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Members of the Holiday Valley Snowboard Team Travel to Colorado By Nicholas Pircio WPIG 95.7 FM

Members of the Holiday Valley Snowboard Team are enjoying the afterglow of a successful trip out west. The team and their coaches (Ron Harrington, James Wangelin and Joe Rank) returned from Copper Mountain in Colorado after competing at the USASA (United States of America Snowboard Association) Nationals, with some great finishes. Head Coach Ron Harrington said they had plenty of snow. “We got dumped on the first couple of days, which set up the rest of the week beautifully.” For fifteen of the eighteen kids who went and competed in various events such as slopestyle, halfpipe, boardercross, and slalom, “it was their first experience” outside of Western New York, “let alone being on a big mountain.” The peak elevation is about 13,000 feet; the resort has 22 lifts with almost 200 different runs. The coach says that’s probably four times the Over 1,500 snowboarders competed during the week of April 3-9 at the USASA Nationals at Copper Mounelevation found at Holiday Valley. tain, Colorado, in events such as slopestyle, halfpipe, boardercross and slalom. Eighteen of those ridHarrington said the team took time ers were from Holiday Valley’s Snowboard Team (pictured right). The youngest Holiday Valley rider, Dilli See SNOW page 9

Oliver (pictured left), age 7, won four gold medals and one bronze medal. Dilli now holds the National Championship title for boardercross, slalom and giant slalom. She also won gold for overall best racer.

Center For Family Unity Sponsors Dice Run The ‘Teddy Bear Run’ Scheduled for April 24 to Raise Awareness and Prevention of Child Abuse

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The Center for Family Unity, a non-profit child abuse prevention and family strengthening agency, has announced it will be sponsoring the Teddy Bear Motorcycle Dice Run to prevent child abuse on Saturday, April 24, 2010 as the kick-off celebration of their 20th Anniversary. The activities will start with registration at Harley-Davidson of Jamestown where free coffee and donuts will be available. The scenic route will take riders along beautiful country roads and will include stops at the Center’s

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office on Route 219 in Salamanca as well as Alcas Corporation on East State Street in Olean. At the Run’s destination, Moonwinks Restaurant in Cuba, riders will be able to enjoy a barbeque chicken dinner while waiting for the announcement of prizes for highest roll, lowest roll and closest to the middle roll. Prizes include donations from Holiday Inn Express in Salamanca, The Weast Agency and Cattaraugus County Bank. Live music and raffles will also be part of the festivities at Moonwinks, and all

proceeds from the event will be used to support child abuse prevention programming across the three-county area. Registration for riders and passengers will begin at 9am at the HarleyDavidson Store in Falconer, however, pre-registration is recommended. Cost for the ride is $20 per rider and $10 per passenger. Free t-shirts will be given to the first 100 registrants. Participants will also be able to purchase the chicken barbeque dinner at Moonwinks for $10.00 (pre-purchase is suggested and

can be done at time of registration). Free coffee, water and healthy snacks will be available at all stops. Potential participants are encouraged to call the Center’s toll free number at 1-877206-5295 for registration forms or for more information regarding the route. The Center for Family Unity, a non-profit child abuse prevention and family-strengthening agency, works with over 500 families each year across Cattaraugus, Allegany See RUN page 9

Montgomery Gentry Live In Concert

Country Music Duo to Perform Next Saturday at Seneca Allegany Casino

Country music duo Montgomery Gentry has been topping the Billboard Charts since signing with Columbia Records in 1999. The Kentucky based artists have recorded four #1 hot country hits and several more ranking in the top ten. They were nominated for a Grammy in 2008 for the single “Lucky Man” and in 2009 were invited by Charlie Daniels to become members of the Grand Ole Opry and were officially inducted. Montgomery Gentry will be playing at the Seneca Allegany Casino and Hotel in Salamanca next Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 8pm. Tickets start at $30 and can be purchased at all Seneca Casino box offices, Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations.

Maple Festival Next Weekend Franklinville Anticipates 48th Year of Sweet Success, April 24-25

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By Rebecca Blakeslee Dooley is a large, lovable 7-year-old yellow Labrador retriever. He’s calm, even tempered and likes to please. He’s also a reading therapist of sorts, patiently and non-judgmentally listening to kids who struggle with reading. It’s a job that Dooley seems to love. Dooley is a registered therapy dog and part of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program. He and his owner/handler, Martha Brown have been volunteering with the program for about four years. This is Dooley’s third year volunteering at the Ellicottville Memorial Library, where he and Brown offer free reading sessions on Fridays after school a few times a month.

