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JUNE 21 - 27, 2019
VOLUME 8 ISSUE 25
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TIMES The official Newspaper of the Village of Ellicottville, the Town of Ellicottville, Ellicottville Central Schools and the Towns of East Otto. Great Valley and Mansfield, New York
SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER
By Kellen M. Quigley
The finals, field trips and end-of-year celebrations are almost complete, and now it’s time to embark on that wonderful summer vacation adventure. After nine months of note taking, test taking, studying and homework, it’s time for some fun, and there’s plenty to do to keep everyone busy from now until September. Now open daily throughout the summer, head to Holiday Valley’s Sky High Adventure Park, which includes the Aerial Park, the Climbing Forest and the Sky Flyer Mountain Coaster. While in Ellicottville, cool off this summer at Holiday Valley’s three-pool complex, open daily through Labor Day. Splash into a kiddie pool, a lap pool and an activity pool, featuring a diving board and slide, play a variety of poolside games like giant Jenga or Cornhole or grab a frozen mocktail from the Cabana Bar. Looking for some unique entertainment? The Ellicottville Championship Rodeo returns July 4-7, featuring a jampacked show with nine exciting rodeo events, along with with Hardway Buckout Junior Bull Riding, contract acts and clowns. A kids’ stick horse race and a variety of great food round out the event. For more info, visit ellicottvillerodeo. com. If you like the great outdoors in Western New York, state parks offer everything you look for in an outdoor experience. Allegany State Park offers hundreds of campsites, cabins and full-service cottages, miles of hiking and biking trails, two beaches and plenty of rentals to keep you busy on and off the lake. The park also hosts numerous daily programs and special events all summer long, most of which are free. For more info, visit facebook.com/alleganystatepark. If you like waterfalls and gorges, check out Letchworth State Park, which also boasts cabins and campsites, weekly programming, scenic trails, shady picnic areas and opportunities for whitewater rafting. Lake Erie beaches are plentiful, and for a flat entry fee, you
See Schools Out, page 5
LIVE MUSIC Thur - 8pm • Freddie & Company Fri - 9pm • 2 Guys Drinkin’ Beer Sat - 9pm • Wasted Whiskey Tue - 7pm • The Hick Ups Wed - 8pm • Wagner & Winston 22 Washington St, Ellicottville, NY
Fri - 7 p.m. • Only Humen Sat - 6 p.m. • Tony Holiday Blues Band
DJ AFTER BANDS
Fri • JESTERZ Sat • JESTERZ 20 Monroe St • 699-4162
UPCOMING EVENTS June 22 -23 Ellicottville Paddle Festival at Spruce Lake
Photo by www.holidayvalley.com
New Steelbound location opening in Springville this summer By Deb Everts
Submitted photo Steelbound Brewery & Restaurant of Springville is opening this summer. The second Steelbound location will be a bit smaller, but it will offer things the Ellicottville location does not, including a Sunday Brunch and deep dish pizza. Shown is the new brewing system at Springville.
The Steelbound name known so well in Ellicottville will soon be a household word in Springville when Bill Bursee expands his brewery and restaurant business with a second location this summer. Located in the old Robinson Knife Factory that stood on the site at 243 West Main St. about a century ago, Steelbound Brewery & Restaurant of Springville will occupy the former Papa Jake’s Saloon that was housed within the factory. Bursee said people have been blowing up their email, and they have already received “probably a thousand emails” asking about the new brewery and restaurant. “It’s overwhelming, but great, because it shows the huge, looming interest about
what we are doing,” he said. According to Bursee, the new brewery is smaller than Ellicottville’s building at 7,200-square feet. He said the Ellicottville location, with its brewery and distillery combined, is about 11,000-square feet. There will be seating for just under 300 people — probably about 280 — whereas the Ellicottville facility seats 309. He plans to employ 25 to 30 people. “The new place will have a three-barrel brewing system, and we’re going to do small-batch beers,” he said. “We still have over 30 beers at our Ellicottville location that we’ve produced already. That’s hard to do in a larger system like we have here because, when we get smaller, we can get a lot more experimental and do more things. We’re going to do some bourbon-
See Steelbound, page 3
Ellicottville announces top students of Class of 2019
Ellicottville Central School has announced Louisa Benatovich is valedictorian for the Class of 2019 with a weighted average of 113.72. Louisa, who is the daughter of Katie and Adam Benatovich, will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors. A great lover of, music, literature and learning, Louisa devoted much of her time in pursuit of those passions. Quiz Bowl, a trivia haven, was a safe space throughout her middle and high school years. Louisa attended two national competitions in Washington D.C. over her six years with the team and assumed the role of captain as a senior. This year, the team won the JCC Academic WorldQuest. Louisa is also the vice-
president of ESPRA (Ellicottville Students Preserving the Reading of America), a club devoted to bibliophiles everywhere. This year, she spearheaded the founding of a student publication called The ESPRA Magazine, an opportunity for all ages and talents to express their love of creativity. She got to play as editor-in-chief and graphic designer for the quarterly print issues. Louisa loves all things music and is an avid French hornist. She has attended several NYSSMA Area All-States, All-Counties and Honor Bands during her time at ECS. She loves her instrument dearly and
has even named it. She plans to continue playing in college for she claims she could not live without it. Louisa also devotes her time to Student Council, Yearbook and volunteering in the community. She is a proud peer tutor and NHS member. Her senior year, Louisa was selected into the New Vision: Health Professions program. Through the program’s rotations at Olean General Hospital, she discovered her passion for podiatry and wound care. She hopes to someday turn this strange appreciation into a life-changing career. Louisa writes for The
July 4 - 7
Ellicottville Championship Rodeo
July 4 - August 8 Ellicottville gazebo series
July 5 - 7
EVL Summer Music Fest
July 11
Gazebo Series SECOND ACT AT 7PM
July 18
Gazebo Series THE LAKE EFFECT AT 7PM
July 20
Community Carnival at St. Pauls 12PM - 5PM
Ellicottville Times as a student correspondent, as well as Ellicottville’s Snowed-In periodical. She currently works at Watson’s Chocolates and will be the Ellicottville Memorial Library’s Student Intern this summer. Louisa was the recipient of a Western New York Character Council Award this year, as well as the National Honor Society Betty Pappas Scholarship. She will be attending Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where she will major in Biology on a Pre-Med track with a minor in French. Meganne Chapman has been named Salutatorian with a weighted average of 111.77.
July 26
Jazz & Blues Weekend
August 10 - 11 Taste of Ellicottville
August 31
Rock Autism Music Festival
Oct 26
EVL Half Marathon
See ECS, page 4
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