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OCTOBER 2011

CLAY I N S I D E RWhere the buzz is the news

InsideCarl Sotherden

remembers... page 3

Fall is in the air

Photo by Sarah hall

Apple pies line the bake sale table at the Clay Fall Festival Sept. 17 at the Clay Historical Park. The event featured classic cars, crafts, food and historical goods for sale, a petting zoo, horse and buggy rides, kids’ games and more. For more photos, see page 12.

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From the editorOut of the ashes

It happens to all of us: We grow up, we move out and we leave our child-hood homes behind. But what do you do when your childhood home doesn’t exist anymore?

On Dec. 21, 2010, a fire broke out in the family room of my mother’s house in Clay. Fire investigators determined that faulty wiring on a space heater sparked the blaze, which quickly spread from the room in the back of the house through-out the downstairs. My mother, who was home at the time, was able to get herself, my brother and the two dogs out. Within 10 to 15 minutes, fire crews from all over the northern suburbs were on the scene fighting the fire.

At first, we thought the damage wasn’t that bad. We assumed the fire was contained to the family room, possibly

the kitchen. We knew the two guinea pigs and the rabbit were gone; their cages were right where the fire had started. We thought the three cats had likely survived.

We weren’t so lucky.While the actual flames had mostly

been contained to the family room and part of the kitchen, the heat was so intense – reaching about 900 to 1,000 degrees, according to the Clay fire chief on duty (at this point, regretfully, I don’t remember his name) – that most of the kitchen had literally melted. When we walked through hours later, the counter-tops had dissolved into unrecognizable lumps, yet an open bag of potato chips re-mained – blackened, yet still identifiable. There was also plenty of smoke, which permeated throughout the house. It was the smoke that caused the most dam-

age, coating everything in the house with a thick layer of black ash. Nothing was spared, not even clothes tucked away in the back of a closet or buried in a drawer.

The fire chief called the house a total loss.

All of our Christmas tree ornaments, collected so lovingly over the years, one per child per year, melted and destroyed. All of the photos, covered in soot. Our family pets, the cats who would crawl into our laps and bite our ankles as we walked by, did not survive the disaster. All of the

knickknacks, the books, the toys saved from our youth, everything that made our house a home, gone.

A total loss, indeed.In the days and weeks that followed,

my family was overwhelmed with simple kindnesses, from the generous and com-passionate neighbors who flooded my liv-ing room with gifts for them to make sure they still had a Christmas to the stranger in the long-term hotel where they spent the first three weeks after the fire who

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REMEMBERING CLAYThe Hafner Family homestead: Part II

Carl Sotherden reminiscesBy Dorothy heller

Although he has been gone for several years and his wife, Martha, more recently, both were well-known residents of Clay and members of Immanuel Church. He was a farmer all his life and proud of it. We will learn of his birth, start-ing school and a small part of farm life, much in his own words and style.*

“I was born in 1908 and have always lived in Clay. I still live in the house I was born in. In those days, it was no big deal to have a baby and most babies wee born at home so they could be with the mothers, I guess (A dry pun I’d like to throw in). I have been told that when my mother had her ‘tummy ache’, on the 27th day of May, she sent my sister, who was about 6 years old, to a field where my dad and a hired man were ‘hand-planting’ field corn, with a note to come to the house. The family doctor was notified and he came by horse and buggy to help Mom get rid of her ‘tummy ache.’ A 10-pound boy came to live with Mom, Dad, Marion and Maurice.

The doctor generally made four or five trips at $2 or $3 for a normal birth and there was generally a ‘midwife’ or hired girl to carry out the doctor’s wishes. The Mother was confined in bed much longer than at present.

“I might explain that most of the land hereabouts was divided into ‘family farms’ each consisting of about 50 acres. A ‘family farm’ was an operation which involved everyone in the family, raising most of the staples needed to be self-sustaining, i.e. corn, oats, winter wheat and hay; a well-planned vegetable garden, various types of berries, fruit trees, cherries, plums, prunes and pears; an acre or so of field pumpkins to feed the dairy cattle; maybe two or three acres of potatoes, cabbage or pickles as a cash crop. As I began to get around the barn more, I remember we each had our chores and we were expected to do them on time.

