Dansville Wayland: Genesee Valley Penny Saver 11-21-25
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Friends and neighbors like all of you fill Thanksgiving with so much joy and so many reasons to be grateful. We feel blessed to be part of such a close-knit community, and we can’t think of a more wonderful place to have our home and business.
We hope this Thanksgiving brings peace to your life, food to your table, warmth to your home and love to your heart!
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Gluten-Free Dinner Rolls
Makes 18 rolls
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 cups warm milk (about 110 F)
2 tablespoons active dry yeast
3 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 extra-large eggs
1/4 cup neutral-flavored oil such as rice bran or canola
2 teaspoons vinegar, preferably apple cider
Melted unsalted butter for brushing
Tapioca flour for dusting
Brush 18 standard muffin cups (one 12-cup pan and one 6cup pan) with melted butter and dust with tapioca flour. In a small bowl, whisk 1 tablespoon of the sugar into the warm milk. Whisk in the yeast to dissolve. Set aside to proof. The mixture will get foamy. If your kitchen is warm, the mixture will foam quickly, so watch it to make sure it does not overflow the bowl.
In a medium bowl, mix together the all-purpose flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt, and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs on medium speed until foamy, about 3 minutes. Add the oil and beat for 2 more minutes. Reduce the speed to low, add the vinegar and beat to combine. Add the yeast mixture and beat to mix. Add the flour mixture and beat to combine, then increase the speed to mediumhigh and beat for 3 minutes longer.
Distribute the dough equally among the prepared muffin cups and fill them about three-quarters full. With a sharp knife that has been dipped in tapioca flour, cut a deep slash in the top of each roll. Dip the knife in flour before each cut, and don’t worry if a little extra tapioca flour is left on top of the rolls.
Preheat the oven to 375 F.
Let the dough stand in a warm, draft-free place to rise until doubled in bulk, about 40 minutes.
Brush the top of each roll with melted butter. Bake until the tops are a nice golden brown, about 20 minutes. If they start to brown too quickly, loosely tent the rolls with aluminum foil. Remove the rolls to wire racks to cool. If you are serving them immediately, it’s nice to put them in a tea towel-lined blanket to keep warm.
Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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Turkey Roulade with Cranberry Chutney Serves 6
1 sheet puff pastry
1 pound turkey meat from turkey breast and/or thigh meat, cut into 1-inch chunks
3 eggs
1⁄2 cup chicken stock
1⁄4 cup Marsala
2 tablespoons unsalted butter Unbleached all-purpose flour, for the pastry
1⁄2 cup celery sliced on diagonal
1⁄2 cup sliced button mushrooms
1⁄2 cup Cranberry Chutney, plus more for serving Fresh parsley sprigs for garnish
1. Following the instructions on the package, thaw the puff pastry. This will take 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the type of pastry. You should be able to unfold it without it breaking. Set aside.
2. Pulse the turkey in a food processor until it is the consistency of ground beef. Add 2 of the eggs, the chicken stock, the Marsala, and the butter. Pulse again briefly, until just combined.
3. Roll out the puff pastry on a floured surface until it is a 12- or 13-inch square. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the pastry on top.
4. Form the minced turkey mixture into a log and position it down the center of the prepared puff pastry. Make an indentation down the length of the turkey and place the celery, mushrooms, and cranberry chutney along the indentation. Cover the indentation with the meat, forming a log once again.
5. Wrap the puff pastry around the turkey, neatly folding the ends and top together, rolling or tucking the edges together, and pinching to seal any gaps. Make the pastrycovered log as round as possible, like a Yule log — try to avoid a flattened version, like a strudel.
6. Preheat the oven to 450 F.
7. Combine the remaining egg with 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl or cup. Stir well until completely mixed. Brush the roulade with the egg wash, being careful to brush every bit of the exposed pastry.
8. Bake for 10 minutes at 450 F, then reduce the heat to 375 F. Continue to bake for 30 to 45 minutes longer, until the pastry has risen and is a toasty, golden color and the turkey has reached an internal temperature of 165 F. Generally speaking, once the pastry has cooked, the meat will be cooked, too. Remove the roulade from the oven. Transfer it to a serving platter, using the parchment paper to help you. Allow to rest for about 10 minutes.
