ALFRED—Thanks to the ef- forts of former Box of Books Li- brary Director Lana Meissner, with the approval of the library’s board of trustees, the Alfred Box of Books Library was recently selected as one of 30 libraries in New York State to receive
$244,517 in funding to create a Public Computing Center in the library.
This award is provided as part of a grant awarded to the New York State Library through the American Reinvestment and Re- covery Act (ARRA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Pro- gram (BTOP). One of the main goals of this federally sponsored program is to provide funding for training and resources that will help vulnerable populations, such as the unemployed or un- deremployed, learn critical workforce development skills.
Although the Box of Books li- brary is the smallest library in New York State to be selected to participate in this two year pro- gram, their goal is to provide all community members with com- fortable, convenient and timely access to the equipment and training they need to become digitally literate citizens, and to assist with workforce develop- ment skills.
The workforce development training will include sessions on how to search for employment opportunities utilizing on-line tools, and learning new com- puter skills that could assist with career advancement. Other train- ing programs offered at the Box of Books PCC will include in- struction on a wide variety of computer based resources in- cluding: email, social network- ing, instant messaging, basic
ALFRED--Lana Meissner, Local BTOP Grant Administrator, Amanda Burns, Box of Books Pub- lic Computing Center Director and lead trainer and David Carli AIA, Architect and local Profes- sor at Alfred State College discuss optimizing space utilization within the Box of Books Library.
(Photo by Janet McClain)
Alfred gets $244,517 library PC center grant
Vol. 125, No. 35 Alfred, Allegany County, New York State, U.S.A. 14802 Thursday, September 16, 2010 Inside
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Joanne Droppers (2nd from right) and her family enjoy the Sun in Washington, DC.
On her left are sons Chris and Seton, daughter-in-law Patty, and grandson Greg;
daughter Ann is on her right. The former Alfredians had just enjoyed brunch at Founding Farmers, a restaurant which is
"owned by real family farmers."
Founding Farmers
word processing and database software programs and video- conferencing for collaboration, business and recreation.
Due to current economic con- ditions across New York State, and lack of broadband access to many rural areas, the ability to provide free access to computers and internet access in the library is essential. According to Mary Linda Todd, a Library Develop- ment Specialist, for the New York State Library, NY State Ed- ucation Department, “78% of people in communities across the state depend on libraries for internet access.”
The Alfred Box of Books Li- brary Public Computing Center (PCC) will be a source for local residents to help meet this need for public computing resources.
The Public Computing Center will help to provide the training needed in our community to identify and use internet-based resources for job searches, ca- reer advancement, digital liter- acy, and communication. These training sessions, which will be a new addition to the current programming schedule, will be offered on an individual basis and as small group workshops in the library.
As part of this grant program the Box of Books PCC will be purchasing additional laptops, a graphics capable computer, and portable video conferencing equipment to expand the current technology resources at the li- brary.
Due to the fact that the Box of Books is the smallest library in this program, a professional space planner has been assisting to help determine the best use of space in the library. This space
utilization study is essential be- cause the PCC will offer the new programs without interfering with any of the current programs and features enjoyed in the li- brary.
According to State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries Bernie Margolis, “The Public Computing Centers, funded and supported under the Broadband Technology Oppor- tunities Program (BTOP), are designed to bring the fruits of high-speed connectivity to everyone. Many parts of New York State will for the first time be able to experience the bounty
of communications and content available online. The Public Computing Centers are a pri- mary outpost for free public ac- cess to a wide array of broadband services. As part of a highly effective network, the PCCs and the libraries of which they are a part will continue their critical role as a hub for commu- nity life and service."
According to Lana Meissner, the local grant administrator for the Alfred Box of Books BTOP program, “The Box of Books is extremely fortunate to receive this significant grant that will enable the library to provide a
host of new computer-based training programs and services to benefit the entire community.
We look forward to partnering with community leaders, busi- nesses, and organizations to en- sure that all our citizens have access to the resources they need to secure employment, gather in- formation, or safely and securely communicate with others."
The Alfred Box of Books Pub- lic Computing Center Director and Lead Trainer, Amanda Burns, anticipates that all new equipment should arrive, and be installed in time to begin offer- ing classes later this fall.
ALFRED--Thanks to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Alfred Univer- sity (AU) is closer to meeting its goal of generating 100 kilowatts of solar power on campus within five years, said Michael Neiderbach, executive director of capital projects for the University.
NYSERDA has announced the award- ing of a $268,840 grant for the installa- tion of a large solar panel array, capable of generating 48.88 kW, on the roof of the Science Center.
Because of its size, the Science Center
is a logical site for installation of the solar panels. The number of panelsthat will need to be installed to have 48.88 kW ca- pacity willtake up much of the rooftop of the 75,000-square-foot building.
"The new panels are expected to meet an average of 8 percent of the annual electrical energy needs of the facility,"
said Neiderbach. The University will partner with Solar Liberty of Buffalo on the project.
"Solar energy systems at schools and universities are an especially effective way to demonstrate to students, faculty,
and the community that solar power is a practical alternative to buying electricity from the utility companies," explained Adam Rizzo, president of Solar Liberty.
"The cost of solar equipment has gone down, and the public has begun to recog- nize that having solar panels on your roof can be a mainstream way of reducing en- ergy costs."
"The NYSERDA grant covers 90 per- cent of the project cost," Neiderbach said.
AU will be responsible for all internal wiring associated with the project as well.
Work is scheduled to begin this fall.
"We appreciate NYSERDA's willing- ness to work with us to advance our goal of achieving 100 kW of solar-generated power within five years," he said.
The University had earlier received a NYSERDA grant to install solar panels to generate 17.01 kW on the roof of Ann's House, a new 48-bed residence hall that opened a year ago. Ann's House is regis- tered with United States Green Building Council, and is awaiting LEED (Leader- ship in Energy and Environmental De- sign) certification, making it the first LEED-certified building on campus.
