Vol. 127, No. 9 Alfred, Allegany County, New York State, U.S.A. 14802 Thursday, March 1, 2012 Inside
Frank Trice ...Pg.2 Patty Curran shares recipe ...Pg.3 First Amendment violated? ...Pg.4 Fred Beckhorn exhibit to open...Pg.5 Wait A Minute...on fracking...Pg.7 A Saxon in the NFL? ...Pg.14 Saxons and Pioneers...Pg.15 Alfred State going D3 ...Pg.16
Mark and D’Arcy Gaisser of Brockport and friends Ellen and Rick Barton were reading The Alfred Sunin New Provi- dence, Bahamas, as both couples were celebrating their 25th Wedding An- niversaries on Tuesday, Feb. 14! Mark is presi- dent of Dominos Pizza in Brockport who got his start in business in the Sun’s circulation depart- ment...licking labels.
Alfred Sun on 25th anniversary trip
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Scene from “DC-7: The Roberto Clemente Story,” a musical playing Off-Broadway in NYC.
CAST MEMBERS of DC-7 were joined by NBC’s Bob Costas following a recent performance.
From left are Manual Moran, Modesto Lacen Cepeda,Costas and Omar Perez (AU ’02).
AU grad in Off-Broadway’s ‘Roberto Clemente Story’
By DAVID L. SNYDER Editor, Publisher & Janitor NEW YORK—A 2002 Alfred University grad plays several roles in The Society of the Edu- cational Arts' hit production of
“DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Story,” now in a limited Off Broadway engagement.
The show that started Feb. 14 and runs through April 8, follow- ing a sold-out run last Fall in Lower Manhattan, features AU grad Omar Perez. Many at Alfred University will remember Perez and his sidekick Shaminda Ama- rakoon who starred in their own production, “The Journey.”
Perez was a last minute re- placement in DC-7. The Alfred Suncaught up with him recently during a Facebook moment.
SUN: So tell us about your role in The Roberto Clemente Story.
OP: It’s actually roles. I play a few different roles. My track in this play has a little bit of every- thing. I am hired as a dancer singer and actor.
SUN: Hey, you can do it all....just like you did at AU!
OP: I play Howie Haak who scouted Roberto when he was in Montreal, a reporter who inter- views Roberto, a cop who has a run in with him, a singer in a sort of fantasy moment, and a neigh- bor during his early days in Puerto Rico. It’s exhausting to say the least, but very fun. I’m just lucky I dont have to also make classes now!
SUN: Haha! Classes....those are just to fill the students' time at AU when they're not doing the more important things.
OP: I cannot confirm or deny my agreement with that state-
ment.
SUN: Now, you graduated in 2002. Wow, has it been ten years?
OP: Dont remind me!
Shaminda and I were just talking about how it’s the anniversary year for the Journey.
SUN: Oh yes, The Journey.
What's Shaminda (Ama- rakoon) doing these days?
OP: He is about to graduate from Yale I believe. He ran a summer theatre in Auburn but went back to school for graduate studies at Yale.
SUN: So back to you, Omar.
Is this your Broadway debut?
OP: This is my first Off-Broad- way show. The difference (be-
tween Broadway and
Off-Broadway) is in the seating of the house. I believe it has to do with budget and the number of physical seating in the house. I have worked in NY and some re- gional stuff for years. This is the first time Off Broadway.
SUN: One of my favorite places in the city is Ellen's Star- dust Diner with the singing wait staff, where they're hoping to get discovered... always a great time...do you know the place?
OP: Do I know it? I LOVE that place…so many talented singers there. I take my mom there when she comes to the city.
SUN: I’m watching a clip of DC-7 now. Folks in Alfred may want to see the show knowing you're in it.
OP: It’s a really fun show. I have been meaning to get the word out up there...but I was hired to come in as a replacement and I had to learn the whole mu- sical in two weeks. So I was
going a bit crazy.
SUN: We’ll get the word out.
OP: I appreciate you spreading the word and being interested in my whereabouts.
SUN: It’s been a real pleas- ure. Thanks so much for taking the time to chat…and we hope to get down to see the show!
The show's Off Broadway home is the Puerto Rican Travel- ing Theatre, 304 W. 47th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).
Performances are Thursdays, Fri- days and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m.
The life and legend of baseball great Roberto Clemente Walker comes to life in this charming, heart-felt musical that features an infectious Latin music score, spectacular choreography, real-
life projections, live music, ac- claimed performances and award winning staging.
“DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Story” draws on the fascinating and inspiring journey of the first Hispanic ever inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, from his humble origins to his record- breaking career with the Major Leagues. As a sports star, civil rights advocate, humanitarian, and family man, Clemente defied all odds and triumphed, forging a legacy of motivation and excel- lence that is still much alive today. This bilingual musical play is a not-to-be-missed tribute to one of the the greatest Latin heroes of all times.
The show stars Modesto Lacén (Off Broadway's Celia and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine Vélez (Broadway's Rent) as his wife Vera, Josean Ortiz as Clemente's brother Matino, and Manuel A. Morán as sportscaster and Clemente's close friend Ramiro Martinez.
Also featured are Anthony Cotto, María del Mar González, Omar Perez, Johanna Rodríguez, Xiomara Rodríguez and Fidel Vi- cioso.
Choreography and Musical Staging by Luis Salgado (Broad- way’s In The Heights, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Break- down). Music and Musical Di- rection by Harold Gutiérrez. Set design by José López. Costume design: Harry Nadal (Assistant Designer, Broadway’s The Cape- man). DC-7 was written and di- rected by Luis Caballero (La
Lupe, La Gringa, El Olor de la Guayaba).
DC-7 played a sold-out run last November at Teatro SEA, in the Lower East Side. The production has recently won 6 Latin ACE Awards including Best Musical, Best Director and Best Book (Ca- ballero), and Best Actor (Lacén).
The show has now received 7 ATI (Independent Latin Theater Artists) Awards nominations.
The Off Broadway engage- ment is co-produced by Teatro SEA, The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (Founder and Artistic Di- rector Miriam Colón) and The Rivera Mercado Marketing Group (John “Gungie” Rivera and Ralph Mercado III).
Roberto Clemente (1934-72) was one of the most beloved fig- ures in the history of the MLB.
