Reading Buddies

"Reading Buddies" is a new TV series that follows Dusty, Dott, and Alphabott as they explore reading and the skills accompanying it. As Dusty is being taught how to read by his friends, the trio practices letters, sounds, reading words, social skills, physical activity, and so much more! This series is for students in Pre-K through 3rd grade and will give kids the opportunity to become a reading buddy, while also being shown the critical factors involved in vocabulary development and skillful word reading in a fun and exciting way. "Reading Buddies" premieres Monday, Sept. 13, on WCNY.

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PBS KIDS Announces ALMA’S WAY

Kyla Merriman Education and Engagement Coordinator

"Alma’s Way" is a new PBS KIDS animated series from Fred Rogers Productions, created by actor and writer Sonia Manzano- who positively impacted the lives of generations as “Maria” on Sesame Street.

The Engaging modern-day series follows 6-year-old Alma Rivera, a proud, confident Puerto Rican girl who lives in the Bronx with her family among a diverse group of close-knit friends and community members. "Alma’s Way" celebrates and explores the thinking process- Alma’s “way” is to think things through! As she shares her observations and feelings and works through challenges, she speaks directly to young viewers, offering them a window into her everyday life.

"Alma's Way" gives children the power to find their own answers to their problems, express what they think and feel, and recognize and respect the unique perspectives of others. In every episode, "Alma's Way" aims to model self-awareness, responsible decision making, and empathy- encouraging kids to generate and value their own ideas and questions. As she uses "Think Through" moments to stop, listen, and process in the face of a tough decision, Alma reflects and takes action while demonstrating social awareness.

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Ironwood reimagined The Wood shows off renovations at Fall Fest BY ASHLEY M. CASEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR the revitalized property.“We wanted to let the community know that we are a family-friendly place to go,”

Tradition holds that a bride should accessorize herself with something old and something new on her wedding day. For the next crop of B’ville brides, hosting their big day at The Wood would check both of those boxes.“We were trying to keep with the history of the property and the interior,” said Heather Carr, who acquired the former Ironwood Golf Course last fall. “It’s the Ironwood reimagined, to keep that history.”The Wood reopened this past summer under new ownership, and Carr wants the community to get to know the revamped facility at this weekend’s Fall Fest, which takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. “We remodeled the whole inside. It’s a barn from the late 1800s that was a working farm at one point. It has been a golf course since the 1960s,” Carr said. “It’s staying a golf course but now it’s a yearround restaurant/bar.”Carr’s team has added a banquet facility that can hold 50 guests. The banquet tables will be located in what used to be horse stalls.“We wanted to keep the original barn feel,” she said. While The Wood officially reopened June 30, the Fall Fest is an open house for Carr said.The Fall Fest will feature pumpkin decorating, live music, kids’ activities, 1911 hard cider tastings and a bonfire. The Baldwinsville Fire Department will be on hand to assist with the bonfire.The Wood is also reviving an Ironwood tradition.“Ironwood had had a fish fry for years and years that was well attended so people have been asking us to bring that back,” Carr said.While longtime patrons of Ironwood likely are looking forward to the Friday fish fry and hitting the links, Carr’s team has added some new attractions as well, including Rock Bingo Music Trivia on Thursdays.“We quadrupled the attendance from last week,” she said.Cornhole courts have been installed on the premises, and Carr said The Wood is looking into forming leagues next spring or summer. Live music is also on the horizon for Friday nights.Carr said maintaining The Wood’s lega-cy is very important to her.“A lot of the people that come in have been with this place since the ‘60s. There’s a ton of history here. There’s a lot of ‘I learned to golf here with my father, who learned to golf here with his father,’” she PENNYSAVER ................9 REGIONAL EVENTS .......4 SPORTS .......................14 The Baldwinsville Messenger is published weekly by Eagle News. Office of Publication: 2501 James St., Suite 100, Syracuse, NY 13206. Periodical Postage Paid at Syracuse, NY 13220, USPS 340480. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to Baldwinsville Messenger, 2501 James St., Suite 100, Syracuse, NY 13206. said. “People were very afraid that this was going to get taken down and made into housing developments like a lot of other places around here. We were willing to put money in it and give it new life.”

