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Beaver tosses 769 set, Michael has 733 at JBC

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Ryan Beaver’s 277-248-244-769 for The Beavers in the Wednesday Smackdown Have a Ball, led the bowling action at Jamestown Bowling Company from Aug. 4-7. Larry Pischera’s 207-258-645 led the Summer Seniors at JBC. During the Tuesday Raw Have a Ball at JBC, Sarah Snavley rolled a 202-203-589 for Sweet Sarah’s Kettle Korn, followed by Patrick Tyler’s 165-199-214-578 for The Sandbaggers, Steven Rex’s 180-195-195-570 for Three Strikes Deep and Tripp Swartz’s 214-176-527 for The Sandbaggers. Bella Parsons tossed a 181-224-162-567 for Dynamic Duo to lead the Wednesday ...

Vanquished vegetable villain

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I got to Randy’s house that Saturday evening right after all the emergencies ended. It looked like a bomb had blasted every tool in his dad’s garden shed right out the door, but I didn’t notice because my dad’s shed always looked like that. Whenever Mom told Dad to organize his ...

Seasonal celebration

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Nearly 400 people attended the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame's annual summer picnic Monday at the Lakewood Rod & Gun club as dozens of local athletes were honored. Above, Bill and Lisa Catania, owners of Stateline Speedway in Busti, chat with Dr. Charles Sinatra on the patio at the ...

A walleye wake-up call

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Mental notes are wonderful things — until you forget where you put them. I was reminded of that recently when I learned that retail walleye fillets are selling for somewhere between $15 and more than $25 a pound, depending on where you live. I thought that was interesting. The very next ...

Stephen's Run 6K winners

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On Aug. 2, the Bemus Point Track Club hosted the Stephen's Run 6K at Long Point State Park, held in memory of Maple Grove cross country runner Stephen Pangborn. Rosie Williamson was the overall women's winner (28:44), followed by Emma Golembieski and Peyton Braunscheidel. Cody Kent (21:59) was ...

Bills hold first practice in new stadium

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ORCHARD PARK — Buffalo Bills first-year coach Joe Brady used the team's first practice in its new $2.1 billion stadium to enjoy a brief father-son moment on Saturday night. With fans beginning to file in, and rock music blaring over the state-of-the-art sound system, Brady emerged from ...