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VOLUME 3 ISSUE 20
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JULY 25 - 31, 2014
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BREAKING NEWS: Jazz and Blues Weekend Schedule page 3! Cattaraugus County Fair Starts Monday! EVGV Trail Bike Raffle - Info page on 5!
Welcome to Jazz & Blues Weekend Ellicottville’s Favorite Mid-Summer Celebration!
Calendar of Events July 25-27 Jazz and Blues Weekend July 26 Jefferson St. Cemetery Walking Tour July 27 EVL- 9 and EVL-4 Trail Runs at Holiday Valley July 27 - August 2 Cattaraugus County Fair
By Jann Wiswall
If it’s Jazz & Blues Weekend, then it’s unofficially the middle of summer in Western New York. To celebrate, Ellicottville has pulled out all the stops to give you a break from your workaday world with nearly a dozen uniquely talented jazz and blues artists scheduled to perform Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. On Saturday and Sunday, stroll the streets of the charming village, relax over a tasty meal, explore the many shops and boutiques, and feel the beat of the bands performing live at the Monroe Street Main Stage from 1-4 p.m. each day. With Latin Jazz Ensemble Sol Y Sombra performing Saturday and BLUZEINN on stage Sunday, we’ll challenge anyone to keep their toes from tapping! Ellicottville’s popular watering holes are doing their part too, with live performances at the Gin Mill and Balloons both Friday and Saturday evenings and more great bands at Ellicottville Brewing Company, Madigan’s and the Silver Fox Steakhouse on Saturday. For the full slate of performers, times and venues, see page 3. With a little planning, you just might be able to hear them all!
August 2 Art of Rescue August 7 -10 International Bowhunters Org. World Championships at Holiday Valley August 9 Gowanda Harley Kustom Kruise-In VI August 16-17 Taste of Ellicottville August 23 Tuscan Moon, Michael Kerns Tribute September 13 - Oct. 31 Pumpkinville September 19-21 Rock n’ Roll Weekend September 27-28 National Alpaca Farm Days October 4 Headstands for Humanity October 11-12 Ellicottville’s Fall Festival November 1 EVL Half Marathon & 5K
IBO World Mansfield Highway Dept. Championships at Truck Delivered Town May Receive FEMA Aid Holiday Valley Aug. 7-10 By Jann Wiswall
and will do so Aug. 7–10 at Holiday Valley. The IBO was formed in 1984 to bring shooters together for a common purpose — to promote, encourage and foster the sport of bowhunting. According to Bryan Marcum, IBO president, “The nonprofit organization holds 3-D tournaments every year to bring shooters together for a common cause, to create camaraderie and to foster a good level of competition for likeminded people.” According to Ron Kubicki, who heads up the Holiday Valley course crew, “Shooters will be arriving early in the week, and will be able to Course Volunteers Needed shoot on the defensive range starting Monday, by Jennie Acklin The International Bowhunting Organization Aug. 4. The defensive range used to be out See IBO Championships page 8 (IBO) celebrates its 30th anniversary this year,
2nd Annual Jefferson Street Cemetery Tour This Weekend contemplative green space. Here are the farmers, physicians, lawyers, religious leaders, veterans By Eva Potter “The Jefferson Street Cemetery stands as a and ordinary people who were part of the historic record, an outdoor art exhibit and a quiet development and growth of our little community of Ellicottville,” according the Jefferson Street Cemetery Committee. To honor these valued citizens who have passed, the Jefferson Street Cemetery will be open on Saturday, July 26 for the second annual Walking Tour. This year, 19 actors and actresses dressed in period clothing will portray some of those buried here and will entertain you with stories of their lives in those days. Project coordinator Gail Carucci said strolling flutists
‘Meet’ 19 Residents Buried Here
See Cemetery Tour page 11
There’s a brand new 2015 Mack GU 712 single-axle, AWD truck in the Town of Mansfield and town board members had a chance to take a good look at the long-awaited vehicle before their meeting
on Monday, July 21. The truck replaces one lost in the 2012 highway department barn fire. Highway Superintendent Brad Hurley said the truck was put to work immediately and operates as expected. See Manfield Hwy. Dept. page 9
Sprague Considers Development of Allegany K-Mart Site IDA to Hold Public Hearing, Begin SEQR
By Jann Wiswall
Sprague Development Corporation is doing its due
diligence as it considers president of the firm that going through with its offer to developed both Ellicottville purchase the 21-plus-acre site Square and Washington at 3864 Route 417 in Allegany, Square (Coffee Culture) in N.Y. Ellicottville, says he is looking Known as the former K-Mart at transforming the dilapidated Plaza site, Kody Sprague, See Sprague Development page 5
Springville Hosts Third Annual Fiddler’s Green Festival July 26 The third annual Fiddler’s Green Country and Bluegrass Festival, sponsored by the Concord Historical Society, will be the next big event for Springville, Concord and the surrounding areas. The event will be held on Saturday, July 26, with
festivities on Franklin St. from the Fiddler’s Green Park to the Concord Historical Society’s circa 1890’s General Store at Franklin and Main Streets, in the village of Springville, according to Joel and Jean Maul, co-chairmen of the See Fiddle Fest, page 4