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See “ADDAMS” on Page A7.

For the fi rst time in Western New York, a high school will pay tribute to the macabre family that has been featured in comics, a live-action 1960s television

show and various animated series to the stage. Tonawa-nda High School will put on its production of “The Addams Family” musical 7 p.m., Thursday and Fri-day, Nov. 13 and 14; 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15; and 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16., keeping in the spirit of

the Halloween season even after it is over.

All performances will be held in the auditorium of the junior-senior high school complex at 600 Fletcher St., Adult tickets are $10, while students and senior tickets are $7. The musical came to Shea’s

Performing Arts Center in downtown Buffalo in 2011, and is based on the text by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, and characters created by Charles Addams in the comics, which he fi rst drew in the 1930s.

Earlier this month, the cast of “The Addams Fam-ily” was about a week into their rehearsals, but music, singing and excitement could be heard in the high school auditorium after school hours. As of Thurs-day, Oct. 2, art teacher and theatre producer Daniel

Lynch, who is directing the musical, said the students were beginning to learn the music, stage blocking and choreography for the pro-duction.

By KImberlee SabshinNT SUN CORRESPONDENT

After taking a preliminary look at North Tonawanda Mayor Robert Ortt’s tenta-tive 2015 Budget earlier this month, the common council began meeting with depart-ment heads, Tuesday, during the common council work-shop.

On the agenda for discus-sion were Engineering, Water/

By Kori SciandraNORTH TONAWANDA SUN EDITOR

At Tuesday’s Tonawanda City School District Board of Edu-cation meeting, residents who live near Tonawanda Middle/High School voiced their concerns to the board that the music during boys’ high school football and soccer games is too loud.

The residents’ renewed concerns came after attempts by the board and Superintendent Dr. James Newton to reduce the noise by working with Toth’s Sports, the provider of the score-board the school uses during sporting events, to analyze decibel levels and keep the sound to a minimum. Additionally, Newton went to houses of residents who issued concerns to keep them updated, but they said this did not suffi ciently address the prob-lem.

Maryanne Miller, a Fletcher Street resident who previously came to the board with her concerns, said she was surprised when Newton came to her door. She said she appreciated the gesture, since he told her there would be improvements to the sound system and the speaker angle had been changed. After this, she kept a log of the athletic events held.

“It seems to me, by keeping a log, that the girls’ soccer games seem to be within reason, as far as music and the loudness of the announcer. The boys’ soccer games are unbelievable. Foot-ball is way, way out of there,” Miller said. While she was on her phone in her house during one game, the person on the other end asked her what the noise was.

“I know that it is better than it was, except for that football game, so I do thank you for putting some effort into trying to make it better, but there has got to be more done,” added Miller.

In response, Newton said, “I’ll call you tomorrow. We are having Toth’s Sports come in again Thursday, so we’ll see what else can be done.” Newton warned that the TNT game, which took place Friday, would be packed with thousands of people.

However, more than one of the residents who voiced their concerns on Tuesday said crowd noise was not an issue, but the music and the announcer were too loud. Miller said games included “solid rap music” played at a loud volume. Another resident, Lita Murawski, said she could not have conversations in her home during an event at the stadium.

Residents voice concerns about stadium noise

KImberlee SabshinNT SUN CORRESPONDENT

Council begins budget review Wastewater, and Recreation.

City Engineer Dale Mar-shall has three capital projects on the agenda for 2015.

“Keep in mind there is a lot of overlap between depart-ments,” said Marshall as he spoke about his department requests.

Among the projects are, the Dodder Creek Drainage Res-toration.

After completing a thor-ough study, the engineering department believes the solu-

tion to the drainage problem and the whole effected area is to get the Department of Pub-lic Works to clean out Dodder Creek from Walter Drive to Warner Avenue, all the way to the Niagara River.

Marshall noted a cost sav-ings for this project is that the work would be completed in-house.

“Two years in a row, we have received installments from the Niagara County Refuge District. We have re-

ceived $50,000 annually, so we have $100,000 so far and in December, we put in for our third installment of that and there are fi ve,” said Mar-shall. “So the county is going to be giving us, basically a quarter of a million dollars to solve the drainage problems in that ward.”

City of Tonawanda Fire Chief Charles Stuart accepts a donation from Legislator Kevin Hardwick for the purchase of 300 children’s fi re hats that were distributed at

the annual open house and the Fire Prevention Day event last week. The donation was personally made by Hardwick. It was not from a county account.

See “BUDGET” on Page A2. See “STADIUM” on Page A2

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The second project Mar-shall addressed is the Nash Road Pump Station. The pump station failed the city when trying to accommodate the 4.3 inches of rainfall the city received on July 19.

As a result, the city had to fund the emergency power generator.

Although this amount of rainfall is rare, Marshall be-lieves this pump station still needs to be improved and the city can still make repairs to the standby power generator.

The city plans to seek grants for the improvements. This project is not on hold, however Marshall wants to apply for the proper grants so this is not a direct cost to the city.

“There are grants available. There is no money bonded in the budget right now for this project,” said Marshall.

And lastly, the Storm Sewer Separation project is a major priority this year for the city.

Continuing to make up for mistakes made by the city more than 50 years ago, dur-ing which the construction of the storm sewers and sewage sewers were built as one unit

rather than two, Marshall, Ortt and the DPW have been working diligently over the past few years to correct this issue for residents.

Marshall plans to continue with the project in 2015.

Dave Scott, Superintendent of Water/Wastewater for the city requested funding for both staffi ng and maintenance at the plants.

