearsals Tuesday evenings at
Hornell Intermediate School.
New members are always welcomed. For further information,
call Nancy Luger at 587-9449 or
call 545-8603.
COFFEEHOUSES
Coffeehouse live entertainment
periodically at Terra Cotta Coffeehouse, 34 N. Main St., Alfred.
Saturday, Open Mic Night
Wednesdays when colleges are
in session.
Maple City Bowl, 7580 Seneca
Road, Hornell. DJ/Karaoke every
Friday Night 9 pm-1 a.m.; Saturday night bands from 9 pm-1
a.m. For updates, check
www.maplecitybowl.net
Or call 607-324-1011.
Wellsville Creative Arts Center
offers Coffee Houses nightly
Monday-Thursday 7:30-10:30
p.m. with Movies on Mondays,
Acoustic Campfire on Tuesdays,
Open Mic Night every Wednesday 7 to 9:30 p.m. For more info,
visit: www.WellsvilleCreativeArtsCenter.com or call 585-593-3000.
Wellsville Creative Arts Center
offers live music most Saturday
evenings with performances beginning at 8 p.m., doors opening
at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3-Andrew & Noah Band; Saturday,
Nov. 10--Grand Slambovians;
Friday, Nov. 16--Robin and Linda
Williams and Their Fine Group;
Saturday, Nov. 24--Tom Stahl;
Saturday, Dec. 1--Rockwood
Ferry; Saturday, Dec. 8--Bill
Kirchen's Honky-Tonk Christmas;
Saturday, Dec. 15--Carolyn Kelly
Blues Band; Saturday, Jan. 12-Stone Row; Friday, Jan. 18--MiZ;
Saturday, Feb. 9--Joe Crookston;
Saturday, Feb. 16--Yarn; Friday,
March 8--The Steel Wheels; Saturday, May 11--Lustre Kings. For
tickets, visit: www.WellsvilleCreativeArtsCenter.com or call 585593-3000.
CHORAL GROUPS
Andover Catholic Choir. Rehearsals 7 pm Mondays at
Blessed Sacrament Church, Andover. New members welcome.
Contact Director Marcy Bledsoe
at 478-5238.
CONCERTS/RECITALS
Davis Memorial Carillon
Recitals, AU campus. Saturdays
at 4 p.m. except August. Laurel
Buckwalter, AU Carilonneur.
Wingate Memorial Carillon
Recital Series at Davis Memorial
Carillon, AU campus. Free concerts on the lawn 7-8 p.m. Tuesday evenings in July.
Theater
& Dance
COMEDY
Comedian Hypnotist Joshua
Seth 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 in
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall,
AU campus.
Comedian Aaron KominosSmith 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17
in Knight Club, Powell Campus
Center, AU campus.
Comedian Chris Doucette, 10
p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 in Knight
Club, Powell Campu Center.
Friday Night Live. AU student
comedy troupe. Call 871-2175 for
further info.
Pirate Theater. AU student comedy troupe. Holmes Auditorium,
Harder Hall. Call 871-2175 for
further info.
DANCE
Alfred Dance Academy, N. Main
St., Alfred. Katherine Lang, artistic director. For further information, phone 607-661-0952.
Alfred Swing Dance Network
holds dances periodically in the
1890 Firemen’s Hall Theater located in Alfred Village Hall. For
more information, contact Graham Marks/Megan Staffel at
[email protected] or call
607-478-8178.
Alleluia School of Dance offers
classes in Houghton and
Wellsville. Classical ballet and
liturgical dance. All ages and ability levels. For more information or
to register for classes, contact Director Rebecca Moore at 585567-2079.
Let’s Dance Club offers occasional dances. Five dances are
scheduled Sundays from 2-5 pm
at Arkport American Legion:
Nov. 25, Jan. 27, Feb. 24 and
March 24. For more information,
contact presidents George and
Carole Onoda at (607) 276-5475,
vice-presidents John and Dee
Cwynar at (607) 324-0373, secretaries Duffy and Barb Elsenheimer at (607) 295-7194,
treasurers Charlie and Kathy Bill
at (607) 295-7130, or band coordinators Doug and Melody Carrier at (607) 324-5821.
DRAMA GROUPS
Wee Playhouse meets monthly.
Call Vice-President Martha Lash
at 587-8675 for more info.
(ACT). Organized to revive summer theater in Alfred and to help
in the restoration of the 1890
Firemen’s Hall Theater. For more
info, call Dave Snyder at 5878110.
PERFORMANCES
Alfred University Performing
Arts Division presents ‘Anton in
Show’ 8 p.m. Wed.-Thurs.-Fri.Sat., Nov. 14-15-16-17 at CD
Smith III Theatre, Miller Performing Arts Ctr, AU campus. This biting comedy looks at life on both
sides of the footlights as three
women with dreams deferred and
obsessions obstructed pursue
performing Chekhov’s ’The Three
Sisters.’ Directed by Becky
Prophet. Tickets required. Reservations may be made by visiting
the online box office, emailing
[email protected], or calling
607-871-2828.
Alfred Dramatists’ Holiday Extravaganza 8 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 8 in Holmes Auditorium,
Harder Hall, AU campus. A night
of scenes and songs to get you
in the spirit. Free admission but
donations always appreciated.
Alfred Community Theater. For
information, call Dave Snyder,
President, at 607-587-8110 and
leave a message. Next meeting
will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 13 at Alfred Station S.D.B.
Church Christian Education
Building, Main Street, Alfred Station. All are
welcome.
Art/
Galleries
INSTRUCTION/GROUPS
Allegany Artisans. The Allegany
Artisans, local artists and craftspeople working together to host
an annual studio tour in October,
invite artists to apply. Work is juried. Studio must be in Allegany
County. 585-593-6345 or
www.alleganyartisans.com.
Allegany Arts Association
Summer Arts Festival. Free to
youth in Allegany County. To register for any of the following, call
585-808-0385.
Alfred Community Theatre
Angelica Ink Letterpress Located at 20 Allegany Avenue, Angelica, NY. 585.466.7040
Angelica Sweet Shop 44 W.
Main in Angelica’s Park Circle
National Historic District. Open
daily 8 am–5 pm For more info:
585-466-7070 or www.angelicasweetshop.com.
Artist Knot. 36 Main Street, Andover. Current Exhibit: “Susie
Mouroukas: Dreaming in
Coulour” now–Nov. 2. Admission
is always free. Gallery Hours:
Tues., Wed. & Fri. 11 am -4 pm,
Thurs. 11-5 & Sat. 11-3 or anytime by appointment. Closed
Sun.,Mon. and Holidays. (607)
478-5100.
Wellsville Art Association
meets 7 pm on the last Friday of
each month at Wellsville Community Center. For information on
meetings or classes, call 585593-3579.
Steuben Trust Gallery, Steuben
Square, Hornell. On-going exhibits of Artist of the Month. M-F
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Sponsored
by the Hornell Area Arts Council.
Southern Tier Fiberarts Guild,
founded in 1983, meets at Trinity
Lutheran Church, 470 N. Main
St., Wellsville, on the first Saturday of the month from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. except months of July and
Sept. The group welcomes spinners (and wannabes), quilters,
knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, weavers, dyers, basket makers, hookers (rug hookers, that
is) and everyone with a creative
mind and an interest in fibers.
For more information, call Debbie
MacCrea at 607-587-9270, Carol
Wood at 607-587-9519 or T.C.
Gary at 585-593-4799.
MUSEUMS/EXHIBITS
Americana Manse. Tours at the
Americana Manse, WhitneyHalsey Mansion, Inc. in Belmont.
Call 585-268-5130. Special
Group Tour rates. $4.00 adults.
Fountain Arts Center, 42
Schuyler Street, Belmont. Exhibit
hours are Mon., Tues., Fri. from
10 a.m.-12 noon and 2-4 p.m. or
by appointment. For info or group
arrangements, call 585-268-5951
or visit our website at: www.thefountainartscenter.org
Alfred Sun
Dining Guide
ROCKBURGERS
!
Music of Christmas offered
at Black-Eyed Susan Cafe
Friday, December 28, 2012
The Corrigans /Americana / Blues / Roots
Nathan, Matthew and Tim of Short Tract, NY have a very appealing, open sound: focused, yet easy-going. Guitar, mandolin,
harmonica and vocals. 7:30 pm
++++++++++++++++++++++
Saturday, December 29, 2012
George Collichio / Smooth Jazz Guitar
George uses his influences of Latin and traditional jazz, classical,
finger-pick style, blues and rock to weave a timeless sonic tapestry. Learn more at www.georgecollochio.com 7:30 pm Guitarist Jim Schwartz opens at 6:00 p.m.No cover, but guests are
expected to contribute to the musician’s tip jar.
Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café, 22 W. Main St., Angelica,
Phone 585-466-3399, www.black-eyed-susan.com
Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café will be closed January 1
through January 22, 2013 as the staff takes its annual vacation.
Happy New Year!
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MUSEUMS/EXHIBITS con’t
The Corning Museum of Glass
presents the most comprehensive
glass collection in the world in “35
Centuries of Glassmaking.” Including five new Art and History Galleries. For info, call 607-937-5371.
Open daily 9-5.
Fosdick-Nelson Gallery at Alfred
University. Fosdick-Nelson Gallery
is located in Harder Hall, AU campus. Open 11-4 Mondays-Fridays.
Info 871-2412.
Glenn H. Curtiss Museum 8419
Route 54, Hammondsport. Special
exhibits, special events. Open daily
10-4. Admission. (607) 569-2160.
Hagadorn House Museum Operated by Almond Historical Society.
Genealogical research available
Friday afternoons.
Call Homestead Museum,
Hartsville, celebrating 19th and
early 20th century life in rural western NY, is open from noon to 4 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays from May
to October, in Hartsville. The museum is located 2 miles south of
Hartsville on the corner of Purdy
Creek Road (County Rt. 28) and
Post Road. Weekdays by appointment. For further information, call
607-698-4789.
Hinkle Memorial Library Gallery,
Alfred State College Campus.
Open during library hours, 8 a.m.10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.4 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturdays and
3-9 p.m. Sundays.
Inamori Kyocera Museum of
Fine Ceramics. The newly constructed museum focuses on fine
ceramics used in technical and biomedical applications. Open 10-4
Wed.-Fri. Free admission.
The Schein-Joseph International
Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred. Located on the top floor of
Binns-Merrill Hall, AU campus, Alfred. Open 10-4 Wed. thru Fri. Free
Admission. Current Exhibition:
PAUSE, now-Dec.7. Museum Closing Reception: 4:30-6 pm Thursday, Nov. 29. This special
exhibition involves nineteen pieces
from the permanent collection.
They have a common visual soft-
ness - a pillowy, rounded feel that
along with their complexity in form,
color and intent hope to give you
pause.For information call the Museum at 607-871-2421; or visit the
museum website: www.ceramicsmuseum.alfred.edu.
Steuben Trust Gallery, Steuben
Square, Hornell. On-going exhibits
of Artist of the Month. M-F 9:00 AM
to 4:00 PM. Sponsored by the Hornell Area Arts Council.
Mather Homestead Museum, 343
Main St., Wellsville. Open 2-5 pm
Wed. & Sat. or by appt. (Free) Call
716-593-1636.
National Warplane Museum. Off
I-86 in Big Flats. Call 607-7398200 or stop by the museum for
more information.
Rockwell Museum, 111 Cedar St.,
Corning. Largest American Western Art collection on view in the
eastern United States, with paintings, sculpture, Native American
artifacts, and firearms. Info 607937-5386.
Terra Cotta Museum, Main St., Alfred. Open on special occasions or
byappointment, call 587-8358.
Lectures/
Readings
AU Women’s Studies Roundtable. Held on a Friday monthly
during academic year from 12:201:10 p.m. at Women’s Leadership
Center, Commons, Ford Street, AU
campus.
Allegany County Bird Club.
Meetings held at the Allegany
County Office Building in Belmont
unless otherwise stated, at 7 p.m.
on the first Friday of each month;
speakers begin at 7:15 p.m.
Baker’s Bridge Historical Asso-
ciation. Meets 7:30 p.m. third
Monday of each month, Sept.-April
in the Meeting House, 5971 Hamilton Hill Road, Alfred Station. Nov.
19--History of the Genesee River
with John Babbitt; Dec. 10--Dishto-pass Dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Alfred Station SDB Church with
“History of the Alfred Sun” with
David Snyder at 7:30 p.m.; Jan.
21--Sustainability Program at Alfred State College with Tom Kacalski; Feb. 18--Barns, Silos and
Outhouses of Allegany County with
Craig Braack; March 18--American
Chestnut Trees with Steve Jakobi;
April 15--Mary Jemison’s Story with
Kay Bennett & Bill Heaney; May-Field Trip. For more information,
call President Laurie McFadden,
587-9493. To tour building and/or
view exhibits, call Historian Susan
Greene at 587-9488. Visit:
www.bakersbridge.org
ALFRED NUTRITION SITE
Union University Church Center, 12 noon
Call Cindy Berry at 607-281-8794.
Monday—Exercises at 10:30 a.m.,
lunch at 12 noon.
Wednesday—Exercises at 10:30 a.m.,
lunch at noon.
Thursday—Lunch at noon.
BELMONT NUTRITION SITE
American Legion Hall, 11:30 a.m.
Call Lila Johnson at 585-268-5380.
Tuesday—Exercises at 10 a.m., lunch
at 11:30 a.m.
Thursday—Exercises at 10 a.m., lunch
at 11:30 a.m.
BOLIVAR NUTRITION SITE
Fire Hall 12 noon
Call Rita Morris at 585-928-2278
Monday—Exercises at 11 a.m., lunch at
12 noon.
Wednesday—Exercises at 10:30 a.m.,
lunch at noon.
Thursday—Lunch at noon.
CANASERAGA NUTRITION SITE
Canaseraga Fire Hall, 12 noon
Call Barb Welch at 607-295-7301.
Tuesday—Exercises at 10:15 a.m.,
lunch at 12 noon. Exercises/ Cards at
11 a.m.
Thursday—Exercises at 10:15 a.m.,
lunch at 12 noon. Exercises at 1 p.m.
Poets Theatre. 7:30 pm second
Thurs. each month, 20 Broadway,
Hornell. Open reading of original
works. Interested persons invited.
For info, 716-466-8524.
Bergren Forum. 12:10 p.m. Thursdays, Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center, AU campus. Bring a
brown bag lunch; coffee & tea
available. Fall Semester 2012
Schedule: Nov. 1--Gary Ostrower
“Election 2012”; Nov. 8--Luanne
Crosby “The Arts and Literature of
Senegal”; Nov. 15--James Rummel, DO “Do you D.O.?: Osteopathic Medicine?”; Nov.
22--Thanksgiving; Nov. 29--Chris
Churchill “Fascist Influences in the
History of Ideas” and Dec. 6-Emrys Westacott “The Philosophy
of Frugality.”
AU Alternative Cinema—7 p.m.
Thursdays when college is in session, Holmes Auditorium, Harder
Hall. 7 p.m.
GRAND THEATRE 585-593-6899
Main Street, Wellsville. Now featuring certified 3D!
HORNELL CINEMA 324-4129
191 Main Street, Hornell
NEVINS THEATRE
871-2175
8 & 11 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, Nevins Theater, Powell
Campus Center, AU campus. Nov.
2&4--ParaNorman; Nov. 9&11-Ted; Nov. 16&18--Total Recall; Nov.
30&Dec. 2--The Dark Knight Rises;
Dec. 7&9--The Bourne Legacy.
Open to the public, Students $2,
children $2, $3 general public.
Fun-nGames
Maple City Garden Club. Monthly
potluck lunch second Wednesday
at Sawyer St. Court, Hornell (unless otherwise noted) at 12 noon.
Program follows: Nov. 14—TBA
with Craig Braack. Dec.12—Field
trip to see “A Christmas Spectacular” at Doug’s Flower Shop after a
noon lunch at Country Kitchen.
Jan. 9--“Shade Lovers, the Wild
and the Tame” with Mary Lu Wells.
Feb.13—“Plant Offerings and Colors for 2013” with Valerie Holler of
Bennett’s Greenhouse. March
13—“The Use of Native Plants in
Residential Landscapes” with
CUBA NUTRITION SITE
AA Arnold Community Center, 12 noon
Call Linda Nelson at 585-968-2397
Monday—Exercises, Euchre, Cards,
Dominoes, Puzzles at 10:30 a.m. Lunch
at 12 noon. “Happy New Year Toast.”
Tuesday—Euchre, Cards, Dominoes,
Puzzles at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 12
noon.
Wednesday--Euchre, Cards, Dominoes, Puzzles at 10:30 a.m., lunch at
noon.
Thursday--Exercises at 10:30 a.m.,
Cards, Dominoes, Puzzles, Euchre.
FILLMORE NUTRITION SITE
Fillmore Fire Hall,, 12 noon
Call Maggie Brown at 585-737-5609
Monday—Exercises at 10:30 a.m.,
Cards, Euchre, Jigsaw Puzzles. Lunch
at 12 noon.
Thursday—Exercises at 10:30 a.m.,
Cards, Jigsaw Puzzles, Euchre. Lunch
at 12 noon.