$268,840 NYSERDA grant helping AU go solar
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OBITUARIES
TIMOTHY GIEDLIN 1974 Alfred-Almond graduate
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA-- Timothy R. Giedlin, 54, of Alta- monte Springs, FL, passed away Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. A longtime resident of Vir- ginia Beach, Tim was born and raised in Alfred.
Tim was born June 7, 1956, the son of former Alfred residents Richard and Mary Ellen Giedlin, now of Virginia Beach, VA.
A gifted three-sport athlete, Tim was the leading scorer on both his soccer and basketball teams dur- ing his senior year at Alfred-Al- mond Central School, from which he graduated in 1974. He was re- cently inducted into the Alfred-Al- mond Sports Hall of Fame.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Alfred University where he played football for a season.
After spending 21 years in Vir- ginia Beach as an elementary school teacher and computer pro- grammer, he moved to the Or- lando area recently where he worked as a computer consultant.
He is survived by his two chil- dren, Andrew Giedlin and Liza Giedlin; parents, Richard and Mary Ellen Giedlin; four brothers, Marty, Chris, Tom and Mike; and former wife, Beth. He is also sur- vived by his companion for the last nine years, Barbara Warburton of the Orlando area.
A celebration of Tim’s life will be held Saturday, Sept. 18 in Alta- monte Springs, FL. Tim will be entombed at St. John's the Apostle Church in Virginia Beach.
ALFRED--Participants at this summer's second annual World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) at Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies, Grahamstown, South Africa, were introduced to what founders are calling the first worldwide college Web site, College NewsNet International (CNI).
Co-founders are Robyn Good- man, professor of communica- tions studies at Alfred University and Mary Cardaras, chairman of The New England Institute of Art's Digital Media and Com- munications Department and freelancer for CNN.
The two launched CNI, a global approach to the practice of journalism - by students for students - on day one of the three-day conference.
ALFRED--Dr. Richard Kel- logg, professor of psychology at Alfred State College, is the au- thor of an article appearing in the most recent issue of THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCI- ENCE FICTION, a scholarly journal published by The Dragon Press of Pleasantville, NY.
Titled “Philip Wylie and the Atomic Age,” the article dis- cusses Wylie’s contributions to the development of nuclear tech- nology and reviews three of his popular novels dealing with atomic warfare.
The author notes that Philip Wylie’s scientific training at Princeton University provided him with the technical expertise to serve as a consultant to the Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy and to the Fed-
WELLSVILLE--September is Preparedness Month! When the power goes out and you reach for your portable generator, re- member to always run it outside.
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ANDOVER—The Andover Historical Society will start the Fall Season with a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 in the Community Center on East Greenwood St., Andover.
After a brief business meeting, the program will continue on the theme of Historic Preservation with a discussion of the Soci- ety’s visit to the restored Bel- mont Hotel on July 31. A few Society members also visited Villa Belvidere on August 21 and will offer their impressions.
The tour of the Belvidere mansion and grounds was hosted by members of the Bromeley family who purchased the property in 1947. Most all visitors agreed it was a once-in- a-lifetime experience and are ex- tremely grateful to the Bromeley Family – also to Angelica
ALFRED—Alfred University will host its annual Constitution Day Recognition event at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 16 in Powell Campus Center on the AU cam- pus.
The speaker will be Allegany County District Attorney Ter- rence M. Parker, whose topic will be “Your Constitutional Right to Firearms: Today and Tomorrow.”
The event will also feature a door prize, which is a handwrit- ten, signed note dated 1786 by Oliver Ellsworth, second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The public is welcome.
Army Pvt. Daniel M. Butler has graduated from Basic Com- bat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, MO. Dur- ing the nine weeks of training, the soldier received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship qualifica- tion, bayonet combat, chemical warfare, field training and tacti- cal exercises, marches, military courtesy, military justice, physi- cal fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions, and core val- ues. He is the son of William and Michele Butler of Stannards Road, Wellsville. Butler is a 2008 graduate of Wellsville Central School.
The Alfred Police Department made the following arrests re- cently:
--Lori A. Miller, 45, of Hor- nell, was charged Sunday, Sept.
12 with 1st degree aggravated unlicensed operation, driving while intoxicated (felony) and
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(felony) following a traffic stop on Church Street. Miller was re- leased to a third party and is to answer the charges in Alfred Vil- lage Court at a later date.
--Krystal D. Dibble, 19, of Canisteo was charged Sunday, Sept. 12 with driving wrong di- rection on a one-way street, driving while intoxicated, and driving with blood alcohol con- tent of .08% or more following a traffic stop on Church Street in the Village of Alfred. She was released to a third party and is- sued traffic tickets returnable in Alfred Village Court.
--Ryan W. Hunt, 20, of Ark- port, was charged Saturday, Sept. 11 with disorderly con- duct, resisting arrest and ob- structing governmental administration following a dis- turbance on North Main Street in the Village of Alfred. Hunt was released to a third party and is to appear in Alfred Village Court at a later date.
--Eric P. Gordon, 21, of Wind- sor was charged with open con- tainer violation and unlawful possession of marijuana on Sat- urday, Sept. 11 following a dis- turbance on Mill Street in the Village of Alfred. He was re- leased on his own recognizance and is to appear in Alfred Village Court at later date.
--Kevin M. Cline, 17, of Belfast was charged Friday, Sept. 10 with unlawful posses- sion of marijuana following a traffic stop on North Main Street in the Village of Alfred. He was released on his own recogni-
zance and is to appear in Alfred Village Court at a later date.
--Colin M. Baker, 21, of Corn- ing, was charged Friday, Sept.
10 with driving while intoxi- cated and blood alcohol content greater than .08% following a traffic stop on North Main Street in the Village of Alfred. Baker was released to a third party and is to appear in Alfred Village Court at a later date.
