FREE! TAKE ONE! OCT. 5-11, 2018 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 40
Homecoming photos page 11
Your Hometown Newspaper
The official newspaper of the Town of Concord and the Village of Springville, serving Springville, the surrounding communities and Springville-Griffith Institute Central Schools
We The football team may not have been able to overcome its halftime deficit, but what a celebration it was for Springville’s homecoming last weekend. Three individuals were recognized and rightfully honored by their induction into the Pop Warner Hall of Fame, and we’re so glad we were able to feature them in last week’s edition. We were also excited to get so many submissions from SGI spirit week and the Homecoming parade- check them out on page 11. SGI’s sports team continue to see much success this season, with most of the girls’ Varsity squads having wining seasons so far. Be sure to find all the sports news on pages 4 and 5. We hope everyone had fun last weekend at Springville’s Oktoberfest, and we wish safe travels for all those looking to head south this weekend into Ellicottville. Traffic on Saturday is known to stretch for miles, so if you’re eager to head down, be sure to plan accordingly. The state has set up a few detours to try and ease congestion at the Route 219-Miller Road intersection, so be aware of that as well! Have good news to share? Email us at info@ springvilletimes.com or stop by our office at 65 E. Main St. in Springville.
UPCOMING EVENTS October Breast Cancer Awareness Month Oct. 6 Fall Festival & Car Show at St. Aloysius
Albion Beats Springville in Homecoming Football Game
The Albion Purple Eagles put a damper on an otherwise festival homecoming celebration for the Springville Griffins last Friday by scoring early and never looking back in a 28-14 victory. Albion scored a touchdown in each of the game’s four quarters, beginning with a 53-yard passing play less than a minute into the game. The Griffins rallied back from a 21-0 deficit in the fourth quarter to come within a touchdown with 3:25 remaining, but a Purple Eagles touchdown with 1:02 remaining sealed the game. Scoring for the Griffins in the game was Jordan Salzler on a five-yard touchdown run and a 25-yard See Football page 5
New SRO Helps Keep Students Safe BY ELY SCHOSEK
SGI Student Reporter
Members of the SGI community will see a new face this school year around all four district schools—Jackie Feggans, the new school resource officer (SRO). Feggans was raised in the City of Buffalo and graduated from Cardinal O’Hara High School in the Town of Tonawanda. He has been with the Erie County Sheriff’s office for 16 months. Although this is Feggans first time in this specific position, he has held a similar one in where he dealt with older children and young adults as a Campus Public Safety Officer for Suny Erie City Campus. As an SRO, his job is to, “educate, mentor, and to promote a safe
Oct. 12 Pink Out Football Game
educational environment.” Feggans explained that he also addresses concerns in regard to loitering and speeding in school zones as part of his job. “When I can build trust as an SRO, it makes the school safer. Students are more comfortable talking to me about an array of things that may prevent a potential future situation from occurring,” he said. When asked what he feels the most important part of his job is, Feggans answered simply, “safety.” “I think it is very important to have an SRO; it increases the overall safety of the school. It is also an opportunity to create a positive relationship between students/staff and the Sheriff’s Department,” he stated. “An SRO can educate students on the consequences of unacceptable behavior, both in school and in the community while educating students in crime prevention and personal safety.” Feggans said that he visits all four school buildings in the See SRO page 5
See Pink Out page 5
Oct. 13 SYI Night at the Races
PAGES 4-5
Emerling 135 South Cascade Drive, Springville, NY 14141
(716)592-2881 www.emerlingcdjr.com
B
a
ck
The Undertaker Business in Springville BY JOLENE HAWKINS
Looking back to the occupations of the undertaker, and in one in particular for our area was A L Pingrey, who ran a furniture and undertaking business starting in 1892. Now you may ask, why furniture? Well, think about it. The undertaker usually made the casket. To make the casket, they would use six boards, and one must be able to work with wood and have the pieces fit together nicely, and maybe even add a liner to the inside. So making a cabinet, or table and chairs, was easy for them as they had the tools and the materials, along with the space they needed to make items and display them. Mr. Pingrey would display his furniture on one floor and the caskets on another floor. In the early 1800s, undertakers were not called for the deceased, but the family would take care of the deceased, the body was laid out, washed and dressed in a shroud of winding sheet, made of muslin or wool. Afterwards, the deceased was placed in a simple pine
A
Lo
SGI Community to ‘Pink-Out’ Pop Warner Field Oct. 12 October is breast cancer awareness month, signified by the color pink. On Oct. 12, SGI football players, cheerleaders, and fans will be wearing pink, as the SGI Griffins take on the Pioneer Panthers in the last SGI regular home football game of the season. It’s all part of the Pink Out the Sidelines event to promote the availability of mammograms and other measures to prevent and detect breast cancer in Western New York. The Pink Out event is part of a county-wide promotion run by AdPro , ECMC, and the Buffalo Bills. ECMC’s “big pink bus”, which travels throughout Erie County to help provide low-cost mammograms for those who may lack transportation or those who do not have screening centers nearby, will be at the event. Donations from the Pink-Out event help fund this mobile mammography unit. A representative from Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, which now provides state-of the art 3D mammography, will also be at the game, with giveaway items and information about our local hospital’s breast cancer screening services.
Oct. 6-7 Ellicottville Fall Festival Oct. 8 Columbus Day (no school)
Photo by Jaime Dickinson
o
k
coffin, often constructed by a family member of a neighbor. During this time, the body would remain at home in the parlor for one to three days while relatives, neighbors and friends would “watch” over the body round the clock. That is where the term “wake” comes from—they were waiting to see if the deceased would wake up. Depending on the weather, large blocks of ice may have been placed beneath the coffin, with smaller chunks distributed about unembalmed body. Ever wondered why flowers are around the caskets? Sometimes they kept the body until it started to decay
and smell before they buried them, thus ensuring they were indeed dead. Dr. Thomas Holmes began promoting the innovation of embalming, during and in the aftermath of the Civil War. Families wanted their sons, fathers, brothers, uncles and such buried near their loved ones, not in what they considered a fore long place and the railroad was able to transport them home. During the Civil War, you could hire someone to travel with the body and mourn over
See A Look Back page 8
YOUR RAM TRUCK HEADQUARTERS Sales Hours: Mon. & Tues., Thurs. 9-8, Wed. & Fri. 9-5:30, Sat. 9-4