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Announcing the winners of two recent contests

By Howard B. Owens

We recently ran contests for two local businesses where people were asked to Like the businesses on Facebook and register for the contest.

  • Paul Carr is the winner of our Hardcor Audio contest. Paul wins an XM Snap.
  • Jerri Papke is the winner of our Valle Jewelers contest. Jerri wins a Chamilia bracelet.

Watch for more Facebook contests soon. Businesses, if you are interested in increasing the number of people who follow you on Facebook, contact Lisa Ace at (585) 250-4118.

Sponsored Post: Elect Laura Russell-Ricci for City Council at Large

By Lisa Ace

Elect Laura Russell-Ricci for City Council at Large this November 6th. Invested in Batavia--Past, Present & Future!

I am asking for your vote to be your representative on the Batavia City Council. I care deeply for this community and feel that I can offer fresh ideas and a younger perspective to help move Batavia into the future. Batavia is the community where I was raised and where my husband Phil and I have chosen to raise our family. I believe in safe streets and safe activities for our youth. I also believe in a stable tax rate for everyone, especially our seniors, who struggle on fixed incomes.

  • Lifelong Batavian
  • Wife & Mom of 3 great children
  • Licensed Social Worker
  • MS Roberts Wesleyan
  • BS Keuka College
  • Proud U.S. Army Veteran
  • Employed by Mental Health Association

Please consider me as you go to the polls on November 6th. I thank you in advance for your support. Contact: Laura4batavia@gmail.com or visit my Facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Russell-Ricci-for-Batavia-City-Council-at-Large/416887225015119?ref=ts&fref=ts

Paid Political Advertisement. Paid for by Laura Russell-Ricci.

Sponsored Post: Brooks Hawley for City Council

By Lisa Ace

My name is Brooks Hawley. I am currently serving in the position of City Council at large. I was appointed in January to take over for Marianne Clattenburg, who was elected as a legislator. I have grown up in politics, with my grandfather and father both serving as Assemblymen. When I started a family in the City of Batavia, I wanted to be more involved in the community because I truly care about this city. Being a city councilman gives me the opportunity to work with the community and then use that input when helping to focus the direction of the future of Batavia.

My campaign has been positive throughout its inception. My three main issues that I am running on are public safety, neighborhood revitalization, and infrastructure. These are all important issues that can and will build Batavia to be a great place to live. I always strive to work together with others with an open mind for new and interesting ideas. Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to serving you in the future.

Paid Political Advertisement. Paid for by Brooks Hawley.

Sponsored Post: Kreative Kitchens -- Grand Opening!

By Lisa Ace

We've moved to a NEW & larger location and we're celebrating with a Grand Opening on Saturday, November 3rd • 9-4pm and Sunday, November 4th from 12-4pm! Stop by and check out our new location. There will be door prizes, refreshments available, and Primitives Home Decorations for sale!

Design a kitchen & bath that reflects your personality & dreams. Start with Omega/Dynasty's premium all-wood cabinetry, the fit for every room of your home. From our exceptional quality and superior selection to your completely integrated Dynasty semi-custom and Omega custom lines, we've got a value equation second to none. And, here at Dynasty/Omega, we believe function is as important as beauty -- that's why we strive to exceed your expectations and give you cabinetry with more than meets the eye. Omega, Dynasty and you! Better together.

Stop in and see us today! 5582 Route 5, E. Main St. Road, Batavia (Corner of Fargo Road & Rte. 5) 585-345-0012.

Introducing Zebra Reach: Shopping locally has never been more rewarding

By Howard B. Owens

As you know, here at The Batavian, we're always encouraging local residents to support local businesses. We especially like programs that help connect local shoppers with their neighborhood shops.

A couple of months ago, some friends in the online news business showed us a new smartphone and tablet app that is aimed at rewarding local shoppers for patronizing local businesses.

It's called Zebra Reach.

We're all familiar with loyalty cards -- buy five lunches, get the sixth free, buy nine books get the 10th free. A lot of businesses run these sort of programs, but they usually come with flimsy paper punch cards that either get lost or crammed in your wallet with a dozen other cards.

Zebra Reach makes loyalty reward programs digital and easier to use -- one app stores all of your purchase points for multiple participating businesses.

For the past couple of weeks, Lisa Ace has been busy asking a bunch of local businesses to participate. We wanted to make sure that when you first learned about Zebra Reach, there would be plenty of local rewards to, well, reward you for shopping locally.

To download the app, with your iPhone or iPad, click here. For your Droid powered phone or tablet, click here.

To visit the Zebra Reach Web site, click here.