9. Slice and serve, garnishing with theparsleyandservedwithabowl of extra cranberry chutney.
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CHRISTMAS TREE VARIETIES
Living Christmas tree, which refers to those with their roots still intact, are popular among eco-conscious holiday enthusiasts. That’s because living trees can be promptly planted after they’ve served their purpose indoors. Opt for a moderately sized tree, as root balls on larger trees can be heavy and difficult to move. Living trees can typically be kept indoors for around seven to 10 days before they will need to be returned outside. Move such trees to a sheltered outdoor area for one to two weeks so they can reacclimate to the climate. So long as the ground is not frozen, trees can then be planted when the reacclimation period ends. Better Homes and Gardens suggests selecting a mild day to plant the tree.
poem of the week
Submitted by a local reader as part of our annual Pen-A-Poem contest. Share your thoughts at gvpennysaver.com/hometown
It Finds You
By Erin Snow
A red thread, Woven by the fates, Invisible yet unyielding, Twisting and stretching through time, To bind hearts destined to meet.
rough countless realities, In every lifetime, It finds you —
A love unbroken, Woven by the fates, Set in motion by the universe, It finds you —
Whether their hands are rough or gentle, eir voice so or heavy, eir love defiant, Refusing to fit in, e world’s narrow box
You may not see it, May not recognize them at first — But you will know.
In time, e red thread tightens, Drawing you home
This is a thank you to UR Noyes Hospital for hiring Dr. Waleed Hardan
In September I found an ad in the Livingston Edition of e Penny Saver saying "Dr. Waleed Hardan, Orthopaedic Surgeon. Specializing in hip and knee total joint replacement and revision surgery is seeing patients at 111 Clara Barton Street, Dansville.” ose two words, REVISION SURGERY, were what caught me.
I've had nine years of ongoing hip pain from a hip replacement. Exercise never helped. Workout was all that had been offered until this ad! What did I have to lose? I made an appointment and my daughter, granddaughter and I met with Dr. Hardan.
X-rays were taken first and then he came in, met us, and asked why we were there. He then showed us the X-rays and pointed out the cause of my pain! e implant was too large for me and stuck out of the socket where a nerve rubbed over it, causing the pain. He offered a cortisone shot by a sports medicine associate first and then surgery, if that didn't help. It didn't help and so I got a new hip Valentine's Day 2025 at Highland Hospital.
At my presurgical appointment, Dr. Hardan told me the size of the new prosthetic was smaller than what was readily available except one in metal. Metal is a no-no since it won't last more than 20 years. But wait, she's 83! And so he went with the metal. Mine will wear out when I'm 103. Problem solved.
Time has passed. e hip is great but now there is pain in that knee. Seems the hip pain hid the knee pain but once the hip was ok, the knee pain could be noticed. Surgery for the knee was set for August 26. is time surgery was at Noyes Hospital in Dansville and my recovery is well ahead of schedule. I look forward to a pain free future and activities I haven't been able to do for years.
Hey, out there. Are you in joint pain? Here is the doctor to see. He uses robotics and is up on the latest when it comes to joint repair. He is now not just Noyes but all of UR. My hip was done at Highland and my knee at Dansville. Follow up visits have been in Geneseo. How great that Noyes Dansville is part of the UofR network.
MANY THANKS, UR NOYES FOR HIRING DR. WALEED AL.HARDAN
Carolyn Meisel, Geneseo September 11, 2025
King CROSSWORD
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By Keith Roach, M.D.
Pain Persists Around Puncture Site After Medical Procedure
Q.DEAR DR. ROACH: Nine days ago, I had a medical procedure under general anesthesia. One of the lines was put in the artery in my left wrist. Aside from deep bruising that went halfway up my forearm, it seems that there is some nerve damage. I have constant pain from my thumb, through my wrist, and up to about 3 inches on my arm. Overnight, the pain becomes intense and radiates all the way up to my shoulder.
Tylenol and an arthritis sleeve only provide minimum relief. Should I request to see a neurologist, or is there another type of doctor to seek out for a diagnosis? This has become life-altering, and I’m hoping it will eventually be healed. -- B.F.
