Hometown Events

East Rochester Public Library

317 Main St., E. Rochester, NY (585) 586-8302 www.eastrochester.org Mon. 9am-7pm; Tues.-Thurs. 9am-6pm; Fri. 9am-5pm; Sat 10am-2pm; Sun. Closed. (ERPL Book Nook: closed until further notice due to renovation) Fairport Public Library

1 Fairport Village Landing, Fairport (585) 223-9091 www.fairportlibrary.org Mon.-Thurs. 9am-9pm; Fri. 9am-6pm; Sat. 9am-5pm; Sun. 12pm-3pm (Oct.-April) Penfi eld Public Library

1985 Baird Rd., Penfi eld (585) 340-8720 www.penfi eldlibrary.org Mon.-Thurs. 10am-9pm; Fri. 10am-6pm; Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 2pm-5pm Pittsford Community Library

24 State St., Pittsford (585) 248-6275 Mon.- Thurs. 9am-9pm; Fri. 9am-6pm; Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm Webster Public Library

980 Ridge Rd., Webster (585) 872-7075 www.websterlibrary.org Mon.-Thur. 9am-8pm; Fri. & Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. Closed Here’s what ’s happening at your local library…

CANANDAIGUA

The Embrace Your Sisters (EYS) Tea At Two Fashion Show Fundraiser is scheduled for May 1, 2022 at Casa Larga Vineyards in Fairport at 2:00 pm, with doors open at 1:00 pm. Enjoy an inspirational afternoon of fashion, friends, food and fun. The models include breast cancer survivors along with their families, friends and members of our communities. You can now buy tickets or reserve a table for the Embrace Your Sisters Tea At Two Fashion Show Fundraiser! There are also sponsorship opportunities. https://www.embraceyoursisters. org/2022-fashion-show

Embrace Your Sisters (EYS) has a mission to provide short-term emergency financial support for people with breast cancer. The non-profit organization fills a unique niche in breast cancer services by providing this support to residents within 13 counties, assisting with their daily-living bills: Allegany, Cayuga, Chemung, Livi n g s t o n , M o n r o e , O n t a r i o , Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates counties in New York. Through financial assistance, education, and informational resources, EYS provides support and hope. To register or for more event details, visit the website a t : h t t p s : / / w w w . embraceyoursisters.org/basic-01.

GREECE

Greece Arcadia 50th Reunion! GREECE ARCADIA CLASS OF 1972 CLASSMATES, PLUS TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO GUIDED US FROM 1968-1972: SAVE THESE DATES!! The 50th Reunion of the Class of 1972 is 8/26/2022 8/27/2022! Please contact Nancy Tripp at 352-509-5700 or email at GAHSClassof1972@gmail.com so we can plan for your attendance. Weekend Highlights: Friday: Arcadia tour and Memorial Service for departed classmates. Saturday: Celebrations at Greece Canal Park. We’d love to see you there!!

HENRIETTA

Take off Pounds Sensibly - Join TOPS Club. Reasonable Rates/Team Support. Group meetings follow Weigh-Ins each Thursday at 8:15 AM. Join us at American Legion Hall, 260 Middle Road, Henrietta. Info-585-729-2192.

Free - Grab-n-Go Pasta Dinner: The Knights of Columbus 4812 is Collecting Food for Families, 1:00 to 4:00pm, Saturday, February 19, 2022. For your donation receive a Pasta Dinner - serves two, ready for reheat. Drive thru at Guardian Angels Church 2061 East Henrietta Rd., Henrietta.

ANTIQUE WIRELESS MUSEUM

Experience Two Centuries of Communication Technology

We are back to NORMAL HOURS Hours are: Tuesdays 10am-3pm and Saturdays 1pm-5pm

6925 State Route 5, Bloomfield, New York 14469 585-257-5119 • www.antiquewireless.org

ROCHESTER

Plant Native This Spring - Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation District Launches 2022 Conservation Tree & Shrub Program. This is a pre-order program with a deadline for ordering on March 4, 2022. We offer mail-in, email, and online ordering. The distribution of the plant material will occur at the Monroe County ecopark on April 21-22, 2022 from 9am-5pm. We will also hold a first come, first serve overstock sale April 23, 2022, 9-11am. where you can come in and purchase trees without having to preorder. Order form and our full color catalog available at: w w w . m o n r o e c o u n t y s w c d . o r g . Q u e s t i o n s : ( 5 8 5 ) 7 5 3 - 7 3 8 0 , Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm.

RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour - For a quarter of a century, Jonathan Larson’s RENT has inspired us to choose love over fear and to live without regret. This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prizewinning phenomenon follows a year in the lives of a diverse group of artists and friends struggling to follow their dreams without selling out. It has become more than a musical it’s a cultural touchstone, a rite of passage and a source of joy and strength for millions. RENT has become a part of us forever. March 7th & 8th, 7:30pm, RBTL’s Auditorium Theatre, 885 East Main Street, Rochester. https://www.rbtl.org/ events/rent/ My Fair Lady - MY FAIR LADY tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a “proper lady.” But who is really being transformed? February 22nd-27th, RBTL’s Auditorium Theatre, 885 East Main Street, Rochester. https://www.rbtl. org/events/my-fair-lady/

Rochester Model Railroad Club Open House - Join us March 5 and 6 in the basement of the First Universalist church at 150 South Clinton Avenue on the corner of Court Street. Hours are from 10 to 5 on Saturday and 1 to 5 on Sunday. Tickets are $5 and kids 12 and under are free. The train layout is a 40 x 60 layout featuring an HO scale railroad that winds it’s way from Pennsylvania through the rolling hills of Western New York to Buffalo, passing through towns such as Caledonia and Geneva. The layout is fully scenicked with over a t h o u s a n d t r e e s . h t t p : / / w w w . rocMRRC.com

SCOPE - Monroe County Chapter: Chapter meetings held inperson the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm. Email for location: i n f o @ m o n r o e c o u n t y s c o p e . c o m . Come learn about upcoming legislation in NY that may affect your 2nd amendment right. https:// monroecountyscope.com/

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Genesee Region Orchid Society Show and Sale - Hundreds of blooming orchids on display and for sale. Orchid plant giveaways. Orchid talks and demos. Orchid repotting service available. Saturday, April 2: 10AM-5PM; Sunday, April 3: 10AM-4PM at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Eisenhart Auditorium, 667 East Ave., Rochester. Admission $10.00; children under 12 free. Visit our w e b s i t e h t t p s : / / w w w . geneseeorchid.org for more info or like us on Facebook: Genesee Region Orchid Society. WEBSTER

DID YOU KNOW? According to the National Autism Association, autism is a bio-neurological developmental disability that affects the normal development of the brain in various areas. Those areas include social interaction, communication skills and cognitive function. Autism generally appears before a child reaches his or her third birthday, and the NAA notes it is diagnosed four times as often in boys than it is in girls. Roughly 40 percent of children with autism do not speak, but parents whose children speak between the ages of 12 and 18 months should know that such youngsters can still ultimately be diagnosed with autism. In such instances, the NAA notes that children lose the words they previously learned. Incidences of autism appear to be on the rise, though the reasons for that remain unclear. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of autism had risen to one in every 59 children by 2018. That’s twice as great as the rate in 2004, when the CDC reported one in 125 children were diagnosed with autism.

Damascus Shrine Lent Fish Fry Drive In Take Out: The Damascus Shriner’s are offering drive-up pickup Lent fish fry every Friday from March 4th till April 15th from 57:30pm at the Damascus Shrine Center, 979 Bay Rd., Webster. Fish, Fries, Cole Slaw or Double Fries and Roll for $14.00.

Spaghetti Dinner - March 4, 2022. The Webster Masonic Lodge will serve a public Fund Raiser Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, March 4, 2022 at the Webster Masonic Temple, 30 Orchard Street, from 5 to 7 P.M. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $6.00 for children 12yrs. and under. For TAKEOUTS call 872 3500. A chairlift is available. All Net Proceeds from this month’s supper will be donated to the Boy Scout Troop 113.

PEACH BRUSCHETTA WITH BLUE CHEESE

Serves 4 4 slices country bread 2 peaches Extra-virgin olive oil for brushing 1/4 pound blue cheese, gorgonzola or Blue Castello cheese Preheat the broiler. Arrange the bread slices on a rimmed baking sheet, slip under the broiler and toast, turning once, until golden brown on both sides. This should take only a few minutes. While the bread is toasting, halve the peaches lengthwise, pit them and then peel each half. Cut each half lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, keeping the shape of each half intact. When the bread is ready, remove from the broiler and brush each slice on both sides with olive oil. Spread one-fourth of the cheese on each slice of warm bread, place a sliced peach half on top, and serve.

