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It’s April, which means so many things if you live in the Enchanted Mountains region. Read on to find out about all the great activities you can do this time of year. April means the end of ski season and the beginning of golf season. Weatherpermitting, you can do both on the same day at Holiday Valley April 2! Enjoy the last of the winter sports on the slopes, where lifts are open daily until 4:30 p.m. Then get out the clubs and get ready to golf when the course opens. Visit www.holidayvalley.com for more info. April means fishing! Trout Season opens April 1. This area offers some of the best Steelhead fishing opportunities around, and no matter your experience and ability, there’s a place where you will surely be hooked! Visit www.dec. ny.gov for more info. Sign up for the Orvis 101 Intro to Fly Fishing with Adventure Bound OntheFly on Saturday, April 15. From 10 a.m. to noon, learn fly-fishing basics in this free workshop, perfect for beginners of all ages. This event is free of charge and all equipment is provided. Advance reservations are required by calling (716) 217-4047 or emailing info@ adventureboundonthefly.com. For more info, visit www. adventureboundonthefly.com. April means time to start working on those spring home improvement projects! There’s no better place for ideas and inspiration than the Greater Olean Area Home and Garden Show, April 7-9. More

April 2 Opening Day Holiday Valley Golf May 5 Sky High Adventure Park Opening Holiday Valley May 13 Happy Half Marathon and 5K Holiday Valley June 3 Ellicottville Outdoor Festival

Public Weighs in on 23 ECS School Board Reviews Proposed Budget Washington Street Project By Caitlin Croft

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Village Planning Board (VPB) was held on March 23 due to winter storm Stella and the New York State of Emergency on March 14. The meeting opened with the Public Hearing on PB-201702, a development project at

By Elizabeth Riggs

Finalizing the 2017-2018 draft school calendar and school budget were the main topics of conversation at the Ellicottville Central School Board Meeting on Tuesday, March 28. The main change to the 2017-2018 school calendar is an increase to 186 school days, versus the 185-day calendar that ECS has been using for the past few years. “That gives you a couple of days in case you have snow or emergency weather,” said Superintendent Mark Ward. “If you go away from this schedule, you are going to conflict with BOCES and alternative education and potentially special education if you have kids attending classes in other buildings, and we do.” Ward said the proposed calendar closely follows the one the BOCES has adopted, and is also in line with the rest of the region. “It’s pretty much the Western New York calendar,” he said.

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Athletes from seven states gathered for the annual Francis Piche Invitational Championship, a Giant Slalom race, at Gunstock Mountain in Gilford, NH. Only the best U12 athletes attend this race and it is the farthest an athlete can go on the East Coast. HoliMont’s Mary Catherine Mangan took gold at this

prestigious race. Just off the podium was teammate Madalyn Cummings in 4th place. Alexandra Smillie of Holiday Valley finished in an impressive 27th place after starting in the 70th position. Claire Rintoul of HoliMont ended her season with a 41st place. All four of these ladies had a fabulous season and we See Ski Racing page 11

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Looking for luxury in the heart of ski country? Search no further than Ellicottvillas, luxury townhouses for sale and vacation rental, in the heart of Ellicottville. Located at 6349 Route 242 East, Ellicottvillas first broke ground on its townhouse units in 2008, at which time the original owners built out four of the original 18 units constructed. The project was reacquired in 2014 by new owner Jim Cornell, who has a track record of more than 30 years of successful development. Cornell also serves as Managing Partner of the Larkinville Chamber of Commerce in the Larkinville neighborhood of Buffalo, in which he has been one of the catalysts in the current redevelopment. Under Cornell’s leadership, the project is gaining new momentum, with more Villas being sold and more new Villa owners deciding to do build outs. The investment, ranging from $550,000 to $650,000 for three- or four-bedroom and two-and- a-half bathroom plans, allows owners to be involved in Villa design from start to finish. “With our build outs, each owner has their own sense of taste, style and aesthetic. The first step in the build out process is having our design team get a feel for what the Villa owner gravitates to in terms of style and individual need,” said Marketing and Business Development Manager Joe Wright. “That is what also makes it fun on our end in knowing that each build out will be different than the last in terms of finish.” And while there are differences in each Villa, there are a few common threads from one unit to the next that give each one that luxurious finish. “The fieldstone you see on the exterior of the building is a common interior finish on our first and second levels

accenting the fireplaces, most of which are double sided and can be enjoyed from the exterior first and second level patios as well,” said Wright. “Custom Amish cabinetry in the kitchens and bathrooms and furniture, which are unique in each unit, are a common choice for our Villa owners. Granite and marble counters are the norm as well.” But the Villas aren’t only for buyers to enjoy – they also appeal to visitors to the Ellicottville area, as they are perfectly suited as vacation rentals. Available villas can be rented directly through Ellicottvillas, or through the private Villas owners themselves. “Not all of our owners rent out their villas. Some prefer not to rent out their units at all and keep it to themselves,” said Wright. “Some like to strike a balance of using it as much as much as time permits, while renting it out where they can. Others only use the unit a couple times a year and want to take advantage of Ellicottville’s attractive rental market and see a return on their investment.” And while one may assume that the Villas are most popular during Ellicottville’s beautiful white winters, according to Wright, they have appeal throughout all four seasons. “I continue to be amazed how well the non-ski season rental business continues to grow for us and Ellicottville,” said Wright. “It’s March and we’re already seeing a steady inflow of summer rental inquiries as well as bookings for golf stays

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Tuesday’s conversation also centered around the draft budget, which has been proposed at just over $12 million—a 3.5 percent increase from the 2016-2017 school budget. The main topic of conversation among the board lies in the options for the tax cap, which could mean increases for taxpayers, which they will vote on at the April 4 meeting. “It requires not a simple majority vote to pass the budget, but a super majority vote which is 60 percent [of the Board],” Ward said. “We are proposing to decrease the appropriated fund balance from $550,000 to $450,000 and that is substantiated by the budget expenditures which are up 3.5 percent,” said Treasurer Aimee Kilby. According to Kilby, there are a variety of items contributing to increased expenditures, including: computers for all children in sixth grade, contractual raises for teacher salaries, substitute teacher wages, musical instrument purchases, Home Economics supplies, coaching salaries, and small equipment purchases, such as security cameras, among several others. Kilby also reported on several budget decreases, which were allocated to: teacher and superintendent retirements, a recent switch in telephone system service providers and the recent transfer of health insurance providers from NY44 to Blue Cross Blue Shield, as NY44 anticipates a 10-15

percent increase in premium rates. Kilby mentioned that the district’s lack of recent unemployment and worker’s compensation cases will also help with savings. In an effort to raise awareness about Ellicottville’s unique budget funding, Ward shared that he recently reached out to local congress members with comparisons of the district’s tax rate to others in nearby areas. “I did send out a couple of letters to our local Assemblyman Joseph Giglio and Senator Cathy Young, more or less explaining Ellicottville’s unique situation, our funding, or the lack of it, and how all of this is closing in on all sides of us as we try to develop budgets and sustain district programs,” said Ward. He added that, “In the past 7 or 8 years, we’ve used millions of dollars in reserves for a variety of reasons. We lost nearly $6 million dollars in funding from the state government in that period of time. The way our budget is being funded, or the lack of it, is putting us in a real pickle. We can’t continue to live off the reserves.” “If you have a house in our school district (that is assessed at) for $100,000, you pay $846 in school taxes. In Springville, for example, you pay $1,905 for the same house assessment. Or, in Olean, $2,435,” Ward said. “My point to these guys was trying to educate them on how difficult it is here and our tax rates are extremely low.” Ward is further explaining the ECS budget in the April

edition of the school newsletter, in Part 4 of his series on the budget and school taxes. “This one will feature some information about taxes and also there will be an explanation about STAR,” Ward said. “The final article will have more about the tax cap and explain how that works and understanding if the district decides to go in that direction.” In other news during Tuesday’s meeting, Middle/ High School Principal Bob Miller noted that senior members of the Quiz Bowl team have lobbied to compete as a team this spring in Washington, D.C. and are also working to make the Quiz Bowl team recognized as an extracurricular club at the school. “They presented their case well. They are great kids and they do represent us well. They did a nice job of coming in and talking to us about it,” said Miller. “One of the chief reasons we are here is academics and it’s nice to promote these kids.” This week also wrapped up ELA state testing for ECS, which went well, according to Elementary Principal Connie Poulin. “It went very smoothly. They were fair but challenging. The students were well prepared—I think they felt confident,” said Poulin. The next ECS Board of Education Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in the high school library.

ECS EVENTS March 30 - April 1 High School Musical Anything Goes April 1 Girls Varsity Softball Home x 2 Sherman 11 a.m. April 3 Boys Varsity Baseball Home Walsh 4:30 p.m. Girls JV Softball Home Walsh 4:30 p.m. April 4 Board of Education Meeting (HS Library) at 7p.m. April 10-17 Spring Recess - No School April 18 Board of Education Meeting (HS Library) 4:30 p.m. April 21 PTO Dime Carnival 5:30 p.m. April 25 Board of Education Meeting (HS Library) 7 p.m.

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It always starts the season off on the right track with a win and that’s exactly what the boys’ Varsity Eagles baseball team got last Saturday, March 25. Their first game of the season came on a wet and miserable day, away from home and against a strong opponent in the likes of the Sherman Wildcats. The game didn’t start off as planned, with Sherman scoring two runs in the 3rd inning off of the Eagles’ junior starter Griffin Chudy. The Eagles answered back in the fourth with a single run, but they were still a run behind the Wildcats going into the seventh. Chudy was relieved by senior Chad Bolt after the fifth, but not after throwing 78 pitches with seven strikeouts, earning an ERA of .280. The ECS bats came alive in the seventh. Even though Sherman managed two more runs in the 7 th themselves, it wasn’t enough, as the Eagles hammered in four runs of their own to close out the game 5-4. Not only was Chudy good on the mound, he excelled at the plate batting .500, getting two hits and knocking in three of the team’s five runs scored. In relief, Bolt gave up two runs in the seventh, after throwing 38 pitches in two innings, but still earned the win thanks to his team’s hot seventh inning at bat. Overall, the team batted .208 and is now 1-0 on the season. The Eagles first league game scheduled for Monday, March 27 against Archbishop Walsh of Olean was canceled. These

two teams will meet again on Monday, April 3 at 4:30 p.m. on the Eagles home field. This will be their second home appearance as they played Randolph Central School on Thursday, March 30. Still to come before the Easter break, the boys will travel to Panama on Thursday, April 6 to take on the PCS Panthers; game time is 5 p.m. In softball, the Lady Eagles will play their first game of the season at home on Saturday, April 1. The girls will be playing a double header against Sherman’s Lady Wildcats with the first game starting 11 a.m., followed at 1 p.m. for the second. It will be a busy week for the Ellicottville softballers with a game on Wednesday, April 5 at home again, this time against Portville, with the first pitch to be tossed at 4:30 p.m. That game will be followed by an away game against Salamanca on Thursday, April

6 with a 4:30 p.m. start. College action has been overshadowed with some exciting basketball madness that is still going in March but the Bonnies men and women have been hitting the diamonds with moderate success. The men’s baseball team split their last two games against St. Louis on the road. The first game was an exciting win, 6-5 in 12 innings. The men are now 7-9 overall and 2-4 in conference play. The ladies are 7-18 overall, having not played a conference opponent to date. They will play their first conference softball game at home this weekend in a triple header against La Salle with two games on Saturday, April 1, the first starting at 12 p.m., followed by the second at 2 p.m. and then again on Sunday, April 2 at 12 p.m. Get out to cheer on the Bonnies’ local star No. 99 sophomore Brittany Fair from Hinsdale. Hilbert College Lady Hawks will be showing off their two locals stars in No. 21 freshman Nateal Papasergi from Allegany-Limestone and No. 24 freshman Kaitlyn Snayczuk from West Valley down in Altoona, PA, taking on the Mounties from Mount Aloysius College this weekend, April 1 and then the Penn State Altoona Lions next weekend, April 8. Other ECS Sports While we are waiting for the greens to dry up, Ellicottville has a new team on the block— the Lady Eagles Golf Team. Their first matchup will be against Olean High School, but not until Friday, May 5 at the Bartlett Country Club in Olean.