This year marks the 48th year for the Annual Western New York Maple Festival in Franklinville, and organizer Becky Dash is trying to make sure it reaches fifty years. If last year is a yardstick for success, 2010 should be a positive step in that direction. This year’s Maple Fest will take place next weekend, April 24-25. Dash says almost 300 vendor applications were sent out this year. There are some new events and the return of an old favorite. “We are bringing in a chainsaw carver this year (which is something new), kind of an exhibition on Saturday.” The oncepopular 10-K race is returning this year, along with a two-mile walk. High school students at Franklinville Central School are getting things ready for the race. “A lot of people missed the race and it takes a lot of effort to put it on.” They were short on manpower a few The Western New York Maple Festival runs the entire weekend of April years ago and there was a perceived 24-25. Enjoy sweet maple products, live entertainment and more! It all lack of interest. “But it’s one thing starts with the traditional coronation of the Maple King and Queen at See MAPLE page 9

7pm on April 23 in the Franklinville Elementary School cafeteria. For a complete schedule of events, visit maplefestival.franklinville.org

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I’m sad to say the ski season (for me anyway), is over – finito. Some of my friends are currently out in Utah enjoying FOUR FEET of fresh new pow-pow, whilst other buddies are down in the sunny climes getting a jump-start on golf, suntans and just plain goofing off. Some embrace change, others delay it … in either case, change eventually comes

for everyone, doesn’t it? Our village is now transitioning from one wonderful season to the next, and ski gear is exchanged for golf clubs, fly fishing equipment, and mountain bikes. Don’t forget to keep your favorite fleece and a few sweaters springtime mornings can be chilly. Downtown Ellicottville will be a little quieter on the weekends, and the busy socializing swarm will be reduced to “just us locals” for a few weeks, anyway. Earlier this week I took an early evening stroll downtown, and I noted how still and beautiful the village was at that moment. Not a soul was out walking the rain-soaked streets, which were made shiny by the glow of the streetlights above. I thought about the contrast of the seasons – the typical busy village winter scene versus a super-quiet early spring evening. It was

gorgeous. I think the most remarkable thing was the air quality – it smelled so fresh you couldn’t help but keep filling your lungs. And here is where I got my first inkling that Spring had finally arrived – the temperature was moderately warm without a hint of winter’s coldness. That night I opened the windows over my bed, allowing this wonderful air and the sounds of the spring peepers lull me into one of the best night’s sleep I have had in many months. It was wonderful … So, dear readers, as I’ve told you many times – embrace the changes in your life, whether they are environmental, personal or social. Change is constant and necessary in a life where everything happens for a reason. Enjoy the path you’re on and don’t forget to smell the spring flowers along the way. Until next week … Jeanine Zimmer

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Catt. Co. Sheriff’s Office Promotes Fairness, Dignity and Respect LITTLE VALLEY - Crime victims, survivors, and those who serve them are joined together to commemorate National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, a time to honor the individuals and the ideals that inspired the victims’ rights movement, April 18-24, 2010. This year’s theme: “Crime Victims’ Rights: Fairness. Dignity. Respect.” reflects the decades-long struggle to secure victims’ rights in communities across the nation. Central among them are the right to access services that can help them rebuild their lives, and the right to be notified if an offender is released from jail or prison. The New York State Sheriffs’Victim Hotline is a free, confidential service available in the State of New York to help support and uphold these rights. The New York Sheriffs’ Victim Hotline gives victims and other concerned citizens around-theclock access to the custody status of offenders in jail and provides automated telephone or e-mail notifications. This Victim Information and Notification Service (VINE)

was created in 1994 following the murder of Mary Byron in Louisville, Kentucky. She and her parents had asked to be notified when Mary’s exboyfriend was released from jail. They were never told that he was released, and this man murdered Mary on her 21st birthday. Today, the New York Sheriffs’ Victim Hotline delivers an average of 90,198 phone calls and 7,024 e-mail notifications to registered victims each year in the State of New York. To register or for more information go to www.vinelink.com or call 1-888-VINE-NY. According to Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb, the New York Sheriffs’ Victim Hotline promotes fairness, dignity, and respect for crime victims by providing a critical service that enhances their personal safety and helps them make informed choices about their alleged or convicted offenders, and their lives. “Victims have their basic human rights of fairness, dignity, and respect stripped away during a crime,” Sheriff

Whitcomb explained. “And for some of them, the judicial process may further strip away those rights. VINE helps to restore those rights by keeping victims informed and involved in their cases.” Over the last three decades, a grassroots movement to combat unfair treatment of crime victims in the judicial system has resulted in a great deal of progress. Currently, every state has a victims’ bill of rights and a victim compensation program, 32 states have victims’ rights constitutional, amendments, and more than 10,000 victim assistance programs operate in communities across the nation. “There is still a great deal of work ahead to fully secure crime victims’ rights, says Sheriff Whitcomb. As Law Enforcement, we must continue to fight for these core victims’ rights at every turn. For additional information about Crime Victim Rights’ Week activities, access the New York Sheriffs’ Victim Hotline Program or contact Investigator Melanie Easton at the Sheriff’s Office at 716-701-3447.

