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Home renovations, especially larger ones, can be risky for young children due to their natural curiosity. To keep kids safe, it’s essential to communicate with contractors about the presence of children in the home. Contractors can take extra precautions by sealing off rooms and keeping tools and debris out of reach, particularly at night. Additionally, parents should set clear boundaries by informing their children that certain areas are off-limits and explaining the reasons behind this rule to make it more effective.
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Curtailing energy consumption is a great way for people to protect the planet’s natural resources and save money at the same time. Part of the difficulty with regard to reducing energy consumption is that energy plays such a big role in our lives. Smartphones and tablets havebecomemust-haveitems,and these items, though not necessarily big consumers of energy, must be plugged in and charged. But individuals won’t have to unplug from their lives to reduce their energy consumption. In fact, there are several easy, non-invasive waysforeverydaypeopletoreduce theirenergyconsumption.
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There are certain things you must do and should do if you plan to erect a fence. Most people find neighbors appreciate being informed of any decisions you are thinking of making to the property that can affect their views or their adjoining property. Before drawing up fence plans with a contractor, talk to the neighbors on either side of your home and gauge their receptiveness to a fence. At this point, you may want to consider offering to make the fencing project a joint deal to save money should the neighbors decide to install a fence as well. Contractors will often discount if they have several customers doing an installation at the same time. Property owners can save by splitting the costs of the shared walls of the fence where their property lines meet.
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* On March 28, 1958, William Christopher Handy, the famous blues musician known as W.C., dies in New York City. Jazz standards “The Memphis Blues” and “St. Louis Blues” are his most famous compositions, but his musical legacy can be heard in works of composers as varied as George Gershwin and Keith Richards.
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Oatka Creek Farm Awarded $4,000
THROUGH GREAT LAKES FARM NAVIGATOR NETWORK
Oatka Creek Farm, a 20-acre produce farm located along Oatka Creek in LeRoy, was awarded a $4,000 microgrant from the Brighter Future Fund to support its transition to a no-till, organic farming operation.
Founded in 2022 by first-generation farmers Ben Pfeffer and Carolyn Fitzgerald, Oatka Creek Farm operates on historic farmland that has been cultivated by Carolyn’s family for eight generations. Although neither Ben nor Carolyn grew up on a farm themselves, they have extensive experience in resilient farming methods, farm business operation, and sustainable food systems.
Carolyn developed a love for farming when spending time with her grandparents on their family farm and hearing farm stories of different generations. She earned a degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from Green Mountain College in Vermont, learning of organic vegetable production and animal husbandry. A er college, Carolyn moved to Colorado to explore farming in the western climate, met Ben, and they began farming together in 2018, owning and operating Raisin’ Roots, an organic vegetable farm in Fort Collins.
A er earning a BA in Anthropology from Towson University, Ben Pfeffer studied resilient farming methods in Maryland, Oregon, and Colorado, proud to implement new and old ideas and technologies, calling himself “a perpetual student.” He served as President of the Larimer County Farmers Alliance, a chapter of Rocky Mountain Farmers Union for three years, working on land access issues, technical education, and coalition-building between producers.
Today, Oatka Creek Farm cultivates approximately fi een acres, seven of which are cash crops, including fresh herbs, tomatoes, leafy greens, onions, peppers, and gourds. To promote soil health, they implement cover crops like wheat, rye, and clover on the remaining acreage while prioritizing reduced tillage equipment and avoiding herbicides. However, managing weed pressure and improving soil organic matter remain ongoing priorities. To address these, Ben and Carolyn have strategically utilized available resources such as federal programs and grant funding to advance their farming practices.
Oatka Creek Farm has engaged with multiple agricultural support and conservation organizations, including Genesee County Soil and Water Conservation District to complete an Agricultural Environmental Management Tier 3A Plan, the Natural Resources Conservation Service to access technical assistance and financial compensation through the USDA Conservation Stewardship Program, and the American FarmlandTrusttolearnaboutavailablefundingopportunities, like the Brighter Future Fund.
