By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Photo by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – The big 3-million gallon water tank on Route 31A is being drained so inspectors can check the tank for structural deficiencies.
Crews started draining the tank this morning and it should be empty of water at about 3 a.m. Tuesday (Sept. 29), said Peter Houseknecht, Medina Department of Public Works superintendent.
The tank has interior cracks that were identified in a previous inspection when the tank was full of water. Draining the tank will give inspectors a better chance to assess the tank, which was built in 1959 on Route 31A.
An engineering report from June said the village could spend $600,000 to $1 million in repairing the tank and making improvements to give it at least another 20 years of use.
The village is seeking state and federal grants and assistance to help upgrade the tank. Houseknecht is hopeful grants through the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the state Environmental Facilities Corporation can bring the village’s costs down for a rehab of the tank.
A report from Larsen Engineers said the village needs to at least fix the interior cracks and put in a mixing system. To build a new tank would cost $2.5 million or more, according to the Larsen report.
Houseknecht said the village will tackle tank upgrades next year. There is some concern about another harsh winter and the toll that weather could have on the concrete tank, he said.
The tank should be refilled in two to three weeks. Houseknecht said it is a reserve supply for village residents and businesses. Having the tank off-line won’t have much impact on water pressure, he said.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA Chris Panek, an employee with Panek Coatings, gets in position to paint the Gallagher barn on North Gravel Road in Medina this morning.
Panek Coatings expects to finish the job today after using about 100 gallons of paint on the project.
The barn has been a landmark structure on the northend of the village for about 150 years. It is being repainted white with green trim to reflect its history as WM J. GALLAGHER STOCK FARMS.
Here is how the barn looked a month ago, before it was repainted.
The iconic structure was recently purchased by Martin and Jenna Bruning. They are working to make the site available as a events center for weddings, parties and other special events.
Here is how the barn looked late this morning.
The Brunings have been working in recent months to clean up the property, including the landscape and the building. They have two weddings booked for next year at the site.
The Brunings plan to call the site “The Gallagher” and hope to have it available for events in June. The property also includes a stately brick house that the Brunings said would also be available for dinner parties and other events.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 September 2015 at 12:00 am
13 schools compete in Fall Festival of Bands
Photo by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Vets Park in Medina hosted 13 schools and about 1,000 spectators for the Fall Festival of Bands competition on Saturday.
The top photo shows Madelyn Stencel, drum major for the West Seneca Marching Band, which performed “Metallic.” West Seneca finished first in the Large Schools Class 3 with a score of 73.15.
Photo by Wendi Pencille
Trenton Crews competes with Medina despite having his arm in a cast. Medina was the only school in the Small Schools Class 1 and received a score of 80.65. That was the second highest score of the night. Lancaster, which competes in the Nationals Class, had the highest score with 83.15.
Photo by Wendi Pencille
The tuba section competes for Medina. This year’s show for Medina is called “Illusions.” Medina will next be in action on Oct. 3 at West Genesee.
Photo by Tom Rivers
A member of the Color Guard for West Seneca is part of the show, “Metallic.”
Photo by Tom Rivers
Nicole Bradbury, on the stand, is drum major for the Hilton Crimson Cadets Marching Band, which performed “This Just In” during Saturday’s competition in Medina.
Photo by Wendi Pencille
Leaders of the band from Falconer, which performed a show with a Wizard of Oz theme, wait to hear their score. Falconer came in third in Small Schools Class 3.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 26 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Event helps showcase local businesses
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Rose Elliott, owner of Rose’s Alterations at 104 West Center St., is dressed as a barmaid during today’s Ale in Autumn event in Medina.
More than 700 people bought tickets for the event, which is organized by the Medina Business Association.
Elliott is pictured inside the first floor of the Bent’s Opera House. She said beer-tasting has proven a fun event for the business owners and the crowds of people sampling the beer.
Meghan Fuller serves beer at ellen j goods, a store with repurposed furniture. Her parents, Lynn and J.R. Brundage, operate the business. Meghan, 35, said she is pleased to see Medina drawing so many young adults to shop and visit the community for special events.
This sign is on the sidewalk outside The Bread Basket on Main Street.
