Teresa Gaisser- Bent relaxing with The Sun while va- cationing in Bermuda with her husband Ron in September (for their anniversary).
This picture was taken on the ferry at The Royal Naval Dockyard heading to Hamilton for a day of sightseeing.
It was a wonderful
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By JAMES STAAS of the Buffalo News staff Beth Walkowicz had planned on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 being her last day at work, teaching riding at the Walnut Grove horse farm she and her husband, Jeff, own on Genesee Street in Alden.
Her baby wasn’t due until Jan.
6, so she figured she would have nearly a week to get ready for the arrival of their first child.
But the baby had other plans.
Kate Elizabeth Walkowicz was born at 4:16 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo, the first baby of the new year in Erie County, according to the Catholic Health hospital.
“We were definitely sur- prised,” the 32-year-old new mom said about 10 hours after giving birth.
She stood in her room in the maternity ward, with her 33- year-old husband next to her, smiling and gently rocking the baby in his arms.
Beth started having contrac- tions around 8 p.m. Tuesday, and by 7 p.m. Wednesday, the couple headed to the hospital in the midst of a lake-effect snow- storm.
“It was a fun drive,” Jeff said, adding that the blowing snow created some extra pressure on him and his wife as they looked forward to the impending birth.
By NICHOLAS ROZARD Special to the Alfred Sun
So far I have received donations from many people. Thank you all, I feel very sup- ported! I have already put that money to good work.
I’ve hired a temporary lab technician to run my microbiology lab, Alfredian John Buck- walter! John is now responsible for growing bacteria and running it through the filter to see how much comes through alive, a formi- dable task. This frees up about five hours per week of my time and also gives us higher quality results than I could get on my own.
John is the perfect person for the job. He recently retired from teaching biology at Al- fred State College and then used the first part of his retirement to travel to China teaching microbiology and chemistry to environmen- tal engineering students.
Not only does he have decades of labora- tory and teaching experience, he is an Alfred community member, and he is the father of
Esther Buckwalter who traveled to Indonesia with me in 2011.
To this day Esther continues to help by ed- iting these updates, and generally supporting the water filter work. Fun fact: John and I also volunteer together with the local fire and ambulance department.
Please join me in welcoming John Buck- walter to the water filter team. John we look forward to your data!
Thanks to Corine Pettit for editing. And many thanks to all of you for the donations so far!
Make donations to Alfred Friends Meeting, P.O. Box 773, Alfred NY 14802. Alfred Friends Meeting has decided to support me personally through the next few months of re- search.
[Editor’s Note: The Alfred Sunis happy to publish occasional updates on this long- term project to provide affordable water filters to help bring clean water to those in third world countries such as Indonesia.]
ALFRED NATIVE delivers Erie County’s first baby of 2015--Beth (Harris) Walkowicz and her husband Jeff of Alden welcome Kate Elizabeth Walkowicz, born at 4:16 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1.
Nick Rozard and John Buckwalter in the Microbiology lab in Alfred.
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Alfred native delivers first 2015 baby in Erie County
He said he had a feeling the drive to the hospital would come during a snowstorm after having experienced the November dou- ble lake-effect storms that hit Alden and other communities especially hard.
But the drive took about 40 minutes, only 10 minutes longer than usual, he said.
When the new year arrived, the two were in the delivery room, too busy to celebrate the first moments of 2015.
“Midnight kind of slipped by us,” Jeff said.
“It rolled right by,” Beth added.
The champagne toast will have to come later, as the couple arrived at the hospital without a bottle of bubbly.
“We weren’t that organized,”
Jeff said.
The new dad, who handles maintenance duties at the horse farm and commutes to his fire- fighting job in Rochester, said he had hoped the baby would be born before Jan. 1, so the couple could claim a deduction on their 2014 income tax return.
“But when that window closed, I was hoping we would have the first baby of the new year,” he said.
Beth didn’t think about either of those possibilities.
“I had one goal: To have a healthy baby,” she said, adding that her husband had the same
goal.
For the record, their daughter weighs 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measures 21 inches long. She is named for her mother’s college friend who kept the couple to- gether during their first year at Alfred University. Her middle
name, Elizabeth, is the same as Beth’s grandmother.
After meeting at Alfred in 2001, the two married in 2008.
They bought the horse farm in 2011. They are hoping to return home with their newborn on Fri- day.
[Editor’s Note: Beth is the daughter of long-time Alfredi- ans George and Mary Harris.
The story and photograph were first published in The Buffalo News and is used by permission, with much appre- ciation.]
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DUANE A. HURLBURT Loved anything outdoors ANDOVER - Duane A. Hurl- burt, 44, of Andover, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2014 at home.
Mr. Hurlburt was born on March 22, 1970 in Coudersport,
PA, to Duane J. and Gloria J.
(Hamilton) Hurlburt.
Duane hunted and sold natu- rally growing ginseng and ran a small engine repair shop. He previously worked for Larry's Sport Center in Galeton, PA and Howard's Inc. in Coudersport, PA.Duane is survived by one daughter, Krystle (Nathan Higley) Hurlburt of Millersburg, PA; three sisters, Sue Ann (Don- ald) Hutton of Colesport, PA and Gloria Jean (Ray Button) Hurl- burt and Rose (Dave) Slater, both of Wellsville; three broth- ers, James L. (Lisa A. Webb) Hurlburt and Ronald L. (Leigha) Hurlburt, both of Andover and John W. Hurlburt of Bolivar; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Addition- ally, he leaves behind his dog
Duane Hurlburt hunted ginseng, repaired engines
Kolesar was 2014 A-A graduate Elaine Smith Liddell was nurse
Louise Bird worked at Stearns Poultry 30 years
David Ohara taught English, Film at Alfred Univ.
and "best friend," Bam Bam.
In addition to his mother, he was recently predeceased by his father, Duane J. Hurlburt on Dec. 12, 2014 and one sister, Marian Vansicle.
Duane was known as a man with a big heart. He loved any- thing outdoors. He liked four wheel riding, hiking, fishing, ginseng hunting and snowmobil- ing. He enjoyed jamming on his bass guitar, working on anything mechanical or just plain helping people.
There was no prior visitation.
A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29 at the Andover Fire Hall.
Arrangements were under the direction of Baker-Swan Funeral Home in Andover. Online con- dolences may be offered at www.baker-swan.com.
HUNTER S. KOLESAR A-A grad, excellent wrestler HORNELL—Hunter S. Kole- sar, 19, of the Reservoir Road, Hornell, formerly of Alfred Sta- tion, passed away Thursday, Jan.