--Caleb A. Toor, 19, of Williamson, was charged Friday, Sept. 10 with open container vi- olation and unlawful possession of marijuana following a distur- bance on Mill Street in the Vil- lage of Alfred. He was released on his own recognizance and is to appear in Alfred Village Court at a later date.
--Sean J. O’Brien, 23, of Can- isteo, was charged Thursday, Sept. 9 with felony 2nd degree assault following an investiga- tion into an altercation that oc- curred in May 2010 during which an individual was struck in the head with a beer bottle.
O’Brien was arrested on an ar- rest warrant upon his release from Steuben County Jail. He was arraigned in Village of Al- fred Court and remanded to the Allegany County Jail in lieu of
$10,000 bail.
--Tiarra M. Terry, 18, of Rochester, was charged Thurs- day, Sept. 9 with assault in the third degree following a brief in- vestigation into an altercation at a local establishment. Terry was issued an appearance ticket for Alfred Village Court.
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AU celebrating Constitution Day
Booster Citizens for making the arrangements. Angelica Boost- ers will use the proceeds for fu- ture Historic Preservation projects.
Tad Manske, following these discussions, will talk about his participation at the Landmark Society’s 24th Annual Preserva- tion Conference, held in Palmyra on April 24.
All area residents who are in- terested in Andover and Alle- gany County history are welcome to attend. For further information, please call (607) 478-8676 or (607) 478-8851.
Tad Manske to discuss Landmark Society at Andover Historical Society meeting
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eral Civil Defense Administra- tion in Washington. Wylie had a top-secret clearance for classi- fied military information and
was allowed to observe the atom bomb testing in Nevada. Wylie supported the use of nuclear en- ergy as a reliable source of elec- trical power but feared that nuclear weaponry could result in a global holocaust and the ex- tinction of the human species.
Kellogg joined the Alfred State faculty in 1970 after com- pleting graduate studies at Al- fred University and the University of Rochester. The past recipient of two grants for the improvement of instruction from the SUNY Research Foun- dation, his articles and essays have appeared in a variety of professional journals and popu- lar publications. He is the author of three books dealing with the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
DR. RICHARD KELLOGG
AU prof initiates first college news network
Dr. Kellogg author of sci-fi journal article
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My mother used to make what she called tomato relish when the summer tomato harvest was at its peak. She would store the rel- ish in jars in the refrigerator for use later in the fall when we no longer had the goodness of freshly harvested tomatoes. Her relish would maintain that fresh from the garden taste.
For some reason I never got that recipe, but here is one that I think is very similar. It is from a cookbook entitled Vic’s On The River that I found in a restaurant in Savannah.
Tomato Chutney
5 ripe tomatoes 1 T. chopped fresh ginger 1 onion, julienned ¼ c. cider vinegar
1 green bell pepper, julienned 1 c. packed light brown sugar 1 jalapeno chile, julienned 1 c. granulated sugar
2 garlic cloves, chopped salt and pepper to taste
Cut the tomatoes into halves and slice lengthwise. Combine with the onion, bell pepper, jalapeno chile, garlic and ginger in a saucepan. Add the vinegar, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt and pepper and mix well. Cook over medium heat for 30 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated. Store in the refrigerator. Makes 4 cups.
ALFRED—Alfred State College and National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH), a non-academic honor society consisting of the top 1% of student leaders, announces the winners of August’s “Of The Month” (OTM) Awards. Lisa Reynolds, Almond, a nursing major, was chosen Student Of The Month. Reynolds’ nominator, Ashley Kehoe, director of civic engagement and student leadership programs, recognized that Lisa went “above and beyond this sum- mer to make the new program ‘Meet Alfred’ a success. This pro- gram was designed for new students to move in a day early and get acquainted with the town of Alfred.” Not only was this OTM a Cam- pus Winner, but the members of NRHH voted to submit it for a chance to win at the Regional Level, North East Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (NEACURH).
Alfred University's Ostrower to discuss 'The UN Mess' at next Bergren Forum
ALFRED--Gary Ostrower, Alfred University professor of his- tory, will present "The UN Mess" on Thursday, Sept. 22, during AU's Bergren Forum at 12:10 p.m., in Powell Campus Cente's Nevins Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.
The forum will focus on the American love/hate affair with the United Nations, beginning with "Washington's infatuation with the organization after World War II and continuing until the second Pres- ident Bush's appointment of a United States representative to the United Nations who sought to undermine its fundamental purpose."
Ostrower specializes in the history of international organization.
He has authored three books about the subject, including "Collective Insecurity: The United States and the League of Nations During the Early Thirties," "The League of Nations: From 1919 to 1929," and
"The United Nations and the United States. 1940-1998." He has also contributed articles to historical journals including International Or- ganization and The Historian.
Currently the Joseph K. Kruson Distinguished Professor, Os- trower is a former Fulbright Lecturer at Aarhus University in Den- mark. He earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Rochester.
Ostrower serves as the ombudsman officer at both Alfred University and at St. Bonaventure University in Olean. He has served as pres- ident of the Society for the Study of Internationalism.
The Bergren Forum, sponsored by the Alfred University Divi- sion of Human Studies, meets Thursdays during each academic se- mester at the University. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch; coffee and tea will be available.
ALFRED--Alfred University's School of Art & Design Foun- dations Program presents a lecture/interview show on Art and Biol- ogy by Brian Collier on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 9 to 11 a.m., in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall.
Collier's projects, installations, and public interventions range across a wide variety of media, including Web sites, video, sculpture, photography, drawing, artist's books, and performance. Through this diverse practice, he focuses on ways in which elements of the non- human natural world exist, or have reinserted themselves, in se- verely human-altered habits. Through his projects, he disseminates information about these sites, often proposing strategies to re-eval- uate the weedy margins of the human-dominated landscape.
