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Publisher: David tyler executive editor: Gary catt Managing editor: Jennifer Wing circulation Manager: lori newcomb

My tips for back to school savingsith the beginning of

the school year fast ap-proaching, many parents are feeling the pressure of getting their children ready. From spiral notebooks to sneak-ers, there seems to be a lot of money being spent.

My advice: Don’t panic. There are plenty of ways to save money and aggravation when back to school shop-ping.

When it comes to clothing, try end of season summer sales. (See page ?? for sidewalk sale suggestions.) Nowadays, many kids wear T-shirts throughout the year, and girls

tend to wear capri leggings under skirts and dresses as a warmer option than tights. Many local stores are offering basics, such as underwear and socks, at sale prices, and if you buy multi-packs of the same item you can save even more.

Similarly, many stores are offering school supplies on the cheap – multi-packs of pencils for mere pennies, note-

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our thoughts

This past school year there was much con-cern about the swine flu. Many children and adults came down with this particular strain of flu, and although there may or may not be a similar concern this year, it is nonetheless important to learn the facts about typical flu shots.

The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention recommends that people who should be vaccinated each year include:

✓ Children aged 6 months up to their 19th

birthday ✓Pregnant women✓People 50 years of age and older ✓People of any age with certain chronic

medical conditions✓People who live in nursing homes and

other long-term care facilities✓ People who live with or care for those at

high risk for complications from flu, includ-ing health care workers and out-of-home

As school approaches, so does flu seasonSee Savings on page 16

See Flu on page 4

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on campus SUNY Oswego revitalizes

Alfred University in top tierBryan & Stratton offers scholarships

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Back to school 2010 �on campusSUNY Oswego benefits from renovationsNew science complex, renovated School of Education next phase in revitalization

From high school students in SUNY Oswego’s summer programs to undergradu-ate and graduate students studying arts, business, com-munication, education and sciences, every learner at the college on the shore of Lake Ontario is benefiting from a campus revitalized by years of renovations.

Oswego will celebrate the groundbreaking of the col-lege’s new $118 million state-of-the-art science complex Sept. 17. Over the next three years, a world-class four-story structure will rise, encom-passing the existing Piez Hall and replacing Snygg Hall with more than a quarter-million square feet dedicated to sci-entific learning.

Campus improvements were one reason U.S. News

included SUNY Oswego on a short list of “Top Up-and-Coming Schools” for 2010. Just 28 public colleges and univer-sities made the list nationally, and Oswego was the only one in New York.

Recent improvements and innovations at Oswego in-clude new academic programs conceived in collaboration with the business commu-nity like software engineer-ing and risk management at the undergraduate level and human-computer interaction and gerontology at the gradu-ate level; unusual opportuni-ties for students to engage in hands-on research in the field, such as the “storm chas-ers” course this summer; the SUNY Oswego Metro Center for part-time students, located on Clinton Square in Syracuse;

and half a billion dollars worth of renewal projects on the Oswego campus, includ-ing the new Campus Center and renovated buildings to house the humanities and School of Business.

Opening this fall will be a new residential complex of suites, the Village, designed for 340 junior and seniors. With 12 townhouses sur-rounding a community center,

SUNY Oswego and community dignitaries will hold a ceremony Sept. 17 to celebrate the groundbreaking for the college’s new world-class science complex, depicted in this architectural rendering.

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Bryant & Stratton College offering scholarships for fall semester

Deciding to go to col-lege is an important step in getting the great career and future you deserve. But figuring out how to pay for college is equally important.

That’s why Bryant & Stratton College is still offering a limited number of scholarships to Syra-cuse-area residents who are ready to begin college in the fall.

Whether you just grad-uated from high school this year, or if you gradu-ated years ago, you can qualify for a Bryant & Stratton College scholar-ship. And you can use that scholarship to start with their fall semester, which begins September 8th.

