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Little Box Shop's fourth annual Holiday Happenings is to take place this weekend, starting 10 a.m. today.
Holiday Happenings highlights the many local businesses in Tiffin, said Carol Yager, president of Crystal Traditions and a member of the Little Box Shops.
"The one main thing is that it exposes the small businesses that are in Tiffin," Yager said. "A lot of people don't realize how many businesses are here."
Yager said the event has gotten bigger each, and is starting to attract interest from people from out of town.
"We received some phone calls from people out of town, wanting more information on places they could stay, if they decided to stay overnight. So I was encouraged about that," she said.
Yager said while organizers never kept a close track of how many people have attended the event, she estimated a couple of thousand people have gone to the event.
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"We don't go after a specific target market because, in this case, there are so many different interests. It's hard to say because some people enjoy one thing, and some people enjoy another. So I would say that the best thing is the exposure that it gives the small businesses."
The event is to feature many furniture and appliance stores such as Burn's Electric, Ewald Furniture, Ralph's Joy of Living and Phillips Electric offering customers special deals.
Culinary fans can make a stop at Surf N Turf, Phat Cakes, Reino's Pizza and Pasta and GW's Fine Food & Spirits.
History buffs can check out Grammes Brown House, which is the home of the Tiffin Historic Trust. The Seneca County Museum is to have a sneak preview of what's in the 1884 Court House time capsule.
People who enjoy art can go to House and Signatures of Seneca County, which is to host guest artists. Crystal Traditions is to have a glass blowing demonstration from Michael McCain and crystal hand cutting by Aidan Scully, one America's most renowned master brilliant cutters and designers.
Various businesses are to have raffles and drawings throughout the event.
Visitors can play Holiday Happenings bingo at all participating locations. The limit is one bingo per person, and all participants must be 18 years old.
The event starts today, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and continues Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.
"It's just having an event in town that people can enjoy," she said. "It gives them something to do for two days in Tiffin, and have fun and possibly have win a nice prize."


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Juanita C. DeBerry, a retired Buffalo Public Schools teacher and active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, died Wednesday in Buffalo General Medical Center after an extended illness. She was 89.
Born Juanita Cameron in Chipley, Ga., she came to Buffalo with her family as an infant. She was a graduate of Hutchinson-Central High School and Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn.
She taught at School 31 for 27 years, first as a sixth-grade language arts teacher and then as a second-grade teacher, and made a strong impact on her students.
"She still would get Christmas cards and birthday cards from some of her students," her daughter Virginia DeBerry said.
She added, "Her grandson said it best: 'Gram got you to do the right thing not because you were afraid to be punished, but because you were afraid to disappoint her.' "
After retiring, Mrs. DeBerry was a member and served on the board of the Buffalo Retired Teachers Association.
She loved music and, at age 13, won a city singing competition. She later performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra as part of its Sounds of the City program. She also was a principal soloist for more than 60 years at Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church, where she was a lifelong member.
Mrs. DeBerry joined Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1940 and was a founding member of Xi Epsilon Omega, the Amherst chapter. She also was a member of the Christian Women's Association.
Her husband, John L., died in 1984. In addition to her daughter Virginia, she is survived by another daughter, Valerie; and a son, Dr. John L. III.
Visitation at 11 a.m. Wednesday will precede a service at noon in Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church, 641 Masten Ave.


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SALEM - A woman is dead and a 5-year-old boy is hospitalized Monday night following a shooting incident in their Salem Township home.
Sheriff Ray Stone said deputies were called to the house at 2338 state Route 45 at about 4:15 p.m. to a reported shooting. A 12-year-old girl had gotten off a school bus, Stone said, when the horrific scene was found.
Two deputies arrived ahead of Stone and the three of them went inside finding an unidentified woman dead of a gunshot wound. Stone declined to provide any specific details as to where the woman was shot.
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County Prosecutor Robert Herron (foreground) and investigators enter a state Route 45 home that was the scene of a shooting Monday. (Salem News photo by Deanne Johnson)
A neighbor was with the 5-year-old boy, who was shot in the head. The boy was initially transported to Salem Community Hospital and flown later to an Akron hospital where he underwent surgery later Monday evening.
Stone believes there are three children living in the home and the whereabouts of all the children was known Monday evening. Stone estimated the woman to be between the mid-40s and mid-50s. He also said the child and woman are related, but declined to give the relationship.
The sheriff said he was not aware if there are any other adults who have been living in the home.
The house, a ranch with an attached garage, is located on the northeast corner of state Route 45 and Salamar Drive, near Kent State-Salem.
According to tax records, the home is owned by Neil Jordan in care of Tradewinds Investments, Palm Springs, Calif.
Stone said there had been past complaints at the home mostly dealt with by the Salem Township constable. However, Stone believed new people had moved into the home since then.
The new Columbiana County Homicide Task Force was called to the scene. Consisting of members from different departments county-wide, Stone said various members of the task force were out following up on leads late Monday evening. However, he said there is no suspect at this time and no weapon was found.
Additionally the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, Columbiana County Coroner William Graham and County Prosecutor Robert Herron were assisting at the home. KLG transported the woman's body toward Salem.


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SCE FCU & SONEPCO FCU Formalize Merger Plans
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IRWINDALE, Calif. (July 19, 2011) – SCE Federal Credit Union (SCE FCU headquartered in Irwindale, Calif.) and SONEPCO Federal Credit Union (SONEPCO headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada) have signed a letter of intent to create a $560 million, two-state SCE FCU organization that serves nearly 50,000 members. The merger plans are being presented to the NCUA for approval and SONEPCO members will also vote on the matter.
SCE FCU CEO Dennis Huber will oversee the new partnership that includes California and Nevada branches in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego and Clark counties. Additionally, Sue Longson, SONEPCO FCU's CEO, will assume a Senior Management position based in Las Vegas. The newly formed credit union will have nine board members, 150 employees and a capital ratio of approximately 8.6 percent.
"The current plans to merge with SONEPCO will benefit each organization, most notably providing all members with an expanded branch network when they travel between Southern California and Nevada," says Huber. "This merger positions us for additional growth opportunities in the future."
Members from SCE FCU and SONEPCO board of directors have approved the merger, which will combine SONEPCO's assets and liabilities with SCE FCU. SONEPCO members will become members of SCE FCU.
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SCE Federal Credit Union was founded in 1952 and currently has more than 42,000 members, $500 million in assets, several Southern California branch locations, thousands of shared branch locations across the United States and more than 28,000 surcharge-free ATMs available to members. SCE FCU serves all of Southern California, with membership open to individuals and businesses, and is a not-for-profit entity committed to improving the financial well-being of the communities it serves, especially people underserved by mainstream financial institutions. With a strong commitment to volunteerism, employees donate hundreds of hours to local community causes each year. Additionally, the creation of the SCE FCU Foundation provides much-needed financial education to the underserved.
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I just received my Cloud Pillow and I really like it. I would like it even better if it had more stuffing though, my iPad sinks into the pillow after a very short...Read complete review
I just received my Cloud Pillow and I really like it. I would like it even better if it had more stuffing though, my iPad sinks into the pillow after a very short time. The pictures give the impression that the pillow holds it's triangular shape, however, my pillow falls flat and i have to regularly "fluff" it during use. I would also have liked it to have a zipper to allow me to remove the stuffing for cleaning purposes (which would also allow me to add or remove stuffing to get the perfect fit).
