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Senior Wishes program gets cooking with Springville resident By Max Borsuk
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13,2014
West Valley water district approved By Max Borsuk
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From experiences of a lifetime to home necessities that need replacing, the Senior Wishes program is helping deserving senior citizens fulfill their wishes. And now, one local resident can say her wish came true. Mary Ann Peters, who lives at Orchard Senior Living on Waverly Street in Springville, recently got her wish granted for a new set of pots and pans and as an added bonus, was made lunch by Mark Herle, director of dining services at Fox Run of Orchard Park. “I was so surprised and then I thought this is wonderful and what could I do to return the favor,” said Peters. “She wants to cook for her grandchildren and children and she didn’t really have the means to do it,” said Mary Wellington of the Senior Wishes Granting Committee. “We wanted to provide her with some good cookware so she can cook for her family and do what she loves,” Senior Wishes is run by the United Church Home Society, the parent com-
The Ashford board of trustees approved the formation of a municipal water district in West Valley at their regularly scheduled meeting Dec. 10. Richard Bernstein of the water committee started the meeting by presenting the board with the final map plan and report from Clark Patterson Lee-Design. After finding the report sufficient, the board adopted a resolution to adopt the final map plan and report. The board will file the report with the town clerk, so they start the process of moving on to the next steps of forming the municipal water district. The resolution was passed unanimously. “I would like to thank all of [the water committee] for getting this going,” said Ashford Supervisor Chris Gerwitz. “I know you guys have put a lot of work in and I know its been a lot of hair pulling out. But I feel everyone appreciates the work
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Fox Run director of dining services Mark Herle cooks with wish recipient Mary Ann Peters with her new pots and pans granted to her by the Senior Wishes program. pany of Fox Run of Orchard Park and the United Church Manor of West Seneca. The program was started in 2013 and granted their first wish in March of 2014. According to UCHS, the goal of the program is to honor and recognize the
lifelong contributions of seniors and promote their quality of life by granting them a wish that brings them joy. Whether a wish is for a household item like a new air conditioner, helping with travel costs to a family reunion or a hot air balloon
ride, the Senior Wishes program helps grant wishes of all kinds to deserving seniors who don’t have the means of
you guys put in and you did us all a favor by paying for it and moving it forward.” The next step in this process is for the board to make an order at an upcoming meeting which will contain information including the boundaries of the water district, the improvements proposed, the maximum amount to be expended for the improvement, the cost of hookup fees, the cost to a typical property owner, the proposed method of financing, the fact that the report has been filed with the town clerk and a time, date and place for a public hearing on the water district. The order is expected to be ready for the next board meeting, on Dec. 29. Town Attorney Charles Harrigan proposed that the public hearing be held on Jan. 21, 2015. After the public hearing, a certain amount of time must go by before the board can pass a resolu-
See “Water district” on page A6
See “Wishes” on page A6
Community Papers of WNY and the Buffalo Zoo pair up to welcome giraffe calf By Lizz Schumer
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There is a new face at The Buffalo Zoo, and Community Papers of Western New York LLC is partnering with the Zoo to welcome its first Zoo-born 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 still-anonymous 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
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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
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