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VOLUME 9 ISSUE 14 DIGITAL EDITION ELLICOTTVILLETIMES.COM
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 family raising awareness for rare genetic liver disease By Deb Everts An Ellicottville family is working to raise awareness about progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), a rare genetic liver disease that affects infants and children. Todd and Shannon Palmatier, along with their three sons, Evan, Brayden and Camden, have been on an urgent mission to help people understand this ultra-rare pediatric disease. Their oldest son, Evan, and youngest son, Camden, both have the disease, and the family is struggling to find a treatment. “There is a lack of information out there about this disease and we are trying to be advocates to get the word out to the public. When Evan was diagnosed about 18 years ago, there was very little information,” said Shannon Palmatier. “Evan and Camden have what is called PFIC3, and I believe there is a fourth and fifth form. I think they are all hereditary, but the difference is how the forms manifest themselves and how the disease progresses.” Palmatier said Evan was diagnosed nearly 18 years ago after he began experiencing problems with his liver and developed a severe form of itchiness known as pruritus. He was found to have cirrhosis and eventually was diagnosed with PFIC3. When Camden developed similar symptoms and was diagnosed at the same age of 18-months, they were devastated. “When Evan was born, he was jaundiced
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Photo submitted The Palmatier family of Ellicottville is spreading an urgent message of awareness about the ultra-rare liver disease that two of their three sons are battling. Shannon and Todd Palmatier are shown in 2018 with their sons (from left) Brayden, Evan and Camden.
School or no school, ECS faculty and staff keep educating students By Deb Everts
Times file photo In the face of the COVID-19 epidemic, the faculty and staff at Ellicottville Central School are working hard to provide its students with continuing education.
As with most schools in this country, COVID-19 has brought on a different kind of challenge for faculty and staff at Ellicottville Central School (ECS) to educate their students. The way the district’s students received their instruction took a twist March 16 when Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order directing all schools in New York to close by March 18 for two weeks, ending April 1. However, on March 29, he extended that order until April 15 to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Superintendent Robert Miller said the first day of no school for students was March 16 as per a directive from the Cattaraugus County Department of Health. “I am impressed with the way the faculty and staff at ECS have responded to this situation,” he said. “Everyone is eager to help in any way they can. I feel the first week went as well as could
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be expected.” Miller said the majority of families in his district were ready to receive curriculum instruction packets when buses delivered them on March 18, or they picked them up at one of several drop-off locations. “As of March 19, only three packets had not been delivered or picked up,” he said. “This means 99.5 percent of the students received their packets within 24 hours of starting deliveries. The district would like to say ‘thank you’ to all the families that helped us accomplish this.” On March 25, Miller provided district residents clarification
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Ellicottville pulls welcome mat amid concerns over NYC coronavirus cases
By Rick Miller
The welcome mat has always been out in Ellicottville — until now. With the novel coronavirus raging in the New York City area, officials in Cattaraugus County’s tourism hub — Ellicottville — have noticed an uptick in out-of-town families at local Airbnb and other vacation rentals. On March 25, Ellicottville Mayor John Burrell and the Village Board put out a statement on social media urging families seeking to get out of New York City not to come to Ellicottville due to fears they will bring COVID-19 with them. The village’s Facebook post had been shared over 560 times and had tens of thousands of views as of noon on Monday. Burrell told the Olean Times Herald that’s just what village officials were looking for. They want to get the message out. Consider the welcome mat pulled for now, Burrell said. “We’re very fortunate,” the mayor said. “Cattaraugus County has no confirmed cases. That’s good news.” The village has fewer than 1,500
residents. Some have reported to Burrell and other village officials that families have recently begun staying in Airbnb and Vrbo rentals. This is unusual since the ski resorts have closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the mayor said. The assumption is that these are people from the New York City area who were seeking safety at a resort community Upstate. Officials at Airbnb and Vrbo (Vacation Rental By Owner) have not responded to Ellicottville officials requests to take down the local rentals during the coronavirus crisis. Why did the Village Board take the step of asking people not to come to Ellicottville? “Some of it was public input,” the mayor said. “We saw what Lake Placid had done” to dissuade visitors and put out much the same information. “People have noticed that the house next door had a family living in it and that family might be from New York City,” the hotspot of coronavirus in the
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April 13
Ellicottville Bicentennial Birthday
May 9
Happy Half Marathon and 5K
June 5-7
Girls Getaway Weekend
June 20
Holiday Valley Mudslide
July 3-5
Summer Music Festival
July 17
Ellicottville Old Home Weekend
July 24-26 Jazz & Blues Weekend
Aug. 8 & 9
Taste of Ellicottville
Aug. 15
Rock Autism Concert
Sept. 18-20 Rock ‘n’ Roll Weekend
Sept. 25-27 EVL Lacrosse Festival
Oct. 10 & 11 Fall Festival
Oct. 18
Times file photo On March 25, Ellicottville Mayor John Burrell and the Village Board put out a statement on social media urging families seeking to get out of New York City not to come to Ellicottville due to fears they will bring COVID-19 with them.
