Two new exhibits for fall announced at GO ART!
- "Maps & Legends" by Kevin Hammon -- Sept. 12 to Nov. 9.
- Members' Challenge Exhibit -- theme "Purpose" -- Sept. 12 to Dec. 7.
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Thirteen students successfully completed the Apparatus Operator – Pump program on June 15 at the Genesee County Fire Training Center.
Building on the knowledge and skills obtained through the Basic Exterior Firefighter Operations (BEFO) program (photo above), the 24-hour Apparatus Operator – Pump course (photo below) offers fire service personnel the knowledge and skills essential for pump operations, hydraulics and friction loss, pump control and accessories, fire streams, pumper practices, pumping from draft and pump evolutions and using the fire pump at the fire hydrant.
Genesee County participants included:
TOWN OF BATAVIA
EAST PEMBROKE
One of five modules required to earn the Fire Officer 1 certification, the Company Training & Community Risk Reduction course covers the basic responsibilities of the fire officer as they relate to community relations, company-level building inspections and community risk reduction.
Additionally, this course provides potential fire officers with the basic knowledge of how to determine company-level training needs, teaching from a lesson plan, documentation of training activities, and different methods to conduct company-level training.
Twenty-two students recently completed the 12-hour Company Training & Community Risk Reduction module offered at the Genesee County Fire Training Center on June 19 (photo below).
Genesee County participants included:
ALEXANDER
TOWN OF BATAVIA
BETHANY
BYRON
CORFU
ELBA
LE ROY
One of five modules required to earn the Fire Officer 1 certification, the Leadership & Supervisory Module was offered at the Genesee County Fire Training Center earlier this year.
This module, consisting of 15 hours of instruction, provided current and potential fire officers with a fundamental knowledge of the duties, responsibilities and leadership required to be successful as a fire officer.
Students were presented the basic responsibilities of the fire officer as they relate to human resource management as well as common administrative functions.
Twenty-eight students completed the 12-hour Company Training & Community Risk program representing nine county fire companies.
Genesee County participants included:
ALABAMA
ALEXANDER
TOWN OF BATAVIA
BETHANY
BYRON
CORFU
DARIEN
ELBA
LE ROY
Press release:
If you are a Genesee County resident 60 or older (or you know someone who is) and would like help with small repairs to your home, inside or out, let the Handyman help.
The Handyman Program, offered through the Pathstone Corporation and funded by the Muriel Marshall Fund, is a home maintenance and minor repair program.
According to a comment posted by program supervisor John Wiltse, and confirmed by Office of the Aging specialist Maureen Estabrooks, there is no charge for lower-income seniors needing grab bars or hand rails installed or other services with modest materials costs.
Wiltse says seniors may need to cover part of the cost of materials, depending on the dollar amount. For higher-income seniors, the program requests a donation of $10/hr. for handyman labor to help offset program costs.
Call NY Connects/Office for the Aging at 343-1611 for more information.
A sampling of services is as follows:
The 16th annual Fur Ball to benefit the Spay/Neuter Program at the Genesee County Animal Shelter will be held at the Sacred Heart Social Center in the City of Batavia starting at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28.
There will be food and beverages and basket raffles and silent auctions.
Tickets are $25; tickets for children 12 and under are $15. Tables of 10 are available for $250.
Make checks payable to: Volunteers for Animals -- Spay/Neuter Program. They can be mailed to: Volunteers for Animals, P.O. Box 1621, Batavia NY 14020
The Sacred Heart Social Center is located at 17 Sumner St.
The Volunteers for Animals is now accepting new items for the auctions/raffles for the Fur Ball. They can be left at the shelter during adoption hours.
The shelter is located at 131 W. Main Street Road in the Town of Batavia.
Adoption hours are:
info@vol4animals.org
www.vol4animals.org
vfafurball@gmail.com
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Garden Talk is back from its July break! Join us on the first Thursday of the month starting this Thursday, Aug. 1.
