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Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce March 2017 Chamber Launches 8@8 The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce has launched a new outreach program for meeting with members called 8@8. Our goal is to spend an hour with eight small business members each month in both Dunkirk and Jamestown to better understand their needs, what service gaps may exist, and to communicate our programming and value proposition one-on-one. These regular meetings with Chamber President and CEO Todd Tranum are a supplement to our regular discussions and meetings with members. The main objective is to get feedback from our small member businesses to learn how we can better serve them. If you are a Chamber member and are interested in participating in one of our 8@8 business events, please call the Chamber at 366-6200 or 484-1101.

Think Summer! LECOM Health Challenge Tickets Available The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce is proud to help support the PGA Web.com LECOM Health Challenge at Peek’n Peak this coming July. This year we are a ticket sales agent for the event, with tickets available in our offices in Dunkirk or Jamestown or through our website at www.chautauquachamber.org/events. You can watch some spectacular golf on the beautiful Upper Course at Peek’n Peak for the day pass price of just $10. Proceeds help support initiatives of the Chamber of Commerce and its Community Chambers including community events, workforce development, business training programs, and more. LECOM Health Challenge tickets make great gifts for anyone who loves golf or just wants to spend an exciting and fun-filled day in a beautiful outdoor setting. For more information, call us at 484-1101 or 366-6200.

Mayville’s Winter Festival King and Queen Recognition The 2017 Presidents Day Weekend Winter Festival, held February 18th and 19th, at Lakeside Park in Mayville NY honored Mayville residents Ben and Amy Webb as this year’s Festival King and Queen. Festival Committee members Tom and Debbie Przepiora of Mayville made the presentation on Saturday, Feb. 18th at the Festival. The Przepioras’ granddaughter, Olivia Przepiora, was a part of the royal court as this year’s Festival Princess.

Presenters Tom and Debbie Przepiora said it best as to why the Webbs were chosen this year. “One of the great things about this community is that there are individuals, families, businesses, and couples who exemplify the spirit that a village like this represents. And this year’s king and queen are part of a family and business who are the very essence of what Mayville is about. Tradition, tourism, entrepreneurial spirit, family, community, and

Calendar of Chamber and Chamber Member Events

3/8, 14 & 22 - March Medicare Madness, Best of Times Seminars at Lutheran 3/9 - 2nd Annual Student Business Competition information session, 46pm, Fredonia Technology Incubator, register or learn more now 3/11 - 1pm, Live at the Met Series at 1891 Fredonia Opera House, La Traviata 3/15 - Jamestown Community Chamber Salute to the Finest, Moon Brook Country Club 3/15 - STEM Wars, Jamestown Community College 3/18 - 7:30pm, The Brigadoons and the MacLeod Fiddlers, 1891 Fredonia Opera House 3/23 - Fredonia Community Chamber Annual Meeting and Banquet, Shorewood Country Club 4/1 - St. Susan Center 14th Annual Welcome Spring Basket Fair, JCC Jamestown 11am-3pm 4/4-11 - Microsoft Excel II, JCC Continuing Ed, Jamestown Campus For a year-round list of festivals and events, check the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau Calendar For a complete list of courses through JCC Continuing Ed in Jamestown and Dunkirk, check the online course catalog

respect for the things that make this Village great are the attributes that contributed to their unanimous selection this year. She is a mother, community activist, businesswoman, and partner. He is one of the hardest working members of a family who has truly made Mayville great. That sort of dedication to the past, present, and future of the Village of Mayville is why the gateway to Chautauqua Lake will continue to thrive. Please join me in honoring this year’s king and queen.”

The Mayville/Chautauqua Community Chamber of Commerce and the Presidents Day Weekend Winter Festival Committee congratulate Ben and Amy Webb as the recipients of this year’s recognition.

Westfield’s Grape Discovery Center Has “Grape Expectations” for 2017 Great things are happening at the Grape Discovery Center in Westfield, NY. Got the winter doldrums? Come visit and enjoy our exhibit room, tasting bar and retail shop.

There is never an admission fee!

Located in Westfield at 8305 West Main Road (Route 20), the Grape Discovery Center promotes the wine and grape industry in this region. Recently the Center was awarded a Farm Winery License allowing the Center to sell New York State wines, spirits, craft beer and cider by the bottle for consumption off premises. Previously, only wine was available by the glass, and law required it be consumed at the Discovery Center either in the tasting room or on the beautiful outdoor patio overlooking the vineyards.

