Vol. 125, No. 12 Alfred, Allegany County, New York State, U.S.A. 14802 Thursday, March 25, 2010
Of the Community. By the Community. For the Community.
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“A pretty darn good newspaper serving Alfred since 1883”
The cast of Alfred University’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” that will be staged at 8 p.m.
April 14-17 at the CD Smith III Theatre in Miller Performing Arts Center, take tea while enjoying catching up on Alfred news.The Sun came out at a lovely tea party Feb. 20 at the Al- fred home of Craig and Becky Prophet.
Alfred Literary Festival
Readings to highlight AU’s Literary Festival
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Alfred-Almond grad
AU’s Kameron Chambliss earns All-American diving honors
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TONAWANDA--Reynard K. Meacham, age 82, of Tonawanda, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Ralph Wilson Jr. Hospice Inpatient Unit in Cheektowaga, after a short illness.
Born May 23, 1927 in Wrights, PA, he was the son of Clarence and Maisie Meacham. On August 21, 1998, he married Kathlene Penfold of Tonawanda who survives.
Rey was a long time law enforcement of- ficer, joining the New York State Police in 1954; elected Alfred Town Justice in 1972, and was elected Allegany County Sheriff until his retirement in 1984, having served two terms.
Rey graduated from Canisteo High School and attended Alfred University. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Navy in the Asian-Pacific The- atre.
Rey was a 50-year member of Morning Star Lodge #65, F&AM in Canisteo, the Coudersport Consistory and attended the Lighthouse Baptist Church in North Tonawanda. He was a member of the Baron- Steuben Chapter of Former Troopers and an associate member of the Niagara Chapter. He was a member of the Canisteo Rod & Gun Club as well as the American Legion Post #846 in Canisteo. Rey was an avid hunter and shooter. He was one of 15 National Shooting-Clinician representatives of othe Lifetime Sports Program, a subsidiary of President Nixon’s Physical Fitness Coun- cil.Surviving in addition to his wife, are his three sons and daughter, David (Karen) Meacham of Marlton, NJ, Robert (Diane) Meacham of Bucksport, ME, Jon Meacham of Hornell; Michele (Albert) D’Agostino of Mendon, eight grandchildren and 5 great-grandchil- dren.
Calling hours will be Friday, March 26 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Bender-Brown & Powerrs Funeral Home, 354 Canisteo Street, Hor- nell where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27. A private graveside ceremony will be held at Woodlawn Ceme- tery in Canisteo. To send a remembrance to the family, please visit www.brownandpowersfuneralhomes.com. The family is being as- sisted by Gerald R. Brown, Director. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hospice Foudnation of WNY, Inc., 225 Como Park Blvd., PO Box 590, Buffalo, NY 14240.
By ELAINE HARDMAN Alfred Sun Reporter WELLSVILLE--If you were in charge of setting up activities for 8th, 9th and 10th graders, brain- storming for activities that would interest them would you think of knitting? How about a workshop focused on making smoothies? If not then you aren’t any more in tune with teens than I am because those are two of the suggestions given during a meeting to talk about forming a new teen center in Wellsville.
After finding no community members interested in comment- ing to the Wellsville Town Board at its March meeting, the board recognized Traci Johnson, direc- tor of the Town of Wellsville Recreation Department. Johnson introduced two Alfred University faculty members who are in- volved in a new teen center proj- ect. Johnson told the board that Professors Brett Hunter and Michelle Illuminato came to her to ask if the there was room for teens within the Community Center. “You know me.” John- son told the board, “I invited them in.”
The Wellsville Community Center is a welcoming place for people of all ages from dancing five year olds to “Seniors” play- ing cards in the afternoon. The proposed teen center would share the current card room on the right side of the building - open one night a week as well as some pe- riod of time on weekends. Hunter and Illuminato have money to pay for renovations but the chal- lenge is to provide appropriate in- structors and supervision and then to build the program so that it can be sustained as long as there is a need.
Before continuing their con- versations or planning, Hunter and Illuminato wanted to know if the Wellsville Town Board was willing to follow Johnson’s wel- coming lead.
The board has agreed that arrangements are possible but
Making smoothies, knitting teens’ suggested activities
Alfred University Professors Brett Hunter, Michelle Illuminato they will wait for a solid proposal
with a clear plan; something that will happen after the Alfred team meets again with teens next week. It’ll be interesting to see what projects, programs and workshops the teens decide they are interested in.
Hunter and Illuminato dis- cussed art activities with the teens they’ve met so far because they are on the faculty at Alfred University’s School of Art and Design. Still, if the teens are in- terested in games or food or something else, the project will veer from art.
Moving to other topics the board voted to replace retiree Gary Giddings at the Highway Department with a full time per- son. They expect no shortage of good applicants since even tem- porary positions are drawing dozens of quality candidates.
The board discussed the master plan update for the airport. A master plan update is normally done every 10 years but since there was work done on the air- port this past summer (tree re- moval) it has to be updated now.
The cost of the update is esti- mated at $175,000 - local share
of $4375. The majority of the cost is covered by the fees paid on airline tickets. This update will include a topographical sur- vey (done at 1 foot intervals) and aerial photographs of approxi- mately 26 square miles around the airport.
The board approved the ex- pense saying that the airport ben- efits the town and supports local business and jobs.
Tom Hennessey gave an up- date on changing the health care plan for non union workers. He found one that is acceptable though not the cheapest. The cheap plans have high de- ductibles and cover little. While the plan being investigated will save the town a great deal of money they have been warned that rates will likely rise by 3%
every quarter. The board author- ized Hennessey to move forward to seek quotes to bring to the April meeting.
Tracy Johnson addressed the board regarding the Recreation Department. The David A Howe Library would like to use the town park for a “Pirates of the Genesee Treasure Hunt” 5-9 year olds on August 14. The Library
wil provide event insurance.
