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VOLUME 8 ISSUE 42
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Local haunts and Halloween events to see before Oct. 31 By Kellen M. Quigley
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It’s that time of year again when scary fun tops the list of how to spend your free time. If getting spooked is high on your priority list this October, don’t miss out on the thrills and chills of the region’s best-haunted places and frightful activities before the witching hour rolls around. Nightmare Hayrides on Sommerville Street Looking for a truly scary adventure? Check out Nightmare Hayrides on Sommerville Street and face your fears by taking a 25-minute tractor-drawn hayride that will lead you down a creepy haunted path with live scary creatures. Visit the Gothic Chamber and head through a haunted wooden maze that will twist and turn over one acre of land and end up in the haunted barn which features a vortex tunnel. Nightmare Hayrides is located at 6319 Sommerville Valley Road and is open weekends only from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. through Nov. 3. For more information, visit
The Wildwood Sanitarium The Wildwood Sanitarium in Salamanca was officially opened in 1906 as a Sanitarium and Bath House. It was a holistic healing center and the only one of its kind in the area at the time it opened. Dr. Henderson and Dr. Perry specialized in Osteopathy Therapy and also welcomed in patients seeking a cure for alcoholism, drug addiction, all conditions except infectious and contagious diseases. Offering each patient individual attention and offered a bath house in the basement. Later, it became a Tuberculosis Clinic in 1923, then owned by several different families and later opened as apartments. Over the years it has been known to have paranormal activity including shadow figures, orbs, Electronic Voice Phenomenon and people have reported being touched or pushed. The Wildwood Sanitarium will be hosting two ghost hunts on Saturday, Oct. 19 and the following Saturday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m.
Times file photo The Wildwood Sanitarium in Salamanca is just one of several local haunted attractions having spooky events this month leading up to Halloween.
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Pumpkinville raises $4,000 from sunflower sales for Pink Pumpkin Project
Photo by Rick Miller Pumpkinville owners Dan and Diane Pawlowski and their children Jim Pawlowski and Lisa Spako presented representatives from the Pink Pumpkin Project $4,000 from a sunflower fundraiser. From left are: Dave Shoff, Lisa Spako, Jim Pawlowski, Diane Pawlowski, Dan Pawlowski, Tammy Stayer, Melanie Jones, Bev Hirt-Shoff and Marcy Veno. The Pawlowski’s grandchildren are in front. They are (from left) Preston Spake, McKinley Pawlowski, Carter Pawlowski and Reagan Pawlowski.
For two weeks last month, Pumpkinville sold sunflowers as a fundraiser for the Pink Pumpkin
Project. On Thursday, Oct. 10, members of the Project traveled to
Pumpkinville to thank owners Dan and Diane Pawlowski and their family — and receive an oversized check for $4,000. The group included three breast cancer survivors, Tammy Stayer, Melanie Jones and Marcy Veno. “It’s awesome,” said Bev HirtShoff, a Pink Pumpkin Project board member. The group helps breast cancer patients with things like gas, co-payments and hotels. They present each patient with a tote full of items they will need in the days and weeks after surgery. Pink Pumpkin Project also offers a support group for women recovering from surgery. Lynn Anzivine of Olean, who formed the Pink Pumpkin Project in 2012 in memory of her sister Laurie Anzivine, said the group has helped more than 500 people and raised more than $275,000. “With generous businesses
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such as Pumpkinville, we are able to continue our assistance for those in the local area,” Anzivine said. “Pumpkinville’s generosity in donating 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the sunflowers was truly heartfelt! We are truly grateful to Dan, Diane and their family for all they have done for us.” Dan Pawlowski said he planted 4,000 sunflower seeds this spring for the Pink Pumpkin Project fundraiser. “We raised $4,000 this year, double what we raised last year. Next year I’d like to double it again.”
Titans strike fast, pull away for 42-8 win over T-Wolves
Frank, for 19 yards, on F/E’s third drive of the game.
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“Tyler can do it all,” Marsh said. “You can put
him out at wide receiver, you can put him in at running back and he’s very versatile. He’s a good athlete, and we have a number of guys like that. We really do. The hardest part (when) you have a lot of guys is getting everyone touches.” Frank threw just four passes but completed three for 94 yards and a touchdown, and finished as F/E’s leading rusher with 54 yards on three attempts. Ryan DeKay (10 carries, 41 yards) and Wyatt Chudy (40-yard run) also scored a touchdown for the Titans (6-0). Eight different players had at least one carry or the
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Photo by Sam Wilson Franklinville/Ellicottville’s Niklas Logel (2) and Zack Wolfer (52) pressure Cattaraugus-Little Valley quarterback Nick Burroughs (29) during a high school football game on Friday in Cattaraugus.
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It didn’t take long on Friday night, Oct. 11, to show why Franklinville/ Ellicottville has been the team to beat among Western New York Class D football squads this fall. Visiting Cattaraugus-Little Valley in a Class D league game, the Titans scored on their first two plays from scrimmage, both from midfield (42 and 56 yards), and added another on their third play of the following drive to take a 21-0 lead over the Timberwolves. F/E added three more touchdowns in the second quarter and cruised to a 42-8 win.
“They ran it the way we drew it up,” Titans coach Jason Marsh said of F/E’s quick scores. “We put a gameplan out there and the kids executed it well. Calling plays is easy when they execute it like that. It really comes down to the kids executing.” Senior Tyler Clear scored F/E’s first three touchdowns. First, he ripped a 42-yard touchdown run on the game’s first play (set up by a 25-yard Devin Neamon kick return). Then after a three-and-out stop by the Titans’ defense, Clear caught a pass from Logan Frank and took it for a 56-yard score. He caught another touchdown pass from
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HoliCX4 at HoliMont
Oct. 23
Holiday Valley Winter Job Fair
Oct. 26
EVL Half Marathon
Oct. 26
80s Flashback Vol. 2
Nov. 8
Beer and Wine Festival
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