During a recent 13,000 mile air/land/sea adven- ture steve and Becky Metzger (of Albany, Ore- gon) enjoyed reading The Alfred sun under the French Polynesian sun while relaxing on their stateroom veranda before touring the island of Bora Bora. The ship was at an- chor in Povaie Bay and Mt. Otekamu looms in the background. Other islands visited during the 11-day cruise were Tahiti, Moorea, raiatea, Nuku hiva, Fakarava and ran- giroa.
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ALMOND—Alfred-Almond Central School District voters will go to the polls from 1 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, May 20 in the high school auditorium.
Eligible residents may vote on the proposed
$12.5 million spending plan for 2014-15, for a candidate to fill one five-year vacancy on the Board of Education, on a proposition to purchase two (2) 66-passenger school buses, on a proposi-
tion to expend from the Capital Reserve Fund and on a library proposition.
Details of the proposed budget appear in the ac- companying graphic.
School Board President Earl Pierce, the incum- bent is seeking re-election to another five-year term on the school board. He is being challenged by Michelle Stevens.
ALFRED—This weekend marks the completion of a “mass exo- dus” here in Alfred as both Alfred University and Alfred State College hold their respective commencements.
David E. Sanger, national security correspondent for the New York Times, and author of a best-selling analysis of the Obama administra- tion’s foreign policy, will deliver the commence-
ment address at this year’s Alfred University graduation ceremonies, to be held at 10 a.m. Sat- urday, May 17, in McLane Center. The University will also award a Doctor of Humane Letters de- gree, honoris causa, to Sanger.
"David Sanger's breadth of expertise is unique,”
said Alfred University President Charles M. Ed- mondson. “During his career as a journalist he’s
had substantial and direct responsibility for observing and explaining to Americans the emergence of modern China, the social and eco- nomic impact of technology, the dynamics of the Middle East, the op- erations of the American presidency, and the emergence of a national security state capable of eavesdropping on a massive scale and waging a secret cyberwar with drones and special forces."
A 30-year veteran of the New York Timesand a regular guest on CBS' Face the Nation, Sanger has become known as one of the na- tion’s most lucid analysts of geopolitics, national security, and glob- alization. His years as a foreign correspondent give him a unique view into the rise of Asia, nuclear proliferation, global competition, and a volatile Middle East.
Sanger's national bestseller, Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, is a riveting analysis of the Obama administration’s foreign policy, including its covert re- liance on cyber-warfare, drones, and special operations forces. The book sent shockwaves around the globe. Foreign Affairs called it an
“astonishingly revealing insider’s account.”
ACrOss ThE sTrEET,David Campbell, successful businessman and founder and chair of All Hands Volunteers, will be the speaker for Al- fred State’s 103rd Commencement on Sunday, May 18, 2014.
Campbell, a native of Buffalo and resident of Carlisle, MA, has truly done it all over his 50 years in business—he’s
been President of BBN Technologies of Cambridge and CEO at Computer Task Group of Buffalo and Xpedior of Chicago. He has also served as a mem- ber of the Board of Directors of Tektronix, M&T Bank, MRO Software, and Gibraltar Industries; he has been a Trustee at both Niagara University and the University at Buffalo; held the position of Chair- man for Roswell Park Cancer Institute Council, the
Buffalo United Way campaign, the Erie County IDA, and the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce; and served on the board of directors for nu- merous other corporate and nonprofit entities.
But it wasn’t until 2005—after learning about the devastation caused by a tsunami in Thailand and traveling to that Southeast Asian country to help—that he embarked on humanitarian endeavors, be- coming one of the founders of HandsonThailand.org, which brought in more than 200 volunteers and several hundred thousand dollars to assist in rebuilding five Phuket fishing villages.
Inspired to continue the work of providing hands-on assistance to communities in need, Campbell then incorporated All Hands Volun- teers (previously known as Hands on USA and Hands on Disaster Re- sponse, respectively) in 2006 and quickly brought 1,500 volunteers to Biloxi, Mississippi, in response to Hurricane Katrina. Under his leadership over the next seven years, the organization managed more than 30 projects.
Today, All Hands Volunteers is a model of civic engagement. This U.S.-based nonprofit does its work with maximum impact and mini- mum bureaucracy. And each program is directed by the needs of the community in which the volunteers work, ensuring a timely, relevant, and culturally sensitive response.
To date, All Hands Volunteers has helped communities in Haiti, Peru, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Bangladesh. U.S. relief projects have taken place in Mississippi, New York, Tennessee, Rhode Island, and Iowa.
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Campbell has received numerous awards and recognitions during his career. He was named Cit- izen of the Year by The Buffalo News, received an
honorary doctorate from Niagara University, and earned inclusion as a Fellow in the first year awards of the Purpose Prize.
