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VOLUME 8 ISSUE 46
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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, NewYork
Ellicottville Holiday Happenings in the works for this season
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By Deb Everts
Get into the holiday spirit and make Ellicottville a holiday season destination. There are several special events downtown in the village and plenty of winter sports at Holiday Valley and HoliMont ski areas. The Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce presents the annual “Christmas in Ellicottville” event from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. Sponsored by Wingate by Wyndham and SYSCO, the free, three-day weekend will feature a full schedule of family-friendly activities throughout the village. Started in 2006, the event is all about kids and those who are kids at heart. On both Friday and Saturday, kids can board the fire truck on the corner of Washington and Jefferson streets to ride around town with Santa. Don’t miss the lighting of the Community Christmas Tree by Santa on Friday night at 6 p.m. Gather ‘round the tree and sing along with the Ellicottville Sound Chorus while sipping hot cocoa. Meet a real, live reindeer on the post office lawn on Washington Street. On all three days, visitors will have the opportunity to take a horse and wagon ride from Katy’s Café on Washington Street. There will be interactive children’s activities at Wingate by Wyndham where kids can also meet Santa and give him their wish list. If they haven’t had enough cookies there, they can walk over to Cupcaked on Monroe Street for some cookie decorating. On Saturday only, a kids’ holiday movie will be shown at the Villaggio from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kids can pose for a photo with Buddy the Elf and make Christmas crafts at ERA Team VP from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Enjoy a free Pancake Breakfast with Santa at Finnerty’s Tap
See The Holidays, page 10
Times file photo People come from all over to kick off their holiday season with the “Christmas in Ellicottville” event. There are activities going on all weekend from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 that will please young and old alike, including a horse-drawn wagon ride through the village and cookie decorating.
Holiday Valley cranks up snow-making guns with cold snap By Rick Miller
Photo by Rick Miller Holiday Valley in Ellicottville began snow-making operations Friday last week with an eye toward opening the day after Thanksgiving. Here, automated snow guns on Cindy’s Slope are adding to natural snow on Nov. 8.
Taking advantage of a cold snap, Holiday Valley began making snow just after midnight Thursday, Nov. 7 “We try to open the day after Thanksgiving,” said Holiday Valley marketing director Jane Eshbaugh. “Right now we’re looking at Nov. 29, weather permitting. But stay tuned.” There is a 21-man mountain crew overseeing snow-making operations — three seven-worker shifts. The switch was thrown to fire up automated snow guns, which account for about half the resort’s snow-making capabilities, Eshbaugh said. “With this cold weather, it’s a great opportunity to get things rolling,” she said. “The ground
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is cold, but not frozen.” With nearly 26 Washington St, Ellicottville, NY two weeks of cold weather ahead, the decision was 10th Annual Ladies Night • Sat November 23 • 5-8pm made to start 6600 US-219, Ellicottville, NY making snow. Easbaugh said, “One of our diehard skiers Fri - 7 p.m. • Black Wdiow took a run this morning. Sat - 6 p.m. • Rebecca and the While Eshbaugh held Soul Shakers DJ AFTER BANDS out hope for an early opening, Fri • KT Styles Sat • Jesterz it won’t be the earliest skiing in 20 Monroe St • 699-4162 the resort’s history. “The earliest we ever opened UPCOMING was in October, but that was a long time ago,” she said. “We’re EVENTS not looking for an early record, but if the snow’s there, we can
See Snow Making, page 7
CSP flips the script on F/E Wolfpack shut down Titans in 22-0 Section 6 title game By Sam Wilson
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Ellicottville Christmas Stroll
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Hogs, Hops and Honey workshop
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Photo by Sam Wilson Clymer/Sherman/Panama quarterback Gerrit Hinsdale (12) throws the ball just over the hand of Franklinville/Ellicottville pass rusher Niklas Logel (2) during the Section 6 Class D championship game on Saturday at New Era Field.
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Christmas in Ellicottville
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From the moment Cameron Barmore raced untouched into the end zone on a 67-yard slant reception in the game’s first minute, Clymer/ Sherman/Panama put the Franklinville/ Ellicottville football team in unchartered territory. The Titans, who entered Saturday’s Section 6 Class D football championship undefeated, had not trailed all season. And F/E’s closest game of the
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