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I have been using this item with both my kindle and, more recently, an ipad. It has always needed a fair amount of adjustment and, as one reviewer put it,...Read complete review
I have been using this item with both my kindle and, more recently, an ipad. It has always needed a fair amount of adjustment and, as one reviewer put it, "fluffing", but now it has completely flattened, to the point that no matter which way I bunch it up, it no longer forms anything approaching a vertical tilt. Yesterday, I saw what I thought was lint at one of the edges of the pillow; I took a look and found a small white foam pellet. Upon closer examination, I could see that the seams have been coming undone. Now I find that a replacement would be $49 (not counting shipping)! This pillow is nowhere near the quality that I would expect for that amount of money. Moreover, it is nowhere near the quality that I have come to expect from Levenger over the years. I give this item a 2-star "fair" rating for function because it sort of worked when it was new. Style is also fairly low -- it's just a rough denim blobby thing at this point -- but I would overlook that if it would only work to prop up my kindle if not my ipad. All in all I am a very disappointed customer.
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By shawna
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I bought this pillow for my husband to use with his iPad last Christmas. He tried it a few times and then the pillow sat in the closet for a few months. I have recently tried to use it--and now I see why it was in the closet being unused. The pillow offers very little support--it is flat and doesn't provide a good angle to prop up your iPad. I get better results from using a pillow on my bed to prop up my iPad. I have always been pleased with Levenger products, but was very surprised with the poor functionality of this product. It is also difficult to clean dog hair/lint--the cover is not removable and the pillow cannot be washed. I would NOT recommend that you buy it--especially at this price.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Been looking for something to hold my iPad 2 in my lap without slipping off. The pillow does it all...You can mold the pillow to fit the iPad....up, down , sideways, you name it - the iPad stays put. I tried using my books with the cloud....great book holder - just an added plus. I like the first one so much I bought two additional clouds... Yes - that means 3.way you need or want to the iPad.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Very versatile. Can use many places and packs easily. Can...
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Very versatile. Can use many places and packs easily. Can compress somewhat and is very light.
Great iPad Support!
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I got this for my husband. He was complaining about his iPad slipping off his lap. This support pillow easily solved the problem. My husband likes the support it gives. I find it unobtrusive in the room. It appears to be well-made. The fabric is an unpretentious denim and provides a good grip for the iPad surface. All-in-all a great problem-solver for less than forty dollars!
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It's not the fanciest looking pillow, but it's very functional. My husband has Parkinson's disease and can't hold on to his Kindle or iPad with his shaky hands. With this pillow, he can sit in his big chair and set the Kindle or iPad on his lap comfortably. It's been a life saver as far as we're concerned.
It works well, not perfect, but works
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I do not think the fabric is as bad as others have said - I would like to be a little larger than what it is. But it props my ipad, book, etc. while I am sitting on the couch or in bed.
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By Rosebud
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After waiting patiently for several months for this back-ordered item, I was very disappointed with it. The fabric is a very cheap, course denim-cotton. The pillow does not do a good job of stabilizing my e-reader; if I shift at all, it slides from its position.I believe this product is very over-priced and does not do what it is advertised to do. I recommend purchasing an alternate product.
Merchant response: We are sorry you are not happy with the Cloud Pillow and would like to thank you for bringing this to our attention. Please give us a call, we have product specialists available to assist you with finding the perfect product for your eReader. We promise to deliver quality and value in every Levenger product. Since you are not 100% satisfied, please give us the opportunity to make it right. Our number is 800-545-0242.
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This product is definitely good in theory, but not-so-good in practice. When I received it, it appeared to be exactly the same as in the picture, but the picture can't tell you everything. First, the material was a stiff, itchy cotton-canvas-- not soft as described. It feels cheap, which I didn't expect for $39 and for Levenger's otherwise impeccable reputation. I could live with all that, but I really dislike the method for holding up my iPad-- it's a ribbed edge to the shape of the pillow that is not adequate for holding up the device. If I moved the slightest bit, my iPad would slide off. I plan to return it and purchase a different, similar product.
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Async Tip #1: Async void is for top-level event-handlers only, and event-like things. Don't use it elsewhere in your code.
Slides are available on Lucian's blog.
Async void is a "fire-and-forget" mechanism: the caller is unable to know when an async void has finished, and the caller is unable to catch any exceptions from it. The only case where this kind of fire-and-forget is appropriate is in top-level event-handlers. Every other async method in your code should return "async Task".
This video goes into some more difficult cases like the Win8 example "overrides async void LoadSettings()". Here you're overriding the method, and can't change the signature, and can't return a Task from it. The solution is to return a Task some other way, like through a field.
The video also talks about the thorny problem of async void lambdas. WHENEVER you see an async lambda, you need to verify whether it will be a void-returning or Task-returning lambda.
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Thanks for the video its really good. But I have question,when you mention that when we created a lambda async method we need to always verify that it 's a sub or task function (I'm VB too) what mechanics do you recommend to validate the out put of the lambda.
Hi SonOfSam! Good question. Let's look at a concrete example.
Sub f(a As Action) a() Console.WriteLine("done") End Sub f(Async Function() Await Task.Delay(100) Console.WriteLine("almost-done") End Function)
In VB, when you write a lambda as "Async Function", then it will always be a Task-returning async. When you write it as "Async Sub" then it will always be a void-returning async.
But VB has a feature called "delegate relaxation". The compiler realizes that it would be type-safe to just automatically drop the return value of a lambda if needed.
Well, it would be type-safe, but it's not what we wanted. In this case when the compiler drops the returned Task, then (1) the caller "f" can't know when the lambda has finished, and (2) any exceptions caused by the lambda that were stored in the returned Task will be completely lost to everyone.
So the guidance for VB is this: when you pass an Async Function lambda, you should verify that the method you're calling does indeed accept Func(Of Task) or some other Task-returning delegate. Just like in C#.
(Incidentally, if you try to pass an Async Sub lambda to a function, where an Async Function lambda would also have worked, you're almost certainly doing the wrong thing. In this case the compiler gives a warning).
Thank so much for response
Well presented in a very simplified and descriptive way.
In the LoadState() discussion, does LoadBitmapAsync() really need to be an async method? It has no await, and it simply returns a Task<BitmapImage> which is later await'ed in the override of OnNavigatedTo(). The method, therefore, is not really async. Thoughts?
Just learning about these new keywords. Since this is a hard and fast rule, it seems like it might be a good idea to find a way to make the compiler generate either a warning or an error if you use aysnc void in an inappropriate situation.
Thanks for the video. I have a question about the first example. What do you suggest I do if the WebRequest.Create(url) call takes quite some time? As I understand, naming the function SendDataAsync indicates that it should only do a small amount of work before returning control to its caller (according to TAP).
@SonOfSam, Use Refactor -> Extract Method and if it's a Func<Task>, you know it's alright.
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When I was a kid growing up in the Northwest Bronx in the 1970s, I have no recollection whatsoever of really bad weather of any kind. Some of this is perhaps because of the circumstances in which my family and I were living at the time – we rented a three room apartment in a four story walk up; if any storms did occur they certainly made no great impact on my memory; because in our urban environment the electrical wires were underground we never lost power, and when and if it snowed, it was (blessedly) the landlord's responsibility to clear it.
