Chautauqua County Community Source 10/21/22

ANIMAL RABIES IMMUNIZATION CLINIC

Drive-in Rabies Immunization Clinic

Pre-Registration for Drive-in Rabies Clinic is Required

The Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services (CCDHHS) Division of Public Health has announced a free rabies vac cination clinic. The clinic will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Dunkirk City Streets De partment at 19 W. Lucas Ave. in Dunkirk, N.Y. This clinic will be a drive-in clinic and animals must be pre-regis tered to receive vaccinations.

Vaccinations will be provided free of charge to all dogs, cats, and domesticated ferrets three months of age and older.

The Town and City of Dunkirk, along with the Chautauqua County Division of Public Health will co-spon sor the clinic. Dr. Rebekah Frost will be the attending veterinarian. To pre-register online for the Dunkirk clinic visit: https://on.ny.gov/3CyY Dkm.

There are a limited number of spots available at this clinic, so pet owners should pre-reg ister online as soon as possible. If you register but decide not to attend the event, please cancel your appointment so the spot is available for another pet.

You can cancel appointments via the confirmation email you receive when you register. Walk-ins may be accepted, but are not guaranteed.

At the clinic, vehicles will enter and follow the estab lished traffic pattern on-site. Pet owners will stay in their

vehicles with their pets, un less otherwise instructed. Pet owners must bring previous rabies vaccination records for each animal receiving a shot to ensure proper and effective vaccination; clinic staff will confirm previous rabies vacci nation records. All dogs must be on a leash. All cats must be in a carrier. Animal handlers will transport animals from the vehicle to the veterinarian for vaccination.

New York State Public Health Law requires each dog, cat, and domesticated ferret over the age of four months be vaccinated against rabies. County residents are encour aged to be responsible pet owners by having their pets vaccinated.

Rabies is a very serious dis ease of warm-blooded animals caused by a virus. Raccoons, bats, skunks, and foxes are common disease carriers. The virus is transmitted to hu mans and animals through saliva and can enter the body through a bite, scratch, or open cut. The rabies virus infects the central nervous system and can cause brain swelling and ultimately death within days of the onset of symptoms.

For more information about the clinic and rabies in general, visit https://chqgov. com/environmental-health/ rabies-prevention or contact the Division of Public Health at (716) 753-4481.

WENDEL ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP FOR COUNTY LAW DEPARTMENT

MAYVILLE, N.Y. - Chau tauqua County Executive Paul M. Wendel, Jr. has announced the appointment of Patrick Sla gle as the new County Attorney for the Chautauqua County Law Department.

Slagle will begin his new po sition in January 2023 and he will replace current County Attorney Stephen Abdella, who will be retiring from the posi tion on or about January 1, 2023.

Slagle has served as First As sistant County Attorney for the Chautauqua County Law De partment since February 2022 and previously was an Assistant Social Services Attorney with the Chautauqua County Depart ment of Health and Human Ser vices.

As Frist Assistant County At torney, Slagle drafts and negoti ates contracts, and renders legal opinions for various county departments. He also works closely with the Chautauqua County Department of Human Resources and the five recog nized labor unions in County Government to negotiate col lective bargaining agreements and to address and resolve dis ciplinary procedures and griev ances. Slagle also assumes the duties of the County Attorney in his absence and has been an inte gral role with the department’s policy decisions and budgetary planning.

“I am excited to announce Patrick Slagle as our new County Attorney,” said Wendel.

“I am proud to promote someone who has worked his way up in our organization as I believe his experience, dedication and hard work will continue to be an asset to his department and Chautau qua County.”

Prior to his tenure with the County, Slagle was a Supervis ing Attorney at Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. from

2009 to 2019. He is also a cur rent member of the Jamestown Bar Association, New York State School Board Association, and Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education.

“As a lifelong resident of Chautauqua County and the Jamestown community, and as a practicing attorney for over 10 years, I look forward to serving

as County Attorney in a commu nity that has always been very important to me,” said Slagle.

