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Skiscape 2015 raises $15,000 for KED By Kori Sciandra

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Last Sunday, Jan. 4, skiers and snow boarders had the opportunity to share their love for the hills with the Kids Escaping Drugs organization (KED) as they took part in Skiscape 2015. The event is held annually at Holimont Ski Resort, in Ellicottville. The day allows for a full day of skiing and snowboarding as participants get to take part in individual races and, of course, the firefighter

money for the KED Campaign that focuses on helping kids who are addicted to drugs. For the past 25 years, the campaign has helped change the lives of kids throughout Western New York by offering early intervention and treatment. Throughout the year, KED hosts a variety of different fund raising events, Skiscape being a rather profitable event each year. The Skiscape event raised $15,000 for 2015 By participating in events such as Skiscape you are helping to fund a

races. Despite the warm weather and limited snowfall, which caused poor skiing conditions, the day still welcomed almost half of the amount of people that normally attend the event - both skiers and non-skiers. “There weren’t as many people as we usually get, but people did still come to show support,” said Special Events Coordinator Christina Kruzer. Skiscape began 16 years ago, during which KED paired with Holimont in order to help raise awareness and

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the state and the country, and supported the town in many activities.” Adamczyk noted that although he is filling in for Percy, he is “not taking his place, just taking his space,” since it will be difficult to replace someone who remained on the town’s payroll, and served it faithfully, for over four decades. “After 42 years on the job, I have no idea what I’m going to do to improve things,” Adamczyk said. “I’ve known [Percy] for about 10 years – I’ve been Kenmore’s village historian for that long. I’m going to continue doing what he was doing, only in my own way.” According to Adamczyk, the Town of Tonawanda and other municipalities are required by law to have a historian, but no clear guidelines are laid out for how those historians are supposed to carry out their duties, leaving them open to interpreta-

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ruana said. These included appointing councilmembers to serve as chairpeople of public safety, Youth, Parks and Recreation, building maintenance, water resources and highway and sanitation departments, among others. Each year, the first January meeting “sets out what we do for the rest of the year,” Caruana said, also thanking Town Clerk Marguerite Greco for ensuring the needed information was compiled in time. The town also approved the full list of scheduled Town Board meetings for 2015, employee health insurance and appointed Mario A. Giacobbe and John W. Dorn as deputy town attorneys. “It’s going to sound kind of tedious, but it’s important for us to have all of these,” Caruana commented. “It takes a lot of time to have the department heads and town employees,” it takes a lot of time and effort to put those together.”

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Kenmore and Hoover Middle School spelling bee winners named

After all their classmates had been eliminated in a school-wide spelling bee, most on their first or second words, Hoover Middle School eighth grader Ashley White and sixth grader John Breckenridge went seven rounds until John took the win with “butterscotch” and then “molecule.” The competition had begun at a brisk pace with five students missing words in the first round and 10 more in the second round. Only three remained in Elaine Thomas, Kenmore Middle School contention by the seventh principal, congratulates Xavier Stanton, spelling round and by the ninth, it bee winner, and Adelina Metz, runner-up. was down to Ashley and John. Ashley ultimately misspelled “novelist,” giving John an opening sixth grader won at Hoover took part in the spelling bee to take the win. It was the Middle School. at Hoover Middle School second year in a row that a A total of 30 students in the Kenmore-Town of

Tonawanda school district. An additional 30 competed in another competition at nearby Kenmore Middle School, where seventh grader Xavier Stanton took the win with seventh grader Adelina Metz as runner-up. Only one student can win the school-level spelling bees, but a second-place finish is an achievement and a runner-up is occasionally called upon to take up the challenge in the next level of spelling bee competitions. Next up for the winners is a written test to be taken by all school-level winners in February. All those who qualify will go on to the Western New York regional competition in the spring.