Visitors to the Center have increased steadily since its opening three years ago, and many visitors were disappointed they could not purchase a bottle of wine. “It’s been quite a journey for the Center to be able to achieve this goal, but with the support of Senator Cathy Young and State Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, our license has arrived,” says Christina McKane, manager. “Thanks to their help in obtaining this license, visitors will be able to make a purchase and enjoy these locally made beverages in their hotel rooms or homes,” she added. The Center is in the process of building its inventory to have these new items available to visitors.

And that’s not all that’s happening at the Center! Several events are already on the calendar for the upcoming months. For example, three Thursday evening events are scheduled beginning February 16 as Bob Green of the Mercyhurst Wine & Culinary Institute conducts a “Tasting Series for Wine, Spirits and Craft Beer.” Still in the planning stage is a March 24 event entitled the “Grape Discovery Center Wine & Culinary Dinner Experience with Pairings from the Tasting Series.”

A “Children’s Happy Easter Party” is scheduled from noon to 3:00 p.m. on April 15th.

The Easter egg hunt begins at 1:00 p.m. You won’t want to miss the visit from the Easter Bunny. Come one, come all.

Hosting a small get-together? Book our tasting room and outdoor patio overlooking the vineyards for a small donation to the Center. The room will accommodate up to 45 people.

Visit www.grapediscoverycenter.com for hours of operation and details on fees or registration requirements for these and other upcoming events or call Christina McKane, Manager, at (716) 326-2003.

Restaurant Lease Opportunity The Chautauqua County Airport is seeking qualified parties to lease/operate a 2,900 sq. ft. restaurant/lounge and snack bar at the Chautauqua County/Jamestown Airport passenger terminal. The modern, full-service dining and bar facility can accommodate up to 132 patrons in two fully-equipped dining rooms, a diner/carry-out counter and a bar/lounge area. Additional rooms are available to host catered events at the airport or nearby County properties. This turn-key restaurant facility offers an expansive range of food service activities including a full service restaurant and bar, snack bar, carry out and “carryaboard” sales for commercial and charter aircraft, and catering for on or off-site events.

Interested parties should contact the Airport Manager for more information at 716484-0204 or email: flyJHW@co.chautauqua.ny.us. A description of the facility is available at the airport web page: http://chautauqua.ny.us/330/Jamestown-AirportJHW.

Learn Advanced Microsoft Excel with JCC Continuing Ed Advance your Microsoft Excel skills even more! You will learn how to manage multipage worksheets; freezing headings and splitting worksheet windows; adding graphics to worksheets; creating, saving and using templates; locking and unlocking cells; applying worksheet protection by setting a password; attaching a digital signature; creating and managing multiple-sheet workbooks; copying formatting between worksheets; using linked formulas; creating hyperlinks to areas within the workbook and to other documents; creating and modifying tables that can be sorted and filtered; hiding detail data using the outline and grouping commands. Prerequisite: Working knowledge of Windows & MS Excel Part I. Price includes textbook.

Classes will be held on the JCC Jamestown Campus Tuesdays and Thursdays from 69pm, April 4-11. The cost is $127 dollars.

For more information or to register: https://www.sunyjcc.edu/ce/categories/1/courses#microsoft-excel-2013-part-1

NHL® Pre-Season Game in Jamestown, NY? Community Nominates Northwest Arena for Kraft Hockeyville USA 2017 With your nominations, Jamestown, NY could host an NHL® Pre-Season Game at the Northwest Arena and win $150,000 in Arena upgrades. The opportunity is brought to you by Kraft Hockeyville™ USA and is sponsored by Kraft Heinz, NHL®, NHLPA, and NBC Sports.

To nominate Jamestown, NY, simply log on to www.krafthockeyville.com. Once there, select “Find My Rink” and register. After registration, you’ll be given the opportunity to select your Arena and cast your vote.

Select the “Northwest Arena” and then write a brief entry on why Jamestown, NY deserves the title of Kraft Hockeyville™ USA 2017.

You can even add a photo of your favorite Northwest Arena memory. Then submit your nomination. It’s that easy and it only takes 5 minutes!

The prizes for Kraft Hockeyville™ are divided up into four categories. The Grand Prize

Winner receives $150k in Arena upgrades and the opportunity to host a 2017-2018 NHL® Pre-Season Game. There are also nine Runner-Up slots with 1st Runner-Up winning $75k in Arena upgrades, two 1st Place Prizes winning $25k in Arena upgrades, and six 2nd Place Prizes winning $10k in Arena upgrades.

Contest ends 11:59pm EST on March 10, 2017. The community with the most nominations wins so go to www.krafthockeyville.com and vote!

forward to seeing new and existing patients at the Allen Street location or any of the locations listed below. Please call to schedule your appointment today!

