FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 2020
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VOLUME 5 ISSUE 8
CAR. TR. MKTG MAIL US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 244 BRADFORD, PA
The official newspaper of the Town of Concord, and the Village of Springville. Serving Springville, the surrounding communities and Springville-Griffith Institute Central Schools
Collins child in stable condition after shot Tuesday morning
By Kellen M. Quigley
A 7-year-old child was reported to be in stable condition Wednesday after being struck by a bullet while sleeping in his bed inside of a Collins residence Tuesday morning, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported. At approximately 12:35 a.m. Feb. 18, Deputies reported to a residence on Route 39 for shots fired after a call was received from an occupant of the dwelling. The complainant told ECSO dispatchers individuals inside the dwelling heard multiple gunshots, observed multiple bullet holes in the house and the 7-yearold, who was sleeping in his bedroom, struck him in the rear, upper thigh, police reported. Deputies arrived at the residence and immediately searched the home and surrounding area. Patrol observed an injury to the child and one bullet hole in the
which included the parents, but no other occupants were injured. Detectives have been canvassing the area and talking with neighbors, police said. Sheriff’s Detectives believe the bullet holes are from a small-caliber round. The Sheriff’s Office has not developed any motives, but investigators do not believe this is hunting related and do believe this is an intentional act, police reported. Investigators do not know the intended target. This is an active investigation, and Detectives are asking if anyone has information about the incident to contact the Erie County Sheriff’s Office at (716) 858-2903 and refer to CL# 20-012891. Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect or suspects involved in the shooting. Crime stoppers number is (716) 867-6161.
Erie County Sheriff’s Office photo Chief Scott Joslyn, Police Services (right) and Capt. Jim Welch, Investigative Services, disclose information on a shooting on Collins Wednesday morning that injured a 7-year-old boy.
dwelling’s exterior and interior wall, police said. EMS provided aid at the scene. At about
1:20 a.m., the victim was transported by ambulance to Oishei Children’s Hospital for
SGI girls fall twice to Iroquois, beat Cheektowaga
further treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries, police said. The child was reported in stable
condition at about 3 a.m. There were multiple occupants inside at the time of the incident,
Concord Town Board holds quick, quiet meeting
By Kellen M. Quigley
Amid worsening weather Feb. 13, the Concord Town Board held a quick and quiet meeting beginning with the acceptance of monthly reports. In the town’s highway report, Superintendent Barry Edwards said the department has been busy plowing throughout the town as well as at the library, senior center and Photo by Jaime Dickinson town hall. He said some Springville’s Nyah Solly drives to the basket against Iroquois during a girls of the trucks have had basketball game Monday night in Springville. various maintenance work done with some equipment For the second time in just over a points. being replaced. week, the No. 1 small school in Western Ivette Lewandowski led the Griffins Also at the senior center, New York proved to be too much for the with 15 points in the loss, while Mackenzie new signs for veterans Springville girls basketball team. Owens scored eight points. parking were installed, The Griffins visited Iroquois in Elma for Springville (12-7) is set to close the Edwards said. another big non-league test on Tuesday, regular season on Thursday, visiting Sand and salt have been and lost 65-35. Pioneer. blended multiple times. Logan Streety led Iroquois with 24 Continued on Page 6... He said there are about points and Emily McLaughlin had 22
1,384 tons of salt from the county and state combined compared to 1,396 tons from the same time last year. Finally, Edwards recommended the town accept the lone bid of Crab Energy Products for the town’s fuel. The town board approved accepting the bid under regular business. From the fire department, Councilman Phil Drozd reported that the department held its installation dinner and new members were sworn in. Under old business, Drozd said the LED streetlight project the town undertook last year has been completed, including the installation of five new streetlights. “It’s been a year,” he said. “One project
down and saved us some money.” Town Supervisor Clyde Drake said the town has received a single complaint about the brightness of the new lights. Drozd said drawing curtains should take care of the brightness at night. In regular business, the town board approved sending out the mowing and cemetery proposals for the senior center, East Concord Cemetery, Morton Corners Cemetery and the cemetery on Spaulding Road. Drake said he had no complaints with the person the town contracted with to do the mowing last year. Next, the board approved the appointment of Edwin Heary as
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A Look Back:
Tending your Victory Garden By Jolene Hawkins
Looking back in the past and I was finding articles on war gardens, also called Liberty or Victory Gardens. Liberty Gardens were during World War I (1914–1918). President Woodrow Wilson called on Americans to plant vegetable gardens to ward off the possible threat of food shortages. We Americans took up the challenge as a civic and patriotic duty. There were slogans, and one from Burpee’s Seed Company read, “Food will win the War, Produce it!” Front yards, backyards, schoolyards, vacant lots all became vegetable gardens. America became the world’s leading seed supplier during World War I, as Europe faced mounting seed shortages. Calling attention to the war garden movement, seed companies and nurseries embellished their catalogs with patriotic imagery. Charles Lathrop Pack, head of the National War
Garden Commissions, coined the term “Victory Garden” as World War I was nearing its end. More upbeat than “war garden,” the term was so popular that it was used again during World War II when Victory Gardens sprang into action once more. In 1943, with World War II underway, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt had a Victory Garden planted on the front lawn of the White House, just one of the millions of Victory Gardens planted that year. Books, newspapers and magazines suggested that home gardeners with limited space might plant vegetables in existing flower beds. Gardeners for Victory proposed tucking asparagus, rhubarb and Jerusalem artichoke in among the perennials, while root vegetables could take the place of flowering bulbs. Beginners were encouraged to plant vegetables that took up little space in the garden, such as tomatoes, carrots, lettuce and cabbage. Soybeans, billed as “wonder beans” or “miracle beans,” required little room and served as a protein substitute when meat was rationed. During World War II every family in America was issued ration books to ensure the fair distribution of food in short supply. The books contained stamps for rationed goods like sugar, meat, cooking oil and
canned goods. Victory Gardens helped to supplement these items with fresh vegetables. The school gardening movement joined the war effort during World War I. Here in Springville was the U.S.S.G. (United States School Garden) Army. Teachers were getting lesson plans to teach the students, what to plant, how much to plant and how to plan your garden, all using math to figure it out. A family of four would take such amount of bean seeds to supply the family with so many processed beans planted. Then lessons on how to prepare the vegetables and can the vegetables. There were vegetables to plant for the summer and winter gardens. Summer would be peas, beets, corn, turnips, kohlrabi, eggplants, okra, beans, lima beans and peppers. For the winter garden would be beets, parsnip, salsify — a root vegetable belonging to the dandelion family, also known as the oyster plant because of its oyster taste when cooked, looks like a long thin parsnip — carrots, cabbage Rutabagas and onions. In 1919 there were 2.5 million children enrolled in the School Garden Army, producing 48 million See A LOOK BACK page 5...