ECS National Honor Society Inducts Nine New Members By Elizabeth Riggs

The Ellicottville High School National Honor Society added nine new members into its society last Sunday in their annual induction ceremony. This year’s new inductees include: Lisa Krotz, Madison Swalcy, Kirklind Kaleta, Andelain Wilson, Daniel Tupchik, Marissa Hamilton, Kourtney Robinson, Hannah DeChane, and Emily Durandetto. According to Blair Wood, who has been the Ellicottville National Honor Society Advisor for the past seven years, in order to be inducted into the society students must meet various criteria. “Juniors and seniors are first selected based on their cumulative average at the end of the second quarter each year. They need to have a 90 percent

or greater average to meet the scholarship pillar for NHS, and for the process to begin,” said Wood. “They are then asked to complete some paperwork and receive recommendations to document the remaining pillars—character, leadership, and service.” From there, a faculty council reviews the presented material and makes a final decision to select new members. “NHS recognizes outstanding high school students who have demonstrated excellent character, scholarship, leadership, and service,” said Wood. “Our organization serves to celebrate those characteristics and to encourage the students to carry them into their futures, wherever they may lead.” At ECS, members of the

society continue to demonstrate leadership among their peers by hosting various events at the school throughout the year. “NHS sponsors Red Cross Blood drives during the school year. We also run a Middle School Dance in the winter,” said Wood. “NHS students are often the go-to individuals when events take place in the school or community require a student presence.” And according to Wood, there’s plenty to enjoy about working with and advising the NHS students. “These students are our best and brightest. When something needs to be done, they never hesitate to help, often without having to be asked,” said Wood. “They are fantastic kids, and I love working with them each and every year.”

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Trout Season Opens April 1

April 1 marks the opening of trout season in the Enchanted Mountains. No matter if you’re an avid angler or simply a fairweather fisherman (or woman) we have a place where you will surely be hooked! Don’t have your license? It’s just $25 ($50 for non-resident) and is good for one full year from date of purchase! There are regulations for each County. Know the length requirements and daily limits for each body of water you are fishing in by visit the DEC. Read the blog for the 2017-18 Regulation Changes and updates from the Seneca Nation. Make sure to ask for the Freshwater Fishing Regulation Guide when you get your license. Here are some places in Cattaraugus County to get your license: East Otto, 9134 Bowen Road, (716) 257-9182; Great Valley, Town of Humphrey, 4875 Humprey Road, (716) 945-4008; Gowanda, Town of Persia, 8 W Main Street, (716) 532-4042; Little Valley, Town of Mansfield, 7691 Toad Hollow Road (716) 257-9288; Randolph, 1 Bank Street, (716) 358-9701; Salamanca, Salamanca City Clerk’s Office,225 Wildwood Ave, Suite 3, (716) 945-4620; West Valley, Town of Ashford, 9377 Rte 240, (716) 942-6016. For more information, visit www.enchantedmountains.com/fishing. Spring 2017 Trout Stocking for Cattaraugus County The following listing reflects the anticipated number of yearling and older trout to be stocked into listed waters during spring 2017. Actual numbers and stocking times may vary depending on fish availability and weather conditions. The fish are stocked with help from County Federated Sportsmen. 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than 80 of the area’s leading businesses are expected to exhibit their wares and services. Displays will include landscaping, patios, window replacement, siding, heating and air conditioning, pools, spas, furniture, computer technology and much more. Also, representatives from local banks, home builders and insurance companies will be on hand to meet show-goers. For more information on the Olean Home Show, call Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce at (716) 372-4433 or email member@oleanny.com. April means adventure! With melting snow and spring runoff, April is the perfect time to try out whitewater rafting in Zoar Valley. Take a guided trip down the Cattaraugus and enjoy a wet and wild adrenaline rush as you view the gorge from below. For more information visit www.ZoarValleyRafting.com, www.Adventure-Calls.com or CattRaftingAdventures.com. April means spring break! Young artists will be excited to learn new techniques and explore art in other cultures during the Cattaraugus County Arts Council’s “ArtVenture” camp April 10-14 during the school break. Kids will explore their creativity and learn new skills in small groups with individualized attention. CCAC Education Coordinator Ardyth Van Scoy has selected several engaging new projects for the two ArtVenture Camps - New Artists, ages 4-7 and Young Artists ages 7-11. In order to have materials for everyone, all students must be signed-up beforehand by calling (716) 372-7455 or online at www.myartscouncil. net. The week-long camp is $65 per child, and includes all project supplies. The classes are held at the CCAC studio, 100 West Main Street, Allegany, NY. For more info, visit www.myartscouncil.net. April means time to celebrate the earth! Allegany State Park’s second annual combined celebration of Arbor and Earth Days, a family-friendly event, will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Red House Administration Building. With an interpretive hike planned and many other

fun activities in the works, we are looking forward to a day of celebrating two things we cannot live without! As the event approaches, be sure to check out www.facebook.com/ AlleganyStatePark or contact the Environmental Education/ Recreation Department at (716) 354-9101 ext. 236 for more information. On Saturday, April 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Grevepode Gallery presents the Earth Day Artisan Festival at Granny’s Boot Antiques and Grevepode Gallery, 10761 Miller Road in Springville. April means fun events! Enjoy great food for a great cause at the Taste of the Southtowns on Sunday, April 23 at St. Aloysius Hall, 190 Franklin Street in Springville. Seven restaurants will be serving up some of their specialties including prime rib, salmon, beef tenderloin, crab cakes, beef on weck, pulled pork, tacos, soups, peanut butter pie, apple pie, brownies and more, with food items costing $1 to $4. There will also be a Silent Auction, 50 basket Chinese Auction and two live bands, The Rustic Ramblers and Wagner & Winston. Get a massage from Eric Davis for $1 per minute. All proceeds benefit Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary, a 501c3 organization and the largest waterfowl sanctuary in the US with over 700 endangered and protected ducks, geese and swans and over 70 different species. For more info, visit www. gooseneckhillwaterfowlfarm. com. April 29-30 is Franklinville’s 2017 WNY Maple Festival. Stop by to taste that mouthwatering, freshly made maple syrup and learn the process of making it. Enjoy all you can eat pancakes, demonstrations, a craft show, a petting zoo, antique gas and engine show, kids rides, a craft show, a parade, a library book sale, plowing demos, live entertainment, helicopter rides and the Miner’s Cabin will be open. April means time to get out and enjoy everything the area has to offer. Make your spring bucket list and start checking things off!

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Ellicottville Leads County in Q1 Lodging Revenue

By Chris Chapman Media and Communications Manager Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce

Ellicottville is the undisputed driving force for tourism in Cattaraugus County and the first quarter for 2017 has proven that the trend has continued, according to the newest occupancy numbers just released. Cattaraugus County collects a 5-percent bed tax on all nonnative owned lodging facilities in the County. For the period from Dec. 1, 2016 to Feb. 28, 2017, the first quarter for

lodging revenue numbers, a total of $279,756.47 was collected. Of that amount, $217,973.78 was collected from Ellicottville accommodations. That translates to 78 percent of the Cattaraugus County Occupancy Tax coming from Ellicottville. To put the bed tax numbers into context, the amount collected in Ellicottville in the first quarter is the second largest total since the inception of the tax in 2004, and is only 5 percent off the record amount set in 2011 as well as being 41

percent higher than the same period in 2016. “One of the drivers of the increased occupancy in Ellicottville was the great early season skiing and snowboarding that the two resorts were able to offer,” according to Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Brian McFadden. “Additionally, this comes off a record 4th quarter in 2016 which was 20 percent greater than any other 4th quarter on record”. “Another key to the

increase were the Christmas Season events, Christmas in Ellicottville and Christmas Stroll, as well as Winter Blues Weekend, in the Village which all saw increased attendance,” stated Barb Pump, Events and Membership Manager. “We are not going to rest on our laurels,” she went on to say. “With a full slate of Green Season events and activities, and some new family friendly events being planned, we are looking to set more records this year”. And this is why we say, “Ellicottville. Easy to find. Hard to Leave.”

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Finds; Painting Techniques; 716-496-8862 fax Decorative Interior Tips; and Living with Essential Oils. In addition, the Cattaraugus 10am - 1pm County Health Department will Mon-Fri: 8-5 (Evenings by Appt) • Sat: 8-noon (Fall & Winter) be hosting their Water Tasting Red House Admin. 8-3 (Spring & Summer) Test all day on Saturday. Building www.tricountysupply.com • ralewis@tricountysupply.com New for 2017, three different local radio stations will be sponsoring special events BBB of WNY presents the 2017 forward to a variety of area during the show. WPIG FM businesses that specialize in is sponsoring the Garden home upgrades, including Party Night on Friday, which bathroom remodeling, includes a plant give-away contracting services, garage for the first 100 customers, doors and openers, home cooking with herbs class and a décor, water treatment, hands-on gardening workshop. window installation, and On Saturday, WMXO FM is more. Randy’s Up The River sponsoring the Saturday Wine/ will run the food concession, Brew Walk, when show-goers featuring sandwiches, hotdogs, ages 21 and up are invited to have a taste of different salads, snacks and more. Some of this year’s vendors beverages from New York State Olean Recreation Center 551 East State Street, Olean include 84 Lumber, Maple wineries and microbreweries Leaf Contracting, Pool Mart, including Four Mile Brewing Inc., RAINSOFT Water Company. On Sunday, The Treatment Company, as well as Mountain is sponsoring the Owl Homes Group of Allegany 30 Minute Raffles, when the and ERA Team VP Realty for Home Show gives away gift Plants Giveaway for the first 100 customers into the show courtesy of those looking to build or buy a certificates from the vendors every 30 minutes! home. Miller’s Farm Market; cooking with herbs class; gardening hands on Admission to the show is $4 Other vendors that showworkshop, kids can plant their own tomatoes -- all Friday! goers will enjoy include Little for adults and $3 for students Bee Oils, LulaRoe, Norwex, and seniors, and free on-site the Pfeiffer Nature Center, and parking is available. Each Enjoy tastes from NYS wineries and breweries and even day, the home show is open the Whistle Stop Feed Shop. In addition to a variety of during different hours: Friday, our very own Four Mile Brewing Co. area vendors, the home show April 7, from 5 to 9 p.m.; also includes informative Saturday, April 8, from 10 a.m. demonstrations for each day to 6 p.m., and Sunday, April The home show will be giving away gift certificates from the vendors of the event. Demos include 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information about the Gardening Techniques;We Grow Service Ellicottville, Olean and every 30 minutes on Sunday. These are just for those who attend Sunday! Greater Olean Home Show, It, Cook It, Eat It;Allegany, Siding for Springville (and north), Great Your Home; Re-Purpose, call (716)372-4433 or email Valley, Otto, East Otto, Little Valley, Re- Paint, Re-sell Good meme@oleanny.com.

