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Fillmore sweeps championship games in soccer, volleyball

Photo by Sam Wilson Fillmore girls soccer players celebrate after Zoe Beardsley’s go-ahead goal in the Class D Far Western Regional against Ellicottville

Photo by Anthony Sambrotto Fillmore’s Zach Sisson (14) and Eben Schilke (4) close in on an Ellicottville player during the Far West Regional boys soccer matchup on Saturday at Williamsville South High School.

Fillmore went on to a 9-0 victory. Fillmore girls soccer players celebrate after Zoe Beardsley’s go-ahead goal in the Class D Far Western Regional against Ellicottville

Photo Provided The Fillmore girls volleyball team, led by Lacie Fuller, poses with its patches after defeating Houghton in four sets for the Section 5 Class D3 championship.

It was a Fillmore sweep this past weekend as both the boys and girls soccer teams won Far West Regional titles — both by defeating Ellicott ville — and the girls volleyball team won the Section 5 title.

After a sluggish start, Section 5 boys champion Fillmore exploded for nine goals over the game’s fi nal 58

18:29 to play in the half and added two more tallies before the intermission.

“I just asked my assistant coach, why is it that it always takes us 25 minutes to get going, and he said, ‘because it’s us.’ And you know what, we are a weird bunch, what can I say?” Fillmore coach Jamie Mullen said.

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minutes in a 9-0 trouncing of Section 6 winner Ellicott ville in the Class D regional on Nov. 5 at Williamsville South High School.

After a couple great chances early on — including a shot off the crossbar and a couple of nice saves by Ellicott ville goalie Emmett JacobsonCollidge — Fillmore (19-2) fi nally broke through with

Zach Sisson, Nooradeen Muzaid-Omar (two goals), Mitchell Ward (two goals), Brent Zubikowski and Eben Schilke all scored for Fillmore.

Fillmore (19-2) advanced to the NYSPHSAA Class D semifi nals for the second time in the last three seasons.

That game was set for Nov. 13 at Middletown High School

and did not include absentee or affidavit votes. The last time a Democrat sat on the board was in 2009, while the last non-Republican was independent Kevin LaForge, who lost his seat in 2017.

District 1

In District 1, seven candidates appeared on the ballot.

Jennifer Rickett s Swales received 1,434 votes on the Republican line, Philip

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BY BOB CLARK BELMONT — A slightly smaller Allegany County annual budget was presented to the public for 2022.

County Administrator Carissa Knapp announced in a letter to the county Board

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will use $2.25 million in available general fund balance to balance the budget.

As a result, Knapp said in her letter that the budget will cause a slight county tax rate

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threatening to end our season.” Mullen said.

“But we got a little rhythm I would say with six games to go in the regular season, we started playing and I am very grateful. Grateful to my coaching staff, players and the fans. It is every kid’s dream.”

Allegany County proposes $126.6M budget for 2022

GOP sweeps 15 Allegany County legislative seats

BELMONT — Republicans again swept the 15 races for the Allegany County Board of Legislators in the Nov. 2 election.

All vote tallies, provided by the Allegany County Board of Elections, were unofficial

with a possible championship matchup Nov. 14.

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Stockin received 1,360 votes on the Republican line, and Kevin Fred Demick received 1,333 votes on the Republican line to win the seats.

Brian Webb received 330 votes on the Democratic line, Shane Enders received 301 votes on the People for Allegany independent line, Bridgette Tojek received 261 votes on the Peoples Constitution independent line, and Nic Gunning received 259 votes on the Democratic line. Officials reported 13 write-in votes.

District 1 includes the towns of Angelica, Belfast, Caneadea, Centerville, Granger, Hume and Rushford, as well as the village of Angelica.

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As for the Fillmore girls, until Nov. 4, the playoffs didn’t bring much suspense.

The Eagles had won their fi rst four games all by four goals or more for a combined 21-0 margin. The Nov. 4 Class D Western Regional at Caledonia-Mumford’s Hamilton Field against Ellicott ville, however, did not come so easy.

Backed by a stellar performance by goalkeeper Abby Chudy, Ellicott ville kept

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District 2 Uncontested races in District 2 led to three more Republican wins. John Ricci received 1,198 votes; Gretchen Hanchett received 1,125 votes on the Republican line and 53 on the Gretchen 4 Growth independent line for 1,176 votes; and Dwight Mike Healy received 1,059 votes on the Republican line. Officials reported 27 write-in votes.

District 2 includes the towns of Amity, Clarksville, Cuba, Friendship, New Hudson and Ward, and the villages of Belmont and Cuba.

District 3 In District 3, two incumbents and a newcomer won over the third incumbent.

Debra A. Root received 1,200 votes on the Republican line and 193 on the Conservative line for 1,393 votes; Dwight Fanton received 1,118 votes on the Republican line and 193 on

the Conservative line for 1,311 votes; and Adam Cyr received 1,049 votes on the Republican line and 31 on the Apolitical independent line for 1,080 votes. Incumbent William G. Dibble II received 428 votes on the Conservative and 48 on the Healthy Community independent line for 476 votes.

There were six write-ins.

