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Local women work to raise donations for families in need By Rachel Fuerschbach THE STAR CORRESPONDENT

Born into a young family, Kaitlynd Frasier, 22, didn’t reap the benefits most children did during the holiday season. Instead of piles of Christmas gifts under the Christmas tree or on the table during birthdays, Frasier was gifted with something she found to be more rewarding than any materialistic object—a homemade meal and desert. “I used to get Christmas as a kid through church services,” Frasier said. “And my grandma would make us our favorite home

cooked meal from scratch instead of presents.” Raised by her grandmother, Frasier learned the beauty of family traditions and giving during special occasions rather than the cold materialistic give and take the world has projected today. Frasier’s grandmother stemmed as inspiration for her cause—wanting to help those in need who could not afford to give their children a Christmas—but it wasn’t her grandmother’s lessons that set light to the fire. One day at work, Frasier noticed that one of her coworkers was upset and then inquired what was wrong. When her co-worker

shared with Frasier that she couldn’t afford to give her kids a Christmas, Frasier then went home that night and cleared out half of her closet of clothes and toys and presented them to her co-worker. “I have so much that I don’t touch anymore,” Frasier said. “I’d rather give it all to someone who needs it instead of it just sitting there.” Realizing that she had changed what could have been a sad Christmas into one of joy, Frasier figured she would make a site that

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Lockport resident offers sentimental and unique gifts for loved ones By Rebecca Gunning THE STAR EDITOR

Finding the perfect gift for special occasions can be tough – especially when searching for something of sentimental value. Lockport resident Toni Bullock may have exactly what you’re looking for. About 10 years ago, Bullock took a class at Gleam and Glimmer Glass Studio in North Tonawanda

on wire wrapping stained glass. This evolved into making elaborate jewelry, which her friends loved, but didn’t find practical to wear. Then this past spring, Bullock decided to try something a little different, creating Toni’s Jewelry Designs. “This year I thought I have to go out and buy the stained glass. What else can I use? I’m great into recycling so I started look-

ing around to see what I had around the house,” she said. “I came up with the idea of using broken wine bottles.” Bullock takes the broken pieces of glass, sands the sharp edges, and wraps wire around them, turning them into a necklace. “Every piece is different because of how it breaks.

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The student Health, Safety and Technology Capital Project passed Tuesday night with a vote of 527-316. The $15.4 million project will be funded by New York State at 78.6 percent of the cost and is aimed at improving the district’s building and grounds. A few of the items that the capital project will include are the repaving of the parking lots and bus lanes, replacing deteriorating steel beams supporting the concrete swimming pool deck, repointing exterior brick in various areas and replacing deteriorating expansion brick joints, installing new security doors in two locations, adding bleachers to the visiting side of the football field and install a multi-purpose turf field at Tudor Stadium. Although concerns are still being raised by parents about the turf field being linked to cancer, Superintendent Dr. Whelan assures parents that they will not take any action on the turf