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Last Weekend’s Home Show in Olean Welcomed Over 4,800 Visitors OLEAN - The 39th Annual Greater Olean Area Home and Garden Show welcomed more than 4,800 visitors April 9-11 (about two hundred more attendees than last year). Eighty-five vendors were onhand to display and demonstrate products from hot tubs, to gardening and landscaping supplies, along with heating and cooling systems. The event, hosted by Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce, was co-sponsored by their thirty-eight corporate sponsors. The vendors at the Home and Garden Show were enrolled in a contest for “Best Booth” based on neatness, presentation, props, information, and theme-related. The theme this year is “Go GREEN, Save GREEN.” Winners for 2010 Greater Olean Area Home and Garden Show go to 1st placeWayne Companies, 2nd placeLandworks, and 3rd placeCreekside Fabrics. The winners of the Times

Herald/Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Home Depot of Olean Home Show Door Prizes were Grand Prize-GE Washer and Dryer-Donna Root of Bradford, Pa; 2nd PrizeBrinkman Dual Function Gas/ Charcoal Grill and SmokerLinda Wenke of Olean; 3rd Prize-Pallet of Pavers for Landscaping-Scott McLean of Olean; 4th Prize-Scotts Turf Builder, 4 Step Lawn Care System and Scotts Deluxe Edge Guard Broadcast SpreaderTammy Skroback of Portville. Cabot Cheese Company of Vermont gave away over 36 lbs. of cheese with their Horseradish Cheddar, the winning flavor of the show. Cabot Cheese is a farm family-owned company of 1,500 farmer-owners nestled throughout New England and upstate New York. The multimillion dollar dairy products company produces butter, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, Monterey Jack, as well

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PORTVILLE – This year, communities around the world will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the week of April 17-25. Pfeiffer Nature Center is offering several events focusing on the outdoor environment for area residents. April 21, 1-3pm, Our Wild Senses Walk: See, hear, taste, touch, and smell in nature. Immerse yourself in fun activities evoking the richness of the natural world though all five senses. Take a blindfolded hike through the woods, feeling the ground underfoot, warmed by the sun overhead, and hearing the breeze in the leaves. General Public $10; PNC Members $5. April 21, 6-8pm, Insect-ORama: So you say “Ugh!” To Bugs? Not so here! Explore the wondrous insect life cycle. See where the bugs are while waiting for spring. Investigate live and preserved specimens. General Public $10; PNC Members $5.

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Member In The News

Sean Kingston to Perform at St. Bonaventure University

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Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce member, St. Bonaventure University, will be hosting a concert by Sean Kingston. On Thursday, April 29 at 8pm at the Reilly Center, 20-yearr-old Italian-American reggae fusion singer and rapper Sean Kingston, best known for his #1 debut hit single “Beautiful Girls” will be performing. Tickets are only $12 for the public and are available at the Reilly Center Ticket Office Monday through Friday from 9am-4pm and online at tickets.com. For more information please call 716-375-2506.

ST. BONAVENTURE Rap and pop recording artist Sean Kingston will perform in concert at 8pm on Thursday, April 29 at St. Bonaventure University’s Reilly Center Arena. Kingston, who describes his style as a fusion of “reggae, pop, dance and fun,” first burst onto the scene in 2007, when

his single “Beautiful Girls” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and topped singles charts in the United Kingdom and other international markets. The record earned him a Teen Choice Award, as did his 2009 single “Fire Burning.” Kingston won a 2007 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Award

for Best Reggae Act, and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award as Outstanding New Artist in 2008. On his latest release, the single “Eenie Meenie,” he teams up with Justin Bieber, the Canadian teen pop star who was discovered through Facebook. Born Kisean Jamal Anderson in Miami in 1990, Kingston spent much of his youth in Jamaica. He had a rough upbringing, landing in jail at the age of 11 on a breakingand-entering charge, and finding himself homeless when his mother was jailed on an identity fraud conviction. He worked the Miami talent show circuit and his big break came in 2007 when he learned of a new record label in search of new artists. He auditioned and was signed on the spot. Tickets for the general public are $12 and go on sale Tuesday, March 30. Tickets for St. Bonaventure students, faculty and staff are $10 each and go on sale Monday, March 29. Tickets may be purchased at the Reilly Center Arena Ticket Office from 9am-4pm, Monday through Friday, or online at tickets.com. The concert is being presented by St. Bonaventure’s Campus Activities Board, the Student Government Association, and the Damietta Center.