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Donations Sought for Michelle Silliker Bench

On February 21, 2017 Ellicottville lost Michelle Silliker, a remarkable “women”and contributor to our community. She was a Nurse Practitioner who created and built the Olean Medical Group practice in Ellicottville for the past 17 years, which served many patients from in and around Ellicottville. Michelle fought a long, twoyear battle with ovarian cancer and continued to see patients during this time. She also was a ski patroller at Holimont for the past thirty years, where she collected many friends. Michelle lived in Allegany with her husband Alan, who has taught counseling psychology at St. Bonaventure for more than 40 years. She considered Ellicottville her “second” home, frequently hitting the restaurants and shops. Michelle had many favorite things, but coffee, wine, food, and friends always remained at the top of that list. As a way to honor Michelle, we would like to have a bench with her name placed in front of the Ellicottville Health Center building. We are hoping that friends, community members, co-workers, and former patients will contribute to create this permanent thank you for the Silliker family. Any funds collected in excess of the

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Village Planning Board be reworked with matching brick to fit the aesthetic of the village. Also, the front Alpinestyle deck will be replaced and expanded over the sidewalk and will return the building to a period aesthetic in compliance with Section 11 guidelines of the Village Law. This project will also include the renovation and addition of a 3rd floor that will be used for either retail or restaurant space and will include a 42-inch high wall around the top. The engineer on the project, Aaron Tiller, has submitted a letter to the VPB that this project will be designed and held to the Section 11 guidelines as reassurance that the project will maintain the integrity of the village. The application was complete at the February meeting of the VPB and they could move forward with the Public Hearing about the Site Plan Review, Architectural Review and Special Use Permit, despite the Village Zoning Board of appeals postponing its Public Hearing on the project. There were many letters received from members of the village and there were many members of the village in attendance. The VPB thanked all of them for coming before opening the hearing and said their input is valued by the board. The first statement made about the proposed project involved the expansion of the deck. There are residential apartments on either side of this potential new deck and there is concern about noise and privacy. The attendees were split evenly, for the project. One resident stated that this project would be great for the community as empty buildings do not look good in our village. Others noted other concerns: will the addition of a 3rd floor affect the buildings adjacent and how will parking be

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addressed as there is currently an easement through adjacent properties to access the rear of the property. Another concern that was a recurring theme was the noise in the village and how they would intend to control it. Noise is a major issue in the village with the current bars and restaurants and noise ordinances not being enforced. Also, the current owners of the adjacent buildings do not want to see the value of their apartments diminish further due to added noise. To this, one member of the village stated anyone who moves to the village knows what they are getting into— it has been noisy for twenty-plus years; if you don’t want that atmosphere, elect to live just outside of the village. There is concern regarding delivery trucks and how they will affect the flow of traffic. This is where a few members of the village stated this has been an issue for years. If a delivery truck is blocking a roadway, you turn around and enter from the other direction. Yes, it is a hassle, but it is worth having the tourist destination that we do. The next statement was in favor of the project, stating we should trust the developer, Phil Vogt, as he has done magnificent work throughout the area and would not do anything to diminish the value and direction the village is going. To this, it was stated that they trust Vogt’s ability to do fine work, but they are concerned about disclosure of the project; what exactly will be done with the building once it is complete as there is not a clear-cut plan post-renovation. Another concern is how construction and staging of this magnitude will impact the parking in the rear of the building. Another statement about employee parking was brought up —another recurring theme throughout the hearing.

After members of the public spoke, a lawyer, on behalf of an adjacent building owner, brought up concerns with the completeness of the project’s application and the processes and procedures of the VPB. He wants to ensure all proper steps are taken to ensure compliance with local and state law. He noted that in the application, there is not a full description of the project and there is no development schedule. He also stated that there is nothing to address noise in the application along with added light spill and pollution. After the attorney’s comments, statements were made regarding the precedent that would be set for future development in the village. Also, comments were made that these standards were not held up on many other projects in the village that have provided an extreme value to the local economy. The public hearing was then closed and the VPB again thanked the public for attending. The three recurring themes were: the parking situation in the village, noise ordinance and enforcement, along with procedures and processes of the VPB. Attendees agreed all issues need to be sorted out. The VPB deemed no action would be taken and the Special Use Permit, Site Plan Review and Architectural Review was tabled, as the comments from the public needed to be given consideration and a new list of requirements to the developer will be drawn up per concerns raised in the Public Hearing. The VPB also needs to wait until the April meeting of the ZBA and its decision is regarding new zoning for the property. This meeting will be held on April 4, 2017. The VPB is off in April and its next regularly scheduled meeting will take place on May 9, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. at the Village/ Town Hall.

I bet that you have never heard the term “flamping” before! Most people have heard the term “glamping,” right? Glamping is camping with a little bit of class, comfort and luxury. Flamping (family + glamping) is like glamping, with the same level of comfort, but for the whole family. Many people who are big into hiking, canoeing or kayaking are familiar with setting up a camp at the end of the day for an overnight stop while on their journey to some remote destination. This is bare bones camping and usually includes a simple lightweight pop up tent, a sleeping bag, maybe a pad and that’s about it. In the morning, if you last that long, you get up, stretch and rub out all of your sore muscles. After a few years of doing this, you’ll come to the conclusion that this is just not fun! Sleeping on the hard ground as you get older is painful and just getting up onto your feet is a challenge. Somewhere along the line, people form a real dislike for camping and stop going altogether. Many resorts around the world and even locally have developed a concept call glamping and although it isn’t “real camping,” it is in a tent with comfortable furniture much like you would find in your own bedroom. The tent is placed upon a raised wooden platform located in some breathtaking scenic location, such as on a mountain side or overlooking a lake. The basic amenities of glamping are a comfortable bed, night stand to hold your smart phone, carpeting and a comfortable chair or two. In most cases, there is electricity, an outdoor grill and nearby, an outdoor shower to top it all off. Glamping is fun but expensive and generally more suitable for a couples’ getaway than a family experience. Flamping, on the other hand, takes most of the attributes of glamping and takes it to another level, something the whole family can afford and enjoy. First off, you have to figure out where to go— someplace close by is the best for your initial outing. Somewhere that you can drive to is also very important. Some suggestions for those living in the Ellicottville/

Springville area are the Cattaraugus State Forests near Little Valley or the East Otto State Forests near Zoar Valley— both of these locations allow camping. The Cattaraugus State Forest is just off Potter Hill Road offering two campsites, with an additional one off of West Hill Road. These are roadside primitive tent sites, meaning neither electricity nor plumbing. A yellow campsite marker will designate the site. For the more adventurous, there is the possibility of “atlarge” primitive camping, which is allowed throughout the property, but campsites must be at least 150 feet away from the nearest road, trail, or body of water. Camping for more than three nights or in groups of 1- or more requires a permit from a forest ranger. The East Otto State Forest is off of Traffic Street, running parallel with the south side of the Zoar Valley just west of 219. Here, camping is allowed at 14 designated tent sites along Kriedeman Forest Road, available on a first come, first serve basis and also marked with a yellow camp marker. These sites are numbered and have primitive fire rings. Although the Kriedeman Forest Road is popular during the summer months and camping is only allowed at designated sites, you can still find at-large sites on other parts of the 1,354-acre property. Again, individuals may set up camp at any location, which is at least 150 feet from water bodies, streams, roads or trails. Again, camping for more than three nights or in a group of 10 or more requires a permit from a Forest Ranger. Both of these sites are excellent for your first time out with parking allowed at the entrance to each site. Next, you will have to invest it the right camping gear to

make the experience enjoyable and comfortable for everyone involved. The first and most important piece of equipment is your tent. When you are shopping for a tent, don’t get fooled by the “it sleeps 10 adults” description. What this really means is that you can lay 10 bodies on the floor of the tent side by side, and that the footprint of the tent is about 10’x 12’ or 120 square feet (12 square feet per person). For flamping purposes, this is really a two person tent. For a family of four, you will need two of these 120 square foot tents to be comfortable. The cabin style tent is the best choice with at least 6 feet of head room and a fly to keep out the rain. Again, don’t be fooled by a description stating that the tent is waterproof. A tent might be waterproof for the first year, but soon the seams will get stretched out and will begin to leak. A fly will always keep you dry. Another important feature of your tent is that it is just one open space, not two or three divided spaces. The reason for this is to accommodate your next most important piece of equipment— your cots or beds! Air mattresses are fine, but they are too low to the ground, making it hard to get up in the morning and sooner or later they will go flat in the middle of the night— ugh! A good cot is easy to get off of, but requires a bit more unobstructed room to set up. Choose a size to accommodate your body. For adults, the best are the oversized ones about 42”x84” while the regular 36”x 72”size is ideal for children. The other benefit of a raised cot is that you can store bags underneath so they are not underfoot. To round out your flamping tent, add a 2’x 2’ collapsible night stand and a couple of folding chairs. Before setting up your furniture lay down an 8’x 5’ indoor outdoor rug for those moments when you are barefoot first thing in the morning, it’ll feel just like home. Finally, a battery operated lantern will provide enough light to read or play family games. Outdoors you’ll want some sort of grill to cook meals on. Rather than dragging your BBQ along, get a double burner portable propane camp stove like the one made by Masterbuilt and sold at home improvement stores for about $120. Add to this a couple of Lodge cast iron 10” skillets and a percolator to make your very own “Grand Slam Breakfast” of pancakes, bacon, eggs and coffee. Enjoy!

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Sunday September 3rd 1939. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain’s declaration of war with Germany, a senior Secret Service agent breaks into Maisie Dobbs’ flat to await her return. Dr. Francesca Thomas has an urgent assignment for Maisie: to find the killer of a man who escaped occupied Belgium as a boy, some twenty-three years earlier during the Great War. As Maisie’s search for the killer escalates, the country braces for what is to come. Britain is approaching its gravest hour — and Maisie could be nearing a crossroads of her own. This book is currently available in book format only at the Ellicottville Memorial Library. It is also available as a large print book using our interlibrary loan program. Don’t forget, you can access over 15,400 eBooks and eAudiobooks using your library card!

East Otto Town Board Minutes The February meeting of the East Otto Town Board was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by Supervisor Ann Rugg on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. In Highway business: the town will advertise for bids for a new 550 truck. There are currently two open positions on the Board of Assessment Review the town will advertise for those positions. The position of cleaning the town hall is still also available. Ann asked the board for suggestions for the Justice Grant.

Ann stated that training for the Justice Court Clerk is now mandatory. Mike Poch stated a resident asked him why a landline phone number wasn’t provided on the recent tax bill. The collector stated that a cell phone number was provided and she felt she was much more accessible with a cell phone. The board reviewed the Planning Board Survey. Ann stated that the government took broadband money away previously. She will look into seeing if they have put it back

in yet. The board is going to ask the Planning Board for input to enhance what the people are looking for. Public comment: Bob Bowen stated that Farmersville in Wyoming County is putting windmills up. The time of town board meetings will change from 7pm to 6pm starting March 14, 2017. Respectfully Submitted Deanna Bowen Town Clerk

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Oh, heck yes! It’s been one doozy of a winter, but spring is finally here — and it’s time to get outside and get active again. But let’s be realistic here. The season may technically be spring, but there’s a good chance we’ve still got some cold days and melted snow ahead of us. That’s not going to keep us from heading outside, but we’d still like to keep our feet warm and dry and clothes unmuddied — thank you very much. Here are some tips to keep you comfortable during the thaw: 1. Lighten up. Trade your winter parka in for a light, packable waterproof jacket and pants. You need fullbody protection against splash back when you run through puddles, and using lightweight, packable gear ensures that you won’t leave it behind to

cut weight and then end up wet and cold. You’ll also stay dry if it rains, snows or pours freezing rain on you — all of which can happen in the shoulder season. Even better? Being waterproof from head to toe protects you from even the most inconsiderate of puddlesplashing drivers if your workout takes you anywhere near the road. 2. Expect the weather to change. It might be winter one day and spring the next, then flip back and forth a few times before it’s done. Cope with the changing extremes by leaving room for layering underneath your waterproof jacket and pants. Check the forecast before you go and take extra layers if necessary, or even better yet, just leave an extra top and bottom layer or two in your vehicle or pack all the time. The extra air trapped between layers acts as insulation for your body, and as long as the layers are available,

you can remove or add them to fine-tune your comfort. 3. Remember the small things It’s easy to remember important workout gear, like your shoes or jacket, but there are a few small things that will optimize your spring fitness time. Sunglasses help shield your eyes from cold winds and spring sun all at the same time. Always have an extra pair of dry socks available. Always. Finding dry socks when you need them is just as good as finding a $20 bill in the pocket of your winter coat come next winter. And toss a plastic grocery bag or waterproof stuff sack in with your other gear to hold any wet or muddy gear separate from dry items. 4. Have fun Spring may present unpredictable weather, puddles and even a residual winter snow, but being prepared to brave the elements will make your outdoor spring workouts fun and effective.

