Trios from co-champions Barker and Roy-Hart head N-O All-League softball team
Contributed Photos – Barker’s first team All-League honorees include, from left, Peyton Bradley, Madyson Flint and Kaylee Stoll.
Co-champions Barker and Roy-Hart have both placed three players on the first team of the Niagara-Orleans All-League softball squad.
Barker is represented by junior infielder Kaylee Stoll, junior pitcher/infielder Peyton Bradley and freshman pitcher/infielder Madyson Flint.
Flint has been named N-O Player of the year while Stoll and Bradley are both repeat first team honorees.
In the circle, Flint had 170 strikeouts and a 1.17 earned run average. At the plate she hit .585 with 8 doubles, 1 triple and 22 RBIs. Bradley had 65 strikeouts and a 2.83 earned run average in the circle. She hit .500 with 8 doubles, 1 triple and 21 RBIs. Stoll hit .438 with 3 doubles and 9 RBIs.
Roy-Hart has placed senior infielder Kaitlin Mettler, junior pitcher Abby Fox and junior outfielder Hayley Hillburn. Mettler and Hillburn are both repeat first team selections.
Mettler hit .545 with 5 doubles, 2 triples and 11 RBIs. Hillburn hit .385 with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 4 RBIS. Fox hit .500 with 3 doubles, 1 triple and 20 RBIs. In the circle she had 63 strikeouts and a 2.188 earned run average.
Roy-Hart’s first team trio includes Kaitlyn Mettler, Abby Fox and Hayley Hillburn,
Wilson is represented by the duo of junior catcher Abbie Faery and freshman infielder Lucy Madan.
Rounding out the first team are Albion senior pitcher Alana Irvine, Medina sophomore catcher Alexa Demmer, Akron sophomore pitcher Kenadee Jonathan and Newfane junior infielder Kimberly Schmitt.
Irvine had 105 strikeouts and a 2.375 earned run average. At the plate she hit .515 with 6 doubles, 4 triples, 4 home runs and 16 RBIs. Demmer hit .282 with 6 doubles and defensively threw out 12 runners trying to steal.
Schmitt had a league leading average of .639 and had 5 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 17 RBIs.
First team honorees, from left, Kenadee Jonathan, Alana Irvine and Alexa Demmer.
The second team selections, listed by school, are as follows:
Barker – Madelina Pavlock (Jr., Infielder) and Lexi Brazzell (Fr., Catcher)
Roy-Hart – Millie Owens (Jr., Infielder) and Brooke Corser (So., Infielder)
Albion – Cami London (Sr., Catcher) and Kenzie Snook (Sr., Outfielder)
Wilson – Riley Robinson (Sr., Pitcher) and Kenzie Hardy (Jr, Infielder)
Medina – Samantha Heschke (So., Pitcher)
Akron – Shannon Esmond (8th, Outfielder)
Newfane – Kameryn Boyer (Sr., Infielder)
First team selections Lucy Madan, Abbie Faery and Kimberly Schmitt
The Honorable Mention selections, listed by school, are as follows:
Akron – Addison Massaro (7th), Kylie Mangione (So.) and Morgan Tomporowski (Jr.)
Albion – Kaitlin Bennett (Jr.)
Barker – Elsie Monaco (Fr.)
Medina – Eva Lacy (Sr.) and Lilah Class (Jr.)
Newfane – Bailee Patcyk (So.) and Rylee Smith (So.)
Roy-Hart – Peyton May (Jr.)
Wilson – Ava Mielke (Sr.) and Rowan Simpson (Jr.)
Fundraising trivia game from mid-1980s gives snapshot of Holley businesses
This is the cover of Trifles trivia game, left, and the playing board from the game, right.
By Catherine Cooper, Orleans County Historian
“Illuminating Orleans” – Volume 5, Number 23
HOLLEY – Where is Garrand’s Quarry?
Name the postmaster of Holley in 1985?
What was the reason for the formation of the Holley School Boosters?
These Holley area questions are from a trivia game recently brought to our attention by Melissa Ierlan, Town of Clarendon Historian. Marketed under the name “Trifles: a Unique Educational Trivia Game Customized for Your Community,” this board game was marketed in the mid-1980s as a fundraiser for the Holley Sports Boosters and the Holley Music Boosters.