Spring Into E’ville: A New Season of Activities

Everyone knows Ellicottville as a ski town but did you know that Ellicottville is also a great place to visit during the Spring? From Springtime hikes and horseback rides to mountain bike trails and picnics in the hills, the beautiful warm weather allows everyone to experience Ellicottville and all it has to offer. Are you a history buff or just interested in some of the amazing historical buildings that line the streets of the Village? The Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce lobby is open twenty-four hours a day and has a large assortment of literature highlighting everything from the unique shopping and accommodations in the area to maps of the county and Ellicottville’s Historic Walking Tour. While you are here stop into the office and Jen will be more than happy to point out some of the amazing Spring hiking venues. Ellicottville is great way to spend a leisurely Spring getaway and enjoy all that the beautiful hills have to offer this time of year.

Women’s Weekend

To Honor, Educate and Celebrate Being a Woman!

Save the date for the 4th annual Women’s Weekend, June 11-13, 2010. This weekend just keeps getting bigger and better! The committee is diligently working to finalize the schedule and it should be posted on www.ellicottvilleny.com within the next couple of weeks. New this year, a $55 registration fee will include lots of fun events, dinner with live music and a local fashion show. Book your accommodations early and plan on spending a fun weekend away from home with your girlfriends, mothers, sisters or any other woman in your life who might just need to get away!

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Dooley: Registered Therapy Dog Spends Time Reading with Kids

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TAMALE TUESDAY wednesday: ITALIAN NIGHT Dooley is a registered therapy dog and part of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program. Dooley and his owner, Martha Brown, have been visiting the Ellicottville Memorial Library, offering kids the opportunity to practice their reading to the lovable K9. Most of the children who come to read to Dooley come back again. Some of them struggle with reading; some just enjoy the time spent with Dooley. Pictured above: Lucas Foster, 4th grader at ECS, reading to Dooley. Photo/Gary Kinn

Brown and Dooley did some therapy work at libraries in Buffalo, but since they travel, they couldn’t commit to being somewhere every week. The Ellicottville Memorial Library has worked well with their schedule; the library itself offers “a really wonderful space to work in,” Brown said. The children sit in beach chairs when they read to Dooley, so that they are on his level. “I think most of them just love being around him,” Brown said. “The kids read one-onone to the dog, and they feel more comfortable. He doesn’t interrupt or get bored.” If a child really struggles with a word, Brown will help them out, but it’s about them and Dooley.

“There’s no one there to make the children self-conscious, like parents or teachers or classmates who might criticize or judge,”

Brown said. “That’s certainly the whole idea about Dooley. He’s not judging anyone.” Most of the children who come to read to Dooley come back again. Some of them struggle with reading; some just enjoy the time spent with Dooley. Eventually, as their reading skills progress and they grow older, children grow out of the program. “We’d love to have more participants,” Flanagan said. Parents with children who want to read to Dooley can call the library to sign up for a time slot. Currently, Dooley has only been coming to the library on Fridays after school, but Saturday sessions may also be possible if there is enough interest. Dooley is scheduled to return to the library on April 23. Contact the library at 699-2842 if your child is interested in reading to Dooley.

Gardening Day: The Home Landscape

E’VILLE – Are you in need of home landscaping and gardening advice? Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program of Cattaraugus County will present “Gardening Day: The Home Landscape” on Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 8:30am-1pm at the CCE Building/Nannen Arboretum, 28 Parkside Drive, in Ellicottville, NY. Join master gardeners for a full morning of presentations related to the Home Landscape. Participants can choose one of three topics in three separate sessions. Session one offers 1) site assessment in the home garden, 2) composting, or 3) poisonous plants in your garden. Session two offers 1) functional landscape issues, 2) flowers to dry and press, or 3) using native plants in your garden. Session three offers 1) accessible gardening for those with limited abilities, 2) creating winter interest in the garden, or 3) outdoor kitchen gardening with veggies and herbs. This event is free, but registration is required and can be made by calling Kabel Kellogg at 716-699-2377 ext. 125 or e-mailing kck57@cornell.edu. Free snacks and beverages will be available during break.