In fact, the first real "weather" events that remain with me are those our family encountered once we moved to the suburbs. That move brought with it much more space for our family to live, but also – a shock to the system for this city kid – a plethora of new chores to be taken up: the raking of leaves weekend after weekend in the autumn, shoveling what seemed to be a city block of snow every time precipitation occurred during the winter, and in the later summer, the almost annual occurrence of a storm that caused a tree to fall somewhere on our block that left us without electricity for anywhere from several hours to several days. None of these occurrences were too burdensome in and of themselves, and of course our family soldiered through – in fact, for a kid the occurrence could be almost be described as fun – imagining yourself a pioneer on the frontier and the only light you had was the lantern that lit your way before you. As far as big storms go, the first one I have vivid recollection of was one that hit the New York City area when I was in the 6th Grade; it hit on a Holy Day of Obligation – this I remember, because my friends and I were off from school that day and had taken the bus from where we lived up to the New Rochelle Mall. My friends had gone up to the Mall to hang out, but I was there on a mission: a bit of a science fiction nerd at the time (not that I have outgrown it) I had spied on an earlier reconnaissance mission in the Mall's obligatory toy store Mattel Toy's Space 1999 Eagle Transporter, and I was there on my day off to get it! When I purchased it, I remember that it came in an enormous box (the toy itself was pretty big). I left the Mall and went outside to wait for the bus home with my friends, and the weather by that time had become pretty inclement. We were forced to stand inside the open bus shelter for cover. The wind was tremendous, and I recall that at one point while my friends and I waited it caught hold of the big plastic bag that contained the big cardboard box and blew my toy clear across North Avenue until it hit the building across the street and fell to the sidewalk beneath. Despite the weather, I scrambled across the street to reclaim my prize, which seemed – and was – intact, although dented and a little worse for wear from the wind and the water. The bus eventually came and my friends and I boarded it, and as I rode home, I tightly clung to the box my mock spacecraft came in – smiling inwardly that I was probably the only kid who had a model that had actually ever taken flight – and thinking to myself that this was some weather I had never experienced back home in the Bronx!
Since that time, I do recall many big storms that have made their way through our area – Hurricanes Gloria, Hugo, Floyd and Irene, all these passed through with no particular personal memory that I could attach to any. There was one storm – 1991's so-called "Perfect Storm" – that I do have vivid memories of: at the time I was working at a Catholic Charities sponsored Nursing Home in the South Bronx. I used to drive there from Westchester County, and as I remember, no one was anticipating a storm of such power to pass through the area. I had lived through Hurricanes before: they all had names and were big storms, but you prepared for them before they struck and you felt secure; with this one however we were all seemingly caught unawares. Expecting just a particularly blustery rainy day, we had gone to work, expecting to get a little wet but not much more. Instead, the storm caused extensive flooding – which a colleague of mine at the nursing home got caught in on the F.D.R. Drive on the East Side of Manhattan – as well as a large number of power outages from fallen trees. I remember driving home that afternoon once we were dismissed from work – up Southern Boulevard past the Bronx Zoo – and seeing the thick trunked oaks that lined that broad street almost bent double in the wind, causing me to say a Decade of the Rosary out loud to myself in the car, that Our Blessed Mother would help see me safely delivered home in one piece that day – which gratefully She did!
Despite this wake up call, I went on in happy ignorance as to the vulnerability of our area to catastrophic weather events. I would see on television the devastating effects that severe weather would have on places like Haiti, like Florida, like the Gulf Coast – and would participate in relief efforts, donating funds and saying prayers for people in these place that they would recover and pull through despite the adversity that nature had thrown at them – all the while thinking that I would never witness in my lifetime, in this area, comparable devastation to the kind that flickered across my television screen.
That happy ignorance came to a crashing halt of course on October 29th when Sandy came barreling ashore.
I will not belabor explaining to you the devastating effects that this hurricane has had on our entire tri-state area – the lives lost, homes destroyed, property damaged, neighborhoods washed away. Others have written much more eloquently than I ever could what this storm has wrought in their lives. For myself, thankfully, the apartment live in did not lose power (in fact, it became "power-charging" central to many friends in other parts of the city that were not so fortunate); and my parents home was spared as well. Since the storm first hit, I have been witness to the extraordinary efforts of my colleagues here at Catholic Charities – both in the Archdiocese and at our sister agencies across the region in the rest of coastal New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – who quickly mobilized to establish recovery centers for those impacted by the storms, providing for the people every sort of assistance – from the basics of food, and water, and clothing and care, to rental assistance, housing and counseling for those who lost close to everything that they owned.
No, instead on this evening before Thanksgiving, I would like to write a rebuttal – not of an editorial per-se, but of a headline, one that graced (and I use this term loosely) the front page of the local tabloid here in the city – The New York Post – just about two weeks ago, in the aftermath of a snowstorm that had struck our city in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In bold stark letters, the headline declared that – in the aftermath of Sandy and the snowstorm – GOD HATES US!…
I must admit that I do not ordinarily read the Post, but walking down the street, this headline not only assaulted my eyes, but my psyche as well…. "God hates us"…. How opposite – how alien – to anything that I believe or have been taught about God – by the Church, from my parents – so alien and jarring in fact, that the words have been echoing within me for these past two weeks demanding a response.
While I cannot really begin to- and am neither equipped to – explain the age old perennial question of why God allows "bad things" – like natural disasters – to happen to good people (to use a MUCH, MUCH too overused phrase: "it is above my pay grade"), one thing that I can attest and give personal witness to through my work and exposure here at Catholic Charities is that disasters sometimes present to us the opportunity to do quite "Godly" things in response to them: to reach out and assist, to try to make whole again, to offer a prayer, a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen, to share with those who have been harmed from the rich bounty that God has blessed our own lives with, to simply be present to each other.
Last week, we were blessed here in the Archdiocese to be visited by an extraordinary person: at the invitation of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change, Bishop Bernard Unabali – leader of the Diocese of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea – was in our city to speak about the plight of the people of the Carteret Islands in the South Pacific, whose island home is gradually being inundated by rising sea levels. They are often referred to as the world's first "climate refugees", and their story is told poignantly in an Academy Award nominated short film called: "Sun Come Up", which we screened here at the Catholic Center last week. After the screening, Bishop Unabali spoke movingly to those assembled about the plight of the people of the Carteret Islands, and the willingness of the people of his diocese to welcome and provide land and assistance for these "climate refugees". While certainly victims of a disaster, I am quite certain that the people from the Carteret Islands that are profiled in the film "Sun Come Up" do not believe that "God hates them"….in the film they were not despondent, but instead joyful and hopeful – most especially because when presented with the Carteret Islander's crisis, their Island neighbors in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea responded in a "Godly" act of solidarity, welcoming the community to their own island home as the Carteret Islanders started their lives anew.
In concluding, Bishop Unabali urged all present to integrate the biblical values of environmental justice into their lives, and to answer a similar call of solidarity – a call that has special resonance and new urgency for all of us here in the metropolitan New York area as we work to respond to those impacted by the rising waters Hurricane Sandy left in her wake.
God's blessing upon you and your families this Thanksgiving and always.


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the plural of moose
The mease were in the meadow.
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Winners announced online March 30th
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ATF seized homemade firearms from Waxahachie man
Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Dallas seized three homemade firearms from a Waxahachie man last summer after being tipped off by the man's son.
Agents took one 22-caliber rifle and two 22-caliber pistols from the home of Bennie Nephous Adams, 70, on the 700 block of Becky Lane in July while executing a search warrant, federal records show. They also took a three-ring notebook with "drawings and manufacturing specifications."
No charges have been filed. Adams could not be reached for comment.
The son, Jesse Lieuallen, said he made the report to ATF because his father has been making untraceable fully-automatic machine guns for years. He also says his father has dementia and has threatened to shoot his brother.
Lieuallen said the Ellis County Sheriff's Office wouldn't do anything about it. He said he wants ATF to charge his father for illegally manufacturing the weapons.
Andrew Young, an ATF spokesman, said the matter is the subject of an ongoing investigation and that he could not comment.
Lieuallen told ATF in June that his father had a machine gun at his home and that he saw it a month before. But the search warrant did not indicate that agents found one there.
