Photo by Kristina Gabalski: Kendall residents and town officials have signs out promoting Saturday’s Scarecrow Festival.
By Kristina Gabalski, Correspondent Posted 29 September 2016 at 2:08 pm
KENDALL – New faces are popping up along Kendall Road (Rt. 237) in Kendall in advance of this year’s Scarecrow Festival which will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Town Board member Barb Flow said this year features the theme – “Your Favorite Holiday.” “It’s one of the highlights of the town year,” Flow said during her report at the recent Town Board meeting.
Events this year include live music in the gazebo and a performance by the HooDoo Daddies Band. Those attending can vote for their favorite scarecrow or build their own scarecrow. There is a scarecrow scavenger hunt and a strolling magician from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Photo by Tom Rivers: This scarecrow is outside the Kendall Elementary School.
Other activities include pumpkin decorating and alpacas. New this year will be the Lions Club Vision Screening and the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting an “Operation Safe Child” service, which produces cards for parents and guardians with fingerprints and a photograph of their child. The cards assist law enforcement in the case of a child’s disappearance.
Additionally, Tim Bourke will be holding a one-hour balloon workshop in the bus garage beginning at 12:30 p.m. The Kids Fun Run begins at 11 a.m. and the St. Mark’s Farmers Market will be held at the Fire Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Masonic Lodge will also be holding their chicken barbecue.
Flow encouraged everyone to attend. “It’s a huge event for the town,” she said.
The festival is held rain or shine.
Photo by Kristina Gabalski: Kendall Scarecrow Festival has become a big event for the community.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 26 September 2016 at 5:37 pm
David Perry Sr. also faces charges for child pornography
ALBION – Orleans County Court Judge James Punch set Nov. 1 for jury selection for a trial against a Kendall man faces numerous charges for crimes against children.
Jury selection will start at 1 p.m. on Nov. 1 with the trial to continue the next day.
David P. Perry Sr.
David P. Perry, 67, of Norway Road was arrested on March 9 for multiple charges related to sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of five girls ranging in age from 13 to 15. In May, Perry was arrested and charged with 15 counts of possession of an obscene sexual performance by a child less than 16 years old.
Approximately 15,000 images of suspected child pornography were found on Perry’s devices that were submitted for analysis. Many of the images found were children between the ages of 2 and 9 years of age, Undersheriff Chris Bourke said when Perry was charged in May.
David P. Perry Sr., 67, of Norway Road allegedly forced juvenile victims to smoke marijuana and drink alcoholic wine and vodka over several months in 2015. At times, the victims would reportedly consume these substances to the point of becoming impaired and intoxicated, Bourke said.
He was charged with sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child because Perry would allegedly make five girls undress, then he would perform various criminal sexual acts and sexual abuse, according to the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office. It is also alleged that Perry would force the victims to pose for pictures while undressed or partially dressed.
The judge set the trial date after District Attorney Joe Cardone told Punch that a plea deal couldn’t be reached. Cardone said he wants Perry to serve a sentence for both sexual abuse crimes and the child pornogrpahy, with the sentences added together, rather than a concurrent sentence where Perry would only serve a sentence for the most severe crime.
“He wanted a better deal,” Perry’s attorney David Morabito told Judge Punch in court this afternoon.
Cardone said he isn’t offering a better deal for Perry, given his serious charges.
The Kendall resident blurted out in court that he “really hasn’t been offered one,” referring to a plea deal.
Punch chided Perry for his comment, telling him he should let Morabito, the attorney, speak on his behalf.
Morabito said he wanted a Huntley hearing to determine if some evidence could be suppressed. Punch set that hearing for 10 a.m. on Oct. 7.
The judge also moved back a civil trial set for early November so the trial could get started against Perry.
“When you have young witnesses that takes priority,” Punch said.
Perry remains in the Orleans County Jail on $500,000 bail.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 September 2016 at 6:59 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
KENDALL – It’s Homecoming in Kendall and students celebrated the special week with a parade on Friday evening. This year, classes had to create floats in a biome theme. The top photo shows the junior class with their rainforest-themed float. They are headed down Route 237 near the Kendall Elementary School.
These junior high students join the parade with their float which was in a savanna theme.
Sarah Pieniaszek, a senior, is in a boat on top of the seniors’ float which is in an underwater theme.
