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Improving special ed On the Rochester school district’s special-education problems: Why

can’t the school district get this right? Because New York school systems are set up to tally honors and AP credits, not deal with children who cannot perform up to grade level, no matter how hard they try.

My child was expected to do what she could not do. Her dyslexia was diagnosed in third grade, when she was too far behind to catch up in our school system. Her mind’s processing issues were diagnosed even later.

How did my child deal with this? She walked out the school door.

I live in a suburb. I know other parents whose children did not perform up to the level expected in the suburbs, whether or not they were special ed students.

More money – and time – for these students is the answer. But there is no time, since students must graduate on time.

Just another broken-hearted parent who believes in public schools.

SUSAN EDELMAN

Poverty and housing

On Urban Journal’s “Yet Another Report Says Our Poverty Rate Persists”: Nobody seems to get that

there are plenty of poor people in the suburbs and beyond. Everyone has a unique story to tell. Let’s back out from the inner-city poverty lines of discussion. What’s the point of continuing with the tried and true methods for dividing people?

Save your criticism for those who are intent to get rich off the backs of rich and poor alike. The rents in the city are too high at all the levels. If you charge too much for rent, that’s less money to spend elsewhere. City Hall needs to stop helping

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greedy real estate investors.

Right now they’re playing the role of Robin Hood in reverse.

How is that right?

MICHAEL BRUTON

RBTL at Parcel 5

On a consultant’s comments about a proposed Rochester Broadway Theatre League venue: The

AMS consultant’s visit only confirms what was clear in my mind already: This has the potential to do great damage to smaller established venues and create issues for other artistic companies needing space to thrive in what is a great city for the arts.

Yet the current administration wants to push another Auditorium-like theater down the city’s collective throat, with little or no money raised (save for Tom Golisano’s contribution). And the planning process has been more than just “opaque”: It is being done with little to no information given to the public, with no need for public discourse, since any disagreement will likely be swept under the proverbial rug.

The consultant can state that Rochester would see a “bump” in business with the new theater, but that bump will just be a metaphorical bump in the road: small when it hits you, and ultimately means nothing.

I applaud the RPO, RCB, Blackfriars, Downstairs Cabaret, the RMSC, Geva, and the Strong Museum for expressing their need. If Rochester is going to be a true city of the arts and for the arts, artists should have the support they need. But they will not find it from the current administration and those who support the RBTL project.

They are way too invested in the one-stop shop that is the new theater, and it will be a loss for the entire Rochester arts community if it goes up.

JUSTIN RIELLY

“Cullom said it’s not unusual for cities like Rochester to see a bump in development and improvements in arts and cultural centers after a large venue is built.”

Planners said almost exactly this before the million-dollar upgrade to Silver Stadium and before the creation of Frontier Field and the soccer stadium.

There is no “bump.” These stand-alone, money-sucking entertainment venues benefit only themselves. And, frankly, they don’t even do that, requiring constant subsidies.

Until RBTL proves that it can financially sustain a new theater, let’s take it off the table. We don’t need it.

KATHRYN QUINN THOMAS

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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER

Donald Trump and the president’s power President Trump’s assault on American principles come so quickly and so often that we can become numbed to them. Outraged about the assault of the day? By tomorrow, there’ll be a new one, and we’ll have forgotten about this one. The sheer volume is anesthetizing.

We’d better not forget the outrage that the New York Times brought to light this past weekend, though.

Among the things Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating is whether Trump has obstructed justice. But according to the Times, Trump’s lawyers have argued that he can’t obstruct justice “because he has unfettered authority over all federal investigations.”

In a January letter to Mueller, the Times article says, the lawyers insist “that the president cannot illegally obstruct any aspect of the investigation into Russia’s election meddling because the Constitution empowers him to, ‘if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon.’”

Meaning that no matter what the president – any president – does, only the president can decide whether that action can be investigated. And presidents can pardon themselves.

This ought to frighten even the most ardent Trump supporter. Trump, after all, won’t be president forever.

While Trump’s new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, chimed in on Sunday, agreeing that Trump “probably” has the Constitutional authority to pardon himself, some Republicans did express concern. But they’re worried about politics, not about the implications all this has for the country and democracy.

Texas Republican Representative Will Hurd said it would be “a terrible move” politically for Trump to pardon himself.

Former New Jersey Chris Christie said Trump won’t pardon himself “because it’ll become a political problem.”

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Trump shouldn’t pardon himself and insisted that he doesn’t plan to. We’ll see.

Maybe McCarthy has a better sense of Trump’s long-term thinking than most people do. But Trump certainly seems to enjoy using his authority to pardon people.

The most recent pardon went to conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, which probably pleased Trump’s base. Then came his suggestion that he might pardon Martha Stewart and Rod Blagojevich.

Pardoning celebrities like Martha Stewart tends to get the public’s attention, but the possibility of pardoning Blagojevich is a lot more troubling – and more significant.

Trump’s lawyers argue that he has “unfettered authority over all federal investigations” – even into his own actions.

Blagojevich, who was governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009, is a star in the cast of politicians linked to corruption. He was convicted on 17 charges involving wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, and conspiracy. Among the misdeeds: • Holding up legislation that would benefit Illinois racetracks until one track owner donated $100,000 to Blagojevich’s campaign; • Trying to cut $8 million in state funding for a Chicago children’s hospital because the hospital’s chief executive wouldn’t donate $500,000 to his campaign; • Trying, in effect, to sell Barack Obama’s US Senate seat after Obama was elected president. As governor, Blagojevich could name Obama’s successor to the Senate, and he attempted to trade the appointment of Obama’s friend Valerie Jarrett to the Senate in exchange for Obama naming him Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Blagojevich’s conviction has withstood appeals, but Trump knows better.

Blagojevich, Trump says, “shouldn’t have been put in jail.”

President Trump’s bullying, his threats, his change of positions: all have been so public, and so frequent, that they seem routine. So have his assaults on the country’s system of laws and justice, right up to the highest levels.

It occurred to me recently that all this could be a blessing in disguise. Maybe declaring himself above the rule of law will shock enough voters to flip not only the House but also the Senate in the November elections.

The problem is, our collective attention span is short. And Trump’s a master at diverting attention. The midterm elections are still five months away. That’s plenty of time for plenty more diversions. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Suit against landlord moves ahead

The City of Rochester’s civil lawsuit against landlord Peter Hungerford’s Thurston Road Realty is proceeding.

The proceeding centers around two of Hungerford’s apartment complexes in the city, one at 447 Thurston Road and another at 967 Chili Avenue. The city argues that numerous code violations at the properties have gone unaddressed.

It’s asking the court to order Hungerford’s company to make necessary repairs and if they aren’t made within 90 days of the order, to appoint a receiver, which would collect rents, manage the property, and make repairs.

Attorneys for the two sides appeared in City Court Monday morning.

The Thurston Road Tenants Association has filed a motion to join the case, and Judge Maija Dixon set June 15 as the date to hear the association’s request.

The association represents tenants at the 447 Thurston Road complex, who have tried to draw public attention to deteriorating conditions there.

Dixon ordered Hungerford to appear at all future court dates for the case. She also directed his company to apply for any permits necessary to fix violations and to let the city reinspect its properties within the next 10 days.

The judge also rejected the company’s contention that there were no outstanding health and safety violations at its two properties, says city spokesperson Jessica Alaimo.

Acuff says the Thurston Road tenants are interested in buying the building from Hungerford and converting it to cooperative ownership; they would also make repairs.

Activists and tenants have found a developer willing to help that effort, Acuff says.

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Compeer seeks friends in stigma battle

Promoting clean energy

On Monday, June 11, the Rochester area Sierra Club will screen a documentary film focusing on clean energy.

Titled “Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom,” the film focuses on people from around the country who are creating clean energy, countering the perception that moving away from fossil fuels costs jobs and hurts the economy. Instead, the film argues, clean energy can revitalize communities and create a better, safer environment.

The film will be shown at the Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Avenue, at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and will include a discussion period.

Compeer’s Heather Baker says the organization needs volunteers – especially men – for its friendship and mentoring programs.

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Everybody needs a friend – someone to talk to, to lean on, to simply have fun with.

And for people living with lifelong mental illness, having someone to connect with is even more important.

But their disorders can complicate forming those bonds, through no fault of their own.

The non-profit group Compeer runs programs that pair adults with friends and young people with mentors. It relies on volunteers for the programs, and right now it’s launching a campaign to recruit more of them. Stigma around mental illness can make it hard to find enough volunteers, says Heather Baker, events and outreach manager for Compeer Rochester, a nonprofit devoted to supporting people with mental illness – everything from ADHD to depression to personality disorders.

“There’s been so much stigma toward mental illness that there haven’t been people to help them or just to be their friends,” Baker says.

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In particular, the organization needs male volunteers to pair with boys and young men who are on its waiting list. Many of those youths may not have a steady male influence in their lives, Baker says.

Volunteers are expected to regularly spend time with their matches, and there are all kinds of ways they can do that. Baker, for instance, has taken the girl she mentors along as she ran errands, which the girl really enjoyed, she says. They also hung out while Baker prepared her a Thanksgiving meal.