Also, the Division for Youth has indicated that their funding contribution to the Recreation
Department will be cut by 12.5%
for this year but 2% of that will be reinstated next year.
Former County Sheriff dies
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OBITUARIES
JUNE E. BROWN Longtime Alfredian, AU librarian
ALFRED--A memorial serv- ice for June E. Brown, formerly of 30 Sayles Street, Alfred, who passed away Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 at the Wellsville Manor, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 27 at the Union Univer- sity Church in Alfred.
All who knew June are invited to come and celebrate her life.
Following the memorial serv- ice, a slide presentation will be shared during a reception to be held at the Union University Church Center.
Assemblyman Dan Burling (R,C,I-Warsaw) and his Assem- bly Republican colleagues Mon- day, March 15 met in the Capitol with Governor Paterson to dis- cuss the 2010-11 budget. Burl- ing said he welcomed the opportunity to discuss with the Governor the need for economic development and lower taxes.
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There's no better way to cele- brate the arrival of spring than by planting trees. Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in March will receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees.
The trees will be shipped post- paid at the right time for planting between March 1 and May 31 with enclosed planting instruc- tions. The six to twelve inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge. To become a member of the Foundation and receive the free trees, send a $10 contribu- tion to TEN FREE DOGWOOD TREES, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410, by March 31,
2010. Or join at
www.arborday.org/March.
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The village of Alfred was treated to a three hour concert on Sunday evening, March 7 as 17 students from the Yale Univer-
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You know it’s a small town when... you get a wrong number and still manage to chat for twenty minutes on the phone.
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Sometimes, such as when this photo was taken, I mention to Bob that I know why geologists love road cuts. In this instance, one can see the nearly horizontal strata of the rock outlined by snow. Other times, the fresh rock faces show dazzling - to those who appreciate them - faults, folds, unconformities, and other fascinating geological features. This particular one is along a new portion of Route 15 near Mansfield, PA.
Last week's photo was of "retired" local farmer and author, Harold Snyder, spreading manure to return resources to the earth to be re- cycled into hay or grass for the cattle that browse there.
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sity Guild of Carillonneurs took turns playing the Davis Memo- rial Carillon. The carillon at Yale is staffed entirely by this student organization which is well- funded with two endowments.
The students were touring caril- lons in New York, Ontario and Quebec last week.
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Joe DioGuardi, a New York Certified Public Accountant and former Republican congress- man, recently announced his bid for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) at a press conference in Grand Central Station. Joe and his wife Shirley live in Ossining.
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An Alfred State College health information technology graduate is being honored with achievement awards in 2010.
Cheryl Wilkins, Wilson, has been awarded the New York Health Information Manage- ment Association (NYHIMA) Award for Outstanding Aca- demic Achievement. Wilkins, who graduated from Alfred State in December 2009, maintained a 3.26 grade point average (out of a possible 4.0). She is a medical transcriptionist at Eastern Niag- ara Hospital, Newfane.
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Donna Barnard, RHIA, direc-
tor of health information man- agement, Strong Memorial Hos- pital, is the 2010 recipient of the New York Health Information Management Clinical Preceptor Award. Barnard actively sup- ports Alfred State’s health infor- mation technology program by hosting HIT students in their professional practice experience to provide them with an excel- lent on-the-job training experi- ence at Strong Memorial and Highland Hospitals, Rochester.
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In its continuing effort to aid the people of Haiti, another Al- fred State campus group, the Campus Round Table (CRT), the central governing board for all Residence Halls on campus, sponsored a campus-wide penny wars competition. CRT mem- bers sat in front of The Terrace during the lunch rush and raised a total of $230.63. Many stu- dents became competitive, with one student bringing in a total of
$25 in pennies to ensure his building would win the compe- tition. All pennies collected were added to a buildings score. Any silver coins or dollar bills that were dropped into a bin were points that were subtracted from the building’s total points. Brad- don Hall won the competition with a total of 1,728 points. CRT will provide Braddon Hall with a pizza party. Total raised for Haiti Outreach as of March 1 is
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Quite frankly, we want to keep the dream alive.
Back in 1884, a simple item appeared in the Alfred Sun that said, “Wanted, one thousand subscribers to the Sun.”
That goal suggested by Sun co-founder and legendary Editor and Publisher Frank A.
Crumb, was met before the new
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During Frank Crumb’s Dream Campaign, we offer new subscribers 13 months for the year’s subscription price of $27 ($30 outside of Allegany County). That’s $25 off the news stand price. And you’ll read hometown news and interesting stories found nowhere else!
If you would like to help keep Frank Crumb’s Dream alive, send your name and address or that of a loved one with check payable to “Alfred Sun” to: Frank Crumb’s Dream, c/o Alfred Sun, P.O. Box 811, Alfred, NY 14802. We thank you and Frank thanks
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ALFRED STATION--Some say it is an acquired taste; others you either like it or you never will. What are we talking about?
The Fourth Annual Ham and Leek Dinner in the social rooms at the Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist church meeting house social rooms from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 11.What will you find when you come to the Ham and Leek Din- ner? There is a full menu of ham, cooked leeks, macaroni and cheese, (for those whose taste is in the never will category), scal- loped potatoes, potato and leek soup, rolls and pie for dessert.
Beverages will be coffee, tea,
milk, and of course refreshing water.
What else will you find at the dinner? You will find your friends and neighbors who will be looking forward to a chance just to sit and talk and enjoy a time of good old fashion getting together.
