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VOLUME 5 ISSUE 38
The Official Newspaper
SEPTEMBER 9 -15, 2016
of the Village of Ellicottville, the Town of Ellicottville, Ellicottville Central Schools and the Towns of East Otto, Great Valley and Mansfield, New York
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Heat up the Gridiron
Upcoming Events
By Indrek Kongats
It’s football season once again and fans have already started up their tailgate grills. I’m excited. Aren’t you? Everyone has a favorite team, whether it’s your grandson’s Pee Wee Eagles, or your gang’s favorite professional squad. The neat thing about Ellicottville is that on any given Sunday in the fall we might have fans arriving from three different states and two different countries bringing their enthusiastic, if not fanatical, behavior onto our quiet streets and backyards, exploding into choruses of back-slapping hoorays. Who let the cats out? We have Tiger-Cats fans baring claws with Bengals fans over whose league plays real football, on a real football field, with no silly fair catch rule. We have the Browns, Steelers, Bills, Giants, Eagles and Argonauts fans celebrating or drowning their sorrow in their favorite establishment. Ellicottville has enough eateries with big screens and screaming fans that we could probably pass The Cap in capacity. Let’s not forget our homegrown protégées that made it big or could have. The Southern Tier could have its own Pro Bowl. I asked good friend Virgil Dunham for a list of all the local greats. Dunham coached Randolph High School football and remembers the name of every player – stars like Marvin Hubbard from Randolph who played for the Oakland Raiders, Chuck Crist from Salamanca who played for the Giants and of course Bills’ Shane Conlan from Frewsburg. Coach Dunham also recalls a time when playing himself that he split a new-fangled plastic helmet in half after a crunching tackle and had to revert back to the proven leather one.
Sept. 14-Oct. 15 Night Lights Griffis Sculpture Park Sept. 16-18 Rock n’ Roll Weekend Ellicottville Sept. 17 - Oct. 31 Pumpkinville Sept. 24-25 National Alpaca Farm Days
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Sept. 24 National Public Lands Day Allegany State Park
See Gridiron page 6
Fall Festival Races Return to EVL
By Colleen Mahoney
The Nannen Arboretum is hosting a guided walk to help kick off the fall season. To be held Sept. 25, the guided walk is a chance for visitors of the Arboretum to get fall’s full effect, with volunteers on hand to answer questions and share interesting facts. According to Pat Kerl, treasurer at the Nannen Arboreum, John Ploetz, the
By Colleen Mahoney
See Fall Festival Races page 6
Sept. 30 - Oct. 30 Nightmare Hayrides Oct. 8-9 Fall Festival Ellicottville Oct. 8 Fall Fest 5K Oct. 9 Fall Fest Mountain Bike Race
View the Fall Colors at Ellicottville’s ‘Best Kept Secret’
Runner deadline Oct.6, MTB deadline Oct. 7
With changing leaves as a backdrop, the annual Fall Festival 5k and mountain bike races return for another year thanks to Heart Rate Up. Each race brings hundreds of runners and mountain bikers to Ellicottville for a good cause; proceeds support the HEART Animal Shelters and the Holiday Valley Ski Patrol. The 2016 5K takes place Saturday, Oct. 8 at Holiday Valley. The race starts at 9:30 a.m., a new time for the race. Starting on Holiday Valley Road, runners will turn onto State Route 219 to Ellicottville Central School, where they take a lap around the parking lot and head back on Rt. 219, with a water station halfway through. From there, runners climb back up Holiday Valley Road to the
Sept. 25 A Walk in the Arboretum
developer of the Arboretum, enjoyed unique trees and made sure to showcase them at the Nannen Arboretum. Because of that, the Arboretum is home to some species visitors won’t see anywhere else in the area. The walk will take visitors to the crab apple and evergreen collections, where they can learn about the different varieties of See Arboretum page 5
Quilt Shop Seeking Quilts!
Ellicottville Quilt Shop is holding its annual quilt show to benefit the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in the center of Ellicottville on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show is a collection of quilts made and/or owned by anyone who cares to show off their work or the work of their ancestors. Amy Ewel, owner of the Quilt Shop at 19 Jefferson Street, invites you to bring her your favorite quilt – whether stitched by you, your grandmother, a professional quilter or an unknown See Quilts page 2
REMINDER Primary Elections Sept. 13, Polls Open 12-9 p.m. By Jann Wiswall
Photo Ellicottville Sports Boosters
ECS sports are in full swing! Check out photos, articles and the schedules on page 4.
Depending on your party affiliation, you may have the opportunity to vote in primary elections on September 13. Please note that ONLY voters registered in the parties holding primaries are eligible
If you are a registered Conservative Party member anywhere in Cattaraugus County, you are encouraged to vote to place William J. Gabler, Moses Mark Howden or a write-in candidate on the Conservative Party ballot for
a ten-year term for County Judge. Reform Party members throughout the county may vote to place Catherine M. Young or a write-in candidate on their ballot for District 57 See Primaries page 6