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Bullock’s jewelry is sold in Flight of Five and Ticklebridge Jewelry • from front They’re all really, really “Natural stones have different,” she said. “You definite properties,” Bullcan also add different color ock explained. “They can wire, or beads. If you’re actually help you deal with doing a sentimental piece, stress or help you with selfyou can also add crystals to love or bringing love into match your birthstones.” your life.” There is also the option For example, accordof having the glass etched ing to Bullock, turquoise to look like beach glass or is a healer and balancer adding copper cladding and would be good to or gold paint to the glass. wear in an office. Amber Because Bullock offers all is for grounding you and these different option, no is a good one for relieving two pieces are the same. stress. “That’s the neat part She has researched the about it,” she explained. properties mainly through “You can customize a cera book called The Crystal tain amount and then the Bible by Judy Hall and obrest is the fact that the glass tained the stones through broke different. You can’t both jewelers and mineral get a bottle to break the shows. same way twice.” While there are some Bullock has also found people who are skeptical of these pieces to be converSUBMITTED natural healing, Bullock is sation starters because of a firm believer in it. their originality. Women “I have seen natural healA torquoise stone necklace made by Bullock. have stopped her in grocery ing work. With anything stores to ask where she got that’s a natural, whether glass jewelry, she also power to improve your life her necklace. it is herbs or stones, it While the uniqueness of makes jewelry with natu- in a number of different isn’t instant,” she said. wearing a broken piece of ral stones, which have the ways. glass on your neck is reason enough to get a piece of Bullock’s jewelry, it can be even more meaningful when the glass is from welcomes something special. Many special occasions involve a toast, whether it is at a wedding, baptism or ~ Specializing in Gastroenterology ~ anniversary. Bullock has found that many women she has spoken to believe it is the perfect gift for a bride to give her bridesmaids or a mother to give to her child’s godparents. That way when they wear it, they always have the memory of that special time close to them. “We all have things that we want to remember and if we see something that reminds us of a good Dr. Chubineh time it helps us deal better Board Certified in Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine with the rest of the stuff in Office: 702 Davison Road ~ Lockport our lives,” Bullock said. “You’re already holding For appointments, call (716) 240-2296 on to that nice feeling. Evor visit giwny.com erybody is so stressed. You NOW OPEN need something.” ~ Most insurances accepted ~ Along with the broken

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“It’s a long-term process. You didn’t get to the state you’re in instantly, unless there was something extremely traumatic.” Bullock has also experienced the power of the stones work on herself. “I found that if I wore protective stones when I was at work, that for some reason I would have an easier day at work,” she said. “I’m not picking up all the negativity. The stone is. I’m only coming home with part of all the nonsense.” In order to ensure the stones do their job, Bullock says after cleaning them, you should literally talk to them. While they will do what they are supposed to without that, they will be more effective if you tell them what you want. While the jewelry she makes is a beautiful accent on an outfit, Bullock says they are intended to help people as well. “The sentimental ones

give you a good feeling because of the sentimental part. These actually give you a good vibration and help you deal with your life,” she said. “In both instances I’m actually trying to help you deal with your life.” Bullock currently has jewelry shown in Flight of Five Winery and Ticklebridge Co-Op. She also has appeared at the Community Market over the summer and at various churches and schools. She asks that those interested send three shards of glass for each piece of jewelry they would like made so she can pick the piece that works best. For more information on Toni’s Jewelry Designs or to order a piece of jewelry, please visit www.jewelrydesignsniagara.com or call 439-8906 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Want your voice to be heard? Dear Lockport and surrounding community residents: Is there an issue in the community you think others should know about? Do you have something important to say, but don’t know how to get your voice heard? Well, welcome to the Lockport Star “Opinions and Editorial” page. The opinion and editorial page is designed to have community members write in and voice their concerns and/or opinions. If there is something happening locally you think should be addressed, please let me know. If you want to recognize someone for doing a good deed, please let me know. Any topic that you feel is important, I would like to hear about it. All that I ask is that the letter be well written and that you include

your name and address in the letter as well. Please refrain from using any profanity or name calling as that will not be published in the paper. The letter to the editor is strictly a constructive way for the community to voice their opinions on matters and have it be published for our readers. This is a community paper and the readers are the community. Your thoughts and opinions are important to me. I hope you will take advantage of this forum for the community. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Please send your letters to: Attn: Rebecca Gunning, Lockport Star Editor Community Papers of WNY 75 Boxwood Lane Cheektowaga, NY 14227 Email: rgunning@ cpowny.com

Hello holiday shoppers and winter drivers By Ann Jenkins Enger THE STAR CORRESPONDENT