“I started school in September 1914 and both our road [Rogers Corners Road], now Caughdenoy Road, and [Cicero-Baldwinsville Road] now Route 31 were dirt country roads. I believe it was in 1915 that they paved

Route 31. How I remember was that I was going to school and saw the laborers with the picks and shovels working on the project. Some of these laborers were inmates of the Onondaga County prison at Jamesville, and they were transported to their jobs each morning in an open truck with seats running lengthwise, one on each side. The two men who had charge of the truck were acquainted with our school teachers, Florence Strever and later Mrs. Fred Graves. One day all of us pupils piled on the truck to and had our picture taken.

“I also remember that they brought in the crushed stone and cement by railroad and unloaded the cars on the sid-ings at Clay Station. These materials were then drawn to the paving site by horse-drawn cump wagons. Some of these teams were owned by local farmers while some were Team-sters who followed the seasonal work throughout the year for hire. The dump wagons had trap doors on the bottom which the driver could release at the proper time and then by the aid of a lever and chain, they were able to pump them back in place for the next load. Much of the preparation of the road was done by pick and shovel, so it was a long and tedious job compared to today’s standards.

“Anyone brought up in those times, especially on a farm, learned early in life that money did not grow on trees and it was necessary that each one in the family should help in bringing home the bacon. If we received a gift, it just became natural that we showed we rally appreciated it. I remember when I was about 5 or 6 years old that my dad brought me home a new ‘flexible flyer’ steerable hand sleigh from Syracuse after he delivered a load of hay to the fire house on Wolf Street. He hid the Christmas present up in the hay mow, but somehow or other, I managed to find it before the holiday. I also recall seeing the price of $1.75, which at that time was a lot of cash for just one present.

“It seems only natural that we children should try to earn a little money on the side, if the opportunity presented itself. Harvey and Nettie Thompson who owned the farm across the road were elderly people living alone and many times I would help them do little odd jobs for which they gave me a nickel or dime, which looked big to me. I recall

going over to hold the kerosene lantern for Nettie so she could see to milk the two or three cows they kept. This did not happen too often, only when Harvey, who loved to play cards with some of his buddies, forgot he had cows to milk and so the wife had to take over. He was generally chastised severely by Nettie, which straightened him up for a few weeks.”

There is so much more on growing up in the early 1900’s on a farm in Clay, which will be presented in the near future.

*From the manuscript Reminiscing, by Carl A. Sotherden, Sr. Completed November 5, 1982.

Dorothy Heller is the historian for the town of Clay. She can be reached at historian@townofclay.org.

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Carl Sotherden and his wife Martha.

hospice seeks nominations for Anita AwardDo you know an exceptionally com-

passionate physician? One who commu-nicates openly, honestly and sensitively? Who respects each patient’s decision about healthcare needs? Who remains connected to the patient during difficult times?

Hospice of Central New York is seek-ing nominations for the annual Anita

Award, which recognizes a physician for excellence in the care of patients with an incurable illness. The award was created by friends of a previous Hospice patient. The award will be presented at Annual Meeting of Hospice of CNY in November.

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pressed $60 into my mother’s hand after he overheard her talking to the desk clerk. It made the loss more bearable.

Of course, when the structural dam-age is that severe, you can’t just clear away the debris and move right back in. The house had to be stripped down to the studs and rebuilt. That meant that my mother, my brother (when he was home from school) and my two sisters, along with the two dogs, had to find a rental home in the interim. After much searching – after all, they’d need a home that would accept the dogs, one in Liv-

erpool where Kerry still attends school – they were able to find one in the same neighborhood as the home that was destroyed. In fact, it’s just a street over. Kerry could even ride the same bus to school.

It was lucky, and they were grateful, but it’s not the same. It wasn’t their home. My sister put it this way: “It’s like some-one shoots your dog, then gives you a fish, and people keep saying to you, ‘Hey, at least you got that fish.’ I don’t want the stupid fish.’”

My family lived in the rental home for

eight long months, watching and waiting as their home – our home – was rebuilt from the ground up. Finally, Labor Day weekend, on Sept. 3, they moved back in.

More than nine months after the fire, my family is finally back home. The thing is, the home they once knew is completely different. Because the house was stripped down to the studs, my mother decided to make some changes to the floor plan, altering the layout of the house a bit. The rooms are different; they also had to get all new furniture and replace pretty much all of the house’s contents.