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Mike Randall from Buffalo’s Channel 7 was in Ellicottville this past Wednesday, interviewing Tracy Draper, owner of the Ellicottville Salt Cave. Draper gave Randall a tour of her spa, and talked about the therapeutic benefits of salt therapy, and other spa services. The interview was scheduled to air Wednesday evening, March 29.

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Young artists will be excited to learn new techniques and explore art in other cultures during the Cattaraugus County Arts Council’s “ArtVenture” camps April 10-14 during their school spring break. Kids will explore their creativity and learn new skills in small groups with individualized attention. CCAC Education Coordinator Ardyth Van Scoy has selected several engaging new projects for the two ArtVenture CampsNew Artists, ages 4-7 and Young Artists ages 7-11. In order to have materials for everyone, all students must be signed-up beforehand, no drop-ins are allowed. Sign-up today by telephone at 716372- 7455 or online at www. myartscouncil.net. The weeklong camp is $65 per child, and includes all project supplies. The classes are held at the

CCAC studio, 100 West Main Street, Allegany, NY. New artists (ages 4-7 years) can join ArtVenture Monday through Friday from 9-10 a.m. Designed for budding artists, this week kids will get creative and experience art fromdifferent cultures, different techniques, and have a blast doing it! Kids will learn about color and patterns while doing circle art and bleeding tissue paintings. They will delve into the world of negative space painting and paper mosaics and round out the week making glue suncatchers. The second daily ArtVenture class, starting at 10:30 a.m. and ending at 12 p.m. Monday through Friday, is for young artists ages 7-11. Designed for these older artists, this week of classes will give the kids a little more art history

and theory mixed in with engaging projects. They will study the use of negative space with watercolor paintings, try their hand at creating intricate patterns in an abstract piece and use regular magazines to create their own wildlife print. They will also get to use foil and yarn to create a one-of- a- kind work of metallic art and finish the week by creating their own set of Chinese lanterns. ArtVenture classes will be taught by Ardyth VanScoy, a Fine Arts graduate of St. Bonaventure. Ms. Van Scoy is also active in local theater groups both onstage as a performer and off stage creating scenery and costumes.

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This week, it finally started to feel like spring. With melting snow and warmer temps, it’s that time of year to throw on the mud boots, get outside, take long walks and listen to the birds chirp. It’s also the time of year when most homeowners think about what kinds of things they want to get done in their yards or in/on their houses. Home improvements can mean many things. Fun projects like changing up a paint color, tiling a floor or adding a new patio. Or less fun things like installing a new pool liner or putting on a new roof (both on my husband’s to-do list for this summer). All the choices can be overwhelming, and sometimes a starting point is all you need. Lucky for everyone living in Western New York, the Olean Area Home Show is coming April 7-9. There, you will find it all: a haven for DIYers, contractor services, lawn and garden equipment, room additions, windows, doors, siding, roofing, fireplaces, bathrooms, kitchens and more. Check out page 7 and see what it’s all about, and make plans to attend so you can find that inspiration! Home improvements can be stressful, but there’s no denying that with some preparation and research, the end result will be worth it!

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first run. The Ronnie Berlack U16 Eastern Championship Grand Prix sponsored by Nordica was held at Stowe Mountain in Stowe, VT. Alec Nolan of Holiday Valley finished in 47th on day one’s Super-G. HoliMont’s Carlo Muscarella took 50th. Holiday Valley’s Katherine Wojnowski finished 28th with teammates Logans Fredrickson, Candice Kasahara and Hayly Fredrickson finishing 31st, 35th and 59th respectively. Day Two was a Giant Slalom, Alec Nolan (HV) finished 42nd while Carlo Muscarella (HO) unfortunately crashed his first run. Logan Fredrickson (HV) took 30th, Candice Kasahara (HV) 35th, Katherine Wojnowski (HV) 44th and Hayly Fredrickson (HV) 45th. The third day was a Slalom event and Nolan took 36th and Muscarella crashed again. Hayly Fredrickson had her best result so far of the series with a 40th place. The final day of competition was another Slalom and Muscarella broke his streak finishing in an impressive 26th place while Nolan took 41st. Logan Fredrickson finished 42nd and Hayly Fredrickson took 44th. Some U16 athletes headed to Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, VT for the USSA Eastern

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Ski Racing will be eager to see their results as they move up to U14s next season. Sydney Hendriks of HoliMont placed 56th for the U14 women. On the men’s side, HoliMont’s Cameron Johnson also found himself on the podium with the bronze medal. Erik Shattenberg of Holiday Valley just missed the top ten with an 11th place finish. Day two at Gunstock Mountain was the Paul Ladouceur Slalom and the first time that U12s see tall pole slalom. Generally, U12 athletes ski smaller gates for slalom commonly referred to as “stubbies”. Madalyn Cummings (HO) cracked the top ten with a 7th place finish. Mary Catherine Mangan (HO) took 11th and Claire Rintoul (HO) 47th. For the men, Erick Shattenberg (HV) took 13th. U21/U19 athletes traveled to Gore Mountain in North Creek, NY for their U19 Eastern Championships. Day one consisted of a Super-G. Nathan Briselden of Holiday Valley finished on the podium 3rd place. Teammate Sean Nolan took 12th! Day Two was a Giant Slalom. Unfortunately, both Briselden and Nolan crashed their first run. The final day of competition was a Slalom. Sean Nolan (HV) finished in 29th while Briselden again crashed in the

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Finals. Day one was a Super-G where Holiday Valley’s Lauren Thomas found herself on the podium in 3rd place! Teammate Sierra Cappelli took 22nd. Day two was another Super-G and Thomas again found herself on the podium but this time with the gold medal and Sierra Cappelli finished 21st. Day three was a Giant Slalom. Thomas finished 9th, Kate Masliwec (HO) 27th and Cappelli placed 28th. The final day of competition was a Slalom Thomas, Masliwec and Cappelli each took 24th, 28th and 29th respectively. The only U14 from HoliMont or Holiday Valley to move on the Eastern Championships was Alexander Wojnowski of Holiday Valley. This series was held at Sunday River Ski Resort in Sunday River, ME. Day one was a Super-G, Wojnowski finished 43rd. Day Two was a Giant Slalom where Wojnowski placed 38th. Day three of competition was a Slalom where Wojnowski cracked the top twenty with a 16th place. These races bring an end to the 2016-2017 Junior Alpine Ski Racing Season for Holiday Valley and HoliMont athletes. It was a great season— you all worked so hard!

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A Calendar of Events for Ellicottville and Surrounding Communities March 29 - April 1 An Iliad St. Bonaventure University The Quick Center for the Arts 7:30 pm $8 public / $6 students March 31- April 1 Ellicottvile Central School Anything Goes Musical 7 pm March 31 - April 1 Hinsdale Central School The Addams Family A New Musical 7 pm April 1 Cabin Fever Dance to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life 8:00 p.m. - Midnight Catt. Co. Fairgrounds Food, Drinks, Basket Raffles, Drawings $5 Donation

April 1 Trout Season Opens April 7 - 9 2017 Greater Olean Area Home Show William O. Smith Recreation Center April 8 2017 Daffodil Festival South Dayton April 8 - 9 2017 Little Valley Volunteer Fire Dept. Spring Sportsmen’s Show April 10 - 14 Spring Break Art Camp CCAC Studio 100 West Main Street, Allegany, NY www.myartscouncil.net April 13 Spring Lecture Series Seneca-Iroquois National Museum Dan Hill Iroquois Flute History

April 15 Earth and Arbor Day Celebration at ASP 10am - 1pm Red House Admin. Bldg. April 20 You Too Can Bonsai Pfeiffer Nature Center Portville Free Library 1 North Main St. Portville, NY April 22 Amish and English Artisans Teach Leon Historical Society Baskets & Greeting Cards 716-296-5709 or 716-257-5272 www.leonhistoricalsociety. webs.com April 22 - 23 Tri-County Trout Derby Registration is at the Arcade Chamber of Commerce Office

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By Alicia Dziak

SCA Seeks Artists Upcoming Events for Art Crawl 2017

A Dozen Things To Do This April

April in the Springville area is a time to get some fresh air and celebrate spring and all it has to offer. From special events to outdoor activities to holidays, this is a month with something for everyone! April 1 marks the opening of trout season. This area offers some of the best Steelhead fishing opportunities around, and no matter your experience and ability, there’s a place where you will surely be hooked! Visit www.dec.ny.gov for more info. Looking for an adrenaline rush? With melting snow and spring runoff, April is the perfect time to try out whitewater rafting in Zoar Valley. Take a guided trip down the Cattaraugus and enjoy a wet and wild experience as you view the gorge from below. For more information visit

March 31- April 2 Springtime in the Country Hamburg Fairgrounds April 1 Opening Day of Trout Season

www.ZoarValleyRafting.com, www.Adventure-Calls.com or CattRaftingAdventures.com. April means the end of ski season and the beginning of golf season. Weatherpermitting, you can do both on the same day at Holiday Valley April 2. Enjoy the last

of the winter sports on the slopes, where lifts are open daily until 4:30 p.m. Then get out the clubs and get ready to golf when the course opens. Visit www.holidayvalley.com for more info. Ready to get your run on? April means the start of race

Springville Center for the Arts seeks artwork submissions for the juried Annual Downtown Springville Art Crawl. The deadline is April 15 to submit artwork. Performers, installation artists and those interested in selling fine craftwork may also apply. The jury this year includes Zack Boehler, Vanessa

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High Hurdles Offers Therapeutic Horseback Riding in Sardinia

Frost and Tina Hastings. The Art Crawl places artwork in small businesses along Springville’s East Main Historic District. Small groups of musicians play inside and out. Kid sites, interactive activities and fine craft sales round out the event. Visitors receive a map and stroll from

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SGI is Goin’ Bald for Bucks April 6 By Alicia Dziak

With a motto of “Snipping, Clipping, and Shaving Our Way to Cancer Cures!” Goin’ Bald for Bucks is an inititative that challenges participants to shave their heads in exchange for monetary donations to rasie money for Roswell Park Cancer Institute. While SGI’s high school faculty and students have participated in this before, this year marks the first year that all four schools in the district will be taking part. “Bald for Bucks is taking place on April 6 district-wide,” said Chris Scarpine, Springville See Bald for Bucks page 4

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A LOOK BACK:

Bringing Water Home By Derek M. Otto

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In 1997, a group of parents, educators and professionals set out to provide children with developmental disabilities to opportunity to try therapeutic horseback riding. Twenty years later, the High Hurdles Therapeutic riding program serves hundreds of riders each year and continues to transform lives. A division of Suburban Adult Services Inc. (SASi), a Western New York non-profit that provides various services for people with developmental disabilities, High Hurdles is a therapeutic horseback riding program that helps cognitively, emotionally and physically challenged individuals by offering them a unique opportunity for growth and development. Located off Route 39 in Sardinia, High Hurdles utilizes instructors, students, horses and volunteers to teach program participants everything from how to groom a horse to the horseback riding skills themselves. According to High Hurdles Equine Program Manager Megan Stapley, the program is about

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Pump house and reservoir about 1900. The pump house was sold in 1950 and reservoir drained.

