Declining civic groups blamed on time pressures and TV
The article notes drops in Moose lodges, volunteer fire departments, bowling leagues, and women’s groups across Onondaga Oswego and Madison counties. Leaders blame television busy schedules and work life reducing participation while some cite Bowling Alone author Robert Putnam on shrinking social ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsliva
Mike Waters
Onondaga County
Oswego
Onondaga
Madison
Lewis
Jim White
American Legion
Auburn
White
Baldwinsville
Waters
Jeffrey Stonecash
Syracuse University
Nina Tamrowski
League of Women Voters
Central New York
Tamrowski
Syracuse Bowling Center
Liz Trapnell
New York State
Harvard University
Robert Putnam
Decline in voter turnout across focal counties persists
The article notes a long term drop in voter participation in presidential and gubernatorial elections across key counties over thirty years. It provides percentages of eligible voters who cast ballots, highlighting a downward trend and comparing across decades.
Picnic Held on Day of Mourning on Syracuse South Side
Ella Mae Potter and Citizens for a Crime Free Community held the sixth annual picnic at Gethsemane Garden amid funeral events for Johnteirs J. Taylor Jr., 19, shot by a Syracuse officer. About 56 attendees joined a march from Southwest Community Center along South Avenue and nearby streets. Activists and residents stressed unity, peace, and community resilience as police officials praised engagement between officers and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Mae Potter
Potter
Johnteirs J. Taylor Jr
Syracuse
Taylor
Gethsemane Garden
Southwest Community Center
South Avenue
Onondaga
Rich
N’namdi Muhammad
Salina Street
Porter
Muhammad
Potter’s
Bill Hanna
Nethotas
Robin Potter
DAV officer helps veteran win his case
Peter, a Vietnam veteran with Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, battled breathlessness since 1967. A DAV officer in Fort Dix and veteran allies built a workload of medical records, Army files, and buddy testimony to secure a government recognition of his service-connected lung condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAV
Peter
West Genesee
Amy
Fort Dix
N.J
Veterans fight over VA help for Syracuse veteran
Peter Duttweiler seeks drug therapy at Syracuse VA to ease crimptame linked to service, while Buffalo VA rejected the claim in August 1996. Paul prepared a 45 page brief with new medical evidence arguing the case. The DAV and Syracuse branch offer Veterans aid as overworked staff process hundreds of cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse VA
Paul Breuer
Dick Blume
Peter Duttweiler
Syracuse
Peter
Paul
Buffalo
Feds
Veterans Affairs Department
DAV
Syracuse Medical Center
Dick Case
Rescue Mission Freedom
Rescue Mission Alliance
Onondaga Lake Park
Long Branch
Oswego County
Joanna Peters
Burnet Park
Central New York
Leukemia Society of America
Great Race triathlon and charity events in Syracuse area
A busy calendar features the Great Race triathlon starting at 9 30 a m in Emerson Park Owawa free kite event for kids benefiting the Anhaus Foundation. Syracuse Opera polo and dinner events at Skaneateles CC with multiple ticket options and contact 475 3913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Park
Owawa
Central New York
Anhaus
Syracuse Opera
Skaneateles Country Club
Ski- Néateles
Toronto
Skaneateles
West Lake
Andrews Roads
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Putnam
Stonecash
Onondaga Oswego Madison
Onondaga, Oswego and
Madison County Boards of Electrons
South Side
John Swaerenget
Hanna
John Spaulding
Spaulding
Valley
Merrick Elementary
Vietnam
Appeals Court
Washington
John Walsh
Suracuse
Hatel Syracuse
Seneca Balls
New York Chiropractic College
Upstate New York
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Park
Arc
Jim Kelly
Buffalo Bills
Lutheran Homes Foundation
Hart's Hill Inn
Whitesboro
Kelly
Lutheran Home
Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology
S. Franklin St
American Cancer Society
Clinton Square
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