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The NY Eagle News | January 22, 2015
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Serving Avon, Bath, Canandaigua, Cohocton, Dansville, Geneseo, Hammondsport, Honeoye, Lakeville, Livonia, Mt. Morris, Naples, Penn Yan, Prattsburgh, Rushville, Wayland and Neighboring Communities
A Jogger Saved His Life; Six Years Later, the
Columnist Got to Repay Him
By Mike Wise
The New York Eagle News/The Washington Post
B
efore their big day began, I kept telling myself the same thing,
over and over. It's not about you, it's about them. It's their moment. You need to be in control of your words and emotions at all
times. You can't lose it.
We had assembled before about 120 of their closest family and friends
in front of the Havana-themed back room of a historic restaurant with
its verdant tropical garden. On the Saturday before Labor Day in the
Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, it was the radiant young bride,
the handsome young groom with the jet-black thatch and beard and . . .
me, the middle-aged bald minister who would marry them.
Oh, and the couple's cat/first child stood sentry in the background in
the form of an 8-by-10 framed picture, unofficially presiding over the
ceremony.
"Hi, Sal Cat," I said, addressing the photo in the welcome.
Alexandra Marie Squitieri and Jason Daniel Coates laughed. If they
were nervous, they didn't show it. Next to me, in point of fact, they were
remarkably calm. From my first words, I was afraid I would begin crying.
"When Jason and Alex first asked me to perform their wedding, my
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Mike Wise, right, at the C&O Canal in Washington, D.C., with Jason Coates, who rescued Wise in January 2008 after Wise plunged into the frozen
canal to save his dog, Looly. (Photo for The Washington Post by Andre Chung.)
It's No Puzzle Why
'Escape Room'
Adventures Are
Becoming So Popular
By Jessica Contrera
The New York Eagle News/
The Washington Post
Y
now there's another message
on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
You're you, trapped in a D.C.
defector and the authorities
are coming and time is running out and —
"Do you want a hint?"
ou're
India n a
Jones in the
map room, positioning
the
Staff of Ra to
reveal the secret
location you've
been
searching for. You're
Harry
Potter
in the TriWizard
Tournament, and you
must solve the
sphinx's riddle
in order to pass.
You're the star (L-r) Eric Arnold, Cassie Young, Jen Lee and Matt Leedham work together to figure out a riddle on one
of
"National of the clues in the room at Escape Room Live D.C. in Washington, D.C. The new attraction has teams of
Treasure," and two to 12 people working together, searching for clues, cracking codes and solving puzzles to escape a
locked room within 45 minutes. (Washington Post photo by Katherine Frey.)
you've
just
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found the red and blue glass- basement, frantically searches in the hidden brick, and ing for clues to root out the spy
ESCAPE PAGE 2
Holder Limits SeizedAsset Sharing That
Split Billions With
Local, State Police
By Robert O'Harrow
Jr., Sari Horwitz and
Steven Rich
The Washington Post
A
ttorney General Eric
Holder on Friday
barred local and state
police from using federal law
to seize cash, cars and other
property without proving that
a crime occurred.
Holder's action represents
the most sweeping check on
police power to confiscate personal property since the seizures began three decades ago
as part of the war on drugs.
Since 2008, thousands of local and state police agencies
have made more than 55,000
seizures of cash and property
worth $3 billion under a civil
asset forfeiture program at the
Justice Department called Equitable Sharing.
Mandrel Stuart talks with Ian Boden, owner of The Shack in Staunton, Va. Stuart
formerly owned the restaurant but lost it after having a large sum of money
confiscated by Fairfax police. Stuart recently won a court case giving him back the
$17,550 that was confiscated by Fairfax police. Stuart ended up losing his restaurant,
The Smoking Rooster. (Photo for The Washington Post by Norm Shafer)
The program has enabled
local and state police to make
seizures and then have them
"adopted" by federal agencies,
which share in the proceeds.
It allowed police departments
and drug task forces to keep
up to 80 percent of the proceeds of the adopted seizures,
with the rest going to federal
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Regional
Eternity Rings True
Article Submitted
The New York Eagle News
L
illian Schoonover is 96 years
young, born in 1918. She is
a World War II Veteran and
served as a U.S. Navy Lieutenant
Commander and resides at the Community Living Center at the Bath VA
Medical Center. Her husband Robert
lives nearby in Corning, NY. Lillian
and Robert have been married for 61
years and on December 20, 2014 they
renewed their wedding vows at the
Bath VA Medical Center.
Lillian had lost her wedding ring
years ago and Robert bought her a
new one along with a bouquet of
flowers to celebrate the occasion. Lillian and Robert are both from Austinburg, Pennsylvania. Attending the
ceremony from Pennsylvania was
their Minister David Brelo (a nephew
of the couple) who performed the
renewal of the wedding vows, Bob’s
ESCAPE FROM COVER
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The voice comes through the loudspeaker in the corner of the room,
and you're shaken from the adrenaline-fueled mission that had you
feeling like an adventure movie hero.
Then you remember you're in a setup.
That you paid for.
The name of the game is "Escape
Room" — a literal description for
a complicated endeavor. A team of
people sign up to be locked in a room,
and they must find clues and solve
puzzles to complete a given mission
and find the key to escape.
After taking off in Asia, Western
Europe and the West Coast, these attractions are popping up across the
country. In the D.C. area, one opened
in College Park, Maryland, in May,
another that opened in Washington
in October is already expanding, and
a branch of a New York City room
Noyes Health
Auxiliary Revisits
Tradition
Article Submitted
T
Lillian Schoonover and her husband Robert renew their wedding vows on December 20, 2014, their
61st wedding anniversary. (Photo provided)
brother Leon and the couple’s two
friends, who acted as their witnesses
and who also bring Robert every
week to visit with Lillian. ■
drink.
Overall,
Escape
Room Live D.C.
doesn't
feel
claustrophobic and creepy,
as one might
expect from a
basement adventure.
The
vibe is meant to
be fun and cozy
— as cozy as beSeveral items need to be unlocked and figuring out the code is part of the fun
ing
locked in a
at Escape Room Live D.C. in Washington, D.C. (Washington Post photo
by Katherine Frey.)
room can be.
Here's how it
Connecticut Avenue. The room is works: A group ranging from two to
packed with trendy, Pinterest-esque 12 people is briefed with the story
decor — chevron walls, barn wood, line by the "gamemaster." They are
chalkboard art — a nod to the 20- spies breaking into the office of one
to 30-something age group that es- of their co-workers, who is believed
cape rooms hope to attract. The spy to be leaking information to the entheme is throughout, with accents of emy. Tomorrow, this evil spy is going
mustaches, maps and fedoras. The to drop off information in a secret
he Noyes Health Auxiliary
and the Spice Box Gift Shop is
reinstituting the tradition of
presenting a gift to each infant born
at Noyes Health.
Sue Mettler, Spice Box manager
said, “When my children were born
here at Noyes Health they each received a gift from the Auxiliary. It was
a nice tradition that I would like to
revisit.” Sue has ordered piggy banks,
with a pink ribbon for girls and a blue
ribbon for boys, to be distributed to
all infants born at the hospital’s birthing center this coming year.
The Noyes Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, which began in 1952 as a small
group of local women, is now a group
of over 120 dedicated volunteers
from Dansville and the surrounding
communities whose primary goal is
Spice Box and Auxiliary Volunteer, Mary Hoad, Spice Box Gift shop and Coffee Bar Manager, Sue Mettler
and Spice Box Volunteer and Auxiliary President, Geraldine Long. (Photo provided)
room, they will trip the security system. The door locks behind them and
Escape Room Live D.C. challenges teams of two to 12 to work together, search for clues, crack codes and solve puzzles to escape a locked room within 45 minutes. (Washington Post photo by Katherine Frey.)
escape is set to open in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood in late February.
It could be just a fad. Or, in a world
where screens are the constant source
of entertainment, it could be just the
kind of shake-up people want.
The escape room adventure at Escape Room Live D.C. starts with a
descent into what was once a basement office, behind a Starbucks on
soundtrack sounds like it should be
playing while James Bond orders a
location in the city. The mission is to
find out where. But as they enter the
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to conduct fundraising projects and
donate the proceeds to Noyes Health.
The biggest source of revenue is the
Spice Box Gift Shop and Coffee Bar
located in the hospital lobby. The Gift
Shop began in 1962 as a cabinet with
items to purchase in the main lobby
of the “old” hospital and is now a full
service shop with dedicated space in
the hospital lobby, carrying unique
gift items, jewelry and fresh flowers,
with a coffee bar open to the public.
The Auxiliary has sponsored and
donated to many of the hospital’s
improvement projects throughout
the years and is the second largest
donor to the Mary Saunders Beiermann Emergency Department which
opened in June of this year.
For more information on the Spice
Box, how to volunteer or make a donation please contact Sue Mettler,
Manager at 585-335-4288 or smettler@noyes-hospital.org . ■
they have 45 minutes to find the key
before being "caught."
The timer is set, the rules (no break-
ing stuff, there are no clues inside the
electrical outlets, etc.) are recited, the
door is shut, and then, it's go time.
The room (more chevron here) appears at first glance like a well-decorated office. Then, the group tears
it apart, looking for clues. There are
locked suitcases — where to find
the combination? Books — will one
contain a hidden message? Broken
clocks — should you pay attention
to the time it's stopped on? Mugs,
flashlights,
magnets,
paintings,
vases, sticky notes, watches, trench
coats, wigs, compasses, lamps, board
games, playing cards. And in them
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Town of Richmond
Passes Stormwater
Management Law
Staff Report
T
he Richmond Town Board
unanimously approved, at
their Jan. 13 meeting, a new
local law regulating site preparation
and excavation in the Honeoye Lake
watershed -- an ordinance designed
to protect both the health of the lake,
and the investment of local property
owners.
“The over-arching aim of this local
law is to prevent any further harm to
our crown jewel from run-off, which
can lead to algae blooms and residential flooding,” said Councilmember
Steve Barnhoorn, who led the passage of the new law.
The new ordinance requires developers to submit Town Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
(TSWPPP) that comply to state standards before receiving approval to
prepare sites of 5,000 square feet or
greater. Plans also need to be submitted by landowners who are disturbing
more than 5,000 square feet of soil; or
by anyone developing land within 100
feet of the mean high-water mark of
Honeoye Lake. Agricultural activities,
home gardening, construction of single-family driveways, routine maintenance, and the installation, repair
or replacement of aboveground and
underground utilities such as public
water, private wells, sewer, natural
gas, telephone, electric and cable are
exempt.
Barnhoorn, who leads the Town of
Richmond’s Code Reform Committee, and represents the town on the
Honeoye Lake Watershed Task Force,
said that the new law fills a gap in local code.
“Of all the Finger Lakes municipalities, we did not have a local law in
place to effectively address stormwater management,” he said. “Last year’s
severe storm events made it abundantly clear that future development
needs to be done in a way that protects town infrastructure, Honeoye
Lake and those that enjoy the lake.”
Barnhoorn also noted that both
Richmond’s Comprehensive Plan, adopted in 2004, and the Honeoye Lake
Watershed Management Plan, adopted in 2007, call for land use regulations to address stormwater management and soil erosion.
From research to vetting, the new
ordinance took about two years to
complete. Guidance was provided by
the town’s Code Reform Committee
– made up of Planning Board member Len Wildman, Zoning Board
member Larry Coon, Code Enforcement Officer Spencer Shumway, and
Town Board member Randy Walker
– as well as Honeoye Lake Watershed
Task Force members Terry and Dorothy Gronwall. The draft law was also
reviewed by the town’s legal counsel,
the Ontario County Planning Department, the Genesee Valley-Finger
Lakes Planning Council and the On-
Steuben County News
Information Provided
Steuben County RSVP
Celebrates MLK Day
Phyllis Lewis recalls the first time
she volunteered as a “bus buddy” –
helping people unlock often-confusing bus schedules in order to shop,
work, or access services.
“I was so excited,” said Lewis, a
Steuben County RSVP volunteer
since the summer of 2014. Lewis recently escorted a dozen people on a
Christmas shopping trip, answering
questions about routes and times, and
singing carols on the trip back.
“My hope is they feel safe enough to
take the bus when they need to. But
it was so much fun for me!” she said.
Lewis is among the growing number of people over the age of 55 finding purpose, satisfaction and fun volunteering in their community.
“And it is important, for me as a
black woman, to be a volunteer,” she
said. “To show I can help others. That
I am an active member of my community.”
Volunteering was the essential element of the nationwide Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day of Service held
Monday, and sponsored by the Corporation for National & Community
Service.
The event’s slogan, “Make it a day
on, not a day off,” is designed to honor King’s memory by enlisting more
volunteers of all color.
“Volunteering gives me back much
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more than I give,” Lewis said.
“My spirit is uplifted with
kindness and love, and an
abundance of things. And it’s
fun.”
- For more information on
Corporation for National &
Community Service’s Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, or to volunteer for Steuben County RSVP programs,
call 664-2298 or go to www.
steubencony.org/RSVP
RSVP (Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program) has been
serving the residents of Steuben County for more than 40
years. RSVP promotes the
Phyllis Lewis, a Steuben County RSVP volunteer. (Photo
Credit: Steuben County RSVP)
concept of productive aging,
Rusak, Director of Employment
providing individuals, age
55 and older, with meaningful work, and Training at Pro Action of Steuwhile using them as community build- ben & Yates Inc., will receive the 22nd
ers. RSVP seniors, through a wide vari- annual “Youth Service Worker of the
ety of volunteer opportunities, provide Year Award.” Rusak is active in varisignificant cost savings to agencies and ous programs under her direction, inmunicipalities, and make a significant cluding the YES Careers and Summer
impact on critical community needs. Youth Employment programs.
“It is clear that Amey always has the
RSVP now has more than 500 volunteers, dedicating more than 100,000 best interest of children at heart,” achours of service every year to enhance cording to one nomination. “Whenthe quality of life for residents in Steu- ever a youth arrives in tears and feeling desperate, she takes them in and
ben County.
Youth Bureau Announc- helps them to find options.”
Rusak also now serves on the Bath
es Award Recipients
Central School District Board of DiLeaders in local youth services rectors.
Owlett, founder and co-director
Amey Rusak and Adam Owlett will
be honored at the Steuben County of the Canisteo-Greenwood Soccer
Youth Board’s annual youth service Club, will receive the Youth Bureau
annual dinner at 5:30 p.m., Feb. 11, at Boards’ third annual “Champion
The May Street Restaurant at the Bath for Youth Award” at the event. Since
founding the Soccer Club more than
Country Club.
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tario County Soil and Water Conservation District.
“This is the product of many minds
and a lot of professional expertise,”
said Barnhoorn.
The new law supplements an initiative being led by the Nature Conservancy and the Honeoye Lake Watershed Task Force to restore wetlands at
the south inlet of the lake. By providing natural filtration for surface runoff, it’s estimated that the potential
project will reduce the nutrient load
entering the lake by 24-37%.
“People around the lake are looking
to us to help protect their investment,”
said Barnhoorn. “This new local law
is a step in the right direction.” ■
10 years ago, Owlett has led efforts to
raise more than $25,000, helping student athletes participate in programs
such as soccer camps, developmental
programs, or select clubs.
“Knowing that 56 percent of the
district’s students qualify for free or
reduced lunches, Adam has made it a
goal to never let price stop a student
from participating,” according to one
nomination.
Owlett teaches at Canisteo-Greenwood Central School, and is an assistant coach of the Alfred University
Men’s Soccer Team.
Rusak and Owlett were selected
from nominations received by the
Youth Board in November.
The public is invited to attend, and
reservations are required. Reservations may be made by calling the
Steuben County Youth Bureau at
(607) 664-2119, or by emailing billc@
co.steuben.ny.us. The cost of the dinner is $21 per person.
Donnelly Reappointed
Steuben County Commissioner
of Finance Patrick Donnelly was recently reappointed to his post by
the county Legislature to a five-year
term. Donnelly was first appointed
the county fiscal chief for a one-year
term, following the 2013 general election during which voters approved
changing the position from an elected country treasurer to an appointed
commissioner.
A former county legislator, and
bank officer, Donnelly was first elected county treasurer in 2012, after filling the vacancy left by the unexpected death of County Treasurer Carol
Whitehead in 2010. ■
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Table of Contents
Arts & Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Etcetera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Economy & Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Food/Groceries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25
Going Out Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Health & Science . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Horoscopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lifestyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Real Estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover
Recipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25
Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Senior News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Travel & Leisure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Veterans Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 16
World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Arkport, NY
Ann M. (Sciotti)
Whitman
Arkport, NY - Ann M. Whitman, age
88, passed away early January 9, 2015
at Hornell Gardens.
Ann was born in Hornell on December 26, 1926. She was a daughter
of the late Nicholas and Philomena
Vegard Sciotti. For 33 years she was
married to Thurlow W. “Toddy”
Whitman, who passed away on March
6, 2014. Besides her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her son
Charles Leith; her brother Nicholas
Sciotti; her sister Angela Caldwell;
and her stepson Todd Whitman.
A graduate of Hornell High School,
class of 1944, Ann has resided in Arkport for over 60 years.
Ann began her career with the family business, the former Arkport Inn
and later with the former Ponce de
Leon Restaurant in Hornell. Eventually she assisted Toddy in the operation of the Hornell Country Club and
the former Williams Inn, also in Hornell, before retiring.
Ann was a member of Our Lady of
the Valley Parish and was a communicant of St. Ann’s Church. She was
also a member of the Beato Angelo
Society.
Ann loved to cook and will be remembered most of all for her devotion to her family.
Ann’s loving family includes her son
Arthur (Deborah) Leith of Mandeville, LA; her daughter Theresa (William) Coleman of North Hornell; her
four stepchildren, Bonnie (Jim) Foster of Torrance, CA, Connie Roselli
of Webster, Mark (Christie) Whitman of York, PA and John (Suzanne)
Whitman of Severn, MD; her five
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grandchildren, Nick Coleman, Katie
Coleman (Stuart) McHenry, Theresa
Leith, Sophia Leith and Rachel Leith;
her six step-grandchildren, Colleen
(Jay) Cavalieri, Tia Roselli Liddy
(Brian Lehr), Anthony Roselli, Kevin
(Sandy) Whitman, Katie Whitman
and Marcus Whitman; her six stepgreat-grandchildren; her sister Lucy
(Robert) Alger of Arkport; her two
sisters-in-law, Lois Sciotti of Mt. Morris and Virginia “Ginny” Argentieri of
Hornell; also her nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on January 14, 2015 at the Bishop & Johnson
Funeral Home, Inc., Hornell. A Mass
of Christian Burial was held November 14, 2015 at St. Ann’s Church. In
lieu of flowers, those wishing may
contribute in her memory to St. Ann’s
Church of Our Lady of the Valley Parish, 27 Erie Ave., Hornell, NY 14843.
To light a candle please visit http://
www.bishopandjohnsonfuneralhome.com.
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Avoca, NY
Melvin G. “Mel”
Partridge
Avoca, NY - Melvin G. “Mel” Partridge, age 85, passed away January
10, 2015 at the Arnot Ogden Medical
Center in Elmira, following a short
illness.
Mel was born in Wheeler on December 15, 1929. He was a son of the
late George and Marjorie Edwards
Partridge.
Mel is survived by his loving wife
of 66 years, the former Erma Jean
Billings; his three children, Neil
Partridge, Jacquelyn Partridge (Pat
MacDonald), both of Wheeler and
Douglas (Kathleen) Partridge of Bath;
his six grandchildren, Lisa (David)
Partridge-Johns of Wheeler, Daniel
(Tammy) Partridge of Avoca, Chad
Partridge of Corning, Elizabeth Partridge of Geneseo, James (Andrea)
Wilson of Virginia and Chris Buckley
of Bath; his nine great-grandchildren,
Michaela and Marina Partridge of
Bath, Casey and Samantha Buckley
of Bath, Brenden and Noah Hughes
of Avoca, Emily Johns of Rochester,
Amanda Johns of Sodus and Laura
Johns of Wheeler; his sister Virginia
Burrett of Hornell; his three sistersin-law, Carolyn Partridge of Penn
Yan, Darlene (Robert) Dodds and
Martha Cleland, both of Avoca; his
two brothers-in-law, Sonny Billings
and Maurice Billings, both of Bath;
also several nieces and nephews.
