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BY ALICIA DZIAK It’s hard to believe that September is here— time for a new school year and plenty of fall fun. As we head into the end of the summer solstice and the beginning of the autumn season, be sure to take time out to enjoy all the wonderful activities the area has to offer. SGI’s first day of school is Tuesday, Sept. 4, and the excitement of a new year awaits. Got little ones? Mark your calendars for Sept. 13 when both Springville Elementary and Colden See September page 11
Welcome Back Celebration Set for Sept. 7
The Springville community is invited to join the school for a Welcome Back and Pre-Game Celebration from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 at the practice fields behind Springville High School. The event will kick off the new school year and is designed to build school and community spirit. There will be music, food, games and face painting and will allow the public to see the new and improved Pop Warner Field. The first 200 people to arrive will receive a special gift. The celebration takes place before the 7:30 p.m. kickoff of the Griffins’ matchup against the Medina Mustangs in the Springville varsity squad’s 2018 home opener.
Griffins Football Opens Season Friday Against Maple Grove BY RICH PLACE
BY ALICIA DZIAK Last week, SGI cross country team members along with their coaches and runners from other schools, headed to Allegany State Park, where they spent the week running together, sharing meals and sleeping quarters, and seeing the sights of the park. “One of my favorite parts was probably when we had free time between runs and meals because we got to really get to now runners from other schools and really have fun with people we didn’t really know,” said cross country runner, Jaime Dickinson. The group stayed at Camp Allegany on the Red House side of the park, and enjoyed some side trips inside the park to places like Thunder Rocks.
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Springville Griffins head coach Rob Valenti admitted this week that when his team lost in heartbreaking fashion to Albion in last year’s season opener, it was difficult to recover. The Griffins went 1-8 and, after losing that game in a back-and-forth contest in the season’s first match, they went on to play a handful of tough teams to begin the season 0-4. “We gave up a score on a punt return for a touchdown and lost by a score and we may not have recovered,” Valenti said earlier this week. “We ended up just sitting at 0-4 and looking around because the dust hadn’t event settled yet. It was just a whirlwind.” That’s why Valenti wants to get this season off on the right foot when the Griffins make the long trip to Maple Grove in Bemus Point to open the season on Friday. It’s the first time in history the teams will face each other, and the Red Dragons advanced to the state Class D Championship last year before losing to Cambridge. “I think what it comes down to in this opening game is just being in the position to execute what we want to do in the game’s three facets: offense, defense and special teams, and starting strong,” said Valenti. “One of the things we struggled with last year was the proverbial getting
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Pan Am Expo in Buffalo Showcased World’s Technology and Culture BY JOLENE HAWKINS
For the past few weeks, the focus of this column has been on fairs. One of the largest fairs — which I am going to write about this week — was the Pan American Exposition that took place from May 1 through Nov. 2, 1901 on 350 acres in Buffalo. This fair highlighted many cultures and new achievements of the time and showcased new technology. In 1901, Buffalo was one of the most populated cities in North America. There was a variety of transportation such as ships, rails and roadways. Nearby was one of the natural wonders of the world, Niagara Falls, and you could also enter into Canada. Dozens of temporary buildings made of wood and plaster were constructed in 18 months before the Expo was open. They were painted according to an intricate color schedule, all being brightly colored and thus inspired the nickname “Rainbow City.” One of the “new” technologies was electricity!
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Photo courtesy Springville-Griffith Institute Football. A new Pop Warner sign was installed recently as part of the SGI school district’s capital project.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
A September to Remember
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Summer makes its unofficial exit this weekend with the celebration of Labor Day, and what a season it has been! It seems like just yesterday the old press box was being torn down behind the Springville High School and now there are plans for a Welcome Back Celebration next Friday that will allow the public to celebrate the beginning of the new school year while also getting a first hand look at some of the capital project work. And although school doesn’t begin until Tuesday, it’s been great to see many of our student-athletes taking to the field, including a day’s worth of soccer on Monday and the season opening football game scheduled for Friday in Maple Grove. And who can wait until the Griffins varsity football team takes the field under the lights on Sept. 7 for their home opener?! We talked to head football coach Rob Valenti earlier this week and he said it best about playing at home when he noted: “It’s a special place to be on a Friday night. The community comes out and supports us, whether we are winning or losing. Playing on Pop Warner Field on a Friday night is a really special thing for a lot of people. The kids take a lot of pride in that.” Go Griffins this week in Maple Grove and good luck to all our sports teams as they begin their fall seasons! Have good news to share? Email us at info@ springvilletimes.com or stop by our office at 65 E. Main St. in Springville.
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It wasn’t just that the Expo had electricity, but it had hundreds of thousands of 8-watt light bulbs that illuminated and outlined buildings, reflecting pools, fountains and sculptures that occupied the grounds. Thomas Edison even recorded it with one of his early moving pictures. Once visitors entered the grand gates for the Expo, they had to stay inside. Why? Well, if you left, you had to pay to come back in. What was the cost to get in? Adults were 50 cents if they came in before 7 p.m. and 25 cents after 7 p.m. Children were 25 cents before before 7 p.m. and 15 cents after 7 p.m. Visitors could get a guide for 25 cents and a daily program for 5 cents. I was wondering — so I could give a perspective, what did other things cost back then? In 1901, ground beef was 7 cents a pound; See A Look Back page 8
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