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Two men killed
in separate accidents
Two men died in sepa-
STAR change is chaos for assessors
rate accidents this week-
end in Jefferson County.
The state altered the way it tucked into the budget and passed. year’s budget process couldn’t remem- ready by the deadline, which is May 1
ber where the idea came from. in most places.
identifies wealthy homeowners, The state Office of Real Property
Tax Services mistakenly put at least Thomas Frey, executive director of
Killed were Nathan K. This is the latest change in the
Salisbury, 37, of Hender- causing headaches for officials. 4,000 people in the Half-Million Club. STAR program. In 2010, the STAR re- the New York State Assessors’ Associ-
son, and Barry A. Ber- Matching up 10 million income tax re- bate program — where homeowners ation, said that by the time his group
By Marnie Eisenstadt cords with 2.8 million real property re- received a check — was ended by the knew about the law, it was a done deal.
nard, 44, of Evans Mills, Staff writer
according to Jefferson cords is no easy task, said Geoff Legislature. There is also an Enhanced Now, assessors are scrambling during
County sheriff’s deputies. Last year’s state budget included a Gloak, a spokesman for ORPS. STAR exemption, which is for seniors their busiest time of year to deal with
simple one-paragraph proposal that It’s not clear exactly who is to blame whose incomes are in a certain range. the state’s mistakes.
Shortly after 1 a.m. was supposed to bring in $42 million: for the chaos. Gov. David Paterson’s ‘‘It’s awful,’’ Frey said. ‘‘It keeps
Sunday, Salisbury’s vehi- identify the state’s wealthiest home- budget included a cutoff for anyone Manlius Assessor Patrick Duffy has getting worse.’’
cle rolled onto its roof on owners and take away their Basic with a property value of $1.5 million. had 30 people come in to prove they The state first gave assessors the list
STAR school property tax exemption. That would have required using only didn’t belong in the Half-Million Club, of the homeowners making more than
the shoulder of county and 30 more have put his office on no- $500,000 in January. It was up to the
Route 152 in the town of It was not as easy as it sounded. One property records. But someone in the
of the reasons might be that the people Legislature suggested a change to in- tice. Duffy’s town has the most people assessors to notify the homeowners
Henderson, deputies said. on that list in Central New York: 339. and have them prove their income. The
Salisbury was pronounced supposed to make the program work come. Because the idea was tucked
dead at the scene. The — assessors — were never asked by into a budget bill, there’s no sponsor. The problems are going to make it state gave assessors another list of
cause of the crash remains lawmakers about the idea before it was Staff and legislators involved in last hard for assessors to get their tax rolls MISTAKES, PAGE A-4
under investigation.
About 9 p.m. Saturday,
Bernard was crossing
county Route 46 in the
Storm
town of Leray, near his
31080 county Route 46
home, when he was struck
to pound
by a northbound vehicle,
deputies said. Bernard
was pronounced dead at
region
Samaritan Medical Cen-
ter.
The other driver, Diane
again
B. Spear, 67, of 107 Alex By Fernando Alfonso III
Staff writer
Bay Road, Theresa, and
her 18-year-old passen- Mitchell Purtell, 17, stood
ger, Chelsea M. Roberts, in the cold for more than 10
of South Main Street in minutes, waiting for the bus to
Carthage, were treated at arrive at the South Salina
the scene, deputies said. Street hub Sunday night. He
was trying to get to James
Deputies said rain and Street, and out of the cold.
wind were believed to be ‘‘It’s freezing,’’ said Purtell,
a contributing factor in a Henninger High School stu-
the accident. dent who was wearing a sweat-
shirt, but no coat. ‘‘I didn’t ex-
Malone sentencing pect it to be this bad today. It
was nice out yesterday.’’
may be postponed Today’s On Sun-
Joyce Malone most forecast day, 4.1
likely will not be sen- Page B-6 inches of
tenced today in Oswego snow caused
County Court. a handful of car accidents and
David Lassman / The Post-Standard road closings in Central New
Assistant District At- THIRD-GRADERS at Van Duyn Elementary School in Syracuse run a lemonade stand every Friday during lunch to York as Syracuse inched
torney Gregory Oakes raise money for childhood cancer research. Preparing cups of lemonade are (from left) Morgan Rothermal, Zac- closer to its all-time snow fall
said Malone’s lawyer, chaeus Smith, Reyna Velaz, Amir Collins, Ejarias Burgin and Saquan Lewis. record of 192.1 inches set in

Sweet Treat for Good Cause


James Eby, will ask for an 1992-93.
adjournment because of a This season’s total stood at
medical issue with Ma- 162 inches as of 10 p.m. Sun-
lone. day, making it tied for the sev-
enth-snowiest winter since
A jury found Malone, 1950, when totals began to be
70, guilty Jan. 24 of first-
Van Duyn students sell lemonade to aid cancer research
measured at Hancock Airport.
degree manslaughter. She The National Weather Ser-
originally had been vice issued a winter storm
charged with second-de- warning for Central New York
gree murder in the March By Lorenzo Arguello after Alex Scott, an at 7:50 p.m. It predicted Sun-
19 shooting death of her Contributing writer 8-year-old girl who died of day’s snowfall would intensi-
husband, Ralph, 74, in fy, with 6 to 9 inches of snow