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Alfred-Almond graduate ALMOND--The family of Mary Lynn Crosby, 56, of Con- way, SC, who died Friday, Dec.
20, 2013, will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur- day, May 17 at the Alfred-Al- mond Bible Church, Rt. 21, Almond. A memorial service will follow calling hours at 1 p.m. with Rev. Drew Jackson of- ficiating. A luncheon will follow.
Mrs. Crosby was born in Hor- nell, a daughter of the late William and Mary George Dob- son. She was a member of Coastal Community Church,
loved garden- ing and vol- unteered with the Shepherds Table. Mrs.
Crosby was a loving, giving wife, mother and grand- mother who
spent her life serving her Lord and family.
Surviving are her husband, Gene Crosby of Conway, SC;
two children, Michelle Crosby of Keene, NH, and Aaron Crosby (Jeanine) of Conway, SC; two step-children, Dustin
Crosby and Christopher Crosby, both of Charlotte, NC; three grandchildren, Dylan, Corey and Tyler; three brothers, David Dobson of Conway, SC, Bill Dobson and Tom Dobson, both of Almond; and one sister, Cass Lorow of Almond.
Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society , 950 48th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577, the American Heart Association , Tributes and Processing Center, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058- 5216 or to The Shepherds Table, P.O. Box 1782, Conway, SC 29528.
A daughter, Elle Louise Palmer, was born at 8:07 a.m.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 to Greg and Lindsy (Baker) Palmer of Rochester. She was 8 lb., 9 oz.
and was 20 ½ inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Bill and Jenny Baker of Al- mond; paternal grandparents are Ben and Eileen Palmer of Alfred Station. Maternal great-grand- parents are Lee and Donna Ryan of Almond.
ALFRED STATION--You can give the gift of life. How?
There is a Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday May 19, from 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm. The Blood Drive is being held in the Social rooms of the Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church meetinghouse at 587 Route 244, Alfred Station.
There are three ways which you may make yourself available to give the gift of life. Make an appointment by calling 1-800- REDCROSS or go to redcrossblood.org. The third way is just as simple, Walk-In.
If you are Blood Type 0, 0+, A-, or B- then what is called Double Red is available. If you have donated on or before March 24, you are eligible to give. All presenting donors during the month of May become eligible for a daily raffle to win a $50 Lowes gift card.
Give the gift of life. One pint has the potential of helping 3 per- sons.
A L M O N D - - K a n a k a d e a - McArthur Chapter #242, Order of the Eastern Star, held its reg- ular meeting at Fraternities Hall on Karr Valley Road, Almond last night, Wednesday, May 14.
Members were to turn in their Food Pantry/Bank tallies to David Palmiter at that time. Re- freshments were served by Annie Philpot and committee.
The meeting included several items of business and activities including the geranium pick-up time and the Grand Matron’s Of- ficial Visit to Allegany District on Saturday, May 24 in the Cuba VFW building. The Grand Ma- tron’s Official Visit meeting is open to the public. It is a formal
LEVI PETERSON Newborn baby boy ALMOND/PAINTED POST - Levi Peterson, newborn son of Tom and Katie Peterson of 27 Morningside Dr., Painted Post, formerly of Almond, was taken by the Angels to live life eternal in Heaven on the day of his birth (May 8, 2014).
Although his time on earth was brief, Levi was truly a gift from God and was loved by his
entire family.
In addition to his parents, Tom and Katie, survivors include his maternal grandparents, John and Cindy Flint of Almond; paternal grandmother, Dr. Rhonda Peter- son of Almond; maternal great- grandmother, Joanne Flint of Canisteo; his aunts and uncles, Chad Giglio of Hornell, Kristi and Brian Marlatt of Almond, and Shelley Flint of Almond;
several cousins; great-aunts and
great-uncles.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY, with Deacon Robert McCormick of- ficiating. Private committal services were in Woodlawn Cemetery, Almond.
To leave an online condo- lence, visit www.dagonfuneral- home.com.
JOHN C. ATWELL DORRIS V. ATWELL ANDOVER - A combined graveside memorial service for John C. Atwell, who passed away Jan. 7, 2013, and Dorris V.
Atwell, who passed away Nov.
27, 2013, will be held at Mt.
Hope Cemetery in Troupsburg on Saturday (May 17, 2014) at 11 a.m. with Rev. Terry Kelly of the Andover United Methodist
Church, officiating. Full military honors will be rendered for Mr.
Atwell.
Arrangements are under the direction of Baker-Swan Funeral Home in Andover.