SUBMITTED PHOTOS The new owners of The Wood, formerly Ironwood Golf Course, have renovated the facilities but kept the air of history about the property. The Wood is hosting a Fall Fest this Saturday, Oct. 12. BY JASON GABAK EDITOR

There is more to being a team than just working together on the field, court or ice. A team can transcend the game and help the individuals form bonds and memories which will last a lifetime. The Wood is located at 7439 Canton St. in Baldwinsville. For more information, call 315-635-9826 or visit TheWoodBville. com or facebook.com/thewoodbville. That was the case on Sept. 15 when members of the 1962 Southern Division Football Championship Lakers gathered with their coach Dave Appelhof for a special celebration.“It was something really special,” Bud Evans, a member of the team, said. “That team, we were all part of something really special, that group of players. It was wonderful for everyone to get together.” Evans said some members of the team still live locally, while others traveled from Georgia, Iowa, Virginia and in Appelhof’s case from Minnesota. According to Evans the gathering was initiated by Appelhof, who was back at his alma mater, Syracuse University. On Sept. 14, Appelhof and other members of Syracuse’s 1959 National Championship football team gathered to celebrate the 60th anniversary of their memorable team. Appelhof was a center for the ’59 Orangemen under Coach Ben Scwartzwalder. Syracuse would go undefeated and untied that year and were voted the number one team in the country after beating the University of Texas in the Cotton Bowl

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SPORTS NEWS: Skaneateles edges Marcellus for sectional tennis title. CALENDAR...................58 EDITORIAL .....................4 PAGE 15 OBITUARIES ..................8

BUSINESS NEWS: Crouse Medical Practice opens in Camillus.

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Members of ’62 Lakers football team gather

Skaneateles ranked sixth best school district in Upstate New York Last month, when “Business First” — a Buffalo-based business newspaper — released its 2019 academic rankings of Upstate New York’s public school districts, Skaneateles was ranked among the top 10 school districts according to the publication. This year, after analyzing the academic records of 431 Upstate districts, the magazine ranked Skaneateles sixth overall. The rankings were based on a broad spectrum of data from the New York State Education Department. Each district’s rank reflects the collective performance of its elementary, middle and high schools from 2015 to 2018. The top 10 school systems from one to 10 this year were Pittsford, FayettevilleManlius, Honeoye Falls-Lima, Cazenovia, Bethlehem, Skaneateles, Brighton, Penfield, East Aurora and Williamsville. Each of the top 10 districts ranked seventh or better in at least one of the subject areas analyzed (English, mathematics, science and social studies) and had advanced diploma rates higher than 62 percent — compared to the Upstate New York average of 43 percent. Eight of the top 10 districts posted rates above 70 percent. In addition, the rankings criteria looked BY JASON GABAK EDITOR DOUG CLARK  PAGE 9 SUBMITTED PHOTO Doug Clark, founder of Doug’s Fish Fry passed Sept. 27. He is fondly remembered. As the Village of Skaneateles has worked through a major water system project, Mayor Marty Hubbard informed the board in August that it was discovered the sanitary sewer in the area of East Lake Street needed attention. Hubbard reported that there was a need to replace the sewer line as well as the water mains and storm sewers along East Lake Street.Since making this announcement, the board has considered options and made plans to continue working with Villager, the contractor currently working on the water mains. Hubbard said this company has done an excellent job on the work throughout the village. The sewer replacement would be limited to East Lake Street Hubbard said in August and said there were a number of logistical issues to be worked out as service would need to be maintained throughout the replacement. “We have to meet our obligations,” Hubbard said. He also noted the sewer line is the deepest piece of infrastructure and it is because this infastructure is in poor condition that replacement is necessary. Hubbard said engineering plans need to be created, but in August he estimated the cost of this work could be about $600,000 due to the nature and complicated extent of the work. “It is a significant amount of work,” Hubbard said. Tentatively Hubbard said this is work that wouldn’t be completed until April or May of 2020 as it will require digging that is difficult during the cold winter months. “It will not be completed this year,” Hubbard said. Thursday night the board went through the state environmental quality review with Village Attorney Jordan Pavlus, who said this was considered a type two action for SEWER  PAGE 5 SUBMITTED PHOTOS ABOVE: Coach Dave Appelhof with SU and Skaneateles helmets on the deck of his Minnesota home. LEFT: The 1962 team, and members of the Lakers football team who gathered Sept. 15 by Skaneateles Lake. ’62 LAKERS  PAGE 9 at academic records, administrative efficiency, cost-effectiveness, standard of living for students and teacher experience. According to its website, Business First began releasing yearly performance ratings for schools in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area in 1992. In 2010, the newspaper added rankings for the Rochester Area. These regional endeavors inspired the 2011 launch DISTRICT  PAGE 5