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but that is pretty common for babies, so there was no indicator that anything was wrong,” she said. “Now, looking back, we know this was a symptom. Another symptom appeared when he was 6 months old. He would scratch and itch at his ears and his feet.” According to Palmatier, the pediatrician thought it was eczema. After his diagnosis, they came to realize that, with any liver disease, excessive itching is a symptom and it can be almost debilitating at times. “For Evan, that was really the only symptom, with the exception of his distended belly which the pediatrician was concerned about at his 18-month appointment,” she said. Through testing, Palmatier and her husband discovered that they carry the recessive genes. She said there is no one else on either side of their family, as far as they know, with this rare inherited
condition. Their kids are the first. “Because we are both carriers, it doesn’t necessarily mean our children will have PFIC, but there is a 75-percent chance,” she said. “With this disease, there’s essentially a mutation in one of the genes within the liver that produces a protein enzyme. This particular protein enzyme that my boys don’t get enough production of allows the liver to push out the bile. When that happens, the bile backs up and the toxins destroy the liver.” According to Palmatier, there are no pharmacological treatments for the disease, just a few medications to ease the intense itching they both experience. She said both boys have taken Ursodiol, also known as Actigall, to ease this itching. This has kept Evan pretty stable, until now. “This is a slow, progressive disease and the doctors have told us all along that a transplant could be in the
future. They just never know when,” she said. When The Salamanca Press published an article about Evan, in July 2017, he was doing very well and, until recently, he has been attending college. Palmatier said he will be 20 on May 31 and he took the semester off because his health has declined. “In late April, we are headed to Strong Memorial Hospital, in Rochester, for a transplant protocol,” she said. “His health has declined a lot in the past three or four months. We are dealing with a quick progression in the disease so it’s been very stressful. He isn’t on a list for a transplant yet, but we are hoping to go for an evaluation soon, which is a two-day process. “Camden is 11 and right now he is quite stable. He has an enlarged spleen, which is quite common for anyone with liver disease but, all-in-all, he’s holding his own at this point.” For now, the Palmatiers are
trying to maintain a positive attitude as their work to raise awareness of the disease has taken on a new urgency. On Feb. 28, prior to the school’s shutdown due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Camden gave a presentation about the disease to his sixth grade class at Ellicottville Central School (ECS). Palmatier, who teaches sixth grade at ECS, said it was her husband’s idea for Rare Disease Awareness Day, which was Feb. 29 this year. He’s a salesman for Culpeper Lumber in Virginia. Part of their struggle is coming to terms with this chronic illness that will never go away, or at least until there is a cure. Palmatier said it’s also the unknown of it all, especially now that they are approaching a transplant. “My hope is to be tested and we’ve had other people reach out to be tested as well, but until this coronavirus is over, that can’t happen,” she said.
“After we do the evaluation, he will be placed on the National Transplant List so, God willing, elective surgery from a donor will be allowed over the next few months.” Palmatier said many people helped, but they purchased t-shirts for Camden’s entire sixth grade class, plus several other classes, including Brayden’s senior class at ECS. Some people gave them donations for the t-shirts and the Jock Shop, in Jamestown, helped them purchase the shirts. To find out more about this chronic disease, visit the American Liver Foundation online at liverfoundation.org where there is a HELPLINE phone number, 1 (800) 465-4837. Also, visit PFIC Voices at pficvoices.com, which is an informational site sponsored by Albireo Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company that is working to develop a treatment for PFIC.
