Congratulations to Barb King, winner of the Main St. Pizza Company NFL Challenge contest for week 6. She was randomly selected from among the 16 people who correctly predicted that Cam Newton of Carolina would throw the most interceptions. Newton tossed three picks. King wins one calzone and French fries.
All contest winners have one week to claim their prize.
To enter this week's contest, click here.
In the Week 5 contest, I screwed up a setting and nobody's answers were recorded. Therefore, the winner was picked randomly from among all contest entrants. I apologize to the entrants for the botched job.
The winner of the Week 5 contest is Tony Johnson.
Reminder, winners have one week from the day they're notified to claim their prize.
Week 4's winner was Chris Chase. Chase was selected from among the random drawing of 13 people who picked either Mike Nugent of Cincinnati or John Kasey of New Orleans from among the 10 possible choices as the NFL kicker with the most points in week 4. Nugent and Kasey both had 11 points in their games. Chase wins one small antipasta salad, one small cheese pizza with one topping, fried dough and two liters of soda.
NOTE: Winners have a week after selection to claim their prizes.
We've selected the winners of three contests we recently held on The Batavian.
In the Facebook "Like" contest sponsored by Hardcor Audio, Brian Staebell is the winner. Staebell wins a free remote starter from Hardcor Audio.
In the Facebook "Like" contest sponsored by Scratch Bakery, the winner is Denise Rader. Rader wins a birthday party package.
In the Facebook "Like" contest sponsored by The Batavian, Lynn Bezon is the winner. Bezon wins an 8G iPod.
Thank you to all who participated. We'll have more contests as soon as we get them organized.
Notes: A few weeks ago, Vic Marchese, owner of Main St. Pizza Company mentioned to me, almost offhand, that he thought it would be fun to sponsor a fantasy football contest for the 2011 NFL season. As it so happened, just of that very day, I had available the tools to make it happen. So here you go, a weekly football challenge sponsored by Main St. Pizza Company.
Each week, you will be asked to pick an NFL player who will lead the league in an offensive or defensive statistical category. All of the entrants who pick the correct player will be entered into a drawing to win that week's prize. This week, for example, is a sheet pizza from Main St. Pizza Company.
Each Tuesday we'll post who won the previous week's contest and the new challenge question.
Click the ad above to enter the contest.
This Saturday, Aug. 13, the East Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting its 4th annual 4-wheeler Mud Races. Registration begins at 10 a.m., and the racing starts at 1 p.m. The cost is $15 per wheeler and $10 per spectator. Kids under 11 get in free. The event will be located directly behind the East Pembroke Fire Hall at 2623 W. Main St. Road, East Pembroke.
This is going to be a huge event, with racers coming from as far away as Canada, and Rome, New York!
The day doesn't end when the races do either! So what else is going on?
T-shirts:
They will be selling 2011 EPFD mud race T-shirts throughout the day. They will be available in pink, and black, and sizes from S-3XL. They will cost $15-17 depending on size. Here's the cool part: $1 from every T-shirt sold will be donated to Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention!
Mud King/Queen:
A footrace through the mud pits! The winners will be crowned the Mud King and Queen! Who's ready to get muddy!?
Raffle:
More than $5,000 in prizes will be raffled off this year! Tickets are $5 each, or a book of five for $20. Tickets may be purchased online at www.EastPembrokeFire.com/raffle-tickets, or in person on the day of the races. You need not be present to win. The prizes are as follows:
1.) $1,000 Cash Grand Prize!
2.) 50-inch Flat Screen TV
3.) Max Pies Recliner
4.) Artemis Spa Package
5.) 42-inch Flat Screen TV
6.) $400 Cash
7.) Power Tool Set
8.) $250 Cash
9.) $150 Cash
10.) $150 Cash
Beer Tent:
The day will end with our beer tent, and a live performance by the band "Savage Cabbage" beginning at 5 p.m. Don't miss it!
For more information, please contact Julie Waldron at 585-813-5330 or Dale Lewter at 585-356-3015.
While limited supplies last, The Batavian is offering gift certificates for Carlson's Studio on Jackson Street in Batavia at HALF PRICE.
We have a limited number of $100 gift certificates for $50 (plus a $2 service fee) and a limited number of $200 gift certificates for $100 (plus a $3 service fee).
Gift certificates may be redeemed for photos sessions for family portraits, newborn pictures, senior photos, weddings or any other situation where only quality, professional photography will do.
Limit one gift certificate per household.
$100 Gift Certificate (for $50)
In an exclusive auction, Bontrager Real Estate & Auction Service is offering this stunning A-frame-style house on a half acre wooded lot in Corfu.
The 2,784 sq. ft. home is located at 8858 Lover's Lane.
It features four bedrooms, two baths and a 24x36 two-car garage, along with a fireplace, wood stove and hot tub.
The open house is from 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday.
The auction is at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 2.
This post is a paid advertisement, brought to you by Pink Gorilla Tees and Graphics.
