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MAY 17-23, 2019
VOLUME 4 ISSUE 20
CAR. TR. MKTG MAIL US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 244 BRADFORD, PA
L I L V E G SP RIN TIMES
The official newspaper of the Town of Concord, and the Village of Springville. Serving Springville, the surrounding communities and Springville-Griffith Institute Central Schools
Pageant of the Bands returns to Springville for 57th year By Kellen M. Quigley The annual Pageant of Bands tradition is returning to Springville for its 57th year this weekend, May 17 18. Presented by the Springville Kiwanis Club and SpringvilleGriffith Institute, SGI students run the festival while also performing as an exhibition group in both Jazz and Marching bands. “Preparations have gone well this year,” said Joe Gervase, SGI high school band director, “except for the weather not agreeing with our marching band rehearsal schedule.” Set to compete this year are bands from 18 different schools this year, which Gervase said has been the consistent
level of participation over the last nine years. “We are always looking to recruit new participants and should have some new schools in the coming years,” he said. Although things are pretty much the same this year, Gervase said there are a couple of new additions to the line up: Andover Central and Grand Island Middle School. “We are one of the last remaining band pageants in New York state,” he said. “It is a testament to our school and the Kiwanis Club of Springville for the commitment and work they have done to keep this pageant going. It shows how committed our community is to the arts and the preservation
of this important festival.” The pageant consists
Color Guard. For the students, Gervase said it provides a positive
of competitions in Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band, Marching Band, Indoor Percussion and Indoor
environment where schools of all sizes can perform and compete. “Although it is a
competition, the schools that come are all very supportive of each other,” he said. “In the end, the most import aspect of the pageant is the two days of music making that happens from schools all over the area.” Other districts with schools competing include East Aurora, Genesee Valley, Forestville, Portville, Lancaster, Kaegebein, Casey and Amherst. On Friday, schools compete in the Jazz Ensemble portion. Competitions are held in the high school auditorium from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Saturday, the Concert Band portion will be held in the high school auditorium from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The
Percussion and Color Guard Competition starting at 11:45 a.m. in the gym. The parade will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, with the Springville middle school and high school bands leading the way. Following the parade, the mass retreat and awards presentation will be held at Pop Warner Field. This year’s highlighted students from Springville are Pageant Queen Abby Stressinger, Middle School Pageant Queen Maria Rumfola and Pageant Musician of the Year Ethan Keyser. Gervase expressed his thanks to the Springville Kiwanis Club for “all their work and effort that goes into the Pageant every year to make this great event happen.”
2.5 percent tax increase ‘The Music Man’ is coming to Springville this weekend proposed in SGI 2019-20 budget By Elyana Schosek Student Reporter Residents of the Springville-Griffith Institute school district will have the opportunity to vote on a $42 million budget with a 2.5 percent increase to the tax levy during the district’s annual budget vote next week. The proposed 201920 budget includes a $3.2 million increase in spending compared to the current school year’s budget, a roughly 2.44 Photo by Alex Simmons percent increase. Members of the cast of “The Music Man” rehearse a scene for the upcoming On May 7, the SGI production at Springville Center for the Arts. The musical will run two weekends Board of Education met through May 26. for their monthly meeting, Benstead) who is a By Alex Simmons Paroo (Brittany Nichols) during which they held traveling con man. When suspects that Hill may be a public hearing on the he arrives in River City, Oh, we got trouble, a fraud, but she sets her budget. Iowa, everyone seems to with a capital “T” right suspicion aside for her District Superintendent adore him. here in... Springville??? brother Winthrop, (Roland Kimberly Moritz He tells the locals On Thursday, the Johnston) who is very discussed an overview his idea for starting a Springville Center for excited about the band. of the school’s budget band. At first the town is the Arts began their Harold begins to develop for the coming year with skeptical but eventually performances of “The feelings for Marian, and the help of Maureen they come around and Music Man,” directed by has to make the decision Lee, the school business embrace the idea. He Don Wesley, which will to either skip town or stay, administrator. convinces them to run for two weekends just for her. The budget is broken purchase instruments and through May 26. The rest of the talented down into three parts, uniforms, and then plans This merrymaking cast includes Cory the first of these to flee town with the musical tells the story Golabek, being administrative money. of Professor Harold components. These See Music Man page 7 Librarian Marian Hill (played by Nick include the management
Looking back to the year 1999, when Olmsted summer camp was placed on the National Register of Historic places, let’s learn the history of the place that was popular then and now. It is a site that has 188 acres, a pre-Civil War Farmstead and a turn-ofthe-century private family home, where the Olmsted family spent their summers. The Rider Hopkins farm is a rare example of a Western New York settlement farm that has retained its original boundaries as purchased from the Holland Land Company in 1827.
be accessed by students, parents, teachers and principals. For one year, the district has to carry both, which accounts for the cost increase. They determined that powerschool was more convenient for all parties. For one year, the district is planning to not replace the SMS librarian. The position will be left open due to a retiree. Instead, they are choosing to staff the position with a teaching assistant. In the future, the district would like to change the space to be more useful for teachers and students. While there is still more work to be done this summer as part of the capital project, they plan on using any money left over on the Springville Middle School library program. Until the work on the capital project is completed, they must keep money there in case something goes awry. Moritz noted an increase in the athletic budget. This is due to the addition of a JV Girls Lacrosse team and a trap team coach along with See SGI Budget page 4
A Look Back:
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of the district. Moritz highlighted a reduction to the Board of Education in comparison to last year. They had previously budgeted for policy updates here which has now been moved under the BOCES budget where they felt it was a better fit. Seeing as they are going into negotiations with labor unions, there has been an increase in budget lines to cover an attorney coming in from BOCES Legal to make negotiations with Mrs. Moritz. Moritz noted that there appears to be a big increase in technology and data. This is a result of the “Raptor system.” All schools in the district have this. It forces staff to badge into the buildings and others to buzz in. All this is done with the help of a database to ensure the safety of the students. Next year, the district will also be converting from eSchool to PowerSchool, both of which are student data management systems used to keep track of students’ grades that can
By Jolene Hawkins asked if he might be about to bring his wife and six sons Seyour, Allen, Harold, Remington, Charles and John for a visit, which became an annual summer outing for the Olmsted Family. When the family first started coming down, they camped in large Civil War surplus tents until 1902, when a lease was agreed upon and the camp and cabin buildings were constructed. Harold Leroy Olmsted, the fourth son and a Buffalo architect and artist designed the buildings keeping them in harmony with its natural surroundings. Another building was a garage, to which a second floor was added. Then came sleeping cabins all complimented the large camp house.
Horace Rider, came to Sardinia in 1811, he bought the land from the Holland Land Company in 1827 and built the farmhouse in 1840. The farmhouse, a fine example of a Greek Revival house, is unusual in the fact that it is built of brick in an area where most pre-Civil War houses were made of wood. He also served as a Highway Commissioner for five terms and the Town Assessor for two terms in Sardinia. Horace Rider’s daughter Abigail married James Hopkins and they continued to farm the land. James and Abigail’s granddaughter met John Bartow Olmsted while on one of his trout fishing expeditions down at Hosmer Brook. John
For many years and for many generations, the camp was used every summer for picnicking, fishing, swimming and seeing the kids put on plays for their parents. Family activities would
gravitate to the big porch where hammocks were set up for relaxing, while ice cream was churned and bowls of it were handed out. There were even tennis courts that were added and trails through the beautiful
countryside to walk down to the Cattaraugus Valley and gardens. An English country garden was put in around 1912 and was designed and planted by Olmsted’s
See A Look Back page 2