Mornings on the Hill for March11, 2022

COMING UP ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL, SOME WOULD SAY IT’S TRASH. SYRACUSE HAS A GARBAGE PROBLEM. MORE ON THE DELAYS IN SYRACUSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND NEWBORNS AT CROUSE HOSPITAL ARE RECEIVING SPECIAL KNITTED CAPS FROM SOMEONE REALLY SPECIAL…WE’LL INTRODUCE YOU TO A SYRACUSE HERO.
AND WE’LL HEAR FROM BUDDY BOEHEIM AND HIS DAD AFTER HIS LAST SYRACUSE GAME EVER.
PLUS A WINTER STORM WARNING. COMING UP ON THIS EDITION OF MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
GOOD MORNING. I’M ALAINA LOSITO. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
AND I’M IMANI CLEMENT. WE’VE GOT LOTS TO COVER THIS MORNING AS WE ALL HEAD OUT FOR SPRING BREAK.
CLASSES ARE ENDING FOR THE WEEK AND WE ARE HEADING INTO SPRING BREAK WITH BIG SMILES ON OUR FACES.
MANY OF US ARE ALREADY GONE. STUDENTS PACKED UP THEIR BAGS AND LEFT
CAMPUS CATCHING FLIGHTS OR HITTING THE HIGHWAY FOR SOME DOWN TIME UNTIL MONDAY, MARCH 21ST.

SYRACUSE HANCOCK AIRPORT WILL BE A BUSY PLACE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WILL BE FILLING UP THE TANK FOR A
LONG DRIVE OUT OF TOWN. WE’VE GOT WINTER WEATHER – SO CHECK YOUR
FLIGHTS FOR CANCELLATIONS. AND RECORD HIGH GAS PRICES TO DEAL
WITH AS WE GO. GAS IS AROUND FOUR DOLLARS AND 30 CENTS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK – AND FILLING UP YOUR TANK CAN BE 75 DOLLARS.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE BLUE AND YELLOW LIGHTS AROUND CAMPUS AND AROUND TOWN. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY IS SHOWING IT’S SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE BY LIGHTING UP THE DOME EVERY NIGHT . SYRACUSE IS HOME TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND ALUMNI FROM UKRAINE AND RUSSIA.
THE CHANCELLOR SAYS, THESE EVENTS ARE DISTRESSING FOR ALL OF US, BUT
ESPECIALLY TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS CONFLICT IN DEEPLY PERSONAL WAYS.
TWO YEARS AGO TODAY, THE C-D-C FORMALLY DECLARED COVID-19 A PANDEMIC.
AND TODAY, COVID RATES ARE DRAMATICALLY DOWN HERE IN NEW
YORK AND AT S-U. STARTING MONDAY, THE COVID STATUS ON CAMPUS WILL MOVE FROM BLUE TO YELLOW. WHICH MEANS… MASKS ARE OPTIONAL.
THIS IS ALL BASED ON THE LATEST COVID – 19 NUMBERS.

AS OF TODAY WE STILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCE AS OFTEN
AS POSSIBLE. DAILY TESTS HAVE RANGED FROM FIVE HUNDRED TO EIGHT
HUNDRED. BUT POSITIVE RESULTS HAVE DROPPED. AS OF TODAY THERE ARE
ONE HUNDRED- NINE CURRENT ACTIVE CASES. THERE ARE 31 NEW STUDENT CASES AND SEVEN STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN QUARANTINE.
NOW TO A MESSY PROBLEM… GARBAGE. HALF OF SYRACUSE’S SANITATION TRUCKS ARE OUT OF ORDER.
MORNINGS ON THE HILL REPORTER TESSA HOWARD TELLS US HOW SOME SYRACUSE RESIDENTS ARE FED UP, TESSA?