Bryant & Stratton Col-lege offers a wide range of degree programs in grow-ing industries, including healthcare, technology, business, hospitality, crim-inal justice, graphic de-sign, and others. You can earn your degree in as few as 16 months. And when you do, Bryant & Stratton will help you find a job in your field—for life. In fact, they have a documented, college-wide placement rate of over 90%.

Wondering if you can fit college into your busy life? Bryant & Stratton College offers classes days, evenings and online, so you will definitely be able to arrange a schedule that works for you.

In addition to scholar-ships, Bryant & Stratton offers other financial aid, including Retraining Op-portunity Grants. They’ll even help you fill out all the financial aid paper-work, meet all the dead-lines, and complete the other steps in the financial aid process.

If you want to claim your scholarship to attend college this fall, come to either of Bryant & Strat-ton College’s campus-es and find out how: in Syracuse on James Street (315.472.6603) and in Liv-erpool off Route 31 (315. 652.6500). You can also visit facebook.com/BSC-Syracuse or facebook.com/BSCNorth.

caregivers.The CDC stresses that the

viruses in the flu shot are inac-tive, so you cannot get the flu from a flu shot, and the risk of a flu shot causing serious harm, or death, is extremely small.

However, a vaccine, like any medicine, may rarely cause se-rious problems, such as severe allergic reactions. Almost all people who get influenza vac-cine have no serious problems from it. Typical side effects include soreness, redness or swelling at the site of the shot, a low grade fever and aches.

Although a flu shot can help avoid certain strains of the flu, not all strains are covered.

It is always best to avoid the spread of any germs by pro-moting hand washing by chil-dren and to keep children who are sick home from school.

Following these steps can help our students have a safe and healthy school year!

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Back to school 2010 �on campus

What are colleges looking for?

Maria Badami, MS is an educational planner and admissions consultant with COLLEGE DIRECTIONS located at 7030

East Genesee St, Fayetteville,

NY. 243-6658. collegedirections@att.net.

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By Maria Badami

IECA, the Independent Educational Consultants Association conducts a biennial survey “Top Ten Strengths and Experiences Colleges Look for in High School Students.” Responses from hundreds of college consul-tants, like myself, working with students and colleges across the nation, shed insight on the changing application process.

Despite the increasingly competi-tive application process, there are a number of changes to the overall list from previous years.

While the top items have re-mained unchanged, some items have made the list for the first time while others have fallen in importance.

Unchanged for the past five years, a student ’s academic performance in high school, remains at the top of the list. While grades are important, IECA members confirmed that a student ’s willingness to challenge him/ herself with AP and Honors classes is just as important.

Third on the list are stan-dardized test scores. Consis-tency of scores with academic achievement is seen as more important than overall score.

A great score will not guar-antee a spot in a competitive college, but a poor score can become a large ob-stacle.

Passionate involvement in a few activities comes in at number four. Fewer activities, but demon-strated leadership and initiative are recognized as more desirable than partici-pation in many clubs and activities with no depth of involvement.

Despite the economy, “financial resources” fell off the top ten list. How-ever, letters of recom-mendation (fifth), a well written essay (sixth), and a special talent or experience (seventh), remain high on the list.

“Demonstrated leadership in activities” made it on the list for the first time (eighth). Colleges continue to seek out students who will con-tribute to the college community in meaningful ways.

The final two items, “demonstrat-ed intellectual curiosity” (ninth), and “demonstrated enthusiasm to attend” (10th) are often taken for granted by students.

Essays and interviews are the student ’s greatest opportunity to communicate his or her passions for learning, and intellectual leisure pursuits.

Lastly, don’t underestimate the value of follow up letters and emails.

Institutions are increasingly con-cerned with yield, and hesitant to extend offers to students who have not demonstrated genuine interest in attending their institution.

The full list can be found at IECAonline.com/col-

lege.html. The site also offers

advice on visiting college campuses and making the most of the summer before senior year.

the Village brings a neighborhood feel to its corner of campus.