Recently in the news we learned that century-old water mains in Erie County were in need of replacement. The cost is astronomical and the Erie County Water Authority is struggling with a master plan for the tough job ahead. We are facing an aging water and sewer infrastructure in the north part of the Town of Concord. Luckily, our town fathers have worked to be proactive over the years in an attempt to provide running water. The earliest houses with See A Look Back page 7

Springtime in the Country March 31-April 2

Springtime in the Country returns to the Hamburg Fairgrounds this weekend, March 31- April 2. Springtime in the Country is celebrating 23 years of fine art and artisans. The events has grown to include a market atmosphere including gourmet coffees, olive oils, baked goods, cheeses and meats. Over 25 new artisans will join the company of more than 200 artisans representing every corner of the country. Ranked as one of the top 25 events in the nation, Springtime in the Country will feature products including garden art, metal works, women’s fashion, wall art, custom furniture,

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Trout Season Opens April 1

April 1 marks the opening of trout season in the area. No matter if you’re an avid angler or simply a fairweather fisherman (or woman) we have a place where you will surely be hooked! Don’t have your license? Visit www.ny.gov/services/get-freshwater-fishing-license to find out how to obtain one. Spring 2017 Trout Stocking for Erie County The following listing reflects the anticipated number of yearling and older trout to be stocked into listed waters during spring 2017. Actual numbers and stocking times may vary depending on fish availability and weather conditions. The fish are stocked with help from County Federated Sportsmen. Water Town Number Date Species Size Cattaraugus Creek Sardinia 3140 March Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Cattaraugus Creek Sardinia 600 March Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Cattaraugus Creek Sardinia 2480 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Cattaraugus Creek Sardinia 350 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Cayuga Creek Lancaster 350 April Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Cayuga Creek Lancaster 2800 April Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Cazenovia Creek-East Branch Aurora 300 March Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Cazenovia Creek-East Branch Aurora 2560 March Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Cazenovia Creek-East Branch Aurora 410 April - May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Eighteenmile Creek Boston 620 March Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Ellicott Creek Amherst 1250 April Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Lake Erie Buffalo 1000 Spring Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Lake Erie Evans 4130 Spring Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Sprague Brook Park - Foote Road Pond Concord 100 April Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Sprague Brook Park - Foote Road Pond Concord 50 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Sprague Brook Park A and B Pond Concord 75 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Sprague Brook Park A and B Pond Concord 200 April Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Sprague Brook Park Veteran’s Pond Concord 200 April Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Sprague Brook Park Veteran’s Pond Concord 75 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Springville Field and Stream Club Pond Concord 200 April - May Brook Trout 8 - 9 inches For more info, visit www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/fishing.html.

Letter from the Editor

It’s funny how the timing of things works out. This week, the day that I got the info about SGI’s Goin’ Bald for Bucks, was the same day I took a close family member to an appointment at Roswell. As we walked through the all-too-familiar hallways there, I thought how it really is an amazing place. From the friendly valets, to the woman playing piano in the lobby, to strangers in the elevator saying hi, to anyone and everyone holding doors for one another, Roswell is a place full of genuine kindness that you don’t see just anywhere. I don’t know if it’s because you assume most people in there are dealing with the “c” word in one way or another, but it’s a place where everyone is there to help, whether it’s the nurses and doctors, or people you don’t know who probably know how you feel. Everyone has a smile for you, everyone strikes up a conversation with you, nobody stares at you if you have no hair. Nobody wants to be at Roswell, but if you are one of the way too many dealing with the cancer, it’s comforting knowing there’s a place like Roswell nearby to go to, with some of the most stateof-the-art equipment out there, and even more importantly, a dedicated, cutting-edge medical team that makes patients feel comfortable and full of hope. A year ago, I never thought I’d be able to write first-hand about Roswell, but now that I can, I cannot say enough good things about it. If you or someone you love is spending their time there, surely you will agree that despite the reason for being there, many good things come out of having such a facility and the people that come with it in our community. If we happen to be there at the same time, I will open the door for you and smile at you, and I’m sure you will do the same for me. Bald for Bucks is just one way that even the smallest members of our community can help make a huge difference. See the article on page 1 and please consider making a donation to this worthwhile cause. - Alicia Dziak, Editor, Springville Times

Art Crawl

location to location as all of Main Street becomes an art gallery for one night. This year the Art Crawl takes place Saturday, May 6 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. It is a free event. To submit, artists are asked to email images of their submissions and an entry form to SCAArtSubmissions@ gmail.com. Five pieces of any medium may be accepted. There is no restriction on size or age. If accepted by the jury, artists will be notified and work must be delivered ready to display by April 29. A submission form and details are available at Crawl. SpringvilleArts.org. Zack Boehler is an artist and educator who spent nearly a decade working with the Ashford Hollow Foundation and Griffis Sculpture Park. He recently returned to the Buffalo area from Brooklyn to

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accept a position as the Public Art Project Coordinator at the Albright Knox. Vanessa Frost is a full-time artist and owner of MUSEjar in East Aurora. She began her professional career working in the film industry in New York City, collaborating and contributing with her design work and paintings . Currently, she is living and working locally and her inspirations come from her love of travel and the daily happenings in her art shop.

Tina Hastings is the Executive Director of the Cattaraugus County Arts Council. She was formerly Director/Curator of the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery at SUNY Fredonia, where she also coordinated and taught courses in the Museum Studies minor. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Master of Public Administration from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

March 31 - April 6, 2017

Concord Senior Center Upcoming Events

Meet Buddy

Buddy was born in 2007 and, although he is an older fella, he walks, plays and eats like a much younger dog. He is a Schnauzer mix. Buddy was just fully vetted including neutered He gets along well with other dogs and listens really well to his caregivers. This pint sized little fella is looking for lasting love in a home where he can spend the rest of his life. Buddy can be crated and he does well in a fenced area or on a leash.

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I Love My Park Day May 6

Registration is now open for I Love My Park Day, an annual event that brings together thousands of volunteers to celebrate and enhance New York’s parks, historic sites and public lands. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, May 6. Partcipating area parks include Allegany State Park, Artpark, Evangola State Park, Golden Hill State Park, Knox Farm State Park, Long Point State Park, Niagara Falls State Park, Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, Whirlpool Park and Wilson Tuscarora State Park. Register at www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

March 31-April 2 Springtime in the Country www.the-fairgrounds.com March 31 Tyler Smilo at SCA www.springvillearts.com April 1 Trout Season Begins

April 1 April Fool’s Fact or Fiction Hike at Beaver Meadow 1610 Welch Road, North Java. Join Audubon Naturalist Tom Kerr for an early spring hike through the woods and go over the truth behind nature myths and misconceptions! Call (585) 457-3228 to register. $5. April 1 Architecture in Nature at the Darwin Martin House Take an early spring nature walk to see architecture in nature. Learn about the importance of our bee friends and how we can take an active role in affecting their world. Make a bee house and plant your own pot of seeds that will bloom into flowers your bee friends will love! www.darwinmartinhouse.org April 1-2 Princess Palooza Join beloved princesses as they use the principles of STEM—science, technology, engineering, and math— to solve puzzles, build contraptions, and more. Included with general museum admission fees. Strong Museum of Play, Rochester www.museumofplay.org April 3 Chaffee Hospital & Home Luncheon Noon. Orchard Senior Living Apartments, Waverly Street. Please bring a dish to pass and your place setting

April 5, 12, 19, 26 Flatliner Weekly Race Series Chestnut Ridge Park, Newton Road lot, 6:15 p.m. www.heartrateup.com

April 8 Easter Egg Hunt at Collins Public Library 10 a.m. Easter Eggs are on the loose again at the Collins Public Library! Children Ages 0-10 are invited to join in the great hunt to find all the lost eggs that have been misplaced at the library! Prizes and free basket raffle will also be available. For more information and to register please contact the library. 532-5129. April 8, 9, 15 Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at the Buffalo Zoo www.buffalozoo.org April 13 Chef’s Food Truck at Fiddler’s Green Manor April 14 Springtime Nature Hike 9 a.m., Erie County Forestry 11342 Genesee Road, East Concord, NY Sign up at www.wildspirit.org/events April 15 Arbor and Earth Day Celebration at Allegany State Park 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, Red House Administration Building. (716) 354-9101 ext. 236 April 15 Bunny Hop 5K East Aurora www.earotary.com April 16 Happy Easter!

April 19 Community Training for Opioid Overdose Recognition and Naloxene Uses 6:30 p.m. Springville Middle School Register online by April 18 at http://bit.ly/narcan0419 or call (716) 592-2871 ext. 1485. April 22 Earth Day Artisan Festival Granny’s Boots Antiques, Springville April 22 Tortoise and the Hare 5K and Fun Run Benefits Earth Spirit Education. Chestnut Ridge Park.

April 23 Taste of the Southtowns Seven restaurants, silent auction, basket raffle and more to raise money for Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary. gooseneckwaterfowlfarm.com April 27 Chef’s Food Truck at Fiddler’s Green Manor April 29-30 WNY Maple Festival Pancakes, kiddie rides, petting zoo, craft show, parade and more. Franklinville May 6 Allegany Adventure Run wwww.heartrateup.com May 6 SCA Art Crawl May 13 Happy Half and 5K Holiday Valley www.happyhalfrun.com May 14 The Grinder Trail Race Sprague Brook Park www.heartrateup.com

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If you live in Springville, chances are you know Kim Carrow. If you don’t know her from seeing her around at various community events, you probably know her as the woman who owns three—yes, three!—local businesses at 65 East Main Street in Springville. After growing up in Colden, attending Colden Elementary and graduating from SGI in 1986, Carrow said she moved away after high school but returned when it came time to settle down and start a family. “I think wherever you grew up is where you feel the most comfortable and what feels like home,” Carrow said of her decision to come back to Springville. After being a stay-at-home mom for several years when her two children were younger, Carrow decided to open My Best Friend’s Closet around the time when her youngest headed to school, coming up on almost a decade. “While I was a stay-athome mom, I was always selling things on eBay for extra money,” Carrow explained. “A friend of mine had owned a consignment store in Springville and left, so I thought there was a need for one.” My Best Friend’s Closet can be described as a consignment store that specializes in women’s and junior girls’ clothing, as well as accessories. Along the way, Carrow has offered other things like furntiure and children’s clothing, but found that the current selection best meets the needs of her customers. Originally renting in the space down the street which is now Lulu Belle’s, Carrow then purchased the building at 65 East Main, using the first floor for her store and the second for her residence. My Best Friend’s Closet is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 am. to 3 p.m. For more info and to find out how to consign, visit www. mybestfriendsclosetonline. com. A natural extension to My Best Friend’s Closet came

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Elementary School (SES) principal. “Each building will be hosting their own hair cutting. SES will host ours from 7-9 a.m.” Scarpine returned to the SGI district in the fall after working in Lake Shore for a couple years. “At Lake Shore CSD, where the Bald for Bucks initiative originated and where my girls attend, it has been a huge success at the elementary level,” he explained about the decision to bring it to SES. “Cancer doesn’t discriminate and has impacted many of all age levels. This opportunity gives our young people an opportunity to be part of a solution.” Because it’s SES’s first year participating, Scarpine said he doesn’t really have a specific goal in mind as far as how much money they hope to raise. “My hope is that each year we raise more and more,” he said. Participants can either get their head shaved to honor cancer patients who lose their hair due to radiation or chemo, or cut off eight inches or more and donate it to Pantene

Beautiful Lengths. Those interested in donating to SGI’s Bald for Bucks have two options: Donate to an individual or donate to the Springville GI team. By donating to the individual within the team, that individual is eligible for prizes. “All of us in one way or another have been touched by cancer,” Scarpine said. “I thought this would be a great way for our elementary students to show their support and get involved in this very worthwhile opportunity.” According to the Bald for Bucks website, “Funds raised (through Bald for Bucks) support the cutting-edge research and patient-care programs at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The majority of donations made to Roswell Park fund new, unique and major cancer research to find cures and save lives — and every gift makes a difference.” A link to SGI’s team page can be found at www.springvillegi. org and more info about Goin’ Bald for Bucks can be found at www.baldforbucks.org.