FRIENDSHIP NUTRITION SITE
Community Center, 12 noon
Call Vivian Howell 585-973-2650
Tuesday—Exercises at 10:45 a.m.,
Lunch at 12 noon.
Thursday—Exercises at 10:45 a.m.,
lunch at 12 noon. Crafts at 1 p.m.
WELLSVILLE NUTRITION SITE
Community Center, 12 noon
Call Donna Fiegl at 585-593-7665.
Monday—Stretch at 9:00 a.m., Walking
at 9:30 a.m., Bingo at 10:30 a.m., Lunch
at 12 noon, Euchre at 1:00 p.m. Exercises at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday—Walking at 9:30 a.m.,
Games at 10 a.m., lunch at noon, Euchre at 1 p.m., Exercise at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday—Stretch at 9 a.m., Bingo at
10:30 a.m., Lunch at 12 noon, Bridge at
1 p.m., Exercise at 1:30 p.m.
Friday--Walking at 9:30 a.m., Bingo at
10:30 a.m., Lunch at 12 noon, Pinochle
at 12:30 p.m., Exercise at 1:30 p.m.
WHITESVILLE NUTRITION SITE
Whitesville Fire Hall, 12 noon
Call Becky Mattison at 607-356-3571.
Monday—Exercises at 10:45 a.m., Jigsaw Puzzle, lunch at 12 noon. “Current
Events...Undercover!”
Tuesday—Lunch at noon. Jigsaw Puzzle, Coffee Hour.
Wednesday—Exercises at 10:45 a.m.,
Jigsaw Puzzle, Lunch at noon.
STAR GAZING
John Stull Observatory open to the
public free of charge, clear Friday
nights from 9-11 p.m. Sept.-Oct.Nov. and Feb.-March, April. Open
clear Thursday nights from 10
p.m.-12 midnight during May, June
and July. For info, call the Observatory phone at Alfred University,
871-2270.
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Helen Bailey Bridge Club. Games
at 2 p.m. Wednesdays and at 7
p.m. Thursdays at the Hornell
United Presbyterian Church, Main
Street, Hornell. For further information, contact Pat LaCourse at 5878570.
Special
Events
Annual Christmas Bazaar of the
Union University Church. Friday,
Dec. 7 from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at
Union University Church Center,
Church Street, Alfred.
Support
Groups
Films
Hornell Fortnightly Club. 7:30 pm
second Thursday of each month
during academic year, Hornell High
School Library. Membership dues
$12/single, $18/family. Mail to:
Donald Doster, 191 Hornell St.,
Hornell, NY 14843.
WHAT’S COOKIN’?
Allegany County Office for the Aging
Meals on Wheels & Luncheon Center Menu
Monday, December 31
Cranberry Juice, Chicken ala King
w/Biscuit,
Squash,
Gingerbread
w/Sauce, Diabetic-Applesauce.
Tuesday, January 1
Happy New Year! No Luncheon Centers or Meals-on-Wheels.
Wednesday, January 2
Orange Juice, Goulash, Spinach, Garlic
Bread, Brownie, Diabetic - Fruit Cocktail.
Thursday, January 3
New Year’s Special: Applesauce, Baked
Ham, Whipped Sweet Potatoes, Mixed
Vegetables, Rye Bread, Cheesecake.
Diabetic-Cheesecake.
Friday, January 4
Spinach Mandarin Salad, Swedish
Meatballs w/Gravy Over Noodles, Brussel Sprouts, Banana Bread, Peaches.
Diabetic-Peaches.
For reservations, call the site coordinator or 585-268-9390 or (toll free 1-866268-9390) by 2 p.m. on previous day.
Pauline Bourn, Regional Landscape Architect at DOT. April 10—“Saving Seeds” with Brigette
Reynolds of Quest Farm, and
Sandy Dygert. May 8--Plant auction and planning the 2013-2014
program. June 12—Field Trip to
Quest Farm to hear Tom McDowell’s talk and display of his honey
bees after a noon lunch at Mulheissen’s. For info, call Zoë Coombs at
587-8031.
Adult Survivors of Sexual
Abuse. Meets at various times.
Call 716-593-6300 for info.
Alcoholics Anonymous. 7 pm &
8:30 pm Fridays at Union University Church Center in Alfred. Call
607-276-8588 for help or information.
Alzheimer’s Support Group.
Meets third Thursday of the month
at noon in United Church, Belmont.
Call Allegany County Office for the
Aging at 716-268-9390 for more
info.
Cardiac Support Group. Meets
second Wednesday of the month at
6:30 p.m. in the St. James Mercy
Hospital Cardiac Rehab (2nd floor).
For info, call the Cardiac Rehab
Unit at 324-8735.
Caregivers Support Group. For
info, call the Allegany Office for the
Aging, 716-268-9390 or toll-free 1866-268-9390.
Diabetes Support Group. Meets
fourth Thursday of the month from
6:30-8 p.m. in the Memorial Conference Room, ground floor just off
the cafeteria at St. James Mercy
Hospital. For more info, contact
Bonnie at 607-324-8900.
JMH Diabetes Support Group
meets monthly on the third
The Fibromyalgia Support Group
meets on the second Thursday of
each month 6-7 p.m. at JMH. For
more information, please contact
the group facilitators Iris Bahamonde (585-593-1910).
Gastric Bypass Support Group.
Third Monday of each month 78:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at St.
James Mercy Hospital. For more
info, call Faith Mills at 607-6616265.
Afternoon Grief Support Group.
Meets second Wednesday of the
month at 1 p.m. in the NcAuley
Manor Chapel on the 2nd floor. For
info, Chaplain Astuti Bijlefeld or
Deacon Bob McCormick at St.
James Mercy Hospital Spiritual
Care Office at 607-324-8153.
Evening Grief Support Group,
“Good Grief Group” meets second
and fourth Monday of every month
at 7 p.m. in the hospital Chapel, on
the ground floor. For more info,
contact Deacon Bob McCormick at
[email protected] or call the
Spiritual Care Office at 607-3248153.
Homeschool Support Group – Allegany-Steuben County LEAH
(Loving Education at Home) meets
at 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of
the month at the Steere home in
Almond. 276-6380.
LaLeche League. Mother-toMother Breastfeeding Support.
Hornell group meets third Thursday
of each month at 7 p.m. at Christ
Episcopal Church, corner of Main
and Center Streets, Hornell. For
more info, call 324-6266.
Multiple Sclerosis Support
Group. Meets first Wednesday of
each month at 10 a.m. at Friendly’sl. For more info, contact Robert
Staub at 607-545-6404 or Donna
Boag at 607-295-9852.
Pulmonary Support Group of
Jones Memorial Hospital meets
from 1 to 3 p.m. 2nd Monday each
month at the Walchli Education
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(Effective Friday, Dec. 28 through
Thursday, Jan. 3)
Alfred State College APB Movies...
5:30 & 8 p.m. Fridays at Pioneer lounge, aSC
Alternative Cinema, alfred...........871-2175
Holmes auditorium, Harder Hall. 7 p.m.
GRAND THEATER, Wellsville...585-593-6899
“The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey” (PG-13)
7:30 pm nightly, Matinees Fri.-Tues. @ 2 pm.
“Parental Guidance” (PG), 7&9 pm nightly, Matinees Fri.-Tues. 2&4. Coming soon: lincoln &
les Miserables.
HORNELL CINEMAS, Hornell.. 607-324-4129
“This is 40” (r) Daily 6:30, 9:00, Daily Matinees
thru Tues. 12:30, 3:00. “Django Unchained” (r)
Daily 8:00, Daily Matinees thru Tues. 12:45, 4:10.
“The Hobbit” (PG-13) Daily 8:00, Daily Matinees
thru Tues. 12:45, 4:10.
NEVINS THEATRE, aU campus....871-2175
8&11 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sundays when
college is in session.