D
cancer in 2004 after holding
their Tug Hill Road home enise Neimeier’s her own lemonade stands for accumulating by 7 a.m. today.
in the town of Oswego. 7-year-old son Joey cancer research. The Onondaga County 911
was diagnosed with In order for all proceeds Center advised motorists to
Malone remains free on
a brain tumor three years to go to the foundation, Nei- use extreme caution when
a $100,000 bail bond. driving. Many of the county’s
ago. Fortunately, it was be- meier has received dona-
MORE CRIME AND nign. tions for the ingredients roads are covered with snow
SAFETY NEWS, PAGE A-9
Neimeier, a third-grade from staff, faculty and local and ice, a news release said.
businesses. Neimeier’s fa- Although Syracuse sits on
P-S Achievement teacher at Van Duyn Ele-
mentary School in Syracuse, ther-in-law built the stand. top of this year’s Golden
Awards honor 8 knew her son was one of the Third-grade teachers have Snowball total — Rochester is
a distant second at 117.6 inch-
lucky ones, so she wanted to tied the lemonade stand into
Eight people who have their economics unit and the es as of 5 p.m. Sunday — it
helped make Central New help out the ones who are
not so lucky, she said. She students have had a great re- does not look like there’s a lot
York a better place will action to this project, Nei- more snow on the way, said
chose to raise money for
be honored in April at a cancer research. meier said. ‘‘The kids that National Weather Service me-
luncheon. run it have really matured.’’ teorologist Joanne LaBounty.
This winter, third-graders Originally the goal was to
This year’s honorees at Van Duyn are running a ‘‘It’s getting pretty late in
David Lassman / The Post-Standard raise $500, but Stockard en- the year. This time of year,
are Bill Aris, Deborah lemonade stand every Fri- EJARIAS BURGIN (right) collects payment for a cup of couraged Neimeier to shoot
day during lunch to raise you really don’t get too much
Boughton, Avery Brooks, lemonade from first-grader India Jackson. for $1,000. ‘‘We’re going to in the way of lake effect
Diane Kuppermann, Peter money for childhood cancer aim big,’’ Neimeier said.
research. Each cup costs 25 (snow) unless we get some
Plumley, Martha Ryan, ‘‘There hasn’t been one real cold temperatures,’’ La-
Dr. Lynn-Beth Satterly cents. Students at Lincoln than $400 have been raised Stockard, Van Duyn Ele-
thus far. mentary School principal. negative thing, other than Bounty said. ‘‘It’s not out of
and Tom Slater. Middle School have also maybe the lemonade being
chipped in, raising $150 by ‘‘It’s fun for children to The lemonade stand at the question to get another big
The Post-Standard too sweet,’’ she said. storm, but there’s nothing on
donating $1 in order to have an opportunity to give Van Duyn is part of a na- Contact Lorenzo Arguello at
Achievement Awards lun- allow them to wear hats dur- back, especially to other tional program called Alex’s 470-2259 or at the horizon after this.’’
cheon will be at noon ing the school day. More children,’’ said Claudia Lemonade Stand, named larguello@syracuse.com. Contact Fernando Alfonso III at
falfonso@syracuse.com or 470-3039.
April 27 at the Holiday
Inn Liverpool/Syracuse.
Ticket information and
the luncheon reservation
form are available at post-
iPads help doctors
keep eye on patients
standard.com/events or
you may e-mail a request
to kpoliquin@
syracuse.com. You may
also contact Helen Mar- The portable tablets become a Ciciarelli likes to be able to see and
cum at 637-4647. analyze the data herself.
regular part of their toolkits At Crouse and other Syracuse hospi-
Got news? By James T. Mulder
tals, the iPad tablet computer and other
Staff writer similar devices are taking their place
Call our tip line at alongside stethoscopes and thermome-
470-0600 if you have When her patients go to Crouse ters for doctors like Ciciarelli.
news or stories you want Hospital to give birth, Dr. Maria Cicia- Crouse has distributed a dozen iPads
us to pursue. You can also relli can monitor their contractions and to doctors since it began providing re-
e-mail us at citynews@ their babies’ heart rates on her iPad no mote access in October to fetal moni-
syracuse.com. matter where she is. toring, X-rays, lab results and other
— Staff reports electronic patient information.
Having remote access to fetal moni-
toring is particularly important to Cici- ‘‘The doctors are loving it,’’ said
Correction arelli when she’s on call at home. Be- Randy Williams, Crouse’s manager of
The first name of an Oswe- fore remote access to this data was network and engineering services.
go man charged with drug available, Ciciarelli would get a tele- ‘‘It’s light, it’s small. It’s like carrying
and weapons crimes was in- a clipboard.’’ David Lassman / The Post-Standard
correct in a story published
phone call at home from a nurse or res-
Saturday. Oswego police ar- ident doctor at the hospital, giving her The patient information is secure so DR. MARIA CICIARELLI (right), a physician at Crouse Hospital, demonstrates
rested Richard J. Lockwood their verbal interpretation of what the none of the data can be stored on iPads the use of an iPad as she checks an X-ray. With her is Randy Williams, the
Jr. fetal monitor showed. TECHNOLOGY, PAGE A-4 hospital’s manager of network and engineering services.

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