1, 2015 at Robert Packer Hospi- tal in Sayre, PA.
Born in Ft. Pierce, FL on Oct.
23, 1995, Hunter graduated with the class of 2014 at Alfred-Al- mond Central School, where he participated in various sports, excelling in wrestling. He also graduated from the Steuben-Al- legany County BOCES, Wild- wood Campus in Hornell, where he studied heavy equipment.
Hunter was an avid hunter and fisherman and especially en- joyed spending time with his many friends.
His loving family includes his mother and step-father, Bobby Jo and Shawn LaVerde of Hor- nell; his father, David Kolesar of Lady Lake, FL; his son, Dane Scott Kolesar of Michigan;
Dane’s mother, Kendra Trout- man, also of Michigan; his sister, LOUISE BIRD
Made many handmade afghans ALFRED - Louise Bird, who resided for 65 years on McAn-
drews Road in the Town of Al- fred and recently lived on Main Street in Andover, died on Sat- urday, Dec. 13, 2014 at the Dar- lington Oaks Community Hospice in Verona, Mississippi after suffering a stroke while visiting family. She was born May 17, 1924 in Howard to the late Charles and Bertha Free- land.
Louise worked at Stearns' Poultry for over 30 years and helped her husband, Victor, on their family farm. She enjoyed reading, crocheting and knitting.
Many own her handmade afghans.
They raised seven children, Sandra DeNovellis, Stewart (Kathy) Bird, Beryl (Marcia)
Bird, Esther Howard, Elmer (JoAnn) Bird, Mary (Jud) Stearns, Vicky (Jack) Wells.
They had 21 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren and 3 great great granchildren.
Louise was predeceased by her parents, four brothers Robert, Charles, Oliver and her twin Louis Freeland, three sis- ters Winifred Perkins, Elizabeth Cleveland, Edith Reith, her hus- band Victor, a son Edward, granddaughter Jacquelyn, and great granddaughter Jayme.
She attended the Philips Creek Mennonite Church.
Burial will be at a later date at the Hillside Cemetery in An- dover.
DR. DAVID M. OHARA Long-time AU prof Dr. David M. Ohara of Alfred, NY, died on Saturday, 27 De- cember 2014, at home after a long battle with congestive heart failure. He was born on March 10, 1927 in Hiroshima, Japan and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He graduated from Graceland University, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins, and University of Pennsylvania where he re- ceived his PHD in English Lit- erature. David Ohara served as a Specialist Third Class in the Armed Forces at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
He later became a Professor of English and Film at Alfred Uni- versity. He won both the Excel- lence in Teaching Award and the Alumni Association's Faculty Friend Award. He was asked to
chair a David Ohara Lecture Se- ries which hosted prominent speakers on Film and Literature.
He was the founder of the Nevins Campus Theatre. Upon retiring he continued as an Emeritus Professor.
David inspired many whether they be his students, fellow col- leagues, family, community or even strangers while on his trav- eling adventures with his beloved wife, Maggie. He was a creative intellectual who em- braced the written word yet lived and shared its great knowledge, wit, and humor through his elo- quent lectures, his Noel Coward banter, his Sinatra crooning, or even a dance, whirling with Maggie in Astaire and Rogers style.
He was a strong advocate of education and culture, believing that they opened a person's hori- zon to fully appreciate the world and understand people. He felt that discipline, hard work, and a desire to achieve were important yet, in the pursuit of those goals, one must enjoy the day because
"you could be struck by light- ning any moment!"
David possessed that unique charisma, charm, and style that made him memorable and a stand-out in a crowd. He was a cultured man with a great aes- thetic sense of film, music, art,
and fashion. His doctors and nurses would make comments on his chic ensembles during visits. He was a voracious eater, a "foodie", who loved seafood, ethnic food, and he had a sweet tooth. David could chomp on a crab leg, feast on sushi and sashimi: eel was one of his fa- vorites, and eat ice cream every day.During his later years, he watched all the cooking shows and created numerous dishes from a variety of chefs: Ina Garten mainly, Childs, and Drummond and pored through the family's cherished recipe books that had Hawaiian, Japan- ese, and Chinese dishes.
David Ohara will be greatly missed by the countless students he taught who remember him with fondness and respect, his colleagues, and especially his family. He is survived by:
daughter Stacey Kiyo Ohara of Los Angeles CA; son Darren and his wife Deb of Almond;
grandson Justin and his wife Kirsten of Hornell; and great granddaughters Mackenzie and Jaden. According to David's wishes, there will be neither a viewing nor a memorial service.
Memorial contributions can be sent to the Alfred Ambulance Company or the Homecare Hos- pice-Wellsville Office.
Alyssa (Dustin) Austin of Alfred Station; his two nieces, Leah and Alexa Lynn Austin; his brother, Brett Michael Hurd (fiance', Christine Reil) of Buffalo; his maternal grandparents, Teeka and Michael Sherman of West Almond; his maternal great- grandmother, Velma Sherman of Canisteo; his paternal grandfa- ther, Fred (Cantina) Kolesar of Florida; also his many loving aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
He was predeceased by his pa- ternal grandmother, Barbara Kolesar.
The Bishop & Johnson Fu- neral Home, Inc. in Hornell is honored to serve the family of Hunter Scott Kolesar.
Calling hours were from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 at the Bishop & Johnson Funeral Home, Inc., 285 Main St., Hor- nell. Following the callings hours at 7 p.m. a Celebration of Life was held at the Carducci Lodge (Sons of Italy), 70 Erie Ave., Hornell.
The family would appreciate the courtesy of no flowers.
Those wishing may contribute in his memory to a college fund to be established for his son, Dane, in care of Bobby Jo LaVerde, 7805 Reservoir Road, Hornell, NY 14843 (please make checks payable to Dane Scott Kolesar) or to the Alfred-Almond Alumni Association, in care of Kathy Snyder, P.O. Box 1134, Alfred, N.Y., 14802.
Envelopes for memorial con- tributions were available at the funeral home.
Online condolences or re- membrances are welcomed at www.bishopandjohnsonfuneral- home.com.
ELAINE M. (SMITH) LIDDELL Born in Hornell, studied nursing at Alfred State
FARMINGTON/SENECA FALLS—Elaine M. (Smith) Liddell, 37, of Stoney Way, Farmington, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014 at F.F.
Thompson Hospital, Canandaigua.