ECS NEWS & SPORTS ECS
Continued from front page about some of their questions regarding that day’s deliveries. He said all resident student packages are being placed on buses regardless of whether the student normally rides the bus. “Packages for resident students have been organized by home address,” he said. “All parents should be on the lookout for the buses in order to get their family’s package.” Several people asked if one family could pick up the packages of other families at nonresident drop-offs. In his superintendent’s letter on the school’s website, Miller stated they could not allow this for safety reasons. It said each family may only pick up their own package. Also, for non-residents, their pickup location was to be determined by their home district, not their home address. The pickup and delivery schedule for homework, laptops, and instruments can be found on the district’s website at ellicottvillecentral.com. Information posted on the website said buses are departing from the school between 2 and 2:30 p.m. for resident deliveries. When buses depart from the school, a robo call will
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be made to notify parents. According to the school website, West Valley and Franklinville families have been instructed to pick up their items in the Ellicottville BOCES parking lot from 3 to 4 p.m. Cattaraugus-Little Valley families, as well as families from all other districts not listed, were instructed to pick up at the Ellicottville elementary school entrance from 3 to 4 p.m. Salamanca families were told to pick up their items in the Green Gables parking lot from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A video posted on the district’s Facebook page, March 25, showed the curriculum instruction packets, laptops, and musical instruments being loaded on the buses and delivered. Miller said instrument cases and folders were disinfected before being delivered. He said parents
were advised via robo call to disinfect the instrument once received. Additional instructions for disinfecting the instruments were posted on the district Facebook page by a music teacher. “To make it less confusing, every student in grades 7-12 received a memory stick that included information, assignments and required materials,” he said. “We are still working on plans for the return of assignments.” Miller said instructional delivery is being completed in a variety of ways. This includes hard copy packets, memory sticks and links for supplemental materials/instruction via online platforms such as Schoology, Classtag or Google Docs. According to Miller, the lessons are not necessarily done on the computer using the internet. He said students throughout the district have varying degrees of access to the internet. Teachers are using it where they can, but internet use is not required. “All students in grades 7-12 have district-issued laptops so, while they may not have access to the internet, they can use their computer in
conjunction with the memory sticks that were delivered for their assignments,” he said. The food service crew has been hard at work preparing meals that are delivered separately in school vans. Miller said a number of people have offered to volunteer with food prep and delivery, and they are very grateful for them, but they currently do not have volunteers assisting with the meals. “On behalf of the district, I would like to thank the entire ECS Community on their response to this crisis. From the cafeteria staff and drivers delivering meals, to the teachers providing instructional packets and the cleaners and office staff working to keep the school running — they are all doing a great job meeting the challenges head-on,” he said. “The response from students and families has been amazing. We are so grateful for their patience and cooperation as we work through this experience. It has been a true team effort. I can’t say thank you enough.” To learn more about what the school district is doing, visit ellicottvillecentral.com and Facebook.
Marsh offers home workouts to keep team active during shutdown
By Sam Wilson
With students stuck at home for at least a month, Jason Marsh wanted to give them a chance to stay in shape while staying safe from spreading the coronavirus. Marsh sent out an email to his Franklinville/Ellicottville football players with a simple home workout. “It was really a push-up program and then a medicine ball, core strengthening activity, then with some cardio ideas and things like that,” he said. “I had a few people, I haven’t had much response from it. But I put it out there so hopefully kids would take advantage of it. Hopefully they’ve got it and they’re doing it.” Marsh said he sent out the plan to help athletes who aren’t used to downtime with schools closed until at least mid-April. A physical trainer for the Salamanca City Central School District, Marsh has been a varsity head football coach for 10 years: nine at SHS and one at F/E last fall, leading the Titans to an 8-1 record, including an undefeated regular season. “I sent it out to a group thing because kids are probably sitting around without a lot of activity, so we don’t want them sitting around for a month not
Times file photo Franklinville/Ellicottville football coach Jason Marsh has distributed simple home workout plans to his players to help them keep active during the school closures due to COVID-19.
using their muscles,” he said. “I just gave them a few exercise ideas that they can be doing at home that don’t require any equipment.” Normally, F/E football players could use the school weight rooms during the spring, if they weren’t already busy with spring
sports. Now, weight training or practicing outside of home is out of the question with schools and public fitness centers closed. “The guys who weren’t playing spring sports would definitely be looking to get in the weight room (right now),” said Marsh. “At Ellicottville, we’re fortunate because we have a weight training class that’s incorporated into their physical education. That really helps us out, it keeps the athletes going. But right now, even the spring sport athletes, they’re not out at practice, they’re not using their bodies, so it’s something that we threw out there for everybody.” Of course, Marsh said there’s more you can do than a home workout plan to keep up your fitness level. He offered general advice to students to stay active during the shutdown. “Really, stay active in some way,” Marsh said. “Go for a run, go for a hike. You don’t want to sit around all this time and be dormant. You want to get up and move and get your cardiovascular system moving and then do some of the resistance exercises to keep your muscles strong in this time that we’re away from our sports and our physical education classes.”