Designed to be played by two or more players, the box contains a sturdy board, a rules sheet, tokens, dice, discs, a box of question and answer cards, and a set of category questions and answers.
The names of contributing local businesses appear on square tiles on the perimeter of the board. Players who answer General Knowledge trivia questions correctly can place colored discs on the tiles.
A player who has three or more discs on each of the four sides of the board or six discs on any one side of the board qualifies to enter the circle. The Master Position is at the end where the player must answer correctly a question from the Etc. category to be the winner.
The General Knowledge questions are wide-ranging and varied, while the “Etc.” questions are locally oriented.
Trifles was manufactured by Henco in Selmer, TN and was the creation of Tom Hendrix, a versatile entrepreneur who had honed his salesmanship skills as a door-to door Bible salesman. He and his wife, Sherry, started Henco with a $3,500 loan, in a small building in Selmer. The company went national, with nearly 1,000 employees on the payroll in its heyday of helping schools raise money through selling items that Henco manufactured.
Regardless of how much money was raised by sales at the time, this game is a gem forty years later. Kudos to whoever prepared the questions and answers for the “Etc.” category back then. They are now a rich resource of Holley/Murray/Clarendon area facts, and would be perfect for family get-togethers and campfire conversations.
The list of the local businesses, farmers, and professionals who subscribed captures the essence of Holley at that point in time. How many of them do you remember?
A quick eBay search indicates that the resale value of the game is only about $25, but its local significance will only increase the passage of time.
Holley area sponsors of the Trifles trivia game from 1984-85 incude:
- Assembly of God Church
- Bowen Trucking, Inc.
- Brockport Ford Tractor
- Burgio Tire World
- Country Garden Florist
- Danny’s Small Engine Repair
- Dave’s Antenna Satellite Communications
- Danco Home Improvements
- Deerfield Country Club
- DeNe’s Cake Shop
- Disciples United Methodist Church
- Domenico’s Italian Imports & Deli
- Drennan Service
- Ed Blissett Nursery
- Edward Fuirerer & Sons, Builders
- Fingland Electric
- First Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church
- Fissler Collision
- 5 Point Collision
- Gordis Hardware
- Grenadier Kennels
- Hendel Farms
- Herring Development Corp.
- Holley Cold Storage
- Holley Lime Company
- Holley Mower Service
- Holley Pharmacy
- Holley Ridge Stables
- Holley Super Duper
- Hurd’s Orchard Apple Shed
- Jerry L. Wagner, Contractor
- Jim Albright, Remodeling
- J.P’s Farm Market
- Lake Country Pennysaver
- Lester, Rubenstein & Pellegrino, Attorneys
- Liftec Systems
- Lisa’s Dance Boutique
- Lutes Model Dome
- Marine Midland Holley Staff
- Maxon Farms
- Merrill- Grinnell Funeral Service
- Muesey’s Grocery of Clarendon
- Murray Superette Busy Mart
- Personality Plus Hairstyles
- P.J.’s Dolls
- Rayburn’s Jewelers
- Rockafellow & Son Farms
- Ron’s Satellite Sales
- Ryan’s Ceramic Studio
- Salyers Archery & Range
- 7 Brothers Catering Service
- Seward Candies
- Shepherd’s Mill Lumber
- St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
- Squicks – Public Square
- Stockham Lumber Co.
- Sugar’s Bikeology Shop
- Territory Wholesale Supply
- Transit Sportsman’s Supplies
- Thomas Young, Attorney-at-Law
With its support of Trump, Republicans can’t claim to be party of truth and respect
Editor:
One always knows that it is primary/election season in Orleans County when letters to The Hub become the best funny papers around! It’s gonna take a while to clean my morning coffee off my monitor and out of my keyboard after reading this doozy of a knee slapper:
“I thought being a Conservative or Republican meant core values of truth, honesty, respect.”
Really?