And visiting museums, going to ball games, or even just talking are good activities, she says.

“Truly, they just go have fun with them,” Baker says.

Anyone interested in volunteering as a friend or mentor can find information at www. compeerrochester.org or can call (585) 546-8280. Volunteers have to be at least 19 years old, and they receive training.

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As the City of Rochester considers changes to the way it handles complaints about police conduct, a June 16 event will focus on improving police-community relations. To do that, says the city’s deputy mayor, creating partnerships and building trust will be essential.

POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

Alexander: Police-citizen partnership is key For several months, Rochester’s City Council has been considering changes to the way the city handles complaints about police conduct. Activists pushing for reform want a new police review board that would have more citizen involvement, greater access to officers’ personnel information, and responsibility for disciplining officers when complaints against them are found to be justified.

Right now, Council is waiting for a report from a consultant it hired earlier this year. At the time, Council President Loretta Scott said she hoped the report would be completed in time for Council to vote on reforms in April, but the consultant is still at work. The sticking points: state law says police officers’ personnel records are confidential. And changes in oversight have to be negotiated with the police union.

Deputy Mayor Cedric Alexander – who was Rochester’s police chief from 2002 to 2005 – is likely to be asked to weigh in on the issue at an upcoming event. He’ll be the keynote speaker at this year’s Greater Rochester Regional Police Community Relations Summit on Saturday, June 16. The event, which is sponsored by United Christian

Leadership Ministry, will be held at First Church of God, 334 Clarissa Street, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Although Alexander is a nationally known figure in law enforcement, he has a difficult line to walk. It’s likely that many people at the summit want strong police reform, and they may be conflicted by what Alexander has to say.

Alexander says he has no problem with police accountability boards, and he notes that their importance was highlighted by a task force appointed

by President Obama in 2015 to study police practices. Alexander served on the task force, and he says he supports strong citizen participation on accountability boards.

But, he said in an interview on Sunday, reform supporters need to understand that under state law, review boards “do not have the ability to sanction or discipline.”

“I have no issues with them doing investigations,” he said. “Accountability boards do a really important job, not just for the community, but for the police department, too.”

While citizens serving on the boards have to be fair and balanced, Alexander said, police departments need to be more

transparent, and they need to let review boards look into complaints and draw their own conclusions.

And, said Alexander, while review boards serve a purpose, what’s most important is building partnerships between police and the community.

Continued lack of trust between police and communities of color is hindering those partnerships.

Rochester Deputy Mayor Cedric Alexander: what’s most “From the beginning of important is building partnerships between police and the time, it seems police have community. FILE PHOTO struggled to build trust in their communities,” he said.

“Policing is a dangerous job,” “Whether it was during Jim Crow or the Alexander said. “They have the Civil Rights era right up to today, this has responsibility to protect us as citizens, been happening across the country for a and sometimes that involves the use of long time.” force. They also have the right to protect Rochester has some of the best trained themselves and each other, and that may officers anywhere, Alexander said, and also involve the use of force.” part of that training involves building But if the perception is that police relationships in the community. But a have gone overboard, the divide will single incident caught live on a cellphone continue to widen, he said. camera can instantly destroy that “That’s why I keep saying, it’s a relationship unless some level of trust has partnership,” he said. been built, he said.

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THE OPEN SEAT Four Democrats want to succeed Louise Slaughter in Congress POLITICS | BY JEREMY MOULE

Louise Slaughter’s death left a large and unexpected hole in Monroe County’s Democratic circles.

She had served in the House of Representatives since 1987, building countless relationships in Greater Rochester, in much of Upstate New York, and in Washington. She was a beloved representative and a Democratic icon who transcended pretty much every division in the county party.

Slaughter had had every intention of running for reelection this year, and her death led to a scramble as candidates lined up for her seat. Four Democrats are now locked in a primary battle for the party’s line on the November general election ballot: former television journalist Rachel Barnhart, City Council Vice President Adam McFadden, State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, and Brighton Town Board member Robin Wilt.

Registered Democrats in the 25th Congressional District will be able to vote from noon to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26.

Only Democrats can vote, and registration deadlines for this election have already passed.

All of the candidates have framed themselves as the best person to carry on Slaughter’s legacy as a listener, leader, advocate, and progressive champion. But none of them is Slaughter, who famously – and to the frustration of some Democrats – refused to groom a successor.

Slaughter herself never had a chance to say who she thought would do the best job on issues she devoted herself to: health care reform, reproductive rights, railroads and mass transit, federal funding and support for scientific and medical research, advanced manufacturing and the Department of Defense’s Rochester-based AIM Photonics program, and ethics reform.

Morelle is essentially the frontrunner.

He’s spent more than 30 years in elected office, first in the County Legislature and then in the State Assembly, where he’s served since 1991. He was also chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee for nine years. He’s banking on that experience, including his knowledge of working political levers and his fundraising abilities, to win votes. He’s got much of the party machine behind him, including Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and the area’s major labor unions.

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Barnhart is positioning herself as a viable alternative to Morelle, since she has name recognition from her years on local television and her two previous, unsuccessful runs for office. Her platform hits a lot of progressive points, but in particular she’s emphasizing redistricting and campaign finance reform.

Wilt’s campaign is rooted in almost 15 years of activism on single-payer health care, social justice issues, immigration reform, and public education. Her work on those issues

has earned her allies and the endorsement ROCitizen and New York Progressive Action Network, both of which grew from groups supporting Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid.

And McFadden is running on his experience as a City Council member and as executive director of Quad A for Kids, an organization that runs after-school programs.

He’s also emphasizing community work, his reputation as a voice for populations who are “constantly being ignored or used,” as he

phrases it, and his work at the national level with the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials.

This will be a tough race for Democrats,

who expected to have Slaughter on the ballot. Now, Democrats in the 25th Congressional District will have a chance to put someone new in the office. And voters will have several things to consider as they head to the polls.

Obviously, Democrats want to keep the seat, and while some high-profile national analysts say the 25th District is a safe Democratic seat, that’s not the reality.

Gates Supervisor Mark Assini, a Republican, came incredibly close to unseating Slaughter in 2014. And this year, Republicans are running Jim Maxwell, an East Rochester neurosurgeon who is putting a lot of his own money into his campaign. That money, combined with Maxwell’s political outsider status and personable nature, could make him a strong candidate.

To hold the seat, Democrats will have to weigh each candidate’s general election appeal. And at the same time, they’ll be making a statement about what the local party is. Primary voters have to think about which candidate’s values match theirs, what they want to see in a representative, and how each candidate’s experience and approach will translate in a sharply partisan and divided House. Republicans control the chamber now, and Democrats may not regain the majority in this election.

One some of the major issues, the four candidates have similar positions – not surprising, since they’re all from the same party. They all support women’s reproductive rights and immigration system reform, including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

All four have raised gun law reforms as a key issue and generally, they stake out similar positions: they want a federal assault weapons ban, magazine capacity limits, expanded background and mental health checks, an increase in the legal purchasing age for guns, and longer waiting periods.

But on some other major issues, the candidates have differing positions or take different approaches. The following are sketches of the candidates, an opportunity to get a feel for who they are and their thoughts on some key issues. City’s endorsement in the race will be published next week.

RACHEL BARNHART

Rachel Barnhart sees herself as the antiestablishment candidate for the 25th District seat.

She didn’t want to see Joe Morelle get the party line by coronation, and she figured she was in a good position to run a grassroots challenge. She’d already built up name recognition through her years as a Rochester broadcast journalist, and through two previous campaigns, which she saw as a major advantage in what’s grown to be a four-way race.

From start to finish, the whole campaign will be eight or nine weeks long, which doesn’t offer candidates without a public profile adequate time to build one, she says. People probably know her best and Morelle second best, she says.

In this race, Barnhart’s hitting on a lot of the same topics she did in her campaigns for Assembly and Rochester mayor: money in politics, government ethics, greater investment in mass transit, and advocating for constituents.

“I felt that it was very important that this district have a strong advocate, a grassroots candidate,” Barnhart says, “someone who is a true reformer, which I’ve been very consistent about for the past couple of years. And someone who wants to take the Democratic Party in a different direction.”

She’s making campaign finance reform and independent redistricting central to her campaign; she argues that until money’s influence in politics is lessened, things such as meaningful health care reform and essential changes to gun laws won’t happen.

Those discussions should be driven instead by evidence and data, she says.

She wants what she calls “clean public campaign financing,” where there’s a publicly funded matching program for candidates who take only small donations from individuals. In an ideal system, she says, all candidates would receive a set level of funding if they could raise a certain amount from small donors. And that needs to be coupled with strict limits on outside spending, she says. Otherwise, candidates will still be pummeled by moneyed interests.

Barnhart has vowed not to take corporate political action committee money, and she has heavily criticized Morelle for accepting it, at least in the past.

She pushes back against his argument that while he supports campaign finance reform, he has to work within the existing system in order to be competitive. It’s one thing to vote in favor of Assembly bills that aren’t going to pass in the Senate, but another to actually lead by example, she says.

