Vol. 169, No. 9 • CLINTON, NEW YORK • September 9, 2015
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NEW ATHLETIC RECORD BOARD COMING TO CCS By Staff Those wandering the hallways of the Clinton High School this year will likely encounter a new addition to the decor. An electronic, 5-foot-by-10-foot record board is on its way to the atrium near the High School’s gymnasium. The display will be backlit with LED lighting and feature the school’s name and the Warriors’ block C logo. The board’s three panels—one for each season of varsity sports: fall, winter and spring—will host all-time season records, career records and some single-game records by CCS student-athletes. Doug Fiore, athletic director for the Clinton Central School District, was noticeably excited speaking about the details of the new board and its anticipated arrival. “It’s a great tribute to all our former athletes, our present athletes and our future athletes. It’ll be great recognition for all of the programs,” he said. “It’s a great, well-needed thing for the kids.” Current record displays in the building are severely outdated. According to Fiore, the “barbaric pegboards” used are inadequate to what other area school districts RECORDS, page 13
Senior forward Matt Martini rests in between plays under the lights at Sauquoit Valley last Thursday, Sept. 3.
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State Conference, but also because of what happened when the two teams faced off last year. Hot off wins against Whitesboro and New Hartford in the 2014 Fall Kickoff Classic, a preseason home tournament, the Warriors headed south to take on the Emerald Knights. Seeing that the team’s momentum might have reached a high point, then head coach Gil Palladino forecast that Hamilton would give the Warriors trouble. That prediction proved true, and Clinton fell 1-0. The story of this season has started out differently. With no fall tournament, the team was fresh and hungry for its first win. The Warriors took the pitch in Hamilton with intention, scoring two goals—one by Matt Martini and one by SOCCER, page 14
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Written and Photographed by John Howard new coaching staff. The lack of two area all-star players from last season. Only a handful of returning veteran seniors this year. On paper, it looked like fall 2015 was going to be a development year for the Clinton Warriors boys varsity soccer team. But nothing on paper could predict how much the team would want to win when the game clock started. Two games into the season, the Warriors are undefeated, and in their opening two tilts, they have allowed only one goal against. The Warriors began their competitive schedule with a road game against the Hamilton Emerald Knights on Sept. 1. The game was not only significant because it was the first contest on Clinton’s schedule and the team’s first league game in the Center
By John Howard ith a final performance by Robin and Linda Williams this week, the Kirkland Art Center Coffeehouse series will enter a new era—one without the guidance of its original creator. For 33 years Ginger Parker, a Clinton transplant from Connecticut, dedicated a good portion of her free time to delivering folk music to the Clinton area. The countless hours devoted to that mission, though, never felt much like work—or volunteering for that matter, as it was an unpaid task. She had a passion for the music. “It would probably seem like a lot of work, but it was a pleasure,” said Parker. “I had always loved folk music.” Three years ago, Parker developed a life-threatening brain tumor and, due to health issues that arose as a result, decided to step down from running the series. During the Robin and Linda Williams presentation this Friday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m., she will be honored for her contributions to the local arts community. Parker has loved the folk genre since she started listening to music. She remembers discovering the Weavers when she was 17 years old, when contemporary folk music was still in the process of gaining national
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KAC Coffeehouse, a 33-Year Tradition of Folk Excellence, Says Goodbye to Its Founder
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
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Nelson Associates of Clinton Celebrates 20 years: The architectural and engineering firm will celebrate the occasion on Thursday, Sept. 10. Page 5. Signature 81 Expanding Presence in Village: The store’s new location opened on Aug. 29. Page 7. What I See-Losing The Courier: Columnist Bill Thickstun weighs in on the change. Page 9. Three Generations of Hockey and Going Strong: The Gennings family has a long tradition in the sport. Page 14. All text and images are © 2015 St. Porcupine, LLC, unless otherwise noted. Nothing in this paper may be reproduced or copied without the written consent of an authorized member of St. Porcupine, LLC.
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Editor’s Note
Winding Down, and Up
The mind works in mysterious ways, especially when a major life transition is at hand. Emily and I, and the local community as a whole thanks to us, are facing such a transition—moving away from a traditional weekly newsprint medium to a daily email delivery system. When transitions like this happen, the tendency is to look anywhere and everywhere for “a sign,” a nod from a higher power that you’re doing the right thing. Allow me to demonstrate… Stephen Colbert is beginning his reign at “The Late Show” on CBS this week, replacing David Letterman. The legacy handoff (similar to that which we are seeing with Ginger Parker’s departure from the Coffeehouse series at the KAC—see page 1), is obviously a sign to us, Emily and I, that change is inevitable. Right? The Labor Day holiday which we all enjoyed last weekend signaled the end of summer. To children, this means returning to the classroom. To Emily and I, it was a punctuation mark on the transition of our business. Seeing that we didn’t plan the summer-fall crossover to coincide with the print-digital move, this was surely coordinated by the gods of journalism somehow. Right? When the toaster broke, it was time for a new one… like it is time to rework a now unsustainable business model with the paper. (Now I'm reaching.) Unfortunately, pop culture news events, changing seasons and finicky appliances are usually not messages from above. They are simple, boring, everyday occurrences that don’t really change anything outside of their realm. Inaccurate as it might be, it is a nice thought to have, though, as we plunge deep into journalism territory that hasn’t even been considered, let alone explored, in the Mohawk Valley yet. Over the past few weeks, Emily and I have made the media rounds explaining our plans for The Signal. The area outlets who covered the transition, many of whom are facing their own unique and ever-expanding challenges, seemed intrigued by the concept of an email newsletter, and we greatly appreciate their curiosity and coverage in getting the word out. In these interviews, we talked about a lot of things. We talked about the financial, personal and creative challenges that we’ve faced in our time at The Courier. One thing that we haven’t touched on that much, however, is our role as a community news source. Bill Thickstun gets at this a bit in his column this week (see page 9). Our role
is to cover local news, to serve as a voice for our readers and to spark conversation. While this role has not changed in the 169 years since this paper was first published, the means by which it is accomplished has. We live in a community where the Kirkland Town Library has a website the staff updates regularly, where the Kirkland Police Department has a Facebook page where it issues press releases, and where community members are capturing photos and videos of news events and sharing them instantly on social media. In this day and age, everyone is a publisher. For a weekly printed paper, it’s time to adapt. As community journalists, our role is now as much about seeking out and investigating original stories as it is about curating reliable sources and directing readers to firsthand accounts. Thickstun makes another good point about our role as a community forum where people can share viewpoints, disagree and discuss. That is a challenge to maintain in the digital age, yes, but if there is a need and a want for cafe-style conversation (and there is) it will find a way to happen. We already see this type of conversation finding its way online, in approaches like long-form audio podcasts and sub-communities on sites like Reddit (see: http://reddit.com/r/utica and /r/hamiltoncollege, which already exist today). For every one thing we will no longer be able to accomplish without print—and I’ll admit, there are a bunch—we can do more now with the flexibility that online platforms allow for. There are so many ways to tell a story today, and that is so exciting to us as we take this great leap forward. We want to thank all of our readers for their support of this great institution of community journalism, not only in our time but in the time of the owners before us. In the weeks since we first announced our transition, we have had so many people reach out to wish us luck and offer their support. That encouragement, not from some imagined supernatural force or a toaster, but from you, the readers, has convinced us we’re on the right track. OK for now, until we meet again online.