How much will this cost? It costs a donation. You donate you dollars as a gift to help a worthy cause. What cause is that? We have two men in the congrega- tion Curtis Palmiter and Calvin Babcock who are hoping to leave in June on a missions project. They will travel to Guyana, South America. There they will use their skills in a con-
Ham and leek dinner...may require acquired taste
struction project rebuilding a manse helping the men and woman of the Guyana Seventh Baptist General Conference to take a step toward self- suffi- ciency.
The remodeled house will be developed as a suitable place from which to run a church af- filiated business. Through this project instead of just giving persons in this third world coun- try a hand-out as so many do, they will be receiving a hand-up.
Curtis and Calvin will need to raise $2,500 dollars. Through your donation at the Ham and Leek dinner you will be sharing what we Americans have with others; who do not have.
Your friends and neighbors at the Alfred station Seventh Day Baptist Church, ‘ A 3 C – Church” Connect- Care- Com- munity” invite to come to the Ham and Leek Dinner, April 11.
The Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist church meeting house is the big white building at 587 Rt.
244 Alfred Station. For more in- formation, call the church office as 607-587-9176.
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ALMOND--Good, used house-hold items are needed for the Almond Historical Society’s annual Trash and Treasures Sale, set for Saturday, May 15.
President Lee A. Ryan has an- nounced that this year’s co- chairmen are Mike Baker and Ginger McCarthy. “Please call us and we’ll make arrangements to pick up your items. Proceeds from the sale are used to main- tain our 1830s Hagadorn House Museum. We’ll also give you a receipt for your items if re- quested.”
To donate items, call Mike
Baker at 276 6161 or Ginger McCarthy at 276 6184. The AHS has storage facilities avail- able, so you may call now.
The sale will be held in the pavilion behind Hagadorn House from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 15. Also featured will be a bake sale, coffee and donuts in the morning, and a beef on weck lunch at noon with take-outs available.
ALFRED—The next Aman- dine Club meeting will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 1 at the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Parish House. The program will be “The Diary of Adam Burt”
presented by Laurie McFadden, Alfred University Archival Li- brarian.
The Thought for the Day will be given by Amanda Snyder.
Hostesses for the afternoon will be Linda Butts, Juanita Barnes and Joyce Larson. All women from the Alfred area are invited to attend.
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How a Tree Becomes a law Or,
Massa Read the Massive Bill – no wonder why He left If a tree falls in the forest, and gets made into a bill, If no one’s ever read it, do you think it’s binding still?
—O. Nontreemous
The lie is growing
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Frank Crumb’s Dream Subscription Campaign Update
57 down, 68 to go
Back in 1884, a simple item appeared in the Sun that said,
“Wanted, one thousand sub- scribers to the Alfred Sun.” It’s been 125 years since legendary Sun Editor Frank A. Crumb, who was with the Sun from 1883 to 1951, set the millenary goal.
Not knowing of Frank Crumb’s Dream, I, too, had set a goal of 1000 subscribers when I joined the paper in 1976. That goal was finally reached in Jan- uary 1999. But we want to keep the dream alive.
The late Eugene T. Van Horn, who owned the newspaper from 1951 until 1973, told us one time that circulation peaked in the 1960s at 700. It’s now over 900. We’ve added 57 new sub- scribers since Jan. 1, 2009.
We encourage our readers to give a subscription to the Alfred Sun as a gift--it keeps giving week after week, all through the year. During Frank Crumb’s Dream Campaign, we offer 13 months for the price of $27 ($30 outside of Allegany County).
That’s $25 off the news stand price. And you’ll read exclusive hometown news and interesting stories!
We think the Alfred Sun is like a weekly letter from home.
If you would like to contribute to Frank Crumb’s Dream, send your name and address or that of a loved one together with your check payable to “Alfred Sun” to: Frank Crumb’s Dream, c/o Alfred Sun, P.O. Box 811, Alfred, NY 14802. Happy read- ing!--David L. Snyder, Ed. & Pub.
Letter-To-The-Editor:
How can the Democrats sup- port a healthcare bill which does none of the things the Obama Administration has claimed all along it would do and has now passed in Congress?
When the public finally real- izes what the Democrats have given them, control of Congress and the Whitehouse will be out of the majority party's hands and the reach of Democrats for per- haps a very long period. And Democrats were the nation's best hope of making change in this country; in Washington, D.C.?
We have been taken in as a people; fooled, duped, deceived, and suckered. Given how ineptly the Obama Administration has managed the healthcare reform effort, making secretive deals with the healthcare insurance and drug industries, no elected Democrat will ever be interested in trying to "fix" the mess they so deftly created on their own. It will be easier for them to try to convince Americans that their
"lie" is the truth.
The Republicans in Congress must be gleeful and rejoicing.
The strategy of "pass what we can now and we will fix it later"
is about to mercilessly backfire on the Democrats. Just look at Congresses' record on making Social Security viable into the future for our citizens.
Ask yourself, just how many members in the House of Repre- sentatives would it have taken to have defeated this bill if we had Congressmen who put the wel- fare of Americans above their own selfish interests? This bill will not reduce the nation's healthcare expenditure; it will just shift it directly onto the backs of the unsuspecting Amer- ican people and at the same time, reward the insurance in- dustry.
With 10%, and possibly greater, unemployment in the country, and businesses continu- ing to be saddled with the ex- pense of providing healthcare coverage, there is no way our nation will be able to success- fully compete in the world econ- omy unless salaries are cut further. I am confident that forc- ing Americans to purchase, what will prove to be "worthless"
healthcare insurance as a way of containing federal costs, partic- ularly in the midst of a "near de- pression", will actually lead to the demise of the Democratic Party as we knew it.
Who among us can afford 8 to 10% of our income to go toward healthcare insurance over the survival necessities of food, shelter, and all the other inciden- tals? Certainly not the Congress;
they have a single-payer health- care program.