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April 3 Varsity Baseball - Boys Pioneer Scrimmage 4:30 p.m. Away April 4 Varsity Track - Boys East Aurora 4 p.m. Away

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Stephanie Sullivan and Michele Wittman coach a 13U girls’ volleyball team, who has been making the rounds at local volleyball tournaments. Springville girls include Kailea Sullivan, Ella Wittman, Sydney Fuller, Rachel Stressinger and Melanie Barry. Other girls include girls McKenna Rice, Sabrina Wroblweski and Cate Ayers from North Collins and and Jennifer Kappus from Eden. The team practices once a week and has played in four tournaments so far. They’ve taken 3rd place at the Carnival Tournament, 2nd place at the NFVB Freeze Tournament, Carnival II Tournament and the WEVA Dig Tournament, many times facing girls in 14U and 15U. The girls play in their last tournament on Sunday, April 2 at Wayne High School near Rochester.

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Play Ball! Bisons Home Opener April 6

The 2017 season will be another milestone year for the Buffalo Bisons and their fans as Opening Day on April 6 marks the start of the 30th season in the club’s beautiful downtown home, Coca-Cola Field. Since opening its doors for the first time in 1988, Coca-Cola Field has stood as one of the most historicallysignificant ballparks in all of baseball. For Bisons fans, it has also represented the home of the absolute best sport and family entertainment experience and value in town. To continue that tradition, the 30th Season of Coca-Cola Field will include several tributes to the milestone year during every home game in 2017. A special ‘30th Season Celebration Night’ has been scheduled for Aug. 30, while the team has added Championship Banner Replicas giveaways on May 30, July 30 and August 30 to commemorate the team’s three titles in 1997, 1998 and 2004. Those nights will also feature $1 Sahlen’s Hot Dogs throughout the game. The team will also hold a special CocaCola Field Replica giveaway for the first 3,000 fans to take home on June 15. A staple event for the Bisons over the past three decades has been the fridaynightbash!® series, which will include an all new In-Park Fireworks Experience in 2017. Starting on May 5, each fridaynightbash!® game will also be preceded by an all-new Resurgence Brewing Happy Hour, with gates opening at 5 p.m. for fans to enjoy Resurgence Brewing Company’s great-tasting line of locally-produced craft beers, such as the Sponge Candy Stout and Loganberry Wit. All 14 oz. craft beer flavors will cost just $3 during the Resurgence Brewing Happy Hour

from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Another tradition that Bisons fans have grown to love over the last 30 years is delicious ballpark food, and fans will be able to try something new in 2017 no matter where their seats are. In their commitment to bring great local foods into Coca-Cola Field, the Bisons will now offer Ru’s Pierogis in concession stands, with varieties such as Buffalo Wing and Beef on Weck, as well as Rich’s Fried Cheese Curds. In Pettibones Grille, fans can order Chiavetta’s Chicken Drumsticks as well as an all-new Chicken Wing Dip appetizer. Also for the first time, Seabar’s Sushi will be available for fans enjoying a Bisons game in one of their game day rental suites. Other new menu items at the ballpark include a Pulled Pork Bread Cone that you can hold in your hands, Deep Fried Twinkies, Deep Fried Pickle Spears, Phyllo-wrapped Shrimp and Roast Beet & Goat Cheese Grilled Cheese. For fans looking to enjoy great ballpark delights on the lighter side, the team will introduce a new Blue Cross/ Blue Shield Healthy Options Cart at Section 105, which will feature different items to help keep fans in playing form. With the installation of nearly 2,900 new seats, Coca-Cola Field’s new seating capacity for a Bisons home game is now 16,907. The seating project was funded by the continued support of the City of

Buffalo Common Council and Mayor Byron W. Brown in another example of the strong public-private partnerships that exists with the Buffalo Bisons. Along with the team’s yearlong celebration of 30 years at Coca-Cola Field, one of the major story lines in 2017 will be the Retirement of Celery. At the end of last season, the loveable loser of the team’s nightly W.C.C. (Wing, Cheese & Celery) Race announced its plan to retire at the end of 2017. Opening Day on April 6 will mark the beginning of Celery’s Farewell Tour, as well as the start of the mascot’s quest to get ‘Just One Win’ before hanging it up. Earlier this season, the Bisons announced several new additions to the team’s Promotional Calendar. With the team’s annual Star Wars Night entering its 10th season, the event will now feature an appearance by the larger-thanlife Jabba the Hutt character. The team will hold an Oven Mitt Giveaway on June 4 as well as an Atomic Bobble Head Giveaway on June 28 for fans wishing to complete their set. Dino Day will make its debut on July 15 while Buffalo Bills great Darryl Talley will be at the ballpark on July 13 for a very special Autograph Session and Bobble Head Giveaway. The Bisons have also expanded their popular Dog Day promotion to a pair of games this year: Sunday, May 6 and Monday, Aug. 28. All 2017 Season Tickets, Ticket Packagesand singlegame tickets are now on sale at Bisons.com. Fans are reminded that they can save $2 on every ticket they buy in advance of game day. Source: www.bisons. com

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Jen’s Quill: Graceful Ballerina

By Jen Lee

As a 32-year-old woman, it doesn’t come as a big shock that I’ve taken the next step in life. I have decided to become a ballerina…a real one. I looked up the oldest performing ballerina…44 years old. Challenge accepted— I have 12 years to perfect my form and my technique; I am headed to the top! To prepare for my first class, I watched A Ballerina’s Tale on Netflix. This gave me a starting point for my career. That ballerina admitted to ordering a dozen donuts at a time during a dark point in her career, and finishing them all on her own in one sitting. My take away from this show was that I can, and should, eat all the donuts I want and I’ll still be an amazing ballerina. Flawless logic. I learned many things in my first class. Until then, I was unaware I had muscles in every part of my body, or that they would burn with the fire of a gajillion bonfires. I learned my lung capacity was nonexistent. Throughout the hour, I hid the fact well that I was about to die by panting loudly and saying, “I’m about to die and my lungs are on fire!” This way, they had no way of knowing the agony I was going through. I never knew I could burn so many calories practically standing still. If an outsider

looked in, they would think, “What’s going on? Are they ever going to actually do anything? Aren’t you so bored?” The answer to the last question is a resounding no. I’m not bored, I’m too busy trying not to pass out or fall over or cry. I’ll tell you the move that had me wondering if I’d die that day. The teacher had everyone “simply” place a leg up on the bar while the other stayed on the floor. She was kind enough to let us use the lower bar. I swung my leg up to that low level bar with all the grace and dignity that a drunken bachelorette would have, if that drunken woman was attempting to hoist herself up onto a horse for the first time in her life. Basically, I held my own with a series of flails, grunts, and laughter. I’d never had a foot up on a bar in my life, so I anticipated the foot that was up in the air would be the one to give me the most trouble. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The pain started out slow, much like a student driver merging onto a 65 mile an hour highway. But then…oh but then…the burning sensation was unlike anything I’ve ever felt in my life. I wiggled and embarrassingly giggled as the veins in my neck popped out like a weight lifter in action. I tried to breathe, I prayed, I collapsed my foot to the floor in defeat. Then we had to do this all over again on the other side!? At least my legs got evened out…which is very important in ballet. There was a young girl in the class who had clearly taken ballet for years. I had so many things I wanted to tell her or ask her.

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How…do…your…knees… fold…out…like…that? You are like the most graceful little frog I’ve ever seen. You are like an unhinged marionette doll with no ligaments. Where did you put your ligaments? Happily, at the end of the class, we stretched. You know the stretches I mean, the ones where I am reaching with all my might and God and I know all the hard work I’m doing but everyone who can see me is wondering why I’m not participating in this particular portion of the class. My favorite part was when the instructor had us sit up straight with our legs wide, which made me break into a sweat as I tried not to fall backwards. Then…in all seriousness she said, “Okay, stretch forward.” What? Weren’t we already doing that? I would highly recommend anyone of any age giving ballet a try. Did I look like the worst ballerina on the planet? Yes. Did 6-year-olds make me look sad in comparison? Yes. Did I love it and am I excited about my new career path? You bet! Jen Lee has been writing since she was in the 3rd grade and won a stuffed animal dog; which still sits on her writing desk as her most prized award. She graduated from Malone University with a degree in Journalism and Theatre. Jen has written for several newspapers as a humor columnist covering everything from dating, cooking, travel, how-to, relationships, and more. She currently lives in Cuba, NY with her family. Jen may be contacted at jen@ jensquill.com and welcomes all comments and suggestions for future articles.

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Goetz Moves on to U14 Can-Am Series By Caitlin Croft

U14 Athletes from across the East Coast gathered at Sunday River Ski Resort in Sunday River, ME for U14 Eastern Championships. This was a three-day series consisting of Super-G, Giant Slalom and Slalom. Super-G: Hannah Goetz of Kissing Bridge took 28th place. For the men, Joshua Jusiak of Buffalo Ski Club finished 65th. Giant Slalom: Goetz improved upon her Super-G result and finished 16th, the result that got her into the Can-Am Series. Alex Aubrecht (BSC) finished 57th and Joshua Jusiak placed 57th. Slalom: Goetz unfortunately crashed in the Slalom, but Aubrecht had a great showing, placing 20th, and Jusiak took 35th. U21/U19 athletes traveled to Gore Mountain in North Creek, NY for their U19 Eastern Championships. This series

was set up the same as the U14 series, featuring a Super-G, Giant Slalom and Slalom. Super-G: Buffalo Ski Club’s Margaret Munschauer finished 12th. On the men’s side, James Rauch (BSC) took 20th. Giant Slalom: Munschauer found herself in the top spot taking gold. Rauch improved, finishing 17th. Slalom: Munschauer crashed in this event, but Rauch had his best result taking 13th. Daniel Edick of Buffalo Ski Club was the only athlete to move on to the Ronnie Berlack U16 Eastern Championship Grand Priz sponsored by Nordica. In the Giant Slalom, Edick finished 56th, Slalom #1 he did not finish and Slalom #2 he was disqualified for straddling a gate. Buffalo Ski Club’s Christian Meyer moved onto U16 Eastern Finals held at Okemo Mountian in Ludlow, VT. Super-G Meyer finished 20th,

Giant Slalom he took 19th and slalom he placed 32nd. Athletes from across seven states gathered for the annual Francis Piche Invitational Championship, a Giant Slalom race, at Gunstock Mountain in Gilford, New Hampshire. Only the best U12 athletes attend this race and it is the farthest an athlete can go on the East Coast. Buffalo Ski Club’s Zoe Hallett was the only U12 athlete to make it from either Kissing Bridge or Buffalo Ski Club but she unfortunately crashed her first run of the Giant Slalom. U14 Athletes that attended were Jenna Block and Wilson Siudzinski, both of Kissing Bridge. Block finished 46th and Siudzinski took 60th. Aside from Goetz, this closes another Junior Alpine Race Season for Kissing Bridge and Buffalo Ski Club. All athletes should be proud of their accomplishments as we know their community is!