“This is an exciting time to be a member of the Oswego campus community,” said Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley. “Our improvements and innovations are attract-ing increasing numbers of applicants, and admission is competitive.”Learner-centered improvements

The new science complex will be a living demonstration of environmentally sensitive design. A geothermal field will provide a natural heat sink for cooling and heating the structure. The building also will incorporate a photovoltaic solar-to-electric array and use sustainable construction materials. It’s all part of the college’s plan to build the complex to the Leadership in Energy and Environ-mental Design, or LEED, gold standard.

The new complex will house six depart-ments of SUNY Oswego’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: biological sciences, chem-istry, computer science and engineering, earth sciences including meteorology and geology, mathematics and physics.

In addition to the science complex, work coming up soon on the college’s east cam-pus will include extensive renovations to the School of Education’s Park and Wilber halls. Adjacent historic Sheldon Hall will get a rehabilitated exterior to complement earlier interior renovations.

Plans call for the finished School of Education facilities to unite the school’s six departments -- curriculum and instruction, technology education, health promotion and wellness, vocational teacher prepara-tion, counseling and psychological services, and educational administration -- as well as to link to the new sciences complex.

The east campus projects will be paid through the SUNY Construction Fund, with its ability to bond.

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OfficeMax has introduced a variety of school supply collections featuring modern designs, patterns, colors and more, including this

collection called Butterfly Skye by Schoolio.

erhaps no time of year is as bittersweet for

parents as the back-to-school season. Gone are the relaxing days of summer, but back are the

days when kids get excited about school and the extracurricular activities that come with it.

As bittersweet as back to school can be, one aspect few parents enjoy is the annual school supply shop-

ping trip. Students of all ages must purchase school supplies each year, and parents with more than one

child in school might cringe at the costs of such supplies. Recognizing those concerns, OfficeMax, an industry

leader in both office and school supply products, offers the following shopping tips to help savvy parents prepare

their kids to start the school year on the right foot.3 Take inventory. Most parents remember the last day

of school growing up, when pens, papers and notebooks were set aside for the summer the moment the final bell rang.

However, unless kids threw everything in the trash on their way out of school, chances are many of their supplies from last

year are still lying around the house. While last year’s notebooks may not be reusable, locate pens, rulers and other supplies that

are in good shape, and take inventory of what you can reuse and what new items should be purchased. Selling affordable

school supplies in bulk or individually, OfficeMax gives parents the option to purchase entirely new supplies or supplement their

children’s school supplies, purchasing only the materials they need to start the school year.

3 Make a list. Today’s school supplies are flashier than ever, es-sentially transforming the school supply aisle into something that would fit right in at the local toy store. Kids are typically as mesmerized by the school supply aisle as they are when they visit a toy store, so parents should make a list before heading out and stick to that list to avoid overspending.

Once that list has been made,

parents

should choose a store that allows them to get school shopping done in one fell swoop. OfficeMax has all the supplies kids will

need to make their return to school a successful one this fall. The new Butterfly Skye by Schoolio collection at OfficeMax features the “Floral Fantasy” trend with adorable butterflies, flowers and swirly patterns in a garden-style color palette. This collection comes complete with notebooks, pens, pencils, and more, including a flo-ral patterned carrying case that’s both convenient and stylish. For the more “hardcore” student, Schoolio’s “Skulls” collection is sure to please, with a unique skull and crossbones graphic on binders, notebooks, calculators and more.

3 Start shopping early. Many of today’s teachers post a class syl-labus online well in advance of the first day of school. The syllabus typically lists the supplies and textbooks the class requires. With a vast and ongoing stock, OfficeMax boasts an extensive inventory of school supplies that help parents and students secure the materials they need throughout the year and save money when so doing.

3 Purchase supplies that excite your child. In essence, school supplies are designed to help children be the best students they can be and inspire them to do their best work. With the right supplies, kids are prepared to achieve and succeed. By letting kids select a few supplies that express their personality and excite them about the new school year, they’re more likely to be engaged in and excited about the back-to-school process.

