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City of Tonawanda Courier/ Friday, December 19, 2014

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Council tables resolution requiring new permit for mobile food trucks

By Kimberlee Sabshin NT SUN CORRESPONDENT

During its meeting on Tuesday, the City of Tonawanda Common Council voted to table a resolution to renew an ordinance restricting where mobile food trucks may

do business in the City of Tonawanda without a mobile food vendor license and a special event permit. However, Police Chief William Strassburg questioned whether this unfairly singles out food trucks.

The resolution, which the council debated dur-

ing its informal session with input from other city officials, stated it “shall be unlawful for any mobile food vehicle vendor to operate within 500 feet of the boundary line of any fair, carnival, circus, festival, special event or civic event that is licensed or sanctioned by the city”

unless they have these permits. Previously, the city code required the trucks to have only a special events permit to sell food during special events. If this resolution passes, they will need another one as well.

City Attorney Ronald Trabucco said he added the portion requiring the

food trucks to have a specific mobile food vendor license. However, Strassburg cautioned the council about drawing food truck owners’ ire by keeping them from conducting business, but not other local vendors that may also sell food for a profit. “If the Boy Scouts

have an event, they can’t bring the food truck in, but if somebody’s having an event with a trailer the Boy Scouts cook hot dogs out of, they can do it,” the police chief commented.

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Superintendent, board president comment on passage of capital project

By Kimberlee Sabshin NT SUN CORRESPONDENT

Last week, KenmoreTonawanda School District Board of Education President Bob Dana and Superintendent Dawn Mirand offered their comments after KenTon voters approved both propositions of the second phase of the school district’s capital project.

A district spokesman said last week both Proposition One and Two passed Dec. 9, with Proposition One receiving the go-ahead by a margin of 1,151 votes to 247. Additionally, the second proposition passed by a slightly narrower margin, with 1,080 residents voting “yes” and 326 voting “no.” Of these, only the second proposition will have a small tax impact on voters, an additional cost of approximately $12 per year in taxes for an average resident with an assessed home value of $100,000.

“We are all extremely grateful to the district’s residents for their overwhelming show of support and the efforts of the many dedicated people that made it all possible,” Dana said Dec. 11. “These are difficult times as we continue to strive to provide an atmosphere that provides a safe environment and promotes learning, therefore enabling Ken-Ton’s students to achieve the success they deserve.”

“Proposition One and Two were the result of a long list of needs and enhancements that the district decided on a

couple of years ago, and this is phase two of an ongoing process to enhance and upgrade our buildings,” Mirand said the day after the vote.

“We are just thrilled that the community supported the propositions and excited about going forward with it.

Proposition One includes updates to allow the school buildings to comply with health and safety codes, including updates to the building envelopes, such as improvement of accessibility for students with disabilities, and related updates related to “Scenario I,” which the district voted to pass earlier this year. Among other updates, it includes roof replacements and a bus loop at Lindbergh Elementary School, a new parking lot on Fries Road, gym and locker updates at Kenmore East and a new bus loop at Kenmore West. About 80 percent of the cost will come from state aid, with the remaining total coming from the district’s reserve funds.

Proposition Two includes updates that will help the district’s auditoriums and athletic fields. Hoover Middle, Franklin Middle, Kenmore East and Kenmore West will see updates to their individual auditoriums, and there will also be updates to and artificial turf installed at Adams Field, Crosby Field and at Kenmore West. About 75 percent of this proposition’s cost will come from state aid, with taxpaying covering the remaining portion.

On Dec. 1, one week before the capital project vote, the Board of

Education, various district administrators and project architects held a panel-style informational public forum in the auditorium of Hoover Middle School. It gave residents a chance to learn more about the capital project and have their questions answered. Although Dana said the district was, legally, not allowed to actually persuade residents to vote for or against the capital project, they were allowed to provide information to the public. The panel included representatives of Gordon W. Jones Architects and Campus Construction Management Group, Inc., the project’s architects.

Mirand said the district entered into the first phase of the project five years ago to assess the long-term needs of the district’s buildings.

A committee of community members, administrators and architects discussed what could be done. Dana recalled, “The first time we sat down, it was a real eyeopener to realize what was going on and the magnitude of the project - over $58 million.”

Construction of the first phase of the project, which was approved in 2009, is scheduled to be finished by the end of this year.

“This accomplishment goes a long way to assist us in accomplishing [the district’s goals] and to do so in a way that contributes to our financial sustainability,” Dana added last week.

“In simple terms, we are all elated.”

Hoover Middle students perform annual winter concert

By Kimberlee Sabshin NT SUN CORRESPONDENT

On Monday, Dec. 15, Hoover Middle School held its annual winter concert, featuring a wide variety of selections as performed by students of the orchestra, chorus, jazz band, glee choir and concert band, to a packed auditorium of parents, family and friends.

