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Slow It Down, Spread It Out And Soak It In – With Raingardens!

After a hard rain, do you have a wet area in your yard that never completely dries out or takes forever to do so? Or a water issue around your house that you don’t know what to do with? If this sounds all too familiar, then a raingarden might just be the solution for you! When it rains, ...

This Is A Recertification Form That Is Worth Filling Out

Question: I just received a letter from Chautauqua County Department of Health & Human Services, telling me I have Medicaid and need to re-certify within two weeks. I do not have Medicaid and I don’t think I should fill out this form/application. Answer: There are many programs under the umbrella of Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS); one of them being Medicaid. There are many types and levels of Medicaid. Because it is June/July, I would guess that you get your Medicare Part B Premium paid by either New York State or the Federal Government. This Medicare Part B Premium is ...

Eggs Everywhere

At Audubon, we have been taking students out on the trails for the last few weeks. My group often ends up in a line of spruce trees, and underneath the trees the kids have discovered a spread of broken blue eggshells. When the kids started asking questions about those particular blue ...

Deis-Wadsworth

Jennifer Ann Deis and Christopher William Wadsworth from Batavia, Ohio, were married on May 28, 2022 at Cooper Creek Event Center in Blue Ash, Ohio, with Rachel Hudson officiating the ceremony. Readers were Suzy Bowles, sister of the bride and Hilary Wadsworth, sister of the groom. The ...

Robert Volk-Sylvia (Williams) Volk

On May 24, 1952 Robert Volk and Sylvia (Williams) Volk became husband and wife in Carrolltown, Pa. After 70 years of marriage they celebrated their anniversary with a party at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel in Celoron, N.Y. They were joined in the celebration by all of their children, two in ...

Having PRIDE For All Those The OFA Supports

June is recognized as national PRIDE month, a time dedicated to uplifting voices of the LGBTQ+ community which for too long were silenced. It is a time of celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and recognition of accomplishments of LGBTQ+ individuals such as Gilbert Baker, an American artist, gay rights activist, and U.S. Army veteran, who designed the now famous rainbow LGBT flag in 1978. At the Office for Aging Services, we understand that unconscious, implicit, and institutional bias continues to effect LGBTQ individuals in ways many people never have to think about. In our rural ...