Erie Cattaraugus Chautauqua County Community Source 10/14/22

Gowanda FallFest scarecrow contest,

BY BILL PEGLOWSKI

GOWANDA, N.Y. - The Gowanda community celebrat ed its annual Harvest Heritage Fall Festival the last weekend in September along with the Gowanda Boosters Club’s an nual Alumni Weekend for the second year in a row.

The centerpiece of FallFest in Gowanda is the annual Scarecrow Contest. The event features voting both online and in person in Gowanda, the former of which has come to dwarf what happens on paper ballots.

For 2022, the Gowanda Free Library, which placed second last year, came out on top. Its scarecrow, “Minions,” received 182 online votes plus 14 in-per son tallies for a 196 total. In second, with 156 online and 5 paper votes, was “Phyllis,” the creation of Cheryl and Randi John. With 83 votes, all online, “Mr. T. R. Ash” by Sue Trewer took the bronze.

“Petit Noel” at Art’s Cafe

Springville Center for the Arts will be presenting a unique kind of art show this upcoming holiday season. “Pe tit Noel” will display creations by local artists and artisans, with a focus on smaller, gift able items. Patrons can support local artists by shopping the show at Art’s Café beginning on Small Business Saturday and ending on Christmas Eve.

Art’s Café will be trans formed into a holiday gift shop filled with artisan quality items such as small paintings, postcards with original photog raphy, handmade toys, unique jewelry, artisanal soaps, handthrown mugs, and ornaments.

Those who aren’t shopping can enjoy the space as a creatively designed art exhibit.

To view or shop “Petit Noel”, visit Art’s Café, located at 5 East Main Street in Springville, between November 26th and December 24th. Art’s Café is a community and worker-owned artisan bakery and café with a connected arts workshop, per formance venue, public green roof, and artist residences.

Interested artists are encour aged to submit samples of their work by November 1st. For more information or to submit an application, visit Springvil leArts.org or call the Center at 716-592-9038.

Gowanda Mural Project, which had won last year, fin ished with a vote count in the 50s. Group officials said that the scarecrow might have been too abstract for Gowanda. It was also a creative work that required some explanation found on a sheet attached to the scarecrow.

The sculpture, “Sustainable Sisters,” was a reference to the Haudenosaunee’s Three Sis ters, represented by the crops corn, beans and squash.

Gabel Brothers Furniture neglected to register their scarecrow, “Baking Betty,” but still displayed it in an attempt to get write-in votes, manag ing support from 71 individu als online.

As for Alumni Weekend, the highlight was the annual Panther Prowl 5K race was held Sept. 25 at Gateway Park. Six ty-four runners took part in the race, including the entire

Gowanda cross country team.

It was a damp morning with a light drizzle that turned into a downpour during the middle of the race. In the end, cross country runner Drew Shull (19:32) finished first for the men’s division and overall with teammate Chase Bolen (19:48) right behind in second.

Also representing the Cross Country team, Autumn Pupo

(20:51) came in 5th overall and 1st for the women followed by Calie Hudson (21:25) at 6th overall.

The oldest woman in the race was Mac Mackenzie, 79, of Jamestown, who finished 46th (33:59). The oldest male runner at 70 was Tim Geiger, of Fredonia, finishing 27th (29:18).

Following the race, Weidner

Chicken BBQ catered a meal at the Gateway Park pavilion. Proceeds from the dinner ben efited the Gowanda Class of 2023.

The Gowanda Area Cham ber of Commerce’s annual clas sic car show, also scheduled for Sept. 25, was canceled due to an unfavorable weather forecast.

Photo by Bill Peglowski

Gowanda Free Library director Hayley Wilkins accepted the first-place medal for “Minions,” winner in the 2022 Gowanda Scarecrow Contest.

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Opera House Cinema Series to Present Bullet Train

ries is sponsored by Lake Shore Savings Bank. In addition, Opera House pro gramming is made possi ble by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

The Opera House is equipped with individu alized closed captioning eyeglasses for the deaf as well as with assistive lis tening headsets for the hearing-impaired. Sim ply request one from any usher or Opera House staff member.

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE ANNOUNCES NEW LOGO

FREDONIA, N.Y. - The next film in the Cinema Series at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is the comedic action film “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt. It will be screened Sat., Oct. 15, and Tues., Oct. 18 , at 7:30 p.m.