ANSWER: I suspect that the bruising on your forearm was caused by bleeding from the puncture site of the artery in your wrist. (This type of line is used to measure blood pressure accurately and instantaneously.) The hematoma (blood collection) inside the wrist might be compressing the median nerve in your carpal tunnel, which causes a neuropathy very much like carpal tunnel syndrome.
If I am right, then the condition should improve as your body absorbs the blood, which takes pressure off the nerve. However, there are case reports of permanent damage to the nerve from complications of an arterial puncture. In general, if the nerve compression is serious enough to cause weakness, it needs to be acted upon urgently.
The doctors who performed your procedure need to know about this complication, and a neurologist is exactly the right person to see. A simple nerve test could confirm my suspicion or disprove it by finding a different cause if your symptoms persist.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an active 60-year-old who took a soccer ball to the groin some time back.After a few months, I noticed a change in my sexual organ. Narrowing and bending of my organ developed, and it seems to be getting worse.
My general doctor seems to think it’s Peyronie’s disease. After researching this, I started taking vitamin E and COq10 supplements. I scheduled a urologist exam but was hoping for some insight on this. -- G.
Q. A. A.
ANSWER: I suspect your general doctor is correct, and an evaluation by a urologist is certainly indicated. Peyronie’s disease is often triggered by trauma in a person who is genetically susceptible to the condition. (Your trauma was very clear, but it isn’t always clear in everyone what the trauma might have been.)
The diagnosis is made by an examination showing a bend in the penis, along with plaque that can be felt during an examination in most cases. Some men, but not all, will have pain.
In men who are in the active phase of the disease (where the curvature is getting worse), urologists will often prescribe pentoxifylline for three to six months in hopes of stabilizing the condition and preventing the curve from worsening.
Vitamin E was not found to be superior to a placebo treatment. CoQ10 was found to have a benefit in a small trial, and since it is very safe, this was a reasonable treatment for you to try.
Depending on your symptoms and degree of curvature, there are several options for treatment. Medication can be injected directly into the penis; men treated with this were found to have about a 34% improvement in curvature. Traction therapy is also frequently used.
In men with more severe disease that does not respond to the previous options,surgical treatment can be considered. This should be done in men whose sexual function is affected by the disease and in cases where medical treatments have failed to improve their symptoms adequately.
Small businesses benefit one another, as a 2017 report from the Canadian firm FreshBooks found that 66 percent of small businesses outsource services to other small businesses.
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November is Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Hospice is care providing support to patients facing terminal illness while palliative care focuses on relieving symptoms of serious illness, whether curable or not. Comfort care homes are two-bed, independently-operated hospice homes, and Rochester is credited as having the first such homes in the US. What experience have you had with comfort care homes?
- I’ve volunteered at a comfort care home
- A family member or friend received care at one
- I’ve donated to or participated in a fundraiser for a comfort care home
- I’ve visited a comfort care home, but haven’t been directly involved
- I’ve heard of comfort care homes, but don’t know much about them
- I’m not familiar with comfort care homes at all
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Poll ended 11-11-2025
After Buffalo's win against Kansas City Sunday, with an overall great game with the defense showing vast improvement against top-tier teams like Kansas City, do you think Buffalo will:
13.2% Make the playoffs 7.9% Go deep in the playoffs 7.9% Win it all 7.9% Miss the playoffs
63.2% I don't care/watch football Vote and make your voice heard when you
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Parking Lot ank You
Thank you to the kind woman that noticed that I was in distress trying to find my vehicle in the Geneseo Walmart parking lot the other day. She watched me search with no success and offered to drive me up and down the aisles until we found it. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me. I am so grateful.
Wonderful Volunteers
Ambassadors like you at the Brockport Welcome Center on the Erie Canal are the backbone of our organization and your generosity means the world to the people we serve. Brockport is so grateful to have you, our volunteers, as part of our team and look forward to working with you again in the future.
Wonderful Poem
I thoroughly enjoyed Douglas W. Williams’ poem “Leaves” that was published in the October 24 issue of the Penny Saver. It is playful and creative and perfectly captures the spirit of this beautiful time of year in upstate New York.