This is the seventh time Medina businesses have hosted the Ale in Autumn. Last year was a sell-out with all 750 tickets sold. The Medina Business Association topped 700 tickets sold this time, but didn’t quite get a sell-out, said Cindy Robinson, MBA president.
She was pleased with the turnout, especially because Batavia and Buffalo also had beer-tasting events today.
The event makes a few thousand dollars for the MBA, which will use some of that to replace banners in the downtown. Robinson said the MBA may use some of the proceeds from Ale in Autumn to buy new garbage cans that have a historic feel to better blend in with the downtown.
“It’s not meant to be a big money-maker,” she said about the event. “We just want to bring people downtown to see our businesses.”
Kim Keil, co-owner of The Wide Angle Art Gallery, serves beer-tastings from the gallery on Main Street. Wide Angle opened a year ago during Ale in Autumn.
Keil said the beer-tastings get people to the gallery, where they see the work of local artists and learn about classes at Wide Angle.
Andrew Meier, owner of the Hart House Hotel, serves tastings of beer. Meier, the mayor of Medina, said many of the people on the trail of beer-tastings didn’t know there was a boutique hotel in downtown Medina with six rooms.
The Ale in Autumn event served its purpose for the merchants, helping to get potential customers inside the shop doors.
“This is really about discovering the places in Medina,” Meier said.
Staff Reports Posted 25 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Photo by Cheryl Wertman
MEDINA – Subbing for King Charles Beach who was busy playing in the football game, first runner-up Brad McPherson escorts Homecoming Queen Holly Heil to the field at halftime of the Medina/Lyndonville vs. Barker/Roy-Hart football game this evening at Vet’s Park.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 25 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Photo by Tom Rivers – Fred Fierch, a retired social studies teacher for the Orleans-Niagara BOCES in Medina, holds a copy of his book, Medina Through Time. Fierch will sign copies of the book from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday at The Book Shoppe, 519 Main St. The cover of the book shows the Washboard Willy’s Laundromat on Starr Street, and the site’s predecessor, a foundry.
MEDINA – Fred Fierch always had a hunch that Medina was different from small towns with its many historic buildings in the downtown, and grand old churches and residences built from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
But it wasn’t until he was working on a local history book that he appreciated Medina’s vast collection of historic structures.
“Medina has a real preservation attitude,” he said. “A lot of it is still here.”
Fierch has his fourth book out and it features historic photos of Medina buildings contrasted with how the sites look today. In some cases, grand old structures have been replaced with modern homes or commercial buildings. But many of the buildings are largely unchanged after more than a century.
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These photos show Medina Memorial Hospital, top, at Prospect and Eagle streets. This property was originally the home of A. L. Swett, one of the premier industrialists in the village of Medina. Mr. Swett sold this house to the hospital organization and it opened as a care facility on March 17, 1910. It contained nine beds and a staff of
three. It remained Medina’s hospital for about 15 years, Fierch writes in his book.
The author highlighted 92 sites in Medina. He said the community was a vibrant business hub in the late 1800s and early 1900s – “The three main things were the sandstone, the foundries and the furniture.”
His book gives readers a tour of the community from more than a century ago. So many of the ornate houses and commercial sites remain. Some buildings, such as the current Napa Auto Parts, had tall towers. That site was a hotel. Some churches, such as the Presbyterian Church and United Methodist Church, are shown when they had steeples.
The top photo shows crews digging a trench and working to install a sewer on State Street. “This is a wonderful picture of the effort required to create things that are today too easily taken for granted,” Fierch writes. “The row of men digging a trench which appears to be about ten feet deep and perhaps four feet wide seems to be endless! Notice how far back from the crest of the ditch the dirt is piled. How did it get there? Manpower, to be sure. Certainly they always worked with their feet in water.”
The bottom photo shows a current view of the State Street.
Fierch looked through more than 500 historic photos of Medina before settling on the 92 sites to be featured in the book. He looked for spots that remained in good shape and well known in the community.
He hopes readers we learn about Medina’s grand past and continue to help preserve the sites in the future.
“I hope they will appreciate the village, what it was and what it is,” he said.