HORNELL CINEMAS
191 Main ST. HOrnell 324-4129
Movie Schedule Dec. 28-Jan. 3
This Is 40 (r)
Daily 6:30, 9:00
Daily Matinees thru Tues. 12:30 & 3
Django Unchained (r)
Daily 8:00
Daily Matinees thru Tues. 12:45, 4:10
The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey (PG-13)
Daily 8:00
Daily Matinees thru Tues. 12:45 & 4:10
Look for movie updates on:
www.hornellcinemas.com
adults $9.00
Seniors, Students w/iD, Under 12 $7.00
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8 THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, December 27, 2012
In The Alfred Sun 50, 25 and 10 Years Ago
Compiled By DAVID L. SNYDER
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, DEC. 24, 1987
Alfred Sun Editor and Publisher
Eugene Jacobs of North Hornell has been elected
FIFTY YEARS AGO, DECEMBER 27, 1962
to his 16th consecutive one-year term as president
During the holiday season, the making of
of the Educational Foundation of Alfred, Inc…
candy in homes throughout the country is not un(Photo) An Old-Fashioned Christmas—Alfredusual. However, an Alfred woman has turned the
Almond fourth graders Shane Burdett, Nicole Ferart of making candy from honey into her livelititta, Kara Costello, Katie Crandall, Arun Singh,
hood. She is Mrs. Lloyd Watson of South Main
Naomi House, Michelle Leach, Teresa Bilby and
Street, Alfred, who began making honey candy
Rachel Flaitz, while studying local history, learned
over 40 years ago as a hobby. Today she owns and
about traditions and customs of Christmas past. The
manages “The Honey Pot,” which which she sells
students are busy stringing popcorn and cranberries
her unusual and delicious wares. It all began a
and discussing some of the families’ traditions.
long time ago, Mrs. Watson explains, when her
(Photo) So What’s the Big Deal? Kevin Gilbert
late husband, Dr. Lloyd Watson, conducted a reand Steven Sharrett wonder what the photographer
search project on the artificial insemination of the
is up to, along with Jenny Mitchell, Colin Crook and
queen bee. A professor of chemistry at Alfred UniJohn Gilbert. The Alfred-Almond 8th grade Home
versity, the late Dr. Watson accumulated an ex- This house at 74 South Main Street, Alfred, was the home of and Career Skills class held a two-day nursery
tremely large amount of honey during the many Dr. Lloyd and Olive Watson. Olive developed her Honey Pot school for 30 pre-school children recently. Students
years of his research with bees.
Candy here and operated a candy shop in the north end of the were responsible for preparing and carrying out ac“We used to pack the honey in 60-pound tins basement. Her candy recipes were handed down to sisters Vir- tivities appropriate for this age group. Activities inin the basement to get it out of the way,” Mrs. ginia Bassett and Fran McGraw, who worked with her. It con- cluded water fun, play dough, tents, coloring,
Watson recalls. “I decided something must be tinues to be made today by Fran’s daughter, Connie McGraw painting, story time, etc. Refreshments were served,
done with the honey surplus, so I began to exper- and is sold in local stores. (Photo Courtesy of Jean B. Lang too.
iment with making honey candy.” She notes that Western New York Historical Collection)
To the Editor: I would like to extend a sincere
for many years, she did not attempt to do anything
thank you to the Alfred Business Association and
has been loaned to the candy maker.
commercial with her candy, but just worked at it as a
According to her, the machine was once used to em- the Alfred Sun for the recent Homespun Holidays conhobby.
boss beeswax to make the comb for the center of the test. Not only does an event such as this generate enthuNow, however, her hobby has grown until she uses bees’ hives. She uses the machine to emboss the gold siasm for a community, but it is also fun to do (I’ll never
over a ton of honey each year in her candy making. “I foil paper with which she wraps her candy boxes. Used forget running around Alfred that Sunday afternoon
make candy every day,” Mrs. Watson said.
in combination with plain gold foil, and decorated with from business to business gathering signatures and
The Honey Pot showroom is located in the base- a spring of arbor vitae topped with a silver star.
Linda Doerschug doing the same across the street—
ment of Mrs. Watson’s home. The small room, decorated
To Mrs. Watson, the bee and its job of producing na- “How many do you have now?”)—It was at that point
in yellow hues, features a large glass case in which her ture’s sweet is extremely interesting. She talks of the in- that I thought about settling for the hair styling or mancandy is displayed. The gaily decorated candy boxes sect with great compassion,explaining that the bee, with icure prizes. A chance to see what’s in Alfred at Christranging from the half-pound box to the five-pound box, its cross pollination, is an indispensable friend of the mas time – a chance to visit with our business people –
are pleasingly arranged in the case, and immediately farmer.
a chance to see once more what a great community we
catch the eye of the would-be purchaser. Also on display
“Honey is never touched by human hands,” Mrs. live in. Thanks! Dave Schwert
are the colorful rainbow-coated creams, or bonbons, Watson explains. “It is manufactured by nature’s ways
Alfredians—Paul and Betty Giles presented their
with which Mrs. Watson has been experimenting.
voice
students in recital, Dec. 8th at Howell Hall. The
from the nectar produced by flowers. The bees change
On the top of the cases are several large glass candy that nectar into honey. It is a true product of nature.”
students were Pamela Lauterborn, Jill ALtmansberger,
jars which once were a common sight in the general
She also explains that a manufactured sweet is pure, Elisa Swanson, Amanda Snyder, Judith Archer, William
stores of yesterday, and in which Mrs. Watson displays 100% carboyhydrate. Honey has vitamins, mineral salts, Eaton and David Matheis…Mrs. Mildred Baker has reher 7 cent and 10 cent creams and the chocolate nut and many different kinds of sugars in it. It is easily di- turned from a trip to New York and Washington, D.C.
sticks. Each of the candies in the jars is dressed in its gested and energy is quickly absorbed from it, according She was joined by her son Phillip Baker of Stamford,
own tiny wax jacket and small neat signs in front of each to the Alfred woman. “If it is eaten slowly, some of the CT on the trip…Sugar Creek Corp. in Rochester has purjar describe each candy’s flavor.
honey is absorbed through the taste buds of the tongue.” chased the C.L. Wellington Co., Inc., including the AlAlso on sale i nthe shop are jars of various kinds of
Today, Mrs. Watson sells her wares from her small mond Mobil station, which will become a Sugar Creek
honey, beeswax candles, and interesting vases and jars shop situated on a small hill overlooking Alfred’s Main Store with gasoline services. Sugar Creek has 93 conwhich decorate the window sills and tables in the room. Stsreet, and at Glidden’s Gallery in the downtown sec- venience stores throughout New York State… “The
Each box of candy which Mrs. Watson sells con- tion of the Village. Before the war, however, she sold Generation Gap,” a Dixie band furnished happiness to
tains a full or partial assortment of the approximately 24 her candy in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and in Radio the Alfred-Alfred Station Senior Citizens Club on Thursvarieties which she makes. There are the chewy City at New York City.
day, Dec. 10. The group was led by Joe Canale; memcaramels, as well as the lemon, cinnamon, wintergreen,
At one time, she participated in the Flower Show bers of the band were Barrett Potter, Bill LaCourse,
peppermint, vanilla, carob (chocolate substitute), and co- held in New York City, where her product was enthusi- Bryan Rittenhouse, Jeff Greenwood, Paul Cuddihy and
coanut creams. Some of the candies have just the flavor astically received, according to her friends. She also dis- Matt McEllicott. The last four are university students…
of the honey from which they are made, such as the played her candies at Farmers Week at Cornell
Zachary James Cornell would like to announce
spicy, light-colored goldenrod honey and the dark, dis- University, and the joint conference of the Honey Pro- the arrival of his little sister, Chelsea Wren, born in
tinctive flavor of buckwheat honey.
ducers League and Bee Inspectors of America in St. South Korea Aug. 24, 1987, who flew home Dec. 9. ParMany of the fillings for her candies are made from Louis.
ents of the infant are Larry and Lois Cornell of Greenhoney fondant, with no artificial sweetening added. The
Mrs. Watson is never completely satisfied with her wood. Maternal grandmother is Mrs. Dorothy
only cane sugar used in the candies is that already pres- confections, because she is always seeking new methods Tinklepaugh of Alfred; paternal grandparents are Mr.
ent in the commercial chocolates used for coatings and and ways to improve. Her goal is to someday make and Mrs. Clifton Cornell of Andover…A son was born
flavor. The only ingredients used in her candies are candy with just the honey-flavored centers.
Monday, Dec. 21, 1987 to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Woodruff
honey, egg yolks and whites, butter, heavy cream, pure
To Mrs. Watson, the making of candy from nature’s (Sharon Wheeler) of Alfred Station in St. James Mercy
chocolate, nuts, and flavoring. Powdered milk is used sweetener is not just a job. She likes to believe that her Hospital in Hornell…A son was born Saturday, Dec. 12,
for handling the sticky candy batches.
candies, because they are made from honey, contain 1987 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Manktelow (Pamela King)
Mrs. Watson purchases the honey for her centers in small amounts of the summer sunshine, the gentle dew of Hornell in St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornell.
60-pound tins from various produers in the area. Special and rain, and the delicate fragrance of each flower.
(By Mrs. Helen Cottrell) The Steinheim was built
honeys, such as alfalfa and orange blossom, are purby
Jonathan
Allen, the second president of Alfred UniHer sincere dedication to her work is explained by
chased from Ohio and Florida.
versity, who had a passion for geology. It was modeled
her enthusiastic exclamation, “It is fascinating!”
