The Clinton Courier: 07.09.14

Vol. 168, No. 1

• CLINTON, NEW YORK • July 9, 2014

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When it Rained, It Poured Fourth of July celebrations halted by heavy rains

had been deserted. Some had been lucky enough to make it to their cars, but most were left to wait out the 15-minute downpour that only seemed to be getting stronger.

Unlike last year, which was also stricken with precipitation woes, the fireworks went on as planned. The rain did keep some inside—numbers were down from the event’s typical 10,000-attendee draw.

Residents who did attend preferred the High School stadium bleachers or lawn chairs over sitting on the lawn.

Some stayed in their cars to watched the display from the Norton Avenue lots.

While the rain was coming down earlier in the day, the fireworks were covered with tarps. The clear skies held just long enough for the full show, which was provided by Majestic Fireworks, Inc. During the grand finale the dreary drizzle started all over again.

Aside from some heavy traffic on Kirkland Avenue following the event due to people parking along that exit route, the event went on without a hitch.

Christopher Fostini dashes across the Village Green during a downpour on the Fourth of July in the Village. Heavy downpours struck the parade 20 minutes into its march.

By Staff For the second year in a row, rain put a damper on Clinton’s Fourth of July activities. Heavy rains caused residents to run for cover, causing an abrupt finish to the parade.

Drops of rain were felt as floats and marchers lined up on Sanford Avenue and Elm Street. A few “uh-ohs” could be heard from the crowd as weary looks were cast to the oncoming grey clouds.

Most avoided any rain-out thoughts, sticking to optimism and excitement.

The parade began as scheduled with the Clinton and Clark Mills Fire Departments in front, showcasing their finely polished fleets.

The Kirkland Town Library packed

the back of a pickup with young readers broadcasting their “What Do You Geek?” campaign. The Kirkland Democrats strutted their patriotic donkey. Clinton Mites hockey players ,wearing their jerseys, waved from the back of a hay trailer. The Pride of Westmoreland marching band provided sounds for the day.

Other groups, such as the Clinton Historical Society, Access Federal Credit Union, Hannaford Markets of Clinton, and Clinton Collision were all well represented, as usual.

Proud lifelong Clinton resident Dave Burns of The Burns Agency served as grand marshal. And despite the rain and a long schedule of parades

throughout the day, Senator David Valesky made an appearance, saying, he “wouldn’t miss” it. Meanwhile, The Courier unveiled our first ever Mr. and Ms. Clinton honorees, Frank Perretta and Claire Burns.

Around 7:20 p.m., when the center of the parade was rounding the Village Green, the skies opened up. First a drizzle, then a full-blown rain storm.

Tops on parade convertible cars went up. Onlookers dashed under trees, awnings and any other cover that they could find. Under the gazebo roof, a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd had formed.

Within minutes, the sidewalks lining the College Street parade route

Ms. Clinton: Claire Burns

Claire Burns waits to head to the Fourth of July parade in The Courier's car.

By Staff

Fresh out of college, Claire Burns arrived in Clinton in 1947, where she began putting down permanent roots almost immediately.

Now at 88, she has a long history of community volunteering, teaching and commitment to the Clinton Central School District Foundation associated

with her legacy.

We’re very pleased to present our first ever Ms. Clinton honor to Claire Burns, a loving mother and committed member of this community.

Courier: Have you always lived in Clinton?

Burns: No, I came here out of college. I went to college and we were all driving around when we could get the gas—the war was still on. Someone said, “You have to go at least apply” for a job at Clinton School. And it really looked pretty nice, and it was nice. I said well, I need a job and this is a job. ... It was the greatest thing that ever happened.

Courier: Was it always Elementary School that you taught?

Burns: Yes, I taught elementary.

That’s all I wanted and I never had to leave it, either. No one else wanted kindergarten through third or fourth grade.

Courier: Usually those kids are kind of unruly?

Burns: Oh, I loved them. I loved them all.

Courier: How did you keep them all under control?

Burns: Well for the first half of the year they were scared to death because See page 17 for the rest of Ms. Clinton and to read about Mr. Clinton

Clare Bridge Expansion Raises Concerns

By Staff Plans to add 19 units to the Clare Bridge property have been met with hesitations from the Village Board.

Concerns over whether or not there is adequate water pressure will have to be alleviated before the project can move forward.

The property is on Town land but the Town Planning Board has required an approval from the Village, as a Village water line supplies both Brookdale Senior Living properties on Brookside Drive.

Questions on the capacity of the line have been unresolved since a previous development application fell through when the applicant didn’t comply with the Village’s demands.

“We said no to another applicant,” Village attorney William Schmitt said at the meeting. “To say yes to this applicant, when we’re talking about basically the same number of units, poses some problems.”

Clare Bridge is a senior living community dedicated to residents with Alzheimer's.

According to executive director Kimberly Martin, the added units would expand care for a rising population of people affected by the disease from the baby-boom generation.

The issue of how the expansion would affect the Clinton Fire Department was also raised at the meeting.

In the month of June, the Clare Brook and Villas properties accounted for one-third of the CFD’s total calls.

More calls means added stress on the department, and consequently, more times the fire horn would have to blow.

The Village Board adopted a resolution that the project could move forward on the condition that a review of the water line engineering study in the application comes back favorably from the Village’s own engineer.

Brookdale Senior Living must also provide any fees associated with the review process.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

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“Now that we're bees, let's do more than just bug people.”

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Inside this issue Signature 81 Grand Opening: There's a new shop in the Village, learn what it has to offer. Page 10.

Chitter-Chatter: We took to the streets to find out what makes Village residents feel patriotic. Page 11.

Infographic - The Road Ahead: See what colleges CCS alum will attend this fall. Page 18.

D1 Bound: Three athletes are headed to play at D1 schools this fall. Page 19.

How to Eat for the Big Race: Learn what to chow down on during the days leading up to the Boilermaker. Page 20.

Summertime Miracles This weekend, during a rare lull in our event-coverage schedule, Emily and I journeyed up to the Town Park to partake in the great American tradition of picnicking. It was spontaneous, but it was nice to get out of the space above the garage where we work, to sit and collect some vitamin D from the sun.

While we were there, my mind wandered to bees and honey. I’m not sure why, as there were no bees in sight and no honey on the menu.

The memory that came to mind was a story I heard read on the radio during a drive up to Lake Placid one summer. I believe I was alone.

I had happened upon a male voice reading a childhood tale on one of the few stations that comes in along the windiest stretches of Route 28.

It was about an older man, who had devoted his whole life to his garden. The story was told from the point of view of the man’s grandson, who was infatuated by his grandfather. He watched his grandfather, year after year, sitting and looking over his garden, paying particularly close attention to a lavender bush.

One day, the moment the grandfather had been waiting for happened. Bees were swarming around the bush. The grandfather, who couldn’t walk well, told his grandson, along with his friend, to follow the bees back to their hive.

The children spent days tracking the insects. When they lost sight of them in the sky, they would mark their place on the sidewalk and return to it the next day and continue the quest.

Finally, the hive was found inside a hollow section of a tree. The children brought the grandfather there and carefully, they extracted some honeycomb. What resulted was the tastiest lavender honey that the narrator had ever tasted.

I may be getting some of the details of the

story wrong—after our picnic, I spent two frustrated hours searching for original text for a mental refresher to no avail. (If anyone knows the story, please let me know. The uncertainty is killing me.)

There’s an easy lesson on patience to be had here. There’s also a lesson on appreciating the things that can easily be overlooked—the summertime miracles.

They come in all forms—the drying concrete after a cannon ball at the pool, a view of the thunderstorm from under a covered porch, the final flicker of a glowing campfire ember before it turns as black as the sky.

They can be big things—Fourth of July holiday traditions that can withstand even the worst conditions Mother Nature can throw at them (see page 1)—or small things—the snap of the catcher’s mitt from a pitch at summer league baseball game (see “A Win and a Loss for Helmuth-Ingalls in Doubleheader” on our website).

Artist Tom Yacovella (see page 9) has made a career of capturing his own summer miracles on the canvas. At The Courier, we experienced our own each time Claire Burns’ eyes lit up in the back of our parade car, waving to her former students and family, as our first ever Ms. Clinton (see page 1).

During the winter—especially this past winter—it was easy to say we “can’t wait for summer.” It’s harder to truly appreciate it while it’s here. But we can try.

–John Howard, Executive Editor

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Forget Match.com or the so-called Cupids of the internet. If you really want to meet someone with common interests, cut right to the source. I’m talking about the Kirkland Town Library’s annual book sale, of course.

What better way to find your special someone than by leaving a note for them in your favorite novel or work of nonfiction?

They will receive the message and not only be impressed with your well-refined literary palate, their heart will collapse under the weight of your own expertly-crafted loveprose.

Sure, it’s a little creepy, but you’ll get mega points for originality—just think of the story you could potentially tell your future grandbabies over the Thanksgiving table about how you met your soulmate and life partner through a fate-riddled message tucked inside a Janet Evanovich murder mystery.

The Kirkland Town Library book sale will be open Friday through Sunday of this weekend.

There will be plenty of affordable romance and other selections worthy of placement on your summer reading list. Pick up some books and support your local library.

