FEBRUARY 2019
FIND YOUR NEXT HOME IN OUR REALTY LISTINGS
VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 11
ANTIQUES
RESTAURANTS
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TIPS
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Prepare for Stormy Weather
Fire Prevention
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What’s inside... 3
5 ways to create an inviting room using tile
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Antiques: How long does it take for memories to fade away?
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6 ways to make bathrooms a safer place
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Time to replace old wiring?
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3 ways to prepare for stormy weather
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February 2019 Volume 3 • Issue 11
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When it can be smart to hire a painting pro
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6 ways to make bathrooms a safer place
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Building a new home? Protect yourself against today’s faster, scarier fires
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5 ways to create an inviting room using tile (BPT) – Today’s tile trends extend so far beyond their traditional use as a staple of bathroom design that you may not recognize them. While once the most attractive and innovative tiles had to be imported, contemporary handcrafted tile and stone products for home design are now being made right here in the United States. Homeowners and interior designers alike are always seeking distinctive visual touches to make each home special. Here are five ways tile design can enhance a room. Elevate small spaces. Use tiles interchangeably to create a unique design. The Ann Sacks Radius Collection by designer Barbara Barry has five distinct modular designs that can be used independently, or combined to create patterns to delight the eye. Creative use of a variety of tile shapes like these can easily elevate small spaces such as baseboards, fireplace surrounds or backsplash areas in a kitchen. Make a color statement. Whether you choose a single color or mix colors to create a pattern, the choices can overwhelm. “I enjoy the soft juxtaposition of watery blue tones, soft green tones and the neutral colors of gravel,” explained Barry. While Barry
is known for her love of soft colors, you may choose colors that best complement elements already in the room. If you’re not working with a designer, consider traditional complementary color pairs when making decor choices, such as red-green, blue-orange or yellow-purple. Create a calm mood. The latest trends in interior design reflect the desire for homes to be sanctuaries. Inspired by the clean lines, appropriate scale and exacting proportion prevalent in Midcentury Modern architectural design, Barry describes her collection as “soft modern, defined by a curved edge for a sensual feel.” Barry adds, “In this busy world, I want to come home to calm rooms and quiet spaces.” Choosing colors, lines, shapes and scale with simplicity in mind can help contribute to a feeling of calm. Personalize your space. Find what appeals to you, and work with a designer or manufacturer who can meet your requests. In her collection, Barry provides tools for consumers or designers to customize patterns. Designed to spark the imagination, five distinct patterns in varying scales punctuate interiors with personality. Smaller manufacturers can personalize your project with their flexibility,
customizing color choices and resurrecting a retired pattern or color, or even by recreating tiles present in a home refurbishing or renovating project. Make your space your own. Create visual interest. Choose different textures through materials like wood, glass or tile to break up an otherwise ordinary surface in a room. Radius is available in all Made by Ann Sacks matte and gloss colorways, which can be installed as a singular color statement or mixed to evoke a unique, personalized design, whether to create a captivating statement-making wall or to cover an entire floor. The choice of tile adds a textural element to a room that can’t be duplicated by any other material. Ann Sacks fell in love with tile while on a family vacation to Mexico when she was 13, and later used that
passion to create a business inspired by those Mexican tiles. She hired gifted artisans to grow her business into a true American success story. Ann Sacks, founded in 1981 in Portland, Oregon, draws talented craftspeople to create inspiring designs in tile, stone, plumbing, lighting and accessories. These creations are traditional in terms of craft, but aligned with contemporary design trends. Today, the company includes the work of 15 designers. Whether you choose to use tile in a more traditional way in your bath or kitchen, or to elevate another space inside a home with a more innovative style, use a customized design and select colors to create a unique environment anyone would want to call home.
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ANTIQUES
RINKER ON COLLECTIBLES -- Column #1670 — Copyright © Harry L. Rinker, LLC 2018
How long does it take for memories to fade away? I am spending more and more time in graveyards. The first reason is genealogical research. I am determined to locate as many of the graves of Linda’s and my immediate ancestors as possible, photograph them, and pass the information down to our children and cousins. I know few will care. I care; more than ample motivation to do it. A second reason is to participate in a final farewell to family members, colleagues, and friends. Previously, I wore my black suit to baptisms and weddings. Today, I wear it to funerals, the number of times increasing each year the older I become. As I walk through each cemetery and read the names on the tombstones, I am struck by the fact that most individuals buried there no longer exist in the memories of the living. Their only earthly tie is their name on a monument or plaque in the ground. In some cases, all traces of their burial is lost. No family member bothered to place a tombstone on the grave of my great grandfather Rinker. I know the cemetery in which he is buried, the plot plan for which was lost or misplaced decades ago. When a local library bought the cemetery adjacent to it for expansion purposes, another relative, one of my Revolutionary War ancestors, was disinterred and moved. Where remains a mystery.