EARLIER THIS WEEK, CITY OF SYRACUSE SANITATION CREWS ARE RUNNING A COUPLE OF DAYS LATE ON NEIGHBORHOOD PICK-UPS. SOME RESIDENTS ARE FED UP BUT ISAAC WILLIAMS, HE’S TURNING THIS SITUATION INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE.
ODER FILLS THE AIR, TRASH BLOWING IN THE WIND, WHILE GARBAGE BAGS PILE
UP.
FOR SYRACUSE RESIDENT LIKE ISAAC WILLIAMS, ITS BEEN A PAIN TO PICK UP HIS OWN TRASH AND OTHERS.
I run out of places to put my trash because if it’s not picked up, now I have, you know still creating trash from my house. I run out of space in my trash can so, where do it put it? Animals get into it and it attracts other animals.
CITY OFFICIALS SAY IT DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH MECHANICS TO SERVICE ITS BROKEN DOWN TRUCK.
SO TRASH PICK UPS ARE OFTEN DAYS BEHIND.
FOR WILLIAMS, ITS NOT STOPPING HIM OR HIS NORTH EAST NEIGHBORS.
We would like to do a clean-up in the Lincoln Hill and Eastwood area, depending on how much support we get. We could really make an impact when spring clean-up comes.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF SYRACUSE COREY DRISCOLL DUNHAM SAYS THAT THEY ARE WORKING OUT SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
ONE IS LOOKING AT RE-ROUTING.
In terms of the routes, that would certainly help. As we did a– which we presented to the council last week, a study on our sanitation operation, we found that the routes are completely uneven. That some of the trucks are picking up way more tonnage than other trucks and that’s just not an efficient use of our resources.

IN THE MEANTIME, WILLIAMS AND HIS NEIGHBORS ARE MEETING EVERY FRIDAY TO DISCUSS SPRING CLEAN-UP.
Coming from the community to help, it’s a service but it’s one we’re happy to provide and it’s free completely free. MORNINGS ON THE HILL REACHED OUT FOR COMMENT FROM MAYOR BEN WALSH ON THE ISSUE.
HE DECLINED TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, I’M TESSA HOWARD.
BABIES AT A LOCAL MATERNITY WARD ARE KEEPING THEIR HEADS WARM THANKS TO A LOCAL RESIDENT.
OUR TOLUWA FAMUYIDE HAS MORE ON WHY THIS FORMER TEACHER IS LIVING PROOF THAT GIVING IS BETTER THAN RECEIVING.
Thanks Imani…VIRTUALLY EVERYDAY A NEWBORN LEAVES CROUSE HOSPITAL WITH A KNITTED HAT FROM THIS RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER… BUT AS YOU’LL FIND OUT… SHE’S THE ONE GETTING THE MOST OUT OF HER GENEROSITY.
FOR ANJU VARSHNEY…
where did I put them? Am I sitting on them?
…KNITTING IS MORE THAN JUST A HOBBY
Knitting is my passion. It keeps me… calm…
IT WAS THAT PASSION… AND SOME HELP FROM A FRIEND… THAT LED HER TO
CROUSE HOSPITAL…
I reached out to her… I said Geeta I’m going to knit hats where can I take them? She goes okay… I will get you connected to the maternity ward and you can take them there…That’s how this all started…
VARSHNEY’S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE BIRTH OF HER GRANDCHILD IN 2016.
THAT COMES OUT TO KNITTING 30 CAPS A MONTH, 365 CAPS A YEAR.
OR IN HER OWN WORDS…
it’s a lot
UNFORTUNATELY… THAT’S NOT THE ONLY ROUTINE SHE HAS TO FOLLOW.
BOTH VARSHNEY AND HER HUSBAND VISIT CROUSE EVERY THREE WEEKS FOR
AN INFUSION… TO KEEP HER BRAIN TUMOR FROM GROWING…
it came on suddenly… I had no symptoms
BUT VARSHNEY’S HUSBAND SAYS SHE’S STRONGER THAN YOU MAY THINK…
She had another bout with something similar…breast cancer so she came out of it and that was 2006 so this is her second. So you can see how tough it has been for her but she’s still saying life happens keep smiling

Mrs. Varshney has been through what most people can’t even imagine. But her passion for knitting is what keeps her motivated
So blessing in disguise… I mean that’s why I’m here its been 2 years they didn’t give me much time then… but I’m here
VARSHNEY SAYS SHE’S HAPPY WITH THE WORK SHE DOES… AND HER SMILE IS CONTAGIOUS.
ONE STITCH AT A TIME FROM A WOMAN WHO DONS MANY CAPS… TOLUWA FAMUYIDE… MORNING’S ON THE HILL.