She’s says not worried about competing with a well-financed opponent if she wins.

Groups in and outside of the district want

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Rachel Barnhart says the 25th Congressional District needs a watchdog and advocate in Washington and that her background makes her a perfect fit. PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON

to keep this seat in Democratic hands, she says, and they’ll provide resources to whomever wins the primary.

(Morelle’s response to that argument: “That’s a great attitude, except where is it pouring in from? The same people that I’m taking money from? Or do you want to run against somebody who’s got $600,000 in the bank already with your $20,000 or $30,000?”)

Barnhart, like the rest of the field, wants Congress to create a single-payer, Medicare for All health care system.

“There are different ways that could look,” she says. “I think single-payer is the best option, but I’m open to suggestions to have insurers in the market, like we do now, administering the program.”

She realizes that may not be an easy sell with large parts of the public, especially given past hostility toward health care

reform. But she sees communication as essential, and says she would discuss the issue with any person or group, hostile or not. Part of the reason health care reform, like gun control, has become so controversial is that many representatives don’t consistently communicate with their constituents, Barnhart says. And some place the interests of political parties or donors above the people they represent, she says.

Barnhart wants to see the federal Department of Education move away from the testing and school-closing regimen established under No Child Left Behind.

And on the federal government’s approach to cannabis, her position is straightforward: she supports full legalization. But she also says that more research is needed into marijuana’s negative and positive effects on people, including its potential for medical use.

Adam McFadden says he hadn’t thought about running for Slaughter’s seat until he walked into the offices of WDKX radio, where he’s an on-air regular. DKX had just done a listeners’ poll on who should run for the seat, and about threequarters of the people who responded named him, he says.

So he talked with the other declared and potential candidates, he says, and after those discussions, he decided to run.

“This isn’t about throwing mud on anybody or tarnishing anyone’s record or lack thereof,” McFadden says. “I think we just need to have a robust conversation about issues other than who can raise the most money for the race.”

McFadden is clear that he’s not happy with how the Monroe County Democratic Committee has all but formally put its weight behind Assembly member Joe Morelle. The committee isn’t designating a candidate in the race, but its executive committee did pass a resolution asking Morelle to run, before he declared. McFadden is on the executive committee, and he says he got a last-minute notice about that meeting.

“There should have been a real process, and not that,” McFadden says.

McFadden says he’s running for Congress because he believes he’s got something to offer voters. He began serving on Council in 2004 and over the years, he initiated talks with former police Chief David Moore about body cameras; developed and ushered through legislation prohibiting employers from asking on job applications whether a person has ever been convicted of a crime, as well as legislation banning discrimination based on a tenant’s source of income; and has been involved in city efforts around lead paint abatement in housing.

He also points to his work related to education. He’s executive director of Quad A for Kids, an organization that runs after-school programs for city students in the arts, athletics, and academics. He talks a lot about the programs that emphasize science, technology, engineering, and math. Its STEM Soapbox Derby program is heavy on science, especially physics, he says.

McFadden also hosts an annual HBCU (historically black colleges and universities) fair. Last year over 1,300 students attended, more than 300 were accepted into a college on the spot, and over $1.3 million in tuition aid was awarded on the spot, he says.

But McFadden is perhaps best known for being outspoken. His critics portray him as temperamental, but he says that continues on page 8 rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Adam McFadden is highlighting his work on City Council and in the community, as well as his history of speaking up for people who aren’t being heard. PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON

Joe Morelle, the Assembly’s majority leader and former local party chair, says his lengthy political experience and record makes him the best choice. PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON

on Council he’s been able to get things done by working directly with individuals, which is something he’d carry on to Congress. And he notes that members of City Council elected him vice president.

“I’m going to Congress,” he says, “because I want this community to know that I’ve heard every voice, I respect every voice, and I’m trying to deliver for those voices.”

He wants to see the federal government invest more in STEM education, not just for school-age youth but for adult training programs as well.

That’s especially important in Rochester, which has growing high-tech industries.

On the issue of health care, he wants a single-payer system, which would provide better access to care at lower cost, he says.

The systems in Japan and Netherlands could serve as a model, he says.

He suggests diverting money from the military budget to help pay for the coverage, but says that even a system that eliminates premiums in favor of a small tax would help families.

He also says the federal government needs to take a serious look at how to improve people’s access to healthy foods, and

possibility of running for the 25th District seat, and decided to do it, he invoked that experience. Morelle says he felt his knowledge of policy and politics, and his connections to former legislators who are now in Congress, could make him an effective representative in Washington.

“If ever you’re in government, you think about what’s the right place for you in terms of what contributions you can make,” Morelle says. “And I was pretty confident that I was making and had made a contribution at the state level.”

But what he saw coming out of the White House and Congress left him feeling increasingly frustrated and angry, he says. For example, he contrasts Congress’s failure to reform gun laws, even following a years-long string of deadly mass shootings, with New York’s passage of the SAFE Act in 2013. One of Morelle’s first duties as majority leader was ushering that law through the Assembly.

Health care reform has emerged as a major issue in the race as well, not surprising to anyone watching recent Congressional elections in other states.

Morelle has been clear that he supports universal health care, and during an

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the nature of the food itself. He’s particularly concerned about what’s being put into food.

The federal government’s approach to cannabis is “behind the times,” he says. “And I say that because if you look at the history of drug policy and legislation in this country, it’s always been punitive and mired in racism.”

The federal government should legalize cannabis, he says. It has potential for medical use and it would be a source of tax revenue, he says.

JOE MORELLE

Joe Morelle is a known quantity in Monroe County and New York State politics. He served in the County Legislature, headed the Monroe County Democratic Committee for several years, at one point led fundraising for the campaign arm of the state Assembly’s Democratic conference, and since 2013 has been the Assembly majority leader. As the Assembly’s second-in-charge, he runs floor debates and sits on its Rules Committee.

All of that means Morelle has a record and reputation he can run on. So when he was faced with the unexpected

interview he explained that he favors an approach called Medicare Extra for All, which was developed by the liberal Center for American Progress.

Under that concept, the federal government would basically create Medicare plans with comprehensive coverage that are open to everyone, not just people over 65 and younger people with specific disabilities. It would have sliding-scale premiums based on income.

Low-income families wouldn’t pay premiums, no family would pay more than 10 percent of its income, and employers could cover the cost of the insurance if they chose to, according to the Center for American Progress website.

Regarding climate change, Morelle wants the United States to rejoin the global Paris Accord. The country also needs aggressive carbon-emission standards for various areas, such as power generation and transportation, he says.

The federal government needs to advance the development of renewable energy and encourage it through incentives, he says.

Morelle takes a different position on cannabis legalization than the other candidates in the race, who back

full legalization unequivocally. There are clearly issues of structural racism in drug arrests, Morelle says, and marijuana should, at the least, be taken off the federal controlled substances list. The federal government should also allow medical cannabis as a treatment, he says.

Morelle doesn’t object to full legalization, provided he can get satisfactory answers on two subjects: the ability to detect driver impairment caused by cannabis and the science around whether cannabis is addictive.

And where Morelle has framed his fundraising abilities as an asset, his opponents have criticized him over donations from various corporate, industry, and lobby group political action committees.

Morelle does support campaign finance reform but, he argues, he has to compete within the system that already exists. That’s a common argument offered by established politicians who’ve built up large campaign funds.

Morelle also acknowledges that he takes donations from people with whom he doesn’t necessarily agree – also common among high-profile politicians – and he says that a contribution isn’t the same as a quid pro quo arrangement. Donors view their contribution as a chance to support a qualified candidate who is willing to listen and engage in dialogue, he says.

Morelle says he’s raising money not just with the primary in mind, but also with the general election in mind. In November, he would face an opponent who just cut a massive check to his own campaign, and he needs to be realistic, he says.

“I will not be outspent, I will not be outworked, and I will not cede this seat to the Republicans,” Morelle says. “I’m not going to do it.”

Morelle came under fire in 2015 for initially standing behind former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver after he was arrested on corruption-related charges; Silver appointed Morelle as majority leader in 2013. At first, the Assembly Democratic conference as a whole supported Silver remaining speaker, though eventually members pressured him into giving up the post.

Barnhart has also criticized Morelle for remarks he made dismissing a thenAssembly staff member’s rape allegations against Michael Boxley, a top Silver aide.

That happened in 2001, and a year later Boxley was later charged with raping a different Assembly staffer; he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of sexual misconduct. Morelle apologized for the comment and said he was speaking without knowing all of the facts.

ROBIN WILT

Robin Wilt’s entry into activism – and eventually politics – started in 2004, when her brother was serving with the military in Iraq and was seriously injured.

She saw the care he received from the Veterans Administration system and how much it helped him. And she saw how her brother and the entire family didn’t have to worry about how to pay for his care, since it was fully covered.

After that experience, it was only a matter of time before Wilt embraced the single-payer health care cause and linked up with Progressive Democrats of America, an organization that advocated for other things she cared deeply about, such as a living minimum wage and various economic, social, and environmental-justice issues.