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Table for zero (waste) Sustainability dinner planned at Chuck Hafner’s 2019 C-NS graduate awarded Lead with Languages scholarship Lexie Hnatiw, a 2019 graduate of Cicero-North Syracuse High School, has always known that she wanted to teach. “For years I’ve said how I’m going to teach my own kids and shape their futures for the better,” she said. When she was exposed to the French language though, she fell in love and teaching her passion to others became her goal. “The language is beautiful and I want others to experience all that French has to offer,” Hnatiw said. “Throughout my years in high school I’ve formed such a passion for the language, the culture, the art, and of course the food! I learned as much as I could about the country and realized that I want to spread my love and knowledge for such a beautiful place to others who may share a similar interest. What better way to do that than to teach the subject itself?” When Hnatiw was notified this past summer that she would be receiving a Lead with Languages teacher scholarship, she was thrilled. Hnatiw is one of only 10 students nationwide to receive the scholarship through the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).This is the first year that the scholarship has been presented to graduating high school seniors going on to pursue the teaching profession in a foreign language. Hnatiw is currently attending SUNY Geneseo and is working towards her degree in French education. She will receive a $1,500 scholarship each of the four years that she is at Geneseo and upon graduation, she will also receive a one-year membership to the ACTFL.Hnatiw was one of five C-NS students to be surprised by SUNY Geneseo representatives and the school’s mascot this past December, when they came to C-NS to present the students with letters of early acceptance. She also won a local scholarship through LECNY – Language Educators of Central New York – this past spring. When Hnatiw’s former C-NS teacher, Jessica Keanne, learned that Hnatiw would be receiving the scholarship, she said, “To say that I am proud of Lexie is a gross understatement. I know that she will become a wonderful French teacher and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for her.” Hnatiw has spent her first few weeks at college adjusting to new teaching styles and thinking about the teacher she wants to become. “I definitely want to incorporate the ways both my French teachers at the C-NS teach because I found it very inclusive and easy to understand when dealing with a foreign language,” she said. “French can be tricky to deal with, but creating small limericks and songs to memorize has been a huge help. It may seem silly at first, but then you catch yourself humming the tunes during an exam and it all comes together.”Being in a new environment has given Hnatiw a chance to reflex on and appreciate her former teachers. “I want my kids to feel that they can approach me, to not be afraid to ask for help when it’s needed,” she said. “Forming bonds with the students in my opinion is crucial because they then create their own drive to either prove to themselves they can do it, or maybe even to prove to me that they understand the material given. I can only hope to become even half the teacher that the faculty at C-NS are, they set the bar pretty

A TOUGH CHASE

Cicero-North Syracuse defenders, including Vincent Pisa and Da-Ron Brown (26), chase Utica Proctor’s Taesean Cooper in Friday night’s game. The Raiders defeated the Northstars 32-0.

BY ASHLEY M. CASEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR Parents throughout the ages have admonished their children about cleaning their plates. Now, science from the United States Department of Agriculture backs them up. According to the USDA, between 30% and 40% of the food produced in this country goes to waste, while one in eight New Yorkers faces food insecurity. In order to spread the word about food waste, Syracuse University’s Center for Sustainable Community Solutions is partnering with “eat local” advocates LoFo and Farm to Fork 101 to host a dinner Oct. 28 at Chuck Hafner’s Farmers Market and Garden Center in North Syracuse. The zero-waste dinner — served on reusable tableware — uses gleaned produce from local farms.“Even though this is probably not the prettiest-looking produce … we wanted to convey the value of that food still,” said Jesse Kerns, program coordinator with SU-CSCS. SUBMITTED PHOTO Lexie Hnatiw, a 2019 graduate of Cicero-North Syracuse High School, was recently awarded a Lead with Languages teacher

scholarship.

high but I will do everything in my power to make them proud.”