The family will receive family and friends at the Doran Funeral Home, 4 E. Bayard St., Seneca Falls, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015 followed by a funeral service at the funeral home at 1 p.m. with Reverend James Fennessy and Lena Shipley of St. Fran- cis/St. Clare Parish, officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Waterloo. If desired, contributions may be made toward a trust fund for Elaine's children, c/o Aaron Liddell, 36 Troy St, Seneca Falls, NY 13148.
Elaine was born in Hornell on Dec. 21, 1977, the daughter of Ed- ward and Ella Kemp Smith. She was brought up in Hornell and had resided in the Farmington-Canandaigua area for 10 years. She was a graduate of Alfred State College where she earned her associates degree in nursing. She was currently employed as a registered nurse at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Canandaigua.
She is survived by her husband and partner of 9 years, Aaron Lid- dell of Farmington, whom she married on Nov. 9, 2013; a daughter, Allyson Liddell of Farmington; three sons, Gavin, Derek, and Colin McCumiskey, all of Canandaigua; her parents – Edward (Betsy) Smith of Almond, and Ella and Dan Overton of Hornell; a sister, Erica (Anthony) Giallella of East Aurora; a brother, Edward (Jen- nifer) Smith of Arkport; her grandmothers, Esther Smith of Almond, Beverly Kemp of Hornell; a half-sister, Erin Smith of Almond; her mother-in-law, Martha Liddell of Seneca Falls; her sister-in-law, Carolyn (Brian) DeMillo of Seneca Falls; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Elaine was predeceased by her grandfathers, Frank Smith and Howard Kemp and her grandmother, Helen Overton and her father- in-law, Harry Liddell.
Please visit doranfuneralhome.com.
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[Editor’s Note: Our Sunny Side Up columnist since October 2001, Ellen Shultz, passed away Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. The following was her last submission, for our Jan. 1, 2015 issue, which was sub- sequently delayed until this week. Ellen will be dearly missed.]
Thinking ahead to New Year’s Eve, here’s a super easy party bean dip and, since it uses the slow cooker, you already have your serving dish. This is a great choice when you are expecting a crowd.
Use any leftovers to make the base of a tostada salad-pile on top of a few chips and top with shredded lettuce and cheese, chopped toma- toes, avocado, scallions, and salsa.
The recipe is from The Best Slow Cooker Cookbook Ever by Natalie Haughton.
Party Bean Dip
1 lb. lean ground beef pinch of cayenne, to taste
1 lg. onion, chopped ½ c. chopped pimento-stuffed olives 1 c. ketchup 1½ c. shredded cheddar cheese 1 T. chili powder tortilla chips & fresh cut-up vegetables 1½ tsp. ground cumin ½ tsp. garlic powder
In a large skillet, cook the beef with the onion over med.-high heat, stirring until browned, 6-8 min. Drain off any fat. Turn into a 3½ qt. slow cooker. Add beans mashing up to half of them with a fork. Stir in ketchup, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, cayenne, and olives until well mixed. Cover and cook on high 1½ hours or on low setting for 3 hours. Stir in 1c. of the cheese, mixing well.
Top with the remaining ½ c. cheese. Serve immediately with tortilla chips and fresh vegetables. Refrigerate any leftovers.
Ellen Shultz will certainly be missed
THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, January 1-8, 2015 3
Kelly’s Forecast
By KELLY SNYDER Alfred Sun Weather
Forecaster
“An overcast sky makes all the colors of winter more intense”
―Andrea Gill Thursday Jan. 8
CLOUDY (HIGH 15 – LOW 12) Chance of precipitation...0%
Friday Jan. 9 SNOW SHOWERS (HIGH 17– LOW 4) Chance of precipitation...40%
Saturday Jan. 10 MOSTLY CLOUDY (HIGH 16 – LOW 14) Chance of precipitation...10%
Sunday Jan. 10 CLOUDY (HIGH 27 - LOW 18) Chance of precipitation...10%
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don’t like the weather in Alfred just wait five minutes!
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Weather for the Week
Dec. 23-Jan. 5 Dec. Hi Lo Precip. Snow
23 39 17 .01”
24 46 39 0
25 53 35 .20”
26 38 32 Trace
27 47 27 0
28 51 32 .30”
29 38 21 Trace 30 30 12 .02” 0.4”
31 25 13 .01” 0.2”
Jan.1 23 7 Trace Trace
2 33 15 0
3 26 15 .04” 0.3”
4 53 25 .31” 0
5 53 14 .20” 0.6”
December Summary:
Avg. high: 37 Avg. low: 24
Highest Temp: 55 (Dec. 1) Lowest: 12 (Dec. 30) Precipitation: 2.34”
Snowfall: 8.6”
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ALMOND-The Alfred Frater- nal Association of Kanakadea- McArthur Chapter #242, OES and University Lodge #230 will
serve a public Pan Steak dinner Friday, Jan. 9 at the Lodge build- ing, Karr Valley Road, Almond.
Dinners consist of pan steak
and gravy, real mashed potatoes, vegetable, roll, dessert and bev- erage. Prices for adults are $9 while children under 12 are $4.
Serving starts at 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. or all is gone.
Proceeds go towards upkeep of Fraternities Hall. There is plenty of parking in the rear of the building. For directions or more information, call Mary-Lou Cartledge, 587-8071.
Eastern Star to meet The holidays are over and it is time for Eastern Star meetings and fellowship to resume. The first regular meeting of 2015 for Kanakadea-McArthur Chapter
#242 will be held at Fraternities Hall on Karr Valley Road, Al- mond on Wednesday, Jan. 14.
The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. with Installation of new Of- ficers, the Historian’s Report and other business due to the cancel- lation of our December meeting.
All Eastern Star and Masonic members of good standing are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be enjoyed after the meeting.
Says that raiding Social Security Trust Fund threatens seniors
WASHINGTON-Congressman Tom Reed announced Tuesday that he is joining Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) as a co-sponsor of an amend- ment to proposed House rules for the 114th Congress. The amend- ment would protect the Social Security Trust Fund from being raided in order to bail out the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Trust Fund. If no solution is agreed to, SSDI is projected by its trustees to go bankrupt in 2016. “That is unacceptable,” Reed said.
“Anyone who cares about finding a fair solution for both the cata- strophically disabled who depend on SSDI and senior citizens who depend on Social Security knows that we must find a long-term so- lution which protects both of them rather than a short term band aid which threatens them both.”