It’s strange, being in the new-old house. My mother is working hard to make it their home again, bringing her special touch to it; she’s quite a deco-rator, my mother, and she’ll get it in order pretty quickly. But I don’t know that it’ll ever be the same. I look at pictures and I’m struck by the fact that objects in the background simply don’t exist anymore.

I know my family will make this house a home just as they did before. What else can they do?

Maybe it’s not a total loss after all.

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Clay mom carries on a legacy of flavor

By Sarah hallFor Melanie Kayser-Brown, it started

in her grandmother’s kitchen in Luxem-bourg.

“She would make pastries in her kitchen, and I would watch her bake,” Kayser-Brown said. “Then she would bring them into the local village and sell them. As I got older, she taught me how to make them.”

Those recipes would become the foundation of Charlotte’s Desserts, the business Kayser-Brown started out of her Clay home in June of 2010. Mostly, she makes gourmet mini-cupcakes, focusing on quality ingredients and flavor. She said flavor is something missing in many baked goods.

“I used to go to the supermarket bakery, and all you’d taste was just pure sugar,” Kay-ser-Brown said. “There was no real flavor there. So I went back to my grandma’s old recipes.”

Kayser-Brown adapted those recipes, taking some of the sugar and oil and using the purest ingredients – high-quality va-nilla and cocoa, organic eggs, whole-grain flour, applesauce, real butter. The end result was a better-tasting cake.

“I’ve gotten feedback from about 2,000 people,” Kayser-Brown said. “Of that, only two said they didn’t like them. I think that’s pretty good.”

And it’s not just mini-cupcakes. Kayser-Brown and a partner have started selling cakes – Kayser-Brown does the baking and her partner, the decorating.

“She has 17 years of experience,” Kayser-Brown said. “Her stuff is amazing.”

Kayser-Brown is also adding some

new recipes to her regular repertoire. For the holidays, in addition to her regular flavors – vanilla, chocolate, lemon, carrot cake and red velvet cupcakes with vanilla, chocolate, lemon, pistachio cream cheese and European chocolate buttercream icing – she’s creating gingerbread cupcakes with mocha frosting.

No matter what flavor, Kayser-Brown said her cakes stand above the rest.

“Once you taste it, you’ll see,” she said. “It’s so original. It’s so good. It’s like nothing you’ve ever tasted before.”

For more information, visit charlottes-desserts.com or check it out on Facebook at Facebook.com/havecupcakeswilltravel.

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News from the Liverpool Central School DistrictFOCUS students plant trees in recognition of 9/11 anniversary

Students from the FOCUS Program at Liverpool High School recently planted two serviceberry trees in front of their school building in recognition of the 10-year an-niversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The trees were planted in memory of those who lost their lives 10 years ago and in honor of those who risk their lives each and every day to make sure their communities are safe.

“It is important to understand what people have given,” said FOCUS resource

teacher John Sheridan.The students also planted several Ameri-

can flags near the trees and participated in a moment of silence.

Members of the Moyers Corners Fire Department and the Onondaga County Sheriff ’s Department were on hand for the tree planting.

The students, with the help of Liverpool Central School District horticulturist Dan Carroll, will take care of the trees through-out the upcoming school year.

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FOCUS Program at Liverpool High School sophomore Kevin Solano, left, and freshman Codie Addy work together to dig a hole for one of the trees the school planted in recognition of the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

FOCUS Program at Liverpool High School sophomore Katelyne Sugrue adds an American flag to a group of flags outside of the school in recognition of the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Liverpool DFS hosts Bowl-a-thon Submitted by Susan Lotierzo

What? Bowl-a-thon to raise money for scholarships for Liverpool High School seniors

Where? Flamingo Bowl on Route 57 in Liverpool

When? Noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6Each student who collects a designated

amount (to be determined) in pledges will earn a Bowl-a-thon admission ticket. That ticket entitles the student to shoes, three

games, and lunch. There will be door prizes as well as incentives for students who reach designated pledge levels. Pledge forms will be handed out in Academic Advisement.

Support your favorite bowler by pledg-ing whatever you can for a worthwhile cause. All profits will fund scholarships for graduating LHS seniors. Help us reach our goal of awarding a scholarship to each college bound student.

