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Bartolotta, who pleaded guilty in December, was in court Friday before Wayne County Judge Arthur Williams. Susan Maleski, chief clerk with the Cayuga County Supreme & County Courts, told 水果派AV the matter was assigned to Williams since local court judges Thomas Leone and Jon Budelmann recused themselves.

Vadina noted Bartolotta will need to register as a sex offender and must report to the jail at 7 p.m. Friday, March 29. He will be discharged every weekend at 4 p.m. on Sundays, Valdina continued, and Bartolotta's last Sunday in jail will be July 28.

Bartolotta is the owner and manager of several commercial and residential properties in the Auburn area with his family's R&M Real Estate Group. The Auburn Police Department previously said Bartolotta was arrested after attempting to meet the purported 13-year-old at Olympia Terrace.

He was charged along with Daniel Miller, of Liverpool, and Brian Neilson, of Seneca Falls. In February, Miller and Neilson received the same sentence as Bartolotta.

Earlier this month, East Aurora brewery 42 North it will operate the taproom in partnership with Woodbine. Fernandez said the brewery will bring quality beer and "vibrancy" to Skaneateles.

John Cimperman, owner and founder of 42 North, told 水果派AV the group "shares quite a bit of DNA with 42 North, including a commitment to quality and guest experience."

Woodbine hopes to work with 42 North on beers exclusive to the development, Fernandez said, including barrel-aged ones. The group also expects them to partner on live music and entertainment.

The development's game area, meanwhile, is depicted in the first renderings Woodbine has released to the public. It features dartboards, bowling lanes, a board game library and simulated golf stations.

In an email, Fernandez called the game area "a gastropub-inspired gaming social" that, together with the many food and beverage options, will create "a welcoming space for families and friends to gather over great food and drink." The concepts were inspired by the Skaneateles community, he continued, which made聽the Hilltop and Cedar House a popular destination for more than 30 years.

"The revitalized Hilltop development will bring dynamic food and beverage dining experiences to Skaneateles,"聽Fernandez said. "From kid鈥檚 birthday parties to family dinners and drinks with friends, Hilltop will be a year-round destination for all ages, feeding the community through warm hospitality, fine fun, and hand-crafted, locally sourced food and beverage."聽

Exterior construction will be finished soon, Fernandez said, and interior work should begin in early April, including foundation construction. Woodbine hopes to open the development by late fall.

If the 20 to 25 efficiency hotel rooms on the development's new second floor aren't finished by then, Fernandez continued, the group could open with just the food, beverage and game areas.

As part of Shepardson's plea agreement, she paid over $6,000 in restitution before she pleaded guilty in December. Of that amount, $6,173 went to the Moravia town court and $153 went to the village of Moravia. She also agreed to complete treatment for gambling addiction and to not run for public office again.

Shepardson, who had been a town and village justice in Moravia since 2001, was suspended in July amid the state investigation. J. Justin Woods, Shepardson's attorney, previously聽told 水果派AV his client "developed a gambling addiction for which she is now in recovery."

When Netti was arrested by the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office in early February for allegedly attacking a woman who had been walking her dog, his sole charge had been the obstruction of breathing offense.

Cayuga County Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Susan Azzarelli said in an email to 水果派AV Thursday that Netti was later arraigned on an indictment charging him with attempted murder and the obstruction count. Azzarelli added that there currently isn't a new court date set for Netti, as "we are waiting for some information from the court."聽

The sheriff's office previously said the woman had been walking her dog in the area of Rockingham Road around 8:50 a.m. Feb. 2. After she passed a parked dump utility trailer, police said, Netti jumped out of the trailer. The woman tried to get away but Netti chased her and began choking her, police said.

A neighbor who saw the struggle began shouting while calling 911, and Netti released the woman and fled on foot into the Highland Park Golf Course. Netti, whom police said is a stranger to the victim, was found on the golf course by members of the sheriff's office and the Auburn Police Department, and taken into custody.