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Dooley is a large, lovable 7-year-old yellow Labrador retriever. He’s calm, even tempered and likes to please. He’s also a reading therapist of sorts, patiently and nonjudgmentally listening to kids who struggle with reading. It’s a job that Dooley seems to love. “He has a little scarf with the logo that he wears, and when he sees that and gets his collar on, he knows he’s on duty. He gets really excited,” said Martha Brown of Buffalo, Dooley’s owner and trainer. Dooley is a registered therapy dog and part of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program. He and Brown have been volunteering with the program for about four years. This is Dooley’s third year volunteering at the Ellicottville Memorial Library, where he and Brown offer free reading sessions on Fridays after school a few times a month. “It’s been a great program for us,” said librarian Laura Flanagan. It brings people to the library; kids love Dooley, and parents – and librarians – love having another way to get them excited about reading. Brown has had Dooley since he was about 3 months old. “We started with a puppy training course. When he was about 3 years old we realized he was a very calm dog around a lot of different people.” Brown’s husband, a veterinarian at the Blue Cross Animal Hospital, recognized that Dooley would make a good therapy dog, and they decided to work on his training. Brown found out about the R.E.A.D. program through Marcia Ritchie at Eagle Ridge Kennels in Orchard Park where she took Dooley for training. All of the R.E.A.D. dogs are registered therapy animals through the Delta Society, a non-profit organization.

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By Gary Dulanski

Walking into the Miner’s Cabin, one can literally feel the historic veil that is draped over the three-story Victorian manor in Franklinville, New York. You might be inclined to wonder why a Queen Anne Victorian sitting in the middle of a burgeoning urban community has been saddled with a name like the Miner’s Cabin. Simply because its first owner was none other than Simeon Robbins who made his fortune in the rugged Klondike Region of Alaska where he struck gold, eventually sold his mine and settled in Franklinville, where he commissioned the threestory Queen Anne Victorian (a Queen Anne Victorian

consists of three stories) in 1895. The Miner’s story is quite remarkable in itself as the Village of Franklinville, unsuccessful in selling it, nearly tore it down to make way for a parking lot. Fortunately the Ischua Valley Historical Society stepped up and purchased it for a mere $1,163.11 from the First Trust Union Bank on March 3, 1971! Society members are now diving headfirst into a diligent archival project sifting through old newspapers, family collections and other paperwork to fully understand and preserve Franklinville’s proud heritage. Maggie Fredrickson, curator, was full of fascinating trivia about the Miner’s Cabin, stating that “in this particular house on

the third floor was a ballroom and we just came across a news article in 1903 where they formed a dancing club and held their dances up there. Up until, I believe, the early 1930’s the high school proms were held upstairs too.” Today the once elegant ballroom is just an attic that Maggie and her husband, Bruce, President of the Historical Society, dream of someday restoring from its current dilapidated condition. The floors in some of the major areas of the house are parquet and each room has a different design of parquet flooring that would cost a fortune to duplicate today. “We have found that some of the patterns See MINER page 9

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~ The Villager ~ April 15-22, 2010

Architectural Digest

Springville Center for the Arts: Breathing New Life Into an Old Church Story and Photos By John Thomas All too often in our modern world we neglect the treasures of the past in our fascination with the latest chrome and glass tower or wiz-bang tech device. But among us are venerable older buildings that can do something no gleaming immodest tower can do: connect us with our past. We are lucky that the Springville Center for the Arts came along not only to preserve an historic church, but to also give it a new purpose as a center for the arts. The building has its roots in the organization of the First Baptist

Church of Springville back in 1826. No one seems to know exactly where the congregation met; probably those buildings are gone by now. In 1867 a second church group was organized, known variously as the Free Baptist Church and the Free Will Baptist Church. In June of 1868 the Free Will church adopted a plan - drawn by Cyrus Porter to build a church on the corner of Buffalo and Franklin Streets. A contract for $8,000 was drawn up for Stephen Smith to build the church. Smith was well known in the area; he owned six cheese factories, was a farmer, manufacturer, and president of the Farmers Bank of Springville.

Still ensconced in its original hanging place, the bell was rung for a few years to announce the start time for plays. But the years have weakened the brickwork around its supports, and it now remains silent.

The main floor is the location for the art gallery (above), the gift shop, offices, and a small kitchen. In the gallery you can still see the arched monastery style doorways from the church.

