PURSE

A purse containing more than $1,300 in cash
that was left in shopping cart at the Transit Road
Tops yesterday afternoon was quickly claimed
by a woman who didn't own it. The sheriff's
department says a 72 year old resident of
Tonawanda Creek Road left the pursde in her
cart around 4:45. Another shopper took it to
the customer service desk, and as she was
giving it to the clerk, a white female in her
mid 2o's came up to the desk and said, "Oh
my God, there's my purse" and grabbed it
from the clerk. The real owner returned
about 45 minutes later to find that it was gone.
She said she was carrying the large amount of
money because she was going to buy curtains.
The woman who took the purse was described as
being about 5 foot 3, with light brown hair and
weighing between 145 and 165 pounds. Tops says
their cameras got a good shot of him. The victim
also lost a cell phone and a credit card.

RITE AID ASSISTANT MANAGER ATTACKED

A 56 year old Lockport man who was asked to
stop swearing in the store allegedly attacked the
assistant manager of the Rite Aid at 125 South
Transit around 3pm Thursday. John Fischer of
107 Genesee, apt 8, is charged with third degree
assault and two counts of criminal mischief. Police
reports say Fischer told the victim to call the police
if she wanted him to stop...and she went into a
storeroom to do so. When she opened the door to
give officers a description of Fischer, he allegedly
tossed a plastic bottle at her and then entered the
room and assaulted her while she was still on the
phone with officers. Police said Fischer tackled
her to the floor as he struck her in the head and
arm. She was treated by the fire department for
pain in her head, face, and arm and she had a cut
over her right eye. Her $179 pair of glasses were
broken and five boxes of cereal were damaged.
The victim requested an order of protection for
both herself and the store. She said Fischer has
been thrown out before for abusive behavior.

STATE SHUTDOWN

The top two legislative leaders in Albany are
downplaying the possibility of a government
shutdown next week. It could happen if the
Assembly and Senate fail to pass another bill
Monday to keep state government running in the
abscence of a budget. The problems in the Senate
where it takes 32 votes to pass. Senator Ruben
Diaz of the Bronx says he will vote no, leaving
them a vote short. Republicans have been
voting against the extenders and it's not known
if one of them will provide the vote needed to keep
things running. A state official said the Paterson
Administration is telling them to be prepared to
shut things down on Tuesday.

MEET THE CANDIDATES

They're expecting a packed house in Kenmore
Saturday night. Gubernatorial hopeful Carl
Paladino will be the lead attraction at a Meet
The Candidates Night sponsored by the Tea
Party group, Tea New York. Spokesman Rus
Thompson says there'll be updates on petitions,
the Tea line, and ballot access. Some Niagara
County candidates are among the 15 who've
confirmed their attendance. They are John
Ceretto...whose running against Francine del
Monte for the 138th District Assembly seat...
and Al Coppola and Mark Grisanti, both are
hoping to boot Antoinne Thompson out of the
Senate. The three candidates running against
Louise Slaughter for her House seat will be there
as well. The meeting starts at 7 at the American
Legion post at 3354 Delaware Avenue in Kenmore.
Thompson says a national Tea Party leader will
be there too.

SCHOOL DISTRICT RANKINGS

Lewiston Porter came in at 11th today as Business
First released it's rankings of the 978 school disticts
in Western New York. Wilson also made the top 20
at number 17. Barker was 21, Niagara Wheatfield 23,
Starpoint 24, Newfane 34, Lydonville 39, Roy Hart
50, North Tonawanda 53, and Lockport 54. Medina
placed at 56 and Niagara Falls 94. Williamsville
retained it's number one ranking for the 7th straight
year.

SUSPICIOUS BLAZE

A fire around 12:30 yesterday in a vacant two story
house at 223 15th Street in the Falls is being called
suspicious. Officials say it started in several spots
both inside and outside. The blaze was brought under
control in 20 minutes but crews were on the scene for
about an hour and a half.