Slagle graduated from James town High School, and earned his Associate’s Degree in Polit ical Science from Jamestown Community College and his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the State Univer sity of New York at Brockport.

He also earned his Doctorate’s Degree in Law at the Univer sity at Buffalo Law School and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

He currently resides in Jamestown, N.Y. with his wife and their two children.

Patrick Slagle Selected to Serve as County Attorney New Director to Begin in Jan. 2023

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Pictured above from left, Stephen Abdella, retiring County Attorney for the Chautauqua County Law Department; Patrick Slagle, incoming County Attorney; and PJ Wendel, Chautauqua County Executive.

Halloween craft ideas for kids

Halloween is an enjoya ble holiday for all, but par ticularly for children. Kids enjoy the opportunity to channel their whimsy and imagination, whether that involves choosing a clever costume or helping design the theme and scope of home decorations.

Parents, guardians and educators can channel the creativity inspired by Hal loween into various craft projects. Crafts can not only keep children busy when the "I'm bored" lamenta tions inevitably turn up, but crafts also are a way to keep children off of screens. Plus, the items that children cre ate can be used to decorate rooms in the house - helping to curb added expenses on commercial decor.

The following are some Halloween crafts children can make alone or with the help of older siblings and parents.

Jack's slime

The toothy grins of jacko-lanterns can be seen just about everywhere come Halloween, and the bright orange color of pumpkins heralds the start of fall. What better way to say "Hal loween is here" than with a craft that can be displayed and also played with? Slime is something that's always a big hit with kids. Here's a recipe for slime, courtesy of The Best Ideas for Kids.

- 6 ounces of Elmer's glue (substituting with another brand of glue may not pro duce the same results)

- Orange food coloring to create desired hue - 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda - 1 1/2 tablespoons of con tact lens solution (one that contains boric acid in the ingredient list, as that is what causes the chemical reaction to form slime)

- Optional: 2 tablespoons of water added to the glue before the baking soda if you desire a stretchier slime - Black felt or black con struction paper, cut into the eyes and mouth of a jack-olantern

- Small mason jar with lid Decorate the mason jar using a bit of glue to stick the black paper or felt face pieces to the outside of the jar. Mix all the ingredients of the slime in a small bowl and pour into the decorated jar.

Forest spider Take a trip to a nearby forest or wooded trail and gather up round pinecones that have fallen. Purchase brown pipe cleaners and cut four of the cleaners in half to form eight legs. Glue the legs on the pinecone and attach several small googly eyes and two larger ones to form the eyes of the spider.

Paper roll treat holders

Rather than discarding the tubes inside of paper towel or toilet paper rolls, let kids transform them into monster craft treat holders. They'll be perfect for party favors or even to give out to neighborhood trick-or-treaters. Cover the bottoms of the rolls with masking tape so treats won't fall out. Paint the outside of the cardboard rolls and let dry. An alternative is to cover the rolls in colored paper for less messy fun. Then use markers or paper cut-outs to form faces of the monsters. Fill the rolls with treats, then stuff a piece of tissue paper in each top to add even more personality to the creations and hide the treats inside.

Ghostly leaves Make a truly eco-friendly craft on Halloween, with ghosts made out of leaves, eliminating the need to use extra paper. Paint large leaves with white paint. On the narrow-most point on top of the leaves, paint black eyes and mouths. When completely dry, scat ter on a table or sideboard for some scary fun, or use double-sided tape to stick to windows and doors.

Interesting facts about fall

Weather is often the first indi cator that the seasons are chang ing. For many people across the globe, the hot days of summer will soon be giving way to the more crisp days of fall.

For those who live in regions where summer only subtly gives way to fall or is seemingly gone before the end of August, the 2019 autumnal equinox occurs on September 23. That marks the official beginning of fall, also known as autumn. In fact, that the season the follows summer seemingly goes by two different names is just one of many inter esting facts about fall.

