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Even par round for Green at Korea tourney
Medina’s Melanie Green posted an even par 72 on Friday’s (Korea time) second round of the LPGA Tour’s BMW Championship being played in South Korea.
Green, who had a 4 under par 68 in the opening round, had four birdies (on 2, 7, 12 and 18) to offset four bogeys (on 3, 4, 9 and 16) on the up and down round two.
Heading into the third round she is 9 shots back of the leader who is at 13 under.
Sheriff’s Office will accept unused medications Saturday during Drug Takeback Day
ALBION – The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in National Prescription Drug Takeback Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Public Safety Building, 13925 Route 31.
The Sheriff’s Office will accept prescription medications, over-the-counter medications and pet medications, but won’t take sharps or illegal drugs.
“We encourage residents to safely dispose of unused or unwanted medications!” the Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page. “Help prevent prescription drug misuse, protect our families, and keep our community safe!”
For the safety of law enforcement personnel, people bringing in medications should make sure all needles are properly capped and secured. Loose or uncapped needles will not be accepted, the Sheriff’s Office stated.
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Crew delivered baby last night in ambulance while filling in for Medina
SHELBY – An ambulance crew that was filling in for the Medina Fire Department delivered a healthy baby boy last night in the back of an ambulance while en route to Unity Hospital in Rochester.
With Medina ambulance crews on scene at a fire on Presbyterian Street in Ridgeway, Tri-Town Ambulance was called to fill in for Medina.
Tri-Town, which is based in Gasport, was dispatched to Shelby for a woman who was having contractions eight minutes apart.
Tri-Town arrived and was headed to Unity with the mother. Carl Greene and Lisa Petrillo, both EMTs, were on the call with Greene driving the ambulance and Petrillo in the back, helping the mother deliver the baby.
“Mom and baby boy are comfortable resting at the hospital,” Tri-Town stated on its Facebook page. “We would like to congratulate EMT-Petrillo and Greene on a job well done. Way to make Tri-Town Proud.”
Town of Yates uses open process to ensure accountability in local government
Editor:
I read, with interest, Mr. Steven Colon’s notice of write-in candidacy for the post of Town of Yates Supervisor. I’d like to commend Mr. Colon for his willingness to step up and stand for this leadership position.
Mr. Colon, however, seems a bit misinformed as to the candidate endorsement process and how it functions. My view of the endorsement process is quite different than Mr. Colon’s. I served as Yates Town Councilman from 2015-2024, successfully running three election campaigns for that position. The process for endorsement was the same in all three:
- A Letter of Consideration for Endorsement was written by myself to the Yates Republican Committee. The Letter of Consideration included my views on the Town and what was needed to ensure a prudent path forward for the Town of Yates, not only now, but into the future.
- The Yates Republican Committee assessed each Letter of Consideration and interviewed each candidate.
- Based on the Letters of Consideration and the interviews, the Yates Republican Committee discussed and voted on the candidates to be endorsed.
In my view, the endorsement process illustrates our representative democracy and clearly does not bypass the democratic process. It certainly does not take place behind closed doors.
By definition, a representative democracy is one in which citizens elect officials to make law and policy on their behalf with those elected officials accountable to the electorate. That is the reason for public comment during privilege-of-the-floor sessions at Town Board meetings.
Regarding hand-picked candidates, as mentioned by Mr. Colon in his editorial, I’ll again reference the reader to the endorsement steps listed above. There is no hand-picking in the endorsement process. It is accountable, transparent and ensures a competitive candidate endorsement determination.
Lastly, the retirement of the current Yates Town Supervisor, Mr. James Simon, opens the seat for Supervisor. As such, a sitting board member has expressed interest in the Supervisor position and has moved through the endorsement process as described above. However, that person is still a sitting Town Board member and therefore that person’s seat is not open for election.
If, and only if, the board member is elected to the Supervisor position does the board position become vacant. In that case, the Board is within its legal purview to interview and select a board member replacement to serve the remainder of the, now vacant, term. Again, there is nothing surreptitious, cloak and dagger, or “smoke-filled back room” about the process.
Both board member endorsement and replacement processes are transparent, competitive and ensure essential accountability in local government.
I wish Mr. Colon well and best of luck in the upcoming election.
Thank you,
John Riggi
Town of Yates
Man dies in Knowlesville fire
2 others injured in blaze that destroyed home on Presbyterian Street
Photos by Tom Rivers
KNOWLESVILLE – An elderly man who is confined to a wheelchair died in a fire tonight on presbyterian Road in Knowlesville.
Firefighters were dispatched to 12625 Presbyterian St. just before 8:30 p.m. They arrived to a fire with flames shooting out windows and the porch.
A neighbor across street tried to rescue the wheel-bound man from the house, but the neighbor, a man in his 60s, ran out of the house with his clothes on fire. He was taken by a Mercy EMS ambulance to a Mercy Flight helicopter zone at the fairgrounds. He has serious burns, Orleans County Sheriff Chris Bourke said.