Mel was predeceased by his four
brothers, Spencer, Gilbert, Carl and
Edward Partridge; his daughter-inlaw Lois Partridge; and granddaughter Julie Partridge.
Mel worked at Haines Manufacturing in Avoca for several years. He also
owned and operated a car repair and
inspection business in Wheeler along
with a saw sharpening business. He
served as a Judge in Wheeler for 26
years, served on the Wheeler Town
Board for 12 years, was an assessor
for one year and served as a Wheeler
Town Supervisor for six years. He also
loved to rebuild David Bradley tractors and enjoyed attending tractor
shows, stamp collecting, the history
of the New York area and most of all
spending time with his family.
Funeral services were held on January 15, 2015 at the Avoca Funeral
Home, where Pastor Barre Butts officiated. Committal services and interment was set for Valley View Cemetery, Avoca. In lieu of flowers, those
wishing may contribute in his memory to CareFirst, 11751 East Corning
Road, Corning, NY 14830-3657 or at
www.carefirstny.org. Online condolences or remembrances of Mel are
welcomed at www.bishopandjohnsonfuneralhome.com
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Bath, NY
Leo James Balistreri
St. George-Stanton Funeral Home
St. George Monuments
Wayland, New York
585-728-2100
Todd and Jill Forsythe
Bud and Sue St. George
Bath, NY - Leo James Balistreri, age
70, passed away peacefully on January 13, 2015 at his home, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Leo
was born in Geneva, NY on April 12,
1944 to the late Lawrence and Thalia
(Decker).
Leo proudly served his country as
a Navy Seal during the Vietnam War.
Leo was self-employed and enjoyed
spending time with his family, playing poker or fishing and hunting.
Leo is survived by his wife Janice
(Ostrander) Balistreri; his six children, Lara (Chris Sheridan), Jeff, Darlene (Derek Leckrone), James (Teresa
Hadler), Nicole (Mike Luckenbach)
and Danyelle (Eric Hildreth); his 14
grandchildren; and many nieces and
nephews. Leo is predeceased by his
sister Marcia Quartaro of Geneva.
There will be a private family service at the Bath Veterans Administration Chapel. Interment, with military
honors, will be in Bath National Cemetery. Extended family and friends
are invited to a gathering at the Bath
VFW on Thursday, January 22, 2015
at 2:30 p.m. to celebrate Leo's life.
***
Twila G. (Payne) Wray
Bath, NY - Twila G. Wray, age 89,
passed away peacefully January 11,
2015 at Ira Davenport Hospital in
Bath.
Twila was born June 10, 1925 in
Genesee, PA, a daughter of Claude
and Cyntha (Marble) Payne. In addition to her parents, she was also
predeceased by her husband Clayton
Wray; her granddaughter Samantha
Wray; her stepmother Martha (Teeter) Payne; and many brothers and
sisters.
Some of her hobbies included making velvet paintings, doing word
search, reading, cooking and crochet,
but most of all she loved taking care
of her grandchildren and spending
time with her family and friends.
Twila is survived by her children
Claude (Marilyn) Wray, Dona (Joseph) Socola, Betty Jean (Charles)
Sprague, Alan (Jo Ann) Wray and
Charlene Bowen; 12 grandchildren;
12 great-grandchildren; 1 greatgreat-granddaughter; 3 brothers, Bud
Payne, Bob Payne and Frank Payne; 2
sisters, Myrtle Karre and Mona Coleman; and many nieces, nephews and
cousins.
A memorial service was held January 17, 2015 at the Walter E. Baird &
Sons Funeral Home, Wayland. Memorial contributions may be made to
a charity of the donor's choice. Those
who wish to light a memory candle
for Twila may do so at www.bairdfuneralhomes.com
***
Bloomfield, NY
Ronald L. Carlson
Bloomfield, NY – Ronald L. Carlson, age 71, passed away on January
12, 2015, surrounded by his family.
He was predeceased by his parents
Raymond and Edith Carlson; and siblings Raymond and Gerald Carlson.
He is survived by his wife Lynn; children Karen Mahoney of Irondequoit,
Laura (Gary) Zweig of Bloomfield,
Ron Carlson of North Chili, David
Carlson of Bloomfield and Kirsten
Carlson of Virginia Beach, VA; 7
grandchildren, Adam, Geneva, Sam,
Zach, Isaiah, Emily and Elyn; 2 greatgrandchildren, Addison and Collin.
Ron worked for Eastman Kodak
Company for over 30 years as an
electronic technician. He then retired
from Kodak and continued to work
for various companies. Ron and Lynn
would have celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary this April.
Friends may call at the Lima Baptist
Church, 1574 Rochester Street, Lima,
NY on Saturday, January 24th, from
10-11am where a Celebration of Life
Service will follow at 11am, with Military Honors. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the University
of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Center,
601 Elmwood Ave., Box 704, Rochester, NY 14642. Arrangements by
Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home
Inc., Livonia-Honeoye. To send a
condolence please visit www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com.
***
Burgy A. Scott
Bloomfield, NY - Burgy A. Scott, age
85, passed away peacefully at home
on January 8, 2015. Burgy was born
in Wellsville and was the son of late
Winfred and Isabelle Scott. Burgy was
the eldest of three children. He graduated from Lyndonville High School,
class of 1947.
Burgy is survived by his wife of 61
years, Grace Anne (Giblin) Scott;
sister Queen Nellist; his 3 children:
daughter Jan and husband Bill Sellers; son Rick and wife Sue Scott and
son; Robert and wife Christina Scott.
He is survived by his grandchildren
Jeremy (Jennifer) Scott, Jamie (Joshua) Weaver, Zachary Abrams, Emily
Scott, Nicholas Scott, William Sellers, Adam Scott and Aubrey Scott;
and many nieces, nephews and greatgrandchildren. He is predeceased
by his brother Gordon Scott and his
daughter Luanne Scott.
Burgy joined the Navy following
graduation in 1947, where he served
in communications. He was stationed
on three different ships during his
tour of duty. Burgy crossed the Arctic
Circle on June 17, 1951. He was last
on board the U.S.S. LST 983 in Norfolk, VA upon honorary discharge.
Burgy moved to Rochester, where
he began his lifetime career at Gleason Works for 37 years. He served
in the position of “Spiral Cutter Set
Manufacturer” until his retirement.
A life celebration service was held
on January 15, 2015 at East Bloomfield United Methodist Church. In
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to East Bloomfield
United Methodist Church, 2 Park
Place, Bloomfield, NY 14469. Arrangements were with Fuller Funeral
Home, Inc. To express condolences or
the share a memory please visit www.
fullerfh.com.
***
Gary L. Sims
Bloomfield, NY – Gary L. Sims, age
54, passed away January 12, 2015 after
a long battle with cancer. He is survived by two children, Elizabeth and
Sean Sims; mother of his children,
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Jacqueline (Harvey) Sims; his mother
Mae Sims; his brother Harley Sims,
Jr.; a niece; two nephews; aunts and
uncles; other family members; and
dear friends. He was predeceased by
his father Harley Sims, Sr. and two
brothers, Doug and Mike Sims.
Gary attended Bloomfield schools
and was a graduate of Bloomfield
Central School, class of 1979. He
earned an associate's degree from
Finger Lakes Community College.
Gary worked at Crosman Arms in
Bloomfield for several years. He enjoyed bowling, hunting, fishing and
cooking for family.
Funeral services were held on January 14, 2015 at Johnson-Kennedy
Funeral Home, Inc., Bloomfield. Interment was set for East Bloomfield
Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to
Sands Cancer Center, 360 Parrish St.,
Suite 101, Canandaigua, NY 14424
or the American Cancer Society, PO
Box 7, E. Syracuse, NY 13057. Condolences may be offered at www.
johnsonkennedy.com.
***
Bristol, NY
Ernest L. “Ernie” Pestle
Bristol, NY – Ernest L. “Ernie” Pestle, age 81, passed away on January
14, 2015 at his home. Ernie was born
on August 30, 1933 in Canandaigua,
NY to the late Leon and Elsie Pestle,
and was predeceased by his stepfather
Connie Jones.
Ernie grew up in Bristol, NY and
had many careers including beef,
dairy farming, and construction and
later retiring from Honeoye Storage
Corporation in 1995. He was a sweet,
thoughtful and caring family man
who loved the outdoors. He was an
avid hunter who was especially proud
of the accomplishments of his four
sons and his granddaughters, whether hunting deer or competing in the
local sports scene.
Ernie also enjoyed reading, woodworking, walks around the block, Saturday night poker, bowling, golfing
and watching sports of all kinds. He
especially loved spending time with
family and friends at his home in
Bristol. He also loved local sports and
could be seen on the sidelines cheering on the Honeoye Bulldogs or the
Bloomfield Bombers.
Ernie is survived by his wife Mary
of 60 years; four sons, David (Linda)
Pestle of Virgil, NY, Greg (Jeanine)
Pestle of Bristol, NY, Scott (Cathy)
Pestle of Bristol, NY, and Matt (Laurie Beth) Pestle, Liverpool, NY; sister
Joyce Connelly of Canandaigua, NY;
6 grandchildren, Casey Pestle (Billy,
Michael Meehan) Lindsey, Taylor,
Haley, Kali and Mia Pestle; Linda’s
children Katie and Michael Warren;
and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held on
January 19, 2015 at the Honeoye
United Church of Christ Honeoye.
Rev. Brian Krause officiated. Memorial contributions may be made to the
American Heart Association, United
Church of Christ in Honeoye or to
the Bristol Public Library, Canandaigua, NY. Arrangements were with
Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home
Inc., Livonia-Honeoye. To send a
condolence please visit: www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com
***
Canandaigua, NY
Verne A. Erb
Canandaigua, NY – Verne A. Erb,
age 61, passed away unexpectedly
January 15, 2015 at his home.
Verne is survived by four siblings,
Willard (Jori) Erb, Sandra (Dan) McDonald, Debbie (Steve) Baylor and
Ronald (Tiffany) Erb; and several
nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Sharon Payne, in
1999.
Funeral services were held on January 20, 2015 at Johnson-Kennedy
Funeral Home, Inc., Canandaigua.
Interment was set for Woodlawn
Cemetery, Canandaigua. Memorial contributions may be made to
the American Heart Association,
P.O. Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220.
Condolences may be offered at www.
johnsonkennedy.com.
***
Stephen "Bear-Fat" Hays
Canandaigua, NY - Stephen "BearFat" Hays, 62 years old, died unexpectedly January 13, 2015, at his
home.
Steve was born in Oakland, CA on
September 14, 1952 to the late John S.
and Grace Hays. He was a graduate of
Canandaigua Academy Class of 1970.
Steve had been a sales rep for Lootens Distributors in Skaneateles for a
number of years.
Survivors include his two daughters, Jennifer Hays of Rochester and
Jessica Hays of Canandaigua; two sisters, Mary (Ron) Cappellino of Penfield and Linda (Doug) Graham of St.
Petersburg, FL; and three nieces.
A celebration of his life was held on
January 19, 2015 at the Niagara Restaurant, Canandaigua. Arrangements
were with Fuller Funeral Home, Inc.
To express condolences or to share a
memory on line please visit www.fullerfh.com.
***
in 2013.
Mrs. Kransler was born in Canandaigua and was a graduate of Canandaigua Academy, class of 1945. She
retired from Rochester Telephone in
Canandaigua in 1976, after 22 years
there. Mrs. Kransler was a member of
St. John's Episcopal Church and the
American Legion Post 256 Auxiliary.
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“When Experience & Quality Count”
Canandaigua, NY – Betty B. Kransler, age 87, passed away January 15,
2015. She is survived by three sons,
Leon (Martha) Kransler, Jr., Bruce
Kransler and Bryan (Melanie) Kransler; daughter, Jean (Daniel) Bresnan;
seven grandchildren, Kevin, Kathryn,
Sarah, Mark, Beth Ann, Jacob and
Benjamin; seven great-grandchildren; and dear cousin Janet McNally.
She was predeceased by her husband
Leon J. Kransler, Sr., in 1976; and
daughter-in-law Deborah Kransler,
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But a Quarter of Them Don't Realize It
By Brady Dennis
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Washington Post
W
illiam Herman has spent
decades researching diabetes, treating patients
grappling with complications from it
and trying to educate people on how
to prevent it. During those same years,
he also has seen the prevalence of the
disease grow virtually unabated.
"It really is an epidemic, both in the
U.S. and globally," said Herman, director of the University of Michigan's
Center for Diabetes Translational Research and a consultant to the World
Health Organization (WHO).
The statistics are staggering. More
than 29 million Americans, or 9.3
percent of the U.S. population, have
diabetes — but a quarter of them
don't yet realize it, according to the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). An additional 86
million Americans have pre-diabetes,
which is marked by higher-than-normal blood-sugar levels and puts them
at an elevated risk of developing diabetes. The WHO estimates that nearly
350 million people worldwide have
the condition.
Year after year, diabetes exacts a
massive human and economic toll.
Those who have it are at a higher risk
of heart disease, stroke, kidney failure
and blindness, and of losing toes, feet
and legs to amputation. The risk of
death for adults with diabetes is 50
percent higher than it is for adults
without the disease, according to the
CDC.
"The costs of diabetes are enormous,
and they are growing," Herman said.
"People with diabetes account for a
substantial portion of the total cost of
health care in the United States."
Medical expenses tend to be twice
as high, on average, for people with
diabetes than for those without the
disease. Collectively, it costs the U.S.
health system an estimated $250 billion a year, including major amounts
of lost work and productivity. That
includes billions spent on inpatient
care, doctor's visits, medication and
supplies such as glucose monitoring
strips. The American Diabetes Association estimates that treating patients with the disease accounts for
more than $1 of every $5 spent on
health care in the United States.
"It has affected all segments of the
population," said Edward Gregg,
chief of the epidemiology and statistics branch of the CDC's diabetes division. "But it hasn't affected everyone
equally."
The risks generally increase with
age, but a growing number of people
younger than 20 are diagnosed with
diabetes. Asian-Americans, AfricanAmericans, Hispanics and Native
Americans all have higher rates of the
disease than whites, and those who
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The CDC found that diabetes diagnoses increased between 1995 and
2010 in every U.S. state, including by
50 percent or more in 42 states. During that period, the number of cases
in the country more than doubled.
Despite the immense number of
people who have diabetes, it has not
triggered national alarm. Other illnesses, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease, often garner more attention. One reason is that people with
diabetes sometimes go years before
experiencing any decline in their
quality of life. When complications
do surface, they often do so gradually
and manifest in various ways. People
don't always recognize diabetes as the
source of severe health problems.
In fact, the CDC says diabetes is underreported as a cause of death, even
though it is the seventh-leading cause
of death in the United States. For instance, the numbers of people listed
as dying each year from heart disease
and stroke are larger than they are for
diabetes but many of those people
had diabetes as an underlying condition.
Before the nation can turn the tide
of the epidemic, society must recognize diabetes as the pervasive killer
it is, said Marjorie Cypress, a nurse
practitioner for ABQ Health Partners in New Mexico and president
of health care and education for the
ADA.
"We have to convince people this is
a serious disease," she said. "It really
needs to be a big push on every level."
The overwhelming majority of diabetes cases — as many as 95 percent
— involve the Type 2 form of the disease. It occurs when the pancreas can
no longer make enough of a hormone
called insulin, and the body cannot
effectively use the insulin being produced — a condition known as insulin resistance. The result is a build-up
of glucose levels in the blood, which
over time can harm the kidneys, eyes,
nerves and heart.
Early symptoms can include frequent urination, excessive thirst,
persistent fatigue and a tingling or
numbness in the hands or feet. Or
there may be no symptoms until long
after someone has developed diabetes, which is one reason doctors have
placed a growing emphasis on early
screening.
Although genetics play a role in a
person's risk for the disease, the increase in diabetes diagnoses is largely attributable to lifestyle changes,
Gregg said. The disease is closely associated with high blood pressure and
cholesterol, poor diets, obesity and a
lack of exercise. The good news is that
improvements in diet and lifestyle
can go a long way toward delaying
or preventing the disease. The trick is
to help people find effective ways to
change their habits.
"Lifestyle interventions have been
shown to be very effective when targeted at people with very high risk for
diabetes," Herman said. "The major
opportunity going forward is to get
those interventions into routine clinical practice."
Type 1 diabetes is another challenge
entirely, and a perplexing one. Once
referred to as juvenile diabetes, it is an
autoimmune disease that can develop
at any age, but typically is diagnosed
in children and young adults. It accounts for about 5 percent of all diabetes cases.
With Type 1 diabetes, the body
does not produce the insulin needed
to convert sugars and other food into
useful energy, and in fact the body's
immune system attacks insulin-producing cells, mistaking them for foreign invaders.
It remains unclear what triggers the
disease. Evidence suggests that a person's genetic makeup or environmental factors, such as viral infections,
can play a role.
"It still is somewhat of a mystery,"
Cypress said. "I don't think we really know, and that's probably why we
haven't found something that works
to prevent it."
For now, patients with Type 1 diabetes face a delicate balancing act,
continually monitoring blood-sugar
levels to keep them from dipping too
low or spiking too high. They also
must take daily insulin via a pen, syringe or pump, as well as manage the
condition through proper diet and
exercise.
Despite the decades-long worsening of the diabetes epidemic, the news
isn't all grim.
The fact that more people are being
diagnosed has a silver lining: Greater
public awareness has led to increased
screening.
"That's a good thing, because they
are getting care," Herman said.
Experts also point to the inroads
made by the National Diabetes Prevention Program, a public-private
collaboration among federal health
agencies, community-based organizations, insurers and other groups
that encourages modest lifestyle
changes that can prevent or delay the
onset of Type 2 diabetes.
The program has taken different
forms in different places, but it generally involves teaching people strategies for healthier eating and increased
physical activity. For example,
YMCAs nationwide have seen results
in offering a year-long program in
which small groups of at-risk patients
meet regularly with a lifestyle coach.
In addition, researchers continue
to study the physiology and genetics
of the disease. Promising drugs and
diagnostics continue to arrive on the
market, allowing both Type 2 and
Type 1 patients more tools to treat
their conditions.
"There's better comprehensive care.
There are better medications. Also,
people are better educated; they manage it better," said Gregg, the CDC
epidemiologist. But "because people
with diabetes are living longer, once
people get diabetes, they are spending
a lot more years with the disease."
Cypress said that real, lasting
change will require an even bigger
push, the kind of massive effort it took
for the country to begin viewing tobacco use as a public health scourge.
It will take a fervor that extends to national policies and grass-roots efforts,
she said. And, for those with Type 2
diabetes, it will require finding more
ways to help people make sustained
lifestyle changes, such as getting more
healthful foods into schools and underserved communities; encouraging
regular exercise among all ages; and
relying on teachers, pastors and other
community leaders to help spread the
message.
"It's not just one fix. It's a societal
shift," Cypress said. "We need to create that sense of urgency."
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Who Should
Be in Charge
All of the organs are deciding who
should be in charge:
"I should be in charge," said the
brain, "I run all the body's systems,
without me nothing would happen."
"I should be in charge," said the
heart, "I circulate oxygen and nutrients all over."
"No! I should be in charge," said
the stomach, "I process the food that
gives us energy."
"I should be in charge," said the legs,
"without me the body couldn't go
anywhere."
"I should be in charge," said the eyes,
"I allow the body to see where it goes."
"I should be in charge," said the anus,
"I am responsible for waste removal."
All of the other body parts laughed
at the anus and insulted him. So he
shut down. Within a few days, the
brain had a terrible headache, the
stomach was bloated, the legs got
wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the
heart pumped toxic blood. They all
decided that the anus should be the
boss.
What is the moral of the story? Even
though everybody else does all of the
work, the butt is usually in charge. ■
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agencies.