Calling hours, service May 17 for Mary Lynn Crosby Memorial service Saturday for former County Legislator
Graveside memorial service Saturday for Andover couple Levi Peterson, newborn son of Tom and Katie Peterson
SUSAN F. MYERS
‘Mrs. Public Service’
FRIENDSHIP - A Memorial Service and a Celebration of the Life of Susan F. Myers will be held from
2-4 p.m. on S a t u r d a y (May 17, 2014) at the Friend- ship Cen- tral School A u d i t o -
rium, Friendship. It is being held where it is so that there will be plenty of room for all of Sue's many friends and relatives who would like to attend. At the end of the memorial service, anyone at the gathering who wishes to talk to those in attendance about their remembrances of Sue will be welcome to speak as part of the Celebration of Sue's life.
Susan (Sue) Foster Myers of Friendship, NY passed away at the Sea Temple Resort in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia at about 9 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2014, of a heart attack. She and her husband were traveling with Overseas Adventure Travel in Australia and New Zealand.
Sue was born at Kew Gar- dens, NY on Sept. 25, 1945. She was the daughter of Percival Edwin and Elizabeth Pauline (Moore) Foster. Susan was a 1963 graduate of Bayport Cen- tral School on Long Island where she received the top fe- male athlete award at her gradu- ation ceremony and then attended Alfred University where she was a nursing student.
On August 28, 1965, she mar-
ried Alan Wayne Myers at the Bayport Methodist Church in Bayport, Long Island. They met while exploring a cave in Albany County and continued spelunk- ing with their children for many years. Sue and Al have lived in the same house in Friendship since August 1968 when they moved from Richfield Springs.
Billed by her husband as
“Mrs. Public Service,” from serving as a Boy Scout leader to numerous terms on the Allegany County Board of Legislators, Susan was a strong supporter of Economic Development in Alle- gany County and the Southern Tier. She learned that economic development and tourism were greatly enhanced wherever there was an Interstate highway, so she began a campaign to have Congressman Amo Houghton work to get designation as an In- terstate for State Route 17 across the Southern Tier. He was against the idea, so Sue collected about a thousand signatures on petitions and delivered them all to him personally. At that time she became co-chairman of a three-county task force to get State Route 17 designated as U.
S. Interstate Highway 86, serv- ing in that position for about 15 years. As we can see today, that effort was successful.
Shortly after that, the newly designated Interstate began to disintegrate with large chunks of pavement coming loose at the joints causing many a blown tire and damage to vehicle suspen- sions. Sue then launched into a campaign to have the highway rebuilt in Allegany County, only
to find that it was not on New York State's upgrade plan until 10 to 12 years in the future. So she began to stop along I-86 and pick up broken five to six inch chunks of the road and wrote I- 86 and the date on them. She took these to the offices of State Legislators, Senators and NYS Department of Transportation supervisors and gave them to them for paperweights for their desks. This strategy was also successful. Repairs to the Alle- gany County Section of I-86 were completed in 2006, 5-6 years earlier than it had been scheduled for. The late NY State Senator, Pat McGee, even use to publicly call I-86 "Sue's Road."
Surviving are Susan's hus- band, Alan Wayne Myers; sons Charles Edwin (Vanessa) Myers PHD of DeKalb, IL and Trent Alan (Lori) Myers of Copley, OH; three sisters, Shirley (Erick) Christensen and Marilyn (George) Simms both of New Port Richey, FL and the Rev.
Elizabeth (John) Mowry of Grafton, NY; a brother Pete (Debbie) Foster of Mitchellville, MD and four grandchildren, Rachel, Joshua, Jessica and Han- nah Myers, all of Copley, OH.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Susan Foster Myers Memorial Endowment Fund for the Friendship Free Li- brary. Please make checks out to
"Friendship Free Library." Do- nations to the fund will soon also be able to be made on-line through the Allegany County Area Foundation. It will almost certainly have been accom- plished by press time.
attire meeting starting at 7:30 p.m. Come find out what we are all about, you will be impressed.
Kana-Mac Chapter has de- cided to hold a social evening every fourth Wednesday; this month’s event will be Wednes- day, May 28. A pot-luck supper will start off the evening at 6:30 p.m. with fellowship time fol- lowing to visit, play cards or a board game. The public is in- vited to join us for this event.
For more information, call our Matron (president) Gloria R.
Griffin, 607- 295-7189 or Secre- tary, Mary-Lou Cartledge, 607- 587-8071.
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Our first stop after we left Alfred for unfrozen scenes in January, was Harrison Bay State Park in southeast Tennessee. We loved being able to walk and run along a sweet lake. On my trek, I was attracted by this tree. Going closer, I thought I could see the backsides of a pair of wood nymphs disappearing into the trunk.
My favorite soup to make is broccoli cheddar. I make it each year also for the Union University Church bazaar in December, so I guess it is other people’s favorite too.
I had never seen a strictly cauliflower soup, though I have used cauliflower in some vegetable soups. I found this recipe in a little magazine called Well Fed Savannah. It is the creation of Patrick Gilpin, Chef De Cuisine of the Soho South Café.
It has incredible flavor and can be served chilled as well as hot.