The son of the man who perished in the fire also was injured and taken by ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital.
Fire investigators from Orleans County and the state will try to determine the cause of the fire.
Firefighters from several departments responded to the scene. This photo shows the Shelby ladder truck. That truck used water pulled from the Erie Canal to keep a steady flow of water pouring on the fire.
The resident of the house was often spotted along the road in a motorized wheelchair, neighbor said. His dog, a husky, got out of the house safely and was located by an Orleans County animal control officer.
Ridgeway firefighters were assisted at the scene by the Medina Fire Department, Albion Joint Fire District, Shelby Volunteer Fire Company, East Shelby Volunteer Fire Company, Lyndonville Fire Department Medina Fire Department ambulance, and Mercy EMS.
Other departments filled in for several of the responding departments. Those filling in included Middleport, Hartland, Oakfield, Alabama, Batavia and Tri-Town Ambulance.
Gary Watts of the Shelby Volunteer Fire Company uses a Shelby pumper to pull water from the Erie Canal and then send it through a 5-inch hose about 1,400 to the Shelby ladder truck, which sprayed the water onto the house.
The fire proved difficult to put out. Firefighters were still battling hot spots two hours after the fire tore through the house. Watts said he expected it would be an all-nighter for many of the firefighters.
Section VI volleyball pairing announced
First round pairings for the Section VI volleyball playoffs which begin on Monday have been announced.
In Class B1, No. 8 Albion will host No. 9 East Aurora at 6 p.m.
In Class B2, No. 9 Akron will visit No. 8 Alden at 6 p.m.
In Class C, No. 2 Newfane will host No. 15 Tapestry, No. 13 Medina will visit No. 4 Chautauqua Lake, No. 12 Falconer will visit No. 5 Wilson and No. 8 Roy-Hart will host No. 9 Allegany-Limestone all at 6 p.m.
Mustangs bow in Class B soccer sectionals
No. 2 seed Allegany-Limestone blanked visiting No. 7 Medina 2-0 this evening in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B boys soccer playoffs.
In Class C, top seeded Wilson shutout No. 8 Silver Creek/Forestville 6-0 as Hayden Fellows scored 4 goals and Trenton Kaminski and Mason Schultz each netted 1.
Medina earns field hockey win in shootout
Medina outlasted host Newfane 3-2 in a shootout this afternoon to close out the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey season.
The game was tied 0-0 at the end of regulation time and at the end of an overtime period setting up the decisive shootout.
Isabelle Perez scored the game winning goal for Medina as Jenelle Stalker and Savannah Jo Thompson also both had goals in the shootout.
Medina finishes the N-O season at 4-8 and Newfane at 2-10.
Akron 7, Kenmore 1
Akron completed an undefeated (12-0) N-O title season with a 7-1 win over Kenmore as Brooklyn Gerstung, Madison Gates and Madigan Regan each scored 2 goals and Scarlett Ranney 1.
Roy-Hart 4, Wilson 2
Roy-Hart downed Wilson 4-2 as Adella Dukes scored 3 goals and Jill Schimek 1.
Brynn Lepsch and Taylor Earnest each scored a goal for Wilson.
Final N-O Standings: Akron 12-0, Barker 10-2, Wilson 6-6, Kenmore 5-7, Medina 4-8, Roy-Hart 3-9, Newfane 2-10.
Barker/Roy-Hart completes a second straight undefeated C North Division title campaign
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker/Roy-Hart’s Carter DerSarkissian follows a block by quarterback Max Townsend in route to scoring one of his five touchdowns in the host Bulls win over Cleveland Hill this evening.
Capping off a second straight undefeated (6-0) C North Division championship campaign, Barker/Roy-Hart rolled to a 43-20 victory over Cleveland Hill this evening at Barker.
Barker/Roy-Hart built up commanding leads of 20-0 after the first quarter, 35-0 at the half and 43-0 late in the third quarter.
Carter DerSarkissian got the Bulls offense rolling by rushing for three first quarter touchdowns on carries of 7, 1 and 47 yards as Billy Jaques tacked on a pair of extra point kicks.
A 46 yard run by DerSarkissian set up the first score while quarterback Max Townsend had pass completions of 29 yards to Ashton Ark and 17 yards to Matt Aquilina to highlight the second and third scores.
In the second quarter, Townsend and DerSarkissian hooked up for a 51 yard touchdown pass play and DerSarkissian ran 3 yards for another TD.
Aaron Bowerman closed out the Bulls scoring with a 5 yard touchdown run in the third quarter as Townsend completed a two-point conversion pass to Ark.
The Barker/Roy-Hart special teams also came up big with a pair of blocked punts by Bowerman and Ark both of which led to touchdowns.
The Bulls will now be the C North Division’s No. 1 seed for the upcoming sectional playoffs. The pairings for the opening round are scheduled to be announced on Sunday.
Cleveland Hill finishes the C North season at 4-3.
Jeff Waters breaks loose for a big gain for Barker/Roy-Hart.