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Clinton Scene: The Other Clark Mills

Photo by Glyn Lowe/Flickr A view of the Statue of Freedom on the Capitol dome.

By Richard L. Williams Village and Town Historian If you browse the internet for “Clark Mills,” you’ll not find too many items. Mostly, real estate and map sites will come up. But, if you scroll to the bottom of the pages, you’ll usually find “Clark Mills, sculptor.”

This sounded like an interesting topic for a Scene column so research has been done, and here’s the brief story of Clark Mills, the sculptor, not Clark Mills, the hamlet two miles north of Clinton in the Town of Kirkland.

Clark Mills was born in December 1815, about 40 miles west of Clinton

in a southern Onondaga County town, probably Fabius, near the Cortland County line. This information comes from Fall/Winter OHA Highlights, the publication of the Onondaga Historical Association in Syracuse.

Facing a difficult childhood without a live-in father, Mills went to live with an uncle for a time and then ran away as a young teen turning up in Syracuse. After laborer-type jobs in a brick yard and other places, he found a position in a plaster mill where he may have picked up some modeling and plaster skills, and learned how to sculpt architectural details.

The next part of Mills’ story is when he worked in Charleston, S.C. in the early 1840s doing plaster work and trying sculpture. In 1846, Mills did a bust of John C. Calhoun, the prominent senator, vice president, and leading pro-slave politician.

Next, he went to Washington, D.C. to study some of the statues there, and met Postmaster General Cave Johnson, who was on a committee to erect a statue in D.C. to former President Andrew Jackson.

At age 32, Mills was given the commission to do an equestrian statue with Jackson atop.

Interestingly, Mills brought his slave and assistant Philip Reid with him to Washington. Reid became Mills’ right-hand man and helped Mills cast the first bronze equestrian statue in the country. Supported only by the back legs this monument still stands in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House.

SCENE, page 16

Then and Now

Photo courtesy of the Clinton Historical Society Then: In the late 1800s, Blake’s Cottage Hotel occupied the space that is now the Village parking lot. The hotel was run by Civil War veteran Peter Blake.

Photo by Brian Oehlsen Now: The area has been cleared and paved over to accommodate motorists who would like to stop and enjoy some of the finer things, like our lovely village. The parking lot faces north and is bordered by Snip & Clip barber shop and BeeUtiful Skin Care And Waxing.

Letter: The Class of 2014 In September 2001, we, the Class of 2014, began our scholastic careers here at CCS and now, thirteen years later, we depart. Over the years, CCS and the Clinton community have provided us with countless opportunities to grow, not only as students, but as athletes, artists, volunteers, and most importantly, as people. The result of this support is an impressive senior class, "one four" (’14) the ages. We would like to thank the Clinton community for helping us become responsible citizens and lifelong learners while also taking some time to recognize our many achievements.

A majority of our class perennially appears on the honor and high honor rolls, both here and at BOCES. Thirtytwo students, or approximately onethird of our class, are members of the National Honor Society and 27 students were presented with Presidential pins for Educational Excellence at an awards ceremony on June 11th.

Four students were commended by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and two students went on to win one of their highly coveted (and highly competitive) scholarships, one as a National Merit Finalist, a feat accomplished by very few individuals.

Our class has also been very successful in extracurricular activities.

Three students were recruited to play Division I sports in college, and over the years our class has aided in the capture of countless conference, league, and sectional championships, breaking countless records in the process. Our class is also very wellrepresented in the school’s fabulous music and art departments and several of our students are on track to become tomorrow’s stars of the art and music worlds. On top of all this, our class has acquired thousands of community service hours; our volunteerism was essential in keeping the annual Fine Arts and Craft Festival at the high school through a partnership with the Kirkland Police Department.

Of the 97 students in our class, 87 (or approximately 90%) will go on to college next year to continue their educations. While our other accomplishments are outstanding, this one is arguably the most impressive, and it could not have been achieved without the support of the Clinton community. When you hear or read of our successes in the future, be proud!

You helped us to become who we are today. Thank you for everything!

- The 2014 Senior Class of Clinton Central Schools Editor's note: Take a look at what colleges members of the Class of 2014 are headed to this fall on page 18.

Past Issues 25 Years Ago July 12, 1989 A decision has been made to demolish the approximately 160-yearold building that was ravaged by the fire on the fourth of July. Threeyear-old Christopher Brannick, the youngest of the three children dropped to safety from their smoke-engulfed second-story apartment, had suffered a broken arm in the fall. The cause of the fire was a Coca-Cola cooler that was lit by an overheated compressor.

A proposal for annexing 15 acres of land to the eastern border of Clinton was presented last Monday night to the Village Board. Property owners were encouraged to consider the annexation.

The Studio-Art Gallery of Clinton will be having a display on the Village Green for Clinton’s Summer Promenade this Thursday. The works of many local and area artists will be featured.

Four Clinton High School boys made the New Hartford-area Babe Ruth all-star team. They are Ryan Christ and Chad Pens from the Allen’s True Value Hardware team and Shawn Grady and Frank McKee from Tobin’s Chrysler-Plymouth.

50 Years Ago July 9, 1964 Three unusually large gifts, all of which arrived during the same 24-hour period, have helped put Hamilton College within 78.9 percent of its Ford Foundation goal. The gifts totalled $642,000 and represented two bequests and one foundation grant.

A special meeting of the Village Board was held on last Thursday to hear plans of Society Realty Corporation for housing units to be constructed in back of present frontage property on Fountain, Mulberry and Kellogg Streets. The plans include 15 townhouses and 70 one-family homes.

A wandering church has finally come to rest. The former Cornwallville Methodist Episcopal Church, which has occupied four different sites in its 170-year history, is now a permanent feature of the outdoors Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown.

The Village has ordered a street surface investigation after receiving many complaints of “sticky blacktopping.” Residents of Proctor Avenue have stated they track the mixture right into the house.

75 Years Ago July 13, 1939 James Hyde of Elm Street will be accorded recognition for a feat of bravery Monday. Hyde plunged into eight feet of water in the Oriskany creek and rescued Elinor Larsen, 14 and her brother, Gordon, who was celebrating his seventh birthday on that day.

A statement issued by the Athletic Association of Clinton High School reveals that the school teams emerged from their campaigns with a small financial balance. Basketball provided a profit of $111.39 over expenses, but football, hockey and baseball took heavy losses resulting in a new balance of $10.83 The first county in the state to advertise itself as a county is Suffolk, the eastern two-thirds of Long Island.

There, the Board of Supervisors has prepared a beautiful 224-page book, profusely illustrated and superbly written, extolling the merits of that area.

Claiming diplomatic immunity, the Town of Augusta’s ambassador to the county courthouse declared he couldn’t be arrested when troopers took three officials to jail for being drunk and disorderly Tuesday night.

100 Years Ago July 15, 1914 The work of installing the new heating plant in the High School building is progressing nicely. The work, which is being done by Petersen and Co. of Utica, involves considerable changes in the old ventilating systems, and the rearrangement of some of the brick partitions and flues in the basement.

James Overrocker, a young man of good standing, was the victim of an assault by drunken rowdies the other night on his way home. Two arrests have been made, but as other parties are suspected, Judge Easingwood held the case open for further investigation.

Some young Italians working on the state road at the foot of the Hill have been charged with annoying young women about town.

What is claimed to be the largest electric submarine cable in the world is now being laid across San Francisco Bay. The length is to be 4 and 1/2 miles, and the cost $350,000.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

The Calendar July 10: Water Aerobics. 7-8 p.m. at the Pool. $6 per class.

Talkers Story and Song. 10-11 a.m. at the Library.

July 11: Live Music by Dylan Erick Van Savage. 5-7 p.m. at the Pool.

Pick up your Boilermaker packet. 12-7 p.m. at Mohawk Valley Community College.

July 12: Kirkland Town Library Book Sale.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. on the Green.

July 14: Science movie: "Bees." 10-11 a.m. at the Library.

Concerts in the Park. Floyd Community Band. 7-9 p.m. on the Village Green.

Princess Camp. Ages 4-7. 10:3012:30 p.m. at the KAC through July 18. $80 for members, $90 for non members.

July 16: Craft Time sponsored by the Village Toy Shop. 3-4 p.m. at the Pool. Free with admission.

July 17: Bloodmobile blood drive. 1:30-6:30 p.m. at the Schillings Burns Young VFW Post 9591.

Announcements Academics

• Kelsey Wooldridge has been placed on the spring semester dean's list at Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Va., for superior academic performance. Kelsey is an environmental science major and lives on South Street in Clinton. She is the daughter of Jeff and Diane Wooldridge.

• Vacation Bible School at the Clinton United Methodist Church returns in two different formats this summer.

The traditional Vacation Bible School for children ages 6-12 years will run Sunday, July 27, through Thursday, July 31, from 6-8 p.m. at the church.

The school’s title is “Workshop of Wonders” and will inspire youth to “imagine and build with God.” For children ages 3-5 years a preKindergarten Vacation Bible School will take place the following week, Monday, August 4, through Thursday, August 8, from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

During both sessions Bible storytelling, healthy snacks, music, crafts, and games will be featured.

Attendance is free, but participants may make a donation to Habitat for Humanity, the school’s mission charity.