Cauliflower Vanilla Bisque 1 cauliflower head, cut in florets 1 quart heavy cream 2 garlic cloves, minced 1½ quarts milk 1 med. white onion, diced ¼ c. honey 2 tsps. vanilla extract
Sweat onion and garlic 6-8 minutes until translucent over medium heat. Stir in cauliflower florets, milk, cream, and vanilla.
Maintain heat 8-10 minutes until cauliflower is tender. Turn off heat and add honey. Puree bisque in blender until chunks become smooth.
Top with your choice of toasted almond slivers, pinch of orange zest, chopped parsley or a little bit of all three. (Serves 8-12)
Cauliflower soup with incredible flavor
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By KELLY SNYDER Alfred Sun Weather
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“Overcast skies are like being wrapped up in a cozy down comforter.”
– John Gill, Alfred, NY Thursday May 15 ISOLATED T-STORMS
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Friday May 16 (HIGH 56 – LOW 41)RAIN Chance of precipitation...70%
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(HIGH 59 – LOW 38) Chance of precipitation...40%
Sunday May 18 PARTLY CLOUDY (HIGH 61 - LOW 41) Chance of precipitation...10%
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Charles Phillipson of Alfred is back home from Florida and his lawn is clean of leaves and dropped limbs thanks to the AU football team. He appreciates their community spirit volun- teering to make Alfred a nicer place to live. Thanks Kevin L, Ryan M, Ben K, Jason D and Nick M and thanks for the lead- ership, Coach Murray.
It’s time for annual clean up at***
Alfred Rural Cemetery. All
property owners at Alfred Rural Cemetery are asked to please re- move empty pots, Christmas decorations and faded artificial flowers in preparation for mow- ing to start. Thank you for your help!
Rochester, May 12- Average***
retail gasoline prices in Rochester have fallen 2.8 cents per gallon in the past week, av- eraging $3.81/g yesterday, ac- cording to GasBuddy's daily survey of 319 gas outlets in Rochester. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.8 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.62/g, according to gasoline price website Gas- Buddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Rochester during the past week, prices yesterday were 13.6 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 6.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 2.9 cents per gal- lon during the last month and stands 4.9 cents per gallon higher than this day one year
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fredsun.news@gmail.com ALFRED--Fred Tschida, recently retired professor of glass and neon in the Alfred University (AU) School of Art and Design, has been named recipient of the 2014 Libensky/Brychtova Award from the Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA . The award will be presented May 13.
The Libensky/Brychtova Award ac- knowledges extraordinary talent and high achievement in the world of contemporary glass. The selection jury of previous award recipients considers an artist’s standing in the field of contemporary glass, artistic
achievement, educational leadership and teaching, and ambassadorial contributions made to Pilchuck.
“Fred is one of a small elite group of glass artists who have trans- formed the field,” said Leslie Bellavance, dean of the School of Art and Design at AU.
Tschida, who retired in January 2014, served as an AU professor for more than 30 years. He has exhibited his work across the world and is recognized as one of the top glass artists internationally.
The award is presented at the Pilchuck Glass School Leadership Council’s annual event recognizing those individuals whose contri- butions to the arts reflect and advance the core values and vision of the school.
ALFRED STATION--Baker’s Bridge Historical Association is planning its annual field trip. On Thursday, May 29, members and guests will take a tour of the Cuba Opera House and the Cuba Cheese Museum.
BBA members and any per- sons interested in joining in will meet to carpool at the Alfred Sta- tion Seventh day Baptist Church at 9 a.m. The tour at Cuba will begin at 10 a.m.
The Palmer Opera House, built in 1867, originally housed three stores on street level and an opera house on the second story. In De- cember of 1871, the structure was destroyed by fire. Joseph Palmer backed the successful restoration of the building and for over 70 years it hosted a wide variety of cultural, recreational and varied community events.
In the winter of 2001, the roof of the building collapsed and for years it was exposed to the out- side elements, harsh weather and neglect. Then in 2005, the Cuba Friends of Architecture (CFA) began the arduous work of restoration, using photos and his- toric documents as guidelines.
The Palmer House, located at 12 W. Main St. in Cuba, is again hosting cultural and community events.
The lower floor of the building houses the Cuba Cheese Museum whose goal it is to preserve the rich history of cheese making and its artifacts.
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WHAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE AFRAID OF!!!
Several weeks ago I wrote about the fact that some senior citizens are afraid of drug dealing and drug use in our communities. As I reported, the Sheriff and District Attorney could find no basis for that fear. However, there is something else that poses a huge threat to us. That danger is all around us, and there is something we can do about it. That danger comes from cigarettes and tobacco.
The Director of the National Center for Dis- ease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), Dr. Tom Frieden, published an article warning about the dangers from tobacco use. According to him there are five things that kill more Americans than any- thing else. Those five things are heart disease, can- cer, lung disease, stroke and unintentional injuries (accidents). Those five conditions are responsible for almost two-thirds of all deaths in the country, about 900,000 deaths per year.
