Two attempt to rob 15-year-old boy
A 15-year-old boy from Sennett was the victim of an attempted robbery along the nature trail at Cayuga Community College at about 3:30 p.m. Monday.
The boy was walking through the trail from his residence to a friend's house near Grant Avenue when he was approached by two males, according to Auburn police. The suspects demanded that he give them his iPod, and one of the men said he had a gun and made motions as if he was retrieving a gun. The boy then displayed a pocket knife he was carrying and the suspects left without any of his property.
The first suspect was described as a black male, approximately 20 years old, wearing a green T-shirt with the words "South Pole" and blue jean shorts. He is about 5 feet 9 inches tall. The second suspect was described as a white male, approximately 20 years old, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans with multicolored denim patches. He has short brown hair and goatee-style facial hair.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 253-3231 or detective Jeffery Mead at 255-4706.
Red Cross launches evacuee registry
The American Red Cross has launched the Family Links Registry to help those seeking friends and family affected by Hurricane Katrina. Evacuees can inform relatives of their locations by registering their names, and loved ones can search the site.
Visit www.redcross.org or call (877) LOVED-1S to register. The Red Cross encourages people to access the site daily, as information will be continuously updated.
Inn to host benefit for Katrina victims
The Springside Inn will host a benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, Oct. 6. The benefit, which will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., will feature music by the Convertibles, formerly known as Bob Piorun & Friends, and will offer a dinner buffet.
The cost is $10. All proceeds will be given to the Red Cross for hurricane victims. Reservations are strongly encouraged.
Lecturer to speak on women's leader
On Sept. 11, the Howland Stone Store Museum will present its "Bringing Matilda Joslyn Gage into History" program, as part of its 2005 Sunday Socials series. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. at the museum, 2956 State Route 34B, Sherwood.
Gage was an early leader of the women's rights movement who offered her Fayetteville home as a station on the Underground Railroad. Dr. Sally Roesch, who tours the country as a writer, lecturer and historical performer, will present.
The event is free, but donations are appreciated.
Dinner to benefit accident victim
Community members are invited to join the family and friends of Amy Rankin, a 1999 graduate of Auburn High School who was struck by a driver last October, for a ziti dinner benefit fund-raiser from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Sennett Fire Hall.
Rankin remained in a coma until December after the accident, when she began occupational, physical and speech therapy. She was released from St. Camillus in Syracuse, where she was rehabilitating, in late June. She continues to rehabilitate at home.
Donations may be sent to "Amy Rankin Special Needs Trust," c/o William Rankin, 108 Murray St., Auburn, NY 13021. For more information, call Jean Alexander at 252-3114 or Tom Keogan at 252-8886.
- From staff reports
The boy was walking through the trail from his residence to a friend's house near Grant Avenue when he was approached by two males, according to Auburn police. The suspects demanded that he give them his iPod, and one of the men said he had a gun and made motions as if he was retrieving a gun. The boy then displayed a pocket knife he was carrying and the suspects left without any of his property.
The first suspect was described as a black male, approximately 20 years old, wearing a green T-shirt with the words "South Pole" and blue jean shorts. He is about 5 feet 9 inches tall. The second suspect was described as a white male, approximately 20 years old, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans with multicolored denim patches. He has short brown hair and goatee-style facial hair.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 253-3231 or detective Jeffery Mead at 255-4706.
Red Cross launches evacuee registry
The American Red Cross has launched the Family Links Registry to help those seeking friends and family affected by Hurricane Katrina. Evacuees can inform relatives of their locations by registering their names, and loved ones can search the site.
Visit www.redcross.org or call (877) LOVED-1S to register. The Red Cross encourages people to access the site daily, as information will be continuously updated.
Inn to host benefit for Katrina victims
The Springside Inn will host a benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, Oct. 6. The benefit, which will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., will feature music by the Convertibles, formerly known as Bob Piorun & Friends, and will offer a dinner buffet.
The cost is $10. All proceeds will be given to the Red Cross for hurricane victims. Reservations are strongly encouraged.
Lecturer to speak on women's leader
On Sept. 11, the Howland Stone Store Museum will present its "Bringing Matilda Joslyn Gage into History" program, as part of its 2005 Sunday Socials series. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. at the museum, 2956 State Route 34B, Sherwood.
Gage was an early leader of the women's rights movement who offered her Fayetteville home as a station on the Underground Railroad. Dr. Sally Roesch, who tours the country as a writer, lecturer and historical performer, will present.
The event is free, but donations are appreciated.
Dinner to benefit accident victim
Community members are invited to join the family and friends of Amy Rankin, a 1999 graduate of Auburn High School who was struck by a driver last October, for a ziti dinner benefit fund-raiser from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Sennett Fire Hall.
Rankin remained in a coma until December after the accident, when she began occupational, physical and speech therapy. She was released from St. Camillus in Syracuse, where she was rehabilitating, in late June. She continues to rehabilitate at home.
Donations may be sent to "Amy Rankin Special Needs Trust," c/o William Rankin, 108 Murray St., Auburn, NY 13021. For more information, call Jean Alexander at 252-3114 or Tom Keogan at 252-8886.
- From staff reports
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