“I raised this issue nearly a year ago when Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was in front of the Ways and Means Committee,” Reed ex- plained. “The Obama Administration has no solution except to take funds from Social Security itself. Social Security retirement funds have been raided far too many times for far too many years. My in- tention by doing this is to force us to look for a long term solution for SSDI rather than raiding Social Security to bail out a failing fed- eral program. Retired taxpayers who have paid into the system for years deserve no less.”
GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL...
ROCHESTER- Average retail gasoline prices in Rochester have fallen 7.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.80/g on Monday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 319 gas outlets in Rochester. This compares with the national average that has fallen 7.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.19/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
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After an overcast late autumn, Alfred welcomes the sun on the sec- ond day of winter. In this photo, taken on Tuesday, December 22, 2014, it lights the beginning of the steel skeleton of the Schein- Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, and pools on the frozen ground around it.
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ENERGY COMPLICATIONS
Over the Christmas Holiday season I used some of my “free time” to study some of the big- ger stories of the past year. Some significant and fascinating things are happening in the world of energy. However, the issues involved are incredi- bly complex. Unfortunately the mainstream media tends to ignore complex issues and focus on things that are sensational, but shallow. Unfortunately, the media’s failure to cover this story means that the public never gets educated about these truly im- portant developments.
In recent years the energy industry has been transformed. That transformation has been world- wide in extent, and transcends numerous indus- tries. Just a few years ago the American energy industry was in decline, with a very gloomy out- look. For better or worse, the industry was trans- formed by new technologies including directional drilling, hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), and seismic testing that showed where oil and gas re- serves were located. Slowly at first, but then more rapidly, the new technologies have opened up huge reserves of both natural gas and oil. America is now on the verge of energy independence, and could begin exporting fuel (with some statutory changes) in the near future. Many geographic areas have experienced economic booms as employment and wealth have soared. New York hasn’t partici- pated because of our state’s position banning fracking.
Whether you oppose or support fracking, the reality is that we have all been impacted by it. The most obvious impact is lowered fuel prices. Be- cause of the dramatic increase in the fuel supply the price of fuel, including natural gas, fuel oil, electricity, gasoline, etc., have plummeted. This has been great for consumers. It has also helped numerous industries hurt by the Great Recession to get back on their feet. Cheaper energy costs is one of the major reasons that America has recov- ered from the Great Recession faster than most other countries. This has helped create jobs, reduce product prices, and enabled various government
programs to cut back.
The shift in energy supplies has had interna- tional political impact. The Middle East is still im- portant, but no longer has the ability to dictate energy policy to the rest of the world. This has en- abled America, Europe, Japan and China to oper- ate with greater independence than previously.
Perhaps the greatest recent impact has been on Russia. In recent years western and central Europe have been critically dependent on Russia for nat- ural gas for home heating and industrial purposes.
The glut of energy has forced down prices for nat- ural gas. This is causing huge problems for Russia, as well as Middle Eastern energy producers. Prices have dropped by more than 60% over recent months, and may soon drop further. What will this mean for Russia? Will it force out Vladimir Putin, as suggested by some commentators? Will it force Putin to change some of his policies in Ukraine and other areas?
Most of us are thrilled with the lower prices at the gasoline pump, and for home heating bills.
However, those lower prices mean that energy companies are making a lot less money than they were a few years ago. As a result there have been recent reductions in new drilling, exploration and development. Eventually this trend will result in reduced supplies and increased prices. This is a known and totally predictable cycle. There is re- ally no way to control or prevent the cycle from operating. The key is to recognize it, and take ad- vantage of the opportunities it offers, while avoid- ing the pitfalls that it brings.
Both as individuals, and as government, we need to engage in long-term planning. We cannot just react to circumstances, and ignore the long- term impacts. We must also learn to accept reason- able risks and costs, while rejecting short-term advantages, that have unacceptable long-term con- sequences. There are very few perfect solutions, that don’t involve making reasonable tradeoffs. We must balance the good and bad. As noted at the be- ginning of this article, this stuff is incredibly com- plicated. It is also extremely important.
4 THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, January 1-8, 2015
Too early to celebrate?
Mario Cuomo’s death
Legislators & fracking
Do Not Go Gentle Into That New Year Who Holds the ReinsOr,
Reigns Old Man Fourteen’s breathed his last, His days of reigning waning fast.
The reins of power now are shifting Making way for Baby Fifteen.
—O. Nonymous To the Editor:
It may be a little too early for us to celebrate a victory over fracking, in NYS or in the Town of Alfred. The news article,
"What Can Happen When Cities Confront the Oil and Gas Indus- try", by Jack Healy, The NY Times, 1/4/15, should be alarming but also does provide some im- portant information on what ap- pears to lie ahead in our nation's battle against fracking, at first glance. The language being used in the industry's court efforts to nullify local rule, appears in part to be establishing that such bans are depriving their industry of fu- ture profits. It is by far, looking like a more sinister future than we could have imagined.
If you have been following the leaked information on parts of the TPP treaty which is currently being negotiated, in secret, by President Obama, internationally, there is a stipulation in it that any laws, rules or regulations estab- lished by a sovereign government can be bypassed, through court action, to protect the future prof- its blocked by those government restrictions, or when the corpora- tions win their court battles, tax- payers will be held responsible for paying the suing corporations for those claimed, future losses.
The treaty, if it is passed into law, will, irreversibly, legalize corpo- rate claims to tax monies almost everywhere these legal suits are filed.
It is my belief that President Obama and others involved, are actually committing high treason against our Constitution and this country by sponsoring a treaty which will subvert the laws of the land, with the tacit approval and help of many members of Con- gress, Republicans and Democ-
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rats, who may see themselves benefiting politically, and possi- bly financially, by giving their support and votes to this conspir- acy. It is truly an internal attack against our democracy and the rule of law.
If the TPP treaty is ratified by the Congress and signed into law by President Obama, we are liter- ally "screwed" in more ways than by fracking being allowed, over our community's objections. This will put the 1% and multinational corporations fully in control of our country, perhaps "world wide", with the taxpayers made libel for any and all losses corpo- rations, here and abroad, incur due to the standing or future laws and our government agencies' regulations.
When the general public, on mass, finally becomes aware of what is happening, it may be too late. And this does provide some understanding about why our civil police forces across the country are being militarized and are increasingly acting out vio- lently and lethally against un- armed citizens, with the protection of our justice system.
Those efforts, in my opinion, are designed to make the public even more fearful of our own police, thus keeping us from rebelling against this, rallying, uniting to oppose this coming treachery and eventually, taking to the streets in protest. It is not just the Black communities that should be scared; this is targeting us all, along with our democracy.