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season, and there are some cool ones on the docket: • April 15, Bunny Hop Head to the American Legion Post #362, 1 Legion Drive (off Center Rd near Beech Rd) in East Aurora for an Easterthemed run. Pre-registration is $20 through April 14 and includes a premium gift for the first 900 registered runners, and free food and beer after the race. Awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd male and female in each age group is a chocolate bunny. For more information, visit www.earotary.org. • April 22, Tortoise and the Hare 5K and Fun Run Sign up for this family event in Chestnut Ridge Park to benefit Earth Spirit Education. Run the 5K or walk in the park on a 1-mile course. Registration is $30 ($35 after April 1) for adults and $20 ($25 after April 1) for children/students ages 17 and under. Children 6 and under are free. Registration includes race and Jaguar chip bib, T-shirt and swag bag, and all Earth Spirit activities. • April 30, SAPS Race WNY Maple Festival During Franklinville’s annual Maple Festival, burn off some of those calories in this 10K, 5K and walk. Entry fee is only $10 (for 10K or 5K), $5 for the walk. Day of race registration is $20 and $15. Please bring a non-perishable food donation for the local food pantry. First 100 registrants get the Maple Festival T-shirt. Register at www.itsyourrace. com/event.aspx?id=7011. April is the time to start working on those spring home improvement projects, and there’s no better place for ideas and inspiration than the Greater Olean Area Home and Garden Show, April 7-9. More than 80 of the area’s leading businesses are expected to exhibit their wares and services. Displays will include landscaping, patios, window replacement, siding, heating and air conditioning, pools, spas, furniture, computer technology and much more. Also, representatives from local banks, home builders and insurance companies will be on hand to meet show-goers.For more information on the Olean Home Show, call Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce at (716) 372-4433 or email member@oleanny.com. April means spring break. If you’re not heading out of town, there’s plenty of fun to be had here!

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Stay right in Springville and go shopping along Main Street, catch a movie at Joylan, get in a game of bowling at one of two bowling alleys, and top it all off with a meal at one of the many great restaurants. Explore & More in East Aurora is the perfect place to spend your staycation, visiting a different home country of a Buffalo immigrant population each day. From food sampling to craft making, games to performances, language activities, art projects, there’s so much to explore! See the world in a week, April 10-14! For more info, visit exploreandmore.org. The school break is a great time to check out all the area museums. Visit the Buffalo Science Museum, the Buffalo History Museum and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, which has free admission on Friday, April 7. April is chock full of holidays and ways to celebrate. Sunday, April 16 is Easter, and you can enjoy all kinds of fun Easter activities leading up to it. Visit the Broadway Market in Buffalo to get your butter lambs and chocolate bunnies, and be sure to stop by and say hi to the Easter Bunny himself. On Saturday, April 8 at 10 a.m., Easter eggs are on the loose again at the Collins Public Library. Children up to age 10 are invited to join in the great hunt to find all the lost eggs that have been misplaced at the library! Prizes and free basket raffle will also be available. For more information and to register please contact the library at 532-5129. Allegany State Park’s second annual combined celebration of Arbor and Earth days, a family-friendly event, will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2017 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Red House Administration Building. With an interpretive hike planned and many other

fun activities in the works, we are looking forward to a day of celebrating two things we cannot live without! As the event approaches, be sure to check out www.facebook.com/ AlleganyStatePark or contact the Environmental Education/ Recreation Department at (716) 354-9101 ext. 236 for more information. On Saturday, April 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Grevepode Gallery presents the Earth Day Artisan Festival at Granny’s Boot Antiques and Grevepode Gallery, 10761 Miller Road in Springville. April is full of other unique events as well. Check out Springtime in the Country at the Hamburg Fairgrounds March 31 to April 2. Ranked as one of the top 25 events in the nation, Springtime in the Country will feature products including garden art, metal works, women’s fashion, wall art, custom furniture, designer jewelry, home décor, spa and beauty products, gourmet foods, toys, pottery and more. For more info, visit www.the-fairgrounds.com. Enjoy great food for a great cause at the Taste of the Southtowns on Sunday April 23 at St. Aloysius Hall, 190 Franklin Street in Springville. Seven restaurants will be serving up some of their specialties including prime rib, salmon, beef tenderloin, crab cakes, been on weck, pulled pork, tacos, soups, peanut butter pie, apple pie, brownies and more, with food items costing $1 to $4. There will also be a Silent Auction, 50 basket Chinese Auction and two live bands, The Rustic Ramblers and Wagner & Winston. Get a massage from Eric Davis for $1 per minute. All proceeds benefit Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary, a 501c3 organization and the largest waterfowl sanctuary in the US with over 700 endangered and protected ducks, geese and swans and over 70 different species. For more info, visit www. gooseneckhillwaterfowlfarm. com. April 29-30 is Franklinville’s 2017 WNY Maple Festival. Stop by to taste that mouth watering, freshly made maple syrup and learn the process of making it. Enjoy all you can eat pancakes, demonstrations, a craft show, a petting zoo, antique gas and engine show, kids rides, a craft show, a parade, a library book sale, plowing demos, live entertainment, helicopter rides and the Miner’s Cabin will be open. April is many things— warm, cold, wet, dry, snowy, sunny, but most of all—fun! Get out and have some fun this month!

Community Training for Opioid Overdose Recognition And Naloxone Uses

Bertrand Chaffee Hospital and the Springville Regional Services Coalition are coordinating a workshop on opioid overdose recognition and Naloxone use on Wednesday, April 19 at the Springville Middle School at 6:30 p.m. Presented by the Erie County Department of Health, this training gives individuals

the knowledge and tools to recognize signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose, properly administer naloxone and take the necessary follow-up steps. Who can benefit from this training? The answer is, nearly everyone. The information in this workshop can help to save the life of a family member, friend, neighbor or colleague who is experiencing an

overdose caused by an opiate or prescription narcotic. Participants who successfully complete the training will receive a kit containing two doses of naloxone at no charge. This free training is open to anyone 16 years old or older. Register online by April 18 at http://bit. ly/narcan0419 or call (716) 592-2871 ext. 1485.

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Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum

“Once around is never enough!” Not only is this the motto of the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, but it’s most likely the phrase on every departing visitor’s tongue, as one visit is just not enough to experience all this unique museum has to offer. Just 45 miles north of Springville, the museum, located at 180 Thompson St. in North Tonawanda, is one of two remaining complexes in the U.S. that housed the production of wooden carousels. From riding the two carousels to touring the wood carving shop to experiencing the Kiddieland Testing Park, there’s no better time to “bring your family to the museum you can ride!” Today it’s hard to imagine a time when the carousel was considered an exciting thrillride for both children and adults. However, that’s exactly what it was to early amusementpark goers around the turn of the 20th century when Allan Herschell began his career in carousel manufacturing in North Tonawanda. By the time Herschell had founded his own company in 1915, he had been a part of three other companies that manufactured amusement park rides in the area. Herschell’s company produced over 3,000 handcarved wooden carousels— more than any rival company— and became a major employer in the Niagara region. His carousels were shipped throughout the U.S. and Canada and internationally to South Africa, India, Tahiti and Mexico. Today there are 148 antique, hand-carved carousels left in the U.S. and Canada and of these, 71 were manufactured in one of Herschell’s four companies. A visit to the museum’s recreated wood carving shop gives visitors a genuine appreciation for the time and detail that Herschell’s artisans devoted to turning blocks of wood into beautiful carousel animals. If you have fond memories of riding a miniature train or row boat ride as a small child,

you have Herschell to thank for that experience! His company developed the concept of the “Kiddieland,” a group of rides designed for small children. Outside of the museum, visitors can experience the Kiddieland Testing Park Exhibit from Memorial Day through Labor Day, where four refurbished kiddie rides from the post-World War II era are operational. Although the factory was not considered an amusement park, Herschell’s company invited neighborhood children for a free ride, as the company tested each one before shipping. Today’s littlest visitors can get the same thrill on miniature cars and fire engines, horse and pony carts, helicopters, and floating boats. Today, the museum complex, which includes seven interconnected structures, is on both the New York State and National Registers of Historic Sites and has been operating as a museum since 1983. More than 15,000 visitors a year come to experience the building as Herschell’s employees once did, as many areas are still intact. The building expanded over the years to accommodate the growing company and included a large carving shop, a woodworking shop, a paint shop, a storage area, an upholstery shop, a machine shop and a roundhouse where carousels were assembled and tested. Visitors can see two vintage carousels in the museum and, if they’re small enough, can ride both of them! The 1916 #1 Special has 36 hand-carved horses and almost 600 lights— it was one of the first carousels

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Springtime Fun at Beaver Meadow

Buffalo Audubon’s Beaver Meadow offers year-round programming for kids and adults. This weekend, enjoy some cool springtime events! On Saturday, April 1, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., learn about Plants for Birds. Create an outdoor haven by welcoming birds to your garden, patio, or balcony, while also providing them with the food and shelter they need. Did you know that with some careful plant choices, you can turn your garden, patio, or balcony into an even more beautiful and environmentally-friendly space while attracting and protecting birds? All you need to do is to choose native plants. Pre-registration is required. $5 non-members; $3 members.

Also on April 1 from 1 to 3 p.m.., take part in April Fool’s Fact or Fiction. Join Naturalist Tom Kerr for an early spring hike through the woods at Beaver Meadow. Go over the truth behind nature myths and misconceptions as you go! Preregistration is required; cost is $5. At dusk, the Observatory will be opening up for the season. The Buffalo

Astronomical Association will show visitors the illuminated night sky. Visitors are invited to bring their own equipment for viewing. The Observatory at Beaver Meadow is open the first Saturday of every month from April through October, rain or shine. For more information, visit buffaloaudbon.org.

It’s time for Spring Zoo Camp! Each day of Spring Zoo Camp is filled with adventures ranging from arts, crafts, and games to live animal demonstrations, exhibit visits, and first-person encounters with some of our more “touchable” animals! Spend just one day with us or all five – either way, you’ll have a roaring good time!

Each Spring Camp Day runs from 9 a.m – 3:30 p.m. CAMP TOPICS Monday, April 10: Which Animal Is It? Asian or African elephant? Seal or Sea Lion? During this workshop we will learn the tips and tricks of how to tell commonly mislabeled animals apart from each other. Tuesday, April 11: No Bones About It Explore the world of invertebrates and discover what it takes to get around without any bones to hold you up. Wednesday, April 12: Go Ape! If you love primates then you’ll go ape over this

opportunity. Join us to explore all things ape all day long. Thursday, April 13: Slither, Slide & Slink What could be more radical than a workshop devoted entirely to reptiles? Spend the day crawling, climbing and slithering with our scaly friends. Friday, April 14: Tusk Tusk From walruses to warthogs examine the lives of tusked animals from around the globe. Registration must be received by Monday, April 3, 2017. Due to limited space, no walk-in registrations will be accepted. For more info and to register, visit www.buffalozoo.org.

Kids ages seven and under are eligible to participate in the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 15 at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, located at 2655 South Park Avenue in Buffalo.. Collect two eggs to exchange for a prize! The Hunt is outside so dress accordingly and bring a basket to collect eggs. Hunters are admitted free to the Botanical Gardens this day! Botanical Gardens’ Members $8, General Public $10, after April 2, $12. Register early! The Hunt sells out every year! Register online. Kids ages seven and under are eligible to participate in the Hunt. Collect two eggs to exchange for a prize! The Hunt is outside so dress accordingly and bring a basket to collect

eggs. Hunters are admitted free to the Botanical Gardens this day! If you plan to visit the Botanical Gardens this day before or after the hunt, admission will apply. Inside kids of all ages can enjoy fun activities: a scavenger hunt, games, the 4-H Farm, prizes

and more! Food trucks will also be on site this day - Cheesy Chick & Frank’s Gourmet Hot Dogs. Sponsored by: M&T Bank, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County, 4-H and Star 102.5. Go to www. buffalogardens.com for more information.

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the company shipped after it opened in 1915. In the Children’s Gallery, the Kiddie Carousel invites smaller visitors to give it a whirl! This small aluminum carousel is from the 1940s and was designed especially for small children so that adults wouldn’t have to accompany them. The museum also has an impressive collection of band organs; nearly all band organs in the country were made in North Tonawanda. The Artizan Style D, the Wurlitzer Caliola, the Wurlitzer Style 125 Military Band Organ, and the Wurlitzer Style 146 Orchestral Organ are all on display, and visitors can even play the Caliola, which is fully operational. Saturday, April 1 is the opening day of the season, and the museum is celebrating by hosting Superhero Day, when visitors are invited to ride the carousel as their favorite superhero or villain! Spring hours are in effect from April 1 to June 12: the museum is open from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for children ages 2 to 16 and free for children under age 2. For more information, call (716)693-1885 or visit www. carrouselmuseum.org.