The orchestra, as directed by Stephanie Cartwright, first performed “Merry Christmas, Cha Cha Cha,” a mash-up of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas and “La Bamba.” They then proceeded with a piece called “Velocity,” followed by “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” a perennial favorite from the 1966 adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s tale, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

Cartwright, orchestra director at Edison Elementary School and Hoover, said the Seuss piece included a “full” orchestra. “Some top students every year from the concert band join us,” she said. “They rehearsed with me extra time, so I really appreciate the extra work that they put into putting this piece together. It’s similar to a Buffalo Philharmonic concert, how you would see not only strings, but the woodwinds, the brass and the percussion all working as one ensemble.”

The chorus, which vocal music teacher Lisa Welfare directed, performed “Child of Peace” and a folk piece called “Shalom Chaverim/Hevenu Shalom Aleichem,” during which Joseph Cannizzaro provided vocals for

an opening solo. Welfare said the latter number is a traditional Israeli folk song that carries the message of, “Go my friends in peace, until we meet again.”

For their final number, the chorus sang the popular tune, “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” from the Disney movie “Frozen.” Throughout the three songs, vocal music teacher Lisa Hasselback provided piano accompaniment during the singing.

The jazz band consisted of a group of children from the larger concert band who auditioned to be part of the more selective group, band director and music teacher Mary Kwitowski said. Their set included “Proud Mary,” “Frosty the Snowman,” with a trumpet solo by Jordan Taylor, and “A Rockin’ Merry Christmas,” a spirited rendition of “Joy to the World,” with an alto sax solo from Tabitha Peterangelo and Jayden Thorpe playing a trombone solo.

After the jazz band was the glee choir, again with Welfare as director and Hasselback as accompanist. The small group of girls in this select choir, who were chosen from the larger group of choral students via auditions, sang “Christmastime is Here,” from “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” followed by “Jazz Cantate,” “Once Upon a December” from the Disney movie “Anastasia” and “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” During the final song, sixth-grader William Burhans played the drums.

The concert band, the final act, consisted of a group of 110 students from three grade levels,

Kwitowski said. Student teacher Lauren Smith was guest director of the first song, “Lightning,” after which Kwitowski directed “The Gift of Christmas,” a medley of “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Away in a Manger” and “Oh Come, All Ye Faithful.” They ended with “Let It Snow,” during which a select group of eighth-grade students stood in front to form a small Dixieland band.

Hoover Middle Principal Carmelina Persico said on Monday about 300 students, including vocal and instrumental performers, participated in the winter concert.

When asked what makes her the most excited to be the school’s principal, Persico cited progression and improvement students had made as they progressed through weeks and weeks of practice.

“They start early on in the school year, and as my office is right outside the auditorium, I can hear them routinely practicing.

The strides they make in such a short time are tremendous,” she said, noting that the winter concert has been an annual tradition at the school for 30 years.

“I am proud of their efforts, dedication and hard work that make their playing great,” Persico added.

“Our ensembles play and sing a variety of holiday pieces that represent different cultures and languages, in addition to the more traditional pieces we are accustomed to in our society. [Community members] are also quite impressed with the high quality level at which our students perform.”

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The resolution the council passed earlier this week renews the old requirement, which Stenger and Cimino had criticized,

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Peter Cimino, Lloyd Taco Trucks’ co-founder, also said increased restrictions were unnecessary. “My concern is that we’re going to end up with something that is unfair to the food truck owners, who’ve been abiding by the existing laws,” he said. “All that we’re asking is that the laws are applied fairly and evenly.”

However, Mayor Rick Davis said the fact that food trucks are still allowed into a city park, where children are likely to be present, means background checks are a good idea, praising Lloyd as a “reputable place” that sells food from trucks.

“We can’t think of reputable places. We’ve got to think of an un-reputable place that wants to come in and sell food in our city parks. If this individual is coming into our city park

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‘You’re totally singling us out. How can you do that?’ I’m just doing this because we have to enforce it, and we’re the ones that will get the grief, complaints and everything else,” Strassburg said. “You’re putting them in a different class. I just want to make sure that’s what you want to do.”

Strassburg referred to an incident earlier this year, when Mitchell Stenger, an attorney representing Lloyd Taco Trucks and other mobile food vendors, appeared before the council to criticize a resolution, which the council approved in March, requiring all mobile food truck vendors to conduct background checks on their employees.

Stenger had argued brick-and-mortar restaurants are not subject to these laws. “Joe’s Pizzeria doesn’t have to have background checks on their delivery men, and

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Strassburg asked if the restriction on food vendors also applied to the Tonawanda Football Clinic, which holds a chicken barbecue on city property. In response, First Ward Councilman Charles Gilbert pointed out that this resolution, if it does pass at a later date, would not keep the barbecue from happening, since the language is specific to food trucks. Trabucco read the definition of a “mobile food truck” to the council, which is “a self-contained, motorized m\obile food unit, in which ready-to-eat food is cooked, wrapped, packaged, processed and portioned for service, sale or distribution.” Therefore, this definition excludes the football clinic and Boy Scouts.

