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Dan Veaner
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 As a seventeen year old Jew in 1938 Fred Voss got permission to visit his cousins in Krefeld, Germany, a young couple who were planning to escape from the Nazis. On November 9th he heard a commotion. He ran outside to see what was happening. Thousands of people were watching the local synagogue being burned. When he got back his cousin told him her husband had been taken away and that he should hide. He tried going home, but his mother warned him to stay away from home, because the Nazis were looking for all Jewish males and taking them to death camps. "I didn't know what to do," Voss said plaintively to a rapt audience of Lansing High School Sophomores Wednesday. "I was as old as you are. Would you know what to do?"
That was Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass" when Nazi storm troopers broke the windows on Jewish homes and businesses, looting and plundering them, and burned hundreds of synagogues throughout Germany and Austria while crowds cheered and local fire fighters protected surrounding buildings. On Wednesday Voss honored Lansing High School English teacher June Martin, for her outstanding work in educating students about the horrors that he and millions of other victims lived through.
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K Minnix
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Why do they do it? Each time they're asked, it's the same answer: It's Easy.
It's easy for Fred Conner and Paul VanLeuken. They're the Tompkins County Red Cross Donors of the Decade and both men are proud of the fact that they've voluntarily donated 14 gallons and 19 gallons of blood respectively. Their amazing accomplishments, combined with the donations of other Tompkins County residents, have saved or bettered the lives of up to 18,933 people in hospitals in the Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region. In a recent interview with both men, they talked casually about their accomplishments and their commitment to the Tompkins County Red Cross blood collection efforts.
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Fred Conner and Paul VanLeuken, the
Tompkins County Red Cross Donors of the Decade.
Between them, they have voluntarily donated 33 gallons of blood.
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May
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
 Everybody loves model trains. And when you mention the annual Fingerlakes Railfair, everyone is enthusiastic about it. Last weekend the Cornell Railroad Historical Society hosted their 25th Railfair at Lansing’s the FIELD. The Railfair featured model layouts in just about every scale, with 54 exhibitors and vendors at 185 tables, test tracks, and door prizes. While the price of gas may have been responsible for a smaller show this year, the Railfair is one of New York’s largest model train shows. ”This is still a good sized show,” says Railfair Coordinator Jim Torgeson. “It is by no means a small show.”
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Matthew P. Binkewicz
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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Dear IMO,
My wife and I are getting a lot of junk mail these days. It seems that our mailbox is filled with more and more each week. Is there any way to stop these companies, banks, and other institutions from sending us their junk?
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Frank
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Allison Veaner
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
 Hi there my name is Poptart. I am a spayed female dilute tortoise shell cat, who needs a good home with a great family to take care of me. So please come and visit me at the SPCA.
Visit the SPCA Web Page
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