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I Am Alfred: a look at the people who call it home
By ASHLEY KEHOE Alfred State College Director, Civic Engagement and
Student Leadership Programs As a new resident of Alfred and the Director of Civic En- gagement and Student Leader- ship Programs at Alfred State College, it is my role to actively and intentionally engage stu- dents in community initiatives.
Some of our student leaders and I have been coordinating the
“I Am Alfred” Campaig. We have been collecting photos and stories of Alfred residents, to demonstrate and celebrate the diversity of our community, which we are calling the “I am Alfred” campaign.
I have gotten some truly stel- lar, inspiring, and interesting re- sponses to our questions:
LISA REYNOLDS Alfred State College Student, Orientation Leader, and Fresh-
man Nursing Class President How long have you lived or worked in Alfred? My whole life, nineteen years, in the com- munity that is anyway. I live in Almond, but I have grown up in Alfred.
What about living or work- ing in this community brings you the most joy? The people, their smiles, the atmosphere- re- ally just the level of community.
It's definitely home!
What are your hobbies and pastimes? Sports- soccer, bas- ketball and softball, Outdoor Ac- tivities like kayaking, hiking, and snorkeling, Cooking, Music...so many things! I have always had so many opportuni- ties to try new things here, which is another favorite part
about the community.
Describe your favorite Al- fred memory. Because I've grown up here, there are many.
It's really hard to choose. I think probably all of the times when the community rallies together for one common cause. The level of support and caring that Alfred has is unbelievable.
Whether it be in the face of tragedy or in celebration, the people here really know how come together, and in that mo- ment of togetherness, regardless of the uniting cause, I can't help but get goose bumps and be so thankful to live here.
Lecture on art, biology planned
Almond woman ‘Student of the Month’
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Frank Crumb’s Dream Subscription Campaign
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Back in 1884, a simple item appeared in the Sun that said,
“Wanted, one thousand sub- scribers to the Alfred Sun.” It’s been 125 years since legendary Sun Editor Frank A. Crumb, with the Sunfrom 1883 to 1951, set the millenary goal.
Not knowing of Frank Crumb’s Dream, I, too, had set a goal of 1000 subscribers when I joined the paper in 1976. That goal was finally reached in Jan- uary 1999. But we want to keep Frank’s dream alive.
The late Eugene T. Van Horn, who owned the newspaper from 1951 until 1973, told us one time that circulation peaked in the 1960s at 700. It’s now over 900. We’ve added 82 new sub- scribers since Jan. 1, 2009.
After regularly reading this newspaper for about a month, a new subscriber said, “I feel so much more connected to the Al- fred community.”
There’s a good reason for that. This newspaper is a local community paper. It is “Of the Community, For the Commu- nity, By the Community.”
Get connected to this commu- nity. If you would like to con- tribute to Frank Crumb’s Dream, send your name and ad- dress or that of a loved one to- gether with your check payable to “Alfred Sun” to: Frank Crumb’s Dream, c/o Alfred Sun, P.O. Box 811, Alfred, NY 14802. Thank you!
--David L. Snyder Editor, Publisher & Janitor Telephone, Telegraph – and Text-a-tweet
Ever since those Pony riders rode in the Express, There’ve been moves afoot to speed communication;
Cuz those ponies were replaced by something much more effortless –By which dots could dash from station STOP to station.
Then the telephone transformed the world before our very ears – Well-utilized by gossip, snitch, and crank;
So for all those mealtime telemarket calls throughout the years, We’ve Alex Graham Ring-the-Bell to thank.
Nor snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night can halt the mail – Or so we once were told, so long ago.
But if, mid winter snows, you’ve ever failed to blaze a trail, The result of such an oversight you know.
Besides that, when it comes to speed, the P.O.’s day is past:
It’s got nothing on this “e-lectronic mail”.
But try to tell your kids you think that email’s lightning fast…
And they’ll sneer to you that “e is the new snail.”
Do kids only need a phone because they really want to text?
(Experience says they don’t know how to dial.)
Things change so fast I shudder just to think what’s coming next – Will they text “I do’s” while walking down the aisle?
That’s not the half! With phones more scientific now than rockets, There’s naught this generation cannot do:
They run their lives with only what they carry in their pockets – They’ll take (and post) their wedding photos, too.
Oh, Wells’s Fargo wagon may be comin’ down the street, But where it’s gonna stop has less allure
Than anticipating what is in your children’s latest tweet – For all our speed, we’ve lost a lot for sure.
—Anon eMouse
IS AMERICA FACING A FISCAL CRISIS?
The federal deficit is growing rapidly. A recent news report stated that we are now spending $1.50 for every $1.00 that the IRS collects in tax revenue. By the end of September the deficit will rep- resent 62% of our gross domestic product (“GDP”). That is higher than at any time except during World War II. It is almost double what it was in 2007. There is a great deal of partisan rhetoric about responsibility for this deficit. For me, the biggest question is whether the deficit presents a threat of a fiscal crisis. Apparently it does.
I recently checked the website for the Congressional Budget Of- fice (“CBO”). There I found a “Brief” entitled “Federal Debt and the Risk of A Fiscal Crisis” that was issued by the CBO on July 27th, 2010. The CBO is an impartial and non-partisan agency. I strongly recommend that every citizen go to the CBO website and read this Report in full. Here are some of its key points:
The current rapid increase in deficits is the result of three fac- tors, which are a long-term imbalance between federal revenues and spending; sharply lower revenues and elevated spending that are a direct result of the economic recession; and the cost of federal poli- cies implemented in response to the recession.
Further increases in the federal deficit almost certainly lie ahead if current policies remain in place.
Our aging population and rising health care costs will push fed- eral spending well above recent and current spending levels.
