11-02-18 Springville Times

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LOCAL

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 44

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Cattaraugus Historical Society meeting and Veterans Day Remembrance ....see page 3

School record fall as Springville competes in Class C swim meet....see page 11

Ellicottville Distillery to host Punkin’ Chunkin’ event Nov. 4 ....see page 3

Newcomer Wochensky challenges incumbent DiPietro for 147th seat By Kellen M. Quigley

When Springville area residents head to the polls Tuesday, one of the races they’ll vote in will be for the New York State Assemblyman for the 147th District. Covering the southern half of Erie County and all of Wyoming County, the New York 147th District has been

David DiPietro

DiPietro was elected to serve the residents of the 147th District in November 2012, and after three terms, he hopes to keep that going for at least another two years. “The fact that I’m able to get a lot of things done for my constituents and be a voice for a number of different causes that affect my constituents has been very uplifting for me,” he said. Going into the final week of the campaign, DiPietro said he feels good about the race. He said they’ve been gaining momentum each day. “People are coming out to help and do all the little things we need,” he added. David DiPietro A graduate of East Aurora High School, DiPietro attended Wittenberg University and graduated with a degree in Business Administration. He, his wife and their three children currently reside in the village of East Aurora. Before being elected to the state Assembly, DiPietro served as both a trustee and Mayor of East Aurora. During his six years in office, DiPietro said he has been able to help residents in his district with issues they may not He mentioned a couple who called about a town park’s tree next to their property that was hit by lightning and needed to come down but was having trouble with the parks department over who should pay to remove it. DiPietro said See DiPietro page 2

represented by David DiPietro since 2013. Political newcomer Luke Wochensky, the Democrat nominee, will face the Republican incumbent for the seat Nov. 6. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. To find your polling place, visit elections.erie.gov.

Luke Wochensky

For his first venture into running for political office, Wochensky said he’s feeling good going into the final week of the campaign and is looking forward to hopefully working for the people of the 147th District over the next two years. “It’s been a great experience. I’ve met so many great people,” he said. “I’m really fortunate to have had the opportunity to do this.” When traveling around the district, Wochensky said he’s seen and heard many residents facing problems not only specific to rural Western New York but rural areas across the region. Wanting to find solutions to those problems inspired him to run. “What’s difficult for me is Luke Wochensky that politics, as it is currently, is not providing us with a platform to discuss solutions to those problems,” he said. As rural Western New Yorkers, Wochensky said they need to work together as friends and neighbors to combat the divisions he’s seeing. “It doesn’t represent who we are,” he said. “When I ran the campaign, I wanted to bring some civility, integrity and respect back to local politics.” Wochensky grew up in Colden, the son of a town highway worker and a substitute teacher. As a graduate of Springville High School, he went onto Union College, Ohio State University and Herzen University in Russia, earning three degrees along the way. See Wochensky page 2

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Paralympian visits Colden Elementary as part of school garden program

By Elyana Schosek, Student Reporter After winning the gold prize in an annual school program, students at Colden Elementary School last week were visited by a world-renowned athlete who shared his story of beating the odds and living his best life. On Oct. 24th, the school welcomed Evan Strong, a Paralympic snowboarder who also enjoys skateboarding, as part of the third annual “Get Out and Grow” School Garden Program. Kathy Townsend, the principal for special programs, entered Colden Elementary into the program’s contest. The school won the gold prize, a $15,000 grant from the J.M. Smuckers Company to build a school garden and a special visit from the Paralympian. “I’ve lived in and out of a garden my whole life and I See Paralympian page 2

Halloween parade deemed a success despite cold, rainy weather

By Kellen M. Quigley

From goblins and witches to comic-book superheroes and princesses, about three dozen costumed kids of all shapes and sizes were seen making their way down East Main Street on Saturday afternoon. Despite temperatures in the 40s and rainy skies, the Springville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Children’s Halloween Parade for the local youth. “Considering the gloomy day, we had a lot of people still come out and enjoy themselves,” said Joe Pillittere, chamber president. Although not as many participated as in previous years, he said having 34 kids

was still impressive. Meeting at the Heritage Park Gazeebo at noon, the children played running in and out of the rain while their parents signed them up for the parade and costume contest with officials from the chamber. “It’s our way of giving back to the community,” Pillittere explained. “The community has been good to the chamber, so the chamber wants to do something for the community.” Although a lot of new people are on the chamber’s board, Pillittere said the past two weeks of preparations for the annual event had gone smoothly. “This year, planning was a little bit easier because

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we had learned from what other people had done before,” he said. “We’ve been prepping, putting the prizes together, getting the arrangements finalized and all the logistics.” At about 12:15, the dozens of costumed participants from a few months up to 12 years old lined up and made their way out of Heritage Park. On a 20-minute parade through the heart of Springville, they headed east on Franklin Street to East Main, headed west down East Main to Mechanic Street and then north on Mechanic back to Franklin Street and the park. “It all worked out well considering the weather See Parade page 4

Photo by Kellen M. Quigley Despite cold temperatures and rainy skies, nearly three dozen youth from the Springville area and their families make their way down Franklin Street in the village Saturday during the annual Children’s Halloween Parade.

A Look Back:

When Veterans Day was Armistice Day BY JOLENE HAWKINS

What is Veterans war. The railway car that was used for the Day even for? signing of the Armistice belonged to Well, it is to Ferdinand Foch. In 1940, Germany forced commemorates the Allies France to surrender during World War II in of World War I and Germany at the same railway carriage. Hitler sat in the Compiegne, France for the cessation of same seat that Ferdinand Foch sat in and hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took place at 11 o’clock in the morning on the 11th day took the carriage back to Germany to put on display. of the 11th month of the year. Since 1921, the Poppy flower has In the terms, the Armistice forced Germany to surrender 1,700 been used as a representation of a field airplanes, all submarines, 25,000 machine guns and 2,500 heavy guns. This made it impossible for Germany to restart the war in the of poppies that grew up after the battle in Belgium in Flanders’s field. There immediate future. is a famous poem written by Canadian At the same time, it forced Germany to pay for the damages it caused. The debt was approximately $25 billion and was only paid Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. In 1926, Armistice Day became an off in 2010. November 11 was also known as Remembrance Day. A two-minute silence is held at 11 a.m. to remember the people who had died in the See A Look Back page 6

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