All Garden Talk programs run from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Bring your lunch to the Cornell Cooperative Extension office (420 E. Main St., Batavia) and join us. This free series is open to the public. Registration is not required.
Our lineup for the remainder of the year is as follows:
Aug. 1 -- “Sensory Gardens” – Come learn about the benefits and how to create a garden for the five senses. The talk will include how they can be used as a healing therapy for people as well as encourage natural learning experiences for children. The sensory garden invites everyone to enjoy the garden and stimulate their senses.
Sept. 5 – “Growing Garlic” -- “There are many miracles in the world to be celebrated and, for me, garlic is the most deserving” -- Leo Buscaglia. Let’s celebrate Buscaglia’s appreciation of this most essential plant! Join us for a talk on all things garlic -- its history, uses, horticultural varieties and cultivation.
Oct. 3 – “Autumn Décor Demonstration” -- Join us as Master Gardener Jane Grehlinger shows us how to create a fall masterpiece from the garden.
Nov. 7 – “Gardens of England” -- Master Gardener Pam Ketchum will present brief reflections from a 13-day tour of English gardens. Highlights will include the Chelsea Flower Show, Great Dixter, Sissinghurst and Hidcote. Ketchum will share some history of the original owners, and talk about structure, garden rooms, patterning, pathways, and of course – color.
Future topics and other Master Gardener events will be posted on the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Genesee County website at http://genesee.cce.cornell.edu/.
MoonJava Café, located at 56 Harvester Ave. in Batavia, and The Visual Truth Theatre Ensemble present "Summer Portrait" in August.
It's a community-based physical theater play written by Eric Zwieg, based on Arthur Schopenhauer's "The World as Will and Representation," with music by Gustav Mahler, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Arnold Schoenberg.
Performances on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 28 and 29, will be at 7 p.m. The performance on Friday, Aug. 30, will begin at 5 p.m.
Good will offering accepted.
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The spring Basic Exterior Firefighter Operations (BEFO) program was held at the Genesee County Fire Training Center. The 79-hour program began in March and concluded on May 15. Fourteen students completed the 79-hour program from eight county departments.
The BEFO program is an entry level program for the volunteer fire service designed to prepare students to respond to emergencies as exterior firefighters. Students are instructed in fire extinguishers, building construction, forcible entry, ladder deployment, incident command, drafting operations and hazardous materials operations level. In addition, students are trained in ropes and knots, and first aid/CPR.
Participants included:
ALABAMA
TOWN OF BATAVIA
CORFU
EAST PEMBROKE
ELBA
LE ROY
OAKFIELD
PAVILION
STAFFORD
Visit your local fire department to find out more about volunteer opportunities.
East Bethany – Enjoy the view of a dark night sky and get to know the summer’s constellations with Night Sky Tour and Stargazing at the Genesee County Park and Forest from 9 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9th.
Learn all about the Perseid meteor shower and other astronomical phenomenon and the folklore behind them!
Meet us at the Interpretive Nature Center for an outdoor presentation and guided tour of the night sky.
Bring a blanket or a chair for your spot in a meadow far away from city lights. This program will take place entirely outdoors.
If rain or cloudy skies threaten our view we will reschedule to Friday, Aug. 16th. Cost is $5/person, $10/family. Preregistration is required, call 585-344-1122 to reserve your spot.
For more information visit our website at http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/departments/parks/, or contact Kayla Edmunds at park.americorps@co.genesee.ny.us or (585) 344-1122.
Genesee County Park & Forest Nature Interpretive Center is located at 11095 Bethany Center Road, East Bethany.
Community Action of Orleans & Genesee will host the sixth annual Community Action Angels Children's Carnival on Friday, Aug. 16, in Lambert Park in Batavia.
Time is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be games, prizes, hot dogs and beverages.
Game tickets are five for $1.
Two bicycles will be raffled off, too, courtesy of Fidelis Care. Be there to win.
No rain date.
Lambert Park is located 100 Verona Ave. in the city.
Thanks to all participating agencies and businesses for their continued help and support.