More than half the names on my family genealogy chart are just names. I know nothing about them. Most did not probate a will. Prior to 1860, newspaper obituaries contained only a minimum of detail. None were the subjects of books. Their memories have faded to the point of being lost. Memories play a critical role in the antiques and collectibles field. Collecting and memory are integrally connected. Memories of objects, just like those of individuals, fade away. People collect what they remember. Childhood, personal, and family memories play the largest role. I collected Hopalong Cassidy memorabilia because he was my childhood hero. I did not collect William S. Hart memorabilia. He was my Dad’s hero. My Hoppy memories will never fade. When I disposed of the bulk of my Hopalong Cassidy collection, I discovered, to the detriment of my pocketbook, how much his memory faded with those under 60. Memories do not necessarily have to be family related. Contact with a collector, especially one who educates and shares the enthusiasm associated with the objects he/she collects, often arouses an interest in another to collect the same material. A desire to capture the memories of a historic time period or event is an incentive to collect. It is
common to find the time period or event occurred before the collector’s birth. There still are individuals who understand how easy it is to be part of the past by touching and being associated with objects from it. Academic historians and others argue that because of their work, memories will last. I do not believe it. Books, images, and objects are not enough. Recently, I watched a documentary on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) about the lost films of the silent film era. Some were made as recently as a century ago. There are books written about these films. Who reads the books, what libraries shelve them, and how long will they actually exist? When “who cares” is measured in smaller and smaller numbers, even hard copy material fades away. When I first became a collector rather than a saver in the early 1960s, the assumption was that once a group of objects was collected, the objects from that group would be collected forever. Time has proven this assumption false. This is especially true the more specialized a collecting category is. Few remember when Geisha Girl china was a hot collecting category. Hoppy, Gene, and Roy have ridden off into the sunset and so has interest in their memorabilia among younger generations. It is no one’s fault. It is simply fact.
Several decades ago, I argued in a column that Elvis memorabilia had peaked and its value was in decline. A number of “Rinker on Collectibles” readers disagreed I doubt if they would be so adamant in 2019. There is a general assumption that certain iconic things, especially movies such as “Casablanca,” movie personalities, for example Marilyn Monroe, or music groups, especially the Beatles, will stand the test of time. Lately, I have begun to question this. How long a period is the test of time? Eternity is pushing the limit. Three generations or a century is too short a period. If the test of time is measured in centuries, few objects will meet the test of time criteria. On January 10, 2019, Kevin Berger, features editor for “Nautilus,” posted an internet article entitled “How We’ll Forget John Lennon: Our culture has two types of forgetting.” See the URL: http:// nautil.us/issue/68/context/how-wellforget-john-lennon. “ [Author’s Aside: The antiques and collectibles field does not exist in isolation. Principles and research from other fields can help increase understanding of how the antiques and collectibles field functions. When I find this type of information, I share it.] Berger reported that a student ...continued on next page
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ANTIQUES walked into the office of Cesar A. Hidalgo, at the MIT Media Lab. John Lennon’s “Imagine” was playing in the background. When Hidalgo asked the student if the student recognized the song, the reply was “Is it Coldplay?” Berger noted: “What struck Hidalgo, though, was the incident echoed a question that had long intrigued him, which was how music and movies and all other things that once shone in popular culture faded like evening from public memory.” Recently, Hidalgo and a group of colleagues published an article in “Nature Human Behavior” that explored “how people and products drift out of the cultural picture. They traced the fade-out of songs, movies, sports, stars, patents, and scientific publications.” [Candia, Cristin, and C. Jara-Figueroa, Carlos Rodriques-Sickert, Albert Laszlo Barabasi & Cesar Hiladgo. “The universal decay of collective memory and attention” in “Nature Human Behavior,” Volume 3, pages 81-92 (2019. See the URL: www.nature. com/articles/s41562-018-04745?WT.feed_name=subjects_physicalsciences.)] The group identified two types
of memory: oral communication (communicative memory) and the physical records of information (cultural memory). Collecting would fall into the cultural memory classification. Oral communication was found to have a life span of five to 30 years. A period of written and online records [objects in terms of a collecting perspective] follows. The decline of this information is much slower. I was pleased when I saw that Hidalgo used the same example of Elvis memorabilia as I did. “What happened is the people who collected Elvis memorabilia started to die. Their families were stuck with all of this Elvis stuff and trying to sell it. But all of the people who were buyers were also dying.” Hidalgo and his colleague found that the decay of cultural memory was not smooth. The first decline starts with a short, intense attention period and decreases very rapidly. The second decline takes longer. This latter applies to most object groups, at least those prior to 2000. Hidalgo and his colleagues argue that the rapid expansion in the digital age has a negative impact on the decline of both communicative and cultural memories. The result is