According to a recent report from the CDC Americans suffer more than 2 million heart attacks and strokes each year, causing one in every three deaths, and adding more than $300 billion to our annual health care bill. Tobacco remains the lead- ing preventable cause of death in our country, and in the world. Tobacco use is a major factor in four of the five leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer, lung disease, and stroke). Smoking has de- clined to less than 20% of the total population. That is down more than 5% over the past 5 years. Get- ting that last 20% to quit would save thousands of lives and billions of dollars each year. It would also improve quality of life for millions, and free re- sources for other important uses.
Studies by the CDC indicate that American to- bacco use (smoking) has declined since official government policy changed. Smoking declined from approximately 25% of the general population in 2005, to approximately 20% in 2010. Unfortu- nately, worldwide use has increased in recent decades. Studies also show that smoking percent- ages decrease with more education, and increase with poverty levels. In other words, this scourge hits the poor and uneducated harder than those who
are wealthier and better educated.
There are things that government can, and should do, to attack this problem. Most smokers started smoking as kids. Most of those who have ever smoked have already stopped, so the argument that you cannot stop is just a myth. Studies show that almost all smokers want to quit. Studies show that better education, restricting tobacco marketing, and expanding smoke-free regulations, all work.
Please consider the following questions and suggestions about this enormous problem:
• Cigarettes are more dangerous than guns. If the government can regulate and ban guns, why can’t it ban cigarettes? The evidence clearly shows that it would save far more lives.
• The person sitting next to you smoking a cig- arette poses a far greater danger to you than a gun owner, a terrorist, or fracker.
• We could save billions of dollars by refusing to provide coverage through health insurance, Medicaid or Medicare, for tobacco related health problems. Adopting such a policy would likely mo- tivate many remaining smokers to stop. We could balance that policy with increased assistance for those who undertake programs to actually stop smoking.
• If canceling insurance coverage is considered too extreme, perhaps we could impose increased deductibles or higher co-pays for tobacco related health care coverage?
• Smoking isn’t a disease. It’s a choice, with predictable consequences. Why should we protect individuals who knowingly and intentionally make unhealthy choices? I don’t think we should.
• The federal government shouldn’t subsidize tobacco growers when we know that tobacco use is related to four leading causes of death in Amer- ica? (Last year Congress voted to continue tobacco subsidies.)
• Can Food Stamps and/or Welfare Payments be used to purchase cigarettes? Should that be al- lowed? Can Welfare recipients get cash which is then used to purchase cigarettes?
I think tobacco smoking is a big problem.
What do you think?
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To the Editor:
On May 3 a local organization ECCAA hosted a “lock-in” to provide an opportunity for those attending the annual Alfred- Al- mond Prom to have a secure, safe, fun place to be Post- Prom.
On May 3rd from 11:00 pm through May 4th at 7 am the post-Prom Party took place in the Gymnasium at the Alfred Al- mond Central School.
What a wonderful community we have as individuals and busi- nesses stepped up to make this caring for the youth of our com- munity possible.
ECCAA wishes to Thank:
Hair Care
Alfred Hair & Tanning Center Alfred Sports Center
Alfred Pharmacy Uncle Alfred’s Students at Alfred State who were nominated for Student Employee of the Year by their respective
offices were honored at a reception in April. Pictured here, front from left: Kaitlin Anderson, Poughkeepsie, mathematics/English department; Lydia Rola, West Seneca, Office of Institutional Advancement; Heather Steadman, Whitesville, Office of the Executive Vice President. Back row, from left: Student Employee of the Year Lucas Bayus, Alfred Station, Office of Marketing Com- munications; Emily Stella, Geneva, Box of Books; Dr. Skip Sullivan, college president; Olivia Ciesla, Angola, Office of Student Engagement; Tyler Ribble, Elmira, Office of Student Engage- ment. Students are nominated on the basis of reliability, initiative, quality of work, disposition, and contribution to employer. President Sullivan congratulated the students on their nominations, while Executive Vice President Valerie Nixon presented the awards. (Photo provided)
Bayus’s duties included photo- graphing events and activities on campus which require excellent technical and photographic skills;
good communication and people skills; a good eye for a picture;
and being proficient in uploading photos to Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube.
In the nomination for the award, Bayus is characterized as someone who “clearly exempli- fies the leadership skills, initia- tive, reliability, attitude, professionalism, and attention to detail that is required in his posi-
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ALFRED—Lucas Bayus, of Alfred Station, a business admin- istration (BBA) major at Alfred State, has been named the 2013- 14 Alfred State Student Employee of the Year. Bayus works in the Marketing Communications Of- fice and was nominated by his su- pervisors, Deb Root, senior director of Marketing Communi- cations, and Molly Andrus, graphic designer. Students are nominated on the basis of reliabil- ity, initiative, quality of work, dis- position, and contribution to employer.
tion of student photographer.”