He was the first Latino to win a World Series as a rookie (1960.) He also won the MVP Award (1966) and the World Series MVP Award (1971.) He finished his career with over 3,000 hits and 12 Golden Glove Awards. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame fol- lowing his untimely death on De- cember 31st, 1972 from a plane crash while traveling to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Tickets for DC-7 are $37.50 online; $47.50 at Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre box office.
Running time: 2 Hrs. 30 min.
One Intermission. The show is in English and Spanish, with Eng- lish Supertitles.
Website: www.teatrosea.org
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Linda Adams (right) accepts a check for the annual earnings from the Doris O. Church Fund from Carolyn Miller, president of the Allegany County Area Foundation. The Foundation ad- ministers the fund, established in 1999 in memory of the long- time Andover school teacher.
ANDOVER—The Allegany County Area Foundation pre- sented a check for the earnings from the Doris O. Church Fund to the Andover Free Library this week. The check was for $250;
the library chose to reinvest an- other $43.56 in earnings back FRANCIS LEADLEY
“FRANK”TRICE W E L L S V I L L E – F r a n c i s Leadley “Frank” Trice, 74, passed away Tuesday (Feb. 21, 2012) at Highland Hospital in Rochester following a brief ill- ness.
Dr. Trice was born on Dec. 17, 1937 in St. Petersburg, Fla. to Leadley Dagg and Frances Nedda (Wood) Trice. He was a 1955 graduate of St. Petersburg High School. He earned a Bach- elor of Arts at Florida State Uni- versity, the Master of Arts from the University of Rochester and his PhD from Syracuse Univer- sity. On Aug. 19, 1978, he mar- ried Mary Ann Wright, who survives.
Frank devoted his career to higher education. In 1968 he joined the faculty of Alfred Uni- versity, where he taught Spanish.
In the mid 1970’s he was pro- moted to Associate Professor, and then became Chairman of the Department of Modern Lan- guages. In 1983, he was awarded full professor status, and held that position until his retirement in 1999. In 1979, he began work- ing part time with SUNY Empire State College where he was unit coordinator and student mentor.
His work as a student mentor with Empire State College con- tinued for the rest of his life.
Dr. Trice founded the Alfred University chapters of the Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language Honor Society and Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Soci- ety; he chaired the Committee for Modern Language Associa- tion, and was the Deputy Direc- tor of the College Center of the Finger Lakes. He was also a member of the Cooperative As- sociation of Western New York Colleges and Universities.
In addition to his wife of 33 years, Frank is survived by two sons, Andrew Leadley Trice of San Francisco, CA. and Stephen Charles (Eileen) Busby of Alfred Station; two daughters, Jennifer Louise (Colleen Brown) Trice of Seneca Falls and Robin Cressida (Vincent) Aftuck of Scio; a brother, Paul (Mary) Trice of Tampa, FL; a sister, Helen Faulkner, also of Tampa, FL;
nine grandchildren, Hannah L.
Brown Trice, Heath A. Brown Trice, Rochelle Busby, Evan Busby, Alan Busby, Daniel (Erica) Aftuck, Nicole (Justin) Faulkner, Jordan Aftuck and Shelby Aftuck; one great grand- daughter, Lexi Aftuck; two nephews, Patrick and Michael
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Faulkner; and one niece, Bonnie Trice-Abdelhak.
Frank loved to collect, restore and play vintage banjos. He had a vast knowledge of bluegrass music, his passion. He was a member of the Alfred Lions Club and the Alfred Rod and Gun Club. Most of all, he was a loving and devoted husband, fa- ther, grandfather and friend.
Friends called from 2-4 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25 at Baker-Swan Funeral Home, 3256 Riverside Drive in Wellsville. A memorial service was held at 4 p.m. Satur- day, Feb. 25 at the funeral home immediately following the visi- tation with Mary Rublee, Candi- date for Ordained Ministry in the United Methodist Church, offi- ciating. Burial was in Alfred Rural Cemetery at the conven- ience of the family. Online con- dolences may be offered at www.baker-swan.com.
Memorial contributions in Frank’s name may be made to David A. Howe Public Library, 155 North Main St., Wellsville, NY 14895.
MELINDA L. “MINDY”
FRUNGILLO Full-time substitute at A-A B E L M O N T — M e l i n d a L.”Mindy” Frungillo of 6430 Baker Valley Rd., went to be with the Lord surrounded by her family in Belmont on Wednes- day (Feb. 22, 2012).
She was born on Aug. 2, 1963, the daughter of Daniel and Patri- cia (Piper) Gleason. On Dec. 5, 1981, in Wellsville she married Steven Frungillo Sr. who sur- vives.
Melinda graduated from Wellsville High School in 1981.
While raising a family she went to college at Alfred State to earn an associate’s degree as a veteri- nary technician. She taught at Alfred State College for one year in the same curriculum. She was employed by Alfred-Al- mond Central School as a full- time substitute teacher for over 10 years until her illness was di- agnosed in July 2011.
Melinda was the person that everyone went to for support and plain facts. Her biggest interest in life was her family and friends, and was the center of her husband’s life and love. She took great pride in watching her daughter and son grow and be- come who they are today. Her grandsons Collin and Ben were the light of her life. Melinda was a woman with abundant talents and energy who was very active in wildlife rescue and was certi- fied for wildlife rehabilitation.
She took a great interest in read- ing, baking, making quilts and
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being the support for family and friends.
Surviving besides her husband is a daughter, Amanda (Brian) Preston of Belfast; a son, Steven J. Frungillo II of Belmont; two grandchildren, Collin and Ben Preston of Belfast; her parents, Daniel and Patricia Gleason of Crossville, TN; one brother, Lance Gleason of Atlanta, GA;
and mother-in-law, Dorothy Frungillo of Belmont. Aunt Mindy was the special woman that made every niece and nephew feel more than loved.
The many in-laws thought of Melinda as another sibling in their family and a great friend to many.
Friends called from 2-4 and 7- 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 at the J. W.
Embser Sons Funeral Home in Belmont. A funeral was held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27 at First Congregational Church, 289 N.
Main St. in Wellsville. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Belmont. Memorial donations may be made to Allegany County Cancer Services or any charity of the donor’s choice.
Online condolences welcome at www.embserfuneralhome.com.
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into the fund.
