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Mudslide at Holiday Valley This Saturday Spectators Welcome! By Alicia Dziak
June 13 Super Spring Special at Little Valley Speedway
Mudslide weekend is here and it promises to be a riproaring, messy good time! The third annual Holiday Valley Mudslide is an obstacle run, where runners can choose from two distances — 3.5 miles or 5.4 miles — with 11 obstacles interspersed. The course starts by Spruce Lake, and don’t fret— you get a ride up on the chair lift so as to not exhaust your running muscles before you even start! Once at the top, runners navigate the ridgeline and then head back downhill, ending by Yodeler Lodge with the famous mudslide. Sound like fun but forgot to register? No problem! Stop by Yodeler Lodge on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. for last-chance registration for $80. You’ll still get a T-shirt while supplies last. This time is also the Friday night packet pickup, also known as Mudstock, where eager mud runners can head to Yodeler to prep for the race by enjoying live music and a drink or two with friends, old and new. Kids can take part in Saturday’s fun, too! A special Kids’ Mini Mudslide will take place after the Mudslide, and includes a half-mile run with two obstacles and a mudslide at the end. Registration for the kids’ race is $5 on Saturday only at Yodeler Lodge. If you can’t get to Holiday Valley until race day, Saturday packet pickup is 8 to 11 a.m. at Yodeler. You’ll be joined by hundreds of other racers, so be sure to get there early and allow at least an hour before your start time to get to the start of the course. “I’ve run in other mud runs before, but this will be my first time at the Mudslide,”
June 14 Mudslide Obstacle Trail Run Holiday Valley June 18 Mountain Bike Race Series #1 at Holiday Valley June 21 Emery Lafferty Benefit Yodeler Lodge Holiday Valley June 22 Pain in the Alleganies Allegany State Park June 23 Ellicottville Memorial Library Turns 53 Years Old! June 25 Mountain Bike Race Series #2 at Holiday Valley June 28 - 29 Raccoon Rally Allegany State Park July 3-6 Ellicottville Championship Rodeo
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July 4-6 Summer Music Festival Ellicottville & Holiday Valley July 9 Mountain Bike Race Series #3 at Holiday Valley July 11 Allegany State Park’s “Rock the Park” July 16 Eddie Szpaicher Memorial Golf Tourney Holiday Valley
See Mudslide page 10
New Glamping Resort Armor Inn Ellicottville to Opens Friday Open Early Fall Zipline, Flat Screen TVs, Wild Game Restaurant and More Family-Friendly, Signature Barbeque and Live Blues Acts
By Alicia Dziak
Canoeing! Ziplining! Hiking! Swimming! These activities and more await you at The Woods at Bear Creek, opening its doors to the public this Friday, June 13. The Woods at Bear Creek, located off the beaten path between Routes 242 and 16, occupies the
s of a former summer camp, and its buildings site h have been completely remodeled since owner J John Hutchins purchased the property in 2011. The Woods at Bear Creek offers camping at i finest, better known as “glamping,” which its m means “glamorous camping.” And what exactly d does THAT mean? Well, for starters, it means a the fun of camping, without the “roughing all i part. it” For example, the Woods’ tents sit on platforms a are furnished. and “There are currently two tents ready for g guests, but several more will be done by the end of the month,” explained Michael Crimi, executive director at The Woods at Bear Creek. In addition, several newly renovated cabins are available for rent. Cabins have large bathrooms (with two showers and two toilets),
By Alicia Dziak
OwnerJC Seneca stands in front of the future site of the Armor Inn Ellicottville.
New Real Estate Office Coming to Ellicottville Square By Jann Wiswall
Dina’s restaurant is expanding into the space soon to be vacated by the Holiday Shoppe, and the architectural plans for the expansion were approved as submitted by the Ellicottville Village Planning Board on Tuesday, June 10. The application for a special use permit for a new real estate office for Kenneth Bailey and Thomas Fenner in the Ellicottville Square complex on Bristol Lane also was approved following a public
Village Noise Complaints on the Rise Plans for 1887 Building and Historic District By Jann Wiswall
See Village Board page 11
See Armor Inn Ellicottville page 3
Planning Board Approves Dina’s Expansion
See Woods at Bear Creek page 8
Village of Ellicottville Mayor Charlie Coolidge said that numerous complaints about loud music in violation of the village noise ordinance have prompted him to send a letter to all bar and nightclub owners. The letter explains established rules and states that police will only ask once that music be turned down. If the volume goes up again after the first warning, the establishment will lose its music license for the rest of the night and will be issued a $250 ticket. As Coolidge explained at the village board meeting on Monday, June 9, he and Town of Ellicottville Supervisor John Burrell met with Ellicottville Police Officer in Charge Don Auge to review the ordinance. Starting immediately, police will be enforcing the rules at all nightclubs and bars, as well as private homes and other outdoor locations.
There will soon be a new stop on the circuit of must-try local eateries. The Armor Inn Ellicottville, set to open in the fall, will offer great eats at great prices for a family-friendly dining experience right in the heart of the village. The Armor Inn will be located in the Village Centre, next to the new Kwik Fill gas station on Mill Street.
See Planning Board page 11
CCIDA Extends Sales Tax Exemption – Village Centre Warns U.S. Companies of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law By Jann Wiswall
The owners of the Village Centre retail development at the corner of Washington and Mill streets have been approved for a one-year extension of their sales tax exemption by the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency. The
original exemption was issued in August 2012. 4646 Genesee, LLC, as the company is known, has leased four of its six retail spaces. Current tenants include Kwik Fill/Red Apple, the EVL Cheese Company, the Village Wine Rack and EVL Ink Tattoo
and Apparel. The company is in the process of completing parking areas, a dumpster pad, landscaping and other finishes and expects to lease the final two retail spaces later this year. (The Ellicottville Times has confirmed that Hamburg’s See CCIDA page 11