As per requested in Scott’s initial budget request, Ortt ‘s budget indicates the addition of two staffi ng positions at the Water Plant - a mechanic and operator trainee.

Scott also requested a me-chanic at the Wastewater Plant, which Ortt approved in his Budget, however Scott has requested an additional mechanic as well. For a total of three new hires between both plants.

Patty Brosius, Director of Parks and Recreation, noted in her request, in 2015 the parks department will acquire a signifi cant amount of addi-tional responsibilities.

Among those are the main-tenance of three kayak docs at the Botanical Gardens, Niagara Street and Gateway Harbor; maintenance of the

Seabees monument and the Marina; operating the Com-munity Education programs, and a few additional tasks as well.

Highlights of Brosius’s budget include funding for personnel and operations at Deerwood Golf Course, as well, as funding to operate the Parks and Recreation portions of the city.

In other city news: The Buffalo Audubon So-

ciety as part of the North Tonawanda Audubon Pre-serve approached the city with the request they provide the society with a quitclaim deed pertaining to wetlands within the city limits.

The society wishes to claim the paper streets that are en-compassed by parcels of land the Society already owns. This would allow for continu-ous use of the property by the society.

The locations include por-tions of Fairfi eld Drive, por-tions of Raymond Street, portions of Birch Drive, and portions of Fredericka Street.

Rare plants and animals have been documented at the

above listed sites. The society intends to utilize the space as an educational tool for those who wish to learn more about habitats.

If acquired, the society wishes to clean up the said areas by engaging scouts and other community groups in ‘cache-in/trash-out’ activi-ties, to establish geocache lo-cations, and to remove trash from the reserve.

They hope to allow the high school to utilize the wet-lands as well.

According to Loren Smith, executive director of the Buf-falo Audubon Society, the wetlands have been identifi ed by the Niagara River Gre-enway Plan and by the New York State Open Space Plan as important for wildlife and wetland preservation.

“I really don’t like giv-ing city land away, but after going through it...I am cer-tainly in favor of this,” said Alderman At Large Malcolm Needler.

The council did not raise any red fl ags when discussing this quitclaim request.

Department requests Budget • from front

Comments welcomed Stadium • from front

“Mr. Newton and I have had many conversations on this subject. I will say the biggest abuser of the sound is the boys’ soccer and football. It tends, as the game goes on, it’s get-ting louder. At the end of the game, when the game isn’t even over, they seem to think they have to enter-tain people as they leave with music, and the music is very, very loud,” said George Barbari, another neighbor. “This is nine o’clock at night, and I be-lieve that’s wrong.”

After the residents’ com-ments, board trustee Fred

Busch said, “I think every-one’s going to do the best they can to support the fl avor of the whole game. I give special kudos to [Di-rector of School Facilities and Operations] Paul Ma-ziarz and his staff for ev-erything they’ve done. A lot of times, people don’t understand what happens behind the scenes.”

Additionally, Trustee Sharon Stuart, also a resi-dent of Fletcher Street, said she could sometimes hear the games from her house as well, but other times, the sound did not carry. Stuart said she felt

it depends on the wind and who is in the sound booth, and it is not the play-by-play as much as it is the music. The music, geared toward high school stu-dents, is not always “the genre that adults listen to,” which is not always appro-priate to blare, she said.

“As our guests are leav-ing, we don’t necessarily have to have music on, so maybe we could look into those things for our com-munity,” Stuart said.

Board President Jen-nifer Mysliwy reassured the community members that she welcomed their

comments in the inter-est of having all different sides of an issue. She said that although it has been a struggle for the district, the concerns are not falling on deaf ears, and while the TNT game may be loud, the district is continuing to make an effort.

“I know we’ve talked quite a bit about what’s happening,” Mysliwy said. “I defi nitely think the mu-sic shouldn’t be on after the game. I also have some concerns about genre of music and the appropriate-ness for family members and kids.”

Traffi c fl ow unaffected by Buffalo Avenue closure

Offi cials at the Seneca Ni-agara Resorts & Casinos as-sured travelers to Niagara Falls that exit 21, which leads to the Robert Moses Parkway on-ramp, remains open to traffi c. Department of Trans-portation (DOT) signs on the northbound 1-190 indicate that exit 21 to Buffalo Avenue is closed; however the exit can still be taken to enter the Robert Moses Parkway.

The DOT announced travel restrictions on NY Route 384 (Buffalo Avenue) and Inter-state 190 in the City of Niag-ara Falls to allow for the con-tinuing construction of new bridges carrying Interstate 190 over Buffalo Avenue. The ramp from the I-190 north-bound to the Robert Moses, while still open, is restricted for non-commercial vehicles due to low clearance.

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A crowd of about 100 people gathered for a con-versation with author Lau-ren Belfer in the City of Tonawanda library Satur-day, Oct. 11. The author has penned two novels; however the focus of the gathering was on the au-thors’ fi rst novel “City of Light.” The novel is a historical fi ction that show-cases Pan American Buf-falo and the technological revolution that occurred in the city in the early 1900s. Belfer was raised in the 1970s in the height of the economic depression in Buffalo. After a lifetime of being unmotivated by the city she was raised in, it was serendipitous that the author was inspired to write “City of Light.”