–John Howard, Editor
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
VILLAGE VOICES CLINTON SCENE: Courier
What have you been putting off doing all summer?
Reminiscences Since the 1940s By Richard L. Williams, Town and Village Historian
“Soaking up as much sun as possible before the cold weather and snow sets in. We’re going to visit the Syracuse Zoo because they have the new baby elephant.” - Anthony Ricci, Utica
“Swimming. I love swimming and I know all the swimming holes in the Catskills and the Adirondacks and also the Finger Lakes area.” - Carol White, Clinton
“Finishing my son’s playground—so we can enjoy it before the snow falls.” - Amy Tallman, Clinton
“I’d like to get away one more time to the Adirondacks and go canoeing.” - Steve Perrin, Sherburne
In this, my final Scene, in the last issue of the 169-year-old Clinton Courier, allow me to reminisce about the weekly during my lifetime. Growing up here I read The Clinton Courier as did many others. In the mid-1950s, when Jack Boynton was editor-owner, I covered some Clinton school sports and sent the articles to him. Also at that time I got hooked up with Utica Daily Press sports editor Len Wilbur. I sent Wilbur Clinton sports stories, too. Wilbur paid a small amount per column inch. I decided to ask Boynton to pay me, too. He said, “No,” so I stopped writing for him then. About 15 years later, while president of the Clinton Historical Society, my interest in telling about Clinton history arose. I wrote a couple of articles, one of which was the history of the Marvin Street School, which was closing in 1974 after more than 80 years of operation. When Gary and Margie Meyer assumed control in 1982, and I was a member of the Village Board, I resumed articles about Village history and current happenings. My first “Clinton Scene” column appeared on March 6, 1986. Since then, and through the Meyer,
Kershner, and Howard years, I have submitted more than 300 Scenes. Writing is really an ego trip, and mine has been boosted by readers telling me how much they enjoy my column on local history. To borrow a line from Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” “Now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain.” Changing reader habits plus the exploding numbers of personal media devices have snapped the subscribers away from printed newspapers. Now hand-carried smartphones bring the world to one’s fingertips even though the screen is small. Today, folks simply love their smartphones and just can’t seem to live without them or leave them home. To John and Emily Howard and the earlier editors, thanks for allowing me to write about my passion: local history. I applaud the Howards for offering a quality paper, and I am disappointed that more did not subscribe to sustain it. I hope the new online format proves a success, but I’ll miss receiving The Courier in the mail each week and reading about what’s happening in Clinton. To those readers interested in local history, I invite them to become a member of the Clinton Historical Society. I write the Society Newsletter, which contains much more Clinton and Kirkland history articles. Members receive the newsletter eight times a year. To join, send $10 for a membership to: The CHS, P.O. Box 42, Clinton, NY 13323.
LETTER: KIRKLAND COMMUNITY BLOODMOBILE THIS SATURDAY “Going fishing, and I do a lot of photography of birds and that kind of stuff. But I guess I don’t pay much attention to the seasons. I do all those things anyway. Everyday’s a holiday and every meal is a banquet.” - Frank Beaudette, New Hartford
“We’ll do a few day trips to Cooperstown and things like that.” - Michele Ricci, Utica
The Kirkland Community Bloodmobile will take place Saturday, Sept. 12 at Clinton United Methodist Church. New and past blood donors are needed. Please schedule your visit, by calling Jean Wainright at 853-2265 or 1-800-GIVELIFE. Walk-ins are essential to meet the blood drive’s goal. We are responding to the Red Cross Blood Services call for donations because of summertime shortages that are created by less donations and unplanned needs from auto accidents, cancer, heart problems, etc. Our
theme is “Donate for a relative or friend who needs blood transfusions or blood medicine products.” Attendees this year will receive a Kirkland RC Bloodmobile commemorative pen. Kirkland residents are proud to know we support the Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Services which provides whole blood and blood medicine products to all our area hospitals and other organizations that dispense blood medicine services. - Bill Rudge, Kirkland Bloodmobile Committee
Past Issues
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50 Years Ago Sept. 9, 1965
75 Years Ago Sept. 5, 1940
100 Years Ago Sept. 6, 1915
Close to 30 crafters and artists will gather on the Clinton Village Green for the Clinton Chamber of Commerce’s Fall Festival. Featured at the event will be sidewalk sales, exhibits, music and other activities. A “Nearly New Sale” will be held at the Clinton Manor Apartments. The event promises high quality items at affordable prices. Peter Gould and Stephen Stearns, two movement artists from Vermont, will perform a spoof of “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the Kirkland Art Center. Two Hamilton College professors, Stuart Hirshfield and Richard Decker, received top honors in a national computer education competition. The event was held by EDUCOM/ NCRIPTAL Higher Education Software.
The Village intends to enforce a proposed ordinance that requires homeowners to connect with sanitary sewer lines where they are available. Village officials have concern over the fact that a majority of New StreetBeatty Avenue residents have not connected with the new sewer lines, which were laid at their requests. Extensive damage in the form of broken windows was discovered by School officials Sunday morning. The incident occurred at the Chenango Avenue Elementary School, where some 21 windows on all sides of the building were broken, all by stones. The proposed development of Kirkland’s 90-acre park area on Post Street was among the topics of discussion at the meeting of the Town Board on Thursday. Primary utilization of the site would be for camping purposes, with later development to include a variety of uses. A new addition to the Clinton Fire Department is a flag. This was given to the firemen by Rep. Alexander Pirnie and at one time was flown over the Capitol in Washington.
A report that insurance rates in this Village are affected by the Board of Fire Insurance Underwriters’ criticism of the municipal water system is causing considerable concern in official circles. The matter was discussed at the Village Board meeting, although no definite action was decided upon. With completion of the resurfacing of Keyes Road on the West Hill, a combined Town and county project, Highway Superintendent Charles T. Baker states that the balance of the season will be devoted to repair work. The new snow plow recently purchased by the Board, which has been on display at the State Fair, is expected to arrive here next week in preparation for the upcoming winter season’s work. With the biggest ballyhoo in 25 years, the war department is entreating young men to join the army. By billboards, radio, movies— every conceivable publicity device, even including paper matches—the department is spending $28 a head to get recruits for the fighting forces.
N.L. Hayes and F.E. Payne are among the latest recruits to the ranks of the motorists, the former with a Studebaker and the latter with a Ford. Clinton’s artist-photographer, George Gibson, spent the months of July and August at Paul Smith’s, the noted Adirondack summer resort, where he has maintained a studio for several seasons. This whole community has been roused to wrathful indignation and apprehension by another incendiary fire, which at an early hour on Sunday morning destroyed another old landmark, the big sawmill owned by Robert C. Brockway, situated just outside the Village limits on Dwight Avenue. A new high school catalog has been issued and will be distributed at the opening of school this week. The enrollment last year was 454. Besides the new principal, Melvin A. Shaw, there have been several changes in the faculty, and the School will begin its twenty-fourth year tomorrow under favorable auspices.