Center Street Smokehouse is the place to be this Friday night! Tim Walton has arranged for MTV and reality star Wes Bergmann from "Road Rules: Challenge" and "Real World: Austin" to be in the house celebrating the season premier of his new show "Rivals: Challenge."
"We are going to have the place packed. It's going to be like Halloween, Thanksgiving and St. Patrick's Day in there. It's gonna be a fun night for everyone," says Walton, who also set up the iTeen event that will take place at 7 p.m. at the rink for teens.
He had gotten a lot of feedback from the adult crowd asking for an event to take place.
"I had people asking me when I was going to do something at a bar, so I decided to talk to Wes and he agreed to extend his party to the adult crowd that night."
The bar will feature the band "Night and Day" playing on the band deck and a radio DJ will be spinning Top 40 and dance hits upstairs all night.
"The DJ is something new that people had been asking for. You can come out and listen to the band or you can dance and party to Top 40 music. We are catering to both crowds."
A professional photographer has been hired for the event so whether you want a photo with Wes or with just your friends, they will be taken for everyone there.
Walton says that this is just what he hopes to be the first of many events. If this goes well, then there are other celebrities and events that he hopes to bring to the area later this year. We have been in contact with Bam Margera, Pauly D, and athletes as well."
Walton has been part of events in Buffalo that have had great feedback from everyone and hopes to see the same here.
"It's up to the people to let us know what they want. If they show up and make this big, more things will happen."
The event will take place from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Thermory® Solid Hardwood Flooring is now available in Western New York, in fact, nationwide.
Europeans developed a “thermal modification process” ideal for upgrading in the solid hardwood flooring industry.
Milled from “thermally modified” hardwoods, Thermory® flooring features superior stability, beauty, durability, functionality and is environmentally sound. Thermory® fills a void in the marketplace -- it's the only solid hardwood flooring product line warranted for use over radiant heat and concrete applications.
The “thermal modification process,” developed and refined over the past 20 years in Europe, is a highly technical computer-controlled process carried out in specially designed high-temperature kilns. Only heat and steam (no chemicals) are used, making the process entirely green. The process produces hardwood with outstanding dimensional stability and durability and also brings out the natural beauty of the wood, making it an environmentally friendly alternative to engineered (veneered or layered) flooring and tropical hardwoods from endangered forests.
Thermory® products have been widely used for more than 10 years in Germany, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Japan and Italy for interior and exterior use as flooring, siding and decking. Now, NWFA (National Wood Flooring Association) member, Attica Millwork, Inc., is importing Thermory® for use in the U.S. market. Company President, Kevin DeMars states, “We have received our two container shipments and it is beautiful beyond our expectations.”
Mr. DeMars says the flooring is “straight and true, finely machined and sanded with beautiful full thickness color tones.” He states that as a dealer base is established across the U.S., “more and more homeowners, builders, architects and designers will sleep better knowing they’ve used Thermory® Solid Hardwood Flooring. It’s just more stable, it’s just more beautiful.”
Another benefit of the “thermal process” is that the color of the wood is transformed to beautiful, full thickness color tones which highlight the natural beauty of the wood. The color of the “medium-treated” wood, Salsa, varies from light to golden brown, while the “ intense-treated” wood, Tango, is a luxurious dark brown. Current inventories include both Salsa and Tango in domestic Ash, a hardwood comparable to oak in grain and hardness characteristics. Both are available in widths up to 7 ½” in a finely sanded or a brushed finish.
Mike Caroll, of MP Caroll Hardwoods in Buffalo, says “Thermory® is the perfect remedy over radiant heat and to control the movement of wide plank solid wood flooring. Traditionally, consumers have had to settle for swelling in the summer and gaping during the heating season. Now they can enjoy a flat floor in the summer and a tightly fitted floor all winter.” He states that Thermory® installs easily, can even be glued to concrete, and finishes beautifully with little or no sanding required. He also says that the Salsa can be stained to match any color preference and the Tango can be used instead of some of the exotic species at a fraction of the cost.
As radiant floor heating becomes even more popular with today’s homeowners and specifiers, Thermory® offers a much needed alternative. Peter Harman, owner of Harman Hardwood Flooring Co. in Rochester, says that it’s always been a “crap shoot” knowing what to use over radiant. Peter states “You are offering the best product since sliced bread and I’m a skeptic, but if this flooring does what it says it will, we just revolutionized the solid hardwood flooring industry.”
Charles Peterson, well-known award-winning hardwood flooring Master Craftsman -- featured in "Fine Homebuilding," "This Old House" and author of the bestselling book “The Art of Wood Flooring” -- says the timing is perfect for Thermory® to hit the U.S. market. “In this billion-dollar-plus flooring market, with multimillions spent each year to remedy hardwood flooring problems, mostly attributable to moisture, imagine the positive impact Thermory® Solid Hardwood Flooring, with its stability and beauty, will have on this industry.”
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