House Nunmbers & Lighting
As a delivery person--often at night-- I see a great need for better lighting and placement of visible house/apartment numbers! PLEASE, for your own safety and that of others, put an easily visible address number on your house. It could be lifesaving if emergency folks are called. If you expect a delivery of food, you would want it delivered promptly and in the correct location. Do not blame the service if your house or apartment lacks a number. When several lack numbers even a flashlight does not help.
Also, PLEASE provide better lighting; there are many lowcost options for entrances & inner foyers. If you expect delivery of a good hot meal, make sure your dwelling has adequate lighting! Paths with bikes, ladders, toys, etc. in the dark do not help. We do all we can to ensure prompt & satisfactory delivery. Please consider taking your part in keeping deliveries safer with visible address numbers and helpful lighting. Thank you!
Restaurant Nickel and Diming
My wife and I and another couple went out to eat on Saturday night. The food was great and the bill with tip was not bad. The only bad spot was they charged us $3.50 for another helping of bread. With their prices for dinner, why do restaurants always nickel and dime you? We will not be back. Breakfast restaurants have extra charges too (if you want raisins with your oatmeal, they charge 25¢ more for the meal). Why for such little extras?
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KIDS’ COLORING CONTEST
RESTORE RUSTY TOOLS
Many people may be tempted to discard rusty tools that have gone unused and sat in a garage or shed for a significant period of time. But tools encrusted with rust do not need to be relegated to the trash bin, nor do gardeners have to toil for hours scraping and sanding off the rust. There’s a much easier way to restore rusty tools that relies on a common household ingredient: vinegar. Pour vinegar into a deep enough vessel to submerge the metal part of the tool. Soak the tool overnight. The next day, use a scouring pad to rub off the rust. If the tool is too big to fit into a can or bucket, simply wrap it with a vinegarsoaked rag and cover the whole tool with a tightly secured plastic bag. Follow the same procedure the next day. After all the rust is gone, rinse the tool in cool water and dry thoroughly. Then return it to regular usage.
Flying Rockets for Sport with the MARS Club in Geneseo
BY SOPHIA KOVATCH
Several times a year, the MARS Club gathers at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo to launch rockets. e club launches everything from small model rockets built by kids to high powered rockets that take months to build and require large motors and onboard computers. Club members and curious spectators watch rockets of all sizes and colors shoot hundreds or thousands of feet into the air and fall slowly to the ground by parachute. en they find their rockets in the large landing field.
MARS stands for Monroe Astronautical Rocket Society,theoldest-operatingchapteroftheNational Association of Rocketry (NAR). It was founded in 1961 by a man who was so fascinated by Alan Shepard’s first launch into space that he gathered a group of buddies to build their own model rockets. e club has been active ever since.
“I love having an idea and creating a flight goal with that concept, then problem-solving to meet the goal. You can just fly for sport, where you launch and then recover. I make it way more of a science, with files and rules and procedures for how to fly.”
TODD SMITH, PRESIDENT OF THE MARS CLUB
Part of the reason the club has been active for so long is because they launch from one of the top five fields in the country for flying rockets, according to Todd Smith, president of the MARS Club. e higher a rocket flies, the more area it needs to safely fall back down to the ground, and the multi-acre field near the National Warplane Museum has plenty of room for MARS Club rockets, which are limited to a flight altitude of 8,000 feet by the FAA.
Smith has had a lifelong interest in rocketry, which started out as a childhood fascination with parachutes. When his dad got tired of throwing toy soldiers with attached parachutes in the air so Smith could watch them fall, he bought a model rocket to do the work for him. “ e first one went five or six hundred feet up,” Smith says. “I was instantly hooked and kept building rockets through high school.” en he didn’t build rockets for a few years, but when his mother bought him a model rocket the year October Sky came out, he returned to it. “Like a kid I started flying rockets again,” he says.
For a while, Smith only flew model rockets, which are limited in the size of their motors but are available to anyone at hobby stores. en his boss at a machine shop in Henrietta told him about high power rockets – bigger and more powerful models that require a certification from the NAR to build and fly. Smith saw a larger rocket in action at a MARS Club launch at the Geneseo field and has been a part of the group ever since.