The Democrats will never live this one down. Democrats should have put forth the best Medicare-For-All bill for an up or down vote and let the voters ultimately decide the Con- gresspersons who should be re- placed in the 2010 elections; and afterwards, they could easily have passed any single-payer healthcare reform bill they wanted. And for the Democrats now to sanction diverting monies, under the guise of sav- ings from "waste," out of Social Security, Medicare, and Medi- caid, the country's only remain- ing safety nets, is beyond belief.
Historically, this whole politi- cal process is going to be fasci- nating as we watch it unfold further into the remaining term of office for the Obama Admin- istration. Are you ready to buy into the lie that this is real
"healthcare reform"?
Douglass T. Turner Alfred, NY Coalition for Single-Payer
Science marches on
Dear Editor:
Science marches on. Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times reports that the liberal or conservative bent may be innate. Or some- what. Recent research “hints that political judgments may be partly in personality types and even in the hard wiring of our brains.”
Wearing earphones, research subjects were exposed to a loud, unexpected noise. Electrodes used to measure so-called star- tle/blink (flinching) reflexes in- dicated those with the stronger reactions tended to be conserva- tive, favoring gun rights, war- rantless searches, and opposing foreign aid. This suggested in- creased fearfulness and suspi- cion on their part.
Other researchers explored the method of punishing children in relation to politics. They found
that “spanking states” go Repub- lican, while states where parents use timeouts go Democratic.
Spankers “tend to see the world in black and white and as ‘us’
and ‘them.’” Non-spankers “feel more comfortable with ambigu- ities, sense less threat, embrace minority groups...”
Even the “disgusting” film of a person eating a mouthful of worms got little reaction from liberals, while conservatives’ so- matic systems went bonkers.
Now, who are the pantywaists?
The fact that conservatives feel vulnerable and angry at a higher rate than liberals may ex- plain the apocalyptic scenarios enacted by Beck and Limbaugh.
But I must confess that, flatter- ing as this research is to liberals, I don’t believe that any or all of it repeals the nature/nurture question. I was raised in two of the reddest states, Texas and Georgia, and I had no friends whose parents were spankers. I was only “switched” once. After a friend and I set fire to dry sage- brush in a vacant lot, a Dallas fireman took me home and or- dered my mother to punish me.
Our motive was to set up a base- ball field, but the adjacent householders and the fire depart- ment didn’t see it that way.
My caveats aside, when one sees Glenn Beck and Rush Lim- baugh juxtaposed on TV, both holding head in hands, both moaning, “Obama’s ruining this country,” you have to infer that they see conservatives as fearful and paranoid. Limbaugh has ap- peared in TV clips several times in the past week threatening, if health care passes, to go to Cost Rica, unaware, as I was, that Costa Rica already has a na- tional health care system. Well, as somebody has said (me, in fact), money is a rich man’s toys, and he not only wants his toys but yours too rather than see them wasted on working-class health care. If he doesn’t get his way, he just might take his toys and go to Costa Rica or to the Cayman Islands.
Very truly yours, Edward McCamy Alfred
Moonlighter
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AU hosting 2010 Alfred Literary Festival (ALF) this weekend
ALFRED– Alfred University will host the 2010 Alfred Liter- ary Festival (ALF) Thursday, March 25-Saturday, March 27.
The AU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Division of English, the Writing Center, and Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, sponsor the ALF.
This year the festival will cele- brate the works of Poet Jim Murphy; Rahul Mehta, visiting AU lecturer in English; Author Megan Staffel; and Dr. Ben Howard, AU professor emeritus of English.
All events are free and open to the public. The schedule for the ALF is as follows:
On Thursday, March 25 at 6 p.m. there will be a reading by Murphy in the Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, fol- lowed by a 7:30 p.m. reading by Mehta.
ALMONDOn Wednesday March 10th, sec- ond graders at Alfred-Almond Central School celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday (March 2nd) with a fun-filled day of educational, Seussical activities! Leading up to this event, the stu- dents read countless books by the famous au- thor. Some of the activities included, an exploration of the Seuss website using one of
On Friday, March 26 there will be a book signing by Staffel, Murphy, and Howard from 3-4 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge, Powell Campus Center. This will be followed at 6 p.m. with a keynote reading by Staffel at the Gothic Chapel, Ford Street, Al- fred, near the Saxon Inn. There will also be an open mic reading sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta with Staffel from 8:30-10 p.m.
in the Gothic Chapel.
On Saturday, March 27 there will be a literary roundtable dis- cussion from 2-4 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge, Powell Cam- pus Center.
Murphy is associate professor of English at the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL.
His recent works have appeared in The Southern Review, South- ern Humanities Review, Brook- lyn Review, Painted Bride
Quarterly, Cimarron Review, Fine Madness, The Alaska Quar- terly Review, Puerto del Sol, and in other journals as well as in The Memphis Sun (Kent State University Press, 2000). At ALF, he will present readings from his new book of poems, “Heaven Overland.”
Prior to working at Alfred University, Mehta most recently was a staff assistant for language and literature at Rochester Insti- tute of Technology, and a free- lance permissions manager for
“Discovering Patterns in Mathe- matics and Poetry.” He holds a master of fine arts degree in fic- tion writing from Syracuse Uni- versity where he was the Cornelia Carhart Ward Fellow, and a bachelor of arts degree in public policy analysis from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
During this year’s AFL Staffel will present her newest book,
“Lessons in Another Language.”
She is the author of two addi- tional novels, “The Notebook of Lost Things” and “She Wanted Something Else,” as well as a collection of short stories titled
“A Length of Wire and Other Short Stories.” Her short stories have appeared in numerous jour- nals including The Northwest Review, Ploughshares, Gar- goyle, and The Kansas Quar- terly. Her stories have also been short-listed in “Best American Short Stories” and “The Push- cart Prize.” She has taught at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Vermont College. She currently teaches in the master of fine arts program for writers at Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC.