DESPITE A RECENT SHOULDER INJURY THAT PREVENTS HER FROM KNITTING…
MRS. VARSHNEY PLANS TO CONTINUE KNITTING CAPS FOR CROUSE BABIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M TOLUWA FAMUYIDE.
AND NOW FOR CULTURE CAULDRON, A FRESH AND NEW MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY NEWHOUSE STUDENTS ARE RUNNING. OUR KATIE HOPSICKER HAS MORE ON THIS STORY.

IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA THIS WEEK… AS BOTH OF JIM BOEHEIM’S SONS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SYRACUSE BASKETBALL CAREERS.
JACK WALLACE HAS MORE ON THE EMOTIONAL WEIGHT OF THE PLAYERS’ DEPARTURE.

THAT’S RIGHT IMANI… SYRACUSE WAS WITHOUT THE A-C-C’S LEADING SCORER IN BUDDY… AND THAT WOULD LIKELY BE THEIR DOWNFALL AS THEY FELL TO DUKE IN THE A-C-C QUARTERFINALS.
AFTER THE GAME, IT GOT SO EMOTIONAL FOR BOTH JIMMY AND HIS LITTLE BROTHER… THAT WE JUST HAD TO SHOW IT TO YOU.  
 
I’LL HAVE MORE FOR Y’ALL ON THE BOEHIEM BOYS LAST GAME COMING UP IN SPORTS.
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COMING UP ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL– AS WE TOLD YOU AT THE TOP OF OUR SHOW, WE’VE GOT A WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT- WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FULL WEATHER FORECAST AFTER THE BREAK.
 

ONE OF THE BIG STORIES THIS MORNING IS THE WINTER STORM HEADING OUR WAY.
OUR WEATHER ANCHOR PA ZONG LEE IS HERE TO TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT. PA ZONG?
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE… I’M HERE WITH A WEATHER STORM WARNING AND
WHAT A SURPRISE… WE’RE IN FOR MORE SNOW. IF YOU’RE TRAVELING OVER THE
WEEKEND FOR SPRING BREAK… MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR FLIGHTS IF THEY
WILL GET CANCELED… PLAN ACCORDGINLY… AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN’T TRAVELING… STAY WARM. BUT LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT’S LIKE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE’S BARELY ANY SNOW ON THE GROUND… THE GRASS IS
SHOWING… AND THE CLOUDS ARE GRAY=
RIGHT NOW IT’S ABOUT 33 DEGREES… THE WIND IS PRETTY CALM RIGHT NOW
GOING 6 TO 11 MILES PER HOUR… IT’S GONNA REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. TONIGHT WE’LL
GET A HUNDRED PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW… WITH A LITTLE PREVIEW FOR THE WEEKEND.

IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS… WE’RE GETTING A SNOW STORM… YOU ALL KNOW HOW
IT IS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK… WE GET SNOW WELL INTO THE SPRING TIME. THE
SNOW WILL BE LIGHT TOMORROW BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY BE CHILLY THOUGHOUT THE DAY AND WE’LL END THE NIGHT AT 21 DEGREES.
MOVING ONTO THE NEXT FEW DAYS… WE GET A LITTLE BIT WARMER. NOW IT WILL
STILL SNOW ON SUNDAY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE BUT STARTING MONDAY
WE MOVE INTO THE HIGH 40S AND LOW 50S. IT’LL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FROM MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY. HOPEFULLY YOUR SPRING BREAK WON’T BE TOO COLD.
STAY WARM AND STAY SAFE FOR SPRING BREAK. BACK TO YOU IMANI AND ALAINA.
ARE WE DONE YET? BECAUSE I’M READY FOR SPRING BREAK!
YOU AND ME BOTH. AND YOU ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHY. OUR IYEE JAGNE
HAS MORE ON WHAT THE MORNINGS ON THE HILL TEAM HAS
PLANNED FOR SPRING BREAK, IYEE?
THANKS IMANI SPRING BREAK STARTS TOMORROW SO I CAUGHT UP WITH OUR
VERY OWN MORNINGS ON THE HILL CREW TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK.
PERSONALLY, I’M GLAD TO LEAVE RIGHT BEFORE THE STORM HITS. I’LL BE HEADING TO SUNNY MIAMI WITH IMANI.
FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M IYEE JAGNE.