In perpetuity history will record that in 2024 America selected a twice impeached, morally bankrupt and already proven failed President as her leader. The very same ungodly man who indignantly lied about losing an election thereby inciting a riot on the U.S. Capitol; inspiring republicans to vandalize, attack police, steal property (loot), urinate and smear feces upon the desks and offices of our democratically elected leaders.
A reprehensible “Coward in Chief” (allegedly with disqualifying bone spurs) who “likes soldiers that don’t get captured” implying he does not like those who have been captured and even subsequently tortured during their service to America as he so publicly scorned John McCain.
An implicitly vain, “p**** grabbing” (his words) confirmed sexual assaulter and defamer of women, a self-admitted stalker and sexual predator of young women, a 34-count convicted felon, a half a billion-dollar tax cheat, a Constitution defiling, democracy busting, porn star poking adulterer and blasphemer. Just for starters.
“Truth”, “honesty”, “respect”?
What a freaking joke.
Oh, and before you start pointing fingers at Democrats (Republicans love to wallow in their “two wrongs make a right” hypocrisy), don’t even waste your time because that dog will never hunt. Republicans had every opportunity to select an ethical, moral, Christian-values candidate during the primary process but instead, you blew it. Donald Trump makes Bill Clinton and Anthony Weiner look like they belong on jars of Gerber’s Baby Food – Special Angel’s Formula.
Well, at the very least, I suppose all Americans can find solace knowing that according to Republican leadership, Donald Trump possesses the ultimate “big d*** energy” (another republican core value?) needed to Make America Gigantic Again. Although … Stormy Daniels might beg to differ. Didn’t she say it was somewhere between page two and three of the Forbes Magazine she spanked him with during a tryst as Melania was giving birth to their son? I think I heard that on Fox so it must be true.
Finally, a while back an earlier writer stated in this forum that “Democrats need to stop hating Donald Trump.” I do not hate Donald Trump. I voted for Donald Trump in 2016. Donald Trump is a deeply flawed and corrupt man deserving of my prayers and my pity.
However, for the multitudes of the naturally born daft, selectively uninformed, counterfeit Christian and the willfully ignorant who fallaciously unleashed Trump for a second time against this great nation … well, Jesus is still working with me on that one.
Matthew 7:16 “You shall know them by their fruits.”
(Yep, it’s even in Trump’s personally signed $1,000 “Gold Edition” bibles. Made in China for less than $3.00 each).
“Truth”, “honesty”, “respect.”
Republicans. Funny, funny stuff.
Tom Graham
Rochester
Graham is a member of Albion High School’s Class of 1978.
Cobblestone Museum planning annual patriotic service on July 6
File photo by Tom Rivers: Flags fly around the Cobblestone School House in this photo from a previous year’s patriotic service celebrating July 4. This year’s service is July 6.
CHILDS – The Cobblestone Museum will celebrate Independence Day with their annual patriotic service, scheduled this year at 11 a.m. July 6 in the historic Cobblestone Church.
This will be the 53rd annual patriotic service, said Sue Bonafini, assistant director of the Cobblestone Museum.
She invites guests to attend the event, which will feature several local musicians, a demonstration by former Cobblestone Museum director and Orleans County Historian Bill Lattin and dramatic readings by the museum’s three summer interns.
Musical offerings will include local pianist Raymond Santoro, who will provide piano and organ solos and accompany some patriotic hymns to be sung by the guests attending.
Musician Susan Walders has prepared some flute solos and will help lead guests in several inspirational songs.
Next, local singer Maarit Vaga will also share her musical talent.
Phoebe Kirby, daughter of Justin and Adrienne Kirby and Lattin’s granddaughter, has prepared a guitar solo.
Next, Lattin will demonstrate an interesting item from his personal collection – a historic roller organ. This is a type of mechanical musical instrument, often referred to as a barrel organ or crank organ. These instruments were manufactured primarily from the late 1860s through the mid-1920s, similar in style to organ grinder instruments, Bonafini said.
Offerings from the museum’s three summer interns – Tess Anderson, Collin Capurso and Tom Secrest – include dramatic readings of several short quotes from more than a dozen famous Americans, such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Paine, Clarence Darrow and others.
Topping this all off will be the Museum’s collection of Staffordshire Early Americana plates, showing more than three dozen scenes from early American history.