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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: Kori Sciandra, North Tonawanda Sun Editor Community Papers of WNY 75 Boxwood Lane Cheektowaga, NY 14227 Email: ksciandra@ cpowny.com

Scott was ‘as cool as the other side of the pillow’

This week is a sad one – both for sports fans and journalists – with the passing of longtime ESPN Anchor Stuart Scott. Being only 22, I actually don’t know an ESPN without Scott’s colorful personality. He’s been my favorite anchor since becoming a sports fan, and as the years have gone on I’ve come to respect him tremendously in terms of his body of work

as a journalist. While ESPN is full of characters at this time, when Scott came to the set he was a minority – not just because of his skin color, but also because of the way he did his job. His flair on the air was not something he had in common with his coworkers. Scott changed the culture of the biggest sports network in the country with his catchphrases and down

to earth personality. H i s e n e rg y a n d p a s sion made even the most mundane highlights worth watching. When I heard of his passing last Sunday morning, I immediately felt distraught. I knew of his battle with cancer over the last seven or so years, but I couldn’t imagine him not beating it – especially after his wonderful speech at the ESPYs last summer.

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who are similar to Scott’s style – but there is nothing like hearing Scott’s “Booyah” after a great play. In a world that seems to criticize every public figure, Scott is one of the few I’ve never heard a bad word about. Sports fans and journalists alike seemed to not only respect his work, but genuinely enjoy watching him. While he did have a big personality, it never seemed

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Council passes resolution allowing humane feral cat control By Kimberlee Sabshin NT SUN CORRESPONDENT

On Tuesday night, the City of Tonawanda Common Council voted unanimously, three to zero, in favor of approving a resolution to control the number of feral and community cats in the area. The ordinance permits and promotes a trap-neutervaccinate-return, or TNVR,

program in hopes that there will be a smaller number of free-roaming cats that need to be put down. The resolution passed with two councilmembers, Second Ward Councilwoman Jackie Smilinich and Third Ward Councilman John “Jay” Hall, absent. According to the resolution, the presence of too many feral cats in the Tonawandas has led to a situation where cats

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run afoul of people and are euthanized if they are not adoptable. Feral cats are defined as un-socialized, wild cats born to stray cats previously owned by humans, or the offspring of other feral cats with no owners or regular human contact. “Cats are humanely trapped, evaluated, vaccinated, sterilized and eartipped by a veterinarian and returned to the trap location with the intent of controlling or reducing feline population and reproduction,” the resolution said of TNVR. Ear-tipping requires a veterinarian to make a small, straight-line cut in the left ear tip of a cat, under anesthesia. This is a universal indicator that the cat has already been spayed or neutered and should be returned to the wild if TNVR practitioners re-capture that animal later. Peter Reese, an animal welfare advocate and Tonawanda High School

graduate who works with the State University of New York at Buffalo Animal Law Pro Bono Project to promote model community cat ordinances in communities, had urged the council to pass this resolution. He pointed out TNVR was legalized in North Tonawanda last October after having been illegal since 1999. “It’s never been illegal in the City of Tonawanda, because the city leaders have been pretty wise, but passing this ordinance will make it clear that TNVR is the best practice, what people should do and is an endorsement of the status quo,” said Reese. Joseph Smith, a third-year law student at UB who has worked with law school Professor and Vice Dean Kim Connolly on the Animal Law Pro Bono Project, thanked the council for “recognizing the importance of this resolution to the community and these animals.” Edie

Offhaus, co-founder of Feral Cat FOCUS, a TNVR organization that also socializes cats for adoption, gave her support as well. According to Offhaus, approximately 55 to 60 caregivers in the City of Tonawanda currently practice TNVR, and her organization has engaged in the practice for about 12 years. “We’re always going to be here, Feral Cat FOCUS, to help to lend traps to caregivers, work with caregivers on the proper way to deal with these cats, and if you have any questions, we will be one phone call away,” she said. Under the conditions of the resolution, TNVR practitioners are required to follow guidelines set forth by organizations such as the American Veterinary Medical Association, and must use the generally-accepted practices for capturing the animals. Any socialized cats or feral kittens that TNVR practitio-

ners capture are eligible, but not required, to be placed for adoption. Practitioners will not be in violation of this new law if they decide the best option for a particular situation is to leave the cat, or cats, in question alone. “I am thrilled,” Offhaus said after the resolution passed. “We couldn’t be happier. This is a big step. One by one, we are going around to the towns and villages in Erie County, and getting each one of the towns, cities and villages to pass the trap, neuter, vaccinate and return, as did Erie County. All of Erie County – the legislatures have passed it already. It was passed on Dec. 18.” “I’d like to thank the council for the TNVR. Feral cats are a huge problem in many communities, and this will hopefully help control our feral cat population here in the city,” Mayor Rick Davis said.