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Honor roll students announced at Kenmore East High School

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By Kimberlee Sabshin NT SUN CORRESPONDENT

Last Thursday, Dec. 11, the Town of Tonawanda Police Department warned residents about the chance of holiday season burglaries in the Town and City of Tonawanda after three individuals were arrested for breaking into cars and homes that day in two separate and unrelated incidents, police officers in both municipalities said.

Kyle L. Carter, 22, of Congress Avenue in Buffalo, as well as Erik M. Glover, 29 and Harvest A. Glover, 28, were arrested. Both Glovers, who are husband and wife, live on Hertel Avenue in Buffalo. City of Tonawanda spokesman Captain Fredric Foels said Carter was charged with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, criminal trespass in the third degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree. The Glovers were apprehended by Town of Tonawanda officers and charged with four counts of burglary, the town police department said last week. City police were not involved in the Glovers’ apprehension.

During the incident involving Carter, town police were called to the 2700 block of Colvin Boulevard at approximately 1:15 a.m., Dec. 11, near where the Town of Tonawanda borders the City of Tonawanda. Two people were spotted walking down Colvin, attempt-

ing to open door handles of cars parked in the street. A witness said these suspects were also seen walking up driveways trying to do the same, police said. Foels said City of Tonawanda police received a call about this incident “sometime after 3 a.m.”

“Town of Tonawanda police arrived; they were able to establish several vehicles had been broken into and property stolen,” said Town of Tonawanda Police Captain Joseph Carosi. “While town officers were investigating, they were notified that City of Tonawanda police were actively chasing a person through backyards.”

“Our officers located Mr. Carter in a backyard on Frederick Road,” Foels added. “Frederick Road is right at the boundary of the city/town line; Frederick Road is in the city. He was taken into custody by our officers.”

According to Foels, Carter was charged with possession of stolen property because he threw a backpack into the snow while officers were pursuing him on foot. The officers recovered the backpack and found it contained items taken from vehicles in the Town of Tonawanda. Additionally, at the time of his arrest last week, Carter had an outstanding parole warrant for previous burglaries, Foels said. Foels was not able to confirm how many cars were burglarized, nor where Carter’s suspected accomplice

had gone.

“The town originally thought there were two people involved in all these larcenies and burglaries. I’m not exactly sure if there was a second person, but I don’t think he was apprehended,” Foels said. Carosi confirmed Town of Tonawanda police are still in the process of reviewing the collected evidence related to Carter’s arrest, although charges are pending.

In the second incident, at 1:20 p.m., Dec. 11, Town of Tonawanda police went to an address on Idlewood Drive after receiving a call about a burglary in progress. After the burglars fled the scene, a brief foot pursuit ensued, after which officers arrested Erik and Harvest Glover. They have been charged in connection with four burglaries in the Town of Tonawanda between Dec. 8 and Dec. 11.

Carosi issued a statement warning residents to watch out for themselves, since “law enforcement considers the holiday season as burglary season.”

He advised residents to always be vigilant with their homes and cars to reduce their chances of falling prey to potential burglars, and thus keep their valuable personal property safe.

“Police strongly encourage persons to always lock their home and car doors.

The majority of these crimes were committed because opportunity was easy,” Carosi said. “Your first and best defense is to always lock your doors.”

City of Tonawanda Courier/ Friday, December 19, 2014

Kenmore East students hear from Holocaust survivor At a presentation at Kenmore East High School on Nov. 25, Holocaust survivor Joe Diamond brought to life something many students have only learned about from textbooks, providing a first-hand account of what it was like to endure the concentration camps of Nazi Germany.

In this way, students learned about one of the most important periods in history from the perspective of someone who had lived through it, could talk about what transpired in harrowing detail, and explain why it is such an important subject and how it relates to the world today.

Diamond grew up in the former Czechoslovakia, the older of two boys. In his hour-long presentation, he recounted the heart-breaking story of how, at age 14, he, his family, and all people of the Jewish faith in his village were transported to Auschwitz by the Nazis. Diamond was separated from his mother and seven-year-old brother and sent to the work camp, soon learning that his mother and brother had been killed in the gas chambers. He and his father spent several months avoiding death by working at Auschwitz as the Allies advanced along the Eastern and Western fronts.

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Shortly thereafter, with the Russians closing in, the Nazis abandoned Auschwitz, evacuating all detainees and forcing them on a death march to another concentration camp rather than allowing them to be liberated by the Allies.

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Local sports St. Joe’s drops a pair in second Upstate/Downstate Tourney who slowly clawed their way back into the game when they settled down and started to share the ball more and make better decisions.

