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Week of April 26, 2013
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Vol. 6, No. 17 – FREE
SPRING IN with Cassandra Adams of Dunkirk was this year’s winner of the Chautauqua Star Spring-In Hunt! Cassandra won a brand-new Acer Iconia Tablet, donated by DFT Technology Plus. “I love the Star,” said Adams. “I love the stories, I love everything about it. I make sure to get a copy every week.” Adams subscribes to the Buffalo News, so she gets the Star delivered right to her door every week. Thanks to everyone who entered, and to all the sponsors. Stay tuned as we plan to keep offering exciting contests for our readers!
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Lake erie wine country HoStS wine and cHeeSe weekend, may 3-5
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JAMESTOWN SAVINGS BANK ARENA TONIGHT (4/26) & TICKETS ON LY EVERY FRIDAY / 6-9PM $8 PRESALE! DINNER AVAILABLE Participants enjoy the 2012 Wine and Cheese Weekend at Johnson Estate Vineyards in Westfield. Photo courtesy of Lake Erie Wine Country.
quiche and lemon basil cheese cake – all of which will be paired with a complementary wine. Beth Margolis, Marketing and
Special Events Manager at Liberty Vineyards in Fredonia said the winery will be featuring smoked gouda soup with one of
its diamond wines. “We speak about the wines and tell people a little bit about the pairing and continUed on pG 10
Lost Places Chautauqua County of
prendergast Family cemetery, Stedman JameStown founder’S firSt reSting Site provideS inSigHt into famouS famiLy’S traveLS and ambition By Patricia Pihl Managing Editor
A small rectangular headstone in a forgotten family cemetery identifies the soul in blackened, barely legible letters as James Prendergast, son of William and Mehitable, born March 9, 1764, and died November 15, 1846. Those in southern Chautauqua County know James Prendergast as the founder of Jamestown. Due to its vast timber and water reserves, Prendergast, the son of pioneers, saw potential in the development of the city to be. A man of ambition and vision, Prendergast overlooked shortcomings others found in the region, including its rough, hilly terrain and areas of swampland. Concerning the humble resting spot, it could be said that things
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By Patricia Pihl
Twenty-three wineries representing Lake Erie Wine Country will kick off the 2013 season with its annual Wine and Cheese Weekend event on May 3, 4 and 5. Wine and Cheese Weekend is part of four annual events celebrated by the wineries located on a 50-mile stretch between Harborcreek, PA and Silver Creek, NY along the southern south of Lake Erie. As in the past, ticket holders will receive a food and wine-pairing sample at each winery, additional wine tastes, a wine glass, recipe booklet, $5 voucher for wine purchase and a gift. According to Julie Pfadt, Executive Director of Lake Erie Wine Country, there is a diverse array of food offerings for this year’s event including chicken and cheese enchiladas, warm Riesling poached lobster dip, sausage and cheese potato cakes, bacon and cheese mini-
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planning begins for prendergast book Sale Contributed Article Prendergast Library
Prendergast Library will hold its 34th annual book sale Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8, at the Jamestown Renaissance Center and is looking for volunteers and donations to help make the event a success. “Having the book sale at another location will allow us to keep the library open Thursday evening, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for regular patron use,” according to Board President Tom Price. Price also praised the opportunity to partner with the Jamestown continUed on pG 2
tech Living: create your own maps By Phil Bens Star Contributing Writer
The Prendergast family cemetery in Stedman.
aren’t often what they seem. Prendergast and his wife Nancy sometimes referred to as Agnes, in fact, no longer rest in the hillside cemetery, two miles short of
INSIDE THIS WEEK
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Golden Gasoline Local company set up for success with new public Natural Gas fi llup station. See A-11.
present-day Chautauqua Institution on Chautauqua Stedman Road. Once part of a large homestead belonging to the famous family,
the large tract of land where the cemetery sits was purchased in 1806. However, the Stedman site continUed on pG 13
CLASSIFIEDS B6 Community Star See A-5 Martin Short in Jamestown See A-8 alSo
Southwestern Track See B-1 Golf Diary See B-3
If you have used the Internet for very long you probably have realized that there are web sites that allow you to create maps that provide directions on how to get from your home to a destination. In this article I am going to discuss Google Maps. If you go to http://maps.google.com you will find the basic website that allows you to input two places and plot a map with directions on how to get to your destination. Many of us that use Google Maps have used this function, and for many of us, that is all we do with this site. Google Maps has many other continUed on pG 11