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an information glut making it impossible to create long-term cultural bonds that hold groups and generations together. The abstract to the “Nature Human Behavior” article notes: “We show that, once we isolate the temporal dimensions of the decay, the attention received by cultural products decays following a universal biexponential function.” As a former mathematician (at least for 18 months as an undergraduate at Lehigh University in the early 1960s), I understand science’s need to explain everything with an equation. As an independent thinking individual, I resent and will never stop resisting being quantified. Before dismissing the above, Hidalgo and his colleagues’ conclusions do apply to the antiques and collectibles field. The longer one is in the field, the more one understands, respects, and expects the fading of collecting categories. The first edition of “Warman’s Antiques and Their Prices” was published in 1948. Buy any of the first ten editions and compare the category listings within it to the objects found in today’s antiques and collectibles flea markets, antiques malls, shops, and shows.
The differences are startling. Will there be a time when I will no longer be remembered? You bet. The good news is that I will not be around to witness it. Harry L. Rinker welcomes questions from readers about collectibles, those mass-produced items from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Selected letters will be answered in this column. Harry cannot provide personal answers. Photos and other material submitted cannot be returned. Send your questions to: Rinker on Collectibles, 5955 Mill Point Court SE, Kentwood, MI 49512. You also can e-mail your questions to harrylrinker@aol.com. Only e-mails containing a full name and mailing address will be considered. You can listen and participate in WHATCHA GOT?, Harry’s antiques and collectibles radio call-in show, on Sunday mornings between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM Eastern Time. If you cannot find it on a station in your area, WHATCHA GOT? streams live on the Internet at www.gcnlive. com.
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6 ways to make bathrooms a safer place (BPT) – A bathroom renovation is a highly desired home improvement, but many homeowners put off making updates due to the perceived cost. Fortunately, you don’t need a complete remodel to get the bathroom of your dreams - nor do you need to break the bank. These six ideas for updating a bathroom will help you elevate the space and add value to your home without a high price tag: 1. Lighting: There are three main types of lighting: ambient, task and accent. Ambient provides overall lighting, task helps you perform a function, and accent highlights certain features. You may not have all of these in the bathroom, but you can enhance functionality by evaluating existing lighting and updating if necessary. For example, new task lighting might help you get ready in the morning. If lighting is adequate, simply update fixtures for a fresh look. 2. Faucet: A focal point of the bathroom, the faucet is often overlooked as a key space for updating with impact. Replacing a faucet is one of the most affordable ways to refresh the look of the bathroom. Check out the Studio S bathroom faucet collection, which is the perfect choice if you want to add a modern touch to your bathroom without
hurting your wallet. 3. Paint: It’s amazing how color can transform a space. If you want to make a big impact without much investment, you can’t go wrong with paint. Remember to choose a paint appropriate for the bathroom environment, where it can be more humid. Mold- and mildew-resistant options are a smart choice. When considering paint and supplies, don’t forget to look up and tackle the ceiling, too. The visual impact of a freshly coated ceiling is undeniable. 4. Toilet: Is your toilet dated and constantly dirty? Consider a new affordable upgrade that makes cleaning a breeze. The VorMax Plus self-cleaning toilet from American Standard cleans and freshens the toilet bowl with every flush, offering an effortless cleaning experience. The self-cleaning technology has been independently verified to clean the bowl two times better than conventional toilets, so enjoy putting those rubber gloves away for a while because your throne will be fit for a king or queen. 5. Hardware: Subtle details in a bathroom can tie the room together, just like the perfect necktie or necklace makes an outfit. By updating the hardware and other extras that make a space functional, you’ll also be modernizing the style, which
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will instantly breathe new life into a tired space. Try replacing the knobs and handles on the vanity. Get a new shower rod and curtain. Update the towel rack to match and add some fresh linens. It doesn’t cost much but provides a change you’ll instantly appreciate. 6. Shower: Are you longing for a new shower space but think it’s too difficult or expensive to upgrade? The GROHE Retro-fit Shower System is the perfect option for replacing your old shower because it installs quickly and there’s no need to get
behind the wall. It works with your existing plumbing setup, so you can save time and money. Its simple installation process means less chaos, and you’ll get to enjoy your new shower faster. Updating your bathroom and staying on budget is possible with affordable enhancements that instantly transform a space. From budgetfriendly paint to easy-to-install shower systems, many options can breathe new life into your bathroom spaces, adding touches of style, convenience and luxury.