A great deal of artistic talent existed in Bill鈥檚 family. His aunt Betty Mekeel Komarisky was well-known locally and in Florida for both her watercolor and oil on canvas talent. His great uncle was a successful and very talented sign painter in California.鈥� He was surrounded by talent and was always encouraged to pursue his love of art.鈥�

Bill鈥檚 interest in art and drawing prevailed throughout school.鈥� He had a wonderful art teacher in middle school who started a studio art class. Bill was one of the first students to participate.鈥� With Mr. Curcio鈥檚 guidance and style of teaching, his love for, and interest in, art was nurtured significantly.鈥�

After graduating from high school, Bill attended Cayuga Community College, partially funded by money he鈥檇 received for winning the B. Coman Chappel Art Scholarship Award upon graduation. He loved the classes he took at CCC, taught by June Tyler. Unfortunately, due to a health issue, Bill had to drop out of classes early in his second semester at CCC. 鈥疊ill鈥檚 intent was always to return to school one day, but never did.鈥� He began working at a full-time job and became more attracted to the income than the continuation of pursuing art.

Having lived in this area all his life, Bill was familiar with MacKenzie-Childs at the time as simply a local business that produced pottery 鈥� but beyond that, he knew very little about the company and its products. With his friend Jim鈥檚 talk of pride and enthusiasm for his own work there, Bill鈥檚 desire grew to be a pottery decorator at MacKenzie-Childs.鈥�

Bill received a call for an interview the day following the submission of his application, and two weeks later, on Aug. 2, 1993, he began his new job as a pottery decorator at MacKenzie-Childs.

There had been a large fire at the Ledyard studio in March of that year.鈥� The fire destroyed the large dairy barn that housed pottery production.鈥� His friend Jim told Bill that he wouldn鈥檛 be decorating right away, that he most likely would be helping to clean up, organize and move things because of the fire. Luckily, and very happily for Bill, he began decorating pottery on his very first day.鈥�

Bill was thrilled to have this new job.鈥� Painting pottery for MacKenzie-Childs was far different and very challenging compared to book illustrating, his first love and occupational goal. 鈥疕e, like most kids during the '60s and '70s, had experienced pottery making only in elementary school with Mrs. Martin, a very memorable art teacher. One grade school pottery piece created was an ash tray, a standard need and creation in those days. Bill still has this special piece, which is glazed in blueish purple glaze and signed simply with "BM" scratched into the underside 鈥� these same initials would years later be stamped onto his work as a MacKenzie-Childs pottery decorator. This ashtray, along with painting a few ceramic pieces with an aunt who lived next door when he was very young, were Bill鈥檚 only pottery experiences before becoming a MacKenzie-Childs pottery painter.鈥� As it turns out, this limited experience didn鈥檛 hinder his development as an artisan and decorator of pottery.

Bill knew from family stories that he had surprising ties to MacKenzie-Childs鈥� property. His paternal grandmother, Erma Minturn Mekeel, was born and raised in Levanna, truly a stone鈥檚 throw from the studio.鈥� Erma鈥檚 father, and Bill鈥檚 great grandfather, Charles Minturn, ran the local store and was the postmaster for the Levanna post office. While Bill knew this much family history before working at MacKenzie-Childs, he didn鈥檛 know and was thrilled to learn shortly after he started his employment that his grandmother, as a little girl, would play often with the children who lived on the farm that is now the聽MacKenzie-Childs studio.鈥� 鈥�

Bill remembers practicing his new job by painting paper plates with watercolor and brushes at home after work.鈥� Potter鈥檚 wheels are used to help paint most pieces in production. 鈥疊ill had no experience in using a potter鈥檚 wheel and didn鈥檛 have one at home, and so spinning a wheel with his left hand and brush-applying ceramic stains with his right was very challenging. He described this learning process as a 鈥渨alk and chew gum at the same time kind of challenge鈥� for him.