"He stated that he observed the weapon fire and that it would empty the magazine with one pull of the trigger," a federal affidavit said. "Mr. Lieuallen stated that the firearm would fire one hundred rounds in five seconds."
Lieuallen told me that his father is a former machinist who learned how to make guns after working in a machine shop since he was a kid. He said his father has been making the guns at home since the 1980s. He said they look like "little Tommy guns."
"He manufactures them. There's no telling where they went. He's made several trips to Belize," Lieuallen said. "He's got to be selling them.
ATF's web site says people not licensed to make firearms may do so as long as they don't sell them and they are not prohibited from possessing firearms. But they cannot make a "non-sporting semi-automatic rifle or non-sporting shotgun from imported parts."
Also, the Gun Control Act requires that the gun manufacturer pay a tax and seek approval from ATF.
"An application to make a machine gun will not be approved unless documentation is submitted showing that the firearm is being made for a Federal or State agency," the ATF web site says.


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LISBON - Columbiana County Commissioner John Payne is being asked to resign by an election opponent, who says Payne is misleading voters by claiming to have a legitimate doctorate degree.
"I'm asking him to resign because he's misrepresented himself as a candidate ... and if he doesn't, I'm considering filing charges with the ethics commission," said John Wargo during a press conference held Thursday.
Wargo is running in the Nov. 6 election against Payne in what is a three-way race, with the other candidate being Tim Weigle.
At issue is a doctorate degree Payne obtained from Northwestern International University (NIU), which Wargo says is an unaccredited online college he compared to a "diploma mill."
Payne has listed the degree on his resume and campaign literature and also sometimes uses Ph.D. - the abbreviation for doctor of philosophy - next to his name.
Wargo said after becoming suspicious, he checked into it and learned NIU offers doctorate degrees for $495. "For $450 you can get your degree. For $450 I can get a set of tires down at No. 1 Snyder," he said.
Payne said he has done nothing wrong and has no intention of resigning, saying he earned the doctorate degree in 2006. His dissertation was on personnel policy of Ohio's boards of elections and took him 18 months to research and write, which involved contacting all 88 election boards. Payne, who was county elections board director at the time, said he did this as a personal challenge.
"This was simply another goal I had for myself. Again, I did not use it to promote myself for any type of employment," he said.
Wargo disputed this, saying Payne is clearly trying to use his online doctorate to curry favor with voters, noting it is listed on his campaign literature and elsewhere.
"This was done to deceive the public, to give them some feeling that this man is important and highly educated," he said.
According to Payne's resume, he also has a bachelor's degree from Kent State University and a master's degree from the University of Dayton. He listed the doctorate on his campaign literature because "it's part of my credentials. They are an accredited school, an online school," Payne said of NIU, adding, "It's overseas accredited. It's not some kind of diploma mill or whatever."
A "diploma mill" is defined as an unaccredited university, which may be legal in some states but is generally considered an illegitimate university. According to its website, NIU is accredited by the Euro-American Accreditation Agency, which is a division of NIU. An official with the regional office of the organization that accredits colleges in Ohio and 18 other states said NIU is not listed with it as an accredited university.
Wargo said as best he can determine, NIU is based out of Gibraltar, and the English-speaking professors listed on the website are all from various Russian universities.
Before going public with his charges, Wargo said he spoke with an acquaintance, Dr. Thomas Shipka, a retired professor and chairman of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Youngstown State University. Shipka said Wargo called him this week and asked him what he knew about NIU, and his research led him to conclude it was a diploma mill.
"If it barks like a dog and wags its tale like a dog, it's probably a dog," he said.
Shipka confirmed he told Wargo degrees from unaccredited online universities are worthless and should be excluded from anyone's resume, let alone someone running for public office. He said those with legitimate doctorate degrees should be offended most of all.
"This particular institution is essentially a place to go, if you have sufficient money, to get a sheepskin to call yourself doctor," Shipka said.
Payne said he is proud of his doctorate degree. "It's an academic goal I set for myself and I achieved it. I'm not going to hide it," he said.
Payne attributed Wargo's attack to election-year politics. "It's the campaign season, I understand that. It's a specious argument," he said of the criticism.
"It's a credibility issue ... I didn't put it forth. He put it forth," Wargo said.
Payne, who was appointed to the vacant commissioner seat earlier in the year, is a Democrat, while Wargo is a Democrat running as an independent. Weigle is a Republican.


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CANOES, 1450 Front St., Lahaina, 661-0937
Friday: Howard Ahia, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday: Indapkt with John Maritano, Brian Cuomo, Bob Harrison and Paul Marchetti, 3 to 6 p.m.
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THE ALLIEZ | LIFE'S A BEACH. It's the perfect time for up-and-coming local reggae rock band The Alliez to release their new album, "Right Time," and celebrate the CD with a tour. The next stop: Haui's Life's a Beach in Kihei for a show at 9 p.m. Saturday. The band's surf-vibe stylings will get the crowd jamming through the night. For details and upcoming shows, visit www.thealliez.com
CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE, 811 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4855
Thursday (tonight): Mark Burnett. Friday: Harry Troupe. Saturday: Scottie Rotten. Sunday: Mark Burnett. Monday and Tuesday: Scottie Rotten. Wednesday: Mark Burnett,
COOL CAT CAFE, Wharf Cinema Center, Lahaina, 667-0908
Saturday: Dave Carroll. Sunday: Ryan Palma. Monday: Peter deAquino. Tuesday: Jazz. Wednesday: Whale Shark. Music from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
DAVID PAUL'S ISLAND GRILL, 900 Front St., Lahaina, 662-3000
Friday and Sunday: Local artists, 9 p.m.
DUKE'S BEACH HOUSE, 130 Kai Malina Parkway, Lahaina, 662-2900
Thursday (tonight): Damien, 3 to 5 p.m.; Garrett & Peter, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday: Garrett, 3 to 5 p.m.; Damon & Jack Oversize Productions, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday: Mondo, 3 to 5 p.m.; Damon & Jack Oversize Productions, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday: Mondo, 3 to 5 p.m.; Ron & Miles, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday: Brian, 3 to 5 p.m.; Damien & Edee, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday: Brian, 3 to 5 p.m.; Alika & Edee, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
HARD ROCK CAFE MAUI, 900 Front St., Lahaina, 667-7400
Thursday (tonight): Open mic, 9 p.m. to close. Friday: Sounds of Addiction, 8 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday: Free salsa classes, 10 to 11 p.m.; Latin DJ, 11 p.m. to close, $7 cover. Monday: Damon Parillo / Danyel Alana. Tuesday: Jessica Rabbit and Kanoa. Wednesday: Erin Smith. Music from 7:30 to 10 p.m. and no cover unless noted.
HULA GRILL, 2435 Kaanapali Parkway, Building P, Kaanapali, 667-6636
Thursday (tonight): Alika, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Ernest Pua'a, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Armadillo, 4 to 6 p.m.; Kulewa, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday: Ernest Pua'a, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Kawika Lum Ho, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; 1810, 4 to 6 p.m.; Kawika, Roy and Tarvin, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday: Evan Schulman, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Kawika Lum Ho, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; 1810, 4 to 6 p.m.; Wili Pohaku, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday: Kawika Lum Ho, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Ron and Ikaika, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; 1810, 3:30 to 6 p.m.; Derrick Sebastian Trio, 6 to 9 p.m. Monday: Ernest Pua'a, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Kawika Lum Ho, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Armadillo, 4 to 6 p.m.; Derrick Sebastian and Josh Kahula, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday: Kawika Lum Ho, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Jarrett Roback, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Damon & Danyel Alana, 4 to 6 p.m.; Ernest Pua'a & Friends, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday: Ernest Pua'a, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Alika, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Peter DeAquino, 4 to 6 p.m.; Ernest Pua'a & Friends, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
KIMO'S, 845 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4811
Thursday (tonight): 1810. Friday: Scotty & Howard, 8 to 10 p.m.
