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YMCA Holds Inaugural Awards Luncheon

The Jamestown Area YMCA held its' inaugural awards and luncheon banquet, with the central and unifying theme being "Acknowledging All You Do," at the Jamestown Area YMCA's Teen Center on Aug. 30.The awards luncheon replaced the Y's Annual Awards Dinner for 2016 and was well attended by the awardees, their families, friends, YMCA staff and YMCA supporters.Banquet attendees we're treated to a buffet style lunch. Mark G. Eckendorf, chief executive officer of the YMCA, acted as the Master of the Ceremony for the event. The following YMCA members, volunteers, staff and YMCA supporters ...

Clues In the Background

Another set of photographs in the collection of the Fenton History Center features the construction of the "new" Y.M.C.A. building at the northeast corner of East Fourth and Pine Streets. It was referred to as the new Y.M.C.A. because their earlier building had been built at the corner of East Second Street and Prendergast Avenue in 1900. The first photograph in this set is dated 30 October 1928. It shows what seems to be a survey crew on the front lawn of the residence that is present on the lot. The large sign for the Warren Construction Company is leaning against the front porch of ...

I Am The Entertainer

Downtown Jamestown is once again poised to experience what is conceivably its busiest night of the year.That's right, folks, the time has again come for Infinity Visual and Performing Arts' Local Music Showcase - the largest display of homegrown musical talent condensed into a five-block radius over the course of eight hours - which will be held Saturday evening.It's always worthwhile to be a part of the action on this special evening. It's the only time of the year that you're guaranteed to run into friends and acquaintances while out and about, and it's for one of the best causes out ...

Area Man Inducted Into Buffalo Music Hall Of Fame

Jim Runfola can now put his name alongside the likes of Aretha Franklin courtesy of his most recent in a string of notable musical achievements.On Aug. 3, it was announced that the Jamestown native is to be formally inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, alongside 11 other accomplished Buffalo area musicians, in an Oct. 6 gala at the Cardinal O'Hara Performing Arts Center."It feels really great to receive this honor," Runfola said. "It's rewarding to know that someone sees the effort I've put into everything I've done all these years. Apparently it was enough to make me worthy of ...

Ward Publishes Book On Chautauqua Lake’s Ice Industry

BEMUS POINT - Despite its agrarian economy, one of Chautauqua County's most booming industries at the turn of the 20th century was harvested from the frozen waters of Chautauqua Lake in the winter season.Bemus Point author Fletcher Ward has brought Chautauqua Lake's now overlooked ice industry back to life with the recent release of his third book, "The History of Chautauqua Lake's Ice Industry 1865-1935."The book chronicles the history of the ice industry in the United States and the commercial ice business which flourished on Chautauqua Lake. According to Ward's research in the ...

These Birds Make Chicken Seem Smart

I enjoy the antics of our three dozen barnyard chickens. I chuckle at the truths behind the "chicken" expressions in our language: "Chickens come home .... You're too chicken to do that ... Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."Today's column is not about chickens. It is about guinea fowl.Guinea fowl are rounder, goofier cousins of chickens. They eat ticks. My poor wife's tick-borne Lyme disease has not fully responded to antibiotic treatment. She suffers. So she is thrilled at the idea of tick-eating fowl.We decided to experiment. We got 16 newborn guinea fowl in spring.I ...