- A season by any other name Fall is the term most often used to reference the season suc ceeding summer in the United States. But the season is referred to as 'autumn' in other parts of the world, including Great Brit ain. Fall was once even known as 'harvest' because of the harvest moon, which appears close to the autumnal equinox.

- The colors of fall foliage are actually present year-round. Fall is known for its colorful foliage. But the pigments responsible for those colors are actually present year-round. According to the SUNY College of Environmen tal Science and Forestry, green, yellow and orange pigments are present year-round. However, during spring and summer, the leaves serve as factories where many foods necessary to help the tree grow are manufactured.

That process takes place in the leaf in cells containing chloro phyll, which gives the leaves their green color. This process ceases as hours of daylight de crease and temperatures drop. As a result, chlorophyll breaks down, the green color disappears and the vivid colors of fall foli age begin to appear.

- Squirrels have a (sophisti cated) plan out there. Squirrels hiding food in autumn for the upcoming winter is a familiar sight. And squirrels are more organized than many people may know. Groundbreaking research released in 1991 found that, even when squirrels bury that stash of nuts closely to one another, they will each return to the precise location of their personal cache. Recent research also has shown that squirrels bury their stash based on certain traits, such as the type of nut be ing buried.

- Babies born in fall are more likely to see the century mark. Researchers at the University of Chicago studied more than 1,500 centenarians born in the United States between 1880 and 1895. They then compared birth and death information with those centenarians' siblings and spouses so they could compare their early environment and ge netic background and their adult environment. Their research found that most centenarians were born between September and November.

L.E.A.F. WORKSHOPS WEEK OF OCTOBER 24th

CCE-Chautauqua Announces Upcoming LEAF (Learn. Empower. Achieve. Farm.) Workshops

BY CASSANDRA SKAL, AGRI CULTURE PROGRAM COORDI NATOR

JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK (October 18, 2022)

-- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s Agriculture Pro gram has three workshops planned for the coming weeks as part of their 2022 Fall LEAF (Learn. Em power. Achieve. Farm.) Workshop Series. On Tuesday, October 25th the workshop “Basic Home Food Preservation” will be held. On Tuesday, No vember 1st, the workshop “Sourdough and Salt Ris ing Breads” will be held. Both events will be at the JCC Jamestown Campus from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm.

“Basic Home Food Pres ervation” will be the topic on Tuesday, October 25th 6:00-8:00pm at the JCC (Jamestown Campus) Sheldon Center, OTA Lab Room 146. This workshop will teach participants about preserving your bountiful harvest or local produce purchases to be enjoyed during those cold winter months. We will discuss food safety, safe preservation practices and make some freezer jam. Instructors include Cornell Cooperative Ex tensions – Chautauqua County’s Executive Direc tor, Emily Reynolds and Master Gardener Coordi nator, Shannon Rinow, both certified Master Food Preservers. The cost of this workshop is $10/ person to cover the ex pense of supplies.

“Sourdough and Salt Rising Breads” will be the topic on Tuesday Novem

ber 1st, 6:00-8:00pm at the JCC (Jamestown Cam pus) Carnahan Building Theater. This workshop will discuss advanced breads, including sour dough and salt rising. Par ticipants will learn more abut breadmaking tech niques and will receive recipes and instructions along with opportunities for hands on demonstra tions and tastings. Infor mation will also be given on rules and regulations for selling baked goods at farmer’s markets. The in structor is Linda Dewey, 5th generation owner/ operator of Silver Falls Farm, Perrysburg, NY, which has been contin uously owned and oper ated by the Dewey Family since 1817. The price for this class is $15 per person to cover ingredients.

The LEAF Workshop Series is open to the gen eral public, including homesteaders, begin ning farmers, established farmers looking to diver sify and grow, agriculture enthusiasts, and everyone in between! The 2022 Fall LEAF series is providing 14 workshops to be held in September, October, and November.

Each workshop is 2 hours long and led by an experienced instructor. The LEAF workshops are designed to be interac tive, so participants are encouraged to bring their questions and ideas to this collaborative environ ment!