Saturday: Ben & Glenn, 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday: Willie K, 3 to 5 p.m.; Sam Ahia 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: Sam Ahia. Music from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; no cover unless noted.
KOBE JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE, 136 Dickenson St., Lahaina, 667-5555
Friday and Saturday: Karaoke and dancing with Auntie Toddy Lilikoi, 9:30 p.m. to closing.
LAHAINA PIZZA CO., 730 Front St., Lahaina, 661-0700
Thursday (tonight) and Friday: John Kane. Saturday: Harry Troupe. Music from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
LEILANI'S ON THE BEACH, 2435 Kaanapali Parkway, 661-4495
Thursday (tonight): Jarret and Wilson. Friday: The JD on the Rocks Band. Saturday: JD and Harry. Sunday: Kilohana. Music from 3 to 5 p.m.
LULU'S LAHAINA, Lahaina Cannery Mall, 1221 Honoapiilani Highway, 661-0808.
Thursday (tonight): Classic rock with Howard Ahia, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday: Cyrus Clarke, 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday: All Access Productions' DJ Money Mike, 10 p.m. to close, $10 cover. Monday: Live music by Junior, 6 to 8 p.m.; music by the All Access DJs, 10 p.m. to close. Tuesday: Karaoke with Troy, 9 p.m. to midnight. Wednesday: Kenny Roberts, 5 to 8 p.m. No cover unless noted.
LONGBOARDS KAANAPALI, Marriott's Maui Ocean Club, 100 Nohea Kai Drive, 667-8220
Tuesday to Friday: Solo guitarist, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
MAUI BREWING CO., 4405 Honoapiilani Highway, 669-3474
Saturday: Live music, 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Wednesday: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
MERRIMAN'S KAPALUA, 1 Bay Drive, Lahaina, 669-6400
Wednesday to Sunday: Ranga Pae, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday: Phil and Angela Benoit, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
MOOSE MCGILLYCUDDY'S, 844 Front St., Lahaina, 667-7758
Thursday (tonight): Live music. Friday and Saturday: DJ Hurricane, $1 cover on Saturday. Sunday and Monday: Live music. Tuesday: DJ2, $1 cover. Wednesday: Live music. Music from 9 p.m. to closing.
NAPILI KAI BEACH RESORT, 5900 Lower Honoapiilani Highway, Napili, 669-3858
Wednesday: George Kahumoku Jr.'s Slack Key Show - Masters of Hawaiian Music with special guest Ledward Kaapana in the Sea House Restaurant, 7:30 p.m., dinner show starts at 5:30 p.m., $79; show only is $42.
PINEAPPLE GRILL, Bay Golf Course, Kapalua Resort, 669-9600
Friday: Jawaiian music. Saturday: Jazz on the Green. Music from 7 to 10 p.m.
PIONEER INN, 658 Wharf St., Lahaina, 661-3636
Tuesday: Ah-Tim, 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Thursday: Greg diPiazza, 5:30 to 9 p.m.
SANSEI SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR, 600 Office Road, Lahaina 669-6286
Thursday (tonight) and Friday: Karaoke, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday: Live music.
SEA HOUSE RESTAURANT, Napili Kai Beach Resort, 5900 Honoapilani Road, 669-6271
Thursday (tonight): Andrew Kaina. Friday: Kincaid Kupahu. Saturday: Coelho Morrison. Sunday: Andrew Kaina. Monday: Albert Kaina. Tuesday: Kincaid Kupahu. Wednesday: Albert Kaina. Music from 7 to 9 p.m.
TIMBA, 505 Front St., Lahaina, 661-9873
Friday and Saturday: DJ music 8 p.m., $10 cover.
AMBROSIA, 1913 S. Kihei Road, 891-1011
Thursday (tonight): Jamie Gallo live, 7 p.m.; Old School Night with DJ Del So. Friday: Freakin' Fun Fridays with DJ Mats. Saturday: Sunrize Saturdaze with DJ Decka. Sunday: Sunday Night Fever with DJ CIA. Monday: Live music. Tuesday: Beat Down with DJ Astro Raph. Wednesday: Maui's HIU-5 Nite with DJ Del Sol and DJ CIA. Music starts at 10 p.m.
BEACH BUMS BAR AND GRILL, 300 Maalaea Road, 244-8844
Tuesday: Randall Rospond, 5 to 8 p.m.
CAPISCHE? Hotel Wailea, 555 Kaukahi St., 879-2224
Friday: Mark Johnstone, 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday: Mark Johnstone, 7:30 to 10 p.m.
DIAMONDS ICE BAR AND GRILLE, 1279 S. Kihei Road, 874-9299.
Thursday (tonight): DJ Astro Raph. Friday: The New Project. Saturday: DJ CIA. Sunday: Gina Martinelli Band, 7 to 10 p.m. Monday: DJ Emmet. Tuesday: Karaoke. Wednesday: Kulture Klash 808. Music starts at 10 p.m. unless noted.
THE DOG AND DUCK IRISH PUB, 1913 S. Kihei Road, 875-9669
Friday: Pau Hanas. Saturday: Catfish Ringo. Sunday: Ms. Beaver. Monday: Jordan and Friends. Tuesday: Erin Smith. Music starts at 10 p.m.
KAHALE'S BEACH CLUB, 36 Keala Place, Kihei, 875-7711
Thursday (tonight): Vince Esquire. Friday: Kenny Roberts. Saturday: 8 Tracks. Sunday: Kahala. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: Da Ha-Y-Ns. Music starts at 6:30 p.m.
KIWI ROADHOUSE, 95 E. Lipoa St. #A101, Kihei, 874-1250
Thursday (tonight): Ron and Rob, 7 to 10. Friday: Mango Pickers, 6 to 8 p.m.; Billy and the Bad Dogs, 9 to midnight. Saturday: Blues rock band, 8 to 11 p.m. Sunday: Gina Martinelli Band, 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday: Kiwi Cowboys, 7 to 10 p.m. No covers.
LIFE'S A BEACH, 1913 S. Kihei Road, 891-8010
Thursday (tonight): Junior Lacuesta, 4 to 8 p.m.; Rampage, 9 p.m. to close. Friday: Rick Glencross, 4 to 8 p.m.; Dat Guyz, 9 p.m. to close.
Saturday: Ryan Robinson, 4 to 7 p.m.; The Alliez, 9 to 1:30 a.m. Sunday: Karaoke Industry Night, 8 p.m. to close. Monday: Rick Glencross, 4 to 8 p.m; karaoke, 8 p.m. to close. Tuesday: Rick Glencross, 4 to 8 p.m.; Junior Lacuesta, 9 p.m. to close. Wednesday: Jordan Cudworth, 4 to 8 p.m.; open mic, 9 p.m. to close. No cover unless noted.
LULU'S KIHEI, 1945-H S. Kihei Road, 879-9944
Thursday (tonight): Salsa with Neto and Barbara, 8 to 11 p.m.; Latin DJ music, 11 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday: Hula and Hawaiian show, 5 to 7 p.m.; Louise Lambert and Shea Argel, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.; hip-hop DJ music, 11 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturday: Hula and Hawaiian show, 6 to 8 p.m.; Top 40 DJ music, 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Sunday and Wednesday: Karaoke, 7:30 to 11 p.m.