In fact, Lewis had one final look at the ball from three-point range at the buzzer. But it did not fall

By Dave Ricci true.

SPORTS REPORTER Losing to Holy Trinity in the state semifinals last For Nichols and St. Joe’s season, Nichols coach John it was a way to gauge where Reinholz said this weekend they are now and where they provided exactly what his are going. team needed: a test to push Holy Trinity squeaked themselves to the limit so out a 58-55 win over the they can get better and better host Nichols Vikings in the down the road. final game of the second “We’re playing teams that annual Upstate/Downstate are this good for a reason.

Tournament that was held To help us get better,” said Dec. 12-13 at Nichols.

Reinholz. “If you look at our The reigning Class A state first six games, every team Catholic champion Holy that we’ve played is going Trinity of Long Island used to be one of the top teams an incredible blend of speed in Western New York or and team ball to put Nichols New York state. That’s why on its heels early as Trinity we’re playing teams like raced to a 27-8 lead after that. We want to battle and the first quarter. we want to have extremely Chris Miner had 24 points tough games every night and 16 rebounds while Cam we play.”

Lewis added 17 points and Coming into the season, 10 boards for the Vikings, the Vikings were set with

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St. Joe’s senior John Scaglione and the Marauders didn’t pick up a win at the second annual Upstate/Downstate Tournament held Dec. 12-13 at Nichols School.

their core three of Miner, Lewis and fellow senior Tanner Schmit. The key to getting back to and winning states was the building a support cast around their three veterans. So far, freshman Marcellus Cooper, according to Reinholz, has stepped up into that role and responded well to not only a higher level of basketball compared to JV, but a tougher class load than what he is used to.

“That’s exactly what we’re trying to do,” said Reinholz. “We’re trying to help the new guys, the guys who have come up from JV or have very limited varsity experience. We’re trying to help them to become better basketball players. So if we don’t put them in tough situations, if we play teams that we are able to beat by 40 points, that’s not going to help them become better.

So what we’re basically doing is throwing them into the fire. It literally is a baptism by fire experience.

It really is.”

Reinholz has unques-

tioned faith in the talent his team has. The key will be remembering the little things like sharing the basketball.

“What we’re trying to teach the boys is trust your teammate,” said Reinholz.

“Trust all of your teammates by moving the ball and passing it, as opposed to dribbling through guys.”

Nichols defeated St. Francis Prep 64-59 on Dec.12.

The weekend was a wake up call for St. Joe’s, which dropped both games to the visitors.

Matt Fritz and Grant Beyer each sank 10 points for the Marauders in their 62-37 loss to St. Francis Prep on the second day.

“Right now we’re talking about just playing as a team,” said St. Joe’s head coach Mark Simon. “Until we play as a five-man team (on the floor), a 12-man team, we’re not going to have success. So right now we’re just talking about becoming a cohesive unit.”

Holy Trinity opened the weekend with a 64-49 win over St. Joe’s.

Thunder bowlers exhibit rapid progression early this season

By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER

Coach Brian Fittry tells his Mount St. Mary Thunder bowling team to follow one mindset: ‘If you are a little better tomorrow than you

were today, you will get better.’

That line of thinking is paying off in the form of wins for the small but feisty Thunder bowling team during the 2014-15 Monsignor Martin Athletic Association season.

The Thunder are coming off of a 2013-14 campaign that saw it finish in fourth place in the regular season, but would go on to pull off the postseason upset by laying claim to the Catholic

school playoff title.

Now, moving forward after losing eight seniors, the Thunder has just four bowlers with team captain Danielle Cunliffe, a junior, as the team’s lone returner.

Freshman Lillian Mueller and the senior duo of Susan Petty and Mary Elise Brady, who have never bowled competitively, complete the spunky Thunder roster that was standing in fourth place with a record of 8.5 wins and 7.5 losses, as of press time.

Brady has seen amazing growth, going from bowling in the 90s during tryouts to the 130s as of this past week.

“That’s quite a jump,” said Fittry.

As of now, the Thunder’s strong start might come down to the face that they might be too green to realize they shouldn’t be doing this well. Fittry isn’t questioning the reason why. He is just proud of how well his girls have been bowling.

“I told the girls our goal is

to just beat our average,” said Fittry. “If we go into every game beating your average, then your average is going to go up. At the end of the year, hopefully, we’ll be in a place to duplicate what we did last year.”

Fittry added that the natural athletic skills of Brady, Petty and Mueller have made them all quick studies when it comes to bowling and made them the perfect compliment to Cunliffe’s experienced leadership.

Looking over the wins, Fittry said taking 3.5 out of 4 from Cardinal O’Hara was a big boost for the team’s confidence. But the best ego boost was taking a game from division-leading Buffalo Seminary.

Though they dropped three to the Red-Tailed Hawks, who came into the match at 11-1, Fittry said being able to hand first place Sem only its second loss was a big step forward for the Thunder.