Ladybug (Pitt) is an un lucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully af ter one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, howev er, may have other plans, as Ladybug’s latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adver saries from around the globe – all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives – on the world’s fastest

train.

Thelma Adams, on AARP Movies for GrownUps calls the film “a run away train of entertain ment.” Alissa Wilkinson, on Vox, calls it “pure es capism at its finest.” Barry Hertz, in the Toronto Globe and Mail, says the film’s “biggest weapon, of the se cretly funny variety, rests in the chiseled form of star Brad Pitt, who once again proves that he is as charm ing a buff-and-tough movie god as he is a wry, self-deprecating comedy star.” Rated R for strong and bloody violence, per vasive language, and brief sexuality, “Bullet Train” runs two hours, six min

utes.

Tickets are available at the door the night of each screening. A book of 10 movie passes is available. For more information, call the Opera House Box Of fice at 716-679-1891. The Opera House Cinema Se

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is a member-sup ported not-for-profit per forming arts center with a mission to “present the performing arts for the benefit of our communi ty and region … providing access to artistic diversity … and high quality pro gramming at an afford able price.” It is located in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.fredopera.org.

MAYVILLE, NEW YORK - The Chautauqua

County Department of Mental Hygiene (CCD MH) announces a new logo for the department. With the recent growth, expanded services, and more on the horizon, the department felt it was time to transition to a logo that better represents this.

and strength. Kelly green is a secondary color that represents our communi ty reach. Green denotes balance, prosperity, re newal, and mental health awareness. Representing crisis services is light blue, symbolizing peace, tranquility, reliability, and security. Charcoal rounds out the palette to symbolize strength, intel lect, and compromise.

Festivals Fredonia Presents Harvest Moon Festival

The Harvest Moon Fes tival & Tours Planning Committee is pleased to bring you the 2022 Harvest Moon Festival & Tours October 21-22. This year they are add ing a day of fun activities to the popular cemetery tours for the first-ever Harvest Moon Festival!

Back by popular de mand, there will be two different ways to enjoy the tours: a horse-andtrolley (carriage) tour and a walking tour. We are delighted to work with actors from the Main Street Studio again this year and also to in troduce several new scenes into this year’s tour script, which is themed “The Mothers of our Community” and cel ebrates the roles women have played in Fredonia’s unique history.

The carriage tours will begin at the top of every hour starting at 7pm and

ending at 10pm. You will get onto the carriage at Barker Commons after you check in at the Fes tivals Fredonia table. The route will take you through town as a guide provides facts about Fre donia’s architecture and historical figures. You’ll then enjoy a narrative guided tour through the cemetery. The carriage will bring you back and drop you off at Barker Commons. Total time for tour is about 60 minutes. Please arrive at the Gaze bo in Barker Commons at least 10 minutes before your scheduled start time to allow check in.

The walking tour will start 15 minutes after the hour where you will depart Barker Commons with your tour group and you will be guided to the cemetery where your walking tour will begin. After your ceme tery tour, your guide will bring you back to Barker

Public Informational Meeting

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County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Meeting on Hazard Mitigation Plan

Update to be Held on

MAYVILLE, NEW YORK - Chautauqua County re ceived a Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Grant from the Federal Emergency Man agement Agency (FEMA) to complete an update to the County’s 2016 Multi-Juris dictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). The purpose of hazard mitigation planning is to reduce damage to the en vironment and prevent the loss of life and number and severity of injuries that may result from natural hazard events. The HMP is devel oped to identify and imple ment short- and long-term mitigation strategies and actions that focus on execu tion at a pre-disaster level. Retaining an approved and updated HMP will enable the County and participating municipalities to remain eli gible to apply for future haz ard mitigation and resiliency funding from FEMA. The updated HMP provides the

County and its jurisdictions with an additional tool to ref erence for disaster planning, land development, and fund ing initiatives.

A virtual Public Informa tional Meeting will be held on October 17, 2022 at 6 p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to solicit comments and questions regarding hazard mitigation planning con cerns from County residents and stakeholders from lo cal, state, and federal agen cies. Please join the meet ing via this link: https:// bartonandloguidice.zoom. us/j/81185357865

The meeting will also be livestreamed to YouTube: https://youtu.be/LvY KV9P14V8

For questions or assis tance needs, please contact Noel Guttman at Guttman@ chautcofire.org or 716-7534341.

