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Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Thumbs up to the opening of Carols’ Closet Thrift Store. The store offers a variety of gently used clothing, household items, shoes, coats and other odds and ends — with proceeds benefitting The Relief Zone Youth Center in Frewsburg. The store is a community effort with donations garnered from local residents and space granted by Allied Alarm to store items too large for the store’s space. Perhaps the best thing about Carol’s Closet, however, is the fact that a local non-profit is pushing itself to raise the money it needs on its own rather than rely on local foundations. While the foundations are always happy to help as they are able, there is tremendous need in our area. Non-profits like The Relief Zone that take steps to help themselves are also helping other non-profits by freeing up foundation dollars for new organizations that need help. Carol’s Closet is located at 39 W. Main St., Frewsburg, and is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. To volunteer or for more information, call 569-2614 or find “Carol’s Closet” on Facebook.

Thumbs down to a late request for the public’s help in solving a crime. In mid-September, individuals broke into the Sherman Town Hall and stole the town’s safe. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release on the incident asking for the public’s help — but it took until late November before the department released photos of the suspects from surveillance equipment taken at the scene. We often hear that photos published in the newspaper help the police solve crimes like this safe theft, and we hope that holds true in this case. It would seem the odds of success were likely hampered by waiting nine weeks to release photos of those responsible for the theft.

Thumbs up to James Keller of South Dayton. For the sixth holiday season, Keller is making fresh wreaths that he sells to benefit charities the teenager supports. Keller’s wreath project was started because when he was just 9 years old, he and his father, John, got together and brainstormed. Since then, the project has to the point that, last year, Keller was able to give more than $2,000 to local charities. The wreaths can be found at Smith’s True Value in Irving this weekend. Proceeds benefit WNY Heroes Inc.; the Silver Creek, South Dayton, and Gowanda food pantries; Eden Cozy Quilts; Amanda Hanson Foundation; Hospice; Healing with Horses; Pets for Vets; Silver Creek Habitat for Humanity; among others. Well done young man.

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