Root and Andrus also wrote:
“Luke has achieved a reputation on campus for producing quality work and being reliable. He pays the utmost attention to detail and accuracy, while going the extra mile to make the projects as- signed to him successful.”
Bayus ‘student employee of year’
Friendly’s The Collegiate Fox’s Pizza Little Sicily Community Bank WalMart
Wegmans
The Alfred-Almond Teacher’s Union
Alfred-Almond Central School Faculty and Staff
Mr. Calkins Mrs. Bain-Lucey Mr. Bialecki Crystal Drumm Ken Gray
ACES (Alfred State College) The Bicycle Man
Tinkertown Hardware Canacadea Country Store
You are invited to join ECCAA in planning for the After Prom Party next year.
Pastor Ken Chroniger for the ECCAA
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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVERSATION
Several months ago I was contacted by Alfred resident, Alan Lit- tell, who is often on the road. Some readers will recognize his by- line as that of an engaging writer of columns concerning travels - his own and those of others. Or, one may know him through his work with the Openhym Collection at the Herrick Library at Alfred University.
He was asking for my assistance in helping an aspiring writer meet her eventual goal. Would I agree to an interview with an Alfred Uni- versity student, Erica Smyth, so that she might write a newspaper story about me? “Yes,” I responded. However, I was doubtful that I could feed her any more fodder about my personal life than “The Alfred Sun” readers had already choked down when reading my
“Mueller Mullings” columns.
I met with her on Thursday, January 30, 2014. Our “conversation”
resumed in April, via a couple of e-mails involving her further ques- tions and my responses. At last her article made the front page of
“The Alfred Sun” on Thursday, May 8, 2014. Its headline declared me to be “unique.”
Apparently that sufficed as an inducement for some acquaintances of mine to read on. These friends have mentioned Erica’s column to me enthusiastically. Obviously they have taken certain topics cov- ered as confirming their own belief in my oddity.
Unfortunately for Erica, she was not aware that she was dealing with a Kansas University English major. Or a one-time junior high school English teacher. Or a student in debate courses at both the high school and college level. She only knew that I had been a long- time career librarian and a sometime contributor to “The Alfred Sun.”
Does not the full resume suggest someone who may be obsessively devoted to facts? Yes, I confess that I am.
One of the two most glaring errors in Erica’s coverage concerned the sequence of my writing duties with “The Alfred Sun.” I shall not attempt to straighten that one out here. Anyone who really cares can go through back issues to discover when I was a member of the Vil- lage of Alfred Planning Board.
After I no longer held that position, I accidentally became a “Sun”
reporter on both the Village of Alfred Board of Trustees meetings and the Village of Alfred Zoning Board meetings. As is so often the case where the population is small, one’s own “mistaken/miss taken”
questions can lead to further duties. I had asked “The Alfred Sun”
Janitor, David Snyder, why he was no longer writing up the meet- ings. Wherewith he immediately imposed that obligation upon me.
After a few years the meetings had to take place in a temporary location during Alfred Village Hall renovation. As I could not hear adequately in it, I resigned from the job as reporter. Then the Janitor claimed that readers were telling him my humor was missed. He suggested that I should start writing a column on subjects of my choice once a month. Born verbose, I wrote “Mueller Mullings”
every other week. So there!
More recently, with my anticipated life-span decreasing and my obligations increasing, I attempted to resign from that job, too.
Again, the Janitor said he received complaints. Revived again, now I actually do attempt to mull things over only once a month.
And how do I spend this newly acquired “spare” time? Well, Erica made a small error when she mentioned one of the ways. While truthfully saying of me, “She also likes to pick up bottles and cans around Alfred,” she provided the misinformation that I claim their deposit refunds at “Walmart.” I actually turn most of the containers in during shopping visits to Wegmans in Hornell.
After reading “Walmart” I was left with two questions. Had I mis- spelled “Wegmans” in answer to one of her e-mails on the subject?
I checked the e-mail, and I had NOT misspelled it. My other ques- tion reflected total ignorance on my part. Of course, Walmart must have a recycling area. But where is it?
I made a trip to the Hornell Walmart store just to ask an employee about its location. It is in a tiny space between the incoming cus- tomer doors and the outgoing customer doors at the front of the store. I peeked in and spied a couple of spiffy looking contraptions with no one using them.
Machines abound, but some reject certain containers by brand or by condition. One partial solution is provided by the less picky human recycler at the Alfred Redemption Center. Formerly located in the recently demolished Davis Gym, it is now on North Main Street opposite the foot of Saratoga Street. To reach it one uses the driveway beside the permanent sign “Alfred University Motorpool Receiving.”
