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Texas Hot to celebrate 100 years in Wellsville BY KATHRYN ROSS
WELLSVILLE — It will be a big two-day thank you for the people who have supported them for the last century. So says Mike Raptis, who, with his daughter Isabella and his son Demetrous, have been planning the celebration for the Texas Hot’s 100th anniversary. Raptis, speaking before the village board at the end of June, asked for the lifting of the noise ordinance and a partial easing of the open container law for the July 8-9 event. “Things are looking good,” Raptis said. “We’re still in the process of deciding what movies we’re going to sponsor at the library, but things are going well and coming together.” He added that his daughter Isabella is the point person for the festivities. Quickly correcting a falsehood that there will be a beer tent, Raptis explained there will be a tent and those who wish to will be able to purchase a beer at Better Days and walk down the street to drink it under a tent pitched between the old Municipal Building and Hart’s Jewelry on Jefferson Street. Raptis said the sidewalk between Better Days and the tent will be cordoned off between the trees and the
buildings, allowing for the beer walk. The curb to the trees will be open for non-drinking pedestrians. He emphasized that there will be beer drinking only under the tent and that security will be watching. Under the big top the night of July 8 (a Friday) Alex Cole will play acoustic music, starting at 5 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by the Off Constantly Comedy Show featuring four professional comedians until around 9:30 p.m. Those attending the free show are encouraged to sit down and enjoy the fun under the canvas. There will be security and only one access point. Beer drinkers will be wearing special identification On July 9 the combined Texas Hot and Great Wellsville Balloon Rally Parade will get started at 11 a.m. After-
wards, Main Street will be closed to vehicular traffic between Madison and Pearl streets. Vendors will be selling their wares on the street and on the library lawn until 8 p.m. In the Jones Memorial Clinic parking lot, the Wellsville Lions Club will sell Texas Hots at a cost of $5 for four. There will be no other food vendors except for cotton candy and candy apples. Along with the vendors and artisans there will be kid’s games on the library lawn, jugglers, alpacas, SPCA animals, a dunk tank, a juggler and hula hooper. For the adults there will be wine tasting, line dancing and caricatures by Eric Jones. From 3 to 7 p.m. under the Jefferson Street tent there will be music by Public Water Supply. Lucky Number
Photo by Kathryn Ross Texas Hot owner Mike Raptis details plans for his business’ 100th anniversary celebration in Wellsville, set for July 8-9. Raptis’ daughter Isabelle is at right.
will play afterwards to 11 p.m. The same rules from Friday night will be followed on Saturday. Raptis told the board, “Our idea is to have a family friendly activity that the kids
will enjoy while their parents are sitting down and having a beverage under the tent. We hope people from all around Western New York well come too Wellsville for the anniversary celebration. It is designed
to say thank you to the people who have supported the Texas Hot over the years.” The board approved the event permit and lifting the noise ordinance and open container rules.
Bronze plaques pried from 13 veterans’ gravesites in Wellsville BY KATHRYN ROSS
WELLSVILLE — The investigation is continuing into the theft of military service plaques from the gravesites of 13 veterans in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Last month, on his daily walk through the cemetery, Mike Baldwin noticed something horrifying to most people. He discovered that several bronze plaques
noting military service had been forcibly removed from the backs of veterans’ graves. He notified police and it was determined that 13 plaques had been stolen. Police Chief Tim O’Grady said this week that the investigation of the thefts continues. “We’ve been in contact with all the scrap metal dealers around to be on the lookout for
these bronze military plaques, but I expect the plaques have been cut up,” the chief said. He added that the department received a response from a scrap yard after the department issued to statewide notice, but that the plaques in their possession were not stolen from Wellsville. Scrap bronze was worth between $2.30 and $2.60 a pound
within the last month, according to dealers’ website listings. O’Grady said the $13,000 reward for information is a far greater amount than the thieves would have received for cashing in the plaques — and a far greater incentive for someone to step forward with information. O’Grady said due to the rough surface of the gravestones that were
desecrated, his department was not able to lift fingerprints to be used in solving the crime. The response to the desecration of the veterans’ graves was immediate. The Wellsville American Legion Post 702 put up a $2,000 reward that was quickly increased by local clubs, politicians, families and individuals. Bronze Plaques continued on PAGE 5
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