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Time to replace old wiring? Old homes can be charming and contain architectural elements not often seen in many modern housing developments. But what older homes may have in design appeal, they may lack in updated features. While cosmetic changes are not necessarily difficult, one area of concern in historic homes — and sometimes even in houses built 40 or 50 years ago — is archaic wiring. Wiring provides power to every room of the home. In today’s electronics-driven society, electricity that works is an essential component of daily life. Over time, wiring can be compromised through simple aging, pest infiltration, weather, or other conditions. Deteriorated wiring can present a shock hazard and also a serious fire hazard, warn the home renovation experts at The Spruce. Furthermore, the home improvement site This Old House advises that the amperage of old wiring may not be able to meet the needs of the devices used in homes — overpowering the circuits. This can cause breaker blowouts and other problems, such as overheated wires that may spark and cause fires from within the wall. Wiring often falls into the “out of sight, out of mind” category. Homeowners may make allowances for inadequate electrical systems, such as running extension cords or
using multiplug connectors to increase their wiring capacity. However, they may not be diligently keeping on top of upgrades needed to stay safe. Confirming that a home’s electrical system is safe is a necessary part of home maintenance. For those who haven’t already done so, schedule an inspection with a licensed electrician to go over the home’s wiring. He or she can determine if any areas pose a safety risk and/or do not conform to local code requirements and the National Electrical Code. Failure to meet code can lead to difficulty obtaining permits to make other home renovations, or difficulty selling a home later on. The electrician can also go over improvements that can improve safety and function. Additional outlets, including GFCI outlets in kitchens and bathrooms, may be part of the plan, as well as rewiring a fuse box or circuit panel to allow for better flow of power around the house. Frayed wiring or underinsulated wiring also may need to be replaced. Owners of old homes should recognize possible electrical system dangers that require attention. Plus, considering electrical codes change quite frequently, it is always in a homeowner’s best interest to work with a qualified electrician to keep wiring inspected and up to date.
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3 ways to prepare for stormy weather (BPT) – No matter where you live, the weather can be unpredictable any time of year. Storms can disrupt your family’s routine, but a little preparation can mean reducing the stress that unexpected weather events can cause. Preparing for storms or other weather conditions just takes a few practical, proactive steps that can save you time, money and give you peace of mind. Prep your family. Make sure everybody in the family is equipped with everyone’s phone numbers (not just on phones), in case batteries go dead or service is inaccessible. Create a practical plan for what to do if school buses are delayed or canceled, or if Mom and Dad can’t get home from work on time. Designate safe places for everyone to go or meet in the neighborhood during a weather emergency. Make sure older children who may be home alone know where to find emergency supplies such as flashlights if the power goes out before parents can get home, so they feel confident about handling any unexpected situation. Prep your car. Invest in the
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best tires, and ensure that they’re in tip-top condition to protect you and your family during icy or snowy weather. Check your tire pressure to make sure the PSI is at optimal levels recommended by your vehicle’s manufacturer, since tire pressure can decrease around 1 PSI per every 10 degrees the temperature goes down. Make sure you have a good spare tire. Keep your vehicle gassed up when temperatures are colder, to prevent gas line freezing, and make sure you’re caught up on maintenance such as oil changes, safety inspections and manufacturer recalls.
