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May 19, 2013 | waynetimes.com
Times of Wayne County
| Page B7
WTCC wins 2013 Ford/
AAA State Championship
On June 9-12th, Wayne Technical
and Career Center (WTCC) Auto Technology students Kaleb Reed and Brad
VanOpdurp of North Rose-Wolcott
will attempt to bring home a national
championship at the Ford/AAA National Championship being held at the
Ford Motor Company Headquarters in
Dearborn, Michigan.
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competition, similar to the hands-on
competition at the state level, with a
different, new Ford vehicle. The team
with the fewest quality-of-workmanship demerits and the best combined
total score of repair time and written
exam scores will be the winner.”
.DOHEDQG%UDGTXDOLÀHGIRUWKHQDtional championship by producing what
WTCC instructor Chet Kuhn calls the
“highest quality car in the least amount
of time” at the Ford/AAA State Championship, held on May 14th at SUNY
Morrisville. The 2013 Ford Focus SE
was this year’s vehicle. Kaleb and Brad
outperformed 9 other teams by problem solving mechanical bugs systematically placed by Ford Motor Company
Engineers. As a result of their 1st place
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over $60,000 in scholarship offers.
In order to qualify for the state
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the top ten across New York State in an
automotive service written exam. Students in the Auto Technology program
are instructed by Chet Kuhn and Janet
Soper. Kaleb Reed and Brad VanOpdurp’s achievement has helped WTCC
earn its 10th state championship in the
last 15 years. For past winners visit
www.waynetechcenter.org/fordaaa
Superintendent search
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Board of Education after it interviewed
eight candidates April 27.
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the Warner School of Education of the
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The Warner team, retained in February to assist in the superintendent
search, sought candidates based on
input it received in March from Board
members, students, staff, parents and
community members about what experience and personal qualities they
would most like to see in the next Superintendent of Schools.
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coming to the NCSD and will tour the
schools, and meet with students, staff
and community groups throughout
the day before having dinner with and
meeting with the Board of Education.
The Board will discuss information
gleaned from its meetings with the four
ÀQDOLVWVDVZHOODVDGGLWLRQDOLQSXWUHceived from students, staff and community members based on their meetings with them..
Individuals who would like to be
part of the community group meetings
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with the retirement June 30 of Superintendent Henry Hann.
They are:
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September
2009
of
Northeast College
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High School
in the Rochester
City
School District. Aronson obtained
her doctorate in Education from
the University of Rochester; her cerWLÀFDWHLQDGYDQFHGVWXG\GHJUHHIURP
SUNY Brockport; a master’s degree
in education from Nazareth College;
and a bachelor’s degree in public justice/political science from SUNY OsZHJR 6KH DOVR VHUYHG DV 3ULQFLSDO RI
Bio-Science and Health Careers High
School in the Rochester City School
District from September 2007 until
August 2009.
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July 2005 of
the Johanna
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in the Fairport
Central School
District.
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received his
certificate
in advanced
study degree
from SUNY
Brockport; his master’s degree in general education from Nazareth College;
and his bachelor’s degree in political
science from the University of RochHVWHU+HDOVRVHUYHGDV$VVLVWDQW3ULQcipal of the Spry Middle School in the
Webster Central School District from
July 2002-June 2005.
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District
since May
2012. Cook
completed
the Superintendent Development
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SUNY Oswego;
received his
certificate
in advanced
study degree at the University of
Rochester; his master’s degree in social work at Syracuse University; and
his bachelor’s degree in psychology at
SUNY Geneseo. He also worked as
Director of Educational Services and
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2007 until May 2012 in Lyons Central
School District.
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2007 of Lyons
High
School. Kise
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SUNY Oswego where
he also received his
certificate
of advanced
study degree. He obtained his mas-
Left to right: Kaleb Reed, Mr. Chet Kuhn and Brad VanOpdurp.
Wolcott Rotary hears
about Invasive Plants
in Wayne County
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10 Leach Rd in Lyons.
Ms. Gerstenslager responded to
Rotarians questions about hogweed,
a very dangerous plant that people
should stay away from. She outlined
the program in place by NY State to
Lindsey Gerstenslager, Director of
Wayne County Soil & Water Conservation District,
brought Wolcott
Rotarians up to
date on the status
of Wayne County waterways at
their May 8th
meeting.
She
spoke about the
many invasive
species that have
rooted in our
county.