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Mayor, council comment on Schumer’s press conference By Kimberlee Sabshin NT SUN CORRESPONDENT

On Tuesday, Mayor Rick Davis, the City of Tonawanda Common Council and community members voiced support for U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer after he held a press conference Monday in support of clearing away leftover radioactive waste from the Tonawanda Landfill. During this conference, Schumer urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with a proposed plan to clean up this material, which has remained in the ground since the days of World War II and the Manhattan Project. In a letter Schumer composed to the USACE, he wrote that if land erodes at the landfill site, waste could leak and then expose residents to chemicals, including uranium. “In order for any mitigation plan to move forward, the Army Corps must release their feasibility plan, and so I am urging you to work with the Buffalo District to move this plan forward as quickly as possible,” he said. At the Common Council meeting on Tuesday, Joyce Hogenkamp, a community activist who was also instrumental in charges being brought against Tonawanda Coke for violating the Clean Air Act, praised Davis and Fourth Ward Councilwoman Jenna Koch for coming to Schumer’s press conference. She said this was another project she had CPOWNY

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worked to have resolved. “That was a work in progress from the time Tonawanda Coke was convicted,” said Hogenkamp, president of Citizens United for Justice, an activist group. “I started working on it, starting pushing, started networking through all my contacts I made through Tonawanda Coke. Yesterday was a culmination of getting [Schumer] here. He was amazed and very pleased that our mayor was there, our councilwoman was there and that Anthony Caruana, the Town of Tonawanda Supervisor, was there in sub-zero, freezing temperatures.” Hogenkamp said in spite of the cold weather, the elected representatives and interested residents remained outside for approximately half an hour to 45 minutes. She said Schumer was also surprised by the amount of area residents who bundled up to hear him speak. Since she was also able to speak privately with Schumer, she informed him of the work she had done. “Everyone has asked me, ‘Why have you stayed in Tonawanda?’ I was able to look him in the face and say honestly to him, ‘I stayed because of the people. My family is here, my friends are here and my neighbors are here,” Hogenkamp also told the council. “There is no other place like Tonawanda – the generosity, the comfort that you get when you’re sick is just truly amazing.” According to Koch,

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she and Davis had “several conversations with the Army Corps,” but were met by a “brick wall.” To kick off the celebration, Koch commended HogenCPOWNY is sponsoring kamp for her perseverance a contest to win a stuffed in dealing with causes such baby giraffe, complete with as the landfill and Tonawaa bandana with Sampson’s nda Coke. name. The first entry from “It’s a true testament: if somebody tells you ‘no,’ each of the 25 community you can’t do it, you keep These billboards are help- papers to correctly submit all on trying,” Koch said. To help you along, we will be providing clues each week to the locations of the billboards. “I’d like to thank Senator Schumer for coming out to the City of Tonawanda and pledging his support for this, and I look forward to working with him so we can resolve this.” Davis, who said Monday “wasn’t an 85 degree day” and joked that he “thought he lost the tip of [his] ear to frostbite” while he was Good luck outside, also commended Clue #1 Clue #2 spotting Schumer and Hogenkamp. Look for a billboard by the A billboard can be found near Sampson! Davis, who started workEdward Saunders Unity Center St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute ing with Hogenkamp 10 years ago on the TonawaKeep your eyes open, as you travel around WNY, for these special Sampson billboards. If you missed any nda Landfill, said he was previous clues given last week, check prior newspaper delivery week. Contest entries due by February 6 grateful the city is now able to have a “heavyweight” such as Schumer on its side. “It’s not so much about quality of life that’s huge, so much as closure for the residents,” Davis said. “The town can’t properly cap the landfill, so residents have to deal with the dust, the noise, on top of not knowing exactly what is in their backyard. This is a huge step – not popping the champagne corks yet, but this is a step in the right direction and hopefully when the Army Corps does decide to release their proposed plan, the only recommendation will be to clean it up.”

