NYPA's Niagara Power Vista to host Family Safety Fair

The New York Power Authority will hold a family safety fair Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Niagara Power Vista, the admission-free visitors' center at NYPA's Niagara Power Project, 5777 Lewiston Road, Lewiston.

Bring your Legos and enter the "Build Up to Safety" contest. Use your imagination to construct a simple or elaborate safety-related object, like a fire truck, construction site, patrol boat or medical helicopter. An Ideal Builders Lego Club member will judge all entries, with winners announced at 3 p.m. The first-place winner will receive a 24-inch bicycle, with safety-related prizes for second and third place.

The first 350 children will receive a free anti-bullying wristband.

Representatives from the New York Masonic Safety ID Program will provide parents, guardians, seniors and college students with free safety ID packets, including a personalized compact disc with a digital photograph, fingerprints and other vital information that law enforcement can use in the search for a missing loved one.

Several law enforcement departments will be in attendance as well:

•New York State Police will operate a distracted driving simulator;

•The Lewiston Police Department and the Niagara County Sheriff's Department will conduct child car seat safety checks;

•The Niagara Falls Fire Department will discuss fire safety;

•The New York State Parks Police, Niagara Sheriff's Mounted Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Niagara University Border Community Service will also be on hand.

Visitors can enjoy more than 50 displays and interactive exhibits on electricity, energy efficiency and area history, as well as unique views from an observation deck 350 feet above the Niagara River gorge.

NYPA and the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will provide free trolley service between the Power Vista and the Niagara Gorge Discovery Center in Niagara Falls.

Admission and parking at the Power Vista is always free. For more information, call 716-286-6661 or email [email protected].