She went on to co-found the Progressive Democrats of the Genesee Valley and to run unsuccessfully against Republican State Senator Joe Robach. Last year, she won a seat on the Brighton Town Board, on which she currently serves.

Wilt says grassroots, progressive activism is at the root of her interest in the 25th Congressional District seat.

“I spent all of my adult life on the frontlines,” Wilt says, “advocating for these policies that I would eventually like to see implemented on the federal level, like Medicare for all, like a living wage, like humane immigration reform, like quality education for all, K-16 education for all,” Wilt says. “I think that New York’s 25th Congressional District deserves representation that is going to advocate for people in this community, not the political establishment and not corporate interests.”

During her brief time on the Brighton Town Board, she pushed for the town government to adopt gender-neutral language, which it did. She also worked with cycling advocates, environmental groups, and Town of Pittsford officials to try to convince the State Department of Transportation to include dedicated bike lanes as part of plans to resurface East Avenue and implement a “road diet.” The state committed to wide shoulders but wouldn’t commit to a formal lane.

She sees that kind of coalition building as essential for representing the district, and she says she admired Louise Slaughter’s ability to do that.

Wilt is a proponent of Medicare for All, which would be a national health insurance program open to everyone – not just people over 65 or younger people with specific disabilities – and would be funded through a small payroll tax, she says. The system’s cost to taxpayers would be lower than what they currently pay for health insurance premiums, she says.

To ensure comprehensive coverage, basic Medicare plans will need to be expanded and improved so that people

Robin Wilt cites her years of grassroots activism and progressive advocacy and says she’d push for people over party and corporate interests. PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON

receive benefits “more akin to the health care that our Congressional representatives receive,” Wilt says.

Wilt says campaign finance reform is essential and that the influence of money in politics is why things such as meaningful health care reform and gun law reforms haven’t happened.

On climate change, Wilt says if she’s elected to Congress she’ll immediately try to join the bi-partisan Climate Solutions Caucus, a group organized by the Citizens Climate Lobby. The caucus explores legislation to address climate change, including proposals to put a price on carbon emissions.

Slaughter resisted joining the caucus because it’s been working on a carbon fee and dividend proposal, in which fossil fuels would be taxed and the proceeds distributed as equal dividends to citizens.

Slaughter favored a cap and trade program, where any revenue generated through taxes or the purchase of carbon

allowances would go to the federal government for reinvestment.

The fee and dividend approach is flawed, Wilt says, because certain communities – low-income neighborhoods and coastal communities, for example – have been harder hit by climate change than others. She’d rather see the money invested in areas such as mass transit or renewable energy development, which will have both targeted and broader benefits, she says.

“It’s all we’ve got,” Wilt says. “It’s the only bipartisan legislation that is before the chambers right now, and we need to make sure that we’re actually working on the problem and not stymied by politics.”

Wilt also supports full legalization of cannabis, which she sees as a criminal justice issue. Classifying cannabis as a controlled substance is ill-conceived, she says, and enforcement of anti-cannabis drug laws has a disproportionate impact on communities of color. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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When Mark Scialdone retired after 20 years with the City of Rochester Fire Department, he dreamed of switching gears and opening up a bar and bistro. A friend asked him to be a partner at Anthology, the East End concert hall that opened in 2015.

Scialdone agreed, and dove into renovating the space at 336 East Avenue. But his original idea never went away, he says.

With the May opening of Bliss, a new wine bar at 320 East Avenue (a stone’s throw from Anthology), Scialdone is returning to a long-held vision.

Located in the heart of the East End dining and nightlife scene, Bliss bridges the gap between dinner time and party time with an up-tempo vibe and a flexible menu of small plates, desserts, and wine.

“I don’t want it to be the average wine bar,” Scialdone says. “It’s going to be more hustle-bustle, a little louder.”

He adds that he expects Bliss will appeal most strongly to women, couples, and professionals in their mid-30s and 40s — patrons who have outgrown the area college bars and clubs but still want a night out.

On the list at Bliss: Hermann J. Wiemer's crisp and juicy 2017 Dry Rosé.

The centerpiece of the space is the wide, L-shaped bar, backed by towering shelves of gleaming glassware and carafes; but there are also a number of quieter, two-person tables for those seeking a more intimate experience. Outdoor seating is available during the warmer months, and the floorto-ceiling windows at the front of the space slide open onto the sidewalk when the weather is fair.

Scialdone himself doesn’t claim to be a wine expert, and says he intends for Bliss to be accessible for visitors with any level of wine knowledge. The wine list was developed

by Drew Tschäppät, wine director at Farmer’s

Creekside Tavern and Inn in Le Roy, and who is acting as a consultant at Bliss.

According to Scialdone, Tschäppät looks for unique “wines with soul” that can’t be found at other bars.

The extensive and eclectic list includes selections from Finger Lakes producers Hermann J. Wiemer and Red Tail Ridge, as well as from wine-producing powerhouses including Bordeaux and Napa Valley. The menu also features wines which hail from less-celebrated regions such as Swartland, South Africa and Dundee Hills, Oregon.

And for those who truly want to celebrate in style, there is one bottle of the Krug Clos du Mesnil 2002 Champagne in stock.

(Yours for $3,200). Bliss will also serve beer, cocktails, and soft drinks, but Scialdone intends to keep the focus on wine. “We don’t want to get too far away from who we are,” he says.

If you’re feeling peckish, Bliss offers a rotating menu of both sweet and savory small plates. In addition to house-made desserts like fried ice cream and gluten-free chocolate cake, heartier menu items like beef tenderloin tacos and cauliflower crust pizza can easily be your dinner. “People want something more substantial to eat when they’re having wine,” Scialdone says.

I visited Bliss on a Friday night in May, soon after the bar had opened. My companion and I parked ourselves on two plush, upholstered high-top chairs at the bar and remained there comfortably for the rest of the evening. With its deep eggplant-colored walls, gilded ceiling, recessed lighting, and tropical house music throbbing in the background, the vibe was moodier and more indulgent than that of other wine bars I’ve patronized — a sort of contemporary way station between bistro and nightclub.

I started with a light and citrusy Chenin Blanc from Swartland, South Africa. My companion ordered the 2016 Michel Guignier Gamay from Beaujolais, which was so warm and silky I had to order a glass for myself. We ended the night with a local selection: Hermann J. Wiemer’s 2017 Dry Rosé. Crisp and juicy, this could be the wine you’ll be drinking all summer.

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and equally adept on guitar and oud. Noam Lemish is an excellent pianist who also has broad musical interests. Well known as jazz players, both musicians grew up in Israel and are particularly well-versed in Jewish music, but when they bring their quartet to the JCC, the group will also put its unique jazz and folk spin on Kurdish, Moroccan, and Yemenite tunes as well as traditional music from the Caucasus Mountains. — BY RON NETSKY

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What we have here is a fantastic pop record full of chunky guitars, big drums, and streamlined vocals just this side of an urgent plea. The Stedwells — brothers Ryan and Brendan Warren on guitar and bass and drummer Alex Durr — is powerful in its indie pop approach. It doesn’t, however, horse it into the boat; nothing sounds forced. The temptation is still there once this eponymous, five-track EP starts to ping-pong in the caverns of your head and burn under your skin.

The Stedwells is very, very tight, with just the right amount of air around the notes so as not to choke the listener. But besides listening to it, the fun part about this record is trying to time-stamp The Stedwells and fit the band into some kind of timeline. You see, every band that falls in the indie rock category can be traced back to their roots and influences, especially when it is also included in a particular period of time or a movement. There are the colorful hooks of the 1980’s. There’s grunge in the early 1990’s and the subsequent big guitar backlash a few years later.

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But The Crawdiddies isn’t really a fiddle band. In fact, there isn’t a fiddle to be had among the band, but Irishman at large Joe Dady does make a guest appearance playing fiddle on the title track, making it sizzle like holy water on the devil’s back. Recorded with care at bandmember Washboard Dave’s crib, “All I Got and Need” is a mostly original, six-song outing recorded with a steady hand and an equally steady ear for the quartet’s individual talents. Everyone shines when they ought to. Real good summertime music.

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Ian Downey is famous. He’s a lot of other things, too: a contrarian, an instigator, an extreme talent steeped in lo-fidelity and self-deprecation. But the moniker “Ian Downey is Famous” doesn’t just hint at how Downey views or presents himself, it’s the name of his band with drummer Darren De Wispelaere and bassist Chris Reeg. He’s cut out the middleman and heads straight for the glory.

On stage, Downey comes on like a postpunk tantrum teetering on a sonic attack, full of accusations and insight. He kicks out the soul. This is the same chaos Downey brings to Ian Downey is Famous’ first fulllength album, “Destroy Language,” coming on Carbon Records. It’s all so exciting.

Downey popped his head in at CITY to answer a few questions and raise a few new ones along the way. An edited transcript follows.

CITY: So, big news?