Contact Carol Klausner at 8532213 or mcklausner@gmail.com for more information. To register online go to http://2014.CokesburyVBS. com/ClintonUMC or “like” Clinton United Methodist Church on Facebook for a link. Registration information is on the church’s web site http://clintonmethodist.org.

• Take Me Out to the Ballgame Yankee Contest It’s baseball season and here is a great way to win 4 tickets and bus transportation to the August 9 Yankee game against the Cleveland Indians.

Brookdale Senior Living Campus of Clare Bridge and the Villas Sherman Brook is holding the contest.

Drop by for a tour at one or both of the communities during the month of July and your name will be entered into a free drawing.

A formal open house will be held each Tuesday from 1-3 p.m. Refreshments will be served and reservations are

Community appreciated.

The bus will leave the St. John the Evangelist Church parking lot in New Hartford at 6 a.m. and will return at approximately 9 p.m. Game time is 1:05 p.m. The winner of the contest will be chosen on Friday, August 1,during the 2 p.m. Happy Hour at the Villas. Visitors to our Happy Hour are always welcomed.

For more information or to set up a personal tour or home visit, contact Traci Blaser at The Villas 853-1223 or Jennifer Hutt at Clare Bridge at 8591947.

• Driver Improvement Classes.

AAA New York will be conducting a six-hour Driver Improvement course at Mohawk Valley Community College, 1101 Sherman Dr., Utica.

The two-part class will be held on Tuesday and Thursday, Aug 5 and 7, from 6-9 p.m. Students must attend both evenings to receive a certificate.

The fee is $39 for AAA members, $32 for AAA senior members (60 +), and $55 for non-members.

Everyone who takes the AAA Driver Improvement Program will receive the latest driving information from one of our AAA certified instructors, plus a 10 percent discount on collision and liability insurance and a reduction of up to four points on their New York State licenses.

Book Talks

"The Business of Counterterrorism,"

by Nathan E. Busch and Austen D. Givens focuses on the opportunities and challenges that public-private partnerships (PPPs) face in the post9/11 world. 7 p.m. on July 10 at the Library.

"Freak Show Without a Tent," by former Clinton resident Nevin Martell, is a grandly hilarious memoir-misadventure that is equal parts "National Lampoon’s Vacation," "Romancing the Stone" and "Crocodile Dundee." 7 p.m. on July 29 at the Library.

Meetings Library Book groups:

New members always welcome.

Wednesday: "The Devil in the White City," by Erik Larson. Next meeting: July 30, 7 p.m.

Alateen A fellowship of young people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. For information on time and place of meetings call: 733-0734 or 794-8622.

Clinton Lions Club meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Alteri’s restaurant, College St. New members sought, especially with web and youth leadership interests. Contact Jim Winkler, Membership Chairman, at 853-6355 for more information or an application.

Clinton Kiwanis meets Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Skenandoa Golf and Country Club on Norton Ave. Those interested in joining are invited to attend. Contact Karen Ostinett at 235-7104.

Survivors of Suicide Support Group meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the 2nd Floor of The Neighborhood Center in Utica, 628 Utica St. For more information, call 315-732-6228.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds weekly closed topic meeting Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, 853-5359, and open discussion meetings from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Bristol Center at Hamilton College Campus, 859-4271.

Sexaholics Anonymous holds weekly closed meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays in Utica at 7 p.m. For more information, call 707-4600.

Sex Addicts Anonymous holds a weekly closed meeting on Tuesdays in Utica at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 695-8772.

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Library Notes What do you geek?

By Anne Debraggio, Director, Kirkland Town Library Primary elections are over, but libraries across the United States are continuing to run their own campaigns.

The Kirkland Town Library is no exception. During the 4th of July parade, we passed out campaign stickers, and the interior of the library is covered with campaign posters.

It’s all part of the GEEK THE LIBRARY campaign.

And in this campaign, everyone is a winner!

GEEK THE LIBRARY is a community-based public awareness campaign, designed to highlight the vital role libraries play for individuals and their communities, particularly in today’s challenging economic environment. Close to 100 libraries in New York are involved, including at least nine in our Mid-York library system. You can find out more at http:// geekthelibrary.org.

The campaign is sponsored by OCLC, a non-profit library cooperative that has provided services for four decades to help local libraries deliver more to their users. This effort, which is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, introduces the word “geek” as a verb.

Geek can mean any of the following: 1. to love, enjoy, celebrate 2. to have a passion for 3. to express an interest in 4. to possess a large amount of knowledge about or to promote.

Everyone is passionate about something—everyone “geeks” something—and the public library supports it all.

Public libraries inspire and empower.

Almost anything can be explored.

Libraries play an important role for individuals and for communities. They provide access for all, serve as a job center, function as the community’s family room, provide a personal touch and offer a great return for a community’s investment.

We hope to encourage people to share what they are passionate about—what they “geek”—and to remind everyone that your library can help you discover even more about the things you geek.

Maybe you geek wine. Watch “The Everyday Guide to Wine,” one of the numerous “great courses” DVDs we own. Learn about reds, whites and

sparkling wines, the wine regions of the world and the United States, and how to become a knowledgeable wine buyer.

Maybe you geek home decorating.

Browse our magazines: “Better Homes and Gardens,” “Elle Décor” and “House Beautiful” to name a few.

Maybe you geek math. Read “The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements,” found in our “Great Books of the Western World” set. Or try “Struck

By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel,” by Jason Padgett.

Maybe you geek products from a company founded by Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne and Steve Jobs. Join the Apple Users group which meets at the library.

Maybe you geek quilting, or dark chocolate or trees (all things geeked by someone on our staff!). Or maybe it’s vampires, or worms, or football or card games. Whatever you geek, the Kirkland Town Library provides internet access, knowledgeable staff, books in multiple formats, DVDs and research databases to do all we can to support your interests. We want our resources and programs to be opportunities for our community to come together and share with each other.

Our campaign organizers, Gail Strout and Meghan Milligan, along with the rest of the library staff, are looking forward to helping you “get your geek on.” We know that residents of Kirkland are passionate about many things, including their library.

Share what you geek! Let us know!

Send us an email (Clinton@midyork. org), tell a staff member or complete a slip at our front desk. Thanks to support from The Clinton Courier, what you geek could be shared with the community. Maybe you will discover someone else with the same interest!

And along with sharing what you geek, participating in this campaign shows your support for libraries. You demonstrate that you understand what your library does for you and our community. You keep the Kirkland Town Library vital by letting others know that you care.

What do you geek?

This Week Check Out: Prepare for the Boilermaker with a few good books.

1. "Running Jackson

Scared,"

by

Lisa

4. "Running with the Demon," by Terry Brooks

2. "Running Hot," by Jayne Ann Krentz

5. "Running Blind," by Lee Child

3. "Running with Scissors," by Augusten Burroughs

See you at the library!

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Summer Camp!

Join Building Blocks’ Julie Barnes, Occupational Therapist and Certified YogaKids Teacher for a 6 week camp.

Every Friday Starting 7/18 at Building Blocks • 19 Robinson Rd., Clinton

9:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. classes $1O per child per class Must be paid in full at the time of the first class Call by July 15 to reserve your spot in the class: (315) 853-6090

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Fourth of July Parade Photographs by John Howard

Mary Nichols, 8, pets the Kirkland Democrats donkey in the High School parking lot ahead of the parade.

Members of the color guard march along the Village Green bend on South Park Row, just moments before the rain started to fall.

Young members of the Kirkland Town Library community promote the new “What Do You Geek?” campaign.

Thanks to the hard work of Majestic Fireworks to keep the launching site dry, the evening’s show in the sky was saved.

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High School Honor Roll-Fourth Quarter

High School High Honor Roll-Fourth Quarter

2013/2014 Students are eligible for the Honor Roll if their GPA is at or between 84.50 and 92.49.

A student is eligible for the High Honor Roll if their GPA is 92.50 or higher.