A potluck picnic on the museum grounds will follow the service at noon. The museum will provide hot dogs and lemonade. Guests should bring their own lawn chair and a dish to pass. A free will offering is always welcome. The Kendall Lions Club is providing a tent for the lawn.
Barre group that has opposed wind turbines responds to ‘malicious’ postcard
Editor:
Clear Skies Above Barre (CSAB) was made aware of an anonymous postcard sent out last week to certain Republican voters in the Town of Barre.
This postcard, sent curiously on the cusp of a Town Republican primary, was libelous & malicious in nature, scathing with untruths, and certainly shows who the divisive side truly is and has been from the beginning (which was 8 years ago, not 10 as the writer indicated).
It seems that the writer would like to anonymously appeal to the Barre Republican voters in an attempt to sway their vote by, once again, using the wind turbine subject.
Our focus is about making voices heard, to make truth known through transparency, as well as be informative on the negative impacts & effects of wind turbines in our natural surroundings and on human beings. We also care deeply about the rights of all citizens.
The truth is, there is much more depth to the project. Our group, made up of very concerned citizens in Barre and beyond, have spent countless voluntary hours researching, studying, talking with professionals, with attorneys, judges, senators and assemblymen. This project has been rubber stamped by NYS, but has undergone significant changes. As of yet, this project has not been deemed “complete” and curiously, the anonymous writer of the post card voluntarily stated, “…if the turbines are built.”
We as a group care deeply for the rights of all citizens. We have at times been successful at fighting for those rights. For example, one citizen’s residence was going to be within the radius of a turbine placed too closely to their home and outbuilding. After countless hours and appeals to ORES, the proposed placement of the turbine was moved.
Because of the libelous and malicious nature of the postcard, we will address it in length on our website at https://clearskiesabovebarre.com/.
We encourage you to visit our site and to always vote your best conscience.
Gary Palmer
Vice President Clear Skies Above Barre
Barre Center
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Several colleges announce Orleans students on Dean’s List
Several students from Orleans County have made the Dean’s List at colleges and universities.
• At Buffalo State University, Nicolina Creasey of Albion, Brionna Raiser-Russell of Knowlesville and Madison Williams of Medina made the spring Dean’s List. To make the list, students need to have completed at least 12 credit hours and who have attained a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• Leah Kania of Albion is majoring in voice performance at Baldwin Wallace University at in Berea, Ohio, which is near Cleveland. The Dean’s List recognizes students who earn a grade point average of 3.8 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more graded hours during the semester.
• Kylie Towne, a tourism/event and meeting management major from Holley, is among the more than 1,660 students named to Niagara University’s Dean’s List. To qualify, students must be registered for 12 credit-bearing hours during the semester and earn a GPA of 3.25 or higher.
• Alexa Adams of Paul Smith’s College has been named to the Spring 2025 Dean’s List. The college is located in the Adirondack Park. (Adams also graduated from Paul Smith’s College in May, earning a BS in Integrative Studies.)
• Daisy Perez Reyes and Shelly Reyes, both of Albion, earned Dean’s List honors for the spring at SUNY Oneonta in Central New York semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.
• Emma Roush of Medina, a senior Psychology major at Grove City College, has been named to the Dean’s List with Distinction for the spring 2025 semester. The Dean’s List with Distinction includes a GPA of 3.60 to 3.84.
• Several from Orleans made the Dean’s List at Nazareth University in Rochester including Joseph Nettles of Holley, Hailey Crawford of Albion, Tyana Burroughs of Kendall, Raine Baker of Lyndonville, and Kailie Regan of Holley. They all attained GPAs of at least 3.5 or above.
• Lillian Isabella Wilson of Medina has been named to Clarkson University’s Dean’s List. Wilson is a junior majoring in chemistry. Dean’s List students must achieve a minimum 3.25 grade-point average and also carry at least 14 credit hours.
(Editor’s Note: These are from colleges and universities that sent in the local students on the Dean’s List. Not all schools send in the news to the Orleans Hub.)