“Our numbers are up by al- most 300 visitors,” said Linda Adams, director of the library,
“So we will use this money to buy books and DVDs—new ma- terial for our patrons.”
“The Foundation is pleased to be able to provide a stable place for investments like the Doris Church fund,” said Doug Roor- bach, executive director of the Foundation, “Year after year it provides a reliable income for the library.”
The Foundation has approxi- mately $7 million in assets in en- dowment, scholarship and field of interest funds to benefit indi- viduals and organizations in Al- legany County. The Doris O.
Church fund was established in 1999 by members of her family in order to benefit the Andover Free Library. Church was a teacher in the Andover school for 34 years. She and her family wanted proceeds from the fund to go for materials especially aimed at school-aged children.
“This will most likely go for young adult books,” said Adams, “We have a whole list of books we want and this will just about cover the whole list.” She noted that many of the library’s new patrons are teenagers.
“They feel welcome,” she said,
“so we’re trying to expand that selection.”
Roorbach said that the Foun- dation offers families an avenue to honor or remember a loved one “in a professional way.”
“Having the Foundation admin- ister a designated fund removes an onus from the family and close friends,” he said.
Andover Library gets check
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[Editor’s Note: While Ellen is away, Patty Harvey Curran has agreed to share some recipes with our readers from her vast collec- tion. Anyone who has visited her home can attest to her hobby of collecting cookbooks.]
By PATTY HARVEY CURRAN Guest Columnist
I’ve been collecting recipes since I started 4-H when I was about 10 years old. I have thousands--most of which I haven’t tried--but I’d like to share some that my family has liked. An easy, delicious dessert is Cherry Carnival--a recipe put out by Cornell University years ago for 4-H.
Cherry Carnival 1 3/4 c. sifted flour 3/4 c. milk 2 t. baking powder 1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. salt 2 c. pitted, sour cherries--canned, 1/4 c. shortening frozen or fresh
3/4 c. sugar 1/2 c. nuts, chopped
1 egg
Sift together the dry ingredients. Add the next five ingredients and blend with mixer on medium speed. Fold in the well-drained cher- ries and nuts. Bake in a 9” square pan 30 to 35 min. at 350 for a metal pan or 325 for a glass pan. Serve warm with Clear Red Sauce.
Clear Red Sauce:
1/2 c. sugar 1 c. juice from cherries 2 T. corn starch 1/4 t. almond flavoring
1 c. water few drops red coloring, if desired Mix sugar and cornstarch in sauce pan. Gradually stir in the water and cherry juice; heat until thickened. Add flavoring and coloring.
8-10 servings at about 300 calories each.
A family favorite from Patty’s kitchen
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As Bob and I leave on an extended trip to the Southwest, we know we will miss friends and beautiful Scenes About Alfred. We will, however send some stored-up photos and some we think will be in- teresting from our trip.
ALFRED STATION--Your friends and neighbors at the Al- fred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church, “A 3 C church: Con- nect- Care- Community” invite you to join them for the Annual
‘All you can eat Brunch on Sun- day, March 4 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The Brunch includes Pan- cakes, French Toast, Ham, Scrambled Eggs, and Hash browns, Assorted Quiche, Sweet Rolls, Sausage Gravy and Bis- cuits Fruit Cups, Juice Coffee and Tea.
Of course there is a cost and
ALMOND--The Alfred Fra- ternal Association of University Lodge #230, F&AM and Kanakadea-McArthur Chapter
#242, Order of the Eastern Star, State of New York recently held events to raise money to support their building on Karr Valley Road, Almond.
A drawing was held on Friday evening, Feb. 10 and these win- ners are announced: Ralph Ross- man, Almond and Shirley Hoffman, Angelica each won
$500 and Doris Montgomery of Almond won a free Pan Steak Dinner.
The Association thanks every- one who participated in making these events successful, and sup- porting Masonry and Eastern Star. The next Pan Steak dinner will be Friday, March 9.
A Benefit for Pam (Grossman) Randall of Andover will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 11 at the Hornell VFW, Canisteo Street, Hornell. All are invited.
The Alfred Station Volunteer***
Fire Company will hold a Pre- Order Chicken Barbecue on Sunday, March 11, with pick-up at the Alfred Station Fire Hall from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Order deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday, March 8. Orders can be placed by calling Stearns Poultry at 587-9215. Dinners, including half a chicken BBQ, roll and butter, potato salad and baked beans, are $7. Cost of a half of chicken BBQ is $4. The fire company is also selling tickets for its gun raffle. Tickets are available from volunteer firemen or at Stearns Poultry.
NYS Comptroller Thomas Di-***
Napoli has announced results of its audit of the Birdsall Fire Company, Inc. According to the audit, the fire company board did not provide adequate over- sight of company financial activ- ity. The president did not appoint an audit committee and there was no indication in the minutes that an audit was conducted of the treasurer’s records. The min- utes did not indicate what bills the board approved for payment and auditors found no evidence that the bills were reviewed or signed by the president and sec- retary, as required.
The March Amandine Club***
meeting will be held at 2 p.m.
Thursday, March, 1 at the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Parish House. Today's program will be
Annual Brunch Sunday, March 4 to benefit church youth ministries
given by Lynne Bunke sharing about the Alfred Knitting Studio in Alfred Station.
The Wellsville Creative Arts***
Center is showcasing the art of Angie To, Alfred University pro- fessor of art, now through Satur- day, March 17. To’s work incorporates specific observa- tions from nature and infuses it with vibrant backgrounds and color patterns. She was born in Hong Kong and received her Diploma of Fine Art from the Alberta College of Art and De- sign, Calgary, Alberta, and her master of fine arts degree from Ohio State University, Colum- bus. Wellsville Creative Arts Center, located at 124 N. Main Street, provides educational op- portunities in arts entertainment and creative programming. Free parking is available one block away off Madison Street.
that cost being a gift from you of a donation, where you give what you believe the value of the meal to be balanced by what you are led to give. All donations are gratefully accepted. The dona- tions will be used to send Youth to Camp at Camp Harley Sutton, Alfred Station and Pre-Confer- ence at Camp Joy, Berea WV.
The Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church Meeting- house is located at 587-Route 244 in Alfred Station. The Meet- inghouse is located up from Robert Lawrence Trucking, Canacadea Country Store, and Baker’s Bridge Antiques; across from Hillbottom Pottery, down from the Alfred Knitting Studio, Way to Gro, Hi- Tech Ceramics, and the Bicycle Man. For further information call the church of- fice at 607-587-9176.
ALFRED--Over the last sev- eral years on behalf of the Al- fred Rural Cemetery the Evangelical Christian Churches of Alfred and Almond have de- veloped the Memorial Day Serv- ice at the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
As we keep our ears to the ground it has come to the atten- tion of the ECCAA leaders that there are others in the commu- nity who would like to have imput into the development of the Memorial Day Remem- brance.
To accommodate those who would like to have a chance to shape this community event please circle your calendar. For this purpose a meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 26 in Room 15 of the Christian Education Building at The Al- fred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church.
The church is located at 587 Route 244 in Alfred Station. The Christian Education Building is the red brick building adjacent to the church.
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More Qur-estions than An-swers Such violent carrying-ons
Over half-burned, discarded Qurans…
Did not those who shout Ever come out
Of the barbarous Age of Bronze?
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March is Red Cross Month, a time when we recognize the work done by the American Red Cross in our communities throughout southwestern New York, across the country and around the globe. It is also a time for us appreciate the tremendous local support provided by our communities and residents, and to remind ourselves how much we depend on public support to help people in need.
Thanks to support from indi- viduals, organizations and busi- nesses here in southwestern New York, the American Red Cross is able to respond to dis- asters both large and small; help members of the military, veter- ans and their families; provide blood for those in need; and teach lifesaving skills.
We want to thank those whose generosity enables us to con- tinue our work, both here at home and around the world. You can help by making a donation, becoming a volunteer, taking a class, or giving blood.
The Red Cross responds to nearly 70,000 disasters a year in this country, providing shelter, food, emotional support and other necessities to those af- fected. We provide 24-hour sup- port to members of the military, veterans and their families, col- lect and distribute more than 40 percent of the nation’s blood supply and train more than 9 million people in first aid, water safety and other life-saving skills every year.
Last year the Southwestern New York Chapter responded to 100 local emergencies, assisted 63 military families and trained 13,443 people in lifesaving skills. In addition, people from southwestern New York donated 14,230 units of blood at Red Cross blood drives. As a char- tered chapter fully integrated into regional, state, and national Red Cross response operations, volunteers from your local Chapter also provided essential support to disaster relief efforts throughout New York State and the nation. Should the time ever come when we need support here for a major disaster (as hap- pened in Binghamton and other areas of New York last fall), you can be sure that the Red Cross and its corps of trained and ded- icated volunteers will be here for us as well.
By RoBeRt MoRRison I was headed back over the railing of a Soviet trawler in 1978. We were in the middle of the Bering Sea. My last words to the captain of that rusting, foul- smelling Russian fishing vessel were about whales. "Spaceetyeh Kitov," I said. It was the literal translation of the phrase: Save the Whales.
The Soviet skipper smiled, ex- posing his stainless steel teeth.
"We know wot you mean, but that's nyegrammatnuh ¬- not grammatical. You must say 'don't kill whales.' Spaceets means to save one's soul.
Whales dunt haff souls. Only people haff souls."
That trawler's skipper, serving under the red flag of the USSR, had a better understanding of human nature than the president of the United States and his sec- retary of Health and Human Services. Only people have souls. And only people's con- sciences can be violated in the way their new HHS mandate vi- olates them.
There's been a big media-gen- erated controversy over whether an evangelist with a famous name thinks President Barack Obama is a Christian or not.
President Obama is the first Christian president to go to Egypt and proclaim the Koran
Mr. President: ‘Only People Haff Souls’
holy. He's the first to say that Islam was "revealed." He's the first Christian president ever to recite the Muslim call to prayer.
In the words of New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, he did so "with a perfect Arabic ac- cent." He has told audiences that the call to prayer is "one of the most beautiful sounds on earth."
For millions of the world's per- secuted Christians, that call to prayer can be the opening gun of an anti-Christian jihad.
Still, the president assures us he is a Christian. I must agree with the famous quote of Queen Elizabeth I: "I have no window to look into men's souls." Good Queen Bess, at least, understood that only people have souls.
While I, too, have no window to look into President Obama's soul, I can conclude by his poli- cies that he seems not to credit the rest of us with having souls.
How else to explain his militant anti-Christian, anti-Jewish HHS mandate?
This Obama mandate - con- sider that word - mandates that we all violate our consciences. It is an attack on our very souls.
What it says is that you - the hospital, the church, the reli- gious institution - must provide health care coverage for drugs that can cause abortions. You must provide coverage for ster-
ilizations. And contraception.
For those of us who are not churches, not hospitals or clin- ics, and not health care profes- sionals, we have a less direct entanglement with the Obama mandate.
Still, we are entangled. We must pay the salaries of Sec.
Kathleen Sebelius and her myr- midons. The dictionary calls a myrmidon "a loyal follower, es- pecially one who executes or- ders without question, protest, or pity - unquestioning followers."
I was detailed for a time to HHS, so "myrmidon" seems an apt descriptor of the kind of folks Sebelius will employ to en- force the Obama mandate. And they will do it with zeal.
It's what people mean when they speak of "soulless" bureau- cracy.
The media seems not to notice that only people have souls.
They are portraying this contro- versy as one that pits the Amer- ican people against the Catholic Church and its hospitals. That is wholly false. The Obama man- date is one that challenges all of us, whatever our religion.
Do not for a minute think that it stops here. If you can be man- dated to provide drugs that can cause abortions, why not man- date you to provide drugs that can end life? What is the moral difference?
Writer Paul Ramsey, a Methodist, famously wrote
"Ethics at the Edges of Life." In it, he expressed moral and theo- logical opposition to abortion and euthanasia. He taught a gen- eration of us how closely tied these questions are.
We must resist the Obama mandate. It is unjust, despotic and unconstitutional. And we must respectfully remind our president: Only people have souls.
Robert Morrison is senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council.
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Assemblyman Dan Burling (R,C-Warsaw) is fighting to maintain local services for Wyoming and Livingston County veterans by demanding that the Veterans Administration (VA) keeps its clinic in Warsaw open. Hundreds of local veterans will be negatively impacted by the scheduled March 3rd closing of the Warsaw Community Based Outpatient Clinic.
