File photo: These banners recognize two Medal of Honor recipients from the Lyndonville community. Forrest Vosler served during World War II with the Army as a radio operator and aerial gunner aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress. David Bellavia also was in the Army. He was honored for his actions on Nov. 10, 2004, when he defended his fellow soldiers while serving in the second battle of Fallujah, Iraq.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 21 February 2025 at 10:45 am
Provided photo: Valerie Wells is shown with a banner for Harry Cooper, who was killed in World War II.
LYNDONVILLE – Applications are being accepted for new “Hometown Hero” banners in Lyndonville.
This will be the fourth year for the banners. It started in 2022 with 101 banners, followed by 34 more in 2023 and 14 more in 2024.
The banners are displayed from around Memorial Day to just after Veterans Day. They are on a three-year cycle. After three years they are given back to the families.
The cost for a banner is $200. Valerie Wells has been coordinator of the project in Lyndonville. Applications are open until March 31. Applicants can contact her at (585) 339-8500 or vwells022@gmail.com.
The money for the banners goes through the Lyndonville Area Foundation. The Lyndonville DPW and Town of Yates Highway Department hang the banners on utility poles on South Main Street, Lake Avenue, Maple Avenue, North Main Street and North Lyndonville Road.
Wells said the banners have promoted patriotism in the community and recognized veterans for their service. She said she comes from a family where many have served in the military, including her father, husband and father-in-law along and cousins and uncles. Her husband Jim Wells is commander of the Butts-Clark American Legion Post 204 in Medina.
Photo by Tom Rivers: A pair of shoes hangs today from one of the new shoe trees planted in in the Town of Yates at the corner of Foss and Lakeshore roads. Three of the original “shoe trees” remain in Lyndonville. Those ash trees have been significantly trimmed after being in rough shape from the emerald ash borer and some fierce wind storms.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 February 2025 at 9:48 pm
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a winter weather advisory for Orleans County from 10 a.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. on Monday.
There are 4 to 7 inches of snow and sleet expected and ice accumulations around three tenths of an inch. Winds will gust as high as 50 miles per hour, the Weather Service said.
Much of upstate New York is under a weather advisory for the weekend.
The high and low temperatures in the forecast in the coming days include 32 on Saturday with an overnight low of 29, followed by a high of 3 3on Sunday with a night-time low of 15. On Monday, the high is forecast to be 20 with an overnight low around 8 degrees. Tuesday will get up to 16 with a low around 8.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 12 February 2025 at 4:12 pm
LYNDONVILLE – Two village residents have turned in petitions to run for a trustee position on the Village Board. The petitions needed at least 27 signatures from registered voters in the village for a candidate to be listed on the ballot in the March 18 election.
Steve Colon and Thomas Goetze both turned in petitions by the 5 p.m. deadline on Tuesday, said Teri Buffin, the village clerk/treasurer. Colon is running under the Village of Lyndonville Party while Goetze chose the Apple Party.
The position up for the election is a two-year term that was most recently held by Terry Stinson. She stepped down from the post in August.
Photos and information from Lyndonville Lions Club
LYNDONVILLE – The Lyndonville Lions Club exited their den to hold a winter fundraising event at the Medina Lanes bowling alley on Saturday.
The first ever Snowflake Tournament saw over a dozen four-person teams compete for the coveted “Golden Champions” bowling pin award. Non-bowlers were welcomed as well, as a tailgate buffet of pizza and wings helped them to cheer on their favorite team. The competing teams donned their best Hawaiian apparel as they stayed true to this year’s tournament theme of “Lions Go Hawaiian.”
There was a large display of Bills gear in the crowd as bowlers and non-bowlers alike were in anxious anticipation of the Bills AFC Championship game. Raffles and a 50/50 drawing saw winners take home cash and prizes that included two, one hundred level Buffalo Sabres game tickets.
First, second, and third place awards were handed out as the sponsored team by Mr. Russell Martino bowled their way to the winner’s circle. The Lions awarded the Golden Champions pin to the winning team at the completion of the tournament festivities. Since the Lyndonville Lions are planning for this to be an annual event it will be incumbent for the reigning champions to return next year to defend their title.
Russ Martino sponsored the winning team and they hold the championship trophy, “The Golden Pin.”
The Lions would like to encourage and challenge other local Lions organization to bring teams to next year’s event in an effort to dethrone the champions. The planning committee has yet to confirm the exact date of next year’s tournament but the theme will be “Lions go to Mardi Gras.” Get your beads and hats ready for next year’s event.