Commons Total time for tour is 60-75 minutes. Please arrive at the Ga zebo in Barker Commons at least 10 minutes before your scheduled time to allow check in.

We are also very pleased to announce a one time special walking tour with Ivy Rivera Psy chic Medium. Ivy will be your guide on a walking tour through the ceme tery. This is a one time event happening October 21 starting at 10:30pm. It will depart at the Gazebo. Please arrive 10 minutes before the tour begins.

We are also very ex cited to have a whole day of activities like food & craft vendors, live music and entertainment, trick or treating at downtown Fredonia businesses, and more on Saturday, Octo ber 22nd. See below for the full list of events:

12pm-6pm – Craft and Food Vendors, Kid’s Crafts

1pm-2pm – Junk Draw er Ukulele Band at the Gazebo

2:30pm-3:30pm – Ivy Rivera Psychic Medium Gallery Reading at the Gazebo

4pm-5pm – Arlo Price from 716 Side Show at the Gazebo

5:30pm-7pm – Pedro and the Smooth Cats at the Gazebo

There will also be: Trick or Treating at Businesses through out the day, Pumpkin Painting Contests for Kids & Tweens at the Festival Activity Tent, and Pumpkin Carving Contests for Teens & Adults, drop off entries at the Festivals Fredo nia Tent. Learn more at vfestivalsfredoniany. org/harvest-moon-festi val-tours/

“We have been work ing hard within our team, with other County departments, and with community partners to identify gaps in service, take inventory of our existing resources, and make a strategic plan to access funding and form partnerships to fill those gaps,” said Carmelo Her nandez, Director of Com munity Mental Hygiene Services. “We felt that our current logo didn’t repre sent this effort accurately. The new logo highlights our caring team members’ support and illustrates that support goes beyond traditional clinical ser vices.”

The new logo is caring and supportive and rep resents the department’s connection and partner ship with its clients, cow orkers, and the commu nity. The lotus’ journey is one of growing through challenges resulting in this flower symboliz ing rebirth, purity, and strength. The open hands seek connection and en gagement, available, fac ing up, to demonstrate the duality of support, being available to lift and catch.

The petals of the leaves are three and done in gra dients to represent all the many facets and types of service delivery. Inter connected petals support the coordination and inte gration of services.

The CCDMH team voted on the new color palette.

Bright teal is the prima ry color to represent our team. The gradient teal leaf represents our clini cal services—Teal symbol izes calmness, serenity,

The logo launch coin cides with World Men tal Health Day, October 10, 2022. World Mental Health Day is an inter national day for global mental health education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma.

To learn more about CCDMH and local edu cation and awareness op portunities, visit chqgov. com/mental-hygiene or by searching @mentalhy gienechq.

Pictured above, the Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene’s new logo.

BY BILL PEGLOWSKI

GOWANDA, N.Y. - The Gowanda/Pine Valley Var sity football team was at Franklinville/Ellicottville on Oct. 7. Gowanda was be hind 25-0 after one quarter heading to a halftime score of 39-0. Franklinville/Elli cottville added another eight points in the 3rd quarter while Gowanda remained scoreless. A scoreless final quarter left the final at 47-0.

Gowanda Sports Report

— The Gowanda Varsity girls volleyball team was at Salamanca on Oct. 3. Gowanda squeezed out a 25-23 win in the first game before losing the second, 2522. Gowanda went on to win the next two games, both by 25-22 scores. Leading the Gowanda attack in the game were Gao:Wisa:S Stevens (7 kills, 8 digs, 2 aces), Jada Geiger (7 kills, 1 block) and Holland Browning (5 kills,

11 digs and 5 aces).

The volleyball team host ed Pine Valley on Oct. 5. Gowanda began game one falling quickly behind 5-0 but gradually worked into a 9-9 tie. It was 13-13 before Gowanda began to pull away to a 22-17 advantage, holding on for a 25-19 win. In the sec ond game, Pine Valley had a 4-1 lead before Gowanda tied it at 4. Pine Valley pulled back into a narrow lead that held up to a 17-17 tie. While Gowanda couldn’t grab the lead, the game was tied at 25 and 26 before Pine Valley se cured a 28-26 win.