Community
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
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THE CALENDAR
Red Panda Day. Join the Utica Zoo for an educational program geared toward 18 months to 3-yearsold. 10:30 a.m. at the Zoo’s auditorium. $5 for members/ $10 for nonmembers.
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Kirkland Community Bloodmobile. New and past donors needed. Walk-ins welcome. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. at Clinton United Methodist. I-90 Cruisin’ Car Show. Admission for spectators is free, or $10 to register a car or bike at the door. All proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish Central New York. 1–4 p.m. at SUNY Poly Student Center, Utica.
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“Timothy Barnes – Pioneer Clock Maker of Clinton, NY,” presented by G. Russell Oechsle. Learn about one of the most important early clock makers in America. 2 p.m. at the Clinton Historical Society.
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Kiwanis Club of Clinton 7th Annual Golf Outing. Registration begins at 11 a.m. at Skenandoa Club. $90 per person which includes greens fee, cart, lunch, and event souvenir. All abilities welcome.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The Utica and Mohawk Valley chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet on Friday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in New Hartford. John Taibi will put on a presentation about the lines of the CNY system following the business portion of the meeting. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in railroads. • Girl Scout Open Houses will be held Sept. 22 at the New Hartford Public Library and Sept. 29 at the Parkway Recreation Center in Utica. Girls in kindergarten through twelfth grade and their families who are interested in Girl Scouts should stop by any time from 6–8 p.m. on either date. If you're unable attend, contact the New Hartford Service Center at 733-2391. • Miracle Home Makeover tickets are on sale now. One lucky person will win a $100,000 home make over or $100,000 in cash. Tickets are $100 each and must be purchased with cash. The Miracle Home Makeover is put on by Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare in partnership with many area businesses and it benefits the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital at Faxton St. Luke’s. In addition to the grand prize, 17 bonus prize packages will also be given away. To see where you can purchase a ticket visit: http:// faxtonstlukes.com/mhm. Only 4,300 tickets will be sold, the drawing will take place Oct. 21. • The Adirondack Scenic Railroad has a new attraction known as Rail Explorers. Through Rail Explorers you can journey along six miles of the historic railroad between Saranac Lake and Lake Clear via a pedalpowered railbike. The journey takes about an hour. Seats are limited. Visit http://adirondackrr.com for more information. • The Upper Unadilla Valley Association (UUVA) will sponsor two events in September, including a tour of the historic Rutger Park mansions in Utica and a banquet. The tour of the mansions at 1 and 3 Rutger Park will begin at 1 p.m. on Sept. 20. The cost is $10 per person. For reservations, call UUVA President Larraine McNulty at 855-4368. While reservations are not required, attendance will be limited to 30 people. The UUVA’s annual banquet will be held at 6 p.m. on Sept. 24, at the Cedar Lake Country Club in Clayville. Emily Zaengle will present research she conducted on 160 local farm silos. The meal, excluding drinks, costs $23 per person, including tax and gratuity. Reservations are required and should be made by mailing a check made out to “UUVA” to Larraine McNulty, 186 Pritchard Road, West Winfield, NY 13491. The deadline for reservations is Sept. 17. • Hospice & Palliative Care is holding a raffle to benefit hospice services in the community. The winner will receive two season tickets to the Utica Comets 2015-16 season. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased with cash only at Hospice & Palliative Care in New Hartford from 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Monday through Friday. • The Kirkland Town Library is offering a 50 percent discount on family admissions to the Adirondack Museum. Stop by the Library to borrow the membership card. The museum is open through Oct. 12.
ACADEMICS Katie Schlosser, CCS Class of 2016, recently returned home after completing the New York State Summer School of the Arts School of Orchestral Studies at Skidmore College. The NYSSSA Orchestra ended the month-long session by performing a concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Coaches for the NYSSA program included members of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. The following students earned the dean’s award for academic excellence at Colgate University. This recognition is awarded to students with a 3.30 or higher term average. Claire Lashinger, Class of 2018, of Clinton. Emmett Potts, Class of 2015, of Clinton. Haley Allen, Class of 2018, of Clinton. Alyssa Devine, Class of 2015, of Clinton.
MEETINGS Library Book group: New members always welcome. Monday: “The Boys in the Boat,” by Daniel Brown. Next meeting: Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. Wednesday: “Where’d You Go, Bernadette,” by Marie Semple. Next meeting: Sept. 30, 7 p.m. School Board Sept. 22, 7 p.m. – Regular meeting. Secondary Media Center. Town Board Sept. 14, 7 p.m. at Town Municipal Building. Village Board Oct. 5, 7 p.m. at Lumbard Hall. Clinton American Legion meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Helmuth-Ingalls Post, located on Rt. 12B in Franklin Springs. New members are sought and military veterans interested in joining are invited to attend. Clinton Lions Club meets the second and fourth 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.