"With this new policy, effective immediately, the Justice Department is
taking an important step to prohibit
federal agency adoptions of state and
local seizures, except for public safety
reasons," Holder said in a statement.
Holder's decision allows some limited exceptions, including illegal firearms, ammunition, explosives and
property associated with child pornography, a small fraction of the total. This would eliminate virtually all
cash and vehicle seizures made by local and state police from the program.
While police can continue to make
seizures under their own state laws,
the federal program was easy to use
and required most of the proceeds
from the seizures to go to local and
state police departments. Many states
require seized proceeds to go into the
general fund.
A Justice official, who spoke on
the condition of anonymity in order
to discuss the attorney general's motivation, said Holder "also believes
that the new policy will eliminate any
possibility that the adoption process
might unintentionally incentivize unnecessary stops and seizures."
Holder's decision follows a Washington Post investigation published
in September that found that police
have made cash seizures worth almost $2.5 billion from motorists and
others without search warrants or indictments since the terrorist attacks
of Sept. 11, 2001.
The Post found that local and state
police routinely pulled over drivers
for minor traffic infractions, pressed
them to agree to warrantless searches and seized large amounts of cash
without evidence of wrongdoing. The
law allows such seizures and forces
the owners to prove their property
was legally acquired in order to get it
back.
Police spent the seizure proceeds
with little oversight, in some cases
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initial thought was, my wife is not going to believe I get to be a minister for
a day," I began. "My second thought
was how honored I was to be asked.
"The reason is simple: Without Jason, I am not here today. Before I tell
you the story of how they came into
each other's lives, let me tell you the
story of how Jason came into mine."
On a cold January night in 2008 I
was in the middle of the frozen-over
C&O Canal in Washington, unable
to get out. While we were jogging,
my golden Lab, Looly, went out onto
the ice and fell through, and I went
in after her. After several minutes I
managed to put my arm under her
abdomen and jerk her up onto a solid
piece of ice. But I couldn't touch bottom, and by then I could barely move.
My body was shutting down.
Out of nowhere, as I screamed for
help, a figure appeared. He lowered
his body into the freezing water as
far he could without losing his balance. He reached for me. And when
I lunged, finally touched the bottom
and got closer to shore, he grabbed
my hand, pulled me out and we went
up the bank together. I was going to
make it, and Looly didn't have to go
home with someone else that night.
I was in shock from hypothermia.
He said he was cold, too, and made
sure Looly and I were all right. Freezing, out of breath, I asked him his
name and where he worked.
"Jason. Jason Coates," he said. "I'm
in law school at GW (George Washington University)." And he took off
again — like some superhero who
just shows up when people are in dire
need.
I did choke up once as I told that
story. It happened when I looked
up and caught my wife's smile. I
would never have met Christina. We
wouldn't have had Oliver, who is 4
years old and was sitting in her lap.
And there wouldn't have been another child on the way if Jason hadn't
pulled me from the canal.
Over the next six years, eating
wood-fired pizza together was Jason's and my routine. I helped him
There's an App for That
Software applications, popularly known as
"apps," have come a long way. While they have
many uses, the mobile app for cellphones is the
most well-known. Topics range widely from exercise, movie locators and restaurant reviews to
daily horoscopes, games and reference.
Now there are apps especially for military and
veterans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has its
own app store (mobile.va.gov) with applications such as Mobile Blue Button (manage
your health care and communicate with your
care teams) and Summary of Care (view your
medical information, including lab results and
medications).
The Claims Coach, designed to help walk
you through filing a claim, was designed by the
American Legion. The app hooks you up with
your service officer during the whole process.
Create your to-do list, find a service officer in
your area, make appointments and more. Find
the app on Google Play and in the Apple store.
One of the most important steps in app de
get a summer internship clerking for
a Queens civil court judge. Twice on
the anniversary of our encounter, I
had him on my former radio show
to retell the story. He was with me on
the day I married my wife, so being
there the day he wed Alex had karmic
symmetry.
"There is a saying that goes, 'Luck is
the residue of design,' and this to me
is Jason," I told the attendees. "Good
things happened to Jason not because
he was lucky. With all his actions
prior to this morning, he planned this
amazing day and probably didn't even
know it."
Short of saving Jason's life, one of
the most meaningful things I could
do for him was to preside as minister
at his wedding. Becoming ordained,
in fact, turned out to be frighteningly
easy for a heathen like me. I filled out
a form for the Universal Life Church,
and within days my $29 fee came with
an official minister card.
The morning of the wedding, I
whipped out my card before I signed
the marriage certificate, feeling — if
I'm being honest — like I could be a
man of God. For, like, a day.
After I told of Jason's courageous
moment, I noticed some in the audience covering their mouths. I could
tell they had not read or known about
the original story I had written in The
Washington Post Magazine about it.
Two women were weeping. I finally
turned to the bride:
"So, Alex, not that I have to tell you,
but you are marrying a real-life hero.
"And, Jason, not that I have to tell
you, but you are marrying someone
equally good at looking out for others. I know this because you told me
yourself."
A couple of months before, I had
asked Jason and Alex to write letters
to one another. But instead of giving
velopment concerns DANA, the Defense Automated Neurobehavioral Assessment. It's now
approved by the Food and Drug Administration
to be used as a program to diagnose traumatic
brain injury in minutes. Baseline information
is input into the device, which can run either
a 5-minute, 15-minute or 45-minute battery of
tests. These can then be reviewed by doctors, either immediately or later, to determine whether
there is psychological or cognitive impairment.
See www.anthrotronix.com for details.
Check the play.google.com site for VAPP: The
Veterans APP. Designed by veterans for veterans, VAPP will store your files, such as DD214,
access your benefits, find veterans discounts in
your area and more. Read the reviews, because
it's still in Beta.
Before downloading any app, be sure it
matches your phone's operating system, be it
Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry or others.
- Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible.
Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com
© 2015 King Features Synd., Inc. ■
them to each other, I asked they give
them only to me so I could get a better sense of their relationship. I promised I would not embarrass them.
They had met through friends.
After their first date, at the National
Zoo, they ended up at a bakery, where
Jason thought he would show off his
ability to devour pastries. He gorged
himself. Crashing from his sugar
high, he fell asleep on the train ride
home.
I looked out at the attendees around
their tables and said, "I like to imagine
Alex looking at him, passed out on
the Metro next to her in that moment,
thinking, Yep, he's a keeper."
More laughter. The humor was
good camouflage. I was confident I'd
make it through the ceremony.
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Whole Grains for
Health
Increasing our intake of whole grains results in lower risk of death from cardiovascular
disease and diseases such as Type 2 diabetes,
according to two large studies reported in the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
The studies tracked 74,341 in the Nurses'
Health Study and 43,744 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.
Bread immediately comes to mind when we
think of increasing our grain intake, but bread
labels can be confusing. Here are some of the
myths and truths about bread, as provided by
WebMD.com.
Myth: If the bread looks brown and has
"wheat" in the name, it contains fiber and whole
grain.
Truth: The only way to tell what bread really contains is in the ingredients label. "Wheat
flour" or "enriched wheat flour" means it was
made with mostly white flour. The color might
come from molasses.
Myth: If the name of the bread sounds
healthy, such as "grains" or "natural," it must
be healthy.
Truth: Again, the ingredients label is where
you'll find the true information. A bread can be
called "natural" or say how many grains it has,
but the first ingredient in the label will tell you
what's really in it.
How to buy the healthiest bread:
• "Wheat bread" is wheat flour, not whole
wheat. Look for "100 percent whole grain" or
"100 percent whole wheat." Even if you're picking up a loaf of rye bread, don't assume it contains rye flour as the first ingredient.
• Beware the sodium level. Some breads are
quite high in sodium and can become a major
portion of your daily limit.
• Look at the calories per serving, and don't
be fooled by the difference between "per slice"
and "per serving."
• Check the grams of fiber.
For more sources of whole grains, go online
to www.choosemyplate.gov.
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Truckers Vie With Shippers for $24 Billion
Fuel Savings
By Thomas Black
Bloomberg News
A
s shippers of everything from
toys to tools enjoy as much as
$24 billion in savings from
lower diesel surcharges this year,
trucking companies see an opening to
raise freight rates at a pace not seen in
about a decade.
The American Trucking Associations calculates that each 1- cent drop
spurs industrywide annual fuel savings of $350 million. Diesel and gasoline prices have hit lows not seen in
recent memory. About 85 percent of
the savings goes to shippers through
lower fuel surcharges.
That may soften shippers' resistance
to higher rates that trucking companies say they need to cover rising
expenses for salaries, health care and
new regulations that limit driving
hours. Unlike previous times when
fuel prices fell, stronger economic
growth is increasing demand for
cargo space while drivers are scarce,
which spurs higher rates.
"If the overall cost for the shipper, which is your rate plus your fuel
charge, is going to go down, then they
may be a little bit more willing to pay
that increase," according to Eric Fuller, chief operating officer for Chattanooga, Tennessee- based U.S. Xpress
Enterprises Inc. "It definitely won't
hurt our ability to get rate increas-
As shippers of everything from toys to tools enjoy as much as $24 billion in savings from lower diesel
surcharges this year, trucking companies see an opening to raise freight rates at a pace not seen
in about a decade. Shown, attendees’ trucks at this year’s Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.
(Bloomberg News photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick).
es," Fuller, whose company operates
about 7,000 trucks, said in a Dec. 8
phone interview.
The decline in diesel adds earning power to an industry bolstered
by cargo demand that's exceeding
capacity. A Bloomberg index of socalled truckload operators -- those
that fill trailers with goods just from
one customer -- rose 39 percent last
year, outpacing a 9.6 percent gain for
the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The
gauge of nine carriers includes Swift
Transportation Co.
Large truckers boosted freight prices on average between 3 and 4 percent
last year, and they may rise 5 to 6 percent in 2015, Jason Seidl, an analyst
with Cowen & Co. in New York, estimated in a Dec. 4 interview.
"In this environment, the economy
is decent and fuel is falling, which is
the perfect combination for a truckload guy," Seidl said.
Landstar Systems, a Jacksonville,
Florida-based longhaul carrier, last
month declared a special $1 a share
dividend, citing a "strong balance
sheet and financial strength."
A surge of U.S. crude production from shale formations in states
such as North Dakota and Texas has
caused the price of West Texas Intermediate crude to drop to unexpected
lows.
The U.S. economy expanded 3.9
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such as armored cars, according to an
analysis of Justice Department data
obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
News of Holder's decision stunned
advocates who have for a long time
unsuccessfully sought to reverse civil
asset forfeiture laws, arguing that they
undermine core American values,
such as property rights and due process.
"It's high time we put an end to this
damaging practice," said David Harris, a constitutional law scholar at the
University of Pittsburgh. "It has been
a civil-liberties debacle and a stain on
American criminal justice."
Holder's action comes as members of both parties in Congress are
working together to craft legislation
to overhaul civil asset forfeiture. Last
Friday, Sens. Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa, and Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, along with Reps.
James Sensenbrenner Jr., Republican
of Wisconsin, and John Conyers,
Democrat of Michigan, signed a letter calling on Holder to end Equitable
Sharing.
Grassley praised Holder's decision
on Friday.
"We're going to have a fairer justice
system because of it," Grassley said.
"The rule of law ought to protect in-
percent on an annualized basis in the
third quarter, while freight expenditures rose 5 percent in November
from a year earlier, according to Cass
Information Systems data compiled
by Bloomberg.
Truckers have added fuel surcharges
to contracts since the 1990s to protect
against rising expenses. Under most
agreements, shippers pay the difference between the current price and
$1.05 a gallon, Fuller of U.S. Xpress
said. The surcharges don't cover fuel
for hauling empty trailers and idling
trucks, which is about 15 percent of
the diesel expense.
Fuel is the largest expense for longhaul trucking companies before the
surcharges, followed closely by labor,
said Bob Costello, chief economist for
the trucking association. Companies
are combating a driver shortage with
annual pay increases that could be
close to 10 percent over the next few
years, Costello said.
"We're just in the beginning stages
of a prolonged run for higher driver
wages," he said in a Dec. 3 telephone
interview.
Independent truckload companies
make up about 38 percent of the $680
billion industry and private fleets account for 37 percent, according to a
Stifel Financial Corp. report in September.
The drop in fuel surcharges is a
windfall for shippers, who have been
grappling with higher freight rates
and difficulty obtaining transport services, said Bruce Carlton, president of
the National Industrial Transportation League, a shippers' advocacy
group based in Arlington, Virginia.
The impact is more immediate for
trucks, which adjust the charges
weekly, than for railroads, which take
up to 60 days to reset surcharges.
"Everyone is smiling," Carlton said
in a Dec. 3 telephone interview. "It's
been a very long time since any of us
have experienced such a significant
drop in fuel prices."
nocent people, and civil asset forfeiture hurt a lot of people."
He said he planned to continue
pressing for legislative reforms.
"I commend the department for
this step and look forward to working
with them on comprehensive forfeiture reform that protects Americans'
property rights," Sensenbrenner said.
"Equitable sharing has become a tool
too often used to bypass state law.
Forfeitures should be targeted and
must have appropriate procedural
protections. "
The new policy could become one
of the more notable pieces of Holder's
legacy. Holder has already announced
he is leaving the department, and it is
clear that he is takings steps to burnish his place in history. In a speech
on last Thursday, he pushed for better
tracking of police use-of-force incidents.
But Friday's action is sure to engender its share of controversy.
The policy will touch policing and
local budgets in every state. Since
2001, about 7,600 of the nation's
18,000 police departments and task
forces have participated in Equitable
Sharing. For hundreds of police departments and sheriff 's offices, the
seizure proceeds accounted for 20
percent or more of their annual budgets in recent years.
The action comes at a time when
police are already angry about remarks that Holder and President
Barack Obama made after the controversial police killings of unarmed
black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and
New York City. Some have accused
them of being "anti-cop."
"It seems like a continual barrage
against police," said John Thompson,
interim executive director of the National Sheriffs' Association. "I'm not
saying there's no wrongdoing, but
there is wrongdoing in everything."
Critics of the decision say that depriving departments of the proceeds
from civil asset forfeitures will hurt
legitimate efforts to fight crime, drug
smuggling and terrorism.
Bill Johnson, executive director of
the National Association of Police
Organizations, said, "There is some
grave concern about the possible loss
of significant funding while local police and state police are being asked to
do more and more each year."
Over the past decade, thousands of
people have had to fight the government to get their cash and property
back, often hiring lawyers and spending more than a year in the process.
Many of them were people of color
and immigrants swept up in police
dragnets on the nation's highways
aimed at stopping drug dealers, mon__________________
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libertarian-leaning groups teamed
up with the American Civil Liberties Union and left-leaning groups to
press for changes in the wake of the
Post investigation.
"This is a profoundly important and
path-breaking change in the ability of
the government to take property of
Americans," said Scott Bullock, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, which produced a study about
civil asset forfeiture five years ago
called "Policing for Profit: The Abuse
of Civil Asset Forfeiture."
In recent months, Grassley, the
new chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, and Sen. Patrick Leahy of
Vermont, the panel's ranking Democrat, joined the effort, along with
Sensenbrenner and others.
"I am deeply troubled by the welldocumented reports of innocent
Americans swept up through the
misuse of civil asset forfeiture laws,"
Leahy said in a statement to The Post.
"This program was designed to be a
crime-fighting tool, not just a fundraising tool. I look forward to working with Senator Grassley to impose
some much-needed oversight and accountability into this area."
Holder said seizure adoptions will
continue to be employed by local and
federal authorities, but only in limited circumstances when public safety
is at risk and where local and federal
authorities are collaborating in cases
clearly involving criminal activity.
The public safety exceptions include
seizures of weapons and other dangerous items, and property related to
child pornography, which have accounted for only a tenth of a percent
of the total seizures since 2008, a Post
analysis found.
Joint federal and local investigations accounted for just 9 percent
of all seizures but 43 percent of the
value of all seizures. Local and state
seizures without federal participation
amounted to 57 percent of the dollar
value of the seized items under Equitable Sharing since 2008 — $3 billion
out of $5.3 billion, according to Post
research.
In announcing the new Justice Department policy on Friday, Holder
said there is also less need for federal
seizure adoptions. In the 1980s, when
the policies took effect, few states
gave police the authority to make
civil seizures and forfeit the assets of
criminals in the way that federal law
allowed.
"Today, however, every state has either criminal or civil forfeiture laws,
ey launderers and terrorists.
That includes people such as Mandrel Stuart, who was stopped in 2012
by Fairfax County, Virginia, police,
detained without charges, handcuffed
and stripped of $17,550 in cash that
was to be used for equipment and
supplies for his barbecue restaurant
in Staunton, Virginia. He eventually
hired a lawyer, and a jury gave him
his money back in 2013. But he lost
his restaurant while fighting the government, because he had no working
capital.
"A lot of people won't be harassed
the way they are harassing them now,"
Stuart said on Friday after he heard
about Holder's action. "It's some justice at last on our side."
Civil asset forfeiture is one of the
most powerful — and unusual — law
enforcement tools. Police do not need
evidence of a crime to use it, because
it is a civil action against an object,
such as currency or a car, rather than
a person.
As a consequence, protections common in criminal law do not apply.
In fact, owners who want to recover
their cash or property must show it is
theirs and demonstrate it is not tied
to crime.
Forfeiture has its basis in British
admiralty law, but it became a part of
the fight against drugs in the United
States beginning in 1970, when Congress allowed police to seize aircraft,
boats and other property used to
transport narcotics or bought by drug
lords with ill-gotten gains.
In the 1980s, the law was expanded
to include cash. About the same time,
the Justice Department created its
Asset Forfeiture Program and began
allowing federal agencies to adopt seizures made by state and local authorities. Those changes led to a massive
increase in money deposited into the
federal forfeitures fund as seizures by
local and state police surged. Allegations of police abuses also increased.
Searing reports by the Orlando
Sentinel and other newspapers about
abuses spurred Congress to pass the
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act in
2000. But a key change — ending the
sharing of seizure proceeds between
local police and federal agencies —
was cut from the bill after fierce opposition from police and prosecutors.
Some lawmakers called the sharing
of money a "perverse incentive" for
overly aggressive police tactics.
After 9/11, the use of the asset forfeiture law and the Equitable Sharing
program rose to new heights as federal authorities called on local, county
and state police to help keep watch on
the nation's highways, not only for
drug smugglers but also for terrorists.
The Departments of Justice and
Homeland Security paid private firms
millions to train local and state officers in the techniques of an aggressive
brand of policing known as "highway
interdiction." That training, developed by the firms, included methods
for ferreting out suspicious drivers
and coaxing them into granting warrantless searches of vehicles, accord-
Under the federal Equitable Sharing Program, police
across the country have seized $2.5 billion in cash
without warrants from people who were not charged
with a crime. (Washington Post graphic)
ing to internal company training
documents obtained by The Post. The
documents emphasized the importance of targeting cash.
Departments that had once focused
on seizing drugs changed their focus
to money in recent years, some officers said. "Over a period of a single
decade, the culture was now totally
changed," said Shawn Pardazi, a Mississippi police detective who teaches
highway interdiction.
The federal government also encouraged police to collect and share
intelligence about drivers, even those
who had done nothing wrong. The
training firm Desert Snow started
a private intelligence system called
Black Asphalt that enabled police to
share tips about drivers across state
lines and funnel raw reports about
drivers to federal authorities, including those at the Drug Enforcement
Administration and U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement.
Civil asset forfeiture has become
one of the few public policy and social
issues that united activists and lawmakers across the political spectrum,
some of whom dubbed the system
"policing for profit."
After The Post series, John Yoder
and Brad Cates, two directors of the
Justice Department's asset forfeiture
office under President Ronald Reagan, said the program should end.
In an opinion piece, they said the
program began with good intentions
to fight the "profit motive" that fueled drug cartels and other criminals.
"Over time, however, the tactic has
turned into an evil itself, with the corruption it engendered among government and law enforcement coming to
clearly outweigh any benefits."