These two seniors, Kacey Menge (left) and Lizzie Rath, carry goldfish on the parade route. Rath is dressed as a mermaid.
The senior float makes its way down Route 237 before heading to the junior-senior high school, where there were games and a carnival for the community, as well as an alumni soccer game.
Sophomores, including Anna Oakley (left), created a float with an alpine theme.
The freshmen made a Cowboys and Indians float. Kendall’s Homecoming continues today.
By Kristina Gabalski, Correspondent Posted 22 September 2016 at 9:15 am
Kendall no longer in Urban/Suburban program with Rochester
KENDALL – Kendall and Holley school leaders are working to combine their junior varsity and varsity wrestling teams.
The Holley Board of Education gave its approval during their regular meeting Monday evening, and Kendall Central Superintendent Julie Christensen says Kendall BOE members gave tacit approval during their regular meeting Sept. 14.
Christensen said she expects the board to vote on the combined team during their October meeting. She explained that many districts are no longer offering the sport, and Holley and Kendall forming a combined team will mean that Kendall students who would like to wrestle will have the opportunity.
Combining wrestling teams is one of several ways the two districts are currently sharing services, Christensen said. Other areas include transportation runs for students with disabilities who have placements in other districts, including schools outside Orleans County.
Holley and Kendall are also exploring shared extracurricular clubs such as 4-H and robotics.
“Some could be hosted by Kendall, some by Holley,” she said.
Sharing services is a way of “sharing the wealth” of the two districts, allowing both Holley and Kendall to “expand opportunities” for their students while still maintaining their own district identities, Christensen explained.
• Community Forum planned Oct. 5
Superintendent Christensen says community members are invited to attend a community forum Oct. 5 hosted by the Board of Education at 7 p.m. in the Kendall Jr./Sr. High School Cafeteria.
The Board is seeking input from residents regarding strategies and methods to promote Kendall. Topics such as the importance of broadband Internet will likely be discussed, Christensen said. She explained that suggestions for enhancing the quality of life in Kendall will help both the school district and the community to encourage people to consider making Kendall their home and school.
• Urban/Suburban withdrawal
Superintendent Christensen also explained the Kendall School District was notified in late summer that the 15-mile transportation limit would be upheld and therefore not provide transportation to Kendall for students in the Urban/Suburban Inter-district transfer program.
“We looked to relay options with our neighboring districts, but the drop off and pick up times would result in students missing too much instructional time,” Superintendent Christensen said. Additionally, “A midway pick up posed some safety issues for students,” she said.
Kendall joined the Urban/Suburban program just last year and two students who live in the Rochester City School District participated.
“We really enjoyed our students and wish them well in their new school districts,” Christensen said. “We hope that the transportation issue will be resolved in the future.”
By Kristina Gabalski, Correspondent Posted 21 September 2016 at 9:31 am
Residents urged to support petition lowering speed limit by school
KENDALL – Town Board members on Tuesday evening enacted a moratorium on industrial solar energy generation facilities by adopting Local Law 1 of 2016.
The moratorium of 180 days is meant to give the Town Board time to enact a local law regulating construction of industrial solar facilities.
It does not pertain to residential installations on or around homes, Town Supervisor Tony Cammarata noted.
Councilman Bruce Newell reported that the Kendall planning and zoning boards have begun work on a code for large-scale solar projects in the town. The Town Board adopted Local Law 1 of 2016 after adding wording that development of solar energy facility regulations be referred to the Town Planning Board. The town continues to look into the NYS Affordable Solar Program for Community Distributed Solar.
Newell said he had hoped to have some numbers to report for Tuesday’s meeting, but continues to pull information together.
In other business, Supervisor Cammarata encouraged all town residents to sign a petition calling for a reduction of the 50-mile per hour speed limit on Roosevelt Highway (Route 18) outside the Kendall Jr./Sr. High School.
A group of concerned parents and community members is working to have the state lower the speed to as low as 20 miles per hour in the school zone during school hours.
“We as a community should be asking the Department of Transportation to assist us with this request,” Cammarata said.
He noted that Holley and Albion have reduced speeds outside their schools which are located on busy roads, and that the conditions outside the Jr./Sr. High School in Kendall are dangerous.
“We don’t want any more accidents,” Cammarata said. “Safety is a predominant issue. I would ask all residents to sign the petition.”