CODE VIOLATIONS

The Code Enforcement Department in the Falls will
be looking for exterior violations Saturday along
Falls Street from Hyde Park Boulevard to Portage
Road. It'll start at 8am and director Dennis Virtuoso
says property owners will get written citations if their
buildings or grounds are found with violations.

OFFICE OF THE AGING

The County's Office of the Aging is about to get an
interim director. County Manager Greg Lewis says he
will ask the legislature next Week to appoint David
Watroba to the position. Watroba is currently the
number two man in the county's Human Resources
Department. Lewis said Watroba would take a leave
of abscence from that job and his pay will stay the same.
Watroba says his appointment will last until a new
county manager is chosen. Lewis has been running the
Office of the Aging since former director Chris Richbart
passed away in February. He worked there Tuesdays
and Thursdays, he will now spend that time taking
charge of the Employment & Training Department
after director Paul Parise retires June 24.

FIRECRACKER

The sheriff's department confiscated numerous
fireworks last night after a 20 year old Lockport
man allegedly tossed a lit firecracker out of the
window of a car travelling on South Transit. Mitchell
Claud of 214 Price in Lockport apparently not seeing
the sheriff's car behind them. He was a passenger in
the vehicle. He was charged with reckless endangerment.
He said he bought the fireworks in Pennsylvania.

STATE SHUTDOWN

The Governor talking this morning about a
possible shutdown of State government next week.
Paterson told WOR radio he plans to add some more
cuts to the emergency extender bill that has to be
passed by Monday. It will include reductions in
Health & Human Services and Mental Health. He
said if they vote it down, they will ignite a shutdown
of government. He said there'll be no money to pay
corrections officers and police. He said you'd see
runs on the financial institutions and there won't
be money to even put gas in state vehicles. Paterson's
budget director said agencies will have to start shutting
down operations next Tuesday if the 11th emergency
appropriations bill does not pass by Monday night.

ALBANY TRIP

A contingent of Lockport educators will be
included Monday as a group of school districts
travel to Albany to protest recent cuts in state
aid. School Chief Terry Ann Carbone says she
is not spearheading the trip, that she's going along
to help out as another concerned voice. She said
it was put together pretty fast and she'll be
contacting local lawmakers to see if they will
meet with them and other districts are doing the
same. They will meet with the New York State
School Boards Association and hopefully with
someone in the State Budget Department. She
will take the districts assistant superintendent
for finance, Deborah Coder, with her and
perhaps a member from the Board. The districts
planning to make the trip were all the victims of
large cuts in aid. Their message will be that
it's not fair, that there's no equity. Carbone said
construction has started at the high school as the
result of a $23.5-million capitol improvment plan
approved by voters in December 2008.

THE FLASHING SIGN

Town of Lockport Justice Raymond Schilling
said yesterday he will issue a ruling within two
weeks after hearing arguments on whether the
Town's law restricting flashing electronic signs
violates the free speech clause of the constitution.
The issue stems from the controversey over the
sign put up on Robinson Road by auto repair shop
owner Dave Mongielo. He was charged with three
violations of the sign ordinance last year. He's
trying to get them dismissed. Schilling said if
he does not dismiss them, he will hold a non
jury trial at 3pm July 28.

HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS

Lewiston Porter just making the top 20 today
as Business First released it's rankings of the
100 best high schools in Western New York.
They were 22 last year. The county's next entry
was Wilson at 34, Barker made the biggest
move upward of any school in the county from
46 to 38. Niagara Wheatfield was 41, Starpoint
45, Niagara Catholic 46, Newfane 55, North
Tonawanda 77, and Lockport moved up two
notches to 80. Medina was 84 and Roy Hart
86. The list only goes to 100, but Business First
told us the Falls placed at 116 out of 133 schools.
Buffalo's Nardin Academy retained it's first place
ranking. The all girls school has held the top spot
since the seperate ratings of public and private
schools were combined in 2007.