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making the federal adoption process
less necessary," Holder's statement
said. "Indeed, adoptions currently
constitute a very small slice of the
federal asset forfeiture program. Over
the last six years, adoptions accounted for roughly three percent of the
value of forfeitures in the Department
of Justice Asset Forfeiture Program."
Some police departments have
shown an apparent preference for
federal law over state laws. Equitable
Sharing required the seizure proceeds
to go back to the departments, while
state asset forfeiture programs can
mandate that the money go into the
state's general fund.
The federal agencies that have historically adopted the seizures, such
as the DEA and ICE, stand to lose a
considerable amount from the change
in policy. Federal agencies have taken
in $800 million from the program in
cash alone without warrants or arrests
since 2001.
The Treasury Department is also
changing its asset forfeiture program
to follow the same guideline included
in Holder's order, the statement said.
Federal agencies make larger seizures of cash and property through
avenues other than Equitable Sharing,
typically in cases involving defendants ranging from drug cartel kingpins to Bernard Madoff, whose fraud
case has resulted in more than $9 billion in forfeitures in recent years.
Those programs are not affected by
the changes to Equitable Sharing, but
Holder also said the new policy is the
first step in a "comprehensive review"
of civil forfeiture in general.
Justice Department officials noted
that civil asset forfeiture has hurt
criminals and their organizations. It
also has enabled the government to
refund money to crime victims —
about $4 billion over the past 15 years.
"Asset forfeiture remains a critical law enforcement tool when used
appropriately — providing unique
means to go after criminal and even
terrorist organizations," Holder said.
"This new policy will ensure that these
authorities can continue to be used to
take the profit out of crime and return
assets to victims, while safeguarding
civil liberties."
- Go to facebook.com/TheNewYorkEagleNews for a video featuring
Washington Post journalist Robert
O'Harrow explaining how police across
the country have seized $2.5 billion in
cash without warrants from people who
were not charged with a crime, and the
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She was known as the "greeter" at Ontario Center, where she resided.
Betty’s funeral service was held on
January 19, 2015 at St. John's Episcopal Church, Canandaigua. Interment
was set for Woodlawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made
to the Ontario County Humane Society, 2976 Co. Rd. 48, Canandaigua,
NY 14424. Arrangements were with
Johnson-Kennedy Funeral Home,
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www.johnsonkennedy.com.
***
Charles G. Miller
Canandaigua, NY - Charles G. Miller,
age 92, passed away January 14, 2015
at FF Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua. He was a loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was
born in Webster NY, September 29,
1922 to the late Joseph and Cecelia
(Smith) Miller. Charles attended Holt
Trinity Church school before moving
to Canandaigua in 1935.
Charles is survived by his wife of
69 years, Margaret Johnston Miller;
three sons, Charles A. (Ellen Foose),
Donald G. (Ellen Pierce) of Canandaigua NY and David L. (Diane Fires)
of Campbell NY; daughter Bonnie
(Clyde) Dewey of Clifton Springs;
nine grandchildren; and seventeen
great-grandchildren;
sister-in-law
Virginia Miller; and several nieces
and nephews.
Charles was predeceased by his parents; two brothers, Albert (wife Helen
and son) Richard and Joseph H. Miller; two sisters, Clara (husband Robert
Morrice), Margaret (husband George
Kay and son Robert).
Charlie was born a farmer and he
loved every minute of it. At one time
with his family he owned the largest
dairy in the county. He was a past
member of several organizations such
as dairymens Leaque, Polio dairy,
Ontario County Farm Bureau, Cooperative Extension, and Canandaigua
Grange. He preferred to be a supporter. He often stated, “let the more able
fill the active rolls.”
Later in life the Millers wintered at
their winter home in Port Charlotte,
FL.
Funeral services were held on January 19, 2015 at the Fuller Funeral
Home, Canandaigua. Burial was set
for Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may
be made in his name to the Cheshire
Fire Department 4285 Rt. 21, South
Canandaigua, NY 14424 or Canandaigua Ambulance Squad, 233 N.
Pearl St., Canandaigua, NY 14424.
To share a memory or express condolences online please visit www.fullerfh.com
***
Francis Eugene "Sonny"
Sherry
Canandaigua, NY - Francis Eugene
"Sonny" Sherry, age 84, went home
to be with the angels on January 12,
2015.
Sonny was the only surviving child
(an older brother died shortly after birth) of Bernard M. Sherry and
Jeannette M. (Updyke) Sherry. His
parents called him "Sonny", and the
nickname stuck throughout his long
life, but to his family and to all the
many who loved him, his nickname
more accurately was "Sunny".
Sonny made his first Holy Communion at St. Mary's Church on
June 5, 1938. He was confirmed at
St. Mary's on November 25, 1941
and he remained a life-long member
of St. Mary's. He graduated from St.
Mary's School on June 21, 1946 and
continued at Canandaigua Academy
until graduation on June 26, 1950. At
Canandaigua Academy he was a recognized athlete in track, volleyball,
baseball and a championship football
team. He completed his freshman
year at Ithaca College before enlisting
in the United States Marine Corps on
April 18, 1951.
Sonny was fiercely proud, throughout his long life, of his service to his
country as a United States Marine. He
kept, in his room, his combat helmet
and his canteens and his room was
replete with Marine Corps memorabilia. Sonny earned a silver star as a
Marine Sharpshooter, scoring 214 of
250 possible points with his Garand
rifle. He served in Korea during that
conflict and, while a forward observer in a weapons company, he was
wounded by flying shrapnel during
action against the enemy on August
12, 1952, thereby earning the Purple
Heart. He served in Korea with the
Second Marine Division and in addition to the Purple Heart he was
awarded the Korean Service Medal,
the United Nations Service Medal,
the National Defense Medal, the
Good Conduct Medal and the Marine Corps Commendation Medal.
On September 25, 1980, Sonny was
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this latest award, Sonny's grin is as
conspicuous as the medal itself.
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expired with an honorable discharge
on April 17, 1953, but he never ceased
being a Marine. And he never ceased
loving to tell stories and jokes. Back
at home, Sonny served (in the days
when elevators were manually operated) as the elevator operator at the
Ontario County Court House and
many people will recall him from
those days. He is widely remembered
for his penchant for briefly stopping
the elevator between floors so that he
could complete the punch line of his
then current joke. It is probable that
nobody much minded the slight delay. But a terrible automobile accident
had left him with severely impaired
speech and eventually robbed him
of his mobility except by wheelchair,
and soon, with his parents now deceased, he was unable to continue to
live alone.
Some 21 years ago, Sonny became
a permanent resident of the M. M.
Ewing Continuing Care Center in
Canandaigua. But the stories and
jokes and the sunny disposition never
ended. Despite his injuries and disabilities, Sonny continued to be sunny, refusing to be embittered, refusing
to mourn the abilities which he had
lost, remaining always, without fail,
cheerful and smiling.
Sonny never married, and thus had
no children or other family. So Sonny,
ever being sunny Sonny, formed his
own family at the Care Center. Many
thought of him as the mayor of the
Meadows wing of the Care Center. So
Sonny is survived by dozens and dozens of his family members from the
Care Center (they are far too numerous to name but they are indeed his
loving family, whom he entertained
and who looked after him for more
than two decades.
Sonny’s Funeral Mass was held on
January 15, 2015 at St. Mary's Church,
Canandaigua. Interment was set for
Woodlawn Cemetery, with military
honors. Like St. Paul, Sonny learned
to be content with whatever state he
was in. He was an inspiration to everyone who knew him. He was deeply
admired and loved by his entire family. He will be sorely missed, but with
luck his example will remain with
every person whose life he touched.
We will remember him. Semper Fi,
Sonny, and so long. Arrangements
were with Johnson-Kennedy Funeral
Home, Inc. Condolences may be offered at www.johnsonkennedy.com.
***
Canisteo, NY
Michael A. Anesko
Canisteo, NY - Michael A. Anesko,
age 73, passed away January 9, 2015
in Lima.
Michael was born in Oswego,
March 24, 1941, the son of Joseph and
Hazel Dumas Anesko. He had resided
in Canisteo since 1995, having come
from the Oswego area. Michael was
employed with the Carpenters Local Union #747 as a millwright and
worked on many projects throughout
the area. He was an avid outdoorsman
who loved hunting, fishing, camping
and was a creative man who discovered a love of metal sculpture later in
life. Michael loved animals and had a
small farm at his home.
In addition to his parents he was
predeceased by his wife, Jacqueline
Shill Anesko in 2013.
Michael is survived by one son,
Michael S. (Brenda Stebbins) Anesko
of Hannibal; two daughters, Adele
(Eric) Cronk of Minetto and Renee
(Robert) Straub of Oswego; two stepdaughters, Gennette Wachala of Oswego and Stephanie Wachala of Canisteo; three brothers, Joseph (Carol)
Anesko of CA, Allan Anesko of FL
and Paul (Gary Ann) Anesko of TN;
three grandchildren, Ethan, Brittany
and Jolene; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on January 16, 2015 at the Brown & Powers
Funeral Home, Canisteo. In lieu of
flowers, donations in his memory
to a college fund for Ethan Michael
Straub, make checks payable to the
rep payee, Adele Cronk. To send a
remembrance or to light a candle in
Michael’s memory please visit www.
brownandpowersfuneralhomes.com.
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Dr. Donald R. Davidsen
Canisteo, NY - Dr. Donald R Davidsen, age 79, passed away unexpectedly
January 10, 2015 at Rochester General Hospital, with his wife and children
by his side.
Don was born in Flushing, NY in
1936, to the late George and Emily
Davidsen. He later moved to Greenwich, NY and graduated from high
school there in 1953. He attended the
New York State College of Agriculture
at Cornell University and received
the degree of Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine in 1959. After graduation,
Don joined the US Air Force where
he attained the rank of Captain while
serving in Alabama, and Aviano, Italy.
After returning to the states in 1964,
he opened a large animal practice in
Canisteo, where he practiced until
1987. During this time, Don served
as a member of the Canisteo Central
School Board, a Steuben County Coroner, as a Steuben County legislator
and vice chairman. He also chaired
the Legislature’s Agriculture, Industry
and Planning Committee, which designed and directed the construction
of its new 10 million dollar county
office building, of which he was very
proud of. A street in front of the office, “Davidsen Way”, bears his name.
He was elected to the Steuben County
Hall of Fame in 2002.
In 1986 Don was elected to the New
York State Assembly. While in the assembly he served as the ranking minority member of both the Assembly
Health and Agriculture Committees.
In 1995 Don was appointed Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets for
the State of New York, a position he
held until his retirement in 1999.
Don enjoyed oil painting, build-
ing models of tall ships, traveling the
world, but mostly his family. Don
was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth Warner and his brother Roger.
In 2005 Don married Valarie Smith,
who survives. In addition, Don is survived by his brother George (Nancy)
Davidsen; three children, Karen
(John) Polechetti, Kristine (Bruce)
MacKellar, and Richard (Loriann)
Davidsen; eight grandchildren, AJ,
Christa, and Mia Polechetti, Daniel, James, and Michael Dineen, and
Matthew and Aleah Davidsen; seven
stepchildren; 11 stepgrandchildren;
and one stepgreat-grandson.
Don was a charter member and past
president of the Hornell Area Arts
Council. He was also a past president
of the Canisteo Rotary Club, Director for the Finger Lakes Association,
member of the Steuben County Industrial Development Agency, member of the America Legion, Morning
Star Lodge #65 F&AM of Canisteo,
and the First Presbyterian Church of
Canisteo. He was a very active member of the Steuben County Republican Party until his death and was a
great resource to aspiring politicians
everywhere.
Funeral services were held on January 15, 2015 at the First Presbyterian Church, Canisteo. Rev. Daniel
Pickering officiated. Burial was set
for Woodlawn Cemetery, Canisteo.
Friends wishing to remember Don are
asked to consider a contribution to
the Wimodaughsian Library, 19 West
Main Street, Canisteo, NY 14823 or to
Care First, 11751 East Corning Road,
Corning, NY 14830-3657. Arrangements were with Bender - Brown and
Powers Funeral Home. To send a remembrance to the family or to light a
candle in Don’s memory, please visit
www.brownandpowersfuneralhomes.
com.
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Ann M. Hansen
Canisteo/Depew, NY - Ann M. Hansen, age 94, passed away January 13,
2015 at her son’s home in Depew.
Ann was born in Phelps. She had
resided in Depew with her son since
2004. Ann and her husband Arthur
were instrumental in starting the
ARC of Steuben and was a former
member of the Canisteo First Presbyterian Church. She was active in
Home Bureau, The Grange, the Presbyterian Church ladies group and the
ARC, and enjoyed sewing, baking
and working in her flower gardens.
In addition to her parents, she was
predeceased by her husband Arthur
Hansen in 2000; a daughter, Nancy
Ross; a son, Carl Fairman; and a
brother, Edwin Manktelow.
Ann is survived by six children,
Allyn (Linda) Fairman of Post Falls,
ID, Carole Maronza of Mahopac,
Kathleen Rose of Dansville, Richard (Una) Hansen of Depew, Karen
(James) Mayers of Friendsville, PA,
and Sherry Hansen of Hornell; one
brother, James Manktelow; 18 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren;
and nieces and nephews.
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Funeral services were held on January 17, 2015 at the Brown & Powers
Funeral Home, Canisteo. Burial was
set for Hillside Cemetery. Friends
may make memorial contributions to
ARC of Steuben Foundation, 1 ARC
Way, Bath, NY 14810, www.arcofsteuben.org. To send a remembrance
to the family or to light a candle in
Ann’s memory please visit www.
brownandpowersfuneralhomes.com.
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William John Sheeley
Canisteo, NY - William John Sheeley,
age 93, passed away January 9, 2015 at
the Bath VAMC, where he had been a
resident for the past 5 years.
William was born December 13,
1921 in Callicoon, NY, the son of William C. and Anna (Murphy) Sheeley.
He was a graduate of Binghamton
High School and later graduated from
Alfred University with a Bachelor’s
degree in Ceramic Engineering. Bill
served in the US Navy from 1940-45
during WWII and was on board the
minesweeper USS TIDE AM 125,
which sank the day after D-Day after
it struck a mine. He was rescued off
from the ship before it sank and received a purple heart for his injuries
sustained.
William’s career included working at the Army Corps of Engineers
working on flood control projects in
the Hornell area, the City of Hornell
as a Superintendent of Public Works
and City Engineer and later retired
from the NYSDOT, as an Associate
Civil Engineer. After retirement he
kept busy as a self-employed licensed
land surveyor and Professional Engineer. Bill was a community member
of the Canisteo Wesleyan Church and
had been a member of the former
East Ave. United Methodist Church
of Hornell. He was also a member
of the Hornell Elks, American Legion, VFW, Hornell Moose Lodge,
Hornellsville Lodge #65 F & AM, the
Kanisteo Historical Society, the Naval
Mine Warfare Association, the Dansville flying club, Dansville stamps
and coin club, the Civil Air Patrol, the
Highway Engineers Assoc., a former
Boy Scouts leader and served several
years as a coordinator of the annual
USS TIDE survivors reunion. Bill’s
interests were many, including having
traveled to every state in the US, collecting things, playing music on the
piano, of which he was self-taught,
and operating Ham radios.
William was predeceased by his
parents; his wife Ethel Terry Sheeley
on October 30, 2013, whom he married November 13, 1948; also his sister Jane Marie Sheeley; and his brother Robert Sheeley.
William is survived by his 3 daughters, Janet (Earl) Lind of NJ, Alice
(Dave) Gardiner of Canisteo, Susan
(Christopher) Lind of NJ; 6 grandchildren, Lisa (Frank) Jaquett, Stacey Lind, Becky (Dan) Todd, Christy
(Mike) Parmenter, Christopher
(Aria) Camaione-Lind, Eric (Marla)
Lind; 10 great-grandchildren; 1 greatgreat-granddaughter; 1 niece and 1
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nephew.
Funeral services were held on January 12, 2015 at the Canisteo Wesleyan
Church with Military Honors, where
Rev. Donald Maynard officiated.
Burial was set for Woodlawn Cemetery in Canisteo. Arrangements were
with Bender - Brown and Powers Funeral Home. To send a remembrance
visit www.brownandpowersfuneralhomes.com
***
Corning/Avoca, NY
Robert A. Judkins
Corning/Avoca, NY - Robert A. Judkins, age 46, passed away January 16,
2015 at his home in Corning.
Born in Buffalo on Jan. 25, 1968,
Bob was a graduate of Batavia Central
School, class of 1986.
He was employed as a DJ and with
security at concerts, as well as a cook
at his family’s restaurant, the Country
Goose in Avoca. Bob enjoyed fishing
and was an avid fan of the Buffalo
Bills and Jeff Gordon.
Bob’s family includes his children
Natasha Judkins and Jessica Davis,
both of Hornell, Robert N. Judkins
of Olyphant, PA, and Jazmyn Judkins
and her mother, Corissa Ridley, both
of Prattsburgh; his two grandchildren, Jayden and Jaylynne; his parents Wayne (Catherine) Judkins of
Corfu and Jane Slocum (Keith Chase)
of Avoca; his three siblings, Kimberly
Lamphier of Bath, Melissa (David)
Pietrucha of Cohocton, Sarah (Renee) Judkins of Rochester; his girlfriend Kim Denson of Corning; also
his nieces, nephews and extended
family.
Funeral services were held on January 21, 2015 at the Avoca Funeral
Home, where Pastor Barre Butts officiated. Those wishing may contribute
in his memory to his family, in care of
Jane Slocum, 57 N. Main St., Avoca,
NY 14809. To light a candle in their
name please visit http://www.bishopandjohnsonfuneralhome.com/
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Dansville, NY
Paul E. Constantine Jr.
Dansville, NY - Paul E. Constantine
Jr., age 39, passed away unexpectedly
January 14, 2015 in Laurens, NY.
Memorial visitation was on January 18, 2015 at the United Methodist
Church, Dansville, where a memorial
service was held. Memorial contributions may be made to any animal
shelter or to Alfred State College in
memory of Paul. Arrangements were
with the Walter E. Baird and Sons
Funeral Home, Inc. To light a candle
please visit http://bairdfuneralhomes.
com.
***
Julia M. Ryan
Dansville, NY - Julia M. Ryan, age of
97, died of natural causes on January
9, 2015. She was living at the Livingston County Center for Nursing and
Rehabilitation in Mt. Morris.
As a child Julia learned to swim at
the Bernard McFadden Hotel and
Spa near her home in Dansville. She
became an expert swimmer. A graduate of Dansville High School, she attended the Geneseo Normal School
and received her permanent teaching certificate as a graduate of SUNY
Geneseo in 1943. Julia served a long
career as an elementary school teacher, starting in a rural school in Lima,
NY in 1938; the Lima Central School
District from 1940-1945 and the
Wayland-Cohocton Central School
District where she taught six grade
for over 30 years from 1945-1976. She
received several honors throughout
her teaching career and the gratitude
of generations of students for her
dedication in guiding them through
the transition from childhood to
adulthood.
Julia had an avid interest in Dansville’s local history and was particularly knowledgeable about McFadden’s
Hotel and its predecessor, founded by
Dr. James C. Jackson, as well as Jackson’s home called “Brightside.” She
was a communicant of St. Patrick’s
and St. Mary’s Church in Dansville.
In her retirement she enjoyed finding
and refinishing fine antiques.
In addition to her parents, Pat and
Mae Ryan, Julia was predeceased
by her brother Charles, who died
in combat during WW II and by
her aunt, Nell Ryan, with whom she
shared her home. Her survivors include many cousins, nieces, nephews, godchildren and friends. They
remember her warmth and spirit and
her sweet and gentle soul.
There will be no calling hours. A
Mass of Christian Burial will be held
at St. Mary’s Church, 40 Elizabeth
St., Dansville on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 11 a.m. Committal
prayers and Interment will follow at
Holy Cross Cemetery, Dansville. Julia loved animals and cared for many
pets in her lifetime. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her
memory to the Hornell Area Humane
Society, 7649 Industrial Park Road,
Hornell, NY 14843. Funeral arrangements are courtesy of the Bishop &
Johnson Funeral Home, Inc., 285
Main St., Hornell, N.Y. 14843, (607)
324-2700.