The town supervisor also reported that with Key Bank’s decision to close the First Niagara branch in the Village of Holley, the Town of Kendall will begin looking at other financial institutions to meet banking needs.
“We will have to travel farther for deposits, Brockport or Albion,” Cammarata explained. “It’s a hardship for us and an added expense … if we get a better program with a different financial institution than Key Bank, then we will make that change.”
Cammarata said the Town Board will make its decision by the time of the annual reorganizational meeting in January.
KENDALL – Kendall students and staff wore blue today to show their appreciation for local law enforcement officers. Students also signed a card for the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department and State Police, thanking them for their service in the Kendall community. This picture shows Deputy Jeff Cole, left, shaking a student’s hand, while State Trooper Belson is thanked by student Jeremy Browe.
Students Sienna Friedman, left, and Justin Ryan are pictured with Deputy Cole.
The school district served cake to the officers, the student body, and staff. Kendall school leaders also gave a tour of the building, which was recently renovated, to the officers. Many of the students personally said thank you to the officers and shook their hands. The two officers also ate a school lunch with the students.
KENDALL – Phil D’Agostino, a member of the Kendall Lions Club, presents the Citizen of the Year award to his wife, Carol, during a Lions Club meeting on Sept. 15.
Carol D’Agostino is principal of the Kendall Junior/Senior High School. In addition to going above and beyond in her duties as principal, Mrs. D’Agostino actively represents the Kendall community on several Orleans County boards and committees, including the Orleans County United Way and the Orleans Economic Development Agency.
She is very active in the Kendall community as a member of Concordia Lutheran Church, the Lawn Chair Ladies and the Kendall Innovations Advisory Committee.
The Kendall Lions are grateful for her work and proud to recognize her as the club’s Citizen of the Year.
Provided photo: Orleans County has replaced a bridge from 1959 on Carton Road in Kendall.
KENDALL – After several months of work, the new Carton Road bridge is open in Kendall.
Crane-Hogan Structural Systems in Spencerport replaced the bridge for $793,729. It replaces a bridge from 1959.
The project is part of an $8 million bond the county took out in 2014 for a series of infrastructure projects over three years.
The Orleans County Highway Department and the County Legislature will have an official bridge opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on Sept. 28.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 6 September 2016 at 7:47 am
Photos courtesy of Bruce Landis
Contractors have been busy this summer at Albion and Kendall school districts replacing roofs at both school districts. The top photo shows work at the new front entrance to the junior-senior high school at Kendall.
Bruce Landis of Photo by Bruce in Albion took photos from up high of the new roofs.
Kendall has replaced roofs on both the elementary school and junior-senior high school buildings as part of the capital project that included many other upgrades and improvements to the school campus. Elmer W. Davis of Rochester did the roof work $5,782,177.
Albion tackled about $2.5 million of roof work over the summer. J & B Installations replaced about two-thirds of the roof on the middle school (pictured) and about half of the elementary school roof over the summer.
This photo shows nearly the entire Albion school campus, where school starts on Wednesday.
By Kristina Gabalski, Correspondent Posted 2 September 2016 at 10:05 am
Photos by Kristina Gabalski: The new main entrance to Kendall Jr./Sr. High School. Work should be completed on the exterior and roofline areas by late September, administrators say.
The new main entry to the Jr./Sr. High School, which features floor to ceiling windows, is still being completed.
KENDALL – An open house on Thursday gave the Kendall community a chance to see a new-look school campus. The changes were greeted with enthusiasm.
“I think the students will be excited by the new spaces,” Kendall Jr./Sr. High Special Ed teacher Len Pizzi said Thursday evening as he stood in a newly renovated classroom in the science wing of the school.
The open house gave students, parents and residents an opportunity to see the nearly competed Phase II of the district’s capital improvement project.
Kendall residents approved the $25 million capitol project in May 2013.
Most rooms in the science wing now have vaulted ceilings and exposed beams which give a modern, clean, industrial feel to the space.
Pizzi noted the vaulted ceilings are similar in design to those in other parts of the building, including the Commons area and the new cafeteria, which was completed in Phase I of the project.
The science rooms are also equipped with smart boards which, Pizzi says, make it easy for him to go right from lecture/note taking to an audio visual presentation of the subject being discussed.
The newly renovated Jr./Sr. High School Main Office has a clean and modern look. “It’s very nice, staff member Rhonda Oliver said. “I love coming to work.”