Special thanks to carnival sponsors Fidelis Care, the YMCA, and Care A Van Ministries.
For more information, call 343-7798.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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On Saturday, July 20th, Valu Home Center will host a Community Day at the Valu Plaza location, 4152 W. Main Street Road, Batavia.
Friends of the Batavia Peace Garden will be on hand to sell hot dogs from noon to 4 p.m.
Representatives from EMS Mercy Ambulance will be present along with members of the Batavia City Fire Department. The Fire Department will be on hand to provide child car seat checks and to correctly install your car seats.
“This is our opportunity to give back to the community," said store Manager Paul MacEwan. "This will become an annual event and hopefully will grow larger in years to come.”
We look forward to having the community join in and meet our staff.
Above, some of the options for composting containers are shown above, from left a Rubbermaid composter, a garage can composter, and a red worm composter.
East Bethany – The GLOW Region Solid Waste Management Committee and Genesee County Parks are proud to announce the rehab of the Backyard Composting Demonstration Site at Genesee County Park and Forest!
The site is made up of a variety of homemade and manufactured composters of various shapes and sizes, along with the printed information for each type of composter. Visitors can see for themselves the types of composters available and decide which composter might work best for them.
Backyard composting has been a focus of GLOW’s since its formation in 1987. It has been estimated that up to 30 percent of residential waste is organic material. This includes leaves, brush, tree limbs, and kitchen scraps.
Backyard composting can significantly reduce reliance on landfilling and incineration by taking these organics out of the waste stream.
Composting speeds up the natural decomposition process by creating a perfect environment for the microorganisms that do the composting. This ideal environment is one that is warm, with plenty of nutrients, moisture, and oxygen. Finished compost (humus) puts nutrients back into the soil and aids in the retention of moisture in soil.
The compost demonstration site was initially built in 1994. When the Interpretive Nature Center was completed in 1997, the compost site was moved behind the center.
In 2000 a complete reconstruction and relocation of the site (to the front of the building) was completed, which features a kiosk area and walkway made of pavers.
The 2019 revamping of the site features new signage, a "take one" box containing GLOW’s four panel composting brochure, and a rearrangement of the composters.
Paul Osborn, Deputy Highway superintendent, sums up the benefits of the composting demonstration site.
“The opportunity for the park visitors to see and touch the various types of composters fits right into our goal of experiential learning and environmental education at the Genesee County Park & Forest Interpretive Nature Center," Osborn said.
"Composting puts nutrients back into soils and provides beneficial food for plants and insects. We are excited to have been a part of providing a new makeover to the compost siteand the continued partnership with GLOW Solid Waste!”
To find out more about the GLOW RegionSolid Waste Committee, contact the GLOW office at 800/836-1154, 344-2580, ext. 5463, or emailglow@co.genesee.ny.us.
You may also visit their website at https://www.glowsolidwaste.org/.
To learn how to compost at home, visit the Genesee County Park & Forest Interpretive Nature Center or the GLOW website at https://www.glowsolidwaste.org/.
For more information visit our website at http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/departments/parks/, or contact Shannon Lyaski at Shannon.Lyaski@co.genesee.ny.us or (585) 344-1122.
Below, Backyard Composting Demonstration Site, showing the cycle of composting and different methods of at-home composting.
Ashok A. Naik, M.D., retired from the practice of gynecology in Batavia as of July 1.
Patients are advised to see Dr. John Jaeger (585-343-6206).
Records are available at his office.
Dr. Suwarna Naik will continue her practice of medicine at 4156 W. Main Street Road, Batavia.
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2019 Genesee County Fair 4-H Schedule
Remember to visit 4-H at the fair! The Genesee County Fair will be held July 13-20 at the Genesee County Fairgrounds, 5056 E. Main Street Road, in Batavia.
For more information about the Genesee County Fair, click here.