SENECA GOLF COURSE

The Seneca Gaming Corporation will open it's
$25.5-million Hickory Stick Golf Course
July 2. The company also announcing the
hiring of Fran Roach as General Manager and
Jon Blumhagen as Director of Sales and Marketing.
The 72 par course has seven ponds and an unusual
double green at the ninth and 18th holes. It will
allow for the flipping of the back and front nines
in the future. The clubhouse is not expected to be
finished till the end of the Summer. Planning for
the course started in 2006.

TRASH TALK

Lockport lawmakers listened last night as the
city's recycling committee presented them with the
pro's and cons of various ways to improve trash
collection. One of the proposals is used in North
Tonawanda where the city supplies residents with
95 gallon trash carts. A mechanical device tips
the carts into city owned garbage trucks and city
workers pick up the trash and recyclables once
a week. It's paid for with property taxes. Council
President and Recycling Committe member Richelle
Pisceri said the drawback was the cost of the bins,
that they'd have to find a way to finance it. North
Tonawanda borrowed the $600,000 to pay for the
carts and the tipping device. Another option, used
in Buffalo, requires residents to buy or rent the
size of cart they want and includes unlimited
weekly curbside recycling. It's called "pay as you
throw." Pisceri said it's fully customizable so they
can look at different ways to implement a cart
program and the numbers they saw last night showed
it was the direction they needed to go in. The
other members of the council said they wanted to
know more about how the change was "sold" to the
citizens. They did tell the committee to forget about
any plan that uses bags or tags that people would
have to buy to get their trash picked up.

BOMB THREAT

Three schools in the Falls were evacuated Wednesday
following suspected bomb threats. A student at Saint
Dominic Savio Middle School found a note taped to a
wall in a bathroom around 11am, and at about 12:15,
officials moved students from the middle school..and
from nearby Cataract Elementary and Niagara Catholic
to the 60th Street School as searches were conducted.
Firefighters and bomb sniffing dogs found nothing and
the buildings were cleared by 2pm.

HYDROCODONE

Lockport police say they found five hrydocodone
pills on 33 year old Jason Linderman when they
pulled him over around 3:3o pm Wednesday for
failing to signal a turn from Transit onto Walnut.
The Bewley Parkway resident was charged with
seventh degree possession of a controlled substance
and failing to signal.

PAINT BALLS

An 18 year old Lockport man was charged with
criminal tampering around 2:45am today after
he allegedly shot red paint balls at signs on
Locust Street. Alexander Lamont of 5782 Suzanne
Drive was accompanied by three other men who
were not charged. Police were alerted to the
crime after they got a call that someone was
firing an air rifle out of the window of a white
van near the high school, ity turned out to be a
paint ball gun.

COUNTY MANAGER SEARCH

The committee charged with finding a new county
manager decided last night to meet again next
Wednesday after they review the resumes of all
26 applicants. The six member committee was
originally only going to consider six candidates
chosen by chairman Gerry Farnham and Legislature
Clerk Mary Jo Tamburlin. The session started with
a charge by the Democratic contingent that all of the
candidates were unqualified and they should
re-advertise the job. Lawmaker Renea Kimble saying
there was no one in the 26 who should be looked at,
but Republican Paul Wojtaszek said they should
interview North Tonawanda Board of Education
president Jeffrey Glatz. He's a nursing home
administrator whose worked at The Villages of
Orleans in Albion since 2003. The other
six candidates chosen by Farnham and Tamburlin
included Mary Elizabeth Hendricks of Newfane....a
former research engineer at Delphi, County Refuse
Director Richard Pope, and Timothy Russ of Niagara
Falls....a production manager at the Harlequin Books
Distribution Center in Depew.

ANELLO

Former Falls Mayor Vince Anello plead not guilty
yesterday in federal court to new charges he
embezzled more than $94,000 from an electrical
workers union pension fund. The 64 year old was
actually in two federal courtrooms Tuesday. In his
first appearance, Judge William Skretney said he
would wait until at least July 7 before scheduling a
date for Anello's trial on corruption charges. In
his second appearance, he plead not guilty to the
new charges before Judge Kenneth Schroeder. Anello's
lead attorney is Joel Daniels. He said they would fight
all of the accusations.

