 | Department of Veterans Affairs Honors Canandaigua Man
Robert Van Keuren of Canandaigua received the 2011 Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Service to Homeless Veterans on Friday, January 27, 2012, at a special event at the Syracuse VA Medical Center. Peter K. Dougherty, Associate Executive Director of the VA Homeless Veterans Initiatives Office presented the award.
Mr. Van ...
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| | Hope for Melissa
By Susan Plummer
Melissa Bedard Jones is a 30-year-old wife and mother of 2 young children. She is my next door neighbor and friend. Late this summer, she thought she had mastitis. She went to the doctor and got antibiotics. It didn't go away. She went back to the doctor. ...
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| | Sunday Drive (To Oatka Trail)
There’s no denying that the view has changed—once the leaves have disappeared and the first snows have fallen, the woods have opened for the season. For the even the casual observer, looking in from the road, the wild areas passing them as they drive are never as clear ...
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| | Oatka Trail
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The realness of the moment wasn’t wasted on me. It’s been a long time since I’ve been here but the way was never lost. When my dad would turn these corners, it was like he lived here. I could have read the road signs but I only looked for ...
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| | Unique Social Enterprise Exceeds Expectations
In January 20II, when Fairport's Tool Thrift Shop celebrated its Grand Opening, the key players wondered whether they would break even during their first year. As it turned out, the project became profitable in its fourth month. On Grand Opening Day 20II the shelves were only partly full of donated ...
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| | Reuse, Repurpose and Raise Money for a Good Cause!
Jodi Beyer was looking for a way to raise money for the Geneseo PTSA when a series of seemingly unconnected events led to an “Aha!” moment. As a parent and treasurer of the PTSA, Jodi was a frequent volunteer at school. On one such occasion, she spotted a surplus of ...
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| | ST BALDRICKS SHAVING THE WAY TO CONQUER KIDS CANCER
On Sunday March 11, 2012 at Mickey Finn's Restaurant (14 Railroad Street; Victor NY) there will be a group of individuals that are coming together as part of the fastest growing volunteer driven fundraising event known as St Baldrick’s At the event, numerous volunteers will be shaving their heads as ...
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| | New program at Byron-Bergen teaches early leadership
Byron-Bergen Elementary and Middle School students are learning life skills that bring out the best in everyone during the district’s first year using The Leader in Me character education program.
The program is based on the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Dr. Stephen R. Covey, and ...
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| | Pettis Pools Celebrates 50 Years of Backyard Fun
From beginnings as a “summer business” for two teachers to the top-rated
pool company in the area
Pettis Pools & Patio turns 50 this year, and there will be deals, giveaways and celebrating all year long. Vice President Julie Pettis says, “My parents started this business 50 years ago because they were ...
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| | First book for Wildlife Educators
Wildlife Educators Coalition is close to publishing its first book – FOX & RABBIT; Brothers of the Heart. We have used our own animals for most of the pictures in the book – not the lion, though!
The book is a fable in which the fox is raised in a family ...
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| | Avon Bakery Donates Tip Jar Money to Kids in Uganda
by Becky McKeown
Sweet Arts Bakery doesn't just feed locals coffee and sweet treats. This December, the bakery donated the contents of its tip jar to kids in Kampala, Uganda. Bakery owner Ruth Ann Lewis decided to donate the tip jar money after talking to her friend Jesse Sprinkle, who has ...
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| | Sweet Adelines International: Teaching the World to Sing
All over the globe, Sweet Adelines International choruses are joining together to teach the world to sing. Seneca Soundwaves is a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, “an amazing group of real women, singing real harmony and having real fun today! Singing and performing a cappella, four-part harmony music, barbershop style, ...
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| | Byron-Bergen’s new superintendent begins work
Casey Kosiorek and his wife, Debbie, once purchased a foreclosed home and remodeled it, as one of his hobbies includes being a ‘handyman,’ doing everything from plumbing, electric and drywall. Kosiorek is eager to bring his extensive set of skills, including education and work experiences, to his new position ...
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| | Kind of a Miracle
By Chester Burnett
About a year ago things weren’t looking good. There was hope as faint as the light from a distant star. Sometimes, on a dark winter’s night, that’s all the light that’s needed.
When, on November 30, 2010, Mike and Julie Sputore, of Batavia, welcomed their infant daughter, Brooklyn ...
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| | Fired for doing the right thing
On January 1st 2012, I was fired from my job for calling the fire department for a gas leak. I all started when I smelled gas on 12/29/11. I contacted the store owner to ask him what to do, because there is nothing written in the safety book located by ...
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