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VOLUME 4 ISSUE 43
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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
Springville resident nominated for national science teaching award By Deb Everts Cathleen Woods, a resident of Springville, was recently nominated as a state finalist for the prestigious 2019 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Woods is a science teacher at the Ellicottville Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center. Through her instruction, students at the CTE center have the privilege of receiving hands-on experience and learning to operate the JEOL6010LA Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The students have a “leg up” on most peers their age because they are learning nanotechnology. Through the use of an SEM, they are imaging, analyzing and manipulating materials at the nanoscale. They are being trained in material analysis and reporting
methods, and work with biologics, electronics and mechanical nanomaterials. As a state finalist in science, Woods’ application will be reviewed by a national selection committee in Washington, D.C. that determines the Presidential Awardee in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and/or computer science teachers. They come from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Department of Defense Education Activity schools, or the U.S. territories as a group. Each Presidential Awardee receives a certificate signed by the President of the United States and a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation on behalf of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Awardees are honored at an award ceremony that takes place in Washington, D.C. Woods is third in all of New York state, so she has a one-in-three chance of winning. She said when the application goes to Washington, they will pick two teachers from every state to be up for this award. “It’s the highest honor presented by our country specifically for K-12 science, technology, engineering, mathematics Photo by Deb Everts Springville resident Cathleen Woods, a science teacher at Ellicottville’s CTE and/or computer science Center, has been nominated as a state finalist for the prestigious 2019 Presidential teaching,” she said. WOODS INTEGRATES nanotechnology into every class at the center and looks at the science behind each CTE program. She works as a support instructor with the other teachers and develops lessons that enhance what is already being learned. She said it’s called “cooperative teaching”
Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Woods is shown in her classroom using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
and they work together as a team. Under her direction, students have opportunities for both in-class instruction and hands-on experimental challenges to prepare them for college and careers in science, technology and engineering. To give all
the students exposure to the microscope, Woods does a class demo to show the kids the basics and introduce them to the field of nanotechnology. Projects are optional, but students who are interested can come to the classroom at a scheduled time to work
on their projects. At the end of the year, she prints off certificates for their portfolios indicating that they have earned a certain number of hours using the microscope. One of the Natural Resources students See Teacher page 3
Ribbon-cutting ceremony SGI/WV modified reopens Joylan Theater football wins home finale
Photo by Kellen M. Quigley Pastor Keith Clark (center), of the Springville Crossing Church, speaks before the ribbon-cutting ceremony inside the lobby of the Joylan Theater, which reopened Oct. 16 after two months of renovation work.
By Kellen M. Quigley After more than two months of construction, the newly renovated Joylan Theater reopened for the public on
Wednesday, Oct. 16. With a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Pastor Keith Clark and the Springville Crossing Church, Watermark Wesleyan site, which owns the
building, rang in a new era for the updated and remodeled theater on West Main Street in Springville. “We’ve been on this See Theater page 3
Photo submitted Last Wednesday, the Springville/West Valley Middle School Football Griffins won their final home game by one point over the visiting Silver Creek Black Knights. The Griffins visit Portville this week to finish their season.
A Look Back: Martians in Concord By Jolene Hawkins
Looking back into our own families, how many of you have heard a tale or two from the older generation? One of things that go bump in the night, or strange lights that dance in the sky or even ghost stories? We had Ron Donhauser come in and share this story from his family with us…
Anyone living in Wyandale in the 1960s and ’70s would know of Charlie Donhauser. A gentleman who was a life long bachelor farmer with a small dairy and sheep farm. For a bachelor, he always had a lot of visitors, including family and friends. There were two cottages that were owned by families from Buffalo and Clarence that bordered his farm. When these families that owned them came down in the summer, there would be a lot of city kids that spent their
time in Wyandale, and of course, there were a lot of kids living in the area for them to play with. Nephews and nieces along with all of these kids would hang around Charlie’s farm. Charlie loved the company and loved to tell stories to these kids. They would sit on bales of hay and listen to Charlie while he milked his cows while telling them stories of UFOs and Martians. Now, when you’re a kid that is an interesting subject. One story even got printed in a Buffalo newspaper! One day around 1959 when Charlie was on his tractor doing his fieldwork, up on a hill in
the back of his farm, a silver saucer-type object flew across the field, low to the ground going very fast. It surprised him, but he believed UFOs did exist. When he got back to the barn, he noticed something left marks on a toolshed, and the door was smashed into pieces. A neighbor boy did a talk on this in his 8th grade SpringvilleGriffith Institute class. Wonder what grade he got or if anyone believed the story. Another story that Charlie liked to tell was when he was building a new hay wagon rack. He needed some bolts and See A Look Back page 3