In Ben Veit’s Regents Physics/7th Grade science room, incoming 7th-grader Owen Shaw and his parents, Melissa and Nate, were also impressed.
“They thought of everything,” Mr. Shaw said.
Owen noted that the renovations help make him more excited about starting school next week.
Many activities were planned during the open house, which ran from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Students were able to locate and set up their lockers, meet with teachers and administrators, and enjoy refreshments.
The Sports Boosters held their Chicken Barbecue, the PTSA offered cool refreshments with root beer floats, and the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department, Kendall Music Boosters and the Orleans County Department of Mental Health had information tables in the Commons area.
Jr./Sr. High School nurse Bethanie Mason stands in the new nurse’s office, which can now accommodate wheelchairs. This will be Mason’s first full year as school nurse. “I think the kids will like it,” she said. In addition to the main office and the nurse’s office, the Jr./Sr. High counseling office also underwent renovations.
Additionally, parents and community members working to have the speed limit reduced in front of the school had a table with information and a petition to sign in hopes of gaining support from county and state legislators.
Chorus and band students performed, and a Prevention Needs Assessment Survey Data presentation – based on students’ substance abuse at Kendall – was held at 6 p.m.
Superintendent Julie Christensen said students visiting the new science wing for the first time thought it was “so cool.”
When she told them a corridor seating area was equipped with wireless access, they responded enthusiastically, “it just got even better.”
There is still work to do to complete Phase ll, most of it on the roofline on the exterior of the building. Christensen said work will be completed for Homecoming in late September.
Classrooms in the renovated science wing are spacious with vaulted ceilings and exposed beams.
The Commons area, which underwent renovations in Phase I, now has furniture including sofas, upholstered chairs and tables and chairs. Teachers and administrators say the area now has a “college” feel. It was formerly the seating area for the cafeteria. 3088 A corridor seating area in the newly renovated science wing is high tech – it has Internet access
Classrooms in the renovated science wing are spacious with vaulted ceilings and exposed beams.
Kendall Jr./Sr. High vocal and instrumental music students provided entertainment during the Open House. They are seated on new furniture in the Commons area of the school.
Doorways to science rooms now feature clear-glass windows.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 29 August 2016 at 4:27 pm
ALBION – The Orleans County Planning Board has backed a proposed six-month moratorium on applications for industrial solar energy generation facilities in two towns.
Gaines and Kendall want time to update their zoning ordinances for large-scale solar projects, those encompassing more than a half-acre of land. The moratorium does not apply to solar projects for homes.
The Planning Board also suggested the towns allow solar projects at farms because the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets considers solar that does not exceed 110 percent of a farm’s electrical needs to be on-farm equipment, which is allowable in an agricultural district.
In other action, the Planning Board last Thursday:
The Lonowood Art Company in Albion designed the sign for El Sol Nace.
• Backed a freestanding sign for a tortilla-making business on Route 31 in Albion. Gabriel Rodriguez is constructing a new building for El Sol Nace, a business on Route 31 that will sell tortilla, work boots, cowboy boots and also handle money transactions, such as wiring funds.
Planners already approved the site plan for the building, but the freestanding sign wasn’t in the original application. The sign would be nearly 4 feet by 7 feet at 439 West Ave.
Planners said the new sign should not be placed in a way that obstructs sight lines from vehicles attempting to exit the property. It also needs to be set back at least 15 feet from the front property line and 5 feet from the side property line, which is the village sign ordinance.
• Recommended the Town of Shelby issue a permit for Jonathan R. Daniels of Waterport to operate a motor vehicle repair shop at 11352 Maple Ridge Rd. Daniels will use a structure that has been home to a motor vehicle repair shop for several decades on Route 31A in the Hamlet District.
By Kristina Gabalski, Correspondent Posted 26 August 2016 at 1:46 pm
KENDALL – Lisa Levett has been appointed by members of the Kendall Central School Board to complete the term of Chris Gerken, who recently resigned. Gerken served as the BOE vice president.
Levett is is long-time Kendall resident whose two children attend the Kendall school district, said Kendall Central School Superintendent Julie Christensen. The term expires June 30, 2017.
The appointment was made during the Board’s regular meeting Wednesday evening. Christensen said the Board of Education also discussed the Promoting Kendall initiative and plans to hold a community forum on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. to elicit information and ideas from all Kendall community stakeholders on ways to promote the community.