MULLIGAN'S ON THE BLUE, 100 Kaukahi St., Wailea, 874-1131
Thursday (tonight): Murray Thorne, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday: Gail Swanson, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Ka'ena Elaban, 9 to midnight. Saturday: Ekolu CD release party, 4 to 10 p.m., $20 advance, $25 at door; Ryan Robinson, 10 p.m. to midnight. Sunday: The Celtic Tigers with Mad Bagpiper Roger McKinley, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Big John, 10 p.m. to midnight. Tuesday: Willie K, 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday: Avi and Indio, 5:45 to 7 p.m.; Willie K, 7 to 9 p.m.; Jordan and the Wolf, 10 p.m. to close.
OCEANS BEACH BAR AND GRILL, 1819 S. Kihei Road, 891-2414
Friday: Spring Break Party with DJ Stylz. Saturday: DJ Stylz. Music starts at 10 p.m. and no cover unless noted.
PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION, Maalaea Harbor, 249-8811, ext. 1
Friday: Sunset cruise with Marty Dread, 5 to 7 p.m., $49.95 for adults, $39.95 for ages 3 to 12.
PITA PARADISE WAILEA, 34 Wailea Gateway Place, Wailea, 879-7177
Saturday: Sal Godinez, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday: Phil and Angela Benoit, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
SANSEI SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR, Kihei Town Center, 879-0004
Thursday (tonight) to Saturday:
Karaoke, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
STELLA BLUES CAFE, 1279 S. Kihei Road, 874-3779
Thursday (tonight): Ah-Tim. Friday: Ahumanu. Sunday: SLAM featuring David Choy, 7 to 10 p.m. Monday: Tom Cherry and Mike Finkiewicz. Tuesday: Tom Conway. Wednesday: Randall Rospond, 4 to 6 p.m.; Slam featuring David Choy, 7 to 10 p.m. Music from 4 to 6 p.m. and no cover unless noted.
SOUTH SHORE TIKI LOUNGE, 1913-J S. Kihei Road, 874-6444
Thursday (tonight): Erin Smith, 4 p.m.; DJ Slackin, 10 p.m. Friday: Randall Rospond, 4 p.m.; DJ Gemini with CJ Ynot, 10 p.m. Saturday: Tom Conway, 4 p.m.; DJ LX, 10 p.m. Sunday: Viva La Rumba, 4 p.m.; Kanoa, 10 p.m. Monday: Kanoa, 4 p.m.; DJ?Blast, 10 p.m. Tuesday: Sebrina Barron, 4 p.m.; DJ LX, 10 p.m. Wednesday: Lawaia, 4 p.m.; Ladies Night with ADD Twins, 10 p.m.
SPORTS PAGE, 2411 S. Kihei Road, 879-0602
Thursday (tonight), Friday and Saturday: Live music, 9 p.m. to midnight.
Three's Bar & Grill, 1945G S. Kihei Road, 879-3133
Thursday (tonight): Live band. Friday: Ladies Night with live DJ. Saturday: Live band. Sunday: Masquerade Night with DJ and dancing. Tuesday: DJ and dancing. No cover unless noted. Call for times.
TRADEWINDS POOLSIDE CAFE, 2259 S. Kihei Road, 891-8860
Thursday (tonight): Island Favorites with Kawika Lum Ho. Friday: Girls Nite Out with Gina Martinelli. Saturday: Classic Rock with Dominic. Sunday: Ron Shadian and Friends. Monday: Bobby Ingram and friends. Tuesday: Mike and Mark. Wednesday: Steve Sargenti. Music from 6 to 9 p.m. and no cover unless noted.
TOMMY BAHAMA TROPICAL CAFE, The Shops at Wailea, 875-9983
Thursday (tonight): Scott Baird. Friday: Margie Hart / Daphnee and Chris W. Saturday and Sunday: Howard Ahia. Monday: Greg diPiazza. Tuesday: Jamie Lawrence. Wednesday: Merv Oana, Music from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
BISTRO CASANOVA, 33 Lono Ave., Kahului, 873-3650
Saturday: "Saturday Night Lounge" with Louise Lambert, 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover.
CAFE O'LEI, 1333 Maui Lani Parkway, Kahului, 877-0073
Friday and Saturday: Phil and Angela Benoit, 5:30 to 8 p.m.
KAHULUI ALE HOUSE, 355 E. Kamehameha Ave., Kahului, 877-9001
Thursday (tonight): Thirsty Thursday / Ladies Night, 6 p.m. to close; DJ Jamn J, 9 p.m. Friday: Live music with Bradda Francis, 4 to 8 p.m.; Bottoms Up Friday with DJs C and LX and Emcee Jay-J, 10 p.m., $10 cover. Saturday: Family Affair concert, 10 p.m., $10 cover. Sunday: Simma Down Sunday with DJ Jamn J, 10 p.m. Monday: Open Mic Jam Session hosted by O.G. Mac Band, sign up by 8 p.m. Tuesday: Live music with Bradda Francis, 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday: "You Play It" Internet Juke Box, 9 p.m. No cover unless noted.
HANG LOOSE LOUNGE, 333 Dairy Road, Kahului, 877-6284
Friday: Jared and friends, 7:30 p.m. Saturday: The Crunch Pups Open Mic, 9 p.m. Tuesday: The Crunch Pups, 9 p.m. Wednesday: Kenny Roberts, 7:30 p.m.
CAFE DES AMIS, 42 Baldwin Ave., Paia, 579-6323
Wednesday: Stone Violets, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
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It's a place where 80,000 people settled into plush seats last year to get lost in silver screen stories, crack up at comedy and let the songs of old-school crooners take them back to happier times. ¶ It's a place where country music singer Loretta Lynn felt so at home that she told friends Engelbert Humperdinck and George Jones to come try it. ¶ It's a place where one man found redemption. ¶ And, so perhaps, has this city. ¶ It is the Riviera Theatre.
The North Tonawanda movie palace – a once shabby leftover from Hollywood's Golden Age – has become, some say, a catalyst for the resurrection of its community.
This story has three acts. Act One is about its new director, a man who resigned as an elementary school principal in disgrace for using drugs.
Act Two is a tale of volunteers who adopted a building that came to represent hope and opportunity in this small Niagara County city of about 30,000.
The third act is unfolding. With a new $5 million expansion plan, foreshadowed by this spring's restoration of the neon marquee, the Riviera may be bound for bigger things.
Here's how it happened.
Dec. 16, 2004. A date Frank Cannata can't forget. It was the day after his misdemeanor arrest in a police sting in the living room of his Buffalo apartment. It was the day the 20-year education career he loved ended.
Cannata was put on administrative leave from his job as principal of Charlotte Sidway Elementary School on Grand Island.
The police arrived after his dealers had secretly recorded him talking about his crystal meth habit. For about two years, the two men had been selling him an "upper" drug that gave him the juice to keep going, in spite of depression over family problems he doesn't want to talk about.
"I never missed a day of work. Never missed church," Cannata said. "I would do it when I needed the energy, which was not every day."
Officers took away enough of the white powder to cover his thumbnail and charged him with a misdemeanor. He was 40.
As the news of his disgrace broke, reporters called every Cannata in the phone book as they scraped together their stories. This single father, with a son, who had played the organ and led the choir for 21 years at Grand Island's St. Stephen's Catholic Church felt persecuted. News accounts didn't seem to focus on the other 33 who were arrested in the same sting, for more serious felony charges.
"I just think some of the stories were not fair," Cannata said. "They were just hounding my family ... It was crazy."
