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Big dreams for Genesee River communities in Allegany County BY KATHRYN ROSS
Wellsville Central School has a new sign on its north facing wall that will light up the home of the Lions.
Photos by Kathryn Ross Svitlana Giovanniello was appointed by the Wellsville Board of Education to the position elementary teacher. The Ukraine native has been a district employee since 2015.
Wellsville school board lauds vaccination of students BY KATHRYN ROSS WELLSVILLE — Amid several new appointments June 7, the Wellsville Board of Education welcomed and congratulated two of its employees, while congratulating the district overall for its student COVID-19 vaccination rate. Superintendent David Foster told the board that by the end of May a total of 122 students over the age of 12 had been vaccinated as part of a school clinic.
“It is pre y much equal among the classes with the seniors being a li le less because many of them had already been vaccinated due to employment and their eligibility,” he said. The students will receive their second dose of the vaccine on June 16. Reminders will be sent to parents. The student’s vaccination cards will be mailed to parents after the students receive their second dose. Foster also told the board he had learned earlier in the
day that the governor had li ed the mandate requiring students to wear masks while outside on campus. “We will no longer require students to wear masks when outside,” he said, but added that masks will still be required for athletes in close quarters, such as in baseball and so ball dugouts. Masks are still required within the school buildings. The li ing of mask regulations will not, Foster said, change the district’s plan to hold the 2021 graduation
ceremony at Wellsville Municipal Airport at 7 p.m. June 25. The rain date is June 26 at noon. Students and their families will be seated 6 feet apart. Seniors are allowed four guests at the ceremony. The BOE congratulated two employees for their recent accomplishments. It approved the probationary appointment of Svitlana Giovanniello, whose emergency COVID-19 initial certification is in early childhood
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WELLSVILLE — Dream big is what Brenda Szabo is advising villages and towns along the Genesee River when it comes to the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. The program is a staterun effort that helps towns and villages across the state maximize their waterfronts to enhance recreation and tourism. While it has been utilized by communities on lakes and oceans, there is no reason it cannot be used to help develop riverfronts. “The state is very excited to have the Genesee River involved in this program,” said Szabo, who as head of the Wellness Program at Jones Memorial Hospital has been an integral part of bringing the LWRP to the county. She explained the project to the members of the Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society recently. The project has been in the works since 2019, a er Szabo a ended a meeting hosted by the county planning board and tourism board concerning “branding” for the county to enhance tourism. At that meeting three features were recognized for their present and future impact — The Great Wellsville Balloon Rally, Tall Pines ATV Park and the Genesee River. “We haven’t done anything with the river,” she pointed out. The LWRP provides $200,000 for the development of plans for river revitalization projects. It does not provide funding for projects. The state provided $150,000 for the plan while 10 communities and towns along
the river from the town of Willing to the town of Hume each chipped in $5,000 for the development of the plan. The scope of the project and the plans is being compiled by Ingalls Planning and Development of Rochester. The fi rm developed the plan that led to enhancement of Rochester’s inner harbor. Szabo told the historical society that once the plan is developed it will be sent to the state for approval and forwarded to the federal government. When grant funds become available for one or more of the proposed projects the county will be notified, and the grant writing process will begin. “If you have a project in the approved plan than you are more likely to get grant funding for it, when grant funds become available,” she said. Starting this summer, representatives from Ingalls will be hosting brainstorming meetings in each of the 10 municipalities included in the LWRP. “Dream big when you look at the possibilities for river revitalization,” Szabo said adding that the boundaries of the projects are within one mile of the river and may include downtown projects. Projects could also include such items as ropes courses and zip lines across the river, riverfront cafes or parks, river access points and BNBs, canoe and kayak launches. One suggestion is two reduce the arterial around the village of Wellsville to just twolanes and transforming the two lanes closest to the river into parks and walkways for biking and walking and even
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outstanding experiences in laboratory and field testing of various construction materials, focusing on soils, concrete, and asphalt. “Doc” Bruce, as his students knew him, was the initial adviser for the Alfred State College Associated General Contractors (AGC) student chapter. He worked tirelessly with industry leaders, including the New York State Asphalt Pavement Association (NYSAPA), to connect students with industry through site visits and internships. The AGC and the college will hold a celebratory fundraising event on June 18 at the Turning Stone Resort. Bruce was also the fi rst lead examiner for the statewide New York Construction Materials Association hot mix asphalt QC/QA certification program. His efforts over the years made an impressive impact in the construction field through the many Alfred State graduates who are now industry leaders, including Smith and Hill, who have donated $50,000 each toward the campaign. Smith noted that Bruce was a very student-focused professor. “If I was to describe Dr. Bruce, (I would say that) he was a living conduit that connected us on a real-time basis with potential employers, engineering fi rms, fellow students, and alums,” Smith said. “He was just a really great communicator that cared about the industry and he believed in building from the foundation up
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CLASSIFIEDS School Board continued from 1 education from birth to second grade, for the elementary education tenure area. Foster pointed out that Giovanniello’s performance over the past year helped increase the number of students enrolled in next year’s kindergarten classes. Noting that her approval is a case of promoting from within, he said, “You were an amazing fi nd.” Giovanniello is a native of the Ukraine who moved to the U.S. in 2013 and started substituting at the school in
2015. Also, at the meeting the board approved, based on her successful completion of a Civil Service test, the provisional appointment of Lillian A. Hall to the position of secretary. Hall is a Greenwood native who graduated from Andover Central School. In other action the district-wide safety plan was presented to the board for review by Emily Peavey, school business executive. The plan will be open for a 30-day public comment period from July 2 to Aug. 2. The safety plan will be available for review in the district office and on the school website during the 30day public comment period. It can be found on the school website at www. wellsvilleschools.org At the end of the
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Only 7 new Allegany County COVID cases between June 5-7 Genesee River continued from 1 music venues. “These projects may not take place for 20 or more years,” she said. “This is a way we can preserve the future for our children and grandchildren. What can we do to a ract people to the area and utilize our waterfront,” she asked? No meetings have been
scheduled as of yet, but Szabo is advising people in the towns and villages that are part of the LWRP to start imagining how their communities may benefit from a river-related project. The meetings will take place before Fall, current conditions allowing, and will be advertised in local news media and on social networks. She reminded those present, “If it is in the plan, it is more likely to get grant funding. Be visionary and dream big for the future of our communities.”
BELMONT — Only seven new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Allegany County from June 5-7, county health authorities reported. The Allegany County Department of Health said there were three new cases on June 7 and four new cases on June 5, while no new cases were reported June 6. Officials reported 139 people were tested June 6, with 159,477 tests reported to date. The total number of cases to date rose to 3,595. Of those, 3,521 have resulted in recoveries, and 87 deaths have been reported by the state Department of Health. The number of people in
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