JUNE
11 2021
Big dreams for Genesee River communities in Allegany County BY KATHRYN ROSS
Wellsville Central School has a new sign on its north facing wall that will light up the home of the Lions.
Photos by Kathryn Ross Svitlana Giovanniello was appointed by the Wellsville Board of Education to the position elementary teacher. The Ukraine native has been a district employee since 2015.
Wellsville school board lauds vaccination of students BY KATHRYN ROSS WELLSVILLE — Amid several new appointments June 7, the Wellsville Board of Education welcomed and congratulated two of its employees, while congratulating the district overall for its student COVID-19 vaccination rate. Superintendent David Foster told the board that by the end of May a total of 122 students over the age of 12 had been vaccinated as part of a school clinic.
“It is pre y much equal among the classes with the seniors being a li le less because many of them had already been vaccinated due to employment and their eligibility,” he said. The students will receive their second dose of the vaccine on June 16. Reminders will be sent to parents. The student’s vaccination cards will be mailed to parents after the students receive their second dose. Foster also told the board he had learned earlier in the
day that the governor had li ed the mandate requiring students to wear masks while outside on campus. “We will no longer require students to wear masks when outside,” he said, but added that masks will still be required for athletes in close quarters, such as in baseball and so ball dugouts. Masks are still required within the school buildings. The li ing of mask regulations will not, Foster said, change the district’s plan to hold the 2021 graduation
ceremony at Wellsville Municipal Airport at 7 p.m. June 25. The rain date is June 26 at noon. Students and their families will be seated 6 feet apart. Seniors are allowed four guests at the ceremony. The BOE congratulated two employees for their recent accomplishments. It approved the probationary appointment of Svitlana Giovanniello, whose emergency COVID-19 initial certification is in early childhood
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WELLSVILLE — Dream big is what Brenda Szabo is advising villages and towns along the Genesee River when it comes to the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. The program is a staterun effort that helps towns and villages across the state maximize their waterfronts to enhance recreation and tourism. While it has been utilized by communities on lakes and oceans, there is no reason it cannot be used to help develop riverfronts. “The state is very excited to have the Genesee River involved in this program,” said Szabo, who as head of the Wellness Program at Jones Memorial Hospital has been an integral part of bringing the LWRP to the county. She explained the project to the members of the Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society recently. The project has been in the works since 2019, a er Szabo a ended a meeting hosted by the county planning board and tourism board concerning “branding” for the county to enhance tourism. At that meeting three features were recognized for their present and future impact — The Great Wellsville Balloon Rally, Tall Pines ATV Park and the Genesee River. “We haven’t done anything with the river,” she pointed out. The LWRP provides $200,000 for the development of plans for river revitalization projects. It does not provide funding for projects. The state provided $150,000 for the plan while 10 communities and towns along
the river from the town of Willing to the town of Hume each chipped in $5,000 for the development of the plan. The scope of the project and the plans is being compiled by Ingalls Planning and Development of Rochester. The fi rm developed the plan that led to enhancement of Rochester’s inner harbor. Szabo told the historical society that once the plan is developed it will be sent to the state for approval and forwarded to the federal government. When grant funds become available for one or more of the proposed projects the county will be notified, and the grant writing process will begin. “If you have a project in the approved plan than you are more likely to get grant funding for it, when grant funds become available,” she said. Starting this summer, representatives from Ingalls will be hosting brainstorming meetings in each of the 10 municipalities included in the LWRP. “Dream big when you look at the possibilities for river revitalization,” Szabo said adding that the boundaries of the projects are within one mile of the river and may include downtown projects. Projects could also include such items as ropes courses and zip lines across the river, riverfront cafes or parks, river access points and BNBs, canoe and kayak launches. One suggestion is two reduce the arterial around the village of Wellsville to just twolanes and transforming the two lanes closest to the river into parks and walkways for biking and walking and even
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