Now would be a great time to take a deep breath and relax. It’s the holidays! It’s snowing! Sometimes it’s easy to forget we are all, generally speaking, doing the same thing at the same time. A couple of nights ago I thought I would venture into a major retail store to look for a Christmas present. I was genuinely sur-

prised to see long lines at eight o’clock at night at multiple registers throughout the store. “What are all these people doing here?” I thought to myself. “Am I missing something?” Apparently, thinking I was an early shopper was quite ridiculous. There are still two weeks until Christmas! For the most part, people waiting in line were patient. Perhaps not jolly, but patient. A handful were irritated, which makes you start to

think. I have a friend who finishes all of her Christmas shopping in July. Should I be doing that? She gets anxious if it gets any later than that. But how would the lawn get mowed? July seems like the time to be standing outside, regardless of the weather, just to be outside. Watch the birds, pick up some sticks around the yard. Holiday shopping does cut into our daily routine at some point. As it is, we barely leave ourselves

enough time to do what we usually do from day to day. When we start adding little details like wandering around big stores looking for something elusive our 80-year mother might like, time becomes a flyaway kite. Should we plan ahead better? The expression “Easier said than done” fits perfectly for both holiday shopping and winter driving. Shop a little earlier in the season? Leave fifteen minutes early when it has snowed? Al-

Plentiful Partnership of Niagara season in review Did you know that the average age of the American farmer is 58? As the age of the American farmer is on the rise, the question arises, how will the 1% of farmers feed the 99%? While farmers are fewer and fewer these days, their generosity is ever abundant and this is the case both in Niagara County and statewide. NYS is ranked third overall in terms of produce donations, behind Florida and California. Plentiful Partnership of Niagara (PPN), a program of Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work, and Play, funded by the New York State Department of Health, is proof of

local farmers generosity. PPN aims to reduce food insecurity and alleviate hunger through the recovery of fresh produce. In April 2014, PPN held it’s kickoff event and began a season of both market and field gleaning. Market gleans were held at the Lockport Community Market and donated to St. John’s Outreach in Lockport and at the North Tonawanda Farmer’s market and donated to Inter- church Food Pantry of North Tonawanda. In total, six dedicated volunteers donated 47 hours of their time this past season to securing 7,983 pounds

of produce through market gleans. Field gleans were also held in Youngstown, Middleport, and Byron, NY and 15,500 pounds of produce were field gleaned including Roma tomatoes, red beets, and carrots. Thirty volunteers devoted 18 hours to the field gleaning effort, as well as multiple CCE-Niagara staff members. Overall, 29,483 pounds of produce or approximately 590 bushels of produce were gleaned since the onset of PPN. CHP and PPN would like to thank all of the generous farmers and volunteers for their donation of time and/or produce. The

program would cease to exist without the dedicated support and generosity of these individuals. In total , produce has been distributed to 47,892 Niagara County residents and has also reached Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Orleans counties. Please consider becoming part of the PPN “Glean Team” today by contacting Margaret M. Lapp via email at MML37@cornell.edu or by phone at 433-8839, extension 232. Thanks for a fantastic season! Cornell Co-Operative Extension of Niagara County

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low yourself time to clear off the car? Maybe a few extra minutes to shovel the driveway? Even if we just wanted to squeeze an extra 30 minutes out of a day, you’d think we were asking for a minor miracle. So it goes that we still think it will take the same amount of time to reach our destination even if the roads are covered in snow. Last night both a car and the rescue tow truck were both in a ditch. It’s easy to slow down when you see little remind-

ers like that. It’s helpful to remember we are all doing our usual activities this time of year, plus stopping from place to place outside of our routines. When you look around, pretend you’re looking in a mirror. That person waiting in line is you, perhaps just as hungry, tired, rushed, or otherwise. And when you’re driving, maybe slow down a little bit. The car ahead of you is your neighbor. Take a deep breath! Relax! It’s going to be fun!

