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Orleans agrees to 30% increase for towns to plow county roads
Towns, however, recently hit with 25% hike in road salt as well as fuel cost increases
Photo by Tom Rivers: Yates Town Supervisor Jim Simon, speaking during Thursday’s Town Board meeting, said the towns just want to break even for plowing and salting county roads and doing roadside mowing.
The 10 towns in Orleans County will be getting a 30 percent increase to plow and salt county roads, as well as doing roadside mowing. But it shouldn’t be viewed as a windfall.
“We need to at least break even,” said Jim Simon, the Yates town supervisor. “We’re not doing it to make a profit.”
The 10 towns in recent months have pressed the county for the 30 percent increase, plus 5 percent more the following two years. The towns currently get $7,218 a mile for their work on county roads. But that isn’t nearly enough to cover the town’s expenses, said the Orleans County Town Highway Superintendents Association which is led by Tracy Chalker, the highway superintendent in Clarendon.
The contract at the $7,218-rate expires Dec. 31. The new agreement provides a 30 percent increase or $2,165 more per mile in 2027, for $9,383. The towns then receive a 5 percent increase each following year in the three-year agreement.
The new deal was discussed at the Yates Town Board meeting on Thursday. Town officials are thankful for the higher amount, but they said it still may not cover the town’s costs due to rising fuel and salt expenses.
“I’m excited we got the contract with 30 percent, but I fear we might be trapping ourselves again,” said Sue Hrovat, a town councilwoman.
The highway superintendents were expecting a 10 percent increase for road salt for the upcoming winter, but that cost will be up 25 percent. That will be about $10,000 more in salt costs for Yates to salt the county roads in town.
The new agreement with the county allows for an option every May to review the deal f there have been dramatic changes in costs.
Chalker, president of the Orleans County Town Highway Superintendents Association, sent a letter to all 10 towns, thanking the town supervisors and boards for their work in securing the 30 percent increase.
The letter was signed by the following highway superintendents: Dale Root of Shelby, Dale Brooks of Barre, John Olinger of Ridgeway, Kurt VanWycke of Carlton, Dirk Lammes of Murray, Roger Wolfe of Yates, Mike Neidert of Albion, Eric Mason of Kendall and Tracy Chalker of Clarendon. Mark Radzinski of Gaines also pushed for the higher amount.
“You all played a very important role in our success to achieve our needs of 30 percent in our snow and ice and mowing contracts to get us closer to where we want to be,” Chalker wrote. “Your input and support was definitely a huge part of our success. Also it was great to see the towns come together and unite. So much can happen when we unite.”
County welcomes crowd of 250 for Family Game Night at Ridgeway Fire Hall
Photos by Tom Rivers
RIDGEWAY – It was the 12th annual “Family Game Night” on Thursday and for the first time it was held at the Ridgeway Fire Hall.
The top photo shows three Probation Department staff members – from left Sarah Osborne, director; Michelle Coots, probation assistant; and Carolyn Fisher, secretary. People were welcome to play Tic-Tac-Toe, get a fruit snack and learn about the department.
It was one of 16 stations from county departments at Family Game Night. There were 250 people preregistered for the event and other walk-ins likely attended Game Night, which was sponsored by the Orleans County Legislature, in conjunction with the county Youth Bureau.
Each family was able to take home a board game. There were about 120 board games available.
The goal of the event was to have less screen time on a phone and more time together. It was also a chance to learn about the services provided by the county departments.
Family Game Night was previously held at Dubby’s Tailgate in Albion and the Trolley Building at the 4-H Fairgrounds.
Evvan Spencer, 3, of Lyndonville races to complete an obstacle course, including climbing over a drainage pipe and navigating through traffic cones. It was set up by the county Department of Public Works.
A larger-scale version of Jenga was set up by the Mental Health Department. At left includes Sarah Kau of Holley and her daughters, Willow and Violet, holding the block.
Audra Fisher, secretary in the Emergency Management Office, shared fire prevention stickers and other materials.
Holley wins, Kendall bows in overtime
Holley outlasted Byron-Bergen 2-1 in overtime in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this evening.
Carsyn Mogle scored from Jayna Burris and Ava Mosier tallied for Kyla Burne for the Lady Hawks as Zoey Warner made 3 saves in goal.
“Great team effort tonight for this win,” said Holley Coach Renee Wolf “They dug deep and did what they needed to do.”
The Lady Hawks are now 5-4-1 in the league and 8-5-1 overall.
Wheatland-Chili 2, Kendall 1 (2 OT)
Wheatland-Chili ended Kendall’s season long 12 game winning streak by scoring a 2-1 double overtime victory this evening in another G-R contest.
Ryleigh Denning scored the Kendall goal.
Kendall is now 8-1 in the league and 12-1 overall.
Wilson downs Medina to lock up N-O title
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Aidan Papaj works to gain control of the ball against Wilson’s Archer Simpson during this evening’s game at Vets Park won by the Lakemen.
Wilson locked up outright possession of a fourth straight Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer championship with a 3-1 win over Medina at Vets Park this evening.
The Lakemen improve to 9-0 while the Mustangs slip to 4-4.
Hayden Fellows scored 2 goals and Cole Herrmann 1 for the Lakemen.
Aleks Seefeldt netted the Mustangs goal.
Newfane 3, Roy-Hart 2
Newfane (4-5) scored a goal in the last 10 seconds to nip Roy-Hart (1-6-1) 3-2.
Dwayne Dawes scored 2 goals and Mason D’Orsaneo 1 for Newfane as Nathan Shorter, Brody Miller and Dylan Lamont earned the assists.