Howard earned a Ph.D. in
English literature and a master of arts degree in English and cre- ative writing, both from Syra- cuse University. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in Eng- lish from Drake University, Des Moines, IA. He has published several works including, “Leaf, Sunlight, Asphalt,” June 2009;
“Dark Pool,” 2004; “Midcen- tury,” 1997; and “Lentel An- niversaries: Poems 1982-1989,”
1990.
The ALF, (formally known as the Writing for Your Life Writ- ers’ Conference) has been held at AU for more than 15 years. In recent years, both established and emerging writers have par- ticipated. More information about the visiting writers can be
found at
http://www.meganstaffel.com/
a n d
http://www.kennesaw.edu/ksu- press/heavenoverland.shtml.
A-A kids celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday
the district’s portable computer labs, creation of in- dividual and unique Seuss-esque characters, and mixing secret, “magical” ingredients to make Ooblek from the story Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Stu- dents graphed favorite titles, made ‘Cat in the Hat’
style hats out of food items, enjoyed various games and even dressed as their favorite characters. The boys and girls traveled to each of the three second
grade classroom for the activities. All of the day’s lesson connected to different pieces of Seuss literature. ncour- aged.”
6 THE ALFRED SUN, Thursday, March 25, 2010
Traditions and Transitions
While scanning the front page of the March 1, 2010, issue of Alfred University’s student newspaper, “Fiat Lux,” an article by News Editor Sharifa Barrow and its accompanying photograph by David Lemmo caught my eye.
Here is the first paragraph: “With help from the Division of Stu- dent Affairs and the Workgroup on Transgender Issues, AU resi- dence halls are in for a co-ed change, with special attention to the bathroom facilities.” Here is the caption for the photo: “An example of a transgender friendly shower stall in Bartlett Hall.”
News items such as this march my memories back down several rungs on the ladder of societal changes. I first came to work as a li- brarian in Alfred forty-one years ago at an institution where tradi- tions and transitions never end. To become the Samuel R. Scholes Library of Ceramics located at the New York State College of Ce- ramics at Alfred University two steps up the ladder were taken. One added the name of a former dean and professor of glass science to that of the Library. The other changed the letterhead for the College, creating useful piles of scrap paper.
When I arrived in 1969 men and women students lived in sep- arate dormitories on the AU campus. Not long after that a distressed faculty friend told me of an upsetting incident. One of her female advisees had been disciplined for having a male student visit her dorm room. A year later dorms housing both males and females were instituted on the AU campus, and much less formal separation of the sexes within their walls was required.
During my own dormitory living years in the early 1950’s at Kansas University a different mixing experiment took place.In these mullings, I shall use the terms which I believe were traditional then,
“colored” and “white.”KU had long admitted students of any skin tone. During the 1920’s when my mother studied there coloreds sat toward the rear of classrooms, whites toward the front. That practice, and separate living quarters, changed in 1951.
I was assigned to a large, new, multistory freshman women’s dormitory then. KU was trying two experiments. Freshmen women would no longer need to decide upon enrollment whether to go through rush week for sororities or to declare themselves independ- ents. That was postponed until the sophomore year. Additionally, colored and white students would live together in exclusively fresh- man dorms. Integration within all dorms would continue as this group evolved into upperclassmen. The freshman dorms housed two people to a room, each of the same hue. A colored pair, one of whom had blue eyes, lived in a room next to mine. My floor-mates all in- teracted well, but for a white kleptomaniac.
The following autumn six of us white independents wangled the largest second floor room in an upperclass dorm for women. The ground floor public areas included two lounges and a dining room.
The building had once been a fraternity house. Although the struc- ture was now formally condemned, it was livable for the short run.
KU was still dealing with the aftermath of stresses caused when the influx of G.I. Bill recipients brought heavy demands on facilities.
The blue-eyed colored student moved into the same dorm. The housemother assigned her to a cramped room at the top of the ele- gant front hallway staircase with the only two other colored resi- dents. They were transfer students, and our friend felt out of place with them. We six invited her to move in with us. The housemother was put in a quandary. She feared that white boyfriends coming for their dates might dislike seeing three “nappy” heads peering over the curved banister. But, she also worried that our white parents might have objections to the move. Happily, our room soon held seven desks and chests of drawers.Everyone shared a sleeping porch.
Approximately fifteen students lived upstairs in the dorm. Ob- viously, we could not all use the only bathroom on that floor at one time. But, in the basement several could simultaneously occupy a row of toilets and a row of showers facing each other. There were thin partitions between fixtures and a burlap curtain in front of each.
Desegregation was stepping up the ladder, although today’s trans- gender shower requirements remained out of sight. However, male dates could look through the gaping crack between the dorm’s threshold and front door into the basement. Call that residence "tran- sit gender friendly."
WELLSVILLE--Joe Crook- ston will perform at 8 p.m. Sat- urday, March 27 at the Wellsville Creative Arts Center.
Come early for dinner (served 5- 9 p.m.). Tickets are $12 advance purchase/$14 at door. Member tickets are $10 advance pur- chase/$12 at door. Tickets may be purchased online, in advance, at www.WellsvilleCreativeArts- Center.com or at the Art Center Coffee House. For more infor- mation visit the website or call 585-593-3000.
Joe Crookston's music and songwriting is deeply rooted in the grand celebration of life, death, ancestry and the intercon-
Caitlin Coleman of Almond was named to the President's List at The State University of New York at Geneseo for the fall semester 2009. To be on the list, a student must have achieved an A in all coursework (4.0 grade point average) while taking at least 12 credit hours.
