Niagara helps in Haiti
by Staff Sgt. Peter Dean
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 21, 2010
Grand Island Dispatch, January 22, 2010
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 23, 2010
In the early morning hours of Jan. 16, Master Sgt. Scott Dixon, and Master Sgt. Ronald Szpaicher, loadmasters
with the 107th Airlift Wing, secure the cargo area for take-off as they prepare to leave on a mission for Haiti.
The 107th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard, along with the 914th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserves, were tasked to send two fully crewed C-130s to aid in the humanitarian efforts in Haiti.
In the early morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 16, Fuzzy 90 and Bison 91 departed Niagara Falls en route to Pope AFB, N.C., where humanitarian aid and cargo were to be transferred onto the aircrafts. Upon completion, the crews were then to continue to their next destination, the devastated Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti.
“We’re going down to help people in dire need right now,” said Master Sgt. Ronald Szpaicher 107th Airlift Wing, C-130 crew chief. “We’re trying to give the people some kind of comfort and relief.”
The five-day mission was slated to have the C-130s shuttle back and forth from Port-au-Prince to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., where the C-130s would be resupplied. This on-going mission not only supplied the inhabitants of Haiti, but also the thousands of rescue workers on scene.
With Haiti still in chaos, the mission has been extended with the first crew coming back from Pope AFB on Thursday, and swapping out with a fresh crew, of 16.
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Haiti relief events planned
Grand Island Dispatch, January 22, 2010
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti has only strengthened the resolve of Islanders to continue their long-standing support of the island nation.
Several groups have plans in the works to assist, both spiritually and monetarily, the recent relief efforts.
•On Sunday, Jan. 24, Trinity United Methodist Church will devote special emphasis of prayer and sharing for the people of Haiti during each of the three morning worship services.
Two officials of the United Methodist Committee on Relief who were in Haiti perished in the collapse of one of the buildings. Prayers will be offered for their families, friends and co-workers. A special offering will be collected to support the relief efforts through the United Methodist Church.
Additionally, those who have been in ministry in Haiti, including Trinity Pastor Jeff Childs, will share their personal reflections on Haiti and encourage others who might feel God’s call to go on future mission trips.
Worship services are at 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church is located at 2100 Whitehaven Road.
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Village of Lewiston, restaurateurs,
working to add parking spaces
by Joshua Maloni
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 23, 2010
Mayor Bill Geiben shows off some potential parking spaces behind Coppins.
More than 55 new parking spaces may soon be available off Center Street in the Village of Lewiston.
Negotiations are ongoing between the municipality and Amendola Property Management for between 16 and 20 spaces behind Coppins Service Center. A second deal involves the village, a group of restaurants, and Richard Hastings to free up the 40-45 spots in the fenced-off Frontier House lot.
Though residents, visitors and storeowners have complained about a lack of available parking on and directly off Center Street in the summer months, it’s the cold weather that prompted action by the village.
“Snow removal is an issue, and from time to time you lose some spots,” Mayor Bill Geiben said. “This opens up some more spaces, taking pressure off the lots (we) already have.”
The village approached Amendola last year seeking a one-time use for the vacant land, which is also adjacent to First Niagara Bank and across from St. Peter’s Church.
The area is accessible through the bank parking lot, and from North Sixth Street. Before its opening, Geiben said the ground would be shaved and covered with soil bearings.
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Opportunities for Evelyn
by Susan Mikula Campbell
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 21, 2010
Evelyn marks a special birthday. (photos by Sue Campbell)
For her birthday party last week, Evelyn Lutter was all decked out with beads, earrings, lavender nail polish and a glittery tiara on her freshly permed, white hair.
“I’m good for 90 years old,” said Lutter as she started on her second piece of birthday cake – yellow cake, her favorite.
Joining the celebration Friday at the Opportunities Unlimited day services building on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Wheatfield were former and current staff members and friends from both this and other programs for the developmentally disabled in which Lutter participates.
She’s a special lady. The oldest of 12 residents in the Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara community residence in Wheatfield she now calls home, Lutter also is one of two individuals with developmental disabilities aged 90 or above in Niagara County and one of 16 in the seven counties of Western New York, according to Roxane Albond-Buchner, OUN manager of communications.
Lutter grew up in New Jersey and moved to Niagara County as an adult. After her parents’ deaths, she lived with her uncle and then a neighbor in Medina, before coming to Opportunities Unlimited in 2004.