“I am deeply disappointed that the Western New York VA Healthcare System has made the decision to close its Wyoming County Clinic. This clinic has provided our veterans with an excellent source of primary care that is nearby and easily acces- sible,” said Burling. “I attended the opening of this clinic several years ago and was pleased that the VA saw value in the Warsaw location. The outstanding med- ical attention and convenient lo- cation have been especially important to our aging veteran population. They have come to rely heavily on the services that are provided at the local outpa- tient clinic.”
Assemblyman Burling has written to United States Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, Con- gresswoman Hochul and the Chief of Staff at the VA Western New York Healthcare System to ask for an explanation and de- mand the retention of expected services for Western New York veterans.
Under the proposed closure plan, services will be transferred to the Batavia campus, with bus transportation provided for eligi- ble veterans. Batavia is more than 30 minutes away, making this process cumbersome and in- convenient for veterans who rely on the primary services offered by the current Warsaw clinic.
The clinic provides Western New York veterans with preven- tative medicine, psychotherapy (including drug- and alcohol-re- lated issues), laboratory work for regular blood drawings, pre- scriptions and Radiology (chest, abdominal and extremity x- rays.).
“As a Vietnam veteran and a pharmacist, I understand the im- portance of providing basic healthcare services for my fel- low veterans here in our local communities,” said Burling.
“And I will continue to make the care of our veterans a priority.”
Constituents who support con- tinuation of local health services for veterans may visit the VA’s website, veterans.ny.gov, to voice their concerns, call As- semblyman Burling at 585-786- 0180 or email him at [email protected].
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Assemblyman Burling
fighting to maintain
Warsaw vet services
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Week of March 1-March 7, 2012 ALFRED SUN, PO Box 811, 764 Route 244, Alfred, NY 14802 607-587-8110
Fred Beckhorn’s tables invite a celebration.
Fred Beckhorn’s wooden sculptured lamp.
Schein-Joseph features ‘Eye Candy’ exhibition
Students in Alfred Professor Laurel Carpenter's upper-level Installation and Performance course collaborated on artwork for Herrick Memorial Library on campus. The "Found Object Instal- lation" incorporates used books. The artists with their work are Tim Peters Jr. of Jamestown, N.Y.; Nicole Magath, Syracuse; Megan Brzustowicz, Washington, Penn;; and Ariel Rollins-Cohen, Amherst, Mass.
ALFRED—The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ce- ramic Art at Alfred University is currently hosting a ceramics ex- hibition titled “Eye Candy.” The exhibit will be on view through Friday, March 30, with a public reception scheduled for Thurs- day, March 15 from 4:30-6 p.m.
“Eye Candy,” a colorful exhibi- tion of ceramic works, includes selections from the Museum’s Glidden, Wesp and Gloryhole collections.
The sampling from the Glid-
den Pottery Collection includes a variety of shapes and patterns.
Glidden Pottery was produced in Alfred from 1940-57. The durable stoneware vessels are a popular collectible.
The George Wesp (the late porcelain designer and importers of fine dinnerware) Collection consists of European dinnerware from the first half of the 20th century. Included in “Eye Candy” are plates, cups, saucers, and various other elements of dinnerware sets manufactured
ALFRED—A collaborative team of four Alfred University students are responsible for the
“Found Object Installation” now on display at Herrick Memorial Library on campus.
Found Object is a form of sculpture which incorporates
“used” materials. The AU stu- dent artists gathered common, everyday items, then altered them to create art.
Assistant Librarian Ellen Bahr contacted the faculty of the In- terdisciplinary Art Major with an opportunity to decorate the wall in the Leandar Common Area at
Herrick Library. Professor Lau- rel Jay Carpenter assigned her upper-level class “The Good Stuff: Found Object in Sculp- ture, Installation and Perform- ance” the task, to decorate the newly empty wall in the library.
The choice to use books was most rational theme for a library, she said, adding, the students used books that were outdated and of poor quality.
Carpenter describes the final project as “gorgeous, colorful, lyrical, rhythmic, yet strong and sure.”
The young artists whose work
is on display are Nicole Magath, Syracuse; Tim Peters, Jamestown; Megan Brzustow- icz, Washington, PA; and Ariel Rollins-Cohen, Amherst, MA.
Herrick Memorial Library is open Mondays-Thursdays 8 a.m.-1 a.m.; Fridays 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturdays 11 a.m.-11 p.m.;
and Sundays noon-1 a.m., when classes are in session.Visit http://herrick.alfred.edu/index.p hp/component/content/arti- cle/150 for a full schedule in- cluding academic breaks and holidays.
‘Found Object Installation’
displayed at Herrick Library
by Rosenthal, Tattau, Paragon, and the short-lived Latvian com- pany, Continental Ceramics.
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Choices from the Museum’s Gloryhole Collection include sculptural and functional ceram- ics by seven — A. Blair Clemo, Paul Donnelly, Michael Fujita, Claire Hedden, Andrea Marquis, Julie Moon, and Brian Taylor — of the 2007 through 2010 master of fine arts degree graduates from the School of Art & De- sign.
The Schein-Joseph Interna- tional Museum of Ceramic Art is a teaching and research facility in the College of Ceramics at Al- fred University. It houses nearly 8,000 ceramic and glass objects, ranging from pottery shards re- covered from ancient civiliza- tions to contemporary sculptures, installation pieces and advanced ceramics.
The museum features a per- manent collection of graduate thesis ceramics created by Al-
fred-educated ceramists, many of whom have gone on to earn international recognition. The Schein-Joseph Museum is on the top floor of Binns-Merrill Hall on the Alfred University cam- pus. It is open Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. but closed on University holidays.
For more information on the museum or about “Eye Candy,”
call 607-871-2421 or email the
museum at
ANDOVER--An Opening Re- ception for Fred Beckhorn’s new exhibition, “Natural Forms,” at the Artist Knot Gallery in An- dover will be held at 6 p.m. Fri- day, March 2. This catered event will feature live music and pro- vide an opportunity to meet the artist.
Beckhorn’s work explores the natural design and graceful curves of twisted branches and roots, as well as the amazing grain and color of impeccably
finished interior wood.