And, if you don't have a smartphone -- coming really, really soon are plastic cards that will work pretty much the same. The participating businesses (those with smartphones or tablets) will scan your card, but you'll have only one card to carry for all participating local businesses.

Here are the participating businesses and initial offers (and of course, we're looking for more businesses to participate):

Adam Miller, 8 Center St., Batavia
Model Club Rewards -- $5 off your next purchase. For every dollar spent earn 1 point. Earn 50 points, receive $5 your next purchase.

Alex's Place, 8322 Park Road, Batavia
1 Free sandwich.
Buy any 5 sandwiches, get 6th free.

Charles Men's Shop, Inc.,  200 E. Main St., Batavia
1 Free tie. Buy 3 shirts, get 1 free tie.

Dog Crazy Daycare, 1 Mill St., Batavia
Earn points toward a free doggy overnight stay. For $25 spent, earn 1 point toward the doggy overnight. New clients receive 2 bonus points.

Fisher Sports, 412 Main St., Batavia
10% off hockey equipment, For each visit you'll earn 5 points. Earn 25 points -- you'll receive 10% off your next purchase of any hockey equipment purchase.

Glass Roots, 12 Center St., Batavia
1/2 off glass. Buy 2 pieces of glass, get 1/2 off the 3rd.

Kravings Kafe, 4152 W. Main St., Batavia
$5 off. Receive 1 point for every $5 spent. Earn 16 points, get $5 off your purchase.

Main St Pizza, 206 E. Main St., Batavia
Free small pizza with 1 topping. Earn 15 points and redeem your free small pizza with 1 topping. Earn points with any purchase.

RW Vapors, 224 Ellicott St., Batavia
Buy 5 bottles of E-Liquid, get the 6th free.

Salsa & Curry, 15 Jackson St., Batavia
Buy 1 lunch, get the 2nd for 1/2 off.

Sweet Ecstasy Bakery, 6173 Main Road, Stafford
Free cookie, cupcake or muffin. Purchase any 10 bakery items and receive a free cookie, cupcake or muffin.

Sweet Pea's Cupcakery & Cafe, 23 Jackson St., Batavia
Free cupcake. Buy 11 cupcakes, get the 12th free.

Terry Hills, 5122 Clinton St. Road. Batavia
Free lunch. Buy 5 lunches, get the 6th free.

The Detail Shop, 3875 W. Main St. Road, Batavia
Free deluxe wash. Buy 5 deluxe washes, Get the 6th deluxe wash free.

Valle Jewelers, 21 Jackson St., Batavia
Free Chamilia bead. Buy 3 Chamilia beads, get 1 free.

Settler's Restaurant, 353 W. Main St.,Batavia
Buy 5 dinners, Get one free.

T.F. Brown's, 214 East Main St., Batavia
1 free lunch. Buy 5 lunches, get the 6th free.

West Main Mini Mart, 3845 W. Main St. Road, Batavia
Buy 7 pizzas, get one free.

Local business owners: To sign up for Zebra Reach, contact Lisa Ace (lisa@thebatavian.com or (585) 250-4118).  Participating is a no-cost, no obligation program to start. There's only a fee, $50 per month, once you have 50 customers participating in your offer(s).

UPDATE: Just added, Lambert's Design Jewelers, 375 W. Main Street. Batavia. "One point for every $10 spent on purchases.  Earn 20 points and receive $10 off your next purchase"

We provide support, in-store promotional materials and the marketing power of The Batavian. There is also a Web site where you can login and manage your offers and check stats on participation to see how your offers are working.

Sponsored Post: Salsa & Curry Grand Opening!

By Lisa Ace

Join us this Saturday for our Grand Opening from 12 noon - 10 p.m.!

  • First 25 customers win a meal gift certificate (some restriction apply)
  • 99¢ Select Beers - with any food or appetizers only!
  • Sign up to win a gift card from one of the following retailers - West Main Mini Mart, Mr. Wine & Liquor, The Mane Attraction, Great Kutz, & much more!
  • Mariachi Band
  • Specials all day long!
  • 10% off all Mexican & Indian dishes!
  • Sample Indian Pizzas and Chicken Wings - FREE!
  • $6.99 All Day Indian Buffet!
  • Now Serving Wine & Margaritas!

Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salsa.curry?fref=ts or http://www.salsancurry.com/

Contest: NFL Fantasy Football Challenge for Week 7, sponsored by T.F. Brown's

By Howard B. Owens

Amazingly, even though Seattle played Tom Brady's New England on Sunday, none of our contest entrants picked Seattle as the defense likely to give up the most yards.

And Seattle did -- 475 yards, in fact.

So we picked the winner this week from among the four people who picked Miami (462 yards). The winner selected at random is Jessica Patnode. She wins a prize from T.F. Brown's.