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Ellicottville Memorial Library patrons can join thousands of readers around the world in laughter and learning during the world’s largest digital book club. From March 23 through April 13, booklovers can enjoy stand-up comic Michael McCreary’s hilarious yet insightful memoir, “Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic,” from the library as an eBook or eAudiobook with no waitlists or holds. Visit the website and click on the Digital Materials tab. Sign in with your library card number and PIN or download the free Libby app. If you need help, call the library and staff will do their best to assist you.
F/E’s Peplinski named to Big 30 Charities Classic roster
Ellicottville senior Jordan “J.P.” Peplinski was among the six players announced this week to play in the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic. Announced for New York in the sixth week of roster additions were Peplinski, Pioneer two-way end Denton Tilly and Pioneer left guard/defensive tackle Aaron Doyle. Added for Pennsylviania were Bradford quarterback/defensive back Caleb Nuzzo, Elk County Catholic tackle/defensive end Jered “Bear” Emmert and Ridgway left guard/ inside linebacker Robert Briggs. Peplinski, a 5-foot-7, 175-pound right guard/ middle linebacker, plans to enter school to become a welder and pursue a career in underwater welding. He has received the Bud Krause Award and received a character athlete award. He was also named to the Big 30 All-Star team on offense this year. Peplinski said he always
considered it an honor since he was little to play in the Big 30 game. Peplinski said he works mostly on weekends but likes playing sports and hanging out with his friends. His favorite football memory was getting a brand new coach and completely dominating their league. His favorite NFL team is the Green Bay Packers and his favorite player is Aaron Rodgers. This year’s 47th annual Big 30 game is set for Saturday, Aug. 1, at Bradford’s Parkway Field. The all-star football game, founded by Don Raabe, matches graduated senior stars from each side of the Big 30 border with New York leading the series, 2221-3, though Pennsylvania hasn’t lost since the 2015 renewal. The rosters now number 18 each. Proceeds benefit area charities and, over the first 46 years, the game has donated more than $1.7 million to local causes.
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Said 2020/2021 school RESOLVED that 4:00 pm) at the OfCafeteria of WEDNESDAY, Rt 16 Hinsdale on June 30, 2025. statement will be the basic budget for year. fice of the Clerk of Ellicottville Central APRIL 15, 2020 at Nominating petiavailable, upon rePROPOSITION the Ellicottville the District beginSchool, 5873 Route the Caneadea Looking For tions are available NO. 3 – Central School Disning April 21, 2020. quest, to taxpayers 219, Ellicottville, Town Hall for a in the District Ellicottville Metrict (the “District”) within this District Complete applicaA New Job? New York. Code Enforcement Office, between the morial Library Tax tions must be reduring the hours of for the fiscal year Check The CLASSIFIEDS Officer for M.A.C.E. AND FURTHER hours of 7:30 am 7:30 am Prevailing Shall the followcommencing July 1, ceived by the Dis(Municipal AssociNOTICE IS 4:00 pm (MondayTime to 4:00 pm ing resolution be 2020, and ending trict Clerk at least ation for Code HEREBY GIVEN Friday) when Prevailing Time adopted, to wit: June 30, 2021, as seven (7) days beEnforcement). that the Annual school is in from April 30, 2020, Resolved: Shall the presented by the fore the election if The civil service apSchool District vote session. to May 11, 2020 exBoard of Education, proposition be apthe ballot is to be plication and a full of the Ellicottville TAKE FURTHER clusive of Satproved authorizing Continued is hereby approved mailed to the voter, job description may Central School Dis-from front page NOTICE, that all urdays, Sundays the Board of Eduand adopted and or the day before be viewed/downtrict (“District”), CatAll meetings are at holidays, 7 p.m. unless candidates for the follows: and in theotherwise noted. cation the Ellicot- the election, if the the requiredoffunds U.S. statement, in part, exposures willofincrease loaded at the taraugus County, office of Member of Business Office tville Central School therefore are ballot is to be deMansfield Great Valleyof Townʼs website New York will be Burrell said, “We are date have seen with the movement of non- liveredAshford the“To Board of we EduEllicottville Central District to levy hereby appropripersonally www.townofcanead held on Tuesday, (3rd Monday) (2nd Monday) (2nd Wednesday) cation shall beinflux ofated and the concerned for full-time an alarming residents into our area from School. taxes annually in necesto the voter. A list ea.org or at the May 19, 2020, from nominated by petiBy Order of the of and sary of all persons Otto Humphrey East