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Craft Club: Monday, April 3 at 6 pm. Ages 4-12. Registration is required so call or stop in to sign up! Senior Movie: Friday, April 7 at 1pm. Starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, and Jared Harris. Egg Hunt: Saturday, April 8 at 10am. Easter Eggs are on the loose again at the Collins Public Library! Children Ages 0-10 are invited to join in the great hunt to find all the lost eggs that have been misplaced at the library! Prizes and free basket raffle will also be available. For more information and to register please contact the library. Teen Game Night: Thursday, April 13 at 3:30pm. Learn what new technology is coming to the library or just show up to play games with your friends! We may be ordering pizza at 4:30 based on how many show up! The library will be CLOSED Friday, April 14 for Good Friday. We will be open on Saturday, April 15 our normal hours of 10-2. Movie Saturdays! Saturday, April 15 at 11am. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol. We have a community room that is available for community groups. Call for availability. Did you know? Erie County Library cards are available to all Erie County residents, all individuals who work in Erie County, and all those who live in the Gowanda School tax district. Stay up-to-date with events at the library by ‘liking’ our Facebook page, Collins Public Library. Library Hours: Monday 2-8 p.m., Tuesday 2-8 p.m., Wednesday 10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday 2-8 p.m., Friday 10:30 a.m. -5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sunday - CLOSED. Telephone - 532-5129.

much more than just horseback riding. Stapley, a certified horseback riding instructor with 30 years of experience and a background in psychology, says that there are many lessons to be learned just from caring for the animals, and credits the horses for the majority of the successes. “The riders and their relationship with the horse is why we do what we do. Watching that unfold is really miraculous,” said Stapley. “We are really just the facilitators. The horses are the ones really helping the skills develop.” She continued to say that, “In pairing the participants with the horses, you really have to know your horses’ personalities and be able to read a person fairly quickly upon meeting them in order to help them find the horses that they are going to bond with the best.” High Hurdles currently employs nearly 10 different horses in a range of ages and breeds, some of which have been kindly donated by participant families, or are being leased to the program. Current favorites at High Hurdles are Penny, a 17-yearold spotted draft cross mare, and Dancer, a 21-year-old

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POA mare, though they all play a special part in the High Hurdles and SASi vision. In 2016, SASi completed the construction of a new riding arena, complete with a state-of-the-art SureHands lift, which allows riders who use wheelchairs to have a more dignified transfer to horseback. The lift also helps provide opportunities to ride for those who may not otherwise have the chance to do so. In addition, High Hurdles offers a variety of riding and horsemanship programs, but is willing to build a program specific to a participant’s needs. In 2016, High Hurdles began a new, unique course geared toward families—the “Come Ride with Me” siblings riding program. “This particular program offers the opportunity for people without disabilities to come [to High Hurdles] with their sibling that has a disability,” said Stapley. “What we’ve been seeing as far as outcomes, is that by offering a positive, new, shared activity, the siblings have something in common.” The Come Ride with Me program specifically allots time with an instructor and builds into lesson plans

opportunities for the siblings to work together, focusing on teamwork, highlighting each other’s strengths, and small things, like giving compliments. “We are hoping the siblings of the participants with disabilities might be able to meet some peers and have some time to do some fun group stuff with some new friends,” said Stapley. “We would love to see it grow.” As several of the programs at High Hurdles continue to grow, according to Stapley, her position there has been nothing short of amazing. “It’s pretty much a dream come true, to be able to do something that I’m so completely in love with,” said Stapley. “I’ve been at High Hurdles since 2012 and I’m really, really happy to be there. It’s really just a perfect blend of my professional experience and my personal passion.” She added that, “I always leave with a little bit of a swelled heart because I’ve been able to watch horses changes people’s lives.” For more information about High Hurdles or to register into a program, visit the SASi website: www.sasinc.org.

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LIMB, BRUSH AND LAWN CLIPPINGS COLLECTION SCHEDULE AND REQUIREMENTS

The Village of Springville will pick up limbs and brush as follows: For the month of April 2017 brush and rakings (in containers with two (2) handles not weighing more than 50 pounds) can be placed out anytime and the Streets Division will pick up as soon as practical. The first scheduled pick up of the season will be on May 30, 2017 and May 31, 2017, and thereafter on the last two (2) working days of each month, through October 2017. Limbs and brush are to be placed parallel to the curb, as close to the street as possible (between the sidewalk and curb or pavement edge) to allow for pick up without lawn damage. Lawn clippings/leaves must be placed in containers with two (2) handles (NOT IN PLASTIC BAGS) not weighing more than fifty (50) pounds, to be collected by the Village on the last (2) working days of the month, from May through October. PLEASE NOTE: LAWN CLIPPINGS/LEAVES IN PLASTIC BAGS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP BY THE DPW. Do not rake leaves to the curb. They must be placed in a container with two (2) handles. Pick up at other times can be arranged through the Department of Public Works, with the cost ($125.00/ hour) to be billed to the individual requesting the special pick up. Thank you for your continued cooperation. Liz C. Melock, Village Administrator

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running water were on East Hill on Main Street. The JP Meyers house and CJ Shuttleworth house were fed water through springs behind 105 East Main Street in the late 1870s and early 1880s. According to Town Historian Dave Batterson, prior to the great fire of 1879, CJ Shuttleworth approached the town about providing water mains on Main Street. After the great fire, it was obvious that there was a need. In 1887, Shuttleworth established a private water system. The system was fed by several springs—at 16 Factory Street, at 105 and 108 Main Street and another one on Spring Street. The springs were connected with a gravity wood line, which carried the water down Main Street, down Pearl Street and under Shuttleworth Pond to a reservoir on Buffalo Street. A pumping station was built and later an artisan well behind the reservoir also provided water. As the need for water grew, the need for another reservoir was realized. The Eaton Spring on North Buffalo Street was dammed and water mains were run down Buffalo Street to the reservoir. The village bought Shuttleworth’s water works in 1897 and then the Eaton Spring in 1906. This early system of wooden mains and reservoirs was a success for a good number of years. The reservoirs were kept clean and pure by fish that had been stocked in them for that purpose. Yes fish—which eat toxic algae and keep the water clean. In the 1920s, water woes plagued Springville; lawn hoses were prohibited and the need for more water was evident. In 1929, the Eaton Spring was polluted by a creek that ran north of it, causing the village to buy chlorinator to clean the water. All this effort was temporary water; woes still caused water and pressure shortages. In 1930, the village contracted with the Layne Water Company to drill a well on the athletic fields. (Today the well still stands in the middle of Ingerson Drive behind the High School.) At the time, the well was dug 150 feet deep. In 1931, the village began bidding for the replacement of

the water mains on Main Eaton Street and Carolina Street. The lowest bid came in at $12,895 from the Barone Company of Batavia. (Though an article from that time does not mention the fact that the water tower was erected on Carolina Street in 1931— not sure if this was part of the $12,000 bid or just the water main work connecting the tower to the well.) The new system worked. The new well system went into operation in July 1931. The old system was kept as a backup supply. However, the old wooden mains throughout the village could not hold up to the increased water pressure. In the years that followed, 1932 to 1938, all the wooden mains in the village were replaced with iron water mains. Shut-off valves were also added so that water mains could be fixed without disturbing water service to the whole village. Modern fire hydrants were added to the water lines. Springville had a modern water works, though the old wooden mains would be kept underground. You would think that all the water woes would be solved by this time, yet in 1941, the Layne well began having issues when sand broke loose. Another well was dug in 1943 on North Central Avenue and in operation in 1944. According to the 1962 History of Concord, the twowell system provided 1,300 gallons of water per minute and almost constant water levels year round. The old reservoir system ended in 1950 when the Buffalo Street reservoir was drained and Eaton Spring was plugged. The Eaton Spring is now the Trout Pond. The machinery and pumps were sold; the building was first used as the Springville Manufacturing before being used by Springville Youth Incorporated. As the village has grown, advancements to our water system have been necessary and continuous. The wastewater plant was opened in 1961; the water tower at Newman and North Streets was built in 1971. Updates to the water mains have been continuous since the 1990s and the pumping station on North Central has recently been upgraded and renovated.

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Liz Bligh (left) and Tracy Maybray of Springville Center for the Arts. Photo by Jamey Jean Photography

Tracy Maybray will manage the Center’s finances, volunteers and facility as a part-time Director of Operations. She first became involved with the Center through her daughter, Amanda’s participation in summer programs. She began volunteering at the annual Gala and then joined the Board of Directors in 2014. While on the Board she took an active role in coordinating volunteers especially during the major construction of basement bathrooms at 37 N. Buffalo Street. She has a background in graphic design and is

SCENe Seeks Local Gardens for July Garden Walk

Yes, gardeners are starting to receive catalogs in the mail, and if that excites you, the SCENe Garden Club is happy to announce they are planning a Garden Walk for Saturday, July 8, 2017, and seeking Springville / Concord gardeners to participate. If you think your garden looks terrific and want to share it with the public, the Club welcomes entries! Last year’s inaugural Garden Walk saw more than a hundred visitors viewing two dozen gardens that participated. Everybody had fun, and ANY kind of garden is welcome - it could be a large one, a small one, a “cottage” garden, a themed patio garden, or even great landscaping. There is

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Springville Center for the Arts is going through some changes. For many years the Executive Director, Seth Wochensky, was the only employee. Thanks to support from the John R. Oishei Foundation and New York State Council on the Arts, the Center recently hired two additional employees. Liz Bligh will coordinate the Center’s theater, concert, workshop, exhibit and other arts programs as the new Programming Director. Bligh is a recent graduate of SUNY Fredonia with a degree in Music Therapy. While at Fredonia she was the President of Music Therapy Club and Sigma Alpha Iota. She recently played bass in the SCA production of The Santaland Diaries but her connection to the Arts Center dates to her childhood with “Paper Mache Monsters” and “Clay Creatures” workshops at the original Main Street space. She performed in many summer SLAM productions on the Mongerson Theater stage. She is familiar to many as an employee at Sheret Jewelers, owned by her sister, Elise Rose.

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no cost to participate... you would only need to be home on July 8 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to welcome guests rain or shine. Ideally, gardens should be easily accessible or approachable. To participate with your garden, please call Cindy at 864-2015 or Shirley at 942-3212. Entry forms are also available at the SCENe Office or by calling 770-7277. Some photos from last year’s Garden Walk are available at www. communityalliance.org and we’re looking for new gardens - if you have a nook or angle of your yard you enjoy, it’s likely someone else will appreciate it too!

reentering the workforce after being a stay-at-home mom for 17 years. She is active with the First United Methodist Church’s Manna Ministry, which provides meals to those in a time of crisis. Board President Debbie Ehrig, M.D., explained the transition, “This staff expansion is going to provide a significant boost to the quality and quantity of our programs. Liz and Tracy will give more support to our volunteers and allow the Executive Director to focus on development and new initiatives such as our project at 5 East Main Street.”

The Springville-Griffith Community Education Foundation presented a donation to the Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Foundation on Tuesday, March 21 to support the purchase of an inpatient bed for the hospital’s medical/surgical floor. The SGCEF coordinates an annual wine tasting and silent auction each November to benefit community organizations and projects. Past projects supported at BCH include digital mammography and nuclear medicine. From left: BCH Board President Gary Eppolito, BCH CEO Nils Gunnersen, SGCEF Secretary Annette Kaleta, SGCEF President Grover Riefler, and SGCEF Treasurer Steve Vanuga.

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