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OCTOBER 25 - 31, 2019
VOLUME 8 ISSUE 43
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TIMES The official Newspaper of the Village of Ellicottville, the Town of Ellicottville, Ellicottville Central Schools and the Towns of East Otto. Great Valley and Mansfield, NewYork
Halloween Half returns to Ellicottville this Saturday By Kellen M. Quigley
The village of Ellicottville will be filled with witches, pirates, zombies, vampires and more costumed runners this Saturday for the 6th annual EVL Halloween Half Marathon and 5k. Both events begin and end in the heart of the village at 5 Monroe St. The half begins at 11 a.m. and the 5k begins at 11:15. Running in the half marathon will take you on 13.1 miles of beautiful countryside roads outside Ellicottville. The race will also benefit charity partners the Ellicottville Sports Boosters, a group dedicated to getting local children involved in athletics, as well as the local food pantry. Participants are invited to run in costume and enjoy other Halloween related activities, but this is by no means mandatory. One of the most important things you’ll want to think about while planning your costume is chafing. Think
Submitted photo Two zombies participate in a prior year’s EVL Halloween Half. This year’s half marathon and 5k will be held this Saturday at 11 a.m. in the village.
about how your costume is going to wear over 13 miles. Please do not wear items that may danger you or other runners or items that will make you feel colder. Metal
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pieces, such as bracelets and receive custom-designed earrings, may feel especially medals as well as men’s or cold at freezing temperatures. women’s shirts for both halfRemember, it can be cold, so marathon and 5k finishers. dress appropriately so you can These are high-quality Bella & have fun! Canvas brand fitted t-shirts for You are allowed to have participants, so if you like a hats, masks and carried items, looser fit, order up in sizing or but your race number bib must select a unisex shirt. You can be placed on the front of your also upgrade your event shirt costume and be worn at all to a quarter-zip long sleeve. times. Race participants will See Halloween Half, page 2
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Ellicottville Ghost Walk is another spooky success in third year
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in Ellicottville that she knew of,” she said. “Another word that came up on the app was ‘Anastasia,’ and Dawn is looking that up. My thing was I’m going to Anastasia, the musical, next year.” According to Frank, they had never picked up any paranormal activity in the town hall until this year when they found some at the lockers on the second floor. She said Koerner and deGuehery
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Ellicottville Historical Society, said the group was discussing some hangings that supposedly took place in front of the town hall years ago. When they asked the paranormal app on Koerner’s phone if a person was hung there, one of the words that came up was “record.” “John asked me if I knew of any record, which I did not, and Dawn [Westfall, president of the historical society] told me there were no hangings
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Photo courtesy of Ellicottville Historical Society Participants gather in the Ellicottville Historical Society Museum after an evening of ghost hunting earlier this month in downtown Ellicottville.
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About a dozen people gathered at the Ellicottville gazebo on the evening of Oct. 4 to search for ghosts and paranormal happenings at some of the village’s historic sites. This was the third annual Ghost Walk hosted by the Ellicottville Historical Society with proceeds benefiting the organization. Led by John Koerner and Rob deGuehery, of Paranormal Walks, it’s an evening of paranormal investigation and storytelling, inside and outside some of Ellicottville’s oldest buildings and the Jefferson Street Cemetery. Some of the most haunted locations within walking distance of the gazebo showed paranormal activity including the United Church of Ellicottville, the town hall, Ellicottville Historical Society Museum and the Jefferson Street Cemetery, which had the most history and potential ghost activity. The first stop was at the town hall, constructed in 1929. The building replaced a log courthouse and jail, built in 1820, that once served as the center for government for Cattaraugus County. Ellen Frank, vice president of the
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