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Library Notes New Beginnings
By Anne Debraggio, Director, Kirkland Town Library This is the Library’s last Courier column. While I won’t miss the deadline for material, I will miss writing about the Library. Perhaps you noticed that library staff took turns writing the column. This week would have been my turn, but it seems fitting that it be a group effort. Sarah Schultz (Youth Librarian): I am sharing one book for children and one for teens that capture the essence of how it feels to experience change and the hope for new beginnings. “City Dog, Country Frog,” by Mo Willems. City Dog is looking for a friend to play with in the country. He comes across a frog. Using the changes of the seasons, this picture book explores how friendships can come and go. I still get goosebumps when I read this because it is simple yet poignant. “Skin Deep,” by E. M. Crane. Andrea’s sophomore year in high school is one of self-discovery and change. Through helping a neighbor with cancer, Andrea begins to realize that life has more to offer her and people are more than they appear. I read this book in college, and it has stayed with me ever since. Meghan Milligan (Adult Librarian): This change in format is a milestone for our town. Now, local information will reach us through our phones, tablets and computers instead of through our mailboxes and newsstands. As reporting Clinton news innovates and evolves, the community will too! “Driving with Plato: The Meaning of Life’s Milestones,” by Robert Rowland Smith. Get philosophical about change and let some of “history’s greatest thinkers illuminate life’s milestones” (catalog summary). This book puts together turning points such as starting school, getting a job, and moving with philosophers like Sartre, Heiddegger and Nietzsche. What would Plato say about the Courier’s move to email? “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution,” by Walter Isaacson. Where does innovation come from? What brings about creative leaps? This book follows the paths of the creative thinkers of the digital revolution, answering these questions and inspiring others to collaborate, innovate, and evolve. Ruth Cosgrove (Reference Services): When there is change we look for inspiration, encouragement, and insight. These two very different books, each in their own way, offer all of the above: “The Bartender’s Tale,” by Ivan Doig, a former ranchhand, newspaperman and National Book Award finalist. It is the story of a one-of-a-kind father and his precocious son. The pair make
an odd kind of family, with the bar their true home, but they manage just fine…until the summer when Rusty turns twelve. Change arrives in the person of Proxy and her beatnik daughter, Francine. (book jacket and bookbrowse.com) Selected and introduced by Caroline Kennedy, “She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems” draws on poetry’s eloquent wisdom to ponder the many joys and challenges of being a woman. Kennedy has divided the collection into sections that signify to her the most notable milestones, passages, and universal experiences in a woman’s life. (from the book jacket) Now it’s my turn. My thoughts centered on gratitude and community. Gratitude that The Courier, for many years, gave the Library a weekly venue to share its titles, events and resources with the town it serves. “What Makes You Grateful? Voices from Around the World,” by Anne Kubitsky began as a personal project and became an international phenomenon. In 2011, Kubitsky placed in public places 500 cards that asked people to share what made them grateful. Since then, she received thousands of responses and a selection of the submissions can be found in this book. “In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, one Sleepover at a Time,” by Peter Lovenheim. “This is the quirky, heartfelt account of one man’s quest to find a sense of community. A journalist and author, Lovenheim lived on the same street in suburban Rochester, NY, most of his life. But after a brutal murder-suicide rocked the community, he was struck by a fact of modern life: No one knew anyone else. Thus begins his search to get to know his neighbors by asking, ever so politely, if he can sleep over.” (catalog summary) Libraries and newspapers have much in common: At a fundamental level, both support free speech and intellectual freedom, critical for a democracy to flourish. Both depend on close ties to the community they serve—or should if they are doing it well. Both encourage serendipitous discovery, whether browsing a library shelf or reading an article because the headline caught our attention. And both have had to change in response to the growth of technology in our lives. On behalf of the Library, thank you John and Emily for believing in our community enough to return, for all the time and energy you devoted to The Courier, and for giving us an opportunity to explore new avenues of sharing information with our Town. You are wished all the best.
This Week Check Out: Books with memorable closing sentences 1. “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. “Charlotte's Web,” by E.B. White
2. “Gone with the Wind,” by Margaret Mitchell
5. “The House At Pooh Corner,” by A.A. Milne
3. “A Tale of Two Cities,” by Charles Dickens
See you at the library!
Community
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
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Nelson Associates of Clinton Celebrates 20 Years
Engagement: Revenaugh–Mathews Dr. Kevin and Mary Mathews are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Nora Mathews, to Mike Revenaugh, son of Jim and Barbara Revenaugh of Whitesboro. Nora is a 2004 graduate of Clinton Central School and a graduate of Emerson College. She currently works for Foreign Affairs Magazine and is also a teaching artist with The Moth storytelling education program. Mike received a bachelor of arts degree from SUNY Geneseo and a master of arts in dramatic writing from the Tisch School of the Arts. He is currently employed at New York University. A July 2016 wedding is planned.
Photo by Mark Warren By Staff
Wedding: Westlake-Bellona On July 18 Jon Paul Bellona and AlexAnn Westlake were married in an outdoor ceremony at the Tired Dog Ranch in Westfir, Oregon. The couple met at the University of Oregon, where Jon was working on a masters degree in music, and AlexAnn was completing her undergraduate studies. In November they will honeymoon in Greece to participate in the “original” marathon from Marathon to Athens. Jon is currently in his second year at the University of Virginia, pursuing a PhD in music technology. AlexAnn is a midwife in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The couple resides in Staunton, Virginia. AlexAnn is the daughter of Terry and Darla Westlake of Dexter, Oregon. Jon is the son of Steve and Kris Bellona of Clinton.
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N
elson Associates Architectural Engineering (NAAE), a fullservice architectural and engineering firm whose headquarters is located in the heart of the Village on North Park Row, turns 20 this year. Formed in 1995, Nelson Associates began as an engineering firm, adding architectural services a year later when president and CEO Peter Nelson noticed a need for a comprehensive approach in the area. Since its beginning, the firm has focused primarily on serving Central New York. Included in the Nelson Associates’ long list of previous clients and portfolio are exterior lighting upgrades to the historic National Grid building in Syracuse and work on the New York Power Authority Niagara Office and Warehouse building. “Over the past 20 years, NAAE has expanded and developed services based on industry and client demands
for more creative, sustainable and energy efficient designs,” Nelson said in a statement. “We’re very pleased to celebrate this milestone. Our success is attributed to our strong relationships with our clients and the dedication of our employees who consistently live up to our values of teamwork, innovation and earning trust through great performance. Looking ahead, we remain committed to working closely with our current and future clients to offer quality building and site design solutions for a sustainable future.” To celebrate the firm’s 20-year anniversary, Nelson Associates will host a Business After Hours event on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 4:30–6:30 p.m. at their office at 1 North Park Row. Reservations should be made in advance by calling the Clinton Chamber of Commerce at 853-1735 or Nelson Associates at 853-5704.
Arts
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
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“Dunes” by Joe Cosentino
Photographer Debuts First Exhibition at Library By Mark Warren
T Above: Jennifer Kraweic’s chair (right) sold for $260, and Tim Rand’s Utica Comets chair sold for $490 at the final auction for Art Rocks. Right: Kayla McDonough’s chair, which features the face of a dog, sold for $310.
ART ROCKS AUCTION A SUCCESS Written and Photographed by Mark Warren The final auction for The Clinton Chamber of Commerce’s Art Rocks took place on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Over the course of the evening, 26 total items were sold—18 rockers and eight accent tables. The biannual fundraiser is in its sixth year, and it generated more money per chair than in 2013. Two years ago the average chair sold for $273, this year the tally was $347. The tables, a new addition this year, averaged $153.75. On June 24, a special invitational reception was held at the Kirkland Art Center. The event hosted the chairs and their craftspeople before they were put on display at various spots around the Village. For three months, interested bidders were allowed to put their names and a set bid on the chair or table of their choice. Interested people could also buy the chair instantly, for a designated price. Leading up to and through the Art and Music Festival, the chairs were on display in a line on the corner of College Street in front of Artisans’ Corner and Alteri’s.