The church was completed sometime around 1869-‘70. Mr. E. W. Cook of Havana, NY donated a bronze bell cast by the Jones and Company Foundry in Troy, NY. Today it still resides in the bell tower of the church. Around 1913 the church underwent an expansion to accommodate the merger of the Free Baptist Church and the original First Baptist Church. The front vestibule was added and the rear of the sanctuary was extended another twelve feet. The 1914 date on the outside of the vestibule refers to the completion date of the expansion. In 1913 new opalescent windows were added to the church. They had been designed and built by William H. Booth of Booth Art Glass in Buffalo. Eventually the congregation decided to sell the building. At the time the Arts Center was located in an unused storefront downtown. “We had painted the interior black to cut down on reflections, and the church said, ‘We don’t want to sell to a group that paints everything black’,” Louis Starr, my tour guide tells me. So the church was sold to a gentleman who tried to turn the sanctuary into offices. At some point the new owner either lost interest or ran out of money, so the church was again placed on the market. By this time the Arts Center had completed its fundraising and the purchase was made. It was the bell tower that provided one of the highlights of my tour. Peering high up overhead, past the rickety looking ladder that leads to the belfry, I can just make out the round shape of the bell. Still ensconced in its original hanging place, the bell was rung for a few years to announce the start time for plays. But the years have weakened the brickwork around its supports, and it now remains silent. From the tower we move into the sanctuary, now converted to a theatre. The seats for the audience were donated by a

The building has its roots in the organization of the First Baptist Church of Springville back in 1826. Today, it houses the Springville Center for the Arts, which continues to restore and repair the building in their quest to preserve an historical landmark.

local high school, and the stage lights were purchased used by the center. The stage at the far end was constructed by volunteer labor. The stained glass windows are still there, and with the sunlight pouring through cast beautiful multicolored patterns on the seats and the floor. The center installed shutters that can be slid over the windows so their light doesn’t interfere with the stage lighting. At the moment the stage crew is preparing for the center’s production of the play, Noises Off, and the seats are covered in wood panels and 2x4s for set

construction. The main floor is the location for the art gallery, the gift shop, offices, and a small kitchen. In the gallery you can still see the arched monastery style doorways from the church. The abundant window light and track lighting create a bight open area, perfect for viewing the displayed art. You can also get a close up look at one of the many original stained glass windows. The glass glows with a warm and fiery light that makes it seem as if the window is somehow lit from within. Since the purchase, the Arts

Center has put a fair amount of resources and effort into restoring and repairing the church. In 2008 the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is fortunate that a group such as the Springville Center for the Arts was able to purchase and preserve this grand link with the past; because of their efforts, people today can appreciate this link to posterity. For more information on the Springville Center for the Arts, see their website at springvillearts.org and for tickets for Noises Off call 716-592-9038.

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SPRINGVILLE – The Springville Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the third production of their theatre season. Directed by Douglas Bailey, “Noises Off” is sure to be an evening of entertaining comedy. This hilarious farce is a behind-thescenes look at a British acting troupe as they stagger through chaotic rehearsals and disastrous performances of the second-rate comedy, “Nothing On.” Missed cues, flubbed lines, slamming doors, a plate of sardines and the casts’ on and off stage antics make this production an uproarious good time. Springville Center for the Arts will present Noises Off April 15-18 and 22-24 at 7:30pm and April 19 and 25 at 2pm. Tickets are $12 and $10 for students and seniors. Group rates are also available. Tickets can be purchased by calling 716-592-9038. Springville Center for the Arts is located at 37 North Buffalo Street in Springville, NY.

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By Doug Arrowsmith Every once in a while I like to extend an olive branch to my brethren on the other side of the political world. I’m a giving person. This isn’t the first time I’ve tried to offer some friendly advice to the GOP and it won’t be the last. Will anyone listen to me? Nope. Why? Because the GOP is incapable of hearing the warning bells above the noise of their own pathetic pandering. Tea bag anyone? I like to kid the Tea Baggers. They’re a fun bunch of kooks. Unfortunately, for the Republican party, they’re also a dangerous and divisive bunch of kooks. The GOP’s worst nightmare is that the Tea Party movement will end up rising up against their Republican masters and form a third party movement which, inevitably, will siphon votes away from Republican candidates. Ask any Democrat how they feel about the Green Party and Ralph Nadar and you will come to understand what’s about to happen to the Republicans. The problem with the Tea Baggers is that they can never be satisfied. They were