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Make room in your trunk for emergency supplies like jumper cables, a first-aid kit, blankets and a safety flare, in case you are stuck in your car for any length of time. Prep your home. Feel ready for any weather conditions by assembling an accessible emergency box, complete with flashlights and spare batteries, bottled water and nonperishable food, plus a first-aid kit. Then, be prepared for power outages due to weather events by investing in a generator. Automatic standby generators from Kohler are permanently installed outside a home, similar to
a central air conditioning unit. The generators connect to a home’s electrical system and run on natural gas or propane. When power is lost, automatic standby generators turn on within 10 seconds, even when nobody is home, and units can be remotely monitored from a smartphone or laptop. Larger generators can power everything from lights and HVAC to sump pumps and home security systems. Smaller units can power a few key circuits. For more information on generators, visit www.kohlergenerators.com. Having a generator can prevent a host of inconveniences, from food spoilage and lost communications to loss of heat and lighting. Thinking ahead before the unexpected happens saves time and money - while relieving your worries - during any kind of storm. Being prepared is worth the investment, offering you and your family peace of mind. You may not be able to control the weather, but you can absolutely control how you prepare and respond to it, no matter what the forecast.
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Property Listings MLS:
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R1138834 191 Slippery Elm Hollow Rd - Ceres 3/2.0
Address:
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R1158201 4115 lot#150 S. Nine Mile Rd - Allegany 3/2.1
R1148646 15 Fairview Ave - Portville
4/3.0
$99,900
R1163668 8 Cricks Pl - Salamanca
R1162508 10 Whitney Ave - Belmont
3/1.2
$85,000
R1140138 126 W Honeoye St - Shinglehouse 4/1.0
$69,900
R1150676 129 S 3rd St - Olean
5/3.0
$69,900
R1164874 156 Olive St - Bolivar
2/1.0
$69,900
R1171255 621 Main St - Carrollton
NEW LISTING
3/1.0
$59,900
Address:
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R1152987 1418 W Chestnut St - Portville
PRICE REDUCED
$54,900
3/1.0
$43,000
3/1.0
$39,900
4/1.0
$29,000
R1164499 3924 Nys Route 417 - Allegany
2/1.0
$24,900
R1142562 3231 Bells Run Road - Ceres
R1163970 203 S 8th St - Olean
3/1.0
$54,900
R1164260 39 School St - Otto
R1168216 120 S 12th St - Olean
3/1.1
$54,900
R1154039 58 Swan St - Salamanca
BACK ON MARKET
10 Whitney Avenue Belmont • R1162508 • $85,000
156 Olive Street Bolivar • R1164874 • $69,900
Easy living with this well maintained 3 bedroom brick ranch home on landscaped corner lot. Wood-burning NEW LISTING fireplace in the living room and also one in the basement. Multi-zone baseboard heat allows you to keep comfortable no matter where you are in the house. Main floor laundry and just a few steps from the attached garage into the house makes life easier for all.
Check out this FULLY remodeled two bedroom home with an open floor plan NEW LISTING on a large lot in the village. Enjoy the view of the backyard from the concrete covered porch or sit and enjoy the warm summer sun on the covered front porch.
621 Main Street Carrollton • R1138542 • $59,900 1384 square foot 3-4 bedroom home. Full bathroom, laundry and master bedroom with PRICE DECREASE walk-in closet on the first floor. Additional space with optional bedroom/office and walk-in pantry. Enclosed front and back porch for plenty of storage. Large yard with about 3/4 acres of land.
191 Slippery Elm Hollow Road Ceres • R1138834 • $139,900 This property is in a great location with all the room to do what you want to. The home is situated on the NEW LISTING side of a long hill over looking a long valley. Plenty of space for the children and horses, cows or alpacas. Plus a large garage/barn with two ponds. It comes with OGM and Timber rights. The taxes reflect Clean & Green Status on Acres.