The highest sold chair went for $1,000, using the buy it now option. The chair was created by Roger Maxam, who stained his rocker using a dark brown color, before painting three bright yellow sunflowers on the back. Right behind in greatest sale price was a rocker by Nancy Roullier, which went for $600. Her design features three birds perching on a sunken wagon wheel surrounded by yellow and white flowers. Roullier sold a chair in 2013 as well, where she painted a barn with a water wheel leading down to several birds. As for the tables, the highest was sold for $230. The creation was made by Lynn Hall. The design features several sea turtles swimming around a multicolored mosaic. On the bottom shelf of the table it reads: “Take me to the sea.” The second highest bid was a table by Stephanie Steele. It went for $210 and was altered into a rustic wooden table with a small amount of wine bottle storage underneath.
he Kirkland Town Library held the opening reception for their featured artist of the month for September, Whitesboro resident Joe Cosentino, on Sept. 3. The collection on display is made up of 33 photos with a nature theme, including wildlife, lakes, mountains and deserts. All of his works are for sale. The exhibition is Cosentino’s first, and he said he was glad to see so many people attend and give him positive feedback. Other than creating photography, Cosentino also runs photo workshops and provides personal, commercial and event photo services. Cosentino said originally he didn’t set out to be a professional photographer. He graduated from Susquehanna University as a nurse anesthetist. However, the more he learned about photography the more he saw it as a possibility. “No it just came and sort of fell that way,” he said. “I started taking some classes and started going on some workshops to Iceland and Death Valley and Yosemite (National Park). The more you do the more you like it.” Cosentino started what he calls
“serious photography” about seven or eight years ago. He began taking classes and graduated from the New York Institute Of Photography out of New York City. Since beginning, he said he has evolved composition wise and he is willing to try a wider array of shots with his cameras. While he does professional work with photos, he said nothing is better than taking a trip somewhere and taking pictures in a remote location. Cosentino remembered his experience for the photo he calls “December Sunrise Moss Lake.” “I got there at four in the morning and got set up, I was the only one out there,” he said. “It was in December and I thought the sunlight wasn’t going to happen and it was just going to be gray, but then all of a sudden the sun just came out and the sky got that nice pink color. It’s just nice being out there like that.” Cosentino’s show will remain up at the KTL through September 30. His works can be viewed during regular Library hours. More of Cosentino’s work can be viewed at his website: http://CosentinoStudio.com.
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Signature 81 has opened their new location, and their next project will be getting their other space ready for art classes.
SIGNATURE 81 EXPANDING PRESENCE IN VILLAGE
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ignature 81 had their grand opening at their new location on Aug. 29 after they moved their main store from 17 College Street to 13 College Street. The new space, previously occupied by the Dessert Booth, will now be the primary place for their customers to shop for home decor. Their old space, just steps down the block, will house the classes that the business previously ran in their New Hartford location. Signature 81 owner Crystal Maury took over the property during the first week in August, and she knew she wanted to have her store ready to open on the day of the tenth annual Clinton Art and Music Festival. Crystal said even though it was difficult to get the store ready on a
compressed schedule, she didn’t mind putting in the effort. “You know how even if something is really hard, if it’s something that you really want—it doesn’t matter what time you got to bed or if you go to bed? It’s worth it,” said Crystal “… The goal is to have [the store] exactly how you want it so you just work until you get done.” Crystal wasn’t the only one putting in time to help get Signature 81 off the ground. Her husband Scott, a contractor, helped renovate the location—and Signature 81 Merchandising and Special Event Coordinator Christine Thayer pitched in, along with her boyfriend Joe Achzet. The team started early and stayed
late to make sure everything was just right. The kitchen area of the Dessert Booth had to be ripped out and Scott said he felt as if the store was their home away from home during August. “The four of us were—I don’t think we saw our houses for probably only a matter of a half an hour before we had to go to bed,” he said. Thayer said she exchanged ideas with Crystal in an effort to find the best possible setup. “I helped [the store] kind of become Crystal’s image,” she said. “She’ll tell me what she wants and I make it happen.” The foursome also briefly got some help from local artists. Artist and owner of Retro Sorrento Maria Vallese helped paint the outline of the
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front door with a Moroccan theme. Crystal estimated about five or six artists helped contribute to the store in some way. Now that the store is mostly finished and open for business, Crystal said she is very pleased with how the whole transformation turned out. “I would live here” she said. “We close at six o’clock and the first night we hung out here until 10 o’clock just because. Yesterday it was like 6:20 p.m. before we noticed we were closed already. It’s not like a job. We get here early just because and we start doing things. You want to be here.” Ahead for Maury is preparing the old location so it can hold their classes. Ten classes will be made available, from colored pencil to pastel work. A new addition to the property will be a Re-Use Creative Supply Store in the back. This area will be a place for people to sell their unused craft supplies. Crystal and Scott said they would like to have the whole location ready in October. As part of Crystal expanding her presence in Clinton, she will be taking over the Art and Music Festival starting next year. She said it’s important for the Village to be a vibrant place. “My goal is literally to make Clinton hopping,” she said. “I lived in different places and they always have something going on. It’s a good feeling and I want Clinton to be like that. You want cool things to happen, you want people to know about Clinton, you want people to come and spend their money on local businesses and keep it going.” Former Art and Music Festival Director Annette Clark, who has run the festival for all 10 years, has decided to pass on the responsibilities. A main goal for the future of the festival is the return of more artist setups down College Street.
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PARKER (continued from page 1) popularity. By listening to records and sharing music suggestions with friends, she became more and more invested in the genre. Asked who her favorite artist is, Parker answered, with little hesitation, Pete Seeger, whom she has now seen many times. Fresh in her memory are also vivid stories of live concerts, like seeing Joan Baez introduce Bob Dylan as her protege under a small tent stage, long before he became a household name. Prior to joining the KAC, Parker had never put on a concert, let alone a three-season music series. She had worked at SUNYIT and the MunsonWilliams-Proctor Arts Institute in administrative positions, but music— contemporary folk or otherwise— was never part of her professional expertise. Still, she was always a fan. Thinking back on the creation of the Coffeehouse series, Parker described it as more accidental than intentional. “I really had nothing else to do. I wanted to get involved with the community,” she said. “I saw that there was an art center in Clinton and … I just jumped in.” The series began in 1982, when Dare Thompson was new to the KAC executive director position, which she held until 1994. While the KAC was very active with its exhibitions and held concerts now and then, a regular musical series had not been able to get off the ground. After meeting Thompson and helping plan some exhibits and events, Parker came up with the idea to organize a single Irish coffeehouse concert. To say the show was a success would be an understatement. “[At the door] I was turning away [KAC] board members, and I was turning away people who had on their t-shirts, ‘Kiss me, I’m Irish,’ because it filled up,” said Parker. “I knew that there was an interest in folk music.” Aside from certain grants that
helped with funding, there was no real budget for the Coffeehouse endeavor. Instead, Thompson relied on Parker’s expertise to sell tickets to make up the cost of booking talent. “Really, this is Ginger’s baby and I just supported it and kind of fell in love with it,” said Thompson. “There’s a certain amount of bravery involved because you’re often presenting someone who isn’t well-known, and then you’re not sure who’s going to show up.” “That’s where having trust in someone like Ginger is important. [Concertgoers] know she has good taste.” Though it began with local musicians, the Coffeehouse series began attracting talent from all over the country and even some from overseas. Under Parkers’ leadership, the Coffeehouse hosted more than 150 artists and acts, including names like Arlo Guthrie, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Utah Phillips and Baez herself. Parker would attend folk festivals and conferences, seeking out new talent. It was during such an excursion that she met and booked a young Alison Krauss, then 16, who went on to become the most awarded singer and the most awarded female artist in Grammy history (even more than Beyonce). Eventually, the KAC became a destination and the center gained notoriety directly through Parkers’ efforts. Parker built the Coffeehouse series from her love for the music, but it became much more than that. Around the series a community formed; a community of regular audience members, a group of local volunteers who staffed the shows, and the artists themselves, who often stayed with the show organizers while they were in town and became friends. Today, Parker is rehabilitating at Lutheran Care in Clinton. When she can, she’ll still get to the KAC for concerts. She also is planning to throw smaller shows for some of her fellow
After 33 years of running the KAC’s Coffeehouse series, Ginger Parker said she will most miss making connections with the musicians. residents. As hard as it is to walk away from the Coffeehouse series, she said it feels like now is the time to move on. “Everyone has gotten older and I have gotten older, too,” she said. With several shows scheduled through November, the KAC is
planning to continue the Coffeehouse series into the future. But as the tradition pushes forward without Parker and her guiding light, a void will surely be felt within the community she created.