literally dancing in the streets after Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts. A few weeks later, after Brown showed his independence by voting for a Democratic sponsored bill in the Senate, they were calling him a traitor and demanding his resignation. With the Tea Party movement, you are either one hundred percent for them or you are an agent of the Socialist agenda. There is no middle ground and, unfortunately for the GOP, without a middle ground there is no government. If you’re looking for a closer to home example of the kind of divisiveness that can happen when a fringe candidate invades the rank and file of a major political party, look no further than Buffalo, NY. The Tea Party has just all but guaranteed a Democratic victory in the upcoming race for Governor by endorsing Carl Paladino. If you don’t know Mr. Paladino, you will. At some point in the next year he will show up at your door, poke you in the chest and spit on you while calling you a Liberal elitist. Paladino’s crazy. He’s a perfect fit for the Tea Party and he’s not going to stop. If he loses the Republican Primary, he will simply pour more of his money into a third party candidacy and run until he drops. Another major problem the GOP faces as they attempt to mollify the Tea Baggers is the movement’s rabid embrace of conspiracy kooks. If you listen to any Tea Bagger long enough you will inevitably see his or her head literally explode as they try to tie all of their conspiracies together. The GOP has to realize this and run. Run away. Run very fast lest you be associated

with the following sampling of insanity. Obama is a Muslim. Obama is trying to form a one world government. There are FEMA concentration camps currently being built somewhere in the desert. Obama, of course, is not even a citizen of the United States. Obama, how did I not see this coming, is the Antichrist. Because of the new health care bill there will soon be death panels set up and designed to kill your grandparents lest they become a financial burden. 9/11 was an inside job. 9/11 was an Israeli attempt to send us to war against the Arabs. Those are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the myriad of explanations the Tea Baggers give while trying to explain their movement. Any questions Republicans? Run. As I said earlier, the idea of a third party terrifies the GOP but, I’m afraid, it’s inevitable. That idea gives me the giggles. I have trouble controlling myself but, at the same time, I feel sorry for my Republican friends. They have to live their lives constantly looking over their shoulders to make sure there are no Tea Baggers listening as they try to have an actual rational discussion about the American political climate. So, Republicans, it’s time to cowboy up. I know for a fact that most of you are not bad people. Distance yourselves from these nuts before they eat you alive. Or not. Either option is fine by me. If the Tea Baggers are right and Obama is the Antichrist, you’re all about to be raptured any time now, making things much more relaxing for me. Comments? E-mail Doug at shakedowndoug@hotmail.com

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won four gold medals and one bronze medal. Harrington noted that a few other team members finished in the top ten in their events. Carly Harrington, age 15, placed 4th in slopestyle, 4th in boardercross, and 8th in halfpipe. Mia Wild, age 10, placed 7th in giant slalom and 10th in halfpipe. Coach Harrington finished 8th in boardercross and 4th in slopestyle. Assistant Coach James Wangelin placed 5th in boardercross. “It is a great accomplishment for NY snowboarders to do so well when competing against riders from out west, who have much bigger mountains and longer snow seasons to practice

in,” said Lori Rank, mother of assistant coach Joe Rank. “My son has been involved with the Holiday Valley team for about five years now, and we have never had so many riders attend Nationals and have so many top ten and top twenty finishes.” Coach Harrington noted that going out west, you compete against “the best of the best from every region. I believe Western New York really held their own.” The team members all look forward to returning and competing at Nationals again next year. Complete results from last week’s USASA Nationals can be found at www.usasa.org

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that people asked us about every year.” Registration starts Saturday morning at 8:30am behind the high school, with the starting whistle at 9am. When it comes to food, don’t be surprised to find lots of maple products. The Western New York Maple Producers Association returns every year to showcase maple products. They also man the sugar shanty, “so folks can look at an evaporator and learn about the different grades of syrup.” There’s also the allyou-can-eat maple pancake breakfast, made with real maple syrup, of course. And if people bring in a non-perishable food item for the local food pantry in Franklinville, they can take fifty cents off the cost of their pancake breakfast. Dash adds that “probably the second-biggest attraction” is the food vending run by different school groups and classes. The kids will be serving up strawberry shortcake, hamburgers and hot dogs, and beef on weck. “The school kids do quite a bit of work to earn money for their activities” at the Maple Festival. There’s also the long-standing tradition of the ham and leek dinner offered by the Franklinville Fire Department on Saturday. The firefighters are also back on Sunday with their chicken barbecue. The Maple Fest parade kicks off at 11am Saturday along Main Street. If your school club, youth group, or business would like to participate, call 716-6763504. Saturday’s attractions also include an antique gas engine show. On Sunday, enjoy the Road Knights Auto Show, which has been run for years by Bruce Dallas. He can be

consist of nine different types of woods like cherry, maple and chestnut. About three years ago they finally found someone who was able to help them restore the flooring. “These floors [in the living room where we sat] were originally painted a dark brown and we took all that off.” During the World War II era the house was rented to tenants and she feels lucky that “nobody painted over all of the woodwork or tore it apart.” The next owner was Doctor King, who kept his office in the house, and the section where the museum today keeps a war memorial for veterans was originally his examining room where he saw his patients.