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Local sports McClure lands on Festival of Lights all-tourney team

By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER

After a less than stellar first game score of 124, Marina McClure thought to herself she probably should have stayed in bed. “Truthfully,” McClure said with a smile. “That’s exactly what I was thinking. I said, ‘coach (Gina Maduri), why am I even here right now?’She had a lot of faith in me. She said, ‘shake it off, because I know what you are capable of.’” McClure took a deep breath, collected her thoughts and did exactly what coach Maduri told her to do. She went for it. McClure, a Tonawanda High School sophomore, rebounded with a 257 game two that set the stage for a total pin count

of 1,172 and a spot on the All-Tournament team at the Festival of Lights Tournament that was held Dec. 30 at Thruway Lanes. Throwing a 175 in game three, McClure closed out the morning sessions with a score of 560. She came back in the afternoon and fired games of 188, 195 and 233 for a series of 616 and her best-ever performance in the holiday showdown that features schools from all over Section VI. “So far it was definitely my best one,” McClure said. “It definitely was a huge accomplishment. After my first game of a 124 and coming back with a 257, it definitely was a roller coaster of emotions.” Though young, McClure is one of the Lady Warriors’ battled-tested veterans and has come up big for her team time and time again in the past. Still, for McClure, getting that vote of confidence from her coach at a crucial time paid off even more than she initially

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After rolling a 124 in game one, Marina McClure bowled a 257 in game two at the Festival of Lights tournament Dec. 30. expected. “It helped more than I thought it would,” said McClure. “Because just hearing her say that meant more than anything to know that she has that much confidence in me.”

McClure said that from the first release of the ball in that second game she knew her touch was back when she rolled a perfect pocket strike. “Coach looked at me and said, ‘There you go! You know

you’ve got it,’” McClure said as she recalled the moment. “And I just knew it was going to be smooth sailing from there on.” Maduri said she never doubted McClure for a second and that the way Marina was able to rebound was not only an example of her outstanding bowling skills, but also a testament to her mental toughness. “It’s great that I have somebody like her that I can depend on to do that,” said Maduri. “Because a lot of people, boys and girls, because bowling is so mental they would be done for the entire day. Like I told her, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon. If you can come back the next game with a big game, that (bad game) will be completely erased.” As a whole, the Lady Warriors rolled 2,616 in the morning and 2,623 in the afternoon session for a total pin fall of 5,239, good enough for a fourth place finish overall. Finishing just 37 points behind tournament winner Frontier,

the Lady Warriors finished the highest among small schools. “For us to place first in as many rounds as we did, it was unbelievable,” said McClure. “In the second half we knew we could definitely place high because of our confidence.” Though McClure was quick to say that the team score was far more important than her individual numbers, her powerful performance is indeed vital to Tonawanda’s season over the long haul. As a veteran and co-captain, McClure’s words and her actions carry a lot of weight with her teammates. When she can step onto the ally and hold her own against the elite of WNY, it will give McClure even more respect in the eyes of her teammates. “All throughout the tournament I wasn’t concerned about how I did. Because I knew if I bowled my average we’d be fine,” said McClure. “I was more concerned with building the rest of the team up.”

Joe’s drops Canisius in on-ice edition of heated rivalry By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER

There is no such thing as a run-of-the-mill St.Joe’s/ Canisius game. The Marauders collected the most recent win in the neverending rivalry when St. Joe’s handed Canisius a 5-1 loss in a WNY Federation Hockey game that was played Jan. 2 at

Northtown Center in front of a sell out crowd. “The rivalry is real big.You try not to wrap your head around it too much because it can get a little crazy,” said St. Joe’s coach Rich Crozier. “One of the special things about this rivalry, from a coach’s standpoint, is it brings back many former players.” Those former Marauders in attendence were certainly treated to an exciting homecoming as senior Ben Higgins put on a goalkeeping clinic by turning away 20 of 21 shots he faced on the night. Trevor