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e Brighter Future Fund aims to alleviate some cost barriers that arise for farmers seeking to “1) access, transfer, or permanently protect farmland, or 2) adopt regenerative farming practices and increase resilience of farmland in the Great Lakes watershed.” Beyond funding regenerative farming tools, eligible projects could include supplementing transaction costs to secure farmland or hiring an attorney or consultant to cra a farm transfer, business, or financial plan. To learn more about the Brighter Future Fund and eligible projects (accepting applications through April 30th), visit www.geneseevalleyconservancy.org/brighterfuture.
“Ben and Carolyn are both first generation farmers, meaning neither of them grew up on a farm. They both got into organic farming as young adults and never looked
Farmers can receive up to $4,000 for eligible projects, but to qualify, they must work with a Great Lakes Farm Navigator. e Genesee Valley Conservancy, one of only four New York State Navigators in the Great Lakes Farm Navigator Network, began working with Oatka Creek Farm in October 2024. Ben and Carolyn reached out to learn more about the Brighter Future Fund, and the Conservancy visited Oatka Creek, learned about their farm operation and aspirations, and assisted them in applying later that month. eir proposal, focused on reduced tillage equipment and organic compost to enhance soil health, secured Oatka Creek Farm $4,000 in December 2024. Carolyn and Ben look forward to what’s to come.
For More Information: To learn more about Oatka Creek Farm, visit www.oatkacreekfarm.com. For more about the Genesee Valley Conservancy, a conservation organization working to protect the habitat, open space, and farmland in the Genesee River watershed, visit www.geneseevalleyconservancy.org. Learn more about the Great Lakes Farm Navigators project, an initiative led by American Farmland Trust and supported by the Great Lakes Protection Fund to support the ecological health of the Great Lakes while sustaining a viable agricultural economy and communities, at farmland.org/project/greatlakes-network.
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Your local bookstores and libraries are treasures in our community. By supporting them, you help provide access to books, learning programs, and community events for all ages.
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• Visit your local library and sign up for a library card!
• Support a local bookstore by purchasing a book.
• Read aloud to children and encourage a love of storytelling.
• Join a book club or start a reading challenge.
• Donate books to schools, community centers, or Little Free Libraries.
• Spend time reading every day—even 20 minutes makes a difference!
March is National Reading Month! Reading is more than just words on a page—it’s a gateway to knowledge, creativity, and opportunity. This National Reading Month, pick up a book, share a story, and inspire the next generation of readers.
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• Boosts Brain Power – Reading improves memory, focus, and critical thinking skills.
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Hamlin Public Library
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Thank you to the kind gentleman at the Penfield Wegmans who offered to buy my grocery items on the conveyor belt before knowing the cost because they hadn’t been rung up yet. It was baseball season, and I was wearing a pink NY Yankees cap. It meant a lot to me.
Also, during Christmas week, at Leo’s Bakery, a very nice gentleman in line saw that my credit card was rejected by the machine and offered to pay for my holiday cake. He saw that his good deed would help move the line along faster. He did not know the total amount!
Penfield and East Rochester people have kindness in their hearts. Thank you both!
Helpful Volunteers
Thank you to the VITA tax volunteers at the local college. Taking the time to prepare taxes for seniors free of charge is a blessing. Meant a lot to me and I’m sure others. Very grateful to these college students for their time and their knowledge.
Need to stop venting, take action
After reading BURNING GARBAGE IS ILLEGAL, I felt the need to submit my own Vent. This person needed to call their local Fire Marshall regarding the person illegally burning, not just write a Vent. People don’t like to involve themselves so they complain about situations instead of phoning authorities who would investigate and issue fines and penalties. I applaud those citizens who do take appropriate action and not just keep complaining. Authorities are not going to disclose the name of a person who called them.
Dogs in Cafés
I went to a local café and they were allowing non service dogs inside. If they were truly service dogs or service dogs in training, I fully understand allowing them to be there. But trying to eat while listening to a yapping puppy and watching a larger dog almost knock over the owner to get to the puppy was not the most pleasant way to enjoy some coffee and food. There is outdoor seating so if you feel the need to bring your non service, non trained dog to a restaurant/café then that is the place for you to sit.