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coordinating. You can thank Cleon and Leesa Easton, Rene Hanson, and Marty and Kelle Brisky, along with their son, Michael Brisky. The new parade coordinator is Jessica Jordan. These are some of the people who make the festival go. The Western New York Maple Festival runs the entire weekend of April 24-25. It all starts with the traditional coronation of the Maple King and Queen at 7pm on April 23 in the Franklinville Elementary School cafeteria. Learn more about this year’s WNY Maple Festival at maplefestival.franklinville.org

BRADFORD, Pa. - The Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center will present the revue, “Forever Motown” at 7:30pm on April 24 at the Bromeley Family Theater in PittBradford’s Blaisdell Hall. The golden age of Motown - from the early ‘60’s through the early ‘70’s - produced some of the greatest popular music this country’s ever heard: the Supremes, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas, and many more. These songs are now part of our cultural heritage. And they’re still very catchy and a lot of fun. The current members of Cornell Gunter’s Coasters and The Marvelettes perform all the great songs from the immortal Motown artists. Hits include “My Girl,” “I Can’t Help Myself,” “Shop Around,” “Dancing in the Street, “Heatwave,” “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and “Stop! In the Name of Love.” Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 814-362-2522 or by visiting the BCPAC office at 10 Marilyn Horne Way between 10am and 2pm Monday through Friday, as well as through the website www.bcpac.com.

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Maggie spoke of hers and Bruce’s roots in Franklinville as well, saying that she herself is from there and the Fredrickson family was among the first settlers in Franklinville. In fact, one of Bruce’s grandfathers was a civil war veteran who “painted carriages and was invited to paint and do the fine guild work on a carriage on Delaware Avenue, and after he had spent several days doing it they said ‘we can’t pay you … we’ve lost all of our money but we can’t let the neighbors know’, and so they gave him a set of chairs in payment and we donated the chairs here.” Those chairs now are a part of the historic ambiance of the Miner’s Cabin and stand in the living area where the Fredrickson’s spoke exuberantly about their own history. Maggie and Bruce have been

married for 44 years; they retired and moved to Franklinville in 2000. For more information and directions to the Miner’s Cabin, please call Maggie Fredrickson at 716-676-2590. The Miner’s Cabin is open Sundays only from 2-5pm between Memorial Day and Labor Day by appointment only. During the Maple Festival, they will be welcoming the public with guided tours on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25 from 1-4pm and 6-8pm. Or contact the Ischua Valley Historical Society in care of the Village Hall at 716-676-3010, or write in care of the Miner’s Cabin, 9 Pine St., Franklinville, NY 14737. Also, the public is welcome to share their own family collections of photographs and old letters for permanent archival whether original copies or photocopies.

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NOTICE OF Formation of Linderman LLC: Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/08/2010. Office location: Cattaraugus County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: 416 Abbotts Road, Cuba, NY 14727. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF SUBSTANCE OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION: On March 16, 2010, JORDAN’S RESTAURANT & DOG POUND, LLC filed with the NYS Department of State its Articles of Organization. The office to be located in Cattaraugus County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent for services of process. The mailing address for the LLC is 1136 Old Rock City Road, Olean, New York 14760. The purpose of the business is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Notice of Qualification of SS REALTY, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/29/10. Office location: Cattaraugus County. LLC formed in Georgia (GA) on 04/14/08. NYS fictitious name: SS REALTY NORTHEAST, LLC. Princ. office of LLC: 132 Sheppard Ave. West, Ste. 100, N. York, Ontario, Canada M2N-1M5. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Arts. of Org. filed with GA Secy. of State, 315 West Tower, 2 MLK, Jr. Dr., Atlanta, GA 30334-1530. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of K2LZM2, LLC: Arts. of Org. were filed with the NY Secretary of State (SOS) on 03/19/2010. Office location: Cattaraugus County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without this state to which the SOS shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon is: 95 West Forest Drive, Rochester, NY 14624. The character and purpose of the business of K2LZM2, LLC is to engage in any lawful activity pursuant to New York Limited Liability Company Law.

Notice of Formation of Parris Pizza Company LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/31/09. Office location: Cattaraugus County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: James MacFarlane, 11 Boylston St., Bradford, PA 16701. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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