Freshmen

Shannon Alsante Leah Arnal Bailey Bach Graham Callaghan Alexandra Charlsen Leo Devine Nicole Einfalt Carlos Espinal Allison Harper Chadia Jacobs Peter Jensen Breana Karrat Jazmin Knight Olivia Kodsy Jon Kulpa Matthew Larkin Amy Lloyd Daniel Martini Andrew Meier Noah Morgan Lanicia O'Neal Michael Petrie Liam Pierce Ian Potts Riley Raposa Taylor Reese Amara Rojo Morgan Roy Nina Salerno Brittany Schafer Emma Short Sara Tartaglia Kayla Wallace Kyle White Benjamin Ziemba

Sophomores

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Freshmen

Daniel Atik Kelly Bowen Faith Bower Emer Callaghan Spencer Carr Caitlin Cherpak Benjamin Combs Crystal Cookinham Darby D'Angelo Gabrielle Dewhurst Jillian Femia Fritz Gale Laiken Hall Sara Holmes Sarah Hughes Abigail Hyde Jessi Ingalls Charlotte Jones Nicholas Koehler Olivia Koren Emily Landry Mark Lewis Hannah Mazor Christopher Militello Ashlee Moda Abigail Morgan Andrej Nawoj Matthew Orlando Samantha Parks Dominic Pascucci Alexis Racioppa Tehta Reeves Emma Storey David Wallace Ryan Wilcox John Williams Erica Yox

Juniors

Nora Arancio Amanda Barrett Ian Brehaut Jacob Brockway Evelyn Burdick Enzo Cicchinelli Drew Clarey John Conway Cale Engle Alizah Fletcher Christopher Heselton Joshua Houle Connor Hudon Clayton Hunt Thomas Labayewski Benjamin Lee Kyle Lofgren Caleigh Mazza Evan McCormick Matthew McHarris Taylor Murdoch Emma Novak John Pecheone Olivia Rogers Anna Salerno Paul White Joseph Wieder Audra Williams Nicole Wollin Joshua Young

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Sophomores

Ross Adler Daniel Bankert Brandon Blair Niall Burdick Marissa Cornelius Lucy Diamond Alex Dobrzenski Emily Dougherty Katherine Elsenbeck Anna Femia Katlyn Hillage Andrew Hobika Nicole Kistner Alexis Lusby Serena Masner Lenny Ortiz Jordan Reese Corinne Richer Christina Sarandrea Andrew Taft Steven Williams Shaelyn Winkler Noah Zaffino

Edward Allen Marilyn Cirrincione Sophia Constantino Vincent Dinh Yelena Dunikova Nicole Durante Herika Fernandez Cruz Chloe Ford Louisa Gale Kristina Gudnaya

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Haley Allen Ellen Arnison Sophia Atik Dylan Austin Daniel Barrett Emily Billiter O’Neil Campbell Tyler Champion Rachel Clarey Connor Crory Rachel DiCioccio Mae Dinh Arianna Drissi Igor Dunikov Benjamin Elgren Kayla Emerson Olivia Evans Rachel Evans Alec Firsching Caleb Fletcher Ian Foxton Sally Franz Alexandra Gale Carley Geruntino Heather Knight Claire Lashinger William Marson Esther Mazor Thomas Monaghan Nicole Murdoch Samuel Olsen Colby Owen Alissa Pryputniewicz Christopher Pula Timothy Schlosser Hannah Shankman Caroline Smiegal Noah Stanco Owen Tinkler Caitlin Topi Mary Warfel Karl White Kramer Whitney Natalee Wrege Ingrid Xu Jack Yaworsky Ling Yi Zhang Adelaide Zoller

2013/2014 * Students are eligible for the Honor Roll if their GPA is at or between 84.50 and 92.49.

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Middle School High Honor Roll-Fourth Quarter 2013/2014 * Students are eligible for the High Honor Roll if their GPA is 92.50 or higher.

Sixth Grade

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Eighth Grade

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

Fitness: What is the quality of your sleep telling you?

By Josh Lewis

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remember the days of staying up until 2 a.m., waking up for classes at 7 a.m., cramming for a test, coming back to my dorm room and taking a 2-hour nap… the fun days.

Then reality hits and we get our first job offer— work Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Life gets busy and one day we notice that we have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. Here's some common complaints and ways to take action to get sleeping again: 1. “I have a hard time falling asleep before 11 p.m.”

Your body’s cortisol level is too elevated late in the day, which means your body is ready for fight or flight and not ready to fall asleep. This could be from staring at Facebook for 2 hours before bed, watching TV in bed, working out too late, ingesting a food you have an intolerance to, balancing your checkbook, playing video games or working on a tough project too late.

You are telling your body to produce more cortisol (stress hormone) to stay awake and finish the “fight.”

Your goal should be to remove all stimulation prior to bed. Dim the lights, turn off all electronics, read a book, take a hot shower with deep breathing, write a list of 50 things you have gratitude for in your life, stretch, or have a meaningful conversation with your spouse without your iPhone in your hand.

2. “I wake up throughout the night and can’t fall back asleep.”

Chances are your heart rate became elevated from a stressful event or continual mind chatter. Once you are awake, you start going over the long list of things that “need” to get done, your body now thinks it’s morning and your circadian rhythm and cortisol levels now are in full swing.

The goal here is to avoid this situation by completing a brain dump before bed. I like to do mine around 7 p.m. I write everything on my mind on paper. The first few times you do this you will be blown away by how much you are thinking about, removing you from being present and calm.

The more you do this activity, and organize your life, the less you will be writing on your brain dump. Do not avoid this activity because you do not want to think about what is on your mind. That form of avoidance only leads to more thinking about it in the long term. Put your thoughts on paper and sleep like a baby.

3. “I drag myself out of bed in the morning.”

Your body knows best, and you need more sleep. Obviously this isn’t

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This same person who is having trouble waking up may also be trying to lose weight by eating less calories and exercising hard, but yielding no results. That’s a topic in itself, but without normalized sleep patterns weight loss is almost impossible, so take the above steps and make sleeping a priority.

Remember, knowing is not knowing unless you act upon it. Research sleep and experiment with what works best for you. Take pride in waking up with full energy, and respect your body. It’s the one vehicle you have that transports you throughout life.

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4. Name the three Pep Boys.

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Arts

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

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Q&A: Local Wildlife Painter Tom Yacovella

Photo courtesy of Tom Yacovella.

Tom Yacovella hard at work on his piece “Spring Cleaning.” Note the antlers in the background.

By Brian Oehlsen

T

om Yacovella is a Utica-based artist. He has been a “student of the outdoors” for nearly his entire life, and strives to depict the less noticed and hardly seen things in the wild. He focuses on creating works of art that show the side of nature that may be difficult to see for a common passerby, or one who doesn’t know where to look or what to look for.

Yacovella’s art can be found throughout the state of New York and beyond. His show “The ArtVentures of Tom Yacovella” is on display now through September 13 at The Artful Lodger gallery in Clinton.

Here’s what Yacovella had to say about his work, inspiration and artistic background.

The Courier: Where do you live and where did you grow up?

Tom Yacovella: My home is Utica, but I studied in New York City and I worked there for many years. I lived in the Binghamton area for another five years, but I came back. I was away for a while.

Courier: What made you want to become an artist?

Yacovella: Well, at age five we didn’t have much money because I was living in an orphanage. I was drawing

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Courier: What is the main inspiration behind your art?

Yacovella: Wildlife. I love the natural and wild. You will see that there is an absence of man in my paintings. It’s all wild and free. I try to paint the dynamic of wildlife: predator and prey relationships, mother and child relationships— well, mother and offspring. Also, the chasing, mating, and the bringing up of families in the wild—most of my paintings address that. They are things I have actually witnessed. I’ve spent a long, long time in the woods with my wife. As a matter of fact, I have a sculpture piece that is life size.

It sits in view at an art gallery in Old Forge. It’s a whitetail deer made entirely out of natural, shed antlers.

And it’s really something. It’s a 51year collection of natural, shed antlers that I found walking in the woods.

The reason I mention that is because to do that would take a lot of time in the woods. The average outdoors man or lumberman or whomever out in the woods all the time may find one or two antlers in a lifetime. I’ve collected over 315 of them. All in New York State, too. But my first love is being unbridled. I like the aesthetic world and natural world, so I paint. I don’t paint too much to do with man at all, it’s extremely rare that you see any evidence of man in my work.

Courier: When and where do you like to paint?

Yacovella: I sketch in the field a lot. And if I do any photography, it’s of inanimate objects like the configuration of a tree. If I like the formation of a rock pile or a brush pile, I add the wildlife later on, whether it’s a rabbit or a bird or whatever. And they’re always in life and death situations, because every step a rabbit takes, he’s got to be thinking of becoming a meal somewhere. So, they go from cover to cover, I’m very much aware of covert—the configuration of the land.

That’s where I get my inspiration. I pay attention to the details and all of these things are very, very important to me because I want to record accuracy through my art. I’m pretty much a representational artist. I believe in my execution, my artwork; I want it to be accurate between flora and fauna, between what is vegetation and what is animal, or bird, or fish, or whatever I do.

Courier: How did you learn to paint?

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Yacovella: I went to Syracuse University, had a full scholarship to Syracuse, and from there I went to the School of Visual Arts in New York City. I worked on Madison Avenue for eight years as an advertising designer.

My strong suit was corporate identity, or what they call branding today. I’ve done logos for close to 250 to 300 different companies: banks and colleges, universities, and doctors and dentists. That is my strong suit. The year 2000 was the year that I pretty much retired from the advertising business and decided to go full-out on my wildlife art. A lot of my art is self satisfaction, in a way. I don’t paint for the masses.

Courier: What other mediums do you work in?

Yacovella: All kinds, whether it be watercolor or acrylic, oils or pencil. The subject matter, the time of year, et cetera, has a lot to do with my choice of medium. I’m not just a watercolorist, so to speak. I do watercolor if I’m doing things around water and weather and that sort of thing. It has a more sporadic quality.

Watercolor is a wonderful medium because it has a mind of its own. You can use it as a wet wash and get a little happenstance. Then there are times when I’m very tight—then I use acrylics and I get a dot for dot realism. The eye on an animal is very, very important and I will paint it in great detail, in camera-like detail for realism.

Courier: Do you sell a lot of your work?