To get kids excited, OfficeMax offers a host of school sup-plies featuring dynamic patterns, colors, sizes and more that appeal to a diverse group of kids. The new ColorSplash series from Mead(R) features notebooks, binders and folders that follow the “photo real” trend with mono-chromatic imagery and pops of color. Featuring more modern styles, Mead’s Reilly series features “Street Chic” notebooks, binders and folders with inter-

national glamour appeal.For more information, visit

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Comfort and space saving style at college without the costs any parent knows, the cost of college continues to rise.

According to CollegeBoard.com, the average costs at a four-year, private university for the 2009-10 school year exceeded $26,000.

That figure is daunting on its own, but when combined with the nation’s struggling economy the sticker price is even more shocking. While parents are fully aware of the costs as-sociated with college, they might not be aware of the many ways in which they can cut college costs.

Though there’s little parents can do about lowering tu-ition, there are myriad ways to save on other costs associated with college. Perhaps no tactic better serves parents than planning ahead. While many high school seniors don’t know what to expect when they first step on campus, there are a few givens parents can plan for when it comes to college life.

One such given is furnishings. While dorm rooms aren’t akin to a 5-star hotel, parents who plan ahead when furnish-ing their children’s room can save sub-stantial amounts of money. For instance, dorm rooms are generally smaller than a kid’s normal room, requiring some careful planning if he or she plans to bring most of their things along to college. Parents of college bound youngsters should consider the following tips from StudentMarket.com, an online resource for parents seeking to provide their college bound sons and daughters with all the comforts of home at a fraction of the cost.

3 Shop for multi-functional items. While today’s college kids might not know what a compact disc is, that doesn’t mean they don’t need a place to store all those DVDs and video games. When shopping for storage items, consider multi-functional items that serve more than one purpose. For instance, StudentMarket.com features more than 1,900 TV stands, many of which boast ample storage space ideal for college kids living in a crowded dorm room.

But multi-functional items don’t stop at storage. For those college kids lucky enough to have room for a couch, futons make the ideal addition to any dorm room, acting as a couch during the day time and doubling up as a fold-out bed for those weekend visits from friends

back home.3 Go vertical. While dorm rooms might not provide the

most square footage, the ceiling heights are often average size. That makes dorm rooms ideal for going vertical. Based on consumer demand, StudentMarket.com offers a wide ar-ray of items allowing students and parents to do just that, including hundreds of bookcases in varying styles, and name brand dressers that stretch vertically instead of horizontally, enabling students to save space and money.

3 Hook it up. Hooks are another good friend of those who call dorms home. Instead of using up valuable dresser and closet space to hang coats, hangers and even bath towels, hooks hung up on the back of the dorm room door or inside the closet door make use of existing space many college kids don’t routinely use.

3 Think small. Furnishing a dorm room is not the same as furnishing a first apartment. When shopping for

dorm rooms, think small. StudentMarket.com boasts hundreds of nightstands and innovative furniture

products ideal for making over the cramped style of the average dorm room.

To learn more about finding and saving on school furnishings, visit StudentMarket.com.

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For the college student with too little space and too much stuff, these storage units not only make the most of the walls and make a statement about the student’s personality.

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Be bus smartsafe start

School buses are essential modes of transportation, taking thousands of students to and from school ev-ery day. While school bus accidents are rare, riders should still practice safety aboard and around the bus.

In the early days of education, students were educated in local schools within walking distance. If they needed to travel, it was by horse-drawn wagon. As the nation’s roadways began to evolve, so did the methods of getting children to school. Eventually school buses became the norm.

In an effort to prevent injuries, representatives from 48 states met in 1939 to establish safety standards for school buses. Since then, several meetings, known as the National Conferences on School Transporta-tion, have taken place to modify safety procedures and standards.