The event is planned by a Liverpool Dollars for Scholars board sub-committee chaired by Janice Harvey and Rob Just, with support from other board members and the Dollars For Scholars Student Group led by LHS teacher Lynette Avery.

Lane sponsors are needed. Contact John Cerrone at 451-4653 if you or your orga-nization would like to support our cause by sponsoring a lane for $100. A donation of at least $300 will enable you to award a scholarship. As a community organization comprised of volunteers who believe in helping young people achieve their goals, we appreciate donations of any amount.

This is our sixth annual Bowl-a-thon. We get better at running the event each year, and our students bring in more pledges. More pledges mean more scholar-ships for students in the Class of 2012. As always, we are grateful for the overwhelm-ing support of the Liverpool community. Thank you.

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News from the North Syracuse School District

North Syracuse announces improved school tax rate Wayne Bleau, assistant superintendent

for management for the North Syracuse Central School District, recently notified the district superintendent and board of education of an improved 2011-12 tax rate for district residents. When the district originally projected tax increases in May of 2011, it was prior to receiving the final assessed values for properties from Onon-daga County. Those figures were recently provided to the district allowing an actual tax rate calculation.

This past May, when school taxes were calculated, a rate increase of 5.01 percent was anticipated for the towns of Cicero, Clay and Salina. The actual tax rate in-

creases, based on updated assessments and equalization rates, are 2.04 percent for the Town of Cicero, 2.12 percent for the town of Clay and 2.13 percent for the town of Salina. The reasons for the variation in tax rates from original projections are due to assessment changes and actual growth, primarily in the town of Cicero.

According to the original May 2011 projections, the average tax increase on each $100,000 home in Cicero, Clay and Sa-lina would have been approximately $100. The revised tax rate formula decreases the amount by which taxes will be elevated to $44 or less on each $100,000 home with no change in assessed value.

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Tax levy This is the tax

levy, which is the total amount to be raised through property taxes. This amount fluctu-ates annually. There are several steps involved in determining the tax levy. First, the school district develops and adopts a budget. Revenue from all sources other than the property tax (state aid, sales tax revenue, user fees, etc.) is determined. These revenues are subtracted from the original budget and the remainder becomes the

tax levy.

Any exemptions If you qualify for a STAR exemption, that information will be found

here. Basic STAR is available for owner-occupied, primary residences where the resident owners’ and their

spouse’s income is less than $500,000. It ex-empts the first $30,000 of the full value of a home from school taxes. Enhanced STAR provides an increased benefit for the primary residences of senior citizens (age 65 and older) with qualifying incomes. This exempts the first $60,100 of the full value of a home from school taxes. If you think you qualify, see your tax receiver.

Tax receiverThis is where you need to send your tax payment by Oct. 6. You can

also make your payment in per-son. This will vary depending on the town in which you live.

Tax levy changeThis represents the change in the tax levy from the previous year. It is impacted by factors like changes in the amount of state aid to a district or population fluctuations.

Tax rateThe tax rate is set

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Upcoming eventsSaturday, Oct. 1pet Food and Supplies Drop-A-Thon and Silent Auction. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane

Association of CNY 4915 ½ West Taft Road. Donations of pet food and snacks, clay litter, litter boxes, toys, other cat and dog supplies, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, unscented dryer sheet, and monetary donations are welcomed.

Friday, Oct. 7 and Saturday, Oct. 8Attic Treasures and Rummage Sale. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at

the United Church of Christ in Bayberry, 215 Blackberry Road, Liverpool. All types of gently used clothing and shoes and will be available as well as all kinds of household and Christmas items. Hosted by the Women’s Fellowship of UCC. For more information call the church at 652-6789.

Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15St. Rose of Lima annual parish harvest Festival. 4 to 10 p.m. at St. Rose, 409 S. Main St.,

North Syracuse. $10,000 raffle; tickets available starting in September. Contact the parish office at 458-0283 to purchase your ticket. Adult volunteers, CCD student volunteers, frozen turkey donations, attic treasure donations, raffle donations and use of a moving truck, U-Haul truck or van needed; call the parish office at 458-0283 to help. Visit StRoseNY.com for more information.