Newfane Robotics Club looks for guidance from school board By Rachel Fuerschbach THE STAR CORRESPONDENT

Newfane Robotics club was founded in 1999 and was one of the earliest teams formed at number 378 out of over 3,000 teams. Newfane’s club is one of the few teams still existing over the years and consists of 34 student members and 20 mentors and reaching national level last year. The club brought to the board’s attention a few concerns they had about this seasons Robotics Club mentors and transportation. Their first concern was with the cost of the mandatory fingerprinting of volunteer mentors in order to insure student safety. The club had found that with the amount of mentors and the cost of the individual finger printing would cost the club about $2,000. Another concern with the fingerprinting is the logistics of the fingerprinting being done. The club hopes that they board will help share the cost of the fingerprinting and also give the club the possibility of having the fingerprinting done during the clubs build season after the workday. Superintendent Dr. Michael Wendt then informed the board that a time of 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. for finger printing has been worked out for those who cannot make it to

the fingerprinting during the workday. In addition, to the fingerprinting the Robotics Club was also concerned with the transportation concerns for the two competitions they participate in including one in Rochester and the other in Ontario. The club presented two forms of transportation proposals to the board for each trip that will call for very little school being missed. As the board listened to the clubs concerns they had questions of their own the main one being what the club is doing to be equitable. The board would like to see the team open their program to other school districts allowing students to participate on the Newfane team and in competitions with the Newfane Robotics Club and it is being taken into consideration as the club continues into the build season. Wendt agreed that the board must give the club some guidance in these areas in order to find solutions before the build season in January. However, the board continues to have several questions for the Robotics Club and has agreed to continue the conversation of the robotics club’s concerns at another time where they will help the club find what the best balance between the district’s needs and the team’s needs are going into the future.

Lockport Star /Saturday, December 20, 2014

Donations of any product accepted by local women Giving Back • from front allowed others to donate items to those in need and for those who are in need to find things they may need. “There is no selling allowed,” Frasier said. “That is my only rule—no selling. This is something that people are just doing out of the kindness of their heart.” Frasier then teamed up with childhood friend Desiree Crenshaw, 21, to create a Facebook group that allowed people to donate items they may have to those in need. The site was created Dec. 12 and has so far gained 462 members who have posted countless items for donations as well as other members who posted certain items they are looking for and cannot afford to purchase in retail stores. The site is open for donations of any product whether it is gift cards, clothes, household items and so on and will be open year round. Frasier hopes to expand the Facebook group into a website and then eventually an organization run out of a local building in Lock-

port. “I know we used to have a building on Clinton Hill some time ago that gave things away to people who needed it, but they closed,” Frasier said. “My hope is that I will be able to open something like that back up and continue to help those in need.” Frasier also hopes to reach out to people from other areas other than Lockport including Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Gasport, Kenmore and other surrounding cities. As for now, Frasier and Crenshaw are working hard at giving a special Christmas to all of those in the area and are also looking to do the same for Easter by raising donations in order to make and give out Easter baskets to families in need. For those who wish to donate any items or for those who are in need you can contact Kaitlynd Frasier or Desiree Crenshaw through the Facebook group, Donations for children/families in need.

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Dec. 16 Endangering a Child Lakeem C. Wright, 24, of 242 Chapel St., Apt. 2, Lockport and Makala R. Kane, 19, of 297 Beattie Ave., Apt. 2, Lockport were charged with endangering the welfare of a child Dec. 16. Patrol responded to a call for a juvenile in the roadway. Upon arrival, patrol interviewed the caller who stated that she observed the three year old juvenile cross Beattie Avenue by himself twice. She went onto say that she did not see any adult supervision. The child was able to show patrol where he lived and patrol found the door to his apartment open. Patrol shouted inside but did not receive an answer. Patrol then entered the apartment and located Wright asleep inside of a bedroom. Wright was then woken up by patrol and asked if he was responsible for the juvenile and he said he was. He stated that his friend Kane went to NCSO to visit her child’s father and when she left he asked her if the juvenile was sleeping and she said yes so he went back to sleep. Patrol contacted the Kane and she stated that when she left her son and Wright were awake.

