NOVEMBER
19 2021
Wellsville’s Miles joining MLB greats in NYS Baseball HOF
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Former longtime Wellsville baseball coach Dennie Miles will be inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday as part of the Class of 2021.
Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive in Wellsville for a Christmas-season past. Plans are underway for a revisit to take place Nov. 27.
Wellsville Chamber firms up plans for holiday season BY KATHRYN ROSS WELLSVILLE — Holidayseason event planning is underway for the village as the Chamber Events Committee finalizes its list for its Hometown Holidays. Starting on the Saturday following Thanksgiving there will be a parade, fireworks, visits from Santa Claus and much more. All plans concerning street closures are tentative at this point and awaiting approval by the village board, Bruce Thomas, executive chairman of the Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce, said. What’s being planned includes an opening day on Nov. 27, when local businesses will celebrate Small Business Saturday and the
Chamber will hand out gift certificates to shoppers taking advantage of the deals that will be offered. The event encourages shopping local and supporting the local merchants who help support the community. Later in the day at a time yet to be determined, local schools, businesses and organizations will be participating in a parade that will officially bring Santa to town. The Santa Parade will stop at the David A. Howe Library, where that Jolly Old Elf will officially turn on the lights at the annual Lions Club’s Fantasy of Lights on the library lawn. Contact the Chamber to join in the parade or to sponsor a Christmas tree.
Grab a good seat after the parade. for the annual Mel Mickle Memorial Fireworks Display. The fireworks are made possible through local donations. The Chamber is accepting donations for this planned event. The display will take place across the highway and river from the library and will be seen throughout the village. Hometown Holidays continues with special events being scheduled for Saturdays, Dec. 4, 11 and 18, including a craft show at Morning Glory next to the Chamber office. On Dec. 4th, the committee wants to sponsor a Drive-Thru Santa at one of the local banks. Chamber Membership Services Coordinator Karen Kania
said the event was very popular last year because of the pandemic, but that more advertising was needed to attract a larger crowd. On Dec. 11th, the committee is planning to bring back a blast from the past – the annual Santa Sprint first sponsored ten years ago by the Music on the Lawn committee. Runners are required to be dressed as Santa Claus and a prize will be given to the best dressed. Sign-ups will be the day of the event. The race will start at State Street with the finish line at Pearl Street. On Dec. 18th, the committee has planned to have Santa tour the village. A map has been designed showing
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The New York State Baseball Hall of Fame has inducted some of the greats from the New York Yankees and Mets over the years, as well as state-born broadcasters like Bob Costas. On Sunday, a rare high school inductee will go in the hall when Wellsville’s Dennis “Dennie” Miles gives his induction speech in Troy. Miles is part of the 2021 class along with former New York Yankees Bernie WIlliams and Bobby Richardson and Mets World Series heroes Cleon Jones and Mookie Wilson. Also to be inducted are Perry Barber, an MLB umpire and one of eight professional female umpires, Joe Solimine, who broke down the color barrier as a minor league player in three organizations and founded the Pelham Mets, Dom Scala, former MLB scout, Yankees bullpen coach and longtime Adelphi baseball coach, Emmy-award winning filmmaker Ken Burns (Civil War,
History of Baseball), the late Shannon Forde, who ran the New York Mets’ media relations department before passing away from breast cancer and Jay Horwitz, the former longtime Mets public relations director who hired Forde first as an intern in 1994. Rene M. LeRoux, executive director of the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame, said the hall is thrilled to have Miles enter with the Class of 2021. “We are thrilled to be inducting Dennis, with an incredible body of work in baseball. A head coach for over 40 years, Dennis has 749 wins, second all-time in New York State,” LeRoux said. “Dennis has been coach of the year eight times, Section 5 champions an incredible 13 times and was NYS Coach of the Year in 1993.” After retiring from Wellsville in 2018, he
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