95 East Chautauqua Street, Mayville, NY 14757 716-753-7107

Marquette, MI was the winner of last year’s Kraft Hockeyville™ USA contest and were able to host an NHL® Pre-Season Game between the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes . Visit www.krafthockeyville.com to see what $150k in upgrades can do to an Arena and the smiles on the children meeting professional NHL® players before the game. Picture this in Jamestown, NY.

42 Dunham Avenue, Jamestown, NY 14701 716-665-7007

Kraft Hockeyville™ requests, “Join us and share your love of the game. We invite you to draw together with your community, and show us why it deserves to be named Kraft Hockeyville™ USA 2017.” So log on to www.krafthockeyville.com, show your love for hockey, and prove that Jamestown, NY is Kraft Hockeyville™ USA 2017!

For questions about Kraft Hockeyville™ or for help nominating Northwest Arena, call 716.484.2624, visiting www.northwestarena.com, or stop by the Northwest Arena’s Landmark Chevrolet Box Office. Don’t forget to follow the Northwest Arena on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, and LinkedIn for updates and information on upcoming events.

Family Health Medical Services Announces New Location Family Health Medical Services, a leading provider of family medicine in Chautauqua County has announced it will move one of its offices currently located at 320 Prather Ave, Suites 100 & 200 Jamestown to 103 Allen Street, Jamestown effective Monday, February 27, 2017.

According to Dr. Robert Berke, one of the practice partners,

“Our new, larger office which is conveniently located across from WCA Hospital on the corner of Allen Street and Foote Avenue, offers patient parking on-site and the first floor location is easily handicap accessible. We look forward to continuing our mission of providing the highest quality medical care with compassion and dependability in our beautiful new location”.

The providers and staff at Family Health Medical Services look

31 Sherman Street, Jamestown, NY 14701 716-338-9797

103 Allen Street, Jamestown, NY 14701 716-338-0022 Pictured is the new location of Family Health Medical Services at 103 Allen St on the corner of Foote Ave and Allen St across from UPMC Chautauqua WCA Hospital .

Lean Boot Camp and Root Cause Analysis courses at JCC! The collaboration of JCC’s Center for Continuing Education and University at Buffalo’s The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (UB TCIE) plan to offer Lean Boot Camp and Root Cause Analysis and Correction Action courses at all three JCC locations this spring.

This 18-hour course provides a foundation in Lean practices that are applicable every day, to any role, and are appropriate in any type of industry, from manufacturing and private sector businesses to public service organizations. Through tips, tools, interactive discussion and hands-on activity, participants will leave with the basics to make meaningful performance improvements.

Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action is an interactive, oneday training program designed to improve the problem-solving skills of all employee levels in any industry – from health care and finance to human services and manufacturing – by providing an understanding of the processes and techniques for root cause analysis and effective corrective action. The course presents the methodology and tools for determining the root cause of nonconformances, which allows for implementation of corrective action to prevent the problem from occurring again.

Concepts will be reinforced through group workshop exercises.

The instructor for these courses will be Peter Baumgartner, PhD. As UB TCIE’s Operational Excellence Director, Mr. Baumgartner is a resident expert in the Lean Six Sigma methodology and tools who has delivered substantial, validated hard and soft savings across a variety of projects in finance, medical devices, insurance, food services, building materials, publishing, and other service-related industries, as well as manufacturing. He has nearly 10 years of experience with a global company in

serving as the lead on a multitude of process improvement project teams that have delivered record performance in yields, cost reduction, quality and

safety. With an M.S. in statistics, Mr. Baumgartner has an advanced understanding and application of statistics, and develops the potential in others through helping them understand Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.

The Lean Boot Camp and Root Cause Analysis programs will be offered on JCC’s campuses in Dunkirk, Olean, and Jamestown.

For complete information contact UBTCIE or JCC Continuing Education.

Chautauqua in Spring 2017, May 12 – June 18 Request for “Leisure Learning” Experiences Information CCVB is seeking information about “leisure learning” experiences to promote as part of the 2017 “Chautauqua In Spring” which takes place May 12th through June 18th .

Experiences can be activities or courses that are offered for a single date, or for a few dates between 5/12 and 6/18.

Experiences that complement the spring flavor of this promotion include wine and culinary, agriculture, trails/natural attractions, wildlife observation, gardening, art, outdoor recreation, and cultural/historic activities. In addition to the learning experiences, we will also be promoting festivals and entertainment that take place during the spring period, but those events don’t need to be included on the attached forms.

If you are interested in offering a “leisure learning” experience or workshop during Chautauqua in Spring, please return the attached form by April 7th .

There have been six previous spring festival promotions.

In addition, there have been several Colors of Chautauqua festivals promoting the fall season.