Ottoto residents Ellicottville thereal property other partsthe of amount the state CaneadeaofTown 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm travelers from outside tion. Each petition Board of Education taxes required shall $65,000 and to pay whom absentee Clerkʼs office. in the Elementary (3rd Tuesday) (2nd Monday) (2nd Tuesday) 6pm and the county. We don’t county aretostaying will monies result shall be who directed Ellicottville Central over such be raised bycountry, a tax which ballots have been Questions or School Foyer, as thesecond Clerk ofhomes the Dis-andon the taxable School District that to the trustees of issued will be availSalamanca City Little Valley Town Ellicottville Town want all the sudden to have at in an inordinate strain upon information: follows for the purtrict, shall be signed property in the Disthe Ellicottville Meable in the Office of the District Clerk is 10 cases in Ellicottville short term rentals, like the resources of public 585-365-2928. poses of electing (2nd Wednesday) (2nd Monday) (3rd Wed) 6pm by at least 25 quali- trict to be levied morial Library. the District Clerk on hereby directed to TownNew of Caneadea two (2) Members of Airbnb and Vrbo. The from York City.” health, responders, fied voters of the Salamanca Town Little Valley Village Ellicottville Village arrange for the use TAKE FURTHER and collected as re-first each of the five is an equal opporthe Board of EduDistrict, shall state to quired of voting machines that a vot- business days6pm priDr. Kevin Watkins, use of employees leave by law. health careNOTICE, providers, (2nd Tuesday) (2nd Tuesday) (2nd Mon) tunity employer. cation, voting on the residence of for said Annual ing machine will be or to the Annual the budget for the Cattaraugus County’s their home, and and operatePROPOSITION our hospitals and other the each signer, School District used to record NO. 2 School District Vote, and 2020-2021 fiscal public health director, and government personnel. shallservice be filed non-essential in the vote on the budget, Bus Lease such list will also be Vote. year, and transactOffice of the BY ORDER OF on theis propositions, posted at the said March 25 that people business in Clerk this timeShall of the following “Ellicottville an ing such other of the District THE BOARD OF and on the election resolution be adoppolling places for business as is traveling from New York crisis appears to be ated, to wit: extremely ofrural area with between the hours EDUCATION Members of the the Annual District authorized by law: of 7:30 amof PrevailEducation. Vote. Holy Name ofMELISSA Shall the following City should self-isolate violation the Governor’s only aboutBoard 1,500ofresidents. Mary RC Church, Ellicottville Polling Place ing Time and 4:00 resolution be TAKE FURTHER adopTAKE FURTHER20-22SAWICKI, Mayor Ellicottville John Burrell Jefferson St., 699-2592 themselves for 14 days. Executive Orders. We have no hospitals and Central pm Prevailing Time DISTRICT CLERK NOTICE that the ted, to wit: ReNOTICE, that the Sat. Vigil Mass 5pm School – ElementA member of the “While the property those that are close are and not later than Board of Education solved: This proBoard of Education masks, gloves and gowns,” Sun. Holy Mass 8am &10:30am ary Foyer (5873 5:00 pm on of this District has position of this District will Ellicottville EMS Squad owners, and the vacation not capable of handling Route 219, EllicotBurrell said. Monday, April 20, adopted Rules for will authorize the have prepared and tville, New York for 45 years, Burrell said rental an increased number John’s Episcopal Church, Ellicottville The mayor thinks that 2020. business may Board of Education the Use of Voting completedSt. a de14731). Washington and Jefferson Sts. the Ellicottville/Great be seeking to profi t by of patients. Additional TAKE FURTHER Machines and the of the Ellicottville tailed statement in state and county directives TAKE FURTHER 945-1820, Services 5pm Sat NOTICE, that votSubmission of Central School writing of the Valley Ambulance Service selling refuge from the needs presented with the NOTICE, that the in their emergency ing on the budget Questions or ProDistrict in the amount of money election of memhas had very few calls amount of cases increased presence outPaul’s Lutheran Church, Ellicottville and propositions declarations cover theBoard of larger positions toofbe County of Catwhich will St. be rebers of the shall consist our of votsince the ski resorts closed downstate, visitors, and State of- town persons will tax Placed Thereon. taraugus, of quired during the 6360 Rt. 219 East, 699-2265 situation ofEducation advertising shall be ing on the following Printed New York, to levy 2020-2021 Thrive Alive Contemporary Worship Service Sun 9am, in mid-March. “A majority vacation rentals the businesses soliciting our medical care copies systemforfar ensuing held toduring fill one the (1) propositions, and an additional (not to general distribution fiscal year forTraditional Worship Service Sun 11am position on the of our ambulance calls are their business must be beyond its capacity. on each of the othin the District are exceed) $38,800 to school purposes, COVID-19Board. crisis.An“We’re Sun Sch. & Adult Bible Study 10am election er propositions lease 2 (two) 66 for trauma.” aware that thisasis a global “Please available note thatat the of- specifying the sevbe heldthings,” on looking at will all those are authorized by fice of the District passenger IC eral purposes and Immanuel Otto Tuesday, May 19, The two fire companies’ pandemic, and their most smallClerk. businesses Burrell said. law and the rules of school buses and the amount for 2020 to fill the seat 9037 Otto-East Otto Rd., Otto NY, ph. (716) 570-5953; three ambulances are all coordinated activities may are closed, shops and this Board to be TAKE FURTHER $15,200 to lease 1 each. The amount Meanwhile, the Wingate currently held by voted on at said NOTICE, thatand ap(one) Transrestaurants Tech of each purposedivine es- services 11:15 am Sunday being sanitized, as are are closed member Mrs. be in violation of State Hotel in theboard village closed time: Wheelchair Access- plications for abtimated necessary Connie Hellwig. other ambulances across Law, and be an unsound grocery stores, still on March 25 due to the PROPOSITION senteewhile ballots for ible 22 passenger for payments to United Church, Ellicottville The candidate the county. practice. to thethepublic, NO. 1 Annualare District school bus open for each boards of cooperat- Elizabeth and Elk Sts. coronavirus crisis. The Inn (one) receiving the 699-4003, Sun Sch, begins in Sept • Worship, 11am Basicare Budget Votea may be ap-of ofwe the next five ive education ser“We’re making sure “We lucky that experiencing shortage highest number of at Holiday Valley remains Shall the following plied for during years (five annual vices shall be set votes will serve a we have proper personal have verybe few cases payments) in the food and basic resolution adopschoolsupplies.” business comforth in full with no First Baptist Church, open in thefive-year town. term, ted, to wit: hours (7:30 am – mencing with the deduction of estimprotective equipment like Great Valley The Village Board’s beginning on July 1, region. However, a number RESOLVED that 4:00 pm) at the Of2020/2021 school ated state aid. Said 5049 Rt.219, 945-4629 2020 and expiring the basic budget for year. fice of the Clerk of statement willSch. be 9:30am Worship 10:45am & 6:30pm Sun on June 30, 2025. the Ellicottville PROPOSITION the District beginavailable, upon reNominating petiCentral School Disning April 21, 2020. quest, to taxpayers NO. 3 – tions are available United Methodist Church, Great Valley trict (the “District”) Complete applicaEllicottville Mewithin this District in the District forand the fiscal year tions must be remorial Library Tax during the hours of 5242 Rt. 219, 945-4375 A Calendar of Events for Ellicottville Surrounding Communities Office, between the Sun Sch. 10am, Worship 11am commencing July 1, ceived by the DisShall the follow7:30 am Prevailing hours of 7:30 am 2020, and ending trict Clerk at least ing resolution be Time to 4:00 pm at Leon Historical Museum. From at Seneca Allegany Resort & May 5 4:00 pm (MondaySolomon’s Porch Ministries, Mansfield June 30, 2021, as seven (7) days beadopted, to wit: Prevailing Time Friday) when “Soldier to Pioneer” theme. The public Casino. An otherworldly evening of Amish Folk Art quilting class presented by the fore the election if Resolved: Shall the from April 30, 2020, 7705 Toad Hollow Rd, school is in Board of medium Education, proposition 716-560-7767, Sat 7pm, Sun 10am the ballot is to be be apto May 11, 2020 exis welcome to line up for the parade entertainment with psychic at Old 1836 Church, Leon. Make a session. is hereby approved mailed to theand voter, proved authorizing clusive of Satand cheer for the local fl oats Matt Fraser. Tickets start at $45. 7 p.m. Japanese style apron. Cost is $40. TAKE FURTHER and adopted and or the day before the Board of Eduurdays, Sundays Trinity Ashford NOTICE, that all marching 9 a.m. if the Includes donuts, coffee, lunch and the required funds the election, cation of the Ellicot- band. and holidays, in the Dutch Hill Rd., Ashford NY, 10377 candidates for the therefore are tville Central School ballot is to be deBusiness Office of 10 supplies. Call 296-5709 or 257-5272 (716)570-5953; divine services 9:45 am Sunday. office of Member May of hereby approprilivered personally District to levy Ellicottville Central the Board Mother of Edu- of All Tours June 5-7 to register. ated and the neces- taxes annually in to the voter. A list School. cation shall Cultural be Grace Bible Baptist, Little Valley Girls at Seneca Center, Salamanca. sary real property of Weekend all persons to the amount of Getaway By Order of the nominated by peti201 