Mrs. Watson explains that her candy making is a
Alfred Station--Miss Linda Spaine of Cortland and after a castle on the Rhine, hence the name, which, when
“very primitive, slow pricess,” because all is done by Miss Audrey Pierce of Rochester are home for the holi- translated, means “stone home.” All the stones in the exhand.
days with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jacox...Mr. and Mrs. terior were picked up within a radius of six miles of AlShe does her candy dipping in what she calls her Victor Cornelius spent Christmas Eve with Mr. and Mrs. fred, most of them brought from Labrador by the great
“candy kitchen,” on a large table covered with big mar- Jesse Shaw...Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ellis of Pine Valley glacier which covered Alfred in prehistoric times and
ble slabs and sheets of oiled aluminum. The melted and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Sutton and children were Christ- molded the hills which surround us. I understand that
chocolate is poured onto the marble slabs, which cools mas breakfast guests of Mrs. Madge Sutton...Mr. and President Allen had all the youngsters in town picking
the chocolate to the temperature at which dipping is Mrs. Norman Payne and children of Johnsonville are up stones for him…
most successful. After the centers are dipped, they are spending Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Alfred-Almond’s varsity wrestling team put toplace don the aluminum to cool and set. On the under Pierce...Keith Rogers of New London, Conn., is spend- gether its finest showing ever at the Campbell Tournaside of each candy is imprinted the print of the honey- ing some time at his home with the Rev. and Mrs. A.N. ment Dec. 19, with the Eagles challenging eventual
comb, one of Mrs. Watson’s trademarks.
Rogers...Mrs. Agnes Bond of Alfred was a Saturday din- champion Canisteo and second place Addison in placing
Although she is perfectly willing to discuss her busi- ner guest of the Rev. and Mrs. Victor Skaggs and fam- third… Taking A-A’s only first place was Lanny Herrick
ness and techniques of candy making with interested ily...Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Palmer were at 105. Second place finishes were earned by Heath
persons, Mrs. Watson explains that she has never given Mr. and Mrs. Edward Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. John Palmer Weitzel at 98, Jeff Dobson at 119, Ken Porter at 126 and
anyone any of her recipes.
and family of Wellsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder Ian Henderson at 250. Fourth place finishers for A-A inMrs. Watson has a room which she uses especially and children of Alfred, and Mrs. Ethel White of Little cluded Jay Plank at 91, Don Olds at 145, Dan Johnson
for wrapping the candy boxes. In this room is found an Valley...
at 167 and John Emo at 215. Tom Decker, at 155, and
old-fashioned honeycomb embossing machine which
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Anderson leaving
Alfred State College
(Continued from front page)
He has always had great respect for faculty and is admired
for that.”
As president, enrollment at Alfred State grew by 20 percent and the college embarked on a new Strategic Plan
that included the reallocation of more than $1 million to
new strategic initiatives; new programs were added including new baccalaureate programs in sport management, forensic science technology, human services
management, and nursing; and, most recently, Alfred
State received approval for a five-year bachelor in architecture (BARCH), the only one of its kind in the State
University of New York (SUNY) system. For the last five
years, the college has also been named as a top college by
the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Report.
Most notably, the college has also undergone its largest
building boom in recent history under the leadership of
Dr. Anderson. Projects totaling $75 million include the
complete renovation of the Physical and Health Sciences
Building featuring state-of-the-art laboratories and classrooms, and the construction of a new $33.5 million Student Leadership Center that is unlike anything seen in
higher education. The college also renovated the College
Farm and opened the new Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, which is one of only three centers of
its kind in the nation designed to enable students to learn
about traditional and organic agriculture in a side-by-side
analysis.
“President John Anderson truly is a visionary, and it has
been a joy to partner with him to accomplish key projects
including the Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Physical and Health Sciences building and Student Leadership Center,” said New York Senator
Catharine Young (R,C, I-Olean). “President Anderson’s
outstanding leadership, creativity, and innovation have
benefitted the college and the region. SUNY Alfred is an
economic engine that features top-notch quality and affordable education that readies our workforce for productive and rewarding careers, thanks to President
Anderson’s efforts. He leaves behind a tremendous
legacy of accomplishments, and I wish him well in his
new endeavors.”
Among his peers in higher education, Dr. Anderson is
recognized as a leading advocate for sustainability, and
under his leadership, Alfred State has become a leader in
the sustainability movement. For example, Dr. Anderson
is an active member of the American College & University’s President’s Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) Steering Committee, and he was one of the first college leaders
to add a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) role to his
leadership team in order to elevate this increasingly important initiative.
Dr. Anderson’s commitment to sustainability can be
seen in Alfred State’s efforts to ‘green’ programs by
imbedding green and sustainable technology into a broad
array of program curriculums. These innovative efforts
are relevant to today’s marketplace and are among the
many reasons why Alfred State has a 99 percent employment and transfer rate.
In between Dr. Anderson’s years as an Alfred State professor and his presidency, he held several senior-level administrative positions within the college including the
roles of vice president of student services, dean of student
development, vice president of institutional advancement,
and provost and vice president for academic affairs. In
those roles, he developed a diversity of new degree programs and established the office of Institutional Advancement for which he developed and implemented a major
gifts program and annual fund campaign. Then, during
his tenure as provost, the college saw significant enrollment growth, and he enabled the college to raise more
than $2.3 million for a variety of academic projects including the establishment of a manufacturing training center and a new bachelor’s degree in manufacturing.
When Dr. Anderson left Alfred in 2003, it was to serve
as interim executive vice president for academic affairs
at State University of New York Institute of Technology.
A year later, he was named executive vice president and
provost of Hartwick College in Oneonta, a position he
held for four years. During his time there, Hartwick’s education programs were accredited for the first time and
the college raised nearly $6.5 million for a variety of projects, including the construction of a new social science
building. “It is, of course, with mixed emotions that we
congratulate John on his new position,” commented
SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher. “He has served
SUNY with absolute distinction. We will work quickly
with the College Council at Alfred State to initiate a
search for the college's next president.”
Dr. Anderson has a bachelor of science degree in
physics with a minor in chemistry from State University
College at Brockport; a master of arts degree in physics
from the State University College of Arts & Sciences at
Geneseo; and a Ph.D. in education from Cornell University in Ithaca. His major area of doctoral study was adult
education, with minors in program evaluation and planning and organizational behavior. He also completed additional post-graduate work at Harvard University’s
Institute for Educational Management, and the State University of New York at Buffalo.
He and his wife, Vivien, will be relocating to the Lancaster, PA, area later this spring.
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Gas prices fall
but not enough
for consumers
SNOW
Dr. Friederike Boissevain is a German oncologist and seasoned Zen
practitioner. By her own admission, her meditative practice is imperfect—or “crooked,” as she describes it. Rather than remain focused and fully aware of the present moment, she finds herself
wandering off into the “land of dreams and worries.” But, crooked
though it be, her practice has supported her daily work with the sick
and the dying. “The most important thing I ever did,” she reflects,
“was to sit down once.” That act set “something in motion that cannot be stopped. This is not because of trust in something but because
of experience . . . The snow of dharma covers everything, whether
we see it or not.”
The snow of dharma? In Buddhist teachings the word dharma
has three distinct meanings. In its simplest usage, the word refers to
phenomena: the things of this world. “Aware of the impermanence
of all dharmas,” the practitioner silently recites, “I breathe in. / Contemplating the impermanence of all dharmas, I breathe out.” But the
word dharma can also refer to the body of Buddhist teachings, as in
the Zen chant “Opening this Dharma,” where those teachings are
described as “incomparably profound and minutely subtle.” And
last, the word dharma can refer to the “laws of reality,” most prominently those of impermanence, no-self, “dependent origination,” and
the interconnectedness of all conditioned things. As one master put
it, if we can sit still and know we are sitting still, the laws of reality
will be revealed to us.
Of those many laws, the inescapable law of impermanence is
the most easily verified by direct experience. If you wish to verify
it for yourself, may I suggest that you sit still, in a stable, upright
posture, and pay attention to what is occurring within and around
you. If you wish, you may close your eyes, as Vipassana practitioners do. Or you may leave them half-open and focused on a point
three feet in front of you, as Zen teachings prescribe.
If you choose to close your eyes, you can readily observe that
within your body and your inner life, nothing is permanent or solid.
A moment ago, your in-breath was present; now it is absent. At the
start of your sitting, your breathing was fast and shallow; now it is
deep and slow. Before, your lower back felt strained; now, as you
bring awareness to your spine and your lumbar region, the sensations
of pain begin to subside. When you first sat down, you were feeling
tense or sad or elated, but as you train your awareness on your state
of mind, you realize that in the time you’ve been sitting, your mood
has changed. Indeed, everything appears to be in flux—everything
but your awareness of the changes.