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No agreement on gun club rezoning
Grand Island Dispatch, January 22, 2010
Grand Island Town Attorney Peter Godfrey briefs residents on both sides of a rezoning
request by the Sheridan Transit Rod and Gun Club during an impromptu get-together
after Monday’s Grand Island Town Board meeting. (photo by Larry Austin)
Despite encouragement by Grand Island town government for a compromise between opponents and supporters of a rezoning request by the Sheridan Transit Rod and Gun Club, no resolution of the matter satisfactory to both sides is on the horizon.
The club has tabled its request to rezone property at 551 Ransom Road from R1D (residential) to CR (commercial recreation), which would allow members to improve its facilities. The club has sought a negotiated solution to the matter with Ransom Road neighbors opposed to the plan, but Marty Remmes, president of the club, said a meeting between the club and opponents last Friday went poorly. An impromptu discussion at the request of the Town Board and mediated by Town Attorney Peter Godfrey also ended without a resolution.
The gun club’s existence predates town zoning laws, and as such is an entirely legal non-conforming use in a residential neighborhood. Under the law, the club cannot expand or improve a non-conforming use, Godfrey said, in the manner in which it would like, but the town also can’t tell the club members how to use their property.
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10-vehicle accident snarls Island traffic
Grand Island Dispatch, January 22, 2010
New York State Police are investigating multiple accidents on the Grand Island Bridge that occurred Jan. 20.
According to the NYSP, at 7:13 a.m., the New York State Thruway Statewide Operations Center was advised of a 10-vehicle accident blocking the lanes on the I-190, southbound at the South Grand Island Bridge. Investigation into the accident revealed that there was a seven-car chain reaction accident with no personal injury, followed immediately by a three-car accident, also with no personal injury.
A State Police investigator assigned to the Seneca Niagara Casino was involved in the three-vehicle property damage accident. While directing traffic at the scene, the investigator sustained a medical illness, and was subsequently transported to Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital for treatment. The investigator’s name is not being released.
The left lane on the bridge was blocked for approximately 40 minutes while emergency crews were on scene and a damaged vehicle was removed.
Ski for free
by Susan Mikula Campbell
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 21, 2010
Shown are Cambria residents Roger and Cheryl Taylor, who attended the Town
of Niagara’s first special ski for free event last January. (photo by Sue Campbell)
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” is the song being sung at Town of Niagara Town Hall this week as preparations are under way for the second annual ski for free event on Sunday, Jan. 24.
The town opened a cross country ski trail last winter in Veterans Park at 7000 Lockport Road (across from Town Hall). Use of the groomed trail is free for all cross country ski enthusiasts who have their own equipment, whenever there’s snow.
However, this Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the town has teamed up with the Snowflake Ski Shop of Lockport for the second year in a row to offer free use of cross country skis and equipment demonstrations, plus hot chocolate and coffee and a chance to warm up by fireplace in the Calvin Richards Senior Center.
“We’re going to try to make it an annual event where one day a year we introduce people to cross country skiing. It’s a great winter sport, and we have beautiful groomed trails at our park,” said Deputy Supervisor Robert Herman, himself a cross country skier. “We are going to allow people to try skis out free of charge so they can see if they want to get more involved in it.”
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Boulevard construction due by 2011
by Susan Mikula Campbell
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 21, 2010
The existing Niagara Falls Boulevard bridge looking north.
The state Department of Transportation is getting ready to start work on the reconstruction of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Wheatfield, with the reconstruction of the bridge over Bergholz Creek.
The bridge project, called a pre-project, is expected to start in 2011 and be completed by the end of 2012. The entire project, intended to widen and make the boulevard safer, is not expected to be completed until 2018, possibly later.
On Jan. 13, the DOT held a public information meeting at the Wheatfield Community Center on the bridge phase of the project. About 20 people attended.
Bergholz Creek goes under the boulevard at the northwest end of the project near Stoelting Machine. The new single span bridge will carry five lanes, instead of four, adding a turning lane in the middle. The $5 million reconstruction of the bridge will include a curb offset and new sidewalk on the southbound side of the road, according to Craig Mozrall, DOT assistant regional design engineer, who gave a presentation on the project at last week’s meeting.