Cannata, a compact man of 5-foot-5 with the verve and confident presentation of a salesman, began quietly serving a year's probation. He hated to leave the house, lived off his savings and his severance package when he resigned a year later.
"I really laid kind of low," he said. "I felt horrible about what I did."
A friend suggested he volunteer at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, playing piano in the lobby for patients and their families.
Three days a week, he arrived at 9 a.m. to play upbeat songs that might make people feel good. He mixed show tunes like "Edelweiss" from "The Sound of Music" with the "59th Street Bridge" song – "Slow down, you move too fast ... " by Simon and Garfunkel.
"It really did save me," he said.
His musicianship also had led him to community theater productions, which once included the lead in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Riviera.
His theater friends told him about an opening at the Riviera.
By late 2005, almost a year since Cannata's arrest, the board was looking for a new executive director to turn things around.
So began the second career journey that has, he said, "transformed the color of my hair."
Volunteers step up
It had been about 16 years since the members of the nonprofit Niagara Frontier Theatre Organ Society, who'd been tending the theater's Mighty Wurlitzer movie organ, decided to buy the theater from the owners who were losing money on the place.
Yet even as a nonprofit organization run mostly by volunteers, it was always on the edge. Before Cannata took over, shows weren't coming in, and the Riviera was losing money again.
Cannata, who figured his school administrator skills of organizing people could work just as well inside a theater, was the most appealing candidate out of the 14 who wanted the job.
In January of 2006, he replaced the previous director as the only paid employee. His starting salary of $26,000 was a fraction of what he made as Sidway's principal.
"His vision and his work went right along with what we were aiming for," said Neil Lange, a board member.
When Lange was growing up in a family of seven in the 1970s, his parents used take him and his siblings to the Riviera for organ concerts and silent movies.
In 1980, he started volunteering to help with the upkeep of the old movie organ, built in the North Tonawanda Wurlitzer factory and installed in 1926, the year the theater opened.
When the Organ Society became the owner in 1989, the Riviera's walls were painted a "Pepto-Bismol" pink that was sheer enough to let the old decorative stencils show through. The seats were so worn and broken that they sometimes fell apart when people sat down. The sticky floor grabbed at the soles of shoes.
A crew of devoted volunteers restored the old design, cleaned up and reupholstered 1,150 seats.
The Riviera, with its crystal chandeliers and stage curtain painted with a sailing ship, has a magical quality that takes hold of people, said Lange.
It has come through, he said, in Cannata's success, which included him being named Citizen of the Year in 2011 by the Chamber of Commerce.
"Frank was in need of a job. He came to us, and we took a chance and, boy," said Lange, who likes to volunteer popping popcorn at the concession stand. "The next step is the expansion."
Spurring development
The expansion sketched out by architects a few years ago follows a steady rise in ticket sales with a program Cannata masterminded.
He mixes silent movies and the music of the theater's organ and "heart" – recently refurbished for $80,000 – with shows that feature the Strawberry Shortcake children's character, comedians Cheech and Chong, Three Stooges movie parties, country and pop singers like Helen Reddy, and even opera.
It's working. The key, Cannata said, is diversity.
"You can't keep going back to the same people and expect them to patronize your venue 10 or 12 times a year," he said. "If I can, I get everyone to come here for three or four shows a year."
Ticket sales jumped. In 2006, 15,000 attended 54 events, which raised $144,000 with help from 150 volunteers.
Last year, 84,000 tickets were sold for 176 events, generating $1.4 million with help from 357 volunteers.
The theater hosted 40 of those events, such as school band and choir concerts, for free as part of its community contribution. Four part-timers and five full-time workers are on the payroll.
Cannata has since gotten a raise and benefits on par with what he earned as principal.
The theater has inspired developers to invest nearby. In a move that has seemed to Cannata like applause, snazzy restaurants have been opening in the blocks around the Riviera's location on Webster Street, which is the city's main street: from Yummy Thai and Crazy Jakes to the Remington Tavern and the soon-to-open Webster's Bistro & Bar.
Webster, which had a small collection of grungy biker bars, used to seem like a dying street to Lange. Now it's classier. "My dream of dreams is for it to become like Hertel Avenue and Elmwood," he said of Buffalo's walking and shopping districts.
The proposed 21,000-square-foot theater addition, intended to be built sometime in the next few years on the site of a defunct car repair shop behind the theater, should attract good things, Cannata said from his office, partitioned out of the old ladies lounge.
The expansion plans even call for its ladies lounge restoration, perhaps with its former velvet-curtain archway entrance. "It'll get me out of the ladies room," Cannata chuckled.
For now, the poster board with the drawings that show a rooftop terrace that would have a view of the Erie Canal leans against the filing cabinets.
Expansion plans
"I don't look at this too much because I know we don't have the money yet," Cannata said. "I know we're going to be able to do it," he said. "It's just going to take time."
Last week, Gary Rouleau came on board as full-time development director to raise the necessary millions.
"I would love to see a capital campaign in the works by next year," Lange said.
Big donors are considering contributions.
"I am going to give a substantial amount … in the next 12 months," said Tony Kissling of Kissling Interests, developer of nearby Remington Lofts. "They need to get benefactors and people to give money."
As the owner of apartment buildings in Western New York and New York City, he had been eyeing the old Sweeney Street factory last occupied by Remington Rand, a maker of office filing systems.
In 2007, he bought it and began a $28 million renovation into what are now loft apartments, a yoga studio, a hair salon and school, and the upscale Remington Tavern restaurant.
The theater, just four blocks away, was one of the deciding factors.
"I think North Tonawanda is like Ellicottville was 25 years ago," Kissling said of the prosperous ski town to the south.
While this city doesn't have a ski resort, it does have its own appealing mix of ingredients: the waterfront of the Erie Canal and Niagara River, a 20-minute drive to Buffalo and an intact old-fashioned downtown.
"Almost everybody said to me, 'Kissling, you're crazy if you go into this thing.' The Riviera Theatre was one of the great reasons I did this," he said.
Now all 81 of the loft apartments have tenants, paying $1,400 to $2,900 a month.
"Without the Riviera Theatre," he said, "the potential wouldn't be there to do what I wanted to do."
The good vibe has caught on with performers, too.
After Loretta Lynn came for the first time a year ago, she told Engelbert Humperdinck and George Jones. Their agents called Cannata and asked to perform at the Riviera. Last year, their shows sold out. This year Jones and Lynn are coming back.
The theater is just the right size, Cannata said. It's big but not too big. And it's small enough to allow an inviting, intimate connection with the audience during performances.
"It's like a grand living room," he said of the theater, still absorbing its beauty and history. "It just kind of sucks you in."
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LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda company that produces clothing emblazoned with promotional designs is expected to receive an allocation of low-cost electricity from Niagara County.
Marketing Imprints, headquartered on Division Street, received approval from a County Legislature committee Tuesday for 150 kilowatts of discount electricity through the county's Empower Niagara program.
Economic Development Commissioner Samuel M. Ferraro said the company plans to purchase the former Gardei Printing plant at 525 Wheatfield St. and expand into it with two new screen printing machines, with the capacity to produce 3 million prints per year. Lasers will be used to imprint the decorations, such as logos.
Marketing Imprints, which will receive the power under the name of 525 Wheat LLC, a real estate holding company, plans to create five new jobs to add to the 15 people it already employs, Ferraro said.
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A renewed debate about the future of food trucks in Buffalo will begin today, when a proposal that would allow the trucks into Canalside is discussed by the Common Council.
Behind the scenes, entrepreneurs in the growing food truck industry are lobbying to shape the city's broader policy – from permit fees to where they can conduct business – before legislation sunsets on April 1.