The novel took six years to research and write. On Saturday it took the author about 30 minutes to give the audience a visual and oral tour of her inspiration and the effort it took for her to gather material. Belfer described how she was in-spired to include additional characters as she unearthed articles and accounts of in-fl uential people during Pan American Buffalo. Along with her husband Michael Marissen, who manned the visual equipment, Belfer showcased pictures of fa-mous, and some forgotten, signifi cant Buffalonians. She included slides of Buf-falo architecture, some of which made it into the nov-el. The audience laughed at Belfer’s story of how she spontaneously received a tour of the Coatsworth mansion, after approach-ing someone moving into the home. Belfer pointed out Mary Talbert was only known to her for the hous-ing project with her name-sake in Buffalo. During her research, Belfer re-discov-ered Talbert and her contri-butions to the city and was inspired to write her into the novel.

Belfert now lives in New York City; she explained much of her research was done at the library. She explained the libraries, both in New York City and Buffalo, are loaded with informatio’n about Buffalo and the surrounding area. While researching in Buf-falo she did venture outside to fi nd existing hints of his-torical Buffalo.

She said, “The old city is all around us.”

The slides showed the transformation of majestic mansions and parks into parking lots and highways. Belfer also pointed out ex-isting structures that hint to Buffalo’s regal past. On West Ferry Street the red brick wall that once fenced in the Albright estate now stands among a cluster of

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homes. Librarian Betsy Higgins

invited the author to speak at the library. Higgins ex-plained “City of Light” was published in 1999, making it really old in book years, but it still gets checked out. Higgins described Belfer as an advocate for libraries.

She said, “She really does her homework. She goes to the NY public li-brary. When she comes to Buffalo, she goes to the downtown library; she goes to the historical so-ciety library, so she really uses libraries. It comes out in her books, she knows her stuff. She is very in-formed.”

Belfer’s fi rst short story was published after 43 re-jections and her second after 27 rejections. Belfer credits her tenacity to her Buffalo roots. She joked that in Buffalo she learned to never give up and al-ways keep going, akin to the city itself.

Belfer believes the city of Buffalo is rejuvenated and once again the twin-kling city of light.

Lauren Belfer at the City of Tonawanda library.

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To the citizens of North Tonawanda:

My name is Ann Finkle. I wear at least two hats. They are separate in nature by both law and design but identical in purpose and in-tention. Both aim to better the students of this commu-nity in academic endeavors and, for those who choose to participate, athletic activi-ties. I am a member of the North Tonawanda Board of Education and a cofounder of a new and growing foot-ball booster club. They are two entirely separate orga-nizations. Thus the two hats.

Last month I became aware of the need for ad-ditional money for a piece of equipment for use by the

football players. The Hall of Fame had in the past al-located money for that and many other things during their long and successful reign in the city. However, this time, they felt it was not something they could further fund. Knowing the value of the equipment in question, I and some others who were aware of the situ-ation, decided to attempt to raise the needed funds. This did not sit well with the Hall of Fame. They cancelled the annual end of season ban-quet, many if not all of their fund raising efforts, and re-fused on several occasions to meet with us to see if we couldn’t work together to-ward what we hoped was a common goal – the kids.

They did attend a Board of Education meeting where they tried to involve the board in an area that, by law, can have nothing to do with booster clubs. They stormed out almost en masse when they saw they were not getting their way.What they missed by doing that was an explanation as to why the banquet needed to be changed to a differ-ent day and/or time to ac-commodate students who were on both the football team and, by the time of the banquet, also on the wres-tling team. Students had to choose which event they wanted to attend but if they went to the banquet, they put the wrestling team at a disadvantage during com-

petitions. The Hall of Fame was not willing to change because “it had always been on a Wednesday.” We scheduled a banquet for a Sunday afternoon that inter-fered with no sports event – even the Buffalo Bills.

Our fund raising efforts had to really kick into high gear now. We have used sev-eral methods, none of them unfamiliar to this area, add-ing one idea gleaned from fi refi ghters – that of pass-ing the helmet. Our students seem eager to help with the fund-raising as they know full well that all of the mon-ey raised is going to them in one form or another. We have no required dues for members and no overhead such as utility expenses, un-

like the Hall of Fame.Having attended the North

Tonawanda BOE/Hall of Fame meeting last month, I have to wonder how or even why several of the Hall of Fame members accused a few of the newly organized booster club organizers of being disrespectful because no one reached out to the Hall of Fame to advise them of their intentions or goals? My fi rst thought was, why does anyone need permis-sion from the Hall of Fame to start an organization?

Perhaps it is time for new, fresh ideas for fund raising. After all, if everyone is, as both groups say, in this for the children then set a good example for our children and behave as adults.

As I write this, the Hall of Fame is continuing to provide the spaghetti dinner the night before a game but they are unwilling to change the time to accommodate the practice time required by the state athletic depart-ment. The students are be-ing put in the middle of an issue that mature adults should be able to solve. That is, in my opinion, wrong.

We, as the Lumberjack Football Club, will, with the help from the community, do everything in our pow-er to do the right thing for these students.

Our motto has become “It’s all about the kids.”

Ann Finkle

Plan to raise elected offi cials

salaries not supportedRecently the Citizens Sal-

ary Review Commission released its report, calling for salary increases for the county executive, comptrol-ler, sheriff and clerk. It was the fi rst report since 2004 and analyzed the fact that elected offi cials’ salaries hadn’t been raised since 1996.

I think the Commission did a thorough job and I want to thank the members for the time they committed to creating their recommen-dations. The total increase would be $77,305 annually and the commission said the increases would bring Erie County on par with compa-rable counties. The follow-ing increases were recom-mended: county executive - $103,248 to $126,400, a 22 percent increase; sheriff - $79,092 to $102,400, a 29 percent increase; comptrol-ler - $80,613 to $98,750, a 22 percent increase; and the clerk - $79,092 to $91,800, a 16 percent increase. It was recommended that the leg-islators’ salaries remain the same.