SU-CSCS is funded by grants from the USDA and the Environmental Protection Agency.“Half of our team works on water-related resources — stormwater, drinking water — and my team works on material sustainability,” Kerns said. “[We] take what we previously thought was waste and find a new use for it.” Using a grant from the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, SU-CSCS decided to create an event to draw attention to the issue of wasted food. Kerns said much of the center’s outreach is conducted via social media, but a community dinner provides the opportunity for “more meaningful interactions with 50 to 100 people.”Area chefs will create a five-course meal with locally sourced produce.“Each chef has partnered up with a different local farm. The chef and/or the farmer will be able to talk about how they made the dish,” Kerns said.The chefs will “draw attention to the lessused parts of produce,” Kerns said. For exam-

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HAL HENTY Whatever the Liverpool and CiceroNorth Syracuse football teams had in mind for their respective regular-season finales, it sure did not involve getting kept off the scoreboard.The Warriors saw its dreams of an undefeated regular season dashed at Corning in a 28-0 defeat to the Hawks, while the Northstars’ hopes of getting a share of the Class AA-2 regular-season title dissolved in a flurry of fumbles in a 32-0 loss to Utica Proctor at Bragman Stadium. In particular, the C-NS defeat hurt because, instead of a top Section III playoff seed, the Northstars find itself locked into the same half of the bracket as Liverpool, the two lined up to meet in the semifinals if both win their respective FOOTBALL  PAGE 14 Home of The Thompson Family Week of Oct. 30, 2019 CHRIS JOHNSON, WEEATCNY Syracuse University’s Center for Sustainable Community Solutions is partnering with “eat local” advocates LoFo and Farm to Fork 101 to host a dinner Oct. 28 at Chuck Hafner’s Farmers Market and Garden Center in North Syracuse. The zero-waste dinner — served on reusable tableware — uses gleaned produce from local farms. of Central New York and will highlight the importance of the Food Bank and other local ple, carrot tops can be used in place of parsley or to make chimichurri or pesto.The dinner will feature a short talk about ways people can reduce food waste in their own homes. In-depth information will be available at each table.“We’ll give them a quick primer at the beginning of the night,” Kerns said.Kerns said about 40% of food waste occurs in the home.“That’s not just a nutritional loss. That’s all that agricultural land, water, pesticides — all that is lost when we throw food away,” he said. One chef is an employee of the Food Bank food pantries.“We have so much produce and we’re throwing a ton of it away, but food insecurity is such a big problem locally,” Kerns said Kerns said the dinner is a zero-waste event. “We’re planning not to have any trash cans whatsoever. We’re going to encourage attendees to bring a reusable container [for leftovers],” he said. “Any plate scraps will be composted and won’t be sent to the incinerator.”Loving Local, Wasting Less: A Zero Waste Community Dinner takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, at Chuck Hafner’s Farmers Market and Garden Center, located at 7265 Buckley Road in North Syracuse. Tickets are $40 per person and are available at farmtofork101.com/dinners. VOLUME 211, NUMBER 44

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BUSINESS NEWS: Sale of Empire Farm Brewery to Feldmeier Equipment approved.

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On Oct. 22, the League of Women Voters of Cazenovia held a candidate forum at the Cazenovia Public Library to introduce voters to the candidates in the contested election and discuss a number of isses facing the community.

Incumbent Town Supervisor Bill Zupan is running unopposed.

Three candidates — incumbent Jimmy Golub (Democrat), Timothy Hunt (Republican) and Kyle Reger (Republican) — are running for the two board seats. The future of the Cazenovia Wastewater Treatment Plant Timothy Hunt Hunt provided an overview of the history of the plant, noting that the town took over the facility from the county about three or four years ago to ensure that it was properly managed and maintained and that it could handle the growth of the community. Hunt also noted that the town brought in Jim Cunningham, an outside contractor, to operate the plant.

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Hunt said. “In [bringing him in] we found some additional capacity and we found some ways to operate [the plant] that allowed us to hopefully extend the lifespan of that facility. Obviously, there is always capital planning going on to make sure that we can replace it when the time comes.” Jimmy Golub Golub added to Hunt’s overview, saying the town’s takeover of the facility had no impact on residents, in terms of taxes. He also said while Cunningham has done “an amazing job” keeping the plant going, the 50year-old facility probably was not

designed to last as long as it has. “One of these days we are going to have to do something,” he said. “I don’t think this is going to happen in this term, but I think over the next ten years or so we are going to have to do something to replace this facility.” Kyle Reger Reger said because the town is such an attractive place to live, he believes it will continue to grow. As a result, he said, it is important to be forward thinking with respect to the impact of such growth on the existing infrastructure.

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BY KATE HILL STAFF WRITER Cazenovia Welcomes Refugees (CWR) is a community-based initiative dedicated to working with newly resettled refugees as they integrate into American life. The organization also engages with Cazenovia residents to foster a welcoming environment for refugees to live, work and attend school.

