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Issue No. 17
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WN Community Directory delivered with this issue Popular user-friendly booklet packed with local info This weekend’s delivery of the 20th Edition of the Westside News Inc. Hometown Community Directory brings a valuable resource to area residents. Not only does the booklet define nearby businesses and service providers and what they offer through its advertisers, it also is packed with easily accessible information with a strong local focus. Some information will be found only in the pages of the Hometown Community Directory - the Directory is the only resource for many of the maps of towns in the readership. “Find It” inside the pages of the publication - look for contact information for area post offices, schools, community groups, churches as well as municipal government phone numbers and addresses - all conveniently packaged in an indexed format in type you can read. Make shopping more convenient become more aware of local and neighborhood businesses which
are featured in listings as well as display advertisements throughout the categorized format in the Directory. Get familiar with the publication’s content so you can “Find It” when you need to look up answers to the hugely popular Directory Escape Contest printed in the Suburban News and Hamlin-Clarkson Herald each week. Based on information found in the Hometown Community Directory, answer the questions and send in your entry for monthly drawings to win a gift certificate to a Community Directory advertiser of the winner’s choice. (See the Directory Escape Contest ad in this week’s paper for information). The Grand Prize winner chosen at random from a year’s worth of entries receives a travel opportunity offered by Bodine Unlimited Tours Inc. The Grand Prize winner for this year is announced inside this week’s newspaper.
Westside News Inc. Distribution Manager Don Griffin accepted delivery of over 33,000 copies of the 2016 Hometown Community Directories at the distribution center last week and began the work of organizing them for the newspaper routes. This year’s is the 20th Edition of the popular local information resource.
Newman Riga Library celebrates with music by Kristina Gabalski
Dr. Kenneth Meyer, a classical guitarist, performed at the Newman Riga Library during National Library Week. K. Gabalski photo.
Churchville/Riga area residents were treated to a special concert the evening of Thursday, April 14. Classical guitarist Dr. Kenneth Meyer performed as part of the Newman Riga Library’s celebration of National Library Week. Dr. Meyer, who lives in Geneva, New York, currently directs the guitar studies program at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music. He holds degrees in Music Composition and Performance from the State University of New York at Fredonia and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Eastman School of Music. He has served on the faculties of East Carolina University, SUNY at Fredonia and the Eastman School of Music. Described as, “A thinking man’s guitarist,” Dr. Meyer is a national first-prize winner at the Music Teacher’s National Association Collegiate Artist Competition. He delighted the audience at Newman Riga with a program, which included five short pieces by Renaissance composer John Dowland (1563-1626), a Prelude, Fuga and Allegro, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-
1750) and Quatro Valses Venezolanos by Antonio Lauro (1917-1986). Additionally, Dr. Meyer performed a piece written especially for him in 2012 by Jesse Jones called Ricordanza. Dr. Meyer said the piece, which includes a number of different musical characters coming in and out of focus, is a reflection on the nature of musical memory. Following its performance, Dr. Meyer told the audience he had been nervous performing the piece as it was the first time he had played it, “from memory.” Dr. Meyer has performed at the Newman Riga Library on several other occasions; he told the audience he was happy to be back in Churchville on such a beautiful spring evening. The theme for National Library Week 2016, which was observed from April 10 through 16, was “Libraries Transform.” According to the American Library Association, the observance is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All libraries - school, public, academic and special participate in the observance.