In addition to safety procedures regarding ridership, school buses are built with certain standards

in mind. Mirrors, lights, braking systems and the like are regulated to provide the utmost safety to passengers. While catastrophic ac-cidents involving school buses are very rare, buses are built to handle much more than the occasional run-ins with passenger cars and light trucks.

Maintaining school bus safety is a team effort. Students need to do their part while riding the bus. Here are the safety precautions that should be followed.

* Walk to the bus stop, don’t run.

* Always use caution when cross-ing roadways.

* Walk on the sidewalk whenever possible. If no sidewalk is present, walk in the opposite direction of

Teens take big risks onlineReport reveals dangerous behaviors, online trends

Maintaining school bus safety is a team ef-fort. Students need to do their part while

riding the bus.

It can be difficult to monitor what your child is doing and viewing online.

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A shocking new report “The Secret Online Lives of Teens” is a revealing peek at just how much our kids risk when they interact online, and one expert believes it ’s more than just a wake-up call.

The study, conducted by Har-ris Interactive for McAfee, asked 955 American teens (including 593 aged 13-15 and 362 aged 16-17) about their attitudes on I n t e r -

net privacy. The results are troubling for any parents of teenagers.

69 percent of teens freely divulged their physical location

28 percent chatted with strangersOf those who chatted with strang-

ers, defined as people they do not know in the offline world:

43 percent shared their first name 24 percent shared their email ad-

dress 18 percent posted photos of them-

selves 12 percent posted their cell phone

numberWhat’s more, girls make themselves

targets more often than boys: 32 per-cent of the girl respondents indicated they chat with strangers online vs. 24 percent of boy respondents, according to the survey.

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Skip boring school lunches: Easy meal ideas students will love

healthy start

A brown paper bag or a plastic lunch box. No two items can elicit such fear in the hearts of parents across the country. They seem like harmless items on the surface, but it’s coming up with what goes inside can be truly scary.

Day after day, creating new lunch ideas that children will actually eat can be chal-lenging. Parents are often short on time in the evening or the morning before the bus arrives and may be at a loss as to what foods to keep stocked in the pantry, which makes planning lunches a taller order than it may seem.

Rest assured that concocting school lunches doesn’t have to be difficult. Follow these tips for lunchtime success.

* Think outside the bread. Bread can be boring. Skip the sandwiches and think of other foods that can serve as the wrapping for tasty foods. Tortillas, pitas, pizza crusts, and crackers are other ideas for topping or holding items together. What’s more, rolling up a tortilla or topping your own pizza is much more fun than biting into that standard PB&J sandwich.

* Explore more mature flavors. Who says kids only want bolo-gna and cheese? Ask your child what he or she enjoys eating and stock up on those ingredients. For example, if you enjoy a wrap

of grilled chicken with fresh mozzarella and basil, your child might as well.

* Make it fun. Pack lunch according to a theme. Maybe Monday is all round-shaped foods. Tuesday may be cowboy themed, with

southern flair. On Wednesday all the foods may be red. Your child will be eating the same foods he or she always did but just in a more interesting way. Chances are if it’s fun to eat, the kids will be on board.

* Involve the kids. Make a chart that lists foods in specific categories: fruit, vegetable, meat, dairy, and snack. Enable your child to pick the combination he or she desires each day. Involving children in meal creation helps make them more in tune with food choices and more likely to eat what they have chosen.

* Who says lunch has to be “lunch”? In-stead of packing the requisite lunch foods,

consider breakfast items instead. Maybe your child will enjoy a banana wrapped in a pancake or yogurt topped with crunchy granola. A mini bagel packaged with an individual serving of cream cheese and jelly could fit the bill, too. As long as your child is eating a healthy, balanced meal, it doesn’t matter what the foods may be.

While peanut butter and jelly sandwiches may be an old standard for school lunches, children may appreciate something more creative.

Keep itll parents want their children to be healthy, and part

of that is maintaining a diet that maximizes both physical and mental health.