To enter this week's contest, click here.

Sponsored Post: Dan's Tire - Unbeatable Tire Sale - going on now!

By Lisa Ace

 

Continued throughout the month of October, Dan’s Tire & Auto is making your tire buying experience plain and simple. We won’t be undersold. We will BEAT anybody’s price on comparable tires, plain and simple. For a limited time only, when you buy a new set of four tires you’ll get the following absolutely 100% free

• Free Tire Mounting

• Free Tire Balancing

• Free Valve Stems

• Free Tire Pressure Monitoring System Reset

• Free Alignment (Not Just An Alignment Check)

• Free Road Hazard / Flat Repairs

• Free Rotations For The Life Of The Tires

We want your tire business, plain and simple. After 35 years there’s one thing we’ve learned, keep it plain and simple and everybody wins.

As an added bonus Goodyear is giving pre-paid Visa cards for up to $160 as a rebate on the purchase of four select Goodyear or Dunlop Tires.  Don’t forget that you can sign up for a Goodyear Credit Card right here at Dan’s Tire & Auto. Goodyear Cards are accepted nationwide and offer 6 months with no interest.

Call us today at (585) 343-7210 for your quote or visit us online at www.danstire.com.

Contest: NFL Fantasy Football Challenge for Week 5, sponsored by T.F. Brown's

By Howard B. Owens

There was not a lot of faith expressed in Buffalo's Ryan Fitzpatrick in our contest last week. Only four people picked him to lead the NFL in points scored, but the fact of the matter is, among the 10 possible choices in our contest, Fitzpatrick came out on top. In a random drawing of those four people who picked Fitzpatrick, Jason Reese won the contest.

Here's the link to this week's contest.

Sponsored Post: IR Systems • NFL Ticket Included at No Extra Charge!

By Lisa Ace

Local customer service • Local Directv service.
Comfort.  Security.  Trust.
• Free installation. FREE equipment. Zero dollars down.
• No hidden fees and taxes. Bottom line pricing.
• More sports packaging/programming at half the cost of cable.
• No duplicate channels and double the programming.
• Free upgraded equipment, HD, HD-DVR & whole home theatre.
• Up to 4 free boxes.
• Free direct cinema connection kit.
Free access to 7,000 movies and shows and applications to download to TV such as Facebook, Youtube, Twitter.  Also streamlining music and photos from your PC to your TV!  Advanced Cinemas allow you to view new releases 30 days before Netflix or Redbox receives them.  Price is what you pay, value is what you get!  
 
Call Now: 1-800-319-2129 or stop down to 309 West Main Street for your free in-home analysis. ALSO check out very own web page @ http://www.wnydtv.com and be sure to "LIKE" our FACEBOOK page as well @ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geneseedirectv

 

Sponsored Post: GRAND OPENING! Genesee County Republican Headquarters!!

By Lisa Ace

GRAND OPENING! Genesee County Republican Headquarters! Come and enjoy pizza and wings, get your ROMNEY/RYAN Lawn Signs! 

Support your 2012 GOP Candidates: Congress-27th - Chris Collins, State Senate-61st - Mike Ranzenhofer, State Assembly-139th - Steve Hawley, Sheriff - Gary Maha, County Treasurer - Scott German, Coroner - Don Coleman & Karen Lang, City Council - Brooks Hawley & Jim Russell

Paid for by the Genesee County Republican Committee

Sponsored Post: Join us for the 'Taste of Genesee' at St. Joseph School’s annual Popcorn Ball

By Lisa Ace

Enjoy food from all of your favorite restaurants at “A Taste of Genesee” at St. Joseph School’s 53rd annual Popcorn Ball at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13.

This year’s menu:


  • Seafood Bisque from Terry Hills
  • Fried Calamari from Alex's Place
  • Smoked Chicken Wings from Duke's Smokin' Bone

  • BBQ, Ribs from Clor's
  • Pulled Pork Sandwiches from Center Street Smoke House
  • Mini Beef on Weck from T.F. Brown's
  • Mini Beef Wellington from Larry's Steak House
  • Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo from Bob Evans
  • Eggplant Parmesan & Pasta Primavera from Penna's Catering.



Along with DJ Frank Gioia and great prizes like 2013 season passes to Darien Lake and Palm Island Indoor Water Park, we will also being honoring outstanding alumni Judge Robert Balbick and M&T Regional President Dan Burns and volunteers Jamee Logsdon, Maria Streeter, and Michelle Cryer.

All proceeds will benefit St. Joseph School and the event is open to the public. Tickets are $60/couple or reserve a table of 10 for $250. For more information: Please visit http://www.sjsbatavia.org/st-joseph-school-popcorn-ball.html

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