Invasive species are aggressive, non-native
plants or animals
that invade the
land and water and inhibit
or prohibit the
growth of na- :ROFRWW 5RWDULDQV (G :KHHOHU DQG &ROOHHQ 0F&DUWK\ ÁDQN
tive plants. She Lindsey Gerstenslager, Director of Wayne County Soil & Water
indicated
that Conservation District.
the water chestnut, hydrilla, and Eur- eradicate hogweed in the county.
asian milfoil are particularly invasive
The Soil and Water Conservation
aquatic plants. Invasive aquatic weeds District has created a guide which
can damage recreational opportunities, serves as a quick reference to identifysocial communities and cause millions ing invasive plant species. To obtain a
of dollars in lost revenue. Some of our JXLGHFDOOWKHRIÀFHDW
local restaurants are using placemats
The Wolcott Rotary Club meets
which highlight key information about weekly at noon at the Wolcott Elks
these plants and how you can help to /RGJH RQ:HVW 3RUW %D\ 5RDG ,QWHUcontrol these invasive plants. More are ested citizens are welcome to attend.
Humane Society of Wayne County receives Grant to spay and neuter pets
The Humane Society of Wayne
County announced today that has received a $23,000.00 grant from the
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neutering of dogs and cats in Wayne
County.
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said “the grant allows us to provide a
low cost spay and neuter program to
eligible Wayne County residents, while
this program was already in effect, the
grant will assist many more residents
and their pets.”
Eligibility requirements to take advantage of the program: you must be
a Wayne County resident, if you are
receiving any type of public assistance
you will automatically qualify, if you
are not on public assistance your inFRPH OHYHO PXVW EH YHULÀHG WR VHH LI
you qualify.
For more information please call the
Shelter, 315-946-3389.
The Humane Society of Wayne
County was established in 1983 for the
purpose of alleviating the suffering of
unwanted and abused animals, and for
the promotion of humane education in
Wayne County.
In 1987 a Capital Campaign was
launched, with the goal of establish-
World “No Tobacco Day” is May 31st
Find out About Tobacco’s Effects
on Your Health and Quitting at Event at Newark-Wayne Hospital
Lung cancer is the leading cause of
cancer deaths in the United States for
both men and women and it is also the
most preventable cancer death in our
society. Besides lung cancer, tobacco
Gananda Central School District’s use increases the risk for cancers of
Ruben A. Cirillo High School has been the: mouth, lips, nasal cavity, sinuses,
ranked among Newsweek magazine’s kidneys and in many organs and tisbest 2,000 U.S. public high schools. sues throughout the body.* In Wayne
County, statistics are even higher than
Gananda’s high school ranked 1032.
This year’s rankings highlights the the state average for both tobacco use
best 2,000 public high schools in the and also for lung cancer.
That’s why several Wayne County
nation—those that have proven to be
the most effective in turning out col- community partners are sponsoring a
lege-ready grads. The list is based on World No Tobacco Day event on Frisix components: graduation rate (25 day, May 31st at Newark-Wayne Compercent), college acceptance rate (25 munity Hospital’s Main Lobby from
SHUFHQW $3,%$,&( WHVWV WDNHQ SHU 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is being
student (25 percent), average SAT/ held so that community members can
$&7VFRUHVSHUFHQWDYHUDJH$3 learn more about the health effects of
IB/AICE scores (10 percent), and per- tobacco use, how quickly they can see
cent of students enrolled in at least one health improvements by quitting and
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Gananda makes
“America’s Best High
Schools” List
Come Work Out in Rose
Come work out with some friends at
the Rose Union Community Building,
10734 School Street, Rose on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-6:00
pm, beginning June 4, 2013. Some exercise equipment is available.
For more information, call Mary Jo
at)(315) 945-3447, leave message.
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in Wayne County. With the success of
the Capital Campaign and the support
of the Wayne County Board of Supervisors, the Humane Society of Wayne
County Animal Shelter opened in 1990.
The mission of the Wayne County
Humane Society Animal Shelter is to
provide a humane facility to shelter,
feed and care for lost, unwanted and
abused animals of Wayne County, New
York and to provide a facility for humane education to citizens of Wayne
County.
also about the services available (many
are free) to quit using tobacco.
Wayne County has a higher rate of
adult smokers than the NYS average
(NYS % of adult smokers = 12.5%;
Wayne County’s rate = 19.9%). Also
Wayne County incidence of lung cancer
is higher that the State’s average (NYS
rate for males is 75.8 per 100,000;
Wayne County rate for males is 92.3
per 100,000; NYS rate for females is
53.9 per 100,000; Wayne County rate
for females is 70.9 per 100,000).
World No Tobacco Day, a World
Health Organization event, is held to
highlight the health risks associated
with tobacco use and to advocate for
effective policies to reduce tobacco
consumption. The community partners
sponsoring this event include: the CanFHU6HUYLFHV3URJUDPRI:D\QH&RXQty/Cancer Resource Center, Wayne
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Community Hospital and Wayne
County Rural Health Network. They,
along with other community partners,
are committed to improving the health
of their communities through on-going
collaborative educational efforts and
services.
For more information about the
classes, please call 315-946-5749 or
315-332-2255.
*Furnished by the American Cancer
Society