City of Tonawanda Courier /Friday, December 19, 2014

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Local sports NT rollers off to 2-2 start to season

Lady Warriors look to translate regular season success to playoffs

By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER

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Both the North Tonawanda boys and girls bowling teams were 2-2 entering their fifth match of the season Dec. 16. Bridgette Enright is a tricaptain for the girls team. To read more about the NT rollers, visit www.cpowny.com.

The Tonawanda Lady Warriors enter the new season on the heels of learning an important lesson last season.

A great regular season does not always translate to playoff success.

Last year, the Lady Warriors sliced through the competition with ease as they claimed the ECIC North Small School title with a spotless 12-0 record.

But sectionals were a different story as, for whatever reason, the Warriors were unable to bottle that same regular season magic for the postseason and they finished in the bottom third of the pack.

The Lady Warriors lost two of their best as captains Michaela Morath and Hannah Mussell have graduated.

Returning sophomore standout Marina McClure said even though the loss of Morath and Mussell are big voids to fill, if the team wants to find success it has to focus on who is there and not who has departed.

“I think we definitely need to get our heads in the game,” said McClure.

“We lost some girls and we need to realize that we need to improve ourselves to make up for what we lost.”

Tonawanda is still among the very best in ECIC as it returns senior Emily Mangold, sophomore Dayna Daugherty and senior Kelly Styslowsky, who will serve as a co-captain with McClure.

“The returning girls that we have, have improved. So that’s even better,” said Lady

Warriors coach Gina Maduri.

“Having them here always makes it easier for the new girls.

They set an example for them and the leadership is a big deal.

Marina is a returning girl and she’s a co-captain also, along with Kelly.”

Maduri said she was extremely pleased by the way her girls bowled at the Maryvale preseason tourney and how that showing set the stage for an opening-night win over Alden at Dec. 8 the Tonawanda Bowling Center.

McClure said that as cocaptains, it’s up to her and Styslowsky to set that good, positive tone everyday.

“Definitely keep our spirits up so we don’t have a bad frame and get down on ourselves,” said McClure.

“We can really just stay positive.”

The veteran trio of Styslowski, Daugherty and McClure

will join forces with seventh grader Melissa Large to make up the Lady Warriors ‘A’ team.

Eighth grader Kassidy Richter returns and will be on the ‘B’ team with Mangold, Rebecca Schuster and Victoria Kurdziel.

The ‘C’ team is made up of seventh grader Rebecca McClure and Kelsey Pohzehl.

With seven skilled underclassmen, the Warriors have that pipeline of talent that will keep them in the hunt for the division title this year and for years to come.

“I’m just lucky that they all get along really well, too.” said Maduri. “So that’s a good start.

Good team chemistry.”

McClure agreed.

“Just the closeness of all the girls,” added McClure. “We’re really close-knit. We’re really good at motivating each other and we know how to communicate to get them to the right things (in) bowling.”

THS boys bowlers will work for success, trip to states

By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER

Make no mistake, the Warriors are good and they know it.

But they also aren’t under the delusion that past success will equate into a championship this season.

The Tonawanda boys bowling team comes roaring into the new season fresh off of the 2013-14

campaign that saw it capture the Section VI Class C crown.

But as they come into the new season with the vision quest of making states, the Warriors know it will take even more hard work to attain their goal.

Leading the way for the Warriors, who opened with a win over Alden, are co-captains Kyle Zack and Jared Simonds.

“I think the team is going to do great this year,” said Kyle Zack. “We have so many top bowlers. We need to help out each other as a

team. Last year it was kind of like every man for himself. This year we need to sit back, help each other out.

We need to tell each other how to move and just stay relaxed in our matches.”

Returning all of their top guys, the Warriors chances of a league title and more are well within reach when you factor in their key rivals have all graduated a substantial amount of starting bowlers.

“I expect us to do just as well as last year. Maybe better,” said Jared Simonds.

“All of our (opposing)

schools lost most of their good bowlers. So we have a much better chance in sectionals and everywhere.

So I expect us to do really good this year.”

Leaders on and off the alley, Simonds, Zack, and fellow seniors Alex Ostrowski and Garrett Gardner and junior Josh Large comprise the Warriors’ ‘A’ team.

The ‘B’ team is made up of Jarrett Robert, Justin Amenta, Colton Simonds and Adam Moore.

Jacob Bortz, Erik Ellman, Zach Crouch and Anthony D’Arrigo will bowl for the

‘C’ team along with seventh grade newcomers Jonathan Kurdziel and Matt Forsha.

Daryle Macro, who is in his second year coaching the Warriors, said that without question his squad has its sights set on the state tournament.

“The goal this year is to make states,” said Macro.

“That’s the bottom line. We feel we have the talent, the scores, the motivation to reach the top.”

Confident in their ability to realize the dream of states, Macro said even more importantly that con-

fidence is tempered with common sense to know that no team will just roll over for them.