Jack Trombley and Mikey Fuller scored the goals for Roy-Hart as Joshua Jennings had an assist.
Wilson’s Hayden Fellows moves the ball up field as Tyler Raduns defends for Medina.
Roy-Hart/Medina girls post N-O shutout win
All the scoring took place in the second half as Roy-Hart/Medina (4-5) downed Newfane (0-9) 3-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this evening.
Alexis Bedford, Kennedy Boyle and Maria Trombley each scored a goal as Lilly Maynard and Ruth Walker both had assists.
Akron 3, Barker/Lyndonville 0
Abby Gerstung had 2 goals and an assist and Sahpur Grijalva a goal to lead Akron (6-1) to a 3-0 N-O win over Barker/Lyndonville (3-6).
Albion spikers post win over Akron
Albion (2-6) outlasted Akron (5-2) in five sets 25-19, 25-19, 25-27, 10-25, 15-7 in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match this evening.
Jillian LeBaron had 14 kills, 3 aces and 19 digs, Charlotte Pike 4 aces and 29 assists, Anna Grillo 3 aces, 3 kills and 16 digs, Melia Prince 8 kills, 4 blocks and 6 digs and Sophia Bouchey 6 kills for the Purple Eagles.
Wilson d. Medina
Wilson (5-3) downed host Medina (1-7) 25-19, 25-22, 25-10 in another N-O match.
Caliyah St. Louis had 5 aces, Jenna Cecchini 4 and Sam Heschke 2 for the Mustangs. Heschke and Maya Anderson both had 2 kills and St. Louis 1.
Newfane d. Roy-Hart
Undefeated (7-0) Newfane outlasted Roy-Hart (3-5) in five sets 23-25, 25-19, 25-21, 20-25, 15-9.
Lauren Snyder had 15 kills, Skylar Walker 8 kills, Tessa Degenhardt 5 kills and Jaycie Heck 23 assists for Roy-Hart.
Medina blanks Nardin in field hockey
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Olivia Bessel battles for control of the ball in front of the goal during the Mustangs win over Nardin at Vets Park this afternoon.
Medina blanked Nardin 4-0 in a non league field hockey game at Vets Park this afternoon.
Amelia Stalker, Olivia Bessel, Jenelle Stalker and Adelynne Lacy took turns scoring goals for the Mustangs.
Roy-Hart 5, Newfane 1
Roy-Hart (2-7) defeated Newfane (2-5) 5-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League game.
Adella Dukes scored 4 goals for Roy-Hart as Savannah Newton had a goal and an assist and Jill Schimek 2 assists.
Newfane’s goal was scored by Addison Reis.
Akron 8, Wilson 3
Akron stayed undefeated at 9-0 with an 8-3 win over Wilson (3-5).
Abigail Schlabach and Madigan Regan both scored 2 goals for Akron as Mackenzie Tomporowski, Alexis Salmon, Shannon Esmond and Brooklyn Gerstung each had 1.
Taylor Ernest scored 2 goals and Brynn Lepsch 1 for Wilson.
Barker 6, Kenmore 0
Barker improved to 8-1 in N-O action with a 6-0 win over Kenmore (4-5) as Autumn Lewis scored 2 goals and Lilly Reyes, Elise Monaco, Brooke Weber and Lexi Brazzel each had 1.
ORG sponsoring horror films at Medina Theatre on Fridays in October
MEDINA – Fans of old-time horror films will be delighted to learn they have returned to the Medina Theatre at 603 Main St.
Continuing every Friday night in October, the Orleans Renaissance Group is sponsoring Legends of Fright, a horror classic from the past. The first on Oct. 2 was “Frankenstein.”
“This is something we has wanted to do for several years,” said Cindy Robinson, a member of ORG. “This is the first I’ve had time to do it. These are the movies I grew up with. My dad used to watch them. We have this nice theater here and I always thought we should use it for what it was intended to be. Doing these movies seemed like a good way to start.”
Robinson said theater owner Joe Cardone was on board with the idea, and the first movie shown on Friday night was “Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff. Future movies will be “Dracula” this Friday, starring Bela Lugosi; followed by “The Mummy” on Oct. 16, starring Boris Karloff; “The Invisible Man” on Oct. 23, starring Claude Rains; and “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” on Oct. 30.
Tickets are $7. All movies start at 7 p.m.
Robinson said people who attended the first showing were thrilled to be in the theater again.
Cardone opened the concession stand for the evening, and people were happy not to pay the high prices charged in other theaters.
ORG is looking at another series in February – Film Noir series.
ORG is thankful for five local sponsors, Medina Veterinary Clinic, English Rose Tea Shoppe, WSM Elder Law, Bent’s Opera House and Cooper Funeral Home.
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More than a dozen employers will be at job fair on Oct. 15 at YMCA
Press Release, Orleans County Job Development Agency
MEDINA – The Orleans County Job Development Agency will be holding a job fair on Thursday, October 15 at the YMCA in Medina for those seeking employment. More than a dozen employers with open positions have signed up to take part.
“Sometimes the right opportunity is closer than you think. Come meet local employers, explore available jobs, and take the next step toward your future,” said Kelly Kiebala, Director of OCDJA. “Bring your résumé, bring your questions and come prepared to interview.”
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Orleans County YMCA located at 306 Pearl Street in Medina. No appointments or pre-registration are necessary.
Kiebala said companies will be looking to fill a variety of positions across several different sectors.
“Employers are looking for reliable and dependable candidates and often are willing to provide significant training to those who may lack experience,” said Kiebala. “And staff from our office will be on hand to provide additional assistance to job seekers.”
To learn more about other OCJDA resources, visit www.orleanscountyny.gov/jda.