Should you elect to keep your eyes open, you can also verify
the law of impermanence, merely by observing your immediate surroundings. On Sunday evenings, especially during the summers,
those who attend the sessions of the Falling Leaf Sangha, our local
Zen practice group, witness the gradual and sometimes beguiling
changes in the light around us. We meet in a spacious, high-ceilinged
room, whose tall windows look out on rolling hills. During the
course of an hour, the light streaming through the windows brightens, dims, and eventually disappears. Experiencing those changes,
moment by moment, from the vantage point of a still and silent
awareness, we understand impermanence not as a concept or Zen
tenet but as an experiential fact, as palpably real as the darkness
gathering around us.
To be sure, it is easier to acknowledge the fact of fading light
than to witness, as Dr. Boissevain does in her daily work, the impermanence of a human life ebbing and coming to an end. But by
gaining, through meditative practice, what Thich Nhat Hanh calls
“the insight of impermanence,” and by deepening that insight
through years of diligent practice, we can cultivate the strength and
courage to meet even the most troubling forms of impermanence,
namely our own and that of our loved ones, with a balanced and
compassionate mind.
Models of courageous realism abound in the literature of Zen,
and nowhere more than in the writings of the Japanese poet Matsuo
Basho (1644-1694), a Zen practitioner who transformed the haiku
from a pastime into a vehicle for serious poetry. In one of his most
celebrated haiku (“Summer grasses: / all that remains of great soldiers’ / imperial dreams”), as in his travels throughout Japan, Basho
contemplated the impermanence of life. And in a sequence entitled
“While Reading Basho,” the American poet Hayden Carruth (19212008), writing across four centuries, recognizes his affinity with the
earlier poet:
The snow falls. Basho,
we are very far apart,
and snow is falling.
I’m almost eighty,
and as I watch the meadows’
brown grass vanishing
beneath this whiteness
how can I not share with you
the poignancy of
passing time?
In this quiet lyric, Carruth pays homage to Basho by adopting his
signature form. Each of Carruth’s stanzas is a haiku. Beyond that
formal connection, however, a deeper solidarity may be discerned
in Carruth’s recognition of impermanence, embodied here in vanishing brown grass and falling snow. “Why / is it so hard,” Carruth
inquires elsewhere, “to get rid of time?” “Is it because so soon I am
going to die?”
Hayden Carruth was not a Zen practitioner, but he was drawn
to Asian poetry and culture, and in his lines for Basho he demonstrates an intuitive understanding of the workings of the dharma. To
avail ourselves of its support, his lines suggest, we have only to quiet
our minds and fully acknowledge the reality of change. We have
only to let it snow.
_____________________________________________________
Ben Howard is leader of Falling Leaf Sangha (www.fallingleafsangha.blogspot.com) and Emeritus Professor of English at Alfred
University . The image above is from a drawing by Robin Howard.
A drawing by Robin Howard.
Girl Scout cookie sale to start
ALFRED--What can a girl
do? A world of good!
With the guidance of adults
and the power of Girl Scout
Cookies, girls can make positive
changes in the world around
them. A girl can speak for those
less fortunate, foster changes
where they’re needed and have
a true impact close to home, and
even on the other side of the
world. This cookie season, girls
Gas prices at Xmas high
ROCHESTER, Dec. 24-Average retail gasoline prices in
Rochester have fallen 3.0 cents
per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.65/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily
survey of 319 gas outlets in
Rochester. This compares with
the national average that has not
moved in the last week to
$3.24/g, according to gasoline
price website GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in gas
prices in Rochester during the
past week, prices yesterday were
19.8 cents per gallon higher than
the same day one year ago and
are 18.4 cents per gallon lower
than a month ago. The national
average has decreased 19.1 cents
per gallon during the last month
and stands 1.3 cents per gallon
higher than this day one year
ago.
"With just hours to go before
Christmas, it appears that the national average may set a new alltime record high, barely edging
out 2011 as the most expensive
average for gasoline on Christmas Day," said GasBuddy.com
Senior Petroleum Analyst
Patrick DeHaan.
will be setting high goals and
using their cookie proceeds to
make the world a better place.
Girls will begin taking cookie
pre-orders on January 7. Cookies will come in the week of
February 11 and booth sales in
the community will run from
February 16 to March 20.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led business in the country and helps
girls develop five key business
and leadership skills that last a
lifetime: goal setting, decisionmaking, money management,
people skills, and business
ethics.
Help a girl develop these
skills by buying Girl Scout
cookies! For more information,
visit www.girlscoutcookies.org.
CHICAGO -- (Dec. 19) –
With the U.S. average price of
gasoline falling 20 cents per gallon in the past month to $3.22
/gallon today, it may be easy to
overreact, but U.S. consumers
tell GasBuddy that it’s good
news, but, it’s not good enough.
“Some reports have been a bit
too gleeful but we’re not expecting any dancing in the streets,”
says Patrick DeHaan, Sr. Petroleum Analyst, GasBuddy.com.
“Even with the seasonal price
decline, 2012 is going to yield
the highest average price ever
paid –January through December— at $3.63 per gallon.”
To gauge consumer sentiment
GasBuddy asked whether gas
prices and related transportation
costs are forcing consumers to
cut back holiday spending. In recent weeks a survey of respondents nationwide indicated that
43% of consumers said gas and
transportation costs are forcing
them to spend less; 51% said
those issues are not impacting
them and 5% were not sure,
based on over 22,000 responses.
Additionally, when asked how
their Christmas / Hannukah
spending compares to previous
years, 32% of respondents said
they are spending less than previous years; 51% said they’re
spending about the same; 9% are
spending more and 7% said they
were not spending at all, based
on 17,000 responses.
About GasBuddy: GasBuddy
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lowest gasoline prices in their
area.
ALFRED
COMMUNITY
DISCUSSION
The Regular Board Meeting of the
Alfred Village Board of Trustees will be held
at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
in the Village Hall to hold a one-hour
Community Discussion
before regular village business.
--Kathryn L. Koegel
Alfred Village Clerk-Treasurer
Dated: December 21, 2012
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Red-Nosed Reindeer: ‘Lighting the Way’
By LINDA StAIGEr
ALMOND-Today we wrap up
our Christmas Classics series
looking at Rudy with the Red
Nose. His nose was so bright you
could even say it glows! But he
gets teased as a misfit so much he
runs away to hide--until Santa
needs him to light the way on an
important, but very dark night!
Dark--good word for it--a dark
world into which our Savior was
born on that First Christmas.
"Everyone who heard the shepherd's story was astonished." We
still are today. Ask people what
the significance is of Christmas:
gifts, Santa, materialism are some
answers. Also a few deeper answers: family, remembrance,
peace, goodwill or generosity. All
good, true answers but they miss
the real significance of Christmas--the Messiah has been born.
God had become flesh bringing
His light into the world so you
and I could be reconciled through
Christ. Without Jesus we have no
hope, no matter who you are.
Think of the lyrics ( based on Biblical words) of "Godspell"--"You
are the light of the world..." With
Him we have the 'light of the
world' to help cut through the
darkness of hopelessness of this
world. How can we find hope this
Christmas?
First: Find a time when you can
focus on Jesus. Distractions come
easily at any time of year, but perhaps even more at Christmastime.
These distractions are usually important things to get done, but
STOP, LOOK and LISTEN: what
is this holiday all about anyway?
Jesus. Remember the story---it's
the shepherds who first hear the
news..they dropped everything to
go see the Baby. Because they
were willing to let God interrupt
them, perhaps? Regular folks
these shepherds were.
Second: Pray that God will
open your eyes to those hurting
around you. Remember, God
brings about healing in our lives
by bringing us along side someone else who's hurting--as we
serve them, we find healing. Stay
not stuck inside your own self
even though you may have mountains of trouble. Be humble, think
of others. Pretty easy when things
are going well, but....keep in mind
the Paul wrote his letters to
Philippians when he was in
prison--a very dark time for him,
indeed. He wrote "Your attitude
should the same that Christ Jesus
had." Be a blessing to another and
you will be blessed as well.
Third: Put together a broken relationship. If you had to boil
down theology of Christmas to its
most basic form it would be one
word--"reconciliation.” Great
word, is it not? Reconciliation is
to take something that is separate
and bring it back together. To take
something that is broken and fix
it. Think "Christ". That's what He
did--we were separated from
God. Relationship was broken,
but in Christ, we are reconciled
with God. Some of these relationships are truly damaged and some
are just a matter of drifting apart,
but they need looking at. Find a
way to begin coming together.
This is the perfect time-Christmas--people are more open
to it because it's Christmas, so
give it a try.
Rudolph was the light Santa
needed to save Christmas in the
midst of a terrible storm. Jesus is
the light of the world, and He is
YOUR light--He can help bring
hope to you this Christmas. When
you find time to focus on Him,
when you reach out to others who
need help and when you can work
on restoring relationships.