The changing visibility or invisibility of the movable “Cash for Cans” sign is not to be trusted regarding service times, however.
Currently the Center’s open hours are only from 2-6 p.m. on Mon- days and on Fridays.
ALFRED–This summer in Alfred, experiences in music and art will come together for the MostArts Festival at Alfred University (AU) Sunday through Saturday, July 6-12.
The brainchild of Dr. Lisa Lantz, associate pro- fessor of music/strings and director of the AU Sym- phony Orchestra, the festival is designed to bring together prominent classical musicians and aspiring amateur performers. Lantz also notes she conceived of the event as a way to enrich the cultural, eco- nomic, and educational potential of the Alfred com- munity.
“Internationally renowned musicians have been invited to the region to share their passion for music and to engage in the broader dialogue between music and the vibrant world of Alfred art,” said Lantz. “The weeklong event will host a Festival Or- chestra which will offer chamber music concerts called ‘Sound Bite Samplers’ during the noon hour in Holmes Auditorium,” Harder Hall on the AU campus, showcasing various groups of musicians who will speak about the works to be performed as the audience enjoys lunch or dessert, she explained, while “ceramic workshops by artists/AU professors Wayne Higby, Walter McConnell and John and An- drea Gill will be offered in Harder Hall, along with an assortment of other activities. Evening concerts will take place in Miller Theater at 7:30.”
In addition, another component of MostArts is the Young Artists Piano Competition for high school students ages 13-18. Six finalists will be in- vited to Alfred to perform the first movement of their selected Mozart Concerto (a competition re- quirement) with the MostArts Festival Orchestra before an international panel of judges - Ukrainian pianist Vladislav Kovalsky, American pianist An- thony Pattin, German-born pianist Andreas Klein - and a live audience. Competition participants must also play at least two contrasting works from two different periods for solo piano. The guest pianists/judges will select the overall winner of the competition.
The Grand Prize winner will receive $10,000 and will be invited back to Alfred University for a solo recital during the 2014-15 academic year; the Sec- ond Prize winner will receive $2,500, while the Third Prize winner will receive $1,500. Funding is made possible through the Alfred University Robert Hutter Memorial Fund.
The final evenings of festival week will be de- voted to showcasing the competition finalists. Each evening, three-four contestants will perform the opening movement of a Mozart piano concerto with the MostArts Festival Orchestra. Audience mem- bers will be asked to cast a vote for their favorite pianist each evening. The audience will also have the opportunity to choose their two favorite com- petitors, who will each receive a $500 Audience
Award. Finally, there will be a $500 Discretionary Prize.
The winners will be announced at a closing Gala Concert on Saturday evening followed by a Raku Extravaganza with Higby for the entire community at the “Hair Pin Turn” above the Miller Theater.
The judges will also be featured in concert during the festival. Kovalsky will open the week in a solo recital Sunday evening, July 6. Pattin will perform on Monday evening in a concert of transcribed gems originally for piano that are better known in their adapted orchestral form. Later in the week, Klein will perform Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 2” with the MostArts Festival Orchestra.
Kovalsky is executive and artistic director of the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, Red Bank, NJ and a member of the International Keyboard Festi- val and Competition Faculty at Mannes College of Music, New York. Born in Khabarovsk, Russia, he graduated from the famed Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad State Conservatory of Music where he studied under the legendary Russian pianist Nathan Perelman.
Klein is an internationally distinguished per- former who has been touted in The New York Times as “a fascinating artist with all the indispensable qualities: temperament, taste, touch, tone” and “a pianist who makes silences sound like music.” He has performed in the world’s most prestigious ven- ues, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall, New York’s Kennedy Hall, and Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Klein is a graduate of the Juilliard School, New York City.
Pattin is an active pianist, orchestral soloist, chamber musician, accompanist, and music scholar.
He gave his New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital hall in 1998, for which the New York Concert Review recognized him as “a pianist of definite skills and strengths.” Since then, Pattin has performed concerts throughout the United States. He has also appeared in Japan and through- out Europe and Central America. Pattin is now pro- fessor emeritus from the University of Montevallo and appears frequently on the Alabama Sym- phony’s “Concertmaster and Friends” series.
Lantz, an experienced orchestral and chamber musician, has performed with many regional or- chestras in Western New York including The Or- chestra of the Finger Lakes, Western NY Chamber Players, and as Concertmaster of the Southern Tier Symphony. In addition to her full-time teaching po- sition, she continues to be an active violinist and conductor for concerts in the United States, Prague, Budapest, and Rome.
For more festival details visit www.MostArts.Al- fred.edu under Schedule of Events; note this page will be updated weekly.
Music, art to come together for AU’s ‘MostArts Festival’
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Music
BANDS/DJs/RECITALS The AU Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Lisa Lantz, will perform the exquisite Mozart Piano Concerto #23 with guest pianist, Frank Mitchell Bush, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 25 in Miller The- ater on the Alfred University cam- pus.
