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Share A Little Shade Contest opens at the Buffalo Auto Show By Danielle Jensen While roaming the halls of this weekend’s Buffalo Auto Show, make sure to “spot” the Towne MINI giraffe-wrapped MINI Cooper. Did you know, just like human fingerprints, a giraffe’s coat pattern is unique to that individual? Not only can you see this fun, giraffe-themed, new 4-door MINI in person, you can also purchase raffle tickets for your chance to win a 1-year lease or $5,000 cash. Community Papers of WNY and Towne MINI are excited to be partnering with one of our areas greatest community resources, the Buffalo Zoo. All proceeds from ticket purchases will be donated to the Zoo, to help fund the building of a giraffe shade structure. Raffle tickets will cost $5 each and anyone donating $10 will receive
an original giraffe jump drive, donations of $20 will receive a stuffed animal giraffe, complete with personalized Sampson bandana (must be 21 or older to enter). Additionally, people of all ages can donate $1 and be entered to win a 6 foot stuffed giraffe. Visit Community Papers of WNY at the Towne MINI booth, during the Auto Show. Raffle tickets will be sold throughout 2015, with winners being drawn in December. Rules and restrictions apply, visit CPOWNY.com for details. The world giraffe population is diminishing, with fewer than 80,000 in existence today. In WNY, we are fortunate to have the Buffalo Zoo, and their newest giraffe addition, baby Sampson. As a popular recreation spot for WNY families, the Zoo is able to bring attention to the larger issues of animal health, welfare, and conCurrently, Sampson as well as a large giraffe during the Zoo’s accrediservation. And we need and his family have use yard of approximately tation process in 2011, it your help! of an enclosed structure, one-half acre. However, was noted that there was
little to no outdoor shade. The Association of Zoo’s and Aquariums (AZA) requested that a shade structure be built to help keep the animals cool and out of the direct sunlight of the summer months. The shade structure is one aspect of the Buffalo Zoo’s reaccreditation in 2016. There will be plenty of opportunities to “spot” the Towne MINI Cooper throughout the year. Sampson’s MINI Cooper will also make appearances at the Buffalo Home & Garden Show, Erie County Fair, WNY Spring & Fall Health Expos, area shopping malls, and classic car shows. The car will even be displayed on a regular basis near and around the Buffalo Zoo, including at a special community celebration for Sampson’s 1st birthday! Please consider purchasing raffle tickets, who knows…you may be the one “spotted” in your very own MINI Cooper!
Genter earns Chartered Financial Analyst designation Jason Gentner, Registered Representative at L&M Financial has earned the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation. The CFA charter, the most respected and recognized investment
credential in the world, represents a tradition of upholding the highest standards of education and integrity in the investment profession. The charter is recognized globally by employers, investment professionals, and investors as the definitive
standard by which to measure the competence, integrity, and dedication of serious investment professionals. Recipients of the CFA charter have successfully completed the CFA program, a graduate-level, self-study curriculum and
a series of three intensive examinations taken sequentially, which in total, takes most candidates between two and five years. Candidate surveys report that preparation for the three exams typically requires at least 900 combined hours of study.
Gentner has worked in the financial industry for 12 years. A graduate of Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, Gentner has spent his entire financial career at L&M Financial. He is a lifelong resident of the Town of Amherst and a graduate of Williamsville
South High School. “I am thrilled to finally receive my charter,” Gentner said. “It represents the successful culmination of hundreds of hours of study and a demonstrated commitment to professionalism and ethics.”