TRR photo by David Hulse Candace Mazur

Mazur
leaving ECS

By DAVID HULSE

ELDRED, NY — District Superintendent Candace Mazur on January 8 submitted her September 2003 resignation from Eldred Central School. Mazur, who has been at ECS since 1998, said she was leaving to spend more time with her husband.

Admitting mixed emotions, she said, “Sometimes you have to draw back a bit. You don’t know how much time you’re going to have. My family has taken a back seat and allowed me to do what I wanted and now it’s time for them.”

Board of Education President Bob Burrow accepted the resignation with regret and added that Mazur’s efforts to provide the best education for all the students was the best he has seen in his 35 years association with the district.

Secondary School Principal Ivan Katz said how important Mazur had been in his career and noted that she always put the well-being of the children and staff first. He led a standing ovation for her.

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Student publishes 9/11 memorial

ECS Junior classman, James Romaglio is pictured with a copy of the memorial book he created and presented to the board of education on January 8. It incorporates student contributions that commemorate the September 11 tragedy in New York City, initially created for a memorial wall project. Romaglio decided to collect the poems, ideas and designs for a book to be kept in the school library. Teacher Regina Campbell said the scanning and design work took more than three months to complete.

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ECS Students win writing competition

Highland Tusten VFW officers, second from left, Ken Reuter and Paul Zimmerman, center, presented awards to ECS students Bradley Diuguid, second from the right, and Kate DeVoe, far left, for their winning efforts in the VFW sponsored “Voice of Democracy” essay contest.

Authoring scripts for a three to five-minute radio broadcast, Diuguid and DeVoe were first and second place winners locally and in countywide competition.

Also pictured at the far right is the students’ English teacher Regina Campell.