Rock City Street 257-3645 taxescelebration. required shall $65,000 Downtown whom absentee and to pay Board of Education Ellicottville. All-day Mother’s Day May 9 tion. Each petition Sun Sch 10am, Sun Worship 11:0am & 6pm be raised by a tax ballots have been over such monies Ellicottville Central shall be directed to a special tour of There will be Happy Half Marathon Wed Bible study/prayer svc 7pm on the taxable issued will be avail- School District that to the trustees of the Clerk of the Disproperty in history. the Disable in the Office of the Ellicottville MeJune 6 the District Clerk is infl uential women in Iroquois at Holiday Valley, Ellicottville. trict, shall be signed Our Lady trict to be levied District Clerk on hereby directed morial Library. Amish the to of Peace RC Church, Salamanca Folk by at least 25 qualiand collected as re- TAKE FURTHER each of the five arrange for the use 274 Broad St., 945-4966 fied voters of the May 25 Art quilting class days priMay 9 quired by law. business NOTICE, that a votofSat. voting machines Vigil Mass 4:30 p.m. Sun. Holy Mass 8:30am & 11am District, shall state or to the Annual ing machine be Church, for said Annual at Oldwill 1836 Leon. Memorial DayPROPOSITION Parade Matt Frasier psychic show the residence of NO. 2 - School District Vote, and used to record the School District each signer, and Bus Lease vote on the budget, such list will also be Vote. shall be filed in the Publisher Jim Bonn Shall the following on the propositions, posted at the BY ORDER OF Office of the Clerk resolution be adoppolling places for Manager and on the election THE BOARD OF Advertising Morgan Bonn of the District ted, to wit: the Annual District of Members of the EDUCATION between the hours Shall the following Vote. Board of Education. MELISSA Managing Editor Kellen M. Quigley of 7:30 am Prevailresolution be adop- TAKE FURTHER TAKE FURTHER SAWICKI, ing Time and 4:00 WritersthatDeb SamCLERK Wilson ted, to wit: ReNOTICE, the Everts, NOTICE that the DISTRICT pm Prevailing Time solved: This proBoard of Education Board of Education and not later than Graphics Aubrie Johnson position of this District will of this District has 5:00 pm on will authorize the have prepared and Kim Duke, Megan Hartsell adopted Rules for Contributors Monday, April 20, Board of Education completed a dethe Use of Voting 2020. of the Ellicottville tailed statement in Machines and the TAKE FURTHER Central School writing of the Submission of NOTICE, that votDistrict in the amount of money Questions or Proing on the budget County of Catwhich will be repositions to be and propositions taraugus, State of quired during the Placed Thereon. shall consist of votNew York, to levy ensuing 2020-2021 Printed copies for ing on the following www.EllicottvilleTimes.com an additional (not to general distribution fiscal year for propositions, and exceed) $38,800 to school purposes, in the District are on each of the othFREE EDITION ONLINE lease 2 (two) 66 specifyingDIGITAL the sevavailable at the ofer propositions as passenger IC eral purposes and fice of the District are authorized by www.facebook.com/TheEllicottvilleTimes school buses and the amount for Clerk. law and the rules of $15,200 to lease 1 each. The amount TAKE FURTHER this Board to be All content © 2020 Ellicottville Times (one) Trans Tech of each purpose esNOTICE, that apvoted on at said Wheelchair Access- plications for abtimated necessary Published Every Thursday. Distributed throughout Cattaraugus County time: ible 22 passenger for payments to sentee ballots for PROPOSITION school bus for each the Annual District boards of cooperat-
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Nannen Arboretum Society looking for volunteers
The Nannen Arboretum Society is in need of additional members and volunteers and is seeking people or groups to adopting an area to maintain throughout the warmer months. The arboretum, located at 28 Parkside Drive, is operated and maintained by the Nannen Arboretum Society, a volunteer organization with about 10 members in addition to seven trustees. The Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of the month and all members and volunteers are invited to participate in the weekly workday on Monday
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Peter Cottontail makes drive-by visits to Gowanda children By Bill Peglowski
mornings. Attendance at works days averages less than two of the members. Membership in the society is open to anyone who desires to support the arboretum’s mission, “to afford the community an area of nature appreciation, environmental awareness, education of the natural world and natural resource
management in plant selection.” Current society members will provide orientation, training and tools to assist new volunteers in nurturing their adopted area. For more information, email Pat Kerl at Pkerl7@ gmail.com. If interested in becoming a member, please respond by April 12.