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Stray cat advice stirs up pet owners
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I received quite a few responses to my recent article on a stray cat that was being fed by a neighbor! Here are a couple of them from opposite sides.
DEAR PAWS: Bad advice in your article regarding stray cats. The complaining neighbor never mentions she has a cat while expressing concern for neighbor cats.This means she’s a busybody or a cat hater who should mind her own business. Why should she care if the cat feeder buys specialty food? Not her business,and you should have said so.
Your answer mentions contracting FIV. This is a small risk. If cat owners are worried about disease, they should keep their cats inside. You didn’t mention that the complainer could help by getting involved with TNR [trap-neuter-return], by working with the feeder to help the homeless cats. There are proactive ways to help. You should have commended the person who feeds the cats for helping. We need more people like her and less like the person who was complaining. -- Debbi J.
DEAR PAWS: I completely disagree with your answer to feeding outdoor stray cats. Those cats would not be strays if PEOPLE would act like grownups, spay and neuter their pets and stop dumping cats whenever they feel like it.
One unspayed female dumped outside will struggle to survive and can have two or three litters a year. Her babies will be feral because they don’t have human contact. At three months of age the kitten can also reproduce. There could be 40 or so by the end of the year. Relocating them does not work. A trap/neuter/return program reduces their numbers humanely.
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Floater in Eye Proves To Be Incredibly Distracting
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 67-year-old male with generally good vision. I’ve had a few floaters in my eyes over the years, but they have generally been small and have not significantly affected my vision. However, about six months ago, I suddenly had a large floater appear in one of my eyes that did affect my vision. It is right in the center of my field of vision and is very distracting.
I had a checkup with my optometrist soon after, and she said there were no major issues with my eye. She said that my brain would adjust to the floater so I would not notice it as much. However, six months later, I still find it very distracting. I frequently have to move my eye to try and get it out of my center vision so I can see clearly. Are there any treatments that can be done to remove distracting floaters? -- D.H.
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ANSWER: ”Floaters” are bits of cellular debris in the vitreous humor, which is the gel-filled space in between the lens and the retina. The sudden appearance of floaters can represent serious eye disease, such as a detached retina, so it was wise to get an evaluation when you noticed a sudden change. The eye does not have a way to remove floaters, so you will have them as long as you live unless you do something about it. As your optometrist said, they don’t bother most people; however, several of my readers over the years have been so bothered by floaters that they have undergone surgical vitrectomy. This is the removal of all the gel material from the vitreous cavity, including all (or nearly all) of the vitreous opacities that cause floaters. Published complication rates with this procedure are less than 1% in experienced hands.
I have also read about using a laser to break up large floaters into smaller and presumably easier-to-ignore pieces, but I have no personal experience with this. In addition, the literature is mixed.
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By Matilda Charles
Starting a Garden Indoors
The many feet of snow on the ground where I live is an indication of just how far I am from starting a vegetable garden this year. However, it’s not too early to start vegetable seeds indoors.
Not all vegetables are good candidates for starting inside from seed (root vegetables such as carrots won’t do well started in shallow containers), but peppers, onions and spinach are good candidates to start indoors. Later, I’ll add seedlings for more variety, including marigolds to repel garden pests.
On my to-do list:
Schedule the guy with his tiller to come break up the ground in a month. There’s no sense in renting a heavy machine I’ll have no way to operate.
Order a load of mulch for delivery later to be spread for weed control and preserving moisture in the soil.
Cut the milk cartons I’ve saved over the winter into seed germination pots. A 3-inch depth will be deep enough -- and they’re free. A layer of plastic wrap will serve as a humidity dome.
Collect from my neighbor all the ice-pop sticks her grandchildren have left so I can use them as plant markers.
Be sure the indoor grow light works, that I don’t need a new bulb.
But most fun of all the things on my to-do list will be choosing the seeds and deciding what to grow. Catalogs have been arriving (they all also have websites), each more beautiful than the last.
If you have no yard, consider container gardening. If you have a sunny location, you can grow peas, strawberries, lettuce, potatoes, spinach and so much more right outside your door. Do an online search for “container vegetable garden” for advice on the size of containers to use, the type of soil and a list of vegetables that should not be planted next to each other.
