Dave Detlor’s Lakeview Barber Shop closed a couple of weeks before Christmas last year after Dave was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma. Now the building at 221 First St. has been sold to Holly Koenig of Jamesville.
Koenig plans to transform the place into an antique shop, reported Realist realtor Ed DeLong, who lives in Liverpool. DeLong brokered the cash sale which is scheduled for closing this week.
As soon as I can reach Holly by phone, I’ll let you know when she’ll open for business and what kind of antiques she’ll be handling.
Vets off to Washington
Meanwhile, Dave Detlor, who turned 88 in January, fought his lymphoma into remission and now spends most of his time with his wife of 34 years, Ceaira, at the home Dave built for them on Seneca River in Baldwinsville.
Last Saturday, April 25, Dave and fellow World War II veteran George Leggett, a longtime resident of Bear Road, flew on an Honor Flight Syracuse Mission 5. The two old GI Joes were among some 80 veterans flown that day to Washington, D.C., where they planned to visit the war memorials, share stories with other vets and be honored for their service.
Leggett, who’s now 91, served as an airborne medic in the U.S. Army, stationed first in the Philippines and later in Japan during the post-war occupation.
The Army sent Dave Detlor to the other side of the world where he faced the Nazis during the Battle of the Bulge which raged for five long, frigid weeks in December 1944 and January 1945.
Friendly fire
Here in the 21st century, wars aren’t fought the way they there were during World War II. But friendly fire still kills our own.
Last week, the government revealed that on Jan. 14 former SUNY Oswego professor Warren Weinstein, 73, was killed when unmanned drones struck a remote Al-Qaeda compound in Pakistan. The terrorists had held Weinstein hostage for three years, demanding money and prisoner exchanges in return for his safe passage home.
I knew Prof. Weinstein in the mid-1970s at SUNY Oswego, where he taught political science. He was in his 30s then, and he was a real spitfire. That’s not something you always see in academics, so he stood out as a man on his way to greater things.
His explosive death was a sad way to end a fascinating life, but Prof. Weinstein kept himself well-informed. He surely knew the risks he was taking by going to a godforsaken country overrun with radicals. The fact that he died as a result of friendly fire only adds to the awful irony…Shalom!
Judi’s inspired
Holly Koenig’s won’t be the only new antique shop in the area.
A half-year ago, Judi Burrows, who lives near Bayberry, opened a wonderfully funky shop at 7468 Oswego Road, at the corner of Laurel Lane. Judi named the shop “inspired,” and it’s clear that she is inspired, indeed!
Two years ago, Judi and her husband, Dan, bought two large barns which stand kitty-corner to the Route 57 Wegmans. After fairly extensive interior renovation, inspired opened for business last December.
Unlike the musty dusty antique shops of old, inspired’s wares are meticulously displayed on clean shelves and tabletops throughout the large salesroom which offers plenty of room to wander around and browse.
Last week I thumbed through stacks of 1950s LPs, 1920s sheet music and packages of postcards from the hemisphere’s most popular tourist destinations of the last century. Judi also boasts a large selection of typewriters — remember those? — and vintage cameras, coats, hats, purses, accessories, refurbished furniture and home décor items.
Inspired is open just two days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, or you could call Judi for an appointment; 380-7171; or visit facebook.com/inspiredvhd.
Yard sales May 8, 9 and 10
Don’t forget: the annual village-wide yard sale is set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 8, 9 and 10. The event routinely draws hundreds of shoppers to Liverpool every spring.
On Saturday, May 9, the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool will host a Historical Yard Emporium on the lawn of the Gleason Mansion. Live folk music by Merry Mischief will ring out, as vendors share their organization’s information and sell souvenirs, arts and crafts, books and merchandise related to regional history and Liverpool businesses.
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