Fierch will sign copies of the book from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at The Book Shoppe, 519 Main St.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Photos by Tom Rivers – Bonnie Heck, owner of the Herbalty Cottage, stands by the tea bar in her new business at 415 Main St. Heck and her family renovated a former insurance office to create the new space for Herbalty Cottage.
MEDINA – Bonnie Heck and her daughter Lindsay know the power of organic food and all-natural ingredients for better health.
Heck, the owner of the new Herbalty Cottage in downtown Medina, was injured in a car accident about seven years ago. She struggled to get out of bed for weeks.
Visits to chiropractor helped her regain movement and ease pain. Heck said she discovered newfound energy once she ate all-natural foods that were organic with no preservatives and additives.
Her daughter Lindsay, 19, has Fibromyalgia, a syndrome that causes fatigue, sleep problems and chronic muscle pain. Lindsay has managed the condition with a healthy diet and yoga exercises every day.
The mother and daughter are sharing some of their insights and some of the food, teas, and other products they’ve discovered at the new business at 415 Main St. Herbalty Cottage opened on Tuesday following major renovations of a former insurance office.
“Why not be proactive before anything happens?” Mrs. Heck said in urging healthier lifestyles.
Lindsay Heck is pictured with some of oils and vinegars that include the Herbalty Cottage label. Lindsay, 19, is becoming certified in reflexology.
Bonnie Heck describes the business as “a specialty shop with a unique taste.” Herbalty has a tea bar for drinking the many organic teas, and a tasting station where customers can dip freshly made bread into oils and vinegars.
Heck has 38 flavors of oil and vinegar that have the Herbalty logo. She also sells organic pasta, and a variety of syrups, salves and tinctures.
“We don’t have anything like this around here,” she said about the business. “We’re unique. Everything is organic. It’s a different type of product line for downtown.”
Herbalty also sells Himalayan salt lamps to reduce air pollution and stress. Heck also carries a line of all-natural lotions made by Terri Jordan of Carlton, who runs a business called “The Soap Cottage.”
Lindsay Heck, left, and her mother Bonnie opened a new business on Tuesday in downtown Medina.
Lindsay is working on becoming certified in reflexology, where she massages hands, feet, the ears and face. She will have an office at Herbalty to work with her clients.
Her mother also is becoming certified as a herbologist.
The family business also includes Tom Heck, Bonnie’s husband and Lindsay’s father. He is recently retired from the state Department of Transportation. He did many of the renovations, including tearing out the carpet and installing a new vinyl floor. Tom also handles labeling and shipping for the business.
Herbalty is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Randall Bane teaches churches to be more expressive
Photos by Tom Rivers – Randall Bane is founder of David’s House, a religious education organization that aims for “fully expressive worship.” Bane teaches Christians to use banners, garments, flags, drama and dance in church services. He is pictured at his house in Medina, where he has created an altar and chapel. He wants to show how Christians can express their faith in bold and charismatic ways.
MEDINA – Randall Bane said church services don’t need to feel boring. For the past four decades, Bane has taught Christians use color and symbols in banners and flags, and to include dance and drama for “fully expressive worship.”
Bane is the founder of David’s House, a religious education institute. He advocates using creative talents in church services.
“The visual expression of the faith is endless,” Bane said. “But a lot of churches have a retrenched style of worship that can be very boring.”
Bane and some guests will give a performace at the Beegarten in Medina on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and on Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. The shows at 113 West Center St. are free and open to the public. They will also be teaching some Israeli folk dances that Bane said are easy to learn.
Bane, 74, left small-town Lyndonville a half century ago and headed to New York City to work as an actor, singer and dancer. (He also was a taxi driver for two years.)
Photo courtesy of Randall Bane – Randall Bane performs during the Creation Festival in 1983.
After about a decade as a professional actor, Bane became a Christian at age 33 and turned his focus on using his theatrical and performing arts skills as a ministry for God. When he became a Christian, he was living in Columbia, Missouri, on a professional theater contract in St. Louis.
He would travel the country and the world the next 40 years performing and teaching churches to bring movement and visual arts into worship. He is considered a pioneer of Christian dance.