2019 Genesee County Fair 4-H Schedule
Saturday, July 13th
4 p.m. 4-H Poultry Show (Merton Building)
6 p.m. 4-H Livestock Costume Contest (Main Show Ring)
Sunday, July 14th
10 a.m. 4-H Beef Show (Main Show Ring)
4 p.m. 4-H Rabbit Show (Merton Building)
Monday, July 15th
9 a.m. 4-H Market Auction Goat Show (Main Show Ring)
10 a.m. 4-H Cloverbud Poultry Show (Merton Building)
10 a.m. 4-H Dairy Cattle Fitting Clinic & Master Fitter Competition (4-H Dairy Barn)
10:30 a.m. 4-H Goat Agility Contest (Goat Barn Show Ring)
10:30 a.m. 4-H Market Auction Lamb Show (Main Show Ring)
4 p.m. 4-H Market Auction Dairy Steer Show (Main Show Ring)
5 p.m. 4-H Market Auction Beef Steer Show (Main Show Ring)
Tuesday, July 16th
10 a.m. 4-H Cloverbud Rabbit Show (Merton Building)
11 a.m. 4-H Dairy & Meat Goat Show (Main Show Ring)
1 p.m. 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest (4-H Dairy Barn)
4 p.m. 4-H Energy Bike Pedal Power Activity (Kennedy Building)
5 p.m. 4-H Market Auction Hog Show (Main Show Ring)
7 p.m. Fair Barn Dance (Open Dairy Barn)
Wednesday, July 17th
9 a.m. 4-H Hog Show (Main Show Ring)
12 p.m. 4-H Sheep Show (Main Show Ring)
3 p.m. 4-H Geocache Challenge (Kennedy Building)
6:30 p.m. Fair Parade
Thursday, July 18th
9 a.m. 4-H Dairy Cattle Show (Main Show Ring)
9 a.m. 4-H Horse Show – Western Division (Horse Arena)
6:45 p.m. 4-H Market Animal Auction Awards Ceremony (Main Show Ring)
7 p.m. 4-H Market Animal Auction Sale Begins (Main Show Ring)
Friday, July 19th
9 a.m. 4-H Horse Show – English & Dressage Division (Horse Arena)
9 a.m. 4-H Beef Team Fitting Competition (Main Show Ring)
12 p.m. 4-H Livestock Master Showman Contest (Main Show Ring)
1 p.m. 4-H Dairy Club Butter Making Activity (Kennedy Building)
5:30 p.m. 4-H Tractor Driving Contest
Saturday, July 20th
9 a.m. 4-H Horse Show – Gymkhana Division (Horse Arena)
2 p.m. 4-H Creative Soil Painting Activity (Kennedy Building)
4 p.m. 4-H Market Auction Master Showman Contest (Main Show Ring)
The complete daily schedule of the Genesee County Fair is available here.
Press release:
If you have Medicaid-funded personal care or home health services, you may have heard that the Federal 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 requires Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), in the interest of fraud prevention.
As you will probably have questions, the State Department of Health has set up New York State Listening Sessions on Electronic Visit Verification this month.
Independent Living of the Genesee Region (ILGR), is accommodating those of Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties by covering the Listening Session, from 6 to 9 p.m., on Thursday, July 11, at the ILGR office in the Crickler Executive Center, in the Douglas J. Usiak Multipurpose Room, 319 W. Main St., Batavia.
Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to Pat McAllister, by calling (585) 815-8501, ext. 402, or emailing pmcallister@wnyil.org.
All who use Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services (CDPAS) and Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) are encouraged to attend this FREE event and give their input on changes that could affect their privacy and rights to personal choice.
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Registration for the 2019 Holland Land Office Museum History Heroes Summer Program is now open.
This year our History Heroes will be “Time Traveling through History,” discovering different periods in history and their local connections.
The program will run from July 16th through July 19th, and July 23rd through July 26th from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. each day.
Activities include: historic crafts and art projects, guest presenters and reenactors, a field trip, penny carnival, and end of program performance.
The program is open to children 7 to 12 years old. The cost per day is $25 per child, and $20 for museum members, with discounts available for families with multiple participants.
