THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF ELLICOTTVILLE AND THE TOWNS OF ELLICOTTVILLE, GREAT VALLEY AND MANSFIELD,
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VOLUME 2 ISSUE 38
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NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 5, 2013
Christmas in Ellicottville Schedule of Events
Two Weekends of Christmas Cheer in Ellicottville
Friday, Nov 29
Christmas in Ellicottville and Christmas Stroll
12:00 - 2:00 Fire Truck Rides with Santa, on Jefferson Street 1:00 - 4:00 Horse and Wagon Rides, Washington Square 1:30 - 3:00 Interactive Children’s Activities Wingate by Wyndham 2:15 - 3:30 Meet Santa Wingate by Wyndham 4:00 - 6:00 Meet a Real Reindeer 1887 Building Village Tree Lighting 5:00 - 7:00 The Seneca Junction Strolling Quartet Downtown & Tree Lighting 6:00 Community Christmas Tree Lighting with Santa and Hot Cocoa 1887 Building
Snowy Sidewalks, Quaint Shops, Holiday Sounds and Delicious Fare
By Eva Potter
It really is the most wonderful time of the year when friends and family, neighbors and strangers, come together to enjoy the beginning of winter in Ellicottville. And there’s truly no place like Ellicottville for the holidays! Two weekends of cheer are heading your way with Christmas in Ellicottville and Christmas Stroll. Load the kids in the car and bring your decked out dog on Dec. 7 (more on that later). It’s been snowing on and off since last weekend, and two-plankers and boarders wouldn’t have it any other way! Holiday Valley’s slopes are opening this Friday, Nov. 29, so once you’re done on the hill, head into the village to check out what’s happening. See the complete schedule of events to the right. CHRISTMAS IN ELLICOTTVILLE Friday, Nov. 29 – Sunday, Dec. 1 Reject all the Black Friday madness and come to Ellicottville for a relaxing weekend of merriment without all the craziness. It all begins at noon on Friday, Nov. 29. Enjoy fire truck rides with Santa, horse
Saturday, Nov 30 9:30 - 11:00 Free Pancake Breakfast with Santa The Barn Restaurant 7 Monroe St. 1:00 - 3:00 Fire Truck Rides with Santa, on Jefferson Street 1:00 - 4:00 Horse and Wagon Rides, Washington Square 1:00 - 4:00 The Seneca Junction Strolling Quartet , Downtown 2:00 - 3:30 Interactive Children’s Activities Wingate by Wyndham 3:15 - 4:15 Meet Santa Wingate by Wyndham 3:30 - 5:30 Meet a Real Reindeer 1887 Building Village Tree Lighting 7:00 Olean Community Theatre “Forever Plaid, Plaid Tidings” St. Paul’s Lutheran Church see page ))
Sunday, Dec. 1 9:30 - 11:00 Free Pancake Breakfast with Santa The Barn Restaurant 7 Monroe St. 11:30 - 1:00 Interactive Children’s Activities Wingate by Wyndham 12:00 - 2:00 Horse and Wagon Rides, Washington Square 12:00 - 1:00 Meet Santa Wingate by Wyndham 1:00 - 3:00 Meet a Real Reindeer 1887 Building / Village Tree
See Christmas Cheer page 11
Holiday Valley to ASP Crews Prepare for Celebrate ‘White Friday’ New Season Hunting, Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing as Resort Opens Nov. 29 for the Season Five Quads and 11+ Trails for All Abilities
Photo by The Boardroom
Ellicottville, NY — The cold and snowy November N weather combined with Holiday Valley’s V powerhouse snowmaking system will allow al the resort to open for the 2013-14 winter season se on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. Five quad chairlifts ch and a handle tow will operate from 9 a.m. a – 10 p.m. We anticipate 11 or more trails will be open with w terrain available for beginners through advanced ad skiers and snowboarders. The snow base b depth is up to 10-25 inches and increasing daily. d Six inches of natural snow has fallen since Saturday, S Nov. 23, 2013, and more is expected during d the week. Lift tickets on Friday will be $53 for adults age
and Snowmobiling Visitors Welcome By Alicia Dziak
The air is cool, the ground has already been dusted with snow, and Allegany State Park’s
(ASP) dedicated staff and patrons are preparing for an array of late fall and winter park activities. For starters, anxious hunters headed to the park for the start of shotgun season last weekend, eager to take advantage of ASP’s thousands of wooded acres. There are very strict hunting regulations that must be followed, available at http://nysparks.com/parks/attachments/AlleganyQuakerArea2013HuntingPermitGuidelines. pdf. While visitors spend their time enjoying the great outdoors, ASP crews work hard to make sure the park will be in tiptop shape for next peak season. “Preparing for the winter operation is a pretty normal process for anyone who prepares for
See Holiday Valley Opens page 4
Bertrand Chaffee Invests in AWOS $90,000 Weather Systems Means Safer By Jeff Martin
Mercy Flight Missions
An acronym for Automated Weather In the nine years that Marc Boies has been Observing System, AWOS is a new feature at flying rescue missions for Mercy Flight of Bertrand Chaffee Hospital in Springville. Western New York, there have been a few times Boies, director of flight operations at Mercy when he would have loved the AWOS. Flight of WNY, said the $90,000 hospital investment will be invaluable for both the in public, who often depend on in-depth weather p forecasts to plan events, and pilots, like Boies, fo whose awareness of current and future weather w conditions could save a life. c Mercy Flight flies about 1,300 calls annually throughout Western New York and about 200 th annually in the corridor that includes Springville, a Ellicottville and surrounding areas. E “What this does is fill a gap between Olean and Buffalo,” Boies said. “And that area is a See Bertrand Chaffee AWOS page 9
See Allegany State Park page 5
Holiday Caroling in Four-Part Harmony Ellicottville Holiday Events to Feature Seneca Junction Chorus By Jann Wiswall
One of the highlights of Christmas in Ellicottville on Thanksgiving weekend, and the Christmas Stroll the following weekend, is the roving carolers who put the entire village in the holiday mood. This year, the Seneca Junction Chorus will again be serenading folks both weekends, and you can be sure that these professional singers will reawaken your taste for the dulcet tones of barbershop music, that gorgeous blend of male voices singing in perfect four-part harmony. If you don’t know barbershop from a hair salon, we recommend you go out and rent the 1962 movie “The Music Man” and fast forward to the part where the Buffalo Bills sing “Lida Rose” (or just check it out on YouTube). Those Buffalo Bills — none of them football players See Holiday Caroling page 8