A special win for Melanie in several ways
Contributed Photos by Melanie Green Courtesy of the Epson Tour – – A happy Melanie Green celebrates with the championship trophy after winning her first Epson Pro Golf Tour championship today at the Island Resort Championship held in Michigan. Her photo at the right shows that with the victory she has also punched her ticket for a spot in the Epson Tour’s season ending championship tournament at Indian Wells in California. In addition, her victory today boosted her from 12th to 4th place among the top 15 Epson Tour players in the race to earn one of the coveted LPGA Tour cards for the 2026 season.
Green captures her first Epson Pro Golf Tour event championship with strong final round
Epson Tour Photo – Melanie Green captures her first Epson Pro Tour championship.
Putting together a sizzling final round, Medina’s Melanie Green captured her first Epson Pro Golf Tour event championship with a two shot victory today at the Island Resort Championship at Michigan.
Two shots off the pace heading into today’s final round, Green put together a tremendous stretch run surge notching an eagle, 5 birdies and no bogeys for a 7 under par round of 65.
She registered an eagle on No. 14 and had birdies on holes 2, 5, 9, 10 and 11.
Green finished with a three day total of 14 under par 204 after posting rounds of 4 under par 68 on the first day and 3 under par 69 on the second day.
Mustangs FC wins to hold 1st Division lead
Maintaining a hold on first place, the Medina Mustangs FC downed the Chargers FC 3-1 in a Buffalo District Soccer League 1st Division game this afternoon at Sahlen’s Sports Park.
Medina bult up a 2-0 half-time advantage on goals by Kyan Mathieu and Peter Martillotta, both off assists by Ethan Leonard.
Mustangs goalie Coby Albone stopped a penalty kick to keep the Mustangs up 2-1.
David Gonzalez sealed the win for Medina with a goal off an assist from Casey Winiecki.
Improving to 6-0-1, the Mustangs will next face the Cheektowaga Stingrays next Sunday at 6 p.m. at Buffalo State.
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11 more entrepreneurs, with diverse business plans, complete MAP class
Photos by Ginny Kropf: Ricky and Katrina Standish stand near the banks of Lake Alice on family-owned property, of which they have become managers. Katrina recently graduated from the Spring 2025 Microenterprise Assistance Program, which she took to help them run a business.
ALBION – The Spring 2025 Microenterprise Assistance Program class recently graduated 11 aspiring business entrepreneurs, whose prospective new businesses are very diverse, according to MAP director Matt Holland.
“We had an excellent group of businesses this year, from a wide variety of backgrounds and stages of business,” Holland said.
This included agriculture, retail, food service, property rental and maintenance – some of which are concept, startup or have been open for more than two years.
“I believe this diversity benefitted group discussions and collaboration,” Holland said. “All of them were enthusiastic and worked hard drafting their business plans. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for their businesses.”
Holland took over leadership of MAP when Diane Blanchard retired in 2023. He said MAP is education and he has always enjoyed education.
“Most importantly, because small businesses are the backbone of a small town area,” he said.
Jeremy Bow of Kent signed up for the Microenterprise Assistance Program to take advantage of the resources they offer. He has started a new business, JB’s Stump Grinding.
They didn’t restart the MAP program until 2024, Holland said.
“We took a step back to see if any changes had to be made and what we could do to get small business centers involved – with the EDA,” he said. “Small business centers bring great programming to the class.”
The Microenterprise Assistance Program has graduated 569 individuals to date. Two graduations are held a year, always with a similar curriculum, Holland said. They teach the basics a business person should know, including legal, marketing, financials, bookkeeping and pricing.
“We always have an entrepreneur come in and tell the class what it’s like to be in business,” Holland said.
One such businessman was Kyle Brent, who just built a new modern building for his business, KJ Motorsports in Middleport. The class was very impressed with his story, starting his business in his home, right out of high school.
“Sometimes a person takes the class and realizes they don’t want to be in business,” Holland said.
The newest graduates and their businesses are Ellen Blanc, Paws Only Grooming; Jeremy Bow, JB;s Stump Grinding; McKenna Christ, The Grove 1848; Megan Davenport, GH Grooming and Spa; Duane DeRoller, Liberty Meadows; Emma Drisdom – Emma’s Nail Room; Shawn Malark, North Star Ammo and Defense; Deborah Mannix – Seasonal Retail; Katie and Christopher Oakes – LynOaken Upick LLC; Alicia Sargent, Medicare Advocacy Center; and Ricky and Katrina Standish, RKScapes (rental property, landscaping and property management).