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Honeoye, NY
Irene E. (Cratsley)
Pfuntner
Honeoye, NY – Irene E. Pfuntner, age
93, passed away on January 11, 2015.
She was predeceased by her husband
George in 2007; her parents Walter
and Carrie Crooks Cratsley; and siblings Helen Beach, George Cratsley,
Leslie Cratsley and Earl Cratsley. She
is survived by her son and daughterin-law Leon and Theresa Pfuntner of
Hemlock; grandson Randy Canute of
Springwater; twin brothers Arthur
(Priscilla) Cratsley of East Bloomfield
and Alfred (Jane) Cratsley of Canadice; and several nieces and nephews.
Irene was born January 27, 1921 in
Canadice, the daughter of Walter and
Carrie Crooks Cratsley. An avid gardener, she enjoyed spending her time
in her flower gardens. She was a great
baker who enjoyed making wedding
cakes. Irene also looked forward to
family get togethers where she would
cook and entertain for the entire family.
A funeral service was held on January 15, 2015 at the Lutheran Church
of the Good Shepherd, Canandaigua.
Burial was set for Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye. Memorial contributions may be made to the Richmond
Ambulance Fund, PO Box 469, Honeoye, NY 14471. Arrangements were
with Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral
Home Inc. To send a condolence and
for further information please visit:
www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com
***
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Interior Design: Everything in a New Light
The light definitely
did heighten the
By Katherine Salant
contrast, most noSpecial To The New York Eagle
ticeably when I read
News/The Washington Post
a newspaper.
When I started
testing
other types
first tested an LED bulb seven
of LED bulbs in my
years ago. It was not a promising
house, the transibeginning.
tion from halogen
The bulb was a Par 38 spotlight for
or
incandescent
a recessed ceiling fixture. The color of
was
not
as seamless
the light was a silvery metallic — so
Left, the Philips Par 38 spotlight focuses a beam to light a small area;
right, the A21 is the LED equivalent of an old 100-watt bulb. (Photo
as I expected. With
chilling and wintery that it made the
credit: Philips; GE.)
the other LED catroom feel cold. The final kicker was
egories, there are additional variables
ture actually produces less light.
the price — $125.
If you have yet to purchase your to consider, and in some cases the isThings have changed a lot since
first LED bulb, the best place to start sue was not the LED but the particuthen.
As LED manufacturers have in- is the A19- and A21-size bulbs, which lar conditions in my house, such as
creased the efficiency of the bulbs, replace the 40-, 60-, 75- and 100- ceiling height. Before you start testing
fewer are required for a given watt- watt incandescents that are no longer the other types of LEDs, you need to
be conversant with these two LED
age and bulb type and the prices have made (at this time).
With an LED made by a major basics:
fallen precipitously. (At Home Depot,
● Lumen number: This indicates
Lowe's and Wal-Mart, for instance, brand, the transition should be easy.
today's price for a 90 watt-equivalent When I compared GE's, Philips's, the brightness of the bulb. With the
Par 38 spotlight is $20 to $30 — 75 to Cree's and Sylvania's most recent A19 and A21 LED bulbs, the lumen
85 percent less than the one I tried in generation of Energy Star-rated A19 numbers are nearly the same for each
and A21 bulbs with several incan- wattage equivalent across all manu2007).
At the same time, the quality of the descents that I am hoarding for my facturers. The A19 60-watt equivalent
light produced by today's LEDs has home testing, I found the light pro- LED has 800 lumens, the A19 or A21
vastly improved. In my most recent duced by the LEDs to be remarkably 75-watt equivalent has 1100 lumens
annual home testing, I found that the close to the old-style bulbs. GE's A19 and the A21 100-watt equivalent has
light produced for most of the bulb 60-watt equivalent Energy Star-rated 1600 lumens. But within the other
categories can be extremely close to LED and its 60-watt incandescent are bulb categories, the lumen number
can vary from brand to brand. When
that of the incandescent and halogen indistinguishable.
There is a second type of LED bulb the lumen difference is small (5 to 15
bulbs the LEDs are designed to replace — so much so that only a light- available in the A19 and A21 size that percent) you won't notice. But if the
did not exist as an incandescent called lumen difference is large — and it can
ing expert will notice the difference.
Moreover, the bulbs are so long- "daylight." The light produced by be as much as 50 percent — you will
lasting — more than 22 years if used these LEDs is blue-white and resem- definitely notice. The lumen number
for only three hours a day, the aver- bles daylight, hence the name. The is always on the front of the packagage use per bulb per day in most U.S. daylight bulbs are more popular in ing in big print.
● Kelvin temperature: The Kelvin
households — that some manufactur- some parts of the United States than
ers have incorporated the LED into others, especially in the Midwest with temperature scale measures the color
the fixture itself. When the light fi- its long gray winters, said Pam Price, temperature of the light. With incanretail marketing manager at Sylvania. descent and halogen bulbs, Kelvin
nally gives out, you get a new fixture.
The daylight bulbs are also popular temperature has never been an issue,
As part of my home testing, I installed a GE flush-mounted ceiling with older buyers because their blue- because it is the same for each bulb
fixture in my laundry room. Not white light heightens contrast and type — all incandescent bulbs are
only does it look much better than makes reading easier, added Mike 2700K and all halogens are 3000K.
the 50-year-old fixture it replaced, Watson, vice president for product Unlike those bulbs, the LEDs can
the light it produces appears to be strategy at Cree. Testing this for my- have a Kelvin temperature of 3500K
brighter and softer than the 75-watt self, I tried reading several types of and 5000K. Even more confusing for
equivalent compact fluorescent I had publications under an A19 60-watt consumers, the Kelvin temperature
been using, even though the new fix- equivalent Energy Star daylight bulb. can vary within the same LED bulb
category, ranging from 2700K (mimics incandescent and appears to be
yellowish) to 3000K (mimics halogen
and is whiter) or 5000K (daylight that
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For recessed ceiling fixtures,
commonly known as "ceiling
cans" because they look like
coffee cans pushed up into
the ceiling, there are two LED
options: "floods" that provide
general illumination throughout the space, and "spots" that
can inject some drama because
they only illuminate the area
directly beneath the fixture
and the light at the center of Left, the Philips BR30 conventional flood light is best in a
the illuminated area is much recessed fixture; right, the B13 LED bulb is the choice for a
brighter than the light at the chandelier. (Photo credit: Philips; GE.)
With the Par 38 LED spotlights,
edge.
Because there are so many choices there's another variable to factor in
here — I tested nine floods and eight — the size of the illuminated area bespots — the issue for most people low the bulb, which depends on the
will likely be "which one is right for beam angle of the light. When the
me?" You can simply switch out what beam angle is in the 40-degree range,
you're using now for the LED version more floor area is illuminated. When
the beam angle is in the 25-degree
or experiment.
Within the floodlight category, the range, less floor area is lit but the light
main difference between the BR30 is more concentrated and the effect
LED and the BR40 LEDs that I tested more dramatic.
With an eight-foot ceiling and reis the amount of light produced. With
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1100 lumens, the BR40 LEDs are
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about 40 to 70 percent brighter than
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they'll "wash" the walls and ceiling as
well as the floor.
But for a living room like mine with
an eight-foot ceiling, the BR40s were
much too bright; the BR30s were a
better choice for background lighting.
But, within that subcategory, there
are still further refinements. All four
brands of BR30 that I tested offer a
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Collectors: Which of the 15 Kinds Are You?
By Jura Koncius
The New York Eagle News/ The
Washington Post
J
ust about everyone collects something: matchbooks, sand dollars, George Washington-themed
memorabilia or majolica.
In "Collected: Living With the
Things You Love," Fritz Karch and
Rebecca Robertson present 250 wideranging collections, showing how
they can become part of a home's
decor. The authors, both veterans of
Martha Stewart Living, know how
to make artfully arranged groups of
sometimes ordinary objects reflect
a collector's style. The book has a
chapter for each of 15 collecting personalities they have identified, from
Modest-ist to Fantasist.
I spoke with Robertson about the
collections they have uncovered and
asked her for advice on collecting and
display.
Q: How do you begin a collection?
A: It's really about following what
you are drawn to and trusting yourself and embracing it. Often people
start collecting when something is
given to them by a family member
or they find something on a trip. It
can be something that gives an emotional connection. When you decide
to collect something, do a little research. Maybe that one special object
is tempting you to decide whether to
collect more. Hop on the Internet or
grab a great book at the library and do
a touch of research on the item. Then
you can be an informed buyer.
Q: How can you incorporate a collection in your home?
A: Collect the things you love and
that make you happy. I like to think
a room.
Q: How do
you display collections in a
small space?
A: Concentrate on smaller
objects and creative ways to
display
them.
You might be
the person who
puts the shelf
above the doorway to display
what you collect. Make use
of unexpected
spaces. I live in
a loft, which has
A new book “Collected: Living with the Things You Love,” identifies 15 kinds of its own chalcollectors. Above, the Colorist focuses on one color, such as these textiles, and
is more interested in the collection as a whole than each piece. (Photo credit: lenges since it is
Dana Gallagher.) Below, The Artificialist is interested in natural imagery, if not wide open. You
actual flora and fauna. Here, foliage-print metal dishes. (Photo credit: Sang have to figure
An.)
out how to knit
everything together. Everything has to be experienced all together.
Q: How did you come
up with the 15 categories
in the book?
A: We sat down and
thought about ourselves
and all of the people that
we know and have met
and what they collect.
Q: What are the most
unusual collections you
found?
A: Probably the strangest was the tea bag collecof these treasures as the jewelry in the
room. It's like putting that finishing
touch on an outfit. The sparkle and
importance of a collection can make
The Vet
A woman goes to the veterinarian
with her pig that appears to be sleeping. The woman waits as the vet inspects the pig. Then the vet comes out
and tells the woman, "I'm sorry... But
your pig is dead."
The woman, shocked, yells at the
vet, "Are you serious?! Did you run
tests? He could just be in a coma or
something."
The vet sighs and heads back to her
office with the woman. The vet leaves
the room and returns with a dog. The
dog approaches the pig and slowly
sniffs him from head to toe. He looks
up at the woman with sad eyes and
walks out.
The vet leaves and returns with a
cat. The cat approaches the pig and
stares at him for a solid 5 minutes. It
then meows loudly and slowly exits
the room.
The vet tells the woman, "See, your
pig has definitely passed on." The vet
walks to the register and hands the
woman a bill for $300.
The woman is again outraged,
"$300 just so you could tell me my
little piggy died?"
The vet replies, "It was only $40 until you made me get a Lab Report and
a Cat Scan." ■
tor who has 30,000 used
tea bags in the Modest-ist
chapter. It's so unexpected.
We also have someone who
collects crocheted foodstuffs, from hot dogs to
cupcakes, in the Artificialist chapter.
Q: What category are
you?
A: I am definitely a Containerist. I love any kind of
boxes. I have a silver box
collection. I am drawn to
anything that can contain
something.
Q: What else do you collect?
A: I collect vintage magazine purses [and] motherof-pearl souvenirs, and
The Naturalist collector finds inspiration in the outdoors, like
I collect and sell vintage this collection of minerals. (Photo credit: Dana Gallagher.)
glassware and barware.
Like many collectors, I found a retail Etsy shop called Collected and Comoutlet for my obsessions. If you are a pany. We are going to organize it to
smart collector, you will swap in and reflect the 15 chapters, or personalitrade out. There are so many ways to ties, in the book.
do that now; you don't have to have a
physical shop. Fritz and I have a new
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or on them or under them there are
clues and riddles and puzzles whose
answers lead to a letter that means a
number that points to another locked
box, and now it's feeling like "National Treasure" again, and the dad character is saying, "And that will lead you
to another clue, and another clue!"
All the while, the clock is ticking.
"It's hilarious to see how different
groups handle the pressure," said
Ginger Flesher, the owner of Escape
Room Live D.C. She's a retired math
teacher and her husband, Darren
Sonnier, works in intelligence. They
first tried an escape room while visiting Prague this past summer. By the
end of their trip, they had completed
five escape rooms all around Europe,
and Flesher was determined to open
one in D.C.
She and her employees have
watched (via video monitor) hundreds of people tackle the game.
During the week, her customers are
typically co-workers using the room
as an exercise in team building. On
the weekends, the groups are mostly
friends, families or dates. She's had
many birthday parties, a few bachelor
and bachelorette parties, and is hoping to attract couples who want to use
the room for baby gender reveal parties. Congrats, you escaped! Also, it's
a boy!
In the 12 weeks this escape room
has been open, its reviews on Yelp
and TripAdvisor have been overwhelmingly positive. That's seemingly true for escape rooms in every city,
regardless of who runs them. Frank
Lantz, director of the NYU Game
Center, points to similar computerbased escape games as the starting
point for physical escape rooms. He
believes their success is unsurprising,
given current trends in gaming. And
Sigmund Freud, obviously.
"Freud has the concept of the repressed," Lantz said. "If you try to
repress something that is a powerful force, it comes back in a stronger
form."
In this case, the powerful force is
the human desire to play games that
are both social and physical. Sports
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ing Alex's spontaneity, going out in
the gale-force winds and rain of Hurricane Irene and her finding out, only
after they returned sopping wet from
head to toe: Jason really hates getting
wet — a notable irony, given how Jason and I met.
The problem with heroes is, of
course, they're sometimes so good at
saving everybody else they forget to
do little things for themselves.
Like get real furniture, go to the
dentist and set up a retirement account, all of which Alex encouraged
Jason to do. In the letter he wrote
Alex, you could tell he loved the way
she balanced her childlike exuberance for life with her personal responsibility.
"You have suggested a few times
that, when we have a bigger place to
live, we should get a young cat to keep
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I told you that I was worried that a
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hearts would expand to love the new
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"Being with you always makes me
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like I am exactly where I belong."
Alex was less cynical about the
world and more open to life experiences because of Jason, she wrote.
She is really looking forward to being
his life partner for many reasons, but
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The vows, the exchange of rings
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man and wife, went by so quickly.
The entire ceremony lasted less than
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When everybody was mingling inside, I took a moment for myself and
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had when Jason ran back to Georgetown that night in January after pulling me out, I let go of heaving sobs
— the sobs of a man who knew how
close he came to never seeing this
beautiful day — and all those that had
come before it.
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playing at the same time. Then came
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made social. Gamers live-stream
themselves playing on Web sites like
Twitch.tv and post completed games
on YouTube for others to watch and
comment on.
Escape rooms tap into that desire
for social and physical while also providing intellectual stimulation and a
bit of a thrill. Some rooms try to make
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In “Paddington,” the bear cub is voiced by Ben Whishaw. (Photo credit: The Weinstein Company.)
Finally, Mrs. Brown (Sally Hawkins)
overcomes the doubts of her cautious
husband (Downton Abbey's Hugh
Bonneville) and two kids' embarrassment and takes the newly named
Paddington home.
Home is where the kid-friendly humor begins. In one crowd-pleasing bit
of bathroom humor, Paddington uses
the Browns' toothbrushes to pick his
ears, drinks a bottle of mouthwash,
sticks his head in the toilet and causes
a massive overflow — all while Mr.
Brown desperately tries to add "bear
coverage" to his home insurance.
While the slapstick isn't particularly
we perform better," said sociologist
Margee Kerr, who is known for her
work studying the effect of fear on the
brain. "This is the well-tested finding
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something like taking a test or completing a challenge."
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original, director Paul King makes the
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difference in
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"It's sort of
counterintuitive, because,
esla Motors' billionaire chief
why do we
executive Elon Musk walked
want all these
into the enemy territory of
competitors?"
Detroit last week with the electric-car
said Musk, 43,
maker quickly losing charge. Chevduring a Tuesrolet's all-electric Bolt, which some
day appearcalled a "Tesla killer," promised a
ance at the
mass-market rollout matching what
Autom ot ive
Tesla's future cars would offer and
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cost. And, analysts warn, record-low
gas prices threatened to deflate the A Tesla Motors Inc. Model S P85D vehicle is displayed at the 2015 North American Congress in
Detroit last
electric-car market altogether.
International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit on last week. (Photo credit: Daniel
week. But he
But in his first public appearance Acker/Bloomberg)
reiterated the
in Motor City in two years, the face
of America's electric-car movement powered cars en masse. That criti- real environmental benefits will only
doubled down on his promise to rev- cism, and many others, have made happen "if the big car companies
olutionize the auto industry, pledg- Musk the man the auto establishment make risky decisions to make electric
ing to make millions of electric-car loves to hate, the ultimate outsider in vehicles. I hope they do. We'll try to
sales a year by 2025 — up from goals a car-making capital of insiders who be as helpful as we can."
Musk became the man to watch for
of about 33,000 last year. And about think he's overhyped or hate his guts.
Now that automakers are starting to having built the first new American
all those high-powered rivals at the
door? They should, he said, invest push back with designs that could give automaker in years from the ground
even more toward electric cars. In Tesla a run for its money, the South up. No executive at the North AmeriAfrican-born firebrand isn't backing can International Auto Show last
other words: Bring it on.
Musk has long criticized his com- down. In fact, Musk is chalking it up week in Detroit won as intense a spotpatriots in the auto world for their as a new victory for his mission to light, or polarized as many, as Musk
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rom 2010 to 2014, U.S. electric
car sales surged from almost
nothing to about 120,000 per
year. But the haters and doubters persist.
Analysts and investing forums are
buzzing about a coming stagnation.
After all, in the past seven months the
price of oil has collapsed from $115 a
barrel to below $50. Gasoline prices
have plummeted, too, fast approaching $2 per gallon nationally, and
commuters are rejoicing. That means
a key selling point for electric vehicles — low fuel costs — is gone. The
electric car appears to be in trouble.
Surprisingly, it is not. Last week,
the floor of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit was
stacked with glitzy new electric cars,
from the BMW i3 to the Chevrolet
Bolt to SUVs and micro-cars. That's
because today's electric car boom
isn't really about oil prices at all; it's
about clean air. Under the leadership
of California, a group of environmentally progressive states (Oregon,
New York, Maryland, Massachusetts,
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Electric cars, he added, would still
be cheaper to run than gas-powered
cars even with today's bottom-barrel
gas prices. And in the more than 30
other countries where Tesla sells and
gas is pricier, the change in fuel prices
will make even less of a dent in demand.
If all this sounds like eco-friendly
hooey, remember that Musk has long
pushed for automakers and energy
giants to do something in the face
of climate change. Last year — after
having pioneered faster chargers,
safer batteries and a heap of other
electric-car innovations — Tesla
opened its hundreds of patents for all
the automotive world to use, free of
charge, as a way to spur automakers
to improve.
For all its hype, it's easy to forget
that Tesla sells one car, made at one
factory: the Model S, an all-electric sedan that sells for more than
$70,000. Valued at about $25 billion,
Tesla is less than half the size of GM
or Ford. But seven years after the automaker sold its first Tesla roadster,
Musk said the automaker still struggles to make enough cars to meet
demand — even without spending a
cent on advertising.
Tesla's giant rivals can't help but
take notice. In an earnings call last
year, Ford chief executive Mark Fields
even said of Tesla's star car, "We have
driven the Model S, torn it down, put
it back together, and driven it again.
mandates that set a floor under the
electric-vehicle market. In other
words, they're forcing automakers to
sell electric cars. The goal is to have
3.3 million of them on their roads by
2025. Thanks to clever policy design,
the survival of electric cars doesn't
depend on the vagaries of the global
oil market.
For more than a century, electric
cars have repeatedly lost out to oil.
As early as the 1890s, electric taxi
fleets were stealing market share from
horse-and-buggy drivers in New
York, Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
Even Thomas Edison was in on the
game, spending more than a decade
— and $1 million of his own fortune
— developing a battery technology
aimed at electric cars.