His process begins with the se- lection of trees that are often considered defective by foresters and the lumber industry. Fred finds beauty in trees that are partly hollow, twisted, forked close to the ground, curved, or full of knots.
He explains, “Such material would be impossible to use in conventional furniture building, but it suits my work perfectly.”
According to Gallery Director
Amy Brown, “This exhibit really show- cases Fred’s talent.
The work on display demonstrates his abil- ity to take a natural form and finely craft it into a new form that accentuates the beauty of the original piece.”
Brown went on to explain about the amount of time Fred
spends shaping and joining the wood, while still preserving the character and history of the tree (fire, drought, weather, injury, disease – which is recorded in the wood).
Originally inspired by rustic furniture as a child in the Adiron- dack Mountains (where his fam- ily has camped for generations), Beckhorn went on to study wood design and carving at Alfred University's School of Art and Design.
At Alfred, he began to develop his signature natural form pedestal table, which showcases various pedestal forms: split wood, round branch, twisted trunk, crotch, or "square tree."
Much of Fred’s inspiration and design ideas today are a result from many hours spent working in his woods.
As he states, “I'm always searching for that perfect and unique piece of wood. Most of my stock comes from my own carefully managed for- est here in western New York. I make my furniture directly from the forest, cut- ting the trees, slicing them into boards on a 40" Amish- built band saw, drying the boards in my own solar wood kiln, and finally put- ting it all together into a piece of furniture.”
Beckhorn thinks of his
“work as fine art, each piece a studio furniture sculpture built to last many lifetimes.”
“One of the beauties of Fred’s art,” Brown said, “is that it’s constantly evolving.
Fred welcomes the chal- lenge of working with sel- dom used materials, different woods and new and unique designs.”
Ultimately, Beckhorn strives
to honor the beauty of nature's design, the spirit of the whole, living tree, and the story it has to tell. Having spent his lifetime in the woods, he has begun to see trees as living sculptures.
Fred Beckhorn is a member of The Furniture Society, Northeast Woodworkers Association, American Craft Council, Interna- tional Sculpture Center, and Adirondack Museum.
“Natural Forms” opens at 6 p.m. Friday, March 2 at the Artist Knot Gallery in Andover. The Gallery is open Wednesday- Sat- urday 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and by ap- pointment. All events are free and open to the public. Visit them at 36 Main St., or on the web at www.artistknot.com, or contact directly at 607.478.5100.
The Artist Knot Gallery is the only full-time, full-service fine art gallery in the Twin-Tier re- gion.
Fred Beckhorn captures ‘Spirit of the Whole’ Opening reception 6 p.m. Friday, March 2 at Artist Knot Gallery
6 THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, March 1, 2012
HILARIOUS NEIGHBORLY ADVICE
One of the first things I learned upon moving to Alfred in March, 1969, was that the people living near me were friendly. They might invite me over for dinner in order that we should get ac- quainted, or unnecessarily give me a ride so that we could do so.
Sometimes this led to receiving advice that was useful in the short term. On one notable occasion it led to entertainment in the long term.
So credit Ellen and Dick Rulon for the fact that I have gone to see the new movie, “The Muppets,” twice in the past few weeks.
They lived just around the corner and a short block up a hill from my abode on South Main Street. As their starting point to work on the Alfred University campus was farther away than mine, they drove there. I walked. Sometimes, if the weather was bad, they would pull over, and insist that I accept a lift.
Ellen worked as the periodicals librarian at Herrick Library.
Dick was a professor in the Chemistry Department, and knew the formula for doses of hilarity. On one of these rides he asked me if I watched “The Muppet Show” on TV. As I had always thought Mup- pets were entrancing only to children, I replied that I had never done so. The ensuing brief conversation with that academic gentleman led to years of enjoyment for me. Given his advice, I readily became an avid fan of the program. My favorite Muppet of all was Animal, the berserk drummer.
I believe that it was when I was in kindergarten that I was in- troduced to rhythm sticks. Learning to strike them together in time with music, or knocking one on a triangle, was as close as I ever came to being a percussionist. Alas, during the era in which I grew up in Joplin, Missouri, the idea that girls could or should beat a drum was unheard of.
Somewhat contradictorily, pianos did not count as percussion instruments. I took piano lessons before and during a few years of grade school. As a flop, I stopped. My parents then had me take clar- inet lessons. For several years I participated in elementary and junior high school orchestras and bands.
Mr. T. Frank Coulter was the director of music at Joplin Senior High School. During the summers in Joplin, he took in student in- strument players of all ages to form an orchestra and band. At the end of the season, these two ensembles would give a concert. His daughter, then a high schooler, seemed quite deft, decorous, and suit- ably angelic while playing her enormous harp. I admired her ability.
I met the squawks produced by my clarinet, and the amazing amount of saliva which dripped out of it onto my skirt, with no admiration.
I envied the percussion players in dry clothing who made both loud and soft sounds acceptable. But I still never managed to reach touch- ing distance of drums or cymbals.
My struggles with the clarinet ended in an odd way. One day in a junior high school gym class peculiar patterns started dancing in front of my eyes. I was sent home. My father declared that I was suffering from “nervous indigestion.” He had experienced it as a child himself.
His idea was that the ailment could have resulted from the stress of having too many activities. Therefore, I was to give up playing the clarinet. Whew!
That was not to be my only experience with the visual irregu- larity, but it rarely recurs. I have learned that it goes by several names, the most impressive of which is “opthalmic migraine.” No one I know, other than my father in the 1940’s, has ever connected it to “nervous indigestion.”
Nevertheless, given the positive outcome of believing that I suf- fered from that, I keep his diagnosis up my sleeve. Someday I may pull it out and use it as an excuse for giving up another overwhelm- ing activity.
As for “The Muppets” movie, one of its musical numbers, “Man or Muppet,” was nominated for the “Best Original Song” Academy Award in 2012. In a contest with a single other nominee, it won the Oscar.
The villain in the film is Tex Richman, a slick, self-righteous, human millionaire. Some of his traits bear a similarity to those of a few actual personalities currently vying for high government office in the USA. After seeing the dysfunctional Muppets triumph over him, my own rainbow connection to Muppets, rather than Men, was confirmed.
Most definitely, I am a Muppet. I should move into Animal’s neighborhood, and get his advice on using rhythm sticks hilariously.