PALADINO CHOOSES RUNNING MATE

Carl Paladino has chosen a former New York City
councilmember as his running mate. Tom Ognibene
ran for Mayor as a conservative in 2005 after
serving on the City Council from 1992 thru 2001.
He served as Minority Leader before retiring due
to term limits. The annoucement came as Paladino
started his petition drive to force a Republican primary
in September.

FIRE COMPANY PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH DWI

The President of the Niagara Active Hose fire
company is charged with DWI following an
early morning accident Sunday in Wheatfield.
Robert Jasper Jr was driving a fire department
SUV when he allegedly struck another vehicle at
the intersection of Niagara Falls Blvd and Sy Road
just after 1am Sunday. He told deputies he had six
beers while playing golf earlier in the day. His
blood alchol content was .11. Niagara Active Hose
attorney Damon DeCastro told the Gazette Jasper
has been relieved of his firefighting duties until the
matter is resolved. He said Jasper had the right of
way and the other vehicle pulled in front of him.
DeCastro also said the accident had nothing to do
with the fact Jasper had a few beers, but deputies
said he had slurred speech and smelled of alcohol.
The occupants of the other vehicle were not seriously
hurt.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFICER

An assistant director of equality and campus
diversity at Buffalo State College for the past
four years was appointed Tuesday as the Equal
Opportunity Officer for the City of Niagara Falls.
Mayor Paul Dyster said Ruby Pulliam has a masters
from Ohio State University. She's also worked for
the City of New Haven Connecicut for about ten
years and prior to that, she was a liason for a
Congressional office on Capitol Hill. Pulliam
started work yesterday. Dyster said she would
review all administrative complaints filed with the
city since January 2008 and determine whether they
have merit. The position was created as a result
of an agreement with the State Attorney Generals
office. Her appointment sets in motion a series
of timelines contained within the deal and some of
them are as short as 15 days. Pulliam will be paid
$60,000 a year. One of her first jobs is to find an
assistant.
will be to find an assistab

DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS

A 79 year old Falls man is in serious condition at
ECMC after he was struck by a woman from Sanborn
who was allegedly driving while under the influence
of drugs. Dominic Iannuzzi was treated at the scenwe
by the Fire Department for internal injuries and taken
to the hospital by ambulance. The accident happened
around 3pm on Main Street in front of City Hall.
Twenty-nine year old Danielle Leighten failed numerous
sobreity tests and was charged with driving while under
the influence of a narcotic. additional charges may be
filed at the conclusion of the investigation, which is
on-going.

FORTY YEARS

A Pendleton man wept in County Court Tuesday as
Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrezza sentenced him to
40 years in prison for sexually abusing four girls.
Thirty-six year old Donald Reinard of Aiken Road
had plead guilty March 26. The victims were 5, 7,
8 and 9 years of age when the abuse began in
October 2008. The attacks continued until December
26 of last year. Reinard was arrested New Years Eve.

MIDDLE SCHOOL RANKINGS

Religious schools dominate the top spots in
Niagara County as Business First released it's
rankings today of middle schools in Western New
York. Saint John Lutheran School at Niagara
Wheatfield was number 15 while Stella Niagara was
rated 26. DeSales Catholic was 46 and Holy Ghost
Lutheran at Niagara Wheatfield was 48. The top
public middle school was Lew-Port at 54. Barker
placed at 59, Starpoint 62, Saint Dominic Savio
in the Falls 63, Newfane 68, and Saint Peters at
Lew Port was 73. Saint Peters Lutheran School at
Niagara Wheatfield came in at 76, Roy Hart was 81,
the Edward Town Middle School at Niagara Wheatfield
was 83, Wilson 88, and North Tonawanda Catholic
was 93. The Transit Middle School in Williamsville
retained it's number one position.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES

Catholic Charities announced yesterday they have
passed the $10-million mark in pledges and donations.
Sister Mary McCarrick is in charge of the appeal. She
said it happened June 4 but it took them awhile to
get it into their computer system. The goal is
$10.5-million and they have three weeks to get the
rest.