Electric cars, however, couldn't
keep pace with the fast-improving internal combustion engine. Its range,
power and portability were all superior, thanks to oil. By 1910, Henry
Ford (a former Edison Illuminating
Co. employee) had effectively crushed
the early electric car. By 1927, half of
all American families owned an oilfueled car. Electric cars were no longer serious contenders.
But between 1969 and 1979, oil
prices spiked, reviving interest in
electric cars. In 1975, Congress took
up a bill called the Electric and HyWe're very familiar with that product." Asked last week whether he intended to do the same with his new
competitors, or whether he found
anything he wanted to emulate, Musk
issued a laughably terse, "No."
Tesla's
market-watchers
have
sounded the alarms amid some recent
sour notes. The automaker's stock has
slid more than 25 percent since peaking in September, on the back of the
emergence of other electric-car competitors and lower gas prices. Though
Tesla's revenue grew in the first nine
months of 2014 to more than $2.2
billion, a 60 percent boom from the
year before, the automaker has never
secured a yearly profit.
But with his signature swagger,
Musk brushed off investor worries,
calling short-term stock shifts "not
important" and pledging that the
company would be profitable by 2020.
A slowdown in China that spooked
investors, Musk added, was due to a
misperception among Chinese citydwellers over the difficulty of charging the cars.
Musk, who is also chief executive
of space-travel firm SpaceX and cofounder of online payments service
PayPal, said he intends to stay at Tesla
"as long as I'm alive" — without any
fears a potential "Tesla killer" would
do him in.
"Some degree of success is assured,"
Musk said. It's only, he added, "a
question of magnitude."
brid Vehicle Research, Development
and Demonstration Act, which included $30 million for studies and
deployment. A year later, Congress
overrode a presidential veto to authorize $160 million for electric-vehicle
research and testing over a five-year
period. But when oil prices plummeted in the 1980s, policymakers retreated, halting funding for research.
Today, pessimists see a depressingly
familiar pattern: Energy prices spike;
huge sums of capital flow from the
government and the private sector
into oil alternatives; energy markets
crash; those funds vanish and industries wither. And, of course, the electric car dies.
What makes California different is
that its electric-car program isn't tied
to oil prices — because the project
predates the oil shocks by more than
two decades. After World War II, a
mysterious pall of smog strangled
Los Angeles. California's response
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researching and regulating air pollution. This eventually became the California Air Resources Board (CARB),
a body that rapidly outpaced the federal government in the science and
policy of pollution control.
By 1970, California's regulatory
infrastructure was so developed that
the national Clean Air Act allowed
the state to set its own standards for
emissions — and gave other states the
option to follow its strict guidelines
in lieu of those set by the federal government. If automakers wanted to sell
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the battery. If the driver runs the
battery down and uses a full tank of
gas, the car would average 41 miles
per gallon and travel more than 400
miles, GM said.
GM introduced the Chevrolet Bolt,
its first all-electric car since the EV1
was leased to consumers in the late
90s, a person familiar with the matter
said. The Bolt will be able to drive 200
miles on a charge when it goes on sale
for about $30,000 in 2017, the person
said.
The Volt will have company. Hyundai plans to unveil a new hybrid version of its Sonata mid-size sedan as
well as a plug-in hybrid version. Mercedes-Benz will show off a plugin
hybrid C-Class luxury car, which the
company says is the only such model
in its category.
Plug-in hybrids like the Volt can
drive longer using electricity because
they carry a larger battery than conventional hybrid cars. Drivers plug
the cars in and recharge the battery
to get more electric drive and use less
gas. Honda, in an attempt to leapfrog
everyone in the technology game, will
show a fuel-cell concept car, which
uses hydrogen to generate power for
an electric motor.
Cheaper gasoline has hurt sales of
cars in California — or in other states
with similar regulations — their vehicles had to adhere to California's
emissions standards. These efforts
accelerated in 1975 when Gov. Jerry
Brown installed a new, aggressive
chairman, Tom Quinn, at the state
Air Resources Board. For a decade,
CARB focused on cleaning up the
exhaust from combustion engines.
In 1990, with oil prices around $20 a
barrel, CARB went even further, setting its sights on a car that didn't pollute at all: a zero-emissions vehicle, an
electric car.
California mandated that a certain
percentage of cars sold in the state
had to be electric — initially 2 percent
by 1998 and escalating to 10 percent
by 2003 — and then set about building a long-range strategic plan to help
automakers fulfill the mandate. One
key element was creating a market
for car companies to buy and sell
zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) credits
issued by the state for electric vehicle
sales. If one automaker failed to sell
electric cars, it could buy credits from
a competitor who had succeeded.
While building electric cars was expensive, so was buying credits; it also
took a toll on a company's reputation
and deprived manufacturers of the
technological insights they would
gain by developing the cars. The incentives for automakers to push forward were in place.
Implementing the mandate was a
long, iterative process, and the regulators' initial goals proved to be overly
hybrids. Sales of the Volt tumbled 19
percent in the U.S. last year to 18,805
vehicles. The most popular version of
Toyota's Prius, by far the bestseller
among hybrid electric cars, slumped
15 percent to 122,766 cars. The Prius
V, a wagon version of the car, fell 12
percent to 30,762. Hyundai's Sonata
hybrid sedan sank 25 percent to
21,052.
A price cut in mid-2013 helped
boost sales of Nissan's all- electric
Leaf by 34 percent last year to 30,200.
Chevy lowered the Volt's price in
2013 by $5,000 to $34,995, the company said in a statement at the time.
Regardless of sales today, carmakers
need to keep investing in technology,
said Bill Fay, a group vice president in
Toyota's U.S. sales arm.
"Obviously, the longer-term plans
are built around complying with future regulations and our work continues in that area," Fay said in a phone
interview. "In the short-term, we're
very much focused on trying to deliver to consumers what they are really
coming in and looking to buy."
GM is also looking further out.
Even with the drop in demand, Chief
Executive Officer Mary Barra said the
automaker will keep developing the
Volt and other efficient cars.
"Over the long-term it doesn't
change our strategy at all," Barra said
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muddled through lawsuits and highstakes policy brawls with automakers and the George W. Bush administration. Carmakers grumbled that
California could not simply mandate
innovation. "I wish that, instead of
zero-pollution vehicles, CARB had
mandated a cure for cancer," Automotive News sneered. Then, for years,
the Bush administration refused to
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at a roundtable discussion with journalists on Jan. 8. "We're in this for the
long haul."
The Chevy brand, known more for
tire-screeching Corvettes and Camaros or brawny trucks than for efficient
technology, is getting a boost from
the Volt, said Steve Majoros, director
of Chevrolet's passenger-car marketing. Among Chevy customers, only
buyers of the Corvette sports car and
the Tahoe SUV earn more money on
average than Volt buyers, he said.
"It is clearly bringing different people into the brand," Majoros said in an
interview.
Volt buyers are as enthusiastic
about the car's electric motor and
fuel economy as Corvette owners are
about horsepower, said Volt Chief
Engineer Pamela Fletcher.
"The price of gas is what it is today,"
Fletcher said. "There's a segment of
people who love it and want it. Many
of our owners have an aversion to
gasoline."
GM isn't looking for huge sales
gains with the Volt, Majoros said. It's
something GM needs to do especially
because no one can count on gasoline
remaining at their lowest levels in five
years.
"Let's hope people have long memories," Majoros said.
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For College Basketball
Coaches, the Losses Linger
By John Feinstein
Special To The New York Eagle
D
uring his 22 seasons as Maryland's basketball coach, Gary
Williams enjoyed many big
victories (including one for the national championship) and a few improbable ones (overcoming a 22-point
deficit in Chapel Hill to beat North
Carolina perhaps being the best example).
Of course there were some painful
losses, too. One, though, stands out:
Five years ago, in a second-round
NCAA tournament game against
Michigan State in Spokane, Washington.
The Terrapins had rallied from 16
points down and took an 83-82 lead
on a basket by Greivis Vasquez with
six seconds left, when the Spartans'
Draymond Green raced the ball upcourt and, realizing there wasn't time
for him to drive through a pack of
Maryland defenders, turned and
passed the ball in the direction of Delvon Roe. Remarkably, Roe ducked the
pass, and the ball went right to Korie
Lucious, who calmly caught it and
swished a three-point shot as time expired to win the game.
"I had never seen a player duck a
pass like that in 40 years of coaching," Williams said recently. "And I've
never seen a player do it since then."
By the time he spoke to the media,
Williams had his wits completely
about him, and he summed up the
game succinctly. "I'm 65 years old," he
said. "No way will I live long enough
to get over this one."
Virtually all coaches have a game
(or few) they can't ever completely leave behind. Mike Krzyzewski
was 39 when he coached in his first
NCAA championship game in 1986.
Duke lost to Louisville, 72-69, two
days after beating Kansas in a draining semifinal.
"I didn't know how to handle
the fact that some of my guys were
tired," Krzyzewski said. "It was our
40th game, and the Kansas game was
very physical. Mark Alarie and David Henderson were dragging and I
couldn't figure out how to get them
to the last few minutes with enough
left to win the game. Five years later,
Christian Laettner was the same way
after we beat UNLV in the semis. But
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That didn't help my
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didn't."
Coaches tend to
hold on to bad memories longer than they
hold on to good ones.
Wins don't need to be
analyzed or secondguessed. Losses do.
Last March, William and Mary was
80 seconds from reaching the NCAA
tournament for the first time in
school history, leading Delaware 7468, with 1:20 left in the CAA championship game. It was the third time
in seven years that Tony Shaver had
coached the Tribe to the CAA final.
This was, by far, its best chance to
win. They came up short — barely.
Delaware scored the game's last seven
points and won, 75-74, after Marcus
Thornton's jumper hit the back rim
and bounded away as time expired.
"We were very, very close," Shaver
said. "Maybe I'm different, but I don't
want our program or our players
judged strictly on whether we get to
the NCAA tournament or not. We
played three very good games in the
[CAA] tournament last year, and we
won 20 games. I'm very proud of what
they did, and they should be proud
too. When I hear people talking about
how we 'failed,' to get into the tournament, I bristle. I know what a big deal
making the tournament has become,
I get it. But I think it's unfair to judge
a season just on that."
Shaver did look at the tape of the
game the next morning because he
was convinced his team had gotten
"some rotten calls," in the final minute. He also couldn't help but notice that when Thornton went up to
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1. In 2014, Adrian Beltre became the fifth
player in major-league history to hit 100 home
runs for three different teams. Name two of the
first four.
2. Name the last right-handed hitter to belt 30
or more home runs in
Federer Vying to
Extend Grand
Slam Record at an
Age Others Faded
By Danielle Rossingh
Bloomberg News
R
oger Federer -- owner of a
men's record 17 Grand Slam
titles -- is trying to be the
oldest major winner since 1972 as he
started this week's Australian Open.
The 33-year-old, who counts the
most weeks as No. 1 among his men's
tennis records, wasn't alive when Ken
Rosewall won the Australian Open
in 1972 at age 37, making the Sydney
native the oldest major-tournament
winner.
After finishing 2013 ranked sixth in
the world and without an appearance
in a major final for the first time since
2002, Federer improved his play. He
ended last year No. 2 just behind
Novak Djokovic, and won his first
Davis Cup title as a member of the
Swiss team, one of the few trophies
he'd failed to collect since his first
pro victory 17 years ago. After his
1,000th match win two weeks ago in
Brisbane, Federer said he's aiming for
a fifth Australian Open title.
"Father Time catches up to everyone," Patrick McEnroe, an analyst for
ESPN and former top 30 player, said
in an interview. "But if anybody can
do it, he can do it."
Federer improved his serve last season, striking 627 aces and winning
91 percent of his service games. In
2013, he won 87 percent of his service
games, and hit 399 aces.
Even with a record $86 million in
prize money, the father of two sets
of twins isn't ready to retire just yet.
Along with his major titles, Federer
has won an Olympic doubles gold
and in December, the Davis Cup. The
only thing that's missing is Olympic
a season for the Kansas City Royals.
3. In 2013, the Rams' Tavon Austin became
the third player in NFL history to have three
touchdowns of 55 or more yards in a game.
Name either of the first two.
4. Frank Kaminsky set a record in 2013 for
most points scored by a University of Wisconsin
men's basketball player (43). Who had held the
mark?
5. Gilbert Perreault is the Buffalo Sabres'
all-time leader in points scored (1,326). Who
is second?
6. In 2014, Cole Custer became the youngest
driver to win a NASCAR national touring series
race (16 years old). Who had been the youngest?
7. Between 1985 and 1996, four women combined to win a total of 12 French Open singles
singles gold.
Federer's path to the final isn't an
easy one. His schedule included playing Taiwan's Yen-Hsun Lu in the first
round while he could face Bulgaria's
10th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov or twotime major champion Andy Murray of Britain in the quarterfinals. A
possible encounter with nine-time
French Open winner Rafael Nadal of
Spain looms in the semifinals.
As the former head of the player development program at the U.S. Tennis
Association, McEnroe sent some of
his youngsters to train with Federer
during the offseason in the Middle
East.
"The kids would come back and
they'd marvel at how hard he works
on the practice courts," he said. "How
much he loves to practice, and how he
is engaging with these young kids."
"His passion for the game is really
the biggest thing that's kept his longevity," McEnroe said. "In addition
to his natural ability and his mental
toughness, that's the biggest thing
that's kept him going at the highest
level for so long."
Only Jimmy Connors, with 1,253,
and Ivan Lendl, with 1,071, have
more victories since tennis turned
professional in 1968. When Lendl
was Federer's age, he was ranked 15th
in the world, while Connors was the
fourth-ranked player on the men's
tour. Federer may catch them, too.
"My goal is to remain in the game
as long as possible," the Swiss told reporters in Brisbane. "For that I need
to stay injury free. I need to be hungry, motivated, and all that. For the
moment, I am."
Federer rebounded last year after
recovering from a back injury that
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titles. Name three of the four.
Answers
1 . Darrell Evans, Reggie Jackson, Alex Rodriguez and Jim Thome.
2. Gary Gaetti had 35 in 1995.
3. Washington's Cliff Battles (1937) and Tennessee's Chris Johnson (2009).
4. Ken Barnes scored 42 points in a game in
1965, and Michael Finley had 42 in a game in
1994.
5. Dave Andreychuk, with 804 points.
6. Erik Jones was 17 when he won a Truck
Series race in 2013.
7. Chris Evert (1985, '86), Steffi Graf ('87, '88,
'93, '95, '96), Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ('89, '94)
and Monica Seles ('90-'92).
FEDERER FROM PAGE 18
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hampered him the previous season.
With a heavier, more powerful racket
and a new coach -- two-time Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg -- Federer changed tactics. Instead of staying back to finish the point from the
baseline, the Swiss rushed forward at
almost every opportunity. It paid off:
he's seeded second in Melbourne, and
the most in-form player on the men's
side in Melbourne so far this season.
In Brisbane, Federer easily beat
Dimitrov in the semifinals before
dismantling the booming serves of
24-year-old Canadian Milos Raonic
for the title.
That week in Qatar, four-time Australian Open winner Djokovic lost in
the quarterfinals to 25th-ranked Ivo
Karlovic while Nadal was knocked
out of his opening round by German
veteran Michael Berrer. After hurting his back in last year's Australian
Open, Nadal missed large parts of
2014 with injury and illness.
Djokovic is the 10-11 favorite to
win the men's title at U.K. bookmaker
William Hill, meaning an $11 bet
would return $10 plus the original
stake. Federer is next, at 11-2, with
three-time finalist Murray at 7-1 and
2009 winner Nadal at 8-1. Top-seeded Serena Williams is the 9-4 favorite to win a sixth Australian women's
title, followed by Maria Sharapova at
5-1 and Simona Halep at 13-2.
Federer's most recent major victory
was at Wimbledon in 2012, while
his last victory in Australia was five
years ago, when he reduced Murray
to tears.
His best shot at another major may
be in Melbourne, according to Jo Durie, a tennis coach and tennis commentator for British Eurosport.
"Australia is a strange Grand Slam,"
Durie, a former fifth-ranked player
from Britain, said in an interview.
"You're not really sure how everybody
is playing because you've had a little
bit of an offseason and then suddenly
it's straight into a Grand Slam. We've
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ting a screen for him and was wide
open in the lane.
"I saw it, no doubt," he said. "But
no way are we there without Marcus.
I couldn't possibly second-guess him
for wanting to take that shot. Your
best player should want to take that
shot."
In 2002, Jeff Jones was in the exact
same boat. American had never been
to the NCAA tournament, and the
Eagles, playing on their home court,
appeared to have the Patriot League
championship in hand at several
junctures in the second half against
Holy Cross. But the game came down
to a final possession, AU down 5654. The Eagles' Steve Myles ended up
forcing a shot from the corner that hit
the side of the backboard. Holy Cross
won, 58-54. Jones and AU needed six
more years to finally break through
and make the tournament.
"I've never looked at the tape of the
last play," Jones said. "I've looked at
tape of a lot of tough losses and plays
that bothered me, but never that one.
It just hurts too much. Even now."
When Jones coached at Virginia,
he took the Cavaliers to the regional
finals in 1995, where they lost to defending champion Arkansas.
"If we'd played that game first [in
the round of 16], I think we could
have beaten them," he said "But with
seen some strange results in Australia
in the past."
The tournament was won last year
by Switzerland's No. 2, Stan Wawrinka, an outsider for the title beforehand.
Although Federer is "looking sharp,
really fired up," age may be catching
up with him soon, Durie said.
"He is now realizing that time is
running out," she said. "He's got a
lovely family that's all in place and
he's got that to look forward to. But
tennis doesn't last forever."
just one day in-between, their '40
minutes of hell' wore us down. Still,
that one doesn't hurt as much as the
Holy Cross game."
Just as Krzyzewski has gone on to
win four NCAA championships but
still broods about 1986, Bob Knight
coached three national champions,
including college basketball's last undefeated team in 1976. He has always
insisted his 1975 team was better. The
Hoosiers were undefeated for most of
that season too. But Scott May broke
his arm and, trying to play hurt in
postseason, wasn't close to the same
player. Indiana lost to Kentucky in
the regional final, 92-90, finishing the
season 31-1.
A year later, after IU had beaten
Michigan in the title game to finish 32-0, Knight walked out of the
Philadelphia Spectrum with his close
friend, Bob Hammel, sports editor of
the Bloomington Herald-Times.
"You did it Bob!" Hammel exulted.
"Undefeated! National champions!"
Knight looked at his friend for a
moment before saying anything. Then
he shook his head and said, "shoulda
been two."
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until then had been practically pro
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In 2010, automakers began selling
a new generation of truly mass-produced electric vehicles, starting with
the Nissan Leaf. California's market
for credits rewarded companies such
as Tesla and Nissan that got out in
front. These companies have reaped
hundreds of millions of dollars from
selling credits to laggards that did not
fulfill their quotas. In the third quarter of 2014, Tesla Motors earned $76
million on ZEV credits alone.
California has also rewarded buyers
of electric cars. It granted cash incentives to early adopters and gave them
access to high-occupancy vehicle
lanes so they could bypass the daily
crush of rush hour. And California
helped other states design their own
incentive programs, which include
perks such as rebates, free city parking and in some places free charging.
The benefits make electric cars more
attractive financially, particularly
since the upfront costs of purchasing
one might not be offset by fuel savings
for years.
Today America is the world's largest market for electric cars, and about
90 percent of them are sold in states
following California's program. The
project took time to develop, but it
finally broke the link between innovation policies and the capricious
commodity cycle. The electric-car effort is just the kind of strategic planning that will be needed to transition
away from fossil fuels, avoid the next
oil shock and drive America toward a
clean-energy economy.
Electric-vehicle sales may sag for a
month or a quarter, but will cheap oil
kill the electric revolution? Don't bet
on it. Electric cars are here to stay.
- Tillemann is a fellow at the New
America Foundation and the author
of the forthcoming book "The Great
Race: The Global Quest for the Car of
the Future."
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DEAR PAW'S CORNER: I saw a social-media
post today about a bobcat that was considered
"special needs" and couldn't be released back
into the wild. What exactly is defined as special
needs in an animal? -- Darla J., Jacksonville, Fla.