ALFRED—Shihan Elise Flynn and a team of instructors from Alfred Martial Arts will teach basic elements of self-de- fense at Alfred University’s Women’s Leadership Center (WLC), on Saturday, March 27, from 3-5:30 p.m. The session is open to the public free of charge.
The workshop will include an array of practical, effective tech- niques with a focus on those that work well in many situations re- gardless of your body type or physical strength. Participants will have ample opportunity to practice. Each participant will receive a certificate of comple- tion.
Space is limited. To reserve your spot, call 607.871.2971 or e-mail. [email protected].
The WLC is located in the south corner of the Alfred Uni- versity Campus at the corner of Ford and Sayles streets, next to Openhym Residence Hall and across the road from Alumni Hall.
ALMOND--Second graders at Alfred-Almond Central School on Wednesday, March 10 cele- brated Dr. Seuss’s birthday (March 2nd) with a fun-filled day of educational, Seussical activities!
Leading up to this event, the students read countless books by
Dr. Seuss celebrated at Alfred-Almond C.S.
Singer/songwriter Joe Crookston will perform March 27.
Ryleigh Ormsby creates a Dr. Seuss creature during one of the Dr. Seuss Birthday activities.
nectedness of us all. It's music that is real, music that connects and music that tells stories with precision and craft.
Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, with Hungarian music roots, he inherited his love of music and song from his late mother, a prolific songwriter and accordion player. Whether it's his mesmerizing guitar sound or bubbling banjo, his music draws from his rural Ohio roots and ex- udes a remarkable inter-genera- tional, universal and timeless quality. His audience rapport, musicianship and playful stage presence is intense, mesmerizing and refreshingly dynamic.
CAMPUS NOTES
the famous author. Some of the activities included, an explo- ration of the Seuss website using one of the district’s portable computer labs, creation of indi- vidual and unique Seuss-esque characters, and mixing secret,
“magical” ingredients to make Ooblek from the story Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
Students graphed favorite ti- tles, made ‘Cat in the Hat’ style hats out of food items, enjoyed various games and even dressed as their favorite characters. The boys and girls traveled to each of the three second grade class- room for the activities. All of the day’s lesson connected to differ- ent pieces of Seuss literature.
Self-defense seminar offered by Alfred U’s Women’s Leadership
Joe Crookston will perform
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Programs at the Nancy Howe Auditorium at the David A. Howe Library, Wellsville
for March 28 – April 10, 2010
Concert: So. Tier Symphony Chamber Strings – Bach’s Feast Tuesday, March 30th at 7:00 pm
The Southern Tier Symphony Chamber Strings, under the direction of music director John Whitney will present a concert at the Nancy Howe Auditorium in Wellsville on March 30th at 7:00 pm. The en- semble consists of twelve string players and pianist Nancy Hefti with the addition of two local sopranos. Annamaria Myers, a music teacher in the Port Allegany, PA schools, has made numerous solo vocal appearances in the twin tiers region and was a finalist for the Schorr Prize in Voice at the Croswell Opera House in Adrian, Michi- gan. Alexa Campbell, a student at Portville High School, has per- formed with touring companies as well as with the Chautauqua Opera, Olean Community Theatre, and at the Lancaster Opera House. Selections by the Chamber Strings will include “Prelude to the Deluge” by Camille St. Saens, a brief symphony by Johann Stamitz, and the Bach “Arioso”. The two guest vocal soloists will perform “Panis Angelicus” by Cesar Franck and “You Raise Me Up” by Brendan Graham and Rolf Lovland. This library-spon- sored concert is free and open to everyone.
Short copy for Concert: Southern Tier Symphony Chamber Strings – Bach’s Feast
The Symphony, under the music direction of John Whitney, will focus on the string players in the orchestra in the March 30th concert at 7 pm at the Nancy Howe Auditorium in Wellsville. Selections by the Chamber Strings will include “Prelude to the Deluge” by Camille St. Saens, a brief symphony by Johann Stamitz, and the Bach “Arioso”. The two guest vocal soloists will perform “Panis Angelicus” by Cesar Franck and “You Raise Me Up” by Brendan Graham and Rolf Lovland. This library-sponsored concert is free and open to everyone.
Classic Family Movie: The Lion King (1994) Saturday, April 3rd at 10:30 am
A lion cub, raised to assume his father’s place and sabotaged by his evil uncle, lives in exile until he realizes his rightful place. This de- lightful film will be shown at the Nancy Howe Auditorium in Wellsville on Saturday, April 3rd at 10:30 am. The voices in this 1994 animated Disney film include Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, Whoopie Goldberg, and James Earl Jones and the music received an Oscar. This library-sponsored film is free and open to everyone.
Classic Movie: Blue Hawaii (1961) Tuesday, April 6th at 6:45 pm
Elvis Presley stars in this film of an ex-G.I. who returns to Hawaii to work in a travel agency. Other stars include Angela Lansbury and Joan Blackman in this film to be shown on Tuesday, April 6th at 6:45 pm at the Nancy Howe Auditorium in Wellsville. This li- brary-sponsored film is free and open to everyone.
Family Program: The Wind in the Willows performed by the Rochester Children’s Theatre
Sponsored by Art For Rural America (AFRA) Saturday, April 10th at 10:30 am
This musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s story of adventure, loyalty and friendship on Saturday, April 10th at 10:30 am at the Nancy Howe Auditorium in Wellsville follows the curious Mole on his trip down the river of The Life Adventurous.
ANGELICA--Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café is proud to present BETHEL STEELE and SIERRA ROCKS – rapidly-as- cending folk artists who are touring with their newest re- leases. Their performance at Black-Eyed Susan on March 27th is the second venue on their month-long adventure traveling and touring the East Coast.
Bethel's release is called
"Come Home", a 12-song album with a full band of support. The album has tastes of a country up- bringing and dashes of pop and rock, but is nailed in the folk genre.