Petit Larceny Heather L. Hillman, 21, of 9 Bright St. Apt 1, Lockport was charged Dec. 16 with petit larceny. Patrol responded to 95 S. Transit St.—the 7-11 store, for a report of a petit larceny. Patrol made contact with store employees and in speaking with the employees and reviewing the video footage it was determined that a white female wearing a black sweatshirt and black pants took an item of food from a store shelf and placed the item into her purse. The female then left the store without paying for the item. Hillman was developed as a suspect and patrol was able to contact Hillman by telephone. Hillman admitted the larceny to patrol and agreed to turn herself in. Hillman reportedly stated she took an Iced Honey Bun without paying for it and she did turn the item over to patrol.

Common Council reacts after the Dec. 3 outburst By Rachel Fuerschbach THE STAR CORRESPONDENT

On the Common Council meeting of Dec. 3 a Lockport citizen took the stand at the microphone during the closing public recess. During his public comments he stated an incident that had happened between him and Alderman Kitty Fogle that happened in a public place of business outside of the Municipal building. The citizen reported that Alderman Fogle used foul language and derogatory remarks pertaining to his sexuality in this place of public as well as over the phone previous to the public incident. Due to the remarks allegedly made my Alderman Fogle this citizen asked that she be removed from the council. While reporting this incident to the Council, the citizen was asked to step away from the podium for the use of foul language being used and aired on television which resulted in a number of calls to Mayor Anne McCaffrey and the common council attorney John Otaviano. As a result the Common Council added new additions to the comments and public participation regulations. “We embrace your comments and we want to have those comments at our meetings,” McCaffrey said. “Although we do want to give some parameters as to what we would like to see.” The policy states that public participation is an opportunity to address the mayor and the council in matters that affect the city of Lockport. Only one person at a time shall speak, step to mic and give their name and address

before addressing the council. All comments should be directed only to the mayor and common council and no back and forth with the audience members will be allowed. Speakers are informed to keep comments to three minutes on comments pertaining to the agenda and five minutes at the end of the meeting for the betterment of the city. The additional regulations to the policy include that if a citizen has a specific problem they can contact Mayor McCaffrey or the Common Council members during work hours at city hall and that individual problems will not be addressed at the common council meeting. If comments are made from the floor or if a speaker uses inappropriate language or if the speaker becomes abusive they will be cut off and may not be recognized in the future for public participation. Attorney John Otaviano has been appointed as parliamentarian and has the right to cut any speaker off if they violate these regulations. “Unfortunately, I had to leave early last meeting otherwise I would have never let the profanity go on as it did,” Otaviano said. The open meetings law requires that meetings of elected officials be open to the public so that the public knows what their elected officials are doing, however it does not give audience the right to speak at those meetings. The right to speak is granted by the local municipalities and through the policies that they adopt. “Our policy requires that a certain stability and order be maintained at the microphone,” Otaviano said.

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“The reason we ask that is because the mcc prohibits LCTV does not have a taped delay and could lose license for obscenity.” “LCTV is asked to film every meeting for the public that can’t attend and in order for that to work everyone in the room has to not use profanity because that gets LCTV in trouble and in turn threatens the policy that we granted to allow people to speak,” He added. For those who do not continue to abide by this policy will be asked to stop speaking by the parliamentarian John Otaviano and will be escorted out by an officer.

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Dec. 17 DWI Matthew J. Fura, 46, of 297 Grand St., Lockport was charged Dec. 17 with a DWI misdemeanor. Reporting officer initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation. Patrol spoke with the driver and observed having red, glassy eyes and slurred speech. Patrol also observed the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the driver’s breath. Due to the signs of possible intoxication displayed by the driver, patrol asked the driver to submit to a series of field sobriety tests. Based on the results of the field sobriety tests, the driver was arrested and charged as listed.

Dec. 18 Harassment Moiona R. Eubank, 17, of 159 Genesee St. Apt U/R, Lockport was charged with second-degree harassment Dec. 18. The victim of the crime came to Lockport Police Department to report harassment. The victim stated that on Aug. 8 at 6:55 a.m., she and her husband had come to the suspect’s residence to drop off her medications. The victim and her husband had parked in the lot of 140 Genesee St. for the suspect to meet them. The suspect was immediately argumentative and began yelling at the victim. The victim confronted the suspect about several cuts on the suspect’s arms that she believed were selfinflicted. The suspect reportedly became irate and then spit in the victim’s face.