Two of the recent graduates shared their stories of becoming entrepreneurs.
Graduate Katrina Standish and her husband Ricky both have full-time jobs at Community Action of Orleans and Genesee, but recently took over management of property her father owns, mostly on the banks of Lake Alice. Katrina registered for the class, but Ricky came along also.
“The class helped us understand a business plan,” Katrina said.
“They also hook you up with an attorney, who connected us with the Small Business Legal Clinic at the WNY Law Center,” Ricky said.
The couple plan to expand their rental holdings to include Amish shed cabins, accessible to the water for fishermen, as well as a fire pit, canoe and kayak rentals and golf cart rentals. This is something Katrina has always dreamed of, she said.
“I think MAP was a great opportunity for us,” Katrina added.
Jeremy Bow is also employed full-time, but decided to start a side business after discovering how expensive it would be to hire someone to grind up a bunch of stumps in his yard.
“I picked up a stump grinder to do my yard, and then started helping my friends,” Bow said. “At first I thought I’d take care of my stumps, then go help my friends and sell the grinder. But, last fall I decided to get an LLC form and insurance.”
He enrolled in the MAP class, something he said he wishes he had done sooner.
“MAP showed us a lot of resources out there I didn’t know existed,” Bow said. “I also met a lot of class members in all phase of business. Some don’t have a business yet, just a business concept. We shared ideas with some who are fully established and some whose business is still in the works.”
He was impressed with how much they learned – about the paperwork involved, how to motivate employees and the importance of taking good care of your employees.
“Some questions brought up were things I’d never thought of,” Bow said. “There are so many things you don’t know. They don’t make it easy to start a business, but MAP covered a lot of the bases and showed us where help is available. It’s a very good program.”
Bow said he hopes by being affordable and doing a good job, his new business will be successful. His goal is to buy a dump trailer and mini skid-steer so he can clean up after a job.
He wants no dissatisfied customers, he said.
Applications for the next MAP class will be accepted beginning July 15. The fall class will begin the first Thursday in September.
Tenney introduces legislation to make $3K of firearms exempt from bankruptcy
Press Release, Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today reintroduced the Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act, reaffirming her commitment to defending the Second Amendment rights of all Americans, regardless of their financial status.
Additional cosponsors of this legislation include Representatives Mike Collins (GA-10), Burgess Owens (UT-4), and Randy Weber (TX-14).
The bill ensures that up to $3,000 worth of firearms are exempt from bankruptcy proceedings, recognizing them as essential property. Current federal law exempts a certain value of property from bankruptcy proceedings that allow the debtor to maintain a basic standard of living, such as musical instruments, jewelry and a television. However, federal law fails to provide a specific exemption for firearms, a constitutionally guaranteed right that allows individuals to defend themselves.
“The Second Amendment is a Constitutional right for all Americans, regardless of their financial situation,” said Congresswoman Tenney. “No American should ever be forced to forfeit their right to self-defense because they’re going through financial hardship. This legislation ensures that the Constitutional right to own a firearm is protected, no matter the financial situation.”
Sandstone scores two Midget League 12U wins
Sandstone scored a pair of wins this past week, 9-2 over Elks/Rotary an 16-1 over Holley ‘A’, to improve to 9-0 in Albion Midget League 12U Division competition.
Against Elks/Rotary, Jayce Torres, Liam Skowneski and Nikko Russo each had 2 hits. Torres and Aiden Kelly both had triples. Kelly’s triple drove in two runs in the fifth inning. Torres and Skowneski both had hits during a four run fourth inning while Russo had a hit during a two run sixth inning.
On the mound, Giovanni LaMartina struck out 10 in five innings of work.
Against Holley ‘A’, Matthew Colmereo had 4 hits and 6 RBIs as Russo, Torres and LaMartina each had 3 hits.
Skowneski had 7 strikeouts in 3 innings of work on the mound.