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VOLUME 3 ISSUE 37
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
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We The 102nd birthday of Marion Ahles is a celebration in itself, no doubt, and we’ve featured a photo and short biography about her in this week’s edition. But what we’ll note here is the amount of community reaction and support that we got after we posted a photo of her and her birthday cake on our Facebook page on Monday. The amount of well wishes was commendable and a true testament to the friendly nature of our village. Although the game ended in a loss, but it was great to see a good crowd at Pop Warner Field for the first home contest of the season. They witnessed an exciting matchup that came down to the game’s final minutes and coach Rob Valenti told us he was proud of his team’s effort. They didn’t win last Friday, but it was a great way for the Griffins to bounce back from the week one loss in search of their first victory of the season. We love featuring familiar names and faces in our paper each week, so we really like that one of our student reporters interviewed and wrote about new teachers at SGI. It gives our young journalists experience while also showcasing some interesting tidbits about some of the school’s new employees. We hope you check out the stories over the next two weeks! 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 Sept. 19 High School Open House
XC Boys Win Small School Race at Red Dragon Invitational
Griffins Strike Quick But Lose In Final Quarter BY RICH PLACE
Sept. 29 Springville Oktoberfest Sept. 29-30 Colden Festival
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Things couldn’t have gone any worse for Medina in the opening moments of their game last Friday against Springville. But then again, nothing could have been better than how it ended for them. After fumbling away their first two possessions, the Mustangs scored a goahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter and an interception halted any opportunity for a Springville comeback as the Griffins lost their home opener, 28-24. Despite losing the lead in the game’s final minutes, Springville head coach Rob Valenti said he saw significant progress for a team that did not play with a lead for much of last season. “To do that in league competition and know we are capable of playing that way overall was exciting and we are starting to see some of the work come to fruition,” he said. “But that didn’t end up being enough. They made more plays
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Photo by Jaime Dickinson
Village Board Discusses Food Truck Regulations BY RICH PLACE The Springville Village Board on Monday spent the first hour of its meeting discussing potential food truck regulations, most notably where the vehicles can park and the fees to operate such a business. The village board reviewed recommendations from the Village Planning Board that added a section to village code specifically for mobile food vendors. The board agreed on a handful of changes, including reducing the distance a food truck can park in front of a restaurant from 200 to 100 feet; reducing the distance a food truck can park from an intersection from 100 to 40 feet; and keeping the fee at $150 per year instead of $50 per day as recommending by the planning board. No official changes were made at the meeting on Monday, as the recommendations will be included in a new draft the village board is expected to approve at its next meeting in October. “The purpose of adding this amendment to Chapter 110 was to address something new and not necessarily prohibit what is new,” said Mayor Bill Krebs. He later added, “if we want to encourage
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Quarterback Nick Emmick breaks away. Photo by Jaime Dickinson
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Sept. 20 Middle School Open House Sept. 28 SGI Homecoming Parade and Game
Springville’s Topher Elkins outruns several Medina players en route to a 91-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on Friday night. The return set a school record. Photo by Rich Place.
Concord Mercantile Brings Together Springville History BY JOLENE HAWKINS
Do you ever wonder about where some of the buildings and businesses were located in Springville? Well, I am going to give you a history of the Concord Mercantile property, located on Franklin Street. Originally, Rufus Eaton purchased it in 1810 and a map from 1818 shows a distillery located there. What else has been there? Well, a mill, an ice house, a chicken hatchery and an automobile tire recapping plant. We cannot forget the shoe repair shop, the gift shop, the Lavender Lantern and The Fish Bowl, a pet supply store. Bet you didn’t know all of that was there! After the flood of 1998, when four feet of water flowed through the building, it was condemned and The Fish Bowl went out of business. In 2004, the Concord Historical Society purchased the building and Ron Klahn Construction — along with society members who volunteered their time —
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refurbished it and added a second floor to the building. And the renovation began! The upstairs provides an office for the Concord Historical Society and curator, as well as storage for the many artifacts and files that they have. The lower floor has been created in the style of a circa 1890 general store, using many of the local artifacts that were donated over the years. The floor of the general store is rough cut hemlock that was sawn in Sardinia, air dried, planed, edged, sanded, stained provincial and Varathane coated. Each board has been handled a minimum of 11 times by volunteers who were
constructing the Mercantile. There is a handicapped accessible lavatory that has been camouflaged to appear as a turn of the century small town post office, complete with the window, brass grills, scales and letter drops that were salvaged during the 1980 renovation of the See A Look Back page 8
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