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Each year at SpringvilleGriffith High School, the students in Jonathan Shelley’s Tech 1 class are presented with an interesting and unique assignment. They are given the task of creating a boat out of only cardboard, zip ties, and duct tape The students are also given a limited amount of plastic to cover their boat to prevent it from getting wet. After nearly three weeks of working in class and preparing for the competition itself, the students met at the high school pool at the start of third period on Thursday, Dec. 20 for the annual races. Twelve teams were involved in this year’s competition, each consisting of two students. The boat must be within eight feet in length and four feet in width. In addition to
Springville Girls win fourth straight headed into holiday tourney ....see page 11
Sailing along in the SGI pool
constructing the boat itself, the competitors were also tasked with creating paddles out of a wooden handle and the previously mentioned materials. While the competitors were busy preparing, many of the high school students and their teachers began to fill the bleachers. A schedule was posted for the competitors to make note of and take in their competitors. Shelley announced each race while standing on his paddleboard, from which he judged each race and graded the students. Next week, we’ll talk with some of the students who participated and see what makes the cardboard boat construction and race both a challenge and a good time.
Photos by Leesa Shelley Mark Vogel and James Bialasik (HS Principal)
Photos by Leesa Shelley Billy Snyder and John Ettipio
Local Springville farmer says Christmas tree sales were on the rise By Deb Everts
Real Christmas tree sales were very good this year. The demand was so great that Harold Hill, Jr. had to close the doors early at his Hill’s Christmas Tree Farm on Dec. 16. Hill said he has seen a definite increase in real Christmas tree sales over the last couple of years. He said he was still getting calls from people wanting to go out and cut trees long after his closing date. “We harvested as many as we could this year,” he said. “This farm can produce only so many trees a year, which is a significant number, and we hit our limit.” He said their biggest seller is a 7- to 8-foot tree but, in the last three or four
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New textile exhibit opens at Cattaraugus County Museum ....see page 3
Santa Sheriff’s deliver Christmas gifts to less fortunate families ....see page 4
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Photos by Leesa Shelley Matt Agle and Austyn Schiefer
Photos by Leesa Shelley Devin Hitchcock and Jacob Peterson participate in Springville-Griffith High School’s annual winter cardboard boat races last week.
Concord Town Board approves a Comprehensive Plan By Kellen M. Quigley
In their last meeting of 2018, officials for the town of Concord are making sure the future is secure with a plan to guide the upcoming years. After several months in the making, the town board at its Dec. 13 meeting accepted the Comprehensive Plan update, which provides an outline for the town’s goals and priorities in the Photo by Alex Simmons coming years for future town Sales for real Christmas trees seem to be up the last leaders. couple of years. A stronger economy and people’s The newest version of the desire to bring back the family tradition of picking out plan was worked on through and cutting their own tree may be an influence. the coordinated actions of a committee of residents, the years, they’ve noticed a those big trees. big market heading for the “It takes 15 to 18 years to town board, various town larger 10- to 15-foot trees. grow a tree up to that 12- to departments and staff in conjunction with Wendel By the second weekend Companies. this year, they were out of See Tree Sales page 6
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with collaboration with the village of Springville. The update for the new plan was designed to expand upon the 1999 goals and objectives, ensuring consistency with both the recently completed Village of Springville See Plan page 2
A Look Back:
The Robinson Knife Company BY JOLENE HAWKINS
Looking Back to some of the business we had in town, the year is 1929 and the largest single industrial employer in Springville was the Robinson Knife Company. And in that year, they paid $108,000 to its 100-plus workers. Located on the corner of Main and Carolina streets, it is a three-story brick and steel plant, close to the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Company lines. The Robinson firm began business here in Springville in November 1927, when consolidating its Cuba, N.Y., and Bradford, Pa., plants. George Robinson and W.R. Case founded it as Robinson Knife in 1921. Robinson was an English cutlery maker and Case was a manufacturer of a variety of knives, scissors and straight razors. G.L. Robinson was president, David Skerker treasurer and R.C. Goodrick superintendent, all actively engaged at this plant. L.H. Simon of Bradford was Vice President and secretary of the
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“We had a work session … and went over what we thought the issues were with the plan the way it was,” said Town Supervisor Clyde Drake. “Wendel has updated it to what we wanted the changes to be.” The previous plan for the town was accepted in 1999
corporation. They have been making cutlery since 1920. The particular type of utensil specialized by the firm is table and kitchen cutlery, both of carbon and stainless steel. It is incredible what an ordinary kitchen paring knife must go through before it is ready to be displayed on the hardware dealer’s counter. It involves the intelligent attention of many careful hands from the dieing out of a strip of steel through the tempering; annealing, grinding, shaping and riveting of the handle; polishing and cleaning; and then packing before the knife is ready to be shipped out. Many different shapes and sizes are made to meet various requirements, some with wooden handles, some with celluloid See A Look Back page 4
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