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What I See: Losing The Courier
By Bill Thickstun
I was as surprised and saddened as anyone in the community to learn that publication of The Courier will cease with the current issue. Twenty-seven years ago when we moved to Clinton, the previous owners of our house left behind a stack of old Clinton Couriers on the hearth. I read them avidly to learn as much as I could about our new community. I still read all the local items in The Courier every week. Even obituaries of people I didn’t know give me insight into who’s connected to whom, and the excerpts from past issues help me understand how Clinton has developed over time. The paper has been an important part— maybe even the most important part—of the process by which I’ve put down roots in a place where I didn’t grow up. My relationship with the paper became even closer in November 2014 when John Howard invited me to become a regular columnist. Since the early ‘90s, I’ve written an average of one piece for The Courier a year, but the more frequent schedule this year has given me a chance to address longer-term trends and issues that aren’t immediately topical. (Those of you who have missed columns can find the whole series in my blog at http://billthickstun.com.) Over the past decade, the internet has brought about a devastating shakeout in the traditional newspaper business. I had naively thought that The
Courier would be immune to this disruption—after all, national media on the web are simply not covering the daily business of Clinton, New York. Chuck and Cynthia Kershner made the paper work for over 20 years, and after Chuck died Cynthia was able to keep it going on her own. I realize I’ve given Cynthia far too little credit for managing the business side of the operation so successfully in a changing environment. Since taking over The Courier 17 months ago, John and Emily Howard have vastly expanded the number and range of stories in the paper. I have nothing but praise to offer for their work as journalists. John Howard was in my son John’s class at Clinton High School, so I’ve felt a kind of parental pride in the effort they’ve made to reimagine and revitalize the news operation. Meanwhile, however, the subscription base has declined substantially over the years, and ad revenues are down as local advertisers find more productive or less costly placements on the internet and in other media. In 17 months John and Emily haven’t made enough money to pay themselves salaries, which is clearly an unsustainable business model. By getting out from under the printing and postage costs that represent the bulk of their budget, the Howards are hoping to continue providing news to the Clinton community through a daily email digest called
The Signal. I’ve also discussed with them the possibility of reorganizing The Courier as a nonprofit with a volunteer board and themselves as paid staff. They’re thinking about that as a backup plan, but they tell me that legally it could take as long as two years for such a transition to occur. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to address the Clinton community on various subjects of interest to me over the past 10 months. I still have a list of prospective future topics I’ve been thinking about and researching, so I’m hoping I’ll be able to continue this project in some way. John and Emily will provide promotion and link to my blog from The Signal whenever I post a new piece. I’m not convinced I’ll find the same readership I’ve had in The Courier, but I’m willing to give it a try. Research suggests that most people are only inclined to read articles online that reinforce views they already hold. But I’m not interested in writing only for people who already agree with me. That won’t do anything to break up the current logjam of American politics. What I value most about my columns in The Courier has been the ability to reach those of you who don’t share my political affiliation, but who are sensible, reasonable and who might be interested in joining with me to seek out common ground. That’s the only way we’ll ever be able to move our community and our
country forward together. In the end, it seems to me that losing The Courier is part of a much larger problem in America—the loss of a common public square where we can all meet across political divisions and talk to each other. When we lose these shared spaces, we all become more vulnerable to those who want to shape our opinions to serve their own private interests. Bill Thickstun has worked as a database consultant since 1997. A longtime Clinton resident, he is a former president of the Clinton Central School Board. He is chair of the Kirkland Democrats and vice chair of the Oneida County Democratic Committee. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, any of these organizations or The Clinton Courier.
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Teacher Talk: The Teacher’s Tale – Gladly Did She Learn and Gladly Teach By Debby Hepburn
I love school; I have always loved school, whether I played it at home as a child or happily lived it as a student at every academic level and then, as a most fortunate teacher for 40 years. Learning and being excited about learning have been the centerpieces of my life, both personally and professionally. And there has been great joy as well as intensive meaning and purpose in living this life, for as Chaucer writes in his poetic characterization of the student (or Oxford Cleric, depending on the translation) in “The Canterbury Tales”: “And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.” First, we learn and then we teach; actually, first, we are taught and then we model the behavior we learn, and then we teach each other about ourselves, our interests, our specialized skills as we learn with and from each other. Parents are the perennial teachers, often our first and last teachers, to whom we are most accountable. And then children come to school and meet a series of teachers who become a daily presence in their lives, interacting with them as they learn together, each student and each teacher with the special opportunity to make a difference in each other’s lives. Every day, the possibilities are palpable; every year, as students and teachers grow older and more experienced, the learning expands and extends and elevates, as the knowledge base continues to climb and new levels of insight and identity enlighten and energize, leading to academic achievement and personal confidence. This combination of achievement and
confidence must not be underestimated, for it is the key to self-belief and selfidentity as well as igniting the intrinsic pleasure and joy of learning. I truly believe that every student’s education must be based on the teacher’s personal commitment to understand the individual student as she defines herself and that time must be taken to build a respectful rapport between students and teachers as they learn together, creating a vibrant community of learners. From my perspective as an English teacher, this means that students must write personal narratives to better understand themselves and to develop their own writers’ voices; they must be encouraged to think independently and critically about the books and articles they read; they must know their responsibility is to add to the world of ideas through cogent class conversations and through incisive essays; they must learn how much there is to learn and revel in the lifetime of learning that awaits them; they must learn to have the strength and confidence to truly be themselves. This we have always done in Clinton; we have always focused on each individual. It is what made me proudest of teaching in Clinton for 27 years. As I wrote to the Class of 2014 in my “Meditation 2014: The Finale,” “This is it; this is the end and the beginning for you and for me. Life will take us in many amazing directions, into the lives of people we do not know, into classrooms of erudition that will astonish and exhilarate you, onto stages and fields and studios and venues of theater, sport, music, and art, and so much more. You will create, you will invent, you will discover, and you will communicate your extraordinary findings to your professors and classmates who will be proud to know you and to be in your company. “Oh, the endless possibilities for success and goodness, which, of course,