After the report was re-leased, I joined my col-leagues in the Majority Caucus in issuing a state-ment that we opposed the recommendations and that we would vote against in-creases. I believe that now is not the appropriate time to raise elected offi cials’ sala-ries. While I believe there is some merit to certain points made in the report, my deci-sion to not raise the salaries is because of the taxpayers who would fund them.

I have met many families who are struggling, making the same wage they have

for years because our lo-cal economy is not strong. Businesses are fi ghting to stay open and as a result, workers are impacted. I have also met many resi-dents who were forced to switch jobs, start over and take a cut in pay just to fi nd work. Right now, to raises the salaries of elected of-fi cials would be imprudent. We pay some of the highest taxes in the country and Erie County’s economy contin-ues to struggle. A recent report on poverty shows we have a long way to go to recover. Right now, elected offi cials should not receive a salary increase.

Many residents have reached out to me, voic-ing their opinion about this topic. To date, everyone I have heard from opposes the raises. The Legislature’s Majority Caucus wants to ensure we provide ample opportunity for residents to weigh in before we vote. A public forum will be held soon to provide residents that platform. As soon as the date and location are fi nal-ized, we will be announc-ing the details. You can also send your comments to me at ted.morton@erie.gov or directly to the Clerk of the Legislature at 92 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY 14202, where they will be part of the offi cial record.

If you have any questions about the Citizens Salary Review Commission’s rec-ommendations or another county matter, please con-tact me at 858-8856.

Erie County LegislatorTed Morton

A Democrat supporting OrttRecently there has been

a series of letters in sev-eral newspapers in sup-port of Johnny Destino for State Senate. Their general theme has been guilt by association of Rob Ortt because he is a republi-can. The letters mention the “debacle in Lock-port,” Steve Richards, and George Maziarz’s res-ignation, yet they fail to mention the halting of the campaign investigation of irregularities by the demo-crats Cuomo and Schnei-derman. The letters say they’re not “anti-Ortt.” Oh

Well! The inference is that we should be suspicious and question Ortt’s integ-rity, yet they fail to men-tion Ortt’s military service to his country in defense of our freedom. Nor do they mention Destino’s change of party affi liation to suit his political aspirations.

In another letter some of the Republican Party’s chairmen mention the tax rate in North Tonawa-nda versus Lockport and Niagara Falls, but fail to compare the progress that has been made under Ortt’s leadership. Nor did they

mention the life support the city of Niagara Falls is on from the casino, or that Lockport needs to borrow money to provide standard civic services. One of the non-mentions is that Des-tino has never governed anything, as has Ortt, but they conveniently omit that. Another letter alludes to Destino’s support of education. While I’m sure that Destino is good man, I don’t know where it’s said that being a supporter of education is what qualifi es one for leadership at the state senate level.

Lastly, it would be to-tally naïve to think that if the democrats gain control of the senate, in addition to the assembly that they already basically own, that it won’t affect what upstate and Western New York re-ceive in fi nancial assistance from state government.

I’m a life-long democrat, but this time I have to think of what I believe is best for my home and community, and that means supporting Rob Ortt for state senate.

Karl E. BauerNorth Tonawanda

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Four elderly gentlemen slowly made their way across the Burger King parking lot at the corner of Sheridan Drive and Delaware and into store #953 last Friday, Oct. 10. Dressed in their blue service uniforms featuring all kinds of honors, the men came to Burger King to be-stow an honor of their own to the store manager Lisa Dud-kiewicz.

Gerald Tidd, Robert DiBe-rardino and Michael Newton Sr. all served their country during the Vietnam era and Bill Dibble served and was injured in World War II.

All four men could talk for hours about their life chang-ing experiences in the ser-vice.

Dibble spent 21 months as a prisoner of war in Germany after being captured at the in-vasion of Sicily when he was sent out on daylight patrol. At 93, Dibble is “one of the hardest working members” of Disabled American Veter-

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ans Chapter 120 according to his friend and fellow veteran Tidd.

Now, years after their ser-vice in the Armed Forces, the men are still serving their country by taking care of their own, one disabled, homeless or hungry veteran at a time.

“We are busy collecting all the time. Clothing arti-cles, food, everything,” said Dibble as he smiled in regard to the amazing support they receive from the surrounding area. The men fi ll a truck ev-ery week that is full of dona-tions for veterans, but it still never seems to be enough.

Although today one of the most vexing problems in American society is the outstanding number of vet-erans that are jobless and/or homeless many times due to the disability they sustained while serving their country, times are in fact nicer to vet-erans than they used to be.

“The VA hospital in Buffa-lo I think is one of the best in the country if not the best. I started going in the 60s, when

I got out. I had an accident in the service that cut my career short and I started going in the 60s and it was not a nice place to be at all. It’s a won-derful place now. They are polite, they are courteous and they try to help you in every way they can,” said DiB-erardino, who served a short time in the Vietnam Era.

While public opinion and public hospitals have changed for the better the need is still “so great, es-pecially with the holidays coming up,” explained Tidd, leading the initiative to honor Burger King Store manager Lisa Dudkiewicz for her ef-forts to help the DAV.

“This particular Burger King has given us more than all the rest of the fast food restaurant in Western New York. They give us between one to two thousand dollars a year … And maybe someone gets kicked out of their house

or something, so you give them some coupons so they can eat for a few days until they get back on their feet … This place has been the best to us for the past several years. We got a few coupons from McDonalds and a few coupons from Wendy’s and that’s exactly what I mean, a few, like $20 worth. Where here we get fi ve hundred to a thousand a crack,” said Tidd.