120 South 12th Street Olean • R1168216 • $54,900
203 South 8th Street Olean • R1163970 • $54,900
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R1164945 1015 Griffin St - Olean
BACK ON MARKET
3/2.0
$19,900
3/1.0
$13,900
3/2.0
$9,900
129 South 3rd Street #3 Olean • R1150921 • $69,900
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R1168695
71 S Main St - Portville
$179,900
R1153161
8564 California Hollow Rd - Bolivar
$10,000
R1165542
7161 Richburg Hill Rd - Wirt
$79,000
R1156685
228 N 7th St - Olean
$3,500
B489920
190 Grossman Ave - Olean
$49,900
R1109222
0 State Route 417 - Bolivar
$45,000
R1170707
71 S Main St - Portville
R1168323
1672 Co Road 5 - Genesee
$19,900
R1150921
129 S 3rd St Unit #3 - Olean
$69,900
R1133061
0 Little Loop Rd - Portville
$16,500
R1165273
110 N 10th St - Olean
$59,900
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$179,900 This is a well maintained multi family home with numerous upgrades. Owner resides on the 1st floor.
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A well maintained 2 story city home in a move-in condition on a quiet city street. 15 Fairview Avenue Portville • R1148646 • $99,900 Four bedrooms (one can be used as an office) and three full bathrooms. The PRICE REDUCED bathroom on the first floor is right out of a magazine. This home has everything you need. The front sun room is a great place to entertain. The family room is spacious with radiant heat in the floors.
Spacious but cozy 3+ bdrm. home with many updates but lots of original character. NEW LISTING Freshly painted, hardwood floors, new bath, new kitchen floor, new light fixtures and more. Full basement, walk-up attic, fenced back yard. Move in ready. Agent owned $54,900. 71 South Main Street Portville • R1168695 • $179,900 Business opportunity awaits! Mixed use - there are 3 apartments (2,3,2 bedrooms) NEW LISTING and commercial “storefront” ready for business. All units are in process or has been totally remodeled. Pictures do not do this property justice - call today to schedule an appointment.
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When it can be smart to hire a painting pro Few things can revitalize a home more readily than a fresh coat of paint. Thanks in part to the affordability of paint and its ease of application, painting is something that even novice DIYers can typically handle. According to the marketing advice guru Brandon Gaille, it is estimated that residential interior paint only lasts around three years before it needs to be updated. Exterior paint can fade, chip and peel due to various environmental factors. As a result, many homes
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paint on expensive carpeting or floors or fail to recognize the nuances that indicate a spot-on painting job. Professional painters have spent hours upon hours learning the ropes of what works — and what does not. Painters often understand that painstaking preparatory work is crucial to getting pristine finished results. Walls and ceilings must be properly repaired and prepared even before a base coat is applied. Professional painters also have an eye for details. And because professional painters make a business out of doing interior and exterior surfaces, they understand which techniques can improve efficiency. That means a professional job can typically be completed much more quickly than a DIY project. Even though some people think they’ll save money by painting their own homes, that’s not necessarily true. Professionals already have all the equipment necessary, unlike novices who may need to make repeated and potentially costly trips to the hardware store for supplies. Plus, if mistakes happen, DIYers have to spend additional time and money fixing them. Safety can be a large motivator for turning painting over to a pro. Navigating exterior areas or tall interior ceilings can be challenging and may require scaffolding or tall ladders DIYers do not have. Risk of falls or other injuries increase with lack of experience. Painting can give a home a facelift, and oftentimes it is smart to turn the work over to professionals to ensure the job is done just right.