On Saturday, Oct. 26, CWR presented an League of Women Voters hosts Caz candidate forum KATE HILL On Oct. 22, the League of Women Voters of Cazenovia held a candidate forum at the Cazenovia Public Library to introduce voters to the three candidates — Jimmy Golub, Timothy Hunt and Kyle Reger — running for two seats on the town board. have to bring in the experts from that field to really … have a true understanding of all the different angles and options,” he said. “That way, we can all make the best decisions moving forward … It’s important that we keep an eye on [the facility] and plan for [the future].”

Party politics in town government Golub

“It doesn’t even cross my mind that [Councilor Race] is a Republican,” he said. “If we were to have a discussion on national CANDIDATES  PAGE 7 BOARD  PAGE 11

‘EXTENDING THE TABLE’

Annual fundraising dinner supports refugee resettlement KATE HILL On Saturday, Oct. 26, Cazenovia Welcomes Refugees (CWR) presented its third annual “Extending the Table” dinner to raise funds and awareness for refugee resettlement. Chef Ngoc Huynh (pictured), a Vietnamese refugee who lives in Syracuse, prepared the meal. “Extending the Table” community building dinner at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Cazenovia to raise funds and awareness for refugee resettlement.This year’s menu — prepared by Chef Ngoc Huynh, a Vietnamese refugee who lives in Syracuse with her husband and son — featured taro egg rolls; fresh papaya and spaghetti squash salad; mung bean noodles with tofu and vegetables; lemongrass coconut DINNER  PAGE 2 KATE HILL Pictured from left are Chef Ngoc Huynh and CWR Co-facilitator Cindy Sutton.

A1 Zoning board considers Caz Carwash TOWN OF CAZENOVIA BY KATE HILL STAFF WRITER On Oct. 28, the Town of Cazenovia Zoning Board of Appeals heard the preliminary plan for the proposed Caz Carwash, LLC at 2567 Route 20 East. Home of The Cassidy Family Week of Nov. 6, 2019 The project’s architect, Jim Hagan of Hagan Architects P.C., and Donald Ballway — one of the three special use permit applicants — delivered the presentation. The property, which is currently zoned as Rural B, is located on the north side of Route 20, just east of Red Barn 20. An early sketch plan was presented to the board at a previous meeting. The most recent plan includes several revisions based on the board’s feedback. According to Hagan, the proposed building now features four carwash bays — two touchless, automatic bays and two self-serve bays — as well as a self-serve pet wash room, a mechanical room, a utility room and a storage area. As proposed, the building would be set back 152 feet from the street line and a little over 100 feet from the property lines on either side. According to the presentation, vehicles would enter the driveway from Route 20; make a right turn; loop around to the carwash entrance (the east side of the building); exit out the west side of the building; and proceed straight back to Route 20 or to the vacuum facilities on the way out. “What we have done here, unlike the earlier plan, is that we’ve created a counter-clockwise circulation ... in doing that we avoid conflicts with cars entering and exiting the building in this area,” Hagan said. According to Hagan, the entrance drive will widen out into four lanes as it approaches the carwash entrance, so that each bay will have its own lane for stacking and the building will have a couple of parking spaces on the west side for access to the pet wash area. The current plan also includes a “drive-around lane” on the north side of the building that would allow service and emergency vehicles to travel all the way around the facility without going through the carwash. Another addition to the plan is a lawn area between the building and Route 20. “In the previous plan, that area in front of the building was all going to be pavement,” Hagan said. “That lawn area will be maintained and will be used for part of the storm drainage [mitigation system].” Hagan said the project’s engineer is working on the storm drainage system, but that he has yet to complete his full drainage study. Once completed, the report will be submitted, along with the stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP), requested by Town Engineer VOLUME 133, NUMBER 45

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Gage Center hosts women’s rights conference

BY JASON KLAIBER STAFF WRITER The first part of a two-day women’s rights conference was held on Friday, Nov. 1 at the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center for Social Justice in Fayetteville last week.Kicking off “Women’s Rights and Justice in New York State: Past and Present,” the event welcomed attendees to tour the museum space dedicated to its namesake abolitionist and women’s rights advocate.

JASON KLAIBER The Matilda Joslyn Gage Center in Fayetteville opened its doors on Nov. 1 for the first part of a women’s rights conference. Attendees discussed historical perspectives, current concerns and the upcoming centennial of the adoption of the 19th amendment, which prohibited the denial of the right to vote in the United States on the basis of sex.The conference gave those in attendance the opportunity to talk and discuss a number of issues such as freedom of religion and the idea of elected officials like presidents publicly living out their faith and in some cases making political decisions inspired by their religious beliefs.