Policymakers must restrain the growth of spending, or signifi- cantly increase revenues (raise taxes), or accomplish some blend of those two actions, or the federal debt will rise to unsustainable lev- els. The growing federal deficit already has adverse effects, includ- ing “crowding out” investment in private enterprise, lower produc- tion and output, increases in tax rates, and reduced spending on important government programs.
A large federal debt increases the probability of a fiscal crisis.
Such a fiscal crisis could develop gradually, or could occur suddenly.
A fiscal crisis would result in an immediate increase in interest rates on federal debt. In recent years this has happened in Argentina, Greece, and Ireland.
Fiscal crises frequently occur during economic downturns. A fiscal crisis aggravates and intensifies the damage in an economic downturn.
The CBO has projected likely long-term budget deficits using two different sets of assumptions about future policies involving revenues and spending. The first projection follows the current laws and policies. That includes allowing various tax cuts to expire at the end of 2010, and allowing spending to return to pre-recession levels.
Under this scenario deficits would decline over the next few years, and remain stable for several additional years. However, by 2020 deficits would begin to climb again and by 2035 debt would equal 80% of GDP.
The CBO recognizes that those assumptions may be unrealistic.
It has developed an alternative budget scenario in which the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts are extended, the alternative minimum tax is in- dexed for inflation, and Medicaid payments to physicians and hos- pitals are allowed to increase. Under this alternative budget scenario budget deficits will increase rapidly and by 2020 will equal 90% of GDP. By 2035 the deficit would equal 180% of GDP.
A fiscal crisis would force radical changes upon America. The government would be forced to balance the budget or inflate the money supply. Government programs would need to be slashed and/or taxes dramatically increased. Interest payments on govern- ment debt would consume most of our tax revenue. Funding for other programs, including defense spending, would be reduced.
There would be no money to respond to unexpected crises.
No one knows exactly where the “tipping point” lies that will trigger an American fiscal crisis. Other nations have experienced fiscal crises when their debt reached 80% of GDP. We could reach that point within five years. We need to consider some radical changes before then.
Dear Editor,
With the average cost of a new vehicle creeping closer to
$30,000, spending a fraction of that money on making your cur- rent vehicle last longer makes good financial sense. By simply budgeting the equivalent of just one new car payment, con- sumers could cover an entire year’s worth of basic mainte- nance.
In the early 1970s you could buy a house for $30,000, and the average vehicle cost was $3,900, but they didn’t last anywhere near as long as they do today.
Now, the average age of passen- ger vehicles on the road is 10.6 years, the oldest ever. With proper routine maintenance, the typical vehicle should deliver at least 200,000 miles of safe, de- pendable, efficient and enjoy- able performance.
Consumers spend an average of $706 a year on vehicle repair and maintenance, according to IMR, Inc. Compare that to a
$30,000 price tag - it’s a no- brainer. Hanging on to your cur- rent vehicle allows you to redirect all the money you would spend on a new car to pay off credit card debt, college loans and other bills or beef up savings or even take a road trip vacation.
To learn how to drive smart and save money, visit the Car Care Council’s Web site at www.carcare.org.
Sincerely, Rich White Executive Director Car Care Council 7101 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814
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By ELAINE HARDMAN Alfred Sun Reporter WELLSVILLE—There’s comfort at home. Comfort in the sense of family, in the coziness of furniture, in the memories of slamming doors, burnt toast and ticking clocks.
Janice and Dave Porter learned while supporting his mother through her end of life that Allegany County needed the comfort of a hospice home so they searched out friends and colleagues and recruited a com- munity to make that happen. To- gether they have the foundation of a special, comfortable house, the Hart House, for families needing medical care for a peaceful and supportive end of life in a space warm and per- sonal.
The house hides at 141 East State Street. It hides because it’s not to be seen on East State.
There is a curious set of stairs on the corner of Scott Avenue. To see the house a person has to climb the stairs or snake up the rock wall lined driveway. The house is nestled into about an acre and a half of woods and that’s part of the reason it’s such a good choice. When a deck is built all around the house hos- pice patients will be able to sit out and look over the village or at surrounding flowers in a peaceful, comfortable yard.
The Porters created the paper- work-foundation to establish a hospice home and used Comfort House as the name of their proj- ect because they had to start with a name. They gathered in people to create a board of directors in- cluding Peter O’Connor, Moe and Jeanne Mead, Joe Fasano and David DuBois. The board also had four RNs (Mary Ann Di Beradino, Judy Hill, Dawn Rea- gan and Angela Rossington) and two physicians (Joseph Felsen and William Coch). Then all they needed was someone with an extra house to give away.
DiBeradino put a flyer in the church bulletin just a couple of weeks after Mary Ellen Hart passed away in 2009. Her daughter, Nora Burdick, read the flyer and started called her sib- lings because she thought that donating their mother’s house was the best way they could honor her memory. With the agreement of all 10 siblings, the Comfort House idea became the Hart House reality.
In addition to the perfect set- ting, the Hart House has the per-
fect living arrangement. There will be 2 bedrooms with dedi- cated baths downstairs for pa- tients and a separate area upstairs for out of town family members. There’s a large park- ing area and plenty of room for gardens.
The family and board mem- bers met at the house this past week to talk about its past and future. Gerald and Mary Ellen Hart moved into the house, their first and only purchased home, on June 21, 1965. Son, Colin, re- members the day well – his 5th birthday.
There were six Hart children then and the whole crew moved into the upstairs, two-bedroom apartment where they lived pa- tiently waiting for the family in the downstairs apartment to move out so that they could have more room. Six months later they took over the whole house but over time they filled up that extra space with four more kids – ending with twin boys.
Mary Ellen Hunt was a nurse who worked at Jones Memorial, in private duty and as the Turbo- dyne nurse.