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Portville Central School District 500 Elm Street • Portville, NY 14770 716-933-7141
Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School District 25 N Franklin Street • Cattaraugus, NY 14719 716-257-3483
Randolph Central School District 18 Main Street • Randolph, NY 14772 716-358-6161
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Franklinville Central School District 31 North Main Street • Franklinville, NY 14737 716-676-8029
Southern Tier Catholic School and Archbishop Walsh Academy 208 North 24th Street • Olean NY 14760 716.372.8122
Gowanda Central School District 10674 Prospect Street • Gowanda, NY 14070 716-532-3325 Hinsdale Central School District 3701 Main Street • Hinsdale, NY 14743 716-557-2227
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Scio Central School District 3968 Washington Street • Scio, NY 14880 585-593-5510
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Homes should be safe havens. But each year injuries in and around the home contribute to millions of medical visits and many fatalities each year. Although anywhere in a home can be the scene of an accident, bathrooms tend to be the most dangerous room in the house. Slippery tile, the presence of water, stockpiled medications, and many sharp and hard edges in a small space pose several different hazards in the bathroom, particularly for young children and people age 65 and up. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says falls, which can result in serious injuries like hip fractures and head trauma, are the cause of 80 percent of all bathroom accidents. Many bathroom accidents are preventable with some easy modifications. 1. Reduce slippery surfaces. Wet tile is a recipe for slick conditions. Bath rugs with rubber backing can provide traction in the bathroom, as can nonslip mats placed on the floor of the bathtub or shower enclosure. Water-resistant flooring made from recycled rubber is another option. It is softer, less slippery and more forgiving than traditional tile flooring. 2. Install lever-style fixtures. Round knobs in the bathroom can be difficult to grasp, especially for the elderly or those with arthritis. Leverstyle fixtures are easier to maneuver and can help alleviate scalding from not being able to adequately adjust
the water temperature. 3. Utilize transfer benches and shower seats. A transfer bench can help reduce injuries that occur when trying to climb over a tub wall. Benches are placed outside of the tub and a person sits and then swings his legs over the ledge. Transfer benches also can be used in conjunction with shower seats. This is a chair or bench that allows people to sit while they shower. 4. Discard old medications. Clean out the medicine cabinet of old or expired medications, including both prescription and over-the-counter drugs. This reduces the likelihood of medication confusion, and does not put potentially harmful pills and syrups into the hands of children. 5. Install grab bars. Properly installed grab bars around the shower and toilet area can provide leverage and stability. AARP says many injuries to seniors occur when they are attempting to sit or get up from the toilet. Grab bars or an elevated toilet seat can help. 6. Install motion-detecting lights. These lights turn on automatically upon detecting movement, making them beneficial for people who routinely visit the bathroom in the middle of the night. Adequate illumination also can help reduce fall risk. Bathroom safety should be made a priority. Various modifications can make bathrooms safer for people of all ages.
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Building a new home? Protect yourself against today’s faster, scarier fires (BPT) – If your new home is among the one million or so being built in the U.S. this year, congratulations! You’ll have the chance to customize it to your dream home preferences. One feature that should be at the top of your priority list is the best possible fire protection for yourself and your loved ones: home fire sprinklers. While choosing household systems may not be as fun as picking paint colors and carpeting, it’s even more important. And asking for fire sprinklers could literally save your life.
That’s because home fires today are hotter and faster than fires of the past. Homes with unprotected lightweight building material and flooring burn faster, failing quicker (often collapsing in a fire). Common synthetic furnishings and belongings burn hot and fast and produce toxic smoke. Larger, more open layouts enable faster flashover. That means they can become deadly to people and pets in as little as two minutes. The tragic facts are that seven people die in U.S. home fires each day, while another 12,300 are
injured. The residents aren’t the only ones in harm’s way; firefighters are constantly in danger of injury or death. Studies show they’re being diagnosed with cancer as a result of their occupation. Home fire sprinklers are dependable. They not only save lives; they protect property and possessions (reducing fire damage by as much as 81 percent). Most insurers offer sprinkler discounts that lower your homeowners’ premiums. “New homeowners have a great opportunity to ensure their houses are optimized for fire
protection,” notes Lorraine Carli, HFSC president and vice president of outreach and advocacy for the National Fire Protection Association. “Start with working smoke alarms on every level, and prepare and practice a home escape plan. Create a complete system of fire safety by asking for home fire sprinklers. Here are the basics: • Your sprinklers will be customized for your home, ensuring proper protection for your unique layout. Usually the sprinklers are connected to ...continued on next page
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the household water main. In areas where there is not a city water supply or well water, a tank and pump are typically used for water supply. Piping is hidden behind the walls and ceilings. • There are several kinds of sprinklers made just for homes. Some can be hidden behind round plates. Some sprinkler companies offer custom painted sprinklers to match your décor. • Each sprinkler is individually activated by heat, so the entire system does not activate. Each sprinkler has a temperaturesensitive glass bulb. If a fire starts, the high heat from it breaks the glass, allowing the water to flow onto the fire. That controls or even puts out
the fire, allowing you and your family to escape. • You need not worry about your sprinklers being set off by smoke alarms operating, burnt toast or cigarette smoke. They’re designed to operate from the high heat of a fire, usually between 135-165 F. Your family’s fire safety is in your hands! Ask your builder for home fire sprinklers. The best time to install fire sprinklers is when the home is being built, while walls and ceilings are open and accessible. Learn the facts about home fire sprinklers from the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition, a non-commercial educational organization that offers free information and resources. Follow HFSC on Facebook and Twitter.
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