BY PHIL BLACKWELL When the Fayetteville-Manlius girls soccer team stormed its way to the Section III Class AA championRIGHTS  PAGE 12

ship a season ago, it marked the end of a 22-year quest to get back to the top, and caught many by surprise. But when the Hornets repeated as sectional champions last Saturday by defeating West Genesee 3-0 at Liverpool High School Stadium, it was far less surprising – but still quite satisfying.

A1 ON TOP AGAINF-M, J-D girls soccer repeat as champs VILLAGE OF EAST SYRACUSE Public hearings on Masonic Lodge, Byrne Dairy set Board discusses ‘community cat’ code, upcoming events BY JASON KLAIBER STAFF WRITER

HAL HENTY Fayetteville-Manlius girls soccer players celebrate a second consecutive Section III Class AA championship, earned last Saturday when it defeated West Genesee 3-0 at Liverpool High School Stadium. F-M girls soccer repeat as AA sectional champions When the East Syracuse Village Board met on Monday, Nov. 4, the future of several projects as well as “community cats” were at the top of the agenda. For the first order of business the board scheduled a public hearing, to take place on Monday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the village hall at 204 North Center St., which will pertain to the establishment of a new Byrne Dairy convenience store on West Manlius Street. The 1.42 acre site would be created from a vacant neighboring lot purchased in 2000, the existing Byrne Dairy on the street and space purchased from next-door beauty salon Cliptomania.The salon at 314 West Manlius St. will stay standing as is and remain in service during and after the project reaches its planned completion sometime next year. The same night of the public hearing on the Byrne Dairy project, the village will hold a public hearing on the rezoning of 108 Silver St., the address of a building F-M GIRLS  PAGE 9 BY PHIL BLACKWELL Gathering for what’s turned into an annual rite of holding up the Section III Class A championship banner, the Jamesville-DeWitt girls soccer team held up index fingers, like so many others do when a title is accomplished.The difference was that both right and left hands were used as those fingers pointed skyward and the players smiled for family and friends, having achieved something rare in area high school sports annals.When the Red Rams put away Central Square 3-0 last Friday J-D girls soccer wins 11th straight sectional Class A title PHIL BLACKWELL The Jamesville-DeWitt girls soccer team won its 11th championship last Friday. J-D GIRLS  PAGE 9 SUBMITTED PHOTO The Manlius Police Department will receive a grant that will cover in-car computers, wireless communication and mounting equipment. POLICE  PAGE 3 DeWitt adopts budget Reflects a 1.84% tax rate increase BY JASON KLAIBER STAFF WRITER The Town of DeWitt adopted its final budget for the 2020 calendar year on Nov. 4 during a “special meeting.”During the public hearing, no community members, other than the town officials and employees were in attendance.Town Supervisor Ed Michalenko said no changes had been made between Oct. 28 and the time the final budget reached its approval at this week’s meeting.On Oct. 28, the preliminary budget was discussed in an open-tothe-public informational meeting. The same day, the layout of the preliminary budget had been filed and released to the public through a post on the town’s website.“It’s not uncommon that we haven’t heard from anybody, because there’s no drastic changes,” Michalenko said. “If you had a big increase, that’s when people come in.”For 2019, the town maintained a tax rate of $4.88 per $1,000 of assessed value. For this upcoming year, the tax rate will be $4.97 per $1,000, a 1.84% increase. The preliminary budget can be read online in full on the town’s website, townofdewitt.com, under the tab “Budget and Links” after clicking on the “Comptroller” tab on the right side on the home page.Michalenko said the town has paid off its lighting and water districts over the last decade and has achieved the top bond rating possible.The town will also remain within Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s tax cap for the 12th year in a row.Michalenko said that since 2007 the annual average increase in the town’s budget has been less than 1.5%.“I think the town is in a very healthy financial position,” Michalenko said. “We’ve done everything we can to keep our growth in check and our budgets sound.”According to Michalenko, the process to organize the budget starts moving around May or June. The town’s budget committee meets with each of the town’s departments to put together and later review individual budgets through a series of meetings.The tentative overall budget was drafted in September before moving to the preliminary budget and then the final adopted budget. The town’s budget committee comprises Michalenko, Town Clerk and Tax Receiver Angela Epolito, Comptroller Kerrie Fusco, Police Captain Chase Bilodeau and Town Councilors Kerry Mannion and Sam Young.

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