He developed characters such as “Obie the Love Clown” and performed at Christian festivals, on Christian television and numerous venues around the country while he was living in Kansas City.
A year ago he bought a house in Medina, a 10-room building he is using as the base for David’s House, a religious education institute. His home at 801 West Ave. includes a fabric workshop where he teaches people to make banners, flags and garments.
Bane is pictured as Obie the Love Clown in this program from more than three decades ago.
He leads classes on drama and dance, and helps worship leaders at churches to bring all the performing arts disciplines together for a service.
Christians have long used art in churches. Bane notes stained-glass windows, sculptures, language and architecture have all brought out the best in peoples’ creative talents.
“Dance, drama, and architecture are all ways to express our love to God,” Bane said.
Churches were more charimastic in worship, Bane said, until he observed a significant drop off in the 1990s. Many African-American churches remain expressive, and some congregations even have dance teams, he said.
But Bane said more churches should incorporate dance, drama and bold colors in their services.
He has travelled to Singapore and China, where churches utilize performing arts.
“The underground churches in China are very lively,” Bane said. “In Southeast Asia there has been a tremendous flowering of faith.”
Bane has returned to his roots to be near his mother Mildred, who he said is 98 and going strong. He also thinks God may have a plan for him, using his house in Medina as a base for helping Christians to enliven their worship services.
Bane is pictured near the altar he made that is displayed in his Medina home. “The visual expression of the faith is endless,” he said.
Contributed Story Posted 20 September 2015 at 12:00 am
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MEDINA – The Medina Mustang band competed for the first time this season on Saturday at Jamestown High School. It was a rainy start to the show but all seven bands were able to perform outside.
Medina was the only contender in the SS1 class and scored 76.35, which was about par for their first show in comparison with past years.
“The kids performed very well for their first show of the year,” said Jim Steele, band director. “For the seniors it was the beginning of the end of a great career in band. For the 35 rookies, it was their very first show – very exciting to say the least, very proud of all of them.”
Medina hosts the next competition, the Fall Festival of Bands on Saturday at Vets Park. It is a great opportunity to see the band without having to travel too far, said Kathy Dreyfus, publicity chairwoman for the band.
Staff Reports Posted 18 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Photo by Cheryl Wertman
MEDINA – At halftime of the Medina/Lyndonville football game vs. Riverside, the Mustang band plays music from its fall show, “Circus sole’ with a touch of magic.”
The Medina/Lyndonville team and Riverside are playing for the first time tonight at Vets Park. Check local sports on the Orleans Hub later for coverage of tonight’s football games and other local sports.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 17 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Chamber of Commerce Phoenix Award
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Laura Gardner worked more than two decades as an accountant before opening her own women’s clothing store, a lily and a sparrow, in downtown Medina five years ago.
Gardner drew local shoppers and out-of-towners for the durable designer clothing from designers in Turkey, Israel, India and the United States. She sells blouses, jackets, trousers, skirts, tunics and boots.
Gardner also has an array of leather handbags, perfume, jewelry, vintage glassware and note cards.
The business has been doing so well that Gardner purchased her own building on Aug. 29, 2014. She bought the building at 438 Main St., a site that had been home to Baughn’s Shoe Store since 1960.
She and her husband Tom worked with contractors to remove walls, pull up orange carpeting, remove drop ceilings, gut the walls to the bare bricks and create a radically different space. They put in new drywall, a new HVAC system, new electrical and plumbing, and a much different façade.
“What she has done is absolutely amazing,” said Kathy Blackburn, executive director for the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber is presenting Gardner with the “Phoenix Award” during an awards program on Friday (Sept. 18) at Tillman’s Village Inn.
Blackburn said “a lily and a sparrow” draws people to the downtown, including some customers from outside the area.
“It’s fantastic to be that innovative,” Blackburn said about Gardner. “She’s put a lot of effort in that store.”
Gardner said she has about 1/3 more space in the renovated storefront compared to her former location at 510 Main St.