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Village of Lewiston
Sutherland takes Marra’s spot as trustee
Village inflow at a 10-year-plus low
by Joshua Maloni
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 23, 2010
Bruce Sutherland, center, is sworn-in by Village of Lewiston Mayor Bill Geiben.
Sutherland’s
wife, Jackie, held the Bible for her husband. (photo by Joshua Maloni)
Bruce Sutherland was appointed trustee in the Village of Lewiston on Monday. He replaces Mike Marra, who resigned the position at the end of 2009.
The Village Board unanimously approved a motion by Trustee Vic Eydt to add Sutherland to its ranks.
“He’s very knowledgeable about what’s going on in the village,” Mayor Bill Geiben said, noting Sutherland’s learning curve would be less than the average resident.
That’s because Sutherland served on the village’s Historic Preservation and Planning Board from August 2006 until Monday, when he vacated that position to assume his duties as trustee. Sutherland is the second Planning Board member to recently make the jump to the Village Board. Eydt served as chairman until he replaced Geiben in November 2009.
“I would like to thank the board and the mayor for their confidence in me,” Sutherland said. “I hope to be able to uphold that and make you proud.”
He said the village is on a positive course, and told trustees, “I am happy to join you guys.”
Sutherland is also a member of the Historical Association of Lewiston’s board of trustees, and the Lewiston-Porter High School Alumni Association board of directors.
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AARP’s free Tax Aide program enters its 42nd year
by Terry Duffy
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 23, 2010
The tax season is under way. And with that AARP announces the return of its popular Tax Aide program to serve the preparation needs of area residents.
Local organizer, Lewiston resident Keith Fox of the AARP Tax Aide NY4 state management team, reports that AARP’s Tax Aide is the largest free, 100 percent volunteer tax preparation program offered in the U.S. In coming days AARP tax preparers will be available to assist taxpayers at locations in Niagara County, including in Lewiston.
The program has grown tremendously since it started in 1968 with four volunteers, reports AARP. Approximately 34,600 AARP Tax-Aide volunteers, trained in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service, now help more than 2.6 million taxpayers file their federal, state, and local tax returns each year. The AARP Tax-Aide program is offered at approximately 6,500 locations nationwide.
It is available to taxpayers with low- and moderate-incomes; special attention is given to those age 60 and older. And the program utilizes the expertise of professionals who assist filers with their tax preparations at no charge. “We are all 100 percent volunteers that come from various walks of life,” says Fox. “Most are retired professional people. They have been successful in their business careers, and rather than needing to work for a little extra money, are able to give back to the community. These people include bankers, CPAs, engineers, yes even rocket scientists and financial planners.”
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Retired, but not gone
by Emily Dulanski
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 23, 2010
The image that normally comes to mind when we consider someone’s retirement is a lawn chair on a beautiful beach with a martini in hand. For some, however, the ideal retirement setting may not be an island getaway. Niagara Falls Police Department’s Detective Capt. Ernest Palmer, for instance, will be just as busy in retirement as when he worked.
“I’m not going anywhere,” said Palmer. “I have two years left in my term on the Lewiston Town Board, I have a couple of businesses in the area, and I’ve been contracted by the federal government to do a couple of investigations.”
Palmer has had a well-rounded 28-year career in the police department as well as in the community. Among the positions he has held are chief of police of Niagara Falls, chief executive, chief of police of the Youngstown Police Department (which he says was a “side job”), and a member of the Lewiston Town Board.
“I was able to work just about every position in the police department,” said Palmer. “I was especially proud of the fact that while I was police chief (in Niagara Falls), I was able to bring back a model instituted in New York City… and reduced crime by about 32 percent in one year.”
“He started (a movement to) hold captains and supervisors accountable for the crime in their area and (increased) communication with other agencies,” said Lewiston Village Trustee Ron Winkley, former Lewiston Police chief and a colleague of Palmer’s. “He kind of modernized the police department.”
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Lew-Port students to present in Japan
by Janet Schultz
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 23, 2010
Brandon Doring (left) and Theodore Wishowski will offer a presentation on the
Niagara
River at the International Water Forum in Japan. (photo by Janet Schultz)
Next month, Brandon Doring and Theodore Wishowski will share the story of the Niagara Power Project with more than 1,000 students from around the world. Doring and Wishowski will be traveling to Shiga Prefecture, Japan, in February to attend the International Water Forum. They shared their presentation with members of the Lewiston-Porter Board of Education Tuesday evening.