CONSTRUCTION CONES STOLEN

The foreman for a company working on Wheatfield-
Pendleton Townline Road told sheriff's deputies
yesterday 100 orange comet flasher cones were stolen
from the construction site. Buffalo Creek Construction
Inc. foreman Andy Atkinson said they were taken between
midnight & 7am Sunday and they were worth more than
$1,600. The work was being done in the 7000 block of
Townline Road.

NO DEALS YET FOR CANAL STREET

The Greater Lockport Development Corporation
failed to make a decision Monday on whether to
make a deal with developer David Ulrich or one
of five possible competitors, for the empty stone
buildings on Canal Street. The Board met behind
closed doors for 40 minutes. Mayor Mike Tucker
said they did not eliminate any of the proposals.
No date has been set for another meeting. Ulrich
made the board members sign a confidentiality
agreement last Thursday that said they would not
discuss his proposal with anyone. The real estate
company hired by the board to market the properties
has five parties interested in all of parts of the
block.

TOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Two religious schools in the county making
the top 25 as Business First released it's rankings
of the 100 Best Elementary schools in Western
New York. St. John Lutheran is 15th and St.
Peters Lutheran was rated at 25th. Errick Road
Elementary, also in the Niagara Wheatfield School
district is the top rated public school in the county
and it's 28th overall out of 287 putting them in the
top 10percent of the 8 county region. St. Peters
School at Lew Port came in at 32, Geraldine Mann
in the Falls was 36, and Charles Upson in Lockport
was 70. Two of the schools on the list are being
closed. North Tonawanda Catholic was rated the
55th best while DeWitt Clinton in Lockport placed
at number 71. The others included Thomas Marks
in Wilson at 73, Stella Niagara 75, George Southard
79, Pratt in Barker 82, Newfane 91, and Washington
Hunt 98. The top school was Southern Tier
Catholic in Olean.

NEW CHARGE AGAINST ANELLO

Federal prosecutors filed new charges last night
against former Falls mayor Vince Anello. The
government accused him of embezzling more than
$94,000 from the pension fund of Local 237 of the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
He's also accused of filing false documents with the
local. The government says Anello continued to
work more hours than he was permitted after he
started collecting his pension from the union and
that they have a tape made in April where he said
he was working more hours than he should. The new
charges are on top of the others accusing him of
acting illegally when he accepted a $40,000 loan
from businessman Joe Anderson shortly before
taking office in 2004. He's also charged with
depriving the citizens of honest government services
and conspiracy to affect commerce by extortion.
He was slated to appear in court today for a
status conference on the previous charges. His
trial was to start today but it's been delayed
because the Supreme Couert is expected to make a
decision soon on the legality of the "honest services"
statue.

ZSEBHAZY INDICTED

County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrezza issued a
warrant Monday for 18 year old Jenna Zsebhazy.
She's the woman accused of trying to burglarize
the home of her stepfather Dennis Cherry,
January 21 in Royalton. Prosecutors say she
also broke into the home two days before on the
19th and took a handgun. She has not been seen
since she appeared in Royalton Town court
January 21 and they believe she may have fled to
Texas. Zsebhazy was to be arraigned yesterday on
a five count indictment , she's charged with
second degree burglary, fourth degree grand
larceny, fourth degree possession of stolen
property, and second degree criminal trespass
in connection with the January 19 break-in, and
with attempted second degree burglary for the
incident on the 21st. She'll be jailed without
bail if she's caught. The 24 year old man who was
with her January 21 is not named in the indictment.