Since the Lyndonville Lions have been awakened, they are planning several up-and-coming events. The Lions will be supporting the planned Lyndonville Area Community Easter Egg Hunt that has traditionally been sponsored by the local religious organizations in the Village of Lyndonville.
In early May, the Lions will hold their 4th annual community vision screening and free eyeglass clinic, with the exact date to be made available in the near future. Planning is under way for the 51st annual July Fourth Celebration, which hopes to return numerous marching bands to the parade, top level bands to the “Fire Cracker Concert” series and an evening fireworks display.
The leadership of the Lions, along with the bowling committee members, would like to thank all those who made this first tournament a big success. Committee members were extremely happy at the turnout and results of this fundraising event. They were so pleased that several members dusted off their recipe cards for shrimp creole and gumbo in anticipation of next year’s event.
The Lions would like to wish all a safe end to winter and speedy arrival of spring and the Easter season. May God continue to bless all of us and this great nation we live in.
Rendering by Wendel: The Lyndonville Board of Education has approved a bid to replace the district’s track with a new one with synthetic lanes.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 25 January 2025 at 10:14 am
LYNDONVIILE – The Board of Education has approved two construction to replace some of the roofs on the school and also for site work that includes a new track with synthetic lanes.
The Board last week accepted the low roofing bid of $498,000 from Weaver Metal & Roofing Company of Buffalo. It was the lowest of four bids, with the others at $506,850, $589,300 and $952,000. The new roofs do not include recent emergency roof projects.
The board also approved a site work contract for $2,047,700 to DiFiore Construction of Rochester. It was the lowest of six bids, with others ranging from $2,050,000 to $2,673,215.
The DiFiore bid just edged the $2,050,000 bid from Ingall’s Site Development.
The site work contract includes replacing the track with a new one with synthetic lanes.
Lyndonville hasn’t been able to host a home track meet for about 15 years due to the subpar state of the current facility, superintendent Sharon Smith said.
The new synthetic track will have a natural grass regulation soccer field in the middle and better drainage added for the site. The track will be able to be used by the community. The work is expected to get started in the spring.
The bids approved last week are phase one of an overall capital project totaling $19,505,384. The project was approved in a public vote on Dec. 14, 2023 with 97 yes and 36 no.
Phase two includes demolition of a wing known as the “metal building.” It will be replaced on the same footprint of four new classrooms. School officials say the metal building has outlived its expiration date, and it is not cost-effective to renovate.
The metal building was constructed in the 1970s as temporary classrooms and was expected to only last about eight years, Smith said.
The new classrooms will have bathrooms and will be multipurpose space that could be used by elementary grade levels or by high schoolers.
Phase two is expected to start in the spring 2026.
Lyndonville’s capital project also includes upgrades to the entrances of both school buildings for improved security and safety. There also will be heating and cooling (HVAC) improvements.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 January 2025 at 3:15 pm
Dan Dragula, Lyndonville’s Educator of the Year in 2020-21, embraces new role
Dan Dragula
LYNDONVILLE – The school district has a new business administrator who is already well-connected with students and staff.
Dan Dragula, a popular physics and science teacher, was appointed to the business administrator position last week. He had been working as the business administrator intern since July with business official Bart Schuler, who has retired after 2 ½ years with Lyndonville following a long career at Newfane. Schuler has been coming in the office once a week providing guidance for Dragula.
The new business administrator worked 11 ½ years as a Lyndonville teacher and was the district’s Educator of the Year in 2020-’21.
Dragula brought humor and creativity to his class lessons in physics and astronomy. He served as a class advisor, built sets for the school musical, and was a go-to person with sound, electrical, lights and technology. He also has been working in educational technology and integration.
“I love Lyndonville, the students, the community, and the school district,” Dragula said today. “We have amazing staff, faculty, and administration and this is where I wanted to work.”
Dragula said in his new role he can have an impact on the entire district and community. As a teacher he worked with about 100 students directly.
“In my new role, I can support 70 teachers, who impact 100 kids each,” he said. “My direct impact is diminished, but my overall impact is multiplied. By serving the community and the district behind the scenes, I can now serve more students than I could in my previous classroom.”
Dragula enrolled in SUNY Brockport’s School District Business Leader program in 2023. The certification program requires 20 graduate hours in budgeting, accounting, school finances, school law, and data management.