Yacovella: Yes I do, I make a living off my artwork alone. I sell originals and I also have limited edition prints that I sell. I’ll sell through my shows, I’ll sell through my galleries and other venues that have art in one form or another, and I also sell through the internet. The computer has really affected a lot of areas. For the artist it has opened up new ways of looking at things. By the same token, everybody has a computer and everybody is knocking out graphics ,and it’s watered down the work of people who are very dedicated and trying to make a go of it, trying to tell a story, not just putting a band-aid on a problem.

Courier: You say you are a “student of the outdoors.” Could you elaborate?

Yacovella: I started out as a kid in awe of the natural world. I was only about seven or eight years old when I was at a family picnic and I took a walk in the woods. I didn’t do it without good reason. I followed a brook because I figured that I could always follow the brook back. When I followed that brook I slipped over the edge and was looking at the bank and I saw a mother fox with about six pups and she was looking at a woodchuck that had about four or five little ones and the mother was trying to crawl up to the babies. I was watching a real life scenario and it was etched in my mind. I spent a lot of time doing that sort of thing. I spent a lot of time in the woods. I’m not trying to prove anything. I’m out there doing my best and trying my hardest, and in doing so, you get to understand nature— what makes her tick. So that’s why I say I’m a “student of the outdoors,” because I study details. Nature is remarkable and I learn something new every day. What a great teacher nature is.

A reception for “The ArtVentures of Tom Yacovella” will take place at The Artful Lodger on July 27 from 3-5 p.m.

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Signature 81 Celebrates Grand Opening

Elements by Jaqueline are one of the 106 unique artist offerings you can find inside Signature 81.

Written and Photographed by John Howard

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n the shelves inside Signature 81, you’ll find anything from wooden robot figurines, to edible birdhouses, to painted lightbulb ornaments. There are paintings hanging from a wall rack—custom built out of electrical conduit. A large, repurposed china closet filled with odds and ends greets you at the door. Everything is neatly placed and finely tuned to pack as much charm as possible into the 500-square foot floorplan.

Signature 81 is a pet project of Crystal Maury, a 32-year-old Clinton transplant from Sauquoit. She has lived in the Village for seven years.

The Clinton store is the second location for the brand. After owning and operating the original, tucked away in a location on Kellogg Road in New Hartford for a year, Maury decided to open up the Village boutique to play to the area’s heavy foot traffic.

It seems to be paying off. At 2 p.m. during the store’s July 4 unveiling, the young store owner was bouncing from customer to customer, giving hugs to people she knew and introducing herself to those she didn’t. The plan was to stay open through to 9 p.m., allowing parade-goers to discover the shop by accident.

“We’ve had a lot of people in so far,” said Maury. “Everyone’s happy. They love it.”

Signature 81 replaces The Fromagerie at 17 College St., which Maury frequented herself. She had seen that the space was available while out for a run with her husband, Scott.

Along with the boutique, she rented out an apartment space behind Snip & Clip barber shop in Clinton for special events and studio space for local artists.

“When I do something I go big,” Maury said. “I see something, it just

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She’s a longtime patron of Village shops and doesn’t want to compete with her neighboring storefronts.

Maury and her small staff describe the store as a homemade Pier 1 Imports— somewhere “right in between” fine art and craft.

Prior to becoming a small business owner, Maury had worked a few 9-5 jobs with little emotional return. The idea to create a business around her passions came naturally. “I just have a lot of cool friends who make a lot of cool stuff,” she said.

A jewelry maker and painter herself, Maury works with over 106 artists on consignment. Inventory rotates every three months.

Going through her shop with her customers, Maury not only points out items on display and talks about the artist who created them, she also explains a little about the process behind each work. For instance, glass beads in an Elements By Jacquelyn display case are hand blown, and one-

of-a-kind journals by Eva Furcinito are made from recycled covers of old textbooks that would otherwise end up in the trash.

Maury’s success so far has come from her multi-faceted approach.

Classes are taught by many of the contributing artists at the larger New Hartford location as a way of “keeping the lights on” in both stores. And this year, she and her team launched the Destination Create art festival at MKJ Farm in Deansboro.

For Maury, the rush of seeing her projects through to fruition in an abbreviated timeline is often just as rewarding as coming up with the initial concepts. She had only signed the lease for Clinton’s Signature 81 two and half weeks in advance of it's grand opening. In that time new flooring and lighting was installed, walls were painted and inventory was brought in.

She loves the work, but the hustle SIGNATURE, page 11

Crystal Maury stands at the counter of Signature 81, Clinton’s newest shop. A grand opening was held July 4.

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Chitter-Chatter: “What makes you feel patriotic?”

SIGNATURE (continued from page 10) takes its toll on her free time. When asked if her own home looks like the inside of her eclectic shop, Maury laughed.

“Uh, no,” she said. “I’m a very simple person. Everything goes into the shop.”

Compiled by Michael Howard and Esther Mazor

Clinton’s Signature 81’s regular hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

The store is located at 17 College St., across from the Village Tavern. For more information on the store and the classes offered, visit http://signature81.com.

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Liz Kimball, Clinton “The Fourth of July parades.”

Andrew Krom, Clinton “Wearing this. Wearing American colors.”

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Autumn Stockbridge, Clinton “Saying the Pledge of Allegiance.”

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Jack Yaworsky, Clinton “Explosions. And by explosions, I mean fireworks.”

Anna Tague, Clinton “Cop cars.”

Mike Townsend, Clinton “I like to see veterans in parades.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

‘No More Birds’ Exhibit to Open at KAC

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n exhibition featuring work by selected Sculpture Space residents is set to open at the Kirkland Art Center this week. “No More Birds,” a title derived from the Ari Banias poem, will feature sculpture work by Jarrod Beck and MarcAnthony Polizzi.

Beck, an Albany native living in Brooklyn, will present his new large scale work aimed at triggering a variety of the viewer’s senses, using paper that is stained, layered, carved and scorched.

Polizzi’s work promises to defy gravity and reimagine discarded consumer products. His goal, he says,

is “to bring out the human connection often lost in the glimmer and glitz of an ever growing material culture.”

Polizzi lives in Utica and is a graduate of PRATT at Munson Williams Proctor Institute of Art. Sculpture Space is an international two-month residency program.

Since 1976, 20 artists with promising talents are selected per year to help to advance their careers. “No More Birds” is the first in what will become an annual KAC-Sculpture Space exhibition collaboration.

An artists' reception will take place on Friday July 11, from 5-7 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

The event was organized by Gina Murtagh. Sponsors include NBT Bank, Golden Artist Colors, Burrows Paper Corporation and Just Peggy Catering. For more information, visit http://kacny.org.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

THE CLINTON COURIER 13

Village and Town Projects Out For Bid

By John Howard

T

he Town and Village Boards have approved motions to put two separate construction projects out to bid. Initial processes for an addition on the Kirkland Police Department building and a roof repair on the DPW building are underway.

Both projects are aimed at dealing with unfavorable weather.

The Kirkland Police Department will add a pole barn onto its Clark Mills facility. James Clarke is serving as the the architect on the project.

According to Police Chief Dan English, the addition will allow for the department to store all their off-duty patrol cars and their speed monitor trailer at a given time, in addition to allowing a sally port space for processing suspects.

KPD has eight patrol cars and as many as six can unused at a given time. During harsh winter months, advanced technology on the vehicles could take up to 30 minutes to warm up if stored outside.

The new space will also add a new evidence storage area in its design.

Bids on the project will be accepted

through July 16 at 4 p.m. and will be read aloud during the Board meeting that same day.

KPD’s current facility only allows storage of up to two vehicles at a time.

To help fund the project, the Town will apply for a $50,000 grant from the state that it didn’t qualify for during its recent capital project on the Senior Center, due to technicalities.

At the DPW, the roof will be replaced in an effort to repair water damage caused by flaws in its initial installation.

DPW Superintendent Dale Jewell said he was made aware of the problem when piece of sheetrock fell from above and landed on top of one of the department’s vehicles.

A motion to accept bids through August 4 was approved by the Village Board during its Monday meeting with plans to complete the project this year.

Also during the Village Board meeting, a motion to go out to bid on re-striping streets and to pave New Street and Beatty Ave using NovaChip was unanimously approved.