HELATH CARE CUTS

The Governor forced the Legislature Monday to
accept the health care cuts he wants in the yet to
be enacted state budget. Paterson included them
in the latest extender bill that keeps the state
operating thru Sunday. The action means 40% of
the budget is settled, but health care officials
are upset because it provides for about $775-million
in cuts that'll hit everything from state payments to
hospitals to tobacco research at Roswell Park. Health
Association of New York President Dan Sisto said it
would mean that 17,000 jobs will be lost along with
$2-billion worth of economic activity. Assembly
Minority Leader Brian Kolb said doing partial cuts
in this manner sets a bad precedent and represents
bad policy. He said they should have passed a
budget, not another extender.

ROVING ANTI CRIME UNIT

Falls police receovered an assault rifle last night
after they chased a dark colored Ford Explorer
whose four occupants reportedly fired some shots
near 19th and Ashland Avenue. The chase ended
behind City Hall where the Explorer was forced to
stop by converging police cars. One of the four
was caught after he jumped out at 15th & Haeberle
Avenue. He was identified as 21 year old Brandon
Carter of 436 10th Street. The other three are the
driver, 17 year old Cornelius Porter of 554 7th Street,
19 year old Robert Howard of 515 4th Street, and
19 year old Korey Barney of Buffalo. They were all
charged with weapons possession. The man who
jumped from the vehicle...and the driver...will also
face additional charges. Police said they believe
the issue was gang related and the men are thought
to be "bloods."

DISTINGUISHED ALUMI

The Lockport High School Foundation has chosen
this year's inductees into its Distinguished Alumni
Club. They are W.P. Michael Alexander, class of 1960;
Patricia Barry, class of 1960, Rebecca Florio, class of
'79; George Fritz, class of '74; Kimberly Glas, class
of '94, Brig General Dale Nelson, class of '64; Frank
Ockenfels III, class of '79; Russell Pate, class of '64,
Doctor and Mrs. Rosati, both of 1958; Ron Truax,
class of '52, and Linda Van Buskirk of the class of
1965. High School Principal Frank Movalli says the
induction ceremonies will be held August 24 at the
Palace Theatre because constuction is going on at
the high school. This is the third class of inductees,
they were all nominated by members of the community.

NIAGARA CUP

More than 160 golfers are taking part in the 19th
annual Niagara Cup Classic tournament at the
Niagara Falls Country Club. It got underway at
7am with a shotgun start, and a second flight took
to the links at 12:30. The foursome with the best
net score wins, prizes will also be awarded
for best individual gross and net scores, longest
drive, and closest to the pin and line. A live
auction and dinner tonight will be hosted by
former Bills wide receiver Lou Piccone and Sabres
all stars Rick Martin and Rene Robert. The tournament
benefits the Memorial Medical Center.

STARPOINT IS TOPS

Business First magazine says 13 school districts
in Western New york registered increases of 80 per
cent or more in their Superintendents salaries
between 1998 and 2010. The largest jump was
107 per cent at Starpoint. The salary there went
from $85,000 a dozen years ago to $177,000
currently. The next largest increases were
94 per cent at Ripley, 91 per cent at Niagara
Wheatfield and Andover, and 88 per cent at
Roy Hart. The magazine says the Falls also
has 33 employees making more than $100,000
a year. They also placed third on the list of
districts paying the most to their teachers.
The median salary is $54,000, the peak is
$86,000. Niagara Wheatfield placed 11th,
with a median pay of $57,000 and a peak of
$85,000. Lew-Port was 13th and Lockport placed
17th with a median pay of about $55,000 and
a peak of $81,000. The rest of the local
rankings, Barker 19, Wilson 21, Newfane 25,
Starpoint 27, and Roy Hart 29.

MENACING, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT & MORE

Lockport police arrested a 16 year old male around
11 last night after he allegedly followed a woman
in his vehicle after she left a car wash on West
Avenue, waved a knife at her while in traffic, and
struck her car with his vehicle. Dylan Simons was
arrested a short time later at his home at 442 West
Avenue. He was charged with reckless driving,
menacing, reckless endangerment, leaving the
scene of a property damage accident, and making
a false statement to police. The victim said he
followed her after she left the business and she
tried to get away, but he ran into her car while
she was stopped at the red light at Main &
Cottage. He fled after she drove to the Sunoco
at High and Transit and pulled out her cell
phone to call police.