“For example, we discussed our 90-plus percent graduation rate the past ten years; our competitive performance on state assessment measures; our recognition as one of the top student achievement performers in New York State and the country; student proficiency on Advanced Placement courses; our low tax rate for the area; multiple extracurricular options such as intra-murals, 4-H, athletics, Masterminds, the improved instructional space via the capital improvement project; and community activities such as Lake Ontario, the Scarecrow Festival, an active Lions Club, Troutburg homes, etc.,” Christensen said.
The Board was also updated on the status of the capital improvement project which is in its second phase.
“Contractors are behind,” Christensen explained, “but we will be ready and anxiously await the return of all staff next Wednesday, the Community Open House on Thursday, Sept. 1, and students’ return Sept. 6.”
The Open House at the David J. Doyle Kendall Jr./Sr. High School includes the Sports Boosters’ Chicken Barbecue – take out or dine in the new cafeteria – from 4-7 p.m; entertainment provided by Kendall band and chorus students; locker setup for students from 6-7:30 p.m., Prevention Needs Assessment Survey Data presentation (based on Kendall students’ substance use) at 6 p.m., and a meet and greet with teachers and administrators from 6-7:30 p.m.
“The renovations in the science wing, Jr./Sr. High School main office, counseling office and the roof are breathtaking,” Christensen said. “The renovated elementary school bathrooms, parking lot and safety systems are much improved.”
By Kristina Gabalski, Correspondent Posted 5 August 2016 at 1:58 pm
Photo by Kristina Gabalski – Work continues this summer on the Kendall Jr./Sr. High School as part of Phase Two of the Kendall Central School Capital Project.
KENDALL – Members of the Kendall Board of Education held their regular meeting Wednesday evening in the Jr./Sr. High School cafeteria. The board normally meets in the school’s library but work is well underway on Phase Two of the district’s capital project which includes renovations to the science wing and the main office.
Kendall Superintendent Julie Christensen reported that work is slightly behind as there has been a delay in the delivery of new cabinetry for the science wing, but the district continues to plan an open house celebration for Sept. 1 when residents can come and see the completed Phase Two work.
The district held a similar open house last year at the close of Phase 1, and like last year, this year’s celebration will include the Sports Boosters’ Chicken BBQ, root beer floats from the PTSA and music provided by student ensembles.
Those attending Wednesday’s meeting were also given updates on several issues facing the district.
Christensen reported on a meeting held July 25 about the closing of the First Niagara Bank in Holley. Officials from the Kendall and Holley school districts, towns of Clarendon, Kendall and Murray, and Holley village attended the session.
“We are encouraging KeyBank to reconsider,” Christensen said. If the branch closes as slated in October, the school districts and municipalities as well as residents who use the branch will have to travel 6 miles farther east to Brockport for banking. Christensen said officials have contacted state legislators regarding the planned closing.
Kendall BOE President Nadine Hanlon reported on the July 18 workshop held by school board members, administrators and other officials from both the Holley and Kendall school districts.
“We had great conversations,” Hanlon said. “We discussed all kinds of sharing of services. We are moving ahead…. I was pleased with the meeting and we will meet again.”
Christensen said the districts discussed sharing services in three areas: instructional enrichment, such as summer programs; non-instructional, such as transportation and sharing supplies; and extracurricular, such as 4-H programming and marching band.
One member of the audience asked Christensen if wrestling had been discussed. The district superintendent said it had been. She noted that the sport is declining in student participation and Kendall currently has few wrestlers. She explained that discussions over combined sports teams (the districts fielded a combined baseball team this past spring) are a challenge because the starting of a combined sport that may take away from another well-established sport.
“It’s challenge to balance,” Christensen said.
She said many opportunities exist for “behind the scenes” sharing between the districts, particularly by increasing purchasing power for supplies.
Hanlon also reported on the effort to reduce the speed limit on Rt. 18/Roosevelt Highway in front of the Jr./Sr. High School, which currently is 50 miles per hour. Christensen was able to research the effort in 1998 to reduce the limit from 55 to 50 miles per hour and Hanlon said the district has now sent a letter to Kendall Highway Superintendent Warren Kruger.
In order for a study to be done by the State Department of Transportation, the request must go through Kruger, Hanlon explained. Letters in support of the change from Orleans County Sheriff Randy Bower and the Kendall Fire Chief have also been presented to Superintendent Kruger, Hanlon said.
