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April 12, 2015
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Hilton’s Quest Elementary School students Julia Sciortino (left) and Ashley Simons serve up Peruvian cookies as part of their first Culture Day. They are students in David Budgar’s intermediate class. Provided photo.
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Hilton Quest students celebrate Culture Day
Buffalo Road safety project in Gates resumes
Students and staff at Quest Elementary School in Hilton held their first Culture Day on Mar. 27 and it was a resounding success. Primary student Luke Pisani, with the guidance of Greg Booth, REACH (gifted and talented) teacher, organized the morning-long event. Students rotated through sessions with their “passports” to help them keep track of the countries they visited. Twenty-one countries in all were represented in 21 different rooms with presentations by teachers, Quest students, and students from Roberts Wesleyan College. Presentations included games and activities, such as learning a Spanish dance, food tasting, demonstrations and displays, but also included religions, literature, trading/bartering/paying for goods and services, communication and much more. After spring break, Quest elementary-level students started a new planner (unit of study) entitled “Around the World in Six Weeks.” The Culture Day that took place on the last day before vacation was a great way to jump start the new planner. Students are learning how cultures share similarities and differences across the world. Classes are studying a variety of cultures and exploring some of the literature that exists in these cultures as well. Provided information
Construction work is resuming on a $3.6 million safety project to ease congestion and improve safety along Route 33 (Buffalo Road) between Trabold Road and Marway Circle in the town of Gates, Monroe County. Traffic impacts are underway. The project will widen Route 33 in the area of Home Depot/Tinseltown Access Road, Wegman Road and Pixley Road in order to provide space for an additional eastbound through lane, plus right-turn lanes to improve traffic flow and safety. Sidewalks will be added along the south side of Route 33 from Trabold Road to Marway Circle. Space for bicyclists will be provided along the corridor and existing bicyclist and pedestrian amenities will be upgraded. The project will also include resurfacing the existing pavement, upgrading the drainage system and traffic signals, and installing landscaping, signs, and pavement markings, according to the NYSDOT. Beginning last week, motorists could expect daily lane closures along Buffalo Road between the I-490 interchange east towards the Gates Chili High School. Motorists should allow extra travel time to safely pass through the highway work zone. Highway crews will generally work weekdays from 4 a.m. to 3 p.m. Two-way travel will be maintained at all times along the Buffalo Road corridor. Short term closures at expressway entrance and exit ramps will occur this summer during milling and paving operations. Electronic message boards will inform motorists before these closures occur. Access to all parking lots will be maintained throughout the duration of the project. Utility relocation work took place during the 2014 season, along with the addition of new sidewalks to the west of the I-490 interchange. The construction contractor for the project is CATCO, of Alden, Erie County. Work is expected to be complete by August 2015. Motorists are reminded that fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone. In accordance with the Work Zone Safety Act of 2005, convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual’s driver’s license. For travel information, call 511, visit www.511NY. org, or our new mobile site at m.511ny.org. Provided information
Friends of Hamlin Beach State Park to host I Love My Park Day event The Friends of Hamlin Beach State Park (FOHBSP) will host volunteers at Hamlin Beach State Park as part of more than 80 cleanup, improvement and beautification events happening statewide on Saturday, May 2. I Love My Park Day is a statewide event to improve and enhance New York’s state parks and historic sites and bring visibility to the entire state park system and its needs. Volunteers will celebrate New York’s state park system by cleaning up park lands and beaches, planting trees and gardens, restoring trails and wildlife habitat, removing invasive species, and working on various site improvement projects. The FOHBSP and Hamlin Beach State Park person-
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nel have several projects planned. To see a list of these projects and to register to volunteer go to www.ptny. org/ilovemypark. Friends group members and park staff will be on hand to oversee and work with volunteers. I Love My Park Day is coordinated at the statewide level by Parks & Trails New York (PTNY) in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Parks & Trails New York is the leading statewide organization working to preserve and enhance a network of parks, trails and greenways for all New Yorkers for generations to come. Provided information
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