It may sound like a Hollywood movie script; but believe me, it is coming. Anyone involved with the "push back" against TPP will likely be intimidated, harassed, and vilified, publicly. Perhaps even worse. But if we truly wish to save our democracy, it must be risked everyone. Being a good citizen is not always as easy as just voting in elections.
Douglass Turner Alfred
Dear Editor,
At the time of Mario Cuomo's death, many of us in Allegany
County NY are grateful to him for calling off the planning of a low level radioactive landfill in our county in April 1990 when NY troupers met with local citi- zens and also their Clydesdale horses in Caneadea NY.
The governor did not stop there: He himself submitted to the US Supreme Court the prob- lem of siting a Low Level Ra- dioactive Landfill in a county in NY to serve the entire northeast nuclear industry. The Supreme Court of course accepted the case that a governor brought before them and they decided in favor of Allegany County. in 1992. Alle- gany County was not required to provide a low level radioactive landfill for the nuclear power in- dustry in the northeast.
Mario Cuomo died on the first day of the New Year. One of his last public appearance with his son Andrew was to bravely cheer the crowd holding up his hand to- gether with his son just before the Nov 4, 2014 election. Mario Cuomo lived to see his son an- nounce after that election in 2014 that he would not permit high volume horizontal hydrofracking in New York State at this time be- cause the health effect on humans is not complete. How fortunate that Cuomo senior lived to see this courageous decision of his son. ( Experts have emphasized that this decision does not effect vertical fracking using less than 300,000 gallons being done in NY for some time as compared to the 5 million gallons along with various chemicals required for a single horizontal frack).
Read more detail about that de- cision of his son Andrew Cuomo:
http://www.dcbureau.org/201412 3110118/natural-resources-news- service/new-yorks-ban-high- volume-fracking-rocks-foundatio ns-shale-revolution.html
Sincerely Gudrun Scott Andover
Dear Editor,
Greene County, Fayette County, Somerset County, Penn- sylvania. Coal country. Warren County, Crawford County, Ve- nango County, Pennsylvania.
Former oil boom towns aplenty.
Logan County, Mingo County, McDowell County, West Vir- ginia. Among the poorest coun- ties in the state where lots of coal is taken by mountain top re- moval.
What do these places have in common? The natural resources of each of these counties have been plundered without any last- ing economic benefit for the local population. In fact, no county or state has ever benefited from the rape of its lands.
Now, Southern Tier politicians in New York are crying "foul"
about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's de- cision to ban hydrofracking for natural gas in the state. These politicians are either misinformed or, worse, are playing a callous political game. Yes, hydrofrack- ing may bring a few temporary jobs to the area; it may line the pockets of a some large land owners; it WILL benefit some large out-of-state companies. It will do little to provide well-pay- ing (no, not "good paying") jobs for the local population.
The project managers, engi- neers, accountants will come from Texas and Oklahoma. The rest of us will be given a few tem- porary and less lucrative jobs.
Over 50 years ago, petroleum geologist M. King Hubbert for- mulated his "peak theory." Work- ing for the Shell Oil Research Lab in Texas, Hubbert calculated that when a new coal, oil or gas field comes into production, its output follows a bell-shaped curve. In other words, a new site quickly reaches (within 35 years, on average) peak production, after which its output rapidly de- clines.
New technologies may open new fields, but these follow the
same overall pattern of produc- tion capacity. If we permit hy- drofracking, then those Oklahoma and Texas owners would quickly pack up and leave when production levels slowed, and we would be stuck with po- tentially contaminated land and water. This scenario has played out many times over in mining, oil fields, and lumber in Pennsyl- vania, West Virginia, New York and other states. Just look at ghost towns like Pithole, PA or the environmental disaster left behind in Centralia, PA
If Congressman Reed is seri- ous about reviving New York's economy, then he will please vote against fast-tracking the Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) through Congress. This act, like the North American Trade Agree- ment (NAFTA) before it in the 1990s, will have the effect of out- sourcing even more American manufacturing jobs. The result of acts Like NAFTA, TPP and CAFTA (Central American Tade Agreement) is that our country has become Walmartized with cheap foreign junk flooding the markets and sold at great profit by large retailers whose workers are paid pittance.
If State Senator Young is seri- ous about uplifting the Southern Tier counties she represents, I have many suggestions about im- proving our economy -- from in- centivizing production of value-added agricultural products such as cheese, craft beers, etc., to revising our penal code on drugs, so that we may empty half of New York's prisons and reduce taxes.
Both of these representatives, along with the Allegany County legislature, loudly complain, yet lack the will or vision to move our region forward and provide meaningful, fulfilling employ- ment that does not rape and ruin our environment and natural re- sources.
Steven Jakobi Alfred Station
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Week of Jan. 1-Jan. 14, 2015 ALFRED SUN, PO Box 811, 764 Route 244, Alfred, NY 14802 607-587-8110
By DAVID L. SNYDER Editor, Publisher & Janitor ALFRED—Word was re- ceived Monday morning of the sudden passing of Ellen Shultz on Sunday, Jan. 4 following a brief illness. Her loss is a sudden shock to our community.
I just missed her at Alfred-Al- mond Central School. But you might say I got her on the re- bound.
It was several years after I had graduated from A-A (in 1974) that Ellen Shultz came on board to teach English at A-A. It took her no time at all to extract in- credible talent from unsuspect- ing A-A students in building a public school theatre program second to none.
After another of her success- ful musicals at A-A where she teamed up with my high school chorus teacher, Linda (Stradley) Staiger, I asked her if she’d like to start a community theatre group when she retired. I missed summer theatre in Alfred, as did she.My wife, when she was still Beverly Austin, who had a little summer theatre experience in her New England past, starred together with Ellen in a Rod Brown-directed staging of “Not Enough Rope” in June 1979. It was part of Alfred University’s Summer Theatre program.
It was probably that fall in 1979 she she began her remark- able stint as English teacher and
drama director at A-A.
Many of her former students went on to careers in the per- forming arts or teaching English or, in the case of Jenny Goodridge Cullen of Dover, NH, perhaps most of the above.
“She was not only my English teacher and Drama director- but she was my friend and mentor,”
said Jenny (Goodridge) Cullen,
“I tried to model my teaching and work with my theater stu- dents after Mrs. Shultz. She touched countless lives and made us all feel like stars when truly- she was the star we all fol- lowed....She was a class act.”
Her final musical production at AACS was believed to have
been in the Fall of 1998 when Deanna Czworka and Philip Crandall starred as Anna and the King, respectively, in “The King and I.”