With the current situation related to COVID-19 and social distancing, the Gowanda’s Cottontail Express train rides, planned by the NY&LE Railroad, have been derailed. But that has not prevented Peter Cottontail from visiting children in the Gowanda area. On March 28, Cottontail scheduled stops at the homes of children in a 20mile radius of downtown Gowanda. These visits will continue on the following two Saturdays, April 4 and
Photo submitted Peter Cottontail is making drive-by visits to children in the Gowanda area after the Cottontail Express train rides through the NY&LE Railroad were canceled due to COVID-19. 11. The effort was posted on the Zoar Valley Gifts & More Store Facebook page. Anyone interested in having Peter Cottontail
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A new normal for Generation Z
By Kim Duke I don’t know about the rest of you, but what I would give to go “back to normal.” For all the complaining we do about work, family and our busy routines, I think it’s safe to say we now have a whole new perspective on so many things. We have also been given the time to truly reflect on our priorities. Most of us can use this time to clean out closets,
garages, cupboards, etc. But there are some of us who struggle to find a routine in this new normal. I see it in my teenage son. He has become totally and utterly lazy. He functions only to wake up, eat, look at his phone and offer 100 reasons why he shouldn’t or won’t do what I ask him to do. This week I decided we needed to make a daily schedule of three things to get done per day. One thing needed to be a physical activity, another needed to be educational and another needed to be something that helps me or himself or the environment, like clean the inside of his car, rack the leaves or pick up trash. Even this he balked at, groaning like I was making him do so much work? This kid thinks he is going to college next year and has what it takes to be a collegiate football player? Yet, completing three things
a day seems like a daunting task. This brings me to this generation of teenagers: Generation Z, people born from 1997 to about 2015. According to Wikipedia, Gen Z is described to have used digital technology since a young age and are comfortable with the internet and social media, but most are not necessarily digitally literate. Digitally literate refers to an individual’s ability to find, evaluate and compose clear information through writing and other media on various digital platforms. Digital literacy is evaluated by an individual’s grammar, composition, typing skills and ability to produce text, images, audio and designs using technology. Digital literacy is built on the expanding role of social science research in the field of literacy as well as on concepts of visual literacy, computer literacy and
information literacy. Does that sound like your teenager? Because my teenager is only literate in sending short texts. What I am seeing and have been seeing for quite some time is that many in this generation feel entitled. I also see that a vast majority no longer “respects” their parents or elders. They know it all, they can’t be bothered, they don’t want to do anything that they feel is unnecessary or too much work. After researching the effects of technology on our children’s brains, I could easily blame this, but the problem is deeper than technology. It involves our family units, which are often fractured. It involves the work ethic we have begun to tolerate as parents due to our own busy schedules and exhaustion. It derives from so many different pieces that fixing it seems unlikely.
So, what do we do now? We take advantage of the time we have been given as a community, state and nation. Right now, we are worried and unsure but, most of us are home. We need to direct this generation to stop being so uninterested and create opportunities for them to see what is truly happening in our world. How we could lose an entire generation of wonderful, worldly and knowledgeable people to a virus they may not get, but certainly could spread. That taking anything for granted is such a waste of time and energy. We don’t need to homeschool this group, what we need to do is put them in a position to change their world and to become the best version of themselves as they can be. This begins by teaching them to be selfless and caring. Whether this means helping to clean up the environment or delivering
meals to those who cannot get out or calling their grandparents versus texting them?! I am clearly not an expert in any of this — and, of course, this article is basically a commentary. I do want to stipulate that not all Gen Zs fall under the pretext of my observations and my son’s behavior/ lack of interests. However, if you are experiencing what I am, do not tolerate it. We have been given a real opportunity here. Let’s educate, demand and insist until we can break these kids away from their phones and they see what reality truly looks like. Good luck to all parents out there. May you find tolerance when you think there is none and perseverance when you think all is lost. We are in this together and we will get through this.
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