“I go into every match never expecting it to be easy,” said Jared Simonds.

“I just go there and try and bowl.”

Macro noted that last season, much of the Warriors’ core bowlers were still underclassmen and still figuring out how to close out matches. This year, with so many returning and so many battled-tested seniors, the Warriors hope they see a pay off in big matches.

City of Tonawanda Courier/ Friday, December 19, 2014

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Local sports Sandekian named Grand Sculler at Aquettes competition against four other synchro organizations On Dec. 6, the Town of Tonawanda Aquettes hosted a Sculling competition at Sweet Home High school. The swim meet was attended by over 100 athletes from five local teams.

The teams represented w e r e t h e To n a w a n d a Aquettes, Buffalo Swimkins, Keuka Kokanees, Rochester Dolphins and the Southtowns YMCA Swordfish.

Sculling involves using hand movements to propel and support the swimmer when performing upside down in the water. The athletes were required to perform specific maneuvers with names such as “Double Ballet Leg,” “Flamingo,” and “Reverse Torpedo.”

Throughout the day, swimmers competed in

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Alexis Sandekian was the top scoring athlete at the Tonawanda Aquettes’ Sculling competition on Dec. 6. five different skill levels, each divided into separate age groups.

Swimmers rotated in

groups to different judging stations. Scores were averaged and combined to compute each athlete’s overall score.

Alexis Sandekian from the Town of Tonawanda Aquettes was the top scoring athlete of the meet and was awarded the Grand Sculler trophy for her overall score of 81.2.

Sandekian is a sophomore at Kenmore East High School and is in her seventh year swimming with the Aquettes.

The Aquettes have numerous programs suitable for girls of all ages and skill levels. For more information on the Aquettes, please visit us at www.ttasynchro.com or contact head coach Karen Alvarez at 9120427.

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Sculling involves a synchronized swimmer using hand movements to propel and support themselves when performing in the pool.

Christmas ‘wish list’ not limited to children

be the oldest kid in line. So in the spirit of the season, I’m COLUMNIST taking the tradition back and have made a sports-related At this time of year, in list of things I’d tell Santa I’d a variety of locations from want this Christmas: First, I’d like to see one coast to coast, kids are lining of our local college basketup to have a chat with Santa Claus and relay what’s on ball teams pull off an upset of a nationally-renowned their Christmas wish list.

But why limit it to the kids? program. UB almost did it I’ve long have been alarmed against top-ranked Kentucky at the number of school-age a few weeks ago and will kids who no longer visit have another kick at a highlywith Santa, thinking they’re regarded opponent when they too cool to be part of a time- travel to Wisconsin for a Dec. honored tradition. I was 28 game. St. Bonaventure personally horrified years ago took Pitt down to the wire when my own son, perhaps this past Saturday, nearly around age seven, seemed to ending the Panthers’25-game home winning streak against

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non-conference opponents.

There are a wealth of stories about some upstart program recording a significant victory against a powerhouse, so why can’t we enjoy that kind of moment for a change?

Next, I’d like to have some sort of personal epiphany which leads me to either love or loathe UB’s mission to become identified as “New York.” I’m still ambivalent about the idea, since I think the state needs a true representative on the national athletic stages but I also don’t want to see the university’s civic identity get compromised. I tend to think that most universities with a

state moniker are located in smaller communities (think Michigan and Ann Arbor, Missouri and Columbia, Kentucky and Lexington, etc.), so it doesn’t make sense for Buffalo to make itself seem smaller. But the idea of having New York City-based alumni become a force in fund-raising and awareness is irresistible. At some point I’d like there to be an overwhelming reason to commit to an opinion either way.

Next, I’d like to see fewer kids get saddled with terminal illnesses. While this doesn’t appear to be a sports-related wish, it becomes one when I see what seems to be a

constant parade of teams and individual stars offering wonderful, heartwarming experiences to children who have been dealt a devastating prognosis. Bad news is a fact of life, and organizations such as “Make a Wish” have tried to make tragic journeys more palatable, but I’d like to see a day when this sort of outreach isn’t necessary.

Next, as someone who’s been involved in “behind the scenes” aspects of sports for over 30 years, I’d like to reflect more often on how lucky I’ve been to be part of the local sports scene. There are times when I’ll walk into a venue or leave an event and

get that chill down my spine and remind myself about how many other people would love to be in my shoes. But those feelings always seem to pale in comparison to how I felt when I was a kid, getting my formative tastes of sporting events and feeling like nothing in the world mattered like that day’s game. Age may somewhat dull the senses, but I’d love to recapture the innocence of my youth and suspend worry about “real world” issues. It’s kind of like the holiday season itself: may we all tap into the wonder of it like we’re kids again. www.twitter.com/mikehaim

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Families and friends of the St. John’s community gathered to hear traditional Christmas carols and stories honoring the birth of Jesus.