Doring and Wishowski have prepared a 15-minute presentation on the history, the workings and the benefits of one of the world’s major power sources – the Niagara River. Following the presentation, they will meet forum attendees in a poster session and discuss the past, present and future of the energy source.
The Lew-Port School Board also took part in an interactive demonstration of the district’s Data Driven Curriculum process. Using the technology, the board and visitors at Tuesday’s session took a fifth grade social studies test of five questions. Their answers were logged in by remote control, recorded and then the answers were analyzed. As in the classroom, teachers receive instant feedback on who answered the questions correctly or incorrectly. Teachers can then compare Lew-Port students with those at Niagara-Orleans BOCES and in WNY school districts to see where Lew-Port ranks.
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Family of late Dr. Lawrence Jacobs gives
$1 million
gift To Niagara University
Jacobs Family Gift dedicated to new center for integrated science
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 23, 2010
Niagara University announced this week that it has received a $1 million gift from the family of the late Dr. Lawrence D. Jacobs, a member of the university’s class of 1961. The gift will be applied toward the construction of the university’s new science facility.
“Niagara was a very special place for Larry,” said his wife, Pamela R. Jacobs-Vogt. “It was where he discovered his dream of a career in medicine, and he thoroughly enjoyed being a student there. This gift is an endorsement of the vision that the university is pursuing related to a world-class science and research center.”
The Jacobs family’s gift will bring Niagara University closer to the construction of the B. Thomas Golisano Center for Integrated Sciences, a $33 million facility that will provide teaching laboratories and space to support cutting-edge integrated research collaborations among faculty and students in biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics, and prepare students for leadership in the medical profession.
“We are grateful to the members of Dr. Larry Jacobs’ family for their generous support of our science program,” said the Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M., president of Niagara University. “In assisting Niagara to build our science center, this gift will enhance the educational experiences of countless students and enable them to follow the example of Dr. Jacobs by pursuing careers that improve the lives of others.”
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Quiet board meeting in Town of Niagara
by Susan Mikula Campbell
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 21, 2010
The Town of Niagara Town Board kept it simple at its regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 19, quickly polishing off an agenda of routine items.
The only person in the audience was the Tribune reporter.
Led by Deputy Supervisor Robert Herman, the board:
•Approved the $31,405 purchase of a LiveScan fingerprint-scanning unit for the police department, using a state Division of Criminal Justice Services grant.
•Approved a $6,232 purchase order for liquid sodium and calcium chloride, and a $40,907 purchase order for road salt. Both purchases are used for keeping roads clear and safe in winter weather.
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Operation Whiter-Brighter goes for four in a row
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 21, 2010
Another flip of the calendar will again equate to whiter smiles for patients of Dr. Stuart Weinstein and brighter outlooks for families associated with the Niagara Falls Air Base.
For the fourth straight year, Weinstein, who recently opened a new home for his Advanced Dental Center at 9501 Niagara Falls Blvd., will be donating the proceeds from any professional teeth whitening – including labor – conducted during the month of January to the base’s Family Support Services. Dubbed “Operation Whiter-Brighter,” the program contributed nearly $5,500 to the group last year. Money was used to provide financial and emotional aid to families who have a member overseas.
“I’ve always felt that it is a business’ responsibility to give back to its community whenever it is feasible,” said Weinstein, who has seen several of his patients’ and employees’ families affected when relatives were called into active duty. “People have been very supportive of the program, often coming in for the first time to try out a teeth whitening because they know that it benefits a good cause.”
Each whitening session is $100, with all proceeds directly benefiting the 914th United States Air Force Reserve Base, and is not restricted to current patients of Advanced Dental.
GIHS brings home Tech Wars championship
Story and photos by Larry Austin
Grand Island Dispatch, January 15, 2010
Grand Island High School students celebrate in the Niagara County Community
College gymnasium after taking first place in the annual Tech Wars competition.
Grand Island High School’s competitive excellence is not limited to the athletic fields.
Wednesday at Niagara County Community College, Grand Island took first place overall in the 13th annual Tech Wars competition for students of technology. A contingent of 83 students from GIHS and Connor Middle School topped 20 schools for the championship in events that tested their know-how in engineering, technology and architecture.
Competitions included events in robot sumo wrestling, hockey bots, bridge building, and computer-aided design. GIHS technology teacher Carl Koppmann noted the school’s students finished second last year in their first visit to Tech Wars.