are the very same thing. You will grow internally, deeper and deeper, as your understanding of the world as you choose to define it, becomes clearer and stronger. You will find the inviolate part of yourself—YOUR SELF—the best and truest and purest part of you, the specific individual you are exclusively. No one else has that piece of you—it is yours—it belongs to you—and it must be treasured and nurtured, and then it must be shared with the rest of us, for we need you desperately to affirm and to love and to value and to improve this beautiful world that we will only be truly worthy of when each person becomes her best self and all individuals join together to create a confluence of caring and commitment, of compassion and conviction, of courage and community, our true Clinton Common Core. “Forty years ago, I became an English teacher in Stoughton, Massachusetts. I had no idea where it would lead me, or how much I would love it, or how much I would love my students, who are truly some of the finest human beings I could conjure into existence. “I hoped to honor my past great teachers who inspired my love of reading and writing and who set an august standard of academic and personal excellence. I hoped that I could attempt to pay back how much they had meant to me by helping my students to improve their reading and writing, and if I dare to admit it, I hoped to encourage them to become better human beings by first realizing how wonderful they already were and how much better they could become, an admittedly audacious and grandiose aspiration on my 22-year-old part. “It has been the best of lives, sharing so much time with you and the close to 5,000 students I taught (and was wonderfully taught by!) in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. “My famous line that I utter
repeatedly is so beautifully true: ‘I know the very best people—and the vast majority of them are 16, 17 and 18-years-old.’ I had to revise that statement this year to include my fabulous ninth graders and my superb sophomores from my lovely creative writing classes, which I happily have done… “I have taught in my beloved Room 202 for 27 years. I have felt at home in my sacred space, so happy in my literary cocoon. With the pennants (and the stuffed animals!) so colorfully celebrating student success, I have felt the living presence of all who spent a year or two in 202. You are now moving on to college or Rotary or work or the next grade at CCS, as I am heading home to create a new future for the next 27 or 40 years! “Be assured that I take you with me; you live within my heart and my memory, inspiring me to learn more, to be better, and to do good acts in your honor. It has been my great pleasure to spend the final year of my teaching career with you, for this career has been the loveliest of passions and the most joyous and meaningful of life works.” In my final column for The Courier, I thank John and Emily Howard for the thrill of writing my Teacher Talks with their gracious support and wish the fabulous students, teachers and parents of CCS another illustrious year of joyous learning and outstanding accomplishment. Debby Hepburn taught English for 40 years, including 27 at CCS. During her teaching career, Hepburn won awards for excellence in teaching from the College of Wooster, Cornell University, and Amherst College as well as three Rotary Educator of the Year awards. Newly retired, she and Clinton parent Susan Yaworsky have started a business together, A Write Fit, a college consulting service.
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NOTICE OF SUBSTANCE OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF BEAVER MEADOW VETERINARY CLINIC, LLC NAME OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (the "Company"): BEAVER MEADOW VETERINARY CLINIC, LLC DATE OF FILING OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION: July 10, 2015 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 8535 Old Poland Road, Barneveld, New York 13304 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. Diana M. Ostrander is the sole member 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: 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9
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RECORDS (continued from page 1) are using. Updating to a new, more efficient system has been a goal of his since he took the job nine years ago, but the District was never able to work the cost into the budget. The new record board was the result of the volunteer work and fundraising of Sue Foxton and Laura Fuller, outgoing members of the Clinton Sports Booster Club. The longtime members had asked Fiore for one thing the Athletic Department had on its wish list as a final project and, despite a hefty price tag associated with the project, were able to make the purchase happen. Aside from its more modern, aesthetic appeal, the new board will be more functional to update on a regular basis, according to Fiore. Should any be needed at the end of a given season, new record display strips can be printed and mailed to the school and installed with ease. Depending on when the Athletic Department receives its final official record lists from a few remaining teams, the board will be installed— with all current records—within the next two weeks.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Obituary: Rhayalene M. Perry, 49
Rhayalene M. Perry, 49, of Fountain Street, passed away unexpectedly at home on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. She was born in New Hartford on Nov. 3, 1965, a daughter of John B. and Sandra (O’Neil) Williams. Rhayalene graduated from Clinton Central School and Utica School of Commerce. She was united in marriage to Michael T. Perry on Aug. 3, 1991 at St. Mary’s Church in Clinton. She worked as a legal secretary for many years, but was most proud of being a mother. She stayed home to take care of her family and raise her two sons, Matt, who is a Clarkson graduate and electrical engineer and Ryan who is a senior at Clarkson. Rhayalene loved watching her sons play sports and took more active roles with Clinton Lacrosse and as a registrar for Clinton Youth Hockey for 12 years. She is survived by her husband, Mike; her two sons Matt of Rochester and Ryan of Clinton; her parents, John and Sandy Williams of Clinton; her sister and brother-in-law, Michelle and Dan McNichol of Clinton; her brother and sister-in-law, Gregory and Rebecca Williams of Clinton; brother-in-law, Michael Taylor of Baldwinsville; mother-in-law, Linda Perry of North Carolina; sister-in-law, Petrina and Fred Nesibitt of South Carolina, brother-in-law, Bobby and Angel Perry of South Carolina, and she is also survived by her beloved nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. She was predeceased by her sister, Wendy A. Taylor. Memorial calling hours were held on Aug. 30 at Owens-Pavlot & Rogers Funeral Service, Inc. 35 College St., Clinton. A Memorial Mass was on Aug 31. at St. Mary’s Church in Clinton. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Clinton Fire Dept. or American Diabetes Association. http://owenspavlotrogers.com
SOCCER (continued from page 1) Fritz Gale—and silenced the Emerald Knights on the other end for a 2-0 win. From the perspective of head coach Michael Scheiderich, new to the position this year, the win was the encouragement this young team needed. “So far, I couldn’t have asked for anything better,” he said. “We’ve got two wins against two tough teams.” “I think we’ll be able to compete and surprise a lot of the schools that are probably thinking this is going to be an easy year to take down Clinton. I don’t think that’s going to be the case.” The Warriors faced Sauquoit Valley last Thursday night under the stadium lights of the Indians’ home turf. Scoring three back-to-back goals, the team secured a comfortable, early lead. The final score was 4-1 in Clinton’s favor, with goals going to Gale, Josh Houle, Matt Orlando and Garrett Frank. The team plays a quick game, and with an abundance of talent on the roster is able to maintain that pace. That flexibility and depth of skill on the bench—especially on the offensive end of the pitch—has also allowed Clinton to adjust to how their opponents are countering them. Senior Casey Owen, who has watched from the sideline for much of his varsity career with Max
Huckaby in starting spot, is rising to the occasion as this year’s starting goalkeeper. On Thursday against Sauquoit, Owen made diving saves against close shots from inside the box to keep the Warriors at a commanding lead. The only goal scored against was on a penalty kick by Sauquoit’s Kevin Griffith that resulted from a defensive breakdown. Among a fiery offensive push by familiar Warrior faces are standouts from some of the younger substitutes, like sophomore midfielder Henry Garner, who has been on the field for every Clinton goal so far this year. Clinton has yet to play a game within their division of the CSC, in which it was undefeated in last season. The team will play its first Division I game at home against Sherburne-Earlville on Wednesday. In the list of upcoming games is a Sept. 25 matchup against VernonVe r o n a - S h e r r i l l , one of the few other teams that was able to beat Clinton last year. Retribution for Clinton, especially
after the Hamilton win, is certainly within reach. Now gaining his sea legs as head of the crew, Scheiderich said there are still plenty of things the team needs to work on if it wants to continue to be successful—avoiding complacency with big leads like that of the Sauquoit game and maintaining concentration for the full 80 minutes of play, to name a couple. That said, though, he’s happy with how quickly the group has progressed since tryouts last month. “We just need to keep playing our game, regardless of what the score is,” said Scheiderich, adding, “We’re a lot better than what people are giving us credit for at this point in the year.”