But how do parents know what foods their children should eat, never mind how much or how often? With many parents busy balancing home life with work, facing the stress of paying bills as well as playing chauffeur to their children’s many activities, who has time to come up with a healthy, viable plan? It can be very stressful to come up with a weekly menu for the family, but don’t give up and take the kids to the drive thru!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has come up with just the tool any overwhelmed parent needs in order to start their children on the way to a healthy diet. MyPyramid.gov offers personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help you plan/ assess your food choices based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Visit MyPyramid.gov for more.

MyPyramid.gov offers many tools, such as this chart, in order

to set parents on the course for healthy menu

planning.

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Mary Kay Hoal, a concerned mom and global media expert who ad-dressed her Internet safety issues by creating a social network exclusively for kids and teens –yoursphere.com – believes that this is more than just a wake-up call for parents and teens.

“This study is Pearl Harbor in the war against Internet predators,” she said.

“While the headline always changes from cyber bullies to privacy issues, what remains constant, and will con-tinue to, is the risky behavior teens can participate in. If you don’t want your kids participating in certain behaviors offline, why would you permit them online? If you tell them not to talk to strangers at the mall, why allow it on the Internet?

“Parents need to take notice now, and they need to teach their kids about the dangers of predators. It ’s very real.”

Hoal has been studying this issue for more than four years, having created Yoursphere as a response to her own daughter establishing profiles behind

her back on social networking sites. Her goal is to create a positive place for kids and teens that offers all the best the Internet has to offer, without the dangers of predators, bullies and others who seek to use the anonymity of the Internet to victimize children.

“As parents, we need to do three things right now,” she said.

“We need to learn about the online dangers for kids and teach our kids about them, just as we’d talk to them about drugs, sex, learning to drive a car or ride a bike safely.

“Next, we need to show our kids how to protect their online and offline privacy, so the predators and bullies are less capable of taking advantage of them.

“Finally, we need to set up a set of rules for our kids for their online lives that match their rules for their offline lives.

“The most effective litmus test is this: If the activity or behavior in ques-tion is inappropriate offline, then it is inappropriate online, as well. The com-bination of anonymity and technology that exists online can create a wide variety of hazards for teens, getting in the way of all the good things that exist for them on the Internet.

“We need to be able to use basic, common sense safety guidelines to help clear that path.”

A wife and mother of five children, Mary Kay Hoal founded Yoursphere.com, a free and positive place for kids and teens online as well as YoursphereForParents.com, where parents can find tools and information to create a safety-first experience for their families.

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Wells College

Wells College is a nationally recognized liberal arts college located in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes. Known for our academic rigor and relationship-centered approach to education, we also ensure that our graduates enter the workforce with professional experience and connections in their chosen � elds.

Our special academic o� erings include the new Center for Business and Entrepreneurship, and the Wells College Book Arts Center, unique undergraduate liberal arts opportunities.

The Education of an Extraordinary Life

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Canterbury Stables is a dream come true providing both horse and rider with an outstanding facility, professional instruction and consistent care. Offering a wide range of

instruction, a full service boarding facility and sale and lease options, the Canterbury facility and pro-fessional staff are outstanding.

Now is a great time to plan to visit Canterbury Stables, which is hosting an open house Aug. 29.

Canterbury is in the town of Fenner, just miles outside of Cazenovia. The central location between the New York State Thruway and Route 20 and only 45 minutes from Syracuse’s Han-cock Airport makes it convenient for perspective clients. Two major equine programs at Morrisville State College and Cazenovia Col-lege are well established within ten miles of the barn.

Canterbury Stables opened August 2002 and was newly designed and constructed on the former site of the Burke family dairy farm. The facility offers over 160 acres of trails to enjoy as well as a 100 x 200 indoor arena with dust free synthetic footing and a 100 X 200 outdoor arena with the same footing. The stalls are 12x14’ with double dutch doors, there is daily individual turnout for our borders in individual half-acre paddocks. The heated barn and tack area make winter riding a breeze!