ALFRED—The Alfred State Drama Club will present the play Mousetrap, at the Lake Lodge, Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. followed by an opening night reception; Friday, April 13, a dinner theater performance at Lake Lodge, with dinner begin- ning at 6 p.m.; and Saturday, April 14, 7 p.m. Cost is $2 for students, $5 for the general pub- lic. Cost for the dinner theater performance is $18 per person.
A bus will provide transportation between Lake Lodge and Alfred State campus.
This British murder mystery, written by Agatha Christie, is the longest-running show in modern history, celebrating its 60th an- niversary of continual showings since it first opened in London's West End in 1952.
The play’s characters include Mollie and Giles Ralston, hus- band-and-wife proprietors of Monkswell Manor; Christopher Wren, a hyperactive young man who acts peculiarly. Mrs. Boyle, a critical older woman who is pleased by nothing; Major Met- calf, retired from the army, though little else is known about him; Miss Casewell, a strange, aloof, masculine woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her child- hood; Mr. Paravicini, a man of unknown provenance, who turns up claiming his car has over- turned in a snowdrift; and Detec- tive Sergeant Trotter, a policeman who arrives on skis due to the snow storm, saying he has come to protect the guests from a murderer.
The play begins late one after- noon. The Ralstons’ first four guests arrive: Christopher Wren, Mrs. Boyle, Major Metcalf, and Miss Casewell. An unexpected guest, Mr. Paravicini, immedi- ately makes his hosts uneasy.
The group, snowed in together, read in the newspaper that a woman has been murdered in London.
The next day, the police call on the phone, causing great alarm among the guests. Detec- tive Sergeant Trotter arrives to inform the group that he believes a murderer is at large and on the way to the Manor, following the murder in London. When one of the guests is killed, the group re- alizes that the murderer is al-
By ELIZA ORDWAY Box of Books Library Director
The Box of Books staff is issuing a plea to patrons to please re- move your books from grocery bags before putting them into our book drop. Bags with books stacked in them tend to jam up the book drop not allowing it to close and preventing others from uti- lizing this service. If you have a large amount of books to return you can always return them to the main desk as well.
We are, also, asking for help in finding books that were acciden- tally returned to the book kiosk outside of the Box of Books. The book kiosk is a great way to find some neat stuff but is no longer associated with the Box of Books. The books we are looking for are not all from the Box of Books they are: Crazy like a fox, The trouble with granddad, Faint frogs feeling feverish, What! Cried Garnny and What’s under my bed? Please if you have the books or know of someone who might have picked them up a few weeks ago please encourage their return to the library.
Coming up on March 29th; the Annual Chicken Barbeque to sup- port the Box of Books. Orders will be taken at the Box of Books, preorder and payment is required. More details to follow in next week’s article.
I am currently taking suggestions for new book orders. An order will be placed very soon so get your suggestions in. You can send them via email to [email protected] or make them at the library.
Upcoming events at the Box of Books (the most up to date pro- gram information can be found on our website at www.alfredbox- ofbookslibrary.org)
March 2nd at 11 am; Mother Goose on the Loose
March 5th at 11am; Stretch and Grow makes its return. This pro- gram is Music and movement for toddlers and their caregiver.
March5th at 7 pm; Box of Books Board meeting.
March 8th at 4 pm; Build a Leprechaun Trap. Make a trap to catch those pesky leprechauns on St. Patty’s day, using recycled materials.
Please register for this event, feel free to bring some extra materials from home to help build your “trap”
ALFRED—Alfred University’s Art Force Five will travel to Brooklyn, from March 6-8, to present a series of creativity work- shops to elementary school children.
The workshops, hosted by Brooklyn’s Red Hook Initiative Center, UFT Charter School, and Public School 33 in Queens Village, will address conflict-solving techniques and offer creative, non-violent methods for solving problems and addressing conflict. The main focus will be using community-based art to improve society.
Funded by AU Director of Student Activities Dan Napolitano in 2006, the Art Force Five aims to use community-based art as a way to improve society.
“Community-based art provides a productive and creative outlet for community members to express emotion and a diversity of view- points,” says Napolitano. “Such projects can be used as a means to heal in the wake of tragedy, celebrate in response to triumph, or just acknowledge those issues that shape our lives.”
According to Napolitano, the Art Force Five presents an alterna- tive method of being a “superhero,” resolving conflicts through cre- ative non-violence instead of traditional “fight-or-flight” methods.
Members of the group take on superhero alter-egos representing their preferred art forms, including drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and fashion.
The program plans to return to Brooklyn for public performances in the near future. Questions or inquiries can be sent to Napolitano at [email protected] or by calling 607-871-2925.
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ALFRED—The Hinkle Me- morial Library on the Alfred State campus will host a photo exhibit by faculty member Michael Colomaio, a lecturer in the Social and Behavioral Sci- ences Department at the college, March 1 through 25. A photog- rapher’s reception will be held Thursday, March 1, from 4-6 p.m. All are welcome.
The exhibit is titled “Mise Eire” (I Am Ireland), from the title of a poem by Patrick Henry Pearse, leader of the Easter Re- bellion of 1916, and boasts more than 50 color landscape photo- graphs.
The photos in the exhibit were taken during the artist’s “three trips to Ireland: 2008 with Alfred State Alumni, 2010 with family and friends, and 2011 with close friends Brian and Marlee Can- non from Wellsville. Many show the wilder west coast area with the rugged mountains and rocky coast line.”
The exhibit may be viewed during normal Library hours:
Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.;
Saturday, 1 – 7 p.m.; and Sun- day, 1 – 11 p.m.
Photo exhibit at Hinkle Library
ready present among them.
Within minutes, the investiga- tion begins. Each character is scrutinized and suspected. It quickly becomes obvious that the killer could be any one of the guests, or even the hosts them- selves. The characters re-enact the second murder, trying to pre- vent a third.
At last, Sergeant Trotter as- sembles everyone in the hall with a plan to set a trap for one
of the suspects. The murderer's identity is divulged near the end of the play.
By tradition, at the end of each performance, audiences are asked not to reveal the identity of the killer to anyone outside the theatre, to ensure that the end of the play is not spoiled for fu- ture audiences. Want to know whodunit? Join Alfred State’s Drama Club for its spring per- formance!