Colin said the house was a great place to grow up. There were plenty of kids in the neigh- borhood and they all went to ICS. There was always someone to play with and always some- thing to see. In the morning there’d be 10 deer in the drive- way but by walking two blocks, they’d be downtown. Summers and after school they went out to play but when the church bells rang or the street lights went on they knew that they had to get home because Mary Ellen’s rules were not to be ignored.
They had to be in the house be- fore the last church bell rang.
Colin said that there were al- ways ways to sneak in if they were a little late since the house has five exterior doors and, he said, “We were always painting the house in the summer so be- fore we left, we’d be sure that a ladder was placed at a bedroom window just in case.”
“Mom always had a wounded sparrow under her arm,” Colin said. “If someone needed some- thing, she’d give it to them. If they needed a place to stay, she’d open the door. If they needed basketball shoes, she’d give them ours.”
Collin said that during the big flood, another family moved into the upstairs apartment. After the kids moved out and Mary
Ellen lived there alone, she con- tinued to take people in – women who needed a safe place or someone down on their luck.
The Hart kids never knew who their mother might help but they knew that she would so when they thought about her home being a hospice home it felt like exactly the right thing to do.
The house isn’t ready to ac- cept patients yet but there’s a plan. On Oct. 10 there will be an open house for the community.
Right after that renovations start.
Kevin LaForge is offering dumpsters for two weeks and Janice Porter said, “I can see it now. Dave will be here 12 hours a day.”
He won’t be alone. There will be help from a number of com- munity groups, the Inmate Worker Release Program and volunteers with an hour or a day to spare.
All the windows will be re- placed. All doors will have to ac- commodate wheel chairs and the whole house has to be handi- capped accessible. There will be wiring, plumbing and projects of destruction and construction – lots for volunteers to do so if you know your way around a ham- mer and have some time, Porters will be glad to hear from you.
If you don’t have building skills, you might have gardening skills or maybe you can bring food over on special work days.
If people are your forte, when the house is open you can be one of the 90 volunteers needed to run Hart House as a hospice.
There will be paid staff when the house opens. There will be a full time RN who will also work on fundraising, (Hart House will be a free service to patients.) as well as a PT volunteer coordina- tor, a per diem RN for weekends and a PT RN for nights.
For more information contact Porters at 585-593-6988 or [email protected]. To learn more, to volunteer or to make a tax-deductible donation go to www.comforthouseofallegany- county.org.
There will be comfort at Hart Family House
EVERYONE INVOLVED in helping to make Comfort House of Allegany County be realized.
ALFRED STATION--It’s that time of year again. Time for the Annual Chili Cook-Off hosted by the Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church.” The Cook- Off will be held at 2 p.m. Sun- day, Sept. 26 in the Social Rooms of the church. What are the rules for the Cook-Off?
(1) There are three categories
in which you may enter your Chili: Best Tasting, Most Unique, Hottest
(2) Prepare your chili ahead of time and bring it in a way to keep it warm, normally pre- sented in a crock- pot.
(3) You must be present and set up for the judges at 1:30 pm
(4) If you won’t eat it don’t enter it...i.e. if you won’t eat what you have entered in the hottest, judges won’t either.
(5) You may only enter one chili in one category
(6) Bring recipe on a 3x5 card (7) You are asked to prereg- ister by contacting the church of- fice at 607- 587- 9176; or E-mail Church Office sdbchurchof- [email protected]
This year our judges will come from the local clergy.
Do you like to eat chili?
Would you like to sample the winners and the others? Then come to the Chili Cook-Off.
Make a monetary donation and eat until the Chili is gone. For further info,call 587-9176.
Annual Chili Cook-Off set for Sunday, Sept. 26
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BOB GROGAN captures Week 1 honors Bob Grogan of Canisteo spent many years in the press box at Merrill Field, keeping statistics, and it’s paying off. Bob is Week 1 winner with only 2 misses--with a perfect slate among the Division III college games. Tying for second with 4 misses each were Barb Welch of Arkport, Doug Lorow of Webster, Bob Baker of Alfred, Betsy Brooks of Al- fred Station and Bob Kelley of Alfred.
All are invited to participate in The Alfred Sun’s Pigskin Picks Football Contest. Each week during the football season, this newspaper awards the best entrant a $10 prize and bragging rights. All readers are invited to enter. It’s easy.
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7. San Diego at Seattle
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8. Indianapolis at Denver
4. San Francisco at Kansas City
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Weeks of Sept. 16-Sept. 22, 2010 ALFRED SUN, PO Box 811, 764 Route 244, Alfred, NY 14802 607-587-8110
ANGELICA--One hundred and forty-eight years ago, men from Allegany County and the surrounding area gathered at what is now known as the “Pa- rade Grounds” in Letchworth State Park. In 1862, it was known as “Camp Williams” and served as the mustering point for over 1,000 of these men, who became the 136th New York Volunteer Infantry.
They marched forth from that camp to the places we’ve all read about in history texts-- places with names like Chancel- lorsville, Gettysburg, the Siege of Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea.
BACKGROUND: On Satur- day and Sunday, Sept. 18-19, members of the modern day group who recreate those men and women of the Civil War will gather in nearby historic Angel- ica to teach today’s young men about that era. The Western Gate District of the Allegheny High- lands Boy Scout Council will hold their seventh Civil War Camp-o-ree at the Allegany County Fairgrounds.
The camp-o-ree has fueled a new interest in Civil War history by the scouts and led to the for- mation of Crew 7136, a Ventur- ing Crew that re-enacts Company “K” of the 136th New York Volunteer Infantry, which was recruited in Allegany County in 1862. Crew 7136 par- ticipates in re-enactment events throughout the region. Dressed and equipped with authentic equipment, they strive to teach history to today’s youth through portraying the lives of Volunteer Infantry and civilians during the Civil War.