Lessons private and are offered in hour and half hour increments. The patient, expe-rienced staff can teach riders at all levels, a

great place for beginners to start on a suit-able horse. Riders are evaluate regularly and can direct their experience to trail riding, horse showing or the simple enjoyment of a weekly ride. The staff can also work with borders on a regular program for their horse.

Whether you are looking for a place to board your horse or a place to learn to ride or continue your riding development, Canterbury Stables can meet your goals. Stop in today, call 655-5577 or visit canter-burystablesny.com for more information.

Canterbury Stables offers a wide range of instruction; open house is Aug. 29Riding facility is a dream come true

Whether you are looking for a place to board your horse or a place to learn to ride or continue your riding development, Canterbury Stables can meet your goals.

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traffic to be aware of on-coming traffic.

* Don’t fool around at the bus stop. Accidents can happen when individuals are unaware of their surroundings or distracted.

* Stand at the bus stop in a safe location. Do not enter the street.

* Arrive at the bus stop early so there is no need to rush and be distracted.

* Wait for the school bus to come to a complete stop and for other traffic to halt before approaching the bus.

* Promptly take a seat, and re-main seated throughout the entire ride. If there are safety belts present, use them.

* Do not distract the bus driver with loud yelling, music, etc.

* Don’t throw anything around the bus.

* Keep the aisle clear to avoid tripping hazards.

* Follow the driver’s instructions in the event of an emergency.

* Remain seated until the bus has stopped at a particular drop-off location.

* When exiting the bus, take three steps away from the bus so that visibility of the driver is im-proved.

* Watch for traffic when crossing the street. Always cross in front of the bus.

* If something is forgotten on the bus, don’t try to run back and retrieve it. The driver may not ex-pect a student to be returning to the bus.

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Alfred University in top tier of comprehensive colleges

With one of the top five art schools in the country, a school of engineering with internationally recognized programs, and majors in hot career fields ranging from psychology to edu-cation to business, Alfred University has firmly es-tablished its place in the top tier of comprehensive colleges in the Northeast.

Top quality academics. Global focus. Personal At-tention. That’s what you’ll find at Alfred University, located in the scenic Fin-ger Lakes region of New York. At AU, engineers take business courses and play football. Art majors take bi-ology classes and perform in theatre productions. Students can combine ma-jors, add minors, even earn a second degree all while exploring their interests.

Students complement their studies with a wide array of oppor-tunities that extend beyond the classroom, from a research project with a favorite professor to a participating in a selective honors program that offers challenging but fun courses.

With students and professors from more than 40 states and 20 countries, AU is a place to prepare for a career in a global community. Students may participate in international internships, summer courses, or semesters abroad.

Almost three-quarters of its 2,000 under-

graduates live on campus, providing an ex-traordinarily vibrant campus atmosphere. More than 90 clubs and organizations, 20 varsity sports teams, and more than two dozen social events (many free!) every week-end make it hard to be bored.

Add to this mix the Robert R. McComsey Career Development Center – which offers everything from job fairs to resume work-shops to on-campus recruiting – and it’s no wonder 95 percent of Alfred University’s graduates are either employed or attending grad school within 6 months of gradua-tion.

Alfred University has firmly established its place in the top tier of comprehensive colleges in the Northeast.

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books and folders for a dollar or so and, for college students, many dorm room furnishings, such as storage ot-tomans and desk lamps (see page ?? for more items) for $10 or less.

Now is the time that many schools will mail home a list of items your child will need; that same list may have been sent home with their final

report card at the end of the school year.

This list should serve as a guide for things that must be purchased. If you stick closely to this list, and don’t go overboard by overbuying, you will find that your shopping ex-perience added up to a lot less green spent than you expected.

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Come and experience all Alfred University has to offer!

Meet our admissions counselors. Dine with athletics at lunch. Interact with our faculty and current students. Tour the campus. Explore our state-of-the-art classrooms and labs.

Registration begins at 8:30 AM. Scheduled activities conclude at 1:00 PM

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