UNDER AGE SEX

A 30 year old Lockport woman was charged Friday
night with having sex with at least one 14 year old
boy. Debra Wise of 288 Washburn is charged with
second degree rape and two counts of endangering
the welfare of a child. Police said they were checking
out the canal front near Reid's Petroleum when they
came upon a male juvenile walking away from a
wooded area. He seemed to be under the influence
of alcohol and told them he was alone...but officers
heard a noise coming from the wooded area and allegedly
found Wise having sex with a 14 year old boy.

TOWN HALL MEETING

Sheriff Jim Voutour says the most frequently asked
questions at his town hall meetings have to do with
the sex offender registry. He thinks it's because the
department has made an effort to notify people
when an offender has moved into their area. Voutour
says that's good, that's what they want. He will have
another Town Hall meeting tonight at 7 in the Royalton
Town Hall. It will focus on the sex offender and citizen
observor programs, recent crime trends in the area, and
public safety topics. It'll run about 90-minutes.

WALKER

Lockport police re-arrested 34 year old Ramone
Walker of 53 Crosby at the Casa Montego
around 2:15 Sunday morning after they
discovered he had given them a false name when
they pulled him over Friday. Police reports
indicate they saw his car in the lot and went
inside to find him. Walker had been stopped
Friday after he allegedly failed to signal a turn
at Genesee & Washburn. Police allegedly found
seven small bags of marijuana on him then, and
they say he was carrying another plastic bag
containing smaller bags of cocaine when they
found him in the bar. He told police he gave
them a false name because he was wanted on a
warrant in Amherst.

BEER BOTTLE

A Sanborn woman said she was curled up op on the
couch watching TV around midnight Saturday when
someone threw a Budweiser beer bottle threw her
family room window. The bottle shattered throughout
the room. The 49 year old said she noticed a small
vehicle with a loud muffler backing out her driveway
and it went north on Bridgeman Road. She estimated
it would cost $500 to repair the window.

SEVEN STAB WOUNDS

A 38 year old Falls man was treated for seven stab
wounds at the Medical Center Saturday night after
he was attacked by a grouop of five or six men outside
a home in the 1200 block of 13th Street. Paul Donoughe
of North Avenue also suffered a cut above his right eye
and a bump on the right side of his head. The attack
occurred after an arguement escalated into physical
violence.

108 TH BIRTHDAY

A former Falls resident will celebrate his 108th
birthday tomorrow at his home in the Elderwood
Health Care Facility on Grand Island. Salustiano
"Shorty" Sanchez grew up on a farm in Spain,
worked in Cuba for awhile, and came to the Falls
in 1934 to look for a woman he had met at a
funeral. He ended up marrying her and they
raised two children. He worked for Scrufari
Construction and Union Carbide. His son says
his dad still keeps up with the times and reads
and watches CNN & Fox. The Falls City Council
passed a resolution last week honoring his
contributions to the city.

MOTORCYLE RUN

The 5th annual 120 mile Motorcyle Run to benefit
the Niagara Falls Fire Departments Christmas Toy
Fund is set for the Sunday. Registration starts at
10am at the Fire Hall at 3115 Walnut with the event
starting at noon. It's $15 for drivers and $10 for
passengers. The run will go from the Falls thru
Corfu and Olcott and then back to the Hard Rock
Cafe in the Falls where a party starts at 2. About
140 bikers raised about $6,500 last year, they're
hoping to double it this year.

PASSPORTS

The County Clerks office and the AAA will have
a passport clinic Thursday. You'll be able to
get your photo taken by a AAA member and your
application processed by a member of the Clerk's
office. County Clerk Wayne Jagow says you'll need
to bring your original birth certificate, drivers
license, and checkbook. The cost for AAA members
is $108, it'll be $115 for non members. The clinic
will run from 2 till 6pm at AAA offices at 7135
Rochester Road.