AU’s Art Force Five
to travel to Brooklyn
THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, March 1, 2012 7
This last week brought impor- tant developments for the towns in New York State that seek to protect themselves from high volume, slickwater, horizontal hydrofracking through the use of their local zoning laws.Both the towns of Dryden (Tompkins Co.) and Middlefield (Otsego Co.) used zoning to ban gas drilling and heavy industry within their jurisdictions and both towns were sued, each by different plaintiffs. This week in two sep- arate decisions, two State Supreme Court judgesruled in favor of the towns, strongly af- firming home rule. Both deci- sions acknowledge that state law regulates gas drilling, but that it is the right of municipalities to determine land use and permissi- ble activities via zoning.
On August 2, 2011 the town of Dryden amended its zoning ordi- nance to ban all activities related to the exploration for, and pro- duction or storage of natural gas or petroleum. The town was sued by the Anschutz Exploration Corporation. Anschutz claimed that the New York State Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law over- rides all local ordinances related to natural gas drilling. Tompkins County Supreme Court Judge Phillip Rumsey disagreed and ruled that although the Oil, Gas, and Solution Mining Law does indeed regulate those industries, they are still subject to local reg- ulations and zoning.
Mahlon Perkins, Dryden town attorney stated, “That was the crux of the town’s argument all along… it is important to re- member that this case is not about fracking….this case is about land-use authority. It comes down to whether a munic- ipality that has land-use author- ity-- such as a village, city, or town can determine where heavy industrial uses are allowed or if they are allowed, and it is not about regulating the industry.”
State Assemblywoman Bar- bara Lifton, whose district in- cludes the town of Dryden,said she was not surprised by the rul- ing.“I cannot say that I am shocked because I think the argu- ments for home rule are very compelling… I am thrilled the judge gave us a fair hearing and upheld our State’s tradition of home rule. It was a very logical decision and one that I strongly agree with.”
On June 28, 2011 the town of Middlefield enacted a zoning law that prohibited heavy indus-
try and all new oil, gas, and so- lution mining. On October 28, 2011 the town of Middlefield was sued by a landowner who had signed a lease with a gas companyclaiming that the lease superseded the zoning law and that the zoning law should be de- clared void. In the second ruling last week, State Supreme Court Justice Donald Cerio affirmed that the town of Middlefield was within its rights under state law to ban oil and gas drilling. Judge Cerio, like Judge Rumsey,af- firmed New York State’s right to regulatehowthe gas industry op- erates, and the towns right to de- termine where that industry may or may not operate.
Both decisions are expected to be appealed.
I think it is important to re- member that on Thursday, Dec.
8 the Alfred Town Board adopted a resolution to become a “friend of the court” in the Dryden and Middlefield proceedings. The Board passed unanimously a statement in “support of its sister towns in order to reassert the right of municipalities through- out New York State to determine what land uses are appropriate through the municipal home rule powers granted by the New York State Constitution and the New York Municipal Home Rule Law.”
In response to these two rul- ings Helen and David Slottje, lawyers who helped draft Al- fred’s one year moratorium on hydrofracking said, “…Local elected officials across the state have stood strong and stood to- gether, with the unflinching backing of so many of their resi- dents….This strength and re- silience was tested by these lawsuits….[B]ecause the mem- bers of the town boards in Dry- den and Middlefield were willing to exercise their right to protect their citizens and stood firm in their convictions, we now have definitive answers from two separate courts that clearly support community rights.”
As reported in Rochester’s De- mocrat and Chronicle, when Governor Cuomo was asked about municipalities’ rights to enact bans against gas drilling he said, “… I believe that it’s up to the courts. And if the courts say they have that right, they have that right.”
The right of towns to deter- mine their own fate and protect their very nature and characteris something that we have taken for
granted. Fracking has changed all of that. We have now received legal affirmation of this right and I find this extremely heartening.
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The actual court documents are interesting to read. To find them type into your search en- gine “Schoharie ValleyWatch.”
Click on the link to their home page. On the home page look to the center column entitled “SVW updates”. The Middlefield docu- ment was posted on 2/24/12 and the Dryden document on 2/22/12. Both links will take you to a short summary and within the summary will be a link that will take you to the actual court document.
While you are on the home page of the Schoharie Valley Watch I would suggest viewing a video, “Heavy Fraffic.” This is a short film of ones man’s expe- rience in Pennsylvania with the hugeamount of truck traffic fracking has brought to his com- munity. You can find this video on the right side of the home page.
SCIO--Over 30 Allegany County 4-H’ers and Cloverbuds gave exceptional performances at their annual Public Presenta- tions event held on Saturday, Feb. 4 at Scio Central School.
Each participant gave an il- lustrated talk in front of 2 judges, and a small audience.
Their performance was then evaluated in these areas; appear- ance, voice and posture; subject matter, topic and information;
and presentation. Some of the aspects of presentation included equipment, charts, grammar and organization.
The Allegany County 4-H program serves over 300 youth from all over the county. It is strongly supported by teen and adult volunteers, which are the backbone of the 4-H program.
Community volunteers and friends of 4-H from around the county. Thank you to the fol- lowing for your contribution at the 2012 Public Presentations;
Kathleen MacDonald and Dawn Santangelo, along with judges Debbie Thompson, Jim Keough, Francine Forrest and Billy Mur- phy.
The contestants chosen for the Evie Karn Memorial are sen-
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ior member’s Tyler Cline, Abby Luzier, Rachel Beiler, Karlie Jackson, Erin Smith, Molly Emerson and Alyssa Santangelo.
The junior member’s chosen were MacKenzie Hamer, Sarah Marsh, Morgan Hamer, Sarah Beiler, Teven Cline, Anna Bliss, Elana Emerson, Haylee Jozwiak, Emily Lyman and Noah Santangelo.
The Regional Horse win- ners was Senior member Erin Smith. The Senior Winners of Evie Karn were also selected to represent Allegany County at the Western District Public Presen- tations to be held in May in Cat- taraugus County.
Congratulations to everyone for a job well done. If you are interested in learning more about this program or any of the pro- grams that 4-H has to offer, please contact Michelle at 585- 268-7644 ext. 11 or by email at [email protected]. 4-H.. it's much more than you ever IMAGINED!