Nearly 300 scouts from throughout the region are ex- pected to participate in living history demonstrations of camp life, marching and artillery. Over 300 re-enactors from across the region will make camp right in the yards of willing Village homeowners. The Union re-en- actors will encamp on properties west of Park Circle and the Con-
federate re-enactors will encamp on properties east of Park Circle.
From these locations they’ll eat, sleep and breathe Civil War-era life. Dressed in period costume, they’ll battle blue against grey complete with cannons, mus- kets, and cavalry. Capping off the weekend, the scouts will ob- serve several skirmish re-enact- ments put on by the re-enactors, and then participate in a mock battle of their own, using imita- tion muskets and gaining valu- able insights into Civil War life.
WEEKEND EVENTS: Again this year, the 136th New York is partnering with the Angelica Merchants’ Association to ex- pand the event by bringing nearly all activities down from the Fairgrounds and into Angel- ica’s Park Circle National His- toric District. In addition to the encampments (The following will take place downtown:
On Friday, Sept. 17:
Many of the re-enactors will already be set up in their en-
campments, ready to host stu- CIVIL WAR cavalry in battle in recent re-enactment. History comes alive in Angelica.
CIVIL WAR soldier.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln.
Civil War breaking out in Angelica this weekend
dents from
schools across the county who are visiting to learn more about Civil War life.
On Saturday, Sept. 18:
The encamp- ments open to the public at 9:00 a.m. for living history demon- strations. Please observe the re-en- actment etiquette Do’s and Don’ts published in this year’s souvenir program.
Visit the An- gelica Farmers’
Market in Park Circle from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. The regular market vendors will be there, as will a number of Civil War sutlers (tra- ditionally the
army camp followers who ped- dled provisions to the soldiers.)
At 1 p.m., observe a reenact- ment of the Battle of Fredricks- burg taking place along Main Street.
At 2:30 p.m., a Ladies’ Tea will be held at the Angelica Inn.
This event is for registered re- enactors only, but visitors can observe the gentlemen escorting their ladies to the tea.
Also at 2:30 p.m. is the Boy Scouts’ “battle” on the Fair- grounds field.
At 3:30 p.m. observe a re-en- actment of the Assault on Marye’s Heights at the old An- gelica school athletic fields.
A presentation titled: “Voice from the Civil War” will be pre- sented by Eileen Patch of Endwell, who inherited, tran- scribed, researched and anno- tated 59 letters written by her great uncle Sergeant George Magusta Englis during his serv- ice to country between 1861–
1865. See her at 4 p.m. at the Grange Hall.
Camps close to the public at 5 p.m.At 7 p.m. all visitors are wel- come to join re-enactors at a pe- riod dance at Angelica’s Grange Hall with the “City Fiddle”
band. A caller will be teaching dances of the period. Don’t miss this fantastic event.
On Sunday, Sept. 19:
The encampments open to the public at 9 a.m. for living history demonstrations. Please observe the re-enactment etiquette Do’s and Don’ts published in this year’s souvenir program.
At 10 a.m., take part in an 1860s church service at the Grange Hall.
At 12 noon, Main Street will be the site of an 1860s parade.
Eileen Patch will reprise her
“Voice from the Civil War” pres- entation at the Grange Hall at 1 p.m.At 2 p.m. a re-enactment of the Battle of 3rd Winchester will take place on Main Street.
Camps close to the public at 4 CIVIL WAR soldiers in battle. p.m.
HEED YOUR COUNTRY’S CALL: Please be advised that the Angelica Police Department will enforce a Village Ordinance calling for temporarily restricted parking and a temporary street closure. This is done in an effort to make the village look as close to ‘period’ as possible, for safety of persons and property, and to accommodate the parade and skirmishes taking place along West Main Street. Thank you for your cooperation.
Visitors are also invited, no…
encouraged to dress in period clothing, and take an active role in helping make Angelica the
“town where history lives”. The West end of Main Street repre- sents the Union (Northern states) and the East end represents the Confederacy (Southern states).
FOR MORE INFORMA- TION: This event is presented by the 136th NY, the Angelica Merchants’ Association, and the Allegheny Highlands Council, Boy Scouts of America, with generous local support provided by Nicholson Pharmacy, Friend- ship Pharmacy, Jones Pond Campground, and the L.C.
Whitford Company. We thank them for their valued sponsor- ship of this event. For more in- formation, please visit www.136thny.com, call 585- 610-3145 or email info@visitan- gelica.com
8 THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, September 16, 2010
Of the sounds of this world, few are more pleasing than that of tea being poured, quietly and gently, into a porcelain cup.
That sound may he heard every Sunday evening, when the Falling Leaf Sangha, our local sitting group, meets to practice seated and walking meditation. With the striking of a gong, one of our members rises from her cushion. One by one, she serves us, pouring hot green tea into each of our cups. Amplified by the spacious, silent room, the trickling sound of tea brings to mind a bubbling stream or a miniature waterfall.
Listening to that sound in that place, I am sometimes reminded of the story of the monk Kyosho, who asked his teacher, Gensha (834-908), how to enter the practice of Zen.
“Do you hear the murmuring of the mountain stream?” asked Gensha.
“Yes,” Kyosho replied.
“Then enter there.”
With that reply, we are told, Kyosho experienced a spontaneous awakening.
To be sure, Gensha could have chosen other means. He could have advised his disciple to study Zen teachings and traditions. He could have prescribed a course of instruction. Instead, he exhorted Kyosho to listen: to put his logical, reasoning faculties in abeyance and to open his body and mind to the sounds of the world. In so doing, he also pointed Kyosho toward an encounter with absolute reality and a deeper understanding of the self.