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Time Location Complaint Type 12:40 a.m. Utica Street Open Door 12:58 a.m. Furnace Street Police Assists (outsides agencies) 5:56 a.m. College Hill Road Arrest - AUO - Aggr Unlicensed Operator 9:00 a.m. College Street Assist Citizen 10:22 a.m. 12B-State Route Fire Assist 1:50 p.m. Clinton Veterinary Hospital Suspicious Persons/Activity 8:37 p.m. Pleasant Street Domestic/Custody Dispute 3:26 p.m. Mulberry Street Neighbor/Landlord/Tenant Disputes 7:03 p.m. Bogusville Hill Rd Neighbor/Landlord/Tenant Disputes 10:20 a.m. 233-State Route MVA-Property Damage 5:15 p.m. Fountain Street Peace Officer 7:45 p.m. Alterra Village Fire Assist 12:30 a.m. 233-State Route Suspicious Vehicle 9:00 a.m. Kellogg Street Radar Detail/Speed Enforcement 10:30 a.m. Berkley Drive Check the Welfare 12:35 p.m. 12B-State Route 911 Call (Hang up/Abandoned) 2:10 p.m. Westmoreland Road MVA-Property Damage 4:30 p.m. 233-State Route Area Check Request 9:03 a.m. Snowden Hill Alarm (residence/business) 4:11 p.m. 12B-State Route Arrest D.W.I. 5:10 p.m. Lutheran Home Unattended Death 6:05 p.m. N. Park Row Alarm (residence/business) 4:15 p.m. Post Street Alarm (residence/business) 6:45 p.m. Kirkland Avenue Parade Traffic 9:30 p.m. Norton Avenue Fireworks 11:10 p.m. W. Seneca Street Police Assists (outsides agencies) 2:49 a.m. Rose Lane Alarm (residence/business) 3:22 a.m. W. Seneca Street Police Assists (outsides agencies) 3:15 p.m. Fountain View Animal 5:25 p.m. 5-State Route Medical Assist 9:35 p.m. Limberlost Road Missing Person 11:10 p.m. 12B-State Route Police Assists (outsides agencies) 2:31 a.m. 12B-State Route Police Assists (outsides agencies) 3:42 a.m. 5-State Route Suspended - Revoked Plate/ Operator 2:35 p.m. Clinton Street ATV (complaints/accidents) 7:25 p.m. Elm Street Neighbor/Landlord/Tenant Disputes 8:56 p.m. Champion Road Domestic/Custody Dispute 10:30 p.m. College Hill Road Animal

Tuesday: Clouds and sun with a couple of showers. High 77. Low Tuesday night 47.

Wednesday: Partly sunny with a shower in the area. High 69. Low Wednesday night 48.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

THE CLINTON COURIER 14

Legal Notice

REAL ESTATE AUCTION (BIDS SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION) ONEIDA COUNTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT • 800 PARK AVENUE, UTICA, NEW YORK 13501 (315) 798-5760 OR www.ocgov.net The Oneida County Finance Department will hold a land auction on Thursday, August 7, 2014 on the 10th floor of the Oneida County Office Building at 6:30 PM. For more information call (315) 7985760 or visit the Oneida County website at HYPERLINK http://www.co.oneida.ny.us www.ocgov.net for a current listing and description of properties available.

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Legal Notice

TRNCHIK BROTHERS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/8/14. Office location: Oneida County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 4713 Sheehan Rd., Taberg, NY 13471. General Purpose.

CC: 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9

Legal Notice

D & GK Enterprises LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/6/14.

Office location: Oneida County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Gary J. Kimball, 45 Walnut Dr., Whitesboro, NY 13492. General Purpose.

CC:6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9

Legal Notice

FISH CREEK FARMS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/8/14. Office location: Oneida County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 4713 Sheehan Rd., Taberg, NY 13471. General Purpose.

CC: 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY CO. (LLC) Name of LLC: JLD Management Services, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the NY Sec. of State on May 30, 2014.

Office and address in Oneida Co. 9786 Campbell Road, Sauquoit, New York 13456; Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served, and address Sec. of State shall mail copy of process is: 9786 Campbell Road, Sauquoit, New York 13456; Purpose: Any lawful purpose permitted under LLCL. CC: 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9

Legal Notice

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: Sensible Property Management, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 05/16/2014 Office location: County of Oneida Purpose: any and all lawful activities.

Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: PO Box 503 Washington Mills, NY 13479 CC: 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice is hereby given that SHADY ACRE BARNS LLC, a limited liability company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State of New York on June 5, 2014.

The principal office is in the County of Oneida, State of New York and the Secretary of State was designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process is: 5645 Marble Road, Vernon Center, New York 13477. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful activity for which a company may be organized under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Act. CC: 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16

Legal Notice

Genesee Global Asset Management, LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on: May 20, 2014. Office location: County of Oneida, New York.

SSNY designated as Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and post office address SSNY shall mail copy of process to: the LLC, 2108 Genesee Street Utica, NY 13502. Purpose: Any lawful purpose permitted under LLC Law. CC:6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16

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DESIGN-ALL, LLC notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on: May 13, 2014. Office location: County of Oneida, New York. SSNY designated as Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and post office address SSNY shall mail copy of process to: DESIGN-ALL, LLC, 6835 Crooked Brook Rd, Barneveld, NY 13304. Purpose: Any lawful purpose permitted under LLC Law. CC:6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ACCELERATE SPORTS, LLC Articles of Organization of Accelerate Sports, LLC (LLC) filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/12/14. Office location: Oneida County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 437 Oriskany Blvd, Whitesboro, NY 13492. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

CC:6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16

Legal Notice

Notice of formation of a domestic limited liability company: The name of the LLC is "Town Tavern DDM LLC".

The LLC was formed and filed its Articles of Organization on June 6, 2014. The office of Town Tavern DDM LLC is located in Oneida County. The Secretary of State is the designated agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to Town Tavern DDM LLC, P.O. Box 206, New York Mills, New York 13417.

CC: 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23

Legal Notice

Notice of Formation of QUAD C PHASE I LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/4/14.

Office location: Oneida County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 100 Seymour Road, Utica, NY 13502, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

CC: 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF SUBSTANCE OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF 4ST LLC NAME OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (the "Company"): 4ST LLC DATE OF FILING OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION: June 4, 2014 COUNTY OF COMPANY'S OFFICE: Oneida County AGENT: The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and P.O. Box 393, Washington Mills, New York 13479 is the address to which the Secretary of State of the State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her. Symeon Tsoupelis and Shelly Tsoupelis are the members of the LLC. The inclusion of the name of a person in this notice does not necessarily indicate that such person is personally liable of the debts, obligations or liabilities of the limited liability company, and such person’s liability, if any, under applicable law is neither increased nor decreased by reason of this notice.

PURPOSE: The Company is formed for any lawful business purpose.

CC: 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY CO. (LLC) Name of LLC: Rose Development WFC, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the NY Sec. of State on June 5, 2014.

Office and address in Oneida Co. 41 Notre Dame Lane, Utica, New York 13502; Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served, and address Sec. of State shall mail copy of process is: 41 Notre Dame Lane, Utica, New York 13502; Purpose: Any lawful purpose permitted under LLCL. CC:6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY CO. (LLC) Name of LLC: Collins Farm, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the NY Sec. of State on June 10, 2014. Office and address in Oneida Co. at 8744 Thomas Road, Rome, New York 13440; Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served, and address Sec. of State shall mail copy of process is: 8744 Thomas Road, Rome, New York 13440; Purpose: Any lawful purpose permitted under LLCL. CC: 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23

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SCENE (continued from page 3) The Jackson commission led to others and some duplicates of the Jackson statue for other cities such as New Orleans where Jackson became a hero in 1814. Nashville and Jacksonville also have Mills’ statues.

George Washington himself was cast in bronze and today is in Washington Circle. It was dedicated in 1860.

Mills turned next to the new Capitol under construction. He was awarded the job to cast the statue that would be mounted on top of the landmark when finished. Actually, the sculptor was Thomas Crawford who made the full size plaster version and sent it to Mills. Crawford’s studio was in Rome, Italy, so the casts were shipped to Mills.

Mills then proceeded to cast the five plaster sections into bronze with the help of Reid. Even though the Civil War broke out in 1861, Mills kept working on the statue as Lincoln had insisted that work on the dome continue.

By late 1863, the Capitol dome was sufficiently complete to allow the 7 and 1/2-ton statue to be lifted and installed in sections. Completed by December 2, 1863, a 35- cannon salute was fired in celebration. This statue is called the Statue of Freedom.

Mills continued sculpting in Washington until his death in 1883.

He had married twice and left three sons and a step-daughter. Mills was interred in Glenwood Cemetery in Washington at age 72.

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Ms. Clinton (continued from page 1) they hadn’t been to school. They would sit quietly, in fact, they might sit there all day long, even when you call them up. They don’t even want to answer the questions when you call their names. Finally they all matured, and everyone is very mature now.

Courier: How was it adjusting to life here?

Burns: People in Clinton are extremely welcoming and nice to people. I think it’s a wonderful community, and it started that way, with me anyway. You just felt so welcome.

Courier: What was the Village like back then?

Burns: I’ll tell you a funny story. I’d never seen a hockey game. The first one came to Clinton and they were just kind of practicing on the outdoor rink, where Clinton Tractor is now.

The funny thing was I didn’t take anyone with me. I went alone—I had to find out what this game was. So I got there and they were all playing very well and everyone got up and they all left after the end of the first period.

Then they got up and left after the second period and I went home. Then the next day I went to school, and very wisely said, “I’m so sorry they lost.”

“They didn’t lose,” they said. “They won in the third period!”

Courier: Do you like hockey still?

Burns: I love hockey. I’m a Ranger’s fan. This year’s been exciting.

Courier: What do you do during the summer when there is no hockey on?

Burns: Well, we have to clean up the yard and we have to do some work.

In the summer it’s mostly just families and parties and picnics, especially this year we have a few coming along.

Courier: You have six children?

Burns: Yes, four boys and two girls.

All raised in Clinton. It was wonderful because I had a husband who was very interested in Clinton and he was really part of Clinton, too.

Courier: What made you get involved with the Girl Scouts?