He has earned his initial certification and has 20 more graduate hours and needs to pass two more state tests to earn his permanent certification. He expects to complete have the permanent certification next spring.
Sharon Smith, Lyndonville’s district superintendent, said Dragula has proven to be an asset to the school district, and now is doing it in a different role.
“He’s a great guy,” Smith said. “Kids and parents really respect and love him. He has built great relationships with kids and families.”
He brings a strong work ethic and diligence to the details as school administrator.
“He believes he can help more people,” Smith said about the new role for Dragula. “He has a servant’s heart.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 21 January 2025 at 7:37 pm
District will work with Orleans/Niagara BOCES to pick successor
Sharon Smith
LYNDONVILLE – Sharon Smith, the school superintendent for the past three years, announced she will be retiring on Aug. 1.
“It has been my greatest honor to serve as the Lyndonville Central School District Superintendent,” Smith said in a letter to the Board of Education on Jan. 14. “I am proud of the work accomplished together with my administrative team, faculty, staff and the Lyndonville Board of Education.”
Smith’s educational career spans 40 years, with her first 22 years as a teacher and the past 18 as an administrator. Prior to being Lyndonville’s school superintendent, she worked three years for Lyndonville as Director of Instruction and Student Services.
Previously, she worked as Kendall’s elementary principal, a curriculum coordinator for Frontier Schools and assistant principal, CIO and grants coordinator for Newfane schools. Prior to her administrative career, she worked as an elementary teacher for 22 years.
“I am so grateful for all the opportunities afforded me in my 40-year career, but it has been my greatest honor to serve as the Lyndonville Superintendent of Schools,” Smith wrote to the Board of Education.
Smith helped lead the district through a successful vote on a $19.5 million capital project. That was approved on Dec. 14, 2023.
Jerod Thurber, president of the Lyndonville BOE, said praised Smith for her service to the school district.
“We wish her the best in this next chapter of her life,” Thurber said.
The board will work with Dr. Taweepon Farrar, district superintendent of the Orleans/Niagara BOCES, in the search for a new district superintendent. This consultation service is provided to the district at no cost, Thurber said.
“A defined timeline will be shared with the community in February,” Thurber said in a letter posted on the district website. “Information about the search and critical updates will be provided to the community regularly.”
He welcomed input from residents and district stakeholders in the selection of the next superintendent.
“The Lyndonville Central School District Board of Education is committed to ensuring our students continue to receive exceptional education and set their path for future success,” Thurber wrote in the letter. “To uphold this commitment, our community must come together and work on finding an outstanding superintendent who will lead our schools into the future with vision, excellence and tiger pride.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 17 January 2025 at 7:53 am
Provided photos: Lyndonville School Board President Jerod Thurber, center, congratulates Hank on completing therapy dog training. Sharon Smith, the district superintendent, is at right and Jason Barnum, the school resource officer, is at left.
Jason Barnum holds Hank soon after the dog became a part of the school community about a year ago in January 2024.
LYNDONVILLE – The school district celebrated a special graduation during the Board of Edcation meeting on Tuesday.
Hank, an English Cream Golden Retriever, has completed therapy dog training. Hank has been in the schools for about a year with his handler, Deputy Jason Barnum of the Orleans County Sheriff’s office. Barnum is also the school resource officer.
“Deputy Barnum and Hank have certainly made a positive impact on the students and staff at the Lyndonville School,” said Sheriff Chris Bourke. “I appreciate the partnership the Sheriff’s Office has with Lyndonville School District to provide a school resource deputy and Hank.”
Bourke said Hank and Barnum are a “dynamic duo” that make a positive impact in the school community, by fostering trust, safety and emotional support for students and staff.
Hank stays with Barnum and his family when not at school. Hank doesn’t do police work but is a school therapy dog, supporting the social, emotional and mental health of students.
As part of Hank’s year-long training, school counselors, administrators, and members of faculty and staff also attended trainings to develop programing, supervise Hank in a school setting, and support him. Hank and Barnum received training from the Eye of Oden K9 Training from Kent.
Hank is at Lyndonville through a collaboration between the school, county and Orleans County Sheriff’s Department. The Lyndonville Area Foundation and the Lyndonville Lions Club donated towards materials and supplies for Hank.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 15 January 2025 at 8:53 am
LYNDONVILLE – There is one position up for election on the Village Board. The election will be on March 18 with voting from noon to 9 p.m. at the Village Hall, 2 South Main St.