District 3 includes the towns of Alma, Bolivar, Genesee, Independence, Scio, Willing and Wirt; and the villages of Bolivar and Richburg.

District 4 Republicans also defeated an independent in District 4.

James Rumfelt received 1,053 votes, Steven Harvey received 938 votes, and Gary Barnes received 910 votes, all on the Republican line for four-year terms.

Former legislator Kevin LaForge received 615 votes on the Apolitical independent

Fillmore off the board in a scoreless contest for 65 minutes. But Fillmore fi nally broke through with a direct kick goal by Zoe Beardsley in the 66th minute and Hope Russell tacked on another in the 75th to lift Fillmore, 2-0.

Preslee Miller had six saves in the shutout.

Fillmore (21-0) earned its second-ever trip to the girls soccer state semifi nals, the fi rst in 1984.

“I just told the girls, we’ve had soccer tradition at Fillmore, girls (and) boys.

Girls soccer has come close, we’ve won some sectionals,” Fillmore coach Jon Beardsley said. “I just told them everything that you’ve done just in this game alone was for

40 years of really good soccer at Fillmore. It’s a reward not only for these girls, but for the whole community and the past players at Fillmore.

It’s unexplainable right now.”

The Fillmore girls play Mount Academy of Esopus (Section 9) in the state Class D semifi nal on Saturday.

The Fillmore girls volleyball team defeated Houghton Academy in four sets for the Section 5 Class D3 championship on Nov. 4 in LeRoy. It was the Eagles’ fi rst sectional title since 1995.

Fillmore was to meet D1 title winner Alexander in the Class D playdown game Nov. 9 for the right to meet D2 champ Pavilion in the overall class fi nal on Nov. 11.

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line. Officials reported 17 write-in votes District 4 includes the towns and villages of Andover and Wellsville.

District 5 Philip B. Curran received 1,048 votes on the Republican line and 44 on the Open independent line

for 1,048 votes; Janice L. Burdick received 978 votes on the Republican line; and William Brooke Harris received 973 votes on the Republican line for seats on the board.

Ly A. Kesse received 320 votes on the Democratic line and 65 on the Working Families line for 385 votes.

Dustin Gordon received 197 votes on the Patriot independent line.

District 5 includes the towns of Alfred, Allen, Almond, Birdsall, Burns, Grove and West Almond; and the villages of Alfred, Almond and Canaseraga.

Officials recorded 27 write-in votes.

Allegany County reports 1 death, 143 new COVID cases

BY BOB CLARK BELMONT — Another COVID-19 death and tripledigit case counts were reported Nov. 8 in Allegany County over the previous weekend.

One new death was reported by the state Department of Health among county residents, bringing the total to date to 106. State officials reported 66 deaths occurred at state-licensed facilities in the county, indicating about 40 had occurred at facilities in other counties.

Allegany County Department of Health officials reported 143 new cases on Nov. 8, bringing the total number of cases to 5,271.

Those figures include new cases since Nov. 5.

As of Nov. 8, 676 active quarantines or isolations were in effect. To date, 16,887 such orders had been issued.

For a weeklong period ending Nov. 7, 280 cases were reported — up from 248 the week ending Oct. 31 and 116 the week ending Oct. 24.

About 1.3% of all county residents have tested positive in the past three weeks. Three deaths were reported in the last week, down from five the week before.

The town of Amity reported the most cases — 38 over the past week — followed by 36 in the town of Wellsville

and 32 in the town of Belfast.

Ten of the 29 towns in the county reported double-digit case counts over the past week, while seven reported no cases.

Since Aug. 20, 322 of the roughly 1,600 cases reported have been among fully vaccinated individuals, or 20.2% of all reported cases.

TO DATE, 44.1% of the county’s population has received at least one vaccine dose. The county is one of two — the other being Tioga

County — to have under a 50% rate. Statewide, 71.9% of residents have received at least one dose, and three counties — Nassau, New York and Queens counties — have rates above 80%.

Like when counting residents with at least one dose, the county is also last in the state for those who are fully vaccinated — 39.4% as of Monday. Across the state, 65.3% of residents have received a completed vaccine series, including 77.1% of adults.

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Wellsville Village Board pushes back marijuana decision

BY KATHRYN ROSS WELLSVILLE — Following Monday’s public hearing the Wellsville Village Board voted to postpone its vote on the opt in or out on marijuana dispensaries or bars until its Nov. 22 meeting.

The decision was made during the regular board meeting following a 45-minute public hearing. The hearing was set at the board’s last meeting in October after several visitors called for a public discussion. At that time, the board also passed a resolution for Local Law #2 of 2021 to opt out of the state’s cannabis law for licensing and establishing retail cannabis dispensaries and or onsite cannabis consumption establishments within the village of Wellsville.

The new state law gives municipalities until Dec. 31 to pass a local law to opt out or be automatically opted in.

Municipalities can choose to opt in at a later date, but they can only opt out until Dec. 31.

The village board has not voted to adopt its October resolution and may or may not do so at the meeting on Nov. 22.

Monday’s hearing was attended by nearly 50 people.