Conschafter sparked the offense as he scored twice for the Marauders, who improved to 5-1 in league, 8-3 overall. A predictably intense game, the two teams skated to a 1-1 tie after the first period. When the second period began, that’s when the flood gates opened. Brendon Hurley netted the game-winner just 18 seconds into the second period to spark what would be a four-goal outburst that would chase Canisius goalie Jake Nichols from the net trailing 4-1. Hurley would score off a picture-perfect pass from Jacob

Colosanti when they broke into the Crusaders zone on a twoon-zero rush. Matt Santora got the lone goal for Canisius as the Crusaders dropped to 4-4-1 overall. Efforts to reach Canisius for post game reaction were unsuccessful, as losing to its biggest rival was something the team did not want to talk about. Both schools understand that athletic contestst go a long way in not only raising school pride, but also serving as a tool to bring students to their own campus. Crozier said he and his team were just focused on

winning a hockey game. But if that victory over their top rival can have a positive ripple effect on the overall image of St.Joe’s, then the win means even more. “From a school standpoint, it means a lot. You’ve got a bunch of kids making decisions,” Crozier said. “I don’t like to think about it too much but some kids make decisions on the outcome of football, basketball and hockey games. We believe we have something great to offer young men. If we were able to do our part and influence some kids to make a decision then we are

happy with that. It goes beyond what it on the scoreboard.” Looking ahead, both teams will be back in WNY Fed action at Buff State on Jan.11. Canisius will skate against Williamsville-North at 1 p.m. while St. Joe’s will face Timon at 3 p.m. St. Joe’s will play Clarence Jan. 15 at Northtown (8 p.m.), Lancaster Jan. 18 at Buff State (1p.m.) and Timon again on Jan.19, this time at Northtown at (1 p.m.). Canisius is looking at Orchard Park on Jan. 17 when they clash at 1 p.m. at Northtown Center.

City of Tonawanda Courier/ Friday, January 9, 2015

Local sports Mount St. Mary gives defending champion a scare By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER

Dropping eight of its first 11 games certainly wasn’t how the Mount St. Mary Thunder basketball team planned on starting the season. But as firstyear varsity coach Mike McCarthy takes stock in the first half of the season more than the black and white of wins and losses, McCarthy said he could not be more proud of the effort his girls have put in every day. “We play hard every game. It’s engrained in them, my coaching style. They know what’s expected everyday,” McCarthy said minutes after his

team threw a scare into defending Catholic and Federation Class A champion Cardinal O’Hara on Jan. 5. The Hawks emerged as winners, 52-49. “I think more than anything else, it’s another upsetting loss, McCarthy said. “With this crazy, tough schedule that we have, on any given day we can win a game against one of these opponents. We have eight losses now all to ranked opponents basically. That’s tough, but it’s a loss to be proud of, too, because the girls play hard every time they go out there.” Falling, as McCarthy said, to ranked opponents like O’Hara, Mt. Mercy and Kenmore West, in some cases by a matter of just one or two possessions, McCarthy said his girls haven’t ever backed down or quit. And the

Thunder keeps moving forward always expecting to win every time it steps on the floor. Regardless of the outcome each night, McCarthy stressed that he is always proud of the desire and effort the girls have shown. “To be honest, I try to have the same mentality all the time,” said McCarthy. “I’m a loud, crazy, aggressive style of coach. My girls understand that. They have a very short memory. They get past (a loss) really quickly. I don’t, for the most part, look for small little victories. The bottom line is winning games. But I’m also the father of a daughter who’s a 12-year-old. So there’s parts to be proud of the girls, individually and as a team. So I am proud of them. I want to win, but I’m proud of them.” While the Hawks were

missing three key players, most notably leading scorer Anndea Zeigler, the Thunder put forth a solid effort and gave O’Hara a good test. Julie Fleming led the way with 20 points as the Mount took a 20-19 lead with a minute to play in the first half. Katie Meegan hit a huge 3-pointer to cut the O’Hara lead to 34-33. Meighan Murphy also played the strong, physical game against O’Hara that is the epitome of the fight and the hunger the Thunder has shown every night. “It’s something I see in every single practice, let alone game,” said McCarthy. “That’s how they are in practice. I’m used to it. That’s the way my team was last year on the JV level. I have five of those girls on this team. Nothing surprises me with them.”