Potential candidates can pick up petitions from the village office. Those petitions need at least 27 signatures from registered voters in the village and must be turned in by Feb. 11.
The position up for election is a two-year term. Terry Stinson was in the spot until she stepped down as village trustee in August.
Photo by Tom Rivers: Emily Cebula is shown last week at Yates Community Library, where she was director the director the past 16 years. She is retiring. There will be a reception in her honor on Jan. 21 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the library.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 January 2025 at 10:04 am
LYNDONVILLE – Emily Cebula started a new chapter in her life in 2008 when she was hired as director of the Yates Community Library.
Cebula, a Bergen native, had recently moved to Lyndonville. She liked the small town atmosphere and felt providence with the position opening up.
“It was a God-given thing to have this job and a home,” Cebula said.
She was eager to commit long-term to a community. Her late husband Jacob Cebula was in the U.S. Forest Service and worked in more than a dozen states. He was 51 when he passed away 21 years ago.
Emily and Jacob both grew up in Bergen. Their goal was to return and close to their hometown.
“We both loved this area beyond anything else,” Cebula said. “It was our dream to come back to this area.”
After earning her master’s in library science from Geneseo State College, Emily started her career 40 years ago when she was hired as the first director of the Gillam Grant Community Center Library in Bergen. She set up the library with its first 10,000 books.
During her husband’s career, Cebula would work at a library in Missouri and as a teacher’s assistant in North Carolina. The job at Yates Community Library was a chance to lead a library again.
“She has been wonderful,” said Ginny Hughes, a board member for the library. “She really embraced the community when she moved here. She is a valuable person in the community.”
File photo: Emily Cebula, director of Yates Community Library, reads a story to first-graders after they saw a story walk in October 2019.
Cebula is the lone full-time employee at the library with four part-timers. The library has an annual circulation of about 12,000 books and other items.
Hughes often drives by the library and Cebula’s car is parked there early and late.
“She is a very sweet person who has the library and reading in her heart,” Hughes said. “She has tried to help every reader.”
Cebula organizes many of the library programs, an outdoor concert series, book club and other projects.
“The more programs we have, the more ways we can get people in the library,” Hughes said.
Cebula is retiring. There will be a reception at the library in her honor from 4 to 6 p.m. on Jan. 21.
Yates Community Library has hired Chrissy Carney as the new director. Carney worked for the Nioga Library System helping the member libraries develop and run programs, especially the smaller libraries in the three-county system. She worked as an assistant for Nioga with youth services.
“She knows the Nioga administrators and member libraries’ staff,” Cebula said.
Serving as director of a library is like running a small business, Cebula said, managing employees, planning programs, meeting customer needs and operating on a lean budget.
“We do everything the bigger libraries do but we do it with a smaller staff and less money,” Cebula said.
Photos from Lyndonville Lions Club: The Christmas Decorations Committee bestowed the “Best Country Christmas” award to Jeff and Donna Manquen who reside on the Blood Road in the Town of Yates.
Posted 30 December 2024 at 2:03 pm
Press Release, Lyndonville Lions Club
LYNDONVILLE – The Christmas Decorations Committee of the Lyndonville Lions Club traversed the Village of Lyndonville and the surrounding community of the Town of Yates in search of the best holiday decorations on Sunday, Dec. 29.
The long-established tradition of awarding honorary plaques to residents of the local community was once again carried out to recognize their hard work in decorating their homes for the Christmas season along with their increased electric bills.
Inflation is real in Lyndonville as the committee saw a large “Inflation” of more displays.
This year’s inflatable display award goes to Mr. Eric Morton and Ms. Rose Carter of 65 Maple Avenue in the Village of Lyndonville. The committee was unanimous on this selection as Eric and Rose’s efforts are year-round and calculated into the equation of “Best Inflatable Display.”
The committee awarded the Best Newcomer Award to Andy and Donna Krall in the Village of Lyndonville. Not only are they newcomers, just recently moving into Lyndonville, they wasted no time or effort in joining in the holiday tradition of exterior home Illumination for Christmas. The Lions would like to send their holiday wishes and a big welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Krall.
An award was also bestowed on Ms. Barb Tice of 8 Eagle St. for the “Best in Show 2025.” This decoration job touches all the facets of the holiday season with lights, Christmas ornaments and Nutcrackers on display. It was felt that this display has been one of the largest and longest running displays in Lyndonville and really brings in a welcome feeling to Lyndonville for Christmas.
