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PAGE A-4 THE POST-STANDARD Thursday, March 24, 2011

LOCAL NEWS

Worries are damageont be covered

WORRIES, FROM A-3the Central New York Parksand Recreation Society.

It is really is the crownjewel of our facilities here,said Jim Raulli, town parksand recreation director.

But early ice movement iscausing problems at the park,located between Bridgeportand Lakeport on Route 31.

Such difficulties were partof the discussion over whetherto build a permanent pier or afloating seasonal pier. Attimes, Sullivan SupervisorJohn Becker himself ques-tioned the project.

Were really afraid that apermanent pier that can standup to the ice and (winter)weather will cost too much,he told the Post-Standard in2007.

Engineers settled on a de-

sign that supported the200-foot-long pier with fivesteel columns filled with heavystones known as riprap.

Raulli said the stones weredesigned to break up the ice asit came toward the shore, pro-tecting the pier itself fromdamage.

Instead, the ice chunks andthe rocks piled up under thetimber bridge decks, pushingthe dock off its foundation.

It happened so quickly,said Raulli.

Becker said he isnt surewhether to blame Mother Na-ture or the piers design.

The former would mean thedamage might not be coveredby the towns insurance poli-cy.Contact Alaina Potrikus atapotrikus@syracuse.com or470-3252.

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VOLUNTEER TOM HUDSON, of Cato, releases brook trout Wednesday into Furnace Brook in Syracuses ElmwoodPark. The fish were raised at the Carpenters Brook Fish Hatchery.

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Hatchery begins stocking 14 troutstreams in Onondaga County.

By David FiguraOutdoors editor

It happens every spring.Despite melting snows and low tem-

peratures, staff and volunteers at theCarpenters Brook Fish Hatchery inElbridge this week began stockingOnondaga County streams in prepara-tion for opening day of trout-fishingseason April 1.

Travis Stanek, operations supervisorat the hatchery, said the goal is to visit14 streams by opening day and put in18,000 brown, brook and rainbowtrout. The breakdown is 15,000 year-lings (fish that are 8 to 10 inches long)and 3,000 two-year-olds (12 to 14inches long).

Were almost positive were goingto have all the streams stocked, Sta-nek said.

County streams scheduled for stock-ing are Nine Mile, Butternut Creek,Limestone Creek, Limestone CreeksWest Branch, Onondaga Creek, Onon-daga Creeks West Branch, Carpen-ters Brook, Fabius Brook, FurnaceBrook, Geddes Brook, SpaffordBrook, Tannery Creek, SkaneatelesCreek and Pools Brook.

The hatchery has three staff mem-bers and relies heavily on volunteers tohelp move the fish out of the hatch-erys cement ponds and runways andinto the hatchery truck. The volunteersthen follow the truck and help put thefish into the streams. No more volun-teers are needed at this point, hatcheryofficials said.

Tuesday, hatchery staff were sched-uled to begin stocking Nine MileCreek, slated for 5,800 fish before theopener. Stanek said the stream was toohigh and too cold (39 degrees). A deci-sion was reached to hold off for now.

We figure well wait until nextweek and double up. Dont worry,Nine Mile will still get its share, hesaid. We just hate to put fish in there

and have them wash down to wherenobody has access to them. We wantpeople to catch fish.Contact David Figura at dfigura@syracuse.comor 470-6066.

By Charles McChesneyStaff writer

Winter weather snarled intospring Wednesday, causingtraffic accidents around Cen-tral New York.

Light snow turned heavyaround 3 p.m. and winds pick-ed up, coating roads and side-walks just as the afternoonrush hour was getting underway.

Dozens of accidents werereported, with one police offi-cer radioing in three crashesalong Hiawatha Boulevard inSyracuse in a matter of min-utes. A jack-knifed truckclosed Interstate 690 for awhile west of Syracuse and,according to one dispatcher, aCentro bus slid down the roadsideways as it tried to make itsway through the worst of the

storm.

Onondaga County SheriffsOffices spokesman Sgt. JohnDEredita said he was unawareof any serious injuries causedby the many crashes to whichdeputies responded.