She added that she requested the Orleans County Department of Transportation to paint crosswalks in front of the Elementary School on Rt. 237, as the road there is being re-paved.
Board members entered executive session at the end of the meeting to interview three candidates for the school board seat recently vacated by board vice-president Chris Gerken. Christensen said the board will make its choice at the next regular board meeting scheduled for Aug. 24.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 July 2016 at 11:00 am
Provided photos – There were nearly 100 boaters at the Eagle Creek Marina over the weekend for the inaugural Harris-Lance Flotilla, an event that raised more than $11,000 for Boaters Against Cancer.
KENDALL – Two beloved members of the boating community at Eagle Creek Marina died from cancer this year. Many of their friends, still grieving from their loss, organized the inaugural Harris-Lance Flotilla, an event that raised more than $11,000 for the newly formed Boaters Against Cancer. The funds will go to families of boaters battling the dreaded disease.
Dave Bentley was friends with both Scott Harris and Phil Lance, the two long-time boaters who fought cancer.
“They were two of my best friends,” Bentley, owner of Bentley Brothers in Albion and Brockport, said today. “They were two great guys.”
Bentley was part of the effort from the boating community to put together the three-day Boaters Against Cancer event last weekend at Eagle Creek Marina. The event featured concerts, food trucks and was going to include a flotilla, but that was cancelled due to rough waters.
“It will be an annual event,” Bentley said today.
Scott Harris fought bravely against male breast cancer for almost four years. He was a boater for his entire life. He grew up boating with his parents at Oak Orchard Yacht Club.
Harris owned several boats over the course of his life and was a member of Eagle Creek Yacht Club. He is survived by his wife Karen; children Nick, Cory and McKenzi; and grandson Tanner.
Phil Lance, “Canada Phil,” battled colon cancer for about two years. He began boating as a youth while fishing with family. He held many boating certifications and was a member of Eagle Creek Yacht Club. His boating adventures took him all around Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and throughout the province of Ontario.
He is survived by his wife Jill, her children and grandchildren.
Boaters have fun by the lake during the Boaters Against Cancer event.
About 40 to 50 boaters who are regulars were part of last weekend’s memorial event for the two boaters. Another 30 boaters visited to join the effort.
“It turned out to be a very good first-time event,” said Dave Oschmann, manager of the marina.
For more information about Boaters Against Cancer, click here.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 9 July 2016 at 10:00 am
KENDALL – Members of the Fancher-Huberton-Murray Volunteer Fire Company march and salute during Friday’s parade in Kendall during the Firemen’s Carnival. There were about 20 fire departments represented in the parade, a big turnout.
Several fire departments in the region have recently decided to close their firemen’s carnivals. That may be why fire companies from as far away as East Rochester and Byron wanted to be part of the Kendall parade.
There were several marching bands in the parade, including the Mark Time Marchers based in Churchville. The front three members include Ryan Pastecki, TJ Jones (with flag), and Grant Pastecki.
Vietnam Veterans of America based in Rochester marched near the front of the parade on Kendall Road. They received a standing ovation from many in the crowd.
Kendall Fire Department was well represented in the parade.
The Boy Scouts in the Kendall area put together a patriotic float.
The White Sabres Drum and Bugle Corps from Dansville gave a high-energy performance.
The Kendall Lawnchair Ladies continue to be crowd favorites.
The Lawnchair Ladies smile near the end of their routine. This group includes Kendall High School Principal Carol D’Agostino, second from right.
Brightly’s Farm Market in Hamlin was among many local businesses in the parade.
Jeff Partyka from Partyka Farms tosses treats to kids along the parade route. Partyka Farms used a tractor to pull a trailer with children in the Kendall Recreation Program.
The Kendall Lions sang patriotic songs from this vintage vehicle driven by Gary Kludt.
The Elba Fire Department rode in the parade with a flag attached high on the fire truck.
Members of Prime Time Brass in Rochester make their presence felt.
Head Over Heels Acrobatics and Dance pass out candy while walking in the parade.
Lone Oak Stables on Norway Road in Kendall has been a regular participant in the parade for several years.
Ellen Robinson, owner of Lone Oak Stables, saw many friends along the parade route.
John Becker serves as parade emcee. He thanked the participants, including Fancher-Huberton-Murray, for being part of the Kendall Firemen’s Carnival.