Saturday, Oct. 15Clay VFD Fire prevention Open house. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Clay Volunteer Fire Department

Headquarters, 4383 Route 31, Clay. Event is held in conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week. Sparky the Clay Fire Dog, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department, New York State Police, NOVA, NAVAC, Jerome Fire Equipment Company, Wilderness Search and Rescue and the Dive Team. Fire trucks, live demonstrations, handouts and refreshments. For more information call 652-4242 or 652-4747.

OngoingChorus members invited. The North Syracuse Community Singers, directed by

Josephine Federico, is seeking new members. The group will resume rehearsals in September and meet weekly throughout the school year. Rehearsals are typically held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the North Syracuse Community Center, 700 South Bay Road. All are welcome. There is a nominal registration fee. For further information you may call 457-5010 or the North Syracuse Parks and Recreation department at 458-8050.

preschool openings. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Preschool accepting 2011-12 school year registrations for two-, three- and five-day programs for 3- to 5-year-old children. Call 652-9364.

VolunteersDrivers needed. B’ville Meals on Wheels desperately needs drivers. Even once a month would

be greatly appreciated. Call 638-2171.

girl Scout volunteers. Girl Scout volunteers are needed. Give your time to a group of girls at the age of your choosing (kindergarten through 12th grade) for as little as once a month. Call 857-4666.

Videographers. B’ville PAC-B (cable access Channel 98) is in need of volunteer videographers. Coverage of local events including government and school meetings needed to broadcast on Channel 98. Call 638-2768.

Editor’s note: Send your event notices to the Clay Insider, 2501 James St., Suite 100, Syracuse, NY 13206. The fax number is 434-8883. Send e-mail messages in the body of the email and not as an attachment to editor@eaglestarreview.com. Notices must have the date, time and location of the event. For further information, call 434-8889 ext. 310.

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Walgreens works its way into ClayBy Matthew Liptak

There will soon be a Walgreens in the town of Clay. Construc-tion on the 14,820-square-foot store is well underway at the corner of Taft and Buckley roads.

”We look for the best corners in America to build our stores and to offer very convenient pharmacy and retail services,” said Robert Elfinger, spokesperson for Walgreens. “We’re looking at expansion in the northeast as well as California. Those are prob-ably the areas where we are seeing the most opportunities to grow our business.”

The company currently includes 7,742 stores with growth at 2 to 3 percent a year, Elfinger said.

The original design for the store at Taft and Buckley was not seen as aesthetically pleasing enough, but the Clay planning com-missioner said a nicer-looking design with a peaked roof, more windows and brick facing was approved.

“Our planning board wanted a nicer design for that store than the average Walgreens,” said Commissioner of Planning Mark Territo.

The town board originally approved the construction of the facility in 2009, authorizing a special permit for a drive-through pharmacy. The developer then went through the planning board for necessary approvals. That process was completed two years ago. Construction, however, just began this summer. Territo be-lieved the delay in construction from 2009 until now was due to the poor economy.

“From what we understood it was just the economy,” he said. “They (Walgreens) just kind of sat on their approval but waited till the economy got better for them.”

The store is expected to open in the spring of 2012. The new Walgreens would be at least the fourth pharmacy within one mile of the North Medical Center on Taft Road, including Kinney Drugs, Rite Aid and Wegmans.

There is no significant change expected in the traffic at the intersection.

Photo by matthew liPtaK

Construction is well underway for a new Walgreens at the corner of Taft and Buckley roads in Clay. The 14820 square foot building is due to be completed by the spring.

News from the Baldwinsville School District

School district to survey stakeholdersBy Kelly Cary

Between Oct. 3 and 14, the Baldwinsville Central School District will ask parents, students (fourth through 12th grades) and staff members to participate in a survey to determine their perceptions of the district.

District administrators and the Board of Education value stakeholder opinions and feedback. The results of the survey will assist the district in long-range planning,

as well as in identifying areas for continu-ous improvement in order to provide all students with a successful learning experi-ence.

The survey is centered on the research-based nine characteristics of high perform-ing schools:Clear and shared focus;High standards and expectations for

all students;Effective school leadership;High levels of collaboration and com-

munication;Curriculum, instruction and assess-

ment aligned with standards;Frequent monitoring of learning and

teaching;Focused professional development;Supportive learning environment;

andHigh levels of family and community

involvement.The district is working with Dr. Nicole

Catapano, coordinator for Data Analysis Services at the Washington – Saratoga – Warren – Hamilton - Essex BOCES to

ensure statistically reliable results. The WSWHE BOCES will receive and tabulate all survey information.