Festivals are promoted locally as well as regionally in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Erie and Buffalo, resulting in a significant increase in traffic to CCVB’s website and interest in the Chautauqua County area. Several businesses have experienced attendance increases for the experiences they have offered. Some of the more successful experiences have been those related to agritourism, food, wine, beer, unique history and tours, and workshops on specific topics.

If you have questions or suggestions about Chautauqua In Spring, please contact Andrew Nixon at Nixon@tourchautauqua.com or Joanna Dahlbeck at jdahlbeck@tourchautauqua.com 716-357-4569.

Live at the Met Season Continues with Verdi’s La Traviata FREDONIA – Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, continues its 2016-17 season at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Sat., Mar. 11, at 1 p.m., with Giuseppe Verdi’s classic La Traviata.

La Traviata survived a notoriously unsuccessful opening night in 1853 to become one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire.

Following the larger-scale dramas of Verdi’s Rigoletto and Il Trovatore, its intimate scope and subject matter inspired the composer to create some of his most profound and heartfelt music.

Soprano Sonya Yoncheva sings one of opera’s most beloved heroines, the tragic courtesan Violetta, a role in which she triumphed on the Met stage in 2015. The title role of the “fallen woman” has captured the imaginations of audiences and performers alike with its inexhaustible vocal and dramatic possibilities – and challenges. Violetta is considered a pinnacle of the soprano repertoire.

Yoncheva sings opposite Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo, and Thomas Hampson as his father, Germont. Nicola Luisotti conducts. The production has a run time of two hours, 55 minutes with one intermission.

Live at the Met telecasts are now shown in more than 2,000 theaters in 70 countries, making the Met the only arts institution with an ongoing global art series of this scale. The Met was the first arts company to experiment with this type of broadcast, beginning on a modest scale in 2006 and growing every season since then, with more than 10 million tickets sold to date.

Met Opera stars serve as hosts for the series, conducting live interviews with cast members, crew and production teams, and introducing the popular behind-the-scenes features; altogether, the worldwide audience is given an unprecedented look at what goes into the staging of an opera at one of the world’s great houses.

Individual tickets to each of the operas in the season are $20, ($18 Opera House members, $10 students). A flexible subscription of eight tickets which can be used however you want – one at a time to eight different operas, all at once for

eight people, or anything in between – is available for $142.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the Opera House Box Office or by phone at 716-679-1891, Tuesday-Friday, 1-5 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased online anytime at www.fredopera.org.

The Opera House is equipped with assistive listening headsets for the hearing-impaired. Simply request one from any usher or Opera House staff member.

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House is a member-supported notfor-profit organization located in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.fredopera.org.

Photo Caption: Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, continues its 201617 season at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Sat., Mar. 11, at 1 p.m., with Giuseppe Verdi’s classic La Traviata. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva sings one of opera’s most beloved heroines – the tragic courtesan Violetta, a role in which she triumphed on the Met stage in 2015 and which has captured the imaginations of audiences and performers alike with its inexhaustible vocal and dramatic possibilities and challenges. Violetta is considered a pinnacle of the soprano repertoire.

In addition to parents, the program is for grandparents, nannies, childcare professionals, early childhood educators, mental health professionals, and anyone else who lives or works with young children.

For information and to register contact Kathleen Colby at (716) 664-3608 or kjcolby@casacweb.org.

To learn more about the MHA and its many programs, call (716) 6619044 or visit www.mhachautauqua.org or www.facebook.com/MHAChautauqua.

Photo caption: Parenting today is a serious challenge. Kathleen Colby, Director of Training Services at the Chautauqua Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Council, is pictured leading “First Five Years,” a four-session, two-hour multicultural video and discussion program she will present in March at the Mental Health Association. Pre-registration is required for these classes that are offered free of charge thanks to the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation.

Free Classes in March for Parents of Newborns to 5-Year-Olds Whatever the age of your child, being a parent today is a tough job. To get a good start, parents of children from birth through age five are invited to participate in “First Five Years,” a program that addresses basic parenting skills and is perfect for the new parent.

Kathleen Colby, Director of Training Services at the Chautauqua Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Council, will present this foursession multicultural video and discussion program from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, March 1, 8, 15, and 22. Classes will be held at the Mental Health Association (MHA) in the Gateway Center, 31 Water Street, Door 14, Suite 7, in Jamestown. The program is offered free of charge thanks to the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation.

“First Five Years” looks at child development and parenting in terms of the age/stage of the child in a variety of nuclear families and diverse cultures.

This early intervention will increase school readiness as you learn the importance of developing language skills, increasing vocabulary, and providing positive learning opportunities during early brain development. You will also learn the stages of development – why your child acts like he/she does, how to keep a child safe, how to bond with your child, the importance of self-care, and how you can discipline your young child.

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