Fair ride operators not bored with jobs at fairs
Ceaseless travel across Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire and New York keeps Cayuga County Fair ride foremen busy They say crowds seek thrills and longer or shorter rides depending on busyness While Skydiver operator Chris Grzywacz 18 notes the thrill and pride in maintaining his ride others like Ralph Falcone 24 chase bigger better experiences for guests and themselves
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Heather Twidale Weedsport
Cayuga County Fair
Chris Grzywacz
Seymour
Conn
Grzywacz
Coleman Brothers Inc
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New York
Bob Falcone
Herald-Journal
Stephen Gage
Seymour, Conn
Cayuga County
Weedsport
Demolition planned for Booker T. Washington Center site
Auburn officials plan to raze the old Booker T. Washington Center at 24 Chapman Ave probably this fall. A playground and parking lot will be built on the land across from the new center, with work tentatively set for next summer. The old building houses remain a community symbol but are vandalized and boarded up.
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Andy Knobel Auburn
Booker T. Washington Center
Chapman Ave
Joanne Reddick
Reddick
Old
Booker T. Washington
Auburn
Eisenhower students plan rally over school closing
Eisenhower College students in Seneca Falls scheduled a 11:30 a.m. rally in front of Rosenkrans Hall to discuss the institution’s closure after RIT announced last Thursday the 14 year memorial to former President Eisenhower would shut for financial reasons. Senior Barbara Wallace seeks support to keep the college open and has written to Nixon Carter and two generals for help. Rosemary Agonito will attend to speak, though faculty deny an organized effort to sustain the school.
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David L. Shaw
Seneca Falls
Eisenhower College
Rosenkrans Hall
Rochester Institute of Technology
Hisenhower
Barbara Wallace
Syracuse
Nixon
Carter
Rosemary Agonito
Call for Auburn energy agency likely to fail at council
A proposal to establish a City Energy Agency for cheap hydroelectric power faces weak backing as PASNY officials urge local governments to form agencies. Mayor Paul Lattimore has backed PASNY, while council action is set for tomorrow.
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Auburn
City Energy
Power Authority
State of New York
Paul Lattimore
City council eyes energy agency proposal
Council plans to discuss forming a city energy agency at tomorrow's meeting. Members say the move would be premature and unlikely to gain traction. Councilman George Shamon notes the public power task force was formed to study the issue and may be asked to report before any decision.
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George Shamon
Shamon
Cayuga County Fair Kids Day Schedule Highlights
The Cayuga County Fair schedules Wednesday activities starting at 12 30 p m with colors and dignitary remarks. Midway rides open at 1 p m, 4 H Dog Obedience at 5 p m, Mr Amazing mentalist at 6 45 p m, Atlanta Rhythm Section and Joe Whiting Band at 7 30 p m, Flying perform from 8 p m to 11 p m, exhibits close at 10 p m, midway rides close at 11 30 p m, grounds close at 11 45 p m.
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Cayuga County
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Joe Whiting
Ambulance Medic Appeals ALS Course Eligibility
Cayuga County Emergency Medical Service Council voted unanimously to allow an ambulance medic denied admission to an advanced life support course to appeal. The applicant lacked a high school diploma, prompting debate over whether the diploma requirement unfairly excludes experienced volunteers.
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Gary Kane
Auburn
Cayuga County Emergency Medical Service Council
Council
John McAtee
Lyons widow honored for hero husband award
Christine Emmet of Lyons learned Danny O Mara was posthumously cited by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission after he died while trying to save her late husband Edward Emmel on September 14 on Maple Street Road. O Mara, 22, ran 200 feet to aid Emmel and was electrocuted, leaving widow Patricia with a $2,000 award and a Carnegie medal.
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Lyons
Christine Emmet
Carlton
Danny) O’mara
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Danny
Christine
Edward
Wayne County
Maple Street
Edward Emmel
Ther
Carlton Sr
Emmel
Emmet
EOC library aids adults with education and job prep
At 100 New St in Syracuse the Educational Opportunity Center of SUNY Morri sv ille runs a public library and program space. The Paul Robeson Library opened in 1973 to help adults earn high school equivalencies and prepare for college or the job market. The center offers a job bank microfiche, library skills classes, office training, and access to materials for Black American studies. Students often enter with reading at sixth grade level, receive support, and pursue varied success stories, including PhDs.
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Salina
Central Tech
Mulberry Square
New St
State University of New York
Syracuse
Morrisville State College
EOC
Pam Smith
Morrisville
Paul Robeson
Florine Walker
Sam Feldman
Robeson Library
Sam
Robeson
State
Sa Ina Street
Florence Beer
National Library Week
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Ralph Falcone
Batavia
Tlike
Falcone
Federal
National Endowment For the Arts
Eisenhower
Wallace
Bishop Ludden
Energy Agency
Mike Hammon
Hammon
By Andy Knobel
Patricia
Olympia Terrace
Carlton O’mara
EOC Library
Shelly Williams
Florence
Dick Case
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