It was January 2000, I believe, when she stopped in my Alfred Sun office and asked, “So are you ready to start?”
“What are we starting?” I replied, having forgotten my brief exchange with her years earlier.
“Are you ready to start our community theatre group?” she answered, “It’s time to get sum- mer theatre going again!”
The next month, we held an organizational meeting and the group of amateur thespians has
ELLEN GETS IN THE “ACT”--Members of Alfred Community Theatre (ACT) were ACTing up at a meeting in May 2014. Front from left are Ellen Shultz, Bob Volk, Amanda Snyder, Beverly and David Snyder, and (back from left) Sola Prince, Steve Crandall, Janna Buckwalter and Alix Clare.
staged at least one musical or theatrical production every sum- mer since.
Following her retirement from A-A, she wrote a column, “Be- tween the Books” for the Alfred Sunthat highlighted some of the programs at A-A. Later, in Octo- ber 2001, she revived the former
“Sunny Side Up” recipe column in the Sun, which she has written ever since.
Her columns initially featured the recipes of some of her fa- vorite Alfred ladies whom she had met during her college days at Alfred University. Those brief biographies and recipes later comprised the Alfred Commu- nity Cookbook: “A Hot Histori-
cal Helping of Dramatic Recipes” that was published in 2005 as a fund-raiser for ACT.
The popular cookbooks that feature Alfred area historical trivia in addition to biographies of some great Alfred ladies, are still being sold today.
During her retirement, when she wasn’t writing for The Alfred Sun, she was volunteering at the Box of Books Library in Alfred, or at the Alfred Food Pantry at the Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church, or helping hus- band Chuck with an Alfred Lions project, or, best of all, of- fering wisdom in directing a mu- sical comedy, or encouraging a young singer or actor.
The New York State Office of the Aging recognized Chuck and Ellen's volunteer efforts on Sen- ior Citizens' Day in Albany in May 2013.
But that honor pales compared to the tributes afforded Ellen by her former students and col- leagues, many of which appear in the article below and are con- tinued on Page 10.
Were Shakespeare right that
“all the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players,” the curtain certainly dropped much too soon for Ellen. But then, she never did want to be in the spotlight.
She was a bright shining star whose light will forever be re- flected through those who had the privilege of knowing her.
The Alfred Sun posted the following status on Monday morning, Jan. 5: “The Alfred Sunis deeply saddened to report the passing of Ellen Shultz, long-time Al- fred-Almond Central School English Teacher and Drama Director. Since retire- ment, she has for many years contributed the "Sunny Side Up" recipe column to the Alfred Sun, co-founded Alfred Commu- nity Theatre and was a volunteer at the Box of Books Library. We have lost a dear friend.”
That post was shared 25 times within the first twelve hours. The initial post re- ceived 35 comments and, no doubt, each of the 25 shares of the posts received sim- ilar numbers of comments. With Christ- mas 2015 still visible in the rear mirror, Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life!”
comes to mind when thinking of Ellen, who, like George Bailey, influenced and inspired others in life-changing ways.
Comments of some of her former stu- dents and colleagues follow:
One of my favorite teachers and men- tors. She instilled upon me a love for the performing arts. I contribute much of my success in this field to her giving me a strong foundation, allowing me to be cre- ative and yet remain practical. I was lucky enough to be able to visit with her a few years ago and thank her in person.
My thoughts are with her family.
--Rick Earl Thinking of her and the family. ...I'm silent now...A loss of a friend, and know- ing what her family and close friends feel right now...is sad. .I knew I carried her in- spiration and teaching with me to this very day...but now... knowing she's gone, one realizes what an impact our time to- gether long ago was... You always said,
"You can call me Ellen now"..I never did...you'll always be my Mrs. Shultz. My rehearsal tonight, is for you!
--Todd A. Larsen
Sometimes it takes a while to figure out who had a great impact on your life (or I am just slow). Mrs. Shultz taught me the constraints of grammar and how to free myself and give in to my character on stage. I carry and use both lessons to this day. My children have benefitted from these lessons I have passed on. Thank
you... --Jeff Williams
Very sad - she was a wonderful lady, an excellent teacher and a true boon to the community. My deepest sympathies lie with her family.
--Paul Weaver So sorry to hear about this. Mrs. Shultz was a fabulous teacher and a wonderful person! My thoughts and prayers are with her family!
--Bill Ernest Mrs. Shultz was wonderful, what a shame. My heart goes out to her family during this sad time. I hope that our love and respect for her will at least give them a tiny bit of comfort, she was a great lady.
--Danielle Lea She was a true citizen, through contri- butions to many facets of her community.
--Punkie Sinesiou She has contributed so much to our community, and for many of us, our chil- dren, through her teaching, and volunteer work. She will be missed. My deepest sympathies go out to all the Shultz fam-
ily. --William LaCourse
I'm just speechless. A wonderful teacher. Learned so much and had so must fun in drama club. Church func- tions. Social gatherings with our families.
Shocked!
--Heather Potter Mattos (Continued on Page 10)
Alfred Community Theatre loses its director
Former students, colleagues remember Ellen...
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Music
BANDS/DJs/RECITALS Alfred Village Bandoffers sum- mer concerts of popular music and marches at the Alfred Village Bandstand. Concerts are sched- uled at 7:15 p.m. each Wednes- day in July. Concerts for 2014 include July 9, July 16, July 23 and July 30. The band is directed by Dr. Christopher Foster. Come and bring a friend and enjoy an evening of music on the Alfred Village Green.
Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Cafe 22 West Main St., Angelica.
Open every day for lunch; dinner and live acoustic music on week- ends; now serving breakfast – call for details. Acoustic Open Mic Night 1st Thursday of month 7-10 pm. Café opens early for dinner, espresso, wine & beer, Scrabble & chess. Music Sched- ule: Friday, Nov. 14--Jose “Jogo”
Gomez with music beginning at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 15-- Miché Fambro with music begin- ning at 7:30 p.m.; Café open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for meals, espresso, beer, wine, desserts.
Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café, 22 W. Main St., Angelica. Call 585-466-3399 or visit black-eyed- susan.com
Hornell Area Wind Ensemble Rehearsals Tuesday evenings at Hornell Intermediate School.
New members are always wel- comed. For further information, call Nancy Luger at 587-9449 or call 545-8603.
Maple City Bowl, 7580 Seneca Road, Hornell. DJ/Karaoke every Friday Night 9 pm-1 a.m.; Satur- day night bands from 9 pm-1 a.m. For updates, check www.maplecitybowl.net Or call 607-324-1011.
