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CPOWNY and Buffalo Zoo pair up to welcome giraffe calf By Lizz Schumer
THE HAMBURG SUN EDITOR
There is a new face at The Buffalo Zoo, and Community Papers of WNY Inc. is partnering with the Zoo to welcome its first Zooborn baby in some time: A baby giraffe. The male calf arrived in the middle of the night on Oct. 24, to first-time parents A.J, 5, and Moke, 3. Community Papers of WNY has planned a year of events and promotions, in conjunction with the Zoo, to welcome the newest addition to Western New York. A formal press release will be released by the Zoo and CPOWNY on Dec. 15, announcing the stillanonymous baby’s name, as well as the reasoning behind its new moniker. The newspaper group and the Zoo are working together to host a series of
events and contests, to coincide with the calf’s first year of life, and CPOWNY readers will be the first to know, and participate in, these promotions. Baby giraffes tend to remain with their parents until they are around about 22 months old, so the organization has plenty of time to spend with the new little one. Special events will include a coloring contest, in which children in grades K-4 color a drawing of the baby giraffe and mother from a drawing template included in all community papers. A winner will be selected from each of CPOWNY’s 25 community newspapers by random drawing and each winner will receive a family pass for the Buffalo Zoo; two parents and two children. Next will be a contest for winning a named, baby giraffe plush animal, for sharp-eyed readers. A series of eight billboards by
Lamar of Buffalo are located throughout the Buffalo metropolitan area that feature the photo and name of the new Buffalo Zoo baby giraffe. The first family from each of the 25 community papers to correctly submit all eight route and crossstreet billboard locations will receive the collectible baby giraffe. Outdoor billboards will be in place for six weeks, starting Dec. 15. According to CPOWNY Director of Marketing Dr. Janet Gane, the baby giraffe’s arrival will be heralded by a year-long calendar of events, distributed by the 25 papers, as well as WNY Health Magazine, with a article focused on conservation and preservation of the animals’ natural habitats. “There’s a real concern about poaching of giraffes, and other animals are also in danger,” Gane explained, “So, we want to make sure
Pinup Boutique offers retro clothing to the area By Rachel Fuerschbach THE STAR CORRESPONDENT
JEFFREY BARNES
A formal press release will be released by the Zoo and CPOWNY on Dec. 15, announcing the still-anonymous baby’s name. our readers are aware of that, as well as the first to know about this precious
little one.”
“See Giraffe, Page 3”
Tickets on sale for Kenan Center’s Niagara Wine & Beer Tasting Fest By Rebecca Gunning THE STAR EDITOR
On Saturday, Jan. 24, the Kenan Center Arena
will host its fourth annual Niagara Wine & Beer Tasting Fest, which features a variety of local wineries, breweries and restaurants and farmer’s markets.
Tickets for the event, which runs from 5 to 9 p.m., are $25 in advance and include a souvenir tasting glass, a tasting journal and $5 food voucher. Pro-
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ceeds benefit the Kenan Center and its wide variety of programs. Along with the tastings, there also will be live music by the Dave Stoll Acoustic Trio, a basket raffle, and a 50/50 split. The event is only open to those 21 and over. Because of the limited number of tickets and high anticipation for the event, Kenan Center Marketing Director Elaine Harrigan encourages people to purchase tickets sooner rather than later. While there is ample space in the arena, located at 195 Beattie Ave., Harrigan and the committee members found it is best to cap the number off at 1,100 tickets. “We found that it’s best to keep it at a level that we know we can manage and everyone have a good time,” Harrigan explained. “The toughest thing that we found is the management of the lines at the tables. People want to be able to get to a winery or brewery and actually taste as much as possible.” While that number seems high, the event has sold out the previous three years easily and now members of the community mark the date on their calendar. “The first year that we did it, I thought we would get about 400 people,”
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said Mark Jaekle, who cochairs the event. “We put it together really quick. We didn’t really know what we were doing. Then we ended up selling out with 1,000 tickets.” The event is the perfect opportunity to support local wineries, breweries and restaurants such as Flight of Five, Winery at Marjim Manor, Schulze, Barker Chocolates, Niagara Produce and more, which is exactly what the committee had in mind when creating the event. “Because the Kenan Center is a community based type of facility, we were thinking of how we could bring the community in while also showcasing some of the local wineries, food markets and breweries so we came up with this,” said Jaekle. One aspect the committee is focusing on promoting is that wineries will be selling bottles of wine at the event so guests are able to purchase something they enjoyed that same night. Volunteers will be walking around the arena with carts to take the bottles of wine back to coat check, making the process easy and efficient for the guests. What makes the Kenan Center’s tasting event
Business owner of the Dragonfly Tattoo Parlor, Rebecca Smith, opened Pinup Boutique Dec. 1 after deciding she wanted to take on another business venture. Within thirty days of coming up with the idea of the clothing boutique Smith found herself opening the doors to the community offering retro styled clothing. “I wanted to do something that would complement the Dragonfly,” Smith said. “And this does that, because a lot of the pin up girls from that era had tattoos.” Smith has been running the Dragonfly for over seven years maintaining a collective amount of loyal customers whom had a big influence on her decision to open the boutique. “My customers thought the boutique would be a good idea,” Smith said. “Today, women are getting tattoos all over their bodies instead of just that one hidden area. They are now covering their bodies and want to show them off with this sort of clothing.” Smith is determined to offer clothing to customers that they can’t find at stores like Wal-Mart as well as variety of styles from not only the 50s era but the 40s and 60s as well for the hippie and modern crowd. Smith deals with about seven other companies that deal with pinup clothing which she purchases and then sells in her boutique. “All the clothes I get in stock are brand new retro style clothing,” Smith said. “I’m trying to he=it all age groups with the clothing.” Smith offers a variety of products from clothing such as dresses, shirts, skirts, bathing suits and blazers as well as jewelry, hand bags, hankies, scarfs, hats, and shoes. She also carries sizes xsmall to 4X in all clothing, however if an item is not found in one’s size Smith will allow online ordering if an item is still in stock. Although Smith is just testing out the shoes at the moment, she hopes to be able to expand the store with not only a shoe line but with men apparel and possibly a children’s line.
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