Smaller model rockets usually take just an hour or two to build, with the investment time and complexity increasing as the rockets get bigger. High power rockets might take as long as 40 hours to build and be upwards of 10 feet tall. MARS Club members also collaborate on bigger rocket builds, with several rocketry enthusiasts contributing a part of the larger project. Once a rocket is built, it can be launched over and over, just needing more fuel and a little reassembly between flights.
e largest (and most epic) rocket Smith ever built was a foot in diameter and over 14 feet tall, built out of wood and PVC. “It took six months to build,” Smith says. “On the computer it flew great, but we didn’t know if it would actually work.” It
We welcome stories and story ideas from readers yearround. We always seek stories and story ideas about local artists, authors, craftspeople, and experts who share ideas about their trade, as well as the people and stories behind the scenes of local nonprofit organizations. Please send them to hometown@featuredmedia.com. Most timely, we seek stories or story ideas about holiday light displays (with no admission fee) by local citizens we haven’t yet covered in this column, as well as ideas about people and organizations spreading holiday cheer around the community. Thank you!
launched successfully and reached 1,000 feet before making its way back to the ground. Smith says he still hears people talk about that launch even a couple years later.
e creativity and experimentation with different kinds of rockets is exactly what Smith loves about the hobby. “I love having an idea and creating a flight goal with that concept, then problemsolving to meet the goal,” he says. “You can just fly for sport, where you launch and then recover. I make it way more of a science, with files and rules and procedures for how to fly.”
e final MARS Club launch of 2025 was held November 8-9th in Geneseo. Find details on how
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There’s so much happening at your local libraries!
Cohocton Public Library
8 Maple Ave. • 585-384-5170 www.cohoctonlibrary.org
M-F 10-6; Sa 10-2
Dansville Public Library
200 Main St., Dansville • 585-335-6720 www.dansville.lib.ny.us
M-Th 10-8; F 10-5; Sa 9-1
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Memorial Library
5 Beecher St., Atlanta • 585-534-5030
M & Tu 10-8; W, Th, F 10-5; Closed Sa & Su Wayland Free Library
101 W. Naples St. • 585-728-5380 www.gunlockelibrary.org
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Holiday Market
Sat. Nov. 29, 2025 • 9am-4pm
Shop for your holiday gifts and grab a snack at the café.
Children will enjoy the train room, a wooden car race track, and a visit with Santa!
Support local businesses and your community on Small Business Saturday!
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BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH ANIMAL TRAINERS
Trainers train owners as well. Trainers won’t just work with pets, but also with pet owners. Obedience trainers will work with pets to teach them how to behave while also teaching owners various ways to positively reinforce the animals. This is a great way for owners to get hands-on experience and learn proper obedience training techniques, which are not always as easy to learn as owners may think.
Finnegan
is a 5 month old petite mini goldendoodle. He loves playing fetch with his ball and tug of war with his rope toy. He enjoys going for walks and getting his belly rubs. Finn loves giving and getting kisses.
ANSWERS TO COMMON PET FOSTERING QUESTIONS
What are some benefits to fostering for the people involved? While there are many benefits to the pet, including a less stressful, quiet environment, people get something out of fostering, too. Foster families can provide love and affection to an animal that needs it. It can be rewarding to do something selfless, and teaches compassion to everyone in the household. Since having a pet is a large responsibility, pet fostering also serves as an introductory lesson for anyone considering becoming a permanent pet parent. When fostering a pet, everyone in the household gets to see the day-to-day tasks that pet ownership requires.
By Sam Mazotta
What’s the best age to spay or neuter a dog?
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: When should I get my purebred puppy spayed? “Macy” is a rambunctious, 6-month-old Bernese, and I’m getting conflicting information from friends and my vet. My friends say that she should go through one or two heat cycles before I get her fixed.The vet wants it done right away. Who’s right? -- Carol H., via email
DEAR CAROL: Oh, wow. This is quite a topic of conversation in my pet circles, as I’m sure it is with your fellow pet owners. I don’t think anyone is going to be super happy with my answer, because I’m not going to give you a definitive age at which puppies should be spayed or neutered. Instead, I’m going to punt this to the American Kennel Club (AKC), which has a great article on why recommended ages differ: www. akc.org/expert-advice/vets-corner/neutering-spaying-rightage-dog.