For more information, please contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or visit our website at www.hollandlandoffice.com.
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The City of Batavia’s Youth Bureau is open at 12 MacArthur Drive through Aug. 16th, Monday through Friday from 1 – 6 p.m.
The Youth Center is a free service available to youth ages 10-18 who reside in Batavia.]
Free nutritious lunches are available to all participants now through Aug. 9 during a designated time daily. Snacks are also provided daily.
The Youth Center offers outside activities, computer use, crafts, games, Wednesday movie days, and monthly scheduled events. Registration is simple, just stop in!
Upcoming events at the Youth Center include:
The Summer Safe Carnival is July 25th starting at 10 a.m. at the Falleti Ice Rink. Guaranteed fun for all ages. Any questions, call the Batavia Youth Bureau at 345-6420.
By Frances McNulty, committee member Richmond Reads
Do you remember the former Tale for Three Counties community reading project? The program was extremely popular and after its conclusion in 2016 readers and library patrons expressed their disappointment and often asked whether it might revive sometime in the future.
Although not as far-reaching as the Tale project, the new Richmond Reads community reading project, hosted by Richmond Memorial Library, hopes to satisfy those requests.
Readers are encouraged to read the featured book, "Southernmost" by Silas House, and after doing so to write and submit their review of the book.
Details of the review contest are available below and on the Library’s website and include suggestions of what to consider when preparing your review and comments.
One does not need to be a professional or creative writer to participate.
The suggestions provided should prove helpful for composing your review. Reviews will be judged anonymously by the Richmond Reads Committee, using the criteria of creativity, originality, and writing quality.
The reading project will include several opportunities for folks to join in discussions about the book. If you have never participated in a group book discussion, and choose to do so, you may be pleasantly surprised and find it to be a very satisfying and socially enjoyable experience.
There will be an occasion to hear the author during his visit and talk about the book.
But consider the benefit of winning the review contest. Four winners, who are anonymous to the selection committee members, will be invited to a special event to meet the author one-on-one.
This is a wonderful chance to have a firsthand encounter, ask questions, and have a book signed. It will provide an unforgettable memory.
I know, because I was fortunate to have had such an opportunity in the past, and can attest to its worthiness. I encourage readers to consider reading the book, to participate in the programs, and submit a review.
How to enter:
How did this book impact you? Were you able to relate to any characters or situations?
What were the most significant moments in the plot?
What truths do you think were expressed through the ending?
How does the setting affect the story?
Contest rules:
Richmond Reads is a program of Richmond Memorial Library. The program is sponsored by The Friends of the Library and through a grant from GO ART!
Richmond Memorial Library continually provides access to physical and virtual resources and services that meet the educational, informational and recreational needs of its diverse community in a safe and comfortable environment.
Learn more at www.batavialibrary.org
Richmond Memorial Library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.
This project was made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!
The quarterly meeting of the GOW Opioid Task Force will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, in the Stafford Fire Hall, located at 6153 Main Street in Stafford.
The focus will be "Non-opioid Alterntatives to Pain Management." The public is invited to attend this free event.
Come and join us for a discussion about this topic and get a first look at our new Post-Narcan Administration video.
We will also be having local professionals speak and there will be numerous vendors to share their expertise.
For more information and to register, visit: gowopioidtaskforce.org
The task force is supported by a grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation.
The Batavia Culture Jam: Seeing -- Saying -- Singing
You are invited to this event at the MoonJava Cafe, located at 56 Harvester Ave. in Batavia, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Here's what's in store:
Poetry Reading
Brian Laird -- Howard Owens
The Humble Bard
Interpretive Reading
Richard Beatty
Visual Artists
Emily Crawford -- George Graham
Steve Johnson -- Jeanine Messinger -- Jill Pettigrew
Renee Smart -- Amos Werner -- Eric Zwieg
Musical Performance
Local 1
This is a MoonJava Cafe and Visual Truth Theatre Ensemble Production.
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