The Saxon Singers.AU's first all-male choir will be joined by
Westfield Academy and Central School's Ape-Men, directed by Grammy award winning teacher, Kent Knappenberger, and Rochester's University Prep Singers, directed by AU alumnus Chaz Bruce! 7:30 pm Saturday, Nov. 1 at Miller Theater, AU campus.
Wellsville Creative Arts Center offers live music most Saturday evenings with performances be- ginning at 8 p.m., doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24--Big Leg Emma; Saturday, Nov. 1-- Bruce Katz Band; Saturday, Nov.
15--Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Iron; Saturday, Dec. 13-- Caroline Rose. For tickets, visit:
www.WellsvilleCreativeArtsCen- ter.com or call 585-593-3000.
CHORAL GROUPS Andover Catholic Choir. Re- hearsals 7 pm Mondays at Blessed Sacrament Church, An- dover. New members welcome.
Contact Director Marcy Bledsoe at 478-5238.
Genesee Valley Chorus.
Weekly rehearsals 7 pm Tues- days at Congregational Church, 289 N. Main St., Wellsville. New members welcome. For further information, call 716-593-3173.
Maple City (Barbershopers) ChorusMeetings 7:00 p.m. Mon- days at United Methodist Church of Hornell, 7528 North Main St Ext., near Webbs Crossing Road, Hornell. New members welcome.
Call 276-6835 for info.
Sanctuary Choir. Rehearsals 1st Sabbath of Month – 12:30pm;
3rd Sabbath of Month – 9:00am;
Instrumentalists 4th Sabbath of Month– 9:00am. The Seventh Day Baptist Church – Alfred Sta- tion. New musicians welcome.
Call 607-587-9176.
COFFEEHOUSES
Coffeehouse live entertainment periodically at Terra Cotta Cof- feehouse, 34 N. Main St., Alfred.
Open Mic Night Wednesdays when colleges are in session.
Wellsville Creative Arts Center offers Coffee Houses nightly Monday-Thursday 7:30-10:30 p.m. with Movies on Mondays,
Acoustic Campfire on Tuesdays, Open Mic Night every Wednes- day 7 to 9:30 p.m. For more info, visit: www.WellsvilleCreativeArts- Center.com or call 585-593-3000.
CONCERTS/RECITALS Davis Memorial Carillon Recitals, AU campus. Saturdays at 4 p.m. except August. Laurel Buckwalter, AU Carilonneur.
Wingate Memorial Carillon Recital Seriesat Davis Memorial Carillon, AU campus. Free con- certs on the lawn 7-8 p.m. Tues- day evenings in July. The Wingate Memorial Carillon Recital Series honors Dr. Ray Winthrop Wingate, a professor of music at Alfred University for 56 years. After the installation of the bells in 1937, he was the univer- sity carillonneur and continued in the position until his death. He arranged more than 5,000 selec- tions for the carillon and com- posed nine suites. The recital series is funded by the Margaret Merrill and Ray W. Wingate Me- morial Carillon Foundation.
Theater
& Dance
COMEDY
Comedian Steve Macone will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 in Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, AU campus.
Comedian Chloe Hilliard will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 in Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, AU campus.
DANCE
Alleluia School of Danceoffers classes in Houghton and Wellsville. Classical ballet and liturgical dance. All ages and abil- ity levels. For more information or to register for classes, contact Di- rector Rebecca Moore at 585- 567-2079.
Let’s Dance Club offers occa- sional dances. For more informa- tion, contact president Carole Onoda at (607) 276-5475, vice- presidents John and Dee Cwynar at (607) 324-0373, secretaries Duffy and Barb Elsenheimer at (607) 295-7194, treasurers Char- lie and Kathy Bill at (607) 295- 7130, or band coordinators Doug and Melody Carrier at (607) 324- 5821.
DRAMA GROUPS
Wee Playhousemeets monthly.
Call Vice-President Martha Lash at 587-8675 for more info.
Alfred Community Theatre (ACT). Organized to revive sum- mer theater in Alfred and to help in the restoration of the 1890 Firemen’s Hall Theater. For more info, call Dave Snyder at 587- 8110.
PERFORMANCES
“Spoken Word” Poetry Night -- a lively and entertaining evening of poetry performance, hosted by Christopher Clow at Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café, 22 W. Main St., Angelica. Call 585-466-3399 or visit black-eyed-susan.com Anna In the Tropics by Nilo Cruz, a Pulitzer Prize winning ro- mantic drama set in 1929 Ybor City, Florida, will be performed by Alfred University students at 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Nov.
12-15 at C.D. Smith III Theatre, Miller Performing Arts Center, AU campus. Tickets are $10 general admission; $5 sr. citizens and non-AU students, $2 for AU stu- dents with ID.
Galleries rt/
INSTRUCTION/GROUPS Allegany Artisans. The Allegany Artisans, local artists and crafts- people working together to host an annual studio tour (set for Oct.
18-19) in October, invite artists to apply. Work is juried. Studio must be in Allegany County.
585-593-6345 or www.allegan- yartisans.com.
Angelica Ink LetterpressLo- cated at 20 Allegany Avenue, An- gelica, NY. 585.466.7040 Angelica Sweet Shop 44 W.
Main in Angelica’s Park Circle National Historic District. Open daily 8 am–5 pm For more info:
585-466-7070 or www.angelicas- weetshop.com.
Artist Knot. 36 Main Street, An- dover. Gallery Hours by appoint- ment. (607) 478-5100.
Wellsville Art Association meets 7 pm on the last Friday of each month at Wellsville Com- munity Center. For information on meetings or classes, call 585- 593-3579.
Steuben Trust Gallery, Steuben Square, Hornell. On-going ex- hibits of Artist of the Month. M-F 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Sponsored by the Hornell Area Arts Council.
Southern Tier Fiberarts Guild, founded in 1983, meets at Trinity Lutheran Church, 470 N. Main St., Wellsville, on the first Satur- day of the month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. except months of July and Sept. The group welcomes spin- ners (and wannabes), quilters, knitters, crocheters, embroider- ers, weavers, dyers, basket mak- ers, hookers (rug hookers, that is) and everyone with a creative mind and an interest in fibers.
For more information, call Debbie MacCrea at 607-587-9270, Carol Wood at 607-587-9519 or T.C.
Gary at 585-593-4799.
MUSEUMS/EXHIBITS Americana Manse. Tours at the Americana Manse, Whitney- Halsey Mansion, Inc. in Belmont.