The patterns produced at聽MacKenzie-Childs in 1993 were very colorful.鈥� The designs were very childlike and playful.鈥� He described struggling at first to understand the desired "childlike" look of the finished patterns.鈥� He learned quickly though, mostly due to the piece-rate pay system at the time, that speed was important to both his wallet and to the desired quality of pieces.鈥� Painting fast, and "loosely," helped to give decorations the desired hand-painted and playful look of the company鈥檚 iconic patterns.鈥�

Bill painted pottery as a production artist for four years.鈥� In his fourth year, the company decided to eliminate the piece-rate pay system and move to an hourly rate pay system.鈥� He realized quickly that the piece-rate system was a very motivating factor of the job, and he struggled to maintain the expected production pace.鈥� An opportunity to pursue a position of lead decorator-teacher trainer soon opened up and he pursued the opportunity.鈥� After a meeting with Victoria MacKenzie-Childs, he was elevated to the position. This opportunity meant that he wouldn鈥檛 be painting as often. His time was spent training other staff, working with Victoria and Richard and members of the design group on new pieces, producing samples and prototypes as well as some production painting.鈥� This change was the change he needed to allow him to stay interested and motivated to continue his career at MacKenzie-Childs.鈥�

In 1993, when Bill started at聽MacKenzie-Childs, there were only a few product lines, with most of the product lines being produced at the studio in Ledyard.鈥� In the mid-'90s, Richard and Victoria MacKenzie-Childs introduced a line of enamelware.鈥� At that time, the line of enamel was a very small part of the business.鈥� Today, enamelware represents a very large part of annual sales for the company.鈥� Fortunately, the several聽MacKenzie-Childs owners over the years have continually and consistently identified the Cayuga County-made pottery as the foundation of the business and have continued to be committed to its growth and support.

The first聽MacKenzie-Childs ownership change occurred at the turn of the century.鈥� It was a scary time for employees.鈥� While Bill and other employees were communicated with often and honestly by management with bankruptcy updates, no one knew what their ultimate fate would be as employees.鈥� Luckily, the company was purchased out of bankruptcy by Wells College alumna Pleasant Rowland, creator of the American Girl doll.鈥� Bill noted that he will be forever thankful to Pleasant for purchasing the company.鈥� He stated that he firmly believes that without her vision and charity, the company would have been sold for name only and production would鈥檝e been moved completely internationally.

Bill鈥檚 dad passed away very suddenly in 2006, 13 years into his employment with聽MacKenzie-Childs. His father鈥檚 death affected him greatly.鈥� He was asked in 2007 to travel to Mexico to train artisans at a factory on the production and decoration of the聽MacKenzie-Childs tile and knob lines.鈥� Bill was shocked and concerned to learn that knob and tile production, being done in Ledyard at that time, would be moving to Mexico.鈥� He struggled with the decision around the request to travel and train.鈥� Experiencing a 鈥渓ife is short鈥� moment and setting aside his fear of flying, Bill agreed to travel and train as requested. He explained that he reasoned that that if he didn鈥檛 go, someone else would surely go.鈥� Bill had never travelled to Mexico and had no idea what to expect when arriving at the factory near San Miguel.鈥� Much to his surprise, and relief, the factory that he would be training at was a very nice facility with modern equipment.鈥� On his first trip, there were four artisans who had been designated to train with him to produce and paint聽MacKenzie-Childs lines.鈥� These artisans were extremely talented and learned under Bill鈥檚 tutelage to decorate quickly and with excellent quality. Bill travelled to Mexico four times over a two-year period with Creative Director Rebecca Proctor as his travel partner.鈥� He was shocked, thrilled and very proud to see over 20 artisans dedicated to producing the聽MacKenzie-Childs tile and knobs during his last trip to the factory.鈥� While the outsourcing of domestic production can be very concerning for local employment, Bill quickly began to understand the needed balance of domestic production and international production as crucial to the success of MacKenzie-Childs.