COMING UP NEXT… I’M BACK WITH ALL THE WEEKEND SPORTS UPDATES… INCLUDING MORE ON THE S-U… DUKE GAME AND SOME SYRACUSE SOFTBALL ACTION TONIGHT.
GOOD MORNING I’M JACK WALLACE WITH YOUR ORANGE SPORTS UPDATE HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
IT TURNS OUT JIM BOEHEIM HAD ONE LAST CRACK AT BEATING MIKE SHUH-SHEVSKI… BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON THIS DAUNTING TASK WITHOUT ONE OF HIS SONS… BUDDY.
THE ORANGE TOOK ON THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS IN THE A-C-C QUARTERFINALS WAITING FOR AN ANSWERED PRAYER.

JIMMY BOEHEIM WAS IN HIS BAG TONIGHT… COVERING FOR HIS SIDELINED BROTHER WITH TWENTY-EIGHT POINTS…
JOE GIRARD BODIED THE FIRST HALF WITH 18 POINTS… HERE’S HIS BUZZERBEATER BANG… WOW.
ORANGE UP BY FOUR AT HALF… BUT THE LEAD WHITTLED AWAY WITH A TEN-TONOTHING DUKE RUN IN THE FINAL FOUR MINUTES… AND S-U LIKELY ENDS THEIR SEASON WITH AN EIGHTY-EIGHT TO SEVENTY-NINE LOSS.
SYRACUSE SOFTBALL SEEKS TO STOP THEIR SKID TONIGHT… AS THEY HUNT THE HOKIES OF VIRGINIA TECH.
AND IF THIS SERIES IS ANYTHING LIKE LAST SEASON’S BRUTAL SWEEP… WE COULD BE IN FOR A LONG WEEKEND.
THE ORANGE HAVEN’T TRAVELED TO BLACKSBURG SINCE 2018… WHERE THEY
COOKED THE HOKIES IN THE SERIES VICTORY. THE 2020 SERIES WAS CANCELED… AND LAST SEASON THE ORANGE LOST BY A COMBINED ONE TOTWENTY-TWO. OUCH.
THEY’LL GET THEIR FIRST SHOT IN THE SERIES TONIGHT AT FOUR O’CLOCK.
YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT THAT HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS ENDED LAST WEEKEND WITH THE SECTIONAL FINALS… BUT NO! WE HAVE MORE… AND THE REGIONAL FINALS TIP-OFF THIS SATURDAY.
THE BOYS ARE UP FIRST… WITH SECTION THREE CHAMPS LIVERPOOL TAKING ON
SECTION TWO CHAMPS GREEN TECH… LOOKING FOR REVENGE FROM AN EARLIER DEFEAT THIS SEASON.
AND FOR THE GIRLS… CICERO NORTH-SYRACUSE LOOKS TO DEFEND THEIR SECTION THREE CROWN AGAINST THE ALBANY FALCONS OF SECTION TWO.
WE’LL CLOSE OUT OUR SPORTS SEGMENT WITH THE PHOTO OF THE WEEK… AND TODAY’S IMAGE IS FROM SYRACUSE WOMEN’S LACROSSE’S WIN OVER DUKE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
THIS SHOT IS OF KATELYN MA-SHES-KI LEAPING UP TO SNAG THE FACE-OFF… AS
THE BLUE DEVILS DO THEIR BEST TO GET THE BALL BACK AND KEEP THEIR LEAD.
THAT’LL DO IT FOR YOUR SPORTS UPDATE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL. BACK TO YOU… ALAINA.
STILL TO COME HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL…
PASSION AND DETERMINATION TAKE CENTER STAGE IN THE STUDIO FOR A YOUNG TEEN.
AND A SUPERHERO RETURNS TO THE SCREEN.
STAY WITH US.
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS CHALLENGED MANY ATHLETES. BUT DANCE HAS
TAUGHT ONE TEENAGER HOW TO
POWER THROUGH AND BE RESILIENT. OUR KRIZIA WILLIAMS EXPLAINS HOW A
YOUNG BALLET DANCER STAYS ON
BEAT, EVEN DURING DIFFICULT TIMES.
NATANIEL TAYLOR HAS BEEN DANCING SINCE HE WAS 6-YEARS-OLD. FOR HIM THIS IS HOW HE COMMUNICATES.
Ballet is the way people express themselves. It’s what I want to do for a living.
HIS TEACHER IS CHARLES HAISLAH.
HAISLAH SAYS DURING COVID NATANIEL COULDN’T GO TO SCHOOL..BUT HE COULD DANCE AND HE SPENT A LOT MORE TIME DOING IT.
I would say it was to an advantage and it gave the kid a level up should I say. So when things open back up they were ready.
BY MASTERING EACH DANCE MOVE HE PUT HIS MIND TO.
I got better. My technique really advanced.
LAST YEAR, LIKE 13-YEAR-OLDS ALL OVER THE WORLD, TAYLOR HAD TO BE HOME SCHOOLED.
NOW THAT HE’S BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, HE BALANCES DANCE PRACTICE FIVE DAYS A WEEK, PERFORMING AND… HIS SCHOOL WORK.
It’s challenging but I try to get my schoolwork done at schoolwork done at school so when
I get home I can stretch and do everything before ballet.
HAISLAH SAYS TAYLOR CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THIS TRANSITION FROM COVID LOCK DOWN TO NOW.
THINGS LIKE MANAGING PRIORITIES, TIME AND MAINTAINING BALANCE AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE HIM TO PLACES LIKE THE BOSTON SUMMER CAMP.
You have a lot going on. There are some days where I get the phone call saying ‘the kids have a lot of homework,’ and I believe academics first. School. Ballet. Get this done and then you can have this.
Nataniel says looking forward he is very excited about the Boston Ballet Summer
Intensive in which he’ll be in attendance.
DANCERS MUST AUDITION FOR THE SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAM IN BOSTON.
TAYLOR WAS AMONG THE FEW WHO EARNED A FULL-RIDE SCHOLARSHIP.
I want to dance with Boston Ballet their company. That’s the dream. HE SAYS THIS SUMMER IS HIS TIME TO SHINE.