DEAR DARLA: "Special needs" defines any
animal, domestic or wild, that requires additional care beyond what might be considered
normal for its species. That need could be due
to a physical injury, illness or emotional/behavioral problems.
We most often hear about behavioral problems in dogs, especially those that were abused
or abandoned. But other pets and wild animals
also can have behavioral issues. It takes a lot of
attention, patience and skill to care properly for
these animals.
1. Name the Tavares song that was split
between the A and B sides of the single.
2. Which band started as Billy de Sade and
the Marquis?
3. What car won the race in "Hot Rod Lincoln"?
4. Who originally released "In the Midnight Hour"?
5. Name the song that contains this lyric:
"On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his
back. And the banker never wears a mac in
the pouring rain, very strange."
Answers
1. The six-minute disco song "Heaven
Must Be Missing an Angel" (1976).
2. Mink DeVille, partially named after
band member Willy DeVille. The band only
had one single ("Each Word's a Beat of My
Heart") that cracked the Top 100 list.
3. The Ford and the Mercury were beaten
by a kid who flew by in a "hopped-up Model
A."
4. Wilson Pickett, in 1965.
5. "Penny Lane," by the Beatles in 1967.
There really is a Penny Lane, near where
John Lennon lived as a child. Tourists still
flock to the spot and have stolen so many
street signs that the city gave up and painted
the street name on buildings.
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Likewise for animals that come into shelters
and rehab facilities that have been injured or
are ill: Their emotional/behavioral issues often
go hand in hand with their physical issues.
People looking to adopt a pet from a shelter
often are told that a dog or cat has special needs,
or has specific issues that must be addressed.
While responsible shelters do their best to rehabilitate a pet prior to putting it up for adoption -including fostering the pet to more experienced
volunteers who can help reduce behavioral issues -- prospective pet owners need to be aware
of a pet's health and behavioral needs and be
prepared to address them.
A special-needs pet will need more attention
from its new family. That usually includes specific medical treatment, with more veterinary
visits and a medication routine that must be
met, plus more training and attention than a
healthy pet might need. Owners must be prepared to dedicate extra time and expense to
such pets. It's often worth the effort.
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The Jumper
One day I was walking across a
bridge when I saw a man about to
jump off. I immediately shouted to
him, "Stop! Don't do it!"
"Why not?" he said.
I said, "Well, there's so much to
live for!"
"Like what?"
"Well... are you religious or not?"
"I am!"
"Me too! Are you Christian or
Jewish?"
"Christian."
"Me too! Are you Catholic or
Protestant?"
"Protestant."
"Me too! Are you Episcopalian or
Baptist?"
"Baptist."
"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist
Church of God or Baptist Church
of the Lord?"
"Baptist Church of God."
"Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of
God."
"Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of
1879, or Reformed Baptist Church
of God, reformation of 1915?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of
God, reformation of 1915!"
To this I replied, "Die, heretic
scum!" and pushed him off." ■
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Use that Arian
charm to help make a difficult workplace transition easier for everyone. News about a longawaited decision can be confusing. Don't jump
to conclusions.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Although you
might well be tempted to be more extravagant
than you should be at this time, I'm betting
you'll let your sensible Bovine instinct guide
1.Is the book of Acts in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. From Proverbs 30, what will pluck out the
eyes of anyone who scorns their parents? Demons, Ravens, Doves, Quails
3. Who wrote, "The love of money is the root
of all evil"? Timothy, Isaiah, Moses, Paul
4. From Matthew 8, what Roman official
asked Jesus to heal his servant? Marshall, Governor, Centurion, Jailer
5. How many times are the words "apple" or
"apples" mentioned in the Bible (KJV)? 11, 14,
19, 37
6. Who was the father of Hosea? Uzzah,
Beeri, Joash, Ahab
ANSWERS: 1) New; 2) Ravens; 3) Paul;
4) Centurion; 5) 11; 6) Beeri
Smart Dog
Somehow a dog gets lost in an
African jungle. As he is finding
his way a lion spots him. The lion
thinks since the dog is so small he
will be easy prey. When the dog
sees the lion he gets extremely
scared and starts to run but he sees
some bones and gets an idea. As
the lion approaches he says "Mmm,
that was some good lion." The lion
immediately realizes this dog is a
lot tougher than he thought and
runs off.
But there was a monkey in a tree
watching the whole time. The
monkey decides if he tells the lion
what had happened the lion might
reward him. So he tells the lion and
the lion tells him to get on his back
so they can share the dog. As the
lion and monkey find the dog, the
dog spots them as well. The dog
begins to run but has another idea,
"Where is that monkey? I told him
to bring me another lion hours
ago!" ■
you toward moderation.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) An opportunity
for travel could come with some problems regarding travel companions and other matters.
So be sure you read all the fine print before you
start packing.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Make an effort
to complete your usual workplace tasks before
volunteering for extra duty. Scrambling to
catch up later on could create some resentment
among your colleagues.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) A financial matter
could have you rethinking your current spending plans. You might want to recheck your bud-
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get to see where you can cut back on expenses
until the situation improves.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) One way
to make your case for that promotion you've
been hoping for might be to put your planning
skills to work in helping to shape up a project
that got out of hand. Good luck.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Be careful about "experts" who have no solid business
background. Instead, seek advice on enhancing
your business prospects from bona fide sources
with good success records.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21)
Standing up to support a colleague's viewpoint
-- even if it's unpopular -- can be difficult if you
feel outnumbered. But you'll win plaudits for
your honesty and courage.
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Travel Q & A
: It was somewhat big news
recently when United's lawsuit
against a programmer came to
light. This guy made it easy for people
to find cheaper "hidden city" flights.
United's claims seem nebulous to me,
and I think they are getting all of the
negative publicity they deserve. Any
indication how the rest of the industry views this suit?
A: You're referring to United's lawsuit against Skiplagged, which helps
travelers find cheap airfares by enabling them to book multistop flights
and deplane before the flights reach
their as-booked final destination.
Sometimes a fare that travels through
a hub city to another location can be
cheaper than a ticket to the hub city
alone. It used to take a little industry
knowledge to book these tickets, but
Skiplagged made it easy. Perhaps too
easy. I think the rest of the industry
is watching nervously. I'm not a lawyer or an airline insider, so here's my
non-expert prediction: If this goes the
consumers' way, it could set a precedent for booking these creative tickets. If not, then a judge might declare
them illegal. I wouldn't be surprised if
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— Christopher Elliott
Q: I was lucky enough to win two
roundtrip tickets anywhere in the
United States, Canada, Mexico or the
Caribbean from my company (wow!)
and I would love to make the most
of those tickets this summer. I'll be
traveling with one or two friends.
We're relatively outdoorsy in that we
like hiking and nature (and beauty),
but we're more interested in staying
at a hotel rather than a campsite. I
would love to go somewhere with exorbitantly expensive flights generally
where we can really live it up once we
land. In the past year I've been to Portland, Vancouver and Seattle and will
be headed to Playa del Carmen and
San Francisco within the next month,
so I'd like to avoid those places. Also,
the Caribbean and Mexico are not
terribly compelling destinations for
the summer. Any recommendations?
The Northwestern Hemisphere is our
oyster.
A: How about flying to Anchorage
and taking a trip from there to Denali
National Park? Or fly to Kalispell,
Mont., and go to Glacier National
Park.
— Carol Sottili
Q: We are going on a Disney cruise.
I joined a Facebook group and the
members are exhausting me. It seems
like others put a ton of effort into
planning and strategizing and organizing their cruise before time. My
plan had been to get on the boat, see
what our family wants to do (there's
a schedule in your room, right?) then
do it. Is that realistic? What would
you do before a cruise?
A: Depends on your personality.
How disappointed will you be if a
shore excursion that you wanted to
take is full? Or if you can't get reservations at the specialty restaurant on
a specific date? Or you miss a show
because you didn't know it was super
popular and seats would fill early? If
you're the type who rolls with whatever happens and doesn't sweat the
small stuff, just go with it. But if you
or anyone in your group, including
the kids, are prone to meltdowns,
it may not be a bad idea to do some
planning, especially when it comes
to shore excursions. At the very least,
when you first get on the ship, study
what's on tap, and sign up for stuff
you want to do as soon as possible. I
happen to be a planner, so I try to at
least figure out shore excursions before I go.
- Carol Sottili
Q: I've had some unexpected disappointments in car rentals that lead
to a question: What new annoyances
can a traveler anticipate? I ask on the
background of two experiences: Several years ago, a rental agency refused
to accept my premium credit card to
allow me to decline their own insur-
ance coverage. The agency insisted
that I needed a letter from my card
issuer indicating such coverage. And
two, a recent rental did not yield the
frequent flier points I expected, and
when I complained, the answer was
that cars booked in conjunction with
flights through such agencies as Expedia and Travelocity preclude the
rental agency from awarding miles to
airline loyalty programs. I no longer
use some of these services.
A: Everyone is getting more creative
with their fees in 2015, including car
rental agencies. The insurance "upsell" is an old favorite. Car rental agencies make a lot of money by selling
you insurance. Since insurance isn't
required when you're renting a car in
the United States, all you have to do
is say "no." You don't even have to tell
them you have insurance. It's none of
their business. Regarding your points,
it's true that car rental companies will
charge extra for the "privilege" of collecting points. Car rental companies
must buy the miles from an airline, so
they're just offsetting their costs. My
advice? Again, just say "no."
— Christopher Elliott
Q: We are making a family trip
home to England and have not been
in a while. Are the prices crazy high
or this is just normal and I have not
paid attention over the past couple of
years? We were thinking about going
around the end of March for a week.
We are pretty flexible so when would
you suggest going and how far in advance would you purchase tickets?
And what is a good ticket price?
A: Nonstop flights from Washington to London are sky high: Even
the sale prices are $1,300 round trip.
If you're willing to take connecting
flights, Icelandair is offering tickets in
late March for about $925 round trip,
and that's about as cheap as it will get.
And if you can get to New York, Icelandair's connecting flights are $700,
or you could take the discount carrier
Norwegian for less than $600 round
trip.
— Carol Sottili
The Blind
Man
A blind man walks into a store
with a Seeing Eye dog. Much to
the store owners surprise the blind
man picks up the dog by its tail and
starts swinging it around over his
head.
Puzzled, and a bit upset the store
owner walks over to the man and
says, “Excuse me sir, can I help
you?”
“No thank you,” the blind man
replies. “I’m just looking around!” ■
What's the Deal?
By Andrea Sachs
Washington Post
T
his week's best travel bargains
around the globe.
- With the Pink Sale, save
50 percent at more than a dozen hotels on Bermuda. Prices vary at the
15 properties. For example, at Grotto
Bay Beach Resort, pay from $108 per
night, plus $23 tax/resort fee; normal
price is from $215. The Reefs Resort
& Club was $350 but is now $175,
plus $35 tax; and Elbow Beach Resort is on sale from $228, plus $33
tax, down from $455. Book by Jan. 28;
stay through April. Three- or fournight minimum required, depending
on the property. Info: www.gotobermuda.com.
- Pay for three nights of lodging at
Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont
and receive a free fourth night during
the winter ski season. For example,
in early February, a four-night stay
at the Jackson Gore Inn now starts at
$1,070, including taxes, a savings of
$357. Package also includes entrance
to Spring House, the resort's fitness
and aquatic center, and travel insurance. Stay through April 12, with
several blackout dates. Info: 800-7865366, www.okemo.com.
- Save $400 on Perillo Tours' nineday adventure in Costa Rica. With the
discount, the trip now costs $1,699
per person double and includes two
nights' lodging in San Jose and three
nights each in San Ramon and Manuel Antonio; airport transfers; 19
meals; guided motorcoach transportation; assorted activities, including
rain forest hikes, a tamale-cooking
class and a Damas Island estuary boat
trip; park entrance fees; taxes; and
tips. Book by Jan. 31; depart on select
dates April through November. Info:
800-431-1515,
www.perillotours.
com.
- Premier River Cruises is offering
savings of $3,000 per couple on Scenic River Cruises' 10-night Black Sea
Explorer tour. The trip now starts at
$2,740 per person double, plus $250
taxes, for select departures in April
and May. Price includes seven-night
cruise between Budapest and Bucharest, Romania; two nights at the Budapest Marriott Hotel; one night at the
JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel;
tours; shipboard meals, drinks and
tips; several hotel meals; and airport
transfers. Also, book by Feb. 10 and
receive a Visa gift card worth $200 to
$500, based on stateroom category.
Info: 855-255-1200, www.premierrivercruises.com.
- Save $1,000 per couple on select
Globus and Monograms tours to the
United Kingdom and Ireland. For
example, Monograms' six-night tour
to London and Edinburgh, departing April 19, now starts at $2,177 per
person double. Trip includes roundtrip air from Washington Dulles to
London; one-way express train from
London to Edinburgh; one-way flight
from Edinburgh to London; three
nights at the Holiday Inn London
Kensington Forum; three nights at the
G&V Royal Mile Hotel in Edinburgh;
daily breakfast; two sightseeing tours;
train station transfers; and taxes.
Flights must be on Delta or Virgin Atlantic. Book by Feb. 10. Monograms:
866-270-9841,
www.monograms.
com/deals/britain-vacations. Globus:
866-755-8581, www.globusjourneys.
com/special-offers.
- At the Magdalena Grand Beach &
Golf Resort, on the Caribbean island
of Tobago, pay for four nights and
receive a free fifth night and three
rounds of golf for two with cart. A
five-night stay in a deluxe oceanfront
room, including breakfasts and tax,
starts at $1,439 per couple, a savings
of $360; the free golf is worth $296
per couple. The Escape the Winter
Blues deal is valid on all-inclusive and
bed-and-breakfast packages for travel
through April 15. Book by March 31.
Info: 866-353-6222, www.magdalenagrand.com/special-offer.
- Prices were verified at press time
last Thursday, but deals sell out and
availability is not guaranteed. Some
restrictions may apply.
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Prayerful Thoughts 'Utopia: Revisiting a German
State in America' Exhibit
By Linda Childs
Exclusive to The New York Eagle News
Dear Father in Heaven,
I was watching the news last night, and they were telling about the terrible
multi-vehicle pileup that had occurred on a very ice stretch of the turnpike in
Pennsylvania. It was a horrible scene, with a huge mess of about 60 mangled
or crushed cars and twisted semi-trucks. Amazingly, though many people were
hurt, only one was killed. Then they showed one man, encased in the little bit of
mangled metal that was all that remained of his pickup, wrapped around him
like a cocoon. I couldn’t tell at first but this cocoon, with his face showing near the
top, was squeezed between two semis, in a just a few feet of space. I was shocked
to learn that not only did he survive, but all he needed was two bandaids and he
was able to go home.
When first interviewed about it he said he guessed he should thank his “lucky
stars” that he wasn’t hurt. I couldn’t believe my ears. If ever You have performed
a miracle for someone, this was it. In fact I felt that it was so great a miracle that
it almost approached resurrection level! I felt saddened for this man who could
receive such a huge blessing and not realize its origin.
I heard another interview with him this morning when he said, “I just know
that there’s a reason I was able to get out of it and it’s something I will have to live
with and learn from”. Glory hallelujah! I do pray that he learns a lot from this,
follows the path that leads from it to You, and that many others around him do
as well.
While we may have to go through myriad trials, tribulations and indeed, tragedies during the course of our lives, I know that You do on occasion grant us
miracles. I think that most people, if they thought about it, could think of a time
when they were exposed to a dangerous disease but didn't catch it, or came down
with one that could and does kill many every year, but survived. Or perhaps a
time when they or a loved one almost got into a major accident but didn't, or
made poor choices such as driving under the influence that could have had lethal
consequences, but didn’t. There are many examples of Your hand at work in this
world, even at miracle level. To me, every time a baby is born is a miracle (if one
ever studied biology and learned exactly what has to happen, all the things that
have to go just right, for a baby to even be conceived, that in itself is nothing short
of a miracle!). Then there are all the things that could have happened to us but
didn't, of which we were never even aware.
I wish people were more aware of Your presence in this world, in us and all
around us. It would be such a better place. Usually Your presence is more subtle,
though still quite noticeable if one is paying attention. But in the case of a miracle
such as this, I feel like it is the equivalent of a host of Angels shouting from the
rooftops, “GOD EXISTS AND HE LOVES YOU—LOOK AT WHAT HE DID!”
I thank You dear Lord for saving this man and letting him be a living example
of Your love for us. I thank You that this miracle he received has given him and
others reason to pause and think about the origin of something so extreme that
just doesn't seem to be explicable in any other way but divine intervention. Why
he was spared when another person was not is known only to You. I know that
You have Your reasons, and that we must all pass from this world at some point.
But I also know that You have spared my life several times (at least) and I have
seen the same happen in many other people’s lives, and I thank You Lord for Your
infinite mercies for us all. Praise God!
Amen
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of
activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each
is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is
given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance
of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit,
to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles,
to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to
another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All
these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one
individually as he wills.
John 4:48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will
not believe.”
John 2:11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
Mark 16:20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord
worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs. ■
More Great Lines in History
Reporter: “How many people work at the Vatican?”
Pope John XXIII: “About half.” ■
By Raymond M. Lane
Special to The New York Eagle
News/ The Washington Post
T
he Missouri History Museum
in St. Louis is hosting an exhibit based on a failed scheme
in 1834 by a group of German immigrants to create a 25th state to join
the 24 United States of America under
President Andrew Jackson.
"You know, like Virginia, Maryland," said Peter Roloff, the Berlinbased director of "Utopia: Revisiting a
German State in America." "They had
no name for their new state, but they
had a name for their planned capital
— Freistadt, or Freetown."
The plan was to encourage Germans to immigrate to the new state,
where Teutonic norms would have
equal standing with the Englishbased Americana of the time, he said.
"In the 25th state, the Germans would
have American liberties and freedoms
they never had back in Germany."
The exhibit is stuffed with storyboards, displays, documents, texts,
photographs and videos. Everything
is pegged to the utopian hopes of the
500 small-town Germans who emigrated from Giessen, a city of 70,000
today, about 40 miles north of Frankfurt. The exhibit follows their ancestors and impact 150 years later in
Missouri, where the group settled on
the "American frontier," said Roloff, a
former professor of mass media who
is now a film producer.
The 20 or so volunteer curators who
created the trans-Atlantic exhibit
wanted to convey both the physical
feel of moving great distances and the
emotional discomfort of going from
the familiar to the new and unknown.
The goal isn't for visitors just to know
facts and figures, Roloff said, "but to
feel somehow the texture of time, of
wanting freedom, of being afraid and
maybe not succeeding as you had
hoped."
"Of course, the Giessen Emigration Society was a complete failure,"
said Dorris Keeven-Franke, executive director of the Missouri Germans
Consortium. Led by a pastor and a
lawyer from Giessen, with no friends
in or knowledge of the United States,
not enough money, no advocates in
high places the isolated foreigners in
the backwoods of Missouri were "destined for disappointment."
Still, the immigrants succeeded individually in building lives in America, although they saw enough in the
New World to know that it was far
from utopia, she said. The Geissen
Germans were abolitionists opposed
both to slavery and to the religious
bigotry that blossomed during the
"nativism" era of the 1840s and '50s,
when Mormons, Catholics and many
non-English immigrants were openly
attacked by fellow Americans. The
Missouri Germans fought on the
Union side in the Civil War, KeevenFranke said, "when the easy path was
to just let America settle its own problems."
The Giessen utopian experiment
faded in time — until about 14 years
ago, when a collective of German
artists, filmmakers, archivists, historians and others fell in love with the
story, Roloff said. They raised about
$200,000 in Germany to commission
research, and to accumulate artifacts
and archival records.
The collective, which is independent of government or academic
oversight, contacted and then visited
Keeven-Franke in Missouri, and a
bilingual book about the immigrants
and the utopian project was published in 2013 in a joint venture with
the Missouri History Museum and
the University of Chicago Press.