The men presented Dud-kiewicz and her store, locat-ed at Sheridan and Delaware in Town of Tonawanda, with a plaque as a token of grati-tude. Dudkiewicz who had to wait a while to come out and receive the gift because the store was so busy was touched by the men’s gesture.

“Thank you so much … you know we will always do what we can,” Dudkiewicz said as she held the plaque and posed for a picture.

By Mary MazurNT SUN CORRESPONDENT

Sixth grade teachers at Hoover Middle School in the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda UFSD may have a better understanding of the confusion some students feel in a new building the fi rst few days of school after discovering that the incoming sixth grade includes no less than eight sets of twins.

The confi gurations varied with some sets of twins as identical and some fraternal. For a class of 237, it’s an unusually large number and a larger proportion than staff could recall, but they are fi tting in nicely.

While fi ve of the students chose gym as their favorite class, Abby Grzeskowiak is

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“Each child is treated as an individual with his or her own personality and special qualities,” said Tina Schultz, ELA and science teacher.

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Seven of the eight sets twins included in this year’s incoming sixth grade class at Hoover Middle School pose as a group. They are, front row from left, Cole and Gabe Baker, Emma and Abby

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Halloween spectaculars The North Tonawanda

Department of Youth, Rec-reation & Parks announces that it will be holding a pair of Halloween Events at the Youth Center. From 4:40 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, K-6 graders are invited to come and wear their cos-tume and participate in a costume contest with prizes awarded for most unique costume, cutest costume, scariest costume, and best overall costume. Halloween games, crafts and contests are also on tap.

Grades 7 through 12 can enjoy a few tricks or treats themselves on during the Halloween Costume Ball, which takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. Music, dancing, food and fun are in store with chances to win great prizes through-out the evening with contests such as Halloween Trivia, Dance Contests, and a Cos-tume Contest. For more information visit www.nty-outhcenter.com or call 695-8520 ext. 5530.

A glimpse from the past: Pictured above are students who enjoyed the festivities at last year’s events.

ECC announces new director of admissions

Erie Community Col-lege President Jack Quinn is pleased to announce Rah-sanica Howard as ECC’s new director of admissions.

“We’re excited to promote someone with Rahsanica’s experience, achievements and ambition to head one of West-ern New York’s largest ad-missions offi ces,” Quinn said. “We’re constantly looking for opportunities to improve our college for current and future students. Moving this tremen-dously gifted employee into a leadership position absolutely progresses us forward in this regard.”

Howard is a graduate of Buffalo State College with a B.A. in psychology and M.S. in student personnel adminis-tration; and a New York State certifi cate in school counsel-ing through post-graduate studies at St. Bonaventure University. She has enjoyed a 14-year career with Erie Community College serving in various capacities, with her the past 12 as an admissions counselor at the college’s

North Campus. She maintains a deep interest in playing an integral role in students’ pur-suit of higher education, and she is energized by the oppor-tunity to guide these students along their academic paths and toward promising careers.

The Niagara Falls and Grand Island native’s profes-sional and community affi li-ations over the years include the American Counseling As-sociation (ACA), the Ameri-can School Counselor Asso-ciation (ASCA), New York State Association of Col-lege Admissions Counseling (NYSACAC), the State Uni-versity of New York College Admissions Professionals (SUNYCAP) and Chi Sigma Iota.

Now a resident of the Town of Niagara, Howard is excited over the development and re-surgence that is taking place in the City of Buffalo. She enjoys spending leisure time on the waterfront and takes great pleasure in family life with her husband and three children.

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra “gleeked out” while celebrating the opening night of the 2014-15 BPO Pops se-ries.

The evening began with the Canadian and Ameri-can National Anthems, fol-lowed by the powerful Pete Anthony composition titled “The Launch.” As the audi-ence’s applause came to an end, a voice came over the loudspeakers introducing the

Matthew Morrison brings class to BuffaloBy Lauren KirchmyerENTERTAINMENT REPORTER

evening’s special guest per-former, “Glee” star Matthew Morrison.

According to Morrison, he grew up in California want-ing to be a professional soc-cer player. It was one of his teachers and his high school sweetheart who encouraged him to pursue a career in the performing arts. When he was accepted into New York Uni-versity’s Tisch School for the Arts, he packed his bags and moved to the other side of the country.

“Unlike ‘Glee,’ you don’t always go to New York City

and get cast in a show before unpacking your bags,” Mor-rison told the audience, but he dropped out of school af-ter only two years due to be-ing cast in the national tour of “Footloose.”

His fi rst big break was playing “Link Larkin” in the original cast of “Hairspray,” and he continued to be cast for Broadway, fi lm and tele-vision since. He became a household name six years ago when he was selected to play Spanish teacher and glee club instructor “Will Schuester” on the Emmy Award-winning

television series “Glee.”“In real life I’m not the kind

of guy who hangs out around high schools,” Morrison said at the beginning of the show, poking fun at his “Glee” char-acter. “I love being at a classy place with a classy band and a classy audience who love live classy music.”

That statement was evident by his set list and his ward-robe – a suit topped off with a bowtie and fedora.

The fi rst half of the show included the songs “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” a mash-up of “Come Rain or Come Shine” and “Basin Street Blues,” “On The Street Where You Live,” “As Long As She Needs Me.”