WOW THAT IS REMARKABLE AND AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. WE’RE ROOTING FOR YOU NATANIEL.
THAT WE ARE ALAINA. AND NOW…
“I AM VENGEANCE!”
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT’S FROM? YEAH, THE BATMAN. IT CAME OUT IN THEATERS LAST WEEK TO SOME BIG NUMBERS. GABRIEL VEIGA IS HERE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
IT WAS A BIG WEEKEND AT THE MOVIES.
“THE BATMAN” MADE A HUNDRED AND 34-MILLION DOLLARS IN NORTH AMERICA
OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH AN ESTIMATE OF A HUNDRED -28 POINT FIVE MILLION
ON SUNDAY. “THE BATMAN” STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON AND ZOE KRAVITZ CAME OUT LAST THURSDAY.
ROBERT PATTINSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN CRINGEY IN TWILIGHT BUT JUDGING FROM THOSE NUMBERS, HE’S AN EXCELLENT BATMAN. TAKE THAT TWITTER!
AND NOW THIS WEEK, HBO MAX ANNOUNCED A BATMAN SPIN-OFF SERIES FEATURING… THIS GUY..
THAT’S RIGHT! ***THE PENGUIN*** WILL HAVE HIS OWN SHOW.
THAT’S COLIN FARRELL UNDER ALL THAT MAKE UP.

LOOK AT HIM. UNRECOGNIZABLE. HE’LL BE BACK FOR THE SPIN OFF SERIES ON HBO MAX COMING SOON. 
IF YOU HAVEN’T GONE TO SEE THE BATMAN YET GO FOR IT. IT’S A LITTLE LONG SO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
HAVE LOTS OF CANDY AND POPCORN BY YOUR SIDE.
BUT IF YOU LIKE SLOW BURN MYSTERIES LIKE THE ZODIAC OR SEVEN OR GONE GIRL, YOU’LL LOVE MATT REEVE’S FILM.
THAT’S IT FOR MOVIE NEWS THIS WEEK. I’M GABRIEL VEIGA. HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK.
THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR US THIS WEDNESDAY HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL. I’M ALAINA LOSITO —
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
AND I’M IMANI CLEMENT. THANKS FOR WATCHING ORANGE NATION. HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!!