01-25-19 Springville Times

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JANUARY 25-31, 2019

LOCAL

VOLUME 4 ISSUE 4

SPORTS

ENTERTAINMENT Movie Review: ‘GLASS’ ....see page 7

Life of a Civil War Soldier from Springville to be presented Jan 30. ....see page 3

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Goodridge’s 41 points pace Griffs over Lackawanna ....see page 10

Springville board OKs purchase of recycling totes

By Kellen M. Quigley

For residents of the Village of Springville, a new receptacle specifically for recycling could soon be on the curbside at every house. The Village Board of Trustees Tuesday approved the purchase of 65 gallon recycling totes for about $57,000 with help from a DEC grant to cover approximately half of the cost. The balance of the remaining cost would be coming out of the 2019-20 general fund budget. Administrator Liz Melock said recycling pickup with the totes would begin on June 1 with all recycling going in the tote and being picked up on a biweekly basis. The board invited Jerrod Blake of Waste Management to address any concerns they village had about the recycling rules and answer any questions. “Our focus has been on education,” he said. “Our website is a great resource. It talks about recycling, what’s good, what’s not, what should be in the totes and what shouldn’t be.” Because recycling primarily stays stateside now with few overseas markets, Blake said those costs for hauling can affect the pickup companies. “China’s market changed a couple years ago,” he said. “That has impacted everybody with recycling because they want 0.5 contaminant or less contamination rate, so that closed the door.” Blake said he thinks the totes could encourage village residents to recycle more. “We’re just trying to educate the best

Photo by Kellen M. Quigley Jerrod Blake (right) of Waste Management discusses what is and is not recyclable through Waste Management with Springville Village Trustee Nils Wikman. The village approved Tuesday the purchase of recycling totes for the village with assistance from DEC a grant.

we can,” he added. Reed Braman, president of Green Springville, addressed the board on the decision to purchase the recycling totes, saying getting people to recycle can be a challenge. He said with curbside pickup

and decades of publicity efforts, recycling should be getting easier. “Providing totes may not increase recycling, but it won’t decrease it,” he said. Braman said having a “detailed, descriptive list of items” the waste

After freezing weekend, more winter weather on the way

By Kellen M. Quigley

Some of the heaviest snowfall of the season swept through Western New York this past weekend, with accumulations of over a foot in some places. Jim Mitchell, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Buffalo, reported Tuesday that Springville received about 9 inches of snow over the weekend, while nearby Colden was buried under 14 inches. “It was kind of the opposite this time,” Mitchell said. “The southern part of Erie County actually got less snow because of the wind direction.” He said West Seneca received about 17 inches. However, these conditions were perfect for skiers and snowboarders on the slopes at Kissing

company will and won’t accept could help. “It’s incumbent on them to help us help them,” he added. Braman said whatever the village decides, there should contain a robust training and PR campaign to clearly spell out the rules for recycling. Trust Nils Wikman brought a plastic garbage bag full of items that he was unsure could be recycled. “Part of it is our fault because the village has a recycling guideline” with items that are acceptable but listed as not, he said. “We need to be clear on what you will recycle.” In Wikman’s bag of items, nearly every one — such as various cardboards and plastics — would be accepted, Blake said. Ironically, the plastic bag all the items came in is not recyclable through Waste Management. “We all agree that education is very important and maybe we can think of other ways to reach out to our residents,” said Mayor William Krebs. “But I think the carts are important, too. … Even if it may be a bit of a hassle to look at the guide for a while to figure out which items in the refuse stream should be recycled, we should take the time.” Nils said the guidelines for what is and isn’t acceptable changes regularly. He said some plastics are highly desired now. Blake said glass has almost no market at all. “Our job is to get it there and let the industry decide where they’re going to ship it,” Krebs added. Trustee Alan Chamberlin said he didn’t

See Recycle page 5

Empire State Winter Games Torch Relay to stop at Kissing Bridge on Jan. 28 By Kellen M. Quigley

Photo by Alex Simmons The Springville area received about 9 inches of snow over the weekend while freezing temperatures got down to -15 on Tuesday. More snow and cold is in the forecast this weekend after a short, rainy warmup on Wednesday.

Bridge. The snow sports destination celebrated World Snow Day on Jan. 20. Although many places were closed on Sunday, Kissing Bridge was open for the first big snowfall of

the year. On their Facebook page, a post on Sunday said 16 runs and four lifts were to be open Monday, Jan. 21 to finish off the holiday weekend. “Thank you, Mother

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Nature and our snow making team for putting in the work,” Kissing Bridge posted. Along with snow showers, sub-zero temperatures also hit

See Winter page 5

The torch relay for the 39th Empire State Winter Games will make its way to Kissing Bridge on Jan. 28 on its way to Lake Placid for the opening ceremony. Kissing Bridge Snow Sports will holding a special ceremony for the arrival of the torch at 4 p.m. Monday. To make it even more special, Kissing Bridge is sending six racers to attend the Alpine events up at White Face, including a number-one-ranked racer, Hannah Goetz, one of the youngest racers to attend

the event. “For our small ski resort, we are all super excited,” said Cathy Goetz. A torch relay is used to kick-off the beginning of the Empire State Winter Games each year. This year, two torches will travel across New York state, each on separate routes for five days, with one beginning in New York City and the other in the Buffalo area. Holiday Valley will host a torch relay send-off party from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Training Center. “If everything works, they’re going to be running See Games page 5

A Look Back:

The old village newspapers

By Jolene Hawkins Looking back to of the folks were looking forward to when you might have reading each week. He published the paper until 1863 when, due to the Civil heard, “Extra! Extra, War, the cost became too excessive and Read all about it!” Back to the days where there was no radios, Mr. Saxe devoted his time to ministry and agriculture and the newspaper was no TV and no Internet to find out what discontinued. was happening or to advertise, you had the local For one year, during the time frame newspapers. of the Springville Herald, The American There were people living in this area as early as 1807, the first Citizen (1855- 1856) was published child was born in 1809 and the first paper was created by E.H. during the presidential campaign by L C Hough in 1844. Called the Springville Express, it ran until 1849. Saunders. You can view these papers online at the Lucy Bensley Center. In January of 1864, Augustine W. Ferrin, On May 4, 1850, the Springville Herald was started, ardently who formerly had assisted Mr. Saxe in advocating the principles of the Whigs and Republican parties. editing the Herald, returned after being E.D. Webster & Company was the founders, but after the second discharged from the Army due to injuries week, Mr. Webster assumed the sole proprietorship until 1856, that were disabling. He began to lease the when J.B. Saxe bought it from him. See A Look Back page 5 Mr. Saxe ran the paper with all the ads and news that most

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