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record coming out. The tentative title is “Destroy Language,” which is a line from one of the songs. It’s not a concept album, but there’s an idea there. There’s some kind of war between bodies and souls. It’s told from the point of view of the bodies rising up in rebellion against the souls. And the

language is on the side of the souls. The original title was “The Revolution is Dead.”

Body or soul: which side are you on?

I like being a body. That’s pretty fun. It’s kind of fun to think of the soul as some kind of parasite that has invaded and taken over and won’t let you hear what the body has to say.

Can you be both?

Sure, you can do both.

I dunno, man, it sounds a bit like a concept album.

I love concept albums. I’m not sure it’s a concept record in anybody’s mind but my own.

Is “Destroy Language” a soundtrack to the battle?

It’s a pretty hard rock album. Musically it varies for me over the course of the album. Some of it is poppy, I guess. Then some of it is pretty heavy. There’s a song, “You Should be Gayer,” that’s just hard and fast. And some of the album comes close to being metal-ish, but not really.

I think it makes some kind of sense. It’s remotely cohesive.

How?

For one thing Darren’s drumming is awesome and crazy. The day that we went to the studio to record it, my car got stolen with all my equipment inside. So we went in and did it anyway. I was using all borrowed equipment.

What number album is this for you?

I’ve got a CD of solo acoustic stuff. This is the first release with the band. We’ve already started recording the next one.

Does it pick up where “Destroy Language” leaves off?

There’s a song that didn’t make it on this album called “Spirituality is Bullshit,” which goes to the idea of kicking out the souls.

That sucks.

It did suck. But I think it helped give it a consistency you can hear throughout the entire album. It was a little uncomfortable.

Describe the typical Ian Downey Is Famous fan.

Sort of angular. Maybe a couple extra eyeballs. Most of the people we play for are other musicians.

What other themes are you tackling?

Influences — whose spell are you under?

I keep coming back to the end of history.

It’s a theme I go back to and will continue to go back to.

I guess The Gang of Four is a big one.

Wire. I love Captain Beefheart. I love The Temptators. Anamon is really good.

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[ TUE., JUNE 12 ] JAZZ

June Jazz Combos: Chase Ellison Trio. Central Library of

Rochester & Monroe County, 115 South Ave. 12-1 p.m.

HIP-HOP/RAP Warren G. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 8 p.m. $30-$75.

POP/ROCK

Fruit & Flowers, The Young Couples, The Sugargliders. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. $8/$10.

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21ST ANNUAL

Outdoor Expo Presented by the Genesee Valley Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club

Sat, June 9th • 9:30-3:30

Mendon Ponds Park FREE! No sales…Just a good time! www.adk-gvc.org/expo

See what the outdoors has to offer for fun and exercise. Meet local outdoor clubs and vendors. Workshops on hiking, camping, paddling & biking. Crafts and a petting zoo for the kids. Food and Ice Cream will be available.

Something for the whole family!

SPONSORED BY EXPO FRIENDS

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Culture

Koryu Nishikawa V, the 5th-generation headmaster of Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo Theatre Company. PHOTO BY AYUMI SAKAMOTO

No strings attached

Perry native Josh Rice creates New York State Puppet Festival

New York State Puppet Festival THURSDAY, JUNE 14, THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 24 ALL PERFORMANCES AT THEATRE@37, 37 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PERRY OTHER EVENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS RANGE FROM FREE TO $25; FESTIVAL PASS $75 (501) 350-6340 | NEWYORKSTATEPUPPETFESTIVAL.ORG [ PREVIEW ] BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER

Puppetry is bizarre. In no other art form are the artifice of the scene and the construction of the characters more blatant: paint glistens on a wooden face; puppeteers, clad in black, are plainly visible; a marionette hangs by its strings. This is not real life.

But there’s a magical paradox at work.

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inaugural New York State Puppet Festival — taking place from June 14 through 24 in the unassuming, small town of Perry — will celebrate the spectacle, craft, and international scope of contemporary puppetry. For the first time in their own backyard, upstate audiences will get to experience several state-of-the-art puppet theater works by some of the most celebrated artists in the field.

The new festival is the brainchild of Josh Rice, a Perry native and puppeteer who first discovered the art form as a graduate school theater artist at Sarah Lawrence College. In part, Rice’s adoration for puppetry comes from a puppet’s ability to accomplish things a human actor cannot. “They can fly, they can float, they can disassemble, they can reassemble, they can die. They do violence really well,” he says. “And I think puppets can really be kind of this conduit to another place of feeling or even subject matter that we can’t necessarily access as humans.”

Rice is no stranger to bringing engaging theater to his hometown community. In 2012, he founded Shake on the Lake, a

professional Shakespeare company serving the surrounding Silver Lake area. Rice began to incorporate puppetry in company productions of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “The Tempest.” Last year, the Wyoming County Rural Arts Initiative rewarded Rice with a grant he used to convert a local storefront into a theater space, and the seeds for the puppet festival project started to flower.

Rice hopes that Perry and Silver Lake will continue to grow as vibrant destinations for culture.

Puppeteer Tom Lee says of Rice: “I’ve been around the world with that guy, and his connection to Silver Lake is so deep.” Lee is a frequent collaborator, who will present the multimedia ode to memory called “Place (No) Place” with dancer Lisa Gonzales at the festival.

Rice has invited a supremely talented roster of artists to participate in the festival, including headliner Koryu Nishikawa V, a fifth-generation master puppeteer and the foremost practitioner of Japanese cart

puppetry (in which each puppet is operated by a single person sitting on a rolling cart used for greater mobility across the stage).

Another notable artist in the festival lineup is puppeteer Dan Hurlin, Rice’s former professor and the current director of the graduate program in theater at Sarah Lawrence. Hurlin’s documentary, “Puppet,” will be screened during the festival.

“I always kind of knew that if there was somebody that could help me introduce what puppetry was to a community, it’s Dan,” Rice says. “So to have his work on display at the Arts Council and then show his documentary felt like a great way to open the festival. And he’s a hero of mine, so the fact that he said ‘Yes’ to me just blows my mind.”

The festival’s exhibition of Hurlin’s puppets constitutes a retrospective of sorts, which will detail the puppet-making process and include some of his work from his “Disfarmer,” “Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed,” and “The Day the Ketchup Turned Blue.”

Hurlin describes the paradox of puppetry’s impact on the audience this way: “Not only do we believe that the puppet is alive in some part of our brain, but we also see how that illusion is being created, right in front of our very eyes,” he says. “And those two seemingly contradictory strains of thought don’t cancel each other out.”

Rice will present his own theater piece titled “The Marooned,” about a man stranded on a rooftop amidst and endless ocean. The work incorporates “Bunraku” — a Japanese style of puppetry in which a single character is operated by three puppeteers. “The Marooned,” along with other theatrical performances at the festival, showcase diversity in both the stories and cultural traditions. Puppeteer Sam Jay Gold will bring “Untold Stories of the War with the Newts,” a science fiction tale depicted with both Balinese shadow puppetry and Czech-style marionettes. While the performances are predominantly adultfriendly, Concrete Temple Theatre will be performing its family presentation “Gepetto: Extraordinary Extremities.”

No matter the particular performance, the festival is poised for poignancy. Rice and his assembled artists have prepared a wildly creative celebration of what puppetry can be.

“There’s two modes of entertainment, right?” Gold says. “There’s the kind that asks the audience to lean forward and there’s the kind that wants an audience to sort of sit back and let it come to them. And I think that puppetry only really works if you can get your audience to lean forward.”

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Check out the full calendar, including ongoing art exhibits, online at rochestercitynewspaper.com

Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St. Brockport. Brenda Cretney: Animal Watercolors.

Opening reception June 8, 7–9pm. 637-5494.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Diners, Drive-ins & More.

Patricia O’Keefe Ross Gallery at St. John Fisher, 3690 East Ave.

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Main Street Artists. Opening Reception June 8, 6-7 pm.

Stephen Merritt Studio, 222 Hermitage Rd. Irondequoit. Art in June. Featuring Christina Laurel, Jonathan Merritt, Peter Secrest, Scott Sober.

Whitman Works Co., 1826 Penfield Road. Penfield. Deep Lines: Uncovering Our Inner Truths. Works by Molly O’Riley.

Art Events [ WED., JUNE 6 ] 7th Annual Finger Lakes Plein Air Competition & Festival. Through June 10.

Canandaigua. Exhibition & sale at Sonnenberg Gardens, June 10.

Of the Community, By the Community, For the Community.

6 p.m. RAIHN, 142 Webster Ave Students of the Wilson Foundation Academy Photo Club, Studio 678. [ THU., JUNE 7 ] Art & Treasures Sale. 6-8 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Annual fundraiser by the Gallery Council $10 for early-bird Thursday. 276-8900. [ MON., JUNE 11 ] Art of the Mix. June 11, 6-8:30 p.m. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. 7th Annual mixology fundraiser $64/$70. 461-2222.

Comedy

Theater

[ WED., JUNE 6 ] ImageOut presents: Karen Williams. 7-9:30 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd. Live music by Meg Gehman & The Influence. $16/$20.