To listen with full attention to any sound is to awaken from one’s daydreams and speculations and return to the reality of the here and now. In the story of Gensha and Kyosho, the sound could have been almost anything: the sough of wind in the trees, the scrape of sandals on the road, the sound of Kyosho’s own name. By choos- ing water, however, Gensha called Kyosho’s attention to a phenom- enon that was unmistakably concrete, liquid, and transitory. As anyone who has listened to flowing water knows, the sound induces a sense of calm, a mood of tranquility. But it also places the con- templative in the presence of impermanence, fostering the realiza- tion that what appears to be fixed is really fluid and subject to change. In time, the water in the mountain stream may become a lake, or ice, or a cloud, or water vapor. It is anything but solid.
And what is true of the stream is also true of all conditioned things, including the entity we are pleased to call the self. Zen teach- ings and the larger body of thought from which they derive do not propose that the self does not exist. Rather, they urge the recognition that what we imagine to be a solid self is in fact a fluid collection of experiences, a shifting aggregate of “form, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness.” And though we imagine that self to have an intrinsic existence, separate from the rest of the world, it is really an integral element in the web of life, susceptible like water to changing causes and conditions. The Zen teacher Char- lotte Joko Beck likens it to a whirlpool in a river. Certainly that whirlpool exists, but it has no permanent form. We don’t have to ex- pend our energies pretending that it does, or attempting to hold it in place.
Paradoxically, the way to support that liberating recognition is not to analyze the concept of emptiness, or struggle to envision the One Body of absolute reality, or engage in abstract thinking gener- ally. Rather, it is to reconnect with what Zen calls our relative exis- tence: our day-to-day, ordinary lives, experienced with openness and full awareness. And one of the best ways we can do this is through the act of listening, both to ourselves and to the world around us.
If you would like to demonstrate this to yourself, please sit still for a few minutes, following your breathing and collecting your scat- tered energies. Then do nothing but listen to whatever is occurring within or around you. If you are in a public space, listen to the voices in your environment, as they express their anxieties or joys, their elation or their sorrows. Listen, if you can, to what the novelist George Eliot called the “roar” on the “other side of silence”—the roar of human suffering. If you are at home, listen to your breathing, to the processes of your body, and to your ego as it arises, asserts it- self in speech, and dissolves into the silence of meditative aware- ness. Then, when you are ready, pour yourself a cup of tea, and listen to the sound.
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Ben Howard is Emeritus Professor of English at Alfred University and leader of the Falling Leaf Sangha, a Zen practice group in Al- fred. The Falling Leaf Sangha meets every Sunday from 7:30-8:45 pm in room 301 of the Miller Performing Arts Center on the Alfred University campus. Newcomers are welcome. For further informa- tion, see www.fallingleafsangha.blogspot.com.
Sue Tennenbaum (left), half of “Ray & Sue” will play traditional and contemporary folk music Saturday, Sept. 18, while Allen Hopkins (right) will perform a program of Civil War music Fri- day, Sept. 17 at Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Cafe in Angelica.
Civil War music to be heard at Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Cafe
ANGELICA--In keeping with the spirit of Angelica’s Civil War Re-Enactment and Encampment taking place Sept. 17-19, Black- Eyed Susan Acoustic Café has engaged some fine musicians who will perform music of the Civil War era.
Proprietor Don Ash remarks,
“The Civil War was a turbulent time in American history. Our building, Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café, was about thirty years old when the war raged. I imagine what the residents felt during those years. Did they have loved ones serving in the Union army? I’m sure they waited eagerly for news from battlefields. This weekend when Allen, Sue and Ray sing the music from the period, I’ll won- der about the emotions of people who lived here during the war.
Perhaps they sang some of the songs. Join us for Civil War liv- ing history through music.”
On Friday, Sept 17, the café presents Allen Hopkins of Rochester. A full-time musician, Allen’s Civil War program in- cludes songs written by people on both sides of the conflict.
He’ll deftly play guitar, banjo, concertina, perhaps some man- dolin and harmonica, and sing.
Plus, Allen will discuss with the audience the historical signifi- cance of the music he’s playing.
Allen presents a number of historically-themed programs, such as Erie Canal songs, rail- road and Irish immigrant songs.
His interest in folk music began during the "folk revival"
listening to Baez, The Kingston Trio, Dylan et. al. As time went on, Allen became interested in more traditional styles, such as bluegrass and blues. He formed a bluegrass band in 1970 and has been playing continuously since that time. He has opened for sev- eral national acts and is a regular at Turtle Hill Folk Festival in Rochester (35 years) and Gene- see Country Museum (34 years).
To learn more, visit www.allen- hopkins.org
On Saturday, Sept 18, the café presents Ray & Sue for an evening of beautiful melodies of the 19th century. Ray Baumler of Chili hosts the radio show "A Variety Of Folk" Saturday morn- ings over 88.5 WRUR-FM Rochester and 90.1 WITH-FM Ithaca. For the past eight years he’s also performed with Sue Tennenbaum (also of Chili) as Ray & Sue, making music with their voices, guitars, flute and pennywhistle.
Ray & Sue play traditional and contemporary folk music, enjoying the beautiful melodies of earlier times and putting har- monies together. They’ve per- formed at Genesee Country Village, the Greece Historical Society, Park Ave. Fest and the
Turtle Hill Folk Festival. Learn more about them at web.me.com/rayandsue
For Civil War Weekend Black-Eyed Susan is open all day Friday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for lunch, dinner, specialty coffees and desserts, with music beginning at 6 p.m. As usual, the café is open all day Saturday.
The same hours apply. On Sun- day the café will serve lunch from 11a.m.-5 p.m.
For more information about Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic
Café, call 585-466-3399 or visit www.black-eyed-susan.com.
Coming Events at Black- Eyed Susan:
Saturday, Sept. 25--Ernie &
Andy are a fine father/son duo playing jazzy blues. Balladeer Jim Schwartz opens at 6.No cover. Café is open from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. for lunch, dinner, espresso and desserts.
Black-Eyed Susan is located at 22 West Main Street in Angel- ica’s Park Circle National His- toric District.
