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Year Three of the Vineyard Improvement Program By Kim Knappenberger grape varieties, or another agricultural commodity. With two and half years PORTLAND, NY– Here remaining this is the perwe are at the halfway mark fect time to submit your for the Vineyard Improve- application to the program. ment Program. This five- Removal of a Concord vineyear grant is one of the yard at least 1 acre in size is outcomes of the New York required for reimbursement Concord Grape Summit and then that land must be held in Westfield NY in used for agricultural purApril of 2018. New York poses. To date, agricultural State pledged to invest more commodities replanted usthan $1.35 million to help ing this program include Concord grape growers ren- grape varieties (even back ovate vineyards, plant new to Concord if your business vines or diversify vineyard plan makes sense), apples, operations. The Lake Erie field crops, cover crops, Regional Grape Program vegetables, Christmas trees and Cornell Cooperative and even solar. The reimExtension of Chautauqua bursements on replants are County are working with the only for approved crops and New York State Department the LERGP Team is happy of Agriculture and Markets to talk with you about that. to administer the program If you have an idea that is funded by the Southern Tier not listed, please don’t hesAgricultural Improvement itate to ask! The LERGP Fund. This program aims team will check it out and to strengthen the grape in- get back to you. dustry by encouraging the The Lake Erie Regional elimination of abandoned Grape Program is currently Concord vineyards which accepting applications from are a reservoir of disease owners of Concord vineand insect pests, and estab- yards that may be in a poor lishing healthy agricultural site, not producing well, or crops, be it Concords, other the vineyard is in disrepair
and needs to be removed. You can visit www.lergp. com and click the Vineyard Improvement Program button. This will give you more information as well as lead you to the application. Vineyards in New York’s Southern Tier which includes Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Tioga, Broome, Chenango and Delaware counties, as well as those in Erie and Niagara Counties are eligible. This is a reimbursement grant that matches funds used to remove Concord vineyards and then replace them with an agricultural commodity. It will match 50% of removal costs up to $1,500 per acre, which may include labor, custom hire, equipment use or rental, and land clearing. It will also match 25% of replant costs up to $1,500 per acre. This could include trellis, perennial plant material – vines/ trees (seed cost will not be reimbursed), labor, equipment use or rental, and land preparation for specialty
Photo submitted crops. Reimbursement cannot exceed $3,000 per acre with a maximum award of $50,000 per applicant. Because they are a reimbursement, funds will be distributed at the completion of the project. The application can be found online at www.lergp.com. Click on the big
purple button that says Vineyard Improvement Program. Once there you can read more about the program. The application can be found on the menu to the left – VIP Application. You will be asked to upload a budget for removal and a business plan that shows how removing the current
Concord vineyard and replanting will be a benefit to your vineyard operation. If you need any help with this process, please contact Kevin Martin at (716)3979674, or at kmm67@cornell.edu. Once the contract Vineyard..................... page 2
Gowanda Sports Report By Bill Peglowski GOWANDA– The delayed winter sports season is starting to wind down with the spring sports season coming in May. Before then, the postponed part of the fall 2020 season is on deck, including football and volleyball. Meanwhile, the Gowanda boys basketball team hosted Randolph on March 2. In an abysmal performance, Gowanda did not score in double digits in any quarter. The Panthers found themselves falling behind 22-10 by halftime on the way to a 44-27 defeat. Even consistent team leader, John Ondus, was held to just seven points in the game. The team traveled to Brockton, one of the two teams they had previously beaten looking for redemption. The two teams played evenly through the first quarter which ended with Brocton up 14-13. Gowanda’s Maddox Browning scored from 3-point range to open the second quarter and
put the Panthers up by two. Gowanda went on a 32-8 tear in the period, putting Brocton in a 45-22 hole at halftime. The Panthers went on another point spree in the third quarter. Ondus would score four 3-point baskets in that quarter. With teammate Maddox Browning adding eight points of his own, the Panthers outscored Brocton 29-9 in the period. In a final quarter that began with Gowanda up 74-31, a lot of the bench players got substantial playing time in the period. Combined total points for both teams in that period was nine and Gowanda went home with an 83-34 victory. Top Panthers were Ondus, Browning and Adam Golden with 27, 22 and 16 points, respectively. On March 5, the Panthers closed out the week at Falconer, the other team they had previously beaten. Gowanda blew open the first quarter scoring Falconer 21 to 7 in the period. The rest of the game was fairly even with Falconer edging Gowanda by one point in the 3rd quarter and the teams even with 14
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points each in the 4th. But the damage had been done early and Gowanda left with a 73-54 win. Ondus led Gowanda with 20 points. He was followed by Cole Herman who hit five times from 3-point range for 15 points. Golden and Mason Ruff contributed 15 and 12 points, respectively. The Gowanda Lady Panthers opened their week hosting a Silver Creek Lady Black Knights. Gowanda’s Miya Scanlan led the charge scoring two 3-point baskets and a total of 11 points in the first quarter. The Lady Panthers outscored Silver Creek 15-7 in the period. In a sluggish second quarter, Gowanda added seven points while limiting Silver Creek to just three. Start-
ing down 22-10, the Lady Black Knights mounted a comeback in the third period. Abby Rice would score 12 points, including twice beyond the 3-point line, leading a 19-9 Silver Creek surge to close the gap to a slim 31-29 Gowanda lead. The Lady Panthers answered back holding the Lady Black Knights to four points in the final quarter while adding 11 to their own total. When it was all over, the Lady Panthers had a 42-33 win. Scanlan had 16 points for Gowanda and Scotia Snyder contributed another 11. Abby Rice led Silver Creek with 16 points. She was also credited with three blocks and three steals in the game. The Lady Panthers went
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to Falconer March 4. For most of the way, it was a back and forth game. Gowanda was up by one after one period, down by three after two and down by one after three. As was the case in the previous game, the Lady Panthers rallied for a strong 4th quarter effort. Gowanda outscored Falconer 16-8 in that final quarter taking them to a final 50-45 victory. Aailya Stevens had 17 points to lead the Lady Panthers. Scanlan contributed 13 points, nine of those coming
on 3-point shots.
IN OTHER sports news, both the Gowanda boys and girls bowling teams celebrated Senior Night on March 2 with their last home match of the season. Visiting Gowanda for the match was Cattaraugus-Little Valley. The Gowanda boys took their match 4-0. Top bowlers for the boys were David Goodemote (195-212-213/620) and Daniel Marrocco (255-178Sports.......................... page 2