Separate Is Never Equal.

Sun., June 10, 7:30 p.m., Mon., June 11, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Tue., June 12, 2 p.m.

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave The Rochester Latino Theatre Company.. $15/$18.

Survivors. Tue., June 12, 7 p.m. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. $18.

461-2000.

[ FRI., JUNE 8 ] Francis Ellis. 7:30 & 10 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $15-$20. carlsoncomedy.com. [ SAT., JUNE 9 ] Polite Ink. Sketch & Improv: And The Award Goes To ..

June 9, 7:30 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave $8-$15.

Community Activism [ WED., JUNE 6 ] Vigil to Support Human Rights in Palestine. 5-6:30 p.m. East Ave & N. Goodman St., East Avenue

& Goodman St. With members of Rochester Jewish Voice for Peace & Christians Witnessing For Palestine. Please wear black & bring a sign. [ FRI., JUNE 8 ] SONYMA Spruce Up. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. GP4H Neighborhood, Garson, Peck, Fourth St & Hayward. [ SAT., JUNE 9 ] 3rd Annual Stop the Stigma Mental Health Awareness Concert. 6-9:30 p.m. Perinton Center Stage Amphitheater, 1350 Turk Hill Rd . Proceeds go to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Live music, food trucks, merch, & silent auction stopthestigmaroc.org.

ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR

Food Not Bombs Sort/Cook/ Serve Food. 3:30-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave. 232-3262.

CREDENTIAL TRAINING

Festivals [ SAT., JUNE 9 ] 11th Annual Keuka Arts Festival. June 9-10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Keuka Outlet Park, Liberty & Water Streets, Penn Yan. 28th Annual Maplewood Rose Celebration. 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Maplewood Rose Garden, Corner of Lake Ave & Driving Park. myrts.com.

Flower City Comic Con. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St. $15-$25. fc3roc.com. [ SUN., JUNE 10 ] Traditional German Festival.

12-7 p.m. Camp Lima, 2375 Pond Rd. $5.

Frederick Douglass [ WED., JUNE 6 ] Frederick Douglass’s Rochester: Mapping His Tracks in Our City. Through Aug. 31. Central Library, 115 South Ave. Frederick Douglass’s World.

Through Aug. 31. University of Rochester, River Campus [ FRI., JUNE 8 ] Frederick Douglass Freedom Festival. 10 a.m. Staybridge Suites Hotel, 1000 Genesee St Abolitionist Tour to the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, NY. Departs 10am.

ART BY DARRYL ABRAHAM

ART | “ODE TO JOY” When Friedrich Schiller wrote his “Ode to Joy” in 1785, he probably didn’t imagine it would eventually be much more successful as the final choral movement of Beethoven’s ninth symphony (also the composer’s last). This year, the annual Oxford Gallery invitational exhibit is built around “Ode to Joy” as well, featuring the works of more than 50 artists who have interpreted the theme using paint, pencil, watercolor, and other media.

“Ode to Joy” continues through Saturday, June 16, at Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford Street. is Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Free. 2715885; oxfordgallery.com.

— BY LEAH STACY

DePaul’s National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-Rochester Area has openings for its next Addiction Counselor Credential Training beginning September 11, 2018.

Class size is limited.

Deadline for registration is July 16, 2018.

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[ SAT., JUNE 9 ] Frederick Douglass Freedom Festival. 1:30 p.m. Highland Park, 171 Reservoir Ave. Wreathing ceremony, Frederick Douglass Memorial Sq. [ SUN., JUNE 10 ] Frederick Douglass Freedom Festival. 2:30 p.m. Homage Motorcade: Start at Favor Street Circle; proceed to the Douglass monument & gravesite.

Special Events [ WED., JUNE 6 ] Chow Down Downtown. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. City Hall, 30 Church St. Celebrating downtown eateries, food trucks & carts, & live music cityofrochester.gov. [ SAT., JUNE 9 ] Black Music Month Celebration.

12-7 p.m. Rochester Community TV (RCTV15), 21 Gorham St. WXIR’s 2-year anniversary party. 325-1238.

Landmark Society House & Garden Tour. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $20/$28. landmarksociety.org.

Rochester Real Beer Expo.

6-10 p.m. South Wedge, South Wedge Craft beers, cider, food, & live music on Gregory Street rochesterrealbeer.com. [ SUN., JUNE 10 ] 2018 Rochester Collectible & Vintage Toy Show. 10 a.m.3 p.m. Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex, 2700 BrightonHenrietta Townline Rd. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Pirate Toy Fund. $6.

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THEATER | “THE DUSK CAGES” The latest offering from John W. Borek’s community theater group Elephant Productions is “The Dusk Cages” by local playwright Louie Podlaski. The plot follows a crew of employees at a major TV network as they report on a potential extinction event. Set in the present day, the drama will explore themes ranging from politics and agendas to heartbreak and pain, and whether or not everything will be fine. Bonnie Meath-Lang directs the two-day only event.

“The Dusk Cages” will be performed on Thursday, June 7, and Friday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. at MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue. Tickets are $10. muccc.org.

— BY LEAH STACY

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Film

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Ethan Hawke in “First Reformed.” PHOTO COURTESY A24

Like a prayer “First Reformed” (R), DIRECTED BY PAUL SCHRADER OPENS FRIDAY, JUNE 8 [ REVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

“Can God forgive us for what we’ve done to this world?”

This is the question posed to Reverend Ernst Toller (a superb Ethan Hawke) — the lost soul at the heart of Paul Schrader’s searing theological drama “First Reformed” — by Michael (Philip Ettinger), a troubled young man who the pastor has agreed to counsel.

Toller has agreed to meet with Michael at the request of Michael’s wife, Mary (Amanda Seyfried), who’s become concerned about the

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way her husband’s passionate environmental activism has curdled over time into a deep depression and anger. Now she’s pregnant, and Michael wants her to get an abortion, believing that bringing a child into a world doomed to environmental catastrophe and collapse would be immoral.

Bitter, isolated, and in the midst of his own crisis of faith, Toller finds a certain joy in his conversation with Michael. Having his beliefs questioned and being forced to defend them is exhilarating.

As the pastor of First Reformed, a small, sparsely-attended chapel in upstate New York, Toller has grown accustomed to preaching to mostly empty pews. The church is now primarily a tourist attraction thanks to its historical significance as a stop on the

Underground Railroad, and Toller spends more time giving tours than offering spiritual guidance. The only reason the church continues to operate at all is because of the continued financial assistance of Abundant Life, a nearby mega-church run by the affable Pastor Jeffers (Cedric the Entertainer).

Toller’s own health is failing, and he’s taken to drinking heavily. In the midst of his spiritual and physical unraveling, he decides to keep a daily diary confessing his innermost thoughts, which we hear read

by Hawke in voiceover. We learn that he became a man of the cloth as a means to cope with his own grief after his son was killed in the Iraq war just 6 months after Toller first encouraged him to enlist.

One of Schrader’s best films in years, “First Reformed” grapples with the same question that plagues its lead character: How can God forgive humanity for so spectacularly mucking up his creation? It shares Toller’s grim outlook on the state of world, offering a gimlet-eyed look at the corporatization and hypocrisy of a church that seems to have abandoned its moral obligations — and with it, its potential to be a beacon of hope in a world shrouded in darkness.

Michael’s convictions gradually worm their way into Toller’s head, and later he posts a version of the younger man’s question on the marquee outside his church. This newly radical mindset puts him at odds with Jeffers, who’s helping Toller plan a lavish reconsecration ceremony in honor of First Reformed’s 250th anniversary. The chief donor for the event is Edward Balq (Michael Gaston), a local industrialist whose corporations have done more than their share to pollute the world over the years.

But his money makes him inextricable from the church; during one of their planning meetings, Balq demands Toller remove “anything political” from the service.

As Toller becomes increasingly driven toward impulsive, desperate action, what begins as an introspective meditation on despair builds to a story practically vibrating

with political rage. But there’s tenderness to the film as well; all that despair can’t exist without hope, and the violence of youthful anger and extremism coexists with moments of startling grace.

The austere photography of cinematographer Alexander Dynan emphasizes the story’s uneasy stillness and bleak, wintry landscapes. Shooting in a tight 1.37:1 aspect ratio, the frame boxes the characters in, creating the sense that there are few alternate paths open to them.

Schrader’s film wears its influences on its sleeve: it shares the basic premise of Ingmar Bergman’s “Winter Light” and a main character that feels like a contemporary version of that in Robert Bresson’s “Diary of a Country Priest.” It’s also got shades of Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” another story written by Schrader, about a lost, angry man searching desperately for a purpose.

“First Reformed” deals honestly with the subject of spirituality, wrestling with metaphysical questions in a way far deeper than typical “faith-based” cinema. Schrader’s more interested in challenging his viewers than in offering the type of inspirational platitudes typically doled out by movies pitched at the “God’s Not Dead” crowd. It’s a bruising experience, one that left even a nonreligious person like me feeling shaken. There’s a sense of existential unease to the film, not easily dismissed after the credits roll.

