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MAY 11-17, 2018
VOLUME 3 ISSUE 19
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 Could we have asked for better weather on Saturday for the Springville Center for the Arts’ annual Art Crawl? We spent some of our afternoon strolling the streets, stopping into businesses and were pleased with the turnout. Many of the business owners we talked to welcomed the opportunity to showcase their stores and had people coming and going all day. Kudos to the Art Crawl organizers who pulled off a successful event that appeared to benefit all those on Main Street. As the sunshine has continued this week, we’ve loved seeing the daffodils blooming and the trees budding! May is off to a great start! This week, we continue to recognize kids who help make Springville and the surrounding communities a better place to live, work and play. Whether it’s the 7th grade Kids Can Make a Difference projects (see page 2) or the SGI track team assisting at this weekend’s Happy Half run in Ellicottville (see page 4), our youth continue to do amazing things! And who can forget mom? Make sure to make your mom or the “mom-like” person in your life feel special this Sunday. Check out all the great events going on to celebrate. Didn’t get a gift yet? No problem! Shop local in Springville for all the best gifts for the best mom—yours! 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
Cheers to the Beer and Wine Festival May 12
Celebrate Mom BY ALICIA DZIAK Mom. Whether you’re a little tyke needing her to mend a boo boo, a teenager needing tough love, a young adult needing guidance, or a woman needing a friend (or help with your own kids!) there’s no one in the world like your mom. If you’re lucky enough to still have yours around, Sunday, May 13 is the day to celebrate her and everything it means to be a mother. If you’re looking for a great way to be together, how about brunch? Not having to cook is a gift in and of itself. See Mother’s Day page 12
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Calling all beer and wine lovers! The Springville Chamber of Commerce’s Craft Beer and Wine Festival will return on Saturday, May 12. Now in its third year, the festival will run 4-7 p.m. at the Springville Fire Hall, at 405 W. Main St. in Springville. Ellicottville Brewing Company, Flying Bison Brewing Company, Southern
Tier Brewing Company, 42 North and Four Mile Brewing will all be on hand pouring their delicious suds. For those with a penchant for wine, Flight of Five, Savage Winery, the Winery of Ellicottville, Main Street Winery and Midgard Winery will be bringing their wines. MacJack Hard Cider, Ellicottville Distillery See Beer and Wine Fest page 9
Residents to Vote on $38.82M School Budget BY RICH PLACE Residents of the SGI School District on Tuesday will have their opportunity to cast a ballot for a proposed $38.82 million budget for the 2018-19 school year that includes a 3.91 percent increase of the local tax levy. The budget proposal will be one of three propositions on the ballot, as voters can also vote for the purchase of school buses and also a $14.73 million capital project that will move the district offices to make room for a new P-TECH program. Along with presentations from school administration May 1 on the P-TECH program, school business administrator Maureen Lee presented the proposed 2018-19 budget during a public hearing and outlined key changes compared to the current spending plan. The public presentation came following months of budget preparation by the business office, school administrators and the
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school board, including a line-by-line overview of the budget with the board on March 6. The board unanimously approved the tentative spending plan on March 20 to pave the way for the vote by residents on Tuesday. Perhaps most notable in the proposed budget is the $1.98 million jump in spending — a 5.4 percent increase compared to $36.84 million this year — due mostly to a $1.11 million increase in the special education aspect of the plan. “It’s a pretty big number,” Lee said during the public hearing. “We had additional students who came into the district after the budget was approved last year, and we have additional costs ongoing this year so we are budgeting appropriately for that.” The jump raised the program component of the budget — which is the largest aspect of the three-part plan — by $1.96 million to a total of $29.49 million. The administrative component of the budget decreased $144,309 and the capital component increased only $166,730. Also contributing to the higher budget was $538,422 in employee benefits and $773,568 in contractual increases. To help offset the increased costs, Lee said there was a transfer See School Budget Vote page 5
Battles and Wars BY JOLENE HAWKINS Looking back to the men and women that we will be remembering on Memorial Day, have you ever wondered about all the battles and wars? The Revolutionary battle years were from 1775 to 1783. It was also known as the American Revolution War, between the 13 North American colonies and British Empire. George Washington became the commander of the Continental Army. The battle went on for a total of seven years, with the major victory being at Yorktown VA, giving the colonies their independence from Great Britain. Now we could form our own government and make our own laws. June 18, 1812 found us in conflict again, as the United States and Great Britain fought over the British violations of the U S maritime rights. A note for you: during this time is when Francis Scott Key wrote the words to Star Spangled Banner. He was not being metaphoric with the words as the rockets looked a bit like a giant bottle rockets with a long stick that spins in the air, attached to a cylindrical canister filled with gunpowder, tar and shrapnel. The bombs bursting in air? They were 200 pound cannon balls, designed to explode above their targets. The war ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent, in 1815. The last Veteran of the War of 1812, Hiram Silas Cronk, died in 1905, at 105 years old! The Mexican War started 31 years later in 1846, when a Mexican cavalry unit attacked a group of U.S. soldiers in the disputed zone under See A Look Back page 10
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