While singing “The Lady Is a Tramp,” Morrison changed the lyrics around to say, “the Bills are divine” and “Jim Kelly is a friend of mine,” while putting on jazz hands and showing off his dance skills during the song’s dance break.

Before closing the fi rst half of the show, Morrison took the audience back to his fi rst semi-professional show, “West Side Story.” Instead of picking one character for the performance, he decided to play all three of the show’s leads – “Tony,” “Riff” and

“Anita.”“It’s my concert so I’m

playing all of them,” Mor-rison said before gliding and snapping around the stage as a shark and a jet, and showing off his salsa skills during the female parts of the song.

After a short intermission, the BPO performed “Seventy-Six Trombones” from “The Music Man” and “Gershwin in Hollywood.”

As Morrison made his way back onto the stage, he talked about how he made his trip out to Buffalo with his father, an alumnus of Niagara Uni-versity, which they visited together. “Go purple eagles,” he cheered. He also visited the Anchor Bar and Acropolis according to a Tweet he sent to Jacob Artist, fellow “Glee” star and Williamsville native.

His set for the second half included the songs “Luck Be a Lady,” “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” “Younger Than Springtime” and one of his favorite songs, “Send In the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim. Throughout the entire show, Morrison tapped into the story of each song, acting out the various perso-nas.

Alongside Morrison at the piano for the show was Brad Ellis, who plays “Brad” the

pianist on “Glee.” Ellis travels around the world playing pia-no for Morrison. “He’s truly a man of singular talents,” Mor-rison joked before performing one of Ellis’ arrangements.

During a break in the mid-dle of the arrangement, Mor-rison switched places with the BPO’s composer for the evening, John Morris Russell, who then took Morrison’s microphone and pretended to sing and dance around the stage. “I was trying to steal your thunder then you stole mine,” Morrison said to Rus-sell.

“Mr. Schuester” couldn’t end the night without per-forming a song from “Glee.” He selected the song “Dance With Me” and during the song he went into the audience and danced with a female audi-ence member.

At the end of the show, Morrison talked about the al-bum he released in June 2013, titled “Where It All Began.”

“The music on the album is so timeless,” he said. “I love telling a story when I’m sing-ing.”

He took a bow and left the stage as audience members stood for a standing ovation. Shortly after, Morrison re-turned to the stage for an en-core.

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Students take on unique challenges

“We selected ‘The Ad-dams Family’ because it is a new show that offers unique challenges for our students,” Lynch said. “The show offers an interest-ing story line, outstanding musical score, and dra-matic opportunities unlike no other show. We believe this show will excite and motivate our students. This show also offers opportuni-ties for students in the en-

semble to stand out.”The musical’s full cast,

most of whom are seniors, includes Connor Maxwell as Gomez Addams, Erin Burris as Morticia Addams, Justin Pope as Uncle Fes-ter, Meghan Bozeman as Grandma, Jaimee Harmon as Wednesday Addams, Ben Thurston as Pugsley Addams, Michael DeSan-tis as Lurch, Kyle LeBlanc as Mal Beineke, Marina

Tighe as Alice Beineke and Cullen Colosimo as Lucas Beineke.

Lynch said “countless hours” will typically go into preparing for Tonawanda High School musicals, and the cast rehearses six days a week. As the cast prepares their lines, an additional team of parents, staff mem-bers and members of the stage crew also work be-hind the scenes to create the

costumes, set and props.Although some of the

school’s past performances have included students from the entire middle and high school complex, “The Ad-dams Family” will include only high school students in the cast. Lynch said an ad-ditional show, “Cinderella,” has been added in February for the younger students. The cast was announced on Sept. 11 after rehearsals ran

from Sept. 8 through Sept. 11.

“The show is known as being very funny, and hav-ing the kind of part that I do as Grandma, I’m defi nitely very grateful, because I can venture out and just do my own things when I do it, and it’s defi nitely going to be an opportunity to improve my acting, because it’s what I want to do,” Bozeman said.

During a rehearsal

early this month, Maxwell commented of his role as Gomez, the Addams Family patriarch, “They’re all com-pletely different; they’re all really intricate, there’s a lot of stuff that goes into de-ciding what your character is going to be like. Every-one can just look at the TV show or the movie and go, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s Gomez,’ but you can’t

Addams • from front

“The cast of Tonawanda High School’s ‘The Addams Family.’ From left to right: Marina Tighe, Meghan Bozeman, Jaimee Harmon, Erin Burris, Connor Maxwell, Justin Pope and Ben Thurston.”

Town board discusses budget

During its budget work session last Thursday, Oct. 9, members of the Tonawanda Town Board heard from town department heads regarding changes they made to their individual budgets, three days after Town Supervisor Anthony Caruana delivered his tentative 2015 budget.

“The purpose of this bud-get session tonight is for the town board, as a whole, to review the budget for 2015 with various department heads. Each Town Board member will review those parts of the budget that he or she is responsible for,” Ca-ruana said, adding that the town aims to save on costs while still “maintaining the high quality of services in our community.”

Additionally, the public budget hearing, during which town residents and members of the community will be able to attend to review next year’s budget, will be held Thursday, Nov. 6. Copies of the budget will be available at the town clerk’s offi ce in the town and Village of Ken-

By KImberlee SabshinNT SUN CORRESPONDENT

more’s municipal building at Delaware Road and Dela-ware Avenue, beginning Oct. 31.

Police Chief Anthony Palombo told the board the general fund line will be ap-proximately the same for the police department, as will that for public safety dis-patch, and there will be no changes in the budget for traffi c signals or animal con-trol. There are currently 15 full-time paramedics.