“It’s made for a better experience for the customers,” she said.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 16 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Chamber Business of the Year
Photos by Tom Rivers – Greg Budd, general manager of the Hinspergers Poly Industries plant in Medina, stands by some of the solar blankets the company sells for swimming pools. Budd has been general manager of Hinspergers since the company came to Medina in 2002.
MEDINA – In 2002, a Canadian-based company bought the former Jamestown Container manufacturing building on West Oak Orchard Street.
Peter Hinsperger, owner of Hinspergers Poly Industries, was looking for an American location for the business. He looked at several sites from Wisconsin to West Virginia and settled on the spot in Medina.
Hinsperger prefers small towns. He grew up in a small town in southern Ontario.
“He likes giving people an opportunity, by giving them a paycheck,” said Greg Budd, general manager of the Hinspergers plant in Medina.
The Hinspergers plant has twice been expanded since the company moved to Medina in 2002. The building has gone from 25,000 square feet in 2002 to 83,000 square feet since the last addition in 2008.
Budd was the first hire for Hinspergers in 2002. The company was up to 17 employees in 2003, and 10 of them remain with the company today.
After two expansions of the facility and steady sales growth, Hinspergers now employs 70 in Medina. The company has been named the “Business of the Year” for 2015 by the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce.
Hinspergers is part of the “Canadian Cluster” in Orleans County. Other companies with Canadian headquarters include Brunner in Medina, Freeze-Dry in Albion and the newly opened BoMet Recovery in Albion. (Pride Pak also is looking to build a new vegetable processing plant in Medina.)
Greg Budd is pictured inside Hinspergers, where he said the big production space with wide walls works well for manufacturing pool covers.
Peter Hinsperger, company owner, not only likes small towns. Budd said the Orleans Economic Development Agency put together an attractive incentive package for the company.
The former Jamestown Container site also had wide enough production rooms for the company to produce custom-made pool covers that can spread out beyond 40 feet.
The plant has been expanded twice since 2002, going from 25,000 square feet then to 83,000 square feet since the last expansion in 2008.
Ken Mulcahy runs a machine that cuts covers, one of the steps at Hinspergers for creating pool covers. The company manufactures about 50 pool covers a day in Medina.
Because swimming pools vary so much in size and shape, Hinspergers has a C.A.D. team that will uniquely design the specifications for each pool cover. Each cover made in Medina since 2002 has its own serial number.
The company can look up that serial number for the specifications if a new cover is ordered for the same pool. A new cover will include tie-down straps in the same location as the old cover.
The serial number also allows the company to trace the cover through the sales and distribution process.
The range of sizes has “China proofed” the business for Hinspergers, Budd said. The covers can’t easily be mass produced by China.
Hinspergers also has two sites in Canada. It prides itself on a quick turnaround time for the custom orders, another reality that would be hard to beat by manufacturers in China, Budd said.
Kim Rutan sews the outside edge of a pool cover. She has worked at Hinspergers for 12 years. “It’s a nice clean place,” she said. “There’s not a lot of people so we all get to know each other.”
For a manufacturing site in its busy season, Hinspergers is relatviely quiet. The whir of sewing machines is one of the loudest noises.
Budd gives tours of the plant to distirbutors and local service clubs. They all comment how clean the floor is, and how there aren’t banging noises or smells of melting metal or rubber.
Budd walks the floor and he greets many of the employees by first name.
Hinspergers employees spread out a pool cover and check for any imperfections.
“It’s a nice clean, bright and airy environment,” he said.
The pool covers can be made in several colors. Hinspergers uses woven and extrusion coated polyethylene, which has tremendous strength, reduced weight, a range of colors and relatively low prices.
The mesh material allows some water or snow to drip through. Hinspergers has covers with a tighter mesh that blocks out debris and sunlight, reducing algae growth.
For customers in the South, Hinspergers’ pool covers tend to be solid because they don’t have to worry about letting some melting snow seep through. Those covers may have some smaller mesh patterns to let through water in some spots.
Greg Budd discusses production with Scott Galley, the plant supervisor and an employee since 2003.
Hinspergers made a big investment in Medina in 2008 when it put on a 33,000-square-foot addition and also added a 14-by-70-foot machine that makes the solar blankets for swimming pools.