“Bethel’s got a genuine feel of unpretentiousness that comes out in her songs, leaving the lis- tener with a warm feel of hon-
esty, soul and comfort. Her delivery is solid and her songs are from the heart. Even her sweet and humble stage banter leaves you feeling that Bethel Steele is the real deal.”
Tom Bianchi, Lizard Lounge Open Mic Challenge Sierra's recording is called
“Rocks”. It's a six-song EP (ex- tended play CD) featuring some incredible players including Catie Curtis, Natalia Zukerman, Woody Giessmann, and Lloyd Thayer.
“Sierra’s music is seductively dark, guiding the listener through intense layers of emo- tion and thought. Her rich alto delivers poetic, yet forthright lyrics set to expressive guitar work.” --Theresa Condito
Bethel has been showcased as a solo artist and as an opening act for nationally- and region- ally-touring artists, as well as busking throughout the Boston subway system. Steele is also a member of the group JP Un- plugged (www.jpunplugged.org) that hosts an acoustic music se- ries in Jamaica Plain, Massachu- setts.
Sierra has performed through- out New England and up and down the West Coast.
Her artistry shows in the care- ful way she touches her guitar strings, like a spider perfecting her web. There is a sensuous grace with which she sings, that soothes listeners and creates a hushed calm.
Don Ash of Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café remarked, “We’re pleased that these artists re- quested a date at our acoustic
café as part of their first tour.
We’re looking forward to hear- ing their solo work, but also anx- ious for the dazzling harmonies we can expect as Bethel and Sierra collaborate musically.”
With Bethel Steele and Sierra Rocks every live performance is a little different, but these things are guaranteed: you will be blown away by their tight har- monies, delightful stage pres- ence, and well-written tunes.
The doors at Black-Eyed Susan open at 4:30 for dinner, specialty coffees and desserts every Saturday. Enjoy the mel- low sounds of JIM SCHWARTZ on guitar at 6:00, with BETHEL STEELE and SIERRA ROCKS beginning at 7:30 p.m. There is no cover charge, but guests are expected to contribute to the mu- sician’s tip jar. The kitchen re- mains open on Saturdays until 10:00 p.m. and the café closes at 11:00. Reservations for dinner - - while never necessary -- are strongly encouraged.
Upcoming Saturday perform- ances include: swing, jazz, pop and standards by pianist/singer ALAN HOWE on April 3rd;
mesmerizing, authentic folk music by LISA BIGWOOD on April 10th; traditional folk by MIKE STROBEL on April 17th;
and western swing and honky- tonk with THE BACKSLIDERS on April 24th.
Black-Eyed Susan is located at 22 West Main Street in Angel- ica’s Park Circle National His- toric District. The café is open for lunch Monday through Fri- day from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Guests can dine in with a beau- tiful view of Park Circle, or have a meal delivered to their home or workplace. Menus are posted on-line.
Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café seats 70 and is fully handi- cap-accessible, making it a per- fect place for business meetings, showers, private dinners and other events. For more informa- tion call 585-466-3399 or visit www.black-eyed-susan.com.
Bethel Steele (left) and Sierra Rocks will perform at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 27 at the Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café in Angelica.
Steele, Rocks to play Angelica cafe
ALFRED—The Alfred Uni- versity Chamber Singers will present a program of show tunes
“Off Broadway,” on Friday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Susan Howell Hall. Desserts will ac- company the evening’s program;
a cash bar will open at 7 p.m.
Admission is $10 per person for this is a fundraiser for the group’s 2011 Tour.
Exciting, beautiful, whimsi- cal, and humorous pieces will include “Tonight” and “Some- where” from “West Side Story;”
“Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” from “Guys and Dolls;”
“All I Ask of You” from “The Phantom of the Opera;” “All That Jazz” from “Chicago;” and a medley from “Les Miser- ables.” Solos, duets, and small groups pieces will be included.
Reservations are required;
only 80 tickets are available. To obtain tickets, send payment to the AU Chamber Singers, AU Division of Performing Arts, Al- fred, NY 14802. Tickets will be held at the door, or can be picked up in the Division Office in Miller Performing Arts Center.
Tickets will also be sold 12-1 p.m. Monday-Friday, March 22- 26, in Powell Campus Center.
For more information, please contact this semester’s director, Laurel Buckwalter at fbuck- [email protected] or call the divi- sion office at 607.871.2562.
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BANDS/DJs
Alfred University Chamber Or- chestra will present “Gems of the Baroque” at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 10 in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall, on the AU campus.
An evening of joyous gems of baroque music.
AU Chamber Singers and AU Jazz Band will present a “Jazz Night” concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 30 in the Knight Club, Pow- ell Campus Center, on the AU campus. Admission is free.
Alfred University Symphonic Band under the direction of Dr.
Chris Foster will present a con- cert of “new” works at 8 p.m. Fri- day, April 23 in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall, on the AU campus. Admission is free.
Alfred Village Bandoffers con- certs at 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays during July at the Alfred Village Bandstand. For further info, call Linda Staiger at 276-2068 or call or e-mail Elaine Hardman at 585- 593-6345 Elaine@stoneflower- pottery.com
Angelica Sweet Shop44 West Main St., Angelica. Angelica Sweet Shop open Mon.-Wed. 10- 2, Thurs-Fri. 10 a.m.-9 pm; Sat.- Sun. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Scrabble played Thurs. evenings 6-9 p.m.
For more info, call 585-466-7070 or e-mail info@angelicasweet- shop.com
Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Cafe22 West Main St., Angelica.
Open Mon.-Fri. 11-2 for lunch, parties, espresso, desserts; Sat- urdays 4:30-11 pm with music, dinner, espresso & desserts.