Game three was close ear ly before Gowanda moved into a lead that peaked at 169. Pine Valley battled back to 22-18 before Gowanda locked down a 25-18 win to go up 2-1 in the match. Game four saw Gowanda with the early 4-1 lead. Pine Valley answered with a six-point burst to pull in front, 7-4. Gowan da closed the gap, but could only come to within two points of a lead as Pine Val ley went on to tie the match with a 25-22 win.

Gowanda came out slug gish in the final game, quickly falling behind 3-0. Gowanda closed to 3-2 only to have Pine Valley rebuild their lead to 8-4. Gowanda went on an eight-point blitz into a 12-8 lead that grew to 14-9. With Gowanda need ing a single point to win the game and the match, Pine Valley scored the next two straight points to 14-11. In a very unusual turn of events, Pine Valley was called on a foot foul on the next serve re sulting in the winning point being awarded to Gowanda.

— The Pine Valley/Gowan da Varsity boys soccer team traveled to Cassadaga Val ley/Falconer on Oct. 3. By halftime Cassadaga Val ley-Falconer had established a 3-0 lead. With six min utes left in the game, the score was 5-1 when Matthew Hostetter scored for PV/G.

Noah Fronuto was credit ed with an assist. A late Cas sadaga Valley/Falconer score made it a 6-1 final.

The boys were back home hosting Salamanca/Cat taraugus-Little Valley on Oct. 5. In a defensive bat

tle, PV/G came up short 2-0. The Salamanca/Cattarau gus-Little Valley goals were split evenly with one in each half.

The team was at West field/Brocton on Oct. 7 for a non-league match-up. West field/Brocton scored in the first minute of the game. Sixteen minutes later, Dar win Westlund scored for Pine Valley/Gowanda to tie things up 1-1. Frontuto was again credited with the as sist.

Just a minute before the end of the half, Westfield/ Brocton reclaimed the lead 2-1. That score would stand through a scoreless second half.

— The Pine Valley/Gowan da Varsity girls soccer team began Oct. 3 hosting Port ville, but they were down 6-0 at halftime. The game ended in a 9-0 final. The next day, the girls were at Cattaraugus-Little Valley. After a scoreless first half, Cattaraugus-Little Valley grabbed a 1-0 lead early in the second half. No other goals would be scored in the game.

The team closed out their week hosting Franklinville on Oct. 6. Again a scoreless

first half set the stage for a 1-0 final score. This time, Pine Valley/Gowanda scored the lone second-half goal. Getting her first goal of the season was sophomore Ju lianna Yasurek unassisted.

Destiny Linquist was in goal for Pine Valley/Gowanda, stopping all six Franklin ville shots that came her way.

— Gowanda Varsity girls lacrosse coach Lottie Gill announced that two se nior team members will be traveling to Sparks, My., to compete with the Haudenosaunee Nationals team at the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic Oct. 14-16. The two girls, Ke’ya Stevens and Aurora Stevens, will compete against the USA Select U16 team and Team Ontario. Those games will be streamed live on the Lax Sports Network.

SCOREBOARD

Football Thursday, Oct. 6 -Allegany-Limestone 40, Silver Creek 0

Friday, Oct. 7 -Franklinville/Ellicottville 47, Gowanda 0

-Medina 65, Springville 0

Girls Volleyball Monday, Oct. 3 -Gowanda 3, Salamanca 1 -North Collins 3, Silver Creek 1 Tuesday, Oct. 4 -Springville 3, Holland 0 Wednesday, Oct. 5 -Gowanda 3, Pine Valley 2 Thursday, Oct. 6 -Springville 3, Cleveland Hill 0

Friday, Oct. 7 -Eden 3, Springville 1

Boys Soccer Monday, Oct. 3 -Cassadaga Valley/Falconer 6, Pine Valley 1 -Westfield/Brocton 4, Silver Creek 2

Tuesday, Oct. 4 -Springville 2, Tonawanda 0

Gowanda Sports

Honeycrisp • Snap Dragon • Cortland McIntosh • Macoun • Empire

Photo by Bill Peglowski

Ella Luther (right) goes down for a dig during a recent Gowanda volleyball match.

Wednesday, Oct.

-Salamanca/CLV

Gowanda

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-Springville

Friday,

-Westfield/Brocton

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-Springville

Girls Soccer Monday, Oct.

-Portville

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-Springville

Girls Swimming Tuesday, Oct.

-Springville

Thursday, Oct.

-East Aurora