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From Webster to Africa & Beyond BY DP DUNN

Rich Comins of Webster, NY, is a quiet man with salt and pepper hair and a twinkle in his eye. He has made friends and changed lives on every continent, except perhaps Antarctica. Rich is a small but mighty link in a chain of Rotarians that deliver ‘mobility devices’ all around the world. What’s a mobility device? Examples include crutches, wheelchairs, walkers, canes, leg braces, baby joggers and strollers, bike strollers, and prosthetic limbs. Rich collects these items for distribution overseas, at no cost to the recipient, through an organization called Crutches 4 Africa, whose mission is to “Collect, ship and distribute mobility devices.” Now if you’ve visited Hegedorn’s Market in Webster, you might have noticed a large plastic barrel near the store’s main entrance. On that barrel is a sign “CRUTCHES 4 AFRICA.” Maybe you’ve seen a couple of pairs of crutches, or a walker or two in the bin, ready to travel. Here’s their story. e whole Crutches 4 Africa operation was started by David Talbot of Boulder, Colorado. Talbot endured polio as a child. He recovered, a er surgery and much rehabilitation and exercise. Although he became an athlete in high school and college, he always remembered that painful illness. Dave traveled internationally, and as he traveled, he realized, as many travelers do, that Americans enjoyed so much. It’s scandalous what we throw away. Dave saw a need, especially in Africa, and took action to make a di erence. Medical mobility equipment was, and continues to be, in great demand to improve the lives of so many people with temporary or lifelong disabilities as well as many victims of accidents or war or illness. In 2018, Rich Comins attended an International Rotary conference in Toronto. Rich and Talbot met, and a series of conversations ensued. e next thing you know, as Rich tells the story, “Phil Smith visited the Webster chapter and presented an informational program about Crutches 4 Africa. e Ontario and Walworth clubs had already begun because of the discussion between Mark Wyse and myself in Toronto. I later presented to the Greece Rotary where Bill & Helen Gormont joined in the cause.” All agreed this was a worthwhile project. ey began collecting, storing, and shipping a wide array of mobility devices all around the world. In addition to the African continent, equipment has now been shipped to Mexico and Mongolia, El Salvador, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, ailand, Guatemala, and even Christmas Island. Merry Christmas, Christmas Islanders! Donations come from individuals, nursing homes, loan closets, hospitals, and other organizations with access to “used but usable” mobility devices. e items are inspected rst, and minor repairs are made if necessary, before the devices are bundled and batched for shipment overseas. is involves the work of many hands, and a periodic run across the PA border with a trailer full of donations. Shipping containers are then procured, and the items are delivered to their destinations. Importantly, according to Rich, “the equipment is never given to a government; items go directly to individuals in need, and always free of charge.” How many? “Over 171,000 items shipped (and lives changed)!” according to their website. When winter releases her icy grip, and shipping containers become available (right now, they’re at a premium), three containers worth are ready to go. “Hopefully we’ll make shipments this April, May, and June,” said Rich. Rich also passed along the following tips for those wishing to donate: 1. Don’t toss; DONATE, please! Your donation will change a life. 2. “Used but Usable” equipment only please; minor repairs are OK. 3. No electric scooters, please. e infrastructure elsewhere is not what we have at home. 4. Free pick up is available for larger donations of equipment. Aside from donations of equipment, Crutches 4 Africa welcomes cash contributions. Additionally, if a generous neighbor nearby has a storage space available, Crutches 4 Africa would greatly appreciate the use of it. Ideally, such a space would be 400 sq. . or larger, secure, accessible, and safe from the weather (no leaks). As a 501(c)(3) organization, receipts for donations are available to donors. Crutches 4 Africa is responsible for so many stories, so many lives touched and improved, all thanks to a brilliant idea, teamwork, and dedication. Please consider joining this international team. ose wishing to donate may call Rich Comins at (585) 899-9336 or email him at richecomins@gmail.com. To make a cash donation, read about the organization’s history, and view recipient testimonials check out the Crutches 4 Africa at www.crutches4africa.org.

Rich Comins of Webster (right) is dedicated to helping Crutches 4 Africa reach those in need of mobility devices. Crutches 4 Africa helps children like this young boy stay mobile! In addition to the African continent, equipment has now been shipped to Mexico and Mongolia, El Salvador, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Thailand, Guatemala, and even Christmas Island.

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