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O’Hara defeated Mount St. Mary on Jan. 5, 52-49.

Hemphill’s big second half helps O’Hara past Mount St. Mary

By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER

With two starters missing, this game wasn’t exactly the best indicator of where the Cardinal O’Hara Lady Hawks are. On the plus side, they still found a way to gut out the win. Summer Hemphill (10 rebounds) had 14 of her 18

points in the second half as O’Hara fought off the challenge of a very tough Mt. St. Mary club, 52-49, on Jan. 5. The Hawks, who have won six of their first seven games, are off to a good start as they move forward after graduating key players like Jontay Walton, Kelsey McCarthy and Keyonte Edwards. Playing without one of their top scorers in Anndea Zeigler, the Hawks managed to survive some tense moments to beat the Thunder. While the casual observer might say this might have been a reminder or a wake up call to O’Hara to

not take an opponent lightly, Hawks head coach Nick O’Neil said it certainly was not a case of his team taking the Mount too lightly. “I give all credit to coach Mike McCarthy. He had his team ready to play,” said O’Neil. “They took all of our deficiencies and they magnified them by making us shoot from the outside. We couldn’t get the ball inside. So I don’t want to take any credit away from him. He did a great job preparing for us and just making a great game out of it. As far as it being a

reminder, it’s kind of tough. We only had two practices the last two weeks because our gym was shut down. And we didn’t have Anndea and Cierra (Harrison), who are both starters for us. So it’s not a good indication because if they were here I think the game would have been a little different. But when they’re not here, just like injuries and stuff, girls have got to step up and they’ve got to play their role. Some girls play their role and some girls gotta get better at the roles we need them to play.” Scoring wins over Tapestry

Charter School, Christian Central Academy, Jamestown and Starpoint, the Hawks also beat Nardin 43-36 on Dec. 16 in a rematch of last season’s Monsignor Martin Athletic Association playoff championship game. The Hawks lone loss came at the hands of Section V stud Bishop Kearney on Dec. 11. Zeigler and Cori Dickson especially have both been doing stellar jobs as the team’s two core returners while transfer Summer Hemphill has also been outstanding. Hemphill, who came to O’Hara by way of Buffalo

Performing Arts, is averaging 17 points per game and is closing in on her 1,000th career point. As a whole, O’Neil has been happy with what the start and believes that as the pieces fall into place, things will only get better. “The season’s been going great,” said O’Neil. “We’ve only had our full team for I think two games now. We’ve always had somebody missing due to injury, illness or due to vacation, including myself. I think we’ll get a better barometer over this next week.”

City of Tonawanda Courier /Friday, January 9, 2015

Armor Inn Tap Room Leg lamp gets replaced Ellicottville is now open at local liquor store