The evening featured students from two of the school’s choirs, including the primary grades’ Children’s Choir and the St. John’s Singers, as well as students from the 5th to 8th grade classes.

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Kenmore West High School names first quarter honor roll students The following students were named to the honor roll for the first quarter at Kenmore West High School: Grade 9 - Aviles, Briana; Balawejder, Alexander; Billingsley, Jakahi; Bowden, Breanna; Brodzik, Danielle; Burns, Christopher; Carrubba, Salvatore; Casilio, Kayelee; Correa, Anna; D’Angelo, Lucy; Ehlers, Maia; Ellis, Milena; Eubanks, Maya; Fragale, Dominic; Fron, Andrew; Garcia, Keviannette; Garrasi, Mckenna; Gerace, Sidney; Glab, Ryan; Green, Owen; Gregoretti, James; Haberer, Derek; Hahn, Danielle; Hanley, Shannon; Harper, Jenna; Hein, Abigail; Hengel, Robert; Heubusch, Ryan; Holingbaugh, Stephanie; House, Jenna; Hubbard, Savannah; Jasin, Patrick; Key, Keontae; Kinsella, Jack; Kirk, Catherine; Knab, Grace; Leon-MacLeod, Carlos; Less, Julia; Mansour, Evan; Marino, Liam; Mellott, Lauren; Mercado, Frankie; Mogavero, Devyn; Moorhouse, Lindsey; Munoz, Rebecca; Novakovic, Lucas; Oatson, Cassidy; Provenzano, Adrianna; Quiles, Sheila; Reilly, Anna; Richards, Nathanial; Rosario, Na’sha; Rose, Ryan; Schultz, Heather; Seyfang, Timothy; Sinatra, Ciara; Smith, Cody; Stockman, Nina; Stoerr, Jack; Stoll, Emily; Strong, Chloe; Stuff, Megan; Tobin, Mary; Tully, Brittany; Vitello, Eve; Ward, Meghan; Watson, Rylee; Wegrzynowski, Dominic; Wells, Courtney; Wende, Christina; Wilkins, Hailey; Wirth, John; Yarnes, Siena; and Yates, Sean.

Grade 10 - Abdulridha, Fatimah; Aquilina, Tyler; Bagarozzi, Gabriella;

Bauer, Vaughnna; Bauman, David; Benk, Charlotte; Botham, Emma; Burns, Robert; Byrne, Devin; Chimera, Alessondra; Dang, Christina; Elling, Mariana; Flayh, Moamal; Flynn, Patrick; Foster, Selena; Fumerelle, Eleanor; Gerace, Sarah; Gruber, Hayley; Hanratty, Christine; Hill, George; Krivonos, Jordon; Krug, Lauren; Len, Van; Leone, Rebecca; Lloyd, Cameron; Loukataris, Sadie; Marshall, Kiana; McGillicuddy, Collin; Militello, Alex; Ortiz, Emerald; Petkovsky, Jacob; Pfohl, Emma; Phillips, Calvin; Schroder, Kyle; Seaman, Alexis; Sinclair, Taylor; Sorrentino, Domenic; Stewart, Elle; Stilwell, Christopher; Tomasello, Nicholas; Weatherbee, Benjamin; Weiser, Kayla; Wilby, Colin; Yan, Chelsie; and Younis, Seham.

Grade 11 - Alajimi, Maryam; Boncore, Andrew; Cherico, Ian; Christman, Taylor; Ciancio, George; Colangelo, Matthew; Cosme, Austin; Drake, Julian; Dulniak, Aaron; Figueroa-Gates, Nathaniel; Garlock, Dylan; Golden, Amanda; Greico, Frank; Hamm, Zoe; Hirsch, Deja; Hodges, Kaitlin; Jacobi, Angelo; Jennings, Deshawn; Jones, Thomas; Kelichner, Cathryn; Kinde, Jessica; Krukowski, Jenna; Lebeuf, Joshua; Marino, Devlin; McDonald, Ryan; Melendez, Victor; Miller, Morgan; Mirabella, Lina; Mooney, Ryan; Naffky, Katelyn; Nice, Daniel; Noonan, Bailee; Paduano, Thomas; Paternostro, Skyler; Phillips, Heather; Piehler, Dakota; Popovich, Zoe; Radder, Christina; Rai, Swornim; Rainey, DaRahn; Rapp, Oliver; Reyes, Suleyka; Rhoney, Rick; Richardson, Con-

nor; Rohloff, Samantha; Rose, Madeline; Ruhland, Connor; Sandy, Marybeth; Schreiber, Sarah; Sherry, Alexis; Sikora, Corey; Smith, Rose; Souter, Raymond; VanEpps, Jordan; Vuich, David; Walker, Sarah; Winkelman, Joel; Wittenberg, Elliot; and Yotter, Alysa.