The first rural award went to Ryan and Katie Klotzbach of Alps Road for the most traditional Christmas display. The committee felt this simple display reflected the “Reason for the Season” and wanted to recognize it for its simple but powerful message.
The final award was given to Steve Shaw who resides on North Main Street in Lyndonville. The Currier and Ives Award honors the home decorations reflective of a nostalgic Christmas long ago.
The Lions had two honorable mention awards. It was felt the first reflected the Amish influence in the Town of Yates and the committee want to recognize this effort.
The second honorable mention went to a resident on Maple Avenue in the Town of Lyndonville. The committee felt this display was award worthy but since the resident already has a “Major Award” on display it was felt our plaque would have paled in comparison.
The Lyndonville Lions would like to thank all those who year in and year out continue to add, change or start decorating their homes for the Christmas Season. In an effort to increase the competition for these prestigious awards the Lions not only honored recipients with a plaque, but this year honorees received a gift certificate to the White Birch Resort.
The Lions would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and my God continue to bless us and this great nation we live in as we start 2025.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 December 2024 at 8:41 am
Town sought land by Lake Ontario but purchase was defeated in public referendum in June
This map shows the boundaries of 153 acres in the Town of Yates that will be acquired by the Western New York Land Conservancy with a state grant for $1,120,387.
YATES – A state grant will allow 153 acres in the Town of Yates by Lake Ontario to be protected for future generations.
The state announced on Dec. 26 that it awarded a $1,120,387 grant to the Western New York Land Conservancy to acquire the 153-acre Yates Lakeshore Preserve.
This is the land the town sought to buy, but it was rejected in a public referendum on June 20 by 260-145. Yates officials envisioned walking and nature trails at the site.
The town had negotiated buying the land for $700,000 from NYSEG, with the stipulation the purchase come from grant funds not local tax dollars. Some residents stated they were concerned losing the land’s tax revenue, about $25,000 a year, and also the ongoing maintenance and insurance costs for the town.
The land owned by NYSEG was at one time eyed for a power plant. That project ended up at Somerset.
Town Supervisor Jim Simon saw the 153.3 acres by Lake Ontario as a tremendous opportunity for the town to preserve undisturbed land for generations to come. The site is next to the 6-acre Yates Town Park on Morrison Road.
He is pleased to see the land will be protected from development. When the town was eyeing the property, he said Yates officials received three inquiries about purchasing the land, and then two more requests after the June 20 referendum. The Land Conservancy was one of those entities.
In each case, Simon said he passed along the contact to NYSEG’s real estate manager.
“Needless to say, although we don’t yet know the details of the grant since we were not involved in the WNYLC grant request or the award, the Yates Town Board is very excited that the announced grant award will allow WNYLC to preserve and protect one of the few remaining natural watersheds and flora/fauna habitats in the western Lake Ontario littoral,” Simon said.
The state, in announcing the grant, said the acquisition in the Marsh Creek watershed by the Conservancy will protect drinking water and preserve lakeshore landscapes.
Kyle Semmel, communications manager for the Land Conservancy, said the organization has a mission “to permanently protect land with significant conservation value for the benefit of future generations, and this property is just such a place.”
The state funding comes from a DEC Water Quality Improvement Grant (WQIP). The primary purpose of the WQIP program is to improve water quality in the state, Semmel said.
The Yates land has for two public water intakes 2.5 and 6.5 miles downstream that serve more than 18,000 residents in eight municipalities: the towns of Yates, Albion, Barre, Carlton, Gaines, Murray, Ridgeway, Albion/Orleans Correctional Facilities, and the villages of Lyndonville and Albion, Semmel said.
“For the first few years of our ownership of the property, we will restore the shoreline and streambank areas to prevent erosion,” he said. “We also plan to conduct ecological restoration of the forested portion of the property to reduce invasive species, plant more native species, and enhance wildlife habitat.”
The 153 acres of lakeshore habitat are also of significant ecological value, featuring shrubland, mature native trees, successional forest, and abundant nesting and migratory bird habitat, Semmel said.
“Once conserved, this property will be restored to enhance habitat for rare and protected plants and animals, and to allow increased water retention on site,” he said. “Given its location along the Lake Ontario shoreline, the property is ideal for low-impact public access. The Land Conservancy will bear all stewardship and maintenance costs, including trail maintenance, signage, and other necessary public access amenities.”
