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Hunger Free America AmeriCorps reaches out to Cuba Cultural Center By KATE DAY SAGER
CUBA — Within 10 days of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, the Cuba Cultural Center saw food bank and other requests skyrocket. In a continuing effort to help the Cultural Center, officials with Hunger Free America's nationwide AmeriCorps VISTA program recently visited the facility to provide support to connect with federal and state resources. “Our numbers have stayed up and we were almost out of food very quickly,” said Suzanne Krull, executive director of the Cultural Center, who noted requests rose 70% in March. “But we were able to cobble together (food and supplies) thanks to some funding that came in from the Western New York Covid Relief Fund and Allegany County Covid Relief Fund.” While the Cultural Center primarily serves residents in Allegany County it also helps Cattaraugus County residents who live on the border and don’t have access to a local food pantry. “We work in collaboration with all the other pantries and the Allegany County Food Coalition, and ACCORD is among those,” she added. Krull noted the federal government’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and the Nourish New York initiative have been helping the Cultural
File photo A pipeline crew from Otis Eastern Services of Wellsville works on a project.
Wellsville pipeline contractor Otis Eastern acquired by Atlanta corporation By JIM ECKSTROM
WELLSVILLE — Pipeline contractor Otis Eastern Service of Wellsville will be acquired by Artera Services of Atlanta, a large provider of infrastructure services to natural gas and electric industries, in a deal announced Wednesday. Otis Eastern has been in operation since 1936 as a contractor of pipelines Volunteer, Sonny Smith, gathers up prepackaged for midstream and utility food supplies for recipients who visited the Cuba companies throughout the Cultural Center Tuesday. Officials at the Cultural Northeast and AppalaCenter said they’ve seen a 70% increase in those chian regions. The comneeding food since the pandemic struck in March. pany employs about 600 “Joel has been doCenter since June. Both and serves customers in ing amazing work for funding sources, howevseven states, with heavy decades, long before I er, are expected to wrap activity in Pennsylvania’s was in this hunger and up at the end of August. Marcellus shale region. anti-poverty work,” Krull “Some of them may Otis Eastern is the concontinue to the end of the said. “Hunger Free Amertractor on the Northern ica has just done amazing year, but we’re still waitAccess Pipeline, which is work and have sponsored ing for the final word,” meant to carry natural gas the Vista volunteers that Krull added. from a collection point we have had for three or She said agencies such in McKean County up four years now.” as Hunger Free America to a disbursement point She said the Cultural AmeriCorps, under the in Niagara County. The Center, adhering to safety direction of CEO Joel project has been stalled measures required during Berg, have been a big by regulatory and legal help. See CUBA on page 2...
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issues in New York state. In a press release about the deal, Artera said Otis Eastern’s day-to-day operations will continue to be run by Casey Joyce, its president and CEO. Otis Eastern will maintain its headquarters in Wellsville, the buyer indicated. Artera called the deal a “highly strategic fit,” expanding and strengthening Artera’s position in pipeline and infrastructure services. “This combination with Otis Eastern provides Artera an opportunity to expand our geographic territory and sustain the existing long-term relationships with their customers,” said Brian Palmer, CEO of Artera Services. “Otis Eastern is a highly complementary fit with a shared commitment to safety and to high-quality, reliable services to its customer base, with a focus on recurring maintenance and repair work on existing infra-
structure.” Joyce, who will work closely with Palmer, said the agreement is a “great opportunity” to grow Otis Eastern’s business. “Our company values align with Artera’s culture, and we are looking forward to what is next for our business,” Joyce said. “Our employees and customers will receive the same high-quality service they have come to expect now, and after the integration process.” Simmons Energy, a division of Piper Sandler, served as the exclusive financial advisor to Artera, and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is serving as legal counsel to Artera. Artera, headquartered in Atlanta, reports $2 billion in revenues with work in 34 states. Artera employs more than 8,500 people throughout the United States and “has a focus on maintenance, replacement and upgrade of
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