Junior midfielder Josh Houle works the ball past two Sauquoit defenders.
Three Generations of Hockey and Going Strong
By Staff The Clinton hockey tradition runs particularly deep for one local family. The Gennings family might be spread out across North America, but their ties to the game have stood the test of time and geography. George and Anne Gennings lived in Clinton for 38 years and now split their time between Hamilton and Florida. Anne is a Clinton native. George, from Welland, Ontario, played for the Clinton Comets from 1954–55. He also coached youth hockey in Clinton for more than 12 years and refereed high school and college hockey. The couple’s two sons Scott and Kert graduated from Clinton Central School. Each played on the consistently top-ranked Division I Clinton Warriors hockey team and for college teams. Kert also played in the Junior Hockey League in Canada. Scott was previously a coach of the Middlesex Red Devils and Hartford Junior Whalers in Connecticut. Kert was recently named hockey coach for the Prince William Patriots Midget Travel Team U16AA in Woodbridge, Virginia. Todd Gennings, son of Scott, was recently named varsity hockey coach of the South Kent Prep School in Kent, Connecticut, where he also teaches English.
Left: Father and son Scott and Todd Gennings; right: Kert Gennings.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Longtime O-D Sports Writer Retires
Written and Photographed by Mark Warren
Hamilton College alumnus John Pitarresi recently retired after writing for the Utica Observer-Dispatch for 43 years.
After 43 years of covering local sports, Utica Observer-Dispatch reporter and columnist John Pitarresi has retired. Over the course of his career, he covered many different sports and met countless athletes and coaches. A Hamilton alumnus, Pitarresi got his start in journalism at The Spectator, the college’s studentrun paper. In 1966, Pitarresi was a freshman pursuing a degree in history. His love of sports led him to play football and lacrosse for the Continentals, and his position at The Spectator was the sports editor—where he divvied out assignments to his staff writers. Once he graduated, he eventually began covering sports for the O-D. His job allowed him to report on several Hamilton College sports teams including football and basketball. As
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an alumnus, he said he still enjoys all of the school’s sports, and he is looking forward to having time to watch them more closely. As an avid fisherman and hunter, another of his goals is to spend more time outdoors. Pitarresi said even though he is now free to slow down and relax, a part of him will miss his job. “I’m not sure that I made the right decision,” he said. “For 43 years for 5 days a week I knew I’d be covering a game or in the office writing a story, so I never had to sit in front of the TV or look for things to do.” Most recently, Pitarresi kept busy following the Utica Comets hockey team as they competed for a Calder Cup championship last season. The team eventually lost in the finals to the Manchester Monarchs, but Pitarresi said he enjoyed following the team’s run, which he said was very beneficial
to the Utica community. In his career, he has covered high profile teams such as the Syracuse University basketball team as well as high school teams at the local level. Pitarresi said no matter what team he was reporting on, he took something away from the experience. “What I’ve found in my interactions with teams and athletes and coaches is that after a while I was very conscious of trying to learn something from them,” he said. “The big thing for me was just interacting with so many people that had so many great things to teach me.” “There were some very bad days during my career, but I’ve forgotten about them,” he added. “The whole thing has been very gratifying.” Despite leaving the O-D, Pitarresi will still continue to write his outdoor column for the paper, albeit less frequently.
Hamilton Soccer Teams Prep for Game One Written and Photographed by Mark Warren
Hamilton men’s soccer coach Perry Nizzi (center) will have to deal with injuries to two starters for the team’s first game of the season against SUNY Oswego on Sept. 9.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Clinton United Methodist Church 105 Utica St., Clinton NY
NEW AND PAST BLOOD DONORS NEEDED
Kirkland Community Bloodmobile
Sponsored by: Kirkland Community Organizations
To schedule your appointment: Call: Jean Wainright at 853-2265 or 1-800-SAVELIFE (72835433)
Three Clinton Kiwanis Club members had their lives saved by blood transfusions during this last six months
Online: http://redcrossblood.org
Hamilton students have returned to campus and the College’s sports teams will soon be taking the field. Among the teams gearing up are the men’s and women’s soccer teams. After sustaining injuries to key scorers, the men’s team struggled to win close games late last year, finishing with a 5-8-2 record. Head coach Perry Nizzi is returning for his 18th season leading the Continentals, a team returning six starters. He said players are competing for starting roles at different positions on the field. “It’s a catch 22,” Nizzi said. “It’s nice that you have competition at those spots, but on the other side you wish you had five or six unbelievable players that are taking those spots.”
CLINTON AUTO SERVICE ULTIMATE OIL CHANGE
$29 95 Reg $5999
• Lube Oil and Filter Service • 48 Point Safety Inspection • Tire Rotation • Inspect Belts and Hoses • Complete Brake Inspection
FREE CAR WASH AND VACUUM
• Check Anti-Freeze and all FLuids • Test Battery Charging System • Free Consultation on your vehicle with coupon • Up to 5 Quarts of Oil (synthetic extra)
Please call for Appointment • Expires 10/9/15 • 853-5573
CLINTON AUTO SERVICE
50
NYS INSPECTION
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Expires 10/9/15 • 853-5574 3723 State Route 12 B. Clinton, NY
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Craft Days Madison County Historical Society |435 Main Street, Oneida, NY Admission September 12 September 13
10am-5pm
Walk-ins needed and will be welcome!
The team will depend on senior defender Zach Becker, senior midfielder Erich Marcks and junior midfielder Alec Talsania to fill their roles as captains. At the moment starters senior midfielder Andrew Martin and senior forward John McGuinnis will be out for the first game of the season against SUNY Oswego on Sept. 9. On the women’s side of the pitch, the team is looking to get off to another hot start—like they did in 2014. Last year the Continentals jumped out early with a 6-2-0 record in September, before finishing at 8-7-0 in the regular season. The team will lean on two talented sophomores: forward Katja Dunlap and forward Katie Kreider. As freshmen, Dunlap led the team in points with 15, while Kreider was third on the team with 13. Colette Gilligan will once again be head coach.
10am-4pm
Craft Days is a juried show where Craft Artisans create, demonstrate, and sell their own handmade work!
www.mchs1900.org | 315-363-4136
4 $ 6 $
FREE
Adults Weekend Pass Children Under 12
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
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