File photo by Tom Rivers: Emily Cebula, director of Yates Community Library, holds a copy of The Beloved Wild, which was featured in a community reading project in July 2019. Cebula is retiring from leading the library.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 December 2024 at 11:02 am
LYNDONVILLE – Emily Cebula is retiring next week after leading the Yates Community Library since 2008, a time when the library expanded cultural programming and gave the interior a significant renovation.
The Yates Town Board issued a proclamation on Dec. 12 praising her “exemplary” service as the library director.
She was commended for organizing and leading the “Lyndonville Reads” community reading project, overseeing a summer outdoor concert series, and her “exceptional” collaborative work with employees, volunteers, the board of trustees and NIOGA.
The Yates Town Board also cited Cebula’s efforts to implement the Orleans Digital Literacy Project, and her enhancements of the library website with digitized local newspapers and school yearbooks.
“The Yates Town Board hereby recognizes Emily Cebula’s faithful service to our community as director of the Yates Community Library, and wishes her all the best in her retirement,” the proclamation stated.
Cebula is the second public library director to retire this year in Orleans County. Sandra Shaw also retired from leading the Community Free Library in Holley.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 December 2024 at 9:01 am
Photos by Tom Rivers: John Riggi, left, has stepped down as Yates town councilman and his spot will be filled by Steve Vann, who is shown speaking at a Lyndonville Board of Education meeting in May.
YATES – The Yates Town Board has appointed Steve Vann to fill a vacancy as town councilman with the resignation of John Riggi.
Vann, the chairman of Village of Lyndonville Planning Board, was appointed on Dec. 12. He starts on Jan. 1.
Vann was a member of the Lyndonville Board of Education. He works as a president of J.S.C Management Group which operates many Burger King restaurants.
Riggi served nearly a decade on the Town Board. He was active in a fight against large wind turbines in Yates and Somerset, serving as president of the Save Ontario Shores group. During his tenure on the board, Yates passed town ordinances making it more difficult to site industrial-sized turbines in the town.
Town Supervisor Jim Simon said Vann will be an asset to the Town Board starting on Jan. 1. Vann brings a business acumen, and expertise in finance and health care expenses, Simon said during the Dec. 12 meeting.
Photos and information courtesy of Lyndonville Lions Club
The Lions Club decorated a tree and served hot dogs and hamburgers during Lyndonville’s festival of Christmas trees on Dec. 7.
LYNDONVILLE – The Lyndonville Lions had a busy month of December to wrap up their 2024 agenda.
On Dec. 7 the Lions furnished hot dogs and hamburgers to a hungry crowd attending the Village of Lyndonville Christmas Tree Lighting Festival. The day long activities included a morning brunch, an extensive craft show and various other venues for people to visit.
The evening culminated with the arrival of Santa courtesy of the Lyndonville Fire District. Cool temperatures and a bitter cold north wind did not stop attendees from seeing Santa flip the switch as he illuminated over 85 Christmas trees in the village park.
The Lions held their final meeting of 2024 on Dec. 11 which was followed by their annual Christmas dinner party. All of the participants were treated to Christmas melodies performed by Mr. Kevin Clark from Lockport.
His Christmas performance includes a Christmas trivia challenge, name that tune contest and as always, a closing session of Christmas caroling.
During this event the Lions collected Christmas presents to be donated to the Genesee/Orleans Ministry of Concern. The Club also financially donates to this organization throughout the year to support the needed work they carry out all year long.
The Lions Club held their Christmas Party on Dec. 11 at the White Birch.
On Dec. 12 the Lions carried out their annual poinsettia delivery for shut-ins in the Town of Yates. Annually, the Lions provide a small bit of holiday cheer with the delivery of a poinsettia plant to local shut-ins during the Christmas season.
On Dec. 13, the Lions supported the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign. A monetary donation was given from the club along with sessions of Lions Club and Leo Club members ringing the bell at Tops Market in Medina.
Donors were treated with a heartfelt holiday thank you and candy canes. The Salvation Army is the largest non-government provider of social services in the United States and one of the top five worldwide. The Lyndonville Lions were proud to support their efforts.
Lyndonville Lions Club members, Julie & David Godfrey and Jeff & Lynne Johnson, rang the Salvation Army Red Kettle at the Tops in Medina.
The Lyndonville Lions would like to thank all those who have supported the Lions during the year. The club is actively planning for 2025 and further details of upcoming events will be forthcoming in the near future.
During this time of year, we are reminded of the biblical verse from Luke 2:11: “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
We wish all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We ask that God continues to bless you and your family and this great nation we live in.