Burns: Oh I loved the Girl Scouts. I always did.

Courier: Can you talk about the troop you started here?

Burns: We met downstairs under the old school on Marvin Street. It was a riot because they always wanted to go up into the empty building. It was fun, we had a lot of trips and did things for about three years, and then they graduated. Then I just got pregnant and pregnant and pregnant and just couldn’t keep up anymore.

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But I’ve always been involved in the Village. I’ve been involved with the planning of many things that have been going on at the School since they started.

Courier: What was rewarding about working with children?

Burns: I loved them. I don’t know, I still do. I stop and talk to children on the street.

Courier: How is life different now?

Burns: Life is different now then when I first came. The children walk in and know what they are doing.

The children back then hadn’t had the experiences that they have now.

I think it’s the television, I think it’s all the communication that you get.

We didn’t have that when they first started. They weren’t exposed.

Courier: Was there a student that particularly sticks out, and I know it was a long career, that was truly a rewarding experience?

Burns: No, I will tell you that, as a teacher, whatever you’ve done with a human being, especially the young ones, is rewarding. So you are rewarded constantly.

Mr. Clinton: Frank Perretta

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f you know Frank Perretta, you know that he stays busy. Even after his retirement from a multidecade-spanning career as principal at Clinton High School, he is likely one of the busiest people in town.

At 71, Perretta tirelessly continues to carry on the Frank Perretta way—giving back to the community.

Through groups like Clinton’s Dollars For Scholars, the Ride for Missing Children, the Clinton Central School District Foundation, the Young Scholars Program, AYSO soccer, and so on, he’s had no problem keeping his hands full over the years. Yet in talking about his contributions, he modestly preferred to talk about other community members that have inspired him.

It’s no surprise that Frank Perretta has earned the Mr. Clinton award in its inaugural year and we’re honored to present him with the title.

Courier: So you’ve been retired for a while now?

Perretta: Well, I took a job at Utica College running the Young Scholars Program after I retired for six years.

The Young Scholars Program is an outreach program for inner city kids

Frank Perretta sits in his yard. in Utica preparing them for college. I felt good about proving the point that inner city, disadvantaged kids can look like Clinton kids academically if you give them enough help—-if you give them the time and tutorial that they need. And we did it, and they are still doing it.

Courier: That probably comes with a lot of rewards.

Perretta: You know, it was really great. We took the kids to a lot of places and we did a lot of things with them that they had never done or had gotten the chance to do. So everything I did with them, it was their first time. It was really exciting to take kids kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, ropes courses, and Washington D.C. They just never had those opportunities.

Courier: I’d like to get a good idea of your background.

Perretta: Right in the very beginning, when we first came here from Oneida, we lived here before I was the principal. My first friend was Bob Ford who ran the local IGA [grocery market] and went on to become a realtor in town. Bob was very involved.

He would be Mr. Clinton back in the ‘70s. He got me involved with the Beautification Committee. Then Bob got me into the United Way, which I was in for 25 years. I decided that being involved in community service would be good for the students so I started doing things with the kids like Cleaner Clinton Day, which was a big deal then.

Courier: You kind of worked to help spread this feeling of ‘volunteering is

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Perretta: The problem with community service is that there is a greater need than there are people doing it. You see the same people at events. I feel guilty that I didn’t nominate Bill and Beverly Rudge for Mr. and Ms. Clinton. For 40 years they have done so much: the bloodmobile, the Boy Scouts, Scouting for Food...

They are committed. Mrs. Chicoine tutored in the Elementary School for 40 years as a volunteer, and she sat every Sunday out on the park with her sign “Honk your horn for peace.” She walked to the Elementary School with her backpack every single day, well into her 80s. These are people who are just committed to the community.

Courier: How did you get involved with Dollars for Scholars?

Perretta: In 1984 Paul Stratton, resident of Clinton, called me up and said, “Can you come over to the house?

I’ve got somebody here from Dollars for Scholars who is going to talk to us.”

So, I went over. Paul was a oneman band for Dollars for Scholars for 15 years at graduation time. We just flipped all of the money for Dollars for Scholars. So, for 30 years we have had Dollars for Scholars and I’ve been a part of it. After I retired, I got involved at the state level. I was on the board of directors for the state.

Courier: You don’t seem to have a problem staying busy.

Perretta: No, I don’t [laughs].

Actually, our friends kid us about that. They call and ask if we want to play cards and we’ll say, “Eh, that day doesn’t work… eh, that day doesn’t work, either.” Then they always ask, “Aren’t you retired?”

Courier: How do keep all that responsibility from overtaking your life?

Perretta: All of the volunteering that I’ve been able to do, I’ve been able to do because of my wife, Gail. She has been extremely supportive and allows me to do these things. Or sometimes, she even drags me into something and then I have to go.

Courier: How did you get started in the education field?

Perretta: My first job was at New Hartford School, as a social studies teacher. That’s probably how I first got started with community service, too. They had a club in the high school called the service club.

Courier: When we opened submissions our inbox was flooded with many different nominations for you. Do you stay in touch with a lot of previous students?

Perretta: This is sad to say, but the biggest contact that we now seem to have is funerals and wakes.

The happy part is that I see a lot of people when I go to reunions. I see a lot of kids. I never got hugs as a high school principal. You know, my wife was an elementary school teacher so she got hugged every day. High school principals don’t get hugged every day, but retired high school principals, wow. I get hugged on the street!

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The Road Ahead: Colleges of the Class of 2014

By Emily Howard

Ninety-seven students graduated from Clinton Central High School on June 28. While some students remain undecided on their plans following graduation, 88 students will be attending a total of 57 colleges or joining the military. Here's where the Class of 2014 is going in the fall.

Lafayette College

Binghamton University

U.S. Army Lasell College

Case Western University

LeMoyne College

Cazenovia College

SUNY at Cortland

U.S. Army Reserve

SUNY at Delhi

Lincoln Technology

Lubbock Christian University

Cedarville University

University at Albany

SUNY at Fredonia

University at Buffalo

SUNY at Geneseo University of Arizona

MVCC SUNY at Morrisville

(12)

Colgate University

Marist College Middlebury College

Colorado College Dickinson College

Onondaga Community College

East Carolina University

SUNY at Oswego Utica College

Oberlin Conservatory RIT

Rotary Youth Exchange

Fairfield University

Sierra Nevada College

Genesee Community College

SUNYIT

Vassar College

Syracuse University

Elon College

Daytona State College

(8)

SUNY at Potsdam

Oberlin College

Elmira College

University of Washington

SUNY at Oneonta

Xavier College

Tufts University

St. Lawrence University

Union College

SUNY at Brockport

U.S. Air Force Academy

Herkimer County Community College

Hamilton College Hampshire College Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hudson Valley Community College

Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Wales University

Keuka College

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D1-Bound

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Andrew Taft, University of Buffalo Bulls

Three High School students take their sports to the next level Written and Photographed by John Howard

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ome of the most impressive seasons in Clinton High School sports history were seen over the course of the past two years. Rich talent from many of the 97 members of the Class of 2014 had a lot to do with the success, but three particular individuals stood out.

Haley Allen, Andrew Taft and

Hannah Shankman will all attend universities with Division I athletic programs where they’ll suit up in their respective sports of soccer, baseball and track and field.

Each of their stories is unique, but they’re bonded by common threads of strong work ethics and a passion to compete.

Haley Allen, Colgate University Raiders

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he way Haley Allen describes her journey to Colgate University’s track program, it seems like a coincidence. She never expected to run at a college level, let alone on a Division I team. That realization started to form at the last minute.

“My whole decision process was kind of weird,” she says. “I didn’t even know that I could run at Colgate until my senior year.”

It was then when Arthur McKinnon, the head coach of the program, began talking to her and things quickly started to fall into place.

As fate would have it McKinnon coached Norm Deep, Allen’s varsity coach at Clinton, during his own Colgate years.

Talking about Allen, Deep can’t help but shine with pride about being able to send one of his own back to McKinnon’s squad in Hamilton. Allen doesn’t seem to mind the honor, either.

“Colgate was the first school I ever visited. It’s such a beautiful campus,” she says. “The people there, I feel, are people I can be close friends with.”

But despite some collegiate connections and maybe a mere pinch of luck, there’s no denying that Allen has been a force on the girls varsity team, which she has been a part of since she was a freshman.

She helped lead the program to its second-ever Section III championship win this past season. Her event times dot the all-time record lists lining Deep’s walls, including a 200-meter steeplechase first place record with a time that bests the next name down by 18 seconds.

Like many of her veteran teammates on the girls and boys team, Allen is a distance runner. During the indoor and outdoor season, she trained with Jack Yaworsky, who will display his distance abilities at Vassar College in the fall.

Track is not a glamorous or overpopularized sport, like some of the other offerings at the high school level.

It can be mentally exhausting and isolating at times—and, Allen adds, painful.

“I am nervous every single meet,” she says. “Every time I get so nervous and I have a horrible stomach ache that day. I’m thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going have to run and I’m going to have to run fast and it’s going to hurt.’”

“I do love it, though,” she adds with

grin.

Allen is probably one of the most concerned athletes you’ll ever encounter—concerned about her team, her events, letting her team down, letting herself down—but that might just be her process.

