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NYSEG awards grantfor Tessy expansion

New York State Electricand Gas awarded a$400,000 grant to TessyPlastics to help with Tes-sy’s $12 million expansionof its manufacturing facilityin Elbridge, the utility an-nounced Tuesday.

The expansion will helpprotect 50 existing jobs andcreate 50 new positions,according to the utility.

The award is part of $12million in annual economicdevelopment programs paidfor by ratepayers of NYSEG and its sister utili-ty, Rochester Gas &Electric, under the terms of rate agreements approved in2010 by the state PublicService Commission.

In Central New York,NYSEG provides service inparts of western OnondagaCounty, southern CayugaCounty, and southern Madi-son County.

11 schools line upfor Festival of Drums

Percussion lines from 11Upstate New York schoolswill take part in the annualFestival of Drums Saturdayafternoon at Jordan-El-

bridge High School, 5721Hamilton Road, Jordan.

The winter drum linecontest will include percus-sion lines from several localschool districts, includingBaldwinsville, CentralSquare, Cicero-North Syra-cuse, Jordan-Elbridge, Liv-erpool and Phoenix.

The doors to the gymna-sium open at 12.30 p.m.;the show begins at 1 p.m.

Tickets cost $6 foradults.

The concession standwill be open and raffle tick-ets will be sold at the show.

The Jordan-ElbridgeMarching Eagles BandBoosters and the 2011 Jor-dan-Elbridge indoor winterpercussion ensemble willhost the show.

Memorial will honor‘Invincible’ classmate

A memorial service willbe held Feb. 19 for a formerJordan-Elbridge residentwho died of complicationsfrom cystic fibrosis Jan. 16.

Peter Lunn, known as‘‘Superman’’ and ‘‘Invinci-ble’’ for never letting thedisease take hold of his life,was 32 years old.

The memorial is beingorganized by Darcy Beersand Carrie Mocyk , twomembers of Jordan-El-bridge High School’s 1997graduating class, andLunn’s family.

Lunn attended Jordan-El-bridge until his junior year,when he moved to Florida.Despite his being away for

so long, childhood friendshad been able to keep intouch with him over the lastfew years via Facebook,Beers said.

‘‘You only had to meethim once for him to makean impact on your life,’’she said.

The memorial and lun-cheon will be at noon Feb.19 at the Teen Center onRoute 31 in Jordan.

For more information, orto make a donation towardhis memorial, contact Car-rie Mocyk at 263-0302 or

clynmocyk@yahoo.com.

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Man was defending himself, jury rulesJeffrey Peterson found not guilty

of the murder of Shaheen Bean.By Jim O’HaraStaff writer

An Onondaga County Court jury de-liberated about two hours before find-ing Jeffrey Peterson not guilty of mur-der in the fatal shooting of Shaheen

Bean

Bean.The verdict came

less than 10 minutesafter the jury hadJudge Joseph Faheyre-explain the legalelements of murderand of justification.The defense has con-tended from the out-set that Peterson was

defending himself and his wife fromarmed attack by Bean when Bean waskilled in a struggle over his gun.

‘‘This was a very challenging casefrom the very beginning,’’ defense

lawyer Edward Menkin said. ‘‘I don’tthink charges should have beenbrought against Jeffrey Peterson.’’

Peterson and Bean struggled outsidethe front door of the Peterson home at2501 E. Genesee St., about 4:40 a.m.June 26. Peterson and his wife, OasisSykes-Peterson, were returning homefrom a party and an early breakfastwith friends when a man dressed indark clothing rushed out of the dark-ness at them with a gun in his hand.

Law enforcement authorities havesaid they believe Bean was trying torob the Petersons. They contend Peter-son was justified in his actions instruggling with Bean, during whichBean reportedly was shot in the leg anddisabled. But the prosecution tried toprove that Peterson then executed Beanby firing a final bullet into the back of his head as Bean lay face down on the

ground.That’s what eyewitness Debbie Kin-

sey testified she saw as she crossed thestreet toward the two men after hearingshots fired the morning of the shooting.

The district attorney’s office hadcharged Peterson with second-degreemurder. Chief Assistant District Attor-ney Christine Garvey did not returncalls for comment.

Menkin said the verdict was a clearfinding that Peterson was justified inhis conduct defending against Bean.

Menkin said Peterson was ‘‘verygratified’’ by the outcome. But Peter-son remains in custody facing a paroleviolation, based on being out in viola-tion of a curfew the morning of theshooting, Menkin said.

The verdict set off a raucous meleein the hallway outside the courtroom,Menkin said.

A member of Bean’s family beganshouting threats in the courtroom and a

disturbance broke out when Bean’sfamily left the courtroom and encoun-

tered members of Peterson’s familywho were coming back to the court-room, he said.

Menkin said he was told that at leastone person on each side was chargedwith disorderly conduct. Several peo-ple were briefly detained by court offi-cers until order was restored. Peter-son’s wife was attacked by the Beangroup in the hallway outside the court-room, Menkin said.