“[There are] just minor changes from one line to another – public safety dis-patcher, administration,” Palombo said. There will be reductions in costs for patrol for a police offi cer position and a reduction in one line, and savings from last year, he said. Some money has also been pulled from anoth-er line in the budget in order to pay for the police offi cers’ uniforms.

Town Assessor David Marrano said after review-ing budgets from the last few years, “There’s really not a whole lot of change in our numbers this year versus last year.” He is projecting a 1.5 percent increase in terms of the shared service agreement

between the town and the City of Tonawanda, in which Marrano shares services as that municipality’s city as-sessor as well.

“Some of these organi-zations – I’m not talking churches and schools, but hospitals, some of those things and mental health or-ganizations that provide ser-vices, do a great job, but they also use a lot of town ser-vices, so we’ve got to fi gure out, how do we tap into that,” Marrano added.

Town Clerk Marguerite Greco said her budget has been decreased by about $10,500. She has taken “a little bit from every line,” she said, but the town wide postage line needed to be increased in order to keep up with the cost of postage, which has recently gone up.

“I kept the revenue lines pretty much the same, be-cause if people can’t pay their taxes on time, we make more money, sad to say,” Greco added. “Overall, I took off about $10,500.”

Kirk Rowland, of the De-partment of Water Resources, said of the water and sewer maintenance, “What we did this year is, we changed our

personnel line to more refl ect the way we actually worked, so we increased our person-nel lines in the water acqui-sition district. You’ll see a decrease in the consolidated sewer district. Beyond that, nothing in the water acquisi-tion district, as far as water and sewers, has changed. We moved some numbers around.”

In order to make numbers add up, Rowland said more money had to be put into util-ities, gas, supplies, parts and materials, but money was moved from other accounts in order to do this. Although some numbers have changed, the budget has remained the same. Chemical costs for wa-ter treatments have gone up, so cuts had to be made, but chlorine has gone down in price.

“There’s some changes in my service lines for parts and material, which are pipe-lines and things like that, and gas and utilities,” Director of Water Resources Michael Kessler said.

Schedule auto bureauappointments online

Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs announced that the Erie County Auto Bureau is now accepting reservations online in order to improve wait times and make it easi-er for customers to conduct their business quickly dur-ing a time that is convenient for them.

Jacobs says the online reservation system is easy to use and the system walks you through the process of scheduling an appointment. “With the auto bureau’s 24/7 online reservation sys-tem, motorists can make appointments up to 30 days in advance or even on the same day,” Jacobs stated.

The reservation system allows customers to go on-line and book an appoint-ment for a specifi c date, time and location. The customer will receive a confi rmation email, then a second reminder email one hour prior to their appoint-ment time. Upon arrival, the customer checks in at the

self-serve kiosk station with their confi rmation number and will be taken care of at their scheduled appointment time.

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Entertainment & CommunityEntertainment & CommunityW W W. C P O W N Y . C O M

To read event listings from all over Western New York or to submit your own event for consideration in this print listing, visit www.cpowny.com and click on “events” along the

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Community EventsCommunity EventsBy: Lauren KirchmyerJohn Leguizamo’s work

has appeared various times across stage and screen. His roles have landed him Emmy and ALMA Awards, and nom-inations for Golden Globes and Tony Awards to name a few. His one-man shows have gone from Broadway stages to HBO specials. His voice has been heard by billions of people around the world in the “Ice Age” franchise, he has appeared in numerous television shows and feature fi lms, and he still has time for his wife and children.

Though next week he will be back in a recording studio, working on the fi fth “Ice Age” fi lm, Le-guizamo has put time aside to come to Buffalo this weekend to perform four shows for local fans at Helium Comedy Club.

“People will be enter-tained, and they’re going to learn something,” Leguiza-mo said. “My stuff is always pretty out there and daring if I do say so myself.”

Those who attend his per-formances are in for a treat as Leguizamo is premiering his brand new show.

“Buffalo is the fi rst place I’m trying it out at,” he said. “I’m curious to see how peo-ple relate to the subject mat-ter – the jokes, inappropriate-ness and intellectual aspect of it.”

Performances begin at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 18 at Helium Comedy Club, located at 30 Mississippi St. in Buffalo.

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ing for live audiences because of the immediate feedback he receives.

“When a union happens between me and the audi-ence, all of a sudden the show goes places I never thought it would go. They inspire me,” he said. “This is the rawest and most organic dialogue I have. I love the possibility that anything can occur.”

Besides acting, Leguizamo is an avid writer. He released an autobiography in 2006 through Harper Collins and created multiple award-win-ning one-man shows, per-formed in Chicago and both on- and off-Broadway in New York City.

“There is always some-thing burning in me, a pas-

s i o n -ate question or a quest,

something I couldn’t deal with and needed to learn how to deal with,” he explained. He truly felt like a “legit writer” however when his show “Spic-O-Rama” won a playwriting award through Warner Hall.

Leguizamo performed his one-man show “Ghetto Klown” on Broadway in 2011, and it is now avail-able on HBO on Demand. Through this show, he learned to forgive, let go and move on. He recently revis-ited this show and plans to release a graphic novel of “Ghetto Klown” next year through Abrams Books.

“The artist I got for the novel captures the reality of the story and then elevates it further,” Leguizamo said.

“It takes you other places. It travels through 40 years of my life, different countries and cities and time zones and cultures. Now it’s all visual-ized.”