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Jonathon E. Howes, 24, of 348 East Ave., Lockport was charged Dec. 18 with third-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Patrol responded to 348 East Ave. for a report of a domestic disturbance. The victim stated that she went to her daughter’s father’s residence to pick up her daughter and when Howes told her she had to leave she picked up their daughter and attempted to leave the residence. Howes stated that the victim grabbed her child from the highchair without dressing her properly for the weather, went out on the side porch and fell where both parties struck their heads. Twin City Ambulance came to the scene to check the welfare of the child and stated she was not injured. Child protective service was contacted and came to the scene where they decided to let the child of with the mother as she has custody and was going to take her daughter to Eastern Niagara Hospital for treatment to make sure she was not injured.

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Capital Project • from front field until further research has been completed. “There is no scientific evidence that it is linked to cancer,” Whelan said, “but we are pursuing alternatives to crumb rubber.” Whelan also reminds parents that the district has two years for preparation and further planning for the capital project giving the board time to make a decision on what sort of artificial turf to use for Tudor Stadium. The district will be using $750,000 of existing funds to minimize the cost of the capital project and estimate the tax impact of the debt service for the capital project to be $2.50 per month on a $150,000 The state of New York and “Smart Schools” Bond Act passed in November gave Starpoint an allocation from

the state of $1.6 million to cover the approximate cost of $1.2 million that is dedicated to improving the technology in the district, resulting in the possibility of the district not having to borrow the full $15.4 million. The next step for the district in order to receive the funding will be the drawing up of the plans by the architect by April 2015. The plans will then be reviewed by the State Education Department from April 2015 to November 2015 and once they are approved they can move on to begin construction. Anticipated construction start on the capital project is March 2016 and is completion is anticipated to be by November 2017.

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The Common Council approves the changes in the city of Lockport water rates to become effective Jan. 1, 2015. The following meter fee schedule for all residential and commercial meters effective Jan. 1 includes: a rate per quarter of $42.50 for meter A size 5/8”, rate per quarter $47.50 for meter B size ¾”, rate per quarter of $52.50 for meter C size 1 inch, rate per quarter of $57.50 for meter D size 1 ½”, rate per quarter of

feet will be $2.35 per cubic feet. Quarterly bills for commercial users of water will include a minimum rate as per City of Lockport Meter Fee and a usage commodity charge of $2.95 per cubic feet. As for residential user of water their minimum rate will include as per City of Lockport Meter Fee and a usage commodity charge of $2.90 per 100 cubic feet. The rates for non-resident users of water will be the quarterly rate plus 50 percent and for bulk water the rate will be $4 per 1,000 gallons.

The city water code for water rates also amends that any bills due to the Department for Water Consumption or any other service are not paid within 30 days from the date of issue will be subject to a penalty of 10 percent per quarter on the unpaid balance. The penalty for any late water bill will then be collected with the amount of the bill. However, members of the armed forces activated by order of the United State government will receive relief from any and all penalties during their period of active duty.

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Port Photography Club hosts one day photo exhibition By Rachel Fuerschbach THE STAR CORRESPONDENT

The Port Photography Club hosted their first photo exhibition at Sweet Ride Rentals Dec. 13. A variety of photographs were exhibiting ranging from concert shots, landscapes, black and white, fantasy stemmed and travel photography. Work was exhibited by club members Shanlee Carey, Sean Conlin, Andrea Clare Koons, Jason Koons, Nathan MacFarlane, Joe Mahley, Stephanie Preziotte and Rachel Sandle. Port Photography Club is a gathering of people who are passionate about photography, inspiring each other to reach new creative heights. The club is open to everyone and anyone who is interested in learning more about photography or to just have fun shooting. The club first started July 2013 when club leader Joe Mahley wanted to get to know more photographers in the area. Mahley first started with his passion for drawing and then later got into photography wanting to be able to recreate pictures to draw from. His most popular commissions at his small business called East Avenue Art are charcoal portraits. Although the type of photography Mahley gets paid for are portrait shots, corporate headshots and special events his favorite thing to photograph are people and photos that hold