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GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY
• Light Hill: Called to care for others? Join us at Light Hill where your time and compassion can bring comfort, hope, and light to terminallyill residents and their families. Volunteers make a meaningful difference in our fellow community member’s precious final journey. Email mk@lighthillhome.org or call 585-393-1311
• Crossroads House: Genesee County’s only comfort care home. Please consider lending your time and talents to care for our two residents at end-of-life. Will train!
Email: jennshaffer@crossroadshouse.com
• Vincent House: An end-of-life resident care volunteer provides compassionate support, companionship, and comfort to residents in their final months, assisting with personal care needs, administering medication, making light meals, and creating a peaceful, dignified environment. Email: vhvolunteer@frontier.com or call 585-728-2427
• Catholic Charities Tri-County Office: Volunteer to be a friendly inperson visitor, or caller, to an isolated older adult who lives near you, in Genesee or Orleans Counties. Flexibly scheduled visits are 2-4 times/ month for approximately one hour. Play games, share hobbies or just converse! Email: lisa.wittmeyer@ccwny.org or call 716-341-6751
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• Begin Again Horse Rescue: We need you! e horses need you! Volunteer in the barn. Volunteer in the tack shop. Volunteer for fundraising. Volunteer once or on a regular schedule. Volunteer on the weekend or during the week. Email: info@beginagainrescue.org
• Tool ri Shop: Volunteer/donation based storefront that provides reuse of tools/hardware. Flexible Volunteer times with variety of roles from Cashier to Tool Preparation, with profits benefiting Senior programs in our Community. Email delandfire@gmail.com to become part of our family.
• Genesee County CASA for Children: Change a Child’s Story! CASA is seeking volunteers to advocate for the best interest of children who come to the attention of Family Court as a result of abuse and/ or neglect. Flexible schedule, training provided, supportive network. Make that difference! Email: director@geneseecountycasa.org
• Guiding Eyes for the Blind: Do you love dogs? Join our So Tier region and volunteer to raise a puppy to be a future guide dog. You supply love, socializing and basic obedience. We provide vet care and classes. Email: Sshaw7301@gmail.com
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• Breakfast Saturday morning at hotel
• Time on your own at Kitchen Kettle
• Amish Farmlands Tour
• First Choice Travel Tour Manager
Price per person: $498.00 based on double occupancy.
Single supplement- add $100
Nonrefundable Deposit: $100.00 per person at time of booking.
Final payment is due June 6, 2025.
Cancellation Insurance Available & Highly Recommended.
Thousand Islands
YOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• Motorcoach to Alexandria Bay
• Uncle Sam’s Boat Tour - Lunch
• Boldt Castle
Full payment due at time of sign up. Payment is Non-refundable.
Cancellation Insurance is Available & Highly Recommended.
Bahamas - 7 Night Cruise
YOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:
1,179
Oct. 24-25, 2025
498
• Deluxe Round Trip Motorcoach Transportation from Batavia to New York City
• Seven night cruise to the Bahamas
• Meals and entertainment onboard ship and All Known Government Taxes and Fees.
Deposit $250.00 per person due at booking.
Book early for best cabin selection. Final payment is due April 25, 2025.
Cancellation Insurance Available & Highly Recommended.
$1,599 Based on double occupancy outside window cabin (OR1)
$1,799 Based on double occupancy outside balcony cabin (BR2)
1,469
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CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
By Fifi Rodriguez
1. GEOGRAPHY: Mount Everest is part of which mountain range?
2. MOVIES: Which color film was the first to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?
3. ASTRONOMY: Which planet in our solar system is believed to be the windiest?
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4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Where is the U.S. Constitution stored?
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7. GEOLOGY: Which country has the most active volcanos?
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“Gone With the Wind.”
Neptune.
The National Archives.
A conspiracy. 6. Baltimore, Maryland. 7. Indonesia.
8. Title character in “Oliver Twist.”
9. Rembrandt.
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e Rush Fire District has an open position for a LABORER
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