Syracuse Herald Journal (Newspaper) - September 9, 2001, Syracuse, New York SUNDAY VOL NO. SEPTEMBER 2001 GOOD MORNING WORDPLAY Have fun with similes It's as humid as a locker It's as hot as Texas it will be as wet as a pig's tongue and as gray as a city sidewalk in Complete 88 66 SAVE WITH COUPONS IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPER SUNDAYS BEST DOME SWEET DOME The with Charles Burton was solid and the offense came alive as SU won its home opener over Central VENUS RISING Venus Williams defeated younger sister Serena Saturday night to win her second consecutive singles title at the U.S. NO WAY John Lynch started his own business when he was 75 years He's 90 this year and still works at his namesake real estate FACE Auto Business Dick Cose Classified CHY Editorials Local Opinion Bud Real Sports Stocks Weddings Corrections To discuss a correction aboul a news call Deputy tive Bunn al 470-2240. Delivery or subscription Newspaper phone The THE POLL If the Democratic primary were held and you were to who would you vote Ihe Herald Company Driscoll I Matt Driscoll Hindi Lewis Joseph O'Hara Dead Heat City Hall Not don't know Lewis David photographer Vote may go down to the wire By Frederic Pierce Staff writer The way Ed Szczesniak sees a sick baby sitter could decide who runs for Syracuse mayor on ihc Democratic Party So could a flat Or an asthma With four well-known Democrats competing for an estimated likely votes in day's parly ii won't lake much of a margin to win or lose party's said Onondaga County's Democratic election all going to come down to who actually goes out and Szczesniak candidates have to work hard to gel out their supporters and ihen say two Maybe three In this many forces and rents arc at work that could affect who visits polling place and what they decide behind the It's a more complicated set of than the Tipperary Hill vs. University Hill factions thai split the parly in Ihe 1993 mayoral and this year nobody seems to have a crystal Uncertainly has been a iheme in this with many community leaders believing Syracuse is at a historic With a shrinking tax low school test ing poverty and neglected this year's mayoral race has become a forum on de- ciding which cocktail of policies and practices can pull Syracuse out of its downward As a there are people working lo in- fluence Tuesday's vole beyond the foot diers of each candidate's Walt for has arranged phone literature drops and a rally to mobilize African-American Democrats Tuesday on behalf of the Alliance an organization of minority The Alliance endorsed Mayor Matt and will push lo DEMOCRATIC PAGE Undecided votes key in Syracuse primary By Michelle Staff writer Syracuse Mayor Matt and Kate O'Connell head into Tuesday's four-way ic mayoral primary as the clear and equal according to The dard poll of likely voters last But the poll also shows a significant group of voters nearly 20 percent arc leaving the door open for Joe O'Hara or City Auditor Minch Lewis to make up ground Any candidate could win Tuesday's The ner does not need a majority of votes just more than any other Democratic voters will have to narrow choice to one candidate to run in November against can Green PAGE A-l 2 How important is each issue in determining which candidate you vote Rankings show percentage of those who consider the issue to be very Education and schools Crime and safely Economic development Finances and taxes City services Race relations Housing Quality of Poll was conducted Wednesday and Thursday Syracuse Newspapers INSIDE Syracuse mayoral stands on the In Candidates campaign The This could be a watershed year for Syracuse Town A roundup of primary Polling County consolidates for City Candidates face primaries for Conservative and Working Families Every day the ambulance comes for Gregory California hospital's famous goes to ER The Associated Press Calif. H's a Gregory Coins why his chesi begins lo hurt when it He mighi be riding the walking down the or ing on a park ihc pain comes spreading through his rib and Coins remembers just how sick a man he is. That's when his thoughts turn lo the emergency room at land He knows arc doctors and nurses ready to There are and EKG There are So Coins finds the nearest pay punches and soon the ambulance Every day the ambulance Coins is the ultimate quent ihc label that workers give their most regular He has been to Highland Hospital's emergency room more than times since at the rate of once or twice a His while is rooted in a widespread America's emergency rooms face a growing crush of many uninsured and lacking other access lo medical Among them are regular visitors who look lo emergency rooms lo provide human interaction or perhaps a warm place to sil for a No one else may consider their needs an But and that's enough to gel them in the a moral and legal ob- ligation to take every complaint says Dr. Richard a spokesman for the American College of Emergency Thai includes even the com- plaints of someone like Gregory His ambulance rides and hospital FINAL EDITION Violent crime up Increase contradicts statewide but overall crime here is By Jon Hand Staff writer Led by a dramatic increase in aggravated violent crime in Central New York rose more than 25 percent between 1994 and bucking a statewide Inside State police call man's death in Oswego County Police officials and academics who track crime trends say they are hard-pressed for answers why this region has struggled while the rest of the state has made significant strides in reducing The study by the stale sion of Criminal Justice Services shows that overall crime erty and violent crime is at its lowest level statewide since re- porting began in 1975. Violent crime is down 40 percent Across New York in 2000. the number of murders was down 53 percent to forcible rape was down 31 percent to robbery was down 54 percent lo and assault was down 32 percent to But in the Central New York PAGE Upstate crime Here's a closer look at how the rate of violent crime in Syracuse compared to that in other Upstate cities in 2000. B Albany Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Officer accidentally shoots girl Syracuse officer was trying to subdue dog that had bitten another By Pam Greene writer A Syracuse police officer dentally shol an 11-year-old girl Saturday night while trying to her family's trol pit The officer was aiming for the pit which moments before had hitten a 9-ycar-old girl in the arm on The ricocheted inio s lower lice Chief Dennis of 113 was in good condition at University a nursing supervisor feel very had for this young and I feel very had for the officer who was trying lo save this little DuVal wouldn't have happened it Ihe owner had control of the The girl who was hitten was taken to University lice did not release her Although the shooting is still under DuVal said it appears to he Police were called about p.m. to assist two animal control officers who were having trouble subduing the By Ihe lime it was the dog had mauled a 9-ycar-old girl's attacked an officer and was going for more including DuVal PAGE 4-16 a