Sykes-Peterson is due back in Fa-hey’s court today to face a pendingperjury count, from when she gave tes-timony in her husband’s murder case.She was charged with perjury based onher account of what happened to Beanbeing contradicted by eyewitness Kin-sey. Menkin said he thinks the perjury

count should be dismissed based on theacquittal of her husband.

Spike ingifts signof bettertimesCNY foundation benefitsfrom significant generosity

by the community.By James T. MulderStaff writer

Donations to the CentralNew York Community Foun-dation nearly tripled in the last

Dunn

three monthsof 2010, re-flecting anincrease ineconomicoptimism,according toa foundationofficial.

The foun-dation col-lected $5.17 million in the

fourth quarter of 2010, up from$1.95 million received in thesame period of 2009. The finalthree months of the year, espe-cially December, is often thebusiest time of the year forcharities.

‘‘There is some more eco-nomic optimism,’’ said PeterDunn, president and CEO of the foundation.

Many gifts of stock, real es-tate and other assets to thefoundation are motivated bycapital gains. People had morecapital gains in 2010 becauseinvestment markets improved,Dunn said. The foundation re-ceived significant gifts of stoc

in the fourth quarter, he said.Stock gifts had dried up during2009, he said.

During the fourth quarter,the foundation received 800 in-dividual gifts of cash andstock, up from 570 during thesame quarter in 2009, and es-tablished 19 new donor-advis-ed, field-of-interest and schol-arship funds. The foundationhas more than 500 funds thatare pooled and invested togrow over time. It is the re-gion’s largest endowed philan-thropic foundation.

The foundation’s fiscal yearends March 31. It has collectedabout $7 million so far this fis-cal year, about $1 million more

than it collected in the last fis-cal year.

‘‘It’s a reminder that peoplehere are charitable,’’ he said.‘‘That will have an impact onthe community as a whole.’’

The foundation awardsabout $5 million a year ingrants to nonprofit organiza-tions involved in human ser-vices, arts and culture, educa-tion, environment, health,economic development andcivic affairs.

‘‘Our grants budget hasbeen stable over the last sever-al years at a time when a lot of other sources of funding havedeclined or been under pres-

sure,’’ Dunn said.The foundation has givenmore than $100 million to non-profits since it was establishedin 1927. At the same time, itmanages about $110 million inassets. Dunn said the founda-tion’s returns on those assetshave improved as investmentmarkets have stabilized.Contact James T. Mulder at470-2245 or jmulder@syracuse.com.

DANCERS STRUT their stuff at the ninth annual Father/Daughter Valentine Ball Tuesday night at the Empire Roomof the New York State Fairgrounds.

A NightOn the Town

Staff report

Central New York fathers and

daughters took to the dance floorTuesday night to raise money for Up-state Golisano Children’s Hospital inSyracuse.

More than 700 people gathered atthe Fairgrounds for the ninth annualFather/Daughter Valentine Ball. Theball is expected to raise about $30,000.

The ball is designed for girls 3 yearsold and up and their fathers (or grand-fathers, uncles or other men in theirlives). Some girls have been attendingfor years, said Toni Gary, communityrelations director for the children’shospital.

‘‘It’s a nice quality time they canspend with their girls,’’ she said. ‘‘It isreally interactive.’’

The ball includes dancing, entertain-ment, magicians and a silent auction. Itis organized by Eastside VineyardChurch to benefit pediatric cancer careat the hospital.

DAN SEIDBERG, of Manlius, dances with his daughters Meghan, 7, (left) andAshley, 3.

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For a gallery of photos, goto syracuse.com/photos. RUSTY HAAS, of LaFayette, lifts his daughter Leah, 3, on the dance floor.

SIDA must sign off on mall, bank dealAgreement between

Citigroup, Destiny affectsstalled expansion project.

By Rick MoriartyStaff writer

When developer RobertCongel and a bank announcedin December they settled alegal fight that had held up theCarousel Center expansion fora year and a half, they hinted

the deal was not quite final.Turns out, it wasn’t.

William Ryan, chairman of the Syracuse Industrial Devel-opment Agency and director of operations for the city of Syra-cuse, said Tuesday the agencymust approve the settlementbetween Congel’s DestinyUSA and Citigroup GlobalMarkets Realty before it be-comes effective.

Ryan said the agency’s con-

sent is required because itowns the mall property for tax

purposes.The industrial development

agency’s approval also wouldbe needed if the settlement in-cludes restructuring the $155million construction loan forDestiny that was at the heart of their legal battle.

‘‘There is a need for SIDAto sign on as a party to the set-tlement agreement,’’ Ryan

said. ‘‘There’s a great deal of confidentiality involved with

this settlement. So that’s whythere’s been a lot of silence be-cause we don’t want it to beviewed that our speaking of this agreement has in any wayhad an impact on the set-tlement.’’

Ryan said the agency’s law-yers are looking over the set-tlement agreement and may

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