Peace
By ADAM GAyHArt
Brother fights brother.
Friend fights friend.
Love becomes hate.
War and death.
It seems so hopeless.
Berry Vine Florist and Gift Shop, Arkport, donated a floral
arrangement to the Alfred-Hornell Branch of AAUW (Association of American University Women) to be raffled at its
holiday dinner meeting. $100 was raised for the AAUW Educational Opportunity Foundation. Pictured, from left, are
Mary Kay Dwyer- Funds Chair, Darshana Varshneya-winner
of the floral arrangement raffle, and new member Barbara
Hetzel. After a buffet dinner at Club 57 members enjoyed
performances by the Hornell High School Show and Jazz
Choirs, under the direction of Chris van Leeuwen.
We’re dying a little each day.
It’s time for Peace,
to forgive and forget,
for love to prevail.
It’s time for life to be precious
once more.
Family Life Ministries invites
‘shareholders’ to meet Jan. 4
Hope and love,
a neighbor and a friend,
no longer a stranger and an
enemy.
BATH—Family Life Ministries, a nonprofit organization operating
over 70 Christian radio outlets across New York and Pennsylvania,
will host a special “shareholders” meeting for its financial partners in
the Bath area. Family life is inviting any individual having monetarily
supported Family Life.
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Alfred Area Church Directory
ALFRED-ALMOND AREA
HORNELL ALFRED UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY--Now meeting at 10:30
AM the second and fourth Sundays of each month at 198 Main Street across from Hornell
Cinema. The Rev. George Smith leads the group the second Sunday. Call 607-698-4508
or 607-522-7803 for more information.
ALFRED-ALMOND BIBLE CHURCH--Rt. 21, Almond. Pastor John Prince. Sunday
School 9:30 am, Sunday Worship 10:30 am. Sunday Evening 6 pm. Midweek Home
Groups 7:30 pm. Phone 607-276-6700. www.aabible.org.
ALFRED ASSEMBLY OF CHRISTIANS—Remembrance of the Lord in the Breaking
of Bread, Sundays at 9:30 a.m., Family Bible Hour at 11; Gothic Chapel, corner of Ford &
Sayles, Alfred. Bible Study 8 p.m. Fridays in Almond. Call 276-6380 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.
ALFRED RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)—6 W. University St., Alfred, (a sign will be present in front of the building during meetings). Worship 10:30 a.m.
Classes for children during worship. Child-care available. For more information, phone
607-587-9454, visit our website: www.alfredfriends.org or write: [email protected]
ALFRED SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST CHURCH—5 Church St., Alfred. Adult Sabbath
(Saturday) School, 10 a.m. in the SDB Parish House; Sabbath Worship Service at 11 a.m.
Church Office: 607-587-9430.
ALFRED STATION SEVENTH -DAY BAPTIST CHURCH “A 3 C church: ConnectCare- Community” Affiliated with the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference USA and
Canada INC. Sabbath (Sat.) 9:45 am Sabbath School (8 classes from Nursery-Adult)
11:00 am Sabbath Worship Hour Youth Program: Jr. Youth Fellowship (Grades 3-6) 2nd
Sabbath of month 2 - 4 pm; Youth Fellowship (Grades 7-12) 3rd Sabbath of month 1pm
Sat. – 10 am Sunday overnight at Camp Harley Sutton. Music Program: Sanctuary Choir
(Grades 9 and up) 1st Sabbath (Sat.) 12:30 pm, 3rd Sabbath (Sat.) 9:00 am: Jr. Choir
(Grades 1-8), Instrumentalist 4th Sabbath (Sat.) 9:00 am Fellowship: Monthly Dish to
Pass Fellowship Meal 2nd Sabbath 12:30 pm; Men’s Prayer Meeting 1st Tuesday of the
month (Rm 15); Wellsville Bible Study 10 am Tuesday. Hosting: Alfred Area Food Pantry
5:30 pm Tuesday and Thursday; Woman, Infant, Children Clinic 1st Thursday of month,
Red Cross Blood Drive Monday before Memorial Day, Monday before Labor Day Pastor:
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Chroniger Contact: [email protected] , P.O. Box 7777Alfred Station NY 14803, 607-587-9176 Campus: 587 Route 244 Alfred Station, Remember
the Live streaming of the 11:00am Worship Hour www.alfredstationsdb.org
ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES--Rt. 21, Almond. Pastor Everett Hasper. Sunday 10
am & Wednesday at 7:30 pm. 276-6201. www.almcommunity.org
ALFRED UNITED METHODIST CHURCH—1389 Moland Road, Alfred. A Christ-centered community where people find acceptance and fulfillment, care about others, and
seek to live according to God’s plan. Sunday Worship 9:00 am Fellowship 10:00 am Church
School 10:30 am., nursery care available both hours. Website www.gbgm-umc.org/alfredumc. 587-8168. Pastor: Rev. Timothy M. Middleton Sr.
ALMOND UNION OF CHURCHES--11 Main St., Almond. Rev. G. Stephen Dygert, Pastor. A joyful, welcoming and compassionate multi-denominational church seeking God’s
truths for today’s world. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Prayer
Group Wednesday 9 am at 39 Main St., Almond. Call 276-6151 for more information.
HARTSVILLE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH--Purdy Creek Road, Hornell. Pastor
Charles Williams. Sun. School 9:30 am, Worship 10:30 am.
HILLEL AT ALFRED--Friday night services 6:30 pm at Melvin Bernstein Hillel House,
18 S. Main St., when AU is in session. Add’l services & programs throughout the year. For
more info, contact Larry Greil (871-2215 work or 587-8694 home) or Barbara Greil (5874313 work).
INSTITUTE OF DIVINE METAPHYSICAL RESEARCH--Sundays 12 noon at Almond
Grange, Almond. Choir starts 11:40 am. Meetings Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30 to 9:30
pm at Almond Grange Hall.
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP--Randolph Road, Alfred. Pastor Roger
Gardner. Worship 10 am Sundays. Sunday Prayer 6 pm. Omega Course 7 pm Tuesdays
at Powell CC, AU; Bible Study 7 pm Wednesdays at Alfred State College. 607-587-9257.
SS. BRENDAN AND JUDE PARISH-- Father Sean DiMaria, Pastor. St. Brendan Church,
11 S. Main St., Almond. Weekend Mass: Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Weekday Masses Monday,
Wednesday, Friday 9:00 a.m.; St. Jude Chapel, Lower College Dr., Alfred (on the Alfred
State College campus). Weekend Masses Sunday 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. p.m. (6:30 p.m.
when colleges in session) Office phone: 607-587-9411, Rectory phone: 607-276-5304.
UNION UNIVERSITY CHURCH--Alfred, 10:30 a.m. Sunday at 5 Church Street. A multidenominational community church welcoming all faiths. Infants nursery, K-6 classes during
service, youth programs. Church Center at corner of Main and Church Streets, Rev. Laurie
DeMott. 587-9288.
ANDOVER AREA
CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE--Rochambeau Ave. Rev. Philip Barner,
Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School for adults/teens 10:30 a.m.; Sunday
School 10:30 am. Wed. Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.
ANDOVER UNITED METHODIST--33 E. Greenwood St. Pastor Anita Youtzy. Worship service 11 am, Sunday School 9:45 am.
BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH—1 Church St., Andover. Father Sean DiMaria,
Pastor. Weekend Mass Sunday 9:00 a.m. Weekday Mass Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. Office
phone: 607-478-8885; Rectory phone 607-276-5304.
CHENUNDA CREEK FELLOWSHIP—Mennonite congregation of believers in the
Town of Independence, five miles south of Andover. Sunday School 9:30, Worship
10:45 a.m. Pastor Stephen Richard 585-610-0166. Church phone 478-5277.
CHRISTIAN TEMPLE—99 Maple Ave., Wellsville, Rev. Anna Shirey, Pastor. Worship
10:45 a.m., Sunday School Pre K-Adult 9:30 a.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH--Corner of Elm & Church Streets. Pastor Frank Troutman. Sunday School 9:45 am, Morning Worship 11 am.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN--E. Greenwood St., Andover. Worship Service 10 am. Rev.
Dean R. Bembower, Pastor.
Churches are asked to please call 587-8110 with additions and updates of information or e-mail same to: [email protected]. Thank you!
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12 THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, December 27, 2012
As the year 2012 comes to a close on Monday it is time to reflect
on an overall solid year past. "Solid" although none of my favorite
teams claimed a championship in this calendar year! That would include ... the Duke men's basketball team, the Boston Celtics in the
NBA, the NY Yankees in MLB and the once-proud Oakland Raiders
in the NFL. Oh well. Writing this "ahead" of time as The Boss (not
the New Jersey guy) demanded I complete before my trip to Florida.