Residents of Ellicottville should prepare themselves for a new lip-smacking Barbecue restaurant in town. Owner of the Armor Inn Tap Room, JC Seneca opened his newest establishments doors on Friday December 19, 2014. This will be the second location opening for the Armor Inn Tap Room, which is located right in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;heart of townâ&#x20AC;? across the street from the Wingate by Wyndham Hotel in Ellicottville, NY. The Armor Inn Tap Room offers family friendly casual dining, specializing in mouth-watering Barbecue. They will be open 7 days a week starting at 7a.m. for breakfast, lunch, dinner and at 10p.m. a late night menu will be available. We will continue serving your favorite items including the Signature Smoked Wings and BBQ Nachos. We have also added new items including the entire breakfast menu, home-made pizza logs and BBQ Tacos. The restaurant will also feature a Happy Hour Monday through Friday from 11am-6pm and Thursday Wing Night, Fish Fry Fridays, Saturday Prime Rib Dinner Special and Sunday Kids Eat Free. Bring the family in and enjoy a great dining experience and a great scenic view of Ellicottville. Along with delicious food the Armor Inn will also feature a fun and entertaining nightlife. There is a full service bar with a wide variety of taps with brands and styles of beer to choose from for all beer enthusiasts. /LYH HQWHUWDLQPHQW ZLOO Ă&#x20AC;OO the restaurant with music so you can dance the night away RU UHOD[ E\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UH SODFH Live music will be performed Friday and Saturday nights of all genres. This weekend we will feature the best Blues acts during Ellicottvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Winter Blues Weekend, Jan. 9 we will have JJ White & the All Nighters and Jan. 10 we will host Dive House Union bot starting at 9pm. Later in the month, on Jan. 27 the newest, award winning blues sensation and National recording artist the Selwyn Birchwood band will be performing in the restaurant. Mr. Seneca said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am very excited to open a new restaurant in such a great and thriving community like Ellicottville, NY. I am very thankful to all of the business RZQHUV HOHFWHG RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV DQG community members for being so welcoming.â&#x20AC;? Seneca has assembled a team to run the Armor Inn comprised of greatly experienced people from WNY. From wait staff to management, the very best will represent the newest Armor Inn location. Senecaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s management team consists of Matthew Brunner as the Director of Food & Beverage

for all his restaurants including Native Pride Diner, and both Armor Inn Tap Room locations, Kirstin Knowles as the restaurants General Manager, Michele -DFREVRQ ZLOO EH WKH Ă RRU EDU & catering manager and Troy Skowronski is the Executive Chef. Together they will make every familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dining experience in Ellicottville a special one. We would like to thank Bill Paladino of Ellicott Development and all of the contractors and employees who helped us with every stage of the building process. Mr. Senecaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Director of Development, Mark 7XĂ&#x20AC;OODUR DQG KLV WHDP KDYH worked very hard renovating this space to become a beautiful restaurant. We also look forward to our partnership with Ellicott Hospitality and The Wingate by Wyndham Hotel in Ellicottville coming in January 2015.

The story of the leg lamp thief had gone nationwide. Yankee Spirits owner Gary Brennan was unhappy, to say the least, when he found out his leg lamp, similar to the one from the well-known holiday movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Story,â&#x20AC;? had been stolen from his store. What he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect most, was what happened next. Calls, emails and text messages came in from throughout the country, regarding the theft. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got calls from all over the country and texts from people all over the country saying it was in their paper,â&#x20AC;? said Brennan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was insane.â&#x20AC;? The lamp had been given to Brennan 15 years ago by his wife as a Christmas gift. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was one of the few people that saw the movie 31 years ago in theaters,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would search the paper to see when it was going to be on because I just love the movie.â&#x20AC;? Understanding his love for the movie, his wife surprised him with his very own leg lamp one year. After a few years, he decided to do â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Storyâ&#x20AC;? display in the front window of his store for the holidays. From then on it became a tradition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It became a staple of our front window here for CPOWNY

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the last 12 years,â&#x20AC;? said Brennan. The news of the theft quickly spread on social media, which is where it caught the eye of Joe Lavey Jr., who happens to have a special connection to the movie, a friendship with one of the actors. Ian Petrella, who played Randy in the movie, had seen Laveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post regarding the lamp on Facebook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hit the share button and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m friends with Ian Petrella and he was on tour when he saw it. He wrote on my Facebook that we needed to replace [Brennanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] lamp,â&#x20AC;? said Lavey. The money was raised to purchase a new lamp and Petrella flew in just for the occasion. Lavey made it a surprise and just asked Brennan if he was available on Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure he probably figured someone was bringing him a leg lamp to replace the one that was stolen,â&#x20AC;? said Lavey. But Brennan and his wife had no idea Petrella would be the one delivering it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He and his wife are both huge fans of the movie,â&#x20AC;? Lavey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they saw [Petrella] walking through the door, bringing the crate on a dolly, their faces just dropped. You could tell they just had no clue this was happening.â&#x20AC;? And Brennan was sure taken by surprise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had Ian Petrella