Food truck owners pay $1,000 for permits to operate throughout the city, and they are restricted from serving customers in many areas downtown.
"We don't have an opportunity to compete in the more prominent or high-traffic areas," said Peter V. Cimino, principal with Lloyd Taco Truck.
Lloyd's owners pay an additional $1,400 for the privilege of parking at Main and Mohawk streets, which is within the city's special downtown vending district, and an additional $31.50 to the city for every special event they attend, not to mention the fees charged by event organizers.
"It hasn't allowed a food truck culture to develop here," Cimino said.
Lloyd opened in July 2010 and was Buffalo's first food truck. Since then, the city has seen more trucks emerge, while others are up for sale. They serve burgers, beef on weck, and dessert, among other things, and can be found on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, in the Larkin District and in pockets of the Elmwood and Hertel strips where they're not within 100 feet of an open restaurant. They use social networking sites to let their fans know where to find them.
Cimino said if the amendment to a city ordinance allowing the trucks into Canalside is some kind of trade for keeping the annual fee at $1,000, he said he's not interested.
"It doesn't do much for us," he said of opening Canalside, noting parking restrictions and the existing city rules that dictate the trucks must be 100 feet away from an open restaurant and 500 feet away from a special event.
North Council Member Joseph Golombek sponsored the resolution that would allow the trucks into Canalside, and took the lead in the Council's original food truck debate.
Golombek is meeting with a lawyer for the trucks later this week on the broader city ordinance governing food truck permits, but said Monday that his initial thought is to renew the legislation as it is.
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The Canalside provision is on the agenda for the Legislation Committee, which meets at 2 p.m. today in Council Chambers. If it passes, it could be enacted by the full Council on Feb. 19.
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Two families, crippled with grief, found a way to carry on and pick up the pieces after the deaths of their loved ones, by simply moving forward with an up and coming business that their loved ones had begun to create prior to their deaths.
After the tragic murders of Mount Pleasant residents, Mike and Thelma King in St. Maarten, the siblings of the pair picked up where the couple left off. The end result is a unique rum, made and bottled in St. Maarten (a Dutch and French territory located in the Caribbean) that is now available in the United States, and specifically in South Carolina.
Topper and Melanie Daboul started making flavored rhums for Topper's Restaurants, based on Melanie's concoctions.
She had been perfecting their tastes since 1995 so that Topper's Restaurants in St. Maarten could give a complimentary after dinner drink to their restaurants' guests.
Their customers loved their rhum (the French spelling for Rum – the Rhum factory is on the Dutch side of the island), and constantly asked if it could be bottled to take home as a memory of their time in St. Maarten.
The couple quickly went from fulfilling individual requests for guests out of their kitchen to producing a supply for their restaurants.
Topper, a Boston native, and Melanie, who is from the mid-west, have lived on St. Maarten for a number of years.
Mike and Thelma King bought a second home on the island and quickly fell in love with one of the more popular restaurants there.
The Kings frequented Topper's Restaurants and naturally ended up meeting Topper himself.
According to Mike King's brother, Finley, the men hit it off and developed a really close friendship.
A beer distributor from South Carolina owns a time share on the island, and when he tasted this homemade rhum for himself, he encouraged Topper to distribute it into the United States. And being a beer distributor, Jeff LeVine, owner of Prime Beverage Imports, LLC could help make it happen.
Further conversation led to Mike expressing how much he would love to get involved.
One of the first steps involved putting together a rum factory on the island.
Mike turned to Jim Irvin, of Irvin House Vineyards and Firefly Vodka on John's Island.
Mike and Jim quickly developed a friendship, and according to Finley, Jim offered come to St. Martin to help.
"Mike passed away before that could happen," said Finley. At the time, the factory was just a shell with only part of infrastructure in place. "The family talked to Jim and he was having a hard time with their deaths. Here we were in the midst of everything and we truly didn't think he would go to St. Maarten," Finley said.
"But he did, because he said he gave his word to Mike. He went with us to help put the factory together. We're potential competitors, and he still did it. And it goes to show how strong their friendship was. The fact that Jim kept his word meant lot to us, and was a huge help."
Today, all of Mike's and Thelma's siblings are involved in the business along with Topper and Melanie who are the Managing Directors and play the crucial role of running all of the day-to-day operations of the factory and the business abroad.
Todd King, Mike's other brother, is the President/CEO and Finley is the Vice President and supporting role to Todd.
Topper's Rhum uses natural flavors, characteristic of the tropics and blended with premium Caribbean rhum to create a delicate and true-to-its-flavor spirit, with an undeniably smooth finish. Toppers currently has in the market four distinctive gourmet flavors that are truly unique to Topper's Rhum, and many other flavors that will be available seasonally.
Flavors include Banana Vanilla Cinnamon, Coconut Retriever, Mocha Mama and White Chocolate Raspberry.
As of February, it can be purchased in the Charleston area at Total Wine, Bottles, most area watering holes and liquor stores.
The rum has won numerous awards including the Gold at the Ministry of Rum contest and Gold at the Wine and Spirits Wholesale Association competition.
They have chosen attractive packaging, using brightly colored glass bottles, with swing top closures, and labels depicting island scenes that are beautifully designed. The bottles are reusable as vases, decorative glass, table lamps, oil & vinegar bottles, salt & pepper shakers, and more.
New labels now feature Mike's signature on the bottles next to Topper's. In addition to their current flavors, they will be releasing their Caribbean White Rhum within the next few months.
"Mom went to the island for the trial, and we surprised her by presenting the new labels with Mike's signature to her," said Finley. "It was a real emotional moment for all of us, and meant a lot to her," he said.
"It truly is something special to see Mike's signature, which also represents Thelma and both of our families, on all those bottles."
He added, "Had we not gone forward with this, after all the work they put in it, I could hear the lecture we'd be getting from Mike," said Finley. "I think he would be very happy with what we've done."
Every detail, including the customer's experience of the product, is carefully considered and unprecedented. The rum is handmade, and each and every bottle is hand filled and packaged with precision, in St. Maarten.
Until recently, the rum was found exclusively on the island and, of course, in Topper's two restaurants, Topper's Restaurant & Bar and Topper's by the Sea. For years, visitors on the island encouraged Topper and Melanie to distribute the rum around the world.
"This is very important for us because we feel like it is a real positive thing for the family," said Finley. "It is kind of a way to carry on for Mike and Thelma, and keep them symbolically alive. In a way, we want it to represent triumph over tragedy and be a representation for everyone who has lost someone close to them," he said.
"This is our way of carrying on and moving forward in the best possible way that we can. That's what is important."
In January of 2013, approximately four months after Mike and Thelma's deaths, the first bottles of Topper's Rhum made their debut on shelves in South Carolina.
The group is getting ready to launch in Georgia, and then Florida.
A foundation has already been established in their names "It is called the Mike and Thelma King Foundation. Through this ordeal, we realized how expensive it can be for funeral home services, arranging to get your loved one back home, flying back and forth to meet with authorities and attend court proceedings and the time it takes away from home," said Finley. "For any family, it can be financially challenging. We researched to see if there was anything available that would financially help families in these types of situations, but there wasn't, so we decided to create something that would. The Foundation will provide financial and emotional support for families who lose a loved one tragically abroad (not war or military related). A portion of the proceeds from each bottle of the rhum will go toward the foundation. Friends of Mike and Thelma established a golf tournament this past March (that will be held every year), that raised money for the foundation."
Topper's Rhum is not only a unique experience; it's also symbolic of great friendships, loving families, and a celebration of life.
Visit http://www.toppersrhum.com to learn more.
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