The stress of writing this column sometimes can be overwhelming.
To say I had a busy year wouldn't do "busy" any justice at all
and most of it was my own doing! Taking work out of the equation,
and that is alot of hours believe it or not, I still found time to go to
Florida (three times!), up to the Adirondacks (three times!), head to
soccer games, watch Division III basketball contests, hike with 3L,
go to the A-A alumni banquet, a Yankees game in Yankee Stadium!,
the LPGA in Rochester and the Bay Hill Invitational golf tournament
in Orlando, go to some of Lauren's races and much, much more. A
most enjoyable year of 2012.
Normally January, February and even March are quite miserable
in Western New York but with the weather this year it was more remarkable than miserable. I have been fortunate enough to "kickstart" my spring/summer with a trip to Florida now for the past 13-15
years or so. Always to the Leesburg area where my mom and dad
retired to and most of the time to the Tampa-St. Pete's area to hookup with friends galore to golf, take in a spring training game and
whatever else comes along. The Sumo Tour South! An event that
started in Alex Bay ... The Alex Bay Open on the Sumo Tour and
migrated south when Our Man Frank moved there. Now coordinated
by Jake Taft & Obie. The Sumo Tour in name only. It was a "lighter"
than normal gathering this past spring ... McDrip and Scummer were
unable to attend, but a solid week of playing golf and watching the
Bay Hill tourney made it a memorable one. Frank, Jake, "Syracuse
Dave" and I also took in a spring training game at Clearwater, Yanks
versus the Phillies. And, a week in Leesburg with mom and Don. A
trip to The Villages to see Big D and Janis King. Always fun! Perfect
weather in Florida.
Daughter Lauren now lives in New York City as faithful readers
of this column know and a trip to the Big Apple took place in June
to see the Chicago White Sox and Yanks play at the new Yankee
Stadium. Had been to the old stadium twice, including a World Series game, but was anxiously looking forward to catching a game at
the new park. 3L's Father's Day present to me. While it was about
92-degrees that day, we lucked out in our right field bleacher seats,
as the upper deck provided us with shade all afternoon. The Yanks
prevailed, 4-0 to make it even better. Sunday we walked forever, enjoying a farmer's market by Seaport, taking in the sites along Battery
Park and eventually going to the 9/11 Memorial. Wow. That was
quite the time spent there. An overall good weekend that ended ...
Monday. My Sunday nite flight got cancelled, had to stay over and
luckily was able to get a flight to Rochester the next morning.
Absolutely love the summers in WNY, always have, and this
past one was no exception. While I don't want it to zip along, heading to the Adirondacks and Indian Lake is a circled week on the calendar. Lauren and I have been going to the Lone Birch Motel, cabin
#8, for 10 years now with a variety of her friends joining us over
the years. This year it was Brooke "Red" Easton and Jess Herbst.
Tough hikes on a daily basis and Thursday spent white water rafting.
Whew. Had always wanted to do this and finally got around to taking the plunge ... so to speak. Almost dumped 3L in the Hudson
River ... accidentally, of course. Didn't do the canoe trip on Blue
Mountain Lake as shooting the rapids was on the agenda instead.
An adventure. Have never had a bad time in Indian Lake, great hosts
and an area that fits our needs perfectly. Hikes, excellent dinner
spots, a quiet place for a few days and card games galore.
The week of Indian Lake was packed in on each weekend with
events all over the place. The Saturday prior 3L and I took off to
Ithaca to do some hiking and head to the farmer's market there as
well. On Sunday Lauren and Jess ran in a 5K in Orchard Park, a memorial race for one of 3L's Geneseo soccer teammates. A well-run
event! The Saturday after ADK, it was time for me to head to Hornell to take in the Gus Macker tournament and at nite, the A-A
alumni banquet. Sunday it was golf with Smitty in Angelica/Belfast
and back to Rochester for a cookout over at Baker's. Yikes. Great
week.
Lauren has been into running for some time now and I was able
to surprise her in Pittsburgh for her half-marathon on a stunningly
perfect weekend with weather you would take all summer long.
What a beautiful city! Also met her up in Clifton Park, above Albany
as she ran in a marathon race, the Ragnar in the Adirondacks. That
finished up in Lake Placid. Didn't see her run but rather watched the
group take off on a miserable day. Yuk. Did get a chance to see 3L
race later on at the Webster Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. She
runs plenty of races all year long in NYC.
Over the summer I was able to fit in some golf action as the
LPGA Championship was and is at Locust Hill CC. Ran into Gary
Jordan Tomm
earns physical
fitness award
at A.A.C.S.
ALMOND—Alfred-Almond
Central School‘s Jordan Tomm,
a sophomore, earned the 2012
Presidential Physical Fitness
Challenge Award.
Jordan is the only student in
the high school who met and/or
exceeded all criteria required for
this award and it is the first time
since 2002 that a student has
demonstrated this high level of
physical fitness.
Jordan, a member of the varsity boys basketball team, is the
son of Steve and Debbie Tomm
of Alfred, and grandson of
Shirley Tomm of Alfred Station,
and the late Bob Tomm.
Congratulations, Jordan!
JORDAN TOMM displays the
plaque he received for his
Presidential Physical Fitness
Challenge Award.
The Dugout continued...
and Mary Moore at the course, plus all the
Ormsby's. Some golf myself starting out with the
Geneseo tournament at Livingston CC with Coach
Wiley and later on at the Joker's Wild tournament,
with all the ex-softball players, at Hickory Ridge
in Holley. A Red Wings baseball game, a trip to
Niagara Falls to see a daredevil practice as Leo
Nealon got some great shots, watched "Doc"
Moore run in a race in Webster and soaked up the
awesome weather we had.
Fall arrived and it was time for some soccer although nowhere near what I had seen in the past.
Took in a couple of SUNY Geneseo women's
games, ventured thru Vermont to see Jess Herbst
play in her senior year at UVM, actually took in a
couple of high school games and got to see
Stephen Baker play at Cornell for his UPenn team.
Saw Brockport (Coach Sherman) at Webster
Schroeder with Megan Herbst in the nets for WS.
No Skip Sherman at the game. The UPenn-Cornell
contest was at tail end of a vacation that was spent
in Florida/ADK's. The Big Red were tough this
year. Enjoy soccer when someone is in the game I
know or at the game where I can chat with someone.
On a soccer note, the stunning passing of Mike
Coyle (Oneonta) brought an abrupt end to my fall
vacation. Coyle from the Geneseo soccer family.
Didn't know Mike all that well as his daughter
Eileen is a couple years older than 3L and she sat
out one year at Geneseo after transfering from
Herkimer. We were at a game in Plattsburgh when
Mike asked Randy Beale and I (at halftime) if "we
wanted a cold one?" Off to the parking lot we
went, Mike opens up his cooler and has two beers
left in it ... for three of us! Classic Mike. From that
time on we got to know each other better and always looked forward to seeing him and his wife,
Hazel. A great time in Oneonta at the SUNYAC
tourney and later on at Messiah College in the
NCAAs. An avid runner and biker, Mike is sorely
missed.
Did not make it down for any of the three Alfred
football games this year. Cody emailed me once
to see if I wanted to do the radio with him on the
SJ Fisher game (I believe) but already had plans
to meet 3L in Lake George for the weekend. And
Lake George was great! We'll definitely head back
there in 2013. Thought about heading to the AUUtica contest but Nealon on assignment elsewhere
so didn't do that. A rarity for me not to see Alfred
on the gridiron.
But did see Alfred on the basketball court along
with some other teams. Best game of year was
probably the AU-Cortland game in the ECAC Upstate Championship. Lucky enough to know
coaches at Union, Cortland, Plattsburgh, SJ Fisher
and Alfred, of course, and try to make one game
per year with all those teams. Did in 2012. An enjoyable outing in Geneseo to see Tom Curle's
squad then dinner after with the Moore's. Nealon
and I went to Cortland, saw Kornaker's Fisher
squad 2-3 times and had chance to chat with Bob
Montana at RIT. Good season of hoops! Except
for stunning loss by Duke in the NCAAs. And UK
winning it all. Other than that it was good.
Am sure I missed some things here and there.
A great cookout at the Baker's with "Hilly" Moses
in town, Ryan's stopping by. Traveling thru the
ADKs in the fall ... the scenery was tremendous.
Hooking up with friends when possible. Actually
saw my mom four times this year and brother,
Scott for the first time in five! All and all a good
year with an NFL game this past Sunday at a place
other than in Buffalo. Tampa Bay Bucs action.
With 2013 just around the corner it is time to
fill my calendar (compliments of Torrey Painting)
up again. Sure I will do alot of the same things.
Why miss out on something you enjoy?
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!
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