Call 585-268-5130. Special Group Tour rates. $4.00 adults.
Fountain Arts Center, 42 Schuyler Street, Belmont. Exhibit hours are Mon., Tues., Fri. from 10 a.m.-12 noon and 2-4 p.m. or by appointment. For info or group arrangements, call 585-268-5951 or visit our website at: www.the- fountainartscenter.org The Corning Museum of Glass
presents the most comprehen- sive glass collection in the world in “35 Centuries of Glassmaking.”
For info, call 607-937-5371.
Open daily 9-5.
Fosdick-Nelson Galleryat Al- fred University. Fosdick-Nelson Gallery is located in Harder Hall, AU campus. Open 11-4 Mon- days-Fridays. Info 871-2412.
Glenn H. Curtiss Museum8419 Route 54, Hammondsport. Spe- cial exhibits, special events.
Open daily 10-4. Admission.
(607) 569-2160.
Hagadorn House MuseumOp- erated by Almond Historical Soci- ety. Genealogical research available Friday afternoons.
Call Homestead Museum, Hartsville, celebrating 19th and early 20th century life in rural western NY, is open from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from May to October, in Hartsville. The museum is lo- cated 2 miles south of Hartsville on the corner of Purdy Creek Road (County Rt. 28) and Post Road. Weekdays by appoint- ment. For further information, call 607-698-4789.
Hinkle Memorial Library Gallery, Alfred State College Campus. Open during library hours, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday- Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and 3-9 p.m. Sundays.
Inamori Kyocera Museum of Fine Ceramics.The newly con- structed museum focuses on fine ceramics used in technical and bio-medical applications. Open 10-4 Wed.-Fri. Free admission.
The Schein-Joseph Interna- tional Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred.Located on the top floor of Binns-Merrill Hall, AU campus, Alfred. Open 10-4 Wed.
thru Fri. Free Admission. For in- formation call the Museum at 607-871-2421; or visit the mu- seum website: www.ceramicsmu- seum.alfred.edu.
National Warplane Museum.
Off I-86 in Big Flats. Call 607- 739-8200 or stop by the museum for more information.
Cultur al Ar ts Calendar
What’s Happening at Almond Library
By SANDRA ROBINSON
Almond Twentieth Century Club Library Director
There’s nothing like a frigidly cold January day to inspire a person to curl up in an easy chair, sip a hot drink, and read a good book. If you need a suggestion, the Almond Book Club is reading Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, and will review it here at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 20. For the more adventurous (or do I mean nerdy?), Infinity and Beyond Sci-Fi Book Club’s selection for the month is The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn, and will meet for the usual rip- roaring discussion at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29. My point is…this is a great time of year to catch up on your reading!
Snowflakes are accumulating outside, so please bring the kids in to help us make snowflakes to adorn the inside of the library! We will have our craft table set up with snowflake crafts to create and then hang for decorations. In fact, please stop in at any time to play… we always have some crafts, coloring pages, games, Legos, marble runs, puzzles, a train and track set, and-of course- books.
When winter boredom is setting in and the family is a little stir- crazy, try bringing the kids here for a change of pace. We won’t even say shhhh…(usually).
January’s calendar:
1/15: National Hat Day—check out a book while wearing your favorite hat, get a prize.
1/20, 5 pm: Book Club, reading Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Win- spear.
1/26, 10 am: Community Coffee—friends, coffee, treats. What could be better?
1/27, 6:30pm: Board Meeting, public welcome.
1/29, 6:30pm: Infinity and Beyond Sci-Fi Book Club, reading
“The Icarus Hunt,” by Timothy Zahn.
Mondays at 10am: Preschool Storytime.
See our calendar on Facebook. Our website: almondlibrary.org.
Location: 44 Main Street, Almond, NY 14804. Phone:607-276- 6311. Library Hours: M, W, Sat 9:30 am-1pm. Tu, Th 1-7 pm.
We geek libraries!
By ELIZA ORDWAY Box of Books Library Director
A new year brings new resolutions, new goals, new clothes, new, new, new. The library is looking forward to new things here as well.
One thing that is not changing are our hours. We are still open Sun- day through Friday. Sunday 12-4, Monday 10-6, Tuesday 12-6, Wednesday 10-6, Thursday 12-6 and Friday 10-5.
Something new here at the Box of Books is our winter reading program, Warm Up with BoB. This is one of the easiest programs ever. Stop in and pick up a mitten, fill out the mitten with the titles of 6 books you have read between January 1 and March 31, return the mitten with your name on one side and you will be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to Hedgerow Bakery. How easy is that?
An ongoing goal we have here is to offer the best service we can to our community. The board of trustees will be survey the public with a questionnaire to help us determine the best and most needed services that we can offer to you the community of Alfred. These questionnaires will be available at the library and on our website as well. We are asking that you answer the questions honestly and with feedback to help us tailor our goals for the upcoming years.
The programs this month are:
Wednesdays at 10:30 Story Time: Music, books and movement for ages birth to 5.
Monday, Jan. 12 from 12-2 ePLACE iPad Class: basic iPad train- ings to help you learn that new device.
Sunday, Jan. 18 at 2 pm Melted Snowman Cookies: All ages are welcome to come listen to a snowman story and make delicious melted snowmen (nut free). Please pre-register for this event.
Monday, Jan. 19 from 12-2 ePLACE Kindle Class: basic Kindle trainings. All programs are subject to change due to weather, illness or low registration numbers.
ALFRED—The next Str8 Eight Tournament, originally scheduled to be held at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 8 at the Terra Cotta Coffeehouse in Alfred, has been cancelled due to a schedule conflict.
The next Str8 Eight Tourna- ment will be held at 8 p.m. Sun- day, Feb. 8, 2015.
Visit http://str8-eight.com for more information on how to play.
ALFRED—The Girl Scout Cookie Program in the area be- gins on February 7. Then you will see girls taking cookie orders which will be delivered in the middle of March. Girls will be holding booth sales with cookies in hand beginning on March 21.
This year girls will be taking cookie orders through the tradi- tional door-to-door and with the new online digital cookie order card.
Cookies are $4 per box and all money stays local to support girls’ activities year-round.
Cookies available this year are Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils, Savannah Smiles and two new cookies – Rah Rah Raisins and Toffee-tas- tic. Rah Rah Raisins are made with whole grain oats, raisins and Greek yogurt-flavored chunks.
Toffee-tastic are a Gluten Free cookie with toffee bits through- out. Toffee-tastic will be $5 and only be available at select area booth sales while supplies last.
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