Emergency dispatchers inCayuga, Oswego and Madisoncounties reported no seriousinjuries from accidents as well.

Drivers struck guardrails,According to Syracuse police,officers responded to about 60accidents on streets and high-ways in the city between 2p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Of those,

just five involved injuries, saidSgt. Gary Bulinski, and noneof those injuries was consid-ered serious.Contact Charles McChesney atcmcchesney@syracuse.com.

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BROOK TROUT from Carpenters Brook Fish Hatchery in Elbridge are trans-ferred to a bucket before being released into Furnace Brook at ElmwoodPark in Syracuse.

Go to syracuse.com/videos for two videos, one of trout beingcollected at the hatchery and the other of the fish beingreleased in Furnace Brook.

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Cruising CNY? Theres an app for thatTap away for websites,directions, phone numbersfor 900 area businesses.

By Lorenzo ArguelloContributing writer

Finding a good restaurant orthe nearest ATM just got a bit

easier for Central New York-ers.

Smart phone and iPad own-ers, starting at 9 a.m. today,can download a free mobileapplication that provides basicinformation for more than 900businesses in the area.

Businesses are listed by cat-egory, such as retail stores orhospitals. Each listing will in-

clude a link to the companyswebsite with one-tap buttonsfor calling and directions forboth walking and driving.

Users will also be able tocreate a to-do list or a group offavorites and email it to them-selves for future reference.

The application, Creative

Core Connect, is available onthe Android Market andApples App Store. The Black-berry version is still in betatesting and is expected to berolled out soon, said ElleStasz, director of marketingfor CenterState Corporationfor Economic Opportunity.

For those who dont haveaccess to a smart phone or

iPad, the application will beavailable on iPads on displayat the visitors center at 440 S.Salina St.

Local mobile applicationdeveloper App Fury createdCreative Core Connect. Thecompany has developed simi-lar location-based applications

for areas of Manhattan.Funding for the application

comes from the DowntownCommittee of Syracuse, Cen-terState CEO, and New YorksCreative Core.

A basic listing is free tobusiness owners. Businessesalso have the option of payingfor an enhanced listing that al-lows for some customization,

such as displaying a companylogo or providing coupons forcustomers. Those who are in-terested can contact Beth Sa-vicki at bsavicki@centerstate-ceo.com for more information.

The goal is to continuallyenhance the application, Stasz

said. Some ideas already in theworks include displaying ad-vertisements on the applicationand providing business ratingsbased on user voting.

This puts businesses andconsumers together in a veryeasy to use way, Stasz said.Contact Lorenzo Arguello at470-2259 or atlarguello@syracuse.com.

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Cayuga Community College moving to bigger homeLegislature OKs $950,000for expanding school with

purchase of former P&C.By Scott RappStaff writer

Cayuga Community Collegehas the green light to expandits Fulton campus to accom-modate its soaring studentpopulation.

The Cayuga County Legis-

lature Tuesday night approvedCCCs $950,000 acquisition ofthe former P&C Foods build-

ing in the River Glen Plaza inFulton from JHMPAC Inc. andagreed to establish a capitalfund for the project.

The state has committed tofunding half of the $11.3 mil-lion renovation cost.

We looked at several sitesin Fulton, but, ultimately, webelieve this space gives us thegreatest flexibility and room to

grow, college President Dan-iel Larson said in a release.

The college plans to move

its current campus in the Ful-ton Commons on West Broad-way Street/Route 3 into theformer P&C Foods buildingby the fall of 2012.

Since the Fulton campusopened in 1994, enrollmenthas jumped from 92 studentsto 1,260, according to the col-lege.

The former P&C property

provides significantly morespace for classrooms and park-ing and 20,000 more square

feet in a partial second floor tobe added as part of the remod-eling project.

In addition, the college isconsidering buying 40 acresadjacent to the 20-acre site.

The college tried to buy thesame property last year, butthe deal collapsed.Contact Scott Rapp atsrapp@syracuse.com or 289-4839.000

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