The pool covers, however, remain the core business for the Medina plant, and Budd said the company has made them “in thousands of shapes and sizes.”
Hinspergers has been honored by the Chamber before. In 2003, the company was named “New Business of the Year.”
It will receive the “Business of the Year” award during a banquet Friday at Tillman’s Village Inn.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 16 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Kwandrans tries to make a wish come true
Photo by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Garett Smith stretches during a class at Kwandrans Tae Kwon-do in Medina on Monday. Garett, 12, takes Tae Kwon-do classes twice a week.
He said the classes help him feel better and healthier. He has cystic fibrosis. Tae Kwon-do helps move the mucus in his lungs, keeping them clear.
Garett started taking Tae Kwon-do a year ago.
“They work very well with him,” said his mother Melody. “They’re very accommodating to his needs.”
Photo by Tom Rivers
Garett, a Middleport resident, is a seventh-grader at Roy-Hart. He said he likes to move during his Tae Kwon-do classes.
In May, Garett attended Disney World in Florida for a week with his family, including four brothers. Garett and his family were picked for the trip through Make-A-Wish Western New York.
The family was treated like royalty, given a ride to the airport in a limo.
His classmates and instructors at Kwandrans were happy Garett went on the week-long excursion. The group at Kwandrans decided to raise $8,500 so another kid in Western New York could go on a Make-A-Wsh trip.
Provided photo – Garett is pictured with his brothers at the Jurassic Park display at Disney World. The brothers include, from left: Hayden (14) , Bradley (9), Logan (8), Garett (12), and Grant (3).
Kwandrans has already put on several fund-raisers, including a kick-a-thon, car wash, bake sale and candy bar sales. The Tae Kwon-do students and instructors have raised $4,000, a little less than half of the goal.
“Garett told us all about it after he went to Disney in May,” said Debbie Farfaglia, manager and instructor at Kwandrans. “It inspired us to want to do that for a family.”
Provided Photo – Garett jumps into a pool on the trip to Disney World.
The group is pushing more upcoming fund-raisers to reach the $8,500 goal, including a chicken barbecue on Sept. 26 at Medina United Methodist Church from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
There will be a 5K run/walk on Oct. 31 in Albion. Participants are urged to dress up in Halloween costumes and then complete the course.
A spaghetti dinner and basket raffle is scheduled for Nov. 21 at the Medina United Methodist Church from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
For more on Make-A-Wish Western New York, click here.
Contributed Story Posted 6 September 2015 at 12:00 am
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MEDINA – Orchard Manor Rehabilitation & Nursing Center celebrated the re-opening of its Meadows Rehab Dining Room on Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The top photo shows, from left: Medina Deputy Mayor Michael Sidari, Orchard Manor Administrator Dave Denny, Assistant Director of Nursing Katy Owczarczak, and Food Service Director Richard Pizzuto.
This group includes, from left: Donna MacCowan; Katy Owczarczak, assistant director of nursing; Josephine Seitz; Dave Denny, administrator; and Emma Fleming.
After undergoing some construction, the Dietary Department is now able to serve meals restaurant-style, providing residents with a more pleasurable dining experience.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 2 September 2015 at 12:00 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Terry Buchwald, an Elvis impersonator, sings and dances from a stage on Main Street during the Super Cruise which included classic cars and a big crowd in downtown Medina.
Buchwald rides a motorcyle to the stage. He was scheduled to perform in Medina last Wednesday but the show was cancelled when his wife had a baby boy named Brooks. The weather was also much better this evening compared to the cold and drizzle a week ago.
Medina blocked off part of Main Street for the Super Cruise, which included this 1964 Pontiac.
This 1941 Dodge pickup is parked in the middle of the street.
Medina Rotary Club members Jennifer Hill and Gary Lawton serve hamburgers and hot dogs. The club also had clams for sale.
The cars brought out lots of people in a festive environment.
Buchwald, pictured on stage by Napa Auto Parts, is a crowd pleaser. He has returned several times to conclude the classic car series in Medina.
Lynne Menz shared this photo from the third floor of the Bent’s Opera House. This was early in the Super Cruise, before the street was packed with people.
