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Salina supervisor faces opposition in primary By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer
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The VEX Robotics Competition held on Feb. 4 at Liverpool High School featured 49 teams.
Young Innovators Local VEX Robotics competition held at LHS
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ore than 200 leading middle and high school VEX Robotics students and mentors from around New York State united at the Liverpool High School Gymnasium on Feb. 4 for the Liverpool VEX Robotics Competition. The action-packed tournament featured 49 teams who competed with and against other schools in a series of back-to-back robot challenges. Liverpool’s Arctic Warriors 174A team won the Think Award at the competition, qualifying them for the Event Region Championship. The event was sponsored by Liverpool Central School District, REC Foundation, and The Liverpool Foundation for Education. Participants will compete for the championship title by strategically executing the game VEX Spin Up, driving robots they designed, built and programmed from the ground up using the VEX Robotics Design System. The Liverpool VEX Robotics Competition is one of a series of VEX Robotics Competitions taking place internationally throughout the year. VEX Robotics is the world’s fastest growing competitive robotics program for ele-
State championship-bound
Liverpool’s Arctic Warriors Robotics Team earned six spots at the New York State VEX Robotics Championship, held March 11 at the Oncenter in Syracuse, based on performance at local events. Five high school teams qualified for the Northern New York State VRC Spin Up Championship and one middle school team qualified for the Northern New York State VEX IQ Slapshot Championships. Advisors for the Robotics Club include Sarah Cerroni (HS), Alex Parsons (MS), Scott Kraushaar (MS) and Matt Starke (HS.) For more information visit robotevents.com.
Maura H. White
After immigrating from Italy in 1970, Penizotto was raised in Syracuse., residing in Stella Penizotto, the the town of Salina for co-owner of Shining over 27 years with her Stars Day Care Centers, husband and business has announced that she partner, John. will run against Salina The couple and Town Supervisor Nick their family plan to be Paro this year. lifetime residents. Stella Penizotto Penizotto and Paro Although she has are both Republicans. never before run for an elected posiA political newcomer, Penizotto tion, she said, “I have been heavily is gathering signatures on a peti- engaged in politics and was on the tion to force a Republican primary Onondaga County Republican Comon June 27 for the supervisor’s race. mittee for years.” She’s also seeking the Conservative For his part, Paro seems unfazed Party endorsement and is willing to by the challenge. force a primary there as well. “I’ve been endorsed by the town Town of Salina Democrats have of Salina Republican Party and the yet to announce their candidates for town of Salina Conservative Party,” town offices this year. Town Demo- he said. “And I’ve received the encratic Party Chairman Christopher dorsements from both parties in evShepherd does not anticipate a pri- ery campaign I have run.” mary in his party. Paro, who was an analyst for In 2021, Paro was elected Salina the Onondaga County Legislature, town supervisor with 3,157 votes to served a term as Salina’s First Ward beat Democrat Kathy Zabinski who councilor from 2019 to 2021. drew 2,176 votes. The Penizottos opened Shining Penizotto said she believes that Stars Day Care Center in 1994 at being a town official should not be a Medical Center East, East Syracuse. Republican versus Democrat issue. They built another center in “Sadly, we all see there is a lot of Manlius in 2001, moved its East division and disagreement in the Syracuse location to Bowman Road world around us,” she wrote in a in 2006 and opened a third location Feb. 3 letter to her supporters. “But on Metropolitan Park Drive in Livjust like raising and caring for chil- erpool in 2009. dren, politics should never come into In 2017, the Manlius center was play for what’s in the best interest for demolished and rebuilt at 4595 the community and the future of our Enders Road, complete with a new children, ever.” gymnasium.
Susan Reckhow appointed new Liverpool Library director By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer
After three decades serving in a wide variety of roles at local libraries, Susan Reckhow will now apply those years of experience to
mentary schools, middle schools, high schools and colleges around the world, with more than 7,300 teams from 26 countries that participate in more than 400 VEX Robotics Competition events worldwide. The competition season culminates each Spring, with the highly-anticipated VEX Robotics Competition World Championship event, uniting top qualifying teams from local, state and international VEX Robotics Competitions. “The technological economy of the future depends on equipping today’s youth with the tools necessary to become tomorrow’s leading innovators,” said Ray Dromms, a retired Engineer of Welch Allyn/Hill-Rom. “This tournament provides kids with
Maura H. White
an engaging hands-on learning experience that promotes a pasRobotics l Page 3
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her new job as director at Liverpool Public Library. Liverpool will be the third library to have Reckhow at the helm. The library’s sevenmember board of trustees voted unanimously Library l Page 3
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SRM yearbook earns awards
The 2022 Empire State Scholastic Press Association (ESSPA) recently recognized The Steppingstone staff at Soule Road Middle with the following awards for the 2021-22 yearbook Onward: • Best Overall Yearbook • Best Overall Layout and Design • Best Photography (Bronze Award) • Honorable Mention Feature Writing (Covid/ Pandemic Coverage and “Where Were You on 2.22.22?”) The 2021-22 yearbook was advised by English teacher Bridget Colabello. Last year’s staff at SRM included Marilyn Andrejko, Emma Bearup, Caitlin Dorsey, Jillian Fox, Gianna
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The Steppingstone was recently honored with several awards.
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