Eleven people signed up to speak, stating their support or lack of support for the new law in just three minutes.

Jonathan Chaffee made a point about the lack of direction given to municipalities by the state’s new Cannabis Commission, saying, “When it comes to the state, we always talk about having no control. This is one chance to have that control. My thought is, why not wait and make a decision once we know all of the rules?”

Later in the hearing, County Legislator Gary Barnes also advised opting out of the legislation at this point.

“We should be in no hurry to opt in,” he said. “We need to see how it’s going to work and look at it again at a later date. I’m firmly opposed, and I hope the village and town think seriously and at least for now opt out.”

Proponent Angela Graves, who holds a doctorate from Syracuse University in decriminalization reform and has lived in the area since 2017, noted that if the village opts out with the promise of revisiting the matter at a later date, that she wants to see a timetable set.

“I would like to see a timeline for revisiting the subject and a clear process for that with a sunset date,” she said.

“And I would like to be part of that process.”

Others argued the pros and cons of using marijuana,

Photo by Kathryn Ross William Penman, executive director of the Allegany Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, speaks Monday evening during a public hearing on a potential village of Wellsville marijuana sales law. with some pointing out that even though they have licenses to obtain medical marijuana they have to travel long distances to purchase it.

Others worried about minors being able to purchase marijuana while others argued that it would be better to have a store where there are lights, cameras and regulations than to have backstreet sales.

Still others warned about the need to bolster the economy with new businesses and

added jobs.

Representing Highland Cannabis Cooperative founder Andrew Harris, Wellsville attorney Edward Pakarek gave the board a 300-page report comprised of statistics, pros and cons, projected revenues and information from other states along with recommendations from state boards of health.

Speaking to the board, he quoted the New York State

Board of Health: “In conclusion, the positive effects of a regulated marijuana market in New York state outweigh the potential negative impacts. Areas that may be a cause for concern can be mitigated with regulation and proper use of public education that is tailored to address key populations. Incorporating proper metrics and indicators will ensure rigorous an ongoing evaluation.”

After calling the hearing to a close, the board recessed for five minutes before going into its regular session.

After Mayor Randy Shayler asked for any motion regarding the hearing, Trustee Ed Fahs moved to delay the vote on opting in or out to the Nov. 22 meeting, giving them time to review the information submitted

by Pekarek.

Within a few minutes, the board concluded its business meeting, approving the Chamber of Commerce’s

plans for its Hometown Holidays celebration and approving two new firefighters, Heidi Slater and Christina Doak, for the Dyke Street Engine Company.

They also took suggestions for the charity to receive the funds from the 150 parking meter collections over the holidays when parking is free. The board decided to make the decision, which could result in a $1,200 to $1,500 contribution, to its next meeting just prior to the start of the holiday season.

On Wednesday, the Wellsville Town Board was set to conduct two hearings starting at 6:30 p.m. prior to its regular board meeting. But representatives of the board said there was no intention of making a law to opt out of the new marijuana legislation.

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fiscal year within its original budget confi nes despite long delays in state aid payments.”

Millions more in funding is expected next year, but it is not included in the budget. continued from 1 “You will not fi nd reference to American Rescue decrease of three to four Plan direct federal aid in the cents per $1,000 of property 2022 budget,” she said, adding those funds will be added value.

“While the human conse- by a resolution of the board. quences of COVID-19 have sadly continued well into 2021, the fears of fi nancial consequences related to the pandemic seem to be behind us for the moment,” she wrote. “Thanks to a steady increase in sales tax revenue and the swift and thrift y actions of our board and department heads to enact contingency maneuvers to limit spending, the county was able to end the 2020

It was previously announced that the county would receive about $8.9 million in federal assistance — half in May 2021 and the rest at some point in 2022.

However, restrictions on the aid — including one that it not be used to lower property or other taxes — made the budget move necessary, she added.

“We cannot simply use the

ARP direct aid to bolster our budget and lower the county’s tax burden,” Knapp said.

The full budget is available on the county’s website, www.alleganyco.com.

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any changes are to be expected as fall gives way to winter. Temperatures drop for much of the country, and depending on where one lives, snow, wind and ice are to be expected.

According to the insurance company Carsurance, more than 156,000 crashes occur annually due to icy roads. Roughly 17 percent of all vehicle crashes happen in winter conditions. Winter hazards are not exclusive to driving, however. That means winter safety involves a consideration of a host of factors.

1. Changing visibility While slippery surfaces may contribute to some accidents, visibility can quickly change with winter weather.

Blowing snow can contribute to whiteout conditions. In addition, fog can be hazardous to drivers, aviators and mariners and contributes to thousands of travel accidents every year, advises the National Weather Service.

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Go slowly and take frequent breaks. Avoid twisting and tossing snow over your shoulder, which can contribute to back injuries.

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Carbon monoxide poisoning Winter weather means turning up the heat or doing more indoor cooking.

Carbon monoxide is produced through the burning of fuel in various forms, including stoves, engines, gas ranges, portable generators, and grills. The National

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it also can form on sidewalks and overpasses, or spots shaded by trees or other objects. Slowing down and exercising extreme caution are essential.

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