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. For more information, call Nancy Luger at 607-587- 9449 or email:
lugerna@yahoo.com.
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: March 28--Dallas Lucore, March 29--Alex Leyva, April 3-- Acoustic Open Mic, April 4--Tom Naples; April 5--Michael on Fire.
Music begins at 7:30 p.m. Café open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for meals, espresso, beer, wine, desserts. Black-Eyed Susan will be CLOSED for renovations &
rest from Jan. 1-Jan. 31, 2014.
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.
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 29- -The Waymores. Saturday, April 5--Rockwood Ferry. Saturday, April 19--Roosevelt Dime; Friday, April 25--Woody Pines; Saturday, May 3--Farewell Drifters; Friday, May 9--Brother Sun. For tickets, visit: www.WellsvilleCreativeArts- Center.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 7:30 p.m. Mon- days at United Methodist Church of Hornell, 7528 North Main St Ext., Hornell. New members wel- come. 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.
9 pm Thursday, April 3--Lily Vir- ginia; 9 pm Thursday, April 17-- Sun Club; 9 pm Thursday, April 24--Matt the Electrician (location TBA); 9 pm Thursday, May 1-- Sam Kogan. 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. 2013
Theater
& Dance
COMEDY
AU SAB Mystery Comedian will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Knight Club, Pow- ell Campus Center, AU campus.
Comedian Seaton Smithwill perform at 10 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at the 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
AU Performing Arts presents the musical, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”at 8 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 10-11-12 in Miller Theater, AU campus. This musical by Rupert Holmes, based on Charles Dickens’ unfin- ished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, is a playful "who- dunit" in which the audience gets to determine the guilty party.
Winner of five Tony awards in- cluding best musical and set in a 19th century English music hall, Drood is a comedic, risqué romp following the tradition of British pantomimes. Tickets required;
reservations recommended.
General admission is $5. Senior citizens $3. AU students with ID
$1. To reserve tickets, call the box office at (607) 871-2828.
Art/ Galleries
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.
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. Current Exhibit: “Karen Lang: Autumn Fireworks”. Admis- sion is always free. Gallery Hours by appointment. (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.”
Including five new Art and History Galleries. 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.
Rockwell Museum, 111 Cedar St., Corning. Largest American Western Art collection on view in the eastern United States, with paintings, sculpture, Native American artifacts, and firearms.
Info 607-937-5386.
Terra Cotta Museum, Main St., Alfred. Open on special occa- sions or byappointment, call 587- 8358.
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ALFRED--A real-time, image-processed video work,
“Back Hand Front Hand” by Peer D. Bode, professor of video art in the
School of Art and Design at Alfred Uni- versity (AU), was shown at the 60th Oberhausen
International Short Film Festival in the Lichtpalast Cinema in the Filmpasast, Oberhausen, Ger- many. The work was distributed by the Video Data Bank (VDB), Chicago.
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, founded in 1954, is one of the oldest short film festivals in the world and one of the major international platforms for the short form. The festival holds an International Competition, German Competi- tion, and International Chil- dren’s and Youth Film Competition as well as the MuVi Award for best German music video and, since 2009, the NRW Competition for productions from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Bode co-founder and co-di- rector of the Institute for Elec- tronic Arts (IEA), School of Art and Design at AU. He is nation- ally and internationally known with media works exhibited in museum collections worldwide.
He is also an active educator and studio advocate and facilitator of independent electronic media.
Bode is associated with the American Alfred and Owego schools for new media imaging.
His work is produced at the IEA;
the Experimental Television Center, Owego, and Pep Studios, Hornell and Rochester.
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Box of Books Library Director
The library world is ever changing and I am hoping that this little library in this small town is going to continue to change with it. We have an exciting opportunity here at the Box of Books and through- out the entire Southern Tier Library System, to offer free download- able music to our patrons. Yes FREE and the really cool thing is that unlike with audio and eBooks it doesn’t have a time limit once you download the song it is yours forever.
We hope to be offering a service called Freegal to our patrons in July, this service is not free to us of course but with the help of STLS it is a manageable cost for us. Free music to go along with your free books, movies, magazines, and so much more is a great idea I think.
If you would like more information on this service please feel free to stop in and talk to Eliza about it or research it online.
Summer is sneaking up on us and will be in full swing before we know it. Before the excitement of our Summer Reading Program:
Fizz, Boom, Read begins we have a full month and a half of pro- gramming in store for you.
Today: May 15th at 4:30 Bookworms will meet to share their cur- rent reads and to design Springtime Critters.
May 21st at 10 am Story Time for birth to 5. Music, stories, move- ment and more.
May 25th and 26th the Library will be Closed for Memorial Day.
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