Leguizamo has learned many times in his career if you don’t accept defeat and keep your eyes on the prize, you will fi nd success. He didn’t expect his show “Freak” to go to Broadway, and then it received an Emmy award and several other nom-inations. Fox didn’t imagine “Ice Age” to be a box-offi ce sensation, now there are toys, video games and multiple movies for the franchise.

“It was magic to do. We had so much fun,” he said about the fi rst “Ice Age” fi lm. “The movie came out and saved Fox for the fourth quarter of the year fi nancial-ly. It was a crazy surprise.”

Besides being excited to play the lovable sloth “Sid” and start on his next fi lm, Leguizamo is anxious for the upcoming Nov. 7 release of a fi lm he wrote titled “Fugly.” The fi lm – about a guy who grows up ugly, improves himself in college, attempts to be the “Don Juan” char-acter but always fi nds him-self fallings in love – will be available on iTunes and Video On Demand.

To keep up with Leguiza-mo and his momentous ca-reer, follow him on Twitter (@JohnLeguizamo). To learn more about his show tak-ing place this weekend, visit www.heliumcomedy.com/buffalo.

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Theme Basket Event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., Oct. 18 at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 7416 Campbell Blvd. at Tonawanda Creek Rd. Over 90 baskets. Doorprizes: 19-inch LCD TV, outdoor furniture, dinner and overnight stay at Russell’s. Drawing at 2 p.m., need not be present to win. Baked goods for sale. Flu shots available, no appointment necessary, bring insurance card. Homemade lunch (roast beef sandwiches, chili, desserts and beverages) served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Haunted Harbor Children are encouraged to trick-or-treat their way around the harbor, including the boats, from 6-8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 18. Games and activities, friendly characters, costumed staff. Free. Parents and children encouraged to wear a costume.

“Start Smart” Parents can help children develop the coordination skills essential for everyday living as well as playing sports. Classes will be held from 9-9:45 a.m. Saturday mornings, Oct. 18 to Nov. 22, at Grant School. $30 for residents, $35 for nonresidents. Info: 695-8520. Register online at northtonawanda.org or at the recreation office, 500 Wheatfield St., North Tonawanda.

Terry Buchwald will perform as Elvis from 8-11 p.m. Oct. 18 at Dom Polski Social Club, 576 Oliver St., North Tonawanda. Tickets: $10 presale, $12 at the door. Food available for purchase.

The Buffalo Movie-Video Makers Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sun., Oct. 19 at the Screening Room, Northtown Plaza, 3131 Sheridan Dr., Amherst. Shorty Film Contest, Q&A. Guest speaker Chris Luckhardt will present, “I Do the Crazy Stuff So You Don’t Have To.” Visitors invited. Free.

Oktoberfest This non-alcoholic event for persons with disabilities and their caregivers will take place from 4-6:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 19 at St. Jude’s Parish Center, 800 Niagara Falls Blvd., North Tonawanda. Sponsors: St. Jude’s Open Arms Ministry in conjunction with St. Christopher’s. Info: Frank and Martha Barry at 695-2873.

Transitioning to Independent Living Free seminar begins at 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at Sandra Lane Senior Apartments, 705 Sandra Lane, North Tonawanda. Topics: How to take those first steps in the process, downsizing, independent living. Meet and greet with current residents. Info: 693-0420.

Girl Scouts of WNY to host career exploration event for girls Nov. 8

Whether she wants to be a doctor, a lawyer, a report-er, a teacher, an accountant – every girl has the right to not only dream, but to learn how she can achieve her goal of whatever ca-reer she aspires to. The “I Can Be” Career Day event hosted Saturday, Nov. 8 by Girl Scouts of Western New York will help girls do just that.

Approximately 30 fe-male volunteers will lead sessions on various in-dustries including health care, education, engineer-ing, journalism, law, social work, fi nance and more.

Girls who register will submit their top career paths prior to the event and, based on their pref-erences, will be put into workshops.

Girls will have the chance to go to four differ-

ent workshops lasting ap-proximately 40 minutes to learn about different career paths.

In each workshop, girls will receive an introduc-tion from the female leader. They’ll be able to partici-pate in a hands-on activity that relates to the specifi c fi eld, and then time will be available for a question-and-answer session.

Girls who participate will receive a patch.

“We are honored that professional women vol-unteers will share their ca-reer journeys and conduct interactive modules with our girls, to inspire and educate them on how to make an informed choice about their future careers. Girls demand activities that are experience based. They want to learn by do-ing, even when it relates

to emotional issues that they can share with other girls, according to the Girl Scout Research Institute,” said Cindy L. Odom, chief executive offi cer of Girl Scouts of Western New York.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 8 at Villa Ma-ria College in Buffalo.

The cost is $10 for reg-istered Girl Scouts. Girls who are not yet registered may participate in this event by paying the $15 Girl Scout of the USA reg-istration fee and the $10 program fee. The deadline to register is Thursday, Oct. 23.

For details or to regis-ter, visit gswny.org or call 1-888-837-6410.

Submission guidelinesMany businesses, civic

groups and places of worship keep the public informed of their activities by submitting press releas-es to Community Papers of WNY.

If your group has some news to share, written releases can be submitted

by e-mail to mondesko@cpowny.com or lkirchmy-er@cpowny.com.

Or by postal mail to the Editorial Department, Community Papers of WNY., 75 Boxwood Lane, Cheektowaga, NY 14227.

The deadline for sub-mitting releases is 5 p.m.

on the Tuesday preced-ing each Sunday’s issue, so any submissions for the Oct. 24 editions must be received no later than Tuesday, Oct. 21. Submitting a press release does not guarantee publi-cation.

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