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29 Jan 2009

Update: Solvay HS nurse at $8,000 level on ‘Millionaire’

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by Catie O’Toole / The Post-Standard
Wednesday January 28, 2009, 8:00 PM

Courtesy of Valleycrest Productions Ltd.

Sue Zumchak, of Geddes, sits in the hot seat across from ‘Millionaire’ host Meredith Viera.

Update at 7:30 p.m.:

Sue Zumchak, of Geddes, answered the $8,000 question correctly before time ran out on today’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” show. She will return tomorrow to continue playing — and try to become the next millionaire.

Here’s the original story:

Solvay High School nurse Sue Zumchak will be in the “hot seat” tonight and Thursday.

That is, on the television show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

The game show will air at 7 p.m. on WSYR-TV (Channel 9).

“I play it well in the comfort of my recliner so I thought to myself, ‘Why not try to play it from the real hot seat?’” Zumchak said.

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29 Jan 2009

Plenty of upbeat news from Solvay schools

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by Catie O’Toole / The Post-Standard
Thursday January 22, 2009, 5:00 AM

Solvay School Superintendent J. Francis Manning announced several good things happening in the district at a school board meeting last week. Among the items:

• Solvay High School’s Business Club has opened its new school store. “Business has been good and the students are excited about the store’s future,” the superintendent said at the Dec. 15 school board meeting.

• Doreen Merola, an English-language arts content specialist and certified training associate at Solvay High School, achieved “training associate” status for the Center for Cognitive Coaching in Denver.

She is now one of 50 training associates for the center and one of 25 still actively teaching cognitive coaching in the world. Manning said two Australian educators who recently visited the district were “most impressed with our leadership, students, staff members, facilities, etc. They have all spoken about the pride we take in our buildings and how clean and neat everything looks.”

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29 Jan 2009

Solvay HS nurse wins $16,000 on ‘Millionaire’

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by Catie O’Toole / The Post-Standard
Thursday January 29, 2009, 7:40 PM

Courtesy of Valleycrest Productions Ltd.Sue Zumchak

Solvay High School nurse Sue Zumchak was fairly certain she knew which DC Comics superhero had no actual superpowers.

But she wanted to be sure Batman was the correct answer before answering the $16,000 question Thursday night on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

“I came onto the show saying, ‘I will not guess and I will not gamble,’” said Zumchak, of Geddes.

She used her “Ask the Expert” lifeline, and Ben Seitelman, of the University of Rochester Champion Trivia Team, gave the same answer. A fairly confident Zumchak gave her answer. She was correct.

The $25,000 question was a little trickier.

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29 Jan 2009

Check out the Solvay Public Library

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please visit us at: http://www.solvaylibrary.org


Adults and Young Adults


Library Socials

Every third Wednesday of the month at 2:00 p.m., join us for refreshments & entertainment.  Free and no registration required. Co-sponsored by Friends of the Solvay Public Library.

Book Club

Call the Library for meeting time and registration.

Computer Tutorials

One-on-one 1 hour computer classes by appointment.  Free and open to all ages.  Call 468-2441 for an appointment.

Learn English with Literacy Volunteers

Literacy Volunteers often hold tutoring sessions at Solvay Public Library.

Call the Library for more information or Literacy Volunteers at 471-1300.

Senior Courses by OASIS.

OASIS will be conveniently offering classes at Solvay Public Library.  For adults 50+.  Registration and class fees required.  Call OASIA at 464-6555.  Call OASIS or the Library for a schedule.

GED Classes by BOCES

BOCES teaches weekly GED classes for High School Diploma equivalency tests at the Library.  It’s never too late to get your GED!  Call BOCES at 453-4672 to register.


Children’s Programs

Please check the online calendar to verify program and see listing of special events.


Evening Story & Craft Hour with Mrs. Burton

For ages 2 to 10

Every Monday, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

No registration required.

Crafts & Games with Miss Pam

For ages 5 to 12.

Every Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. No registration required, but we limit to 30 children.

In July and August.

Boy’s Night Out!

Come join us every Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Bellevue Manor Assisted Living Community, at 4330 Onondaga Blvd., for a a fun time of playing games, learning billiards, enjoying their large screen TV, and other activities.  Free, but please call ahead to be sign-up.  Tracy at 468-5108 or the Library at 468-2441.

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29 Jan 2009

Students react to inauguration experience

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Updated: 01/21/2009 05:28 PM
By: Bill Carey, news10now.com

HANOVER, Md. — It was an early morning call for students from a government class at Solvay High School. Check out of their hotel and then head back to Washington one last time for a tour on Capitol Hill and a close up look at the White House. It’s just what their government teacher, Shawn Mitchell, had in mind.

It was an early “Firsthand experience. Those pieces that they read about all the time in school and in social studies and do a lot of work on. And to get some lasting memories,” Mitchell said.

And timing was everything. Sensing the deep interest in the 2008 presidential race, Mitchell scheduled the trip to visit the capital at inauguration time. A visit that stirred both memories and hope as a new President takes the helm.

“I think there’s a lot to look forward to and I’m really lucky to have had the chance to come down,” said student Phillip Leach.

Students react to inauguration experience
The day after the inauguration of Barack Obama was a day for many to get back to work and back to normal routine. But that wasn’t the case for one group of Central New York high schoolers who still were on tour in the Washington area. Our Bill Carey caught up with them at a hotel in Hanover, Maryland.

“Me being able to go home and just talking about it and telling all my friends how it was a great experience, just is amazing,” said student Amanda Mitchell.

And what stories they can tell. Being part of the largest crowd ever to gather in Washington. The Solvay group was somewhere in the section near the Washington Monument, surrounded by as many as two million people. They walked for hours. Spent hours in the shattering cold. And never got closer than a mile to the actual swearing in. Yet, the students from Solvay say they would not trade this experience for anything.

“It would have been a lot more comfortable back home, but I just think it was just the feeling, just the energy from the crowd was just unbelievable,” Leach said. “Because at the end of the day, we got to come back here and, you know, we got to be a part of history.”

History that could have a profound effect on their future.

Tour operators say the Solvay group was far from alone. A record number of school groups scheduled tours in the capital to coincide with the Obama swearing in.

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