Pre-registration is re quired prior to the work shop to allow for adequate time to prepare printed

resources and materials. Interested participants can register online by vis iting https://chautauqua. cce.cornell.edu/agricul ture/2022-l-e-a-f-work shop-series, by emailing cks83@cornell.edu, or by calling 716-664-9502 ext. 202.

The Agriculture Pro gram is one of many programs offered by Cornell Cooperative Ex tension of Chautauqua County (CCE-Chautau qua). CCE-Chautauqua is a subordinate govern mental agency with an educational mission that operates under a form of organization and ad ministration approved by Cornell University as agent for the State of New York. It is tax-exempt un der section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The association is part of the national cooperative extension system, an ed ucational partnership be tween County, State, and Federal governments. As New York’s land grant university Cornell ad ministers the system in this state. Each Cornell Cooperative Extension as sociation is an independ ent employer that is gov erned by an elected Board of Directors with general oversight from Cornell. All associations work to meet the needs of the counties in which they are located as well as state and national goals. For more information, call 716664-9502 or visit our web site at www.cce.cornell. edu/chautauqua. Cornell University Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities.

FREDONIA, N.Y. - Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning se ries of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, returns for the 2022-23 sea son at the 1891 Fredonia Op era House Performing Arts Center on Sat., Oct. 22, at 1 p.m., with Luigi Cherubini’s Medea. It marks the Met’s premiere production of this rarely performed master piece.

Having triumphed at the Met in some of the reperto ry’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance. Joining Radvanovsky is tenor Mat thew Polenzani as Medea’s Argonaut husband, Gias one; soprano Janai Brug ger as her rival for his love, Glauce; bass Michele Pertusi as Medea’s father, Creonte, the King of Corinth; and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova as Medea’s confi dante, Neris.

A fiery retelling of a sem inal Greek myth, Medea is as compelling as it is dis turbing, never more so than when the title character en

acts her revenge on her un faithful lover by taking the lives of their two children.

Beyond its obvious dra matic power, the score of Me dea shows Cherubini’s abil ities in vocal, choral, and instrumental writing. The overture demonstrates the orchestral mastery that was so admired by Beethoven, and the vocal writing is mag nificent for the entire cast in both ensembles and solos.

It is the lead role, of course, that reigns supreme – from her confrontation aria with Giasone in Act I and their duet at the end of that act to her poignant moment of pity for her children in Act III and her final scene of un alloyed fury.

This marks Radvanovsky’s fourth new production with director David McVicar, who also designed the sets for this vivid, atmospheric staging, simultaneously classical, up dated, and timeless. And in an impressive fall trifecta at the Met, Maestro Carlo Rizzi conducts Medea, in addition to Don Carlo and Tosca

Sung in Italian with En glish subtitles, this produc tion runs two hours, 50 min

utes with one intermission.

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 be tween – is available. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Opera House Box Office or by phone at 716-679-1891, Tuesday-Friday, 12-4:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online anytime at www.fre dopera.org.

The Opera House is equipped with assistive lis tening headsets for the hear ing-impaired. Simply re quest one from any usher or Opera House staff member.

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Cen ter is a member-supported not-for-profit performing arts center with a mission to “present the performing arts for the benefit of our commu nity and region … providing access to artistic diversity … and high quality program ming at an affordable price.” It is located in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.fredopera.org.

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Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, returns for the 2022-23 season at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center on Sat., Oct. 22, at 1 p.m., with Luigi Cherubini’s Medea. It marks the Met’s premiere production of this rarely performed masterpiece; and Sondra Radvanovsky, who has triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance.

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Chautauqua County Office for the Aging Services Presents All The Lonely People: A Local Film Screening and Community Conversation on Social Isolation

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. -

The Chautauqua County Office for Aging Services presents a local screening of All the Lonely People, a social-impact film ex amining the epidemic of loneli ness. The in-person screening, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Friday, November 4, 2022 at 3 p.m. at the Robert H. Jackson Center, 305 E. 4th Ave. in Jamestown, N.Y. It will include a facilitated Q&A with the film’s producers and local officials, offering a fo rum for community discussion about ways to develop resilience and implement strategies to combat social isolation.