“It feels good to have the kids come here and try their designs against other schools. It really helps validate what they do in the classroom,” Koppmann said.
Mark Voisinet, associate professor in the technology division at Niagara County Community College, helped run the 13th edition of Tech Wars, which were conceived by Bill Neidlinger, a Newfane teacher. Tech Wars was a virtual Olympiad of events taking place in two NCCC gymnasiums with hundreds of competing students from school across Western New York.
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Informal CWM session draws few visitors
by Terry Duffy
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 16, 2010
CWM Technical rep Jill Banaszak explains company operations to Lewiston resident John Weare.
There were more company representatives than attendees at CWM’s informal session Thursday night in Porter. But that’s not to infer the session didn’t have any value.
CWM Chemical Services is in the process toward submitting an application to the state Department of Environmental Conservation for renewal of its 6NYCRR Part 373 Permit to continue its existing operations. It held a very informal information session in Porter Town Hall. The purpose, en route to CWM’s filling the Part 373 renewal to DEC for its permit that expires Aug. 5, was to explain some modifications previously submitted for approval to DEC. Also it served to gauge any questions and comments from the public that could be considered in the company’s submissions to DEC.
Problem was, hardly anyone bothered to show up. However, information was there to be had.
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Slaughter calls for release of funds for heating costs
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 14, 2010
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, NY-28, Tuesday said that contingency funds available for high heating costs need to be released to help struggling families pay for the rising cost of heating their homes.
“Western New Yorkers are struggling to pay their heating bills and funds exist that can help but aren’t being spent – that’s extraordinary to me,” said Slaughter. “Last year we passed a bill that allows $590 million to be used for just such a situation. This federal money should be made available, today.”
Last week, Slaughter wrote a letter to President Barack Obama asking that $590 million in contingency funding made available through the Consolidated Appropriations Act be released immediately.
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association has said they expect a 20 percent increase in applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) this year. The Erie County Department of Social Services has already reported such an increase
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N-W considering adult education program
by Susan Mikula Campbell
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 14, 2010
The Niagara-Wheatfield School District is considering adding an adult education program this year, something the district hasn’t offered for at least a decade or two.
“We want to provide classes for community members that are social, recreational or academic,” said Superintendent Carl Militello. “This is a good way to utilize our buildings on a full-time basis.”
Militello said the district is trying to get a short, eight-week adult education calendar together for classes that would begin after the winter break in mid-February.
The district has sent out a call for instructors willing to teach classes such as ballroom dancing, calligraphy, painting, crafts, quilting, woodworking or any other subjects of general interest. Those interested in teaching are being asked to send a resume and cover letter by Jan. 29 to bwendt@nwcsd.org or bladuca@nwcsd.org.
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Grand Island kicks off Relay For Life 2010
Grand Island Dispatch, January 15, 2010
Relay For Life Co-chair Mary Dunbar-Daluisio speaks during Tuesday’s kickoff
event in the Grand Island High School auditorium. (photo by Larry Austin)
Grand Island’s 2010 Relay For Life campaign for the American Cancer Society began this week by looking forward with a kickoff rally and a look back at successes in 2009.
The 2009 Grand Island Relay had 78 teams, with more than 100 cancer survivors and 735 team participants. The 2009 total of funds raised, $142,445, was the second highest in the history of the Grand Island event and pushed the grand total since 2003 near the $700,000 mark.
At the rally, held in the Grand Island High School auditorium, Jane Dent of the American Cancer Society noted other Grand Island Relay achievements:
•Through the leadership of Nancy Webb, Grand Island had 200 participants register for the ACS’s third Cancer Prevention Study.
•GI had the highest number of Relay All Stars on all the WNY relays. All Star is a participant who raises $2,500.
Relay All Stars included: Amanda Jordan – $5,900; Robert Duggan – $4,100; Robert Cooke – $3,500; Dan McBride – $3,000; Ben Tomkins – $2,500; Emily Sommer – $2,500; Mary Dunbar Daluisio – $2,500; and Donna Tomkins – $2,500.