With that said, I commend you on making the decision to spay your puppy. Among owners of purebred dogs, deciding if and when to “fix” them is sometimes a tough choice. However, if an owner does not intend to breed their dog (responsibly, of course), spaying or neutering can curb some undesired behaviors and prevent some health problems.
If you decide to spay Macy after her first or second heat, wait until the heat cycle has completed before undergoing the procedure. This will reduce the possibility of excessive bleeding. Also, keep her under your control during her heat cycle -- indoors unless you’re walking her. When you take her for walks, stay next to her and keep her on a strong leash. It will amaze you how many dogs become intensely interested in Macy as you pass by. Keep your distance from all of them during this period.
All too frequently we seniors don’t ask for help when we need it, using as an excuse that others need it more. Sound familiar?
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Notice of election of the Atlanta-North Cohocton Fire District Notice is hereby given of an election for Fire Commissioner One (1) 5-year term. The current term expires 12/31/25.
Elections will be held at the Atlanta-North Cohocton Fire Hall, 30 University Ave., Atlanta, NY, on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 between the hours of 7-8:30pm. Registered voters residing in the district at least 30 days prior to the election are entitled to vote. Candidates wishing to have their name available to those voting on December 9, 2025 must notify the secretary no later than December 1, 2025.
Our local senior center decided to host a free holiday dinner a few weeks before Christmas this year. It was to be a full turkey dinner, with several courses, a sit-down affair with table service from the Community Club at the high school.They needed to limit it to 100 people, and advance signup was required. Color them amazed when a full week after the announcement, there were still well over 50 dinner slots available.
Staff starting manning the phones,calling senior center members to ask if they’d heard about the dinner.Yes, people had heard.Yes, it sounded lovely. But no, they wouldn’t be signing up for it. Other people, many stated, needed the free dinner more.
This did not surprise me. After all the times I’ve talked to seniors around me about how it was OK for them to go to the food bank, that it was OK to ask for help -- no, I wasn’t shocked that many were turning down a free holiday dinner at the senior center.
Does this describe you? Someone who would turn down free things, saying that others might need it more?
There’s more to it when we decline help, other reasons, if we’re going to be honest with ourselves. Mostly we fear loss of independence. Somehow we equate getting help at the food bank -- or a free turkey dinner -- with not being able to take care of ourselves, thus possibly inviting scrutiny from others who might start questioning our ability to manage our lives.
I was not surprised when the senior center changed their promotion for the free dinner to say they would welcome donations, and the rest of the slots filled up.
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1. HISTORY: Which country sold Alaska to the United States?
2. GEOGRAPHY: On which continent is the Sahara Desert?
3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who created The Muppets?
4. MUSIC: What was singer Miley Cyrus’ alter ego when she starred in a Disney sitcom?
5. MATH: How many sides does a heptagon (sometimes called a septagon) have?
6. MOVIES: Which singer is featured in the biopic “A Complete Unknown”?
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8. LITERATURE: In “The Jungle Book,” who raised the boy called Mowgli?
9. TELEVISION: Where was Mork from in the sitcom “Mork and Mindy”?
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NOTICE OF ANTICIPATED JOB VACANCY
Posting Date: November 7, 2025
PROBATIONARY TEACHER AIDE
Minimum Qualifications:
• A desire to work with children
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• A willingness to participate in training sessions
• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent
SALARY: CSEA Contractual Range – Minimum Wage to $16.20/hour. Based on Experience. Ten (10) Month Position.
HOURS: 6.5 hours per day
BENEFITS: Health Insurance; Sick and Personal Leave
WORK LOCATION: Elementary School
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e Application must be submitted by: Monday, December 1, 2025
e Naples Central School District offers employment opportunities without regard to sex, race, color, national origin or handicap. Inquiries regarding this nondiscrimination policy may be directed to: Title IX Coordinator, c/o Naples Central School, 136 North Main Street, Naples, NY 14512.
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The Town of Cohocton has 3 openings for Ambulance Commissioner. There are two 3 year terms and one 1 year term open for election on December 9, 2025.
Please submit a letter of intent to be put on the ballot by December 1, 2025 to:
Cohocton Town Clerk PO Box 200 Atlanta, NY 14808 or email cohoctonclerk@aol.com
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November 24, 2025 - 2-6PM
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