She’s proactive and prompt. One of the first things she did when she made the Colgate Raiders team was reach out to her teammates on Facebook to tell them she “couldn’t wait to be friends with all of them.”

When she’s competing, Allen doesn’t stay satisfied with a good performance for long. Because she flourishes in high pressure situations she piles on demands to push herself even further.

Unlike Shankman and Taft, she’ll compete during all three semesters at Colgate—cross country in the fall, indoor track in the winter, and outdoor track in the spring.

Already, she’s training to be at her best when the cross country season starts. She’ll run the Boilermaker this week and has been keeping up with an assigned mileage calendar that she and her teammates were told to complete over the summer. At bare minimum, each girl is required to run 50 miles a week, with at least one 10mile run in the mix.

So far, it’s going well, but that won’t keep her from worrying some more.

“I’m very nervous. It’s just a more competitive environment,” says Allen.

“I do think I’ll be able to rise to the occasion. I’m hoping for that anyway.”

hen you sit next to Andrew Taft, it’s easy to see why he has been the subject of discussion at any sports reporting authority within a 50-mile radius over the past four months.

His stature is Herculean. His handshake is equally intimidating— you might even think he’s still wearing his catcher’s mitt. In other words, he’s a big guy.

But when he talks to you, Taft is sincere and grounded. Throughout his three-year career on the Clinton High School varsity team, which saw two consecutive trips to the state championship final four, he was always a team player. Fielding post-game questions from reporters, he assumed the role of team spokesperson, rather than M.V.P. His motivation is the group, and his constant conundrum is how to lead them to the best result possible—it’s exactly what you want in a catcher.

As of November 2013, it was decided that Taft would attend the University of Buffalo, where he’ll study accounting and take his place behind the plate.

Throughout his career at Clinton High School, Taft left his mark with 10 home runs, 68 R.B.I., and 83 hits.

In his senior year, he had a batting average of .500. One of his fondest memories, though, was looking out into the stands and seeing the local support.

“You feel good about yourself,” he says. “You feel like you’ve done something for the community.”

In his senior season, Taft was also scouted by multiple major league teams, but being drafted this year was not a now or never scenario.

“I started to realize that no matter what, I’m still going to go college and play. If it happens, it happens,” he says.

“I’d still like to go for as long as I can for as hard as I can.”

Most of his time suiting up for the Warriors, Taft was balancing obligations to multiple leagues, which has continued into the summer season.

In addition to varsity ball, he played in the American Legion and Baseball U leagues. Since sophomore year, his college future has been a constant buzzing in his ear.

“Coaches start approaching you. You start getting invited to camps,” says Taft. “Once junior year hits, colleges start coming out and watching you play.”

The process was grueling. Where a non-athletic student might have five top pick schools they’re considering and donating their energy to impressing, Taft had 30.

He looked at schools in New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

When he went to see the University of Cincinnati, Clinton varsity head coach Tom Pfisterer’s alma mater, he paid particularly close attention.

In the end it was Buffalo’s coaching staff, lead by Ron Torgalski, and its location that helped sway his decision to head to the west side of the state.

“I didn’t want to be so far away that I couldn’t get home,” he says. “But I want to be far away enough so I was on my own.”

Baseball is in Taft’s blood. He’s been playing since he was in kindergarten, when pitching mounds were unnecessary dirt patches and players swang at balls mounted on a tee.

Along with Hannah Shankman, he will have the benefit of a familiar face on his new roster—VVS’ Tyler Lautner, whom he played at CCS, was recruited by the Bulls, as well. Mostly, though, he’s just looking forward to the new adventure.

“I’m excited,” he says, thinking about the months ahead. “I want to be on my own and fight for myself, and hopefully earn that respect back in a new environment.”

Hannah Shankman, Binghamton University Bearcats

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nyone who has coached or played alongside Hannah Shankman will likely have the phrase “natural athlete” come to mind when trying to describe her.

She competed in indoor and outdoor track, setting school records in the girls pole vault and long jump events.

And that’s just in the off season.

Soccer is Shankman’s sport. She’s been playing since she was 2 years old, when she was introduced to it by her older sister, Erika, who was playing AYSO at the time.

Shankman played varsity soccer for all four years of high school. In her last two seasons, the team made it to the finals or semifinals at the sectional level—an unlikely streak for SHANKMAN, page 20

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Surrounded by a group of her peers, Shankman signed her national letter of intent in February, committing to play varsity soccer for the Binghamton University Bearcats under head coach Sarah McClellan. It was a dream that she had always had and now it was coming true.

Unlike other competitive collegiate sports programs, the process of being recruited for soccer is very accelerated, says Shankman. Many girls get recruited by colleges as early as their sophomore year.

By the time Shankman walked unannounced into McClellan’s office and told the coach she wanted to play college soccer, the Bearcats roster was already pretty full. To Shankman’s surprise, though, the team had already been scouting her from afar.

But despite a promising initial conversation and Shankman’s natural abilities on the field, a spot on the team was not always a sure thing. In fact, she was initially turned away. “[Coach McClellan] told me, ‘Sorry, Hannah, you’re not good to play

here,” Shankman remembers. “I was devastated.”

McClellan had seen Shankman play for the Rising Stars Blasters in the midfielder position. But it was after seeing her play for another, collegiatelevel team known as the Syracuse Lady Knights, in a defensive position this time, that McClellan began changing her tune.

“I was playing outside back, and I guess she liked what she saw,” says Shankman. “She invited me to Binghamton's camp … and after that, she said, ‘We have a position on the team if you would like it.’”

Throughout the whole process, Shankman and McClellan stayed in contact, even when it looked like it wouldn’t work out. Shankman admits that her assertiveness throughout probably had a lot to do with the end result.

Today, in a statement, McClellan describes Shankman as an “exceptional athlete” with a “contagious passion for the game.” The courting process has come full circle.

Shankman had looked at other schools, mostly on the East Coast with the exception of the University of Hawaii. (A kid can dream, right?) She

says she fell in love with the campus at Binghamton and knows she’ll be able to do her best there on and off the field.

“I’m pretty confident that the system they’ve set up at Binghamton will help me to succeed,” she says.

Shankman is the only CCS Class of 2014 member going off to Binghamton University, but since she already knows three of the girls on her Bearcats team, including one against whom she played in her high school career, she’s “not fazed” by the oncoming new environment.

Her pre-season training is less than a month away. She moves to campus on August 6. Already, she has goals for the next four years: to make a starting spot on the team and to make it to the NCAA tournament, to name a couple.

Clinton, however, will always be home to her.

“There have been very few days when I’ll be walking down the street and someone hasn’t asked, ‘How’s your track team doing? How’s your soccer team doing?’” she says. “As an athlete, there’s nothing better than knowing that you have connections with the community and they’re supporting you 100 percent.”

ith the summer running season upon us, much attention is paid to the training regimen and other preparations to stay safe during grueling events like the 15K Boilermaker. Aside from getting into physical shape, pacing yourself and praying that it won’t be 95 degrees and humid, what you put into your body in the 24 hours leading up to the shotgun start is crucial.

Along with the help of Johanne Macner, RD CDN LD, a Utica native who has participated in the water stations during the Boilermaker in the past and even run the race herself, we’ve come up with a basic meal plan for the big weekend.

Saturday, Breakfast: While it’s easy to get carried away with a race eating regimen, what you consume 24 hours ahead of the race won’t have a significant effect in bettering your performance. Still, it’s important to stick to the basics: nonprocessed complex carbohydrates, dairy, and protein.

A bowl of oatmeal Toast Sliced fresh fruit (Macner’s favorite are bananas) Coffee or juice Saturday, Lunch: Stick to what you know best. If you’re a salad person, great. If you prefer a heartier sandwich, that’s good, too. This is your opportunity to pack in some last minute proteins.

A grilled chicken or fish sandwich on whole grain bread Carrot sticks or an apple Water, juice or soda (avoid diet drinks) Saturday, Dinner: There’s a reason that the pasta before the race tradition got its start. It’s the carbohydrates. Watch your portion size, though. No need to overdo it.

Spaghetti with meatballs and sausage A side salad with light dressing Water, soda or wine Sunday, Breakfast: This is probably the most crucial meal before you strap on your running sneakers. Keep it light and raw. Cramps are not an option. Most importantly, get hydrated.

Fruit Eggs Nuts and/or granola Yogurt Water, water, water Sunday, Lunch: Time to replenish. Re-invest in lots of carbohydrates, both complex and simple. You earned it, after all.

Turkey burger Corn on the cob Beans Watermelon Water or lemonade Things to keep in mind: If you’re running the Boilermaker, chances are you’ve been training and know your body. If something is working for you, stick to it. Race day is not the time to experiment.

All portions and diet selections are based on the individual's body mass index. These meals are merely suggestions or starting points.

Everyone is unique and has unique needs.

Energy drinks work for certain people, but it’s always best to stay as natural and basic as possible for energy-generating nutrition.

The more processed a food or beverage is, the harder it is for your body to use it effectively.

Johanne Macner, RD CDN LD is a registered dietician from the Utica area. She has previously worked for the Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center and Masonic Care Community as a nutritionist. She currently resides in Florida.