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Register for religious education classes The online registration program is now open for Spring 2015 registrations for St. Peter Lutheran Church North Ridge Educational Resource Center, 4169 Church Rd., Lockport. Go to our webpage at www.stpeternorthridge.org, click on Educational Resource tab, and then click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Register for Classes Onlineâ&#x20AC;?. If you have not yet created an account, please do so. Then continue with the following: After you sign in to your account you can select the classes you would like. When you are finished registering, you will be prompted for payment. You may then make payments on your account by: -Full payment -Can pay by charge card online from your account -Select to pay later and bring/send a check for the full amount by Jan. 9, 2015 -Set up a Simply Giving Payment plan (must be in place by Jan. 9, 2015) If you had already applied

for the Simply Giving previously, all you need to do is complete the form and turn in to Terry or Sue. You do not need to pay the $10 set up fee again. You also do not need to give us another voided check unless you are changing the account from which payment is to be withdrawn. If you had not applied for the Simply Giving previously, you need to complete the form and turn in to Terry or Sue along with a $10 set up fee (please make the check payable to St. Peter Lutheran Church), along with a voided check from the account you wish payment to be drawn from. If full payment or a payment plan is not in place by Jan. 9, 2015, your student will be unregistered to make an opening for any students who are waiting to register. If you have any questions, please feel free to email lovetolearn@stpeternorthridge.org or call the church office at 433-9013.

BNHV to host new book club, plans stained glass event Events focused on 19th century books and stained glass will take center stage during two January gatherings at Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village, 3755 Tonawanda Creek Rd., Amherst. BNHVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new quarterly book club will host an introductory meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, where three book options will be offered and voted on. The books include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Museum of Human Beingsâ&#x20AC;? by Colin Sargent, focused on Sacagawea and early 19th century American history; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snow Mountain Passageâ&#x20AC;? by James Houston, focused on the Donner Party and mid-19th century American history; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Secrets of Mary Bowserâ&#x20AC;? by Lois Leveen, focused on female spies during the American Civil War. Book club participants will enjoy a snack while chatting about their chosen book. Children are also welcome to enjoy story time and educational games designed to exercise their growing minds. Attendance to all four book club dates will be $30 for individuals and $50 for families and includes a complimentary yearlong membership to BNHV. Also offered from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 22 will be a stained glass presentation by Gregory Witul. In his presentation, Witul will give a brief description of the stained glass processes and a short history of the medium before highlighting some of the better known artists of the field. His presentation will emphasize Western New York stained glass artists and highlight some windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany and John La Farge.

Witul is a Western New York-based historian whose focus is art and ethnic communities. Educated at the University at Buffalo and Niagara University, Witul reached national acclaim after his 2007 discovery of the missing stained glass Maria Curie Medallion and its return to the University at Buffalo. Witul has also written a book on the stained glass of Corpus Christi Church in Buffalo and authored a number of scholarly articles on the medium. He currently writes a column, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Babciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet,â&#x20AC;? for the weekly Am-Pol Eagle which covers historic objects of the Polish-American community, as well as the sister column, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attic,â&#x20AC;? for the GermanAmerica newspaper the German Citizen. The lecture will take place in the historic Transit Road Church on the grounds of Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village. The event is free to BNHV members, while nonmembers will be charged general admission. Additionally, the popular Museum After Hours event is held until 8 p.m. every Thursday. This event is free to Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village members and just $6 for adults, $4 and seniors and military, and $2 for children 12 and under. Museum After Hours events in January will be held on Jan. 8, 15, 22 and 29. For more information on any of these events, please call 689-1440 or visit www. bnhv.org. You can also follow Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BNHVillage or Twitter (twitter.com/BNHVillage) for frequent updates.