The group sent a film crew to Missouri in 2009 to begin a documentary
on the project. The movie debuted in
November at the St. Louis International Film Festival, Roloff said.
The full exhibit — spanning 3,000
square feet — opened in Giessen last
November, then moved to Bremen in
April. The full show will run through
April 19, 2015 at the Missouri History
Museum in St. Louis.
One small part of the exhibit
contains a collage of German and
American teenagers describing their
relationships to emigration and immigration in Europe and the Americas. "Far away so close — How much
Missouri is there in Gröpelingen?"
lets teens weigh in on contemporary
experiences of "foreignness" and
homesickness.
At an installation called "Utopia Today," visitors are asked whether utopian thinking could lead to improvements in personal freedom, work, the
economy, democracy and love.
Most intriguing is the "Muss i denn"
exhibit — "Must I leave?" in German,
the title of a sentimental folk song
so popular that even Elvis recorded
it. Visitors check in at a fictive travel
agency to donate a personal item to
immigrate for "adoption" by someone
in Germany.
"It's about the tenderness of saying goodbye, the feeling of farewell,"
Ester Steinbrecker, a Berlin performance curator who designed the exhibit, said in a telephone interview.
"Every one of your ancestors went
through this 'saying goodbye,' to
things, to home, to loved ones. The
value now is to remember that, and
that your American lives today can be
or should be 'utopia.' "
In this age of instant messaging,
Steinbrecker said, "we wanted something really meaningful and sentimental, an experience, not a tweet."
She plans to take as many as two dozen items from the recent abbreviated
version of the show which ended in
November at the the German-American Heritage Museum in Washington, D.C., to Germany, where at a
"Muss i denn" desk at the Giessen museum, Germans can "adopt the newly
arrived American immigrants," she
explained.
Before leaving Germany, in turn,
she solicited a crateload of German
donations — a painting, a watering
can, a compass, a toy and other small
items — and recorded the Germans
"sending these off for a new life in
America," she said. "Some people
cried, and others laughed that they
were so happy to reach across to
America."
"We exchange big ideas in a museum, no?" Steinbrecker said. "Social interaction and utopian contact comes
in small ways, too."
- "Utopia: Revisiting a German
State in America"
Through April 19, 2015 at the Missouri History Museum, Lindell and
DeBaliviere in Forest Park, St. Louis,
Missouri, (314) 746-4599, mohistory.
org.
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Super Bowl
Soup
By Healthy Exchanges
Summary: Even if you don't usually watch football on TV, you probably
will on Super Bowl Sunday -- because
that's just The American Way! This
soup is sure to make the "home team
chef " come out a winner!
Ingredients:
• 2 cups diced raw potatoes
• 1 1/2 cups sliced carrots
• 2 cups frozen cut green beans,
thawed
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat shredded
Cheddar cheese
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• 1 cup fat-free milk
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 to 3 drops hot sauce
Steps:
1. In a large saucepan, combine
potatoes, carrots, green beans, onion
and water. Bring mixture to a boil.
Lower heat, cover and simmer for 30
minutes or until vegetables are tender.
2. Stir in Cheddar cheese, milk,
parsley flakes, black pepper and hot
sauce. Continue cooking until cheese
melts, stirring often. Serves 4 (1 1/2
cups each).
Nutrition: Each serving equals: 175
calories, 3g fat, 15g protein, 22g carb.,
409mg sodium, 3g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Vegetable, 1 1/2 Meat, 1
Starch.
©2015 King Features Synd., Inc. ■
Diva-Style
Chili
By Angela Shelf Medearis
and Gina Harlow
Summary: No matter which side
you choose in the great chili debate,
this slow-cooker recipe allows you to
customize your chili and will result in
a delicious bowl of hearty goodness.
Why not cook up a batch for Super
Bowl Sunday?
Ingredients:
• 3 pounds beef stew meat, cut into
cubes, or 1-1/2 pounds ground
beef
• 1 tablespoon canola or vegetable
oil
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black
pepper
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon crushed red
pepper flakes
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 cans (16-ounces each) kidney
or pinto beans, rinsed and
drained; or 1 cup of finely
crushed tortilla
• 3 cans (15-ounces each) tomato
sauce
• 1 can (14-1/2-ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 cup water
• 1 can (6-ounces) tomato paste
• 3/4 cup chunky salsa: hot, medium or mild
• 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
• Shredded
Cheddar
cheese,
minced fresh cilantro, and
sour cream, optional
Steps:
1. In a large skillet, heat oil over
medium heat. Brown the beef stew
meat in the oil in batches, being
careful not to overcrowd the pan,
so that the meat will brown instead
of steaming. (If you're using ground
meat, add it to the oil and break it
apart using a spoon or potato masher).
2. Add onion, garlic, cumin, chili
powder, salt, pepper, red pepper
flakes and cayenne pepper. Cook
2 to 3 minutes longer. Transfer the
meat to a 6-quart slow cooker to
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finish cooking.
3. Place 1 can's worth of rinsed and
drained beans in a medium bowl.
Mash them with a spoon or potato
masher. (The mashed beans will
thicken the chili.) If you aren't using
beans, thicken with 1 cup of finely
crushed tortilla chips.
4. Stir in mashed and whole beans
or crushed chips, tomato sauce, tomatoes, water, tomato paste, salsa
and brown sugar. Cover and cook
on low for 6 to 8 hours or until the
stew meat is tender. Garnish each
serving with cheese, cilantro and a
tablespoon of sour cream, if desired.
Makes 12 (1-1/3 cup) servings.
© 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.,
and Angela Shelf Medearis ■
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Blond
Bombshells
Ingredients:
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Salt
• 3/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1 package (1 pound) dark or light
brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 3 cups mixed add-ins, such as
coarsely chopped pecans or
walnuts, dried cherries or
dried cranberries, chocolate
chips, toffee chips and/or
sweetened flaked coconut
Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 15
1/2 by 10 1/2-inch jelly-roll pan. On
waxed paper, combine flour, baking
soda and 1 teaspoon salt.
2. In 3- to 4-quart saucepan, melt
butter over medium heat. Remove
saucepan from heat; stir in sugar
and vanilla. Add eggs; stir until
well-mixed. Stir in flour mixture
and add-ins just until blended.
Spread batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from edges
comes out almost clean. Do not
overbake; blondie will firm as it
cools. Cool in pan on wire rack.
4. When cool, cut blondie lengthwise into 4 strips, then cut each
strip crosswise into 6 pieces. Makes
12 blondies.
Nutrition: Each serving: About 265
calories, 12g total fat (6g saturated),
43mg cholesterol, 230mg sodium,
38g total carbs, 2g dietary fiber, 3g
protein.
© 2015 Hearst Communications, Inc. ■
Bistro
Mashed
Potatoes
Ingredients:
• 3 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes,
peeled and cut into 1-inch
chunks
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup whole milk
• 4 tablespoons margarine or butter, cut into pieces
Steps:
1. In 4-quart saucepan, place potatoes, 1 teaspoon salt and enough
water to cover; heat to boiling over
high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer about 10 minutes
or until potatoes are fork-tender.
Drain.
2. Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan,
heat milk, margarine and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt over mediumlow heat just until margarine melts.
3. Return potatoes to 4-quart saucepan. With potato masher, mash
potatoes until almost smooth. Add
milk mixture and continue to mash
until well-blended. Reheat over low
heat. Makes about 6 cups or 8 accompaniment servings.
Nutrition: Each serving: About 200
calories, 7g total fat (2g saturated),
4g protein, 32g carbohydrate, 3g
fiber, 4mg cholesterol, 315mg sodium.
© 2014 Hearst Communications,
Inc. ■
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Hornell, NY
Doris D. (Dunning)
Guthrie
Hornell, NY - Doris D. Guthrie, age
95, passed away January 9, 2015 at the
Villages of Orleans in Albion.
Doris was born in Hornell July 23,
1919, the daughter of Floyd and Edith
Halbert Dunning. She had resided
most of her life in the Almond area.
Doris was a graduate of the Almond
High School and was employed in the
Cafeteria at the Alfred-Almond Central School.
In addition to her parents, Doris was
predeceased by her husband Norman
Guthrie in 2003 and one sister, Marie
Smith. She is survived by one daughter, Bonnie (Don Moore) Jimerson of
Holley; one son, Floyd (Chari) Guthrie of Almond; four grandchildren,
Joseph Jimerson, Kelly (Mike) Quinn,
Norman (Kim) Guthrie and Rachel
Guthrie; six great-grandchildren,
Crystal Jimerson, Kaile Jimerson,
Kyle Jimerson, Joan Marie Quinn,
Dylan and Drake Guthrie; four greatgreat-grandchildren,
MacKenzie,
Brett, Allison and Peyton; as well as
one niece.
A Memorial Service was held on
January 15, 2015 at the BenderBrown & Powers Funeral Home,
Hornell. Friends may make memorial contributions to the Hornell Area
Humane Society, 7649 Industrial Park
Rd., Hornell, NY 14843. To send a remembrance to the family or to light
a candle in Doris’s name please visit
www.brownandpowersfuneralhomes.
com.
***
Leicester, NY
Ronald L. Paddock
Leicester, NY - Ronald L. Paddock,
age 95, passed away peacefully January 10, 2015 at Teresa House in Geneseo.
Ron was born November 30, 1919
in Mendon, a son of Walter and Marion (Wilkinson) Paddock. He was a
driver for Eastern Auto Transport for
many years and retired from Anchor
Motor Freight. He married Carolyn Wenner on September 13, 1958;
she predeceased him on October 18,
2012. In addition to his wife and parents, he was predeceased by a son,
Donald Paddock; his first wife, Dorothy Loudin Paddock; a sister, Rhea
Hoffman; a brother, Wayne Paddock;
a stepson, Don Woodhams; and a
stepgrandson, William Woodhams.
Ron was a member of the Sebring
Moose Lodge for over 50 years, the
Dansville Lodge for over 25 years, the
Sebring Elks and the Sebring Eagles.
He enjoyed tending his garden and
growing pineapples, playing golf,
dancing, playing cards, especially euchre, but most of all he loved spending time with Carolyn, his family and
friends.
Ron is survived by his children Marion Palmer, Sharon Blazak, Robert
Paddock and Larry Paddock; daughter-in-law Nanci Paddock; friend Diane Charnock; 14 grandchildren; 31
great-grandchildren; 11 great-greatgrandchildren; 2 sisters, Doris Curry
and Vera Ryan; stepdaughter Dolores Woodhams; 1 stepgrandson; 3
stepgreat-grandchildren; and several
nieces; nephews and cousins.
Funeral services were held on January 13, 2015 at the Chamberlin - Baird
Funeral Home, Dansville. Burial was
set for Pleasant Valley Cemetery,
Springwater. Memorial contributions may be made to Teresa House,
21 Highland St., Geneseo, NY 14454
or Livingston Co. Hospice, 2 Murray
Hill, Mt. Morris, NY 14510. To light a
memory candle for Ron go to www.
bairdfuneralhomes.com
***
Livonia, NY
William J. Caputo
Livonia, NY – William J. Caputo,
age 60 years, passed away on January 9, 2015. He is survived by his wife
Elaine; son Joseph Caputo; sisters
Louise Hoffere and Linda Banning;
and several nieces and nephews. He
was predeceased by son William “Billy” Jr. and his mother Jane McGuire.
Funeral services were held on January 13, 2015 at the Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home Inc., Livonia. Memorial contributions may be made to
Palliative Care Program University of
Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave., Box 687, Rochester, NY
14642. To send a condolence and
for further information please visit:
www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com.
***
Naples, NY
Joan R. (Edgecomb)
Drake
Naples, NY - Joan R. Drake, age 77,
passed away on January 15, 2015.
Joan was born on August 5, 1937
in Vermont, the daughter of the late
James and Nina Earl Edgecomb.
Joan is survived by her children
Terry (Annette) Drake, Rick Drake,
John Drake, Dale Drake, Wade Drake,
Cindy Robinson and Mary Kenny;
many grand and great-grandchildren;
sister Lila Pfenning and brother Harold Edgecomb.
Funeral services were held on January 19, 2015 at the Baird-Moore Funeral Home in Naples. Memorial
contribution to the American Heart
Assoc. or the American Cancer Society. To light a candle please visit
http://bairdfuneralhomes.com.
***
William Vierhile
Naples, NY - William Vierhile, age
89, passed away unexpectedly on January 8, 2015.
Bill was born June 9, 1926 in Naples, NY, a son of John and Elizabeth
Vierhile. He married Hope Fraley on
September 28, 1963. Bill graduated
from Naples Central School and St.
Bonaventure University. He was predeceased by his parents; his wife of
nearly 50 years, Hope Vierhile; his
brother Robert Vierhile; sisters-inlaw Lois Vierhile and Jane Fraley;
niece Kim Fraley; nephew Joe Vierhile; and his beloved cat Tiger.
Bill was never happier than when
in his beloved hometown of Naples.
He traveled extensively with his wife,
but Naples always had his heart. He
served in Naples, Italy during WWII
and afterward took over the family
business; Vierhile's Appliances. His
last day of business was December 31,
2014, and he closed its doors at the
age of 88. Bill was the Town Historian
and was well known for his historical slide shows. He had not missed a
Naples Rotary meeting in 64 years.
Bill served as the village mayor for
a short while and was involved with
the inception of the Naples Grape
Festival and Trout Derby. Bill leaves a
legacy of Naples memorabilia to the
town including a wealth of information about its history.
Bill is survived by his brother-inlaw George Fraley; a niece, Lisa (David) Rhein; nephews Tom (Amy) and
Andy (Carrie) Vierhile; special cousin Darlene Lamont; and numerous
additional cousins grandnieces and
grandnephews.
Funeral services were held on January 18, 2015 at the Baird-Moore Funeral Home, Naples. A Mass of Christian Burial was held January 19, 2015
in St. Januarius Catholic Church,
Naples. To light a candle please visit
http://bairdfuneralhomes.com.
***
Prattsburgh, NY
Anthony J. Chilbert Jr.
Prattsburgh, NY- Anthony J. Chilbert Jr., age 78, passed away at home
on January 16, 2015 in Elmira.
Anthony was born in Geneva, NY
on May 5, 1936, the son of the late,
Anthony J. and Sylvia (DeYulio)
Chilbert Sr. Anthony was a barber by
trade for over 30 years; he barbered
at the Veterans Medical Center as
well as his own barber shop in Prattsburgh. He was life member of the
Prattsburgh Protectives Fire Dept.
and was involved with the Boy Scouts
as a pack leader. Anthony was an avid
sportsman, and enjoyed hunting and
fishing. In addition to his parents, he
was predeceased by his first wife of
38 years, Martha J. Chilbert and his
brother Benjamin Chilbert.
Anthony is survived by his loving
wife of 5 years, Jacquelynne A. (Doll)
Chilbert; his sons Michael J. Chilbert
of Bath, Joseph A. (Trista) Chilbert of
Remington, VA, and David R. Hively
of Elmira; stepsons Steven Doll of
Arkport, Daniel (Edna) Doll of Arkport, David W. (Christine) Doll of
Englewood, FL, and Michael P. Doll
of Elmira; grandchildren Dakota,
Dominick, Nicholas, Isabella, Nolan, and Sophia; several stepgrandchildren; great-grandchildren; his
brother, Richard (Patricia) Chilbert
of Altay, NY; and nieces and nephew,
Michelle, Pamela, Steven, Heather,
and Tammy Chilbert.
A gathering of friends and family, to celebrate and share memories
of his life, was held on January 19,
2015 at the Bottoni-Wood Funeral
Home, Prattsburgh. Burial at Rural
Cemetery in Prattsburgh will be at
the convenience of the family. In lieu
of flowers, memorial contributions
may be made in Anthony's name to
the Ivy II Dialysis Facility, 602 Ivy St.,
Elmira, NY 14905. To light a candle
please visit http://obits.dignitymemorial.com
***
Springwater, NY
Grace E. (Fisher) Holmes
Springwater, NY – Grace E. Holmes,
102 years of age, passed away January
13, 2015 at MM Ewing Continuing
Care Center in Canandaigua.
Grace was born June 18, 1912 in
Springwater, the daughter of Purley
and Edith (Wilklow) Fisher. She grew
up in Springwater, was a graduate of
the 1932 Class at Springwater Union
School and remained a life resident
of the Springwater area. Grace and
Francis “Bill” Holmes were married
July 23, 1932 and together celebrated
over 47 years of marriage prior to Bill
passing away in 1979. She worked for
the Conesus Milk Producers and retired from there after 20 years of employment. The remaining time, Grace
was a homemaker for her family that
included her husband, Bill and her
children, Joyce, Bill and Wayne. Her
hobbies were many as she enjoyed
needle work and playing cards, both
solitaire and pitch (which included
many pitch parties with different couples). She enjoyed watching football,
baseball and basketball on television.
Grace was also a dedicated member
of the Springwater United Methodist
Church for most of her life.
Grace was predeceased by her parents, Purley and Edith Fisher; her
husband Francis “Bill” Holmes; her
son-in-law John O’Neil; a granddaughter, Babette Stauffer; and her
siblings Claude Fisher, Francis Fisher, Art Fisher, Eva Benson, Winnie
Fisher, Ken Fisher and Marge Adams.
She is survived by her children Joyce
O’Neil of Springwater, William (Mar-
tha Sue) Holmes of Cadiz, KY, and
Wayne (Vada) Holmes of Springwater; her grandchildren Jeff (Shirley)
O’Neil of Wayland, Jan O’Neil (Jackie
Malone) of Springwater, Christine
(Michael) Haefner of Dallas, TX,
Theresa (Kevin) FitzPatrick of Penfield, Gregory (Bobbie) Holmes of
Governeur, NY and David Holmes of
Locke, NY; 13 great-grandchildren;
6 great-great-grandchildren; along
with several nieces and nephews.
Grace’s funeral service was held on
January 17, 2015 at the Springwater
United Methodist Church, Springwater. Reverend Ray Shaw officiated
the service. Memorial contributions
in Grace E. Holmes’s memory may
be made to the Springwater United
Methodist Church, 8001 S. Main
St., Springwater, NY 14560 or to the
Springwater Fire Dept. (Ambulance
Fund), PO Box 289 Springwater, NY
14560. Arrangements were with St.
George-Stanton Funeral Home. To
send a remembrance to the family
or to light a candle please visit http://
www.stgeorgefuneralhome.com.
***
Wayland, NY
Donald F. Hall
Wayland, NY - Donald F. Hall, age
78, peacefully passed to his heavenly
Father on December 25, 2014. Heaven received the “Gift of A Special Angel” that Christmas morning.
Donald was born February 13, 1936
of parents, Frederick and Millicent
(Clark) Hall. He was predeceased by
his first wife, Elaine “Pennie” (Holbert) Hall; first child, Donald; his father; mother (when he was 3 years);
his stepmother Josephine (Rauber)
Hall; and half-sister Carol Hall.
Don was a dear, loving, good, quiet,
distinguished, Christian (S. Dansville
Methodist Church) gentleman. He
was known to friends and family as
“Mud Hall”. He grew up on a farm,
played football, graduated president
of his class from Dansville High
School, graduated Cornell University
and retired from his life-time career
as a claims examiner for the N.Y.S.
Dept. of Labor. Don enjoyed many
summers at his cottage on Loon Lake.
He had many hobbies and interests,
especially antiques, which included
his carnival glass collection.
Don is survived by his second wife,
Janis Hall-Zimmer; mother-in-law,
Ruth (Lyon) Zimmer-Clark; several
sisters-in-law; brothers-in-law. He is
also survived by all his estranged children (of 20 years), William (Christine) Hall, Jacqueline (Bruce) Smith,
Shann (Christopher) Lochmann Van
Bennekom, Brett (Mistie) Rawlings;
several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; friends, Dick Jamison,
Bill Gehr, Bill Shaver and Carlton
Levesque.
There were no calling hours and a
private burial will be held (by his request) at Greenlawn Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Walter E. Baird
& Sons Funeral Home, Wayland. To
light a candle please visit http://bairdfuneralhomes.com. ■
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