Grade 12 - Anderson, Haley; Bagarozzi, Brianna; Bavisotto, Paul; Bergman, Michael; Byttner, Benjamin; Cambria, Benjamin; Cash, Michael; Catania, Destiny; CaudillWhite, Daniel; Chiniski, Hollie; Clark, Benjamin; Coppola, Brian; Czajkowski, Tyler; Degnan, Kimberly; Dynarski, Jessica; Emminger, Brooke; Fleckenstein, Jeri; Gallivan, Benjamin; Garcia, Marina; Gardon, Joseph; Gearhart, Sara; Geldres, Sholome; Hromchak, Miranda; Jablonski, Ashley; Jackson, Courtney; Knight, Kassidy; Lepovich, Lauren; Less, Joshua; McIsaac, Catherine; Monteforte, Justine; Neal, Dana; Nguyen, Victoria; Nobile, Joseph; Oliver, Emma; Padilla, Samuel; Parylo, Elizabeth; Pawlik, Liane; Pierce, Connor; Prichard, Summer; Quinlan, William; Ranney, Taylor; Robb, Kristen; Rodriguez, Cheyenne; Rodriguez, Louis; Sagasta, Justin; Seal, Matthew; Semrau, Destinee; Sennett, Parker; Serio, Alesandra; Sigler, Sabrina; Sinopoli, Sarah; Sloan, Gavin; Smerke, Judith; Sparcino, Anthony; Stoerr, Timothy; Strade, Cheyenne; Swartwood, Ian; Sysomboune, Savannah; Territo, David; Thomas, Emily; Toney, Andrew; Van Valkinburgh, Connor; Wakefield, Sarah; Wright, Jasmen; and Wroblewski, Robert.

Robotics is the rage at St. John’s in Kenmore Robotics is the rage at St. John the Baptist School in Kenmore.

Science Chairperson Miss Katie Cooke launched a Robotics Club for her middle school students. Robotics is part of the school’s STEM/STREAM initiative that incorporates Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, along with religion and the arts, into its curriculum.

Students are tasked to build robotic devices capable of performing numerous tasks, including moving blocks, pushing boxes, and clasping erasers.

In order to successfully complete such fetes, these young engineers spent months devising plans to build robots that would meet the challenges.

Katie Cooke commented, “It really required the students to work cooperatively, trouble-shoot the strengths and weaknesses of their designs, and master the mechanics of building.

They needed to use their macro-skills from various disciplines of science and focus the concepts to a pin-pointed project. This requires my students to go beyond rote memorization of facts and forces them to have a solid understanding of the concepts.”

Two teams from St. John’s competed at the science scrimmage held at St. Joseph Collegiate Institute.

Cooke continues, “We had over a dozen students compete on two teams, self-named ‘The CircuitBreakers’ and ‘The Rubber Duckies.’ The competitiveness between our own two in-house teams, along with competing among 20 Diocesan teams, was an added incentive for them to do their very best. Although St. Greg’s in Williamsville

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Pictured left to right: Anna Stang and Noah VanValkinburgh. won the competition, I was very pleased to have both our teams finish in the top five spots. Considering this was our inaugural year, I couldn’t have been prouder of our teams.”

Teams were awarded a

“Lego-like” robotic trophy.

Cooke says she plans to continue with Robotics and is thrilled that so many students share her enthusiasm and passion for Science.

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City of Tonawanda Courier/ Friday, December 19, 2014

Jay and Theresa Clause from the Tuscarora Reservation teach students about Haudenosaunee culture and tradition.

Pictured left to right: Ricky and Alyssa and (standing) Helena Panowicz.

Students learn about culture, tradition

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“The presentation enriched the learning of the students, who have spent the first eight weeks of school learning about the first inhabitants of New York State,” she said.

Santa was the guest of honor during “Breakfast with Santa” at St. John the Baptist School in Kenmore this past weekend.

Friends and families of the school’s Home School Family Association gathered to share a buffet breakfast before the special visitor arrived.

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drums, bringing many of these items for the students to see and interact with.

Mr. and Mrs. Clause began their presentation by reciting part of the Haudensaunee Thanksgiving Address, which students have read in class. They also told the story of the Great Peacemaker who, according to tradition, brought together the Haudenosaunee, the Five Nations of the Iroquois League: the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga and Seneca

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Mr. Clause, who worked as a steelworker in Buffalo for many years, and Mrs. Clause, a member of the Turtle clan, have spent years collecting a variety of Haudenosaunee artifacts such as Wampum belts, animal pelts, tools and

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Community Papers of WNY offers room for advancement, paid vacation and holidays, health insurance at group rates and 401(k).

Interested applicants please forward resume and cover letter to: Community Papers of WNY PO Box 790 Buffalo, NY 14225 Attention: Kelly LaBella or email to: klabella@cpowny.com Community Papers of WNY is an equal opportunity employer

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