In 2007, the company experienced another ownership change.鈥� This change was more seamless than the first, and with the change Bill moved into the position of manager of pottery production later that year. He has maintained that position ever since. 鈥�

Bill said that he has met so many wonderful people over the years, and often friendships with customers began and grew through what was the annual on-site Barn Sale.鈥� Every year, he would look forward to seeing customers he鈥檇 befriended at previous sales who returned excitedly to shop for MacKenzie-Childs聽pieces.鈥� Bill noted that this was often his and other artisans鈥� only chance to interact with customers and to see and feel their excitement for their work up close and in person.鈥� Bill was a tour guide when production tours began in the mid-'90s.鈥� He was excited then, and continues to be now, to tell and show the story of MacKenzie-Childs.

In another career highpoint, several years ago Bill had the opportunity to give an impromptu production tour to a guest who was an actor on one of his all-time favorite TV shows. 鈥疉llison Mills, who played mom and wife Norma Arnold on the show "The Wonder Years," visited Aurora with a friend.鈥� A staff member who recognized Allison and who knew that Bill was a big fan alerted him that she was there in the retail shop on site. He approached her and offered to give her a tour, and she very kindly accepted.鈥�

After Syracuse won its first NCAA tournament for men鈥檚 basketball in 2003, Bill painted a MacKenzie-Childs mug to commemorate the event.鈥� The design was both聽MacKenzie-Childs- and SU-inspired in color and design.鈥� Several years later, Julie Boeheim, wife of coach Jim Boeheim and a聽MacKenzie-Childs fan, visited the studio on a shopping trip.鈥� Bill was thrilled and honored to take the opportunity to gift the mug to her personally.

While Bill has gathered many great memories from the last 31 years, some of the best memories are聽MacKenzie-Childs experiences with his daughter Corinne.鈥� Corinne was 5 when he started working at MacKenzie-Childs.鈥� She attended the very first Bring Your Daughter to Work Day in the mid-'90s (now Bring Your Child to Work Day).鈥� She returned to participate in this event each year for several years.鈥� Corinne was one of several children of staff who was asked to be in a video created and produced by Heather Mackenzie-Childs, daughter of Richard and Victoria.鈥� The video was created as a marketing tool to show and explain the ceramic production process to a wider audience.鈥� Each child was assigned a department to speak about in the video.鈥� Corinne spoke about the wax and glaze department.鈥� A couple years later, Corinne was asked to participate in a skit performed at a grand reception held in the barn on the聽MacKenzie-Childs campus to celebrate the marriage of Heather MacKenzie-Childs and Nils Chaplet. 鈥疌orinne was very familiar with and comfortable spending time at the studio.鈥� Bill鈥檚 mother, who babysat children in the summer (Corinne being one of them), would bring Corinne down with the other kids to have lunch with Bill on the grounds, which he described as 鈥渁lways a highlight of (his) workday.鈥� 鈥�

His proudest moment came years later when Corinne was hired to work at MacKenzie-Childs in a position that meant they would work together at times. Corinne has moved on from M-C now, and while Bill misses her not being there, he is very thankful for the memories that he has of all the times she spent at聽MacKenzie-Childs over the years.

Bill does miss painting. But he is thankful for the position he has now held at聽MacKenzie-Childs for 27 of his 31 years of employment. He said that he 鈥渟trongly feels that my experience, knowledge and training in all the departments that I am directly responsible for allows me to be of better support to the artisans I am privileged to work with.鈥濃�� Bill fully understands the challenges that exist for artisans at each process simply because, as he noted, 鈥淚鈥檝e been there, done that." Through his experience and knowledge, he can support the amazing, talented artisans in whatever way possible to ensure their individual success, a cycle that in turn allows for the business to be successful and allows Bill to continue to arrive at work each day with the same excitement he felt on his first day as a pottery decorator almost 31 years ago.