Film Listings Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave. Wed Jun 6 and Sat Jun 9: Love in the Afternoon. (Billy Wilder, US 1957). Thu Jun 7: Counsellor-at-Law. (William Wyler, US 1933). Fri Jun 8: The Day After. Rochester Premeire. (Geu-hu, Hong Sang-soo, South Korea 2017, DCP, Korean w/ subtitles). Tue Jun 12: Wuthering Heights.

(William Wyler, US 1939). All films 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. 271-4090.

Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. Fri Jun 8: Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon.

Caribbean Film Festival. Free. Mon Jun 11: Color Adjustment. Metro Justice Racial Justice Film Series.. $10. All films 7 p.m. baobabcultural.org.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Sat Jun 9: The Eagle and The Condor: From Standing Rock With Love. 3 p.m. 442-8676.

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JEWELL ENTERPRISES LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 14, 2018. NY office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to the LLC, 146 Crossgates Road, Rochester, NY 14606. General purposes.

DEJOY CHIROPRACTIC PLLC (PLLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 5/8/2018. PLLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS shall mail a copy of any process to 95 Allens Creek Road, Bldg. 1, Ste. 313, Rochester, NY 14618.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.

[ LEGAL NOTICE } Kendricks Tree & Landscaping, LLC (“LLC”) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on May 22, 2018. Office Location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 8 Meadow Cove Road, Pittsford, New York 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ACD Real Estate Holdings, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/20/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Attn: Manager of LLC, 1505 Shoecraft Rd., Penfield, NY 14526. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] AMERICAN AERIAL TREE SERVICE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/19/2018.

Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 2935 Culver Rd., Rochester, NY 14622.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Bonnie Brook Family Foundation, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 4/27/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to 7 Woodcliff Terrace, Fairport, NY 14450. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Compass Evaluation and Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/02/18. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 15 Sandpiper Lane Pittsford NY 14534. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

[ NOTICE ] Emandsee, LLC filed 3/1/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 117 W. Commerical St Po Box 187 E. Rochester NY 14445 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] GRAND OAKS GLN, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 4/12/2018. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS shall mail a copy of any process to 1 Fishers Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Hazel Transmedia Lab, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 5/4/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to 21 Van Cortland Dr., Pittsford, NY 14534.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Ji Xiang Rui, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 5/8/18.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 24 Churchill Dr Rochester, NY 14616 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] LEGAL NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Irondequoit Holdings LLC: LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NYS DOS on January 3, 2018.

The DOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The office of the LLC and address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process shall be 49 Parkmere Rd Rochester, NY 14617 Monroe County.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any business permitted under law. [ NOTICE ] Matthews Enterprising LLC filed SSNY 4/25/18.

Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to Matthew Kaskins

To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com 364 Timothy Ln #11 Ontario NY 14519 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Auberon Group, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/23/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 23 Bending Creek Rd., Apt. 2, Rochester NY 14624 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Gallup LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/18/2018 . Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 644 Gallup Rd, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 214-216 Cypress Street, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/17/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 497 Willow Glen Cir., Simi Valley, CA 93065. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 61-C Monroe Avenue, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/30/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 6685 Camden Hill Drive, Victor, NY 14564. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 674 Ridge Road, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/19/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 674 Ridge Road, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 9 East Street, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/8/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process

served to 9 East Street, LLC, 220 Culver Rd. Apt. 1, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC) C&A Invest Rochester LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 04/30/2018 Office location: County of Orleans Purpose: Any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY ) is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 1525 Monroe Orleans County Line Road, Kendall, NY 14476 [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Albion BTS Retail, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/30/2018.

Office location, County of Orleans. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 14600 Detroit Ave., Ste. 1500, Lakewood, OH 44107. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CALLOWAY’S MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 05/07/18.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 54 Knollbrook Rd Apt 33 Brighton, NY 14610.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CHIMAERA PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 05/07/2018.

Office in Monroe County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CHIMAERA PROPERTIES LLC, C/O THOMAS S. GRAFF, 31 TYNEDALE WAY, NORTH CHILI, NY 14514. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Comfy Art LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/08/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 127 Roslyn St., Rochester, NY, 14619.

Purpose: any lawful activities

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Notice of Formation of CUTTING EDGE EXPERTS, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/12/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 780 N. CLINTON AVE ROCHESTER NY 14605 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of GREEN ZEBRA CATERING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/08/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3 Moss Creek Ct., Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Lou Blu Properties LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 04/23/2018.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 17 Washington Ave Pittsford NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Qazi’s Kitchen, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 05/16/2018.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1289 Calkins Rd. Pittsford, NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of Dream Team17 Properties LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/4/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 296 Genesee Park Blvd. Rochester, Ny 14619 Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Increase Sales Digital, LLC Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) March 13, 2018. Office location. Monroe County.

SNNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 850 St. Paul St, Suite 30, Rochester, NY 14605.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Manuse Services, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/9/18.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 Mill Stream Run, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Rhythm A Hope LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) April 19, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 87 Woodgreen Drive Pittsford NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities including socializing for encouraging charity

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ENEROC Custodial, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/7/18.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 510 Clinton Square Rochester NY 14604 .Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of J R Thomas Enterprises, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/18/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 682 Arnett Blvd., Rochester, NY 14619.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Fit With Melanie, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/2/18.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 14 Autumn Wood, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of KOVAC’S Transport, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/04/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 273 Ford Ave., Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of FLOWER CITY CLARK, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 04/10/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1271 Turk Hill Rd, Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Ladybugs Play, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/30/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 55 Aspen Drive, Rochester, NY 14625 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Flower City Threads, LLC Art of Org. filed with SSNY 3/23/2018 Office Location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 32 Meadowlark Drive, Penfield, Rochester, NY 14526. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL PARK LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 05/10/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 121 LINCOLN AVE; ROCHESTER, NY 14609 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of McWingo Property, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02-16-18.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Harrington Ent., llc, 4078 Flakes Mill Rd, Decatur, GA. 30034 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of NCL AUTO BODY LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) MAY 15, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 1692B LYELL AVENUE, ROCHESTER, NY 14606.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ontario Homes Sales, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/26/2018.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 160 Despatch Dr., East Rochester, NY 14445.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Paychex Holdings, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/30/18. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 911 Panorama Trail South, Rochester, NY 14625, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Rochester Consulting Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/1/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of ROCHESTER THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 46, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Roctricity LLC, Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 5-1-18. Office, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process copy to 758 South Ave. Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RWAC Associates LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) May 9, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of THE PRESCOTT TEAM LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/11/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 530 VOSBURG ROAD, WEBSTER, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Tiver Design LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/29/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 50 State St., Bldg H, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of V.MOLONGO, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) May 8 2018.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3240 Winton Road S. Apt F34, Rochester, NY, 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] QKA Partners LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/30/17. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to 216 Canterbury Rd., Rochester, NY 14607.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] T&T Lawn and Landscaping, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/30/2018.

Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Tina Schuth, 4317 Canal Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. General Purpose. [ NOTICE } Clarington Property LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 4/30/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served

and shall forward service of process to 262 Willowen Drive, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of CTC Cleaning Services, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/18/18.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 682 Arnett Blvd., Rochester, NY 14619.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of K.W. BRODEN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/27/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1346A Pittsford Mendon Road, Mendon, NY 14506. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF AUCTION ] Erie Station Storage, LLC. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction pursuant to New York state lien law section 182 beginning on Monday, June 25th, 2018 @ 11:00am and ending Monday, July 9th, 2018 @ 2:00pm.

The auction will take place online at Bid13. com. All sales are subject to prior claim. The lien holder reserves the right to reschedule or adjourn the auction and reject any/all bids. The personal property described as vacuums and cleaning supplies heretofore stored with the undersigned by Environmental Building Services, LLC Unit #1305. All sales are final.

Cash only. [ NOTICE OF AUCTION ] Erie Station Storage, LLC. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction pursuant to New York state lien law section 182 beginning on Monday, June 25th, 2018 @ 11:00am and ending Monday, July 9th, 2018 @ 2:00pm. The auction will take place online at Bid13.com. All sales are subject to prior claim.

The lien holder reserves the right to reschedule or adjourn the auction and reject any/all bids.

The personal property described as stove and furniture heretofore stored with the undersigned

by Walter Kendrick Unit #225. All sales are final.

Cash only. [ NOTICE OF AUCTION ] Erie Station Storage, LLC. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell

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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com at public auction pursuant to New York state lien law section 182 beginning on Monday, June 25th, 2018 @ 11:00am and ending Monday, July 9th, 2018 @ 2:00pm. The auction will take place online at Bid13.com. All sales are subject to prior claim.

The lien holder reserves the right to reschedule or adjourn the auction and reject any/all bids.

The personal property described as furniture and totes heretofore stored with the undersigned by Jackie Perkins Unit #304.

All sales are final. Cash only. [ Notice of Formation ] 10th Fairway LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 4/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 590 Allens Creek Road, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] 114 South Union Street LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 5/3/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to Craig Jensen, 54 South Union Street, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] CPW Property Holdings LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 4/30/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 37 Richmond Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: DT CULVER HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/10/2018.

Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O DT CULVER HOLDINGS LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: HARRISON STREET BONEYARD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/07/2018.

Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O HARRISON STREET BONEYARD LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose [ Notice of Formation ] Name: TWBC HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/27/2018. Office Location: Monroe County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O TWBC HOLDINGS LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ Notice of Formation ] Name: WAYNE CONSULTANCY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/30/2018. Office Location: Monroe County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O WAYNE CONSULTANCY LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] New York Paralegal SVS LLC filed Arts. of Org. with Sec. of State on 03/19/18. Office Loc: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 93 Chesterfield Drive, Rochester, NY 14612. The purpose of the company is any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Tech Buyers Group LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 5/9/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of

LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 1157 Fairport Road, Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION LLC ] Notice is hereby given that Natural ReLeaf, LLC, a Limited Liability Company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on May 17, 2018. The principal office is located in the County of Monroe, 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 any process against the limited liability company is: 2 Kings Lacey Way, Fairport, New York 14450. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful activity for which a company may be organized under §203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION LLC ] Tapin2art, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 5/23/18 with an effective date of formation of 5/22/18. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 12 Cathworth Circle North, Fairport, New York 14450. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CAVALCADE EVENTS, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Cavalcade Events, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 04/30/2018. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to William Alexander, Esq., One South Clinton Ave., Suite 1000, Rochester, NY 14604. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law.

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILTY COMPANY ] Notice of Formation of 1379 Long Pond Road LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on December 22, 2006.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC at 1379 Long Pond Road, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: Any lawful activities. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILTY COMPANY ] Notice of Formation of Buntsy’s Neighborhood Food & Drink LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on April 18, 2018.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC at 8 Pierce Street, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: Any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of PHAMILIAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/25/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Greg Franklin, 150 Allens Creek Rd., Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency d/b/a Imagine Monroe Powered By COMIDA (the “Agency”) on the 18th day of June, 2018 at 10:30 a.m., local time, in the Barbara Ireland Room at the Chili Public Library, 3333 Chili Avenue, Rochester, New York 14624, in connection with the following matter: 3457 UNION STREET, LLC, a New York limited liability company, or an entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition of a leasehold interest in a portion of an approximately 80-acre parcel of land located at 3457 Union Street in the Town of Chili, New York (the “Land”); (B) the construction thereon of an approximately 300,000 square-foot trucking

and warehouse building (the “Improvements”), and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the “Facility”), to be subleased to C&M Forwarding Company, Inc. (the “Tenant”) for use in its business of arranging transportation of freight and cargo. The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company. The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term the Agency’s leasehold interest will be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the “Financial Assistance”) to the Company in the form of sales and use tax exemptions and a mortgage recording tax exemption, consistent with the policies of the Agency, and a partial real property tax abatement.

The Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, present a copy of the Company’s Application (including the Benefit/Incentive analysis) and hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters. Dated: June 6, 2018 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY D/B/A IMAGINE MONROE POWERED BY COMIDA By: Jeffrey R. Adair, Executive Director [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency d/b/a Imagine Monroe Powered By COMIDA (the “Agency”) on the 19th day of June, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., local time, at the Ebenezer Watts Conference Center, 49 S. Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, New York 14614, in connection with the following matter: BUCKINGHAM PROPERTIES LLC, a New York limited liability company, or

an entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition of a leasehold interest in a portion of an approximately 7.45-acre parcel of land located at 230-250 Alexander Street in the City of Rochester, New York [Tax Map No.: Part of 121.420-0003-058.003] (the “Land”); (B) the construction thereon of an approximately 78,000 square-foot 4-story building with the first floor (approximately 17,000 square feet) to be occupied by Mindex Technologies, Inc. (the “Tenant”) and used as office space and the remaining 3 floors will contain 45 residential units comprised of 15 studio apartments and 33 one-bedroom apartments together with underground parking (collectively, the “Improvements”); and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the “Facility”). The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company. The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term the Agency’s leasehold interest will be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the “Financial Assistance”) to the Company in the form of sales and use tax exemptions and a mortgage recording tax exemption, consistent with the policies of the Agency, and a partial real property tax abatement.

The Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, present a copy of the Company’s Application (including the Benefit/Incentive analysis) and hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters. Dated: June 6, 2018 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY D/B/A IMAGINE MONROE POWERED BY COMIDA By: Jeffrey R. Adair, Executive Director

[NOTICE] Notice of formation of OPTIMIZER SERVICES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/27/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1890 Harris Rd., Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful act [ PUBLICATION NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Double Four Development LLC, its Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on April 25, 2018; the County within New York in which its office is to be located is Monroe; the Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served; the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail the process is 154 Cobblestone Court Drive, #171, Victor, New York 14564; the purpose of its business is to conduct any lawful business under law [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] Index No. 2015002600 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF MONROE U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, -vs- THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF ANDREA J. RIVOLI A/K/A ANDREA RIVOLI, DECEASED, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; THERESA OLCOTT, ANDREA JO HAMMOND, MICHAEL RIVOLI A/K/A MICHAEL J. RIVOLI A/K/A MICHAEL J. RIVOLI, SR., DEBRA DELVECCHIO, JENNIFER RIVOLI, SUSAN CLAWSON, THOMAS RIVOLI, AND MICHELLE RIVOLI, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF ANDREA J. RIVOLI A/K/A ANDREA RIVOLI, DECEASED; WORLDWIDE ASSET PURCHASING LLC ASI CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA; SUMMIT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE CIVIL ENFORCEMENT - REGION 1B; MAIN STREET ACQUISITION CORP.; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 50 DONNA ROAD, ROCHESTER NY 14606 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in

the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action is being amended to include the Heirs at Large of Andrea J. Rivoli a/k/a Andrea Rivoli, deceased, and Theresa Olcott, Andrea Jo Hammond, Michael Rivoli a/k/a Michael J. Rivoli a/k/a Michael J. Rivoli, Sr., Debra Delvecchio, Jennifer Rivoli, Susan Clawson, Thomas Rivoli, and Michelle Rivoli, as possible heirs to the Estate of Andrea J. Rivoli a/k/a Andrea Rivoli, deceased. That this action is also being amended to include Worldwide Asset Purchasing LLC ASI Chase Manhattan Bank, NA, Summit Federal Credit Union, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Civil Enforcement - Region 1B, United States of America, and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance as necessary parties to the action. MONROE County is designated as the place of trial.

The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: March 5, 2018 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 2327400 Section: 103.07 Block: 1 Lot: 1 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of MONROE, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.

TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of HON. J. SCOTT ODORISI, Justice of the SUPREME Court of the State of New York, dated March 14, 2018 and filed along with the supporting papers in the MONROE County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Gates, County of Monroe and State of New York, known as Lot R-44 of the Ruby Gates Subdivision as shown on a map filed in Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 155 of Maps, page 45 on September 25, 1962 SAID Lot No. R-44 is situate on the north side of Donna Road and is of the dimensions as shown on said mao.

Mortgaged Premises: 50 DONNA ROAD, ROCHESTER NY 14606 Tax Map/Parcel ID No.: Section: 103.07 Block: 1 Lot: 1 of the TOWN of GATES, NY 14606

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[ Supplemental Summons ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Monroe County Public Administrator as Administrator C.T.A. for the Estate of Wesley R. Baumbarger, Sr., a/k/a Wesley Baumbarger a/k/a Wesley Ray Baumbarger, Sr. a/k/a Wesley Raymond Baumbarger, Mark Raymond Baumbarger as Specific Devisee in the Last Will and Testament of Wesley R. Baumbarger a/k/a Wesley R. Baumbarger, Sr., if living and if he be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, United States of AmericaInternal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Defendants.

Index #: 1991/2014 Filed: 5/1/2018 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $43,537.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Monroe County Clerk on October 15, 2008, in Book 22047 page 32, covering premises known as 63 Electric Avenue, Rochester, NY 14613.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York April 25, 2018 FRENKEL, LAMBERT, WEISS, WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-068965-F00

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Six baby squirrels in Elkhorn, Nebraska, found themselves in a sticky situation when their tails became tangled in tree sap and knotted together in their nest.

When a man noticed what looked like a six-headed squirrely cluster moving around in a tree, wildlife expert Laura Stastny, executive director of Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, got the call. Stastny told the Omaha World-Herald that her group sees a case like this every year or so. She covered the squirrels with a towel to calm them and then snipped the fur that held them together.

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The owner of a 15,000-square-foot condo on the 45th floor of the swanky Atelier building in Manhattan is offering the 10-bedroom, 11-bathroom property for sale -- for $85 million, according to WNBC. It features the expected appointments -- marble bathrooms, granite kitchen with stainless steel appliances -- but the steep price tag also includes some extras, such as two Rolls-Royce Phantoms, a Lamborghini, courtside season tickets to the Brooklyn Nets, a summer mansion in the Hamptons, a million-dollar yacht, live-in butler service and ... oh yeah, two tickets for a trip to outer space. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 27

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