The event is part of a state wide screening tour organized by the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA), the Asso ciation on Aging in New York (AgingNY), and locally by the Chautauqua County Office for Aging Services.

In 2017, the U.S. Surgeon General declared social isolation to be a “global epidemic” – one that has only worsened in the COVID-19 health emergency. According to the AARP Public Policy Institute, social isolation drives $6.7 billion in additional associated Medicare spending per year. The health conse quences of loneliness and isola tion are equivalent to smoking

almost a pack of cigarettes daily. The added stress of feeling alone increases heart disease and even earlier onset of dementia.

All The Lonely People exam ines this epidemic on a deeply personal level. It follows a hand ful of people from different walks of life as they overcome social isolation and chronic loneliness, including New York residents Ari Rossen and Tony Westbrook, as well as people like Mary Hill, an 89-year-old caregiver who faces isolation in the rural countryside of En gland.

All The Lonely People shines a light on an issue that many peo ple were unaware existed until the pandemic forced us all into lockdown, “said Dr. Mary Ann Spanos, Director of the Chau tauqua County Office for Aging Services. “Social isolation and loneliness can have a real im pact on our health, quality of life, and ability to thrive in the community. It is a problem that can effect anyone of any age even if there is no pandemic. I am very excited to bring this film to Chautauqua County and hope you will all join us for viewing and discussion.”

NYSOFA Director Greg Ol sen said, "About a year ago, I had the privilege of previewing

Belt Advancement Ceremony

On Wednesday Octo ber 5, 2022, the follow ing Students have ad vanced to their next belt level through The Fam ily Martial Arts Center and the Kempo Karate Organization.

Kohai Jovy Binkiwitz, Kohai Gavin Mangus, and Sempei Todd Houser

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this powerful documentary. I immediately saw its alignment with the work that NYSOFA and the aging services network are collectively doing to combat social isolation for older adults. I also saw it as a tool to raise awareness about the need for this work on multiple levels, including a broader community reach, as isolation impacts peo ple of all ages. The film exam ines an issue that profoundly affects older adults, but it also features people from all walks of life and age groups, showing the many ways that we are all touched by social isolation. This is an issue that existed prior to the pandemic. Yet the social disruptions of COVID-19 funda mentally exacerbated it – and, in many ways, helped open our eyes to the problem. NYSOFA is proud to work with filmmakers from the Clowder Group and lo cal partners to host these screen ings and use the power of film to inspire conversation about one of the most pressing cultural is sues of our time."

Association on Aging In New York (AgingNY) Execu tive Director Becky Preve said, “The Association on Aging in New York is thrilled to bring the award-winning produc ers of All the Lonely People to New York. Social isolation has far-reaching, devastating im

pacts, and the aging services network has worked diligently to address this public health ep idemic. All the Lonely People is a thought-provoking documen tary that not only looks at the issue across the age spectrum, but it also provides tools for local communities to address social isolation. The opportunity to bring film screenings to all ar eas of the state will raise aware ness of this critical issue, open ing up conversation at the local level on effective ways to address the serious issues examined by this film. This project again shows the commitment of New York State to support older New Yorkers and their families.”

All The Lonely People Pro ducer Joe Applebaum said, "We are thrilled at this opportunity to support organizations across the state that are doing amaz ing things to ease loneliness and isolation. New York is making a meaningful commitment to easing loneliness and isolation.”

All The Lonely People Writer and Director Stu Maddux said, “This is more than just watch ing a film. It’s a chance to recon nect after a life-changing few years of isolation.”

For more information, con tact NY Connects Helpline at 716-753-4582.

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Master Sensei Matteson, Kohai Jovy Binkiwitz, Kohai Gavin Mangus and Sensei Joe Los

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Sempei Todd Houser, Sensei Joe Los