March 27--Bethel Steele & Sierra Rocks; April 3--Allan Howe; April 10--Lisa Bigwood; April 17--Mike Strobel & Ed Hart; April 24--The Backsliders (Eric Huppert & Jim
Schleich); May 1--Ellen Oakes Kerr; May 8--Nick Humphrey;
May 15--Gordon Munding; May 22--Babak Elahi. For more info, call 585-466-3399 or visit black- eyed-susan.com
Javelin will be in concert at 10 p.m. Friday, April 2 in the Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, AU campus. Sponsored by SAB.
Steam Whistle Cartel, a cam- pus band that combines rock, funk and acoustic music heard nowhere else, will be in concert at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17 in the Knight Club, Powell Cam- pus Center, AU campus.
Student Recitals. Alfred Univer- sity students will perform recitals at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 11 in Howell Hall featuring vocalists performing a variety of styles from musical theatre to classical;
at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 18 in Miller Performing Arts Center Room 301, woodwind, string, piano and brass players wlil per- form in concert. Admission is free to both recitals.
Timber Timbre will be in concert at 10 p.m. Saturday, April 10 at the Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, AU campus.
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. March 27--High Gear; April 3--Broadcast; April 10--Lucky #;
April 17--Meatcutter’s Union;
April 24--Daze End. For updates, check www.maplecitybowl.net Or call 607-324-1011.
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 Saturday, March 27—Joe Crookston; April 3--Jony James Blues Band; April 10—
The Rich Fabec Band; Friday, April 16—Red Molly; Friday, April 23—The Horse Flies; Friday,
April 30—Steve Johnson Band;
May 14--Michael Tarbox; May 22- -Pierce Pettis; June 11--The Gib- son Brothers. For tickets, visit:
www.WellsvilleCreativeArtsCen- ter.com or call 585-593-3000.
Wellsville Performing Arts Or- chestra. Musicians and music lovers who want to be patrons are invited to call Judith Belin at 585-593-0118 or Elsie Swarts at 607-478-8319 for more informa- tion.
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 Shepherd of the Valley Church on Fassett Lane, Wellsville. New members wel- come. For further information, call 716-593-3173.
Maple City (Barbershopers) ChorusMeetings 7:30 p.m.
Mondays at St. Ann’s School, 27 Erie Ave., Hornell. New members welcome. Call 276-6835 for info.
Sanctuary Choir. Rehearsals Thursdays at 7 pm, The Seventh Day Baptist Church-Alfred Sta- tion. New members welcome. In- strumentalists practice 9 a.m.
fourth Saturdays. Call 587-9545.
COFFEEHOUSES
Coffeehouse live entertainment periodically at Terra Cotta Cof- feehouse, 34 N. Main St., Alfred.
Open Mic Night Wednesdays.
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 on Thursdays.
For more info, visit:
www.WellsvilleCreativeArtsCen- ter.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 Memo- rial Carillon, AU campus. Free concerts on the lawn 7-8 p.m.
Tuesday evenings in July.
Theater
& Dance
COMEDY
Comedian Tonya Lee Davis will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 27 in the Holmes Audito- rium, Harder Hall. Her perform- ance will be followed by Pirate Theater at 9 p.m. with student- written and performed sketch comedy.
Comedians Milton and The Duke will perform at 10 p.m. Fri- day, April 9 in the Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, AU cam- pus. Sponsored by SAB.
Friday Night Live.AU student comedy troupe. Next perform- ances Friday, Feb. 12, Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall. Call 871-2175 for further info.
Wade Live! is a dynamic magic show that uses a combination of music, live animals, comedy and theatrics that iwill leave you breathless. 9 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall, AU campus.
Comedian Paul Hallasy will per- form at 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 30 in the Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, AU campus, sponsored by Spectrum.
Comedian Rob Paravonian will perform at 10 p.m. Monday, May 10 at the Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, AU campus.
Pirate Theater.AU student com- edy troupe. Next performance 9 p.m. Saturday, March 27. Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall. Call 871-2175 for further info.
DANCE
Alfred Ballet Academy,N. Main St., Alfred. Jennifer Decker Fore- man, director. For further infor- mation, phone 607-587-8715.
Alfred Swing Dance Network holds dances periodically in the 1890 Firemen’s Hall Theater lo- cated in Alfred Village Hall. For more information, contact Gra- ham Marks/Megan Staffel at [email protected] or call 607-478-8178.
Alleluia School of Danceoffers classes in Houghton and Wellsville. Classical ballet and liturgical dance. All ages and ability levels. For more informa- tion or to register for classes, contact Director Rebecca Moore at 585-567-2079.
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
Alfred University Performing Arts will stage Oscar Wilde’s The Im- portance of Being Earnest at 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, April 14-17 in the CD Smith III The- atre, Miller Performing Arts Cen- ter. Reservations are
recommended. General Admis- sion is $5. For reservations, e- mail [email protected] or call 607-871-2828.
A Gala of One-Act Plays will be presented by Alfred University students at 8 p.m. Friday, April 28, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 29 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30 in the CD Smith III Theatre, Miller Performing Arts Center, AU cam- pus. Admission is free.
Alfred Community Theatre will present its annual British pan- tomime at a date to be deter- mined in January 2011. Read the SUN for updates.
Galleries Art/
INSTRUCTION/GROUPS Allegany Artisans. The Allegany Artisans, local artists and crafts- people working together to host an annual studio tour in October, invite artists to apply. Work is ju- ried. Studio must be in Allegany County. 585-593-6345 or www.alleganyartisans.com.
Fountain Arts Center, 48 Schuyler St., Belmont.
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.
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. Tours for groups at special rate. $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 arrange-ments, call 585-268- 5951 or visit our website at:
www.thefountainartscenter.org