At the end of September, the district will mail a survey to each household with a child in school. The survey will include a pre-addressed (addressed to WSWHE BOCES), postage-paid envelope to return the survey. It will take no longer than 30 minutes to complete. All answers are confidential and anonymous. The district is asking parents to return the survey by Oct. 14.

Students in fourth through 12th grades will be surveyed electronically, in school, be-tween Oct. 3 and 14. Staff will be able to access the survey on the WSWHE BOCES website with a password, which the district will pro-vide. The district will also provide staff with a link to the survey on the district’s website. It will be available from Oct. 3 to 7.

Results of the survey will be available on the district’s website as well as published in a future issue of the district newsletter, once they have been tabulated.

Kelly Cary is the school information officer for the Baldwinsville Central School District.

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Companies partner for fire station makeoverFurniture retailer, bedding manufacturer update MCFD’s bunkrooms to help volunteers get a cool, comfortable night’s sleep

Simmons Bedding Company and Ray-mour & Flanigan, the nation’s seventh–largest furniture retailer, this week sur-prised Moyers Corners Fire Department’s volunteer firefighters by outfitting Station One in Clay with 10 new ComforPedic Loft™ memory foam mattresses, helping firefighters who “work hot” to “sleep cool” thanks to the cooling properties featured in the mattresses’ proprietary ComforPedic Loft™ NxG Memory Foam.

“We’re honored to give back to Onondaga County firefighters who fearlessly protect our community,” said Neil Goldberg, presi-dent and CEO of Raymour & Flanigan. “We hope these new beds provide firefighters at Station One with comfortable and rejuve-nating sleep and serve as a reminder of our ongoing gratitude for their dedication.”

The mattresses, from Raymour & Flanigan’s Mill Ridge ComforPedic Loft collection, feature NxG Memory Foam

which dissipates heat through improved airflow and responds quickly to your move-ments for ultimate comfort. Additionally, the mattress sets are designed to provide enhanced durability and support over the life of the mattresses.

Representatives from Raymour & Fla-nigan and Simmons made the surprise delivery on Monday, Sept. 12, and Raymour & Flanigan removed and properly disposed of the station’s old beds. Student residents of the station’s Bunk-In Program will enjoy four of the new mattress sets in their living quarters, while the other six will provide restful sleep for volunteer firefighters in Station One’s main sleeping room.

“ComforPedic has a continued dedica-tion to community investment, and we’re glad to extend those efforts to the greater Syracuse area,” said Anne Kozel, Simmons’ Specialty Sleep brand director. “We’re proud to help provide these volunteers with the cool, refreshing night’s sleep they deserve.”

The “Work Hot, Sleep Cool” Firestation Makeover is part of the 20-week Com-forPedic Loft roadshow tour, Simmons’ mobile showroom which will travel more than 10,000 miles to showcase the new ComforPedic Loft line to 35 retailers across the U.S.

For more information on Raymour & Flanigan, visit www.raymourflanigan.com. To learn more about Simmons Bedding Company and ComforPedic Loft, visit simmons.com.

Photo Submitted by Suzy bowen

Peter Dewey, senior strategic account manager for Simmons Bedding Company (back center in black suit) and ComforPedic Loft, surprised firefighters at Station One with a “mattress makeover” on Monday, Sept. 12.

Photo Submitted by Suzy bowen

Volunteer firefighters along with Butch Webster, vice president of Simmons’ Specialty Sleep division (in gray) and Patrick Judd, director of bedding for Raymour & Flanigan (kneeling in front) gather around the new ComforPedic Loft beds in the bunking room at Station One in the Moyers Corners Fire Department.

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Clay Fall Festival

PhotoS by Sarah hall

TOP LEFT: Carol Bell peels and slices apples for fritters – a favorite treat – at the Clay Fall Festival at the Clay HIstorical Park on Sept. 17. ABOVE: Jeff the Magician works his magic for a crowd of kids at the Clay Fall Festival. BELOW: The smell of roasting rotisserie chickens welcomed visitors. BOTTOM: Margaret Currier of Phoenix demonstrates can-ing a chair at the Clay Fall Festival. Currier, who learned the art through an adult education class, has been caning chairs for about 30 years.