bring it in and it all went from there,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Afterwards, we popped the champagne and they were here for over an hour. It was a little party.â&#x20AC;? Petrella even autographed the lamp for him and it now sits on display in the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front window. All while the plans for this presentation were being made, Brennan actually received two smaller versions of the lamps that were generously donated. They are now both autographed by Petrella and Brennan plans to raffle them off to benefit Meals on Wheels. Although there has been a happy ending to the story, unfortunately the thief was never caught. Because it was a gift to Brennan and he had it for many years, Lavey is encouraging the thief to return it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have a solid good ending to this story,â&#x20AC;? he said. He continued by saying the lamp could be returned, no questions asked, at Sweeney Hose Fire Hall at 499 Zimmerman St., North Tonawanda. It could be left between the two sets of doors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there are any more like that out there,â&#x20AC;? Lavey continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That specific design hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been around since [Brennan] got it.â&#x20AC;? For Brennan, he would like to see the thief caught to prevent theft from any of his fellow local businesses.

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Students of St. Andrew’s Country Day School showed up to win in the X-STREAM competition recently at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute. The X-STREAM Competition was an event developed from the STREAM initiative carried out by the Diocese of Buffalo. The various Catholic schools from the Diocese of Buffalo had student representation for the different competitions that took place throughout the day. Taking first place in the Robotics competition with the highest total points was the St. Andrew’s team compiled of seventh and eighth graders: Aidan Bowerman, Michael Conway, Anthony Foglia, Philip Frieary, Mariel Gatmaitan, Andrew Jeremko, Irene Killian, Alexis Lakatos, Michael Rosina and Connor Wright. Competing in the Science Olympiad portion of the event were sixth graders, Lauren Wegman and Sarah Pratt. The team took first place in building the

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Students of St. Andrew’s Country Day School showed up to win in the X-STREAM competition. first place in the “Straw Egg longest suspension bridge seconds. Otto Johannsen, fifth Drop” competition. measuring 102cm while Using only given supporting a chalkboard grader, and Daniel Foglia, eraser for more than 10 sixth grader, as a team took materials, students were

required to create a protective barrier to prevent an egg from breaking and dropping the structure to

land closest to the specified target. In the “Mystery Architecture” competition, Dagny Rebhan and Emily Wright, sixth graders at St. Andrew’s placed second by constructing a freestanding structure out of given materials and judged based on height and ability to support a tennis ball. The last competition was a bottle rocket competition based on the amount of time the rocket stayed in the air. Aidan Wright, 6th grader, designed a bottle rocket that successfully launched and missed standing in the top three finisher spots only by a couple of seconds. Other students of St. Andrew’s primary and intermediate grades were present to talk about their displayed inventions and gained knowledge from the STREAM Academies. With approximately 17 schools competing and over 500 spectators the day was full of education and excitement. The hallways were filled with smiles of pride on students’ faces and eagerness to continue learning.

ECC community rallies together for annual holiday drive The holiday season is a time for communities to come together. For Erie Community College’s community, it’s a time to lift up fellow students pursuing a better future one class at a time. In a drive that was extended because of November’s “Winter Storm Knife,”

ECC administration, faculty and students collaborated with the college’s Board of Trustees to collect and package offerings throughout their three campuses for their annual President’s Holiday Food Drive, which culminated at Williamsville’s North Campus on December 12. The collection of non-

perishable food items and/ or gift cards—which is now in its seventh year—will aid over 137 families within the college’s community, comprised of working students and their families who need an extra hand. ECC President Jack Quinn and his staff have organized these efforts every year since

he arrived at ECC in 2008. According to Quinn, it’s an effort that’s indicative of the altruism evident throughout the community college’s campuses. Donations have been forthcoming since before Thanksgiving. The final offerings collected at North Campus—which consisted

of more than 35 gift cards and enough food donations to fill over one hundred holiday care packages—will be distributed to families through ECC’s Student Services Office before Christmas. And since 2010, ECC’s Student Government Association (SGA) has teamed a separate toy drive

with the President’s Office drive to form a collective initiative even more able to aid ECC students fraught with economic hardships. “The selfless nature of our college’s community has never ceased to amaze me,” said Quinn. “I’m not only thankful, but humbled to be a part of it.”

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