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Eagle Card Shop keeps students learning, customers smiling

Camillus mayor questions proposed school budget cuts By Ned Campbell editor@eagle-observer.com

Mustangs top Solvay, J-E Adam Stottlar clears a hurdle for the Mustangs during the 110 meter event. ...See page 11

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Ken Sweeney recently donated a register to the Eagle Card Shop, which is run by students of Jordan-Elbridge special education teacher Gayle McCabe. In front, from left to right: Keri Tyson, Ken Sweeney, Mike Burch and Nicole Flynn. In back, from left: Cody Kittell, Sean Spicer, Gayle McCabe and Brandi Newton. By Ned Campbell editor@eagle-observer.com

West Genny alumni to host benefit Former WG classmates of John McCarthy will hold a benefit May 1 at McNamara’s. John, pictured with his wife and kids, has a rare form of leukemia called AML. ...See page 3

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Five years ago, Jordan-Elbridge special education teacher Gayle McCabe and Dave Zehner, the principal at the time, put their heads together. McCabe wanted to start an entrepreneurial project that would enhance the educational experience for her students, and Zehner had the perfect idea. “After brainstorming with the principal he came up with this idea of having a card shop,” McCabe said. “By chance and luck, one of my friends happens to be a card distributor, and she was thrilled to have someone to take her stock.” And so the Eagle Card Shop was born.

“There’s nothing like getting a real card in the mail,” McCabe said. “It’s the one area where, people may be writing less letters, but it’s certainly nice to get a card.” Since that conversation with Zehner, McCabe and her students have taken sample and overstock greeting cards that would’ve otherwise been thrown away, and prepared them to be sold at a discounted price right out of the classroom. McCabe said the business meshes well with the curriculum of English and mathematics. “A lot of what that business is, is reading and math, so it fits in beautifully, really,” she said, adding: “It’s a real self esteem booster, and I think by See Card shop, page 5

When the New York State Legislature restored $580,000 of aid to the West Genesee School District, Superintendent Chris Brown decided to use $392,000 to lower the tax levy from a 4.8 percent increase to 3.8 percent and put some back into reserves. Camillus Mayor Michael Montero says Brown should have considered using it to bring laid off teachers back — the district has not changed its plan to reduce programming and eliminate 53 positions. Montero owns the String Corner on Main Street in the village of Camillus. He said many customers have shared with him their concerns that cuts to the string program are not being reevaluated. “I tell them to talk to the board of education and superintendent and let your voice be heard,” Montero said. “If you don’t’ show See Strings, page 6

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Camillus Mayor Michael Montero, right, performs a classical string duet with Joshua Diesti in December at Maxwell Memorial Library.

Olde Home Days Committee donates community bulletin board to Marcellus By Ned Campbell Last Monday the Marcellus Town Board approved the construction of a community bulletin board front of town hall. The sign, valued at around $5,000, was a gift from the Olde Home Days Parade Committee and will be used to publicize events as well as village and town board meetings. Town and village officials hope

to have the sign up in time to announce the Olde Home Days Parade, an annual event that runs for the first weekend of June. Mayor John Curtin, who has been treasurer for the Olde Home Days Committee since it started in 1995, said he would be installing the frame this week. “It’s going to be nice,” said Town Supervisor Dan Ross. “We’re going See Town hall, page 6

This sketch, drawn by by Wayne LaFrance of Lake Architectural in Marcellus, depicts the sign that will go up in front of town hall.

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