ECSTASY BUST

GRAND ISLAND, N. Y. - An elementary school principle was charged
Thursday with possessing methamphetamine and Ecstasy tablets.

Frank Cannata, 40, of Buffalo was immediately suspended from his job
at the Grand Island Central Schools' Charlotte Sidway Elementary
School, where he had been principal since 1998.

Investigators, carrying out a federal search warrant, seized five
grams of crystal methamphetamine and 14 Ecstasy pills at Cannata's
Buffalo home, according to a criminal complaint.

Cannata's arrest shocked his colleagues in the suburban district north
of Buffalo, where Cannata himself had been a student, said assistant
superintendent Karen Karmazin. He is also musical director of the
Niagara Regional Theatre Guild.