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Celebrating Twelfth Night at Old Fort Niagara
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 16, 2010
Old Fort Niagara’s annual Twelfth Night Ball was held Saturday, Jan. 9, in the Officer’s Club at the fort. Patrons spent the evening partaking in 18th century dancing to live music in the ballroom, or relaxing with games, refreshments, music and friendship in the tavern. (photos by Wayne Peters)
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Town of Porter organizes for 2010
by Terry Duffy
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 16, 2010
The Town of Porter, with new member Joe Fleckenstein on board but minus Councilman Tom Baia who was absent, got 2010 under way in routine fashion at its Monday, Jan. 4, organizational hearing. Following Supervisor Mert Wiepert’s congratulatory remarks to re-elected and newly elected town officials, the nuts and bolts of the yearly naming of appointments, salary setting, designating, and the like were to follow – some with interesting comments.
Town Board actions included:
•Michael Dowd reappointed as town attorney at $20,000 annually and as town prosecutor at $8,000; and CRA Infrastructure and Engineering Inc. approved to cover the town’s engineering areas at $7,200 for the year.
•Setting salaries for the year, with funding budgeted from General Fund A. Included were: Supervisor Weipert, $28,535; Town Board members Baia, Fleckenstein, Jeff Baker and Larry White, $7,165 apiece; town justices David Truesdale and Walter Holmes, $15,769 each; Confidential Secretary to the Supervisor, Norm Ault, $38,399; Deputy Supervisor Baia, $515; Tax Collector Sally Hogan, $5,151; Budget Officer Wiepert, $1,403; Acting Assessor Barbara Oaks, $30.30 per hour; Town Clerk Gail Zachary, $35,675; Highway Superintendent Scott Hillman, $33,354; and Town Historian Sue Dietz, $2,148.
•Salaries approved from General Fund B. Included were: Building Inspector Roy Rogers, $16,867; Zachary, registrar of vital statistics, $5,779; Youth Program Director Kathryn Zasucha, $8,727; school crossing guard Rosanne Moje, $11.62 per hour; Zoning Board Chair Bill Tower and Planning Board Chair George Spira, $2,000 each plus expenses.
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Get the shot
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 14, 2010
Niagara Falls Memorial Center and Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA both have scheduled flu shot clinics this month.
•Fashion Outlets’ H1N1 Clinic, sponsored by Passport Health of WNY, will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, in the mall’s center court, 1900 Military Road.
Vaccine administration fee is $20, cash only; there is no insurance participation.
For ages 3 and up, injection only is offered. No mist or preservative-free vaccine is available. Canadians are welcome, but only U.S. funds will be accepted for payment. Call 204-0777 for more information
•Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will conduct an H1N1 flu shot clinic for children and adults from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at 621 10th St., Niagara Falls.
The clinic will dispense both H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccine by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, call 278-4413.
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Quilters officers sewn up
Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, January 14, 2010
The Twin City Quilters Guild installed new officers recently. Pictured in front of the fireplace at the Wheatfield Senior Center, where meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month, are: Carol Carney, outgoing president; Donna Mileham, incoming president; Cheryl Shoemaker, corresponding secretary and sunshine chairman; Joan Rockenbrock, vice president and program chairman; Linda Berwaldt, treasurer; Terri Bloom, outgoing secretary; and Sandy Woolson-VanDette, incoming recording secretary. Carney, Shoemaker and Woolson-VanDette are Wheatfield residents.
Lewiston Town Board session short but active
by Terry Duffy
Lewiston Porter Sentinel, January 16, 2010
Lewiston Town Board sessions are much shorter in duration thus far under new Supervisor Steve Reiter. Yet they do remain active in terms of issues addressed.
Reiter and board members briefly touched on a number of items at their roughly 20-minute session Monday at Town Hall. Appointments were finalized and Reiter set goals for the coming year – all done without fanfare and with virtually no one attending. And, sessions also are no longer carried on cable provider LCTV as the town opted not to go the TV coverage route for 2010.
Newsmakers included:
•Newly appointed consulting town attorney Mike Dowd reported that Modern Corp. is being patient with the town thus far with regards to its earlier filed lawsuit (Sentinel, Jan. 9). “I haven’t yet had a chance to review the complaint,” he told the board, “but I’ve talked with Modern’s attorneys and they’re willing to work with us.”
Dowd said the injunction requires the town respond, and indicated he is currently seeking adjournment in U.S. District Court in order to better review the matter. The lawsuit is also being reviewed by members of the town’s Modern Community Advisory Committee, who were provided the material by the former supervisor, Fred Newlin.
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